The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-03-24

By the withdrawal of the amend
ments to the constitution and by
laws of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, as first proposed by
the administration officers of that
body, and printed exclusively in
The Washington Herald, the organ
ization has been thrown into sort
of guessing contest as to why the
action was taken.
AMENDMENTS INDoRSED.
The proposed amendments had the in
dorsement of Mrs. Scott, the president
general, and her entire cabinet Their
adoption was vigorously opposed by the
conservative party, the members of which
insisted that if the amendments became
law the president general would be
clothed in czar-like authority.
The withdrawal of the amendments is
made in the form ora circular letter,
which will be sent to all of the regents
and national officers. 1t reads as fol-
lows:
The finance committee, acting under
instructions received from the national
board of management and the president
general. December 9, 1909, and reaftirmed
June /, 1910 employed the American Audit
Company TO make an exhaustive ex-
animation of the financial affairs of the
National Society, Daughters of the
American Revolution, dating from the in
staIlation of the first cash book and
ledger to the present time. The audit
company has just reported the compile
ton of this enormous work. In the light
of the large amount of additional in
formation thereby gained, the audit
company desires to modify and amend
the recommendations previously made
through the finance committee in the
form of amendments to the bylaws.
The finance committee therefore has
decided to Withdraw the proposed amend
ments from consideration by the Cont
mental Congress. pending the receipt of
further recommendations from the audit
company.
MABEL q. swORMsTEDT. Chairman:
ELLEN SPENCER MUSSEY.
JULIET H. COX.
Finance Ctnmittec.''
Some Speculation.
Tho omission of the names of Mrs
Bushnell and Mrs. Cullop. wife of Rep
resentative Cullop. of Indiana. and Mrs
Anne II. Perley. State regent of Penn
svlvania. members of the committee who
presented the amendments. is much COM
mented on. as is the addition of Mrs
Rertha NJ Robbins, whose name was
not signed to the amendments when they
were distributed.
BY the conservative faction, the claim
is made that the amendments were with
Crawn as a political move. Those who
oppose the administration will not adj
nit that the official report of the audit
company is responsible for the action.
While the Story faction is claiming a
victory in the withdrawal, it is pointed
out that bad blunder has been made
irasmuch as the finance committee is
said to have no legal right to withdraw
the amendments, which had been fully
reported to the last congress and re-
ferred to the coming congress for ap-
prevail or rejection. The parliamentarians
Of the society are calling attention to the
fact that when a committee gives a re-
FORT to the congress t is no longer in
the hands of the committee, but belongs
to the congress.
The administration, however, takes a
different view. 1t IS said this faction
believes that in giving up the amend
ments it has strengthened its position.
On the other hand, conservatives were
jubliant last night. They claim they
have forced the administration to dis
card what was intended to be one of the
most powerful planks in their platform
1t is said the action on the amend
ments was caused by a flood of inqui-
ries by Daughters from all parts OF the
country demanding to know II the
amendments had been repudiated-