The Irish standard., 1894-06-16

count Of our stewardship, and it is par
of your duty to see that the accounting i
full and complete and that the scrutiny
is searching.
In the reports to be submitted by my
colleagues the standing of the order viii
be more fully set forth and without an.
ticipating at this time too much of your
secretary's report, ! will say that not.
withstanding the financial depression
that has afflicted this commonwealth for
the past year the order has steadily
grown, showing an increase in member
ship of 45e and an increase in divisions
OF Z and ar. increase in counties of 8, and
the most gratifying results we're in the
insurance branch OF the order, the in
crease in membership being 449 and the
increase in amount received by the bene-
fciary from 675 to $50. The total num-
Der of insured members who died during
| the past two years was 25. The total
amount received by their heirs and as
signs was $4,000, or an average Of $500.
Number OF policies written for the past
year ending June LIST 1,09l, lapses 642.
Total Membership June 1st. 1886. Aver
age age of the Is deceased mem
bers, 81 years. Total membership both
ms ured and uninsured, 1889. No good
reason exists with total membership In
the order Of 1889 members why we
should not be paying $1,000, and I be-
ieve with energetic and efficient insur-
ance secretaries this h-to-be- desired
result will soon be attained. Every
faithful and efficient officer from the
state president down, and particularly
both state secretaries can truthfully say
that many times they have been sick and
disgusted at the criminal negligence OF
various officers, and am sure that they
will agree with me in saying that we
| might have constitution and bylaws ais
perfect as the Ten Commandments, but
this order can never prosper as it should
! until we have competent and faithful Of
fcers in every position at responsibility
and trust. Some divisions in the pest
had insurance secretaries who were not
insured members themselves. just think
Of the interest a member could take in a
branch of the order that he neither be-
longed to or believed in.
In my last report to the order particu
lar attention was directed to this all i'm
portant subject and I feel now at the
close of four years as your state presi-
dent, that in leaving that honorable and
disting guished position with which the
order has SO generously honored me, that
If any word or act of mine has brought
| about the selection of officers who dis
charged their official duties with prompt.
ness and fidelity; il in an humble way
I have been the means of least calling
the attention of the organization to the
necessity OF more perfect discipline and
regularity in the transaction of it's bus,
ness, I have succeeded then IN doing
something of great value which followed
up by those that succeed me will be q
blessing to our noble Order of Hiberni'
ans for all time to come.
The new constitution adopted by the
National Convention at Omaha requires
many important changes in your bylaws
and the selection Of this convention Of q
com mittee on bylaws that will give their
undivided time and attention to the i'm.
portant, useful and lasting work that
should result from tho deliberations OF
that committee. The National Conven
tion decided to have organized what il
to be known as the Ladies Auxiliary
Branch. Of the Order and urge your ap.
po1ntment at this time of a committee ia
draft constitution and bylaws for the
government OF the same. The ladies
have always taken an active part IN ali
our social entertainments and I believe
great benefit will result from this branch
Of the order.
Every officer should study the ritual
and commit it to memory, especially those
officers who are charged with the duty
/ Of performing the ceremony of initiation.
Nothing in my Judgment will leave such
lasting impression upon the minds Of
the candidates 90 the proper recitation
Of the cere mony instead Of reading it
from the books, and any officer having
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