The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-07

ana mad their plans been SucceSSful
there would have been no occasion
for the national council meeting at
Toledo to elect officers
After this meeting they gained con-
tro; of the five councils in Topeka and
began a vigorous campaign for J. NJ.
ayers to work on the campaign for
young Kirkpatrick, although their
duties required them to be working
for the order.
Constitutional Requirements.
The constitution of the order re-
quires President Kirkpatrick to ap-
point twelve members as standing
committees to serve at the National
Council In 1910 he appointed these
committees thirty days before the
meeting of the National Council, and
this time began appointing them in
January by the appointment of three
members of the law committee
Although many members of these
committees had served before in a
similar capacity. and been approved
by the defendants members of the
executive committee, this committee
first postponed consideration of the
appointments of President Kirkpatrick
of the law committee and later de-
clined to approve two committees in
succession. Afterward the president
submitted the names of the other nine
committeeman and the executive
committee met and postponed action
from day to day until eight days be-
fore the meeting of the National Coun-
Gil meeting, and gave various pre-
tended excuses for not approving
them.
For Control of Votes.
The constitution provides that the
president shall appoint the committees
and that they shall not become eff
fectfve until approved by the execu-
tive comm fttee. By reason of these
twelve members having vote at the
National Council on the president. the
executive committee appears to have
decided not to approve any of them
and to prevent their voting in the Ma
tional Council and control the ap-
pointees themselves
When President Kirkpatrick discov-
cred this f9sct he decided to go into
the supreme court and mandamus the
members of the executive committee
to approve the appointments. This
suit was filed ON May 16, and a great
amount CT testimony was taken and
the attorneys worked night and day
in preparing the case for court, on
Committees Contention.
Hugh P. BARELY, who had been
appointed on the law comm!tfee, also
INTERVIEWED, claiming that the. presi-
dents appointments were constitution
al and did rot need to be approved.
The executive committee then brought
suit against Farrelly in quo warranto
demanding that he show his authority
for acting on the law committee.
1t was the contention of the mem
bers of the executive committee that
they did not have to approve and could
use their own discretion in approving,
and thereby render nugatory the ap-
pointments of Kirkpatrick, and de-
prive the national council of the bene-
fit of these useful committees. In
this they have made a total failure,
and the supreme court has upheld,
completely, the contention of Presi-
dent kirkpatrick.
After getting control of the coun-
ellis in Topeka, a district convention
was held at Topeka and representa-
tives elected from this part of the
state to the National Council. In that
meeting the representatives were in
structed for the ticket which was
picked by the. four officers and district
deputies, in November, at Topeka
Immediately upon these instructions
being given the clique, as they called
themselves, declared that J. M. Kirk
patrick had been elected, ran his pic
tupe with their other candidates. il
the newspapers, and claimed the fight
was over. The fact that they fought
so desperately to prevent the approval
of these twelve committeeman shows
that the election was not over and that
the fight had not even started. =
Iris decision is a great personal VIC
! tory for President Kirkpatrick, who
the records show has been a faithful
efficient and most capable head OF
this great society, and whose hard
work and faithful service has brought
it to the success it has attained and
placed it among the leading and sub
stantia1 fraternal societies of the
United States
! Built Up Order.
| In the testimony taken in this case
there is some interesting history OF
! this order. When President Kirkpat-
rick became connected with it, it was
in d1bt, and only had a few hundred
members. He personally guaranteed
all of its debts and by advancing his
own funds placed it on its feet, and
made it a successful institution, which
! from that day has steadily progressed
from a membership of about 876 and
large debts to a f1ourishing order OF
| IT'S, 600 members and 100000 as
sets. Under his management it ha:
acquired large property interests ant
has large sums of money out at in.
| terest. 1t is now believed that Presi
dent Kirkpatrick will be reelected
with but little difficulty at Toledo, ant
that the members of this order viii
show their appreciation of his fin,
work, loyalty and devotion to this or
der by re-electing him as presiden
| for the next four years.