The Empire Review, 1902, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Empire Review, 1902, Vol. 3 Supposing therefore that the Irish County members are re duced by 22, and that each member is returned by constituencies Of County Cork which has electors would lose two seats. Four members are returned by electors in Donegal instead Of three. Fermanagh sends two members to Westminster on an electorate Of instead of one. Four members for Galway County are returned by electors, whereas the number should be three. In the Kingdom Of Kerry four members represent electors: this county must therefore lose two seats, and Kildare, where voters return two members, should lose one. The County Kilkenny returns two members, although the electors number but one therefore must go, and the same must happen in the King's County, where 9768 voters return two members. The electors Of Leitrim number but and ought therefore to be represented by a Single member instead Of two. Longford also ought to lose one member, the electors numbering only 8673. The voters registered in Louth should return one member and not two as at present, and Meath must also lose one Of its members, as the Electorate is but Mayo should return only three and not four members, the electors numbering but The voters in Monaghan are therefore one member is sufficient. In the Queen's County there are only voters, yet it has two members: here also, one Should meet the case. Tipperary, with an electorate Of returns four members two members would be ample; and Water ford, Westmeath and Wicklow must each lose one of their representatives, as the electors total but 9856, and 8888 respectively. Passing on to the cities and boroughs, Belfast and Dublin each return four members, Cork returns two, and Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick, Londonderry, Newry, and Waterford, One member each. The representation Of Dublin and Belfast may be taken as correct. To be strictly accurate, the census returns Show that Belfast is entitled to one seat more than Dublin, but let it go. Cork, how ever, with voters, should'not have two members. The man for Galway is elected by 1991 voters, the member for Kilkenny by 1934; for Limerick by 5035 for Londonderry by 4723 for Newry by 1894 and the member for Waterford by 3994 voters. These six towns should be disfranchised, because the needs Of the United Kingdom will not admit Of the return Of one member each by such small constituencies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.