The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-21

| they sleep. Again. there recently dleu Ia
our State another member whose homo
and little ones were In old Virginia. lie,
too. was not provided With insurance. OUT
for his loyalty to the Travellers Protective
Association felt that we ought to help
bear the burden of transporting his body
TO his loved ones.
But how could we extend aid in such
cases. with no previous concert OF ac-
tlon? Therefore, l prepared plan In de-
tail, submitted II during session OF our
last State convention and 1t met with
unanimous approval from all present.
appointed committee which perfected the
details. charter from the State was Sc
cured and we are now ready to provide
Immediate financial aid for the burial OF
the members OF the league, and other
pressing wants their dependent ones may
require at a time, too when they are
bowed down In grief for the loss of the
one who has provided for them, but alas
can provide for them now no more for
ever
But now his family will not be forced
to ask for charity, for the provident mem
Der had thought of them when he Joined
ou league and be they rich or poor and
meet death from any cause any cause,
mind you, 1t Is possible to pay their fam
lilies 5000 within an hour. To this end
was born the Benevolent League OF Texas
Travellers and ! dare say IT will ful0l its
mession of genuine good and be God
send to more than one despairlng, sor-
rowing wife mother or child, / dare say
also that If all the divisions here were
to Investigate its objects and the great
good it will accomplish in many cases,
they, too. will have a benevolent league,
though ] think each State should adopt
Its own plans--onlv this: Make eligibility
in the Travellers Protective Association
the cole condition OF membership DO
this and. in my Judgment, It will not be
two years until every State that adopts II
Will double its membership. II Is taking
like wild Are" IN Texas. We have had
our charter now five days and we have
nearly 100 members We will have 500
members In ninety DAYS It Is not IN.
% tended as insurance. Some can't buy
insurance and vet we would collectively
!, aid them in this way, knowing that we,
% too may need It for our loved ones. 1t
Is Intended to give Immediate aid where
an insurance policy might not be paid for
weeks or months.
beg to state the only adverse criticism
t came from National Headquarters; and II
! remember rightly. the glst of It was
7 that II might make our division so pop
ular hat members from other States
: might withdraw their membership ana
place 1t with the Texas division. While
the originator of the ldea% yet | do not
desire to have YOU think that ! am the
sole creator of this feature as 1t now
stands but to NV committee and present
co-workers In the management Of this
movement Benson, Booth Marchhank
Simmons and Boldt. is due a greater share
OF the honor whilst the recipient of the
patronage and influence OF the Travellers
Protective Association yet the "Benev-
- client League OF Texas Travellers" is r
no wav connected with the Travellers
Protective Association, except that -
. members must be members OF the Texa.
, division.
In signing an application blank, on,
must affirm that he is a member in goot
W standing OF the Texas division Of tn,
\. Travellers Protective Association as NJ
:. one else is eligible. He must pay 81 10
membership fee. 90 cents for dues Januar,
- l. 1900. and one death assessment OF 81
This entities his beneficiary In case OF hi
death to receive $500 Immediately 9TH
same day II posshlel that the presiden
and secretary is notified OF his death pro
vided there are 600 members OF the asso
a. citation; and at least the number OF dol
cd lars that there are memberships paid in
es Upon The death OF member another as
sessment OF 81 only is made, and so on
- Mr. James e. Ludlow. secretary an
treasurer of The Texas division, Traveller,
F Protective Association. made the folown
report at the National convention
j., To the Officers and Delegates in Conven
IL tion Assembled at Louisville, KY Ma
16 to 49, 1899.
Gentlemen--We come before you wit
no apologies to offer for the largeness
he our State, but IL possible, would impress
upon you that there is no truth in the sa
tire so often applied to Texas when it
remarked that all some places need
plenty Of water and little good society
N That hell is one of those places and Texa
AZ another. This statement is proved b
no Texans to be false by the fact that so man
n haU tor 1
occasion than when making pilgrimage
an through the sands and dust of Oklahoma
"a indian Territory, Arkansas. Missouri, Hi
nois, Indiana and other States necessar
III for us to pass through in order for us
- reach this National convention, Th
ia statement might imply that we are TEN
lv perance advocates, Be it so. Howeve
~ II any other delegation can do more tt
of ward putting Kentucky products out
o. harms way than we can, we Will gladl
no step aside
40 As to society, 10 be sure we do not hay
ed many Ward McAllisters Perry Belmont
n and Berthe, the Lambs, but we do hay
from the forks OF the creeks and the nee
n OF the woods, such bank Of hail goo
a fellows, always well met, In the ranl
e. Of the Texas division OF the Travellers Pre-
a. tective Association OF America that man
an emissary who comes to us from slstt
mr. States falls In love with our style an
cb Texas as their place OF residence, the
or show that we suit them and signify Il b
II having their certificates In the grande,
benevolent association In the world rea
of 50 that they show them as members of II
nd Texas division.
H. We do not have the large cities tbs
he some Of your delegations have in whic
no we can drum up recruits but do not be-
ng leve the statement can be gainsaid whe
We assert that in the ranks Of the Texr
set division will be found greater pereen
,as age OF the commercial men living in Tex
as. and travelling for Its manufacturers An
sar jobbers than in any other State In Il
as Union.
w. II has been my pleasure 70 he an off
he Ger IN the division for about twent
ty; months in that time to have seen a
he same acquire a membership Of over i20
his as compared with less than 500 two yea
emit ago 1t is a source OF supreme satisfa
eet tion TO be able 10 make the statement thu
I, J Notwithstanding our resources are nj
on great, we have such capable board
directors who conduct the affairs OF Il
ian association along such lines OF good bus
lss ness judgment and economy as to enah
md us TO always have balance on the rig
fer side of the ledger. Al our las, annual COZ
~ ypntiOn we wpra able IN ahow a raeb a.,