The Washington times., 1917-04-18
VERBAL AND FLORAL
BOUQUETS APLENTY.
D. A. R. Nominations Marked
By-Thunderous Applause for
Each and Every Aspirant.

Flowers OF the hothouse and rhet-
orical variety few thick and fast al
the session Of the D. A. R. congress
last night when nominations for var
ious offices were made.
Tributes OF various kinds were paid
throughout the evening, but like the
morning glory the blossomings were
Of short duration. But withal, the
night session at which the four can
didates for president general and
aspirants for other offices were put in
nomination, was a picturesque and
brilliant affair. ..-
If the Daughters vote as they ap-
plaud, there is every reason for be-
lieving four women instead Of one
will be elected president general.
Each of the nominees was greeted
with tumultuous applause as she
arose, and It would have been diff
cult to detect the difference Of so
much as a cats purr in the ovations.
Mrs. Story Cheered.
When Mrs. William Cumming Story,
president general, asked the candi-
dates for her office to step to the
platform the 1000 women delegates
gave vent to their pent-up excitement
and enthusiasm and arose as one per-
son to cheer.
Mrs. George c. Squires, of st. Paul,
Mrs George Thacher Guernsey, OF
Kansas; Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis,
of Illinois, standard bearer for the
administration forces, and Mrs. John
Miller Horton, OF Buffalo, arrived on
the platform in the order named and
received both floral and verbal
bouquets.
Mrs. ]. F. Maupin, of virginiasnomi-
mated Mrs. Lewis in as gracious a
speech as the Daughters ever expect
to hear. She declared Mrs. Lewis, as
the wife of a Senator and because
of her abilities, her charms of intel
lect and personality as a Southern
woman, was the most ideally
equipped candidate that ever stood in
. receptive mood for votes.
Remarkably Brief.
Mrs. Rhett Goode, of Alabama, Sec
onded the nomination OF Mrs. Lewis
IN q prettily worded speech remark
able, for its breyity.
Mrs. Lewis nomination was thun-
ferously spplauded.
Mrs. Ames, of Illinois, who nomi-
mated Mrs Guernsey, traced the gene
alogy of Mrs. Guernsey, told the
daughters all about her candidates.
sisters, brotheEs and ancestors, re-
viewed the family's connections with
the church for many years. and said
the leader from the West" was the
Moses who was destined to lead the
D. A R. out of the wilderness.
Mrs. Van Landingham, of North
Carolina, seconded the nomination of
Mrs. Guernsey.
Mrs. Guernsey's nomination was
thunderously applauded.
Mrs. Henry Elliott Mott, of New
York, nominated Mrs. John Miller
Horton Mrs. Mott paid glowing trib-
ute to Mrs. Story for the success of
her administration. This provoked
demonstration which Mrs. Story
blushingly acknowledged.
Considerable of a HumoriSt.
Mrs. Mott is considerable of a hu.
morist and she kept the 1000 daugn-
ters rocking in the cradle of mirth,
and her address was halted several
times with salvos of applause.
Mrs. Horizons nomination was
thunderously appIauded.
Mrs. William Light, of Minnesota,
delivered a 'heart-to-heart talk" in
nominating Mrs. Squires. She de-
clared she had prepared an address,
but owing to the three-minute limit
put on the nominators she threw 1t
in the waste basket.
Mrs. Squires' nomination was thun-
derously applauded.
Other Nominations.
The following daughters were nom
mated for vice president general:
Miss jamie Blackburn, of Kentucky;
Mrs. Fred H. Calhoun, of South Caro-
lima; Mrs. Sheppard w. Foster, of
Georgia; Mrs. James B. Grant, of Col
orado; Mrs. Samuel Mcknight Green,
Of Missouri: Mrs. G. Wallace Henzey,
of Washington, d. c.: Mrs Charles E.
Langley, of Rhode Island; Mrs. Ed
ward p. Moody, of Delaware; Mrs.
william c. Robinson, of Maine; Mrs.
william H. Talbot, OF Maryland, and
Mrs. C. B. Letton, of Nebraska.
Mrs. ]. Charles Linthicum, wife of
Congressman Linthicum, OF Mary
land, and Mrs. w. A Cullop, wife of
Congressman Cullop OF Indiana, were
nominated as candidates for cores
ponding secretary general, as was
Mrs. Woodbury. Pulsifer, of Illinois.
Nominations for treasurer general
were Mrs. Robert ]. Johnston, of Iowa;
Mrs. William w. Gear, of Indiana,
and Mrs. Gillette Hill, of Illinois.