Annual meeting held in Seattle--Delightful journey across continent--Reception in Spokane--Mrs. Villard tells of opening of Northern Pacific R. R.--Welcomed to Seattle by Mayor--Elizabeth J. Hauser's report of headquarters work--Mrs. Belmont's offer of headquarters in New York City--Mrs. Mead urges association to work for Peace--Professor Potter's address on College Women and Democracy--Mr. Blackwell's last suffrage convention--Mrs. Avery reports on National Association's petition to Congress--Mary E. Craigie tells of suffrage work with the churches--Professor Potter elected corresponding secretary--Political work for suffrage before elections urged, Illinois cited--Suffrage Day at the Exposition. CHAPTER X. NATIONAL SUFFRAGE CONVENTION OF 1910 266 Convention returns to Washington after six years--President Taft makes speech of welcome--Delegates show displeasure--Exchange of letters between national officers and the President--Official resolution of regret--Comment of _Woman's Journal_--Report of association's vast work from New York headquarters--Great Petition officially received by Congress--Mrs. Upton resigns as treasurer--Memorial addresses for Mr. Blackwell and Wm. Lloyd Garrison--Alice Paul on "militant" suffrage in Great Britain--"Dorothy Dix" on The Real Reason why Women can not Vote--Max Eastman on Democracy and Woman--Mrs. Harper's report as chairman of National Press Committee--Hearings before Committees of Congress; speeches by Dr. Shaw, Mrs. McCulloch, Eveline Gano of New York on teachers' need of the vote; Dr. Anna E. Blount of Chicago on professional women's need; Minnie J. Reynolds on writers signing petitions--U. S. Senator Shafroth's notable speech to Senate Committee--House Committee: Mrs. Raymond Robins, Elizabeth Schauss, factory inspector; Laura J. Graddick of a District Labor Union and Florence Kelley argue for the working women's need of vote--Speeches of Mrs. Upton and Laura Clay. CHAPTER XI. NATIONAL SUFFRAGE CONVENTION OF 1911 310