The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-12-16
RIGHT ROYALTY ROASTED.
The Repository SOundly Condemned for
It's VilIlfiCation
OF the Canton Relief Association, It's
President, Mrs. Ada Clark, and
Other OfHcers--An IndIg-
nation Meeting.


day evenings contained announcements
Of TumOrs tDat were flying thick and
fast" about the city to the effect that the
disruption of the Canton Relief AssOcia-
tiOn was threatened on account of dis
s9nsion among Its members, all Of whom
are ladies Of eminent fitness for the
work of the organization, that of
giving relief to the suffering poor
of the city. The statements
were based upon information obtained
from business man, who withheld his
identity. In Wednesdays Repository
appeared communication from "a mem
Der" of the association, ex-Judge j. W.
Underhlll and Mrs. Josiah Hartzell,
Vice President of the association, all In
dignantly denying that any bad feeling
existed among the members OF the sssO
citation. Below these communications,
however, appeared reiteTation of the
statement in Tuesdays paper that
trouble really existed in the association.
Mrs. Ada Clark, president of the Re
lief Association, was signated In Tues
days Repository as th9 cause Of all the
trouble. This only served to increase
the already outraged feelings Of the
lady members Of the Association and
Mrs. Clark was urged to call special
meeting of the Association, which she
did for Wednesday night in the Mayors
office, to which call twenty. eight ladies
aud fifteen gentlemen responded. Among
The ladies were nearly all the members
of the Association, the officers all being
present. The officers are:
resident-Mrs. Ada Clark.
l. ,gakrs J
SecretsTy-Mrs. Nellie H. Morrow.
VFeasuTer-Miss Ella Holm.
The gathering was plain and Uami5-
taxable
INDIGNATION MEETING
For the purpose of Tesenting the insults
and disgrace heaped upon the AssOcia.
tiOn by the Repository. Judging by the
unanimous expression, cOndemning the
course of thaJ paper and the demand to
know the name Of the business man"
who furnished the information about the
alleged dissension, 1t was Enthusiastically
evident that every member Of the AssO
citation present felt personally lnsulted
and abused.
Treasurer Holm read her report, after
which President Clark read long ad-
dress, detailing the good that had been
accomplished last winter, and mapping
out the work for the present year. She
said the members of the society had
stood by her and done noble work In the
past, and hoped the future would show
equally as good, II not better work. A
portion of the address, which ls of the
greatest interest to the general public,
was the discussion Of project for the
erection and maintenance of q city hos
pit8l In Canton, where poor unfOrtu-
mates needing medical and surgical at
tentiOn could receive the same.
CITY HOSPITAL PROJECT.
Atthe conclusion of her address Presi-
dent Clark appointed the following
gentlemen as q committee to take hold
Of the city hospital project, with the
view of securing the speedy provision
for Canton, of such an institution:
George Barnes, DR.. Lew Slusser, P. P.
Bush, j. j. Clark and Isaac Harter.
The President appointed Mesdames
Josiah HArtzell, Anna Williams, James
A. SaxtOn, Charles ThurstOn and w. L.
Alexander as q committee to report
nominations for offioers for the ensuing
year, to be elected Friday. At the same
time the President urged that a suitable
lady be nominated to relieve her. She
had worked hard and dlslnterested In
the cause and was ready to retire to the
ranks of the ordinary members.
RIB ROASTING FOB THE REP.
Then commenced a rib-rOasting for
the Repository, which paper was done
brown, turned over and ba9ted with
rich and spicy gravy. The President
called for remarks of any nature con-
Cerning the Association and it's work.
RsVs. G. V. Wilson and ]. Il. Harp5ter
approved of the c0mmendAble work ae-
COmplished by the Association and
encouraged the members to further
efforts to alleviate the misery and give
aid and comfort to the poor Of the city.
Judge Underhill took uD the RepOsi-
tory, read extracts from its articles
about the Association and said he con"
sidered the matter an outrage Of the
vilest kind, adding that he so declared
himself to the editor Of that paper.
Poor Physician Cock spoke Of the eX-
cellent work Of the Association, which
had come under his observation and de
nounced the attacks in the Repository.
j. j. Clark, Esq, approved of the hos
pital project and rendered his services
In the enterprise. He paid his respects
to the Repository In no limited terms,
saying the entire sffSir was a mall
ciOus and venOmOus assault upon the
Association.
Mrs. Josiah Hartzell expressed her In
dignation at the manner In which the
Repository had treated the Association.
Similar addresses were made by
Messrs. Josiah Hartzell, P. P. Bush, G. +.
StOkey and DR.. Slusser.
Superintendent Of the Humane Society
Frazer testified to the good work accom-
plished by President Clark and the
society generally.
Mr.. Horace Miller, associate editOrg0f
the Repository, who was present, was
called upon by the President for the
name of the prominent business man.
This action was Of course unnecessary
and of no avail, as professional courtesy
would prevent such breach of conf
dence. The President then took the Re-
pOsit0ry to task for stating deliberate
falsehO0d, when 1t said that a reporter
of that paper tried to see the officers Of
the Relief Association, but failed to
find any of them. ALI of the officers pres
ent stated that no one had approached
them on the subject, and that they have
all been In the city since Tuesday, when
the first article appeared.
MFR. StOkey said In short speech, he
surmised that the prominent business
man" was a fictitious character. When
he concluded Mr.. Wilbur Miller, of the
Repository, said he was the reporter who
wrote the interview and thatit was with
a genuine and not fictitious business
man. Mr.. StOkey then apolOgized to
Mr.. Miller,