dman of Pennsylvania, and Speaker
Frederick S. Nixon of the New York Legislature.

Fraternal greetings were brought from the Ladies of the Maccabees by
Mrs. Melva J. Caswell, State Commander of the District of Columbia,
Maryland and Delaware; from the National W. C. T. U., by Miss Marie C.
Brehm, president for Illinois, and from the American Purity Alliance
by its president, Dr. O. Edward Janney of Baltimore. A letter was read
by Mrs. Mary Bentley Thomas (Md.), from Governor Warfield expressing
his thanks for the opportunity of meeting so many distinguished women
and his enjoyment of the convention. Letters and telegrams were read.
A letter of greeting was sent to Mrs. Ellen Clark Sargent, a veteran
suffragist of San Francisco, and letters to Miss Laura Clay and Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Upton, regretting their absence. A special vote of
appreciation was given to Dr. and Mrs. William Funck and a letter of
thanks was sent to Dr. Thomas and Miss Garrett for their part in the
unsurpassed success of the convention.

A comprehensive report of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance,
organized in Berlin in 1904, was given by its president, Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt, showing that "the agitation throughout Europe for a
broader democracy has naturally opened the way for the discussion of
woman suffrage and the subject is being considered as never before in
Europe." [See Chapter on the Alliance.] The Evening with Women in
History was opened by Mrs. Catt, who said: "One idea is the mainspring
of the opposition to woman suffrage--that women are by nature of the
inferior sex. Even Darwin, so scientific that he tried to see all
things fairly, entertained this unjust view. When women have had the
same inspiration and opportunity as men their work has been equal in
merit."

The program assuredly showed no inferiority of mental power. Mrs.
Belle de Rivera (N. Y.) depicted Women of Genius, quoting Sappho,
Margaret of Navarre, Vittoria Colonna, Angelica Kauffman and others
eminent in the annals of history. A newspaper report said of Mrs.
Oreola Williams Haskell (N. Y.): "The thoroughness of her address gave
the lie to any intimation of frivolity made by her youth and beauty,
the pink crepe de chine dress and the giddy pink bow in her fluffy
brown hair." In discussing Women in Politics she said that, "even
though debarred from Parliaments and Congresses women will take part
in politics because political situations and public events vitally