that woman suffrage had wrought none of
the ills which its enemies said it would and that it had brought many
benefits, we asked that Congress, through a commission, should
investigate it in the western States. You are aware that no such
commission resulted from our petition. When Mahomet commanded the
mountain to come to him and the mountain did not come he said: 'Then
Mahomet will go to the mountain.' We have therefore this year brought
Colorado to you and the speakers who will address you this morning are
all from that State."

The speeches largely followed the lines of those given before the
convention. Mrs. Katherine Cook showed the relation between the
women's vote and the home and family welfare. Mrs. Ellis Meredith,
introduced as on the editorial staff of the _Rocky Mountain News_ of
Denver, gave a summary of the excellent legislation that had been
effected since women began voting in 1894 and said: "I have read a
compilation of the laws in regard to the protection of children in
every State and I know that in no other have they such ample
protection and in no other are the laws so well enforced. This is
partly due to the fact that our Humane Society is a State institution
and has the free voluntary services of six hundred men and women
acting as agents over this big State of 104,000 square miles."
Answering questions she said: "In my district, one of the best, 571
women registered and 570 voted. There are as many men as women in the
district but only 235 voted. Men form 55 per cent. of our population
and women 45. Women cast over 43 per cent. of the total vote."

Mrs. Mary C. C. Bradford, president of the State Federation of Women's
Clubs, extended the account of the remarkable work it had accomplished
as described to the convention, a success, she said, due to the fact
that it represented a large body of well-informed voters. She
ridiculed the danger at the polling places. "Who are the evil
creatures we are supposed to meet there on election day? We vote in
the precinct in which we live and we meet our husbands, our brothers,
our sons.... In Colorado the environment in which the supreme right of
citizenship is performed has been improved to harmonize with the
improved character of the constituency."

Mrs. Helen Loring Grenfell was introduced by Mrs. Catt as "the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction now serving her third term, the
only successful candidate on her ticket at the last election." She
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