The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-13
n HE election Of of6cers for the ensu

~ HE election Of officers for the ensu-
ing year was the important mat
ter before the grand lodge at it's
first secret session in the Assembly
hall yesterday afternoon. The slate
prepared at the secret meeting al the
Knutsford Sunday and published in
The Herald yesterday morning was put
through. with one exception The cleo
ton was rushed through in hurry,
and nearly all the officers were elected
by reclamation
The only fight made was for the Of
fee Of and IOyai knight. The vote
in that was very close. but Hennings
won out over Harry Coleman. mo was
named on the slate. The night session
was devoted to the reception Of reports
from the committee on laws. Today al
2 O'Clock the battle royal for the next
place Of meeting viii be fought ne
tween Baltimore and Saratoga Springs
There were about $50 delegates pres
! ent who were qualified 10 vote. when
the grand lodge Was called TO order.
The first ma tier OF business to come Up
was the reports from the officers OF
the lodge
Grand Exalted Ruler's Report.
Grand Exalted Ruler Pickett rem
de~ed his report first He stated that
in the year there had been eighty-fve
new lodges Instituted in various parts
Of the country. and al Of them were
in thriving condition This addition 10
( the number Of lodges makes 4 total Of
sos lodges in the United States Al the
present time The report also shoGled
an increase in mem DershiD Of 5000.
7 ma king total mem bershIp Of l-5,UOV
at the present time
/ The POLICY OF this sdministra ton has
not been to urge too much increase II
+ membership. but A steady and healthy
growth Of the lodges This increase,
/ under these conditions was looked
upon as good Indication that the or
! der Is destined to become one OF The
{ foremost ones in point Of mem bership
1 in the country This encouraging re-
port was received with much applause
By the members Of the lodge
The reports OF the grand sscTetsry.
{ grand treasurer and grand trustee We're
then received and referred 10 the proper
/ committees for acti0R- Ar Of the re-
/ ports were very encouraging. and
showed progress in every branch OF the
order.
Election OF Omcers.
/ After these matters had eaen dis
posed Of the election Of officers VAS
taken 10 and quickly gone through
With. George P. Cropk, the Omaha
man. was elected grand exalted ruler
| By accIamat ton. amid d round Of ap-
plause. and he accepted the honor con-
ferred upon him in neat and becom-
ing speech
There were scarcely any candidate:
named in opposition To those on thf
I prepared slate. and those who did sue
coed in being placed before the con
| veution we're showed under, The major
sly OF the slate being elected oy &C
1 clamstion-
The fight came when the noninatfoni
for grand esteemed lecturing knigh
came around On the slate the Ean'
Of Henry Coleman appeared, but Jo'
Hennings was placed before the con
vention for the position and the vOu
} resulted in narrow margin for ~
latter The rest OF the slate vas easill
put through. and the lodge adJourne'
until $50 last night
When the night session was called J
was expected that IL would last onEl
4 an hour. but II was nearly II o-eloel
before the business Of the evening coui
be disposed Of
The committee on laws Of the ofoe
appeared with its reports on the con