The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-25
ROYAL ARCANUti PROTESTS.
STORMY MEETING OF NEW YORK
C0{NCIL OVER HIGH RATES.
Members Say Their Resolutions Calling
for Return TO the Old Assessments
We're Suppressed -Brooklyn ObjcctOrs
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Mt"iDrTs Say lneiT RESOLUTIONS CaliinE
for Return to the Old Assessment S
We're SupDrrsScd-Broo ObjcctOra
-"cl"-" Ts"t the Order Is imported.
A special meeting Of New York Council
Of the Royal Arcanum was held in the
Masonic Temple last night to take action
in reference to the recent action Of the
Supreme Council in raising the assessments
for insurance paid by the older members
New York Council is one Of the largcst in
the order containing 2,3CO me MIXERS. Me ny
Of the members are dissatisfied with the
proposed increase Of rates and are desirous
q having their establishment rescnded
About LOO members collected in the
large assembly room. Some Of the mem
hers had prepared resolutions calling for
the appointment of committee of twelve
members to go to Boston Immediately and
request the Supreme Council to withdraw
the new table Of rates at the meeting next
Thursday in Boston.
Last nights meeting opened at o'clock
with a guard on the door who refused to
admit any one hut memt ers Of the order.
The meeting was apparently very stormy
one, for the sound of angry voices could
! Q heard out in the corridor. Shortly e.
fore midnight a numb err of the rneml ers
loft the meeting and in going away said they
were GisEusted with the way in which things
had cen done at the meeting they said
it was impoasi, lie to get introduced the
resolutions they had prepared asking for
the committee to go to Boston. One mem
Ter said
Each time we tried to introduce our
resolution the chairman would declare
us out Of order We would then ask that
a vote be taken on his de, ision. A vote
would be taken and the chairman would
declare he had been sustained. although
were sure that we had the majority.
We then asked for a rising vote Then
the chairman would appoint his own parti.
zins as tellers. We could see that we had
throe-fourths of the votes, but the tellers
would announce that the vote sustained
the hartman.
This man said it was plain that the chair
man was acting under instructions of the
Supreme Council. The meeting was still
going on early this morning
BsooKlYN COUNCILS ANa.r.
Three hundred delegates representing
scvorty-two councils of the Royal Arcanum
met in Johnston Hall, Flatbush avenue
and Nevns street. Brooklyn, last night
and protested vigorously against the action
of the Supreme Council in ordering new
rates to go into effect Oct. /. a large part
hers of the Royal Arcanum, who are most
seriously Effected by the new t: be Of rate.
The meeting lasted three hours and a
half and was hot from start to finish.
it was the consensus that the ex
istence of the Royal Arcanum Under
the present rates was improbable and
that it couldn't survive if the suggested
table were put into operation. A COM
mittee of nine was appointed to present
set OF resolutions to the Supreme Council,
asking that body to defer action until all
the membership had been heard from
and that it should repeal the recent action
il the membership were against the new
plan
The resolutions will be presented at
once to the executive committee of the
Supreme Council