The broad ax., 1914-08-22
SPECIAL 70 zee BRoAp AZ.

SPECIAL TO THE BROAD AK.
Philadelphia, Pa, August II, 1914
The question being asked by the great
majority of Odd Fellows today is,
"Who Got the Money!" and that ques-
tiOn will have to be answered to the
satisfaction of the delegates to the
B. NJ. C. when they assemble in Boston
next month.
That there has been waste, extrava-
gance and Encouragement on the part
of this administration of the Grand
United Order of Odd Fellows is so ap-
parent that the closest adherents of
those in power win not make an effort
to explain the reckless expenditure of
the peoples money.
Edward H. Morris is now holding the
Office of Grand Master not by the will
of the people, but because he thwarted
that viii in Atlanta, Ga, and holding
over him are those who, Together with
him manage the financial affairs of the
Order. They do not feel themselves re-
sponsible to the other members of the
Order; they do not regard themselves
as accountable to the Lodges whose
money they have so reeklessly wasted.
The day of reckoning is close at hand
and the rank and file will rise in their
wrath and put out of Office at Boston
the men who have such a vicious dis
regard for the welfare of the Fratern-
ity which honored them with election
in Baltimore in the year 1910.
The timely editorial which appeared
in the Atlanta Independent of August
LIST has opened the eyes of the mem
bers everywhere as to the mismanage-
ment of the funds Of the Grand United
Order of Odd Fellows. The Quarterly
Circulars which are supposed to con-
tain a true account of the receipts
and expenditures of moneys belonging
to the Order tell the story'of how rap
idly this organization is being bank
rupted by the men who are handling its
finances. The Grand Secretary at the
B. NJ. C. held in Baltimore reported
balance in the treasury of $49, 467.97-
see page los of the 18th B. NJ. C. Re
port. When Edward H. Morris was in
stalled as Grand Master in January,
1911 there was a cash balance in the
treasury Of the G. U. o. of o. F. of
$4,000. From that time until the end
of July, 1914 the Grand Secretary has
collected over s125,OOO, which makes a
total Of pore than $50, 100000. If you
doubt it get your Quarterly Circulars
and add up the figures. According to
the report Of the Grand Secretary there
is now less than $4,000 in the treasury
of the Order. What has become of
the more than one hundred thousand
dollars belonging to the Grand United
Order of Odd Fellowsf WHO GOT TT
All over the country this question is
being asked in the lodge rooms and on
the streets. When the delegates to the
B. NJ. c. meet at Boston they too will
ask, "Who got the money! Edward :
Morris and his financial officers will I
have to answer this question.
If they try to throw dust in the eyes
Of the delegates by saying the Odd Eel !
lows Supreme Court has cost a vast
sum Of money, the humblest delegate
win know that the Court has existed
for only three and one-half years. He
viii know that the salaries Of three
judges clerk and marshal are about
- $50 per year. He can take his
circular and find that the ex.
Penses Of those officers are less than
$50 per year. He will take a bit Of
paper and pencil and figure that the
Supreme Court has cost the Grand
United Order Of Odd Fellows about
$500 per year in salaries and ex-
penses; and that from January, 1911 to
July, 1914. three years and a half, the