, 1874-09-03

Meeting oY tho Grand Lodge OF wis.
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Meeting oY tho Gsrn,d, Lodge OF Wis.
CGIshius
9~cfat Dh4pa|ch to 7hs cAietQo Tribute
MADISON, Wis.,. Sept. 1.--rho ninotoos,th an
ntlal eosRion Of tho Grand Lodge OF Good Tenn
plars OF Wisconsin mot hero to-day, and IL tho
1argoat mooting ever held. ttloro being ovor 15o
delegates present, about 100 Of wuotn took tho
GRIND Lodge degroo this morning. Il. ". CT.
Hoffman, Of Kontucky, who is hero has pro-
Bidod much Of tho day. After tho lotlgo VAS
opened. r. D. Knnouse, c1oBing htB f}ftl, term ay
Grand Worthy Chief Tompar, road Ills annual
address, reviewing tho work OF tho year and
mailing tho suggestions for tho future. An OIL
couragLng Wow is takon Of tho progross Of
the cruaado against the liquor traffic
III Wisconsin by thoso and othor temperance Or
ganiznions, doapito tho aot-back by repeal of tho
Graham law by tho Inst Legislature and the en-
aotsnont Of statute almost worthless as \
mcanB Of rcatrciuiug tho liquor traffic. In re-
gard to tho future, tho addross Gays: ave
must continnc to t,se ovory element Of power
and succcHB at our command consistent with tho
principles Of our Order. Tloso ago,,oioa which
havo proven auccosRful In o,,r own State, and In
other Jurisdictions. should be employed, together
with such other means as your wisdom mny
suggest. Any fundamentally mud all in-
fuotlces which will tend to MAKO
man law unto himself should bo employed
without Htint. That ain exists in tho world Is T.
ta1nontablo fact. LeEn1 statutos aro Insufficient
to socuro moral rocsitntte. They should help
mako thon aud, II possible, n,nintain them, for
they oducato. We must agitatc, NO must lcgis-
late, We must advance in every possible ,Yay and
bo prepared oftontimoB to DO driven bnck. Lot
1ls noyer bc discouraged under lofoata. Our Or
dor Iii baycd upon tho idea tl1nt tho Aocial
and I. noral oionlonta Of socioty are potont.
wen opeI;'y ,se Z reforming socat ant
sight of these fundamental principles Of our
Order, nor he dtiven from thotn Nv MI organiza-
ton BY tho gllttoring allnremollta hold UP to ug
by thogo whoso Alpha and Onle1a ia law and
law-,nakers, aud, in short, Tie nppotizinE fields
Of pot'cs. Lot ua 70 into ttis tiell as citizens,
ca1ufniiy usg onr franchises always in favor OF
onr reform never against it." Reforanco il
maae to tlo struggle against railroad monorolicH
and laws to restrain corporations from opppress-
ing the people, and tho aadresH sayR IT secmB
! ae II our honorable Legislature Of last
winter lot up on lion that they
might liayo empty hands with which to solzo !.
lamb; for l assort, without foar Of contrntlic-
tion on tho part Of any who will inform them
1iquor traffic to tho people Of Wisconsin, IN any
slngle yens or aggregation Of years, y manifold
high rnteB Of passenger mud freight tariiI and,
too, that tho farmers tax il no moro III In
voluntary ono than tic hitter, aud ought to bo
opposed by Governors, Legislators, Judges, md
jnYses, in manner equally NJ 5etern,inea."
Grand Worthy ';rc:otary. i. r. Parker, Of sIadi-
son, then submitted i,,s n,,s1,,nl report showing
the nlllnber Of lodges, Sept, /, 1873 to bn 1If:
orsa,lizctl during tho ycnr, Jp}; making n total
Of 2;5, out Of Which 90 arc not III good standiug
lcasip. 200 ,u,iecs in good Ytnp,I;nr ns liz
present time, With membership in roud stand
in. July 81. 1874. Of 11490 Tho jncrcuso IL
Hrser THAI, iu any former year.-93 per cent
In 1nonlbe:a. The total reeeipts tor Tho year
wore S7,l73.I1. aud lilo oxpunscy sc. rs.
Tho SECRETARY saya tho Order Inns beun raibud to
q higher plane, both AZ regards numbers aud
Influence tllarl it las occupied for Years, Lor,,o
numbers OF tho now picubcrs ayo men aid
women WHO carry co,lnunitics with tnem: who.
yomp. Of them. lad grout powor far oyt md
| who ior years opposed tic Order witt, oxnmpJo
a1d psecopt. NOW this iu,Ir,anca IL With us a,,l
| for lis.
! Committees wero nppointed, to which vcro re-
| fo,rod Il Iurgo number Of resolutions ojYoro1
| this afternoon. Thore way u liyely liacubeion
M to tho nor cauiin tnx. which il
| VIVA Attempted to rn1ure to 4 coutn
| but was ieft ut Il, NJ last yoar. Among tl,e
| resolutions o1ferwl were to resciud t,,a RHO