Evening star., 1896-02-08
WOMEN AND THE SUFFRAGE.
Where They Can Vote Throughout tn,
World and for What.

Where They Can Vote Throughout the
World and for What.
From the Omaha Bee.
The countries of the world where women
already have some suffrage have an area
of over 100000 square miles, and their
population is over 350,0O0000.
In Great Britain women vote for all
elective officers except members of parlia-
ment.
In France the women teachers elect
women members on all boards of educa-
ton.
In Sweden women vote for all elective
officers except representatives. Also, in
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 Crotia 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 Bonn
bay presidency Q1indoostan) the women
exercise the right of suffrage in all NUM-
cipalties.
| 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 1,OOO,OOO square miles
Aryn niyNnI sniff
Zealand and at parliamentary elections.
Iceland, in the North Atlantic; the Isle
of Man, between England and Ireland, and
Pitcairn Island, in the South Pacific. have
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 officers ex-
cept in the election Of members Of the
legislature 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, KeItucky, Massachusetts, Michi-
gan. Minnesota, Nebraska. New Hamp-
shire, New Jersey, New York. North Da-
kota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Ver-
mont and Wisconsin.
In Arkansas and Missouri women vote,
by petition. on liquor license 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
$1,000 women voted in 1890.
In Montana they vote on all local taxa
| ticn.
In New York they can and do vote at
school elections. The question Of the con-
stitutionality of tho 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 dfsfranchised
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
| improvements by signing or refusing to
| sign petitions therefor.
| same terms with men since 1870. The
convention in 1889 to form a state constitu-
ton unanimously inserted a provision Sc
curing them full suffrage. This constitu-
! ton was ratified by the voters at a special
| election by about three-fourths majority.
Congress refused to require the disfran-
chisement of women. and admitted the
state July 10, 1890.
| And let it not be forgotten that in the
Senate of the United States February T.
| 1889, select committee reported in favor
| of amending the federal Constitution SC
as to forbid states to make sex cause
| of disfranchisement. Congress adjourned
however, March following, without
| reaching the subject.