The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-04-17

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all the Offices of the Grange. whether
State or subordiBsts. to address
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heretofore 10 the practical work for
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The nsx, year will ace o great
deal OF plain talk 10 members Of The
Order OF Patrons Of IIusbandrJ. by
those who have long been members.
asd Who have its interest rs much Of
heart as any member can have them.
There is no question about this. The
Order is now strong enough to bear
honest, Just and well-mesnt criticism,
and 1t is bound to get II. II will not
do for friend, Of the Grange to he
over,sensitiye or moderately be.
ing so they show that the true princi/
pies and teachings Of the ritual are
ignored by them, or at least not IN.
derstood and practiced.
Resolutions Of Capital Grange, Topeka, KAN
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Any fourth degree member should
! be eligible to any position in the Or.
der.
All privileges and rights now be-
longing 10 masters and past masters
should be abolished.
All work in the subordinate
oranges should be done in the frat
degree.
The laws and ritual should be mod
lied so as 10 give less prominence to
the ceremonial part Of the work and
more. to the instructive business, pro-
tecAse and social part.
These are only sample utterances,
OF which there are a great many OF
similar import from the most i~ntelli,
gent and earnest of the Order of Pat
rons. The institution started ont as
a seven story concern, the sixth story
being-the National Grange, composed
OF Masters of State Oranges, Execu.
tive officers, etc. Those belonging to
any story are alone eligible to Office
in it, no matter what ability or fits
ness may characterize an individual
OF inferior rank. The sole apology
for this has been that the trainers OF
the ritual had made a simple mistake,
but that those now in power were
honest, discreet men who would rem
edy the faults in the original struc,
ture, and thoroughly ~democratize the
whole institution. The State Of Hi.
noise has waited three years to wit.
ness but little real progress. Moth
ing was done at the last meeting of
the National Grange, or If anything
was done, it was significant only in
the wrong direction. At the next
meeting the principal officers are to
be reelected for three years. The
list OF persons now eligible comprises
or fifty individuals. The an !
nual meeting has been put forward
to November. The present members
by this act, voted themselves the ex-
ecutive control of the Order for the !
next three years following this. :
We have no disposition to carp at
the action Of the National Grange.
We have expected great things from
the Order. We still hope great
things. We still believe great things
will come Of it, indirectly if not di.
rectly. We shall hail with extreme
pleasure the removal of the occasion
and excuse for such paragraphs as