Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-26
RULER MELVIN
PRAISES DENVER
ELKS' RECENT GATHERING
EXCEEDS ALL OTHERS
Head Of the Order Is Guest Of Los
Angeles AntIered Hosts-Fur-
ther Program Is Ar
ranged

Judge Henry A. Melvin, who was
chosen to serve as grand exalted ruler
of the grand lodge of Elks at the recent
conclave at Denver, arrived in Los
Angeles yesterday on his way to his
home in Oakland.
Judge Melvin said:
"The grand lodge meeting which
opened July Is at Denver was the
greatest that has ever taken place.
"There were 100 more delegates pres
ent at that session than attended the
one in Buffalo in 1905. We were splen-
didly treated in Denver. I cannot
imagine any larger hospitality than
was shown us by the residents of the
city among the mountains.
THE conclave was the most impor-
tant of later years, for the reason that
a committee chosen the year before to
draw a new constitution for the order
was to report and also because COM
mittee chosen to draft new ritual was
expected to make a report.
Tells of Convention
"On the aw~committee were Charles
e. Pickett, past grand exalted ruler,
from Waterloo, Iowa; John Calvin of
Cincinnati, also past grand exalted
ruler; Judge Warren G. Sayre of Wa
bash, Ind; Judge Morse Of Detroit and
j. A. Sullivan of Richmond, KY. The
constitution was drawn on the lines of
the United States constitution the gov
ernment being divided into three parts
the judicial, executive and legislative.
After much discussion the new consti-
tuition was adopted. The ritual which
was drawn by the committee was also
adopted. The ritual committee con-
| sisted of the following members: r. l..
Hallard of Colorado Springs, John H
| Holmes of st. Louis and P. A. Shanor
| of Sistersville, w. Va.
Nominated by Lukens
1.-THE conclave opened with an open
session Monday evening, July 16, at the
| Tabor Grand opera house. 1t was
| packed. The election of officers took
| place Tuesday, and 1 was elected after
being nominated by George Russell
| Lukens, whom had nominated for the
state senate on two occasions,
1.-The nomination was seconded by
Judge Jerome B. Fisher of Jamestown,
| N. Y. 1t was also seconded by Col.
Robert W. Brown of Louisville, KY,
| who, beside Icing a past grand exalted
ruler of the EIks was proprietor of the
Louisville Times.
Thomas Hickey of San Francisco
No 3 thanked the delegates for the help
which was so freely given to the men,
| bers of the San Francisco lodge when
| the disaster occurred. The parade of
| the delegates and the members of the
Denver lodge was one of the most beau
tiful things of the sort have ever seen.
Every lodge that was represented had
! some original scheme of costume, and
! all of them were rich appearing and
the color scheme of the whole was >-r-
ranged so as to be in harmony"
|
Reception and Banquet
Last evening st Elks' hall on South
Spring street Judge Melvin was the
| guest of honor at the reception and
banquet given by Los Angeles lodge.
The program which has been ar
ranged for today includes a trip to
Catalina island. and at $3.50 Judge Mel
vim will leave for the north.
! He will go as far as San Jose. when
he will stop off and be the guest of
honor at reception given by San Jose
and Oakland and San Francisco Elks.
Then on a special train he will go to
Oakland, where in the evening huge
banquet and reception will take place.
The lodges of Oakland and San Fran
cisco will unite to honor the man
who has been given the highest honor
! in the gift of the Elks, an organiza ton
with more than 225, 900 members.