913 to
Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout, State president for seven years.

[43] The State association always did everything possible to cooperate
with the National Suffrage Association. On March 1, headed by Mrs.
Trout, 83 women left Chicago by special train for Washington. In the
big suffrage parade there on the 3rd they wore a uniform regalia of
cap and baldric and were headed by a large band led by Mrs. George S.
Wells, a member of the State Board, as drum major. There was a woman
out-rider, Mrs. W. H. Stewart, on a spirited horse. Mrs. Trout led,
carrying an American flag, and the Illinois banner was carried by
Royal N. Allen, a prominent member of the Progressive party and the
railroad official who had charge of the special train.

[44] "Captains" had been appointed among the members and each
furnished with a list and it was his duty to see that the men on it
were in their seats whenever the bill was up for discussion. The
following Representatives served as "captains" and rendered important
service: William F. Burres, Norman G. Flagg, Edward D. Shurtleff,
Homer J. Tice and George H. Wilson, Republicans; John P. Devine, Frank
Gillespie, William A. Hubbard, W. C. Kane, Charles L. Scott and
Francis E. Williamson, Democrats; Roy D. Hunt, J. H. Jayne, Medill
McCormick and Emil N. Zolla, Progressives; Seymour Stedman, Socialist.

CHAPTER XIII.

INDIANA. PART I.[45]

Although Indiana was one of the first States in the Union to form a
suffrage association in 1851 there were long periods when it was
inactive but there were others when it flourished. In 1851 a
constitution was adopted whose provisions for women were probably more
liberal than existed in any other State and they did not feel a
pressure of unjust laws; co-education prevailed from an early date and
all occupations were open to them. Thus they were not impelled by
personal grievances to keep up a continued fight for the suffrage.
After 1900 there was a period of depression which the National
American Suffrage Association tried unsuccessfully to relieve. Finally
in May, 1906, it called a convention to meet in Kokomo, where one of
the old societies had continued to maintain an organization, and
delegates were present from societies in Indianapolis, Logansport,
Tipton and Montpelier. Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, treasurer of the
National Association, presided and a good deal of interest was shown.
The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Sarah Davis