tinued throughout the campaign of
the Lewiston _Journal_, Portland _Argus_, Kennebec _Journal_,
Brunswick _Record_ and Waldo County _Herald_. The Portland Express
gave editorial support. The Bangor Commercial, owned and edited by
John P. Bass, made a bitter fight against the amendment and refused
generally to publish even letters on the other side. It would not
publish President Wilson's letter even as a paid advertisement. From
July 1 to September 10 Mrs. Rose L. Geyer, a member of the staff of
the _Woman Citizen_, official organ of the National Suffrage
Association, conducted the publicity work in connection with Miss
Florence L. Nye, the State press chairman. On August 18 the Lewiston
_Journal_ issued a supplement for the State association, edited by
Miss Helen N. Bates, of which 65,000 copies were distributed through
twenty-two newspapers.

President Wilson sent a letter to Mrs. Livingston on September 4
appealing to Democratic voters as follows: "May I not express through
you my very great interest in the equal suffrage campaign in Maine?
The pledges of my party are very distinct in favor of granting the
suffrage to women by State action and I would like to have the
privilege of urging all Democrats to support a cause in which we all
believe." On September 8 former President Roosevelt sent the following
telegram addressed to the Campaign Committee: "I earnestly hope that
as a matter of plain justice the people of Maine will vote 'yes' on
woman suffrage."

The letter and telegram were put on the moving picture screens, which
were also used in other ways for propaganda. The poster sent by the
National Association and those printed by the Campaign Committee,
fastened on trees, fences, windows and every available space, carried
the message to all passers by. Mrs. Livingston said in her report: "We
can not express too gratefully our appreciation of the value of the
work accomplished by the experienced organizers sent to us by the
National Association and by Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
Pennsylvania and Rhode Island; of that of Mrs. Mary G. Canfield of
Vermont, who gave her services for one month; and of the untiring and
successful labors of Mrs. Augusta M. Hunt, who had charge of York and
Cumberland counties."

The entire State was thoroughly covered by public meetings, over 500
being held during the last three months. It would be impossible to
give the names of all who spoke at these meetings but among the more
p