The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-22


The last nomination was made at
! o'clock Election tellers and inspectors
| were announced as follows:
! TeIlers for Mrs. Donald Mclean: Mrs
Park, of Georgia. Miss Lothrop. of New
| York: Mrs. John 7. Bates, of Kentucky;
Mrs. General Ammon. of Pennsylvania:
| Mrs Clark OF Alabama: Mrs. Der ,ha
Robbins. of New York. and Mrs john
Tweedy, of Connecticut. Inspectors for
! Mrs. Mclean: Mrs. Probasco of Chic
! Mrs Yorke of Maine. and Mrs. Fyfe. of
| Michigan Tellers for Mrs. Fairl anks:
Miss j. Richards. Miss Solomon. d s rict
| of Columbia; Mrs. Coleman, of Indil ma;
| Mrs. f. Peters, of Pennsylvania: Mrs. H.
| C. Brewster. of New York; Mrs c. Emo,
| Of Connecticut and Miss Valentine, of
Vermont Inspectors: Mrs. SerpelI. Mrs.
| Gillette. and Mrs Underwood. Tellsrs for
| Mrs Roebling: Mrs. Gilchrist. Mrs.
| Thompson. Mrs. Porter Mrs. Stall, Mrs.
| Hooper, Miss Benjamin. and Miss Thomp
| son. Inspectors: Mrs. Schultz. Mrs.
| Oglesby, and Miss Dora Smith
The Magazine Officers Named.
Mrs. Elroy ". Avery was unanimously
nominated for editor of the magazine. and
| Miss Lillian Lockwood as business man
ager. All nominations for offices where
the name of only one candidate was cub
.
I A motion was made by Mrs. Roberts, of
! Pennsylvania to close the ballot box at
! 10 o'clock last night Mrs. list wanted to
know what was 10 be done If election was
! not over by that time. The motion was
| defeated motion was made to instruct
| the recording secretary general to cast
| the ballot for these nominees for office
where there was only enc candidate. The
| motion was carried.
| Mrs. Manning again announced that all
! those who had no right to the floor should
| leave it on pain of expulsion by the ser
| gednt- alarms. delegate arose and
| said:
| Madame Pres dent, we have been under
/ a terrible strain all day. and l move that
we sing one verse of America; we will
| soon restore order then The motion was
lost amid laughter.
Mrs. Manning then informed the dele
gates of the significance of the officers
| they were voting for and the length of
term of each officer, after which she in
| structed the inspectors and tellers to take
| their places around the ballot bot. which
! was placed in the centre aisle in front OF
| the stage. The first ballot was cast at
! Cos p m. and the delegates from thence
continued to go down the aisles to the
ballot box, depositing ballots with the
| consciousness of the utmost Importance.
| The voice of the official reader could be
| heard at intervals calling out the name,
| of the next State delegation that would
| be in order to deposit their ballots. While
| the voting was going on number of the
| delegates made themselves comfortable in
/ their velvet-cushiOned chairs and con-
sumed apples, bananas. and crackers. One
elderly delegate took out her crocheting
and began to work.
IL was S:55 o'clock when Mrs. Manning
called for order and asked If there was
/ any member in the house that had not
I voted No one responded. The last vote
! had been deposited. The ballot box was
/ taken to the stage By the Inspectors and
| tellers. motion to adjourn until 10
| o'clock this morning was carried
The Morning Session.
TIE morning session was devoted entire
| ly to the discussion of resolutions and
attendant amendments regarding the mode
I of balloting and to the counting of the
! delegates.
The Congress was called to order at
= the usual time by Mrs. Manning, who
/ quieted The assemblage with a rap Of the
! gavel Finally. the doors were closed
and kept so while the chaplain general,
| Mrs Smcot of Virginia, led the delegates
/ in prayer. Mrs. Kress. OF Pennsylvania
/ sang Columbia. the Gem Of the Ocean.
! and the audience rose and joined in the
chorus.
The official reader then submitted the
reports of the previous days sessions, and
they were adopted with slight changes.
f. The first business on the programme
| was the announcement by the official read
er of the election of several State regents.
! after which the State delegations an
| nounced from the floor of the house the
| names Of their newly elected presiding
officers. They are as follows:
Mrs. H. A. Chamberlain, Tennessee;
Mrs. j. S. Filcher, South Carolina;
Mrs. Ellen Batcheller. New Jersey:
Mrs ]. J. Estey. vermant; Mrs. E. G.
Chm Gilman, Delaware; Mrs. John F.
Smith. California; Mrs. Robert Wiles. IL
inois; Mrs Harriet Richards. Wyoming;
Mrs. William Lyons. Kentucky; Mrs. Sa-
rah F. Daggett Massachusetts,; Mrs. Merit
land. New Hampshire; Mrs. John Lane
/ Henry Texas; Mrs. George II. Shields.
| Missouri; Mrs Hugh Nielsen Page. Viz
ginia: Mrs. J. Pembroke Thorn. Maryland;
Mrs Alice Q. Lowell. Mississippi; Mrs.
George W. Bacon. Washington; Mrs. J. b.
I Montgomery, Oregon: Mrs. John X. Muir
ply, Ohio; Mrs. Lewis W. Hall. Pennsyl-
vania: Mrs. A. \. Kendall. Maine; Mrs.
Charles w Lippett Rhode Island; Mrs.
Samuel VerpIanck. New York; Mrs. Rob
ert E. Park. Georgia; Mrs J. Morgan
Smith, Alabama; Mrs. Sarah Kenney. Con-
necticut; Mrs. Mary 5. lockwood, District
OF Columbia; Mrs James Fowler. Indiana;
Mrs Mary Love Struggled. North Caro-
lima; Mrs Cassius VI. Barnes, Oklahoma !;
Mrs W. J. Chittenden. Michigan; Mrs.
Sidney Peck, Wisconsin; Mrs. Julian Rich-
ards. Iowa; Mrs. 5. A. Lounsberry, North
Dakota Mrs. Bradford Prince, New Next
co: Mrs. Laura B. Pound, Nebraska.
When the announcements were ccnelud-
ed a delegate in The rear OF the house in
dignantly announced that number of del
egates had cut their badges in Two ana
had given half to their alternates, some o.
whom had been On the floor of the house,
MS. Manning remarked, and they are
ny Daughters"
In II Parliamentary TnnGle.
Mrs. Jeanette Richards mounted The
steps leading to the stage and offered a
resolution which provided that each Of
the state regents should respond to a
roll call by giving the full number OF ac-
credited voters in her delegation. She re-
: fevred TO the cutting OF the badges. and
said that her action was a precautionary
( measure intended to prevent any Of the
/ "madvertGuCes" similar 10 those Wnicn
have been said 10 have occurred at pre-
! yi0us congresses.
Mrs. BalIinger objected to the resolu-
ton on the ground that roll call had
( been made on the opening day OF the con-
gre7s Mrs. Richards replied that the
number had increased since that time. and
/, when the question was put the resolution
was adopted.
a resolution offered by Mrs. York, of
Maine, then brought on parliamentary
tangle which LASTED for a considerable
time. Mrs York's motion provided that
each nominator of a candidate for presi-