Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-21


one who has held that great office who
knows just what it is to sit under the gall
leries. One thing / shall forget, and that Is
that l ever had an enemy. we are az
Daughters of the American Revolution. 1
shall pay every tribute to those who have
preceded me and every consideration Tor
those who opposed me. and / now ask them
to help and support me.
Then, turning to Mrs. Sternberg and rest
ing her hand lovingly on her shoulder Mrs.
Mclean said: "1f Mrs Sternberg will con-
sent to continue chairman of the ways
and means committee, l shall be happy 10
appoint her" The magnanimity of this act
was the signal for tumultuous applause.
When it had subsidized Mrs. Mclean touched
briefly on the question of the completion OF
the Continental Memorial Hall, her alleged
opposition to which her opponents nave
made the chief issue against her.
1--WE will finish Continental Hail., SAID
Mrs Mclean, amid more cheering, out
doubt very much if in all the beauty of its
comnIeteuess of massive granite and pol
ished marble that we shall ever be more
gloriously encircled than we are today by
the flag of our country
las president general-eiect shan say Oh
the retiring president general, we are CRATE
ful" she said, truning to Mrs. Fairbanks
s.for all the work she has done for the SO,
cjety and the hail. and shall look IorWdlu
with the utmost anticipation that she VIII
no orr tr,lest and most sincere support
Motion for Unanimity Prevails.
When the demonstration over the adj
dress of Mrs. Mclean had subslded MIS-
Fairbanks put the motion OF Mrs. STERN
berg to make the election unanimous.
mighty shout went up on the aye vote.
When the negative was called a scattering
half dozen voted No"
The president general looked shocked
and said that she would like to take the
vote again and hoped her Daughters would
all vote AYE"
The vote was again taken and was
thunderous AYE" but over in the region
of the District delegates was small. thll
mo; I'll never vote to make it unanimous.
But she didn't count.
1t was no use to try to continue a ses-
sion of the congress after Mrs. Mclean s
speech, though the president general trled
to do so, after inviting Mrs. Mclean to be
seated upon the platform-an invitation
which, it is said, had never been extended
to her before in continental congress
Seeing the futility of the effort, Mrs. Nc
Lean adjourned the congress to 500. This
was the signal for another Mclean demon
stration, and for an hour the delegates
crowded and pushed and pulled in their
efforts to shake hands with the president
general-elect. Her veil was torn to shreds
by women whose hats colided with her in
an effort to kiss her. the draperies of her
dress were torn loose and her hat finally
knocked clear over the table in the excite
ment of the greetings
But Little Business Last Night.
There only pretense of the congress
last night, the feature was the announce
ment of the contributions to the Continental
Hall fund by Mrs. NJ E. S. Davis, the
treasurer general. She reported the follow
ing contributions to that fund at the four
teenth annual congress: Alabama, $221;
Connecticut. S206; Delaware, S1.747; District
of Columbia, S1O25; Georgia, $157; Illinois,
Stf1. Indiana $40.
Iowa, S341; Kansas. $40; Kentucky, 1929;
Maine, $2o; Massachusetts,, 81, 10; Michigan,
s452; Maryland. $1S5; Missouri, $145; New
Hampshire. $40; New Jersey, $40; New
York. $3.50; Ohio. s345; Pennsylvania,
$2,1S2; Tennessee. $305; Texas, $50; Yer
mont, S270; Washington, $25; West Virginia,
$437; Wisconsin, $1S7; South Carolina. $120,
and Minnesota, $716; total of S19,2Sj.
In memorial pledges S., O52 was reported, as
well as S1O,S91 for columns. and $1,0So for
portrait busts and rooms. Mrs. Davis said
the total contributions amounted to So, 1853.
A motion to carry $15, 900 from the current
fund to the permanent fund was carried.
Reports from several committees were
then received and accepted. Mrs. Sara
Thompson kenney of the Franco-American
memorial committee said that the compile
ton of the statue of Lafayette. the greatest
ally of America in the Revolution, was still
a matter for the indefinite future. She COM
mended Gen. Porter for his work In finding
the body of John Paul Jones. and suggested
its final interment in what she termed the
':hall of fame on Arlington Heights
Reports were made by about twenty state
tinental Memorial Hall at 10 clock tomor-
row morning to finish up the business of the
congress
D. A. r. Congress Notes.
Mrs Susy Bosworth Mum of Easthamp
ton. Mass, who was recently elected vice
state regent of Massachusetts,, Is visiting
Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, 1880 T street.
1t was largely due to Mrs. Munn's efforts
that the majority of the Massachusetts
chapters was held for Mrs. Mclean after
Masury's illness was announced.
Mrs Laura Wentworth Fowler. founder
and honorary regent Of the Old South
Chapter of Boston, is at the Riggs House.
She has attended ten of the fourteen con-
crosses held. She descends in line directly
from the emigrant, William Wentworth.
founder of the Exeter colony, which gave
three colonial governors to New Hamp-
shire Mrs. Fowler is first vice president
Of the New England Woman's Press Asso-
cation.
Mrs. McLean's Record as Daughter.
Mrs. Donald Mclean Is a charter men,
Der of the D. A. R., her number being 269.
She has worked constantly and with devo-
ton in the interests of the society from the
day of it's formation. She has been ten
years regent of the New York city chapter,
one of the largest in the country whose
membership is nearly as great as that of
the Continental Congress. D. A. R. Hence
Mrs. Mclean has had a long and wide ex-
perience as presiding officer over large
body
She has been appointed by the legisla ture
of New York and by others as commits
sioner to many of the expositions held in
various parts of the country, and, in add
ton to her commissionership, has repre-
scented the d. A. R., making many public
addresses for the organization at these ex-
positions, notably at the Cotton States and
Interna tional exposition. at the Nashville
exposition, at the Pan-American exposi-
ton. at the South Carolina exposition and
on flag day, 1904, at the ST. Louis exposi-
ton. Next to her ability as a presiding
officer she is perhaps most widely known
as a public speaker on patriotic and edu-
cational topics. There is scarcely state
in the Union in which she has not been
urgently invited to address patriotic as
semblages. She has responded to these
invitations sparing neither her strength,
time nor finances In so doing. and has thus
become personally known in nearly every
part of the United States.
She was born in Maryland and Lived her
mature life in New York Reing in full