The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-21

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 The number of possible members of
 this Congress was stated to oe 1,115,
 distributed as follows: One President
 General, twenty vice-Presidents Gen
 eral, nine active officers, forty-seven
 State Regents, TAO Chapter Regents, 29S
 delegates. There was an increase of
 255 votes in the Congress during the past year.
 Roll Call: Alabama came first, and
 our State Regent. Mrs. Morgan Smith,
 allowed each regent to answer to her name. as regent of her chapter and her
 delegate.
 The Alabama D. A. R. had eight | delegates.
 Tuesday evening found the hall fll- ed; every officer, State Regent, Chapter
 Regent and delegate in her place. l The President General enterd, and was escorted down tho aisle to the stage | amid applause. Almost immediately upon taking her place. her gavel, which was made of caribou horn in the Phil ippines and presented by Mobile wo- f, man. Mrs. Luke Wright. came down with a resounding whack, and the ses-
 sion was begun. The atmosphere was
 surcharged with suppressed excite ment. We knew that the climax had come. While each Daughter felt con- | hdent of the success of her candidate, we realized that votes and not prom l ises count. Some discussion of anend- ments to bylaws followed, but a rest less delegate soon moved that this be | laid aside and that the great business of nominating officers be proceeded with. With a wave of applause, in which the galleries joined, this was carried by rising vote.
 i Admiral and Mrs. Schley took seats on the platform at this point, and were greeted with manifestations of hearty | recognition.
 Nominations for the office of Pres | ident General will now be tn order," said the President General, as her gavel again came down in an effort to restore quiet.
 Mrs. J. Heron Crossman, ex-vice- President General of New York, ad- vanced to the platform to present the name of Mrs. sternberg. Mrs. Richard Jackson Barker of Rhode Island, pre- sented the name of Mrs. Lippitt Mrs. Alfred A. Kendall of Maine presented the name of Mrs. Donald Mo- Lean.
 At the mention of the New York candidate there was an immense burst of applause that far outdid the efforts of the Sternberg and Lippitt adher- ents, and my delegation felt so happy | and confident, we must have shown that we thought our candidate had been elected and landed where we wanted to see her.
 The Birmingham delegates were as enthusiastic as I was, and that is say ing a great deal, for all of my chapter have stood true and loyal to our dear President General since our organiza- tion, and Mrs. Mclean and her officers have always considered us part of the New York City Chapter.
 Then followed the seconders of the nominations. The State Regents sec- 0ndpd hA number of votes for each candidate. Very few States were unanimous. Each candidate had friends in the diff ferent States. Mrs. LippItt had the undivided support of her State, Rhode Island. New York and the District of Columbia were divided. Georgia, Ten nessee and Texas were unanimous for Mrs. Mclean. Seconding speeches were closed, and we adjourned at Il | o'clock
 Wednesday morning we heard the reading of the minutes after we were called to order and had prayer and music and then was the distribution of ballots for voting. The teIlers were announced, ten for each candidate, three inspectors, one for each candi- date, and the Chairman of the Election Committee :! was elected one nf Mrs. McLean's tellers and had the great pleasure of serving in the same capac- l banks was elected, with Mrs. Ammon of Pennsylvania and Miss I4athrop, His torian, New York City Chapter.
 Alabama was called first. and we soon deposited our eight votes. All day the voting was going on. All left as they voted but the thirty teIlers, thres inspectors and our Chairman. At the Chairman, Mrs. Avery. a very charming woman, just and conscien- tious, announced that the tellers who had voted must go to their hotels, get 1 good dinner and come to the Red room of the Ebbitt House at 8 that evening. That was a great night. We counted the votes for the three candi- dates for President General and votes for ten Vice-President Generals, Re cordlng Secretary General, Corres- bonding Secretary General and Regis trar General We worked hard and | faithfully and at o'clock Thursday morning we realized that not one of the three candidates was elected. Not one had majority. There Were 717 votes cast
 Mrs. Mclean needed only twelve votes to win.
 Notices were posted that there would be another election for President Gen eral and knowing Alabama came first and that Mrs. Mclean needed every vote and only twelve more, and fear ing Mrs. Lippitts strength after her withdrawal would be thrown to Mrs. Sternberg. l gathered up my strength. and was at the hall by 10 o'clock. The results were announced and all ,he of- | f1cers elected read out: Ten Vicc-Prcs- idents General, Recording Secretary General, Corresponding Secretary Gem eralti Registrar General.
 Amid silence, Mrs. Barker of Rhode Island, campaign manager of Mrs. Lip pitt, ascended to the platform and sad:
 On behalf of Mrs. Lippitt desire to thank all her friends for their support and I withdraw her name for the of~ flee of President General"
 Great consternation and fear were felt among Mrs. McLean's followers. It was rumored that an agreement had been made between the followers of Mrs Lippitt and Mrs SternberR and there was applause among ;he Stern berg followers. A motion was made by Mrs. Weed, Mrs. Sternberg's cam ceed. Ballots were distributed and the voting was started at the end of the alphabet, giving one Alabama woman time to rest, a thing she needed.
 By the time our delegation was called the hall was almost empty and the tellers were called for and dlrectoa to go up stairs in one of the commit tee rooms. Mrs. Lippitts tellers We're not needed, only ten for MIs. Mclean and ten for Mrs. Sternberg, two in- spectors and the Chairman. When We reached the committee room we dls- covered one of Mrs. Sternberg tellers had dropped out. and Mrs Weed was