Absent or not voting,

Sisters Draper, Mass.; Cheek, N. C.; Lipscomb, S. C.; Rhone, Pa.; Bro. Harwell, Tenn.-Five (5).

And the first special order was declared dissolved.

On motion of Bro. Thing, Me., it was

Resolved, That the election of officers be made the special order for Wednesday, at three o'clock, P. M.

On motion, the Grange took a recess until 7.30 o'clock, P. M.

7.30 O'CLOCK P. M.

Recess having expired, the Grange was called to order by the Worthy Master.

Sister A. E. Devries, Md., was present as a member of the N. G.

The report of the Committee on Good of the Order on the resolution offered by Bro. Darden, Miss., to hold meetings of the Grange with open doors, and which was placed on the special order, was taken up.

On motion of Bro. Devries, Md., the original resolution, as offered by Bro. Darden, viz:

Resolved, That the business sessions of this body may be held with open doors whenever deemed expe lient,

Was substituted for the report of the Committee, and the report as amended was then adopted.

The third of the special orders, viz: Report of the Committee on Good of the Order on the parts of the Master's address that were referred to it, was taken up.

On motion of Bro. Devries, Md., the report was considered by sections.

The first resolution being read, on motion of Bro. Thing, Me. it was amended by adding the words "and the second resolution of the series as presented by the Committee on Resolutions at the last session, and to be found on page 118 of the Proceedings of 1880, is hereby repealed."

The resolution, as amended, was then adopted.

The second resolution reported by the Committee was read and on motion adopted.

The third resolution reported by the Committee was read, and on motion adopted.

The special orders for the day were thus completed, and the regular order of business was resumed.

The order of reports of standing committees, which was suspended when the special orders were called for, was resumed. Bro. Sims presented the following:

Your Committee on Digest, to whom was referred the following resolution, viz:

"Resolved, That when Masters of Subordinate Granges cannot attend State meetings, representation therein by Past Masters, when so elected, is within the meaning and spirit of the Constitution of the Order, and should be so construed," direct me to report said resolution with the recommendation that it be adopted.

On motion of Bro. Scott, Ark., the question was referred to the Court of Appeals.

By Bro. Sims, Kan.:

Your Oomittee on Digest beg leave to recommend that Section 5 of the Digest be amended by striking out, after the word dollar," where it occurs in the second line of said section, the following-" except for charter members, who pay, men three dollars, and women fifty cents.'"

The report was received, and on motion the recommendation was concurred in.

By Bro. Sims, Kan. :

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I am directed by your Committee on Digest, to which was referred the following resolution, to wit: Resolved, That State lines shall not be regarded by Granges receiving applications for membership,"

To report favorably thereon, with the recommendation that Decision 49, on page 99 of Digest, relating to State lines be stricken out.

The report was received, and on motion the recommendation was concurred in.

Bro. Devries, Md., from the Committee on Resolutions, reported back the preamble and resolutions on the subject of education, presented at this morning's session, and recommitted to the Committee, with the following amendments: The word "quarterly" being stricken out where it occurs in the last two of the resolutions, and substituting therefor the word "semiannually" in both places.

The report was received, and on motion the recommendations were concurred in.

The account of Bro. W. G. Wayne, as a member of the Executive Committee, was presented, and referred to the Committee on Accounts.

On motion of Bro. Scott, Ark., the vote by which the election of officers for the ensuing term was made the special order for Wednesday, at 3 o'clock P. M., was reconsidered.

Bro. Scott moved to amend, by making it the special order for Tuesday, at 10 o'clock A. M.

Which was lost.

Question then recurring on the adoption of the original mo tion, it was, on motion of. Bro. Wayne, N. Y., laid on the table. On motion of Bro. Devries, Md., the Court of Appeals were directed to prepare and report a decision in relation to the status of expelled members.

On motion of Bro. Draper, Mass., it was

Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to examine into the condition of the work before the Grange, and to report as to the probable time at which this session of the Grange may be adjourned sine die.

The Worthy Master appointed Bros. Draper, Mass.; Scott, Ark., and Flint, Cal., as the committee.

On motion of Bro. Eshbaugh, Mo., it was

Resolved, That the roll of States for the introduction of business for reference, without debate, be called for the last time tomorrow afternoon, and thereafter no new business requiring reference to committees will be admitted, except by unanimous

consent.

Bro. Smith, Ky., offered a resolution adopted by the State Grange of Kentucky, at its eighth annual session-1880-condemning the Protective Tariff system, and asking the National Grange to adopt some measure by which Congress may be made to realize the necessity of modifying or abolishing all protective tariff,

Which was referred to the Committee on Good of the Order. Bro. Franklin, Vt., from the Committee on Constitution and By-laws, reported back, without recommendation, the resolution offered by Bro. Darden in relation to biennial sessions.

Bro. Darden, by unanimous consent, was allowed to withdraw the resolution.

He then presented the following:

Resolved That the Constitution, Art. III., Sec. 3, be amended as follows:

Strike out in first line of the section the word "annually" and insert the word "biennially" in lieu thereof; also strike out the words from year to year" where they occur in the 2d and 3d lines of said section.

By Bro. Brigham, O. :

Resolved, That the extracts from the proceedings of the Eighth Session of the National Grange-Nos. 29 and 30, as given on page 113 of the Digest, be stricken out.

Referred to the Committee on Digest.
By Bro. Thing, Me.:

Resolved, That the Committee on Digest be instructed to report what legislation is necessary to make Masters of County Granges voting members in the State Grange, and to report a resolution or amendment in accordance therewith.

Referred to the Committee on Digest.

Under the order of unfinished business, the following was taken up:

The recommendation of the Executive Committee that a renewed effort be made to procure from Congress either the donation or lease without rent of the plot of ground on which stands the birth place of our Order.

The recommendation was concurred in.

The report of the Committee on Good of the Order on the resolution offered by Bro. Brigham, Ohio, substituting a badge in lieu of the present regalia of the Fourth Degree.

The resolution reported by the Committee was not concurred in.

On motion of Bro. Darden, Miss., it was

Resolved, That to-morrow morning, after the reading of the journal of this day's sessions, the Grange will hold an open ses

sion.

On motion of Bro. Rose, Tex., the Grange was closed at 9.45 P. M., until 9.30 A. M., Tuesday.

SIXTH DAY.

TUESDAY, November 22d, 1881.

The Grange assembled in pursuance of the order of Monday, and was opened in the Fourth Degree, at 9.30 A. M., by the Worthy Master.

Roll was called and a quorum found present.

The journal of Monday was read and approved, except that portion referring to the action of the Grange on the report of the Finance Committee on the salary of the Worthy Master, which was laid over for the present.

Regular order of business entered on. Under the call of States for the introduction of business, the following was presented : By Bro. Scott, Ark.:

A request for a decision of the Court of Appeals on the following question:

A man applied to a Subordinate Grange for membership, paid his initiation fee, and was elected to membership, but before he had received the first degree, the Grange ceased to hold its meetings Now can this party join another Grange without additional fee and without being again ballotted for, and if so, how can it be done?

Referred to the Court of Appeal.

By Bro. Blanton, Va.:

WHEREAS, There is no subject of more importance to producers of and dealers in tobacco than the monopoly which now exists in some of the Foreign Governments, which are dependent upon the United States for the greater proportion of the tobacco manufactured and consumed by them; and

WHEREAS, There is no just reason why this state of things should exist in regard to the exportation of this most important agricultural staple of the United States; and

WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States, at a recent session, by resolution, requested the President of the United States to open communication with the representatives of the governments, which monopolize the trade in tobacco, for the purpose of ascertaining if there be no way in which the evils complained of may be remedied by some changes in the commercial relations existing between the United States and these governments so as to relieve the article of tobacco from the laws of monopoly now existing; therefore,