Show Women V Bring Old Quarrel Into Affairs Politics of Great Britain i i I I I S h L S. La Lady y Eve leads e em- em I i battled women against the divorced di di- candidate Sir William Da- Da vison i I I I By MIL MILTON TON BRONNER I NEA N EA Service Writer Th quarrels Great Britain ma may have to face tace asa as n. n result of the next election because more women tl than men voters are enroll cd has just been to th the foreground b by u. u battle beIng waged on the candidacy candi- candi dacy or of Sir Davison because because be- be cause he Is a a. divorced man Sir William Is Is- Isa n. n distinguished Londoner For ten years ho has been In the house of commons Ho Hois Ic lis is Ii a lawyer with a. a large l During tIre the war var lie he raised clothed and equipped a a. large large- number of troops it his own lie lIO is isI connected with boa hos- and other philanthropic In- In But not sO long ago his wIfe dl- dl him Also not so long ago the Sou South Us Kensington Conservative assocIation In lila his district t passed a big voteS ot r confidence In hIm and urged his lon as Is M P. P u I i u TAKE tiP UP CUDGELS Then the women got busy Since all women over ever 21 have the vote voto In the net election and thereafter the tho list In South Kensington shows allOws men voters against women women voters Lady Eve a a. leader among the WOmen voters brought the Davison case UP before the women's branches or of the conservative conservative con con- party It was Vas found that of five Wards were against Sir Wllliam William Lady Eve said there were many people men and omen alike to whom was repugnant On religious re- re grounds Therefore they op- op a divorced man being their candidate Her advice to her party was to wait until next spring and then name somebody to whom there would not be tills this objection Sir William promptly replied It Is an outrage to bring In the qUestion of my divorce I have been alone for five years and this matter should have been brought up long ago if at all Both my private private vate and publio life are are open to Inspection SHUNS SQUABBLE A member of the central said the organization would take no part In the local squabble We are not a court ot of morals or religion said he It If We va once barred a man because he has been divorced there Is no telling where the thing would stop Another constituency constituency con con- of women might object because a a. m man n was a bachelor I Some might t because the candidate candidate can can- Some was a dancing man might object beca se ho hc was not No general declaratiOn of principles prin- prin with regard to divorces of candidates has ever been made by any political party In Great Groat Britain Both Sir DUke Dilke and Charles Chades Stewart Parnell sat In the house of commons after aCter being involved In divorce orce cases S |