Evening journal., 1893-06-08
WILLEY'S EXPULSION.
He Will Be Ousted From
Office on Saturday.
SUPREME COUNCIL IN CHICAGO

| chequer-Mr. Wiley Boxed the Com
pass in a Very Few Days.
On Saturday the Supreme Council Of
the Supreme Lodge of the World. Knights
Of Pythias, will meet In Chicago on the
most extraordinary business that ever
necessitated a meeting of that executive
body. The Supreme Council embraces
every officer Of the Supreme Lodge and
exercises all the functions Of that body
between stated sessions Supreme
Chancellor w. w. Blackwell will pre-.
side
One of the first things to be done is to
officially report to the council the failure
OF r. r. Robinson a Co.. the loss Of the
Supreme Lodge fund of about $40, 600,
Mayor Willey's failure 10 make good the
amount and refusal TO hand in his resg.
nation when requested so to do by
Supreme Chancellor Blackwell
| This will be followed by Mayor VIII
ley's expulsion from his Office as su
preme master of the excheluer. The
men who were in Wilmington constitute
a large part of the Supreme Council and
they were unanimously in favor Of his
expulsion after he refused to resign.
They expressed the belief that Mayor
Wiley was trying TO protect himself
ana bondsmen at the expense OF the
Supreme Lodge and Supreme Chancellor
Blackwell told All EVENING JOURNAL re.
ports, that, If investigation proved that
Mayor Wiley had Incorporated or
misapplied the funds In any way, they
would bring against him every criminal
law available.
Ex-Sherif William Simmons, OF this
city, has been offered the Office Of
supreme master of the eXchequer The
tender was made by Supreme Chancellor
Blackwell and represented the unani
nous sentiment of the officers who were
in this city. Mr. Simmons refused TO
give definite answer until Mayor Wiley
had been removed. It is very probable
that he will be elected.
Mayor Wiley knows that he caunot
pacify his angry colleagues. and IL is not
likely that he will 60 10 Chicago simply
to be ousted from an honorable office
which he has filled for so many years
aud which tenure has euded so gnOmin
| lously for him and so disastrousy for tn,
order which reposed confidence In him.
The Supreme Lodge officers feel hai
the mayor is playing a game Of duplicity
at the expense of the order Since the,
have learned that the $40. 900 worth o
real estate" is only listed at So 600 an,
has an Is, coo mortgage on It, and tha
the mayor has turned over 10 his suretie
the $34 600 worth of Wilmington Denta
Company stock. they have been nor
incensed than ever before They fee
+ that there Is something rotten IN Den
mark and will endeavOr TO find on
what it is In order TO do so Mayor Willie
% will have TO be expelled from his Suprem
D. Lodge office. The men mean business
and when the mayor awakes on Sunda,
he will doubtless have intelligence tha
he was deposed on Saturday afternoon
In the meantime all Supreme Lodgl
l. money is being withheld from him Their
d is from $4,000 to 500, 900 cash in hand
, but it will never reach the mayor
Supreme Chancellor Blackwell anS
W. ID. Kennedy, inspector general Of tb
II uniformed rank, are now in Indianapoli
Il attending the session Of the Indianapoli
l. Grand Lodge From Indianapolis the,
ls will 90 to Chicago. Dispatches sent iron
Indiana state that the mayor will no
" only be expelled from Office and subjecte
to civil and criminal suits but also tha
" an effort will be made to eXpel him fron
lie the order. IL is said that the last ste
e could only be taken by his subordinate
d lodge here.
The Difference in the Morning
~ Many persons who have kept the rui
lc Of Mayor Willeys utteranees since tn
Robinson failure cannot understand th
change of tune. For instance, on Ma,
l18, an EVENING JOURNAL reporte
called on the mayor and asked him for
la statement His reply to the reques
n was:
"All can say is that / am fully g.
NJ cured Neither the Supreme Lodge no
Te my bondsmen will lose a cent 20
,e $40, 900 worth Of real estate and secur
ties worth $36 600 on their face. ! hav
IN only received two kilograms from III
he officers of the Supreme Lodge, and the
a we're in reply TO kilograms ! sent inform
N ing them that had secured the ordt
is from loss. ] don't know whether or nc
ee the other creditors will try to upset Oh
in transfer, l don't see how they can.
40 was a bona fde debt, and there was notl
st ing irregular about IT, Further tina
III this have nothing to say, acting, as
do under advice from my attorney.
Ia feel perfectly secure both for the lode
n and my bondsmen, and that is about a
no ] can say, anyhow
III In this connection the mayor made IL
MS following statement TO a Morning New
nc / lNlNA NNA
we 1T Is true that had a large sum {
IT. money belonging TO the Knights ,
raj Pythias deposited with the firm, but
to is secured by real estate wholly with
70. the city limits and by collateral secur
of ties worth more than the amount d
mt posted and easily converted into cash.
The day following an Every Evenir
reporter popped the tiresome questiC
and got his answer from the mayor:
80 "1he nature of the securities hold
y, on their face value above par The s
ha preme officers of the X. of P, will n
u n lose a cent. All their drafts will be no
,1 ored on presentation. They are mo
"a than covered in their market value.
uu have listed them in my statement
par, whereas If put on the market tn
would realize several thousands more.
On June 1 there was a decided chan
lot in the tenor of his remarks In an
'ru terview he said;
ase 81 felt that the bank was perfect
mo safe. If had not l would have be
ase culpable then for keeping the mon
w. there The loss was like thunder eli
out Of a clear sky to me