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Outlines of Women's Franchise
a new clause, viz., that women should be eligible as members of the House of Representatives. This was an exceedingly adroit move. Its logical fairness would gain support from members in favour of the emancipation of women. On the other hand, if carried, it would arouse a more bitter opposition to the Bill in the Legislative Council, and greatly injure the chance of the Bill passing in the Upper House. By a strange combination of enemies to the franchise and friends who were sticklers for logical legislation, the new clause was added. Mr Carncross then exultingly explained that he intended to vote against the third reading, and had moved the new clause to kill the Bill in
