The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
ID. A. R. Convention Ends
After Day of Exciting
Verbal Fights on Floor
Almost Midnight Before Congress Fgh
at Last Moment Over Reducing Price of Penny-a-
Day Plan Certificates s-Old Price Restored

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personalities and bitter discussion
predominated, the twenty-fifth con
gress, National Society Daughters o
the American Revolution. was brough
/ to close at 11:55 o'clock last night.
Startling developments, leading al
ways into factionaI disputes in which
lrecrimination and charges invariabl!
ensued, sprang into being with th'
formal opening of the closing session
yesterday morning, and continued
1 throughout the day.
The final fight was waged just be
fore closing last night. when Mrs
| Willard T. Block. chairman of tn
] liquidation and endowment fund o
Continental Memorial Hall and certifi
cate penny-a-day plan, registered ;
strong protest against the action o
the nationsa board of management II
reducing the price of the certificates
from 81 to 35 cents.
Price Is Restored.
The certificates, which were ISSUED
| to Iiquidate the debt on Memoria
Continental Hall, originally wer,
priced at $1.25. Congress later re
duced the price to 81. The report o.
a very small sale last year. which
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have been caused by the forced re
moval of sales headquarters from he
home in Chicago to Washington
caused a storm of criticism on thu
reading of her report Thursday.
In protesting against the action of tn,
| board, Mrs. Block stated that the Ger
tificates were not something to be thrown
on the bargain counter. but something
that would in future times prove a val
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present owners.
The delegates votel almost unanimousl!
/ to return the price to 81.
| The congress was brought to a clos,
| with the projection of a motion pictur,
film produced by the National Society o
| Defense.
Mrs. GreenawaIt Reports.
In the report OF State regents las
night, Mrs. Frank Foster Greenawalt
State regent of the District, reported tina
| the District now holds fourth place II
the list OF State contributions to tn
| Temple of Patriotism" She said: wv
have given, up to March 81. 1876, SOS.
$3.50 We have purchased 325 square fee
of land and have contributed for the yea
ending March 81, $1,499.oS. For the yea
ending April Z. we have given to Con
tinental Hall. S.e1os5.
"Our chapters membership on Marc
q numbered 1.Al; members at large, 900
total membership 2O61.
| Much of our work cannot be com
puted from a financial standpoint TIL
result of our labors will be shown b.
the following figures:
For patriotic work in Washington W
| have contributed S2.eI040 in one year
This amount includes our contribution t
Continental Hall, but not annual dues
For patriotic work outside OF the Dis
| trict, S1.247.40 Total amount contrib
uted for the year. s4,147SO.
This report does not include NOR
than $500 donated by members at the hal
on Tuesday"
Afternoon Session stormy.
After a morning and afternoon sessio
that was chaotic in its course, adjourn
ment came at o'clock last night wit
the passage of an amendment to the con
stitution that according TO delegates.
fraught with political significance.
Mrs. William Cumming Story, the presi
dent general was almost exhausted afte
the stormy session of the Afternoon
when she was almost constantly on he
feet and attempting to define the de
partures proposed in the report of tn
committee on resolutions and the pro
posed amendments to the constitution.
The amendment percipitating the storr
of the afternoon was the proposal to elec
twenty-one vice president generals in
stead of twenty AS at present. and tn
election of all national officers to a singl
term of three years. No national Officer
according to the adopted amendment
eligible for reelection.
The political significance is attache
to a phrase of the amendment orderin
the election of the extra vice presiden
| general in 1916. This Is considere
significant in view of the bitterness mani
| tested at the nomination for the te
officers on Tuesday.
The amendment is as follows: "All cand
dates shall be nominated from the noo
and beginning with the year 1917, tn
officers shall be elected triennially b
| ballot by a majority vote Of the mem
bers OF the Continental Congress, excep
that in the year 1916. eleven vice presi
dents general shall be elected the sevel
receiving the highest number of votes t
hold office till 1919, and the four receivin
the next highest number to hold offic
until 1918 and that in 1917 ten vice presi
dents general shall be elected, the seve
receiving the highest number of votes t
hold office till 1920 and the three re
ceiving the next highest number to hol
office until 1913 and that in 1918 and there
after seven vice presidents general sha
be elected each year to hold office fo
three years"
Provokes Bitter Discussion.
The offering of the amendment pro
voked a hurricane of bitter discussion
which at times almost approached tn
personal, for more than two hours.
The amendment also provides ths
only one vice president general frol
a State, Territory or District, shall b
elected. and the candidate must b
the choice of the majority Of the dele
gates at the State conference. In til
event of the nomination of more tina
seven candidates, the seven receivin
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