Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14


Of members of the National Society,
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Is the election of officers, which this
week will be an outstanding event OF
the soccietys Continental Congress. =.
Delegates to the congress from all
the States will participate in the cleo
ton Thursday when a selection will be
made between two distinguished cand1-
dates for the Office of president general
and their respective tickets"
Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart of Ohio
and Mrs. julius Young Talmadge OF
Georgia are the candidates for the
society's highest Office. They have
drawn from the membership as run
ming mates for various subordinate
Offices women distinguished in many
phases of the society's widespread &C
tivity.
A distinct competitive aspect has
been given the election in that Mrs.
Talmadge, a resident of Athens, Ga,
a city famous in the South's history
as the homeplace of Henry W. Grady, is
the first woman from the section to
offer for the Office of president general.
Women especially identified with the
society in the South are among her
candidates.
Mrs. Talmadge has been prominently
identified with the society for II years
She has been treasurer and regent of
her home chapter, State recording Sec
rotary, vice regent and regent for
Georgia, vice president general of the
national society and honorary regent
For seven years she has been a member
of the national board of management
She was the first national chairman OF
the society's student loan fund and at
present is national chairman of the
D. A. R. Magazine. ...
Prominent in War Work.
During the World War, Mrs. Tai
madge was State chairman of patriotic
education for Georgia, and State
chairman of a committee in charge OF
providing and maintaining bed in
the hospitals of France. The prosper
Gus condition of the Georgia Society /;
credited largely to Mrs. Talmadge's
business efficiency.
Mrs. Hobart is Ohio's first candidate
for the society's highest office. She
has directed the policies of a large
organization, having been the first
president of the American Legion
Auxiliary and director of great in.
crease in the organizations member
chip.
Mrs. Hobart has been in contact with
the National Society's interests through
service on several of its more impor-
tant committees and her experience
as chapter regent, State regent and or
ganizing general secretary of the society
has given her keen understanding OF
the organizations purposes.
She is a member OF the national exc
cutive committee and chairman OF the
committee on buildings and grounds.
Both candidates have pledged loyalty
to the society's views on national de-
tense and have promised to pursue
policies Of judiciouS economy, and work
looking toward completion Of Consti-
tuition Hall, which the society Is erect
ing.
Mrs. Hobart and Mrs Talmadge have
waged active campaigns and on the
eve of convention of the congress il
was conceded generally that warmly
contested election would result.
Vice Presidential Candidates.
There are IL candidates for the I
vice presidents general, whose terms
expire with the present congress. Two
vice presidents general whose terms ex-
pire in 1880 are candidates for other
offices, and in the event one Is elected
her place will be filled by the candidate
for vice president receiving the eighth
largest vote.
The candidates for vice presidents
general are: Mrs. r. B. Campbell OF
kansas, Mrs. Daniel Mershon Garrison
of Maryland. Mrs. Ralph Van Landing
ham of North Carolina, Mrs. Herbert
Backus Of Ohio Mrs. N. Rowland Brown
of Pennsylvania, Mrs. William L. Man
chester of Rhode Island, Mrs. Amos
Ayres of South Dakota, Mrs. Katherine
White Kittredge of Vermont, Mrs. Will
liam Smith Shaw of Maine. Mrs. e. N.
Slack of Tennessee, Mrs. Grant Everett
Lilly Of Kentucky and Mrs. Q. H. Mack
Of Nevada.
Mrs. Hobart's ticket comprises names
prominently known to the national
society.
Mrs. William Rock Painter of Mis-
souri,, candidate for chaplain general.
is credited with having been largely re-
sponsible for passage of a bill in her
home State under which the Constitu-
ton is taught in the schools. She has
served as chapter and State regent
Of the D. A. r., and has been on sew
eral of the national society's important
committees. She is president of the
Missouri society, National Society
United Daughters of 1912, and is State
auditor Of American War Mothers.
Mrs. BisselPs Record.
Mrs. Charles Humphrey Bissell Of
Connecticut, candidate for recording
secretary general, has been prominently
identified with the society in her State
since 1904. when she served as regent.
She has been chairman Of magazine
for the national society and is member
of the executive committee and a vice
president general.
Miss Margaret B. Bennett of Pitts
burga. candidate for corresponding
secretary general, has been chairman
of the national committee on credentials
under two presidents general and also
vice chairman of the society's house
committee. She was member of the
womens committee for the Sesqui-
centennial in Philadelphia.
Mrs. william A. Beacker of New
Jersey, has been unanimously Endorsed
by her State conference for the Office
of vice president general and is a can
didate in the election for the Office
of organizing secretary general. She
has held Office in her State society
through five administrations.
Mrs. Harriet Vaughn Rigdon, candi-
date for the Office Of treasurer general.
has been treasurer. historian and regent
of the State society in Indiana, her
home. She is member Of several
committees of the national society and
has been State treasurer for the Danes
of the Loyal Legion and the Daughters
of the American Colonists.
Runs for Registrar General.
Mrs. Josiah A. Van Orsdel of Wash
ington, D. c., the wife of Judge j. A.
Van Orsdel of the District Court OF
Ar.,eals, is candidate for the Office
of registrar general. AS president of
the Society of the Children of the
American Revolution Mre Van Orsdel
directed an increase in membership OF
more than 1000. She has served sew
eral Continental Congresses as menu
Der of the memorial committee and the
advisory committee Of Constitution
Hall.
The candidate on Mrs. Hohart's ticket
for historian general is Mrs. Flora