a railroad. By automobile, wagon, on horseback,
climbing up to mining camps on foot, the canvassers went; making a
house-to-house canvass of ranches many miles apart; travelling 150
miles over the desert all day to speak to the "camp," which was always
assembled on the street in front of the largest and best lighted
saloon, on their arrival at dusk. Many were the courtesies they
received from shirt-sleeved miners and cowboys. They were also greatly
assisted by the suffrage association's local chairmen, who would
hastily secure substitutes to cook for their "hay crews" and drive
miles to arrange meetings. They always tried to reach a settlement or
hospitable ranch house for the night. Where this was not possible they
slept on blankets in hayfields or on the ground in the heart of the
desert itself. The trip covered 3,000 miles.

Meanwhile at State headquarters in Reno leaflets that had been
carefully written as appeals to "give Nevada women a square deal" were
addressed to voters' lists as they registered for the approaching
election, under the direction of the society's treasurer, Mrs. Bessie
Eichelberger.

A State labor conference representing 6,000 members endorsed the
amendment and every labor union that took a vote on it. The official
endorsements of the Democratic, Progressive and Socialist parties were
obtained. Individual Republicans supported it but the party refused
its approval and the leading Republican newspaper, the Reno _Evening
Gazette_, under the orders of George Wingfield, multi-millionaire,
with other newspapers he controlled, bitterly fought the amendment to
the last. Only one or two newspapers, notably the _Nevada State
Journal_, actively supported it but many published campaign news. Reno
papers contained over 200 columns of suffrage matter. Fremont Older,
editor of the San Francisco _Bulletin_, gave to State headquarters the
valuable services and paid the expenses of Miss Bessie Beatty, a
member of its staff, to direct the State-wide press campaign of news
and advertisements planned for September and October. With the
assistance of President Stubbs and in spite of the opposition of
Regent Charles B. Henderson, a College Equal Suffrage League was
formed at the State University, under the leadership of Miss Clara
Smith, and a suffrage essay contest was promoted in the schools of
the State. Through Judge William P. Seeds' and Miss Martin's efforts a
Men's Suffrage League was formed, to counteract th