Redmanship in Kentucky for Fifty Great SunsSmith, Frank L.
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Redmanship in Kentucky for Fifty Great Suns
Smith, Frank L.
Improved Order of Red Men. Great Council of Kentucky
Past Great Sachem L. L. Bebout in a characteristic speech presented
Great Sachem Robert Lee Page with a beautiful and costly silver
service, the joint gift of many Tribes and individuals. Great Sachem
Page responded, expressing his heartfelt appreciation of the handsome
tribute.
Great Junior Sagamore W. H. McDonald presented a Great
Representative's sash to Acting Great Incohonee D. H. Russell, which
that Great Chief accepted in appropriate terms.
Great Prophet Russell, in behalf of Past Sachem N. Bierman, of
Cherokee Tribe, No. 8, offered as a reward for faithful work for the
Order an emblematic Ring to the member of the Order who shall bring
into his Tribe the greatest number of new members in each Great Sun,
counting from each Great Council.
The contract for the printing for the ensuing great sun was let to The
Louisville Anzeiger Company, the Record being the base, at $1.00 per
page.
The run having arrived for the election of Great Chiefs, the Great
Sachem announced that when tellers were required to receive and count
ballots, each candidate in nomination for Chieftaincy should have the
privilege of appointing one of the tellers in his race.
Past Great Sachem H. H. Denhardt presiding, the election took place,
resulting as follows:
Robert Lee Page was unanimously elected Great Prophet.
Joe H. Kemper, of No. 18 was elected Great Sachem by acclamation.
W. H. McDonald, of No. 111 was elected Great Senior Sagamore, there
being no other candidates in nomination.
Homer J. Northcutt, of No. 184 was elected Great Junior Sagamore,
Wm. A. Grader, of No. 8, being also in nomination, and lost by small
margin.
Frank L. Smith, of No. 1 was elected Great Chief of Records, other
candidates in nomination being T. J. Tierney, of No. 80; J. M.
Holstner, of No. 10 and C. F. Melton, of No. 81. Henry W. Ray, the
retiring Great Chief of Records, having served for five consecutive
great suns, was awarded the honors of a Past Great Sachem and declined
to be a candidate for re-election.
Herman V. Cohn, of No. 8, was elected Great Keeper of Wampum for the
third term, M. M. Redding, of No. 64 being also in nomination.
Four Great Representatives to the Great Council of the United States
were elected, each to serve for two great suns as follows:--Past Great
Sachem Robert Lee Page, of No. 80; L. L. Bebout, of No. 60; G. A.
Ellerkamp, of No. 8 and Henry Wood Ray, of No. 3. Other candidates
in nomination were Past Great Sachem H. J. McFarlan, of No. 33; Past
Sachem Lawrence S. Leopold, of No. 8; Past Great Sachem John D.
Walker, of No. 1; Past Sachem Chas. A. Hess, of No. 10.
A bill was presented and passed increasing the per capita tax to be
levied upon Tribes to five feet each six moons, the additional ten
inches to be set aside as a special fund to aid the Great Council
of the United States in the erection of a Long House, or permanent
headquarters in the hunting grounds of Louisville.
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