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they *e or can ; what I objeot fo is the obatrroles whioh they
pbe in the way of more pnzcticable rnewures, while they w
striving after an objeut which cannot be oamied oat (*in my
calculsble time.”
V.
To judge of the probability that the House of Commons
will pass the Permissive Bill, we must look at tho rosults of
tho divisions which havo taken place. They sro as follows :
Votes on tho Permissive BiLL.
Without pairs and tcllars.
For. Agelust.
18M ...... 35 ... 892 ...
1869 ...... 87 103 ...
18i0 ...... 90 ... 121 ...
1871 ...... le4 ... 196 ...
1872. - -
18i3 ...... 81 ... 321 ...
*lv
1874 ...... 10 ... 301 ...
1875 ...... 86 ... 371 ...
with PaFra and tollem.
Far. Aminst.
... 40 ... 297
... 94 ... 200
115 ... 146
... 136 ... 208
- -
I.. 90 I.. 330
... 92 ... 318
... 91 ... 379
Probably the fsirost modo of measuring tho preponderance
of votes against the Bill is t80 calculato tho ratio of all who
voted against it to thoso who voted for it, wbich gives tho
following results :
Ratios of numbars of opponents to supporters.
1869 ...... 2-13 1873 ...... 3’67
1870 ...... 127 1871 ...... 3.443
1871 ...... 1.53 1875 ...... 4.03
Tho votes in the three last divisions, especially in the laet
of all, seem to me to show a strong desire on the part of a
vast majority of the House of Cornmom to convince the
Alliance of the hopelessness of ita agitation. Up to, and
perhapa including the year 1871, t,he prospects of ultimate
0ucc8%a were flattering but deceptive; the ,supportom were
~ontinrzally rising in numbers, and their opponents were
atationsry or fluotuating. But in 1873, 7& and 75, we find
* In 1872 the Biil was talked out, end no division took pfeca
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