The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-02-24


Faithful, No. AZ, Nome Prairie - s.
Young, A. B. Greeley, A. Guptell, Miss
Georsiana Winslow, Fowler Reed, F. Gree
Icy, Miss Bertha Clark, Miss Ada Wins
low, Mrs. A. B. Greeley, Miss Lizzie Davis,
Miss Ada stickney.
Wide A,cake No. 103, Qearvater-Rev.
N. Lathrop, DR.. W. T. Collins, Rev. J. g.
+. stearns, R. A. Lyons, Miss jeanette
Hubbard, Miss Anna Lathrop, Miss Mary
E. Rigby, Miss Aggie Mulholland, J. w.
Gibbs, Miss Jennie Tollington, A. F. Smell,
Miss Flora Austin, J. H. Lathrop. G. g.
Chamberlain.
Payn<.p;le No. l47-J. J. Stanton, A. H.
Bennett, L. S. Bennett.
Melrose No. ION. NJ. Freeman, N.
w. Adley.
1t was voted to admit visiting Templars
Is h honorary members.
The election Of officers resulted - fol.
lows:
W.C.-F. Tolman.
w. V.-Miss Mary Rigby.
w. Sec.-Rev. N. Lathrop.
w. f. S,-R. A. Lyons.
w. Treas.-Mrs. r. A. Lyons.
w. Chap.-Rev. Mr.. Stanton.
I.G.-Miss Bertha CLARK.
Marshal-M. w. Adley.
L. H. S.-Mrs. Hulst.
A. S.-Mrs. Mead.
Dep. M.-Mrs. Greeley.
The officers were installed by Dist. Dep.
uty E. Bucknell. Of Minneapolis.
"WEDNESDAY.
1t was ordered that the lodges, four
weeks prior to the time for the meeting of
the District Lodge, transact the district
business and furnish list Of delegates to
the Executive Committee At the place
where the meeting il to be held, and the
questions for discussion to tho w. c. T. At
St. Cloud.
Heesrs. Stanley, Collins and Hill were
appointed Committee on Resolutions.
The hour for the converting Of the next
District Lodge was fixed At o'clock P. n,
to be public meeting under the direction
OF AelrOse Lodge.
An Executive Committee, to consist of
the W. c., w. s. and three members was
ordered.
The several lodges were requested to Sc
lect and furnish one or more songs for the
use of the District Lodge.
The lodge then proceeded to the dis
custom of questions. The question of
Melrose lodge: us it expedient to form
juvenile lodges where subordinate lodges
admit members At IL years?' was freely
discussed, after which it was resolved to
urge upon all lodges in this district to Or
ganizs juvenile temples in connection with
their lodges, and Miss Eva L. Knapp was
recommended as a suitable person to Or
ganize such temples.
The question, ''I~ the digest binding on
subordinate lodges p was next discussed
without any decision being arrived 1t.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
= series of resolutions returning thanks to
Wide Awake Lodge No. 103 and TO the
citizens of Clearwater for the kindness and
hospitality extended to the delegates; to
District Deputy Bucknell to the St. Paul
&Pacifc r. r. Co. for reduction Of fare:
commencing the Liberty Blade to the pat
ronsge Of the lodges; endorsing the work
Of Mis-. Knapp in instituting juvenile
lodges and pledgins the members to re-
newed efforts to extend the influence of
the order until all shall be included in the
ranks of the total abstinence army.
The Convention went into Committee of
the Whole to discuss questions and
upon rising reported that the following
were recommended to be referred to the
lodges for discussion:
hibitory laws if Good Templars would en-
force the laws We have"
"1f our efforts were confined to either the
young OF the old, with which would it bs
advisable to laborT
In the question, care the hard times
through which We are nov passing owing
more to overproduction than to intemper-
ance :" the decision was that intemperance
is to blame.
The question, "Resolved, That the use Of
sweet cider is morally wrong" was carried
in the Affirmative
The report of the Committee wa adopt
I'd.
The following was then adopted:
''Eeso!ved, That it il the sense of this
District Lodge that it 10 morally wrong to
drink sweet cider"
At the evening session ]. J. Stanton, A.
B. Greeley and Eugene johnson were ap-
pointed members of theExecutive Commit
tee.
District Deputy Bucknell took the chair
and exempliied the unwritten work Of the
order by going through the initiatory cere-
nony.
After discussions and questions the w.
c. T. took the Chair and the lodge ad-
journed to meet At Melrose, May 10th.