Floyer sparks a debate on nominations and hustings
In Parliament the debate centers on public nominations versus meeting voters, as Floyer argues for the old hustings while Garid questions the need to abolish them. The session then shifts to the Alabama claims and Gladstone’s cautious, protracted remarks, with critiques of his style and a note on private member scheduling challenges.
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Bernal Osbourne
Floyer
House of Commons
Alabama
Poers
Lord Granville
Mr. Gladstone
Senate
Gladstone
Mr. Disraeli
Hanbury-Tracy
Fawcett
Howard
Colonel North
Miall
Archbishop presides over aid meeting for King's College endowment
The Archbishop of Canterbury led a large gathering in support of King's College special endowment. Mr. Gladstone spoke in favor of religion as the foundation of higher education, warning of dangers from both sceptical science and clerical assumptions to modern thought.
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Archbishop of Canterbury
King’s College
Gladstone
Women Speakers Lead Hanover Square Suffrage Meeting
A large Hanover Square Rooms gathering, mostly women, heard Miss Becker Miss Rhoda Garrett Mrs Rose and Mrs Fawcett plus others advocate extending the parliamentary franchise to unmarried and widowed women. The speakers, calm and well prepared, challenged opposition and argued practical equality under existing laws, noting local voting gains and calling for renewed effort.
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Hanover Square
St. George’s Hall
Jacob Bright
House of Commons
M.p.’S
Kumarnock
Bouverie
Manchester
Salford
Bradford
Rhoda Garrett
Fawcett
Garrett-Anderson
Cambridge University
Beresford Hope
Ernestine Rose
America
Ireland
Dowse
Mr. Dowse