The Grange advance., 1874-02-18

An invitation was received askin.
the 'GranS,s,o visit the Merchants Ex@-
change IL ! body. which was accepted
and Che time win be fixed hereafter. w..
Brother TayI,r stated that Chac
ton, 5. G.. had been unanimously set.ct.
ed by tEin cotton States as, IT,: most de-
sirab|e place f,r .'lpldipy The next annual
meeting of the National Grange and. on
motion, Charleston was chosen i, ami
''i"'is'y rs the next place Vi ,Ae.tiny,
au'iA great applause. .. .v;,.. .-.,.s
Brnther Tav!nrjin the nan,c,nt South
Car''lina and al other States Of, the
South, returned thanks for. thel uuani;
nous nc vote and assured members that no
effort would be spared BY the citizens Of
| Charleston, to: make their. visit to chat
city plcasa,lt. and %th.. session ! Of the
Grange :.recab,e.!t i"s'i - is1toi q IL!
On motion. Brother rho,a,1sdoin..> - rep. !; !.
resentative4of OF slanad;, !. 7w};Ni w};Nsi 'liiyitcd to
report che condition and w!iiits. of III;
order in the sDou,inion stih9i 'tff @s''iS'
Mr.. .'rh"mpsdn said they had tel 81 !
gran4es' Numbering over ona' lInlFldrie,d; {: !:
thatrthey awanted t,,i establish Dom. !:
inioh Grange 50 as Is Nave under tI'tif
control Il fixed head quarters, ::'Innd ttHH:i;rr
u"st earnest desire was t., see the organ:
ization' become intefnation;il ia" chairac-
ter. a 'com4hittee was appointed IL
whom all the Resolutions are to be re-
fered, and the com mmittee w;;itssi was instructed
to report on eslast day of the session. session. :.
! Several standing, committees were .ap, 4, !
pointed who will cousidesrrt" VAR various
. matters presented for the welf5irei of the
order, and report hereafter The ssees! ses-
| sions' will probably continue one week
longer ah91@s : '.eaaa 'FEAraeH :. 4
| Sr. Louis, FEB. 9-In the sessii I. .,S,iiI 81
| the National Grange this mnrnin!y" " The
repOrr oi Tie vohIill,ttcc j, I:tla 't:ls 4 IS
4 postponed until next session.. The re-:
solution to have the bulletin Of the
Grange printed and sent 70 the officers 1.s
of'the State subordinate Oranges va Was !
! reteFred to the executive cou,nlitter.
! The resolution to petition Congress on
the currency question was referred to
the coii,nittee On commercial relations.
The resolution to remove tie, head quar-.
tefsof the National Grange: to St. Louis.
4 was referred toa special committee Of
five to report at the 9Th session Of the
National Grange. 4 report Of the con.
dition of the order in Colorado was also
| submitted: 4 It was ordered that the +. re J
port of the Secretary of the Treasury
be Incorporated in the proceedings Of
this meeting. The report Of the com
mittee on Constitution and Bylaws
will be considered tonight. #.s
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 9.-The evening
session Of the National Grange was dc,
voted entirely to the consideration Of
the report Of committee on amendment
of the bylaws and constitution, which
resulted in the adoption Of mass Of
verbal amendments and alterations to
fthe bylaws which cannot be intelligiblv
Photographed: Amendments to the con
lstitution will be considered tomorrow.
Z One of these provides that there may be
established district Oranges in in the 5th
degree not to exceed one IA each COUNTY col,
composed: Of masters Of ssub5rdinatep
4 I,