The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-04
THERE WERE so MANY
Delegates at the Great Fra
terna1 Meeting Last Night
That No Agreement Could Be
Reached
Great Enthusiasm About the Frater-
nal Arch and Also Great Di-
vergence Of Opinion--Get
Together! Get
Together

] LAY Will OC CCAGOA dICA
gloriously. Every order in the city
will help to make it a grand success.
+ There will be many surprises sprung
/ on the unsuspecting public. There will
/ be grand parade. There will be floats
| without number-as yet. There will be
| an arch built across Kansas avenue
| Perhaps two or three of them In fact
no one yet knows exactly what there
| will be- The orders as a whole have
| decided not to build arch, but the
| A o T. w lodges have s1gn1ned thelr
/ intention to build an arch whether the
! other lodges help them or not. Several
other of the prominent lodges have said
! the same thing. We may have an arch
/ on every corner-the more the merrier
4 and prettier. An enthusiastic meeting of
! the representatives of the fraternal Or
! ders was held last night: There was
I enthusiasm to spare. There was so
much enthusiasm and so much talking
| that no conclusion was reached Sew
| enty-five people were present and "A
| lodges were represented.
| They were as follows: A o. L. W.
| No. 3, PA. $50, 1SS. 331; K. and l. of s.
/ 1243, 4901; FraternaI Aid No. 1, ?; S. K.
No. 1; D. of H. No Z; National Reserve
/ No. 3; Pyramids No ?. Royal Arcanum
/ No. 1927. I. o. o. F. No. 40; Patriarchs
of Pythias.
The meeting was called to order at
half past eight by President ]. H.
I Squires. who said: Gentlemen we have
met here tonight to decide definitely
| what we are going to do on FraternaI
Day. First of all we ought to determ-
| inc whether we shall build an arch
across Kansas avenue. Since our last
meeting, have had plans drawn for an
iron arch l understand that one of
our memb berS has also had a sketch
made of a wooden arch. If we intend
to build an arch it ought to be settled
this evening"
the orders to bind together and build
the arch? We ought to find out how
many are going into this scheme and
Wnat II would cost US. If we are going
to build an arch we must commence at
once as there is not much time left.
Secretary Tyler-I have here a reso-
luton which I will read. Be it resolved
that one member from each lodge be
selected to form a committee to be
known as the Fraternal Congress, to
act as an executive for the fraternaI
day celebration.
]. NJ AIiller-Does that mean one
from each lodge?
President Squires-I think So
L T. Yount-Then that means a larg-
er committee than We now have
A. K. Rodgers-The first thing that
We want to do is to vote down that res
oluticn- We have got the organization I
which We want We have a committee
from the different lodges now
J W. GibbOns-If we pick out an ex-
ecutive committee what lodges will be
represented?
John Cady-What do we want of an
executive committee? We are here to
talk about building an arch and let's
get down to business
President SQuires-That's what I say,
too. Let's talk about the arch
a. K. odgerSBefore we decide TO
| build an arch we ought to find out how
many are going into the scheme.
Clint WatSOn-We want an arch
Here are 5000 members represented If
We assess each member Is cents we will
have money enough. We must do some
thing. l am in favor of an arch
A K. Rodgers-I move YOU that this
iron arch be built. and that each of the
members be assessed Is cents apiece.
J. w GibbOns-We ought not to bind
ourselves to that one iron arch
L T. Yount-That's right All of us
may not want the iron arch.
j. w GibbOnS-I amend the motion
by inserting the words. be not adopt
ed don't believe that iron arch is a
good one We want an arch but do not
want to bind ourselves to the iron arch /
DR.. Warren-Word the resolution so
as to make it read, That it is the sense
OF this meeting that we build a frater-
nal arch The cost of the same to be
pro rated among the different lodges
Of the city
Just as this time. H. E studevant
same in and said, THE committee of
tonight and decided to take no part
in the building of an arch"
Va - osn w GI6bons[d lib don't believe that
thing to do is to drop it move you
that the arch question be laid on the
table and that We talk about something
Tor the good of Topeka and the frater-
nal orders.
The. motion was carried and the arch
question was thus indefinitely disposed
There were two plans submitted for
an arch. One was to be made of wood |
1t would be huge structure and built
N imitation OF granite. 1t would cost
about $1,000 and have 500 electric lights
on it.
The other would be more substantial
and was TO be constructed of iron pipe
II would have four bases one on "a oh |
corner OF the block, and a tower in the |
center of the arch. The cost of this
one was $3.50 and would also be lighted
with 800 electric lights. This style of |
aTch met with the most favor.
DR.. Warner-I move you that an ex-
ecutive committee of nine be appointed, !
meeting to be ex-Ofhcio members of this |
committee
The motion was carried and the fol- |
loving e1mWittee % nj vas aPPointed:
K and L. of S.-Dr Warner
National Reserve A Strauss.
NJ w of Ale Roy Currier.
I. o. o. FL. H SQuires.
Pyramids-O. c. Knowles.
Royal Arcanum and the Patriarchs |
of America-C. B. Tyler.
Select Knight@T. E. Sheard
Fraternal Aid-Dr Ryder.
Triple Tie-J. NJ Miller
D Of Ham. Hoener.
music:
John Cady-what are we going to do |
about bands for our parade? VIII the /
bands?
J. W. Gibbons-I understand that |
Jonn Marshall is chairman of the band /
committee, and we had better talk to |
A. K Rodgers-I used to be a mem |
Der OF the Committee OF Fifteen, and I ,
am sure they viii do what is right by +
Us. I think that they will give us all /
the bands that We want