San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-08
WOMAN AND HOME.
THE PLACES IN WHICH WOMAN
Is PERMITTED TO VOTE.
The Dance Is Not NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Who
Have Won Titlcs-Things Good Girls
Must Not Do-Suggestions as to Health
and Observation-Disclosures Fads.

MUST MOI DO-SuSSesJious u
and neutrality-suspicious. Fads.
The large province of Ontario touches the
whole northern bounds of New York and
Michigan, part of those of Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Wisconsin and Minnesota and reaches
to HudsOn's bay This great region, through
out which women vote unless married on
like terms with their brothers for all elective
officers save two, has hundred and two
thousand square miles. 1t IS more than twice
the size of New York; it nearly equals New
York and Michigan together; it equals Mas
sachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Con,
necticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jer-
sey and Maryland
In Wyoming women vote for every office
for which their brothers do and on the same
terms. This great territory has 9S, 900 square
miles. 1t is half as large again as all New
England, nearly as large as New England
and New York, about equals New York. New
Jersey and Virginia, is more than twice the
size of Pennsylvania and Delaware, larger
than North and South Carolina than South
Carolina and Florida.
Kansas, the state where municipal woman
suffrage exists, contains $1,000 square miles.
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Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Con
necticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,
West Virginia and Rhode Island-of nine
states of the Union combined-and greater
than either of the original thirteen, than a
majority of the thirteen together, and than
either of thirty-two of the today thirty
eight.
But there is a greater region where women
exercise suffrage, though not at polls Many
will be surprised to learn that this is-Texas!
In that state the school officers are chosen by
petitions to the county judge for their APP
pointment, and he, of course, appoints thCSy
whose petitions are most largely signed.
These petitions women, ON the samg terms
with their brothers, can sign, and thus praC-
tically vote without leaving home. Texas
has 2G5,OOO square miles, and IS larger than
California and Oregon; nearly equal to ali
the Atlantic states but three: to all the other
states on the Gulf
In England. Scotland and Wales women
unless married. vote for all elective officers
save one member Of parliamenU, on like
terms with their h.Others. In Ireland women
vote everywhere for poor law guardians; i'll
Dundalk and other seaports for harhor
ana III DelldSI lOI I'LL UluIlCl)dI OH
GERS In Sweden their suffrage is about the
same as in Britain, and they vote, too, indi
rectly for members of the house of lords. In
Russia women, heads of households vote for
all elective officers and on all local questions
In Austria-Hungary they vote (by proxy at
all elections, including members of provincial
and imperial parliaments. In Italy widows
vote for members of parliament. In Finland
women vote for elective officers. In British
Burmah women taxpayers vote in the rural
tracts. In Madras Presidency (Hindostan
they can vote in all municipalities. In Bonn
bay Presidency they likewise can. In all coun.
tries of Russian Asia they can do so wherever
Russian colony settles. The Russians are
colonizing the whole of their vast Asian pos
sessions, and they carry with them every
where the mir" or self governing village
wherein women, heads of households, vote
Municipal suffrage now exists in New Yea
land, and the legislature has resolved that
women shall vote for members Of parlia
ment. 1t also exists in Victoria, New South
Wales, Queensland and South Australia. The
latter'S parliament has declared fer womcr's
voting at parliamentary elections, tOo.-New
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