egon, Arizona and Kansas--Welcomed by Mayor
Blankenburg--Rally in Independence Square--Reports show wonderful
progress--An Evening by Men's Suffrage League--Discussion on
officers of the association taking part in political
campaigns--Great meeting in Metropolitan Opera House, speeches by
Julia Lathrop, Miss Addams and Dr. Burghardt DuBois--On last
evening addresses by Bishop Darlington, Baroness von Suttner and
Mrs. Catt--Hearings before Congressional Committees, Dr. Shaw and
Miss Addams presiding--Speeches on Senate side by James Lees
Laidlaw, president of Men's League; Jean Nelson Penfield,
speaking for women in civic work; Elsie Cole Phillips and
Caroline A. Lowe for the wage-earning women--On the House side,
Representatives Raker, Taylor, Lafferty and Berger; Mary E.
McDowell, Ida Husted Harper--Colloquy with committee--Ella C.
Brehaut speaks for anti-suffrage women.

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Convention opened in Washington Sunday afternoon with mass
meeting--Women's trade unions represented by speakers--Victories
in Illinois and Alaska--Dr. Shaw's account of Democratic National
convention in Baltimore--President Wilson urged to put woman
suffrage in his Message--He receives a delegation--Report of
year's work for the Federal Amendment by Alice Paul, chairman of
association's Congressional Committee--Objection to Congressional
Union--New Congressional Committee appointed--Vote on Federal
Amendment in Senate--Three days' hearings by House Committee on
Rules on appeal for a Committee on Woman Suffrage, Dr. Shaw
presiding--Speeches by Mrs. Catt, Mrs. Gardener, Mrs. Harper,
Jane Addams, Mrs. Breckinridge, Mary R. Beard and Representative
Raker--Women's Anti-Suffrage Associations out in force--In
rebuttal Miss Blackwell, Mrs. McCulloch and Mrs.
Mondell--Representative Mondell closes--Rules Committee refuses
the appeal.

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Convention met in House of Representatives at Nashville, welcomed
by Mayor Howse--Dr. Shaw eulogizes Southern women--Governor
Hooper welcomes to State--Anne Martin tells of victory in Nevada,
Jeannette Rankin in Montana--National Association's work in
campaigns--Dr. Shaw