Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-07-23
A. 0. 0. w.
Mass Meeting of the Order
at Opera Hall.


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A Large Audience and highly
Interesting Services Last
Night.
The public meeting Of the A. o. wv
last night at Opera Hall was CRANE
success. The meeting was called te
order by Dist. Dep Grand Master Rob
srt Sharp. The opening ode Of the order
was then sung, and Prof. 7. W. Elsel
rendered fne piano solo. J. M. Dam
ron. Esq, then in pleasant manner in
troduosd the orator Of the evening, Grand
Overseer A. c. Bane Of San Jose, who
spoke ably and sloqusntly for nearly an
hour.
The following is synopsis of Mr..
Bane's address:
How vital to every heart every home.
every State are organized fraternitiesl
What else could take their PLACED De.
stroy organized fraternities, and you will
take from the heart its most wholesome
virtue, you will take from the hearth.
stone its warmth, from the family lite
bond, and from the State its future. Or
ganised fraternitics are as ancient Is the
dusty. pyramids that sentinel the banks
Of Egypt's Nile. You no longer hear
the selfish and guilty Cain asking "Am
| my brothers keeper" but up from the
human heart Of race Of brethren, who
are organized into active frsternities
oomss sentiment like this: II will
protect tbs interests Of brother Master
Workman - ! would my own"
Men the issue OF . common parent
should form but enc great family, united
by the gentle bond Of frxtsrnal love.
/ The necessity Of fsatsrnfties b the un-
equal condition and abilities Of men, the
fact that man l. dependent being, re-
lying for his success and happiness upon
the efSort1 Of his fellows.
! The great and sacred principles Of fra
ternities are Charity, Unity and Equali-
ty. Their hand Of charity IL ever full,
yet ever distributing; they ere soothing
an aohine heart, they are clothing and
feeding orphan children, they are build
ing hsylnms and hospitals. How many
little one6 would go hungry, how many
strong men would die alone, unconned.
unknslisd and unwspt; how many rustic
boxes would be lowered with their dead
cargo Into the potter's field, If II were
not for the kindly ministering Of organ
lied frsternitiesi
Unity i another principle Of their sue.
oess. An organization of men stand with
unitsd, nplifted hands TO shield our
wives and children from the chilling
blast that blows from the worlds cold
heart. Equality l. the broad plain upon
which eli fraters stand. There rich and
poor, great and humble, old and young.
gather oround the same altar and lisp
the aa1ns vow to the same God; they
subeerits 70 the same principles and fos-
Ter tie name desires. II every member
Of evsrI maternity would live up to the
prfnclptos he has profesDsd, We would
then ~ 1 people Of industry and fru-
gality, and everywhere art and industry
employing their cheerful labor, and then
the proudest boast Of American citizen
ship would rise, not from the favored son
Of wealth, but from the manly freeman,
who returns with the sun from his place
Of honored toll. to the house which 10 his
own, whore the blossoming vine and rose
would bsspsak the fragrant happiness Of
the loved ones ct home.
In the brilliant galaxy Of organised
fratsrpities, no star shines brighter nor
rejects more radiant glory than the
infant order-ths Ancient Order OF
United Workmen. The poor mans hope;
the rich mans pride; like the sun 1t
shines upon the great and ths humble,
into the palace and the cottage.
Father ]. J. Upohuroh and twelve
humble Disciples, mechanics from the
oar shops Of Vaudeville, Pa, were the
charter members Of this order. Its gssat
object was to conoiliats capital and
labor, to teach the employer and tbs sm.
ployee that their interests were one, and
I 10 dissuade workingmeu from strikes.
They organised for mutual protection,
looking to the welfare Of the laborer.
and the welfare of the home, and the
welfare Of the State through . sympa.
thetic bond between labor and capital.
II was several years after il organiss-
ton before the insurance feature was
addsd; bat when the organization threw
out into the brsezss Of heaven white
banner, nsvln& aPsn ~ sufi,cs An s".
blem IN the snsPs o. an ancnor ,na Z
shield, sac sround u IN Letter. o. ry'ne
light inscribed tne words ''Cnaritys noPe
and Protsstion," the great current Of
public approval bore It upward, and
toward heaven she has been sailing ever
since, bearing with her. che dearest inter-
ssts Of . race of freemsn.
oh, what . history You will find
the approval OF her work In quarter
OF million OF conseneed souls; IN one
hundred ana seventy thousand HAPPY
homes; In widows comiorsed. 10 orPnsns
clothed, In manhood ennonied. IN i.oor
dignibsd. seven Thousand widows iook
up through their tears and tneir gloom
toward our shining snlsid ana Gall nef
blessed. Fourteen million doiisrs nave
been cast into the homes OF desa WORK
men 70 drive the whining VOL from the
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