The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-04
MEET IN GRAND SESSION,
Constitutional Grand Lodge
of B'nai Birth at Gin
Cinnati.
The Order Reported to Be Flourish
ing, With a Present Member
ship of 10000.

A special dispatch to Past Grand Presi-
dent William Saalburg of the Independent
Order of B'nai B rith, received yesterday,
gives some account of the doings of the
Constitutional Grand Lodge, which is
meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mr.. Saalburg is prominently connected
with the order. The dispatch is as follows
CINCINNATI, OHIO, May 3.-The Cons THU
tional Grand Lodge of the Independent Order
OF B mai Birth has opened its session here
with ninety-two delegates present. All of the
delegates are enthusiastic about the order, and
important business is expected to be trans
acted.
Nothing that the hand of hospitality can be-
stow was left undone. For weeks the general
committees, consisting of members from the
various Cincinnati lodges, have been working
zeslously TO make this occasion in every re-
spect worthy OF the event and Cincinnati. The
Grand Hotel, directly opposite Alemania
Hall, the place where the convention holds its
meetings is the headquarters for the dele
gates. Entertainments of every description
have taken place. The grand banquet was held
May 1.
The permanent officers were: W. A. Cans,
chairman; S. B. Wolfe, secretary; and the fof-
lowing observation-disclosures Kanstrowitz,
New York; J. Singer, Philadelphia; Isadore
Bush, ST. Louis; Colonel H. P. Bush, San Fran
cisco: c. H. Cope, Augusta, Ga; NJ. N. House
mann, Grand Rapids; L. Levy, Galveston.
The president reported that 3S2 lodges had
on hand in January l, this year, an aggregate
balance of So, 21S, O9S. He also reported the
expenditures for the order for the last five
years to have been So, 676, 723, of which 81
100 53S went to widows and orphans and the
remainder to the Home for the Aged and the
Orphan Asylum. The present membership is
$4,000.
The president, Julius Bien, in his message
said: "For more than quarter of a century
have stood at the post OF honor at the helm
of our great fraternal organization. Again and
again have you signifed your approval of my
administration of the affairs of the order in no
uncertain voice. l have looked upon it as
sacred trust 1t should not be deemed pre-
sumptuous when l say that | have endeav-
ored to discharge its obligations wi tn love- de-
votion, unremitting attention and deep con-
viction that on It's proper guidance depended
ing of the mission of our order, the lifting up
of our race to a higher plane Of civilization
and human happiness"
resolution to erect q National Non-Seo-
tartan University and to tax every member of
the order so cents year was voted down.
An appropriation of $1,000 was made for the
Denver (Colo) Hospital. committee was
directed to provide for the education of Jewish
children in Roumania, where they have been
excluded from all schools. The Grand Lodge
spent most of the day discussing the report OH
propaganda. II was adopted, SO that there
was appropriated $500 each year to each of the
districts to be used by the district lodges in
establishing new branches and gaining new
membe to those already organized, and $4,000
was appropriated for extending the order in
foreign countries.
The executive committee was directed to
make provisions for extending the order to
and the expenditure for this purpose is not to
axpeed $1,000