The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-27
1. o. OF G. T.
Twerty-Third Annual Session OF the
Grand Lodge of Maine.

The twenty-third annual session of the
Grand Lodge of Good Templars of Maine be-
gan at Congress Hall in this city yesterday.
The attendance was unusually large, including
large number of the most prominent gent e.
men and ladies of the order.
The following grand officers were present:
Grand Worthy Chief Templar-T. R. Sim
onton, Camden.
Past Grand Worthy Templars-E. A. Saw
yer, Portland: I'll. A. Shorey, Brdgton; A. j.
Chase, Deering; Joshua Nye, Augusta.
Grand Worthy Vice Templar-Mrs. Hodg-
dop Waterville.
Grand Secretary-Geo. E. Bracket, Belfast
Grand Treasurer-H. ii. Burbank, Saco
Superintendent of Juvenile Temples-Miss
Nellie B. Nye, Fa rfield.
Among the prominent members were the fol
lowing:
Rev. B. p. Snow, Alfred; Hon. S. D. Wads-
worth, Cornish; E. r. Staples, Bridgton; NJ
J. Dow, Brooks; Hon. Seth Scammon, Scar
boro; Il G. Jordan, Bar Mills; j. Ell. Greeley,
Augusta; E. II. starbird, Gray; Jordan Rand
Lisbon; Rev. III. c. Munson, Wilton; b. G.
Torsey, Winthrop; G. FL. Farwell, Pittsfield;
Rev. c. W, Bradlee, Sacearappa; Colonel Mil
let, Gorham, Rev. John Allen, Pennington
J. G. Pease, Upper Saltwater; Mrs. Russell,
New Hampshire.
AHO Ooniultuoo ol Cr6u6HbidlS Il6t db one
o'clock. Attwo o'clock the Grand Lodge was
organized with about three hundred delegates
present. Only routine business was transacted
at this session. About two hundred new MEM
bers were initiated
At O'Clock a temperance praise meeting
was held, conducted by the Grand Worthy
Chaplain.
AT s O'Clock the regular session of the
Grand Lodge was called to order and was de-
voted principally to the reports of officers.
The report of the Grand Worthy Chief
Templar T. R. Simonton of Camden was
well written document, giving an account of
the condition of the lodges throughout the
State, and representing them to be in a very
prosperous condition. He attributed the
slight falling off in membership to the politi-
cal excitement of Presidential election and
gave some very good advice for lodge deputies
and officers of lodges to follow in such times.
He condemned the action taken by DR..
Crosby and others in regard to the prohibitory
law and closed by suggesting that more atten-
ton he paid to the Juvenile Temple work as
the most important branch of the order.
The report of the Grand Worthy Secretary,
contained the following exhibit Of member
ship:
Number of Lodges at the October session. 80. 2ss
Number Instituted since Observation-Disclosures. -. 81
Number re-organized.... ...........
Total. ............... ..............317
Number surrendered charter ..-........... 20
PRESENT number. ..........:.... ....29l
Number of members at October session.. II, 759
Since initiated, admitted by card, &c. 3,198
Total ............... ....20,9
Number withdrawn died, expelled, sus-
pended, &c....... ....--..-....... 1900: $50
PRESENT number. ......-.............l 6,lZI
Total membership ................ 1887
The report of the Grand Worthy Treasurer,
Ell. III. Burbank of Saco showed that the re-
ceipts for the year were $3,5S9.44. OF this
$3, 449 A has been expended, leaving balance
in the treasury of $40.
Miss Nellie Nye, Superintendent of Juvenile
Temples reported that 20 new Temples have
been instituted during the year, and five have
been re-instated. But five Temples have
been lost, leaving gain of 20. There has
been gain in membership of 1900. Miss
Nye made several suggestions in regard to the
work, which will be acted on to-day.
The session then adjourned to this morning
at 8 o'clock when officers for the ensuing year
will be elected and installed and general bust
ness transacted Previous to this temper
anae experience meeting will be held. The
closing session will be held at D. m. to hear
reports of committees, &C.
In the evening a public meeting will be
held at Congress Hall under the auspices of
the Grand Lodge, to which the public are in
vited. Interesting addresses will be made by
prominent temperance workers from various
parts of the State.