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Show ITS! DENT " FOR If mi Province to Pass on Question Ques-tion of Prohibition Today; Women May Decide. TORONTO, Ont., Oct. 1!). The electors elec-tors of Ontario, doubled in number b3 the extension of the franchise to "women, "wo-men, will vote tomorrow on prohibition referendum and at the same time will . decide t ho fate of tho conservative government, gov-ernment, which has been in office since January 19Uu, and of which Sir William Hearst is premier. There are four sections to the referendum refer-endum ballot, namely, the perpetuation of the Ontario temperance act, a rigid prohibition measure, instituted as a war measure, with the undertaking to submit sub-mit the question to a popular vote upon the conclusion of the war; a proposal for the sale of light beer under government govern-ment supervision, the sale of light beer in hotels in previously "wet" areas, and the sale of mlt and spiritous liquors liq-uors bv government agencies. At tho time of the dissolution of the legislature, which numbers 111 members, mem-bers, Premier Hearst, a conservative, had 72 supporters, the liberal opposition opposi-tion totalled thirty, the United Farmers' Farm-ers' party two, and two seats were vacant. va-cant. A large increase in the number ot I uited Farmers' representatives is reported. Among the 250 candidates there are ontv two women, Mrs. Henrietta Bundy, who is Liberal candidate in the northeast north-east division of Toronto, and Mrs. J. C. Sears of Ottawa. Four of the premier pre-mier 's supporters have been returned unopposed, including two members of l'.is cabinet. |