Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-30
THE KNIGHT TEMPLARs
Witness Prize Drills and Attend 10 Important
Business Matters.

Louisville. Ky, Aug. 2S.-Colorado
Commandery, No. /, of Denver. before
a throng of $4,000 people and under the
critical eyes Of a board of judges COM
posed of three regular army officers
and a representative of the Knights
Templar, today, captured first prize in
the competition of drill teams from
communicates of the knights. Cali
fornia Commandery, No. /, was the
only mounted command and had no
difficulty in capturing the trophy for
the best appearance and drill on horse
back
What is known as the Independent
membership question precipitated hot
fight at the meeting Of the Grand En-
campment. 1t ended by the encamp-
ment sustaining the ruling of Grand
Master Lloyd. Briefly, Grand Master
Lloyd holds that to be in good standing
n Knight Templar must maintain his
standing i'm both Chapter and lodge.
The matter went to the committee on
Jurisprudence. The committee brought
in u majority report accepting the
grand masters stand in the matter.
but minority report was also sub
United. The two reports were finally
submitted to the members of the en-
campment. go Of whom We're present
and the votes sustained the majority
report by over 200 ballots.
The jurisprudence committee also
brought in a report sustaining the
grand master in his position that a
grand master cannot create a knight
Templar at sight after the ancient
fashion Of kings who knighted soldiers
on the field of BATTLE.
The encampment decided to put the
assessment of Sir knights back to five
cents per capita per year. A committee
TO select the time and place for the
next conclave will report probably, on
Friday.
Grand Master Lloyd called the meet
ing to order at A. NJ. when various
reports We're submitted and referred to
the various committees.
The report of Grand Master Reuben
II. Lloyd contained the following:
The order is in most satisfactory
and healthy condition and steadily
growing. The present term which be-
gan, July 1. 1899, commenced with ia.
$40 members and closed with 125.103.
The order is in a much more healthy
condition than it was before the pro-
mitigation of the decision that volun-
tarily remaining a non-affiilate in
lodge or chapter for six months would
affect membership of q commandery.
for now every member of the order is
sustaining ii root and branch.
since our last session a formal trea-
IL Of peace has been entered into be-
tween the United States and Spain. BY
90 days of actual warfare, over 10000
GEO of people occupying more than 260.-
900 square miles of the earth'S surface.
We're freed from oppression. Where it
was dangerous to be a Mason our or
der may now securely spread its hui
maniZing and elevating influence. The
school house and the lodge can labor
together to brush aside ignorance and
superstition and teach the down-trod-
den people the blessings of religious lib
erty. We should indeed feel proud as
we do. that a Templar was the guild
ing spirit in bringing about this happy
change to so many human. beings.
THE sphere of usefulness if grad
ually charging. Our labors are but
commencing. We must press onward
until liberty and enlightenment shall
illuminate the world: until every land
and every people shall have heard and
rejoiCed at the fulfilment of the proc
lamation made by the angels at the
coming of Him whose followers we are.
on earth. peace, good will toward
men"
The report Of the grand treasurer.
Fl. Wales Lines, showed receipts of
81 1853, and net cash resources of s47.-
$50
The report Of the grand recorder.
VIM. Mayo. contained these figuresa
Net gain in membership in 1899, 2444:
in 1900. 23OS; in 1901. 1904: the year end
ing July L. There are at present 1859
communicates with a membership of
125.10S The states having over 1000 are
as follows:
California. 1856: Connecticut. 1896.
Illinois, 1851: Indiana. 1867: Iowa 437s:
Kansas, 1851; Kentucky. 1896; Maine,
$500: Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Michigan, $3.50; Minnesota, 27S9.
Missouri. 4606; New Hampshire 1884.
New York. 12.163: Ohio. S546; Pennsyl-
vania, 1925; Texas, 227O; Wisconsin.
3149