Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-23

at Armory Hall the joint tribes of the I'M
proved Order of Red Men in this city did
honor to the occasion. The hall was taste
fully and deliberately decorated with flags,
bunting, flowers and eyergreens. A large
stage was erected in the north end of the
hall. Circus seats we're arranged next to
the walls, and the main floor and galleries
were filled with chairs and benches. There
was an outpouring of the people. and the
large hall was filled at an early hour to It's
utmost capacity.
OPENING Address.
John J. Buckley, the Great Senior Saga
more of the Order, delivered The opening
address, as follows
Kind Friends The Improved Order OF Red
Men of Sacramento city thank you for this
manifestation. OF loyalty to the name OF the
father of lhis country. George Washington. We
appropriate 10 ourselves the birth day of Wash
iDgton because he was an American the first
President of the United States and bequeathed
to US that spirit Of liberty which can never die,
and because we are Americans and are mem
beers of the Improved Order OF Red Men, which
had its origin on American soil This order
cannot, and does not, trace its geneology back
ward through the cycle of time to the fJunda-
ton stone of the pyramids of Egypt the con
the discovery of America by Columbus in 1892
or the birth of Washington February %, 1882
bat does claim to have originated as patriotic
association under the title of Society of Red
Men among the volunteers who garrisoned Fort
Mifiin in the year 1912. The spirit of hatred
strife aud distrust which embittered the war
and anti war parties of that period was not long
confined to the civil community outside. bur
made its appearance among the soldiers of the
country and spread
ITS DEMoRALIZING INFLUENCE
Throughout the rank ard file of the American
army. Some of the more influential and pat
riotic of the volunteers stationed at Fort Mfilin
viewing with apprehension the threatening
consequence OF the powers at work among the
soldiery, 10 their country and its free institu-
tons, and rising above the level of party to the
plane OF patriotism, proposed and effected
| among the soldiers the organization of u secret
society, having signs, grips and pass words. the
object OF which was to dispel dscord and dis
seminate friendship Good fellowship and
brotherly love among the soldiers was the result
of the organization of the society. Peace being
concluded between the United States and Great
Britain, the council fire was quenched and the
volunteers returned to their homes and the pur-
suit of peaceful avocatiOns.
REcoLLEcTIoNs OF THE PATRIOTIC
Association which had produced such beneficial
results when the dark mantle of discord hung
like a cloud over the country, created desire
to have reunion of the members, and a wish
to have the organization extended and perpet.
uated. A call was advertised in Philadelphia
for a council of the Red Men, which resulted in
the organization of the 90 Tribe of Columbia OF
the Society Of Red Men of PENNSYLVANIA. "
From this time on it spread throughout the
United states until it reached the Golden
Gate of California, from whence it has passed
through the length and breadth of this land OF
| gold, this land OF milk and of honey this land
of the fig and the vine the olive and the orange
this land, with the rich vegetation of prime
val paradise, i'll which all that is sweet healing
! and beautiful springs up uncultured from vir
a CtG folk orn6 q
cent structure, adorned and decorated by tho
artistic taste of the god OF freedom surrounded
by the gard n OF friendship, from whence arises
| to perfume the air, the lovely and exotic god
dess of charity. 50 Freedom, Friendship anC
Charity is the motto of our Order.
We hail each brother as q friend and as {
| brother enters the Wigwam so he departs,
free man. Politics and religion are left outsid,
| the confines of the Red MEMS forest and ART
not allowed to be preached in the Wigwam
To be Red Man the applicant for adoption
must believe in
THE EXISTENCE OF A GREAT SPIRIT,
Be twenty-one years of age be of good mora
| character and in good health. As God is love
| and is Il true friend to every human being 81
| his example should awake feelings of friend
| ship among all m ankind, one foT the other. Al
| brothers in the confraternity of Red Men we no
| only teach, but practice friendship, and on
| candidates are instructed to be selfdenying 70
| the benefit of a brother, and be benevolent &c
| the widow and orphan. In sickness and dis
tress a brother is visited, and. when the Grea
| Spirit removes him to the happy hunting
| grounds beyond life's stormy sea, the Lodg
continues watchful, protective and friendI,
| care for his widow and orphan. The Red Mai
! is not ostentatious, and believes in the senti
ment, Let not your right hand know what YOU
/ left hand doeth, hence the thousands bestowed
for the relief OF human suffering want attract
SO little notice outside the circles where the,
| warm the cold
FEED THE HUNGRY,
| Clothe the destitute, heal the sick, bury tn
| dead and comfort the bereaved that the uues
| ton is asked, Where are the showings of you
brotherly love- Our answer is, seek and y
| shall find.
Some say that the world is growing more col,
| and hard every day that men are more grasp
ing and inhuman than ever before; and 4
judge from the record of crime that is heraldet
tie the public by the daily press, the statemen
appears true; but judging civilization of tn,
present day by the knowledge we possess o
past ages, and the spirit that characterizet
the different epochs of history, men were neve
| SO kind and true to their fellow-men as they ar
| today. From human kind the spirit of kind
ness extends to the animal kingdom and Their
are earnest, eloquent lips among the sterner an,
| angelic portion of humanity to speak for tn
creatures that are dumb. Not alone to the bod
| lily wants of humanity does the spirit of charit
go forth, but to the awakening of heart an,
mind to
THE LOVE OF THE BEAUTIFUL
| And good. Art galleries and museums are be
| ing thrown open TO the ignorant and the pooi
and influence over the degraded is sought, no
| by force, but by an appeal to a sense of honor
beauty and humanity that still exists, evel
| though reared and surrounded in misery. Al
this is due to the noble brotherhood of contra
ternal societies that exist throughout the length
! and breadth of these United States who's
members are taught to practice Freedom t
ALL friendship, in its literal meaning, to thei
fellow-man; and charity, in the truest an,
broadest aceeptation of the term.
Ali secret societies have their enemies, an,
not the least amorg their number are the ladies
Their enmity arises from the fact that thei
husbands are kept away from home until tn
hour when spirits are supposed to revisit thi
mundane sphere; by Lodge work. l can tel
| the ladies that if charity covers multitud
of sins '-the threadbare eXcuse-"m my Lodg
let out late covers a multitude of petit larcen
white fbs.
To make things even, the Improved Red Mel
have now attached to the Order a ladies' organ
| daughters and
SISTERS OF RED MEN
Can join the Degree and add their strength t
| the dissemination of beneyolence and charit
| throughout this fair land. We expect, however
that the tables viii be turned, and when tn
| sisters return home late from Lodge the
will find an angry lord and maste
vociferating loudly against woman's right
ticular, between the grand acts of rockin
| the cradle and trying to soothe the infant In
dian to sleep. Like the pure hue of the eyenin
| sky when the sun has Just passed the westerl
to the scene, or the heavens are bespangled wit
myriads of misunderstanding stars-so stan
and shine the fraternal organizations OF tn
land. Remembering the principles they teac
and inculcate, try to kindly regard the wants G
your kindred and friends, carry light and JOY {
| their homes-and especially where sickness @
distress is laying its paralyzing strength, have
kind word because such will carry flood {
sunshine to the heart of the afflicted.
The tableaux, under the direction G
George Boyne, were original and good
The makeup of the characters, the sub
jects and their surroundings were most ex
cellent, and they were loudly applauded
They were ten in number, as follows
Representing a council of the origins
red men before the advent of the pale-face:
Pocahontas interposing for the life Q
Captain John Smith.
Osceola, noted chief of the Seminol
and his speech of defiance.
/ Interview of Samoset with the Pilgrim
Fathers, on the arrival of the Mayfiower.
Tisquantum, the guide and interpreter 9
the Pilgrims, accompanied by Edwar
Winslow and Stephen Hopkins
William Penn making his memorial
treaty with the Indians.
George Washington in his youthful day:
Just sitter he had cut his fathers cherr
tree.
General George Washington on his al
rival at Mount Vernon on the Potomac.
The grandames of I776. in a concert dur
| ing the time of the war for independence
| George w. Nichols acted as master c
ceremonies and gave recitation most elo
| quently. "A Tribute to Washington"