is Weinstock was chairman, and
given the same careful consideration accorded every other proposed
plank. The women attended the convention in numbers but were not
required to go before this committee, which adopted it unanimously. It
was adopted as part of the platform by the convention with three
cheers. Thus it became a man's measure and the policy of the
Progressive Republican party. To the regret of many prominent
supporters of the amendment in the Democratic ranks the convention of
that party failed to endorse it. The reason was simple--the "machine"
forces which had hitherto dominated the Republican conventions now
concentrated their strength on the Democratic. A progressive
Legislature was nominated and a man for Governor who had sufficient
courage to carry out a progressive program--Hiram W. Johnson--the
women contributing to his success in not a few counties. The election
was a Progressive victory and the chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee called a meeting of its members and the members
elect of the Legislature for 1911 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco
and appointed committees for assisting the legislators in carrying out
the promises of the platform. A committee of the leading legislators
was appointed to see that a woman suffrage amendment to the
constitution was submitted.

1911. The action taken in 1911 has been described.

In 1915 the Legislature by unanimous vote of both Houses passed
resolutions which said in part:

Resolved, That so successful has been the operation and effect of
granting political rights to women that it is generally conceded
that, were the question to be again voted on by the people of
this State, it would be reendorsed by an overwhelming majority;
and be it further

Resolved, That the adoption of woman suffrage by California is
one of the important factors contributing to the marked
political, social and industrial advancement made by our people
in recent years.

In 1917 in the midst of the war, when the Federal Suffrage Amendment
was hanging in the balance in Congress, a petition from the State
Federation of Women's Clubs was sent to the Legislature through Mrs.
Alfred Bartlett of Los Angeles that it would memorialize Congress on
the subject. Without a dissenting vote the following passed both
Houses in just twelve minutes: "Whereas, the women of the United
States are being called upon to share the burdens and s