The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-10
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Past Chief Ranger o'Mealia Replies to
His Critics.

Past Chief Ranger o'Mealia Replies to
His Critics.
Editor of the Sunday Morning Neips'-
In reply to Financial Secretary Sibbald,
of Court Bergen, permit me to say his
answer is simply a mess of abuse and
blackguardism, and it offers no argument
worthy of consideration. AS to my tear
ing Court Bergen to pieces and holding
them up to public d~erision," l simply de-
Tended the order of which ! am a member
from an unwarranted attack ON the
nationality and religion of some OF It's
members, by one who has associated WIN,
and was proudto sit in convention Win
those whom he now derides and insults,
by saying IF the High Court were held in
Dublin there would be no talk OF seces-
Sion."
Mr.. Allerdice, when a member OF the
last convention of the A. 0. f., held IN
Chicago, sanctioned the action AXE by
that body, declaring that If the High
Court did not recede from the IN
warranted position taken by the Execu-
tive Council of the High Court the
members of the order in the
United States would take definite action in
sustaining their dignity as Foresters and
men. Brother Allerdice sustained this
action; at least he did not vote against it,
and silence gives consent.
AS to the remarks of Sibbald, his bill
lingsgate shows they have no ground to
stand on and hope by abuse to turn the
eyes of the people from the real issue;
And as for candidates from Snake Hill
and the State College at Trenton,'
of which he speaks, he seems
edge of their availability as
candidates. than any n connected
with Court Jersey City. His assertion
| that 'tno Catholic was ever rejected from
their court on account of his religion ex-
| cept one and that one said he would re-
nounce Forestry on his deathbed in
4 order to obtain final abSolu-
| tom is a falsehood on the face of it.
as no member of the order, no matter
waiter what hia religion may be, Catholic
| or Protestant, need ever give up or re-
nounce the order on his death bed or dur
ing his life time on account OF it conflict
ing with his religion.
He says, ga large percentage of seeding
Foresters are animated by hasred OF Eng
| land.' Another falsehood, as the former
delegate from Court Bergen well knows.
He also knows that some of the
strongest opponents of the arbitrary
powers assumed by the Executive Coun-
| ell of the High Court, are men who were
born in England and in Scotland, Inc to-
day nine-tenths of our members in the
United States who are of English birth
| are UIldulIuOuS III tlclI 1OydltJ W
the Subsidiary High Court Of the
United States. As to making
the ''colored man a scapegoat," let me
ask the member who makes the above as
sertion if he is willing to nave colored
men as members of Court Bergen? / will
tell you the answer his court gave me
once when l asked many of them the
above question. 1t was "No!" And if
the Foresters of the United States do
ebranch out as the American Order of
| Foresters," they will not be "Fenians and
Clan-na-Gael, y as Mr.. Sibbald asserts, and
if Mr.. Sibbald had any respect for himself
or his Court he would be ashamed to be-
little people with whom he claims brother
hood.
1t is Curious (if a fact?, as Mr.. Sibbald
asserts, that Court Bergen is receiving
members from other courts, who remain
loyal to their Subsidiary High Court.
However, l can prove that members from
membership in Court Jersey City. On
the night of my visiting Court Bergen
that at that visit the Chief Ranger
Of Court Bergen told me he did
not before understand the dispute
between the Sub High Court and the
High Court of the order, and other mem
beers also told me that if they had had the
matter thoroughly explained before, as it
was on that night, they would not nave
voted as they did, to repudiate the Sub
High Court of the U. S. Mr.. O'Mealia
would respectfully say he has no desire to
be the 'sForestic Moses of Court Bergen;
he is better engaged, and more to his lik-
ing.
TO Chief Ranger Bonells assertion l
would say that aside, from his remarks
that personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT was the
cause,n | again say he also intimated that
nationality and religion were also at the
1 49,. - thA Efcnonocint ~ NO hn ano1f, ~
AS to Mr.. Bonells assertion that MI.
O'Mealia has been preaching secession
for over q year, | will state / am and
have always been al advocate of the For
esters of the United States sticking to the
High Court of the order if they could do
believe in the members of the order in
the United States being trampled upon
by people who do not understand the
conditions Of the people in the United
States.
believe in continuing in the future as
we have in the past, with the privilege to
make our own laws, and to say who shall
or shall not be eligible for membership in
our courts without any foreign inter
ference.
'The following will prove how ''unani-
mousn () Court Bergen is on the action
taken by a very small majority at a
slimly attended meeting. AS a result of
spectacle members of Court Bergen have
started out to organize a new court,
which will be called Court Triumph.
They will meet at No. $50 Communipaw
avenue on Wednesday evening for organi-
cation, and to make application to the
Executive Council of Sub High Court of
the United States for a dispensation. l
append the names of some of the leaders
who are organizing the new court.
Among them are four Past Chief Rangers.
one who has been Sub Chief Ranger, and
the present Deputy High Chief Ranger OF
Court Bergen. p. f. Hommell, the well
known druggist of Bergen avenue; L. w.
Pye, Martin Garven, Past Chief Ranger
Clark, VIM. r. Hill, Past Chief Ranger
r. n. Hill, Michael McDonough, Past
Chief Ranger Lewis ]. Lewis, Jos. Fox,
Past Chief Ranger Baker and w. H. Hep
plestone, and about twenty-five others,
who, when they leave Court Bergen, will
leave it in a demoralized condition.
Court Triumph will not, under any cir
cumstances, receive as members those
who nave proven themselves blackguards,
yillifiers and slanderers.n
j. F. O'MEALIA,
Past Chief Ranger Court Jersey City