spring. Yet, dissimilar as are the scenes of these two
conventions, the women composing them will be actuated by the
same motives, inspired by the same hopes and working to the same
end. The rebellion fomented in that little Seneca Falls
convention has overspread the wide earth and from the frigid
lands above the North Polar Circle to the most southerly point of
the Southern Temperate Zone, the mothers of our race are
listening to the new call to duty which these new times are
uttering. It is glorious to be a suffragist today, with all the
hard times behind us and certain victory before.

May wisdom guide us to do the right thing; may love unite us; may
charity temper our differences and may we never forget the
obligations we owe the blessed pathfinders of our movement who
made the present position of our cause possible!

The election resulted in several changes in the board of officers. Dr.
Shaw was re-elected. Mrs. McCulloch declined to stand for re-election
as first vice-president and Miss Gordon as second and Miss Addams and
Professor Breckinridge were chosen. For corresponding secretary Mrs.
Dennett was re-elected. Mrs. Stewart withdrew as recording secretary
and Mrs. Susan W. Fitzgerald (Mass.) was elected. Miss Ashley was
re-elected treasurer. Mrs. Robert M. LaFollette was elected first
auditor and Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw (N. Y.) second. Later Mrs.
LaFollette declined to serve and Mrs. Katharine Dexter McCormick was
appointed by the board.

In all preceding conventions there had been such unanimity in the
choice of officers that the secretary had been able to cast the
informal ballot for the election. This new division of sentiment was
frequently illustrated during the meetings and indicated that an
element had come into the movement, which, as usual with newcomers,
wanted a change to accord with its ideas. This was particularly
noticeable in the discussion of the proposed new constitution but the
differences of opinion were peaceably adjusted by compromise.

After the election Mrs. McCormick, who had recently come into close
touch with the National Association, spoke on the Effect of Suffrage
Work on Women Themselves, saying in part: "So much attention has been
given to the growth and development of the movement for woman suffrage
that the effect on the women themselves has been lost sight of or has
been little considered but today it is