meeting at Indianapolis, and postage 7 .55
O. L. Cassidy, District No. 19, expense of attending D. D.
G. M. meeting at Princeton 2 45
l). W. Youngblood, District No. 87, expense of attending D.
D. G. M. meeting at Princeton, and postage 3 60
J. C. Wise, District No. 42, expense of attending D. D. G. M,
meeting at Princeton ; special trip to Sandborn by order
of G. M. ; arresting charter of Decker Rebekah Lodge, No.
699, and postage 9 35
W^. W. Zimmerman, District No. 25, expense of attending
D. D. G. M. meeting at Logansport, and postage 4 20
Marshall Thatcher, District No. 12, expense of attending
D. D. G. M. meeting at Logansport, postage, telephone,
etc 3 70
9514 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [May,
A. A. Spears, District No. 10, postage 2 50
H. A. Pickett, District No. 34, postage 2 10
H. A. Moorman, District No. 68, expense of attending D. D.
G. M. meeting at Richmond; arresting charter of Pitts-
burg Rebeljah Lodge, No. 612, and Trenton Rebeliah
Lodge, No. 308, and postage 9 00
G. T. Pattison, District No. 32, expense of attending D. D. G.
M. meeting at Indianapolis 1 25
Joseph Shepherd, District No. 77, expense of attending D,
D. G. M. meeting at Terre Haute, and posfeige 4 07
D. E. Newell, District No. 74, expense of attending D. D. G.
M. meeting at South Bend 1 90
W. R. Miller, P. G., from the same committee,
made the following report, which was considered
and adopted :
To the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Indiana:
We, your Committee on Finance and Accounts, recommend that
the following claims of District Deputy Grand Masters be al-
lowed :
F. L. Behymer, District No. 81, expense of attending D. D. G.
M. meeting at Richmond, and postage $1 90
George L. Letts, District 75, expense of attending D. D. G.
M. meeting at Ft. Wayne, postage and stationery 4 00
W. E. Jarvis, District 60, expense of attending D. D. G. M.
meeting at Indianapolis, and postage 5 78
James F. Hood, District 27, postage, etc 2 30
A. W. Wolever, D. D. G. M. District 8, expense of resusci-
tating Rebekah Lodge, No. 602, and attending D. D. G.
M. meeting at Ft. Wayne 2 00
A. H. Bogue, District 44, expense of attending D. D. G. M.
meeting at Ft. Wayne, and ix».stage 4 00
Joseph F. Orr, District 50, expense of attending D. D. G. M.
meeting at South Bend, and postage 5 00
George D. Ruthven, District 57, expense of attending D. D.
G, M. meeting at Ft. Wayne 1 45
Otto A. Beyer, District 76, postage 1 65
Henry Stahl, District 1, expense of attending D. D. G. M.
meeting at Ft. Wayne 2 75
George D. Ruthven, District 57, postage 1 10
Harry C. Barnett, District 88, postage 2 15
A. E. Newhouse, District 70, expense of attending D, D. G.
M. meeting at Indianapolis, and postage 3 39
1914.] GRAND LODGE OF INDIANA. 9515
Alex. Hutchinson. District 65, instituting Poseyville Re-
beliah Lodge, No. 788, and postage $15 45
T. M. Ryan, District 28, expense of attending D. D. G. M.
meeting at Mitcliell, expense to Hobbyville Lodge, and
postage 8 00
Frank Spillman, District 54, expense of attending D. D. G.
M. meeting at Terre Haute, taking up charter of Shan-
uondale Rebekah Lodge, No. 153, and postage 7 00
W. H. Hamilton, District 14, expense of attending D. D.
G. M. meeting at Mitchell, and postage 4 90
G. W. Swiegart, District 5, expense of attending D. D. G.
M. meeting at Ft. Wayne 2 00
Chas. W. Johnson, District 6, expense of attending D. D. G.
M. meeting at Indianapolis, ari-esting charter of Verne
Lodge, and postage, etc 4 66
R. H. Hildebrand, P. G., of the same committee,
made the following report, which was considered and
adopted :
To the Grand Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., of Indiana:
We, your Committee on Finance and Accounts, recommend
that the following claims of District Deputy Grand Masters be
allowed :
John Jay, District 30. stationery and special letters $8 60
Chas. L. Fattic, District 33, postage and expenses 3 68
Wm. Marsh, District 11, attending D. D. G. M. meeting at
Seymour, postage, etc 5 70
C. C. Rhyan, District 84, postage (three terms) 6 00
John S. Byer, special deputy, expenses in case of Dalton
Lodge, No. 529 6 25
J. C. Straw, District S3, postage 1 50
B. F. Wisner, District 90, expenses of attending D. D. G. M.
meeting at Ft. Wayne, postage and telephone 3 00
Ira Cx-ee, District 9, resuscitating Royal Center Rebekah
Lodge, No. 352, and ix>stage 2 90
R. A. Chattin, District 89, expense in case of Dalton Lodge,
and postage 6 08
H. E. Jones, District 45, expense of attending D. D. G. M.
meeting at South Bend, and postage 4 00
Geo. E. Smith, District 63, expense of attending D. D. G.
M. meeting at Princeton, and postage 3 60
H. W. Abbott, District 64, expense of attending D. D. G.
M. meeting at South Bend 6 40
9516 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [May,
J. W. Rinker, District 55, expense of attending D. D. G. M.
meeting; arresting ctiarter of Luna Rebeliah Lodge, No.
45, postage and telephone, etc 6 59
B. E. Downing, District 18, attending D. D. G. M. meeting
at Richmond; visiting Nonpareil and Lincoln Rebeliah
lodges, and postage 7 85
C. C. Rhyan, District 84, resuscitating Esther Rebekah
Lodge, No. 404 ; taking up charter and effects of Alice
Rebekah Lodge, No. 754 5 00
William B. Hile, District 20, fee for instituting New Paris
Lodge, No. 888 30 00
Morris Bowling, District 23, expense of taking up charter
and effects of Gates Lodge 10 00
Edwin Farrer, P. G. Rep., from the Committee on
Printing, made the following report, which was con-
sidered and adopted :
To the Grand Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., of Indiana:
We, your Committee on Printing and Supplies, desire to re-
port that we have endeavored to discharge the duties devolving
upon us and in so doing to protect the interests of the Order to
the full extent of our power. The printing and office supplies
required by the Grand Officers and for the transaction of the
regular business of this Grand Lodge have been furnished, under
contract, by W. B. Burford of this city, which contract we have
renewed for another year. The quality of the supplies and the
service rendered have been very satisfactoi-j'. The bills therefor
have been carefully examined by us, corrected and accepted and
warrants ordered to be drawn for the amounts. In addition to
the usual quantity of printed matter required for the ensuing
year, we believe there should be orderd another revised edition
of the I. O. O. F. map of Indiana prepared by our Grand Secre-
tary, for which there appears to be a demand, the last edition
having been entirely exhausted. We would, therefore, recom-
mend the printing of an edition of 1,500 copies.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWIN FARRER,
L. E. WEBB, .
H. C. SCEARCE,
Printing Committee.
1914.] GRAND LODGE OF INDIANA. 9517
The Grand Master introduced Grand Patriarch S.
0. Sharp to the Grand Lodge, who addressed the
representatives, in part, as follows :
Brothers, I surely appreciate the kind words of the Grand
Master. I hope I may continue to possess the good will of the
brothers of Indiana. I have been with the Grand Master in the
Round Table meetings and have seen the good work he has been
doing. I am especially interested in the Patriarchal Branch of
Odd Fellowship. We have 85,000 members in the subordinate
branch, while in the encampment we have but 19,000, and I won-
der why so few. I wonder if you think this branch a side degree,
a place where you are shown a good time, a place where you
get your money's worth. If so, be undeceived. There are nine
working degrees in Odd Fellowship and these degrees are so
closely interwoven with each other that you could not separate
them if you would. There is not a fictitious story in all Odd
Fellowship. Every lesson that is taught, every degree that is
conferred is taken from the Holy Bible. If you do not believe
in the Holy Book you should not criticise it, for j'ou should not
pass judgment on that you know nothing about. If you do
believe in it you should be ashamed to make sxwrt of it. I
want the members of Indiana to quit talking about the foolish
things in Odd Fellowshiii — such things as the billy goat, the
greased pole, etc. But rather talk about the beauties of Odd
Fellowship. Go to your friends and tell them of the lessons of
faith as taught by Patriarch Abraham in the Patriarchal Degree.
Tell them the lesson of toleration as taught in the Golden Rule
Degree. Don't you know that conditions existing in Mexico today
could not exist if this wonderful lesson of toleration were being
practiced throughout the world. Don't you know we would not
have left 55,000 of the flower of our country on the frightful
field of Gettysburg? Don't you know that old England would
not be trembling today if this one degree of Odd Fellowship was
being practiced universally? And what is this lesson? "Do unto
others as you would have them under similar circumstances do
unto you." Honest in your own opinion, accord the same honesty
to othei"s.
And then the wonderful Royal Purple Degree that teaches
forgiveness and charity. How I do wish these degrees could be
understood by all Odd Fellows. I said to you that these nine
degrees were interwoven with each other. In the Initiatory
Degree you are told things that are not explained until you have
attained the Royal Purple Degree. Brothers, I appeal to you to
9518 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [May.
give this, the Patriarchal Branch, your most earnest considera-
tion. In the Subordinate lodge we teach Friendship, Love and
Truth. In the Encampment Branch we teach Faith, Hope and
Charity. Don't you see how impossible it is to have one without
the other? In making this apijeal to you, you might ask the
question. Why? This is the answer: Indiana has been in first
place in Patriarchal Odd Fellowship for many years. Pennsyl-
vania, New York, and Ohio are striving for that honor and posi-
tion. Are you going to give it up and let them have it? No,
I do not believe you will. I told you this is not a side issue but
a vital part of our Order. Now, I just want to prove it to you.
Who is the biggest man in the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the
world today? What is his name? I will tell you: W. H. Leedy.
he is the man that represents you in the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
The Grand Lodge? No. The Grand Encampment. The other
man is John B. Cockrum, Past Grand Sire of the world, and he
was also sent by the Grand Encampment. So you see that in
this body the Grand Master and Grand Patriarch meet on a
level. I wish you might make this your motto — I read it on the
walls of a church at Brook, Indiana :
"I am but one, but I am one,
I can not do everything.
But I can do something.
What I can do I ought to do.
What I ought to do,
God helping me
I will do."
J. F. LaFollette, P. G., from the Committee on
Judiciary, made the following report, which was
considered and adopted:
To the Grand Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., of Indiana:
We, your Committee on Judiciary, have had submitted to us
by the Committee on Mileage and Per Diem the following in-
quiries, and this committee is asked for a ruling on the same :
The question having arose, the Committee on Mileage and Per
Diem ask for a ruling by this Grand Lodge as to the mileage to
be allowed otticers or representatives who reside at a place dif-
ferent than where their membership is.
Shall mileage be computed from place of residence not exceed-
ing distance to lodge membership?
Shall Past Grand Masters or other officers be issued mileage
or per diem unless actually in attendance at Grand Lodge ses-
sions? How shall the committee be advised of such attendance?
1914.] GRAND LODGE OF INDIANA. 9519
Your committee, after considering the queries submitted, beg
to report as follows : As to query No. 1, the section of the Gen-
eral Laws applying to this matter reads as follows : "A Repre-
sentative to the Grand Lodge and the elective and appointive
officers of the same shall be paid out of the Grand Lodge treasury
for their attendance at regular and special meetings of the Grand
Lodge as follows : For traveling expenses, the sum of five cents
per mile one way, computing the distance by the nearest and most
dii'ect post routes, and for their services the sum of two dollars
per day while the Grand Lodge may be in actual session."
We are of the opinion that the proper construction of this sec-
tion should be that mileage should be computed from the place
of residence of such Representative or officer, and not from the
place of location of his lodge, providing such residence be within
the State.
As to Quex'y No. 2, we are of the opinion that no officer or
Past Grand Officer of this Grand Lodge should be allowed either
mileage or per diem unless actually present at the sessions.
As to Query No. 3, we recommend that a register be procured
and kept in the office of the Secretary of this Grand Lodge and
that all Officers and Past Grand Officers be required to register in
the Secretary's office, and that such register shall be notice to
the Committee on Mileage and Per Diem of their attendance upon
such Grand Lodge session.
The hour for the special order, viz., exemplification
of the secret work, having arrived, on motion, it was
dispensed with.
The second special order, the nominations of
Grand Officers, being in order, the following nomi-
nations were made :
For Grand Master —
J. T. ARBUCKLE, of No. 35.
For Deputy Grand Master —
JESSE MACBETH, of No. 19.
9520
PR0CEED]\G8 OF THE [May,
For Grand Warden —
A. A. SPEARS, of No. 215.
W. W. SWANK, of No. 720.
C. H. LUTHMAN, of No. 60.
HARRY C. BARNETT, of No. 67.
LEANDER LIVEZEY, of No. 59.
For Grand Secretary —
W. H. LEEDY, of No. 465.
For Grand Treasurer —
W. A. MORRIS, of No. 108.
For Grand Representative (one year)—
J. L. HARMAN, of No. 60.
For Grand Representative (two years)—
W. M. NAUER, of No. 73.
For Grand Trustee —
ENOCH G. HOGATE, of No. 123.
J. M. Lang, P. G. Rep., from the Committee on
Finance and Accounts, made the following report,
which was considered and adopted :
To the Grand Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., of Indiami :
We, your Committee ou Finance and Accounts, would recom-
mend the payment of the following committees:
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
M. A. Chipman, mileage and per diem $ 7 80
W. H. Beeler. mileage and per diem 8 80
Philip Zoercher, mileage and per diem 6 00
W. E. Deupvee, mileage and per diem 5 00
J. F. LaFollette, mileage and per diem 6 05
1914.] GRAND LODGE OF INDIANA. 9521
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
J. L. Harmau, uailea,!j:e and per diem $11 85
E. E. Hastings, mileage and per diem 9 60
S. O. Stiarp, mileage and per diem 4 00
Geo. E. Hershman, mileage and per diem 11 65
J. F. Carmiehael, mileage and per diem 7 40
COMMITTEE ON REBEKAH DEGREE.
J. F. Mann, mileage and per diem $6 85
J. S. Smith, mileage and per diem 6 80
John Schwab, mileage and per diem 12 15
Edwin Farrer, mileage and per diem 5 95
C. K. Ruuyon, mileage and per diem 9 40
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS.
J. M. Lang, mileage and per diem ,$10 90
George Rogers, mileage and per diem 9 20
W. R. Miller, mileage and per diem 8 15
R. H. Hildebrand, mileage and per diem 13 20
COMMITTEE ON GRIEVANCES AND APPEALS.
George Shirts, per diem .$12 00
H. F. Fulling, mileage and per diem 22 80
Will H. Talbott, mileage and per diem 19 05
Enoch G. Hogate, mileage and per diem 14 80
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
A. C. Beecher, mileage and per diem $14 25
A. W. Beehler, mileage and per diem 13 o.")
E. W. Nash, mileage and per diem 14 85
A. Lane Miller, mileage and per diem 14 45
A. G. Clary, per diem 6 00
A. E. Miller, mileage and per diem 10 90
COMMITTEE ON MILEAGE AND PER DIEM.
A. H. Minor, mileage and per diem $11 35
W. H. Bradshaw, mileage and per diem 7 60
H. L. VanDorin, per diem 4 00
Ira Cree, mileage and per diem 7 85
Jas. S. Draper, mileage and per diem 9 65
9522 PR0GEEDIN6S OF THE [May,
COMMITTEE ON THE STATE OF THE ORDER.
Geo. P. Bornwasser, mileage and per diem $ 9 65
H. M. Kean, mileage and per diem 11 10
(). L. Fletcher, mileage and per diem 6 65
A. H. Chamberlain, mileage and per diem 9 60
COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS.
J. R. Andrews, mileage and per diem $ 8 65
\Vm. F. Killion. mileage and per diem 9 00
S. E. Dillin, mileage and per diem 10 45
Geo. W. Rice, mileage and per diem 7 20
J. E. Mason, mileage and per diem 6 40
SPECIAL SERVICE.
John F. Wallick, journal clerk $15 00
John H. Carroll, custodian secret journal 10 00
The reports of standing committees filed on yes-
terday and ordered printed in the record were taken
up:
Keport No. 6, from the Committee on the Degree of
Eebekah, was considered and adopted.
Report No. 7, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted:
Report No. 8, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 9, from the same committee, was con
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 10, from the Committee on Legislation,
was considered and laid over nntil the afternoon
session.
Report No. 11, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
1914.] GRAND LODGE OF INDIANA. 9523
Report No. 12, from the Special Committee on a
Monument for the Odd Fellows Home Cemetery,
was considered and adopted.
Report No. 13, from the Committee on Petitions
and Applications, was considered and adopted.
Report No. 14, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 15, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 16, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 17, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 18, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 19, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 20, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 21, from the Committee on Judiciary,
was considered and adopted.
Report No, 22, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 23, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 24, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
9524 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [May,
Report No. 25, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 26, from tlie same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 27, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 28, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 29, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 30, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 31, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
Report No. 32, from the same committee, was con-
sidered, when G. P. Bornwasser, P. G. Rep., moved
that the report be not adopted. After discussion,
the motion prevailed. Brother Bornwasser offered
the following resolution, which was adopted :
Resolved, That decision 59 of the G. M. be in all things
approved by this Grand Lodge.
Report No. 33, from the same committee, was con-
sidered and adopted.
The Grand Master reported the presence in the
building of Brother John B. Cockrum, Past Grand
Sire, and appointed a committee consisting of W. H.
Leedy, J. L. Harman and S. 0. Sharp, to introduce
him to the Grand Lodge. He was most cordially
1914.] GRAND LODGE OF INDIANA. 9525
received and extended the highest honors of the
Order. Being introduced by the Grand Master, he
addressed the Grand Lodge at considerable length
and most interestingly, as follows :
Grand Master and Brother Odd Fellows:
It is always a pleasure to me, of course, to stand before an
Indiana Assembly of Odd Fellows. It is gratifying to me to view
in retrospect the proceedings that have been had in the past few
years by which Indiana was given a Grand Sire. This work
was largely due to the energy, loyalty, application and devotion
of Grand Secretary Leedy. Indiana would never have had a
Grand Sire but for the wish of Brother Leedy and his work
in connection with that desire. We are proud to know that we
have had a Grand Sire, and your humble servant is very grateful
to the membership of Indiana for its loyalty and support during
his administration. The kind words just spoken by Brother
Leedy in introducing me called for the response I have given
relating to the selection of Indiana's Grand Sire.
Now I am mighty glad on this beautiful May morning to see
so many of you representatives here doing the work of this Grand
Lodge and doing it so well, as you have always done in the past.
I see about me the men who have been in the forefront of this
Grand Lodge for many years. They are scattered about me on
the right and on the left. I have heard their discussions pro
and con on the questions before the Grand Lodge for the last
few minutes, and it reminds me of the days when I took active
part in these discussions. I have been upon all sides of these
questions, under varying conditions. Of course, always trying to
be right, but when the circumstances and conditions would change
so as to make me see a different policy than that seen thereto-
fore, I did not hesitate to take the opposite side to what I had
previously followed, and we were most generally able to settle
things correctly and properly, and I am sure that you will follow
that idea and that the obligations of this great Order will be
preserved in your hands, and the work that you perform here
will be that that will be to the best interests of Odd Fellowship.
In this respect I wish to call j'our attention to a condition
existing in the Order which is not at all commendable, nor is it
a condition we should recognize as healthful, wholesome or to
the best interests of Odd Fellowship.
At Gravette, in the State of Arkansas, a man by the name of
A. C Veach, once known as Bro. A. C. Veach, is now publishing
8— G lt)2
9526 PROCEEDINGS O/'^ THE [May,
a paper called The Sovereijjju Odd Fellow. He has used the name
of the Oi'der in connection with his publication, oi* at least the
name of his paper is suggestive of the fact that it is a publication
authorized by the Order and entitled to recognition by the mem-
bers of the Order. This paper has contained scurrilous, vile,
false and defamatory criticisms, and attacks upon Grand Sire
Bro. C. A. Keller of San Antonio, Texas, than whom no better
man, no better citizen, no one more worthy of full confidence
livef? as a member of this Order today. He is the authoritative
head of the Order, and his position as Grand Sire makes him the
ruling force of the Order's affaii's during the time between ses-
sions of the Sovereign Grand Lodge. The matter of Mr. Veach's
publication was before the Sovereign Grand Lodge at its last
session, and the Grand Sire was instructed by the Sovereign
Grand Lodge to take certain steps with relation to the suppres-
sion of this publication, or at least to take steps to try to stop
the use of the name of the Order, or reference to the Order, in
connection with the publication. In carrying out the' instructions
of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, the Grand Sire has instituted,
or caused to be instituted, a suit in the United States Court for
the State of Arkansas at Little Rock, asking for an injunction
against Mr. Veach and the publication of his paper in the name
of the Order. It has been substantially charged in the Sovereign
Odd Fellow that the action of the Grand Sire is in the interest
of the Catholic Church, and the Grand Sire has been called a
Catholic. There is but one answer to these suggestions, and that
is, that it is a bald, unqualitied, unmitigated lie, made out of
whole cloth, without any merit, and without being entitled to a
particle of consideration. The Grand Sire is a Methodist, and
has been all his life a member of the Methodist Church. He is
a sound Christian gentleman, and has lived strictly up to the
tenets of our Order and the obligation assumed by him when he
took the position of Grand »Sire. This Order teaches us to be
considerate of the rights of others, to deal fairly and impartially
with all. We are taught that we must not, in our lodge rooms,
indulge in any sectarian, religious or political debate, under
penalty of the law. If we may not discuss in our lodge rooms,
or in any of our meetings, religious, sectarian or political sub-
jects, what right has a paper, published under the guise of the
name of the Order, or at least referring to the Order in such
a way as to attempt to secure credence from the membership ;
I say, what right has this paper to discuss political, sectariaia
or religious subjects any more than a regularly constituted body