The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-19
GRAND MASTER DIMENT SOUNDS
ANOTHER NOTE OF WARNING
To WORKATEN
MUST COME QUICKLY
Classified Assignments Recommend
ed i'm Place of Bad Plan-I9
Not Done, Results Will
"a Be Fatal.


IN the chaiE-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 T.
M. Diment was first read and it proved to
be a highly interesting document, which
was received with generous applause.
After its reading. printed copies were sup
piled to the delegates. The report covers
forty seven printed pages. 1t showed that
during the past year the order made a
net gain of 1,071 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 in 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.pEis first topic
was that 81 the field work He urged
that suff1cisnt funds be provided for the
engaging ofscpnlp etents deputies, as other
I
their mem kefshif and the A. @. Z. w.
could only grow by using the same
means. Therefore he recommended that
the per capita ataX be raised from 81
cents to $3.50 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
brock and FaeeNille.
I,.-s-.s-s2.E The S essnnent Problem.
Coming tosthe great question confront
ing the order, namely, that of changing
the methods Of assessments, the grand
master went fl4aqualifediy on record as
fayoring4 a change to the classified plan
"A committee appointed by him to inves-
tfssrtes this question had made its report,
which was sent. to every lodge in the
state and had been discussed thoroughly
sit Was=DoW for the grand lodge to de-
| termine the result. But 'hes Believed that
no society could forever. endure under
| the level rate plan, and that all that the
T opponents to the change could hope to
| DO was toadelay. the time when a change
was to take place. The supreme lodge Of
1.-THE order had long ago recommended q
change and the. session should have re-
speet for its opinions. He then urged the
delegates to remember that they were as
senlbled to protect the business. portion
of the order as well as the fraternal one.
| The fFaterna1 Spirit was urging the mems
t9bers to say De not make the old men
| pay more" 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 MEM
Der paid an assessment, for the non-pay-
r1ent would terminate the contract. The
! grand master also pointed out the fact
| that it was almost impossible to make
lsthesi limitations balance the suspensions.
He then earnestly appealed to- the dele
gates to Iegislate for the best interests
sefssthe entire order COS
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.
| G. J.. Nelsom.s f. e. Bfodgett; appeals and
| grievances, HW. II. Adams, A. j. Wright,
| Gust VollSlneier; charter and bylaws,
| w. F. Roche OIL. Harris, G. w. Blake
| ~; returns.J. III Raymond, D. H Davis,
/ d. c. Hertz; correspondence G. G.. Fee
| roved, j. NJ GIllnt, E. A. Richards;
grand medical examiners report, G. w.
| Davies, VIC. upper, CT N. A. Fortier;
| mileage a1laspeT diem, L. VerWer, A. H.
! Lambert, BseReesburg,
| The report5of 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. 1t also
was in printed form, and attached to it
| was that Of Grand Receiver J. j. Nc
! Cardy. 9l5Gt
Election This Morning.
| AS soon as the official reports were out
I of the way, and sent to the committee
| 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 aS the session
might select. The present law provided
that the election should take place as
the first order of business of the second
1 day. There were some members present
who did not know the candidates. The all
| important position of grand recorder was
| to be huod, ana 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 fiercely. Even the new
members in the grand lodge were oppos-
/ ed. They could get all the needed in
formation over night, and as long as a
/ 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
! when the vote was taken it was defeated
| with an overwhelming vote. The know
] ing ones nodded to each other Indicative
1 of the temper of the session on the ques-
ton of radical changes. It BODIES little
4 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
/ cfal session in the Merchants hotel last
night An orchestra furnished music
| during the CENTRE evening and male
! quartette rendered several vocal selec-
/ tons No programme was prepared as
| it was not known what the meeting was
| to be until a late hour. The evening was
/ spent by the delegates in getting ac-
| uuainted in the dining room at which a
! few informal speeches were made upon
matters of interest to the order.
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