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Federal Suffrage Circular

elections for Senators and Representatives, or may alter regulations made by the States. James Madison, being asked to explain this reserved right of control, said: "Should the people of any State by any means be deprived of the right of suffrage it was deemed proper it should be remedied by the general Government."

In the case of Wiley v. Sinkler, the Court said: "The right to vote for members of the Congress of the United States has its foundation in the Constitution of the United States." In the Siebold case the Court said that the State could make regulations, and Congress could make regulations, and those made by Congress were paramount and superseded those made by the States.

Other Work of the Year

During the year past the Association held a Congress in connection with the PanamaPacific International Exposition, at San Francisco, A letter from the Director of Congresses, under date of March 27, says: "You will be interested in knowing that 'Federal Suffrage Day' (July 13, 1915) was, in point of attendance, one of the largest convention special days. A total of 56,255 people passed through the gates on that day." In grateful recognition of the opportunities afforded by the Exposition, the Association held a public meeting, December 4, in Washington, to par