The Jewish advance. (Chicago, Ill.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-21
CHICAGO. JAN AIRY 81, 1881.

Henry Greenebaum followed in a
thirty minutes speech, in which he re-
viewed the history of the application of
the petitioners for charter the action
Of the General Committee in dealing
with the subject, and also his connection
with the matter. He occupied the most
Of his time in reading from the accum-
ulated printed matter on the subject.
holding that the General Committee
had erred in refusing the charter, espec-
tally since the petitioners had complied
with all the requirements Of the Order
in their application. The Committee
was sustained in its action, he thought,
by the ignorant and prejudiced of the
Order, and by none other, and he hoped
to see the resolution adopted
Simon Rosenfels, Of St. Paul, was op-
posed to the resolution, and said the
only question in dispute was as to how
best to accomplish the same thing
Chicago, he thought, had enough lodges,
and it would be a service to the petition
ers to get them distributed among them.
The Rev Mr.. Norden, S. Taussig, B.
A. Lange, f. c. Hamburgher, Louis
May, Max Eichberg, H. Swimmer, e.
Liepmansohn, and others aired their
views briefly, and, at O. clock, the Con-
vention adjourned until 10 o'clock the
next morning.
THE BANQUET AND BALL
which was given in honor of the del
egates at the Sherman house, was sue
cessful affair The ordinary was provided
with four long tables. BY crewding a
little it was managed to fringe these
tables with 1862 chairs, but so liberal was
the attendance that when, about 9
o'clock, the line of ladies and gentle
men marched in from the halls, every
chair was occupied before the couples
who brought up the end of the line had
even caught a glimpse of the festive
board. However, by pressing two adjoin-
ing club rooms into the service, the diff
ficulty was overcome, and from that
time until the early morning hours had
been chased away with flying feet, -
! the various pleasures went uninterrupt-
edly on. An orchestra was stationed at
the main entrance to the banqueting
hail. the strains of lovely music coming
in to meet the merry peals of laughter,
the hum of social chat, or the bursts of
applause called forth by toasts and re-
sponses. The menu, of course from the
oysters on the half-shell down to the
soul-in-spiring wine, presented an array
Of the choicest delicacies and substan-
tials in which even the most fastidious
epicure would have become lost.
Probably not half dozen delegates to
the Convention were absent from the
banquet, and to these were added num-
Der of honored guests. At the head Of
the table sat Mr.. Henry Greenebaum.
Chairman of the Arrangement Commit
tee; at his right was Mr.. ID. NJ. Amberg,
President of the Grand Lodge, and at
his left was Judge Rogers Opposit the
Chairman WAS seated the Rev. Dr. e. G
Hirsch, these gentlemen, like most of
of the others, being accompanied by
their wives. Prominent among the
Others present were Jacob Newman,
Henry c. Mitchell, Eli B. Felsenthal,
Adolph Loeb, Adolph Moses, Philip
Stein, Charles kozminski, Adolph
Krauss, Samuel Woolner, Simon Rosen-
fels, Charles Cohn, DR.. B. Felsenthal,
DIR. S Wolfenstein, Jacob Rohrheimer,
About half past 10 clock Mr.. Gree
nebaum called upon President D. VI.
Amberg to respond to the toast. "Di-
strict Grand Lodge No. 6. which he did
in a brief but very pleasant and appro-
pirate manner, telling how the lodge,
from an humble beginning only thirteen
years ago, had grown to be the banner
district Of the Order, numbering more
than 1000 members, and having thirty
eight lodges, He closed by calling upon
the Chairman to give history Of the
Order, but Mr. Greenebaum referred the
ladies and gentlemen to the printed MIS-
tory, advising all to read it, and then
called upon the Rev. Dr. Hirsch to re-
spond to the toast, The Jewish Race"
DR.. Hirsch spoke to very frequent
outbursts of applause. He said that to
one who looked at the phenomena of
history, there was one grand impulse
presenting itself, and that was the i'm
pulse of civilization. Nations were the
missionaries Of civilization. and the
Jewish nation was foremost in the great
work and the trucst in her trust, aud
this in spite Of the spectre Of hatred,
jealousy, envy, and ostracism held up to
it by the outside world. The Jewish
people made this claim without AFRO
gance and with a willingness to co-ope-
rate with any and all people in a move
ment in the aid Of humanity, for when
an act of benev0lence was to be per-