MISSOURI 351 At the State convention held at Macon in May, 1918, Mrs. Miller was re-elected. Owing to the splendid organization of the St. Louis League it was able to invite the National Suffrage Association to hold its Golden Jubilee in this city in 1919. It was held March 23-29 inclusive at the Statler Hotel with two evening - meetings at the Odeon, and was declared by Mrs. Catt to have been "the best convention ever held anywhere." A large
- p of women worked indefatigably for weeks in advance to
make it a success but to Mrs. Gellhorn, chairman of the Local Arrangements Committee, must go the chief honor. Second must be placed the name of Mrs. Stix, who had raised the funds to defray the local expenses. On the evening of March 28 was held one of the mass meet- ings. The large auditorium of the Odeon, beautifully decorated for the occasion under the supervision of Mrs. Fred Taussig and Mrs. Kverett W. Pattison, was filled to overflowing. On the stage were Mrs. Catt, Dr. Shaw and the other national officers, also the speakers of the evening, among whom were Governor Henry J. Allen of Kansas and Miss Helen Frazier of England. Suddenly music was heard from the back. It heralded the ouri delegation, composed of Mrs. Miller, Mrs. David il, Mrs. V. R. Haight and Miss Marie B. Ames, who had been in Jefferson City for ninety-six days working in the interest of the Presidential suffrage bill and had just returned with the joyful tidings that it had passed both Houses! The delegation met at the door and escorted down the center aisle by Mrs. (iellhorn, holding aloft a banner bearing the words, "Now we The large audience rose spontaneously and amidst deafening cheers and wild waving of handkerchiefs and hats the women ascended to the stage, where they were individually pre- d to tin- audience by the presiding officer, I )r. Shaw, who ratulated them and the rest of the women of Missouri on the great victory. [Full account of convention in Chapter XVIII, Volume V.] To celebrate the success of this great convention and especially the winning of Presidential suffrage, the St. Louis League at its annual meeting in April gave a "victory tea" in the Statler Motel. The guests of honor were Senator James W. McKni-ht and
