mittee. Mrs. Mary E. Craigie in her report of seven
printed pages on the extensive and successful efforts of her Committee
on Church Work told of a circular letter that had been sent to
thousands of clergymen throughout the country asking for a special
sermon in support of woman suffrage on Mothers' Day. It pointed out
that in the vast moral and social reform work of the churches their
women members are denied the weapon of Christian welfare, the ballot,
while the forces of evil are fully enfranchised and the influence of
the churches is thus essentially weakened.

Mrs. William Kent, in her report as chairman of the Congressional
Committee, said that it had not been necessary to request members to
introduce a resolution for a Federal Suffrage Amendment as six were
offered by as many Representatives of their own volition. Senator
Works of her own State of California had been glad to present it. She
told of the "hearings" before the committees of the two Houses on
March 13, when the National Association sent representatives to
Washington. The preceding day a reception for the speakers was given
in her home and many of the guests became interested who had been
indifferent. In May the Congressional Committee sent out cards for a
"suffrage tea" in her house to the wives of Senators and
Representatives; many were present and interesting addresses were
made.

Among the resolutions submitted by the chairman of the committee, Mrs.
Raymond Brown, and adopted were the following:

We reaffirm that our one object and purpose is the
enfranchisement of the women of our country.

We call upon all our members to rejoice at the winning of the
School vote by the women of Kentucky and at the full
enfranchisement of four more States, Kansas, Oregon, Arizona and
Michigan[75]; and in the fact that at the last election the
electoral vote of women fully enfranchised was nearly doubled,
and to rejoice that all the political parties are now obliged to
reckon with the growing power of the woman vote; and be it
resolved

That this association believes in the settlement of all disputes
and difficulties, national and international, by arbitration and
judicial methods and not by war.

That we commend the action of those State Federations of Women's
Clubs which have founded departments for the study of political
economy and we congratulate those clubs which have end