The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-11-09

~ -St{l1eilL TIRE TX pet,tEti 10 u9 present. lnt
vtations TO The aif Dir OF Black Prince
are always at q premium, SO its success Is
already assured.
Caianthe Division u. E. X. OF P VIII
celebrate It's first anniversary on d scem-
Der IL. Extensive preDarations are being
made. and great time - expected.
And now division OF the u. b. Is to BIO
organized at Morristown. Let the good
work 90 on, and we Will soon have cur
brigade
Several members Of Calanthe Division
are about TO form a new division In
Orange. n. ]
The members Of the order will regret
to hear that Past Supreme Chancellor
John Van Valkenburg is dead. lie ex-
pired at his home at Fort Madison Iowa
aud was buried with the honors and
ceremonies Of the order. A communica-
tion has just been received from 6. c.
Dewitt c. Bolton, recommending that
suitable resolutions be adopted BY the
lodges Of this jurisdiction, and thar they
be inscribed III full on Il page in the
minute book set apart for thar purpose,
and tnat the charters be draped IN MOURN
ing for the space OF thirty days.
Al meeting of the G. C's and ". C's of
the X of p. lodges in Districts No, 9 and
~ was held in the lodge room of Wood
land Lodge on Friday evening, for the
purpose of comforting on the formation
OF a county relief and employment COM
mittee. The lodges represented were
Jersey City, Lincoln, Woodland. Cincfn-
Grant and Bay View. President pro TEN
Canpnsll presided. Ii was decided to cor
respond with the lodges not represented,
asking them to send o committee 10 the
next meeting which will be neld on Mon
day evening. November II, at Gincinnatus
Lodge rooms. The idea is good one and
should be- rushed through at once
The time Is fast approaching when the
brothers will again be called upon to Sc
lect d. d. G. e. This is subject that
should be well eanvassed in the districts,
and the best possible selection should be
made. On the ID. -. G. G. lies the respon-
sibility for the work in his district. One
of his greatest duties is TO see that the
ritual is strictly adhered TO, and that the
work is uniform throughout the district
For this reason, il no other. A. u. e. who
is well posted In the Pythian work, as
we'll as the laws OF the order, should be
chosen. Frequently 1t happens that p
G. is selected whose only ambition is to
secure for himself the title OF P. ID. ID. 9.
c., and who after his selection cares
nothing for his district, but only desires
the term to pass quickly away that he
mag De relieved from the cares OF the
Office. Can such man look back on the
work OF the year, aud truthfully say, II
have Gone my duty to my brother
knights. No. brothers, be careful in
yonr selection
The coming session of the Grand Lodge
OF New JERSEY viii no doubt be the most
interesting one held for years. Tue cleo
made on the floor. This is particularly
true for the positions of G.. K of p. and
s. e. NJ. at A., G. I g., q. o. G., and su-
preme representative Never before in
the history OF the G. L. have there been
so many candidates for the various Of
fr1sft
one. Hudson county with three districts
has two candidates In the field, aud at
first the vote will be divided between the
favoriIes of each district. There should
not be a division after the first or second
ballot. Let the strongest candidate re-
ceive the full support of Hudson's delega-
ton; let this section of the State be repre-
sented in the 9. L. officers as it should
be. 1t has been q number OF years since
this county has had G. l.. officer. This
is partly owing to the fact that past chan-
cellors who are entitled 10 a vote do not
| take the interest in the election that they
should. For instance, one of our strong
| est lodges, with membership of nearly
! 200, will only poll about 9 or 10 votes, while
a lodge in South Jersey with q member
/ SHY of only 50 TO 60 members will show 8
vote o. 25to so. This hardly seems the
right thing. but the brothers of the
| larger lodges have no one to blame but
| themselves.
| Grand Chancellor Dewitt G. Bolton Is
| not in favor of comforting the ranks for
| six dollars and although Supreme Cnau-
/ cellor Shan has given his permission 60
work fol. that amount the grand chan
| cellor will not sanction a reduction IN the
rate of Initiation except in cases where
| ne finds It is actually necessary.
p. G. James H. Hinchcliife, of Wash.
/ ington Lodge, has been nominated for
| Grand Keeper Of Records and Seals. and
has accepted the nomination.
/ A preliminary meeting Of the charter
members of the new lodge will be held
| in q few days. 6. G. Dewitt c. Bolton
| will be present, and all business looking
| toward the institution Of the new lodge
will be brought up for final action.
| The following circular was recently
| issued by Grand Chancellor Bolton:--Our
| Supreme Chancellor having granted to
me the right to grant dispensations to
1 lodges of this Grand Jurisdiction to con-
fer the three ranks for Sc, all lodges
desiring such dispensation should apply
| at once. giving their reasons therefore,
and also give the increase in member.
| ship since the last report TO the Grand
Lodge. All such applications should be
made through the respective district
| deputies, who will indorge them with
their opinion In regard to granting the
same.n
1t is rumored that certain parties in
newark are 4DOuJ 10 organize I0uRe OF
| coiored X. of Ps. claiming to be under
| the control of the Supreme Lodge. This
cannot be done, as the Supreme Lodge
constitution distinctly furbids colored
men from becoming members of the order,
and If there are any such lodges In exist
ence at present they are clandestine,
and are not recognized by the Supreme
Lodge.
D. d. G. G. James G. Cheatte has &C.
cepted the nomination for grand outer
guard. The deputy has q host of friends
and will no doubt make close run. A
strong effort will be made in District No.
to elect him.
Brother aud Mrs. Cropsey will appear
In comedetta from Shakesperian plays
entitled THE Modern Petrucio, or the
Tanning of the Shrew," at an entertain
ment to be given on Thursday evening.
November 10, by Lucerne Lodge, No. 1Sl.
!, O. 0. r., ut Newark, N. j.
The election proved to be too much for
Brother p. c., G. w. p, much to the sor-
row of the ladies' ne did not arrive, but
delegated his big cousin, J. W., to act for
| him.
Come. John. when are we to have dis
trict convention in No. 0? The boys would
like to hear from you.
IL is said that the reason for the absence
of " p. p. G. p. ID. ID. G. G. Theodore
Miller from the last meeting Of the
Burial Plot COMMITTEES, was the brothers.
fOndness for that sweet ballad s.Annie
Rooney" which the brothers are learning