ntroduced at the request of the Federal Suffrage Association a
bill to protect the rights of women citizens of the United States
to register and vote for Senators and members of the House. The
bill was referred to the Committee on the Election of the
President, Vice-President and Representatives in Congress and has
not yet been reported out. On December 10 this same bill was
introduced by Senator Lane of Oregon, referred to the Committee
on Woman Suffrage and is still there.

United States Elections Bill: The United States Elections Bill,
introduced by Senator Owen at the request of Miss Laura Clay on
February 3, aims also to secure to women the right to vote for
Senators and Representatives in Congress. Miss Clay says it is
simply a declaratory act; that it does not permit Congress to
specify qualifications of voters and therefore does not involve
the issue of State's rights. This bill was referred to the
Committee on Privileges and Elections, where it remains. Your
committee assisted the suffragists in the District of Columbia in
the effort for a bill enabling it to elect a delegate to the
Lower House....

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Planks:[105] For some time prior to June your committee used
every opportunity with Senators and Representatives to further
the work of securing suffrage planks in the Republican and
Democratic national platforms. Its chairman was put in charge of
drafting for submission to Mrs. Catt the planks which were to be
offered to the two conventions on behalf of the National
Association. Its members who went to Chicago and St. Louis
concentrated their efforts on the planks. The two demonstrations
of women planned and supervised by the National Board were the
culmination of the campaign on behalf of these planks. In
cooperation with your Congressional Committee, many State
delegations of women who came for the demonstrations did special
eleventh-hour work with the delegates to the conventions.

Your committee regrets that the planks in the two dominant
national party platforms, since they mention method at all, do
not specifically endorse Federal action, but they will be of
great value in the States and progress there will help the
Federal work. Every man in Congress is keenly alive to the
st