The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11
Insurgents in State Camp of
Modern Woodmen Protest
Against the Unit Rule
BORT AND keller ARE PRAISED
State Camp Sessions Close With a Din
ner at the Guild Hall at Which
Many Visitors are in Attendance
Huron as featura.

| insurgency against established rules
cropped out very noticeably in the
closing session of the state camp of
the. Modern Woodmen Of America at
the Woodmen hall Wednesday after
noon and the closing session of the
state camp has gone on record as the
most stormy and bitter session of
! WOodmen ever held in Wisconsin.
Judge D w. Agnew of Waukesha was
the leader of the insurgents on the
floor of the state camp and his per-
sistence in fighting established rules
and in demanding examinations of rec
ords before candidates for Office were
endorsed brought him much into the
| lime light and made the close of the
camp session talked about by mem
bers of fraternal orders all over the
state.
The camp had struggled hard to set
tie the differences, of the Milwaukee
delegates and it was thought that this
struggle was sensational, but it was
only drop in the bucket in compari-
son with the bitter argument which
ensued over the adoption of resolu-
tions No resolutions committee had
been named and a. set of resolutions
were presented by National Lecturer
Charles E. Whelan of Madison. No
one had expected opposition to the res
olutions, but the only two that got
through without acrimonious debate
were those thanking the people of Ke-
nosha and the Thomas B. Jeffrey com
pany for courtesies shown the dele
gates and another endorsing the big
movement in the order to fight con-
sumption.
The resolution praising A. N. Bort
and recommending him for re election
\ etO hSoo OlLONIo1 OCLhdAuluS ulIO
vote from the forty-fve Wisconsin
delegates in order to secure his cleo
ton brought the big fight of the camp
session. This unit vote proposition
was bitterly opposed by half dozen
men on the floor and Judge Agnew the
leader in the opposition demanded that
the state camp be given the facts in
regard to litigation now pending in
which Mr.. Bort was named as one of
the defendants. National Lecturer
Whelan, who was very much in evil
dence on the floor during the discus
sion, declared that there was no such
litigation pending and his word was
questioned by Judge Agnew in the
heat of the debate. The resolution
was finally put to a vote and Direc-
tor Bort was given the endorsement
and the unit rule adopted. The Ra-
cine camp put up a fight against the
endorsement Of B. F. Keller of La
Crosse as state deputy, but this reso-
luton went through with practically
Eno opposition save that of the dele
gates from Racine. The delegates
wrangled for nearly two hours over the
passage Of the resolutions and it was
after five O'Clock when the question
of selecting the place for the next
meeting of the state camp came up.
Invitations were extended by Chippe-
war Falls, Fond du Lac, Oconto and
several other cities, but Fond du Lac
won the honor on the first ballot
This closed the business of the camp
and an adjournment was taken Just in
time to allow the delegates to get to
the Guild hall in time for the dinner
which was one of the big features of
the visit Of the state members of the
Woodmen.
The dinner proved to be real feat
ure Nearly three hundred members Of
the order, most of them from other
places, sat down at the beautifully dec
grated tables. The six-course dinner
was served by the members of the
Kenosha Camp Of the Royal Neigh
bors.
After dinner was over an informal
smoker was held in the main room at
the Guild hall with Judge G. E. Ran
dali as master of ceremonies. The
feature of the smoker was readings
and music by Horace Huron of Rock
Island H., widely known among the
Woodmen and he certainly made a
great hit. There were short addresses
by Head Director A. N. Bort of Be-
lott and National Lecturer Whelan of
Madison and the program was rounded
out with selections by an orchestra.
The members of the local committee
in charge of the convention and es-
pecially Judge Randall, the chairman
of the committee, are entitled to high
praise for the success of the gathering
III Kenosha.