Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-28
PYTRIANISM IN DETROIT,
Large Gatherings Of Knights al The Lodge
Meeting

Detroit, Mich, Aug 2s,-Masonlc
Temple today appeared transformed
into a temple Of Pyth.auism, Several
largely attended gatherings OF
Pythilus and branch orders were in
progress simultaneously Within the big
structure chief of these were tle open
meetings of tle supreme lodge *. ut Z.
aud the supreme lodge ut the lythian
S.sterh00d. The meeting of the order OF
Hsthbone Sisters was postponed until
tomorrow
Supreme Chancellor Thomas @. SAM
pie of ALLEGHENY Pa head of the
Pythldn order presided over the SUI
preme lodge meeting. In IBIS biennial
address astgr commenting uI1n the
wonderful numerical growth Of the or
der in the last 3j years. supreme
Chancellor Sample spoke of the notable
Improvement in the character OF the
membership since the early days OF
PythIduism, adding: The knights Of
pythias are big enough. strong enough,
brainy enough and influential enough
TO work out their own salvation, ana
7 would strongly recommend that any
supreme officer or representative or
grand Or subordinate lodge officer who
is SO entauglad with other organiza-
tious tha. De- cannot give us h.s best
efforts and best thoughts should step
down and out of Official positions and
ALLOW those 90 be- elected who believe
that we have the beG secret order that
floats @ banner in this great nation to-
day
Continuing he said Members IN a
few dom aims have violated Your strong
est legislation relative to the admission
of sal0oukgcrers. bartculers and Gam1
hiers. others have set at defiance your
laws relative to the in,tIauon-tces ana
the Jaw relative t0 sunday excursions,
using the lodge name but calling IL q
pleasure club. loudly cIamoring for
permission 90 have Intoxicating liquors
at entertainments ON the theory that
other and older institutions OF SINH
lar nature permit TO-
% have unboIndei faith IN the
loyalty of a very large percentage OK
the membership to the laws Of the or
der. but this body should enact legisla-
ton az this session IN unmistaklbie
language that viii compel, the grand
chancellor 10 enforce the plain pro-
visions of the laws you have made,
and ID. after due notification from the
supreme chancellor that laws have
been violated. the said grand Chancel-
l0rs fail 90 apply the remedy. the au-
thor.ty should be- given the 5upreme
chancellor Go at once suspend such oti-
Ger pending an investigation by the SUI
preme tribunal AS 10 IL now, the
terms OF both the supreme and grand
chanccll0rs expire before an Qpportun
IT'S ln many cases is presented for the
offenders TO Doe brought before the legal
tribunal of the order Drastic meas
ures OF this character would not have
20 De applied more than once or twice
until such troubles would disappear
In his report r., l.. O. Wright, OF At
lanta. Ca. supreme keeper OF records
and seals. gave the following,
Total number OF subordinate lodges
1899 Gao Total membership. ig25Q6,
net gain during 1888 and 1899, IS lodges
and 2l231 members Practically %
per cent OF the gain was IN 1883, I'LL
nOis led in the gains with Indiana and
Ohio close seconds. Louisiana suffered
"a net loss of 1S2 The appropriation,
al the indianapolis biennial in 1897
were SIS 800 u which So3Sg2 had beer
extended at the close of the fiscal year
Subordinate lodges had betn organized
In Hawaii. Alaska. pa and Quebec
/ April / 1893 there e balance on
/ hand of g1.052. and m has since beer
1 received from sale 20 .upplies S26bl1
from grand lodge per capita tax $751;,
/ lO6. from subordinate l0dge per capltf
tax. $3.50. a total OF i6j lo3 Receipts
| of grand lodges were Si0s 800 and viii
! balance on hand the credits were S56l,
! gi0. Disbursements were tjJl,j51 There
has been expended FOR relief 3ld35.5l5.6s
and grand domains had 0n hanr
| December ], 1899 yls35f5l The tota
/ assets OF the grand domains are 49,
! 2tG130 Lodges outside of the granC
! domains have expended f0r relief 49,
! G5i. have cash on hand Sass, and as
| sets SIG i24.
The report OF the supreme master o.
! the eXchCQuer shows "A total OF $3.50
| ON hand June 30 1900.
In the sixth biennial assembly OF thl
! pvthiau Siterhood supreme lodge. IN,
raveI was welded hy Mrs. II. p. Lib
| bv. OF Portland. Maine supreme chan
| cslior IN her address she said tina
| Maine As the banner State IN member
shin having 2.22s members IN eight as
semblies. Ohio Is second. Mrs. Libbl
reported the question Of admission %
coiored women TO membership as hav
inr been disposed Of by debarrinl
a colored woman from taking the sec
ond degree after she had passed n
hrst