rength of our movement in his district and State. For that
reason we urged the women of each State to secure planks in the
State platforms endorsing the principle of woman suffrage. As a
last resort, if they could not secure a separate plank in their
State platforms, we asked them to make sure that each State
convention endorsed its party's national platform, that the plank
might in this way have the equivalent of a State endorsement.

With the final yielding of the two dominant parties to the
justice of woman suffrage all are now on record in favor of the
principle; all except the Republican and Democratic endorse the
Federal Amendment. Republicans have been strengthened in their
advocacy of Federal action by Judge Hughes' personal endorsement
of the amendment. Your committee must sound a note of warning
here against over-confidence. Some too zealous suffragists,
including one suffrage organ, state quite seriously,
notwithstanding the fact that their attention has been called to
their error, that "the Republican party has specifically declared
for the Federal Suffrage Amendment." Alas! it has done no such
thing. It has not done one bit more than the Democratic party.
The personal endorsement of the Republican candidate for
President can not properly be construed as party endorsement.
Those of us who have had some years of experience have witnessed
the worming and screwing, fallacy and treachery exhibited by
members of a party after their leading candidate has endorsed a
particular measure. We know that we can not hold the party
responsible for one man's utterances made after the platform had
been adopted by the party convention and accepted by the party
candidate.

Committee: Mrs. Medill McCormick was unable to continue as
chairman of the Congressional Committee and the present chairman
was appointed by the National Board in January, 1916, immediately
went to Washington and lived there eight months, until the
opening of this convention. During the entire term of this
session of Congress this committee has had some representatives
on duty at the Washington headquarters every moment. The service
of each member has not been continuous but has varied from a week
to three months in length. In addition to the chairman, the
committee consiste