ted $300 toward the expense of it; Mr.
and Miss Blackwell also contributed liberally and the requisite number
of names was secured. Mrs. Duniway in reporting this campaign said:
"It was more like that of 1900, as only Oregon women took part and no
large meetings were held." There were a few less votes in favor of the
amendment in 1908 than in 1906 and 11,739 more against it.

The State Association filed a petition for another initiative measure
immediately after this defeat. It was quite a different proposition,
however, as it read: "No citizen who is a taxpayer shall be denied the
right to vote on account of sex." Both men and women, many of them the
staunchest suffragists, openly opposed it and it was bitterly fought
by labor and fraternal organizations. No campaign was attempted except
from the State president's office and there was general satisfaction
when it was defeated in 1910 by a majority of 22,600.

A reorganization of the State work in 1906 after the election had
resulted in Mrs. Duniway's again resuming the presidency with the
following board: Vice-president-at-large, Mrs. Elizabeth Lord;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth Craig; recording secretary,
Miss Emma Buckman; financial secretary, Mrs. A. Bonham; treasurer,
Mrs. W. E. Potter; auditors, Mrs. Frederick Eggert and Mrs. Martha
Dalton; honorary president, Mrs. Coe. This board practically remained
intact until 1912. In the two disastrous campaigns of 1908 and 1910,
against the protest of many, the "still hunt" method was employed and
no state-wide organization was attempted. With indomitable courage the
board again circulated an initiative petition and had the amendment
for full suffrage put on the 1912 ballot. Although it was unnecessary
for the Legislature to vote for its submission it did so in order to
give it more weight.

The women of the State now grew restive and began to agitate for
organization for the coming campaign. During 1910 and 1911 Washington
and California had enfranchised their women and Oregon remained the
only "black" State on the Pacific Coast. This was a matter of great
humiliation to the women who had worked for suffrage at least a score
of years, as well as to the progressive young women who were beginning
to fill the thinning ranks of the pioneer workers.

In December, 1911, Dr. Shaw, the national president, wrote a very
strong letter to some of the women severely criticizing their apathy
and lack of preparation for th