The National tribune., 1909-04-29

d. A. r. 1t was . splendid present,
and 80 designed that each OF Mrs Ms,
Leans charming Daughters can nave
one of the pieces.
Mrs. Sarah Chace Guss presented TO
the Congress a beautiful mahogany
chair. replica of one that the Speake!
of the Continental Congress occupied
Indiana presented grandfather cioes
for the President-Generars room k.rs
Howard l.. Hodgkins was presented
with a silver loving cup OF generous
proportions by her friends Of the DIS
trict, and there were dozens OF otheI
presents. Most of the time the haii
looked like a conservatory with lts
loads of blossoms, every delegate nav
ing an armload.
The election resulted as might have
been expected. Mrs. Scott has peep
identified with the Society from its IN
fancy, was one of the charter members,
Il fact, and is a lady, woman OF busi-
ness ability, having managed her OVID
private fortune for years. She Is quiet,
conservative, determined. and has So
cial position, which the Daughters love
She has ancestors to give away, ana ~
n lineal descendant of AuguStin war
ner, great grandfather of Washington.
and of Lawrence Washington.
The Insurgents and defaulting FRIENDS
Of the Administration, as is usually the
I case with women, gave the woman
whom they put at the head OF the or
ganization a presumably hostile stan
of officers. Having elected Mrs. Scott
thew then turned around and for the
sake of gratifying personal grudges,
elected women who declared by peing
upon the Insurgent ticket that they
were opposed to the methods OF the
former President-General, and hence
opposed to Mrs. Scott. who has stated
that she desires to carry out the plans
of Mrs Mclean. It is a good deal ike
electing g. Republican President ano
giving him Democratic Congress.
Neither Congress nor President is able
| to accomplish reforms, or to progress
because each is hostile to the other.
1t is not conceivable. however, that the
few Insurgents elected viii make any
attempt to hold up the work already SO
far and finely advanced. Miss Desha
declares that enough Insurgents were
elected to halt all the Mclean tactics.
Miss Desha's chief fight on Mrs. Nc
Lean is that she is loyal woman and
loves the Flag and hates States rights.
Miss Desha also dislikes Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey, who stands for pro-
gress, reform and advancement Miss
Desha shuts her eyes to everything that
! has happened since Appomattox. She
sternly rebuked the District Regent at
la late conference because the Regent
recognized the writer to present the
greetings of the National President of
the Woman's Relief Corps. Miss Desha
said that no historical reference after
the Revolution was to be made at any
time in meeting of the ID. A. r. Mrs
Mussey became the target of Miss
Desha because she stands for justice
to the colored race, for one thing, and
looks after the interests of the colored
children as a member of the School
Board of the District. Mrs. Mussey
has been invaluable upon the National
Board as a Vice-President-G General as a
legal adviser. In her place the Insur-
gents mustered enough votes to elect a
charming society woman, Mrs. George
NJ. Sternberg.
The Daughters of the American Rev
olution have a whole lot to learn.
| President and Mrs. Taft entertained
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott and Mrs. John
w. Murphy, of Ohio, at tea on the
Sunday evening before the Congress
opened. They received about 5000 of
| the Daughters on Thursday afternoon,
| the largest reception the Daughters
have ever had at the White House. Mrs.
Mclean. President-General, assisted.
The closing function of the ID. A. R.
was magnificent reception to Mrs. Nc
Lean. and incidentally to Mrs. Scott,
which was held at the New Willard.
Covers were laid for 375 people at the
banquet, and everybody of any note
was there. These banquets were in
Iaugurated by Mrs. Katharine Living
stone Eagan, formerly Vice-President-
General from Florida, but now of New
York Last years banquet was planned
| by Mrs. ]. Eakin Gadsby, but as she
was i'll, Mrs. Eagan came over from
New York and arranged for the affair,
which was worthy of the woman who
planned it and the women it was
planned for.
The full staff of officers elected is as
follows: President-General, Mrs. Mat
thew T. Scott, Illinois; Vice-President
| I. C. c., Mrs. Miranda B. Tulloch, Dis
trict of Columbia; Chaplain-General.
Mrs. Esther F. Noble, District of Colum-
bia; Registrar-GeneraI, Miss Elizabeth
NJ. Pierce, New York; Treasurer-Gen-
eral, Mrs. William d. Hoover. District
of Columbia: Historian-General. Mrs.
Gertrude B. Darwin, District of Column
bia; Assistant Historian-General. Mrs.
Harriet Bowron, New York; Librarian
General. Mrs. Short A. Willis. District
of Columbia: Recording Secretary Cen
eral Miss Mary Wilcox; Corresponding
Secretary General. Mrs. Mabel Sworm-
stedt. Vice-Presidents-Ge North
Carolina Mrs. Edwin c. Gregory; Ala
vania, Mrs. A E. Patton; Missouri, Mrs.
Wallace Delafield; Tennessee, Mrs.
Charles B. Bryan; Ohio. Mrs. Edward
| Orton. Jr.; Indiana, Mrs. James M. Fow-
| Ter; California, Mrs. John F. Swift; Dis
trict of Columbia, Mrs. George M
Sternberg; Colorado. Mrs. John Camp