The Washington herald., 1917-03-19
DAUGHTERS CONGRESS
PROMISES HOT fight
Mrs. Guernsey Would Make D. A. R.
Magazine Business Success.

The twenty-sixth annual congress of
the National Society. d. A. r.. which
opens In Washington Monday. April 16.
promises to be one Of the most thrilling
meetings ever held In Continental Hall.
II not in the entire life Of the organiza-
ton. With a president general, eleven
vice presidents general and a full COM
plement Of national officers to elect. and
some stirring business pertaining to a
loan not to exceed $4,000 with which to
nnance the Daughters of the American
Revolution Magazine, and a hot fight on
between the treasurer general, MRS.
Joseph e. Ransdell, wife Of the senior
senator from louisiana, and the admin
isuaton over the loan which Mrs. Rams
dell does not favor, q lively session is an
ticipated. Indeed. much of the tart con-
troVersy which has permeated the last
rev meetings OF the national board, is
expected to crop out during the congress.
Inc coming congress will mark the first
election Of officers for a single term of
three years under the amendment to the
constitution carried through last year, a
plank embodied in the platform Of Mrs
George Thacher Guernsey. Of Kansas,
candidate for the ONCE of president gen.
eral, with her first candidacy two years
ago.
MIS-. Guernsey Opposed Loan.
Mrs Ransdell. who has been fortified
not only by an accountant, but an attor-
ney at the board meetings. attributed
What she termed the unsound condition
or the treasury OF the society to the
adoption Of the recommendation Of the
congress. that the magazine be sent free
to the $1,000 and more members of the
society Instead OF to the 1000 or 5000
thousand paid subscribers, as had former
ly been done. but failed to finance the
order The national board Of manage
ment voted the loan to carry the maga-
zine on the theory that the large circula-
ton Will naturally call for advertising in
proportion and thereby place the maga-
zine on a paying basis and that the
money borrowed can be paid back at the
rate OF 5000 a month
Mrs. Guernsey, State regent of Kansas
and member OF the national board of
management. as we'll as one OF the most
prominent candidates for the office Of
president general. has decided views on
the management OF the magazine, which
since its inception has been the bone of
contention of the society, and opposed the
loan While she Is imbued with the quail
lties of several generations of ancestors
In the various professions, she 10 a splen-
Old business woman, conversant with
banking and large moneyed interests, and
II elected will undoubtedly place the
magazine on a paying basis. as well as
helping the society to a firmer financial
foundation. One of her great boasts and
pride in the daughters is the work they
have done in the short space Of twenty
five years In erecting such a wonderful
building as Continental Hall and at the
same time carrying out the real object Of
the society in its patriotic work.
Mrs Story, the retiring president gen
eral. acting on the vote of the national
board of MANAGEMENT, has been success
full in arranging for a large loan from
Washington bankers. and has unbounded
faith in the magazine not only becoming
self-supporting, but a generous asset to
the society