Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-11
D. A. R. CONGRESS
TO MEET MONDAY
Many of the Delegates Already
Registered at Continental
Memorial Hall.
INTEREST IN ELECTION
OF PRESIDENT GENERAL
Three Leading Candidates Establish
MISUNDERSTANDING of Com
mittees and Boards Announced.

Many of the delegates to the twenty
second congress of the Daughters of
the American Revolution. which opens
here Monday. are already in the city
They came from all parts of the coun-
try. apd went to Continental Memorial
Hall. where registration was begun at
3 o'clock this morning by Mrs. Henry
L. Mann. chairman of the credentials
committee. sAss
The campaign headquarters Of the
three leading candidates for president
general We're scenes of busy work
throughout the, day. Mrs. John Miller
Horton and Mrs. William Cummings
Story have their headquarters in the
New Willard, and Mrs Charles Bryan
is at the New Ebbitt. Each has cam
pa1gn managers. who. are busily inter-
viewing arriving delegates in an active
canvass for. votes and support.
A feature of the campaign this year
is the fact that most of the work of
been done in the states. The canvass
has been in progress practically, ever
since the last election, two years ago.
Committees to. Meet.
The registration Of arriving delegates
and alternates will be continued tomor-
row, although few delegates, are not
expected to arrive until Monday morn
ing. All of the leaders, however, are
already in the city to attend the meet
ing OF the Continental Hall committee,
which will be held tonight, and the ma
tlonal board of management, which will
be held tomorrow morning
Mrs. Samuel AmmOn, chairman. has
called a meeting of the press committee
at Continental Hall at o'clock this
tional board of management tomorrow
morning other committees and boards
Will hold meetings in rapid succession.
Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt, chairman of
the magazine committee. has called a
meeting of her committee for tomorrow
afternoon to follow directly after a meet
ing OF the patriotic education committee
The early arrivals among the delegates
are earnestly discussing the proposed
revision of the constitution. which is
scheduled to be taken up this year. 1t
is predicted that there will be division
OF sentiment over the question Of whether
the revision should be taken up at all.
1t is rule of the d. A. r. that the
constitution cannot be amended in years
when national elections ale held The
supporters of the proposed change in
the constitution say, however that they
propose revising the constitution and
not amending 1t, and that the revision
was ordered by the last congress-
Among the principal changes in the
constitution included in the revision
proposed. by committee headed by
Mrs. J. Morgan Smith is one abolish
ing the Office of vice president general
In charge of the organization Of chap
tiers and the establishment of the
office of organizing secretary gem
eral. Another affects the representa-
ton Of chapters in the annual con-
crosses Under the old rules each
chapter was entitled to be represented
by its regent or it's vice regent. and
one delegate for the first fifty mem
bers, and an additional delegate for
each hundred members after the first
hundred. Under the new rule the rep
resentation by regents and vice re-
gents would remain the same, but one
delegate is allowed for the first hum
dred members and another for each
additional 200 members.
Session of Memorial Association.
The. National Mary Washington
Memorial Association, which always
meets during the. D. A. r. congresses,
will meet Monday, according to an an
.nouncement made today.
The returns from the concert given
OF fal Hon 1oC