The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-03-01
LIKENED TO PORTIA.
Mrs Donald Mclean H "a S
characteristics in Common
With the Heroine of Shakes
peare's Merchant Of Ven
ice"

a Washington correspondent
of the Sun, looking over the field
of the late annual meeting of the
ID. a. K. in Washington has the
following to say of Mrs. Mclean.
who WAS defeated for the preSi.
dency 10y Mrs senator Fairbanks:
OF the delegates on the floor
Mrs. Mclean was easily foremost.
If Mrs. Manning is Lady We're de
We're, Mrs. Mclean is Portia in
"The Merchant of Venice"
Adroit, apt, witty, thoughtful, of
attractive address, gracious and
abundantly mistress of herself
the wonder among many of her
admirers is that she is willing to
remain in an organization Of
which she is not the recognized
head. Like Mrs. Manning, she
wore beautiful gowns. Unlike
Mrs. Manning, she did not need
the stage 10 exhibit them. II
she were a man she would prob
ably be in the Senate and regard
ed as strong worker on the
stump, with good chances for the
White House. Mrs. Manning
would probably he the AmbasSa-
dor to England and return to the
Cnited States one of the most in
tluential characters in the politi-
cal world.
In the battle between the two
camps the Mclean following ont
did the Manning forces III every
preliminary show of strength.
Even the Fairbanks leaders were
discouraged. With only two
thirds the strength OF the Man
ming contingemt Mrs. Mclean
persuaded every one in the con
greSS that She had possible ma
.jority. When the vote was an
nounced the winning side was as
much surprised as gratiiied. 1t
was the followers of Mis-. FAIR
banks who talked gloomily of mo
election.N Yet when the vote was
made known their strength proved
to be hall again as great as that
of the Mclean wing.
Whether Mrs. Mclean will
consent 10 run again no one can
tell. Last week viewed her third
defeat 10y Mrs. Manning. There
is little prospect that opponents
so ineXorably at odds will patch
up truce, and fight along the
same old lines can hardly result
otherwise than in defeat for Mrs.
Mclean. This last battle pre-
scented her cause in its strongest
possible light. The Mclean poll
lost no votes after the assem- bly,
of the congress, but gained from
day to day. However, with Mrs
Mannlng'S enormous influence to
meet the latter'S proved Sagacity
i'll such contest and Il record of
three defeats to face Mrs. Mclean
can hardly be expected to make
the fight fourth time.
When she was forced to retire
before Mrs. Manning's superior
generalShip Friday afternoon and
had broken down under the i'm
placable severity of the presiding
officer, Mrs. Mclean regained
her old self-pOSseSSion before she
had walked ten steps. She might
have been defeated, but no one
could say she was diSpirited. y
woman of such recuperative
powers may reasonably be expect
ed to continue the fight on the
Manning machine" and the
Manning methods. Will her
strength involve a new society,
possibly known as the "Daugh.
ters of the Revolution! No one
can tell just yet.
The Maryland delegation was
divided. Frederick county was
loyal to one of its daughters and,
in the person of Miss Richie,
gave Mrs. McLean's cause a strong
supporter. Mrs. j. Pembroke
Thorn, of Baltimore, the State
Regent, was on the winning side.
Should a division of the society
occur, therefore, Mary land may
easily be represented III both the
new and old bodies.
This example was followed, APP
parently, by the delegations from
50 other States. Very few re-
gents could report an entire
State representation for one can
didate or the other New York
presented half its voters to Mrs.
Fairbanks, Of Indiana, and half
to the candidate from its own
State. Michigan furnished one
Of the strongest fighters for Mrs.
Mclean, but gave her one half
its vote. Connecticut was
"Manningn State, but Mrs. Nc
Lean also reaped a goodly harvest
there.
An attempt at a bolt would be
crossing the Rubiron. The pres
ent society is an enormously
powerful body. 1t is already or
nnnizn1 with q mnm hnrShin of