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126 HISTORY OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE of Representatives should be tendered for the evening session, but Joe Bill Hall, a noted anti-prohibitionist and anti-suffragist, marshalled the liquor men and they defeated it. In 1912 the State association conformed to the plan of the National and appointed a committee of education, who would offer money prizes for the best essays on woman suffrage by the seniors of the high schools, with Mrs. Helmer chairman and Miss Koch secretary. It worked vigorously for the bill to per- mit women to practice law. Mrs. Rebecca Latimer Felton be- came a member and was elected a delegate to the national suf- frage convention in Philadelphia. Attorney Leonard J. Gross- man joined the association and was made general counsel. In 1913, while Mr. Grossman was attending the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association as a delegate, he was requested by James Lees Laidlaw, president of the National Men's League for Woman Suffrage, to undertake the organization of a Georgia Men's League. He did so imme- diately on returning home, with the following officers : Presi- dent, Mr. Grossman; vice-presidents, the Rev. Fred A. Line, the Rev. J. Wade Conkling, C. W. McClure, Dr. Frank Peck, E. L. Martin, ex-president Macon Chamber of Commerce; S. B. Marks and L. Marquardt, ex-presidents of the State Federation of Labor. Mr. Grossman toured the State on behalf of woman suffrage under the joint auspices of the Men's League and the State association. He drafted, at their request, proposed bills and ratification resolutions; appeared before the annual conven- tions of the Federation of Labor, obtaining their formal endorse- ment of woman suffrage; secured also the endorsement of the Civic Educational League, comprising a great majority of the Jewish citizens of Atlanta; occupied church pulpits and ad- dressed women's clubs, civic bodies, city councils and legislative committees. The members of the Men's League gave whatever assistance was required. The many State victories in 1912 put new life into the move- ment in 1913. The Georgia Young People's Suffrage Associa- tion was organized with Miss Ruth Buckholz as president. To represent the association Mrs. Amelia R. Woodall, correspond- ing, and Miss Katherine Koch, recording secretary ; Miss Mamie