y have received the vote, but it will make
searching inquiry into the mysterious causes which deny patriotic,
qualified women of our Republic a voice in their own government while
those of monarchies and erstwhile monarchies are honored with
political equality. Suffrage delegates, women voters, there is need of
more serious counsel than in any preceding year. It is not you but the
nation that has been dishonored by the failure of the 65th Congress to
pass the Federal Suffrage Amendment. Let us inquire together; let us
act together.

CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT, President.
ANNA HOWARD SHAW, Honorary President.
KATHARINE DEXTER MCCORMICK, First Vice-President.
MARY GARRETT HAY, Second Vice-President.
ANNE DALLAS DUDLEY, Third Vice-President.
GERTRUDE FOSTER BROWN, Fourth Vice-President.
HELEN H. GARDENER, Fifth Vice-president.
NETTIE ROGERS SHULER, Corresponding Secretary.
JUSTINA LEAVITT WILSON, Recording Secretary.
EMMA WINNER ROGERS, Treasurer.

[116] Ministers who opened the different sessions with prayer were
Mary J. Safford, of Iowa; Dr. Ivan Lee Holt, Rabbi Samuel Thurman, Dr.
G. Nussman and the Rev. Father Russell J. Wilbur; at the meetings in
the Odeon, Dr. J. W. Mclvor and Dean Carrol Davis, all of St. Louis.

[117] From the address of President Wilson:

And what shall we say of the women?... Their contribution to the great
result is beyond appraisal. They have added a new luster to the annals
of American womanhood. The least tribute we can pay them is to make
them the equals of men in political rights as they have proved
themselves their equals in every field of practical work they have
entered, whether for themselves or for their country. These great days
of completed achievements would be sadly marred were we to omit that
act of justice.

[118] For action of this committee see Appendix for Chapter XIX.

[119] Names of Committee: John E. Raker, California, chairman; Edward
W. Saunders, Virginia; Frank Clark, Florida; Benjamin C. Hilliard,
Colorado; James H. Mays, Utah; Christopher D. Sullivan, New York;
Thomas L. Blanton, Texas; Jeannette Rankin, Montana; Frank W. Mondell,
Wyoming; William H. Carter, Massachusetts; Edward C. Little, Kansas;
Richard N. Elliott, Indiana; Jacob E. Meeker, Missouri.

[120] In the sum