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more committees.
The matter was brought before the con-
gress in formal motion. and the committee
was again refused. So the d. r. were a
second time ordered of the preserves OF
the D. A. r. 1t took the president of the
d. r. just about three seconds to get on
the platform after the decision OF the
convention.
Mrs. Mclean then begged the attention
OF the congress, and asked that as she
had done all her duty and made her report
as chairman of the revision committee
that she be discharged without prejudice,
as she would like to take part in the dis
ctss1o1 when 1t came up on the revision
OF the constitution and she also begged
the congress to act on that revision, either
one way or the other. The state regent OF
Massachusetts, Mrs. Green, asked that the
congress wait the reading of a letter
signed by the whole Massachusetts, delega-
tion. This letter was a protest against
the unfair unjust ungererous' treatment
accorded the revision committee by the
congress- and was scathing denuncia-
ton of the action Of the congress on the
subject Of the revision.
The congress then voted to release Mrs.
Mclean from further duties, and declared
the committee dissolved. and gave vote
Of thanks for the faithful work performed.
Among the Delegates.
Mrs. A. H. Fogg, a delegate from the
Houlton Chapter, Houlton, Me-, is at the
Regent.
Mrs. Martin Heeance represents the
Poughkeepsie Chapter of Poughkeepsie, N.
Y.
Mrs. Robert J. Lowery of Atlanta Chap
ter is at the Metropolitan.
Mrs. Roberdsa Buchanan of Washington,
one of the vice presidents general, Is
great-grsnddaughter of Thomas Peters of
Philadelphia
Mrs. Steven Pitney is delegate from the
Old Dominion Chapter and honorary menu
ber from Virginia She Is a daughter Of
ex-United States Senator Withers, consul
to Hong Kong under President Cleveland.
Mrs. krebs, regent of the Puerta bel
Loro Chapter of San Francisco. is at the
Cochran for the winter. She Is also men,
ber of the Press Association of San Fran
cisco. There are but two delegates from
California attending the congress. The
other Daughter is Mrs. Gen. Bdwel, rep
resenting the Sequoia Chapter.
Mrs. j. +. Farmer, state regent of Maine,
is at the Regent
Mrs. ]. NJ. Fowler and Mrs. w. F. Still
well represent the Gen. De Lafayette Chap
ter of Lafayette Ind. This chapter pre-
sented the silver loving cup to the battle
ship Ir diana.
Mrs. Lillian Pike, regent of the Martha
Washington Chapter of the District. Is
descer ded from Maj Robert Pike of CO.
lonial fame, who is described by Whittier
as the Grand Old Salisbury of Massa-
chrsetts." She is a daughter of Gen. AL
bert Pike.
Mrs. William Page Couper of the Martha
Washington Chapter Is a descendant Of
Nathaniel Powell of Virginia, who entered
the revolutionary service at the age of
fourteen and served for seven years.
Mrs. w. l.. Lyons of John Marshall Chap
ter of Louisville, KY. is at the Ebbitt
Mrs. Maxwell, state regent of Kentucky,
is great-granddaughte of John Mckin-
ney, who was aid-de-camp to Lafayette.
Mrs. Albert Haley of Fort Green Chap
ter Of Brooklyn is at the Shoreham.
Miss Virginia Miller, state regent for the
District. traces her ancestry to the Lees.
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the Buffalo Chapter of Buffalo, n. Y.
Mrs. Senator Thurston represents the
Omaha Chapter Of Nebraska. Her ances-
tors were Lieut.. Joseph Baker of Massa-
chusetts and Corporal Andrew Bennett
Her grandfather was William Bennett, who
served in the war of 1S12
Mrs. ]. Ellsworth Gross of Chicago, a
delegate to the ID. A. r., is guest Of Mrs.
j. w. Holcombe, 1899 Corcoran street, until
after the Inauguration.
Mrs. Frederick Sherwood of the Ottawa
ILL.,, d. A. r., is at the Ebbitt.
When attending the congress, it is the
custom for the states to get their felega-
tionS together to elect state regents. Mrs.
Edward Norval Maxwell CT Somerville.
KY, has just been elected state regent for
Kentucky.
Mrs. Mary Sawyer Foote, who was last
night elected for the second time vice
president general of the d. A. r., is secre
tary of the Society of Children of the
American Revolution, and is also the
relics committee of the d. A. r.
The Kentucky delegation to the d. A. r.
congress has lot of very pleasant women
in it. Miss Lucretia Clay, regent of Lex
ington Chapter; Mrs. Benjamin Coleman,
delegate; Mrs Slaughter Bassett, delegate;
Mrs. Wallace Shelby, regent Bryan Station
Chapter; Mrs. Edward NJ. Maxwell regent
John Marshall Chapter, Louisville, Ky;
Mrs. w. l. Lyons, vice regent; Mrs. Frank
Parsons. delegate, and Mrs C. c. Barbour,
Newport, KY, comprise the party.
Mrs. Margaret Lothrop was the recipient
a r. he Rinh2 ard
Lloyd Jones Society, c. A. R.. of Chicago.
1t was hand-painted cup, having three
handles signifying the three colors, red
white and blue. On one side are the ini-
tials. &C. A. r." signifying Children Of the
American Revolution, on another, r. J. L.,
the initials of the society, ana ON the other
the insignia of the society.
The chaplain general of the d. A. r.. Mrs.
Bullock, is the widow of Rev. ]. ]. Bull ock,
who was an eminent preacher of Lexing-
ton, KY, and had been pastor of churches
in both Kentucky and Maryland. and was
moderator of the southern general assem-
bly, of the centennial year, 1888. and was
chaplain of the United States Senate for
six years.
Mrs. John r. Walker wife of United
States district attorney for Missouri rep
resents the Elizabeth Benton Chapter of
Kansas City, Mo. She is the guest of Sen
ator and Miss Cockrell.
The Illinois Chapter of Ottawa, H., is
represented in the congress by its regent
Mrs. Frederic A. Sherwood of Ottawa
The chapter takes its name from the
famous tribe of Indians which gave the
name to the state. and which also made
such big patch in the picturesque Indian
history of the country.
Mrs. de B. Randolph Keim, one of the
vice presidents general of the .. A. r.. is
numbered ~ in point of coming into the D.
A. r. She had the distinction of being the
first regent of Connecticut. and the first
vice president general of the d. A. T., hav-
ing been nominated for that Office by Mrs
Stevenson. Mrs keim was largely i,,stru-
mental In getting the bill passed to give to
the Daughters an acre of ground for the
Continental Hall. 1t was with supreme
satisfaction that Mrs. keim recently read
clause In personal letter from a friend
of hers. who is travelling in Switzerland
that she had named the Continental Hall
in her will for the bequest of s2EsD. Mrs
Keim is herself large brncfactor of the
project
General Benjamin Lincoln Chapter of
East Boston, Mass, is represented in the
congress by Mrs. Frank E. Sullivan, regent,
and Mrs. Allen, secretary and alternate;
Mrs. Gen. J. A. Barnes, Mrs. C. Sampson,
Mrs. A. Josselyn and Miss Gertrude New
hall Sullivan.
Miss Mary Boyce Temple, regent of the
Bonny Kate Chapter, Knoxville, Tenn, was
one of the nominees for vice president gen.
eral. but declined the honor, because of her
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