Monday, February 22, 2021

One Man, 20 Lawyers

One Man, 20 Lawyers | Hop
Livingston Hopkins, One Man, 20 Lawyers, The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 616 (5 Dec 1891, p.5) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449899305
One Man, 20 Lawyers,
N.S.W.: “Is this what you call a short, but effective measure to abolish Plural Voting?”
PREMIER: “It is not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door, but ’twill do, won’t it?”
N.S.W.: “Do, oh yes! It provides for ‘One-man-one-vote,’ indeed, but it will take one man and 20 lawyers to get a vote in edgeways.”