The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-21

increasing each year. mostly from sale of supplies, and the grand treasurer re- ported last year savings bank deposit of sS,39019. It is gratifying condition when compared with its condition tflir- ty odd years ago. when it had no fund and considerable indebtedness.
 ''As we have grown, expenses have increased. The D.. D. G. Ms assist ants to the grand masters, rent of of- flee, printing and stationery must ne- cessarily increase with the growth of the order. Your grand secretary re- cognizes this fact; with no office in 1869 and none for ten years thereafter, ex- cept such as his personal business of- flee afforded. From time to time the necessary additions have been made to meet the demands of the, growth of the order-growth so gradual that we have been almost unconscious of our ad- vance and hardly appreciate our in- proved facilities. Let us humbly bow in thankfulness to the great Creator and governor of the universe for our manifold blessings"
 GRAND MASTERS REPORT.
 In the report of the grand master is the following:
 "In visiting the lodges and witness ing the conferring of the different de- grees, am pleased to report that there is vast improvement in rendering the recret work. find that the work is more uniform throughout the jurisdic- tion than it has ever been before. at tribute this to the interest that has been taken by the efficient corps of dis trict deputies, grand masters and spe- cial deputies.
 T am pleased to report that the sus- pensions for non-payment of dues for the year are not as large as they were under my predecessor. But the per- centage is altogether too large for this jurisdiction. + "
 This subject that requires a great deal of careful thought and considera- tion and I trust that this grand body will be able to solve the problem. Upon the petition of Brothers H. J. Gallagher, Frederick B. Bower, Rich ard W. Rice, Bernard A. Samuel, Wal ter S. Hastings and Chauncey M. Bass, and with the approval of the executive council and the assistance of the grand officers, installed Palisado lodge, No. 2S, of Windsor, at p. m., April 1, 1903. In the evening fifty-eight gentlemen re- ceived in initiatory and the three de- grees, which were conducted by the four lodges from Hartford, Charter Oak, No. 2, working the initiatory de- gree: Summit, No. 45. the first degree; Hartford, No. S2, the second degree, and Connecticut, No. 93, the third de- gree. All these lodges rendered the work in their usual excellent form. . "A number of prominent Odd Eel lows throughout the state were present. Among them were Past Grand Masters Leopold deLeeuw, H. H. Jackson, se- lah G. Blakennan, General Representa- | tive W. S. Hutchinson, as. we'll as D. D. I G. M. J. Frank Foster, who installed | the officers of the new lodge. Congrat- l ulations were exchanged on this valu- | able accession to our forces. I assign the lodge to District No. 3 and recom- mend that a charter be granted" In closing the grand master made the 1 following recommendations:
 1 Having had considerable business l lily uCtl III Ol OlllCC WILL lliS oilAIC of grand secretary, and for two years prior thereto, take the liberty of call- l ing the attention of this grand body to the burdensome duties ,devolving upon that office and its incumbent, our pres ent grand secretary.
 This grand patriarch has devoted his time and money in helping to make this grand judisdiction one of the lead- | ing jurisdictions under the Sovereign
 Grand Lodge. When the order was in it's infancy in this state Brother Bots
 ford took hold to build it up, expecting nothing for his labor. But it has now l reached point where it is well for this grand body to consider that we have passed the eighteen thousand mark in
 membership in the subordinate lodges,
 and six thousand membership in the
 Rebekah orges, making a total of twenty-four thousand members in the l two branches of the order, which rep resent one hundred and forty lodges
 ''Is not the laborer worthy of his
 hire? Our grand secretary has to hire
 assistance in his office to, perform the
 duties devolved upon him. If anything
 should happen to him we would have to I hire some one andpay more than to the I present incumbent. Is it not right for this grand body to recognize that fact
 while the present incumbent is in office,
 and to treat him with the same consid-
 eration and fairness as we would if we
 hired some one else andpaid them more
 money?
 T would recommend that this grand
 body take some action in the premises
 and give him the same considerations
 and salary as we would have to give to his successor"