Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17

| of the seats We're occupied.
| The bright sunshine had an enlvening
| influence upon the delegates and the pro-
ceedings were more rapidly conducted
and with greater animation.
Mrs. Story Arrives First.
The first of the candidates for the high
est office in the gift of the congress to
appear In her seat in the last gallery was
Mrs. William c. Story of New York. who
carried great bunch of wood violets.
As she walked down the aisle she was
greeted by applause until she bowed re-
peated1y. Her entrance delayed the
reading of the minutes for nearly a quar-
ter of an hour.
Rounds of applause greeted the reading
from the minutes the result of the first
ballot, which resulted in no election for
president general.
Neither Mrs. Horton nor Mrs Bryan,
the two other candidates for president
general, were in their seats in the audi
torium when the session opened. Both
We're in conference with their followers
III committee rooms.
Mrs Charles Oliver Norton state regent
of Nebraska delivered a greeting from
Mrs. Alexander White. president OF the
United Daughters of the Confederacy. to
Mrs Scott and the d. A. r. Congress.
AT this point Mrs. Horton appeared in
the east gallery with her friends. \
UeleGate Ill the north gallery arose anu
said she had heard that Mrs. Horton
was about to retire from the race.
Mrs. Horton answered that she had no
intention of retiring. A similar question
was asked of Mrs. Story. also from the
north gallery. Mrs Story said she would
not withdraw.
Mrs. Bryan in the Race.
Mrs. j. Morgan Smith arose on the
platform to deny a rumOr that Mrs
Charles b. Bryan, the third candidate.
would retire from the race A motion was
made to drop the lowest candidate from
the list of candidates. The motion was
ruled out of order amid confusion and
was not put to vote.
Here Mrs. Scott made a report re-
garding the financial affairs OF the
American Monthly Magazine, the Off
cial publication. The deficit she said
She called upon Mrs. Lyman b. SWORN
stedt. chairman of the magazine COM
mittee, to give some information re-
garding the affairs of the publication.
Mrs. SwormStedts report showed that
the magazine had steadily lost money,
and that about $4,000 was the net loss
last year
She detailed the offers that had been
received for the purchase of the maya
zine by various publishers and it's tenn
porary sale to one. She recommended
that the name be changed to the d. A. r.
Magazine.
Consideration of the recommendations
made by Mrs. Swormstedt was deferred
until later.
Taking of Second Ballot.
Mrs James NJ. Fowler chairman Of the
special credentials committee. announced
that states would not be allowed any
more votes today than they were yester-
day.
Mrs. Guernsey, chairman Of the judges,
then announced that unless there were
9oIne new nominations everything was
ready for the beginning OF the voting.
Mrs. Scott asked if there were any new
but there were none, anu
no Withdrawals.
Mrs. Scott caused a small sensation by
saving 1t had been discovered that some
pages were canvassing delegates. and that
If any were caught their DanSeS Woulo
be taken away.
An attempt was made to allow delegates
who wanted to leave early to vote first,
but il was defeated. Another effort was
made to reverse the order of states TO-DAY
In voting and this was carried.
The voting on the second ballot was
begun at 1915 o'clock. with Cuba. the
Philip pines and Hawaii voting first. 1t
was decided to take vote at O'CLOCK
to decide when the polls will close.
Reports on Recommendations.
The report Of the committee on the
of national officers was
read by Mrs. Robert s. Robertson. The
report recommended that $4,000 be trans
ferred to the permanent fund; that the
historian general get the cooperation of
leading historians to draw up courses of
study in history for schools, and that all
chapter chaplains do more religious work.
All the recommendations were approved.
The revision Of the constitution and
bylaws, which was expected to cause
a wide division will not be taken up
until next year. The postponement was
decided on the, recommendation of the
revision committee, headed by Mrs. S.
Morgan Smith. It was decided that be-
cause of the election sufficient attention
could not be given to the revision.
The delegates went to the White House
at 2:45 o'clock to be received by Presi-
dent Wilson. Meanwhile. however. the
voting continued. 1t was planned to re-
sumo the formal business sessions at
D clock. when Mrs. Charles w. Rassett,
chairman Of the committee on historical
research, will report.