Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-22
MUSS OVER MINUTES
Daughters of the Revolution Have
Another Lively Time.
TOOK A PARLIAMENTARY PLUNGE
Proceedings Of the Mornin gSes-
sion Had to Be Reconsidered.
GLIMPSES OF THE DAY

The morning session of the D. A. r.
opened at 1890 instead of scheduled time
10 o'clock.
The official reader then read the minutes
OF the previous meeting. Before entering
upon the reading, it was announced that
Mrs. Akers, the recording secretary gen.
eral, wished it understood that the minutes
as they would be read were only skeleton,
and that the full minutes would be printed
in the American Magazine, the official or
gan There was muFmur at this, as some
of the members seemed to think that some
thing was to be smothered 1t proved that
the minutes were too full In the midst of
the reading Mrs. Wiles of Illinois rose to a
question of order, and wanted all the
speeches eliminated A regular squall was
precipitated at once The president general
put the question of order, and protests
came from all points. intermingled with APP
plause. The president ruled first that the
speeches could be eliminated. The parlia-
mentarian told her that ruling was incor-
rect. The president general then reversed
herself. To this Mrs. WileS objected.
The president then requested the parlia-
menta RAN to state the status of the ques-
ton of order.
Mrs Urquhart Lee, the parliamentaran,
stepped to the front and stated that it was
never in order to interrupt the reading of
the minutes with a motion.
Mrs. Wiles Immediately said that she had
not made motion, but had risen to
question of order. She desired the par
Humanitarian to rule on the point.
Mrs. Lees Position.
Mrs. Lee stated most decidedly that she
was not there 10 make rulings: that only
the president could make rulings.
The president then asked the congress
what it would do. This participated debate,
which Mrs. Doper said she thought was
out of order, but said that if the motion
of Mrs. Wiles was permitted to come be-
fore the congress ' she proposed to debate
it. In despair the president general APP
she learned that all the discussion was out
OF order during reading of minutes, and
the president general so ruled. The read
ing then went
After the minutes were read numerous
corrections We're made. Mrs. Wiles then
newed her motion that all speeches be
eliminated from the minutes read to the
congress- which was carried with rush
Now We have cut our own throatS,' re-
marked delegate down in front. 1T takes
us an hour every morning to get our mo-
lions and remarks them Strengthened
out. Now shall have no opportunity to
go on record properly and we will be down
saying any old thing and no chance to
talk back
Van Camp of Indiana had fallen the
snow-covered pavement and broken her leg.
and a letter of sympathy from the con-
gress was sent her
In the absence of the president general,
Mrs. Frye, vice president general. presided
Mrs. Frye is not very large of stature. but
she presides with dignity and pushes the
business of the congress briskly.
All Went for Naught.
The order of the day was called for at
this juncture, which was the special order
for the report of the committee on ways
committee on ways and means. then made
her report, showing that s2i 500 had been
expended for all purposes of the society
and recommended the appropriation for the
ensuing year.
After acting on most of the matter pre-
scented by the committee and passing on
several appropriations 1t was discovered
that the whole thing was illegal, as the
order of the congress last year seems to
have been misnterpreted.
This stirred things up generally, and the
whole mornings business was reconsidered
and rescinded.
Proceedings Yesterday.
AT the afternoon session yesterday all of
the seventeen amendments to the constitu-
ton offered last year were rejected, with
the exception of one by Miss Mary Boyce
Temple of Knoxville, Tenn, which pro-
vided that -ocal chapters shall be governed
by the constitution of the national society,
but may enact bylaws for their own gov
eminent in harmony with the constitution
of the national society. This adopted.
The Loyal Warren Chapter came to the
front again yesterday afternoon. and Miss
pesha addressed the congress. After much
fiery discussion the whole matter was re-
ferred to committee. While Mrs. Man
ming was absent from the platform prepar-
ing a list of special committees, Miss Mary
Boyce Temple, from Tennessee, vice pres
ident general, presided. She made an ad-
mirable presiding officer. During her
Craftsmanship delegate wanted to have
the reporters restricted in what they should
say concerning the congress. Miss Temple
replied. suavely: "Oh, well, you know it
is mighty hard to muZzle the press" And
the business of the session went calmly on
The program for the evening session was
patriotic, out the attendance was small,