The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-09
WHERE WOMEN VOTE.

The following will inform women and men just how the affairs of women suf- frage stand today-and will astonish some who look upon it as a growing evil. and please some who approve it.. Anyway. what is is, and the following is how 1t is according to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. who writes 1t in Pro- gress:
 Woman suffrage is today an estab- lished fact in many lands. Australia easily heads the list as the most pro- gressive leader of all the countries in this respect. There women may now vote for all offices and in all elections upon exactly the same terms as men in local, State and national politics. The only exception to this rule is in the one province of Victoria, where women are not yet permitted to vote for members of their State Parliament. Tasmania is included in the Australian federation, and its women possess all the political rights enjoyed by men. New Zealand is not member of the Australian fed eration; it's women the endowed with all the political powers of men.
 In British Lands.
 Tn England women enjoy the privi- lege of municipal and county suffrage,
 
 given only to single women and widows, but later it was extended to all women who paid the same rates as the men electors. The women of Scotland and Ireland possess this same privilege while the women on the Isle of Man are endowed with exactly the same po- litical rights as men. In Iceland, a prosperous dependent colony of Dem mark, women have enjoyed the privi- leges of municipal suffrage for many years. In Norway and Sweden women have had some suffrage privileges for very long time. Norway is the leader of all European countries in liberality concerning this movement. In 1901 1t extended universal suffrage to men, which had before restricted the suf- frage, and at the same time it extended removing the property qualifications municipal suffrage to all women who pay taxes on yearly income of SIS in the country districts, or $110 in the cities. A married woman who owns property in common with her husband, he paying the taxes, is also entitled to generally voted under this new law and in the capital city of Christiana six wo- men have been elected members of the Common Council. In several other towns women have been elected to the Board of Aldermen. In one district woman was elected Chief Assessor, and Parliament has decided that women may be members of juries and grand juries. In Sweden women possess the same suffrage rights, but much higher prop erty qualifications than that of Norway limits the number of voters.
 European Conditions.
 France and Italy have court called the Tribunal of Commerce. A regu- larly educated and elected judge pre- sides over it. A sort of jury composes the rest of the court, and this jury is equally composed of employers and em- ployes in avenues of, commerce. Before this court all questions concerning dif- ferences between employers and em- ployes are arbitrated. Both men and women engaged in commerce either as employers or employees are equally priv ileged to vote for the members of this court.
 sIn many of the provinces of Ger many and Austria women of property have minor suffrage privileges. being permitted to appoint proxy to cast their votes. Tn some instances they have no particular control over their proxy; in others he is compelled to vote their exact bidding.
 Tn Russia, the only political privi- lege enjoyed by men is in minor local municipal government. Property is de- ma1ded as a qualification. and women property holders are permitted equal ity with men to enjoy these political rights. Since the women of Russia have been permitted to control their own property for some 200 years there are many property holding women even among the peasantry.
 "In Canada school and municipal suf- frage has been given to the women of all the provinces. Ontario granted school suffrage in 1750 and municipal suffrage in 1884. New Brunswick grant ed municipal suffrage in 1886. Nova Scotia and Manitoba gave municipal suffrage in 1887. In British Columbia and the northwest territories it was ex- bee followed in 1889 and extended the same privilege.
 In This Country.
 "In the United States women enjoy some form of suffrage in twenty-six States. Women may vote upon equal terms with men in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Idaho, being eligible to all offices. They may sit in the Legisla- ture; are eligible to seats in Congress, and may vote for the national Presi- dent. In Kansas women have school, | municipal and bond suffrage. The priv ilege of tax paying women to vote up- on the expenditure of tax money has been granted in Louisiana, Montana, 1 Iowa and New York in towns and vil- l lages. School suffrage for women ex- ists in Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, | Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts. Mich l igan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska | New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, | North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Da- | kota, Vermont, Wisconsin. Minnesota | elects State Board of Library Trus-