Evening star., 1924-04-17
ELECTION ENLIvENS
CONGRESS OF D. A. R.
1000 Delegates Balloting for
Chaplain General and Nine
Other Officers.
PLEA FOR ENFORCEMENT
Many Preparedness Resolutions
Adopted in Blanket Form.

Politics held the center of the stage
at the Thirty-third Continental Con-
gress of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution today, when the dele
gates. more than 1900 strong. filled
the corridors of Memorial Continental
Hall while they waited their turns in
long lines to cast their ballots for
the selection of the chaplain general,
eight vice presidents general and one
honorary vice president general.
Although the fight this year does
not equal in bitterness that of the
last continental congress, when an
entire cabinet of national officers was
up for election, today's eleventh-hour
campaigning was tense. as the result
of the balloting now may have an
important influence upon who shall
be the dominating candidate for the
presidency general two years hence.
The showing of several candidates
will be watched with interest
Thirteen Seek Eight Vacancies.
Thirteen women are seeking the
eight vacancies in the list of vice
presidents general as follows: Miss
Anne w. Lang of Oregon, Mrs. Paul
Duane Kit of Missouri. Mrs Logan
S. Gillentine of Tennessee, Miss Amy
Gilbert of Iowa, Mrs. Adam Denmead
of Baltimore, Mrs. Franklin Cain of
South Carolina, Mrs. Walter Ambrose
Robinson of Alabama, Mrs. Hoval
Smith of Arizona, Mrs. Florence S. B.
Menges of New York, Mrs. Edith Cott
Manga of Massachusetts,, Mrs T. w.
Spence of Wisconsin, Miss Jean Wins
low Coltraine of North Carolina
homa.
Only three members of the society
are on the ballot for the Office of hon
orary vice president general. They
are Mrs. Henry w. Wait of Michigan,
Mrs. Althea Randolph Bedle of New
Jersey and Mrs. John Campbell of
Colorado. Mrs. Rhett Goode of Ala
bama is unopposed for the office of
chaplain general, for which she was
defeated by Mrs. Thomas A. Edison,
who resigned at this congress be-
cause of the illness of her husband,
the famous inventor.
Rush for Ballot.
Whatever the election may have
lacked in campaigning this year, it
did not lack in spectacular rush of
the delegates to cast their ballots
and get back to the main auditorium
with the utmost expediency, where
matters of vast Importance to the
Daughters of the American RevoIu-
ton were under discussion on the
floor
By majority vote the congress de-
c1ded to continue its business during
the balloting and permit state dele
cations to retire to the polls at de-
termtned intervals, according to their
alphabetical standing.
Drawing a lesson from the confu-
n n CT Ha
delegates were obliged to remain in
line the best part of the day, and the
interfere nee of visitors made the halls
almost oppressive, a sufficient force of
police and firemen were on hand to-
day to keep the lines straight to pre-
vent unauthorized persons from in
terfering, and be ready to assist the
women in the event of an emergency
such as fire or a possible panic. AS
a result the queuS moved to the polls
in perfect order. the delegations cast
their ballots by states, and, on the
average, were not absent from the
auditorium more than ten or fifteen
minutes.
Appeal for EnfOrcement.s
An appeal for law enforcement was
voiced by Miss Mabel Walker WILLIE
brandt, assistant United States attor-
ney general. Referring to the ques-
ton OF prohibition, the speaker said
she would not quarrel with those
who favored repeal of the eighteenth
amendment as long as they did every
thing they could to enforce prohibi-
tion until the law was wiped out She
advised the congress to be careful at
election time in their selection of
their state government officials. par
ticularly those of the county sheriff
and city and sman-town police court
judges, as it was these officers who
must be mainly responsible for the
manner in which the law is enforced.
Mrs. Willebrandt indorsed the bill
now in Congress which would put
government officials under civil serv-
ice, but she explained that this did
not represent her personal view, but
a conviction that it was the only way
to keep from political control the
evidence-gathering bodies of the gov
ernment, and especially those COM
ing under jurisdiction of the Treasury
Department, referring, of course, to
the prohibition enforcement unit
The speaker staggered her audience
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