The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-28
MAY RE|JN|IE At FAIR
GEN. DIMENT SUGGESTS LOCATION
OF HEADQUARTERS BY
A. o. u. w.
GRAND LODGE IN SESSION
Degree of Honor Is Also Holding Its
Annual Meeting at the State
Capitol This
Week.

The Minnesota grand lodge of the A. 0.
=. W. convened yesterday at the state
house with very large representation
OF the order from all over the state. The
days session was chiefly occupied with
reports made by officers and matters of
routine Importance largely, preliminary
TO the important business of the order,
which will be transacted today and to-
morrow.
AT the morning session the grand lodge
r degree was conferred upon $50 members.
Grand Master Workman j. NJ. Diment,
OF OWatonna, presented his annual report.
full of matters of interest to lodgemen.
He recommended an increase in the
working field staff and suggested that the
grand master workman be authorized to
employ such assistance as Is necessary
to properly facilitate the business of the
organization. He advised the construc-
ton of a headquarters for Workmen at
the fair grounds, estimating the cost at
about three cents per member A rec
ommendation had been made by the
finance committee and grand lodge off,
GERS that the per capita be increased from
20 cents to 81. This, Gen Diment thought.
was scarcely enough to properly carry on
the work intended.
The claim Of the order against the AL
lemannia bank for s4,S46.9S was compro-
missed during the year for $1,000, on a ba-
sis of 1851 per cent.
During the year new lodges were char
tered at Golden Valley Ottawa, Evan
and Cedar Lake, in addition to five other
Hoo
been taken. Grand Rapids and Aitkin
lodges are reported as having surrender
ed their charters. Gen. Diment also rec
commended that a travelling auditor be ap-
pointed to visit all lodges in Minnesota
and go over their accounts
During the annual period 247 lodges
were visited once at least, and in some
cases two and even three visits were
made.
Grand Recorder Olaf Olson recommend
ed that the recorder and receiver of each
lodge be compelled to submit a semi
annual instead Of an annual report, fall
ure to do so to result in the loss of the
lodges charter. He reported that the
grand lodge had $43, 900, 600 worth of in
surance among the members in Mime
sofa Collections during 1899 amounted to
$50O,000. The order has about $4,000 mem
berS and 247 lodges in Minnesota. Five
applications have been received for new
lodges. There were las deaths during the
year.
Upon assembling in the afternoon g.
committee was appointed to escort Gov.
Lind to the hall, in response to an invi-
tation to address the gathering, which he
had previously accepted. The governor
was cordially greeted and cordially well
coined the lodgemen. Briefly calling at
tention to the fact that the gathering was
the last meeting of the grand lodge this
century, he pointed to the wonderful de-
partures of the period and to the innOva-
tons wrought by steam and electricity in
commerce and industry as well as the
lives and affairs of men. He spoke of
the development and growth of fraternal
organizations and Of the benefits accruing
from the concentration of numbers and
forces.
The grand master workman announced
the winners of cash prizes for securing
the largest number of delegates as fol-
lows: Dennis Lane, Hiawatha a st. Paul
lodge; G.. A. Gunderson, Minnehaha, Min
neapolis; O. j. Simons, West Duluth, and
C. ]. McDougal, St Anthony, Minneapo-
lis.
Today's session will have for its princi-
pal feature the election of officers, and
it is predicted that all the executive Of
flcers will be honored with another term.
The report of the committee on creden-
tails included the names of about $50 dele
gates.