; Augusta J. Chapin, Wis.; Stephen L. Brigham, Mich.;
Mrs. A. Knight, Minn.; Mrs. Helen E. Starrett, Kansas; Amelia Bloomer,
Iowa; Mrs. Beverly Allen, Mo.; Hon. Guy W. Wines, Tenn.; Seth Rogers,
Fla.; Gen. Rufus Saxton, Oregon; Rev. Charles G. Ames, Cal.; Hon. John
C. Underwood, Va.; Rufus Leighton, Wash. Ter.; A. K. P. Safford,
Arizona; Sarah Jane Lippincott (Grace Greenwood), D. C.; Hon. D. K.
Chamberlain, S. C.
_Executive Committee Ex Officio_--Mrs. T. B. Hussey, Me.; Hon.
Nathaniel White, N. H.; Albert Clarke, Vt.; Margaret W. Campbell,
Mass.; Mary F. Doyle, R. I.; Phebe A. Hanaford, Conn.; Anna C. Field,
N. Y.; Mrs. C. C. Hussey, N. J.; Annie Shoemaker, Pa.; John Cameron,
Del.; Mrs. Rebecca A. S. Janney, O.; Martha N. McKaye, Ind.; Myra
Bradwell, Ill.; Mrs. Frank Leland, Wis.; Lucinda H. Stone, Mich.; Abby
J. Spaulding, Minn.; Hon. Isaac H. Sturgeon, Mo.; John Ritchie, Kan.;
Mrs Lizzie B. Read, Iowa; Rev. Charles G. Woodbury, Tenn.; Miss Lottie
Rollin, S. C.; Fannie B. Ames, Cal.; Col. Edward Daniels, Va.; Mrs.
Matilda G. Saxton, Oregon; Rev. Frederick Hinckley, D. C.; Mrs. C. I.
H. Nichols, Cal.; Hon. John A. Campbell, Wyoming.
[195] Mrs. Howe was elected President.
[196] _Resolved_, That our thanks are due to the twenty-two United
States Senators who, at the last session of Congress, voted and paired
in favor of woman suffrage in the Territory of Pembina, and we rejoice
at the submission of woman suffrage to the people by the Legislatures
of Michigan and Iowa, as acts of enlightened statesmanship, which can
not fail, whatever may be the immediate result, to hasten the day of
woman's enfranchisement.
_Resolved_, That the recent indorsement of woman suffrage by the
Methodist Convention of Michigan, by the Conferences of Iowa, and by
various other religious bodies of these and other States, is evidence
that the value of woman's work in the churches begins to be
recognized, and in view of the fact that three-fourths of American
church members are women, we cordially invite the aid of Christians of
all denominations in securing woman's enfranchisement.
_Resolved_, That the recognition of the right of women to vote and
hold office, by the Patrons of Husbandry in their Granges, by the
Sovereigns of Industry in their Councils, and by the Good Templars in
their Lodges, entitles us to regard these societies as practical
auxiliaries of the woman suffrage movement.
_Resolved_, That we protest against the appropr
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