The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-24
Delegates to the Continental Con.
gress Have Important Cues
lions to Decide.
MISSOURI WOMEN ARE ACTIVE.
Western Chapters Hope to Bring
About Changes in Constitu-
ton and the Time of Hold
ing Annual Meeting.

Washington, Feb. 2.-The twelfth CONT
mental congress of the Daughters of the
Revolution convened in this city to-day.
Many of the leaders of the organization
that numbers 10000 patriotic women were
present.
There were, approximately, 1,O0o delegates
and alternates from all the States in the
Union in attendance.
The congress will be in session through
out this week. and already bids fair to be
marked by several warm contests, the prin-
cipal one being over the office OF president
general.
Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks is a candidate
to succeed herself for the second time. She
has already served one year as president
general and one term before that as vice
president general, and the opponents to her
reelection claim that her tenure in both
the meaning of an amendment to the consti-
tuition inhioiting the officers from service
more than two continuous terms.
The advocates of her reelection contend
and that she is. therefore. eligible. Mrs.
Daniel Manning and Mrs. Donald Mclean,
both of New York City. will be conspicuous
in the campaign for president general.
The proposed constitutional amendments
contain one looking to the change of date
for the meeting of the congress. Since its
congress for the week in which George
Washington's Birthday occurs. This has
WI Il SEtdl HdluSllip 1OI tiOSt lVU lN-
ing near Washington, because of the Sc
we're weather which prevails at this season
of the year. The Missouri delegation is
should be carried. and the State has sent
all available candidates to vote for it. 1t
is proposed to change, the date of the con-
SUPPORTS MRS. MCLEAN.
Whiie the Missouri women have the kind
lest feeling for Mrs. Fairbanks and admire
ciple for which Mrs. Donald Mclean of New
YORK, the opposing candidate, stands. Mrs.
Mclean has made a steady fight for the
the cncroachments of the National Board of
Officers. Missouri, with the other outlying
states, feels that only, the chapters of the
the present arrangement, and they will use
their utmost endeavor to support Mrs. Nc
Lean, who has promised a REORGANIZATION.
The Missouri delegation to the congress,
which to the roll call this morn
ing, is composed of Mrs. George H. Shields.
State regent. and Mrs: Wallace Delafield,
Chapter, of Columbia sends Mrs. Alice A.
MacFarlane as delegate and Miss Virginia
3. pyas alternate; Elizabeth Benton Chap
er and Mrs. F. O. HARRISON, delegates. and
Mrs. Thomas B. Tomb and Mrs. ]. 3. See
Icy a%iternates: Hannah Arnett Chapter of
gate, and Miss Martha Blackwell, alter
nate; Hannibal Chapter. Hannibal, Miss
dolph Chapter, Jefferson City, Mrs. Florence
Ewing Towles, regent and delegate, and
Miss Elizabeth 7. Hough, alternate; Jener-
son Chapter. st. Louis. Mrs. Carrie O.. Chap
peu. delegate. and Mrs. ]. A. Lee Mrs.
Mary NJ. Stark, %alternates; Laclede Chapter.
ST. Louis, Mrs. Edwin A. DeWolf. delegate:
st. Louis Chapter. st. Louis. Mrs. John u.
Booth. regent, and Mrs. D. K. Powell and
Mrs Lavinia c. Reilly. a~lternates; Nancy
Hunter Chapter, Cape Girardeau. Mrs. Ma
ry II: G. Houth. delegate, and Mrs. Mary
II. Pierce. alternate; Usage Chapter, Soda
ia, Mrs. Maud Smith Barnett, delegate, and
Mrs. George K. Mackey and Mrs. Sarah c.
Fogarty, a~lternates: St. Joseph Chapter, st.
Joseph, Mrs. j. i. Mcdonald, delegate.
From st. Louis have come also the follow
ing delegates-at-large: Mrs. J. C. Barrows.
Mrs. John A. Lee. Mrs. E. G. Tilt. Mrs. Ar,
thur Gale and Mrs. Perry Bartholomew