The National tribune., 1898-03-03

| the wheel Is that have spun so price
! less thread, is a great granddaughter of
Martin Roberts, a Massachusetts officer in
the Revolutionary war, who was presented
q sword by Congress in consideration of
distinguished services, and great grand
daughter of Benjamin Smith, of MaSsa-
chuSettS, one of the Minute Men OF the
Revolution and member of the Committee of
Correspondence. Through the maternal
line she goes back to the Mortons of the
Plymouth Colony and to Philip Smith, a
Deputy in the Massachusetts Colony. The
National Tribune readers who have fol-
lowed her Historic Homes" know the force
and strength with which she handles his
tCric themes.
The Grand Opera House presented in
spring scenes on the evening of the award
of the medals and the announcement that
Mrs. Daniel Manning had been elected
President General, she having received
nearly two-thrds of the over six hundred
votes cast The band played National airs.
handkerchiefs waved and thousands
cheered.
Mrs. Donald Mclean, who had led a
spirited campaign for National honorS,
turned defeat into victory when she
marched, like a Major General, to the plat
form, claiming the privilege of being the
first to congratulate Mrs Manning. She is
a descendant of a family Of orators and
jurists, the Morrises, her great grandfather,
grandfather, great uncle and uncle having
sat, successfully, on the Supreme Bench OF
Maryland.
Airs. Nanning's greatest ancestral dis
tnction is that she comes from the Living
Ston family one OF the few families OF the
privileged and moneyed aristocracy which
linked their fortunes with the Revolution
and supplied the bone and sinews OF war,
in both blood and treasure. The De Pey-
sterS, Van CourtlandS and SchuylerS, all
famous RevOlutionists, with others scarcely
la-- 6iGtIn tt,nl Jor
Besides Mrs. Manning other officers
chosen are: e-PreSident-General in
charge of organization Of Chapters, Mrs.
Albert ID. Brockett, Virginia (re-electedD:
Chaplain General Mrs. Charles A. Stakely
District OF Columbia (re-elected); Record
ing Secretary General, Mrs. Albert Ackers,
District of Columbia; Registrar General,
Miss Sue Hetzel, District of Columbia;
Treasurer General, Mrs. Mark b. Hatch,
District of Columbia (re-elected); Assistant
Historian General, Mrs Robert S. Hatcher,
Indiana; Librarian General, Mrs. Gertrude
RaScom Darwin ire eIeoted).
Honorary President General. Mrs. Adlai
E. Stevenson, Illinois, retiring President
General. Honorary VicePresiGent-Gen-
eral, Mrs. Virginia Cabell, Virginia.
VicePresidents-Gen Mrs. r. A.
Alger, Michigan; Mrs. Sperry, Connect
Mrs. Joplin, District of Columbia; Mrs.
Mark Hanna, Ohio; Mrs. Shipper, New
Jersey; Mrs. Frye, Maine; Mrs. Jewett,
Illinois; Mrs. Howard, Virginia; DR.. Melee,
District of Columbia; Mrs. Cotton, Cali
fornia; Miss Temple. Tennessee; Mrs. Fair
banks. Indiana: Mrs. Forsyth, New York;
Mrs Abner Hooper, Mrs. O'Neill Miss Ben
ming, Mrs. GOodloe, Mrs. Main, District of
Columbia: Mrs. Cameron, Wisconsin.
State Regents: Alabama, Mrs. j. Nor
gan Smith; Arkansas, Mrs. Frederick Han
ger; California, Mrs. Virginia Knox Mad
dox; Connecticut, Mrs. sara 7. kinney;
Delaware, Mrs. Elizabeth G.. Churchman;
District of Columbia, Mrs. Simon New
comb; Florida, Mrs. Christopher; Georgia,
Mrs Porter King; Illinois, Mrs. Henry NJ.
Shepard Indiana, Mrs. F.. c. Atkins;
Indian Territory, Mrs. Walter Duncan; Iowa,
Mrs. Clara A. Cooley; Kentucky, Mrs.
Edward Maxwell; Maryland, Mrs. j. Penn
broke Thorn; Massachusetts, Mrs. T. NJ.
Brown; Michigan, Mrs. William T. Edwards;
Minnesota Mrs. l.. florence; Missouri,
Mrs. Geo. II. Shields; Mississippi, Mrs. Will
liam II. Sims; Maine, Mrs. Wallace III.
White; Nebraska, Mrs. Frances Avery;
New Hampshire Mrs: Josiah Carpenter;
Mexico, Mrs. Bradford Prince; New York,
Mrs James Mead BeIden; North Carolina,
Miss Mary d. Reeve Sprinkle; Dakota,
Mrs. Frances c. Holly; Ohio, Mrs. Rath-
bone; Oklahoma, Mrs. CaSsius Nj. Barnes;
Oregon, Mrs. Card; Pennsylvania, Mrs.
Thomas Roberts; Rhode Island Mrs. Susan
A. Ballou: South Carolina, Mrs. Clark;
Vermont, Mrs. Jesse Burdette; Utah, Mrs.
Clarence f. Allen; Washington, Mrs:
Chauncey Griggs Wisconsin, Mrs. James
Peck; Wyoming, Mrs. Frances E. Warren.
There was considerable agitation OF the
movement to secure the enactment by
Congress of the bill to prevent the desc
Grafton of the American flag, and the Com
mittee having the matter in charge will
push the cause vigorously. This move
ment, it may be said, was started by the