Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-15

lima, then Massachusetts,, then Virginia,
New Hampshire and 80 on.
In conclusion. Mrs. Park adjured the
Daughters to put on the whole armor of
patriotism and they would be able to con-
quer all things ito right wrongs work re-
forms and effect revolutions"
Mrs. Scott Responds.
Mrs Matthew T. Scott responded for
Illinois:
TT is the Illinois Daughters of the
American Revolution" she declared. who
have sought to rescue from oblivion and
to kfndle renewed interest in many an
old romance of the wilderness in our
state. 1t Is the Illinois chapters of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
who have recently erected near the old
city of Metropolis, in Illinois. on an emf
nence overlooking noble sweep of the
Ohio river, monument to George Rogers
Clark and his heroic comrades in arms
a little band of 159 men, who( starting from
this point to Kaskaska and here first plant
ing the new flag of the colonies on Illi-
nois soil. won an empire tor the Union.
The most noteworthy event for the
Illinois Daughters of the American Revo-
luton during the past year was the visit
of our president general, whose able and
brilliant administration of our affairs,
unceasing and exhaustive labors, whose
magnetism on the platform and charm
In the social hour have captivated all
hearts"
SHe SAID she sometimes thOnght tnat
Americans scarcely realize the tremendous
rapidity with which the national peculiar
tiles of other bloods are becoming min
gled In the American race; that already
they are representing a people whose life
In the future is destined to be mingled
life; to be nodded largely by the prepon-
derating force of powers that belong to the
patriotic home.
Response From Rhode Island.
The response of Mrs Richard Jackson
Barker, vice president general from Rhode
Island, followed that of Mrs. Scott
Il bring you greetings from New Eng
land she declared in opening. Every
commonwealth in our country is marked by
the emphasized characteristics of its peo-
pie, and to speak for one state is a great
privilege To combine a certain number
INTO group. garnering the wonderful his
tory of each into perfect sheaf binding
them all together by the power of patriot
ism, is an honor not to be regarded lightly.
AS stand before you, not only the rep
resentative of Rhode Island, but of that
noble group of states known as New Eng
land, give the assurance to you Madam
president General and to this continental
congress, that we come in unity of spirit
and in devotion to our beloved organization
unltel IN perfect loyalty to the maintenance
of its principles.
Madam President General of you it can
be truly said that the watch word of your
!!fe is work Before you lies a patch
which, we hope, will be strewn with flowers
as for us and with us, you labor for the
completion of our great memorial-Contl-
mental Hall, which shall stand as a monu-
ment to the past, as help to the future, as
a beaconlight for all patriotic societies
throughout the ages, erected in memory Of
the great patriots who live ond speak in
us today.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Jet US ever remember. we gather within
these walls, that this building bears testi-
mony to the leaders of the people," and
that all these were honored ntheir genera
tiop and We're the glory of their time
Address Of Mrs. McLane.
Mrs. John McLane. wife of the governor,
responded for the old granite state, pictur-
ing the life of the pioneers and the sturdy
children born to them, and their achieve
ments in history. The greetings of these
sons and daughters she brought to the
Mrs, John Ross Key responded briefly for
.ebraska. with assurances of the love Of
the Daughters of that western state.
Officers of the National Society.
The officers of the national society are:
President general, Mrs. Donald Mclean;
vice president general, in charge of organi-
cation of chapters, Mrs. Charlotte Emerson
Main; vice presidents general, terms of
office expire in 1901, Mrs John r. Walker.
Missouri; Mrs Mary Wood Swift, Callfor-
MIA; Mrs. Charles H. Deere Illinois; Mrs
Orlando ]. Hodge, Ohio; Mrs Julius J.
Estey, Vermont; Mrs H. S. Chamberlain
Tennessee; Mrs. Lindsay, Patterson, North
Carolina; Mrs. John Cunningham Hazen.
New York; Mrs. George w. Nichols, South
Carolina; Mrs. Franklin E Brooks Col
orado terms of office expire 1905 Mrs
Robert Emory Park, Georgia; Mrs Richard
jackson Barker, Rhode Island: Mrs. Tru-
man II. Newberry, Michigan; Mrs Will
liam D. kearfott. New Jersey; Mrs. Theo-
dore c. Bates, Massachusetts; Miss Clara
Lee Bowman, Connecticut; Mrs Drayton
W. Bushnell, Iowa; Mrs. Sallie Marshall
Hardy, Kentucky; Mrs. Ira H. Evans
Texas; Mrs. A. E. Heneberger, Virginia:
chaplain general Mrs. Teunis S.. Hamlin;
recording secretary general. Miss Elizabeth
F. Pierce, Washington, D. c.; registrar
general. Mrs. J: Stewart Jameson. WASH
ington, D. c.; historian general Mrs. Jona-
than P. Dolliver, Washington, D. C.; cor
responding secretary general, Miss Virginia
Miller, Washington. d. c.; treasurer gen
eral, Mrs. M. E. S. Davis. Washington. D.
c.; assistant historian general, Mrs Mary
s. Lockwood, Washington, d. c.; lilsSarian
general, Miss Aline E. Solomons.
Regents of the States.
The state regents and state vice regents.
In the order named, all of whom have
votes in the congress, are: Alabama, Mrs.
Ian; Arizona, Mrs. Walter Talbot, Mrs.
Frederick c. Brown; Arkansas, Mrs John
Mcclure, Mrs. Matte Knox Hayman: Cali
fornia, Mrs. Harry Nathaniel Gray, Mrs.
Cameron Erskine Thorn; Colorado. Mrs
John Campbell, Mrs. O. w. Mallaby: Con
nectlcut, Mrs. Sara Thomson Kinney, Mrs
Tracy B. Warren; Delaware, AIRS Clarence
Draper Sypherd, Miss Juliet Agnes Cum
MINIS; District Of Columbia, Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey, Mrs. Howard l.. Hode-
kins; Florida, Mrs Agnes NJ. Cook, Mrs. b
G. Amber; Georgia, Mrs. James A. Roun-
saVlile, Mrs. w. p Godfrey; Idaho, Mrs.
R I}S.y H. Tarr Mrs. Floyd Leslie Moore;
Illinois, Mrs. Benjamin A. Fessenden. Mrs
Charles W. Irion; Indiana, Mrs. William A
Guthrie, Mrs Nathan Sparks; Iowa, Mrs
ItoWena Edison Stevens, Miss Helen shaw.
Kansas, Mrs. w. E. Stanley, Mrs. Aieyan
der NJ. Harvey; Kentucky, Mrs Joseph N
Mccormack, Mrs. Maurice B. Nash: Louis
lana, Mrs. c. Hamilton TebauIt: Maine
Miss Charlotte Augusta BALDWIN. Mrs
Charles A. Creighton.
-, Maryland, Mrs; ]: Pembroke Thorn, Miss
Eleanor Murdoch Johnson; Massa chusetts
Mrs. Charles II. Masury, Mrs. George +,
Mum: Michigan, Mrs. William j. Chitten
den, Mrs. James p. Brayton; Minnesota
Mrs. John Edison Bell, Mrs. Alexander r
Bigelow; Mississippi Mrs. Egbert r. Jones
Mrs. Chalmers NJ Williamson: Missouri
Mrs. Thomas o. Towles, Mrs. Thomas r
Tomb; Montana, Mrs. Clinton H. Moore
Mrs Emil