er. In proportion to the
gratitude you feel for the comfortable position which women occupy
today, measure your contribution; no sacrifice can be too great at
this crucial moment in our onward history." Throughout the convention
the work in Oregon, where an amendment to the State constitution would
be voted on in November, was the uppermost thought. The treasurer made
a special appeal for funds; the chairman of the Press Committee told
of it; it was discussed and planned for in the business meetings and
different speakers referred in hopeful words to its probable success.

An amendment to the constitution abolishing proxies empowered to cast
the full vote to which the State was entitled and providing that
delegates present should cast only their own vote caused a spirited
discussion, with Mrs. Catt and eastern delegates in favor and Dr. Shaw
and western delegates opposed and was lost by a vote of 68 to 11. No
change of officers was made at this convention. Reports of Committees
on Libraries, Literature, Enrollment, Presidential Suffrage, etc.,
were presented by their chairmen. A lively discussion on the use of
the union label on literature, stationery, etc., resulted in an almost
unanimous decision to retain it. Very interesting reports of work in
the States were made by their respective presidents. Invitations for
the next convention were received from the Chamber of Commerce of
Wheeling, W. Va., the Chamber of Commerce, Bar Association and
Suffrage Club of Oklahoma City and the Commission for celebrating the
founding of Jamestown, Va.

Miss Antoinette Knowles (Cal.), chairman of the Committee on Church
Work, said that by standing for temperance many churches could be
obtained for meetings that would not be opened for those purely on
suffrage. She gave a list of orthodox churches which had been thus
secured; told of successful addresses she had made on the relation
between woman suffrage and temperance and urged the appointment of a
church committee in every State. The report of Miss Elizabeth J.
Hauser, headquarter's secretary, told of the usual large amount of
work, which included the distribution of 62,000 copies of the
quarterly publication, _Progress_; 106,753 pieces of literature and
many thousands of suffrage stamps, picture postals and souvenirs.
Speakers and fraternal delegates had been sent to a large number of
national conventions throughout the country and cordially received.
Many of these had adopted res