Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-11
Forty Per Cent Of Failure of Lodges
Charged to Buffet.
ARE NOT PROPERLY CONDUCTED
Recommends Restrictive Measures
and Pleads for Clean Bars.
,FFICERs ARE FULL OF ZEAL
Grand worthy President Monaghan
and Grand worthy Vice President
Herring Enthusiastic over
Coming Convention.


The club room cafe, or social room, and
its regulation will be the principal topic
touched upon by Secretary Conrad II.
Mann Of Milwaukee in his annual report to
the Eagles, when they meet in national
convention in omaha next week.
Secretary Mann says he believes in buff
fets where the aerie is able to keep one
and where 1t is properly regulated, but he
will show in his report that they are not
always conducted properly and that poorly
conducted buffets have been the cause OF
the giving up OF half the charters Of those
lodges which are now defunct.
According to the secretary most of the
buffets are conducted in the right manner
and from these no evils have grown up.
But at the same time he will denounce
the way in which certain other aeries have
conducted their buffets and will tell of
the danger that threatens the Order of
Eagles because OF these few aeries main
tanning buffets that are a disgrace to the
grand order.
AT least 40 per cent OF the asries that
have become defunct," his report will
read "can charge their untimely and dis
honorable death to the fact that the buff
fet room was allowed to take precedence
over the beneficial features of our order.
Hardly had some of these aeries been or
ganized and before the members had
chance to acquaint themselves with the
constitution and to realize what a great
fraternity they had really affiliated with,
a buffet was started and often the money
from the general fund was used to buy
fixtures and liquor for this buffet.
Some Went Into Debt.
'In other cases aeries contracted debts
far beyond what they could expect to pay
for years to come, and in consequence OF
such debts, when members became sick
there was no money to pay their just
claims
I'm addition to this illegal expenditure.
many buffets were conducted in an un-
businesslike manner; no books were kept,
and members were allowed TO run accounts
and when pressed for settlement became
abusive
I'm many instances loud and boisterOus
conduct was tolerated. and intoxieation,
il not openly allowed, was at least tacitly
permitted by the officers. 1 find cases on
record where fistic encounters have taken
place between members when in a more
'All these things have a tendency to
belittle our great fraternity, and If these
evils are not corrected at once wherever
they do exist, such aeries will soon be
listed as defunct
Il am a firm believer in properly con-
Quoted buffet, wherever an aerie is in CON
dition to keep one. 1 also am a firm be-
liever that the laws now governing the
conduct of buffets should be so changed
as to protect every individual, the general
fund, the good name of the aerie and also
the Fraternal' Order Of Eagles"
Officers Are Enth uHiastic.
Grand Worthy President b. ]. Monaghan
Of the Eagles has arrived from Philadelphia
and is bubbling over with enthusiasm for
the convention.
Without any doubt in my mind" he
said, "the grand aerie at Omaha will be
the best Eagles have ever held. have no
doubt the attendance will exceed either
that at Seattle or Milwaukee. The eastern
states are preparing TO send large con-
tingents here"
President Monaghan was noncommittal
on the vice presidential race. He declared
he knew nothing about 1t. He declared
also that he had no idea what city would
secure the 1910 convention.
Grand Worthy Vice President Frank T.
Herring, who becomes the next president
by the natural order OF succession, Is TAX
ing active part I'm the politics Of the
convention. He would not discuss the con-
test for his present office. He, however
talked freely about the convention and,
like President Monaghan. prophesied a
banner gathering for Omaha.
Grady TOuted as Winner.
The way the wind is blowing among the
most influential officers of the Eagles and
an indication OF what may be expected In
the vice presidential contest is to be
CLEANED from the statements Of a promi-
nent committeeman. This officer declares
the contest for the highest elective office
Of the Eagles is practically settled now,
and that Thomas F. Grady, state senator
Of New York. is certain to be elected to
the position, John s. Parry OF San Fran
CISCO who has been mentioned as the
chief opponent Of Grady, stands no show
at ALL in the opinion of this officer.
| From this talk by an officer who is
known TO be next TO all the politics II is In
ferred that the machine is back Of Grady
and that IL will force the other candidates
into submission by the day OF the election.
/ This machine, IL Is understood, will have a
| slate OF all the officers and will have no
trouble In rushing It through. On this
slate will be the name OF Conrad Mann
OF Kansas City for reelection as grand
worthy secretary.
Secretary Manns report which will be
presented 70 the convention next Tuesday,
will show that the Eagles during the year
I have added ninety-ffve aeries TO the roster.