Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-24
Peeps at the Daughters of the Revo-
luton and Flies Away.
THE OLD CONFLICT RENEWED
Lovely Women Agree With Patrick
Henry's Famous Remark.
I II E WAR MUST GO ON


ther at 10 O'Clock this morning. The regular
program of the congress called only for an
eiecuon OF officers and an informal meeting
| OF the new board Of management This was
an that was on the program, and all the la
oies knew that IL was likely that a deal
more than that would occur before the pres.
idents gavel dropped for the last time 10
much has happened at the other sessions
Ihere was a general gathering Of the dele.
gates before the congress was called to or
DER, and a half hour or more was spent I'm
an active canvass Of the various candidates
Tor Office and in discussing the exciting
events Of yesterdays sessions.
Inc meeting was called to order by Mrs.
Donald Mclean of the New York chapter
VINO read letter from Mrs. Stevenson re-
guessing that she preside. Her Appearance
On the platform was the signal for general
applause, when ii was seen that she had
the gavel in her hand for Mrs Mel can ts
recognized as an eminently fair and un-
preJudiced presiding officer
MIS- mclean. with the utmost tact how.
ever, SAID that The constitution provided that
the congress should elect its own presidine
officer and she therefore placed the whole
matter a,,a In the hands Of the congress.
Mclean to fill the office
| But said Mrs. Lockwood 1T would be
unconstitutional to elect a chairman from
any except the vice presidents of the soci-
I i.
| This started lively wrangle within three
minutes OF the time the convention was
started 1t was suggested that a good way
70 solve the difficulty would be to elect Mrs
Stranahan, with the proviso that she should
surrender the chair to Mrs. Mclean At
tention was also called to the fact that Mrs
Peck, who presided last evening, was not a
vice president, and that II il were uncon-
stitutional to elect Mrs. Mclean. then ali
the affairs OF last evening, when the most
inportaht business OF the congress was
transacted. would be invalid
| Mrs. Mclean made a firm chairman
though all her rulings were directly against
nerself A delegate from New York said
tnat while her chapter felt highly gratiaed
would rather see her name withdrawn than
have 1t made the subject of any contest.
Mrs: Mclean withdraws her name" said
Mrs. Mrs. McLean, and We will now proceed to
vote upon Mrs. Lockwood's motion"
Mrs. McMilan's name was also placed In
nomination, but Mrs. Stranahan was elected
py large majority. In taking the chair
Mrs. Stranahan said that II was with con-
siderable reluctance and hesitation that she
again took the position Of the presiding r.
ncer OF this body. for she realized the i'm
portance or her task, well as the OBJ
stacles that might lie in her path Again as
yesterday, Mrs. Stranahan had CONSIDERABLE
difhculty In bringing the congress to order.
as she had to rap dozen times for quiet,
ana whle the minutes were being read she
had TO stop the secretary to ask for a cessa-
ton OF the general hum Of Conversation
Speaking Trumpets Needed.
Louder" said a voice in the.rear OF the
church We can't hear the secretary back
here"
But can't holler any louder" remarked
MISS washington in a tone that showed
that her patience was about exhausted
Il would suggest" said the presiding Of.
fcer. that if you would be a little less
loud back there it would be all right"
Ihen the congress proceeded to get into
another snarl over the minutes of yester-
day sessions. The minutes of last even-
ing were not ready, as that session lasted
until nearly midnight The question arose
as TO the minutes of last evening ard
OF the hnai session today. After a quarter
OF an hours discussion of the matter from
every conceivable point Of view IL was de-
clced TO leave the minutes TO a COMMITTEES
to be appointed by the chair.
The opening prayer OF the morning was
made by the chaplain general of the society,"
Mrs f. L. Bullock. She prayed earnestly
Tor blessing upon the sessions of the con.
vention and asked that the business OF the
day might be transacted in a seemly ana
proper manner and with a spirit of charity
AND kindly feeling.
Early Gales.
Then the congress proceeded to get into
another snarl over some unfinished bus.-
ness, left over from last evening, a change
In the constitution providing for the
methods of making amendments to that
document After holding three separate
votes it was decided that the amendment
was lost by a vote OF ~ TO % Then the
reading of the report of the state regent
of Minnesota was called for This was the
report which was read last evening only
in part, SO IL was said, and the report waa
read in fun by Miss Richards This was
the report which referred at some length
TO the disadvantages placed in their way
by the trouble in the national board. IL
also touched in no measured terms Ipou
the eligibility clause" In the constitution.
which furnishes the bone OF contention be-
tween the "lineals" and the ''collaterals."
Inc report was accompanied by a series Of
resolutions sharply deprecsting the spirit
of strife which seemed to prevail In the
society and in the national board. II was
decided by vote that there should be no
discussion OF the report. Otherwise there
would probably have been some lively re-
MARKS made, and even It was, there were
several ladies who tried by every means
to secure a hearing, but they were all COM
Of the chairman's gavel.
The storm Breaks.
But all the confusion that had gone be-
fore was sisterly love. peace and order as
compared to that which ensued at this
point in the program. The storm grew from
cloud no larger than a lady's hand, the
question as 10 the proper order OF the day.
A number OF delegates. among them Mrs.
Mclean. who showed herself to be a skill
full tactician, took the ground that the
meeting of the morning was a continued
meeting from last night, and that the busi-
ness left undone then should be considered
as diminished business and taken up Tor ac-
tion prior to the election OF officers
1t was a merry war. one OF the liveliest
seen in any convention in this city In
years. Women were their feet in all
parts of the house trying to secure a hear
ing, ana all talking at the same time
There were cries Of all sorts, cheers and
groans. Such q scene OF disorder does lot
often Jake place in a church in any city.
Owing to the noise and confusion IL vas
absolutely impossible for the reporters who
sat in the front of the platform, TO make an
intelligent report OF the proceedings at this
time.
1t came about through question OF per-
sonal privilege made by Mrs Cabell. asking
that she be granted an opportunity TO ad-
dress the congress for few minutes. The
chairman ruled that the privilege could lot
be granted except by unanimous consent. In
stead of unanimous consent a motion to
grant Mrs. Cabell the courtesy of the house
was defeated by a large majority.
Then there was another row, which was
at the same time. This was settled, for n
moment only, by the discovery by one OF
the delegates that as Mrs. Cabell was an
ex-official OF the society she had a perfect
right TO speak, granted her by the constitu-
ton. The wordy war began all over asain
Points for Congress-.
Madame chairman" said a delegate n