Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-17
to success the great objects of our

on to success the great objects of our
society.
THE national society of the D. A. R. has
grown so mighty. and its members dwell in
such varied localities and are such dis
tances from each other, that have upon
this occasion introduced an innovation IN
regard to the responses to the address of
welcome. / have asked that a state regent
from the west, a state regent from the
south, one from the east and one from the
north shall bring us good tidings from her
section of this great republ1cs
Mrs. Fairbanks then presented In turn
Mrs. William Liggett, state regent of Min
nesota; Mrs. Henry W. Richardson, state
regent of South Carolina; Mrs. Alfred A.
Kendall, state regent of Maine, and Mrs.
Abraham Alice, state regent of Nebraska,
who responded each for her section of the
country in graceful. speech.
Report of Credential Committee.
Mrs. Miranda Barney Tullock. chairman
of the credentials committee, presented her
report, which is as follows:
The credential committee, earnestly desir
ing a full representation in this most inn
portant congress, where every voter should
have the opportunity of depositing a ballot
for her favored candidate for the highest
office in the society sent out in October
to each chapeter regent, as in former years,
the circular prescribed by law. These cir
culars were Enclosed in the official en-
VelopeS of the society, and were carefully
checked and compared. AS not one has
been returned to the Office we must infer
that they were received; and yet from fall
ure to conform to the rules by which we
are governed, we regret to report that
twenty-one chapters cannot be represented
in this congress.
In. the four years during which I have
served as chairman of the credential com
mittee, the admitted membership has in
creased from 30, 09S to 81 ,662. The actual
membership being IL. S04. This decrease
represents the deaths, designations and
those dropped for non-payment of dues.
Your committee, having carefully verified
and counted the membership of all or
ganized chapters, by the treasurer generals
records has the honor to report:
One president general, twenty vice presi-
dents general, nine active officers, forty
seven state regents 40 chapter regents
and 23S delegates, making 1904 entitled to
vote in the Fourteenth Continental Con-
gress-an increase of 255 votes in four
years
The credential work includes this year,
134 letters received. 335 letters written.
If there is no objection. state regents will
respond for the states, and chapter regents
or their alternates for the chapters.
The report was signed by Miranda Bar
Tulloch, chairman; NJ. E. S. Davis, Mary
Evans Rosa, Clara H. Fuller, Mary s.
Lockwood, Florence Gray Estey. Charlotte
Emerson Main.
Roll-call of convention was proceeding
as the report of the Star closed.
Notes Of D. A. r. Congress.
Mrs. Charles Fl. Masury, state regent of
the Massachusetts D. A R. and party
are at the New Willard. Mrs Masury
brought with her the advance guard of
the Massachusetts delegation, which will
be large one this year. Mrs. H E. David
son, Mrs. Chick, Mrs Frederick Warren.
Miss Rhade Osborn. Mrs. Amis, Mrs
Bailey, Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. Sayles, Miss
laughter, Miss Marie laughter Mrs
Wheelock and Mrs. Marshall are with the
party.
Mrs. John T. Goolnek of Fredericksburg,
Va, has been selected by the Betty Wash
ington Lewis Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, of Fredericksburg to
represent the chapter delegate to the
continental congress which meets In this
city next week.
Miss Kate Doggett of Fredericksburg will
be one of the pages at the session of the
congress.