I do not come here as an advocate, because whatever position the suffrage movement may occupy in the United States of America, in England it has passed beyond the realm of advocacy and it has entered into the sphere of practical politics. I am not here to advocate woman suffrage.
American suffragists can do that very well for themselves.
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