The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-15
DAUGHTERS HOLD
|. STORMY NEE |NC;
MRS. SCOTT LOSES
Report of Credentials Com
nittee Rejected and New
Subsidiary Body Is
Ordered
PRESIDENT WILSON
DELIVERS ADDRESS
French Ambassador, Greeted
in Cool Manner, Excuses
the Delegates
Especial Dispatch to The CALI

Especial Dispatch to The CALI
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE twenty
second continental congress Of the Ma
tfonal Society OF the D. A. r. opened
at II o'clock today with accustomed
pomp, but with storm clouds hanging
low. and before the meeting had pro-
ceeded far they burst into a gale which
ended with a marked victory for the
conservative faction.
So profound was the victory and so
subdued the administration forces that
when, in the afternoon, the president
and his party arrived at Memorial Con-
tinental hall not a cloud was to be seen.
and the great body Of spiendidly dressed
women never presented a happier or
handsomer aspect.
While the president and Mrs. Wilson.
the vice president and Mrs. Marshall.
the secretary of state and Mrs. Bryan
and the wives of all the cabinet MEM
bers were arriving through side en-
trance to the building hundreds of peo-
pie, including many tourists. waited
without Continental hall hoping to see
the imposing party draw up at the
front door.
AMBASSADOR OVERLOOKED
The name Of the French ambassador,
M Jusserand, did not appear on the
official program, but through the inter
cession of the president general. Mrs.
Matthew I. Scott, he was persuaded to
accept an invitation to deliver an ad-
dress While the entertainment commit
tee busted itself in the vestibule, asking
if anybody knew the ambassador and If
so to please notify 1t s3f HIS arrival, NJ
and Nine. Jusserand waited in the jost-
ling throng for the proper person to
find them. So thoroughly democratic
has become the ambassador that when
another might have considered this an
affront. he only looked amused
When the president, the secretary of
state, the French ambassador and other
speakers reached the stage it was filled
with throng of national officers, sons
Of the sons of the American revolution
and others. The marine band gave a
fanfare of trumpets to announce the
arrival of the president, and while he
took his place on the flag draped stage
the great silk American flag shot out
from some place before unnoticed and
was drawn to the center of the arched
ceiling, and as the marine band burst
into the strains of the Star Spangled
Banner it's folds swung loose to the
breeze. Those present cheered and
sang as the emblem of the nation
swayed above them.
CHEERS FOR PRESIDENT
Then there was a great cheer for
the president and before it was half
spent Mrs. Scott, president general,
raped for order and for probably the
ten thousandth time since he became
man.
His address was brief. but eloquent.
His theme was the serious object of
the society in keeping green the mem
ory of the American revolution and
preserving the early history of the
country.
Following the president the secre-
tary of state delivered an address
which brought forth rounds Of ap-
plause, and then the marine band
struck up the national anthem of
France and with scarcely half of thou
sands of women recognizing him, NJ.
Jusserand stood beside Mrs. Scott,
smiling and bowing to the applause
The cordial greeting did not satisfy
Mrs. Scott, who realized that half the
women present had not recognized the
ambassador, but while she motioned
for them to rise. he democratically in
sisted that it did not matter, and even
when some of the daughters turned
their backs upon him--unwittingly, of
course-to look at the galleries, he was
wholly unperturbed and seemed
amused.
SPEECH DROWNED OUT
So delighted were the women dele
gates, officers and members with the