The Washington times., 1913-02-06
LIVELY MEETING IS
PRED|CTEDFORHALL
COMMIT TEE OF OAR.
Debt of Organization Has Been
Subject of Spirited Debate
Several Years.

Members of the Continental Hall COM
Uittee of the Daughters OF the Revo-
fution are holding this afternoon what
was predicted before the, meeting would
be fairly lively session. Question OF
the debt owed by the Daughters on the
hall has for several years produced
vigorous meetings of this committee in
advance OF the continental congress-
and this year the question is more than
usually complicated and made danger
Gus by the program of the regulars"
10. have passed by Congress a bill
granting $4,000 for the erection of an
annex to Continental Memorial Hall.
This morning the board OF manage
ment held its final meeting and debated
again the proposition passed yesterday
to exclude reporters from the meetings
Of the continental congress In April.
The point. was made today py oppo-
nents of the measure that il is not con-
stitutional, 1t being held that to ex-
clude all but delegates is to go into
executive session, and the constitution
does not allow regular sessions Of the
continental congress to be executive"
Friends of Mrs. William Cumming
Story in Washington took alarm at the
action of the board Of management be-
cause il is proposed to institute a press
committee which will give out the news
of the convention. Friends of Mrs. Story
are not likely to be numerous on this
committee, for the administration VIII
name IL.
Not Disturbed.
Mrs. Story herself. who is at the WILL
lard, was not disturbed by the action OF
the board of management and did not
share the concern of her followers. Mrs.
L.. s,-&. Al,
matter, but it is known she pointed out
10 her friends that the action of the
committee will be challenged as uncon-
stitutional and might not be OF any
great avail even IL Ii is sustained on
constitutional grounds.
Meantime opponents of Mrs. Story are
sadly conserned over this question:
Who is the rightful heiress to
the administration, or the Mrs. Matthew
I. Scott-Mrs. Donald Mclean, support,
In the coming convention of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution?
Two candidates. armed with awe-in-
spring documents showing that theirs
is the heritage, and that they win gain
the full strength of the anti-Story
forces in the fight for the president
generalship next April, are aiming
heavy artillery at each other.
They are Mrs. John Miller Horton, OF
Buffalo. and Mrs. Charles B. Bryan. of
Memphis, Tenn. Both are stanch
friends of Mrs. Scott the present presi-
dent-general, and both say the yare in
the rightful line OF succession to the
throne.
Going To Fight.
II am a stalking horse for nobody"
says Mrs. Horton. ST am in the fight
TO the end. no matter what situation
develops"
II am certainly not a windshield for
Mrs. Horton nor any one else, says
Mrs Bryan, who Is now in the city at
the New Ebbitt. "I shall certainly not
turn my delegates over to Mrs. Horton
under any circumstances"
Matthew T. Scott. who has repeatedly
said she does not Eave any candidate
in the race, has confided to friends that
she expects that either Mrs. Horton or
Mrs Bryan will withdraw from the
fight when il becomes apparent that
the other has developed more strength. |
Only in this way can the administration
forces hope to win over those marshaled
oy Mrs. William Cumming Story, Of
New York, who, as the insurgent leader, |
has proved an extremely troublesome
factor to the dominating faction more |
Mrs. Story will win in a walk, IL |
Mrs. Horton and Mrs. Bryan divide the |
administration strength" say friends of |
the former. This is conceded to be |
the case by all in touch with d. A. r. |
affairs. and IL is expected that great !
the other TO withdraw before Mrs. Scott |
raps her gavel in April.
Mrs. Charles 3. Bryan Is collecting
the full Southern vote Of the d. A. R, |
and a determined effort will be made |
to elect a daughter OF Dixie PRESIDENT
honored with this office in more than
twenty years