The morning call., 1894-09-07
ONLY IN ENGLISH.
Pythians Rule Against
the Germans.
MUST COME IN AT ONCE.
Liquor Dealers Must Be Kept
Out Also.
DECISION ON BOTH QUESTIONS.
SO Far There Is No Serious Talk
of a Split in the
Order.
DECISION ON BOTH QUESTIONS.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 6. - The much
mooted German question was settled by
Inc Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
to-day by decisive vote against permit
ting the use of the ritual in other than the
English language. Two votes were taken.
1he hrst, on substituting the min ority re-
port to give German lodges five years
grace in which to adopt the English rit-
ual' resulted "a to Il against the minority
report. Then the majority report was
adopted by vote of 70 to 81.
The eist of the majority report is in the
following recommendation:
THAT the Supreme Lodge rsaDnounce
and affirm the declaration made at the
Kansas City session, ana that henceforth
and forever more the ritual used In this
and all other English-speaking nations be
printed in the English language only, and
that when the standard of our order shall
be planted in any country speaking an
other than the English language, the rit-
ual therein used shall be printed, and all
concerns over which the body has control
shall be conducted only in the language of
such Government, 10 the end that it may
be known to all men and all nations that
surround our affairs that Pythian knights
are taught, as one of the cardinal princi-
pies of our order, undying loyalty and
devotion to the Government to which they
owe their allegiance, whether it be the
land of their birth or the country of their
adoption"
1t also commended the supreme chan
cellor for his action ia upholding the law
in this matter, and was signed by four
members of the ommittee-Stanton L.
Carter, Thomas D. Mears, L. P Hunt and
Aaron Myers. John II. Pusss of Indiana
was the author of the minority report,
which recommended that the lodges which
have remained loyal to the Supreme Lodge
and were working with rituals in another
language when the last ritual was promuI-
gated be furnished with rituals in the Ian
gusge they were previously using for a
period of five years, after which they
would surrender them and use only the
English.
Three hours debate was had The prin-
cipal speech for the minority was made by
Representative Featherstone from Wiscon-
sin, and for the majority by Representa-
tive Carter Of California. It was argued
against the minority proposition that if
five years were granted the German lodges
they would apply for another extension of
time at the end of that period, and the
whole question would have to be fought
ovdr.
Sitting in committee of the whole the
lodge has approved the unanimous report
of the committee on the statement of the
order recommending that saloon-keepers,
bartenders and professional gamblers be
declared ineligible to membership, but not
affecting those who have already become
members. The question has not been
acted upon by the Supreme Lodge proper
The same committee recommends that the
Supreme Lodge proclaim against the use
of the name of Pythanism in connection
with side ranks.
q request has been telegraphed to the
Supreme Lodge to institute search for B.
F. Ranks, of Belle Plaine, Iowa, who came
to Washington to attend the encampment
and has not returned to his home. His
friends wire that one of his children is at
the point Of death.