The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-27
MRS. FAIRBANKS IN
AGAIN SHE Is MADE PRESIDENT
GENERAL OF THE ID. A. RS.
ELECTION WAS UNANIMOUS
AFTER ONE DELEGATE WITH
DREW A FEEBLE "NO."

Retirement of Mrs. Donald Mclean
of New York Left the Race Less
Interesting Than UsuaI-NO OppOS-
ing Candidate for Mrs. Fairbanks.
Mrs. Mclean Was Rather Hdrt
That She Was Not Recognized by
the Chairman as the First TO Sec
Ond the Nomination.
Washington. Feb. 26.-Mrs. Cornelia
c. Fairbanks of Indiana was unani-
mously reelected president general of
the Daughters of the American Rev
olution to-day. There was less excite
ment than usual over the result in
view of the unequivocal declaration of
Mrs. Donald Mclean of New York,
that she would not permit her name
to be presented as a candidate for
president-general, leaving the field
clear for the present incumbent.
Mrs. Waring of South Carolina took
the chair during the reading of the
minutes of yesterdays sessions, which
were approved after a humber of per-
sonal explanations.
Mrs. Fairbanks yielded the chair to
Mrs. George NJ. Sterpberg, and nomi-
nations were declared in order. Mrs.
Charles H. Masury of Massachusetts,
was recognized. She pleaded that the
generation of women be true to their
noble ancestry of revolutionary days.
She then formally presented the name
of Mrs. Fairbanks for reelection. The
mention of the name was the signal
for an outburst of applause that
echoed and re-echoed throughout the
hall.
Mrs. Lippitt of Rhode Island second
ed the nomination, and the speeches
that followed were a symposium of
tributes to Mrs. Fairbanks from a
number of the state delegations. Mrs
Lippitt moved to make the nomination
unanimous. Mrs. Donald Mclean was
recognized and spoke from the plat
form. AS she seconded the nomination
of Mrs. Fairbanks, there was loud APP
plause and ringing huZzas. After a
number of delegates had given voice
to their views, the nomination was de-
clared unanimous by an aye and no
vote.
Then the question went back to the
congress on a technicality. Mrs. Nc
Lean of New York protested because
she had not been Recognized as the
first to second the nomination of Mrs.
Fairbanks, and there was a lively dis
cussion between her and the Chair
(Mrs. Sternberg) Mrs. Mclean sug-
gested, to avoid technicalities, rule
requiring the unanimous vote to be
cast by the recording secretary for the
congress. An aye and no vote on the
instruction to the secretary followed
and q faint mo" was called by one
of the delegates, which was sufficient
to defeat the instruction. Mrs. Nc
Lean, however, appealed to the un'
known negative to withdraw the vote
in the interest of harmony, and on q
rising vote there was no one standing
when the negative side was called
Mrs. Fairbanks was9therefore declared
elected unanimously.
Nominations were then made for the
vice presidents-general among then
being Mrs. Dennis Eagan of Florida
The only feature in the protractec
business of making the nominations
which occupied the entire afternoon
session., was the nomination of Mrs
Elearnor Washington Howard to sue
coed herself as recording secretary
general. Immediately after her nomi.
nation, Mrs. Morgan of Georgia, and
others, called attention to an amend
ment to the constitution, prohibiting
national officers serving more than two
successive terms in any national Of
flee.
The DIRECTORS contended that Mrs
Towards five years service as a mem
Der of the national board made her
ineligible, although she is just closing
her first term as recording secretary
general. Her advocates protested that
the prohibition was not adopted until
the congress of two years ago, and was
not retroactive, and therefore she was
still eligible for election for another
term. The debate was vigorous but