The Washington herald., 1909-04-10


debate and free vote on every question
before the national board and congress-
Not only do the conservatives express
optimistic prospects for the coming con-
test. but they criticise the apparent ir-
regularity Of the faction in power in its
administration Of the affairs Of the organ
izaticn.
Platform Adopted.
Especially significant is the reference
20 the candidate named by the followers
OF Mrs. Mclean The platform states
that Mrs. Scott viii he physically unable
10 be more than the nominal head OF the
society. and that Mrs. Amos G. Draper.
who IS second on the ticket. is the real
candidate opposed 20 Mrs. Story Tor presi-
dent general
The platform officially adopted is as
follows
Immediately after the last congress. In
response 10 "a spontaneous demand from
Daughters all over the country. who felt
tha, the time had come when We must
either return 20 our adherence to the
constitution and fair parliamentary pro
cedure in the national board and the con-
tiRental congress or else face disruption
in Che society A meeting Of more than
TWO hundred daughters was held in
Washington. which appointed a national
committee 10 prepare a nOnpartiSan ticket
for presentation 20 the continental con
gress IN 1893.
Mrs. Sarah T. Kinney. State regent Of
Connecticut. was appointed national
chairman OF this committee and a ma
tional committee was appointed 10 serve
with her. This committee has thoroughly
organized and has been quietly working
during the last year. not in the interest
Of any party candidate. but for the prin-
ciples the party represents.
When Mrs. Scott was named il was
hoped that she would stand as an indie
pendent candidate. since she has hereto
fore kept herself aloof from partisan
movements, in which case no candidate
would have been placed in opposition 10
her. II was only after Mrs. Scott re-
fused 70 run independently and came out
at the head Of a strictly partisan ticket
which promised a continuance OF all the
policies Of the past administration that
il as voted 70 place in the field a ticket
which would represent the conservative
element Of the society.
Chosen for Fitness.
In many States no candidate has been
placed in opposition 10 strong. abel women
who are AFFILIATED with the radical organi-
zation.
All the women on the conservative
ticket have been chosen with a special
reference 10 their fitness for the Office.
we want every member to vote as
her best judgment dictates, and the set
tlement Of every question on its own
merits. without regard for personal
friendships or party afiliation. II is a
mistake for any oficial connected with
the present organization TO regard her
own personality as entering so largely in
TO the matter as 10 evolve this great op-
position to present methods. Large
parties are not evolved until large priIf-
ciples are involved.
Our party row stands as it always
has stood for the building of Memorial
Continental Hall II is the one question
in our society upon which there is alb
solute harmony. We will later answer at
length, with quotations from the records.
the statement by Mrs. Donald Mclean.
published in a Washington paper. Mrs
Mclean stated.
They say by their action last night
that they do not ike the plans which
have almost reached fruitiOn IN the COM
pietion Of the hall. and viii thereby sus-
pend operations until they can make
new plans, and that means that the work
we have been doing with such earnest
ness Will 90 for naught.'
Mrs. Fairbanks Praised.
I'VE viii show that $4,000 was paid for
the site OF Continental Memorial Hail.
plans were drawn. corner stone laid.
sustaining walls and all the main body
Of the building. except the corner pavil-
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