The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-04-12
TO ATTEND ANNUAL
D. A. R. CONVENTION
Indiana Women Go to Wash
ington-Mrs. w. w. Gaar
Represents This City.

Preparations are being made for a
lizard fought battle for the presidency
general of the Daughters of the Am
erican Revolution by Mrs. William
FCummings Story of New York and
Mrs. John Miller Horton of Buffalo,
when the annual convention of that
Organization opens at Washington on
Monday. Mrs. Story has been there
for more than a week in active man
jagement of her campaign.
Many Indiana members of the d.
A r. will attend the convention. Del
legations from this state will have
their headquarters in the same hotel.
Mrs. w. w. Gaar is the only member
of the Richmond chapter who will at
tend.
The question of woman suffrage
may enter largely into the situation.
Mrs. Story ia strongly opposed to in
PRODUCING suffrage into d. A. r. cir
cles and will make her fight on that
stand. Recently she made her posi-
ton upon that subject most clear in
these words: There is no place for
suffrage in the ranks of the Daughters
of the American Revolution. Any at
tempt to make that an issue at the
coming election is certain to meet de-
feat
Opposing factions in the fight for
the Presidency General have become
most bitter within the past few days
and accusations of various kinds have
he
,tual election of officers takes place on
Tuesday it is predicted that this bit
terness will extend to the floor of the
convention.
1t is expected that Mrs Story's
friends will raise the subject Of
circular recently issued by seven
members of the National Board high
in administrative circles, attacking
Mrs. Story, which circular, Mrs.
Story's allies allege, was paid for out
of the funds Of the organization.
In this circular it was asserted that
MRS. Story had spread dissention in
the society and was unfit for office"
Following the issuance of this circu-
lar the Manhattan Chapter of the d.
A. r. held a meeting at Mrs. Story's
home in New York and denounced
those whose names were attached to
it
Mrs. Horton has not been quite so
active in her campaign for the office
of president-general as Mrs. Story,
but it is said that she has many Of
the society's officers on her side. Mrs.
Story, however, has a strong follow
ing among the rank and file.
For the first time since the society's
existence the convention when it
"Opens Monday will be thrown open to
the public. Heretofore members only
have been admitted Greetings from
president Wilson will start Monday
evenings session, followed by the ad-
dress of Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, presi-
dent-general Others scheduled to adj
dress the convention are Secretary of
State William Jennings Bryan, DR.. r.
H. McKim, President-General Of the
Sons of the Revolution, District of
Columbia and j. NJ. Richardson, Presi-
dent-General of the Sons of the Ameri
can Revolution.
Much of the convention s time will
be taken up by social events, practi
cally all of the evening sessions being
of social character, with the excep-
rtion of Tuesday night, when the cleo
ton will take place. One evening will
be set aside as " Franc-American
Might" when M. Jusserand, the
French ambassador and Madame JUS
serand, will be the guests of honor. 1t
is expected that NJ. Jusserand will adj
dress the convention. Miss Ida Rose
.McCabe has been asked to prepare an
address for that night on Madame
Lafayette" Other speakers during the
course of the week will be Clifford
bury.