Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-21
WOULD NOT DOWN
Ghost of Loyal Warren Chapter Bobs
Up to Bother the D. A. R,
PROCEEDINGS OF The CONVENTION
Lively and Exciting Attempt to
UnraveI Parliamentary Tang|es.
seen AND NCIDENTs

The morning session. of the D. A. R.,
| which should have convened at 10 o'clock,
according to program, did not respond to
the presidents gavel till 1890, and there
was much fiuttering of plumage before 81.
lence reigned sufficiently for the chaplain
| general to be heard in prayer. Columbia
| was then sung by the few who seemed to
| be acquainted with the air.
| 1T is right odd" a delegate remarked
that a patriotic organization knows so
| few patriotic songs"
| About this time the noise in the hall be-
| came almost uncomfortable. One of the Penn
| sylEania delegates rose and in a heated
and indignant voice remarked that the
| members of the congress came to transact
business, and that in her opinion all wo-
men who wanted to talk and discuss pri-
| vate business should retire from the hail.
| so that the members of the congress could
hear what was being said and he able 10
vote intellgently.
The sentiment was vigorously applauded,
ana then each fell to discussing with her
| nelgnbor the discourtesy of talking during
the business session, and soon the noise
| was deep enough to make boiler factory
seem like cemetery.
| The credentials committee made its report
| on the two withheld names of yesterday and
stated that after careful examination il
| mad found the credentials correct.
| The Ghost Appears.
| Immediately there was buzz The War
zen Chapter ghost rose up and would nor
| down. 1t would have taken a whole bar
OF Philadelphia lawyers to straighten out
the tangle and the whole Stenographic force
OF Congress to record it. Motions correc-
| uons, counter motions and counter correc-
lions followed fast that they trimmed
each other up.
| Finally he cop1ross
the minutes of the last meeting BEFORE
| they We're half read trouble was brewing
ana at their conclusion the brew was 'bilin'
OF, so to speak. The Warren Chanter
ghost colo and gray, haunted the congress
win persiStency that was most amazing
IL seemed as though nobody's motion had
peen properly put and very few recorded
as they desired to be. 1t took over an bour
to get the minutes amended to suit the COW
STeSS- An attempt was made somewhere
along mere to adopt the minutes of the
20, Ioat f,l, meetings for the year and approve
| 'he innings Of the same. Warren Chapter
whose surname is Loyal" but which
seems disposed to create most anything bnt
spirit OF loyalty, rose up again. To an
ptoHe anu ADOPT the board meeting min
utes meant to accept as final its findings in
the Loyal warren Chapter matter
Page Knocked Down.
The racket about this time got so .n,o,.
ing that Mrs. Sherman of New York arose
ana demanded quiet She said that if the
idues would not keep quiet she would sup
sest sergeant-at-arms, and said that on
yesterday one of the pages had been
shocked down by members of the congress
IN lhelr determination to go where they
wanted to- 'ii'S
Obs" and Abs" INV eoodress- ,,,s
Good gracious That's awful" ran
round the room, and one Indignant woman
Sa M that she didn't believe any such thing
Then Mrs. Thompson of Massachnsetts
rose In wrath and said it was true that a
page mad been knocked down, that the
young lady was under her personal charge,
ana that two vice presidents general had
done the deed. She got no further Pr
tests came from all over the hall and Mrs
thompson took her seat. After more ar
less-rather more than less-discussion int
Vhlch everything but the question itself
entered, Mrs. Forsythe of New York stated
That while the young lady was really
Knocked down, it was by accident as the
ladies' in question-who were vice presidents
general-were in haste to answer an i'm
perative summons, so Mrs Thomson was
vindicated and the incident closed
And the Noise Was Kept Up.
There being general call for quiet Mrs
Hatcher, chairman of the house committee
stated that she had done her best to main
tain quiet. but that the ladies paid no at
tention to her pages, who were young la
dies, gently bred, and did not want to he
unladylfke. bat that they had been abomi-
would preserve proper decorum there would
be no necessity for stringent measures. such
as barring the doors and keeping people out
and refusing to let those in go out as was
| cone yesterday. The little woman's utter
ances were rouncly applauded, and the con-
| gress went on making all the noise 1t could
| "A member from Pennsylvania then asked
| that the reporters be requested to make no
| mention of the knocking down of the page
| Inc minutes of the previous meeting
| hhaiiy rewritten to suit the remonstrants
were accepted.
Voting Down Amendments.
! The matter of approving the minutes of
| the board meetings was ruled out Of order
| ana at II O'Clock the congress proceeded to
( the order of the day" which was the con-
| s!deration of amendments. These were Of
| fered year ago, and many of them are
immaterial. AS The Stars report closed
they were beirg vigorously and noisily dis
| cussed and then voted down.
The Delegates Woke Up.
The report of the credential committee
| TOOK most of yesterdays session. and thor
| cughly wearied the members of the con-
| s"ess- There was general expression that
| the manner of getting the credentials of the
| pody Is cumbersome and altogether too
| lengthy, and that some shorter method
/ must De devised. II was g o'clock when the
/ weary reader pronounced the last name ON
| the list, and Immediately there was a hub
| bub Miss Mary Dcsha, who Is O stickler
| for the Constitution" had announced.
| when the names of the two accredited dele
| gates from the Loyal Warren Chapter of
| Monmouth were called, that at the end of
the roll call she would move to bar these
| ladies from the delegates floor. as she held
| them Illegally accredited The two ladies'
| had not made their appearance up to that
/ time. and so their right to sit could not be
challenged. When the roll call was ended
| Miss Desha made her motion to accept the
| report of the credential committee, except
| so far as the two delegates from the Mon
| mouth chapter were concerned, and these
| ladies she asked to have excluded. There
| was regular Spion Kop of time in less
| than two seconds. All the few women left in
| the nail talked at once. but OFF somewhere
| In the semi darkness a small voice sec
| onded the motion. and DR.. Anita Newcomb
| McEee came in with clearly stated reason
why sne sustained the motion Of Miss
l lIeSna. The president