Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-20
HAVING LIVELY TIMES
DAUGHTERS of the American Revolution and
Parliamentary Law.
The Proceedings, This M0rninE-Re-
ports Adopted and Other business
Trunsacted-A Presiding Officer.

The Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton began their session this morning by
electlng Mrs. F. w. Dickens presiding Oh
ficer for the day. Following the electlon
and installation of Mrs. Dickens a snort
religious service was conducted by MIS-. T..
T. Bullock. DR.. MCGEE made statement
concerning the circulars which mad peeh
sent out in an effort to complete the ne"
directory of the daughters OF the order.
The circulars, she stated, hau only peeh
RESPONDED to by seventy-ive Of the original
one hundred and fifty-eight chapters, ana
fifteen of these were so defective that they
would have to be returned LOT corrections
DR.. MCGEE urged that the OMISSIONS 1e
paired as rapidly as possible by the ulnel
ent chapters. Several times during the
DAVIS sessions the ladies became somewhat
tangled up in parliamentary mazes, anu ~
was with some difficulty that affairs were
Strengthened out. ,,.,,
we're introduced and read an invitation
from the board Of women managers OF me
cotton states and international eNposieio,i
inviting the congress OF Dausnterfs , 90 in
tend the international exposition OF $3.50 IN
Atlanta, and that they shall appoint rea s
ers and orators and prepare prosrain, ~.
the 18th and 10Th of october. when VIII We
given I'D to consideration OF the Suire
der Of CORVALLIS at Yorktown. rms invl-
tation was seconded by the Georsia Chap
ter Mrs Frances Orme, regent
A vote of thanks was retuineu ~ LILO
ladies Of Georgia for the invitation
A motion was made and carried 10 20
into committee of whole to receive REPORTS
Motion to carry over nomination. q nd
tional officers till Friday produced warm
discussion whether this was in order or
the regular program for the day, wnich
had been accepted yesterday. Mrs. NC
Lean of New York, Miss Pike OF Washins
hi nd
many other ladies took part in the hot dis
cussion, in which many motions were MADE
and lost.
Mrs Mclean insisted that considerations
Of fitness and ability should precede noml-
atoms.
The consideration of Mrs. Knights reso-
III ion to nominate and elect officers on
TIL nrsday was adopted by vote OF lS' to
Is. Mrs LockwoOd's motion that the pro-
gram for the day be carried out till that
hour was finally carried, amidst much
noise and disturbance.
Motions were then made to elect chair
man of the committee of the whole.
Various nominations of ladies who were
ineligible for parliamentary reasons were
made and so many for Mrs. Dickens, the
presiding officer of the day, that she was
at length obliged to say that it was i'm
possible for her to occupy two chairs at
once. Finally Mrs. Jewett of Illinois was
declared elected unanimously, whereupon
several members desired to record them
selves opposed to this unparla-
mentary.
Reports Adopted.
The report of the vice president general.
Mrs. Stevenson, was accepted by the con-
vention. it's suggestions left to be acted
upon later: also that of the vice president
general in charge of organization. Mrs.
Augusta d. Geer, who was too ill to appear
at the convention this morning.
The report of the corresponding secre-
tary, Miss DeSha, was then taken up. 1t
was read by sections and discussed. That
section that got onto the rocks first was
the question of issuing supplies to the re-
gents. Miss Dorsey made motion that
the corresponding secretary general be
sustained by the congress in her action in
having given out supplies. for which she
had been censured by the national board.
The congress sustained her, after talking
all round Robin Hoods barn.
DR.. MCGEE then moved that hereafter the
corresponding SECRETARY general be ordered
to issue stationery to the state regents on
vouchers. Mrs. Baliinger objected. Then
there was a stormy time. The president
nearly smashed her gavel. and when she
could be heard, remarked that only one
woman could talk at once thing mani
testify not true, as about 2Go We're Shrek
ing their opinions. Possibly orly one could
be heard at once. Al that moment no one
could he heard.
After wasting oveT an hour in useless and
inharnonious discussion, the following
resolution adopted: Resolved That
the corresponding secretary supply station
cry on demand of state regents, and the
treasurer pay their bills for postage when
sent through the regular channels" which
was presented by DR.. McGee.
Then there came an oiitburst over the
liberty bell which was made by order of
the Liberty Bell Organization, only in part
of the daughters Mrs. Ballinger asked in
formation concerning the bill. The pres-
dent of the day said that the bell stood on
the lake shore in Chicago, unprotected
per = nv n1t II
mad been removed from its depository in
New York city.
Miss Desha reported that she had a let
ter from Gen Mcdowell who said that the
bell was safely housed, was waiting to
be fitted to a beautiful special car, to be
taken on a tour round the country by the
labor organizations. AS the two reports
evidently ccnflictcd, and the daughters
really nave 30 control of the bell all the
discussion. which got pretty hot, was or
derad expunged from the report.
The next thing taken up was the report Ct
Mrs. Lockwood as editor of the ma saZine
1t was accepted with very little discussion
and all of that was of extremely COM
plimentary nature. The report of the busl-
ness manager, Miss Lillian Lockwood, was
next considered, and accepted as made
with many pretty tributes to her executive
and business ability.
At this juncture it was announced that
service of sorC would be held this evening
in the church from to ., ct which time
the four songs submitted for trial before
the daughters, one of which may become
their national ode, will be sung. The Marine
Band will play the airs.
Mrs. Donald McClain, regent of the New
York chapter, announced that there would
be q reception given by her chapter at the
Arlington this evening after the service of
song is completed.
The other reports We're adopted, after
much frLitiess discussion. The confusion
became so great because of the ladies get
ting anxious for coffee. the odor of which
filled the church, that absolutely nothing
could he heard The president pounded
and somebody rang the BEN, but nobody
listened Finally a little woman in the
back of the house. who had even smaller.
though penetrating voice. rose to the oc-
casion and shrlled: 'M-a-da-m Pre-s-i-
d-e-n-t, | would like to inquire If this is
the Congress of the Daughters of the
American Revolution the Tower of Ba-
bel?" Some woman shouted, ut isn't either
of EN-: it's a mohr' 1t brought down the
house and serni-order was restored. when
the president took occasion to tell the
daughters that if they would observe the
comrnonest rules of order they would be
able to hear all that was going on.
The electioneerng for the Office of pres
ident general is going hrskly on. Mrs.
Stevenson Is not eligible for office a third
time and the order is now forced to seek
another candidate. Mrs. John w. Foster
OthorS maintained