The Meeker herald., 1905-01-14
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One Of the ncat rsmartAhll fh1ta tAai
presents itself to the studeut q ul61srr
American life IL the growth cf inter.
nalism. Tho deep-roottd and vide
spread hold fraternal teaching aAd Dgac-
tice has taken upon the Anne fican nird
- one OF the moot remarkable facts In
connection with the country = dsvslop-
ment. SIS the Los Angeles Herald
Within the last 20 years scores Of soci-
cites have sprung into existence md 10
far as SIN aware there II NO rNcofd OF
any OF thfm having failed. On tha con
trery all have enjoyed great. pruspeftty
The same is time Of the mere snetsnt 10
cieties. They have steadily ad4e1 to
their membe rsbip and wealth.
FraterLiuss have existed sine6 the
dawn of history. Not In the prtS1De boru,
OF the prese Mt, II u true. but thsy Asvxr-
thclefs incu!cated the doctfipes Ipon
which ths modern societies dep<nd x3r
stability and perpetuity. It h we'll
nown that MaFonry. the oldegt reeog-
nized secret society. claims that ~ arst
lodge was composed Of The hsildsfs of
EoIomon.s temple.
The modern growth II frntasnaa 1deas
In America u undoubtedly duS IL / lafse
measure to the national ideA uf3tberty.
Secret societies have never noaSisAAd Ia
countries that wsrs governed ~ dss-
pots. Even In the more liberal ~ en-
Heightened monArchies of mo1GRn unrope
they are regarded with suspseldn - tho
idea IL ever prevalent thst tbAif pur-
roses may be Of . political nature. In
the United States conditions have been
peculiarly favorable TO the development
Of these societies. me constltstioa has
Guaranteed to the citizen Tia right 10 b.
long to any organization h. pacesss, pro-
yided. only. that that organisation b mot
prejudicial to the true concepstoa ct the
duties Of American citizenship
Another element Of growth has bsen
the liberality Of the societies themselves.
The doctrines Of all Of them ara much the
same and all are organized along broad
lines. There is no such thing y crsed
In the sense understood by the church.
Such religious teaching q II gives h
confined to faith in the existsnes q : b.
preme Being and belief In the inanos.
tality Of the soul Of man. Tkis Iibsraliky
has attracted to fraterna1 of6efs lAfss
class of persons who refuse to ~ NV
erned by the more explicit teAehinG1 ~
the church, and at the same time II isuut-
flciently in harmony With IT, tsssiu u
religion that those who vefs NeAhees
Of the church were mot dstefasA npqg u.
dliating with the societies. 2
One Of the great dsyssepdletss g H.
eraternal idea that b pasetr ln1 ~ \
that called fraternal tnsasua1S II Nps
found TINT pefsona cnai14 - tAeals
Strives into . sosiety for ths psSDSsS n
mutual protection In cas- Of deak1 ana
the insurance be given to the mxna1ef q
sbeolute cost. The elimination a lAfna
fees and PREMIUMS made thsse eceis1lea
especially popular with people u mnd-
crate incomes. and the result hA4 hee4 i
phenomenal growth along thsse tansas
Another source Of popularity = ~
fact that all OF the societies arr bel5i-
otic In their teachings. 30 Tar = I hAxs
been sble to Ascertain. after . fairly com
prehensive EXAMINATION. oil oe than
teach reverence for the Starr and oexapl1
and hold elevated ideas Of the dp4Iea q
sitizenrhip. Az IN instance OF tn lthpF-
atty Of the societies the recent eAaaes
made in the qualifications Of candidates
for admission 70 one Of them May b
mentioned.
All. or nearly ALL. Of the socisties Nd
lnterdicted dealers In spirituous i)9uoss.
This was not merely on the ground' tho1
these men were socially unit. but fntAes
IN the account that they were regef4sd
~ very hazardous risks. In order 10 o.
siate their difficulty the saloca Aan
'ormed an order among themselves. Ths
order hourished and grew strong ara d
was then proposed to broaden ~ scops
n order to admit all classes Of eitissas.
rhis was done and 1t 10 said that fhe ~
Icon men are now In the minority IN III
order they originated for Themselves
One Of the universal tenets OF the -
:ietIes IL charity. Without exceptio1
Ibis great virtue Il installed By IN q
hem and the result has been thet tn
scope Of operations Of many oftshs Or
yanizations has become world vida. Y
This charity includes NOT merely thu
.railties common to all humanity, INT n
aas induced more kindly feslteg u
ward those dwellers in bepishted part
II the world whero the blessings d I'm
:ernity were heretofore unknoNn, and
the result 10 that to-day tbs baan4su n
many societies are floating IN 'fssnota
parts Of the Garth.
Snake Spring In western o..
A 6outh slider Who returned fro hi
summer vacation . few days sinee me.
rates an interesting story Of spfiAg Ia
western Ohio, known - the gnaks
spring. The name il said to b 6us q
the fact that II has proved mseca fol
thousands Of water Snakes who rendsx-