Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-27
D. A. RS ARE NERVOUS
Business Three Days Behind
Scheduled Program.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
CONGRESS VOTES TO RECORD MRS.
McLEAN,s WORDS.
Adjournment at 80 This Afternoon
Adjournment at 1: 80 This Afternoon
to Call on President Roosevelt
at White House.

to Call on President Roosevelt
at White House.
Everybody was nervous and on the qui
| vive this morning when the continental
congress of the Daughters of the American
| Revolution reconyened. The business of
the congress is three days behind the pro-
gram and accommodating every minute.
There was anxiety about the election Of
officers, which was the order of business
yesterday. The thirty ladies appointed as
tellers had worked pretty much all night,
| and they were nearly worn out. The man
| ner of balloting Is about as cumbersome as
| could possibly be devised. A great ballot
| box with a slot in the top is stationed in
front of the platform.
! Each delegate is given one ballot half as
big as a page Of The Star, on which is
printed the title of the officers to be voted
| for. The name of the nominee is written
opposite the title, the ballot is folded four
| times and then by state delegations the
| voters pass by the box, where the ballot
| is checked on the back by the chairman Of
| tellers and the voter then slips it in the
! box.
There are twenty officers to vote for, in
| Guiding ten vice presidents general. The
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| phabetical order, ana it takes about three
| hours to complete it.
Then the teHers go by themselves and
| count the ballots. Officers declared elected
today are as follows:
| Declared Elected Today.
Vice president general in charge of organ
ization, Mrs. Miranda B. Tulloch.
| Vice presidents general, Mrs. John r.
Walker, Missouri; Mrs. Addison G. Foster,
| n TIL; D
w. P. Jewett, Minnesota Mrs. Matthew
T. Scott, Illinois; Mrs. John A. Murphy,
Ohio; Mrs Franklin E. Brooks Colorado;
Mrs. J. j. Estey, Vermont, and Mrs. Weed
| of Montana.
A tie was announced on the tenth wee
president general between Mrs. Mary S.
Lockwood of the District of Columbia and
Mrs. j. r. Milton of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Anita Newcomb MCGEE was elected
historian general; Mrs Ruth Griswotd
Pealer, registrar general; Mrs. Teunis Ham,
lin, chaplain general; Mrs J. w. Hal
combe, recording secretary general; Mrs.
Shute. treasurer general; Mrs. Henry L.
NJ. Mann, corresponding secretary general;
Mrs. Rosa, librarian general.
There was no election for assistant his
toran general. Another election was or,
dered for the tenth vice president general
and for assistant historian general. 1t was
discovered that all the ballots had been
used. and it would be necessary to have
some printed before the election could pro-
coed.
Storm of Protests.
The reading of the minutes of yesterdays
session brought a storm of protests from
various sections of the congress when that
point was reached where the record Of sec
onds to the nomination of Mrs. Fairbanks
were made.
All the seconding speeches were recorded
in full, with annotations of applause" and
CHEERS" but the journal as read was dis
craef1v silent q n Mrs Donald Mol
speech on seconding the nomination, in
which she declared that she spoke for
peace" And although the congress went
wild with enthusiasm at her remarks
scarcely second to that aroused when the
election of Mrs. Fairbanks was announced
the journal did not record it. This omission
was at once noted by Mrs. Whitney of New
York. who wanted to know why the record
ing secretary general had Disseminated
against Mrs. Mclean.
The recorder secretary general, Mrs.
| Eleanor Washington Howard, replied with
| some emphasis that she recorded no
| speeches that were not written out and
sent up.
| Mrs. Whitney demanded that Mrs Nc
| Leans words be recorded as part of the
permanent record. The congress had been
watching the proceedings with a good deal
| Of interest. and when this demand was
made the delegates broke into applause.
| Mrs. Sternbury, who was presiding, put 1t
| to vote Of the congress, whether Mrs Nc
| Lean should be properly recognized in the
| Journal. and the congress voted ''yes" In
| mighty volume of sound. There was but
| onding speech at least will be recorded in
| the journal
Another Objection.
A delegate objected to the statement in
| the minutes that it had been necessary to
| go outside of the national board to secure
legal advice
Il am sure, madam president general"
| she declared, that we have brains enough
in our organization to settle all these legal
| questions and l would like to have elimi-
| mated from the minutes the statement that
| we hal to apply to lawyers for legal opin-
| IONS
mis- created a hearty laugh. but the dele
| gate insisted, and so a vote was taken only
| to defeat her project. The delegates to the
D. A. r. seem to think that they are great
| constitution makers.
The continental hall committee, which has
| been trying to harmonic the various plans
| for the continental hall, reported to the
| congress that they were in a tangle and
| not even the corner stone of the building
could be laid unless another executive SEES
| sion Of the congress is held and It's voice
| taken on certain projects. An executive
meeting is ordered for II o'clock tonight,
at which time all the plans will be shown
| and discussed.
| The reports of the various officers were
| also discussed this morning Not one of
| these has yet been presented to the con-
| BTeSS. Leave TO print without reading
| was discussed, but 1t was decided that tais
was not feasible, so the order of business
| for this evening at O'Clock is the reports
| of officers.
The amendments are still hanging fire.
| and 1t is not at all likely tina. many of
them will be accepted at this congress-
| At 1:3O the congress adjourned to go to
| the White House at 2:3O to meet President
| Roosevelt.
The congress convened again at 3 o. clock
and will meet tonight at 8.
Report Of Historian General.
The report Of the historian general Miss
Susan Riviere Hitzel, is In part as follows:
II have to report two volumes of the lin
/ cage book issued since the last continental
| congress: Volumes 10 and 16. Four vol
| umes have appeared during my two years
| term as historian general.
! More volumes might be produced each
year were it not necessary for the compiler
| to have great deal of correspondence to
ascertain the dates and other facts neces-
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