Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21
WOMAN,S DEPARTMENT.
WOMEN or THE WORLD.

WOMAN,S DEPAkIWENI
WOMEN or THE WORLD.
Parts Of the Globe Whore the Right Of
Women to Suffrage Il Recognizsd-Sone
Statistics Of General Interest
The spread of woman suffrage in all
parts Of the world has never been more
strikingly shown than by pamphlet
lately issued by Mr.. Hamilton Wilcox.
the chairman of tho State Executive
Committee of the New York Woman
Suffrage party. The pamphlet i a
concise summary of the progress Of the
movement in all civilized countries
Mr.. Hamilton Wilcox reveals facts
that viii astonish both the foes and
friends of mans freedom of ballot The
general impression that her right to
vote is admitted only in few obscure
localities is shown to be incorrect. and
the fact is revealed that she has the
right of suffrage in some form in over
1000. 900 square miles of territory, the
population which amounts to nearly
800. 900. 900 people.
In the large province OF Ontario,
which has 1O2, 900 square miles, or more
than double the territory of this State.
women vote, unless they are married.
on like terms with their brothers, for
all elective offices save two. In the adj
joining province Of Quebec women are
voters in the cities of Montreal and
Quebec. and various other cities by pro-
vincial law. British Columbia permits
women to vote for all elective Offices
except members of Parliament. Cross
ing the border into the United States
we find that Wyoming, with it's $4,000
square miles. or greater than the whole
of New England, allows women to vote
for every Office for which their brothers
do, and on the same terms Next
Gomez the startling assertion that In the
largest of all our States, Texas, women
exercise the right of suffrage, though
not at the polls. State and school Off
GERS are chosen by petitions to the
county Judge for their appointment,
those with the largest petitions being
appointed. Women sign these petit
tons on the same terms as the men, and
thus practically vote without leaving
home.
In England. Scotland and Wales wo-
men, unless they are married, vote for
all elective officers, except members OF
Parliament. on the same terms with
men. In Ireland women vote every
where for poor-law guardians, in Dun
dalk and other seaports for harbor
boards, and in Belfast for all municipal
officers. In Sweden woman suffrage is
about the same as in Great Britain. In
Russia women who are the heads of
households vote for all elective officers
and on all local questions. In Austria
Hungary women vote by proxy at all
elections, including members of provin-
cial and Imperial ParliamentsL Fin
land women vote for all elective off,
GERS, and in Italy and Sardinia widows
vote for members of Parliament In
Asia women taxpayers vote in British
Burmah and in the Presidencies of
Madras and Bombay. Women have
municipal suffrage at the Cape Of Good
Hope. Some of the greatest conquests
for rights of women have been made in
Australia Municipal suffrage exists
in New Zealand, and the Legislature
hos 6oo;1o1 <ho< -ounor voo1, vote IN,
members of Parliament Suffrage also
exists in Victoria. New South Wales,
Queensland and South Australia. There
are two small Islands. one the Isle Of
Man, in British waters, and the other
Pitcairn Island, in the South Pacific,
where women have full suffrage. Wo-
men are alse free to vote in Iceland and
In Tasmania. The islands around
Great Britain. the Isle of Wight, the
Scilly Islands, Holyhead. the Hebrides,
Orkneys and Shetlands. are all under
the common law that gives single wo-
men and widows the power to vote on
the same terms rs men.
'But this is not all. For s COO miles. from At
lantio to Pacific. from the q III Of ST. Lawrence
70 Puget Sound, without one gap. stretches .
belt Of thirty 6tates Territories and provinces
where women have begun to exercise aDme de-
gree Of self-government In every Territory
but one New Nexico) some law has been pass
Cd moro or less relieving women from disffan-
chisement! When the suns rays at Cape Bre
ton first touched the shore of civilized Amer
lea they fall on women whom Nova Scotia's laws
mako free; ~ those beams light up long
range Of communities, they strike but ono spot
(Maine) where women are wholly enslsved;
and whom they fade from the beach Of Queen
Charlotte Islands they bid farewell in sunsets
glowing hues, to thousands of women whom
British Columbia has enfranchised. This vast
realm II wondrous too for breadth. From Cape
May to Hudson's Sea, from the Tennessee Dor
der to the Saskatchewan river, from the Alas
kan boundary to the Mexican Gulf, reaches this
mighty region where woman IL In some meas
ure free! and besides its splendid length Of
hve thousand miles, its great breadth IL two
thousand From the petition vote of Texas
school onicers, the petition vote for Arkansas
and Mississippi for and against liquor license.
the tax payers school vote of Vermont and
the widows school vote Of Kentucky, to the
full free, equal suffrage of Wyoming the de-