Evening star., 1923-03-04
Hall Where Peace Con-
ference Met to Be
battle-ground.
FEELING is BITTER.
LEADERS ASSERT
District Candidate for
President General
Is Confident.

Memorial Continental Hall, the
scene of a peace conference a little
moro than year ago. will be the
battle-ground of the Daughters of
the American Revolution when the
Thirty second Continental Congress of
he society convenes on April 16 to
elect a president general and COM
plete slate of national officers. The
warmest and most vigorous election
conflict probably in the history of
The patriotic organization. and most
certainly in the last few terms. is
believed to he inevitable.
Already the fair descendants OF
revolutionary ancestors are meeting
all over the country to determine
lpon the names of candidates for the
offices of honor. Glad tidings are
being broadcast from the headquar-
uers here that "the fight Will be hot
and the feeling bitter"
There are now three avowed can
didates in the field for the office OF
president general who are at the
present time tirelessly campaigning
in the various states. mastering their
forces for the contest. which VIII
not be tame and unanimous" Ru-
lnors are rife that previous in
cumbent of the presidency also VIII
the tale which should make the
Thirty second Continental Congress
unusually consistent with the spirit
of its members.
District Candidate Confident
One of the candidates for the presi-
deacy is Mrs. G. Wallace w. Hanger
Of the District of Columbia who Is
confident that she has amassed SUI
ficient support to win the race by
giving her announced opponents a
handicap Incidentally. candidate
from the nations capital means an
extraordinary contention In the elec-
ton.
The other entrants in the campaign
for president general are Mrs. An
thony Wayne Cook of Cooksburg, Ia,
a candidate who would seem 10 naEe
plenty of fighting tradition as wen
as a town behind her, and Mrs. VIII
liam Cumming Story or New 1orh'
long dubbed 1.-The purple lady or pa
Triotism."
Mrs. story is the only one Of these
candidates who has reached the Oh
fee of president general. In fact, she
mas had two terms in that place. but
the other two have held nearly every
available office short Of that honor.
Mrs, Minor Points to Record.
AS TO where Mrs. George Maynard
Minor, the present president general
stands, all of the candidates claim aa-
vantage, and yet no one knows. II j.
the establish rule of the New 1orR
for the position Of president genera
can have official Endorsement at lts
hands. This rule does not prevall IN
the other states and would seem tc
put the New York candidate at de-
cded disadvantage.
hQ interest.
ever, is attached to Mrs. story There
will be those who point out that sne
has had high honor from the society
twice before. Mrs. Story Is certainly
not a pacifst, and she still claim s
that warlike aggressions are neeoeo
in the country more than ever peIoIe
10 protect 1t from the inroads OF rad,
ioalism, q danger closer at nano anu
more insidious than any spectacular
effort from without.
Mrs. Story Points to Record.
Mrs. Story brings into the fight q
fearlessness which is characteristic OF
her work for the society, as her can
didacy Is bound to bring up pre1u-
dices which are the result Of continu-
Gus patriotic work, even after sne
left the chair in 1911. She insists
that the issue at stake Is too Dig for
personal considerations, and that as
a person she is unimportant, but as an
advocate of principle is prime neces-
sity in doing of the society's work.
Her candidacy has gained more than
he usual notoriety for this reason.
put she bases her claim for considera-
lion among her old friends and BY the
new ones upon the idea that her record
as an administrator in extending the
usefulness Of the organization. In re-
,noving its debt and harmonizing It's
divergent elements makes her q logl-
cal choice at this time.
Mrs. Hangers Claims.
Mrs. Hanger entered the contest
when word reached Washington that
Mrs. William n. Reynolds Of North
Of illness. She claims to have the
support of Mrs. Minor and Mrs.
George Thacher Guernsey, former
president general. and their respective
forces. and Is counting upon them
strongly to swing the victory for her.
Propaganda which originated re-
Gently in the middle western states
against Mrs. Hanger disconcerts her
hut little. The stories circulated In
an attempt to injure her candidacy
elected her administration would be
continuation of the Guernsey regime
II do claim the support and In
dorsement of Mrs. Guernsey. who
made a tremendous SUCCESS Of heI
Yesterday. 81 also claim the supper.
Of Mrs. Minor and her official family
But my work has shown that I an
an independent I am willing to con.
suit and confer with the former lead
ers, but 1 will have a. mind of my
own
Record of Her Services.
Mrs. Hangers varied services to the
society through several administration.
as presidential personal page, chaptei
regent state vice regent. vice presi.
dent general, as both chairman ant
member of many national committees
and her present service as organizing
secretary general have won her many
supporters and high commendation
During the D. A. r. war relief service
she established record for thorough.
ness and exactness by her work Of
missionaries of the Daughters. or