a total vote of 118,369. When the heights were reached,
however, all were ready to lay the laurels at the feet of Abigail
Scott Duniway, Martha A. Dalton, Charlotte M. Cartwright and Dr. Mary
Thompson, the pioneers who had borne the heat and burden of the early
days. Governor West paid Mrs. Duniway the compliment of inviting her
to write the proclamation of woman suffrage and jointly with him to
sign it, and John Coffey, the county clerk, carried the registration
book to her sick room so that she might be the first woman in Oregon
to register.

At the close of this arduous campaign the women folded their hands for
a quiet rest until the cry for help came from other States. It was a
most difficult task to gather up the broken threads of so many
organizations and again rouse them to enthusiasm. Dr. Lovejoy,
however, at the earnest request of Dr. Shaw, sent out a general call
for a conference in March, 1915. At this meeting the State Suffrage
Alliance was formed with Mrs. William Ogburn as first president. Those
who followed her in the office were: Mrs. Thomas Burk, Mrs. Kelley
Rees, Mrs. Elliott Corbett and Mrs. C. B. Simmons. It gave its
assistance to the unenfranchised States and was ready to respond to
any call from the national president.

RATIFICATION. The Alliance was largely instrumental in having a
special session of the Legislature called to ratify the Federal
Suffrage Amendment. This was done by unanimous vote in the House
January 12 and in the Senate January 13, 1920, and Governor Oswald
West affixed his signature on the 14th. The resolution was introduced
in the lower House by Mrs. Alexander Thompson, a member.

On March 6, 1920, at a called meeting the women organized a League of
Women Voters and Mrs. Charles E. Curry was elected chairman.

The Oregon chapter on suffrage was closed on Aug. 28, 1920. At noon of
that day, while nearly 300 women stood at attention around the banquet
table at the Benson Hotel in Portland, every bell and whistle in the
city sounded forth the glad refrain of liberty and righteousness,
universal suffrage for women, proclaimed by Secretary of State
Bainbridge Colby. The Mayor of Portland, George L. Baker, was there to
rejoice with them. Old women who had stood in the battle-front for
years were there to tell of the hard struggles they had passed through
for the franchise and young women were there to promise that they
would keep the faith and honor the inheritance that had come