the Broadway Theater, and a reception was given them by the Woman's
Club.

In 1896 the Colorado E. S. A. raised the funds to send Mrs. Mary C. C.
Bradford to aid in the Idaho amendment campaign.

During the Biennial of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, held
in Denver in June, 1898, the E. S. A. celebrated the Jubilee
Anniversary of the first Woman's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, N.
Y., by a meeting in the Auditorium and a reception in the parlors of
the Central Christian Church, with addresses by eminent local and
visiting speakers. In these rooms, for the entire week, this
organization and the Civic Federation kept open house, and in a
flag-draped booth gave an illustration of the Australian system of
voting.[192]

In January, 1899, Denver entertained Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt,
chairman of the national organization committee, and Miss Mary G. Hay,
secretary, as they were passing through the State. Mrs. A. L. Welch
gave a reception in their honor, at which ex-Gov. Charles S. Thomas
and Gov. Alva Adams spoke enthusiastically of the results of equal
suffrage, followed by Mrs. Chapman Catt in an interesting address. The
occasion was especially happy because that day the Legislature had
almost unanimously passed a joint resolution as follows:

WHEREAS, Equal suffrage has been in operation in Colorado for
five years, during which time women have exercised the privilege
as generally as men, with the result that better candidates have
been selected for office, methods of election have been purified,
the character of legislation improved, civic intelligence
increased and womanhood developed to greater usefulness by
political responsibility; therefore,

_Resolved_, by the House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring, That in view of these results the enfranchisement of
women in every State and Territory of the American Union is
hereby recommended as a measure tending to the advancement of a
higher and better social order.

That an authenticated copy of these resolutions be forwarded by
the Governor of the State to the Legislature of every State and
Territory, and the press be requested to call public attention to
them.[193]

This year Mrs. Katherine A. G. Patterson, who had been president of
the State E. S. A. for three years, retired and was succeeded by Mrs.
Welch, who was followed in 1900 by Mrs. Amy K. Cornwall, and in 1901