Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-18
ELECT|ONOF OAR.
GREATLY DELAYED
Failure to Select TeIlers and
Mistakes on Tickets
Upset Plans.

This was supposed to be the day for
the delegates to the congress Of the
National Society of the Daughters Of
the American Revolution to elect ma
tional officers. 1t may yet be II another
wrench is not thrown into the machine.
Voting was supposed to begin with
the opening Of the session at 10 o'clock.
1t did not. for many Of the candidates
had not selected or had not given notice
of their choice for tellers.
But the whole prospect was in eclipse
when, after hours Of delay, at nearly 1
o'clock. the followers of Mrs. George
Thatcher Guernsey, administration
candidate for president general. pro-
tested against the fact that the names
of six Of the candidates for vice presi-
dents general on her ticket had been
adopted for the ticket of Mrs. j. Hamtl-
ton Lewis. administration candidate.
and SO printed on the ballot.
Motion Is Carried.
The protest was put to motion and
carried. AS a result the entire lot Of
printed ballots have to be altered to
eliminate the feature objected to. That
may take some time, but it certainly
Besides there were rumors that the
machines had been tempered with.
This was explained as due to an acct
dent to one of them. And to cap the
climax of fevered excitement. MRS.
William Cumming Story was Kissed, but
was more vociferously applauded when
her quick wit saved the situation and COW
cred with confusion those who SO ex-
pressed their Misrepresentation
Excitement Prevails.
Excitement prevailed. Politics ran high.
There are three voting machines located
on the third floor of Memorial Continental
Hall The machines are operated entire
ly by the voter. The voter closes the cur
tain with a large lever which also makes
possible the operation of the machine.
The names of all candidates are card
ed, and a small lever over each name
is pulled down to indicate choice. En-
rors can he corrected before leaving the
booth by returning the lever to first
place. Only when the large lever is
turned, to open the curtains and permit
the voter to leave the booth, is the vote
registered.
Adherents of Mrs. Guernsey found
out early in the morning that six can
didates for vice presidents general on
her ticket were also posted as candi-
dates of the ticket of Mrs. ]. Hamilton
dates were Mrs. James B. Grant, Mrs.
Charles +. Langley, Mrs. Fred H. II.
Calhoun. Mrs. Jeanne d. Blackburn.
Mrs. Samuel Mcknight Green and Mrs.
Charles B. Lection.
Other candidates for vice presidents
general are: For the ticket of Mrs.
Lewis, Mrs. William Haines Smith, Mrs.
Austin c. Brant, Mrs. NJ. W. Carruth,
Mrs. Edwin H. Van Ostrand and Miss
Grace r. Hubbard; on the ticket of
Ngr- n Fac
ter, Mrs. G. Wallace w. Hanger, Mrs.
Edmund p. Moody, Mrs. William C.
Robinson. Mrs. William H. Talbot and
Mrs. Charles B. Letton.
There are no candidates for vice presi-
dents general on the tickets of Mrs.
John Miller Horton and Mrs. George c.
Squires, the other candidates for presi-
dent general
tendance slim in the auditorium Cen
eral confusion caused delay.
The voting is to- be done by state
delegations. called from the floor and
where each delegate entitled to vote
registered her views.
Treasurer Generals Report.
The treasurer general, Mrs. Joseph
E. Ransdell, reported that 1850 dele
gates were entitled to vote. and that
required to elect.
Mrs. Ransdell recited rumors that had
como to. her that her registration
books had been seen and perhaps al
erred. and that the voting machines
had been tempered with. She protested
the inviolability Of her records. and
asked the candidates to inspect the
voting machines before voting begins
Mrs. Squires rose and declared she
hoped the treasurer general would not
take offense If she declined to inspect
the voting machine.
The president general. Mrs. Story
told of rumors in circulation. First she
repeated the gossip that Mrs. Betty
Carter Snoot of Alexandria, Va, or
ganizing secretary general, is Nor
mon. Also, she recited speculation in
regard to the religious belief of Mrs
J. Hamilton Lewis. candidate for presi-
dent general; she declared Mrs. Lewis
to be member of the Episcopal
Church.
Accident to Machine.
An accident to one of the voting ma
chimes last night was responsible for
the rumor that they had been tempered
with. The accident has been repaired,
stated Mrs. Joseph Fl. Dearborn of
Massachusetts. chairman of tellers
Mrs. Eliza Ferry Leavy, chairman
committee of credentials. reported that
objection had been registered to the
fact that six candidates for vice presi-
dents general are on two tickets. A
motion was made that the names be
removed from any tickets but that of
Mrs. Guernsey.
The tickets have all been printed. The
president general said that only by a
vote of the house can the voting ma
chimes be altered.
President General Kissed.
The political fever ran to extreme,
and the president general was Kissed
when she made the statement that Mrs.
Guernsey did not wish the names of