Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-20

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much moved. and announced that Will
Rhode Island thanked the friends who hal
stood SO nobly by Mrs. Lippitt. that stat
withdrew her name. Then the excitemen
broke bounds again Many of the Rhod.
Island delegates objected to Mrs. Lippitti
withdrawal. They said that Mrs. Stern
berg should withdraw. That she could no
get votes enough to win. as certain Lippit
votes were promised to Mrs. Mclean on tai
withdrawal Of the Rhode Island candi
date. and that Mrs. Sternberg could throw
every one of her votes to Mrs. Lippitt ane
thus elect her.
Mrs Barker later stated that Mrs: LIP
pitts withdrawal was not IN favor OF any
body.
she has never pledged her votes to any
body declared Mrs. Barker. The mem
bers will go where they like
Mrs. Lippitt's name was then erased IIoi'
the bulletin board.
1t was difficult to learn what was goins
on for time Ladies were trying to make
campaign speeches. The chair was pound
ing the desk with the gavel and the CON
fusion was pronounced. Finally Mrs. Helen
Hill Weed who had presided carrier In the
morning. moved that the congress proceed
to ballot for president general.
The ballot is now being counted.
Formally Announced.
The chairman Of tellers formally an
nounced the election by reclamation of Mrs.
Charlotte Emerson Main for vice president
general in charge of organization. and Mrs.
Teunis Hamlin, chaplain general. both OF
the District; Mrs. Jonothan P. Dolliver OF
Iowa, historian general, and Mrs. NJ. E. s.
Davis, treasurer general; Mrs. Mary ..
Lockwood, assistant historian general; MISS
Solomon, librarian general, ali Of the Dis
trict
Mrs A. A Kendall of Maine said that
Mrs. Mclean earnestly desired to with
draw from the contest In the interest of
harmony, but at the urgent insistance OF
her, friends. would remain in the race.
Some lively scenes marked the work pre-
liminary to the second ballot. Mrs. Kin
ney, state regent of Connecticut, endeav-
cred to announce to the congress the senti-
ments OF the Connecticut delegation, but
she was cried down by the delegates.
Mrs. Peele Of Georgia rose to a question
of privilege
President General fairbanks reserved the
right to decide whether l was a uestion of
privilege.
President General Fairbanks reserved the
right to decide whether 1t was a question OF
of privilege.
Yesterday or the day BEFORE" said Mrs
Peele, it was declared no campaign
speeches would be heard"
Amid the uproar which followed, Presi-
dent General Fairbanks replied:
Back to your seat. You have not kept
faith"
for president general was begun.
Beginning of the Battle.
The balloting for general officers began
about o'clock yesterday afternoon. after
a turbulent morning session, when the
members of the congress paid not one atom
of attention to the emblem of authority,
the gavel or to the wielder of 1t, the presi-
dent general who begins to show signs Of
the physical strain to which what she calls
her devoted daughters are subjecting her.
The names of the nominees were written
upon two great bulletin boards, which
dropped from the ceiling to the floor of The
stage. and were filled with names. Over
fifty in all went upon those bulletin boards
first and last.
Many names were withdrawn immedi-
ately. Mrs. Helen Hill Weed Of Montana,
who is vice president general for that state
was nominated for reelection. but on see
ing her name on the bulletin board later
said that she did not know that she had
been nominated and desired to state that
i. would be absolutely impossible for her
to serve, and that she withdrew her name.
e. The voting strength Of the congress was
announced to be 500. but other voters came
In later. raising the voting strength to 707.
The count was as follows:
Alabama, s; Arizona, 2: Arkansas, 2; Cali
fornia, 6; Colorado, 4; Connecticut, 81; Del
aware, 6; District of Columbia, %; Florida,
2: Georgia, 10; Illinois. 50; Indiana, IA;
Iowa, II; Kentucky, 13; Maine IL; Mary
land. s; Massachusetts, So: Michigan, IA;
Minnesota. o.; Mississippi, l; Missouri. IA;
Montana. 1: Nebraska, 4; New Hampshire,
10; New Jersey. rs: New Mexico. 3: New
York. 1902: North Carolina, 5; North Da-
kota, 1; Ohio, 20; Oklahoma, 1; Pennsyl-
vania. go; Rhode Island, 20; South Caro-
lima, 10; Tennessee, 10; Texas, Z; Utah, l.;
Vermont, 10; Virginia. 10; Washington, 4;
West Virginia, 2; Wisconsin, 8; Wyoming
2, and Indian Territory, l, making a total
of 800.
There will be no session of the continental
d. A. R., tomorrow, Good Friday.
This conclusion was reached after a con-
test in the congress, as noted in The Star at
the time.
Tonight there will be reports of the COM
mittees on recommendations of national Of
fcers, and, if conclusion Is reached, an
of vote for president general
Saturday morning at 10 o clock unfinished
business will be taken up. which will prob
ably continue throughout the day.
The Jersey Chapters.
The National Society of the D. A R. of
New Jersey has twenty-eight chapters and
more than 900 members. The state regent
elected for the ensuing year Is Miss Ellen
Mecum of Salem: the state vice regent is
Mrs E. Gaylord Putnam of Elizabeth. Both
have long line Of distinguished ancestry
and both are women of high mental at
tainments and great executive ability.
1t is needless to state that the Daughters
OF New Jersey are enthusiastically patri-
otto, and they have a wide field for their
efforts. New Jersey is covered with his
toric spots, which are being marked by
tablets, monuments and other memorials
The teaching of patriotism in the public
schools is another important feature of
their work Through the influence and eff
forts of the vice president general from
New Jersey, Mrs. Althea R. Bedle. the
n w Jersey legislature recently passed .
bill appropriating 5000 for a memorial
column for Memorial Continental Hall.
Mrs. Althea r. Bedle Is of the best blue
blood of her state. She is the widow of
Joseph D. Bedle, one of New JERSEYS
most popular governors and judge of the
supreme court. Her generosity. unseIfish-
ness and true kindness win for her the
affection of all who know her
The d. A. r., not being Incorporated
could not hold the old barrack so a sepa-
rate association. called the Barracks Asso-
citation was organized. This work was In
augurated by the General Oliphant Chapter
of Trenton. Citizens and patriotic men and
women all over the state contributed to the
fund to purchase this very historic spot The
was built in colonial times, and was
to have served as a refuge for
women nd children against the Indians
Later the Hessians occupied it. and after
the victory at Trenton our own revolution
airy soldiers occupied it.
Chapters of the d. A. r. of New Jersey
and the Colonial Danes of New Jersey
have furnished rooms. 1t has been made
the repository OF many valuable pieces of