The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-20

WORD OF objection or a faint sign OF
hand-clapping. Before the meeting was
over this same gentleman grabbed his
hat and with a grumble about wind
Jamming" he left the room in a rage.
There is evidently one man who does
not have any use for the Kansas Fra
ternal congress.
But this was not all that happened
last night. The annual fight between
the older orders and the newer orders
on the adoption of a uniform rate
among the lodges came in on time. The
night for a uniform rate was led by Will
son B. Kirkpatrick who is the president
or the knights and Ladies of Secur-
lty and who holds about the only $4,000
job on Kansas avenue. He fought like
tiger for the uniform rate last night
but he had too many enemies. While
ne was Wag1ng his hardest fight with
papers and documents in both hands,
number OF the congressman gathered
in the corner and fixed up their plan
for defense But they did not go far
that kirkpatrick had personal rea-
sons for getting the uniform rate law
through the lodges This was but a part
of the mud-slinging at the meeting of
night. Since their meeting the word
''fraternaP' has taken on a different
meaning-in fact it is an antonym-and
the congressman made it so.
About the only happy man last night
was the president who sat in his chair
and laughed during the whole fight He
seemed to take the whole matter as a
fight between lodges with personal
thrusts added and a little old time en-
nifty thrown in as good measure. There
was a motion for adjournment two
hours before the meeting was ended and
the motion was brought before the
house every ten minutes after it was
first made. But the fight between Mr..
Kirkpatrick and some of the younger
generations became so fierce and so
personal that the members of the con-
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end of it, and then kirkpatrick lost his
fight.
Attack jackson and Court.
But the lodges and members were not
the only ones to receive the lemons last
night Attorney General Jackson and
share. One of the members in par
ticular said that if the attorney gen.
eral made a certain statement or If the
supreme court gave certain verdict
they were wrong in every way" 1t
would have been a good education for
some of the state officials to have at
tended the meeting of the Kansas Fra
ternal congress last night. They would
have learned some things that they
have been accused of not knowing.
But after all of the fight. the uniform
rate law adopted by the National Fra
ternal congress was thrown to the
gress. They would have nothing to do
with it in spite of the presence of Mr.
Kirkpatrick and his faithful follower.
1t was an interesting meeting to say the
least and adjourned last evening to
meet again in Topeka next January.
New Officers Chosen.
The election of officers last night re-
suited as follows:
President-George c. Lockwood, EN-
poria. /
Vice president-Thomas Sheard of
Topeka.
secretary-treasurer- L. NJ. Belts
of Topeka.
The executive committee will consist
of the following: George G. Lockwood, |
Mrs. L. M Belts, Mr. w. B. Kirkpat-
rick of Topeka Mr.. T. J. Sweeney OF
Lawrence, Mr. o. B. Martin of Topeka
Mr. NJ NJ. Duvall of Hutchinson, Mr.. H.
E. Don Carlos of Lawrence
There were two new orders admitted
into the congress-The Triple Tie Bene-
ficiary association of Clay Center and
the National Annuity of Kansas City,
Missouri The rest of the lodges rep
resented are FraternaI Aid association,
Fraternal Brotherhood, -Fraternal Mys-
tic Circle. Fraternal Union of America.
knights and Ladies of Security,
knights Protected Ark, Ladies Modern /
Macca bees. Life and Annuity associa-
ton. National Benevolent association,
National Union, Royal Arcanum, Sons
and Daughters of Justice, Tribe of Ben
Hur.