Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-20
RACES
AMID RANKS Of
DAUGHTERS
Lively Time Anticipated Dur
ing Campaign for Presidency
Of Feminine Descendants of
Revolution.

Especial Correspondence to Morning Journal
Washington, d. c.. Nov. 15.-
Washington members of the Daugh
tiers Of the American Revolution arr
much Interested in a statement mad'
in New York by Miss Florence q
Finch, campaign manager for Mrs
William Cummings story, the s~o-call-
ed "~insurgent' candidate for presl'
dent general Of the national society
They consider 1t the first shot in the
coming campaign, which Will end IN
the election Of a president at the ma
tional congress here next April. Miss
Finch's statement is aimed at Mrs.
Matthew II. Scott of Bloomington, Ill,
the present president general and a
candidate for reelection. Miss Finch
fatty denies that Mrs. Scott has the
unanimous support of the recent state
conference In Illinois. and insists that
Mrs. Scott has been turned down rs a
candidate by the Chicago Chapter,
the largest in the United States.
In some way reports have been sent
to every chapter i'm the country to the
effect that Illinois was solidly behind
Mrs. Scott in her candidacy, and Miss
Finch issued her statement to correct
IIilS IMPRESSION lnEIE Is HULL ltGi"
ing. il is said, in many parts of the
country against Mrs. Scott, over her
open candidacy, after she had made
the announcement hat she would not
run, although she firmly believed that
the opportunity Of running should be
laid before her. Ii has been the Gus
tom that n president general should
not succeed herself, although this was
broken by the recollection of Mrs,
Fairbanks, wife of the former vice
president. But Mrs. Scott has the in
dorsement of Mrs. Donald Mclean,
n former president general, and is
known as her candidate.
Miss Finch's Statement.
Miss Finch's statement was as fol-
lows;
"A great deal OF highly interesting
material win enliven the coming
campaign for the president general
ship of the national society. Mrs.
declared that she would not
again be a candidate for the high Of
flee. Remember, she defeated Mrs.
Story by a very narrow margin OF
and we will have more to say
about that last election. Now We are
with the immediate present. /
Just before that state conference
It Decatur, ILL.,. at which Mrs. Scott
present, Mrs. Scott sent a tele-
gram to certain high officials of her
tate that she would not lower the
lightly of her office by coming out
as a candidate, but she thought
hat the nomination should at least
De rendered her. A few days later she
announced herself a candidate for re-
election. This was against all prece-
lent. Mrs. Fairbanks was the only
PRESIDENT general who was ever re-
Shall his precedent be set
side? The conservative party of the
society does not think it
hould. This is n of our policies.
The other policies of the conserva-
i've party have not as yet been out
Ined,' continued Miss Finch. 1--WE
re preparing our platform and when
has been framed we Will make ii
We are opposed to the max
lg Of a president g~eneralship u per-
onal matter-a great position for
he exploitation Of personal ambition.
tut more Of that later.
startled the Membership
Mrs, Scott startled the members
( the national society this fall by
aging she would run again. after de-
she would not. The Chicago
with nine hundred members,
largest in the country, declined to
Tor Mrs. scott $ candidacy. Anu
ct someone sent out the report to
IL the chapters that Mrs. SCOTS
ONE state had declared unanimously
Or her. l want to nip that false inn
r%cssion in the bud before we enter
ito real activities of the campaign.
There are many small chapters in
'mote sections of the country that
re not in touch with the rea situa-
which viii believe that report. !
ave taken steps to make the real
nth known" I
Mrs. story makes known her candi-
lov this fall. She is confident of I
From Alabama comes the
port that Mrs. Morgan Smith of I
state may be a candidate. There :
also a report that Mrs. John Mil /
+ Horton of Buffalo is seeking the
flee of president general.
As to Mrs. Horton the report goes I
by saying that Mrs. Donald 5
clean has urged her to run. At the I
me inns Mrs. Scott is known as n
RS. McLean's candidate. She was \
rs. McLean's candidate at the last
ection. If Mrs. Horton should run p
lie would take away from Mrs. story
rtain New York state votes. but n
rs. Horton is a warm admirer of +
rs. story. Their mutual friends do r
It believe that Mrs. Horton will push n
r candidacy. n