Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-21
WHERE WOMEN VOTE.
The Right Granted TO Women OF Several
Countries and Many states.

The Right Granted TO Women OF Several
Countries and Many states
The countries of the world where
women already have some suffrage have
an area OF over 100000 square miles
and their population is over $50, O0O,OOO
In Great Britain women vote for all
elective officers except members OF Par
lament.
In France the women teachers elect
women members on all boards Of educa-
ton.
In Norway they hare school Suf-
frage.
la Ireland the women vote for the
harbor boards, poor law guardians, and
in Belfast for municipal officers.
In Russia women householders vote
for ali elective officers and on all local
matters.
In Finland they vote for all elective
officers.
In Austria Hungary they vote, by
proxy, for all elective officers.
In Croatia and Dalmatia they have
the privilege OF doing so in local cleo
tons in person.
In Italy widows vote for members OF
parliament.
In the Madras presidency and the
Bombay presidency (Hindoostan) the
women exercise the right OF suffrage in
all municipalities.
In all the countries OF Russian Asia
they can do so wherever a Russian col
ony settles. The Russians are coloniz-
ing the whole of their vast Asian pos
sions and carrying with them every
where the "mir," or sef-governing vii
lage, wherein women who are heads OF
households are permitted 10 vote.
Women have municipal suffrage in
Cape Colony, which rules million
square miles.
Municipal woman suffrage rules In
New Zealand, and, think, at parlla-
mentary elections.
Iceland, In the North Atlantic, and
the Isle Of Man between England and
Ireland), and Pitcairn Island, in the
South Pacific, have full women suffrage.
In the Domi MON OF Canada women
have municipal suffrage in every prov
ince and also in they Northwest Terri
tories. In Ontario the vote for all cleo
tive officers, except in the election Of
members Of the Legislature and Parlia-
ment.
In the United States twenty-eight
States und Territories have given wo-
u en- some form Of suffrage.
School suffrage in various degrees is
granted to women in Arizona, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New
Hampshire. New Jersey, New York,
North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota,
Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin,
la Arkansas and Missouri women
vote, by petition, on liquor Licenses in
many cases.
In Delaware suffrage is exercised by
women in several municipalities.
In Kansas they have equal suffrage
with men In all municipal elections.
About $4,000 women voted in 1890.
In Montana they vote on all local taxa
ton.
In New York they can and do vote at
school elections. The question Of The
constitutionality Of the law Is still un-
decided. They vote. also, in this State
on local improvements, such as gas and
electric street lighting, paving, sewer
age and municipal bonds.
In Utah women voted until disfran-
chised by the "Edmunds law" when
they promptly organized to demand its
repeal.
In Pennsylvania a law was passed in
1889 under which women vote on local
improvements by signing or refusing to
sign petitions therefor.
Ia Wyoming women have voted on
the same terms with men since 1870.
The convention in 1889 TO form State
constitution unanimously inserted pro-
vision securing them full suffrage. This
constitution was ratified by the voters at
a special election by abont three-fourths
majority. Congress refused to require
the disfranchisement OF women and ad-
mitted the State July 10, 1890.
And In the Senate Of the United
States, February :, 1889, a select com
uittee reported in favor OF amending
the Federal Constitution so as 10 forbid
States to make sex a cause Of dlsfran-
chisement. Congress adjourned. how
ever, on March following without
reaching the subject