Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-07
ALL is RATIFIED
Delegates of Loyal Americans APP
prove OF Various Steps Of
Consolid alton.
COMMITTEE SUBMITS REPORT
New Officers Elected and Slight
Change in Name Made to
Avoid Conflict.

delegates at the nationa; congress OF
the Loyal Americans of the Republic
at its session held at Chicago August
1926, to prepare a statement of the pro-
ceedings of the congress, met in
Springfield Saturday. The chairman of
the committee, w. II. Dwyer. is an
attorney of Danville, ILL.,. and is state
deputy of Illinois of the Modern Wood.
men of America. and is the democratic
nominee for minority representative in
the twenty-second district.
The committee issued the following
statement:
To the Members of the Loyal Ameri-
cans of the Republic, Greeting:
We the undersigned, your commit
tee appointed from among the dele
gates attending the national congress-
of the society, held in the city of Chi
cago, Aug. 1926, 1904. for the purpose
of preparing a statement of the pro-
ceedings of such national congress for
the information of the membership,
beg leave to report the following:
Special Session of Congress.
The special session of the national
congress of your society convened,
pursuant to a resolution unanimously
adopted at the July session of the SUI
preme executive council, in the Great
Northern hotel. in the city of Chicago.
Tuesday. the 23rd day of August. A. D.,
1904, and was called to order by SUI
preme President E. J. Dunn. Immedi
ately after converting such special
session, the supreme president retiring
from the chair and Citizen s. w. Dixon
of Danville, H., was unanimously Sc
lcctcd as chairman to preside over the
deliberations of the national congress.
Upon motion, the chairman appoint
ed a committee on credentials, con
sisting of Citizens Levi T. Baugh. or
East St. Louis. Ill; Joseph r. Perkins.
of Springfield. H., and ID. A. Delap, of
Norris City. III.
The committee on credentials retired
and after hearing all the verbal ano
oral testimony presented to them re-
garding the contests before such COM
mittee submitted both a majority and
a minority report TO the national con
gress. After a very thorough discus
sion of the same and after all the SUI
Dltult DiiiNttS tiltlt my hih iiCt
desire to vote upon any of the prOpo-
sitions coming before the congress, but
desired that the business he transacted
by the delegates and that only the dele
gates be entitled to vote, substitute
was offered for both the majority and
minority reports, seating only the elect
ed delegates. The substitute was I'M
animously adopted
Merger Considered.
The congress then proceeded to the
consideration of the merger or CONSOLE
dation between the "Fraternal Army
of America" and the Loyal Ameri-
cans" and the "Fraternal Army of 10y
al Americans" and the Royal Circle"
During the discussion concerning such
merger or consolidation, Supreme
President Dunn asked permission to
address the congress. which was grant
ed.
Supreme President Dunn spoke in
part as follows: Il am here before
you ready to give this national con
gress a full account of any act that has
been taken by me and other officers.
7 have not done and there is not to-
udS a SinSlG pltStlI supp cine OlllN'i
Of this order who has done anything
which he should be ashamed to have
any delegate of the national congress
know. If you want what information I
have at hand, you do not have to make
a demand or request upon me; you do
not have to appoint a committee to
make an investigation: it is yours
merely for the asking. so far as l can
give it TO you. | want to say 10 you.
citizens. as | said before. | have not
done a single act. | have attempted
to do nothing but for the best inter
ests of the order and | have done
nothing of which | need be ashamed.
before any man. before my conscience
or before my God. l received no com
pensatiOn for effecting the merger OF
the Fraternal Army of America with
the Loyal Americans and the Fraternal
Army of Loyal Americans with the
Royal Circle.
Il want to say TO you. in so far as
know that there is not a single present
supreme officer of this order who ever
received n single cent either from the
Royal Circle or present Loyal Ameri-
cans that was not paid TO him either
for expense, per diem or salary"
Account of All Transactions.
His statement was a complete and
full account in detail of all the trans
actions leading up TO and involved in
said mergers. showing the amount of
money paid for the contamination of
each merger. After further discus
sion by the delegates the following pre-
ambIe and resolutions were read
and unanimously adopted by the dele
gates:
Whereas. The struggle for members
in the various fraternal beneficiary So
cieties of the country has become SO
keen. and the expense of obtaining new
members. as a consequence, has be
come so great as to render it ex-
ceedingly difficult and expensive to
build up such orders: and.
Whereas. On the Sth of September.
1903. the Fraternal Army of America.