CHAPTER XVI.

NATIONAL SUFFRAGE CONVENTION OF 1916 480

Great meeting in Atlantic City--President Wilson attends and announces his allegiance--His address--Dr. Shaw responds--Mrs. Catt on State campaigns--Shall association work for Federal and State amendments?--Mrs. Catt sounds key-note in speech on The Crisis--Mrs. Dudley, Mrs. Cotnam and Mrs. Valentine represent South--The "golden flier"--Sharp debate on endorsing candidates--Speeches of Owen Lovejoy, Julia Lathrop and Katherine Bement Davis--Important report of Mrs. Roessing on work in Congress; woman suffrage planks in national conventions at Chicago and St. Louis; interviewing presidential candidates; revised plan for work of association--Dr. Shaw on Americanism and the Flag.