"ONE MAN ONE VOTE: ONE VOTE ONE VALUE."
[To TRE EDITOR op TEE "SrscrAroa."] SIR,—It seems to be generally considered by both parties that this Parliament will not last long. Is it not worth while to endeavour that it should not be wasted ? Would it be impossible for both the great parties to agree to a Bill for the redistribution of the franchise on the combined prin- ciples of "One man one vote" and "One vote one value" ? There are several great questions which must shortly come up for settlement, but no settlement can be considered satisfac- tory upon the present franchise. I Venture to think that if the new Parliament got through the work of the Budget, carried on the general business of the country, and then made its great work a Redistribution Bill before it dissolved, it would pass its time more profitably and deserve better of the nation than if it threw itself into legislation upon great subjects on which the true voice of the country cannot yet have been heard. There is always a natural tendency to put off a Redistribution Bill till the end of the life of a Parlia- ment, but the end often comes unexpectedly, and the Bill never sees the light. Now is the opporttmity.—I am, Sir, &c., A LIBERAL UNIONIST.
[The suggestion here made has our heartiest approval. We fear, however, that it is not one which is likely to interest the party politician on either side. Each side wants only just as much electoral reform as will suit itself, and no more.—En. Spectator.]
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