Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-06-17
THE MACCABEE CHIEF
Muskee eon Man Defeats John B.
McIlwain, Port Huron. I'll
TO l54
MAJOR B0YNTOh RETIRED
Slate Of Anti-Administr
Goes Through at Kalama-
ZOO i'm 1910.

Beginning as one of the stormies
sessions in the. history of fraternalizet
Msccabeeism, yet ending in mos
harmonious manner, The twenty-first
biennial review of the Modern Mac
csbees was brought to close ut To-
ledo Friday afternoon with the cleo
tion of George S. Lovelace of Muske-
gon, as great commander. OF 365 votes
cast, Lovelace received 21l and John
b McIlwain, of Port Huron, l54
From great commander down to
picket the so-called Lovelace slate
triumphed over the Boyntonites. 1t
was fight honorably won
II nave on me no sore spots. de-
clsred John b McIlwain, who, by
virtue of his defeat for the high
Office, ended six years of faithful
service with the order. L don't like
to preach at my own funeral, but l
would just as soon do it for Mr. Love-
lace as anyone l know of. -
The victor and the vanquished then
shook hands willie the delegates be-
come so noisy that the convention
hall fairly quivered.
In his answer to Mr.. Mcllwain,
Mr.. Lovelace said: The JOY of vic
tory. which is pleasant to every man.
is some times tempered with the
sorrow of his associations The best
of feeling has always existed be-
tween Brother McIlwain and myself
and the bonds of peace have always
held us close together. The new
officers follow: Past lieutenant COM
mander, n S Boynton, Port Huron
lieutenant commander, George 81
Lovelace ,Muskegon great lieutenant
commander, Charles Thomas, Hast
ings; great record keeper, A. NJ. Slay. |
Battle Creek; great finance keeper, |
Robert j. Whaley. Flint; great med
ical examiner. Talber Seneau, Port |
Huron; executive committee. J. G. |
Lehr Toledo, Jefferies Detroit), |
Prery F Powers Cadillac )and Will
liam E Scott (Genesee) great editor,
S. ID Williams Detroit. great coun-
cilor. Frank f Jones, Ann Arbor
great auditors Arnold Greenbaum
Grand Rapids, A l. McCutcheon
[Albion) and Edward j Mccarthy
Marquette, great chaplain, Zera
Holmes, Jonesville; great sergeant,
Walter Williams. Chicago master-at-
arms. +. X. Miller; first master-of-
guard. Arthur Chase; second mas
ter of-guard, Carl WSerthner; great
sentinel, S w Dixon great picket,
Andrew Berg.
The committee on finance recon-
mended the following great camp SAL
aries: Past commander, $500; great
commander. $4, 800: record keeper
50, 500 finance keeper. 81. 500: great
counselor. 81. 500, great editor. 81 800
great executive committee. $500 each
great auditors, $500 each.
The sum of S3, 600 per annum for
Major Boynton was at first recon 1
NEEDED by the committee. but some
members thought the amount too ex-
cessive. p. s. Chapoton, of Detroit,
offered as an amendment that the
amount be placed ST. 200. but no
sooner had the words left his mouth
than George Loselace took the floor
and made a sti ong appeal on behalf of
paying the retiring commander the
original sum.
This tribute from the majors sue
cessor brought forth cheers from the
However it seemed to be :
the tenor of the the majority the
$4,000 was too big salary. and fol-
lowing hot debte, in which some
brilliant oratory was displayed. IL
was decided to clip the sum of $500
from the original sum. making the past !
salary $500 year for
his lifetime
A proposition to establish sick
and accident bereht association i'm :
with the order met with ;
opposition. n
After much debate it was laid on
the table. proposition to levy an
Bther assessment was also given
cool reception. the members feeling
that under no conditions should the
present rate system be charged.
Friday evening joint public i'm .
of the great camp and great o
hive officers was held in the Valentine .
theatre. The ritualistic work was n
conferred in complimentary manner p
Ind oratory flowed freely IL was n
decided to hold the next great camp y
md great hive reveiw in the city of o
Kalamazoo in 1910.
The newly elected commander was U
'sked II there was any possibility what
'ver Of the headquarters of the order
,eing moved from Port Huron. He
aid; Not the least. The headquar- sl
ers win remain In Port Huron. " II