Connecticut western news., 1907-11-21
CHANGERS MEET
At HARTFORD
PRESIDENT MELLEN'S ADDRESS

Which Caused a Sensation-The
Seventh Degree was Conferred on
1900 Candidates-ResoIutions De-
nouncing Rum Traffic Favoring Par
GELS Post and Many Others are
Adopted Successful Meeting. i
The opening session which is the
forty-first of the National Grange, oc-
CURED last Wednesday morning at Foot
Guard Hall, Hartford, Conn. After the
formal opening and rollcall of delegates
from the twenty-eight states came the
national masters address, reports by
officers and the introduction of new bus
mess.
A public reception to the National
grange was given Wednesday evening
by the Connecticut State Grange when
large number of prominent men made
addresses, Governor Woodruff, Mayor
Henney, o. S. Wood master Of the
Connecticut State Grange. N. j. Bach
elder, master of tho National grange,
President Mellen of the New Haven
road, Past Master, Aaron Jones of Indi-
anna spoke. President Mellen's address
caused sensation.
He charged that the government in
vestigation of his road was instigated by
certain parties, not from patriotic
motives, but for motives that were
purely selfish. He used the word black
mail.
Justice is indeed blind when she can
be led to hold up the largest business
enterprise in New England that black
mail may be extorted.
Don't misunderstood mel don't
think, nor charge, that any government
official is knowingly party to any
matchmaking scheme in this investiga-
ton, but believe it has been instigated
by parties not interested so much in the
administration of justice as in securing
a beneficial result to themselves, through
exacting price for their stock, and
that it is less expensive to do their work
and pay the bills in this way than it
would be otherwise. 49,. IT,
"The prejudice excited by demagogue
and politicians against corporations has
now reached a stage when others are
suffering The burden, which has
rested SO heavily upon corporations and
those charged with the affairs so long,
is being distributed and the commun-
J ity will soon have its own troubles to
worry about.
1.-THE losses in value, credit, fortune
in this country. since the beginning Of
this year, have been greater than o.
cured as a result Of the civil war. This
is not rich mans panic. It is wide
spread distress rapidly extending itself
to the farthest sections of the country.
Even those who did not know the gun
WAS loaded, whose only thought was
selfish popularity, are being sobered by
the outlook"
Thursday morning was consumed by
/ the business session and in the after.
: noon the subordinate degrees were ex-
! emplified by special degree teams from
New Britain and Cheshire, one selected
from the Massachusetts, State Grange
and one from Keene, N. III. There was
no meeting in the evening 30 as to al
low the Pomona oranges of the state to
, confer the fifth degree and the officers
r of the State Grange to confer the sixth
: degree.
: The Friday morning session was held
at the Capitol and at Q o'clock the
seventh degree in full form, the highest
degree of the order was conferred upon
: several hundred Patrons.
On Saturday there were the usual
} business sessions. In the afternoon,
: the comforting of the seventh de-
gree was finished. There were $500
candidates to take this degree. Sunday
afternoon there were memorial services.
On Monday resolutions were adopted
advocating federal control of corporations
and the present financial furry was
pointed ont as an object Lesson in favor
of governmental postal savings bank.
Resolutions concerning forestry, eradi-
cation of bovine tuberculosis. and tariff
revision were referred to the COMMITTEES
on resolutions. Resolutions favoripg
parcels post and postal Improvement.
uniform public accounting for public
inspection were passed. ..-....
On Tuesday evening resolutions were
passed, denouncing the rum traffic, the
playing of football in agricultural coll
leges, demanding postal improvement.
The question of immigration and farm
labor was also discussed.