Evening star., 1923-04-18
D. A. R. CANDIDATES
FIRE BIGGEST GUNS
ASELEcT|ON NEARS
Political Pot Seethes as
Fight for Highest Offices
Grows Hot.
NOMINATIONS TONIGHT;
TO VOTE TOMORROW
Mrs. Cook Looms as Choice Over
Mrs. Hanger for Presi-
dent General.

The Thirty-second Continental Con-
sress of the Daughters OF the Amer
lean Revolution, virtually pledged to
merciless campaign against pacificism
and radical propaganda in the United
States. today began to consider Sc
riously the selection OF a new pres
ident general capable of leading
American womanhood in it's battle
against bolshevism on this continent.
When the congress convened this
morning the race for the presidency
general has practically narrowed
down to a final struggle between Mrs.
G. Wallace w. Hanger of this city
and Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook of
pennsylvania, with the possibility OF
a western dark horse being entered
at the eleventh hour should those two
become hopelessly deadlocked after
the polls open tomorrow morning.
Nominate Tonight.
The first real skirmish on the floor
OF the congress will begin tonight
when the delegates are called upon 10
place In nomination their candidates
for all national officers, including
president general. seven vice presi-
dents general, chaplain general, record
ing secretary general. organizing Sec
retary general, corresponding secre-
tary general, registrar general, treas
urer general. historian general. re-
porter general, librarian general.
curator general and three honorary vice
presidents general.
With the exception OF the vice
presidents general and the honorary
vice presidents general, all of the
national officers will be voted on
simultaneously with the president
general.
Mrs. Cook Favorite.
Mrs. Cook probably will go to the
post tomorrow morning . slight IA
vorite over Mrs. Hanger by virtue
of the support she has been prom
Sed by the strong delegations rrom
New York, Pennsylvania, Massa-
chusetts and Missouri. Those dele
cations are said to have been pledged
to her virtually solid. In addition.
her friends claimed this morning TO
have support of the District of Co
lumb bia, Maine, Minnesota, New Hamp-
shire, Tennessee, Vermont, Washing
ton state and Wisconsin.
Mrs. Hanger, however. is expected
TO carry the more or less solid
SOUTH" which will give her some
large delegations, including those OF
Virginia, Georgia. North Carolina.
South Carolina, Texas and Kansas.
Friends Confident.
In addition Mrs. Hangers friends
expect her to carry the bulk of the
Connecticut
District of Columbia. Florida and
Illinois, and Maryland. Michigan. Ohio
and New Jersey are believed to be
equally divided, while the other
to commit themselves one way or
the other until the voting begins.
Mrs William Cumming Story was
still officially in the ring. but 1t was
expected by many delegates that she
would swing her votes either to Mrs.
Hanger or Mrs. Cook after the first
ballot Should neither of those two
then succeed in being elected on the
second ballot, new nominations would
be in order and the opportunity for
a dark horse would have arrived.
1t is not expected the president
general will be elected on the first
ballot at least, as the rules require
the winning candidate to have at
least one vote more than half of the
total registered delegates. BY this
are expected to be registered, and
neither Mrs. Hanger nor Mrs. Cook
claims to have half of that number o.
votes in advance.
Tactics Assailed.
The political pot was literally
seething behind the scenes this morn
ing, and some of the delegates were
openly charged with using question
able tactics. An anonymous letter
n6 Memorial
Continental Hall attempting to mako
capital OF Mrs Hangers campaign
announcement. in which she said the
president general of the n. A. r. was
more entitled to be called "hrst LADY
Of the land" than the wife OF the
President of the United States.
Americanism was still the foremost
theme before the congress today and
may have the most important bearing
upon the selection of the new presi-
dent general. Since President Hard
ing, Secretary of State Hughes and
Mrs. Minor, the president general, de-
livered their patriotic inaugural day
addresses the delegates have been
various candidates This theme found
expression in the congress again to-
day when the resolution committee
brought out with a unanimously ia
vorable report the resolution aimed
at radicalism introduced by Mrs. Eva
v. NJ Bissell and Mrs. Minnie +.
Mickey yesterday. Amid intense en-
thusiasm 1t was unanimously adopted
by the congress.
See Radicals mt Work.
The resolution declares that where
as the institution, tradition and ideals
which have made and maintained
mighty nation are now assailed by
the forces OF communism, socialism
and other forms of destructive radi
calism," the u. A. r. resolve that it
is the duty of all patriotic women to
be prepared to play their valiant part
in the struggle to save America from
the attacks of false friends and open
foes by informing themselves thor
oughly by reading, study and other
means of information concerning the
philosophy and essential principle of
American government"
Mrs. Alice Bradford Wiles, chair
man of the committee on legisla-
ton in the United States Congress-.
in supporting her annual report.
presented recommendations for the
reiteration of support by the congress
to the erection of the archives build
ing for the storing of government
recorIis in Washington. The thirty
first congress of the Daughters adopted
a similar stand last year.
These recommendations were in
cluded in a series of resolutions