The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-19
JR. 0. U. 4 N. ROW.
State Council Meets in Tren-
ton Next Week to Dis
cnss National Order.

The thirty-hrst annual session of the
State Council, Jr. Q. U. A. M, viii meet
in Masonic Temple, Trenton, on Thurs-
dav of next week. 1t will be one OF the
most important sessions IN the history OF
the order. and a very large attendance OF
representatives and visitors Is expected.
state Council Secretary William II.
Miers has completed his annual report
The following extracts are from the sta
t~istical reports
Number of councils at last report, one
year ago, 269; Instituted during the year,
8; dfsbanded, ], making the present num-
Der. go. Membership at last report,
2s, 2O2; initiated during the year, 3,69S;
reinstated, 615; admitted by card, %.
Total, $3.50. Observation-Disclosures, 1852;
suspended for non-payment of dues, 2,
257; expelled. %; deceased. 1877, lost by
~disbanding council, 40; total loss, 2,6ss;
membership. 1854; net gain, 1912.
Receipts-For dues, ETC.. 1922. S2sas; from
other sources. SOS, rs; total receipts, $685.
So. SO: paidsout for weekly benefits, ST.
COG. 100; funeral benefits. s6a.234; invested,
$34. 71s; expenses. s152.S94.6s; total worth
of councils in real estate, paraphernalia,
etc, 1854, 124.e0.
The following are the present officers
of the State Council:-State Councillor,
Luther Il. Hensel. of Valley Forge Coun-
ell, No. 2, Jersey City; State Vice Coun-
cilor, Maurice A. Rogers. of Lincoln
Council, No. /. Camden; State Council
Secretary, william II. Miers, of Malaska
Council, nc. 4. P~hilhpsburg; State Coun-
ell Treasurer, ]. ]. Reed, NJ. D., of Ash
land Council, No. Is, Seabright; Junior
Past State Councillor. Fergus A.. Dennis.
of Stockton Council, No. &c, Princeton;
State Council Conductor. John N. Austin,
of Washington Council. No. S, Mt Holly;
State Council Warden. David D. Slaight,
of Eastern Star Council, No. ia, New
ark; Inside Sentinel, Zeb. Gaskill, of FIJI
deity Council, No. {. Melville; Outside
Sentinel. George H. McGown, of Industry
Council, No. s., Jersey City.
1t is likely that there will be lively
times at the coming session of the State
Council. SO far as heard from, the sub
ordinate councils of this State have in
| structed their representatives to vote
against paying any money to the Ma
tional Council, because of the action OF
that body at it's recent session at Min
neapolis, in practically disfranchising the
members of the order in the Eastern
States by the readjusting of the basis of
representation and by other arbitrary Leg
i~slation. which, it is claimed, was in con-
t~ravention OF the organic law of the or
der.
The State Council of Pennsylvania, at
it's session a few weeks ago at Scran-
ton, voted not to pay the per capita tax
of Pennsylvania to the National body,
which with its membership of T.00o, would
amount to nearly $4,000 The National
Councillor at once suspended the State
| Council of Pennsylvania for insubordina-
ton without any charges having been
made and 1t is believed in excess Of his
authority, as he has probably discovered
by this time.
The State Council of Virginia, repre-
/ senting 5000 members, at its session on
Tuesday of this week. followed in the
wake Of Pennsylvania, and there is no
doubt whatever that New jersey, with her
| 30. 900 members, paying $500 per capita to
| the National Council, will do likewise.
The National Council will probably dis
cover when its revenues for the States of
New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Virginia and the District of Columbia,
amounting to nearly $4,000, fail to mater
ialize. that it has made a mistake. and
the disaffeetion is likely to spread 10
other eastern States.
The leading members of the State Coun-
ell of New Jersey smile when it is sug-
gested that the National Council may for
felt the charter of the State Counci OF
New Jersey, with the idea of putting it
out of business. The State Council of
New Jersey is Incorporated by a special
act of the Legislature, which antedates
the charter of the National Council,
which was issued by a court in Philadel-
! phia. Should the National Council per-
sist in its endeavor to coerce the State
Councils tina nave kicked over the traces
| it is altogether likely that they will quiet
" ~reorganize. form another National body,
| and let the old craft sail to its final doom.
The action of the National Council that
is at the bottom of the disaffection is that
on the basis of representation fixed by
that body, the States of New York, Penn
| ~sylvania. New Jersey, Virginia and the
District Of Columbia, with $500. nearly
| three-fourths of the entire membership of
1873. 900, will have but % representatives
in the national body. while the remaining
80 States, with 81 900 members, have SO
national representatives, giving the west
an undue preponderence over the east,
and that power they have not been slow
TO exercise In the lavish and useless ex-
penditure of the funds of the NationaI
| Council and in monopolizing all the hon
ors and well nigh all the privileges Of the
national body.
A union meeting OF the order in the CEN
trail part of the State was held at Somer-
Vile on Monday evening, and the senti-
ment expressed at that time was in line
with what has been stated above, and the
same is true of all sections of the State.
CONTRACTS APPROVED.
FINANCE Board Has a Very Brief