Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1895-11-09

tion OF him is almost universal.
Only here and there where one
comes in contact with an officer of the
concern who is drawing pay, or owns
goodly share OF bank-stock does one
hear the action defended
The rank and file of the citizens are
unanimous in condemnation of the
methods and the majority of the True
Reformers themselves are forward in
declaring their disapprobation.
THE BANK SUFFERS.
The Savings Bank has suffered. and
organization after organization. indi-
vidual after individual, have with
drawn their funds.
Whenever the question is asked, who
is the Grand Fountain? the invariabIe
answer is, W. w. Browne. They there
fore hold Rev Browne responsible for
the grab.
MIR. John III. Smyth, who thought
that Rev Browne should have receive
! ed one hundred thousand, which would
have been fourteen thousand dollars
more than the Order had paid on its
property is silent on that proposition
now.
DRAWING THE COLOR LANE,
His latest move is to draw a distine-
tion between what he is pleased to
term colored people and Negroes. 1t
is presumed hat he places all of the
brOwn-skin, mulstto ard colored peo-
pie on the one side and the pure blood
ed blacks on the other. He counts
himself and Rev Browne with the lat
ter and boasts of their superiority on
this account.
That any man could be guilty OF
such a suicidal policy is as surprising
as it is unreasonable. He practices the
same vices which we condemn in the
certain members of the white race.
Mr.. Smyth has written several arti
cles along this line Of late and to the
disgust of even his fellow men VIII,
with him wear Boss Brownies cola
he continues to draw the color-line ol
: his own race.
: Any one who doubts this has only t.
read his blanket" of Oct. 26th
NO DELEGATE HAS SEEN 1T.
: AS yet no delegate to the Gram
Fountain has come forward and testi
fed that he or she has seen what tha
g Grand body bought for fifty thousan
o dollars 1he fact that The orpanizs
tion had previously given Rev. Brown
more than twenty eight thousand do
lars and a life tenure to office has ere
ted much surprise and changed th
opinion Of some of his staunchest-aC
r ! mirers,
{ 1t has now become apparent that :
Rev Browne ran the Grand Founfai
and that nothing could be passed will
affair as Rev. Brownies grab was Il
n | only nrODar one
% WHO WILL GET THR EXTRA TEN THOU
q AND.
% There is now much inquiry abo,
what is to become of the extra Il
le thousand dollars voted, which was Il
= amount over what he charged.
Various speculations have been ri
Ito whether or not Rev Browne W
distribute this among his friends wi
55S successfully handled the machine.
- = Inquiries are also being made as
y when he will fulfil the promise to I
,n T S. 2. Miller and the other membe
* in New York City by establishing
Ah bank there.
One writer at Washington thong
;s he should give the ten thousand d,
be lars to the Old Folks Home. but r,
Browne has given no intimation as
his intentions on this subject.
FIGHT UPON THEM ALL.
He has inaugurated a personal fis
he upon the Baptist Ministry, The PLAs
IN, and the Masons, the Odd Fellows.
m. Pythians, the Samaritans, the st Ii
A. the Gallilean Fishermen, the Ter
in fact all secret and benevolent ore
izations.
This is done at the expense of
True RefOrmers, for all of the MOI
-, comes OUT of the Orders treasury.
~ III Not one cent of the fifty thousand
se.tt' lars is touched.
All | WILL NOT SHOW THE ORDER WHAT
BOUGHT.
Rev. Browne studiously avoids sh
ing to any one the thing sold and
opinion is fast crystaliZing itself TO
list conclusion that the Order has been
ion gloriously duped.
on The copyright which Rev. BroV
me sold was obtained March 81, 1887.
as The Savings Bank of the CIR
s. Fountain was incorporated unde,