Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-13

wv herd until the next convention
W in 1910?eHrrmann or Sammis.
Whether the man from Iowa or the
man from Cincinnati will be the next
grand exalted ruler of the B. P. o. e.
will be settled this morning. The
grand lodge meeting is scheduled at
Temple auditorium at 10 o'clock, ana
as soon as the preliminaries are fin
ished the Elks are bound to go to the
bat in earnest and find man to lead
them during the coming year.
Both candidates were sanguine on
the eve of the battle and each had
statement to make.
Garry" Hermann of Cincinnati had
this to say through John 2. Sullivan,
chairman of the Hermann committee
and past grand esquire of New Or
leans lodge:
Hermann Confident
"We find tonight at the closing hour
of the credential committee that the
total registered grand lodge members
is HOO.
From a personal individual canvass
of each member of the grand lodge and
from reports made by subcommittee
by each state, that of the HOO regis
tered grand lodge votes we find that
August Hermann of Cincinnati lodge
No. has pledged SOL"
Candidate Sammis, as final Woro,
made the following statement last
night:
"The days developments have been
most encouraging. My confidence IN
the result was strong yesterday, but 1t
is 100 per cent stronger tonight.
''In my judgment, the total vote that
Wal be cast tomorrow will not exceed
113O, and of this number l believe l will
receive 700.
1.-THE extraVagant claims of strength
made by the opposition are absolutely
unwarranted. as every one must know
who is at all familiar with conditions
sammis Springs Letter
The Sammis men, in order to coun-
teract the speech made a few nights
ago by Grand Exalted Ruler Rush Hol-
land printed and circulated yesterday
the following extract from letter
from Mr.. Holland to Mr.. Sammis,
dated October IA, 1908:
II somehow feel that the Herr
mann candidacy will not appeal
very strongly to the order in gem
eral, and that the situation is ripe
for kicking up a lot of trouble Sc
riously affecting friendships which
have existed for years in the grand
lodge This course would not re-
suit to the good of any of our
friends, nor do 1 believe that the
order would profit by 1t; on the
contrary l believe it would be the
beginning of the end of the splen-
did history, growth and develop
ment of the order during the past
decade | need not assure you of
your popularity in the order, and
1 trust that you have not lost
faith in your old-time friends. On
the contrary they are as loyal to
you as ever and their loyalty will
continue regardless of what may
come or CO."
The best thing about yesterday for
the Elks was that there are five more
days to come All the Elks are here
they're here because they're here, and
everybody knows it-as the last special
got in last night, and what the delayed
visitors lost by too much flood water
they made up in other ways.
All Sizes Present
From Manila and Honolulu to Woon-
socket there are all sizes, shapes and
weights of visiting brothers, and every
one is having the time of his life. The
reeistration-up around S3,000-shows
that there is a quorum present.
Yesterday was a day of barbecues
and sports, and Pasadena old the
hOnors, with an official welcome from
Los Angeles in the evening. The Ro-
man chariot races, the ostriches ana
other things which Los Angeles people
count as regular events were new to
the visitors, and they crowded the Pas
adena cars in the morning.
Today marks the opening OF the
grand lodge, and decision by the
1900 delegates as to grand officers. After
the formality of hearing the reports OF
the retiring officers, the grand lodge
win fall to on the monetous question or
selecting a new grand exalted ruler.
Is Santa Monica Day
In the meantime it is Santa Monica
dav and the entertainment is transfer
red to the beach with a chance to
bathe. The sports which drew yester-
day to Ascot park will be succeeded
today at that place by fine exhibition
drills. gorgeous daylight fireworks ana
a band concert that is made up OF a
series of concerts. In the evening the
Iheaters and the pugilistic arena, with
dancing at the beach piers VIII round
out the day. -,
The New Orleans delegation arrived
Yesterday and it's members could be
seen mingling with the throng at the
Alexandria last night The members
from old mo S0' have as their leader
Secretary Phineas Moses, who has
been on many a Jaunt with them and
lCOntInued on e.=s Threel