The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-16
IRON HALL REORGANIZERS
Mr.. Lander Creates a Midnight Sensa-
ton by Declining His Office.
Had a Talk with Judge Taylor. but 1t Was In
efinite-ConventiOn Closes with Q ResO.
luton to Prosecute.
LANDER PULLS OUT.

"
And Causes Much Midnight Excitement
Among ron-Hsiiers.
A note signed BY w. f. Lander was re-
ceived at the Journal Office last evening.
In which he stated that he
had resigned and would positively
decline to serve in the Office of supreme nc
%countant of the newly-organized Iron Hall.
Mr.. Lander was an active seeker
for the Office before the conven-
ton. and delivered himself Of q
very ardent speech in accepting
itwhen he was elected. A 10 urnal report
erst once went to the Spencer Ho use. at
which the Iron Hsllers are stopping. to
ascertain the cause of his sudden withdraw
al. He found Chairman Young. j. p. Elkns.
II. l.. Jones ana several others together.
Mr.. Lander has resigned. What Is the
r~oasonf" was asked of them. why. no. he
hasn't He left Us not five minutes ago,
and has been In secret session
with us all evening" they all exclaimed in
one breath They were taken to the jour
nal Office and shown the note, and were at
once convinced and astounded at it. They
construed IL but one way. and that was that
The influences from the old regime which
had cropped out several times during the
convention bad touched the recrein &C
tbAbO e@tAiO ~
company with the reporter, went TO
MIR. Lander's house. That gentleman was
visibly perturbed when the party filed into
the darkened room. He was asked if he
had resigned. He said he believed be had
sent some such word 10 the newspapers.
when you had done this, why dad you
attend q secret session, and say nothing
about 1T" asked Col Young. The answ er
was a problem: Well. l meant to keep the
office temporarily but not permanently, and
didn't think IL worth mentioning" The
TACT was that Mr.. Lander knew that he
had been permanently elected, and Colonel
Young pinned him down to 1t. when he
suiSblsd and beat about the
promised the Order of Equity, of which he
is supreme secretary. that he would resign.
but If his note could be aotten out of
the Journal he w9uldn't. 1t was
the Order of Equity. and he didn't
care which. Colonel Young then told him
in plain words that he had better
resign IN the Iron Hall, as they
bad passed. Lander then went down
In his poe ket, and pulled out q written
resignation that he bad already prepared
for them. The party left, after collecting
from him which he had
member last evening. after his
written resignation was IN the hands OF
this paper. Colonel Young stated that
Lander's withdrawal would not affect the
order in the least. The executive committee
will meet this morning and elect his sue
cessor. William Fletcher. OF Kansas City.
will probably he the man.
The gentlemen were more than ever i'm
pressed when they had left LADDERS house
hat Somerby and his associates are
at the bottom of the whole affair
sEd stated that they saw Lander
IN close consultation with the
late cashier. Davis, yesterday morn
In H. a.bnI NJ a.Aar -
the pressure he spoke of had not been
brought By Somerby, and he answered.:
~ no-no-no."
last Act OF the Convention to Reorganixe
the Iron Hall.
The closing session of the CONTAMINATION
Iron Hall convention was held yesterday
horning and finished up it's business. The
Eslegates were late in arriving, and Chair
nsah Young had q weary but never-say-die
expression TO his countenancc. the con-
~.ention first listened to the reading of the
bills 1t would have to pay for its expenses,
The money Left over. not very
sauch. was turned over to the
ldpreme cashier, and the rehabilirated
Drder may be said to have o treasury. The
teliers made their reports of the result of
the committee elections, not counted the
night before. The five supreme trustees
consist of J. E.. Bolles. Detroit. chairman;
II. w. Overlook. st. Louis; ID. b. Ackley.
Little Falls, n. y; William Fletcher. Kan
sas City. and L. A. Stump. Richmond,
Va. The finance committee consisted
Is follows: j. z. Elkins. Indiana,
Pa. chairman; John W.. Foote,
Saginaw. Mich; b. b. Ross, Buffalo; e. NJ.
Skipworth. Nashville, and Frank Walls,
VInslsnd. N. j.
The most sensational thing propounded
during the course OF the conventions pro-
cedures was q resolution introduced by
4. III. Skipworth, of Nashville. Iecommend-
officers il such q thing were possi-
bic. lt was greeted with applause, and
carried like q stampede. Numerous fiery
speeches were made on it. the most
j. q. Yonng. of Kansas City. He ansthe-
matiZed S0merby and his associates with
"a biting tor que. and ended by saying that
nothing would give hin so much pleasure
as 10 appear before n jury In their prosecu-
tion. liz was lett TO j.. A. Vera. of Custer
City, Pa, the man who had mOGestly said
that they had called him colonel during the
war. TO make the closing address. which
sent every delegate away In a happy frame
OF mind. The Colonel has long white hair,
aANapoleonIc cut of whiskers, and n voice
that an Indian would call laughing
water" He eulogized the order. compli-
mented the chairman, whispered sweet
nothin Is to the ladies and vilitied the old
regime.
Il would recommend that a sunfiower be
placed beside the glowing. sunset beard of
our chairman. and that a plate of beans be
laid humbly at the feet of long Mr.. Jones,
Of Boston. i would suggest that we adopt
rs our motto three D's-Dead, Damned and
Delivered" The convention was declared
adjourned at ]. O'clock.
CONFERRED WITH JUDGE TAYLOR,
But the "Reorganized" Iron Haiiers Got No
mi from Him.
Ats o'cfock In the afternoon a general
committee of "-reorganized' Iron Hallers
called on Judge Taylor IN Superior Court
room No. l. Among the prominent men,
bers of the convention present were j. b.
EIkins, }. G.. Young. III. L. Jones, L. O.
Buchanan. Albert Hseseler, j.. Z. Bolles.
Henry Bondheim, II. C. Halthaus and