Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-06
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KNIGHTS OE kAUNOAs The state Lodges Picnic at Pavvson
 Park = Many Ladies Among the
 Numbers-Addresses by F. 8. ID. Gen.
 eral F. ID. SIoaf of New Fork, S.A. D.
 On.SamueI KloSx Of Newark. F. GID.
 Hon. Charles R. Cooley of Hartford
 and Others-A Happy Day.
 The State excursion and picnic of the
 Knights of Honor of Connecticut took place
 yesterday at Pawson Park and was big suc-
 cess. The excursionists arrived at the Park
 at 11:30. going there from this city on the
 barge Juno. The weather was delightful. From the arrival until o'clock the time was spent listening to the concert music of Thom- as' orchestra, in skating, dancing, etc. There were many ladies present. About two hun. dred Knights with their ladies went on the train and by carriages from this city. At 3 o'clock the speaking took place in the pavil- ! ion. In opening the afternoons addresses Grand l Dictator F P Carter of Hartford said: Ladies and brother Knights: We come here to- day
 to become better acquainted and to learn what it is that the Knights of Honor are do- ing in Connecticut and other States. All so- cieties whose ground and fundamental prin- ciple Is sociability and fraternity are most prosperous and this is what our order is. The Knights of Honor of Connecticut are worthy of their name and honorable is every attempt to benefit our fellow men. l see the grand dictator is down for an address on the pro- gramme. thank you all for the homer, but see 50 many worthy Knights among us to- day that feel it my duty to give way and let them speak. We have here men who were Rx,srv which was founded in 1872 They have been present with us through the long hours of ad- versity and now are here in our time of pros perity. We have to thank several men in Connecticut for aiding us in the hour of trial and among these will now call upon Past Supreme Dictator General Frank B. Sloat of New York.
 General Sloat arose and said: am very grateful for the kind words of introduction which I have just heard. meet here those whom first saw after being conducted into the secrets of this order and those who have
 been with me in the council of the Supreme lodge. have not forgotten their friendship
 and feel to the utmost the cordial welcome they gave me on my return from the Supreme council at Chicago. Few can understand what followed this welcome. Next day came news from St. Louis of an injunction that had been placed upon the funds of the Su- preme treasurer. I wish the members of our O1NNA R1~S@AIS this call. It was g moment of life and death, but nobly did our knights meet the issue. Their support and fealty was then tested and found to be of admirable strength and dur ance.
 have felt that Connecticut holds high place in the social scale of the order, and myself bear witness, as an officer among you, that I know of but one other jurisdiction that is above us. It is hopeful that this re- union of the Knights of Connecticut accom- plishes the purpose it is designed for. We are eopartners and each member has per sonal interest in the order's general good. It has distributed twenty-six million dollars, brought together by contributions of single dollars, among the homes of widows and or phans. The order is worthy of support. Everything would languish and die without support When the great creator bespoke
 out of darkness this universe he set upon the crest of time the angel of charity, and with this beautiful spirit have our knights always consorted in peace and benediction.
 Supreme Associate Dictator Hon. Samuel Holtz of Reward, N. J., was then called on and said: I presume the uppermost thought
 in most mems minds is, How can provide
 for the support of my household after am
 deada Ninety per cent. of our husbandry are
 anxious over this. Life insurance long ago
 became one means and Pm not going to say
 word against it. But it's quite impossible
 for most men to meet the annual dues. Two
 thousand dollars would cost you from forty
 to fifty dollars year. The Knights of Honor
 furnish g, GOO for $24 year and the lodge dues added. It is the best possible mode of insurance How do we do it9 don't know, confess, but we've done it for fifteen years and still continue to do it. We are stronger
 to day than ever. Yet we've met obstacles.
 We've been forced to fight the life insurance companies, not of our own choice however,
 but it was our only resource to live. Our record to-day is better than theirs. In the
 yellow fever panic of '77 we sent $500, ,0O0 in
 two months to the sufferers and came out of
 the scourge stronger than we went in.
 Again, when our most highly honored officer funds, some said. sfThis is the last of the Knights" But no, we rose like the Phoenix, came out of the trial unmarked. Then tbe great floods came in the West. Not 8 single knight was allowed to sink in a watery grave but his family was cared for. We helped hundreds of brothers and hun dreds of people now live there under roofs which our money helped to build. And at present the fever is in Jacksonville. We will help them and send one, two or five hundred thousand dollars if necessary. The reason of our prosperity is we are doing something for our brothers, and, in 90 doing, are carry ing out the first principle of almighty God. It is no cold insurance for the warm blood of frAternal love runs through every vein. The fraternal feature makes it the success it is. As soon as our ranks are full we are eafe but when there is a gap we are fin danger. Every member must die some time and all is safe as long as new ones are found to take their places. Our assessments will probably never be any larger. Our principles are per feet equality and the benefit and good of mankind.
 Past Grand Dictator Charles H. Cooley of Hartford was then called on and said: Pm sorry to see the time is so short, for during the whole forenoon I've been busy thinking of something pretty to say to the ladies. But all can say now is that know of no organ- ization that can compare in record and mem- bership with the Knights of Honor. I'd like to say more, but time and the occasion with. holds that pleasure.
 Assistant Grand Dictator Hill of Rhode Island was then called on and spoke few minutes upon the excellencies of the order. In closing he urged all knights and their next summer to get 8 taste of the sweet clans that grow there, and assured them of e cordial reception.
 The reunion altogether was a most enjoya- ble affair, and the two hundred or more knights from all over the State passed de- lightful day. Among the Knights mo- ticed at the park were: G. A. D. Hill of Rhode Island, G. G. A. J. Spencer and ! wife, South Manehester; P. G. D., Irving l H. Coe and wife, Bridgeport; w. H. Beecher 1 and daughter, New Haven; G. O., Edward | Carter and O. l.. Case, Ansonia; P. G. D., o. H. Cooley, Hartford; s. R.. Carlos Smith, ! D. Whitmore, president of board of alder | men, Henry Hillman, Commander Brown of l Admiral Foote post, John Coleman, Ezra | HealeV w B. IindaIeY Cassius M Kellv