Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-19

participating in the devotional exercises
which were conducted by the Right Rev
Alfred Harding. Bishop of Washington.
introduced as one of the mothers q
the D. A. r." Mrs. Adlai r. Stevenson
one Of the former vice presidents general
extended greetings and congratulated ths
society on It's very great growth and sue
cess Minutes Of yesterdays session were
read by the recording secretary general
Miss Wilcox. The report showed that
total Of 1,422 delegates are in attendance
upon the congress. Presentation OF an
nual reports was the primary business o.
the day.
As chairman Of the national board o.
managers Mrs. Scott gave her own report
first in the list, and 1t was in this connec
ton that she brought prominently befors
the congress the whole matter of ths
conflict Of authority which found its ex
preston in the circular letter which wa:
written by Miss Wilcox.
Issue Brought to Front.
After detailing the material activities
of the board of management at its meet
ings since the congress of 1904 Mrs
Scott brought the matter in controversy
wildly before the society when she said
For one other thing l am going to
claim personal credit. At no single mo-
ment of trial and temptation to retaliate
seemed more than flesh and blood could
endure. have I permitted the spotless
ermine and blue of our colors to become
soiled with the dust of factiOnal strife.
Ladies. I trust that none of you may ever
have like cup of bitterness pressed to
your lips
"But if that should be your lot may
it be transmitted by some such subtle
alchemy as has come to my succor-
some consciousness of truth, of honesty
Of n icvt, SvIr hot { q
to poison my life into fresh currents oil
resolve. of courage, of faith, OF love
coursing warm through every vein and
artery and fiber of my being.
Some of our true friends Of the press
wished to give me the opportunity to re-
ply. but something of that which we in
herit from our ancestors of the time
that tried mems souls has given me
nerve and poise. If ] have not escaped
enmities I have. for my own part, kept
tanned unsullied by any newspaper
wranglinT the dignity of the great office
you have Entrusted to me-"
Calls for Boards Recommendation.
She then called upon the recording
secretary general to read the resolution
adopted by the board of management al
its April meeting expressing the censure
of that body against Miss Wilcox. This
was worded as follows:
'"The board hereby recommends that
the Continental Congress take official
cognizance Of the circular headed Memo
rial Continental Hall. March II, 1910. and
signed Mary r. Wilcox, recording secre-
tary-general, and pass a vote of censure
on said official for such action as con-
trary to good discipline and proper
courtesy"
Mrs. Ames of Illinois was recognized
by the chair, and she gave substance
to the recommendation of the board by
Offering a resolution which set forth
that the report of the chairman of the
national board Of management be ap-
proved ana the recommendation of the
board contained in the resolution of April
16, 1910, be adopted; and in pursuance
thereof, that the secretary general be,
and she Is hereby, censured by the Con-
tfnenta1 Congress for sending the cir
cular therein mentioned"
D. A. r. Notes.
1t is explained by Mrs. Mussey that the
president generals letter dismissing Mrs
H. T. Guss from "all congressional COM
mittees" referred only to all the minor
committees especially appointed for the
session of the congress, and all of which
are largely personal appointments. Mrs.
Guss has not been removed from the