The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-26

on the other side were legion. The argu-
| ments advanced for the yearly meetings
was that il would increase enthusiasm
among the Workmen who would attend
and that this enthusiasm would be car
/. ried home and disseminated among the
| local members The argument OF the OPP
position was that annual sessions of the
grand lodge cost $4,000 and that If aban-
doned for the biennial sessions that sum
would be saved every two years. This
argument was supplemented by such
sentimental arguments as the giving OF
the savings to aid worthy brothers in
distress or widows and orphans This
argument had a material influence in de-
terminning the result. Others less senti-
mental urged that the per capita tax be
J reduced to the extent of the reduced eX-
penses. 1t was clear from the start that
the biennial proposition was popular and
would be a winner.
One of the results of the change is that
the officers elected at this and subsequent
elections will hold office two years instead
of one.
The substitute prepared by Joseph
Riggs. for the resolution that caused such
long discussion Tuesday. relative to de-
positOries for the grand lodge funds car
Tied by a unanimous vote. 1t provides
that within twenty days after his election
the grand receiver shall select one or
more banks for'the deposit of funds, that
if he fails to do 50 for more than twenty
DAYS the grand master shall notify him of
his negligence and if for ten more days
he neglects to do so the grand master
shall declare his office vacant and appoint
d grand receiver to succeed him. The
substitute also prescribes the details of
selecting the repositories, the character
Of security they shall give and the pay
ment of the cost of the grand receivers
bond
Tn law committee made several minor
reports through its chairman. T. o. Kelly.
all Of which were accepted and approved
without contest or controversy.
The grand lodge will adjourn some time
this afternoon. Nothing will come before
it today but routine business.
Regarding his election and the good of
the order generally. X. w. Turner, the
new grand master. spoke as follows yes
terday to reporter for the Eagle:
Il feel very highly honored by the
election to be the grand master work
man of this great jurisdiction of Kan
sas, especially after being preferred to
the able and distinguished brothers who
were aspirants with me for the honor.
The unanimity with which they all united
tiles that are to come reminds me of the
invisible pictures that were mentioned
by Brother Past Grand Master Wallace
in his talk at the reception of Brother
NcNali. | have had in the last few DAYS
many glimpses of the beautiful pictures
that are seen by every Workman To
each member. cur order presents a diff
ferent picture. But blend the perspective
of each in a composite of all and the
result will be the landscape Of human
love. framed and gemmed by the Father
hood of God and the Brotherhood of
Man. To one. appears above al the rest |
the iineaments Of Il fair perhaps, care
worn face. His first remembrance is its
smiling with mOtherly pride at his in
FAINT hspinss- At her Bonded knee he
consecrated his first prayer to God |
There. over his first shortcomings. he was
baptized by her tears. She caught the
first accents that fell from his lips She
Joined in his innocent glee. She freighted
her every thought with desires for his |
welfare. Blessed him with her counsel
and love. and made his happiness and
success the paramount desire of her
life
THAT face to him. no matter how it
may appear to others. is beautiful and
holy. 1t shines in clear perspective in the |
picture of his heart as he takes upon !
himself the obligations of a Workman |
so that mother may be protected from
want and penury, should he her pro- |
tector, first cross the Great Divide that |
separates the temporal from the eternal. |
In the picture OF another only the |
face of a beloved sister is seen: the plav-
fellow and confident Of his early years: |
the one who was partial to his faults and /
the herald of his virtues she whose love /
Tor him cannot be measured: the one !
who before her time became a woman. !
hid her own sorrow To comfort him when !
another died. He sees the sister whose |!
love Is as deep as the ocean. and as I'M |
selfish as il is deep.
ITO Yet another shines out the face
Of dear old. over-worxed father. who |
through trials, cares and privations has |
always been the friend Of the boy. right |
or wrong.
He who labored early and late. denied |
himself. toiled and suffered uncompla.n- |
ingly ana cheerfully. TO educate feed. |
clothe and provide. He who. Derhaps 1
promised the mother. the wife 81 youthful /
love, TO be father and mother TO her little
ones when she. in the tender years Of 1
their youth, passed away
There are many other pictures OF love |
and gentieness that appear to Work |
men. but the one most often seen is I
resonant with the prattling Of the wife |
and children Of his love \ bird sings a 4
child prattles. 1t is the same song. II Is /
the opening and closing Otes Of our or |
der. An indistinct hymn usped. pro |
found The child more than man. is the 1
foundation OF our order
The subhmest song 20 be heard or 1
earth Is the lsping Of the human soul /,
en- the lips II children This confused /
whispering Of p thought which : as vet /
only an instinct. contains a strange an
zeal 10 human love and eternal Justice. /
The cooling OF the child on a mothers |
knee Is more. and less. than speech. /
mere are no notes. ana Yet il is a song.
mere are no syllablcs and yet il is a Ian
su2ge This childish murrnur had its |
oeS'nnlng ~ heaven. and will not have |
as end On earth. Twas Christ who said |
Suffer little children u come unto Ne
and L is the \ .. L. w TIA, saws |
Suffer this great order 70 give p-otec- |
ton 10 the favored OF Jesus. in the dav
q their distress
the wife OF his youth and th.. Children |
II his love are more distinct IN fhe MIC
'ure Of Workman than an.- other Tea
ture- and yet he who paints with brush /
II pencil the e-ahlsmstic Landscape % this
great fraternity VIII portray 70 the ais |
corning father. mother sister. brother
wife and child. with background OF the |
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