The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-01-28
Overwhsl lining Sentiment in Favor
Of wiping Out the W. u. Q.
OF Canton,
ALVEY Deb TED. J. Clark the Ohy
Advocate t. Defend tn Recent
Seems iu the w. Il. &.
Clark vi orously Scored by Sew
eral Soldiers.
His Old Record Con 'rOIts II m-..The
Res luton PCstp NJ d
Under the Rules..-The xenia Whit
Wash of Mrs Clafke Causes Intense In
digpa,icn n in @. A. r.. Cir cles.

As we anticipated at the start, the dis.
graceful proceeding in the w. II, c. of
Canton, created the most intense disgust
among all the better class OF soldiers IN
the G.. A. X, OF Canton, When the report
Of the Whuewashing Committee AT Nenla
reached Canton, the indignation knew no
bounds. Major Vignos, who is not only a
leading Republican, buta member of both
the &. A. R. and the Loyal Legion, inme-
Cliately went on the war path. AS was
stated in the NEws.DEMOCRAr several
days ago, Frank raft and other leading
members of the Post joined him, and they
decided that there was but one thing TO DO
and that was to take action to revoke the
charter of the W. Il. e, of Canton, and
sever all connection with the order.
The g. A. X. Post met last evening with
a large attendance. Major Nignos sprung
a resolution aud made a speech in lts de-
fense. The resolution would nave been
passed by an overwhelming mojori'y had
II been In order. But under the rules II
requires weeks notice before action,
anu final action upon the resolution Will
therefore be postponed one week. The
resolution OF Major Vignos provides for
taking away the charter Of ttie w, IL. o.
ot Canton and for severiDg all connection
with the order.
This resolution evoked the vehement
and radical ire CT j. J, Clark, the husband
of Ada L. Clarke, the lady who originally
started tbs row ia the w. r. q. preferIing
charges against Mrs. Emma i. hoons.
Mr.. Clark made a long and somewhat
violent address indicating a great deal of
feeling iu the matter, He took the ground
that the resolution was out OF order, In
tue first place, because no notice hau been
given, aud, in the second place, because
the G. A. f. as an organization, had no
legal right to revoke the charter OF the
W, r. &, Branching out from the sub
jeCi at i5sue Clark charged that the NEWS
DEMOCRAT was largely responsible Tor the
trouble, IS it had published incorrect and
III sleading statements, touching the
minded persons had stood the street
corners OF Canton and peddled
out these unreliable and sensational re-
ports, greatly tD the Injury OF the w, Ii.
Z. of Canton. Clark, however, failed to
mention one solitary item wherein
the NEws.D DEMoTRAC had misrepresented
one fact. lie attempted to snow that
partisan malice was behind the NEWS
DEMOCRAT ia giving the bottom facts of
the row Is the w. X. e.
Clark was vigorously replied 10 by Ma
jOr Nlgnus. Iu' fact, he handled Clark
very vigorously. lie called his attention
to the fact that he Clark had entirely
changed his views since he made war
upon Mrs. Lottie Myers several years ago
and succeeded in driving her out OF the w.
Il. c. tie said Clark was not satisfied with
that, but wanted TO take the case into
court Now that another OK was goreu,
and Clark was getting the worst OF II, he
had changed his course entirely.
Oldfeld and DIUenhafer were both
prese ut, but neither made any remarks
In the discussion, which lasted about an
hour and half, Clark was the only one
who defended the recent proceedings in
the w. II. C.. He made four or five
speeches and occupied about one hours
time.
Among those who spoke advocating
wiping out the Womau's Relief Corps OF
Canton, were NJ bjor Vignos. Joshua Hunt,
Comraue Kimble and Col. Holloway.
Joshua Hunt said he was not opposed to
the w. II. T.. on general principles. lie
said he favored wipinR out the w. Il. e. OF
Canton because its conduct had injured
the G. A. r., and its future usefulness was
destroyed.
tomrade Kimble praised the good work
of tue w. r. c. in the past, but said their
usefulness was gone in Canton. That the
organization could nevtr do any good
here, unless re-organlzed.
Col. Holloway said he was prepared 10
vote TO take away the charter of the W. II.
G. as its conduct had seriously injured the
reputation of the G. A. r.
j. j. Clark in one of his speeches said
that the q. A. Z. had no right to take
away the charter OF the w, r. G.. TO which
Joshua Hunt replied that they had that
right and that they would do it, az soon as
they got chance to vote on it.
Col. Clark claimed that a special effort
had been made TO drum up COM
rades to attend the session, and
that some soldiers were present who
had not attended the post meetings for
years. He was replied to by a comrade
who said the reason why they had not at
tended was because he (Clars) was at the
head OF affairs.
Finally committee was appointed by
Commander Cassidy TO report on the res
olution offered by Major VigDos at
the next meeting OF the post. Major
Vignos was not put on this committee, as
parliamentary courtesy would seem TO
require.
Col. Clark told one truth last evening.
He saw that Gen. Sherwood was not pres
ent, but said all the proceedings would
doubtless appear in the NEWs-DEMoCRAT.
He has learned to appreciate the News
DEMOCRAT as newspaper.
Tie contest is now raging in the G. A.
X. of Canton, and both sides will muster
for a supreme effort. One side to wipe
out the w. Il. c., and the other side TO
save the organization. We have no in
terest in the contest except TO print the
news, and the news our readers are bound