The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-05-22
Only Thirty-niue Tribes
Were Represented at Yes
terday's Trenton Meeting
GREAT CHIEFS WON A VICTORY
OBJECT OF THE SESSION WAS TO
INSTRUCT CHIEFS TO OPPOSE
A RECENT RULING OF THE
GREAT COUNCIL OF THE
UNITED STATES.
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TRENTON, May %. 1906. Because
of the failure of quorum of tribes to
send representatives yesterday morning
70 the special meeting in the Ribsam
building of the Great Council of the I'm
proved Order of Red Men of New Jer-
sey. no business was transacted and
adjournment was taken until the next
regular session in February.
Only thirty-nine tribes We're represent
ed. There are 100 tribes in the state and
it is necessary to have representatives
from ninety-fve, for a quorum. About
100 members We're present.
Great Sachem Thompson. of Atlantic
City. sounded the tomahawk at the tenth
run and thirtieth breath, 1870 o'clock;
the council fire was kindled and silence
prevailed Great Prophet HerDest ].
Stetsor, of Gloucester City. offered up
divine invocation, after which Great
Chief of Records Daniel NJ. Stevens. of
Camden, read the call of the meeting,
which was made imperative by the sign
ing of a petition of the past sachems
because of the failure of Great Sachem
Charles D. Thompson, of Atlantic City,
and Great Chief of Records Daniel NJ.
Stevens. of Camden, to affix their sigma
lures and the seal of the Great Council
of New Jersey to a resolution offered by
Past Great Sachem David 3. Peterson,
of Camden, at the session of the Great
Council held here last February.
The measure was adopted by the ses-
sion and protested against the action of
the Great Council of the United States
in moving that none but past great
sachems are eligible for great representa-
tiyes to the Great Council of the United
States.
The measure. which was adopted by
the Great Council of New Jersey at its
meeting here in February, failed to stip-
ulate that the signatures of the great
duplicates of the measure be forwarded
to the other Great Councils of the
United States. The object of the meet
ing yesterday was to instruct the great
chiefs to sign the measure and to order
| duplicates sent to other State.
Past Great Sachem David B. Peter
son, of Camden, who is known through
out the order as the ''silver-tongued'
orator, and who has always championed
the cause of the past sachems, was the
prime mover in having the special ses-
sion of the Great Council which was
held yesterday, and had in conjunction
with a number of other prominent Red
Men deeply interested in the welfare of
the Improved order of Red Men, sent
out circular letter early last month to
every tribe in the great reservation of
New Jersey, urging upon each the neees-
sity of sending a representative to yes
terday's session to vote in favor of the
past sachems, but the members of the
Great Council outfanked and outgener-
aled them by sending out quite recently
a personal letter to every tribe in the
reservation of New Jersey, with the re
suit that Yesterdays representatives
from only thirty-nine tribes were pres
ent.
Past Great Sachems David B. Peter
son and William J. Stetsor were present
and took their defeat philosophically. In
speaking of the matter Mr.. Peterson
said: ''Today's result has greatly
strengthened our cause
The call as read was accepted and
upon motion was ordered to be printed in
the official records. The roll of tribes
was called and when only thirty-nine
answered, Sachem Thompson declared
| that as there was no quorum the council
FIRE would be quenched and the session
adjourned.