The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-14
CONVENTION OF W0R|TES
Second Day Devoted to Entertain
ment and Parade.
VERY CREDITABLE PROCESSION
At the short business session in the
Morning the Delegates Decide TO
Make No Change in the Mode
OF Holding Elections.
ERY CREDITABLE PROCESSION

The second uay CT the lNorlte collNtH-
tion at Olyphant was devoted chiefy
to the entertainment of the visiting de-
legates. There was business session
in the morning and the afternoon a
parade was given and the day closed
with an entertainment given at the
Baptist church at Olyphant. 1t was
thought that much of the business OF
the convention would be transacted
yesterday. but the chief part was iaid
over until the meetings of today, which
will probably be the last of the ses-
sion.
The morning session of the grand
lodge was wholly taken up with dis
cussing "a proposed amendment to the
constitution. Under the present rule
the elections of grand lodge are made
by the lodges. At each an
nual convention the delegates nominate
their favoritas for the different offices.
The men thus named are to serve dur
ing the year succeeding the next an
nual convention. After the nominations
have been made the grand secretary
gives a list to each lodge and they hold
a secret ballot for their choice of the
candidates The result of this ballot
is placed in an envelope and sent to the
grand secretary. When the convention
opens up the next year the grand presi-
dent appoints an elective board of three
delegates To this board the grand sec
retary gives the sealed envelopes ana
the count is .hen made. and the sue
cessful candidates named.
At the last convention an amendment
was offered to the effect that the Of
ficers be elected by direct vote of the
delegates at the grand lodge. The mat
ter was. according to standing rule, laid
a.
tion acted upon it yesterday Those who
spoke ON the question whether or not
the amendment should be adopted were
John owen Jones. Utica; Il. ID. Jones,
Scranton: John Powell Pittsburg; j. f.
Evans. New York city; Richard Hughes,
Edwardsdale; Reese Morgan, Wilkes
Barre. and Grand Secretary Daniel
Bevan. from Miners Mills. The amend
ment was rejected upon ballot. There
was some objection to the vote Mr..
Jones. Utica, claimed that each dele
gate was entitled to as many votes as
the per capita membership has repre-
sen.ed This would be one vote for
every fifty members According to this
T.. ID. Jones, of Robert Morris lodge,
would be entitled to five votes The
point was not pressed.
After the amendment had been dis
posed Of ii was time to adjourn. This
was done. The rest of the day was
given up to amusements and celebra
tiOns.
PARADE IN AFTERNOON.
Soon after the noon hour the streets
of Olyphant became more and more
dotted with lsight- t-seers and partici-
pants in the parade School was let
out a short time before the march was
begun. This greatly augmented the
crowd with children. and when the
march began there was large crowd
on the principal streets. The several
bands played at different places in the
town and there was an evident inter-
est in the music The Scranton lodges
arrived via street car and the ensemble
was made at the Emln lodge rooms. on
Lackawanna street From this point
the parade started. The marshal was
Henry Williams and John Proberts
was aide. Both men We're mounted and
each was dressed in II fantastic cos
tune. Proberts wore long grey
beard: in general appearance he re-
sembled an ancient Druid or Il Santa
Claus. The Emlin lodge led the pro-
cession for few blocks, when the pa
raiders passed between the Emlin ranks
and under the flag.
For the rest of the procession Robert
Morris lodge was given the right of
way The honor could not have been
better bestowed. The Hyde Parkers
were few in numbers. but in quality
and individual appearance they were
the feature of the procession. The
Olyphant band Immediately preceded
the Robert Morris men. After that
came the ''old lodge" from the North
End "Cariadlawn" is the Welsh name
of the lodge. The men made vener-
able appearance owing to the advanced
ages of most of the members. Thomas
jefferson lodge, No. 3. also Of the North
End, followed. The contingent were
young men to the number of about
seventy-five. .....
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
Temple of Love-" an organization
from Taylor. preceded the Jermyn
lodge. The North End crowd was ac-
companied by the Niagara Drum corps.
The corps wore neat uniforms and they
added much to the spirit of the march,
ing. Luke Evans was marshal of the
Providence division. The rear end of
the parade was taken up by the Emlin
lodge. with nearly every one Of the
eighty-six members in the ranks. There
were three carriages in the parade. In
the first were the grand officers of the
H.,
B. f. Lloyd and Daniel Bevan. In the
second were Rev. John Williams, DAN
iel Williams. Charles Reese. Richard
ID. Jones, of Olyphant. and Mr.. George.
of Plymouth. The third contained
Moses j. Jones, mayor of Poultney, VT;
f. ID. Jones John H. Phillips. of Scran-
ton. and Henry Williams, of Olyphant.
The three last mentioned are past
presidents of lodges. The line of march
was up Lackawanna, down Delaware
to Blakely and as far as Johnson's
store: from thence up Lackawanna to
Third, over the Scott road to the Union
hotel and disperse. Along the line of
march the buildings showed decorations
in the national colors. The citizens
generally showed an interest in the
convention
In the evening an entertainment was
given to the visitors at the Susquehan-
ma street Baptist church. The towns
people crowded the auditorium T., ~.