Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-22
FIGHT FOR HERD OFFICE
Special Meeting OF the Modern
Brotherhood Of America at
Sioux City.
Contest for the Location Of the
Head Office Is a Decidedly
Warm One.
Marshalltown. Sioux City and
Council Bluffs Are Leading
the Race.

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the session.
Pipestone's campaign is being waged
under the leadership Of P. A. Ewert, an
attorney OF that place. He made it a
business to buttonhole every delegate in
the Hobbies in the morning. In answer
to the opinion of many of the delegates
that 1t will be impossible, legally, to
take the headquarters out of Iowa, he
is showing letter from the state au-
Gitor of Iowa stating that he had con-
suited Attorney General Mullan and
that the Offices could be removed from
the state. Ewert has tried to win the
votes of the Missouri and Kansas dele
gates for Pipestone by this aphorism:
Head offices so to Pipestone; secretary
goes to Kansas"
r. Z. Sears, secretary of the Mar
shalltown Commercial Club, early yes
terday morning pinned up in the Gar
retson lobby a big red placard, Mar
stalltown headquarters" He is accom-
panied by P. A. Hawley. a delegate
from Marshalltown, assistant postmas-
ter of that city.
DR.. j. c. Waterman, delegate from
Council Bluffs, came on ahead to tell
the visitors that big committee would
come in the afternoon from that city.
The committee brought job lot Of
cards that read: I'VE are for Council
Bluffs, Ia, known as the fraternal city.
1t has unsurpassed railroad and postal
facilities, half dozen suitable build
ings for the Modern Brotherhood of
America home and the means and dis
position to Push Us Along" There
were twelve Council Bluffs delegates in
Sioux City today to push her claim.
Sioux City's candidacy for the head
quarters is being persistently pushed
by Professor ]. g. Hobson of this city.
Commissioner Earle S. S. Smith Of the
Commercial Club and committee APP
pointed from the club for the special
purpose Of promoting Sioux City's
chances.
While Webster City, Cedar Rapids,
Davenport and Mason City are candi-
dates, it Is recognized that the new
headquarters will probably be at either
Sioux City. Marshalltown or Council
Bluffs.
There is very decided sentiment
among the delegates against removing
the offices from Iowa, even If the law
committee, appointed by the president
to decide this question, determines that
1t is legal to do so.
The first matter that will come be-
fore the lodge meeting when 1t con-
venes at 10 o'clock this morning at the
Y. NJ. C. A. will be the disposition Of
the charges against Secretary A. e.. Ell
liott of Upton. Within the last ten days
Secretary Elliott has been formally
served with charges of INSTRUMENTATION
and Encouragement, preferred by the
board of directors. The officers of the
lodge are anxious to have it understood
that these charges do not mean that
Mr.. Elliott has been dishonest. They
simply mean that Mr.. Elliott Is charged
with conducting the affairs of the lodge
contrary to the wishes Of the director
ate.
81 will not resign my position as secre-
tary," said Secretary Elliott yesterday
1.-THE whole trouble has arisen over the
fact that number of the other officers
were defeated when I was unanimously
reelected at Kansas City last year, and
they are sore"
Delegates to the grand lodge meeting
expressed the unanimous opinion that
Secretary Elliott is hopelessly in the
minority and that he can meyer win out
in the lodge meeting. So certain are the
delegates Of this that three candidates to
succeed Mr.. Elliott have already ap-
feared. They are: e. L. BALI, of Atchi-
-
son, Kas., who is in the construction de-
rartment of the Missouri Pacific; F. e.
Keith, of Mankato, Mimi, and NJ. Dar4
nell, of Corydon, Iowa. The Minnesota
delegates are trying to secure the votes
OF Kansas and Missouri. which will
probably go with Kansas, for Pipestone
as headquarters, by agreeing to vote for
BALI as secretary. He seems to be the
leading candidate.
There will be 147 delegate votes in the
convention. and nearly all of them will
be cast in person. Minnesota will have a
full delegation of twenty-six. Missou-,
ri's twenty-six are already here. They
organized with T. N. Horne. of Black
water, as president, and +. c. Florance.
of independence, secretary. being the
first delegation to organize. Mr.. Flor
ance will probably be a candidate for
the vice presidency, in which vacan-
.cy exists Iowa has fifty-six votes. KAN
sas eight, North and South Dakota elev
en-, Nebraska twelve. Ohio two. Michi-
gan four. and Oregon and Washington
two.
All the officers of the lodge have ar
rived. President T. B. Hanley is stop
ping at the Garretson and Secretary A.
C. Elliott at the Mondamin. President
Hanley, stocky man, well built, with
genial manners and forceful character,
is the busiest man in the Hobbies. The
other officers who have arrived are: ".
A. Grier, Elmora, Mimi, treasurer: DR..
L. L. Baker, Indianola, physician; Dr.
o. d. Wyant, of Upton, editor of the
Modern Brotherhood, the lodges organ.
md the directors, C. A. Fountain, Clark,
$. d.; DIR. j. c. Langan, Clinton, Iowa;
Will II. Kinley, Kansas City, Mo-; T..
w. Richter Owatonna. MINI; and w.
M. NIishler. Atchison, Kas.
The regular session OF the grand lodge
occurs every two years and will meet at
Sioux Falls, s. D., next October This
special session was called for the pur-
pose of disposing Of the charges against
Secretary Elliott and electlng success
cor. II he be removed or resigns. and Of