Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-18
UNION BROTHERHOOD
BUSINESS TRANSACTED AT SEC
OND DAYS SESSION.
to Laws Made-Sightsee-
ing This Acknowledges Con-
ferred Last Night.

Business of interest to the members of the
order held the attention of the delegates to
the convention of the Brotherhood of the
Union, which began the second days ses-
sion in Grand Army Hall today at Am.
and adjourned at 1:30 pm.
: Reports were received from various Of
fcers and were discussed at length. A num-
Der of amendments to the laws of the or
der were offered. They were ordered to
be printed and will be taken up tomorrow.
Principle among these is an amendment
to make it necessary to have signatures
from twenty-four members, eight In each
of three states, to call a special session Of
the grand body. Under the present law
only thirteen signatures are required and
these need be composed of only one from
each of three jurisdictions.
1t is expected that a new ritual will be
adopted and that the question of changing
the name of the organization will go over
until the next annual convention.
1t is thought by many members Of the
organization that the name Brotherhood OF
the Union Is misleading, as it gives one the
idea that the organization is in some way
connected with labor, while as a matter of
fact it has no such connection and Is purely
fraternal and patriotic organization.
No date and hour has been fixed for call
ing at the White House.
This afternoon a number Of the delegates
with tnelr ldQleS are uldhlLS sightseeing
tour of the city In automobiles.
Degrees Conferred.
At a session held last night the exalted
Washington and the I. NJ degrees were
conferred on l.. c. Bitters, H. w. Melville,
J. w. Morgan, S. c. Aler, A. I. Mcdonald,
D. A. Fulton, F. F. Daily, H. G. Brown,
G. w. Rich. C. H. Godfrey. c. II. Hitkins,
Will B. Shaw and w. B. Stewart, all Of
this city.
The degrees were conferred by the fol-
lowing staff of officers: o. w. c. Whinna,
J. w. Smith, William s. McCabe, Hilton
Taylor and w. J. Duryea.
These degrees are received through the
Supreme Circle. which is the only way
they can be conferred.
A reception will be rendered this evening
to the visiting members by General Lawton
Circle No I, and Dolly Madison Home
Communion, No. 1, of this city, at Scottish
Rite Hall, on G street.
The chief trio of officers of the Supreme
Circle are: Charles ThrOckmorton, New
York, Supreme Washington; Amos Eggle-
ton, Philadelphia, Supreme Jefferson, and
William A. Kenney, Bridgeport, Conn.,, Su-
preme Franklin.
communication was received by the
circle yesterday from Senator Penrose of
Pennsylvania, announcing that he would
present to the Supreme Circle copy OF
the Jefferson Bible, recently printed at the
History Of Brotherhood.
In 1850, at Philadelphia, the Brotherhood
of the Union was organized, making the
convention now in session here the fifty
fourth. George Lippard, the novelist. was
the founder of the first circle. who gathered
about Liberty bell, in Independence Hall,
and pledged themselves to the principles of
the order. patriotism, fraternalism and
benevolence.
The first time the order held its Supreme
Circle meeting in Washington was In 1868.
In 1875 the order again met here in ma
tionaI convention, and at that time the
local lodges which then numbered seven,
were fourishins. Discussions arose in the
order, partly as a result of financial de-
preston, and many of the lodges in the
south and west left the mother organiza-
ton Since then the Brotherhood has re-
gained it's lost ground apd at present it is
on firm basis throughout the country.