“ Miss Bates acted as chairman of the Congressional Committee until the submission of the amendment, when the favorable vote of every member of the Maine delegation had been secured. In 1913 the College Equal Suffrage League was formed to help the association in its legislative work, with Mrs. Leslie R. Rounds as president. The annual convention took place at Portland this year and the next, and in 1915 at Kennebunk. Many newspapers in the State had become favorable to suffrage and propaganda was carried on through fairs, moving pictures, street speaking, etc. ”

“ A campaign committee was formed from members of organi- zations in the State in favor of suffrage, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Federation of Women's Clubs, Men's Suffrage League, Civic League, Referendum League, the Grange and the State Suffrage Association, and headquarters were established in Bangor. There were only fourteen suffrage societies in the State, not all active. ”

“ At the convention in October, 1918, having recovered somewhat from its defeat, the association voted to introduce a bill for the Presidential suffrage in the next Legislature in 1919. The Legislative Committee consisted of Mrs. Balentine, chair- man ; Miss Connor, Miss Bates, Mrs. Pattangall, Mrs. Cobb and 1 Mrs. Clarence Hale, State president of the anti-suffrage organization, issued the fol- lowing: "The large majority vote cast against suffrage today must indicate, as did the great vote of Massachusetts in 1915, that the East is not in favor of the entrance of women into political life. ”

“ Many women never having been in a campaign declared that victory was sure. The convention almost unanimously voted for the referendum and when the vote had been taken and the cheers had subsided, the grand sum of $500 was raised for the campaign. . . ." Never- theless the National Association at its next convention (still be- lieving that the referendum would not be submitted until 1918) , voted to back the Maine campaign, although against the judgment of Mrs. Catt. 1 At the request of the Maine association the National Associa- tion made it possible for Mrs. ”

“ Without the aid of the National American Association the campaign would have been impossible. The magnificent generosity with which it fur- nished speakers, organizers, posters and literature will make the women of Maine forever its debtors. 2 At the convention of the State Association in September, 1917, in Augusta, Miss Mabel Connor was chosen president and at the conventions of 1918 in Lewiston and 1919 in Portland was re- elected. ”

“ On March 19 it passed the House by 85 ayes, 54 noes. The favorable vote was obtained after six months of quiet, continuous and intensive political work by the Legislative Com- mittee. Members of the Legislature worked for the success of the bill ; the Governor supported it and the press was largely in favor. The anti-suffragists immediately announced their proposal to bring the Presidential Suffrage Law before the voters under the initiative and referendum, upon petition of at least 10,000 legal voters filed within a specified time. ”

“ Catt and Mrs. Shuler addressed mass meetings in the evenings and held conferences with the workers through the days. In Septem- ber Mrs. Catt gave a week to speaking at public meetings in various cities. ”