Evening star., 1909-04-22

The great day is here. The ballots of
the delegates to the Eighteenth Cont
mental Congress have been deposited. A
ticket has been elected, and the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution are
holding themselves In readiness to greet
their new president general tomorrow
for the ballots. with their twenty names
are 80 complicated that 1t will require
until late tonight to count them.
There has been excitement of the mos,
intense character in Continental Hall all
day. Parliamentary procedure was ad.
hered to with but q single insignificant
break by an enthusiast In the gallery, but
the delegates have been on the verge OF
brimming over with the pent-up loyalty
to their candidate, and the nervous
something that permeated the session.
At times the babble Of voices was too
great for the speeches to be heard. For
such occasions as elections Mrs. Mclean
has a gavel made of an Indian peace pipe,
and 1t is supposed to act like oil on even
the most troubled waters. Not that to-
days meeting was troubled.
1t was simply exciting. and It is safe
to say every delegate enjoyed the battle
Of wits; for the speeches were far from
dull.
Big Crowd In Hall.
son was admitted who had no right to the
hall. and disgruntled crowd stayed out
side and tried to peer through windows
and glass doors.
The national tickets nominated were as
follows: The nominations for the vice
presidents general came from all over the
house, and up to the time The Stars re-
port closed were incomplete.
The national tickets:
Administration:
President general. Mrs. Matthew T.
Scott.
Vice president general in charge of or
ganization of chapters. Mrs. Amos G..
Draper.
Chaplain general. Mrs. Esther Froth-
ingham Noble.
Recording secretary general. Mrs. How
ard L. Hodgkins.
Corresponding secretary general, Mrs.
Lyman B. Swormstedt.
Registrar general Mrs. William Van
Treasurer general. Mrs. William D.
Hoover.
Historian general Mrs. Frank H.
Briggs.
Assistant historian general. Mrs. Henry
s. Bowren.
Librarian general. Mrs. Woodbury.
Pulsifer.
Insurgent:
President general. Mrs. William Cum
ming Story. New York.
Vice president general in charge Of or
ganization, Mrs. Miranda Barney Tul-
loch. District Of Columbia.
r.. Wilcox, Tennessee and District Of
Columbia
Corresponding secretary general, Mrs.
Eleanor Ingersoll Thorne. Seattle, Wash,
and District of Columbia.
Treasurer general, Miss Della Sheldon
Jackson, District OF Columbia.
Chaplain general. Mrs. Joseph A. Gill
fillan. Minnesota and District OF Colum-
bia.
Registrar general, Miss Grace M.
Pierce. New York and District Of Co.
Librarian general, Mrs. Short A. Will
lis. Connecticut and District Of Columbia.
Historian general. Mrs. Gertrude B.
Assistant historian general. Mrs. Rich
ard Light. Florida and District OF Co.
lumbia.
Public Usurps Gallery.
The general public took the seats in the
gallery reserved for the alternates. and
refused to be moved. Policemen were ap-
peaIeQ 10 III VAIN, anu al excited CTOW0
buzzed around the lobby. The delegates
were all in their places by 1890 o'clock.
the hour set for the opening. and in the
twenty minutes which elapsed before Mrs.
McLean's trumpeter announced her ar
rival there was plenty of talk. Every del
egate wore her best gown and her best
hat today. Such gathering of color and
finery occurs but once year. and every
delegate appeared to be striving to out
strip her neighbor In gorgeous apparel.
Tie galleries seemed to sag with oc-
cupants-and not impartial ones, either
for when Mrs. Story pushed her way
down the center aisle there was q ripple
of applause which grew quickly into q
roar and then a shout Actually for the
first time in the congress the Daughters
shouted. Visitors in the gallery joined
in the demonstration and there was q
slight symptom of the pandemonium OF
the political conventions of the man folks
moment later. In one Of the boxes.
Mrs Scott appeared. and her followers
Continued on Twelfth Pase.)