Oh, will you will us well, Will, As we will will by you, If you’ll only will to help us Put the Amendment through! Representative Webb’s valentine bore the words, “From a fond heart to a Democratic (?) Congressman,” with the following verse: Federal aid he votes for rural highways, And Federal aid for pork each to his need; And Federal aid for rivers, trees, and harbors, But Federal aid for women?—No, indeed! Representative Fitzgerald received: Your Party’s health is very shaky, The Western women say, They scorn a laggard lover And will not tell him “Yea,” But pass the Suffrage measure, Then watch Election Day! Congressman Mondell’s valentine was a red heart, on which was written: Oh, a young Lochinvar has come out of the West, Of all the great measures his bill was the best! So fearless in caucus, so brave on the floor There ne’er was a leader like young Lochinvar! On May Day, the Woman’s Party hung a May basket for the President. It was over-brimming with purple, white, and gold flowers, and, concealed in their midst, was a plea for the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. Later, in May, on Representative Williams’s birthday, he was invited by Representative Kent to go with him into the visitors’ lobby. There he met Gertrude and Ruth Crocker of the Congressional Union, who were carrying on a tray, made of the Congressional Union banner and the American flag, a huge birthday cake. It was frosted and set with fifty-nine candles, each emerging from a small, yellow rose and bore an inscription in purple letters: May the coming year bring you joy and the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. A few days later, when Representative Steele reached his office, he found on his desk a purple basket filled with forget-me-nots. The card bore this inscription: “Forget me not” is the message I bring in my gladsome blue; Forget not the fifty-six years that have gone And the work there is still to do; Forget not the Suffrage Amendment That waits in committee for you. The first National Convention of the Congressional Union was held at Cameron House from December 6 to December 13, 1915. The following ten members were elected for the Executive Committee: Alice Paul; Lucy Burns; Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont; Mrs. John Winters Brannan; Mrs. Gilson Gardner; Mrs. William Kent; Mrs. Lawrence Lewis; Elsie Hill; Anne Martin; Mrs. Donald R. Hooker. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ III THE CONFLICT WITH THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE BOTHERATION