ard in February. Without the knowledge of the suffragists the
"antis" secured one to precede theirs. The president, Mrs. Arthur, Dr.
Mary Thompson Stevens, Dr. Caroline Bartlett Crane and Mrs. Jennie C.
Law Hardy spoke for the amendment. The vote in the Senate was 24 ayes,
5 noes; in the House, 73 ayes, 19 noes. Submitted and defeated at the
polls.

1915. The bill for Municipal suffrage was rejected as
unconstitutional.

1917. Two measures were introduced, one for the amendment by
Representative Flower and the other for Presidential suffrage by
Senator John M. Damon of Mt. Pleasant. At last the officers of the
State Association had to withdraw their opposition to the referendum
in order to save the Presidential bill. The vote on the referendum
March 28 was, House 71 ayes, 21 noes; April 19, Senate, 26 ayes, 4
noes; a two-thirds vote required. The Presidential suffrage vote on
March 21 in the Senate was 22 ayes, 7 noes; on April 18 in the House,
64 ayes, 30 noes. There was no strong opposition. The amendment was
carried by a large majority on Nov. 5, 1918.

FOOTNOTES:

[87] The History is indebted for this chapter to Mrs. Clara B. Arthur,
vice-president of the State Equal Suffrage Association 1895-1906;
president, 1906-1914, and Mrs. Belle Brotherton, acting president,
1918; chairman of the League of Women Voters, 1919.

[88] Following are the times and places of holding State conventions:
Oct. 23-25, 1901, Saginaw; Oct. 29-31, 1902, Charlotte; Nov. 10-12,
1903, Paw Paw; Oct. 25-27, 1904, Jackson; Nov. 1-3, 1905, Port Huron;
Oct. 9, 10, 1906, Kalamazoo; Sept. 18-20, 1907, Charlotte; Nov. 5, 6,
1908, Bay City; Dec. 7, 8, 1909, Grand Rapids; Nov. 6-8, 1910,
Kalamazoo; Nov. 16, 17, 1911, Kalamazoo; no convention in 1912; Jan.
15, 16, 1913, Lansing; Nov. 5-7, 1913, Jackson; Nov. 4-6, 1914,
Traverse City; Nov. 10, 11, 1915, Saginaw; Nov. 15-17, 1916, Grand
Rapids; no convention in 1917; March 26, 27, 1918, Detroit; April 3,
4, 1919, Grand Rapids.

[89] The officers of the Association Opposed to Equal Suffrage as
published in the press were: President, Mrs. Henry F. Lyster;
secretary, Miss Helen Keep; publicity committee, Miss Julia Russell,
Mrs. A. A. Griffiths, Mrs. J. A. McMillan, Mrs. Fred Reynolds, Mrs.
Edward H. Parker, Mrs. Richard Jackson and Miss Caroline Barnard.

[90] Mrs. Brotherton writes: "Special tribute should be paid to the
splendid administrative ability of Mrs. Arthur. Her conduct of the
1912 and