Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-21

from the congress, VINO SnouIQ near potIi
sides of the story and report to the con-
gress for its action
1t was o'clock before the last session OF
the afternoon came to a close. and the
members who had remained faithful. less
than 100 out of 700 accredited delegates
and regents. went to late dinners. pretty
much disguised.
Lively Evening Session.
The evening session opened with a slim
attendance on the floor, but good one IN
the galleries. At no time were the seats
on the floor filled. although the most I'M
portant action in the congress thus far was
to come up. There were two items in the
report of the recording secretary general
which aroused antagonism. One was the
reference to the Meadow Garden farm.
which the last congress recommended be
purchased. and which the national board
decided was not made binding because no
money was appropr .ated, and the other was
the reference to the action taken by the
national board in recognizing the seeding
officers of the Loyal Warren Chapter OF
Monmouth, Ill. A dozen women were on
their feet the instant the motion was made
to ADOPT the report, trying to find out what
their status would be If they permitted the
report to be adopted with those objection
able clauses in it. Again, they were up
in arms when the chairman of the commit
tee on program, Mrs. Kinney of Connecti-
cut. presented her report. The fighters
feared that they would be cut off from
considering these questions IL the program
was adopted as it stood. On being assured
that there would be time and a place
where they could make it warm for the
national board, the professionals subsidized, but
they are all ready to boil up at second 5
notice.
The Cause of the Trouble Present.
About this time one of the Illinois re-
gents announced that Mrs ]. C. Burns, who
had been regent of the Loyal Warren Chap
ter at the time of the disagreement, and
who focked by herself and formed new
chapter called the Puritan and Cavalier
Chapter. which was decided by the nation
al board to be Illegal. and who then went
back TO the Loyal Warren Chapter, which
she had declared disbanded, but which
lived right along. and demanded her Office
Of regent in it. which demand, sustained
by the national beard, has caused all the
trouble impending was in the balcony and
the Illinois delegation desired her to come to
the floor ard occupy her seat with the dele
cation. Immediately Miss Desha arose and
remarked that if Mrs. Burns was admit
ted to the floor she would insist that the
legal delegates of the Warren chapter who
were in the gallery should be also admit
ted to the floor. Again things looked squat
ly. but tho president general, with an ap-
pealing look at the parliamentaran, who
shook her head. said gently. 1.-The conven-
ton has decided that Mrs. Burns can
rot come upon the floor and the chair must
so rule. Then the regent from Illinois
sat down. and Miss Desha sank into her
seat.
Progress of Organizations.
The first report of the evening was that
of the vice president general in charge of
organization. Mrs. Eleanor Washington
Howard. She spoke of the great progress
Of the work, and proceeded to demonstrate
that. in the south particularly, the society
is prospecting. She said that an itemzed
account of the work done In the office
showed that 81 regents had been appointed.
IA regents had resigned and 10 regencies
had expired by limitation. There are at
present SIG chapters organized and 152 I'M
organized. increase of rs chapters.
Charters had been issued to "A of these
and reiSsued to >.
The report of the recording secretary gen.
eral, Mrs. Albert Akers, was then present.
ed. 1t dealt largely with routine matters.
She reported that after conference with
the regent of the new chapter in Philadel
phia, which had adopted the name of I'm
dependence Hail. objection to the use of
the name had been withdrawn and it had
been chartered as such. The objection had
been made because of the well-known work
of the older Philadelphia chapter in restor-
ing Independence Hall, but the new chap
ter was unwilling to waive the right to use
the name.
Chapter was treated at some length, but
the situation seemingly not improved by
the report, there was much objection
to the adoption of the report
She said that under the direction of the
board, acting by instruction of the last
congress, certificates had been presented to
92S nurses who served in the war with
Spain under the auspices of the society.
The certificates were handsomely engraved
and bore the signatures of the president
general and the recording secretary gen
eral. Since her last report, Mrs. Akers an
nounced, she had signed thirty-six charters
SaVpDtV-SiX chaDter regents m sci
and 2,S95 certificates of membership.
A Model Report.
The report of the corresponding secretary
general. Mrs. Kate Kearney Henry while
given over to dry detail, was a model of
brevity and cleanness of statement, and
was mostly taken up with the details of
the work done in her department During
the year 1907 letters were received, S24
letters written and corresponding amount
of other mail matters cared for. Among
the other matters sent out were 10 700
Continental Hall circulars and the same
number of pledges. The secretary called
particular attention to the fact that there
are in the society 400 real daughters of
men who fought in the war for independ-
She believes that in their old age they
should be pensioned by the government.
By correspondence with the commissioner
of pensions she had learned that seven of
these women had been pensioned by espe-
cial acts of Congress, but nothing has been
done for the other 1893. She recommended
that the Daughters of the Revolution urge
upon the Congress of the United States to
take just action in their cases.
Miss Susan Riviere HetZel of this city,
in her report as registrar general, said ::
Last year l reported q, 1873 Daughters of
the American Revolution. Our member
ship is now 81, 1872. We have received 1888
members during the year; there have been
$40 designations and 191 members have
died. 2,s75 certificates and 1,512 badge per-
mits have been issued.
Miss Hetzel recommended that on appi-
cation blanks members confne themselves
to one line of ancestors but not thus to
confine their researches for ancestors. She
said she considered it the duty Of every
daughter to place on record every ancestor
that served, no matter what his service.
Financial Condition.
The financial statement of Mrs. Charles
Carlyle Darwin Of Washington, the treas
urer general, had previously been printed
and distributed among the members, but ii
addition, Mrs. Darwin submitted an inter-
esting report. The statement showed the
actual income of the current year to be
S33, O10 20, and, with the balance received
from the retiring treasurer, of So, ZIG. SO
making total income of current fund fol-
| the year of $36, i27.25. The total expendi.
I g.