r upon the members. At least two favorable reports
were due to her efforts, and the association greatly missed her
congressional work when she left Washington.

[97] The arguments for Federal Suffrage are contained in Chapter I.

CHAPTER XIV.

THE NATIONAL-AMERICAN CONVENTION OF 1894.

The Call for the Twenty-sixth annual convention contained this
paragraph of hope and joy: "The Government's recognition of women on
the Board of Managers for the World's Columbian Exposition; the
World's Congress of Representative Women--the greatest convocation of
women ever assembled; their participation in the entire series of
Congresses; the gaining of Full Suffrage in Colorado--all give to our
demand for equality for women unprecedented prestige in the world of
thought."

The meetings were held in Metzerott's Music Hall, Washington, D. C.,
Feb. 15-20, 1894. An excellent summary of the week was given by the
secretary, Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, in the _Woman's Journal_, of
which she was editor:

Over the platform was draped a large suffrage flag, bearing two
full stars for Wyoming and Colorado, and two more merely outlined
in gold for Kansas and New York, which have equal suffrage
amendments now pending and hope to add their stars to the galaxy
next November. Instead of "Old Glory," the equal rights banner
might be called "New Glory." Beside it hung the American flag,
the great golden flag of Spain with its two red bars, the crimson
flag of Turkey with its crescent and star, and the British
flag--these last three in honor respectively of Senorita Catalina
de Alcala of Spain, Madame Hanna Korany of Syria and Miss
Catherine Spence of Australia, who were on the program. At one
side the serene face of Lucy Stone looked down upon the audience.
On the afternoon of the memorial service the frame of the
portrait was draped with smilax, entwining bunches of violets
from South Carolina, and beneath stood a jar of great white
lilies....

Kansas and New York divided the interest of the convention, and
the importance of the two campaigns was ably presented by the
respective State presidents, stately Mrs. Greenleaf and graceful
Mrs. Johns. The appeals of the former were warmly supported by
Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake, and of the latter by Mrs. Annie L.
Diggs. Mrs. Johns is a strong Republican, and Mrs. Diggs an
equall