The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-16
THE GOOD TEMPLARS.
Opening of the Grand Lodge
Session Tomorrow.
m CAMP At cHauTAuouA.
MANY Delegates on the Gyonnd-inter-
estfsg Esvss w OF the order
From Its Inception.

The Grand Lodge session Of the In
dependen. order of Good Templars viii
or,en az Chauiauq1a for four days, com
rnepcing tornorrox. TUESDAY. ~ O'Clock
il, the afternoon. Many Of the ofhcers
and delegates re already on the ground
establishing Camping quarters. and the
session promises 70 De exceedingly inter-
esting.
TIE members OF tie order IN Tacoma
have arranged 70 give the visiting delegates
n reception this evening a. their hail,
Ifi71z Tacoma avenue.
The follow ing committees for the session
have been announced and are advised TO
prepare themselves for the special duties
involved:
Crsdenslals-E Z. Martin, Charles Eas-
ton, T. L. McLaiteFty, {. Alfred Palmer,
order ii bnslness-Fred q Alexander.
w. a. wyer. Is. Calling, MISS o. a. Steele.
Distributions. ". Shields. c. \. Mills,
w. Keller, Bertha Martin. Mary J.
Fulton.
Appeals-g. Abernsthy. II. 3. Lester,
David ". Funk, Mrs. A. i. Cnrtiss, Ars.
ByIaws-A. Coutts, Il. o. Benedict. r.
J. Gerlach, John Ladden. Mrs. Elite b..
Allen.
Juvenile work-Miss Anna Sitton, Miss
Margare. Sutton, Miss Maud Sutton, Nrs.
j. NJ Hilton. Mrs. A. Boyer.
Iiterature--A. r. Dorr, Henry McGrath.
]. Z. Bovey, Rose Baughman, Nellie Cal
houn.
Msmorials-Rev. Joseph Wolfe, Rev. A.
l. Carney. g. r. Turner, w. VI. Olney,
Miss +. j. Smith.
RssoIutions-Rev. w. III. Sherman.
Rev. Il. Fisher, w. II. Burwell. Horace
Lowering, Ida Handley.
State OF the order--C. T. Haggard, John
McGaryin, John Stanley, Mrs. j. n.
shafer, c. w. Barremore.
Finance-George +. Cotterili. j. G. Biles,
Frank II. Terry. Mrs. c. l.. Haggard, MIRA
Minnie Sargent
The programme for the four days ses-
sion has not yet been given out, but one
has been prepared by the Pacific Tsmplar.
which il merely suggestive TO the grand
lodge committee on order OF business.
The following is the outline for tomorrow .
business,
Up. m.-Opening ceremonies. Report Of
committee on credentials. Conterrsng
Gran1 Lodge degree. Announcement of
ports OF grand chief templar, grand secre-
tary, grand treasurer. grand superinten-
dent Juvenile temples. grand electoral
superintendent. Vice chancellor course Of
study.
EvRSIsa SESSION.
Song service, T:45 10 =. m. SD. m.-
Report of distribution committee. Adj
dress of grand counselor. Two-minuts
reports from district lodges aud temples
represented. Remarks by visiting mem
bsrs, lecturers, etc.
The special number of The Pacific Tenn
Slar devoted to the Grand Lodge contains
an extended review Of the history OF the
order from its formation some fifty years
ago. of which the following 10 the sub
stance:
There had been slow but certain evo-
luton from the pledge of the Litchfield
Farmers Association of Connecticut in
I7Sa. not to serve distilled liquors TO their
warkmen, mp 90 the rock-ribbed pledge oil
total abstinence TO which John b. Cough
and his co-workers anchored the great
Washingtonian movement which reached
its climax in is8L Prudent men saw that
organization must be had or grand results
would be lost. The records show that Of
CO., 900 drunkards reformed during that
marvellous awakening OF moral suasion
work, At least three-fourths fell back
into their old habits. Societies were
needed 10 offsr refuge to these
reformed men, homes where they
would DO shielded from temptation
and given al opportunity for the rescue OF
their fellow men. And thus il came about
that a score or more of different societies
sprang to the front during that decade
from 1870 10 1850 and had wonderful
growth and success. 1t Was At this period
of the temperance reform that the hide
pendent Order of Good Templars sprang
into existence. Al the very start the plo-
neer Good Templar organization placed
woman upon a perfect equality with man.
The lodge was made place where the en-
tire family could meet around one com
mon altar. The pledge was made life.
long in duration, instead OF being limited
90 the term of membership in the lodge.
From its humble origin in Central New
York state, In issi, the work spread with
great rapiditY over the entire country.
The crude ritual with which the work
started was rewritten by Rev. Daniel ".
Bristol, grand old Methodist preacher OF
the order.
For four years the Grand Lodge Of New
York remained as the head of the organic.
alton. bat IN iso the representatives oi
ten states gathered at Cleveland. O and
organised the Right Worthy Grand Lodge.
10 be- the controlling power OF the order
After that the progress was more rapid
aud soon extended To every state aud ter
ritory in the Union and throughout the
provinces Of Canada. The order gained a
foothold on the Coast early In lis history.
the FIRST lodge helng organized in Cahfar.
mia nearly forty years ago, in tho DAYS
when IL took ak months % cross the
plains 90 the land Of gold There IA no
record al hand as TO the spread Of the
order along she Coast, bat IL il certain that
lodges we're organized ia Oregon and az
the settlements in Washington territory
along the Columbia river ln the early
sixties. The Grand Lodge of Orscon
which then included In les Jurisdiction lie
territories of Washington and Idaho and
the province Of British Columbia, was
organized IA lssA IL IS probable that the
nfst lodge ever organized within the limits
Of our present Grand Lodge Of Washing
ten was IS Vancouver. and VAS known "a
Lincoln lodge.
There was little growth in the order
during those stirring years OF ls6I.6A The
young men who had tarown the8r energy
tnto the cause OF temperance before the
war were ~ the front among the armies
wbich hsttled Tor the preservation OF the
Cnton. Whtla Il Is frequently stated and
wlth truth, that many 81 the solditrs
came aNay from camp i3te W3th drinking
hAa.ts fastened up0n them Cor hfs. h u
ass Tae that thousands came back aad
goas ap the battle against King Alcohol
with renewed ylsog. a. is evidenced from
the iact that the membership Of cur order
Increased from h.Qo IN $50 10 ~ 90 Ia
lsa,. The leSdeFs oI the ranks In those
days ct trials aad suceeSses were simeon
81 Chase, II Pennsylvania. and samuel n
Hastings - " sconsin. thea ia the PRIME
ard activity oi middle gfe. aud both yet
spared and do.ag vs'aaole work Tor the
order
'-t'tiar 80 iss> the woFk of the orxanlrA-
ttea n2s puea confined - Ehe American