Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-19
NOMINATIONS TO-DAY
Daughters Complete Their
Roster of Officers.
VOTING IN PROGRESS
ONE CANDIDATE RULED OFF ON
POINT OF ORDER.
Constitutional Clause Against Consid-
ering Nomination Unsupported
by State Delegation.

In the opinion of members of the d. A.
r. that little dove takes too many vaca-
tions. They view with considerable con-
Germ the flight of the bird at the very mo-
ment the congress assembled in its four
teenth session at the handsome hall near
the corner of 18th and streets last night.
1t fiuttered around good deal this morn
ing, but finally perched right on the presi-
dent generals desk, and remained there
while the ladies made pretty speeches and
complimented each other.
All evidences of the irritation of last
night had disappeared, and the presiding
officer, who has been laboring under a great
strain, was herself again. 1t was probably
due to the surcharged atmosphere of yes
terday afternoon that the troubles came
about.
Election times are believed to be hard on
everybody, at least until after the speech
making is over and after the voting is
completed the congress will probably settle
down to businessman forget the eccen-
tricties which marred recent occurrences.
The president general had her congress
well in hand from the start this morning,
which Is a little remarkable for she intro
duced about seventy-six people last night
to the congress, each of whom made NOM
nation or seconded one, and the physical
as well as the mental strain of presiding
over 500 restless. laxative women is de-
clared to be something enormous
A little excitement was caused when Miss
Mary Desha arose to a question of privilege.
She quoted clause of the constitution
which declares that a member nominated
to any general Office must have the sup
port of a majority of her own delegation.
1t was pointed out by Miss Desha that
Mrs. Helen Hill Weed had nominated for
vice president general from Washington
Mrs. Mary Phelps Montgomery. and Mrs.
Montgomery nomination had been
seconded and her name placed upon the
bulletin board of nominations
Miss Desha said she regretted to be
forced to make the point of order. but
that under the constitution Mrs. Mont
gomery could not be placed in nomination,
as there was no delegation from Montana.
Mrs. Weed had made the nomination. say
ing she had been empowered by the Wash
ington and Montana D. A. r. to represent
their wishes in this respect.
The president general ruled that Miss
Desha's question of privilege was correct,
and Mrs Montgomery's name was erased
The following nominations were made,
each receiving numerous seconds and many
complimentary speeches.:
Named for Vice Presidents General.
The following were placed in nomination
for vice presidents general in addition to
those nominated last night:
T..
John Cunningham Hazen of New York
Mrs. o. j. Hodge of Ohio, Mrs. George
Nichols of South Carolina, Mrs. H. F.
Chamberlain of Tennessee, Mrs. Charles H.
Deere of Illinois, Mrs. Katherine L. Egan OF
Florida, Mrs. Milton H Everett of Ne
braska, Mrs. Lindsay Patterson of North
Carolina, Mrs Mary Wood Swift of Cali
fornia, Mrs. Catherine S. Mccartney OF
Pennsylvania, Mrs. John Leary of Washing
ton, Mrs. Mary Phelps Montgomery of
Oregon and Mrs. Howard l.. Hodgkins OF
the District of Columbia.
Mrs. Sara T. Kinney, state regent of Con-
necticut named Mrs. Charles Warren Fair
banks the honorary president-general or
the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mrs Fairbanks evidently was taken by sur
prise. but she yielded the chair temporarily
to Mrs. Carey of Indiana. The delegates
rose as body and gave Mrs. Fairbanks an
ovation. The nomination was made an
election amid enthusiastic applause. In re-
Stunning the chair Mrs. Fairbanks said:
This is the last of many honors you have
conferred upon your president general, and
she thanks you from the bottom of CRATE
full heart"
other nominations then were made as
follows:
For Chaplain General-Mrs. T. S. Ham
lin of the District of Columbia:
For Recording Secretary General-Miss
Mary Desha of the District of Columbia and
Mrs. NJ. B. Prentice of the District of CO.
lumba.
For Corresponding Secretary General
Miss Virginia Miller, Mrs. John Russell
Young, both of the District of Columbia.
For registrar general: Mrs. George l..
Martin of the District of Columbia, Mrs. ].
S. Jameson of Virginia.
For treasurer general: Mrs. NJ. E. s. Da-
Wis of the District of Columbia.
For historian general: Mrs. Jonathan P.
Dolliver of Iowa.
For assistant historian general: Mrs. Mary
S. Lockwood of the District Of Columbia
For editor of the American Monthly Mag
aZine, Mrs. Elroy M. Avery; for business
manager of the magazine, Miss Lillian Lock
wood. The rules were suspended, and Mrs.
and Miss Lockwood were elected.
After deciding to proceed to the election
of officers Immediately fater the recess, a
recess was taken until 2:30 pm
Voting in Progress.
The vote for these officers is being taken
this afternoon. The result will not be
known before tomorrow morning. in all
probability.
There is doubt to what has happened
to the amendments to the constitution and
bylaws and the official minutes are to be
searched to find if they were passed, laid
on the table, or what did happen to them
On the direct question this morning the
president general was in doubt, hence the
order to produce the official records.
The amount of money contributed to
Memorial Continental Hall on Monday nigh,
has not yet been ascertained 1t is thought
| to be about $4,000.