The San Francisco call., 1899-09-19
OPENING DAY OF THE
ODD FELLOWS JUBILEE
SPLENDID Public Welcome Is Extended TO
the Delegates by the Mayor Of Detroit
and Michigan Lodge Officials.

accumulate money nor has intentional ex-
I travagance been INDUCED in. Still as a
/ rule, our expenditures exceed our rev
enueS and continuance of such condl-
! ton can have but one result. do not
believe that biennial sessions of the Sow
ereign Grand Lodge or fixed place OF
meeting will solve the problem. The
! seeming remedy is reduction in the sum
paid for mileage.
The grand sire gave an epitome history
of the order and it's growth, referring TO
! the relation existing between the Arneri-
He reported that the affairs Of the di-
versely situated and widely separated
brotherhood were generally in a pros
! porous condition. Appended 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
volumnous report. The secretary re
ported encouraging increases for the year
in both the subordinate and Rebeka h
branches that of the former having been
greater than in any year since 1892. A
small decrease was reported in the en-
campment branch much smaller, how
ever, than in any other of several years
"Another evidence of progress during
the year" said the secretary, lis found
issued. ed In i9 Hawai- fstV NeWfoundland. The
Netherlands and Alaska new charters
have been asked for. Favorable reports
is to be instituted in Buenos Ayres. The
number of foreign Grand Lodge represen-
tatives is increased to 1S9.''
The secretary gave the following sum
mary of the condition of the order on De-
cember 81 1898:
SOVEREIGN grand lodge. !; independent en-
Germany, Sweden and switzerlandJ; sub
grand eheampmen5fs, ami eG5s' s.; S. s~ubordinste ~
1odges II 7s6; sqbordinate ma aao encampments.
members, 12S.267 Rebekah lodges, 5071;
members of Rebekah lodges, 313,163;
The whole increase in all branches of
the order for the year was 80 .225. The
report showed the relief expenditures by
lodges to be So, 3,126,050; relief by encamp-
ments, s2l97 7S6, and by Rebekah lodges,
total expenses of subordinate lodges fig
ureS A ,159 726. The revenue of subordinate
lodges amounted to S7,752.zS2; subordinate
4s totai s. The eefeah toaI nTesgted
funds aggregate $27 .185, ,241.
Many resolutions We're offered. The
most important one was introduced by
Representative Young of Maryland, and is
aimed at the mileage paid representatives
to the Sovereign Grand Lodge. At present
10 cents per mile is allowed for delegates
living east of the Rocky Mountains and u
cents west. 1t orders the figures reduced
to and 10 cents, respectively.
A resolution is pending from last years
meeting reducing the mileage to and s
cents. Both these were. after an hours
discussion, referred to a special commit
tee of five, with a request to report as
SOOll DIS pOSSlDle.
That the mileage allowance will be re-
duced is believed to be certain, as cut
must be made in the expenses, and the
delegates are almost a unit in favoring
this as the proper place.
a resolution ordering the aboishing of
visiting cards was referred to the reso-
lutions committee. The visiting card is
now necessary to enable member of one
lodge to visit another. 1t is proposed
instead. to make the receipt for dues
sufficient.
he g
Independent Order of Odd Fellows is ex-
pected to come up al this session. as it
has done for number of years ResoIu-
tons providing for the admission of ne
sroes have always heretofore been voted
down, and the sentiment among the pres
ent delegates causes predictions of a SIM
liar rate Tor any introduction at this ses-
sion. The Rebekah branch is working 70
obtain representation on the floor of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge. but there is
zeal OF opposition to such an Innovation