The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-14
EXALTED RULER
OF ELKS' LODGE
w. B. West Accepts Honor
in Neat Speech Outlin-
ing His Policies.
PEP IS A REQUISITE
Laws Do Not Make Reform.
Each Man Must First Be
gin by Reforming Himself.

W B West. exalted ruler OF Tulsa
lodge, -. +. @ T.. when elected to
office last Tuesday uignt. was III
orally applaudod when No accepted
The honor In brief cNtcmporaneous
speech Mr.. West said
Exalted Ruler and Brothers You
have asked me for "a speech ] do
not know whether or not you mean
this. or whether u is fust an ancient
custom of ours In asking tho elective
officers to- say something I do not
know whether or nor I can make a
speech. but 90 would be impossible
for mo to allow this occasion To 30
by without thanking you FOR the deep
trust of your confidence that has been
placed into my keeping for the cusl-
INK A,r By some of you | am most
others and do not blame them--I
am not SO welcome. but / am salts
fled within my heart that none Of
YOU will refuse 10 CXtond to mo the
hand Of true fellowship have
tried TO deserve he fc-'uwship OF ov-
cry member OF this lodge during my
term OF office as your secretary and
! realize now, more than ever, how
much | will need IL in the future and
how much more deserving | must be
come / need II most now for the
simple reason | am placing myself
In position open for criticism. As
much AS would Mo 70 please all |
realize It Is impossible to do so, but
be that fact Notwithstanding. the
chair OF exalted ruler will continue
its duty Of fidelity to one just tho
same as 20 the other. II seems the
"a .ffA ~ q .I Ia al
ways condemn those In authority
and possibly this In natural conse
quence, as history itself tells US that
wherever authority nifghts there op-
position centcrs, but we must have
authority.
II is but natural, brothers, some
mistakes will be made-it Is inoylt-
able-.but please do not judge hast
lily. No man may 81 RELY judge an
other man, for no man may know
the facts that may have influenced
anothcr's acts. I realize that each
brother is entitled to his rights ana
IL viii be my pleasure TO see that he
gets them, be they ever 50 small or
ever so large. | realize that the vel
fare OF the strongest ana the welfare
Of the weakest are inseparablv
bound together The general VOL
ihi' 'bll'N w ~ bNlAt - ltl III any
one act but Is we'll for ms TO remem-
ber that the benefit OF one is the ben
eft of all and the negligence of one
IL the negligence of all. This lodge
cannot. flourish II our efforts LAM
guish--ouT interest cannot prosper
II our m/'nbcrship declines. II takes
and enthusiasm
To make success, for success Is born
OF Imagination, Imagination begets
enthusiasm - enthusiasm Is the
power that brings achievement
| realize that VIC are meeting un-
der the faircst Of constitutions and
bylaws, but these in themselves are
not sclf-sustalninR. There are self
ishncss and injustice In the world
and It sometimes creeps into the
lodge room Some may desire to
use the ballot box to their own ends
some may desireto minimize and
dstroy the authority Of the exalted
ruler; therefore II behoovcs us that
We clean our own house firs'-rc-
form ourselves; laws DO not make re-
forms, reforms make laws. There
fore We must look 10 ourselves and