o'clock in the morning the Assembly
passed the resolution by 34 ayes, 24 noes. The gallery was still
filled with women, who were most enthusiastic.

The resolution was signed promptly by the President of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House and the Governor sent it to Washington by a
special messenger. The suffragists felt especially indebted to
Senators William N. Runyon, C. D. White and Arthur Whitney and to
Assemblymen William A. Blair, Emmor Roberts, Henry G. Hershfield and
William George for their work in party caucuses as well as on the
floor. Governor Edwards and Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City (the
Democratic leader of the State) were responsible for the solid vote of
all the Democrats except those under the control of Nugent. U. S.
Senators Frelinghuysen and Edge and Attorney General McCran also
rendered most valuable assistance.

The State Suffrage Association celebrated the successful termination
of its over fifty years of continuous effort by a Victory Convention
held in Newark on April 23, 24. Leading features were a Victory
banquet with prominent men of both political parties as speakers, and
a Pioneers' luncheon, at which Dr. Mary D. Hussey, Mrs. Florence Howe
Hall, Mrs. Minola Graham Sexton, Mrs. Clara S. Laddey and other early
workers spoke. Before the close of the convention the State League of
Women Voters was organized to carry on the work for good government
and better conditions through the use of the power which had been
secured for them by the older association. Mrs. John R. Schermerhorn
was elected chairman.

LEGISLATIVE ACTION: 1912. The first resolution for the submission of a
woman suffrage amendment to the voters was introduced in February by
Senator William C. Gebhardt in the Senate and Assemblyman A. R.
McAllister in the House. A public hearing was held on March 12 at
which Mrs. Vickers presided and the speakers for the suffrage side
were Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Henry Villard, Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman,
Mrs. Clara S. Laddey, George T. Vickers and Linton Satterthwaite. Miss
Anna Dayton presided for the "antis" and Mrs. E. N. Loomis was their
principal speaker. The vote in the Senate was 18 noes, 3
ayes--Senators Gebhardt of Hunterdon county, J. Warren Davis of Salem
and G. W. F. Gaunt of Gloucester. In the Assembly the resolution was
finally forced out of an unfavorable committee but was tabled by a
vote of 31 ayes, 19 noes.

1913. In January the resolution was introduced by Senator J.