The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-19
GOOD TEMPLARS
ELECT OFFICERS
Tomorrow the Delegates viii
Enjoy a River Excursion
to Hastings

Two hundred delegates attended
yesterday at Central hall, Sixth and
Seventh streets, the second days ses-
sions of the district lodge of Good
Templars. This district includes
Ramsey. Hennepin, Washington, Good
hue and Dakota counties.
officers We're elected as follows:
District chief templar, Miss L. p
Cole, of Minneapolis (re-electeO; dis
trict vice templar, William McNally,
Minneapolis; district counsellor, Miss
A. E. Safely, Minneapolis; district Sec
rotary, Mrs. HadIey, Minneapolis; dis
trict treasurer, Mrs. Mosher, MINES
apolis; district electoral superintend-
ent, ]. D. Engle, Minneapolis re-
elected.
Yesterday morning a paper upon
District Work" was read by B. 5.
Keith, past grand chief templar Of
Iowa. Mrs. Ida Moore, district vice
templar, spoke of Loyalty Dele
gate A. G. Macauley, of Duluth, re-
ported the work accomplished at the
supreme lodge.
Dinner was served by members of
Unity and Arlington lodges, st. Paul,
who also provided the supper.
A question box was conducted at the
afternoon session by Miss Jessie For
syth, of Boston, right worthy grand
superintendent of Juvenile templary.
T. J. Froyland, Minneapolis, read q
paper upon 1.-The Subordinate Lodge"
and Emma NJ. James, Minneapolis,
grand secretary, upon THE Present
Condition of Minnesota Templary.
scandinavian Grand Lodge Statistics
were given by A. NJ. Void. Minneapo-
lis, grand secretary of the Scandlna-
Wan Templars. He said that the
members in the jurisdiction of his
lodge had risen to 5000.
C. w. Dorset Speaks
]. D. Engle, Minneapolis, district
electoral superintendent, spoke upon
1.-THE Elective Franchise" A brief ad-
dress was then made by c. w. Dorset,
of Minneapolis, the Prohibition candi-
date for governor.
Rev. L E. Thompson, grand superin-
tendent of juvenile templary, told Of
the work in his department, after
which a demonstration" was provided
by the Riverside juvenile drill team of
Minneapolis. Rev. Stanley B. Roberts
spoke of Temperance Sentiment"
a. P. Peterson, of Minneapolis, past
grand chief templar, presented at the
evening session paper on THE Grand
Lodge" and w. P. Carlson, grand chief
templar, Minneapolis, discussed The
Junior Grand Lodge" Miss Jessie For
syth, R. w. G. S. ]. T., spoke of Jul
venile Templary.'
Charles E. easier, of st. Paul, played
a bugle solo that was much admired.
Mrs o. J. Ogg, of Minneapolis, district
secretary, gained applause for reci-
tation.
There will be no sessions of the dis
trict lodge this morning or this after
noon. This evening the delegates will
meet at the home of DR.. and Mrs. w.
D. Lawrence, 1928 Elliott avenue, Min
neapolis, where a public reception will
be held in honor of out of town visit
ors. literary and musical enter
tainment win be furnished under the
auspices of the Christian Endeavor So
ciety of the Open Door Congregational
Church.
Will Sail to Hastings
Tomorrow the delegates will enjoy
an excursion to Hastings, where the
Good Templar platform was submitted
by Rev. John Quigley, D. D., and was
adopted in May, 1858. The steamer
will leave st. Paul at S:45 a. m. and
will arrive here in the evening at 7:30.
An entertainment on board the boat
during the morning trip will include d
recitation" Nearer, My God, to
Thee" in the mute language, by Mrs.
Maud Johnson. At Hastings the trav-
elers will be conducted by Capt. w. B.
Reed TO the old building where the L.
o. G. T. platform was first adopted by
the grand lodge of Minnesota-a plat
form which has been translated with
out change into thirty languages and
is now the platform of the supreme
lodge of the world. Addresses and
recitations will also be heard during
the voyage hOmeWardS
Friday evening the district lodge del
egates will meet with Minnehaha
Lodge No. 6, of Minneapolis, the old
est lodge in the state.
Saturday afternoon the delegates will
be welcomed at the Vanderburgh Me-
mortal church, where the Riverside
and the st. Paul juvenile temples will
hold a union meeting.