The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-18
D. F. Fitzgerald Is
Made Grand Chief
Ranger.
DEFEATS SLATTERY.
Elected at Massachusetts
Court Convention in
Boston Yesterday.

Boston, May 1.-THE Massachusetts
Grand Court Foresters of America in
convention here today adopted the adj
verse report of the committee on law
on the proposition to take from the
chief ranger the power of appointing
the arbitration committee of the court
and the committees favorable report
on giving courts the power to invite the
degrees staff to perform the initiatory
work
The proposition that courts elect one
delegate, and that the delegate cast
the entire number of votes to which the
court is entitled, was defeated. 1t was
voted that il the making of contracts
for printing, the executive council be
employed and directed to give the pref
erence to Foresters and offices using the
union label of the Typographical union.
The canvass for the office of grand
chief ranger resulted in the choice Of
Daniel F. Fitzgerald of Worcester, the
sub-chief ranger. The vote stood 157
to 40, Chief Ranger j. H. Slattery be-
ing candidate for reelection. To-
night the delegates attended a compli-
DduQuGL
Daniel F. Fitzgerald is a native Of
Worcester and has spent his life here.
He was born February "a, 1868, and was
educated in the schools of this city. He
has been in business in this city for
the past IL years and has been prom
inent figure in local politics. He has
since his entrance into the Forestcrs
been a leading spirit in that organi2a-
ton and has done much towards fur
thering that organization in the state.
During his career in both branches
of the city government he has served
on many important committees and was
for two years a trustee at the city hos
pital. He served eight years in the COM
mon council and one year as alderman,
being elected to the former office to
represent ward four, the banner ward
Pof the democracy of the city. He was
of the first three aldermen to be elect
ed by the democrats under the mnort-
ty representation law. He served i've
years or the finance committee, one Of
the most important committees con-
nected with the city government and
was for six years on the committee on
streets and two years trustee OF the
city hospital.
His Forestic career is Of exceptional
interest to his brother members of the
Foresters. He was admitted to the
Court City Of Worcester during the pc
Rod made immortal by the reign of
Philip B. Roynane, in the year 1890,
and was elected to the first state con-
vention in 81 which was convened in
Fall River He has attended as rep
resentatve of the court every annual
state convention held by the F'oresters
since. The offices he has held in the
Foresters are almost too numerous to
mention. He has served on the state
board of arbitration Of the Foresters
three terms, has been recording secre-
tary of the Court City of Worcester
and chief ranger two terms.
He has attended as state representa-
tive two supreme conventions. one at
Cleveland, O., in 1895, and the other
at Denver, Col, in 1897. At the previous
convention Mr. Fitzgerald was chair
man of the committee on unWritten
work, and at the Denver convention
was chairman of the committee on
mileage and per diem. In 1897 he was
appointed deputy supreme chief ranger
of Massachusetts by Supreme Chief
Ranger J. A. Shaw of New York. He
resigned that office in 1898, after ac-
cepting election as grand sub-chler
ranger of Massachusetts grand court.
Mr.. Fitzgerald has also been mem
Der of the uniformed rank of the or
der, and charter member of the Wor-
cester conclave 81 He has been COM
mander of the local conclaVe two terms
and was elected at the supreme con-
vention at Newport, in 1895, to the Of
flee of supreme quartermaster general.