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she deplored any inconvenience to dele
gates, she was not responsible for mis-
given by doorkeepers. Mrs.
Williams, OF Connecticut. CHARMED the
atmosphere somewhat when she ad-
vised that the Arizona delegation had
reservations In the north gallery or the
hall and the doorkeeper was within his
rights when he refused admission to the
Arizona Daughters to any other section
of the building.
The charge that members of the. ere
dentials committee had resorted to
'electioneering' was made by Mrs. q.
M. Brumbaugh, registrar general. when
she declared that delegates had inform
ed her that before procuring thelr ere
dentials to seats in the hall, inquiry
was made as to what candidate for
president general they would support.
This declaration brought from MRS
Amos G. Draper, of the District, the re
joinder that complaints should be made
mittee, to which Mrs. Brumbaugh re-
piled that she could gain no satisfaction
from the chairman. This statement was
denied when Miss Hide Fletcher, chair
baugh merely told her she wanted the
privilege to address the congress. Mrs:
Story ruled Mrs. Brumbaugh out OF
order and the incident was closed.
National Boards Work.
In suppementing her annual report.
which she said she made in her address
yesterday, the presiding officer said
the work Of the national society could
better be perforUed by the addition TO
the national board of vice presidents
general from every State.
The work Of your national board
Mrs Story said, lis national III cnar-
acter and as such | would suggest that
this congress make q change in lite OIL
ficiary to increase the ten wee pres.
dents general to one from every state
to meet monthly instead of quarterly.
In expressing her gratitude at the
faithfulness Of the members OF the ma
tional board during the past year, Mrs.
Story declared 1t was not loyal, undlg-
nified and extremely bad taste to cast
reflections upon the sincerity of the
members Of the board.
Mrs G. w. Richardson. of the Dis
trtctt as a former chairman OF the
buildings and grounds committee and
member Of the national board. spoke
briefly on the matter Of holding meet
ings. The interruption Of Mrs. Robert
@. Hogan. of Baltimore. that Mrs.
Richardson was not In order, was met
with the reply from Mrs. Richardson
that her remarks were appropos:
Motions. substitutes. and amendments
| following In rapid-fre order when the
matter of limiting the time Of the ma
tional officers In presenting their re,
| Georgia. who favored unlimited time
for the reports. finally triumphed.
Increase of 1902.
Fifty-five new chapters have beer
added to the national society during
the past year. according to the report
of Mrs. Henry L. Mann, the organizing
secretary-geperal. She reported to-
tai increase numerically of 7.022 mem
bers. During the four 7ears incum
bency of the office by Mrs. Manr
there has been added to the nationa
society 332 chapters. and forty chap
ters have been organized in the Stat'
of Missouri, Mrs. Mann frequently
A signal tribute to the love and es
TEEN in which she is held by all mem
bers of the national society was attest
ed when the entire assemblage rose an'
greeted Mrs. Mary 9. Lockwood chap
lain general When her voice refused
to penetrate to the farthest points II
the hall Mrs. Lockwood was inter
rupted by the president general. VIII
urged absolute quiet; that that az al ma; ma
wrote the first letter calling yo'
Daughters together"
| Mrs. Lockwood reviewed the twenty
four years OF the organization. spoke o
try during the SpanishAmerican WAL
when nurses and garments were sen
into the field. and feelingly acknowl
edged the financial assistance give
the society by paushters from numer
Gus parts Of the nation.
Nominate Officers Tonight.
Tonight the congress will nominal
national officers, including ten vic
presidents general for terms Of tw
years and an editor Of the society magt
zine. The report OF the custodian {
flags, Miss Catherine B. Barlow. ais
will be given.
The voting will begin tomorrow mori
ing at 9 o'clock. a hour previous to IL
formal opening of the congress-. Viii
the balloting is in progress, the col
gress will hear reports from speci