Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-17
calling upon G. Z. for lectures.

very good public temperance meet
ing is what is known as Open Lodge
meetings. A Lodge should at some
regular session, decide by motion
that the next, or some succeeding
session, should be open to the pub
hiic, and due notice should be given
to the neighborhood. The w. c.
Il. Or committee appointed for
that purpose, should designate a
sufficient number of brothers and
sisters, to b. prepared with music,
essays, declarations, songs, speeches
DC, for the entertainment of the
meeting. When the evening ar
rives, at the hour for opening, the
W. {. Il. takes the Chair, and with
the gavel calls the Lodge to order.
He says: Officers and members
will clothe themselves in appropri-
ate regalia, and assume their re-
spective positions. w. Y. II. will
see that the Guards are in their
proper places. Raps the officers
to their feet, and asks them '.what
are their respective Duties" and
receives the usual responses Raps
/ up the members, and sing the OPEN
ing ode, and the opening prayer is
offered by w. Chap. The roll Of
officers is called, and the Lodge
opens under the head of Good of
the Order. All salutations are
omitted, and no password collected.
After the regular programme is
finished, the W. c. u. should invite
remarks from any friend of tenn
perance. Nine times in ten, some
persons will become convinced of
the usefulness and ealnestness of
the Order, and send in their name
for the next meeting, as candidate
for membership. Persons opposed
to secret societies, are disabused of
their prejudice, and become friendly
to you. Visit other neighborhoods
with your singing and other enter
talnment, and arouse the interest
in temperance, that we must have
before we can succeed. Don't de-
pend on professional lecturers, but
work yourself, until II public senti-
ment is created, that shall reflect
upon our Statute Books in wise
laws that can and will be enforced.
Convention moved that the FL
nance Committee be directed to make
an assessment on the lodges repre-
scented in this Convention q suffic-
lent sum per- capita. upon the mem
bers to defray the expenses of this
Convention.
Music by Bro. Hoare.
W. G. Il. made some remarks on
good of the order followed by Bro.
Il. l.. Joiner.
Report of Finance Committee re-
ceived as follows:
Your committee on finance would
respectfully recommend that IL tax
OF two cents each on the members
OF lodges represented in this Con-
vention, and one-half q cent each on
members Of temples represented, be
levied to defray the expenses Of
| this Convention. Signed
II. JoLIFFE,
HENRY DUNSTAN,
E. WEBSTER.
On motion this report was
adopted.
The G. w. C. y. addressed the
Convention in an inspiring speech,
no synopsis Of which, that the W.R.
s. could give, would begin to do
justice.
Sister Meigs sang and played.
The W. I. u. proposed as sub
Ject Tor discussion "How best to
keep members from getting in ar
rears.' Bro. Bosapko thought that
the best plan was for the w. f. S.
to do his duty. Bro. Joiner said
that in his lodge the w. +. S. at the
close OF every quarter read list of
members III arrears in lodge, and
found that payment Of dues soon
followed. Bro. Allen suggested that
a committee be appointed to wait
on all in arrears and urge them to
to paJ up their dues. Bro. Pen
berttiy endorsed Bro. Aliens sug-
ses',ions; thought there were but
few who would refuse to pay their
sues if waited on by {. committee /;
thought a large number who had
been suspended from Eureka Lodge
would soon return.
Bro. Joiner moved that the report
of the Committee on Programme he
amended so as to dispense with the