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UTAH 649 Ham Spry, Mrs. Reed Smoot; Mrs. Martha B. Keeler of Provo and Mrs. Georgina G. Marriott of Ogden. The Democratic party has had among its leading women Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Alice Merrill Home, Mrs. Cohen, Mrs. Hayward, Gwen Lewis Little, Mrs. Piercy, Mrs. S. S. Smith, Mrs. Annice Dee, Mrs. Inez Knight Allen and Miss Alice Reynolds. No State exceeded Utah in the proportion of the work done by women during the World War. Mrs. Clarissa Smith Williams was the unanimous choice for chairman of the State branch of the Yoman's Council of National Defense. She was eminently fitted for this position through her long experience as first counsellor to Mrs. Emmeline B. Wells, head of the Relief Society, and every demand of the Government was fully met. RATIFICATION. At the request of the Suffrage Council and without urging, Governor Simon Bamberger called a special ses- sion of the Legislature for Sept. 30, 1919, to ratify the Federal Suffrage Amendment submitted the preceding June. The resolu- tion was presented by Senator Elizabeth A. Hayward and was ratified unanimously by both Houses within thirty minutes. The Governor signed it without delay. The women and the Legisla- ture had helped in every possible way to secure the Amendment and the entire Utah delegation in Congress had voted for it. A striking event in the train of possible fruitful activities left behind was the visit of the great leader, Mrs. Carrie Chapman president of the National American Suffrage Association, with her able young assistants, who came to Utah for' Nov. 16-18, 1919. She was accompanied by Dr. Valerie Parker and Mrs. n Pen field, chairmen in the National League of Women Voters, and Miss Marjorie Shuler, director of publicity for the National Association. The convention, held in the As- semlily I fall, was in charge of the Suffrage Council, its president, Mrs Richards, assisted by Mrs. Cohen and Mrs. E. E. Corfman. A 1on<; and valuable program was carried out. Mrs. Catt spoke in the Tabernacle on Sunday afternoon, introduced by President W. Penrose with a glowing tribute to her power as a r. to the sincerity and womanliness of her character and to the catholicity of her vision and sympathy. There were ban- < as and receptions. VOI. VI