Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-20
ALL READY TO VOTE
Nominations for Officers Made
by the D. A. R.
KEEN COMPETITION NOTED
Balloting Probably Will Continue
Until Midnight.
MANY ADDRESSES ARE MADE
Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Story Both APP
plauded When Names Are
Presented.

All the politics which has been more
or less below the surface since the be.
ginning of the twentieth congress OF
the D. A. r. in Memorial Continental
Hall became evident this morning
when the society entered upon the
! nomination and election Of officers
Nominations were still being made al
2:3O o'clock this afternoon, and since the
ballots must still be printed. it is obvious
the voting will not be concluded until
midnight. and the tellers will not be
ready with the announcement of the re-
suit before noon tomorrow.
Even before the nominations were in
order there came a preliminary test of
strength between the factions support
ing the respective candidates for the
Office Of president general, Mrs. 4..at-
thew Scott of Illinois and Mrs. William
Cummings Story Of New York
Mrs. Joseph S. Wood, state regent of
New York, offered a special motion that
two special stamps be secured, one to
be used by the New York delegation and
one by the Illinois delegation, to stamp
and thus properly validate the ballots.
Scarcely was the mo ion offered when
Mrs. John c. Ames, state regent of IL
linOis, arose in protest, stating that she
had not been consulted in the drafting of
the resolution, and said that Illinois was
satisfied to continue the use of the regu-
lar validating stamps in the possession of
the vice president general in charge of Or
ganiZatiOn, Mrs. NJ. B. Tulloch.
A storm of applause greeted this state
ment, and moment later Mrs. Wood S
motion was literally shouted down.
The convention soon got down to the
actual business of making the nomina-
tons.
Mrs. Scott Nominated.
Mrs. La Verne Moves of Illinois nomi-
bent, for a second two-year term as pres
ident general of the society, and called
particular attention to the progress of
the D. A. r. under the present admins
tration. Especially did Mrs. Noyes
speak of the record Of Mrs. Scott in her
two years at the helm. The nomination
was seconded by Mrs. John w. Walker
of Missouri.
Evidence Of the division Of sentiment
which will be expressed in ballots was
offered in the nomination of Mrs. Will
liam Cummings Story to be president
general by Mrs. Louis *. Torbet, re-
gent of the Chicago chapter. 1t was
shown that Mrs. Torbet bore the in
struction from her chapter to vote for
Mrs. Scott, and she herself said she
expected to carry out her instruction
and that she intended to display her
ballot to prove that she had done SO.
Mrs. Story's nomination was seconded
by Mrs. Joseph S. Wood. and the latter,
speaking for the state organization as it's
regent gave hearty personal Endorsement
to Mrs. Story's personal fitness for the
Office.
Mrs. Laird Of California nominated Mrs.
Arthur Maxwell Parker of Detroit for the
Office Of president general, but Mrs Par
ker declined, and took occasion In so
doing to voice her Endorsement of Mrs.
Scott for the principal Office in the So
ciety.
Many Endorsements Made.
Other Endorsements for the respective
candidates were then in order, and the
better part Of an hour was thus con-
sumed by the state regents and va
rious other state and chapter officers
in indicating their respective prefer
ences.
At the rate the nominations and in
dorsements were proceeding it seemed
likely that the convention would be
busily engaged during the remainder OF
the day in merely nominating vice presi-
dents general and other officers, while the
election, which Is to follow, bids fair to
keep the delegates busily occupied far
into the night.
Other nominations were as follows:
For vice presidents general in charge
of organization Of chapters, Mrs. Henry
L. Mann of the District Of Columbia
nominated by Mrs. G. +. Swormstedt,
and Mrs. Miranda B. Tulloch tef the Dis