The Rochester dailies came out next morning with full reports of
this episode and editorial remarks; citizens of both sexes wrote to the
papers, pro and con; other newspapers took up the question, and a wave
of comment swept over the country.

CHAPTER XLV.

THE SECOND VISIT TO CALIFORNIA.

1895.

It has been said in another chapter that Miss Anthony established
herself firmly and forever in the hearts of the people at the Columbian
Exposition of 1893. Men and women were there from every State in the
Union, many of whom never had seen or heard her and had been deeply
prejudiced against her, but she conquered all and they returned home
henceforth to sing her praises. Naturally they wanted their friends and
neighbors to be converted like themselves, and invitations to lecture
came from all quarters. One of the most urgent was from the Woman's
Congress Auxiliary of the great California Midwinter Exposition, which
followed the World's Fair, but as she had two campaigns on hand in 1894
she could not accept it. Out of this auxiliary had grown a permanent
Woman's Congress Association, with Sarah B. Cooper at its head. When a
pressing request came to attend their first anniversary in San
Francisco, in 1895, she accepted with pleasure. The corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Minna V. Gaden, wrote in reply:

I can not attempt to express to you the joy and gratification of
the executive board over your consent to be with us and take part
in the congress in May. I wish I could have phonographed the
exclamations of delight and photographed the beaming countenances
of the members when I read them your letter. In answer to your
question as to whether we desired to have you speak upon some
special point of the subject for which you stand, I would say we
want Susan B. Anthony and all that she is; and we are sure that
the right word will be said, the great facts made plain and the
true inspiration given. We want _you_ and all that your presence
means and all that your life's work has brought.

Miss Anthony had another reason for wishing to go to California in
addition to the desire of meeting and helping the women of that
beautiful State in their congress. Its legislature, the previous winter,
had submitted a woman suffrage amendment which was to be voted on in
1896. This visit would enable her to look over the field, talk with the
men and women, and render any assistance th