Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19
At This Meeting Order Passed Out Of
Its BOyhood Period.
VOW ON THRESHOLD OF MANHOOD
H. H. Thompson, First President, Says
Good Words of Omaha.
VOICES SENTIMENT OF DELEGATES
Convention Hs a whole Appreciates
Hospitality of CITY and Praises
TuthIlI for Bringing the
Meeting Here.

with the installation Of the new officers
the eleventh session Of the grand aerie
Fraternal order Of Eagles yesterday after
noon closed what officers declare TO be
one Of the most important sessions Of the
governing body Of the order ever held in
the eleven years of it's existence.
While the numbers in attendance were
not as large as usual owing, say the Of
flcas, to the fact the session was held
iste in the season, the new and important
Agislation made the meeting epoch mark
ing in the history Of the society.
More new legislation of vital concern to
the order was passed than at any other
session. This was primarily a legislative
session and all the energies Of the head
stituton and bylaws in order to put the
society on a frmer footing.
"Eagledom completed its boyhood at this
session" Is the way one prominent member
put H. "and II is now In the fullness Of
it's early manhood"
The remarkable growth Of the organiza-
tlon IN the last ten years made it neces-
stry to fit It to new clothing. This was
the main work Of the present session.
While this process of readjustIng its
legislative functions to their enlarged
duties caused more or less spirited dis
cusslon II is asserted by the leaders that
no hard feeling was engendered and that
perfect harmony prevailed at the close of
. the session.
Most Influential Session.
II. II. Thompson the first grand worthy
president of the order, who has taken an
important part in every grand aerie ses-.
sion held, deslgnates this the most in
flucntia session he has attended.
This is without doubt one Of the most
important conventions we have ever held"
he said. because OF the many innova-
tions OF vital interest to the order in
troduced at the meeting. The order is in
q process OF evolution like a lad when he
Is passing from boyhood to manhood
There is Q lot Of readjusting 10 be done
Lots OF new legislation is necessary and a
large part Of this was accomplished at
this session.
I'm spite OF the magnitude Of the work
done perfect harmony has existed throug-
out the meetings and the sessions have all
been enthusiastic II can be said that the
new legislation has put the order on
sound basis and insures a prosperous flu
ture The order is fundamentally dem
ocratc, more so than any other frateTnal
order The feeling OF the people governs
Il. Because Of this the rank and file OF the
society is enthusiastic and It is because
OF this the order has had such a marvel
Gus growth"
I'VE all go away with the best OF feel
Ing for the people OF Omaha. The citizens
have been generous in their cordiality
What little ili-feeling has come out is due
Nto only a few individuals. am sure no
such feeling is held aginst the citizenship
at large. The bringing Of the convention
TO Omaha was due almost entirely to the
untring work Of John A. Tuthill and we
all appreciate his worth. He Is the best
booster any town ever had"
Vital to Success of Order.
Secretary Conrad II. Mann also shares
= the opinion that this session overshadows
NAli others in vital Importance.
The legislation at this session was fund
mental TO the success OF the order" he
said. 1T not only concerned matters OF
Immediate application, hut also things that
are vital TO the long continued prosperity
Of the order. More Of this basic Iegisla-
tion has been passed at this session than
At any other"
The legislation that caused the most
comment was that concerning state au-
tonomy. The advocates of that plan met
with defeat in their demand for complete
autonomy now. but some OF the opti-
mstic profess to see In the new law
adopted a step toward ultimate autonomy
The rule giving the president the right to
=. appoint a committee to try an objection
lhle member Of local aerie and expeI
him in case It is found he Is a detriment
10 the order win also. II is said tend to
raise the personality OF the local OTganiza-
tions. The appointment Of a committee
10 adopt uniform schedules Of sick and
death benefits was also Of great impor-
tance.
Frisco Gets the Cup.
one of the last acts OF the session was
the awarding to San Francisco OF the NIL
waukee cup given TO the order by the Mil
waukee aeries to be granted each year TO
the aerie having the best drilled team. The
presentation was made by Ebert Weed OF
the Helena aerie. which held the cup last
year. TO President p. p. Kenneally OF the
San Francisco aerie
The installation OF the newly elected
officer was by "A, A. Thompson, the first
past worthy president Of the order After
the installation all the officers made en-
thusiastic speeches.
Uniformity Of sick and death benefits
In all local aeries is the purpose Of a
resolution which passed the grand aerIe
Saturday morning.
= At present each local serie fixes its own
benefits and as a result confusion exists.
which. according TO advocates OF the new
plan, threatened the prosperity OF the
~ oder. The resolution passed Saturday il
w intended to cure the defect
The measure was reported from the ju-
dietary committee. IL provides that the
rrand worthy president the grand vorthy
secretary and an actuary shall compose .
committee to establish a uniform schedule
Eaf payments TO be adopted at the next
Convention.
order to keep from burdsnins weak