The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-12
GRAND LODGE OF N. E. 0. P.
TWO HUNDRED MEMBERS ATTEND.
ED THE SESSION

RESOLUTION for Prevention of Fraud
in Admission of cants-Beautifu
| Present 10 Grand Secretary GrinnelI
seventy-six subordinate bodies, attend
ed the twelfth annual meeting of the
Connecticut Grand lodge in A. O. U. w
! hall, 1879 Orange street, at 10 O'Clock
yesterday morning.
! Most of the morning session was oc-
eupied in the reading of the report OF
4 Grand Warden Jonathan w. Chaplin OF
4 this city During this session about
| fifty past wardens were admitted to the
! Grand lodge.
Jonathan w. Chaplin was reelected
grand warden. w. A. Pelton of Meri-
den was elected grand vice warden, F.
M. Drew of Ansonia grand treasurer
and F. D. Grinnell of this city grand
secretary.
The report of Grand Warden Chaplin
showed sixty-three deaths during the
year, on which $4,000 insurance was
paid. Some idea of the magnitude of
the order may be had from the fact that
this city contains $500 members, insur-
ed for $7O00,000 and belonging to eleven
lodges.
The meeting was the largest and most
enthusiastic that the order ever held.
A sensation was created by the intro
duction Of the following resolution by
Past Warden w. C. Mcintosh:
Resolved, That the executive board
be instructed to cooperate with the SUI
preme lodge in all measures tending to
prevent the preparation of fraud in the
admission of applicants to the order,
and to remedy and remove all frauds
or impostions that have been practiced
upon it,
These frauds are said to consist in
making false returns as to age and ply
steal condition on application blanks.
The resolution when presented caused
considerable excitement and stormy
debate threatened. but when the matter
was explained by Mr.. Mcintosh the res
olution was adopted unanimously.
The main event of the afternoon ses-
sion was the presentation of a beauti-
full gold watch to Grand Secretary
Grinnel of this city in honor of his
twelve years of service with the Grand
lodge as secretary. The presentation
was made by Grand Warden Chaplin on
behalf of the united lodges of Connecti-
cut.
In addition to those already named
the following grand officers were elect
ed:
Grand chaplain-Adella Green.
Grand guide-Annie E. Brown.
Grand guardian--G. Isbell.
Grand sentinel---J. A. McConkey.
Grand trustees-C. L. Carter of South
ington, Gilbert L. Hart of Winsted and
T. B. Beach of Seymour.
Supreme representatives-J. Wall Of
New Haven, c. A. Blackstone of Bran
ford, M. G. Hitchcock Of Ansonia, G.
Noble of New Haven, William Parsons
Of Bridgeport and A. Tolles Of Hart
ford
Alternates-J. r. Blair, Agnes Ben
nett, w. c. Mcintosh, Mary A. Bruce,
Ralph Myerson and Esther Kay
The officers were installed by the fol-
lowing supreme and grand officers: Su- |
pfeme warren Lew w. SndW OF 19OS- |
ION, acting as installing officer; Supreme
Secretary D. M. Frye of Boston, as SUI
preme guide; Past Supreme Warden
George H. Howard of Cambridge, Mass,
as supreme chaplain; Past Grand War
len Howe of Worcester, as grand |
guard.
In his annual report Grand Warden
Chaplin said:
The general condition of the order
the state is excellent, bet
Ter / believe than at any previous time
n our history. There are larger bal
lnces in the lodge treasures better at
.endance at the lodge meetings, a wider
knowledge of the law and q stricter
compliance with it's provisions, increas-
ID vigilance to protect the order from
raud and imposition, a keener appre-
,iation of the beauties of the ritualistic
work and greater effort towards its
more perfect and impressive rendering,
md among the whole order a clearer
of that great founda-
ional fact, that we are a unit in pur-
pose and action
Still there are shadows on the pic
ure, cast by lodges here and there,
he duty of whose members seem to
lumber beneath the cloak of their sell
ishness. Yet even among these there
re patient, heroic ones, who are labor
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