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Daring the interview in Now York, yesJ terday when asked, about the woman’s suffrage section of his message, Gov. Higgins said:
“I suggested that. in cities of the third class, women should be allowed to votes on questions affecting their properly. I ~i did not mean by that to gç on record as favoring the general proposition of worn- an suffrage. I have not made up my mind yet on that propostition It was my idea to try woman suffrage on tax ques tions in cities of the third class just to try the thing. When we see how it works, it will be time to consider the sub ject of extending woman suffrage,”
For the first time in several years, the woman’s suffrage proposition is before the Legislature, in the form of a concurrent resolution, introduced ro,lie,l by Senator Hill, of buffalo striking the qualifying word ‘‘male’’ from the provision f the conse i— tution prescribing qualifications Of voters 
a hea ring was s gi VE’fl to—day on ho I-Till resolution before the Senate Committee -
on Judiciary.
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I recommend to the consideration of the legislature -both the extension and restruc tion of the right to vote at special tax elec tions ‘in cities of the third class to those residents whose names shall be on the sessment roll, without limitation as to sex. if the right to vote act tax elections .is to be lim&ted to property holders, it would seem but an ‘act of justice to extend that right to women property holders as well
men.
WOMEN TAXPAYERS.
The earnest advocates of the proposed law’ restricting the right to vote at spe cial tax elections, in cities of the third class to those residents whose names shall be on the assessment roll, without limita tion as to sex, will be much encouraged by the strong words in approval of that measure uttered by governor Higgins yesterday He recommended the passage of such a law, adding that “if the right to vote at tax elections is to be ti~iited to property holders, it would seeth but an act of justice to extend that right to women property holders as well as to’  men.” Speaker Nixon, in his address
upon taking the chair for the seventh con ~m secutivé time, also recommended legisla tion to permit women taxpayers to vote
on all tax prOpositions, “I believe,” he declared “that every community would ‘be benefited by the votes of such wo men. They are a conservative, con scientious, patriotic and intelligent class, and the more voters of that kind we have: • at the polls the better for the common- wealth. They are asking only what is, reasonable and righf.”
Both of these high officials put the rec ommendation in favor of allowing women taxpayers to vote at tax elections on the proper ground, simple justice; but he concession might well be urged also on the ground of expediency and the gener al welfare.