Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-14
GRAND LODGE OPENS
Thirty.sscond Annual Session
Of the Knights Of Pythias
BEGUN Today.
Election Of Officers and the Big
Parade Take Place This
Afternoon.
Ballotinf May Not Be Reached
Till Evenine..P ornament 10.
cation Question Up.

temple OF Rathbone Sisters opened at
the same hour 90 o'clock this morning.
The formers sessions are being held at
the auditorium and the latter at Castle
Hall. in the Rudolph block.
This afternoon will occur the big pa
rade of the Uniform Rank thru the prin-
cipap business streets OF the city, which
will be one of the features of the day.
At the Auditorium this morning there
was an open session to which the public
was invited. Following this the work
of the grand lodge began.
The program for the day is as follows:
At the Auditorium
$3.50 a. m.-Open session Of the grand
lodge and grand temple at the Auditors
UNI. All knights and Sisters are cor
daily invited to attend.
Address of welcome by knight John
NJ. Redmond, mayor.
Address of welcome by Knight John
A. Reed, c. G.. Of Cedar Rapids Lodge
No. 90.
Response by Ben I. Salinger, p. G. c.
Response by Mrs. Dell p. Glazier,
Supreme Chief Rathbone Sister.
10000 a. m. Opening of Grand Lodge,
at auditorium. Admission of past
chancellors and nomination Of officers
at this session.
1000 a. m. Opening Of Grand Temple.
at Castle Hall, Rudolph Block, First
avenue and First street.
1880 p. m. Re-convening Of Grand
Lodge and Grand Temple. Election
Of officers Of Grand Lodge is first
in order of business at this session.
E.n 80 n
Lodge and Grand Temple to review
parade.
$500 p. m. Initiatory work of the
order of Rathbone Sisters at auditors
Jun, exemplifed by officers of Peerless
Temple, No. 100, and manager and
degree staff Of Winter Temple, No.
78.
The parade will include the uniform
rank now in camp at Camp Cedar
At the brigade meeting of the uniform
rank, knights of Pythias. yesterday. it
was decided to reduce the number of
regiments from five to four Which
regiment shall be eliminated was left to
Brig. Gen. Manchester. The companies
of the regiment to be disbanded will be
added to the other regiments. Manches-
ter will make no decision for few days
The brigade decided to attend the ma
tional encampment at San Francisco
next year, going on special train from
Council Bluffs. The Rathbore Sisters
gave reception at the auditorium last
night at which $500 were present.
The committee on permanent location.
consisting Of D. w. Telford of Mason
City, j. F. Letters Of Upton, Col. e.
P. Hazen of Fort Madison and j. Lam
berson of Nora Springs. held meeting
yesterday and canvassed the reports of
the grand lodges on the proposition. It
was found that great ajority Of the
lodges were in favor Of the permanent
location idea. and the committee will
make unanimous report that the plan
be adopted. It will take a year. how
ever, for 1t to become effective. The
committee will attach to its report a
Recommendation that the permanent To-
cation finally to be chosen be centrally
located with regard to the lodges The
convention, If 1t adopts the report, and
| 1t undoubtedly Will in view of the re-
port of the lodges, will give the various
cities of the state the opportunity tc
offer inducements in the way of per-
manent building. ETC., and then the next
grand lodge will decide to which city
shall be given the permanent location.
| There are many of the representatives
of this grand lodge who are in favor OF
the permanent Location plan in modi-
fled form. This is what would suit
| them:
First-Permanent location for the rec.
ords and offices.
Second-Retain the movable meeting
feature Of the grand lodge.
Third-Change the date Of the grand
lodge meeting from August to May.
The sentiment IL extant that in these
three propositions lies the solution OF 8
problem that has long been before the
grand lodge. II the date of meeting
were changed, 1t would divorce the
Injecting of the uniform rank from thai
| of the grand lodge, and then cities OF
from 10000 to $4,000 population could
easily handle the grand lodge meetings
At present the city DESTROYS of enter.
taining the grand lodge. grand temple
and the uniform rank encampment mus
raise in the neigh orhood of $4,000
which is too great an undertaking for 9
city of less than $4,000 or 100000
1t is probable that the judiciary com.
mittee will report In favor Of restoring
the delegates mileage to cents instead
OF cents per mile as at present. 1t !.
argued that this would be more ade'
quate to meet their expenses, and i
would assist the mileage COMMITTEES
greatly in making up its report. Tit
present allowance is AGENTS. mile ant
50 day. The plan is to pay cents
mile fiat.
1t is probable that the grand chancel
Tor, supported by his administration
4 will recommend reducing the number o
the committees and their numerical
strength. The membership of the com
m.ttees now runs from Ave to fifteen
4 The recommendation viii be that the!
be cut down from Ave to seven.
There are two motives for this pro
posed change. One is to make tn
working organization more compact an,
effective. and the other is to take ava.
/. some of the tremendous power whicl
has heretofore reposed in the admins
tration thru the appointment of com
mites DIR. Porterfield Is said to b
heartily in favor Of the proposition.
!. Along this same line there is propo
sition which may be said to be yet in
|nebulous stage which proposes tina
every past chancellor be eiyen a vote ii
the grand lodge. It 10 argued that thi
A plan would break the bone OF contention
in the local lodges ana b OF direct bene
i lit to the fraternity Yh0Ae Who are II