Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-21
'TEARSOFF HERBADCE
Anger Shown by Delegate to D. A.
R. Convention.
SECOND DAYS WORK OF THE ORDER
Numbers in Its Ranks $4,000 Women,
the Descendants of Men Who
Fought in War of Revolution-Rou
tine of the Session.


Fought in War of Revolution-Rou-
tine of the Session.
Z Washington. D. c., Feb. 2O.-A west
& tern delegate to the d. A. R. congress
4 took off her badge yesterday and, az
/ ter pinning it to the back of her chair,
4 walked from the congress, declaring
a that she would never set foot inside
the doors again. She harshly de-
Z nounced the electioneering methods
4 of both sides in the president:general
contest, and said she felt Inundated
4 to think that she is a d. A. r., since
they had forgotten that honor was one
of the attributes of the ancestors
whom they worship.
The immediate cause of her wrath
\ was a story that is being circulated
that the president of the United
States had indorsed the candidacy OF
Mrs. Fairbanks, and was using his in.
Y fuence in her behalf
Both the Fairbanks and Mclean
factions deplore the blunder made in
dragging the name of the president
!, into a fight that, the leaders say, he
probably does not know is in progress
Order of the Days Business.
The second days session of the Con-
Ntinental congress of the National So
clety OF the Daughters of the Amerr-
can Revolution was called to order by
Mrs. Daniel Manning, president-g ener-
al
A spinning wheel, the emblem OF
$the order, six feet in diameter.
wrought in pampas grass and flowers
and studded with incandescent lights
OF red, white and blue, was suspended
from the curtain, having a large
American ensign for the background
The presentation of reports was be.
gun, the first being submitted by
Eleanor S. Washington Howard, vice
president general, in charge of the
organization of chapters.
The following is an itemized &C
count of the work done in the office
Z during the last year: Regents ap
pointed, fifty-eight; regents resigned
i've; regencies expired by limitation
fifty-one; chapters at present organ
lied, 567; chapters at present unor
ganized, seventy-eight, an increase O
fifty-flve chapters; charters issued
forty-one; charters re-issued, three;
letters written, 1928.
The report of the recording secre
tary-general, Mrs. Albert Akers, oil
Tennessee, was next presented. Il
said:
when you assembled for your first
congress in 1892 you numbered a lit
tie over 1900; today, you are $4,000
strong. Since my report to you on,
year ago it has been my privilege tt
cast the ballot for 1879 applicants
TO have signed 10,379 certificates 0
membership in the society. / hav,
written over 5000 letters"
Other Reports Are Read.
The report of Mrs. Kate Kearne,
Henry, corresponding secretary-gener
al, was presented, read and adopted
Miss Susan Riviere Hetzel, of the Dis
trict of Columbia, register-general
submitted her report, which follows.
During the last year 1878 members
have been admitted to this society, O
whom seventy-one were real daugh
tiers; 1874 additional applications hav,
been verified; 3,041 certificates hav,
been signed and delivered, and 1,37
badge permits have been issued"
The report of Mrs. Charles Carlyle
Darwin of the District of Columbia
treasurer general, showed that during
1900 the net receipts of the curren
fund were s50,161.S3; expenditures
S34,361.11; balance on hand, $15,890.7.
! invested. In addition to this there il
sum of $4,000 current fund invest
ments. The continental hall fund
was represented to be $65,S28.24. TIL.
increase in the finances of the societ,
during the year was $21,38S.24.
The report of Mrs. Mary Jane Sey
mour, of Massachusetts, the historian
general, was then submitted. TIL,
number of real daughters" who hav,
Joined the society since it's organiza
tion is 479. Eighty-six of these are &C
credited to Massachusetts, eighty-fou
to Connecticut and fifty-three to New
York The oldest daughter is Mis-
Elizabeth H. Works, Of Mohawk Val
ley, N. Y. She is los years old.
A delegate moved that message o
coincidence be transmitted to King Ed
ward VII. This was declared by thu
chair to be not in order and the regu
lar order was demanded by severa
delegates.