n J. Palen treasurer.

The Congressional Union also sent an organizer into the State in 1916,
Mrs. Thompson, who spent some time in Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Las
Vegas. The Santa Fe women were sufficiently aroused to hold a street
parade and march to the home of U. S. Senator Catron, an opponent,
where they gathered on the lawn and made speeches to convince the aged
Senator of the wishes of the women as to his conduct in the Senate.
Mrs. Joshua Reynolds was made State chairman of the Congressional
Union and afterwards Mrs. Nina Otero Warren, and Mrs. A. A. Kellan was
legislative chairman, all of Albuquerque. Miss Mabel Vernon came from
Washington to hold meetings that year and Miss Anne Martin in 1917,
and active work was done.

Washington E. Lindsey was Governor in 1917-18, and in November, 1918,
all the suffrage forces in Albuquerque and Santa Fe were invited by
Mrs. Lindsey to meet at the Executive Mansion and form a committee to
work for suffrage at the coming session of the Legislature. This
meeting elected the following officers: Mrs. R. P. Barnes chairman;
Mrs. A. B. Stroup secretary; Mrs. Warren legislative chairman; Mrs.
John W. Wilson party platform chairman; Mrs. Walter congressional
chairman. This committee did good work for suffrage in both the
regular and special sessions.

In December, 1919, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and her party of speakers
for the ratification of the Federal Amendment came to Albuquerque for
the last of several western State conferences. It was arranged by Mrs.
Barnes and was carried out with great success. Mrs. Catt spoke at a
large luncheon held in the Y. M. C. A. building, which many of the
Judges, newspaper representatives and other prominent men and women
attended. On account of the great distances few except from
Albuquerque and Santa Fe were present but Mrs. Catt's appeal was
carried from one end of the State to the other through the public
press and created an atmosphere of hope. This was changed to rejoicing
as word came that Governor Octaviano A. Larrazolo would call a special
session of the Legislature for the ratification.

RATIFICATION. When the time came the Legislature had adjourned and
would not meet again until 1921, so a special session would be
necessary if it ratified before the presidential election. The
opponents concentrated their forces to prevent it and were successful
until 1920 but finally were obliged to yield and Governor Larrazolo
called the special se