Evening star., 1926-04-21
POLITICAL HORIZON
OF D. A. R. SERENE
No Opposition Develops to
Mrs. BroSSeau on Eve
of Election.

As the hour when nominations for
the national officers must be in drew
near the political horizon of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, meeting in annual Continental
Congress in the Washington Audi
torium, remained serene and cloudless
today.
The. delegates busted themselves
this morning with hearing and ap-
proving number of important re
ports After luncheon they will re-
turn for an afternoon session of the
same routine. unless squalls now I'M
seen sweep over the horizon to dis
turb this peace fete. Tonight the
zero hour for nominations will strike.
Under the rules of the society all
nominations for the. national officers
must be in by tonight and tomorrow
the ballot boxes will be open through
out the day for the delegates to make
their choice. Ordinarily the result of
the election is not made known before
the morning session of Friday, but
this year 1t Is generally believed an
other precedent will go into discard
Mrs. Brosseau Unopposed.
Mrs. Alfred Brosseau of Connecticut,
running on a coalition ticket. was
still without opposition today and
there was no sign of any opponent
appearing. AS a result of the with
draWal of Mrs. George White Nash
of New York ii is generally believed
that the election of Mrs. BroSseau and
her cabinet Is now merely a matter
nf in into
notion
If this ticket is elected il means
that the national board of manage
ment will have two District women
in its ranks-Mrs. Eli A. Helmick.
registrar general, and Mrs. John NJ.
Beavers. vice president general from
the District of Columbia. Mrs. Her
bert NJ. Lord, whose ID. A. r. affili-
ations are with Maine and who is
running for the Office of corresponding
secretary general, is also a resident
of the District at present
After the customary ceremonial
entrance of the incumbent national
officers and the pages, one of the first
acts of this mornings session was
to receive from Mrs. w. V. Spencer
of Winston-Salem, n. c., Il resolu-
ton under which this congress will
renew 1tS lnQOrSenlenC Oh tle HdtloIldI
oratoriCal contest.
Backs Oratory Contest.
Mrs. Spencer's resolution, which
was referred by Mrs. Anthony Wayne
Cook, the president general, to the
proper committee, follows:
Whereas, leading metropolitan
newspapers in the United States held
in 1924 and 1925, in the high schools
of this country, national oratOrical
contests on the Constitution, and are
this year conducting a project for the
third time; and
Whereas the scope and organiZa-
ton of these contests are so especial
ly we'll conceived as to have annually
attracted between 100000 and 2,000,-
600 participants-young men and
women soon to become citizens-to a
thorough and comprehensive study
of the fundamentals and institutions
of the Government of the United
States; be it therefore
Resolved by the Daughters of the
American Revolution in congress as
sembled at Washington, D. c., on
April 21, 1926, that we heartily COM
mend this gratuitous contribution to-
ward better and more intelligent citi-
zenship. on the part of the newspa-
per sponsors Of the national orator.
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