The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-22
DIVIDE ON NATION WIDE FIGHT
Mrs. George Guernsey and Mrs. Will
liam Cumming Story Both have Fol-
lowers in Kenosha Chapter Of the
Daughters of American Revolution.

Members of the Kenosha Chapter of
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton are taking great interest in the
Continental Congress of the Daughters
which opens in Washington today. 1t
promises to be the most exciting gath
ering Of the organization held in many
years. The contest for the election of
a president general between Mrs.
William Cumming Story of New York,
the president general, and Mrs. George
I. Guernsey of Kansas, promises to be
one Of the bitterest fights ever known
among the delegates to a Continental
Congress of the order. The fight to
maintain the administration has been
carried to every chapter in the organ
ization and most of the chapters are
divided in their support of the two
candidates for leadership.
Kenosha Daughters will be repre-
sented at the congress by Mrs. Samuel
C. Newman, who is an alternate for
Mrs. R. E. Mailer, the regent of the
Kenosha Chapter Mrs. Newman is
numbered among the so-called insurg-
ents who are favoring the election of
Mrs. Guernsey. The other representa-
tive from the Kenosha Chapter is Mrs.
Otis l.. Trenary, the secretary of the
State Chapter. Mrs. Trenary is &C
credited with being favorable to the
administration candidate, Mrs. Story.
Divided chapters are the rule
throughout Wisconsin and the Wiscon-
sin women are interested not only in
what will be done in the election of a
new president general but also in the
development of the contest which has
divided the state organization for some
time.
The women interested in the Wiscon-
sin chapter are anxiously awaiting the
report from this state 1t lis. expected
that Mrs. Hume of Milwaukee will be
certified as president of the Wisconsin
society in place of Mrs. Van Ostrand
Of Madison, who it is declared has ruled
with an iron hand over the organiza-
ton for the past two years. Mrs. Hume
has twice been elected as president of
the Wisconsin organization, but on ac-
count of technicality her first cleo
ton was not certified to the Continen-
tai Congress and as a result Mrs. Van
Ostrand was in Office for two years.
Many of the women of Kenosha who
are interested in the work of the state
chapter have been firm supporters of
Mrs. Hume in her race for leadership
and for this reason they are watching
with interest for the certifcation of her
election to the presidency.
The sessions of the Continental Con
gress will continue for the remainder
of the week and many matters of great
interest will come before the session.
However, the real interest centers
about the fight between Mrs Guernsey
and Mrs. Story. The election of Mrs.
Guernsey will mean the change of many
state leaders of the organization as q
of the women who have been
honored by the administration during
the past year with appointments as
state leaders have been in the thick of
the fight and should the insurgents
elect president general it is certain
that there will be many changes in the
make up of the official directory.
Some of the Daughters of the Revo-
ultion have expressed disgust at the
political methods which have been
adopted by some of the leaders and
some of the insurgents, but for the
most part there is an active telling for
one side or the other.