The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-25
MINNESOTA GRAND LODGE OF
WORKMEN TOSSES UP CLASH
FLED ASSESSMENT.
LEVEL is GOOD ENOUGH YET.
FAVORING A CHANGE WE'RE
HELPLESS.
NEW OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
Report of the Proceedings of the
Second Days SessiOn-A Little
Social Variety.

The second days session of the A.
o. U. w. grand lodge convened
promptly at a. m. yesterday morn
Ing at Market hall. The delegates were
slow in assembling and quite a num-
Der came in after the session had been
called to order by Grand Master Work.
man Lloyd. SO that it was $50 before
the convention took up the active work
OF the day, the principal feature of
which was the election of grand lodge
officers. Grand Master Workman
Lloyd announced the election of officers
as the first business of the day and i'm
mediately called for nominations for
grand master workman. Grand Master
! Workman Lloyd was the first man
! nominated for the place and the names
; OIL w. b. Mccormack, of Minneapolis.
! and {. G. Hines, of Shakopee, were also
! presented. An effort was then made to
nave a resolution passed requesting the
! nominees to declare themselves as to
! the classified or the level assessment
| plans. Grand Master Workman Lloyd
said this was unnecessary as every
j members of the grand lodge knew
! then made kor c. G. Hines, and he re-
sponded by saying that he was in favor
! Of and an advocate of the level as
sessment plan a year ago and he had
no reason to change his mind since
| that time. This expression was re-
ce1Ved with uproarious applause and
was followed by the withdrawal of the
names of F. G. Lloyd and w. B. Nc
| Cormick, leaving the field to c. C.
Hines.
A motion was made to have the re-
corded cast the ballot for the lodge for
c. G. Hines for grand master workman
and was carried. The result virtually
settled the subject Of the assessment
plan, and the advocates of the level
plan were in high glee Grand Master
WOrkman-elect Hines being called up
on, expressed himself in grateful lang
uage for the honor conferred and
pledged himself to give his whole sup
port and work to the advancement
of the order. He said he entered the
office without any pledges to any one as
to who his appointees should be- The
other officers elected were:
Grand Foreman. NJ. D:ment, Owatonna
Grand OverseeT-Fred White Duluth
CrSnd Receiver-Olof Olsen Willmar
Grand Recorder. J. MeCardy, St Paul.
Guide-George Bertram, Ncol.et
Inside Watch-G. H. Jacobs
Outside Guarc-M. c. Tiff Glencoe
j. M. Nye, of Wells; W. B. McCor-
mick, of Minneapolis, and A H Taisey.
of Donnelly. were elected supreme rep
Tesentatives to the supreme lodge,
which ccnvenes in Milwaukee the third
Tuesday in June next, this being the
thirtjPtb animal session TNojc oopo1,,J
ed the morning session, and the conven-
ton adjourned at II o'clock until
p. m.
The afternoon session convened
promptly at 2 D. m. and at once pro
ceeded to active business. The early
part Of the afternoon session was de-
| voted to the reports Of committees.
after the close of which w. H. Lands,
of Minneapolis, moved that the CLASH
| fed plan be not further discussed The
motion carried with q hurrah and this
virtually buried the classified plan at
| least for this session.
The next gun fired by the advocates
OF the level Plan was motion TO
| adopt the A. 0. u. w Guide as the
official organ, and this passed without
any opposition, the Anchor and Shield
| not even being mentioned.
Another important matter which
| passed at the afternoon session was
| the adoption of the 1000 certificate
This leaves it optional with members
| to insure with either 81 1000 or $4,000.
| Heretofore there has been only one
amount, that being $1,000. The initia-
| ton fee for subordinate lodges was re
| duced from 81 to S.. This seemed to
| meet with great favor. The conVen-
| ton then adjourned at $50 p. m. until
| a. m. today. All of the grand Of
| ficers elected yesterday pledged them
col fn hni,- o1n To In
| level assessment plan. Today's SEES
| sion will be devoted TO the considera-
| ton of the final reports of committees
| and to general routine business. An
| effort will also be made to reduce the
| attendance at grand lodge sessions
| by making it one delegate for each
100 or major fraction thereof, instead
| of each fifty or major fraction thereof,
| as it is now.
An effort will also be made at to-
| days session to have the supreme rep
| re sentatives instructed to work to Sc
| cure the session of the supreme lodge
fer St. Paul a year from next June.
Grand Master Workman Lloyd said
last night that the supreme lodge had
been wanting to come to st. Paul for
the last three years, and that ha
| thought ST. Paul would follow Milwau-
| kee. The last act Of the present SEES
sion will be the installation of the
| newly elected officers. Either Past
! Grand Master Workman ]. w. Kings
| ley or Past Grand Master Workman
| H. c. Sessions will perform this cere-
| mony. Grand Master Workman Lloyd
| said last night that the Ratchet had
| now been buried and that all was peace
| again, and the members would at once
| take up the good work Of former years
| and go at it with renewed vigor. The
convention, he said, would adjourn
about p. m. today
Central hall was the center of attrac-
| ton last night for the delegates and
their ladies, where the St. Paul Degree
| of Honor was entertaining The hall
was packed to the doors. Prof Nolan,
| as a result Of the Central hall attrac-
| ton. was greeted with a very slim au-
| dience at A. o. Z. w. Temple.