The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-04-30
Maine Good Templars.
Meeting of the Grand Lodge in Bangor. Reports
of Officers and Election of New Officers.

ne annual session U1 the Olduu LOtS6
of Maine Good Templars opened April
22d at Y. NJ. G. A. Hall, Bangor, with
large attendance. The session OPP, ned at
10 IA. m with Rev. L. w. Weber, G. c.
r, of Richmond, presiding. The attend
ance at the opening was larger than at
any previous session held in late years.
Grand Chaplain Prescott offered the
opening prayer. The credential commit
tee reported thirty two persons awaiting
the grand lodge degree. They were duly
initiated. Mrs. T. Z. Cain, superintend
ent Of juvenile temples. made her report
The grand chief templar reported in
substance as follows: Brothers and Sisters:
You have again met in Grand Lodge
session. in this busy and hospitable city,
to listen and participate in the discussion
of the various phases of the work, that
you may gain deeper consciousness of
the benefits of our order and its helpful
ness to ourselves and to the world. For
the Ihird time it is my privilege to present
our annual address to the Grand Lodge
and to turn the trust committed to my
charge. Leaving all statistical matter to
the proper officers | will briefly touch
upon few phases of our work.
While we have many things to encour
age us and to make us hopeful for the
future, we need also to be made aware of
the obstacles in our way, that we may do
our utmost to overcome them and work
the harder to m Ike our order the power
that it ought to be We are in competi-
ton with many merely social organza-
tions which seem to be increasing in num-
Der. During my term of office there have
been DO regular organizers in the held, as
heretofore, except for a very few weeks
during the first two years,
The chief thanked those deputies who
had done such good work in organizing and
others who had given their services to the
cause in many ways. He suggested that
the present district lodge system was not
productive and urged that a better plan
be devised. He thought that a general
organizer ought to be employed under the
direction OF the grand chief templar He
spoke also of the large amount of Good
Templals property scattered over the
State which ought to be closely looked
after.
Tie grand chief quoted with common
,iation from the annual report of the grand
chief templar of Wisconsin, who said,
s'ouI order has put a good deal of money
into lodge halls and other property in this
State, much of which has been lost OF
squanderel through lack Of any system
to secure and hold it for temperance
work" He called attention to the Good
Templar course of study and urged that
additional steps be taken to make know Il
tie great advantages of this part OF the
work. He called again to the attention
If the members the special mission OF the
order to save the fallen and the glorious
and blessed work of making good laws
and enforcing them.
All those we seek to reach must be
made to feel that they are our brothers
and that We have brothers care fol
them. Ii they fall when once within oul
walls we should 90 after them in sucl
wise ways and with such kindly spirit
as viii not cause us to confirm them il
their evil tendencies, OF make them fee
they can only find their way back annie
frow ming faces, if they would renew theil
obligations at the affairs of the lodge.
At the afternoon session Grand Score
tary Bracket made an extended report
There are III lodges, and IA, 600 mem
beIs. The two largest lodges are at Kit
terry with 1877 members, and Brooks witt
1866. Thirty one lodge have been organ
lied, 10 reorganized. There is S2O3. s. il
supplies on hand. Receipts, So, 23S. %
expended, s., 23S. %.
The next session of the Internatona
Lodge will convene in Zurich, switzerland
the last week in June, 1897 Maine vii
elect her delegates next year.
About , o'clock ID. II. Mann, X. W. &.
/. OF New York was called to the chat.
and the election OF officers was eommenc-
ed with the following III charge: lst Tel
lers, J, c. Pease, E. l.. Bartlett, JOSEPH
Kennedy; I'd Tellers, W. p. Hutchins
EdW. Durham.
The officers were elected as follows:
Grand Chief Templar-Grant Rogers
of Richmond.
Grand unsellor-Itev. L. Y. Steven:
OF Oakland,
Grand Vice Templar-Mrs. 4. f.
Young of Greenvlile. Ore elected
Grand Secretary George f. Bracket
Of Belfast (Re elected for the 22d time.
Grand superintendent Of Juvenile TEN
plal,-Alrs. Emily L. Cain Of Waterville
(Re- elccted.)
Grand Chaplain-Rev. E. W, Churchill
of Richmond.
Grand Marshal-William j. Hutchins
of Oakland.
Caribou was selected as the place fol-
the semi annual session in October.
Two distinguished visitors are Dr. D.
II. Mann of Brooklyn, n. Y, Right
Worthy Grand Templar, who presided al
the election of officers and Miss Jessie
Forsyth of Boston, Right Worthy Crane
Superint endent of Juvenile TEMPLES