Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-04
SOVEREIGN LODGE, |. o. O. F
An Effort to Have Its Next Session Held in
Washington.
There Will he Many Come Here If
Such Should BE the Case-Baltf-
more u Contestant.

On Monday next the Sovereign Grand
Lodge Of the /. o. D. F., the central ma
tional body Of that organization in this
country, Will begin, at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Its annual session, which will last one week
Representatives from the local lodges will
attend not only for the purpose of aiding
In the transaction of the business Of the or
der. but of presenting to the Sovereign
Lodge the invitation of this jurisdiction to
hold the next session in this city. WASH
ington has never entertained this body. and
the local members of the order believe that
with a little persuasion, the Sovereign
Grand Ledge can be brought here in 1895.
But there is strong opposition. One of the
Canadian cities, the home of the present
grand sire. is eager for the honor and Bal
timore, where are the headquarters of the
grand secretary, is also earnest in the fight.
The home of the order has recently been re-
moved to Baltimore, and this fact is being
urged with soma effect.
The representatives from the District to
the session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge
are VIM. +. Allan. +. A. Stie- and Joseph
Burroughs. Washington has practically
another representative In the person of Mr..
ID. X. Stansbury. who, though he resides in
Alexandria, is In business i'm this city. He
has been chosen as a representative from
Virginia
No Aid to lie Asked From Citizens.
The local lodges have resolved that If the
session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge shall
be brought to Washington there will be no
aid asked from the citizens but that every
expense will be paid by the order itself
Though there is uniformed rank in this
body, as in the Knights of Pythias, there is
no encampment at the annual sessions end
all the representatives of the order stop at
hotels wherever they go. This, it Is argued
by the frier dis of the present movement, will
cause the city to be greatly beretted. > he
uniformed rank is at present composed of
ABOUT 2J,OO members, who arr known as
Patriarchs Militant. 1t is new organiza-
ton, comparatively. but it is growing
The Sovereign Grand Lodge is composed
OF representatives of the various jurisdic-
lions apportion ID TO the number of members
of the Order in each. There are upward of
40 members. The District has as it is
Shown, three. In some of the states there
are three and in others four. The Present
officers of the Sovereign Grand Lodge are:
&. 7. Campbell OF Ontario, grand sire; John
W. S.ebbins of New York, deputy grand
sire; Theodore n. Ross of Baltimore grand
secretary, and Isaac Shepard of PhiladeI-
lHla, grand treasurer. These officers were
elected two years ago, and their terms ex-
pire with the coming session. Their success
sors will be elected at Chattanooga. The
hSht Is usually over the choice of deputy
grand sire. who is biennially advanced to
The chief Office of the order.
On Lockout Mountain.
The coming session will be held on Look
out Mountain, just outside of CHATTANOOGA,
where building has been erected for this
purpose 1t is not expected that many will
attend the Session beyond the representa-
tives, and, in some cases. their wives The
times have been too hard. say the rank and
iile OF the order, TO journey so far from
nome. The case would, however, be differ
eht, IL is considered, II the session were to
be held here, or in any other large CITY with
numerous attractions TO tourists and it is
quite certain that If Wash ngton is chosen
tnere VIII be a large throng here. The in
Vlau1n 10 the Sovereign Grand Lodge is ex-
tended by the local Grand Lodge. and as
noted IN yesterdays Star, the District Com
iAissioners have heartily Endorsed this &C
ton.