Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-20

ferS OUT anu ne ulu III WIFI Il SIdNltS dll
his own, assisted by Mrs. Henrotin. vice
president of the Woman's association, and
Mrs. Avery, the secretary. The trouble
was this: Mrs. Demorest, of New York,
protested against the boycotting of Mrs.
Helen VI. Cougar
The first sign Of war appeared when the
official programme was published, and it
was found that Mrs. Cougars name had
been entirely omitted. IL was regarded by
her friends as II direct insult, and they pre-
pared for a fight The idea of anybody
trying to hold congress of representative
women and ignoring Helen Gougarl Wowl
Not only was Mrs. Cougars name omit
ted from the programme, but an order was
issued by May Wright Sewall to presidents
of all the meetings of the congress, in
structing them to exclude Mrs. Cougar
from participating in their proceedings
Mrs. Cougar presided at an overflow suf-
fragist meeting and when she heard about
the order she expressed herself as sorry
that she had transgressed the directions OF
the committee. She started on tour OF
investigation, which resulted in stirring
mp II great commotion among the women.
Mrs Avery said she had heard of such an
order but did not know where it came
from. May Wright Sewall said it did not
come from her. in spite of Mrs. Cougars
suspicious that it did. Mrs. Sewall left
for the west at noon, but declared that her
departure was not caused by the mornings
trouble. She going, she said, to keep
some lecture engagements in the west.
In telling the story Mrs. Cougar said that
May Wright Sewall and herself are bitter
| personal enemies, having fallen out over
| prohibition work in Indiana. She also said
| that the result of President Bonney's me-
| diation was an appeal to her to remain
| and address the meetings at the congress.
| After a stormy scene in the presidents
III, NJ in X-isra a
| the Congress Auxiliary, sent the boycOtted
| lady note, in which the hoycotting was
| disclamed far as those IN authority
/ were concerned. SO il such an order was
! promulgated it IN 81 have been sent out
/ by some one not ;,GChorizcd. At any rate
! the storm has blown over aad all is serene.
! The congress ceutered for the day around
/ the international council of women, which
| was the most impo rtant meeting of the
day. The sheet of the council Is the unit
| ing Of the women of all nations in reform
! measures. Following are some of the for
! ei-n women present: Florence Fenwick
! Miller, Marie Fischer Lette and Laura
| Ormiston Chant, England; Isabel Bogelot.
| Ernesta Urban, Marie Marshall and
Martha Ssselberg, France; Sigrid Mag
nussen, Iceland; Elizabeth kaselowsky,
| Augusta Feorster, kaethe Schumacher,
Agnes Burchardt and Annette Haminck
| Schepel, Germany; Marie Popelln, Bel
| Eium; Kirstne Frederik sen, Nico Beck
| meyer and Frederika Olsen, Denmark;
| Anna Simson and Laura Keller, Scotland
| Baroness Thorborg Rappe, Hulda Lundin
| aud Sigrid Storkenfeldt, Sweden: Mar
| garet Windeyer. Australia: Meri Toppe-
! Gus and Ebba Nordqvuist, Finland; Callir-
| hoe Parren Greece; Jesefa Humpalzeman,
Bohemia. All the more prominent of the
| American women attended the gathering.
Both day and night every hall was
| crowded wherever meetings were held.
! Among the other gatherings We're these:
| Ia the Hall of Columbia Mrs. NJ. French
| Sheldon read a long but interesting paper on
"Woman as an Explorer" Sarah b.
| Cooper, of Pennsylvania, and Sara L. Ober-
| holtZe of Pennsy ylvania, were the speakers
| in Wellington hall, their respective sub
iects being The kindergarten System IN
the Public Schools" and "The Popular In
culcation of Economy
Then there were the Woman's Foreign
| Missionary Society NJ. f. church. Baptist
| Women's Missionary society, and various
others of the same kind. Unitarian
women held n national alliance meeting.
| Non-Partisan w. G. Il. L. women were
also on hand. Women's Trades unions
were represented in hall 26 and Susan
b. Anthony spoke on their limit ations.
College Alumnse met in hall 33, and in fact
all over the building all day and until
late at night the plea of woman for her
rights md privileges and the oindication
of her ability were the topics dealt with
most eloquent and persuasive terms.