St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-18
MINORS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge 1. o.
o. +. Refuse to Lower the
Standard.

COLUMBUS, ", sept. IT.-Ilo SOV-
ereign grand lodge resumed its session
to-day. Most of the time was consumed
in disposing of appealed cases. The
suggestion to amend the constitution
was taken up in the afternoon. A reso-
luton, offered by Representative Car
lin, of Illinois. proposing an increase of
the basis Of representation in the Sow
ereigu grand lodge. and thus reduce the
number of delegates and the expense of
sessions, was indefinitely postponed.
The most important matter considered
was the proposition to change the age
of eligibility to membership from
twenty-one to eighteen, which came up
in the form Of a resolution offered by
Judge James Mcguire, of California,
who made an argument in its favor.
Past Grand Sires Saunders and White
opposed the proposition, and it was de-
feated by a vote of 102 for and 80 against
1t. To adopt the amendment three
fOurthS vote was required. Represent
alive Croker, of Illinois, offered reso-
luton authorizing lodges in cities of
$1,000 or more population to assess on
the membership per capita tax of Is
cents to
KEEP UP EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS
and public libraries organized in the
order. The resolution was referred to
a committee. Representative Cock
burn, of Minnesota, offered a resolution
which was sent to a committee de-
claring that the Sovereign Grand lodge
is too large, and that a reduction
of its membership of at least one-half
would be beneficial to the order. HAY
ing disposed of all the business ready
for consideration, the lodge adjourned
to 9 a. m. Thursday. The grand parade
of PatTiarchS Militant occurring tO-mOr-
row, no session of the lodge will be held
then. Over 100 delegates, mainly from
the Eastern, Middle and Western states,
met to-day and took the initial steps to-
ward forming a national as, citation of
Rebekah degree lodges. The meeting
was called to order by Past Garnd Sire
Nicholson. of Pennsylvania, who had
been deputiZed for that Office by Grand
Sire Underwood. The delegates were
welcomed Oh behalf of the state by Mrs.
Phillips, of Walnut Hills, Cincinnati,
and on behalf of the city by Mrs. g. S.
Innis, of Columbus. Responses were
made by Mrs. l.. B. Hall, of Indiana,
and Mrs. Annie E. Moreland, of Hi
noiS. A committee on permanent Or
ganization was appointed, and pending
its report an adjournment was taken
until tomorrow morning. The first of
the
SERIES OF COMPETITIVE DRILLS
for the prizes offered to the best drilled
battalions, cantons and individual mem
beers of the Patriarchs Militant, was
held this afternoon on the state fair
grounds before committee of judges
consisting of Adjutant- General A. II.
Haxlime, of the Ohio National guards;
Assistant InspectOr-General NJ. Ii. Am
crime, of the Patriarch Militant; Col.
A. 3. Colt, of the Fourteenth regiment,
0. N. e.: Maj. W. L. Kellogg, of the
Nineteenth Infantry, 2. S. A., and
Brevet Maj. Harry c. Egbert, of the
Twelfth Infantry, U. s. A. Cantons
Occidental No. l, of Chicago, and Mon
umental No. 2. of Baltimore, went
through the list of maneuvers pre-
scribed. The Montgomery Greys,
of Montgomery, Ala, and the
Wooster City guards, of Wooster,
Ohio, both crack militia organizations,
gave exhibition drills. The day closed
with dress parade, in which the two
competing cantons, the two militia COM
panies and the United States barracks
band, of this city, took part, Capt.-Gen.
Franklin Ellis, of Troy, o., command
ing. and Asst. Adjt. Gen. w. S. Frost
and Maj. Wilson acting respectively az
adiutant and sergeant-major. The
weather has cleared and an immense
crowd is coming into the city. 1t is esti-
mated that there are now in the city
$4,000 strangers. Grand Sire Under
wood gave reception this evening to
the visiting representatives.