Richmond planet., 1897-11-06

and seven hundred and thirty eight
dollars and sixty three cents. And yet
with only something over five thous-
aud dollars in its treasury on page so,
of the minutes Of the 10Th Annual Ses-
sion, Rev W. w. Browne is officially
quoted as follows:
A COOL PROPOSITION.
81 will tell YOU what will please me,
you give me ($40 0OO) FORTY rHoUsAND
DOLLARS and pay il to me in seven
years from the General Fund and i
will be satihed "
And yet although the General Fund
had no balance as reported in the min
utes of the 18th Annual Session, page
100, it having paid out ($3,O77 6S) three
thousand and seventy-seven dollars
more than it took in, Rev. w. w.
Browne deliberately took out OF the
savings bank two thousand dollars on
the regalia department sale and i've
thousand dollars on his alleged plans
sale The entire amount in the treas
ury OF the Order including everything
as only ($5, ,l23 97) five thousand, one
hundred and twenty-three dollars ard
ninety-seven cents. See 18th Annual
session Minute, page 1O1.
We ask these executive officers in
all fairness lis not this just cause
for the fight upon Rev W. w
BrowneI the Grand Fountain
WHAT Is rHE HEAD2
Before deciding whether TO destroy
the head is to kill the body. it would
be well to enquire as to what is the
head. That which is regarded as the
head of tre United states is the office
~ 81 TTnsroA
and not the man, VIM. Mckinley; that
which is regarded as the head of the
state of Virginia is the office of Gov
ernor and not the man, Charles L
o OFerrall; that which is regarded as
the head OF the Grand United Order of
Odd Fellows in this country is the Of
| flee of Most Worshipful Grand Master
and not the man, James T. Needham
that which is regarded as the head OF
the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Py-
| EhIas, n A, =, A r A. and A. is the
flee of Supreme Chancellor and not
the man James y. Ross that which is
! regarded as the head of the Grand
Fountain, United Order of True Rs
formers is the office of Grand Worthy
| Master, and not the man. William w.
1 Browne.
II this were not so, each organiza-
Il tAOu NOOl0 CCdoC w ilNO 0len Vic ACabD
of the man. The ancient and modern
cry, The king is dead, long live the
king" is true in CT ese cases. When one
goes another arises to take his place
lie is nonsense tnen TO say that because
we attack Rev. Brownies methods
that we attempt to kill the organizs.
tion.
THE REAL assassin.
| 1t looks to US as though Rev. Browne
is attempting to kill it. These execu-
| tive officers adduce more Of their vol
len figures, They charge that we hsv,
misre presented the organization, de
spite the fact that we have cited The
public TO their own official records
giving the page and the lines wher,
they may be found.
Take for example the 18th Annua
Minute, page l54. Cashier Hill reports
tnat the total amount due depositor
Is ($9l ,773 04) -ninety-one Thousand sew
en- hundred and seveDty-three dollar
and four cents. 1t is the 3rd line from
the bottom en- that page On the sam
/ lpsge, Tn line from the top, he report
ID only ($25 .929 I'D twenty-f five thous
! and Sihe hpudred and twenty-nin
Idoliars and s%seRteep cents in cash i
Lhe bank.
sIxTY-BIvE THOUSAND DOLLARS BLoAT
ING.
This was ,843 S7) sixty five thous
and, eight hundred aud forty-thTe
dollars and eIghty-seven cents les
money than they owed the people wh
had put money In the bank
W hat had been done with this sixty
five thousand dollars? To whom ha
, IL been loaned? On this same page
Cashier Hill reported that he ha
loaned $50 ,428 80 out on mortgages.
Ii so. whose property is mortgaged
Is it the individual property OF tn
members OF the Order or is it tn
buildings OF the Grand Fountains II
sef? III the money which has bee
! used to purchase the properties q
Washington. Baltimore, hoAnoke, MOI
folk, Portsmouth and Danville, is ths
of the depositors Of the Bank, VIII
: did Rev. W. w. Browne report to th
Order that it did not owe a cent o
any of its buildings except the $l4 ,OC
Which was then not due?
ALoeIoAL DEDUCTION.
II these facts are true, and Oashie
Hill figures and not ours show thi
q they are, then the buildings of tt
!, Irue RefoRmeFs are not paid for an
The Order owes the Banks deposition
, money ranging anywhere from fifty
: sixty thousand dollars. And yet tt
I Grand Fountain voted to Rev. Brown
\ nifty Thousand dollars for his one do
!. lar copyrights, which amount was te
y thousand dollars more than he char,
= ed.
- Is not this just cause for the figl
) upon REV. W. w. BrowneJ the GraI
a Fountain
AND so HE DOES.
The Executive Officers of the Ord
solemnIy but ironically say, m
| Mitchell outside Of the Ord er know
g m,~%s than the hundreds OF delegat
, VINO wet away satisfied alter havii
r had the accSssntS eEsmined and q
proved by com petens committees.
J. The above is absolutely true. a.
. they will know as much as We do,
N they will take your figures and as csr
= fully study and compare them as '
St nave done So the dissensions betwe'
le che officers have been patched up.
be it.
v In the face of these facts, and
ly shortage for the year OF seven thou
r, and dollars, these officials are forci
90 to come together ana attemp ito justl
and uphold Rev. Browne. We pau
tn 10 remark that five thousand dolls
n more is now due on those copyrights
OLD FOLKS HOME.
OF
So This last named individual after /
ng ing directed to buy an Old Folks HoI
re site for the organization purchas
h, Westham Farm in his own name, pa