Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-28


acter WAS the ritual Of the order. which Is L
enc au-per sadtny in is influence.
! tender professional gambler shall here
after he consid .rcl as eligible to apply for
membership in any lodse OF this order.
Les US rise tn duty. representatives,. and
meet this gre. q':estiou face to face.
Nearly all OF our disorders. Sunday desc
| cratian nj INSTRUMENTATION has come from
this element. which seems to delight in the
cultivation OF Law 'essnesS and hoodium hab-
its. They lave been OF no benefit what
e!er To our orlsr il the past. but rather.
| ike bar, ic'ss upon the craft, have greatly
hinlered our progress Ia tse direction Of a
| higher res,,e liability. Thousands OF our
most renItlble citizens have held aloof
from seeking our portals because Of the
presence o. this element among our men,
| bershio. howese- small. One bartender
| among subordinate membership OF two
han :rSsi b-corr.S the object lesson to
which the outside word Will point for evil
deach in condemnation of the whole, and
! the one thousand saloon men In our men,
bership OF half million cast reflection
! uIao1 the whole class. which most per-
ceotib!y aIe It's our claim for the support
and confidence of the Christian world. With
| t'isase fn"ts before us. why shoul1 We hesi-
tate? We owe man A membership: we
have reached de rree of strength and per-
msnency when can afford to be inde-
! pead-n,. Let us fix oui standard of meas
urc nent and fix Il high, declaring therein
/ that - man whose elya gesnents In lie are
uuuDt.di anu GiSre.,utaD.e IN the eSttma-
tioa or tie moral world can be considered
as WORTH of membership in our great
brotherhood. ! heartily recommend that
saloon keepers. bar;e,iders and professional
| gamblers he pronounced Ineligible to
/ further membership in our order. and that
/ the S'irre ne Lodge firmly plant itself upon
/ this moral AMI progressive platform. that
all the woysd may know just where We
stand. Appoint commission for the in
! te'iigent consideration of this momentous
question. and have them formulate plans
/ for tire vigorous enforcement of its con-
| clus!ons.
| The supreme chancellor recommends that
sritlil, proyisi.;l be made for erecting
q monument over the grave of the founder
of the order, Justus H. Rath5cne. In Forest
4 Hiil cemetery. Utica, y. Y. He approves
! ais, t3e proposal II organize a Pythian
/ Press Association dUrinI; the encampment
/ at Washington. In reference to the Uni
! firm Rank. the rop3rt says: with a new
! ritual AMI improved system of gov
/ erlmel..why SHOULD not the Uniform Rank
! become the gran lest boly Of citizen SOL
/ diery in the worl1? / feel that every ef-
! fort consistent with Pythian progress
shsuli be Liaie by tine supreme Lodge to
encourage the advancement. more perfect
J orsani:aHon AMI continued development
OF this military feature Of orr o-ler; and,
| t that end. 1 hes9el for the recop,n,en-
dati MS Of Genera! Carnahan Your most
! cir-fai coas ieration. knowing rs do
mat Inc subject Is one very near and dear
/ to his hear, AMI his siDcerest wish Is TO
| bring las organization TO perfection" He
| suggests tina, The Office of major general
| be made elective, Instead of apoolntive and
/ that the term be two years instead of four
as q present
| Many topics are discussed and recon-
:leaditions m ie concerning the work OF
| the order. IL is recommended that the
| tern, or officers of subordinate lodges he
! one year fnste.1 OF six months, ana that
| the use OF castle halls fer burlesque side
ranks be prohibited. 1t is suggested that
rule be adopted permitting such diy,s-
Ions as may desire TO exchange the sword
! for the gun, and thus bring the body more
| IN harmony with current militia nv ideas II
am strongly of opinion" says the supreme
chancei!or, that general change from
| sword to gun would bring a great REVIVAL
| ana ini1uX or new members into the mill
! tary branch or orr order / suggest that
steps be taken to obtain the views Of ALI
the divisions upon this subject with the
ue'eI nina tion. II the majority 30 wish.
10 make the change. i am told that a
| good Springfield rine. such as we could
| Use. can be purchased In lots about as
| cheap as We now have to pay for swords
us, SUES, commission for the purpose of
suppose 1t viii be Necessary to obt ain con-
SET IA each state to bear arms as a body"
'' "i the Supreme Keeper of
Records and Seal.
The report Of the supreme ke,ner of
records and seal. r. l.. e. White. says:
The number of subordinate lodges De-
cember 81. 1Ssi. was COOS, and the number
| OF members I43.GIi-a net gain during the
calendar year of ki6 lodges and -, .,6l men,
bers, and net gain during the years ISpa
and 1875 OF LOO lodges and S5,t53l MEM
bers. While this gain is not so large, either
| in subordinate lodges or members as, that
| of the years lSDO and 1871, IL Is, considering
the widespread financial depression during
| the past eighteen months, both remarka able
| and gratifying, and is believed to exceed
| that of any other secret fraternal order
December II, 1S:1. the total amount in
| the treasures of the Grand Lodges was
sl9O, S1.lo, and the amount in those of the
| subordinate lodges was $l.SS,. 4fI.5S. The
| total amount OF the assets of subordinate
| lodges at the same date was S7,U6S, OJI. AZ
The amount disbursed for relief by subordi-
| nate lodges during the year 1898 was ST.
20tj 1333S. while for the two years 1Sy5 and
| ISIS 1t S2.319,3Ii.l3.
The following table shows the number of
subordinate lodges and the total member
| snip of the order on the 31st of December
of each year since its institution. 1t at
| fords a bird's-eye view of our progress
during the thirty years OF our existence:
ls0+-3 subordinate lodges. IS members.
lSt1-i subordinate lodge, ~ members.
| 1SJ-i subordinate lodges, $40 members.
ls5T-i1 subordinate lodges, 6.sI7 members.
ls1S-ID4 subordinate lodges. SI.62i men,
bers.
lst9-4do subordinate lodges. 5i.2S9 mem
| bers.
ls70-6fs subordinate lodges GO,o22 mem
| bers.
1siI-ss6 subordinate lodges. 79.515 MEM
bers.
IS1o-No trustworthy statistics available
| 15.j-l :.,S subordinate lodges, 95GO2 men,
| bers
ls7I-1I23 subordinate lodges. lO1. 4o3 MEM
| bers
lS7J-laOS subordinate lodges, y962S men,
| bers.
ISTG-1 400 subordinate lodges, o.. 200 men,
! bers
1sTT-l .453 subordinate lodges. 50. So men,
! bers
| ls7s-I.30 subordinate lodges, si,5o5 mem
! bcrs
! 1S7a-l.473 subordinate lodges. So 5Gs mem
| bers
: 1880, SIS subordinate lodges 96263 MEM
! bers.
lsSi-I.G:3 subordinate lodges. 1to,90S
members.
IsS2-l Geo subordinate lodges. l26.cel
members
members.