The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-08-10

made to serve base and servile ends and
you will remember that in the organiza-
ion of the Jacobin Society that those
prominently connected with it in its
early formation announced as one of its
fundamental principles the cultivation
of liberty, equality and fraternity, and
yet the leaders of that society precip-
itated the reign of terror in the early
part of the French Revolution and the
history of that society has been writ
ten in pages of bloodshed, carnage and
crime. Our fraternity breatnes spirit
of humanity and enters the stricken
household to dispel the gloom of sorrow
and discomfort and brighten the HON,
with good fellowship and cheer
The extension of the work of our or
der taken in connection with the work
accomplished by otner fraternal orders
is day by day and year by year moving
us on to that splendid day and time
when the war drums throbs no longer
ard the battle flags are furled" in the
parliament of man, the federation of the
world.
The philanthropic and uplifting char
after of the services rendered mankia |
through the agencies Of the 10000 or
more camps of this order constantly tend
30 lessen povs ~ '.l.; reduce crime in
al states dnl terri. yes. where Wood
men 'od 49, nave beer established. If
ever the times comes when penal insti-
buttons and poor houses are tenantless
this order will be entitled to its share
of credit for contributing an immeasur-
able service to such a result.
The man who withdraws from COOP
Grating with his neighbors and fellow
citizens TO come a recluse or hermit is
not living in the pushing. seething and
bustling times of the Goth century, but
belongs TO the widowed and the mus
ty ages of the long ago.
Henry Ward Beecher said that the
man who lives for himself has tne
privilege of being his own mourner,"
this benefcent influence of cooperation
with his friends, neighbors and fellow
citizens is i'll the present age of time a
more lonesome individual than Napoleon
was when he was walking upon the
shore Of ST. Helena.
Through the agencies of this order it
is permitted to throw its great strong
arms around 2,225,OO0 women and child
rem and bid them be OF good cheer and
face the future without trembling.
Let me quote in this connection the
splendid tribute paid to this order by
Il distinguished official of the war de-
partment having his home in the state
of Nebraska. These words fell from the
lips of the Hon. G. d. Meikleiohn:
"The rich can always take care of
themselves; it is the man of moderate
| income who needs tine assistance of his
'neighbors' to provide for those he must
leave behind to battle with the stern
world. He needs cooperation, and the
facilities afforded by the great frater-
mites cannot be found elsewhere. The
fact that by simply gaining admission
to one of the strong and grand institu-
tons, of which tine Modern Woodmen of
America is the largest and best. he can
at once have thrown around his little
family such stable and secure bond
of protection. endears the society to him
ard his family at once
In the upbuildings of this order its
founders wisely followed the plans and
principles ordained by Washington.
Hamilton and jefferson. when they
caused to be written the parchment
that today constitutes the constitution
of the United States of America.
The plan of this organization is thor
oughly American through and through.
The local Woodmen camps of each coun-
ty and state select delegates to a coun-
ty camp or convention: tIat convention
in turn selects delegates to a state con-
vention. The state convention selects
delegates to head camp or national
convention, which constitutes the per.
manent law making body or organization
and from it emanates the laws and poll
cies that govern the organization of the
order throughout the length and breadth
of its jurisdiction. The order therefore
in fact constitutes Republic within a
Republic.
| also desire to extend my gratitude