The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-26
A. o. u. w. GRAND LODGE DECIDES
TO ADMIT MEMBERS AT
EIGHTEEN.
OTHER CHANGES ADOPTED.
GRAND MASTER oWORKMEN KINDS
Announces HIS LIST OF COM
MITFEES
CLASSIFIED PLAN NOT DEAD YET.
Predicted That 1t Will Come UP
Each Year Until 1t Has
Passed.

The third and last day of the TWEEN
ty-first annual session of the A. o. u.
W. Grand Lodge of Minnesota, opened
at Market hall yesterday morning at
o'clock and adjourned sine die at 4
p. m. Owing to the absence of Grand
Master Workman Lloyd on important
business at the capitol Grand Fore
man c. G. Kinds, who is grand master
workman-eleet, presided at the morn
ing session. which lasted until IL
O'Clock, when an adjournment was
taken until p. m. The morning ses
sion was devoted to hearing the final
reports of committees, the most i'm
portant of which was the report of the
committee on laws recommending the
change in the law permitting $1,000
insurance. The committee reported
that in order to do this, they were
obliged to change about forty sections
of the supreme constitution governing
subordinate lodges. The resolution, as
presented at = Wednesdays session,
then passed by a unanimous vote and
became a law.
Another important matter which also
met with favor and passed was one
giving the grand master workman en-
tire charge of the contingent fund of
$4,000, which he is to use for the ad-
vancement of and good of the order
An attempt to change the salary of
the grand master workman from 81 500
to $4,000 failed to pass. At the after
noon session a resolution was passed
requesting the legislature not to pass
hot 4 al
airy fraternal organizations of the state
under the jurisdiction of the state in
surance commissioner
w. B. Anderson, of Winona, then in
trOduced an engrossed set Of resolu-
tons indorsing thee administration Of
Hon. F. G.. Lloyd as grand master
workman and commencing and thank
ing him for the excellent work he had
done for the order in advancing it's
interests as he had during the two
years he occupied. the office. The reso-
lutions were received with loud and
prolonged applause, and Grand Master
Workman Lloyd who was loudly
called for, responded in a very feeling
manner and said he would again re-
tire to. the ranks and continue to do his
utmost for the advancement Of the
cause of the A o. u w
The age limit for the admission of
members was changed from twenty
one to forty-five. years, as formerly, to
candidates between the ages of eigh-
teen and forty-fiVe.
The installation of officers was the
closing act of the afternoon session, and
was conducted by H. G. Sessions, as
sisted by j. w. Kinsley, both past
grand Workmen and members, of the
supreme lodge. P. G. W. Sessions
acted as supreme master workman,
and Pass Grand Workman J. w. Kins-
ley acted as supreme chaplain. After
the installation the officers were con-
Quoted to their respective stations.
Grand Master Workman c. c. Kinds
announced his appointments, which
were:
DR.. H. K. Norton, of Minneapolis,
grand medical examiner
Committee on finance, Senator Steb-
bins, of Rochester; E. E. Hughson, of
st. Paul, and J. H. Raymond, of St.
Cloud
Committee on laws, E. Southwark.
Shakopee; w. B. Anderson, Winona,
and NJ. H. McDevitt, of Minneapolis.
Board Of arbitration, Hon. Geo. M.
LANCE, Window; J. M. Nye Wells and
j. e. Porter, of .iMankato.
After the announcement of the ap-
-
man, the convention at 4:30 adjourned
to meet again at the state capitol the
fourth Tuesday in March next The
constitution of the grand lodge makes
st. Paul the permanent place of meet
ing of the grand lodge.
Grand ReceiverIJ J. McCardy yester-
day paid out $3.50 to the delegates
for mileage and per diem. Last year he
paid out SIS, 064. 4Srn-,s
Grand Master Workman Kinds said
last night, that the session had been a
most harmonious one outside of the
assessment question 1t had been init
mated, he said, thatyan attempt would
be made to crowd. the classified plan
down the throat of delegates but when
it was found this, was not the case,
very little spirit was displayed. The
members We're well pleased over the
courteous and excellent manner in
which Grand Master Workman Lloyd
presided over the convention.
Grand Recorder Olaf Olson said this
was the seventh. time he was elected
grand recorder, and that he thought
of the best and had done more business
than any he had ever attended since
1885. The convention, he said, was one
of the largest and best attended in
the history of the order.
The classification plan appears now
10 De DuIlGu, DuI SOIH6 OF Lno older
members, who were converted to it,
said last night that it would come up
again and that it was only a matter
of time when it would be eventually
adopted. c. G. Carter, of the Anchor
and Shield, said last night he had no
feeling over the result Of the SEES
sion just closed and that he was still
a strong advocate of the A. o. q. w.
cause and the classified plan.
A large number of the delegates
who remained over last night attended
the regular meeting of Noble Franklin
lodge. After the close of the regular
order of business an informal meeting
was held with Thomas R. Fearing in
the char. Short speeches. music and
songs were INDUCED in until a late
hour. most of the delegates left for
their homes last night. Grand Master
Workman Kinds will be at the Metro
politan hotel for a few days yet
Grand Master Workman Lloyd, it Is
claimed, has reason to feel proud Of
his success. During the two years OF
his office as grand master workman.
tfirty-six new lodges were Instituted
and $50 new members MATED; 10
deaths occurred in this Jurisdiction dur
ing the year 1896. The gain in member
ship in the last two years is the largest
in the history of dtheo'o order during its
tWenty-One yearSSof existence