Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-01-07
HEARD IN THE LODGE room.
Matters Concerning the A. o. U. w.--Ir
staliation of offioers-elect.

Matters Concerning the A. o. u. w.--Iu-
staliation of oficers-ciect
The petition of Walter f. Barrows,
past grand master workman of the
Grand Lodge of Maryland, New Jersey,
Delaware and Virginia, A. o. U. W.,
for rule restraining division Of this
jurisdiction, was denied on Saturday by
the vice-chancellor of New Jersey. This
decision gives to New Jersey the right
to withdraw and establish separate
Jurisdiction.
The question has been before the
grand lodge of this jurisdiction for sew
eral years and caused much factional
feeling. The desire of the lodges of
New Jersey to form separate jurisdic-
ton was successfully opposed by the
lodges of Maryland, Delaware and yir-
ginia appealing to the supreme law Of
the order, which requires membership
of 1000 in each jurisdiction, while the
lodges of New Jersey did not number
over $500 members. The question was
practically settled, however, at the last
meeting of the Grand Lodge in this city,
when John W. Diefendorf defeated Bar
rows for the office of supreme represen-
tative. The latter was entitled to sue
coed to the office by the custom of the
Grand Lodge to elect the retiring grand
master to that position. The issue
turned upon the separation of New
Jersey from the other states in the juris-
diction, and Barrows, who was known
to be opposed TO the separation, was de-
feated. Diefendorf succeeded in having
the Supreme Lodge pass resolution
permitting the separation of New Jersey
on the petition Of two-thirds of the
lodges Of the state. The petition Of
Barrows was intended to restrain the
lodges in that state from forming a
separate jurisdiction until they had the
required 1000 members. Anticipating
the result of Barrows' petition the Della
ware lodges have been increasing their
membership with the intention of max
ing Delaware separate Jurisdiction.
Their effort on this line is meeting with
great success. Last month they initiated
nearly 800 candidates.
The following officers-elect Of Lafay-
cite Lodge, K. of p, were installed on
Saturday evening p. c., John b. Sim
mons; G. G. James f. bunker; v. G..
William Comfy; p, II. I. E'inney NJ Of
u, John II. Scott: NJ. of r., Thomas A.
Comegys; X. of II. and s., S. Luther
NJ. at A., Robert L. Rodgers; |. G.,
Samuel B. Bender; trustees, William
Simmons, II. L. Finney and John
Deisley representative to Grand Lodge,
John II. Scott; representative 10 River
view Cemetery Company, H. T. Finney;
widows and orphans committee, Joseph
Cash, II. T. Finney and Thomas II.
Hoskens.
The following officers elect Of Liberty
Conclaye, Heptasophs, or S. w. NJ, were
Installed on Saturday evening: Archon,
J. II. McNeal; Provost, John Will
liams; Chancellor, II. A. Bareford; Re.
cording Scribe, George S. White; Finan.
cial Scribe, William Wintrup; Treas
urer, L. II. Provost; Inspector General,
II. Palfrey; Warder, A. Dougherty;
Sentinel, +. Collins; Representative to
Grand Conclave, g. 5. White; Trustee,
]. T. Cash.
Local lodges Of the A. o. u. W., will
observe on January 18th the death Of
FEATHER" Upchurch, the founder of the
order.
Wilmington Lodge, A. o. u. W.,
have been invited to visit Helena, Mon.
tana, on the occasion Of the annual SEES
sion of the Supreme Lodge, which will
be held next June.