ces. An address by Governor E. P. Savage, one by Mrs. Catt, and a
debate between Miss Gregg and A. L. Bixby, editor of the _State
Journal_, who took the negative, were the evening attractions. There
was a work conference led by Mrs. Catt and reports were given by the
officers and by State workers, including Mrs. Maria C. Arter of
Lincoln; Mrs. K. W. Sutherland of Blair, Miss Taylor, Mrs. Mary G.
Ward of Tecumseh, Mrs. Jennie Ross of Dakota City, Mrs. Hetty W. Drury
of Pender, with a "question box" conducted by Mrs. Catt. The next
afternoon the speakers in a symposium were Mrs. Anna A. Wells of
Schuyler, J. H. Dundas of the _Auburn Granger_, Mrs. Emma Shuman of
Nebraska City, Mrs. Rosa Modlin of Beaver City, Mrs. C. W. Damon of
Omaha, Mrs. Mary E. Jeffords of Broken Bow, Mrs. Alice Isabel Brayton
of Geneva and Mrs. Belle Sears of Tekamah.

The sum of $1,312 had been expended during the year, including the
cost of headquarters and field work. Pledges to the amount of $1,000
were made for the next year. The large dailies of Omaha and Lincoln
had given much attention to the subject of woman suffrage and over 150
weeklies had published matter furnished by the press departments. Mrs.
Young, Mrs. Marble, Miss Taylor and Mrs. Denny were re-elected; other
officers were: Treasurer, Mrs. Mary E. Dempster, Omaha; first auditor,
Mrs. Hayward, second, Mrs. Sears; press chairman, Mrs. Lucie B. Meriom
of Beaver City.

This convention was a type of those held during the next three or four
years. County conventions were frequent and local clubs were active. A
small printed sheet called the _Headquarters Message_, edited by Miss
Gregg, filled with State suffrage news, club reports, National
recommendations, etc., was sent monthly to the workers. During the
spring of 1902 Miss Gail Laughlin, a national organizer, spent two
weeks organizing new clubs and arousing old ones and Miss Gregg and
Mr. Bixby debated in towns in eastern Nebraska. A series of parlor
meetings in Omaha increased the interest there. Mrs. Marble was
chairman of the Committee on Assemblies and during the summer the
suffrage question was presented at the State Fair, the Epworth
Assembly, Chautauquas, pioneer picnics and other gatherings. The
committee included later Mrs. O. B. Bowers, Tekamah; Mrs. Ellen A.
Miller, Beatrice; Mrs. Ollie King Carriker, Nebraska City; Mrs. Anna
Pickett, Broken Bow. Miss Gregg spent the autumn in field work
throughout the State. The annual c