s, 13 noes; in the House, 26 ayes, 48
noes.

1913. A resolution to submit a State amendment was introduced in the
House January 28 by M. K. Duty and later at his request Delegate Ellis
A. Yost took charge of it. Through the generosity of the Hon. William
Seymour Edwards, Miss Mary Johnston was brought to Charleston by its
suffrage association and addressed the Legislature, which assembled in
the House Chamber. She also spoke to a large audience in the Burlew
Theater. The resolution came up on February 15; the hall was crowded
with interested spectators and stirring speeches were made by the
members. On the final roll call, to the dismay of its supporters, it
did not poll the necessary two-thirds. On motion of Delegate Yost the
announcement of the vote was postponed till Monday, the 17th, and
every possible effort was made to bring in absent members but as the
final vote was being taken it was seen that it lacked one. At the
request of Governor Hatfield Delegate Hartley changed his vote and it
was carried by the needed 58, Speaker Taylor George voting for it. The
resolution was introduced in the Senate by N. G. Keim of Elkins and
supported by able speakers but it was lost on February 20 by 14 noes,
16 ayes, 20 being necessary.

1915. On January 26 the resolution for a State amendment was submitted
by 26 ayes, 3 noes in the Senate and 76 ayes, 8 noes in the House, to
be voted on in November, 1916.

FOOTNOTES:

[202] The History is indebted for this chapter to Dr. Harriet B.
Jones, officially identified with the movement for woman suffrage in
the State since its beginning about thirty years ago, and to Lenna
Lowe (Mrs. Ellis A.) Yost, chairman of the Ratification Committee;
also to the records of the National American Woman Suffrage
Association.

[203] Women who have been most prominent in the work not already
mentioned are: Miss Jennie Wilson, Mrs. Annie C. Boyd, Mrs. Henry O.
Ott, Miss Elizabeth Cummins, Miss Anne Cummins, Miss Florence Hoge,
Mrs. Virginia Hoge Kendall and Mrs. Edward W. Hazlett of Wheeling;
Mrs. I. N. Smith, Mrs. Harold Ritz and Mrs. A. M. Finney of
Charleston; Miss Harriet Schroeder of Grafton.

[204] The organizers, who often were speakers also, not elsewhere
mentioned, were Misses Adella Potter, Eleanor Furman, Alice Riggs
Hunt, Lola Walker, Josephine Casey, Lola Trax, Grace Cole, Eleanor
Raoul, Mrs. C. E. Martin, Mrs. W. J. Cambron, Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan,
Dr. Harriet B. Dilla and others