The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-19
MEETING WAS LIVELY
SESSION OF DAUGHTERS OF THE
 REVOLUTION.
Mrs. Donald Mclean Protests Against the Rulings of the Presid- Ing Oficer-Mrs Fairbanks
 Position is Secure.

Washington, Feb 1S.-The Daughters of the American Revolution plunged into the consideration of proposed constitu- tional amendments at the outset of to- days session of their convention. Many of these changes were pending. only two out of the seventeen submitted having been disposed of yesterday. The dele gates were tardy in assembling. and 1t was long after the session had been called to order before the auditorium and galleries were even comfortably filled.
 The opening prayer was delivered by Mrs. w. A. Shoot of Virginia. The con Vention sang America" and after the reading of the minutes of yesterdays ses- sion the proposed amendments were taken up The first of these proposed addttions to the representation from each State. now consisting of one Regent. -Four ad- ditional representatives to be elected at an elective conference to be called by the State Regent and to be composed of the Chapter Regent, Vice-Regent and one delegate from each chapter in the State, the conference to be at some designated place before Fbruary of each year"
 Miss Richards of this city, who framed the proposed amendment, submitted an amendment to her amendment which brought on a lively discussion. Several delegates In vigorous remarks pointed out tiiab thcy iiftu tiAilt tu COioiucF tHS new amendment, which changed Miss Richards former amendment SO as to add a Regent for each State, one representa- tive at large and one for every 150 mem bers In the State. A number of motions were ruled out of order in rapid success sion and a motion was finally adopted postponing the amendment submitted on the subject. The report of the Commit tee on Reduction of Representation in the Congress of the Daughters was pre- scented by the chairman, MrA Katherine w. Verplanck of New York.
 Without making recommendation, the committee announced that d majority of twenty-six State Regents favored the chapter representation and n minority favored the ratio representation of one delegate for every 250 members The vote resulted: -e
 For representation by one delegate to the Congress to every 250 in the State, eight Regents; representation In the Con gress for each and every chapter by its Regent or alternate. irrespective of the size of the chapter. twenty-six Regents.
 Miss Richards's amendments were then taken up and a debate on their adoption was participated in by number of the delegates.
 The principal speakers on the Richards amendments were: For the amendments: Mrs. Mary s. Lockwood and Mrs. J. Ellen Foster of this city; Mrs. A, l.. Knott, Baltimore; Miss Floretta Vining. Boston; Mrs. Quinton. Pennsylvania; Mrs. Richardson, $. C.; Mrs. Camp, Conn; Mrs, Hopkins, Ills.
 Against-Mrs. L. P. Roome, Mrs. b. Mclean of New York City; Mrs. Cole man, Chicago: Mrs. Charles B. Bryan Tennessee; Mrs. Avery Mich. Mrs. Mary B. Temple, Tenn. and Mrs. Rebec- ca Yeandle, Georgia.
 The debate occupied two hours when Miss Richards announced that she recognized that those who stood with her for the amendments were in hopeless minority and she would accept defeat gracefully
 The chair was about to declare a recess when Mrs. Donald Mclean of New York made a vigorous attack on the parlia- mentary procedure of the president-gen- eral and thrice insisted that the vote on the amendments was next in order. Mrs. Fairbanks insisted on the recess against a number of protests.
 The Richards amendments were over whelmingly defeated at the afternoon session.
 An amendment offered by Mrs. Hamil- ton Ward of New York giving each chapter of 100 members or less a repre- sentation in the continental congress. of one delegate or alternate and all chapters of over 100 members two delegates, was taken up next.
 Mrs. Robert Emory Park. Georgia, of- fered an amendment providing that every chapter of over 100 members have one delegate for each hundred members. Both were defeated.
 Mrs. M. M. Nash of North Carolina moved a reconsideration of yesterdays 8 vote on the amendment to prevent officers serving more than two successive terms. This motion was based on a fear of Mrs. Fairbanks's friends that it would legis- late her out of office. she already having served for two terms as vice-president general. q.
 Mrs. ": H Mccartney of Pennsyl- vania, however, presented an opinion of judge of the District Supreme Court that Mrs. Fairbanks's position is secure and the motion was tabled.
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