The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-23
THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
Annual Session Of the Grand Lodge
Is on at Waco.
REPORTS OF THE OFFICERS SUBMITTED.
Feature OF the Afternoon Was Parade
by the Uniform Rank--A School Of
instruction at Night.

Waco, Texas, April 22--The annual meet.
Ing Of the grand lodge, Knights OF Pythlas,
convened in this city this morning, hold
ing their couclave In the auditorium. The
forenoon session was open and the knights
were welcomed ny the MAYOR on behalf OF
the city. The welcome address on behalf
of the local Knights was delivered by Coun,
~ Attorney Cullen Thomas. and the re.
sronse for the visitors was made by Hon
cradle John NJ. Adams OF Fort Worth.
The grand lodge then went to work The
past chancellors were given their degrees
and Immediately thereafter heard the re-
ports OF the grand officers which were
referred to proper committees.
Following are the salient features OF the
report OF Grand Chancellor II. II. Swink
TO the grand lodge knights OF Pythias now
holding its twenty-nlnth annual convention
in Waco:
The erend chancellor starts his report
With highly encouraging words sums up
gains and losses by lire and otherwise, ANA
tCllS or new lodges organized In Texas aud
in Mexico He goes over tho status Of the
endowment rank and under that head
makes an encouraging showing, As to the
condition OF the uniform rank In the Tex
Us domain he says: New companies have
been organized and dormant companies re.
NiNed. Whatever success the uniform rank
the order at large" Referring TO the llHth.
bone Sisters ana the fact that the su,
prene lodge has thus far refused to rccog.
nize that order as being legally II part Of
the supreme grand order. the grand CHAN
cclor has much of complimentary nature
10 say and remarks that the most active
lodges OF the knights Of pythiaS In thc
grand domain are those wherein there Is
a Rathbone temple. Concluding his remarks
of the RuthbOne Sisters he saws: 81 trust
the time VIII soon come when the Rath-
bone sisters will receive the attention the
ordcr so richly deserves. and which should
have boon given So long ago. / hope soon
the barrier TO recognition will he swept
away and the order accepted as an auXil-
larry ia pythiHnism.
As to the election OF grand lodge officers
the grand chancellor states that the present
mode could be improved unou by suhstitut-
IN vogue in ohio. Pennsylvania. New Jersey
and m other domains, quoting from the
law In Ohio as follows: examinations for
candidates for grand lodge officers may be
made ht any past chancellor IN good stand.
ing transmitting the name of any past
chancellor eligible Tor the oftlcc to tho
grand chancellor. stating tho Office Tor
which he IL nominated at any time prior
to the 1st dnv of October. The grand chan.
celor shall Immediately after Octohsr /
transmit TO each past chancellor nommltnd
notice of his nominations requesting his
acceptance or deClmatun NJ the same. ana
on Noycmber ! the grGHd chancellor shall
transmit 20 the grand keeper NJ records aud
seals the names of an past chancellors who
have accepted nominations ana the grand
loopcr Of records and seals shall immediate.
~ transmit tickets with tho names of an
the nominees who have accepted nomlna.
t'ms stating the number and the 'hrn
ton NJ the lodge to which such candidate
h,loacs 10 tlin several lodges
THE grand Officers shall bc voted for
low me- past clauccllors In good standing
I'm their respective lodges at the first con.
ycutlon Ina December AZ the election ot
grand Officers no past chancellor can vote
hy proxy"
Grand Chancellor Swluk recommends $40
digppns HtIouS saving TINT he would prefer
saving lodges under that nnn than losing
them from fear Of chcapening tho order.
~ hone TO sec our law amended so that
the grand chancellor can grant these dis
pcusationg TO lodges having less than nifty
members "