The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-22
Nearly All Will Leave For Fort
Scott Tomorrow.
BOOM DIR. f. TEL. MARTIN.
Will Try to Have Him Elected
Medical Director.
Grand Master Lamb Has ImpOr-
tant Recommendations.

| bon county town. The degree teams of
| each of the four lodges of Topeka will
| contest for the cash prizes and the low
| ing cup Monday afternoon. Degree
| teams will be there from each of the
! large cities of the state. The Topeka
! contingent is going to Fort Scott bent
| on securing the election of DR.. Frank
H. Martin, of Topeka, as medical di-
rector of the grand lodge of Kansas.
| Legislation of Importance will be con-
| sidered at this convention. Perhaps the
most important of the many matters
| is the recommendation of Grand Master
| Workman G. H. Lamb for the holding
! of the conventions biennially hereafter
| instead of annually. Grand master
| workmen have recommended this pro-
vision for the grand lodge of Kansas
| year after year. but until now it has
never met with a favorable reception
Reasons of all kinds have been brought
| forward in support of the plan to hold
biennial sessions, but the delegates have
| always considered the movement a
measure to give office holders a two
years term, and have insisted on the
sessions being held annually, despite
the fact that they are held at a cost
of about 900 per session.
Recently the grand lodge amended its
constitution so as to provide for the
vance. 1t did not provide for appli-
cantS who Joined the order soon after
one of the quarterly assessments, and
the grand n aster workman in his re-
port to the delegates to the lodge rec
ommends legislation to make it COM
pulsory upon applicant to pay in ad-
vance for the portion of the quarter yet
remaining when he joins the order.
Mr.. Lamb also recommends:
That the charter of the grand lodge
of Kansas should not be surrendered to
enter the supreme lodge jurisdiction I'M
der the laws Of Texas. Such sdrren-
der, he says, would bring us no bene-
fits whatever and would subject US to
be sued in any state in the Union where
the supreme lodge transacts business.
THAT there be a more equitable ap
plication of the guaranty and relief law
for the benefit of the tagging jurisdic-
tionS of the order. This subject calls
for some pointed remarks by Grand
Master Lamb who SAYS: This relief
business has grown from a very inSig-
nificant sum until it has now reached
immense proportions. Kansas has paid
into this fund something over $500, 900
and the end is not yet. 1t is now being
suggested that the supreme lodge guar
anty and relief law be Incorporated into
the constitution of Kansas. This hope
will never be done. The Kansas iuris-
diction has been amply able to manage
and control its own affairs and has
done so much better than a Majority of
the jurisdictions that would now like to
manage them for u.s.
THAT the deputy system for the ex-
tension of the order in this jurisdiction
be maintained and enlarged.
THAT the advertising appropriation
be continued.
THAT the anniversary meetings be
continued.
THAT the various orders should study
carefully how to avoid suspensions
THAT should charge an initiation
fee. One of the ways to secure people in
the order who will remain and pay their
dues is to charge an initiation fee. The
person that gets something for nothing
does not usually place much value on
a mr.
mend that we charge an initiation fee to
join the ORDER
Grand Master Lamb closes his report
with review of the growth of the or
der during the past year and with
thanks to his co-workers and those who
assisted him during the year.
bership e Of the % A. q g. ", W. in me kansas ss
Year 1901 The Whole 1umb 6s Of iedge a
in the state January l, 1901. was 37S. Jan
ThiTty-fve new lodges were organized
during 1901, and five consolidated or sus-
pended.
During the year 1901 the A. o. U. w.
half-rate policies; a total of STA The
a,veTage, oa age Of new .i members >, admitted
The A. o. U. W. in Kansas during 1901
s574, 7s2 49, It also paid s57s. 725 ~ Of death
claims, during the same period Every
this order goes to pay death losses. Gen
eral expenses are paid out of a separate
fund raised by per capita tax of 10 cents
semi-annually.
examiner of the A o. U. ". in Kansas
passed on 6913 applications and rejected
a fraction over % years, and of the whole
eaRs for the years 20 and the
average age OF tbese dy aaa vas al FRACTION &c
w. f.. White. secretary of Granite camp
Kan, received notice yesterday that his
camp had been awarded the banner for
Kansas. The banner has heretofore been
nes9 ey Of 4s Grante camp mas e
bership last month was 800.
The grand receivers report shows that
during the. year 1901 the sum of $50, 81. go
this sum cash balance of s2o,37o-s 81 re
mains in the treasury. The sum Of s64.-
enue fund and there yet remains a cash
balance of S1.2OS 40
The officers of the uniform rank X of
P were installed Thursday night The in
night but for the reason that L. NJ. Pen
Wen; the captain Of the team H. failed a to
postponed. Captain Penwell's absence is
explained when it is said a minstrel show
was in the city that night.
Degree of Honor No. 81 enjoyed dance |
and Social at Lincoln Post hall Wednesday |
night
Valiant lodge No. 1856 knights of Pythias
met Thursday night. Several candidates |
were initiated.
Irwin lodge No 2sO A o. U. w. enjoyed
dance at 704 Kansas avenue Wednesday |
night
knights and Ladies of Security lodge |
No 50 had very enjoyable entertainment
at the lodge room Friday evening.
The grand lodge officers of the Indepen-