Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1883 — A VICTORY FOR WOMEN. [ARTICLE]

A VICTORY FOR WOMEN.

They Secure the jEOght to Vote in Another Territory. [Portland (Oregon) Dispatch.] The bill striking out the word “male” from all the election laws passed the council of the Washington Territory Legislature, la session ac Olympia, to-day, by a vote of 7to 5. It passed the House several weeks ago by 15 to 7. Gov. Newell has expressed his intention to sign the bill, and there is no doubt it will become law in regular time—sixty’days. The first opportunity the women will have to vote will be at the general election next November. An enthusiastic meeting of women suffragists is in session to-night, Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway, the recognized leader in the equal rights movement, being the central figure. *