St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-27

Odd Fellow and he was not sure but that h,
regretted it. However, he belonged to tn,
great order of Humanity, of which Ods
Fellowship is branch aud recognized t.,
principles OF Friendship, Love and Truti
as the noblest of human sentiments. He rec
| ognized also the fact that a man by himsel
| and alone i'll the world is powerless, and tina
| the banding together Of men is necessary L
| accomplish what they could not do individu
ally. He had no objection to secret societies
for even the home is secret society on
limited scale. He judged societies
whether secret or not, by theil
works. The soul of n man who draw.
aloof from his fellows becomes twisted anC
distorted. 1t is necessary to share the joyt
and sorrows of others TO complete this growtf
of manhood and womanhood. No matter how
busily occupied people are, there is always
cord of sympathy ia their hearts for others
How granGly was this illustrated by the ouicl
response from all parts Of the country L
the sufferers of the Chicago fire. And wher
recently the cyclone swept down upon Saul
Rapids and St. Cloud, bringing with il dealt
and devastation, how nobly did the people O!
Minneapolis end st. Paul, and other cities anC
villages of the state, go to the rescue. AND
how proud was /, Mr.. Mayor, 10 see that yoJ
were one of the first to rush to the rescue il
your professional and Official capacity.
GOD BLESS YOU FOR THAT.
We shall remember you, and we shall re
MtUDGE Tie GlllIGIS OL MiluG8DOlS and 81
Paul and ali the state generally" As an
other of the phases of the subject of Human
ity, President Nor;hrup considered tho pres
ent attitude of capital and labor toward each
other. He pleaded for reason, for the alb
sence of bitterness, and for ar.
bitration in adjusting their diff.
culties. He took occasion to com.
dhment President Cleveland's message
recommending the appointment of court OF
arbitration as timely and feasible. Capital
and labor are inseparGbly connected. and
the question of sharing the profits
should be adjusted so that the laborer
shall receive enough TO enable him
10 live like man and not like a beast. Who
ever is honest and willing TO work is entitled
to receive what is necessary for him to live
temperately aud uprigbtly. The awakening
of distrust in capital must result disas.
trously, for by the influence Of coercion
IL viii be driven away and will
only seek such investments as will insure
peace and security. What is wanted is for
capitalists and wordngmen 10 mutually con-
slider the welfare of one another In accordance
with the broad principle of humanity, which
teaches us not TO consider our own welfare
alone, but our neighbors' also.
After music, Capt Robert Stratton de-
livered the address to the Patriarchs mill
tant.
In 1919, he remarked, the first lodge of Odd
Fellows in American as Instituted: in 1926, the
first grand lodge; in 1881, the first Odd Fellows
nall was built. While the antiquity OF the order
cannot perhaps be n matter for Boosting.
still it is highly gratifying 10 know that il
was born in the light of the intelligence OF
the nineteenth century. Within n little more
than q half century its membership has in
creased from i've members to over three
quarters of a million. The military branch
of the order is of recent origin, and now num-
bers 800 cantons and 1900 chevaliers.
These are men who have taken the high de-
grees and who must be looked upon as the
VANGUARD OF ODD FELLOWSHIP.
He would caution them that they should AZ
all time remember TO obey the principles OF
the order, and if the military branch has not
a soul aud a spirit beyond show and pagean-
try, IL had better be at once disbanded.
Rev. Robert Forbes was not present and
in his stead DR.. Griswold of st. Paul de-
livered a brief address to the Daughters OF
Rebekah. paying an eloquent tribute to the
refining influence TO the work of women in
the order, and the vast amount of good
accomplished by them in comforting the
poor and sick.
Owing to the lateness of the hour it was
decided to omit the three-minute talks by
the grand officers, and the meeting closed
with the singing Of the doxology by the en-
tire audience.