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Show ENGLISH DISAGREE Wide Difference of Opinion as to Details of a Suffrage Bill London. March 8 Those Eiberul members of the house of commons who support women's suffroge hae agreed upon a bill which will be Introduced In-troduced ,.i the , vf s-88lon of par llament but they have not been sue cessfui in getting the Unionists Uaborites, who also believe In giving the vote to won a, to act with them In fact there Is a very wide difference differ-ence of opinion among the suffragists as to how broadly the franchise should be extended in the caBe of women The bill or the Liberal sufTraglstB would confer the narltaiHentarv fran chise on (li women, whether married or unmarried, who. If they were men would be entitled to be register.',! and to vote lu reBpecl of a household qualification; I e . as Inhabitant s or I occupiers of dwelling housss; and (8) the wives of mcb Inhabitant OCOS I piers, residing on the same prem 1 le aa their husbands. The bill would restrict the franchise to women over L'5 years or axe Thin bill would receive the support of ibose memberB of the cabinet who support the vote for wonieu. L?tK 8u,Tra6 in the house he Unionists would not go so tar as SJMrJJ?11 nd ,ne Laborltes would go further. The former suport what known as the conciliation bill.J which confers the vote on women property owners or women who occupy oc-cupy houses In depend nt iv The La- hor party la out for udult suffrage for I both men and women They point i out that either of the other bills would ahut out thousands of working slrls and women who reside with theli parents or at any rate have no independent inde-pendent place of residence. I |