The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-11
FIGHT FOR NEXT
MEETING PLACE
Baltimore, Saratoga Springs, Des
Moines and Richmond.
SALT LAKES OBLIGATIONS
CATCHY ARGUMENTS AND FA-
VoRs PUT OUT BY RIVALS.

ing the 1908 convention city, and
entertaining the EIks in annual
reunion.
Baltimore was the first to announce
its desires in that direction, to be
closely followed by Saratoga Springs,
n. Y. Then Des Moines conceived the
idea that it should be the second west
ern municipality to throw open its
gates to the Best People on Earth"
and so notified EIkdonl. "A few weeks
| later the Richmond, Va, bucks awak-
ened to the idea that it was about time
the south had that honor bestowed
upon their city, and entered the arena.
When the question comes up for, de-
termination in the grand lodge during
its session in the Assembly hall, it is
conceded that the two latetr cities will
not make much of a showing in the
| fight. The real contest WI be between
the Oyster City in Maryland and the
| famous summer resort of the Empire
state.
The opening gun in the fight was
fired yesterday when George T. Church
| Of Saratoga Springs arrived in the
| city. registered at Elks' headquarters,
| made the official announcement that
/ his city is after the next convention.
! and began the distribution of hand
some Saratoga Springs badges with
| lavish hand.
The Baltimore delegation is expect
| ed to arrive either late today or to-
morrow, when the contest will not be
so one-sided. It is said these Elks
| have for distribution a badge equally
as elegant and expensive as that got
| ten ND by the New York bucks. and in
addition have for distribution tons Of
| literature, setting forth the advant-
| ages of that city
| lust before District Deputy Henry Il
Iowa left the city a day or two ago.
| to be gone a short time, he made the
/ announcement that his lodge had with
| drawn from the fight. That lessened,
| to a considerable degree, boom talk
for the cyclone state town. But there
] are still a few who viii fight for Iowa
| to- the end. unless they see that it
would place that commonwealth in an
! embarrassing position.
Utah May Help Richmond
It is impossible at this time to ascer-
| tain just how sincere the Virginia
! Elks are in their announcement that
they Will put up a strong fight for
i
/ most in honor bound to fight for the
| south Richmond would prObs bly, have
! gotten the 1902 reunion had not one of
! it's best and largest hotels been de-
( strOyed by fire just before the Mill
/ waukee convention. At that time Salt
! Lake was pledged to fight for Rich
mond. When the hotel burned the local
] lodge was apprised of this fact; that
the southern city had Withdrawn from
the fight, and that salt Lake was re-
leased from its pledge. 1t was only
few hours after the receipt of that
message that Salt Lake stepped into
the place left vacant by the Virginia
city Withdrawing.
The argument against Saratoga
Springs is that the grand lodge should
! not meet at summer resorts, beca use
/ the rates charged by the hotels are eN-
| cessive; that the attendance is mate
/ rally decrea sed because of the, expense,
| which the average Elk does not feel
| he can afford simply for the pleasure
of attending the, sessions of that august
! body and shaking hands with brothers
( from all over the United States.
J One of the arguments raised against
I Baltimore is that il is too far east; too
( distant from the center OF population
But that is Offset by the Baltimore adj
/ herents' claim that Baltimore is one of
I the cheapest cities in the country to
I visit. and the expense OF a long ran
I road journey is thereby partially re-
duced.
Band of Saratoga Men.
If the grand lodge convention OF 1908
doesn't go to Saratoga Springs it won't
be because the Saratoga delegs ton
didn't make an honest, earnest effort
} TO capture it Or. George T. Church,
past exalted ruler Of Saratoga No. 161.
heads the rooters from that famous
city With him are superintendent of
Public instruction Thomas r. Kneill:
". l. Thompson, secretary of the
lodge: Judge W. J. Delaney and VIII
liam B. Miliiman, a wealthy lumber
man Of Saratoga
we think we are entitled to the
| convention in 1903 for number Of rea-
sons said DR.. Church last night In
the first place the meeting should be
held in the east next year. Second.
Saratoga has unlimited hote1 capacity.
thus insuring absolute comfort 10 all
who attend Third, we absolutely guar
antee that there will be no advance in
hotel rates Fourth, we guarantees as
low railroad rate as any other eastern
city can secure
DR.. Church said last evening" that
since arriving in the city his delegs ton
had received much encoufa cement. 50
that the outlook appeared favorable