yo.), Walsh (Mont.), Smoot (Utah), Thomas, Thompson and
Representative Rankin. Thousands of copies were franked and given to
the National Association for distribution. On September 15 Chairman
Jones made a unanimous favorable report to the Senate. In the House
efforts were concentrated on securing a Committee on Woman Suffrage,
resolutions for which had been introduced by Representatives Raker,
Hayden and Keating and referred to the Committee on Rules. Mrs. Park's
report said:

Our first step was to get the approval of Speaker Clark, who gave
us cordial support. Later, to offset the fear on the part of
certain members of conflicting with President Wilson's
legislative program, a letter was sent to Chairman Edward W. Pou
(N. C.) of the Rules Committee by the President, who stated that
he thought the creation of the committee "would be a very wise
act of public policy and also an act of fairness to the best
women who are engaged in the cause of woman suffrage."

A petition asking for the creation of a Committee on Woman
Suffrage was signed by all members from equal suffrage States and
by many of those from Presidential suffrage States, and from
Arkansas. This was presented to the Rules Committee, which, on
May 18, granted a hearing. On June 6, by a vote of 6 to 5, on
motion of Mr. Cantrill a resolution calling for the creation of a
Committee on Woman Suffrage to consist of thirteen members, to
which all proposed action touching the subject of woman suffrage
should be referred, was adopted by the Rules Committee, with an
amendment, made by Mr. Lenroot to the effect that the resolution
should not be reported in the House until the pending war
legislation was out of the way.

The report of the Rules Committee, therefore, was not brought
into the House until September 24, when the extremely active
opposition of Chairman Webb and most of the other members of the
Judiciary Committee made a hard fight inevitable. Thanks to the
hearty support of Speaker Clark, the good management of Chairman
Pou and the help of loyal friends of both parties in the House,
as well as to the admirable work done by our own State
congressional chairmen, the report was adopted by a vote of 180
yeas to 107 nays, with 3 answering present and 142 not voting. Of
the favorable votes, 82 were from Democrats