The morning call., 1890-08-04
THE GRAND COUNCIL
Enthusiastic Reception of County
Delegations.
A Demonstration Late at Night in Honor o.
Nevada Visitors-The Grand Parade
Gossip Of the Convention.

| noon, Major Denis Geary in the chair.
| 1t was decided to couDtermarch on Van
| Ness avenue after leaving st. Ignatius
Church, and then march down Eddy street
| to B'nai Birth Hall, where the parade will
! be dismissed to allow members time to re-
turn 10 work in the afternoon.
The banners and flags will be carried
| into the church and each standard-beareI
will stand his flag up at the end of the pew.
| During the ceremonies it is expected that
| the contrast of American and institute
flags will form picturesque appearance
and the Whole be very imposing.
The grand officers and delegates will not
| be received at headquarters in the Flood
Building by the parade, as previously an
nounced, but will assemble there at s O'Clock
in the evening and march to New Mont
g0mery street and take place at the head Of
the procession. Institutes will meet in
various halls and proceed with their bands
| to the point of formation on New Mont
| g0mery street.
The Park Band, under the leadership of a
member of the institute, will lead the pro-
cesson and the First Infantry Band will
lead the division. The Second Division.
consisting of Petalnma and some county in
stitutes, will have its own band, as will the
|
| divisions will march to the music of the
| Third Infantry and Second Artillery Regi-
ments bands respectively. There will also
be other country bands, three drum corps
and bugle corps in line.
A DISTINCTIVE DRESS.
committee of Institute No. 7, San Fran
| cisco met and arranged for a distinctive
dress in the parade. 1t was stated that at
least 175 members of this branch will par
ade, wearing white plug hats, canes and
gloves. No. Will march as escort TO Nos.
3, 81 and II from Loy0la Hall, at Tenth
and Market streets, where they will as
semble at o'clock to march to New Mont
gomery street.
Institute No. So will participate In the
| procession with its members wearing plug
hats gloves and canes. The canes will be
covered with red, white and blue silk
ribbons.
The sub Committee on Carriages re-
| ported that eight carriages will be suffi-
| cient to hold the grand officers, and that
number will be in the procession.
Special invitations from the Grand Presi-
| dent are necessary to admit persons into
| st. Ignatius' Church during the celebration
| of the solemn high mass Only a small
number has been issued, as the members
| will fill the interior.
Delegations arrived yesterday from San
Rafael. Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg,
Vallejo, Virginia City. New, San jose,
Wats0nville, Santa Cruz. Stockton and Sac
ramentO. and were cordially received at
headquarters by hundreds of members. Va
riOuS subcommittee of the Reception Com
mittee met the delegations at stations on
the railroads, some distance from the city,
and escorted them to headquarters. After
registering. the visitors were assigned to
hotels, each delegate presented with his
badge and tickets for the entertainment,
ball and banquet. Then they were well
coined and taken around the town. 1t being
Sunday the rpppDfiOuS in EaapiuC with
the day.
THE GRAND PRESIDENT SPEAKS.
In the afternoon, when several hundred
members, delegates and officers were pres
ent in the rooms and adjoining corridors,
Grand President Sullivan delivered an ad-
dress. in which he asked that they would
participate in the street parade, whereby
members could show their loyalty TO their
society and at the same time to their flag
by marching with it unfurled before them
in the breeze. And in doing this he as
serted that they would also show their re-
spect and loyalty to the Catholic Church
and its associations with that flags history.
He was loudly applauded and cheered in
the course OF his brief speech by the as
semblage of enthusiastic young men. The
exchange of fraternal cards, which fol-
lowed, was feature of the reception and
meeting of members, and the tables in the
hall where specimens we're shown and
orders taken by printers, were besleged
with applicants for the new and neatly
designed cards of this Grand Council
The badges for the sixth Grand Council
In this city are for the most part quite
beautiful in design and general appearance.
Those OF the delegates are OF dark red
shade, trimmed with heavy bullion fringe
and suspended from an ornamental pin,
and bearing the words announcing the
office of the wearer. In the center of each
on white background is timely and ap-
propriate little picture in gold and colUrs.
A SUNSET SCENE.
The lower portion of this emblematic de-
sign is sunset scene of the Golden Gate,
with the letters "Y. NJ. l." over the waves
and casting a golden reflection on the
limpid surface. Above all is q Roman
chariot with eight steeds rushing from
clOudland, its driver outlined againsrthe
effulgence of rays from the Star of Bethle-
hem, and before him on the chariot is the
institute emblem. The badges of the grand
officers are in delicately tinted silks, tied up
with silver bow-knot and bearing the title
of their Office.
The Committees of Arrangements has
white satin badges with gold fringe and
pn-bar, with the legend, "Y. NJ. l., Sixth
Grand Council, San Francisco, August,
$780," and the respective names of the COM
mittees. The ordinary membership badge
is white satin ribbon, bearing the letters
"Y. NJ. l." and the number of the institute
to which the wearer belongs. They were
The entertainment at the Grand Opera
House tonight will be for the public, and
not for delegates and members of the in
stitute only, as many suppose.
REGISTERED AT HEADQUARTERS.
The following named delegates and visit
ors registered at headquarters yesterday:
E. l.. Armstrong, Llyermore; George Beaudet
MERGED, Thomas S. Burke. Eureka, CAL; f. j.
Byers, San Jose; Thomas h. Craig NJ. d., Curry
Santa CRUZ p Connolly, Navarro; }. p. Cana
yan Virginia City; John p. Curry. Chico; John
Clincb, Pasadena; L. j. Dyas and +. A. de Gray.
Santa Cruz; J. ". Dolan, Navarro; Q. DrosseI,
Dixon; ID. Dempsey, Smartsylllei William
Egerse, San Jose; J. L. Egan, Liyermore; A. NJ.
Fanrenbaker. Sacramento; L. II. Goodbody,
San Diego; Christopher Gamblnger, Woodland;
Frank S. Graham, Los Angeles; John +. GackIn,
Rio Vista; r. George Green, Fresno;
G. +. Gilerest, Halfmoon Bay; o. G. z.
Goodspeed, Chico; Charles j. Keyer, Sacra.
mento; j. Hughes, Woodland j. Hama.
han and Thomas Mcmahon, Santa Cruz
W. j. Stanlpl. Saciamento; &. w. Harvey, Orc.
Vile; A. U. Hanes. Stock on; George j. Hag-
gerty, Oakland; James Lane, Sacramento; Fl.
iocia I ID