The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-14
ROYAL ARCANUM GRAND
 COUNCIL MET HERE
TO CONSIDER NEW ASSESSMENT
 PLAN.

| To be Bitterly Opposed in This State Three Resolutions Offered to Remedy
 Matters-one Adopted for the Pur-
 pose of Attempting, in Conjunction
 With Other states, to Have Supreme
 Lodge RecOnvene and Make More Satisfactory Plans for Old Members. i The meeting of the grand lodge of the Royal Arcanum of the state which was held in Music hall all day yesterday to consider the rate plan was of great in- i terest to the members about the state. Many suggestions were offered to make it easier for the older members of the order, who are the most severely af- fected by the new plan, and three rese- lutions having this end in view were offered, there being but slight differ ences in any of them. Three resolu- tions were offered, by the Stamford lodge, by. John s. Fischer, of the Dan bury lodge, and by George Yeamans, of the Meriden lodge. After lengthy discussion the plan of the Stamford lodge was adopted practically unani- mously.
 The Stamford lodge resolution was. in sense, as follows: That the repre- sentatives from Connecticut to the su- rreme lodge be instructed to sign a petition and endeavor to secure repre- sentatives from seven other grand jur- isdictions asking the supreme lodge to reccnvene for the purpose of reconsid- ering the new system of rates, and ask ing that a system Of rates be fornulat- ed which will makeit more easy for old men to remain in the order. 7. The reso-. lution was carried amid cheers and ap-. plause. s 6j The Yeamans resolution was a sub stitute for the Stamford resolution and asked to have the supreme lodge re- convene for the purpose of considering a readjustnei1t of the proposed rates.
 The Fischer resolution embodied the: same as the Yean1ans resolution, and, in addition, recommended that q table. of rates, which has been established under Option A, be adopted, but that members be' not advanced to their att tained age. ..f 4
 The majority of,the delegates showed their dissatisfaction to the new. rates, and that they will be bitterly opposed in this state is unquestionahle It was stated that among all the delegates present there were only a very few of the youngest men who had anything to say in favor of them. The general opinion seems to be that the new rates are both unfair and unjust. C. H. Bowen, of Pawtucket, R. I.,s supreme orator of the order, represent ed the supreme lodge, and he took up a good part of the afternoon in an expla- nation of the new plan. That his ex- plantations were unsatisfactory could be denied, and when he had concluded he was almost deluged with questions by those present. His #eloquence, however, was duly appreciated and he was af- forded alI5the consideration possible.
 It was d difficult matter to learn any thing about the afternoon session for the following reasons: The session was an executive one and Carleton E. Hoad- ley, one of the national delegates, was the secretary. He kindly agreed to meet the reporters later to give them information as to what had been done. At the appointed time last evening the reporters gathered at his office, as ar ranged, and, despite the fact that they waited an hour, no signs of MT. Hoad- ley were seen. All the information which was gained about the meeting, therefore. had to be learned from some of the outside members. T