The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-01
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; THE FRATERNAL SOCIETIES
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The principal event of the week in
the fraternal society world was the
union excursion on Thursday to the
summer resorts near the city in aid
of the sufferers from the Park Citv
fire. 1t is gratifying that the excur-
sion was so we'll patronized and the
relief fund thereby substantially bene-
flied
There was little new among the vari-
GUS orders, the work of the week being
mostly of a routine character. Owing
to the hot weather and the absence
from the city of so many people who
have gone to the canyons and the
| mountain resorts the attendance at the
lodges was light and it will likely be
so for a couple of months until the
weather nAoderates. and people get
| down to business again.
enterprise lodge No. Is, /. o. o. F., met
on Wednesday evening with the new
oIncers IN their chairs and large at
| tendance of the members. The semi
annual report for the last term shows
the lodge to be in a very prosperous
condition with very bright prospects
/ for the future. The officers for the
present term are H. w. Sudheimer, n.
g.; j. b. Eaton, V. c.: w c. Watrous.
secretary: B. d. Blackman, treasurer.
The following is a decision of Grand
Sire Carleton which will be of interest
TO the members of the Jurisdiction of
Utah, as the matter was before the last
session of the grand lodge:
Statement-A member of the order is
charged with conduct unbecoming an
Odd Fellow, using insulting language
to the noble grand of the Rebekah
lodge. He is on trial. found guilty. The
constitution provides penalty of SuS-
pension or expulsion for the offense of
which the member was convicted The
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and the matter was appealed to the
grand lodge. The committee on ap-
peals reported that the evidence of the
brothers guilt was overwhelming and
ordered it back to the lodge for the
enforcement of the penalty and the
grand lodge approved the report The
lodge suspended the member for "a
hours. The lodge met Saturday night
Question-WOuld you consider such a
suspension reasonably sufficient pun
ishment and compliance with the
mandate of the grand lodge?
Answer-Where there is a minimum
and maximum punishment prescribed
by law it is the province of the trial
body to prescribe and fix the punish
ment. unless the constitution of your
jurisdiction fixes the minimum period
of suspension the lodge had a right to
nix any period it chose. The punish
ment adjudged by the lodge does not
otIAhc oil as DelnS
adequate, but it having the legal right
to fix the punishment and it being
within the terms of the law, its deci-
sion must stand, as it has inflicted some
punishment.
The current number of the Utah Odd
Fellow is to hand and it is an unusu-
ally meritourouS issue, containing as
1t does condensed and readable news
of the doings of the order in nearly
every town in the Jurisdiction as well
as matters of general interest to all
Odd Fellows.
Silver Maple Circle No. 1OS, Women Of
Woodcraft met on Friday evening.
July 10. with almost the entire mem
bership present and a general good
time was spent. Several applications
for membership were received and ar
rangements made for the excursion to
Saltair on Aug. IL. The committee
from No. los will visit Crescent Circle
No. 101 of Murray on Tuesday evening
to complete all arrangements for the
excursion.
The Mystic Mirror: Fraternity is
spreading over our broad land.
and every city, town, village and
hamlet in every portion of our
vast domain has from one to more
II dtClHdl OIucTS III us HllQSI. Inc So
called secret society has no fears for
anyone any longer. The term secret
was misnomer, applied to mystify
the suspicious. and now that these
things are well understood, the good
honest word fraternal or beneficial has
become most popular About the only
secrecy to any of the orders now are
the signs, grip, initiatOry work and
password. and these are necessarily
secret in order to protect the member
ship from outside imposters and to
recognize each other in the moments
Of need when travelling or in danger.
SO, after all, what may appear to some
as terrible trespass upon the freedom
Of our American right, is indeed a pro-
lection of our American liberties. and
the defender of our American homes.
There is not a fraternal order TODAY.
but recognizes God as the supreme
-uler of the universe. And in our land
of the free and the home of the brave
me constitution and laws of the land
are the foundation principles of every
order. We are taught to respect the
tights of our fellows, to wrong no
nan, to render unto Caesar the things
hat are Caesars" and do unto all
men as we would they should do unto
is. Fraternity teaches us to protect
each other, to guard the good name of
| members family and loved ones to
are for the sick, bury the dead and
EDUCATE the orphan. Can any one de-
lire more?