aces where they spoke they had
crowded houses, and everywhere made the warmest friends by their
truly admirable personal qualities.[85] The amount of work
performed by these two ladies was immense. Mrs. Stanton, escorted
by Ex-Gov. Robinson spoke in nearly every county of the State.
Miss Anthony remained at Lawrence working indefatigably in
planning and advertising meetings, distributing tracts, sending
posters to different places, and attending to all the minutiae and
drudgery of an extensive campaign. Often have I regarded with
admiration the self-sacrificing spirit with which she arranged
matters for others, did the hard and disagreeable work, and then
saw others carry off the honor and glory, without once seeming to
think of her services or the recognition due them.[86]

In a letter, summing up the campaign, Hon. S. N. Wood said, "On
the 25th of September, an address was published signed by over
forty men, the most prominent in the State; such men as Senator
Pomeroy, Senator Ross, Gov. Crawford, Lt. Gov. Green, Ex-Gov.
Robinson, and others, in favor of woman suffrage, but the cause
of both began to lag. Sears, Eskridge, Kalloch, Plumb, Simpson,
Scott, Bent, and others, made a very bitter campaign against
woman suffrage. About the middle of October George Francis Train
commenced a canvass of the State for woman suffrage and the
questions became more and more antagonized. The last few days a
regular Kilkenny fight was carried on." I will here take occasion
to record that several of the gentlemen who then canvassed the
State against woman suffrage have since announced a
reconsideration of their views; some of them have even stated
that were the question to come up again they would publicly
advocate it.

An address was prepared by the Woman's Impartial Suffrage
Association of Lawrence[87] which was widely circulated and
copied even in England. This address was signed by a large number
of the prominent ladies of Lawrence. Miss Anthony often said that
Lawrence was the headquarters of the movement. Every clergyman,
every judge, both the papers and a large proportion of the
prominent citizens were in favor of it. And with our State
University located here with over three hundred students, one
half of whom are ladies, we still claim Lawrence