Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-23
REFUSE TO MORTGAGE
No Incumbrance on Cont
mental Hall
BY UNANIMOUS ACTION
REVOLUTION so DECIDE.
Memorial Hall Committee Clothed With
Additional Power-Closing Ses-
BY UNANIMOUS ACTION
REVOLUTION so DECIDE.

sion Of the Congress.
The Daughters of the American Reyoiu-
ton have refused to place a mortgage upon
their beautiful Continental Memorial Hall.
This was almost the last action taken by
the fourteenth continental congress last
night. The matter of mortgagng the hall
to raise the $1,000 necessary to go on with
the present plans was arranged to be pass
ed upon before the national board Of man
agement the Saturday before the congress
convened, but it was not possible to get
together the necessary three fourths ma
1or1ty of the national board. 1t was then
decided to take the matter up in the con-
gress.
MRS. Amos Draper, who has been OPP
posed to placing mortgage upon the prop
erty II it could be avoided, placed before
the congress last night her Views of how
II would be best to raise the money. She
was OF the opinion that it could be obtained
from the friends Of the society by little
hard labor and well-directeed effort.
MIS- Fairbanks is opposed to mortgaging
tne haD, and SO stated heretofore. Mrs.
Mclean said she would resist a mortgage
until she had consulted the very best lega,
authority as to the liabilities of the Daugh-
tSao dhuCE SUCH an tncumDrance. 1t has
been said by at least one competent au-
thorlty that the constitution of the daugh-
tiers PROMPTS the incurrence of such debt
mrs. Draper's motion was discussed free.
~ but the sentiment was all one way.
ana when the matter was at last put to
a vote the congress placed itself 'unani-
mouSly on record opposed to mort
gage. The treasurer general Mrs NJ E.
5. Davis, was called upon to make a state
ment of possible assets for expenditures for
Continental Hall at the present time. She
stated that s95,0O0 had been expended to
date, and not bill was outstanding. She
had in hand as contributions and turned
over from the current fund since the OPEN
ing of the congress about $4,000 and this
time last year the sum in hand was less
than $4,000. The outlook is so bright that
the Daughters apparently feel very much
encouraged.
New Departure.
A new departure is noted in the election
by the congress of a Continental Hall COM
mittee. which does away, it is said with
the building committee and centralizes the
work in the main committee. The formal
resolution, which was offered by Mrs Amos
Draper of the District, sets forth:
That the president general appoint a
Continental Hall committee. said commit
tee. with the advice of the supervising COM
work of building Memorial Continental
Hall. to let contracts. pay bills approved
by the president general and recording
secretary general, and to further in all
legitimate ways the consumma ton of the
work begun.
The resolution was unanimously adopted
The congress thanked. in detail, every
body who was in. any way connected with
the work of the society, and regular love
feast of compliments followed. r-..'i'-'
Peace Reigns Over Congress. -, .
Now that the fourteenth continental con-
ol,e
of battle has blown away, there are fewer
wounds than was supposed, and the Daugh-
tiers are very well pleased it is thought.
with what was accomplished. Over $4,000
was turned in for Continental Memorial
Hall. This is more than double what was
received during the year 1904. and is
thought to be very healthy sign.
The struggle for the president generally
caused a good deal of friction but it is
said that all has been forgotten, because
the members feel that, after all, Mrs. Nc
Lean will be quite conservative in her adj
ministration of affairs. She is pledged to
the continuation as rapidly possible of
the work on Continental Hall, and will
take pride. it is believed, in doing even
more for this pet project of the Daughters
than has ever been done before.
No radical legislation has been adopted,
and there was no departure from well-es-
tablished lines of procedure in the admin
istration of affairs. Mrs Mclean has
sured the congress that she will make
changes, and that she is very well sat
isfied with the working force and the
Of work accomplished. She pro-
poses to inaugurate business adminstra-
ton and will proceed along those lines.
Final Session Opens at P. M.
The evening session of the Daughters of
the American Revolution. which expired
by statute of limitation. at midnight last
night, did not convene in final session i'm
til nearly o o clock The first business
taken up was the amendments TO the con
stituton. which went over. from last We'd
nesday,. and which got lost in. the shuttle
to the extent that the records had. to be
searched to discover what had happened to
them and whether or not they had gone
upon that much-burdened table.
They were all immaterial changes in the
verbage OF clauses, but they raised dis
-cussion only to meet with defeat in tine
end. .-.--
The congress closed its session about IL
o'clock, only handful of members remain
ing to transact business. All the ladies
were in elegant evening attire. and went
directly to the Ebbitt House, where a re-
ception was given by the friends of Mrs.
Mclean, who was the guest of honor.
Devoid of Excitement.
The afternoon session of the Daughters
of the American Revolution was devoid of
excitement though some had been prom
Used by the morning proceedings in pro-
posed question of privilege, in which Mrs.
Heller Hunt Weed and Mrs. Amos Draper
were expected to cross lances. Mrs Weed
had given notice that she would rise to a
question of personal privilege and an ex
PLANTATION at 2 O'Clock, concerning some
statements in which she felt she had been
unjustly treated by a morning paper, which
paper she declared. had misrepresented
her. AS these statements lad concerned
Mrs. Donald Mclean and Mrs. Amos Dra
per. who managed the Mclean campaign,
Mrs. Draper stated that she would be
ready to meet all statements and prove
her own contenton-that Mrs. Mclean had
been misunderstood; that she was very
much in favor of Continental Memorial
Hall. though Mrs. Weed thought the con-
trary, Mrs. Mclean. she said differed with
many OF the prominent members of the So
ciety as to the proper way to go about pro-
curing the funds Mrs. Weed had stated
that Mrs. Mclean was opposed to the con-
struction, because she had offered resolu-
tons which would cut off half the reve-
nue. from Continental Hall fund.
The congress did not get together until
) O'Clock. and it was nearing before Mrs
Weed claimed the floor. She contented her