| Australia. |
| Barton, Edmund, Premier. | Parkes, Sir Henry, |
| Cockburn, Sir John, K. C. W. G., | Premier N. S. W. |
| Kingston, Hon. C. C., Premier S. Aus | Reid, Sir G. H., Premier N. S. W. |
| Lyne, Sir William, Premier N. S. W. | Turner, Sir George, Premier Victoria. |
| Onslow, Lady. | Windeyer, Lady. |
| New Zealand. |
| Hall, Sir John. | Stout, Sir Robert, Premier. |
| Seddon, H. J., Premier. | Vogel, Sir Julius, Colonial Treas. |
| Canada. |
| Hall, Sir John, M. P. | MacDonald, Sir John, Premier. |
| South Africa. |
| Schreiner, Olive. |
TESTIMONY FROM WOMAN SUFFRAGE STATES.[501]
No attempt is made to give here the mass of testimony which is easily available from the States where women vote, but only enough is presented to show its nature and the character of those who offer it. In the four States where women have exercised the full franchise for from six to thirty-three years, not half a dozen reputable persons have said over their own names that any of the evils which were so freely predicted have come to pass or that its effect upon men, women or the community has been other than good. The small amount of criticism which has been openly made has been anonymous or from those whose word was entitled to no weight. There is not another public question on which the testimony is so uniformly one-sided, and similar evidence on any other would be accepted as sufficiently conclusive to demand a unanimous verdict in its favor.
In 1901 Amos R. Wells, editor of the Christian Endeavor World, wrote to twenty-five ministers of several different denominations, choosing their names at random among his subscribers in the equal suffrage States, and asking them whether equal suffrage was working well, fairly well or badly. One answered that it worked badly, three that it worked fairly well, and the twenty-one others were all positive and explicit in saying that it worked well. One point upon which they laid stress was the increased intelligence and breadth of mind of the women, and the good influence of this upon their children. Mr. Wells said in summing up: "Woman suffrage makes elections more expensive, but it is a grand school for the mothers of the republic."
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