The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-16
WOMEN AND THE SUFFRAGE.
Where They Can Vote Throughout
the World and for What.

From the Omaha Bee.
The countries of the world where wo-
men already have some suffrage have an
area OF over 100000 square miles, and
their population is over S5O,OOOOOO.
In Great Britain women vote for all
| elective officers except members of parll-
ament.
IN france the women teachers elect wo-
men members on all boards of education.
IN sweden women vote for all elective
ofhcers except representatives. Also. in
directly for members of the House Of
In Norway they have school suffrage.
IN ireland the women vote for the har-
DOT Dor boards, poor law guardians, and in
| belIaSt Tor municipal officers
In Russia women householders vote for
an elective officers and on all local mat
In In Finland they vote for all elective off,
81, In 4. Austria Hungary they vote, by proxy,
Tor all elective officers
IN Crot1a and Dalmatia they have the
person. ''
In Italy. widows vote for members Of
In the Madras presidency and the Bonn
gay presidency (1indoostan) the women
e2HeT1Gise the right of suffrage in all NUM-
In all countries of Russia Asia thew can
90 SO wherever a Russian colony settles
Inc Inc russians are colOnizing the whole OF
thelr vast Asian possessions and carrying
| with them everywhere the mir" or self.
governing village, wherein women who are
AS4us Oh households are permitted to vote
omen have municipal suffrage in Cane
| Colony, which rules Loco. 600 SQUARE miles
Mumclpal woman suffrage rules in New
Ag Taa7d,l and at parliamentary elections.
Iceland in the North Atlantic; the Isle OF
Man, between England and ireland and
FDUcalrn Island, in the South Pacific have
tull woman suffrage
n hn T1r,,, sv,;S.
niillAcIpai Suffrage in every province and
also IN the northwest territories. In on
tarlo they vote for all elective officers ex-
~ III tlle erection of members of the leg
lSIatufe and parliament.
IN me United States twenty-eight states
anu anu lerrltories have given women some
form of suffrage.
School suffrage in various degrees is
sIahted to women in Arizona, Colorado,
connecticut, Delaware Idaho. Indiana,
Kansas, kentucky, Massachusetts, Michi-
gan, minnesota, Nebraska, New Hamp-
Shlre' New Jersey, New York, North Da-
kota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas. YER
mont and Wisconsin
IN Arkansas and Missouri women vote
cases.
In Delaware suffrage is exercised by wo-
men IN several municipalities.
In Kansas they have equal suffrage with
men IN all municipal elections. About So
OO0 women voted in 1890
In Montana they vote on all local taxa
ton.
In New York they can and do vote at
scnooi elections. The question of the con-
ssututionaiity of the law is still undecided
1hey 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 disfranchis-
ed 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
In Wyoming women have voted on tho
same terms with men since 1870 The con-
Yention in 1889 to form a state constttu-
ton unanimously inserted a provision Sc
curing them full suffrage This consttu-
ton was ratified by the voters at spe-
cial election by about three-fourth ma
Jority. Congress refused to require the
disfranchisement of women, and admitted
the state July 10, 1890.
And let it not be forgotten that in the
Senate of the United State Feb. T. 1882
a select committee reported in favor OF
amending the federal constitution so as
70 forbid states to make sex cause OF
disfranchisement. Congress adjourned
however, March 4 following, without
reaching the subject