The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
PARTING SHOT.
SaIina Lodge of pyramids Dis
charges Its Heavy Guns
and Surrenders.


Another chapter in the Salina lodge
charge of fraud against the Ancient Or
der of Pyramids has just been com
pleted and is red hot, not in words espe-
cially, but in the hornets nest of trou-
BILE which it will probably stir up among
the other councils of that order.
The Salina lodge of the Pyramids is
a thing of the past. It passed out of
existance last Saturday night when it
voluntarily and unanimously voted to
return its charter to the head officers
and even or the very same night it
transferred it's entire list of 1877 mem
bers to the rolls of another order, name
w the Bankers Union of the World.
The Salina lodge in defense of its ac-
tion has issued the following state
ment:
Whereas This council Of 1877 members
has decided by unanimous vote to sur
render it's charter, therefore,
Resolved, That our fraternal duty to
other members of the order and our
common duty to our fellow men require
! that a statement be mailed to other
councils setting forth the following facts,
which have moved US to abandon an
order which we have served faithfully,
and seek insurance and protection for
our families elsewhere:
1. Various things Of comparatively
small import have been coming to our
attention from time to to time. rejecting
2 On June 20, 1899, we sent a com
mittee of three good and competent men
earnest workers and officers in our
council - to Topeka and to the
Royal Temple meeting in Kansas
City. charged with the duty of investi-
eating.
8. This committee asked for the CO.
operation of members of the Royal EX-
ecutiVe Board, telling them plainly that
they were sent to learn how things
were run" No assistance whatever was
Hxrc 7rT, d tod
requests for the charter were unaVail-
ing They were denied admission to the
Royal Temple as spectators. although
one of them was a member of the Royal
Temple under any fair construction of
the bylaws, and although many per
sons were admitted as voters, who were
wholly ineligible under the bylaws.
They were forced to seek information
from offices of insurance commissioners
and secretaries of state and from mem
bers of the order other than the officers
above mentioned.
A. We have certified copies of charter.
of reports to insurance department and
other documentary evidence, estab blish-
ing conclusively our statements which
follow:
The order is now controlled absolute
ly by E. S. McClintOck, royal prophet:
c. s. McClintock, his son, royal medical
director; and F. p. Long, his nephew,
royal scribe-these three being a ma
jOrity of the royal executive committee
of five. who under the charter hold
ONCE 1OE lie unless In6y resign OF are
removed by themselves. The Royal
Temple, under the charter, has nothing
but advisory powers. The executive
committee of five has supreme control.
Under the charter the form of govern
ment is not representative. Under the
charter and under existing circum-
stances, e. s McCintOck is practically
supreme and absolute dictator. The
members of the order can have no effec-
tive voice in the government that is not
approved by him Our supposed repre-
sentatiOn is a snare and a, delusion. We
have legal advice which says that un-
der existing charter it can not legally do
business in Kansas. DR.. Andrews who
in the judgment of several mem berS of
our council who knew him, is most
excellent and competent man, resigned
months ago because he felt that he
could not afford to be identified with
such a management as the McCHntocks
forced upon the order. We are told
that Mr.. Rodgers, who is regs rded as a
good man, will resign from the execu-
tive committee soon We do not know
whether this is true or not He has
been out of the position of royal scribe
for some months. The business methods
of the royal officers have been faulty Ito
state it mildly, their reports have not
been accurate, such as auditing of ac-
counts as any reputa BILE insurance COM
pany or bank or trust company would
require has been impossible. Things too
numerous to mention lead US to the con-
viction that the order under its present
management is unworthy of confidence
and can not be relied upon.
Resolved, That copy of these reso-
lutions be forwarded, over the certifi-
cate of our noble prophet and scribe
to other councils of the order.