a Suffrage Club and remained two
weeks, conducting a large correspondence, addressing all the
women's organizations in the city and a mass meeting. Miss
Laughlin spent these two weeks in Butte, where she spoke to a
number of labor unions and obtained resolutions strongly
endorsing woman suffrage from the Silver Bow Trades and Labor
Assembly, a delegate body representing 10,000 men. Mrs. Catt then
went to Butte and for ten days she and Miss Laughlin delivered
addresses before the principal organizations of the city, among
which were the Woman's Club and the Trades Council. Their visit
closed with a mass meeting at which a large number of names were
secured for membership in the Equal Suffrage Club, which was
organized immediately afterward. The campaign was then placed in
charge of Miss Laughlin, who did the field work, and Miss Gregg,
who arranged the dates from the headquarters in Helena. The
speaking before labor unions was continued through the State and
not a union or delegate body of laboring men failed to endorse
woman suffrage. Miss Laughlin, by invitation, addressed the State
labor convention, representing all the labor unions, and
resolutions strongly endorsing woman suffrage and the submission
of an amendment were passed with only one dissenting voice on a
roll-call vote.

Miss Laughlin spent the summer and fall visiting every town of
importance, organizing more than thirty clubs, and securing
committees to circulate petitions where organization was
impracticable. The State convention was held in Butte in
September in preparation for work in the Legislature during
January and February, 1903, for submission to the voters of a
woman suffrage amendment to the State constitution, which had
been strongly recommended by Governor Toole in his Message. A
considerable sum was raised for press work and Miss Mary E.
O'Neill was appointed superintendent. A resolution asking the
National Association for the services of Miss Laughlin for
legislative work was adopted and she remained.[106]

The bill for full suffrage was introduced in both Houses; public
hearings were granted by the Judiciary Committee of each and the House
took a recess that its members might attend in a body. Miss Laughlin
and others spoke and the measure had strong advocates in Dr. O. M.
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