The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-28
EIGHTH BIENNIAL SESSION OF THE
GRAND LODGE NOW IN
PROGRESS.
IT SOON GOT DOWN TO WORK.
DIES MONIES SELECTED AS THE
PLACE FOR HOLDING THE
NEXT MEETING.
CHANGE IN THE RULES
Relating to the Admission of Hon
orary Members-Other Bust
ness

The grand lodge of the Northwestern
Legion of Honor convened for its
eighth biennial session in st. Paul yes
terday morning. There were some two
hundred representatives present as we'll
as the same number of visitors from
the various councils Of the order
throughout the states Of Iowa, Kansas,
and Minnesota. The Northwestern
Legion of Honor is an insurance and
fraternal organization and was organ
lied some thirteen years ago at Maren-
go, To-, by D. M. Rowland, the present
grand secretary The session was held
in the senate chamber of the. capitol,
beginning at 1915 yesterday morning,
when it was found on roll call that the
following officers of the grand lodge
were present:
H. N. Hodgman, grand commander, st.
Paul; II. Beck, vice grand commander, Win
field, Kan; Rev. w. A. Black. grand orator.
Des Moines, 10; D. NJ. Rowland. grand sec sec,
treasurer, Des Moines, To-; Dr.. A. J: Ryan,
medical examiner in chief, York, Neb.; c.
S: Byrkit, past grand commander, Des
R0nes lS Grand TT trustees HSR Smith h
Muscatine To-; w. E. Ferris, Dubuque, To-;
auditing board T. G. Gibson, Knoxville, To-;
Maj. A. S. Carper, Des Moines, To-, Thomas
H. Buchanan. Grinnell, To-; board OF re
vision of laws, Hon. W. P. Murray, st, Paul,
Mimi; c. E. Reynolds, Omaha, Neb.; Mrs.
E. L. Crockett Winona, MINI.
Grand Commander Hodgman named
Mrs. Henrietta Thomas, of Paola, Kan,
as grand chaplain; ]. E. Bowers, or
Omaha, grand guide; c. E. Reynolds, OF
Omaha, grand warden, and c. II.
Brann, of Des Moines, grand sentry.
After these appointments by the grand
commander the report Of the commit
tee on credentials was listened to which
showed 1875 representatives present.
The grand commander appointed g.
W. Miller, A. G.. CrosSman and A.
Adams a committee on mileage and
per diem, and J. Parker Carey, Mrs.
Norris and c. E. Harsch a committee
on new business. After the appoint
meut OF the above committees by the
grand commander the regular order of
business was taken up and the rest OF
the morning session was devoted TO
the reading of the reports Of the grand
commander and grand secretary, both
of which showed the order to be in an
excellent financial and f1ourishing con-
dition. After the reading of the grand
officers reports an adjournment was
taken at u o'clock to 1:30 p. m.
The afternoon session was devoted to
the introduction of new business and
general resolutions until $50, when the
session adjourned until 1880 p. m. Be
fore the adjournment Of the afternoon
session a resolution naming Des
Moines, To-, as the place for holding the
ninth biennial session of the grand
lodge was adopted.
During the evening session, which
was devoted to considering resolutions
introduced during the day, two impor-
TO
one was introduced by NJ. A. Raney, of
Marengo, To-, which instructed the
grand secretary of the order to have
the reports of the grand officers printed
for each biennial session. Heretofore
all the reports of the grand officers
have been presented in writing.
Another important resolution passed
at last nights session was one enlarge
ing the field from which the members
can select honorary members. This
class of membership has been confined
to the immediate relatives of active
members but but in the future the
members can recommend any of their
friends of good moral standing for hon
orary membership.
The sessions Of the grand lodge are
held behind closed doors and they ex-
pect to close their labors tomorrow
afternoon, when the election of officers
will take place. / is believed
that Grand Commander H. n.
Hodgman, of st. Paul, will be selected
to succeed himself, and that d. M
Rowland. grand secretary, will con-
tinue in that office, so that the head
quarters will remain at Marengo. Past
Grand Commander Burget was live
ly candidate for Secretary Rowland's
place, but last night conceded that
Secretary Rowland would succeed him
self
Tomorrow evening the visiting rep
resentatives and general visitors, mem
bers of the order will be rendered
banquet and entertainments at the Twin
City hall, Rice street and University
avenue, by the three local councils of
the order. Toasts and speeches will
be delivered during the evening by To-
cal and visiting delegates.
M. A. Raney, editor of the Republi-
can, Of Marengo, To-. is one of the pop
ular and useful visitors of the conEen-
ton and is on the programme for to-
morrow night for humorous number
Nearly one-half of the visiting repre-
sentatives are made up of the fair sex,
who hold their own with the men on
the floor of the convention