Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-28
wooDMEN BILLS FRIENDS


Re p,sssntative WcEniry's Remarks IN the
House For Il.
The Springfield Register, speaking
of the taking mp Of Avery's bill in
the house. in relation to fraternal
and beneficiary societies, in other
words, the Woodmen relief bill,
which yesterday became law. said:
''Mr. McEniry spoke at length in
support of the bill. He said that the
principal object of the bill. 50 far Is
it affected the Modern Woodmen of
America. WAS to enable the conven-
ton of the order to determine in
what city in the state headq uarters
shall be maintained. -Four years
aga, said he, the Modern Wood
men of America, at their meeting in
Omaha, decided to change the head
quarters from the village Of Fulton.
but as soon as they did that the gen.
tlemen in Fulton. who are now
lobbying here upon this floor against
the passage of this bill, sued out q
writ of injunction. and prevented
the removal of the headquarters.
The court decided that under the
statutes the location of the head Of
fees would not be changed. l appeal
to you gentlemen, and ask you Why
should not corporation of this char
acter, a fraternal corporation, have
the right to change it's head
quarters from one town to another
IKE any other corporation? This
order now has 260, 900 members, aud
venture to say that there il not q
member of that order who does not
live in the village who is not ready
and willing to change the headquart-
ers to some other place. Continu-
ing. Mr.. McEniry declared the
charges that had been made against
che head officers of the order to be
without foundation, and in support
OF this assertion he quoted from. the
report Of the insurance department.
"Mr. johnson, of Whiteside, op-
posed the bill. He said that of the
SO orders Of similar kind in the
state, the Modern Woodmen of
America had repeatedly come to
the legislature asking for legisla-
ton to bolster it up. The bill, he
declared. gave the head officers or
directors of the Modern Woodmen
absolute power to change the by
laws and to perpetuate themselves
in office. He called the officers of
that order q self-admiration society.
He exhibited document containing,
he said, some 80 charges against the
head officers, among the charges be-
ing misfeasance in Office and mall
feasance in Office. He declared that
it was not a question of the removal
of the head officers from this town.
but that it was proposed by the bill
to head off the investigation Of the
charges that had been preferred
against tho head officers.
''Mr. Cochran spoke in support Of
the bill. A charge of extravaganza
that had been made against the man.
agement of the Modern Woodmen,
he declared to be unfounded, and he
quoted statistics in proof of his as
sertions. The head officers of the
order we're all men of the highest
character and standing, and the
charges against them had been mali
ciously made.
1.-The bill was then passed-yeas,
ia; nays, 9. Those voting in the
negative were: Barnett, Dineen,
Ely. Gaines. johnson. of whiteside;
Mitchell, Murray. Of Stark. Williams
and Staudacher."
Last evening dispatches came to
the city from Representative Nc
Entry. experimenting and verifying
the one sent to The Argus during
the afternoon, and stating that Gov
Tonner had signed the W oodmen re
lief measure, as adopted by the
house and senate. This gives to the
order the opportunity to proceed in
a manner fully protected by law to
bring its head offices to Rock Island
At it's Dubuque head camp meeting
When a man owns q blooded horse
he is always careful of its health.
He looks after its diet and ia particu.
lar that the feeding shall be regular
and right. While he is doing this it
is likely as not that he is himself sui.
fering from some disease or disorder.
When The trouble gets so bad that he
cannot work, he will begin to give
himself the care he gave the horse
at the start. Good pure, rich. red
blood is the best insurance against
disease Of any kind. Almost all
diseases come from impure or inn
poverished blood. Keep the blood
Pure and strong and disease can find
no foothold. That is the principle
upon which DR. Pierce's Golden Med.
ical Discovery works. II cleanses,
purifies and enriches the blood, puts
and keeps the whole body in perfect
order; makes appetite good, diges.
ton strong. assimilation perfect. II
brings rudy, virile health. l.
builds up solid, wholesome flesh (no,
fat) when, from any cause. reduced
below the healthy standard.
i Ian Aaciaren.
Katharine divers entertainment
Saturday evening in the Central
Presbyterian church will be the next
best thing to hearing Ian Maclsren
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