Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-21
A. .. U. w.
Election Of officers by the Supreme
Lodge--Other Business.

Lodge-Other Business.
The Supreme lodge of the a. o. u. w.
met at $3.50 a. M, pursuant to adjournment,
and at once went into committee of tho
whole. The question before tho committee
was: Shall each state be empowered to di-
vide into districts in order that if one section
shall suffer very heavy death rate, it may
be set off by itself and left to pay its own
death losses without aid from withoutl Ham
ilton county, Ohio is a case in point. In
Cincinnati, which is within Hamilton county,
the death rate for the last year has been
phenomenally large, and there were certain
other sections of the state demanding that
this county be set apart, to live or die AS the
case might be, solely that the heavy burden
of assessment might be removed from the
workmen in more rural parts.
The matter was warmly debated, and the
entire morning was passed without any de-
cision being reached.
The lodge was called to order, at $3.50 p. M,
by Supreme Master Workman Masters, and
proceeded at once to the election of officers
for the ensuing year. The following Is a list
of the newly elected officers: supreme
master workman, William r. Graham, Cedar
Falls, Ia; supreme foreman, w. Warne
Wilson, Detroit, Mich; supreme overseer,
j. w. Kinsley, Helena Mont; supreme re-
corder, M. w. Sackett, Meadville, Pa, su-
preme receiver, John J. Acker, Albany, N.
ington, KY; supreme watchman, William
Butts, Baltimore, Md; supreme medical ex-
aminer, DR.. Hugh Doherty, Boston, Mass;
supreme trustees, H. b. Loomis, Buffalo, N.
Y; l.. l.. Troy, Chicago, ILL.,; Warren Lot
ten Woodstock, Can.
The place of the next annual meeting has
been fixed at at Boston, on the third Tues
day Of June, 1890.
The election of officers being disposed of
the lodge again went into committee of the
whole to consider the amendment offered by
the relief board. The delegates from Ohio,
Messrs. Herman Baumbach, Toledo; j. A.
Justice, Youngstown, and j. w. Henderson,
Lynchburg, were very earnest in their argu-
ments for the amendment, and presented
their case in a strong light. The lodges in
Cincinnati have accepted number of mem
bers who were very bad RISKS" and as
consequence, the death rate has been alb
normally high, causing the order in that state
to fall into disfavor on account of the number
of assessments. Many of the members are
of the opinion that the Ohio lodges should be
left TO fight their own battle in trouble
which they have brought upon themselves
The matter is one of great Importance, as it
affects the working plan of the entire order.
The question was warmly debated, and ad-
iournment was taken without reaching any
decision.
AT 80 p. m. the various lodges of this city
and South OriGaa assembled for the parade
which started from Sixteenth and Harney.
First came three of the mounted police, fol-
loWeu Dy a platoon OF polce under Sergeant
Sigwart. After these came the Union Pacific
band, closely followed by the "team' from
Topeka. These gentlemen were dressed in a
jaunty sailor uniform. consisting of blue
pants, white shirt and blue cap with white
band bearing the words Capital lodge, No l.
rhe following gentlemen constitute the
team: Captain, j. B. Mccoy; Joe
Waggoner, A. j. Loyeland, X. j.
Stewart: Frank Parsell A. A. Allduffer
j. A. Mcclure, J. w. Owens, N. T.. Harrah
A. ID. Baty, r. E. French, Joe Ricard, w.
j. Short.
Following the team came lodges Nos. 96
and Is, of Omaha No. &C. of South Omaha .
and Union Pacific Lodge No. II.
After the parade the lodges assembled at
Washington hail. where the secret work was
exemplified in full form on candidate by
the Topeka team.
The programme for to-day includes trip
to South Omaha to inspect the packing
houses and stock yards.