losing urged the appointment of a commission by
Congress to make a thorough investigation in the States where woman
suffrage was established and the chairman answered that "the committee
would probably wish to take this matter under advisement in executive
session." She thanked him for their courtesy and asked if the National
Suffrage Association might have 10,000 copies of the hearing for
distribution. This request was cheerfully granted by the committee and
the chairman offered to "frank" them as a public document. [Later the
committee increased the number to 16,000.]

Apparently the matter never was considered, as no report, favorable or
unfavorable, ever was made by either committee. In so far as bringing
the Federal Amendment before Senate or House for action was concerned
the hearings might as well never have taken place, but 26,000 franked
copies of the splendid arguments before the two committees went forth
to accomplish the mission of educating public sentiment.

FOOTNOTES:

[72] Part of Call: This convention has big problems confronting it,
interesting, stimulating problems coincident with the tremendous
expansion of our government, problems worthy the indomitable mettle of
suffrage workers; but in spite of hard work, this week will be a gala
week, a compensation for all the hard, dull, gray work during the past
year and a stimulus for still harder work during the year to come....

Let us listen to our fellow workers, and, listening and sympathizing
with the unselfish labor being carried on everywhere, pledge ourselves
to a flaming loyalty to suffrage and suffragists that will burn away
all dross of dissension, all barriers to united effort. Let us come
with high resolve that we will never waver in our effort to obtain the
right to stand side by side with the men of this country in the mortal
struggle that shall bid perish from this land political corruption,
privilege, prostitution, the industrial slavery of men, women and
children and all exploitation of humanity.

Let us come together, in this autumn of 1912, this unprecedented year
of suffrage, consecrating ourselves anew on this, the greatest of all
battlegrounds for democracy, the United States of America.

ANNA HOWARD SHAW, President.
JANE ADDAMS, First Vice-President.
SOPHONISBA BRECKINRIDGE, Second Vice-President.
MARY WARE DENNETT, Correspondin