The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-28
LOCAL MATTERS.
B'nai Firth.

LAST DAYS SESSION or THE GRAND LODGE.
Thursday was the third and last day OF
the fifteenth annual session OF the District
Grand Lodge. No. ), l. o. b. b. The
meeting was called 10 order by First-Vice-
President Lee Wolf. The unfinished buSi-
ness Of the preceding day-the change in
the present endowment law-camc up for
action. This subject elected conSidera-
bic debate. BY unanimous consent
the privilege OF the floor was en-
tended 10 Mr.. Charles lIutzleT. the
efficient secretary Of Rimmon Lodge, Of
this city. who i'm clear and comprehensive
manner explained the necessity Of change
i'm the present law. The debate on this
question consumed the better part Of the day.
After il had been thoroughly ventilated it
was put to a vote and lost, not having re-
ccived the required two-thirds majority.
4 clause was, however, engrafted in the
report of the committee which authorized
the subordinate lodges to invest all moneys
i'm the endowment sinking fund in United
States registered securities in the name OF
the District Grand Lodge. No. 3.
A resolution was then offered by Mr..
Sol. Grinsfeder, Of Monumental City
Lodge. thanking Mr.. Charles llutZcr Tor
the able and efficient manner in which he
had explained the question Of endowment.
4 recess was then taken until 4:30 Z. NJ.
ON rctssembling Grand President VI. D..
Solomon occupied the chair.
The appeals OF A. Haas UerSuS Gate City
Lodge and Georgia UerSltS Micha Lodge
were taken up, and in both cases were dis
missed.
The standing committees OF 1852 were
IL. g. \
ID. II. Stern Second yice-prcsident, chair
man er-oficio), Julius StrauS. ;: Wei, L..
y. Hirshberg, Il. VI. Mordecai, Henry Adj
Ter. ]. |. Macks. ON Finance :. PRESS
(cbairman). :. Myers, l.. Hamburger, j..
Adelsdorf. J. J. Rosenthal. On Constitution
and Bylaws: II. II. MankO (chairman), VI.
Eiseman, y. kaufman, ;. kingStone' NJ.
Bornhcim. ON Credentials and Reports {:
+. Rosenbaum, Jr. (chairmanl, VI. Ulman,
NJ. Morris. Il. Sacks, +. a. Ezekial.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
10 the II. ". d. g. L., No. ), /. q. b. b.;
Brcthren.-Your Committee on ReSolu-
tions, fully imbued with the warm well
come. the hospiiable and hearty manner in
which this Grand Lodge has been received
and entertained by the members OF Rim
mon. Benjamin. and Paradise lodges, and
others of this city, herewith offer the fol-
lowing for your adoption:
ResOlred, That the thanks OF this Grand
Lodge are Justly due, and herewith ten
dered. to the brethren OF the above-named
lodges for the unbounded hospitality, the
genial warmth of their welcome, and the
Inceasing attention and fraternal spirit cX-
tended to the visiting brethren and their
friends while i'm their midst
ReSOired. That to the Committee OF Ar
raneementS for the entertainment and at
tention to the members OF this Grand
Lodge and their friends; to the other
ladies and gentlemen OF This city who so
ably assisted them; to the president and
members OF the Mercantile Club, the thanks
of this Grand Lodge is likewise rendered.
Resolred. further, That to the press Of
this city our thanks are also heartily en-
tended for the liberal notices OF lis delib-
erations and the warm interest in the cause
the order of B'nai Birth advocates.
Respectfully submitted:
MAX COHEN.
ID. III. STERN,
+. ROsENBAUM,
\. HmSCH,
j. JOSEPH.
Just before the final adjournment Past
William LovcnStein and Mr.. Julius Straus
made short and interesting addresses.
John J. Solomons, Esq, the president,
then delivered q short address, wishing the
representatives a pleasant journey home,
and that all might be present at the next
Convention. which will meet in Whining
ton, y. c., on Tuesday preceding the
second Sunday in February. At ii O'Clock
the Convention adjourned sine die. Ii
was conceded by all that this session was
the most pleasing and harmonious that has
taken place for many years.
The representatives were delighted with
their visit, and expressed the greatest salts
faction ut the kind and hospitabe manner
i'm which they were received and enter
tained. Most OF the representatives left
for their homes yesterday afternoon.
The president OF the District will remain
i'm the city for several days, and is the guest
OF William LoyenStein, Esq.