The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-21
BURKE; WAS
NOT ELECTED.
Made a Splendid Run, But Was as
Defeated by Fred C. 81
Robinson.
PARADE TEN En- MILES 1. ]! .!:: LONG q ! !
Fifteen Thousand Were in Line.
Sight Was One Of Most Re- Re.
lnarable Ever Witnessed.
nv A,.ociated pr4As.,

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{ CINCINNATI, July 2o,--A parade. said
"a b tet, mics long, wns the feature
81 to.day,s convention Of tho Grand
Lodge 81 Elks There were f,.ora than
1900 uniformed men In line. end many
Z floats and other de,,lgi1S.&
5 After q hard struggle Fred G. Robin
son, of Dubuque, InWa was elected grand
secretary ny y 1, mai ority or only two,
after repeated ballots. The frat ballot
read as follows; st3 i43
Fred G.. Robinson. sls: T. r. a. Burke,
Of Richmond. VA. ess; David u. Watson.
OF Terre Haute. Ind, Of: Charles Stnset.
&of Toledo. Ohio, IS. On the second bal.
LOT there were only $40 votes castsas Jfol.
lows. Robinson, ga; Burke. 2l3, Nv ataon,
AZ: Her o: stager.
y. When II was announced that Robinson
finally had d majority Of two loyer III,
his friends carried hin down the center !
aisle In a chair and there was great
demons ation. s5. X 9sass +
The GLAZING OF Buffalo. Dallas. syria;
c,,se and otner cities were eloouently
present ed In IA series OF spe nohAs Tor the
meeting Of the Grand SLod9 e ana the 4re-l
union next July. II Buff alo 4 was 4 an easy
winner on the first ballot.
The Great Parade.
sOf the es4 lodges In tho order sixty
six competed for prizes IN the parade,
each with Its band. x undue uni forms and
various Accompaniment. Light suits and
novel straw hats with purple tri,nrt1inas
were the invorite uniforms. They Phila-
delphin. cleveland and other lodges
marched in full evening dress: The Day
ton 3lod Sc. picked by m ar1y a $ winner;
had one hundcrd and twenty men III
Prince Alberta ana silk hats In spite OF
the hot weather. .283:
August Hermann, exalted ruler OF tho
Cincinnati Lodge. and chairman Of the
L Committee on Arrangements. led the pa-:
3rades driving q team OF trained Elks. = ne
Baltimore Lodge had Al wrecked fire en- .
CINE recovered from the 4conflaxrauon6of,
1 last autumn and its members were uni
formed as fremen. The Buffalo Lodge
had 1 a Buffalo 4 mounted N on the wagon.
4 Lodges from Norfolk. Va Huntington
w. va.,3 and other lumber q istricts had
teams OF oxen hauling logs. the timber
differing according to location. rhese
members were uniformed as log oilers.
4 Several + lodges were uniformed as8scoai
miners. the cars being drawn BY mules.
Nashville had a. book. ma kerr Is wa 6 on with
twenty dummy horses and the delegation
uniform ed 4 az jockeys. rs
Negroes and Convicts.
The cotton pfckers OF BGreenviile, Miss
4 all blackened and IN negro Earb. were the
comedians Of the ma rch. hose from.
z ] oliet. Ill wore the Dress OF convtc =
Those from Louisville were dressed like
Uncle Sam all in red white and blue. The
indiana polls Lodge had automobile out !
4 fits, while New York. Chicago. New Or
leans. Mobile. Columbus. Ohio and many
Others were Brilliantly arrayed In white
with purple trimmings. .
The Tampa delegation wore coats OF
L Cuban tobacco with knives for plumes In
their Fl hats Other Florida delegations
carried live alligators, All of the three
score divlsions s. had floats and eHblems
appropriate TO their Titles. 4