The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-17
ODD FELLOWS.
Grand Officers Elected for the Year,
A Charter Granted to the
Rebeka abs

ReDekaf1S.
Yesterday was election day in the Odd
Fellows Grand Lodge of California; and
as nominating and seconding speeches are
not in:order in that organization, the time
Immediately preceding the calling of the
assemblage TO order was devoted by the
friends of the candidates to electioneering,
which was carried on in a most animal ed
manner.
The. first order of business was the cleo
ton of Deputy Grand Master P. f. Gosbey,
who was elected to the Office of grand
master by reclamation. In the same man
neg Grand Warden J. W.. Warboys was
chosen deputy grand master.
Then came the contest of the session
that for the Office of grand warden. Ten
aspirants were in the field for this office.
as it is the stepping-stone to the high
honor OF. becoming a past grand master.
. The candidates were n. e. Moses. ". s.
Northey, K. c. Brueck, ]. T.. Crosset, J. E.
Baker, s. Z. Smith, George A. Atwood, A.
NJ. Drew, II. T. e. Wolff and W. a.
Bonynge.' -.
On the first ballot 641 votes were cast
'S22 being necessary to a choice. None oi
the candidates, however, received the reuui.
site majority, and second ballot was or.
: dered, all but the three highest candidates
Drew with 162yotes, Northey with 100 and
Brueck with 102, being dropped.
On the second ballot 587 votes were cast,
making 294 necessary to select. The re-
suit of the rollcau was: Drew 327, yNorthey
Ia, Brueck 136. Drew: was duly declared
elected.
The newly elected grand warden is an
attorney, and has been an Odd Fellow fol-
thirteen years, having joined Placer
Lodge No. 48 ia 1882, and gone through the
chairs of that lodge Later he removed to
Fresno. where he has since resided. He
has been a delegate to the Grand Lodge
eight times, but has never before served
that body as an officer, =:
After the opening of the afternoon ses.
sion came the election for grand secretary
the candidates being George P. Shaw, the
incumbent, and J. II. Simpson, the retir
the votes of 615 members Shaw received
375, Simpson 237 and 3 votes were scatter
ing. Shaw was duly declared elected.
The term of George w. Stockwel a.
grand representative having expired Hon
James G.. Mcguire, was elected to succeed
him, and Josiah Glasson was elected as the
successor of V. S. Northey on the board o.
chaplain, grand marshal, grand conductor
grand guardian and grand herald will be
named on Saturday, the last day of the
communication.
The election having been disposed o.
the matter of granting a charter to the
State Rebekah Assembly was taken up m
the report of the committee appointed on
that subject. After some discussion the
report that follows was adopted, which
makes the assembly a duly chartered
organization after an existence of five
years as mere auxiliary and dependent
branch of the parent order:
Your committee appointed Representative
Robinette to inform the RebeKah State Con-
yention of California of the action of this
Grand Lodge providing for the appointment,
by that body of committee of 1ive to act in
conjunction with your committee in regard to
the matters referred to the same. Upon re-
ceiving such information the Rebekah State
Convention appointed such a committee, and
OF that committee Sisters Alganette /. J. En-
mis-. Ruby j. Reese, G. A. Hoxett and Gertie A.
Marks met in consultation, and after joint