use came straight from the anti-slavery cause. All its
early advocates were also advocates of freeing the despised race in
bondage. Let us not forget them now. Neither a nation nor an
individual can be really free till all are free."

It had been known for some months that Mrs. Catt would not accept a
re-election to the presidency. For the past nine years she had given
her entire time to work for woman suffrage, speaking in many States,
attending conventions, serving as chairman of the Committee on
Organization for five years and as president for four years. During
this time she had had charge of the national headquarters and under
the combined strain found her health breaking. The first measure of
relief was the removal of the national headquarters to Warren, Ohio,
in May, 1904, where Mrs. Upton took it in charge, but this was not
sufficient and she announced her determination to retire from the
presidency, much to the regret of the association. The delegates
naturally turned to Dr. Shaw and urged the presidency upon her but she
was most reluctant to accept. It was an unsalaried position; she was
entirely dependent on her lectures and she felt that in the field she
could best serve the cause but she finally yielded to Miss Anthony's
earnest entreaties. She was almost unanimously elected and Mrs. Catt
consented to remain in official position as vice-president-at-large.
The convention adopted the following resolution: "We tender to our
retiring president our hearty thanks for her years of faithful and
efficient labor in behalf of our cause and for her self-sacrificing
devotion to its interests. We congratulate ourselves that we shall
continue to have her wise counsel and cooperation and we express our
earnest hope for her health and prosperity." No other change was made
except that Mrs. Coggeshall retired as second auditor and Dr. Cora
Smith Eaton again became a member of the board.

The _Evening Star_ had this description: "As the afternoon session was
about closing Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, retiring national president,
who has endeared herself to all by her gracious courtesy, her firm yet
gentle sway, presented to the convention its choice for her successor.
Miss Shaw was not as clear-eyed as usual when she faced the cheering
audience and her voice trembled and choked a little as she declared
she had accepted the office only to give Mrs. Catt a rest. As the
convention continued to applaud she said, trying to smile: 'D