The Temperance Manual; Containing a History of the Various Temperance Orders (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 Excerpt: ...were organized, containing a membership of over one thousand five hundred. About the first of December, 1854, a call was issued by Freeman G. Hall, Dep. G. W. C. T. of the State, to each subordinate Lodge, for a State Convention to organize a Grand Lodge, and that each Lodge elect one delegate to the Convention to be held at Winchester, in Randolph County, on the 16th day of January, 1855. At the time appointed twenty-seven representatives, with proper credentials, representing twenty-five Lodges, were present. An organization was effected on the first day of the session, a constitution agreed upon, and the following Grand Officers were elected, to wit: G. W. C. T., Truman G. Haix, of No 3. G. W. C, George White, of No. 36. G. W. V. T., James O'brien, of No. 33. G. W. S., Asahel Stone, of No. 3. G. W. Treas., E. B. Spencer, of No. 26. After a session of two days, the Grand Lodge adjourned to meet at Indianapolis, January 8th, 1856. The Grand Lodge established a rule that the executive committee meet in Grand Council once every three months. Accordingly, on the 13th March, 1855, the Grand Council, as it was termed, met at Indianapolis, at which a very unfortunate affair between Winchester Lodge No. 3, and the G. W. C. T., was adjusted. These quarterly sessions of the Executive Committee were'conducted upon the same principle of a regular annual session. The G. L. degree was conferred upon those visitors entitled to receive them. Shortly after the organization of the Grand Lodge, and prior to the meeting of the Grand Council, the State Legislature, on the 9 th of February, by a vote of 55 to 41 in the House, and a small majority in the Senate, passed what is known as the Maine Liquor Law, being almost an exact copy of the Maine Law. This action of the Legisla...