1885-Aug. N. Currier, Henry M. Smith, John F. O'Connor, James J. Tierney, Jos. S. Perry, Loring Coes, Emerson Warner, Joseph Mason. 1886-Aug. N. Currier, Henry M. Smith, John F. O'Connor, James H. Mellen, Thos. W. Butler, Loring Coes, Henry L. Parker, Joseph Mason. 1887 — Thos. G. Kent, Alfred S. Pinkerton, John F. O'Connor, Peter A. Conlin, Thos. W. Butler, Jos. H. Walker, Henry L. Parker, Wm. A. Gile. 1888-Jos. P. Cheney, Jr., Alfred S. Pinkerton, Peter T. Carroll, James H. Mellen, James M. Cronin, John W. Plaisted, David Manning, Jr., Wm. A. Gile. 1889-Joseph P. Cheney, Jr., Alfred S. Pinkerton, Peter T. Carroll, James H. Mellen, James M. Cronin, John W. Plaisted, Wm. B. Sprout, Edward B. Glasgow. 1890-Henry C. Wheaton, Wm. H. Rice, E. M. Moriarty, Peter A. Conlin, Patrick J. Quinn, Franklin B. White, W. B. Sprout, Edward B. Glasgow. 1891-Henry C. Wheaton, Wm. H. Rice, E. M. Moriarty, James H. Mellen, Patrick J. Quinn, Franklin B. White, Henry G. Taft, Geo. S. Clough. 1892 - Alfred S. Roe, Jas. P. Crosby, E. M. Moriarty, James H. Mellen, Jas. F. Melaven, Henry J. Jennings, Henry G. Taft, Geo. S. Clough. 1893 - Alfred S. Roe, Jas. P. Crosby, E. M. Moriarty, James H. Mellen, James F. Mclaven, Henry J. Jennings (died during session), Henry Y. Simpson, Edward I. Comins, Eben F. Thompson. 1894-Alfred S. Roe, Wm. P. Searles, E. M. Moriarty, James H. Mellen, Jas. F. Melaven, Henry Y. Simpson, Joseph B. Knox, Eben F. Thompson. 1895-Alfred S. Roe, W. P. Searles, E. M. Moriarty, James. II. Mellen, Jas. F. Melaven, Ellery B. Crane, Joseph B. Knox, George H. Mellen. 1896-George M. Rice, Wm. P. Searles, E. M. Moriarty, James H. Mellen, Jas. F. Melaven, Ellery B. Crane, Willie C. Young, George H. Mellen. 1897-George M. Rice, Moses D. Gilman, E. M. Moriarty, Michael L. Russell, A. Edwin Enberg, Geo. W. Coombs, Willie C. Young, Charles G. Washburn. 1898-George M. Rice, Moses D. Gilman, Michael L. Russell, James F. Carberry, George W. Coombs, Charles R. Johnson, Charles G. Washburn. SENATE, 1848-1898. 1848- Alfred D. Foster. 1849 Alex. H. Bullock. 1850-Pliny Merrick. 1851-Alex. DeWitt (Oxford). 1852-John S. C. Knowlton. 1853-John S. C. Knowlton and Charles Thurber. 1854-Isaac Davis. 1855 Henry W. Benchley. 1856- Francis H. Dewey. 1857-Geo. F. Hoar. 1858-John M. Earle. 1859 and 1860- Dexter F. Parker. 1861- Ichabod Washburn. 1862 and 1863-Hartley Williams. 1871 and 1872-Adin Thayer. 1874 and 1875-George F. Verry. 1876-Edward L. Davis. 1877 and 1878-George S. Barton. 1879 and 1880-Henry C. Rice. 1881 and 1882-Thos. J. Hastings. 1883-Charles B. Pratt. 1884-John D. Washburn. 1885 and 1886-M. V. B. Jefferson. 1887 and 1888 - Edwin T. Marble. 1889-Henry L. Parker. 1890-Henry L. Parker, Alfred S. Pinkerton. 1891 and 1892-John R. Thayer, Alfred S. Pinkerton. 1893--Stephen Salisbury, Alfred S. Pinkerton. 1894 and 1895-Stephen Salisbury. 1896-Alfred S. Roe. 1897 and 1898-Ellery B. Crane and Alfred S. Roe. SECRET SOCIETIES AND FRATERNAL A ORDERS. BY CHARLES A. PEABODY, M. D.* STUDY of the growth of secret societies during this century, or since Worcester became a city even, could not fail to be of interest to the student of social movements as an indication of public opinion and one of the signs of the times. "We all believe in pledges and oaths now," says the distinguished president of a distinguished university; a statement in striking contrast to the popular sentiment of sixty or seventy years ago, when the false and furious diatribes of scheming politicians and time-servers against what they termed oath-bound socicties, alarmed the common conscience, and overwhelmed common sense in a mighty surge, whose retreating echoes, though faint, have hardly yet completely died away. An historical sketch of these societies in Worcester during the last half century, even though brief and general in its character, must of necessity include some notice of their origin and early history as well as of their purposes and character. Of these organizations, the first in point of age and influence is the "Society of Free Masons," which was introduced in Worcester in 1793, and was the sole occupant of the field for more than fifty years. In 1844 the first lodge of Odd Fellows was organized, followed soon by some temperance organizations and the German Einigkeit, D. O. H. It was not, however, until several years later, or about the time of the Civil War and the years immediately following, that the movement in this direction received the impetus that has carried it along with increasing strength and activity, till now the lodges are legion, and the names on their roll are numbered by the tens of thousands. But Worcester is not peculiar in this growth. It extends over wide areas of our country; wherever, in fact, we find communities in the pushing ranks of progress and prosperity, there we find that these societies abound. It is one of the indications of the restless activity * See sketch in Biographical Department. |