and to her.

In my first visit to her after her husband's death I suggested this
plan, but she replied that it was impossible for her to consider it.
I did not lose thought of it, however, and at the next International
Conference, held in Copenhagen in 1907, I suggested to some of the
delegates that we introduce the matter as a resolution, asking Mrs. Catt
to go around the world in behalf of woman suffrage. They approved the
suggestion so heartily that I followed it up with a speech setting forth
the whole plan and Mrs. Catt's peculiar fitness for the work. Several
months later Mrs. Catt and Dr. Aletta Jacobs, president of the Holland
Suffrage Association, started on their world tour; and not until after
they had gone did I fully realize that the two great personal ambitions
of my life had been realized, not by me, but by another, and in each
case with my enthusiastic co-operation.

In 1904, following my election to the presidency, a strong appeal came
from the Board of Managers of the exposition to be held in Portland,
Oregon, urging us to hold our next annual convention there during
the exposition. It was the first time an important body of men had
recognized us in this manner, and we gladly responded. So strong a
political factor did the men of Oregon recognize us to be that every
political party in the state asked to be represented on our platform;
and one entire evening of the convention was given over to the
representatives chosen by the various parties to indorse the suffrage
movement. Thus we began in Oregon the good work we continued in 1906,
and of which we reaped the harvest in 1912.

Next to "Suffrage Night," the most interesting feature of the exposition
to us was the unveiling of the statue of Saccawagea, the young Indian
girl who led the Lewis and Clark expedition through the dangerous passes
of the mountain ranges of the Northwest until they reached the Pacific
coast. This statue, presented to the exposition by the women of Oregon,
is the belated tribute of the state to its most dauntless pioneer;
and no one can look upon the noble face of the young squaw, whose
outstretched hand points to the ocean, without marveling over the
ingratitude of the nation that ignored her supreme service. To
Saccawagea is due the opening up of the entire western country. There
was no one to guide Lewis and Clark except this Indian, who alone knew
the way; and she led the whole party, carrying her papoose on her
back. She