The Washington times., 1920-04-21

OVERELECT|ON
Harmony Slate" Scores Over
insurgents" When Candi- !
date Gets Ovation. u

Insurgent candidates for the ofrico
OF president general of the National
Society. d. A r.. were dealt a body
blow at today's session of the twenty
ninth annual congress when a tremen'
dous ovation was given Mrs. Anne
Rogers Minor. OF Connecticut who
heads the harmony slate"
The president general. Mrs. George
Thatcher Guernsey, of Kansas, start
ed the general demonstration which
swept the floor with a subtle touch OF
platform politics."
During the course OF debate over
the appointment OF an executive man
ager and the salary to be paid that
Individual. Mrs. Guernsey emphasized
the fact that the appointment was to
be made by her successor.
She assured the delegates that she
had been given every reason to be-
lieve that Mrs. Minor would be
chosen president, and that they had
already talked over the proposed APP
pointment of an executive manager,
as recommended in the report OF the
retiring president general.
Virtual stew Of Politics.
Applause, which broke out in the
section occupied by the New England
delegation at the mention of Mrs
Minors name gradually swept the
floor until it appeared that the rumb-
ling OF dark horse candidates and
insurgent moves had been put to
naught.
Nevertheless, the convention was
virtually in a stew OF politics. Talk
OF opposition candidates permeated
the very atmosphere OF the corridors.
The fact that the convention floor
was but half filled at the time of
the Minor ovation lends credence to
the story that supporters of other
dark horse candidates may have been
persuing their purposes In the corri-
dors and outside of Confidential Memo
rial Hall.
The name Of Mrs. Robert Lansing.
wife OF the former Secretary of State
was entered in the arena Of Presi-
Dental candidates this morning. Eff
forts to locate Mrs. Lansing or to
obtain a statement from any Of her
supports were unavailing however.
The name of Mrs. Rhett Goode. OF
Alabama, former vice president gen.
eral, was on the lips of q good many
delegates. but the Alabama delega-
tion emphatically declared that no
mere had been formulated as yet to
e the race. 1t was admitted, how
ever, by delegates from other states
that the entrance OF two other candi-
dates into the race might precipitate
q revocation of the pledges given Mrs.
Minor.
It was pointed out that support
was promised Mrs. Minor only after
1t was assured that no other candi-
dates would be entered. This move
was made in an effort to preserve
harmony on the convention floor our-
ing the Congress.
Nominations Tonight.
Nominations for the general officers
of the organization will be held in
Continental Memorial Hall tonight
and only when the nominations have
been completed will it be possible to
say what the outcome of the present
insurgent move has been.
The adroit political touch of Mrs.
Guernsey this morning in urging the
candidacy no doubt daunted support
ers of the insurgent move to some
extent What action they will take
in pressing their claims against the
wishes of the Little Harponizer,"
as Mrs. Guernsey is characterized. re-
mains to be seen.
mere are titNch io' INV
vice presidency posts from which
seven are to be chosen. Otherwise
the ticket headed by Mrs. Minor re-
mains as follows:
Chaplain general, Mrs. Selden p.
Spencer, Missouri; recording secre-
tary general, Mrs. John Francis
Yawger, New York; corresponding sec
retary general, Mrs. A Marshall FL
liott. Maryland; organizing secretary
general. Mrs. G. Wallace Hanger, Dis
trict of Columbia; registrar general.
Mrs. James Spilman Phillips. West
virginia.: treasurer general Mrs. Ltv-
ingston l.. Hunter, Pennsylvania; his
torian general, Miss Jenn Winslow
Coltranc, North Carolina; reporter
general to the Smithsonian institu-
tion, Miss Lillian NJ. Wilson, Ne
braska; librarian general. Mrs. Frank
d. Ellison, Massachusetts,: curator
general, Mrs. George w. White, Mis-
sissippi and District Of Columbia
Reprimanded Tardiness.
Delegates at the convention were
given a severe verbal chastisem me Mt
for tardiness soon after the opening
of today's sssion. The President Cen
eral declared It would be impossible q
to accomplish the business before the
convention IL delegates persisted In
coming late.
You may plead that you had a
strenuous day yesterday, but IL there
is anyone that had a more strenuous
day than myself and the other officers
] would like them to stand" said Mrs.
Guernsey. This assertion ELECTED a
hearty laugh from the delegates.
The resolutions committee unani-
mously and favorably reported tho
three recommendations of the retir.
ing president general and they wcre
adopted by the delegates. These
three recommendations call for the
erection of a 100000 office building
in the rear OF Continental Memorial
Hall and the employment OF a woman
executive manager to direct the af-
fairs of the organization under tho
guidance OF tho general board.
The first two recommendations are
designed to promote efficiency in tho
administration of the business affairs
OF the society. The third recommen-
dation calls for a resolution OF thanks
by the assembly for the valiant and