The Portland daily press., 1897-07-07

ssOne of the first members we took into
that lodge was young man from the
Cape. 1 don't know as he was ever in
Portland before he joined this lodge and /
don't know whether he came over here
by the ferry or by the Pumpkin Vine
Line but 1 do know that he became
member of Ivanhoe lodge and has since
become one of the most distinguished of
its members, an honor to the town of
his birth, an honor to this lodge and an
honor to the State Of Maine. (Applause.)
cover 100 years ago, Robert Burn
said: Rank is but the guinea's stamp, q
man S man'for a that. By reason of this
decision men have have grown stronger
and nobler from that day. Rank when
confined to the aristoracy is but little
consequence, but it is of consequence
when it comes to man unsought and
when it lifts him up to station where
he may have a greater field to work in.
Mr.. E. C. Reynolds (applause) brought to
this lodge a strong, broad and cultivated
mind. He is man with no inherent
faults and no acquired defects and you
will agree with me when say that when
he was elected your grand chancellor by
112 votes he at once increased the use
fitness and the influence of his order to q
great extent. No lodge can claim ex
elusive possession of the grand chancellor,
but you have right to be proud of him
who tonight occupies the position of the
first Pythian knight in Maine. Gap
plause.)
"The suggestion of the toast leads one
into the realm of biography, of philosophy
and into that of prophecy, but you win
pardon me if briefly go over the IS
years during which Mr.. E. G. Rey nolds
has been a Knight Of Pythians.
Judge Peabody closed his remarks with
very graceful tribute to Mr.. Reynolds
which was loudly applsuded.
"The Grand lodge Of the Grand Domain
of Maine, was the sentiment responded
to by the Grand Chancellor of Exchequer
e. G. Milliken. He said that Portland
had the honor of having been the home
of one of the first Pythian lodges ever
formed in Maine and that when five
lodges had been formed the Grand lodge
was organized. That was Is years ago
and since that time the lodges had multi
piled in this state until at present there
are liz lodges and over 10, 900 members.
No order ever had more phenomenal
growth and certainly no order ever had
more good men and better citizens than
does the knights of Pythias today.
Col. Milliken spoke in the most eloquent
manner of the work that the order is now
doing in this state and closed by paying
very eloquent tribute to the guest of the
evening. Mr.. E. c. Reynolds.
''The Supreme Lodge, the fountain
from which all blessings fow," was the
toast responded to by Supreme Tribune
B. r. Chase. He spoke Of the distin-
guished Pythians who are to honor the
city by their presence today and went
on to tell something of the preparations
which had been made to entertain them
In closing his speech he said that the
Pythians of Portland now have an oppor-
tunity of showing how fully they appreci-
ate the great honor that is being paid the
CITY by these distinguished members of
the order and by the knights of every
town in Maine, and he said that he
knew it was useless to urge the knights
To extend the right hand of welcome to
all of the guests who were coming here