olitics will be transformed and women will
naturally have a share in it." She called attention to the pioneer
days in various countries where women bore a full part in their
hardships and to the revolutions in older countries where women fought
by the side of the men, "and yet," she said, "when popular governments
are established, women for considerations of expediency are left
out.... But in the final program for social problems men and women
will solve them together with ballots in the hands of both." Senator
Robinson gave a keen and comprehensive account of Women as
Legislators. The officers of the association held the usual Sunday
evening reception to delegates and friends at Hotel Bellevue.

The 456 delegates, the largest number ever present at a convention,
representing 34 States, were officially greeted Monday afternoon by
Mrs. Nina Allender, president of the District of Columbia Association,
and Miss Alice Paul, chairman of the National Congressional Committee.
Mrs. Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, president of the Alabama Suffrage
Association, responded in behalf of the national body. The excellent
arrangements for the convention had been made by the new Congressional
Committee: Miss Paul, chairman; Miss Lucy Burns, Mrs. Mary Beard, Mrs.
Lawrence Lewis and Mrs. Crystal Eastman Benedict, who raised the funds
for all its expenses, including those of the national officers, and
secured hospitality for the delegates. The report of the corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Mary Ware Dennett, described the granting of woman
suffrage by the Territorial Legislature of Alaska the preceding
January and said: "The bulk of suffrage legislation this year is quite
unprecedented. Bills were introduced in twenty-five Legislatures and
in the U. S. Congress; bills were passed by ten Legislatures and
received record-breaking votes in seven others, and for the second
time in history there has been a favorable report from the Woman
Suffrage Committee of the U. S. Senate. It continued:

There are three suffrage decisions on record for the year just
passed--victory in Alaska and Illinois by act of the Legislature
and temporary defeat in Michigan by vote of the electorate. There
are four actual campaign States where the amendment will be
submitted to the voters next autumn, Nevada (where the bill has
passed two Legislatures), Montana, North and South Dakota; and
there are three other States where initiative petitions