The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-08-25
THAT LITTLE PRIMER.
HOW THE MATTER APPEARS TO BE
WORKING IN COLUMBUS.

The Ohio State Journal Makes Some Very
Unkind observstions-It seems to Look
Like Boomerang.
The Ohio State Jour n Of Columbus
containing the cont ,,r OF Mrs. Clark,s
Canton Primer, with The Preamble and
Resolutions entire, h just reached this
office. We are no; urprsed to find
however that the Jou al do, not approve
Of this Primer; o. the contrary the
Journal is dead az nat the Primer. It
seems that one of tie editor of the Ohio
State Journals pr nineni Grand Army
man and is well inf med in the case Of
Koons VS. Clark, henc he es no good in
the Primer. Below, eprid part Of the
observations of the j. Irnal on this
remarkable prime-evil production:
"Canton's Woman's Relief Corps No. 4,
Y seems from what we CLEAN from the
NEWS DEMOCRAT of the 18th, 10 In open
revolt against the Department of Ohio
and the National organization. This paper
says Ada Z. Clark, who has been suspend
ed from the order by a national court OF
inquiry, approved by the national presi-
dent, has had published a circular of eight
pages containing a long preamble and
resolutions fourteen ia number) as the
action OF orps 4 in regard to this suspen-
sion, ETC., and that 10, 600 have been print,
ed for distribution. This IL believed to be
resolutions attack the Ncharactar of Mrs.
AnD Wittenmyer and Kate B. Sherwood,
nnst national presidents, and that of Sue
Pike Sanders, the present executive bead
of the order. These resolutions are very
personal, and will without doubt receive
the attention of the department president,
and action taken looking to the reyoking
Of their charter for such charges, on the
ground OF "conduct prejudicial to good
order and discipline"
"This seems to be a direct insult to the
members OF the court who we're the most
Intelligent and reprr sentative women in
the order. Annie Wittenmyer was presi-
dent of the court.
Wells Corps 66, held their only meeting
for August on last Thursday afternoon in
the ladies' pirlor. There were but twenty.
five or thirty of the 221 members ia
attendance, and the priscipal business
transacted was the adoption of rasulus
tions at the request of Corps of Canton
81 ympatbizing and sustaining Ada Il. Clark
and approving thg resolutions adopted
by them, These resolutions of Corps a
declare that the national council of
inquiry, composed OF eminent and repu
table women OF the order, viz, Mrs. Annie
Wittenmyer, a past national president.
and five past department presidents and
present national secretary, had perjured
themselves when they declared on their
oaths with all the evidence that said Aia
Clark was guilty OF all the charges and
specifications preferredn
Ia the same column the Ohio State
journal observes as follows:
THE Woman's Relief Corps, since it's
inception and organization nine years
ago, as national body at Denver, has been
exceedingly fortunate in having had at it's
head such OraiDy, stirring workers for
pre- sidents as Kate B. Sherwood, whose
name is a household word, not only in
every soldiers home, but at every loyal
flrsside ON the continent"
Judging by the above comments, the
ratty little Primer failed to do its work In
olumbus. At this writing II looks like a
boomerang.
or course the charter will now ne taken
away from Canton Corps, IL the Departs
meDt President has any sense of appreci-
alton of the grave insult offered the Ma"
tonal President by this libelous manifesto.