ith the aid of the National
Association 10,000 copies of Mrs. Catt's leaflet, Do You Know? were
circulated.

The suffrage leaders made a vigorous effort at Sacramento at the next
legislative session in 1905 but the measure was defeated in both
Houses. California's full delegation of fourteen was in attendance at
the annual convention of the National American Suffrage Association in
Portland, Ore., in June. On the way from Portland Miss Anthony, Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw and several other eastern delegates stopped at Chico,
the home of Mrs. Bidwell, vice-president of the State association,
where Miss Anthony spoke at the dedication of a magnificent park of
2,200 acres which she was presenting to the town. They were royally
entertained in California, beginning with a public reception at the
Sequoia Hotel in San Francisco. This was followed by others in
Oakland, East Oakland and Berkeley, attended by hundreds. A mass
meeting of 1,500 was arranged by the Equal Suffrage League in the
Alhambra Theater, San Francisco.[12] Similar meetings and receptions
awaited them in Southern California and they addressed an audience of
10,000 at Venice, the noted seaside resort.

The State convention met in Wheeler's Auditorium, San Francisco, in
October. Deep interest had been felt in the campaign for a woman
suffrage amendment carried on in Oregon during the summer and the
association had wished to assist with money, organizers and speakers.
For this purpose the entire contents of the treasury, about $500, were
contributed and clubs and individuals sent more than that amount. Mrs.
Keith gave $1,000 in the name of the State the following year.

The year 1906 opened auspiciously. In all parts of the State the clubs
were holding public meetings, supplying columns of suffrage matter to
the newspapers, now largely willing to publish them, and preparing for
a siege of the next Legislature. In April the city was almost
destroyed by fire and earthquake. One month afterwards the State board
of officers met with a full quorum, ready to begin the effort to
obtain woman suffrage planks in the platforms of the political parties
at the approaching State conventions. This was accomplished in all but
that of the dominant Republican party. The work was continued
throughout the State of securing resolutions of endorsement from
various kinds of organizations and by the end of the year these
included a dozen State associations, and with societies other than
s