ained--the usual gentle but very insistent kind of
rain--and the men were so solicitous! They kept trying to drag us off
to get our feet warm or bringing us chairs or offering to hand out our
ballots while we took a rest, but the women would not leave their
places until relieved by other women, even for lunch, for fear of
losing a vote. The whole thing appealed to the men irresistibly. We
are receiving praise from all quarters for the kind of campaign we
made--no personalities, no boasting of what we would do, no promises,
no meddling with other issues--just 'Votes for Women' straight
through, because it is just and reasonable and everywhere when tried
has been found expedient."

The amendment was adopted November 8, 1910, by the splendid majority
of 22,623, nearly 2 to 1. The vote stood 52,299 ayes to 29,676 noes
out of a total vote of 138,243 cast for congressmen. Every one of the
39 counties and every city was carried. The large cities won in the
following order: Seattle and King County 12,052 to 6,695; Tacoma and
Pierce County, 5,552 to 3,442; Spokane and Spokane County, 5,639 to
4,551. Then came Bellingham and Whatcom County, 3,520 to 1,334;
Everett and Snohomish County, 3,209 to 1,294; Bremerton and Kitsap
County, including the U. S. Navy Yard, 1,094 to 372. Kitsap was the
banner county giving the highest ratio for the amendment. This was
largely due to the remarkable house to house canvass made by Mrs.
Elizabeth A. Baker of Manette.

The cost of the twenty months' campaign is estimated to be $17,000,
which includes the amounts spent by organizations and individuals. The
money was raised in various ways and contributions ran from 25 cents
up, few exceeding $100. Over $500 were subscribed by the labor unions
and about $500 collected at the Granges and Farmers' Unions' suffrage
meetings. Dr. Sarah A. Kendall of Seattle collected the largest amount
of any one person. About $3,000 were contributed from outside the
State, chiefly from New York, Massachusetts and California. The first
and largest gift which heartened the workers was $500 from Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt.[201]

After the suffrage amendment was carried there was organized on Jan.
14, 1911, the National Council of Women Voters at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Q. Mason in Tacoma. Governor James H. Brady of Idaho issued
a call to the Governors of the four other equal suffrage
States--Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Washington--asking them to send
delegates to t