Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-10-02

the California delegation, is quite i'll. When
he left China SIX weeks ago he was in bad
health, and nothing could be done on ship
I board to relieve him He has been almost
! constantly travelling for six weeks and is
very much exhausted Deputy Grand
! Roome, OF New York arrived this morning.
At noon the rush of visitors Is still unaba-
ted and, if anything, increasing. Fully 10,
/ 600 Knights had arrived by u O'Clock, and
more than an equal number is expected Id
/ afternoon and to night. All trains are more
or less delayed by the immense traffic.
/ The following communicates are among
! those which have arrived: Topeka No, Is.
| Topeka, Kan; AskelOn, Salina. kan; Great
/ Bend, Kan; DemOlay, Lawrence, Kan; As
| ceusiOn, Joplin, No; Cameron, No; Kan
sas City No, 10, Mo-; Kadish, st. Joe, No;
/ Mount Olive, Wichita, Kan; Palestine No.
/ l, Palestine, Mo-; Oriental No. 30, Kansas
/ City, Mo; grand COmmaudery of New York;
grand commandeFy of Tennessee; grand
I cOmmandery or Kansas LeaVenWOrth No
!, Kan; grand cOmmandery of Colorado;
st. Joe No i, st. Joe, Mo-; st. Bernard, In
/ dependence, Kan; Aurora, of Aurora, H.;
EllWcod of Springfield, Mo-; Lebanon No.
10, Lebanon, Mo; New York state battalion;
ParsIfal. Paris, No; grand commandeEy of
Iowa. Pleasant Hill Mo Oriental, Kansas
City, No.
One of the chief subjects, if not the main
Y one for discussion and determination at the
/ meeting OF the grand encampment, is the
/ question Of amending the organic law Of the
! order with regard to the powers and prIVi-
| of the members of the grand encampment
l has been called for tomorrow afternoon, at
/ the Nebraska headquarters, to decide what
! course the opponents OF the proposed change
| shall pursue. A circular letter occupying
| this call, sets fourth the matter in c0ntrO-
| versy. 1t quotes from the proceedings of tn
| grand cOmmandsry of Nebraska, which ap
| pointed a special committee Of five, in May
l Of this year, to prepare a report on the prop
OsltlOns for changes made by the grand
I cOmmandery Of Pennsylvania, and being
adopted as the views OF the Iowa grand com
mandery, were formulated by the latter
| body in i've resolutions, as follows:
ResOlUed, That the grand encampment
| Knights Iemplar of the United States aban-
| don the system of centralized and exclusive
| power which 1t now maintains, and return
to the general system devised by its foun-
ders.
Resolved, That its constitution and code
be revised and so EImplitied as to include
/ general principles only, leaving to the grand
communicates the power which of night be-
longs to them to legislate upon matters of
detail.
ResolUed, That the sovereign powers be
recognized as vested in the grand cOmman-
derry and such general powers only In the
grand encampment as may be expressly
delegated to it.
RESOLVED, That under the general IegisIa-
ton of the grand encampmeut, Jurisdiction
be vested IN the grand communicates over
the subjects Of uniform ritual and member
ship.
ResOIUed, That in order thatthe grand en-
campm6ut may in peace and Quietuess urO-
vide the legislation necessary TO carry out
the foregoing changes, tits in duty bound to
positively prohibit all paradss and enter
ta1nments at the time and place where its
cOnclave shall be held.
The question involved seems to be what is
known IN politics as the Estates rights
problem. The has circular Issued by the Ne
Drftska commandery taken very strong
ground against the proposed changes, say
ing that their adoption would accomplish
the eventual Acknowledgement of the grand
encamPment.
The parade of the Knights Templar in st.
Louis one of the most brilliant and
magnificent, of which that city has ever been
a witness. 1t was announced that the
parade could not take place on the day set
it would have to be abandoned, but such
was not the case, and but few changes were
made IN the original programme.
The divisions of the procession were In
position promptly on time, and at the hour
Of II the signal for the start was given and
the procession moved on its way. By this
time the crowds along the line of march
were so dense that all forms of lOcOmOtiOn
We're rendered extremely difficult and every
thing but psdestrianism was entirely out of
QUESTION. Scores of stands had been erect
ed on the vacant lots and in front Of the
buildings, AID these were crowded chiefly
with gally dressed ladies and children.
Along the lower portion OF the route the
windows in three miles of business houses
were jammed with people who had selected
the points of observation. The procession
was headed by a platoon of mounted police,
which cleared the way for its progress.
1t was IL :45 O'Clock when the head of the
procession reached the reviewing stand in
front % the exposition building, where the
members Of the grand encampment were
assembled in a body. When the last di-
vision passed, the grand encampment re-
turned to the assembly room. A g the pro
cesslOn passed the reviewing stand various
AEnsf=
and bands, siZty-twO in number, which ac-
COmpanled them, and every skillful or uuu-
sual movement was loudly applauded by the
crowds which lined the street and filed the
four rows of windows in the capaciOus expo
sltIOn building. Long before the last di-
vision Of the procession had passed the
reviewing stand, the head had reached the
point of dlsbandment at the side entrance !
to the grand encampmenb hall, and the
members of the first division breaking /
ranks and joining with the other spectators |
packed the lawn surrounding the building /
and rendered movement of any sort well /
nigh impossible, while entrance to the ex- |
position building was entirely out of the !
question. The procession was fully three
and One-half miles In isngth. Even the /
most enthusiastic officers in charge of the |
arrangements, were surprised at its magni- |
tude. The parade passed without notable /
incident, and no causalit1es of any sort are !
reported. AT the close the participants dis I
pers6d throughout the city and the social I
calling was resumed.
AT the meeting of the Knight -Templar |
grand encampment the proceedings of I
which were not made known until late /
the report of the committee on crsGeu- |
tials was read and referred back to |
the committee for corrections. The regrets /
of Charleston, S. O., commandery No. i /
were read, ana the attention of the commit ]
tee on finance called to the deplOrable con |
dltlon OF their brethren IN that city. The
report of the committee on Jurisprudence, /
regarding certain amendments, was read and ]
spread upon the minutes. The amendment |
to strike out of the term of Office the words |
''and code of statutes, % was lost. The prop
OsitiOn to change the qualifications for mem |
bersh1p III the order OF knlghthOOd was laid I
upon the table. The amendment to change
the clause Ofthe constitution empowering /
the grand encampmeut to designate the time /
and place Of the next encampment by sub |
''Ihe encampmeut shall be held in ]
the city of Washington, ID. o. in the month I
Of December, at such time as the grand I
master may direct, % was voted down by D
large majority, as was also the proposition /
to abolish the parades and make the grand I
encempment purely a business proceeding. |
The grand encampment met long after /
the time announced for their assembly, and /
transacted but little business at the morn |
ing session. The election of officers was the /
hrst business in order after the reading and I
correction of the minutes OF the preceding !
meeting. Sir knight Charles ROome, of /
New York city right eminent grand master, /
was elected most eminent grand master, and /
Sir knight John y. s.. Goblin, of Lebanon, /
Penn, was elected to I'LL the vacancy caused /
by the formers promotion. Robert EnOCh I