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WILL COOPERATE WITH TIE BANKERS.
THE HOUSE READY TO PASS ANY PRACriC"Di-S
MEASURE FOR THE RELIEF OF
THE TREASURY.

TIN, uOT-SE READY TO PASS ANY fhHSAiS"pA>S
MEASURE FOR THE RELIEF OF
THE TREASURY
baltimore Jan 3o.-J. II. Walker. chairman OF
tho rJousa COMMITTEES on Banking and Currency. n
an interview on the financial situation, printed III
..1ha Manufacturers Record says
There never was a body OF legislators more
anxious IN know what ought 10 be done unuer tue
"ireumstances and more anxious to do the rrsht
tht-y than the House OF Representatives, to-9ay.
Congress will enact any measure tnAt tle panhet
rs agreed among themselves will relieve the Unite!
Sfa,.s Treasury That Is what we wait Anu
CONGRESS will enact measure tiat Dankers neiu,,
e.lves i'm the very breath they ask Tor IL, say WI.
no, rclieve the Treasury. and vii, only allow tne
hanks 10 Issue more money ana SUI iurther e'.s-
harrass tn Treasury in redemption, ana on.y IL ~.
ga So the bank dividends. Congress Will siaay
n,ss any measure to make banking more ,proitapIe
II the b,nkers themselves Will say IL VIII az ..o
Same time relieve the United states treasury y,n
ua,,on II this session Of Congress auJouins VIZ W.,
out assing some comprehensive measure " Iii, lii
nose tho finances OF the country, the oahNs.s W, -
he wholly TO blame for its failure, III ssae"S ~
and refi,sng TO come TO the assistahce o. .se com
tnittee on banking and Currency "nnc ~, ~. Win
,,itea IS begging them 10 come 10 ~ ~ , yive
the,r counsel and support The compute, ~ W." nav
nost diigant heed any Suesestiv' a.s.ssi,y ,ha
naks thai has the slightest chance oI Pa.o ,haS
iiamsa mt IL Will lot consider o.u sShsns ana
hs,se Z, ,iled in every Congress Tor t"eNts aj noe
- nas sssd the bankers themselves Sd! "' '
relieve the Treasury.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
INDIANA APPoRT1oNMENT VOID.

indianapolis, Jan 3o-The Congregational Appor-
.onroen. ac, Of 1895 was declared unconstitutional
BY the state Supreme Court in a decision hande'
down this afternoon. The act OF 1893 was also de-
cared void and the next election Will be heid uf"er T
the Old &c, Of lSsj. ess the Governor s'oI'u III
~ 49, ,i,nc cali special session Of the Legs
iaure for the purpose OF passing a legal act. he
Supreme Court holds that the provision OF tie otd
Corstifufior providing that aplcruohhleit sHdI'
be made every SIX years. upon the tasls OF te sex
eanal enumeration is mandatory There was no
SSsar.fr, or,inion The act Of 1898 passed by a
Democraiic legislature and the act Of 1885 by Re-
nrhiicar LeRslature.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT.

Washington. Jan. ao-The President to-day sent
70 the Senate the following nominations
Collectors OF Customs-John n Brockhrpy az
,I,TtforI CON-, Daniel W. Andrew. al fiyInouth.
Mass: John II Puck at Mani. OHIO.
Hartford Conn. Jan. SO-John Henry hrocKlesDy.
to-day nominated by the President ior co'ec'o. 81
A., -, - J,r,forl Is a son OF the late John
,2rocLlashv nrofessor OF astronomy and math"-
matcs AT Trinity College He was born In Hart
ford In is45 graduated at Trnlty n1d Hoss;
Ia Is "A lawyer by profession ana ha' nero numerous
iarsi oftccs !nclling that OF superintendent o!
publ!c schols He at present an A.derman an IN IN
tna c,,, 1'o"ncil and town attorney. In lbl-I2 lie
was q political writer OH The Boston Globe.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
SENATOR cuLLoM READY FOR HIS BOOM.

Chicago. Jan Ex-senator Culom will arrive IN
Chicago mex; Saturday and remain for rev Gays
before returning 10 his legislative duties IN WASH
,,g.on The snec,al purpose OF the Senator's stay
bsrs is 70 consult with Republican leaders OF COOK
Count on the question Of announcing publicly ms
candidacy for The Presidency. Before ne departs
Tast ne Senator will reach a decision on that
po!nt and make it known. Some time ago. when n
,, ,,s-.',rad in washington Senator Cullom said he
Was not A. ayowed candidate. but added the reserNa
ron mat ne was but human and In the event oi
4 srorhination of circumstances such as wouId give
A., . show for the nomination he would take II.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
IOWA AT THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION.

Des Moines. Iowa. Jan So-lowa proposes 10 senu
.o ,ha pe,,h.ican National Convention in ST. Louis
tho largest de,ogation that will go from any single
State 4 convention Of representatives from me
Repubcan Cubs Of the State will pe hed mere mex, ~
s.nd several special trains. eaving this city IN ule
10 make the Iowans the first delegates on ue
eronrS IIaadquariers VIII be opened at all the
large hotels Bands and uniforms and banners VIII
hA iaker ana a marching club Of several Thousand
"a
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
, r yALCOTT BETTER.

E.B. Talcott. ex-treasurer OF the New-fork Base
ball Club who has been lying III at MS hoHe' no
lF West Seventy-second-st was reported i@s, me ]"
as having passed comfortaoie Gay ""' '''''
much improved.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
vopK cOvvANDERY'S RECEPTION.

The ,wenty-third annual ball and reception OF the
York Co5nrnandery, No. %, Knights Tempiar' was
held at the I.enox Lyceum last night. After the
,scs,,o, - the visiting Communicates. the drilled
.or,s - .ba rornmaudcry was Inspected and re-
yiewed hv Eminent Sir J. + Manning. g. j.
james ". Wilson was chairman Oh the He0eP''W
rrnuLtf -
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,,o COMMAND TIE KATAHDIN.

vvosblngton. Jan. SO--Commander X. T. Leary
uas todav assigned to the coInmand OF 'he ram
t<,tahdin He Is Mt present on duty as tnS SS,n S
Na,ar,'''V> im Vovv Yard and will go TO the hatahdih
an February T.
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yrsrpvr Rrrow So.coooOo AGAIN.

Washington. Jan. 90 The Treasury so'. ooc ~,
, tho close of business to-day stood nj & No'
a. H. a.. .thdrawals for the day amounted 10 S-i''o"
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interests. The pja- recommended II adopted VIII
add about N7Oo1O to the total cost OF ine harbor
which. when completed will make Bunai0 hai ~
one OF the safest and most spacious on the sfea'
lakes.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
Michigan: Mayor Pingree. Of Detroit; Don NJ Dick
nson and General Alger.

Minister Baker reports to the State Department
from Managua that two years OF drouh have cut
the Nicaraguan crop in two and that heavy I'M
ports OF flour from California, oregon and Wash
ington have resulted These food imports have IN
creased 200 per cent In the last year. Consul Low,
at Managua says that. in consequence or the re
duced coffee CROP foreign exchange has gone up,
and for drafts the United States or Europe 1t Is
necessary to pay high 2l2 silver dollars for
Slc0 in gold. This movement Is common 10 all the
Central American States
The District OF Columbia Appropriation bill for
The fiscal year ending June 30 1887. which re-
ported to the House to-day. carries a total OF S,22j
6'5. which Is &l7tsS less than the total for TIE
current year. and S2.25000J less than the est
mates OF the Comm ssoners.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
BOSTON MERCHANTS HAVE A HFAEINI
THEY SUBMIT PLAN FOR MAINTAINING THE
PARITY OF ALI. FORMS OF LEGAL, TENDER
MONEY TO THE WAYS AND
cnM,frTTTT

MEANS COMMITTEE
washington. Jan. 3o-c c. Jackson pfes'neh' u
the Merchants Association OF Bosom ana he'-
er,ey X Moore secretary OF the association APP
peared before the House Ways ana Means commit
Zee to-day in support Of proposition to MAINTAIN
the parity Of all the different forms OF lega-tehieT
money. In view OF the discourasement OF enter
prise which is at present created in ths country ~
the anxiety about the financial situation. they re-
ouested the enactment Of legislation TO the follow
ing effect:
/ To dlrec, the Secretary Of the Treasury to re-
deem silver dollars in gold AT the reques, OF the
holder when presented In inuirples oI @v 1ust a'
he now does with the subsidiary coins or frac"oh"'
p TO direct the Secretary Of tho Treasury 70 con.
duct his financial operations through two distinct
depariments one OF when to De called the fiscal de-
partment. to receive and disburse tne r.Yfhues anu
the other. called the redemption deIaT I, re-
deem the silver dollars and legal-tender paper N
gold at the request OF the holder 10 drect , tha'
reserve Of s2cDUOC"o. and that there snail be put
he disposal Of the Secretary OF hr n,ynle ~
cold to equal at par thu difference between ms
O0 god reserve and the total amoun ~ OF dpnc, pn.
standing legatender paper ana siiVet 10 i qirec, I
that the Secretary Of the Treasury obtain goh by
the sa Of S6G nSs bonds at at as ana TO dc a
that no legal l-tender paper or silver shall ever be
return for an equal amour, OF gold deposited therein
To d. rect tnat # al any time after January
!. i.5er i, naper or silver in gold on demand, no Gov
ernment notes OF silver shall be lcgal-tender or re-
,her debts so long as this failure to redeem con-
tinues ,, ,,.....e,. .,x
a,ad ,hey said was moderate and not so strong
90 the proposition OF Senator Sherman AT all
,,o,,s until separate accounts were Kept or the
,rnsnce OF the two duties Of the Treasury De-
pe,,,mnnt-the pc, receipt and disbursement Of revenue
pai ,he redemption OF legaI-tender notcs-it would
anu ,hev Intended. impossible for the public TO
De,,,rst1nd De, , how the National finances were being
conducted. . - ho.riro Chairman Dnpley
had al lrea
TO The relief OF the Treasury ana sussesteu
loohi't'e woud be well for them TO go 70 the Schate
that IL W. W. a sentiment which would lead 10 the
anu huana of those measures ny that body
, ,,pROyEMENT OF BUFFALO HARBOR
,,e,,no.on Jan 50 (Spec!aD.-Some thirty rep
.,,,,es Of the commercial interests OF 'he c'5
ne,,o anpcareI before the Committee on RIVERS
" r,r,ors OF the House Of Representatives 'o-oay
n' NM a modification and extension OF the pi'"S
~ ", ,nnrovement Of the harbor at that pace 80
o' nnt only to provide safe haroor OF re'"sG aol
a' ' r,, also greater dock facinurs. H,p ~
vessels s Dus Daniels and Mahany accoHPanaru x a
resentet uhich was headed by the Mayo IL al
delegation, " Weber and Farquhar am am ~ n'a,ous
osnu ensrominent business men, rep'e'e"''"s
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

,rotes 70 the Assembly district conventions
the aeiss s,ve been reduced If names found during
wouu of this investigation TO be improperly
the @ySe rolls had been excluded
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
FIRST BREAK IN HUNTERS FORCES.
THE DOCTOR wHo is \ CANDIDATE FOR THE
SENATE FROM KENTUCKY. STILL REFUSES
TO SAY WHETHER HE Is A NATU-
RALIZED CITIZEN.

Frankfort Ky. Jan. @-Ihe hrst o'eaA J."
Hunters forces came In the formal ballot today
r,o-rbe-s deserted him and voted for Judge Holt
The vote then stood: Hunter. g; Blackburn. 90
6tege Of Louisville. voted for Congressman rvans'
na.u~3lizei citizen. a resolution was introduced
!, M House this morning for the appointment oi a
c,nmittee TO investigate the matter ana ma out
vhe.her from this cause the doctor IS ineligible 10
ssat In the Senate The resolution was ruled out OF
order
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
WM. II. WALLACE.
II. J. LAMARCHE,
OFFICERS: !:

WN VI. COLE, President.
FELIX CAMPBELL, Vice-Prcsident.
GEORGE F. HADLEY. Secretary.
WILLIAM II. FORD. Counsel.
ID. PARKS FACkLER, Con. Actuarys
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&3en.",.,. St:

The Winton Wheel had
to double factory capacity
last year. Its riders are
enthusiastic.
Ballard Rubber Co.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
Certificate of the Auditing and Finan0e
Committee Attached to the Annual

We, the undersigned members Of the AUDITING CON-
mttee Of the Brooklyn Life Insurance Company hereby
certify that at meeting held this day. We ex
amined the deeds Of properties owned by the SAID
COMPANY in fee the owned secured by mortgages
OF real estate the city other bonds and the certn
Gates OF deposit banks. submitted by the Pres-
dent and we find them in detail in schedules
A, b, c, and d.
FELIX CAMPBELL. WM. H. WALLACE
DAVID A. BOODY, II. J. LAMAhChE'
D. BIRDSALL. WM. H. FORD
We the members Of the Finance Committee. have oeen
present with Auditing Committee. at the annual
meeting and concur In the above certificate
FELIX CAMPBELL. MICHAEL ChAuNCEAs
BRITON RICHARDSON. ALONZO SLOTE.
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DIRECTORS.

VIM ~ COLE. President Of the Company
HON FELIX CAMPBELL President Peoples Trust O.
Brooklyn and Vice President OF this Company
GEN WILLIAM H. LYON. U. s. Indian Commissioners.
MICHAEL CHAUNCEY. Retired
ARNOLD A. LEWIS. Broker.
JACOB X. DIVINE. Retired.
ISAAC CARHART. Retired.
wM. II. WALLACE Iron Merchant
BRITON RICHARDSON. SILK Importer.
ALONZO sLOTE, Merchant Credwell slote).
CHARLES T BARNEY. Banker and Capitalist.
E. W. MAsCORD. Merchant
ALEX. FORMAN. Merchant.
DANIEL BIR DSALL. Real Estate.
wM. II. FORD. Counsel Of the Company
HON. DAVID A. BOODY. Banker.
HENRY J. LAMARCHE. Metals.
GEO F. HADLEY. Secretary Of the Company.
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32d Annual Statement
OF THE
Brooklyn Life
Insurance Company
OF NEW YORK.
JANUARY 1ST, 1896.
JANUARY 1ST, 1896.
ASSETS.
LIABILITIES.

To standard Of ~ ". .SioiSoS1 v"
To death-losses and endowmens tawaiting ., .oo "a
completion Of paptrs). A~'o'~ w
To various actuarial obligations. Including o.. a,
liabilities apsed policies etc. 20 =;
To surplus by standard a per ceno.... l'ooSo -
ro,., 81. 7s4, ,2Oe 8s
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During 1895 the Company increased
its Assets, income, Surplus, and us
Insurance I'm force.
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To Surplus by former standard Il
cent?, S2SO,OOO.
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Tho House Committee on Immigration and Natur-
,lza,ion to-day heard Representative W. a. stone
-, ponnsvlvanla in support OF his TN providing for
. consular inspection Of immigrants. and Repre-
sentative Johnson, Of California. In favor or ms
nm ,robf,,tipg the Immigration OF alien aborers.
THO committee after hearing. took t1e measures
under onsderatiOn. The committee DECIDED 10 Vist
Ellis Island. New-York Harhor, mo iattcr par. u
ncvt week for the purpose OF looking INTO thc pfh
lc.i worrne of the present law at that stat on. anu
IN see what legislation. Il any, IL necessary Tor 'he
Improvement Of the service.
Tho Russian Minister OF Ways and commun.ca-
,ion has made a report the Siberian Railway
Committee of which the car is president. on the
stains OF the road and the progress made during
iso5 which according to abstract sent TO the
state DEPARTMENT by Consul-General karel at 81.
po,orshurg shows that SIS miles were built ana
tina, sl9 miles or more than one-thrd OF the en-
,,ro limo s now completed. Russia now possesses
a direct route from -. Petersburg TO the fensse.
piy.r q distance OF 1856 miles 1t appears that the
Dussians have learned from Americans methoi
~ overcoming tie form dable mountains at the
cont hrrn end OF Lake Bakal fofn me Terry a'IoaS
IaLa Michigan between Kewaunee and Frank fort.
v,hich is Sky miles whsle the icIihsc on Lax
Uaikai will not be quite twenty miles II Is sa q
s snrvev north OF Vladivostock. and IL making e.
for,s Ia cross Mnncnur.a, which, besides beng
much shorter and less expensive IN construction
would BASS II rough "A deisely popuihtch reg on
rich I'm natural products but lacking In manuiact-
ure1 GOODS II is however. not yet known whether
the negotiations in Peking have been successful
The Senate Committee on Commerce had before
{, this morning a large delegation from Michigan.
urne the sanction OF Congress TO the construction
., the proposed bridge across the Detroit RIVER
batween Ietro!t and Windsor. Canada. Anon,
the speakers at the tearng were Governor Rch. or
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TRIBUNETS.

One of the applicants for appointment as a
policeman in New York gave the following
written replies to the questions prOpounded
him on examination:
Q.-Who is Governor of New York State?
A-Grover Cleveland.
Q.-Who is Mayor of New York CityP A.
Richard Croker.
Q.-What is the northeastern State of the
UnionP A.-Afrca.
Q.-What State borders on the Mississippi?
A-The Hudson.
Q.-What is the usual process of dealing
with prisoner from the time of his arrest until
his con viction? A.-Ons month.
Q.-Who appoints the Police Commissioner?
AIR Weles.
Q.-What is the population of Brooklyn?
Anew York.
Life: Exasperated Citizen-Look here, 1
want to make a complaint against your con-
founded cable cars. Yesterday got caught in
n blockade and had to sit and wait for nearly
an hour
Superintendent-That ust like you fellows,
never satisfied. Why, another man just came
in and complained that the cars went so fast
he couldn't get on.
Life: Mr.. Observation-Disclosures OBrien,
vos it your liddel poy dot magician took silver
tollars from his nose and ears at der show last
night?
Mr. O'Brieu-It was my boy Dennis.
"How much week will you dake for dot
poy'"
Life: Skinner-Is Mr.. Laylow one of your
permanent boarders?
The Landlady-He is. told him he couldn't
leave until he had paid up.
THE AMERICANS THE BEsT-FED PEOPLE IN
THE WORLD.
DIR. Moreau dc Tours, the eminent French
hygienist, has found as result of his studies
that the Americans are by far the best-fed people
in the whole world. He says that the French
workman gets less than half the food of an
American, and even in Great Britain, the most
carni vorous of European countries. the indi-
vidual consumption is less than two-thirds of
that of the American. In Germany, Austria,
Italy, Spain, the consumption of meat is, as
compared with the American, in the order
named and is from one-third in Germany to
ne-tenth in Italy, and in Spain infinitely
less The best-fed class of laborers the world
ever saw was the Southern negro in slavery
times. Each adult received weekly three
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NOW OUT.
No. 5 of The National Tribune
Library.
History Of Slavery in the
United States.
NOW OUT.
BY JOHN MCELROY.

There issues from our press this week
No. of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE IL
BRARY-" History of Slavery in the United
States" By John McElroy. This is a
handsome, large pamphlet of 81 pages,
printed on fine paper, and illustrated. 1t
gives in a compact form the main facts in
the origin and development OF the pecu-
liar institution " in this country. It's prin-
cipal contents are:
Slavery Older than History.
Introduction of Slavery into this Country.
Beginning of the Abolition Agitation.
Ordinance of 1857.
Opinions of the Fathers Of Our Gov
eminent.
The Colonization Idea.
Invention of the Cotton-gin Gives New
Life and Vigor to Slavery.
Developm ent Of the Slave Trade.
Horrors of the Ubiquitous Traffic.
The Abolition Movement.
Slavery in Politics.
Free States and slave States"
The Missouri Compromise.
The Annexation of Texas.
The Wilmot Proviso.
The Fugitive Slave Law.
Repeal of the Missouri Compromise
Popular Sovereignty.
The bred Scott Decision.
Slavery DISCREPANCIES Parties.
Bully Brooks's Assault ON Senator Sum-
ner-
John Browns Raid on Harpe-'s Ferry.
The Final Abolition of Slavery.
Sent to any address on receipt of five
cents.
Address THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
Washington, ID. a.
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pounds Of bacon or pork, 10 pounds Of farina-
ceous food usually fresh corEmeaD and vegs
tables Of every species al HbitUm. Each negro
then consumed annually $50 pounds Of meat. of
a quality superior to that Of any European
people whatever. being from two to three times
superior in nutritive value. To-day the South
ern negro lives more luxurously, not merely
than any other laborer. but than the middle
classes Of any European nation whatever. Com
pared with Asiatic peoples the figures arc abso-
lutely startling.
Alex Hogg. Civil Engineer. makes elaborate
calculations to show that trains will run faster
from West to East than the other way. owing
70 the influence Of the earth's motion. Another
writer thinks that the moons attraction should
be taken into account. and that trains will
sometimes run faster one way than the other.
-
The European papers are beginning TO talk
of the Empire Of the United Ststes"-that is.
that the Monroe Doctrine means that we shall
assume an imperial" attitude toward the rest
Of the Americas. Well why not?
Chicago swore or 10 some purpose January L
by abolishing 1000 saloons. But as she has
$500 left, man need not actually burn up with
:hirst from the time he leaves one drinking
place before he can reach another.
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IIE NEED NOT BE ALARMED.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / served
two years during the wa; and was shot
through the head from ear TO ear. / suffer
terribly, as my wound is open. get S24 per
month pension, and must Pay some days as
high as So doctor bill. l have had two
surgeons tending me at one time; / have
screamed with pain for l3 days and nights at
a time, without food or sleep. Now do you
want to reduce my pension to s. per month,
or what do you mean by Service Pension
Bill? ! fear such bill would send many Of
us TO the poorhouse. ] should have had $50
long ago instead of a reductiOn.-D. II.
SMITH, Co ID, Doth Pa Cav, Elliotsburg Pa,
Our comrade need not be a particle
alarmed. No one wants to take a cent
away from him, but rather give him
much more. Double his present pen
sion would be small return to him for
what he suffers
The Service Pension Bill will not
affect those who are receiving disability
pensions in any way, except to make
sure that no man shall receive less than
So month on any account. Its first
and greatest benefit will be to those who
are receiving no pensions at all. With
out any more ifs or ands it will place
every one Of these on the rolls at IS a
month, withoutin any mannerprejudicing
their claims for more, either under the
old laws or the Act of June 81, 1890.
The men most vitality interested in it
are those who have been trying for
years without success to get their claims
allowed. 1t will stop all the present
tiresome fol-de-rol by giving them at
once, as a matter of right, a pension of
IS month. They can then go on and
prove up their claims for more at leisure,
having in the meanwhile enough to put
bread in their mouths.
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SONS OF VETERAN

We believe in very small Sons Of
Veterans Camps, at least for begin,
ming. The start should be made by q
coterie of Sons who naturally associate
together in their community and who
want some recognized bond of associa.
ton. Organization as Sons of Veterans
will supply this tie, and the membership
should be limited to those who have
similar tastes, education, temper, etc.
In this way the Camp will have social
feature, like a club, or a lodge, or a
church, which will insure its permanence
by developing pleasant fellowship among
all its members. Their wives and sweet
hearts will be drawn together, too, 50
that the Camp and auxiliary will become
a powerful and stable organization. Let
other sets and lotteries form other Camps.
As the number of young men anywhere
of exactly harmonious tastes and ideas
is always small in any community, this
implies small Camps, but this is COM
pensated for by the members being
brought closer together and being made
brothers in fact. This does not for nm
instant involve the formation Of classes "
among the Sons of Veterans any more
than the operation Of the same rule
builds up classes among the Masons or in
the Church denominations. Member
ship in Masonic lodges, especially in
large cities, is restricted to those who are
personally agreeable, and a man who
may not be wanted in one lodge may be
a very desirable member of another !;
yet, they are all good Masons, and in the
larger gatherings associate together with
the greatest pleasure. In every com
munity there are wide divergenees among
the young men as to pursuits, pleasures
and social intercourse. Let each natural
group of these form its own Camp; con-
duct its affairs in their own way, subject
to the general Rules and Regulations of
the Order, and affiliate fraternally with
Camps composed of other young men of
different tastes and objects in life. The
Order is broad and catholic enough for
all of these, and in it they VIII find
pleasure, profit, and an inspiring sense
of the highest usefulness.