Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-24
g. W. Price, of Atkinson, and J. L. Haas.


Rock Island.
Michigan Neighhor Fletcher
Iowa-Neighbor W. A. Hall.
MISUNDERSTANDING j. F. Rood.
Nebraska. B. Baker.
Toe chair added Neighbor Mann
mon as chairman by the conventions
consent.
Neighbor Perry. of Davenport, OBJ
jected TO Illinois having four delegates
to only one from the other states,
An Illinois neighbor replied that on the
basis of representation, Illinois having
ninety-nine present to one from the
other states was entitled to three to one.
at least.
Neighbor Mammon withdrew from the
committee on resolutions. and the con-
vention approved of the same.
The chair asked the unanimous consent
to add neighbor W. A. Norcott. of Green,
vile, to the committee. Objection was
heard and motion was made that the
committee be increased by one and that
neighbor Noicott be added. An ami
mated debate followed after which the
chair declared the motion out of order.
The committee on credentials COM
posed of q. Mattison, s. Murdoch and ].
NJ. Blaisdell, reported 175 delegates PIES
ent representing 100 camps. After
further debate the committees report was
approved.
A motion was made that Neighbor
Norcott's name be added to the commit
tee on resolutions and it was done on
vote OF the convention.
A motion was made that the states
other than Illinois, be permitted to add
one each to the committee on resolutions.
Motion carried.
1t was moved that the chair appoint
one from each state as committee on
recommendation to the local camps
throughout the grand jurisdiction. A
motion to defer the motion until after
dinner carried.
A motion was introduced that all reso>
buttons belonging to the committee on
resolutions be read and referred to the
committee without debate. Carried.
1t was moved that the chair appoint a
committee of five on grievances, but it
was lost.
A formal suggestion that DR.. McKin-
'hie address the convention was the incen.
tive for the body to resolve itself into
school of oratory. which consumed the
time until the noon hour, there being
vigorous protest on one side of the house
and from the Iowa represe natives in par
ticular, to McKinnie being heard, which
was met with overwhelming strength on
the other side that the delegates were
present to hear and to learn all they
could from Mckinnie, Root or any one
else. and that if McKinnie could prove
what he had said he would be hailed as
the savior of the order. one neighbor in
a burst of eloquence declaring, IF DR..
McKinnie can satisfy US that what
he has said is true, we win say
to him. well done. good and faith
full servant. Thou hast been faithful un-
TO little things; we will make you ruler
over many things" In the further ex>
change OF thoughts, there was a good
deal said complimentary to McKinnie, and
considerable that was not so compllmen.
tary to Root, and finally after further
earnest debate motion prevailed that
the secretary telegraph Head Consul
Root that the convention would be
pleased to have him address it at 8 O'Clock
this evening The convention then ad-
journed for the noon hour with the un-
derstsnding that Dr. McKinnie was to
appear before it at the rcconvening at
1870.
The convention did not get down to
business until D. m. when on motion a
committee was appointed on reconmen-
dations as follows: N. G. TRULY, Ilh>
nois; L. B. Allen, Iowa; Neighbor Rus
sell, of Wisconsin,; Neighbor Cosber,
Michigan; ]. G. Sloan. Nebraska.
MINNIE SPEAKS.
DR.. McKinnie then took the stage
under the resolution of this morning and
made lengthy address, tracing bis con-
nection with the order. the manner in
which he had discharged his duties. faith
fully and acceptably as he believed. He
spoke of the first discovery of fraud upon
the order by Rev. B. F. Tollman. of
Abingdon. Ill. In the Investigation that
followed one of the most outrageous
crimes ever planned by mortal man was
unearthed. He admired the footpad and
the highwayman and the burglar TO
any man who will by means of
trust HIM throughout the land and put
the money in his own pocket. He read
a letter from the attorney general of the
state of Illinois. which he said was the
platform on which he stood and on which
every other Woodman ought to stand
1t stated that the only thing the state
could do was to let the proceedings 60 on
and let the public and the members of the
society Judge of the propriety of the
same by the results. DIR. McKinnie then
talked at length on the second meeting Of
the head camp called at Des Moines next
month of the recently organized sovereign
camp of the world, which he regarded as