The record-union., 1896-08-14
SACRAMENTO FRIDAY H.
Il 900 before the end of the present

l1.OOO before the end of the present
year.
columbia Lodge has bravely held her
own during the hard times in point of
membership, and has gone ahead in
finances. Some years ago the order hau
a boom, and it has taken some years to
get over it. They used to admit any
body to membership, and it has taken
years to get over the evil effects OF that
policy God Almighty has seen hit,
through Rathbone, to organize an Or
der founded on friendship that should
manifest itself in the darkest hours OF
adversity. | thank God that we have
lost the froth and foam we gathered in
years ago. If there are unworthy mem
bers in Columbia Lodge let proper
charges be brought against them to
eXpel them from the order. 1t is Won
derful that knights of Pythias lodges
can exist in cities where the members
sometimes do not meet for months. The
same difficulty does not obtain In my
town of Truckee nor in the country, so
it surprises me how well you keep up
the order here.
Members sometimes wonder whether
am going to find out at headquarters
just how things are, and l wish you
would trust me to do it. Some think
the secret work is changed too often,
but this is a young order and the altera-
tions are necessary in order to ap-
proach perfection. The new work, when
rendered, is better than the old.
Columbia Lodge needs a stereopti-
con. 1t would interest the old members.
and bring in new Jones. Regarding
your work, l am acquainted with your
officers, and 1 know they do their work
creditably. 1 want Capitol Lodge, No
1oI, to have a candidate and to work
with their team when I visit that lodge
week after next.
THE Uniform Rank is all right and
is forging forward. We will have four
divisions of the Uniform Rank in what
used to he the Second Regiment.
Il want to say good word for the
Rathbone Sisters. Our order is emf
nently progressive, and 1 trust and hope
and believe that the Knights of Pythias
viii be the first great order to recognize
the advancement of women. Think OF
the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights OF
Pythias and Foresters! What wonder
full uplifting influence they have had
for men! And let the same benefits be
extended to the ladies of the land.
'As to the endowment rank, the in
surance is safe, and every Knight OF
Pythias ought to prepare for his loved
ones in case of his sudden calling away
l never heard of a worthy case where
the endowment rank failed to pay.
'Pythianism is friendship, wherever
friendship is needed. Down at the Pre-
sidio the members of Mars Lodge have
taken great interest in behalf of an i'm
prisoned brother, who seems to have
been suffering unjust punishment
Il wish to say to Brother Grove L
Johnson, whom I am glad to meet here
this evening, that the other night 1 had
the pleasure of meeting in a Knights o.
Pythias Lodge at Stockton Marion DE-
Vries so it seems that our order will be
represented in the next Congress"
The Grand Chancellor then exempli
fled the unwritten work of the order and
emphasized the Importance of having {
thorough knowledge of it.
Hon. Grove L. Johnson said:
I'VE have been entertained, as I knew
ing and instructive speech of Brother
McGlashan. We are and always have
been friends in the varied walks of life
l am surprised, brothers, that you dom
come here oftener, but I believe this il
the first time I have ever been in thi:
beautiful hall. 1t may be true, as tn,
Grand Chancellor has said, that we il
the city do not get together as we'll a.
those in the country, but if the spirit o
| fraternity is not fully exemplified her'
we ought to improve the existing STATE
of things
There is much to think of in what thu
Grand Chancellor has said 1t is tim'
for US to turn over a new leaf. We ma!
well be proud of our order. I frankly
confess that 1 am not acquainted will
the new ritual, but if it is an improve
ment on the old one, it must have {
great influence in making men better
Building our order upon the nomencla
ture of the Knights of Old, our reward
is the thanks of those we have benefited
I believe in fraternal orders. They ar
founded upon matters that appeal t
mems minds.
This order appeals to the stalwar
| side of humanity-to the manhood o
every human being. Napoleon carried
the eagle of France to every European
Capital because he appealed to the mar
| tial and combative spirit of man. We
too, appeal to the combative spirit, anC
can fight against all the gigantic force
Of evil. When Pythian principles ar
realized in their full fruition the be
ginning of the millennium will be a
| hand
w. B. Oldfeld, II. K. McLennan, J. w
Guthrie, l.. Pizer and William Quintor
made short addresses. The lodge wa
then closed and the Knights adjourned
to the banquet-room, where a feast wa
spread under the management of Colo
mel w. J. Hogan and Past Chancello
| G. Luxenius.
After the banquet Colonel J. w Guth
| RE called the assemblage to order anC
proposed toasts which were Responded
| to as follows:
''The Grand Lodge"-General C. F
| McGlashan.
THE Subordinate Lodge"-J. H. Lig
| gett.
THE Uniform Rank''-Captain w. 3
| Oldffeld
'"The Rathbone Sisters"-Hon. Grow
L. Johnson.
| capitol Lodge'-T. II. Mills.
! "The Bureau of Relief"-M. Hirsch.
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