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 women should be so oblivious of all womanly modesty, as to want to vote at public elections. Nor were there wanting insinuations of a disagreeable nature emanating from lewd fellows of the baser sort. From the outset, those engaged in the liquor traffic saw in the enfranchisement of women a danger to their trade, and were not chary of using very questionable methods for frustrating it. On the other hand, there were numbers of good men and true who, by voice and pen, heartily supported the courageous women who were working for this great reform.

Chief among these were Mr. Alfred Saunders and Sir John Hall. Both were veteran poli-