Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-22
Mrs. Matthew T.Scott Re-
elected by 148 Votes.
With One Exception The Entire
Administration Ticket Wins.
One Vice President General Lacks
Ten Votes Harmony Over All.

Washington. April 21.-Mrs. Matthew
I. Scott, of Illinois was declared to-
night to have been reelected president
general of the Daughters of the Alneri-
| can Revolution for the next two years
| OF the 1850 votes cast, Mrs. Scott re-
eeived Ga; her opponent. Mrs. Wit
| liam G. Story of New York 466 and
| six of the ballots were blank. The
| tellers spent almost q hours in count
| ing yesterdays vote and the result
which it was expected would be an
nounced at the morning session of the
Congress today, had to be postponed
until tonight With Mrs. Scott was
elected the entire administration ticket.
except one vice president general who
received 10 votes less than the number
necessary to elect and for which posi-
ton new ballot will be taken tomor-
row.
When Mrs. Scott entered Continental
hall after the vote had been announc-
ed, preceded down the center aisle by
d dozen charming young pages and
followed by score or more bearing
great baskets and arms full of Ameri-
can beauties. Jonquils and other flow
plause. Scarcely had she mounted the
platform before Mrs. Story asked
recognition. She declared that she felt
no bitterness because of her defeat and
urged all the members of the organ
ization to uphold as she intended to do,
the hands of their newly elected presi-
dent general.
The others elected were
Vice president general, in charge OF
organization of chapters, Mrs Henry
l.. Mann; chaplain general, Miss Eliz-
aheth Pierce: recording secretary gen.
eral. Mrs. Howard T. Hodgxns: cor
respondent secretary general, Mrs. w.
y. Dennis; registrar general, Mrs
Gaius Brulbaugh; treasurer genera,
Mrs. William d. Hoover: historian
general, Mrs. Charles Bassett; as
sistant historian general, airs. Eleaner
,. Thompson and librarian general
Miss Amaryilis Gillette, all residents
of the District of Columbia, except
Mrs. Bassett, Maryland. and Mrs
Thompson, Massachusetts.
Ten vice president generals were to
be elected. but only nine received
enough votes. All elected were Scott
candidates AS also was Miss Harriet
/. Lane of Iowa, who. although 10Th
in point of number had ten votes too
few IT, elect
Declared in the order elected were:
Miss Sophie NAPLES, Delaware; Mrs.
Clayton r. Truesdell, Ohio; Mrs. Amen
+, Perley, Pennsylvania; Mrs. James p.
Brayton, Michigan; Mrs. Ben Gray, Jr..
Missouri; Mrs James NJ. Fowler. In
diana; Mrs. Edwin C. Gregory. North
Carolina; Mrs. Charles B. Bryan, Tennes-
see, and Mrs. r. F. Edmonson, West Vir-
ginia.
Mrs. J. Morgan Smith of Alabama was
elected an honorary vice president gener-
al. and Mrs. Elroy NJ. Avery was re-
elected editor of the American Monthly
Magazine, the official organ of the y.
A. r.
In thanking the society for her re-elec-
ton Mrs. Scott said that while the mem
bers sometimes differed "in nterpreta-
tion of questions of privilege on points of
order, when it comes to questions of vital
patriotic principles the ID. y. r. heart
beats true
After tonight's session of the Congress,
reception was given to Mrs. Scott at
the hotel where she has her headquar-
ters. A session tomorrow morning will
bring the 10Th Continental Congress to a
close.