The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-24
HOT CONTEST
is EXPECTED
Much EIectioneering Among
Grand Lodge Members.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
Grand Master Lamb F#ors
Biennial Meetings.
BUSINESS BEGINS TODAY
Election of Grand Officers
Takes Place Tomorrow.

Promptly at 9 o'clock this morning
Grand Master Lamb will call the A. o. L.
W. grand lodge of Kansas to order in
the Workmans degree. This viii admit
tc the galleries of the auditorium every
Workman in the city who can give the
password and in good standing. This
arrangement is proving very popular
among local Workmen who are jealous
workers in the order.
All day yesterday the hotels were
crowded by visiting Workmen and there
was as much milling going on in the lob
bies last night as there is usually at d
political convention There is ''politics'-
that is lodge poiitics-at ali grand lodge
meetings, but the Workmen are a little
more candid in admitting it than any
other order. There are some mighty
bright and shrewd men in the Workmen
and the man who expects to get an Office
there without fighting for it, is a dandy.
The election viii take place Wednesday
under something like the Australian bal
lot system The names Of all the candi-
dates viii be printed on one sheet of
paper and the delegate will cross out the
names he does not want TO vote for
Each delegate will be given as many ball
lots as he has votes to cast, the repre-
sentatlon being made on one vote for
every twenty-five members of the lodge
TO which he belongs. The ballots will be
given out TO the delegates today and will
be taken up from them tomorrow by tel
lers.
There are two big contests-one for
grand master and one for grand finan-
cier. The fight for grand master is be-
tween John H Order of Fort Scott,
Robert w. Turner. of Mankato. Judge
Foote of Topeka and T. o. Kelly of
Marion. 1t is possible that an unwritten
law by the Workmen's grand lodge will
be broken in the selection of the mas
ter. Heretofore grand masters have grad
Cated from the law committee. This year
the law committee aspirant is T. o. Kel-
ly, and unless he is doing very quiet and
very efficient work it is not likely that
he will be the lucky man. The concensus
of opinion seems TO be that the fight will
be between Turner. Order and Foote The
latter comes from the biggest lodge in
the state and Topeka, for the first time
In the history of the grand lodge, is
united-for him. The friends of Bob
Turner are very saneuine and as a mat
ter OF fact, he is showing first class talent
as campaigner since he arrived in Wich-
tia John II. Crider has the advantage
end disadvantage of having heretofore
held the office. 1t is an advantage to him
because he made a good record and dis
advantage because many Workmen be-
lieve that the office should be passed
around.
The proposition to hold biennial instead
Of annual sessions win probably be
knocked out Notwithstanding a strong
argument in its favor in the annual adj
dress Of Grand Master Lamb. Tom Cor
dry, of Hutchinson is generally very
near the body of the common people in a
grand lodge meeting and he believes the
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there is just as much logic in holding a
local lodge meeting only once in two
weeks as there is in holding a grand lodge
meeting once in two years. In olden
times" says Tom. the Jews all went
up TO Jerusalem and why shouldn't We
Others think that it increases the en-
thusiasm when grand lodges are held
once Il year as il does locally when SUBJ
ordinate lodges meet once each week.
The fight for grand receiver is between
John w. Breidenthal. William II. L.
Pepperell. of Concordia. and Frank +.
Tearl of Hutchinson. All three are fine
men. jealous Workmen and thoroughly
competent and responsible to I'll the posi-
ton
1t is claimed that John Daum of Salira
will he reelected grand trustee. but he
cannot do 1t without fight. E +. Mes
serve Of this city. Joseph Schonberner Of
LeavenwOrth. II. V. Nelson Of McPher-
son, are after the place and as they are
all strong men. they Will make II inter
esting for the veteran from Salina.
Grand Recorder Forde OF Emporia. viii
have no opposition. neither viii \. p.
Riddle OF Minneapolis the grand pub
fisher and printer.
Captain Charles Bush. Of Salina. seeks
advancement from grand overseer to
grand foreman. but viii have 10 make
a contest fer the honor with W. II. Smith
of Atchison and J. W. PuGh. Of Downs
DR.. Crumbine. of Dodge City. thought
he had n walk-a-way for medical eX-
aminer. but yesterday DIR. A Richard OF
Paola. appeared as candidate against
him.
The next meeting Of the grand lodge
viii probably so to Leavenworth.
GRAND MASTER LAMBS REPORT. /
1t is the practice in the \. O. [. W
to furnish the representatives to the /