The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-09
the order. think that new or
ganization is entirely unnecessary.

the order. / think that a new or.
ganization is entirely unnecessary.
Started an Argument.
{ Mr.. Ferris talk was not taken
very pleasantly by THE Woodmen,
present. He was interrupted by
John r. Dackins, who claimed that
Mr.. Ferris was prejudiced in favor
of the old line companies and was
working in their favor. When ME
Ferris wished to read more statisi
tics, Mr.. Dackins objected and said
that this was unnecessary and that
the meeting was not called for the
purpose of advertising old line com.
panies. His objection was sustained
by the chair and Mr.. Ferris retired.
Wilbur A. Reeves of North Man
kato, who is also a representative
of an old line company, expressed
himself heartily in favor of frater-
nal insurance and said that he
was also in favor of locating the
headquarters of the new Woodman
organizations in Mankato. However,
Mr. Dackins objected to his speak
ing on the subject because he.claini-
ed that Mr.. Reeves was working
only for the interests OF HIS com
pany. He interrupted Mr.. Reevea
and demanded to know if he was
a resident here. Mr.. Reeves replied
that he was taxpayer here and
that he had the lease for a piece or
property in HIS pocket.
Mr.. Jessups motion carried and
Joseph Hampl moved that commits
tee of five members of the Commer-
ciali club be appointed to call an
other meeting and take steps toward
raising the $4,000. F. d. Skuse
moved that an amendment be made
to this motion, that all represents
tives of old line insurance com
panies be barred from serving OH
this committee.
e. F. Soaring, secretary of the
Commercial club stated that there
was already standing committee
in the Commercial club which would
take charge of this matter. and Mr..
Hampl changed his motion. He
then moved that Dr. Andrews be
elected permanent chairman and
that another meeting be called to
confer with the committee of the
Commercial club. His motion car
ried and C. w. Jessup moved that
another committee of five be ap-
pointed to cooperate with the Com.
mercial club committee and his mo-
ton also carried.
Committees Should Get Busy. {,
In closing the meeting Mr.. Sum
dean said that he advised the com.
mittees get busy right away, be
cause the location of the head camp
viii be decided upon in few days.
He said that he had no malice to.
ward any man on earth, and would
not hold it against anyone if Man,
head camp.
Mr. Gilkerson again emphasized
the fact that the head camp would
be large advertisement for tho
city. He said that during the re
cent upheaval in the Woodman af
fairs, the old line men were taking
advantage of the trouble and advis
ing the people to "get in out OF
the wet" by taking out old line poll!
cies, but when the new organiza
tion was on its feet, he predicted
that this argument would be greatly
weakened. Mr.. Sunbeam made the
statement during the meeting thai
one-third of the premiums paid into
the old line companies were paid
out in expenses, and Mr.. Ferris con
tradicted him by reading an account
regarding an old line COMPANY
which set aside eonly four per cent
for this purpose. Mr.. Gilkersor
counted upon the neat well dressed
and well fed appearance of the old
line representative and asked how
they could live so well on this -four
per cent expense account.
Mr.. Gilkerson said that he was
much in favor of having Mankato
designated as the head camp be
cause he had always been partial to
this city. 81 have been here several
times" said he, land have taken
great interest in Mankato. heard
of Mankato great many years ago
was born in Canada, up beyond
Montreal, and a relative of mine
was in a company that was present
at the hanging of the thirty-eight
indians in 1861. / learned of the
hanging and was curious to see the
town where the execution took
place. A few years later when |
came to Minneapolis to live I made
trip down here on purpose
to see the spot where the
redskins were hanged, and l asked
some OF the oldest residents
where the scaffold was erected
None of them could tell me where
the exact spot was, but I see you
now have a monument to common
crate the event."
Following the meeting severa
gentlemen got together and dis
cussed the proposition that had beer
submitted It was agreed that the
$1,000 in case it should be raised
will be placed on deposit in a local
bank and not paid over to anyone
until after the headquarters of the
head camp are established in Man