e adopted without discussion.

A subject which received much attention was the offer of Miss
Blackwell to make the _Woman's Journal_ the official organ of the
association. It needed the help of the paper and since the death of
her father she needed some one to share the responsibility of its
publication. Miss Clay, Mrs. McCulloch, Mrs. Dennett and Miss Mary
Garrett of Baltimore were appointed to plan the business details. An
agreement was made for one year, Miss Blackwell to continue as editor
without salary but the association to employ a business manager and
such other help as she required.

A noteworthy program marked the last evening of the convention, which
opened with a powerful address by Raymond Robins on The Worker, the
Law and the Courts. It was to be followed by a consideration of
Scientific Propaganda in Practical Politics, with the Literature
discussed by Mrs. Hartshorne but she was ill and Professor Potter
took her place. Plans for activity in behalf of changes of law and its
administration that will benefit women and children in particular and
society in general were presented by Miss Grace Strachan, president of
the New York Federation of Teachers. Special plans in behalf of woman
suffrage were submitted by Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw (N. Y.). Dr. Shaw,
who presided, called attention to the hearings before the committees
of Senate and House the next morning and closed the convention with
one of her characteristic speeches which sent the audience home happy
and ready for the battle.

The dominant note of the convention was the intention henceforth to
enter the field of politics. The New York _Evening Post_ said in its
account: "The audiences at all the meetings were too large for the
capacity of the room and at the Sunday night public gathering hundreds
had to be turned away. Without exception State delegations reported
that the work of the next year would consist of active effort along
political lines, the organization of woman suffrage 'parties' with
membership comprising men and women. Delegations would interview
candidates and voters in regard to their suffrage opinions; conduct
open-air meetings throughout the summer and be on duty at the polls
during elections."

The _Woman's Journal_ said in its summing up: "The personnel of the
delegates and speakers was such as to inspire the most hostile, the
most conservative and the most despondent student of human nature.
When an observer reflected that thes