Evening star., 1925-11-19

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. November
1a-AIrs. st. John Lawton OF
Charleston, S. c., was elected presi-
dent general of the United Daugh-
fers of the Confederacy at the
thirty-second annual convention
here today.
HOT SPRINGS, November 10
Recommendation of the executive
council that 10 chapters OF the Dis
lrict Of Columbia division suspended
in December, 1924, lie reinStated on
November 25 We're approved here late
Yesterday by delegates attending the
1hirty-second annual convention of the
United Daughters OF the Confederacy
The division was not reinStated.
This disposition o the controversy
which arose ampr~ members of the
WASHINGTON division Is not considered
a complete victo.y ny either side.
The resolution dealing with the Dis
tricL Of Columbia recommended that
the Chapters suspended with the dl-
vision I've authorized to act as indiTid-
mai bodies until such time as the
executive council considers with them
the formation OF DIVISION, anu CIteu
:. section OF the bylaws providing
that formation of division is essen
rial when there are sufficient NUMBERS
Of chapters and members in district
or State.
New Chapters Considered.
The resolutions approved stated
that members Of the executive com
mittee were anxious that harmony
he restored and work resumed by the
SUSPENDED chapters. The document
proyides that three chapters organ
lied in Washington since the division
was suspended be considered IN the
formation of a new division in the
District of Columbia.
The WASHINGTON chapters relnstat~
ed are the StoneWan jackson, Robert
J.. Lee. Southern Cross, Bureaure-
gard, Dixie " Niuuie Davis. Alexander
I.awton. jefferson Davis, Hilary Her
bert and Shenandoah. They were the
only chapter> in the division at the
time of the suspension. The resolu-
tions authorizing their return to good
standing were adopted without argu-
ment after being read by Mrs. a. j.
Smith of New York, recording secre-
tary general.
Action Was Precedent.
A precedent was set when the Dis
trict of Columbia Division was in
definitely suspended last December
Never before during more than 80
years of the existence of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy had
such action been taken.
Members of the executive council
were unable to find any rule in the
parent body constitution dealing with
the procedure in such a case when
they attempted to dispose of the
matter
The Washington controversy came
to a head in 1928 during the annual
convention of the division, when men,
bers of several chapters bolted the
hall. These members maintained THAI
the majority credentials report had
not been heard. The suspension was
ordered more than a year later, after
the opposing groups of the district
of Columbia Division had failed to
obey instructions of the executive
council concerning the credentials re-
ports. Members of the 10 suspended
chapters now here have not been
seated as delegates and will not be-
as the convention will be over when
they are reinstated.
Notwithstanding that some school
boards seem to prefer to give as
examples for character building
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward
Beecher. Lincoln, Sherman. Sheridan
and John Brown, instead OF such
men as Jefferson Davis, Stonewall
Jackson and Robert =. Lee, we are
not downhearted," Mrs. st. John a.
LawtOn of Charleston, s. G., told the
convention in making her report as
historian general
Influence Against Viewpoint
Mrs Lawton asserted that power
ful Southern newspapers and pub
fishing houses are using their infiu-
ence against having the Southern
viewpoint shown in histories and
text books in Southern schools
Notwithstanding such distressing
instances as these occurring con-
stantly in the experience of each of
the division historians, we are not
downhearted and and il our strength
and determination only holds out the
tide VIII turn and the South will
come into her own" declared the
historian general.
Mrs. Lawton expressed Ihc opinion
that no department activities of the
Cd h"u 'HterS OF TIE Eoufaderacy
is more weighted with responsibility