The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-19

| presidency and their chances OF election.
| After having waited for about twenty min
! utes and the appearance on the floor of
| the hall of number of members. Mrs.
| Manning again vigorously pounded the Ia
| BILE, calling for order. Another pause of
! ten minutes ensued. in which Mrs. Man
| ming endeavored to restore silence and
! gain the attention of the assembly She
| finally succeeded, wnereupon she an
/ nounced that she had received a COM
munication from Mr.. Cortelyou, Secretary
! to the President in which he stated that
President Mckinley would be pleased 10
receive the ID. 4. r. tomorrow afternoon
at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Manning added that
| this was a special honor shown to the
Daughters by the President since his
state of health was such as to only per-
init him TO attend to the most pressing
affairs of state. This announcement was
received with some applause. After this
Mrs. Manning read an extract from a
speech which was delivered in the House
when Blaine was speaker II related to
parliamentary laws and their application
in certain cases. At it's conclusion Mrs.
Manning requested the members TO assist
her throughout the sessions to maintain
order and to respect parliamentary laws
and usages. so as to enable her to con-
duct the business before the Congress
with promptness and despatch. The dele
gates were evidently in accord with Mrs.
Manning as they heartily applauded
Roll Call of Delegates.
The official reader, Miss Hamilton. of
the District of Columbia called the roll
of the States and this brought forth re-
sponses from S22 entitled delegates. Mrs
Manning explained that inasmuch as the
entire congress was entitled to only 500
delegates, there must be an oversight
ha cd ~.
State regents to send to the parliament
tartan, who acted as teller, n signed slip
containing the number of delegates to
which each State was entitled, and now
many of them were present on the floor
of the house. This was Immediately com
piled with, and the thirteen pages collect
ed the slips and handed them to the par
Humanitarian, who at once began counting
them. While doing this Mrs. Manning
called up the report of the Programme
Committee. Mrs. CharlN5 w. Fairbanks
of Indiana. stepped forward and announced
that she was happy in being enabled 10
submit to the congress the programme
which had been distributed during the
morning session. The official reader Miss
Hamilton. had begun reading the pro-
gramme when a motion was carried to
dispense with the reading. Mrs. Joyett, |
of Michigan. moved to eliminate from the |
programme the subject, Announcement |
of Elections, set for Friday, February |
%, and TO make this announcement |
Thursday evening preceding. so as to en- !
BILE the members who intend to go home |
that evening to know the result of the /
election. Mrs. Manning, in putting the |
question interjected her views on the 1
matter by saying:
1T is too bad. indeed. that the members |
cannot stay here until the closing of the
congress; this would establish dan
gerous precedent, and. in fact. tits mat
ter of announcement of officers would not
be anywhere on the programme"
The motion was lost. The announce
ment of the Committee on Codifics.ion of
Resolutions of the Tenth Continental Con-
gress was next in order and the official
reader announced the following committee;
Mrs Roberts. OF Pennsylvania; Mrs. Peck,
Of Wisconsin; Mrs. Estey. OF Vermont:
Mrs. Moss. of Ohio; Mrs. Thorn, of Mary
land This was followed by the naming
Of the Committee on Recommendation of
National officers as follows: Mrs. Kinney,
of Connecticut; Mrs. verplanck, of New
York; Mrs. Waring, OF South Carolina;
Mrs Page of Virginia and Mrs. Fowler,
Of Indiana. Mrs. Manning then stated that
the Board of Trustees of the Corcoran
Gallery of Art had invited the Daughters
to private view of its collection, and
that the reception would take place from
8 to IL o'clock.
Opening of the Congress.
Shortly before adjourning the meeting
The following protest was handed to Mrs.
Manning: I'VE, the undersigned, feel it
lue this continental congress TO quietly,
but firmly enter our protest against a
paid to assist teller to
count votes Mrs. Fitzhugh Edwards,
Michigan; Mrs F. W. Wakeman, Connecti-
cut; Mrs. George H. Shields, Missouri;
Mrs James Lawson Peel, Georgia. Mrs
". B. Van Vliet. New York; Mrs. James
Stewart Pitcher, Tennessee; Mrs. Thomas
Nesmith, Massachusetts; Mrs. Frank
FORK, Maine"
The congress was opened by Mrs. Daniel
Manning as the clock struck 10 yesterday |
morning. She said, I'VE assemble in this,
,uf Tenth Continental Congress, which our
beloved chaplain general will open with
prayer Mrs. Betty Mcclure Smoot, of
Virginia, Chaplain General, offered prayer,
concluding with the Lords Prayer The
star Spangled Banner was then sung,
Percy S. Foster leading and all the dele
yates standing. Mrs. Manning then read
Ter address Of welcome, which was a most
Eloquent effort and took over an hour TO
cad. The report in part follows:
Daughters of the American Revolution,
we are again assembled for our annual
which is convened for the pur-
pose of enabling its members to meet one
another to exchange views, to give in
formation regarding matters of common
interest to the members assembled from
different parts of the United States and
10 form ties of mutual understanding and
confidence by bringing into personal con-
tact the leading women workers of the
society. Since our last meeting much has
been accomplished along the lines named
in our constitution, as objects of our
society, in perpetuating the memory of
our heroes, preserving documents and
relics, locating and marking historic
sites and in promoting educational and
patriotic growth; tablets have been
erected. Gen. Zachary Taylor's birth
place has been marked, monuments
raised to General Putnam and General
Paine. revolutionary houses have been
turned into chapter homes and the re-
mains of the heroes of Talladega Ala.
moved to the city cemetery; liberal con-
tributions have been made to Continental |
Hall and the monument for the prison 1
ship martyrs; money has been given for
the use Of the Cuban teachers and for our
soldiers in Manila. In this work the |
Army and Navy Chapter, Washington,
the Lansing Chapter, Fort Dearborn
Chapter, Evanston, Ill; st. Louis Chap
ter, and the Philadelphia Chapter have
had a most important share. The st.
Louis Chapter has also erected tablet