Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-06
GRAND LODGE, I. o. G. TWENTY
FIRST ANNUAL SESSION.
FIRsr DAY-MoRNING SESSION.

| son OF Dan Il FanClsCo.
The roll being called. the following officers
were found to be present: G. w. Z. l.,
r. Thompson, San Francisco; G. w. V. l.,
Mrs. V. A. Rix, Washington Corners; G. W.
c.. VIM. Sims, Winters; G. w. s., Geo. B.
Katzenstein, Sacramento: G.. w. T., DR.. I.
s. HaIsey, Vallejo; G.. W. /. e., Mrs. II.
A. MAYHEM, Red Bluff G. w. o. G., G. A.
Scott. Oakland c. w. Chaplain, Rev. w.
H. Tubb, Martinez; G.. w. Messenger. E.
W. Culver, Newcastle; P. G. w. e. T.,
VIII D. Gould, Los Angeles; G. S. J; I.
and S. B. P. of H., Mrs. E. P. Stevens, San
Francisco.
Absent-G. W. NJ. J. F. Mcswain,
Plainsburg; G. w. d. NJ, Miss L. E. Trip
lett, Guadaloupe.
Vacancies were filed as follows: G. II.
Halle, G.. w. NJ; Miss J. L. Naismith, G.
w. d. NJ; Julius Lyons, G. w: A. S.
George B. Katzenstein, G. w. s, q. Il:
| Nayler of San Francisco and J. T. Mari of
Truckee were appointed by the G. w. Z. L.
| as a Committee on Credentials.
On motion, recess was taken to allow the
| committee to report.
| The committee reported large list of dele
gates, more than 80 being present.
The Grand Lodge degree was conferred on
| such as were present for the first time.
G. H. Halle of Alameda offered the follow
|
RESOLVED, That the Grand Lodge now open in and
in future work in the Degree of Charity, and that
all members OF that degree be invited to seats on
| the Grand Lodge floor as visitors.
| RESOLVED, That the sessions of the Grand Lodge
| be he'd from $50 A NJ to ~ NJ and from l:S0 to 5
| 2. NJ and that evening session be held on Thurs
day evening at u o'clock, to exempify the uhwrit-
| ten work
ResoIred That the election of officers be fixed for
| Thursday morning at 10 O'Clock.
RESOLVED, That all resolutions and amendments be
required to be presented in duplicate, so that the
| the other copy is in the hands of the committee.
The G. W. c. T. read his report, from
which the following excerpts are made:
| The first Good Templars Lodge upon the Pacific |
coast was organized in 1885, and only twelve suhor
dinate Lodges were formed In the next five years.
In 1850 delegates met in this city, from eight OF the
eleven Lodges then in existence, to form this Grand
| Lodge. The State is gathering
valuable harvest from that early planting An army
OF unselsh souls has been gathered and trained for
noble work, and still our numbers are multiplying
| The town of any size without Good Tempar's
| Lodge is now an exception in California. We are
| Order, already immense power in the State
yet our great work has just fairly begun. We have
firm foothold, however, and will eventually sweep
| the field. We are in position to |
command success, but earn it we must or it Will |
not be The heretofore wise and noble deter
mination of this Grand Lodge to provide ample I
means to carry on our noble work in an efficient |
manner has been the foundation OF success in I
|
carry on to final triumph and bring soc al Gus
toms and restrictive laws to conform to views.
The small percentage of confirmed drunk
ards who permanently reform us to the cenclu
sion that thene of prevention is found the road to
victory My attention called to this department
| on assuming my office, and soon discovered that
| while we had goodly number of children in
| Bands of Hope and Juvenile Templars, still great
mass not reached by plan. We were doing
much good, but still there was vast field not titled
to the extent desired. Z" Can reach those outside
o. |
presented, and then came a second, "Cal We I'M
prove the means of work in our Bands OF Hope%
Our Band of Hope Rituals were good as far as they
went, but by adding the catechisms a large amount
of information could be furnished otherwise beyond
the reach of the Bands of Hope. This was added to
the new edition. Our executive authorized large
edition, and We had our Rituals stereosyped so they
could be furnished at cost not to exceed 81 25 per
hundred, after the first edition. Our Bands OF Hope
have been generally furnished with these new Rtu-
ais, and | inserted in the various religious news
papers notice that would furnish free of cost
our Rituals to any Sunday school where they would
adopt it for the thirteenth Sunday of the quarter
result far has beer that between thirty and forty
Sunday schools have sent for Rituals.
Adjourned until 1:S0 P. N.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Lodge resumed business pursuant to ad-
j0urnment
The G. W. C. T. appointed the following
committee on distribution of officers reports
w. u. Gould, Los Angeles H. S. Graves,
West Butte Warren Reed, Oakland.
The G. W. Treasurer read his report, which
showed balance in his hands OF 81, 235 03.
The G. w. Secretary read his report, con-
tanning full account of the financial trans
actions and general work for the year.
This report shows the number of members
at last report, II, 1879; admitted during the
year, 1906; retired during the year, 1913
present memb ership, 12.9 gain during the
year, L, 7SS. Number of Lodges last report,
$50 organized, reorganized and resuscitated,
100; surrendered and forfeited charters, 46
present number, 2S4 gain during the year,
81.
pianos owned by Lodges, 26. Value of prop
erty owned by Lodges, S41,7 So; cash in
treasures, 81, 939 co. total assets as far as
reported, s49679 Is.
The receipts have been on account of
General Fund, sl3, COG so; Orphans Home
Fund, $40 G09 OF total, $24 305 81.
The expenditures from the General Fund
have been So, 28S IS. OF this sum 81. 514 As
has been expended in the lecture field, and
81, 745 63 for the support of the Rescue.
During the year $50 lectures were delivered
by the lecturers employed, to audiences num-
boring 65, 73S, and 81 Lodges organized
by them.
The General Superintendent of Juvenile
Temples read her report showing the work
done in that branch of the Order.
The Lady Managers OF the Orphans Home
presented their report, which shows the num-
Der in Home at last report, %; admitted, 65;
discharged and furnished homes, 81 present
number of children in Home, 1913. There
has been SO Oh 40 received for support at the
Home, making the entire receipts for that
department $14, 523 ~.
DR.. C. S. Haswell, Fraternal Delegate to
the Grand Lodge of Nevada sub.nitted his
report.
Standing committees were called and va
cancies filled, standing as follows
On Appeals-W. II. Mills, Sacramento
WIN D. Gould, Los,Angeles; Niles Searles,
Nevada City.
On Laws aud Ussg4-B Fraul, Bagley,
Stockton; J. w. Ferguson, Isleton Ezra
DsGsrmo, Pine Grove.
On Financed. K Zamwalt, Visalia NJ.
C. Winchester, Grafton w. Crowhurst,
Modesto.
On Good OF the order-C s. Raswell,
Harrington, Valley Ford.
On Petitions-G. w. Frazier, Elmira W.
w. Hughes, Waterford; Byron Seeber, Oak
dale
On Correspondence. T. Mari, Truekee;
p Engel, Marysyille; |. I. Holland, So
nora.
The Committee on Distribution made their
report. anu tis subJtSto Ialltu cOusaiueQ IN
the officers reports were referred to the vari-
Gus standing committees.
w. II. Mills called for the report of the
Committee on the Wine growing Interest of
the State. Committee stated that their re-
port was not yet ready.
An invitation was received to attend re-
ception to be given this evening by Sloan
and Capital Lodges, which was accepted.
Orion Lodge No. 22i Of Dayisvllle, pre-
scented the following. which was adopted:
Resolred, That in the wife of President. Mrs.
Lucy Webb Hayes, we recognize noble American
lady who in the face OF all precedent long estab.
lished has ''dared to do right, and has nobly and
imperatiyey discoun' enanctd the OF Intoxicat-
ing beverages, by banishing them from the table at
the White House, aud that owing TO the high social
position she occupies wife Of the President of this
great people, tn act has been shining light to all
workers in the temperance cause, emitting her to
the profound taanks OF all temperance people.
Mrs T.. B. Croker extended an invitation
20 visit her Art Gallery, which was accepted
for tomorrow afternoon at haf-past
o'clock.
P. G.. w. C. T. Brother Gould, on behalf
of Brother Yarnell, presented to Levi Leland,
Grand Lecturer, file of the Rescue contain
ing accounts Of his lecturing trips during the
past two years.
Fer the good of the Order, remarks were
made by several of the members.