Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-23

and a half hours Of solid'talk with him he
| had given her the following letter:
Speakers Room House ef',Representatives,
Washington. D. C., Feb. q. 1899.
Mrs Sarah H. Hatch:
Dear Madam-I have considered the oues.
ton which you raise in regard to the effect
of the new article of the constitution of the
Daughters of the Revolution. Confirmed
by such examination as 4 can make it is
my impression that the. new constitution
would do away with restrictions that might
have been created under the old and that
officers who had already ser ed the limit
under the old article would lee eligible to
serve again under the nSE.
1t is said that Mrs. Hs.Sh was interested
in procuring such runng, as she desires
reelection. which cann9tbe had in case
it Is decided that under the constitution
she has served two termSi
Many Protects
Immediately forty women protested
against accepting Speaker Reeds decision.
They wanted Roberts.
But Roberts is SILENT reiterated the
president.
Roberts is sensible remarked an Illi-
nois woman. HE never tackled anything
Ike this, I'll warrant.
After wasting an hour in discussion
that got perflously near acrimony a vote
was reached. The affirmative was taken
on rising vote. Then the negative was
ordered. Several women asked for the af-
fl, native vote. The parliamentarian said
the affirmative could not be given out till
the negative had been counted. The vote
was 10 ayes I'D noes on accepting Speaker
Reeds decision. The parliamentarian then
ruled that as the question was a special
order it would require a two-thirds vote to
accept, and so the congress refused to &C.
Cept thu Reed Impression"
Additions to Relic Chamber.
The Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton are getting many additions to their
Continental Hall relic chamber At the
afternoon session yesterday Mrs. Mary
Sawyer Foote presented two historic pic
lures, one of the battle of Bunker Hill and
the other the battle of Quebec. Yet later
in the afternoon Mrs. Georgia Hatcher who
is interchangeable in her efforts to further the
interests of the d. a. r., and is the present
assistant historian general, fairly dubbed
over with excited pleasure as she an
nOunced that a number of historic relics
had just arrived. The list included an old
rusty-looking candlestick brought from
England in 1850, colonial lantern used
during the revolutionary war. an oil paint
ing of Susan Jones, sister of Brigadier Gen.
eral Jones, who was prominent fighter of
that time. But the article of antiquity
that created the most enthusiasm was a
pair of gold epaulets worn by Brigadicr
General William Smallwood when in COM
mand of the Maryland line "a the battle of
Brooklyn Heights
These valuable relics had been sent by
Mr.. N. E. Jones of Clear Drinking Manor,
Montgomery county, Nd. A rising vote of
thanks was ordered expressing the graft
tude of the congress for the relies, Mrs.
Thomas also presented two steel engrav-
ings, which she said We're 1G1 years old.
One represented the battle of Bunker Hill
and the other the battle of Quebec.
Miss Miller of the Continental Hall COM
mittee reported on suitable loca ton for a
hall site. She said that the committee had
recommended a number of good locations
but the hest Mace. in her ODjpinu q
site now occupied by the old Corcoran Art
Gallery building, corner Ct 18th street and
Pennsylvania avenue. This location. she
argued, was considered among the best of
the locations named ine the report. She
said it was understood that Congress would
assist by appropriating d sum of money
for this cause, and that the business men of
Washington would contribute several thou
sand dollars toward the building fund.
Mrs. Ballinger was then recognized by the
chair. She said too much confidence could
not be placed in the llgomse of the Wash
ington business men: that she the wife of a
Washington business man. could speak
upon this question with authority. Mrs
Robert S. Hatcher assistant historian gen.
eral read an offer from the directors of the
Grand Opera House property in which the
ground and buildngsiiwere offered 10 the
association for $3.50 600, payable in five
years. The offer was discussed, but no ac-
ton was taken.
Asks ReconsideratiOn.
Mrs. II. V. Boynton asked the congress
to reconsider the vote of Tuesday limiting
the number of honorary vice presidents to
thirteen, TO correspond with the thirteen
original states. She did so because she de-
sired to have Mrs Harvey Mathis of Ten
nessee elected to that office, which cannot
be done, as the limit has been reached,
unless the list is heightened by law. The
matter went over for tine
ihe next business of the afternoon was
the report of Mrs. Kinney of Connecticut
chairman of the committee on recommends
lions of the national officers. Among other
things, she said that it was the impression
of the association that Congress had de-
clded not to take any action in voting
money toward perpetuating the memory of
historic spots The librarian general asked
that $.a be set apart each year toward
purchasing pamphlets
Ihe war work accomplished by the ma
tional society was the next subject for con-
sideration. Mrs. Roberts of PENNSYLVANIA
spoke of the hospital corps. Miss Desha
said that. while she recognized the work
done by the hospital corps, she wanted to
speak in the highest terms of praise of the
army nurses. She hoped that some one
Would offer a resolution to that effect. Mrs
Donald Mclean arose and offered the reso-
luton, but was requested to reduce it to
writing. When she sat down to do this
DR.. Anita Newcomb MCGEE was recognized
by the president general to read a eulogy
TO the army nurses, and then offered
fesoiutloh similar in form to that offered
by Mrs. Mclean
me resolution provides that all nurses
employed by the Daughters of the Ameri-
can revolution be given certificates in
recognition of their services Special men
ton was made Of Miss Rubena Walworth.
VINO VINO volunteered her services nurse and
died while at the post of duty.
mere was wordy discussion over per-
m1ttlng Dr. MCGEE to be recognized when
Mrs. Mclean had not yielded the floor,
especially as DIR. McGees paper was pre-
pared; The action looked to some they
sald' nke a cut and dried way of crowding
Mrs. Mclean out. The president general
nnally appealed to Mrs. Mclean to permit
the record to show that DR.. MCGEE offered
tne resolution, and Mrs. Mclean gracefully
yielded
Social Feature.
Ihe reception given by the Daughters Of
the American Revolution at Corcoran Art
Gallery last evening was declared by all to
be the most brilliant in the history of the
organiza ton.
All the members of the n. A r cnnyrnSS