The morning call., 1894-06-20
THEIR DELEGATE DIDN'T Go.
Appleby Is Against Them All
the Same.
ITS EFFECT ON THE LOCAL LODGE
No Matter How the Grand Lodge
Acts, the Annual Picnic Will
Soon Be Given.

It does not seem to worry San Francisco
Lodge much that Grand Exalted Ruler
Appleby has read this lodge out of the
order. They look upon his effort as that
of the tail trying to wag the dog, and pre-
sage for it just about as much effect. They
generally regard Appleby's attitude as
that of the little boy who insists that If
they don't play his way he won't play
at all.
The split in the ranks of the Elks to an
outsider seems over a very trivial matter.
At the last session of the Grand Lodge,
held at Detroit, Mich. the grand trustees
were empowered to name the time and
place OF the next meeting. In pursuance
of this auth ority they held a meeting in
February at which ApDleby was requested
to be present. For some reason or another
he failed to put In an appearance, and
when the grand trustees announced At
lantic City, N j., as their choice the grand
exalted ruler made things hum IN his rage.
He reared on his hind legs and tossed his
slx-tlned horns dehantly in the air. He
sWore that the grand trustees did not
know what they were talking about, and
he announced that the next Grand Lodge
meeting should be held at jamestown, Il. Y.
Ihe grand trustees protested, but Appleby
was Obdurate. He was boss, and he pro-
posed to run the whole works.
Upon this the grand trustees Issued a
very neat circular. which was of such
highly inflammable nature that it came
nearly being excluded from the mails. 1t
fairly burnt" ApDleby to a cinder, yet
those who have seen it say the trustees
stuck closely 10 the law of the order as
their text and left the grand exalted bull
elk not a leg to stand on. They repre-
sented to the lodges throughout the country
that they had selected the place of meet
ing in accordance with the authority con-
ferred at the Grand Lodge meeting in
Detroit and pointed out that Appleby had
no alternative but to submit.
The circular was we'll received through
out the country and Eks all over turned
its contents over in their minds and
chuckled at the way the exalted ruler was
getting il where the willebOy wore his
stock. They chewed the ra- the cue,
rather, and Appleby soon became aware
that If he did not shut off the discussion
of the circular it probably would weaken
his cause. He Immediately issued an or
der that lodge matters should not be al
lowed to leak and that any Elk who was
so indiscreet as to become purveyOr of
news of tie Appleby attitude to the press
would be Immediately suspended.
Elks didn't like this sort of thing, but
they obeyed. Not word has got out for
months, but from the slim attendance at
and the subsequent detection from the
Appleby session, 1t was evident that they
have done heap of thinking.
One thing the San Francisco Elks cannot
understand. however, is the fact contained
in the press dispatches that Appleby and
his newly appointed grand trustees have
read this lodge out of the order. Three or
four weeks ago, according to the rule, the
per capita tax was sent to the grand
treasurer, and, as this is the ::only proner
return" that could be made to the
officers, they can see no other excuse that
Appleby might conjure up against them.
1t is true that the local Eks appointed
representative to the Grand Lodge ses-
siop. and it is also true that he is not in
attendance at AppleDy's session. Nelyher.
however, has he put in an appearance at
the Atlantic City session. Charles A.
Barnard was the delegate selected, and he
was also instructed to Craze in the valley
Of Jersey-by-the-sea, where the clans
grow and where the juicy mint julep
tickles the tooth and gurgles merrily along
the three stOmachs of the noble Ruminant
in riot of delight.
knowledge of these instructions NAV
have come 10 the ears of the grand exalted
ruler with his back up and may have
caused his action, but he has not leg to
stand on in this instance. for the very good
reason that Barnard went not to Atlantic
City by reason of the fact of sudden illness.
1t really does not make much difference,
local Elks say, whether Appleby has read
them out or not. An appeal always lies
to the committee on laws, and as the anti
Appleby herd seems to have the great ad-
vantage in numbers it is hardly likely that
any stand he may take will be sustained.
Viewing the situation from this distance
prominent Elks do not think, whatever
the outcome OF the present squahble NAV
be, that any serious rupture IN the order
will take place. and the San Francisco
lodge has among it members who are thor
ougnly in touch with the pulse of their
brethren through out the country. The San
Francisco lodge is the third oldest in the
country, New York and Philadelphia
having organized before it.
Its members are known all over as jolly
good fellows and as being too fully aware
of the import of the laws of the organize
ton TO trangress them. The sQuabble will
probably be settled by some action at At
lantic City in day or two. and San Fran
cisco Elks will prOba bly, put save to the
wounu that Appleby will receive in falling
from his high horse with as much grace as
possible.
Notwithstanding the Appleby pronun-
oiamento, the San Francisco lodge will give
its grand annual outing July 1 at Elks
Glen. near Novato, in Marin County It
will be all the more pleasurable from tia
fact that in its postponeinent clear skies
and bGlmy breeZes will be assured. A new
dancing pavilion has been erected, big
restaurant and refreshment-boOth in a
magnificent tent, and all arrangements
made for more than the usual coed time
furnished by Eks all over the land