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Show ELECTION IN LONDON Keenest Interest Being Taken in Voting For County Council London. March 6 The keenest interest in-terest was taken today In the triennial trien-nial election for members of the London Lon-don county council, not only because of the sharply divided opinion on municipal mu-nicipal issues at stake, but also be- , cause of the threats of militant suffragettes suffra-gettes to destroy the ballot papers. Special precautions were taken by the police to precent any lnterfer- j ensce with the ballot boxes by the women, wo-men, many of whom are entitled to I vote at municipal elections. The campaign was spirited Many members of the cabinet took a part on behalf of the progressive candidates , ) While the suffrages did not become very active In tho fight, they announced an-nounced all women voters to vote I againBt the progressives "because the , have accepted the support of a government gov-ernment which refuses to enfranchise women for parliamentary elections." I |