New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-14
The NATIONAL GRANGE.
FAREWELL PROCEEDINGS AT ST. LOUts-rHa BOs-
TON GRANGE DEFENDED-u Is RULED OUT on
THE ORDER.

FAREWELL PROCEEDINGS AT ST. LOUIs-rra BOs-
TON GRANGE DEFENDED-u Is RULED OUT or
THE ORDER.
iBY TELEGRAPH TO rms rRIsUSE.l
ST. LOUIS, Feb f3.--The National Grange
has been principally occupied to-day In saying farewell
The report OF the Committee the Boston Grange was
discussed and adopted last evening" but not sub
mitted to tho public until today The case hos been
preiudgcd ever since the delivery OF Master Adams's
address the first day. The action OF the National
Grange was rather with a view TO sustaining Adams
than the real merits OF the case, which were not
argued at length Mr. Staples. delegate from Boston.
not present when the Committee first considered
the subject. Master Als Of Massachusetts, went alone
before 1t and submitted the petition Mr.. Allis COM
plains that his position has been embarrassing. Mr.
Adams In his address placing him In an attitude Of re-
belion as regards order He thinks that the Ques
ton should have como as the Boston members
went into the Orange In good faith not surprising they
violating any rules Of the order He left for home
tonight with Mr. Staples. Tho latter reached st. Louis
last Wednesday night and since that time has sat in all
the sessions OF tho National Grange.
He expresses the opinion that Boston Grange matters
ought to have been entirely alone says that most
OF tho OF tho National Grange entertain tho
Wow OF the matter. The Grange had come into tho
order in good faith. and, though some OF the members
had city interests nearly all OF thom had farms. Mr.
Hovey. tho scotsman. member aud he is directly
Interested in agriculture Dir. Staples himself has
farm, and 80 have nearly all the members to whom so
much objection has been made Mr. Staples says further
that theBoston graDeaers are just much Interested
I'm cheap transportation the Eastern farmers and IL
this that first drew them into the Grange Then
hue and cry raised and the report circulated all
the West that Grange had been formed IN Boston
composed only OF merchants and gram dealers. MT
Adams came East to attend horticultural congress.
and learning through outsiders about the way In which
the Grange formed, and not even consulting with
any OF the members, came homo and revoked thu dis
pensation.
Mr. Staples considers his Boston brethren TO have
been most uajustly Disseminated against inssmuch as
there arc hundreds Of Oranges all the East and in
all the cities and towns OF tho West whose membership
II no more directly agricultural than the membership OF
the Grange He says that it will probably reor
ganize and again apply for admission. These are MI
stspisa'a vinwa and he thnks they daS"rVo tno sao
currency the report OF the Committee He ridcues
ever idea Of running Massachusetts, pol
itics
lGRNERAL PRESS DfsPATCH.l
In the National Orange this morning the Committee
having in charge tho matter concerning the Boston
Orange reported to the following effect:
That the Secretary OF the National Grange be in
strueted TO notify oil State Oranges within the jurls1c
ton that the Boston Grange Is no longer connected
with the Patrons OF Husbandry, and henceforth no
recognition be extended to IL by any Grange. state
subordlnate and the Master or the Massachusetts
state Grange is hereby required TO make formal de-
mand surrender Of the dspensa0n and ritual OF
the Boston Grange, and When recelVeo 10 return 10 9
ritual and return them without delay 70 the onlce OF
the Secretary OF the National Grange at Washington
The report was adopted.
The Grange adjourned 10 meet In Charleston g. c. the
first Wednesday in February, 1876.