The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-01-06
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shocked 10 soc her name In the Repositery
In connection with this case, Mrs. Sher-
wood says that she has had no converse.
ton with Mrs, Clarke since the institution
Of her charges against Mrs. Koens and
that the quotations must, therefore; be
second hand and incorrect, az she would
not directly, or by implication, cast an as
persion upon the character Of any woman,
She says she was not at Steubenville, did
not go to Detroit with the Canton party.
or return with them and did not
see Mrs. Rooms except In National
convention. She has never seen anything
In the conduct Of Mrs. Koons which made
her feel she had been "indiscreet" and
has never heard anything against her save
through her present accusers. She has no
knowledge Of her, except as a pleasant.
efficient officer Of the Relief Corps.
Mrs. Sherwood said she did advise Mrs.
koons to withdraw from the Relief Corps,
rather than come in conflict with her ac-
cusers and knowing full we'll that an ac-
cused woman stands little chance when
tried in the irregular way that character
ICES a Court Of Inquiry in the Woman,s
Relief Corps. Such courts have always
been great scandal to this charitable AS
sociation, whenever ordered and the sub
Ject OF newspaper gossip. The whole
thing should be eliminated from the Re.
lief Corps laws.
MRS. KooNs TALKS.
Mrs. koons was much amused with Mrs.
Clarke's interview as published in the
Repository. When seen today she said:
The interview OF Mrs. Clarke was evi.
denIly written by Lawyer Jim Clark, as
my lawyer tells roe that it is a plea in
abatement, with an entire avoidance Of
the issue. think that is wha Z he said, but
you know don't know much about law
terms, One thing do know, however.
and that is that Ada L. Clarke is an artfui
dodger.
There is one thing which strikes me as
being very strange. Mrs. Clarke states
that she never had any social dealings
with me and implies that am not O fit
associate for her. II this be true why did
Mrs. Clarke send her daughter Helen to
the same hotel with me at Boston, several
miles distant from the Hotel Vendome.
and away from her own watchful eye. l
should imagine IL she is sincere in what
she says, that she would not consent to
leave her precious daughter in the hands
OF a monster, as she attempts to prove me.
Mrs. Clarke states in her interview that
after the convention she went to the 81, a
day hotel also. There is nothing strange
about this considering her ability as a
hnancier. She remained at the Vendome
as long as the W. II. c. was putting up the
money, but as soon as the convention
was over and she had to pay her own
board, she went to a cheap hotel.
The W. r. c. is charitable institution.
CHARITY SHOULD BEGIN AT HOME.
From Mrs. Clarke's peculiar manner of
the finances which she gets
hold OF, one would imagine that her name
is charity, and consequently she should
receive benefit.
Mrs. Clarke's interview is very extern
sive one. There is great deal of space
wasted, but in the entire interview, which
contains something like 142O words, not
once does the word soap" appear.d
THE SOAP SUBJECT
seems to be too slippery a one for Mrs.
ClarAe to handle. She also, inadvertently
l lsuppose, forgot to mention those mileage
books, She dare not deny also that she
received $17 in money which she never
turned over to me, as treasurer.
Mrs. Clarke had nothing to do with my
election as Department Treasurer. She
states that If she had had anything to do
with 1t, would not have been elected. Be
that as it may it seems strange that she
should get up in the same convention that
made me Treasurer, and nominat. me
as delegate to the Boston convention. and
asks that be unanimously chosen, which
was done. This did not look as though
she was much opposed to me.
So far as social relations are concerned
she has been in my house hundreds of
times, in fact so many times that my hus-
band got tired seeing her around.
No other President ever charged a cent
for rent of their back parlor. Mrs. Ban
croft did charge rent, but she had set
apart portion of her house
for the use of herself and
also the secretary and treasurer. She
had State headquarters and gave up her
home to the cause. There have been
eight presidents of the W. r. C. and Mrs.
Clarke is the only one who charged rent
for
HER OWN BACK PARLoR.
And then think of the enormous rent,
almost enough TO keep an entire family.
Silence is an admission of guilt and
Mrs. Clarke 10 silent concerning the
charges made against her by me. stood
my ground bravely, but she dare not deny
the soap story or the history of the mile
age book. l understand that she has
pigeon'ho!ed the charge against her. /
am not surprised at this as she Is In q
position Ia which she can WELD much
Influence. She will use her position TO
have The charges suppressed, but she does
not deny that they are true"
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