of November 2, election day, officers, leaders, workers,
members of the Party and many prominent men and women gathered at City
headquarters in East 34th Street to receive the returns, Mrs. Catt and
Miss Hay at either end of a long table. At first optimism prevailed as
the early returns seemed to indicate victory but as adverse reports
came in by the hundreds all hopes were destroyed. The fighting spirits
of the leaders then rose high. Speeches were made by Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw, Mrs. Catt, Miss Hay, Dr. Katherine Bement Davis, Mrs. Laidlaw
and others, and, though many workers wept openly, the gathering took
on the character of an embattled host ready for the next conflict.
After midnight many of the women joined a group from the State
headquarters and in a public square held an outdoor rally which they
called the beginning of the new campaign.

The vote was as follows:

For Against Lost by
Manhattan Borough 88,886 117,610 28,724
Brooklyn Borough 87,402 121,679 34,277
Bronx Borough 34,307 40,991 6,684
Richmond Borough 6,108 7,469 1,361
Queens Borough 21,395 33,104 11,709

Total opposed, 320,853; in favor, 238,098; adverse majority, 82,755.

Two days after the election the City Party united with the National
Association in a mass meeting at Cooper Union, where speeches were
made and $100,000 pledged for a new campaign fund. The spirit of the
members was shown in the words of a leader who wrote: "We know that we
have gained over half a million voters in the State, that we have many
new workers, have learned valuable lessons and with the knowledge
obtained and undiminished courage we are again in the field of
action." In December and January the usual district and borough
conventions for the election of officers and then the city convention
were held. At the latter the resolution adopted showed a change from
the oldtime pleading: "We demand the re-submission of the woman
suffrage amendment in 1917. We insist that the Judiciary Committee
shall present a favorable report without delay and that the bill shall
come to an early vote." Much legislative work was necessary to obtain
re-submission, for which the City Party worked incessantly until the
amendment was re-submitted by the Legislatures of 1916 and 1917 and
preparations were again made for a great ca