Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-02-22
WIfERE WOMAN TOTES.
The Increasing spread Of the suffrage
MnNemenI.

The Increasing spread Of the suffrage
Movement.
DESCRIBED IN GLOWING TERMS BY 4 NEW
YORK EQUAL sUFFRAGisT.
The spread of woman suffrage, says the
New York Mail and Express, in all parts Of
the world has never been more strikingly
shown than by pamphlet just issued 10y
Mr. Hamilton Wilcox The author is the
chairman Of the state executive committee
of the New York Suffrage party. The
pamphlet is concise summary Of the pro
gress of the movement in all civilized coun-
tries
Mr.. Hamilton reveals facts that will as
tonish both the foes and friends of woman's
freedom Of ballot The general impression
that her right TO vote is admitted only in a
few obscure localities is shown 10 be incor-
rect and the fact is revealed that she has
the right Of suffrage in some form in over
IA 600, 900 square miles of territory, the
population Of which amounts to nearly
300, 900 600 people.
In the large province of Ontario, which
has l02 900 square miles, or more than
double the territory of New York, women
vote, unless they are married, ON like terms
with their brothers, for all elective officers
save two In the adjoining province of
Quebec women are voters in the cities Of
Montreal and Quebec, and various other
cities by provincial law. British Columbia
permits women to vote for all elective Of
icers except members Of Parliament. Cross
ing the border into the United States we
find that Wyoming, with its -, 900 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 comes the startling
assertion that in the largest Of all our states,
Texas, women exercise the right Of suf-
frage, though not at the polls. state and
school officers are chosen by petitions to the
county Judge for their appointment, those
with the largest petitions being appointed.
Women sign these petitions on the same
terms as the men, and thus practically vote
without leaving home
Continuing, Mr. Wilcox says
But this is not all For 5000 miles, from
Atlditlc 10 Idtll', lIbil llt 'iull VI obs
Lawrence u Puget Sound without one gap,
stretches belt Of thirty states, territories
and provinces where women have begun to
exercise some degree Of self government.
In every territory but one New Mexico
some law has been passed more or less re
lieving women from disfranchisement
When the suns rays at Cape Breton first
touch the shore Of civilized America they
fall ON women whom Nova Scotia laws
make free as those beams light up long
range Of communities they strike but one
spot ,Mainel where women are wholly en-
slaved.J. and when they fade from the
beach Of Queen Charlotte Islands they bid
farewell in sunsets glowing hues 10 thou
sands Of women whom British Columbia
has enfranchised This vast realm is won
irous too for breadth From Cape May TO
Hudson sea from the Tennessee border to
the Saskatchewan river, from the Alaskan
boundary to the Mexican Gulf, reaches this
mighty region where woman Is in some
measure free and besides its splendid length
of five thousand miles its greatest breadth Is
two thousand From the petition vote for
Texas school officers, the petition vote OF
Arkansas and Mississippi for and against
liquor license the taxpayers school vote of
Vermont and the widows school vote of
hentuckN, 10 tue lull, Tree t'iuhl HuildSt
Of Wyoming, the degrees of womans en-
franchisement vary but everywhere is the
principle rejected that never may women
vote the iron rule Of relentless endless
disfrauchisement is broken
In England, Scotland and Wales women,
unless they are married vote for all elective
officers, except members of Parliament, on
the same terms with men. In Ireland WON
en- vote everywhere for poor-law guardians :
| in Dundalk and other seaports for harbor
| boards, and in Belfast for all municipal Of
| fcers. 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 provincial and imperial parla
ments Finland women vote for all elec-
tive officers, and in Italy and Sardinia wild
ows vote for members Of Parliament. In
Asia women tax payers vote in British Bur
mah and in the presidencies of Madras and
Bombay Women have municipal suffrage
at the Cape of Good Hope Some of the
greatest conquests for the rights Of women
have been made in Australasia. Municipal
suffrage exists in New Zealand, and the leg
islature has decided that women may vote
for 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,
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have full suffrage. Women are also Tree t'