Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-29
Afternoon Session.

Afternoon Session.
Grand parlor met at p. m. Tht
committee upon appeals and grievances
reported upon the appeal of James
Isaacs, recommending the adoption o
the following report:
The member was Sc in arrears, and
labored under the impression that be
was not in arrears because his dues were
not payable in advance, which was
wrong. The dues were payable in ad.
vance, and not at the end OF the month
He was therefore in arrears to the re-
quired amount, and not entitled to
benefits. We affirm the action ofsthe
parlor. Report adopted.
At 2:30 p. m. the special order, the
amendments relative to trustee districts,
were considered upon the adverse re-
port OF the committee, and said report
was rejected. The question upon the
original proposition was then carried.
Q. X. Stewart made the following an
nouncement:
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The rate OF $5 for round trip to San
Diego, leaving on any train; Friday or
Saturday, good to return on the follow
ing Monday. The ticket offices have
been instructed to sell tickets to brothers
having badge, or who can be identi-
lied. The rate is good for any number
OF fares, and is not limited.
An invitation was extended to the
grand parlor through President Fitzger-
aid to attend party at Armory hall on
Friday night.
Lewis Freer nominated H. G. w.
Dinkelspiel as marshal. There being no
opponent, the grand secretary cast the
ballot OF the parlor, and he was de-
clared elected.
For inside sentinel Frank d. Ryan
nominated G. X. Stewart. w. B. Josse.
lyn nominated B. j. Killelin. The bal
loting proceeded and the tellers retired
to count the votes.
The returns from the tellers announced
the election of G. X. Stewart as inside
sentinel.
For outside sentinel, Lewis Freer
nominated p. V. Long and G. w. Decker
nominated Gus Weiss. Balloting was
proceeded with and the tellers retired to
count the ballot.
The report OF the finance committee
was presented. They recommended the
payment of mileage $685.. 80 and that the
per capita tax be fixed at 80 cents for
the coming year, 45 cents to be paid in
July l, 1892, and As cents payable Jan.
uary l, 1898. The committee further
recommended that the grand secretary
be allowed an assistant at $50 per month
for the ensuing year. After amending
the latter portion of the recommends
tion 80 as to allow the grand secretary
5000 per year, he to pay his assistant,
the report was adopted.
The committee upon returns made the
following report, which was adopted:
We, your committee on returns, re-
spectfully beg leave to report that we
have examined the semi-annual returns
from the subordinate parlors for the past
year and find the same satisfactory.
Respectfully submitted.
J. w. AHERN,
R. P. DooLAN,
FRED w. LEES.
The committee upon the state of the
order reported upon the following reso-
lutions as follows:
Resolved, That a committee of five
members be appointed by the grand
president, to be known as the General
Suffers remains committee, whose duty
it shall be to formulate plans looking to
the removal of the remains of the late
Gen. John Sutter from their present
resting place in the state OF Pennsyl-
vania, and have them re-interred in a
fitting manner in Suffers fort, at Sacra-
mento.
DUES AND BENEFITS.
The chairman of the committee on
state of the order sent out to the parlors
the following circular relative to dues
and benefits, subject matter that was
up before the last grand parlor:
To the Officers and Members of the Grand Par
lor, March 15, 1892:
DEAR SIRs AND BROTHERS: The COM
mittee on state OF the order, at the
meeting of the grand parlor held in
Santa Rosa, April, 1891, submitted re-
port wherein attention was called to our
present system of dues and benefits, as
not being based upon sound financial
principles. This report is printed in
full in the proceedings of 1891 (see pages
1854 and 165, proceedings of the fourth
annual session of the grand parlor).
Through some inadvertency an error
was made by the previous committee.
The ninth line from the top on page l65
should read 'No organization paying
sick benefits can pay greater sum per
week than one-half their yearly Dues"
The committee would call the parlor's
attention to the following recommends
tions submitted, in that report: "That
each subordinate parlor debate and dis
cuss during the interim of the grand
parlor and transmit to the next grand
parlor brief statement of the conclu
sions arrived at, together with their by
law relative to the payment of sick
benefits" and that you give it due at
tention, so that the com mittee may
know the wishes of parlors and have
data from which to work, as the coming
grand parlor. if it sees fit, may establish
uniform system of dues and benefits.
The committee consider it OF the ut
most importance that there should be
throughout the order uniform system
of dues and benefits. If the parlors
have not as yet given this question any
consideration, the committee ask that
you take it up at once and transmit
your conclusions to the coming grand