The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-13
WHERE WOMEN HAVE SUFFRAGE.
Taken All in All, They Cut Quite
Figure in the Worlds Politics.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The countries of the world where wo-
men already have some suffrage have an
area of over 1900 900 square miles arI
their population is over S50000.000.
In Great Britain women vote for all
elective offices except members Of par
Lament.
In France the women teachers elect wo-
men members on all boards Of education.
In Sweden women vote for all elective
officers except representatives: also. ir-
directly. for members of the House Of
Lords.
In Norway they have school suffrage
In Ireland the women vote for the har-
Dor boards, poor law guardians, and in
Belfast for municipal officers.
In Russia women householders vote for
all elective officers and on all local mat
ters.
In Finland they vote for all elective Of
ficers.
In Austria Hungary they vote. by proxy,
for all elective officers.
In Croatia and Dalmatia they have the
privilege of doing so in local elections IN
person.
In Italy widows vote for members Of
parliament.
In the Madras Presidency and the BON
bay Presidency Hindoostan the women
exercise the right of suffrage in all mu-
inequalities.
In all the coutries of Russia, Asia, they
can do so wherever Russian colony set
ties The Russians are colonizing the
whole of their vast Asian possessions
and carrying with them everywhere 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.
Zealand, and, l think, at parliamentary
elections.
Iceland in the North Atlantic; the Isle
of Man between England and Ireland;
and Pitcairn Island, in the South Pacific
have full woman suffrage.
In the Dominion of Canada women have
municipal suffrage in every province and
also in the Northwest Territories In on
tario they vote for all elective offices, ex-
cept in the election of members of the leg
islature and parliament.
In the United States twenty-eight states
and territories have given women some
form of suffrage.
School suffrage in various degrees is
granted to women in Arizona, Colorado
Connecticut Delaware, idaho. Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts,, Mich
igan, Minnesota, Nebraska. New Hamp-
shire, New Jersey, New York, North Da-
kota, South Dakota, Oregon, Texas Yer
mont. and Wisconsin.
In Arkansas and Missouri women vote
by petition, on liquor license in many
cases.
In Delaware suffrage is exercised by wo-
men in several municipalities.
In Kansas they have equal suffrage
with men at 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 con-
stitutionality of the law is still unde-
cided. They vote also in many places in
this state on local improvements, such as
gas and electric street lighting, paving,
sewerage and municipal bonds.
In Utah women voted until disfran-
chised by the "Edmunds law" when thcy
promptly organized to demand its repeal
In Pennsylvania law was passed in
1889 under which women vote on local
improvements by signing or refusing to
sign petitions therefor
In Wyoming women have voted on the
lame terms with men since 1870. The con-
vention in 1889 to form a state constitu-
ton unanimously inserted proYision Sc
curing them full suffra &c. This sconstftu-
ton was ratified by the voters at spe-
cial election by about three -fourths ma
jority. Congress refused to require the
Acknowledgement of women and admit
ted the state July TO- 1890
And let it not be forgotten that in the
Senate of the United States Feb. 7, 1889, a
select committee reported in favor of
amending the federal constitution so as to
forbid states to mae sex a cause of dis
Establishment. Congress adjourned, how
ever, March A. following, without reach
ing the subject.