The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-13
TO GO OUT CONDITIONALLY
Secession with a String to II the Pre-.
vaiIing Sentiment of German Knights.
Convention of Protesting K. of P, Members
Begins Its WOrk-Fiery Resolutions Laid
Over for Day.

The national con ventIon Of delegates of
of the German Knights of Pythiss lodges
of tho United States held very busy
session of five and one-half hours yester-
day, beginning at 1890 A. NJ. and ending at
The meeting was called to order by Her
man Borchers. of Indianapolis. and j. G.
Neumsnn. of Evansville. was made tenn
porery chairman.
The permanenr officers were: Chairman.
FL. Reiohman. of Tennessee; vice chairman,
Philip Relchwein. of this city; secretary.
Theodore Lange, of Illinois; treasurer, +.
Rassberg. of New York.
p. Wagner, of Oregon. F. Buchanan. Of
Illinois. and Robert Gaede. of New Jersey.
were appointed q committee on creden-
tials. The committee on rules comprised
Oscar Schloemann, Michigan; q. Seiden-
sticker. city, and Il. Braun, of Ohio.
Adjournment was then taken until after
noon. when the committee on credentials
reported. The committee on rules reported
that votes should be taken by lodges, every
lodge having one vote, and that members
who were introduced by representatives
should De allowed seats and freedom or
speech. The committee stated that the
business OF the convention should be trans
acted In the German language. and. be-
cago came representatives of Scandinavian
lodges and one Bohemian lodge. who de.
manded interpreters. This was not al
lowed. but at last the Germans carried the
day. This little discord caused q ripple of
merriment to spread over the faces of those
who seemed to see the ludicrous side of the
all-devouring language contest.
II was made rule that all resolutions be
them. After this report resolutions were
shOwered In and brief speeches made on
them. after which they were referred to
the committee on resolutions. No votes
were taken on any of them. lt seemed the
policy to let the delegates loose ana ind
out the drift of the sentiment, which was
soon seen to be. through tho best conserva-
tive guise that could be put upon 1t. seces.
sion under certain conditions
A committee of nine men. representing
sixteen States. was appointed, whose duty
it will be TO advise the convention and di-
rect by suggestion the main thing TO be
DONE when every thing is In readiness and
the time has come to do that thing. The
session extends until noon to-day, and 1t is
stated that to-day the resolutions offered
MP to date will not be considered;
but, rather now ones with less passion and
feeling in them will be introduced. 1t Is
conservatively estimated that as n result
Of this meeting the members of the Ger
mau lodges will withdraw individually in
snch manner as will enable them TO re-
turn in 1894 If the Supreme Lodge makes
will be taken in ths convention hore
assembled is not known as yet, but
X. of Z. stated. last night. that they all
feel that the matter was more of a personal
one, In which Mr. Blackwell had figured
extensively. to their disadvantage. Yet.
for it all. they believed something would
develop, as q result of the session, that
would make 1t success despite the eu-
preme chanrellor's prophecy that, from first
To last, il would be an abieet failure.
Supreme Chancellor Blakewell, in bis
speech to the Grand Lodge recently.
counted as one of his converts TO the Eng
lish ritual cause Fl. Reiotman, of Memphis.
Tenn, who was yesterday made permanent
chairman of the convention.
It is observed by n German X. of L. that
the German jewish mem bers of the lodge.
to whom Mr.. Blackwell referred in his
Grand Lodge address as having been instru-
mental In driving the German language
out of the lodge are represented In this
meeting to man. and are the most out
epOken.