The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-10
many CHANCES were MADE
U. U. A. N. Concluded Its Discussion
at State Council Yesterday.
STATE MADE INTO DISTRICTS
Three Deputy State Councillors to DC
Elccted-COnstitution to be Revised
AnuualIy-Jowcis to Be Adopted
In Place OF Rcgalias.

III Plncc OF RcgaItaS.
Yesterdays session closed the forty
| ninth annual convention of the State
| council of the Senior Order of United
American Mechanics and a majority
or the delegates left the city last night.
The session opened at 8 o'clock in the
morning and amendments to the consti-
tuition were discussed until o'clock
last evening.
The principal feature of the business
transacted was the division of the state
into three districts, thus carrying into
erect the recommendation of the board
or officers as published in yesterdays
Tribune. The districts will be known
as the central, western and eastern.
The latter district will comprise Brad
| ford. Susquehanna, Perry, Sullivan,
| Wyoming, Wayne, Lackawanna, Lu-
zerne, Columbia, Pike, Monroe, Schuyl-
kill. Carbon, Northampton, Lehigh,
Bucks. Montgomery Berks, Philade-
phia, Chester and Delaware.
Each district will be under the con-
troll of q deputy state councillor, whose
appointment and duties will be gov
erned by the following resolution:
THAT at the last stated meeting In
December in every county of the state
where councils are located. three dele
gates shall be elected to a meeting to
be convened to receive nominations for
deputy councillor. The state councillor
shall appoint such deputies, who shall
be governed by such laws as shall be
hereafter made, and shall act as state
| t,. I..t., lt.,X,
Such deputies may appoint their own
assistants for the purpose of installing
officers, but shall have no power be-
yond such duties. In counties where
there are more than fifteen councils,
such councils, such counties may be
divided into two or more districts, as
the state councillor may consider de
srable. This resolution shall become
operative at the last stated meeting to
be held in December, 1896"
Annual Revision of Constitution.
| A very important resolution was
passed at the afternoon session by vir-
tue of which the constitution and by
laws may be amended annually. For
some time the law of the order has pro-
vided that the constitution and bylaws
five years. The delegates have at re-
cent conventions been strongly i'm
pressed that this law was hindrance
to the prosperity Of the order. Under
the circumstances the change was
made by large majority yesterday.
The state councillor was authorize
to increase the semi-centennial COM
mittee by the addition of thirty-tive
members for the Philadelphia semi
centennial, Sept. TO- An appropriation
of $1,000 was made to meet the ex-
penses of the committee.
Jewell Instead of Rcgalin.
Throughout the meetings of the coun-
Gil the delegates have worn the custom
airy regalia in accordance with the
rules. After considerable discussion a
resolution offered by State Organizer
A. h. Saybolt was adopted, which pro-
vides: That the state council adopt a
set of Jewels, to be worn by it's officers
in lieu of the present regalia, provided
1t shall not be compulsory upon any
officer to use the jewel or Jewels.
Some of the delegates raised the
question as to the wearing of the off,
cial regalia on public holidays, and a
resolution was passed granting a gen.
eral dispensation to all councils in the
Jurisdiction to parade in full regalia on
all legal holidays. A general dispensa-
tion was also granted to councils de-
sirous of parading for flag raising, or
when several councils are interested in
parades.
Resolutions were adopted thanking
the retiring officers for their services
and the press of Scranton for courtesles
extended. An honorarium of $3.50 was
presented Mr.. johnson, the retiring
state councillor.
Secretary Atherton. Of the board Of
trade, has been distributing copies Of
the twenty-fourth annual report of the
board of trade among the delegates.
They all spoke highly of the book and
many requests for additional copies
were made.
A large group of delegates were as
sembled on the front entrance to the
Wyoming house last night, and We're
exchanging views on Scranton with
some interest. But few of those as
sembled had visited the city previously,
and they expressed their astonishment
at the flourishing and large city which
they found. Business generally was
more active in Scranton than in the
respective localities from which they
hailed, and the "hustling" propensities
of the city were described as marvel
Gus. The welcome offered them was
the warmest in their experience, and
the enterprise of the press in reporting
their proceedings was the most ad-