The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-21
|GRAND LODGE
MEETS TODAY
Spectacular Feature Of Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs Convention 1t Bur
linston will be Parade
Today.
THE REBEKAH ASSEMBLY
Roll Call Shows $50 ofheers and
Delegates Present-Pass
Presidents Are In
tredueeo.
THE REBEKAH ASSEMBLY

bGhLlNGION, iowa, Oct 21.-Tne
perfect weather which greeted the
convention of the Iowa Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs continued yesterday.
The meetings of the Odd Fellows at
the Grand opera house and of the Re
bekahs at the Elk's hall we're filled
them. Last night the reception OF
grand officers and visitors was held at
the opera house. The invocation was
made by Grand Chaplain w. S. knight.
Councilman T. L. Porter made SPLEEN
did address OF welcome to the dele
gates, which was responded to elo-
lquently by Grand Master H F. Wag-
il fitting response. The welcoming ad-
dress to the Rebekahs was made by
Sister Belle Parr and was answered
by President Allie Scott The dscora-
ton of chivalry was then conferred
At 800 o'clock the grand ball was
held at Elk's hall and proved q most
delightful entertainment The grand
march was lead by Miss Georgia
Quigley, of McGregor, and c. W.
fAScnAl, OF bSUe Fta1ne-
The big parade this afternoon viii
be the spectacular feature of the con-
vention. At present there are 1000
delegates in the city, but many more
are coming today from all the nearby
towns. Fairfield viii send 100, inciud-
ing a band. on Burlington train No.
10. which arrives at 900 this morn
ing. Forty members viii come from
New London and several from Mt
Pleasant No. win stop at New Lon
don tonight to take home the delega-
ton from that place
From the grand scribe's report it Is
found that there are thirty encamp-
ments In the state that during the
past year have enrolled ten or more
members and that twenty-seyen en-
campments have Q membership OF
more than one hundred.
The grand treasurer's report was
presented. as follows: Cash on hand
October 81, 1913. S3,7s2.s2; received
from the grand scribe from November
3. 1913. to September 80, 1914. $4.ss3--
az; total, ss.415-s1. Disbursements.
A.27sss. Balance on hand September
80. 1914, S4.1ssS3-
There was adopted a resolution pro-
viding that the per capita tax for the
ensuing year shall BE- forty cents:
twenty cents to be paid in June and
twenty cents to be paid in December
Section "a. Clause XIII, of the grand
constitution, was amend
ed TO read as follows: Standing or
special committees to sit during recess
and to report at the next annual ses-
sion may be appointed whenever deem
ed proper All such committees shall
be composed of past grand patriarchs
and representatives. and further pro-
vided that majority OF all commit
tees be composed of representative
Section Of the grand encampm-ant
constitution was amended: Proyid-
ing that hereafter the representatives
from the grand encampment to the
sovereign grand lodge shall be elect
ed. one annually for the term one
year and one each alternate year for
two years" This provision makes it
pos sible that representative may
be continued in the sovereign grand
lodge continuously.
Adjourned to 1870 p. m.
In order that the constitution OF
the subordinate encampments may
conform with recent changes in the
laws OF the sovereign grand lodge.
the following amendment to the sub
ordinate constitution was adopted:
Amend Section sc by prefxing the
following: "A member may pay his