The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1918-10-10

independent,
a true statement and in full accord with our views
THE TRUE STATUS OF THE G. U. O. O. F. IN AMERICA
There are those who to in the two meetings
held IN Yew York City the 9th inst split in the G. u O.
o. F--that there has the parting of the ways and
that hereafter there will be wings Of the Order in this
country.
In tins they labor under misapprehension-they pro-
ceed on the theory that there b. NJ c. held in
New York on the date but matter of fact there
was only heldand that the regular b. NJ c. held
IN Manhattan Casino the place designated by the local
committee of arrangement time after the Eighteenth
Is Nj. e. had met and adjourned in Washington, ID. c.
Until the very last moment just prior to the regular
hour and time of holding the Nineteenth b. NJ. c. it had
been given out by the Morris contingent through W. Da
vld Brown g. T. of the S. c. N and the Grand Master in
cuded that there would be b. NJ c. They told dele
gates who waited them to find whether there would
be any meeting and where; and told point-bank
that there would be none Delegates from all over the
country were told the same thing and hence whatever
meeting held except at the Manhattan Casino could
not come up to the dignity of a b. NJ. C.
Neither Ex-Grand Master Morris nor any member of
the ExSub Committee of Management whose term of of
fee just expired would have the temerity claim that
they held b. NJ c. within the meaning of the General Law
Hon. John S. Noel, of Montgomery W. Va is the
Grand Masterelec and Kaiser Morris and his crew. who
defeated in New York City will step down and
the second Monday in January 1919 they will be legally
ousted
We would advise contemporary to have msgiv
ngs as to that The Planet is right when it says Grand
Master Morris quick danger and he proceeded
to do the next best thing-to meet meet elect off
and not elect them Grand Master Morris went to
New York to meet the delegates that might be elected and
then he held meeting to decide not to have meeting lie
held session of the B. NJ c. in New York while not hold
ing session of the b. NJ c. in New York"
In other words Morris between the Devil the
deep blue and there nothing else for him do but
to camOuage But he has not deceived anybody but him
self-he hasn't deceived his henchmen. They know
full weas everybody else does-that they had b. M.
c. If they think So they deceive themselves they do
deceive the 282 delegates that met in Manhattan Casino
representing than twenty states and held the Nine
teenth b. NJ c. in the regular way provided by the laws
of the Order And if Morris and his henchmen have
learned this they will before they are many
older.
lie his old game but failed to work this time
This time too many. He reminded of the
rch-when the enemy gets after him, he takes to flight
and the enemy to be about to capture him. he sticks
his head in the sand and imagines is completely
hidden, while his pursuer simply closes up him and
makes him complete prisoner That is exactly what Nor
rs and his have done i'll this instance
Yes the b. NJ G. has been held and has become a mat
ter of hsoryit is accomplished fact 1t held at
the Manhattan Casino and regular officers by
regular accredited delegates aggregatng than 282
and there will be two set Of oicersthere will be only
set and it will be those who seated the regular
B. NJ G. assembled the ninth day Of September in the
year 1918 al Manhattan Casino, New York City. Let
Odd Fellow nave any misgving about this The Morris
administration has been overhrOwn, and admins
raton with John Noel Grand Master will be nduct
ed into office the second Monday in January 1919 This is
the true status Of the g. T. O. o. f. in America Let the
100000 odd Fellows and more, take notice and govern
themselves accordingly.