The Washington bee., 1907-08-03


Philadelphia, Pa, July p.
William l. Houston, of Washington,
. C.. nho was elected Grand Master Of
ha Odd Fellows in America, has at last
met his Waterloo What would have
been brilliant career has been turned
ur5 a farce and a dissolution of the or
der is evident
The Georgia and Alabama cases were
concluded Saturday, but before a deci-
ror was rendered a bill was filed ask
no that the subcommittee of manage
uent be placed in the hands of receiv-
ers. The following IS from the Phila-
dcrphia Record of taday:
NEGRO ODD FELLOWS AT WAR.
HrfHeaii0H for Recei0er for Sub
Committee of Management
john Clinton, Jr., ]. P. Crenshaw and
f. A. Knox, members of three different
subordinate lodges of the Grand United
Order Of Odd Fellows, a colored organ
naaou. instituted equity proceedings IN
the Common Pleas Court yesterday to
have o receiver appointed for the sub
rammrtce Of management Charges OF
,a-fug, acts of mismanagement, includ-
frg wa.tcfulness, extravaganza, and Vi
oIaf.an, of the bylaws of the order, are
made again the members of the COM
r,ifrcs. who are also summoned as de
frrfarr. 90 the suit. The latter are w.
J Houston. l. n Porter, James +.
K4affam b. J. Davis, Thomas P.Wood-
land ". W. Lawrence and a. 7. Shlr-
ley
II f, charged that the subcommittee
ILLEGALLY increased the salaries of the
grand master and the assistant secretary,
and rafsucd to recognize an increase CIV
cr to the grand treasurer at the last
annual meeting Of the movable commit
tee. the main governing body.
Although the bylaws Of the order pro-
vide that the grand secretary shall re-
crTge an contributions fines and other
morev- due the sub-commttee, and shall
CAV the same over to the grand treas
urer. it is alleged that he has refused
TO do this. 1t IS also charged that he
ha, rcfused to account to the treasurer
for the specific tax collected from each
subordinate lodge, which fund was to be
used for the erection of a building tor
the order in this city. The secretary has
also received. it Is asserted, from the
sale Of the printed copies Of the laws,
regulations. etc, of the order, $4,000
for which he has likewise refused to ac-
count to the grand treasurer
In conclusion the bill AYERS that FIVE
directors were elected to the committee
defendant without any change or altera-
ton in the charter, which provides for
only four directors, and that the sub
committee is holding trials" of menu
bcrs charged with violations of bylaws,
despite its alleged want of jurisdiction
and power TO act in such matters"
This IS the second suit filed against the
order under the administration Of w.
/. Houston. which tends to be a failure,
the first in the history of the organiza-
ton. In his speech before the sub COM
mittee of management this week he de-
uounced The Bee and its editor in un-
mistakable terms. The Bees report OF
the proceedings of the subcommittee OF
management in the Georgia and Alabama
cases has offended the Houston faction,
which IS on the down road OF defeat.
The moment those suits were filed
Edward Morris, who has been dominat-
ing the committee, announced himself
a candidate for Grand Master at the
next B. NJ. c, He declared to-day that
De made Houston and now he will un-
make him. Morris need not have SAID
tlat Houston has killed himself. lie
is no more than a plaything in the hands
of Morris. His subcommittee OF man
agcmcnt is composed Of weak men.
Editor Benjamin Davis, editor OF the
Atlanta Independent, is the only real man
of the committee. Editor Davis has re-
fused TO honor certain eNtravagant ana
Hua bills that have never been author
.-sd. This IS the ofense that EDITOR
Davis has committed, and for which ne
was summoned before this committee'
The latest jackass move that was MADE
was to summon Editor ]. c. Asbery 10
appear. He was charged with having
published the dissenting opinion OF kdi-
tor Davis. One fool in the committee
attempted to chastise Editor Asbery, but
he would not tolerate it. Ed. Morris
wanted to make answer for the entire
committee. but Editor Benjamin DAVIS,
of the Atlanta Independent, declined 10
permit him to make his answer. he
answer of Davis will show up some
wholesale and illegal misappropriation OF
the funds of the order which he de-