The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-24
DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION
Opening of the Twelfth continental
Congress" in Washington.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. %
The twelfth continental congress of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
convened in this city today. Many of
the leaders of the organization that
numbers 10000 patriotic women were
present. approximately 1000 delegates
and alternates from all the states in the
Union attended. The congress will be
in session throughout this week and
already bids fair to be marked by sew
eraI warm contests, the principal one
being over the office of president gen.
eral. Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks is a
candidate to succeed herself for the
second time. She already has served
one term as president-generala and one
term before that as vice president
general, and the opponents to her re-
election claim that her tenure in both
office operates as two continuous terms
in the meaning of an amendment to the
constitution inhibiting the officers
from serving more than two continuous
terms. The advocates of her re-elec-
ton contend that the amendment was
not retroactive and that she is, there
fore, eligible. Mrs. Daniel Manning
and Mrs. Donald Mclean, both of New
York city, will be onspicuous In the
campaign for president general. The
election will occur Thursday. The
official parliamentarian this year is
Mrs. Mary Belle King Sherman, of
Chicago, a member of the bar of that
city. The feature of today's proceed
1ngs were the address of welcome of
President-General Fairbanks, the re-
spouse by Mrs. May Phelps Montgom-
cry, of Oregon, which took place this
morning, and the ceremony of raising
on the site of the memorial continental
hall the flag presented to the society
by the Sons Of the American Revolu-
ton, of Washington. The congress
was called to order at 10 o'clock. After
devotional exercises and the singing Of
The Star Spangled Banner Mrs Fair
banks delivered her address, in which
she referred to the influx of Italians,
BohemtanS, Poles and Russians into
Greater New York, and said that the
greatest aspiration should be to elirni-
nate the attaching of any, other ma
t1onality to the word America She
referred to pending amendments .reIat-
ing to limitations on the length of serv-
Ice of officers and to change the date
OF the annual meeting to either the
week in which April 10 falls, or to the
first Monday in May and recited argu-
ments on both sides of the latter cues
ton, but made no recommendation be-
yond saying that 'all would regret
our failure to meet in the week in
which Washington's birthday occurs.
During the year there were $3.50
members added to the rolls. She said
that the approach of the centennial of
the Louisiana purchase is absorbing
the attention, not alone of the Daugh-
tiers of Missouri, but the Daughters of
every chapter in the United States. and
urged a hearty cooperation of the 40
600 women Of the order in the st. Louis
exposition. During the roll call by
states and chapters Mrs Fairbanks in
structed the chairman of the house
committee to take possession of the
doors and keep the delegates in until
the roll call had been concluded.
The afternoon session was ushered in
by lively tilt over the question of
seating on the floor of the congress all
the state vice regents as the alternates
to the state regents The motion to
that effect was made by Mrs. Robert e.
Parker, of Georgia, who, with Mrs.
Donald Mclean, of New York, led the
affirmative side of the debate, while
Mrs. A. G. Draper, of this city, led the
negative 1t was finally voted to seat
the vice regents in the absence of the
regents themselves. A resolution was
offered by Mrs. Harriet Baird Huev .
former regent of Pennsylvania. to an
point committee of seven members
not including any Pennsylvania nor
any active officers of the national board
OF managers, to investigate certain
statements made concerning the indie
| pendence Hall chapter, Of PennsyI-
Vania. The case involves a local is
sue In the chapter and statements
made before the national board regard
ing remarks attributed to Mrs. Huev
After a parliamentary wrangle. on mo-
t1on OF Mrs. Wentworth, of Massachu-