Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-23
CONNECTICUT DAUGHTERS
 CONGRATULATED ON GUIDA
ResoI oIution to That Effect Passed By Continental Congrsss-Regret That Mrs. Minor Was Not Elected.

Washington, April 22-The twenty first session of the continental congress of the Daughters of the American Rev olution, came to an end Saturday night. Mrs. Story, leader of the so- called insurgents vied with Mrs. Scott, the president general, in renounc- ing for te time being party politics and joined with her in a patriotic eel ebratiOn.
 For nearly an hour the delegates sang songs, proposed resolutions of thanks to the various officers, and listened to an address of eulogy on. women prominent in D. A. R. circles, and by the time the president general declared the congress adjourned with out day, the delegates were almost ready to believe that the end of the D. A. R. fights had come.
 One of the resolutions adopted was one congratulating the daughters com posing the Connecticut chapters on the "Guida", and recommending 1t to the other Chapters.
 An amendment to the constitution was adopted, allowing the election of State Regent and Vice Regent at the State meetings instead of at the con gress.
 Mrs. Buel, State Regent for Con necticut, said last night that with the exception of the defeat of Mrs. Minor, of New London, for the position of Vice president general the work of the congress had been very satisfac- tory. Had I realized in the begin ming that it was even suspected that she was the candidate of either party l would have taken steps early in the session to correct the impression, she siad Connecticut is not pledged to ,4A d. AI, either candidate for the office of Pres ident General. As it was we do not loop upon the defeat of Mrs. Minor as complete turn down as she boiled a majority of the votes cast but only ten could be elected and she was num- Der eleven. She received 436 votes or four more than one half of the number cast but there were ten candi- dates who received more votes than she did, the lowest of the ten received just fourteen votes more than Mrs Minor. Two years ago Mrs. John T. Sterling, of Bridgeport received high est number of votes cast for any can didate."
 Mrs. Buel expressed herself as much pleased with the resolutions adopted by the congress commenting the Con- necticut Chapters for their work in circulating the "Guida." She said the book was now being printed in four languages and that a number were disposed of during the session. She said that s1S07 of the S3,0O0 pledged by the Connecticut Chapters two years ago had been collected and paid leav- ing a balance of $1,2OO yet to be col lected.
 The Chalkey papers, which have caused so much contention in former congresses, were by vote of the con- gress turned over to Mrs Mary s. Lockwood, Regent of the District of Co., lumbia Chapter, to be printed, thus, as Mrs. Buel said, removing one of the bones of contention, which will tend toward more harmonious meeting hereafter" The fund that had been subscribed for the publication of these records went with the records to Mrs. Lockwood.
 Practically the entire afternoon of Saturday was spent in consideration of the proposed revision of te consti- tuition. The draft of the revision was carefully scanned and copies of it will be sent to every CRpter where 1t will be scrutiniZed in every detail during te next year when it will come up for adoption. The revision of the con stitution will be in order prior to the election of officers at the next con gress.