The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-04-07

ization who brought about the rebel
lion, was repudiated. Resolution,
branding Brown hs yaeiHAting and
severely eondemnfng the national or
ganizatioh We're phssed ~ a. fisihE'
vote, not one Of those present voting
against the resolutions f
Result Of Ola row q
The action taken last night Il, the
result of row thu. Mas Seen brewing
for several months. II dates from.
the arrival of J. y. Davis and y. j.
LEM, members OF the national. organi.,
zation to Honoluiu. Davis, whom II
Is said by local Moose, would have pro-
fited had his scheme carried, ordered
the charter Of, the local lodge rescind-
ed, issued orders tinftl Hawaiians were
not to be admitted as members; APP
pointed temporary officers and issued
orders for the organization Of a new
lodge, in which Hawaiians would be
denied membership Brown was APP
pointed organizer. None Of the new
officers appointed would agree to serve
and since then the local lodge has
been preparing for the climax winch
was reached last night. ~
@. 8. Eeftheaa presided At the meet
ing. In addition to adopting resolu-
tons and withdrawing from the nation.
al organization, committee on con-
stitution and bylaws and q committees
on ritual were appointed to prepare for
reorganization. y. y. Sullivan Is lIead
Of the first committee and p! Baron II
chairman Of the ritual committee
~ ~ n
to use the words of Past Worthy Dice
tator Cohen. upon the broad principles
of the Brotherhood of Man. It prob
ably will Do lnowne as The Improved
Order Of Moose of Hawaii
-. HAS Large Mshbetship.
The order Of Moose at present has
membership Of about fifteen hundred
in this Territory, with hodges ct Homo
lulu, Waipahu, Wailuku, SehoAeld Bar
racks and Hflo. Itis believed that all
these lodges exeebt -Seh0fleld ~fll ioins
in the mutiny. Waipahu hodge had a.
Allegation ia attehdahce az Che meet
ing last night. This lodge has a mem
bership Of about ESQ, II is claimed 81 n
The pfincipsT qnalihcatfoh for mem.
bership in the reorganized order, ac-
cording TO Mr.. Cohen, Is, that appii-
cants must bemen. Race OF creed win
not be considered. lodges are to be
established not only whore Moose
lodges are now located in the Islands.
but in other sections Of the Territory
as well. ", li@ r w efofy..
Reorganization % start
"It is our purpose to organize lodges
"a a,,,.,, q :, I; ,,t.'f, ,FF t,,Y,At4 49,. ~,
Oahu" said Mr.. Cohen h1st, night.
eve also plan on lodges at Waiiuku
and Lahaina on Maui, bihue and other
Important points on Kauai, and at Hilo,
Laupahoehoe and Kohalar ON Hawaii.
It is estimated now that we viii have
at least fifteen lodges, with metnt err
ship that win reach at least 1--WE thou
sand. II will be a lodge Of men, and
we will deem il an honor 10 have Ha-
waiians on our membership rolls. ~
eve have all our equipment here;
we do not owe the national ofganiza-
tion OF Moose d cent, and have treas.
ury of'abont six thousand dollars. I'M
der our new organization VIC will not
be under obligations TO outside organ.
izations, our per capita fees will be-.
kept at home, and every cent VS. secure
will be for sick dement's and the aid
in other ways Of our members. IT, will
be strictly territorial organisation,
and from the enthusiasm with which
the national organizations and its iocal
organization were repudiatedi at the
meeting tonight I faef eertain that the
new order is destined TO become one
or the strongest In these islands Or
ganizers will receive no fees, and any
member win gladly devote his time and
Efforts without cost and for the good
OF the new ORDER ~