ance, and declared that if the appointment
was illegal, the law ought to be changed at once. True to his
promise, he defended her most ably, and engaged other counsel to
act with him. His services were given gratuitously.

Subsequently, in the constitutional convention, an amendment was
adopted making women eligible to appointive offices, and also to
any office under the school control, with the exception of State
commissioner. But when voted upon, the new constitution was lost,
and with it these amendments. The cause had able advocates in the
convention, leading whom was General A. C. Voris of Akron, who
was made chairman of the Special Committee on Woman Suffrage. The
Standing Committee on Elective Franchise was extremely
unfriendly, conspicuously so the chairman, Mr. Sample. A Special
Committee on Woman Suffrage was appointed, which performed its
duty faithfully, and reported unanimously in favor. Mr. Voris
worked for the measure with an enthusiasm equaled only by his
ability. When the report came up for discussion he made a
masterly speech of two hours, during which the attention was so
close that a pin could be heard to drop. Other able speeches were
also made in favor of the measure by some of the most talented
members of the convention. It came within two votes of being
carried. The defeat was largely due to the liquor influence in
the convention. The cause, however, received a new impetus
through the exertions of General Voris, to whom, second to no
other person in Ohio, should the thanks of the women be rendered.
During the contest the Toledo society was constantly on the
alert. On three occasions it sent its delegates to the
convention; but it has not limited its work to Ohio alone; it has
given freely of its means whenever it could to aid the struggle
in other States, and has rolled up large petitions to congress
asking for a sixteenth amendment.

When the State convention met in Toledo, February, 1873, the
members of the city society exerted themselves to the utmost to
have all arrangements for their reception and entertainment of
the most satisfactory character, and the delegates unanimously
agreed they had never before had so delightful and successful a
meeting. Many lasting friendships were formed. The opera-house
was wel