Only Five Per Cent. of People Entitled to Vote: Protests from the Farmers Canton, Nov. 24, 'The election of the' new mayor of Canton will take place on Novemder 27 or 28. The electoral college will consist of 12 electors, four of whom will come from the: three ites" of merchants, students and labourers.
The total number of those entitled to vote in these three "estates" is only about 63,000 out of Canton' total population of 1,800,000, so less than five per cent of the people wi Wye a voice in the election.
Farmers in the suburbs are protesting against their distranchisement and so are the women who had a vote in the municipal elections three years ago—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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