Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-04
AGLA|A CLUB
ENTERS PROTEST.
Objects to Sensational Articles
Recently Appearing in Salt
Lake Heard,
DEFENDS MRS. c. E. COULTER.
Declares That as a Club Woman Mrs.
COuter's Record is au
Open Book,
speeIal Correspondence.

Special COrresp ondence.
ogden, May AIT meeting Of the
Aglaia Woman's club, held yesterday in
this city, the following was unanimous
ly endorsed by those present.
The Aglaia Is the largest club In Og-
den, one of the oldest In the state, ami
a cab that has at present no Nor
mon members, so that It cannot be ac-
cused of being religiousy biased in
Mrs, Coulter's favor, This club enters
a protest against the sensational arti-
cles appearing In the Salt Lake Herald
of recent dates, IN which Mrs. w. A..
Nelden publishes certain letters from
Mrs, West and Mrs. Neville that are
most surprising, both in text and tone,
when compared with others bearing the
same signatures and addressed to Mrs.
Coulter and Mrs. Blchsel. 1t would
seem from these articles that, because
Mrs, Coulter saw ut TO cast her vote
for man OF whom some others do not
approve an inquisltion is TO be estab-
lshed and she is 10 be denied the priv
ilege already accorded her-that Of
speaking from the platform OF the blen-
NAL and Of having her name appear up
on the biennial program.
When we recall that the General Fed
GRAFTON has IN It's constitution a clause
which says that any club applying for
admission 10 the federation must show
that no sectarlan or political test Is re-,
quired for membership in its body"
and when we see In this clause a deter
minaton on the part OF the women of
the nation to avoid the bringing OF re-
ligious and political discussion into the
federation life, we are unable TO un-
derstand this attack upon Mrs. Coulter.
That Mrs. Coulters action in voting
for Mr.. Smoot has not the approval Of
every one is not disputed; but Mrs.
Coulter, the legislator, has nothing
whatever TO do with Mrs. Coulter the
club woman, and 1t is as a club woman
that we wish you to consider her. In
deed, Mrs. Coulter has ever been pre-
emnently q club woman and when poll
itics have sought to draw her from her
club duties she has shown herself 10y
al, always
For instance, when the state 'federa-
ton met In Ogden in 1902, Mrs. Coulter
was a candidate for a seat I'm the Leg
islature and the election was but Il
week off; yet she regularly attended
the sessions of the federation, threw
open her home in a large reception TO
club women only, and refused to dis
Cuss political matters with her sup
porters, during the days of the sessions.
As a club women, Mrs, Coulter's rec
ord is an open book. Read II and we feel
safe I'm saying that you VIII find that
no other woman in Utah has done more
than and very, very few as much as
Mrs. Coulter has done 10 promote club
spirit in this state. Always enthusiast
tic, always liberal, always loyal, clear
headed, hard working she has had re-
peated honors heaped upon her by the
women OF her state Where friction has
existed. she has laid aside personal
feeling and worked always FOR har-
mony. Indeed, she has recently been
heard to deplore the action taken by
Mrs. Neden, because should she be de-
barred from her accorded privilege in
St Louis, the Utah State Federation
viii be thrown into a factlonal state
and inharmony will prevail.
Utah has been loyal to the General
federation and we now refuse to endure
the insult of having our representative
debarred from her position on the pro-
gram, simply TO crafty the animoslty
OF one individual.
In the case OF Mrs. Nelden, whom
Mrs Coulter easily defeated for the
state presidency few years ago, It was
Mrs Coulter who wrote letter after let
ter and faithfully strove to aid in Sc
curing for that lady the recognition
which she desired. 1t was Mrs, Coui-
ter's pleasure TO lobby FOR Mrs Nelden
I'm Los Angeles thus aiding her to-
wards n place on the general director
ate. and which place Mrs, Nelden was
awarded only after another and more
popular woman had positively declined
TO accept IT, IL was at Los Angeles
that. because OF a fancied wrong Mrs,
Nelden refused 10 ST with her own state
delegation.
So Il has ever been, and we the mem
bers of the Aglaia urge you 10 look well
into the club record Of these two wo-
men. and allow nothing 10 cause you to
do Mrs. Coulter an injustice simply
because she has chosen TO view poll
teal matter as perhaps you may not,
Neither politics nor religion have been
allowed 10 enter into Utah cubdom
and we greatly deplore any action upon
the part OF a Utah club woman which
seeks to stir up bitterness and humll-
ate. not alone an honored club sister,
hut this entire state federation
We await your further action with
the faith that your sense Of right and
desire for harmony may avert any in
Justice toward this loyal CLUB worker
for state and general federation.
CAROLYN u. B1SCHEL, Pres.
EVA T. COREY. Vice Pres,
EUNfCE G. GORDON, Secy.,