The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-19
The Days Proceedings.

Inc proceedings. opener To-Day WIFI
orchestral music On the stage were
the sovereign grand sire and grand off,
GERS and those who were to voice the
welcomes. Greetings were extended by
Colonel o. A. James, chairman of the
general local committee, Mayor May
bury for the city and state; Colonel r..
H. Sellers, grand master, representing
the Michigan grand lodges; Robert
Donovan, grand patriarch of the Michi-
gan grand .encampment; Brigadier
General C. S. Martin, department COM
mander of Michigan. patriarchs mill
tant and by Mrs. Emma Haskin, presi-
dent of Rebekah assembly.
Governor Pingree was unable to ap-
pear owing to illness and Mayor May
bury welcomed the visitors on behalf
of the city and state. OF Odd Fellow
ship the mayor said:
1T was one of the first, if not the
first society to make men brothers and
to- make my neighbor the man who
needs me and is deserving of my help"
The Hon. Alfred S. Pinkerton, grand
sire, responded to the welcomes, after
which the sovereign grand lodge repre-
sentatives proceeded to Harmony hall,
where the first business session was
held.
Grand Sire Pinkerton made his an
nual report to the sovereign grand
lOQSe. MI.
Condition of the Order.
1.-THE evidence of the work of ag-
gressive progressive force of Odd Fell
lowShip is a REPUTATION of the false
assertion that present citizens of the
world are not as good as were their
fathers. Welcome every agency that
lends a helping hand to those who need
it. December 81 last, our subordinate
To-
number of sisters enrolled in the Re
bekah lodges numbered 10000. These
figures enable US for the first time to
honestly claim fraternal Affiliations
with over 100000 persons"
Referring to the finances of the or
der Mr.. Pinkerton said: 1.-THE great
source of our financial life is the in
come derived from the sale of supplies.
1t has never been our policy to accu-
mulate money nor has international
extravaganza been INDUCED in. Still
as a rule our expenditures exceed our
revenues and a continuance of such a
condition can have but one result. L do
not believe that biennial sessions of the
sovereign grand lodge or a fixed place
of meeting will solve the problem. The
seeming remedy is a reduction in the
sum paid for mileage"
Order In Other Countries.
The grand sire gave an epitome his
tory of the order and its growth, re-
ferring to the relations existing be-
tween the American order and. those of |
foreign countries. He reported that |
the affairs of the diversely situated and |
widely separated brotherhood were |
in a prosperous condition. |
to the report were reports on /
the condition of the order in Europe, |
Japan, Hawaii, South America, Alaska |
and northwest Canada.
Grand Secretary Grants was a very |
report. The secretary re-
ported encouraging increases for the |
year, in both the subordinate and Re
bekah branches, that of the former
having been greater than in any year
since 1892. A small decrease was re-
ported in the encampment branch,
smaller, however, than in any other of
several years past. Another evidence
Of progress during the year, said the I
is found in the unusually
long list of warrants issued. In Hawaii.
Newfoundland, the Netherlands and
Alaska new charters have been asked
for.