One point in connexion with the; Dundee election on which we did not touch in our leading article yesterday is perhaps worthy of attention, supporting as it seems to do one of the strongest arguments used in the days of the woman suffrage controversy. The impression is widely prevalent, rightly or wrongly, that as a general rule women outnumber men, and this circumstance was promptly laid hold. of iby the opponents of the grant of suffrage to indicate a very grave danger ahead. When put to the absolute, ultimate test, the whole of the Law rests upon force—the physical or other strength necessary to carry it out. Now a grant of equal suffrage to women og to men might very easily lead to laws being passed by the will of the majority—the women—which were repugnant to the minority—the men—and in such an extreme case: iti would be only natural that the physically stronger minority, again the men, would rise in revolt against them and that civil commotion would ensue. The outcome of such a state of affairs would be that in a great many cases the law would become a dead letter. We have expressed the belief, as regards Dundee, that Mr.' Scrymge our, the successful Prohibitionist, candidate, won both on the Labour and female vote, but it is possible! to imagine that he might have won solely on the women's vote, and in a place such as Dundee that would mean that he would go to; Parliament opposing -the wishes of the bulk of the men voters. Were such the case we should then be seeing the first (to men) of the bitter fruits of woman suffrage.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.