The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-20
ODD FlL0HS N ST. PAU
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE or
DER BEGAN yesterday AT
THE CAPITOL
FIVE HUNDRED DELEGATES
Membership Of Board OF Directors
Probably VIII BE Reduced and
Other Vital Changes
Made

| The grand lodge, I. o. o. T., of Mime
sofa, met in annual session in the hall of
representatives yesterday with an at
| tendance of nearly 800. The first business
| of the session was the comforting of the
grand lodge degree upon $50 candidates
A reception was rendered in the after
noon TO Grand Sire A. C. Gable, of Gov
ington. Ohio. who is one of the speakers
at this session of the lodge Mr.. Gable
was escorted from his hotel to the capitol
/ by w. G. Nye, W. c. Gamble, George G.
S. Campbell and d. c. Kelsey, who were
the representatives of the grand lodge.
In the matter of reducing the number
of members of the board of directors OF
| the Odd Fellows home at Mortified, it
seemed to be the geiieral opinion of the
delegates that the board should be re-
ouced, but no definite action was taken
in the matter. The sentiment is that
smaller board can transact the business
with more convenience than the larger,
ana at the same time be cheaper to the
order Should the lodge decide to reduce
the board in numbers it will be neces-
sary to elect five members at this session.
The terms of four trustees expire at this
session, and there is one vacancy caused
by the death Of NJ. w. Clay, Of Hutchin-
SON The members of the grand lodge
will visit the home Friday.
but one Of the state officers is to be
elected at this session. the grand master.
None of the six candidates who were can
didates at the last election received the
required number Of votes to be declared
elected. According to the laws Of the
order the officer elected must have re-
ceIVed one-th1rd of all the votes cast At
the last election S. A. Farnsworth, of st.
Paul, received SIC; G. A Fosnes of Mon
teVldeo, 37l, and William McGregor of
minneapolis, 292. The contest now lies
GGAyl hos
that FarnswOrth viii be elected.
There probably VIII be considerable de
pate over the proposition to reduce the
ices Tor the first. second and third de-
Srees from So to 81 each. The report of
! GRAND Master Van Praag favors this re-
duCtiOn
According to the report of the grand
master there were four new lodges or
gained in the state during the year. at
breckenridge, Minneota, Hendricks and
minnesota Lake. Duluth and Silver
lodges at Duluth consolidated during the
year under the name of Duluth
reports from the deputies show that
Lou new members were added to the
order during the year, and allowing for
suspensions, there was q net gain of / 900
for the year.
The order in the state raised and for
Warded to the grand master of Texas
the sum of $551 70 for the relief of the
Galveston sufferers, but of this amount
$zS2.9l was returned, as more was con-
tributed than was needed.
me grand master recommends that the
mileage fees of the representatives to the
grand lodge be reduced from 4 TO g cents
per mile; that such laws be passed as
VIII do away with electioneering for Of
fee in the grand lodge; that a lecturer
be elected, or appointed, to visit the diff
f6rPnt S11hOrIir7a to
them in the secret work of the order;
that in elections of grand lodge officers,
the candidate who receives the largest
number of votes shall be declared elected,
regardless of majorities.
The report of Grand Secretary Bolton
shows the total membership of the 252
lodges of the state to have been at the
close Of the year II 02O, of which AL with
drew by card; 500 were suspended; 154
died; So were expelled, and in the correc-
ton of reports, IS additional were drop
ped, leaving the actual membership 1921.
The financial statements show that re-
ceipts for the year amount to S1S2, 367. Sc,
and expenditures 8,77S.29. Of the ex-
penditures 500, 506.S6 was for relief. The
total assets of the order in this state
aggregate in value $S43, Up Oh, of which
the largest item is real estate and in
vested funds, to the amount of $601 14O. 40
The standing committees appointed by
the grand master are:
Distribution-Ed A Stevens. D. W.
Stevens. I. c. Stevens, James Stevenson,
f. w Stearns.
Judiciary-C. A. Fosnes, Charles A.
Lambert, H. w. Phillips, B. F. McGregor,
J. l. Lobben.
General Legislation-W. G. Nye, George
G. S. Campbell, Charles Griswold, Joseph
Bergfeld, w w. Churchill
State of the Order-Aug Hohenstein.
w. c. Bacon. William Cross, ]. D. Muir
ray, w. L. Hoover.
uel Rapson, Thomas J. st. German
Mileage and Per Diem-D. II. Stimson,
M. T. Dunn, r. E. Barragan, B. w Dis