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 bring about an immediate millennium, there has been some disappointment. Parliament has not become an assembly of absolutely pure and unselfish men. King Alcohol has not been, suddenly deposed, nor have vice and crime entirely disappeared.

But to those who claimed for women the right to vote on the ground that they were responsible human beings, and who believed that the granting of that act of justice would be of benefit to the community, there has come an ample confirmation of their belief. The temperance vote has been increased threefold, and if ten per cent, of votes can be won from the other side, the temperance party will