The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-10
FORESTERS ALL TALK.
The Severance Interviews
Set All their Tongues
a-Wagging.
GOING FOR COURT BERGEN
The News from the Lodges and
Secret Societies Of All Glasses
ALI Over the City.

The recent article in THE JERSEY CITY
News upon the " Foresters' Division mas
created much commotion among the for-
esters of the county. The allegations maze
in some of the interviews with Court Der
gen members are considered by most mem
beers of the order as unfair, and they oe-
nounce the expressions used by Treasurer
AIlerdice in no measured terms. Cour6
Bergen is an English court, u III Inc
coming convention of the High Court IL
will not receive much grace. The present
move is, according to all accounts INC
outcome of a foolish attempt on tne par
of a Massachusetts court, some Time aSo,
to elect a colored man q meniD 1I1erdice
that if the High Court was in DapLn onls
would not nave been taken up as q serious
issue. is considered as an Insult Dy every
Irishman in the order.
ssThe question in dispute is the co1orea
question, and lone other" salu Cnlel
Ranger Crotty, of Court Grove, the other
day stThe Court in England will demand
that the Subsidiary High Court consent
IL the admission of the negro into the
order. This will be refused. The only
thing to do then will be to sever con
nection with the English order: be1eye
the only reason on earth why the EngllSn-
men are trying to force us to accept the
colored man, is that they want the per
capita tax. This would be a big thing for
them. for there are fully 10000 colored
men in this country who are anxious 10
90 into the order. The colored man a
no record-at least none prior to the past
twenty-five years. Inc alnounG Oh ~ -,
he cannot enter the order. Men whom
we cannot allow in our ZONES as COM
panions have no right in the order. me
people in Court Bergen might as well
keep quiet. This would have occurred
had the High Court of the World been In
Dublin, and the circumstances would
have been the same.
Brother 7. B. O'Neil, an officer in Court
Glenwood, but an old Forester, said in
connection with the Court Bergen inter
views that ''That Dublin expression is
an insult to each and every Irishman in
the order. Had the High Court been in
Dublin we would have pursued the same
course that we are now pursuing. Court
Bergen is English and she can remain so:
We will form the American Order OF
Foresters and we will be Americans"
s.The severance from England" said
another prominent Forester, "Will be an
injury to those who belong to the order
there. Many English Foresters come mere,
some to stay and others merely travelling,
while few of us go there. They will not be
admitted and will have to join the order
anew. We whipped the English once and
we will now whip them just as bad, only
another way. Anyhow, we do not want
anything to do with them. We ought to
have our own High Court"
Court GIenwood's Quarterly Meeting.
The meeting Of Court Glenwood last
Monday evening was one of the most sue
cessful ones yet held. Visitors were pres
ent from Courts Pride of the Hill, Jersey
City, Lafayette, Greenville and Staten
Island. Ten candidates were initiated
and nine propositions were received. A
number of those present made speeches
upon the movement to sever all connec
ton with the High Court of England. On
Monday, June II, the first quarterly meet
ing will be held, when the officers for the
ensuing year will be elected. There are q
number of good singers in the court and
the following committee have been ap-
pointed to secure an organist. They are
Chief Ranger Richard and Financial Sec
rotary 4. B. O'Neil. A glee club is to be
organized by Brothers Noonan, Mcqueen
and Cannon. Brother M. Kilroy received
his travelling card and has gone to Kan
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