Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-02-28
D. A. R. RAISED A FLAG
Ceremony on Site Of the New Me-
mortal Hall.
PRESIDENTS ANNUAL ADDRESS
Congress Has Relieved the 0. A. R. From
Tax on the Site and Proposed Building
ii Washington.

IL Washington.
Washington February 24.-The
twelfth Continental Congress Of the
Daughters of the American Revolu.
ton convened in this city yesterday.
Many OF leaders of the orgauiza-
ton thai ramberg 10000 patriotic
women were . esept. Approximately
LOCO delegates and a~lternates from all
the states in the Union attended.
The congress will be iii session
throughout this we * aud already bids
fair 70 be marked BY several warm
contests, the principal one being over
the office Of president general. Mrs.
Charles W. Fairbanks is a candidate
to succeed herself for the second time.
She has served one term as president
general and one term before that as
vice president general. and the oppo-
nents TO her reelection claim that her
tenure in both Offices operate as two
terms in the meaning of an amendment
to the constitution inhlbiting officers
from serving more than two continu-
Gus terms. The advocates of the re-
election contend that thes amendment
WIS not retroactive and that she is.
therefore, eligible.
Mrs. Daniel Manning and Mrs.
Donald Mclean, OF New York city.
will be conspicuous in the campaign
for president general. The election
will occur THURSDAY. Tire official par
Humanitarian this rear is Mrs. Mary
Belle King Sherman. of Chicago, d
member Of the bar oil that city.
GENERALS ADDRESS.
The feature of yesterdays proceed
ings were the address Of welcome Of
President General Fairbanks. the re-
snonse bv Mrs. Mary Phelps Mont
gomery, of Oregon. which took place
in the morning, and the ceremony Of
raising on the site of the Memorial
Continental Hall the flag presented to
the society by the Sens of the Amer
ican Revolution of Washington.
The congress was called to order at
10 o'clock. After devotional exercises
and the singing Of the Star Dangled
Banner. " Mrs. Fairbanks deli vered her
address, in which she referred to the in
fiux of Italians, Bohemians, Poles and
Russians in Greater New York and
said that the greatest aspiration should
be to eliminate the attaching of any
other nationality to the word Ameri-
ca. She referred to the pending
amendments relating to limitations on
the length of tenure of offices and to
change the date Of the annual meeting
to either the week in which April 10
falls. or to the first Monday in Nav.
and recited the arguments of both
sides on the latter question, but made
no accommodation beyond saying
that 'fiall would regret our failure to
meet in that week in which Washing.
TOMS Birthday occurs." During the
year there were 3, 730 members added
to the rolls.
She said hat the approach of the
centennial Of the Louisiana purchase
is absorbing the attention. not alone
of the Daughters of Missouri. but the
Daughters of every chantSr in the
United States, and urged a hearty CO.
operation Of the 40. 900 women of the
order in the ST. Louis Exposition.
During the long frolic all by the
states and chapters. Mrs. Fairbanks
instructed the chairman Of the House
Committee to take possession of the
doors and keep the delegates in until
the roll cali had been concluded.
The afternoon session was ushereii
in by a lively tilt over the question Of
seating on the floor of the congress ali
tie state vice regents as the a~lteruatas
to the state. 1t was finally voted TO
sent the vice regent in the absence Of
the regents themselves. A resolution
was offered by NJ. Harriet BAIRD Hu-
ey. a former regent, Of Pennsylvania,
to aDpoint a committee of seven nom
bers, not including any Pennsylyauians
no active offices Of the fational board
Of manages, to investigate certain
statements made concerning tke indie
%peldeilce Hall chapter, IL Ppnnsylva-
mia, The case ia0oives a local issue
IN TIE chacter and statements made
before the natioral board REGARDING re-
marks attributed to Mrs. Huev. After
a paIliameutrv wrangle, OH notion OF
Mrs. Wentworth, Of Massachusetts,,
the resolution was tabled by q vote of
s5 to 81.
SONS VISIT DAUGHTERS.
At this injunction representative of
the Sons Of the Revolution, thu Sons
Of the American Revelation aud 4 de-
tail Of the First Regiment. Minute
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