Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-09-10
KICKING TO THE END.
The Remembrance Against the NJ. W. \.
Office Re moval Passes All Reason.

Office Removal Passes All Reason. |
The Fulton Journal. which is con-
ductinC general warfare against
tho Modern WoOdman of America. in
seeking to retain there the head Of
tice against its will, and thus imper-
ling its valuable records every day
they are kept in unsafe buildings,
says in an extended dissertation in its
last issue:
..If the men who undertook to
move the head Office of the Modern
lWoodmep of America from Fulton to
| Rock Island in 1899 at Springfield.
and again in 1892 at Omaha. and
again at Madison in 1895, had put
forth one-fourth of the energy in
trying to have an office building
erected IT Fulton. there would have
been a building long ago and no one
could have been Justly accused of
| labor;ug more for the interests of
| Rock Island than for the interests OF
the Modern Woodmen of America.
Our Noble Order After the abur-
tive action st the meeting Of the
head camp in Omaha in 1892 an in
junction was obtained preventing the
removal OF the head camp from Full
ton. This in Injunction was in force at
the time of the meeting of the head
camp at Madison. is still in force and
will remain so till dissolved bv the
court. Knowing this and knowing
that such cases are Liable to be in
court for several years, il the pres
cnt head Office is in such an unsafe,
Insecure building. it seems as if the
head officers who are trying to OBJ
tain Il safe building. simply striving
for the interests of the Or,ier, instead
of the interests of Rock Island.
would have been content to have the
suitable building erected at Fulton.
Then the injunction would have
done no harm and the valuable rec
ords would be just as secure in a
safe building in Fulton rs in the
same kind OF building at Rock Is
land
Should Now Act iIonOrabiy.
1t seems difficult for the Fulton
representative to comprehend the
folly Of its further protest against
the will of the order. No one has
ing every honorable effort To retain
the Woodman Office there. But it
has reached that stage now where
further rcmOnstrancc and further
effort to thwart the purpose OF the
great order cannot be called honor
able or manly. AT the last meeting
of the head camp Fulton entered into
Icompctition with other rival cities
for the head office. 1t stood not on
its rights, technical, sentimental.
real or imaginary. but stood up with
the other cities upon fair test of
merit. Like Peoria and Decatur, it
was defeated. Rock Island was on
the fare square issue and bv every
rule of honor and fair deal
ing selected. Fulton should
have abiied by the cOnse-
lvuences- To seek now to again de-
feat the orders decree would be as
unworthy rs it would he idle. The
head Offices are coming to Rock Is
land and all talk about what the or
der might have done with reference
disposed, is but visionary and is ir-
relevant cntlTcly.
- The Journals effort to console
itself with the thought that ii is Il
matter of indifference to the 40, 900
members of the fraternity where the
Office is situated is not borne out by
the facts. Inc subject about which
the chief interest centered in the re-
cent head camp meeting was the re-
moval OF the head Office, aud many
6clegates were there under iustruc-
tions from their camps to vote for
removal. while the vote indicated
doubt "a TO how the order felt. The
action on the head Office removal as
completely reflects the vii! and de-
sire of the order as any action taken
at Madison, and all con lectures to
the contrary. or in fact of any other
nature, are childish.
The Child That became Grown.
BY way of peroration the Journal
says: The head Office has been in
Fulton since the Modern Woodmen
existed and the order has grown like
a green bay tree. The citizens of
Fulton and many Woodmen believe
it will continue to grow just as well
with the head Office in Fulton as it
will with the head Office in Rock ISL
and. or any other city. The position
taken by the citizens and Woodmen
of Fulton who procured the iujunc-
ton was recently forcibly delineated
by Woodman who said: In Fulton
the child was born. In Fulton he
has grown to lusty youngster. aud
we do not propose to stand idly by
and see him kidnapped by 4 few
scherlers and taken to Rock Island. ="
City Attorney Haas neatly an
swcred this ..child'' talk in his
speech in Market square on the re-
turn of the Rock Island delegation
from Madison. when he advanced
the logic that we might as well say
thai, because child was born in n
village and had developed there, it
should be kept there all its life. de-
spite the best interests and opportu-