Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-24
beard and the Congress in the Loyal War
rem Chapter matter.

Mrs. Robert Stockwell Hatcher. chairman
Of the Franco-Americau memorial COM
mittee. submitted her report.
The total fund received up to February
10, according to the report. when the books
of the treasurer general were closed.
amounts to 50 1854, of which 1912 73 has
been contributed to the Washington statue
fund and S1.S1O91 to the Lafayette monu-
ment fund. Following the introductory
paragraph was a complete list of the con-
tributors and the amounts of their contrf-
buttons.
Mrs. Hatcher reported that at the re-
quest of the architect the following inscrip-
ton for the tablet had been submitted:
This Tablet is a Tribute of the National
Society of
The Daughters of
The American Revolution
To the Illustrious Memory of
Lafayette,
The Friend of America, the Fellow Soldier
of Washington
The Patriot Of Two Countries.
'"rhe secretary of the Lafayette memorial
committee has advised u.s." said Mrs.
Hatcher, that the original intention of the
commission to dedicate the completed mon
ument on July 1. 1900. has necessarily been
abandoned. but on that date a reproduction
will be dedicated, which will, however, an
swer the purpose and stand in Paris
throughout the exposition year. the perma-
nent monument to be erected as soon there
after as possible. This arrangement has
been officially approved by France
Mrs, Hatcher announced that the presi-
dent general. acting by request of the last
continental congress. had appointed the fol-
lowing committee to represent the national
society at the unwilling of the Lafayette
monument: Mrs. Adlai Z. Stevenson. Mrs
John W. Foster, Miss Eugenia Washing
ton Mrs Ellen Hardin Waiworth. Miss
Mary Desha, Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood
Nine. la Marquise de Chambrun. Mrs. Rob-
ert Stockweu Hatcher, Mrs. Charles Car
lyle Darwin. Mrs. Albert Akers. Mrs Sara
Thompson Kinney, Mrs. Mary p. B. Cam
eron.
Revolutionary Relics.
The report of the committee on revolu-
tionary relics was submitted by Mrs
Eleanor Holmes Lindsay. the chairman.
The report showed that the committee had
been Very successful in securing relics, and
the collection now in the hands of the soci-
ETY. has reached very valuable proportions.
Miss Mary Boyce Temple. chairman of
the committee on historical scholarships.
submitted the report of that committee.
She recommended that the national society
take the initiative in the work of establish
ing scholarships, and advised that 500 be
appropriated for that purpose. The report
was adopted, but the appropriation was not
made
Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth. chairman
of the national university committee. made
very interesting report Senator Depew
she said had agreed to present the petition
of the members of the society indorsing
the bill now pending in the United States
Senate.
1t was announced that a message from
the President of the United States was to
be read. The message proved to he the
commission of Mrs. Daniel Manning the
president general. one of the commits
Sioners to represent the United States at
the unwilling and dedication of the Lafay-
cite monument in Paris and at the Paris
exposition. The reading Of the commission
was enthusiastically applauded. and Mrs.
mir g,,I
ed her appreciation of the confidence the
President had reposed in her.
Announcement was made to the congress
that the Children Of the American RevoIu-
ton had contributed $3:iStS to the fund for
the Lafayette monument and Washington
statue.
New Business Considered.
New business was taken up at the even
ing's session. 1t was after II o'clock when
the congress adjourned.
The first business offered for considera-
ton was a resolution by Mrs. Wallace Della
field that the national society ask for rep
resentation on the board of managers of
the centennial exposition of the Louisiana
purchase, to be held in st. Louis in 1903
The resolution was passed unanimously and
without debate.
Mrs. Putney of Virginia offered a resolu-
ton that the congress appropriate 81 900
10 be expended in the preservation of his
torical places in and about jamestown. Va
After long discussion and several unsuc-
cessful attempts tn amend the motion to
adopt the resolution was put and lost.
DIR. Anita NewComb MCGEE of the Dis
trict of Columbia disposed of lot of bust
ness that threatened 10 come before the
session by moving that no more amend
ments To the constitution be submitted until
after the amendments now pending are dis
posed of. The motion was put and carried
amid burst of applause.
WrangIing Over Landn,srks
The most of the session was taken up
with wrangles over preservation OF his
toric landmarks. Every one of the colonial
colonies and states has something which It
imperatively requires to be preserved and
each of the delegations insists that 1t has
a prior right to be considered. and all say
1t at once The result is a triple extract OF
Babylon. As an instance of what happens
speak with many voices and divers intona-
tions. Mrs. Strong Of New York secured
the floor and made a plea for financial as
sistanee In preserving the house on the
Hudson in which Yankee Doodle was
written. The matter was about 10 be re-
ferred TO committee. when it was dis
covered that Mrs. Strong is not member
of the congress. and the chair ruled that
no matters submitted by her could be con-
sidered-
Governor Loundsbury Of Connecticut has
appointed Mrs. Sara T. Kinney, state re-
gent of the d. A. r.. TO officially represent
yelling Of the statues Of Washington
and Lafayette, respectfully. When the
news reached Washington the Con-
necticut delegation of Daughters held
a most enthusiastic congratula tory
meeting, and empowered the state. regent
to represent the Connecticut D A. r. as
well as the state itself at the patriotic ex-
erclses in Paris. Mrs. Kinney has recently
and for the sixth time been unanimously
elected to 8he state regency of Connecticut
The membership in Connecticut is about
$500, and the state regent brought to the
congress this year 10 delegates and 152 al
ternates.
Mrs. Emma A. Fox. a weI1-known club
woman, is in attendance upon The con-
gress of the d. A. r. as an alternate from
Michigan. Mrs. Fox has made a speciality
or the study of parliamentary law, and is
probably the only woman instructor of par
liamentary law in the country who has been
member of a legal assembly She was
member Of the board Of education in the
city Of Detroit, her home. Mrs Fox is a.
guest Of Mrs. Mary s. Lockwood
Mrs. Julius ]. Estey, regent of the Brat
tlebOro' Chapter. D. A. R, Brattleboro' VT.
now at the Dewey. was unanimously elected
state regent, quite recently When the an
houncement was made this morning she