The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-26

n ~. BRANDT.

IL Elk0 Of Rock Island lOQGe, NO.
~. launched campaign last night
- the occasion Of the. snnual ban
1T held n the Masonic temple
! ~ the erection Of b home for the
111er, which, IN the language OF
- Of the speakers on the pfOgfam
1haIl be worthy Of the dignity OF
~ fraternity.
~ : part Of the movement : two
MONS menbershjp drive was be-
m. insttgttsd in part BY the IN
stiration Of the occasion. in which
Editions to the lodge will b Sc
ehfed through ''Dsl4ctive invitation.
! 81 the words Of Past Exalted Ruler
walter J. Grimm. who directed the
preliminary arrangements and the
appointment Of teams, as the last
and GROWING feature Of the eve
1las.
The Elks purchased the south
west corner q Twentieth street and
Fourth avenue over year ago ana
It is on this site that the new home
will be erected.
Dating from last night, the cam
paign will be intensively waged,
closing on the evening of Wednes-
day, Nov. 5, according to present
plans.
The need for the new structure
was demonstrated cOnclusively as
Is antlered host, assembling for
the annual dinner, was compelled
to stage 1t in the Masonic temple
for lack OF adequate facilities for
the entertainment of the 500 Elks
who attended.
Sexton Presides.
Beginning with the POSTMASTER,
N. H. Sexton, who in his introduce
tory address, referred to the eff
fort to be launched in behalf of q
modern and we'll equipped lodge
home, more than one speaker FOL
lowing echoed and reinforced his
remarks, with the result that when
the formal program was over, "
previously appointed captains OF
teams stepped forward and report
ed for duty.
In q manner entirely character
istic of the Benevolent and Pr0tec-
tive Order OF Elks, every "Bill'
present fell into ling as a worker
in the cause. and if The enthusiasm
manifested is any criterion worthy
of the name, the building will take
tangible and Concrete form, and
from 200 to 800 Of the representa-
tive citizens of the community will
Join the order. making Rock Is
land lodge the largest in the tri-
cities, and in this section of Illinois
City Has Been Disgraced.
Brief but pointed illusions were
made in the addresses Of Floyd Z
Thompson, chief justice of the SUI
preme court of the state; Congress
man w. J. Graham and Charles J
Searle, Republican nominee for cir
cult Judge, to the recent acts o
iawlessness committed in Rock Is
Land.
I'VE have besn disgraeed as {
state and as a CITY," Chief Justice
Thompson said, by conditions
which we ~ psople have tolerat
ed and permitted to exist. The faul
is entirely our own. No individual
81 Or group is responsible. but we al
whole are responsible"
He maintained that the order o
Elks was the peer OF any fraterna
organization. 1T differs from tn,
others" he continued, by stand
ing out as an organization almos
wholly patriotic in its character
This is its particular distinction
It IL political, in that Its member
are interested In the science OF gov
ernms0t. To be, in this sense, no
In . partisan sense, a political or
ganiSation W must live what W,
preach. be law abiding citizens an,
insist that others obey the laws.
In this membership campaigl
which We are about to launch, W.
must be careful In our selection o
material and remember that we ar
pledged a. an order to stand for al
that Ii meant by Americanism. 4
man is not considered q good citi
zen Just because he keeps out o
Jail. but he is . good citizen VIII,
respects and upholds, and obeys tn
law" 4
Scores Lax O1aclals,
The chief justice lamented tn,
widespread .disrespact for law, stat
Ing that II was the result to 4 erea
extent Of the World war and tn