Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-30
DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY

And Their Male Colleagues Gathering in
Philadelphia for Their Annual Session
| Prospects for a Lively Time-Several
Exciting Contests for Office.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29.-[Spscial +
Delegates to the fifteenth annual session of
the National Council, Daughters of Liber-
ty, have been coming into the city all day.
There are 500 of them here now, and by to-
morrow morning, when the session opens,
there will be 200 more. The meeting will
last three days. Mayor Stuart will well
come the delegates at the opening, and then
will begin one of the most. important ses-
sions the National Council has ever held.
The order is now located in 15 States, and
all will be represented at this session. It
has a membership of nearly 10000, with
Pennsylvania leading the States in point of
numerical strength, with membership Of
nearly 10000
One of the most important measures to be
considered this year is the question of
establishing State councils At present
the entire order is under the Jurisdiction of
the National Council, and it is held by
many that the organization could make
rapid progress if each State had an organi-
zation to look after the work. There may,
however, be contest on this matter, as the
Pennsylvania delegates will not favor the
State council measure unless all the States
that are able to support State bodies will
organize.
New York is said to be opposed to
State council for its own State, because it
would reduce its representation in the
national body. But as there must be a
reduction in this representation anyway and
all States would be put on an equal basis,
the measure is likely to be adopted.
Among other measures to be considered
is one providing for the payment of pre-
MUM for the organization OF new councils
another granting past officers voice and
vote In the national body; one providing
for a national organizer. The Pittsburg
delegation, fully 200 strong, comes pledged
to support nearly all these measured
The reports of the national officers to-
morrow will show that very rapid progress
has been made during the past year, The
order has been placed in three new States,
viz: Indiana, Michigan and Rhode Island.
OfI new councils organized during the
year, 80 were In Pennsylvania, and more
than half this number were in the vicinity
of Pittsburg.
The election of officers will be one of the
interesting features of the session. Pitts
burg has two candidates for the position of
National Associste Vice Councillor. They
are Mrs Laura NJ Thompson, of Pride of
the West Council, and Miss Sadie Gribben,
of Americus Council. The West also comes
with two candidates for National Vice Coun-
cilor. G. E Kepple, of Pittsburg, is strongly
opposed by John A. Zimmer, Of Allegheny.
This is the Office from which promotion is
made to the office of National Councillor,
the head of the organization, and the friends
of each candidate are doing considerable
that their opponent has the advantage.
The National Board of Officers held a
meeting tonight, and wound up the affairs
of the fiscal year, and the delegates to the
National Council were entertained by In
tegrity Council, of Philadelphia