usiness was completed by the old officers, Mrs. DeVoe,
Mrs. Leckenby and Dr. Eaton.[197]

CAMPAIGN. After the defeat of 1898 no amendment came before the
Legislature for eleven years, nor was there any legislation on woman
suffrage until a resolution to submit to the voters an amendment to
the State constitution giving full suffrage was presented to the
session of 1909. It was drafted by Senator George F. Cotterill of
Seattle, a radical suffragist, after many conferences with Mrs. DeVoe,
and was introduced, strangely enough, by Senator George U. Piper of
Seattle, an able politician and a friend of the liquor interests, in
honor of his dead mother, who had been ardently in favor of woman
suffrage. It was presented in the House by Representative T. J. Bell
of Tacoma. The State association rented a house in Olympia for
headquarters and Mrs. DeVoe spent all her time at the Capitol,
assisted by many of its members, who came at different times from over
the State to interview their Representatives and Senators. The work
was conducted so skilfully and quietly that no violent opposition of
material strength was developed. The resolution passed the House
January 29 by 70 ayes, 18 noes; the Senate February 23 by 30 ayes, 9
noes, and was approved by Governor Marion E. Hay on February 25.

The interests of the amendment were materially advanced later by
Senator W. H. Paulhamus, then an anti-suffragist, who "in the interest
of fair play" gave advance information as to the exact wording and
position of the amendment on the ballot, which enabled the women to
hold practice drills and to word their slogan, "Vote for Amendment to
Article VI at the Top of the Ballot." The clause relating to the
qualifications of voters was reproduced verbatim except for two
changes: 1. "All persons" was substituted for "all male persons." 2.
At the end was added "There shall be no denial of the elective
franchise at any election on account of sex."

During the campaign of 1910 the State Equal Franchise Society, an
offshoot from the regular organization, was formed, its members being
largely recruited from the Seattle Suffrage Club, Mrs. Harvey L.
Glenn, president, with which it cooperated. Headquarters were opened
in Seattle July 5, with Mrs. Homer M. Hill, president, in charge and
the organization was active during the last four months of the
campaign.[198] The Political Equality League of Spokane, Mrs. May
Arkwright Hutton, president, worked separate