The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-02

street and Court Palantic's sick COM
mittee are expected to visit him on
their respective days. and when neces-
sary furnish a nurse to stay with him.
Viola Circle will have it's regular
monthly social this evening in the hall
of the I. o. O. F. temple. Refresh
ments will be served. and dancing,
away the evening very pleasantly. An
admission of fifteen cents will be
charged at he door, or two for a quar-
ter. All Foresters, companions and
their friends are cordially invited to at
tend. Join with the companions and
have a good time and good supper.
a. o. U. w.
The local lodges of This order are keep
ing well to the front in every way. The
regular meetings are well attended, new
members are being admitted at every
meeting and the enthusiasm and interest
is we'll sustained
The Chicago Dispatch Of Aug. " con-
tains an article on the A. O. Z. w, to
the effect that there is discussions and in
ternal disagreements in the order which
threaten its stability.
Well Informed members of the order,
however, say that there is little If any
thing Of truth in the article, and that
the statements are either entirely. untrue
or grossly overdrawn. AS the article will
be of interest 10 the members of the
order, we reproduce it verbatim as fol-
lows:
Trouble of a serious nature threatens
the stability of the A. o. U. W., for years
regarded one of the strongest fraternal
organizations in America The difficulty
which has been suppressed for several
months, has reached an alarming stage,
one of the factions into which the order
has been divided having declared its in
tent1on of carrying the. fight into the
courts on an application for a receiver.
storm
Grand Master Kelly announced in several
of the local lodges that the former grand
lodge had recklessly s1uandered funds,
leaving the amount set aside for the
maintenance Of its successor in d badly
depleted condition, thus necessitating a
special assessment to meet current eX-
penses.
Fully 10 per cent. of the members have
Withdrawn, several lodges having filed
protests against the action of the SUI
preme lodge and extremists declare that
from % to 80 per cent of the members
Will Withdraw in the next few weeks.
Raised the Assessment.
The trouble commenced at the last
meeting of the supreme lodge in Chicago
said John n. Jamison. an originator and
agreed to contract by which the assess
ment was TO be 81 per member. This was
seventeen years ago and the assessment
has remained the same until the present
time. Now the supreme lodge has raised
the assessment on the old members to
$1.25 and reduced it to 80 cents on the new
members.
This caused the first row The men,
bers who have built the order object to
this discrimination. 1t was on this ac-
count that the lodges have filed protests
and many members withdrew.
THE next trouble was more serious. A
proportion of the assessments is set aside
for the maintenance Of the grand lodge.
This is sufficient to keep it literally sup
de ntv ,ct1 t,di1 &c
there have been three and possibly four
special assessments for the expenses of
the grand lodge during the past three
years. From a membership OF $4,000 in
Illinois this makes the neat sum of S66 900
There is supposed to be a report made of
this to the members and doubtless there
will be.
Wants No Receiver Appointed.
MY idea is that receiver should not
be asked for but that the case be taken
before some court in chancery, to get
legal decision on the attempt to freeze
out the old members. 1 do not believe
that the depletion of the treasury is as
great as some people claim, and while
lots OF talking | would not deem it ad-
visable. This is the whole matter in a
nutshell The old members don't like it;
they do not think it is fair treatment,
after bearing the fight for years, to be
charged an Increased assessment and
young men get the Same insurance for so
cents that they themselves paid 81 for. a
large proportion of the old members came
in between the ages of q and 20 and paid
( their dollar assessment.
Expenses Too Heavy.
Another objection is that the expenses
of the grand and supreme lodges are too
heavy. The last session of the supreme
lodge was participated in by LIS delegates
at a cost to the members at large of
$4,000, or $500 per delegate. This comes
out of the general fund The session of
the grand lodge costs 50, 200 per day, and
the officers are literally paid, the recorder
plenty of time at his disposal to do other
work. For fraternal organization the
expenses are too heavy by far.
las to the financial condition of the
| order continued Mr.. Jemison, every
claim has been paid in full aud the cred
table record will continue. | was sur
prised to hear of Grand Master Kelly S
charges made 10 the lodges.
Grand Master Kelly is confined to his
bed and could not be seen. Numerous
members, representing both factions, adj
| mitted that there was serious trouble in
the ranks.