The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-26
BY THE MILIEN PYTHIANS.
CHARGES WERE PREFERRED
AGAINST GRAND CHANCELLOR.

They Wanted "A Deputy to Install
Their Officers, and They Say the
Grand Chancellor Failed to APP
pOint-The Only Charge Against
Him Neglect OF Duty i'm That He
Failed to Attend to His COrre-
sPOndenee-He VIII BE Here Sum
day TO Confer with Members of the
Understanding of a Settlement.
Hon. Charles r. Warren, grand chancel-
lor of the Knights of Pythias of Georgia,
viii arrive in Savannah tomorrow for the
purpose of comforting with officers of the
order and his friends here with regard to
the charges which have been preferred
against him.
Grand Chancellor Warren has not yet
been officially notified of the charges and
will not be until a lime and place are set
for the hearing by the usual tribunal,
when he will be summoned to appear and
a copy Of the official charges will be fur
nished him. The tribunal will consist of
seven officers of the Grand Lodge, and a
conviction requires FIVE of these. The
time and place OF the hearing, If there
should be one, will be fixed by Grand Vice
Chancellor w. L. Algee OF Fitzgerald, who
is now acting grand chancellor, and who
has full power in this matter as well as
all others in connection with the head of
the lodge.
The story of how the charges of neglect
of duty came to be brought against the
grand chancellor, which has not yet been
told, is an interesting one. The charges,
1t may be stated, consist of nothing more
than allegations of neglect of duty, or, in
other words, failure to attend to his cor
respondence.
Ever since the election in Savannah last
May of Mr.. Warren to the position of
grand chancellor there has been consider
able complaint about his failure to attend
TO his official correspondence, and to take
the usual necessary action with reference
to matters which were of Importance TO
the lodges. These complaints, it is said,
were heard not from one, but from several
lodges, which considered they were slight
ed in this way.
1t remained, however, for Milen Lodge
No So, to bring the charges against the
grand chancellor. The Millen Lodge, at the
usual time, elected new officers for the
current year. but the lodge was without
deputy, and without that functionary 1t
could not install its new officers. Without
the installation of its new officers it could
not receive the new semi-annual password.
The old officers who held over became
somewhat careless and inattentive, Ii is
said, and the situation in general was IN
satisfactory
In order to get its new officers installed
at the proper time the Milien Lodge named
0np-Of ITS npTDharE "a a nd
a request to the grand chancellor to make
the appointment The grand chancellor,
1t is said, paid no attention to the COM
munication, and the appointment was not
made. Thus the matter went on from
week to week, until six weeks had passed,
when the Millen Knights could stand it no
longer. They then preferred charges of
neglect of duty against the grand chan
cellor, which charges were placed in the
hands of grand keeper of seals and re-
cords.
Mr.. Warren, who is solicitor general of
his circuit, has been greatly interested in
the political situation, it is said, and for
some time had rooms in the Kimball
House in Atlanta, while his knights of
Pythlas mail was being addressed to him
at Hawkinsville. The mail remained at
Hawkinsville, and 1t is claimed was unat-
tended to. On one occasion one of the
STdHu Officers went 10 Atlanta TO see MIN.
He had previously asked that all of Mr..
Warren's mail be shipped by express from
Hawkinsvflle to his Atlanta address,
which was done. He urged the grand
chancellor to attend to it at that time, but
it appears in spite of this it was neglected,
hence the complaints grew in number and
increased in Importance.
Nothing more was heard of the matter,
however. until the Millen Lodge came for
ward with its complaint and went to the
extent of preferring charges What these
charges win amount TO remains to be seen.
There is a possibility of their being settled
and never going before the judicial trib-
unal Of the order. 1t is impossible to state
now whether this course will be taken, or
whether the tribunal will be called to-
gether and asked TO pass upon the case.
well-known member of the order
thought it possible that there would be a
settlement of the charges. though he did
not state in what way it might be brought
about The matter is almost altogether in
the hands of Grand Vice Chancellor w e.
Algee, who is expected to take action with
in a short time.