Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-22
DOVE OF PEACE IS
OUT OF BUSINESS
Unusual Disorder In the D. A.
R. Congress.
OVERRIDING BY THE CHAIR
Hiss Desha Resigns Office Of Score
tary General.
ECHOES OF THE MONTANA CASE
Congress Votes Confidence in Presi-
dent 0eneral-Contribut to
the San Francisco Fund
ECHOES OF THE MONTANA CASE


only gone seven minutes. but In that time
earthquakes. cyclones. simoons and fires
that blast and blight struck the pretty
nest down on 18th street. and when that
dove got back eyey one Of the little eggs
In the peace nest had been smashed to
smithereens. The long scheduled D. A. r.
dynamite had exploded. lot of fingers
had been burned and the Office was minus
one recording secretary general.
The president general has been much con-
graduated on the orderly procedure of the
congress and the expedition Of business,
and also upon the absence OF any DISPOSE
ton to obstruet the proceeding. and an evil
dent desire to get tn business Of the con-
gress dispatched as rapidly as possible. 1t
is stated by some Of the prominent MEM
hers Of the society, however, that there has
been all the time an undercurrent OF dis
content.
The explosion came just as the Congress
was getting ready to adjourn for din
ner. The committee on recommendations
of national officers. Mrs. Robert Park of
Georgia, chairman. reported that the COM
mittee had found no recommendations to
consider
Mrs. Thompson Of Massachusetts asked
for action on the recording secretary
generals report. The president general
quietly stated that there was nothing In
the report Of the recording secretary
general upon which to take further ac-
ton. The dynamite shell dropped right
there. exploding with bang under the
chair of the recording secretary general,
Miss Mary Desha. She sprang to her feet
and declared that her report had not been
acted upon. It had only been accepted by
the Congress.
Yes" replied the president general.
Exactly. According to Roberts. when
the committees report Is only for the in
Of q aSSanhlv 1T ia not nacpS-
sary to take any action on 1t after 1t mas
been read"
Pyrotechnics a Plenty.
Then there were pyrotechnics all
around. From the back, the sides and
from the platform came applause. OBJ
jections, Kisses, "ohs" and "ah's." and
not a few signs. Then the president gen.
eral got busy. That great big maui she
welded came into play with sudden
earnestness. 1t had been so little used
that the Congress was startled into mo-
mentary silence.
Miss Desha, however, was not to be stop
ped by the gavel. She declared to the pres
fdent general:
''You are wrong; Roberts says
The president general interrupted with:
s'The president general knows exactly what
Roberts says and has quoted him.
"Oh, no." began Miss Desha, as she pushed
to the side Of the president general with
An excited delegate appealed to have the
recording secretary generals report read.
Kisses, groans, general confusion reigned.
Again Miss Desha pressed her point that
Accepting was not adopting The pres
ident general again ruled on the point, Miss
Desha angriiy protesting that the president
general was wrong, entirely wrong" and
"prejudiced," which provoked more pande-
moniun.
Just then delegate In voice trembling
with passion demanded a vote Of confidence
in the president general.
Il just want to know she declared.
whether this Congress will let our prest-
dent general be treated SO. Let us have
vote of the Congress"
The president general Immediately step
ped aside and called some one to the chair.
There arose cries of mo appeal from your
decision was TAKEN Don't do it, and
please. madam president general. no ap-
peal was taken"
The president general replied that she
wanted to give the Congress the widest
latitude under the rules.
The motion to sustain the chair was put
and carried with a standing vote nearly
the whole Congress rising, though there
Of confidence was overwhelmingly in the
president generals favor She took the
chair amid the widest enthusiasm.
Some delegates demanded ruling from
the parliamentarfan of the Congress.
mo: the chair feels perfectly competent
to rule on the point and has ruled" de-
clared the president general, and again she
gave her Interpretation of the rule she had
invoked.
Text Of the Ruling.
1.-THE chair ruled in accordance with Rob-
erts ruling" she said. when the COM
mittee's report is only for the information
Of the assembly 1t is not necessary to take
any action on it after 1t has been read
1.-The chair asked repeatedly II any officer
had report to offer which contained any
thing beside information or recommends
ton.
1.-THE first point. viz. information. was
covered by the above quotation Of Roberts.
1.-THE second point-recommendatio n-was
covered by the committee on recommended
ton, which committee had already reported
to the Congress, and its report had been ae-
copied
ssThere remained, therefore, but the third
point: Did any report of any one of the
officers contain anything more than infor-
nation which was not a recommendation
Asking repeatedly for the above question
and receiving no report the chair concluded
that no officer had any such report to pre-
sent She, therefore. called Tor new busi-
ness
.'The chair desires to be eminentiy fair.
however" Mrs. Mclean added. and II
any member Of this congress desires to take
ND any report motion will be entertain
ed" Cries of mo. no." I'VE don't want
to-
Miss Desha Resigns.