The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-07
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There was an unusually large attend
ance at Temple lodge No. Is last Mon
dav night as it was the time set for
nomination of officers. The following
were nominated: NJ. W., Brother
Aleck Brown: F.. Brother DR.. Nc
Kenna: O.. Brother r. G. Price; re-
corder, Brother L. H. Gray,
financier; Brother George E. Teasilale,
receiver. Brother Reed, one mela Der,
took the workman degree, and there
are two applicants on the road Mon
day night is election and it is hoped
the brothers will all be on hand, as
other matters OF Importance will be
brought up.
Salt Lake Valley lodge No. u met
last Thursda.r night and elected one
new member 70 the ]. w. degree and
attended to their regular routine bust
ness. The also elected the following
brethren to I'LL the officers chairs for
the term ending June 80. 1897: P. NJ
w, w. 3. Mackey; NJ. w, 7. c. Craw-
ford; foreman. D. G. Calder; overseer,
c. w. Mower; recorder, Joseph S.
Darke; hnancier. Edgar Howe; re-
clever, Joseph William Taylor; trustee,
John 3. TAYLOR. On next Thursday
night this lodge will give an entertain
ment in honor of the ladies of the de-
gree OF hOn0r.
Rocky Mountain Workman: Like
Banquo's ghost, this subject will not
down. The more we look into it the
more we are dissatisfied with it. The
advocates of the measure produce and
publish figures and figures to demon
strate their grounds and intimate that
sentiment" cuts no ice in the dis
cuSSion of it. We humbly beg to differ.
The glorious, grand old order, whose
Ito
brated in every jurisdiction throughout
the length and breadth of the land last
week, was ushered into existence as
fraternal organization, q co-opera tive
concern. AS such. men of all ages
united in a common purpose, the
mutual protection of each others fam
lilies. Shoulder to shoulder they stood
together, until a vast army of $3.50, 900
stalwart Workmen are now banded
together in the holy cause of charity.
nope and protection. Since the days
Of Pioneer Upchurch, through the
working of this brotherhood, over
$7O,OOO,000 Ito be exact, S70,61S,910.4 UP
to September l last) has been dis
trlDuted among over IS, 600 widows and
fatherless. All this during 2S years,
How was this accomplished? By united
action and fraternity. Ten, Is, 20 years
ago men became Workmen as much be-
cause of the fraternity there was in the
order as for the protection guaranteed
They never dreamed that as they grew
older there might come a change, which
would CONCEAL their fraternaI blood.
estrange them from their fraters and
nullify all the good they had done in
the past They were taught and be-
lieved that equality and justice were
governing principles il the order They
were buoyed up with the hope that
their dollars were as valuable in reliey-
ing distress as their brothers coins.
and would continue TO be so. A change
does come; or, at least, one is preached.
whereby they are given new lesson to
learn. The veterans, who have stood
with the order from its early days. are
given to understand that they have
been geeting their protection too
cheap. when, in fact, they have paid
more, three, four and five times over.
than any new entrant can ever paw
under the proposed new plan. The
young man can not, at the rate SET
down for him, pay as much for his pro-
lection as the old man has paid. is pay
ing and viii pay as long as he lives a.
81 an assess nent. If the proposition is
to grade, or classify, we suggest that
the tried-and-true veterans be given
the lower rate. 1t is as plain as the
nose on mans face that they are en-
titled to it. This may not be an are,,-
ment based on mortality statistics. nor
mai death rates, and the like: but if is
founded in fraternity and common
everyday justice.