n Chancery in the four counties where I preside,
who has been more faithful or attentive in the discharge of
his duties, and none who has exhibited higher qualifications
to discharge well those duties. And it is my sincere hope
that at its next session the legislature will make this
office accessible to females."

One of the most influential local associations has been that of
Chicago, or Cook county.[371] From 1870 to 1876 Mrs. Jane Graham
Jones was its president, as well as the leading spirit in the
State Society.[372] She was the one to plan and execute the
attacks upon the board of education, the common council, and the
legislature, holding many meetings in Chicago, and at
Springfield, the seat of government. Another flourishing
association is that of Moline. We give the following from its
secretary:

In May, 1877, Mrs. Eunice G. Sayles, and Mrs. Julia Mills
Dunn, secured Mrs. Stanton to give a lecture on woman
suffrage in Moline, and at a reception given to her by Mrs.
Sayles, a society with 22 members was organized, which has
held meetings regularly since that time, with the reading of
papers on topics previously arranged by the president. It is
a matter of pride that not a failure has ever occurred, each
member always cheerfully performing the duty assigned her.
An evening reception is held annually to celebrate the
organization of the society, to which two hundred or more
guests are invited, each member being entitled to bring
several outside of her own family. The meetings have been
valuable, not only in promoting friendly relations between
the members, but also in the mental stimulus they have
afforded. Much of the success of this society is due to the
literary culture and earnestness of Mrs. Anne M. J. Dow, who
was our president for three years. We have sustained a great
loss in the death of Mrs. Sarah D. Nourse, who for
thirty-five years was an earnest friend of all reforms.

Soon after its organization, our society became auxiliary to
the National Association. We have circulated petitions and
forwarded them to Springfield and Washington, where they
have met the fate common to all praye