should have a place in the management of this
Columbian Exposition--and they got it"![92] She closed as follows:

I have been greatly impressed as I have come into this hall from
day to day, and have looked upon the sweet representative face in
marble of Lucretia Mott and the benign, glorified face of Mrs.
Stanton, with Susan B. Anthony as the central figure of the trio,
and have thought of the years they have lifted up their voices
praying they might see the glory of the coming of the Lord; and I
have felt if only I could bring before them the sheaves which we
are gathering from the women of the earth for this great
exposition; if only I could show them how their work has put the
women of this nation in touch with the women of every other
country, awakening them to new aspirations, new hopes, new
efforts, to whom the dawn of a brighter day is visible--these
pioneers would say, "Our eyes are indeed opened; a handful of
corn planted on the top of the mountain has been made to shake
all Lebanon."

Miss Mary H. Williams (Neb.) reported that, as chairman of a committee
for this purpose, she had sent letters to forty-nine Governors of
States and Territories; twenty-one replies had been received--nine in
favor of full suffrage for women, two of school suffrage only, three
were totally opposed and the others made evasive replies. The nine in
favor were Governors Barber of Wyoming, Routt of Colorado, Mellette of
South Dakota, Winans of Michigan, Thomas of Utah, Burke of North
Dakota, Humphrey of Kansas, Colcord of Nevada, Knapp of Alaska. All of
these were Western men and all Republicans but Winans. Tillman of
South Carolina and Willey of Idaho favored school suffrage alone.
Stone of Mississippi and Fleming of West Virginia answered "no". Gov.
James E. Boyd of Nebraska was opposed, although he would allow women
to vote on school questions. Governor Boyd's election had been
contested on the ground that his father had not been properly
naturalized.

Gov. Thomas M. Holt of North Carolina replied: "I am utterly opposed
to woman suffrage in any shape or form. I have a wife and three
daughters, all married, who are as much opposed to women going into
politics as I am, and they _reflex_ the sentiment of our Southern
women generally."

Gov. Francis P. Fleming of Florida gave nine reasons why he was
opposed, but concluded: "The above objections would not as