New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-18
REGISTER LEUY'S noisy FRIENDS.

CHARGED WITH USING 4 BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
TO FURTHER TAMMANY's INTERESTS
More than 200 excited members OF The Hebrew
Benevolent order Of the Sons Of Benjamin. as
semblcd in New Irving Hall Broome-st. near
Essex-st. last evening 20 protest against certain
amendments to the constitution OF the order which
II was openly asserted We're brought about through
the alleged trckery OF Register Ferdinand Levy.
OF Tammany Hall. who is now Grand Master OF
the Sons Of BENJAMIN. The order. which has about
900 members 1900 Of whom live In this city. re-
Gently held n convention in Baltimore. when an
amendment TO the constitution was proposed pro-
vidiag for the raising and maintaining OF "a mutual
guarantee fund" The amendment was declared TO
be carried by the Levy men. but their opponents
dispute that ruling on the ground that II received
only bare ma jority OF all the delegates. whereas
the bylaws OF the order provide that the con-
stitution shall not be amended except by Two
thirds vote
II was openly charged that the meeting last night
had been packed with the Tammany friends Of Mr..
Levy TO create discord and disturbance Aaron
Levy was chairman The speakers against the
constitutional amendments were Magnus Levy
Leopold Kramer. Rudolph Strahl. Carl J." Lewen-
stein and others Mr.. Strahl said that a petition
signed by forty-nlne members. representing thirty
three subordinate lodges. had been prepared ior
presentation 10 the Grand Lodge. asking FOR a
special convention to be ordered 10 consider We
constitutional amendments anew Register Levy
as Grand Master, had pTOmlSrI 10 Inject " ''''
mittee at his Office II a. yesterday to receiy
tbr petltion for presentation. but had broken m.
rrornIs, and was dshOnOrably lodging the suDJec'
and resOrting to Unmanly methods. -,
AT this point Policeman Cohen, a member 81 .Ht
order loudly called FOR three cheers Tor HrsIsi'i
Law Excited anti-Levyitrs demanded that the
disturbing policeman should Keep quiet or .cdF,
tbe nail Cohen was determined t. have ms say
and he was vociferously backed up ny MessIS'
Infer and Shapiro who II was SAID, AZ" en-,
Iioves In Register Levy's Office. There were Ioul
cries OF Levy has packed this meeting WIN us
,ranrnany hee,ers" "Put 'em OUT Levy - Wy,
Inc 10 run our order designed for the beneht ani
re'ief Of women and children for political e!!s'
etc and there was as much confusion as d, , "
heated Tammany primary. Finally coiIIa.'t'' ~,
order was restored and Joseph H. steiner pro'e9''
against personalities ,.. d ,,nua no
Mr. Iewenstein took the platform anu WIl'ir ~
yas snnaking Policeman Cohen ascehocI tht Piha,
Trr,n ,,.ifhout invitation and sat down WIN nIS ma
~ Amer some rernOnstrancc ne remover ms ma
bit refused to leave the platform. Mheh Mt ",
cnstein finished speaking, Cohen )uiHPeu 10 "
and demanded TO be heard before any rcSoi"'''''7
| were read. ,. bts sreaL,np and
,r,,cb more confusion he was permltted 10 pioCVvi
He then loudly euogizcd Mr. Levy SAVING Ia, hn
,.ould take Mr. Ievys word before ne "Uuiu !. titr
If any man at the meeting This aroused st"i IL
~ hicsce and some applause. lhen inc , Ie ~
| read a long preamble and resolutions dSlls -
Mr. Levy had called those VINO were, oPioh'yIa -
Nm .'roters rebels and anarchists u1HiIliiiiB
,.ano.I of the alleged amendments ana necldliilt
,hat n the demand not comphen WIN, 80
| wnnld be sought in the courts. Inc IcSoiu'''h
| were declared adopted