The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-19
Mrs. Clark, Department COun-
selor, Suspended, and Not
Allowed to Make Her
Official Report.
a COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO ANSWER
LEGAL QUESTIONS FOR MRS.
CLARK
4 Perfectly Awful Resolution
Adopted Calling Upon Mrs.
Clarke to Pay Over
Money.
IT is ADOPTED ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY
WITH ONLY FOUR DISSENTING
VOTES, TWO BEING FROM
CANTON CORPS,
Mrs. Rooms Has All Ovation at the Public
Reception to Department Commander
Warner OF the q. AR.

Mrs, Koons Has All Ovation at the Public
Reception to Department Commander
Warner of the q. A. R.
PIQUA, May 12.-lSpecial. l-Auna Is,
Carroll, of Defiance, was made unanimous
choice for Department President. She ls
| a niece of Major Gen, Emerson Opdyke,
| one of the heroes of the Atlanta cam
paign, and the wife of "a prominent bus
mess man of Defiance.
Convention passed of smoothly and
large amount OF business transacted. Ada
+. Clarke having been relieved there was
| no Counselor's report All legal ques-
tions were answered by a committee con
ssting of Mrs. Judge Howe of Toledo,
Senior Vice President Alice Lorgen.
MRS, Rooms IN GLOVER.
Emma +. Rooms, Past Department
Treasurer, has been showered with con-
gratulations. At Commander Warmers
reception last evening, the comrades OF
Steubenville Post gathered around her
and in no uncertain terms denounced the
Canton Court of Inquiry and the trumped
up charges against her.
PRESIDENT M'QUIsToN is OK.
Department President McQuiston is
deporting herself beautifully, now that
che finds herself sustained and supported
by the Grand Army and Relief Corps,
For some months past }. j. Clark has been
trying TO work up sentiment against her.
He threatened her with the wrath of the
Grand Army il she suspended Mrs. Clarke,
and told her the Department charter
would be taken away. Mrs. McQuiston,
knowing that Clark was leading mem
ber OF the Grand Army and an officer on
tue staff Of Department Commander War
ner, was much intimidated by these
threats.
ANOTHER TERRIBLE KNOCK OUT.
There was scene of great excitement
in the session of the W. r. e, today.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mansfield Irving of Tole1o
introduced long resolution, covering all
OF Mrs. Ada II. Clark's appropriation of
money belonging to the W. II. G.. 1t
created big sensation. After brief
debate it was passed with only four
dissenting votes, two of these votes being
Mrs. Rex and Mary Hurford of Canton.
The following is the resolution entire:
WHEEEAs, The laws of the Womans
Relief Corps especially enjoin the De-
and regulations of the Woman's Relief
Corpsn as set forth in article 6, chapter 3,
rules and regulation, the most vital of
which rules is that the Department Treas
urer "shall receive all monies due the
department, giving her receipt for the
same," and that she shall make a full
return of all monies received and dis
bursed through the prescribed channels
and be the custodian of all properties,
reporting her duties through the Depart
ment President to the Department Con-
vention.
WHEREAS, The Journal Of Proceed
ings Eight Department Convention
prepared and issued by Past Department
President Ada L. Clark and her Secretary
and Treasurer, fails to make returns for
or give the Department Treasurer credit
for certain incomes accruing from adver.
tisements of business firms, published in
the "Roster and Reports and "Ihe Journal
of Proceedings Eighth Department con-
ventiOn" either in regular or Explanatory
report of department Treasurer, or in any
other way. And this in violation OF the
rules and regulations and the custom of
the order, as exemplified in the journal
of Seventh Department Convention, page
&c. which duly credits the Department
Treasury with S225 received by the officers
of that administration in advertising in
their Roster and journal.
WHEREAS, The Departments OF Ohio
Woman's Relief Corps should have and Is
entitled TO full recompense Tor the burden
imposed upon its Treasury, ny the PUBL
cation of advertisements OF business nrms
in the Roster and journal OF Eighth De-
partment Convention, and a full reim-
Department for paper and composition
employed in printing said advertisements,
and further 10 by law entitled to all in
comes accruing from such advertisements
over and above the cost of such publea-
tion, in composition and paper. There
fore, be il
RESOLVED, That Ninth Department
Convention w. II. C, deplores the irreRu
larities set forth in the journal OF Eighth
Department Convention w. IL. G. and the
confusion and scandal resulting from the
same, to our beloved order. And further
that we instruct our officers elect to secure
from Past Department President, Ada +.
Clarke, a full and final account OF the un-
finished business of her administration
and return to the Department of all
monies, incomes or other property OF the
Department not duly accounted for in the
Journal Of Proceedings Eighth Depart
ment Convention.
WHAT THIS RESOLUTION MEANS.
This resolution goes into the record,
and the State Treasurer elect will pro.
ceed to collect the money in the courts II
not paid over. The adoption OF this reso
luton may result ia revolving the order
for the Canton court martial.
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