The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-19
ECHOES OF PIOUA.

The Origin OF the Trouble Between Mrs.
Ada +. CLARK and Mrs. Emma +.
Koons-They Were Formerly Great
Friends.-.The Evidence.
| There is a little episode of the P,aue
| convention that has been a good deal
commented upon by the good women of
Ohio, engaged i'm Relief Corps work, ae
well as by soldiers of the Grand Army of
the Republic. One Of the Canton women,
who went to Piqua with Mrs. Clark and
who served member of the now famous
(N Canton Court was talking good deal
about Mrs. Koons in a way that was
scarce to the credit of a woman i'm cbarit-
able circles. Among other things she
stated was that ever since the Boston
convention, in the summer of 1890 Mrs,
Clark had been satisfied that Mrs. Koons
was not conducting herself like an "ofIicer
and gentle-woman.n
In the group we're several ladies' who
had been to the Steubenyille convention
and one of the eleven comrades who
visited the convention with Commander
In Chief Veezy. One lady made the
remark thatit was very strange that Mrs.
Clark should have put Mrs. Rooms
forward the way she did at the Steubeu
vile convention IL che knew OF aught TO
the detriment of her character. She then
alluded to the fact that Mrs. Clark as
president had detailed Mrs. Rooms as one
OF the eleven ladies to escort Commander
in Chief Veazy and escort to the
platform. The soldier present gave his
tn
and spoke to her there, as did the distin.
Ruished visitors, headed by the Command.
er in Chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic; also that Mrs. Rooms escorted
one OF the veterans to the platform and
formally presented him to Mrs. Clark, the
presiding officer.
The ladies detailed were Cora Dav
Young, Past National Senior Vice Presi-
dent, Mary E. Bancroft, Past Department
Prssident, Belle b. Bagley, Past Depart
ment President, Elizabeth Sutherland
Heron, Past Department President, Kate
e. Putnam, chairman OF the Executive
Board and widow of the late Department
Commander d. c. Putnam, Mary A. Nc.
Quiston, Elected Department. President,
Lena Robb, Department officer and
present National Installing Officer, Sarah
ID. Williams, Department Junior Vice
President, Celia Baldwin, Department
Senior Vice President, Mary C. Hentzel,
Department Inspector, Mary. G. Winters,
Department Chaplain and Emma L.
Rooms, Department Treasurer.
Mrs. Emma +. Rooms was asked by a
reporter as to the truth
OF the above and said: "You will find
the whole account in Mrs. Clark's Journal
OF Proceedings, page 76." The whole |
party marched to the platform, while |
the organist played march. Besides the |
Commander-in-Ch there were Assistant |
Adjutant General Emery, Col. l. Il. Mack,
elected Department Commander at Piqua,
and Comrades Weeks, Matthias, Hyatt,
Boyer, Welch, Chase, Robinson and
Lovett, Ohio Aids TO the Commander-in- |
Chief. "Our relations were most cordial |
there" said Mrs. Rooms, "and never |
knew a breath of the way Mrs. Clarke |
was talking about me until long after.n |
The trouble between Mrs. Clarke and |
Mrs. hoons commenced at the Boston |
tncampment. 1t was purely personal.
Mrs, Clarke thought Mrs. Rooms was |
becoming too popular. She saw that |
Emma was ambitious; that she aspired to |
The President of Canton Corps, and was
looking for still higher honors. Then she
determined to crush her. The result is
we'll known. At last accounts Emma was
'ull an active member in good standing,
and in good state of preservation.