The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-02
SECRET
SOCIETIES.

without question the past week mas
been one of the most important sea-
sons among Odd Fellows for months Il
not for years. Besides the regular busl-
ness of the lodges, increasing member
ship is the constant report. There were
three social gatherings during the week
at which the ladies have shown untir-
ing activity and energy to insure their
success and the record shows fourteen
other meetings of the fraternity in this
city.
Grand Master Luty has been in town
most of the week making his headquar-
tiers here and in the afternoons leav-
ing for outside districts bent on OIL
cial visitations accompanied by other
grand lodge officers or their repre-
sentatives. The approaching grand
lodge elections are a constant theme OF
conversation and rumors of this, that,
and the other on that subject are too
many for any to deserve scredence. Inc
announcement of nominations before
the time designated has added much to
the interest and advanced questions ol
future legislation month Garner liidh
1rsraJ The canvas while in rev IN
stances it might be called office-seeK-
ing, is evidently drifting into al eA.
preston of approval or d1sapproVdl VI
the measures passed at the SIaho
lodge session of 1895. More par
the method of representation from SUP
ordinates, disallowing the majority OF
past grands the right to vote for grand
lodge officers when elections are thrown
into the grand lodge, and a knowledge
that the amendment disallowing the
changing of subordinate lodge constltu-
tions for a period of three years may
be bad law. An effort is now being
talked of to bring these questions pc
fore the subordinate lodges ana III
electing representatives to instruct
them to vote according to the majority
sentiment of the lodge. W all nominees
accept, there will be plenty of the best
material of Odd Fellowship to choose
from. while many of the elections will
probably go to the grand lodge.
As stated last Monday morning, it
is good that expression of opinion
should be made, it brings forward all
sides of a question If there is a
wrong law in the statutes it can be
discussed; if it is wrong it can be
righted, and if right it will remain
sometimes ''VoX Populi' is not ''Vox
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AMONG THE LODGES.
Utah lodge No. on Thursday night
had but a short business session. 1t is
expected the first degree will be con-
ferred next meeting night.
Salt Lake lodge No 2 on Friday night
added one more to its membership and
was very busy with considerable impor-
tant business. Notice was given that
two candidates would be initiated at
their next session.
Jordan lodge No. had a fair attend
ance on Thursday evening with routine
business only, and afterward a visit
to Utah lodge No 1 for degree staff
exercise in the first.
Ridgely lodge No. 9 on Wednesday
night had a good meeting. An old and
esteemed past grand of the lodge,
Brother A. ]. Johnson, several years
ago a resident Of Salt Lake, paid them
a visit and was the subject of a warm,
| fraternal greeting.
Enterprise lodge No. Is looked de-
serted on Wednesday, Secretary Elliott
and Treasurer Blackmarr being alb.
sent. The lodge voted to invest a
large sum of surplus moneys which
I proves it is ON a sound financial basis
! Proper parliamentary procedure"
were the alternatives used by P. G..
William Watrous while P. G.. w. H.
! Culmer, Brother G. Low, Past Treas
urer E. ]. Walters added interest to
the evenings business.
Fidelity lodge No. II had a short, but
good meeting Friday night Several of
their members had a preference for the
leap year ball at which they were ac-
/ tive workers.
Mystic lodge No. % had the meeting
| of the week and q visitor is scarcely
ever disappointed in being well repaid
for attending. AT last Mondays SEES
| sion two members-elect were admitted
by initiation Messrs. T. Marioneaux
and c. II. Marshall -Four applications
were received and the candidates elect
| ed. Tonight the second degree will
be conferred which will call out a large
attendance.
Besides the above the lodge had an
unlocked for pleasure in the presence
of one of the most active and well
I known members of the SOVEREIGN
grand lodge, Grand Representative 70.
S. Conway of Chicago, the chairman
of the special committee on the Fargo
| fire case and the mover for legislation
/ looking to a rising scale of sick bene
fits instead of as now a descending
one. The brother is P G. M. of the
state of Illinois and his remarks evinced
| the fact that he is am Odd Fellow
through and through.
REBEKAH ODD FELLOWSHIP.
| When the lady Odd Fellows make IN
| their minds to push for ANYTHING
nothing further need be said The
! proposition if feasible is an assured
success, and if not thoroughly under
stood by them, it must rest until fuII
| investigation on all points is had. The
! past week has demonstrated the truth
of the above, for while the numerous
entertainments of the order were suc-
| cesses, the matter of the convention
to form an assembly has had to be laid
J over from last Saturday to the first
| Friday in April
There were three events during the
! week in which the ladies were active
managers, and it was pleasure to see
| the harmonious way in which they
| worked. The session of Ester lodge
/ No was a short one, but increased
| the membership by several and the
! doors were thrown open to a crowd of
pleasure seekers; and right well were
| they entertained AS a prelude a short
| concert was given, in which Miss
| Matthews, Miss ScholtZ, Miss Pond and
Miss White took part Afterwards a
dance was given; but the hall proving
too small, an invitation from Mr.. Nc
Kenzie to occupy his dancing academy
on the ground floor was eagerly ac-
ceFted and a good time had until mid
! night The committee is to be con-
graduated on their mana cement of the
affair.
On Friday night the library commit
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