such as gave the editor no chance to express his own
opinions, but even those papers have almost invariably published
my letters.

During the year letters were written to over 2,000 editors in the
United States and several in Canada and the returns through the
clipping bureaus indicated that a large majority were published. The
report said: "I wish there were space to give concrete instances of
the results of this year's experiment. Editors have written that,
while for years their paper had supported woman suffrage, this was the
first time they ever had come in touch with the national organization
or known that their work was being recognized outside of their own
locality. Many who were wavering have been persuaded to come out
definitely in favor; this has been especially noticeable in the South.
In a number of cases papers which condemned a Federal Amendment have
been helped to see its necessity, and this in the South as well as the
North...." As an example of the many special articles it continued:

When the "picketing" began in Washington last January, almost
every newspaper in the United States held the entire suffrage
movement responsible for it. At once 250 letters were sent in
answer to editorials of this nature, stating that the National
American Association organized in 1869, had been always strictly
non-partisan and non-militant; that it represented about 98 per
cent. of the enrolled suffragists of the United States; that all
the suffrage which the women possessed to-day was due to its
efforts and those of its State auxiliaries, and that Dr. Shaw,
its honorary president, and Mrs. Catt, its president, strongly
condemned the "picketing." The letter urged the newspapers in
their comment on it to make a clear distinction between the two
organizations. In countless instances this request was complied
with but at the time of the Russian banner episode of the
"pickets" before the White House another flood of more than 1,000
editorials poured into the national headquarters, many of them
crediting it to the whole cause. A second letter more emphatic
than the first was sent to 350 of the largest newspapers in the
country, enclosing Mrs. Catt's protest against the "picketing."
These had the desired effect and practically all of the papers
thereafter, except those hostile to woman suffrage, exonerated