ony writing her biography and Volume IV of
the History of Woman Suffrage. A reception was given at Powers Hotel
attended by over 600 people. During the meetings Miss Anthony
introduced a number of women who had attended the first Woman's Rights
Convention, which adjourned from Seneca Falls to Rochester, Mary
Hallowell, Sarah Willis, Mary S. Anthony and Maria Wilder Depuy.

The convention was held in the Universalist Church. Mayor James G.
Cutler, who welcomed the delegates, spoke very highly of his "esteemed
fellow citizen, Susan B. Anthony" and presented her with a large
bouquet of American Beauty roses. Mrs. Crossett in her annual address
compared the convention held at Rochester in 1890, when there were but
seven local clubs in the State, with this one representing 100 local
and 31 county clubs. Elnora M. Babcock, press chairman, reported 500
papers in the State using articles favorable to woman suffrage.

The convention for 1906 met at Syracuse in the (Samuel J.) May
Memorial Church. Miss Anthony had passed away the preceding March.
Over the entrance door of the church was a large banner with the last
words of the beloved leader, "Failure is Impossible." The afternoon
meeting closed with tributes of reverence and appreciation by Mrs.
Osborne, Anne Fitzhugh Miller, Marie Jenney Howe, Mrs. Crossett, Miss
Mills and Dr. Shaw. Large audiences gathered for the evening meetings,
among the speakers being Mrs. Florence Kelley, Mrs. Henry Villard and
Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery. Dr. Shaw and Mrs. Avery spoke in the
University Chapel to the students.

The convention of 1907, which met in Geneva, received a warm welcome;
stores displayed the suffrage colors in their windows and many
citizens hung flags over their doorways. The gracious presence of Mrs.
Elizabeth Smith Miller and her daughter Anne, president of the Geneva
Political Equality Club, the largest in the State, made the convention
especially memorable. The delegates were invited to Lochland, the
Miller home on the lake, one afternoon where a memorial service was
held on the big porch, the place of many suffrage meetings, in memory
of Mary S. Anthony, who had died the preceding February. Affectionate
tributes were paid.[123] The convention was welcomed by Mayor Arthur
P. Rose, City Attorney W. Smith O'Brien, Miss Miller and Mrs.
Charlotte A. Baldridge, county president. Speakers were President
Langdon C. Stewardson of Hobart College and Professors F. P. Nash and
Nathan