The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-04-27
THE 100. F. CELEBRATION.

day honored throughout the broad do
main Of our Union. through the prov
inces of Canada, through both the
southern and northern divisions of our
hemisphere, and the islands Of the Pa
cifc aud Atlantic, as the fiftyninth
anniversary of Odd Fellowship in
America.
The day broke bright, clear and
vested with all the charms and fragrance
Of spring. A grand celebration and
gala day had been arranged for by the
members Of the order in this city, and
at 10 o'clock the first installment of
members from abroad arrived ola Lake
Washington per steamer Addie from
Newcastle. The party numbered some
fifty, including nineteen members of
the order. At noon the steamers Mes
senger and Mastick arrived simultane-
ously The former with party of one
hundred from Olympia and way ports.
TIE latter from Port Townsend aud
down Sound ports with party of sixty.
A little later the Nellie came in with
about twenty from snohomish and
ports along her route, followed by the
North Pacific shortly after with the
last installment from along her course.
Each party was received 10y the proper
committees and escorted to the hall Of
the order on Front street. At 100 P.
N. the procession formed 10 front of the
hall for parade. taking up the line of
march up Front street to Union, Union
to Third, Third to James, James to
Commercial, Commercial to King.
thence counter marched Oh Commercial
street to Yesler's Hall. The procession
was headed by the Olympia band. fol-
lowing were the lodges OF Port Town
send and Newcastle. Next came the
banner OF the Olympia lodge, followed
by the Seattle members, and brought
up in the rear by Alpha encampment
No. /. The procession was accom-
panied by three bands, namely: Olym-
pia, Port Townsend and Seattle.
AT THE HALL
Some eight hundred persons assembled,
including the resident and visiting
members of the Order in this city, to
hear the Grafton. The meeting was
called to order by the F. G.. NJ, who.
after prayer by the chaplain, called
upon Vice Grand Tibbits to proclaim
the objects and purposes Of the assem-
blsge. The opening ode was sung
by the congregation, followed by in
PRODUCING the orator of the day, Mr..
Francis Henry. The speaker launched
cut upon the subject matter of his
discourse at once. stating that in the
tusy work shop Of nature every form
Of life is lmpelled by force innate and
necessary to its existence; the great
lever which moves collective and indi-
vidual man and controls his action is
human selfishness. Governments are
successful in the degree they are based
on this principle, and utilize it; it ia
the purpose of benevolent and religious
organizations not to overcome. but to
utilize and control this principle in
human nature, and direct it to the
channel of usefulness. hence odd fellow
ship. It is founded on friendship,
brotherly love aud benevolence based
on the principle Of human seltishness:
it is o system in which man in helping
himself helps his brother; it calls forth
and strengthens the wool of human
kindness, which is wove into the warp
of all our natures on the principle illus
trated its mission is to ameliorste hui
mar suffering. and bring collective man
together in bonds of brotherly love and
fellowship. Those learned in such
matters claim for the Order great an
tiqaity. fixing it's inception away back
to the reign Of Nero. They speak of
it as having been instituted in Spain in
the fifth century, in Portugal in the
sixth century. and in france and Eng
land III tho twelfth. Modern Odd Eel
lowshIp dates back to 1900, when the
Order was first instituted in Manches-
ter, England. The Independent Order
the American branch-fixes the date
Of its birth at 1919. in the city of Bal
timore. Its growth since then is one of
the most remarkable incidents in the
history of our nation. From little
handful Of members organized into Q
lodge at Baltimore in 1910, it has grown
into nation in numbers, claiming at
the present time every fourteenth man
out Of the entire number of men in the
United States eligible TO membership.
The curious may we'll ask what NEGRO
NANCY, what spell lurking behind the
curtain of secrecy has brough. about
these results, by which such mighty
army have been marshaled under the
hymn of brotherly love. The speaker
here dwelt ct some length on the great
principles to which it owed its success;
its secrecy did not mean a good light
hid under Q bnshel, but under glass
light in lantern--placed there by
human wisdom to prevent its being ex-
tinguished by every trivial blast, hence
the necessity of its secrecy. The speaker
dwelt upon its great mission as ben
evolent institution-for the relief of
distressesi it fills place no other in
stitution can. 1t relieves only the de-
serving needy; no great crowd of
chronic beggars can flock in upon it as
upon charitable societies, TO eat out its
vitals like vultures on a carcass. At
the close Of the lecture the members of
the Order again formed in procession
And marched back to the hall. where
they disbsnded. for
THE BALL
In the evening at the new United State.
Hotel. No part Of the celebration so
amply illustrated the rapid growth of
the Order and its present strength and
prestige among our people as this grand
haate. The great capacity of the ele-
CANT new building selected for this
aair was taxed to its utmost, and al.
taough as usual thing such immense
wrongs present Objectionable features,
We're was naught in the entire enter
ninment TO which the most fastidious