Arizona republican., 1901-07-19

and that I's machinery and methods of work were abreast Of tte timas, per- | fectly adapted to che recessqdes of the situation. and were amply sufficient 70 win suINcess. and the order at once be- came tha leader in crllsades against in | ILemperAnce and has continued to he the most powerful and perfectly equipped | temperance reform organization that the world has ever known. It's member | snip has been greater than the com bined strength of all kindred societies almost from its birth dows to the pres ent time.
 The distinctive and radical principles of the new order to winch may be at lribu.ei f.rs phenomenal growth and ereat strength are:
 | .GD The admission oe woman to full membership and her eligibility to ev- cry ofiid'al position and honor in tHe order.
 (2) A life long rlcdge of total ab- stinence from all intoxicating bevera- ges.
 (3) Demant,1rg" the a;,solu.s IqrShi- btiOn of the manufacture and sale If all intoxicadng beverages.
 Up to that time no othC- organization had dared to adopt such radical prfnci- pies and the platform Of the order was decided innovation and a surprise po She world
 1 T fqsl ledge was orrapized in Ctica. | x. r.. In lSjl. with twelve members, and was qu.ck kly followed by others in that section. In August. lS52. the first grand lodge was Orgarizel in Syracuse. ' W. Y., and wes call1 the ggan4 ioige | of North America, and exercised the fun lens ~ the supreme lodge unltl lS55. Nathaniel Curtis was chosen the first G. C. T. tbelng designated at that time Grand Worthy Chief Temp'ar) and Charles Hildebrandt grand worthy ss-1'ti ary The frst regular session was held in rhica in November of the same year. when twelve subordinate lodges Were reported. At the second session. hell in Tthi.a in 1858. there were report I'd 2I4 lodges. with l5.100 members, and the following year 499 lodges. with to- cal membership of over 25.OOO,
 The growth of ;he orl,r was steady and rapid and 1t soon cutstripped all kindred societies. Five years after the organization of the first lodge there were more than 500o0 members enlisted under the banner of Goud Templary, while in 1867 almost 3O0,0)O active mem he rs were enrolled.
 The movement spread piickly to oth- CT states. and the segsinn of he grand olge of North Ann Tita was held in Cleveland O.. in 1855. Here the name was changed to Righ, Worthy Grand Lodge and it continued to he SD desig- mated until 1893. when. at Jie Des NOines session. 1t was GNen the more expressive title of tEe international s Ipreme Lodge.
 i The other grand worthy chief tenn ? ars of the grand lodge of North America were Garry Chambers. Rev. IT, w. Bristol and Nathaniel w. Davis. H. P. Barnes succeeded Fildcbrant as secretary at The second session
 The first templar of the right worthy pTand lodge was James NJ. Moore. and the secretary M. C. f;uckinan. The fTsi, woman elected to office by the R. W. G. lodge was Amanda M. Way, who was chosen vice templa at the second session in 1856. She has filled the po- iition four terms since and once has been treasurer. Miss Way is still an aCttve Good remplar and has several times received the highest honors within the ging of her grand ioViges.
 During the year 1851 ghe R. w. q. templar. c. W. Strong died, and at the ccaeding session Amanda Clark. R. 1 w. C. V. T.. presided in his stead.
 None of tEe charter members of the first lodge in Utica arc now hving. the
 atest survivor Rev. ]. r.. N. Backus,
 having died bu1 a few months since. He remained an ardent Good Tetmplar n the day of his death and it is be-
 ieved that he initiated more members
 into the order than any other person.
 Leverttt F. Coon. who was probably
 he most active spirit in founding the
 Gd'S- and in spreading the new gospel died in 1885.
 At the Fist session. held in Blooming ton. Ill.,. in 1875. 735.o0O members were reporrsdl At this session am unfor;u- nate division occurreI over the race question. the delegates from Great Br1 ain. Canada and a few states with drawing because the supreme lodge re- fused ;heir demand that le groes be ad- ! lliNAfh 4ilNu ail sbb'lhlttttAf lbhEtS.
 A separate organization was formed tw the ssceiers. wh!ch they called tlhe Rsefii Worthy Grand -'fspdge of the World, and at she next session. held in Glasgow. Scotland. in 1876, 236. 900 mem- bers were reported under it's jurisdic. tion. while the press nt organization had 45o. GOO msmbers. or a total of 6s6, 900 The two branches were again united al the Saratoga session in 1887 and have worked tremendously together evef since as one international organiza ton.
 |, The compromise on the race question , was effected mainly through the efforts of Cod. J. J. Hickman of Kentucky right worthy grand tempiar. who wa. sent to England on this mission. Un- der the terms of this compromise the law was amenled go as to provide thai