Evening star., 1927-04-21
D. A. R. DELEGATES
BALLOTING TODAY
Ten Nominated for Seven
Vice President General
Posts Last Night.

More than > 500 delegates - the
thirtv-sixth Continental Congress q
the ID A. T.. since o'clock thls
morning have been thronging the
polls at the Washington Auditorium
where the congress is in session, -
indicate their choice for the seven
vice presidents general and two hon,
orary vice presidents general VINO are
being elected today
Ten women were nominated laSt
night for the office Of vice president
general and three distinguished Net,
Grams Of the society for the post ot
honorary vice president general
The business cf NotiUs in q II. \, X.
congress is a somewhat complicated
affair. It ss done ley secret ballot and
nv States each vetcr IN Il given dele
cstfon being checked off by the teller
before the ballot is accepted.
Miss Nettleton in Charge.
The chairman Of teQers IS Miss
Katherine Nettleton of Connecticut,
an experienced II, A. 4. teller. who
may be counted upon 10 expedite mat
ters as far as possible. Assisting her
on the teller committee are Mrs. Vii
liam II. Conway. vice chairman of
the committee, and the following tel
lers composed Of one teller represent
ing each candidate, Mrs John G..
Coulter. Mrs Frank IL. Han, Mrs w,
Z. Hudson. Mrs IL. <, McClintock.
Mrs. Victor Hurst. Mrs. T. d. Jones,
Mrs. Harry \. Hurley, Mrs. $. II,
Curlee Mrs. Robert Hudson. Miss
Hunting. Mrs c Myers, Mrs. w.
Reese and Mrs. Julius Estey.
Al the nominations last night each
candidate drew for the place her
nomination should occupy. The nomi-
nations were received with much an.
plause and as the nominators were
limited 70 three minutes for their
speeches Mrs. Brosseau was forced to
call for order many times
The first nomination was that of
Mrs. William Burney Of Columbia. S.
c. whose name was greeted with
applause from her State and several
sister delegations. Mrs. Burney's
name was put into nomination by
Mrs. Leroy Springs and seconded by
Mrs. Samuel J. Kramer.
Mrs. Gordon Named.
The second nomination was that of
Mrs Isabel Wyman Gordon of Wor-
cester, Mass, by Mrs. James Charles
Peabody, State regent, and seconded
by Mrs. Charles Banks of New Jersey.
-
Rock, Ark, was nominated by Mrs.
Allen Cox and her nomination was
seconded by Mrs. Charles Banks of
New Jersey.
Mrs. Clarence s. Paine of Lincoln,
Nebr, was nominated by Miss Kath-
crime Green and seconded by Mrs.
George Thacher Guernsey of Kansas.
Mrs. Amos Edwin Ayres, South Da-
kota, was nominated by Mrs. Warning
of South Dakota and her nomination
was seconded by Mrs. Robert II.
Munger of Iowa.
Next to be nominated was Mrs.
William Sherman Walker, Seattle,
Wash, by Mrs. II. d. Hurley of Seat
tie and seconded by Mrs. Adam NJ
.Wynant of Pennsylvania.
Missouri Woman Nominated.
Mrs w w. Bolts next nominated
Mrs. William Rock Painter, Carroll
ton, Mo. and Mrs. Russell William
Magma of Massachusetts seconded it.
Mrs. Frank Felter of Huntington,
Ind, was nominated by Mrs. Charles
w. Ross of Indiana and the nomina-
ton was seconded by Mrs. Charles
Banks.
The last to be named was Mrs.
Charles H. Bissell of Southington.
Conn, by Mrs. George NJ. Minor of
Waterford, Conn, and seconded by
Mrs. John Brown Heron of Pitts
burgh.
The candidates for honorary vice
presidents general nominated last
night We're: Mrs. Thomas Kite of
Ohio, nominated by Mrs. Lowell F.
Hobart of Ohio and seconded by Mrs.