The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-20
GRAND LODGE ELECTS
OFFICIALS OF A. o. U. w. CHOS-
EN- BY DECISIVE
VOTES
FRED WHITE Is GRAND MASTER
Charles e. Larson, of WiIImar, Sue
ceeds the Late OIOf Olson as
Grand RecOrder-Other
OfficiaIs.

The Minnesota grand lodge, A o. U.
w, yesterday made haste slowly ana
Used the entire day for the election of
its officers. The only surprising feature
Of the election was the unanl1nity OF
spirit which permeated the proceedings.
as in no case was it necessary to poll
more than one ballot. The only real con
test OF the day was for the position OF
grand recorded, and even in that case
the first ballot settled the matter AS E.
w. Randall declined to become a candi-
date for the Office the stronger Influences
of the administration forces went to the
next man in line and he won out III a
canter- Predictions made by r h G
II b e in previous editions all came
true. 4r-ssr-.s,
AS soon as the meeting was called to
order the grand master stated that nom
nations We're in order for that position.
Fred G. White, of Duluth who occupied
the position of grand foreman last year,
was placed in nomination, as was also
w. B. Anderson, of Winona. The ballot
resulted as follows: White, go; Ander-
son, 10T. 1t was an easy victory for
White, and was in line of promotion.
For grand foreman there We're two
nominations, namely, w. B. Anderson, Of
Winona, and A. Van Praag. The vote
resulted as follows: Anderson, PSF; Van
Praag, 81. The latter gracefully admitted
that he seemed to have gone up against
a whirlwind and asked that the election
be made unanimous, which the ConYen-
ton cheerfully proceeded to do.
For grand overseer there were also TWO
nominations r, H. Hare, of st. Paul, and
Judge M G. Tiff, OF Glencoe. The latter
won out with a big majority, getting 287
votes against 81 for Hare.
Next in order came the battle royal for
Ill
could bestow, that Of grand recorder.
There were six nominations they being
J. NJ Nye of Wells; w. p. Bracket, of
Minneapolis; W. B. Mccormick, of Min
neapolis; Charles E. Larson, of Willrlar;
Charles j. Nelson, of st. Paul, and r.
H. Hardness, of Long Prairie. Predfc-
lions of a close contest came to a diSaS-
trous grief when the tellerS began to read
the result of the ballot, and it was soon
realized that it was a walk-away for
Larson The vote stood as follows: Lar
son. 1877. Nye 81: Bracket, AZ; McCor-
mick, IS; Nelson, Is; Hardness, 28. The
result was greeted with great applause,
and the followers of the various candi-
dates made haste to get in the band
wagon, and moved to make Larson's cleo
ton unanimous. When called upon the
victor made a few happy remarks, which
were well received.
When the office of grand receiver was
reached, A. H. Taise was given the floor,
and the members Of the grand lodge
knew just what it meant for Taise has
been one Of the charter members of the
body and has attended everyone Of the
twenty-six sessions. His particular mis-
sion each year has been to nominate the
grand receiver He said that for twenty
five wears past he had been pleased to
place before the session the name of a
candidate who had given the best Of sat
isfaction. one who had accounted for mill
lions Of dollars, and who could be relied
upon in every emergency. He then re-
nominated J. j. McCardy, of st. Paul,
and upon motion the nominee was elect
ed by reclamation, he responding with
a few remarks in which he dwelt upon
the fact that his Office was always in
fullest accord with that Of the grand
recorder, and that If called upon to close