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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09

any life insurance company or fraternaI
benefit society IN the history Of the civil
lied world
SECRET OF ms GROWTH.
The primary secret Of Modern Wood
men Of Americas Success. as has often
been said, is in its thoroughly represcn-
tative form OF government The mem
bers rule the society. 1t IS conducted
for their benefit, and no ore member
profits more than another 1t has lie
come fashionable of late years to sheer
ct popular American government. VT
Modern Woodcraft, distinguished from
al other societies in the purity of its
rule, affords striking proof Of Uhs sue
cess of this American system. There
mas been no time WITHIN the history OF
the society when its members were now
erleS5 to make change OF officers or
change the societY's governing WIS as
they saw fit That this mas not been
done, and particularly that the present
head consul AMI head clerk elected in
the year 1890 have bee reelected at eacn
succeeding national convention speaks
volumes in praise Of the efficiency and
popularity OF these officers, and as well.
marks the mass of the society's member
ship as Of superior Intelligence. For,
while the society's popular system OF
government, its purely American ritu-
alism and its admirable frateraI feat
urcs nave been primarily responsible for
its amazing success, Yet. guided by pilots
of less ability, the society assuredly
would, ere this. have sunk on the rocks
where it was cast in the year 1890.
That was a little more than ten years
ago. The society tncn had 1900 mem
bers rent by fractional strife. It's off,
GERS were being prosecuted by the Iii
nois authorities for serious malfeasance;
public confidence in its stability was at
the lowest ebb; it was losing instead OF
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09

TO the credit OF the present manage
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09

ment, too, it should be said that this
great gain has been made while furnish
ing the members OF the society their i'm
sIraEce cheaper than amy other society
from $3.50 to $50 per $1,000 per suuurl-
and transacting the sOc.s-v's immense
and growing business at a cost Of from
- to - cents per year per member. which
expense Includes the erection OF a hand
some $4,000 home Office at Rock Island
H., entirely free from incum1rance. and
in which Head Clerk Halves and ls5
clerks handle the sJcicty's business IN
the thirty-tEree states in which il o1er-
ates
BIT OF HISTORY.
Enough has been said about the So
ciety's present condition. What about
its b-Gth? What about its future? Pioneer
Camp No. the first local camp charter
ed-was organized on Jan 8. 1853. at
Lyons. Clinton county, Iowa. by Joseph
G. Root, the founder Of the society Mr.
Root at the time was an officer in
fraternity operating exclusively in Iowa
His plans We're tco large to make him
consent to Condue his fraternal Iab9rs
to the Hawkeye state. and. as he could
not persuade the society witch which he
was identified to enlarge its field. hs
determined to launch d new society This
was in 1852 1t was not until Jan s. 1883
however, that the first WOodman camD
was organized. or this camp. Mr.. Root
was elected venerable consul, and Albert
Hilton, clerk
Immediately after the organization of
the camp, provisional head camp was
organized. with Mr. Root as head con
sui, Albert Hilton as head clerk. and
Lewis G.. Blaine as head banker These
provisional head officers conducted ma
affairs OF the young society until the first
regular head camp meeting, held in June,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09

gaining members; it's treasury was
empty; It's books of account and records
We're in dire confusion. This was the
condition when. at the meeting Of the
mead camp at Springfield, HI. in Novam-
ber 1890. the entire old management OF
the society was doposed and the follow
ing officers elected:
Hon. William A. No.thcott, GreeuviIIe.
ILL.,, head consul
Mai. c. W. Halves, Rock Island. III.
head clerk
a. R. Talbot, ]. q. Johnson. c. II.
tIeydeckcr, j. W. White and NJ w Mat
thews. board Of directors.
OF these Old officers. elected to rcsur-
rect Modern Woodcraft. Head Consul
Northcott, Head Clerk Halves ana Di-
rector Talbot sim remain. having been
elected at each recurring head camp
without opposition. j. w White Was
director until july. 1879. when he resiged
to accept the general attorneysnlp Of the
society How completely This manage
ment has rehabilbated the society may
be learned from the following state
ment Of gain i'm benefit membership by
years during thcj- control:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09

,;Auditing-C. H Bronson, J. f. Krieger,
I.og..Rolling-J. F. Krieger. K. L. Fen
ney, Griffith Jones. +. Knapp, D. Il. Ed
wards, K. l.. F'ieseler, ]. NJ Nelson,
CHARLES Couplin. Gust Williams, G. Ny
qulst, j. S. Kimball, N. Mcintyre, George
Doriey, r. II. Nemitz, J. Mccormick.
Accommodation-B. E. Harmon, l.. D.
Bissell, A. H. Hooper.
The raising of fund of SIX, 900, the con-
Quoting OF a great amount of correspond
cnce, the fight for reduction of rail-
road rates, the decorations of streets. the
providing of military camp. and other
details have necessitated dozens OF meet
ings The citizens of st. Paul have CO.
operated heartily and it will practically
be gala week for the entire city.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09

Total amount paid to benefi-
Charles. Jan. 5. 1883, to June
l, 1901 -: ...:,......., 81, $1,000
Total insurance in force June
/. 1901 ....:.......,.:.,..... 81 .04o, Ooo, O:o
Average age of society mem
bershfp. Jan. 5, 18S3...... 81 years
Average age of society's mem
bership. June l. 1901 49,. sc years
Average death rate per 100
members, year 1900. ........ 4d
Net gain in membership ben
eft and social. year 1899 -. 10 765
Net gain in membership ben
eft and social, year 1909 -. 1855
Net gain in number Of local
camps, years 1899, 1909. ..... 29s1
Net gain in insurance in force,
years lSS9-19G0 ............ sc4S,GS7,5cO
AS Indicated by the figures, the growth
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09

Music 6 J.; sund, j. N. Mounts,
Reception-Dr. A. w. Whitney, A. w
Lilley, R. H. Nemitz, r. M Cannon, M
Shovel. Nels Larson, J.. H Nieman. 3
+. Harmon. R. L. Bonham, P c. VIII
liams, j. F. Paisley, N. BcIntire, J. D.
Millette, Fl. R. Schroeder, D. Hammer
gren.
Royal Neighbors-Dr. F. r. Plondke
Dr.. L. E. Penny. j. S. Kimbau.
Press-R u. D. Evans.
Parade. G. Thaung; j. E. Dempsey
A. Heidenrich, H: j. F'randsen F. c.
Kinney; S. @. Olmstead, r. L. Bonham
D. f. O'ConneH, DR.. c. f. Sweeney, A
G. Johnson, DR.. e L. Beckley. j. H
Held, John Sternberg, R. ]. Davis, ]. N
Mounts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09
Programme for the Week.


Reception of delegates visitors
observation-disclosures esati
F"renoon-opennG
and responses Assembling
Afternoon-faF"de C al teams
EveninGGrand
F0renoon-Iead
Observation-Disclosures session
delegates
Ia for
Paula Audfor
street.
ForenOOn-Gr"nd
b"nds Royal NeighhOrs and local
mi betvee
prizes a2cens
Observation-Disclosures lie show
day Busine secession
he
to Lake
train
cruise
to Paul bOu III
O at Minnea
I'M
prize sViuta
Wednesday, Thursday
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09
HAS HAD HfG GROWTH
Nearly One Million Members Gained
In Efghteen Years

The following. figures which have been
compiled from the records of the head Of
fee in Rock Island. H.. illustrate brief
~ and succiretiy the growth of the or
der since it Was. first founded in 1888
Membershin. haneGt ard So
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09

cfal Jan. 5, 1853 ...:........... 2
Membership, benefit and So
ciai June l, 1901 ............ s.. coo
No. local camps, Jan. 5.
1893 -.-..... ...........-...
No. local camps, June l, 1901. 1920
No. death claims paid from
Jan. 5, 1883, to June 1, 1901. 11,COO
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-20
WHOLE PASS SYSTEM
 WRONG IN PRINCIPLE.

Evergreen. July 19.-(Special) )-Your correspondent approached lawyers, merchants. farmers and nearly every other class of men and all of them ex- pressed their opposition to the pass system. but asked that their names be not mentioned.
 c. P. Deming. banker. said: T am opposed to members of the legislature receiving passes from railroads and then collecting their mileage"
 Professor J. A. Liner. former Presi- dent Of the Southwest Alabama Agri- cultural School at this place, said: "The whole pass system Is wrong. and I am unalterably opposed to it. It Is corrupting in it's tendency, and placss officials where they will feel under ob- ligations to the railroads. and they will fail in their duty to the people whose servants they are"
 c. S. Rabb. attorney, said: "I am opposed to the pass system entirely, and favor the ordinances offered by both Captain White and Governor Jones. It is certainly reprehensible for a legislator to ride on a railroad pass and then collect his mileage. would do away with the whole thing, or I would make it the law for the. rail roads to give the State certain num-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-20
GENERAL AdNUs's REBUxz.
Calls on President to Stop the Con
 spiracy.

.Raltiunore. July 19 General Felix Arrns. uublisher of The Baitimore Amerloai,.' has teiegraphed the follow ine t0 President MciKnley:
 "Wiliiam Mckinley. President, Canton,
 Ohio:
 'Maclay's history of the navy Is the standard in use at the Naval Acad- emy. Tn the third volume. just issued. the historian charges Rear Admiral Schley with being a coward, liar. caitiff. an incompetent and an insu- bordinate. In an interview in The American this morning, Maclay, the historian, who is a Navy Department clerk, classed as a laborer, and at- tached to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. says that proof of this third volume. which should have been the most glo- rious history in all our naval annals. were submitted to Secretary Long and Admiral Sampson and approved by them in tadvance of publication. also that Long, himself, in his present po- sition, after he had read it, approved this scurrilous attack upon Admiral Schley. These proofs were also sub nitted to Admiral Dewey, who refused to read them.
 of aught were needed to convince any minded man that a clique in the Navy Department has conspired to traduce the hero of Santiago. and that the conspiracy was carried into exc cution while that brave and gallant officer was suffering repatriation on the fever-infested coasts of South America, this should furnish 1t. Will you, Mir. President, in view of>all this. sit quietly by and permit these con- spirators to continue their diabolical work? Every justice-loying American anneatz to vou t0 intervene in .ti1e name and for the sake of fair play. Next to being right all the time. which no man ever was. the best thing is to find out as soon as possible that you are wrong and right yourself immedi- ately.
 "Felix Agnus,
 "Publ!sher Baltimore American"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-20
THE ATTACK ON scHLEY
Secretary Says He Did Not
 Read the Pr00f.
General Felix Agnus Sends sting- ing Telegram to President 1Es. xinley in Reference to Com
 spiraey Against schlsy.

Washington, Julyy is.-The secretary of the Navy has decided that the third volume of Maclays history of the span- ish- American wars shall not be used as text book at the Naval Academy unless the obnoxious language It con- tains in, characterizing the action oA Admiral schley is eliminated. Tns Secretary says that 1t would be mant festly improper to have a history GOA 'taining such intempefate language as text book for the cadets. He will in- form both Commander WainWrients who Ia in command of the Naval Acad- er11y and MT. Msciay, the author oI the history, of his decision.
 Tn tfts connection, the Secretary says that the proofs of the entire yoiume were not submitted to him by the Ills torian. He received only the proots of the third chapter, that relating 70 inc mobilization of the fleets, wnicn contained a summary of the orders which he. as Secretary of the Navys had issued in making the naval prep- .arations for the war. That cnaptsE was satisfactory and he returned U v Maclay with an indication or nis ap- proyai. He says he never saw the ac- count of the battle of Santiago and the criticisms of Rear Admiral Schley untn after the book was published. MT. Maclay was appointed to his present position in the New York Navy Yard August 23, 1900, having been trans ferred from the lighthouse service.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-20
OPINION AGAINST
 MAJoRITY'S COURSE.

Greenville, July 19.-(Special.)--A. A. A. Ezekiel, merchent, said: T am oppos- ed to railroads issuing passes indis- Icriminately."
 J. F. Johnson, banker and merchant The delegates elected to the Conven- ton are running it to suit themselves. The people will pass on their work later.
 J. M. McKinzie. merchant--Raiircads ought not to feel under obligations to issue annuals to State officials.
 Dr. J. A. Kendrick-Let the officials ride on passes If they want to. Any official who could be bribed with a railroad pass should not be elected. J. s. McMullan. merchant and brok- er-I do not care much about the mat ter either way. but am rather inclined to the views as expressed by The Ad- vertiser.
 Ex-Probate Judge l.. M. Lane-The Convention should have prohibited all officials and members of the Legislature from using passes by all means. A. G. Winkler. merchandise State officials pay railroad fare like private individuals. see no reason why they should be a privileged class. The general opinion So far as have been able In the short time devoted to the matter is adverse to the action of the majority of the Convention in it's action on the pass question.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-20
SALE OF OFFICE BY
 ACCEPTANCE OF PASS.

Alexander City. July 19. Especial. )- Among those interviewed today were quite 8 number who stated that the action of the Convention should be re- pudiated by the people, but they did not care to go into print on the sub ject.
 T. B. Turner said-I am entirely op- posed to the pass system. think one man has as much right to pass as another.
 L. M. Johnson-I am opposed to 1t.
 A. V. Tomme-I am against 1t and think some remedy should be had to prevent it.
 P. O. Stevens-I don't see any harm coming from accepting passes.
 Ross Barton, Sr.-I am opposed to 1t and think few more such mistakes will certainly endanger the adoption of the Constitution.
 Dr. A. J. Coley-I think any public official who accepts a free pass from railroads should be deprived of office and I think the Convention should so declare.
 IF. M. Douglass. of the Tallapoosa oil Companyy-I think a man in public office who accepts a pass virtually sells his influence and should not be al- lowed to hold office. The Convention should correct the present system.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-20
HUNTSVILLE OPINION IS l, SOMEWHAT DIVIDED

Huntsville, July 19 -(speciaD --OpLa- ion is divided in Huntsville as to
 whether the Constitutional Convention
 should pass an act denying State offi-
 cials and legislators the right of ac- cepting passes from railroads. A ma pority of the business men here were
 not prepared. to- judge tho ineritssof the case. but enough were interviewed to show that opinions are widely diver gent. 7 fs
 R. l.. O'Neal. publisher of The Mer-
 cury, said: 'I think that State officials
 and legislators should not have passes. It is wrong for officers to accept passes from, railroads when they are ofen
 called upon to decide or settle differ ences between the railroads and the people. It is natural for ap officer to feel under obligation to the corpora
 tions that grant them special favors."
 Charles P. Lane. editor of The Trib-
 une-To deny an officer the privilege of
 accepting a pass Is to stigmatize him
 as a man who would accept a bribe if | offered. 1 don't believe Alabama off,
 cers should be branded that way and see no reason why they cannot accept such small favors from the railroads. Hon. Ed L. Pulley. State Senator, has never ridden on a pass since he has | been Senator. He was not seen to-
 night, but his opinions are known to be against the officials receiving passes.
 Representative John H. Wallace. Jr.- | The Convention acted well. To con- l strue that the acceptance of free transportation would swerve any offi- cial from the discharge of his sworn and patriotic duty is an imputation against the character and integrity of office holding or aspiring Alabamians. | The honor of our citizenship has been ] triumphantly upheld, ,.. Col. R. B. Rhett and MT. R. E. Pet tus are opposed to allowing State off, l cials of all degrees to ride on passes.
 Both believe that officials should not be
 under obligations to the railroads
 Hon. Alfred Moore. Mayor of Hunts ville-I do not consider that the cour- | tesy of free transportation Is extended
 by railroads with any improper mo-
 tives. Enjoying public franchises, they
 merely extend the favor to the office | and not to the office holder.
 | Gen. s. H. Moore said-I think rail
 roads should be required by law to is- sue free passes to all State officials.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-20
COLONEL SCOTT SAYS
 REFORM IS NEEDED.

Auburn, July 19.-tSpecial.) .)-The Ad- vertiser correspondent met Hon. s. s.
 Scott on the streeet this morning. and. remembering that Colonel Scott was a member of the Constitutional Conven-
 tion of 1875. asked him for his opinion
 on the free pass question. In reply, Colonel Scott gave the following short
 interview: "The clause in the present Constitution against the giving of free
 passes was put in after a slight wran-
 gle, the opponents contending. as Is
 done in the present Convention, that 1t was too small a thing to be put in a Constitution
 "The nullity of that clause, owing to the failure of Legislatures to enact ap- propriate legislation to carry 1t into ef- feet, shows the necessity for the new Constitution to speak out boldly and emphatically against this evil by pro- viding effectually for it's abolition. AL though the men of whom our Legisla- lures, etc., are made up. can not, of course. be bribed by free pass. yet
 the tendency of the whole system Is bad.
 ,.'I have been member of the Legis- lature of Alabama for about a half dozen sessions. and have held other of- | fcial positions. While this was the
 case, I could never set my consent to
 accept free pass from a raiiroad."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-20
FREE PASSES ARE A MENACE
 TO THE MORALS OF ALABAMA
From le Gulf to Tennessee Citizens Demand That the AS asing System Be Abolished and Insist That the Constitutional COnvcn-
 tiOn Provide for Relief.

Citizens of Alabama are aroused over the apparent intention of the Con- stitutional Convention to ignore the demand of the people for relief from the evil of the free railroad pass sys- tenn which menaces the public morals of the State. Protests continue to pour in upon The Advertiser from every sec
 tion of Alabama. Many public officials have been interviewed and with one
 voice they declare that the Convention
 should provide that public officials
 should not thus be influenced by rail- road companies.
 A statement from Hon. s. s. Scott of
 Auburn, a me ember of the Constitu-
 tional Convention of 1875 is particularly interesting, as he was one of the dele gates to the Convention which framed the present Constitution who protested against the meaningless section on the subject which was adopted by that
 body.
 It is noteworthy that Hon. John F. Burns of Dallas County. another mem
 ber of the Convention of 1875. and delegate to the Convention of 1901, made an effort yesterday to incorpor- ate the anti-pass clause in the Article on Legislative Department. MT. Burns says that in the Convention of 1875 he pointed out the inadequacy of the clause which was adopted. He has
 been in public life many years and does not accept railroad passes as public officials.
 It has developed that MT. Murphree
 Inf Pike was not the only member of the Committee on Corporations who voted against recommending the pres
 ent section of the Constitution for
 adoption by the Convention. MT. Fer guson of Jefferson voted against rec ommending the meaningless section to
 the Convention. MT. Ferguson is not a railroad attorney.
 It is said that there has been consid- erable change of sentiment on the sub
 ject by members of the Committee on Corporations, and that the matter may
 be reconsidered before the committee
 makes it's final report. The commit tee will meet Tuesday evening. A majority of the Convention gave
 notice yesterday afternoon by it's vote
 to overrule the temporary President General Harrison of Lee, that the Con
 vention will take up the railroad pass
 question at it's pleasure and that II | v,;lI not he stified.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-20
CONDEMNATION FOR
 CONVENTIONS ACTION.

Clayton, July 19.-(Special.)-I made a partial canvass late this afternoon as to the views of the citizens and business men of Clayton on the official pass matter. and submit herewith ev- cry expression.
 Andrews & Martin-We favor having every man pay his fare.
 l., H. Lee-I am opposed to free passes being used by officials.
 w. H. Thomas-Make them pay for riding.
 1T. R. Parish-Better let every man pay.
 pr. J. T. Floyd-I am opposed to the officials using passes.
 T. H. Ventress-I always have to pay my fare.
 E. P. Thomas-I am opposed to ju- dicial and legislative passes.
 J. E. Meadows-I am not in favor of official free passes.
 M. H. Parish-I think the measure is associated with danger to the adop- tion of the new Constitution.
 The concensus of opinion is condem- natory to the action of the Convention on the official pass matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-20
HON. CHARLES E. WALLER AGAINST THE SYSTEM.

Greensboro, July 19.-(Special. )-Hon. Charles E. Waller, ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives-I am in fa- vor of prohibiting the issuance Of passes to any persons, including rail- road officers and attorneys. I am op- posed to the effort to make the posi- ton of Representative in the Gen. eral Assembly less honorable.
 Hon. Thomas E. Knight-While l think self-executing provision should be adopted by the Convention, prohtb- iting the issuance of free passes by officials. yet have so much conf dence and faith in the wisdom, intel ligence, conservatism and patriotism of the men composing the Constitutional Convention that am willing to give my approval to any law that the Con- vention may adopt on the subject.
 From the expressions I can gather today the above voices substantially the sentiment of this community.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-20
GEoRGIANA DIVIDED
 ON PASS QUESTION.

Georgiana, July 19.-(Special.)- most the sole topic of>discussion on the streets here Is the work of the Consti- tutional Convention, and it is with much eagerness that our citizens pe- ruse the columns of The Advertiser each day to see what change or what new law has been passed or what old one has been annulled or repealed.
 The topic for discussion yesterday was the item of free passes for State officials and the general opinion that seemed to prevail is that the Constitu- tional Convention could leave that matter to the will of the railroads to do as they might seem proper. Some very sharp criticism was indulged in that the body should give so much of it's time and also its approval to such an act, several expressing the opinion that free passes are an evil
 In the way of just and fair Legislation at times. .
 The following are expressions from some of the more prominent citizens here:
 MT. l.. H. Bryan, drugglst-I think that State officials are shown enough fayors and can see no just cause for granting them free passes any more than other citizens.
 MT. R, w. Black, merchant-I can
 see no real harm in granting free passes. but see no need of so much unnecessary legislation on the subject.
 Robert Binion, councilman-I am not
 in favor of not granting any free passes to State officials just because they are officials of the State. Every lawyer of much ability is carrying free pass, and if is hard to estimate the harm these passes may do in courts of jus tice or to retard fair legislation. do not favor granting them free passes. as they should stand on the same footing as other individuals and there should be no grounds for asking or for extending favors from the State of