The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-02
WHERE WOMEN HAVE SUFFRAGE.
Notes Cleaned From Over the World
Usage in some States.

Notes Cleaned From over the World
Usage in Some States.
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,UUO,OOO says the
Imperial Magazine.
In Great Britain women vote for all
elective officers 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, indi-
rectly, 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
ali elective officers and on all local mat
tiers.
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
persons.
In Italy widows vote for members of
parliament.
In all the countries of Russian Asia
they can do so wherever a Russian colony
settles. 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 permit
ted to vote.
Women have municipal suffrage in Cape
Colony, which rules a million square
miles.
Municipal women suffrage rules in New
| Zealand.
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 officers, ex-
cept in the election Of members of the
legislature 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 by
| women 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,
itlon.
in New York they can and do vote al
school elections. The question of the con
stitutionality of the. law Is still undecided
| They vote also in many places in THU
state on local improvements, such as gai
and electric street lighting, paving, sewer
age and municipal bonds.
In Utah women voted until disfran
chised by the "Edmunds law" when the!
promptly organized to demand its repeal
In Pennsylvania law was passed II
1889 under which women vote on local i'm
provements by signing or refusing to slgl
petitions therefor.
In Wyoming women have voted on tn
same terms with men since 1870 The con
vention in 1889 to form a state constitu
ton unanimously inserted a provision Sc
curing them full suffrage. This constiru
ton was ratified by about three-fourth
, majority. Congress refused to require tn
Acknowledgement of women and admittet
the state July 10, 1890. .a..'