Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-03
Mel EAN TICKET THE WINNER
Present Head of National D. A..
R. Unanimously Endorsed.
DISTRICT REGENTS NAMED
Nominations 90 to General Congress
for Ratification, but AL Have
Good Chance Of Success.

Partisan feeling ran high in the District
of Columbia yesterday. The politicians
were elegantly gowned women who were
wearing Easter hats ornamented with nod
ding plumes flower gardens, and the Ike.
They pulled wires. punctuated their area-
ments with taps Of gold-mounted lorsnetfes'
and mildly applauded speeches with elbow
gloved hands. They were the District
Daughters of the American Revolution
who to the number of several hundreo' met
in the red parior of the New Willard IN
the eighth annual convention or the DIS
can Revolution.
trict Of Columbia Daughters Of the Amerf-
While the ostenslble business Of the three
sessions of the day was for the nearing OF
annual reports. the actual business cone
was to anticipate elections for the cent-
Mental congress of the National Society of
the Daughters of the American Revolution
which meets in Washington April Is, and
continues through the week. Mountainous
were made for number OF offices. all OF
which have to go into the general hopper
of the continental congress ana De con-
firrned by a vote of that body before they
become of effect.
1t Is stated that the continental congress
has never vet turned down the nominees or
any state or of the District for regent ana
vice regent so that the nominees or yes
terday for District regent and for Distrlct
vice regent are considered by the society
to be as good as confirmed now Mls'
Howard l.. Hodgkins was nominated as
regent, and Mrs. George T. Smallwood as
vice regent.
Revival of Feud.
The matter of elections developed. it is
stated. the old feud which has for many
years existed in the District OF Coiumo'a
organza ton. known as the Mclean anu
the anti-McLean forces. Each side PIT up
nominees for the principal offices anu
briefly stated. the Mclean forces won out
Mrs. Amos G. Draper. regent of the Mary
Bartlett Chapter, in a complimentary speech
placed in nomination for president gen
eral, Mrs. Donald Mclean. to succeed her-
self This nomination was received WIN
enthusiasm and no one was nominated IN
onnosition 81 that it Is considered that the
vote of the District is pledged to MRS. NC
Lean. 1t Is stated that there is no other
candidate in view, and that Mrs mclean
will in all proba biIity be unanimously IN
dorsed by the continental congress Tor re-
election to the office which in the hrst
place it took her eight years to win.
Mrs Ellen Spencer Mussey who mas
been for two terms District regent, was re-
nominated for that office, but declined the
honor for a third term. She was then
unanimously Endorsed for vice president
general for the District of Columbia.
Other Nominations.
Other nominations were as follows: Mrs.
Mabel G. Swormstedt and Mrs. Mary E..
Brown treasurer general; Mrs Richard
Dubois. Mrs Charlotte Emerson Maine and
Miss Catherine Barlow. vice president gen.
eral in charge of organization of chapters:
Mrs Fisher Mrs. Amos G. Draper, regis
trar general; Mrs. J. Eakin Gadsby. Miss
Tullock, historian general: Mrs. L. Bow
ron Mrs C. W.: Richardson. assistant MS
torian: Mrs Noble. Mrs. Smoot. chaplain
general: Miss Aline Solomon. Mrs. Helen
Nj. Boynton librarian general; Miss Vir-
ginia Miller, Mrs. John Paul Earnest, cor
responding secretary.
Mrs. Ballnger regent of the Manor
House Chapter. and Mrs. NJ. E. s. Davis,
the retiring treasurer general. both pro-
tested against the nominations for these
offices being made. The conference could
take no vote on them. they said, and they
were only in the nature of complimentary
suggestion to the national body. which they
regarded as rather unwarranted. The con-
ference thought differently, however. and
proceeded to name as many ladies for the
various national offices as they desired.
Suggestion Of Chapter House.
There was considerable discussion of the
desrability of building chapter house,
a place where all the chapters of the Dis
triet D. A. r. can meet for their social as
well as organization duties. The idea is to