The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-07
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Looks as Though Saloon Men Will
Be Barred.

| Be Barred.
| Washington, Sept 6.-The much
mooted German question was decided
| by the supreme lodge Of the Knights
Of Pythias today by a decisive vote
against permitting the use of the ritual
in other than the English language.
Two votes were taken; the first, on the
| substitution of the minority report to
give the German lodges five years
grace in which to adopt the English
ritual, resulted "a to Al against the mi
nortiy report. Then the majority re-
port was adopted by a vote of 70 to &c.
The gist Of the majority report is
found in the following recommendation:
THAT the supreme lodge reannounce
and affirm the declaration made at the
| Kansas City session, and that hence
forth and forevermore the ritual used
in this and all other English-speaking
nations be printed in the English Ian
guage only, and that when the stand
ard of our order shall be planted in
any country speaking another than the
English language, the ritual therein
| used shall be printed and all concerns
ever which the body has control, shall
be conducted only in tho language of
such government, to the end that il
nations that around our affairs, Pythian
knights are taught, as one of the car
dinal principles Of our order, undyins
loyalty and devotion to the govern,
ment to which they owe their allegi-
ance, whether it be the land of their
Drrth or the country of their adoption. !"
1t also commended the supreme chan
cellor for his action in upholding the
law IN this matter, and was signed by
at,, hny., of L,
ton l.. Carter, Thomas D. Mears. /. P.
Hunt and Aaron Meyers.
John H. Pusse, of Indiana. was the
author of the minority report, which
recommended that lodges which have
renamed loyal to the supreme lodge.
and were working with rituals in other
languages when the last ritual was pro-
mulgated, be furnished with rituals in
the language they were previously US
ing for a period of five years. after
which they would surrender them and
use only the English.
Three hours debate was had The
principal speech for the minority was
made by Representative Featherstone.
from Wisconsin, and for the majority
by Representative Carter, of Califor-
MIA. 1t was argued against the minor
1ty 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 over
Sitting in committee of the whole, the
lodge has approved the unanimous re-
port of the committee ON the statement
of the order recommending that saloon
keepers. bartenders and professional
gamblers be declared ineligible to mem
5ership, 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 SUI
preme lodge proclaim against the use
of the name of Pythianism in connec-
ton with side ranks.
A request has been telegraphed to
the supreme lodge to institute a search
for B. F. Franks, of Belle Plain, Ia,
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.