, ▁Florence ▁Con y be are ▁of ▁Oak field ▁Park , ▁D art ford , ▁Kent , ▁whose ▁husband ▁Charles ▁Con y be are ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁Liberal ▁MP ▁from ▁ 1 8 8 5 ▁until ▁ 1 8 9 5 . ▁Florence ▁k icked ▁off ▁the ▁meeting ▁by ▁mount ing ▁the ▁w agon ▁which ▁was ▁being ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁stage . ▁Her ▁introduction ▁made ▁it ▁clear ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁not ▁milit ant ▁suff rag ists , ▁and ▁that ▁they ▁sought ▁to ▁make ▁changes ▁by ▁argument ▁rather ▁than ▁by ▁force . ▁ ▁Spe ech : ▁Australian ▁vs . ▁British ▁suff rag ism ▁ ▁Mur iel ▁Mat ters , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁sent enced ▁to ▁a ▁month ▁in ▁H ollow ay ▁Pr ison ▁for ▁obst ruction , ▁having ▁earlier ▁ch ained ▁herself ▁to ▁a ▁gr ille ▁in ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Commons , ▁arrived ▁by ▁car ▁with ▁her ▁ent ou rage , ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁public ity ▁tour ▁around ▁the ▁area , ▁term ed ▁a ▁' p il gr image '. ▁In ▁her ▁speech , ▁she ▁contrast ed ▁the ▁situation ▁in ▁this ▁country ▁with ▁that ▁in ▁Australia ▁where ▁women ▁already ▁had ▁the ▁vote ▁[ ed . ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 2 , ▁see ▁Women ' s ▁suff rage ▁in ▁Australia ], ▁pointing ▁out ▁that ▁women ▁in ▁Britain ▁were ▁being ▁treated ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁way ▁as ▁crim inals , ▁foreign ers ▁and ▁lun at ics , ▁despite ▁having ▁to ▁pay ▁tax es . ▁ ▁The ▁journalist ▁who ▁reported ▁on ▁the ▁event ▁believed ▁that ▁most