The state capital., 1892-08-27

The Supreme Lodge Of the World In Sc
cret Session at Kansas City After Being
Publicly and Cordially Welcomed by
State and Municipal OGlcials-The Pytli-
ian sisters are There, Too--Thc Grand
Parade of Knights Followed by Cfti-
zens' Parade. --4-~
KANSAS CRY. Mo-, Aug. "a The SUI
preme lodge of the Pythian order for
the world is in session. At II o'clock
Yesterday morning the big doors OF the
Scottish Rite hall were open; the SUI
preme chancellor and the representa-
tives who compose the supreme lodge
passed through, the doors closed with
a bang. the supreme outer guard as
sumed his station, and thus the compli-
Gated ma chinerv which moves the Pyth-
ian order was put in motion. The sew
enteenth session of the supreme lodge
was then in session, and to the rank
and file there was nothing more. The
great doors shut in the beauties of the
hall, and the supreme outer guard pre-
cluded pceping at the key hole
In the preliminaries leading up to
the formal opening of the first session
were included reception to the SUI
preme lodge at the grand opera house,
and addresses of welcome by the mayor
of the city and the governor of the
state, and by dlgnitarics high in the
order Of Pythian brotherhood.
This, tho first formal public greetin
to the assembled representatives. of the
order, was as transformations as it could
we'll be The presence of p1noplied
knights lent dignity and added a pic
| turesquc color;nc, but in all the hearty
welcoming which the sir knights re-
ceived there were no stilted phrases, no
conventional speeches. The greeting
was from the heart, and was received
in the spirit of the order.
The public reception concluded. a
short march to the hail was ordered
md promptly at the hour appointed
every member of the supreme lodge,
NIL the supreme representatives and the
supreme chancellor, who temporarily
will WELD the gavel until his successor
shall be chosen, were in their places
Then. in active session, the delibcr:t'
tions of the first supreme LODGE which
ever convened west of the Mississippi
formally began.
Before the supreme lodge now ir
session shall have concluded its delib
erations laws Of the order for the mex
two years will have been made Once
made there is no appeal. It is the su
preme body, and as such its dellbcra
tions at this time will possess the keen
est interest for every member of th'
order. Yesterdays session comprised
only that portion of the scheduled
business which mandatory laws require
to be done at the first days session
The report of the committee on ere
| dentials the reports Of the gran'
lodge divisions and the confcrrin!
of the grand lodge rank were tn
only matters considered Until th
departure of the uniform rank lit.
real business will be done. Even Nom
bers of the supreme lodge, dignified an
staid though they be, find it difficult I
get down to work while the uniform
are being worn and the swords ar
flashing in bloodless strife out at Cam
Shaw But when the play is over wor
will begin. The supreme lodge ha
wcighty matters to consider. Its d'
liberations involve good or bad for
order which has now q membership {
more than 400. 900 valiant knights an
,vboso Growth has heeu the marvel {