14 JUNE 1884, page 2

The Republican Convention At Chicago Had An Unexpected...

Friday week, after only three ballots had been taken, during which Mr. Blaine's numbers went up steadily, the whole party of Mr. Logan, General Grant's nominee, joined him in .a......

M:. Gladstone At Once Rose To Intimate That The Government

could not be responsible for the fate of the Bill if this amend- ment were accepted. He did not wish to argue the case on its merits, and fully recognised the force of some of......

On Tuesday Afternoon Began The Discussion Of The New Clauses

which were proposed as additions to the Bill. And, after some unimportant proposals of Mr. Ecroyd's had been negatived, Mr. Woodall's amendment for the enfranchisement of women......

The Ablest Speech Of The Evening Was Made By Mr.

Goschen, who ridiculed the idea of excluding married women from votes which were to be given to spinsters and widows, if the object were, as alleged, to enforce the equal rights......

Mr. Newdegate Was Vehemently Opposed To-the Amendment;...

Folkestone, who had resisted women's suffrage on former occasions, proposed on this occasion to support it, not because it was good, but because it would enfranchise a better......

Mr. J. Morley And Mr. Raikes Having Spoken Against The

amendment, and Mr. Storey in its favour, the House divided, and rejected Mr. Woodall's amendment by two to one,—by 271 votes against 135 ; majority, 136. Only thirty-one......

Lord John Manners Resumed The Debate On Thursday, In A

speech which proved how very little he had grasped the full meaning of the issue. The only thing to debate was, as he put it, a very humdrum matter,—" Will you grant the Parlia-......

In Wednesday's Standard Was Published A Letter Written By...

Randolph Churchill to Mr. H. H. Wainwright, the presi- dent'of the Blackpool Conservative Association, on the subject of Lord Randolph's rather sudden conversion to the......