The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-19

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sion yesterday. The delegates insisted on
'butting in" whenever they disagreed with
any of the speakers. The head consul ola
all that he could to secure 70. the nope
less minority" a full hearing from the re-
adjustment majority.
Deputy "Bill" Koopman. of Providence,
r. l., in attendance on the convention.
claims the honor of having organized the
first local camp named for Head Consul
elect Talbot. He organized just before
starting from home Talbot Camp, No. H.
pa, at Pawtucket, r. L.. and forwarded
the charter application to the head office
at Rock Island. ILL.,, on May %.
XXX
Truman Plants, of Warsaw, ILL.,, who
made the speech nominating Head Clerk c.
w. Halves for reelection, was a candidate
on the Democratic ticket for congressman
In his home district four years ago. He was
also one of the ''immortals'' who framed
the Kansas City platform for his party.
sitting as a delegate from Illinois. Mr..
Plantz does not boast of this now.
On every hand last night expressions of
the highest praise of the Woodmen parade
were heard. Every one seemed to be agreed
that the parade was the finest ever seen in
indianapolis, both in point of numbers, In
brilliancy of uniforms, in excellence of drill.
and. in fact, from every point OF view. The
general opinion was that the name Rain
bow Parade" given at st. Paul, two years
age, is well deserved.
w. c. Ball, editor of the Terre Haute
Gazette, was in the city yesterday-and saw
the Woodmen-Foresters' parade. II do not
believe / ever saw a parade that equaled
the superb drill of the men, and the num-
Der In parade have vastly increased my re-
spect for the Modern Woodmen. If the So
ciety as a whole is up to the standard OF
the parade, 1t is a great institution
xxx
During the time of waiting for the Wood
men parade yesterday a number Of dele
gates in the reviewing stand amused them
selves by showering pennies, nickels and
dimes In the street ard watching the small
boys scramble for the coins. A crowd of
fifty or more newsboyS and bootblacks
rolled about the pavement gathering up the
money as Ii fell, and furnished amuse-
ment for those near enough to see them.
XXX
After Johnson, of Kansas, had moved to
amend the motion of Young. Of Ohio, to
provide that the convention resolve itself
into a committee of the whole to consider
the plans of readjustment, instead of ap-
pointing a committee of sixteen to report to
them Tomorrow morning, Head Consul
N0rtncOtt TOOK the floor IN FAVOR or Mar
tins amendment to Young motion. which
provided for a committee OF twenty-five.
TIL head ~consuls suggestions on all points
were followed by the delegates.
Director Saunders. in speaking of the
large number of occupations listed as haz-
ardous in the society's law. which means
that persons in any of them cannot become
members. said: 'Our society probably linn
4 lfG Ynarnh March m 0ran of ooIrn in
more than any other society in the United
States. This no doubt accounts In a meas
ure Tor our low death rate In
the past, though the principal reason for
this, of course, is the fact that our mem
bers are nearly all of the younger ages"
w. H. Dwyer, of Fithian, Ill, the man.
ager of Director G. w. Reilly's campaign,
is one of the rising young politicians of
southern Illinois. He lives in Congressman
Joe Cannon's district and was a candidate
last fall on the Democratic judicial ticket.
asked Dwyer. Didn't 1 tell you / was on
the Democratic ticket" retorted Dwyer.
The convention believes that Dwyer made
a splendid campaign for Reilly and that Di-
rector Reilly's success Is largely due to
Dryers astuteness.
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Ed l.. Young, of Norwalk, O., who pre-
scented the resolution yesterday morning
for a committee of sixteen to report back
to the convention plans OF rate readjust-
ment. providing for the collection of suffi-
cient funds to meet all the obligations of
ments a year, is the editor of the official
| paper of the knights Of the Maccabees.
He is a prominent fraternalist and, as
Auditor E. b. Thomas, of Columbus, re-
in other words. Ed puts up a beautiful
front"
Talk of the next Head Camp is sharing
the attention of the delegates with the rate
readjustment question. From a number of
expressions gathered during the course
of talks with many delegates the senti-
ment, 1t would seem. is in favor of Los
Angeles as the meeting place in 1905. Many
of the delegates recognize the fact that the
mileage and per diem account, in case the
convention goes to California, would be
enormous-probably in excess of $3.50, 900
but the idea of the trip to the Pacific coast,
with expenses and salary paid, is too
tempting to allow thoughts of economy to
have much weight.
Col. s. A. Ramsey of Woonsocket, s. d.
is one of the delegates to the convention
who will go down in the history of Wood.
craft as the man who made the Woodmer
society a prohibition organization. At the
Kansas City Head Camp in 1899 Mr.. Ram
Sey IOuknt through that SeCllOn OF the laws
which provide that no person engaged in
the liquor business in any form, either as
manufacturer, stakeholder, agent or serv.
ant," shall ever become a member of the
Modern Woodmen, and If any member en-
tiers the liquor business after his jOinins
he thereby surrenders his membership. Col
Ramsey is a leader of the prohibition cause
in his State.
Lieutenant Governor w. A. Northcott
the retiring head consul of the Modern
Woodmen, has the following to say re.
garding his plans for the future: "It is
hardly time to say much as to this. 1t is
true that. since I publicly declined, at the
st. Paul convention, two years ago, to agir
stand for election as head consul. / have
received many f1attering offers, a number
Of which contemplated the possibility of mn
allying myself with some other fraterna
organization. Others were from Insurance
and casualty companies. / nave decided
nothing definitely and will probably. before
taking up any line of work, AXE a good
long vacation, of which / am greatly ir
need. In any event, / shall never take III
any line of work which will bring me into
opposition to the Modern Woodmen society
/ have had too many honors at the hands
of my ACKNOWLEDGMENT"
Rumors have connected the name OF
Governor Northcott with the
of several life insurance concerns. and the
fact that the ex-head consul of the Wood.
men is recognized as one Of the leadins
authorities on the subject of insnronoa A.