The Washington times., 1911-04-20

honestly.
Mounting on a chair at the foot of the
platform, directly in front of Mrs. Nc
Lean. Miss Janet Richards made the
motion that fifteen tellers be appointed
from each faction for the counting Of
the ballots
AT this point the parliamentarian was
the innocent means of springing a SEN
satlon when she inquired whether 1t
was a custom of the Daughters to con-
duct elections in which the number of
tellers for the two contesting parties
were unequally divided. Mrs. Dunning.
of Massachusetts, succeeding in gaining
recognition, said:
''I desire to explain that only at one
election were the tellers unequally d.
yided. And / am here to state that the
two extra women tellers on the side
having q majority of tellers sat against
| the wall the whole evening and did
| nothing"
Laughter Relieves Tension.
General laughter relieved the tension
for a moment, and Mrs. Yawger, of
New York, a Story woman, obtained
recognition.
Il want to KNOW" she said, "if Il is
fair for anyone aside from the tellers
TO enter the room while the ballots are
being counted. Two years ago ! was a
teller, and while We were counting the
ballots the president general entered
the room twice.
At first there was intense silence
throughout the hall. the Daughters be-
ing electrified by the boldness Of Mrs
no. broke forth. .'
Instantly Mrs. Donald Mclean, of
New York, sprang to her feet and took
the situation In hand. A few moments
before she had spoken to Miss Rich
ards motion declaring that she would
now second this motion II Miss Richards
would agree TO nominating tellers from
each State represented on the Scott and
Story tickets. instead of selecting fifteen
tellers from each party
Mrs. Mclean now said, however, that
the necessary thing was to get the ma
chinery of the election in running
order so that the nominating speeches
for the two candidates could be made
and seconded. She seconded Miss Rich
ards motion Tor the appointment Of
fifteen tellers from each side. and the
matter was quickly dispensed with. The
motion passed without further trouble.
Most Intense Feeling.
The intensity of the feeling existing
between the Story and Scott factions
was shown yesterday during a verbal
battle over the question of giving the
Chalkley papers to the Congressional
Library. The papers have cost the
Daughters of the American Revolution
more than 1900 and the Scott faction
was of the belief the investment had
been an exceedingly bad ons.
Mrs. Ebert r. Jones, chairman of
the publication committee, advocated
that the organization rid. itself of a
burden by giving the papers to the
Library, claiming she had made many
unsuccessful attempts to have them
published. She said the work on them
had been done by an amateur" Mrs
Short A. Williams considered the name
amateur" as intended for her and she
vigorously contended. however. that the
Chalkley papers are of tremendous
value and insisted that they be pub
lished.
The matter was finally settled by vot-
ing TO donate the papers to the Library
upon consideration that they be printed.
Many Cried for Recognition.
Many times during the heated de-
bates Yesterday ten or fifteen women
were clamoring for recogniation. Even
after the Chair had recognized one, the
cries of Madame president" Madame
PRESIDENT were heard from all parts
of the auditorium. Some of them
mounted TO the platform, and made a
direct personal appeal with the presi-
dent for recognition. After standing by
the side of Mrs. Scott for a long time
without securing recognition. Mrs. VIII
lis became engaged in a controversy
with her. She did not pause until the
Chair gave the order: you must not
speak in that way"
In the report of the committee on pa
triotic education. made by Mrs. Sam
uel A. Ammou. Of Pittsburg. a demand
was made for a different method of
education in the public schools.
The report of Mrs. J. NJ. Dickinson
recommending that a law be passed
making Dissertation of the flag a crime,
was unanimously adopted.
Many other reports were made during
the session yesterday.