Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-07
DECIDED D|SAPPROVAL
Daughters Aroused Over Al
legged Erroneous Reports.
THE MEETING PLACE
CONTINENTAL HALL TO HOUSE
THE CONGRESS.
President Roosevelt and Vice President
Fairbanks Invited to Attend
Planning Work.
THE MEETING PLACE


ton are expressing decided dsapprobation
of reports that have been sent out about
the proposed building in which they will
hold their coming continental congress. AS
has been stated in The Star several times.
with some minuteness as to detail. the con-
gress is to be held in Memorial Continental
Hall, the marble structure which the
Daughters are having erected on 18th street
near the Corcoran Gallery of Art. This
building is near completion that it has
been possible to place upon it the perma-
nent glass roof. and by strenuous effort the
building can be put in fairly comfortable
condition for occupancy the week of the
congress.
over on the Monument lot. however,
string of wooden she i-like structures, for
the accommodation of the machine exhibit
for the railroad convention has given out
the impression that these are the build ngs
the daughters will occupy. 1t is understood
that some one, who fears not the wrath of
these descendants of revolutionary fight
ers, has sent broadcast story to this ef-
feet. That the erroneous story is having
its effect is shown by many letters and
Communications which have been received
at ID. A. r. headquarters.
A Sample Inquiry.
The following, which is quoted by a prom
inent member of the d. a. r.. is from the
d. A. r. of Tennessee. She says that the
letter is, in part. as follows:
"Since they have learned through press
dispatches from Washington that the
building committee has taken $1,000 from
the permanent fund, which the Daughters
throughout the country have worked so
hard and so patiently to raise, in order to
erect shed Oh the Mall in which to hold
the congress-for they found they could
not get Continental Hall ready. and it was
too late to get Chase's Theater-since they
had learned this they would send no more
money on TO Washington for the CONT
local work ! ntil there was change of
administration and a business woman was
In the presidential chair.
Gives Most Offense.
The Daughters resent most of all the sug
gestion that the president general, Mrs.
Charles w. Fairbanks, is not a thorough
going business woman. They point with
great pride to the strides the organization
has made during her administration and the
fact that their dreams of greater memo
rial hall have been made real facts by her
wise, conservative. business methods. They
declare that she has brought order out of
chaos in the management of the multitude
nous duties that fall to the president gem
eral and that by her calm judgment and
careful, tactful adjustment of serious diff
culties of long standing she has brought
about peace and harmony, where scandal
and vituperation once threatened to disrupt
the organization.
Indeed, the sentiment was quite freely
expressed by prominent members of the
D. A. r. today that If Mrs. Fairbanks was
eligible to reelection she would go in with
out dissenting vote, and that the several
candidates would gracefully assent and add
their voices to the election by reclamation.
The most prominent members of the u.
A. R. in the city, members of the board Oh
management. expressly dsavow all connec-
,,.f+t cd nfp afa al IA
which appeared in morning paper. THE
national board has issued but one state
meut." declared several of that body this
morning. 'and that the short one
which appeared by official authority exclu-
sively in The Star of Wednesday. No other
statement of any kind has been author
lied The secretary. Mrs. Fuller, says
that the national board has issued no state
ment save the short financial one.
This authorized statement was issued to
show why 1t was that Continental Hall had
been made ready for the congress by using
other funds than those set aside for the
building fund 1t was explained that the
building fund was exhausted and the s. 500
which Is something under the sum neces-
sary for the continental congress expenses,
was used in making the hall habitable.
many OF the items appropriated for going
10 the completion of the permanent struct-
ure, perfectly legal transaction, as
shown by the board.
This action OF the national board of man.
agement Will be laid before the coming
continental congress, and 1t Is stated that
II will doubtless be approved by that body.
Building COMMITTEES.
The building committee of Continental
Hall is as follows: Mrs Charles W. Fair
banks, president general; Mrs. Ellen Har-
den Walworth, founder; Miss Mary Desha
founder; Mrs. Adlai E. Stevenson, ex-presi-
Gent general; Mrs. John w. Foster expires
ident general; Mrs. Daniel Manning ex-
president general: Mrs. Miranda B. Tulloch.
District of Columbia; Mrs. Henry e. Burn
ham. New Hampshire; Mrs. ]. v. Quarles.
Wisconsin; Mrs. Augusta d. Greer, District
of Columbia; Mrs. Mary s. Lockwood. Dis
trict of Columbia; Mrs. George NJ. Stern
berg, District of Columbia; Mrs
Charles II. Terry, New York; Mrs ].
Heron Crosman. New York; Mrs. Henry F.
Blount, District of Columbia; Miss Ellen L.
Dorsey, District of Columbia Mrs. John C.
Hazen, New York; Mrs. Teunis s. Hamlin,
District of Columbia; Mrs M z. s. Davis,
District of Columbia: Mrs. John N. Carey.
Indiana: Mrs. Matthew T. Scott. Illinois;
Mrs. James r. Mellon Pennsylvania and
Mrs. Greunlief w. Simpson. Massachusetts
Advisory committee-Mr. Bernard Green,
superintendent of the congressional library
chairman of advisory committee: Gen.
John NJ. Wilson. ex-chief of engineers u s.
A. retired, and former superintendent of
public buildings and grounds in Washing
ton; Gen. George NJ. Sternberg. u S. a..
EetHtuI SOi. flemlnS and James
Knox Taylor supervising architect of the
United Treasury Treasury.
Saturday, April 10, there will be meet
ing of the national board of management
for the purpose of considering how to raise
funds to complete the Continental Memorial
Hall. As was exclusively stated in The
Star. II Is expected the money will be raised
by means OF a mortgage approximating
100000. While seven members of the ma
tional board constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business, when 1t comes to
the matter OF mourning indebtedness II
takes three-fourths vote OF the whole
membership of the national board 1t is
expected that there will be something like
$4,000 raised for the hall on Jubilee Mon
day night. April II.
While the Continental congress is entitled
20 something over 1000 votes, Mrs Miranda
Tulloch, chairman OF the credential COM
mittee. states that $50 is as many as have
ever voted In the congress. and that $50 Is
ell that will be enrolled at the fourteenth
congress.
Attack Upon Method.
II Is stated that an attack is to be made
on the method of appointing regents or
vice regents OF states ladies who may
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