Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-04-12
MAY RECALL CHARTER.
Jr. o. U. A. M. Delegates Advised of !,
Change in the Meeting Place Of the Ma
tional Council.


Jr. o. U. A. NJ. Delegates Advised of n
Change in the Meeting Place Of the Ma
tional Council.
The Delaware delegates to the next
annual session of tho National Council,
Junior Order Of American Mechanics,
Assistant Postmaster Harry III. Billany
of this city, Frank II. Householder of
Delaware City, Merritt N. Wiiletts of
Middletown and Frank NJ. jones of
Georgetown, have been advised by
Charles Reiner of Baltimore, national
councillor, that the executive council
has changed the meeting place for The
next annual session, which will con-
Mich, to Philadelphia. This change
was due to decision handed down in
Harrisburg, Pa, by Judge Woiss, a
few days ago, in which he held that
the National Council, being incor.
porated in Pennsylvania has no legal
right to hold its annual meetings any
where outside of the State. AS a
matter of fact, although the charteI
was secured IN 1888, the annual session
has been held in Pennsylvania only
once since that time. The national
councillors communication to the dele
gales is as follOWS.
Dear Sirs and Brothers: Whereas,
controversies have existed within the
order since the Minneapolis session of
the National Council. questioning the
right OF the National Council to enforce
its laws and to levy and collect a
reasonable rer capita tax for its main
tenance and support, and whereas Derry
Council, No. 40, of Hummelstown, Pa,
brought suit in the Dauphin County
Court of Pennsylvania 10 enjoin the
collection Of said tay from said Derry
Council, and whereas said court ruled
that the levy OF said tax was illegal by
reason Of said session of the National
Council having been held beyond the
boundaries of the State of Pennsyl-
vania, and upon that single point re-
strained the collection of the said tax
from said council, and whereas an ap-
peal from said decree has been perfected
in the Supreme Court of Pennsy lvania,
pending which all the issues involved
in said suit remain undetermined,
leaving unimpeded the legitimate work
of the organization under the laws
passed at the session of the National
Council at Minneapolis, June, 1899,
therefore, be it known: That the next
place Of meeting of the National Coun.
Gil is hereby changed from Detroit,
Mich, TO Philadelphia, Pa, and that
said session is hereby called to convene
the 10Th day of June, 1900. Yours fra
.ternally in ", l.. and p. Charles
Reimer, National Councillor.
The conventions will be in session
about five days and as the National
Republican Convention will be in ses.
sion in the same city at the same time,
there should be plenty of excitement.
1t is merely coincidence that the two
conventions meet on the same date.
One of the local delegates, in speak
ing of the effect OF the judges decision
concerning the charter, said In all prob
ability, at the next convention, wha,
has been done at conventions outside
of the State will be re enacted to insure
their legality and the charter will be
recalled. Some are in favor of allowing
the body to stand unincorporated,
while others may advocate having il
incorporated in some State where il
will not be necessary to have the annual
meetings in the State.