The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-12-09
SENT LONE NEGRO COP
.TOSTOP STORMY WOMEN
WILD SCENES AT MEETING OF
WASHINGTON U. D. C. CHAP
TER CAUSED CALL.
DENOUNCED AS AN OUTRAGE
Appearance of Negro Officer Sobered
Both Sides, and Meeting Ended
With Argument Over Who Had
Summoned the Police

With Argument Over Who Had
Summoned the Police.
WASHINGTON, D. c. Police
were called late today to restore or
Columbia chapter of the United
der at meeting of the District of
Daughters of the Confederacy in spe-
I cia1 session to elect officers for the
Washington organization.
| Since II a. m. the convention had
been in turmoil without interruptions
with accusations hurting back and
forth between the contending factions,
che OF which is led by Mrs. Drury
c. Ludlow and the other by Mrs, w.
E. Hutton, who is acting as president
general over the protest of many of
the delegates.
Whensthe faction led by Mrs. Hut
ton succeeded over the opposition of
Mrs. Ludlow's forces in obtaining a
vote for consideration of delegates as
then seated ii is alleged that many
women jumped to their feet, stamping,
screaming and kissing, causing others
to rush from the room for safety out
side.
One woman finally ran to a tele-
phone to summon the police, and a
lone negro patrolman responded. His
appearance sobered both sides and the
meeting broke up with the final argu-
ment over who had sent for him.
necTarad an Outra oe
After a day session of factional tur-
mol, that finally brought policeman
to the scene the chapter, night ses-
sion that was far from peaceful finally
achieved the object of their meeting
the election of officers.
Heated exchanges again passed be-
tween the members when the question
was raised as to who put in the call
to police headquarters that brought
lone negro patrolman TO the meeting
hall during the day to quiet the ses-
SION Some declared several members
of the meeting called the police while
others said their neighbors did it.
When the ticket of local officers
supported by the faction headed by
Mrs Hutton, acting as president gen
ton, finally was put through her OPP
ponents refrained from voting after
the nominations we're made. Mrs; Al
bion Tuck was elected president gen
eral on the ticket which the faction
headed by Mrs. Ludlow claimed was
"railroaded through"
Sending of the negro policeman to
the hall aroused protest from Rep
resentative Allard H. Gasque, of
South Carolina, who addressed mes
sage to the chief of police saying:
Il think to say the least that it IS
an outrage for a negro policeman to
be sent by the city government to pre-
serve order among a group OF south
ern ladies, especially when there are
so many white policemen in the Dis
trict OF Columbia. Will you please tell
me who was responsible for this and
why it was done?"
An Outrage" was the term of the
chapter in denouncing the call tor
police.
Veritable Pandemonium.
The policeman's appearance follow
ed a veritable pandemonium OF accu-
sations, charges and counter charges
screamed across the floor of the hall
by excited women in the course OF
one of the most extraordinary con-
ventions ever witnessed in this city.
Since shortly after the Injecting
opened at II o'clock in the morning
the two factions one led by Mrs.
Ludlow, and the other by Mrs. Hut
ton, defed the authority of their lead
ers by INDUCING in singing personal
tiles and creating such disturbance
that further transaction OF business
became impossible
Trouble first started while the re-
port of the credentials committee was
being read. Miss Frances Weeks, rep
resenting the minority mad reached
the point in her address where charg-
es against the Robert E. Lee chapter
were made. Scarcely had she stated
that some members of the chapter had
not paid their dues, and that other
dues had been RENTED, when cries
arose from all parts of the room. In
the uproar the voice OF Mrs. Hutton,
presiding officer, could not be heard.
Il move that the Robert E. Lee
chapter be disbanded. 1t is a disgrace
to the name" one woman shouted
Others jeered and booed, and feet
were stamped loudly.
After several efforts Mrs Hutton
managed to obtain semblance OF
order.
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