Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-22


cred in silver on front cross swords In conter
OF crown shoulder straps Of scarlet velvet,
bound with silver bullion iacc and letters u.
G. embroidered in centre. Sword will be
miniature X of p sword with silver.plated
scabbard. Belt of bright red leather stitched
with white barred chains silver plated hang
ers and square nickle plate with letters II. T..
in center. Each cadet will be required to
furnish his own uniform and shoulder straps,
but the sword will be provided by the rcgi-
mcnt
THE PYTuiAN KNiGuT, published at Roch-
ester n. Y, will hereafter be issued as u
scmi-monthly. The Knight ia acknowledged
to be the ablcst journal published in the in
tcrcst OF the order of the Knights of Pythias.
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AMoNa THE laws of the PENNSYLVANIA juris-
dlction Is. of II. objected TO by the supreme
chancellor and for the failure to nnnul which
that jurisdiction was suspended was the fol
lowing: One providing for the wearing of
badges in addition to the prescribed Jewels,
and providing that member cannot bring
action at law without first bringing his cause
before the grand lodge, these are declared
illegal. and attention is called TO the omission
to require the approval of the supreme chan
cellor for all amendments In the constitu-
tion for subordinate lodges article I is oh.
jectcd to, because IL directly ignores the
supreme lodge, requiring compliance only
with the laws of the order rs promulgated by
the. grand lodge" Other provisions
declared illegal. are; One provid-
ing against nominations on the night
of election; another, providing for "a dis
missal certificate" instead of n "wlthdrawal
card; another, providing that n two-thryis
vote only shall be required to elect to mem
bership on application by card, another, pro-
viding that three black balls shall be reaui-
site to reject IN application for advancement;
another, providing for probationary pc
Rod, before payiug sick benefits; another,
providing for the payment of funeral benefits
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members not in arrears at the time of death;
and another, making the constitution opera
tive upon its adoption instead of upon ap-
provnl by the supreme chancellor The SUI
prcmc chancellor also entered objection to a
number of provisions in the digest of laws,
such as; 'When II lodge is suspended or be
comes dcfunct said lodge (reorgnnzcd) does
not acquire any jurisdiction over former
members, except those who applied for such
reorganization the section debarring u
lodge from the right of withdrawing an APP
plication after it has been referred to COM
mittee; and the section prccludng lodges
from exercising such penalty as "eXpul-
sonn
THE SUSPENSION of the PENNSYLVANIA juris-
diction knights of Pythas has caused con-
siderable comment. The grand lodge of that
state was Incorporated by the supreme court
of Pennsylvania in May, 1871, and on April
s, 1876, the court of common pleas, No 4,
amended the charter. IN its new form, under
which the order is now conducted, it pro-
vidcs that the grand lodge shall have full
power and authority to enact and enforce
the constitution and such rules and bylaws
as it may deem necessary for the regulation
and government of itself and subordinates
and the right to amend the same IN accord
ance with the prescribed laws. Under this
ii is claimed that the execution of the threat
of the supreme official was illegal under the
laws of the common wealth. To
reporter of the Philadelphia Press John
fnf hn and pl,.lnn nn,I
'''rhe suspension will not in the least arrest
the action and progress of the business of the
lodges. We shall go ahead just the same use
our old passwords and transact our usual
business pending the meeting of the Supreme
lsdge. We could, indeed, carry the matter
into the civil courts, and have an injunction
issued. A somewhat similar case came up in
1870, when the supreme chancellor issued an
order suspending Phillip Lowry, then our
grand chancellor and appointing John Stot-
ger in his place. The court of common pleas
granted an injunction restraining Stotzer
from exercising the functions of the Office,
and decided that the supreme chancellor had
no authority to remove grand officer of the
state.
''The same Interpretation of our laws will
apply to the arresting Of a grand lodges au-
thority, although hardly think we will re-
sort to such measure. My term expires
next August. The election will be held in
June, when Hon. Thomas Perry of Wheat
land, Mercer county, will probably be elected.
lie Is IN Iull aCCOfu WIFI us Ill unlS matter,
and there will be no change in the policy of
opposition to what we consider gross and un-
warrantabe assumption of authority. We
were working under a constitution similar to
our present one prior to the organization of
the supreme lodge, and have never acknow-
edged its authority except on ritualistic ques.
tions."
TUESDAY EVENING, u very important meet
ing of the Second (Omaha) regiment,
,,rl,$r of DtTtI h.a hn1l
| Castle hall on Fourteenth street between
| Dodge and Douglas. Elections will be held
| to fill the vacancies caused by the resignation
of John L. McManus as lieutenant colonel and
Andy Borden as major. The resignation
was rendered some time ago. twas given to
Colonel Burrel, who is acting as brgader
general in the absence of General Dayton in
| Europe. 1t was forwarded thence to Major
| General Carnahan, of Indianapolis, and
| finally to the supreme chancellor, Howard
| Douglas of Cincinnati The necessity for
| all this detail was questioned by some mem
| bers of the order, who held that the resigna-
| ton need not have gone beyond the
| colonel or brigadicr The former step, how
| ever, was taken on the best understanding of
| the rules governing the order, which in this
| instance, are to the effect that no commission
may be revoked except by the party by
whom it is granted. Upon the resignation
| reaching the supreme chancellor the same
was accepted and Colonel McManis commis-
sion was revoked.
! The same clrcumlOCutlOn was DfaCllccu IN
the case Of Andy Borden, who was ma jor and
who, il will be remembered, disappeared from
here some months ago The supreme chan
cellor, revoked that gentlcmans commission,
| but for vastly different reasons the reason
therefor being that Borden had been absent
from the Jurisdiction without leave.
These are two very important officers and
yet there are but three applicants These
are James J. Donnelly, the present
adiutant of the regiment, G.. u. Needham, of
Falcon division, and senior captain and now
virtually acting in command of the regiment
in view of Bordons disappearance, McManus'
resignation and Burrell, colonel of the rcgi-
mcnt acting as brigadier, and Lieutenant
| Brown, of Black Eagle division. Each of
these gentlemen has many friends, though
| the selection of the officers in question will
| depend upon the knights appreciation of the
merits of the respective candidates.
The election will bc by ballot and begin at
| S 80 o'clock. Twelve divisions of the uni
| form rank will take part in the contest, two
of these being outside Omaha, one being in
| Fremont and the other in Kcarney II is not
| vet definitely known what interest the latter
| divisions will take in the voting. Ihcy can
| not vote by proxy. The other ten divisions
are in this city There will be thirty six
| officers present, together with the colonels
staff Altogether, the occasion will be of un-
-lsual interest to FhSthans.
AT THE meeting OF the supreme lodge,
| Knights of Pythias, in June next, the follow