Evening star., 1923-04-22
strife FORGOTTEN,
D. A. R. ADJOURNS
Bitterness of Week Fades as
New Officers Take Places
at Final Session.


at Final Session.
Piedging anew their determination
10 uphold the ideals of America, the
Daughters OF the American Revolu-
ion brought to g. close their thirty
second continental congress in Me-
morial Continental Hall at O'Clock
Yesterday afternoon. For full week
he convention had been in almost
continuous session and it has gone
Town in history as the most intense
snd yet most constructive congress in
the history of the society.
stand Against Radicals.
Although bitter factional contest 9
may have temporarily split the dele
gates now and then, their declaration
Of open war upon bolshevism and
pacifism on this continent was her
aided far and wide as the most out
standing accomplishment lever
achieved by the Daughters of the
American Revolution Personal am
nitions We're cast aside and the con-
|Eress stood II united body even
trough its dying minutes against
nose who are digging at the roots
or the American government.
The next most important act OF the
convention was its election of Mrs.
Anthony Wayne Cook Of Pennsylvania
over Mrs. G. Wallace W. Hanger of
his city president general II was
he most Stuhbornly fought and clos
est contest for that high Office in the
memory of the oldest delegates and
kwas marked by the unusual fact that
he delegates split the winning tick ct
and actually elected one of the candi-
|dateS-Mrs. Thomas A. Edison of New
Jersey. who had run on Mrs. Hanser's
Z icket.
QuarreIS Forgotten.
Yesterday. however. all factional
|Huarrels had been laid aside and
when Mrs. George Maynard Minor.
ne retiring president general de
|'iared in her farewell address that
Ihe society would now s0pDurt The
new president general as q unit she
Npressed the ann. 1uncei View "f the
|deIegats as a whole. Th- need of a
ih1ted front l.y Ill patriotic Ameri-
|cans while sinister influence, ar. san
ping at the foundation of the nation
was stressed by every sneaker yes
terday
"A leW minutes after Mrs. Minor ha
formally placed over the shoulders Of
Nlrs Cook the insignia of the presi-
dent general. she stepped Ia the front
OF the rostrum and received the great
tst ovation accorded any person dur
'ng the entire congress Three wears
ago Mrs. Minor had been elected 10.
mat office by reclamation and after
her term of office had expired wa g
elected honorary president general BY
a unanimous vote When the ap-
piause had subsidized. she began her
farewell address.
Asks United Support
We were not all agreed on who
should be our president general" she
said. But the majority decided the
ssue and it is now the duty of every
Daughter of the American Revolutiyn
o think only of the great work that
before our society ana Loyalty work
Tor its progress. The time has ar
rived when we must put away per
sonalities and uphold the hands Of
our newly elected president gener Il
in all that she does for the conEtruc-
tive good of our great organ cation
TO my cabinet. those officers who
have served me SO faithfully during
express my deep appreciation. We
have tried. | am sure, to bring be
fore you i'll that time only the things
I'VE thought you needed and wished.
II want to thank also each and every
|nne OF the committees who have
served us so Loyalty. The pages who
ave helped US at this convention de-
|serve our thanks also. | think we
axe had beautiful set Of pages
please"
Thanks Omcers.
The retiring president general per-
lsonally thanked all of those who
had served under and with her dur
ing her term of office. and once more
eceived the plaudits of the entire
congress as She finally relinquished
he toga of her authority to Mrs
'ook- Onece more the auditorium
ang with applause as the new reign
ing head of the society assumed
rhe gavel of her office Mrs Cook
spoke but briefly.
I'm having this badge Of office con-
Ferred upon me-" she said. II accept it
as an honor and with the earnest
nope that you will never be disap-
pointed in me. Will you not help me
to.wear it with the honor it so richly
tieserves?'
One by one the other newly eIected
nfficers were called forward and for
nially installed in their offices nv
having the insignia placed upon them
ny those they were succeeding. Each
delivered a short address. following
he lead of their president general
Each. in turn, was applauded by the
congress, and in half an hour the
ceremony of installation had been
completed. Mrs. Bertha Lincoln Heu-
sits was called upon to lead the CON
gress in singing, and, amid the in
spring strains of God Be With You
Till We Meet Again" ringing in the
''ars OF the delegates, the thirty-sec-
"nd congress of the D. A. r. passed
into history.
To Fight Narcotics.
One of the last official acts of the
congress was the adoption during the
closing session of resolution pledg-
ing the society to support the gov
ernment in it's campaign against il
licit traffic of dope. A spirited. but
orief debate preceded the adoption
If this document when the resolutions
committee reported out unfavorably
4. similar resolution that had pre-
Viously been introduced. Refusal IN
act on the first resolution was due to
The fact that it made reference to a