The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-22
5STH ANNUAL SESSION
SUPREME COUNCIL cF THE
 TEMPLARS OF HONOR,
Opened Yesterday in This ICity-Inter- esting Meeting and Splendid Ad- dresses by Good speakers-TO-day's Proceediurs.


 supreme council of the Templars of Honor, which convene in this city to- day, was held in the Toy Auditorium of the Y. M. c. A. building yesterday af- ternoon at four o'clock.
 Congressman Charles G. Terrill of Boston and the Hon. A. J. Smith of Amherst Wis, were to be the princi- pal speakers. Congressman Terrill, however, was unable to be present and Henry White of cohoe, N. Y, was sub stituted in his stead a few minutes be- fore the opening of the meeting.
 Frank F. Dwyer of Arlington, Mass, was the presiding officer. The meeting opened with songs and solo by Mrs. Elmer p. okeson, soprano soloist, as- sisted by Mir. Irving G. Hurlburt, vio- linlst.
 Presiding Officer Dwyer then opened the real business of the meeting with 9 pleasant speech of welcome and at it's close introduced the Hon. A. F. Smith of Wisconsin. one of the principal speakers.
 MT. Smith is lawyer of much abili- | ty and gained the attention of his hear CTS from the beginning. He was keen land logical and gave a humorous twist to his talk that kept his audience smil- ling.
 He said that he regretted that the att Tendance was so small, and also that he was somewhat surprised at the lack lof enthusiasm in regard to such a meeting. He then half ironically eulo- gized his own state in this regard Also he said that he thought western' people had one advantage over the peo- pie of the east. in that they accom- lplished things, while on the other hand ltheir eastern brethren were somewhat linclined to talk instead of going to worq and doing things.
 He then said that he had often won- dered how many years he would be re- membered after his death for the things that he had accomplshed-the really good things. At first he had been wont to regard this thought rath- Ter cheerfully, but on thinking the mat ter over he had come to the conclusion that after his death he would not be re- lmembered an hour for the good things he had actually accomplished, and that lit had set him to thinking. Real hap lpiness is in making others happy. Do lsomething,n he said, Ito bring happi- lness to some community"
 Speaking of the good work of the Templars of Honor. he spoke of how
 Judge Charles Webb of his own state, "a habitual drunkard, had been
 brought into the fold, and was now one of it's strongest members and booked flor seat in the United States Senate. Then changing around he rehearsed
 John w. Gates Saturday nights gam
 bling at Saratoga, where the westerner
 is said to have lost two hudred thou
 sand dollars. He said that more harm had been done by the press in publish ] ling this account than could be rectified
 in ten years. sl
 The example. set by Gates. he
 thought, would ineite young men and
 boys to similar deeds.
 During his speech he sprinkled 1t
 with occasional stories that kept his
 audience smiling.
 | I1G WOulu LII ny lGlillE q
 experience of his when a boy, and as he walked to his seat he was loudly ap- , plauded.
 Among other things he told his hear-
 CTS that simply because they were in a Y. M. c. A. building it was no reason
 why they should not applaud as loudly 1, as any place, and after this the audi
 ence followed his advice.
 He said jokingly that he would like
 to speak at Savin Rock, as every one
 seemed to be headed that way during
 the early afternoon, and that he would probably have good-sized crowd to
 listen to him.
 l w. o. Buckley, who left his wife, who
 was i'll. to attend the meeting, was the : next speaker. He has been member 7 lof the Templars of Honor for over 3 thirty-five years and has instituted : twenty-two orders in this state. He l made an eloquent address which was I evidently much enjoyed.
 Henry White, of New York, was the , next speaker. He had not prepared a l speech, so he told many stories to H. : lustrate his points, which were much a ISlJOJCus t At the conclusion of the talking the Ispeakers held an informal reception in . the lobby of the Y M. c. A. building In the evening services were held al n the East Pearl Street M. E. church. sI The annual meeting of the supreme D council of the American Templars of P Honor and Temperance will begin to- Iday, and members are expected from lall over Canada and the United States | The real business of the council will
 begin to-day at two o'clock in A. o. U wv. hall in Orange street. The session continues Tuesday and the biennial ,i election of officers, reading of reports and routine business will be transact. led. The temples of the order in Anso. 2 mia and, Seymour will entertain the !. members of the supreme council to a trolley ride to Ansonia and reception
 in the Y. M. c. A. building.
 Among the members now in the city tare: yJ David I. Robinson of Massachusetts James Hicks of Cambridge, Mass, MT ], Pierce of Appleton, Wis, A. J. Smith ot I Wisconsin, Recorder Woodruff of New Jersey. Worthy Chaplain Williams oi 5 Orange, N. Y, and D. M. McNally oi St, Johns, Canada, and others. l The order of Honor and Temperance was founded in New York city Decem.