onvention was held at Tecumseh
December 1-3, with a large attendance. The program included the Mayor,
Governor-elect J. H. Mickey, the Hon. C. W. Beal, Senator O'Neill, and
other prominent citizens. A memorial hour was given to Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and to Nebraska suffragists who had died during the year. It
was resolved to push press work, county organization, new memberships
and work before assemblies.

In 1903 branch headquarters were established at the Lindell Hotel,
Lincoln, for work with the Legislature. The delegates to the national
convention in New Orleans in March were accompanied home by Miss
Laughlin for organizing work. Assisted most of the time by Miss Gregg
she visited thirty-five cities and towns, speaking from one to three
times in each place, gained 403 new members and collected about $200.
She spoke at five Normal Schools during the summer and had
headquarters at the Northwest G. A. R. encampment and several
Chautauquas. The State convention was held at Nebraska City, October
6-8. The program was enriched by the address of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw,
national vice-president, on The Fate of Republics. Miss Laughlin made
a strong speech and there were many new names on the program. To the
previous plan of work had been added suffrage contests, literature in
libraries and church work; the peace and industrial work of the
National Association had been endorsed and committees formed.

In January, 1904, Miss Gregg was sent by Mrs. Catt to Oklahoma, where
her services as organizer were very much needed. The State
headquarters were transferred to Tecumseh with the secretary, Mrs.
Mary G. Ward, in charge. Mrs. Young edited the _Headquarters Message_
and Mrs. Myrtle W. Marble of Humboldt attended to the publishing and
mailing. A Suffrage Cook Book was prepared and published and became a
source of considerable revenue. Mrs. Lulu S. Halvorsen of Nebraska
City was press chairman. Miss Laughlin spent a month speaking and
organizing. The State convention was held at Geneva November
21-December 1, Mrs. Ellis Meredith of Denver a principal evening
speaker. With the withdrawal of Miss Gregg and the conviction that no
amendment of any kind could be carried under the existing law, the
interest of the local organizations began to decline and the two brave
and faithful women who had carried the heaviest part of the burden
were now finding it too heavy for their strength. Mrs. Young took the
headquarters to her own home in Br