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Federal Suffrage Circular

Arizona—Hon. Carl Hayden.

Montana— Senator Thos. J. Walsh, Hon. John M. Evans. Nevada— Hon. E. E. Roberts. Alaska—Hon. James Wickersham. Illinois— Hon. Wm. B. McKinley.

Advisory Council—Senator Frances W. Munds, Arizona; Hon. Burton L. French, Idaho; Mrs. Miles Poindexter, Washington; Mrs. Mary Wright Sewall, Indiana; Mrs. Henrietta BriggsWall, Kansas; Miss Emily Howland, New York; Mrs. L. Bracket* Bishop, Illinois; Mrs. Andrea Hofer-Proudfoot, Illinois; Mrs. Mary Smith Haywood, Nebraska; Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Jean Brooks Greenleaf, New York; Mrs. Sarah V. Pugh, New Jersey; Mrs. C. P. Crosby, Wisconsin; Mrs. Van. Coleman, California.

"The purpose of the Federal Suffrage Association of the United States is to obtain the passage of an Act protecting women citizens of all the States in the exercise of the right to vote for Members of Congress. It is based on two propositions: That women have the right to vote under the Constitution of the United States as originally framed; and that Congress can bring this right into activity as far as it relates to the vote for members of Congress.

The first bill for his purpose was introduced by Senator Chas. F. Manderson of Nebraska, in 1889. Bills were also introduced in the House in 1892 and 1894. The Federal Suffrage Association was formed in 1902 to continue the work, and since that time bills have been before Congress continuously and a number of hearings have been given. The latest was on March 27, 28, 1916, on H. R. 379, introduced by Judge J. E. Raker of California, who made the opening argument in its behalf. Hon. Burton L. French championed