Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
ARRIVE
IN ROCHESTER
FOR REUNION
Southern Men Are Candidates for
High Offices Of Order on
'Insurgent" Ticket,

ROCHESTER,, N, u, July o--IHe
vanguard of the thousands of dele
gates to the forty-ninth annual re-
union of Grand Lodge, B. P. o. E,
who will invade Rochester during the
next week, will begin to arrive in the
city tomorrow. Preparations have
been made for the reception Of the
visiting delegations and members Of
the Grand Lodge reunion committee
of Rochester lodge will be at the va
rious railroad stations throughout the
day to extend the glad hand to the
early arrivals
Some Of the visitors, including the
Denver delegation, which is plug
ging'' for the 1914 reunion, have al
ready arrived in the city. and a num-
Der of the Grand Lodge officers and
candidates for Grand Lodge Offices
came to the city yesterday to open
headquarters, which have been estab-
lished at the Hotel Seneca
Elaborate preparations have been
made for the entertainment of the
visitors and there will not be an idle
moment during the whole week, while
some of the days are crammed so full
of entertainment that the delegates
and visitors will have to remain up
night and day in order to participate
in the generous amusements provided
by the committee on entertainment.
Sulzer to Welcome Elks.
The Grand Lodge will formally open
its sessions tomorrow night in Con-
vention Hall, when addresses will be
delivered by Governor Sulzer. who
will welcome the herd on behalf of
the State; Mayor Edgerton, who will
extend the freedom of the city and
welcome the visitors on behalf of the
citizens of Rochester; former County
Attorney Arthur Warren, who Will
extend the reunion committees well
come to the Grand Lodge, and former
Assemblyman John ]. McInerney, who
will welcome the Elks on behalf of
the l ,S00 members Of Rochester lodge.
Two Southern Candidates.
Chief interest of the business ses-
sions naturally centers in the cleo
ton of officers End selection of the
next meeting place. Two Southern
'insurgent" Elks are candidates for
the two most important offices in the
Grand Lodge, opposing machine"
candidates from the North and West.
J. Goodman Boyd, a lawyer of Bal
timore, is the insurgent opponent of
Edward Leach, a New York business
man, for exalted ruler. They are
supported, respectively, by the fac
tons that in 1909 at Los Angeles di-
vided between j. L. Sammis and
Garry Hermann for this office, Sam
mis- being then elected and in 1910
being succeeded by Hermann.
t. J. Darling, postmaster at Tenn
pie, Texas, is the insurgent opponent
of Fred Robinson, OF Dubuque, Ia.
who has held the Office of grand sec
rotary for nine years, David Nc
Aaron, of Grand Rapids, is also as
piring for this office.
The convention will continue until
Saturday, and among the big features
will be the annual Grand Lodge pa e
rade OF visiting delegations. patrols
and floats on Thursday morning, COM
petitive prize drills in the afternoon
and the annual spectacular water car
nival and pyrotechnical display on
the upper river in Genesee Valley
Park at night. The Grand Lodge ball
will be held in the Armory Friday
night, and during the week there will
be pleasure rides by automobile.
steamboat and trolley car IN and
around Rochester. band concerts. ball
games, roastfests at the lake and at
Moerlbach Park and various other
forms of entertainment.
The Grand Lodge reunion commit
tee has expended SO, 900 on electrical
Examinations alone and thousands Of
dollars additional have been put into
decorations OF various kinds in streets
in the downtown section and in the
park.