The evening times., 1899-02-23
OFFICERS ELECTED
BY TIE DAUGHTERS
Mrs. Daniel Manning to Con.
tinue as President General.
Regents to Serve i'm the Various
States.
Excitement Follows the Discussion
Of Parliamentary Ruling
by Speaker Reed.

This mornings session of the Daughters
of the American Revolution at the Grand
Opera House was devoted TO the nomina-
tions of national officers, honorary officers,
and the editor of the American Monthly
Magazine" and to the announcement of
the election of State regents.
The session was of unusual interest to
the delegates. They arrived more prompt
ly than usual and shortly after 10 o'c.ock
Mrs. Daniel Manning, President General,
called the meeting to order.
The visitors in the gallery manifested
much interest in the proceedings and
there were several Congressman observed
present in the gallery during the morning
session.
While the delegates were arriving, two
| large bulletin boards were placed at the
front of the stage upon which to record
| the nominations of the officers for the
National 'ociety.
The Presidents desk was oTnamented as
usual with handsome flowers and pants
fresh from the hot house.
After the meeting had been called to or
! der by Mrs. Daniel Manning, prayer was
offered by Mrs. Charles Ayerett Stake.y,
| Chaplain General. She concluded with the
Lords Prayer, in which the audience join
ed. Mrs. Bradbury, of Boston, sang The
| Old Thirteen" composed by Gorilla Cope
land Lewis.
The President then announced the selec-
tion OF Mrs L. NJ. Avery as chairman of
| tellers
Telegraphic greeting were read by the
official reader, Miss Jenett Jennings, from
the Omaha Chapter of the Daughters of
| the American Revolution, and also from
the Sons of the American Revolution. The
read.
Invited to Omaha.
On behalf of the executive board of the
Greater American Exposition at Omaha,
Miss butcher, of Nebraska, extended an
invitation TO the National Society of the D.
A. R., TO attend the Greater American Ex
position, which is to be held at Omaha
from June J. TO November l. 1899.
Mrs. Mary 5. Lockwood moved that the
invitation be accepted. which was seconded
by Mrs. Sara 7. Kinney. State regent of
Connecticut. Mrs. Shields of Missouri
raised objection, stating that Missouri is 20
celebrate the anniversary of the Louisiana
purchase in 1899, and she wanted the
Daughters TO come there
Her objection was overruled, and Mrs
| Donald Mclean. regent of the New York
city chapter, moved that the invitation so
gracefully given by the delegate from Ne
braska. be accepted by the d. a. r., which
was seconded by Mrs. Belden. State regent
of New York, and unanimously carried.
Mrs. John Jewett, of Illinois. was called
TO the chair. The announcements OF the
election of State regents was then made
Regents Chosen.
The following regents were chosen: Ala
bama. Mrs. ]. Morgan Smith; Arkansas,
Mrs. Norton; California, Mrs. Smith; Con-
necticut. Mrs. Kinney; Colorado, Mrs.
Swift; Delaware, Mrs. Churchman; District
4 of Columbia Mrs. Alden: Florida Mrs.
Christopher: Georgia, Mrs. Pond; Illinois,
Mrs. William A. Talcott; Indiana, Mrs. c.
E Atkins: Iowa. Mrs. c. E. Armstrong;
Kansas. Mrs. Hattie A. Hand; Michigan,
Mrs. Wm. +. Edwards; Maine. Mrs. H. F.
White; Maryland. Mrs. J. p. Thorn; Mas
sachUsetts. Mrs. S ". Dagget; Montana,
Mrs Cole: Missouri Mrs G. H. Shields; Ne
braska. Mrs. George c. Fowle; New Hamp-
shire Mrs. ]. Carpenter; New York, Miss
J. NJ. Belden; Ohio, Mrs. Granger; Penn
sylvania. Mrs. Thomas Roberts; Rhode ISL
and. Mrs. George Fontain South Carolina,
Mrs Clark Weary; Utah, Mrs. Allen; Vir-
gina Mrs. Nelson Page.
The election of national officers was then
taken up. Mrs Daniel Manning was
nominated amid enthusiastic applause by
Mrs. Page. of Virginia
/ The nomination was seconded by half a
dozen States, including Massachusetts,
New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Ken
lucky. and Iowa
No other nominations were made. and
the selection of Mrs. Daniel Manning as
President General was unanimous.
Mrs. Eleanor Washington Howard, of
Alexandria. Va, was elected Vice Presi
dent-General in charge of organization.
Speaker Reeds Ruling Rejected.
During the voting for national officers
a communication was read from Speaker
Reed in which he expressed his opinion
regarding the effect of a new article in the
constitution of the Daughters of the Revo-
luton. Mr.. Reed said that he was under
the impression that the new constitution
would do away with restrictions that might
have been created under the old, and that
officers who had already served the limit
under the old article would be eligible to
serve again under the new.
Mrs Ballenger urged that Mr.. Reeds in
depreciation of the question be accepted,
terming him the greatest parliamentarian
in America
Mrs. A. Draper, of Washington, criticised
Speaker Reed for not stating his view more
positively one way or the other. Mr. Reed
used the word impression" and not Cpin-
ion This, it was argued, weakened the
motion, and vote was taken as to wheth-
er Mr.. Reeds impression should be
adopted.
The Congress voted that Speaker Reed
should not be accepted as an authority, and
there was great applause.
Considerable excitement followed and
delegates all over the house shouted tor
recognition from the chair.
The election is in progress this after
noon and il is believed will result in the
choice of the following additional officers:
Mrs. c. A. Stakely, of Washington, ID. c.,
Chaplain General; Mrs. Albert Akers, of
Georgia. Recording Secretary; Mrs. Kate
X. Henry, Corresponding Secretary; Miss
Susan R. Hetzel, Register General; Mrs.
G. b. Darwin, of Washington, ID. c. Treas
urer General; Mrs. NJ J. Seymour, of Con-
necticut Historian General; Mrs. Robert S.
Hitcher, Assistant Historian General.