The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-07-27
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLkR.
No Eytortion at the TrienniaI ConcIay..

SAY FEANcIsco, July I3.-Thc meeting oi
the Trienmal Committee to-day passed the
following resolution:
WHEREAS, Gross and malicious r-presen.
iations have been made by certain individu-
ais In the Eastern States. that the price of
everything was 20 be- greatly advanced; there
fore
Rcs0ircf,' That the secretary Of the Trien-
NAL Committee br authorized 10 officially
deny such false and malicious statements
and assure all Sir Knights that ample and
comfortable accommodations will be provid-
ed for all who come; that the Committee has
under its control, outside of the principal
hotels, the fullest accommodations at the
regular rates, and 10 assure all that no extor-
lion will h" pracrc"d hy any citizen of San
Francisco, nor has any disposition been man
Tested 10 do so.
sAS fRhScIsCo, July l3-To he Knights
TempiFr throughout tie United States:
Whereas the officers of Columbian Com
mandery No. /, of New York City, issued, on
June 18th, a circular to the effect that the
Commandery had abandoned the contempla-
ted trip 10 San Francisco, for the alleged rea-
son that its committee, "after months Of labor
in perfecting this pilgrimage, have been I'M
able TO procure hotel accommodations in San
Francisco, that inducements were held out to
the committee Of arrangements In San Fran
cisco that all who came to the triennial con-
clave would be provided with hotel accom-
modations, but this means the indiscriminate
herding of large number in the Railways,
rooms, etc Various attempts have been
made by our committee demanding a con-
tract for quarters guaranteeing our friends
proper care and attention; our attempts have
have failed, and rather than subject those
who might join the pilgrimage to the exorbi-
tant demands, inconvenience, and discom-
fort Of former assemblages, we have sounded
the halt, and shall proceed no further in our
efforts TO attend tho triennial conclave."
Now in reply to the foregoing we desire to
say, in emphatic language, that it Is entirely
untrue, as early in April arrangements were
made between the Triennial Committee and
amembcr Of the Columbian Commandery
clothed with full powers as n committee Of
one, by which first-class house was secured
for their accommodation, and has ever since
and Is now held in reserve for that purpose.
tatioD of the false and malicious statement
that eXt0rtion would be practiced during the
sojourn of Sir knights and their families in
this city, that there will be ample and COM
Portable quarters for all who come rs the
committee has under control, outside of all
the principal hotels, the very best and fullest
accommodations at reasonable rates, and
there is not now, nor will there be, the
slightest disposition toward practising eXtor
ton on the part Of the citizens Of San Fran
cisco, nor has there been such disposition or
intent manifested at any time. There will
be room, plenty of room, for thousands of
knights and their families They will be
treated with every courtesy, liberality, and
kindness. The city will be gay in holiday
attire, The procession will be magnificent
one, and the decorations perfect and elegant.
All classes, crceds, and conditions of society
will unite in giving the knights a glorious
California reception. The people will revolt
against, and punish any attempt at much
less absolute facts of, cxtortion. 1t will be
an era bright in the life of each one partici-
pating This statement is published 10 the
world under the authority Of the Triennial
Committee rs set forth In a resolution unan.
imously adopted at a meeting held this even
ing Mt their headquarters, Baldwin Hotel.
GEORGE p. PERKINS,
Grand Commander.
HIRAM j. GRAVES,
G.anraTary Triannial rnmmittaa