St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-15

She Is the grand secretary of the in
suranee branch of the IT, l. A, and in
asmuch as her report read at the session
of that body yesterday is unobtanable.
this address is presented as showing the
ground she covered in her report and
telling of the early struggles of the So
ciety:
Sister President. Ladies and Gentle.
men: As secretary of &. l. A. insur-
ance. probably might make 1t more
Interesting to you. and by far more
pleasant to me, to sit down in some
quiet place and talk of insurance, and
why every one should be insured, than
to be here OIL the stage, speaking to a
strange audience.
Our insurance order was started by a
few sisters in Chicago ON March 5. 1890.
What was then intended to be suIall
affair and only pay small sum has
grown to be- quite society. | shall
never forget the day that we organized
the q. l. A., and after ten OF us had
signed the roll orr grand presi--
dent, Mrs. Murdoch. and myself
started for Music hall. in Chicago, to,
have an interview with Grand Chief
Arthur, to get some ideas to help US in
naming our order. That day neither
one OF us realized that in So short a
time we would reach what we are to-
day. From ten members that day we
have now reached 1000.
We have not grown quite as fast as
CoXev's army, nor have we had to stop
and build flats to travel; but we have
looked to Que. who guides us all in the
paths of virtue and morality. On my re.
turn home after helping to organize the
grand body, my first thought was that
We must have some kind of a form
of opening and closing our
meetings. or, in other words.
ritual. | then set about to accomplish
that, and. after six weeks planning. l
had nice little form, which | then
submitted to the grand officers at a
special meeting called by our grand
president With a few additions and
corrections it was accepted. At our
second convention it was then nut
to vote, and it was again decided
to make changes in it. This was again
placed in my hands with power to
choose my assistants. dld so. and we
again presented it to our convention at
Allegheny, and today l can say that l
have as beautiful little ritual as any
order.
We then planned to help the little
one in case the mother was called from
them to that home on high. Therefore,
six of us met in the city of Chicago and
formed an insurance society. which we
have successfully carried OH. Yet we
have had our enemies and drawbacks,
and when l went home to plan
and arrange to commence this
many of the brothers said: You will
not make success of it; you will only
be throwing your money away But
you know when woman makes up her
mind to do thing she will do it or die
in the attempt, and SO this was my de-
termination, trusting in God 10 help
me, and feeling that SO good thing
have not cause 10 regret
undertaking it. and the kind
words nave received from those whom
we have been called upon TO pay bene-
fits to have paid me if nothing else has
Therefore. my friends. those of YOU
who are not us. let me say woman is
not coming to the front. she is already
there. Of my brothers, ask that they
encourage their wives TO join US.
Tie success of our order depends
largely upon you. | shall never forget
little speech one of your number made
US at Allegheny, in which he said what
Sisters" he siid. Il am glad you have
All auxiliary and your own specially erk.
You have ballot box. and | hope that
when you have need OF a black ball you
Will use it. and use it with ven
geance." l think we should take that
| woman by the hand and welcome her
in.
Now, brothers, want. to say that
woman today is mans equai-in many
respects. Sue has been admitted 10
practice law and medicine. She has
been ordalned to preach the gospel and
perform marriages. She has been elect
ed as IL bank director and surerintend-
ent Of railroad. She has been glvei,
the right TO cast her ballot at the ballot
box In-AansaS. She has Ueen elected
as mayor of the city, and if you are not
careful She VIII sOOil take your places
| and be running YOUR engineS.