The Nome nugget., 1920-03-27
NOME PIONEER lGLoo WITHoRAWS FROM
 TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION

ition toward Nome Igloo No 1, on the lpart of the Grand isloo. Pioneers of
 Alaska. at its recent session ,t An-
 chorage. eliminated m tn withdraw al of the Nome Igloo fs1d G"1rd Icieo Jurisdiction at d special meeting held Thursday evening.
 As outlined to the Nugget by Sec
 retary Chas Thornton the specific
 causes of complaint against the Grand
 Igloo are;
 | First. That the Grand lgloo failed
 to give this subordinate Igloo the 90
 days notice of meeting prescribed b.
 the Constitution.
 | Second. That the Grand Geloo refus i ed to receive the proxies and creden- tials and seat the appointed delegates of Igloo No. l. on the ground that the report and per capita taxes had not been received, altho advised by wire
 that the report and per capita pay
 ments had been forwarded immediately on receipt of notice of the meeting. As notice had not been received un- til len days before the session opened. it was manifestly impossible for the report and per capita to reach An Ichorase in time.
 Discussing the situation, Mir Thorn ton s;,id: "Thc "old timers of this section. who, thirteen years ago. or sanized the first Igloo of the Pioneers of Alask;t and have ever since done all in their power to promote it's vel fare. take the view, that the recent session of the Grand Igloo was illegal on the ground that the required 90 days notice was not given. They also feel they were wrongfuly disbarred from participation in the session, altho we had sent our report and per capitn tax, as provided by the constitution. and wired our proxies. This was the count of the notice being received only ten days before the day set for the sessions. We, therefore, refuse to be bound by any proceeding of that ses- sion and intend to appeal to the other
 lgloo's to support us in this position The meeting at which the decision
 to Withdraw was taken was one of the largest this winter and included Il big majority of the resident membership After short debate, in which, the
 stand taken by the Grand Igloo was
 severely excoriated by numerous speakers the following resolution Wa,
 passed by unanimous vote: RE oL HON Whereas, Pioneer Igloo No. l..
 Pioneers of Alaska, has compiled with all possible dispatch and regularity.
 with every obligation and duty pre- scribed by the Constitution of the
 Grand Igloo of Pioneers of Alaska and Whereas, The Grand Igloo at its
 last session refused Igloo No. repre-
 sentation at said session. basing such refusal on technical and unreasonable grounds. while confronted with con vineing evidence of our full and sincere compliance with constitutional require ments and
 Whereas. The Grand Igloo, by its treatment and denial of Igloo No. 1's
 proxies and credentials. submitted to | it's last session. displayed a truculent and autocratic spirit utterly foreign to pioneer traditions, sentiments and principles, and intolerable to bonds of
 unity and fraternalism: Therefore be | it
 1 Resolved, That we. Pioneers of AL
 asla 1gloo No. 1. in special meeting
 assembled. declare our withdrawal and
 do hereby withdraw from the juris-
 diction of the Grand Igloo. as at pres
 ent organized and constituted. and be
 it further
 l Resolved, That We continue to exert
 our best and most earnest efforts in
 maintaining and preserving the grand
 traditions of the Pioneers of Alaska.
 and to propagate the pioneer princi- lples enunciated by the Mother Igloo lat the beginning of our history and
 from which the Grand Isloo. by its unreasonable action and present auto ! (Continued on page six)