The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-14
CONTENT WITH AMERICA
RED MEN WILL NOT PITCH THEIR
LODGES IN FOREIGN LANDS.
Reports of Omcers-The Liquor Ques-
tiOn-Next Meeting at WASH
ingtOn-A Reception.


MIA and Market streets. The council was not
| open to "palefaces" (outsiders) The prin-
cipal business of yesterday was the submit
| ting Of the annual reports of the officers.
Robert T. Daniels, Of Griffin, Ca, told, in
| his long talk" of the success of the order
and the good it has done, and he built great
| hopes for the future of the organization.
He urged that greater effort be put to en-
larging the uniformed branch of the order.
| He would like to see great parades of uni
formed Red Men at the annual councils.
| The report of Charles c. Conley, great chief
| of records, showed that a year ago the
membership of the order was 553SS, and
that now it is 1852, 442. The total receipts for
the last year were 81, 246, 31O04. The amount
paid for relief of members was 1886, 7SS 81 !;
for relief of widows and orphans, $9,167.2S;
for burial of the dead, $97 ,414.59; other ex-
penses 500, 536.27. The order has 81, 764 AL 10
invested The report of the treasurer showed
the balance now on hand to be $169l3.12.
Fifty-five new delegates were elected yes
terday morning, bringing the number of
delegates to the council up to 173. Among
them were ten past great incohonees and six
past great sachems. A proposition was in
troduced to translate the ritual into foreign
languages In the order there are tribes Of
Germans and Frenchmen, and they are
clamoring for rituals in their own lam
guages. The proposition was referred to a
committee, and it will be reported on later
in the week. This proposition carries with
it suggestion that the order might be ex-
tended into other countries, but Great Inco-
honee Daniels vehemently renowned the
idea yesterday. 1.-THE Red Men," he said
lis the most purely American order in the
country and is intensely patriotic. 1t is so
purely American that it will never be eX-
tended into foreign countries. Red Men led
in the resistance to England which led TO
the revolutionary war and the independence
of the United States, for it was Red Men
who threw that famous tea into Boston har-
Dor. They fought to a man in the revou-
tionary war. Again in the war of 1912 they
gave their strength to their country. In
this war with Spain whole tribes Of Red
Men enlisted and stood ready to fight for
their country's honor and Cubas freedom"
CONFIDENCE IN OFFICERS.
1t is almost certain that the salary of the
great chief of records will be raised from
81, 800 year to $1,000. A proposition to this
effect was introduced yesterday and re-
ferred to the finance committee, with q
bright prospect of its success. The order,
seemingly, has the utmost confidence in its
officers, unlike the knights of Pythias, for
the New Jersey reservation introduced a
proposition yesterday to reduce the ex-
penses of the Great Council and the off,
GERS and also the per capita tax, and it was
rejected 1t was supported only by the
New Jersey reservation.
The next Great Council will be held at
Washington, d. C. This has not yet been
officially decided but the drift of sentiment
is toward Washington almost exclusively.
There is considerable wonder among the
delegates that the tribes of Indianapolis
were able to raise as much as $1,000 for the
entertainment of the delegates to the coun-
ell. AS there are including the wives and
daughters of the delegates, only about
three hundred persons identified with the
order attending the council, there is enough
money to entertain them for weeks If they
were to stay
The representatives of the New York res
ervation introduced a proposition to adopt
the old continental uniform for the uni
formed rank Of the order. This brought up
general discussion of the Uniform Rank.
Years ago the order encouraged the growth
of the Uniform Rank, and in a short time it
promptly wiped OUT" as the border
novels" call the killing of an Indian. The
sentiment in favor of the Uniform Rank is
again growing strong, ard it is probable
that the Great Council will again encour-
age it. The remarks of Great lncohonee
Daniels on the subject yesterday morning
will have the effect of fostering this senti-
ment. 1t is probable, however, that restrIc-
lions will be placed on the rejuvenated uni
form rank which will prevent its growing
so lusty that it may belittle the original
order by comparison.
This morning the principal features of the
council will be the election of officers and
the consideration of the report of the COM
mittee which has had in charge plan to
revise the ritual Forecasts of the election
have been published, and there is no pros
pect that they will not prove to be true. The
secretary and the treasurer will be re-
elected. The only contest will be over the
Office of great junior sycamore, which is
the office leading to the chief executive Of
fee that of great incohonee There are
five candidates for this office, and the
struggle for election will be exciting. The
plan to revise the. ritual is not in favor,
and will likely be killed.
The delegates look on the question of bar
ring liquor dealers from membership as the
most important one to come before the
ell to prevent a saloon keeper or any man
who sells intoxicating liquor from becom-
against this innovation, and it was assert
ed positively last night, the proposition viii
come to naught. Thc council will consider
it the latter part o. the week.
The Press Club room, in a turret of the
Denison Hotel. continues to be the gather
ing place for the Red Men in holding forth
in social chats, and there can be found all
the creature comforts" that go with
chatting" The business of the council will
at the theaters, the state fair and the other
places of attraction about the city. This
afternoon the visiting women Will attend
the performance of "Superba" at the Grand
Opera House. and tonight they will go TO
see Shenandoah" at English's Opera
House.
TOMLINSON HALL RECEPTION.
The ten local tribes of Red Men, the dele
gates to the Great Council, their relations
and friends and several hundred other In
dianapolis people who had received invita-
tions crowded Tomlinson Hall last night,
the occasion of the public reception All the
seats on the lower floor and in the balcony
were occupied and the platform was filled
with the delegates, the speakers and an or
chestra Just in front of the platform was
a wigwam, made of silk and flowers and
decorated with electric lights. Above the
platform hung the initials or the order,
formed in electric lights. From the front OF
the balcony were draped flags and banners
Past Great Sachem Thomas q. Harrison,
who is a candidate for the office of
ceremonies. and he opened the reception:
The orchestra played The Stars and
Stripes Forever" and when the applause
for the patriotic spirit of the music had
died away, Past Great Incohonee Ralph
Gregory. of Muncie, welcomed the dele
the city or he would have welcomed the
Red Men in the name of the State. Robert
T. Daniel present great incohonee, replied
to Mr.. Gregory. His subject was The Or
der Universal" Our mayor. Brother
Thomas Taggart" were the words with
which Mayor Taggart was introduced Mr..
Taggart is a Red Man and he said that
he was proud that Indiana stood third in