The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-26
FORESTERS
CONTINUE
SESSIONS
Supreme Court Disposed Of
Business Of Interest TO Order.
List Of Committees Appointed

The second session OF the sth Biennial
OF the supreme court. Foresters OF Am
srdca, now in convention here. opened In
Infantry hall, at 2 o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon, with Supreme Chief Ranger.
Thomas F. Donahue in the chair.
The chief features OF this session were
the reports OF the supreme ranger and
the other supreme court officers, the re-
| port Of the committee on rules Of order
and the presentation OF certain resolu-
tons effectng the amendment OF the
I laws OF order.
The report OF the supreme chief ranger
was in part. as follows
REPORT OF SUPREME RANGER.
when two years ago at Baltimore.
| you confided TO me the duties OF supreme
chief ranger / accepted the office with
thorough realization OF the RESPONSE
bglities that accompanied It, During my
OFFICIAL term I have endeavored 10 do my
! duty as / saw IL: II have erred or been
dereltct In the discharge OF my duties.
Il has been rather through ignorance
than intent.
IT can safely say that. given an ex-
perience OF two tears as supreme chief
ranger most OF you would claim at the
end OF yaur term as I do, that you were
better qualified, by virtue OF your ex-
perience, 10 note the weak points in our
general laws than the average lay mem
ber would be.
1T ts. perhaps. needless to say that
when at Baltimore we sounded the
watchword two hundred and nifty thou
sand we had httle hope that we would
be able TO report that number OF mem
bers at this convention.
II had, however. unbounded confidence
in the earnestness Of our officers
throughout the country and an abiding
faith in the loyalty OF our members /
knew that with Industrial conditions un-
changed and no untoward influence
working within the order might reason
ably hope that the percentage OF gain
established by Brother Ford might be
continued during my term. Had this
persentage OF gain approximately 27 per
cent? been maintained II would have
given us a net increase OF about 5000
members
brothers. look to II that the financial
affairs OF your court are conducted on
a business-nke basis Nothing so arouses
the interest OF hasinterested members Al
does a we'll flled treasury. II your af-
fairs are conducted In a careless manner.
or N dishonesty IL allowed TO continue
unchecked and unpunished. the better
class Of members lost their interest and
ITO quote a statement mede In FOR
mer report, this In n question that Will
not down I have also said that IL had
undoubtedly initiated against greater
growth make the statement adv1sedly
and without hesitation That had the pres
ent ritual not been adopted at Baltimore
we would now be able TO report MEM
bership OF at least 10000 instead or zzl'-
G4.
after an experience OF two years j
have no hesitation in saying that the sal
ary of the supreme chief ranger should be
increased to $1,000 per year. i am not be-
lever in large or disportionate salaries.
but I do beheve that we ought to pay our
first officer such sum per year as is COM
mensurate with the amount OF work that
he In called upon to do: such sum as will
In part compensate him for business sac
rifices such as he must OF necessity make
~ he faithfully performs the duties OF his
ofyice and such sum as will enable him to
becomingly represent this great order.
ct feel II my duty TO call your attention
TO a custom that obtains TO a considerable
extent In other organizations and which
am pleased to hear is followed by the
subordinates courts In certain sections OF
the country refer to the very commend
able custom OF designating the graves OF
departed brothers by marker; this
marker Is inexpensive and usually con-
sists OF a small cast-iron emblem OF the
order. affixed 10 n spear~like piece Of iron
so that II can be firmly set on the grave
I heartily commend this practice and urge
that members OF subordinate courts ev-
anywhere agitate this question and en-
deavor TO see that the custom Is more
generally followed.
This is another custom that should be
practiced to n much greater extent than
Il now is Not only would you be beauti-
be tmplanting lasting monuments OF our
glorious order monuments that would
thrive and flourish in common with our
organisation long after those who had
helped to plant them had passed away.
Again, an Observance OF this day brings
us close TO nature, gives our children and
our neighbors' children. recreation and
enlightenment and shows the community
at large that the Foresters OF America
havs thoughts and ideas apart from the
sordid pursuits OF the everyday world.
Then let's all return TO our homes de-
termined 10 see that resolution seven on
page S. general laws. will be carried out
on Arbor Day In 1904"
The following committees were also ap-
pointed by the chief ranger during the
afternoon.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
Credentials-H. P.Carroll OF New York.
J. p. Morrisey of Massachusetts, and J.
Robertson of Colorado.
1.aws-J. p. McNeilis OF Rhode Island,
John J. Haley Of New York and Charles
Bradley OF Pennsylvania
Finance and Goods and Effects-w H.
Stafford Of Massachusetts,. W. H.Chris-
tianson OF Connecticut and Joseph Roy
OF Rhode Island
Unwritten and Written work-H
Goldman OF California. j. r. Fitzgerald
Of New York and W J. Murphy OF New
Hampshire
Printing!. A Watson OF Oregon, w.
A. Kline Of New York and ]. A. oNeiI
OF Maine.
State Of the order--G. c. stafyier OF
California. W. J. Nolan Of Pennsylva-
MIA and J. J. Flynn OF Massachusetts,
Mileage and Per Diem--F. r. Schulz OF
New York. W. J. Christmas Of Rhode
Island and q. Sinnsmon OF Pennsylva-
MIA
Acts and Decisions-J. r. oMclia of
New Jersey, T. J. Ford 81 Pennsylva-
MIA and j. A. Shaw OF New York.
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