in the state campaigns might have been saved. But it was not so to be.
On the occasion of the Chicago Exposition in 1893 the Federal Suffrage Association was assigned a section in the political congress, and a day appointed for its meetings. The following program was carried out:
PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL FEDERAL SUFFRAGE CONGRESS
To be held in Art Institute, Chicago, Aug. 9. President, Hon. M. B. Castle, Sandwich, Ill.
This session will be held under the management of the Federal Suffrage Association, an organization advocating the equal suffrage of qualified American citizens only, irrespective of sex, and demanding the direct vote of the people for federal officers.
Hall of Columbus, 2 o'clock P. M.
Hon. M. B. Castle, President F. S. A.—"Why Federal Suffrage Association."
Mrs. S. M. Perkins, Cleveland, Ohio—"All Women Citizens."
Mrs. Mary E. Holmes, President Illinois Suffrage Association—"Danger to the Nation of the Alien Vote, and the Remedy."
Mrs. Helen M. Gougar, Lafayette, Ind. — "The Qualifications of Citizenship."
Hall IV, 8 o'clock P. M.
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, Hartford, Conn.—"United States Citizenship."
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