Deseret Evening News | 1908-02-29 | Page 11 | London's Women Win Their War

WOMEN NOMEN WIN NIN THEIR TIR WAR Suffragettes Gather Before Houses of f Parliament When Bill Passes PARTY LINES WERE IGNORED With u II VUlt of tiC 2 I t I hi i U 1 I inke 3 I uro ro V ll London Feb Fl b Tho Omans Womans v en enfranchisement t bill p ed Its first read lead reading leadIng I ing In In lii tile the house of or otc commons c this fore toro forenoon I noon by bye a vote voto of or to 92 12 and Ind ui us I soon us ON the tho news news reached palace tho the waiting crowds of ot ex ox excited cited women suffragists who Wile hULl UH all ll there thure broke brolo Into nto round utter after round of ot The Tho measure which ns Introduced by b ger lIberal member menther for tor North orth Ken l en Is II Identical with tho the bill hili of W Y v II Dickinson of tho thio house for Cor thu north division of at St Pancras which was as defeated March 8 S 1907 S SPEECH Herbert Gladstone the home secie tiny tary sPoke In behalf of ot the govern meat ment and Saul he lie helett left the tho decision lon of or orthe the tho houe to tho the views of at Its lis Individual members He It declared that thai pei person pelson personally son ally Illy ho he favored the principles of ot the tho bill but hut he lie 1 thought that the tho great public opinion would l have to be moved before any nn effect could coul 1 be he given to 10 It Undoubtedly Mr Ir Gladstone continued there has boon a great groat and growing movement In favor of granting silt suf suffrage frage frago to women but bUl It still lacks Incus numbers one and nd It has hns not been that women n as a II whole desire to 10 secure the privilege JO of ot voting Party Parly lines were ero completely Ignored In iii the voting WERE WAITING kent Great crowds of ot women awaited the ther r In the thc vicinity of the tho house of ot commons and 1 a IL strong of police mounted and anti on foot root had hl been brought up to guard against possible disturbance cheering the known supporters of or the womans movement however thoro there was waa little and tho thio women soon dispersed to attend oU 1 congratulatory meetings where their future course of ot otI I I action was as discussed