Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-07
NATIVE SONS.
THE GRAND PARLOR TO BE HELD
HERE NEXT MONTH.
April Twenty-fourth the Date-This City
Nearly Got Left-The Elections Which
Are to Be Held.

Los Angeles will not know probably
until today's Report (says that San
Francisco paper of Saturday, reaches it
how near it came to losing the grand
parlor OF the Native Sons of the Golden
West, the annual session of which will
begin on April oath. The last grand
parlor, which met at Santa Rosa, de-
cided to hold the next session at Los
Angeles, but when the best interests of
the order may require it, the board of
grand officers is empowered to change
the meeting place, and at meeting of
the board last week the subject of chang
ing the place of session was seriously
broached.
Such action was only once before
taken, and that was during che floods at
Los Angeles several years ago. Now, if
Los Angeles were again thrown over the
consequences to the order might be very
serious, the grand officers thought. On
the other hand, by going to the City of
the Angels the order would be several
thousands of dollars in debt and might
establish bad precedent. Then again,
the transportation committee had not
succeeded in getting as low round-trip
railway rate as might have been ex-
pected, and its work had been poorly
performed in the extreme, rejecting no
credit upon it. But the board decided
to 60 to Los Angeles despite everything,
and the extra cost will be raised by an
extra subsequent per capita tax of small
amount to pay up the indebtedness that
will have to be contracted. A vigorous
letter from the Los Angeles people
clinched the decision.
Incidentally the live and progressive
city of Los Angeles and all its neighbor-
ing lands and towns will benefit by the
visit, for the delegates are all repre-
sentative young men of their respective
communities, and what they tell their
parlors on returning home will do the
southern part of the state great good.
The elections in the Grand Parlor
hitherto have been OF a lively character,
but this year parlor politics will be
thrown to one side, and only for the
Office of grand trustee will there be any
pronounced contest, and even there no
canvassing has been attempted. r. M.
Fitzgerald will, of course, become junior
past grand president, and Grand Vice.
President Thomas Flint jr. of San Juan,
will be elected grand president. This is
according to the long established prece-
dent. For grand vice-president John
T. Creamy of Pacific (No. 10y parlor, San
Francisco, is the principal candidate,
although Eugene ]. Gregory of Sacran-
mento parlor, has following, and W.
H. Metson of San Francisco, has been
mentioned.
For grand lecturer the only name
mentioned is that of 10 u. Sproul OF
Chico, who has served for two terms as
grand trustee. Henry Lunstedt of Cal
ifornia No. IL, the veteran grand secre-
tary will be chosen again for that Office
For grand orator there are three candi-
dates-T. w. H. Shanahan, j. w. Ahern
and Lewis Freer. For grand treasurer
the candidates, in the event Of Henry
Martin, the incumbent, declining to
contest, will be r. P. Doolan of Hes
perian parlor, San Francisco, and David
Morgan of Nevada City.
A resolution was adopted by the last
grand parlor by which the trustees
should be elected from their respective
districts, but this resolution will be
rescinded in all probability, as it de-
prfves all grand officers of their votes as
delegates to the grand parlor. The Los
Angeles parlors will choose one trustee.
The delegates from these parlors are not
yet known, but the choice is said to lie
between Stephen M. White and R. F. del
Vale. For the rest the names men
TONED are: Bertrand Rhine Of Inde-
pendence, Rod w. Church OF Oakland,
Eugene +. Bert and DIR. w. H. Nc
Laughlin OF Mission, w. w. Shannon of
California No. 1,W. B. Josselyn OF Haly-
con parlor of Alameda, William Conley
of Merced, John McMinn jr. of Santa
Rosa and James A. Hall Of Watson
vile.
Ask Livery Men
What they think of the durability of the Colum-