13. The association had two bills, one for Municipal and one for
Presidential and County suffrage. The latter, introduced by Raymond B.
Stevens of Landaff, Congressman-elect, had a hearing February 19, at
which one of the chief affirmative speakers was Dean Walter T. Sumner
of Chicago, later Bishop of Oregon, who was in town for the Conference
of Charities and Corrections. The Judiciary Committee reported the
bill favorably but six out of fifteen members signed an adverse
report. The debate in the House on March 18 was particularly acrid.
Among the speakers in favor were Levin J. Chase of Concord and Edward
C. Bean of Belmont, later Secretary of State. The saloon element as
usual was prominent in the opposition. The roll call showed 98 ayes;
239 noes.

1915. The bill for Municipal suffrage was unfavorably reported by the
Committee on Revision of Statutes. On March 17 when the vote to
substitute the minority report was taken the State House was crowded
with eager throngs from all parts of the State. Mr. Chase, Benjamin W.
Couch and James O. Lyford spoke in favor. Dr. Thomas Manley Dillingham
of Roxbury represented the "antis." The vote was 121 ayes; 230 noes. A
bill for Presidential suffrage had previously been killed in
committee.

1917. Bills for Presidential and for County and Municipal suffrage
were introduced into both Houses. The former was favorably reported by
Joseph P. Perley, Daniel J. Daley and Clarence M. Collins of the
Senate Committee with a minority report by Obe G. Morrison and Michael
H. Shea, which was substituted February 7 by a vote of 16 to 7. The
favorable report of eight of the fifteen members of the House
Committee was submitted by John G. Winant, afterward vice-rector of
St. Paul's School, Concord. The struggle came on March 7 when it was
debated for several hours with galleries crowded and finally defeated
by 205 to 152. On March 16 the bill for Municipal suffrage was
defeated without debate or roll call.

FOOTNOTES:

[115] The History is indebted for this chapter to Miss Frances M.
Abbott, treasurer of the State College Equal Suffrage League, writer
and genealogist.

[116] Mr. Drew and Mr. Moses as U. S. Senators in 1918 were able to
defeat the passage of the Federal Suffrage Amendment, which lacked
just two votes. Mr. Churchill afterwards became an earnest advocate of
woman suffrage.

[117] It has been impossible to obtain a complete list of those who
have served as officers but the