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Show PLEA FOR SUFFRAGE RECEIVES ATTENTION Distinguished Lawyers of England, Scotland and Ireland Looking Up the Constitutional Law. LONDON. Aug. 3. A strong court of distinguished lawyers of England, Scotland Scot-land and Ireland is to be set up to consider con-sider woman's plea that she now has a legal right to sit in the house of commons. The lord chancellors of England and Ireland and the lord advocate of Scotland will search the bases of the British con- srittition for any statutes dealing with the ; following questions? Is the woman member of parliament barred by statute? Can shft be nominated in an election9 Has she a common-law right to sit in parliament? When the legal experts have given their I verdict U will be for the government to ! decide whether or not the house of com-I com-I mons should be invite. 1 to take a step in I favor of making it possible to elect women I to parliament. I The labor party executive has decided 1 tr- draft a bill giving women the right to sit in parliament. |