Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-18
Adopts IN POLITICS
ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN THE
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.
Contest Over the Choice Of Vice Presi-
dents General--New York's
Controversy.

Inc Dau8Hters Oh the American HeSOiu-
ton are good politicians: probably none bet
ter. Analogy might be drawn from the
fact that the husbands. sons and brothers
of good many OF them sit in one or
| the other houses. of Congress. or are
governors of states. and many of the male
contingent of these revolutionary families
sit on supreme benches of the states or
make laws in the state legislatures. Any
how. these Daughters of the American Rev
olution know exactly how to pull wires.
They do indeed,- declared one gentle
old lady who comes from south of Mason
and Dixons line. and never mixed In the
politics of any organization in her life until
now Il fear shall never get used to this
sort of thing she declared. dejectedly. to
The Star. reporter. II was reared to thfni.
THAI girls should not mix in anything like
politics. and l cannot make myself So con-
spicuous as to ask for votes"
She will ask for them IL she gets them.
for votes are not lying around to be
picked up.
Thursday the elections will take place.
Ten vice presidents general to I'LL the offices
OF ten that expire; two honorary vice pres
idents general. editor Of the American
Monthly Magazine and business manager
of the magazine are to be elected.
The magazine elections easily dis
posed Of Mrs. Elroy NJ. Avery will be re-
elected editor. because nobody but a wo-
do II with her eyes shut would accept the
thankless task at the money that Mrs.
Avery gets out of It. The same is true of
Miss Lillian Lockwood, who has been the
business manager of the magazine for
years. She could do the business part Of
the work with one hand tied behind her."
asserted one Daughter when somebody ask
ed IL Miss Lockwood was competent to
assume such responsibilities"
May Be Strenuosity Here.
But for vice presidents general-wel
that's different. 1t Is an honor to fill those
offices. honor and hard unremunerative
work, too, for be it understood that there Is
not single national officer who gets
salary, and very few of them ever get any
expenses paid. all working for the love Of
the society.
New York is trying to break the prece-
dent and secure two vice presidents gen.
erad. The constitution declares that mo
TWO vice presidents general shall be hcosen
from the state state the same year" A
rev years ago no attention was paid to
locality in erecting these officers and so
they were mostly punched In a radius of
1oo miles around Washington, one state
getting two and trying for more The
cause as read was added to the constitu-
tlon, SO that 1t seemed impossible for one
state to have two upon the board at the
same time New York is going to try and
remedy this. She already has vice nresi
vent general Mrs. Fl. s. Chamberlain
Hazen who has one more wear 70 serve
The term is two years ten going ont 80
year and ten the next, the full complement
being twenty fiSiiieh'
.L Lkew YORK Is arranging to nominate for
ms hign ONCE one of her daughters for
tne next two years term bepinnire- iii
inns congress While the constitution docs
noI expressly declare it. it has been con.
gu Gu an unwrtten law that no state
siaii nave two vice presidents general az
the same time as would be the o. -
Oo were erected from the mpire stare tbts
Ssar, The delegation is divided on the
be ' non,,;. some thinking that 1t may not
~ popular movement and NAV inture
~ ne =, chances for Mrs. Donald Mclean To-
'e'e'c'ion TO the president generally.
Bone of Contention.
IL Is true. however. that amo,v H.
new York delegation who voted fo. tt,s
representation were friends of tbo
pesioehe general. and this is considered -
.nuicate that she would not ruIe .g,inst
s such precedent. The New York deiaea
ves.an nsiu meeting at the New Willard
seS'eroay evening and fruitlessIy ha Ijo+ad
Ior three hours over whether they sLo,Id
~ esenl the name of a second candidata
~. contention was not over the candI
4aIe the state has but one Mrs Cbarlas
H. Terry, present state regent ana nbaI .s
man or the entertainment committsa ~
the congress. The question was nc ~ ~
slsdo1n or presenting this second candI.
without action. 'u
-, it might have been settled, but Mrs.
Ferry would not cast the vote which would
break the tie and thus obtain the 1900
honor. The delegation broke even on the
proposition, Mrs Terry not voting. New
1ofk was so taken UP with her own affairs
candidates for vice president general
Inc aVowed candidates for the office of
vice presidents general are: Mrs Lindsay
OF OF kentucky and Mrs H. V. Boynton Of
81 Fr.ft ! t.,
presidents general, and for the vice presi-
dents general, Mrs. Hardy of Kentucky.
Mrs Park of Georgia, Mrs. Barker of
Rhode Island, Mrs. Bates of Massachu-
sets. Mrs. Warheld of Maryland. Mrs
Bushnell of Iowa, Mrs. Evans of Texas,
mrs. Phelps OF Washington, Mrs Terry of
New York and Mrs Newberry Michigan.
Others Will be put in nomination when
the time comes and second ballot will
probably have to be taken on several of
these.