Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1889 — Oddfellows at Columbus. [ARTICLE]

Oddfellows at Columbus.

At Columbus, Ohio, the sovereigngrand lodge of Oddfellows indefinitely postponed a proposition made by Representative Carlin of Illinois to increase the basis of representation in the sovereign grand lodge and defeated the proposition, to change the age of eligibility to membership from 21 to 18 by a vote of 108 yeas to 60 nays, a three-fourths vote being necessary to carry it. Over 100 delegates, mainly from the Eastern, Middle and Western States, met and took the initial step toward forming a National association of Rebekah degree lodges. The delegates were welcomed on behalf of the State by Mrs. Phillips of Cincinnati, and on behalf of the city by Mrs. G. S. Innis of Columbus. Responses were made by Mrs. L. P. Hall of Indianaand Mrs. Annie E. Moreland of Illinois.