204 PAST AND PRESENT OF They demanded, in other words, a separate endowment fund for each state or , similar to the system of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Foremost among the states demanding separate endowment jurisdictions, were Massachusetts and Illinois . Judge Hoke issued a strong letter to the rebellious courts. Massachusetts returned to the fold, but Illi¬ nois set up an Independent Order of its own which lived about fifteen years. In Ontario , where the membership had grown to about 800, there was a determined movement to immediately separate the Or¬ der in Canada from the rest of the jurisdic¬ tion. Dr. Oronhyatekha , who was high chief ranger of Ontario , convened a special session of the at London in that province, on March 6th, to consider the sit¬ uation. The meeting was largely attended. The high chief rangers of Nova Scotia , New Brunswick and Quebec were present. The delegates expressed the views of their courts on the question of separation with re¬ gard to endowments,*—twenty courts being in favour of separation and six for retaining the system now in force. Those in the ma¬ jority contended that the cost of insurance was greater than it should be, by reason of the higher death rate in the United States. This was partly true, but in after years when the Order ceased to do business in the South¬ ern states the death rate was found no higher in the Northern, Eastern or Western states than it was in Canada ; but as the cost for $1,000 of mortuary (or insurance) benefit had never exceeded $9.90 per year, we think that the Canadians had no reason for com¬ plaint. met at London, Ont, in October, 1879, and the annual session of the 11 igh Court of Ontario was convened at the same time. In the Supreme, i . e., the Right Worthy , the Canadians moved that On¬ tario have leave to form a separate jurisdic¬ tion for their own endowment. This motion was defeated by a majority of sixteen. As soon as the news that a separate jurisdiction had been refused was communicated to the of Ontario a motion was made to secede from the Order . . This was carried by a vote of twenty-six to fourteen, and thus was formed the Canadian Order of Foresters. The leading men in the majority were Rev. G. G. McRobie , George Lindley and W. T. Long and they took with them all but eight of the subordinate courts. The leaders in the minority were Dr. Oronhya ¬ tekha, Dr. Millman , Edward Botherell , B. W. Greer , E. S. Cummer and W. D. Mc- Gloghton. These men, with a small following, no funds and all the bills to pay, stood by the Order , reorganized the of On¬ tario, and laid the foundation for the great future in store for the Independent Order of Foresters. For years a little quarrel was kept up between the Independent Order of Foresters leaders and their old friends, who were laboring hard to build up a Canadian Order . This feeling has happily passed away, many prominent men being members of both orders. The next meeting of the Most Worthy , now called the , was held in Boston, Mass. , in 1880. During the year then closed the Order had not grown; the attention of the officers had been taken up with the Secession Movement, which had threatened to wreck the institu¬ tion, and the death rate had been high owing to loose medical examination. The session of 1881 was held in June and lasted six days. The death rate contin-