St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-09

Iowa Templars Excluded From
the Sessions of the Encamp-
ment.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct, S.-The
grand encampment began its session
Immediately upon arriving at Masonic
temple at the close of the parade.
Myron NJ. Parker delivered an address
of welcome on the part of the local
Communicates, and introduced Com.
missioner Douglass, who welcomed
the knights in behalf Of the city.
To both addresses the grand mas.
ter responded, and this closed the pub.
lie exercises. The encampment then
began its business in secret conclave.
The Iowa trouble Immediately doomed
up, and resolution was offered eXclud.
ing the members from that state from
the session. This resolution was car
ried, and the Iowa members somewhat
indignantly withdrew. Gen. Roome.
who, as grand master of the order, had
declared the Iowa cOmmandery and its
members in rebellion, had nothing to do
with Offering this resolution, but simply
placed it before the convention. 1t is
authOritatively stated tonight that he
took no side in the matter during the
discussion of the resolution. The an
nual address of Grand Master ROOme,
who presided over the session, was then
read. His address opened with ref
erence to the knightly dead during the
past three years. He recommended Sc
Letting Ascension day as. a day. of eS.
pecial commeMoration and religions
services by the order throughout the
country. He then devoted great deal
of space to
TIE IOWA TROUBLE,
reviewing the whole matter from be-
ginning to end. He said the grand
commandery of that state had attempted
to nullify the deliberate will of the
grand encampment, and though still
protesting loyalty to the grand eneamp-
ment and the constitution, its deeds
had belied its empty words. He ad,
mitted that the ritual adopted by the
San Francisco conclaye in 1883 has not
commended itself to all state command
cries, but insisted that while it was
In force it was the bouuden duty of
knights to obey it. Iowa did not rest
with criticism; did not submit such al
terations as it deemed advisable, but
attempted to do away with the law Of
the grand encampment, and questioned
the c0nstitutionality of the legislation
of the grand encampment. He MAIN
tains that the adoption Of ritual in
1886 was in aid of the prerog-
rive of the grand master, and that
the duty then Immediately devolved
OH him Of seeing that it should be used
everywhere, and when the grand COM
mander of the state OF Iowa questioned
his authority to order the use of the
new ritual in the Iowa commandery, he
felt justified in issuing an edict declar-
ing the grand cOmmandery of Iowa and
all sir knights i'll its obedience, to be in
a state of
DISLOYALTY AND REBELLION
to the constitution and grand encamp-
mentOf the United States. He declared
that he had no i'll feeling for his Iowa
brethren. and what he had done had
been intended solely to promote the
dignity of the order. Fnrther than this
he wished it to be distinctly understood
as in no way taking up the cause of
the ritual as adopted. In concluding he
recommended great gentlenesS in deal
ing with this unfortunate situation Of
affairs. The whole matter of the ritual,
he trusted, would be definitely disposed
of at this conclaye, and the final decis-
ion he hoped all would agree, and if
Iowa was satisfied all occasion for dis
agreement would be removed. Soon
after the reading of Gen. Roome's adj
dress the conelaye adjourned until to-
morrow.