m Mrs.
Mackay.

A general meeting for organization was held the evening of February 4
in Odd Fellows' Hall, which was far too small for the audience. The
name State Equal Franchise Society was adopted. Mrs. Stanislawsky was
elected president; Colonel Reeves, Mr. Price, Mrs. Mack and Miss
Felice Cohn, vice-presidents; Mrs. Nicholas, Mrs. Grace E. Bridges and
Mrs. Alice Chism, recording and corresponding secretary and treasurer.
A membership of 177 was reported. The board of twenty-one directors
included most of those who have been named and in addition Dr. J. E.
Stubbs, president of the university; Mrs. A. B. McKinley, Dr. Morris
Pritchard, W. D. Trout, Mrs. Nettie P. Hershiser, Mrs. George
Armstrong, Mrs. Florence H. Church, Mrs. G. Taylor, Mrs. Frank
Stickney.[113] Plans were made for a legislative lobby. A report of
the organization was sent to Mrs. Mackay, who consented that her name
should be used as honorary president but took no further interest in
it or in the amendment campaign which soon followed and made no
contribution.

Between the above meetings Assemblymen Arnold and Byrne of Esmeralda
county had introduced a joint resolution on January 30 to submit to
the voters an amendment to the State constitution to give full
suffrage to women. It was referred to the Committee on Elections,
which on February 7 reported it unfavorably. Assemblyman J. A. Denton
of Lincoln county secured a hearing before the Committee of the Whole
on February 20 and a large lobby from the society was present. Mrs.
Stanislawsky and Miss Cohn addressed the committee, emphasizing the
fact that each of the political parties had declared in its State
platform for this referendum and all the women asked was to have the
question sent to the voters. The resolution was put on file but at the
bottom and every attempt to advance it failed but on March 6 it
appeared in regular order. Speaker pro tem. Booth wanted it
indefinitely postponed but was overruled. After numerous parliamentary
tactics it was at length passed by 31 ayes, 13 noes, four absent and
the Speaker not voting. The resolution was first read in the Senate on
March 7 and referred to the Committee on Education. Three days later
it was reported without recommendation. It came before the Senate
March 13 and after considerable "fencing" it passed by 16 ayes, 2
noes, one absent. Mrs. Stanislawsky, Mrs. Mack, Professor Wier, Mrs.
Chism, Miss Cohn and Mrs. Nicholas had worked strenuously i