The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-10-22
If TRUE, NAIL HIM TO THE CROSS

NaAL HIN ~ The CkOSS
we nave received a letter from a re-
maple source in which the statement is
made that Frank Graham, the nonpar
usan ieaguer who secured the nomina.
tion for the Legislature in this county
by the discreditable method of filing
oeIore the primary election as a re-
publican, is endeavoring to work the
membership OF the Independent Order
vi odd Fellows for votes. This letter
goes to confirm oral intimations of the
same tenor that have reached this Of
lice time and again.
heretofore We have refrained from
mentioning this reprehensible action,
IL MI. Graham is guilty as charged.
whlch Is SO at variance with the prin-
clples of one of the most worthy Sc
cret societies in existence, because We
ala not believe that any man who has
subscribed to the obligations of the
order would be so contemplate. or
nave the hardihood, to use his men,
oershlp as stepping stone to any po-
ftlcal preferment, or for his own
aggrandizment in any venture in life
we have doubted that Mr. Graham
would stoop to such an unmanly act,
although from what has taken place
elsewhere, and what the leaders of the
new cult have not hesitated to do in
order to gain prestige, it is evident
that when men become inoculated with
the microbe of this third party move
lhent their actions are based upon the
principle that the end justifies the
means.
NO man is true to that brotherly and
benevolent organization, the Independ
ent Order of Odd Fellows. who at
tempts to use it for political advance.
ment. The three links that binds to- /
gether the membership represent the
cardinal principles of the Order, the
foundation stones of Odd Fellowship.
Friendship, Love and Truth. If Mr..
Graham is attempting to use the order
to further his candidacy he is commit
ting double moral crime, as he is
breaking faith with the Order, and
further attempting to use the Order
against fellow-member If he is so
lost to all honor as to use Odd Fellow
ship as a medium to further his polit
ical ambitions, he is striking at the
basic principles of the Order. He is
ignorant of, or Indifferent to- those
His Friendship is an asper-
sion upon the word, as he only
recognizes such friendship as will con
vert water to his wheel. Love. by his
very acts, he has erased from his lex
icon. He has proven by acting a false |
mood in securing a nomination under |
raise pretenses that the Truth is not
in him.
one can be excused who votes for |
Mr.. Graham on the grounds that he is |
socialist, or nonDartisan, but the man |
who votes for Mr.. Graham simply be-
cause the Order is SO unfortunate as |
to have him for a member (Which |
charge holds good only in case the re- |
ports that reach us regarding his use |
OF the Order are true,) then that man
should have his name expunged from |
the rolls of the lodge to which he be-
longs, as he is breaking his oath AMI |
pioSlltutlHS tne Oruer.
If we have been misinformed then |
what has been set down above can be |
no reflection upon Mr.. Graham, bur
II the reports are true every Odd Eel |
low in the county should be working
shoulder to shoulder to accomplish his
defeat. We would be among the last to
10 member of the Independent Order
Of Odd Fellows an injustice; among
he first to do member a favor if in
our power so to do. For over so years
we have been a member of that Order,
active and passive, but the obligation
If that Order have always been just as
binding whether in the lodge room or
)ut of it, whether in active service or
On the retired list. We were charter
member of one of the first lodges or
5anized in Spokane Falls and the first
odge ever organized in Okanogan
We believe in the tenets and
he teachings of the Order. The good
work that the Order has accomplished
s as broad as the world is wide. 1t
Knows no party, no creed, no class. |t
s absolutely democratic, it's lessons as
Uplifting as Holy Writ, it's charities as
vide as creation AS a member we
protest against the use of the Order
or political purposes, and it would
seem unbelievable that any one who
lad any respect for the Order would
attempt to use it for his political or
advancement. Mr.. Graham
nay be guiltless. For the good name OF
he Order we devoutely hope he is. If
'umor is correct however, the vote OF
sevry Odd Fellow in the county shoW
De cast against him.