The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-08-12
New Jersey Grand Council
Of the Royal Arcanum
Voted Last Night for a
New Deal.
SPECIAL MEETING HELD
THIRD RESOLUTIONS OFFERED
BY FRED K. CANS OF WEST
ORANGE MAJORITY AND MIN
ORITY REPORTS.
Special to The Jersey city News.'o

Especial to The Jersey City News.'')
NEW BRUNSWICK, August II,
1905. The grand council, Royal Arcan-
um, Of New Jersey, voted last evening
to direct its Representatives to the spe-
cial session of the supreme council to
work and vote for the repeal of the new
rates of insurance adopted at the At
lantic City session, which We're to go
into effect October /.
Some 80 resolutions were presented for
consideration by representatives of the
different lodges, and these were all re-
ferred to committee of seven. who pre-
sented three reports shortly after 3 p.
NJ. for consideration by the grand coun-
Gil.
The majority report was signed by
| FIVE members of the committee:-L. H.
Nettleton, Hoboken; w. G. Nelson,
Jersey City; B. G. Austin, South Jersey,
and Mr.. Van Benthuysen, Bayonne. This
comprised a preamble adopted by Ger
mania Lodge, of Hoboken, setting forth
that readjustment of the insurance
rates is necessary, and urging that the
grand council work to that end. This
preamble was made introductory to the
four resolutions incorporated with it in
| the majority report. One of the resolu-
tions was that offered by the Bayonne
Lodge, and which set forth that 'sit is
the sense of the grand council of the
state in special session assembled that
| the law creating the new rates as was
promulgated, and to go into effect in Oc-
tober 1. 1905, be repealed and rescinded. !"
The three other resolutions were those
offered by Fred K. Cans. of West Or
ange Council. The first instructs and
directs the representatives to the SUI
preme council to work and. vote for the
repeal of the law creating the new table
of rates enacted by the supreme coun-
ell last May.
The second declares that it is the
sense that all the members of the grand
council who hold official membership in
the supreme council should by voice and
vote at the approaching special session
i St1r,,nrt +ha nac;+;on If +l;s sro,d conn,
! ell through whose suffrage and Loyal
/ support they attained the position they
now occupy in the supreme council.
The third directed that representa-
/ tiyes to the supreme council offer or sup
/ port a resolution giving the privilege of
the floor at the coming special sess on
to any properly accredited committee
4 from this or any other grand council.
/ Colonel e. G. Stahl. of Trenton, pre-
sented one of the minority reports. which
favored a postponement of the rates to
gotinto effect in October until something
better could be found.
The minority report by DR.. Dorward
1 of Stelton, expressed the confidence of
the grand council in the action taken by
1 the supreme council. No action was
taken upon the Dorward report, but the
Stahl report was brought up on a motion
to substitute it for the majority report
and the motion was downed by two to
one vote.
The majority report was then adopted
by viva voce vote of the adoption OF
the majority report that State Regent
Rodgers thought roll call unnecessary.
An effort was made to have substitute
for the new rates. directed repealed,
adopted by the grand council, but it adj
journed without taking any such action.
The debate was lively at times. and the
final adoption Of the majority report
was cheered.
The special session was called to or
/ der at 10 A. M. in Columbia Hall, by
Grand Regent james Rodgers, of Gran
ford. There was practically a complete
representation of the grand officers Of
the state, and nearly all of the $50 rep
resentatives of the subordinate councils
Of the state were on hand at the rol CALL