Show A i ROW IN THE CNGRE Helen M Gouger Causes a Sari ou Rumpus SHE WANTED TO SPEAK A Tcrbal Order Said to Hare Been Issued Against Her War Was Threatened But Finally Oil Was Poured on the Troubled Waters Helen Had Her Say and tho Congress Proceeded CHICAGO May 19The ladies congress come near having a serious row today on account of the alleged slight put upon Helen M Gougar It seems that that ladys name was omitted from all official Her friends programmes resented this as an insult but when today it was reported tht > t Mrs May Wright Sewall president of the national council of women had yesterday issued a verbal order to the presidents of the various department de-partment meetings to exclude Mrs Gou gar from participation in speechmakinsr things became decidedly warm Mrs Gougar started on a still hunt and President C C Bonny had to step in asa as-a peacemaker The upshot of the whole affair is that Mrs Sewall who left this afternoon on a lecture tour while declining to talk to reporters on the subject sub-ject intimated that she issued no such order Mrs Henrotin vicepresident wrote a letter to Mrs Gougar saying she knew nothing of such an order and President Pres-ident Bonny poured oil on the troubled waters and all was serene again The attendance dt the meetings today and evening exceeded any previous day of tht congress Today was the last of the department and special congresses The hall devoted to the National Society of Danehters of the Revolution was crowded with delegates intermixed with curious ones come to see Lettitia Green Stevenson Steven-son president general and wife of the vicepresident of the United States Another particularly large audience was that in which Mrs French Sheldon the explorer delivered an address Many tonics were discussed in the different branches The national alliance of Unitarian and other liberal Christian women members of the Womens Unitarian conference of the Pacific coast and others held a union meeting tonight Rev Ida C Halton was president She roused the greatest applause by urging the women hearers togo to-go en masses to the Worlds fair on Sundays Sun-days for principles sake It waa late this evening when members of the international council settled the cause of their differences in the distribution distribu-tion of offices to various candidates Ife did not take long after that to elect the following officers Lady Aberdeen president pres-ident May Wright Sewall vicepresi dent Minnie Maria Martin recording secretary Baroness Alexandria Gripen berg of Finland treasurer At one of the meetings this evening Sarah H Cooper of California talked on Children and Their Opportumtiesinand with Kindergartens and a number of other ladies discussed the subject |