Mr. Childers has addressed his constituents at Pontefract in a
speech which was chiefly a summary of the good deeds of the Liberal Government. He stated,. however,. his views on refoim, which are those now beginning to be held by nearly all Liberals except the members for great boroughs. He would " be sorry to see such an extension of the franchise as would throw inordinate power into the hands of any section of the constituency," but held nevertheless that the working men were entitled to- their fair share. This opinion will be strong in• the next Parliament, and it only remains to settle what the fair share is.- It is time that some one of the Liberal leaders should give a cue upon this point, and we would just suggest as a basis for thought that there are twenty- six-boroughs in England with more than 80,000 inhabitants, and that if they had three members apiece and manhood' suffrage the working men would have a fair chance of returning at least fifty- two- members, and. no chance of returning more than seventy- eight.
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