The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-19
FACE HARD PROBLEM
GRAND MASTER DIMENT SOUNDS
ANOTHER NOTE OF WARNING
TO WORKNTEN
CHANGE MUST COME QUICKLY
Classified. Assessments Recommend
ed in Place of Bad PIan-If
Not Done, Results Will
rs Be Fatal.

| A'ASLlAOOS WHICH nave ever characterized
the sessions of the order, the twenty
sixth annual meeting of the grand lodge
A. y. U. w, came to order yesterda )
morning at 10 o'clock in Sherman hall,
| Sixth and WabaSha streets. Grand Mas
! ter Workman DIment of Owatonna, was
IN the chair-as upward of $50 newly elect
| ed delegates We're brought to the altar to
receive the necessary grand lodge degree
| and passwords The sessions are behind
closed doors and none but those qualified
| to sit in the degree can have admittance
| The work of obligating the members and
receiving credentials took up the entire
| forenoon.
| When the session reassembled at :
! o'clock it was greeted on behalf of the
state Of Minnesota by Gov. Van SAINT.
| while Mayor Smith turned the city of
st. Paul over to the visitors. Supreme
| Master Workman A. c.. Harwick, of
| New Hampshire; Past Supreme Masters
| w. A. Walker, of Wisconsin, and w
| Warne Wilson, of Michigan, also ad-
dressed the meeting briefly. after which
business was resumed in order.
The report of Grand Master Workman r..
M. -Diment was first read and it proved to
be highly interesting document, which
| was received with generous applause.
After its reading printed copies We're sup
| piled to the delegates. The report covers
rtorty-seven printed pages. 1t showed that
during the past year the order made a
net gain Of Lon in this state. After deal
! ing with the matter Of his appointments
| to office the grand master spoke with
! feeling of the late Grand Recorder Olson,
| who for nearly twelve years continuously
| had served the, order that. responsible
position. He also spoke highly of the work
| performed BYE. w. Randall, who had
! been appointed to fill the vacancy. a
! paragraph was devoted to the degree
| honor, the Woman's auxiliary of the or
| der, after which the grand master took
! up the Recommended ions.ezHis first topic
| was that 9E the. field work. He urged
| that suff1cisnt funds be provided for the
engaging ofaconlpetent deputies, as other
! orders INCREASING this means to increase
| their membeFshif, and the A. O. u. w.
could only grow by using the same
means Therefore he recommended that
! the per capita staX be raised from 81
! cents to $1.5O per year, of which 20 cents
| should be applied to field work.
Six new lodges were organized during
the past year, namely at Herman, Han
| cock, Comfrey, Browns Valley, West
brook and 1IraeeVille.
E.-.~ The "A SIS essnlent Problem.
Coming tosthes great question confront
/ ing the order namely, that of changing
| the methods assessments, the grand
! master went nnqualiiedly on record as
i faYoringaa change to the classified plan.
| A committee appointed by him to inves-
/ tfgate this question had made its report,
/ which was sent to every lodge In the
state, and had been discussed thoroughly.
leIt WaS=.noW for the grand lodge to de-
/ terrnine the result. But he believed that
no society could forever. endure under
|, the level rate plan, and that all that the
I opponents to the change could hope to
+ do was te+delay- the time when a change
4 was to take place. The supreme lodge OF
stheS order had long ago recommended a
1 change, and the session should have re-
| spect for its. opinions. He then urged the
delegates to remember that they were as
sennbled to protect the business. portion
! of stffe order as well as the fraternaI one.
The fraternal Spirit was urging the n1en-
/ berS to say Dc not make the old men
/ pay more9' But fraternity alone could
not pay bills The order did not owe a
| single man who held a policy a dollar.
! The proposition was simply one of re-
ReWing a contract every time a men,
/ Der paid an assessment for the non-pay-
Ynent would terminate the contract. The
! grand master also pointed out the fact
/ that it was almost impossible to make
/ sthezsini tiations balance the suspensions.
i He then earnestly appealed to- the dele
I gates to Iegislate for the best interests
lot 1.-The entire order. fs: -'
Committees Appointed.
| The grand master then announced the
/ following committees: Distribution, T. H.
| Presnell, George-B Arnold, "A. H. Taisey;
state of the order, Thomas f. Craven,
/ c. j. Nelson.E f, e. BIodgett; appeals and
/ grievances, EW. H. Adams, A. J. Wright,
! Gust VollSIneier; charter and bylaws,
| w. F. Roche OIL. Harris, G. w. Blake
| "; returns. j. IL Raymond, d. H. Davis,
/ D. c. Hertz; correspond G. G: Fee
| roved, j. NJ G1unt, E. A. Richards;
grand medical examiners report, G. w.
Davies, VIC upper, G: N. A. Fortier;
mileage and per diem, j.. VerWer, A. H.
j Lambert, B.eReesburg.
| The report5 of the supreme representa-
| tive was then read, after which Grand
Secretary Randall read his report which
| embodied in a great measure the work
| done by the late Recorder Olson. It also
was in printed form, and attached to it
was that of Grand Receiver ]. j. Nc
| Cardy. oif.
Election This Morning.
AS soon as the official reports were out
| of the way. and sent to the committed
on distribution, came the first test of
the temper Of the delegates. The com
mittee on laws announced that it had
| been asked to present a report changing
4 the order of election of officers from this
morning to such time az the session
| might select. The present law provided
that the election should take place as
the first order of business of the second
! day. There were some members present
| who did not know the candidates. The all
| important position of grand recorder was
to be filed and by changing the order
| of business, time would be given to get
! acquainted with the various men in the
| field.
But opposition to a change came up i'm
! mediately and fercely. Even the new
members in the grand lodge We're oppos-
/ ed. They could get all the needed in
! formation over night, and as long as a
i new constitution was to be considered,
! they held that it was unwise to change
any portion of the present laws.
The question was holly debated, and
/ with an overwhelming vote. The know
ing ones nodded to each other indicative
of the temper of the session on the ques-
] ton Of radical changes. It BODIES little
/ good to advocates of change measures.
The first order of business this morn
| ing is the election of officers.
Social Session Last Night.
The grand lodge A. o. U. w. held a So
1 cial session in the Merchants hotel last
night An orchestra, furnished music
| during the entire evening and a male
/ ouartetta rendered several vocal selec-
| tons No programme was prepared as
| it was not known what the meeting was
| tt, be until q late hour. The evening was
| spent by the delegates In getting ac-
! quainted in the dining room at which a
| few informal speeches were made upon
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