Richmond planet., 1895-09-14

the True Reformers' Hall and ne would
secure the Fifth IT Baptist Church for
, the meetings on the 4th inst Two
would be in full blast at the same time.
The result was that in the spacious
/ church there were not fifty per-
! sons. and at the hall as one described
| il you could "secure a seat wherever
you wished" "
HE W, ULDN'T AND HE WOULD
On Friday, eth inst the plans came
/ up Rev Browne would not say what
he wanted for it, but left it to the
! Grand Fountain as to what it would
pay for it He retired One delegate
| proposed 20 pay him seven thousand
! dollars This was hooted down and
twenty thousand dollars offered.
lull ensued. This was too much
for Rev Browne, who could hear what
was going on He came back into the
hall from the place he had gone and
told the delegates he would tell them
what he would take for his plans and
copyright.
DIDN'T SEE WHAT HE WANTED, so BE
Asked FOR 1T.
He wanted forty thousand dollars
| A motion was made TO give him fifty
| thousand dollars, and an enthusiastic
! sister moved To give him sixty thous-
| and dollars, but Rev Browne said that
fifty thousand was enough. Mr.. John
| II Smyth came from down stairs and
! advocated the purchase He thought
100000 were not too much In vail
I did Mr. Banks of Hampton protest
de was ruled Off the floor.
In vain did others endeRvor TO Sc.
cure the recognition of the chair On.
ly laudation of Rev. Browne was IL
order, and the delegates, who wanted
TO be on the winning side took the
hint and poured il forth in copiou,
streams Rev. Browne went SO far a,
TO interrupt a delegate on the hool
who did not agree with him. The mo
tion WAS declared carried, while few
thoughtful delegates were dunn bfound
ed.
A sister moved that his salary be in
creased to $4,000 per year but h
would not agree to that If this haS
been done the bankruptcy of the or
ganization would have been complete
WONDER NG WHAT THEY BOUGHT
No one had seen what was sold an'
: but few knew what was bought
Rev. Browne stated that he woul
i give them ten years in which TO pay
! in installments OF $1,000.
1t is said that the indebtedness o
, the buildings of the Order is fourtee
thousand dollars. Thus in less tina
| twenty-four hours the debt of the in
stitution was increased to sixty-fou
thousand dollars, and the amount sal
: to be reported by the cashier as bein
+ in the bank is but twenty-five thou
I sand dollars, including that of the dc
I positors.
I now ATANnE
The Order owns property to th
value of one hundred thousand do
lars Less the $4,000 the value
! SO 600 and 1000 of this value hs
= been voted away leaving $4,000 *
thirty thousand people, or one doll'
= and twenty cents a piece, and $50,0
, for one man.
In the meantime, some thought tn
: he would retire and that Messrs.
. p Burrell. John Ii. Smyth or r
> Hill would succeed him.
A RID CULoUs SITUATION
But-Rev. Browne has said nothil
n | about this in the bargain.
l. Another feature in this remarkah
: affair is that William w Browne
n the Grand Fountain during the rece
4. of that body, will sell to William
a Browne, the individual, plans and
= copyright thereof.
IS He will draw up the speciticatio
m and will have the papers in his posse
te sion and the interests of the Order
10 against himself will have to be look
n. after by himself.
+. There is legal side to the questi
of and we learn that it is being consid'
ne ed by some of the disgusted delegat
WILL Re MAKE ANOTHER SALE?
a. 1t is whispered that as Rev. Brow
in has sold to the Order what it has g
as en- him, he may appear in the True
former market again with the life Il
ure to office as purchasable CONNIE
ity. 1t pays $1,000 per year and p
n quisItes.
ell If the Order wishes to be rid of b
he the offer might be made with eql
es- effrontery to buy that. Some say
of would no doubt part with it
He | $50 600 Smore while others think
ar- may want 100000. Asit is now, ne
ote ly everything is gone and with
ie- sale the organization would be no
lessly in his debt.
he The condemnation of Rev Brow
fa~ in this city is bitter On the str
ch- | corners, in the shoe and barber she
he is being condemned. Delegs
who voted for the proposition do
DE- announce themselves and each
asks of the other how the mach
r. could have been so skillfully hand
me as TO throttle free-speech and '
but away fortune.
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