e Court of
Domestic Relations and the Court of Morals, gave an illuminating
address on its functions and their results; Miss Maude Miner of New
York spoke from experience of the Women's Night Court and the Work of
a Probation Officer. The delegates were deeply moved and determined to
investigate and improve the conditions in their own localities.

There had for some time been need of revising the constitution to meet
new requirements and a revision committee had been appointed the
preceding year with Mrs. Catt chairman, but as she had been in Europe
her place had been taken by Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees (Conn.), who was
assisted by attorneys Helen Hoy Greeley and Jessie Ashley. The
discussion was as long and earnest as if the fate of nations were
involved but the principal changes adopted concerned representation,
dues, assessments, methods of election and similar details. The report
of Mrs. Katharine Dexter McCormick, treasurer, showed the total
receipts of the year to be $42,723; disbursements, $42,542; balance on
hand from preceding year, $2,874. A carefully prepared "budget" of
$42,000 was presented to the convention and quickly oversubscribed.
The legal adviser, Miss Mary Rutter Towle (D. C.), reported two
lawsuits in progress to secure legacies that had been left the
association, the usual fate that attended similar bequests. The
literature had become so large a feature that it was decided to form a
company to publish it. Mrs. Raymond Brown, president of the New York
State Suffrage Association, proposed a corporation with a capital
stock of $50,000, of which $26,000 should be held by the National
American Association, the rest sold at $10 a share. The first $10,000
were at once subscribed and later the Woman Suffrage Publishing
Company was organized with Mrs. Cyrus W. Field president.

The election took place under the new primary system and required two
days for completion. The only change was the electing of Mrs. Desha
Breckinridge second and Miss Ruutz-Rees third vice-presidents. The
majorities for most of the officers were very large. The report of the
delegates to the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in Budapest was
made by Mrs. Anna O. Weeks (N. Y.). The demand for congressional
documents, hearings, speeches, etc., had become so extensive that Mrs.
Helen H. Gardener (D. C.) had been appointed to report in regard to it
and she shed a good deal of light on the subject. She showed that some
documents are f