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MASSACHUSETTS 2Q3 pass this bill!" The House rejected the committee's adverse report by a viva voce vote and the next day passed the bill with- out further debate. It passed the Senate by a large majority. Thanks and praises were showered upon Representative Fall, who modestly said that two-thirds of the credit for working up the case belonged to his wife, Mrs. Anna Christy Fall. .1903. The bill for taxpayers' Municipal suffrage was de- feated February 5 without a roll call; the association's petition for a constitutional amendment by 99 to 87. 1904. Governor John L. Bates recommended woman suf- frage in his Message. The association asked for Municipal suffrage for women having the same qualifications required of men. The bill was debated in the House on February 16 and defeated without a roll call. The bill to let women vote on nominations for school trustees was defeated by 62 to 30. 1905. The association's petition for a constitutional amend- ment was rejected without a division and without even discussion. Petitions were rejected for License suffrage, for a vote on school nominations and to enable women to vote for the appointing officer if the Boston school board should be made appointive instead of elective. The association always joined with other societies in asking for measures for the public welfare. 1906. The association's petition for a constitutional amend- ment was debated March 23 and defeated without a roll call. One headed by John Golden, president of the Textile Workers, for Municipal suffrage for wage-earning women was also de- feated without a division, as were the petitions for License suf- and for a vote on school nominations. 1907. The constitutional amendment was debated February 20 and defeated by 125 to 14. The Good Templars asked for License suffrage for women. At the hearing the bill was sup- ported by representatives of the. Anti-Saloon League, the W. C. T. I" ., tin- ( hristian Endeavorers, etc., and opposed by the Anti- Siiffra-r Association and the attorney of the Wine and Spirits Wholesale Dealers' Association. A bill requiring that the same measures be taken to keep the names of women voters (school) on the register as the names of men failed to pass. 1908. Municipal suffrage for all women, asked for by the