The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-05-27
SIMMONS. \.
ELECTED GisASU 81 oEr,1t,Ra
OF S1E's FORK. y. B

Especial Corresp ondence.)

~ Gwen any SCOIVd90 man In this
state, Ithe New York Grand Lodge
OF Knights of. PythtaS closed tts 2oth
annual session today by electing Ros-
coe Conklin Simmons, editor Of the
Hevtew, Grand Chancellor by acc,a-
nation. When Capt.A lanes: "A, San
ford, Of Syracuse, had closed his
nominating speech, 80 halt hundred
Sir knights rose to SECOND the nomt-
nation. In the midst Of. the ,enthns-
fasm the Nestbr Of Pythiantsm. ,Wt1-
liam H. Sims, moved to Suspend the
rules and declares Colonel Simmons
elected by reclamation. : When the
motion was declared carried, the del
,esates broke into singing God bless
our knightly BahG,'' and, circline,
the castle hall, sang and cheered ana
'wept. 1t was a new. days for Pytbr
lan1sm. Col. Simmons was borne
around the castle hall on the, shout
ders of admtring Knights. Noty one
voice was raised In behalf of anoth-
or; not one vote twas withhoIden
from this brave leader OF his peopIe
and the glorious work Of Pythianism.
Inc 10th. annual session of the
Grand Lodge OF: Nsw York was nv
far the best this jurisdiction has ever
seen, the largest, the most determan-
ed and the most, enthusiastic. Since
business meth ods$ have been intro
duced into the, jurisdiction new life
has marked each subordinate lod ge
and the Grand Lodge has attracted
to It's sessions attention and respect
heretofore foretgnu>to' Its deltbera..
lions. The session, held in this town
during the week viii go down in his
tory. This is the richest village of
the richest county,. excepting New
York county, in this country. The
knights of Pythias,f Representative ~
the best in the eoSured race came.
mere and: presented shsaaeelves as
gpes, Of the ,pfograsSl snd patriot
&c element In their lace , ND asked
iof measurement. They were nut
do"n as worthy American citizens.
Public Meeting Big Hit. s'.-.
The public, meeting held to well
come the Grand Lodge by the citi-
ZeHs and officials Of Mamaronack
packed Town Hall. j. Howard Har-
per, of>New Rochelle, presided. Adj.
dresses were delivered by Town Preg-
ldent .McArdle; Supervisor Daniel
warren and City Attorney Meighan.
warm words of welcome fell from
thelr lips. Responses were made nv
capt. ). "A. Sanford, Of Syracuse.
MAJ ). Thos. Johnston, Grand. Chan
cellor Bailey, Dr. R. C. Fraser and
COL Il. G. Simmons, who set the
mouse on fire with his eloauence.
Get Down to Business. N
early Tuesday morning the Grand
Lodge got down to business and
stayed down to it. Grand Chan'ce,-
ior Ba1ley's report was q gem, and
covered fully each department of the
order His recommendations for the
good Of the order were without en-
cept1on enacted into law and the
committee on his address praised his
report as one worthy of the New
York Grand Lodge.
The committee work of +his ooa
sion was up to the standard SET at
syracuse. The progress OF the iurA
lso1ct1on, both numerically and An-
anclally has been marked, and the
oeath OF lttleness and nafrownesa q
CONSTANT source Of qualification.
State Of Order.
Inc committee on the state OF or
uef showed that harmony reigned
throughout the Jurisdiction and that
the law and authority had received
respect and support. The past wear
tue committee found, had been the
most prosperous the order had ever
seen and had brought the leaders
into a closer union.
The finances Of the order are IN
q satisfactory shape. The reserve
luhd board, through it's president
II. z. Simmons, reported the largest
yearly collection and the largest hal
ance on hand since this department
nas been In existence, notwithstand
ing the order sustained during tho
year It's largest number of deaths
oneers on top Of cheers greeted this
report. : = - '1''A'
IL was decided and provided that
Napt' James A. Sanford, founder of
tne lodges of Syracuse, Utica and
|t!ochester should be entrusted with
me work Of extending, Pythianism
lnrough western and northern New
1ork' H. order to do tits work nm.
"a0opered Capt, Sanford declined
cay office at the hands OF the con.
fvention. '0"-
Inc thing that struck your CORES.
Pondent most favorably\ was the de.
termination Of the leaders, to con.
duct the order on business basic
and to retrench wherever possible
Agys, Sanford, Robinson, Jackson,