The New York Times, September 12, 1917 – Carrie Chapman Catt points out that the referendum in Maine was the first suffrage campaign in that state. Catt's strategy, as head of two-million member NAWSA organization, has been to pursue suffrage in the states, as well as through a Federal Amendment. The anti-suffragists say that the defeat in Maine is a precursor to an upcoming suffrage defeat in New York. read clipping

The New York Times, September 12, 1917 – Editorial – The Times reports that the referendum in Maine represents the fourteenth time since 1912 that suffrage has been defeated by the male voters. The Times editorializes: “When democracy itself is at stake [because of the World War], the ‘emancipation of women’ is of the smallest moment.” read clipping

The New York Times, September 14, 1917 – The Senate Suffrage Committee puts suffrage on the calendar for the next session. This is a first step towards a vote on suffrage in the US Senate. President Wilson refuses to put the full weight of his administration behind the Suffrage Amendment, but he urges its adoption as a war measure. Meanwhile, six more suffragists are arrested in front of the White House and are released on bail. read clipping

The New York Times, September 16, 1917 – A legislator in Maine blames the defeat of suffrage in that state on the White House picketers. read clipping