Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-09-08

10. g. T.-The Grand Lodge of Delaware,
Independent Order of Good Templars met In
annual session on Wednesday.
The Grand Worthy Chief Tsmplar thus lays
down bis views on the future policy Of the or
der In the State In my opinion the best po IL
cy in this State Ia for every Temperance man
to attend the primary meetings Of his party aud
demand the nomination Of temperance men,
We should educate our people to vote as they
talk. II the Christian and Temperance men
Of this State will but ignore all party ties, and
vote only for honest Temperance men, our par
TALLY gained victory Of last year will ultimately
result i'll complete triumph. As the "Liquor
Dealers League" have laid down the gauntlet
and have declared that they W III support no man
for office who Is favorable to temperance legis-
latioD, we arc towards II we don't take II up
and declare in return that we will vote for no
man who endeavors 10 secure his election by
whisky or bar-room influences. This policy
has already secured us partial victory In the
action or our last Legislature, relative TO Tenn
perance. Although we did not obtain from that
body all We wished to, we hail their action as a
great step In advance which has alarmed the
"Liquor Sellers" and brought the issue imme
diately upon us. II Is .'war to the knife, and
the knife 10 the hilt" They (the liquor sellers)
will seek for tho repeal of this law, while we
want 1t more stringent that 1t Is.
The Grand Worthy Secretary reports the or.
SauiLhlion oi tne ioiOWlng l1ougeS III the state
during the year:
"On October lst, Charity Lodge, 40. 8s, at
Magnolia, Kent Co.; October I'd, Milford Neck,
No. 80, Milford p. o., Kent Co.; Nov. 7th, Mil.
ton Lodge, No. 70, at Milton, ESu ssex Co.; May
2Oth, Star Of Hope, No. II, at Leipsic, Kent Co.
"At the beginning of the year Deputies were
commissioned for 25 Lodges, but il appears
from the Ledger that 8 Of these Lodges had re-
ported for but one or two quarters of the previ-
ntao ri.au "a
their organization in Feb. '73; No. II, not since
Aug. II No. 81, not since March '72, aud No.
OF never having reported, not even having paid
charter fee. These, with Newark, No. q, have
forfeited their charters, having failed 10 report
within one year.
''Felion Lodge and Cooke Lodge (Smyrna)
have not reported for the last three quarters
Charity Lodge (middletown) Odessa, and Trim
ity (Fredorica) are due reports for two quarters
Some of the remaining L ,dges have not as vet
sent their returns for the last quarter, Tut we
presume they are waiting to send In care Of
their Representatives to the G.. l.. Il Is a sad
comment upon the reputation of some of the
towns Of our State, that they have a population
Of from TOO to 800 supporting 4 or 8 whiskey
shops, yet suffering a Lodge Of &. T. to die
from sheer neglect. Would it not be well to ili-
quilc at whose door these faults liep
While there is loss Of two Lodges in for.
feiting charters over the institution OF new Lod
ges, there Is an increase In membership In nea.
ly all the old Lodges, showing their hrmnes,
which Is truly encouraging.
q. W.. y. Enright, in his report for 1870 and
II, claimed a membership Of 1000, but his
percentage gave Dut All average of 740. Las
year the acknowledged per capita gives but 73O
while we are able to report for every quarter
the present year between 900 and 900 mem
bers In good standing and our returns to the Il
w. G. l.. gave us l,022.
The number Of subordinate lodges at presen
| In the State 10 stated at % membership, LOLA
| initiations during the year. 55S; admitted b,
| card, ii; reinstated, l5-thus making tota
membership of 1861. The number of suspen
s,ons was 304, and Of violations Of pledge 99.-
The whole number offull degree members Is 46l
ELECTION OF OrFIcERs.-At 3.45, til
Grand Lodge proceeded to the election Of Off
GERS the ensuing year, as follows:
| G. w. G. r.-Rev. A. ID. Davis, Georgetown
| G. W. Coun.-Miss Mary Z. Lowman, vii
mington.
q. W. v. T.-Miss Mary A. Crouch, Dover
| G. w. S.-McKendree Downham, Cantei
bury.
G.. W. Chaplain.-Rev. Joseph Dare, De!mal
| G.. W. NJ VIM. T. Moore, Milford.
! G. W. GIL. r. Lowman, Wilmington.
| G. w. Sentinel.-James Francis, Marydel.
| Assistant G. W. Secretary.-C. May Carey
Wyoming.
| ID. G.. Marshall.-Mlss Annie A. Eyertor
Wilmington.
Representatives to the r. W. G. Lodge, ,whic
meets in Boston, Rev. j. A. u. Wilson; altei
nate ]. X. p. Morris.
The accounts Of James Devine being in a
unsatisfactory condition, a committee was ap
pointed to confer with Mr.. Devne and obtai
settlement within thirty days.
The editor Of the keystone Good Templa
Of Pennsylvania, being present, was called up
on to give explanation Of his attack upon Rev
A. d. Davis, but his remarks were unsa.isfac
tory and by resolution of the Grand Lodge b
was severely cehsured for his conduct, and tn
discontinuance of the circulation of his pape
In Delaware recommended. The course OF tn
Rev. A. d. Davis was approved, and his viewS
particularly those in relation TO the presen
Liquor License law, were endorsed.
Other resolutions were adopted, of which th'
following Is the most important.
Resolped, That though the present Liquo
Law ID not what we want, yet, recognizing
Is step In the right direction, we will do al
we can TO make 1t effective In cnrtailing th
drinking and sale Of intoxicating liquors, an,
thus by using every means In our power To pre-
vent the signing Of petitions for license, an,
this we will do by exposing publicly, througl
the press, and in other ways, those who sig
them and further, that we will not patroniz
such persons In business, neither will we fellow
ship them as christians, viz those who sig
Ipeti,Ions for license TO sell ardent spirits.
A long-continued and spicy debate sprang vi
on the queetion OF the adoption Of this resolu
ton, but 1t finally prevailed.
The continuance Of the next session Of tn
Grand Lodge was fixed by resolution at tw,
days, and the place for tho next meeting wa
nxed at Dover on the frst Wednesday In Sep
tember next.