The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-11-30
ENCAMPMENT COMING.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SETTLE
THE RELIEF CORPS QUESTION.

They Drop the w. n. o. From Theii
Corps Will no Longer oppose-TheiI
Plans for Work-The Woman's Aux
ilraTy Will Remain 40 Before Dt part
ment Commander Williams Notified d
That Canton Citizens Will Unite Heart
and Soul to Welcome the Veteran
Columns.
The meeting Of the Encampment Exec
utive Committee al their rooms in the
new Wernet block, Tuesday evenin. vas
largely attended and of great import. Dc
to the good name of Canton.
On account of the absence OF Pre- esiient
Bsbcock, this is the first real busidess
meeting of the full committee since tht
organization Of the committee was per-
fected, Capt. Babcock having been absent
and sick for two weeks. Besides the reg
ular routine business, the attention Of the
committee was called TO the letter refers
red to In Mondays Repository and SIM
lar letters from Department Commander
Williams TO President Babcock.
These letters were TO the effect that the
commander had been deluged with letters
OF the state, calling attention to the
oppo sition TO the plans of the
Executive Committee and urging that the
encampment be removed TO some other
city, or town; also, that If this apposition
did not cease the Council Of AdministrA>
tion would take action to this end.
These letters were discussed and the
whole situation cAnvassed and like prAc-
tical business men solution of the whole
question was quickly reached.
Areaolution was unanimously adopted,
after the most deliberate consideration
and discussion, by nearly every one presr
eni, to the effect that as the local Relief
Corps had claimed the privilege of max.
ing the entire arrangements for the State
convention W. r. G. that all that work
would be eliminated from the plans OF
the committee and the Wcman's Auxil-
iary committee be relieved Of any duty in
that respect.
The Woman's Auxiliary, through Mrs.
Kate B. Sherwood, chairman, asked to be
relieved from duty, in view of continu-
ouscontest.
The resignation OF the Woman's Aux
iliary committee was not accepted and
Executive Committee In arranging for
Encampment week.
TO THE PRESS.
The following resolution was then
adopted and copy forwarded to the
several newspapers of the city;
RESOLVED, That 1t is the sense OF the
Executive Committee that all newspaper
references to any local differences be
suppressed and that the press and corres'
pondents of the city of Canton be re,
quested to labor unitedly for the success
of the encampment and the credit ant
good name Of our city.
CARD FROM MRS. REX.
President Babcock and Vice Presiden
Joseph Blechele, c, man of the Citi
zen's Committee, were instructed to conve,
to Mrs. Alice Rex, President of Cantor
Corps, the action of the committee. Mrs
Rex expresses the present attitude O.
Canton Corps in the following card:
CANTON. Nov. 90, 1898.
The Executive Committee having con-
ceded to the w. II. G. the arrangement
for the State Convention and eliminated
that work from their plans, which 10 al
we claimed, we are now entirely satisfieC
and will no further oppose the Commit
tee, but work for the success of the En-
campment and join in the request of tht
Committee for the suppression of al
reference to any loo al differences and TO
united efforts for success.
| ALICE M, REX,
| Pres. Canton W, h. c.
Department Commander Williams wa
today notified of the action OF the Execu
tive Committee and the acceptance o
Mrs. Rex, and it is hoped that no furthe
opposition will be developed toward tn
plans for Encampment week.