, 1874-02-12
THE BOSTON GRANGE.
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.

ITS REAL HIBTORY.
Bosros, Fob. l1.-The protest Of tho Boston
Grange against tho revocation Of its charter
failed to eay TINT the so-called agricultnrlists
who want to be Grangors arc tho real political
fnglqrs who hnvo determined to rulo or ruin here
| in Massachusetts. Moro than two years ago
Col. Daniel Noedham, National Bank Examiner
for this State, aud Secretary Of tho Now
England Agricultural Society. and George Noyes,
editor, publishor, aud proprietor Of the Massa-
chuselts Ploughntan, were appointed deputies of
tho or]or but did nothing to advance its inter-
osts in this State. 0. H. Kelly, the Secretary Of
tho Order, wrote to Mr.. Noyes urging him to do
eoad not 10 e1peta @ So to woH S1y ii faa ono ss
soon as tho Order was fairly. started here he
would do something. There the mattor rested.
Early last spring
THE CHEAP TRANSPORTATION LEAGUE
waB organized, and tho Boston journal Of COM
nle1ce constituted itsolf tho organ Of tho move
mont, aud did oil 1t could to ndynnce it. Tho
Grangora wore then coming East, and tho Jour-
nal of Commerce, recognizing the Grange as
n,yovoment, md gladly chrontclod its progress.
When Deputy Abbott arrived. he found tho Jour-,
nal Of Commerce was eagerly preparing tho way
for him, while tho Massachusetts l'loughman had
nothing to Say. Tho Journal of Commerce evon
kept department column Of Grange no We, Oh
mado ali tho necessary arrangements for a
meeting bore in Boston.
0R6ANIzAT1oS OF THE GRANGE.
Aug. Abbott organized the first Grange In
Massachusotts, at Greenheld Aug. 20. he camo
Grange WIS organized, with Join D. Bartlett as
President Of tho Commercial Exchange,
George Noycs, aud tho editor mud thq
general manager Of tho Journal Of Commerce.
hr. Bartlett was grain merchant, it il true,
but also tho blttorcst foo tho Boston y Albany
Blnglo-handed and alone. boti by circular and
personal influence. OF the Iline officora all hut
one own lnna undor cultivation. .
1t became eviacnt TINT tue Order was to bo Z
auccess, and Meyer, very m,.cl, disappointed to
tind ho could mot name tho officers,
BET TO WORK TO nREAK IT Ur.
Grand Master Adams came OH to Boaton to tho
Pomological Sooioty exhibition. a1,d conferred
with Noyes but did not Heo aiuglo member or
officer Of the boston Grango-a marked rlcco OF
aldoourtosy Oh his pnrt. Sept. II, !csa tlan a
month Aftor,, ca1no tho order revoking tho
charter. Of which NoyeH had atvance Information.
Ho said that he aceeptea tho order; TINT tho
Boston Grange waa dea0. Not 40 thought tho
mombora,, nnr did tho State Grange. Noyos,
With wonderful Inconsistency, mot again with
the nc1ahors Deo. u, whon 0, a. Thompson,
Lecturer OF tho National Grange, waa on here,
anu nc recognized tho Grange, u..d promised Ia,
como down Dec 24, afscr organizing tho Nov
Mampht'ro ssato Grunge, antl oh|igato twonty-
tlVo memhcrs. Now WAS IL
NoYEDf CHANCE.
lio wantea to furnish tho lnnn, and thus got
~, tHn CONTROL llo wanted tn lut In Marshal =:
Wilder, anl otlor momboru of lllo Agricultural
glub-a notorious political oli4uoIand Dr..
uoorgo = 1.orlng, President Of 'the Hennte,.
man o. whom It hus boen said that 4e
was always wanting an Office, and could
neTos get one. Tho other Grange members