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so afraid of spending will soon be used
up, anyhow, in the renting of outside
auditoriums FOR the conventions of the
society, and it will still be confronted
with the necessity of building it's own
auditorium some time. Mrs. Robert
Lansing wife of the former Secretary
of State, appealed to the delegates not
to delay work on the new auditorium
any longer.
Wants Capacity of 5000.
Mrs. Livingston Schuyler Of New
York declared that she would like TO
see this congress vote authorization
for the auditorium which would noe
only seat 1000 persons, as the plans
for the present project provide, but
that she would like to see the Daugh.
ters go the full length and erect
great building that would accom-
modate 5000, "and take care of our so
ciety for all time, so far as We can see
now" Iwould be better economy to
start the building now, she said. than
to wait and keep on handing out $1,000
at a time for the use of other audi
toriums, money that will never come
back"
the new building rose and delivered
impassioned appeals for immediate ac-
ton, and enthusiasm on the floor of
the congress soon reached a point
where Mrs. Cook maintained order
with great difficulty. From the North,
East, South and West came the
urgent demand for immediate action
one way or another at this congress
so that plans for the next convention
could he rnaHo annOrdir
A few minutes before the hour ar
rived for Mrs. Cook to call up the or
der of the day, debate on the proposal
to build new 81 900, 900 auditorium
the congress was Unexpectedly pre-
cipitated into a heated debate over the
adoption of a smaller recognition pin,
a replica of the national society's en-
blem, to take the place of the existing
recognition button, which, it was
claimed, was so different from the So
ciety's insignia that II could scarcely
be recognized as an emblem of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton.
Mrs. Amos G. Draper of the District
opened the attack on the proposal
which was in the form of a resolution
authorizing the adoption of the new
pin. She declared that the only way
the society possibly could adopt a new
to size or to design, would be to amend
the bylaws. Mrs. Draper asserted
that the bylaws distinctly provided
that the society's recognition pin
should be the small button that has
been in use for several years.
Mrs. Eleanor D. Keyes of Nebraska,
originator of both the national en-
blem and the recognition button, told
the delegates that to change even the
size of the present insignia would
destroy their patent right and make
an Identical design. Sne declared that
to throw the society open to such
danger was unnecessary, Illegal in
the eyes of existing patent laws and
contrary to the bylaws of the So
ciety.
Many Complaints Received.
Mrs. John Brown Heron, chairman
of the insignia committee, told the
delegates that the new pin had been
suggested simply because her COM
mittee had received in the last year
hundreds of complaints from the
members of the society in all parts
of the country that the present recog-
milton pin not only was unrecogniza-
BILE as D. A. r. emblem, but that
it was SO heavy that many of the
members could not wear it on the
fiimsy gowns that are the mode to-
day without danger of tearing them.
Mrs. Heron said she had been in
conference with one of the countrys
best patent lawyers and that after
studying the patent rights on the
Daughters existing emblem he had
informed her only this morning that
the pin suggested to replace the but.
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was perfectly legal and did not open
the society to infringement on it's in
sigma. She further cited the bylaws
to prove that the adoption of the new
pin was in no wise forbidden or illegal.
New Pin Defended.
In this Statement, Mrs. Heron
| was supported by Mrs. George
Guernsey, honorary president general
! of the society, who frankly declared
! that "the present recognition pin GER
| emblem. l never have, never could
and never will wear one Of the recog-
milton buttons we have been using in
the past. There is nothing in our by
laws to prevent us from adopting this
new insignia" she added.
| "The new pin suggested is simply a
| small replica of our national emblem
the wheel with 10 SpOkeS ana tne
spool Of flax. The only addition is
a small gold band encircling the en-
blem to make it more substantial
Such an emblem could at least be
recognized as the insignia of the
Daughters of the American Reyolu.
| ton and i earnestly hope that it will
| be adopted by this congress-
| Mrs. Cook declared that adoption
of the new pin would in no wise
outlaw the present one, and that
those members of the society who pre-
ferred the latter could wear 1t. The
new one, she said, is simply to sup
plement existing insignia for the ben
eft of the large number of members
who prefer 1t. A delegate rose al
this point and declared that of 1900
| members taken in last year only 5000
had bought the present recognition
pin because 1t was so heavy that II
ruined their evening gowns.
When the question was put to a
vote the decision was so close that
Mrs. Cook was unable to decide the
tissue. Before she could call for a
division scores of questions were
asked from the floor which so clarified
the issue that when the question was
again put 20 minutes later the vote
for adoption of the new insignia was
so overwhelming that spokesmen fol-
the opposition rose and declared there
was no need for a division and that
! the congress might proceed TO the