St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-16

The hall was appropriately draped in
mourning as a tribute of respect to the
memory of the late A. T. G. PierS0n. for
so many years grand secretary of the
| lodge, and the fraternal feeling among
| the delegates which had by long years of
acquaintance and labor i'll the same field
became very strong toward the deceased
brother, inspired many feeling remarks
and tributes to the memory of the de-
ceased.
Promptly at IL o'clock the convention
was called to order by Grand Master
| Jacob A. Kiester. of Blue Earth City,
and after the usual foFmalities, known
only TO the memberS of the craft, had
been gone through with the grand
master appointed the following COM
| mittee on credentials: Grand Secre-
Marsden, of New Ulm, and G. II.
Smith. of Worthington. The grand sec
rotary then announced the appointment
OF NJ. NJ. Clark as assistant grand secIe-
! tary. The convention then adjourned
until O'clock.
Upon reassembiing, the cOmmitteeon
credentials made their report. which
showed, in addition to the regular three
delegates from each subordinate lodge,
the presence of grand and past grand
officers, as follows:
M. W. G. NJ, Jacob A. Kiester. Blue Earth
| City; K. w. D. c., Alphonso BartO, of Sank
| Center: Il. W. Il. :. w. William +. Dickin-
son. of Redwood Falls; r. W. j. G. W.,
! Charles d. Boyce. of Minnea polls; y. W.
| T., ). II: Thompson, of Minneapolis; r. W.
| G. S. Thomas Montgomery. S.. Ieter; VIC.
O., Rev. 5. G. Smith, of St Paul; ".
s G.; q: E4 ~ L; d; Bqyntqn' Of Mime
saltwater; W. G. s. D., Levi W. Folsom. Of
Tayio Falls; W. 6. j. D., Jerome E. Cooley.
| of Duluth: W. G. st. B., Alex Fiddes, of
JACKSON; ". G. SIN. b., E. $. Pettijohn, of
| ST. Peter; W. G. S. s., Chauncey F. Baxter
| 81 Perham; w. G. j. S.. jefferson Bathrick,
| of Winnebago; ". G. p. o. II. Page, of Pleas
ant Grove; W. &. T., j. G. Fisher, of st.
| Paul.
PAST GRAND OFFICERS.
Past grand masters, Charles W Nash
| Charles GriSwold. Z. W. Durant, Henry r.
Wells G. II. Benton, Henry r. Denny and r.
| II: Cove; past deputy grand masters, W. T.
Rigley, j: n. Castle and George H. Davis;
| past senior grand wardens, Thomas Lom-
bard. Edgar Nash and c. H. Lindsey; past
junior grand wardens William Lee, +. P.
Barnum, A. j. Edgerton, G. IL. Smith, Albert
| Marden. A. La Due and George S. Acker.
Grand Master kieSter next delivered
| the annual address. which it is to be re
| GREETED cannot be made public, as it is
| highly lauded, by those who heard tide
| lIVered, as the best of its kind. In feel
ing terms the death OF the late grand
| secretary was mentioned. The year, he
| said. had been one of general prosperity
and great and permanent progress in
! Masonry. The death of junior e. W.,
j. w. M0rford, of Owatonna, was men
| toned and fitting tribute paid the
memory of the deceased brother. Three
new lodges had been constituted at
| ClOquet, OSakiS and Gilmore, while per-
| missions Tor the organization of seven
new ones had been granted brothers at
| the following places: Fair Haven,
! Pelican Rapids, Park Rapids, Hamline,
a second lodge al Duluth. North Mime
| apoliS and Two HarborS. Various by
laws and amendments had been APP
| proved by the grand master during the
| year past and grand representatives
! from this grand lodge to others of the
same rank had been appointed. The
| grand master had laid the corner stone
of a S30U00 school building at Washing
ton, also OF new city hall at Sank Gem
| ter, Ma sonic temples at Litchtield
and Duluth. All these were under the
! charge and III the presence of the Off
| GERS of the grand lodge. A change was
| recommended in the matter of lodge
visitation, che grand master recon-
mending fewer district deputy grand
masters, with these paid for the time
| spent in lodge visitation. A new ed-
ton of digest. prepared by Editor Try
| ing Todd, of Hastings, was warmly
commended, The plan of building a
Masonic temple by the grand lodge did
| not meet with favor at the hands of the
! speaker; he. however, did advocate bet
| ter and safer offices for the grand Sccre-
tary, together with rooms for a Masonic
| library, even though to get such quar-
tiers 1t were necessary TO build build
| ing.
The following were appointed as:
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Address-W. T. Rigby, Thomas C. Clark
! ana Z. a. Needham.
Finance George s. Acker George W Mead.
J. B. B. Sprague, A. Brandenburg and NJ. C.
Sullivan.
Jurisprudence-C. II. Benton, E. W. Du-
rant c. Griswold, Ii. r. Wells and Ii. r.
| Denny.
Ancient Landmarks-C. w. Nash. R. Fl.
| Cove, A. ]. Edgerton, George II. Davis and
| Thomas C. Shapleigh.
Appeals and Grievauces-C. L. Brown, J.
II. SproIt, o. Whitman, a. d. Countryman,
| Z. S. Brown.
Appropriations H. R. Wells, j. s. Nelson
| and j. p Durfee.
Lodges [. -D.-J. E. Getman, A. B. French,
e. P. Crossman. Alex Ross and o. L. Dorm
! berg.
Paw Roll-Grand Treasurer E. P. Barnun,
| Charles Myths
Examination of Visitors-L. Hawley and G.
| B. Franklin.
Unfinished Business L. Cobwin, j. II.
| Ranuall ana George ID. Holden.
On motion the
ELECTION OF GRAND OFFICERS
was made special order for . so o'clock
| this afternoon. There seems to be little
speculation and compare lively no work
being done for anything outside the
secretaryship. For this Office there are
| no less than four active candidates in
| the persons of Thomas Montgomery, of
st. Peter; Irving Todd. of Hastin gs;
W. S. Combs, of st. Paul, and G. W.
| Nash, of Minneapolis. and one dark
| horse, well known in Masonic and po-
litical circles-H. II. Denny, now of
| Hamline. Yesterday the chances
looked exceedingly favorable for the
election of Grand Secretary Montgom-
cry, but if eX-Marshal Denny really sets
his heart upon the Office he may give
the present incumbent a hard rub.
Grand Master Kiester may be, re-
elected. In such event most of the
other grand officers will be reelected.
Should the present grand master, how
ever. decline a reelection or be de-
feated, there's no telling where the
| changes would stop.
The report of the grand treasurer
| shows most gratifying state of affairs.
The widows and orphans fund has
now risen to $4,000. while the general
| fund OF the grand lodge is over that
amount. The net gain in mamhershjn