and receive the franchise. In New York City women must
ask for it in twenty-four languages....

Walter M. Chandler of New York City, a member of the committee, asked
Mrs. Catt if she thought a Representative should vote against the
mandate of his district, which in his case had given a majority of
2,000 against a State amendment in November, although he himself had
spoken and voted for it. A spirited dialogue followed which filled
several pages of the printed report, Mrs. Catt insisting that he
should stand by the broad principle of justice and Mr. Chandler
equally insistent that he must represent his constituents. As Dr. Shaw
rose to return to the convention Mr. Carlin of Virginia said: "Dr.
Shaw, would you mind explaining to this committee the essential
difference between this organization known as the National Woman
Suffrage Association and the Congressional Union? There is a great
deal of confusion among the members of the committee as to just what
is the difference between them," and she answered:

It is, perhaps, like two different political parties, which
believe in different procedure. The National Woman Suffrage
Association has two fundamental ideas--to secure the suffrage
through State and national constitutions--and we appeal both to
Congress and to the States. The Congressional Union, as I
understand it, appeals only to the Congress. Another essential
difference is that the policy of the Union is to hold the party
in power responsible for the acts of Congress, whether they are
acts of that party by itself or of the whole Congress. They
follow a partisan method of attacking the political party in
power, whether the members of it are friendly to the
woman-suffrage movement or not. For instance, Senator Thomas of
Colorado, Senator Chamberlain of Oregon and other Senators and
Representatives who have always been favorable to our movement
and have aided us all the way along, have been attacked by this
Union not because of their personal attitude toward our question
but because of the attitude of their party. The National Suffrage
Association pursues a non-partisan method, attacking no political
party. If we could defeat a member of any political party who
persistently opposed our measure we would do it, whether in the
Republican or the Democratic or any other, but would never hold
any party respon