Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-09
HAWAIIAN TRIBE, NO. !
OFFICERS INSTALLED At
LAST NIGHTS MEETING
ADDRESS MADE BY J. r. EcKARDT.
GIVES HISTORY OF iMPRov.
ED ORDER OF RED
MEN.

/ The officers of Hawaiian Tribe, No
| |, Independent Order of Red Men, were
installed in San Antonio hall last night.
as follows, their raising up" being
undertaken by j. +. 'Eckhardt. Acting
Deputy Great lncohonee. The pro-
gram of the evening was as follows:
Public raising up OF chiefs: musical
selection quintet club; address, J. +.
Eckardt presentation of Prophet
Badge to d. W. McNichol, by A. u.
Murphy. p. s.. dancing.
Mr.. Eckhardts address was as fol-
lows. in the neighborhood of $50 people
listening with great interest to his re-
marks:
Sachems, brothers and friends: be-
lieve IL is customary on occasions such
as this for some member of the frater-
nifty whose officers have been installed
to exhaust the patience Of his auditors
with a lengthy disquisition of doubtful
interest upon the merits, teachings
and benefits of his particular frater-
nifty.
Such, however. It not my purpose on
this occasion; but as the designation
Of our order. The Improved Order OF
Red Men" is one which appeals to the
uninltiated and those possessing little
or no knowledge of our order as i
strange and bizarre appelation for ar
Organization existing and flourishing
In the midst OF our American ciyiliza-
ton, deem 1t expedient to allude
briefly to the historical events upon
which our order is founded, from n
consideration OF which the designation
OF our fraternity will be found TO be
cot only justihable, but absolutely i'm
perative.
1t is unnecessary to dwell at length
upon the initial overt act in the series
OF patriotic and heroic efforts on the
part of the American colonists to rid
themselves OF the unjust and tyran-
meal imposts levied upon the weak and
struggling colonies by the co-called
mother country. which eliminated in
the Revolutionary War and finally
crystallized In the Declaration Of indie
pendence.
All within the sound Of my voice
who owe their allegiance to this great
republic, before whose magnificent
achievements the grandeur of Rome
and Carthage fade into insignihcance,
are familiar with the historic incident
of the band of patriots. the members
of which, disguised as American lndi-
ans and adopting as a means of COM
munication among themselves the dia'
lect of the Mohawk tribe. In order "a
conceal their identity and preserve Sc
reccy. and thus better effectuate theii
intentions and purposes, boarded th'
good ship Dartmouth in Boston harbo,
and threw overheard into the waters o.
the harbor the tea with which the shiI
was laden, which had been subjected
to the obnoxious tax imposed by Par
lament.
This band of patriots, conducting II.
meetings in secret, under the guise ant
employing the language OF the aborig
Ines of the American continent, haC
been in existence. as an unorganize'
society, for some time prior to the in
cident alluded 10, and continued In ex
istence for a number Of years there
after. up to and long after the success
full termination of the American Rev
olution, and was known as the Rec
Mems Society OF Boston.
ii While its original inception was 70
purely political and patriotic purposes
shortly after the close OF the Revo
lutionary war IT evolved into frater
nal and benevolent society as well
and, with these characteristics, cou
pied with its original patriotic feat
ures continued In existence as an I'm
organized society with more or les
IS artivity until the War of 1912. whel
the good accomplished by the sOciet
during the Revolutionary War; and
recognition OF its political and patriot
ic utility caused its re-animation, wit
z large increase of membership.
1t was durAg the continuance Of tn
second war between the United State
and Great Britain, at Fort Mi In o
the Delaware, in 1918, that a perma
nent organization of the society wa
effected. under the name Of the Re
/, Mems Society. The permanent organ
ation then effected was continued fc
a number OF years the political an
patriotic features being stlll retained
Id. with the added fraternal and benevC
lent characteristics.
al. The retention OF the political fei
ture of the original society became II
4 cause OF considerable dissatisfactio
IN among the members, however, becaui
of the perversion Of this particular ~
. ture by a large part of the membersh
from It's original high plane to the d.
ing of ward politics and the corruptic
Of the society, organized for high
Creditable and worthy objects, into
ST. mere political machine,
The dissatisfaction thus caused fina
ly resulted in division of the mel
bership OF the society into two branc
. es, the one branch, retaining the pol
lcal feature alone, subsequently evol
ed into what Is now the justly Gel
till brated (perhaps notorious would