The Critic and record., 1891-04-08
EAST WASHINGTON.
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southeast, last night lhr following pt.
cCcdingly Wcll-rcndcrcd musical lul lf.
crary programme was received With up.
plause. After the speech ui ras' static
Counsellor Of Virginia skunk Nr vs. IT,
Chronigcr ui Pitshurg rcciiel Whom
This Old Flag Was New. Mr. % T.
lansen's piano solo was on exceedingly
difficult one, but was PLAYED by a master
Of the instrument. Mr.. y. A stack sanf
Down ON the Farm and Mr. r. a.
SouthwiCks recitation was very good.
Messrs Marshall and Newman entertained
with mandolin guitar and violin, and
Jimmy Jones condition of our tlu1.
try kept his hearers couyulscl with
laughter. Mr.. w. H. Martins vocal sll ls
were, like Mr.. Baync's recitaiions good.
Master Richard Curry was very entertain.
ing, and Mr. Burroughs vocal solos were
well rendered. Mr.. Frank Dppro and his
brother George are two well known 90 be
commented upon, but last night they
| were better than ever.
At the conclusion of the rendition of
| the programme u delightful midnight
| lunch was served by the committee,
| Messrs. StOOkman, Suuthwick, Ashton.
| Shaneor Martin and Nichols.
The substance of Mr.. Shunks speech
| was as follows.
some of the older people present may
| be able to go back i'm memory To the
! period between 1880 and lSii when the
! native American excitement was at It's
| height. Then il was that the seeds from
which our order has sprung were sown,
| and from these stirring scenes the O. L.
| A. NJ. was developed, and the first council
organized on the Sth day Of July, 1915.
This organization was composed en-
| tircly of mechanics, who were banded To-
gethcr for sclf.protcction against the un-
desirable foreign immigrants who had
! organizations among themselves To look
after aud assist people ul their own ma
tionaliics in obtaining employment.
Reliance Council, No 10, meeting in
Gcrmrntown "a suburb Of Philadelphia),
was the first tn put these considerations
| into practical lutnt, ana as cunSepucn 'C
ud thcir deliberations Washington CIun-
ell, No. |. OF the Jr. o. L. \. VI. was or
| ganizCd May IL, ls55
Its objects were the same rs those OF the
senior order with the addition of the fol-
lowing ITO prepare the youth Of America
to become members of the q. l. \. VI.
when they become Of age.
Washington Council stood alone until
the year 1850, when the state Council Of
Pennsylvania o. y. NJ. adopted plan
to establish junior order under their
supervision and rs a consequence Relief
No. ., junior order, was organized by
Relief No. a. senior ORDER Eagle M. 3,
bv Eagle No. 10; Dligcut, no T. bv Dill
smptun, No. ~ Resolution, NJ. q, by
RNclwicu, No. f. Harry Clay, No. 9, by
United States, No. :; Independent, no. s,
by mdcuondent, No. 10,
Each Of the above named councils sent
delegates To a convention at which the
state Council of Pennsylvania was or
ganizcd, which llourishcd until the break
ing out of the war when the entire order
enlisted and fought through the rebellion,
at the conclusion of which the order
| numbered G3 councils, - Of them being
in the Quaker state.
IN 1863 the National Council was organ
lied, when all connections with the senior
order were severed. The object Of the
juniors was then made "to maintain the
public school system of the nited states
Of America and to prevent sectarlan inter.
ference herewith"
The name "junior" was still retained
but that does not signify that it is an or.
ganization of boys, for taken into member.
ship are boys with the other necessary
qualifications until they are 80 years of
age.
Neither does the term mechanic mean
the daily labOrer, or even he who works
with united hand and brain, but every
one who contributes in any manner tC
his own support or the welfare of human
ity.
on January ,, 1882, the Jr. A. NJ
ullcTNl ibellpll -ASSOClullOll WIS lOTlleu
rendering feasible the payment of larger
funeral benefits.
The order is now to be found in every
STATEN the Union more especially in Penn
sylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Maryland anC
Virginia. Its members in round numbers
are about 100000 and over 600 councils.
The State Council of Virginia, under
whose jurisdiction the District of Colum
bia has been placed was organized
October ~, 1885, at which time there wer,
but four councils with 20i members il
the entire jurisdiction. To-day there ar,
10 councils, with membership of Owe
5000. Five of the councils are located il
the city of Washington
This council was instituted August IL
1887, with thirteen charter members pres
ent at its institution. Since its institution
$500 have been paid for funeral benelit
and S424 for sick benefits.
The objects of the order are to main
tain and promote the interests of Amer
cans and shield them from the depressing
effects of foreign competition.
, 70 assist Americans in obtaining EN-
ploymcnt.
10 encourage Americans in business.
, To establish sick and funeral fund.
TO maintain the public school system
OF the United States of America, and /,
prevent sectarian interference Herewith
| and to uphold the reading of the Hol.
, Bible therein
, 1t seems that the American mechanic
must come down to the starvation wage
, of imported labor or else exc out thei
: existence in the almshouse. 1t is there
fore apparent that such All organization a
{ this is n necessity for our protection.
!. Mr. skunk then spoke at some lengtl
f ON various topics, concluding with land
. in conclusion, | can but say that we ar
endeavoring to fulfill our objects. Ou
| g,,tn,i1y N gtr i,, In nd
I bership than ever before, and with unite
hands and hearts are working togethe
to strengthen and increase our order; an
ii in the future dangers should agail
threaten this great republic capital AM
labor should be arraycd against cacl
other, or civil strife and sectional hatre
should he again aroused i'm our midst, le
MS but recall the divine invocation of tn
great statesman and patriot, Daniel Wei
stcr, as our guide and Inspiration
"WhCn lmy eyes turn for the last tim
TO behold the sun in heaven, may the
not see him shining ON the broken an
dishonored fragments of once gloriOu
=, union; on States discovered, discordan
= belligercnt, ON q land rent with civil icu
= or drenchcd il may be- in fraternal bOoc
I Let their last feeble and lingering glanc
rather behold the gorgeous ensign of Tn
r the republic, now known and hOnOre
~. throughout the earth, still full high nc
p vanced, its arms AMI trophies streamin
{, in their original lnstre, not stripe erase
J. or polluted, not q single star obsCureC
bearing for its motto no such miserabl
;. interTogatury as What is all this worth
j. nor those words of dclusion and folly, ,
liberty first and union afterward; bl
4 everywhere, spread all over in character
,, of living light and blazing on all its amp
folds as they float over the sea and OyC
n the land, and in every wind under I'll
;, whole heavens, that other sentiment, deI
: 10 every American heart Liberty an
Union, now and forever, one and insel
arabic % -
= oTIlTR CAPITOL NH ITEMS.