covering two full pages of their official organ, _The Bricklayer and
Mason_, was published with an excellent portrait of myself, thus
sending me and my argument to each one of their more than sixty
thousand members, all of whom subscribe to this paper as part of their
dues to the union.

"The National Grange, which has indorsed woman suffrage for so many
years, adopted the resolutions and petitions.

"At the Federation of Commercial Schools of the United States and
Canada, which met in Chicago, my letter was read, the question was
thoroughly discussed and the suffrage petitions were adopted almost
unanimously.

"The Columbia Catholic Summer School, held at Detroit, gave a hearing
to our national president, Mrs. Chapman Catt, at which she is said to
have made many converts. A strong suffrage speech was made by the Rev.
Father W. J. Dalton, and other prominent members expressed themselves
in favor.

"The contents of my letters to religious and educational bodies can
readily be imagined, and one which was sent to the United States
Brewers' Association, in convention at Atlantic City, N. J., may be
cited as an example of the subject-matter of those to other
organizations:

GENTLEMEN: As chairman of the committee appointed by our National
Suffrage Association to address letters to the large conventions
held this year, allow me to bring before you the great need of
the recognition of women in all of the rights, privileges and
immunities of United States citizenship.

Though your association has for its principal object the
management of the great brewing interests of this country, yet I
have noted that you have adopted resolutions declaring against
woman suffrage. I therefore appeal to you, since the question
seems to come within the scope of your deliberations, to reverse
your action this closing year of the century, and declare
yourselves in favor of the practical application of the
fundamental principles of our Government to all the people--women
as well as men. Whatever your nationality, whatever your
religious creed, whatever your political party, you are either
born or naturalized citizens of the United States, and because of
that are voters of the State in which you reside. Will you not,
gentlemen, accord to the women of this nation, having the same
citizenship as yourselves, precisely the same privileges and