The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-18
ELECT OFFICERS TONIGHT
Supreme Lodge A. q. " ". VIII
Name It's Leaders for Another
Year This Evening.
Committee Recommendation That
the Young Mon DO Given
3 Chance.


MISUNDERSTANDING EE MSE 8GTIE&TTEW%TTT
Idaho i wyoming Authorized
Next PlAoe ~ MsstlnE.
The msmbsrs Of the supreme lodge a. O
o. w. trannacted i largo amount ot toutin
business yesterday, and the officers VIII
have besns detained ID Great Falls, whsl
they arrive to-day, will lind a0airs In zoo,
snaps, ~ tho session yesterday Repre-
sentative a. i. Davis OF Tennessee, o1sra.
resolution to the effect the law b changed
" allow subordinate lodges whore intsres
demands that tho Offices OF recorder mi
Ananclsr b. merged into ons whore th,
membership Of aaid subordinate lodges b
70 numerically small ~ TO admit Of on.
secretary performing the duties Of two. i
was referred TO the committee on laws.
The special COMMITTEES On degree OF
honor" presented the following report
which was ordered printed:
First-We conclude, after = careful sur-
vey Of the whole situation, thatsa member
Of the degree 81 honor beneficiary depart
msnt Of my grand jurisdiction ID in pos
session Of certain vested legal rights whict
should not be wrestsd from hsr BY the mn
pension of her male relative from tho A. q.
u W. We therefore recommend that oul
laws governing the Degree Of Honor be
10 amended that the suspension OF her male
relative from the "A. O. u. w. shall not If
feet the standing Of a sister Ia the benz
aciary department.
Second-Rslative TO the age limit. We are
Of the opinion that no ono should be i'd
mitted to the beneficiary department Who
has passed the age 81 10 years, but a. this ID
matter which directly and chiefly CON
cerna grand lodges Of the degree Of honor
themselves, We recommend that IL be loft
for them TO determine . they may deem
proper.
Third-Your committee are convinced
the Ancient Order OF United Workmen,
bstween ths ages Of sixteen and twsnty-ons
years, On the same conditions Of member
ship % daughters. II not Objectionable, and
may direct the attention Of young men to
the Ancient Order Of Omitted Workmen and
thereby serve ~ . means Of getting them
n the parent order. The social and
moral influence Of tho degree OF honor on
the young men will b. Of ~incalculable bone
III to them and help to educate them for
membership ~ the Ancient Order OF United
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BY your committee that the laws governing
the degree Of honor be 80 amended 40 10
admit the sons Of members on tho same
terms Of social membership 40 daughters,
but that their membership shall cease whom
they become q years Of age, unless they
join the Ancient Order Of United Work
men.
The special committee on Utah and Wy
oming presented q report recommending
the adoption Of q resolution to the sfect
shat tbs supreme master workman be di-
rected and instructed to authorize the for
nation Of d grand lodge 10 be composed OF
the territory Of Utah and the states Of
Idaho and Wyoming, having jurisdiction
over the same; and that said grand lodge,
whom 20 constituted. be set apart % . sep
arate beneficiary Jurisdiction; provided.
that such grand lodge shall not be 90
formed before Jan. !, 1891. The lines of
the separation from Nevada to be snch az
the parties may agree upon, OF, In cases of
disagreement, the same to be adjusted in
equitable manner by the supreme master
workman.
Representative E. N. Dsuprey, o. GAL
~ifornia. presented an amendment to the
effect that after the figures 1892 insert
the words: Provided that the numerical
strength OF the brotherhood in Nevada and
Idaho shall first become 1000 members in
good standing"
Representative Byrarn, of Indiana, pref
sentsd a suhstitnte to the effect that after
the figures 1883" insert the words: PRO
vidinR that said contemplated jurisdiction
shall have a membership OF not less than
1000" The substitute WAS adopted and
then the report Of the committee as
amended was adopted.
The representatives Of Washington pre-
sented a resolution, which was referred to
the special committee On 'trelief law" that
the maximum rate of assessments for the
jurisdiction Of Washington be fixed BY the
mn - mn &-l lar 80 & 4ra& ~ "a I