id, almost with tears
in their eyes, "We can't vote against the daughters of Bright and
Cobden," and when the resolution with the rider was put, a forest
of hands went up in its support, and in that vast crowd there were
only about thirty dissentients. The following evening Miss Jane
Cobden and Mrs. Scatcherd addressed an open-air meeting of 30,000
men who could not gain access to Victoria Hall, where John Bright
was speaking on the franchise for men, and a unanimous cheer was
given in favor of women's suffrage.

This was only the beginning of the autumn campaign among the
Liberal associations. The general committee of the Edinburgh United
Liberal Association met on November 16, 1883, in the Oddfellows'
Hall (No. 2), Forrest road, Edinburgh, to consider the questions of
the Local Government Board (Scotland) bill, the equalization of the
burgh and county franchise, and the extension of the parliamentary
vote to women householders. After the two first subjects had been
considered, the following resolution, moved by ex-Bailie Lewis, was
adopted:

_Resolved_, That this meeting regards the extension of the
parliamentary franchise to female householders as just and
reasonable, and would hail with satisfaction the introduction of
a government measure which would confer the parliamentary
franchise upon all female householders, whether resident in
counties or burghs.

November 21, a meeting of the general council of the Manchester
Liberal Association was held in the Memorial Hall to consider the
resolutions passed at the Leeds conference. Mr. J. A. Beith
presided. Mr. J. W. Southern moved the following resolution:

_Resolved_, That in order to meet the just expectation of the
country and to fulfill the pledges given at the last general
election, this council is of opinion that a measure for the
extension of the franchise should confer on householders and
lodgers in the counties the same electoral rights as those
enjoyed by householders and lodgers in parliamentary boroughs,
and should extend to Ireland the franchise enjoyed by Great
Britain; and that, in the opinion of this meeting, any measure
for the extension of the suffrage should confer the franchise
upon women who, possessing the qualifications which should
entitle men to vote, have now the right of voting in all matters
of local government.

An amendment to strike out the por