Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-29
FORESTERS
BAR WOMEN.
At Recent Convention Decided
that Women Could Not At
tend as Delegates.

In accordance with the action TAX
en- at the sixteenth biennial conven-
ton of the high court of New Jersey,
Independent Order of Foresters,
which came to a close Wednesday in
Bloomfield, women will not be allow
ed to attend future sessions of the
body as delegates. The proposition
to have the fair Foresters put on the
same footing as the men came up at
the convention, two years ago in
Morristown, and was held over for
action until Wednesday. Although
the session was behind locked doors,
1t is understood that the motion was
lost by almost unanimous vote.
1t was late before the last delegate
had left Bloomfield. The business
session, however, came to an end at
6 o'clock, and many matters of vital
interest to the organization were de-
cided upon.
Early in the day there had been a
lively contest among the delegates
concerning the next place of meet
ing. The delegates from Elizabeth
came fully prepared to invite the
Foresters to their city in 1907, but
a committee of three-William B.
Laurence, Charles Hurley and Will
lam A. Sweeney, of Red Bank, sue
ceeded in attracting the larger num-
Der of adherents, and the Elizabeth
delegation withdrew its petition. Mr..
SWnnnnu cNn1yn in hnhn1f nf Dad
Bank, pointing out to the convention
that that town offered innumerable
inducements in the matter OF con-
vention facilities.
There was practically no contest
in the election of officers. The fol-
lowing were renamed by the high
court:
High chief ranger, David T. How
ell, Newark.
Past high chief ranger, Henry H.
Lowrie, Plainfeld.
High vice-chief ranger, Fred
Storm, Jr., Bloomfield.
Secretary, Fred A. Mackenzie,
Elizabeth.
High treasurer, Walter Williams,
Jersey City.
High physician, DR.. A. ]. Mitchell,
Newark.
High chief, Asa F. Randolph.
Plainfield.
High auditors, Robert Muir, Jer-
sey City. and OHM T. Lines, Morris
town. ~
State organizer, w. T. Bingham,
Elizabeth.
~ Appointive Officers.
officers appointed by the high
chief ranger at the close of the SEES
sion were:
Orator, Rev. John T. Kerr, Court
General Custer; high journal secre-
tary, Frank Wagner, Elizabeth; high
organist, James N. Thoirs, Court
Camden; high senior woodward. F.
w. S~chweitzer, Court South End;
high junior woodward, James Rob
inss Court Roselle; high marshal,
Maurice Reidy, Court Columbus;
high conductor, e. ]. Barry, Court
Pavonia; high senior beadle, DR.. J..
c. Rush, Court Eatontown; high jun
ior beadle, w. d. Quick, Court Som
erset. and high messenger, w. H.
Court Taylor.
A donation of 500 for the Fores-
ter Home for Orphans in Canada
was voted.
The question of recommending a
change in the New Jersey State law
relating to the non-payment of fra
ternal insurance when the benefic-
larry named by the deceased is dead,
was discussed. There was an over
whelming sentiment expressed
against this law, and the convention
put itself on record as authorizing
the appointment of a legislative com
mittee to sue it's influence in having
the act so altered that the insurance
money will go to the heirs when the
regularly named beneficiary is dead.
There was much discussion in the
high court over a circular recently
issued by the high standing commit
tee allotting premium rates to the
various courts in accordance with
the number of new members which
they might secure in a given time.
This method of determining the
premium rate was considered in
equitable by some of the delegations.
The Newarkers, it is understood,
were especially strong in opposing
the circular. After a lively debate it
was decided to refer the matter back
to the high standing committee,
which action practically upheld the
circular as originally drawn up.