The morning times., 1897-02-27
Friendly Rivalry for Positions of
Honor i'm the D. A. r.
TO REVISE THE CONSTITUTION
Two Resolutions Introduced Dealing
With the Question of Union With
the Daughters OF the Revolution,
But Neither of Them Acted Upon
at Yesterdays Session.

| tlon at the Columbia Theater yesterday
| afternoon resumed the election of off
| GERS. The tellers reported on the nomina-
| tions for two of the four vice presidents
| not filled, and the congress proceeded To
vote
The whole number of votes cast was
| $40, the number necessary to n choice be
| ing 173. Nine. Anna Won Kydingsyard,
| State regent of Massachusetts. received
| 225 votes: Mrs. Mary Harrison Mckee, OF
| Indiana, ITS; Mrs Robert S Hatcher, OF
Indiana, OF, and Mrs Hull, of Iowa, l31
votes. Nine. Won Rydngsvard and Mrs
| Mckee were declared elected This left
two vacancies to be filled in the list of
| vice presidents.
The next business before the congress
was the election Of a chaplain-generaI
| The candidates for this office We're Mrs.
! Charles Stakely and Mrs. j. j. Bullock,
| both of the District OF Columbia. The
| whole number of votes cast was 81 =;
necessary TO choice, 80. Mrs. Stakely
received 16S votes, and Mrs. Bullock SO
| Mrs. Stakeiy was therefore declared elected
| The office Of recording secretary general
was next to be filled. Mrs. Charlotte L.
| Main was elected recording secretary gen
eral, receiving 1919 votes out of total
of 241
Mrs Francis s. Nash was elected cor
| responding secretary general 10y Unall-
! tmous vote. IN neat speech She thanked
the congress for its token of respect ana
confidence in her ability.
Mrs Tjttnlan then int oduced the fol
| lowing. Resolved, That Mrs. Snow pres
ident general Daughters of the Revolution,
! be auti orized To eport to her society uron
her return that the papers presented by
| members of the u. K. for admission to the
| d. a. r. VIII bc received il lock should
they tie made out as individual appcd-
! tions"
Mrs. Alexander offered the following
| Resolved, AS a matter Of form and
J courtesy, that n committee Of five be APP
| pointed by the president general to Of
| ficially communicate to Mrs Snow pres
! ident OF the d. R, the action taken by
this congress relative to the question of
union between the two societies.
The tellers reported that two remaining g
| vice presidents had Eeen voted for The
| total number of votes cast was 22l nect.s-
Saryto choice, III. The candidates antithe
| total number OF votes polled for each are
| as follows:
Mrs. Powell 102: Mrs Hatcher, so:
| Miss Chenoweth, 10; Mrs. Blunt, 43; and
Mrs. Mcmillan, ~. 1t was therefore de
clared that there had been no election.
The congress next proceeded to the cleo
| OF two registrars general. The names of
Ruth Kimball Gardiner, OF the District of
Columbia; MIS-. Mary G. Seymour, of Mass
| achusettS; Mrs. Taplin of Vermpnt, and Mrs.
| FitzwllaIn OF Illinois were placed in nom
| ination.
The question was raised as TO whether
! Mrs. FitzwIilian. whose home Is iii Chica go.
| would change hcrreSidenca to this cit yinthc
| eventofhereIection. She informedthe CON
| gress that she could not change her resi-
| dencc under any circumstances. The point
. was then raised that a registrar general
| could not satisfactorily perform the duties
| attached to the office unless resident in III {
| same city in which headquarters "ere
| located. The whole numter OF votes Cl It
| was 30l necessary to a Choice Il 81 Mrs
| Mary j. Seymour received 224 votes: Mrs
| FitZwilliam, 214; Mrs. Gardiner, 10: Mrs
Tapln, 4S, and there were five blanks
Mrs Seymour and Mrs FitZwilliam
were declared elected, but the latter IT,
signing il was decided to vote for s
registrar general in her place,
resolution was offered hy Mrs Peck
and unanimously adopted, thanking the
committee appointed to revise the CON
stitution for the work they had accom-
pliShed in that direction
The names OF Mrs Hatch and Miss Mary
Chenoweth were placed in nomination
for treasurer general, and after extending
vote of thanks to the retiring off
| cprS tho CONGRESS ad iourOpd
The evening session was presided over
by Mrs. F. W. DickinS The evening was
opened with a musical program, including
a violin solo, by Miss Florida Graves, ot
Birmingham, Ala, with Mrs. Thomas NJ
owens rs accompanies; Il solo by Mr.
Roger de Mauny Favande, with Prof
Meyer, accompanst, and violin solo by
Bir. William II. Scholz, with Prof Meyer,
accompanist.
The vote for the election o the remaining
| two vice presidents was then announced
Mrs. Hull, of Iowa, received 267 votes, and
Mrs. Hatcher, of Indiana, 232. They
were accordingly declared elected.
The vote for registrar general was next
in order. Mrs. Horatio Taplin received 100
votes and Miss Ruth Gardiner, 105 votes
Mrs. Tapln was declared elected.
fOF treasurer general, MIS-. hdlCn re-
ceived ] 60 votes. and Miss Chenowcth, liz
votes. Mrs. Hatch was declared elected
| Mrs. Elizabeth B. Johnston was elected
| historian general; Mrs. Fitzwilliam. as,
| Sistant historian general and Mrs Charles
Darwin, librarian general.
| Mrs Charlotte Z. Main, treasurer general
reported the receipt up to date of S3,01T
in the way of subscriptions to the funds
| OF the organization from he several chap
ters and from individual members of the
| society.
Mrs. Mary Lockwood was elected editor
| of the American Magazine.
1t was moved by Mrs. Squire to take no
| action at this session on the matter of
the consideration of the revision of the
constitution, leaving it for the congress
| OF 1898.
After a heated debate the resolution
| was voted down.
The congress proceeded to debate a ro-
| IOSed amendment to the constitution hut