The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-12
TRYING TO FIX IT.
Conservative Members Of Fra
ternaI Aid Are Busy.
Making an Effort to Smooth Out
the Trouble.
MEETING OPENS TODAY.
First Session Held in Represen-
tative Hall This Morning.
More Light on Where the Money
Went.
MEETING OPENS TODAY.

With all the warning interests of the
factions in the Fraternal Aid associa-
ton, whose general council is in ses-
sion in Topeka there is an element of
conservatism in the outside delegations
that may lead to an outcome of the
election different from that claimed by
either of the sides who are most hotIy
cOntesting for the offices.
The California delegation of about
twenty members has refused to affiI-
late with either of the two factions who
have opened opposing headquarters,
General President H. E. Don Carlos
at the Copeland hotel and General Sec
retary NJ. D. Greenlee at the National.
The California people are boarding
about town wherever they are suited
and are holding caucuses in the state
house in an unused room. With them
the six or eight members of the Indiana
delegation hold frequent consultations
and the Colorado delegates are in closer
touch with these delegations than they
are with either wing of the Kansas
contingent in which is the seat of war
It is possible they may unite upon A.
NJ Harvey of Topeka.
/ NAY CONTROL ELECTION
These three delegations comprise
! OF out OF tie Loo QClCe5ctCS
who have votes in the general council
The Greenlee caucus claims about 60
votes, many of which are also claimed
| by the Don Carlos people who control
the rest. It is very probable that the
disinterested outside delegations can
find considerable support among the del
egates who are claimed by the Greenlee
ard Don Carlos leaders. The election
which was at first supposed to be like
/ " to occur Wednesday will not be held
until Thursday or Friday It viii be
about the last act of the general coun-
F. s. scoles of Los Angeles. Cali
fornia, is an important member of the
California delegation which comprises
more members than any other state eX-
cept Kansas Scoles said today:
1--WE have our ears both open and are
taking in both sides Of the sltuatlon
here. We won't act until we are thor
oughly assured of the right course. ana
then we will act together. Our delega-
ton sees that the financial AFFAIRS OF
the association need looking after and
We are here to secure legislation that
we need After we have secured the
legislation we will see to the election OF
oficers and California. will support the
man who is of the most assistance IN
putting the legislation through, nave
no authority for the statement and nave
not consulted my fellow delegates about
it, but I am inclined to think 1t nke!y
that the whole slate of candidates VIII
I
who are not interested in the politics OF
the association. I have not the slightest
idea who those men will be and am not
thinking about the question now
graduated schedule OF equahzed
ratee for the assessment of F'raternal
Aid members is advocated BY Cahlof-
MIA The present system Of montniy as
sessments of equal amounts Tor eacn
member has not proven satisfactory
The influence of any officer has not al
fected this fact. The Californlans say
they have a number of important feso-
lutions to introduce later. Inc scheoule
desired is to be based upon the statls-
tics commonly used by insurance COM
raries for estimating death losses ana
the idea has been accepted by most OF
the companies now successfully uoihS
business The problem is the same one,
in q further advanced stage, that the
/ Modern Woodmen will settle at the ma
tional meeting at Indianapolis IN June
THE COLORADO CANDiDAIE +
II Bradley. of Denver. for four years
a member of the Colorado legislature
and contractor in business, is talked
of as compromise candidate Tor gen
/ eral president. Mr.. Bradley boom was
started by his own delegation and he
is not pushing it with anything like the
vigor that H E. Don Carlos and h -
Hancock are using in their campaigns
The Colorado delegation Is Interested IN
a change Of rating
DON CARLOS SIDE
At the Copeland hotel Don Carlos
canc,zes are FREQUENT and well attend
ed Deputy Sheriff SiddeH of CONVEY
county who is in the Don Carlos camp
said todaT-
.sThe material that is being used in
the fight upon President Don Carlos
might have as we'll been brought out
/ in the fight two years ago OF charged
against the officers who had had charge
of things prior to that election The
trouble that has reduced the funds o.
the association is in the basis of assess
rt1a1Ta a
the association was $4,000 behind and it
is now s100 600 in outstanding claims
There are not. however any ciaims our
standing that have run more than the
80 days which the association reserves
in which to pay after adjustment Many
of these claims are not adjusted.
The claim that the officers Of thu
executive board could not get together
to rectify the situation is true. but Ua2
caused by ths fact that neither side
would bear the responsi bility Of levy.n5
additional assessments on the mem
bers You know that an extra assess
ment brings forth howl and neither
the Greenlee side nor the Don Carlos
side would take the responsibility The
situation is not affected by whoever IS
in the Office of president I don't care
if the president was drunk the whole
two years of his term it would not affect
the finances of the order on the present
basis because lust SO much Of the in
come goes into the mortality fund and
only that can be spent for death losses.A
HANCOCK'S PLATFORM
E S Hancock. who is actively cam
paigning for the presidency. is in favor
4 of a reduction of the expenses Of the
/ officers and of the field work. He said
/ toda---
In my opinion the salaries attached
to the officers of the association ought
to be whitfield down and all possible
good shape again # elected president
! It will be my policy to do away with the
field expense. which has used a large
amount of money during the last two
years. until the association is on really
practical foundation. After that we car