The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27

Taken All in All, They Cut Quite a
Figure in the Worlds Politics.
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, 900, 0O0, says Political
Progress.
In Great Britain women vote for all cleo
tive officers except members Of parliament.
In France the women teachers elect
women members on all Boards Of Educa-
ton.
In Sweden women vote for all elective Of
f1cers except representatives also, Indirect
ly, for members of the house of lords.
In Norway they have school suffrage.
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 executive officers and on all local mat
ters.
In Finland they vote for all executive Of
ficers.
In Austro-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 par
lament.
In the Madras presidency and the Bonn
bay presidency Hindoostan) the women ex-
ercise the right of suffrage in all municipal
tiles.
In all the countries of Russian Asia they
can do so wherever a 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
Coiony, which rules a million square miles.
municipal woman suffrage rules in New
Zealand on6 hin
elections.
Iceland, in the North Atlantic, the Isle
of Man between England and Ireland),
and Pitcairn Islands, in the South Pacific,
have full woman suffrage.
IN the Dominion of Canada women have
munlc1pal suffrage in every province and
also in the Northwest Territories. In On,
tario they vote for all elective officers. ex-
cept In the election of members of the legis-
lature and parliament.
In the United States % states and terri
tories 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, Michi-
gan Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hamp-
shire. New Jersey, New York, North Da-
kota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas. Yer
mont and Wisconsin.
In Arkansas and Missouri women vote
by petition, on liquor license in many cases.
In Delaware suffrage is exercised bv
women in several municipalities
In Kansas they have equal suffrage with
men at all municipal elections.
About $1,000 women voted in 1890. In
Montana they vote on local taxation.
In New York they can and do vote at
school elections. The question of the con-
stitutionality of the law is still undecided.
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 defranchised
by the "Edmunds law" when they prompt
ly organized to demand its repeal.
In Pennsylvania a law was passed in 1889
under which women vote on local improve
ments by signing or refusing to sign petit
lions therefor.
In Wyoming women have voted on the
same terms with men since 1870. The con-
vention in 1889 to form a state constitution
unanimously inserted a provision securing
them full suffrage. This constitution was
ratified by the voters at a special election
by about three-fourths majority. Congress-
refused to require the Acknowledgement of
women and admitted the state july 10.
1890.
And let it not be forgotten that in the
senate of the United States, Feb. Z, 1889.
a select committee reported in favor of
amending the federal constitution so as to
forbid states to make sex a cause Of dis
reimbursement. Congress adjourned, how
ever, on March 4 following without reach
ING the subject.