The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-18

The casting OF the ballots for the cleo
ton of ten vice presidents general, two
honorary vice presidents general. and an
editor OF the American Monthly Maga-
zine. Of the Daughters OF the American
Revolution, viii be continued at o'clock
this morning, when the two voting ma
chimes, which are used this year, win be
unlocked by two election ofiicials, one
Of whom was appointed by Mrs Scott,
president general Of the society, and the
other by Mrs. william Cumminss Story
At 10 o'clock last night the machines
1EeHe ioci<Ed. &ee9rdfag 10 an annodncc
men rnade daring he dAy.-ltfS keys be
iiE slscst n TIE ksepiaz - ! reptss1asa-
i've a. 1aeh Of the admir-. ltra ton ana er1.
iqrttIys forces n 81 estimates that
at81t - sotee ca.'t cas- % % - c'eionk
last night. when TIE polI6 eiose6. and
that the balance Of the votes viii be reg
istered by about 1 o'clock this after
noon, enabling the announcement Of the
result OF the election this afternoon.
Delegates to the D. A. r. congress got
50 tangled up over the voting for vice
president general yesterday that sugges-
ton was made on the floor that the only
way to bring order out Of the chaos was
10 send up the police and one Daughter
doubted II even that would have the de-
sired result
Use Voting Machines.
Voting machines had been installed as
offering q possible Improvement over the
methods OF last year when the election
returns were not obtained for more than
twenty-four hours after the polls closed.
Announcement concerning the machines
had been made from the platform and
delegates were told that while IL would be
better to vote by States. they might vote
any time after the polls opened. Long
before the polls opened Daughters began
gathering in the corridor outside the bal
lotting place, the result being q jam.
Mrs. william Cummings Story, Of New
York, suggested that the trouble arose
because the Daughters did not know
what was expected Of them and that the
polls should be closed until the matter
was made clear. The polls were closed.
a strong voiced Daughter explained in
detail and then the Jam dissolved.
The administration put out a straight
ticket, the names Of those Endorsed hav-
ing been printed on slips Of paper and
circulated through the hall The Story
people, however, shrewdly denied that
they had any ticket, declaring that indl-
vidually they would vote for the best
woman for the once.
How Administration Lines Up.
The administration party had the fol-
lowing ticket for ten vice presidents gen
eral in the field: Mrs Ia Verne Noyes,
Of Illinois: Mrs. Andrew X. GauIt. OF Ne
brsska: Mrs. George s. Shackelford, Of
Virginia; Mrs William LIbbey, Of New
Jersey; Mrs r. NJ. Bratton, OF South Car
olins; Mrs. Charles F. johnson. Of Maine
Mrs. Charles II. Bond. Of Massachusetts,;
Mrs. William Lawson Peel, Of Georgia;
Mrs. Chalmers NJ. Williamson, Of Missis-
sippi, and Mrs. w. H. Crosby, Of Wis
consin.
The nominees for vice presidents gen.
eral whose names are not on the ad-
ministration ticket. were Mrs George n.
Minor, OF Connecticut: Mrs. John g.
er. Of Florida, and Mrs. Cunningham.
OF Kentucky.
The administration candidates for hon
orary vice presidents general were Mrs.
Charles H. Deere. OF Illinois. and Mrs
John r. Walker, Of Missouri.
Mrs. Julius c. Burrows, OF MICHIGAN
was q nominee for honorary vice presi-
dent general. not on the administration
list.
1t seems safe to state that II the ticket
which Is regarded as the anti-adminis-
tration ticket elects the majority Of its
candidates, those who are regarded as
adherents OF Mrs. Scott win be defeated
next year.
In her report as chairman OF the COM
mittee to prevent dissertation OF the
nag, Mrs. ]. NJ. Dickinson said that
twenty-nine States have enacted laws
TO protect the nag from desecration.