The Washington herald., 1912-04-21
DAUGHTERS CLOSE
ANNUAL SESSION
Pay Fitting Tribute to Men
Who Died on the
Titanic.
REsoLUTIoNsoFsoRRow
Mrs. Lockwood Urges Erection of
Hall of RecOrds-Daughters Ask
Abolition of Polygamy.
RESoLUTIoNsoFsoRRoW

The twenty-first congress of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
which has been in session since Monday
morning, with Mrs. Matthew T. Scott,
the president general presiding. came
to a close last night with the singing OF
the national hymn. the exchange among
the delegates Of sentiments of friend
ship and love, and mutual assurances Of
their best efforts in behalf OF the So
ciety.
The congress has been one of the
most fruitful in the history of the or
ganization. this being due TO the busi-
nesslike expediency with which the pre-
siding officer disposed Of the various
questions, and the loyal assistance and
support given to the chair by the ad
ministration party, as well as the con-
servatiVe faction, the members of each
Of which are working in the interest Of
the society according to their own con-
victions. There may have been differ
ences of opinion expressed In rather
forcible manner while the congress was
in session, but whatever those differ
ences may have been. none of the MEM
bers ever swerved from the principle
upon which the society was founded
twenty-one years ago.
The discussion OF the proposed re-
ments was continued yesterday after
noon and was also taken up at the
evening session.
Tribute to Mai. Butt.
At the morning session the Daughters
paid a fitting tribute to the noble men
who stood aside as the lifeboats Of the
Titanic were lowered and went to mar
tyrs' graves that the women and chill
dren might be saved. The most profound
silence reigned throughout the spacious
hall as members Of the society arose to
paint in glowing words the herosm of
individuals and members of the crew
who were lost in the disaster.
Mrs. Scott offered a resolution relating
to the death of Mai Butt.
The resolution. which was adopted by
rising vote, follows:
Whereas, in His inscrutable provi-
dence. Almighty God has seen fit to take
from our midst Mai. Archibald Butt, who
last year and the year before escorted
our President of the United States to
this platform to open our Continental
Congress, and whose splendid martial
figure has so long been one of the dis
tinguishing figures of the social and Off
cial life Of our National Capital:
And whereas this brave soldier and
chivalric gentleman in the recent tragedy
the lives OF the helpless women and chill
dren of that iIl-fated vessel;
Resolved. That we, the Daughters Of
the American Revolution in congress as
sembled-grateful for this touching proof
that in our supposedly materialistic age
that chivslry has not lost it's flower
desire to lay our laurel wreath of admi-
ration and love upon the fathomless
grave of this knight errant Sand true
patriot.
Resolved, That COPY of these reso-
lutions be sent to the President of the
United States, to whom this tragic death
comes as a poignant personal loss
Mrs. j. NJ. Dickinson. Mrs. Wallace
Hanger, Miss Libbey, and Mrs Carl
VroOman were appointed by Mrs. Scott a
committee to transmit the copy of the
resolutions to President Taft.
Would Prohibit POIysamy.
An amendment to the Constitution of
the United States was recommended in a
resolution introduced at the morning ses-
sion. The resolution asked that an amend
ment providing that poIygamy be pro-
hibited be adopted. A message from the
American Civic Reform Union, suggest
ing that a copy of such a resolution be
sent to each national convention asking
support in the movement, was read. The
Mrs. Edward 0rton, jr., of Ohio. who
was supported in her contentious by sew
ersl other members.
The various State delegates were so
eager to second the resolution that the
president general suggested that unani-
nous vote be taken. A plea by Miss
Ellen Stcne, embodied in a resolution, for
the reimbursement by Congress of her
friends who paid a ransom TO free her
from bandits several years ago, was laid
on the table.
The erection of a memorial and mortu-
ary chapel in Arlington was the basis of
a resolution offered by Mrs. George
Sternberg. of Washington. The resolu-
tion was adopted without debate. 1t
provides that Congress shall make the
appropriation necessary to defray the
expense.
The committee appointed last year to
look into the advisability of having pub
lished the pension records of the soldiers
and sailors of the United States who
served prior to the war of 1sl2 an
nounced through its chairman, Mrs. John
Miller Horton, that such course should
be followed, and the report was adopted.
Mrs. Horton announced that Congress
had provided $4,000 for this
work
Wants Hall of Records,
MIS-. Mary ;. LOCKWOOD, STATE regent
Of the District, was emphatic in impress
ing upon the members the immediate ne
cessity for the erection of a suitable
hall Of records, where the documents of
the organization may be preserved. Mrs.
lockwood called to mind the destruction
by ire Of the records of the society in
the State Capitol at Albany, N. Y.
Several members we're recipients Of
votes Of thanks in appreciation of the |
service they have rendered the society |
as officers. The work of Mrs. Enslow, |
charity officer of the d. A. R., was es-
pecially commended. Mrs. Enslow has |
5een doing effective work in the Juvenile |
Court here, and viii leave for Brooklyn,
n. T., In few days Votes of thanks |
were also given Mrs. Scott and Mrs. /
Ellen Spencer Mussey.
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