Evening star., 1909-04-11
Libeled by Insurgent Oaunh-
ters, Says Mrs. Draper.
EQUIPPED FOR PRESIDENCY
Mental and Physical Qualifications
Demonstrated, Says Advocate.
ATTITUDE OF OPPOSITION
Sixteen Vice Presidents General In
dorse Administration
Candidates.

Mutterines. of the storm which will
probably break Monday. April 10, when
the forces o. the Daughters OF the Amer
lean Revolution assemble in this city for
the election of national officers. arc be-
ginning to make themselves heard
There are two strong tickets in the
field. That one opposed to the admins
tration candidates has been dubbed the
'insurgent'' ticket
One of the statements from the admin
istration camp was made yesterday by
Mrs. Amos G. Draper. candidate for the
office of vice president general in Charge
of organization:
The insurgents have made one state
E.ent that l consider libelous. | read
with Indignation the statement that Mrs.
Matthew T. Scott was neither mentally
nor physically able to preside over the
congress- The added statement that il
elected vice president general in charge
or organization | would really be presi-
dent general instead of Mrs. Scott is so
absurd as TO be beneath notice. !.
Her Qualifications Proven.
"The veled compliment in the sus-
gestion that / would be tit timber for
acting president general is overshadewed
by the insult TO the superior candidate.
Mrs. Scott's mental and physical equip
ment for any Office has been demonStra ted
over and over again since she came to
the front in D. A. Il. work
Mrs. Matthew Scott does not like to be
called partisan candidate, term APP
piled since the coming war Of ballots has
been described as being between the ad-
ministration and the insurgents. To COM
bat the partisan idea Mrs. Scott.s friends
say she was advanced us a candidate By
the state of Illinois and that many an
Illinois regent put up a fight against
Mrs. Donald Mclean. the present presi-
dent general
Mrs. Scott was unanimously Endorsed at
the Illinois state conference held last
N0Hember, and a circular letter stating
that fact was sent broadcast over the
counry. Mrs. Scott's friends. taking into
consideration the number and character
OF the responses to that letter, believe
that they have enough votes pledged to
carry the victory.
Mrs Scott's Attitude.
Mrs Scott made statement after the
conference, in which she said:
eff I accept the nomination it must
be distinctly understood that l am the
candidate not of any section Of the coun-
try, nor any faction among the Daughters,
but the whole organization
The insurgents have not only ticket,
but are standing on platform" They
put much faith in their statements about
the completion of Continental Memorial
Hail. saying that Mrs. Charles Warren
Fairbanks started the building. and that
Mrs. Donald Mclean persstently opposed
the construction OF the building, prior
to her election as president general.
All of which, declare the administra-
tons friends, is false. They will go TO
the convention armed with figures to
show that Mrs. McLean's administration
has been the prime moneygetter Of the
whole series OF administrations.
Mrs. Story, the insurgent candidate.
will pursue the policy inaugurated by Mrs.
Fairbanks. which is described as being
one which aims at keeping clear of debt.
The insurgents issued a long statement
of their plans recently, in which they
declare that the time has come to re-
turn to adherence to the constitution"
and FAR parliamentary procedure. or
face disruption.
Mrs Francis A. NJ. Perry. Mrs. Charles
r. Deere and Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey,
vice presidents general of New York. IL
linois and the District of Columbia. re-
spectively. have signed a circular letter
heartily indorsing Mrs. Scott for the
office of president general. They speak.
it is understood for sixteen of the twenty
vice presidents general Of the organiza-