eorge Edward Reed, D.D., former president of Dickinson College; John
S. Hamilton of Wilmington and Mrs. Cranston. On March 11, three days
after the defeat, at a well-attended luncheon in Hotel du Pont,
Wilmington, was opened the campaign for 1917 in true Bunker Hill
spirit.

1917. A full suffrage bill was presented, the Congressional Union in
charge. The State was canvassed for and against. Before the joint
hearing on February 16 the bill had been reported favorably by
committees of both House and Senate. It went to defeat, however, on
February 23 by a vote in the House of 21 noes to 12 ayes, in the
Senate on February 26 by a vote of 6 noes to 8 ayes. Among the
anti-suffrage leaders were Judge George Gray, General James H. Wilson,
Miss Emily P. Bissell, Mrs. George A. Elliott and Mrs. Henry P.
Scott.

FOOTNOTES:

[27] The History is indebted for this chapter to Miss Mary R. de Vou,
corresponding secretary of the Delaware Equal Suffrage Association
fourteen years; also treasurer and auditor.

[28] The Women's College affiliated with Delaware College at Newark,
the State College for men, was opened in September, 1914.

[29] The History is indebted to Miss Winifred Morris, secretary of the
State Equal Suffrage Association, for much of the material in this
story of the effort for ratification.

CHAPTER VIII.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.[30]

While the women in the District of Columbia rejoiced with those in the
States over the successful end of the long, hard fight for the Federal
Suffrage Amendment their joy was tempered by the fact that they still
had before them a struggle for an amendment which would enfranchise
the residents of the District--one really for equal suffrage, men and
women alike being without the vote. The Congress itself now has entire
jurisdiction, each branch appointing a committee for the purpose.

The district is a municipal corporation, administered by a Board of
three commissioners, two of whom are appointed by the President of the
United States from civil life, confirmed by the Senate, the third
being detailed by him from the engineer corps of the army. The
argument for the citizen's franchise is that representation in
Congress for the residents of the District would only give them a
voice in the governing body without impairing the "exclusive
jurisdiction" given to Congress by the National Constitution. It has a
population greater than six of the States and pays taxes in excess of