The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-02-17
THE NATIONAL GRANGE
THE END OF THE SESSION.

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The Chicago Tribune gives-this report o
Grange at St. Louis: The NatfonaT Grange
has been principally occupied to-day in say
ing farewell. The report OF the committee
on the Boston Grangs was discussed
and adopted last evening, but submitted
70 the public to-day. the case has
been prJudged ever since the deliv
cry of Master Adams address, on the frs,
day. The action of the National Orange
was rather with a view to sustaining Adams
than on the real merits of the case. which
were not lengthily argued. Mr.. Staples,
delegate from Boston. was not present
when the committee first considered the
subject. Allis, Master of Massachusetts,
went alone before the committee, and sub
mitted the petition sent you the other day.
Mr.. Allis complains that his position has
been embarrassing. Mr.. Adams, I'm his adj
press, placing him in an attitude OF rebel
lion as regards the order. Hethinks the
question should never have come up. as the
eastern members went into the Grange in
good faith, not supposing they were viOlat-
ing any rules of the Order. He left for
home tonight with Mr.. Staples. The latter
gentleman reached st. Louis last "Wednesday
night, snc since that time has sat in all the
sessions of the National Grange. Hs ex
press es the opinion that the Boston Grange
matter oUghtto hare been entirelS ignored;
and SAYS that most of the members of the
National Grange entertain the same view of
the matter. The grange had coma into the
order In good faith, and though some of the
members had city interests, nearly all of
them had farms. Mr.. Hovey, the scotsman.
was a member, and he is directly interested
in agriculture. Mr.. Staples himself has a
farm IN the country; so have nearly all the
members to whom so much objection has
been made. Mr.. Staples says, further, that
the Boston grain dealers are just as much
IN CHEAP TRANSPORTATION
as the eastern farmers, and it was this hat
first drew them into the grange. Then a
hue and cry was raised. and the report was
circulated all over the west that a grange
had been formed in Boston composed only
of merchants and grain-dealers. MIR. Adams
came east to attend a Horticultural congress.
and learning through third parties the way in
which the grange was formed, not even con-
sulting with any of the members, came
home and revoked the dispensation. Mr..
Staples considers his Boston brethren to
have been most upjustly Disseminated
against, inasmuch as there are hundreds of
oranges all over the east. and in allthe cities
and towns OF the west, whose membership
is no more directly agricultural than the
membership Ofthe Boston grange. He says
bnd5I - II pEOOdOty Io-OTg4nlZ6 ana again
apply for admission. These are Mr.. Staples
views, and they deserve to have the same
currency given the report of the committee
He ridicules the idea that he and the few
men associated with him ever entertained
the idea of running Massachusetts, politics.
THE REPORT. T.
The following is the formal report of the
committee on the Boston Grange
Your committee to whom was referred that
of Worthy Master Adams address
having reference to the Boston Grange beg
leave to submit the following report:
In order to arrive at a correct conclusion
as to alleged irregularities, we proceeded to
from means at our command teSti-
m0ny in regard to the following queetions:
First-Had any Irregularities been com-
mitted; if so, what were they?
Secondly whom had these irregularities
been committed?
Third-What remedy shall we
We find from the evidence submitted to
us that some time in June, 1873, Worthy
Master Adams gave Brother Abbott, of
a commission as a national deputy,
with instructions to organize subordinate
oranges in Massachusetts. This commission
was accompanied by the usual Instructions
in printed form, a copy of which has been
submitted to US, u we find that the depu-
ties are strictly enjoined by them to admit
none into the organization of 2 subordinate
grange but those who were actually farmers
of good character. Some time in August,
1873, Brother Abbott did organize a grange
in Boston, called the Boston Grange, the
of which, so far as we can learn,
were not of the class required by the i~nstruc.
of Brother Abbott. After a careful
examination of the testimony, the only
occupations we could fix for this grange
were grain-dealers, cemmission-Inen. a re-
porter and editor of a business paper, with
only one exception, the present lecturer of
a Boston grange, who stated to us that he
is carrying on a farm near Boston; but his
principal income was derived from the
business he carried on in the city. And
the committee here take occasion to say we
have found it very difficult to obtain posi-
tive information as TO who were in reality
the first member of this organization,
or their occupations, and this. too,
Notwithstanding we nave had Worthy
Master Adams, Secretary Kelley, Lee
turer Thompson, w. M. Allis, of the
Boston state grange, and Brother Staples,
the present lecturer of the Boston Grange,
before us.
We find that IN or about September s,
1873. w. M. Adams went to Boston, in con-
sequence of reports which had reached him
in regard to this grange, to examine as to
their truth, n was so well satisfied that
the material of which it was composed was
lOlLLO1 SoOb do q SOANOAl A0eO W Oa& 4
order, nor the instructions given to the
that after his return to WASH
and in accordance with the views of two
members OF the executive committee. the third
being confined TO his bed by sickness, he issued
4 revocation oil the dispensation ritual, de-, and
them to the secretary of the National
Strange atWashington. This revoke was signed
by Worthy Master Adams, Worthy secretary O.
Kelley, and had the seal OF the National
orange attached to it. Worthy Master
Adams shortly recalled abe commits
which brother Abbott held TO organize sub |
ordinate oranges, the revocation to take effect
)n and after December i, 1879. Brother Abbott
subsequently, acknowledged the receipt OF this
letter.
The overseer of the Boston Grange wrote to
William Adams a remonstrance against the de-
mand for the d~ispensati0n, books, &c. We can
not find that any official notice was taken by the
yrang of this demand. They, however, for a time
their work. Sometime in December
The Boston Grange elected new officers, and in
January, 1874, the worthy master Of the Massa-i
shusetts state grange sent one OF his deputies TO
install the officers then elected, and to give the
master thereof the annual word for 1874.
Master Adams has written to Worthy