The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-15
THE GRAND LODGE.
Election Of Grand Officers for the
Ensuing Year.
Various Reports Presented and Adopted-The
Committee on Appeals-Rebekah
Convention.

The Grand Lodge, /. o. o. F., reassembled
yesterday at 10 o'clock in the morning.
The special order of business, the election
of grand officers, consumed all Of the morn
ing and part Of the afternoon session, and
resulted as follows:
Grand Master. ]. N. E. Wilson of Marin
Lodge, No. 200: Deputy Grand Master, G..
W. Stockwell Of Eastside Lodge, No. 325,
Los Angeles; Grand Warden, ]. f. Thomp-
son of Fortuna Lodge, No. 221, Eureka
Grand Secretary, w. B. Lyon of Auburn
Lodge, No. Z; Grand Treasurer, George w.
Lemont of Unity Lodge, No. 131; Grand
Representative, John GlaSson of Grass Val
ley Lodge, No. u; Grand Trustees-Luman
Wadham of Templar Lodge, No. II, e. f.
White and II. d. Richardson Of San Pablo
Lodge, No. 43.
The amendment to the constitution of
subordinates, refusing funeral benefits in
cases where lodge was refused participa-
ton in the funeral OF a member, as Odd
Fellows. was lost.
A report of the Committee on State of the
Order approving dispensations and deci-
siOns of the Grand Master was adopted.
a report of the same committee concern
ing the power of the Committee on Laws of
Subordnates to alter bylaws of lodges was
referred to the Committee on State OF the
Order
The proposition to provide for a Grand In
structUr was reported on adversely by the
Committee on State of the Order, which re-
port was adopted unanimously.
REPORT ACCEPTED.
The annexed report Of the same commit
tee was also adopted:
l. With respect 10 the complaint that some
District Deputies do not observe the require
meut that subOrdlnateS make reports TO the
Grand Lodge, and pay Grand Lodge dues when
the officers OF the subOrdinates are not installed
We recommend that special communication De
prepared aud transmitted by the Grand Master
TO each OF the subordinate lodges and to each of
the District Deputies, calling particular atten-
tion 10 the law Of The order relating to the mat
ter; and If IL he found that dis0bedeuce Is
PEI severed in that the Grand Master revoke the
appointment Of each District Deputy who shall
communicate the s A P.W., OF otherwise offend
in the premises, and that the charter be de
maBded Of each subordinate lodge which shall
persist IN disregarding The law.
>. We recommend That the charter of Loyal
ton Lodge, No. 1S3, be declared forfeited and
taken up.
3. The suggestion OF the Grand Secretary that
Orpheus Lodge Ne. 237. be consolidated with
Anaheim Lodge, No. 1919, is worthy OF consider
alton, and we ADVISE the prOpflety ana aoVlSa-
blilty OF carrying lie same INTO effect be submit
ted to those lodges by the Grand Master, with
recommendation that they carefully and diSpaS-
StOnalely consider the same.
The frs paragraph is to apply equally TO
Rebekah Degree lodges and their deputies.
The report Of the Committee on Appeals
IN the following cases was also adopted:
Louis KatZ, Past Grand, VS.. Suffer Creek
Lodge, No. 81, against the action OF the lodge.
Blue Lake Lodge, No 347, VS.. C. c. Strong,
District Deputy Grand Master, reversing tile de-
clSien OF the District Deputy.
l.. Barnes VS.. Lizzie Van DuZen, u. ID. Grand
Master. sustaining The appeal OF L. Barnes.
b. Alexander VS.. Eureka Lodge, No. 4, affirm.
ing The Judgment oil the lodge.
The following from the report of the
Committee on Laws of SubordinateS were
adopted:
a bylaw cannot be suspended under any cir
cumstanees. Ii can be repealed OF amended, as
provided by the bylaws themselves.
Only Noble Grand, Vice Graud, Past Noble
Grand or Past Nice-Grand can administer obi
cations.
The report Of the Committee on HonOred
Dead, which made special mention of the
death OF Past Grand Master ID. w. Welty,
was adopted by rising vote.
On the recommendation of the Committee
on Legislation, the constitution OF subor-
dinates was so amended as to allow lodges
TO elect a Secretary once year.
ASSIGNMENTS.
The report of the Committee on Petitions
was adopted, which assigned the lodges
named to districts As follows:
Fort Bragg Lodge, 10. $50, TO District 81.
Maxwell Lodge, No. 36l, 10 District So
Pieo Heights Lodge, No. 362, 10 District 80.
Fowler LOd- %, No 1868, % District 81.
Flofn Lodge, No. 364, 10 District 3.
San Fernando Lodge, No 365, 20 District 80.
P!Niey Lodge, Ne. 800, to District 81.
Citrus Lodge No. 36T. 10 District 81.
Sargent Lodge, No. 36S, to District 30.
That lodges Nos. 800, 333, 500 and $3.50 be
taeen from District 81 and Do placed in a new
district 10 be numbered lOi.
Fresno Rebekah Degree Lodge No. 158. to
BstrcI 81.
MADEIRA Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 159, to
District %.
Capitol City ReDekah Degree Lodge, No. 16O,
10 District g.
AmiIy Kebekah Degree Lodge. No. 161. to
District D.
Flora Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 1872, to Dis
trict 4S.
Willows Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. I63, to
District SO.
Marguerite Rebekah Degree Lodge, Ne 1874
to District 10.
Center LUX Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 165,
TO District IT,
Fedora Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 166, TO
District g.
Areola Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 1877. to
District Z.
Woodbine Kebekan Degree Lodge, No. 16S, TO
District %.
Pansy Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 100, to
District 81.
SodaliIy Reoekah Degree Lodge, No. 10, to
District %
Durham Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. III. to
District Is.
Una Rebekah Degree Lodge. No. 172, to Dis
tIict 10.
Samaria Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 173, to
District l.
Progressive Rebekah Degree Lodge No 174
10 District II.
The report of the Committee on Appeals
in the case of l.. n. Billings, p. g., vs..
Eureka Lodge, No. 4, caused a long discus
sion. pending which the Grand Lodge adj
journed until 10 O'Clock this morning
The Committee on Legislation reported
in Of fl4a Of III
committee to take into consideration the
matter of providing for the care of old and
decrepid members of defunct lodges. Laid
over till to-day.
Last evening, before a large number of
Grand Lodge representatives and members
Of the order, the Initiatory degree was ex-
empifed.
Among the visitors to the Grand Lodge
yesterday was w. Ii. SmolIinger of the
Grand Lrdge Of Illinois, Secretary of the
Covenant Mutual Benefit Association at
Galesburg.
REBEKAH CONVENTION.
AT the morning session of the convention
Of the Daughters Of Rebekah constitution
and bylaws were adopted.
IN the afternoon the unwTitgen work was
eXemplified by Grand Representative c. T..
PidWell.
After the presentation of short literary
programme a recess was taken, and then the
report Of the Committee on Permanent Or
ganiZatiOn for the coming year Was adopted.
1t makes the election of officers the special
order for Ii O'clock this morning. A reso-
luton was adopted asking that the repre-
sentatiyes 10 the Sovereign Grand Lodge be
instructed to work for a law allowing the
Grand Lodge to confer degree upon men,
bers of State conventions of the Degree of
Rebekah.
Nominations were then made and the con-
veution adjourned until 10 o'clock this
morning.
GRAND MASTER.
j. n. T. Wilson. Grand Master-elect, was
born December 4, 1866. he was educated in