The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-13
ALEsHIRE PLEADS Eroo17EyNrr


Mr.. Aleshire said: ST stand here and
say to you that all the leading members
OF TINS society, including it's head officers
ana It's directors, are with the PROPOSE
ton to admit Chicago and one or two
other cities. and that the proposition is
Favored by every one OF them I have
talked with Directors Murphy ana Tai
bot and General Attorney White and
Others and they have told me that tbev
favored the admission of Chicago
II mas been said that the admission Of
the cities is in the nature of am invita-
tion to make fraudulent claims unop the
| peneht fund of the Woodman society
want TO say to you that the oniv OK
perience this society has ever had with
any fraud has been in the countrv and
IN country cases. Reference has been
made TO the Fraker case in Chicago. b,1t
not Il word, [ notice. has been said of
| the notorious Hillman case, or OF tna
- Ioole case, where a man went from
Kansas to Texas and died with the
sIiiaipoX' and they filed up the coffin
| with rocks and sprinkled the remains
with foul smelling chemical that would
! lend an atmosphere OF probability to the
alleged death and burial The death
proofs too, were signed by the officers
| OF a country Woodman camp.
| L want to tell you another thing. that
since the organization of the Wcodnnan
| OP
| Illinois members $225, 900 more than tha
members, while living, paid into the So
cletYS benefit fund in assessments and
| illinois is not the only state that shows
/ a deficit. If that is not an alarming CON
clifton of affairs 1 would like to know
what is, and I want to know what
Illinois Will do in the future for the
purpose of doing her part in the ner.
| petulty of this society, If she doesn't
have the material available from which
| to secure new members. The head corr
| SUI report shows that AZ per cent or
the available material OF the state OF
| Illinois is already in the society. II
stands to reason therefore that about an
the material that can be got in Is aIraad,,
III. You must know that you cannot oct
everybody who is available outside of
| Chicago, to become members of the Mod
| ern Woodmen of America
| If statistics are to be ignored if facts
are to be set aside as of no account
| then there is little use of my saving any,
thlng. IL Woodmen are to stand upon
/ tradition and sentiment and the bogus
| prejudice that once existed in life in
| surance circles against large cities IL ts
| useless for me to argue. But I want TO
! beg of you, in the interest Of the future
| welfare of the society," to lay aside mis-
leading tradition. Good conscience. wis
| dom, eXpediency and regard for the
1 SDlGnQlQ
| ton demands the admission of Chicago
| to the Modern Woodmen Of America y
Immediately upon the close of Mr.
| Aleshire's speech J. G. Johnson, of Kan
| sas, moved that the pending substitute,
| with all amendments, be laid upon the
| table The motion was lost viva voce.
| and there was a. few minutes of most in
| tense excitement, for it was thought
| that the vote was q. victory for Delegate
| Aloshire and that Chicago had been adj
| mitted. However, Chairman Northcott
| ruled that the motion to lay on the table
| didn't affect the status of Mr.. Aleshires
substitute, further than to compel the
| convention to vote on all amendments
| thereto, before the substitute itself could
| be voted upon.
'"I7ne parliamentary rule ruled Chair
man Northcott, is that ON a pending
| question ti1e last amendment is consider
ed first. Therefore, the question is
Shall the city of San Francisco be adj
| mitted to the jurisdction?"
At the close of Mr.. Aleshire's talk, he
| called for the separate vote on Chicago,
| Which aroused so much resentment and
| the utter rout Of the cities seeking adj
| mission followed
No other business was transacted dur
ing the afternoon, the time of the con-
| Vention being taken up with pleas for
| and against admission OF the cities, made
by Delegates James, of Illinois; Swasey,
Of Iowa; Pike. of Missouri; Blake, of
iowa, and Srigg, OF Illinois At the con-
clusion OF the battle, the convention adj
iourned at 4:15 so attend the Foresters'
review at Camp Northcott Today being
picnic and parade day no sessions will
be held, the adjournment extending over
until tomorrow morning at O'Clock
TALBOT Is A CANDIDATE.