, 1891-05-17
ELKS LOCK HORNS.
tLkS lUGk
Brother John L. Sullivan the
Bone of Contention.
His Character hssailed and His
Conduct Criticised.
The Case to Be Carried to the
Grand Lodge.

and protective order of Elks has more
trouble on its hands. The old fight has
been renewed in a measure, and the pos
sibiilies ola schism are not remote.
The trouble arises from the fact that
John L. Sullivan is n member and that
people a~ntagonistic to hun have preferred
charges against him of conduct uubecom-
ing II member of the order and a gentle.
man. These charges were made by the
grand exalted ruler OF the Cincinnati
lodge and were pressed SO that it seemed
probable that the champion pugiist would
be expelled FROM the order.
But Newark lodge, No. p, OF which
John l. is a member, has refused to take
cognizance Of unsupported newspaper re-
ports OF the big fellows wrong doings.
aud has virtually overthrOwn the charges
OF an exalted ruler OF a sister lodge. %
aud out Of that all the trouble has grown.
Lodge No. 81 met last night in its
rooms al No. u Market street, Newark.
All the members were in attendance and
the meeting was the l]yellest in the his
tory OF the organization. At u previous
meeting 1t was resolved that as the charges
against the %cunqueror OF the istic artists
of the antipOdes. the torrid ami temper
ate zones had not been proven he
should be held to be an Elk in good
standing. This was not made public at
the time but was officially communicated
to Exalted Ruler Lamb and the Cincin-
natl Lodge whence emanated the charges.
That report did not please the Queen
Guy folks aud they at once SIT 10 work
to make II lively for the men of Newark
who 'wea horns They set about 1t in
a peculiar manner, too, and that made
the people who live on the banks Of the
Passaic rather angry,
The men Of the P%orkopolis sent word
that they recognized the fact that the
charges against Champion Sullivan had
no' been ,~nhstantiatcd, and that the New
arkcrs could do nothing elss han exouer-
ate hun But they adned that they con
sidcred lodge No. - eligible to disqualifi-
cation and disgrace because OF its having
taken 10 such a member as Sullivan. To
this the Newark Lodge answered that
Sullivan was proposed by members in
good standing, was recommended by two
members Of Patterson, N. j. lodge and
that his reasons for joining there were
two fold. First, that by Joining a poor
lodge in Newark he would be enabled to
take two degrees 10 one night on one pay
ment. and second, that he could Join that
lodge with more satisfaction than the
Mother Lodge No. Il in New York,
where it cost double the price.
To this the Cincinnati lodge said that
John L. Sullivan was a prize-ighter and
generally a reprobate and it insisted that
at the next anDual meeting OF the grand
lodge, which will be held at Cincinnati,
efforts would be made to annul the charter
of lodge No. 81.
Therefore the meeting OF the Newark
lodge last night was more lively than
ever before. A key of beer was on a
buck and the cigars were passed around
as usual, but visiting "brothers'' were not
allowed in h s~essIOn-rOom aud generally
a QOOd-sized row was in sight, II was at
this stage that Brother Van Deern arose
and made 4 speech hat put sense in the
heads OF the other members. Van Duerin
pointed out that the Newark lodge had
stood BY Sullivan and must now stand by
Its herd. He made clear that to ex-
pei Sullivan after e]lecting him a member
and generating him on charges would
prove that the lodge was without back
bone and without the character that an
Elks lolge should have. His remarks
were applauded and he carried the night.
Then Van DeeTin moved that a commit
tee of nine be appointed to 90 to the
grand lodge and present the facts to the
grand lodge and fight against the annul
ment Of the charter of the lodge as well
as the question OF John l.. Sulligan's
character as an Elk.
That was carried and Brothers Van
Deeiin was made the chairman of a com
miitee of nine TO 90 to the Queen City
aud fight the question. Brother Van
Deerin's first lieutenant will be Abe Gif-
ford.
The committe has not been instructed
by the lodge. but it will present to the
grand lodge some pertinent questions,
among which will be these:
IF Sullivan has not violated any oath
OF the order, how can lodge No. 81 expel
HIM II a member of lodge No. 81 has
not violated any oath OF the order, how
can the lodge be expelled2''