The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-24
RED MEN In COUNCIL.
Reports and Elections at the
Convention at Trenton Yes
terday.
epecial to The jersey city News

TRENTON, Feb. "a, 1e93.-The annual
session of the Great Council of the I'm
proved Order of Red Men Of New Jersey,
which convened in Masonic Temple yes
terday, opened under very favorable
auspices. There were about four hun
dred representatives and Past Sachem's
degree was conferred on sixty-one junior
past officers. The reports of the Great
Chiefs were submitted. and showed the
order to be in a thriving condition. The
following extract from the talk OF the
Great Sachem gives the result OF the
years work.
Another great suns record has been
added to the history of the improved
Order OF the Rem Men of New Jersey, and
the record is one which we can all point
to with pride. That record shows the
institution of twentv-eight branches of
our ~Order-twenty Tribes, seven Coun-
ellis OF the Degree of Pocahontas and one
beneficial Degree Council, an increase of
nearly TWO thousand members aud a
large gain in wampum as we'll.
"While this is shown on the one hand.
the amount disbursed for the relief aud
the burial of the brothers and wives who
Rave gone to the happy hunting grounds,
furnishes indisputable proof that the
Wampum accumulated has not been at
the sacrifice OF any of those %ennobling
principles which are the main stay of our
order. and which have been so systemat-
ically carried out as to place us in a pos
ition which makes us the proud possessor
of a name which is respected and looked
UT to by similar societies.
From every part Of the reservation
comes words OF cheer, and while my de-
sire when assuming this stump was to
excel all previous great suns. It Affords
me pleasure to be able to make this re-
port to YOU"
STATISTICS.
The report of the Great Chief of Rec
ords gives the folio wing statistics:
Number of members at last report, IA, 292; in.
crease during the year, 1856; present member
ship, IL. 248; number OF Past Sachems. lbs;
amount of Tribes receipts, $1s3, ?91 .s3; paid for
Sl3,7 78. AS; for widows and orphans, $7S2.60; total
wealth of all Tribes, $23O, 241 81; Councils of Degree
of Pocahontas, Ss,319.6 0 Degree Councils,
1888. 81; membership of Degree of Pocahontas,
l.2o0: membership Of Degree Councils, 222.
Relief and funeral benefits paid:-By Tribes,
a62, sos. IS; Councils Degree Pocahontas. 81 1852;
Degree Councils, Ss93.33. Total, S65, 800 .6s.
ELECTIONS.
The following Great Chiefs were
elected:-Great Prophet, Fred. Wahl.
Camden; Great Sachem. A. A. Cunning
ham,. Paterson; Great Senior Sycamore,
Charles Brown, Paulsboro: Great Junior
Sycamore. William J.. Forsyth. Jersey
City; Great Representatives, Fred. Wanl,
Frank B. Ridgway, Mullics Hill; Frank
p. jackson, Camden; Norman q. Mague,
PIainfieId. for two years.; Edward j.
Douglas, for one year.
The Finance Committee reported a bal
ance of SO. 500 IN the treasury, and fixed
the per capita tax at Twenty-Five cents for
the coming year. A large volume of
routine business wa transacted, relating
particularly 20 the private workings of
the order. The Great Council was hon.
ored by a visit from Great Chief of Rec
ords of the Great Council Of line United
States Charles c.. Conley.
At the last session of the United States,
a revised ceremony for the adoption de-
gree was unanimously adopted. The new
ritual makes q number of radical changes
in the work.of tina degree, and requires
considerable stray to become perfect in
its rendition. Great Prophet Thomas K.
Donnelly, National Exemplifcator, will
explain the new ritual TO the representa-
tivps this morning.