lly in favor of the enfranchisement of women.

The ladies found the Senate Chamber crowded from top to bottom on the
occasion of their visit Friday morning, and they were welcomed by
Lieutenant-Governor Parrott. In her response Miss Anthony called
attention to the fact that the women of Iowa had been pleading their
cause in vain before the Legislature for nearly thirty years. Mrs.
Mary C. C. Bradford, Mrs. Emmeline B. Wells and Mrs. Mell C. Woods
spoke for the States of Colorado, Utah and Idaho, which had
enfranchised women; Mrs. Colby represented Wyoming. Clever two-minute
speeches were made by Mrs. Ballard, Miss Shaw and Mrs. Chapman Catt,
which were highly appreciated by the legislators and the rest of the
audience.

During the convention an informal speech of Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton
(O.), As the World Sees Us, was much enjoyed. In the course of her
remarks she said:

The world thinks our husbands are inferior men, and I do not like
it. For fifty years they have said all sorts of things about the
overbearing suffragists--that they were crazy, tyrannical, etc.,
but they never have said we were fools. Why should they think
that we would pick out fools for our husbands?...

The world also thinks the suffrage advocates are poor
housekeepers. I know, for I was in the world a long time and I
thought so. When I was brought into the movement and visited the
leaders, I was surprised to find the order and executive ability
with which their homes were conducted.

The world thinks we are office-seekers. Most of us have not the
slightest wish for office, but we do want to see women serving on
all boards that deal with matters where woman's help is needed.

The world thinks we are irreligious; but our individual churches
do not think so--for most of us are members of churches in good
and regular standing, and we are not denied communion. We can not
be vestrymen, but if the church wants a steam heater it is voted
to have one, without a cent in the treasury, because the women
are relied upon to raise the money. We are religious enough to
have oyster suppers in aid of the church and to make choir-boys'
vestments and to raise the minister's salary and to make up the
congregation. Religion is love to God and man. If it is not
religion to promote a cause that will make men better and women
wiser and happier, w