The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-16
VICTORY FOR NEW PLAN
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 eussing the Plan.
 Bridgeport, Oct. 15.-An air of SUD- pressed excitement peryaded the meet ing place of the Connecticut Grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen this morning, and it was plain that the question of the adoption of the new assessment plan, which was adopted by the Supreme lodge of the order in June, would not be determined until the last vote had been cast. This was the principal business to come be- fore the convention. f
 David B. Henderson of Iowa, the former speaker, spoke on behalf ot the Army of the Cumberland. Tn eulogy of General Sherman he said: "The language of this statue tells what he fought for-peace. To recount his battles is to give a history of the Civil war. He never drew sword without drawing blood and making permanent history. His march to the sea is gen. erally regarded as his greatest cam- paign, but this is an error. It was a brilliant campaign-the world so rated it-but it did not come up to the genius and grandeur of the campaign immediately following it. when he carried practically the same army from Savannah to North Carolina. This was the greatest work of Sher- dead of the Civil war unite in one voice they would say of Sherman He was a great man; he was a great sol died; he was a pure patriot. Mir. Henderson, in the course. of his ad- ress referred to Botoh, Guiteau and Czolgosz as the "horrid, damnable manifestations of our national growth"
 In the convention hall there were n delegates and IS officers, empow- cred to cast 1855 votes. There were also the representatives of the grand lodges of Rock Island and Massachu- setts, sent here to watch the vote on the assessment plan and report for the guidance of their own grand lodges.
 The opponents of the plan spent a
 
 GUS, and discussed methods of defeat- ing the adoption of the new system. They knew that the present officers of the Grand lodge are in favor of 1t, and they decided to make opposition to the plan an issue in the election of officers and to support none but cam didates who oppose it. s
 ThA atp1tfntr 6f affi cnrS racr,1fnJ iyY t,, complete victory for the members who favor the new assessment plan, the vote on grand master workman being 10a to SS.
 The officers elected are: Grand master workman, Hugh A. Keenan of New Haven; grand foreman, Asaph H. Hale of Portland; grand overseer, John H. Warehouse of New Milford; grand receiver, James R. Sloane of Meriden; grand guide, W. G. Hurd of Naugatuck; finance committee, John F. Ball of Hartford; supreme representatives, William E. Flanders and Clarendon c. Bulkley of Hartford, and R. G. Demarest of Bridgeport.
 After luncheon the convention took up the discussion of the assessment plan. It was predicted by it's advo- cates and admitted by it's oponents that the plan would be adopted, all though it's opponents were determined to debate the question thoroughly and call for show of votes.
 In his report Grand Master Work man R. c. Demarest of Bridgeport enumerated the following membership changes during the year: Initiated, SS7; suspended, sos; reinstated, 3O6; died, 119i withdrawals, 15; net gain, 256. The large number of suspen- slons he attributed to the discussion of the new assessment plan. The master workman gave the plan his cordial approval and expressed the opinion that, if it is adopted, bene- ficial results, both as to membership and finance, are certain.
 The report of Grand Recorder James A. Knox indicates the present as .12,0s4. The reports of the Grand Recorder and Grand Re-. ceiver James R. Sloane embrace the following figures: ,
 Beneficiary fund, balance on hand at last report, $22,s45.as; receipts, $225,- S7S.2S; disbursements, s24s,oOo; balance on hand, s2S24.21. Guaranty fund balance at last report s23.76; receipts, $22,411.65; disbursements, $22,34S.0S; balance, $92.33. General fund-balance last report, $S,O72.5S; receipts, S1S,6S4,- 10; disbursements .s14,12727; balance, $2549.41. Contingent funds-balance, last report, s5,54S. s2; receipts, $67S.65; disbursements, none. Grand total cash on hand. $11,5e2.72. r+.