The sun., 1903-02-24
D. AR. CONGRESS IN SESSION.
"THE BEST.DRESSED ORGANIZE.
7TON ~ THE WORLD"
Brought TO Order by the Bugie Call-The
''star Spangied Banner" Suns-The
President ii eneral's Address-The Roll
Cail 10 Punctuated with Applause.

House this morning, the President Genera!
Mrs. Charles ". Fairbanks, wife Of tli'
Indiana Senator. in the chair. The con
gress was called to order at 10 clock
The day was inspiring in brilliant sunshine
outside and brilliant colorin9 inside, o
fags, flowers, the hats and gowns ano
jewelled badges worn by the Daughters
sparkling with diamonds. rubies and Other
precious gems. One of the truest thing
ever said of this patriotic society Is that
1t is the "best-dressed organization in the
world"
1t was some time before the congress
came to order II always is. There was
also some confusion about delegates get
ting TO their seats This WAS smoothed
out by the President General announcing
that the congress was not really organized,
therefore the doors might be opened, every
body come in and delegates seat them
selves This included visitors until after
a fve-minu,c recess, when they had to 60
out and np to the galleries
A military touch was given to the open
ing by Sergt. Wintcrmeyer OF the Marine
Corps stepping to the front of the platform
and sounding the buge call. whcl was
more effective than the gavel. and some
VI tHt DuuRIltlS ~ picturesque
The Star Sgangled Banner led by Percy
b. Foster. accompanied on the piano by
Mrs. Emily Givon Dickenson. was sung
by the Daughters, standing. The Chap
lain-General Mrs William A, Smoot. fol-
lowed with prayer, closing with the Lord S
Prayer, in which all joined,
After several vigorous raps with the
gavel, there was comparative silence, and
the President General, always graceful
and magnetic, delivered her address, with
out notes or manuscript. during which she
was heartily applauded. The President
General said in part:
The work II the society in the great manu-
featuring Il e- Of our country, where are
&c ertred tn" freshest arrival, and the most
poorly educated OF our foreign population,
has been most uur.ni;ting and efficicious.
Tho field l. cert Inly almost apppaliin. in
It's exte aud II, crli ~ nee l. In Greater
New york there are more Italians tnan in
Venice or IL f!otence, besides immense
numbers Of Bohemilu- Poles and Russians.
Stati, ,tic, 'tlt" int it has more Garmans
Than Bcr IL. more lri'hn"n IN ~ are d i5lin.
II ~ho !. be " ~re ,ta-t .pir III u Of patriots
that al l. u,I.e> seeking lao .l"S here should
tecome % thoroughly ue"tit'd with our
neyerlnore here such expression, as Polish
Am,ric%l. Ru,-i M American or any other
nrdi,. nr,i%n.i'y wtlrhef by hyPhen to taS'
taken alone ,i!,tfa, c.tisa". ' ma IN country
;y wnrrs s lie lterty and h,pIpineiiS, are the
1t |, ncce>sar' TO form plans for in-tiling
known Of law and royernmsnt only TO hate
respect for the laws Of our country There
Are Daughters who are endeavoring to do
TIL who in the true mi ,-ionary spirit strive
10 upiift. to renew and to regenerate.
1ne Increase oi tnr society, size said.
had been most gratifying, the organization
now having 3,738 members. In the work
accomplished during the past year, grace
ful mention was made of the part taken
by the Daughters in the ceremonies Of the
unwilling Of the Roc Anbeau statue In
Washington, and the dedication Of a foun-
tain to the memory of Lafayette in Con-
necticut, near the house where he stopped
during his last visit to this country In 1884.
The New York Daughters had adopted
gent real daughters" Other States had
been equally jealous in r''riotc work.
In October last, the thr cen II anniversary
OF the society, was mdr,ed by memoia
ble event, in tho -hreakinE of the grouuC
for Memorial Continental Hall, the cere-
monies conducted during rain and storm
TO the cheering Accompaniment OF patriotic
music and enthusiastic speeches The
Prrq'de"' -G""r~9' g. c'~eirr. said:
There ia wholes M theory that "a peorle
remote ancestry. will nev", achieve ANYTHING
worthy to be remembered by remote do
ecendants our work nccords with this
continent bv its ure-ervatior of the tradi-
tons OF oNr Colntrv. the surito i'sionnders.
NAV ~ ever hnll N US loi'y laeaIs OF hoerty'
'"s,,ce 5,, n NV n"r,"'itr a..
Ihe iresuieh ent'a' PIeSeh'eu 70 'ne
congress Mrs. James Lawrence Dlar'
Piesiosh, OF 'he "o'ntn oarq oI aIia-
gers OF tne LOUISIANA furchase hxPosiaoh'
VINO received an ovation.
Inc ron eau reah by MISS hcharos was
OF unusual interest to mo congress, oring-
ing ou' the three states having the largest
represent ation-New lork, MASSACHUSETTS
ana connecticut The last reached nrst
on the roll, was loudly cheered Tor her
seventy-hve delegates, most OF whom were
present. The cheers were louder ana
longer for MassachnSet's with ninety-eight
delegates rising in their seats. Wheu New
York was called and l22 delegates made her
the banner STATE, the applause brought
down the house. And good deal OF the
applause was for Mrs. Donald Mclean,
who was a conspicuous fig ire in the dele
CATION.
Former officers in the boxes were Mrs.
John W Foster. ex-Presdent General Mrs.
James Sidney Peck of Wisconsin. who
served ten years on the National Board.
Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Main. Mrs. j. j
Bullock, Mrs. A ID. Johnston, Mrs I. II.
Alexander, Mr.! Randolph kein, Mrs.
+. j. Hill, Miss Elizabeth Bryant Johnston,
Miss Mariana +. Mclean and Miss Mary
Deshl, to whom medals were given two