The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-09-16
STATE ARCANIANS
MEET TONIGHT
A Permanent Independent
State Organization Win
Be Formed At a Meeting
In Newark.
TO DISCIPLINE N. j. MEN
INDIGNATION AROUSED BY FAIL
URE OF n. ]. REPRESENTA-
TIyEs TO OBEY ORDERS OF
GRAND COUNCIL.

TIvEs TO OBEY ORDERS OF
GRAND COUNCIL.
The formation of an permanent in6e-
pendent State organization of Royal Ar
canum councils will be projected at q
meeting of committees from the assoeia-
ted councils of New Jersey. TO be held
this evening at Sunset Hall. s Central
avenue. Newark While another matter
that will stir Arcanum circles through
out this section will be an attempt to
have disciplined those New Jersey rep
resentatiyes to the Put in Bay session Of
the Supreme Council, who did not yots
to rescind the schedule of new rate
adopted at the earlier session at Atlantic
City.
AS has been stated, much feeling has
been aroused in local Arcanum circles By
the failure of these representatives TO
carry out the instructions of the New
Jersey Grand Council given at the New
Brunswick session. the effect of which
was to try to have the Atlantic City
schedule set aside. OF the six represen-
tatives who went to Put in Bay, only
two obeyed the Grand Councils instruc-
tion, according to official information
which, it is said, will be laid before the
meeting tonight.
On the strength of this it is purposed
introducing a resolution calling for the
enforcement of bylaw of the order
relating to such disobedienee. The by
law in question is designated as section
GIG of the constitution and bylaws, and
reads. in part, as follows:-
Amy officer of the Supreme Council
or of Grand Council. or of any Coun-
Gil, may be removed, or suspended from
his office. and successor appointed TO
such office may be appointed
or he may be suspended or expelled from
the order for incompetence or persistent
neglect to obey any lawful order or di-
rection."
1t is the opinion of those members
whom the action of the four representa-
tives has antagonized that under this law
the Grand Council can bring punitive
proceedings against the quartet. Pres.
sure will therefore be exefted to have a
special session of the Grand Council
called for this purpose.
The project to form State organiza-
tion of councils for offensive and defen-
sive purposes is the outgrowth of tbs
movement started during the summer to
get together to fight the new rates
which are supposed to go into effect Oc-
tober 1. As is we'll known, committee
of 200 and more representatives from
sixty-six councils constituted a perma-
| nent committee of fifteen. known as the
Associated Councils of New Jersey, and
| of that fifteen a subcommittee of three
has already been appointed TO attend the
general conference in New York next
Tuesday This committee consists Of Da-
yid t.. Howell, of Woodside Council.
Newark; William Koester. OF Bayonne
Council, and DR.. T. B. J. Bird. of Flem-
ington Council. Each member Of the
subcommittee has received note show
ing change of date of this conferences
in New York from October / TO Sep
tember 10. That is because it is felt
| October / would be too late to accomplish
what is desired.
'.One of the committee for Massachu-
setts. the circular reads. ''has been re-
quested to examine the present situation,
legally and otherwise, apd will report
the results of his. study to this meet
ing.''
1T will be determined at this confe~-
ence of the associated councils of six
States-New Jersey. New York, Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania
and Ohio-whether legal action shall be
instituted to contest the enforcement OF
| the new rates. and if it shall what form
the proceedings shall take The confer
eRce viii be held at the hotel Manhattan
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