Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

These were formally placed in nonlina.
ton at the session of the grand aerie Oh
Eagles Wednesday morning and during the
session all contests except two were elm.
mated.
John s. Parry and John A. Cline, aspir.
ants for grand worthy vice president
dropped out of the race wednesday morn.
ing and threw their support to Senator
Thomas F. Grady of New York, insurina
Grady's election without a contest.
There still remain eight candidates for
the four vacancies on the board of tr1Is.
tees to be filled and four cities are in the
race for the convention in 1910 These will
be the only contests to be settled by the
delegates today when the polls open.
Nominating speeches took up practically
all OF the time Wednesday morning and IL
was 1880 before the convention adjourned.
Twenty car loads of delegates and visitors
were hurried off to South Omaha where
they spent the afternoon as guests OF the
South Omaha aerie The packing houses
were visited first and then the Eagles were
taken to the rooms of the aerie where re.
freshments were served. The South
Omahans spared no pains to make the
visit Of their out of town brothers a sue
cess, over 5000 being expended for the
entertainment.
No show of Fireworks.
1t became evident before the session OF
the grand aerie began Wednesday morning
that the contest for grand worthy vice
president, which promised to be the spec
tacular one OF the session, was over with
out even q show Of fireworks. Parry and
Cline both announced their withdrawal
and their action left Grady alone In the
field. Parry's boom interfered with the
aspiration Of Past Worthy President Theo-
dore A. Bell of California for trustee and
Of his home city, San Francisco for the
convention in 1911 and he decided to with
draw, though his state delegation had just
given him Reinforcement for the place.
1T narrowed down 10 situation where
the interests Of the state seemed to con.
tlict with ne candidacy at this convsntion,S
said Mr.. Parry, ''and consequently 1 with.
drew my name"
San Francisco also got balIxy when the
easterners tried to make them change their
request for the convention In 1911 to 1910.
President Kennedy Of the San Francisco
aerie announced In very positive language
that his city did not want the convention
in 1910 and would not take II under any
conditions. He said, however, it was ready
to show them the time OF their lives In
1911
Frisco Helps st. Louis.
This action on tho part OF the Califor-
mans Is helping out the boom OF ST. Louis
and IL is now believed the contest will lie
between Louisville and st. Louis with the
conditions favorng the latter Buffalo's
ambition to get the convention In Isu
practically eliminates all eastern cities
from the race for the 1910 meeting and
San Francisoos desire to get the conven-
tion the same year also puts a damper on
the western cities for next year. This
makes it highly probable that a middle
continent town will be selected and so far
ST. Louis and Louisville have put up by
far the best fight. The arrival Of a train
load Of Kansas Cityans who organized
themselves into ST. Louis boosters will give
added impetus TO the Mound City boom.
The close OF the morning session was
varied somewhat by a series OF raps at
Omaha hotels for alleged rate boosting
during the convention. The matter was
brought up during the nominating speeches
for the various cities aspiring 70 enter
tain the next convention Theodore A.
Bell OF California led off with the charge
that the delegates had been charged ex-
orbitant prices for accommodation and
demanded that before the next conven-
tion should be located the favored city
ought 10 give a guarantee that prices
would not go up. The Indiana delegation
was also sore" and several others took
side shots at the local hostelries.
The nomination OF Thomas r. Grady for
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