The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-26

god father and hacker is George Rat !
elf who has been member of the
grand lodge for years and a shrewd po-
litical manager. A candidate for this
office who is cutting considerable ice"
is DR.. Porter of Pittsburg. He is a good
mixer, stands high in his profession and
has made many friends since his arrival
in the city. DR.. Potter. of Clifton is
another prominent candidate, but it is
impossible to mention all of those who
have put up their rods for this office. 1t
is the best paying Office in the order,
paying about $1,000 a year and there are
many who think they are called but
only one will be chosen and it would
take more than a prophet or the son of
prophet to tell who that would be, but
there is suggestion that it viii be DR..
Porter of Pittsburg. Drs. G. ?. Howard,
F n. Martin and DR.. ". F. McVey of
Topeka. are also candidates.
There is strong able-bodied fight on
for grand master with the present in
cumbent, John H. Order, of Fort Scott,
McNicols of Wichita, Charley Hawkins
of Cawker City, Jas. Gibbons of Topeka
and Robert Turner of Mankato in the
field. Order was elected in Salina three
years ago while the order was in the
fight for the classified plan which was
adopted at Wichita the following year
Perhaps never before in the history of
the order has it made a more vigorous
or more satisfactory growth than dur
ing the past year under Mr.. Orders
administration. This is being urged as
a SuulClEnL reason lOE MS I6-eltCLlOll
McNicOl is from Wichita and has that
town behind him in the fight he is max
ing and has about forty Wichita rooters
at headquarters doing all in their
Governor A. P. Riddle. of Mime
apOlis, who has been editor of the Off
ciaI organ of the paper, the Kansas
Workman ever since that paper was
established has a small fight on his
hand but his friends do not look for any
development that need cause the gov
ernOr any alarm Governor Riddle was
a member of the supreme lodge COM
/ mittee that gave to the Order the pres
ent classified plan and 1t was largely
due to his efforts that the plan was
adopted in this state. There is no man
in the state better posted on the order
than he and his friends claim that any
change in the management of the Kan
sas Workman would be a calamity to
/ the order and it is not probable that
any will be made at this session of the
/ grand lodge.
The first session of the grand lodge
was held in Topeka in 1879, and the
! total cost of that session was SITS. The
/ last session held at Pittsburg last year
/ cost s7,S62.Ss. and the present session
/ will cost 50, 000 During the past year
the grand medical examiner has passed
upon 10000 applications and during the
month of February alone over 800 mem
bers were added to the order.
! One of the most popular officers OF
| the present session is NJ. w. Freiden-
burg. of Atchison. grand guide. He is
a candidate for grand overseer, and
win have no opposition.
The delegates are all loud in theil
| praise of the hospitality that is being
shown them by the citizens of Topeka
and it is not unlikely that resolution
will be introduced at this session pro
viding for a permanent meeting place
of the grand lodge, with offices for the
grand recorder and the records of tina
! office,