The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-28

Members of the Order--Grand Master
Elect Makes a Speech--People of Wich-
ita Entertaining Angels--City Has Met
Expectations of Members of the Order.
In yesterdays report of the porceed-
| ing of the Tuesday afternoon session OF
! the grand lodge the election of grand
overseer, recorder, receiver and guide
was inadvertently omitted. A G.
| Mueller of Colwich was chosen grand
overseer.
z. NJ. Forde of Emporia was re-elect-
ed grand recorder without opposition,
as was T. A. Beck Of Topeka TO succeed
himself as grand receiver.
For grand guide, William Cross OF
Kansas City, Kan, had clear course
and was declared to be the guide elect.
After the usual preliminaries at the
opening of Wednesdays session the
election Of officers was resumed.
Nominations for grand Waterman:
w A Morgan OF Lansing, c. a. Max
well of Ulysses and a. ]. Francis OF
Lucas Morgan was elected on the first
ballot.
The next office to be filled was that of
medical director. 4. b. Peters was
| placed before the body by DR.. Frank
Swallow. Mclean of Kansas City nam
ed Dr.. w. A. Minick of Wichita, S. 4.
Fink presented DR.. Wiles of Winfield.
! DR.. Peters was elected on first ballot.
Grand Master Workman Ed H.
Wheeler, Past Grand Master Ed Muir
ply and Past Grand Master Ed c. Wei
iup, were elected representative to the
| supreme lodge.
Webb McNaH placed w. H. H Pep
lrr5 tv-r1c
to succeed himself to that position. He
was elected without opposition.
At il 80 the body took a recess until
100 in order to join the local lodges III
a grand street parade. The procession
formed on Main street and headed by
the Second regiment band of the Kan
, sas National guards, marched south TO
Douglas and then east to the Carey
hotel. The parade was a splendid ex-
hibition Of the personnel OF the order
in this jurisdiction. Over 400 represen-
tative kansanS from all parts of the
state, and as many more, residents Of
this city and county, made up column
Of as fine looking and sturdy yeomen
as ever joined shoulders in line.
The first item OF bushes on reassem-
bling in the afternoon was the selection
of a place 70 hold the next regular meet
| ing of the grand lodge.
Leavenworth, Parsons and Salina pre-
scented invitations for the meeting. a
majority Of the votes cast indicated a
majority in favor of Leavenworth.
The Kaiser case from Harrington was
reported by the committee on laws,
which find that while the grand lodge
is not legally liable for the payment of
the death claim, yet from the stand
point of equity and fraternity, recon-
mended the allowance and payment OF
the beneficiary certificate of the de-
ceased. The report was adopted.
Appeal cases were considered and de-
cisions of the grand master workman,
as published in his annual report, We're
sustained in all cases.
A resolution was adopted appropriate
ing from the general fund of the grand
lodge the sum Of 81, 500 to procure seed
for destitute members of the order in
the western part of the state.
The grand lodge by formal vote de-
clined to take any action in the matter
of placing Oklahoma Territory within
the Jurisdiction of the Kansas grand
lodge, until the supreme lodge shall
open the way thereto.
GRAND MASTERS SPEECH
Following is a synoptical report of
the address made at the opera house
reception Tuesday evening by Grand
Master-elect William II. Wallace:
The people of the city of Wichita are
entertaining angels unawares. Some
of you may think | am referring to
Governor Riddle and myself, and While
no doubt we would I'LL the bill, yet |
refer to the ladies of the Degree Of
Honor whose representatives fill the
box on my right fapplause.). AS [
stand before this vast assemblage to-
night, as I look out into your smiling
faces, / feel that the Ancient Order of
United Workmen have many friends in
this great city which il richly deserves.
/ am a neighbor of yours and l desire
now TO say that my hopes, antcipa-
lions and desires regarding our recep-
ton and entertainment here, have
thus far been fully realized. 1 stood
before the grand lodge at Fort Scott
last year and lauded your virtues. eX-
tolled your elegance and commended
my brothers to your tender mercies.
We have been met on every hand by
the smiling and genial faces OF the To-
cal members of this order, your hotels
have given us splendid services, and on
Sabbath day we were escorted in body
of III local members to one of the mag
nificent Presbyterian churches. taken
in the side door, Il don't know for
what purpose, unless you people have
got into the habit of entering side
door and find IL hard to break the
habit. appreciated applause), and
there we listened TO a splendid address
and srmon by the pastor, DR.. Winters,
who is a member of this order.
/ with other members We're glad of
this opportunity. We believe in the
church first. our order second, and the
home all the time. Wichita is doing
herself proud. She is filled with
smiles Her streets are bedecked and
festooned with gay buntings. and en-
blems of this great order. / take off
my hat TO the Peerless Princess of
the plains. I am proud to know that l
represent an order that places the
banker, the shoemaker, the lawyer, the
blacksmith, the preacher, the laborer,
the doctor and the farmer all on an
equal basis, and so long as they are
members of this order recognize one as
being just as good as the other. Poll
tics here lis unknown. Some people
seem to think We are an insurance or
ganization and that alone. The man
who belongs 10 this order for no other
purpose is missing grand opportuni-
ties of doing good TO his brothers, their
families and his neighbors. This order
furnishes spelendid possibilities easily
realized 10 broaden the mind and TO
elevate the being.
I cannot undertake to make such
speech in the brief time allotted me as
l would like. and there isn't any great
need of my making much Of a speech
any way now. but l will refer you TO
some other gentlemen on this program
who follow me daughter among the
memhers) But We are a great fra
ternity and l would like to give you
an illustration in my own lodge. and
every lodge in this state could Go the
same. But IN our lodge we have a very
good member who has long ben with Us
going about every day and with his
industry earning a livelihood for him
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