d that the receipts for the past year were $10,345; that the
association had an indebtedness of about $1,400, and Miss Anthony,
desiring to leave it entirely free from debt, had raised almost all of
this amount herself; that the books now showed every bill to be paid.
Before the close of the convention almost $10,000 were subscribed
toward the work of the coming year. It was decided to hold a National
Suffrage Bazar in New York City before the holidays in order to add to
this fund.[125]

Mrs. Chapman Catt, chairman of the Organization Committee, reported
that with the secretary of the committee, Miss Mary G. Hay, she had
visited twenty States, lecturing and attending State conventions,
giving fifty-one lectures and traveling 13,000 miles. Ten thousand
letters had been sent out from the office.

The comprehensive report of Mrs. Elnora M. Babcock (N. Y.), chairman
of the Press Committee, showing the remarkable success achieved in
securing the publication of articles on suffrage, seemed to offer the
best possible proof of an increasing favorable public sentiment.
Articles had been furnished regularly to 1,360 newspapers; 3,675 had
been prepared on the present convention and birthday celebration;
altogether 31,800 weekly articles had been sent out and, so far as
could be ascertained, all had been published. The number of papers
which would use plate matter on suffrage was limited only by the money
which could be commanded to supply it.

Miss Anthony, in reporting for the Congressional Committee, made a
good point when she said:

One reason why so little has been done by Congress is because
none of us has remained here to watch our employes up at the
Capitol. Nobody ever gets anything done by Congress or by a State
Legislature except by having some one on hand to look out for it.
We need a Watching Committee. The women can not expect to get as
much done as the railroads, the trusts, the corporations and all
the great moneyed concerns. They keep hundreds of agents at the
national Capital to further their interests. We have no one here,
and yet we expect to get something done, although we labor under
the additional disadvantage of having no ballots to use as a
reward or punishment. Whatever takes place in Washington is felt
to the circumference of the country. I have had nearly all the
States send petitions to Congress asking that upon whatever terms
su