The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-09-22
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change ~of management. Taylor, SthX n
grand master, was told that he must
step out. Or he was given intimattqn95
to that effect. The result was to Ala 1
an Immediate Investigation and ShrIns N
application Of the insurance slawsa sLk +,
was Colonel Buttons intention; to re-
form the order, not to wreck It,. He
desires to build it up for should sits4s q
fall 1t would drag down with III, Y
probably, the entire fabric of cofOfsd +
secret societies to which the Negro
race pins its highest hopes. - rF54sA
Stood to Guns. '&f7'Sl
All day yesterday delegations Of
members called on the commissioner
at his office in the Capitol, some of +
the members undertaking to argue
the points at issue with him. Hes
produced his reports and official
records, and told them what he exs-a
pected. Expostulation was Of no
use. To the last delegation he de-
livered his ultimatum. Taylor's head
must fall in the basket. - &sEs$
Yesterdays action Of the Grand
Fountain is regarded as a completes
return to sanity and conservatism
In new hands the order is expected TO p
continue It's work safely and success 4
fully. At the last unity and harmony
reigned, Taylor stepping down With
out protest. ~,
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The parent and leader Of all SUCH
associations among the colored peo4SS
pie Of the United States, the Unftsd
Order Of True Reformers, has been
generally venerated as a model of :.
what such things should be, and held
up as pattern to be emulated. It's
career, however, and more especial
ly It's recent management, have re-
suited in bringing 1t to the sitaattonTEa
IN WHICH the Grand Fountain folS1d !
itself when it assembled here on sss A
Tuesday, r, IS
The association was organized I'm
1881 by William Washington Brown
a colored minister Of Richmond. A,
charter was issued on April 4, 1888.
1t steadily grew in membership and
in Importance, gathering thousands
'of people into it's lodges, scattered T.
throughout most Of the Southern and
Eastern States, anu extending into
the Middle West. The membership
in Washington, D. c., is large. : - - -
Sold its Own Property. -. :
In the annual report of Browne,
the grand worthy master, iti i894. !;
he recommended that the association
purchase from him In fee simple the
plans Of each department OF tina
rorder---He had prepared himsalf for
this coup by having the ritual xand
construction copyrighted in 1887
Obedient to his commands the Grand =
Fountain, at its session held in Sep
tember, 1895, agreed to the pur-
chase for the compensation oft $780,.
600, by standing vote which was
nearly unanimous. subsequently,, un.
der an agreement with Brownies
widow, this amount was compro-
missed at $4,000. All Of this was
paid with the exception Of three or
four thousand dollars, which was
paid through an emergency fund
created in 1906 by individual sub
|scriptions. ...t5e.
Quoting from the report of Exam
liner T. NJ. Hobson, to the Commits.
Isioner of Insurance, made last Feb
ruary: "The sale Of such plans by
w. W. Browne to the order was q
severe breach Of trust for the reason.
| that his service and labors had baen
! bought by the order, and to have
| sold them the fruits Of such services
deserves the greatest condemnation.
| 1t was only the good will, and this
they already enjoyed" -. =
Grand Master Rules. 3a4
Under the laws Of the order, the
president is, or has the opportunity
to be, a supreme power. The Grand
Fountain, which meets only once In
two years, elects a board Of directors
composed of the first five officers and
nine others. During the absence OK
this board however, the administers
| tive duties are delegated to an exs~
J cutive committee, which is composed
Of the grand master, vice-grand nass-
ter, grand secretary, grand treasurer,
and three others appointed by the
| grand master.
Even should he not be able TO C6n-
troll the other three officers, he can
with his own vote and those OF the.
men he appoints, absolutely cohtFUf
the situation. ID, Y4lsE S.E