kota fund reached $5,500, the executive committee of that State
suddenly discovered that they could manage their own campaign, and made
a demand upon the national committee to turn the funds over to them.
Miss Anthony, as chairman, already had sent them $300 for preliminary
work; had written and telegraphed that the services of Miss Shaw could
be had for only one month, at that time, and asked if they would arrange
her routes; and had twice written them to send her their "plan of
campaign," but had received no answer to any of these communications. At
the last moment she was obliged herself to make out Miss Shaw's route
and send her into the field with practically no advertisement. On March
29 she wrote to the State president:

Immediately on the receipt of your answer to my first letter to
your executive committee, instead of sending you a personal reply I
wrote again to the entire committee, answering the various points
presented by you, Mr. and Mrs. Barker and others. This I did to
save writing the same thing to half a dozen different people, as
well as to make sure that I should get your official action upon
what seemed to me most important matters; but to this date I have
received not only no official answer, but no information which
shows my letter to have been acted upon. Nor have I heard from any
member of the committee that you have mapped out any plan of
campaign, or have accepted and proposed to work on the one which I
outlined last November at the Aberdeen meeting, and twice over have
stated in my letters.

You, personally, say to me that you must have the national funds
put into your treasury before you can plan work. Now, my dear sir,
as a business man you never would give your money to any person or
committee until they had presented to you a plan for using it which
met your approval. Then I have had no indication of any intention
on the part of your executive committee or State organizer to hold
any series of suffrage meetings or conventions. The only ones
written of are W. C. T. U. county and district conventions.
California's suffrage lecturer, I am informed, is to be introduced
to the State at the First District W. C. T. U. Convention.

Now, I want to say to you individually, and to the executive
committee generally, that the National-American South Dakota
committee will