The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-17
Meeting OF the Grand Lodge Held In
Evanston, Wyo.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
S. w. DARKE OF SALT LAKE,
GRAND MASTER WORKMAN.
Reports of the Outgoing Officers Show
the Condition of the Order to Be
Satisfactory and Prosperous
Ladies of the Degree of Honor
Transact Business.
Especial to The Herald.1


Evanston, Wyo., May 16.-The ladies
of the Degree Of Honor held their grand
lodge session today in the K of p. hail.
the Workmens hall being occupied by
he A. O L. w The ladies had a very
orief session this morning, hearing re-
ports of committees and adopting an
nual reports of officers.
This afternoon they had a session of
about three hours, devoted almost ex-
clusiveiy TO social enjoyment and in
terchange of opinions on various sub
jects of interest to the order. Short
talks from the various delegates, recit-
ing the condition and workings of their
respective local lodges, were listened to
with interest AT o'clock they ad-
iourned until 0 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, at which time they will elect grand
officers for the ensuing year.
The last arrivals of delegates to the
a. o. L. w. grand lodge, some twenty
five in number. came in by the IL
O'clock train last night. The firso ses-
sion was held at Workmen's hall at 8
o'clock this morning. There were pres
ent 125 delegates, representing numer-
GUS local lodges of the entire jurisdic
ton of Utah, Idaho and Wyoming.
Election of Officers.
The morning session was entirely oc-
eupied with preliminary work attend
ing organization, including the eXamin-
alton of credentials, referring reports of
officers to the proper committees, etc.
At the afternoon session the various re-
ports were returned from the commit
tees and adopted. Forty-one candidates
We're then admitted to the grand lodge
degree.
The afternoon session lasted from
A ~ nrlr IL ~irn-r rl7.a 1acT
few hours OF which the following list
of officers were elected to serve during
the ensuing year:
Past grand master workman, J. C.
IIamm. Evanston. Wyo.; grand master
workman, S. w. Darke, Salt Lake City;
grand foreman, y. d. Williams, Boise,
Ida; grand overseer, II. II. Rolapp,
Ogden; grand guide, a. D. Mcneil,
Cheyenne, Wyo.; grand inside watch
man, Masiah Evans, Lehi, Utah; grand
outside Waterman, J. Is. McClelland,
GibsonVille, Ida; grand trustees, James
Dorr, Park City, for the long term; AL
fred Moves. PocatelIo, Ida, for the
short term; supreme representatives, J.
c.. Hamm, Evanston; S. Mclaughlin
ida.
After the election the session adj
sourned until 10 O'clock tomorrow morn
ing, at which time the question of
GldSHlliEu dSSCSStneIIS. upon which
there is a diversity of opinion, will
come up for discussion. This evening
all visiting members, by invitation, are
visiting the Evanston local lodge and
Witnessing drill team initiation, at the
conclusion of which there win be a So
cial gathering in which the ladies Of the
Degree of Honor VIII participate.
Reports of Officers.
Grand Master ]. c. Hamm of Evans
ton prefaced his report with an express
sion in favor of the classified assess
ment plan and a plea for careful. earn |
est and dispassionate consideration of !
the same. He set forth his various Off |
clai acts in connection with the work |
ings Of the order during the past two |
years. Lodges We're instituted as fol- |
lows: Union lodge No. 16, Mercur. |
Utah; Richfieid lodge No. 20, Richfield. ]
Utah; Central lodge No. q, Robinson. |
Utah; Daily lodge No. 8, Diamondville, |
Wyo.
Charters were given anew to Ontario |
lodge No. 1 and Mount Pleasant lodge /
No. %, because of the destruction of |
the originals by fire.
Owing to the closing of mines and
the disastrous fire at Park City. En-
ferpriSe lodge No p had consolidated |
with Ontario No. l.
Several rulings regarding beneficiary
certificates have been made by the
grand master, the most important of
which. perhaps was the one involved in
the certificates Of Brothers Green and
JeanjaquCt. The certificate Of the for
her was made out to St. Marys hospital
and the one of the latter 10 q friend
Under the present law, requiring the
beneficiary 10 be a blood relative. the
grand master instructed the grand re-
cordeT as follows:
You viii therefore at once notify
Brothers Green and Jeanjaquet that
they must change their .benefciaries to
comply with the laws of the order. and |
you VIII also notify the recorders Of !
their several lodges that after rea-
sonable time given these brothers in
which 10 make the necessary changes.
they Will refuse to receive their dues
and assessments in case they fail TO
compls-
Salary For Grand Master.
The report recommended that the
grand master hereafter receive a sal
aJy. and that an amount be allowed /
fer help in the Office of the grand re-
the question Of graded assessments ana
allied attention to the success which
had attended those jurisdictions where
ii rad been introduced.
Deputy Grand Master Don of Utah
that he had received 262 ap-
piications. granted $50 and rejected two. +,
Alfred Moves, deputy grand master
for Idaho, had passed on 262 applica-
tons for membership, and all but two
were accepted.
The report of Grand Recorder !
David ThOrburn was most COM j
prehensiVe and gave detailed in
formation regarding the vari-
Gus phases of the work of the order
together with financial statements and I
statistics. The report embodied the fol- {
lowing: /
Lodges.
Lodges. per last report......... Sc
Since Instituted, Nos. 1e. - and
=, Utah .-.-..---------..-.---..-- ,
Extinct. No. , Utah; Nos. 9 and {
II. Wyoming. No. 6. Idaho. 4
Nos and q Utah. consolidated
with No. /, Utah.........-...... . 6