The sun., 1898-03-06
NJSTRESSES OF INTRIGUE.
AMONG TEE DAU6H-
TIERS OF THE AMERICAN
REYOLUTJON,

-.-,s. District efCoiun,s,a Daughters Devised
a.. ns.t or the UnIsn--PatropaGo was he
,,a,cement 10 Vote for Their Candidates.
I WASHINGTON. March 5.-The Daughters Of
Al. Lmerican Revolution have como and gone.
New York forced some wholesome reforms In
a.. nsr.onnel Of the management, and, as q re-
'u,, =, these. somo others are likely to follow.
M, az has been usual since 1894, n little hand
al IN the District have beaten New York and
,h. rest Of the country out Of the field, and
sons they have retained possession Of tho ma
,binery OF tho great society another year, and
.h,s aoourcd the means to execute their own
v,ll with their puzzled sisters. Tho prize is
,icb ono. since the estimated revenues Of tho
,ociety for the coming year are $50,
Never has such interesting illustration been
,r.sented in Washington of tho capacity OF
roman to discount man in all that pertains to
srs NAV in campaign intrigucs. The oldest
obs,rvors recall no speakcrship contest that
natched tho vigor and the cunning Of the little
hand OF manipuators among the Daughters who
nnee more undertook the tank OF running this
fougress. The greater part Of most excellent,
worthy. earnest, and dignihed delegates to the
Coperess fud themselves at adjournment to
have been as dough In the hands Of these charm.
ing schemers.
The very salt Of countless communities all
over the Union met In council and elected tho
400 delegates to the Con yress which has enter.
tanned Washington for Q week on the boards Of
is greatest playhouse, rivalling Its many noted
performers. Tho majority believed to tho
end that they were here for general discussion
AZ tho affairs OF the order. and to cast free
vote for those who wore TO govern Il. They
found all paths blocked except those which led
in directions which tho workers had predeter-
There were three candidates for President, ono
from New York, BACKED BY powerful influences,
and two from the District OF Columbia. or the
long faithful and most excellent service, o repre-
sentative In high sense of merit The other
S.serRnr RGe criticism n her own campaign She
was the candidate OF many eXcellent women. 1t
d true But, II this had been all, she could not
sense represented merit was, also, so supported
in the outset But, in tho outcome, the idea Of
nO nsfos ods@ent n s In these Celestial minds. '1
bsuccess came as the result of long.headed and
cunning management. Those who conducted
been close, and apt students Of political chi
cane In all its modern branches: The cole-
s the ssrgsnFSd hs HeSsc on
rress seems to have been the model upon which
the little coterie Of Daughters laid out their
House combine the books were opened. and
against every man 9 name who gave in his ad-
hssion an exact share Of patronage which he
was TO have in case of success was written
down. 1t was further agreed that no member
who did not enter the combine should have
cred the entire SERVICES Of W tho % HOUSE % Of s Repre-
septatiyes. from scrubbers and laborers up to
tho highest offices.
oalee was promised in exchange for votes for
the leading candidate OF the District Of Coiunn-
aaTno1 i ai With her hkno%iedge or consent as is
candidate. But she WAS also In tho hands of her
friends; These latter had objects in view which
many oSr ends /. esme out 1n st sss the LAST IT,
%s Rs TAs1S sss,ed sh; sn!p sppnE q ana ,,
offices been matter Of barter for votes, but that
Ss tsaes @ shs sosss
had been attended to two months In advance.
ds fact b Of tho
z the curious, il not significant fact
from the " one ssa Sssn
,sid: ,: Why. ny bless your souls. don't you know
twS
partisan tslieEs at once sstabiisbed the PROPOSE.
ton that the Daughters of the District Of Co
ps ss9 dssess ssp Of hS G
such practices as were freely charged at the last
annual convention Of actual ballot box manipu-
htlons and errors in counting.
While the New York movement was not tri-
ulmRhsntiy ul successful. IL nevertheless accom-.
pushed some excellent things in the direction of
,sgaioing what the society lost In the revolu.
nen q 1884. Some of those placed in power at
nat lime. and afterward on account of 1t. were
ai;plaesd. But moro important than this, even
setore adjournment IL was made clear 10 many
nht the epccessful party did not represent In
Ms CONTROLLING elements the best interests of the
society Several reforms Of corrective nature
efe hefe suggested during tho closing sessions,
tSs Iut y was too late to accomplish anything at
Strongest women In the body went to their
ZONES so9aiee Iully determined TO exert themselves
auiing the coming year to arouse and combine
nc oest Influences OF tho society and appear at
.nenext congress with well.dehned and whole
st.ao sono purposes, and an organization whose
;meagth ~ na cannot be null.fed by chicane. So
me me coming months arc to be lively ones in all
.he chapters where the EFFORT will bo TO make
,h ,hhe hhht,onal management altogether worthy OF
w nigh standing OF the Individual membership
@the society in all sections OF the land
III. " ROYETOg.