or the submission of these
amendments at a special election, so that there may be an
intelligent decision thereon, uninfluenced by partisan
issues.

At the mass-meeting of May 19, Mrs. P. T. Merritt of
Indianapolis, Mrs. M. E. M. Price of Kokomo, and Mrs. J. C.
Ridpath of Greencastle were appointed as delegates to the
different political State conventions. As a Republican, Mrs.
Merritt was received with great courtesy and accorded time to
speak. Her address was characterized by sound logic and dignity
of expression, and was reported in full with the rest of the
proceedings of the Republican convention. As a prohibition
amendment had also been passed by the legislature of 1881, the
interests of suffrage and prohibition in the campaign of 1882
were identical. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Indiana
sent Mrs. Helen M. Gougar to the Republican State convention, by
which she was respectfully received and which she ably addressed.

The advocates of suffrage did not content themselves during the
summer of 1882 by merely holding suffrage meetings proper, and
addressing political bodies, but they sought every opportunity to
reach the ears of the people for whatever purpose convened. The
Equal Suffrage Society received from the managers of the Acton
camp-meeting a place on their programme; accordingly Mrs. Haggart
and Mrs. Gougar, as delegates, addressed immense audiences. Both
of these ladies labored indefatigably, discussing the question of
submission of the amendments before Sunday-school conventions,
teachers' associations, agricultural fairs, picnics and
assemblies of every name. Others rendered less conspicuous, but
not less earnest or constant service; and when the political
campaign proper opened, it was evident that every candidate would
firmly and unreservedly answer the challenge: "Submission, or
non-submission?"

For the first time in the history of Indiana, women were employed
by party managers to address political meetings and advocate the
election of candidates. Mrs. Gougar addressed Republican rallies
at various points; she and Mrs. Haggart together made a canvass
of Tippecanoe county on behalf of the Republican candidate for
representative in the General Assembly, Captain W. De Witt
Wallace, who wa