The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-28
Clippings from the Sixteenth Contfnent- al Congress, ID. A. R., April
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18th to 2fsf, 1907. The present Congress of the Daugh- ters is said to be the largest held In the organizations history. Seven hun- dred and ninety nine chapters from ev- cry State and Territory of the Union are represented at the Congress. Dell egates to the number of 1.202 are en- l titled to vote. At late hour last evening 7s6 chapter. regents had ar rived. and will be at the sessions of the Congress throughout the week. The records of the officials show that the Daughters of the American Revo- lution now have a membership of s. 553. Under Mrs. McLeans regime the organization has increased 5000 in | membership.
 Of especial pride and interest to Ala
 bama Daughters Is the magnificent vote boiled by Mrs. J. Morgan Smith.
 for many years the beloved State Re- gent.
 Alabama carried off the second honor in the election of Mrs. J Morgan Smith. of Birmingham who was elect ed with practical unanimity to head the list of vice-presidents-ge general
 There are ten vice-presidents general and only one other of the number was selected from a Southern State, Mrs. Chamberlain of Tennessee.
 The total vote cast was STA. Of this number Mrs. Donald MceIAn
 received 511 and Mrs. Eleanor Wash ington Howard i52 votes, while s3S were necessary to elect a President General
 The ten vice-presidents general elect ed and their votes were as follows: Mrs. J. Morgan Smith of Alabama, 5s0: Mrs. Charles H. Deere of Illinois.
 reelected. 577; Mrs. Wallace Delafield of Missouri, 55s; Mrs. Alexander En- nis Patton of Pennsylvania. 5ii: Mrs.
 Charles H, Terry. of New York, ASA: Mrs. Amos A. Kendall, of Maine 4s2;
 Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey of Wash ington, 459: Mrs. H. S. Chamberlain of Tennessee. reelected. s5o; Mrs. Lindsey Patterson of North Carolina,
 427; Mrs Baldwin Day Spilman of | West Virginia, AIS.
 Mrs. Mary Wood Swift of California
 was defeated by only one vote for
 vice-president general. receiving to- | tai of AT.
 Of second AIabamian Is found the 1 following:
 Representative Richmond P, Hobson
 of Alabama, who addressed the Com
 gress in behalf of peace. was delegated
 as the special envoy to present reso- lutions to the International Peace Con gress in New York.
 And from the proceedings of the
 Peace Congress assembled in New York
 Is this:
 l Final Session Packed. The final session opened with pack | ed hall. When Seth Low stepped for | ward to open the meeting he announced that Richmond Pearson Hobson ant Mrs. Helen Beach Tillotson, represent.
 atives of the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution. at present In session
 at Washington, desired to come before
 the meeting to make the donation of q. | gift to one who had been highly in- | strumental in furthering the peace
 movement This surprise kept the au-
 dience temporarily In suspense until the hero of the Merrimac and a lady
 correctly gowned in gray stepped for
 ward and took a stand near Mir. Car
 negie. and pesented him with the TWO crossed peace flags that had been hang ing over the back of the stage just un-
 der the legend, Peace" | Among the delegates from Alabama
 were Mrs. Lawrence Ray Myers of the John Wade Reyes Chapter of Athens:
 Miss Carrie Lane Barnett of the Lewis 1 Chapter of Eufaula, and Mrs. Mason Posey. now of Washington, represent
 ed the Francis Marion Chapter of i Montgomery.
 The dedication of the memorial DOT tico at the Continental Hall. in tribute | to the thirteen original States, was the event around which chief interest cen tered at the third days session of the | Continental Congress of the Daughters
 of the American Revolution.
  An effect invented purposely for the | Daughters is a corsage bouquet of vio- lets combined with lilies of the valley and red roses. the whole forming the national colors,