River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-08
WHERE WOMEN HAVE SUFFRAGE
Taken All in All. They Cut Quite IA Figure
in tho Worlds Politics.

IN the Worlds Politics.
The countries Of the world where
women already have some suffrage
have an area of over eighteen million
square miles and their population is
over three hundred and fifty million.
In Great Britain women vote for all
elective officers except members of par
lament.
ia France the women teachers elect
women members on all boards of edu-
cation.
In Sweden women vote for all cleo
tive officers except representatives;
also, indirectly, for members of the
house of lords.
In Norway they have school suf-
frage.
In Ireland the women vote for the
harbor boards. poor law guardians, and
in Belfast for municipal officers.
In Russia women householders vote
for all elective officers and on all local
matters.
In Finland they vote for all elective
officers.
In Austria-Hungary they vote, by
proxy. fer all elective officers.
In Croatia and Dalmatia they have
the privilege of doing 50 in local cleo
tons in person.
In Italy widows vote for members of
parliament.
IN the Madras presidency and the
Bombay presidency (Hindoostanl the
women exercise the right of suffrage
in all municipalities.
la all the countries of Russian Asia
tbav- .,r, Il, -, ,.,.arrar D,rsSfnr, anf-
ony settles. The Russians are coloniz-
ing the whole OF their vast Asian pos
sessions and carrying with them every
where the mir" or self-governing
village. wherein women who are heads
Of households are permitted to vote.
Women have municipal suffrage in
Cape Colony, which rules a million
square miles.
Municipal woman suffrage rules in
New Zealand. and, | think, at parlia-
mentary elections.
Iceland. in the North Atlantic; the
Isle of Man between England and Ire
land;) and Pitcairn island. in the South
Pacific. have full woman suffrage.
In the Dominion Of Canada women
have municipal suffrage in every prov
ince and also in the northwest terri
tories. In Ontario they vote for all
elective officers. except in the election
of the members of the Legislature and
parliament.
In the United States twenty-eight
states and territories have given wom-
en- some form of suffrage.
School suffrage in various degrees is
granted to women in Arizona, Colo
RADIO, Connecticut, Delaware. Idaho, In
diana, Kansas, kentucky, Massaehu-
sets, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York, North Dakota. Oregon, South
Dakota, Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin.
In Arkansas and Missouri women
vote, by petition, on liquor license in
many eases.
In Delaware suffrage is exercised by
women in several municipalities.
In Kansas they have equal suffrage
with men at all municipal elections.
About fifty thousand women voted in
1890
In Montana thev vote on all local
tax tion.
In New York they can and do vote
at school elections The question of
the constitutionality of the law is still
undecided. They vote also in MANY
places in this state on local improve
ments, such as gas and electric street
lighting, paving, sewerage and NUM-
cipal bonds.
in Utah women voted until disfran-
chised by the "Edmunds law" when
they promptly organized to demand
its repeal.
In Pennsylvania law was passed in
1889 under which women vote on local
improvements by signing or refusing
10 sign petitions therefor.
In Wyoming women have voted on
the same terms with men since 1870.
/ The convention in 1889 to form a state
] constitution unanimously inserted
/ provision securing them 4ull suffrage.
This constitution was ratified bv the
voters at a special cl.etion 10y a bout
three-fourths majority. Congress re-
/ fused to require the reimbursement
/ of women and admitted the state July
10. 1890.
! nd let it not be forgotten that in
/ the senate of the United States. Febru-
ary :. 1850. a select committee reported
in favor of amending the federal con-
/ stitution SO as 10 for bid states TO make
sex cause OF acknowledgements. Con-
rress adjourned, however, March 4,
following, without reaching the sub
/ i.ct.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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