The San Francisco call., 1905-04-12
KNIGHTS AND LADIES
OF HONOR IN SESSION
Motion to Hold Biennial Meetings
Decentralization of Grand
Officers To-Day.

The Grand Lodge of the knights and
Ladies of Honor met yesterday in an
nual session in the Foresters' building,
"a Eddy street, with Mrs. Frances j.
Williams, grand protector, in the chair
and the following named grand officers
present: l.. G.. Wolfe, past protector;
d. J. Gairaud, vice protector; H. w.
Outflow, secretary; A. Gompertz. treas
urer; Jennie Nussbaum, chaplain; Jen-
ME Dinklage, guide; Marion G. Perry,
guardian; w. E. Banbrock, sentinel E..
H. Bourguignon, A. H. Anderson apd
Ellen Fitzgerald, trustees; James p.
Dockery, supreme representative, and
u. T. Whitten, supreme alternative.
After comforting the Grand Lodge de-
gree on a number of past protectors,
the grand protector appointed James p.
Dockery, s. Hyams and Louise Bigler
the committee on distribution.
The reports of the grand officers, as
well as those Of the district deputies to
the grand protector, were presented and
referred to the committee on distribu-
ton.
The report of the grand protector
shows that during her term, in spite of
a serious Illness which confined her to
her home for some weeks, she visited
officially all the lodges in the city and
seven in the interior, encouraging the
members of each. In Healdsburg a
lodge was reorganized. She deplores
the fact that for want of funds the
work of propagation could not be car
ried on with that degree of activity she
had planned. In her report she recon-
mends that there be biennial instead Of
annual sessions on the ground of econ
omy, and on the further ground that a
portion of the money paid for mileage
and expenses of a Grand Lodge could
be used for propagation work. She
suggests the giving of public entertain
ments and more visits to the subor-
dinate lodges by the grand officers.
Grand Secretary Quitzow's report is
in the main a tabulated one. relative
to the membership and financial condi-
tion of each lodge in the State. Dur
ing the year the order had forty seven
limitations and loss of five by death
The finances at the close of the year
were in good condition.
j. A. Colquhoun of Oakland was ap-
pointed journal clerk.
In accordance with the suggestion of
the grand protector an amendment to
the constitution making Grand Lodge
sessions biennial instead of annual was
presented and referred to the commit
tee on laws.
J. A. Colquhoun of Oakland, Anna
Brigham of Healdsburg and j. J. Hicks
of San Francisco, past protectors, were
recommended for the honor of having
the rank of past grand protector con-
ferred on them in recognition Of SER
vices rendered to the order in the past.
The per capita tax was fixed at
s51 so per year, payable semi-annually,
and the salary of the secretary and
the contingent fund of the grand pro-
tector was allowed to remain as last
year.
The matter of biennial sessions was
discussed at length, with a strong sem
timent against, but to allow the other
side an opportunity to speak on the
matter further argument was post
poned until this morning after the elec-
tion of grand officers.
Grand Protector Mrs. Williams, who
had been urged to continue in Office
for another year. stated that she could
not, on account of her health, accept
another term.
In the evening Bay City Lodge ex-
emplified the ritualistic work Of the
order by initiating ten candidates be-
fore the officers of and representatives
to the Grand Lodge. There was a
large attendance