on later by a
small majority is explained by the fact that he begged the citizens to
give him a chance to remove the stigma from his name for the sake of
his wife and family, with whom his relations were blameless.

The State Legislative Federation, representing 140 various kinds of
women's clubs and organizations, having a total membership of over
50,000 women, has maintained headquarters at Olympia during the
sessions of the Legislature in recent years, to the advantage of
legislation. The W. C. T. U. also is an active influence. Miss Lucy R.
Case, as executive secretary of the Joint Legislative Committee of the
State Federation of Labor, Grange, Farmers' Union and Direct
Legislation League, took an important part at the elections of 1914
and 1916 in defeating the reactionary measures affecting popular
government and labor.

Representative Frances C. Axtell of Bellingham introduced and
engineered the minimum wage law and several moral bills in cooperation
with the W. C. T. U. Representative Frances M. Haskell of Tacoma led
in securing the law for equal pay for men and women teachers. Reah M.
Whitehead, Justice of the Peace of King county, prepared and promoted
the law relating to unmarried mothers. The Seattle Branch of the
Council of Women Voters established a "quiz congress," which requested
candidates to attend its meetings and state their position on campaign
issues and answer questions and many candidates importuned it for a
chance to be heard.

RATIFICATION. The Federal Suffrage Amendment was ratified on March 22,
1920, at an extraordinary session called principally for that purpose.
Governor Louis F. Hart had been reluctant to call a special session on
the ground that, due to the unsettled condition of the country at that
time, it would afford opportunity for the introduction of a flood of
radical legislation which would keep the Legislature in prolonged
session at great expense to the State. He finally yielded to the
persuasion of a large number of the leading women of the State and to
political pressure from his party in high places and called the
session, which lasted but three days and dealt only with the subjects
mentioned in the call.

The occasion was most impressive. The Capitol was thronged with women
who had traveled from every corner of the State to participate in the
occasion. Every available seat in the balconies of both Houses was
filled and the aisles and corridors were crowded. The hope and