The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-09-08
RESORTING
TO LAW
NOT PROBABLE IN ROYAL
ARCANUM MATTER.
DELEGATES At PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio.
Will Hold Final Meeting To-
day, But Majority of Those
Opposing New Schedule
Have Already Depart
ed For Home.

Putin Bay, o., Sept. 3.-No meet
ing of the Royal AIcanum was held to-
day. probably the final meeting of the
session being called for tomorrow
morning, when the proposition to re-
peal options b. c. and ID will be-
reported on, The majority OF the OPP
posing delegates have left mere. All
declined to state any opinion as to the
likelihood of the matter being carried
into the courts. The impression exists
that the feeling that this should be
done has been modified by the addresses
that have been made, several of the
leading prOtestants against the new
rates advocating that this be not DONE
no matter what the result OF this ses
sion was. Although protesting dele.
gates refused to be quoted until they
have reported to their comm itees, it is
thOrght they are less strongly opposed
to the new rates than on coming here,
although the feeling that they should
not have been put forth without any
notice to members still exists
The vote by states on the sub resolu-
tion to Iescind was SO to SO.
1t is not likely that the old mem
bers of the Royal Arcanum will be
satisfied with the action taken SatuI-
day by the Committee on Assessment
appointed to hear protesting delegates
upon the recent revision OF rates ana
which met at Putin Bay" says the
Nashville American. "What action
will be taken Dy the Nashville protes
tants is not decided upon, but some
thing will probably be done toward
preventing the enforcement of the
rates of redress through the Supreme
Council is denied, legal steps may b.
taken
THE committee reatfirmeo ana de-
fenced the action of the Supreme
Council in revising the rates last Nav,
and recommended that no change in
the rates be made. They further rec
commended an amendment to the laws
providing that members of the age of
is years and upward may pay one-h half
of the prescribed assessment ana the
balance, with per cent. interest com.
pounded annually, to be charged
against and deducted from his benefit
certitica.e. y special assessment of
20 cents year is recommended for the
relief of members of IS years OF age
and upwards who are unabl5 to pay
any portion of their assessment.
Mai E b. Stahlman said Sunday
that the action of the committee
would not be, in his opinion, salts
factory to the older members. The
serious objection to the revised rates
was that the rates for young members
had been reduced and those of the ola
members raised The claim was, he
said, that more revenue was needed,
not that there was a desire to drive
anyone out of the order. Yet, he
showed. the rates had been reduced.
To bis mind it appeared mole like an
attempt TO greatly increase the num-
Der of young members and drive out
the old, thereby greatly reducing the
average age. He coul1 not anticipate,
he said, the action which the older
members would take.
ut is probable meeting of the pro-
testing members will he calld in few
days, as soon as more detailed infor
nation than was contained in the press
dispatches is received. -