The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-01-28
The Grange.


Patron of this county, that the mem.
bers of this grange have concluded
that the Institution does not pay for
the investment and that this being
the case they propose to surrender
their charter and Acknowledgement
County Paper.
We are glad TO hear that this grange
intends to disband and surrender its
charter, We feel sure that if the men,
bers of that grange hold such opinions,
that their sympathies never were with
the farmer; and if this be true, it
would have been better that the grange
should never have, had an existence.
The order of Patrons spread SO rapid
" and became a powerful organiza-
ton i'm so short time, that it is not
strange that we find some oranges
having discordant clements in them.
We do not claim that farmers are
better than any other class of men, but
we do claim that the interests of all
the members Of grange should be
identical, No organization can live
and prosper, if the elements which
compose, it, are arraped against each
other.
Our opposers have been predicting
for months past that VIC would soon
get to quarreling among ourselves,
and thus our organization would fall
to pieces. They desire nothing better
than that we should array ourselves
against our own brethren, for they
know that we, will so weaken the COM
pact that binds us together, that we
must necessarily fall an easy prey to
them, but they are destined to be dis
appointed. We are well aware of the
fact that careless, or inefficient depu-
ties have, in few instances, or
ganized, oranges that they had
no right to organize, and thus
some persons have come into the
order who have been no credit to
it. But time will set all things right.
Like the grange mentioned by the
Howard county paper, they will cease
to exist. and no tears will be shed
over their demise. We happen to know
something of the character of some of
the oranges of Howard county. We
know that the master of the county
council of that county was saloon
keeper. We also know that the ques-
ton was brought before the last state
grange by the delegates from Howard,
and that the state grange was appealed
to. 10 help them out of their trouble.
The state grange, in order to prevent
such a thing occurring again. passed a
bylaw that no habitual drunkard, or
person who sells Intoxicating liquors,
shall be eligible TO membership in the
Order.
We trust that if they have any more
oranges in Howard similar to the one
above mentioned, that they will take
nattcrn altcT tniS VuSs oii0 cutaSuuCs
their charter and disband. The order
will be stronger without them. We
are quite sure that there is no disposi-
ton in any of the oranges of Sedgwick
county, TO disband their organization.
So far from it, there will be another
grange organized in the southern part
of our county next week, so we are
told. Some few persons Joined the
Order for the sake of the ''loaves and
the fishes,. and finding that the grange
was not able to pour wealth into their
hands without exertion on their part
have become disaffected, and are now
ready TO give up the grange. II is nc
injury to the Order to lose these eth
err. But to all those who have generous
hearts, and open hands to help the
needy raise the fallen and cheer The
distressed, we say welcome to the
grange.