The Indianapolis journal., 1900-10-03
GRAND LODGE SESSION
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HOLD THEIR
MEETING IN THIS CITY.
gratOry Institutional Sub
Rosa Resolution.

The Grand Lodge. Knights of Pythias,
practically completed all of the important
business before the convention with the
exception of the installation of officers
elected yesterday. The session will close
this afternoon, to meet in this city next
year. 1t having been virtually decided that
the making of the Grand Lodge migratory
was not practicable. The matter will come
up again to-day. but it is said there is no
likelihood of the change being made.
The session yesterday opened after the
work of the credentials committee which
took some time. The reading of reports of
officers was the first business.
Grand Chancellor j. Il. Mcdonald. of
Ligonier. gave a lengthy outline Of his
work for the year. reviewing the important
communications from subordinate officers
and announcing the appointment of John
B. Cockrum as member of the grand
tribunal. He spoke of the proposed or
phans home which is being agitated by the
Rathbone Sisters. and recommended that
action be deferred until the lodge had in
quired more fully into the matter of re-
qurements, expense and need of the insti-
tuition.
In referring to the endowment rank
Chancellor Mcdonald spoke of the salts
factory condition Of the branch, which con-
sists of 1876 sections, with a membership OF
2.135 and an endowment of $3.1s4.000. Last
year the beneficiaries Of deceased members
were paid from the endowment fund $4,000
making a total of benefits since the or
ganization of s3O5OO0. Chancellor Mcdonald
also recommended that the real estate at
Pennsylvania Street and Massachusetts,
avenue be not sold at present.
The report of Frank Bowers, grand keep
er of records and seals, showed the or
ganization of fifteen lodges, with a men,
bership of 27l7. during the last year, MAX
ing the total membership of the order AZ, ,740.
William A. Morris, treasurer, reported
the cash balance of the lodge Aug. q was
SS,01441
The committee on the revision of the
constitution reported number of changes
which 1t thought desirable. and the changes
were recommended by Grand Chancellor
Mcdonald.
Routine business matters and the election
of officers took UP the entire time during
the afternoon. The election resulted as
follows: Grand chancellor, Daniel e.
Storms of Lafayette; grand vice chancel-
lor. Charles A. Bookwalter. Indianapolis;
grand prelate, G.. A. Tindall of Shelbyville;
of Goshen; grand inner guard. George
Powell, Indianapolis; grand outer guard,
Frank ]. Dunten, of Lagrange; grand
keeper of records and seals, Frank Bow
ers, of Indianapolis; grand master of ex-
chequer, William A. Morris. of Frankfort;
trustee l.. A Barnett, of Danville Daniel
f. Storms, grand chancellor, who succeeds
j. E. Mcdonald, is the only new officer of
the Grand Lodge, all others being re-
elected.
There was no session last night, the dele
gates attending the reception given by the
Rathbone Sisters at the Denison Hotel.
The work to-day will be largely routine,
beginning with the Installation of the Of
ficers elected yesterday.
A resolution was passed about yesterday
afternoon for signatures and caused consid-
erable comment, ii being to the effect that
any member of the Grand Lodge accepting
nomination for political Office should, by
order of the grand chancellor, be dis
charged from his office IN the Grand Lodge.
The resolution was signed by about thirty
members, but was not presented for vote
on adoption, and. 1t was said, would not
be presented to-day. The resolution was
drafted for the reason that there has been
some complaint of Grand Lodge officers
using their positions for the furtherance of
their political aspirations.