The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
Nineteenth Annual Meeting of
the Grand Lodge of
California.
DEGREE OF HONOR GRAND LODGE
The epreSentatives to Both Bodies.
Impor tant Matters That Are
TO Be Discussed.

Workmen of California will be held in
B'nai Birth Hall, commencing on Tues
day morning next.
This will be an unusually interesting
and important session TO the members, as
1t will discuss great many matters that
are of vital interest TO the members of the
various lodges. Two hundred and twenty
three lodges will be represented at the
meeting.
William Winter, the present grand fore
man, will succeed ID. j. Toohy, the
present grand master workman.
The grand master workman has ap-
pointed as committee on distri button: g.
II. Garthorne of Occidental Lodge, T. A.
Farless of Fidelity Lodge and Gus Pohl-
man of Burns Lodge; committee on Gre
dentials-William Tuggey of Unity Lodge.
Frederick B. Winter of Mount Hamilton
Lodge and c. S. Hoffman of Memorial
Lodge.
Among the matters to be brought up for
discussion will be one to provide for
county instead of lodge representation as
at present, the subordinate lodges to send
one delegate to the Grand Lodge for each
100 members. An effort will be made to
have the offices of guide. inside and out
side watchman, made appointiye instead
of elective.
The Grand Lodge will be informed OF the
work performed bv the beneficial commits
sion that held Its meeting last month in
the office of the supreme recorder in
Meadeville, Pa, and of which commission
David S. Hirshberg, the grand recorder of
the California Grand Lodge, was an active
member.
The scope of inquiry of this commission
was very broad and embraced almost
everything that is known in fraternal
organizations.
AT the meeting papers were prepared by
the different members ON subjects assigned
them for special study at the meeting in
Chicago in June last. These papers covered
the subjects of classified assessments,
emergency fund, the relief law (including
level maximums), the age limit (including
both minimum and maXimum). classified
beneficiary certificates, admission of
females and statistics. All of these sub
jects were exhaustively discussed in the
several papers. In addition to these
papers the commission had collected q
mass OF valuable matter relative to the
experience of other societies, including
the friendly societies of Great Britain. 1t
had also com pilations of the statistics of
ten Jurisdictions Of the order, showing
their admission, mortality and lapse ex-
perience from the beginning of the order
10 the close of the year 1894.
After digesting and arranging this great
fund OF inform alton as fully as the COM
mission felt able to do it and putting it
into form for professional consideration,
the commission decided to refer il to com
petent actuaries for further advice, and
submitted inquiries which, when pro-
fessionally answered, will enable the COM
mission 10 present to the Supreme Lodge
In June, 1896. most thorough review Of
the situation from the standpoint of both
experience and theory, which will enable
that body to determine if any defects
exist In the system OF Workmanship, if so,
what they are and also the re medy
The following is a list of the grand Off
GERS and of the representatives from the
subordinate lodges:
Past grand master workman J. w Ward:
grand master workman, D. J. Toohy; grand
foreman, William Winter; grand overseer, A
+. Mackay; grand recorder, D. S. Hirshberg:
grand receiver, Samuel Booth; grand guide
John Kastle; grand inside watchman, William
II. Evans; grand outside watchmau, D. S.
Baxter.
Past grand master workmen-william II,
Jordan, William II. Barnes, NJ. T. Brewer, Dun
can MCPHERSON, f. Adams, Clay W. Taylor, H
q. Pratt. James I. Rogers, J. n. Young, George
b. Katzenstein, Edwin Danforth, E. f. Loud
A. c. Bane, Eugene y. Deuprey, James Booth
Grand trgstees-J. o. LoVejoy, P. Abraham
Corporate directors-J. W. Ward, Samuel
Booth, II. J. Norton, d. J. Toohy, P. Abraham
son, A. T. Mackay, D. s. Hirshberg, ]. O. Love
Joy, William Winter, D. Sewel Win j. Beatty.
Deputy grand master workman, Frank S.
Poland; grand medical examiner DIR. J. l.
Mayon; grand lecturer. Edwin Danforth, P. G.
NJ. W. ~
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