The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-19
PHILADELPHIA CHOSEN.
Grand Lodge Will Meet in City Of
BrotherIy Love Next Year.

Denver. July 1S-PhiIadelphia was
chosen by the grand lodge of the BeneY-
Olent and Protective Order of Elks today
as the convention city for next year
Daniel j. Shern nominated Philadelphia
for the next convention city and promised
the Elks all kinds of fun if they accepted
the invitation. Jerome Fisher of New
York Judge of the superior court sec
Onded the nomination.
Baltimore was then champiOned by j.
Goodman Boyd, and second to the NOM
ination was made by Arthur G. MOreland
of New York editor and publisher of
announced that st. Joseph withdrew from
the contest for next years convention,
but would be in the race strong in 1903.
Vote Announced.
The teIlers did not announce the vote
until II O'Clock. 1t was: Philadelphia,
495: Baltimore, 265.
Before this announcement a delegate
yelled Baltimore wins This announce
ment caused CONSERVATION. The Balti-
more people were wild with delight, and a
gloom settled over the Philadelphans.
But the mistake was soon corrected and
then the Philadelphia band was brought
out and started playing 'There'I Be a
Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight. +"
The Philadelphia crowd got in line be-
hind the band and marched up and down
the street.
Grand Lodge Meeting.
The afternoon session of the grand
lodge was devoted TO revision of the con-
stitution and bylaws. One of the mat
ters considered was the Elks' home at
Bedford City, Va. The home has not
come up TO the expectations of the orig
inators. and it is proposed to convert it
into hospital or infirmary of some kind
An effort was made to have a consti-
tutional convention called for this fall,
but this was voted down and the con-
VentiOn decided to adopt a new cOnSti-
tuition at this session. The body went
into committee of the whole with j. B.
Gisher of jamestown, n. Y, in the chair
The committee on revision of the con-
stitutiOn had the draft of a new consti-
tuition ready and by the time adjourn
ment was taken for the day twenty pro-
visions were adopted.
Plan for the Future.
1t is sought to build up the order on
the lines of an executive. legislative and
judicial body. To decrease the size of the
grand lodge and make it a representative
body the plan IS this:
No one will be legiSlated out and all
the grand lodge members remain unless
they drop out of the order. Failure to at
tend the session of the grand lodge for
four consecutive years will cost the men,
Der his life membership. Elected dele
gates will serve two years. the even
numbers electing in even years and the
odd numbers in odd years. AS the older
members die or drop out the body will
gradually become representative.
The grand lodge went on record en-
phaticaly against auxiliary bodies of any
kind and against insurance features in
this connection. The work will be re-
sumed tomorrow afternoon after the pa
rade.
New Ritual Tried.
Tonight there was an eXemplification
of the proposed new ritual For several
years the old ritual underwent almost
annual revision and last year at the meet
ing at Buffalo a committee was ap-
pointed to look after the work of get
ting up a new ritual and a prize of 1000
was offered for the work which should
be successful OF adoption. As a result
thirteen new rituals were written and
submitted TO the committee. The COM
mittee then compiled a ritual from the
thirteen submitted and the prize money
will be distributed among the writers
whose rituals enter into the one COM
posed by the committee. Several radical
changes in the secret work have been
made.