The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-24
ADMINISTRATION IS
VICTOR. IN ELECTION
By Close Vote Mrs. Matthew 1.
Scott Heads Daughters of
the Revolution.

WASHINGTON, April 23.-By vote
of 436 TO 42S. Mrs. Matthew T. Scott
of Illinois was today declared elected
president general of the Daughters or
The American Revolution over MIS-, WI
liam Cummings Story OF New osh.
Mrs. Scott s election was victory ioF
tho administration faction.
Rounds of applause greeted the an.
nouncemen+ Of the vote. Mrs. Story
moved to make the election onanlmons'
but 4 chorus of delegates refused 10
iojn her Mrs Story bespoke for MIS-.
Scott tho support of all members
Tho total vote cast at the etcc'ioh
was S73. but the total legal Notc ior
presideut general Was SOD
Retiring President-General
On motion of Mrs. Murphy Of Ohio,
resolution was adopted making. Mrs.
Donald c. Lean. the retiring PRESIDENT
General. au honorary president general
Here Mrs ScoSt the president general
elect was escorted 10 the platform IN
a short speech. Mrs. Scott acknowledged
the honor the convention mad cohlcrIe"
upon Eer. ,..;a, of
tho various state regents, They include
tho following: c,.s
Arizona, Mrs. Walter Talbot; C2lIfor-
min Mrs Frederick j. Laird; ldaho,
Mrs. David Fl. Tarr.
Was Divided Victory.
After twenty-four hours devoted 10
counting and recounting the ballots cast
Yesterday, the Daughters OF the Amer
can Revolution found the honors or the
biennial election of their society DIVIDED
between the administration and INC
anti administration forces.
The big fight was won BY the ad-
fbD e1priIDn 0t MJS.
Matthew +. Scott of Illinois, TO be
president,general. The second office IN
point of honor, that of Vlce-presldeRl-
general IN charge of the organizations
however went 10 the anti admin Slra-
,ion followers by the election OF Mrs.
Miranda Il. Tulloch of this city. MIS-
Scott obtained Il majority over MrS-A
William Cummings Story of New YORK
Of only eight votes out Of Sl3 ballots
cast. The election was charactcrlzed
by bitterness that prevented the adop-
lion. without dissent, Of the motion
of Mrs. Story to make the election
of her rival unanimous When the CON
yeutjon met today the count had not
been completed Toward noon Mrs. FL
ROY Avery, chairman of the tellers com.
mittce. announced that ls3 ballots had
been cast.
.sThc number necessary for an cleo
ilnil Is 100. dUbpuuNNi -hiN' 49,
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott received $40.
Paudemonium followed. ray-halred
women waved whatever they could
seize. and some of the Daughters even
shouted.
Scarcely had Mrs. Avery announced
that Mrs Story had received 42S votes
before the New York candidate had
found her way to The platform. She
thanked those who had voted for her,
asked that their support be given Mrs.
Scott. and moved that the election be
made unanimous. Cries of ''No, no,
greeted her. but Mrs. Mclean put the
question.
Although majority voted in the
Affirmative. several answered in the
negative.
Mrs. Scott was introduced as the next
prcsdcnt-general.
Eloquent Response,
II snail be content she said, ''if
only ope-fold of the mantle of my great
predecessors falls upon me, but | pray
YOU TO envelope me with another
mantle-that of your charity for my
shortcomings; to allow your construc-
tive imagInations TO read into my
character the qualities that ought TO
oe the splendid endowment of whomso
ever is called TO sit IN the exalted chair
of president-general.
FsOur beloved and magnificent organi-
zation without partisanship, without
scctioualjsm, with ever broadening out
look and everhighcr ideals. moves on
with a platform broad as fatherland.
tender as motbcrland. hand-in hand and
shoulder-to to-shouldcr in its grand work
for home and country, for God and ma
tive land
Half an hour later another dramatic
feature Of thP session occurred Mrs
Story. as state regent for New York
WAS called upon TO make her report. 1t
was the report over which one of the
clashes of the congress had taken place
earlier in the week. As she faced the
assembly her followers Wed with one
another in impressing on the meeting
that Mrs. Story had fallen short of
president-generalship by only FIVE votes.
In her report Mrs. Story spoke of the
loyalty of New York to the organiza.
ton.