If I thought that the women of my State wanted this bill passed I would vote for it; but, sir, I have every reason to believe that the good women of my State are opposed to this bill, and therefore;" At this juncture another member handed to the orator a petition bearing the name of five thousand of the best known women in Georgia.

The orator stammered, turned red, felt for his handkerchief, mopped his brow, and continued: "Mr.Speaker, I deeply regret that I did not see this petition yesterday.

As it is, my vote is pledged." Incidents of this kind have occurred too frequently for the women of the United States to escape their meaning.

They have learned that they cannot have everything they want merely by asking for it.

Also they have learned, or a large number of them have learned that the old theory of women being represented at the polls by their husbands is very largely a delusion.
The entrance of women in large numbers into labor unions, and into membership in the Women's Trade Union League is another factor in the increasing interest of American women in suffrage.