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OFFICIAL
PROCEEt}l~. or
THE
SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL
COMMUNIC~ION
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M. W. GRAND LODGE A. F. AND A. M. OF THE
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O}1-'~"ICIAL
P.R()CEEDINGS OF THE
SEVENTY-FIFTH
ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE \
M. W. GRAND LODGE, A. F. & A. M., STATE OF
~llSSOURI.
The Seventy-Fifth Annual Communication of the Most ",Vorshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri convened in the Hall of the House of Representatives, Jefferson City, :Mo., October' 15, 1895, at 10 o'clock, A. M. 'The following Grand Officers were present: J. B. THO:\US A. M. HOUGH D. A. JAMISON F. J. TYGARD SAMUEL M. KENNARD JOHN D. VINCIL ALLAN McDOWELL REV. C. H. BRIGGS REV. JOHN W. ROBINSON E. F. ALLEN GEO. E. :MAYHALL WM.. RICHA RDSON.... CIIAS. S. GLASPELL CAMPBELL WELLS M. '1'. DAVIS A. FISHElL........ WM. M. TRELOAR A. L. ROSS... .. JOHN W. OWEN
],f. W. Grand ]'faster. R. W. Deputy Grand ]'faster. R. W. Grand Senior Warden. R. W. Grand Junior Warden. R. W. Grand 1~路easurer. R. W. Grand secretary. R. W. Grand Lecturer. R. W. Grand Chaplain. R. W. Grand Chaplain. Grand Senior Deacon. Grand Junior Deacon. Gmnd Marshal. Gmnd Marshal. Grand seniol' Steward. Grand Junior Steward. ..,.. Grand Pursuivant. Grand Orator. Grand Orator. Grand Tiler.
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OPENING.
The Grand Lodge was then opened in AMPLE FORM by the Most vV orshipful Grand Master, assisted by the Grand Officers. Following the rendering of sacred music, prayer was offered by the Grand Chaplain, Rev. Bro. C. II. Briggs.. . B.epresentatives of a constitutional number of Lodges being present, the' Grand Master declared the Grand Lodge open aIld ready for business.
CREDENTIALS.
A Committee on Credentials was appointed, consisting of the following Brethren: H. A. Gass, E. R. Durham, Geo. L. Faulhaber, 'V"ill. Sessinghaus, Ed. T. Orear. Said Committee reported Representatives present from 201 Lodges. [See report in Appendix.]
ANNUAL ADDRESS.
The Grand Master presented and read his Annual Address. Following the reading of the Address, on nlotion, it was referred to a Committee to consider and distribute the subjects therein contained, consisting of the Past Grand Masters present, namely: John D. Vincil, Noah M. Givan, .Jos. S. Browne, A. M. Dockery, C. C. Woods, Lee A. Hall, R. F. Stevenson, B. H. Ingram, John R. Parson, R. E. Anderson, Theodore Brace and Harry Keene. B. H. Ingram was designated as Chairman. The Address was as follows:
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ANNUAL ADDRESS. To the jlfost Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. & A. M.:
BRETHREN :-By the gooodness of God, the Great Architect of Heaven and Earth, we are permitted to meet in this the Seventy-Fifth Annual Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri. The year has been one of continued peace and prosperity among the Fraternit~r throughout the length and breadth of this grand commonwealth. ::May we have Divine assistance during the deliberations of this Grand Communication. I bid you, one and all, a cordial ,velcome, and ask' that you goive me your heart.y support through this session, as you have done during the year now drawing to a close. I have received only courteous treatment from the Fraternity throughout the State; permit me, in the beginning of this session, to extend to you, dear Brethren, my heartfelt thanks for the high honor conferred upon me by the members of this Grand Lodge one year ago. I have endeavored to do my duty, and sincerely hope that you will pardon whatever errors I may have committed. I~RATERNAL
RELATIONS.
It gives me pleasure to report that peace and harmony exist between this Grand Lodge and all the Grand Lodges with which we are in fraternal intercourse. THE HOME.
Soon after the adjournment of the Grand Lodge at its last Communication, I instructed the Grand Secretary to issue a warrant on the Grand Treasurer for $13,869.50, in favor of the Treasurer of the Board of' Directors of the Home, that being the amount then on hand in favor of the Home. I regret my inability to make more frequent visits to the Home than I have. It is doing a noble work, and I hope that every Mason iIi this Stat!3 will give to it a hearty support. The officers of the Board of Directors will make their reports as required by law, which will give to you full information as to what is being done. ~
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OFFICIAL VISITATIONS.
During the year I have visited a number of Lodges and assisted them in the work. I think much good can be accomplished in this way. I !~gret that I was unable to visit more of them. DISPENSATIONS FOR NEW LODGES.
I have granted dispensations for the formation of six new Lodges, which will more fully appear in the Grand Secretary's report.
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STATE LODGES OF INSTRUCTION.
I held, during the year, seven State Lodges of Instruction, as will appear from the Grand Lecturer's report. These meetings were all well attended, except two, and I think that they were successful, and productive of much good to the Fraternity. SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS.
I have had many requests for permission to examine candidates and confer degrees out of time, all of which were promptly refused, as the law positively fo'rbids such action. I have, during the year, granted a number of dispens;:ttions to elect officers, the Lodges in each case showing a lawful excuse for not having elected at the proper time. I have, also, refused various applications for Lodges to appear in public on other than Masonic occasions. INVASIO~
OF TERRITORY-LOCAL.
In May, 1895, complaint was made to me that Kansas City Lodge, No. 220, had invaded the territory of Westport Lodge, No. 340, and conferred the degrees on two candidates residing within the jurisdiction of 'Vestport Lodge, and said Westport Lodge demanded the fees .. There was no complaint, however, that the invasion was intentional. The whole trouble is simply this: Kansas City Lodge, No. 220, charges $50 for the degrees. and Westport charges $30. The question submitted to me was: Should Westport Lodge, No. 340. receive $30 each or $50 each-the latter amount charged by Kansas City Lodge, No. 220, for the degrees? I ordered Kansas City Lodge, No. 220, to pay over $30 for each candidate, as that was all that 'Westport Lodge could have received of the candidates had said Lodge received their petitions originally, and also ordered Kansas City Lodge to pay $5 for each candidate, to the Board of Relief; to which ruling 'Westport Lodge objects, claiming $50 for each candidate. Late in my term of office Brother John E. Adamson, Worshipful Master of Rock Prairie Lodge, No. 269, made complaint that Everton Lodge, No. 405, had invaded their territory and conferred the degrees on two candidates, Brown and Stockton. He sends plat of survey made by the surveyor of Lawrence County, showing that the candidates resided nearer Rock Prairie Lodge. I learn from R. W. Bro. Seymour Hoyt, D. D. G. M., that the claim is made by Everton Lodge that the survey is made from Government lines, and as the base line runs between the Lodges, nothing but an actual chaining will determine the matter. As the question is so close, I recommended that Everton Lodge, No. 405, pay Rock Prairie, No. 269, one-half the fees, and that the candidates be declared members of Everton Lodge, and that these Lodges in the future be directed to determine the jurisdiction of candidates before they receive the petitions.
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INVASION OF TERRITORY-FOREIGN.
There is only one case for consideration under this head, and that is the case of Checotah Lodge, No. 74, of Indian Territory, against Decatur Lodge, No. 400, of this Grand Jurisdiction. This case was passed upon at the last session of this Grand Body, but so many facts coming to my knowledge, which I feel assured were not before the Grand Lodge at that time, and knowing that this Grand Body is anxious to do justice in all matters, I venture to bring the case to yonr attention again. The facts,as I learn them, are as follows: In February last I came in possession of many facts in this case by the hand of R. vV. Bro. J. A. Scott, Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri near the Grand Lodge of Indian Territory. He says Mr. B. F. Lafayette came to Fort Gibson in 1888 as a post trader. About two years later he removed to.Checotah and continued in the mercantile business. In 1892 he was elected and served as a delegate to the Territorial Convention. Hewas a carididate for United f:oitates Marshal of the Indian Territory, and made a strong plea on the home rule policy. In 1893 he joined the I. O. O.F., claiming his residence at Checotah; he joined the K. P.'s, making the same claim. Also a certificate was exhibited from the Clerk of the United States Court in which he certifies that Ben. F. Lafayette served as foreman of the Federal Grand Jury in the Indian Territory, at theMay term, 1894, of said Court, and, that to do so, he must take an oath that he is a resident of said Territory. There are many other facts which can be shown to this Grand Body going to prove that B. F. Lafayette is . a resident of the Indian Territory. Taking all the facts into consideration, I ordered Decatur Lodge, No. 400, not to confer the third degree on B. F. Lafayette until further orders, he having received the first and second degrees before the matter was brought to rny attention. I herewith submit all the papers, and hope you will carefully consider the matter; because I feel that' if B. F. Lafavette is not Indian -, Territory material, they have none. ,,'-'"" ~..
REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
The reports of the District Deputy Grand Masters, in nearly every case, show gratifying results of their labors, and that the Craft is in a healthy and prosperous condition. I desire to state, that they have, one and all, shown a willingness to assist the Grand Master, and to promote the interests of the Fraternity at all times. I can not close this portion of my Address without making special mention of R. W. Bro. John M. Austin, D. G. M. of the Twelfth District, for his faithful services in closing up the affairs of the late Stewartsville Lodge, and also 路R. W. Bro. J. W. Purves, D. G. M. of
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the Twenty-first District, for his untiring efforts in the late Linn Lodge matter. They did their work nobly and well. CHARTERS ARRESTED.
On De~ember 18th, 1894, I ordered the arrest of the Charter of West Prairie Lodge, No. 495. This Lodge had been dead for some time, and only needed a funeral, which I provided. This was the only Charter arrested. BEGGING LETTERS.
I have had a great number of requests to permit various parties to solicit money from the Frat~rnity by beggirig letters, all of which were positively refused, because, in my judgment, they presented no meritorious cause. \
COMMUNICATIONS FROM OTHER GRAND LODGES.
From the Grand Lodge of Colorado,proposing a memorial service to be observed upon the Centennial of the death of Brother George Washington. . From the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, proposing a uniform law requiring each Lodge to take care of its own members in sickness. The papers in each case are herewith submitted. RESIGNATIONS OF D. D. G. M.'S AND APPOINTMENTS.
R. 'V. Bro. John T. Ruffin declined appointment, and R. W. Bro. Alvin Haynie was appointed. . R. W. Bro..J. J. Shaw removed from his District and resigned. R. W. Bro. George S. Townsend was appointed. R. W. Bro. E. R. Durham removed from his District and resigned. R. W. Bro. John W. Barkley was appointed. R. ,V. Bro. John D. Abbe was appointed, vice R. W. Bro. F. A. Affleck, deceased. REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED'NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES.
R. W. Bro. John H. Irvine, near the Grand Lodge of Oregon, vice Brother S. F. Chadwick, deceased. R. W. Bro. James A. Gass, near the Grand Lod~e of Nova Scotia, vice J. W. Longley. November 14th, 1894, I revoked the commission of M. W. Bro. H. B. Grant, our Representative near the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, in accordance with the request of the Grand Master of Kentucky, made in consequence of the action of the Grand Lodge of that State at its last Communication. The papers are, herewith submitted. SUSPENDED WORSHIPFUL MASTERS.
In accordance with the action of this Grand J..odge in the case of Brother P. M. Smith, late Worshipful Master of Adair Lodge, I
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appointed as a committee to take testimony, Brothers D. A. Ely, E. Noonan and David Baird, and instructed them to comply with the request of the Grand Lodge. On July 23d, 1895, the Worshipful Master of White Hall Lodge, No. 301, at Barnard, informed me that Brother Samuel Hayworth, Acting Worshipful Master, conferred the first degree on one J. E. McFarlane after objections to his initiation had been duly made in open Lodge. I immediately suspended Brother Hayworth from office and cited him to appear at this session of the Grand Lodge to answer charges.
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DUPLICATE CHARTERS.
Duplicate Charters have been ordered issued when the originals had been destroyed, or so defaced as to be illegible. DECISIONS.
Brother H. C. Lesher, Worshipful Master of Summit Lodge, No. 263, writes: "What is termed jurisdiction of territory; is it by air line or by the nearest traveled wagon road?" Decision-It is air line, and not by nearest traveled road. A. Brother dimitted from a Lodge in St. Louis and reulOved to New Jersey, where he now resides. He nov,r desires to affiliate with the St. Louis Lodge. Can the St. Louis Lodge receive and act upon his petition? Decision-He is not eligible; he must be a resident of this State to petition for membership. The following was submitted: "When the Charters of the old Lodges of Clinton were arrested we had a Brother holding a dimit, who has remained non-affiliated ever since, and is, therefore, a non-affiliate under Section 204 of the Constitution. We have certain Brethren who have attempted to go over the lectures with him, and to have him lecture candidates. I hold under Section 205 they should not do so. 'Will you, therefore, please give me your, and the true construction of the Section?" Decision-Non-affiliate .Masons, becoming so under Section 204,. by dimitting, or under Section 206, by the Lodge becoming extinct, have no Masonic privileges whatever, except the right to petition for membership; the law prohibits them from visiting any Lodge after one year. Then why should the workings of the Lodge, or the secrets of the degrees, be communicated to them, as they cannot visit a Lodge or receive Masonic burial? Statement-"Brother A. B. dimitted from his Lodge about eight ye路ars ago. He immediately applied to another Lodge for affiliation and was rejected. Since that time, he has put in his petition annually, not allowing twelve months to elapse between his petitions. He has been rejected on every application. What is his status? Is he in good ," ;1
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standing or not? Does he come under the prohibition of Section 205, or can he be allowed to visit a Lodge, appear in a Masonic procession, be entitled to Masonic relief, or have Masonic burial? Decision-He is not in good Masonic standing, according to Section t74, which recognizes a Brother holding a dimit as in good standing for one year, and no longer. Again, Sectio!1205: No non-affiliating Mason, who has continued as such for twelve months, shall be allow'ed to visit any Lodge, etc. He is not in good Masonic standing, and can not visit a Lodge, appear in 'a Masonic procession, or recei "e Masonic burial. A Brother asks: "Will I be sustained if I refuse to obligate a candidate who refuses to swear, but persists in affirming?" Decision-Let him affirm. An affirmation is as binding as an oath; all civilized countries that I know of recognize an affirmation in all courts. And an individual would be guilty of perjury at common law for falsely testifying when affirming the same as if he had sworn. The London Freemason's QM1'terly (1828, p. 286) says that "A Quaker's affirmation is binding." Brother Chase ~Masonic Digest, p. 448) says that "Conferring the degrees on affirmation is no violation of the spirit of Freemasonry, and neither overthrows or affects a landmark." And in this he is sustained by the Grand Lodge of Maine. NEW TRIALS ORDERED.
I ordered a new trial in case of Aurora Lodge, No. 267, against Brother John E. Lincoln, believing that the first trial was not in accordance with the law. .f ordered an appeal sent up in case of Hume Lodge, No. 130, against Brother R. L. Gwinn, because the Lodge failed on a plea of guilty to assess adequate punishment as required by law. LAYING CORNER,STONES.
During the year I laid the corner-stone of the High School building at St. Joseph, and of the Masonic Temple at Chillicothe, and issued commisions to suitable Brethren to lay corner-stones of various other buildings, as will more fully appear from the Grand Secretary's report. I refused to lay the corner-stone of various private buildings. CADDO LODGE AGAINST WALLACE LODGE.
Caddo Lodge, No.3, Indian Territory, had nursed and cared for Brother John English, a member of Wallace Lodge, No. 456, of Missouri, and had spent considerable money on him, which 路Wallace Lodge had refused to pay. I investigated the matter flilly, and directed R. W. Bro. Alvin Haynie, D. D. G. M., to look the matter up and report, which he did. I then ordered Wallace Lodge to pay to Caddo Lodge such sums as I thought were just and equitable. This they promptly did.
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NORTH STAR LODGE, No. 15i.
Several years ago this Lodge built a Hall, various parties subscribing the money, and signing a certain agreement whereby they accepted notes for the various sums thus subscribed. This contract further provided that a certain committee should collect and disburse all rents and profits arising from said building. There were certain parties whQ claimed that the Lodge should collect and disburse these rents through its regular officers, whereupon a copy of the contract~ together with all the record entries in the case, was submitted to me, and, after duly considering the same, I decided they would have to proceed under the contract and collect and disburse the funds through the committee provided for in said contract, or make a new contract with all concerned. To this ruling Brother John D. Dopf excepts, and says he wants the Grand Lodge to pass upon the matter. The papers in the case are herewith submitted. CANTON PROPERTY.
Brother John C. Anderson, the agent of this Grand Body in charge of the property in Canton, reported to 'me the destitute condition of the occupant of the property, Mrs. Gibson, and her total inability to pay the taxes. He said that a suit was liable to be commenced immediately if the taxes were not paid. I ordered the Grand Secretary to send Brother Anderson a warrant for a sufficient amount to pay up the taxes, insure the property, and do some repairing, which Brother Anderson reported was necessary to protect the house. I ord.ered the insurance placed upon the property, because, in my judgment, it was important to protect the interests of the Grand Lodge. The whole amount expended was small as will appear from the Grand Secretary's report. LINN LODGE PROPERTY.
I directed R. W. Bro. J. W. Purves, D. n. G. M., to take charge of the property of Linn Lodge, No. 66, which he did, and after thoroughly looking the matter up, he received an offer of $1,000 cash for the property, which I directed him to accept. He did so, and I made a quitclaim deed to the property. Brother Purves turned over to the Grand Secretary $978.50 as the result of said sale, this being the amount, less abstract fees, etc.' As this property was going down rapidly, a sale seemed the only course to protect the interests of the Grand Lodge. BROTHER JOHN ALBERTY.
The application of this Brother sent to the Committee on Charity at the last session of the Grand Lodge was lost, and his case overlooked. Upon examination, finding that the committee had been regularly
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making an appropdation of $100 each year for his benefit, I ordered the Grand Secretary to issue a warrant fat $100 for his, support and forward the sam~ to Brother .T ohn C. Anderson'. EMPLOYMENT BUREAU.
Brother William Sessinghaus and his associates in St. Louis are doing noble work in this line. They are giving their ,ti~e free, in the interests of worthy mep.1bers of the Fraternity seeking employment. I hope the Fraternity will give them a hearty co-operation. DEATHS.
On June 18th, I received the sad intelligence of the death of my personal friend and Brother, Most Worshipful James P. Wood, Past Grand Master. You are doubtless familiar with the details of the accident, on May 14th, which cost Brother Wood his life. A little iater .' on, I received a message to attend the funeral, but too late to' get there. Brother Wood was a noble man, and a true Mason. Soon after his death I appointed Brothers George E. Mayhall, William M. Williams and John D. Vincil a committee to draft suitable resolutions on the' death of Brother Wood, and they will no doubt report suitable resolutions for the action of this Grand Lodge. On December 6th~ 1894, R. W. Bro. F. A. Affleck, D. G. M. of the Twenty-eighth District, died, and in due time was buried by the Fraternity with all the honors due this noble wOt:ker. Many others of our dear Brethren have passed over the dark river, and joined the innumerable hosts who have gone' before, in the Celestial Lodge above, where the Supreme Grand Master presides. CONCLUSION.
Brethren, with this Communication of the Grand Lodge my official career ends. During the time I have served you as your Grand Master, I have endeavored to do my dutY'without fear or favor. To M. "V. Bro. Jno. D. Vincil, Grand Secretary, and R. W. Bro.. Allan, McDowell, Grand Lecturer, ,I desire to return my heartfelt thanks for their untiring efforts in my behalf during the year: They have always been ready to assist me in any way they could. Again I thank you for the high honor conferred upon me one year ago, and assure you that your kindness will always be remembered. J. B. THOMAS, G'rand Maste?'.
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BOARDS OF' RELIEF'.
The Boards of Relief in St. Joseph, Kansas City, St. Louis and Springfield furnished annual reports as follows. The saIne were referred to the Committee on Boards of Relief. Brother William A. Hall, Chairman. ST.
JOSEPH BOARD OF RELIEF.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., August 31, 1895. To the J,fost Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. & A. M.:
Herewith find statement of the Masonic Board of Relief of St. Joseph, Mo., from date of last report, August 31, 1894, to July 3i, 1895. RECEIPTS. Balance cash on hand, Augugt 31,1894 From St, Joseph Lodge, No. 78, fees................................. From Zeredatha Lodge, No. 189, fees From Charity Lodge, No. 331, fees. From Interest on Deposits......................
$ 300 45 $ 40 00
45 00 75 00 <1 00
Total.
164 00 $ 464 45
DISBURSEMENTS. Jurisdiction of Illinois . $ 3 5;> Jurisdiction of Texas . 1 70 Jurisdiction of Indiana : .. 1 50 Jurisdiction of Tennessee .. 200 Jurisdiction of Missouri. . 330 Per capita tax for two years to G. M. R. A. of Unitcd States and Canada .. 800 Expenses : .. 3625 Balance on hand
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·......................................................... $ 408 15
The regular meeting;, of the Board are held at the office of thc Secretar~T on the last Saturday evening of each month, where any Master Mason in good standing can have a voice. Applications ad interim are referred to' the President for his de.cisiql} and action. The Board is affiliated with the ('reneral Masonic Relief Association of the United States and' Canada, and is governed by the instructions of that BOdy and the laws of the • Grand Lodge of Missouri. Great care is taken that the worthy are not confoundcd with the unworthy, as the latter embrace a large majority of all the applicants. Fraternally submitted, C. A. HUBACHER, President. E. F. HARTZELL, Secret.a1'1J.
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KANSAS CITY BOARD OF RELIEF.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodlle of Missouri, A. F. &A. M.: The Masonic Board of Relief of Kansas City, Mo., organized for the current )'ear of 1895, by the election of Brother E. F. Allen, President of the Board for the ensuing year, and Brother Ralph E. Scofield, Secretary and Treasurer. The following are the members of the Board ILS now constituted: E. F. Allen and Morris Glass,-of Heroine Lodge, No. 104. Chas. Brooke and O. A. Lucas, Kansas City Lodge, No. 220. C. W. Mehornay and Ralph E. Scofield, of Temple Lodge, No. 299. Van F. Boor and W. F. Stine, of Rural Lod~e, No. 316. "V. C. Hill and W. B. Claggett, of Gate City Lodge, No. 522. J. C. Pond and Rob't A. George, of South Gate Lodge, No. 547. H. C. Crowell and Thos. James, of Albert Pike Lodge, U. D.' Our report is as follows from September 1, 1894, being the last report to the Grand Lodge, to January 23, 1895, the time of our annual meeting:
From September 1, 1894, to January 23, 189.5. Balance, September 1, 1894................................................................................... $ 260 52 Received from Temple Lodge, No. 299 $ 40 00 Rec~ived from Rural Lodge, No. 316:................................................. 15 00 Received from South Gate Lodge, No. 547............ 55 00 110 00 Total........
$ 370 52
Expenditures, charity Expenditures, expenses
$ 67 38
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8 91
Balance
76 29 $ 294 23
From January 28, 1895, to July 31, 189.5. Balance, January 23, 1895 . $ 294 23 Received from Heroine Lodge, No. 104 $ 95 00 Received from Temple Lodge, No. 299............... 50 00 Received from Rural Lodge, No. 316 :......... 50 00 Received from Gate City Lodge, No. 522 ;.................. SO 00 Received from South Gate Lodge, No. 547......................................... SO 00 Received from Albert Pike, U. D......... 1000 365 00 Received frolll other sources Total. Expenditures. charity On back acconnts. .. Current year,........... Balance on hand Amount on hand in special fund Total balance on hand
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9655
. $821 81 125 00' ]52 69
$75578
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$]56 28 26780
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$424 08
59950
All of the Kansas City Lodges have now paid to July 31,1895, in full, with the exception ofHeroine Lodge, No. 104, which owes from January 1, 1895, to date, and Kansas City Lodge, No. 220, which owes for a number of years back. •
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The ~pecial fund, which is to be used as a cemetery fund, is deposited in the New England Safe Deposit and Trust Company, and is drawing interest at the rate of five per cent per annum. It is the intention of the'Board to use this fund for the purpose of securing a cemetery lot, as soon as it has become large enough. Fraternally submitted, RALPH E. SCOFIELD, Secrelary.
SPRINGFIELD BOARD OF RELIEF.
To l!l.e Afost Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. P. & A. N.:
The following is the report of the Treasurer of the Springfield Board of Relief, from July 31,1894, to July 31,1895, inclusive. RECEIPTS.
August
1, Cash on hand 5, Returned by St. Paul Lodge, No. 293, Arkansas October 31, Received of United Lodge, No.5, on account initiations..... 31, Returned by St. Paul Lodge, No. 293, Arkllnsas. November 5, Donation, Brother Jno. O'Day................. 5, Returned by Wakanda Lodge, No. 52, Missouri.................... January 15, Received .o~ <;rat.e of the Tcmple Lodge, No. 422, on account InItIations Also on account Seal, B. of R.. March 15, Received of Solomon Lodge, No. 2i1, on account initiation.. Also on account Seal, B. of R......... April 2, Received of United Lodge, No.5, on account initiations...... Also on account Seal, B. of R... 'l'otal Receipts
$29 35 15 00 10 00 8 75 2500 10 00 10 00 1 50 5 00 1 50 1000 1 50
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.$12760
DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid Hospital Bills, etc., for Brother Whitman, St. Paul Lodge, No. 293, Arkansas Paid for relief of Brother Cotter, of Rock Prairie Lodge, Missouri.............. Paid Mrs. Berry (widow) Paid for relief of Brother Jno. R. Anderson, Gate City Lodg<!, No. 11, New :Mexico........ Paid for relief of Brother Simon Miller, Eureka Lodge, No. 379, Indiana... Paid Drug Bill of Brother Stotts, of Wakanda Lodge, Ko. 52, Missouri.. Paid Mrs. Munday (widow)........ Paid warrant to reimburse Brother Clyde.......................... Paid for relief of Brother '''m. Connell, "The Castle" Lodge, No. 79, Edinburgh, Scotland............................................ Paid for relief of Brother Ed. Bell, De Pauw Lodge, No. 338, Indiana......... Paid for relief of Thos. Brown, of Anchor Lodge, No. 424, Texas *........ Total Disbursements
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Balance on hand in Treasury........
$27 50 12 70 5 00 5 00 15 00 10 00 500 5 68 5 00 5 00 5 00 100 88 $ 26 72
J. M. CLYDE, &crela?'y Board Of RelieJ.
* Have learned sinee that Brown is a fraud.
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LOUIS BOARD OF RELIEF.
ST. LOUIS, October 1, 1895. To the ll[ost Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. & A •.M.:
Herewith is filed statement of the St. Louis Masonic Board of Relief for the year ending September 30, 1895: RECEIPTS. Balance cash on hand, October 1, 1894........ Refunded by various Lodges during year Interest on Bonds.......................... Bonds in "Safe Deposit" :.....
$ 256 138 270 3,000
62 50 00 00
$3,665 12 DISBURSE~fENTS.
Disbursed during the year Balance cash on hand... Bonds in "Safe Deposit"
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$ 585 53 79 59 3,000 00
$3,665 12 RESOURCES. Balance Regular or Grand Lodge Fund Balance General Charity Fund................................................... Total Balance on hand, in,cluding Bonds
$1,371 65 1,707 94 $3,079 59
OFFICERS FOR 1895. MARTIN COLLINS GILJ.ESPIE THOS. S. RICH EDEN REED WILUA~I
President. Vice-President. Treasurer. Secretar)1. Respectfully submitted, lWEN REED, Secretary.
COMMUNICATIONS.
A communication from Brother T. S. Parvin, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, concerning the publication in the form of a reprint of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Missouri for a number of .years was read and referred to the Committee on\Vays and :Means. Brother R. E. Collins, Chairman.
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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
The reports of District Deputy Grand Masters made to, and received by, the 'Grand Master were presented and referred to the Committee on District Deputy Grand Masters Reports. Brother G. L. Faulhaber, Chairman.
ACCOUNTS.
The COlumittee on Accounts submitted a review of the fiscal affairs of the Grand Lodge for the year, showing the condition of the books of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer, to be first-class, and balanced perfectly. The report was approved and ordered printed. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of llfissouri, A. P. & A. M.:
Your Special Committee on Accounts, covering the financial records of thc Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer, have made a thorough examination of the same, from October 1. 1894, to October 4, 1895, irlc!usive, and we respectfully report the result of our labor as follows, viz.: ' HECEIPTS.
Ba.lance on hltnd Octoher 1, 1894 Receipts from back dues, dispensations, dead Lodges, belonging to the accounts of last year, but collected since OctDber 1, 1894........................ Due~ ..etc., currellt year ;.......................................
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Balance on hand October 4, 1895...
28,594 63 3,149 22 27,147 50 25,572 19
$ 33,319 16
We havc carefully checked off all the items of receipts with the ret~rns from Subordinate Lodges of cash remitted to the Grand Secretary, and find on examination of the books of thc Grand Treasurer, that the money so received has been deposited with him, as shown by his receipt.s therefor in the hands of the Grand Secretary. While the receipts of the Grand Lodge from all S01l1'ces were $1,267.22 in excess of the last fiscal year, yet there are an unusually large number of'Lodges which we find are delinquent in remitting their dues in time to have them included in the annual report of t.he Grand Secretary. Inasmuch as all of the Grand Lodge records are kept in St. Louis in the office of the Grand Secretary, and as the office of the Grand Treasurer at present is also in St. Louis, it would be manifestly impossible for any committee to make the examination while the Grand LDdge is ill session elsewhere, unless having possession of the records, hence we G. L. PRo.-2.
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would respectfully suggest for your consideration the importance of appointing all of the members of the Committee on Accounts from the City of St. Louis, and that they have the necessary knowledge of book-keeping to make their examination properly. Fraternally submitted, F. W. MOTT, JOHN H. DEEMS, ST. Lours, Mo., October 14,1895. CommiJiee.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
The Grand Master appointed a Committee, composed of John D. Vincil, E. O. Sayle and 路C. E. Reid, t9 cast up and report the votes of the Lodges on the Constitutional Amendment submitted by Brother Allan McDowell one year ago.
REPQRT OF GRAND SECRETARY.
The following report was presented and ordered printed in the Proceedings, showing the financial status of the Grand Lodge as it appears from the books of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer. GRAND SECRETARY'S REPORT. To the J[ost Worship/Ill Grand Lodge Qf Missouri, A. F. & A. 1Jf.:
BRETHREN:-I herewith submit my eighteenth annual report us your Grand Secretary. In doing so, it is sufficient to state that the Craft in this jurisdiction has enjo)'ed a fair degree of prosperity during the past term, while much harmony has prevailed among the brotherhood. A recapitulation will be furnished in the proper place showing the relative strength of the Fraternity in I\Hssouri. It can not be done now, because an unusually large number of Lodges have failed to report to this office. If complaints would correct the evil that is as trying as it is unjustifiable, I would fill this report with such complaini ngs as no Grand Lodge ever heard. It is well known that our law requires the Lodges to close their fiscal year on the 31st day of July, and all their returns and annual dues should be in this office on or before September 1st. At the expiration of August, when all the reports should have been furnished, not more than one balf had complied with .the law. I immediately had printed and Fent to the tardy Lodges a notice of thl:'ir delinquencies, and urged immediate compliance with the r~quirements of the Grand Lodge. This earnest appeal was heeded by some, but after thirty days had elapsed seventy-five Lodges were still delinquent, and at this date fifty are still behind with the returns. This unusual negligence is unaccountable. According to the standing rules of this office, blanks were sent to all the Lodges on. the 1st of July. It will be readily seen that it is impossible to even make an approximate estimate of the strength of the institution ill the State. This delinqnency not only hinders the Grand
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Secretary in his work and forces him to present an imperfect and fragmentary statement to the Grand Lodge, but it embarrasses the financial department, for the reason that it can not be known wbat will be the aggregate income for the year. It would seem that the law as it now stands is sufficient to bring about a proper conformity thereto on thE: part 'of Lodges, yet, ill this respect, with a large number, the law is a dead letter. The first duty devolving upon thii; otIice after the close of the annual session is to commission the District Deputy Grand MaRters appointed for the term. This was done the day following the close of our session, and these commissions were followed at once by the charters granted for the formation of new Lodges during the session. These Lodges, five in number, were dilly constituted by the Deputies in whose district they arc located, the report of which action was received at this office. The said Lodges were prompt and faithful in making returns and paying Grand Lodge dues. The following will show the name, number and location of the Lodges thus created: Clifton Heights, No. 520, St. Louis City. Grant City, No. 66, Grant City, Worth County. Warsaw, No. 378, Warsaw, Benton Connty. Westport, No. 340, Westport, Jackson County. Winona, No. 430, Winona, Shannon County. DISPENSATIONS. Grand Master Thomas, during the year now closing, ordered the issuance of dispensations for the formation of six new Lodges, as follows: • Delphian, at Birch Tree, Shannon County. Pilot Knob, at Richville. Douglas County. Unity, at Richards, Vernon County. Deepwater, at Deepwater, Henry County. Albert Pike, Kansas City, Jackson County. York, Kansas City, Jackson County. These Lodges will all expect charters during the present session, and from the general showing made in their reports, will be justly entitled to the same. COMMISSIONS. The Grand Master directed me to issae commissions as follows: J. H. Irvine, Representative at the Grand Lodge of Oregon, vice S. F. Chadwick, deceased •. Jas. A. Gass, near the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia, vice J. W. Longley. DUPLICATE CHARTERS. Duplicate charters, by order of the Grand Master, were issued to Prairie Hill Lodge No. 546; Alton. No. 255; Williamsville, No. 107; Plattsburg, No. 113; Ferguson, No. 542; and Latimer, No. 39:>. The charters of the foregoing' Lodges were severally destroyed by fire. Duplicates were issued to Belton Lodge, No. 450, and Wm. n. Muir Lodge, No. 277, the originals having become so defaced or faded as to be no longer serviceable. SPECIAL COMMISSIONS. The Grand Master appointed Deputies for the follOWing districts, and they were duly commissioned to fill vll.cancies: 23rd, Alvin Haynie, vice J. T. Ruffin, resigned; 28th, Jno. D. Abbe, vice F. A. Affieck, deceased; 4th, Geo. S. Townsend, vice J. J. Shaw, remo~'ed; 14th, John W. Barkley, vice E. R. Durham, removed. DEFUNCT LODGES. During the year I received the books and jewels of Stewartsville Lodge, No. 182, its charter having been arrested by Grand Master Keene. Said Lodge had a small balance of money on hand at the time, which was forwdrded to this office, amounting to $31.41, a.nd the sumis duly accounted for in the finances of the year.
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The charter and records of Jericho, No. 340, arrested by Grand :Master Keene just before Grand Lodge, were received in due time, with $24.30 funds of the deceased t Lodge. Grand Master Thomas arrested the charter of West Prairie Lodge, No. 495; the charter is among the archives of the Grand Lodge. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. On the 1st of February, 1895, I had printed and distributed among the Lodges in the State the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, submitted at the last annual communication. Blank forms directing each Lodge as to the method of voting accompanied the proposed amendment, with the request that the Lodges take action thereon. Up to June 1st the Lodges had not responded as fully as was expected, and a. printed circular was sent to the non-reporting Lodges calling their attention to the importance of some action on the amendment, with the urgent request that the matter be determined in some way. I have to announce that nearly 400 Lodges have reported their action on the question submitted. These returns by the Lodges, as to the vote taken, are now at the command of the Grand Lodge for its consideration. It is sufficient to say that the proposed constitutional amendment was approved by the Lodges voting by an overwhelming majority. A number of appeals from Lodges, where trials had taken place, were received by me and immediately forwarded to the chairman of the Committee on Appeals, Brother Noah M. Givan, P. G. M. . Speeial permission was granted by Grand Master Thomas to a large number of Lodges to change their quarters into new and better halls, and for the dedication of the same. These permissions were issued to the respective D. D. G. M. An occasional request was made of the Grand Master for permission to elect officers, either to fill vacancies, or to supply the necessary roster of officers, where Lodges had failed to hold their regular election. In all cases permission \Va.'; issued. CORNER-STuNES. Authority was issued, by order of the Grand Master, to proper parties, for th(' laying of corner-stones, as follows: Masonic Hall, at Newtown. Methodist College, at Fredericktown. The writer, being commissioned by the Grand Master for the purpose, opened a special session of the Grand Lodge in. Fredericktown, and laid the corner-stone of the Marvin Institute with Masonic ceremonies. Laying corner-stone of a church at Ianthe. Of a church at Memphis. Corner-stone of the Masonic Temple, at Chillicothe. The ceremony in this case was performed b:1' M. W. Bro. J. B. Thomas, Grand Master. It was my privilege and pleasure to participate in the exercises of the occasion, after which we were entertained and delighted by a most instructive, practical and ably delivered address b~' Brother W. F. Kuhn, of Kansas City. RE- BALLOTING. By direction of the Grand Master, I issued permission to reopen the ballot where candidates had been rejected for the mysteries in Winona Lodge, No. 314, Rich Hill Lodge, No. 179, and Pine Lodge, No. 314;
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PROXIES. The Grand Lodge at its last session adopted a resolution directin~ the Grand Secretary to provide all Lodges with blank forms of proxies, for the use of such as may wish to use them in attending the Grand Lodge. In obedience to the foregoing order, I had printed and distributed the required form of proxy to all the Lodges in the State. At the same time I mailed to the Lodges credentials, so that Representatives to the Grand Lodge could be furnished with the necessary documents and present them to the Committee on Credentials at the session. If these credentials are used they will be a great aid to the committee in making up their report of the attendance upon the Grand Lodge session. TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS. The Grana. Master appointed Brother John R. Parson a Committee on Transportation to secure reduced rates, for the members attending the Grand Lodge, on the certificate plan. Copies of these, with hotel rates at Jefferson Citr, were printed and mailed to the Lodges for their instruction and benefit. PRAIRIEVILLE LODGE, No. 137. Januar)' 1st, 1894, the charter of the above named TJOdge was destroyed by fire Application was made to Grand Master Keene for a duplicate charter, but the request was declined. Thus matters stood during the remainder of his term, and until the present Masonic year was well advanced. Grand Master Thomas had the Deputy of that District, Brother Townsend, make full and thorough investigation as to the possibilities of reinstating said Lodge. It was found that the membership was meagre and scattered, and a debt of $500 hanging over the institution. Grand Master Thomas did not order a duplicate charter, and as the Lodge had not met for nearly two years, its life was considered extinct. The few members resident in the community where the Lodge had formerly existed held an informal meeting, and expressed the opinion that the Lodge could not be revived. As far as their action is concerned, informal as it was. it amounted to a surrender of the Charter, provided there had been one to turn over to the Grand Lodge. There being no charter in existence it could not be surrendered or arrested, but the Grand Master simpl)' declared the life of the Lodge totally extinct. I have withheld Grand Lodge dimits to the members of that Lodge. Some have been applied for, but I preferred waiting for the session of the Grand Lodge to pass upon the SUbject before issuing certificates to the Brethren. As the Lodge had ceased to meet, and thereby forfeited its existence, its resurrection can only be effected at this late hour by the Grand Lodge. If no action of the Grand Lodge is taken in that direction, the Grand Secretary will feel at liberty to issue Grand Lodge certificates to those properly entitled to receive them. EXCHANGE. Under a rule established by the St. Louis banks, exchange is charged on all checks received here not drawn by certain specified banks. Owing to the establishment of this regulation, I have had to payout on exchange account the sum of $10.33, some 5eventy Lodges having paid their Grand Lodge dues in checks on which exchange was collectible under the above mentioned regulatiol1 of St. Louis banks. This being a new feature in financial matters, I make this statement to account for the outlay of the foregoing sum on exchange account. FINANCIAL. It affords me pleasure to report a healthy and satisfactory condition of the financial
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books, and confirmed by the report of the Committee on Accounts, t.he sum of 528,594.63. The Committee on Ac'counts stated, "We find that the books of both officers balance to a cent." I am happy to report the same condition of the books, both of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary, for the present year, which show, at the closing of this report, October 4,1895, a net cash balance in hand of$33,319.16. Before presentinga recapitulation, I wish to particularize the sources of income. . Following the closing of the books last year, and independent of Grand Lodge dues for the present term, I received $4,127.72 on the following accounts: Charter .fees, $100.00; . dispensation fees, $180.00; two lots in Bellefontaine Cemetery, $20.00; funds from dead Lodge No. 183, $31.42; funds from dead Lodge No. 340, $24.30; from Carnegy property, $5.50; from sale of property of Linn Lodge, No. 66, $978.!i0, making a total of $1,3.39.72, received from other sources than Grand Lodge dues. Added to this, $2,788.00 received on account of Grand Lodge dues for 1894, making- a total of $4.127.72. This amount was paid over to the Grand Treasurer before the income of Grand Lodge dues for 1895. I have received from August 1st to October 4th, on account'of Lodge dues, $26,169.00. This amount added to the $28,594.63 on hand at the commencement of the present term, and the $4,127.72 received before August 1st, makes a grand total of $58,891.35. The total disbnrsements for the year amounted to $25,572.19, leaving a balance 0 f $33,319.16, now on deposit in the hands of the Grand Treasurer, as shown by his report, which corresponds with this statement to II. cent.. HOME ACCOUNT. At the time of the payment to the Masonic Home, October 25,1894, the amount due was $13,869.50. The amount due the Home out of t.he amounts collected after that payment is $424, to which the Home is entitled. The amount of dues collected for the present term, up to date, is $26,169, one-half of which goes to the Ho~c, being $13,084.50, with the $424 due on last year's account, makes a total balance due the Home October 4, 1895, of $13,508.50. Deducting this amount from the total' balance in the hands of the Grand Treasurer of $33,319;16, leaves a balance due the Grand Lodge Fund, of $19,810.66. A supplemental report will be furnished in the printed Proceedings, showing all moneys received since the accounts were balanced and the books closed on the 4th of October. RECAPITULATION. Balance on hand lMt settlement ReceiYed dues for 1894.................. charter fees............................. fees for six dispensations.. for two burial lots......... funds from dead Lodge, No. 182......... fnnds from dead Lodge, No. 340....................... .. funds from dead Lodge, No. 66........ money returned from Carnegy property......... Grand Lodge dues for 1895, up to date........... Total Total disbursements
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GRAND TREASURER'S REPORT. SAM. M. KENNARD, GRAND TREASURER, In account with GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, A. F. and A. M. : DEBITS. 4, 1894, To Balance as 8, " To Cash, J. D. 17," do November 5," do 13," do 15," do 28," do July 25, 1895, do 26, ,. do August 1," do 2," do 3," do 5, do 7," do 8," do 9," do 10," do 13," do 14," do 16," do 17," do 19," do 20," do 21," do 22," do 23," do 24," do 26," do 27," do 29," do 31," do September 2," do 3," do 4," do 6," do 8," do 9," do 10," do 18," do 19," do 21," do 24," do 2-5," do 27," do 28," do October 1," 路0.0 3," do
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INVITATION.
An invitation from the Warden of the Penitentiary to visit that institution was extended to the .Grand Lodge, and, on motion, accepted. Three o'clock this afternoon was the hour agreed upon for such visit.
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ORATION.
On motion of Brother C. C: Woods, 2 o'clock this afternoon was set apart as the hour to hear the address from the Grand Orator, Brother A. L. Ross.
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
On motion, it was resolved to hold menlorial services in honor of the late Brother J. P. Wood, Past Grand Master, in the Masonic Hall, commencing at 7: 30 this evening.
REPC?RT ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS.
The Committee appointed to consider and to report upon the Address of the Grand Master, submitted through its Chairman, Brother B. H. Ingram, the following report, which ' was read and adopted: REPORT ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. & A. M. :
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Your Committee appointed to examine and report upon the Address. of the Grand Master submit the following as the result of their labor: We take pleasure in commending the address for its brevity, business style and terseness of expression. It is emphatically a business document; free from any attempt at extravagance of utterance. It illustrates the practical character 'of the Grand Master, who as a worker made full proof of his ability to meet the high and important responsibilities of the office. His work constitutes his monument. Your Committee would submit that disposition be made of the matter-and things contained in the Address as follows: That portion whiCh refers to the路 granting of dispensations for the formation ~f new Lodges be referred to the Committee on Lod~es under Dispensation. We approve the action of the G:rand Master in refusing to violate the lIaw of the IGrand Lodge by g-ranting dispensations to examine candidates and confer degrees out of time.
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We recommend that the cases mentioned under the head of "Invasion of Territory" be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. We recommend that the subject of the arrest of the charter of West Prairie Lodge, No. 495, be referred to the Committee on Chartered Lodges. We approve the action of the Grand Master in refusing permission to Lodges or individual Masons to solicit money from the Fraternity by "begging letters," where no meritorious cause was presented. We recommend that the communication from the Grand Lodge of Colorado, mentioned by the Grand Master, be referred to a special committee of three. We recommend that the communication from the Grand Lod~e of Wisconsin, proposing "a uniform law requiring each Lodge to take care of its own members in sickness," be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. We approve of the appointment made by the Grand Master in commissioning Brother JohnH. Irvine as Representative of this Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of Oregon; also that of .Tames A. Gass as our Representative near the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia. We approve of the revocation of the commission of R. \V. Bro. H. B. Grant, our Representative near the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, as requested by the Grand Master of Kentucky, in consequence of that Grand Lodge having abolished the representative system. We fully appreciate the great worth and ability of Grand Secretary Grant, and regret that he will no longer be permitted to "Stand up for Missouri." We recommend that the case of P. 1\'1. Smith, late W. M. of Adair Lodge, No. 366: be referred to a special committee of three, and that a simj}ar reference be given. the case of Brother Samuel Hayworth, Senior Warden ,of White Hall Lodge, No. 301. We recommend that the official m1ings reported by the Grand Master in his Address be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence, We approve of the action of the M. W. Grand Master in appointing a special committee' to report proper resolutions upon the death of that excellent man and true Mason, 11. W. Bro. James Perry Wood, P. G; 1\:1. We recommend that the Committee on Obituaries be instructed to prepare a suitable tribute in memory of the late RW:Bro. Flavius A. Affleck, D. D. G. 1\1. of the Twenty-eighth Masonic District, and that the Grand Secretary be directed to set apart memorial pages in the forthcoming Proceedings of the Grand Lodge in honor of these departed Brethren. In closing our review of the official transactions of our M. W. Bro. Thomas, Grand Master, we again offer our commendation for the faithful, laborious and efficient manner in which he discharged the delicate duties of his high station. Fraternally submitted, B. H. INGRAM, JOHN D. VINCIL, R. E. ANDERSON. NOAH M.GIVAN, ALEX. M. DOCKERY, JOSEPH S. BROWNE, C. C. WOODS, JOlIN H.. PARSON, W. M. WILLIAMS, LEE A. HALL, R. F. STEVENSON, THEODORE BRACE. HARRY KEENE, Committee.
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TRANSPORTATION.
Brother John R. Parson, Chairman of Committee on Transportation, presented the following report, and the same was adopted: To the,Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. P. & A. M.:
Your Committee on Transportation respectfully reports that, after a good deal of correspondence with the railroads they agreed to make a fare and a third rate on the certificate plan. Delegates will please hand me their certificates of having paid full fare eoming to Jefferson City, as it will be necessary for me to present one hundred of them to the agent, who will sell return tickets for one-third fare, after I have countersigned the certificates. Fraternally submitted, JOHN R. PARSON, Committee.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Brother John D. Vincil, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, presented his annual review, and the same was ordered printed in the Journal of the Grand Lodge. [See Appendix.] INVITATION.
An invitation from. the Governor was presented, requesting the members of the Grand Lodge to visit the Gubernatofial Mansion at eight o'clock to-morrow evening. CALLED OFF.
The Grand Lodge was then called from labor until two o'clock this afternoon.
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FIRST DAY-AF1'ERNOON SESSION. JEFFERSON CITY,
Mo., October 15, 1895.
The Grand Lodge was called to labor at two o'clock, pursuant to order, by Grand l\1aster Thomas. The Grand Officers were present as at the forenoon session. The Grand :Master announced the following standing committees: CREDENTIALS.-H. A. Gass, E. R. Durham, Geo. L. Faulhaber, Ed. '1'. Orear, Wm. Sessinghaus. GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS.-All Past Grand iVIasters present.1 LODGES UNDER DISPEXSATIOX.-P. J. Heuer, Geo. S. 'l'ownsend, O. D. Austin, I;.. V. ]':l:eMilIan, S. D. Cunningham, Welton O'Bannon. CHARTERED LODGES.-Lee A. Hall, A. Fisher, T. A. Dunn, 'V. R. Bowles, ,J. L. 'l'horpe. ApPEALS A}1D GRlEYANCJo;S.-Noah M. Givail, B. F. Wallis, J. W. Hulett, Nick Grieshammer, .Joseph S. Browne. '\. JURISPRUDENCE.-J. W. Boyd, A. TIf. Dockery, Wm. M. Williams, H. H. I{oberts, Jno. C. Yocum, H. H. HohensehiId, R. E. Anderson. ACC.OUNTS.-F. W.
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John H. Deems, Howard Watson.
WAYS AND ~'fEANS.-R. E. Collins, George W. Lilly,A .•J. Coleman, Harmon Cline, Ed. Reichard.\ CHARITY.-John R. Parson, J .• C. Marshall.
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UNk'lNISHED BUSIXESS.-D.M:.WiIson, John Ramming, B. F. Watson, Charles L. W. J. Jones, G. C. Lovell.
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REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND ~IASTERs.-G. L. l!'aulhaber. E. H. Phelps, F. E. Bybee, R. 'I'. P~niek. OBITUAlUEs.-Leslie Orear, Thomas Brown, A.:YL WordclI, Samuel Harris, D. E. S. 'I'aylor. BOARDS OF RELIEF.-Wm. A. Hall, H. H. Gctman, J. M. Austin. W. T. Newman, E. N. Moody. COMMUNICATIO}1 FROM GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO.-B. H. Ingram, A. A. Lesueur, J. A. Wickham. P. :\:1. SMITH-SUSPENDED )IASTER.-R. F. Stevenson, John Greenough, Jesse W. Henry.
SAMUEl, HAYWORTH-SUSPENDED WARDEN.-Harry Keene, W. H. Gundelfinger, A. Feuhnnan.
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REPORT ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
The Committee appointed to count the votes of Lodges on the Constitutional Amendment, heretofore mentioned, presented the following report. The.same was read and accepted. On motion, the vote was taken upon the adoption of the Pl'Op~sed amendment, and the same was approved unanimously. To the .!Ifost Worshipful Grand Lodge oj Mi;ssouri. A. F. & A . .!If.:
Your Committee appointed to cast up the vote of Lodges on the proposed constitutional amendment, beg leave to report that they have performed the duty assigned them, and. find that the total number of votes cast on said amendment is 396, of which 360 are in favor of the adoption of the amendment, and '36 are against. Fraternally submitted, JOHN D. VINCIL, C. E. REID, E. O. SAYLE, CornmiUec.
ORATION.
The hour having arrived for the special order of the day, tohe Grand l'rfaster introduced th~ Grand Orator, Brother A. L. Ross, who delivered a practical, instructive and interesting address. On motion of Brother C. II. Briggs, the thanks of the Grand Lodge were tendered to the Grand Orator, Bro.ther Ross, and a request adopted that he furnish a copy of his oration to the Grand Secretary for publication in the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge. Following is the oration as delivered:
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FREEMASONRY IN THE UNITED STATES. In the hope that I may concentrate the attention of the Craft of this Grand Jurisdiction upon a period of Masonic history' which may justly be termed an epoch, and thereby afford food for lasting and beneficial reflection as well as entertainment for the passing hour, I shall address this Grand Body briefly upon the Growth of Freemasonry under Constitutional Governinent in the United States. In ancient and medieval, as well as in modern times, the Craft have always been taught to be peaceful and quiet citizens of the state; true to their government and just to their country; not to coun,tenance disloyalty or rebellion, but to submit patiently to legal authority, to conform with cheerfulness to the government of the country in which they reside, and to be scrupulously regardful of the rights, not only of their brethren, but of all mankind. It js worthy of note and profound reflection that the history of this Fraternity has been one of peace and good-will towards men throughout the ages. When I contemplate the past, 'the "vision of Merza" rises on my sight. Kingdoms and empires have risen, flourished and fallen. Men have fought for kingdom and crown till desolation covered the earth. So-called,holy wars have been waged in the name of religion, and host hurled upon host till the pitiless steel wreaked with human blood. The inquisition, the fagot, and the stake have claimed their victims, and persecution for opinion's sake reigned supreme. Through the midst of those horrors, those wild and ferocious deliriums of the human race, Freemasonry has quietly and peacefully threaded its way. The blood of the innocent crieth not from the ground against it. Industriously has it wrought, peacefully has it taught. And its teaching and example hath, in all ages and in all climes, been such as to develop in man the largest individual liberty consistent' with the common good. " Recognizing the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of man, and practicing virtues of universal recognition, no~ forgetting "silence and circumspection," the Craft have passed, but not without trials and trib= ulations, the stormy seas of civil strife and religious controversy, and have.emerged into the'broad sun-light of Constitutional Liberty. Although the mysteries of Masonry are, and ought to be, strictly guarded by the commendable, though oft-abused, virtue of secrecy, yet the lives of Masons are as an open book to be known and read of all men; and where they,'for successive generations, form a component part of a civilization, and help to form and establish the institutions of a people or country, it is entirely within the bounds of probability that their Masonic teaching would leave its impression on the work of their hands in the secular affairs of mankind. '
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The studv of different civilizations that have succeeded each other in the history ~f the human race proves that they have always been guided and dominated in their development by a small number of fundamental ide:.;ts. Time, and the converging forces of circumstance and condition, both mental and physical, are necessary to the formation and crystallization of ideas which are to become dominant in any civilization. Such governing ideas become established and disestablished very slowly." In consequence of the slowness of our mental formations and transformations, generations are sometimes required for the development and full fruition of a new idea. For generations it may languish, being kept alive only by those who stand, as it were, on the watch-towers of civilization. The student of human affairs is struck with the paucity of the fundamental ideas of peoples, the slowness with which they are modified, and, whether right or wrong, the power and irresistible might they exercise when they are once formed and become dominant. Civilizations are the, resultants of certain ideas, and when those ideas are changed the civilization is inevitably transformed with them. An institution, therefore, among men of such great antiquity and such wonderful vitality as Freemasonry, must necessarily have left and still will leave its impress upon civilization. In speculative Masonry the consensus of Masonic thought and teaching has been to impress upon路 the members of the Fraternity their duty, not only to God, but especially toward each o,ther and to aU mankind. For one of the ancient charges calls " Brotherly Love the foundation and cape stone, the cement and ~lory of this Ancient Fraternity. " The virtues for ages have been inculcated by this Fraternity wit? special reference to the amelioration and betterment of mankind. The teaching of the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of man for so long could not but result in positive knowledge of the inalienable right.s of man with reference to his fellows, and to lead him to minimize selfishness, and to magnify beneficence. While the Craft were always obedient, so far as I am aware, to governmental requirements in all of the civilized countries of Europe \"here they were permitt~d to assemble prior to its transplantation to American soil, yet the very form of government in monarchical colintries, the constitution of society and the inquisitorial methods ~f all earthly monarchs, jealous of power, hung heavily on the shoulders of the Craft and hindered and delayed that larger and more healthy application of the sublime teachings of Freemasonry. It might be of interest to contrast the perfect freedom the Craft now enjoy under constitutional guaranty, with their persecutions in Europe in the sixteenth century. In Holland in 1735 they were put to the greatest extremity to prove the innocence of their institution. In France, Germany and Austria in 1737 it was believed and charged that
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the recesses of the Lodges contained designs hostile to the government, and Lodge assemblies were prohibited. From sunny Italy, the land which once, by the hand of the operative traveling Mason, was filled with churches and cathedrals with their spires and domes pointing heavenward, came the greatest persecution of the Craft. In 1738 the Roman Pontiff issued his famous Bull against Freemasons, charging that they had been suspected by the faithful; that they were hurtful to the tranquillity of the State and to the safety of the soul, and their punishment was enjoined on all Bishops, Superiors and Ordinaries-they to have recourse, if necessary to the "secular arm;" and Lodge assemblies were forbidden under pain of death and confiscation of goods, without hope of pardon. Spain witnessed the same persecution, and there the dungeons of the Inquisition and the galleys were considered fit abodes for men WhOHI we now regard as having virtue above their fellows. But the persecutions of the Craft were not confined to Catholic countries. In 1745 the Council of Berne in Switzerland issued a decree prohibiting, under the severest penalties, the assemblages of Freemasons. In 1757 in Scotland, that land ont of which has come so much good, the Synod of Sterling adopted a resolution debarring all adhering Freemasons from the ordinances of religion. And, as if to demonstrate that fanaticism is everywhere the same, in 1748 the Divan at Constantinople caused ~ Masonic Lodge to be demolished, its jewels and furniture seized, its members arrested and imprisoned and the introduction of the Order into Turkey prohibited. Even under persecution the life and teaching of the Fraternity has been pacific. Nor have the Craft been used as the enginery of persecution or oppression, nor for the purpose of governmental or political aggrandizement of power. Neverin any country, in any age, has Freemasonry, as an organized body, attempted to control and dominate the affairs of government, with the possible exception of some quasi effort of that character at one time in Frapce. And, be it said to the credit of the Fraternity in the United States, such has never been attempted here. But we are reminded that Freemasonry has been transplanted on Americ~m soil long prior to the establishment of our present form of government; that Masonic Grand Jurisdictions existed in the Colonies, the most notable of which, perhaps, was that of Pennsylvania, whose Grand Lodge was over fifty years of age at the time of the adoption of the Fe<;leral Constitution; that Putnam, Warren, Marshall, Montgomery, 'Wooster, Randolph, Otis, and many more of the fathers of. the Republic were zealous :Master Masons; that he, who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, and who presided over the deliberations of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, was a student and exemplar of the tenets and cardinal virtues of Freemasonry; that G. L. PRo.-3.
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Dr. Franklin, that great patriot and statesman, was a devotee at the Masonic Altar; that many of the devoted fathers of the Revolution were bright stars in the Masonic firmament. Can it be that in that plastic and formative period of our history, the cardinal virtues and tenets of Masonry so illustriously portrayed in the lives of those early patriots did not, through them,unconsciously, assist in moulding and shaping that instrument which has, ever since its adoption, been the Magna Charta of American liberty? Can it be that that Charity which suffereth long and is kind, and easy to be entreated, and which knoweth no bounds, so thoroughly grounded in the lives of our pioneer Brethren, d~d not give at least some color and cbaracter to the liberal provisions of the Constitution of the United States? If we can not locate the birth of an idea, we may sometimes backward trace its growth. And while we may not determine all the phenomena which give it dominance and ultimate power, we may, at least, discover an occasional antecedent. That Freemasonry held and taught, in its infancy, centuries agone, some of the ideas now dominant in our civilization, and which, in their full fruition, have cOill;e to bless humanity beyond compare, I have not the slightest doubt. The thought here attempted to be expressed is magnified and sustained by the eloquent testimonial of one no less eminent as a Mason than as a citizen of the Republic. "Although," said he, "the origin of our..l<'raternity is covered with darkness, and its history is, to a great extent, obscure, yet we can confidently say that it is the most ancient society in the world-and we are equally certain that its principles are based on pure morality; that its ethics are the ethics of Christianity; its doctrines, the doctrines of patriotism and brotherly love, and its sentiments, the sentiments of 'exalted benevolence. All that is good, all that is kind and charitable, it encourages; all that is vicious, and cruel, and oppressive, it reprobates." Such is the testimonial of DeWitt Clinton, as pure a patriot as ever loved and served his country, and as bright a Mason as ever honored the Fraternity. The law of perfect liberty is nowhere more perfectly illustrated than in the Masonic Brotherhood when it practices the exalted virtues of its ritual. Liberty, be it remembered, does not mean license It means the largest personal liberty of the individual within the bounds of virtue and right living, and with ~ue regard for the right of his fellow-men.If this be a correct definition, the Masonic Fraternity affords an opportunity for the enjoyment of that liberty, both in matters governmental and in matters of belief, which at once satisfies that perfect law. After generations of growth and development, and after coming up through great tribUlations; for the first time comes the enunciation in the form of organic law, voluntarily adopted by a sovereign people. No title of nobility shall be granted nor accepted; no law shall be passed respecting the establishment of religion nor prohibiting the free
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exercise thereof. These wise provisions of our fundamental law are in perfect consonance with that universal spirit or t~lerance so well known and so long practiced by the members of this Fraternity; and I may say with truth, and in all sincerity, that they are in perfect accord with an unfeigned belief in God and with the most exalted Christian piety. While I do not wish to be understood as teaching that the- Fr<lternity as such ever attempted to control or shape legislation or governmental policy in the United ~tates, yet I do, without hesitation, express the belief that the Masonic life and learning of many of the framers of the Constitution and its early amendments were potent in giving form and vitality to that immortal docum'ent, unconsciously though it might be, and if so, all the more to the credit of Masonic virtne, as it thus becomes a testimonial to the all-pervading presence and influe.nce of the Masonic spirit, and the power and influence of a life consecrated to the practice of virtue and justice, and a signal illustration of the fact that Masonic virtue can not be cou'fined within the walls of the Lodge room, or even within the pale of the Masonic Brotherhood, for even the touch causeth "virtue to go out." Whether it be true or not that the spirit of Masonic life and teaching, either directly or indirectly, assisted in the establishment of constitutional guaranty and liberty in the New World; whether it be true or not that the Masonic life extant in the Colonies was in any sense the precursor or progenitor of religious liberty and freedom of thought among men, it is nevertheless true that the framing and adoption of the Constitution of the United States and its early amendments was the greatest blessing vouchsafed to human-kind since the advent or Him, of whom the angels sang "Peace on earth, good-will toward men." It liberated human thought, and removed the shack~es from the minds and consciences of men. It obliterated all caste, except the caste of goodness, of virtue, and of righteousness. And while it prohibited titles of nobility, it prepared the soil for the development of that nobility of manhood, which earthly potentates can neither give nor takeaway. And whether, out of the mists of years, as thought was slowly crystallizing and shaping itself for the accomplishment of the high destiny of men, Freemasonry can justly claim to be the progenitor of that thought and learni:r;tg, our beloved and venerated institution can at least rise in • her present greatness and majesty, and eloquently testify to the blessings it has enjoyed, and still enjoys under the benign influence of constitutional government and free institutions. Only in the sense that all • good Masons are to be loyal to the government in which they live, can Freemasonry be said to exist under or by the grace of any form of government. It does not ask the assistance of the government; neither is the protection of the government asked further than is, or may be, asked by all ~ood citizens, that is, for the enjoyment of inalienable rights.
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Freemasonry is an all-sufficient law unto itself, but recognizes the necessity and ~ood of just and humane government for all men. Freedom of conscience, of thought, of the press, of speech, and the right of peaceful and lawful asse'mblage is inestimable as well to this Fraternity as to any other class of citizens or to any organization of men. As American citizens ,ve are too prone to lose sight of those provisions of the organic law of our country guaranteeing personal liberty and religious freedom. No greater blessing can be secured to a people by constitutional guaranty than the right to worship according to the dictates of conscience. Indeed, this is the summum lionu1J/,; and we, too, often fail of just appreciation, in the great ,struggle for thematorial blessings of this life. Although Ancient Craft Masonry had its origin in an absolute monarchy, and although the Craft have enjoyed the favor of, kings and princes, yet speculative Masonry has enjoyed its greatest opportunities under constitutional and free governinent. "' 'Vhen our earlier Brethren wrought in both the operative and speculative, to the men of letters, then confined almost wholly to the nobility and royalty, belonged the greater opportunities and privile~es of the speculative art. To the latter class came the opportunity for growth and development in the wide and ever-widening field of the specu)ative application of the cardinal virtues and tenets of Masonry. But a new era dawns upon mankind. The horizon moves back. The growth and incarnation of ideas which, when formulated, express not only 路the hope, but the salvation of humanity, at least in a temporal sense, gave form and voice to the Constitution of the United States, and every distinction except th,at of goodness and superior attainments vanishes, and bounds are no longer set to individual growth and progress. Nothing is plainer to the student than that the framers of the . Federal Constitution and the Constitutions of the several States determined to preserve and perpetuate religious Ii berty, and to guard against the slightest approach toward' inequality in civil, political or religious rights. The American people came to the formation of their Constitu, tion, after centuries of religious oppression. and persecution in the Old World had convinced them of the utter futility of all attempts to propagate religious opinions by rewards or penalties, orthe terror of human laws. The Constitution did not merly establish religious tolerance, bnt likewise absolnte religions equality, and removed every restraint upon the free exercise thereof. No external authority is to place itself between the finite being and the infinite, when the former is seeking to render the homage that is due, and in a mode that commends itself to his conscience and judgment as being suitable for him to render, and as being acceptable to its object. No man is to be subjected to the censorship of the state, and the' state is not to take note of his faith or
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religious belief, when the citizen performs his duty to the state, and to his fello'ws, and is guilty of no breach of public morals or public decorum. But while thus careful to protect and defend religions freedom and to establish equality, American constitutions contain no provisions which prohibit the recognition of an over-ruling Providence in public transactions such as the religious sentiment of mankind inspires, and as seems meet ~nd proper in finite and dependent creatures. In this august presence let us contemplate the blessings, privileges and opportunities Freemasory has enjoyed in the United Sta~es during the first century of our national existence, and likewise its achievements. The respect of the Fraternity for the laws and institutions of the Republic has only been equaled by the regard of those in authority for an institution which is known by its fruits. This venerable institution, in the practice and teaching of speculative 'Masonry in the United, States, has had an era of growth and prosperity hitherto unknown. The early Grand Jurisdictions have grown in strength aud stability, while Grand Jurisdiction after Grand Jurisdiction has been established as this grand sisterhood of States has grown, until the United States is now the seat of Masonic empire in the world. "No more in this Mount, nor in Jerusalem," do we worship, but in every Lodge in every Grand Jurisdiction in this boundless Masonic empire the Divine presence is symbolized, and devotions are offered to the Most High. Notwithstanding our youth nationally, the United States contains more than two-thirds of the Masonic Lodges in the world. This fact alone, if no other argument could be adduced, indicates the benign influences, under which the Craft labor in this our beloved country. Theseed sown in good ground hath brought fo~th thirty, sixty, and even a hundred fold. Not, as in days of yore, do we have to meet secretly, or find it necessary to placate a jealous monarch, or convince the profane of the rectitude of our intentions in order to enjoy royal favor. But t.emple after temple from one end of this land to the other, some of them rivaling in magnificence the temples of old, mark the place of convocation of the Craft, and each one is a shrine emblematic of the Holy place where our Hebrew brethre'n offered up their devotions to the same God we still adore, . Much has been accomplished for humanity in the name of Freemasonry. The hungry have been fed; the orphan has been clothed; the widow has been sustai~ed; the fallen Brother has often been restored to Masonic life and rectitude; the Fraternity, by its great moral strength, has often imparted strength to the feeble and failing virtues of the weaker Brother who, but for the ti'mely aid and assistance of his stron~er Brethren, might and surely would have failed.
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So that to-day, as we approach the summit of the nineteenth century, our meetings are held, as it were, on the high hill qf civil and religious liberty, of perfect equality before the law. From this inestimable vantage ground we m,ay survey the grand field of labor and opportunity spread out before us. In this field are to be seen many towers of strength and many pillars of beauty, erected not by the tools and implements of the operative Fellow Craft, but by the practice and teaching of the speculative art of the Master Mason. Not alone in the formative period of constitutional government and of free institutions thereunder in the New \\Torld, were the Craft blessed by'the labors and teachings of men whose lives were an intellectual and moral tower of strength, and whose moral symmetry and rectitude of character were a piIlar,Of beauty, but all along the grand highway of progress have we an innumerable 'host of Brethren whose lives are symbolized by the perfect ashIer; whose Ii ves have been adorned and beautified by temperance, fortitude, prudence and justice; and whose daily walk and conversation have been an eloquent testimonial to their virtues, and whose constancy and fidelity in the doing of good and the practice of virtue among men have been, like the current of-a mighty river, flowing silently but irresistibly toward the betterment of mankind. They are indeed their Brother's keepers. And who can measure the good thus accomplished for poor and weak humanity? Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a hook, or'number the sands of the sea? As the sands of the sea can not be numbered for multitude, neither canst thou measure nor determi"ne the influence for good of that grand arlDy of illustrous Masons who have gone before, and many of whom remain to this day, for magnitude. In unity there is strength. In consensus of thought there is intellectual and moral strength. Tn unity of faith and practice of universally recognized virtues, there is spiritual strength. As the ponderous engine, apparently endowed 'with life, rushes on and on with its still more ponderous burden, so does the innate moral and spiritual strength of this venerable Brotherhood, with the acquired momentum of long movement through the ages,' move forward with its ponderous burden of the weaknesses and frailties an{} shortcomings of the Brethren, and of all humanity (so intimate are our relations), and slowly belt surely and steadily ascend the mount of delectation to a stronger and more perfect manhood. In this reflection I am mindful that we have no monopoly on virtue; that Freemasonry is not the only source of good; is not the only institution dedicated to the teaching and practice of virtue and right living. But I desire to impress my Brethren that it is one of the great agencies under Divine Providence for the amelioration and betterment of humanity in this world, and for the great uplift of human souls. A,nd I can not too fervently impress upon your attention thp.
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great work to be done, and the grand opportunities spread out before you. Our great ambition should be, not personal promotion or exaltatation, but the greatest service to the Craft, and thereby to humanity. As the greatest ambition and chief glory of the citizen should be to perform his whole duty and fulfill the high destiny of a citizen of the Republic, so the chief desire of every Mason should be to shape and moul<.l his character agreeably to the ideal so fully portrayed in the Masonic ritual, and so profusely, and I may say, so beautifully, illustrated in the lives of so many of our Brethren, not alone of those who have passed to their reward, but of thousands who still labor here and to practice in his daily life those virtues which alone can truly exalt and ennoble. But amid the exaltation of soul which comes from a contemplation of the lives of men which in themselves are towers of strength and pillars of beauty helping and uplifting humanity, we behold ever and anon along the pathway of )ife, men whose lives began as brightly as the dawn, but who have fallen because of weakness, or for lack of human aid and sympathy, mayhap of Brotherly kindness and aSRistance, which came not in the hour of need. Yes, the temple was begun with fair proportions, but has fallen in ruins. Alas, when will men come to know and feel of a truth that they are "the Temple of the Living God?" 'When will they come to appreciate fully that there is laid upon them the most solemn duty, - not only to strengthen the temple against the assnlts of evil in whatever form, but to adorn and beautify the mind and heart, which ih this temple of onrs is "the holy of holies?" Many a fair temple is defiled and sacked, and the holy vessels taken a\vay. No longer doth incense burn on the altar of the heart, and nothing but desolation is beheld. B':lt these desolate human tabernacles may often be restored; and while they llHty not reSllme their former pristine beauty and glory, yet like 7Jernbbabel of old, let us build up the waste places-let us restore the temple. Two great obfects should ever be kept in view, viz., our own improvement and development, and the betterment and elevation of our fellowmen. Opportunities, both in and out of the Fraternity, present themselves for the largest exercise of our boasted charity. To visit the fatherless and the widow is an holy service, and blesses not only those that receive, but those that give; but our charity must comprehend sympathy and consideration for the shortcomings of our Brethren. To silence the tongue of slander; to restore the weak; to lift up the fallen; to bind up broken hearts; to encourage the practice of virtue, and eschew the practice of evil in our Brethren, and in general to strengthen humanity for the accomplishment of a higher destiny, are among the great practical duties of the members of this Fraternity. To this Grand Lodge the various Subordinate Lodges look, as the student does to his alma matei'. May it ever be to them as a cherishing
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mother. M.ay it deal with them tenderly and instruct them wisely. This Grand Lodge is the fountain of Masonic ~ife and learning for this Grand Jurisdiction. And it is indeed a Grand Jurisdiction, but it nevertheless contahls many weak Lodges; for, while the Grand Lecturer has discharged his duties with distinguished ability and fidelity, yet the labor is great, and,the entire field is difficult to cover. With the most profound respect I say to this Grand Body, if there must be discrimination, let it be in favor of the weak and remote Lodges; and see to it that life and vitality is restored to the extremities, for there is ,vhere the rene,val must ~ontinually take place and new life be put on, and then it will return with redoubled strength to this Grand Lodge. I would therefore impress on this Grand Body the prime necessity of sustaining the Grand Lecturer and his subordinates in the 'work with every proper facility, and with special reference to work in those fields where life and light are most needed. Then will there come up to this Grand Lodge annually from the uttermost parts of this Grand Jurisdiction men with zeal like unto that of the ancient Jew when he made his annual pilgrimage to the Holy City. The past is illustrious. The present has great and unsllrpassed opportunities. The futtire may be glorious, if we improve those opportunities. With the past for our inspiration, and a j"ust conception of the blessings we enjoy under constitutional government and free institutions, I admonish my Brethren to rise in their manhood and prove themselves ~apable and worthy of the high destiny which is within the range of their vision. As Milton said, let I1S "rise to the height of this great argument," and fully comprehend a proper conception of a just and upright Mason. ' Our great' needs are a firm reliance on Divine Providence, and the courage and manhood to use diligently and intelligently the powers of mind and body with which we have been so abundantly blessed. To the members of this Grand Body I say, be thou exalted to the sublime thought of the Psalmist, so expressive of the omnipotence of God, and a lofty conception of virtue in this life, when he said: "The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof ; the world, and they that dwell therein; for he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. "Yho shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart; who hath not lifted IIp his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. " May we keep our hands clean, and our hearts pure. May we not lifL up our souls unto vanity, nor swear deceitfully. '
The Grand Lodge was then called from labor until 7 o'clock this evening.
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FIRST DA Y--:-=-NIGH'l' SESSION.
JEFFERSON CITY,
Mo., October 15, 1895.
The Grand Lodge assembled in 'Masonic Hall at sevcn o'clock, pursuant to order, and was called to labor by the Grand Master, M. V\T. Bro. J. B. Thomas. Grand Officers present' as heretofore.
AMENDMENTS.
Amendments to the By-Laws were proposed and read a first time as follows: CHAl'\GE OF BY-LAWS.
'To amend Sec. GG, by striking out the word "thirty" in second line and inserting in lieu thereof the word "twenty," so that said section when amended shall read as follows: SEC. 66. FE~;S.-No Lodge shall confer the three Degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry for a less sum than twenty dollars, but more may be charged at the discretion of the Lodge. One-half the amount must accompany the petition, the balance may be dhided as the Lodge may direct, provided that no degree shall be conferred until the sum required therefor shall be paid.l IRA V. MaMILLAK. Amend Sec. '204, by adding to such section the following: Provided, that should a non-affiliated Maso~, who is lin good'standing.;apply for membership in Lodge and be rejected, his-good standing shallicontinue for twel\'e months after such rejection. A. M. DOCKERY.
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Sl~a. 93a. 'I'he Past Grand Masters. the officers of the Grand Lodge and one Repre路 sentative frop1 each Subordinate Lodge shall be paid the sum of two dollars ($2.00) for each day they may be in actual attendance upon the Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge, and two cents (2c.) per mile for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning therefrom. Provided, that no Representative shall receive either mileage or per diem unless all dues from his Lodge to the Grand Lodge have been paid, and that no Representative shall receive more than one-fourth of the sum paid as dues by his Lodge for such year, and no one shall receive mileage or per diem in a double capacity, and provided further, that the dues of fifty cents pel' member now provided by law for the support of the Masonic Home shall be collected and paid over for that purpose and no part of the same shall ever be used for the payment of such mileage or per diem, or any expense of the Grand Lodge.
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MEMORIAL SERVICES.
At 7:30 o'clock the Grand Lodge entered upon the solemn' duty of paying tribute to the memory of its honored dead. Brother Jalnes Perry \\T ood, P. G. M., having been taken路 away by death since our last session, this special service is held in sad but loving remembrance of him. Soon after the death of Brother Wood, Grand Master Thomas appointed as Committee on Obituaries, Brothers Geo. E. :Mayhall, Wm. M. Williams and John D. Vincil. Said Committee, through its Chairman, Brother :Mayhall, presented the following tribute to JAMES PERRY 'VOOD. "He was a man, take him for all in all, .We shall not soon look upon his like again." The necrology of Masonry, not only in :Missouri, but of the Lodge universal, records in 'the annals' of the past year our belo,'ed Brother and Past Grand Master of this jurisdiction, James Perry Wood, who was called from the labors of earth's trestleboard to the refreshment of rest above, on the 18th day of June, 1895, at 10:20 o'clock P. M. Brother Wood was born in Ralls county, Missouri, on ,the 6th day of June, 1&')4. His early life was passed amid scenes common to farm life. From his native hills and rolling prairies he drank the st.rength and vigor that, in after years, gave him power to endure, and commanding prelicnce in the labors of his life. His early opportunities'of an education were such a;; are incident to the dilitrict school of his neighborhood. Afterwards,however, he entered the Christian University, at Canton, Missouri, where he graduated with honor in 1874. He chose the law as his favorite profession, studying in the office of Wingate & Johnson, in St. Louis, Missouri, and was there admitted to the bar, before the Supreme Court of the "state, in September, 1876. On the 12th day of December, 1876, he \Va;; married to Miss Mary F. Owsley, of Canton, Missouri. He sought no distant field for his life's work, but amid the scenes of hjs boyhood, surrounded by the friends familiar to his early years, in his native county, Perry Wood lived. Here he toiled with hcart and brain; achieved whatever of success and fame befell his lot; here his children were born; here the graves of his household; here he died. The early sunlight touches the home of his birth, falls across the place he loved to call his own, and rests upon the marble that marks his tomb. Nor was his native county unmindful of her son. He shared the confidence of the public in a. degree that was highly gratifying to himself and friends, and he never gave them cause to regret the confidence reposed in him. His efforts were always in the right direction. For three terms he served his native county as prosecuting attorney, four ~路ears a.s State senator, and he was enthusiastically put forward for congressional honors. Failing in this, he lcft political life without .a stain upon his escutcheon, or a blemish upon his good name.
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As a distinguished 1\1ason, Brother Wood was wide and favorably knowll. He wrought faithfully and well. He received the first three degrees .of Ancient Craft Masonry in :Monroe Lodg-e, No. 64, in the spring of lR78, being raised to the sublime degree of ~laster )1ason 011 the 20th day of April of that yea.r. Hc was exalted a Royal Arch Mason in Ralls Chapter, No. 55, in the year 1880. He served his Chapter as Most Excellent High Priest, and was in 1889 elected and installed Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Missouri. He was created a Knight Templar in Excalibur Commandery, No ..5, of Hannibal, Mo., and was at the time of his death a member of Cyrelle Commandery, No. 12, at Bowling Greell, Mo. While Brother Wood attained a high rank in Capitular MasonQ', the tribute of your Committee is to him as a 1\1aster Mason, than which there is nothing higher. In September, 1878, he dimitted from Monroe Lodge, No. 61, and on the 5th day of October of the same year he affiliated with New London Lodge, No. 307. He served New London Lodge as Junior Warden for one term and as Master for three terms.· He entered the Grand Lodge as .Junior Warden in 1879, and at the sessions of 1881 and 1882, while serving his Lodge as Master he appeared in his representative capacity on the floor of the Grand Lodge. He was at once recognized as one worthy of consideration, and it was soon accorded him. He was successively advanced from Grand Senior Deacon in 1884, until in October, 1888, he was elected and installed Grano. Master of Masons, an honor he esteemed as the greatest ever conferred upon him. His administration of the affairs of the Grano. Lodge was one of the most successful in its history. He served the Craft with fervencyand zeal. Verily he was a Knight' from spur to plume. Another "pillar of beauty" has fallen. In all the various relations of life Brother Wood was true to every trust and recreant to no duty. As a friend no man ever had a better. As a husband, in the sacred circle of home to wife, as father to child, he was loving, tender and true. No hearthstone ever felt the presence of a kindlier man. As a jurist he was erudite, scholarly and successful in an eminent degree. He was among the ablest attor· neys in the State. As a Christian his church was his beloved mission fJeld. Here he was almost idolized. His high sense of honor, strict integrity of character ano. devotedness of service made him a Saul among his brethren. If from the shadows of the beyond he could to·day utter his ideal of candor it',,'ould be , " Speak of me as I am. Notbing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice." It is difficult to realize that Brother Wood is dead; that we shall never again look upon his majestic form, nor meet him with the same old cheery greeting as in the years gone by. His sun went down while yet it was day. Sad, indeed, was his fate, and sorrowful the story of his tragic death. On the 14th day of May, preceding his death, a fatal accident befell him, on the ra.ilroad of which he was the attorney. He was removed from the wreck in an unconscious condition, and remained so, except at rare intervals, until death closed the scene on the evening of June 18th. After linger· ing agony, life hovering between hope and fear, at last the tide rolled seaward, and on its bosom carried to a distant shore the life burden of Perry Wood. His star is set, not in the darlmess of night, nor yet obscured by clouds, but It morning star that fades away in the clearer light of endless day. All that is mortal of our beloved Brother was, by the loving hands of sympathizing Brother Masons, tenderly laid to rest in beautiful Barkley Cemetery, near Kew London, Missouri, .June 20th, 1895-M. W. Bro. John D. Vincil, Grand Secretary, rendering' our beautiful burial service. His funeral was the larg-est ever witnessed in northeast Missouri, over two hundred Masons, rep· resenting thirteen Lodges, being in line, escorted by Exca1ibur Commandery, K. T., of Hannibal, Missouri. Precious be his memory. Another Ulysses has gone on his long wandering. Who is left to draw his bow1 " His life was gentle, and the elements So mixed ill him, that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, this was a man."
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Your Committee, therefore, present the following: WHEREAS, By the decree of an inscrutable Providence, this Grand Lodge has lost one of her most honored, noble and beloved members in the death of our late Brother James Perry Wood, Past Grand )faster, and 'WHEREAS, 'rhe Grand Lodge of Jlissouri and the 'Masonic Fraternity qf this jurisdiction, feeling so sensibly their great bereavement, therefore, Resolved, 'l'bat in the death of Brother James P. Wood, the State of :Missouri has lost a faithful son, society a shil;ing ornament, and this Grand Lodge and the Fraternity in this jurisdiction a devoted, ulltiriilg and faithful member. Resolved, 'l'hat this Grand Lodge extends its heartfelt sympathy to the bereayed widow and children, who have thus lost a kind, affectionate and wOIthy husband and father, and tender to them the consolation assured by a confiding trust in our Heavenly Father, whose mercies and blessings follow his wise and careful dispensations 'which point heavenward amid the sorest afflictions. . Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to the widow and children of Brother Wood, and that a copy be spread at large upon the records of this Grand Lodge, and that a tablet page be set apart in memorial to our deceased Brother. Fraternally submitted
GEO. E. MAYHAI~L, W. i\1. WILLIAMS, JOHN n. VINCIL, Oommittee.
Following the reading of the report a motion was made to adopt the ~ame. Pend ing its consideration, brief persollal tributes to the. memory and virtues of the deceased were made by M. ,TV. Bros. John D. Vincil, Theodore Brace, Noah M. Givarl, A. M. Dockery and R. E. Anderson,' Past Grand Masters. Also by R. \TV. Bros. Rev. Dr. Briggs, Grand Chaplain, A. Fisher, D. D. Grand Master, and '\Trn. J. Stone. After a most interesting and impressive Memorial Service, the report of the Committee was unanimously adopted by a rising vote. EXEMPLIFICATION.
The Grand Lodge then proceeded to exemplify the work in the third degree under the direction of thE: Grand , ~Lecturer, Brother McDowell, assisted by the Grand Officers. At ten o'clock the Grand Lodge was called from labor until nine o'clock to-morrow morning. -
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SIÂŁCOND DA Y--'MORNING SESSION.
J EFFERSON CITY, Mo.,' October 16, 1895. The Lodge was called to labor at nme o'clock by M. ,,,. Bro. J. B. Thomas, Grand Master. The Grand Officers were presen t as heretofore. The minutes of the three seSSIOns held yesterday were read and approved. REPORT ON MASONIC HOME.
Brother Noah IV!. Givan, President of the Board of Directors of the Masonic HOlne, presented a report which was read -and ordered printed in tho Proceedings. REPORT OF THE
PRE~IDENT;
To the ~lost Worshipful Grand Lodge of ~1issouri, A. F. &; A. ~1.: BRETHREN-I have the honor to present my annual report as President of the Masonic Home, as, also, those of the Secretary and Treasurer from July 31, 1894, to October 1, 1895, a period of fourteen months. I also pr8sent the report of the Superintendent, Dr. Morris. Leftwich, giving much valuable and interesting information to the friends and beneficiaries of the Home. I call special attention to his report for information in regard to the internal workings of the Home. I am more than gratified that, during the past year, perfect peace and harmony have prevailed, and, at the same time, good discipnne has been maintained. I will not undertake to give information in regard to the affairs of the Home, in addition to tha( found in the reports of the Secretary and Superinter{J.ent, who are on the ground, and who are familiar with the daily working and management of the Institution. Residing, as r do, 250 miles from the Home, I have very little opportunity of personally inspecting its work, and mllst rely upon the officers residing in St. Louis for information in regard to it. ConsiJ.erable improvement has been made in the way of additional room. Two frame houses have been presented to the Home, one containing ten rooms, by Brother Norman J. Colman, and one of smaller size, by Brother Thomas Wright. These houses have been moved on the Home grounds, and fixed up so as to give us fifteen additional rooms, thus increasing the capacity of the Home, and relieving its former crowded condition. It has been necessary to open two streets through the property, and all
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this has necessitated considerable outlay, all of which will appear from the Treasurer's report. A chapel has also been built, which has been greatly needed for a long time. The term of office of the following Directors expire at the present session, and it will路 be necessary to elect their successors: C. C. Woods, Sol E. Waggoner, B. F. Nelson, Herndon Ely and John R. Parson. I desire again. to commend our beloved Brother, Doctor A. C. Robinson, for his faithful, gratuitous professional services rendered to the inmates of the Home. Brethren must bear in mind that the reports of the officers herewith presented extend over a period of fourteen months, viz. :' from July 31, 1894, .to October 1, ]895, instead of twelve months, as heretofore contained in such reports. Brethren, I desire to ask, in conclusion, that every Masonwho loves :Masonry, and who believes in charity, will make the welfare of the Home his chief Masonic duty and privilege. Fraternally sl,1bmitted, NO,AH M. GIVAN, President. REPORT OF SECRETARY. RECEIPTS FRO]l[ AUGUST I, 1894, TO OCTOBER 1, 1895. (Fourteen monthS.) From Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Missouri.. "........... .. : $13,869 50 From Knights Templars of St. Louis, Christmas Service 42 07 From Knights Templars of Kansas City, Christmas Service........... .. 46 56 From Moolah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., St. Louis :..... 20000 From Ararat Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Kansa1; City.............. 2.') 00 Fro~ Paris Union Lodge, No. 19, at Paris................................... 10 00 From Corinthian Chapter, No. 112, O. E. S.\ at Gallatin..................................... 7 00 From Windsor Chapter, No. 102, O. E. S., at Windsor :........... 13 50 From Mrs. Catharine Fairchild 路 :.................... 2200路 From sale of grapes, live stock, etc., at the Home 19-1 60 From Mite box at the Home :....... 6 22 From Insurance for fire loss...... 2S 80 From notes and interest........ 323 35. FOR SANIT~\.RruM
$14,788 60
FUND.
From Grand Commandery. Knights Templars of JI,~issouri.. From Grand Chapter, R. A. M., of Missouri................................. From Grand Chapter, O. E. S., of Missouri From Order of High Priesthood
$ 4,222 25 3,961 00
300 00 ':-~
'''hich I have paid to the Treasurer, and hold his receipts for same. The Treasurer has collected and receipted to me for interest on . bonds and notes $ 2,909 90 Sale of Butler City Bond 500 00
8,58335 $23,371 95
3,409 90 $26,781 85
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Collected by Secretary Collected by Treasurer.
$2:l,371 95 3,409 90 $26,781 85
Balance in hands of Treasurer, August 1, 1894 Balance in hands of Secretary, August 1, 1894.0
. ..
8,925 07 779 $35,714 71 28,893 41
Disbursenlents Balance on hand In hands of Treasurer In hands of Secretary...................
$ 6,821 30 $ 6,606 82
214 48
6,821 30
In explanau"on of the reason why any balance should be in hands of the Secretary, would say that to avoid drawing a large number of warrants on the Treasurer each month the Board instructs the Secretary to draw a warrant for Current Expense Fund, and when that is paid out the Board authorizes another warrant drawn. EXPENDITURES.
For groceries, meats and vegetables For dry goods, clothing and shoes For school supplies, etc., for inmates For teaching stenography and typewriter For fuel, light and ice For medicine and dentistry For hired help For laundry For printing and postage For funeral expenses For Superintendent and Matron's salary (fourteen months) For Secretary':; salary (fourteen months)
:
,
~
$ 4,080 40 1,72948 49538 22487 1,026 44 313 15
. . . . . . . .. . . .
1,7i1 65
53601 III 10 172 59 1,450 00 700 00
$12,611 07
For building'and repairs $1,443 93 For sewering, grading, fencing, and ~treet making........................... 4,453 26 For taxes, water and insurance............ 1,000 2.') For cemetery lot......... 400 00 For furniture and crockery.................................... . 849 54 Balance on organ...... .. 100 00 For live stock :. 52 03 .Pleasant Hill Township Bonds...................................................
11,299 01 4,983 33
$28,893 41 A considerable amount has been expended in grading, sewering, etc., which was made necessary by the change in the street by the city. The Board has opened two streets on the property with the intention of selling a portion of the ground when the market warrants. The outlay for improvements has increased the value of the property much more than the amount iuvested, so that whcn the property, is sold, the cost of improvements will be received back with a substantial advance. Fratemall)' submitted, JOHN R. PARSON, Secretary.
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SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF SECRETARY. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the :Masonic Home held October 15th, at Jefferson CitY,the following officers were elected: . NOAH:M. GIVAN, President. JOlIN D. VmcH" Vice-President. F. J. 'l'YGARD, Treasurer. JOHN R. PARSON, Secretary.
DR. :111. LEFTWICH, Superintendent. EI,LA D. LEFTWICH, Matron. DR. A. C. ROBIl\SON, Physician. COLLINS & JAMISON, Attorneys. ~IHs.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
R. E. ANDERSON, Hannibal. II. EI,Y, Carrollton. JOSEPH S. BROWNE, St. Joseph. Jxo. D. VINCIL, St. Louis. NOAH M. GIVAN, Harrisonville. V. O. SAuNDlms, St. Louis. WM. M. WILLIAMS, Boonville. SA1I1 )1. KENNARD, St. Louis. F. J. TYGARD, Butler. SOL. E. WAGGONER, St. Louis. CHAS. C. 'VOODS, Neosho. B. P. NELSON, St. Louis. JOHN R. PAHSON, 1113 Olive St., St. Louis. EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS. A. M. HOUGH, Grand Maste1', Jefferson City, E. F. ALLEN, Grand Junior Warden, Kansas City. FINANCE COM:i\H'l"l'I<}E. NOAH :111. GIVAX, Cha.i1·man.
W. M. W·ILLIAMS.
F. J. '.rYGaRD, EXECUTIVE Cmn'lI'l'TEE.
V. O. SAUNDlms, Chairman. S. M. KENNARD, B. F. N};r.sox,
SOl;. E. WAGGONER, JNO. D. VINCIL.
DORSEY A. JA..."nSON, JOHN R. PARSON.
HOME COMMl'l"l'EE. D. 'VINCII" Chairman. S. M. KENNARD, DORSEY A .•lAMISON', V. O. SAUNDERS, JOHN' R. PAltSON.
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SOL. E. WAGGO:\ER, B. F. N};LSON',
In aceordallCe with the request of the Grand ,.Lodge. the Board relinquished all claim to the appropriation of five thollsand dollars ($5,000) made to the Home by the Grand Lodge in 1890.
Fraternally submitted, JOHN H" PARSON, Secretary.
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TR8ASURER'S REPORT. REPORT OF F. J. TYGARD, TREASURER MASONIC FROM JULY 31sT,
1894.
1894,
2, 'fo Cash from Jno. R. Parson, Secretary 30, 31,
September 1, 1,
3,
4, 7, October 2, 2, 13. 26, 27, November 2,
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.,
3, 9,
December
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DEBITS.
:n, To Balance on hand per report
July August
HOME OF MISSOURI,
TO OCTOBER 1ST,
11,
"
15,
"
1, 26,
. $ 8,925 07 . 2875 . .
. Interest Sehu)'ler Co., Mo., G m. Int. on $1,000 Bond, K. T. Endowment Fund .. Butler Loan & Tr. Co., 1 yr. Int. on $1,000 Bonds, K. T. Endowment Fund : .. Henry Co., Mo., 6 m. Int. on $7,000 Bonds, K. T. Endowment Fund . J. R. Parson, Secretary . Int. on Time Certificate of Deposit.... J. R. ParRon, Scc'y, Sanitarium Fund Secretary 路 . Sec'y, Sanitarium Fund ,Secretary .. 6=:m. Int. on $4,000 Jasper Co., Mo., Bonds, K. T. Endowment Fund..... Butle'r, Mo., City Bond, paid K. T. Endowment Fund : . Butler, Mo., City Interest paid K. '1'. Endowment Fund .. J. R. Parson, Sec'y, Sanitarium j<'llnd Secretary ..
2475 34 68 900
2500
7000
175 00 3500 31 50 9000 6,533 25 13,869 50 30000 31 65 10000 500
00'
1675 10010 31 75 25 00
5207 4656
27, 31, 1895.
January February
3, 19,
J. R. Parson, Secretary
..
" "
W. E. Jones, 1 year's Int. on $2,000 J. R. Parson, Secretary
.. .
I, 5, 8, 16,
March
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2, 2, 6,
G. L. PRO.-4.
6 m. Int. on $7,000 Henry Co. Bonds, K. T. Endowment Fund . 6 mo. Int. on $1,000 Schuyler Co. Bonds, K. T. Endowment Fund..... 1 yr. Int. on $20,000 Henry Co., Mo., Bonds, K. T. Endowment Fund.....
31 90 91 54 3400 14000 17 50 2880 17500
25 00 ],00000
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l, To cash from 1 year's Int. on $10,000 Bates Co., Mo., Bonds, K. T. Endowment Fund . J. R. Parson, Secretary .. 3, 20, 3, 3, 7,
May
Sec'y, Sanitarium Fund' Secretary . 6 m. Int. on $4,000 Jasper Co. Bonds, K. T. Endowment Fund . 1 )'r. Int. on .$2,000 Pettis Co. Bonds, K. 'L Endowment Fund . J. 路R. Parson, Secretfiry .
7, 9, 17,
June
1,
July
.2,
"
8, 24,
9, 29,
$500.00 322.) 200 00' 82200 &28 00 3240 10000 100 00 1350 3250 4 35 27 65 2200
1 )'r. Int. on $1,000 Butler Loan & Tr.
September' 9, 9,
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Co., K. T. Endowment Fund .. 6 m. Int. on $7,000 Henry Co. Bonds, K. T. Endowment Fund : .. 6 months' Int. on $1,000 Schuyler Co. Bonds, K. T. Endowment Fund .. Interest on Certificates of Deposit. ..
7000 175 00 25' 00 123 15 $35,706 92
1894.
CREDITS.
6, By Warrant No. 235, paid Masonic Home Contingent Expenses . 25, " 236, " Masonic Home, Contingent Expenses .. 6, " .2~7, " Masonic Home, ContinOctober gent Expenses . " 238, " Masonic Home, Contin10, gent Expenses . " 239, .1 J. H. Crowley, Sewering. 12, .. 12, " 240, " Donk Bros., Coal.. .. " 241,." McMat.h, Sewering 27, November 3, " 242, " H. Ziegenhein, I Collector Taxes . " 243, " Masonic Home, Contin6, gent Expenses .. " 244, " Pleasant Hill Twp. Bds., 7, K. T. Endowment Fund " 245, ,. Masonic Home, ContinDecember 6, gent Expenses . August
$1,00000 1,00000 1,00000 1,000 00 197 89 18687 1,483 69 48073 1,00000 4,983 33 1,00000
1895.
Jannary
February
4,
"
246,
"
30, .
"
247,
"
6,
" "
248, " :49, ."
14,
Masonic Home, Contin: gent Expenses . Masonic Home, Contingent Expenses . M. LeftWich, Salary . S. L. Smith, Moving .. House
1,00000 1,00000 12500 15000
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February 15, By Warrant No. 250, paid Masonic Home, Contingent Expenses.............. ,. 251, " S. L. Smith, Moving 23, . House .......................... Albert Kelly, Cern. Lot... 23, " 252, 253, " M. Leftwich, Salary.... ,... 6, March 12, " 254, " Dank Bros., Coal.. .......... 255, " Jean Matsch. Stoile Work 16, 256, " S. L. Smith, Moving 18, House ........................... 21, " 257, " Sol. E. Waggoner, Ins..... 30, " 258, " Jean Matsch, Stone Work April 6, " 259, " Masonic Home, Contingent Expenses.............. S, " 260, " M. Leftwich, Supt., Sal... 9, " 261, " Dank Bros., Coal .......... 17, " 262, " Abbott, Gamble Can. Co., Sewering..................... 20, " 263, " Jean Matsch, Cement Work ............................ May 6, " 264, " M. Leftwich, Supt., Sal... 6, " 265, " Masonic Home, Contingent Expenses.............. 10, " 266, " Nelson M'f'g Co., Plumbing ................................ ., 267, Masonic Home, Contin18, gent Expenses ............. Scarritt Fur. Co., Fur...... 8, June " 268, 8, " :269, " M. Leftwich, Salary ........ 18, " 270, " Masonic Home, Contingent Expenses .............. 1, July " 271, " Thos. Wright, Filling Lot 1, Street Work " 272, " 1, " 273, c. l\lcMath Surve)'ing Co., Surveying..................... M. Leftwich, Salary........ 6, " 274, 24, W. T. Babbitt, Bal. Organ " 275, " 24, " 276, " Masonic Home, Contingent Exptmses.............. 12, August " 277, " Masonic Home, Contingent Expenses.............. 12, " 278, " M. Leftwich, Salary ........ September 9, " 279, " M. Leftwich, Salary........ 9, " 28O, " Masonic Home, Contingent Expenses.............. ~9, By Balance..............................................................
.
$ 1,00000
125 ()() 400 00 125 ()() 140 96 26500
..
.. ..
135 00 91 20 18035 1,000 00 12500 170 51 1,337 70 168 ()() 12500 1,000 00
.. .
267 70 1,000 00 185 20 12500 1,000 00 549 12 907 50
.
9435 12500 10000 1,000 00 50000 12500 125 00 1,00000 6,60682 $35,70692
29, To Balance brought down............................
$6,606 82
$35,706 92
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STATEMENT OF BONDS HELD FOR ACCOUNT OF KNIGHTS TEMl'LARS' TRIENNIAL ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOi\lE OF MISSOURI.
Henry County, Missouri, 8 Honds $] ,000 each, Henry County, Missouri, 24 Bonds.............. 500 each, Henry County, Missouri, 14 C. H. Bonds....................................... 500 each, Marion Township, Jasper County, Missouri, 8 Bonds.................... 500 each, Pleasant Hill Township, CMS County, Missouri, 5 Bonds 1,000 each, Pettis County, Missouri, 2 Bonds 1,000 each, Butler, Missouri, Trust Company (secured), 1 Bond 1,000 Mt. Pleasant Township, Bates County, Missouri, 10 Bonds 1,000 each, Schuyler County, Missouri, 1 Bond 1,000 Total Endowment Fund.....................
$ 8,000 00 12,000 00 7,000 00 4,000 00 5,00000 2,00000 1,00000 10,000 00 1,000 00 $50,000 00
These bonds are kept in box of Safe Deposit Company, St. Louis. Interest is paid promptly and bonds regardcd perfectly good. I also hold for account of Masonic HODl&, note executed by W. E. Jones, dated January 26,1892, due January 26,1893, extcnded to January 26, 1896, 7 per cent interest paid to January 26, ]895, secured by first mortgage on 160 acrcs in Cass Count)', Mo....................................................................... $ 2,000 00 I also hold Stock of Anchor Milling and Mining Company of East St. Louis, 1,600 00 And Stock of Harkaway Milling and Mining Company of St. Louis................. 1,00000 These stocks were donated to the Home, but are not considered as having any value. Fratcrnally submitted, To HON. NOAH M. GIVAN, F. J. TYGARD, Treasurer. PreRident .Masonic IIOT/1拢 oj J[iSsouri.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPOJ{T. MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI, October 1, 1895. To the Board oj Directors: BRETHREN :-The seventh year of the management of th~ Home has been full of peace and happiness. The members of the Home have conducted themselves toward each other as if bound together by ties of consanguinity. The bright countenances of our charges bespeak their happiness, and their loving hearts proclaim louder than human ton?:ue', God's continued blessing on our Home. Our large family has enjoyed excellent health during the year, notwithstanding the fact that death has claimed four of its members. Our zealous friend, Brother Dr. A. C. Robinson, continues unabated, faithful, gratuitous medical attendance at the Home, for which he merits thegratitude of the Fraternity. Our beloved Brother Lewis Holden, from Beacon Lodge, No.3, St. Louis, died August 15, 1894; he was seventy-seven years old, and had long been a patient sufferer with a complication of diseases. His many virtues are well known to the Craft. lIe was one of the most agreeable and lovable members of our Home. Mrs. Kaney Meyers, from Potosi Lodge, No. 131, Potosi, died of old age January 26, 1895. She was eighty-three years old. Mrs. Catherine Fairchilds, from Solomon Lodge, No. 271, Sprin'gfield, died from paralysis July 9, 1895, aged eighty-two years. The saddest of all was the death from diphtheria July 30, 1895, of lovely, bright, little Annie Hall in her fourth year. This was the first death of' a child since the Home was established. In this connection, I respectfully call the attention of the Board to the urgent need of a suitable hospital in which to care for the sick, and properly isolate contagious di'seases. We have been successful thus far in confining contagious dis((ases to the one subje~t, but our number is rapidly increasing, and we may not be so successful in the future, and, again (another advantage of Home schooling), when we have contagious diseases in the Home, weare forced by city ordinance to stop our children from school. By having a suitable hospital, we could continue the children at school if one or more had contagious disease. Religious services were conducted in the dining room of the Home, with increasing interest up to July, by the different Masonic bodies of the city. These services will be resumed in our new chapel October 20th. We are anticipating much comfort, pleasure and profit from them. OUf new chapelwill be a source of much comfort to us. It is a substantial brick structure, built at a small cost to supply necessary room and prepare for the more magnificent one which the good Sisters of the Eastern Star propose to build for us in the near future.
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Our old people find much comfort in their new quarters, away from the noise and prattle of the younger members of the family. This building was a gift from' Brother Norman J. Coleman; it was moved on the grounds and put in excellent condition, giving us thirteen rooms, besides splendid room for laundry, a good dairy and a vegetable and provision storage room, all of which were much ~eeded. Brother Thos. Wright also gave us a bouse of three rooms, which we moved on . the grounds and fitted up comfortably for old Brethren.. Our register shows that one hundred and forty have been received into the Home since its establishment out of the one hundred and forty-five admitted, 'five not baving come to the Home since their election; forty-nine have been discharged, leaving ninety-one in the Home at present-forty-three girls, twenty-eight boys, thirteen old ladies, seven old Brethren. We have received into the Home during the year twenty-nine; discharg~d nine. Sixty-three of our children are enrolled in the public schools; the majority are making satisfactory progress in their studies, and nearly all have excellent rating for conduct. We believe, however, in Home schooling for an institution like ours, and regret that we are not so situated as to have our children taught at the IJome. Five girls and one boy 'were taught stenography last winter, and they are continuing to practice it. Four of the six are very proficient. The boy, J~l,mcs Farrar, has a position in the law office of W. Bro. Dorsey Jamison. Three 01 the girls filled tcmporary positions satisfactorily during vacation. Another of our older boys has :t position in the Missouri Pacific machine shops, learning the trade of a machinist. He is a hard worker, and we have much hope in his success. The good Brethren of Qccidental Lodge, No. 163, spared neither time nor expense in making Christmas, 1894, bright and happy for the Home. The following contributions were gratefully received for prizes for 1894: Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 40, $22.25; Rose Hill Lodge, ~o. 550, $25.00; Ancl}or Lodge, No. 443, $25.00; Tuscan Lodge, No. 360, $25.00; Brother Chas. H. Hoke, $4.00, and Miss Dorothy Holtcamp, $10.00. In this connection, I will mention that Missouri Lodge, No.1, has established a guardianship over one of our girls, Leah Lambert, and is having bel' cultivated in vocal mnsic; she has a splendid voice and we hope that some day Missouri Lodge,' No.1, may be proud of the;advantage extended her. Anchor Lodge, No. 443, also extends a guardianship to another of our brightest girls, Laura Moseley; we trust the big bearts of Anchor will ever be ready to watch over and advance her interest in the future, and that her gratitude and success Iil~y prove an ample reward. Enjoyable entertainments were given by the children of the Home, Christmas and during the session of the Grand Chapter and Command-
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ery; the latter was given for the benefit of the chapel fund and netted $440. Much credit and gratitude is due to Brother W. O. May, who has been so generous and kind to the Home in musical matters the past year. The success of our entertainments was largely due to his excellent and zealous training of the children. During vacation our children enjoyed many pleasant outings, given them by friends of the different Masonic Bodies, Sunday Schools, etc. One of the most enjoyable was a picnic at Forest Park, July 17, arranged and given by our excellent Sister, Mrs. E. R. Waterhouse, Matron of Tuscan Chapter, No. 68, who has shown much interest. and is a staunch friend of the Home. The Lindell Railway furnished her a special car for the occasion. God ble!3s the kind friends w~o remember our orphans. We acknowledge gratefully the following donations: Mrs. Miller, 4157 路W. Belle Pl.-A bundle of nice clothing. Mrs. Jas. Davidson, 2518 Garrison Av.-A number of books. Brother J. H. Brown-A large number of books. Mrs. 'WaIter L. Gilliam-A bundle of nice girls' clothing. 路Wm. Barr Dry Goods Co.-Two large boxes of toys. Jacob Frank, 1536 South Broadway-Two lots of gents' clothing and pieces of cloth. . Miss Eva Parsons-A large quantity of music. Brother Thos. Furlong-One box of oranges. Brother Jacob Story, St. James, Mo.-Two cases of eggs. Feuerborn Toy & Notion Co.-Fonr foot balls and a quantity of fireworks for the Fourth. Brother Thos. Furlong-A lot of fire crackers. Master Wm. McQueen (three years old)-A foot ball. Brother M. L. Helwig-One box of oranges. Brother Thos. H. R. Redway, Grand Secretary of New Jersey-Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey (since its organization). Miss Gertie Caffall-Large bundle of Ladies' Home Journals. Brother J. D. Vincil-Croquet set. Brother E. R. Waterhouse-Croquet set. Miss Fannie Spinney-Two dresses. Brother Hartridge-Ice cream treat to the Home and visitors. Brother E. R. Waterhouse-Lot of medicine. Brother Brock-One dress. Brother J aIm R. Parson-Set beautiful silk flags for Christmas entertainment. Rrother Geo. L. Hassett-Lot of tableware, ladies' shoes, etc. MORRIS LEFTWICH, Superintendent.
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MEMBERS OF THE MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI. JULY 31. 189,1.
I AD~llTTED_路1 R LODGE I LOCATIOI'. ECOilHlEI'DlNG_.__.
NAME. INo路1 BORN. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _--'-_--:--____________ Mrs. C. H. Palmore . Geraldine Palmore . Pearl Palmore .. Annie Palmore .. Mary R. Martin .. Mrs. C. J. Holman . John Holman .. Edith Holman . Miss Virginia Brooks.. Mrs. A. M. llardeladen Mary Jessie Q,uinn . Luella G~ace Reeves I Jas. Edwlll Reeves . Pearl Irene Reeves . Mrs. C. Fairchild . Mrs. Henrietta Peatt .. Mrs. Amanda M.Roush Phillip P. Roush .. Roberta Harris . Emmet Moseley .. Laura Moseley . Mary Alice Story .. Ethel Allen .. Estel Allen .. David B. Stannard . Mrs. Mary M. Lamberti Leah F. Lambert.. .. Emma Lambert .. James Lambert.. .. Effie S. Lambert .. Ollie B. Lambert.. .. Eddie P. Lambert: . Chas A. Po"\vell . James F. Po\vell .. Littleton Powell... . Mary Ellen Lambert.. Mrs. Nancy Meyers . Lewis Holden .. Mrs. Sarah J. Learn . 'John Rea . Joseph B. Stewart .. LeWIS B. Stewart.. .. Mrs. M. J. Mathis .. Bertha G. Mathis . Olive :E. Mathis 1 Agatha E. Donovan . Susan V. Donovan . Henrr Eilers . Jas. N. Hooker .. Clifford Allcn . Leonard Allen .. Nellie Allen . Della Allen .. Anna L. Story . Geo. W. Bailey .. Jas. M. Farrar . Clara E. Farrar . RUby F. Farrar .. Henry H. Ross .. Eva E. Ross .. Cassie V. Ross路 .. Jessie McLOney . Mary D. Toncray .. Edward HalL .
4 Jan., 7 Jan., 8 July, 9 Sept., 12 March, 14 July, 15 March, 16 Sept., 17 Jan., 18 Sept., 20 Jan., 22 Jan., 23 Jan, 24 Sept., 26 Nov., 27 April, '28 April, 30 March, 31 Dec., 32 Sept" 33 I?eb., 34 August, 39 July, 40 July,
1846INov., ]87!J\NOV., ]88:3 Nov., 1885 Nov., 1878 Jan., 1852 Mar., 1879 Mar., 1883 Mar., 1&54 Mar., 1829 June, 1884 June, 1878 July, 1880 JUly, 1884 July, 1813 Nov., 1840 Nov., 1839 Dec., 1882 Dec., 1880 Jan., 1881 July, 1878 Aug., 1879 Aug., 188:3 Oct., 1883 Oct.,
1889lsolomon, No. 1889 Solomon, 1889ISolomon, 1889 Solomon, 1890 Rocheport, IB90 Fellowship, 1890 Fellowship, 1890 Fellowship, 1B90 Potosi, . 1890 Polar Star, 1890 Wayne, 1890 Sullivan, 1890 Sullivan, 1890 Sullivan, 1890 Solomon, 1890'Kansas City 11\90 Wilson, 1890 Wilson, 1891 Palestine, 1891 Phcenix, 1891 Phce11lx, 1891 St. James, 1891 Composite, 1891 Composite,
43 Sept., 44 August, 45 May, 46 Feb., 47 Feb., 48 Nov., 49 June, 50 ~{ay, 51 Nov., 52 Feb., 53 Oct., 54 July, 55 Nov., 56 March, 64 June, 65 April, 66 Sept., 69 July, 70 March,
1878 Dec., 1881 Dec., 1883 Dec., 1835 Dec., 1885 Dec., 1887 Dec., 1881 Jan., 1883 Jan., 1885 Jan., 1880 Feb., ]812 April, 1818 April, 1833 April, 18]6 May, 1884 July, 1888.Tuly, 1840 Oct., 1881 Oct., 1883 Oct"
1891 Palestine, 241 St. Charles. 1891 Palestine, 241 St Charles. 1891 Palestine, 241 St. Charles. 1891 Palestine, 241 St. Charles. 1891 Palcstine, 241 St. Charles. 1891 Palestine, 241 St. Charles. 1892 'Nakanda, 52 Carrollton. 1892 Wakanda, '52 ICarrollton. 1892 Wllkanda, 52CarrolJton. 1892 Palestinc, 2411ISt. Charles. 1892' Potosi, 131 Potosi. 1892 Beacon, 3 St Louis. 1892 Geo.washington,91~t. Louis. 1892 Naphtali, 25 St. Louis. 18H2 Kirkwood, 484 Kirkwood. 1892 Kirkwood, 484 I Kirkwood. 1892!RyJand, 332lBerlin. 1892'IRyJand, 332 iBerJin. lR92,Rylllnd, 332iBcrlin.
76 Oct., 77 May, 79 March, 80 March, 81 May, 82 May, 83 ~rarch, 84 Nov., 86 Oct.. 87.June, 88 Sept.. 90 Sept., 91 April, 92 Sept., 95 Jan., 96 July, 98 July,
1828 Dec., 1892,Lambskin, 1817 March, 1893;Clinton, 1887 May, 1893 Composite, 1889 May, 1893!Composite, 1891 May, 18931 Composite, 1891 May, 1893iComposite, 1884 May, 1893'ISt. James, 1829 May, 1893 LaBdle, 1880 August, 1893!Richland, 1882 August, 18931 Richillud, 1885 August, 189S,Richland, 1882 August, 1893 New London, 1886 .-\.llg'Ust, lR!l3 New London, 1888 August, 1893 New London, ]88). Nov., 1893 Cambridge, 1819 Nov., . 1893 St. Johns, 18&> Jan., 1894 Good Hope,
~~ W:~~h, ~~i g~~:,
~~~~ ~{:ie~W~ie~h,
~~ ~P~il, ~~~ ~g~:; t~~~!~t g~~~:
271!Springfield. 271.Springfield. 2i1'Springfield. 271 Springfield. 67 Rocheport. :-l45Joplin. 345 Joplin. 345 Joplin. 131 'Potosi. 79:St. Louis. 526,Piedmont. 68\Sullivan. 68,Sullivan. 68 Sullivan. 271!Sprin gfield. 2'20 Kansas City. 191 Pocahontas. 191 Pocahontas. 241 St. Charles. 1::16 Bowling Green. 136 Bowling Green. 230 St. James. 369lDoniphan. 369lDoniphan.
21~I~t ~~~~~es.
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4.60 St. Louis. 548 Clinton. :-l69 Doniphan. 369 Doniphan. 369 Doniphan. 369 Doniphan. 230 St. James. 222 LaBelle. 382lHchland. 382 Richland. 382 Richland. 307 New London 307 New London. 307 New London. 63 Slater. 28 Hannibal. 218 St. Louis.
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l\1:.KMBERS OF THE MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI.-Continued. JULY
in,
1891.
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LODGE
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_ _~_N_A_M_E_._,_~~~~!,_A_D_~_I_IT_T~E_D_'--,-_R_E_C_O_M_M_E_N_'D_r_N_G---,.: __ LO_C_A_TI_O_N_. I I Anna B. Withers........ I 99 i March, Lulu F. Withers ......... 100 Jan., Mabel Hall................. 101 Oct., Maud Hal!... 102 Jan., Alpha Fuqua '....... 103 April, Leo W. Fuqua 104 Jan., Nannie J Fuqua.: /105 I,)ec., , Mrs. Lena H. White 106 Sept., Jas. G. ReCkart 109 Sep~., Edna A. Reckart 110 Ma)', Dora O. Reckart 111 July,
1880 iJan., 1883'IJan., 1881 March, 1885:March, 1880 March, 188~ March, 11)84 March, 1860 April, 1881 July, 1884,July, 1887:July,
I lS94;South West, 1891 South West, 1894 Good Hope, 1894 Good Hope, 1894 Shelbina, 11889941 sShheeljbbll:nnaa', 1891 1894 1894 1894
St. JOhIIS, Mt. Moriah, Mt. Moriah, Mt. :Moriah,
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466 Sonth West Cit)". 466 SOllth West City. 2181St. Louis. 218 St. Louis. 228 Shelbina. '2L28281,Ssljl1eellbbl!llllaa•. 28 Hannibal. 40 St. Louis. 40 St. Louis. 4081. Louis.
i '------------ --------- - - - - - - - - - -1 - ' - - - - _ . MEMBERS AmlITTED TO THE
NAME.
HO~IE
Bom'.
111~
•Jamesl'.conner Dec., Stell~ Hall :.... 113 Aug., 114 Sept., AnlllC HalL Robert T. Heaton i 115 March, Willie H. Heaton 116 Nov., Luella E Masterson.. 117 Oct., Emory W. Masterson .. 118 July, Mrs. Christina HalL 119 Dec., F. M. Halbrook. 120 March, Mrs. D. A. Halbrook 121,May, Jacob Monnillger........ 122ISept., Mrs. Mary MOllninger 12.11 Nov., Mrs. :i\fary Owings 124 Sept., Lillie A. COllner 1251Aug, Maggie A. COllner 126'April, A. Maude Vance 127 May, Bessie yance 1128 }<'eb., F. Buffum :Moseley 129 Oct., James Henry Coyle..... 130 June, Wm. Theodore Coyle.. 131 Feb., Mrs. Anna Holt .. 132 March, Chas. F. Holt . 133 1 Feb., Martha Ellen Holt .. ISi'Oct., H. Norman Holt.. . 135 March, Vennie Belle Holt . 136 Aug., Oscar T. Holt.. .. 137 Aug., Love M. Bates . 138 Oct., Mamie E. Bates . 139 Nov., Willis Griffing .. 140 Feb.,
FROM JULY 31,1894, TO OCTOBER 1, 1895.
! ADMITTED. I RECo~r~~EG:i:)JN~.
1882 Aug., 1889 Aug., 1891 Oct., 1884 Oct., 1885 Oct.. 1883 .Jan., 1886,Tan., 1861 Jan., 1825 Feb., 1831 Feb .. 1813 March, 1811 March, 1850 i\fay, 18S0 May, 18&'j,May, 18841 May, 18881 May, 1889 'Ju,ne, 1882 June, 1889,Tune, 1 1847 Aug., 1886 Aug., 1887 Aug., 18R9 Aug., 1890 Aug., 1892 Aug., 1880 Sept., 1887 Sept., 1824 Sept.•
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1!l94IRalls, 1891 l Good Hope, 1894,Good Hope, 1894 iBenton, 1894jBentoll, 1895,St. Marks, 1895'St. Marks, 1895:Good Hope, Ul95jSamaritan, 1895 Samaritan, 1895 l Butler, 18951Butler, 1895 ,St,urgeoll , 18951 Ralls, 1895 Ralls, 1895 Gallatin, 189;) Gallatin, 18951 Phamix, 1895 Maitland, 1895 Maitland, 1895 Purdy, 1895 Purdy, 1895 Purdy, 1895 Purdy, 1895 Purdy, 189.) Purdy, 1895 Lamar, 1895 Lamar, 1895 Gallatin,
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33 Centre. 218 St. Louis. 218 St. Louis. 353'St. Louis. 353!St. Louis. 93;Cape Girardeau. 93'Cape Girardeau. 218;St. Louis. 424 Bonne Tcrre. 424Bonne Terre. 254 Butler. 254;Butler. 174,Sturgeoll. 33'Centre. 33:Centre. 106 Gallatin . 106 Gallatin. 136 Bowling Green. 112 Maitlallo. 112 Maitland. 148 Purdy. 148 j Purdy. 148 ,Purd Y. 148 1Purdy. 148lpurdY. 148 Purdy. 29~ILamar.
292 Lamar. 106,GalJatin.
MEMBERS OF THE MASONIC HOME OF MISS9URI, WHO HAVE Dum, OR HAVE NA;\IE.
Della G. Farthing
IliiO·1 1
Stephen H. l<'arthing.. Alfa S. Elberfield........ 1 Daisie Palmore........... Wharton Palmore ...... ; n-Irs. Charlottp. Keeney Mrs. Helena GoetZ Willie Guy young...... Minnie Qninn , Charles H. Reeves...... Harriet J. Elberfield... Lulu J. Roush.. .......... -:Vlary E. fosten.......... Blanche r. Posten..... Li)ly: L. Posten........... Willie E. Posten / Mrs. J. S. Sandidge I
BORN.
1 May, 2 Feb'y, 3 Jan.
5 March, 6 Oct., 10 Sept., May, 13 June, !9 Feb., 21 Oct., 25 Jan., 2~ June, ?;> June, 36 August, 37 Feb., 38 Feb., 57 April, Ida~. Sand~dge......... 58 March, LOUise SandIdge......... 59 May, Sarah A. Sandidge ! 60 Feb., Bessie M. Sandidge 61 Oct., Wm. Foley................ 62 July, Ferdinand Broch....... 63 Dec., n-Iary E. Mathis........... 67 Oct., Edgar L. Mathis"....... 68 June, Larkin H. Jones 73 June, Mary J. Jones 74 May, Mary E. Jones............ 75 Jan., Adelia Allen ........ ·78 June, ·Mrs. Celeste Dunn , 85 March, Martha A. ROss 89 Feb., Lew~s V. ~<?ss............ 93 Ma~:i Anme B. Chn.ton........ 94 Apn, Thos. J. Harnngton... 97 July. Geo. H. ~Ioore 1.107 Apr!!. Mrs. Mehssa Moore ~8 Apnl,
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DISCHARGED OR
RECO~~~;:Imw.
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LOCATIOl'.!
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TO JUI"Y 31, 18!)4. REMARKS.
1889 IGreenfield, No. 446 Greenfield Honorab.ly discharged to live with her sister at Duquoin, , Ills.. February 15, 1894. 1880 July, 1889IGrcl:hfield, 446 Greenfield ......... Discharged to live with aunt, Duquoin, Ills., Nov. 20,1893. 1877 August, 1889 Lodge Extinct. Re c.byDr.J.Vincil. Discharged and sent to New Orleans to his half·brother, December 3, 1893. 1874 Nov., 1889 Solomon, 27] Springfield Married' from the Home June 12, 1894. and discharged. ]876 Nov., 1889 Solomoll, 271 Springfield Discharged by request, March 14, ]894, 1821 Nov., 1889 Flo:ence, 261 ~ew Fl.orence D!scharged at her request, November 20,1893. "-.. 181!) Dec., 188!) Occijental, 163 St. LoUiS ' Discharged at her request. January 5, 1891. ~u 1880 Jan., 1890 Star, 419 Taborville Discharged at request of mother, l<'ebruary 7, 1894. c 18~3 June,' 18~0 Wa):ne, 526 Pie~mont...: D!scharged, I!lental weakness and dumb, January 15, 189~. ~ 18/6 July, 18.l11 SUllivan, 69 Sulhvan Discharged liiovember 5 , 1 8 9 4 . . a. 1839 Nov.,' 1890ILOdge Extinct. Re c.by Dr.J.VinCil.'jDied August 29,1891. R.. 1878 Dec., 1890 Wilson, 191 Pocahon.tas D!scharged March 16, 1894. ~. 1863 Sept., 1891 :yrO, 12 Caledon!a D!scharged July 16,1894. 'Q' 1886 Sept., 1891 Tyro, 12 CaledOllla 'Discharged July 16,1894. C:l 1888 Sept., 1891,-\yrO, 12 Caledon!a D!scharged July 16, 189'1. c 1890 Sept., 1891 'lyro,. 12 Caledoma Dischluged July 16, 1894. '-;, ]850 June, 1892 Trilumina, 205/.Marshall Dismissed April 17, 1893. 1881 June, 1892 ;rr!lum~na, ~05 MarshalL D!sm!ssed Apr~llZ, 1893. ;;:. 1883 June, 1892 fniumllla, 205 Marshall DismIssed Apnll/, 1893. a. 1885 June, 1892 'l'riluminu, 205 MarshalL Dismissed April 17. 1893. 1891.Tune, 1892 TrtluT!lina, 205 1IIarsh.all D~smissed ~prill'i, 18\)3. 1839 June, 1892 Hanlllbal, 188 Hanmbal... Died July IH. 1892. 1835 June, 1892 Good Hope, 218 St. Louis Died January 6, 1893 1876 Oct., 1892 Ryl'and, 332 Berlin IDischarged March 22, 1894. 1879 Oct., 1892 Ryland. 332 Berlin .'Discharged l\'1arch 22,1894. 1816 Dec., 1892 Iron Mountain, 430 Iron Mountain Dismissed April 17, 1893. 1839 Dec., 1892 Iron Mountain, 430 Iron Mountain Dismissed April 17, 1893. 1880 Dec., 1892 Iron Mountain, 430 Iron Mountain Dismissed April 17, 1893. ]858 May, lli93 Composite, 369/Doniphan Discharged May 21, 1894. 1843 May, 1893 St. Andrews, 96;Shelbyville Left August 'L, and dismil:ised August 2. l~!l:'. 1852 August, ]893 New London, 3071New London Discharged January 24,1894. 189~ August, 1893 New London, 30Z ~ew L~:)I1don D!SCharge.d Januar~ ~'l, 1894. " 183! Qct.,. 189? West G!!-te, 14? St. Lou~~ D!scharged March 3, 1894. 0 1825 I'ov., 1893 Webb City, ;>12 Webb City Discharged July 16, ]894. ~ 18~i11ay, 1894 Memph~s, 16 Memphis D~scharged July 16, 1894. f"" y 182511Iay, 1894 MemphiS, 16 MemPhIs ~.: DlSchargedJ_U __I_16_,_1_8_94_. -..:. _ 1877 July,
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MEMBERS WHO LEFT THE HOME FROM JULY
Name.
Mrs. C. J. Holman John Holman Edith Holman Margaret' J. Mathis Bertha Grace Mathis Olive Estell\1athis Chas. Albert Powell Mrs. Mary Owings
Name
TO OCTOBER
1,1895.
Dale of leaving lhe Home.
Dismissed, August 22, 1894. Honorably discharged, August 22, 1894. ~I-Ionorably discharged, August 22, 1894. Honorably discharged, August 20,1894. Honorably diseharged, August 20, 1894. Honorably discharged, August 20, 1894. Honorably discharged, July 22, 1895. Honorably discharged, June 17, 1895.
MEMBERS WHO HAVE DIED FROM: JULY
Lewis Holden Mrs. Nancy Meyers Mrs. Catherine Fairchilds Annie Hall.
31,1894,
31, 1894, to
OCTOBER
1, 1895.
Date of Death.
August 15, 1894. January 26, 1895. July 9, 1895. July 30, 1895.
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[Oct.
HOME DIRECTORS.
The terms of office, as Inembers of the Board of Dil;ectors of the Masonic Home, of the following Brethren having expired, it was moved to proceed with the election of their successors. On motion of Brother Ira V. :Mcl\1illan; the following Brethren were chosen as luembers of the Board to succeed themselves: C. C. \Voods, S. E. \Vaggoner, B. F. Nelson, I-I. Ely and Jno. R: Parson.
LODGES U. D.
The Committee on Lodges under Dispensation submitted the following report and the same was adopted: To the Most J'v'urshipful Grand Lodge oj .lfisson1'i, A. F.芦 A. M.:
Your Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation, beg leave to report that examined the records and returns of the following Lodges, and recommend ters be granted to same: Name. Location. York Kansas City........ . Unity Richards Albert Pike Kansas City 路 Delphian Birch Tree Pilot Knob............ . RichviIle Deepwater Deepwater
they baye that charConnt?l. Jackson. Vernon. Jackson. Shannon. Douglas. Henry.
We find that the Secretary of Delphian Lodge has omitted the location of this Lodge on the records, and recommend that he be instructed to complete the records. \Ve find in several cases errors and omissions ill the annual returns, and recommend that the Secretaries be instructed to examine them carefully, and make proper corrections, and completc the same, as it is important that the returns should compare favorably with the records, and thus avoid errors and complications in thcir next annual returns. We recommend that all applications now pending in the hands of the Grand Secretary to form new Lodges U. D., be referred to the incoming Grand Master. The following is It summary of the work performed and membership of the Lodges U. D., as named above, viz.: Initiated, 29; passed, 21; raised, 12; admitted, 21; membership of I.-odges U. D., 149 Master Masons. Fraternally submitted, . P. J. HEUER, GEO. S. TO\\'NSEND, O.~. AUSTIN, IRA V. :McMILLAN, S. B.CUNNINGHAM, WELTON O'BANNON, Committee.
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A resolution was submitted, respecting a begging letter ,,,hich had been circulated by J. A. \V. Smith. After some cOffiInents upon the impropriety of begging letters, the whole subject was referred to the inconling Grand Master. A communication from Brother Samuel M. K.ennard, Grand Treasurer, was read announcing his inability, from various causes, to attend the session of the Grand Lodge.
APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
M. VV. Bro. Noah M. Givan, Past Grand Master, for the Committee on Appeals, submitted the following report, and thc same was adopted by sections. A motion was made to adopt the report as a whole. Brother Neville offered a motion to reconsider the action of the Grand Lodge on the case appealed from Tuscan Lodge, No. 360. The motion to reconsider did not prevail. The Inotion to adopt as a whole was then submitted and carried. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodue of Mi.ssouri, A ..1". & A. AI.:
The annual report of your Committee on Appeals and Grievances is herewith submitted. A fewer number of cases than usual have路come to your Committee, "for which we arc grateful, and the Grand Lodge is to be congratulated. We have carefuIIy examined each case, and have endeavored to present such conclusions as, from the facts. seem to be just and proper under our laws. 'We calI special attention to the provisions of Section 2i2 of our laws. It is necessa.ry that appelIants should examine the transcript and note !iuch errors as may appear therein. Neither your Committee nor the Grand Lodge can pass inteIligently or properly upon an appeal which does not contain a correct record; and all corrections should be made before the papers are sent up, as corrections can not be made during the session of the Grand Lodge. We report as foIlows: No. 1. ST~~PHEN HULL, Plaintiff (APpeIlant),}
vs. ELMER C. SATTLEY.
Appeal from the ju.dgment of Temple Lodge, No. 299, acquittillg Brother Sattley.
The defendant in this case was Cashier of the Kansas City Safe Deposit and Savings Bank, which suspended. At the time of its suspension, Brother HuII had money on deposit in the bank. He preferred charges against the accused, charging that he did wrongfully cheat and defraud him, by inducing him to aIIow his money to remain in bank, and deceiving him in regard to the condition of the bank. The
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accused demurred to the specification, and the W. M. sustained the demurrer, on the ground that the specifications were too general in their tcrms. Thereupon amcnd~d charge and specifications werc filed. In the original charge but one specification was presented. In the amended charge three specifications were presented, the second and third specifications being in substance the same as that in the first, the facts being stated with more particularity. 'l'he first of the amended specifications is as foUows: • "That said Brother Elmer C. Sattley was, on the 8th day of August, 1894, convicted . of a felony by a jury of his countrymen, and sentenced by the Court to serve a term of four years at hard labor, in Jefferson City, Missouri. This has resulted in bringing scandal and' disgrace upon the Masonic Fraternity." . At the trial, the record is as follows, in regard to the above specification: "The Master overruled specification No.1, for the reason that the record of the com·iction in the Christian Vogt case, in which an appeal had been taken to the Supreme Court, and a supersedeas granted, did not, of itself, constitute a Masonic offense, without other evidence to support the specification. But the Master allowed said record to stand as competent evidence to specifications 2 and 3, as tending to show that the bank was insolvent, and the accused had knowledge of its insolvency at the timc he was alleged to havc induced Brother Hull to re-deposit said money in his bank, on or about June 16, 1893." ·At the trial, a certified copy of the indictment and the proceedings in 'the Criminal Court of Jackson County, Missouri, together with a part of the evidcnce in the ease, which had been preserved in the bill of exceptions, showed that the accused. had been arraigned, tried, convicted, and sentenced to the penitentiary; that he had appealed to the Supreme Court and entered into a bond, which acted as a supersedeas ·and suspended sentence until the Supreme Court shall pass upon the question. Other evidence was introd~ced at the trial. The oral testimony of both plaintiff and defend· ant, and the deposition of George Peak, were heard at the trial. . After the evidence was heard, vote of the Lodge was taken, and resulted as follows: On second specification, guilty, 31 votes; not guilty, 31 votes. On third specification, guilty, 32 Yotes; not guilty, 2i votes: Whereupon the accused was declared not guilty. Brother Albion P. Pease has appealed from the judgment of the Lodge for the following reasons: "1st. Because the acting Worship[ulMaster ruled the first specification did not state a Masonic offense. "2d. Because the acting Worshipful Master refused to put a motion to take a vote on the general charge of unmasonic conduct, after the second and third specifications had been voted upon, but ruled said motion out of order, and refm\ed to allow the Lodge to vote on that proposition. "3d. Because the verdict was against the preponderance or greater weight of all the evidence." We think the ruling of the .Master on the first specification was correct. To be charged, and even convicted of a crime, do not, of themselves, constitute a Masonic offense. Tbe record of conviction is competent evidence, tcnding to prove the offense; but to say that the fact that a Brother has been convicted in the courts of the country of a criminal offense is conclusive tbat he is guilty of a Masonic offense, would be to say that all convictions in the courts of the cOllntry are right, which can not be true. If a Brother :Mason has been wrongfully convicted, in the courts of the country, of a crime, that should not preclude him from a trial of his casc in the Lodge on the merits of the charge. The converse of this proposition is true, also. If he has been tried arid acquitted in the courts of the country, it would not be conclusive of his innocence. Guilty men are sometimes acquitted, and such judgment of acquittance should not be held to be conclusive on the subject.. In other words, it is not a Masonic offense to be charged with a crime, nor is it a Masoriic offense to be comicted. W,e think the ruling in this matter was correct.
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The second objection of appellant, that the Master refused to allow the vote on the general charge of unmasonic conduct, is settled by the plain letter of the law. Section 263 provides, "No vote shall bc taken on the charge." As to the third error assigned, that the verdict was against the preponderance of the evidence, we have endeavored to follow the general rule in regard to the weight of evidence. 'rhere was quite a large attendance of the membership of the Lodge at the trial. Witnesses were present and testified in person. The accused and the accuser were both there and testified. 'rhe trial occurred at a time when there was considerable excitement over bank failures in Kansas City, and soon after the defendant's conviction in the criminal court. 'rhe transcript of that conviction was in evidence. If the judgment of the Lodge, under these circumstances, was against his guilt, it is not likely that a re-trial of the case by the same tribunal would result in a different verdict. There is no pretense that such would be the case. There is no cla.im that there is any newly discovered evidence. 'iVe think, on the whole, he was fairly tried, and while he might have been convicted on the testimony that was produced, yet, as those who heard the case are the best judges of the weight to be given to the evidence produced, we are disposed to follow the uniform rule, that appellate tribunals should not reverse a case on a mere preponderance of evidence. We recommend that the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed.
No. II. JuNIOR
w ~RDR2'
OF S~~;T:DON LODGE,}
•
VB.
No. 3i1, Pia'mUff,
JAMES
S.
Appeal from the judgment of Sheldon Lodge, No. 371, expelling J. S. Baker.
BAKlm, Defendant.
The record in this case is in a most oemoralized condition. Indeed, there is no 'record at all. There is a statement made by the Secretary that,1 co On July 14. 1894, chargeR were preferred by Brother J. W., by order of the Lodge, against Bro. J. S. Baker, for unmasonic conduct." No charge or specification is ,vith thc papers. The statement of the proceedings of the trial, which shows that the ac~used was expelled, is made by the Secretary. A brief statement of the evidence is given, and the appeal taken by the defendant is very general in its nature; but, by reason of the fact that we have no copy of the specifications, .we lare unable to determine anything in regard to 'the merit..c; of his appeal. 'l'he law is perfectly plain'in regard to appeals. Section 271 prescribes the duties of the Secretary in making out an abstract, and further provides, "That both parties to said cause shall have the privilege of examining and noting objectiouR to said transcript, before the same is sent up." If those who feel that injustice has been done any Mason, in any Masonic trial, wish to have the errors corrected, they should avail themselves of the rights given them by law, and see that the record is in proper Rhape. It is not contemplated that the Grand Lodge, its officers or committees, shall point out the defects in the record before the meeting of the Grand Lodge. Section 2i2 provides: "If said parties shall fail or refuse to examine said transcript, and note the errors in it before it is sent up. they shall not be allowed to object to its correctness after it rcaches the Grand Lodge."
The condition of this record is such that no intelligent action can be taken on the appeal, and we, therefore, recommend that the appeal be oLc;missed, which leaves the judgment of the Lodge in force.
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No. III. JAS.
C. GILLESPY, Plaintiff, VB.
THOMAS
J.
GILLESPY, Defendant.
}
Appeal from the judg'ment of 'l'wilight Lodge, No. 114, expellin~ Brother Thomas J. Gillespy.
The record in this case is as defective as in the previous case, there being no charge or specifications with the papers, and a very brief statemcnt of the evidence. Accused was :convicted and expelled, and an appea.} has been taken by¡ his brother, James C. Gillespy. At first ,ve supposed, possibly, this was a continuation of thc case which was bcfore your Committee at the last session of the Grand Lodge (Proceedings of ]894, p. 60), where the same Brother appealed from the judgment of the Lodge, cxpelling the accused, and which case the Grand Lodge then reversed and remanded; but the appellant, in his appeal, in rcfcrring to that case, states that the charge and specifications were "abandoned by the prosecution, and new charges preferred." \,Ve are unable to determine what they were. The appellant should have seen that his record was correct before the papers were scnt up. We recommend that!the appeal be dismissed.
No. IV. S. h HA~DINGER, Plaintiff (APpellant),} Appeal from the action of Civil Bend VB. D.r 'd t Lodge, No. 409, acquitting the defendant. J • E . GRANTHANE, eJ en an . This casc is a little remarkable throughout. That this may' be appreciated, we give the specifications in full, as follows (which were presented to the Lodge on June 15, 1895): "I. That said Brother .r. E. Granthane did refuse to obey a notice of Civil Bend Lodge to appear July 16, ]892, and show cause why he should not be suspended for non-payment of dues, and did, afterwards, at various times, contrary to the charges of Freemasons, condemn and severely criticize the Lodgc for its action in suspending him." "II. That said Brother J. E. Granthane, in violation of Masonic charges, at two different times, sent to thc Lodge to have it reconsider its action in suspending him, over two J'ears after he was suspended. "III. That the said Brother J. E. Granthane did, on the 24th and 2.5th of April, ]893, refuse to anow the Lodge to bury his deceased brother, L. C. Granthane, unless thcy would appoint "a good Christian man" to lead or conduct the burial service, to the scandal and disgrace of our boasted ){asonic equality and harmony. "IV. That the said Brother J. E. Granthane did neglect and ignore all :M:asonic duties and affiliations until within a few days of the expiration of the time in which he could reinstate himself by the payment of his dues." The charge and specifications were served upon the accused, and he was notified The accused did not, within ten days from the day of service of notice Oll him, plead to the specifications, and, 'we judge from the record, was not present at the tria1. After the plaintiff announced that he and the Lodge were ready for trial, the record shows that it was ":Moved and seconded, inasmuch as Brother J. E. Grantha.ne has refused to obey the requirements of the Lodge with a plea within the specified time, as provided by the Book of Constitutions, that we assume that he is guilty, and proceed to affix the penalty." to appear at a special communication of the Lodge, to be held .July 9, 1895.
'rhe above motion was made and seconded, and ruled out of order by the 'W. M.
1895.]
Grand Lodge, oj. Missouri.
65
Evidence was then heard, and the record then is as follows: "After hearing the evidence against Brother J. E. Granthane, ballot\vas ordered taken on the lirst specification, with the following result: 18 guilty, 15 not guilty. Ballot was ordered taken on the second specification, with the following result: 13 guilty, 15 not guilty. Ballot was ordered taken on the third specification, with the following result: ]5 guilty, 13 not guilty. The W. 1\'1. ruled the last specification was not unmasonic conduct." . The appeal is signed by Brother Hardinger and fifteen others, and is quite a voluminous document. 'l'he errors complained of are chiefly the rulings of the W. 1\1. on the questions above stated.' It is contended that by reason of the failure of the accused to file objection to the cha.rge within the time prescribed in Section 239, he was estopped from denying the sufficiency of the charge or his guilt. This position is untenable. The accused may plead to the charge as provided in the notiee; if he raises the question of the sufficiency of the specifications, the question shall be determined by the Master. If he fails to raise the question at all, and the specification fails to charge a 1\1asonic offense against him, he is entitled to raise the question at any time. He can not be punished for a supposed charge which does not constitute a )1asonic offense or a violation of Masonic law. The question of the sufficiency of the specifications may be raised at any time while the action is pending in the Lodge or the Grand Lodge. It is contended by appellants that the truth of the charges stands admitted by defendant, because of his default, and the argument is made that the proceeding is in the nature of a civil and not it criminal action. Appellants are in error in supposing that the plaintiff is entitled to a judgment without evidence in a civil action where defendant is in default. Plaintiff must prove his case. But Masonic trials are more in the nature of criminal than civil actions. They are for the investigation of the violation of Masonic law; they are to determine whether )fasonic offenses have been committed. No money judgments are rendered Masonic trials.
in
It is complained that the Master erred in holding that the facts stated in specification 4 stated no Masonic offense, and that the Master improperly passed upon that question. We are of opinion that the Master was clearly right. Specification NO.4 fails to state facts which constitute a Masonic offense. Kot only so, but we think that no Masonic offense is stated in either specification 1. 2, 3 or 4. 'l'he only error which the Master committed was in not refusing- to entertain the charge and specifications when they were presented. He should have required the party to present such charge and specifications as would require that a member.~should be put upon his trial.
'l'he sixth assignment of error, as shown by the record, is as follows: "That the Secretary erred in notifying non-resident members in the list of witnesses the accused gave him, and especially was it an error when it left certain other non-resident members without any such notice, for the reason that it has too much the appearance of the Ladue packing itself in the cause of the accllsed." It has often been charged that designing men "pack" conventions and caucuses and other meetings where they have a selfish purpose in doing so, but your Committee has never before heard the accusation made of a "Lodge packing itself." This, however, is an age of wonders, and new things are continually occurring, and why may not some of these things happen in a Masonic Lodg-e? Without giving more time and space to this case, we think it manifest, that while the error above mentioned was committed by the Master in allowing a trial on either specification, yet no good would result in remanding the case; and we, therefore, recommend that the action of the Lodge be affirmed.
G. L. PRO.-5.
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No. V. 1\1. T. ATTERBERRY, Plaintiff (Appel路 }
lant),
.
VS.
CHARU:S N. MOODY, Defendant.
Appeal hom the judgment of the Lodge of Truth, No. 268, acquitting Charles N. Moody.
The specifications in this case are: First, having carnal, illicit intercourse with a Master Mason's wife, naming her. Second, alienating her affections from her husband. The defenda.nt plead not guilty, and, after hearing the evidence, the vot.e of the Lodge on the first specification was: Guilty, Hi; not guilty, 15. On the second specification: Guilty, 19; not guilty, 12. The plaintiff appeals, and complains: First, that the action of the Lodg'e is against the weight of the evidence; second, that Ithe trial was at an hour when some of the Brethren could not stay; third, because several who voted " I~ot guilty" knew of facts which would make them vote guilty ; fourth, the Worshipful Master excluded competent evidence. The rccord in, this case is ill poor condition, but it has been submitted to the parties since it was referred to the Chairman of your Committee, and they have made their own suggestions in regard to it. We have carefully examined all the papers that are in the hands of your Committee, and we fail to see anything in that record which makes it proper to reverse and remand the ease. There was some strong e,idence against the accused. The positive testimon~', however, of himself and the party who was charged to have been connected with him, is that the specifications arc untrue. The circumstance caused the separation of the husband and wife, and a divorce proceedings in court. The husband was finally granted a divorce, but not until the charge of adultery against his wife was withdrawn. The opinion of the Brethren who heard the evidence seems to be about equally divided. 'We think the evidence which the appellant wished to introduce was properly excluded. We would advise that the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed.
No. VI. HERBERT DURAND, Junior "Varden, } Plaintiff, VS.
JESSE
CORNELIUS, Defendant (Appellant).
AppeaUby:ldefendantl from the judgment of Tuscan Lodge, No. 360, expelling him.
The record in this case islin good sha.pe, but is too voluminousi to quote very ex路 tensively. The gist of the charge is that Brother G. W. Nieman bad secured a l~an for defendant:on tbe urgent personal appeal made b~' defendant to Brother Nieman, as a :Mason, in order to prevent him from being arrested and prosecuted criminally; that, after obtaining Ithe money under these circumstances (which Brother Nieman afterwards paid, because of his oral promise so to do), the defendant failed to pay the debt, placed obstacles in the way of its collection, and, when sued in court, plead that he had, on or about "NOvember 1,1893, fully paid this note." 'l'he defendant pleads that he is not guilty of any Masonic offense. and urges that the charge does not constitute such an offense. He admits that he justlyl owes the debt, and that lit should have been paid, but that he has been unable to pay it; and, in regard to his pleading in court, claims that he did not authorize it, and that he afterward informed Brother Nieman of that fad.
1895.J
Grand Lodge of Missouri.
67
The trial was bad on June 2.5, 1895. After the evidence was in, and the case argued by counsel on both sides. the vote on the first specification was: Guilty, 56: not guilty, 18. And on the second specification the vote was: Guilty, 55: not guilty, 19. On thc question of punishment, tbe vote was: For expulsion, 42: against expulsion, 21. Thc defcndant appeals for the following reasons: "1st. 'I'hat very much of the evidence admitted by the :Master for t,he Lodge was irrelevant, immaterial, and had no possible bearing on the charges and specifications as made, but, on the contrary, was used for the purpose of creating a false conception of the question at issue, and prejudicing the judgment of the mcmbers present in fayor of the L~dge. "2d. That the extreme sentence of expulsion was, and is. unjust and (arbitrary, and not in accord with the true spirit of Masonie teaching, and that the evidence admitted for the Lodge was marked by a want of brotherly love and charity, more in accord with a trial in a circuit court than the tiled precincts of a :J1asonic Lodge. "3d.. That the verdict as found by the Lodge was not in accord with the true facts in the case, or the evidence bearing on the specifications, but was the result of the presence in the Lodge room of a large number of the personal friends of Brother Nieman, the claimant in the case, who voted wit路hout regard to the justice in the case, or consideration of the evidence bearing on said specifications. "4th. That the chargcs and specifications, and the trial resulting therefrom, and its results, arc entirely in opposition to the spirit of Grand Lodge rulings, as set forth in Section 237, Book of Constitutions, 1892, as follows: ,. 'No Lodge shall entertain a charge against a member for the'lpurpose of adjust路 ing mere legal rights. pecuniary or otherwise, unless such charge specifics fraud on the part of the alleged offender, or involvcs moral turpitude.' " It is possible that some C\idence was admitted which was irrclevant and immaterial, but we think no substantial error was committed in the admission of testimony if a Masonic'offense was charged. It is hardly necessary to discuss the questions raised by the second and third grounds of appeal. 'I'he principal question in the case is that raised in the fourth ground of appeal, viz.: That in regard to Section 237 of our laws, "that no Lodge shall entertain a charge against a member for the purpose of adjusting mere legal rights: pccuniary, or otherwise, unless such charge specifies fraud on the part of the alleged offender, or involves moral turpitude." If this charge simply involved the fact that the defendant had borrowed money of a Brother Mason, and was unable to pay it, and failed to pay it because of that fact, the above seetion would undoubtedly be a complete defense. But in this ca.se the facts are, that when the favor was a,sked, the appeal was made by the defendant, that he was in such trouble as that he would be ruined, and. unless he received the money by a certain time, it was only a question of "thc river or Jefferson City with him," which was construed to mean either suicide or conviction of crime. When defendant was unable to repay the debt, and had failed to do so, a suit was brought on the promissory note which he had executed, and a plea of payment was made by bis attorney, when no paymcnthad been made, which prevented Brother Nieman from taking judgment until two terms later than he would have been entitled to jndgment had the plea not been made. thercby enabling other creditors to obtain prior liens on his property, which are facts that plaintiff claims show unmasonic conduct on the part of defendant. In other words, it is claimed that after obtaining this favor under these circumstances, it is unmasonic and unmanly to have interfered with him, in any way, in the collection of his debt. 'Vhatever may be the opinion of your Committee in regard to the matter. the opinion of the Lodge was very decidedly against the defendant. We can not, as i\1asons, who believe 路in honesty and fair dealing with all men, more especially with our Brethren, tolerate anything that has even the appearance of treachery. Ingratitude to those who have befriended us in real t'rouble is contrary to the spirit of Masonry. The accommodation in this case was not obtained simply because the defendant was a Mason. If it had been on that ground alone, the Brother who loaned the money would have been entitled to but little consideration. It is a mistake to base business
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transactions upon )lasonic Fellowship, and a Masonic Lodge is not the place to adjust le~al, pecuniary rights. But, here, the favor was asked and granted because of the imminent peril and distress of defendant. After receiving it under such circumstances, he should not have interfered in the least with the collection of the debt, but should have made the rights of all other;pcrsons subservient to those of his benefactor. The vote of the Lodge indicates clearly that a re,trial of the case in the same tribunal would not change the result.路 While we have some hesitation in this case, we believe that the judgment of the JJod~e should be affirmed.
No. VII. J. P.
'l'RUSSl'~r_r_, Junior
Plaintiff,
R. L.
vs.
Warden, } From flume Lodge, No. 130.
GWINN.
The proceedings of Hume Lodge, No. i30, in regard to the above entitled cause, have been'referred to your Committee. They state that "on July 4th, 1895" (the nation's birthday), "Hume Lodge, No. 130, A. F. &A. M., met pursuant to adjournment."- '.rhe record, after stating some other facts, then states that ".Junior Warden .r. P. '.rrussell charges R. L. Gwinn and - - with selling whisky; trial set for July 25, 1895, at 7 o'clock P. lIf.; three Brothers (naming them) were appointed a committee on evidence." No charge or specification is with the papers. On .July 25 the'Lodge again "met pursuant to adjournment." The following entry appears: "1tHnutes of last meeting read and found not ill accordance with charges, and were changed as for selling intoxicating drinks as a beverage; trial of Brother R. L. Gwinn postponed until Thursday night, August 1st." On August 1 Lodge "met in regular communication," arid the trial was postponed "until two weeks from to,night." . On August 15 the ~record shows that "the case of R. L. Gwinn was called, and Gwinn plead guilty to selling intoxicating drinks unlawfully on or about said dates. Said Gwinn, in Lodge, says he did on or about said dates sell intoxica.ting drinks unlawfully, and was selling when admitted to the mysteries of Masonry." Furthermore, he says "he did quit the business on or about the first of February, 1895, and has not sold any since, and does not intend to." . A Brother, whose name need not be given, said "he- went to said Gwinn a short time ago and wanted some whisky on prescription, and Gwinn told him he did not have any, and did not keep it." '.rhe record then proceeds: "After a talk from J. P. 'l'russel1, J. W., a vote was taken on expulsion; result, unanimous 'no'; then ballot for suspension, result, yes 1, no 7. By order of W. ~:L, J. L. McConnell reprimanded R. L. Gwinn; on motion Lodge adjourned." No charge or specifications accompany these papers. No appeal is taken by any one, as appears from the record. The pil-pers given to your Committee come from the Grand Secretary without suggestion or comment. It is perhaps due to the Secretary of the Lodge to state that at most of these meetings he was absent, and the records were kept by a Secretary pro tem. The proceedings of each meeting, however, seem to have been examined by the accused, and that fact appears in writing, as follows: "Examined by R. L. Gwinn; returned October 4th, 1895." We can not commend the record of the proceedings of this Lodge as a model for other Secretaries to follow. Its meetings "pursuant to adjournment," are slight deviations from the usual method of IJodge meetings. We presume, however, they are the result of ha,路ing "adjourned" on motion, as the record shows the Lodge did on August 15th.
:~
Grand Lodge of Missouri.
1895.J
69
'While there is no appeal properly before your Committee, we call attention to the plea of the accuscd in this case, in which he admitted his guilt, and thathe was selling whisky "when admitted to the mysteries of Masonry." If he was engaged in the business of saloon-keeping when he was received into the Lodge, the Lodge itself should be looked after. The law of the Grand Lodge is unequivocally and unalterably opposed to the business of saloon-keeping. We recommend that the action of the Lodge in this matter be inquired into by the incoming Grand Master. No. VIII. PETITIO~
OF JAMES P. BARNES FOR RESTORATION.
The petitioner in this case states that he was expelled from Kingsville Lodge about sixteen years ago, and asks to be restored. He does not state that he has petitioned the Lodge for restoration, as required by Section 2i8. We find, from the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, 1881, page 39, that he petitioned the Grand Lodge for restoration, and his petition was rejected. Before the Grand Lodge can act upon his petition now, he should petition the Lodge which expelled him. Until that is done, we are not disposed to consider his petition. No. IX. PETITION OF JOH)< J. LONERGAN FOR RESTORATION. The petitioner was expelled from Bee Hive Lodg-c, No, 393, on May 11, 1889. The trial was ex lJa1'te, he being then a resident of the State of California. He has petitioned his Lodge for restoration, but failed to obtain a two-thirds vote of the Lodge necessary to restore him to good Masonic standing. He petitions the Grand Lodge for such standing, and accompanies his petition with a statement of prominent Masons in Santa Barbara, California, who havc known him during his residence of six or seven years there. They say he has lived an upright, honest and consistent life as a neighbor, citizen and business man, and ask that he be rcstored to the rights of Masonry. He asserts his sincere devotion to the Order. We recommend that the prayer of his petition be granted. No. X. OLIVER
CRA)fEI~
et aI., Plaintiffs: VS.
S. L. PIKE, Defendant (Appellant).
}
Appeal from the judgment of Brookfield Lodge, No. 86, expelling defendant.
The record in this case is in excellent shape. 'l.'he acclIsed is charged with defrauding plaintiffs and others. He was served with notice, and made no objection to the sufficiency of the specifications, but entered a plea of not guilty, and notified the Secretary of the Lodge that he would be present and ready for trial at the time appointed. He afterward wrote the Secretary that he could not be present, and asked that some one be appointed to represent路him. At the trial the niastcr appointed two Brethren to defend him. After the :evidence was heard, 1;he vote was, 2.5 gUiltY. and 1 not guilty, and he was expelled by a vote of 22 to 6. He filed his appeal with the Secretary, in which he claims that the sentence is unjust, and that he was not properly represented at the trial. He failed to g-ive notice to plaintiffs, or either of them, of his appeal, as required. The appeal should be dismissed for that reason. We think, however, if notice had been given, the judgment would properly be affirmed; at least, there is nothing in the record to indicate that his ground of appeal should be sustained. We recommend that the appeal be dismissed.
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P?'oceedings of the No. XI."
IN TH}<~ MATTER OF THE '1'IUAL OF JOHN
E.
LmCOLN IN AURORA LODGE,
No. 2G7.
The accused was tried and expelled by Aurora Lodge on June 15, 1895. On August 11, 1895, all information which turned out to be incorrect, the Grand :Master declared the trial to be void and qrdered a new trial, because of supposed irregular路 ities at the trial. As soon as the Lodge was notified of his action, a statement of the facts in the case was presented to him, signed by the Officers apd Past :Masters of the, Lodge, which caused him to direct that the matter be referred to the Grand Lodge, by whom it is referred to your Committee. On the ex parte information first received by the Grand Master, he acted ill the conscientious discharge of his duty. and did wbat he believed to be for the bcst interests of the Order. On obtaining complete information in the premises, be is satisfied that the proceedings at the trial were regular, and tbat, if any error was committed, it should have been corrected by appeal. In this wc fully agree with him and recommend that his action in holding the tria,] to be void, and that a new trial be had, be set aside, which leaves the judgment of the Lodge in force. Fraternally ~ubmitted, NOAH ?II. GIVAN, JOSEPH S. BROWNE, . B. F. WALLIS, J. W. HULET'!', NICK GRIESHEHIER, Committee.
PETITIONS FOR RESTORATION.
Petitions from several parties who had been suspended for non-payment of dues by Lodges whic4 afterward ceased to exist, were presented and referred to the Con1mittee' on Chartered Lodges. MEMORIAL.
A memorial from Latimer Lodge, No. 395, requesting the Grand Lodge to remit its dues for the present year on account of misfortune, was referred to the Committee on Chartered Lodges. A resolution of Brother J. S. Browne was referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence to define the law that any Master Mason In good standing and a member of the Lodpe, may represent, as a proxy, either of the '\Vardens of said Lodge.
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Grand Lodge of Missouri.
1895.J
REPORT OF THE'COMMITTEE ON CHARTERED LODGES.
M. W. Bro. Lee A. I-Iall, Chairman of the Committee on Chartered Lodges, presented the following report, and the same was adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge oj Jlissouri, A. F. & A. M. : The Committee on Chart.ered Lodges fraternally submits the following report: Total register number ................................ :.................................. 561 In detail as follows: Reported .......... ,....................................................................... 519 Not reported ............................................................................. ~9 2 Vacant numbers ..................................................................... 1 Arrested .................................................................................. -561 The returns of the following Lodges are correct: Nos.
1, 19, 40, 51, 74,
94, 119, 139, 155, 176, 197, 217, 2.'39, 257, 278,
288, 30" 32:~,
311, 361, 381, 399, 420, 445, 464, 483, 503, 524, 541, 559,
2, 3, 5, 22, 21, 23, 42, 41, 43, 55, 58, 59, 77, 78, 76, 97, 96, 98, 121, 122, 124. 140, 142, 143, 157, 159, 162, 178, '179, 180, 198, 199, 201, 218, 220, 221, 240, 241, 243, 258, 259, 260, 274, 27.5, 276, 289. 290, 293, 308, ~09. 310, 32.'), ~27, 329, :M6, 347, 348, 362, 363, 364, 383, 384, 386, 400, 401, 403, 421, 424, 426, 446, 447, 448, 467, 469, 470, 484, 486, 488, 501, 505, 506, 526, 527, 528, 513, 544, 545, 56l.-Total,408.
8, 6, 24, 2.5, 44, 45, 60, 61, 79, 80, 99, 102, 125, 126, 144, 115, 163, 164, un, 183, 202, 203, 22'2, 224, 215, 246, 261, 262, 277, 279, 296, 297, 311, 312, 331, 332, 349, 350, 368, 369, 387, 388, 407, 408, 427, 429, 449, 150, 471, 472, 489, 490, 508, 509, 529, 530, 546, 547,
9, 26, 46, 62, 81, 104, 127, 146, 165, 184, 204, 22..'>, 247, 263, 280, 298, 313, 333, 351, 370, 389, 409, 430, 451, 473, 491, 512, 531, 548,
10, 28, 47, 63, 82, 105, 128, 147, 1G7, 186, 205, 226, 249, 265, 281, 299, 314, 334, 352, 37t, 390, 410, 434, 453, 474, 492, 515, 533, 549,
11, 12, 31, 33, 48, 49, 64, 66, 84, 86, 109, 111, 131, 132, 148, 149, 168, 169, 187, 188, 207, 208, 'l27, 230, 250, 251, 266, 267, 282, 283, 300, 301, 316, 317, 3~5, 336, 353, 354, 372, 374, 391, 393, 411, 413, 436, 437, 454, 458, 476, 477, 494, 498, 516, 517, 534, 535, 550, 551,
13, 34, 50, 69, 87, 112, 133, 150, 170, 189, 210, 233, 252, 268, 284, 302, 318, 337, 356, 376, 394, 414, 439, 459, 478, 499, 518, 536, 553,
16, 17, 36, 38, 51, 52, 70, 71, 89, 90, H3, 114, 135, 136, 1.51, 152, 171, 172, Ull, 194, 211, 212, 234, 235, 253, 254, 270, 271, 285, 286, 303, 304, 319, 320, 338, 339, 357, 358, 377, 378, 396, 397, 415, 418, 440, 443, 460, 461, 479, 480, 500, 501, 519, 522, 538, 539, 5M, 556,
18, 39, 53,
n, 92, 117, 138, 154, 175, 195, 214, 236, 256, 272, 287, 305, 322, 340, 360, 379, 398, 419, 444, 463, 481, 502, 523, 540, 557,
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72 Not correct: 7, 14, Nos. 4, 8.'3, 85, 91, 120, 123, 134, 200, 206, 209, 278, 291, 292, 382, .'385, 392, 4.'35, 438, 442, 496, 507, 510, -Total,l11.
15, 9.'3, 141, 213, 295, 404, 455, 511,
20, 9,5, 153, 216, .'306, 405, 456, 513,
27, 29, 30, 100, 101, 103, 156, 158, 160, 223, 228, 231, .'321, '326, 330, 406, 412, 416, 457, 462, 465, 520, 52.\ 532,
35, 106, 166, 237, 342, 417, 466, 537,
57, 107, 173, 2.'38, 365, 422, 475, 542,
6.5, 108, 174, 242, .'366, 423, 482, 552,
67, 68, 75, 110, 115, 116, 185, 192, 193, 244, 255, 269, 367, 375, 380, 42,'), 431, 433, 485, 487, 493, 558, 560.
No report: Nos, 32, 37, 56, 72, 88, 118, 129, 130, 137, 161, 177, 190, 196, 215, 229, 2.'32, 248, 264, 294, 315, 324, 328, 341, 343, 345, 355, 359, 373, 395, 402, 428, 432, 441, 452, 468, 497, 514, 521, 555.-Total, 39. Vacant: Nos. 182, 219.-Total,2. Arrested: No. 495.-'1'otal, 1. As in previous years we find the usual complement of errors, such as not signed by the Worshipful :M:aster, or the Secretary, or by either of them, no seal, no financial statement, no recapitulation, etc. In a few cases the returns sent are made out or s'igned with a lead pencil. A moment reflection will show these Brethren that a return eithcr made out or signed with a lead pencil is not a valid return, nor can it be accepted as such by this Committee, and, in such eases, Lodges sending such returns are classed as not reporting. '1'here also seems to be an impression on the minds of the Secretaries of some of the Lodges that the Grand Secretary should correct any errors or inaceur:acies in their returns. It is not the duty of the Grand Secretary to do this, and, properly speaking, he has no right to do so. It is true inquiries arc sent out each year through the Grand Secretary, looking to the correction of errors shown by comparison of previous returns, but that is done by him under the instruction of this Committee. It is the duty of the Committee on Chartered Lodges to determine as to the correctness or incorrectness of the return of. any Lodge, allli the Grand Secretary is only accountable for recording any such return as it comes into his hands, and turning same over to the Committee on Chartered Lodges for examination, and report to the Grand IJodge. The Committee will, with pleasure, do anything in its power to get a Lodge straight on the records of the Grand Lodge, but Secretaries must remember that it is composed of business men who can not neglect their own affairs to look after those of others who are too careless to atknd to their own duties properly. There is nothing in the form of our return or its requirements that is not easily understood, and no Lodge is excusable for electing allY Brother for its Secretary who can not or will not attend to the duties of his office promptly and carefully. These remarks, of course, apply to the few who appear to think that anything will do so that they get the matter oII their hands. But the great bulk of the Lodges arc served by Secretaries who are painstaking in fulfilling every duty devolving upon them, and their returns bear evidence of that fact. '1'he Committee congratulate such Lodges in having such Brethren to serve them, alld to these Brethren, as individuals, the Committee hereby tenders its thanks.
Osborn Lodge, No. 317, has not paid dues for two years. '.rhe case is, respectfully referred to the incominl{ Grand Master.
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In the matter of arrest of charter of West Prairie Lodge, No. 495, referred to this Committee: No one has appeared on behalf of thc Lodge. We, therefore, recommend that the action of the Grand Master be approved, and that the arrest of its charter is hereby made final. In the matter of Brother Jesse Wilson, of the late Macon Lodge, No. 106: We recommend that he be granted a certificate of good standing, to enable him to affiliate, and that any dues that may appear against him on the books of said Macon Lodge be rcmitted. In the matter of Brother F. W. Barca-fer, suspended by the late Clinton Lodge, No. 481, in 1881, for non-payment of dues, and Brother Thos. Day, suspended for same reason in 1881, b)' the late Tebo Lodge, No. 68:
These applications are in proper form and the Committee recommend that these Brethren be restored and the Grand Secretary issue proper certificates to them. In the matter of Brother William Overshiner, it suspended member of the late Calhoun Lodge, No. 184. His petition is recommended by Windsor Lodgc, No. 29, and Calhoun Lodge, No. 552: We:recommend that any dues as shown on the books of the late Calhoun Lodge, No. 184. be and the same are here remitted, and that the Grand Secretary issue to him the proper certificate. In the matter of Brother C. B. Duncan, suspended by the late Jericho IJodge, No. 340, in June, 1892, for non-payment of dues, and Brother L. D. Putnam of late Stewartsville Lodge, No. 182, suspended for non-payment of dues:
In these cases the Committee have not sufficient information to act, and therefore recommend that they be referred to the incoming Grand Master, and that, if in his judgment the prayer of their petitions should be granted, he make the proper order for that purpose. In the matter of Latimer Lodge, No. 395, at Licking. 'l'his Lodge petitions for a remission of its dues for the year 1895, amounting to $44. It is in the judgment !of the Committee a case of peculiar hardship. 'l'his Lodge had its Hall destroyed a few years since by a cyclone. The members of the Lodge through their own efforts succeeded in rebuilding and furnishing their Hall, and had just finished paying for the same. They were unable to procure insurance on their propcrty, though they made every efTort to do so, as the insurance companies refused to insure property in that town, Brother H. H. Hohenschild, D. D. G. M. Twentieth District, appeared before the Committee and. confirms the facts as set forth in the petition. In view of the statemcnt and recommendation of Brother Hohenschild, the Committee feel justified in recommending that the dues be remitted as prayed for. At the same time we desire to state that we do this only because we regard it as a case of exceptional hardship, and one in which the Lodge is not to blame. And further, that the action in this matter is not in any sense to be regarded as a precedent. Fraternally.submitted, LEE A. HALL, A. FISHER, W. R. BOWLES, T. A. DUNN, J. L. THORPE, Committee.
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MILEAGE AND PER DIEM.
The COllllllittee created one year ago to consider the question of mileage and per diem, through Brother F. J. Tygard, Chairman, pr~sented a report. Pending its consideration, BrotherR. E. Collins, of said Committee, presented a minority report. Both being read, a Illotion was made to adopt the minority repo,rt, when, after some discussion, further actio'n on the general subject was deferred until the afternoon session. The Grand Lodge was then called from labor until 2:30 P. M.
SECOND DAY-AFTERNOON SESSION. JEFFERSON CI'l'Y, Mo., October 16, 1895. The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 2: 30 o'clock by R. 'V. Bro. A. 1\1. Hough, Deputy Grand Master. Other Grand Officers present.
A communication was read by the Grand Master from the' Governor, containing an invitation to the members of the Grand Lodge to meet at the Mansion this .evening at eight o'clock to receive a welcome on the part of Jefferson Lodge, No. 43, which will tender the Grand Lodge a reception at the Mansion. D. D. G. M. REPORTS.
The Committee on Reports of District Deputy Grand Masters, through Brother Geo. L. Faulhaber, Chairman, submitted a report, and the same was adopted, as follows: To the ]I[ost Worshipful Grand Lodge of MissOU1'i, A. P. & A. M.:
Your Committee on the Reports of District Deputy Grand Masters beg leave to submit the following: Reports have been made by all the District Deputy Grand Masters, except from Districts Nos. 1, 9, 26, 28, 33 and 34. [See Appendix, p. 233, for Reports.] It appears from the reports received that the Deputies have, as a rule, made highly and commendable exertions for the upbuilding 6f the Fraternity, ana that the' Brethren throughout this Grand Jurisdiction are alive to the best interest of Freemasonry.
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Not a single recommendation ismade in any of the reports, save in one instance only, and that recommendation is that the fees for the degrees be reduced. To that recommendation this Commitwe is unanimously opposed, and we trust this Grand Lodge will discourage any attempt to make Masonry cheap. Fraternally submitted, G. L. FAULHABER, E. H. PHELPS, JACOB LAMBERT; ']'. E. BYBEE, ROBT. T. PENICK, Committee.
The Grand Lodge resumed consideration of the reports of t];1e 111ajority and minority of the Committee under discussion in the forenoon, touching the question of mileage and per dienl. The motion to adopt the minority report was discussed, and the same was not adopted. The vote was then taken upon the Inajority report of the C<?mmittee, and the same was adopted. !t is as follows: To the Jlfost lVol'shinflll Grand Lodge of jllissottri, A. F. & A. jl.:
BRETHREN-A majority of the Special Committee appointed in October, 1894, to which was referred the resolution concerning mileage and per diem, beg leave to report as follows: Having made, as we think, careful and conservative estimates of the amount required to meet the pay-roll, and having duly considered the receipts and disbursements of the Gran.d Lodge as well as the possible effect on all Grand Lodge interests, we are of the opinion that a pay-roll iIi accordance with the following stipulations and limitations' is practicable. We therefore recommend that a plan be adopted which shall embrace the following: 1st. That all Past Grand :Masters, Grand Lodge Oflicers and one Representative from each Subordinate J.;odge路, chartered or under dispellsation, shall be entitled to draw from the funds of this Grand Lodge two dollars ($2) for each day they may be in actual attendance upon the Annual Commullications of this Grand Lodge; and the further sum of two cents per mile for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from such communication. Provided, that no Representative shall be entitled to receive mileage or per 'diem unless all dues from his Lodge to the Grand Lodge have been paid as required by law. Provided further, that no Representative from a Subordinate Lodge shall be entitled to receive in the aggregate more than one路 fourth of the amount such Lodge shall have paid as dues for that year, and provided further, that no one shall draw mileage or per diem in a double capacity. 2d. No part of the fifty cents now collected by the Grand Lodge as dues for the Masonic Home, as provided by resolution adopted October, 1891, shall ever be used for purposes of meeting the pay-roll. 3d. We recommend that the Board of Directors of the :Masonic Home relinquish all right or claim to an unpaid appropriation of $.'),090, made by the Grand Lodge to
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the Masonic Home October 16, 1890, and"that said appropriation be declared null and void" We recommend further that the pay-roll and per diem herewith provided shall not go into effect until the Annual Communication to be held in 1896. Fraternally submitted, F, J. TYGARD, CAMPBELl, WELLS, nt. T. DAVIS, Majority oj Oommittee.
The several amendme.nts heretofore offered to the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge were read a second time: JURISPRUDENCE.
The Comnlittee on ,Jurisprudp.nce, through its Chairman,
:M. ""'Y. Bro. A. 1\1. Dockery, P. G. M., presented a report. The same was read by sections and each adopted, and the report adopted as a whole. To lhe Most W01'shiJ)ju.l Grand Lodge oj !rlissouri, A. F. & A. M.:
Your Committee on Jurisprudence beg leave to report as follows: We have carefully examined the decisions of the Grand Master, find them in harmony with the law, and recommend their approval. WOe also approve the ruling of the Grand Mast€r with respect to North Star Lodge, No. 157, also approve his ruling with reference to the invasion of the territory of" Westport Lodge, No. 340, by Kansas City Lodge, No. 220. . With reference to the communication of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, presenting a rule adopted by said Grand Lodge, in regard to the ~uty of the Grand Lodge as to" the care of distressed Masons, we regard the subject as one entitled to careful consid· eration and, therefore, recommend that the -same be referred to the Committee on Charity, with instructions to report at our next Annual Communication. In the case of Checotah I,odge, No. 74, Indian Teqit.ory, against pecatur Lodge, No. 400, referred to in the Grand :Master's Address un~ler the head of "Invasion of Territory," your Committee are of the opinion that :j~ast[Grand Master Keene was imposed upon in the representation of the facts as to the residence of B. P. Lafayette, and was warranted in his action as reported at the last Grand Communication; that this Grand Lodge was not in possession of all the facts'jouching the residence of Mr. Lafayette when it disagreed with the report of the Committee on Jurisprudence and held that Decatur Lodge, No. 400, had jurisdiction over Mr. Lafayette. In the light of the facts since developed, there is no question but that Mr. Lafayette was, at the time he petitioned Decatur Lodge, a resident of the Indian Territory, and within the jurisdiction" of Checotah Lodge, No. 74, and the entertaining of his petition by Decatur Lodge was clearly an invasion of the jurisdiction of Checotah Lodge, authorized by this Grand Lodge under a misapprehension of the facts in the case. " We, therefore, recommend that the action of thel Grand Master in ordering Decatur Lodge, No. 400,not to confer the Third Degree on B. F. Lafa)-ette be approved. Having- received the First and Second Degrees by authority of this "Grand Lodge, we must hold that his
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"fnit.iation" and "passing" were regular, but think Checotah Lodge is entitled to the fees received by Decatur Lodge, and recommend that the same be paid to Cheeotah Lodge, which has jurisdiction over him as to the conferring of the Third Degree. As to the resolution of Past Grand ~la.ster Browne referred to us, we think the wording of Section 2, Article II., of the Constitution, is not susceptible of the construction put upon it by said resolution, as to the powers of the Warden, but that in case of the inability of a Warden to attend the Grand Lodge he can depute only a Brother of equal or superior rank to represent him. • Fraternally submitted, ALEX. M. DOCKERY, H. H. ROBERTS, JOHN C. YOCUM, R. E. ANDERSON, H. H. HOHE~SCHILD,' Oommittee.
SUS'PENDEDMASTERS.
Most \Vorshipful R. mittee on Suspended Committee, and the seriati,m, and then the
F. Stevenson, Chairman of the Coml\'lasters, presented the report of that two cases considered were adopted report adopted as a whole.
To the Most WorShipful Gmnd Lodge /)f If'lissouri, A. F. & A. M.:
Your Committee on Suspended Masters respectfully report as follows: 1st. In the matter of the fiUspension of Samuel Hayworth, Senior Warden of White Hall Lodge, No. 301, A. l~. and A. )1. of Barnard, Mo., for official misconduct while acting 1.faster of the Lodge, your Committee recommend approval of the action of the Grand :Master, while not endorsing the course pursued as a precedent for subsequent cases of similar character. We hold the opinion that under no circumstances can the Wardens of a Lodge 'be entitled to the exemption from charges provided in Sec. 230 of Grand Lodge By-Laws, because that specifically pertains to the :Master alone, and for the good and sufficient reason that he is supreme in the body over which he is duly elected to preside. On the other hand, his very supremacy enables him to act in'the trial of the Wardens or members for any misconduct. 'Ve sustain the Grand Master, because he, in the exercise of his prerogative, was ¡practically Master of that Lodge, but we hold that the Lodge and not the Grand Lodge should initiate the trial for the offense. 'l'he supremacy of the right of objection must be maintained, as outlined in Sec. 163 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws. The status of the petitioner who received the E. A. Degree is that of a profane, and in one year from the record date of objection may again petition. 'Ve, therefore, recommend re:instatement of the Warden, if his term has not expired and that the case be dismissed from the Grand Lodge, leaving the Lodge to act as its judgment may determine. 2d. In the matter of the suspension of P. M. Smith, Worshipful Master of Adair Lodge, No, 366, on complaint of Brother ~. A, Foulk, a member of said Lodge, for dis-
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graceful conduct pertaining to both, we recommend a final dismissal from both Lodge and Grand Lodge. Your Committee excluded the consideration of any testimony other than that provided for it by the Commission authorized by the Grand Lodge at its session in 1894. The Commission is to be commended for its careful and considerate action in taking testimony under the order, and we believe it to be as full and complete a.'S can be obtained. It discloses these facts: The difficulty arose over the silver question, arising from Grover Cleveland's message to Congress on the Sherman Act. The loud and excited language of Brother S. A. Foulk at the house of Brother P. M. Smith in convincing the latter Brother of errors'in opinion caused Brother Smith_ to first pull down the blinds to preventlhis neighbors' acquaintance with thc fact of the altercation, and finally to order Brother Foulk from the premises, following the order with an attempt at ph)'sical assistance. Brother }<'oulk, who did not relish being hurried, grasped the door jamb with one hand and the nose and moustache of Brother Smith with the other, and they wrestled backward and forward through two rooms of the house for some minutes, Brother Smith succeeding in choking down Brother Fou'lk by a grasp on the throat. As to phys'ical injury the honors seem to be easy, both being maimed and bloody. The words that passed were no justification of the disgraceful occurrence, although the preponderance of the testimony shows that Brother Foulk tried to disclaim what he was accused of saying, at the same time assuming a belligerent attitude not calculated to end the disturbance. It did end, however, by Brother Smith refraining further pursuit. We believe both parties equally culpable, that Brother Smith has reccived merited punishment, sufficient to atone for his share in the fracas, and that Brother S. A. Foulk is in great luck that the Lodge by its membership endorsement as ks.a dismissal at the will of this Grand Lodge. Fraternally submitted, R, F. STEVENSON, .TNO. GREENOUGH, HARRY KEENE, A. PEUHRMANN, JESSE \\T. HENRY, Committee.
B.O.ARDS OF RELIEF.
rrhe Committee having charge of the reports of the several Boards of Relief in the State rendered a report which, after amendment, was adopted, and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grmid Lodge of
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Your Committee on Masonic Boards of Relief beg leave to report, as follows: The Boards of Relief of St. Louis, St. Joseph, Springfield and Kansas City have submitted reports, which will be found elsewhere in the Proceedings. The St. Louis Board of Relief having more than the required $1,000 on hand. there have been no assessments on the St. Louis Lodges. Your Committee notes an apparent discrepan(~y between the present report of the Kansas City Board of Relief, which states that "Kansas City Lodge. No. 220, owes for a number of years back," and the report of the 1894 Committee on Board of Relief, which states-vide Proceedings 1894, page 78-that "Kansas City Lodge, No. 220, has
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paid the Board of Relief $.50," but as your Committee has not had access to the Returns to the Grand Lodge for the current year, :"ve can not ascertain the exact indebtedness of the several Lo<;lges to the various Boards of Relief. We, therefore, respect.fully recommend that the annual returns of the Subordinate Lodges to the Grand Lodge, in cities where there are Boards of Relief, include a ·state· mellt of amounts paid during the year to Local Boards of Relief. Fraternally submitted, A. HALL, H. H. GRT:MAN, J. "M. AUSTIN, WM. T. NEWMAN, E. N. MOODY, Committee. W~L
HOME VISITING COMMITTEE.
A report was presented, read and adopted, emanating from the Home Visiting Committee, as follows: To the Most Worshi]Jjul Grand Lod.qe of JJiss01o'i, A. F. & A. ];{.:
The undersigned, who were appointed "Home Visiting Committee" at the last session of the Grand Lodge, in pursuance of a resolution adoptql at the session 0 1893, respectfully report .as fol1ows: By reason of a majority of your Committee residing at a distance from the city of St. Louis, it has been inconvenient for the Committee, as a whole, to visit the Home at any particular time during the current year, but a majority of said Committee have at various times, since their appointment, visited the Home and carefully inspected the management and running of same, and as the Chairman of this Committee resides near the Home, he has had constant opportunities of making frequent visits, and has been thereby enabled to observe all the details of the management of the same. He has, because of the same facilities, attended meetings of thc Executive Committee, and, consequently, has become fully conversant with all the details of the management of the Home. As a result of this observation and frequent visits, we have found that the partial separation of the old people from the young has brought about a better discipline than has ever before existed. 'fhis separation as yet, in our opinion, is not as complete as it ought to be, fi,nd we recommend that if it is practicable that the old people, who are inmates of the Home, be entirely separated from the young. We recommend the efTIcient admtnistration of the Superintendent and i\fatron, who have attended to thcir arduous duties with great natural abilities and conscientious devotion. They have every reason to fecI a just pride in thc results accomplished through their efforts.• We also congratulate the :Members of the Board of Directors upon their perseverance and zeal, manifested in their labors, the result of which is so successful, for, from what we have observed land learned of the management of t,he Home during the current year, it has been the most successful of allY during its existence.
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In conclusion, yonI' Committee believe that the purposes, for which this Committee was created, can best be accomplished by the assistance of a committee of ladies, wives, d.aughters or 'widows of n'la.sol1s, who from habit and experience as well as by nature, are better qualified to attend to the welfare of children and advise as to the practical administration of the affairs of the Home. We, therefore, recommend that the "Home Visiting Committing," appointed by the Grand Master, be authorized to constitute a committee of an equal number of ladies to assist them in the discharge of their duties. Fraternally submitted, HOWARD \YATSON, GEO. W. LILLY,
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CHARITY.
The Committee on Charity, through its Chairman, Brother John R. Parson, submitted the following report, and the s~me was approved: To tile 1ffost WorslliJ)ful Grand Lodge ()f Missouri, A. F. & A. Itl.:
Your Committee on Charity would respectfully report that they have considered the applications presented to them, and recommend the following appropriations: Fifty dollars to Sturgeon Lodge, No. 174, for the benefit of Brother M. M. Jesse. One hundred .dollars to be paid in quarterly installments by the Grand Secretary for the benefit of M. W. Bro. Thomas E. Garrett, P. G..M. One hundred dollars for the benefit of Mrs. George Frank Gouley, widow of Past Grand Secretary Gouley; the amount to be disbursed by the Grand Secretary. Fr::tternally submitted, JOHN R. PARSON, JOHN MARSHALL, .TAMES C. RIGGS, JAMES A. GORDAN, A. C. HOPKINS, Committee.
M. W. Bro. B. H. Ingram, Chairman, presented a report from the Committee appointed to consider the circular from the Grand Lodge of. Colorado respecting the observance of the Centennial of the death of Brother George "\Vashington. The report was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report at the next Session of thel Grand Lodge.
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RESOLUTION.
Resolution offered by Brothers Lippman and Reid, of St. Louis, asking the Grand Lodge to become a member of the General Board of Relief of the United States and Canada, was read and i'eferred to the Committee on Ways and Means. MEMORIALS.
:Men10rials praying for restoration to good Masonic standing by certa~n parties who had been expelled by their Lodges, were announced as in possession of the Grand Secretary. It not being in evidence that these parties had exhausted all remedies for restoration by the Loqges which expelled them, the Grand Master decided that the memorialists had no standing in court. AMENDMENTS.
Amendments to the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge; pre路 sented by Brother Allan McDowell one year ago, and found on pages 30 and 31, Grand Lodge Proceedings, 1894, were read and adopted in the order named, as follows: .. ' . Amend Section 1. Article III., of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, by striking out the words "have attained to the Dcgree of Past Master," and inserting in lieu thereof, ,. have been duly elected and installed as Masters of Lodges," ~o that section, as amended, will read: "Section I. Whu are eligible as.-None except such as have been duly elected and installed as Maoters of Lodges and are at the time of their election or appointment members of some Lodge, shall be eligible to any office in the Grand Lodge; and no one shall be eligible to the office of Grand Master more than two years iu an~' period of six years." Amend Clause 1. Section 13, Article XI., of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, by striking out the words, .. together with the ceremonies necessary to the qualification of :ni:~~gd~l~vm~~~a:denominated the Degree of Past Masters," so that the clause, as
"1. Acquaint himself thoroughly with the 'work and lectures of the three degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry." Amend the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge by striking out the whole of Scction 114, Article VI.
RE-DISTRICTING COMMITTEE.
The Comn\ittec appointed one year ago to consider the subject of re-districting the State, rendered a report through its Chairman,' Brother Allan 'McDowell, and the saIne was G. L. Pao.--.6.
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adopted. The result of such labor on the part of the Committee will appear in the Appendix to the Proceedings where the Lodges of the State are properly grouped in districts, as contemplated by the Committee. Following is the report of the Com mittee as adopted: To the Mo~t Wors/fir-rut Gmnd Lodge of JliS~()lLri, A. F. &; A. M.:
Your Committee appointed at the last Annual Communication of thig Grand Lodge for the purpose of re-districting the State, beg leave to report as follows: Raving given the subjer.t careful attention, we recommend that the State be divided into the following Masonic Districts, viz:
District. District. No. I-Clark, Scotland and Schuyler. No. 28-St. Charles and Warren. 2--Adair, Knox and Lewis. 29-Pettis, Benton and Johnson. 3O-Cole, Miller, Moniteau and Osage. a-Putnam and Sullivan. 4-Grundy and Mercer. 3I-Franklin and Gasconade. [vieve. 32-Jefferson, Washington and St. Gene:l-Harrison, Gentry and Worth. 6-Nodaway. 33-St. Louis City and St. Louis County. 7-Atehison and Holt. 34-Crawford. Dent, :Maries and Phelps. 8-Andrew and Buchanan. 35-Cass. 9-DeKalb and Davies. 36-Bates. lo-Clinton. 37-Henry and St. Clair. ll-Caldwell and Livingston. 38-Camden, Laclede and Pulaski. l2-Linn. 39-Dallas, Hickory and Polk. l3-Macon and Shelby. 4o-Cedar and Dade. l4-Marion, Ralls and Pike. 4l-Vernon and Barton. l5-:Monroe and Randolph. 42-Jasper. l6-Chariton.• 43-Greene and Webster. I7-Carroll and Hay. 44-Douglas, Texas and Wright. l8-Clay. 45-Carter, Reynolds and Shannon. 4(j-Iron, Madison and St. Francois. 19-Platte. 47-Bollinger, Cape Girardeau and Perry. 2o-Jackson. 2l-Lafayette. 48-Mississippi, Scott and Stoddard. 4g..,-Dunklin, New Madrid and Pemiscot. 22-Saline: 50-Butler, Ripley and Wayne. 23-Cooper, Howard and Morgan. 51-Howell, Oregon and Ozark. 24-Boone. 52-Christian and Taney. 2-5-Audrain and Callaway. 26-Montgomery. 53-Barry, Lawrence and Stone. 54-McDonald and Newton. 27-Lincoln. Fraternally submitted, ALLA N McDOWELL, CRAS. S. GLASPELL, . J. H. BETHUNE, Committee.
At five o'<:lock the Grand Lodge was called from labor until to-morro~ morning at nine o'clock.
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The Grand Lodge assembled at nine o'clock, pursuant to order, and was called ,to labor by the Most Worshipful Grand :Mastcr, J. B. Thomas. Other Grand Officers present as usual. Prayer was offered by the Grand Chaplain, Rev. J. W. Robinson. The proceedings of the morning and afternoon sessions of yesterday were read and approved. The proposed amendments to the Grand Lodge By-Laws were read a third time. The proposed new section No. 93a, heretofore presented, was read a third time and put upon its passage, when it was unanimously ad?pted, and is as follows: Section 91a. The Past Grand Masters, Grand Officers, and one Representative from each Subordinate Lodge shall be paid th~ sum of two dollars ($2,00) for each day they may be in actual attendance upon the Annual ComIl1unications of this Grand Lodge, and two cent..'i per mile for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning therefrom. P.rovided, that no Representative shall receive either mileage or per diem unless all dues from his Lodge to the Grand Lodge have been paid, and that no Representative shall receive more than one-fourth of the sum paid as dues by his Lodge for such yeai, and no one shall reeeive mileage or per diem in a double capacity, and provided jU7'ther, that the dues of fifty cents per member now provided by law for the support of the :Masonic IIome shall be collected and paid over for that purpose, and lIO part of the same shall ever be used for the payment of such mileage or per diem, or any expense of the Grand Lodge, '
Brother C. S, Glaspell called u'p an amendment to the ByLaws, submitted ond year ago, respecting the change of time of hoiding the Grand Lodge sessions. The amendment was adopted, and fixed the time of the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge on the third Tuesday in October of each year. A second amendment offered by Brother Glaspell, and found on' page 30 of the Grand Lodge Proceedings, 1894" was called up. Brother A. M. Dockery offered the following substitute, and the same was adopted: Should a non-affiliated Master Mason, who is in good standing, apply for membership in the Lodge and be rejected, his good standing shall continue for twelve months after such rejection.
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The Grand Lodge decided that this substitute takes the place of the proposed amendment to Section 204 of the ByLaws heretofore considered.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.
Brother R. E. Collins, Chairman of the Com mittee on Ways and :Means, presented and read the report of said Committee, and the same was adopted: To the Most Worshipful Gmnd Lndge of Missouri. A. F. & A. M.:
Your Committee on Ways and :M:eans respectfully submit the following report: At the last Annual Communication this Committee called attention to the fact that the disbursements excccded the appropriatiolls by the sum of $662.80, and censured such course in rather severe terms. It appears, however, to have been labor lost. To the surprise of your Committee, we find from the reports made by the Grand Secretary that the total disbursements amounted to $25,5i2.19, of which the sum of $13,869.50 was paid to the Masonic orphans, and leaves a balance of $11,702.69 as the total disl)ursements for last ycar from the gcneral funds of the Grand Lodge. The total of appropriations made by the Committee on Ways and Mcans was the sum of $10,599.30. Adding to this the sum of $100.00, authorized by the Grand Master to be paid for the benefit of Brother .John Alberty, gives a, total of $10,699.30, authorizcd to be expended. The actual expenditures thus exceed the autilOrized amount by the sum of $1,003.39. Your Committee regards the expenditure of this sum of $1,003.39 as totally unauthorized. It is the duty of the Committee on Accounts to see that the expenditures do not exceed the appropriations, and yet, we find that said Committee in its report made at this Communication states that it finds the authol'ized disbursements amount€d to thc sum of $2.5,572.19, when it was perfectly apparent that of said sum $1,003.39 was not appropriated or authorized to be expended. Your Committce hopes that, in the future, disbursements will be limited to the appropriations, and the Committee on Accounts will not·overlook unauthorized expenditu res: With refercnce to the letter of R. W. Bro. '1'. S. Parvin, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, upon the subject of reprinting some of our Grand Lodge Procecdings, )'our Committee has not access, at this time and place, to data sullicient to enable it to form an opinion as to the advisability of reprinting said Proceedings, or to make an appropriation for that purpose. We, therefore, recommend that this matter remain with the Committee on Ways and Means for report at our next Annual Communication. The circular from the M. W. Grand Lodge of Colorado needs no comment from your Committ~e at this time, as it was referred for report at the next Annual Scssion ,of the Grand Lodge. . . With reference to the rcsolution of Brother Charl~s A. Shephard, concerning instruction in the work, your Committee are of the opinion that it would be inexpedicnt to carry said resolution into efTect, and further that in view of the fact that the Grand Lodge fund will all be need~d for current expenses and pay-roll and per diem, we respectfully recommend that said resolution be not adopted. With reference to the resolution of Brothers L. h Lippmann and Eden Reed, your Committee rccommend that it be adopted for the coming year. \
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We respectfully rccommend the following appropriations: Printing Proceedings of 1895 $1,200 00 Postage, Printing, Stationery and Incidentals 1,375 00 Rent of the Grand Secreta.ry's Office 1,020 00 Salary of the Grand Secretary 2,500 00 Salary Chairman Committee on Foreign Correspondence................................... 500 00 Salary ot the'Grand Treasurer :..................... 150 00 Salary and Expenses of the Grand Lecturer 2,250 00 Expenses of l\f. W. Grand Master............... 25000 Expcnses and PCI' Diem of Special Deputies...... 100 00 Salary of the Grand Tiler......... 150 00 Expenses of this Communication.... 26 30 Chanty, according to Report of Committee on Charity..... 250 00 Expenses of Depositions in Case of Foulk vs. Smith............................................ 40 00 Subscription to General Board of Relief United Stat.es and Canada............... 150 00 TotaL
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In recommending the above mentioned appropriations, your Committee desire to say that they believe a material saving can in the future be made in the matter of printing our Proceedings, and they hope that next year the effort will be made to secure a reduction in this item of appropriation. The amount can not be made less at this session, for the reason that the contract for printing has already been made and at least one-half of thc work is already done. Fraternally submitted, ROBT. E. COLLINS, Chairman. G. W. LILLY, A. J. COLEMAN, HARMON CLINE, ED. REICHARD, Committee.
PROTEST.
Brother F. 'V. Mott, ChaiTluan of the Committee on Accounts, protested against the criticislu made by the Committee on Ways and Means which reflected 011 the work of the Committee on Accounts. He~ stated that the duties of his Committee had always been to see that the books were kept accurately, and the moneys received by the Grand Secretary properly deposited with the Grand Treasurer; that it had never' regarded itself as being empowered to pass UPOil the question, whether the bills had been authorized or not, as that had heretofore been the duty of the Committee on vVays and, Means.
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MEMORIAL.
A memorial was presented by Brother Alvin Haynie in behalf of Clinton Lodge, No. 548. The same was referred, by motion, to the incoming Grand Master. A letter from \Vm. C. Boteler, of Kansas City, was presented by Brother Jos. S. Browne, Past Grand Master, and, on motion, the same was referred to the incoming Grand Master. A motio~l was presented and adopted, as offered by Brother C. E. Reid, that a special Committee of three be appointed to select a suitable design for a jewel to be presented to the Past Grand Masters of this Grand Lodge, and report at our next Annual Communication. The Grand Master appointed as such Committee: Brothers Allan McDowell, J no. R. Parson and C. E. Reid.
,REPORT OF GRAND LECTURER. ST. LOUIS, October, 1895.
To the A/ost Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri. A. F. & A. ]'f.: Herewith I present my twenty路fifth annual report as Grand LectJlfer. In November a meeting was called in St. Louis for the benefit of the Distrid Lect路 urers, at which all but three were present. 'rhe Grand Master presided, assisted by a number of Grand Officers; Complaint has been made of the expense ($500) incident to this meeting. In my opinion the same amount of money has never been better expended by this Grand Lodge. The District Lecturers not only want to know the work, butthey also want to know that they know it. They want to have perfect confi路 dence in themselves, such as can only be gained by a meeting of this kind. The Grand Lodge need not, and will not, begrudge the trifling amount paid to this noble band of workers. A majority of them have served from five to tWlmty-six years with路 out the slightcst compensation. 'rhey have sometimes (I wish I could say always) received something approximating to actual expenses, but for their time and their labor they have, as a rule, received nothing. The resul!"',; of this meeting ha\'e been far-reaching, They will be shown more fully in- the abstracts of the reports of the
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District Lecturers hereto appended. It will be seen that more good, substantial, effective work has been done during the past year than in any previous year in the history of the Grand Lodge. . State Lodges of Instruction have been held at various points, at which the Grand' "":laster presided, assisted by Grand Otlicers, Past Grand Masters, District Deputies and District Lecturers. No more enthusiastic gatherings of Masons have ever been held in the State of Missouri. At St. Joseph, thirty-five Lodges were well represented; the same number at Kansas City, fourteen at Springfield, twelve at Poplar Bluffs, and about eight at Mexico. For some unexplained reason the meetings at Jefferson City and St. Louis were not attended as we had expected. These meetings were not simply occupied with du 11, dry recitals of the. work, although this was, of course, the chief feature, but the Grand i\'laster, and other well informed Masons, opened up their rich stores of Masonic knowledge, and the science, the history, the literature, and the prineiples of Masonry were expounded. Such~meetings as these result in incalculable good to the Fraternity. The social features are not the least. Brethren from various Lodges become acquainted, and lasting friendships are formed. Research and investigation on i\iasonic subjects are stimulated. The :Masonic horizon of the Brethren is widened. 'fhey learn that the Masonry to which they have been accustomed in their respective Lodges is not all there is of Masonry. Such meetings are second in importance only to the Grand Lodge itself.
I have held, or assisted District Deputies in holding, a number of District IJodges of Instruction and have visited numerous individual Lodges. It affords me much pleasure to state from personal knowledge and the reports of the District Lecturers that the 'Masonic Fraternity in :M.issouri has never been in a better condition as regards the work than at the present time. I append hereto an abstract of the reports of District Lecturers: R. W. Bro.J. W. Barnes, of the ]<'irst District, reports that in April he called a Lodge of Instruction, to be holden at Memphis every 'Wednesday evening, to be continued until this present meeting- of the Grand Lodge, requesting each Lodge to send at least two delegates to perfect themselves in the work. The meetings were not as well attended as he had hoped. 'fhe home Lodge reaped most of the benefit. Other IJodges were sparinglY represented. He has visited three of his Lodges, having had no call from others. He says that the Lodge at Lancaster sustains its well-earned reputation for good work. This I can also avouch.• R. W. Bro. Higbee, Deputy Grand Master, is a thoroughly posted Mason, and has kept his Brethren square up to the mark in the work of the Grand Lodge. R. W. Bro. A. Fisher, of the Second District, has held Lodges of Instruction at Novelty, Edina and La Belle, and says he is truly gratified at the progress that has been made and the proficiency acquired by these Lodges. He has visited some of the other Lodges at their regular communications and assisted' in conferring degrees, and has rendered such instructions as time and opportunity permitted. R. W. Bro. Geo. E. Mayhall, of the Third District, that" wheel horse" in the work of Masonry in :Nlissouri, has performed his duty amply and well. He makes a long report-too long to copy-of his various visitations. He held a three days' Lodge of Instruction at Shelbyville, at which, although called at the request of the Brethren at that place, he had but a slim attendance from that Lodge. Delegates were in attendance, however, from Bethel, Clarence, Hunnewell and Philadelphia. His modesty prevents his saying so, hut, from reports received by me, I am satisfied that much good for Masonry resulted in this meeting. He says: .. Iat.tended the School of Instruc-
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tion for the benefit of District路 T_ecturers, and it is needless for me to say anything about the benefits of that School. It was successful, far beyond the expectations of the most sanguine." He held a four days' Lodge of Instruction at Paris, of which he says that it is gratifying to be able to state that this School was the most successful that he has ever conducted. .E'our other Lodges were \vell represented. He held a Lodge of Instruction at Shelbina during- the winter, a "blizzard" raging at the time, but he says: "The storm king could not prevail against the zeal of the faithful Brethren, and they braved snow and wind to meet us." Six Lodges were represented -and well represented"':"'at this meeting. He says: "~he instructions givcn by me to Officers and individual members of Lodges are too numerous to mention." He ha~ responded to cvery call made upon him by Lodges or indhiduals. "There are a fcw-I am glad to state they are but few-who do not secm to have any desire to learn the work as adopted by the Grand Lodge, consequently they will always be in the rear of the procession. Every time thcy see or hear anything that they never saw or heard before, they hold up thcir hands in holy horror and prate about innovations in the body of Freemasonry." This lang-uage, however, applies to but few Lodges, and, under the skillful management of our Brother, they are beginning to feel "lonesome." R. W. Bro. Geo. S. Townsend, of the Fourth District, waS appointed in February to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of R. W. Bro. Jessc' J. Shaw, who had removed from thc District. Brother Shaw is a bright Mason and a faithful worker, and before his resignation had held a Lodge of Instruction for his District,at which I was present, and which, at his request, I conducted. Brother 'rownsend has proved himself an efficient and capable Lecturer, having visited all the Lodges in his District that called for his services, except one, and in this case he was prevented by illncss, and compelled to cancel his engagement. He says-and from personal knowledge I can substantiate his statement-"The Lodges in the Fonrth District are in good work路 ing order, and the majority of them have the work of the Grand Lodgc." R. W. Bro. Charles .r. Walker, of the Fifth District, reports that he has visited most of the Lodges in his District. He held a District Lodge of Im;truction, at whieh the Grand Lecturer was present and had charge of the work. He says: "All the Lodges, 'with perhaps two cxceptions, are in good working order." He suggests that the fees for the degrees ought to be reduced to fifteen dollars, for the benefit of the poorer young men in our farming communities, while times are hard and money scarce. It is a pleasure to testify to tl~e efficiency of the Fifth District sincc R. W. Bro. Walker has had charge of it. R. W. Bro. Z. T. IJamkin, of the Seventh District, reports that he has not visited many of his Lodges, the main reason being that he was not invited, and he did not feel like pushing himself on them, on account of his extreme modesty. Those he has visited he found in fairly good working order, and possessed of a desire to learn the correct work. He has held two Lodges of Instruction of three days each, at which much interest was manifested, especially by the officers. Twenty-six years ago R. W. Bro. John J. Dillinger, of the Eighth District, was appointed District Ledurer. During all these years he has served the Craft with unswerving- fidelity. I therefore need not report that the Fraternity in his jurisdiction is in splendid condition. He has "magnified his office," and no Lodge and no individual Mason has ever called upon him for instruction that did not路reccive it. It is therefore unnecessary to recite his various and manifold labors during the past year. It is with pardonable pride that he says: "If a comparison of the Districts of the State were made, I feel sure that the Eighth would compare favorably." R. W. Bro. Reuben Barney, Jr., of the Ninth District, held a weekly Lodge of Instruction at Chillicothe during January, February and March, which were well attended by local Lodges and by a large number of Masons from surrounding Lodges, with a constantly increasing interest. The officers of nearly all the Lodges are per-
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fecting themselves ill the work. He has also visited a number of Lodges and assisted in conferring degrees. R. 'iV. Bro. Campbell Wells, 'of the Eleventh District, held one regular Lodge of Instruction, that beillg at Parkville. The average attendance was eighteen, there being three Lodges represented, and the attendance consisting almost entirely of officers, so the interest was entirely satisfactory. After returnillg from the meeting of District Lecturers in November, he gave considerable private instruction to officers of Lodges. He also visited several Lodges and assisted in conferring degrees, where he found the work fairh- done. He has always responded cheerfully to ealls made upon him. R. W. Bro. Harry Keene, of the 1'welfth District, held a three da~'s' Lodge 'of Instruction at Bolckow, with a good'attendance. He also attended the State Lodge of Instruction held by the Grand Master at St. Joseph. During January a.nd February he held a weekly Lodge of Instruction in the city of St, .Joseph. 'l'he attendance at these meetings was good. At his request R. W. Bro. R. '1'. Penick helq, Schools of Instruction at Union Star and at Saxton. He has not been called upon to visit allY other Lodges, but he learns from the members that the Lodges in his District are in good working order. R. W. Bro. A. C. Hopkins, of the 'l'hirteenth District, has held District LOdges of Instruction, lasting' from three to' five days each, at the following places: Gaynor, Pickering. Guilford and Elmo. Four different Lodges were represented at each of these points, and mueh interest was manifested.. He has answered all calls, and finds the Lodges fairly well up in the work. R. W. 路Bro. Howard Watson, of the Fifteenth District, reports that during the month of February and a part of March a weekly Lodge of Instruction was held in the City of St. Louis. These meetings were well attended by the City Lodges, and a lively interest was manifested and maintained throughout the meetings. He says he was assisted in the exemplification of the;work by the Grand Lecturer, the District Deputy Grand Master, and Brothers Waughop, Berry, and other Grand Officers, to whom he extends his thanks. He says that to Brother Jas. C. Fin'agin, D. D. G. M., the credit is largely due for the success of.thcse meetings. Owing to the serious illness of a member of his family, and the demands made on him by business affairs, he has not been able to visit as many of the Lodges as he had hoped to do. He has, however, visited as many of the Lodges asit was possible for him to do, and he has found, almost without exception, the oJIicers well posted in their work, and anxiou's to become thoroughly proficient in the, ceremonies cODJ1ected with the yariouspositiolls. In addition to these visits, he has given a great deal of private instruction to members of the Fra路 ternity who have called upon him for the same. R. W. Bro. F. P. Graves, of the Sixteenth District, makes a long report, minutely detailing his various visitations. He visited the Lodges at, Doe Run, Farmington. Bismarck, Bonne 'rerre and Fredericktown, some of these several times. He says he thinks, on the whole, the interest taken among the Craft is steadily on the increase. R. W. Bro. l!'. A. Kage, of the Seventeenth District, held a Lodge of Instruction at Cape Girardeau weekly during the winter months. He has had no other calls. R. W. Bro. Welton O'Bannon, of t1~e Eighteenth District, states that owing to pro路 tracted sickness and death in his family, he has not been able to do much visiting. He held a weekly Lodge of Instruction in New :N1adrid, for about ten weeks, which was at times well attended by members of all the Lodges in the county, and by some from adjoining counties. R. W. Bro. James M. McGhee, of the Nineteenth District, sa.ys that the State Lodge of Instruction held' at Poplar Bluff was productive of much good, and that the good effects of the meeting could be seen from its close down to the present time. He has held several private Lodges of Instruction, has visited a number of the Lodges,
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and has refused no call or invitation to visit any of his TJodges. His Lodges have made a very great advance in the work during the time he has been District Lecturer. as I can testify from personal knowledge. R. W. Bro. H. H. Hohenschild, of the 'l'wentieth District, has held District, or rather County Lodges of Instruction, of two to three days each, atCuba, Houston, Spring 'Creek, St. James, and Salem; at each of these meetings except the last named, from three to five Lodges were represented. All were well attended. In addition, he has given private instruction to many otIicers and members of the different Lodges. He has Visited every Lodge in the District except three, and all the Lodges,.except one, have been represented at one or other of his meetings. Rolla Lodge, of which he is a member, has received instruction one ni!l:ht every fortnight, during the year. With such a live District Lecturer, his Lodges must of necessity be well up in the work. R. W. Bro. Ed. Reichard, of the Twenty-first District, in addition to assisting the Grand Lecturer in several Lodges of Instruction, has visited the Lodges at Washington, Hermann, St. Clair and New Haven. He has given considerable private instruction, .' and has responded to every call made upon him by the Lodges. with one exception, which he was prevented from attending to OIl account of sickness in his family. R. Vif. Bro. John '1'. Short, of the 'rwenty,second District, owing to press of business, has made no visitations. He attended and assisted at the State Lodge of Instruction at Jefferson City. 'l'he Grand Lecturer held three Lodges of Instruction in his District, at on'e or other of \\'hich nearly all of his Lodges were represented. With, perhaps, one exception. they are all in splendid condition. R. W. Bro. Alvin Haynie, of the Twenty-third~Distriet, says that 'so far as he has been able to learn, the Lodges are generally in fair condition, in regard to the work throughout the District. He has met with q~ite a large number of them, in some holding Lodges of Instruction, in others giving instruction in the work, and in others witnessing and assisting in the conferring of degrees. Assisted by 1\1. W. Bro. B. H. Ingram, he held a three days' Lodge of Instruction at Bunceton. The attendance was good, much interest was displayed, and he thinks much good was done. He left the Lodge in splendid condition, and well equipped to do the work. A District Lodge of Instruction was held at Clinton, the Grand Lecturer being in charge of the work. He says the result of this meeting is being felt throughout the District, not only in a higher degree of proficiency, but also in the increased desire for improvement on the part of the Brethren. He spent three days in instfl)cting- the Brethren of the new Lodge at Deepwater, and says they confer t.he degrees ina very <lapable manner. He held a two days' Lodge of Instruction at Blairstown, at which there was a good attendance, several IJodges being represented. While he has not had numerous calls to visit Lodges, yet he has spent much time in instructing the officers of various Lodges, and he feels that some good has been done during the year. He has observed an increasing desire on the part of the Brethren to perfect themselves in the work, that is eommendable and should be gratified as far as possible. R. W. Bro. John C. Yocum, of the Twenty-fifth District, says it is impossible to fully estimate the great amount of good accomplished at the State Lodge of Instruction held at Kansas City. It awakened an interest arid enthusiasm in the work which was very apparent at the time and which continued to manifest itself in the weekly District Lodge of Instruction which immediately followed, and which was continued for about six weeks. He says it was the most successful of the kind he ever attended. He also held a Lodge of Instruction at Independence for'lthe benefit of the country Brethren. This was also largely attended and an unusual amount of interest manifested. At the close of both these meetings he invited the officers of the Lodges to meet in his office for the purpose of getting the lectures and longer speaking parts. There was an average attendance at these meetings of ten to twelve officers each day at noon for two weeks. This resulted in a great deal of good work. Since then he
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has held a number of Lodgeg of Instruction in the different Lodge rooms for the ben路 efit of individual Lodges. He has visited officially during the year about all the Lodges in the District and found them in a prosperous condition. :Marked progress has been made in some of the country Lodges during the year. R. W. Bro. Seymour Hoyt, of the Twenty-seventh District, held a three days' Lodge of Instruction at Everton. The attendance was good, the interest shown by them was gratifying and the progress made was' commendable. He instructed the Brethren of the new Lodge at Richards, remaining with them five days, and left them in good condition. He has from time to time, as opportunity offered, given instruction in the two Lodges located in Greenfield. 'rhey still retain their old time reputation for good work. He has visited a number of the Lodges and has devoted considerable time to the instruction of officers and individual Brethren. R. W. Bro. Wm. A. Wear, of the Twenty路ninth District, held a three days' Lodge of Instruction at Stella. A number of Lodges' were represented and much interest was manifested. He has visited several Lodges, has responded to all calls made upon him, has given all instructions asked for, and has conferred many degrees. '1'he officers of the Lodges he has visited scem to understand the work, and confer the degrees very nicely. So far as he has been able to learn, the Lodges in his District are in a much more satisfactory condition than they were last year. R. W. Bro. :M:. T. Davis, of the Thirtieth District, says many of the Brethren of his District attended the State I,odge of Instruction at Springfield, and were greatly benefited thereby. He filled an appointment for the Grand Lecturer at Carthage, at his request, he being- unable, on account of iIl路health, to be present. He had a very large attendance, all the Lodges in the west end of the District being- represented. He worked hard for three days and nights with much pleasure to himself, and, he thinks, with some benefit to all present. He spent one day with the Brethren at Sarcoxie. He has, in many ways, met with and assisted the .Brethren from various Lodges, enough to be satisfied that they all do good work. He has answered all calls made upon him. R. "V. Bro. Fred W. Laker, of the 'l'hirty-first District, reports that, in addition to the State Lodge of Instruction held by the Grand Master at Springfield, he held a Lodge of Instruction at ISparta. The weather was bitter cold, but, notwithstanding, he had algood ;atteJldance. He also held a Lodge of InstructioIl at Republic. 'l'his meeting was not as well attended as could be desired, but, doubtless, some good seed was sown which will yet bring forth fruit. He visited Strafford Lodge, and assisted in conferring degrees. He has (reports from all the Lodges in the District, and thinks they are doing fairly well. R. W. Bro. C. M. Mitehell, of the Thirty-second District, reports that his business has been such, and the times have been so pressing in regard to money matters, that his visits have been few this year, but that he has respon.ded promptly to every call made upon him. He has visited several Lodges and held a few Schools of Instruction. He thinks the work in his District is kept up fairly well. ,R. W. Bro. John B. RC'c;s, of the Thirty-fourth District, reports that owing to a combination of circumstances he has been unable to visit any of the Lodges in his District during the past year. aternally submitted, ALLA~ McDOWELL, Grand Lecturer.
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ELECTION OF GRAND OFFICERS.
The Grand Lodge entered upon the duty of electing Grand Officers for the coming Masonic year. The Grand Master ' appointed Brothers John R. Parson and R. F. Stevenson as tellers. The election resulted in the choice of BRO. A. M: HOUGH, Jefferson City, Grand Master. BRO. DORSEY A. JAMISON, St. Louis, Deputy Grand JVlaster.BRO. F. J. TYGARD, Butler, Grand Senior 'Varden. BRO. E. F. ALLEN, Kansas City, Grand Junior Warden. BRO. SAM'L M. KENNARD, St Louis, Grand Treasurer. BRO. JOHN D. VINCIL, St. Louis, Grand SecretarY:
OBITUARIES.
Brother Leslie Orear, Chairman of the COlnmittee on Obituaries, submitted the following report, which was adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodue of Missouri, A. F. & A. M.: Your Committee on Obituaries would respectfully report that no papers have been referred to us for consideration. We take this occasion to adopt the sentiment expressed in the beautiful tribute of respect contained in the report of the Special Committee appointed by the Grand Master to draft resolutions touching the death of Past Grand l"Iaster J. P. Wood, and as that report is a part of the record of this Grand IJodge, your Committee do not feel that they could add to it in any particular. Fraternally submitted, LESLIE OREAR, TROS. BROWN, D. E. S. TAYLOR, A. M. WORDEN, SAM HARRIS, Oommittee.
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COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS .
. On motion, the Grand Master was authorized to appoint three members of the Grand Lodge a COlnmittee on Accounts, whose duty it shall be to audit all accounts, and whose consent shall first be obtained for any expenditure not regularly authorized by appropriations.
INVITATIONS.
Invitations from the Commercial Club and the .Mayor and citizens of Jefferson City were read, requesting the Grand Lodge to hold its annual session in this city in 1896. On motion, the invitations were received and ordered on file and the thanks of the Grand Lodge tendered to the aforesaid club, Mayor and the citizens fo!' their distinguished courtesy. The Grand Lodge was then called from labor until 1: 30 o'clock this afternoon.
THIRD DAY-AFTERNOON SESSION. J EFFERSON CITY, 1\10., October 17,1895. The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 1:30 P. M. by the M. W. Grand Master, Brother Thomas. Other Grand Officers present. On motion of M. VV. Bro. Joseph S. Browne, the thanks of the Grand路 Lodge were tendered to the several railroads of
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the State that had furnished transportation at red uced rates to the members of this Grand Body. On motion of M. \V. Bro. \V. R. Stubblefield, the thanks of the Grand Lodge were tenclered to Hon. Ashley Vl. Ewing, Commissioner of the Seat of Government, for his great courtesy in preparing the Hall of the House of Representatives for the use. of the Grand Lodge while in session, and for other attentions and favors shown to the Grand Lodge. Brother Alvin Haynie offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Grand Treasurer be requested and required to place the funds of the Grand Lodge on deposit with some solvent trust company, at the highest and best rate of interest on daily balances to be obtained for the same.
On motion of M. W. Bro. A. M. Dockery, the above resolution was referred toa special .Committee of three, to be appointed by the incoming Grand :Master, with instructions to' report at the next Annual Communication. . t .
APPOINTMENT OF GRAND OFFICERS.
The Grand Master-elect, Brother A. M. Hough, previous to his installation, announced the following list of appointments: ALLAN McDOWELL, St. Louis REV. JOHN W. ROBINSON, Clayton REV. JOHN H. J\lILLER, Rich Hill REV. C. H. BRIGGS, Fayette CAMPBELL WELLS, Platte Cit), 1. V. McMILLAN, Maryville JOHN C. YOCUM, Kansas City Wl\1. RICHARDSON, St. Louis CRAS. S. GLASPELTJ, Kansas City WELTON O'BANNON, New Madrid J. C. FINAGIN, St. TJouis LESLIE OREAR, Marshall H. H. HOHENSCHITJD, Rolla JOHN W. OWEN, St. Louis ;
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LECTURER. CHAPLAIN. CHAPLAIN. SENIOR DEACON. GRA~D JUNIOR DEACON. GRAND ORATOR. GRAND ORATOR. GRAND :MARSHAL. GRAND MARSHAL. GRAND SWORD BEARER. GRAND SENIOR STRWARD. GRAND JUNIOR STEWARD路 GRAND PURSUIVANT. GRAND TILER.
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CHAIRffum OF STANDING COMMI'l"l'EES: LODGES U. D CHARTERED LODGES APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES JURISPRUDENCE WAYS AND MEANS CHARITY UNFINISHED BUSINESS REPORTS D. D. G. M : OBI'l'UARIES CORRESPONDENCE BOARDS OF RELIEF
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P. J. HEUER. LEE A. HALL. LESLIE Ol~'\!;AR. R. E. ANDERSON. R. E. COLLINS. B. H. INGRA)1. A. L. ROSS. A. S. COWDEN. R. F. STEVENSON. JOHN D. VINCIL: . G. W. LILLY.
COnf!'l1IT'l'EES: HOME VISITING COMMITTEE-C. W. Waughop, Reuben Barney, Sr., .John Greenough, J. L. Thorpe and A. Fisher. ACCOUNTS-F. W. Mott, Jno. H. Deems and Howard Watson. 'I'RANSPORTATION AND HOTEI,s-John R. Parson.
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS.
The Grand Lodge having completed the business of the session; proceeded to install . its officers for the pnsuing Masonic year. Gr~nd :Master Thomas requested M. W. Bro. A. M. Dockery, P. G. M., 'to perform the ceremonies of installation. He appointed ~1. VV. Bro. L. A. Hall, P. G.lVI., Grand Marshal for the occasion. Brother Dockery then installed the following Grand Officers: A. M. nOUGH, Jefferson City D. A.•JAMISON, St. Louis F. J. 'l'YGARD, Butler ·
GRAND ~1ASTER. DEPU'l'Y GRAND MASTER. GRAND SENIOR WARDEN.
E. F. ALLEN, Kansas City JOHN D. VINCIL, St. Louis
GRAND JUl--TJOR WARDEN. GRAND SECRE'l'ARY.
Following the installation of the elective Grand Officers, those appointed by the Grand Master were severally installed, with the exceptions of Rev. John H. Miller, Grand Ch~plain and 'Villiam Richardson, Grand Marshal.
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Grand Master Hough appointed Brother D. A. Jamiso~, . D. G. 掳Mo, to install Brothers Samuel M. Kennard, Grand Treasurer, and \Villiam Richardson, Grand :Marshal; and Brother F. J. Tygard to install Rev . John H. Miller, Grand Chaplain. Brother J. B. Thomas, P. G. M., offered a resolution, which was adopted, that the present Grand Master be authorized to hold such State Lodges of Instruction as he may deem proper. Grand l\1aster I-Iough, following his installation, made a very interesting and suggestive inaugural address, followed by proper remarks and gratefu 1 acknowledgmen ts on路 the part of Brother J. B. Thomas, retirip.g Grand Master.
CLOSING.
The minutes of the forenoon and afternoon sessions were read and approved, and the Grand M:aste~ proceeded to close, and did close, the Most \Vorshipful' Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M. of Missouri in AMPLE FORM, prayer being offered by Rev. Brother John W. Robinsoll, Grand Chaplain. JOHN D. VINCIL, Grand SecretaTy.
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Grand Lodge oj Missouri. SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SINCE CLOSING IIfYREPORT, OCTOBER 4, 1805. Cairo, No. 486 $ 45 00 • Cainsville, No. 328.......................... 52 00 Cambridge, No. 63......................... 80 00 Lorraine, No. 128 ,.............. '27 00 Westville, No. 202........................... 50 00 Cass, No. 147................................... 103 00 Colony, No. 168.............................. 27 00 Herndon, Ko. 487........................... 2000 Purdy, No. 148.............. 4200 Lambskin, 1"0.460........ 57 00 DeWitt, ~o. 39................... 40 00 Avilla, No. 278.............................. 2800 :Marionville, No. 390....................... 52 00 Decatur, No. 400............................. 6000 Gothic, No. 108.............................. 21 00 :M:alden, No. 406 43 00 St. John's, No. 28.................. *75 00 Craft, No. 287................................. 35 00 Total on hand, Oetober 22 * For 1894.
Bridgeton, No. 80 Rolla, No. 213 IVarrenton, No. 231.. Centralia, No. 59 Heroine, ~o. 10'1.. Gentryville, No. 125 Putnam, No. 190 McDonald, No. 324 Fellowship, No. 345 Excelsior, No. 441.. Strafford, No. 497 Monroe, No. &1. Humphreys, No. 32 Texas, 1\0. 177
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. $ 30 00 . 83 00 .. 3300 7'2 00 . .. 171 00 . * 1 00 .. 7800 .. 9800 . 7900 61 00 .. .. 2600 . 4600 . 5900 .. 45 00 $ 1,748 00
Amount on hand, Oct. 4..
33,319 16 ~35,067
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ADDENDUM. The following lists show the number of delinquent Lodges as to returns and non-pay· ment of.Grand Lodge dues: DUES UNPAID. Amount due.
Amount due.
St. John, No. 28....:........................ $ 75 00 Middle Grove, No. 42.................... 18 00 Monticello, No. 58. 24 00 Madison, No. 91.......... 37 00 Canton, No. 100. 19 00 Marcus, No. 110 31 00 DeSoto, No. 119.............................. 1m 00 Rolla, No. 213 . 84 00 Stockton, No. 283........................... 59 00
Osborn No.317 (2 years) $5500 Kennedy, No. 329.......................... 34 00 Everton, No. 405......... ...... 37 00 .Clear Creek, No. 418.......... 26 00 St. Nicholas, No. 435.....:............... 24 00 Montevallo, No. 400................. 25 00 Kaseyville, No. 498.. 21 00 Biswell, No. 510............................. 30 00
$1,23"2'00
UNPAID BAI,ANCES DlJE. Western Star, No. 15 $31 00 Niangua, No. 529 Eldorado, No. 318 :..... 500 Mexico, No. 544....................... Paulville, No. 319............................ 23 00 Tipton, No. 56. Gorin, No. 72. Defiance, No'. 88. Kingston, No. 118. Monett, No. 129. Hume, No. 130.. Clifton Hill, No. 161. Quitman, No. 196.
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No RETURNS. Horne>fsville, No. 215. Claflin, No. 229. Fayetteville. No. 264. Mound City, No. 294. Altona, No. 315. Relief, No. 341. Garrett, No. 35!l.
$ 6 00 5 00 l$ 91 00
Mandeville, 373. Gavel, No. 402. Louisville, No. 428. Competition, No. 432. Verona, No. 452. Red Oak, No. 468. Exeter, No. 514.
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PROPOSED AI\1ENDMENT. CHANGE OF BY-LAWS. To amend Sec. 66 by striking out the word "thirty" in second .line. and inserting in lieu thereof the word "twenty," so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Sl<;c.66. FEES-No Lodge shall confer the three Degrees of Ancient Craft :M:asonry for a less sum than twenty dollars, but more may be charged at the discretion of the Lodge. One-half the amount must accompany the petition, the balance may be divided as the Lodge may direct, provided that no degree shall be conferred until the sum required therefor shall be paid. IRA V. l\fcMILTJAN.
NEW LODGES. The Grand Lodge, on October 16, 1895, chartered the following Lodges: Name oj Lodge.
Delphian Pilot Knob Albert Pike Unity Deepwater York
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130 182 219 495 562 563
Location.
Birch Tree Rich ville Kansas Qity Richards Deepwater Kansas City
County.
Shannon. Douglas. Tackson. Vernon. Henry. Jackson.
ANNUAL COMMUNICATION IN 1896.
The Seventy-sixth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge will be held in St. Louis, commencing at 10
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d~y)
FREDERICK LOUIS BILLON. This venerable citizen and veteran :Mason closed a long, useful and eventful life in St. Louis, on Sunday, October 20,1895. He first opened his eyes on the light of nature when the present century was young, having been born in the year 1801. His last view of 'earth was almost in sight of a new century, having lived to the unusual age of nearly ninety-five years. . He was born in Philadelphia, Pa:, but in young life became a citizen of the then village of St. Louis, and remained among its people until the close of his protracted existence on the.above named date. He was identified with St. Louis in its growth and development for more than seventy-five years. The familiarity of this remarkable man with the affairs of St. Louis, its public men, the history of the 'Vest, as well as of the entire country, was phenomenal. In all my life I have never met with anyone whose mind was so abundantly stored with information respecting men and things as Frederick L. Billon. Having been called away from family and friends so recently, this .sketch is hurriedly prepared and necessarily imperfect, as my printer is . waiting to close up the work of the Grand Lodge Proceedings for ~he year. From the records of old Missouri Lodge, No.1, I find that Brother Billon was made a Mason August 28, 1823. He remained a ~llember of his mother Lodge until called from labor, having been connected therewith for seventy-two years. Early in his Masonic life he entered the . Grand Lodge of Missouri, and in the year 1829, was elected Deputy Gmnd l\'laster, serving one term. In 1844 he was again elected to that position. He served one term as Grand Treasurer, having been elected in 1843. His election to the office of Grand Secretary, which he filled for three years, took place in 1830. It is thus seen that he became identified with the early history of Freemasonry in the West, and with the Grand Lodge of Missouri. In his civil and business relations, as an officer of the city, as an active and competent servant of public and private enterprises, as well as in his Masonic relations, he w~s the soul of honor, a man of the strictest integrity, with a conscientious devotion to duty along all lines of life. ' It is to be hoped that some one possessing all the necessary information for the work will prepare and publish a biography of this venerated and honored Mason. JOHN D. VINCIL, Grand Secretary.
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REPOR'l' ON CORRESPONDENCE. • ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 1st, 1895. To the J.lfost WorshipfuL Gmnd Lodge of J.1fissouri, .A. F. & A. M.
I herewith submit my Annual Report on Correspondence:
ALABAMA. SEVENTY'FOURTH COMMUNICATION.
The Seventy-fourth Annual Session of this Grand Lodge convened in the city of ¡Montgomery, December 4th, 1894, and was held in the Masonic Temple. M. W. Bro. Francis L. Pettus, Qrand l\faster, presided, while the Grand Secretary, Brother H. Clay Armstrong, and other Grand Officers were in attendance. Representatives of fourteen Grand Lodges were present, Missouri being represented by M. W. Bro. Henry C~ Tompkins, Past Grand Master. The record shows a list of 391 Lodges in the jurisdiction, 2!H being represented at. the session now under notice .. The membership was reported at 10,807. The footings show a loss of 298. The gain reported amounted to 1,033 from all sources, while dimissions, death~, suspensions and expulsions agg-regated 1,331. This was a heavy depreciation from the former list of members. . ADDRESS.
The Annual Address of Grand :Master Pettus was a most interesting doeument throughout. He reported the happy condition of the people as follows: "The condition of our people, as compared with other States in the Union, and other countries of the world, is most prosperous." It could but be expected that Masonry would flourish in proportion. Hence the remark, "Our Order has grown and prospered in spite of all adverse circumstances." Referring to the fierce political struggle in the State, by which the friendships of families hud been broken, church relations severed and schools disturbed, be said, amid all that heated conflict, no note of discord had entered any Masonic G. L. Ap.-l.
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Lodge in Alabama. Truly it is both "good and pleasant for Brethren thus to dwell together." Well and properly did the Grand Master say, "This should be a monument to the Masonic Lodges of Alabama." The Grand Lodge had been graciously spared visitations from the death angel, its ranks remaining unbroken. DISPENSATIONH
had been granted by the G;and Master for the formation of six new Lodges. Several had been revived by the restoration of charter. The , Grand Master firmly 'and persistently refused to grant permission to Lodges to confer degrees out of time, and gave unanswerable reasons for such refusal. His action in this matter was approved by the Committee on his Address. He reported two applications presented him to allow Lodges to consolidate. This he could not permit, as it would be "an infringement of the ancient Landmarks." . My limited acquaintance with those numerous and mysterious things called" Ancient Landmarks" prevents me from determining how consolidation of two Lodges would be "an infringement" of an " unknown quantity." If that Grand Lodge has no law permitting such a desirable thing as bringing two weak Lodges into union, thereby making a strong one, such enactment will prove a desideratum. vVe have long since demonstrated that in Missouri, Landmarks or no Landmarks. Grand Master Pettus commended the desirability of "having fewer Lodges and stronger ones." Enact a law providing for the consolidation of weak Lodges, and then you will have" stronger ones." That is the way we do it in Missouri. The Grand Master commended the. holding of ,: District Conferences." We call them District Lodges of Instruction. The good results accomplished by these conventions of Masons, held under the tutelage of a Grand or District Lectuz:er, have been long apparent, and are no,,,, the great factors in disseminating correct rituallsm. DECISIONS.
Grand Master Pettus submitted quite a list of offi'cial rulings. I have read them with pleasure and profit. He was no novice in Masonic Jurisprudence. The Committee on Jurisprudence reviewed his findings with approval, except in one case. As to that, the Grand Lodge reversed the committee and stood by the Grand Master. He had ruled that the widow of a deceased Master Mason should have a certificate given her "immediately after the death of her husband, and while her re-marriage dissolves her relations to the Fraternity, there is no impropriety in giving her the certificate if she desires it." The opinion of the committee was to the reverse of this view, but did not prevail. If the first part of the ruling be complied with, the widow can then do what she pleases
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with that to which she is legally entitled, either marry again and thereby forfeit its protective benefit, or keep it and have a claim to benefits such as accrue to her class. I think the Grand Master held the proper view. I am not in accord with one statement found in the decisions. It is there affirmed that "non-payment of dues is not unmasonic conduct." I ask, what is it? Every Mason promises to "support and maintain the By-Laws" of the Lodge when be is made a Mason. Is not non-payment of dues a violation of the obligation taken to "support and maintain" those By-Laws? The neglect or failure to pay dues may not be what we term in Missouri as "Gross Unmasonic Conduct," the penalty for which may be expulsion. or prolonged suspension, but I can not vie\," such neglect of duty as anything less than unmasonic. Of course I view this subject from a Missouri standpoint, and know tbat Alabama has different laws from ours. Tbe Grand Master wisely ruled that' 'mere arrears of dues, witbout action of the Lodge, * * * does not affeet a Mason's standing." One of his Lodges bad expelled a member for non-payment of dues without taking the required course. They just simply deClared him expelled. That was what may be called "short metre," the kind of music Masonry does not recognize, as a rule. The Master of one Lodge, at the annual election. declared all members in arrears for one year suspended and not eligible to any office. Two or three members were elected to office notwithstanding they were behind with their dues. The Grand Master very promptly and righteously declared all such extra judicial rulings null and void. "Mockery," said the Grand Master, to a Lodge that asked if a ballot should be taken upon the petition of a candidate who died before his application was reported upon. Return the money to the estate was the order, as the Lodge had no right to the fee. The Grand Master denied rights of burial to non-affiliated Masons, and forbade any" Masonic funeral ceremonies over the grave of a dead Mason after his interment." He decided that a vote should be taken upon the question of guilt and punishment in any case \vhere a party had pleaded guilty.' This is right. Many a Masonic criminal has entered a plea of "guilty" to avoid a trial, under the fear of a heavy penalty, throwing himself upon the mercy of the members. In all sl!ch cases, let on the light, introduce all known testimony, and vote him what the facts may justify. At an an.nual election the officers were all chosen, though the Master and Wardens were absent. The election was held to be a nullity, and properly so. I close this review of the generally wise rulings of Grand Master Pettus with an excerpt, which is a puzzle to me: A member can not be suspended at any time except that fixed by the Constitution which is the regular meeting preceding the 24th of June, of each year, and unless the delinquent is suspended at this time. he cannot be subsequently suspended until the next annual mE>eting, and the fact that a Lodge failed to hold a meeting at the regula.r time does not affect the question.
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The above decision was approved. I judge it. is correct, as the Grand Mast.er said suspensions can not take pllicc at any time except that fixed by the Constitution "which is the regular me'eting preceding the 24th of June of each year." What do you cio with a member who has been guilty of some heinous offense against the laws of :Masonry? Hold him as a Brother beloved until June, though he may have been found guilty in January? And if, by chance, the Lodge holds no meeting in June, must he sure enougl~ go over to the next .June meeting? Do you not think, Brother Pillans, that such rule would bear a little improvement_ just a little? I must claim the right to' think so until you explain things. GRAND SECRETARY.
The report of 'Grand Secretary Armstrong was a mod,el paper, and shows things just as they ought to be. I find he has had to deal with a very trying class of insubordinate Lodges which ciid not make returns, nor pay Grand Lodge dnes according to rule. Oh, when will we Grand Secretaries have" a rest." The Grand Secretary said, "It is a source of extreme regret to me to have to report that but 228 out of 375 of the Lodges made reports and paid dues" as required by law. That beats Missouri's delinquents, being about one-third of his subordinates that failed to "come to time." The law governing the case in Alabama seems to be without any penalty except that recusant Lodges "shall be considered delinquent for that year," when they do not'meet Grand Lodge requirements. 'Vhat do such Lodges care for a law withont a penalty; one that does not bring them to the" scratch? " ~JASONJC
HOME.
The Grand Lodge h~s a committee on the above interest. It was created at a former meeting, and, on motion, was" continued with the same powers" as heretofore. A proposition was presented and referred to the Lodges for their action, looking to increase of Lodge dues from fifty cents to one dollar per member, half of such amount to be appropriated to the establishment and maintenance of a Masonic Home. This final step is to be taken when not less than fifty thousand dollars shall have been secured for the purpose mentioned. The Gr3A1d Lodge ordered a committee to prepare an address to the Lodges on the subject, asking a vote on the proposed change in the Constitution. This is a step in the right direction. Educate the Craft on this subject. This Grand Lodge has a "Permanent Trust Fund" amounting to nearly thirty thousand dollars. Should this fund be appropriated towards building a " Home," the Brethren in Alabama will soon' have
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an ~institution worthy of their grand old commonwealth. God speed the good work there, and everywhere else, until the needy ones of our Fraternity may find shelter and love in these blessed sanctuaries. CORRESPONDENCE.
In reviewing the Journals of fifty-six Grand Lodges, 1\'1. W. Bro. Palmer J. Pillans, Past Grand Master, occupied 136 pages of the pro~ ceedings. It is quite a pleasure to find from the painstaking and careful reviews made by him of the Journals examined, that he looks upon the present condition of the Fraternity throughout the various jurisdictions of the country as most encouraging and full of promise. He had discovered (what is manifest to the observant reader) evidences of the growing spirit of benevolence. This he found particularly in the welldirected efforts being made for the establishment of Masonic Homes. It is quite relevant to remark just here that such benevolent movement is the grand characteristic of the Masonic brotherhood in this land to-day. It is only necessary to observe that such work will prove the "crown jewel" of Freemasonry throu~h the years to come. Brother Pillans said that the various questions which have agitated the Fraternity, have for the present been laid aside, and "peace reigns in Warsaw," whatever that may mean. It is gratifying to one who has been considered quite. belligerent in other years to learn that there is at least a truce to agitations, and that" peace reigns" all around. So let it continue, because" harmony" will ever be the "strength" and ornament of our Institntion. Brother Pillans maintains his conservative position as to the establishment of a 'l\fasonic Home in Alabama. In support of his caution and di~cretion he referred to the action of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, which declined to enter upon the undertaking of erecting a Home in that jurisdiction. He appropriated largely from the report of the Iowa committee which was of an adverse nature to the Home movement. I trust the conservatism of Brother Pillans may not affect his Brethren to such an extent as to lead them as far in opposing a Home enterprise as was the case in Michigan, where a Home already prepared and offered to that body was vigorously rejected. Brother Pillans, however, is not of the Michigan style of Mason. He said "lay the foundation first for a proper endowment fund, and its success is assured." While "Rome was not built in a day," yet Rome had a. beginning, else it had never been the" Capital of the Cresars." Determine to have a Home, and then push the purpose in securing the means with which to accomplish the undertaking when once commenced. What our Home in Misso路uri has done during its short history, and is still doing,路:is the only argument needed in its favor. That argnment is unanswerable, and silences all the criticism and objections raised when ~he Home was projected and opened. We point every
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Mason in Missouri to our sanctuary of love and peace, and say, " L~ok at what has been done in a few short years." This is but a tithe of its future, and a small prophecy of the "glory that is to follow." I religiously thank God, the orphaps' father and widow's friend, that Missouri Masonry ever moved out from its old conservative moorings, and planted a Home npon the soil of this commonwealth that will live throu~h the ages, glorify the name of our great brotherhood, save to God and the State young nature, and plant stars of brightness and beauty in the diadem of our Emmanuel, who loved and blessed young children, We have a Home full of these bright possibilities; and they are as full of promise for the future as we are of hope. "Go thou and do likewise." Brother Pillans was very kind ,in- his notice of our J ournal for 1894, giving us the benefit of some three pages. His appropriations from our proceedings showed that he appreciated the work of Missouri. In reply to my comments upon the custom in his jurisdiction of charging snspended Masons Lodge dues during the time they are under suspension, he said: "This has been the settled la~ of this j~risdiction for more than a quarter of ~ century. It is but a penalty inflicted, nothing more." What ,. more" could be "inflicted" than piling up dues year after year against a Brother who has fallen behind with his Lodge? It is practieal expulsion in many cases. Because it is the law and has been" for more than a quarter of a century," does not make it either right or just. Punish a Brother for failing to meet his obligations, and keep on punisbing him because you have already punished him. Then punish him some more, and make it impossible for him ever to escape punishment. This is not Masonic righteousness, but seeking something for nothing, for' while under suspension, the party receives no benefit except the privilege of being punished. Rome could not do more. GEORGE P. HARRISON, Opelika, Grand Master. H. CLAY ARMSTRONG, Montgomery, Grand Secretary.
ARIZONA-1894. The Thirteenth Annual Meeting was held in Ph<Bnix, beginning November 13th, 1894. The Deputy Grand Master, Brother R. N. Fredericks, presided, and,Brother George J. Roskruge was Grand Secretary, with other Grand Officers present. Five Past Grand Masters were in attendance.. Two distinguished visitors were introduced to the Grand Lodge during its session-M. W. Bros. Orahood and Parmelee of the Grand Jurisdiction. of Colorado. The record says nine of the
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eleven Lodges in the jurisdiction were represented. The membership in the eleven Lodges footed up 513, showing a gain over the previous year of two. The jurisdiction had been deeply bereaved by the death of Grand Master Dayton A. Reed, who passed away on the 12th day of July, 1894, aged fifty-three years. A special路 session of the Grand Lodge was convened in the city of .Phrenix by the Deputy Grand Master, and on the 15th of the month all that was mortal of the late Grand Master was buried with Masonic honors. A memorial report was rendered during the sitting of the Grand Lodge and adopted, in which the committee paid a just路 and loving tribute to the worth of the departed. ADDRESS.
A brief Address was furnished by the Deputy Grand Master, Brother Fredericks, who reported such matters as had been attended to by his chief during his short term of service. These consisted of a few -rulings, and the granting of special dispensations. The official acts of the Deputy Grand Master for the remainder of the Masonic year were not numerous or of special import, except to the local Fraternity. One case claimed his attention upon which he passed with readiness. A member of one of the Lodges- committed suicide and the question was raised as to the propriety of giving -the unfortunate a Masonic burial. The Grand Master investigated the circumstances of the suicide and said: " I gathered sufficient information to enable me to come to the conclusion that it was a case of wilful, deliberate suicide. caused by a total disregard of our moral and Masonic laws and principles." Following this finding the Grand Master refused permission for a funeral, and the suicide was not buried Masonically. Query-If the conduct of the party was such as to violate and totally" disregard our moral laws and principles" of which suicide was the natural result, why ".-as he allowed to remain a member of a Lodge? 路Would not a Lod.ge better perform its duty by trying and expelling a member of such character, rather than continue him in membership, and then' refuse him Masonic sepulture? Had. I been Grand Master, judging from the circumstances furnished in this case, I would have compelled路 said Lodge to bury that snicide, and then arrested its charter. A Lodge should never be permitted to take advantage of its own' neglect, or cl.ereliction as to duty. A Lodge in this jurisdictioll tolerated a miserabie wretch, allowed him to go unpunished for violations of "our moral and Masonic laws and principles," and when he applied for and obtained relief from a Lodge at a distance, his own Lodge wanted to escape the claim and shirk the responsibility. Our Grand Master read the Lodge a mild lesson and caused it to meet the obligation created by one that should have been expelled long since, thus ridding the Fraternity of a worthless creature, and saved itself from liability growing out of continued neglect of
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duty. Served them right. The Deputy Grand Master reported the condition of the Craft as peaceful and harmonious in the Territory. Most of the Lodges were found to be in a healthy condition financially. He mentioned two cases where Lodges had been burned out, suffering a total'loss of everything, without any insurance. Thus is repeated the same old story. In Missouri hundreds of Lodges run on year after year without any insurance up0n buildings or furniture. Since I began this report-to-day-a letter came saying: " We have lost Hall, furniture, charter and everything belonging to our Lodge by the recent disastrous fire in our city, and did not have one dollar of insurance." That is an old and well-equipped Lodge. Many Lodges in this State neglect to protect their interests, and when a fire consumes their belongings they ask permission of the Grand Lodge, or Grand Master, to issue and 'send out "begging circulars," praying other and prudent Lodges to help them to rebuild and equip their Hall, so as to be ready for the next fire. Our Grand Masters do not favor that kind of business, nor does this writer. The Grand Secretary of Arizona, Brother Roskruge, made a' brief report as such official, showing the income from the eleven Lodges which amounted to $551. The cash balance on hand is some $1,500. The Widow and Orphans' Fund is $800, besides three Territorial funding bonds' amounting to $3,000. No Report on Correspondence appears in the Proceedings. R. N. FREDERICKS, Prescott, Grand Master. GEO. J. ROSKRUGE, Tucson, Grand Secretary.
ARKANSAS~1894.
The Fifty-fifth Annual Communication was held in the Masonic Temple, Little Rock, commencing November 20th, with M. W. Bro. J. M. Harkey, Grand Master, and Brother Fay Hempstead, Grand Secretary. Out of the 443 Lodges in the jurisdiction, 345 were represented. Representatives of thirty Grand Lodges were present. Missouri was represented in the person of M._W. Bro. John J. Sumpter, Past Grand Master. The recapitulation shows a membership of 13,672. Counting accessions during the year, and subtracting losses, from various causes, the actual gain was only 79. This was not equal to former years. ADDRESS.
A strictly'business Address was furnished by Grand Master Harkey, covering some eightee'n pages. He noted the death of one of the District Deputy Grand Masters, Brother D. B. Warren. Congratulating
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the Craft upon the happy auspices connected with the Fraternity in the State, he said: "The past year has been one of peace and prosperity." He gladly recorded the fact that no special difficulties had occurred during his term. Reporting dispensations granted, among others he permitted two degrees to be conferred upon the same candidate in one day. While the work may have been well done, how about the recipient being pro~eient? Fonr new Lodges were created by him u~der dispensation. Seventeen decisions were rendered and reported to the Grand Lodge. The Committee on "Masonic Law and Usage " did not agree with all the findings of their Chief, but corrected some of his ruling-s and disapproved others. The Grand Master answered an inquiry whether a " Mason who sells whisky as a beverage, and drinks a great deal himself, and is frequently drunk," should be installed as Master of a Lodge, by saying, "NO. He should not be a Mason, much less Master of a Lodge." In Missouri it would not be necessary to ask such a question. The Lodges here would bounce such a fellow withont waiting to hear from a Grand Master. FJ~ANCIAL.
From the reports of the Grand Secretary, Treasurer and Board of Control, it is learned that financial matters a.re not very encouraging. The reported income for the term was less than $10,000. The outlay was something over $12,000.. Involved in this expenditure was payments made on interest account due Temple claimants. That interest amounted to $3,500, while the running expenses of the Temple footed up $4,500. A small balance. The committee announced that in May, 1895, there will be due on account of the Temple debt the sum of ten thousa.nd dollars not provided for. It was said, "there is no probability of the Temple itself being able to pay said debt out of its own revenues," hence the Grand Lodge ,vas asked to adopt an amendment to the Constitution creating a fund to payoff the Temple indebtedness. Said amendment had been submitted one year ago, and was voted on at the sessiol1 now under review. It failed to pass, thus leaving the matter in the shape' of a good sized elephant still'on hand,' without much prospect of being disposed of. Subsequently a resolution was adopted directing that the fee of $10 for the first initiation in each Lodge after the close of the Grand Lodge, be donated every year until the Temple debt be paid off. If this resolution is carried into effect, the debt will be reduced some seven or eight thousand dollars per annum, judging from the initiations the past year. The Brethren in Arkansas will haye a hard路 old time with their Temple elephant. With an annual interest account to meet on their debt amounting to $3,500, added to mileage and per diem footing up
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nearly $7,000, augmented by two notes already due of $5,000 each, and other expenses, the outlook is far from cheering. I do hope they may not meet with experiences similar to ours in Missouri, when the Grand Lodge lost between twenty and thirty thousand dollars, paid on a Temple venture, and then lost the Temple property entire, leaving us a large amount of nothing. I notice that the members voted down a prop<?sition to reduce their mileage and per diem. When once Brethren get hold of the treasury on that line, they hold on like grim death, no matter what the necessity may be for curtailing expenses. In Arkansas they cut down the salary of the Grand Secretary, but held u'p the pay of delegates to a high figure. A Board of Custodians was created, consisting of three members, and the positions filled by election. MyoId friend and Brother, Rev. George A. Dannelly, was elected to fill one of the positions created. He has been in the field as instructor for many years. The 0rand Lodge refused to cheapen Masonry, holding the fees for the degrees at the old figure, $25. That Grand Lodge has a "Reporter" on Correspondence, but he does not report. The election resulted in the choice of :N. P. RICHMOND, Malvern, Grand Master. FAY HEMPSTEAD, Little Rock, Grand Secretary.
CALIFORNIA-1894. The Forty-fifth Annual Communication was held in the city of San Francisco, commencing on the 9th day of October, being the same time when we of Missouri entered upon the labors of our seventy-fourth .session. The Grand Lodge met in Masonic Temple, and was presided over by M. W. Bro. Henry S. Orme, Grand Master, with Brother George Johnson, Grand Secretary, and a full complement of Grand Officers, a~d a number of Past Grand Officers. There are 259 Lodges on the roil, with a membership of 17,040. Two hundred and twentytwo Lodges were represented at this session. Four Lodges had been created during the term under dispensation, and were chartered by the Grand Lodge. ADDRESS.
Quite a lengthy Address was furnished by Grand Master Orme. From it I learn that the origin of the Grand Lodge of California was coeval with the history of the State.' He announced that the Craft had maintained its general prosperity and good standing in the jurisdietion. The idea was advanced with earnestness that more attention should be paid to the social features of Masonry by the Lodges. The Grand
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Master gravely urged his objections to the high charges made for dispensations and charters in the establishment of new Lodges. He claimed that instead of $125 for such privilege, 'only $25 should be required as a coridition for starting a new Lodge. It would follow that such reduction as to price could but result in the erection of more Lodges than would be necessary in any jurisdiction. Indeed, Grand Master Orme contended that" there should be, in California, 500 Lodges, for there are good men enough to fill them." Yes, there is room enough to plant that number of Lodges, but what would become of them after being planted promiscuously in a jurisdiction with no more population than is in that State? In a few years the enthusiam would die out, a remnant would have to run the weak and emasculated affair, followed by a certain death, and loss of all good influences in that and adjacent country, which Masonry should exert. "Too many Lodges," is the common verdict in very many jurisdictions of this country. Consolidation has become the need in such cases. One. large, sound, active working Lodge is worth five weaklings, lingering on' to decay and dissolution. Deaths of the "oldest and youngest Past Grand Masters" were recorded. The former was Brother J. D. ~tevenson, who was present at the organization of the Grand Lodge of California, and chosen Grand Master in 1850, being the first officer to fill the Grand East after the Grand Body was launched on the coast. He was in the ninety-fifth year of his age. and had been a Mason over seventy-two years. The youngest member of the Grand :Master family was Brother Charles R. Gritman, who closed his administration as Grand Master just one year before the present session, and who died soon after leaving the chair. Thus, California, in one brief year, lost two of its Past Grand Masters, ,,,"hom the Brethren had honored while living, and sincerely mourned when called from labor. Numerous visits had been made by the Grand Master, and the good times enjoyed with Brethren duly recorded. DECISIONS.
Quite a lengthy list of official rulings was presented by the Grand Master. A thorou~h and critical review of these was made by M. W. m . C. Belcher, Past Grand Master, chairman of the Committee Bro. on Jurisprudence. Viewed from.a Missouri standpoint, many of the decisions of Grand Master Orme are sound expositions of Masonic law. Of course there are exceptions. He ruled that "any member of the Lodge is eligible" to fill the office of Master. That is not our way in this jurisdiction, except in cases where no one has ever served as Warden. He made another decision to which i take exception, notwithstanding the oft-quoted language of\the " Ancient Charges." His
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ruling was that "one who has lost an eye and wears a glass eye in its place, or one who has lost the sight of one eye, can not be lawfully initiated in this State." The committee quoted the decision and then copied the" Ancient Charge," respecting physical disqualifications For one, I am tired of the application to our speculative system of Freemasonry, the old and obsolete doctrine of physical perfection required when the institution was purely operative. Then a candidate had to " be a perfect youth -having no maim or defect in his body that might render him incapable of learning the art." In the case passed upon, the candidate had one good eye, and was as capable of learning the art of speculative Masonry as if his two eyes were perfect Will the physical perfectionists please tell me ,,,herein a man with one eye is "rendered incapable of learning the art" who has a "desire of knowledge, and a sincere wish of being serviceable to his fellow creatures?" Can not such see well enough to "help, aid and assist" Brothers Mast~r Masqns, their widows and orphans,? Can not such see well enough to detect the sign of distress, and go to the relief of those giving it? Can not such see the tear of a widow, or the outstretched hand of an orphan? Are men with a defect in one eye disqualified for performing" acts of charity and deeds of pure beneficence?" I undertake to say that the advocates of physical perfection will not pass by the citizen with one eye when they want a donation for any benevolent • purpose. He can see well enough then to read their subscription paper, and such advocates will not ask the privilege of writing his name to their paper, but very willingly admit that he can write his own name sufficiently intelligible, provided it represents a good round sum of money. Why then disqualify him as to deeds of charity through ~fasonic channels? Pshaw! It is not necessary to argue against' an indefensible question. The California law, as quoted by my good Brother Belcher, condemns this obsolete view of physical perfection. It says the ca'ndidate must be "ABLE TO CONFORM LITERALLY to what the several degrees require of him." Wherein is the man with only one eye disqualified from conforming "LITERALLY" to "what the sevetal degrees respectively require of him?" I fail to see it with both of my eyes wide open. GRAND SJ<~CiO<~TARY,
Brother George Johnson, made a very full and able report of his official work during the term. He had issued four dispensations for the formation of¡ new Lodges. One Lodge had lost its charter by arrest, leaving 258 active Lodges on the roster. He reported the almost startling fact that all the Lodges had made retunls, and that all dues had been pai'; in full. Happy land, of sunshine and flowers, and happy Grand Secretary. The income reported for the year amounted to some-
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thing over twenty-four thousand dollars. " Representative Fund."
Included ~in this sum is the
MASONIC HOME.
The Fraternity of California, with their usual generous purposes on charitable lines, have pushed forward a " Home" movement, this bein~ the third year of its existence. The report of tIle President路 of the. proposed Home shows subscriptions secured and money collected amounting to ninety-eight thousand dollars. A tract of land, contairilng 267 acres, has been bought and paid for, at a cost of $33,000.00. The report announced that, on acconnt of the lack 路of water supply, there was a probability of selling their present holdings and securing a more desirable site. The hope cheers the Board that soon the work will be prosecuted vigorously, resulting in the erection of a I-lome, which will be a "blessing to its inn1ates and a credit to Masonic liberality." Heaven aid and speed the good work. . California Masons are not afraid to enterprise largely and work earnestly in b~half of charity. This has been proved in their past by the large and liberal outlay made through the numerous Boards of Relief. ORATION.
Brother Niles Searls, Grand Orator delivered a very attractive oration, which found a place in the Journal. It is interesting and instructive. The Journal furnished by Brother Johnson, Grand Secretary, is in keeping with his former works along this line, and is, in every sense, creditahle, shoWing him to be " Master of the situa.tion." He is a very competent official, besides being a most pleasant gentleman and Mason. Of this I had sufficient evidence when, as a stranger, I met him in San Francisco in the summer of 1894. His Journal contains the membership of the jurisdiction by Lodges, which increases the size of the work very much. CORRESPON DENCE.
NL W. Bro. William A. Davies, Past Grand Master, prepared the Report on Correspondence, which covered 134 pages, and embraced notices of toe doings of fifty-two Grand Lodges, Missouri for 1890 being listed among the others. Brother Davies knows how to use the scissors, and utilizes Journals by extensive clippings. In reviewing Missouri, he appropriated largely from our Proceedin~s, showing a high appreciation of what we did and said. He was complimentary all round, giving to "saint and sinner," a portion of his space. He was reappointed chairman of the committee and we hope to hear from him again. Till then" good by." It was the privilege of this writer during the snmmer
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of 1894, to visit, for the first time, the land of " fair women and brave men," as well as sunshine, fruits and beautiful flowers in the Golden State. Thus the dream of years was realized. Having traveled from ocean to ocean, and from the far north land to the 'C Sunny South," in all my wanderings, I never met with a country so desirable as " the land of the setting sun." It was a revelation to me. I can not do it justice. Therefore I shall not attempt to describe what to me is indescribable. It must suffice to say that I would love to live in California, provided I might be allowed to select my location according to fancy and taste. Let me dwell in beautiful Oakland for a time, enjoying its rare climate and flowers. Then give me a season for tarrying awhile at San Jose and D'el Monte. Thence to Southern California, taking in all places of beauty and delight. But please exempt me from the necessity of staying in San Francisco when the trade winds send up those cold mists from the ocean, requiring flannels and overcoats in June and July. Also deliver me from the sirocco and Rcorching fires of the San Juan country about pretty Fresno, when the mercury registered 110 and upwards, with the ice all exhausted in July, and a " strike." on, cutting off supplies from everywhere. 'With twenty-one days' detention in anyone place, under the drawbacks incident to the worst 'strike of the century, one wants ice and liberty. California is a good country when one is free to go when and where he may list. But save me from another California "strike," such as was walking about over that country during my stay on the coast in 1894. There were many compensations, however, as the Fraternity made it pleasant, and friends abounded in numbers. JAMES B. STEVENS, San Francisco, Grand Master. GEORGE JOHNSON, San Francisco, Grand Secretary.
CANADA-1894. THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The session was held in the city of Hamilton, commencin'g July 18th. M. \Y. Bro. J. M. Gibson was Grand Master. Brother J. J. Mason, Grand Secretary. A very large representation was present from the Lodges in the jurisdiction. There was a reported membership of 22,530. The Journal' of this session was received long after my R!3port on Correspondence for 1894 was completed. Hence there was no review of the Proceedings of Canada last year. As I. hope to receive the Journal
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for 1895 before closing my reportoriallab<;>rs for the present term, I shall only glance at the tra,nsactions contained in the Journal now under consideration. ADDRESS.
The Address of Grand Master Gibson was of goodly length, and was a stropg business. paper, detailing an account of his official stewardship. This Address, practical in its character, proved him to have been both a busy and careful guardian of the interests of the Craft. The Address was commented upon by a committee, and the Grand Master wafS assured that throughout the entire jurisdiction only one feeling obtained concerning his official course, and that was, that he had greatly endeared himself to the Brethren. The committee stated that while they respected the Grand Master, they loved the man. It declared that the Grand Lodge might be proud of all its Grand Masters, but of none more so than the highly honored and deeply loved retiring Grand Master, Brother Gibson. • The report of the Grand Secretary, Brother Mason, was brief and business-like. It showed that the income for the year had been some $19,000. Our Canadian Brethrel; always come to the front on benevolent lines. Indeed, it is a characteristic of English Masons always to dispense, in a liberal way, Masonic charity. Some three hundred benetlciaries had been relieved, the total amount thus expended being nearly $10,000. The most l'emarkable and striking feature about the Journal under review is the extended and highly interesting reports of the various District Deputy Grand Masters. These reports cover one hundred and seventy pages of the .TournaI, and furnish some mighty interesting reading. From them the condition of Masonry 'in the entire jurisdiction is gathered', and is shown to be in a most satisfactory condition generally. These efficient officers of the Grand Lodge received merited approval from the Board on the condition of Masonry. Said Board stated that it ,vas a matter of congratulation to notice the condition of prosperity. If the District Deputies in all the jurisdic~ tions \.vere as faithful, practical and zealous as these Canadian officials, the results. flowing therefrom would be simply wonderful. CORRESPO~DENCE.
The Journals of fifty-eight Grand Lodges were reviewed by Brother Henry Robertson, Past Grand Master, the report covering one hundred pages, the larger portion of which was made up of extracts from the proceedings examined. Our Missouri Journal for¡1893 received the compliment of a five~page notice. It contained extensive appropriations from . ou~' .Proceedings. Brother Robertson approved the
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action of our Grand Lodge in" the controversy with Pennsylvania, respecting the doctrine of "perpetual jurisdiction"," and copied the entire report of our committee in reply to the claim of our Pennsylvania Brethren. Brother Robertson said, "\Ve thoroughly agree with them that in this doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction there is not a single reasonable Masonic feature' in its make up." For this courteous approval of our position as a Grand Lodge, against '.... hich Pennsylvania arrayed itself in such strong and vigorous terms, Bl'other Robertson is entitled to the hearty applause and warm appreciation of Missouri Masons. 路W. R. WHITE, Pembroke, Grand Master. J. J. MASON, Hamilton, Grand Secretary.
THIRTY'FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
'fhe Thirty-Fourth 'Annual Session of the Grand Lodge of Colorado ,..'as held at the Masonic Temple, in the city of Denver, commencing September 18th, 1894, with Brother J. C. Sanford, Grand Master, and Brother Ed. C. Parmelee, Grand Secretary. Representatives from eighty-two of the eighty-seven Lodges were in attendance. The r.ecord shows the presence of sixteen Past Grand Masters, besides our old friend and Brother Henry P. II. Bromwell (honorary), formerly resident of- Illinois. From the brief summary furnished by the Grand Secretary, I learn that the membership in the jurisdiction amounts to 6,839, a net gain of 177. Eighty-five Lodges had made returns. ADDRESS.
The Annual Address of the Grand Master covered thirty-six pages. 'While it was voluminous, it was full of matter of interest to the local Fraternity in Colorado. He announced continued cordial relations existing between their Grand Lodge and sister jurisdictions. The statement gave pleasure that the Grand Lodge had not been called to mourn the loss of any officer or permanent member during the past'" year. He paid due attention to the honored dead of other jurisdictions. In rendering an account of his official stewardship, he reported having granted a dispensat.ion for the creation of one new Lodge. Quite a list of special dispensations appeared in the Address touching local interests. A good many requests for permission to do things not recognized as within the law were refused, and his refusal showed a level head and sound judgment.
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DECISIOKS.
Thirty-three rulings were reported, and nearly all approved by the Committee on Jurispruden(~e. Said GOlmnittee thought it best to correct the drift of one or two of the deeisions, and disapproved one in toto. The rulings of Grand Master Sanford were practical, safe and in haTmony with the best standards of Masonic Jurisprudence, with the slight except.ions named. A petitioner for affiliation was declared ineligible for membership who, as the proprietor of a hotel, kept a bm' in connection therewith. His action was approved in refusing permission to a Lodge to lease its Hall for" card parties." Both rulings are in accord with my views of pure Masonry. I suppose "Progressive Euchre" parties were the kind propose<l to be held in the place" representing the holy of holies." That would present a pretty spectacle to the world, allowing "leaders in society" to initiate the young into the mysteries of the gambler, and start them on the " progressive" road to the devil. The remainder of the Address treated of matters of local bearing. The Lodge created under dispensation received a charter. The Committee on Jurisprudence reported adversely to the praetice of "Life Membership," holding the same to be 'I against the best interests of Masonry." The law,\.-as amended respecting the granting of Dimits, the applicant therefor being required to apply for same in writing, and wait till the next communication for final action, when, if no charges appeared a Dimit might be ordered. It strikes me that 째this is a little too restrictive. NUlnerous cases may occur where such delay would work a great hardship on an applicant. During the session an annOUJlcement was made that Rev. Brother John M. Chivington, the first Grand :Master of Colorado, was seriously ill in the city. He was waited upon by a committee of Past Grand Masters, by vote of the Grand Lodge. On the 4th of October following-two weeks thereafter-Brother Chivingtoll passed away, and was buried by the Grand Lodge on the 7th of October. This writer has a very vivid recollection of the deceased when he was a " circuit rider" in Missouri before he ,vent to the" mountains." He was a man of commanding presence. The Grand Lecturer presented an extended report of his labors, showing him to be an active and important factor in the field. 0
WHERE IS THAT ORATION?
The Grand Orator, Brother Frank Secor, delivered an oration, and the usual request was made for a copy for publication, but when the printer called for it, like the Dutchman's pig, ~t " cooms up missing."
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GRAND SECRETARY.
I close my notice of the doings of the Grand Lodge by reference to the annual report of Brother Parmelee, which is quite extended and full of details. It presents evidence of being the work of one who has his business in hand, and knows how to do it. Brother" Ed," as the boys call him, is "worthy and well qualified." None more so. The Grand Master, in closing his able Address, said that his predecessors had exhausted the English vocabulary in giving expression to their high appreciation of the valuable services of the Grand Secreta~y, and left him barren of utterance. CORRESPONDENCE.
The annual review was prepared by M. W. Bro. L. N. Greenleaf, Past Grand Master. It covered 203 pages, and contained notices of the Journals of fifty-seven Grand Jurisdictions, "some of them being for two years." The author, of the report is a careful reviewer, painstaking and observant. He ranks among the able and well posted writers of Correspondence of the day, having a full and thorough knowledge of Masonic hi~tory; and familiar with the general trend of thought prevailing among the Craft. The present work is in keeping with former productions in every way, not even losing sight of a generous appropriation of, matter from Journals reviewed, in the way of excerpts. He is synoptical as well, and summarizes freely. Missouri for 1893 received fraternal attention, and due consideration was paid our doings. He pronounced the address of Brother Dr. Kuhn, Grand Orator, as '.'·ye,ry.instructive" and declared that" such discourses are prolific of go09 results and can not be too often repeated." I may add that no address ever delivered before the Grand Lodge of Missouri produced more solid impressions, or won such generous commendation at home and abroad, as' the' oration of our Grand Orator, Dr. Kuhn. Brother GreEm,l€laf extracted liberally from the report of our committee oJ? the Pennsylvania 'controversy, giving the conclusions of said committee, and styled the same I'sharp and incisive." He appropriated the entir,e report of our committee on the subject of withdrawing the charter from Toltec Lodge, No. 520, formerly located in the City of Mexico, Reptiplic. of Mexico. This was done, he said " in view of the questions involved and its value for future reference.'" The labors of this comrl1ittee, as a reviewer, are spoken of in fraternal terms, for whkh he has my warm appreciation. The Grand Lodges of Colorado and Missouri meet in the autumn so near the same time, that our Reports on Correspondence are about a year old when reviewed. This keeps us behind and robs the work of each of that freshness that it might otherwi.s·e possess when' examined. It can not be avoided. I send out
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my proceedings in a v,ery few days following the close of the session, but committees of Grand Bodies meeting in the fall generally have their reports made up before our Journal can reach them. This necessitates the sending them over to next year. WM. L. BUSH, Idaho Springs, Grand Master. ED. C. PARMELEE', Denver, Grand Secretary.
CONNECTICUT-1895. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The Grand Lodge held its session in the city of New Haven, commencing on the 16th day of January, 1895, with M. W. Bro. Henry O. Warner, Grand Master, and John H. Barlow, Grand Secretary. The one hundred and eleven Lodges on the roll were represented .. These Lodges show a membership of 16,514, with a gain of 46i. . In entering upon the review of Connecticut Proceedings, I am confronted with one of the sad facts of life. My admired friend and Brother, Joseph Kellogg Wheeler, Grand Secretary of that old and representative jurisdiction for more than twenty-five years, is mil:ising and his place will remain vacant forever. as he has surrendered bis charge for higher duties and ministries. The following excerpt from the Address of Gra~d 1\1.aster Warner tells the sorrowful story: For seventeen years I have met him in the fields of :\iasonic thought, as well as in the flesh. "Brother Wheeler will never greet us again" below the skies. It is a sad announcement, but one we must meet often as we journey on toward the unseen, and one that will be met by others respecting each of us who survive now. The time is short. May we heed and obey the admonition of the Divine Teacher-"lle ye also ready." From personal and Masonic relations with Brother 'Wheeler, I had learned to prize him as one of the excellent of the earth. He fell at his post, with armor on, having devoted many years of life to the good work which enlist.ed his intelligence and his moral nature. He died when his powers were ripening, ere the sun of manhood's prime had crossed the meridian, being onl~7 sixty years of age. He was scholarly, zealous, laborious, painstaking and consecrated to duty. He possessed a fine poetic taste, which was cultivated and resulted in the production of some very sweet little poems. I shall miss his words of conservative and sound utterances in the work of Correspondence in the future from Connecticut. That Grand Lodge was sorely bereaved the past year, not only in the death 'of its Grand Secretary, but in the loss of its Grand'
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Senior Warden, Brother Mark R. Leavenworth, and Past Grand Master Alvan P. Hyde. The memorial commit.tee paid just and fitting tributes to these worthy departed ones, while Memorial pages will keep their "memory green." The brief business Address of Grand Master Warner covered a few matters of local interest. He reported having granted dispensations for various .purposes, ehief among which was allowing 'degrees to b(~ conferred out of time, balloting for candidates at special communications, receiving petitions without waiting the required time, and such like. He highly commended the "zeal and liberality made manifest by liberal subscriptions toward providing a Home for indigent Masons, widows and orphans." He made the pleasing announcement that the object had in view for more than twenty years, had been accomplished, and that Connecticut is not behind many other sister jurisdictions in providing a Home for the needy. Connecticnt has a MASOKIC HOME. I have noticed in reviewing the Proceedings of that jurisdiction through the years, that the Grand Lodge was annually adding to a "Masonic Charity Foundation." The managers of this "Chal~~Y" fund made report to the Grand Lodge at the session now under consideration. From said report it is learned that a valuable property had been secured at a cost of $17,500, and the building is 'thoroughly repaired so as "to open the Home for inmates at an early day." The holdings of the managers, including the COlllmunity Farm purchased, foot up full $35,000. This is a magnificent beginning for a jurisdiction with leRs than 17,000 members. All hail, old Connecticut. She comes into line with "many other sister jurisdictions in providing a Home." The new Grand Secretary, -Brother John H. Barlo,,;, who was appointed by the Grand Master to sllcceed the lamented Wheeler, rendered a brief account of his stewardship~ which was approved by the auditing committee, and all his accounts found correct. From the Journal it is learned that'the per capita tax in that jurisdiction is only twenty-five cents. The Grand Lodge, npon the recommendation of the Finance Committee, adopted a resolution, requesting all Lodges to send in seventy-five cents per capita, for the use of 'the "Masonic Charity Foundation." I wonder if some of the anti-Home people in' sister Grand Lodges will not murmur against this action, classing it with taxation without representation. Thanks were tendered to Brother John H~ Barlow for his unselfish and brotherly kindness in relieving Brother 'Wheeler of the care o.f office during his late illness. Also to the Grand Master, Brother Henry O. Warner, for his "untiring, able and conscientions administration the past year." COJU{ESPONDENCE. The report was prepared ~y the new Grand Secretary-a new committee-Brother John H. Barlow, who sncceeds Brother.J. K. Wheeler
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in both departments of work. And right well does he perform the functions of both positions. His review covered one hundred and fiftyseven pages, and is largely a compilation. Brother Barlow opened his review by referring to the sad and mournful dispensation of Providence, by which Grand Secretary 'Vheeler had been taken from them. Brother Wheeler has been Correspondence reporter for twenty-seven years, and in the performance of his duty, discharged with marked ability, had won the honor and applause of Masonic readers far and wide. 'Vhile not an entire\ stranger to re'portorial work, Brother Barlow appealed to the kindness of Brother reporters for charitable consideration of the new task undertaken by him. Our Missouri .Journal of 1894 received favorable consideration and the allotment of reasonable space. The principal part of his review was taken up by extrads from the report on our Masonic Home, and my Report on Correspondence.
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He closed his work just as the Christmas hens began to sound forth the sweet refrain, "Peace on earth and good-will to men." HENRY O. 路WARNER, New Milford, Grand Master. JOHN H. BARLOW, Hartford, Grand Secretary.
DELAWARE-1894. The Eight,y-eighth Annual Communication was held in the city of Wilmington, commencing October 3d, 1894, with Brother E. L. Clarke, Grand :Master, and Brother B. F. Bertram, Grand Secretary. The Lodges were generally represented. Th~re are twenty-two Lodges in the jurisdiction, containing a membership of 1,975. The income was reported at $1,225. The Grand Secretary's brief report showed in the charity fund the sum of $1,500, balance on hand in general fund $1,382, with a reserve fund of $1,440. ADDRESS.
A brief Address was made by the Grand Master, which presented a high moral tone. The following will prove this statement: The principles of our Order do not tolerate intemperance, gambling and kindred vices, and when we see these offenses committed in utter disregard of the obligations voluntarily taken, a proper regard for our high and Honorable Institution requires some notice to be taken of the fll,ct. While Love snpreme and Charit.y the broadest should
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abound, yet MllSonic principles should triumph over every obstacle, and we ~hould not allow our Institution to be abused in any sueh manner. If the kindly warlling fail, the Brother should be dealt with according to the Law, the Grand Lodge taking some action in the matter, and requesting the Subordinate Lodges to use their best endeavors; if all to 110 effect, then there is a remedy. The real enemies of our Institution lire not those who attack us from without, but those within the fold who bring dbcrt'dit on UI>, and greatly lower our moral standard.
He mentioned the gratifying fact that" death bad spared their Grand Lodge circle, the chain being unbroken and the roll call complete." Visits to all the Lodges in the jurisdiction had been made. A few rulings were reported, as taken from his letter book. To the following question he answered" No:" "Would it be proper for a Lodge to pass resolutions of respect upon the death of a member's wife?" If not, why not? Perhaps the qnestioner wished to know if it would be proper to pass resolutions of sympathy. Such resolutions are not uncommon. I can se~ no reason for saying "No" in the case mentioned. The tender of sympathy and condolence to a bereaved Brother Mason in a case of personal sorrow would come to the heart, from the Brethren, as a fraternal balm, and heal the wound as much as utterances of others. And in such grief, who should feel for. a Brother's loss more than the members of the Fraternity? I have passed through that ordeal and know whereof I speak. The offer of sympathy in the case need not be made a matter of record, if objections exist, but let your Brother know that you entertain a genuine sorrow for him and his, amid a gloomy hour in which darknt-'ss shrouds the life, and hope. goes oilt into the night. The Grand 1\1 aster announced the arrest of the Charter of one Lodge for cause. The Charter was restored by the Grand Lodge. His official acts were all approved. The Committee on Fraternal Correspondence recommended the recognition of the Grand Lodges of New Zealand, Tasmania and Oklahoma, and his report was approved. The Committee on JUrlsprudence were without occupation and had nothing to report. The Grand Lodge adopted a路 resolut ion to the effect that" a 8ubordinate Lodge, whose Hall had been 'dedicated and consecrated to Masonic uses, sllaH not be sublet for purposes of occupancy by any other society." The business was tmnsClcted during two days' sessions and the Grand Lodge closed after the installation of Grand Officers. CORRESPONDENCE.
A brief review (sixty pages) was the product of the Committee, Brother L. H. Jackson, Grand Chaplain. The report, like his former efforts, is interp.sting and instructi ve, Brother Jackson is a good gleaner, and excerpts wisely. 1'1 issouri for 1l::\93 receive\l a bl'it'f notice covering ahout one page. Due attention was given our doings so far as' space permitted. V. V. HARRISON, Wilmington, Grand Master. BENJ. F .. BERTRA:YI, WilmlDgton, Grand Secretary.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-1894. The Eighty-fourth Annual Report contains the records of several Special Communications, the Semi-Annual and Annual Communications, all held in the Masonic Temple, Washington, D. C. One Special was路 for the exemplification of the work. Another was for corner-stone laying, and a third to bury Past Grand Treasurer, ,Brother William J. Stephenson. The Semi-Annual meeting was held May 9th, 1894. At all these meetings the Grand Master, Brother Henry S. Merrill, presided, and Brother William R. Singleton was Grand 8ecretary. The Grand Lodge resolved that the Fraternity of the District should have a new Masonic Temple. In accordance with such purpose a committee was appointed to select a site for the same. The Annual Communication was held in November of the same year, with the same Grand Officers present. All the Lodges in the District (twenty-four in number) 'were represented. The membership reported by these Lodges amounted to 4,791. ADDRESS.
A brief and concise business paper was presented by Grand MastelMerrill. It appertained, for the most part, to local affairs. He mentioned the death of Past Grand Treasurer, Brother Stephenson, and several Past Masters of the jurisdiction. He gave a list of special dispensations granted, among them some fe,,, for conferring degrees out of time. Two decisions were reported and passed upon favorably IJY the committee. They were of 10caJ application. The Address closed with some recommendations, looking to the appointment of an Assistant Grand Secretary, the preparation of a funeral manual, and the setting apart a specified sum for the Grand Master's expenses. One recommendation was that Lodges be prohibited from meeting in buildings where intoxicating liquors are' sold. This was approved by the Coml11ittee on' Address, but after a protracted discussion, the subject was路 referred to a committee to report on the same at next stated meeting. A somewhat lengthy report was rendered by the Grand Lecturer. The Grand Officers were elected' at this session, but not installed until the December Communication, which came off on the 27th of December. At this Communication reports were made by the Grand Secretary, Grand Treasurer and others charged with local interests. The Grand Officers were then installed, followed by an inaugural Address by the new Grand Master, M. W. Bro. David G. Dixon, Brother Wm. R. Singleton, the veteran Grand Secretary was re-elected, of course. He was' provided with an assistant, Brother W. A. Gatley.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
Brother Wm. R. Singleton, the veteran reviewer and Secretary, furnished a r.eport of 116 pages, containing the results of his examination of fifty-nine Grand Lodge Journals. The work is happily graced with a striking steel engraving of this honored and widely known Brother Mason. He has been for many years a liberal contributor to the Masonic literature of this country. Brother Singleton looks, talks and writes like an "old-time" Mason as he is. He belongs to the" old school," few of whoi'n are left. His strong, clear and conservative views through all the years have marked. him as one of the safe, 'and wise leaders of Masonic thought in our American system. The'institution of Masonry grows poorer "every year," as such go out into the l11ists and leave us. He is a sound Masonit jurist, well booked up on all questions, 'and always prepared to give a reason of the hope that is in him. The report under consideration is well seasoned with extracts frOli1 the Journals reviewed, accompanied with practical comments clearly defining his position upon all questions meriting special notice. Our last Journal (1894) received the courtesy of two pages, in which is found a brief summary of our "acts and, doings" at that session. I judge from a remark made that he holds views somewhat averse to our actiem respecting the Grand Lodge of Indian Territory matter. I have only to say that the outcome of that contention will sho\',,' that the Grand Lodge of Missouri was in error when it adopted, the amended. report, claiming jurisdiction over a party who had resided and done business in the "Territory" for a number of years. That our Grand Lodge will rectify the error into which it fell, and do the right thing at its next session, I verily be1ieve~ The Grand Lodge' of Missouri makes mistakes, as do others, but we can not and will not stand by an error simply for the sake of maintaining a position once taken. I find myself in error respecting one comment made in reviewing Brother Singleton last year, and by a hasty construction of his language, gave a ,,'rang interpretation thereto. He reaffirmed his former declaration, and says that there is "only one (jurisdiction) where it is claimed and publicly expressed that the Grand Master can set aside the entil'e constitution of his Grand Lodge." I was misled as to the extent of such suspension of "Constitution." I know that there are many Grand Lodges" where it is claimed and publicly expressed that the Grand Master can set aside" portions of solemnly 'enacted laws by exercising that dubious quality called" Prerogative." Brother Singl~足 ton says there is" only one" where such claim is maintained. Th'ank heaven there is but one, and one only. As Brother Singleton was made a Mason in Missouri, we, of his mother jurisdiction, still regard him as a ",favorite son," though long absent from us. With pardonable pride I furnish a sketch' of this representative of Missouri Masonry, deriving
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pleasure therefrom myself, and affording gratification to Missouri readers of this report. Brother William R. Singleton is a son, by birt.h, of the old Dominion, my mother land. In this we are brothers. He first saw the light at Norfolk, October Uth, 1818. He is now in his seventyseventh year. Receiving academic training at Portsmouth, Va ; he was afterward prepared for college by Rev. lVIr. Cleveland, father of Grover Cleveland, President of the 'United States, and matriculated in Middlebury College, Vermont, in 1834. Subsequently his parents moved to Kentucky, and finally to St. Louis, where they settled, in which city Brother Singleton engaged in the occupation of a civil engineer. In 1864 he moved to his present home, W"ashington, D. C., still following his vocation. His Masonic career~egan in 1840, when he was initiated into Napthali Lodge, No. 25, St. Louis, on the 18th of January, passed and' raised two days thereafter. They did things in a hurry those days. But the subject of their work in this case showed that he was equal to the occasion by 1;>ecoming a "wise and learned" member of the Fraternity. His uncle, the late Joseph Foster, Past Grand Master of Missouri Masons, was Master of the Lodge when Brother Singleton received the degrees. He was a member and officer in the Grand Lodge for some years, and filled the stations of Worshipful Master and High Priest in a Missouri Lodge and Chapter. He commenced his labors as a Committee on Foreign Correspondence in 1872, and has had charge of that important department of work in the District of Columbia ever since, and has been the Grand Secretary of the jurisdiction for some twenty years. His extensive reading, scholarly attainments and great experience qualify him for the work assigned him in the highest degree. Though rapidly approaching the general limit of human life-four score years-yet he writes and works as if his youth was repewed day by day. May he long be spared to the Craft in his iurisdiction, and at last the sun of life decline without a cloud to its final setting, but to rise amid the brighter ~lories of morning in the" land of light and song." Closing my notice of his jurisdiction I take an affectionate leave (If this veteran, hoping we may meet, at least in this field, through years to come.
FLORIDA-1895. The Sixty-sixth Annual Session of the Grand Lodge of Florida was held in the Masonic Temple, Jacksonville, commencing J annary 15th, and closing on the 17th. Brother William F. Bynum, Grand Master, presided, and Brother Albert J. Russell was Grand Secretary. Representatives from 132 Lodges were preseilt,with a large number of Past
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Masters who were entitled to seats in the body. Eight Past Grand Masters were enrolled as present. The membership of the'146 Lodges was reported at 4,622. The gain for the year amounted to 112. Six new Lodges were added to the roster during the session by charter. Five are still working under dispensation. M: W. Bro. Russell, Past Grand Master and Grand Secretary, always 'furnishes a neat and attractive Journal, well gotten up and creditable to him as an official. The only exception taken to his '''ork is that there is no index to the proceedings. ,ADDRESS.
Grand Master Bynum presented a good sized official document, covering twenty pages. It is thoroughly busipess in quality, clear in ,utterance and elevated in tone. He reported having grap.ted eight dispensations for new Lodges, and a large number of special privileges. Only thirty-six permissions had been issued for doing work out of. time, or, as he expressed it, "conferring degrees ahead of time." He certainly got" ahead" o{ the law, if the law i"u that jurisdiction is like it is elsewhere. I wonder ho~v much" ahead of time" the recipients of the degrees, thus hurriedly conferred, were after receiving them. He said: "Our relations with other Grand. Jurisdictions are fraternal." Ten official rulings were report.ed. The' COl11lilittee on Jurisprudence said路of them: "They appear to be in,hannony with Masonic Law and former approved rulings and regulations of the Grand Lodge" except two or three, which -they corrected. DEATH
had visited the Grand Lodge, and called from labor one who had been highly honored in the past, when he was Grand Secretary for ten successive years. Brother Hugh A. Corley died May 5th, ]894. The memorial committee paid a loving tribute to the honored dead. The Grand Master Closed his Address in appropriate terms, saying that" while it is 'Yell to be skilled in the ritual, he is only' a true Mason who feels within his bosom the fou'ntain of humanity ever gushing and thrilling with divine emotion." REPORT OF GRAND SECRETARY.
Brother Russell,' Grand Secretary, presented a good business report, announcing receipts from various sources, with other matters pertaining to his office. The income from all sources amounterl. to $6,800. As Committee on Correspondence he also submitted a brief review, covering five pages. Of course this could not constitute a review, but only a reference. A report was .rendered respecting the Grand Lodge indebtedness on Temple account. Some eight thousand' doilars
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had been paid out, while there- still remains a balance due on bonded account and interest the sum of $29,000. The Trustees thought it unlikely that. any bonds' would be retired before the next meeting of the Grand Lodge. It is to be hoped that this Temple debt may not involve the Grand LOdge in financial embarrassments. The Grand Body has some five thousand dollars due on sale of lot. When realized, this amount will help reduce the outstanding claims. An oration was delivered by Rev. Mr. 'Weller, who seems to be the standing orator of. the body. JAMES W. BOYD, 'Bartow, Grand Master. ALBERT J. RUSSELL, Jacksonville, Grand Secretary.
GEORGIA~1894.
The One Hundred and Eighth Annual Session commenced its labors in Masonic Temple, in the city of Macon, October 30th, and was presided over by R. W. Bro. John P. Shannon, the Deputy Grand Master, Brother John S. Davidson having died since. the last meeting'of the Grand Lodge. Brother A. M: Wolihin was Grand Secretary. A large representation of Lodges was present. The roster shows a total of three hundred' and ninety-eight Lodges with a¡ membership of 16,235, eight new Lodges having ~een added to the roll during the session. The statement is found in the record that the membership was 429 less than the previous year. ADDRESS.
Quite a voluminous report was rendered by the acting Grand Master, Brother Shannon. He opened with a strain of sadness, touching and tender, noting the fact that since the last Coinmunication the Grand Lodge and the' Craft in Georgia had been grievously afflicted by the death of that prince of Masonic leaders, John S. Davidson, Grand Master. He paid a glowing tribute to his departed Chief, whom all had learned to love and honor, and for whose loss the Fraternity in the entire jurisdiction deeply mourned, The Craft was stricken with a greatsorrow on account of this sad bereavement.
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with the administration of the acting Grand Master. Corner-stones had been laid, new Lodges created, special dispensations granted ·in numerous instances, and seventy-two decisioris rendered. All these official acts met with approval. Reports made by the. several Deputies of Districts show the condition of Masonry is from fair to good. The reported values of real estate and fixtures owned by the Lodges amounted to nearly three hundred thousand dollars. The Grand Lodge of Georgia has a method peculiarly its own as to the treatment of members who fall behind in their dues to the Lodges. The delinquent is "charged, tried and sentenced for non-payment of dues," by the Lodge, which reports. the case to the Grand Lodge, when decisive and final action is taken, as follows: "In pursuance to the Masonic laws of this jurisdiction, your committee recommend that the judgment and sentence of said Lodge be carried into effect, and that said member be by this Grand Lodge expelled." .It is not my· province to criticise the doings of other Grand Lodges, as we have enough to do in taking care of matters at home. But if the ~bove legislation obtained in Missouri, I would not be happy while it. remained on OUl' books. .J would object- to the law on the ground, first, that it did not allow the Subordinate Lodges to exercise proper jurisdiction over their own members, and .carry that lurist}iction to a finality. Second, I 'would protest that such a law was too tedious in its operatioIi, causing cases to hang for many months before being finally determined by the court of last resort. The Grand Lodge of Georgia meets annuallv in October. Members suspended at the December meeting would n~t be disposed of for ten months. If the.trial by a Subordinate Lodge gives no finality without Grand Lodge action, what is the status of the -member suspended by the Lodge? If it be claimed that he a suspended Mason, then what is the use of taking the case to the Grand Lodge for approval? Is not sllspension punishment enough for failure to pay dues? Just here comes in the real purpose of the objectionable law. It is to excommunicate him by the Subordinate body, and then damn·him eternally by the fiat of the Grand Body . . And all this for a failm'e to pay a few dollars to his Lodge. Is nonpayment of dues "GROSS UXMASONICCONDUCT?" If it is, why not let the Lodge, to which he is recreant, expel him and be done wiU~ it? Expulsion is Masonic death. If the Lodge gives life to a profane by· making him a Mason, it should be dowered with the authority to take away that which it !!ave, After a Mason has been suspended by his Lodge, and the suspension reported to, and affirmed by, the Grand Lodge, terminating in his expulsion for non-payment of dues, which body can restore him? ·If upon payment of dues, he can be reinstated by the Lodge which suspended him, that body can perform an act greater than the Grand Lodge, which only took ((l'JCty l(fe, but the Sub-
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ordinate gives life, which is a greater act than killing him outright. If the Subordinate can not restore one whom it suspended, but the Grand Lodge must do' so, then it follows that the Grand Lodge deprives its Subordinate of a local right, and emasculates its chartered powers by denying it the privilege of saying who should be members of the Subordinate body. Upon the whole, the law which expels a Mason for non-payment of dues is harsh, if not unmasonic, and classes the unfortunate Brother 'vit.h those expelled for the darkest crimes known among men. In the report of the committee from which the foregoing facts are gleaned, I find the names of a large number of Masons expelled for non-payment of dues. One Lodge lost thirty-six members, all expelled for not pay-. ~ng dues to their Lodge. In the same report there is a list of names given, ,,,here parties were expelled for "Adultery," "Drunkenness," "Defrauding a Brother," "Seduction," "Robbery and Embez:dement," "Murder," "Bigamy," "Forgery," "Felony," "Cheating and Swindling," and sUt:h like crimes. I do not like the classification. I am not set for the defense of those who purposely or habitually neglect to meet their obligations to their.Lodges as to dues, but surely out of the thirtysix members of one Lodge, who were expelled for non-payment of Lodge dues, there were some Brethren who were not so bad as the lot expelled' for the crimes above enumerated. Putting all in the sam~ class, and making failure to pay dues as grave an offense as murder, is drawing it pretty strong. I justify the Grand Lodge in expelling that Jot of "lewd fellows of the baser sort," and have always lent a helping hand to purify ~1asonry on such Jines, but when it eomes to classifying Brethren with murderers, because they failed to pay dues to a Lodge, please excuse me. I repeat my dislike of the classification, and rejoice that such a law does not find a habitation and a name in Missouri. A
MASONIC HOME.
The aeting Grand Master. Brother Shannon, stated in his Address that "one of the matters that seemed very near and deal' to the heart of Grand Master Davidson, ,vas the erection of a :Masonic Home in Georgia." During. his active and useful labors for nine years, Grand . ~1aster Davidson succeeded in emancipating the Grand Lodge of Georgia from a heavy debt, and looking for "other worlds to conquer," his vital spirit took on the Jofty purpose of preparing a Home for. "destitute widows and helpless orphans," as well as inrligent Brethren. Had he lived a few years longer, with that noble and untiring energy which eharacterized him, the project ,,,"ould have taken shape, and ultimately reached a ,happy consummation. He desired to rcar "such monument to Masonic p~triotism路and Masonic benevolence," as he expressed it in his address in 1892.
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To conserve such purpose the Grand Lodge created a committee, lookingto the establishment. of a Masonic Home for the needy ones of that jurisdiction. At the session now under review, said committee reported, giving a most encouraging statement Is to probabilitieS. The "Confederate Soldiers' Home" is available for the purpose of a Masonic Home. The management of said Home expressed a willingness to donate the property to the Grand Lodge, upon easy conditions. If such arrangement is perfected the Masonic Fraternity of Georgia will soon have a most desirable property and be able to enter upon a mission worthy of the Craft in that splendid jurisdiction. The Confederate Home property is within a few miles of the city of Atlanta, and would be a valuable acquisition to any association seeking to build up a great benevolence. The tract of land contains something over 100 acres, on which is a fine building of sixty rooms. The committee estimated the present value of the premises at nearly $40,000, with all fair prospects of an early increase, reaching $100,000 to $1'50,000. A committee was appointed to contract for the acquisition of said property. The writer feels so much solicitude on the subject that he would offer devout prayer for the fortunate outcome o~f proposed negotiations and the acquirement of that desirable property. If the Brethren of 'Georgia succeed in securing the Co'nfederate Home premi~es, there need be no fear entertained as to results. The spirit of John S. Davidson, late Grand Master, is incarnated among the Craft, and lives and moves amid a noble band of Masons. Georgia Masonry will yet do honor to the name 'and memory of that Masonic Prince of the Southland.
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PAY ROLL.
I was surprised to see the footings of the pay-roll at the late session, which ran' up to the sum of nearly $14,000. If the Brethren will cut down this enormous expense anq. turn the amounts thus annually paid into the Home treasury, they will be doing more for Masonry than can be accomplished by such an outlay in meeting the expenses of an unnecessary attendance upon the sessions.
MEMORIAL SERVICES
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CORRESPONDENCE.
The work of preparing the'review still continues to be divided among the Brethren appointed for that purpose. I miss, as heretofore, the presence and thought of the lamented Brother Bingham'. This year the work was performed by Brothers Mumford" Ramsey and Moody, the latter having succeeded the late Brother Bingham. Brother Moody submitted a report covering forty-two pages, which is largely made up of extracts frorn the Journals examined. He asked the Brethren to "look with charitable leniency upon" his first effort in the field of Masonic thought. This writer accords hirrl all the charity desired, as I have been there myself. A little kindness just at such a time was mighty sweet and comforting. Brother Mumford required more space than Brother Moody, and occupied fifty-fonr pages in his part of tIte contract. He is a wrIter, and well skilled in reportorial labor ; I like him and hie style of treating matters. His opening paragraphs were genuinely eloquent and touchingly tender, as his words swelled with grief while referring to the loss sustained by the death of the much loved and highly' honored Grand Master, John S. Davidson, whom none knew but to love and none now mention but with reverence. Truly a luminary was quenched when his light went out in the gusty winds of death's dark night. But, oh, I am glad to feel that his sun underwent only a temporary eclipse, and broke forth in the clear supernal glory of an unclouded morning in the eternal heaven. The work of reviewing Missouri for 1893 was allotted to Brother Mumrlrd. I am always gratified to have him take' np our Proceedings for examination. His treatment of Missouri is ever kind, fraternal and intelligent. He expressed great joy at the success of our Masonic Home, saying that" it has grown to a magnificent charity of which all Masons everywhere may justly feel proud." Yes, we, of Missouri, are proud of our Home and the blessed work it has already done, is doing, and, oh, the futnre., who can measure it? Results beyond the sweep of mortal eyes will flow from this ., Home of Love," for that is what it is. At its dedication, in an impromptu uttera~ce as master of ceremonies, I christened it a .. ~anctuary of Love." Such it,has proved to be to the large number of young natures homed within its sacred precincts, and an asylum to our aged wards who are summering their weary lives in the soft light of its benignant sunshine. God bless our Missouri Home and all such Bethesdas in all the jurisdictions. Brother Mumford gave our Missouri J oumal for 1893 the benefit of more space than we were entitled to, according us over seven pages. This was kind and complimentary. Appropriations were ma~e, in extenso, from the session reports and -business portions of the Proceedings. He copied a part of the address of our Grand Orator,
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Dr. Kuhn, and characterized the whole as a "gem" possessing many virtues: His commendation of this scribe is just a little overwrought, but sincere. He said, "Brother Vinci} is one of the very best Grand Secretaries in the Masonic world." Many thanks for this expression of appreciation. Referring to the printed speeches presented to the Almighty Father of the Universe by their Grand Chaplain at the opening of the sessi.on, he said: Brother Vinci! generally criticises the prayers of Grand Chaplains, and the writer rathcr thinks his criticisms are just. Our Grand Chaplain is a very good man, but I would be g-lad if his prayers before our Grand Body were freer from information and fuller of gelluine petition. Informing our Father of what He already has knowledge, is ill no sense considered prayer"路 Criticism is always easy, however. and /?enerally cold and cruel, but in this instance it is from a heart full of love to the one critIcised.
My criticism ,..' as never intended to be "cold and cruel," but was more humorous than severe, given with the h~pe tha.t the aforesaid Grand Chapla.in might be induced to let up on speeeh ~nakillg to the Lord of Hosts. In the last speech made to God by the Grand Chaplain I think there.is a discoverable improvement, and a re~oqllilt:ion may 'he in progress. I trust that the above hint from Brother Mumford may facilitate such amendment as to bring about a cOlnplete freedom from expressions like the. following: "By that dral>ed portrait we are reminded t~at our Grand !\fa.ster, .John S. Davidson, is dead. These blows strike us often and hit in the same place, but we never get used to them, they always pain us." I wonder if he told the Lord where that" draped portrait" was hanging? Did he point it out a,nd so locate it, with closed eyes, ~s to inform,his Heavenly Father of its whereabouts? President George WashingtOli once said to his tardy private secretary, who claimed that his watch deceived him, "Get another watch, or I will get another secretary." If I .were Grand Master of Georgia Masons, I would say to that Grand Chaplain, "Get another kind of prayer, or I will get another Grand Chaplai1;1'" The Deputy Grand Master, Brother John P. Shannon, was elected Grand Master, and i~ located at Elberton. A. M.Wolihin, of Macon, was elected Grand Secretary.
IDAHO-1894. TWENTY路SEVENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The Grand Lodge met at Boise City, September fUh. The Journal contains a record of a Special Communication held for the purpose of laying the corner-stone o~ the Idaho Soldiers' Home. The occasion was evidently one of interest and instruction. The Address was delivered by Joseph W. Huston, Chief .Justice of Idaho. ~L W. Bro. James A.
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Pinney, Grand Master, presided at the laying of the corner-stone and at the Annual Communication. Brother W. C. Wickersham was acting Grand Secretary, his father, Brother J. H. "Wickersham, bei.ng totally disabled and deprived, by long and continued j}}ness, from appearing at the session of the G,rand Lodge. There are twenty-seven Lodges in the pjurisdlction, twenty-one of which were represented. The membership , of the jurisdiction is furnished in a tabular statement, but is not added up; therefore, I am not able to give the figures, as I decline to do the counting. ADDRESS.
A very interesting message, ern-bracing a large amount of business in detail, was presented to theGrand Lodge by Grand Master.Pinney. The announcement was made that the moral tone of Masonry in Idaho was never better. While there had been less comparative increase in the membership ,than formerly, Lodges have given more attention to the exclusion of unworthy material, and the portals have been more closely guarded. The pleasing fact appears in th~ Address that "gambling, intemperance and kindred vices have been warned against, discipline enforced, and the laws and regulations of this Grand Lodge generally observed and respected." This is a most commendable statement, and is a gratifying assurance that Masonry in that young jurisdiction means more than a mere name. The Grand M"aster announced the loss sustained' by the Fraternity in the death of Brother Charles 'V. Case, Past Deputy Grand Master. He paid the depa.rted a vel''' sincere' and fraternal tribute. Brother Pinney stated that it was ,vith the deepest regret that he announced the sad and continued illness of the Grand Secretary. Brother James H. "Wickershalll, who has been confined to a bed of sickness for more thall eighteen months. This valued officer and beloved Brother received an expression of fraternal sympathy from the Grand Lodge in the adoption of a resolution which conveyed the sentiment of the Brethren, expressing their high appreciation of his services as Grand Secretary, a position most creditably filled by him during the past fifteen years. That Grand Lodge is doing a generous and proper thing by appropriating money to pay the insurance of Brother Wickersham, thus keeping up his policies and preventing the forfeiture of means already invested. Th~ Grand Master is sound on moral questions, as shown by the language already quoted, and by an ext'ended dissertation upon intemperance found in the Address. As no dissipated Craftsman could perform his duties and earn wages in operative Masonry, so in speculative Masonry such can" not build character worthy of our profession. While total abstinence is not inculcated by Masonry, temperance as a carcl.inal
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virtue is most solemnly enjoined. Gambling as well as intemperance received a just rebuke from the Grand Master, who urged the Brethren to discontinue and discountenance the use of one and the practice of the other. The Grand Master reported several official rulings rendered by him, some of which were approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence, but It dissented from one of his official declarations. He decided" that none are eligible to the office of Master but present and Past Masters and present and Past Wardens of Lodges in this jurisdiction." The committee decided that Past Masters and Past Wardens, whether of Idaho or any other jurisdiction, may be elected Master of a Lodge in that jurisdiction. It also held "that only Past Masters of Lodges under this jurisdiction are members of the Grand Lodge." The fraternal relations of Idaho with other Grand Lodges were reported as most cordial. The conclusion of the Grand Master's Address is pertinent and well timed. I find in the Journal that there is under the control of the Grand Lodge of Idaho the sum of $23,193.00, Orphans' funds, invested in good securities. ,Appropriations were made from this fund during the session for different objects. Brother Charles C. Stevenson,Committee on Correspondence, submitted a special rep~rt, the principal feature of which was the doings of the Masonic Congress held in Chicago in 1893. A full and detailed report \vas rendered in the name of the Grand Secretary, Brother J. H. Wickersham. During the session a resolution was submitted respecting the statns of the people called Mormons. It was proposed by said resolution to repeal the action of the Grand Lodge passed in 1883, that the teachfngs of Mormonism were opposed to the law of the land, and providing that no person acknowledging allegiance to the so-called Mormon church should be admitted to the privileges of Masonry within the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Idaho. The proposition to repeal the action of 1883 was referred to a committee, and said committee recommended that a copy of the resolution be sent to each of the Subordinate Lodges in the jurisdiction, and that each Lodge instruct its representative to the next session of the Grand Lodge how to vote on the question. The membership of Idaho was printed in the Journal by Lodges. CORRESPONDENCE.
Brother Charles C. Stevenson, Committee on Correspondence, furnished the annual review covering fifty pages,in which he briefly noted the transactions of fifty-three Grand Lodges. The report is necessarily brief, but is spicy and most interesting. Brother Steverison writes with
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a sharp pointed pen, and touches up in a racy manner anything that is not harmonious with his views. _Our Misso~ri .TournaI for 1893 received the compliment of two full pages, in which he furnishes a brief summary of our transactions for that session. In addition he recorded his approval of my method of preparing the Report on Correspondence, in which I said that a summarized view, properly condensed, will prove more acceptable to the general reader, rather than encumber the report with too many extracts. Referring to my compliment of Brother Wickersham as a Grand Secretary, Brother Stevenson said: "We return thanks for our poor Brother 'Wickersham, who still lingers on his hopeless bed of sickness." The above is touching and tender, and causes a pang of regret in the heart of this writer for our afflicted Brother, the Grand Secretary of Idaho. Brother Stevenson endorsed my reference to the need of requiring Master Masons to perfect themselves in _the lecture of that degree as soon as possible after being raised. He announced himself heartily in favor of the resolution summarily disposed of by the Grand Lodge of Idaho looking to the same result, and hopes that ere long it will become a law in that jurisdiction. He says, "Brother Vincil is not Brother Vinci] if he is not sarcastic." Well, my dear Brother Stevenson, you were never more mistaken in your life. Sarcasm is not my capital or stock in trade. I beg of you, my dear Brother, to disabuse your mind as to this view of the present. writer and his disposition toward the Brethren. . I quite agree with Brother Stevenson as to where the preparation room door should be located. There is no question but that it should b~ to the left of the Senior 'Varden in the West. Begging to assure Brother Stevenson of continued appreciation of his excellent work and valuable labors as a Correspondence reporter, I tender him in conclusion my most sincere and fraternal consideration. A. B. CLARK, Mountain Home, Grand Master. A new Grand Secretary was chosen to succeed the unfortunate Brother Wickersham. Brother Jonas W. Brown, Past Grand Master, has been placed in charge of that important department of work in Idaho; he resides at Boise City.
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IL:LINOIS-1894. FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
It is no small undertaking to review and do justice to a Journal as larg~
as that of the Grand Jurisdiction of Illinois. The present volume of proceedings; as to size, is in keeping with its predecessors, being full five hundred pages in extent. The business transactions of the session cover about one hu~dred pages. The Report on Correspondence reaches the large figure of 264 pages. The Fifty-fifth Annlial Meeting was held in Central Music Hall, Chicago, commencing October 2d, 1894, with M. W. Bro. Leroy A. Goddard, Grand Master, J. H. C. Dill, Grand Secretary, and a full list of Grand Officers, with a large representation of Lodges. The usual printed prayer appears in the Journal. It is of good length and has the merit of being addressed to the Masons' God, without the usual foreign and irrelevant speechifying ramble found in some Journals. One Grand Chaplain I wot of, generally reviews the incidents of the passing year, and informs the good Lord, in his rare prelection, of the happenings of the jurisdiction. The statistical state of affairs may be summarized briefly, showing the membership to be 49,236, a gain of 1,266 for the year. Six new Lodges were added to the list by charter. Number of Lodges not mentioned, and there are too many to be cOl;lnted by this scribe. The total dues received amonnted to over thirty-six thousand dollars. Th~ amounts contributed for charity from all sources footed up nearly twenty-eight thousand dollars. All of the Lodges except five had made returns, and only six were delinquent as to Grand Lodge dues. This is a remarkable record, ,,,hen the number of Lodges is considered, being ,yell up to seven hundred. The Grand Secretary must have things well in hand in Illinois. ADDRESS.
The annual message of Grand Maf'ter Goddard is quite lengthy, but full of business from start to finish. I am not disappointed as to the . outcome of his administration. I clip from the report on Address the following: . We take pleasure in commcnding the earnest and untiring labors of our Most Worshipful Grand Master, and in conclusion would say that it is only when we remember the long line of eminent men. distinguished among scholars and statesmen for their brilliant attainments and executive ability. that have for so many years past ~raced and houored the Grand Ellst, that we see the herculean task set for those who would follo\\' in their footsteps, and we' are happy to be able to say that it is clear from the report of the Grand Master that he has had a year of unexampled labor in caring for the vast interests of thc Masons of Illinois, and that he has handled the same with consummate ability, and that the thanks of the Fraternity are due to him for his eminently successful administration.
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tion." The above tribute by the committee justifies my predictions and confirms my hopes. Following an interesting exordium he mentioned, in fraternal terms, the honored dead of the home and sister jurisdictions, and then went into business like one perfectly familiar with every line of official duty. New Lodges had been created by his or<1er, corner-stones laid, Halls dedicated, visits made and many other duties discharged with fidelity. He made report of the arrest of the charter of one Lodge. O~casion required that he should visit the scene of the trouble and investigate the condition of the Lodge. A full inquiry led to the conclusion that the life of the Lodge should be taken. Accordingly, he arrested the charter and reported his action to the Grand Lodge, which approved the course taken. The seven official rulings reported were affirmed by the Grand Lodge. They are sound and healthy expositions of Masonic principle. All applications for permission to join in public displays, not Masonic, were persistently declined. Here is a good and sensible case treated by him. Lodges ask~d the privilege of turning out to act as escorts for Commanderies of Knights Templars on public anniversaries. He said, "think of the inconsistency of an unarmed body of Masons presuming to act as an escort or guard to an armed Commandery of Knights Templars." He may have been very serious when penning the above, but the expression caused a good broad smile to spread over my face on reading his characterization of the ridiculous appearance such a body would present to the public. Brother Goddard very pertinently observed "that it is not customary for a Lodge of Ancient Craft. Masons to. act as escort to any other organized body of men." Call on the Sun to act as escort to the Moon as she makes her procession along the highway of the sky!! It is strange how Lodges can become willing to lower the dignity of "Ancient Craft Masonry," by playing second fiddle to any concern. The white apron is not loud enough to attract att~ntion in public with some. If they can just get in line where the "feathers" are on parade, the reflected glory of such is sufficient for them. PSHAW!! The administration of Brother Goddard proved that he was the right man, and that theCraft in Illinois made no mistake in placing him in charge of the jurisdiction for the term closed, . and for a second term by re-election, a fact I am pleased to record. The Masonic Fraternity in Illinois has been most fortunate in the choice of grand men for leaders in the past, and certainlYlso in this instance. The Grand Secretary, Brother Dill, in his report, which was both complete and extended, made full pr00f of his ability as an official. MASONIC HOME.
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sum of five thousand dollars be appropriated out of .the funds of the Grand Lodge to aid the Home in enlarging the needed buildings, and in providing required accommodations to carry out its beneficent purposes. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Finance. Said committee reported the resolution backto the Grand Lodge without recommendation. The committee said, "we commend the management of the institution, and the noble and self-sacrificing spirit of its promoters, in their efforts to provide for helpless orphans of deceased Brethren." Then followed a saving clause-"We do not feel justified in recommend. ing a course, which might be c~nstrued as committing the Grand Lodge to a policy of paternalism, which might sooner or later result in the necessity of its becoming responsible for the maintenance and support of the Masonic Orphans' Home." If God's poor be naked and destitute of daily food, "and one of you say unto such, 'depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled j' notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body, what doth it profit?" The man who wrote these words nearly twenty centuries ago, was a better Mason than the writer who was afraid his Grand Lodge might be committed to "a policy of paternalism." As the committee aforesaid 'was fearful 'of . saddling upon the Grand Lodge an institution requiring "maintenance and support," known as "the' Masonic Orphans' Home,'~ the Grand Lodge itself took hold of the propo.sition and adopted the original resolution, giving five thousand dollars to the Home to aid in erecting additional buildings for the care and accommodation of an increasing number'of beneficiaries. Well done, ye noble and big-hearted Masons of Illinois. Missouri, with one-half of the annual income of Illinois, gave twenty-five thousand dollars to help purchase and equip a Home for "Masonic orphans." After doing so, an annual assessment of fifty cents per capita was levied for the support and care 'of our Home family. Our Home is the glory and crown of Missouri Masonry. But to anticipate any captious references or cold criticism about some of our Lodges rebelling against this assessment, I wish to say that the Lodges meet this claim upon their means with a heartiness unexampled in the history of the Grand Lodge. Notwithstandih"g the .fipancial pressure of the last two years, so severely felt by many country Loages, not one of them has failed to meet the levy with cheerfnlness and pleasure, and all in the entire jurisdiction are in full accord with the Home enterprise. We have proved by the good work done that this form of benevolence is the highest expression of Masonic Charity. We have given practical demonstration to the Craft in Missouri, that at last the true Mission of Masonry has become a reality, both tangible and praiseworthy. The struggle is路 over, opposition has ceased and the victory is ours, without anybody being hurt, or the loss of a single Lodge,save one that was dying, and the assessment only hastened a needed fune.ral.
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The Grand Lodge of Illinois is liberal in its appropriations, $18,000 being allowed for the pay-roll, the total outlay for all expenses amounting to nearly $30,000.
CORRESPONDENCE.
M. W. Bro. Joseph Robbins, 'Past Grand Master, presented his Annual Review, covering some 260 pages, embracing notices of the Journals of fifty-four Grand Lodges. Brother Robbins would hardly appreciate the title of "venerable" or even "veteran" writer. But still he has been in 'cbarge of tbis department quite a long time, and bas won the enviable reputation of "strong," " able" and" sturdy," and holds the high position of a "leader" among the reporters of the day. His style is lucid, his language chaste, and his thoughts elevated. While I have had occasion to challenge his position in tbe years gone by, yet from a long and personal acquaintance with him, as well as a careful perusal of his views, I am pleased to say he is one of the strong. men and representative thinkers of our American system of Freemasonry. The report now under consideration does not lower that estimate in the least, but enhances the opinions of the past. He is as vigilant and terse as ever in maintaining the true position of Symbolic Masonry, and in defending it from all con1ers. In his introduction to the review before me he displays a sound conservatism as to the
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Representative system, and as to "the want of uniformity in the various jurisdictions respectin~ rejected candidates." To avoid the possibility of "open rupture of fraternal relations and' estrangement" among Grand Lodges, he suggested the establishment of such" comity or some modus vivendi by which peace and good-will may be preserved." He regarded as "the most startling event of the year, the recognition by the Grand Lodge of New York of the Gran Dieta Simbolica of Mexico," and gave his reasons for such statement. The' principal one was that one of the constituent bodies of said "Gran Dieta" is governed by a woman, who was reported as its Master. In passing., the charge was made that the Bible was excluded and obligations taken upon honor, together with the fact that said" Dieta" had recognized the outlawed body in France known as the" Grand Orient." Brother Robbins alluded to the report made by a committee of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, touching the status of the Gran Dieta, with an evident inclination to reflect upon our action concerning the removal of Toltec Lodge, No. 520. But he did us the justice to say that New York had failed to observe "those portions of Missouri's report adverse to the claims of established regularity on the part of the 'Gran Dieta.'" . Here is what the.Missouri committee said on the subject in 1893, and whic.b. our Grand Lodge approved: . It is true that no Masonic Body has been found in Mexico. that we are prepared at this time, with the evidence before lIS, to acknowledge as a legitimate Grand Lodge, yet a step has been taken in the right direction. This committee addressed a Communication to Brother Ermilo G. Canton, Grand Secretary of the ,. Gran Dieta," to which a courteous and fraternal reply was made. We propounded a number of questions concerning the formation and present status of the ., Gran Dieta." While the committee can not say that the answers to these questions were wholly satisfactory, they yet believe and earnestly hope that the difficulties which have beset MllSonry in Mexico are in pro&,ress of settlement, and ere long, we trust, that we, and all the Grand Lodges of the Ulllted States of America, may be enabled to welcome into the fold of Grand Lodges a body having united 11nd snpreme control over Symbolic Masonry in Mexico. We do not wish to be, nor even do we wish to bethonght to be, a "disturbing element" in Mexican Masonry. On the contrary, it is our duty to do all in our power to assist, with our counsel and sympathy, our Brethren in Mexico to form a stable and permanent grand governing body.
Commenting on the above, Brother Robbins said: We do not know on what grounds the committee hope for the evolution of a legitimate Grand Lodge out of elements which Grand Master Tyler, of Texas, unwittingly, and Past Grand Master Fellows, of Louisiana. wittingly, show to be hopelessly clandestine; and so, while conceding that the Grand Lodge of Missouri is the proper judge as to whether it will continue to exercise Masonic authority in路 Mexico, we can not but regret the decision which destroys the only Masonic body in that country knOl~7t to be legi~atc.
If it be true that" t.he elements" out of which the Gran Dieta was formed were hopelessly clandestine," how on earth can legitimate Masonry ever be established in Mexico? Certainly not by the creation and maintenance of the Symbolic system, when the existing system......:. hopelessly clandestme "-utterly refuses to allow Symbolic Lodges to l(
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remain there as independent bodies. If the present" aggregation" of Masonic Bodies, working under the authority of the Gran Dieta should so conform to the recognized standards of Symbolic Grand Lodges in this country, as to be regarded as legitimate, would it not be better to have that kind of Masonry there than such as has heretofore prevailed in the Republic? Brother Robbins, in commenting upon our Grand Lodge action concerning the Pennsylvania contention. criticised the findings of the committee in these terms: The pungency of the last half dozen paragraphs is not to be denied, and if they were written by a reviewer, speaking for himself alone, would call for no criticism; but they la.ck the dignity which ought to eharacteri7.e the utterance of aGrand Lodge, contrasting unpleasantly in this with the main body of the report.
Brother Robbins very tersely commented upon the ruling of our Grand Lodge, which reversed the decision of Grand Master Parson respecting the Lee SUl1Uilit Lodge case. In that instance, a member who had been tried and acquitted, asked for and obtained his Dimit immediately after the trial. It was contended by some that a Dimit should not have been granted until the time had elapsed for an appealthe limit being s'ixty days. Grand Master Parson held that, when acquitted, any member had the right to apply for and obtain a Dimit. His ruling was reversed by the Grand Lodge, thereby holding an acquitted Brother in some kind of limbo for sixty days. I quite agree with Brother Robbins that" it is difficult to divine upon what grounds" the reversal of the Grand Master's ruling was based. There is no rational ground for any such reversal. The party asking for his Dimit was as much under the jurisdiction of the Lodge after the Dimit was granted as before, he being resident therein. Grand Lodges do not always rule wisely and well. The finding of the Grand Lodge, adverse to the ruling of ~1. W. Bro. Parson, was a violent invasion of the teachings of plain and tersely expressed statutes. Brother Robbins did. Missouri full justice, giving our Journal of 1893 the benefit of some seven pages, appropriating freely from reports on different subjects. For his courtesy to our Grand Lodge, he is entitled to our thanks, which are hereby cordially tendered. The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were re-elected.
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INDIANA-1895. SEVENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The record says this was the seventy-eighth year of the history of the Grand Lodge. The difference between the number of Communications and the number of years since the Grand Lodge was organized is caused by biennial meetings for a few years. The Grand Lodge convened at its recent session in the Masonic Temple 'in Indianapolis, May 28th, and was presided over by M. W. Bro. Frank E. Gavin, Brother William H. Smythe was Grand Secretary. . The Journal of Proceedings sent out by Brother Smythe is larger than usual, embracing 450 pages. It is decorated with the pictures of the .Grand Master, Brother Gavin, and the Grand Secretary, Brother Smythe, both good-looking gentlemen when seen at a distance. Closel' inspection might not be so assuring as to their fine appearance. The Journal furnished by Brother Smythe was brought from the press in excellent condition and on good time, only a fe,\-~ weeks having elapsed since the s~ssion closed before it was received by this' writer. There are 575 Lodges on the roll, 467 of which were represented. The membership of the jurisdiction footed up 27,507, being an increase of 610. The pay-roll required $7,329.00 to meet that account. In addition to the Lodge representation it is noted that thirteen Past Grand Masters were in attendance. Grand Master Gavin announced the general condition of the Craft as being most prosperous. He said that as to membership and finance, as well as the spirit of true devotion to the principles of the Order, they were" at full tide." The death list, embracing the names of eleven distinguished Brethren of other jurisdictions, was presented, and tender tributes paid to the memory'of these departed worthies. The Grand Lodge of Indiana had been bereaved of two Past Deputy Grand Masters, Brothers M. D. Mamon and E. Newland, who served the Grand Lodge in the office. named for two successive terms III other years. The Grand Master reported that he had granted dispensations for the formation of four new Lodges; these, in addition to four created by order of the Grand Lodge at its last session, having served the proper probation, received charters. Grand Master Gavin recognized the representative system by appointing several Brethren to fill vacancies caused by the deatts of former 'Representatives. Speaking upon the subject he said that" while the system has been somewhat criticised there seemed no possible harm resulting from it." He presented as the only disturbing element between his Grand Lodge and any
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sister jurisdiction, the question arising concerning perpetual jurisdiction. The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania had occasion to call attention of the Grand Master of Indiana to a supposed violation of Masonic comity. This is but another instance where that old and reputable Grand Lodge is attempting to enforce its'local regulations upon other Grand Lodges'. In the present instance, as in all others, it signally failed to accomplish results desired by it, and was badly worsted in the argument. The reply of Brother' Gavin to the Grand Master of Pennsylvania ranks among the strong and ~nansvirerable documents that have been furnished our Pennsylvania Brethren in the last few years. Brother Gavin assu~ed the proper position, and announced that the power of the Grand Lodge of Indiana must be regarded as supreme wit.hin its own borders. He announced a correct principle that, rejection by a Lodge is simply a declamtion of unworthiness of the candidate, as viewed by the Lodge rejecting him, but in no possible sense can such rejection endow the candidate with unworthiness sufficient to deprive him of the right to petition any Lodge in another Grand Jurisdiction. In other words "rejection is declamto1'Y, not creative of his ullworthiness." I may as well record at this point the finding of the committee of the Grand Lodge of Indiana on this mooted question of perpetual jurisdiction. ;That committee said, and the report was approved, that "regarding the doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction over rejected candidates, we believe it to be wron~in theory and p~rnicious in action; not in accordance ,,,ith the well recognized principle of Grand Lodge sovereignty; and not a Landmark of Masonry, being held only by a minority of American Grand Lodges.", The reply of Grand Master Gavin to the Grand Master of Pennsylvania was unanimously approved. The committee finally said that the statu.'! ofa Brother made in an Indiana Lodge, who had been rejected by a Pennsy lvania Lodge, was legal, and that having been made in a properly constituted Lodge of Masons, he is a regular :M ason, and that his making being lawfully done, where done, is lawful everywhere. The conclusion therefore is inevitable that being a regular :Mason, legally made such in a regularly constituted Lodge, he is entitled to recognition and fellowship wherever he may go. The foregoing treatment of. the subject affords our Pennsylvania Brethren another hard nut to crack which they will be unable to dispose of to the satisfaction of anybody, except themselves and a very, very, few Grand Jurisdictions that still cling to the indefensible doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction. Grand Master Gavin reported quite 'a number of offic.ial rulings, thirty in all. These were approved by the Committee on Jurispr~dence except No. 19, concerning which a majority of the committee differed with the Grand Master, whereupon Brother Prather submitted a minority report; and the same was adopted. It thus appears that the Grand Master's rulings were sustained throughout, as the Grand Lodge •
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approved the committee's report. _The decision that gave rise to this difference of view was relative to the status of one who had been suspended for non-payment of dues. The law in the case provides a penalty of indefinite suspension for such dereliction. A Lodge charged and tried a member for non-payment of dues and adjudged him guilty. The Master thereupon declared him indefinitely suspendea without taking a vote, being authorized so to do by the law, which prescribes the penalty to be indefinite suspension. The majority of the committee held that a vote must be taken to fix the penalty after the party was declared guilty for neglecting to pay his dues. Under the law, the Grand Master was right without question, and the minority report which sustained him was in harmony with the statut~s. But I do not endorse the law. The Address of Grand Master Gavin was a strong paper, practical, sound and businesslike, embracing many matters of local bearing, other than those already commented upon. The reports of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary followed, showing an income forthe year of over $20,000.00, which, added to the balance on hand last year, made a total showing of $32,000.00. The disbursements deducted therefrom leave a balance in the treasury of $15,000.00. The Grand Lodge of Indiana is in splendid condition. It owns valuable property, is out of debt, and has a good balance to its credit on hand. The report of Grand Secretary Smythe is an excellent paper, embracing a full statement of fiscal affairs, and contains many matters both suggestive and advisory. Past Grand Master Douglas was absent from the session of the Grand Lodge performing the last sad rites over the body of his deceased son. When this information reached the Grand Lodge resolutions of sympathy were adopted and ordered transmitted to Brother Douglas by the Grand Secretary. The reports of the Committees on Grievances and Appeals and Jurisprudence were full, clear and extended. A paper was submitted looking to the preparation of a history of Masonry in Indiana, and a committee created to secure and preserve all facts and incidents connected with the lives and times of the pioneer Masons of that jurisdiction. The Grand Lodge refused to adopt a resolution reducing the dues of members to twenty-five cents per capita. The Grand Lodge decided, by adopting a report on the subject, that there is no authority for a syst-em of life membership. Lengthy tributes were paid to the memories of M. D. Manson and . E. Newland, already mentioned in the Grand Master's Address.
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The Grand Lodge adopted a paper approving the proposition started by the Grand Lodge of Colorado relative to Washington Memorial observances, and authorized the Grand Master to act, in conjunction with the Grand Officers of other jurisdictions, and join in proper memorial tributes to the memory of the great leader of American patriots in the achievement of our liberties. I have thus given a hurr~ed notice of the proceedings and business transactions of the Grand Lodge of Indiana. CORRESPONDENCE.
The report in this department was furnished by Brother Win. Commons, chairman of the committee. The report covers 272 pages and is written from start to finish. I have not found a single extract in the whole work. Brother Cornmons is no "Common" committee. His work is a thorough review of the Proceedings examined. Some Committees on Correspondence do not favor the plan adopted by Brother Commons, in common with myself and others, in the .preparation of our reports. To this writer. a review prepared on the plan adopted by us affords more interesting reading to the Craft thim a report made up of' extracts which compose the larger part of the work. Brother Commons was very courteous in his review of the Missouri Journal of 1894, awarding us nearly eight pages of his space. There ,vas nothing of interest reeorded in our Journal' for that year that escaped his attention. He commented at considerable length upon the action of our Grand Lodge touching the controversy existing between the Grand Lodges of the Indian Territory and Missouri. Due attention was accorded our Masonic Home, its financial condition, together with the monetary affairs of our Gra~d Lodge. Speaking of our Home Endowment Fund. it was said to be $45,000.00. We may add that it now amounts to over ~50,000.00. Brother Commons was complimentary, as well as appreciative, as to the work of this Committee on Correspondence. . He has the thanks of the Missouri Committee for his fraternal spirit and kind consideration. Taking leave of the Grand Lodge of Indiana, its Committee on Correspondence, and the Fraternity of that jurisdiction at large, I offer sincere congratulations upon their prosperity, and upon the good work accomplished by the" Sons of Light" it,l that jurisdiction.
E. O'ROURKE, Fort Wayne, Grand Master. WM. H. SMYTHE, Indianapolis, Grand Secretary. WM. CO~IMONS, Union City, Committee on Correspondence.
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IOWA-1895. FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The session opened in the city of Marshalltown on the 4th day of June, and closed its labors on the 6th. On the 27th of the same month I received the .TournaI of Proceedings, gotten up in the usual style of fine art and complete business arrangement by the Grand Secretary, Brother Parvin. Taking out the Sundays intervening, this may be considered rapid work, and a credit to the ability and capacity of our Brother Grand Secretary. His Journal is not quite so large as in other years, but reaches 350 pages. The session was held i? the Odeon Opera I-Iouse: The Grand Lodge was 'escorted from the hotel to 路its place of meeting by St. Aldemar Commandery of Knights Templars. M. W. Bro. L. E. Fellows, Grand Mastel', presided, Brother T. S. Parvin being Grand Secretary, assisted by his son Newton, as Deputy Grand Secretary. In addition to the Grand Officers there were present twenty' six Past Grand Officers, eight of them being Past Grand Masters. Out of the 464 working Lodges on the roll 422 were represented. The total attendance 'vas 578, making a good large body for business deliberations. The membership. of the jurisdiction was reported at 26,103,' being a gain of 1,051. This is a large increase, evidencing growing prosperity. The income amounted to $23,328.00. It is a source 'of genuine pleasure to a Missouri Mason to record the gro~'ing prosperity and forward movement of the Fraternity in the jurisdiction of Iowa, as our own robust and healthy daughter. , . Brother Fellows furnished a very, good business message covering eleven pages. The dedication of Halls, laying of corner-stones, with other ~natters of local bearing, were reported. He referred to their semi-centennial exercises held at the last Annual Commnnication of the Grand Lodge, which he a~nounced as very interesting, ~he o'ecasion being one long to be remembered. ' The l)ublication of the proceedings and addresses at the semi-centennial had been left to the Committee on Printing. Said committee found, after publishing the proceedings of the Grand Lodge, that the funds were not sufficient to defray the expense of publishing the semi-centennial souvenir, consequently the interesting matter furnished on that occasion yet remains among the archives of tbe Grand Lodge of Iowa. The Grand Master reported having granted dispensations for the formation of five new Lodges. These were severally chartered during the session. Brother Fellows stated that the work of the Craft throughout the jurisdiction in the ~ubordinate Lodges had been active,
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indicating a good degree of prosperity. The Grand Lodge of Iowa one year ago declined to enter upon the venture of a Masonic Home, bnt adopted a new method of distributing charity, that being through a "Board of Trustees of the Grand Charity Fund." Grand Ma~ter Fellows stated that their action in the premises had been demonstrated as wise and proper. The conclusion of the Address was in keeping with the character of the administration of Brother Fellows, showing him to be a broad-minded and capable officer. The Grand Custodian, Brother George B. Van Saun, presented a report froin which it is gleaned that schools of instruction had been held in forty-one counties, and 308 meetings held, with good attendance generally. Then followed. reports from various sources 芦onnected with Grand Lodge business. That of the Grand Secretary, Brother Parvin, was, like all his productions, extended, labored, full ann complete. He had, during the winter, visited the Republic of Mexico, where he spent several weeks. While there he had been at the national capital and the capitals of several of the States, and had visited Grand and Subordinate Bodies. He was received with courtesy by President Diaz, who is at the head of both branches of Masonry in Mexico, as well as President of the Republic. Brother Par>'in did not carry out his original l'urpose of presenting to his Grand Lodge a report resulting from his investigations into the present status of Mexican ::Ylasonry. He says the" Gran Dieta Symbolica" is the Grand Lodge of Masons in Mexico, and is a national organization, like unto our General Grand Chapter, or Grand Encampment of Knights Templars.. It is to be regretted that Brother Parvin, having been on the ground and famiHarized himself with the conditions of Masonry in that country, did not furnish the路 Masonic world with a full statement as to his views and conclusions. He says, "There were, in the many things that we saw, much to be commended, others very cemmrable and can not meet the approval of American Masons." Such views confirm opinions formed by this writer, and will prevent any move on my part looking to the recognition of Mexican Masonry. Brother Parvin presented a beautiful and touching tribute to the memory of the deceased wife of his son, Deputy Grand Secretary Newton R. Parvin. The Grand Lodge, by committee, submitted a report containing a proper testimonial to the character and worth of this excellent lady. Said report was adopted by a rising vote, and a memorial' page sct apart in the Proceedings to perpetuate the worth and virtues of Emma Middleton Parvin, wife of the Deputy Grand Secretary. It was ordered that a copy of the memorial and resolutions be engrossed and presented to Brother Newton Parvin, as an expression of the
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sorrow of the Grand Lodge. I commend this tender recognition and tribute, having known Mrs. Parvin, and join the Grand Lodge in an expression of sympathy with our bereaved Brother. Grand Secretary Parvin'in his general report did honor to the memory of the deceased Grand Secretaries of Connecticut, Oregon and Tennessee, three most excellen~ Masons and distinguished laborers in their several jurisdictions: Brother J. K. 路Wheeler, of Connecticut, S. F. Chadwick, of Oregon, and John Frizzell, of Tennessee, deserve 'to be canonized in the annals of Freemasonry in this ~ountry among the great and good who have passed to the silent land. Brother Parvin also presented an cxtensive report as librarian of that nnapproachable institution of Iowa Masonry located in the city of Cedar Rapids. He said that the interest shown in the library had been steadily on the increase for some years past. The institution is not only a library but a museum, being closely identified in interest. The funds appropriated have been used in increasing the library, wh11e the museum has been acquired by contributions from interested friends. There is much of interest in .this report concerning the library which must be overlooked here. His exhibit of the financial condition of the Grand Lodge is in keeping with his former reports, always carefully prepared and accurately presented. "Numerous rcports were presented and acted upon, embracing a wide range of business. The pay-roll for the term amounted to over $5,000. The venerable Grand Secretary, Brother Parvin, furnished his fifty-first report, as already mentioned, which is full of business, history, statistics and biographies. He shows, in more places than one, evident disappointment that the Grand Lod!!c had cut off the supply of funds by which he could have continued to furnish much matter that was omitted by force of circumstances from the present Journal. ITe concluded his reference to this failure of means by saying, "The Grand Lodge having turned a deaf ear to all my pleadings for the publication of such matter, no further publication of such items will be made until the Grand Lodge shall have signified its approval by proper legislation." CORRESPONDENCE.
The committee in charge of this interest, Rev. JaB. C. W. Coxe, D. D., furnished a report covering 130 pages, in which he reviewed the transactions of sixty Grand Lodges. Brother Coxe in presenting his third annual review announced that peace and harmony prevailed, and that health and prosperity mark ever}T Grand Jurisdiction. This capable and charming writer came to the front in the first year of his work as a reviewer, and took position with the leading Correspondence reporters of the day. Iowa is f()rtunate in pressing such a scholarly and inter-
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esting man into service upon the. retirement of its venerable committee, Broth~r Parvin. Among the many pleasant enjoyments of the past year was that of meeting personally and establishing warm fraternal relations with my highly esteemed Brother Coxe. His report is almost entirely written, an occasional excerpt being found in the body of the work. His treatment of all subjects is clear and vigorous. He occasionally touches the sharp point of his pen to some indefensible expression of Brotl~er reporters, and records a eentlemanly and fraternal protest, ,...here the proprieties and amenities of reportorial Brethren have been departed from. This remark may apply to his comment upon the figures of Brother Robbins of Illinois. The Missouri Proceedings for 1894 challenged the consideration of our distinguished Brother to the extent of t\vo and one-half pages of his report. It is a sUlllmary ofwhat the Grand Lodge did at that"session. He tendered his thanks to Grand. Master Keene for his refusal to permit degrees to be conferred out of time, and for Lodges to parade on the Fourth of July and :Memorial Day. Brother Coxe was exceedingly kind in his notice of the Report on Correspondence, by this "..- riter, for that year. He said tIle report was" clear, strong, breezy, bracing, a tonic and healthful stimulant to thought, and fruitful in wise and weighty utterances." Recalling his visit to this office a year ago, he expresses the hope of an opportUhity to "pump" this writer and draw from him stores of knowledge and experience. In reply I have to say to Brother Coxe that he might find himself somewhat dilapidated after I 'have finished the "pl1lnping" process 011 my own part, and he will do ,veIl not to press that exercise too hard lest he get the worst of it. Cordially appreciating his closing sentence I appropriate the same and say of him" he holds an honored place in my esteem." The, report throughout is in keeping with his former labors and gives promise of much good work in years to come. GEORGE W. BALL, Iowa City, Grand Master. T. S. PARVIN, Cedar Rapids, Grand Secretary. DR. COXE, Committee on Correspondence.
KANSAS. THIRTY'NINTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The Grand Lodge of Kansas convened in annnal session in the city of Topeka on the 20th day of February, 1895, with Brother George W. Clark, Grand Master, and Brother Albert J. Wilson, Grand Secretary. There was a full representation of Grand Officers and Subordinate Lodges. Eight Past Grand Masters were in attendance. The statistical
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exhibit was found to be 353 Lodges, with a membership of 18,958, showing a decrease of 361 from the previous year. ' The Grand Master presented quite a lengthy message to the Grand Body, embracing an interesting exordium, followed by a list of the fraternal dead in that and sister jurisdictions. To the memory of the departed"proper tributes were paid during the session by the adoption of a memorial report. The Address of the Grand Master was made up of the usual business items incident to an administration of that kind. He reported having granted dispensat.ions for the creation of seven new Lodges. These received charters during the session. Halls were dedicated, corner-stones laid, official. visits' made, and a number of .practical rulings reported in the Address, all 'of which, together with other official actions, were approved . ..MASONIC HOlliE.
TlieGrand Master briefly mentioned this Institution, ,,,hich Qad taken shape in the minds of the Fraternity some previous year, at which time the Grand Lodge voted to levy an annual per capita tax of one dollar. for the creation of a fund in the interest of a Masonic Home. In 1893 such resolution was rescinded. It was found during the progtess of the session that a dominant sentiment prevailed in the Grand Lodge against路 the proposed Institution. The President of the Masonic Home submitted a report showing the amount t?f funds already accumulated in that interest, and expressed the hope that the work so well begun might continue, and that the Grand ,Lodge would take no "backward steps." This hope was doomed to disappointment. Several resolutions were presented, looking 'to th~ creation and enlargement of a fund in the interest of ~ 1\1 asonic Home, but were defeated, The final action' of the Grand Lodge reversed the expectation of the President of the Home, and gave the enterprise a complete" knock-out" as well as " back ward steps." How many, .time alone can tell. The first serious mishap with which the Home was confronted was reducing the per capita to fifty cents, thus rendering it impossible for any revenues to be deri ved from the Grand Lodge treasury.- The final resolution, presented and adopted by a very large majority, directed that all funds collected previously in that interest, should be taken from the funds of the Home, especially provided, and. transferred to the Charity Fund of the Gr.~~d Lodge. Thus, by repealing the previous a~tion of the Grand Lodge when levying the 'assessment for the benefit of the Home, and transferring funds already collected for that Institution from the Home Fund to the General Charity Fund, ended the hope and prospect of establishing a Masonic Home in the Grand JurIsdiction of Kansas. A resolution was adopted transferring frol.D
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the General Fund to the Charity Fund of路 the Grand Lodge $15,000. Thus, that body has a large Charity Fund with no charitable Institution in existence by which these moneys can be employed or utilized for charitable and Masonic purposes. Some one in the Grand Lodge even went so far as to introduce a resolution proposing to return to the Lodges the amounts they had paid into the Home Fund. It would-be unkind and out of place for meta give expression to my views respecting the "backward steps'~ taken by the Masons of Kansas. 'V'hy such a revulsion of feeling prevailed among the Craft of that jurisdiction I am wholly unable to conjecture. That Grand Lodge has a fund in its treasury amounting to $30,000, yet declines to move forward in the establishment of a chaiitjr th'at would do morc to the credit of Masonry than anyone th5ng in it~ history .. ImpORT OF GRAND SECRETARY.
Brother A. '.T. Wilson, Grand Secretary, presented'one of the most elaborate and interes'ting reports 路ordinarily found in the Grand Lodge Journals. It contains a great variety of matter of local interest to Kansas Masons. The report from the Librarian was found in the Journal, and presents that interest intelligently before the body. Divers and i;mndry reports were furnished and approved, presenting every interest in fair terms before the Grand Lodge while in session. A resolution was received and referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence, declaring that absolute, literal conformity was necess'ary to all the ceremonial requirements of the several degrees of Masonry in order to receive the benefits of the Institution. The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, on report of the Committee on Correspondence, was duly recognized. CORRESPONDENCE.
Brother M. M. Miller, Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence, furnished a report of over 200 pages. The review embraces an examination of some sixty Grand Lodge Journals. The work bears evidence of care, thought and ability. Missouri for 1893 received a courteous recognition by Brother Miller, who appropriated the address Of Dr. Kuhn, our Grand Orator, entire. Our Journal for 1894 was gen~r~usly treated and accorded a due amount of space. In this notice there is found brief mention of all matters of interest which occurred at our Seventy-fourth Annual Communkation, and makes due explanation as to how our Journal of ]893 was overlooked. We accept the fraternal explanation of Brother .Miller and assure him of our appreciation of his courtesy and k!ndness. His
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report was a credit to himself and an honor to the jurisdiction so long and ably represented by my departed friend and Brother, John H. Brown. I am pleased to recognize Brother Miller in the relation he has already gained of an able, discreet and capable committee, and a worthy successor of his illustrious predecessor. JAMES H. McCALL, Wichita, Grand Master. ALBERT J. WILSON, Topeka, Grand Secretary.
KENTUCKY. NINETY-FIFTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The Ninety-fifth session commenced its labors in the city of Louisville, October 16th, 1894, and closed on the 18th. M. W. Bro. James W. Staton, present and presiding. Brother Henry B. Grant, Grand Secretary. There were present some 400 Representatives, fifteen Past Grand Masters, and the full quota of Grand Lodge Officers. I always enjoy a kind of home feeling when taking up the Journal of Kentucky. Meeting with the names of Brothers Staton, Grant, Coleman. Todd, Leathers, Johnson and others, causes me to realize that I am in the company of old friends, and good ones at that. From the statistical matter furnished I learn that there are 459 Lodges in the jurisdidion of Kentucky, with a membership amounting to a little over 18,000, showing a slight gain over the previous year. The income from all sources amountecl to some $35,000.00. One-half of this is applied to the maintenance of the Masonic Horne, located at Louisville. From the membership in the State and the i~come reported forthe general fund and for the Masonic Home Fund, the per capita must be one dollar for each fund, or $?OO per member in the State, annually. This is a pretty heavy taxation on the Subordinate Lodges, yet the Fraternity in Kentucky seems willing to meet this assessment to sustain that magnificent charity which has been the glory and pride of the Kentucky Fraternity-the Masonic Home. ADDRESS.
My personal friend and Brother, Staton, the Grand Master, was not. a disappointment to me in his Address to the Grand 'Lodge, either as to quantity or quality, both being of commendable character. Knowing the man and his devotion to Masonry, I was prepared to rank him" the first among ~lis equals," and place his name and work alongside the
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many able officials who have made Kentucky Masonry illustrious. He said, "so far as I am advised, the year has been a prosperous one." The Grand Master in very tender language made mention of the fraternal dead. Among the number referred to was Past Grand Master E. B. Jones, who died in the month of August. Grand Master Staton attended the funeral services, and officiated at the burial of the deceased Brother. Brotber Staton reported the usual routine work incident to the office of Grand Master, such as laying corner-stones, dedicating Halls, granting special dispensations, etc. He appealed to the Craft in earnest terms in behalf of the Bassett monument, urging the Fraternity in the State to contribute sufficient means to erect a suitable shaft over the remains of Past Grand Master Hiram Bassett, whom all honored and loved. Nineteen decisions were reported and referred 10 the Committee on Jurisprudence. Eighteen of them were approved by the committee, . but No. 5 was rejected. The essence of that decision was "the right to visit is not inherent, whether to an affiliate or non-affiliate." The committee declared this to be an incorrect ruling, as to affiliated Masons in good standing. The finding of the committee was that a Mason in good fellowship in some other Lodge may visit any Lodge, not his own, when it will not disturb the .harmony of the Lodge visited. Aceording to some Landmark, the right to visit is an inherent one, but I think the right to object to a visitor must be equally recognized. There-fore, I do not see how the committee could object to the interpretation given to the subject by Grand Master Staton. The Landmark may say what it pleases. I have rights in my Lodge that nothing can over-ride. One is that no objeetionable party can enter my Lodge. If the right to visit is inherent and is worth anything, it shonld be absolute. If the right to visit is inherent and absolute, the right to object can not keep out the visitor, and the Landmark is bosh. Grand Master Staton decided, and his ruling was approved, that it is not inconsistent ,,,ith the principles and purposes of Masonry to nominate candidates for office in the Masonic Body. He should have added that while it may not be inconsistent, it is cert.ainly not good policy. He objected to another custom that pertains in all localities. Our own Grand Lodge follows the custom of directing some member to cast a single ballot for a given officer. This is a very comfortable way of doing things, and it saves time in taking a ballot where a large number of members are present, thus saving the distribution of the ballots, their collection and counting, and I can see no objection to the cllstom. Brother Staton does not favor the Grand Representative system, and did not hesitate to express his estimate of the whole affair, saying: "It
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bas accomplished no good whatever. It has been the source of dissensiori among jurisdictions, and in some instances has broken up the friendly relations between Grand Lodges and disturbed the peaceful relations in others." After such a strong deliverance ag~inst the system by su~h an honored officer and Mason, it is not to be wondered at that the Kentucky Grand Lo'dge abolished the system. No Grand Master would dare deliver an address to the Grand Lodge of Kentucky without making mention 0'拢 their Masonic Home and. speak of 'it in terms of cord'ial approval. . Brother Staton' certainly forms no exception to the rule. I can not do better than transfer to tbis report the following: . . When the Home was in its infancy it was necessary to keep its wants and necessities constantly before the Craft, but the Home has become a permanent fixture in Kentucky, ano its pt.>rmanellcy is sure, because it is so strongly imbedded in the afft'ctions of the Craft that. like the mighty oak, with its roots sUllk dpep into the earth, it will take an earthquake of prejudice and pasSiOll, or a hurricane of indilrerence and l'owardice, upon the part of the Craft of Kentucky to shake or uproot the magnificent structure which has withstood all manner of passion and prejudice only to shine forth brighter and brighter cllch returning year. J need not remind you, my Brethren, of your dnty to these orphan childrell and widows of our dead Brethren who are entrustcd to your care and keeping". You have shown by your actions that your ears have always been open to the cry of these helpless wards of the Craft, and I am sure you will always be ready to do your whole duty ill this regard.
Brother Charles H. Fisk, Past Grand Master, presented, for the committee, a most interesting report concerning the institution which is dear to every true Mason in Kentucky-the Masonic Home. It is not only the joy but'the glory of the Fraterhity in that jurisdiction. Kentucky set the music years ago and many Grand Ju'risdictions have fallen 'into line since, and the grand procession is moving and increasing year after year. The Masonic Home of Kentucky is the monument reared and sustained by " good men and true" that will outlive the ages, and bear its trophies out into the land of the immortals. Blessed work. It seems that the Grand Master of Kentucky has been favored with a private secretary, a young lady from the Masonic Home.having been assigned to duty along this line. The Grand Master did not avail himself of her services. Being away from the Home on a visit to friends, she was taken dO'\'n with a fever and died. The Grand Master said, while on the subject of private secretary, that the position was one more in name tl:lan in fact. He wisely concluded that the 路selection of a private secretary for the Grand Master from among the inmates of the Home might breed dissatisfaction on the part of others and cause trouble. The conclusion of. Brother Staton's admirable Address was a very interesting one, and it would be a pleasure to this committee to transfer it in its entirety to m'y report. Here is a sentence that is worthy of consideration. He said, "I have been devoted to the interests of the young men of- the Grand Lodge, and to their elevation. In my judg-
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ment the Grand Lodge 4as honored itself in thus exalting the class of young men who have s'oahly and .honorably filled the exalted position I now o路ccupy." Brother Staton路 did not propose to ignore old men who had borne the burden and heat of the day, but recognizing the value of vigorous manhood and young blood, he would see the young men recognized while retaining the old and experienced for counsel and guidance. His views ,,,ere very well adjusted, wise and conservative.. GRAND SECRETARY.
The Grand t:ecretary, H. B.Grant, as is his custom, presented a lengthy, elaborate and detailed report, covering and ern bracing every item of a business character incident to his office. Brother Grant is a faithful, laborious and painstaking Grand Secretary, and one of the best of the age. Several other reports followed, received due consideration, and were approved. CORRESPONDENCE.
The annual review was made by Brother W. W. Clarke for the committee. The report embraced 114 pages, containing notices of the Journals of fifty-four Grand Lodges. It is more extended and elaborate than his first work as a committee. Brother Clarke, I notice, favors the right of a: visitor to demand to see the cJlarter of the Lodge he proposes to visit. I have yet to 路meet with reasons sufficiently strong to justify such demand on the part of a visitor. Such visitor could only learn that the document examined purported to be a charter. As to genuineness he would be no bet tel' prepared to judge after seeing it than he was before it was submitted to his inspection. It might be a genuine charter, or it might be a document held by a clandestine hody. Brother Clarke wove into his report many extracts from the Proceedings examined. These were followed by comments, generally brief, but terse and sustained by cogent reasoning. He was eminently sound on the much debated question of perpetual jurisdiction. His views represent the Kentucky doctrine, which is in harmony with our Missouri ideas. The Missouri Journal for 1893 received a four-page notice, which embraces the reply of Grand MaEter Parson of Missouri to Grand Master Arnold of Pennsylvania, followed by the report of our committee on the same subject, which he highly commended. Speaking of the Pennsylvania.doctrine, he said the following: The IH1vocates of the doctrine of" perpetnal jnrisdictioll " are 110t willing, it appears, to fullow to it~ llJgkal conclusion their own Hrg-lllllcut predicared on the prineipJe of c()wH'I. Kot only noes Gmnd 1I11lster Arnolrl issue to eaeh of the I.ooges of his own jurisdktion all edict reqniring lion-intercourse with a Brother rei!ularl~' initiated ill a regular Lodge. haling jurisclielio11 of his pprsOll at the time, hut send- his edict ont of his own juriSdiction, to a Lodge within thejurisdidion of another Gmnd Lodge. Sllrt>]v this was not required by the principles of comity; but it is a necessary and logical re~mit
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of the" doctrine" itself. It can be maintained on no other ground than that a jurisdiction claiming this right has also the right to project its authority beyond its own limits and into the limits of another jurisdiction. We belieye it is a universally accepted principlc of law that contracts are to be construed by the local law, lind contracts lawful where made are lawful everywhere. If so, there can be no question that Brother Cochrane was as much a Mason, and as much elltitled to recognition a:" such, not in ~Iissouri only, but in Pennsylvania and everywhcre else, as either the Grand Master of Missouri or the Grand .Master of Pennsylvania.
His conclusion was a masterful argument against the law that perpetually disqualifies a rejected applicant by a Subordinate Lodge. He rung the changes on the postulate'" that which is legally done where done, is legal everywhere~" In order that the readers may appreciate the force of the. argument made by Brother Clarke, I appropriate the following: The contention is made that the rejection of a candidate renders him unworthy; that he can not be initiated ::;0 long as that unworthiness remains; and that no other than the Longe which rejected him can take cognizance of an application fur the removal of this objection or diSQualification. We believe that no argument on this subject which has come to our attention ha." more in it of sophistry or less of merit. It is objectionable because the 1"(~jection oj <L candi,d,rtte doe.~ not render him unworth.y. A black ball can not change right into wrong, good into bad, or worthiness into un worthiness. If a candidate is an upright, moral man, and i::; worthy the confidencc and respect of his fellowmen, cyery black ball in the Lodge to which he may apply can not ehangc the f~'lcts. The rejection of a candidate implies nothing more than that at least one member of that Lodge objects to ilis being made a Mason. Then why should not another Lodge in another jurisdiction initiate that same candidate, if under the law of tbat jurisdiction he be ehgible, and after an investigation he i!' found to the satisfaction of that Lodge thathe is worthy? Confidently we answer, no reason can be found. His making, then, being legal where made, it is legal everywhere.
I respectfully submit to the" perpetual jurisdictionists," or eternal disqualificationists, the foregoing cogent and forceful views of Brother Clarke, and suggest that a revision of the laws of the" perpetualists " is in order. Until the arguments made by him and others be answered, the dogma of perpetualism should go out of court or be "continued generally." , H. H. HOLEMAN, Madisonville, Grand Master. H. B. GRANT, Louisville, Grand Secretary.
LOUISIANA-1895. EIGHTY-THIRD ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The session was held in the new Masonic Temple in the city of New Orleans, eommencing February 11th and ending on the 13th-Brother George H. Packwood, Grand Master, and Brother Richard Lambert, Grand Secretary. The reeord says, "on call of roll sixty-seven Lodges were represented." The membership in the jUrlsdiction is 5,591 according to the statisti~al table of the Grand Secretary. In the recapitulation, the total active membership, December 31st, 1894, is reported to be 5,260. Which is right?
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The Grand Master in his Address said that the increase of members for the year amounted to 250. The Address of Grand Master Packwood covered twenty-five pages. Following his exordium, brief mention was made of the fraternal dead. lIe stated during the year he had visited forty-two Lodges, some of them more than once. Speaking of the condition of the Craft, he said: "I am pleased to report that considerable zeal has been manifested throughout our jurisdiction, and that peace, love and harmony prevail in the Lodges generally." Dispensations were granted for the creation of five new Lodges. A few official rulings were reported. In passing upon the question as to how many Master Masons could be made at one and the same communication, he replied: "The~re is no limitation in this jurisdiction as to the number of candidates upon whom the Lodges may confer degrees of Masonry successively at one and the same meeting." This finding of the Grand Master was approved by the Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence. Brother Packwood, notwithstanding the disposition on thf': part of some Grand Lodges to abolish the Representative system, did not hesitate to affirm hts preference for it. MASONIC HOME.
The Grand Master announced that" an active movement had been set in motion ,among some of the Fraternity" looking to the establishment of a Masonic Home. He declared himself favorable to such an institution when the time shall come for the undertaking. That will not be, he announced, until they have risen from their past and present depressed financial condition. He regarded the present as inopportune to undertake such a work, or even seriously consider it. This is owing to the fact that but a little while ago the Masonic Fraternity in that jurisdiction was crushed by financial burdens, and "the end is not yet," as a large outstanding indebtedness is still to be provided for. The Temple debt still hangs upon the Fraternity, and must be removed before any new enterprises can be undertaken. He announced in the course of his admirable business Address that $6,800 of outstanding bonds had been redeemed and canceled, reducing the bonded debt to $62,000. When this debt has been wiped' out, the Fraternity in Louisiana will doubtless begin to think of erecting a Masonic Home. The Grand Master experienced considerable anxiety respecting a suit now pending in the United States Supreme Court for taxes imposed on Grand Lodge property. That the Grand Lodge of that or any other jurisdiction, which devotes its energies to the great work of charity, should be required to pay taxes on a limited amount of property, while a dominant and heartless ecclesiasticism is exempt from taxation, holding, as it does, millions of dollars worth of property in this country, is a strange feature in uur present dvilization.
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The conclusion of .a very so'und business administration and practical Address, .by Grand l\1aster Packwood, shows him to have the good of the Fraternity at heart, and an earnest desire for, its future prosperity. Following the reading and reference of the Address, the Grand Treasurer 'and Grand Secretary rendered thei.r annual reports. From the latter I learn that. 12L Lodges out of the 122 on the roll had. made returns and paid dnes. This is .a very creditable showing, and evinces the efficiency of the Grand Secretary. The report of the Board of Diredors of the Grand Lodge Hall was found in t~e proceedings, 'and contains a carefully prepared exhibit of the financial status of affairs. It was announced during the session that Most Wors..h ipful 'John Quincy Adams Fellows, Past Grand Master, was prevented by serious illness from attending the session. . Charters 'were granted to some of the Lodges previously under' dispensation, while others 'were co~tinued for anoth~r year on probatio:q.. The Grand Lodge of Louisiana defined its position on the liquor question' in unmistakable terms. Some Brother at the last Annual Communication had offered a resolution on the subject of selling intoxicating liquors as a beverage. :At the .present session an amendment was offered by the same party that" all' Lodges be prohibited from conferring any of the degrees. upon anyone who makes it his business to sell intoxicating liquors as a beverage." The amendment was. rejected. A vote followed' on the original resolution, which shared the same fate. I am not surprised at the result of such an attempt to regulat~ the question in hand by the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. The attitude upon this subject of leading Masons in that jurisdiction, for a number of years past, has not only aroused attention but elicited vigorous criticism. The justice of such criticism is made manifest by the above action of the Grand Lodge. Henceforth, Be It Known to the Masonic World that Masonic Lodges in the jurisdiction of Louisiana may confer the degrees of Masonry upon anyone who makes it his business to "sell intoxicating liquors as a beverage," wit~out the fear of God or of that Grand Lodge. The. specions plea urged by Masonic weaklings that Masonry has no right to prescribe regulations governing the callings of men, is here fully maintained. It amounts to the old exploded claim of "Personal Liberty," in other words, to do as you please without any reference to the moral effect of vicious conduct. A writer on Correspondence in Louisiana in other years maintained that our 'Missouri law, declaring liquor seIJing for dl'inking purposes to be unmasonic, was intolerant. He said, as I suppose the Grand Lodge still maintains, that our action was unmasonicbecause it makes an offense of a business that is recognized by the laws of the land. A Grand Lodge that would tolerate the utterances of its own committee,
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who assaulted teifiperance and churches, charging upon the advocates of such the crime of hypocrisy, and who seemed to prefer the association of men who" swear and lie, and steal, and swindle, and get drunk as beggars," might be expected to reject the resolution above quoted, which sought to declare the selling of intoxicating liquors as a beverage to be un!llasonic. I repeat that the action of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana in rejecting the resolution prohibiting Lodges from conferring degrees upon liquor sell,crs, is a matter of no surprise to me. (
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The report, covering 125 pages, by the Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence, is found in the Journal under review ~ \ The author still follows his former method of collating from the Journals examined. There is but little commenting' done upon the matter thus appropriated. The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were re-elected. The latter, Brother Richard Lambert, resides in New, Orleans.
MAN ITO BA-1894. NINETEENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The session commenced its labors all the 13th of JI,me, in the village of Banff. The session was presided over by Brother David J. Goggin, Grand Master; Brother 'William G. Scott, Grand Secretary. There are forty-eight Lodges in this jurisdiction with a reported membership of 2,278. The gain for the year was 129. Representatives were enrolled from thirty-four differf'nt Lodges. A brief Address was furnished by, the Grand Master, covering six pages. He recorded the death of Past Grand Master Thomas Clark and Past Grand Senior Warden James M. Well wood. Two practical rulings were reported as having been made, which were approved. The Grand Master announced that from the reports of路 the District Deputy Grand Masters considerable increase in the membership was the result of the past year's labors. Commenting upon the nature of the institution he said, "It is purely speculative; a system of ethics that deais with the' social, moral and intellectual progress of man." The prospects for the ensuing year are encouraging, as new Lodges are being 'formed within the jurisdiction. Reports of the several District Deputy Grand Masters followed the Address of the Grand Master, all of which were referred to the Board of General Purposes.
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Nearly everything else in the way of reports went to that committee, such as the reports of the Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary and Grand Librarian. The report of Brother Scott, Grand Secretary, was full and extended. He apnounced the fact that three dispensations had been issued during the tern,} for the formation of new Lodges. These received charters during the session. The Grand Master recommended, and the Grand Lodge adopted the suggestion, that the rank of Right 'Vorshipful Past District Deputy Grand Master be conferred on the deputy of each district except one. The business of the session was brief, and having a strictly local reference need not be noted here. The Proceedings of 1894, now under consideration, did not reach this office in time for revie,v in my last report. ,Although the session was held in June and some months elapsed before I -closed my review for 1894, the little annual from Manitoba failed to reach me in time. There is no report on Correspondence. THOMAS TWEED, Medicine Hat, Gran? Master. 'VILLIA.M G. SCOTT, Winnipeg, Grand Secretary.
MARYLA N D-1894~ The .Journal of this jurisdiction opens with the report of a Special Communication held on the 26th of November, 1893, and presided over by Thomas J. Shryock,.who announced the death of their Deputy Grand Master, Brother. Robert K. Martin, 'which occurred very suddenly on the 24th of the month. A committee was appointed to prepare proper resolutions of sympathy, and Past <..irand Master John ~1. Carter was requested to deliver the eulogy upon the life and character of Brother Martin at the next Stated Communication of the Grand Lodge. The deceased Brother was buried with Masonic honors. Rev. Dr. Henry Brancb, Grand Chaplain, delivered an appropriate funeral oration. The Semi~Annual Session of this Grand Lodge waS held in Masonic Temple, Baltimore, commencing on the 18th of May, 1894. In compliance with the request above mentioned, a report was rendered by the committee appointed for that purpose, touching the death of Brother Robert K. Martin, and a fitting eulogy was rendered to his memory by Brother John M. Carter. Among other actions taken by the Grand Lodge, a resolution was adopted prohibiting the holding of picnics, excursions and other public
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entertainments under the auspices and name of any Masonic Lodge in that jurisdiction. Some general business was transacted and the Semi-Annual Session closed. Grand Secretary, Brother Jacob H. Medairy, says" the Grand Lodge adjourned." A foot note by Brother Medairy, says that the report' of the May Communication being principally matters of local interest, the Grand Master ordered the publication thereof deferred, and that the same appear in the report of the Annual Communication in November, 1894. The Annual Session, being the one hundred and eighth, began its labors in the Masonic Temple, Balt.imore, November 20th, 1894. Brother Shryock, Grand Master, presided. Brother Medairy was Grand Secretary. The following entry by the Grand Secretary explains why the Address of the Orand Master was not printed: "the Most Worshipful Grand Master delivered an Address of interest only to the Grand Lodge of Maryland." It seems that this Address was referred to a committee fol' consideration, and a report was rendered thereon highly complimentary to the Grand Master, who has served the Grand Lodge for a period of nine years .. The comrnittee paid Grand Master Shryock a very just and exalted complime~t. From this report it was learned that the financial outlook is not the most encouraging. Resolutions appreciative of the Grand Master's services for nine years were adopted. The Grand Secretary submitted a brief report from which it is learned that the income for the year amounted to $14,6()O.OO. The membership in this Grand Jurisdiction was reported at 6,434. The Grand Lodge of :Maryland affirms and maintains the doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction, and it is declared in the report on that subject that such doctrine has . always been claimed and exercised. The Grand Treasurer, Brother William H. Shryock, and Grand Tiler, Brother Nicholson, both being absent on account of ill health, they were voted resolutions of sympathy, with the expression of a hope that the health of each may soon be restored. Divers and sundry reports were submitted, discussed and approved, bearing upon matters of interest to the local Craft. The election resulted in the choice of the Grand Master and Grand Secretary, both being continued in the positions so long occupied and filled with great credit and ability. At the conclusion of the Masonic year the membership was found to be 6,621, showing a small gain. CORRESPONDENCE.
The report, covering eighty-two pages, was furnished by that admirable reviewer, Brother Edward T. Schultz. He examined the
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transactions of路 forty-nine Grand Lodges. From the number of pages路 used, just mentioned, his notices of the jurisdictions are necessarily limited. lIe accorded our M.issouri Journal of 1893 the benefit of two pages. A summary of our transactions was made, giving satisfactory trcatm~nt to our doings. Referring to the correspondence between the Grand Masters of Pennsylvania and Missouri on the perpetual' jurisdiction issue, he said: "Ours, as well as most of the jurisdictions of this country, believe it to be a fundamental .principle of t.he Fraternity that a rejected candidate can not, and should not, be made a Mason, unless with the consent and approbation first obtained of the rejecting Lodge." I am not disposed to question the accuracy of the above statement, that most of the jurisdictions in this country believe in and contend for perpetual jurisdiction over rejected material. .My reading 'of the Proceedings of the different Grand Lodges with which Missouri is in correspondence leads me to a contrary view, and that not even a majority of said jurisdictions make路 the contention mentioned by Brother Schultz. Brother Schultz said: '" We approve of the action of the Grand Master of Pennsylvania in the issuance of an edict of non-intercourse with the Brother thus irre~ularly made." Here lfile iny demurrer. The Brother was not II irregularly made." He had been a resident of Missouri for a number of years before presenting his application to one of our Lodges for the degrees. 'Under our laws he was eligible as a petitioner, having resided within the State twelve months. Under our regulations he was a petitioner in law. Such being the fact, and I challenge our perpetual jurisdiction Brethren to show to the contrary, his making was regular~ He was made a Mason according to the WEill-established jurisprudence of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. With this Grand Lodge the jurisdic. tions holding the perpetual jurisdiction dogma are in full fellowship and Fraternity. If our laws in Missouri are such as to prevent Masons made underthem from gaining admission to Lodgesin Pennsylvania or' Maryland, then our laws must be unmasonic. If our laws are unmasonic, the aforesaid Grand Lodges should disclaim all Masonic relatio.ns with us, and declare' Masonic non-intercourse. The right to disfranchise one路 of the members. of a legally constituted Lodge in Missouri, the party having been made in exact compliance with our laws, implies the right to disfranchise the me-mbers of all our Lodges' in Misso'uri, and this the aforesaid Grand Lodges should do, because, if their standards of jurisprudence are infallibly correct, ours must be unquestionably wrpng. If wrong, then they dare not hold Masonic intercourse with ,us. This reduces the question to the point of a Grand Lodge, sovereign and independent in itself, to enact laws for its own internal government. If our Grand Lodge" as a sovereign body, acknowledged to be such throughout the Masonic world,has not the right to enact laws for
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the regulation of its. own Lodges, then it is not a sovereignty in itself. This b{~ing the case, all the Grand Lodges in this country that have recognized our supremacy in the territorial limits of. Missouri, have stultified themselves by such recognition. Therefore, they must either acknowledge the right of Missouri to enact laws governing the makirig of Masons, and their conduct ~s such, or else in disfranchising one they must disfranchise the whole. The foregoing views present a new issue and one that must be met by advocates of the perpetual jurisdiction theory. According to Brothel' Schultz the party rejected by Pennsylvanja: Lodge, and years afterward .made a Mason in a Missouri Lodge, was" irregularly made." An" irregularly made" Mason can only be such by a defect in his making. The Lodge, in the instance now under consideration, is a legally chartered Lodge under the Grand Jurisdiction of Missouri, which has been recognized as a legal Grand Body oy Maryland and Pennsylvania. The party in contro\rersy, rejected in Pennsylvania and made in Missouri, after a lapse of yeats following that rejection, was legally and constitutionally made a Mason under the forms of law obtaining in Missouri. Now to declare him" irregularly made" is to lay a defect upon the Lodge that made him, as he was in our jurisdiction the full time, and more, required by our law. To find a defect in his making, the objector must call in question the legal existence of the Lodge that received his petition and conferred the , degrees upon him. I presume Brother Schultz, and other Brethren of his school, will contend that the party rejected in Pennsylvania acquired a gi~en " status" \v hich followed him to Missouri. This I deny. The contention urged by our perpetualist Brethren that the rejected party acquirf'8 a "status," may hold good in other Grand Jurisdictions, but Be It Known and Read of all Men that no Grand Lodge can exereise extra territorial jurisdiction. That is to say, the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania ean not exert its power and exercise its legal authority outside of its territorial limits.路When th~ party rejected by the Lodge of Pennsylvania passed beyond its territori'allimits arid'" acquired a legal status in Missouri, the so-called Pennsylvania status ceased and became null and void, and of no effect whatever. Peli.nsylvania, or Maryland, or any other perpetual jurisdict.ion, may issue an edict of non-i'ntercourse with a party thus made, but that edict cannot affect his standing elsewhere.. In o'rder to debar such party from the franchises, rights and privileges of Masonry universally, every perpetual jurisdiction must issue a like edict of non-intercourse, and thus anticipate the visits of a Mason made in Missouri in a legal form, ev'en thongh rejected in another Grand Jurisdiction. If our sister Grand Jurisdictions wish to push the doctrine of perpetualism to its final and logical results, they are perfectly at liberty to do so. Missouri Masons know their rights and dare maintain
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them. I am surprised that such an able and conservative writer as Brother Schultz, representing as he does one of the old Grand Lodges of this count~y, should cling with such tenacity to that indefensible dogma of perpetual jurisdiction over rejected material. Speaking of my methods of summarizing the matter incorporated into reviews on Correspondence, Brother Schultz said that in 'thediscussion of a proposition, or commenting on others, they cannot be fairly treated unless quoted in full. I hold a different view. All printed matter representing the actions of Grand Lodges must certainly express given principles. The discussion of principles, rather than the mere forms of expression or language used in different publications, is much more in accordance with my conception of desirable literature, than making extracts from Proceedings examined and commenting upon them. The review of Brother Schultz throughout is an admirable document, worthy of its author. He said, in concluding his notice of Missouri, that" while there may have been great divergence of opinion over the subject discussed by us in the past few years," yet he never doubted my earnestness and zeal in the cause of the Fraternity. I certainly will not be outdone in courtesy and kindness by my Maryland Brother, and accord him in the highest sense a similar complimenL The time may never come when Masons or Christians will "see eye to eye," but the integrity of purpose and earnest, honest heart zeal for the same cause on ¡the part of different thinkers must always bind them in the bond of true fraternity. • . The address of the Grand Master and Grand Secretary is Baltimore.
M ASSACH USETTS-1894. The Journal contains a record of several Special and Quarterly Communications; also the Stated Communication and the Feast of St. John, the Evangelist. This was its one hundred and sixty-first anni versary . The last Quarterly Communication for the year was held on the 12th of December. The session was. presided over by Brother E. B. Holmes, Deputy Grand Master, the Grand Master being absent on account of ill health. He sent his Address, which was read' by the Deputy Grand Master. It contains a statement that during a large portion of the year his.health has been such that he could not perform many of the public
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duties devolving upon him. , His acknowledgment of obligations to the Deputy Grand Master, who disclutrged the duties pertaining to the office in an acceptable manner, was a courteou's recognition of the services' of that Bro'ther. The Address is a simple statement of his doings while able to perform official labor. Some visits were reported, and other matters of local interest mentioned. From his Address, rather than from any report pf the Grand Secretary, it is learned that there are 234 Lodges in the jurisdiction, \"ith a. membership of 34,703. This indicates a gain in numbers of 767. The income for the year was reported at $10,560, being a decrease in funds of over $1,000. One Lodge, 'which had worked under dispensation the required time, received a charter. When the election of Grand Officers took place a letter was read from the absent Grand Master, declining to be a candidate for that office for the ensuing year. Brother E. B. Holmes, the acting Grand :i.Vlaster, was elected on the second' ballot, at which time he, received the required two~thirds vote, and was declared the Grand Master-elect. He made a brief address in acknowledgment of the honor bestowed upon him. Brot.her Sereno D. Nickerson was elected Grand Secretary. I find 'in the Proceedings a report from the committee concerning rituals. Said committee declared' that certain unauthorized practices obtained in the jurisdiction as to the use of printed books. purporting to be "cipher keys to the ritua1." It was resolved that hereafter any Mason in that jurisdiction who shall print such things, buy or sell the same, or cause them to be bought or sold, use or circulate them, shall be liable to expulsion from all the rights and privileges of Freemasonry. This is a good step in the right direetion. From it some of our sister Grand Lodges in this country migh't learn an important lesson, and, like Massachusetts, abolish the use of that abomination known as "cipher work." A resolution of sympathy was voted the absent Grand Master, Brother E. O. 'Veld, expressing regret also at his inability to attend the session) coupled with the hope that he might soon be restored to health. The Stated Communication, being the one hundred and sixty-first, was held on the 27th of December, at which time the Grand Officers elected at the recent Quarterly Communication were severally installed. Follo\ving the installation came the" Grand Feast." Grand Master Holmes presided on the occasion, when several sentiments w(;ire offered and addresses pertinent thereto were delivered. These addresses, as has been the custom for a long time, were printed in the Journal of Proceedings. The occasion was opened by a felicitous Address on the part of Grand Master Holmes. Tile 27th day of December being by G. L. Ap.-3.
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time-honored usage observed in honor of St. John, the Evangelist, the Hentiments submitted and djseuss~d were in, keeping with that -idea. At the close of the entertainment the Brethren joined in singing " Auld Lang Syne," and the feast was at an end. There is no report on Correspondence, as that Grand Lodge is never afflicted with that kind of literature.
MICHIGAN-1895. FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The .J onrnal of Proceedings emanating from this Grand Lodg-e contains the minutes of eleven special sessions, at which Halls were dedicated and corner-stones laid. The frontispiece represents the H Grand Officers of the Semi-Centennial Year, 1894," and contains some bright and handsome faces. I am particularly struck with that of the Grand Secretary, Brother J. S. Conover. I will" not write my impressions, lest a tinge of \:allity might flush his attractive countenance. The Fifty-first session was held in the city of Detroit, commencing on the 22d of January, embracing three days. M. W. Bro. William H. Phillips, Grand Master, Brother J. S. Conover, Grand Secretary, and other Grand Officers were present. There were in attendance twenty Past Grand Masters, and Representatives of 376 Lodges out of 378 on the roll. The membership was reported at 36,713, exhibiting a gain of 847. The Journal under consideration is the largest I have ever seell coming from any Grand Lodge in the United States, containing as it does nearly 700 pages. This being the semi-centennial gathering of Grand Lodge Representatives the work under review was properly called the" Golden Jubilee" issue. The work is an admirable production in every respect, presenting clear type, printed on fine paper, and embraces the historical and biographical sketches of the Grand Lodge and路 of all the Past Grand Masters of that jurisdiction for fifty years. This is a striking and attractive feature of the Journal and lends great interest to the work. The labor performed in thus securing and transmitting to future generations the names, deeds and pictures of these eminent and representative Masons, is one to be commended, and shows the valuable services r~ndered by that indefatigable Grand Secretary, Bro_ther Conover.
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The Golden .Jubilee was an occasion of rare interest, as shown by the superb programme prepared and carried out, embracing able addresses from three Past Grand l\1aster~, namely, Brothers McCurdy, Mitchell and Champlin. These addresses are worthy of 'their authors, and deserve to be preserved and perpetuated in the history of the Grand Lodge of Michigan. GTand :i\1aster Phillips presented an Annual Address, covering hventy-eight pages. He evidenced, in the presentation of this able document, both ability and capacity. He opened by reference to the fact that they were to celebrate, during the session, the fiftieth anniversary of the Grand Lodge. Speaking of the progress of the institution in that jurisdietion he said the Fraternity had prospered from its organization up to date. Congratulations were offered upon the universal peace and tranquility that prevailed among the Lodges: It was announced by the Grand Master that grave and important matters 'would be brought before them, deserving of the most careful consideration. In that connection he made special mention of the Masonic Home, an institution erected and maintained thus far in its history by what may be termed personal efforts and individual sacrifices, entirely independent of the Grand Lodge. He did not hesitate to state that in his judgment the Home should be maintained by the Grand Lodge. It will be seen later in this review that his hopes were disappointed and his recommendation rejected. A long list of departed worthies in the Masonic world was furnished, representing the honored dead of various sistt!r jurisdictions. In reporting official rulings made by him, the Grand Master said that he had decided. ]69 questions on Masonic law. However, he reported only ten of his rulings, which 'were passed upon by the Committee on Jurisprudence and generally approved. He properly decided that a Dimit i::; not suffieient evidence upon which to admit a visitor to a Masonic Lodge. I may observe that it is only documentary evidence, and does not meet the requirements of strict examination or lawful information. The Grand Master was asked to decide the question as to avouchment. A party had met a Sir Knight in a Commandery, and afterward met the same person at a Lodge. The question was raised whether meeting a person in a Commandery justified anyone to vouch for him as a Master Mason. The Grand Master decided the question correctly, when he said that the information was not la'wful as to the party being a Master Mason who \lad been met in a Commandery. This ruling, while accurate and very proper, does not obtain generally. I have seen Brethren vouched for as Master Masons who had been met in a Commandery, where a simple Templarexamination had taken place. In Missouri the rule is to examine. a Templar who applies to visit a Commandery in all the
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degrees from Entered Apprentice up to arid including the degree of Royal Arch. If, according to this kind of examination, a visitor be found in possession of the proper know ledge of the symbolic and capitular degree~, and then passes an examination in a Commander)', he could be vouched for as a Master Mason in good standing. Grand Master Phillips decided with emphasis that the policy of the law in his jurisdiction was opposed to dual or double membership. He called the attention of the Grand Lodge to the need of a monitor, the one now in use being entirely inadequate for the demands of the Fraternity. He reported the regalia of the Grand Lodge in a deplorable condition, especially the aprons, and recommended .the purchase of a new outfit, which was afterward ordered. The Grand Lodge of Michigan never having adopted a.l).y ritual for opening and closing the body, the subject of a ritnal for that purpose was urged upon the attention of the Grand Lodge. Grand l\iasterPhillips presented a great lilanl' matters of local interest, which received due consideration. The Grand Secretary, Brother Conover, presented a splendid docu-路 ment. It was in keeping with all his work as a Grand Lodge official. From it I learn that the income or revenue received from all sources amounted to something over $15,000.00. He also presented 路in the same report an account of the money received for the Masonic Home, in response to a circular ,seT\t out asking for contributions in support of that institution. The Suri1 of less than $1,300.00 had been contributed, one-half of' this coming from four cities, or points. It strikes a Missouri Mason as marvelously strange that out of 378 Lodges only seventy-three made any contributions for that great charity, leaving 305 that gave nothing. ~It is found, from a report rendered to the Grand Lodge of Michigan, that the year just closed had been one of general prosperity throughout the State, and that the growth of the Fraternity had been steady and onward, presenting a net increase of nearly 900 members; yet with all this before us, in a jurisdiction numbering nearly 37,000 Masons, only $1,288.00 had been contributed in behalf of the Masonic Horne, intended as a sanctuary of love for widows and orphans and aged and ip.firm Masons. Tpe Horne enterprise was referred to a committee, and that committee rendered an earnest and 'well-prepared report, declaring that it was the duty of the Grand Lodge to provide for the Masonic Home of Michigan. This committee called attention to the fact that the property owned by the Home Association consisted of thirty.-threeacres of land with buildings and improvements made at a cost of $65,000.00. The plant thus made possesses a value -of at least. $100,000.00, without a single dollar of indebtedness in any form. The recommendation of the commit~ee,:that
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the Grand Lodge have the Masonic Home transferred to its management and care, was rejected. The record says that an able and thorough discussion followed the presentation of the report. A call being made for a vote by Lodges 444 votes were given in favor of the proposition and 600 against it. The proposed transfer of the Home to the Grand Lodge was thus summarily disposed of, and again the hopes of many in that Grand Jurisdiction were doomed to disappointment. The Grand Lodge of Masons in the jurisdiction of Michigan have declared repeatedly that" they don't want any Masonic Home in theirs." It is not for one at this distance to determine or even conjecture the infiueI?-ces leading a go()d large majority of that Grand Lodge to vote against a proposition so just and worthy. It is no credit to the Masons of Michigan, or of any other jurisdiction, to declare, without qualification, their unwillingness for such an institutIon as the Masonic Home to become a part and parcel of the ,,"ork of Freemasonry. ~Iljchigan, like Kansas, has thus sent forth to the world its declaration, in unmistakable terms, that the widows and orphans of deceased Masons and the infirm Brethren can look to other sources fC!r their support and maintenance. Could these Brethren, who seem to be without proper sympathy in behalf of the helpless and needy, witness the grand outcome of our noble charity in Missouri, in behalf of destitute widows and helpless orphans, they would either be willing to come to the rescue or become so thoroughly disgusted 'with their own parsimony as to hide their heads in shame and declare that they never had been Freemasons. A resolution was adopted directing- the Grand Master to appoint a committee to be known as the Masonic ITomeCommittee, whose duty it shall be to present to the Lodges and members of the Fraternity in Michigan the necessities of the Masonic Home. The Grand Secretary presented in most emphatic terms the need of a ~embership or Grand Lodge register. He mentioned with approval such jurisdictions' as have adopted this valuable adjunct to Masonic history. Such register enables the Grand Lodge to preserve aI:ld perpetnate a correct list of all the members belonging to the Lodges in a given jurisdiction. The regret of this writer is that such register had not been started sooner in our Grand Lodge history. Had such been done, many advantages would have been derived from it, and the history of Masons preserved and perpetuated wbich bas路 been forever lost. I introduced this work into the Grand Lodge of Missouri some ten . or twelve years ago, and have kept it as a source of information for the future, and it will be of untold and lasting ben~fit to the generations to follow. ;路~"r~} ~"J:
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having received the first degree. The recommendation was approved that the candidate could be advanced without any infringement of law. Suhsequently a resolution was submitted and referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence that "the loss of one eye, the other being perfect, shall not be deemed a disqualification in a candidate seeking admission into a Masonic Lodge," and the r~cord says: "The report was almost unanimously adopted by the路 Grand Lodge, and hereafter; the loss of one eye, the other being good, is not a disqualification in Michigan." I lift my hat to the Grand Lodge of Michigan and make a profound bow to the Committee on Jurisprudence for the above judicious and reasonable declaration. Said committee took the proper view of the question when declaring what we teach ritualistically, that ""it is the internal and not the external qualifications of a man that should recommend him to be made a Mason." It follows that the principles which underlie the system of Freemasonry are moral, and should have reference more to the moral character than the mere excellence of the physical man. During the session of the Grand Lodge the corner-stone of the Masonic Temple in Detroit was laid according to the ceremonies of the Fraternity. Owing to the inclemency of the weather the exercises usually had on such occasions were suspended at the grounds and resumed in the auditorium at night, where able and effective addresses were delivered by John W. McGrath, Past Grand Master and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan, followed bya most instructive and interesting address by Brother Hugh McCurdy, Past Gi'and Master of the Grand Lodge, and Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templars of the United States. The Secretary, Brother J. S. Conover, was presented with a beautiful jewel pertaining to his office, accompanied by one of the most unique and taking talks of the season. Brother George E. Dowling, Past Grand Master, was the donor and made the prese路ntation. The jewel is said to be a magnificent and expensive one. Coming as it did, from the Grand Master under whom Brother Conover had served the preceding year, it.was highly appreciated by the recipient. The two Lo路dges working under dispensation the previous year were granted charters, and the Grand Lodge issued dispensations for the formation of two others. The Grand Lodge closed its labors the third day by tendering a vote .of thanks to divers and sundry parties and . committees who had so generously provided for the entertainment of -the Grand Lodge during its session, and to the committee on the observance of the Golden Jubilee of the Grand Lodge.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
The report rendered by Brother .r. S. Conover, the .committee, embraced a review of the transactions of fifty-eight Grand Lodges, covering 220 pages. How this committee could accomplish the labor involved in preparing such an extensive report in connection with getting out a large and attractive Journal, in addition to the routine work of his office, is more than I can understand, especially when he does it all for the meagre salary of $1,500 a year. A colored minister, when路 spoken to about the small compensation he received for preaching, repHed, "Poor preaching, poor pay." In this case Brother Conover gets the poor pay, but furnishes the best work of any Grand Secretary in the country, coupled with his Report on Correspondence. The report rendered by Brother Conover is made more attractive than usual by his extended notes and valuable summarizing. The introduction is interesting throughout. He stated, what is a cm:rent .fact, that Masonic Homes are occupying a larger share of attention in American Masonry at the present time than any other subject. The subject of perpetual jurisdiction claimed his consideration, and he announced that the jurisdiction of Michigan holds that a petitioner once rejected by a Lodge can never become a Mason without the consent of the Lodge ,rejecting him. Much as I admire Brother Conover as a Masonic thinker, writer and official, I join issue with him on the following declaration: "A man may remove to another State and achieve high and honorable distinction, but he is debarred from the benefits of Masonry, unless the Lodge which he once petitioned shall consent to release its. jurisdiction over hirn." I have only to say to Brother Conover that his l'ejected material obtaining citizenship and legal residence elsewhere, after baving'left the jurisdiction of Michigan, can not be followed and held to answer to any Lodge in the State that may ha\re rejected him. I deny in toto here, as I have elsewhere, that the mere rejection of a candidate by any Lodge invests it with a perpetnal claim upon that candidate. So far from this, having rejected him, that rejection amounts to a repudiation and a refusal to have anything to do with him. On what ground can a claim be based or maintained to exercise perpetual control over a party that has been thus 1路ep1ldiated. by a Lodge in any State? The so-called status does路 not follow him beyond the limits of the Grand Lodge in which he was rejected. That Grand Lodge may enact regulations declaring that he can not petition any Lodge in said jurisdiction without the consent of the Lodge that rejected him, but this declaration of a claiQJ. to repudiated material can have no force or effect beyond the' limits of the Grand jurisdiction that maintains it. I affirm here, as I have elsewhere, that such candidate having acq路uire.d residence and Masonic rights under his
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citizenship in another State, the status ceased when he left the Grand jUrIsdiction where he was rejected, and having acquired a new status in - his adopted home, if made a Mason there according to the laws governing that State, he is legally made, and the Kentucky doctrine applies in this case as in all such, "That which i~ legally done where done, is legal everywhere." Therefore, he who is legally made a Mason where made, is a legal Mason everywhere. To illustrate: John Smith may have been rejected in Michigan. While he remained in that jurisdiction, under their laws, they had whatever claim upon him the law prescribed. When he came to Missouri and became a citizen and a resident, under our Masonic law, having resided here twelve months, he could be made a Mason in any Lodge in Missouri, and legally so, because he could conform to every requirement of our statutes. Will Brother Conover affirm that he was not legally made? If so, be assumes an attitude of hostility to the laws of a sister Grand Lodge which is sovereign and independent in its own territory. As the laws of Michigan can - not be exercised in the domain of Missouri Masonry, the status that th'ey have attempted to fasten on John Smith could, not affect him, either as to his rights as a petitioner or his standing as a Mason, after he had resided within our territory twelve months. Therefore, being" legally made where made, he is a legal Mason everywhere." The Grand Lodge that repudiates OUl~ work on the premises of perpetual jurisdiction, does it in defiance of the rights of an independent sovereignty in the Masonic World. ,Speaking of the saloon in Masonry, Brother Conover says that this question has assumed considerable proportions in many American Grand Lodges. He said the Grand Lodge of l\'Iichigan had deemed it wise to place the matter entirely in the hands of the SubordinateLodges. This may do very well if the Fraternity has been educated up to a proper moral standard, so as to reject as unworthy a class of men who are engaged in a demoralizing and destructive business. I am glad that Brother Conover gives utterance to the following: "I believe that, as the sentiment grows in that direction, more stringent regulations will be enacted, and that Masonry will be found taking a more advanced position on this question, represented by the first of the four cardinal virtues in'which newly made Masons are always instructed." Brother Conover agrees with this writer that the discussion and agitation of such questIons can not fail to' produce an elevating effect upon the Institution, leading the thought of the Craft into. the best possible channels, resulting in a desire to act more and more in accordance with the noble teachings OJ our Institutiol!. Our M~ssouri Journal for 1894 received the courtesy of six pages. Our transactions were kindly and very happily summarized. Appropriations,
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were made from the Address of the Grand Master and reference to the report of the Grand Secretary and Officers of the IVrasonic Home. Speaking of the latter, the committee said that the" Craft in MisRouri have the good of this noble charity at heart and will maintain it." My Report on Correspondence was very courteously treated, the committee Saying that the review was a very excellent piece of ,york. I like Brother Conover both as a Grand Secretary and a reporter OIl Correspondence. He is able and efficient in the former position; kind, courteous and fraternal in the latter, free from controversy and dogmatism. I join cordially in the hope expressed by him that at some time we may meet face to face and clasp hands in reality instead of in imagination and on paper. I close my bi'ief review of his work with highest commendation and the warmest expression of personal and fraternal regard, joining in his closing wish, "God be with you till we meet again." EDWIN L. BOWRING, Grand Rapids, Grand Master. JEFFERSON S. CONOVER, Coldwater, Grand Secretary and Committee on Correspondence.
MINNESOTA-1895. The Forty-second Annual Communication was held in the city of St. Paul, commencing the 16th of January, and was presided over by Brother Calvin L. Brown, Grand Master; Brother Thomas Montgomery, Grand Secretary, with a full roster of Grand Officers. There were present eight Past Grand Masters, with Representatives from 192 out of 198 Lodges. The report of the Committee on Lodge Returns showed a total membership in the jurisdiction of 14.543, being a gain of 520 over the previous year. The income from all sources footed up nearly $8,000. Brother Montgomery, the Grand Secretary, furnished a handsome annual. ADDRESS.
The Address of Grand Master Brown was of usual length and merit. He reported in detail the various lines of labor performed by him officially during the term. He had granted dispensations for the formation of three new Lodges. These were duly chartered during the session. A few special dispensations were reported. In one instance permission was granted'to confer the third degree upon more than five candidates" at one and the same communication." There is found in the Address a statement of seven official rulings made by the Grand
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Master, all of which commend themselves as being practical and sound. They were so regarded by the Committee o~ Jurisprudence and fully approved. The refusals reported by the Grand Master were of equal merit with his official decisions. The Grand 1\1 aster graphically described the fearful cyclone that swept through a portion of the State and destroyed a fine Masonic Hall at Leroy; also the great forest fires which raged through the northern portion of the jurisdiction, desolating large tracts of country, and destroying the homes of many of our Minnesota Brethren. The Grand Master reported the laying of several corner-stones and other officia1 acts of local interest only. The Address throughout shows a clear apprehension of duty, and a conservative view of Masonic principles and jurisprudence. The Address deserves commendation. The Grand Secretary, Brother Thomas Montgomery, submitted ~ brief general report, accompanied with the usual statistical exhibit. Among other matters reported by him is the preparation of a Grand Lodge Register, which has been under way for some time. Speaking of that important work the Grand Secretary said, "The preparation of this register has attracted attention in other States, and I have been called upon to explain the system and furnish sample pages." I claim no preeminence or priority in the work of preparing Grand Lodge Register, as my plan of work along this line has been in operation for some ten years, and it has proved a valuable addition to the archives of t.he Grand I..odge. As with Brother Montgomery, inquiries "respecting this work have been numerous and requests abundant for sample pages. In evei'y case I have supplied those who made application, and believe that the work prepared by this office, and adopted by the Grand Lodge, has no superior in the United States. The report of Brother Montgomery, as Grand Secretary, is very creditable.
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The Board of Custodians made quite an extended report, commending the Lodges or Schools of Instruction held under the supervision of said Board. The Grand Lodge was entertained, during its session, by Brother A. S. Crossfield, Grand Orator, who furnished an address of eleven pages, for which he received the thanks of the Grand Lodge, and the honor of having his address appear in print. The rules adopted by the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, and sent out to sister Grand Lodges for th~ir consideration, were not concurred in. The committee reporting upon said rules declared that they were in conflict with a rule governing the Grand Lodge of Minnesota touching exclusive jurisdiction. The question of reimbursement of Lodges rendering . assistance or relief to a wayfaring Brother in distress has claimed considerable attention within the last year or two, and has called forth explicit deliverances from several Grand Lodges. The Grand Lodge of
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Minnesota, through a committee, declared that, by its affirmative action, " a regulation had been adopted that no Brother or Subordinate Lodge extending relief to an applicant in distress, shall apply for or-ask, directly or indirectly, reimbursement or reward for such relief." It is the opinion of this writer that on no subject connected with Masonic duty is there such diversity of view or custom. While the Masonic Congress was ill session it ought to have formulated something that would have settled, on principles of Masonic right and justice, this very unsettled question. The Grand Lodge closed its session on the second day with the installation of Grand Officers. The Grand Master, Brother Brown, of Morris, and the Grand Secretary, Brother Montgomery, of St. Paul, were l'e-elected. CORRESPONDENCE.
Brother Irving Todd prepared the report, which covers 101 pages, containing brief reviews of the proceedings of fifty-seven Grand Lodges. Brother Todd, ".ith due brevity, summarizes the transactions of the Journals examined by him. In this and in other qualities as a reviewer he succeeds well, and furnishes a very choice feast for his readers. .. The Missouri J oumal for 1894 was courteously assigned the benefit of two pages. Our transactiOns were duly noted and briefly commented upon. His views on all vital questions are conservative and fixed. Personally and fraternally I am very fond of Brother Todd, and hope to meet him again in this field of labor.
M ISSISSI PPI-1895. SEVENTY-SEVENTH-ANNUALCOMMUNICATION.
The Journal of Proceedings of this session is one of the most attractive and interesting annuals reviewed by the present writer. The session was held at West Point, commencing February 14th, and was presided over by Brother .J. L. Spinks, Grand Master; Brother John L. Power, Grand Secretary. Eleven Past Grand Masters were present with other Past Grand Officers, and Representatives of a large number of Grand Lodges_ There are 265 Lodges in the jurisdiction, 204 of which were represented. I am unable to find in the Proceedings any statement as to the number of members in that jurisdiction except an incidental mention. I infer the membership amounts to 8,500. The income for the year footed up-something over $10,000.
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ADDRESS.
The Grand Master presented an Address covering thirteen pages, and as full of matter as any document I have ever seen. He stated that Freemasonry was prospering, with an upward tendency, while the work of the term compared favorably with that of former years. Relations with sister Grand Lodges were announced as most pleasant, while harmony was said to prevail throughout the Masonic world. The eminent dead of other judsdietions were fraternally re~embered,while the Grand Master anrlounced with heartfelt sorrow the death of their Grand Lecturer, Brother Robert B. Brannin. He paid a beautiful tribute to the departed, and said he was in very many respects a most remarkable man. He was pronounced the inost expert ritualist in the Grand Lodge. The vacancy caused by the death of the 'above named Brother was filled b)r the appointment of Brother A. 1\1. Hicks, an expert ritualist, 'and well versed in the work and lectures of Masonry. Four decisions were reported, and passed under review of the Committee on Law, which approved three of them without hesitation, and corrected one by insetting a word to give a more definite character to the decision of the Grand Master. A long list of special dispensations was reported, embraCing aI1 unusual number of privileges "to ballot out of time.'.' I presume the law of Mississippi allows its Grand Masters to thus fix the time in which candidates shall receive the degrees. I can not understand how a party can receive these privileges out of time unless such time is prescribed by constitutional enactment. If such be the case; the law prescribing the time when degrees shall be conferred must be suspended or broken by the Grand ::\iaster in allowing the work to be done in advance of the legal time. This has the appearance to me of over-riding the law of the Grand Lodge, unless the law of that body invests the Grand Master with power to break or over-ride the law. Is not the granting of dispensations to shorten the time a violation of the law, and that by its chief officer, the Grand Master? Grand Master Spinks reported that he had granted dispensations for the formation of three new Lodges. He also reported making a Mason "at sight." This occurred at sea. The Lodge in wbich this work was done was composed of the Grand Master and others, and held i,ts meeting on board of the "British steamship County of York." While the ship may _have been within the jurisdiction of the Gran9. Lodge of Mississippi, the question presents itself to what jurisdiction did Captain Geo. Maddrell belong? Was he a subject of Great Britain or of the United States? Or was he a wanderer without a habitation or a home? If a loyal subject of the British Government, what right did Grand Master Spinks have to make a Mason out of him, whether at
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sight or otherwise? If he belonged to any other jurisdiction than Mississippi, and had not gained a Masonic residence in that jurisdiction, how could he make him a Mason at sight, in view of the fact that he had already refused to allow a Lodge to receive and act on the petition of a gentleman who had resided ina given locality less than twelve months? If the Grand Master could, by prerogative, make a Mason at sight, thereby disregarding the rights and claims of n11 other jurisdictions, why could he not, by the sanie mighty power in him vested, permit a Lodge to receive a petition of one who had not gained the required Masonic residence of twelve months? I am impressed with the view that .the Grand Master in making a Mason at sight out of this sea captain was in doubt as to .the propriety, if not the legality, of his course, becanse he devoted two pages in stating and defending his course of action. This matter was considererl and reported upon at considerable length by the Committee on La"..- and Jurisprudence, of which Brother Fredric Speed, the able, clear-headed and conservative jurist of Mississippi, was chairman, and who doubtless wrote the report. The law governing such questions was not as well defined路 and clearly settled as could be desired. The committee said that the doctrine had been controverted by some of the ablest men in Mississippi. As far back as 1853 the Grand Lodge had adoptell the report of a Committee on 路Correspondence, in which the right to make Masons at sight was maintained. Brother Speed, in reviewing the case, said that, while they \vere not prepared to say that the right exists at all by reason of ancient law or usage, they thought the ruling of the Grand Lodge in 1853 governed the case, and that Grand Master Spinks acted in harmony with the resolution aforesaid. It is affirmed, however, that such resolution "is not in harmony with many of our laws which are based upon jurisdiction." It may be ;said in passing upon this question that any such rule or resolution must be in defiance of the well-settled customs which prevail in Grand Lodges for .the government of Subordinate Lodges. Grand Lodges nniformly require their Subordinates to make due inquiry as to the character of candidates, that ballots must be taken upon the petitions of such in regularly constituted Lodges, so that when made 路Masons these recipients of Masonic privileges shall be identified with regular Lodges, in which their membership is located. To make a Mason at sight is to create a member of the Fraternity without petition, inquiry into character, ballot, or any possible identification of the party with any Lodge in this country, because no Lodge has passed upon the case and elected him to receive Masonic light. Then to what jurisdiction does he belong? II e is simply a Masonic rover without home or affiliation. Placing the action of Grand Master Spinks upon the ground of "expediency, Brother P-peed said that the committee was unanimous in the opinion that if the
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prerogative exists of making Masons at sight it ought not to be exercised under any circumstances whatever. The committee concluded its consideration of the question by saying that while they might concede the right to,the Grand Master they could not approve the act,to which this writer has to say as his own conviction, matured through forty years of Masonic study and investigation, that the right does not exist, and no Grand Lodge can confer the right by resolution or otherwise. Such right must inhere in the office of Grand Master. Not being inherent it does not exist. Therefore, no justification can be pleaded in behalf of its exereise in this case, not even that of expediency, or the pleasing influences that threw a charm over the seene on the ship where the Grand Master enjoyed the hospitality of his host, Captain George Maddrel1. The Grand Master reported a number of official visits made and the pleasant time enjoyed among the Lodges visited. He alluded pertinently to the modern abominations called "printed rituals." In several of the Grand Jurisdictions these rituals are used, and" keys" employed by which to read Masonic hieroglyphics, or something that constitutes printed matter, contrary to the obligations of every Mason. I agree with the Grand Master of Mississippi who said: "The Grand Lodge that will recognize such a palpable violation of the obligation should itself be investigated, even though it be. venerable with age, and illustrious by the array of great names that abound in its annals. H is high time that a vigorous protest was being entered against this modern method of communicating the secrets of Freemasonry." These deliverances, coming fi'om the chief officer of the representative and conservative Grand Lodge of Mississippi, deserve to be heeded and imitated throughout the Grand Jurisdictions of the United States. Grand Master Spinks regretted to learn that many Grand Lodges had discontinued the Grand Representative system. He gave H as his' opinion that snch system has heen benefici)] to the Craft, and recommended its continuance in the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, which was done. SAJ.,OON-KEEPING.
Grand Mastel; Spinks commented at length upon this subject. Finding that some 2\fasons in the jurisdiction were engaged in 'the liquor business he caused investigation to be made. It was discovered that at given points members of the Craft were engaged in this nefarious calling. Visiting one locality at the request of a Lodge, where members thereof were engaged in liquor selling, he made positive announcemept that unless the Lodge would enforce the law he would arrest its charter. He concluded his repor~ npon this subject by stating that charges had
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been preferred and the parties expelled. The Committee on Law and Jurisprudence through its chairman, Brother Speed, reported upon the subject just mentioned above, when the rule known as the Daloon Law was re-enacted and reads as follows: "No ]\fASON, EITHER AS PRINCIPAl., / AGENT, EMPLOYEE, OR IN ANY OTHER CAPACITY, SITALL SELL INTOXICATING UQUORS TO 13E USED AS A BEVERAGE, AND THE PENALTY THEREFOR SHALL
The re-enactment of the above rule settled the question, for when Mississippi Masons say a thing shall not be done that is an end to the controversy. BE EXPULSION."
I omitted to notice above that the Grand Master's Address concerning "making Masons at sight," and the report of the law committee thereon, were recommitted to the Committee on Masonic Law, with directions to further examine the question and report at next annual session. The report rendered by the Committee on路 Law and Jurisprudence through its chairman, Brother Dpeed, was quite lengthy and full of interesting deliverances. I am always benefited, as well as instructed, by reading the utterances of this committee. While different views are held by us, yet there is such a lucid presentation of matter found in the report, that I am charmed with their manner of treating all classes of subjects. Speaking of a party who had been tried and acquitted by one of the courts of the land on the charge of murdering a Brother, the question was asked, if the Lodge action should be influenced by the finding of the court. The' committee replied that the Lodge should proceed as if there were no court in existence, and pay no regard to its action. That is the right kind of Masonry. If路 our Grand and Subordinate Lodges in this country would act upon this principle, the slander would be soon silenced that Masons ~i.re so elannish that a Masonic criminal can never be punished. The charge has been made through the years, until it has become threadbare, that if a :Mason commits a crime against the laws of the country, members of the Fraternity ",ill s~and by him through thick and thin to prevent conviction. This infamous libel has obtained circulation to such an extent that in given localities if a Masonic criminal is on trial before a court, 2\fasons are objected to as jurors in the case, on the assumption that they would hang the jury or labor to acquit the accused. Judging from one of the findings of the Mississippi Committee on Law and JurisprudeJ{cc, the conclusion is easily reached that the laws of some of our sister Grand Lodges in this country need amendment. A party was made an Entered Apprentice in Mississippi and moved to Texas. The Texas la\v does not permit Lodges in that jllrisdi~tion to complete the work of other Lodges without unconditional surrender or waiver of jurisdiction. The law of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi
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forbids a waiver of jurisdiction, but authorizes a Lodge to elect a candidate, and request another Lodge, as its proxy, to do the work. The question arises, What will become of that poor fellow who took one degree in Mississippi, now lives in Texas, and can not advance either forward or backward? Texas will not complete the work except upon certain conditions, and Mississi ppi refuses to comply with those requirements. The only hope in the case is for the E. A, Brother to go back to Mississippi, undergo a thorough investigation as to character and conduct in Texas for twenty years, and take the chance of securing the remaining degrees where he was originally initiated. The question would then arise, Ro'w could the Mississippi Lodge know anything about his deportment in Texas during his long residence there except by the endorsement and recommendation of a Texas Lodge? The Mississippi committee well said, "If both jurisdictions adhere to their respective laws, this party will doubtless never be passed to another step in Masonry." That seems t.o this writer to be the inevitable consequence of existing laws in those two jurisdictions. I ask permission to suggest to our Mississippi Brethren to allow an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft the same right or privilege that is accorded to a Master Mason, namely, taking a certificate of <Emission, which is the equivalent of a waiver of jurisdiction, and allow him to affiliate . with any Lodge that may receive him in bis character as an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft. The Grand Lodge of Mississippi persistently and vigorously maintains the doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction, and claims that the foundation upon which this doctrine rests is fundamental. I ha've said and written so much against this dogma of perpetualislp that it forms no part of my present purpose to discuss further the indefensible doctrine. The committee now under notice decided, in answer to a question, that the Secretary of a Lodge can resign. The same committee further ruled that a Fellow Craft who had lost his left arm after having received the degree, could be raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason. Both rulings are sound and just. MASONIC H6~1\<:.
Our Brethren in Mississippi have been moving in the direction of this great charity for some years. They have acquii'ed funds amounting to nearly $12,000. Rev. A. H. Barclay, Past Grand Master, delivered a . forcible and earnest appeal in behalf of that interest. This address was well calculated to stir thought and awaken a widespread concern in regard to the matter. The Grand Lodge, under the head of " Fraternal relief," had provided
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assistance for different beneficiaries amounting to $8]5. This includes .an appropriation made t.o the P'rotestant Orphans' Asylum of $500. , The report of Brother John L. Power, Grand Secretary, proves him to be not only a competent official, but one of t.he most thorough businessmen of the times. His report was of v~ry cO[1siderable length, and embraced a large number 'of important items aside from the financial exhibit presented.The Grand Lodge was closed with prayer by the Grand Chaplain; the Brethren formed a fraternal chain with Hnked hands, and all joined in the singing of "Auld Lang Syne." l\femorial tributes 'were found in the Journal in memory of the honored dead. These possess many beautiful thoughts and fraternal expressions. CORRESPON DENCE.
Rev. A. H. Barclay, Past Grand Master, made the annual review and signed himself "Reporter on Correspondence." The report covered ninety-nine pages. I rejoice at realizing the hope expressed one year ago in closing my review of Mississippi, that we might" meet again in this interesting department of Hfe's work." Brother Barclay summarizes admirably, comments extensively, and appropriates sufficiently. These expressions cover the broad scope of his superior work, for he is a delightful reviewer or " R~porter." Passing over his review of other Grand Lodges, I come to the fraternal notice given to our Missouri J onrna] of 1894. He accorded us two pages of his space, making some extracts and referring briefly to the work of this committee. He will allow me ÂŁ0 say that in ~onferring the honorary degree of Past Grand Master upon Brother .Tohn L. Power, Grand Secretary, the question arises, Which received the greater honor, the Grand Lodge of Mississippi in being permitted to compliment the recipient, or Brother Power in receiving this distinction. The precedent was ne,,, and one with which I was not at all familiar, hence my remark last year. For the many fraternal expressions respecting myself coming from Brother Barclay, I hereby record my personal and fraternal appreciation. The opening of his report ,vas a very fine production, and his conclusion more so. But for the extended review already made of Mississippi, I would cheerfully transfer some of his excellent thoughts to this Journal. Here is a correct interpretation of a true Masonic status: " To become a Mason means something more than passing through a cert.ain form of initiat.ion." This lesson has to be learned by a great many who crowd our Lodges, and seek to be invested with Masonic recog-
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nition. Brother Barclay sums up the whole matter in a single sentence: ." Masonry is something to be lived." I close' this notice of Mississippi Masonry by tendering to its Reporter on Correspondence, my continued appreciation of the noble work being done by the :Fraternity in that jurisdiction, to which Brother Barclay is an earnest and zealous co~足 tributor. JAMES T. HARRISON, Columbus, Grand Master. JOHN L. POWER, Jackson, Grand Secretary. REV. A. H. BARCLAY, Crawford, "Correspondence Reporter."
MONTANA-1894. THIRTIETH ANNUAL COMMUNIOATION.
The Grand Lodge opened its thirtieth session at Billings, September 19th. There were present Brother F. C. 'Webster, Grand Master. Cornelius Hedges, Grand Secretary, and other Grand Officers. Representatives were present from thirty-five Lodges out of thirty-seven on the roll. The Grand Secretary's report shows a total membership of 2,354, indicating a gain of sixty during the past year. ADDRESS.
Grand Master Webster presented an annual message covering ten and the same was referred to an appropriate committee. He observed in his opening remarks that reports from sister jurisdictions indicate that the present is an era in the history of Masonry ,,,hen its chief energies are expended in the erection of Homes for the relief of the needy and destitute claimants on the Fraternity. Montana, so far, has been happily exempted from the need of such institutions, as there are few calls for charity among themselves. What has been devoted to relief has been afforded other jurisdictions where distress has prevailed. He announced the death of their Grand Standard Bearer, Brother William Hamilton. The death of Brother H. L. Hosmer, a former Grand Secretary of that jurisdiction, and first Chief Justice of Montana Territory, was recorded. Describing the state of the Craft in the jurisdiction, the Grand Master stated that the Lodges were working harmoniously and endeavoring to ca~ry out the sublime principles of the Fraternity. Several dispensations were reported. Among them were some granted to confer degrees out of time. A few decisions had been rendered. These were passed upon by the Committee on Jurisprudence and approved. Said committee tendered pages~
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a compliment to the Grand Master for the ;r,eal and efficiency displayed in the discharge of official duty. In one of the official rulings reported, the Grand Master toucq.ed the question of perpetual jurisdiction as held by the Grand Lodge of Montana. He decided that jurisdiction over a rejected candidate holds so long as he resides within the territory of that jurisdiction, and no Lodge in the State can receive his petition without the consent of the rejecting Lodge. It follows, therefore, that if the candidate removes permanently to another jurisdiction and becomes a resident therein sufficiently long to be recogni;r,ed as a legal petitioner, the Grand Lodge of Montana wm not claim any further jurisdiction over him. In other words, that Grand Lodge does not, after repudiating a candidate by rejecting him, fasten upon him a brand, or so-called status, that can never be removed except by the, rejecting Lodge. This is hoth rational and Masonic. From some' statements found in the Address of Brother Webster, it is.learned that the question of one ballot for the three degrees has been under consideration. The Grand Master regarded a ballot for each of the degrees separately as a hardship and an injustice. The three-ballot cnstom formerly found a place in our Missouri system of jurisprudence, but in revising the laws in 1892 we made a change requiring only one ballot for the three degrees. Proficiency, which seems to be ahout the only thing to be passed upon in balloting for the second and third degrees, is determined in Missouri by show of hands. The question of work was brought up again in the Address of the Grand Master, who referred to the fact that two years before what was known as the" Webb Work" had been adopted as the standard in that jurisdiction. This work was exemplified and approved during the session of the Grand Lodge, and is now the standard in Montana. It would be a matter of real pleasure to this writer to know what the" Webb Work" is. I have met, in the course of forty years of l\iasonic life, many teachers who claimed to have and render the" Webb Work," and I have never seen any two of them who agreed as to what it was. The report of the Grand Secretary, Brother Hedges, both general and financial, is an interesting docnment, showing the ability of that official, and presenting in detail matters of interest pertaining to the Grand Lodge. The funds reported for the year amonnted to something near $8,000.00. The per capita in Montana has heretofore been $2.00 for Grand Lodge dues. A resolution was submitted' proposing to reduce the annual assessment to $1.50 per member, but was voted down. Brother Hedges had submitted a proposition looking to the change of the constitution concerning the prefogatives of the Grand Master, which allow him to "make Masons at sight." The amendment to limit. these so-called powers of Grand Masters, after discussion, was not
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adopted, and it therefore remains a part of the law of that jurisdiction that" a Grand Master may make Masons at sight." Perhaps comment upon this action would be out of place here, but I can not refrain from raising the question as to 'what kind of a job is performed by a Grand Master in making a Mason out of one who has not undergone the usual inspection and inquiry provided for in the law. An amendment contemplating a change in the law as to representation, and reducing the number of representatives of Lodges to the Grand Lodge, was duly considered. The change proposed that only one representative from each Lodge should receive mileage and per diem. The Committee on .T urisprudence reported favorably. Then the matter was discussed and a vote taken by yeas and nays, resulting in its rejection. As a result of such rejection the pay-roll will continue to be of good, large proportions, the outcome showing that $2,711.00 had to be paid out on this account. A motion was adopted increasing the per cent on Grand Lodge dues to be set aside for the Charity Fund.. The amount, on motion, transferred from the General Fund to the Grand Lodge Charity Fund was $2,000.00. The Grand Lodge adopted a regulation requiring members who had received the third degree to appear in open Lodge and pass an examination, as to proficiency, within six months after receiving the Master Mason's degree. Two hundred and fifty dollars in addition to his salary was voted. for the services of the Grand Lecturer for the past year. After making this appropriation the Grand Lodge ab'olished the office of Grand Lecturer. The retiring Grand Master, Brother Webster, received the thanks .of the Grand Lodge for his able and efficient administration. A committee was appointed to procure and present to him a suitable testimonial in recognition of his valuable services while in office. Past Grand Master Morris, who retired one year before, had received a testimonial in the shape of a clock of rare design and cunning workmanship. The presentation address made by Brother Hedges was very creditable. The membership of Montana was again printed by Lodges in the Journal. The installation of Grand Officers took place in public, and was followed by the immediate closing of the body. A hanquet had been prepared by the Eastern Star ladies, which was pronounced delicious, and was handsomely served. The Grand Secretary said that he was allowed to partake of the sumptuous repast undisturbed, and many arrears of abbreviated hotel" meals were settled then and there. On account of the early departure of the trains the flow of silvC1'tongued oratory was summarily cut off. Perhaps the oratory was seriously affected by the low price of silVf~r. The banquet was closed early and the ball wholly omitted. \
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CORRESPON DENCE.
The - report prepared by Brother Cornelius Hedges, eovering 167 pages, was, as heretofore, written from first to last, no extracts appearing in it. Brother Hedges is路 a good observer. This is shown by the manner in which he sampled the vintage from other portions of the great Masonic vineyard, which appeared throughout the review and was rendered in his usual felicitous style. Speaking of the Masonic Congress held in Chicago previous to the preparation of his report, he said that those who expected said congress to settle some or any of the matters of controversy or contention must confess their disappointment, and look elsewhere. The official Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Missouri for 1893 were duly and properly considered. Brother Hedges thinks it strange that Missouri has not fallen int,) the custom of presenting the likeness of our Past Grand Masters: He thinks that this路 could be done at an insignificant eost. I may reply that the' Grand Lodge of Missouri has followed the custom of having the portraits of retiring Grand Masters' painted in oil and placed in the office of the Grand Secretary. I think this plan gives sufficient immortality to our distinguished Brethren, who have been honored by the Fraternity with seats in the Grand East. I have in charge, in this office, the portraits of the Grand Masters of Missonri from 1821 up to date, with i)erhaps two or three exceptions. Brother Hedges referred to the wonderful celerity with which I have brought out the ProceedingE of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. He pleasantly remarked that if the Representatives to the Grand Lodge had lingered in St. Lonis a couple of days after the close of the session they might have taken home with theni a completed printed copy. Some of our Representatives who lingered either in St. Louis or on the way home a few days, found the Grand Lodge Proceedings awaiting their return. It is very easy to accomplish such r~sults if you know how to do it, arid have the means to execute the work. Brother Hedges took a view entirely different of the action of our Grand Lodge respecting the right of an acquitted member to receive a Dimit after he had been tried and acquitted. I endorse his position, as I have the principle all the ,vay through. The acquitted member certainly has a right to ask for a Dimit, and if no notice of appeal has been given, the Lodge shoul<.1 grant it. He approved the position of Grand Master Parson, tonching the case where a Brother suspended for non-payment of dues had paid the amount for which he was suspended, but his application for reinstatement was rejected. Brother Hedges tersely pnt it that the party had only paid a just debt, and if rejected could not claim a return of the money paid in order to petition for restol:ation. Speaking of the Pennsylvania elaim to a rejected party, Brother
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Hedges said: ". Comity asks a good deal in such, cases, to give the cable-tow of one-man power the range of the whole Masonic World." Refe'rring to Brother Allan McDowell, our. Grand Lecturer, Brother Hedges calls him "the ,old and reliable teacher of Masonry." In reference to our Home, he said that it has become in Missouri what it is in Kentucky, the" chief center of Masonic interest." He "thinks our Masonic Home Board shows good management in reducing the cost per capita for supporting the inmates to about $90.00 per year'. Brother Hedges has a proper appreciation of the origin of such an institution as the Masonic Home. He said, " the hardest part of such an enterprise is to get it started. After the harvest ripens; friends and means multiply, while the growth is natural and healthy." Brother Hedges entertains the idea that such an institution would thrive better in the country away from a,large city, where there was land to cultivate and more pleasant surroundings for the inmates of the Home. Our institution' is located well out in the suburbs of St. Louis, we having pnrchased a most eligible tract-of land amounting to fifteen acres, with the most desirable surroundings possible. Electric lines of street cars are in immediate proximity to the 'Home, so that the Brethren and their families can pay frequent visits to the in~titution and encourage the enterprise by their presence and approval. Our religious services, conducted every Sabbath afternoon, constitute an attraction not to be overlooked, and could not draw the same delighted audiences in a country place. Brother Hedges is conservative, and while his jurisdiction does not need a Home, such as we have in Missouri, yet he thinks that in the larger jurisdictions such institutions provide the best way for the support and maintenance of dependent claimants. Speaking of Brother Kuhn as a Grand Orator, Brother Hedges said, "He served up the subject of practical Masonry in a very effective \vay. It was better than rambling among the clouds for antiquities." '1 am pleased to meet the approval of my Montana Brother as to the report of our committee in withdrawing the charter of Toltec Lodge in the City of Mexico. Referring to the action of our Grand Lodge in refusing to endorse the conclusions of the Chicago Fraternal Congress, Brother Hedges thinks that such conclusions will remain on the table where they were placed, unless some one undertakes to inquire their meaning and application. I quite agree with this very pertinent and terse expression of the Montana committee. From a brief study of those conclusions, I do not think anyone will be found in Missouri of sufficient daring to undertake to solve the meaning of said deliverances.
Brother Hedges approbates my adopted style of avoiding extracts. He justly says, "Those who think that a report of good dimensi,ons can only be made up from extracts have certainly never tried the other
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method." Speaking of my report, under notice, he remarked, "It would. take a review of i'eviews to do it justice, and we decline the undertaking." Referring to my visit to the charming city of Helena in 1892, he mentioned the exceptionally bad weather with which ,ve, from the East, were greeted, and feared we ' ...ould carry away unfavorable reminiscences. I may say that while the weather was not all that we could have desired, yet everything else was more than we had a right to expect. I thank Brother路 Hedges for the personal compliment in which he says, "He is widely known and highly esteemed wherever known in Montana." Brother Hedges gave Missouri seven pages, and this courtesy extended to our J ourrial of 1893, furnished him an oppor. tunity to note carefully all the transactions of the Grand Lodge of . Missouri of interest. In concluding his valuable contribution to the Masonic literatUl~e"of the age he well said, "There is more to Masonry than its few secrets and ritual. It is the great conservative and cohesive element of society, holding fast to all that is good, and reinforcing every ag-ency contributing to human elevation and progress. To one surveying the whole field of Masonic growth and labor, the prospeet is full of inspiration to increased diligence and effort." I conclude my hurried and imperfect review of Montana by tendering to Brother Hedges renewed assurances of unfailing personal regard and fraternal appreciation, and join in the hope expressed by him for many future opportunities for an exchange ~f observation and sentiment. JAMES H. MONTEATI-I, Butte, Grand Master. CORNELIUS HEDGES, Helena, Gr. Sec. and Com. on Cor.
NEVADA-1894. THIRTIETH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The Grand Lodge met in Virginia City, May 12th.. I did not receive the Journal in. time for notice in my last year's review. The Grand Secretary said in his report that. the year before he delivered his Journal of Proceedings in Angust. Such late delivery renders it impossible for me to incorporate any notice of the transactions of that Grand Lodge in my report. Brother John E. Jones, Grand Master, presided over the above-named session, with Brother C. N. Noteware as Grand Secretary. Representatives were present from eighteen Lodges. The number of Lodges on the roll is nineteen, with a membership of 913. There is a loss of members noted, reports showing an annual
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decline in the membership of the Grand Lodge of Nevada. Such loss was noted in my review last year, and in the present examination I find the number Gonsiderably increased. 路Why this decline of the Fraternity in that jurisdiction I am not prepared to state. It may be that the State is being gradually depopulated, as that was a mining country into ,vhich many people flocked, who now desire to get away. In passing through that vast wilderness of dreary desert waste one year ago, the wonder with me was where the people lived, and how a sufficient population could exist to entitle that territory to Statehood. The income all told amounted to $1,037. ADDRESS.
Grand Master.Jones formulated a message covering fourteen pages, three of which, in the opening, were devoted to路 ~oralizing. The deaths of three Past Grand Officers are recorrled by him, and very delicate and appropriate tributes paid to departed worth. The first Grand Master of that jurisdiction, Brother Joseph De Bell, had died during the year. Brothers A. D. Rock and George R. 'V":~.lker, Past Senior Grand Wardens, had also been called from labor. Special dispensations granted and decisions rendered, with other matters of local bearin'g, made up the report. Concerning the condition of the Craft, the Grand Master said, "Peace reigns among the Craft in this jurisdiction, and our relations with other Grand Jurisdictions路are most cordial and harmonious." TIe announced that during the past year the membership had very perceptibly decreased in 'Nevada, there being a total loss of seventy, while the gain was small. The Grand Master had been in touch with the Grand Lodge of Nevada for sixteen years, and retired from his high official station with expressions of gratitude for the honor bestowed and the courtesies shown him during his Masonic career. . Brother C. N. Noteware, the Grand Secretary, furnished a good report, embracing all matters pertaining to his office. The business of the session was duly considered,but being of local bearing need 路not claim special or further observation. CORRESPONDENCE.
Brother Robert Lewers submitted another brief and very well prepared annual report, as chairman of the Committee on Correspondence. It is very largoely made up of extracts from the Journals reviewed. Our Missouri Proceedings for 1893 received a two-page notice, which contained a summary of onr transactions. Relative to the controversy between Missouri and Pennsylvania. in connection with the rejected material of the latter jurisdiction, the party having been made a Mason in Missouri, Brother Lewers said, "We think that Missouri is right in her stand, and that her estimate of the standing of the party in
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controversy is the correct one." The disposition made of Toltec Lodge, No. 5"20, in the City of Mexico, by our Grahd Lodge was noted approvingly. BrotberLewers expressed the hope that our Grand Lodge will adopt the amendment to the By-laws requiring every newly-made Master Mason to become proficient in the lecture of the third degree. He is verily correct in believing that not one Mason in ten ever takes the trouble to learn that important and interesting lecture which follows his raising to the Sublime Degree. Brother Lewers need not be timid as a young reporter, for he js cordially welcomed by this writer into the ranks of reviewers, with the assurance that he has succeeded admirably and needs only the injunction to "continue in well doing." Referring to my comment on the action of the Grand Lodge of 'l'exas in expelling apart)' who denied the existence of God and denied the authenticity of the Bible, "Brother Lewers said, ""We think the howls of such individuals will be as harmless as those of the wild coyotes on the roomy plains of the West. He who does not believe in our simple creed should not be permitted to remain in our ranks." To which this writer says, "Amen." One sentence in his conclusion is worthy of a place in connection with the foregoing: "Of the Godless French Freemasonry we must forbear to speak, for when the soul is gone it is not Masonry." To which I. may add, "Take the God idea and presence out of Freemasonry and it is not only a soulless thing, but a sham and a mockery. No God, no Masonry." Hoping to receive the Journal of :~evada for 1895 before rounding out my review, I close this brief notice of the Journal of 1894. Philip A. Doyle, Grand Master; C. N. Noteware, Grand Secretary, both residing at Carson. A new Committee on Correspondence is announced, Brother Frank Bell, of Reno.
NEW BRUNSWICK. The Twenty-seventh Annual Communication was held August 28th, 1894, in the city of St. John. A neat little pamphlet, containing fortytwo pages, came to hand long after my review for the year was completed. The session under notice was presided over by Brother Thomas Walker, Grand Master; Brother 'V. F. Wisdom was Grand Secretary. There are thirty-two Lodges in that jurisdiction, with a membership of 1,788, being a decrease of forty-one members since the last report. The financial state of the body is encouraging and the Fraternity prosperous. The Grand Lodge has a "fund for benevolence" of considerable amount, and the same is annually increasing. The income
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for the term amounted to $2,299. In 1891 the Grand Lodge endorsed the Masonic Hall bonds to the amount of $22,500. Since that time the indebtedness has been 'reduced, and now stands at $10,000. This, for a sinall jurisdiction, shows admirable management and great skill in conducting fiscal affairs. The Grand Lodge has excellent credit, and a proposition was adopted to so change the bonded indebtedness as to pay off the remainder in twenty years, being $500 annually, besides the interest. This is certainly fine'busiriess management. ADDRESS.
A brief but business-like Address was furnished by the Grand lVlaster. Among the first duties devolving upon him was to announce the death of their Grand Secretary, Brother T. N. Robertson. In my review in 1894 I noted the retirement of the former Grand Secretary, Brother E. J. 'Vetmore, and the appointment of his successor, Brother Robertson. The death of the latter so soon after entering upon official work was one of the sad happenings to which Grand Lodges are liable. The Grand Master stated that the late' Grand Secretary was "zealous and energetic in all labors of public and common interest," and that (, the Fraternity had lost a good and faithful Craftsman." For thirty-' one years he had labored diligently, and he left behind 'him the savor of agood name. The Committee on Grand Master's Addr.ess referred to the deceased Grand Secretary ~s one" who discharged to the utmost of his ability the duties of his several high and honored positions." The Grand Master reported quite a list of official visits made to the Lodges in the jurisdiction, finding ,much interest among the Frate:rnity and deriving great pleasure from such associations. He incorporated in his Address the findings of the Chicago Masonic Congress, and the" Uniform Rules" sent out by the Grand Lodge of Mississippi.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE-1895. "The regular Semi-Annual Communication was held for the exemplification of the work and lectures of the three degrees.. The Grand Lodge met in December in the city of Manchester for that purpose. During the meeting, carrying out a previous order, jewels were presented . to the Grand Treasurer, Brother Kidder, and the Grand Secretary, Brother Cleaves. THE ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The One Hundred and Sixth Annual Session was held in Concord, commencing on the 15th o~ May, 1895. Brother Chas.C. Hayes, Grand Master, presided; Brother George P. Cleaves was Grand Secretary. There are seventy-eight Lodges in this Jurisdiction, with a membership of 8,838. There is a reported gain of ninety-four members. Representatives were in attendance from fifty-seven Lodges. All the Lodges had made returns. ADDRESS.
A good business Address was furnished by the Grand Master, covering twelve pages. In opening he said: "I congratulate you that Masonry has been so prosperous in our State." He announced pleasant and harmonious relations existing between their Grand Lodge and other Grand Jurisdictions. A record was made of four members of the Grand Lodge who had died during the year, being three Past and one present District Deputy Grand Masters. A record of all official transactions was made, showing that he had given careful attention to the interests of the Craft in that jurisdiction. Several official rulings were recorded, to which no exceptions may be taken, but some slight improvements might be in order. I am pleased to note the fact that he does not recognize the doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction, but said that a Lodge could receive the application for membership of a party who had been rejected by some other Lodge, and held that the rejecting Lodge had no jurisdiction over the rejected applicant after the lapse of the legal time. The Masonic Home, heretofore proposed, to be located in the city of Manchester, where a lot had 1?een secured for the purpose, claimed brief attention. He reported that sufficient money had been raised to meet the first payment on the premises. He recommended the project to the best thought of the Brotherhood, and expressed the hope of its future Sllccess. Attention was called by the Grand Master to what he designated as "an important matter," and requested the Grand Lodge to take such
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action as would determine the authority of the Body and of the Grand Master on the subject of "legitimate Masonry." He desired the Grand Lodge to define "what is legitimate Masonry, and what is not." This impersomil treatment of an- undefined question strikes me as a novel method of dealing with the subject, and is well calculated to excite curiosity. The thought naturally occurs, Is not the :Masonry represented by the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire legitimate? If so, why ask the Grand Lodge representing: that kind of Masonry to give defini~ion to "legitimate Masonry?" It sounds like asking thf:l Grand Lodge to define itself. Taking the statement of Grand Master Hayes, as divorced from other information, one would be forced to the conclusion that there was some defect somewhere that required attention and official consideration. Yet, for a Grand Lodge 106 years old, recognized by the Masonic Fraternity in this country as one of the representative bodies of the Craft, the idea seems strange that a request could originate along that line. Reading up on the subject, I find a report. from the Committee on Jurisprudence, which took under consideration the power' and authority of the Grand Lodge to control its subordinates, and to define what organizations are legitimate Masonic Bodies and ent~tled to recognition by the Grand Lodge. This opens up a new view on the question submitted by the Grand Master. The Grand Lodge, through its committee, undertook to define "'hat organizations are legitimate Masonic Bodies, outside of Symbolic Masonry, If the Grand Lodge had assumed the right to define' the legitimacy of Odd Fellowship or the Knights of Honor and kindred organizations, the voices and hands of t.he Grand Lodges of this country would be raised in opposition to such meddling with remote societies; and yet the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, like some other Grand Lodges in the United States, goes beyond the limit of its own existence to pass upon the legitimacy of institutions concerning which the majority of its members can know nothing, and therefore can not vote intelligently. The wind-up of the report of the Committee on Jurisprudence shows the purpose of the Grand Master and discloses the attitude of the Grand Lodge in this matter. That report defines what organizations are regarded as legitimate, and declares them to be lawful, regular and 'Maso~ic. These are, the various bodies of Capitular,'Cryptic and Templar Masonry, and the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. Permit me to ask the question: How many members of Subordinate Lodges in New Hampshire are sufficiently well acquainted with the various branches here enumerated to vote understandingly on their claims to legitimacy? The Address of GrandMaster Hayes was followed by reports from the Deputies' of the several distriCts in the jnrisdiction. 'The Grand Lodge has a good cash balance on hand, as shown by the published
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reports. The business of the session ,vas brief and seems to have been transacted in one day. CORRESPONDENCE.
The Grand Lodge Proceedings of New Hampshire would be incom-' plete without the annual review prepared by Brother A. S. Wait, for the committee. His report covers 150 pages, in which are found notkes of fifty-seven Grand Lodge Journals, many of them for two years. Brothe~ Wait summarizes admirably, furnishing an occasional extract with very discreet comments thereon. . Our Journal for 1894 received fraternal attention, two pages being allovv'ed us. Speaking of the removal of Toltec Lodge from Mexico, he could not understand why Missouri should advise said Lodge to accept a charter from a Grand Body we have not recognized. In reply. I have to say that we could not recognize the Gran Dieta of Mexico under existing circumstances, but believed the withdrawal of our presence would tend to harmony. By affiliating with existing conditions there the Brethren of Toltec Lodge could contribute largely towards securing an improved state of Masonic affairs in that country. I am happy to record the concurrence of Brother Wait in my views concerning the presence of Eastern Star Chapters, and the propriety of admitting them to Masonic halls. There is a general concurrence of view that this Order should be permitted to occupy. Masonic premises. The report of Brother Wait is, as heretofore, carefully prepared and well written. I desire to repeat the estimate frequently expressed of him as a charming and entertaining reviewer. I hope he may long continue as the author of these reports from the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire. I announce his reappointment to the chairmanship of that important committee. The Grand Master, Brother C. C. Hayes, was re-elected, with location at Manchester; Brother George P. Cleaves was continued as Grand ~ecretary, with headquarters at Concord.
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JE~SEY-1894.
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The Journal of Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey for 1894 was not received in time for my last report, hence no notice appeared in that reviev..路. The. One Hundred and Seventh Session was . held in the city of Trenton, commencing on the 24th day of January, 1894. Brother James H. Durand was Grand Master; Thomas H. R. Redway.. Grand Secretary. The me~bership footing showed 14,968
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members in the various Lodges of that jurisdiction. The Grand Lodge was honored during the session by. the ,presence of two distinguished visitors, Past Grand Masters Vaux and Arnold, of Pennsylvania. ADDRESS.
The Grand Master presented a lengthy business report, detailing the various kinds of work attended to by him during his term. 'Respecting the condition of the Craft in the jurisdiction, he said, "路For the most part, peace, good-will and harmony prevail among the Lodges." Numerous dispensations were granted, among them several for the purpose of abbreviating the time between conferring degrees. Two decisions were reported, but being of no special interest, need not be quoted. The business was briefly transacted and the session closed its labors on the second day. CORRESPONDENCE.
A repo~路t covering 124 pages was furnished by Brother Henry Vehslage. The report is made up of numerous extracts accol~pallied by ample comments, the whole embracing a very attractive piece of reportorial work. Missouri for 1893 was briefly noticed. The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were re-elected.
NEW JERSEY-1895. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The session was held in Trenton, beginning January 23d. Brother James H. Durand, Grand Master, present and presiding, with Brother Thomas H. R. Redway, Grand Secretary. Representatives were present from 159 Lodges. The record says that over 265 Past Masters were present. The membership is reported to have been 15,245, being a gain of 307 for the year. A number of distinguished visitors from the Grand Lodges of New York and Pennsylvania were duly welcomed by the Grand Body. ADDRESS.
An Address of unusual length, covering thirty-five pages, was delivered by Grand Master Durand. He recorded with sad feelings the great loss sustained by that Grand Jurisdiction in the death of M. VY. Bro. Henry Vehslage, Past Grand Master. It was stated in the Address that for three successive years the Grand Lodge had been called-upon t<;> mourn the death of a Past Grand Master. Perhaps no greater loss has been sustained by the Grand Lodge of New Jersey than that
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caused by the death of this eminent minister and Mason. He bad been a Mason some twenty-five years, passing through the various grades in the Subordinate and Grand Bodies. In 1883 he was elected Grand Master and was re-elected the following session. He served on the Committees of Jurisprudence and Charity at different tinies, was Grand Chaplain, and for several years prepared the Report on Foreign Correspondence. He had become well-known throughout the Masonic '''lorld as a writer, being well versed in the history, philosophy and jurisprudence of Freemasonry. He was one of the delightful writers on Correspondence, and it has been a pleasure to me for a number of years to follow him through his reportorial labors. I shall miss his mild disposition and gentle manner through the years to come. lIe was buried with Masonic honors, conducted under the auspices of the Grand Lodge, on the 4th of March, 1894, Grand Master Durand officiating at the funeral. A large portion of the Address is taken up with memorial tributes paid to the dead of that jurisdiction, as well as representative Masons of other Grand Lodges. The Grand Master granted a dispensation for the formation of a new Lodge during his term, and the same received a charter at the session now under consideration. Much of the Address is occupied '''lith dispensations and commissions granted by the Grand Master. A good portion is filled with cases under the head of discipline, Two decisions were reported and passed upon approvingly. by the Committee on Jurisprudence. The Address was concluded in a fraternal spirit, showing the appreciation of the retiring Grand Master for the honor conferred upon him during the two terms of service in the office he had filled. The financial condition of the. Grand Lodge, as shown by the reports of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer, was very satisfactory. This Grand Lodge has a Grand Charity Fund amounting to nearly $8,000. The Grand Lodge of New South 'Vales was duly recognized as a legal Grand Lodge. The committee appointed for the purpose of considering the proposition relative to a .Masonic Congress, to which" all of the Grand Lodges of the earth are invited," did not look upon the measure with favor, but regarded it as one of doubtful propriety, and believed it impracticable to carry out the spirit and intent of the proposition.' The Grand Lodge adopted the report of the Committee on Finance, which proposed the erection of a suitable monument, testifying to the worth of the late M. W. Bro. Henry Vehslage, Past Grand Master, and recommended that a committee of three be appointed with power to carry out the design under an appropriation of $500. A committee was created to procure a Past Grand Master's jewel and present the same to Brother Jas. H. Durand, the retiring Grand Master, as a token of appreciation for his faithful and efficient services. .
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As already intimated, I miss from the Journal under review the handiwork of our departed Brother Vehslage, whose annual 'report furnished a rich treat and delicious feast to the reader. His successor in this work, Brother Henry S. Haines, snbmitted a review covering 140 pages. It is written from first to last, not an extract appearing to mar its pages. Brother Haines entered upon the work with seeming timidity. The preparation of the report, from causes monrnfully familiar to all, placed him in a position from which, while he did not shrink, yet caused him to feel the sense of responsibility placed upon a new workman in this part of the Temple. Brother Haines is a charming writer, possessed of. easy style, and gives every subject a graceful touch and turn. Absorbing the substance of matter reviewed, he formulates all subjects in a. lucid style, presenting to the reader a most delightful result of his mental efforts. His views are sufficiently full of~tonic to be vital and health-giving. . 1\1 issouri for 1894 received a notice covering .two full pages, in which he commented fraternally upon our Grand Lodge transactions. Our Masonic Home was kindly mentioned and its work highly commended. Speaking of the proposed change in our By-laws dealing with nonaffiliated Masons whose Dimits are over one year old, Brother Haines said that such law would be more fair than the hw of California, by which non-affiliation for six months, whatever may be the cause, operates as suspension. Speaking for myself, relative to the amendment submitted at our last session, I wish to go on record as opposed to the change, on the ground of its being useless, if not unjust. The proposed amendment, if adopted, 'can apply only to non-affiliated Masons whose Dimits are twelve months old; in otber words, one who has voluntarily remaine'd unaffiliated for more than one year will be liable to suspension for non-affiliation the same as for non-payment of dues. Anyone can see at a glance that the change is unnecessary, because a Mason not affiliated for more than twelve -months is disfranchised under our law as it now stands. Such non-affiliates are deprived by Section 205. of all rights and privileges except that of applying for membership. A Mason who has remained in non-affiliation for a year under our law is to all intents and purposes disfranchised, being denied the right to visit, from appearing in Masonic processions, and cut off from Masonic relief or Masonic burial. Why anyone should seek. to follow such recusant Brethren with further maledictions and legal penalties, is something I can not comprehend. I do not believe the proposed amendment will ever become a 'law in Missouri. Aside from the fore~oing I am not inclined to adopt methods that look to enforced affiliation. When a Mason takes a Dimit from his Lodge and fails or neglects to affiliate and
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thereby obtain and perpetuate good Masonic standing, his right to such choice should remain unquestioned. He should be allowed to go from us as he came to us, of his "own free will and accord." Brother Haines, in commenting upon the aetion of our Grand Lodge touching the issue raised. by the Grand Lodge in the Indian Territory, thought that it was clearly shown that the party in question was the material of the Indian Territory Lodge, and that the Lodge in Missouri should not have made him a Mason. This case is a very simple one. A.citizen of Missouri had been doing business in the Indian Territory for a number of years, but owned a home in Missouri. During the term of Granel Master Keene, this party petitioned the Lodge at his old residence, and was there made a Mason. The Brethren in the Indian Territory protested against said act, claiming that the aforesaid applicant rightfully belonged to their jurisdiction. I did not then and do not at present approve of the action depriving the Indian Territory Fraternity of their right to the aforesaid material, and believe that the Grand Lodge at its next session will reverse its mistaken position on the question. Brother Haines was very courteous and fraternal in his notice of my Report on Correspond.ence, for which he has the thanks of this writer. As the successor of the gifted and honored Vehslage, Brother Haines has proved himself in this, his first, report, as worthy of the mantle so long worn by hi~ eminent predecessor. Extending to him a most cordial and fraternal welcome into the ranks of the Guild, I take pleasure in commending his work, and hope to greet him in U{e years to come as an earnest, faithful and efficient laborer in this department of the great Masonic field. CHARLES BELCHER, Newark, Grand Master. TIIO:\fAS H. R. RED"V AY, Trenton, Grand Secretary.
NEW MEXICQ-1894. SIXTEENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The Grand Lodge convened in the city of Albuquerque, on the 3d day of October, and was presided over by Brother C. H. Sporleder, Grand Master; Brother A. A.. Keen was Grand Secretary. The usual Grand Officers, with a number of Past Grand Officers, also Representatives of Grand Lodges, were in attendance. From the Grand Secretary's "summary" it is learned that twelve Lodges, out of eighteen on the roll, were represented. Two Lodges received charters dllring the term, G. L. Ap.-!.
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having worked the legal time under 4ispensatioIi. The total membership reported for 1894 amounted to 1,84~, being a gain of eighty-eight over the previous year. ADDRESS.
A thoughtful and well-cast Address, of medium length, was furnished by the Grand Master. He reported having granted numerous dispensations, and rendered fourteen official rulings during the term. His decisions were all approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence except one. The Grand Master had decided ,that a Fellow Craft, to whose advancement objections had been filed, had the right to demand a Masonic trial. The committee decided that a Fellow Craft bad no such right, and the report was adopted. Under the law the committee was right. Morally, however, objections to advancement, or affiliation, should be ground sufficient for charges, giving the party objected to opportunity for vindication, or, on the other hand, developing the" fact that he was not worthy to sustain the relation already gained, and thereby rid the institution of an unworthy member: The Grand Master's Aq.dress" contained a number of items of interest to the local Fraternity which need not be particularized in this review. The session was brief and business interests seemed limited. The membership of the jurisdIction was printed in full by Lodges. CORRESPONDENCE.
Brother Max Frost, committee, submitted a brief review containing sixty-two pages. The Journals of forty Grand Lodges were reviewed and brief notices given for their transactions, Missouri for 1894 being among them. It may appear a mtle strange that our Journal for 1894 was received in time to be reviewed by the committee, when the Grand" ,Lodge of New Mexico met one. week in advance of our session. The only manner in which this can be explained is the brief time in which our Missouri Journal was furnished, and the delay on the part of Brother Frost in making his r~port until he received our Proceedings. .T .J. KELLY, Silver City, Grand Master. A. A. KEEN, Albuquerque, Grand ~ecretary. MAX FROST, Santa Fe, Committee on Correspondence.
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NEW YORK-1895. ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH ANNUAL OOMMUNIOATION.
The Grand Lodge assembled in .J\1:asonic Hall, New York City, on the 4th of June. The Journal of Proceedings embraces some 450 pages, and was received twenty-five days after the close of the session. The work is in the usual good style of the Grand Secretary, who always places his Journal in the front rank of the Proceedings of this country. The race this year between the Grand Secretaries of Iowa, Indiana and New York was a very close one, as to time. The Journals are about the same size; the typographical excellence of all is unsurpassed. l\f.. W. Bro. John Hodge, Grand Master, presided, and Brother Edward M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary. The reported number of Lodges is 733, with a membership of 88,573, being the largest jurisdiction on this continent. Representatives from 726 Lodges attended the session. Grand Secretary reported returns from all Lodges, with dues paid. ADDRESS.
The Address of Brother Hodge was quite lengthy, but full of very interesting matter. Following a brief exordium, mention was made of the fraternal dead of that jurisdiction and sister Grand Lodges. New York, like other Grand jurisdictions, has been bereaved <luring the term. Brother Robert Macoy, Past Deputy Grand Master, and John J. Gorman, Grand Treasurer, have passed the silent river to join the great majority. Both of these Brethren were representative citizens and proWminent members of the Masonic Fraternity. The Grand Master reported the granting of numerous dispensations, among them being permission to organize four new Lodges. He reported the laying of corner-stones and the dedication of Halls, at which, I find from the record, he distinguished himself as an able talker, as well as beingan able and efficien.t officer. He reported that harmony existed in their relations with all the Grand Lodges of Craft Masonry throughout the world. The Representative system was noticed, and the Grand Master indicated his preference in these words, "I am in full accord with the sentiment that undererlies the system." He had received during the term a communication from the King of Norway and Sweden, announcing that an Independent Grand Lodge had been formed in that country, and asking for the cultivation of fraternal relations between said Grand Lodge and the Grand Lodge of New York. The committee on this subject subsequently reported in favor of such recognition, which was accorded. The Grand Orient of Italy renewed its application for recognition and mterchange
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of Representatives. This, the same committee declined to recommend. Grand Master Hodge called attentio~ to the fact that, within the last ten years, nearly 25,000 Masons have been suspended in that jurisdiction for non-payment of dues, while only 10,754 had been reinstated. Reference was made to the work and lectures as taught by their Grand I"eeturer, Brother Raymond.' The Grand Master said that this honorable Brother had literally worn himself out in the service of the Craft. He expressed a desire that Brother Raymond should be relieved from the duties of this office, and provisions made for his comfort and maintenance in the future. During the session the Committee on Finance submitted a report recommending that Brother Raymond be honorably retired, and assigned the position of "Grand Lecturer Emeritus" at a salary of $1,500, which was approved. This was an honorable act on the part of the Grand Lodge of New York in providing for a faithful, well-worn servant, who had expended nearly thirty years of his life in teaching the ritual of Masonry. Reference was made to the Masonic Hall, which, after paying all expenses, has a substantial balance in hand. It was noted that 100 Lodges meet in the Grand Hall of New York City, besides affording aceommodations for thirty other bodies, such as Chapters, Councils and Commanderies. The General Masonic Relief Association of the United States and Canada received a hearty endorsement, and an appropriation ,vas recommended. The Grand Master stated that their Masonic Home, located at the city of Utica, New York, was doing admirably, having within its sacred precincts 122 inmates, composed of adult males and females, boys and girls. It was stated in the Address that the medical profession in that city rendered gratuitous service, and that tile ministers voluntarily performed religions services every Sabbath. It was clajmed that more room is needed, and a hospital is in demand. These needs were pr<..\vided for by the Grand Lodge upon recommendation of a comniittee. Grand Master Hodge has npon his mind and heart the welfare of this noble institution, and closed his ~eference to it by praying, "May God sustain, maintain, bless and continue this good work, so auspiciously begun by the Masonic Fraternity of this State." Such prayers to the Almighty Father and Guardian of the needy, seconded by the earnest and generous endeavors of the New York Fraternity, will doubtless be answered. The Grand Master closed his very superior message by paying to Brother Ehlers, the Grand Secretary, one of the finest compliments I have ever met in a Grand Lodge Journal. That it was deserved by its recipient, goes without saying. Brother .Ehlers is both able and capable, and does his work as a master of his department. His report, covering two pages, was brief, dealing: -with the financial interests of the Grand Lodge. He showed that the income for the year amounted to $69,981, which, added to
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the balance on hand at the close of the last session, made a showing of $120,000. The Grand Treasurer's report was but a reiteration of the foregoing. The pay-roll in that jurisdiction foots up a little over $20,000. The report of the Treasurer of the Masonic Home is a most interesting document. The property values of that institution foot up $255,000. Brother Jesse B. Anthony, Past Grand Master, and Superintendent of the Home, was complimented for his admirable management, assisted by his excellent "wife, in the conduct of the affairs of the institution. The Trustees, like the "Grand Master, pressed upon the attention of the Grand Lodge the need of ehlarged accommodations and the importance of a hospital. During the year eight deaths had taken place in the institution. I find from the report that the cost per capita amounts to $276.32. This is largely in excess of the cost per capita of the members of our Home family. A valuable report was filed, in detail, by Brother Anthony, the Superintendent. He closed his interesting and suggestive paper by saying, "With prudence, care and wisdom in the enlarged duties growing out of these efforts, we have every confidence that the Masonic Home of this juHsdiction will occupy a prominent place in the organized charities of this continent." He might have safely added among the "organized charities" of the world. Reports of the Grand Librarian, Board of Relief, and several committees, touching other important interests, are found in the Journal. The Grand Lodge ordered printed the work of the Revising Committee, which submitted a Constitution and By-Laws for the action of the Grand Lodge at its next session. At the election of Grand Officers, all were elected by acclamation except the Junior Grand Warden. A very fine report was rendered by the Committee on Deceased Brethren, due notice being taken of the dead of the home and sister jurisdictions. Memorial tablets were inscribed to the. memory of all, and appear in the Journal. The session was closed by the ~ew Grand Master, Brother John Stewart, when the One Hundred and Fourteenth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of New York terminated its labors. CORRESPONDENCE.
The report for the year was prepared by M. W. Bro. Jesse B. Anthony, Past Grand Master. Translations of the Proceedings of Foreign Grand Bodies were made by a member of the committee, Brother Chas. Sackreuter. The report covered 157 pages. The matter gleaned from foreign Grand Lodge Journals furnishes" information respecting those bodies to be found no where else in the Proceedings of Grand Lodges examined by' this writer. The review of Brother Anthony, like his former productions, is made up of a good sprinkling
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of extracts, connected with such remarks and comments as he deemed proper. He was very kind to Missouri, giving us the benefit of three full pages of his space. He noticed very carefully the Proceedings of our session of 1894, making some extracts therefrom and commenting pertinently thereon. He thinks the action of our Grand Lodge in cutting off the mileage and per diem of Past Grand Masters unworthy of the dignity of the Body. Brother Anthony represents, in this view, the sentiments of many Missouri Masons. Perhaps this spasm of economy may relax by our next session, and these able and representative J3rethren, WilO served the Craft long and faithfully "without the hope of fee or reward," be again placed upon our pay-roll. Brother Anthony characterized the report of the President of our Masonic Home as an "interesting" one, and copied freely from it. He endorsed the views maintained by many of us in Missouri respecting the classification and separation of the inmates of our Home. Commenting on the report of this Committee on Correspondence, he approved my sentiments respecting the expulsion of members for non-payment of dues, and with this writer, considers the offense not in keeping with the penalty. I am grateful to Brother Anthony for hiR expressions of appreciation of my report. In the double capacity of a Committee on Correspondence and Superintendent of their grand institution, the Masonic Home, Brother Anthony must be a very busy man. He is discharging efficiently and capably the duties of both positions. I am pleased to record that he is continued as Chairman of the Committee, and hope to hear from him in the future. M. W. Bro. John Stewart was elected Grand Master, and Brother Edw. M. L. Ehlers re-elected Grand ~ecreta.ry, bOLh of New.York.
NORTH CAROLINA-1895. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The session opened in the 'city of Raleigh on the 8th of January, with John W. Cotten, Grand Master, and William H. Bain, Grand Secretary. From the record I learn that there are 2t\9 Lodges on the roll, 199 of which were represented. Returns were reported from 227. The membership was stated to be 8,573 affiliated Masons; not affiliated, 1,235. I never have been able to understand why the Grand Lodge of North Carolina counts among its members non-affiliated Masons. If there are 1,235 unaffiliated Masons in that jurisdiction, holding no
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connection with Lodges, they cannot be counted as belonging to the membership. More than one-eighth of the whole number thus computed have no connection with Lodges, and are therefore not to be regarded as in any sense elements in the make-up of their jurisdiction. ADDRESS.
A very brief Address was delivered by Grand Master Cotten, covering only six pages. He reported that, notwithstanding the" hard times," Masonry had moved forward during the past year, the progress having been gradual. The statement is found in the Address, "that peace, harmony and Brotherly love prevailed throughout the jurisdiction," and that their relations with other Grand Lodges continued to be of a pleasant and fraternal character. The Grand Master reported that he had granted dlspensations for the creation of elght new Lodges. A number of these received charters during the session, while others were continued on probation for one year. Spedal communications had been held forthe purpose of laying corner-stones. The Orphan Asylum in that State is still cherished by the Masonic Fraternity, and claims their best and heartiest support. The Superintendent of the Asylum, Rt>v. Dr. Black, having resigned his position, the Board of Directors supplied the vacancy by electing Brother N. M. Lawrence, who seems to be "the right man in the right place." The Asylum was made the recipient of some valuable gifts on the part of liberal-minded gentlemen. Mr. B. N. Duke, ,vho had formerly made generous donations 'to the Asylum, proposed an, additional benefaction of $5,000 for making permanent improvements, provided the Masons of the State would raise a similar amount. During the session this matter was considered and a call made for the required sum to meet the donation of Mr. Duke, who is not a Mason. One party announced that he had been authorized 'to pledge $1,000 for an absent Brother. Various amounts were then pledged, and the a!!gregate footed up $4,000. It was stated in the record that the $5,000 needed was ~'practically secured." Thus the Institution will be the beneficiary of these liberal-minded parties, and the enterprise the Masons of North Carolina have in hand will receive a grand forward movement. The Grand Master announced in his Address that Past Grand Masters E. G.' Reade and John McCormick had both passed away at a ripe old age, having been honored by their Brethren and their State. A number of official visitations were reported by the Grand Master, the occasions being made pleasant by cordial and fraternal greetings ac(~orded him. He reported in his Address two decisions. The Committee on Address, commenting on the said decisions, declared them to be "in accordance with Masonic law and usage." This was done without referring the rulings to the Committee on Jurisprudence. The Grand Lodge adopted the report
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and thereby made these official findings the law of the jurisdiction. The decision numbered two could never have passed the critical inspection of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, but would have been throttled at once. The ruling was to this effect: that when a 楼ason dimits from a Lodge and moves into the jurisdiction of another, petitions for membership and is rejected, he cannot apply for membership in any other Lodge without the consent of the Lodge which rejected him, as long as he lives in that路 jurisdiction. This is carrying the doctrine of pel'petualism a little beyond anything ever heard of. After affirming such a rule, it may be said of the dogma of "perpetual jurisdiction" that "it has gone to seed." The idea of a Master Mason who holds a Dimit being limited to anyone Lodge in the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge where he shall petition for membership, is just a little too funny for anything. In the case under consideration, the rejected party may know as well as the Brethren, that affiliation with that Lodge is an impossibility, yet he can not petition a Lodge a little distance away without the consent of the Lodge which rejected him. To what extremes will this doctrine of perpetualism lead? Like some species of radicalism in this world, it may ultimately work its own cure, or its destruction. Grand Secretary 路William H. Bain presented a brief report, covering the various items that had claimed his attention during the term. I am sorry to part with the name of Bain from the Grand Secretaryship of North Carolina. Brother Wm. H. Bain d~clined re-election, stating in bis report that, owing to clerical duties in a national bank at Raleigh, and impaired health, he had been unable to give that attention to the duties and labors of the Grand Secretary that the importance ,of the office demanded. His father, Donald W. Bain, was one of the excellent men of the earth, and one of the best Grand Secretaries of this country, and his death was a great loss to every good work and valuable interest in church, State and Masonic Fraternity of North Carolina. His father before him served the Craft in that jurisdiction as Grand Secretary for a number of years. 'Vhen the grandson was elected I confidently hoped that he would fill out many years of useful labor as the successor of his father and grandfather. The reports of the Board of Directors of the Orphan Asy lum, the Treasurer of that Institution, and that of the Superintendent, showed the work to be prosperous and healthy. It is learned that in ~fay, 1894, there were 197 inmates of the Asylum, with forty-two since added, making a total of 239. Of these forty-seven were discharged, leaving nbw 192 remaining. Of those discharged nineteen were sent to good homes, twenty-seven were taken charge of by their parents, and one discharged for cause. The outlook is encouraging and the prospects bright for the great and good work contemplated by the friends of the
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Institution. The legislature of North Carolina every year appropriates $10,000 to aid the work in hand. The Grand Lodge makes an appropriation of $3,500 at each session, and from all other sources something over $10,000 income is received, making a total of nearly $24,000. 'The disbursements for the year were about $21,000. The Asylum is economically and admirably managed. A proposition was 'submitted to increase the per capita tax to one dollar in the interest ()f the Asylum. On motion, consideration of the proposition was deferred one year. The Grand Lodge enacted the rule that no one raised to the degree of Master Mason shall be admitted to the full privileges of a Master Mason until he shall first have proven himself to be' proficient in the lecture of the third degree, which question of proficiency shall be passed upon by the Lodge receiving such; candidate. From the foregoing it would appear that conferring the third degree in Masonry does not invest the candidate with the rights and privileges of a Master Mason. In other words, it is a degree given to the candidate with a strong cord attachment, or a privBege with a "string tied to it." The Grand Lodge was fav~red with an oration delivered by the Grand Orator, Brother 'Walter Clark. Before the close of the setlsion the retiring Grand Master, Brother John W. Cotten, received, as a token of love and appreciation from his Brethren, a Past Grand Master's jewe1. The presentation address and the response were alike creditable. The new Grand Master after his installation and before closing the Grand Lodge, told in his parting words some very interesting truths. There is no Report on Correspondence. FRANCIS M. MOYE, Wilson, Grand Master. The new Grand Secretary is Brother John C. Drewery, who lives at Rale~gh.
.. NOVA SCOTIA-1894. The Grand Lodge convened in Twenty-ninth Annual Session in ,New Glasgow, on the 13th day of June, with Brother Duncan C. Fraser, Grand Master, and Brother Wzp. Ross, Grand Secretary. Representatives were present from thirty-four Lodges out of the sixty-three on the roll. The entire number had made their annual returns on time. The Grand Lodge repaired soon'after opening to St. James' Church, where divine service was held and a sermon preached by the Grand
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Chaplain. This is the uniform custom of the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia. The J 0I1rnal contains the minutes of some special communicationยง, a~d, upon the whole, is a volume of good size and of very neat appearance. In the sixty-three Lodges on the list there are 3,223 members, being a gain of 110 over the previous year. ADDRESS.
Quite a lengthy and business-like document, filled with matters pu~ely local, was submitted by the Grand Master. All his official acts were duly approved by the Grand Lodge. The Address was followed by a report from the Deputy Grand Master. Brother Wm. Ross, the Grand Secretary, presented the annual exhibit of business matters, and the same was approved. The report of the trustees of Freemasons' Hall was submitted, showing the income from all sources for rent amounted to $1,936. The trustees said the revennes derived from the Hall continued to be limited. The d~bt on this building was '$21,000, drawing interest at the rate of $L,260.a year. It had been resolved, in order to reduce the indebtedness, to hold a grand Masonic Fair, a report of which is furnished at great length, the outcome being the securement of $6,000, reducing the debt to such figure as to enable the Grand Lodge to carry it without embarrassment, and at a lower rate of interest. The several District Deputy Grand Masters made detailed reports concerning the state of the Craft in their districts. I observe the custom prevails in this Grand Body when changes in the laws are contemplated, to submit ,. notices of motion" at one session of the Grand Lodge which must go over to the next for official action. CORRESPONDENCE.'
The report, made up by four different writers, covered 177 pages, containing notices of sixty-two Grand Lodge Proceedings. The committee was composed of Brothers Flint, Mowbray, Lee and Ross. Brother Flint, who is a laborious reviewer, did most of the work. Our Proceedings for 1893 were reviewed by Brother Lee, who gave us some six pages, five Qf them being occupied b~the oration of our Brother Dr. Kuhn. The conunittee said it was" worthy of being read and pmcticpd by every Mason." He certainly thought well of it as he gave his readers the benefit of the whole address. The report of the Brethren was made up very largely of extracts from the Journals reviewed. William F. MacCoy, Grand Master, and William Ross, Grand Seeretary, both residing at the city of Halifax.
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OHIO-1894. EIGHTY-FIFTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
This large and representative Grand Lodge convened in the city of Columbus, October 24th, and began its labors. The Journal has a striking likeness of the Grand Master, which serves as a frontispiece. M. W. Bro. Allan Andrews,' Grand Master, presided; Brother J. H. Bromwell, Grand Secretary. From the excellent summary furnished I learn that there are 495 Lodges on the roster, 479 of which were represented. The membership foots up 38,851. The record shows that three Lodges were chartered during the session, having served the legal路 term under dispensation. When the Grand Lodge convened, the Mayor of Columbus, Brother Karb,' on behalf of the city, accorded a cordial welcome to the Brethren. Brother G. H. Barger, on behalf of the Masonic Fraternity of Columbus, extended their greetings. and congratulations. Brother Andrews, the Grand Master, "responded on behalf of the Grand Lodge in an eloquent and humorous way," so says the record. ADDRESS.
The Address of Brother Andre","s certainly possesses the merit of length, if that be a merit. It covered forty-seven pages. It will do no harm to say that the merit of the Address equaled its length. He said, " Our relations with other Grand Lodges, without exception, continue pleasant and harmonious." He treated at some length and quite forcibly the subject of perpetual jurisdiction. He defined that doctrine very accurately, as held by perpetualists, by saying, "A candidate once rejected 'by a Lodge is forever disqualified for Masonry, except by consent of such Lodge, no matter where he may afterward reside." It might b~ expected and naturally looked for that a man of the breadth of view and capacity of Brother Allan Andrews would controvert and condemn the indefensible dogma of perpetual jurisdiction. In doing so he stated instances where Masons had been rejected in certain Grand Jurisdictions, yet afterward in other States received the degrees of Masonry, and when.the fact became known that they had been rejected they were at once deprived of their Masonic standing. In one case, a Pennsylvania Lod!!e had rejected a party who afterward moved to Ohio, became a prominent citizen of high standing, mayor of one of the cities of Ohio, and possessed of all the degrees of Masonry in his reach. Yet afterward it was discovered that he had been rejected, and when spoken to on the subject stated t.hat if his petition had been rejected, he never was informed of the fact, as his petition had been returned to
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him. Here is a case that shows the " inwardness" of that abominable doctrine that hounds a man through life and hurls at him the anathemas of an unjustifiable law, because he happened to meet with opposition in a Lodge long years ago. It turns out in this case, according to the statement of the Grand Master of Pennsylvania, that" the fault may have been on the part of~the Lodge in not notifying the candidate of his rejection." A pretty statute is this, where, by the neglect of a Lodge,' or its committee, a party is not informed of his rejection. Wholly unconscious Of that fact he applies in good faith to a Lodge in some other State, not knowing of his disability, and after he has entered the Fraternity and been called to high positions in Masonry and State, there co.mes some sleuth hound on his track who has dug up the records of the past, and proclaims him to have been once rejected. Under this illiberal law the demand is made that he be expelled. Grand Master Andrews says that under this rule he was required to proceed against a man in good standi.ng, and one or" the best Masons in the community, because he had been rejected twenty years before while residing in another State. These instances, stated by the Grand Master of Ohio, should tend to show the injustice of such a rule as must exist where perpetual jurisdiction is recognized and enforced. Grand Master Andrews says truly that uniformity in regard to perpetual jurisdiction can only be obtained by the different Grand Lodges all accepting or all rejecting the doctrine. He concluded that to reject the doctrine seems to be the most feasible course, since this indefensible 'doctrine never did prevail in the majority of the Grand Lodges, or has been abandoned by them. He is evidently opposed to such a law, the result of which is to compel the candidate to wear the brand of Cain through life, no matter how long he may ,live, where he may go, and how pure and honorable his life may be.or become thereafter. Brother Andrews says that the only wise, just and philanthropic rule is to allow every State and every Lodge to judge for itself of the fitness or unfitness for Masonry of those who have resided within its territory for a sufficient time to determine the merits of the applicant. I record with pleasure his declaration that" the rule should be changed." He made substantially the same recommendation the previous year, but no action was taken. A number of decisions were reported, which are simple expressions of sound Masonic jurisprudence. Brother Andrews treated at some length the subject of Masonic . relief. Looking to the settlement of the question, who should afford relief ~o a Mason in distress-the Lodge where he may reside at the 't~~;)e of misfortune, or the Lodge of which he is a member-Brother . Andrews says that the obligation to afford relief for distressed Brethren, their widows and orphans, "is a moi'al duty andhas no legal sanction." We believe that where relief is afforded to a transient Brother, distant
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fr,om his Lodge, the Lodge to which the paTty belongs should reimburse the Lodge furnishing pecuniary relief. Attention ,,,'as called to the fact that twenty-five District Lecturers had been appointed, and valuable instruction had been imparted by these teachers. His conclusion was that the greatest Mason'ic need in' Ohio is effective supervision of the Subordinate Lodges. Brother Andrews is a manly man, as well as a leader in Masonry. His manliness is shown in declaring that the wise and liberal action of the Grand Lodge the year before, in permitting Lodges to allow Chapters of the Eastern Star to meet in their halls, had not produced any evil consequences, but was prOductive of much good. As a result of such Grand Lodge action many Chapters of the Eastern Star have been created throughout the State, and llave gradually aided in reviving interest and zeal in Masonry"in many localities. He sounded the true reason for this in the statement that the Fraternity is being exalted in the mfnds of our sisters, and their appreciation of Masonry gradually enhanced by a favorable recognition of the fair sex. The Grand Master reported some official visits made during his term. The movement started by Brother Mellish, looking to the erection of a monument to the memory of their deceased Grand Chaplain, Rev. Lafayette Van Cleave, met his hearty approval. The Address contains the gratifying,announcement that the enterprise had met with such favorable encouragement as to insure its success. The Grand Master commended the purpose to the Grand Lodge, stating that Brother Van Cleave, as Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge and Prelate of the Grand Commandery for many years, deserved such tribute, and that his good deeds, together with his pure heart and Christian graces, should be made monumental. Speaking of the growth of Masonry in Ohio, the Grand Master said that everything was encouraging, as they have路 a large membership of loyal n1en, good and true. I like this sentence above everything: "Our boast is in moral excellence." The Grand Master made mention of the death of Past Grand Master Ben Smith, who had served the Craft as Grand Master in 1857. An extended record of the honored dead of other jurisdictions was furnished. In his closing remarks the Grand Master tendered his acknow ledgment to the Grand Officers and to the Fraternity generally for the honor he had enjoyed, as well as the pleasure derived, during the two terms of official labor. His condusion is an elegant peroration, and stamps the lllan as one possessed of fine powers and a good heart.
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Grand Secretary Brother Bromwell furnished an excellent business report covering all the ground incident to his department. 'rhe Grand Treasurer, Brother Charles Brown, was absent, detained by sickness. The Grand Lodge expressed its sympathy and hope' for his early recovery, which expressions were wired to him by the Grand Secretary. MASONIC
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Our Brethren in Ohio are profoundly interested in this grand movement. In addition to acquiring a fine body of ground on which to erect the Home buildings, they have. secured in money $85,844. A contract has been enter-ed into for the construction of the necessary buildings, on which some $64,000 have been paid. There. are unpaid subscriptions amounting to some $25,000, and over $21,000 still in the treasury. The Committee on Charity reported that the Grand Lodge would have in its possession, in the wa)' of a surplus, some $15,000, and recommended the appropriation of $5,000 to be applied to the completion of the Home. This was done. Said committee recommended that each Lodge take steps to furnish a room in the Home, enjoying the credit of such good work, and place a tablet in the room with the name of the Lodge inscribed thereon. During the session a proposition was submitt~d路 to amend the By-laws of the Grand Lodge requiring a per capita tax of fifty cents a year to be set apart and appropriated for the use of the Home. This resolution was laid over until the ne~t annual meeting for final action. The Committee on Jurisprudence treated the subject of perpetual jurisdiction in a very clear and methodical manner. The report of the committee lo路oks straight forward in the direction of relieving the Grand Lodge of Ohio from that reproach found on the statute books of many of our Grand Jurisdictions. The committee expressed the hope that under the modified rules reported to, and approved by, the Grand Lodge, the)~ would he relieved in future from any friction in the direction of perpetual jurisdiction. This report was approved by the Committee on Correspondence as well as by the Committee on Jurisprudence, and was adopted. Brother Wm. B. Mellish, the present Deputy Grand Master, rendered a report on the Van Cleave monument fund. A proposition to rear a ~onument to the memory of the late Grand Chaplain, Brother Van Cleave, origi~ated with Brother Mellish. -' He appealed, by permission of the Grand Master, to the Lodges asking donations for the erection of a monument. Out of 494 working Lodges 380 responded, contributing the sum of $967.00. The monument was erected, paid for and dedicated before the present session of the Grand Lodge. It cost
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$779.00, leaving in the fund raised for that purpose a balance of $188.00. Brother Mel1isl~ received a unanimous vote of thanks from the Grand Lodge. A resolution was adopted appropriating the surplus to the placing of a " Van Cleave Memorial Window" in the chapel of the Ohio Masonic Home at Springfield. Brother Mepish, in doing honor to the memory. of an excellent Mason and minister, did himself eminent credit, for which he deserves the appreciation of all good Masons. The business of the session was conducted to a satisfactory conclusion on the evening of the second day. The Journal contains the report of the several District Lecturers of that jurisdiction. C. F. CLAPP, Wan"en, Grand Master. J. H. BROl\1\VELL, Cincinnati, Grand Secretary.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The Report on Correspondence was a large one, space considered, as it covered some 300 pages. Brother W. M. Cunningham, Past Grand . Master, who is the able chairman of the committee, prepared and submitted the review. Brother Cunningham prefers, when possible, 'to quote the exact language from Proceedings examined, rather than give a synoptical version of his own concerning points or transactions reviewed. The review embraces notices of sixty Grand Lodges Oll this continent, and some, ten or twelve foreign Grand Lodges. The work is a labored production, and stamps Brother Cunningham as one of the most laborious and painstaking reviewers of the age. Missouri for 1893 was accorded nearly eight. pages of space. He appropriated, by way of extracts, very considerable matter from the Missouri Journal for that year. Referring to the address of our Brother Dr. Kuhn, he pronounced it an "interesting" one, and appropriated therefrom. All the business considered by our Grand Lodge at that session received passing notice. He appropriated with approbatjon our report on the Toltec Lodge question, which Lodge was formerly located in the City of Mexico. My review on Correspondence was considered in his usual fraternal spirit, and liberal appropriations made therefrom. I am pleased to record the fact that my labors in this department were fully and cordially approbated by Brother Cunningham. I take pleasure in stating the fact that he is continued as. chairman of the Committee on Correspondence.
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OKLAHOMA. THIRD ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The session was held in the city of Kingfisher, commencing on the 12th day of February, 1895. Brother Selwyn Douglas, Grand Master, presided; Brother Ja!Ues ~. Hunt, Grand Secretary. A very neat and well arranged Journal of 150 pages came to hand in six months from the close of the session." The Grand Secretary reported nineteen Lodges on the roll, with a membership of 808 in the jurisdiction. Representatives were present from eighteen Lodges. An Address of seven pages emanated from the Grand Master, from which it is seen that the eight Lodges, formerly chartered, had been duly constituted. He reported the laying of two corner-stones with Masonic ceremonies. The "record contai~s an account of the murder of Brother E. H. Townsend, Grand Lecturer, who was killed by assassins at his home in the month of March. The purpose actuating the murderers is not clearly known. One of the number had been arrested, tried and sentenced to ninety-nine years imprisonment. While the Grand Master did not d~enl it proper to offer a reward for the arrest and conviction of the criminals, he sent a circular to all the Lodges in the jurisdiction requesting donations to be made for Mrs. Townsend. This request seems to have been responded to witll promptness for the relief of the widow and her helpless children. The Grand Master stated that he had granted dispensations for the formation of three new Lodges. Four decisions were incorporated in the Address, which met the unqualified approval of the Committee on ,. Law and Usage." He decided that according to their regulations, the Tiler of a Subordinate Lodge is not allowed to sit in the Lodge-room after the Lodge is opened. It seems strange that such a question should ever have been raised, as the Tiler's place is at the outer door, and his duties are of such a definite character that to discharge them he could not be elsewhere than in the anteroom. The Grand Master ruled that an unfavorable report upon the application of a candidate fo~ the degrees must be balloted upon. The fourth decision may be all right, but it seems a little out of place to allow a Lodge to remove from one room in a town or city to another in the same corporation, without obtaining perillission from the Grand Master. Our rule in Missouri is to require all prerhises proposed for use by Lodges to be ~nspected and approved before they can be occupied. The Grand Master was very courteous in bis acknowledgments to the Grand Secretary, Brother Hunt, for many favors conferred and valuable assistance" rendered.
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The Grand Secretary reported that all the Lodges had made returns and paid their dues on time, saying that the Secretaries deserved much credit. He announced that the printing of the Journal of Proceedings for the previous year had been greatly delayed by the tardiness of a . poor and badly equipped printing company. I presume Brother Hunt did not change his printer, as six months elapsed before the last Journal of Proceedings came to this office. The income from all sources in the way of finances amounted to $1,222; after the usual disbursements a balance appears on hand of $675. I always watch the progress and growth of a young Grand Lodge with more than ordinary interest. It was thus with the Grand Lodge of the Indian Territory, whose history and development I have observed with much concern from the beginning. I entertain a kindred feeling for the young Grand Lodge of Oklahoma. The adoption of an amendment to their Constitution gives the best possible assurance of a sound, healthy, moral condition, and the brightest possible future for that younge8t member of the family of American Grand Lodges. Here is what is incorporated into the organic law: "Any kind, of gambling, profane swearing, or the intemperate use, or sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, is unmasonic and a bar to initiation, passing or raising in a Subordinate Lodge. And the practice thereof shall subject offenders who are Masons, either to admonition, reprimand, suspension, and in extreme cases to expul~ion." Thus this young Grand Lodge presents as a test to admission into Masonry, as well as retaining membership in the Lodges, a moral standard worthy of the Institution and highly creditable to the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma. I would be delighted to shake by the hand the officers and members of a Grand Body that has inaugurated such a splendid contest for the Right. Applying and enforcing this statute, that jurisdiction will rank -in character with the oldest and the best of the land. This Grand Lodge has a Grand Orator, and he orated to the extent of four pages. The address appears in the Journal. He announced that he was not an orator but a worker, "a wheel horse," as he termed himself, and desired to talk of "practical things;" his talk was "practical" and he hit the mark every time. The Orator's name was Wm. R. Brown. He certainly did things up "Brown" in his well-timed remarks. One of the members of the Grand Lodge presented a document as an amendment to the Constitution, respecting non-affiliates. It was turned over to the Committee on Law and Usage, and sent forward to the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. Reduced to the simplest meaning, the purpose of the resolution is to take in out of
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.the cold all non-affiliated Masons, nolens volens. One sentence from the proposed amendment is herewith given:- " Every unaffiliated Master Mason, residing within the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, shall, by virtue of said residence, be and become a member of the Subordinate Lodge within whose jurisdiction said residence is located." . This is th~ purpose arid substance of the proposed law. The remaining portion of the document defines what steps shall be taken in order to bring in non-affiliates, whether they want to affiliate or not. A resolution was adopted declaring all Past Grand Masters of that Grand Lodge ex-officio members of the Committee on "Law and Usage." The Grand Lodge adopted and directed the Grand Secretary to purchase and present to each Subordinate Lodge in the jurisdiction a St~ndard Monitor for its use . . Following the installation of .officers, a vote of thanks was tendered to the retiring Grand Officers for their courteous and impartial manner of conducting affairs during the preceding term. CORRESPONDENCE .
. The review cqvers seventy-five pages and was prepared by Brother James S. Hunt, q-rand Secretary, being his second annual report. The Proceedings of fifty Grand Lodges were examined and due attention paid to their transactions. Brother Hunt opened his very interesting review with a synopsis of the doings of the Fraternal Congress held at Chicago. He is a sound and vigorous writer, though somewlIat timid, as most beginners are likely to be. He said of himself in noting the compliment I paid him one year ago, that he was ,. sixty-two years old, . and farming was not_ exactly a preparatory school for a Grand Lodge Reporter." He remarked that the line of work was entirely new, and he was not inclined to over-rate his ability. Brother Hunt knows that a good farmer ought to' be a good thinker, and to be successful in that department of lif~, he must stir and turn up things in a lively manner. Carrying this qualification into the reportorial field, he need have no fears as to his ability in' cultivating Masonic soil. In reviewing Alabama he evidenced independence of thought, and . showed himself to be a thinker and writer of positive convictions. He said he could not conceive how an affiliated Mason has the "Masonic right- to make his Brother a Masonic outlaw." This has reference to what he" terms an unjust and pernicious practice, too prevalent in Lodges which reject candidates for affiliation and place them upon the same level with a profane who makes application. for the degrees. Brother Hunt does not think that a candidate for membership in a
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Lodge should be subjected to the same routine of the secret ballot as a profane. He then quoted a proposed change of the law of that jurisdiction, already noticed~ looking to the gathering into the Masonic fold all nonaffiliated Masons residing in the Territory of Oklahoma. That great injustice is done to Masons who seek membership and are rejected without cause, no one will doubt, who is familiar with the history and operations of Masonic Lodges. I am strongly inclined to the view held by Brother Hunt, that no ballot should be required for the admission of applicants for membe~ship on Dimit in a Masonic Lodge. Brother Hunt paid his respects in vigorously rendered terms to the Committee on Correspondence of California, who had said some sharp things about the young Grand Lodge, touching the system or' Grand Representatives and the public installation of Grand Lodge Officers. The report has a reasonable numberof extracts, followed by ample comments, and embraces a splendid summary of the doings of the various Journals reviewed. 1'he Proceedings of Missouri for 1894 were courteously treated. \vishing the young Grand Lodge of Oklahoma abundant prosperity in its earnest endeavors to disseminate true Masonic principles in that jurisdiction, I take leave of the report of Brother Hunt, saying that he, with his Grand Lodge. is " O. K." CHAS. A. NEWMAN, El Reno, Grand Master. J AS. S. HUNT, Stillwater, re-elected Grand Secretary.
PENNSYLVANIA-1894. This Grand Lodge holds four Quarterly Sessions. They are held in March, June, September and D~cember. The Annual Communication is always held on the. 27th of December" The Journal of Proceedings contains a record of these several meetings, at which the Lodges were represented in varying numbers. Brother Michael Arnold, Grand Master, presided at all the foregoing communications, and. Brother Michael Nisbet was. Grand Secretary. Business of a local nature was transacted, and at the Fourth Quarterly Meeting the officers for the following year were elected. The report of the Grand Secretary showed that one year before the Annual Communication now under notice, there was a membership of
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47,395. The Secretary said that there were 414 Lodges on the roll. The Grand Master in his Address reported a total Lodge list at 418, when he closed his administration. I have been carious to know for several years why tlie report of the Grand Secretary, showing the membership in the jurisdiction, is not brought down to date. Grand Master Arnold seemed to have been thinking on the same line, and asked the question, "'Why do we not give the membership at this day', instead of a year ago?" I give it up. At the Quarterly Session held the 5th of December, 299 Lodges were represented, when. full and extended reports were made, showing the state of the various funds belonging to the Grand Lodge. The Grand Charity Fund amounts to $74,000. The interest on this fund was reported for the year at $3,500. A considerable amount of charity was reported as being paid out of said fund. The Girard bequest amounts to over $60,000. The interest on this fund is likewise disbursed in charities. The Patton Memorial Fund is invested in good securities, to the vaiue of $54,000. The interest arising therefrom is applied to Masonic relief. The Grand Lodge owes $813,400, but has a sinking fund amounting to $291,000, leaving an unpaid indebtedness amounting to over $500,000. The Annual Add~ess of Brother Arnold was a good blfSiness paper. He reported that two new Lodges had been created, and two reorganized, during the year. Numerous visits had been made, corner-stones laid, and other local matters attended to. On the subject of life-membership in Lodges, the Grand Master held that where Brethren have been made life-members and exempted from the payment of dues, the Lodge can not sqspend them for non-payment, should it become necessary to charge dues against them in the future. Grand Master Arnold seemed to have been troubled over the.qnestion of "Women in Masonry." This is the first time I have met with the statement in print, emanating from a Grand Lodge, that there are "Women in Masonry." Brother Arnold observed that the Masonic Fraternity is altogether a men's society. He said: "A Fraternity, as the word means, is a society of Brethren, or at least should be men. Hence, it is impossible to admit ,,'omen into association with them in a Lodge-room. " I ask permission to say that the Order of Eastern Star does not claim to be Masonic, nor do its members, they being women, seek to associate with the Brethren in their Lodge character. I agree with the distinguished Brother of Pennsylvania that the Masonic Fraternity is a society for men. The Eastern Star, as organized, is a society for women. Only such women as are connected with
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Masons, as their wives, daughters, sisters or mothers, or the widows of deceased Brethren, can become_members of the Eastern Star. Being a society separate and apart from Masonry, Brother Arnold need not be alarmed at the thought of women getting into Masonry. From the labored and lengthy argument he put forth on the subject, one might be led to conclude that there is "danger ahead" to the old and honorable Institution of Masonry, on account of,our Sister women belonging to an organization'of their own. Brother Arnold seemed distressed at a growing custom of bringing men and women together in' the Lodge-room. I make the statement from a full conviction of its truth, that just su<{h views as aTe here put , forth by the Grand Master of Pennsylvania have been the fruitful cause of alienating thousands of the good women of this country from what otherwise would have been a warm attachment and loving devotion to the Institution of Freemasonry. Brother Arnold declared his belief that where this new idea gains a foothold, it will go on to the destruction of Freemasonry, unless abandoned. I must record my sense of pity, not only for these restricted opinions, but for any institution that Gan be destroyed by permitting pure womanhood to hold society meetings in the halls of Masonic Lodges, where their fathers, husbands, brothers and sons are associated with them. Brother Arnold is nothing if not extremely conservative. This peculiar conservatism is characteristic of the leaders of Pennsylvania Masonry. It is asserted by Grand Master Arnold that "the public Installation of officers in other jurisdictions has fed this appetite for the union of the sexes in the Lodge-room." How eloquent the statement which follows: "It pleases the vanity of the persons \"ho thus exhibit themselves as they compete with the strolling players of the mimic stage." The Grand Master referred to the proposition of the Grand Lodge of Col.orado to celebrate the death of George Washington. He said he could not see the occasion for such celebration. The thought was presented that the :i\fasonic life of '\VashiI)gton might be made an occasion for rejoici ng, but his death should be lamented rather than celebrated. There is more in this idea than has occurred to many enthusiastic Masons of the country who propose to hold a jubilee on the day that marks the one hundredth anniversary of the death of the Patriot, Washington. Speaking of the Pennsylvania work, the new Grand Master, Brother Henderson, said, "Our system of work differs from that practiced by the other jurisdictions of this country. So marked is this difference that .Pennsylvania stands alone among the American Grand Lodges in having a ritual entirely her own." I have never seen the ritual of Masonry as rendered by the Lodges of Pennsylvania. Those who have
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seen it worked in that jurisdiction, would enter a mild protest against the statement here recorded, that the work of that jurisdiction is so superior to the other jurisdictions of this country. The newly-elected Grand Master, npon his installation, delivered an inaugural address covering seven pages. It seems to be a custom in that Grand Lodge f01' the new Grand Master, in some'sense, to indicate in advance his views and line of policy for the coming year. A resolution was unanimously adopted recognizing t.he ability, courage and conscientiousness of the retiring Grand Master, Brother Arnold, during his two terms of service'. As an expression of its admiration for him, the Grand Lodge presented the-usual Past Grand Master's jewel. The pre'senta60n address was made by the venerable and now lamented Richard Vaux, Past Grand Master. Matthias H. Henderson, Grand Master; Michael Nisbet, Grand Secretary, both of Philadelphia. CORRESPONDENCE.
The report under review embraces notices of the doings of sixty Grand Lodges. Twelve Journals were reviewed for two years. The report covers 340 pages. It is the largest I -have ever seen from that -Grand Jurisdiction, and is perhaps the most labored of all its predecessors, being the last production of brain and pen we shall ever meet from its eminent author, the distinguished Mason and able writer, Brother Richard Vaux. \ The work upon which I enter appeals to the deepest feelings of my heart. A sense of sadness comes over me as the thought is presented, I shall never again read the versatile creations of my venerated Brother and personal friend, Richard Vaux. He closed his work December 25th, 1894, with the remark, when speaking of Grand Lodge,Proceedings which came too late for examination: "It is only a physical impossibility that prevents our notice of them." Perhaps he had a prem~:>nition of the coming change and felt the chill of gathering night-shadows. In less than three months from the dose of his extended review he ceased to work and live. He died March 22d, 1895, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. ,Richard Vaux was a great man, and was so recognized by the people. lIe filled with ability and distinction many positions in public life. He served his generation ably and faithfully in all. As a lawyer he gained high standing at the bar, but it was in the discharge of public duties that he won the confidence and favor of the people. As Recorder of the City of Philadelphia for seven years, he made a distinct impression on the public mind as to his ability and integrity. As "Controller of Public Schools,"as Mayor of his native city, Philadel-
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phia, for two years, as President of the Board of Directors of Girard College, as "Inspector of the Eastern Penitentiary" for fifty-three years, and as a Member of Congress, he was a felt power and a prominent actor. It is said that duri~g his fifty-three years' services as a Prison Inspector, "he wrote more literature on the treatment of criminals than perhaps any other person." His eulogist, speaking of his Masonic standing and connection with the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, I':aid he. was "one of the most distinguished in its history. He \vas its Grand Master during three years, and by his writings and speeches has made it the most august and re~pectable private association of individuals in the world." In the in~roduction to his last Review on Correspondence, as was his custom, he touched upon a variety of topics. He treated, in his usual vigorous style, the subject of Mexican Masonry, so-called, and paid his respects to Past Grand Master of Texas, Brother George W. Tyler, who held a conference a few years since with some Mexicans and for.ined what is known as the "Treaty of Monterey," whic)1 was followed and confirmed by the Grand Longe of Texas, recognizing some Mexican societies that called themselves the "Gran Dieta of Mexico." Brother Vanx maintained that if such organization is to be respected and extended, then any body of persons calling themselves Masonic can, by the same sort of agreement, make a treaty with any Freemason, who milY happen to be a Grand Master, and so claim to be a lawfully constituted Grand Lodge. Elsewhere, in his report, Brother Vaux stoutly asserted that the "Treaty of l\fonterey," .entered into between the Texas Grand Master and some parties in Mexico claiming to be Masons, was wholly without the shadow of Masonic authority. I have read the reply of Brother Tyler of Texas to Brother Vaux and failed to see wherein he answered our distinguished Pennsylvania Brother. That Brother Tyler begged the question is clearly evirienced by his review of the subject. The Texas writer should remember that asking one question does not always settle another, or furnish a satisfactory argument. Casting reflections, as he did, upon Brother Vaux and his "silvery locks," comparing him to a Texas cow~boy, furnishes a very poor style of argument on a grave question. Hestyled Brother Vaux a "special pleader and stickler," and stated, in term~, tilat he was a man of "little (Masonic) learning," and advised the venerable Pennsylvania thinker to "drink deep or taste not the (Masonic) spring." It is not my purpose to vindicat~ the position of Brother Vaux, or take up the cause so ably maintained while he lived, or repeat his arguments that can not be answered, even though he is not here to defend them. The whole subject may be put into a simple proposition. The Masonry recognized by Brother Tyler and his Grand Lodge, known as the "Gran Dieta," was evidently of 8cottish Rite origin. How a Grand Lodge of
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Symbolic Masonry can recognize Scottish Rite l\fasonryand fraternize with it on terms of equality, yet remains to be seen and shown. Grand Master Tyler said that Texas "has ahvays affiliated Scottish Rite Masons the same as the York Rite." Then it must be an organization or a branch of Masonry that is outside and independent of Symbolic Masonry, because the Scottish Rite Order in the United States begins its work beyond the limits of the Blue Lodge, or three degrees of Masonry. How treat with or recognize such? Brother Vaux in his introduction treated of the much-discussed subject, "perpetual jurisdiction." In his last discussion of the question he seemed to have changed the basis of argument. It is now no longer "perpetual jurisdiction," but "perpetual objection." He denied that a Lodge can claim "perpetual jurisdiction over its members or rejected candidates." He then affirmed that perpetual objection exists, where such objection has been made to the' initiation of a candidate in a Lodge to which he voluntarily applies for the rights and privileges of Masonry. He follows these premises by declaring that such 'rejected candidate still remains subject to the authority of the rejecting Lodge anywhere, everywhere and always, unless the Lodge lawfully removes it. I fail to see the difference between "perpetual jurisdiction" and "perpetual objection." Heretofore Pennsylvania claimed control over rejected candidates and protested loudly against our making a Mason of one rejected by a Lodge in that jurisdiction, declaring him not a Mason,' and issued an edict forbidding his recognition by any Lodge in the State. Now.It is denied that a Pennsylvania Lodge can exercise perpetual jurisdiction over rejected material. That I may do justice to the position last assumed by Brother Vaux, no longer here to defend. his favorite theory, I make an extract from his final argument touching the question. Here it is: The term "perpetual jurisdiction" is a misnomer. It is not claimed that perpetual exists in any Lodge over its members, or its rejected candidates. But it is claimed, seriously and calmly claimed, that perpetual objection exists when that ubjection, It recognized and undisputed condition, has been made to the initiation of a candidate in a Lodge to which he voluntarily.applies for the rights and privileges of l\fasonry, and he remains still subject to it anywhere. everywhere, unless the rejecting Lodge lawfully removes it. A Masonic objection to granting the rights and privileges of Freemasonry to an applicant is a Masonk disqualification which pertains to the individual, made.by the law of Masonry, and applied by a lawfully warranted and duly constituted Lodge of Masons. .
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Jurisdictions. But the claim does not establish said rights, because they are non-enforceable, and therefore void and without effect. A law that is not enforceable becomes a dead letter. A Lodge that does not want a candidate says so, and objects to receiving him into its -fold . .That is the end of the matter. The objection affects him only, so fa.r as that Lodge is concerned. The fact that it did not want him carries with the rejection a declaration that he can go, and that it would have nothing to do with him. But this refusal is very far removed from total disfranchisement, made perpetual, which can only be canceled by the Lodge that did not want him. Objection against a candidate can prevail only where the objection originated. Removed beyond the jurisdictional authority of the objecting Lodge and placed under conditions as legitimate as they are different from the "perpetual" claimants, a candidate acquires rights independent of the objecting Lodge, because he has passed beyond its territorial reach and power. "Perpetqal objection" is a weaker claim than the so-called perpetual jurisdiction dogma, and is a practical abandonment of the issue heretofore maintained by our Pennsylvania Brethren. The review of our Missouri Proceedings for 1894, covering niue pa.ges, was one of the most courteous I have seen from the pen of my highly honored and deeply reverenced Brother Richard Vaux. Throughout there was a kind and mellow spirit, even tender and gentle, marking the ripening of a venerable life for the home of the pure a~d the good. Richard Vaux grew old gracefully. He gave his readers the full s<;ope of our Indian Territory controversy, quoting the entire correspondence touching that subject between the Grand Masters of the two jurisdictions. Speaking of the rejection of the "uniform rules" sent out by the Grand Lodge of :Mississippi, he complimented Missouri for doin~ so, and said of these rules, "They are pernicious for discord." Closing his very fraternal notice of my Report on Correspondence, Brother Vaux said: "If in the providence of God we may be permitted to again correspond with each other, we will be thankful. If not, then we trust that when faith is swallowed up in sight, it may be that we salute each other in joy, before that great white throne, over which the first sign was given to man, speaking the promise of victory over death." It is to me a sad task to close this review of the last work of grand old Brother Vaux. My heart aches as I do so. But the above sweet expressions, coming from the shadowy land. as the veteran Mason and patriarch of his jurisdiction wa~ already entering the closing twilight of life, give assurance that he has passed to the land where the "weary are' at rest." Farewell, venerable fr~end and Brother beloved. In the "land of light and song;" I hope to "meet thee And to greet thee, On that ever ~hining shore, To be parted never more."
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QUEBEC-1895. The beautiful Journal of this Grand Lodge opens with the minutes of a: Specjal Communication held in the city of Montreal on the 16th day of October, ] 894, 'for the purpose of laying the corner-stone of the :Montreal Temple Company. M. ,V. Bro. John T. Noyes presided and directed the ceremonies, and in connection therewith delivered a superb address. One sentence found in the oration is significant and appropriate. Speaking before a mixed audien'ce, where doubtless there were many not favorable to Masonry, he said: "To the world we have no apologies to make for our Institution." No doubt an element of the population of his country would like for Masons to be apologetic for their existence, especially as that element of the population would annihilate the Institution and "damn it with bell, book and candle." The Address of Brother Noyes was a magnificent presentation, as well as a vindication, of the Institution of Freemasonry. The Twenty-fifth Annual Communication was held in the 'city of Montreal, commencing on the 30th day of January, 1895, 1\1. 'V. Bro. Noyes presiding, and Brother John H. Isaacson, 'Grand Secretary. There are in this jurisdiction fifty-eight Lodges containing a membership of 3,432. The Annual Address of Brother Noyes was lengthy, covering thirty-two pages. Speaking of the session as the twenty~fifth in its history, he said: ,. It is an epoch in our history which encourages to retrospection and comparison." At the time that Grand Lodge was .created the only thing absolutely certain. was that its 'position and maintenance of place had to be conquered. That those noble and heroic Masons in the Grand Jurisdiction of Quebec have succeeded no one will doubt, and that they l,lave had to fight and" conquer a peace" is equally certain. The' Grand Master stated that during the year a few foreigners started a bogus Lodge in Montreal, claiming authority from some unknown body in Spain. These spurious Masons were known as "peddlers," and I have no doubt sought to gain business by setting up a so-called Masonic establishment, thereby commending themselves and their wares to an unsuspecting public. The Grand Master issued a proclamation against the bogus concern, declaring it illegal and clandestine; thereby forbidding Masonic intercourse with these hucksters. His action was most cordially approved by the Grand Lodge. . . Speaking of his issuance of dispensations the Grand Master said in view of their law such favors had not been grudgingly granted. He called attention to the fact that their law requires Lodges to attend divine services in Lodge regalia at least once each year. This being
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mandatory on the Lodges, they are required, in addition, to obtain a dispensation to thus appear before the public, and pay the Grand Lod~e fee for the privilege. This seems a little out of order, and is hardly fair dealing, pecause if the law requires them to turn out once a year in regalia to attend divine service, what is the necessity of a dispensation to perform a required duty? In addition, it seems to me very peculiar, if not unjust, that Lodges should have to pay for the privilege of obtaining dispensations or permission to appear in public. It certainly has the appearance of enacting a Jaw demanding the performance of religious du ty, and then laying a tax on them for their compliance with a sacred obligation. The Grand Master characterized this manner of doing things as an " unholy impost," to which I cordially say" Amen," The condition of the Craft, notwithstanding the general depression in bllsiness, was pronounced prosperous, and no check had been received to its progress. The Address contained a lengthy recital of difficulties in one of the Lodges, of a most trying character. The Grand Master would have been justified in doing what the Grand Lodge did while in session, that of arresting the charter of said Lodge. I find however, in the Proceedings, that the Lodge subsequently repented and made amends for its bad conduct, and ~ad its charter restored. The Grand Secretary, Brother Isaacson, presented one of the best reports of the season, both as to general subject-matter and statistical exhibits.. All of the Lodges had made returns and paid dues except seven. The income for the term was reported at $2,500. The Deputy Grand Masters of the various districts reported in extenso. A discourse was delivered by the Grand Chaplain, during the session, on Masonry and its relation to the present age. The address was published in the .TournaI and is a very readable document. 'The report of the Committee on Jurisprudence announced that the Grand Lodge of Quebec had never accepted the principle of perpetual jurisdiction over rejected candidates. Basing their views upon this statement, the Grand Lodge declined to adopt the rules submitted to the Grand Lodges of the country by the Grand Lodge' of Mississippi. The Committee on the State of the Order presented a long and interesting report, which embraces matter of importance to the local Fraternity. Said committee concurred with the Grand Master in his opinion as to the advisability of continuing the Grand Lodge Representative system. The election of Grand Officers occurred on the evening of the last day of the session, when M. W. Bro. Noyes was .unanimously re-elected. This honor he was compelled to decline on the ground of being a public officer, and therefore could not devote the time and labor necessary to an office of such great importance as that of Grand Master. He was
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permitted to decline, and Brother Frederic 1\~assey was chosen and in due time installed as Grand Master. Brother John H. Isaacson, Montreal, was re-elected Grand Secretary. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Brother Chambers, chairman of the Committee on Correspondence, submitted a special report, from which it is found that no settlement had been obtained as to the question of jurisdiction between the Grand Lodge of Quebec ind the Grand Lodge of England. The latter Grand I~odge maintains three Lodges in the city of Montreal against the protests, and contrary to the rights, of the Grand Lodge of Quebec. These Lodges have been sustained in their rebellion against the rights of the Grand Lodge of Quebec by the Grand Lodge of England ever since the jurisdiction of Quebec was formally .established and duly recognized b)' every Grand Lodge on the Americari continent. W'hy the mother Grand Lodg-e treats her own people, English-speaking Masons, recognized as a Sovereign and Independent Jurisdiction, in this manner, is one of the things that no man can find out. CORRESPONDENCE.
The report, embracing 111 pages, was submitted by the chairman of the committee, Brother E. T. D. Chambers. This committee has been performing the task assigned him for the 'last nine years in a very efficient manner as a reporter. His introduction embraces a series of topics of general importance. The body of the report is principally made up of extracts from Grand Lodge Proceedings, interspersed with occasional striking comments. Our Missonri Journal for 1894 received two pages, the greater portion being composed of excerpts from our Journal. Brother Chambers can not understand how our Grand Master would sustain a Missouri Lodge in receiving the petition of a resident who did business in the I ndian Terri tory, yet claimed a Masonic home in Missouri. The question is as difficult of understanding to this writer as it is to' Brother Chambers. The Grand Lodge in my judgment erred in its endorsement of the Grand Master, and in reversing the action of our committee which sustained the claim of the Indian Territory Lodge. . For the courteous compliment that Brother Chambers passed upon my Report upon Correspondence he has my personal thanks. He closed his report, interesting and suggestive as it was, ,...ith an expression of sincere relief of having been able to complete his laborious task. Trusting that a kind Providence will bring Brother Chambers and royse,If into fraternal touch in t.he years to come, I tender him my - higbest appreciation and fraternal consideration.
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RHODE ISLAND-1894. . The Grand Lodge held a Semi-Annual Communication in the city of' Providence on the 20th day of Xovember, 1893; Brother E. H. Rhodes was Grand Master, and Brother Edwin Baker, Grand Secretary. The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was duly recognized as a properly constituted Grand Body. A brief report was furnished by the Grand Secretary. The principal business of the sessi~n seemed to have been the exemplification of the ,,,,ork in the three degrees. ,
The One Hundred and Fourth Annual Communication convened in Providence, May 21st, 1894; Grand Officers as above. Representatives of thirty-three Lodges were present. The membership was shown by the statistical table to be 4,557. A very brief Address was presented by the Grand Master, in which is noted the deaths of several members of Lodges in that jurisdiction. He referred to the Semi-A.nnual Communication where the work of thethree degrees was illustrated in the most impressive manner, and stated that the attendance was the largest of any meeting of the Grand Lodge in many years. He reported having visited all the Lodges in the jurisdiction, his official visits having amounted to fifty-three. Respecting the condition of the Craft in the jurisdiction, he said, "Peace and har"mony prevail among the Brethren, and prosperity has attended the Lodges." Numerous dispensations were granted; among them were some to confer the degrees without reference t6 the requirements of the law, or in other words, to do the "work out of time." The several deputies of the districts rendered their reports, which were printed. The Grand Secretary furnished an annual statement of the affairs of his office, from which it is learned that all the Lodges made returns on time, furnishing information of the fact that there had been a gain of eighty-nine members during the year. CORRESPONDENCE.
A brief Report on Correspondence ,vas furnished by Brother Henry W. Rugg. Referring to the recognition of the so-called Grand Lodge of Mexico by the Grand Lodge' of Texas, Brother Rugg reached the conclusion that the proceedings which resulted in the establishment of a new Masonic Grand Lodge in Mexico had not been in accordance with the generally-received principles that have governed the formation of American Grand Lodges. Consequently, the recognition of the "Gran Dieta Simbolica of Mexico" was withheld. I am in full accord with this action.
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Several reports were made by the "Commissioners on Trials," and their findings approved by the Gra'nd Lodge, resulting in the expulsion of two parties and the suspension of one. Nothing else appears in the minutes of sufficient interest to be noted, except the record of two special communications, called for the purpose of laying corner-stones. The annual election resulted in the choice of the incumbents of the offices of Grand Master and Grand Secretary, Brothers Rhodes and Baker, both of whom reside in Providence.
SOUTH CAROLlNA-1894. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The, Journal of this Grand Lodge contains the proceedings of a special communication, convened for the purpose of laying a cornerstone of a college building in the city of Rock Hill. The ceremonies being performed, the Grand Master delivered a brief address, followed by an oration on the part of the Orator of the day. The Annual Communication was held in the city o~ Charleston~ beginning on the 11th day of December. Brother S. P. Dendy was Grand Master, and Brother Chas. lnglesby Grand Secretary. Representatives were in attendance from 149 of the 182 Lodges on the roll. The membership was represented at 5,797. The Annual Address of the Grand Master covered fourt~en pages, and is principally inade up of reports of numerous and various dispensations granted. In his exordium, which is of some length, he announced peaceful relations with all other Gr-and Lodges, and the prevalence' of harmony among the Lodges in the jurisdiction. Judging from the tone of the Address I conclude that very partial progress had been made during the term, owing largely, perhaps, to financial stringency. He affirmed that too much stress is laid on Ritualistic Masonry, and too much importance paid to forms and ceremonies, while less thought is given to the underlying principles and teachings of Freemasonry. It is to be regretted that such condition obtains in any Masonic jurisdiction. Theory without practice is but "sounding brass and tinkling cymbal." If the teachings and principles of Masonry are not incarnated in the life, the recipient of the degrees is far from being a genuine Mason. There were those in the long ago who gave much attention to minor matters, but neglected "the weightier concerns of the law." The Divine Teacher, who read the
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heart and knew what was in man, pronounced a severe verdict against such. "Whited sepulchres" was the repulsive symbol made to repr~sent such superficial pretenders. Following a very brief and practical exordium or exhortation, the Grand Master called attention to divers matters, and reported his official transactions for the term. Official rulings were reP9rted at some length, ,vhich were duly considered by the Committee on Jurisprudence. I note in the report of the Grand Master that permission had been granted to confer degrees out of the usual order, or in disregard of established regulations. The Address contains the announcement that death had invaded their ranks and called from earth Past Grand Master J. B. Kershaw, and the Grand Tiler, Brother 'W. A. Wilson. Eloquent and appropriate tributes were paid to the menwry of these departed ones by the Committee on Honored Dead. Of Past Grand Master Kershaw, the Grand Master said, "Citizen, patriot, soldier, statesman, judge, Christian, Mason, he is no more." Referring to the finances of the Grand Lodge the Grand Master stated that some progress was being 'made toward liquidating their bonded indebtedness, and that a bond'ed debt of $10,800 still remained unpaid. Their Masonic Temple in Charleston see~s to need changes and repairs, as several of the Masonic Bodies holding their meetings in the structure had threatened to abandon the use of the Temple unless the needed changes were made. The Grand Master, in closi ng his 'Address, said that during his two years o'f service the valuable aid rendered him by the Grand Secretary, Brother Charles Inglesby, prompted a courteous recognition ~nd fraternal commendation which he cheerfully accorded that valuable officer. The Grand Secretary, Brother Inglesby, presented a full and detailed ac~ount of all business matters pertaining to bis office, followed by that of t.he Grand Treasurer. Divers and su'ndry reports were submitted and acted upon, and are found in the body of the Journal. The Deputy Grand Masters of the several districts reported with more or less brevity, and their reports were printed. A special report of the Committee on Correspondence was submitted in which the doings of the famous Masonic Congress of Chicago were highly approved. The proposition to hold a Masonic celebration, at the tomb of Washington in 1899 was commended, and the' recognition of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma duly recommended. The report was adopted. I notice that a fe,,, rulings were made by the Grand .Master in the chair, on propositions submitted. One of these can not fail to arrest the attention of all reviewers of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina and elicit more or less comment. The record says, " In
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answer to an inquiry, the Grand Master ruled that the loss of a toe by a candidate, after his initiation, prevented said candidate from any further advance in Masonry." The record does not state whether the question referred to the little toe or the big toe. Perhaps this should not cut any figure in the matter. Aside from this view of the case I am forced to express the opinion that the ruling was a good deal smalle1' than any little toe that ever constituted a part of man's pedal extremities. This ruling was made touching the subject of "Physical Qualifications." The word" Disqualifications" may be properly selected and applied in this instance. To disqualify a man physically perfect in every respect, mentally and morally worthy of a place in Speculative Freemasonry, by reason of the absence of a toe, is minifying the law, and strikes at the central fact of fitness to receive the mysteries of Freemasonry. I object to this ruling on the ground that it estops the advancement of a Brother who is already a Mason. The fact can not be called in question that the initiate who has received the first degree is a Mason. Wherein then does the loss of a toe disqualify such candidate for further light in Masonry in the second degree, and more light in Masonry in the third degree? A very well settled and generally accepted rule among the Fraternity in this country is that where a candidate can comply literally with ,the requirements of the ceremonies, he is not disqualified, even though he might be short two toes. Certainly such candidate could conform to the regulation requiring him to take the ne(:essary step. I would ask if the South Carolina decision is intended to affect the candidate who has received the first degree if the absent toe had been dismembered from his left foot after he was initiated. If all the toes were perfect on the right foot, why could he not make the necessary step with that right foot in 'receiving the second degree? Unless there was a toe off of each foot this new rule should not be held to apply in the case. Then again, the candidate having received one degree and afterward being maimed to the extent of losing a little toe, should not the moral phase of the contract entered into between the parties of the first and second parts so obtain as to require the Lodge on its part to carry out that contract, by completing what it had already begun? I have studied a little and read some along Masonic lines, but of all the strange and far-fetched rulings that I have ever met in my Masoni~ life this South Carolina deCision takes the palm. Poor fellow! What a misfortune to have lost a toe. Near the close of the session I find the following record, headed - "The Grand Lodge was then closed in short form on the first degree, and opened in like manner on the third degree of Masonry." The natural inference to be raised from this statement of the record is that the Grand Lodge had been in session transacting business in the first degree. This is evidently true', as it is shown by the Journal that the
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Lodge had been closed on the third degree and opened on the first when the officers were duly installed. I have no desire to be hyper¡critical, but the question presents itself, if officers are elected by a Grand Lodge when it is in session on the third degree, is not th~ installation of said officers as much a part of the business of the session .as the election, and should not the installation be performed in the ;game degree where the election occurred? This procedure necessitated the closing of the Grand Lodge on the third degree, opening on the first, then closing on the ,first and opening on the third, before the Body could resume its ord~nary business and close in AMPLE FORM. Perhaps Brothe'r Inglesby :will shine upon my darkness in his next .annual review, and explain the novelty, if not anomaly,. of this procedure. . The Grand Lodge appoint.ed a committee to prepare the Past Grand Master's jewel for the retiring Grand Master, Brother S. P. Dendy. The Grand Lodge \vas then closed until its pext Annual Communication, which will be held in December, 1895. co RRESPON DENCE. The annual review was prepared by Brother Charles Inglesby, the Grand Secretary. It covered eighty-fonr pages, and contains notices of sixty-three Grand Lodge Proceedings. Our Missouri Journal for 1893, was assigned a little over one page in the report. It is written throughout. Brother Inglesby, like other committees, prefers to write his reports to making them up of a supe:rabundance of extracts. Commenting upon the controversy between the Pennsylvania and Missouri Grand Lodges, he said: "We concur with the Grand Master of Pennsylvania in holding that the Missouri law is wrong, granting the right o~ the Grand Lodge of Missouri to have ",'rong laws if they so prefer." The point here raised is, Is the Missouri law wrong that defines the quaHfication of a candidate for the mysteries of Mason ry by requiring him to reside twelve months within its jurisdiction? Brother Inglesby affirms. I deny., Until the Brethren of the perpetualist school demonstrate that rejection of a candidate endows him with perpetual unworthiness, and fastens upon him a status that can only be removed by the rejecting Lodge, they can not maintain their claim. Our Missouri law recognizes the right of Pennsylvania or Sout.h CaroHna to exercise perpetual jurisdiction over rejected mat.erial in the bounds of their own States, but when such rejected material has been told by the rejecting Lodge that he is not wanted, such rejection does not fasten ,upon him a brand of unworthiness in the estimation or view of our Missouri law: The Lodge that did not want him had the right to so declare, but such declaration did not Cj'catc unworthiness in the candidate, save in the sight of the G. L. Ap.-5.
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rejecting Lodge and the Grand Lodges that sustain perpetual jurisdiction. Passing from that jurisdiction into Missouri, for instance, thereby gaining new relations and coming under the control of laws that judge of his merits as carefully and properly as the Lodge from whence he 'came, our right to declare him worthy material becomes 'fixed and unquestionable. The perpetual school may claim, but they never can enforce what may be called "Extra Territorial Jurisdiction." The sooner these parties learn this fact the sooner will this agitation cease, and the question drift in the direction of amicable adjustment. Be it known once for all that Grand Lodges maintaining perpetual control - over candidates, can not legislate for Grand Lodges as independent, respectable and reputable as themselves. I am surprised that Brother Inglesby, the sound and conservative Masonic jurist, should hold to a dogma that is being outlawed by a great many jurisdictions of this, country. Speaking of oUf Masonic Home, Brother Inglesb)' said, "The Masonic Home fund now amounts to $13,999." This may'mislead the reader respeeting the resources of our grand institution. He will allow me to say that the Home has an endowment fund of over $50,000, with an annual income largely over $15,000.00. The amount mentioned by him was the sum paid into the Home fund of the Institution. Subsequent amounts paid into the treasury of the Ho.me largely increased the sum noted. Speaking of the oration of Brother Kuhn, he said, "We wish it could be heard by al1." Referring to my comments on the rule of South Carolina erasing the names of members for non-payment' of dues, he explains their regulations and says that what we call "suspended" in Missouri is by them termed" erased from the roll," the party having been tried and convicted. Brother Inglesby thinks that suspension should only be the penalty for the violation of the moral law. I would ask what is the difference, where the man is subjected to a trial, between suspending him from the rights and privileges of Masonry and dropping him from the roll, which certainly entails the same results. The general tone of the report of Brother Inglesby is. very fine .throughout. He is a sound and safe reviewer, presenting familiarity with the principles of the Institution, and an earnest, conservative spirit in their application. He does not agree with the rule in Georgia which requires an unaffiliated Mason to apply for membership to a Lodge in whose jurisdiction he resides. I concnr in his treatment of the subject, and mention the law of Missouri upon this point, that a non-affiliate'dMason residing in this State may apply for membership to any Lodge in the jurisdiction, and is not confined to the Lodge nearest his place of residence. He also entered]his disclaimer against.
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the Georgia decision that a member in good standing in another State, whose Lodge had lost its charter, might, after living in Georgia one year, apply for affiliation without Dimit, having failed to obtain a 'certificate of his former standing. In Missouri we receive the application of no one for affiliation without the regular Dimit or some other documentary evidence of standing, and of the cessation of his member>ship in his former Lodge. Brother Inglesby does not agree with the rule that a Mason must be tried by his own Lodge alone, no matter where the offense was committed. This is sound doctrine and good 路custom. The State does not deal with criminals any other way than to try them where the offense was committed, or by change of venue to :some convenient point out of the jurisdiction of the court where the 路crime was enacted. Missouri does not allow any change of venue in Masonic trials. Where the offense is committed is the place to try the -offender, because the witnesses are supposed to reside there, and the facts can be more easily obtained' than' in some foreign part of the jurisdiction. Brother Inglesby gives a vigorous echo to the law enacted in Wyoming disallowing the Past Master's degree as a qualification of a Master-elect to preside over a Lodge. This anomalous degree has obtained in Missouri from the beginning of its history. I am pleased to relate the fact that an amendment to our constitution abolishing the degree in Symbolic Masonry was sent out by our Grand Lodge and ,submitted for vote to the subordinates. An overwhelming majority of the Lodges in Missouri, voting upon this subject, have declared the degree unnecessary and out of place in the system of Symbolic Masonry. So mote it be. Brother Inglesby concluded his excellent report qy saying that he was aware that comparatively few take the trouble to read reports on Correspondence. That' may be true in South Carolina. As to our Miss0uri Brethren, they are very' fond of these reports and consider them mighty interesting reading. CLAUDE E. SAWYER, Aiken, Grand Master. CHARLES INGLESBY, Charleston, Grand Secretary.
SOUTH DAKOTA-1895. The Jonrnal of this Grand Lodge is a "jewel." In the type work, paper, binding and embellishment it is "a thing of beauty." The Grand Secretary. who can get out such a copy of Proceedings on good time, is likewise a "jewel" in the way of an officer. . The Journal contains the doings of the Twenty-first Annual Communication, which was held in the _State House in the city of Pierre,
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commencing June 11th, 1895, a.nd was presided over by Brother William C. Allen, whose picture graces the Proceedings. A printed prayer is found at the opening of the session, which is in very good taste, and unlike one I have criticised several times in another Grand Lodge: Brqther George A. Pettigrew, the Grand Secretary, can improve his work a little by furnishing an index and recapitulation, so the reviewer may not have to do any counting, or hunt through the Journal for particular items in making up his report. I think there are something less than 100 Lodges on the roll, with a, membership of over 4,000. The weather is too warm, and the season too late, for me to count up the number of Lodges represented. I find the income, as reported by the Grand Secretary, tohave been $2,967. ADDRES1';.
Grand Master Allen presented a fine business document, sho\ving a broad and comprehensive knowledge of the duties pertaining to his station. He said, "With a few exceptions, the particular Lodges are in a prospering condition." He further remarked, "vVe are at pe,ace with all our Sister Jurisdictions." During the term he had granted dispensations for the formation of five new Lodges. These we!e severally chartered at the session above noted. The .Grand Master put himself on record as favoring the consolidation of Lodges, rather than be forming so many new ones. It 路would be well if Grand Masters generally took such a similar view of this question In the course of the Address he reported the laying of corner-stones, 'dedications of Halls and other official acts performed by him. Twelve' official decisions were reported. These passed nnder review by the Committee on Jurisprudence, and were severally approved. He decided, very properly, I think, that a Master Mason may seek affiliation in any Lodge in the State or Territory of the Grand Lodge, if he so desire, and is not confined to seek membership in the Lodge nearest his residence. Another proper ruling was "that competency to conform literally to all the requirements of the degrees constitutes physical perfection in a candidate." Decision No.7 says: "A Dimit does not 'outlaw' in this jurisdiction." I presume we are to understand from said statement that as long as an unaffiliated Mason holds his Dimit unforfeited by suspension or expulsion, he is entitled to petition thereon for membership. Such is our custom in Missouri. He decided: "Lodge dues do not accumulate during the路 period of suspension of a member." This is a good doctrine and worthy of the
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spirit and genius of the l\fasonic Institution. Several recommendations were submitted, among them was one that the law be repealed which allows clergymen to receive the degrees of IVlasonry without cost. Poor preachers! how they are outlawed by some Grand Lodges, M.issouri included. He further recommended that no affiliation fee be charged those who become members of Lodges, This recommendation was approved. There must be a law in that jurisdiction preventing members who are delinquent as to Lodge dues from voting at elections for officers. He recommended that such law be repealed. A very just and kind endorsement was given the new Grand Secretary, Brother Pettigrew . .T udging from the work done during his first year of service, I most cordially second the compliment paid the Grand Secretary. He certainly is a vast improvement on his predecessor. The Grand Lodge Library received favorable mention, and the work of the Grand Lecturer was commended. For his excellent Address, Brother Allen received a warm tribute and hearty praise from a committee, who commended the eminent ability of the retiring Grand Mastel' during his administration. Reports from various comniittees were furnished and approved. Brother Pettigrew, the Grand Secretary, presenteu a very excellent business paper. He stated that, not\vithstanding hard times, there had been a substantial gain in membership during the past year. He~ like the Grand :Master, received a compliment from the Committee on Resolutions. His salary is fixed at $600 per annum. The Grand Lodge of South Dakota acquiesced in the Colorado proposition to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the death of George Washington. Brother Parvin, Grand Secretary of Iowa, was elected an honorary member of the Grand Lodge of South Dakota. The Grand Officers having been e~ected, were duly installed, with those appointed~ as the last work of the session, and the Grand Lodge closed its labors, to hold its next Communication in the city of Huron. I have thus given a summariied view of the transactions and business of the Twenty-first Annual Communication. CORRESPONDENCE.
Brother 'William Blatt, Past Grand Master and Committee on Correspondence, rendered a report covering 100 pages. I will not say all the kind things about Brother Blatt my feelings prompt, for fear some one may charge that he and I constitute a "Mutual Admiration Society." He is so very cordial and opulent in his expressions of appreciation of my work, that I am tempted to reply in kind if not in quantity. At a period in the past, not very remote, I feared Brother Blatt would retire from the field he had cultivated so ably and faithfully, but he
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was induced to remain in charge of the work, and again comes into port from his annual journeyings, bringing gathered treasures found in many lands-rich argosies, with which to fill the temple of our Masonic literatu"re. In his work, covering 100 pages, the doings of fifty-five Grand Lodges are carefully noted. Occasional extracts dot his pages, followed by comments according to his views of the matter treated. His commendations are kind, his criticisms frank and just. He never approves of an improper thing, nor justifies any departure from correct principle or good policy. Passing through the list of Grand Lodge Journals, he came to Missouri for 1894, and gave us nearly two pagei:3 of his space. Touching the action of our Grand Lodge concerning the case of Ben Lafayette, a resident of the Indian Territory, Brother Blatt entered an emphatic protest. He denied that Lafayette could be lawfully made a Mason in a Missouri Lodge, having resided five or more years in the Indian Territory, even though he had a home in Missouri. Many of us here agree with Brother Blatt, and propose to labor for the repeal of the action of our Grand Lodge at its last session. Brother Blatt concluded his excellent review by saying: ,. A proper comprehension of the true aims and objects of Freemasonr.y is indispensably necessary to the practice and diffusion of the principles of the Masonic Fraternity." T. H. FILES, Sioux Falls, Grand Master." GEORGE A. PETTIGREW, Flandreau, Grand Secretary. WILLIAM BLATT, Yankton, Committee on Correspondence.
TENNESSEE-1,895. EIGHTY-FIRST ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The session was held in Nashville commencing on the 30th day of January. Brother Henry A. Chambers was Grand Master.. I can not understand the record respecting the Grand Secretary. On the 2d of December, 1894, Brother John Frizzell, Grand Secretary for twenty-six years, was buried by the Grand Lodge of Tennessee. In the minutes of the eighty-first session, held January 30th following, his name is found in the list of Grand Officers as Grand Secretary. Who did the work of the session is a matter of conjecture. Brother Wm. A. Clendenning was the assistant of Brother Frizzell for a number of years, and probably acted as Grand Secretary. The record shows Representatives present from 401 Lodges out of a total of 424, with seven Lodges under dispensation. On the 1st day of January, 1895, the reported
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~embership was 17,931, being an increase of 105 over the previous
year. In reviewing the Journal of Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee, a feeling of sadness takes possession of me, as I am reminded of the loss of a much-loved friend and cherished Brother Mason, Judge John Frizzell, Past Grand Master, and Grand Secretary, as already noted, for over a quarter of a century. Very intimate social and fraternal relations existed between the deceased and myself for nearly twenty years. We met and served together in different Grand Bodies, repre- • .senting Masonry and other institutions, where he held high place and ¡enjoyed the fullest confidence of his associates. Brother Frizzell was a man of rare excellence, and purity of life. He was consecrated and devoted to good wprks. Tennessee never had a better man. There may have. been others of more pretent.iousness and demonstrativeness, but none superibr to him in all the commendable attributes that mark a man whom" God made." Wherever se'en, Brother Frizzell was always the courtly gentleman, and never lost that dignity of mari.hood and Christian bearing, which pointed him out in all circles as the model of those who associated with him. Tennessee, during the term under review, was fearfully stricken by death, having' lost two Past Grand Masters and a Past Junior Grand Warden. George Cooper Connor, Past Grand Master, died previous to the time that Brother Frizzell was ealled from labor. The Committee on Memoirs presented a lengthy and detailed tribute of their labors and official positions. I never met Brother Connor, but have read his writings for years past with varied feelings. That he was erratic and peculiar was the view formed of him from his utterances. That he was scholarly and possessed of varied learning is known to all. Memorial services were held in honor of the departed trio who had been called into the mysteries of the future. Grand Master Chambers reported fifty-six official rulings made by him during his .administration. They were all approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence. The same committee commended the Address of the Grand 'Master, pronouncing it an " admirable" one, and expressed much pleasure in affirming his official actions, especially his earnest words in behalf of the Masonic Home. As to the decisions reported and approved, it is presumed that they quadrate with the laws in that jurisdiction. There are some few rulings that would not suit our, jurisdiction, as, for instance, allowing a petition to be withdrawn after an unfavorable report had been rendered by the investigating committee. I can not understand the application of one ruling which says, when a member is indefinitely suspended and afterward moves into another jurisdiction, the Lodge which suspended him
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loses control over the case, just as if he had been expelled. That decision would not bear the test of judicial criticism in Missouri under our law. I quite agree with the rule which says "Definite suspension requires no restoration." Of course, when the period for which the member was suspended expires, the disabilities imposed end with the limitations prescribed, and the party reverts to his former standing. The Grand Master reported having granted dispensations for the' formation of five new Lodges. Various dispensations were issued, but I am glad to find none were granted to suspend the law for conferring degrees out of time. Numerous commissions were ordered issued. Speaking of the subject that interests Tennessee Masons so greatly, the Grand Master said the "Masonic Home is near and dear to the hearts of many of the Masons and good women of the State." Said institution was dedicated on the 23d day of June, 1894, with imposing ceremonies, in the presence of a large assembly of people. The report touching this interest and its general condition was presented by the President and Secretary of the Home. I learn from the record that there are seventy members of the Home. family being cared for by the Masons of Tennessee. The Grand Master stated that the demands of his profession placed it almost entirely out of his power to make official . visitations. The custodians of the work and lectures made their reports, which find a place in the Journal. The ten District Lecturers submitted reports which were published. There seems to be a law in the jurisdiction of Tennessee for taxing non-affiliated Masons. The funds accruing from such tax are applied to help widows and orphans entitled to assistance who are not admitted to the Masonic Home. I presume the end justifies the means. In Missouri we do not punish non-affiliated Masons who remain such from choice, by levying a tax upon them, causing them to pay for privileges they do not enjoy. During their chosen nonaffiliation they are deprived of . all rights and privileges, except one, that is, to petition .for membership. There is no Report on Correspondence. The committee appointed to that duty, Brother Frank M. Smith, announced that owing to pressing duties on other lines he had been unable to prepare a satisfactory report. He was granted until the next meeting of the Grand Lodge to report. Divers and sundry reports, rendered by various committees, were received, approved, and printed in the Journal. The extended report concerning the Masonic Home appears as an addendum to the Journal. GEORGE H. MORGAN, Cookeville, Grand Master. J. B. GARH.ETT, Nashville, Grand Secretary. '
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TEXAS-1894. The Journal of this Grand Lodge still holds its position among the largest annuals of the day. It loses nothing with years, either as to matter, style or interest. Texas is a great jurisdiction in domain, operation, resources and developments. As a State it was a revelation to me. _It seemed almost as large as aU out-of-doors. While spending a most delightful winter vacation in the southwestern part of the State, I had large opportunity to study vastness and listen to silence. Visiting a friend on a ranch of 50,000 acres, the eye could roam over space until wearied by outlying distances, bounded only by the far-away horizon. Give that country plenty of water for irrigating purposes, and Southwest Texas will become the Eden of the "Lone Star" Empire. San Antonio. the center point of my ramblings, charmed me much. As a winter health resort, ,...ith its adjacent red hot sulphur wells, pouring out twelve hundred thousand gallons of water every twenty-four hours, at a temperature of 108 degrees, with an.atmosphere pure and free from malaria, it has no superior on the continent as a rallying place for the enfeebled and prostrated physical conditions of the people. I regret not having been able to look in upon the Fifty-ninth Annual Communication of the Texas Grand Lodge, which was assembled in the city of historic nameHouston-while I was in the State. It began its labors December 4th, '1894, with Brother B. F. Frymier, Grand Master, and Brother W. F. Swain, Grand Secretary.- The record said a constitutional number of Lodges were represented, 274 out of the total of 577 appearing at roll call. A membership is reported of 27,336. The Grand Secretary stated, "Increase in members during the past year, 2,864." His report shows admis'sions from all sources, 3,290. The decrease from various causes footed up 2,490, leaving an actual gain, from his own figures, of about 600. There may be an error on the part of the printer as to the figures, but taking them as' a guide in the calculation, the statement of th~ -Grand Secretary is misleading. ADDRESS.
An unusually interesting and business-like Address of eighteen pages was furnished by the Grand Master. After the usual greetings to. the members, he recorded the death of Past Grand Master Philip C. Tucker. This eminent citizen and distinguished Mason died July 9th, 1894, aged sixty-eight years.. He had served the Fraternity in Texas as Grand Master in 1869. He also filled the honorable positions of Grand High Priest and Grand Commander in that jurisdiction. At the tima
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of his death he was Grand Commander of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite in the. Southern jurisdiction. The Gra'nd Master said of him that he was "a man eminent in all the stations of life; as a citizen, he won for himself the highest respect anu esteem of his countrymen; in ,his chosen profession, the law, he was justly distil}guished for his learning and ability." He died in 'Vashington City, while in the discharge of the duties of his office as Grand ,Commander of the Southern Jurisdiction of Scottish Rite Masons. An eloquent tribute was paid to his memory by an appropriate committee. The'Grand Master reported that the sixt.een Lodges chartered at the last session had been constituted and were at work. Dispensations were granted during the term for the formation of five 'new Lodges. The Gi'and Master reported corner-stones laid, public installations and other matters of local interest. Reference was made to the reports rendered by the various District Deputy Grand Masters, which showed the Subordinate Lodges to be in a prosperous condition in the several -districts, with few exceptions. Several cases of discipline were reported .by the Grand Master. He reported nine official rulings, which were iI"eferred t.o the Committee on Jurisprudence. All were approved except ,No. 1., The Grand l\1:aster decided that' it requires seven members oia Lodge to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and that members of other Lodges can not be used to make up such quorum. The Committee, on Jurisprudence reversed this decision and ruled that three constitute a Masonic Lodge when at work on the third degree. They thus make the ritualistic Lodge, which consists of three, the Master and two Wardens, as anciently constituted, a constitutional body. The law of Texas doubtless justifies such finding. I have nothing to say respecting the declaration of that committee,but I raise the question, Does the law of Texas authorize three members, being Master Masons, to open and hold a Masonic Lodge under charter? If it does, then three members present may legally open a Lodge and transact business, that number forming the required quorum. If the law requires more than three Master Masons to constitute a Lodge under charter, why should a Jess number than the corporate number be allowed to open a corporation chartered under the law? For myself; I do not believ~ that it is good law or sound policy to alIo}\' a less number than is required to form a Lodge under a charter to constitute its quorum for business. The ritualistic idea of three Master Masons applies only, in my judgment. to a ceremonial Lodge. The enactment of constitutions for the government of Masonry is not to be ig~ored by the use of ritua,listic terms. I endorse the ruling of the Grand路 Master of Texas, and demur to the finding of the Committee on Jurisprudence. That committee approved all the other findings of their Grand Master, Ol1e of which, I _
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think, is open to improvement. A Senior Warden-elect died before the installation of officers. His Lodge asked to know if an election could be held to fill the vacancy. The Grand Master replied that he had no power to grant dispensations to hold an election at any other time than that prescribed in a given article, chapter and section of the law. My comment upon this decision is that the Texas law must be very restrictive, if it denies its Grand Master the right to grant dispensations to hold elections in Lodges in such emergency cases as above enumerated. The Grand Master said that the authority vested in him gave him the right to grant dispensations to confer degrees out of time, but it should be cautiously used and exercised. It seems strange to a Missouri Mason to meet the statement that the Grand Master has power to suspend the law prescribing the time for conferring degrees, and yet he has not the authority to meet emergencies inl Lodges where there are vacancies caused by death or otherwise. Certainly the law at this point is not only restrictive, but would be better by being changed. The relations of the Grand Lodge of Texas to other jurisdictions were announced as pleasant and fraternal. The recommendation was made by the Grand Master that a sufficient sum of money be appropriated for the purpose of securing the services of a stenographer for the Grand Master's office, in view of the vast and increasing labors connected -with that station. The Deputy Grand Master rendered a brief report, 'from which it appears he had granted divers and sundry dispensa.tions. The Grand Secretary's report and that of the Treasurer followed, furnishing an exhibit of the finances of the Body. The Grand Secretary reported that last year all Lodges had made returns except one. The present t.erm showed laxity on the part of Lodge Secretaries, and a great falling off as to Grand Lodge dues. This was ascribed to the general financial depression prevailing, and that Masonry, in common with~ other institutions, felt the presence of "hard times." A report was rendered, by those in charge of that interest, respectin~ the proposed Masonic Home. This movement is still on the advance,. something near $80,000 having been secured and loaned ont, at good, interest, for the most part. The increase of the funds for the term" footed up something over $12,000. A resolution was adopted asking the~ different localities in the State that desire the Home located in their midst, to submit their offers to the Board of Directors, which board will be required to visit these different localities and report recommendations with their views at the next Grand Lodge session. Numerous interesting reports embracing a great variety of subjects were rendered and approved by the Grand Body. These concerned the Texas Craft only. That Grand Lodge has a Wido,,:s' and Orphan&' }"'und, reported at $20,000.
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Near the close of the session, and following the installation, the retiring Grand Master presented the new incumbent of the office with the famous "signet. ring," delivering an appropriate address, which was responded to by the incoming Grand Master. A Past Grand Master's jewel was presented to Brother B. F. Frymier on his retirement. A new Grand Secretary was elected to succeed Brother W. F. Swain, who was registered in the list of Grand Officers as being present. This seems to have been an error, as a resolution was adopted at the close of the session tendering a vote of thanks to Brother J. M. Carlisle for his ability in performing the duties of Grand Secretary during the Communication then held. The inference is fair that Brother Swain was absent, and was probably retired in consequence of disability, whether from age or disease, I can not learn. GUS GARRISON, Sulphur Springs, Grand Master. JOHN WATSON, Houston, Grand Secretary. ' CORRESPONDENCE.
"To me the most interesting portion of the Texas Journal is always the Report on Correspondence by my valued friend and esteemed , Brother, Thos. M. Matthews. In the annual now under review, I find his work up to, if not aboye, former labors. He occupied 136 pages in noticing the doings of fifty-four Grand Lodges. In a few instances two years were reviewed. To say he is a careful reviewer would not be much of a compliment. His treatment of our Missouri Proceedings of 1894 was in keeping with his former fraternal consideration. Five' paRes' ~"ere allowed us, in which he summarized our transactions fully, giving his readers more than a "bird's-eye" view of what was done. r am gratified to note that commendation was the staple material used in passing upon our work as a Grand Lodge. This is pleasing to us of Missouri, as there is such a close connection between our Grand J urisdiction and that of Texas. Many of the sons of Missouri are in the "Lone Star" State. I found them everywhere last winter when rusticating in the "Empire" juri'sdiction of the great and growing Southwest. Brother Matthews and this writer are alike in many respects, and even where we differ it is only on lines not seriously affecting our interests as a Fraternity. I like his independence above any terms of expression. He feels deeply, 'thinks earnestly, acts independently and' contends fraternally. Referring to my comments upon the action of his Grand Lodge in 1893, respecting the rights of the Senior Warden to preside in the absence of the Master, he said that I must have been" a little out of sorts." Not in the least, Brother Matthews. It was just "a little" confusion of mind caused by a
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confusion of terms used by the Grand Master in his decision. Viewing the matter from a Missouri standpoint, I questioned the finding of the Committee on Jurisprudence, which declared that" 'Vhile the Past Master 路is presiding, his power to rule and control the Lodge is the same as that of the actual Master." To this I took exceptions and still hold to my position that the Past Master had no right in the chair belonging to anyone, but was simply the mouth-piece of the Senior Warden, who should be by him and not in the 路West. . It was a Lodge at labor under the official authority of路 the Senior Warden, as the next in rank to the Master who was not present. As acting Master" this 'Warden could alone be known by, and held responsible to, the Grand Lodge. The latter Body could not discipline the Past Master for any irregularities, because it could not kno\\' him as. the head of the Lodge, or recognize his authority "to rule and control the Lodge," but would hold the Senior 'Varden answerable and discipline him. Grand Master Cochran ruled properly in this \vhen he said" the act of presiding (by the Past Master) was that of the "rarden, as acting Master, and the minutes should so show." And the minutes should be signed by the Warden as acting Master, thereby making the record consistent with the facts. These views are determined by our custom and laws in Missouri. Our Texas Brethren have different regulations. Both of us are correct from our own laws. As to Texas Lodges renting their property for saloons or other immoral purposes, I touched up the action of their committee for a purpose, and have enjoyed myself at the expense of the committee. If such committees will be a little more particular in the use of terms and make themselves better understood, humor would not have opportunity to come to the surface.. Brother Matthews did not have opportunity to write about ,', Masonry as it exists in Mexico." He secured the services of Past Grand Master Tyler, who prepared a threepage article, maintaining the legitimacy of "Mexican :Masonry." His principal effort was directed against the position taken by the late Brother Richard Vaux, of Penns)'1vania. I fail to realize the force of his argument in the case. Statements are not proofs, and assertions do not constitute arguments. But I have very little interest in this matter and do not care to pursue it. I close this brief notice of the work of Brother Matthews with the same warm appreciation of his excellence and worth as entertained for a number of years. May we be, as heretofore, friends and Brothers true and fai~hful, in a common cause.
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UTAH-1895. TWENTY'FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The Journal under review contains the record of an emergency Communication held June' 17th, 1894, to perform the burial services' over their late Grand Master, Brother A. B. Emery. Last year in my review of the Utah Journal I termed the Address of Brother Emery as: "a very excellent business document." It no'...路 becomes my sad duty to record his death, which occurred a few months after he closed his successful and practical administration as Grand Master. The services路 at his funeral, as represented by the Grand Secretary, were beautifut and affecting. He was buried from the First Congregational Church, where addresses were delivered in his honor. These addresses contain touching and beautiful tributes. The Annual Communication convened in the beautiful city of Ogden,. January 15th, 1895, and was presided over by Brother A. S. Chapman, Grand Master; Brother Christopher Diehl being Grand Secretary. An address of welcome was delivered by the Mayor of the city, Brother Charles M. Brough. All the Lodges in the Territory, eight in number, were represented. These Lodges represent a membership of 677, showing a gain of nine. . ADDRESS.
A goud Address of eleven pages emanated from the Grand East. The'Grand Master said that in consequence of the financial depression, which still continues, the increase in membership had been seriously' retarded. He has great hopes for the future of his country, saying that. its prospects never looked brighter than now. That Gi'and Lodge bad been sadly bereaved during the past year by the death of t路wo of its路 bright and prominent members. Brother A. B. Emery, Past Grand Master, and Brother Robert L. Scannell, Deputy Grand Master, were called from the ranks of the living by the tiler Death since the last session. Brother Scannell was an Englishman by birth and died in . London while on a visit to his native land. Notice has already been taken of the death of Past Grand Master Emery. Memorial tributes of a high order were paid these departed ones during the session of the Grand Lodge. . The Grand Master had enjoyed the great pleasure of visiting each Lodge in the jurisdiction. Brother Diehl, the Grand Secretary, accompanied him on several occasions. The Grand Master said: "We are at peace with all the Grand Lodges around the Globe, and our' relations. with them continue harmonious."
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Three decisions were reported by the Grand Master. Two of them were approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence and one not approved. He decided very properly that a Mason can not be vouched for by a member of a Lodge who had met the proposed visitor in a Chapter, but not in a Lodge. He ruled that the Master of a Lodge could not declare the favorable result of the ballot when one member was present not voting, unless ex~used by the Lodge. This was also approved. It was the judgment of the Grand Master that I when a Junior Warden prefers charges and is succeeded in office by another before the trial, he must prosecute the case, and not the new Junior Warden. The Grand Lodge decided to the contrary, holding that the Junior Warden in office at the time of the trial must conduct the proceedings. This is our law in Missouri. Speaking of the standard work in the jurisdiction, the Grand Master commended the labors performed by the Grand Lecturer; he took occasion to bring before the Body the importance of improving the work in its grammar and diction. The Grand Lodge heeded this admonition and acted accordingly. I would say "that good grammar in imparting the ritualistic work in Masonry is fully as essential, if not more so, t.han the mere parrot utterances of one who has memorized the ritual. To witness the murder of the" King's English," as I have done through many years in a great number of Lodges, is enough to torture and destroy tpe nerves of any man who appreciates good. language. Under the head of morality, our good Brother of Utah, Grand Master Chapman, presented a number of most impressive and pertinent exhortations. While recognizing the moral tone of the Brethren of Utah, he deemed it proper 'to 'rarn the Fraternity against the offenses of gluttony and drunkenness. He said if there was a Mason in Utah who could not control his appetite he should set up a standard of total abstinence, and then secure the assistance of his Brethren in maintaining it. Speaking of the presence of intoxicating liquors at Masonic banquets, he had learned from Brethren in other States that such custom was strictly forbidden, because instances could. be enumerated where a love for strong drink had been created at Masonic banquets. This writer was informed by a widow in the city of St. Louis, when he attended the funeral of her husband, who had died from the influence of strong drink and filled a drunkard's grave, that he never was "known to indulge in intoxicating liquors or be absent from home at night until he began to indulge in the revelries of the Masonic banquet table. Sad commentary upon the hilarious and vicious habits of Masons who blight their lives and curse their families under the name of "social enjoyments " at Lodge and C.ommandery banquets.
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Brother Chapman recommended observance of the St. John's Day in June and December, and wound up his admirable Address by striking' a much needed blow at another vice disgracefully promin~nt among ourBrotherhood, that of profane swearing. The Grand Master said that ., Masons are required at all times and in all places to be gentlemen.'" That is true, but, alas, how many of them are found to be foul-mouthed, vulgar and disgustingly profane. The remark is not uncommon, "That fellow is as profane as a Ji"'reemason." To this vice the Grand Master appropriately connected another, which is a twin sister of profanity; perhaps I should say is a member of the family of intemperance,. vulgarity and profanity, that is gambling. I conclude this notice of the Address of Grand Master Chapman with high commendation as toits moral tone and pure spirit. He deserves to be honored for such, utterances. The report of the Graud Treasluer shows a nice cash balance on hand of nearly five thousand dollars. The Grand Secretary followed with his usual practical and excellent business document, containing general matter, and special and detailed linformation. He said the. eight Lodges in the Territory have money on hand amounting to nearly thirteen thousand dollars and properties valued at about the same figure. A路 new office has been provided for our venerable BrotherDiehl, for which he is very thankful, and not a little proud. He mentioned the fact that the wido'w of the late Grand Master, Brother' Emery, had presented the Grand Lodge with his life-sized portrait in frame, with 600 copies of his phototypes to be bound in the Proceedings of that session. The picture of this worthy departed Mason graces t.he路 Journal, and is a likeness showing great solidity of character and ability. The Journal is set off with a frontispiece showing the pictures. of all the Grand Officers, taken at that session. Brother Diehl's familiar face appears in the lot, and is the .only one I recognize; but I am inclined to say that the artist must have mistaken some other man for the original. The picture does not do him justice. Notwithstanding it fails to flatter the venerable Secretary, it might have made him look better and younger. The reports of the Grand Librarian and Grand Lecturer are incorporated in the Journal. These reports 'were approved by the proper committees. The document sent out by the Grand Lodge of Mississippi for consideration to the Grand Lodges of the country, was duly considered' and its proposition totally declined. The Grand Lodge路 of Utah sensibly maintains its position concerning perpetual jurisdiction,. asserting that a residence of one year within its jurisdiction gives the路 candidate the 1'ight to seek Masonic Brotherhood within its limits. A minority report was submitted recommending the. Mississippi proposi-
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The Grand Lodge of Utah is looking forward with cheery anticipations to the time of its twenty-fifth anniversary, which will occur in, January, 1897. It was proposed to prepare for the celebration of said anniversary, and a committee was appointed to formulate and present to the next session of the Grand Lodge plans by which this purpose can be carried out. An able committee was created of which Brother Diehl is a member. The Grand Secretary had been appointed at some former time to revise the code of laws of the Grand Lodge and submitted the result of his labors. Consideration of the code .was postponed one year, and an a'ppropriation of $150 was made Brother Diehl as compensation for extra labor in his work of revision. One year ago Past Grand Master Emery, in retiring from office, presented a ring'to be worn by all future Grand Masters while in office, and to be used as a private seal. This talisman is to descend through the years along the line of succeeding Grand Masters. .Brother Chapman, the retiring Grand Master, at the installation of his successor, presented this ring with a beautiful charge to the incoming Grand Master. The Grand Lodge was then closed in AMPLE FOR;\f, and was followed by a banquet, where the Brethren enjoyed a sumptuous. feast, which was as royally appreciated as the entertainment itself was路 superb. Having done justice to the good things provided, and indulged in after-dinner speeches, the Brethren joined hands and sang at parting" Auld Lang Syne." Thus closed the twenty-fourth session of the Grand Lodge of Utah. CORRESPONDENCE.
Brother Diehl, the veteran Grand Secretary of Utah, and Committee on Correspondence, is always interesting as a reporter, because he is always sensible. and practical. He knows the use of language and wastes no words. Hence his reports are always compact and solid, possessing a rare charm and furnishing satisfactory reading. The report under review covers 100 pages and contains notices of fifty-six Grand Lodge Proceedings. He noted carefully our doings of 1894, giving a brief summary of all matters of interest that tr~nspired during the session. Appropriating with approval my comments on "Ornamental or Surface Masonry," he is entitled to my appreciation, expression of which is hereby tendered. Referring to the proposition submitted at our last session to amend the By-Laws requiring nonaffiliated Masons to seek membership in Lodges, or be suspended for a failure so to ,do, Brother Diehl tersely said, "Powder wasted." He expresses the views of' this writer in brief and pertinent terms on the-
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subject. His regret at not meeting this writer in his beautiful home city in June, 1894, is shared by myself, as I had entertained the hope of again seeing and enjoying his venerable presence. The lateness of the season at which I reached his interesting report, coupled with present indisposition, must be my apology for such a brief notice as is here given. I would enjoy a longer communion with my venerable Brother than circumstances will allow. Taking fraternal leave of Brother Diehl, and expressing very warm personal regard ~o1' him, as well as fraternal appreciation, I record with pleasure that he is still Grand Secretary and Committee on Correspondence for the Grand Lodge of Utah. A. C. EMERSON, Ogden, Grand Master.
VERMONT-1895. The One Hundred and Second Session commenced its labors in the city of Burlington on the ]2th of June. Brother John H. Whipple was Grand Master, and Brother Warren G. Reynolds was Grand Secretary. This Journal, like some others, is without a desirable recapitulation. The roll represented something over 100 Lodges, with a membership of 9,521. ADDRESS.
The Address of the Grand Master covered eleven pages, and contained an exhibit of official matters attended to by him during his term. He noted the deaths of two of the members of the Grand Lodge, Brother Kellogg, Grand Sword Bearer, and Brother Marvin, Past Grand Junior Deacon. He reported eight decisions rendered, which were approved. They are practical and of special application to the jurisdiction of Vermont. He said it was the right and the duty of the Sen~or Warden to preside at a trial in the absence of the :Master. The law of t11at jurisdiction requires a residence of one year in the • State before a party can apply for the degrees in a Lodge, but a residence of a few weeks under the jurisdiction of the Lodge petitioned will entitle the applicant to seek the privileges of initiation. This is unusual and of doubtful propriety. The Grand Master wisely ruled that a By-law preventing a member, who is delinquent as to Lodge dues, from voting on petitions for initia~
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tion or membership, was in direct confiiet with the law of the Grand Lodge. This is a righteous decision. The Committee on Jurisprudence, in passing upon the decisions of the Brand Master, said they were"correct in principle." A number of special dispensations had been granted by the Grand Master. Various matters of local interest.received attention. Speakingof the state of the Order, he sa~d the statistics for the year showed a gratifying increase in membership, while peace and harmony prevailed throughout the jurisdiction. 'Vhile the AddresR did not contain very . much matter of general interest, it was a good practical paper, and covered all the ground necessary. The Address was pronounced a thoughtful one by the committee. Divers and sundry reports were pre-sented and acted upon, touching different interests connected with the work. The Grand Lodge adopted a resolution committing itself to the erection of a Masonic Temple in the city of Burlington, not to exceed in cost, $50,000. The reports of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary show a healthy state of finances, the cash balance on hand being over $6,000. Quite a lengthy report was presented and adopted, paying tribute tothe honored dead of Vermont ana sister jurisdictions. The reports of the several District Deputy Grand Masters are found in the printed Proceedings. An order was made to procure and present. a suitable jewel to the retiring Grand Master, Brother Whipple. The officers being installed, the Grand Lodge closed its labors on thesecond day, in peace and harmony. CORRESPONDENCE.
Four pages were allotted to the review of Missouri doings of 1894 by the committee, Brother :Marsh Perkins. He characterized the Address of Grand Master Keene as "an excellent business message." All matters of interest found in our Proceedings were kindly noticed and commented upon. Extracts were made from the Report on Correspondence and approving expressions given, for all of which, and the uniform courtesy of Brother Perkins, this scribe hereby makes due acknowledgment. His review covered 160 pages, and ~ontained consideration of the transactions of fifty-four Grand Lodges. I Brother Perkins maintains his standing as a thoroughly practical writer and able reviewer. He succeeds in his purpose to make his "report both. instructive and entertaining."
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He endorsed the Alabama custom of charging dues against a party while he is under suspension for non-payment of former delinquencies, and justifies their (Vermont's). practice by saying: "It is but a part of the penalty attached to a willful disregard of the law." I must say that this is '~m unfortunate admission on the part of Brother Perkins; One penalty is' "but a part of" another penalty. Well, that is what we, in the 'West, would call "piling it on pretty heavy." Punishing. a party because he is suffering already. If my Brother' Perkins ever had the toothache, and some of his friends wanted him to try a little more suffering by taking on a few of Job's penalties in the way of boils, just because he had a spell of jumping toothache, I assume he would lift up . his voice like unto the old Patriarch and cry out: "Miserable com. forters.'~ As justly afflict Brother Perkins with boils, from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, while the molar disturbance is going on, as to punish a suspended Mason, because he is suspended as "a part of the penalty attached to a willful disregard of the law," which penalty he would as willingly shake off as Brother Perkins ,,,ould get rid of his double sufferings from toothache and boils. But, poor fellows, in both cases the spirit may be willing, but the flesh (and the purse, as well) is weak. No, Brother Perkins, Masonic justice repudiates such €nactments as are in vogue in Alabama and Vermont. Condemn a Brother and then pour out, and on, the vials of wrath and condemnation, because he is condemned, and render less possible his chances of finding repentance and salvation. This is neither good Masonry or gospel, according to the teachings of Divine love. Away with all such uncharitableness and banishment of the unfortunate, who may not have means to recover themselves out of' the ·hands of \financial demonism. If some poor fellow goes to purgatory. certain ecclesiastics v.:ill pull him· out for just so much money. But I never yet heard of one of that Uk being mean enough, with all their diabolism, to pile up additional eharges against one of their kind who had fallen into the pit. No, Brother, give the suspended party a chance and do not pursue him through life, down to the grave, over the river and up to the judgment throne, with an ever-increasing bill of charges, because he did not meet a fir~t obligation. K. HASKINS, Brattleboro, Grand Master. '\V ARREN G. REYNOLDS, Burlington, Grand Secretary..
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VIRGI N IA--1894. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The session was held in the city of Richmond, commencing on the 4th day of December. Brother Mann Page, Grand Master, and Brother William B. Isaacs, Jr., Deputy Grand Secretary, who filled the position ()f his father, the venerable Wm. B. Isaacs, who had been connected with the office as Grand Secretary and Deputy for fifty-one years. In consequence of his indisposition he was unable to be present at the session. In taking up the J ournnl of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, my own loved motherland, a sense of sadness comes over me as the fact is known that myoId friend, Brother Isaacs, the Grand Secretary, has finished his record on earth, and gone to the country from whose bourne no traveler e'er returns. The last time I was in the city of Richmond, I enjoyed delightful personal and Masonic intercourse with Brother Isaacs. I shall see his face no more among men. I find no statement in the Journal as to the number of Lodges represented. From the brief summary furnished, I learn there were 266 Lodges on the roll, with eight new chartered Lodges added thereto. The membership was reported at 12,479, being a gain of 479. ADDRESS.
The Grand Master, Brother Page, presented a very businesslike Address of some eight pages. He said notwithstanding the financial depression through which they had passed, the Masonic year just closed was one of peace and harmony and general prosperity. Fraternal relations with other Grand Lodges still continued. He made record of the death of a very able and representative Past Grand Master, Brother Francis H. Hill. The Grand Master said of the deceased, that he was an' officer of distinguished ability, and had discharged the duties of Grand Master, and subsequently District Lecturer, with efficiency~ The Con~mittee on the Life and Character of Brother Hill paid him an exalted tribute, the highest and best feature ()f which was, "He illustrated his Masonic faith by his life; his Christian character, not only by profession, but by his walk; and his duty to mankind by his example." MASOXIC HOME.
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capita to seventy-five cents per annum. This recommendation was subsequently adopted, and in the report of the Committee on Finance an appropriation of $3,000 was set apart annually for the support of the Masonic Home of Virginia. Thus our Brethren of the" Old Dominion" are in line with Kentucky, Missouri, New York and other Grand Jurisdictions in building up the highest type and noblest expression of true Masonic charity that the Fraternity has ever seen or known . . The路 Grand Master reported that he officially visited the city of Fredericksburg and convened the Grand Lodge in the historic Hall of that old representative body, Fredericksburg Lodge, No.4, in which George Washington was once Most Worshipful Master. He dedicated the monument ereeted to the memory of Mary Washington, mother of the patriot, hero, statesman, Mason and Christian, George vVashington. I am proud of my identity with the people who thus preserve and perpetuate their patriotic devotion to the name of him who was the "Father of his country," by honoring the memory of his noble mother. Virginians will never fail to keep alive, and all aglow, the altar fires that were kindled by the breath of patriots one hundred and twenty years ago. All hail, the noble sons of an illustrious mother of States and statesmen, grand Old Virginia! Brother Mann called attention to the illness of the Grand Secretary, whose absence was universally regretted. A resolution was adopted expressive of such regret and the hope of his speedy recovery, with assurances of steadfast affection and heartfelt prayers. These availed nothing; for the venerable Grand Secretary was already the mark at which Death had leveled his dart, soon to claim him as a victim to be laid away in the silent empire where the sound of the gavel is never heard. The Grand Lodge did the handsome thing in making an appropriation of $250 to its disabled Secretary to meet the expenses of employing assistance for the session. Numerous special dispensations were reported by the Grand Master. A few official rulings are found in the Address, which w~re approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence, two of which refer to physical perfection. He路 decided that a candidate with one perfect eye was physically qualified to be made a Mason. This stands in marked contrast to the ruling of a Grand Master 'in the chair at a Grand Lodge session held in South Carolina, that a candidate minus one toe could not be advanced in Masonry, the loss having occurred after he was initiated. These physical perfectionists keep on overdoing the subject and will cause a re~ction that will finally wipe out all such indefensible teachings. The Grand Master reported a ruling that I do not understand. He ruled that. when a Lodge reinstates a Mason, suspended for unmasonic conduct, he is not a member of the Lodge. This decision, /
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without qualification,leaves the mind in ~reat doubt as to it~ bearing. If a suspended Mason is reinstated, it must be to one of two former positions: membership, or good Masonic standing. A Lodge may reinstate an expelled member, but refuse him membership. The decision does not settle the question. Reinstatement should, in the very nature of things, cover what was lost by the suspension. In Missouri, suspensions for unmasonic conduct are for a prescribed term. When that term ends disabilities cease, and he reverts to his former standing by operation of law and wit.hout the action of the suspending power. A report was rendered by the Trustees of the Masonic Temple showing it to be in good condition. Its assets amount to $269,000, with liabilities of about $150,000. The Grand Lodge held a session for" work and instruction" during its sitting, at which the work was exemplified. District Lecturers and District Deputy Grand Masters rendered full and somewhat extensive reports. Dual or double membership is allowable in Virginia. The Committee on Jurisprudence decided that when a member, who holds dual membership, is suspended by one of his Lodges for non-payment of dues, the act works a suspension from membership in any other Lodge or Lodges with which he stood connected. This was .'approved. A resolution followed the foregoing, which evidently applies to one who held membership in more than one Lodge. It said that the reinstatement of ,a member who had been suspended for non-payment. of dues, does not restore him to membership in any other Lodges. To me this seems a most excellent plan to break up that anomalous thing called dual membership. In my judgment it wonld be a good thing iJ all Lodges, where this peculiar custom prevails, wonld suspend members for non-payment of dues, then reinstate them on payment in one Lodge, and thus cut off their connection with other Lodges. The" Committee on Propositions" had a number of matters submitted to them, and reported thereon, which report was adopted. A resolution had been sent to that committee asking that the banquets given by the Grand Lodge be discontinued and the money thus saved given to the Masonic Home of Virginia. The committee recommended that the resolution be not adopted. Of course the recommendation was approved, as the banquets furnished by the Richmond Fraternity are among the best ever spread before a body of hungry Freemasons. I tested one in the capital of the "Old Dominion," and shall never forget the good eating provided for us hungry visitors on that occasion. A paper was submitted to this same "Committee on Propositions," declaring the use and sale' of alcoholic liquors as a beverage a most serious evil, and an obstacle tp the promotion and progress of Freemasonry. Said paper asked that any person engaged in the sale of
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alcoholic liquors as a beverage, should be declared ineligible to receive any of the degrees of Masonry in the Grand .Turisdiction of Virginia. The committee replied: "That it was inexpedient to amend the Digest in the manner proposed." I am not surprised at this result, knowing the influences operating among the Virginia Craft along this line. King Alcohol is still regnant in Old Dominion Masonry, and finds himself entrenched in its strongholds and fostered by legislative enactment on the part of the Grand Lodge. I am sorry for my poor old mother State, but "with all her faults I love her still." I venture this prophecy h'owever, the time will come, and it is not far distant, when Virginians, true to their historic and noble past record, will wipe this curse from the statute book of Freemasonry, and say to whisky dealers:' "You need not apply." I hopefully prophesy that the time will come when the Masons of Virginia, voicing the true sentiment of the Institution will say, like the Grand Lodge of Missouri said to the murder-making whisky sellers in our Fraternity: "You have the option' of quitting this nefarious business, or.quitting Freemasonry." There aTe thousands of persons in the Old Dominion ready to utter a hearty "Amen," and say, " So mote it be." The Grand Lodge chartered eight subordinates which had served the proper tim'e on probation. There is no report on Correspondence found in the J oUI'nal. As an addendum, th'e Journal contains the fourth annual report of the Masonic Home of Virginia. This report notes the fact that only ten of the forty-six jurisdictions of' the United States have established MaSonic Homes. Missouri is numbered in the list. From the fiscal report I judge the Home to be in a safe and sound condition financially. The beautiful building, a short distance from the city of Richmond, graces the site procured for this noble charity. A ne'" structure, four stories high, admirably adapted to all the purposes for which it" is erected, and capable of accommodating 100 children, to cost $40,000, is now approaching completion. The Virginia Masons in this, as in every other good work, will never take a backward step, or let a good cause lack or fail for needed support. Brother J. P. Fitzgerald, of Farmville, was elected and installed as Grand Master. Brother Wm. B. Isaacs was elected Grap.d Secretary, but that position'is now vacant. By whom filled temporarily, I am not advised. Brother Wm. F. Drinkard was again appointed Committee on Correspondence, and I renew the hope, otten expressed, that he may soon return to this field of labor, where in other years he added so路 largely to the interesting Masonic literature of the times.
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WASHINGTON-1895. THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The Grand Lodge of Washington convened in the city of Olympia, June 11th, 1895, and was presided over by Brother Jos. M. Taylor, Grand Master, whose picture graces the Journal as a frontispiece. Brother Thos. Milburne Reed, the able and efficient Grand Secretary {)f that jurisdiction, was at his post. and stated in the J ournaI- that ninety-one of the ninety-two chartered Lodges were represented. The Grand Lodge properly furnished him an Assistant Secretary during the :session. I notice from the list of Grand Offic~rs the presence of my old-'time friend, Rev. H. 'V. Eagan, Grand Chaplain, whom I have known for nearly thirty years. A felicitous address of welcome was tendered the Grand Lodge by Brother N. S. Porter, Past Grand Master. After such a cordial welcome, if the Brethren did not-enjoy their stay in the charming city of Olympia, "the cause must have been in themselves. The address of \velcome was ordered printed and found a place in the Journal, with the response. ADDRESS.
An Address of considerable length and of very high order was -presented by Grand Master Taylor. The committee on said Address pronounced it "Sound, scholarly, exhaustive and most interesting." 'The exordium was of special int.erest and prepared the Grand Lodge for what followed. He stated that dispensations had been granted for the formation of !,hre.e new Lodges. Mention was made of special .dispensations granted to meet given necessities. Other matters of local "bearing found a place in the Address. He furnished a .list of forty decisions or official rulings made during the term. An able report on these decisions was rendered and approved as a \,,"hole, with one .exception. The Grand Master decided that, "A petitioner's legal residence is his Masonic residence." Majority and minority reports .were made upon this finding, when the Grand Lodge overruled the 路decision just quoted by adopting the majority report, which declared "That reason and law are both against this decision." Corrections "were made as to other rulings' reported, bringing them into 'harmony with existing standards of Masonic jurisprudence. I have read the 路official rulings of Grand Master Taylor with interest and profit, and .admire the character of his mental work. This shows a clear-cut
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method and great legal power in treating all issues' raised. Rrother Taylor incorporated III his Address the .document sent out by the Grand L~dge of Colorado, and t.he "Uniform Rules" proposed by the Grund Lodge of Mississippi. The latter were not approved, and further' time was granted for the consideration of the former subject. There seems to be a novel method of raising money in vogue in W" ashington, carried on by what is called" chain letters." These" chain letters ". have been current in this country, always emanating fro'm church people. The Grand Master issued a proclamation declaring such. methods of raising money to be unmasonic, and strictly interdicted the custom among the Lodges of that jurisdiction. A number of practical recommendations were submitted by the Grand Master. He vigorously reprobated certain associations and corporations beingcalled "Masonic ,; by their agents, such as "mutual accident associa-路 tions," etc. I cordially appr<;>bate the position assumed by Grand Master Taylor condemning any and all such enterprises of a business. character appropriating for a title the word" Masonic." Such practice ought to be classed as a Masonic offense. Grand Master Taylor delivered his views with emphasis against what is known in some路 jurisdictions as "ciphers of the secret ,york." Missouri claims freedom from such reprehension and' joins with Washi~gton in an unqualified. condemnation of such violation of the obligations of Masonry. The路 Grand Master reported, with pleasure, his visit to the city of Winnipeg, in Manitoba, where he was most cordially and fraternally treated by Past Grand Master Bell, and Brother t:lcott, the Grand Secretary. Grand Master Taylor furnished an interesting dissertation on " Masonic Education." He paid loving tributes to deceased Brethren of his own jurisdiction,. and furnished a brief notice of the death of Brother Chadwick, lateGrand Secretary and Past Grand Master of Oregon. He mentioned with tenderness the loss sustained by Brother Harned, Grand Treasurer, whose wife had but recently been called hence. I thus conclude a hurried review of the Address of Grand Master Taylor, and must be allowed to pronounce it a paper of great merit, indicating ..he eminent ability of its author. I endorse the sentiment. of the committee, already mentioned, that proclaimed it to be "Sound and scholarly."
Brother Reed presented his thirty-third annual report as Grand Secretary, addIng thereby another proof of his superiority in the department of work assigned him by the Grand Lodge of Washington through so many years. I regret to meet the statement that for several months after the close of the last Communication, severe illness.
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interfered with his work, notwithstanding the Proceedings were printed and distributed with unusual dispatch. His last report embraces a large line of routin'e matter which met due consideration and approval. From his report I learn that the income amounts annually to some $6,000. The membership in the jurisdiction, as shown by the report of the Committee on Returns of Lodges, reaches the tigure of 4,958. A proposition claimed the attention of the Grand Lodge looking to the permanent location of that body. Majority and minority reports were offered. The majority report contained the sentiment of some of the members of that committee that" it is no longer desirable that the Grand Lodge should be upon wheels." A proposition was adopted, locating the place of meeting of the Grand Lodge at the city of Seattle. Four Lodges received charters during the session, and one Lodge was continued under dispensation. The pay-roll, according to the report, amounted to $2,727. An oration was delivered by the Grand Drator during the session, and was accorded. the compliment of being printed in the Proceedings. It. covered eight pages. The summer was well advanced when I received the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Washington,. and my Report on Correspondence was in the hands of the printer, going through the press. As a conse路quence, I have" been unable' to pay that attention to the interesting matters contained in the .TournaI that is due and desirable. CORRESPONDENCE.
Turning to the Report on Correspondence, I expected to meet the productions of my esteemed Brother, Thos. Milburne Reed. I found, however, that路 the duty of preparing a report had been assigned to another. In noting the prospective retirement of Brother Heed from the reportorial department in my report last year, I'expressed the hope that his health and life might be preserved to the Fraternity in Washington, and to Freema;sonry througho'ut the world. I can not close my .review of the work now before me without offering a sincere and parting tribute to the great worth of this distinguished Brother. I am glad that the following sentence was recorded in my review of his work -one year ago, where I said he had "prepared and submitted one of the best revie.ws furnished by him in the course of his long continued and 'Valuable services in this clepartment. The work evidences extended .and exhaustive labor, as well as patient research." I can never pen a -tribute to Brother Reed mOre expressive of my appreciation of his valuable labors and superior merit than the foregoing. Regretting to lose the reportorial companionship that has grown so warm and strong -during the years, I take an affectionate leave of him through this channel:
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and hope his successor may, after years'of trial and experience, aspire to, a'lld merit similar recognition as ~ reporter on Correspondence. Said successor furnishes a report of 217 pages, in which he reviewed the Proceedings of fifty of the Grand Lodges of the United States, together with a number of the Grand Lodge Journals of foreign jurisdictions. WM. W. 'WITHRRSPOON,Spokane, Grand Master. THOS. MILBURNEREED, Olympia, Grand Secretary.
WEST VIRGINIA-1894. A large and handsome volume of Proceedings sent out by tbe efficient Grand Secretary, Brother G. VV. Atkinson, ,vas received in good time. It contains the transactions of the Thirtieth Annual Communication, which was held in the city of vVheeling,路 commencing November 13th. The Journal contains the records. of ten Special Communications held for various purposes. The Annual Communication was' presided over by Brother A. M. Evans, Grand Master. 'Brother Atkinson, Grand Secretary, was at his post. I note the absence of an index, and r am surprised at this omission of the Grand Secretary in furnishing a Journal otherwise socomplete. The pay-roll cuts a good-sized figure in the proceedings, the cost of the session being nearly $2,000. It was said by the great Teacher, "the poor ye have always with you." So of a pay-roll where Grand Lodges supply mileage and per diem to the members. The payroll is always the-,;,e. The record shows 100 chartered Lodges on the roll with two under dispensation. The representation must have been pretty large, from the size of the pay-roll, though the Grand Secretary did not tell how many Lodges were represented. A gain of 177 added to last year,. showed a membership' of 5,180. ADDRESS.
An Address of nine pages was furnished by the Grand Master. From the reports of his Deputies he learned "that .Masonry is pros-路 pering, and peace and harmony prevail throughout the jurisdiction." The record of the Grand Master showed" that a number of special communications had been held, new Lodges constituted under charter, several special. dispensations issued, and Grand Representatives. recommended, and that he had granted dispensations for the formation. of four new Lodges. Only one decision 路was reported. He ruled that.
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a candidate with only one good eye may be made a Mason. He called attention to the valuable work performed by Brother Atkinson; the Committee on Correspondence, and 'said that his report would compare favorably' with all other American Grand Lodges.路 I desire to second this motion, and here record my appreciation of the superior work路 performed on this line by the able and efficient committee, Brother Atkinson. Grand Master Evans, during his term, opened correspondence with several Grand Masters, requesting them to join him in a friendly protest to all Grand Masters of the United States and Canada against the growing practice of writing out or printing the secret ritual of Freemasonry. Some of those addressed responded favorably, and said they would join in expressing their opposition to this unmasonic custom that is prevailing in some' Grand Lodge jurisdictions. The Grand, Master of Kentucky said, "I must respectfully decline to join in any protest of any kind i'nvolving the :\10nroe doctrine of Freemasonry in America." I fail to see the pertinency of this remark. ' 'Grand lVIasterArnold, of Pennsylvania, stated very emphatically that such issue of the ritual "is a violation of the first obligation a Mason takes," and agreed to join in such protest as Brother Evans might prepare. The Address of Grand Master Evans is a practical one. He closed with sincere thanks to the Grand Secretary for his valuable assistance. He announced at the last moment the sudden death of Past Grand Senior Warden, William S. Summers. He said of the deceased, "He路 was a good man and true," and by his death they had lost one of their brightest and best Masons. A committee appointed for the purpose submitted a si~ple and fraternal tribute to the memory of the deceased Brother. , The reports of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary are found in the Journal now reviewed. The Grand Secretary calleo. attention to the fact that many of the Grand Lodges bind their Proceedings and send a copy to other Grand Lodges. He recommended that his Grand Lodge do the same, thus keeping up with the advance Freemasonry is. making, and placing the Grand Lodge of West Virginia in line with others. The Grand Lodge authorized him to carry out this recommendation. Such was done, and a handsome bound copy of their Proceedings came duly to hand. I like this idea and adopted the plan years ago, and called attention of all Grand Lodges with which we are in correspondence to the plan. In this way each Grand Lodge win receive a copy of the Proceedings of other Grand Lodges bound and ready for their Library. Thus the binding of Proceedings received from other Grand Lodges will be saved. This amount saved will equal the
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-amount of expense of binding a sufficient number of copies to supply 'Qther Grand Lodges. The Grand Secretary showed by his report that the income of that Grand Lodge amounted to some $4,000. The several District Deputies in the State submitted their reports, which were printed. The startling announcement is found in the Proceedings that the 'Grand Lodge increased the salary of its Grand Secretary from three hundred to five hundred dollars per year. That such services as have been rendered by Brother Atkinson, Grarid S.!3cretary of West Virginia, 'should receive only three hundred dollars per annum as a reward, surpasses any thing I have met with. He must either be very liberal, to work for nothing and board himself, or else has a large income independent of salary. The Grand Lodge, by a proposed amendment to its law, expects to place Past Grand Masters on the pay-roll. Missouri adopted. this rule some years. ago, but at our last session took a spasm or spell of economy, and repealed the law, cutting off the pay of our Past Grand Masters. The Grand Lodge enjoyed the pleasure of a banquet during the session, tendered the visiting Masons by the local Lodges. From the bill of fare printed in the Proceedings, the .eating was good, and the drinking exhilarating, as they had both wine .and coffee. It is stated in the Journal that after the banquet a feast of eloquence .and wit followed, when some taking and striking speeches were deliv路ered. The Grand Lodge of West Virginia closed its thirtieth session with a hearty vote of thanks offered to everybody, and the rest of man.kind, who were entitled to this high consideration. CORRESPONDENCE.
Brother路G. W. Atkinson, chair.man of the Committee on Con'e:spondence, prefaced his' report with the proceerlings of the Masonic Congress held i~ Chicago in 1893, and recorded his hearty concurrence. in the few conclusions reached. His report covered 239 pages, a portion -of which was devoted to foreign Grand Lodges, and copied from the Grand Lodge Journal of New York. Brother Atkinson gleans largely, bis review being mostly written, and well written at that. There is a freshness about liis style that makes it very attractive. I presume he does not like the idea of cutting up the Journals reviewed to fill his report with, yet he quotes liberallY, and gives full 路credit by. using quotation marks. Our Missouri Proceedings of 1894 received the benefit of four pages of his space in which he furnished, .approvingly, a very complete synopsis. He highly commended our State Schools, or Lodges, of Instruction, ,.as conducted by Brother Allan McDowell, Grand Lecturer. He noted
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the proposed change submitted at our last session, to the Constitution of, Missouri, and falls into an error, unintentionally of course, by saying that we propose to limit the term of Grand Master to two years in any six years. He said, ,; This in our judgment ought not to pass." The proposed amendment of the law does not look to any such limitation, for it is already in our Constitution. In my judgment it ought never to have beeh there. By such restrictions, able and capable men are pre.vented from serving the Grand Lodge more than two years at a time, and we are thus deprived of their experience and knowledge The change mentioned in the amendment looks to the removing from our law a provision of long standing, requiring every newly elected Master to receive the Past Master's Degree before he can be installed as Master of a Lodge. This provision has always been a singular one as viewed by myself. The Past Master's Degree is daimed by, and belongs to, the Royal Arch Chapter. Why should it be used by a Lodge of Symbolic Masons? The amendment already mentioned and submitted to the Lodges has been voted upon, and the returns received fr0I11 a large number of the subordinates. The vote is largely in favor of wiping it from the statute book. At least ten to one have voted against retaining the useless appendage. I am glad to learn from the Report on Correspondence what is mentioned elsewhere, that the salary of Brother Atkinson has beep raised to the enormous figure of $500 a year. He said that such salary had been only $300 from the organization of the Grand Lodge up to that date. Brother Atkinson still continues the cOllunendable habit of preparing sketches of distinguished Masons, both living and dead, printing them in the Journal of Proceedings, together with the pictures of those eminent Brethren. The Journal contains a likeness of the present Grand Master, Brother G. "V. Feidt, with a sketch of his life, Masonic and otherwise. If the administration of the new Grand Master is as solid as he looks in the picture, it will be all right. There is also furnished a likeness and sketch of the venerable Dr. William J. Bates, Past Grand Master. . In concluding his interesting report, Brother Atkinson said that he heartily enjoyed the work. Returning thanks to Brother reporters for their courtesy to him, and giving expression of a hearty good-will, he took an affectionate leave of the Brethren of the Guild. For the present I close my review of his labors with sentiments akin to his own,. with the prayer: "God be with you till we meet again." GEO. W. FEID'f, Martinsburg, Grand Master. GEO. W. ATKINSON, Wheeling, Grand Secretary.
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WISCONSIN-1895. FIFTY·FIRST ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The Grand Lodge of Wisconsin assembled in the city of Milwaukee ,on the 11th day of June, with Brother Hiram W. Sawyer, Grand Master, ,and Brother John W. Laflin, Grand Secretary. From the excellent :summary furnished by the Grand Secretary, I learn that the present number of Lodges is 232. Of this number 224 were represented. The -entire number of Lodges in the jurisdiction made their annual returns, :showing a membership of 16,001. The gain for'the year was reported :at 496. TIle income from all sources amounted to $8,243. ADDRESS.
The Annilal Address, coverin~ sixteen pages, was furnished by 'Grand Master Sawyer. He said, "The Fraternity in this jurisdiction is prosperous, and, generally speaking, in a satisfactory condition." In the Address he sought to impress upon the minds of the Fraternity, and especially upon Masters of Lodges, three important considerations. First, that the examination of character and qualifications of candidates :should be most careful and critical. . Second, that the right of any member> to cast the black ball should be carefully guarded, thus protecting the Fratern~ty from an unworthy candidate, and exercising on the part of the voter the right with which he is invested by the law. 'Thir.d, he protested against the inclination to hurry candidates through the degrees. These are all practical suggestions and deserve due consideration o~ the part of MaEons everywhere. The Grand Master reported that two prominent Masons had died during the year, Brother M. P. Wing and Brother A. V. H. Carpenter. 'The latter was described as "a scholar; a philanthropist, a Mason in its fullest sense." . The Grand Master created three new Lodges under dispensation, two of which received charters during the session. Quite a number of -dispensations had been granted to do work out of time. He reported other matters of -local bearing, such 'as laying corner-stones, constituting Lodges chartered at the last session, dedicating 'Halls, etc. In the Address is found a list of decisions amounting to twenty-four. 'These were passed upon by the Committee on Jurisprudence and gen€rally approved, though some were considered as needing slight correction. One was totally disapproved, which declares, "It is the 'absolute right to object to initiation." The subject of physical qualification w~s -considered, when a substitute was offered for pending legislation and
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the same adopted. It said: "The candidate must be hale, sound, of entire limb, unmutilated, not deformed, dismembered, lame, maimed, stiffened or defective in body, limb or member of the body, that will in anywise prevent or impair a perfect conformity to, and performance of, all the requirements of the ritual and obligations." To this writer, the above requirements appear to more than cover the ground and are so very exclusive as to cut off a large class of deserving men whose character would be a passport anywhere, but who, possessing some slight bodily defect, could not conform to the "'requirements of the ritual," as above stated. It has long been a settled opinion with me that this physical qualification business is largely overdone. Many matters of general interest to the Craft in that jurisdiction were considered an'd passed upon. CORRESPONDENCE,
The annual review was made and submitted bv Brother Duncan McGregor, Committee. I note in the Proceedings that he was unable to .. be present at the session, and sent his regrets through the Grand' Secretary. Brother McGregor's report covered eighty pages, and embraced reviews of the Proceedings of fifty-four Grand Lodges. This necessarily limited his notices of different jurisdictions to a very narrow space. The report is a brief summary of the transactions found in different Grand Lodge journals. Our Missouri Journal for 1894 received very fraternal attention in a notke of less than two pages. He gleaned from our J ournal,the principal items of interest as they appeared to him in his brier notice. In his' journeys through the different fields or Grand .Jurisdictions he found a remarkable and unusual deg-ree of harmony existing among the Craft, and peace spreading her benignant influence over the whole Fraternity. To him the most important theme under discussion is the Masonic Home enterprise, now creating- such general interest. The handsome Journal of the Grand Lodge of Wis(~onsin deserves more than passing commendation, as it is the work of the efficient and affable Grand Secretary, Brother John W, Laflin. His report was brief and business-like. The finances of the body show an outlay of nearly' ten thousand dollars, leaving a balance on hand of over five thousand. W. W. PERRY, Madison, was elected Grand Master. JOHN W. LAFLIN, Milwaukee, re-elected Grand Secretary. I regret to note the absence of Brother Duncan McGregor's name from the list of appointments. Brother Gabriel Bouck, Oshkosh, was appointed Committee on Correspondence, and succeeds the young and versatile cOlnmittee who has interested us so much in past years. I take a cordial and fraternal leave of Brother McGregor. G. L. Ap.-6.
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WVOMING-1894. The Twentieth Annual Communication was held in Newcastle, September 11th, 1894, with Brother E. F. Stahle, Grand Master, and Brother Wm. L. Kuykendall, Grand Secretary. There are fifteen chartered Lodges on the roll, representing between eight and nine hundred members. One Lodge did not make returns, and its members were estimated. The Grand Secretary said there was an "apparent decrease," but with the numbers added from the non-reporting Lodge there might be an increase of some thirty members. The income, financially, amounted to $1,049, making a cash balance on hand of some , twenty-five hundred dollars. The Address of Grand Master Stahle was brief and business-like. He said "the splendid and prosperous condition of our affairs and increase of membership is a matter of sincere congratulation." He reported the many local matters to which he had given attention. The deaths of several Masons in the jurisdictionwere mentioned. None of the Grand Lodge Officers had been called away. Three cases are found in the Address where the Grand Master permitted things done which may be according to the la,,," out there. If not contrary to law, why grant .special permission for a party to take a degree without being examined as to proficiency? This occurred in two instances. Four official rulings were reported. They were subsequently approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence, an,d the same made law. The occasion furnished the Grand Master opportunity to say "the law of perpetual jurisdiction must go\rern in the case of a candidate elected or rejected by a Lodge." He has the perfect right to hold and maintain that indefensible dogma. Speaking of the proposed rules of Mississippi respecting rejected material, he said: "The measure is one that savors too much of the perpetual jurisdiction clause, which we have just erased from our statutes, to meet my approval." Put this and that together. Which is which? The Grand Master said he had been able to visit but few Lodges. The statement is found in the Address that it had "been impossible for Masters throughout the State to decipher the 'Webb-Preston work, a copy of which was furnished each Subordinate Lodge." The ,,,ish is present with me that all such cipher work might be forever illegible and unintelligible to every Mason from the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same. How much conscience is there among Masons who violate the first obligation they take, not to " write, print," etc.? The.Grand Lodge of New Zealand was duly recognized and accorded a place in the sisterhood of Grand Lodges of the world. One charter was granted
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during the session, the recipient having been under dispensation a lawful time. The Grand Secretary, Brother Kuykendall, made his annual report, which furnishes a good showing. He received a vote of thanks for his work, and a continuance of salary amounting to five hundred dollars annually for his, services. An invitation was received and accepted to a banquet prepared by the local Lodge. CORRESPONDENCE.
A brief review of a number of Grand Lodge Journals was submitted . by Brother W. L. Kuykendall, committee. It covers forty-five pages and is carefully prepared. .Missouri for 1894 was" not in it." He s~id in concluding his labor, that he 路was glad it was done, not that he disliked the work, but it had not been light. J. T. HOLLIDAY, Laramie, Grand Master.. WM. L. KUYKENDALL, Saratoga, Grand Secretary.
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N EBRASKA-1895. THIRTY-EIGHTH AI'INUAL COM,MUNICATION.
The Grand Lodge of Nebraska met in the city of Omaha, and commenced its labors on the 12th day of June, and closed the day following. Brother John A. Ehrhardt, Grand Master; Brother Wm.R. Bowen, Grand Secretary, with Representatives from 201 of the 213 chart~red Lodges present. The record announces the membership at 11,770, indicating a gain of 284. The income from all sources is reported at $14,525. An Address {)f twelve pages was presented by the Grand Master. It was a fine business paper, presenting every interest that had claimed his attention during the term. He announced the death of two Past Grand Officers, Brother Alfred G. Hastings, Past Grand Master, and Brother Chas. F. Goodman, Past Grand Senior "'Varden. The Grand Master paid just tributes to the worth and character of these dep~rted Brethren. During the sessio~ a report was presented and adopted in which the Masonic virtues of the distinguished dead were duly set forth. The Grand Master reported having granted seven dispensations for the formation of new Lodges. Charters were granted to a like number, and two were continued on probation. Special dispensations were granted by the Grand Master covering necessities arising among the Lodges. I noticed that the privilege was granted to confer degrees on differen t parties (when a ten dollar fee was paid for the permission) to receive degrees out of time. The dedication of Halls and laying of corner-stones formed a part of the official work of the Grand Master. Owing to the great distress prevailing in the jurisdiction, caused by the failure of crops, the Grand Master having consulted with Past and Present Grand Officers, issued a call to the Lodges, inquiring as to their needs, and appealing to such as could to render assistance to help their needy and distressed Brethren. The response to this appeal was certainly very gratifying, as the report show!; an income, from all' sources, 0
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of over $13,000. The'great bulk of this sum was borrowed and is to be paid back by the recipients of this aid as their ability may permit in the future. The Grand Master stated that aid had been offered by other jurisdictions, but all tenders of assistance had been fraternally declined, as it was their ambition to care for their own membership. The administration of Brother Ehrhardt was a grand success in managing such a trying and difficult subject, under the embarrassments incident to hard times and crop failures. The labors performed by him in this direction were simply immense. ' The Grand Master reported four decisions rendered, three of which were approved and one not concurred in. The approved decisions were in strict accord with well settled principles of Masonic jurisprudence. I like the one that says: "A Irall over a saloon is not the proper place, for a Masonic Lodge-room." The decision that was overruled was to the effect that a Master of one of the Lodges, who had been expelled by the Grand Lodge, should present his petition for restoration to the Grand Lodge for action thereon, and not to the Subordinate Lodge over which he presided when he was expelled. The Committee on Jurisprudence did not give a reason for overruling this decisi,on of the Grand Master". Our law in Missouri would require the expelled party to petition the Grand Lodge for restoration, he having been expelled by that Body. As the Lodge over which a Master presides can not try and expel him, he being answerable to the Grand Lodge alone, it seems to me that his restoration should be effected by the expelling body, and not by the Lodge which could not try or expel him. I agree with the Grand Master and demur to the action of the committee in overruling his decision. There may be some provision of law that governed the committee which does not appear of record. An oration was delivered by Brother B. F. Thomas, Grand Orator. It is published in the Proceedings. It is a readable address, and the following sentiment is a proper characterization of the whole: "Freemasonry is in closest touch with every human sympathy, and sympathy is as wide as earth and as deep as human feeling. The spirit of Freemasonry is in accord with the times." The Journal contains reports on various subjects interesting to the local Fraternity, which were considered and approved. A special Report on Correspondence is found in the Journal, in which it is stated that the Grand Lodge declined to take stock in the "Nationa.l Masonic Home for Consumptives," proposed to be erected somewhere. The recognition of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand was left in the hands of the committee for further investigation. A communication from the Grand Lodge of the Federal District of the United Mexican States was placed on file fOl; reference.
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Numerous changes were submitted and acted upon touching the laws of the Grand Body. The record says: "A new edition of the Laws of Freemasonry in Nebraska was ordered to be printed and distributed." A good-sized pay-roll is one of the luxuries of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, amonnting in all to $3,722. An interchange of fraternal courtesy passed between the Grand Lodge of Nebraska and numerous other Grand Lodges of the country then in session, the telegraph being made the medium of communication. At the closing of the Grand Lodge cordial thanks were tendered to Brother Ehrhardt, the retiring Grand Master, for" the faithful, able and impartial manner in which he had discharged the duties of the office of Grand Master." CORRESPONDENCE.
As the Journal of Nebraska reached me on the 20th of August, when my report was completed down to the last letter in the alphabet, the review of Brother Bowen's work must go to the foot of the docket, and appear in the Addenda. The report was prepared by the veteran Grand Secretary, Brother Wm. R. Bowen, who signs himself" Reviewer for Nebraska." Seventy-one pages were sufficient for his examination of the Grand Lodge Proceedings passed upon. It is a spicy and lively production. He has won the enviable title of "Condenser." I said of him last year that he was "the best condenser in America." I would like to sit at his feet and take lessons in this respect, and acquire the happy faculty of presenting abbreviated reviews. I have been trying to abbreviate for years, but make such little progress that I am greatly discouraged. Brother Bowen still maintains his well-earned title of "Condenser," and the work before me evidences his achievements. His review of our Missouri work fOJ 1894 was careful and amiable. He gives it as an opinion that the Nebraska custom of extending a rebate to the Lodges of the jurisdiction will bring about a reform in Missonri as to Lodges sending up their annual returns and dues. It will take "a campaign of education" to bring the Lodges 9f this jurisdiction into line on this subject. At the present writing, near the 1st of September, when all the reports should be in hand, a small portion only have reported. What the outcome will be is hard to forecast. Brother Bowen characterizes Brother l\1cDowell "The Veteran Grand Lecturer." Brother Me. will hardly appreciate this compliment, as he, being a bachelor, does not like to be classed with the hoaryheaded veterans of the Fraternity. The Grand Lodge of Nebraska, like that of Missouri, does not perpetrate the wrong of charging up dues against a member of a -Lodge who has been suspended for financial delinquency. Brother Bowen says that payment in their
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jurisdiction enables a suspended Brother to reinstate himself. He joins heartily in the views expressed by myself and others concerning the unmasonic custom now prevalent in Grand Lodges of printing and distributing the ritual of the degrees. He quoted my reference to the "illustrious Bob Morris," who published a work many years ago which was used by a class of people known as "Conservators," and said that the work of ~10rris was hard to understand, being intended to conceal from aU but the initiated the secrets of Freemasonry. Referring to my opposition to the doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction over rejected material, he said that our Missouri law imposes disabilities upon the rejected for a term of six: months only. I beg to correct my venerated friend of Nebraska by saying such is not our law, but that the rejected party can not re-apply in Missouri to any Lodge, after rejection, for a term of twelve months . The very interesting report of Brother Bowen was followed by a history of the Nebraska Veteran Freemasons. This record shows the constitution of that association, together with the minutes of several meetings of the veterans, and addresses delivered on those occasions. I am pleased with the idea that is here set forth, and hope that at an . early day the Masonic Veterans' Association will be one of the facts of our Missouri history. Regretting.that my time and space ~re so limited in reviewing the excellent work of Brother Bowen, I must close this hurried notice, that it may find its place with North Dakota and Oregon in the Addenda. HENRY H. WIL~ON, Lincoln, Grand Master. WIVL R. BOWEN, Omaha, Grand Secretary.
NORTH DAKOTA. SIXTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
The Grand Lodge of North Dakota began its Sixth Annual Session, in the city of Fargo, on the 18th of .Tune, 1895. The Grand Master, Brother Geo. L. McGregor, was present and presided; Brother Frank J. Thompson, the Grand Secretary, was in his place, with other Grand Officers. Several Past Grand Masters were in attendance, with Representatives of 41 Lodges out of the 44 on the roll. The membership is reported at 2,312; the annual income amounted to $2,434.50. ADDRESS.
An Address of nine pages contained the official work as presented by the Grand Master. A pleasant introduction was followed by the
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statement" that death has not fallen on any Grand Officers, Present or Past, of this Grand Lodge, during the yeal' just finished," A large list of the honored dead of other jurisdictions is found in the Address. The Grand Master said that he had granted seventeen dispensations, a number of these having been for the conferring of degrees out of time; He refused to permit Lodges to confer more than one degree in one evening on the same candidate. A few decisions were reported, which were approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence, In passing upon the physical defects of a candidate for the degrees, he said: "That d,efect which prevents a candidate from communicating, receiving or performing all the requirements of the several obligations and lectures, or of passing through the various ceremonies unaided by artificial means," would render the candidate ineligible. Fraternal relations with other Grand Jurisdictions were announced as cordial, and all Subordinate Lodges in the jurisdiction were \""orking in harmony.. Speaking of the Grand Representative system, he sai~: "I desire here to express my approval of the exchange of Grand Representatives." The Grand Secretary, Brother Frank .T. Thompson, in a very superior report on the subject, commended the systern, , and gave it as his opinion that the system to-day has a stronger hold upon the'Masonic Fraternity than at any previous time. He thought that the few Grand Lodges which had abrogated the systelll wanted to do something original, but not being able, followed in the wake of Iowa, and dispensed with the system of Grand L.odge Representatives.' The condition of the Craft in North Dakota, as reported by the Grand t\ecretary, was good. While the growth during the past year was small, the best material found had been wrought into the Masonic structure. A very flattering compliment was paid the Grand Seci'etary, Brother Thompson, by the retiring Grand Master, in which he expressed his deep and lasting obligations to that very efficient and capable Grand Officer. ' Grand Master McGregor gave a parting shot to that modern abomination found in several Grand Lodge jurisdictions, known as the Masonic cipher work. He had found the cipher, or key to the ritual, which was printed in some form, in the hands of officers of Lodges, who used it while doing the work. The Gl'and Master justly reprobates such a practice, and I think it is about time for all the Grand Lodges of this country opposed to such a violation of obligation, to join in a stern' and solemn protest against the use of anything written or printed, by which the secrets of Freemasonry may be unlawfully obtained. The Grand Secretary, Brother Thompson, with his usual promptitude and business energy, had his work well in hand when the Grand Lodge
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opened, his Report on Correspondence having been printed in advance, and everything showing the touch of a master hand. His annual report is full of business, and contains a number of valuable suggestions and recommendations made to the Grand Body, all of which were approved. He announced that no new ]~odges had been created during .the term. He had been laboring intelligently and industriously along the line of preparing a Grand Lodge register for the membership of all the L~dges in the jurisdiction. His J om'nal of Proceedings is handsome, attractive and readable. It is graced with the picture of the retiring Grand Master, Brother McGregor, and contains a likeness of . the Grand Secretary, showing a face indicative of firmness and purpose. He incorporated into his Journal very handsome pictures of the Masonic Homes of Missouri, Virginia and New York; also of the Masonic Library of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, located at Cedar Rapids. The business of the session was completed on the evening of the second day, when the Grand Lodge closed, to meet one year hence in the city of Fargo. The Grand Secretary prepared and submitted an article on Masonic' Homes covering three pages. This paper is a very valuable contribution to the in-teresting literature of the day touching this development of Masonic charity. CORRESPONDENCE.
Brother Frank J" Thompson, the cormnittee, comes before the reading public this year with a ~omewhat lengthy review, and more fully elaborated than heretofore. The report covers 166 pages, and shows that he had examined the Journals of fifty-seven Grand Lodges, excerpting marked portions of their work. While these were of frequent occurrence, they were brief, followed by terse and very pertinent comments. He paid close attention to all essential doings of Grand Lodges in passing through the Proceedings. I prize his valuable opinion on the question of per diem. He said: "We think the per diem should be done away. The Grand Lodge .of Dakota Territory had per diem until it made itself a pauper by paying it." I join him in the view that making payment to delegates adds nothing to the value of legislation~ but will largely decrease the finances which ought and can be better applied in other directions. His pleasant criticisms of Brother Belcher, of California, whose reports on different subjects" covered several pages of brevier," are quite amusing. The California jurist .may not relish this, but the critic was fraternal, not captious. Brother Thompson made a strong plea against the one blackball power authorized by the laws in vogue in Grand Lodge jurisdictions, as applied to applicants for affilia~ tion, and expressed the view that after a thorough examination and report by an investigating committee, a two-thirds vote ought to be the
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rule. The thought has been present with me for a time that some remedy ought to be provided for this class of unfortunate Brethr~n who are mercilessly slaughtered when making honest and earnest efforts to gain membership. One blackball does the work: The rejected party goes forth among the Fraternity, deeply wounded, and with a sting that hurts, and feeling that wrong has been done him. I submit that after a Mason has been permitted to visit and become well acquainted with the members of a Lodge, as is nearly always the case, receives a courteous welconie among the Brethren, is asked to hand in his petition and affiliate, followed by a careful investigation on the part of a committee which makes report "full and favorable," for one blackball to keep him out, is not fair, nor do I believe it is right. I like the idea of Brother Thompson, and repeat here my oft-announced conviction that, with me, ground sufficient to justify the casting of a blackball against.a petitioner for affiliation will cause me to bring charges and put him on his defense, thereby giving him an opportunity to "prove a character" or enable the Lodge to divest him of further standing in the :Masonic family. The review of Brother Thompson throughout is a fine specimen of summarizing and commenting. I once sais! to my boy, "be bright but not light." Brother Thompson does not need the latter part of my admonition. He is bright and solid. But he does not relish compliments. Missouri received due attention and our Journal of 1894 was given two full pages of his space. , He noted the principal points in the Address of Grand Master Keene, and then took a look at the work,of this writer as Grand Secretary and Committee on Correspondence. He thinks we ought to try the remedy in use in his jurisdiction as to delinquent Lodges-i. e., fine them five dollars for being tardy. My dear Brother, it is hard work to collect the annual dues without attempting to raise them five dollars in the way of punishment. Such a law would raise a howl that -\vould reach " the tingling stars," or discount the story about those who agreed to all shout at once, so they might be heard in the moon. Brother Thompson can not understand the term " specialists" found in our Journal, and says it is a new office. i refer him to our Grand Lecturer, Brother Allan McDowell. He invented the term' and applied it to me and others, who were assigned the duty of violating our obligation by "striking a Brother Master Mason," after promising not to do so. Be it known unto you, Sir Thompson, that I am considered a first-class slugger on occasion. Touching the controversy between the Grand 'Lodges of Pennsylvania and Missouri, Brother Thompson said: "We presume the matter has been adjusted to the satisfaction of those who are satisfied." I reply, we, of Missouri,are "satisfied," and the case is out of court. The other side will nevel' be " satisfied" until we agree with them at the sacrifice and surrender of our cOIlvictions and abandonment of our laws governiiIg eternal juris-
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diction, which we will never do. Fearing any additional "compliments" might result fatally and take away the "breath" of the Dakota committee, something to be deplored, I will conclude my brief review of his work by saying it is the best he has ever sent out. I believe he has got down to good hard work, and does not intend to do any more scalping. This is ~ood, and will increase his power for usefulness, adding to the strength of his strong character. I have learned, by experience, that the scalpel is not the proper instrument to use. The trowel is far better. Reciprocating the kindness and fraternal spirit of Brother Frank Thompson, I leave hini, for the present, with assurances of hearty good-will, and increased appreciation of his ability- and worth. WILLIAM H. BEST, Fargo, Grand Master: FRANK J. THOMPSON, Far~o, Grand Secretary, and Committee on Correspondence.
OREGON-1895. The Forty-fifth Annual Communication was held in the city of Portland, commencing the 12th day of June, 1895. Brother Philip S. Malcolm, Grand Master, and Brother James F. Robinson, acting Grand Secretary, with a full corps of Grand Officers present, excepting the Grand Junior Warden, who was absent on account of flickness. It is alWays a source of regret that the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Oregon are received at such a late hour in the season, thereby depriving me of the pleasure and privilege of a thorough review of the transactions of said Body. The report now under review was received after my Report on Correspondence was completed. This notice will go in the Addenda and must of necessity be very brief. From the report furnished I learn that there are 99 Lodges on the roll, with a membership of 4,803. Representatives from 90 Lodges were present. The Grand Master submitted an Address embracing nineteen pages. Following a brief exordiuin, tastefully written, mention was made of the great loss sustained in that Grand Jurisdiction, caused by' the death of M. W. Bro. Stephen F. Chadwick, the late Grand Secretary, and a former Grand Master. Brother Chadwick died on the 15th of January, last. Thus another bright light has been eclipsed by the night of death, and one of the able and representative citizens of that Grand Jurisdiction has passed to his reward. lIe was born in Connecticut in 1825, and was therefore seventy years of age at the time of his death. He was made a Mason in 1856 in Laurel Lodge. Roseburg,
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Oregon. He was elected the first Worshipful Master of said Lodge under its charter. In 1865 he was chosen Grand Master, was appointed chairman of the Committee on Correspondence in 1867, and held that position up to the time of his death. He had been Grand Secretary of the jurisdiction since 1889. The Grand Master said that he had served in a number of public stations in the State, such as Secretary of State for eight years and Governor of Oregon for one term. Grand .Master Malcolm paid him a just tribute in saying: "In every station he performed his duty with fidelity and extraordinary ability. Our jurisdiction has lost its brightest jewel, the Order everywhere a member who was a credit to it, who was respected for his ability and loved for his virtues." T)lC vacancy caused by the death of Brother Chadwick was filled by the appointment of Brother: James F. Robinson, Past Grand Master. I will pay my respects to the new Grand Secretary when I COlne to make mention of his work, as he is a friend of mine of thirty years' standing. The list of deaths occurring in other jurisdictions found a place in the report of the Grand Master. He reported a long list of visitations to the Lodges. Had not circumstances beyond his control prevented, he would have visited every Lodge in the State. Numerous dispensations were granted by him to confer degrees in a shorter time than the law prescribes. He paid attention in vigorous terms to the reprehensible custom growing up in some Grand Jurisdictions !mown as printed rituals or cipher work. His treatment of this subject was as just and timely as it was strong and condemniLtory. He expressed his favor of the Grand Representative system, and saw no reason why Oregon should take action looking to its abolishment. He appointed some Grand Representatives, and recommended others for position near his own Grand Lodge. Among the latter was Brother John H. Irvine, whom we'commissioned as the Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri near the Grand Lodge of Oregon. In the Address I find eighteen official decisions reported, all of which \yere approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence except two. He decided that a Master could not compel the attendance of the members of a Lodge, or make them show cause for non-attendance. The Committee on Jurisprudence dissented from this view, c1aiming that the Master of a Lodge has the power to cause members to be summoned to attend its meetings, or to show cause for failure to attend. The committee properly said that this power must not be exercised in an arbitrary manner. The Grand Master had exercised a doubtful prerogative in conferring degrees upon a candidate at sight. The recipient of the degrees had already been initiated, but following his admission into the Order had been deprived by accident of his right arm. The
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committee, while doubting the propriety of such official action, recommended that the same' be approved, but threw around their dccision a restriction to the effect that the action of the Grand Master in this case must not be taken as a precedent, to be followed indiscriminately by .Grand Masters or Lodges. The Address of the Grand Master was concluded by submitting several practical recommendations, which were approved by the Grand Lodge. The first one was to prohibit Lodges from sending circulars upon any subject whatever, and that all such matter should go through the hands of the Grand Secretary, aftcr being approved by the Grand Master. Another good suggestion was that no . Lodge should be named after a person during his life-time. The beautiful poem written by the late Gen. Albert Pike, called" Every Year," ended the Address. The report of the Grand Secretary, being his first, was a simple statement of the fiscal affairs of the Grand Lodge. He reported the income from all sources at $5,314. A new Constitution 'was submitted, carefully considered and adopted. An oration covering eight pages was delivered by the Grand Orator, which is readable but rather unique. The Grand Lecturer was granted a salary of $100 per month for services while engHged in the field. The lateness of the hour at which the Proceedings came to hand forbids further attention to its transactions. In closing my notice of the rcgular transactions of the Grand Lodge of Oregon, I must be permitted to record the great pleasure realized on learning of the election to the office of Grand Secretary of that jurisdiction of my esteemed friend and valued Brother, James F. Robinson. When the lamcnted Brother Chadwick disappeared from the ranks of life, I wondered who would be his successor. Incidentally learning that Brother Robinson had been appointed by Grand Master Malcolm to fill the vacancy, I immediately addressed a letter of con-' gratulation to the Acting Grand Secretary, expressing the hope that he might succeed, by the choice of his路 Brethren, to that honorable and responsible position. The Proceedings of that Grand Lodge, just received, broug-ht me the first iritelUgence of his election, and the gratification of my strong desire for his recognitio~ by the Brethren of Oregon. Some thirty years ago I knew him in Macon, Mo., as a bright, active, young man. It was. my pleasure and privilege to confer upon him the orders of knighthood in the Commandery over which I then presided as Eminent Commander. Recalling the associations of other years, and learning of the progress made by him in his far-distant home, the pleasure realized from bis success in life and achievements in Masonry, is beyond expression. I am proud of my Missouri boy, and congratulate Orego~ on having secured one as the successor of the
,
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lamented Chadwick who is worthy and well qualified. Through this channel I tender additional congratulations to Brother Robinson, and hope that in the years to come he may prove himself, as in the past, " the first amonp; his equals." CORRESPONDENCE.
After having perused the able and laborious productions of the versatile committee of Oregon for years, the mind naturally inquires as to the work of the one who succeeds him in that difficult and responsible positi~n. I had no intimation as to who would prepare the report as the successor of Brother Chadwick. The Journal before me contains a review of fifty-four American Grand Lodges, and the Proceedings of three foreign jurisdictions. Brother Robert Clow, Past Grand Master, is the author of the report, which covers 188 pages. The task of preparing the report was assumed under trying circumstances to Brother Clow. On him had fallen the mantle of a p;ifted man and eminent Mason, who was for many years a leader in Masonry in the jurisdiction of Oregon, as well as one of its most distinguished citizens. Brother Chadwick being a man of rare gifts, developed and matured by long experience, his place could not be easily filled. Brother Clow felt and acknowledged all this, and entered upon the work with natural hesitancy. His report may be regarded as synoptical. He gleaned and summaril-:ed well from the Proceedings reviewed, making copious extracts, spiced with very pertinent and judicious comments. His work is a condensed review of Grand Lodge transactions, and is very creditable and very readable. He gave our Missouri J ourna} for 1894 four pages of his _ . space. He did not concur in the action of our Grand Lodge respecting the Indian Territory controversy. Neither do. 1. After noticing our doings he gave due attention to my Heport on ,Correspondence. His defense of the position of the late Brother Chadwick, and also of the Grand Lodge of Oregon, respecting rejected material and continued jurisdiction over applicants who had been repudiated, was but natural. Of me, he said: "If Brother Vincil is anything, he is radical on the ,subject of rejected materiaL" I am just as radical as the law of the Grand Lodge of Missouri; no more, no less. Believing our law to be fully in accord with the principles of Freemasonry, I defend it against all comers, and maintain the justness of our attitude on the subject of perpetual jurisdiction. From路 the statement of Brother Clow I learn that the Grand Lodge of Oregon permits "all Master Masons in good s'tanding within .her jurisdiction to vote upon an application for the degrees in any of her Lodges." The conclusion is natural from the above quotation that Oregon has broad views and generous laws. For one Lodge in a given
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jurisdiction to allow members of all Lodges in the same jurisdiction to vote upon an application for the degrees, in said Lodge, is carrying liberality to the outer limits of the endurable. I have only to say, " According to thy faith, so be it unto thee." Brother Clow is a modest reviewer, entirely free from pretentiousness and pedantry. His work is heartily commended, and on my part he is most welcome to a high seat in the Guild. MORTON D. CLIFFORD, Prairie City, Grand Master. JAMES F. ROBINSON, Eugene, Grand Secretary. ROBERT' CLOW, Junction City, Com. on Correspondence.
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CONCLUSION.
It will be" seen~from the annexed list of Grand Lodges that the Journals of British Columbia,' Indian Territory and Maine "are not in it." Why the Proceedings of ~hese Grand Lodges failed to reach this office is more than I can tell. " The harvest is passed and the summer ended," and yet I have heard nothing from the tardy Grand Secretaries of these jnrisdictions. We have now entered upon the autumnal season, September being here, and my year's work in the department of correspondence is completed. I regret the absence of the J onrnals mentioned, as it always affords me pleasure to complete the entire round of Grand Lodges with which Missouri is in fraternal correspondence. Heretofore the above named tardy Brethren have supplied me with their Proceedings in time to furnish a brief review for the Addenda. This year they are, like "the lost sheep of the House of Israel," wandering somewhere in unknown regions. The list shows the presence of fifty-two Grand Lodge Proceedings as having passed under notice. I am sorry that it could not have been fifty-five. At the late hour when my work is completed I have not time to , enter upon the preparation of what usually winds up the year's labor in this department, a "conclusion." Having completed my journeyings through the fields of thought, reviewing the labors of the jurisdictions of this country, I am impressed wi~h the fact that Masonry in the United States and Canada is still a power among the people for good, and, in its mission, seems to be gathering force for future 'achievements in behalf of the right, and for the blessing of the race.
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To say that my silent communings with the various writers on corre'spondence has been interesting, profitable and pleasant, would be a trite utterance. As to the merits of the preceding report, r leave others to judge, feeling, as I have often felt before, that the work performed has not been in correspondence with the magnitude of the undertaking, or the demands of the subject. As heretofore, my review has gotten beyond me utterly as to lengt!J, while 'my po\.."er of condensation has not equaled my desire, or the requirements of the occasion. In commencing my review for the present year, I fixed a firm purpose in mind to write the shortest report of my eighteen years' service in this field of labor. Disappointment is the' only compensation that has rewarded such purpose. In reviewing some of the Journals claiming attention during the present year, sense of sadness, amounting even to grief, has affected deeply my heart. A number of prominent Masons who were personal friends and Brothers beloved, have fallen out of the ranks and disap-. peared from life. These I shall meet in the field of correspondence and fraternal assoCiation no more. The loss of such Brethren as Vaux, of Pennsylvania, Frizzell, of Tennessee, Chadwick, of 'Oreg:on, and others, is to me a personal 'one. I can, only rejoice, amid such sad reflections, that their work was well done, and that they have left us rich legacies of good deeds, untarnished names and pure lives.
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I have only to say in concluding this" conclusion," that the year now Tounding up in the history of Missouri Masonry has been one of progress, harmony and peace. "What the statistics will show when tabulated I can not now forecast, as statistical information will be reserved for a special report to the Grand Lodge. r am not sorry that the work of the year in this department is now closing, as it relieves my mind of a bunien, always weighty until the Report on Correspondence is ended. r always have one regret in completing these annual excursions in the field of Masonic review, and that is that the work assigned me is not more effectively and representatively accomplished. Conscious inability in some measure atones for the failures over which r have cause to mourn, but with an earnest purpose. and a mind to the work, I commend the labors here submitted to my own Grand Lodge and. to the Fraternity of the world, with grateful appreciation to God for life and health, for the advancement of Freemasonry among men, and the great work being accomplished in this f;ield of usefulness. Fraternally submitted, ~
JOHN D. VINCIL.
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GRAND
ALABAMA, ARIZONA,
1894. 1894.
LODGES REVIEWED.
NEVADA,
1894.
~EW BRUNSWICK,
1894. . CALIFORNIA, 1894. ARKANSAS,
NEW JERSEY,
1894. 1894. CONNECTICUT, 1894. DELAWARE, 1894.
NEW MEXICO,
COLORADO,
NEW YORK,
FLORIDA, GEORGIA,
1895. 1894.
1894. ILLINOIS, 1894.
IDAHO,
IN~)JANA,
1895. 1895. KANSAS, 1895. KENTUCKY, 1894. LOUISIANA, 1895. MANITOBA, 1894. MARYLAND, 1894. MASSACHUSETTS, 1894. MICHIGAN, 1895. MINNESOTA, 1895.
IOWA,
MIS~ISSIPPI, iS95. MONTANA, NEBRASKA,
1894. 1895.
G. L. AP.--7.
1895. 1894-5:
1894. 1895. CAROLINA, 1895.
CANADA,
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
1894.
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
NORTH
NORTH DAKOTA,
1894.
NOVA SCOTIA, OHIO,
1895.
1894.
1894.
1895. 1895. PENNSYLVANIA, 1894. QUEBEC, 1895. RHODE ISLAND, 1894.
OKLAHOMA, OREGON,
1894. 1895. TENNESSEE, 1895. TEXAS, 1894. UTAH, 1895. VERMONT, 1895. VIRGINIA, 1894. \VASHINGTON, 1895. WEST VIRGINIA, 1894. WISCONSIN, 1895. WYO;lllNG, 1894. SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA,
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"
ADDRESSES OF GRAND SECRETARIES.
Sta.te. Alabama Arizona Arkansas : California: Colorado Connecticut.. Delaware District of Columbia Florida: Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Indian Territory Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts : Michigan Minnesota Mississippi.. Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico.: New York
Name.
Henry Clay Armstrong George J. Roskruge Fay Hempstead George路 Johnson Edward C. Parmelee Jobn H. Barlow Benj. F. Bartram : '1\T m. oR. Singleton Albert J. Russell. A. M. ,Volihin Jonas ,V. Brown J. H. C. Dill ,Villiam H. Smythe Rev. J. S. Murrow Tbeodorc S. :farvin Albert K. Wilson H. B. Grant Richard Lambert.. Stephen Berry Jacob H. Medairy Sereno D. Nickerson Jefferson S. Conover Tbomas Montgomery Jobn L. Powcr Cornelius Hedges ,Villiam'R. Bowen C. N. Noteware George P. Cleaves Thos. H. R. Redway Alpheus A. jCeen :.Edward M. L. Ehlers
Add1'eS8.
Montgomery. Tucson. Little Rock. San Francisco. Denver. Hartford. ,Vilmington. Washington. Jacksonville. Macon. I Boise City. Bloomington. Indianapolis. A~to-ka, C. N. Cedar Rapids. Topeka. Louisville. Ne",: Orleans. Portland. llaltimore. Boston. Cold 'Vater. St. Paul. Jackson. Helena. Omaba. Carson City. Concord. Trenton. Albuquerque. New York.
1895.] $tate.
North Carolina Nortb Dakota Obio ': Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Soutb Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia \Visconsin Wyoming British Columbia Canada Egypt England Ireland Island of Cuba Manitoba : New Brunswick New South \;'\Tales - Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Quebec Scotland United G. L. of Vietoria
Appendix. lYanv:.
Jobn C. Drewry Frank J.l'hompson J. H. Bromwell.. James S. Hunt James F. Robinson Michael Nisbet.. Edwin Baker Cbarles Inglesby Geo. A. Pettigrew Jobn B. Garrett Jobn \Vatson Cbristopher Diebl : \Varren G. Reynolds Joseph V. Bidgood Thomas M. Reed : Geo. W. Atkinson Jno. W. Laflin \v. L. Kuykendall W. J. Quinlan J. J. :Mason F. F. Oddi. Edward Letcli worth Samuel B. Oldham ,Jose F. PelIon : Wm. G. Scott l'. Nistet Arthur .H. Bray" Hon. \Vm. Ross B. \Vilson Higgs J ohn H. Isaacson D. Murray Lyon T. H. Lempriere
179 Address.
Raleigb. Fargo. Cincinnati. Stillwater. Eugene. Pbiladelpbia. Providence. Charleston. Flandreau. Nasbville. Houston. Salt Lake City. Burlington. Richmond. Olympia. vVheeling. i\'lilwaukee. Saratoga. Victoria. Hamilton, Onto Cairo. London. Dublin. Havana. Winnipeg. Robertson. Sydney. Halifax. Charlottetown. Montreal. Edinburg. Melbourne.
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REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES BY THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI.
Grand Lodge.
Alabama Arizona Arkansas British Columbia 路 California Canada Cuba 路 Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Egypt England Florida Georgia : Idaho Illinois Indiana Indian Territory Ireland Kansas : Louisiana Maine Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
Name.
Henry Ciay Tompkins Ja.'3. S. Cromb John J. Sumpter : Rob't Burns McMicking Charles H. Bryan :..James K. Kerr Edwardo Loredo : Ed. C. Parmelee : Geo. Lee .~ Dr. Robert V. 'Vatson 'Vm. R. Singletoil F. F. Oddi Braxton Baker Albert J. Russell... Henry C. Burr Jonas 路W. Brown Jerome R. Gorin 1\1ason J. Niblack J ohn A. Scott V\T m . Hamilton William H. Nelson John A. Stephenson Dan'l P. Boynton W. S. Linton Henry L. Carver :W. P. Bouton
Add?路ess.
1\1ontgomery. Clifton. Hot Springs. Victoria. San Francisco. Toronto. Havana. Denver. New Haven. 1\1ilford. 'Vashington. Cairo. London. Jacksonville. Griffin. ldaho City. Decatur. Vincennes. 1\1uscogee. Dublin. Smith Center. New Orleans. Monmouth. E. Saginaw. St. Paul. Canaan.
1895.J Grand LO,dge.
Manitoba Maryland Massachusetts Montana Nebraska Nevada New Brunswick New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Nova Scotia Ohio : Oregon Quebcc Rhode Island Scotland South Carolina South Dakota Texas Utah Vermont Victoria Virginia . Washington West Virginia \Visconsin :
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Appendix. Name.
~
:
,Tobn F. Boyd ~John S. Berry J ohn K. Hall Vvm. Davel1port.. George B. France C. E. Notew路are \Vm. F. Bunting Chas. G. Connor Alfred F. Hall Alpbeus A. Keen ; John Stewart H. A. Gudger : George A. Luce J. \Vilberforce Longley Chas. Stroud John H. Irvine H. L. Robinson Cyrus :1\'1. Vanslyck Geo. C. H. McNaight Charles Inglesby..: Thomas H. Brown \Vm. A. Carrington P. L. \Villiams Silas H. Danforth A. G. McCoombe 路 Thomas M. Reed John H. \Veymoutb Henry L. Palmer
Address.
Minnedosa. Baltimore. Boston. Helena. York. Carson City. Saint John. Exeter. Trenton. Albuquerque. NewYorkCity. Asheville. Hope. Halifax. Sandusky. Salem. Waterloo. Providence. Edinburgh. Charlcston. Sioux Falls. Hollston. Salt Lake City St. Albans. Melbournc. . Olympia. Beverly. Milwaukee.
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REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED BY OTHER GRAND LODGES NEAR THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI.
Grand Lodge.
Alabama : Arizona Arkansas British Columbia California Canada : Colorado Connecticut.. Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Indian Territory Ireland Ka~sas
Louisiana - Maine Manitoba Maryland Michigan Minnesota Mississi ppi 路MontaI!-a Nebraska
Name.
:
A. M. Hough Robert E. Collins \Viu. H. Carpenter Theodore Brace John E. Ryland Xenophon Ryland Harry Keene : Reuben Barney Isaac IV!.' Abraham Jack P. Richardso~l. A. M. Crow John R. Parson Martin Collins Asa Maddox P. G. \Voods Samuel M. Kennard \Vm. F. Kuhn \Vm. H. Mayo Xenophon Ryland : \Vm. R. Stubblefield E. H. Phelps James B. Austin Samuel H. Saunders \Vm. Richardson S. M. Davidson : Chas. F. Vogel..
Addre,~s.
Jefferson City ,..St. Louis. Centralia. Jefferson City. Lexington. Lexington. St. Joseph. Chillicothe.. . Harrisonville. St. Louis. Kansas City. St. Louis~ St. Louis. Kansas City. Versailles. St. Louis. Kansas City. St. Louis. Lexington. St. Louis. Kansas City. St. Louis. Otterville. St. Louis. \Vasbington. .st. Louis.
1895.J G'rand Lodge.
Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina North Dakota Nova Scotia Ohio Oregon Quebec Scotland South Carolina South Dakota Texas Utah Vermont Virginia "Tashington 'Visconsin
Appendi:c. Name.
Seymour Hoyt.. Alexander M. Dockery John R. Ferguson Noah M. Givan Geo. E: 'Valker Dorsey A. Jameson .. ; : Geo. R. Hunt.. Robert S. Browne Lee A. Hall. Rev. C. C: 'Woods, D. D Thomas E. Garrett V. O. Saunders ooJoseph S. Browne Allan McDowell. B. H. Ingram ' ViTm. M. 'Villiams John D. Vincil Stephen Chapman Rufus E. Anderson
183 Address.
Greenfield. GaUatin. Springfield. Harrisonville. St. Louis. St. Louis. 路Warrensburg. Potosi. St. Louis. Neosho. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Joseph. St. Louis. Sedalia. Boonville. St. Louis. R1oomfield. Hannibal.
GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT. COMPILED FROM RETURNS, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 1895. Zo
LODGE..
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TOWN
I
C · 1 OUNTY.,
1 Missouri ISt. Louis ISt. Louis City Benj. F. \Vallis 2 Meridian St. Louis St. Louis City H. Lemm 3 Beacon St. Louis ... St. Louis City Harry B. Piatt.. 4 Ho~vard Ne\Y' Fr.anklin ,Howard Geo. C. Ed wards 5 Umted Spnngfield Greene P. A. Day 6 Ark Newark :Knox John W:Fresh 7 O'Sullivan :Walnut Grove IGreene ~ O. H. Hllmstead 8 Williamsburg 'Williamsburg Callaway Wm. N. Peters 9 Geo. washington St. Louis St. Louis City J. B Parkell 10 Agency Agency Buchanan ,W. E. Goins l1:!':auldingville Wright 9ity Warr~n""""'''''''iJ.W. Tice : 12: Iyro Caledoma ,Washmgton Geo. C. LoomIS 13:Rising Sun Barry Clay W. P. Epperson 141cyrene : Cy:re~e ,Pik~ D. MC(;.111.10Ch 15 Western Star W1l1ston ,Davless R. C. SmIth 16 Memphis Memphis 'Scotland Geo. E. Leslie 17, Clarksville Clarksville Pike E. N. Moody 18IPalmyra Palmyra Marion John W. Mallory 19iParis Union ;IParis Monroe E. J. Ellbank 20 St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis City James R. Jacobs 21 Havanna :MeFall Gentry A. M. 'VVright 22 Wellington :DeKalb Buchanan A A. Croft 23 1~lorida IFlorida Monroe Benj. Utterback 24 Wyaconda LaGrange Lewis .: 1. H. Childers 25 Naphtali \St. Louis St. Louis City Chas. Ct!etner 26 Ava ,Ava Doughts H. S. "',Ilson 27"Eve1'g1'een /New Haven Franklin Ed. Reichard - 28 St. John HannibaL Marion .fohn W. Riley 29,Windso: ,Windso: Henry Geo. B. Sturgis 30IHuntsvIlle HuntSVIlle Randolph H. L. Rutherford 31 Liberty Liberty Clay C. S. Murray
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:
1st and 3d Thursdays. 1st and 3d Wednesdays. 2d and 4th Thursdays. Saturday OIl or before full moon. 3d Monday. Saturday on or after full moon. Tuesday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. 2d and 4th Tucsdays. No tim.e given. Saturday on or bcfore full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturd~Y on or before fun moon. Saturd,Ly on or before full moon. Friday 011 or before full moon. . Saturday on or before fun moon. 2d ancl4th Thurl;days. ,l~t and3d Saturdays. 1st and ad Tuesdays. ISat onorbef. f. m. & 2d Sat. after. 1st SaturdlLy. , Saturday 011 or before fUll moon. : 1st and 3d Thursdays. 2d and 4th Thl!rsdays. 3d Saturday ot each month. 1st Saturday of each month. 1st and 3d ~[ondays. Tuesday 011 or J;>efore full moon. Tues. on or bel. f. m. & 2 wks. aft. 1st Monday and 3d Saturday.
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Owensville Gasconade Callao ~Iacon DeWitt Carroll St. Louis St. Louis C.ity Bismarck St. FrancOIs Middle Groye Monroe Jefferson. City Cole JacksonVIlle Randolph :\fanchester ·St. Louis Wentzville St. Charles Fayette Howard Fulton Callaway Holt.. Clav Hopkins Nodaway Glasgow Howard Carrollton Carroll Weston Platte 'Garden City ,cas.s Arrow Rock Sahne Tipton Moniteau Richmond ,Ray Monticello Lewis Centralia Boone New Bloomfield.. Callaway Waverly Lafayctte Cameron Clinton Slater Saline jMonroe City :Monroe \attoIls!?ur~ Daviess (,rant CIty Worth Rocheport...Boone Kennett.. Dunklin Sullivan Franklin Armstrong Howard Savannah Andrew Gorin : Scotland Brunswick Chariton Keytesville Chariton Ashley Pike Independence Jackson Steelville Crawford St. Joseph Buchanan ISt. Louis St. Louis City Bridgeton St. Louis R~wena Audrain Lmneus Linn
Simon Smith JoelVI. Brown W. W. Dumm Wm; A. Hal~ C ,. LoomIs ' .T. B. Quisenbury Wm. H. Grundelfinger J. W. Coulter ·IF. W. Brooks Geo. C. Lovell. ·S. B. Cunningham J. R. Penn P. Wilhoit Harry Myers H. Clay CockerilL : J. W.·Stilwell Au . Sf'hncider G. "~ildeboor w. B. Fitzgerald
Thos. J. McMillan E. E. Richardson A. 'I'. Kendrick IEdW. V. ~yte
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Geo. W. Lavelock Wm. T. lVIcCatchan James K. PooL C: H. Christian : Wm. B. Landrum D. P. Adams C. P. Storts L. O. Thompson Ira D. McCI.ung : Jos. V. Davld"on 1. A. Barth D. B. Panky John H. Chiles R. B. Burne C. J. Alderman
lVL W. Jones J. M. Brewer D. K. Smith Chas. Myel' E. L. Edwards B. S. Mitchell A. G. Lonsdale Jno. H. Bowen H. M. Petit A. F. Walruff iJ. S. Halcomb Wm. Putsch : Geo. A. Stone L. W. Summners· John K. Boyd J. V. Shelley A. Corder IW. D. Corn J. O. Stern :W. R. P. Jackson ;J. R. BecKner Erdley O. Sayle H. L. Martin Virgil M(~Kay .Jas A. Clark ,.T. B. Fagate G. l\fcDlmiel...
S. E. Everly Ed. T. Miller .T. W. Mahltffey Albert Rotts J. T. Woodruff B. F. Wll.tson Edwin P. Ambler F. A. Heidorn J. P. Crawford Geo. L. Cotter
John A. Miller L. D. Applegate John B. Smith C. P. Patteson Thos. R. Gibson M. J. Schwarz Walter S. Ashton E. F. Heidorn Jas. A. Craig F. W. Powers
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Union Star Gentryville :Milan Albany Ridgeway
131 Potosi.. 132 Farmington : 133 Star of the 'Vest 134 Pleasant Mount 135 Braymer 136 Phamix 137 Delphian 138 Lincoln 139 Oref?on 140 Pap~nvll.le 141 Cham at Rocks 142,Plell.sant Grove 1431'Irondalf
Potosi Farmington IIronton Olean IBraymer Bowling Green B!rch Tree Flllmore
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1~0 Bl,rmll1g 1;,l.'l\Illton 1521'Linn Creek 153 Bloomfield 154 ,Concord 155 Springhill
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151 North Star 158 Mountain Grove 159 Green City 160 Pleasant 161 Clifton HilL 162 Whitesville 163IOccidental.. 164 Joachim 165 MaryVille 166 jPortageville
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Papmvllle Owen Otterville Irondale Humansville Ebenezer
St. Francois Ir<;>n 1\l1ller ,Caldwell ',Pike Shannon.. , 'Andrew Holt ; B~tes
LIncoln Cooper Washington Polk Greene Colle~e ~I?und Macon Harnsonville Cass Purdy Barry Lexington IJafayette H.alleck : Buchanan Futh Ranrlolph Linn Creek ,Camdcn iBloomfield "Stoddard IHatton Callaway Springhill JJivingston IAshland · ·I.Boon.e Rockport· Atchison ~fountain Grove.. Wright Green City lsullivan Morrisville Polk Clifton Hill Randolph Whitesville Andrew St. LOUiS ISt. Louis City Hillsboro JefferSOn ,MaryVille Nodaway jPortageville New Madrid
M. P. Cayce Wm. R. Edgar W. S. Allen D. S. Pollard Ja". M. Hawkins E. J. Me.eker J. F. Gumn C. L. Evan:> J. Burgesser : A. K. Baltezor Thos. J. ~tark James D. Eaton W. C.' Pollard W. H. Payne H. M. HH.r?ester Jno. C. Bndges R. B. Gladden Geo. W. Fred.endall D. L: Mcpamel.. C. W. Gnmes :.. !-1. I-I. '""'inds jThm;. B. Turnbaugh ,J. M. Pledge W F. Pilfer Eli Penter G. W.' Lash 'J. H. Livingston I-I. 0 ..wo y B. W. MitchelL
Robt. Tetley ,.Mann Ringo ,G. D. Walker IC. L. Waite James '1'. Daniel W. F. Collier J. L. Denney J. T. Thatcher A. Ben~e~t M. V. Moseley ; W. G. Streit A. G. Hughes J. M. Allen D. M. Evans H. Graham Geo. W. Feely W. M. Fly 'Po H., Champers ; IJas ..s. Burns ,J. W. Letters Leoni.das King IL. B. March J. R. Hassler J. H. Lowe R. ,1\1. ~IcDow Fran k Lockwood JoPl T. Short 'r. R. Davis Tho". C. :\litchell
Z. '1'. Wells John H. Cookson J. E. Miller INathaniel Sisson' L. F. Lafont..
C. A. Lewellen W. R. Stubblefield Ed. Vollmar C. A. Ellis R. L. Lafont
. Saturday on or before full moon: Saturday on or before full moon. 3d Saturday. 1st and 3d Saturdays. • 1st and 3d Tuesdays. Friday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. 1st Monday ann :>,d Saturday. ~atu~day after.full. moon. Satlllday on or betore full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. ISaturday neare"t full moon. Saturday on or before full mOOIl. Wed. on or before full moon. ',sa~Urday on or before full moon. IFrlday on or before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. i3d Monday. ,4th Saturday. 1st Saturday. Saturday on or before full moon. IFrid>l,y nearest full moon. Ath Saturday. .'Sat. on orOf. f. m. & 2 wks. after. 3d Satnrday in eaCl.I month. 2d Saturday. Sat. on or bel'. f. m. & 2d Fri. after. Saturday 011 or at.ler full moon. Friday on or before full moon. No ReI,11rn.~. Saturday on or before full moon. 2d and 4th :Mondays. Saturday on or before full moon. lst and 3d Fridays. ISaturday after eaeh full moon.
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Revere lclark ~ Colony Knox Cil.!fiden Ps>int ,P~a~te UtIca LIVll1gston Hartford Putnam Macon Macon Powell McDonald Sturgeon Boone jNe.wtonia Newton : Pomt Pleasant New Madnd HOllston Texas lZ8 Gr~Swold lprice's ~fanch Montg~me:y St. Loms CIty ] /9 Pride o~ the West... St. Loms 180 Des Momes Athens Clark 181 Novelty 'Novelty Knox ]82 l'il9t K~ob RO~I'vill~ Doul;!Ias .183 Cahforma Cahforllla Momteau 184 I<'llirtield Fairfield Benton 185 f'.hamois Chamois Osage 186 Morality Renick Randolph 187 Hermon Liberal Barton 188 HannibaL HannibaL Marion 189 Zeredatha St. Joseph Buchanan 190 Putnam ,Newtown Putnam 191 'vVilson .; 'Pocahontas Cape Girardeau 19'2 Frankford !FfankfOrd Pike 193 Anyerolla l\'[issouri City Clay 194 We lsville I'wellsville I!\-lontgomery 195 Bo~ivar BO~ivar IPOlk 196 QuItman QuItman Nodaway 19i Carthltge ; Carthage :Jasper 191:1 Allensville !·.AJlendale I\.vorth 199iNew Hope Ebberry Lincoln 200 Sonora Watson Atchison : :!01 l Ravenwood I{avenwood ,' Nodaway 20:!/westviUe lwestville \Chariton ~g: Brumley Brumley Miller Rowley Dearborn :Platte
167 Revere 168 Colony 1~9 Camden Point l/o ·Benevolence 171 Hartford 172 Censer 173 Powell 174 Sturgeon 1Z5 Ne.wton 1/6 Pomt Pleasant l 177,Texas
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E. McArtor H. B. Beckner W. Purdy: Geo. A. Culling Chas. E. Bltiley A. A. Gils.trap J. R. Patterson B. F. Mayer N. W. Cart.er PhIlo. Leheur A. J. )[cKillney IE. C. F. Wdls John A. Sloan C. P. l\-[rgrau G. H. Hendl'lcks 1:.1. A. Sharp E. B. Fulks J. Q. Woody M. A. Wyatt C. J. Powell Alva Boulware ;. A. G. MeDaniel. Wm. R. Womach M. W. Gaymore D. C. Thompson J. E. Lucas : A. R. AllCorn Jacob Miller C. D. Lyman
Sat. on or bef. f. m. & 2 wks. after. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. lst and 3d Mondays. Saturday 011 or after full moon. Friday on or before full moon. I~atnrday on or before full moon. ~aturdlLY on or before full moon. ;No tbn" gi1'en•. !Saturday before full moon. . 1st and 3d Wednesdays. Saturday onor before fun moon. ,Saturday on or before full moon. SaturdllY before 1st Sunday. 4th Saturday. Tuesday on or before full moon. FridlL)-' on or aft. f. m. & 2 wks. aft. Saturday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d Saturdays. 2d and 4th Mondays. 2d and 4th Tuesdays. Saturday on of hefore full moon. Saturday on or before full mOOll. Sat. on or ber. f. m. & 2 wks. after. ,2d and 4th Saturdays. Saturday before 1\IH moon. Saturday ~n or before full moon.
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Washington , Franklin Alanthus Grove" Gentry !Laredo /Grund y !Butler Bates Alton Oregon Festus Jefferson Eaglesville Harrison Ravanna Mercer 209 Lodge ofLove ,Lancaster Schuyler 260 Mechanicsville ~fechanicsvi1le St. Charles 261 Florence New Florence I~Iontgornery 262 Holden ..I:Holden Johnson 263 Summit ILee's Summit IJaCkson 264 Fayetteville Fayetteville Johnson 265 Corinthian Warrensburg IJOhnson ~6~,SociaL ~farLin~buTg Audrai~l.. ..: 261 Aurora St. Loms St. Loms Cuy 26SjLOdge of :r:uth Atll~nta Macon........ .. 269 Rock Prnme Lawrenceburg Lawrence 270lNew Slllem I~rg,ent!'il1e ILincoln 271IsOlomon "pnn~field ,.. Greene 272 Granite Sedaha , Pettis 273 St. Clair Osceola, St. Clair Cold Spp.ng .. · · ~!5 Tranqml.Ity Orearville , Salll1e 2161Grand RIver Freeman Cass 2Z7 'vv~. D. ~fuir Pilot Gro':e Cooper 2!8 AVl1la · ·.. IBo~vers MIlls \Jil;Sper 219 Hogle's Creek Qu~ncy , HIckory 280 Lodge of Peace Chillhowee Johnson 281 Fenton Fenton Lou~s : 282 Cosmos St. Loms St. LoUIS CIty 283 1Stockton Stockton Cedar 284 ICanopy Aurora Law.rence 285 Earl Coffeysburg Davless 286iUrich Urich ·.. IHen~y 287lCraft Canton ILewIs 288 Hermitage iHermitage Hickory
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j2d and 4th Saturdays. 00 Saturday before each full mootl. CD Saturday 011 or before full moon. en ISatu'rdILY on or before full moou. L.......J jTues. on or bef. f ..m. & 2wks. after. I"VO Retu1'7/'s. IThursday on or before full moon. 2d and 4th Fridays. Saturday on or bcfo,re full moon. 2d and 4th Saturda) s. lIst and 3d Thursdays. Saturday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d Saturdays. ISa!llfday on or before full moon. Fnday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Sat. on or bet'. f. m. & 2 wks. after. ISaturday on or after full moon. ISat. on or ber. f. m. & 2 wks. after. 1st and 3d Saturdays. . Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. ~ l.st.saturday night month. Saturday on or befolc ful1 moon. ~ ISaturday on or b~foJ'e full moon. R... Saturday before vd Sunday. ~ ,Vo Rctw·ns. 1st and 3d Mondays. 2d and 4th Saturd'!-ys. Saturday on or before full moon. ISaturda 01,101' before full moon. 1st and .)d Saturdays. Saturday after full moon. 'Saturday before full moon. 1st and :3d Mondays. llst and 3d Mondays. 1st and 3d Saturdays. Saturday on or before fUll. moon. Friday before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d Tuesdays. 2d Saturday. 2d and 4th Mondays. Saturday on OF-before fun moon. ~ 2d and 4th Fndays. CD ,2d & 4th Saturdays.
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335 Joplin Joplin 336 Hallsville HallsvIlle 337 Blue sPrings IBlue Springs 338 Myrtle Millville 339 Fidelity Furley 340lwestport Westport 341 Relief Republic: 342 Circle '..: Roscoe 343 Agricola Petersburg 344!Moberly Moberly 345 FellOwshi P JOPlin I 346 Arl~ngton Dixon ,' 347 S nng Creek EdgarSprmgs 348 Wadesburg !Creighton , 349 Pollock Pollock 350ITyrian IJohnstown 351!Mosaic !Bellevue 352,Friend Ozark 353 Benton St. LOUis 354 Hebron Mexico 355 Adelphi Edgerton 356 Ancient Landmark Harrisburg 357 Aux VliSse Aux Vasse 358lNorth West.. : Tarkio 359 Garrett /Arcola.; 360 Tl;lsc~n St. Loms 361 RIddICk Buffalo 362 Hiram Cahoka 363 IR?be.rtsV!lle 364 FI1ggmsvIlle HIggmSVllle 365 Bayou Bakersfield 366 Adair Kirksville 367 IBarry ,' Was.hburn I 3681Crescent HIll Adrlan 369 Composite Doniphan 370!Williamstown !williamstown 371 Sheldon Sheldon 372 Nonpareil East Lynne
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IJasper Boone Jackson Ray Platte Jackson ,Greene ISt. Clair Henry Randolph Jasper Pulaski. Phelps cass SullIvan Bates 1Iron :Christian I'St. LOUisCitY Audrain IPlatte Boone Callaway Atchison Dade : ; St. Loms CIty Dallas IClark
I.Fran~lin ILafayette
Ozark Adair Barry Bates Ripley Lewis ,vernon Cass
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John H. 'l'utt R. F. Hulett. IJ. P. Maxwell W. carpenter ..路 T.. w~ Hope Geo. W. Lee ' W. F. Shackleford Jos. Hampton H. 1. Parks J. S. Reynolds F. W. Murphy S. F. Arthur I'Geo. W. Wm. Cunm.ngham A. B. MaupIn INewton \Varren IW. H. H. Miller IIJno. H. Vogelsang D. S. Burroughs
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W. R. Wilhite R. G. Hale J. W. Boulton : H. Roberts T. G. Weatherby J. R. Bridges S. G. Denny C. Webb ; M. B. Teverbaugn E. Noonan T. H. Hickey A. J. Satterle IA. C. Jones O. ~ee ,C. T ::;eavi;lr ;Wm. E. WIley
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Harmon Cline W. W. C. C. FrIck IChas. L. Renfro J. H. Carson G. L. Love
TIME OF MEETING.
'1st and 3d Fridays. !saturday on or after 1st full moon. ,1st and 3d Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Wednesday on or before full mn. . 1st and 3d Tuesdays. iVO
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John S. Pence Thursday on or before full moon. J. H. McCann Saturday on or before full moon. W. C. Finnell.. 12d and 4th :Mondays. W. R. Fletcher 12d and 4th Fridays. J. F. Rhea Saturday on or before full moon. G. 1. Bradtord ,Saturdayon or before full moon. Harris " I:;at.on or before f. m. & 4th Sat. \J. C. ~chnelle Satu~day .on or after full moon. jJ. M. Coleman No t'imc gwen. R. J. Hill. Saturday on or before full moon. IJohn A. Farthing ' 1st and 3d Saturdays. !C. C. Walton 2d lind 4th Mondays. Juo. J. Steele 1st Tuesday evening. , :: No Rel.1irns. J. M. Edwards Saturday on or before full moon. S. S. McCue IMonday before full moon. J. 1\1:. Hurst /2d &4th Thursdays. : " No Retu1路ns. E. ~. HlCkok , }st and 3d Tuesda~s. IJ. '1. Pendleton Saturday on or before full moon. H. N. Martin 1st and 3d Fridays. . jE. A. ISaturdaY on or after full moon. W. C. Boyer 2d and 4th Mondays. W. H. Hughes Saturday after full moon. J. M. Long , l1>-t & 3d Fridays. IJ, N. Brookes : Sat. n~ght on or before full moo~. !N.lVlandy jSllt. lllght on or before full moon. J. M. Atkinson Saturday before 4th Sunday. N.,Ford Satu.rday.on or after full moon. jJ. r. vOss: ,' jNo t'/me gwen. J. E. P. WIllIams Saturday on or.before full moon.
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Billings Queen City
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382 383 384 385 3ilu
RIChland Pythagoras Harmony Reynolds Dayton ~87 Woodside; 388 FarmersvIlle 389 IArcana 390· Marionvme
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RIChland Cassville Vibbard I'Centerville Dayton Thomasville Chilia Harris 1Marionville 391IRay.to~vn :.. Raytown 392 Chl'JStI.an Oak Grove 393 Bee HIVe Lawson 39~ Da~an l\'~en9-on 39;) LatImer LICkmg 39~ Western Light.. Louisburg 39/ Gower Gower.. 398 .Tasper Jasper 399 Pike 400 I?ecatu~ PeIrce 9Ity 401 CartervIlle CartervIIle 402 Gavel.. INew Cambria ..l03 Lowry City Lowry City 40'1 Alexandria Alexandria '105 IE,'verton 406 rralden IMalden 407 Charleston Charleston
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Iberia Joppa APBleton City Va ley,' Greensburg Hunnewell... Cache White Water Clear Creek
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Greensburg HunnewelL St. Louis 1Laflin JPalo Pinto
Carroll IOregon PulaskI 113, uchanan Gentry .'
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Francis M. Cooper John McDonald IG. W. A rthur L. T. Moulton Henry 1'. Patton John R. Garbee H. E. Gates II- ~. B~ockman 1.1. H. StHIter Felix V~. Stoggs ,L. D. Groom : \-Vm. A. \-Vear :VI. Horine ' John L. Isley, R. T. Craven IR. 1. January I!. F,' Cross , J. W. Stephens R. D. Ramey 1.1. A. Park .1.1'1. Franks E. C. i'lIulford J. M. Ragan : IJ. C. England J. '1'. Richardson C. M. youngblood 1. D. 1IcCullah T. W. Green S. G. R?binson jC. B. Shrock G. H. Church .1: M. :Morrow R. J. Clar~ J. Dodd J. M.. Colhns J. B. Hatch M. W. Fancher P. B. Marsh................. W. M. padgot.. S. B. Reynolds John W. HulL W. J. Coleman R. L. Roberts 1.1. W. T. M. IE. Bavmgton G W. TI~Well.. E. M. Thornton W. H. Pnce 1
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Friday on or before full moon. ISaturday on or before new moon. on or before f. m. & 2 wks. aft. Fndav before full moon. 1st ancl3d Saturdays. Sat. on or before f. m. <f 2 ws. aft. lst and 3d Saturdays. ISat. on or bef. f. m. & 2 weeks aft. ·.. 11.".ridfLY on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. 29 a~d 4t!'t Saturdays. 1"0 /zrnc gwen. ISatllrday on or before full moon. 12d and 4th Saturdays. Saturday on or after full moon. ,4th Saturday.
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: A. 420 Itaska ISt. Loms St. Loms Clty IA. 1'Ilhrmanll 421\ Urbana Urbana Dallas Dillon 422 Gate of the Temple Springfield IGreene W. D. Garwood 423 Galt Galt ,'Grundy J.·A. Cooper 424 Samaritan Bonne Terre St. Francois 1E. E. Turley <tl5 Cedar 9ity.; Cedar 9ity.: Callf.l-way S. Ho.dges 426 SedgwlCkvllle SedgwlCkvllle IBollmger D. B. HIll 427 Glenwood IGlenWood \SChuyler Gibson R. Hombs 428 L.,ouisville : L.ouisville : Lincoln ; i 429 New MadrId New MadrId New Madnd A. J. Donohew 430 1 Winona Winona 'Shannon IS. T. Maddux 431 Cement Halfway Polk 1. O. Parrish 432 Competition Competition LlIclede , 433 Mack's Creek Mack's Creek Camden W. R. Eidson 434 Wheeling Wheeling Livingston ~ H. 'Vhitebread 43.'? St. Nicho,las willard ..; Greene \J. P. "~l1.tson 436 ASh Gro\ e IASh Gro, e Greene W. H. Turk 437 La.fayette jCOrder Lafayette Wm. M. Groves 43S 1Temperance Smithville Clay r. W. Thatcher 439 Mt. Olive Marshfield Webster W. R. Brook>: 440 Trowel: I.Lutesville Bollin9~r W. RevellE;, Jr 441 j ExcelSIOr Jackson Cape GIrardeau N. B. McNeely 442\BUrlington Burlinl;ton June.. Nodaway J. Nt PidCOCk 443 Anchor : St. Lonis ISt. Louis City \-Vm. F. Gould 444 Ada orrick !Ray ; ; IWm. Tucker 445lWest Gate St. Loms St. LoUIS CltY''':''IC' C. NeWberry 446 Greenfield Greenfield ,.. !Dade Fred. Grt"ther 447 Fairview Browning ,'Sullivan W. G. Warren 448 schell City Schell City Vernon IFielding Childs 449 lBois D' Arc Bois D' A.rc IGreene ! I~. T. JOhns ·.. · 450lBelton Belton ~ Cass E. S. Mond 451!.RllymOre Rliymore ·I('ass W. N. Evans ; 452 Verona · ·· ·Iverona .. · ILa'.Hence , : 453 I:or~y. th Forsyth T~n~y .: : J. H. ParrIsh <l54\ceCll. Cottonwood Pt Ml>;;,ISSlPPl \Joe Brasher 455 B!lmesville ILogun'sCreek ,Reynolds A. J. Newwn 456 Wallace JBunceton Cooper W. B. Kerns
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W. F. Simpson Sattlrday on or after full moon. A. E. Beckwith 12c1 and 4th Saturdays. J. BiggS · ·iTh.urS?ay before full moon. Cr. W. Wyatt FrIday before full moon. J. L. Recldeck s.aturda y on or before full moon. IS. F. Krauss 1st and 3d Saturdays. r. S. Parkhurst Friday before full moon. IH. A. Cl~rk Friday on or before full moon. jD. B. Selhert.. Saturday on or b('fore full moon. H. MillPr lst and 3d Saturdays. R. H. Caffall... 2d and 'lth Wednesdays. jlst and 3d Saturdays. II. B. Pigg IA. Ra.wson \lst and 3d Tuesda.ys. Jno. A. DaVis /TUe.3. aft. Fri. on or bef. full moon. H. C Warren, Jr 3d Satnrday. 18. Robinson 2d and 4th Saturdays. ·.. ·.. J; O. Redfearn· · ·ISaturda~ before full ffi<;>on. C. W. McKown jSaturda) on or be~ore lull moon. Lee Glandon Saturday on or betore full moon. / ; i [\'0 l'imf.rriven. J C. L. Mc!<mght jSaturday on or after full mOOn. Chas. L. Bl'ldges : Saturday on or after full moon. IJosillh Sutton Saturday on or before full moon. 'Edw. Cramer Saturday on or b~fore full moon. ~eo.
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DadevIlle Seymour St. Louis Caruthersville Santa Fe rrhay~r
l\-Iontgomery Dade Webster St. Louis Gity Pemiscot ~Ionroe
Oregon 1 Aullville 1 Lafayette Parnell ,' Nodaway ,Southwest CltY ,McDonald
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469 Plato II.Plato Texas 470 N<?daway Maryville Nodaway 471 )Imeral ,Oronogo Jasper 472 Pickering IPickering INodaway 473 Nineveh Olney Lincoln 474 (tuilford IGUilford Nodaway 475 Golden Golden City Barton 476 Mt. Hope IOdessa Lafayette 477 Hen.derson IHenderson Webster 478 Racme Seneca Newton 479 Rich Hill Rich Hill Bates ~ 480 JeweL Pleasant HilL Cuss 481 Marceline JMarceline Linn 482;Cli.ntonville ., IEll?oradospringsICeda: 483 Fturfax Faufax Atchison 4&1 Kirkwood Kirkwood 'St. Louis Water Icass 486 Cairo ICall'o Randolph 487 Hern.don: Herndon.: Sali~e 488 ILoek Sprmg Lock Sprlllg DavlCss 489ILakeville Bell City Stoddttrd 490 Montevallo Montevallo Vernon 491 Vandalia Vandalia Audrain 492 1Daggett.. Loutre Island Montgomery 193 Vernon Bronaugh Vernon 494 Lewistown Lewistown Lewis 495 Unity.................. Richaros Vernon 496 Robert Burns Gainesville ~zark 497 Strafford Strafford Greene 498,Kaseyville \Kase yville l\'IaCOn 499IpayneSville Paynesville Pike , 500 Jameson 'Jameson IDaviess 501 Buckner \BUCkner jJaCkson 502 Philadelphia Philadelphia Marion
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12d Sat. 2 p. m. & 4t~1 Sa~. 7:30 p. m . ...... 00 ThUl'S(lay on or before full moon. ~ \Thnrsda y 011 or before full moon. 01 2d and 4th Wednesdays. W Saturday on or before full moon. 1jSaturday after full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. 'Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon.
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Prairie Hon"te Platte City Avalon Lathrop Clearmont.. Saxton 5091v~n Buren 510 Blswe\l.. 511 Skidmo:e ~121"yeb~ CIty <:I13,Chanton 514IExeter 515 Galena 516'Milford 517!Selig-man 51R OrientaL 519 Turney 520 Clifton Heights 521ILoCkW?0? 522 1Gate CIty 523 Ki?-der : 524 Splckurdsvllle 525 Cunningham 526 Wayne , 527 1Higbee 52S 'Collway 529 INiangua 530IRitchey 531 Lane's Prairie 532 Dexter 533 Walker : 534 Columbla 5351 Blackwell
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Prairie Home Cooper B. F. D. Carlos iJ. N. Scholl Saturday or before full moon. PlatteCity IP!a~te Campbell Wells ··.. ·· ..····.·I'J· L. Carmack 1st Saturdar after full moon. Avalon : Llvlllgston J. W. Howard V. B. CampbelL 1st and 3d Saturdays. Lathrop Clinton P. M. Gilchrist ,Z. T. Martm 1st and 3d Saturdays. Clearmont.. Nodaway J. P. Price O. G. Baughman 1st lllld 2d Saturduys. Saxton Buchanan · 1. Lower I). C. Ewiltg ·ISaturday on or be,fore full moon. Van B~ren IC!Lrter T. W. Cotton Thea. ~ranklin Sat~rday on or after lull moon. Browmng Lllln Jas. B. Stone J. H. Blswell.. 1st oaturday. Skidmo:e ,Nodaway Wm. Howden D. B. Iuma!!. 12d and 4th Saturdays. Webb .Clty : 'JaSPE!r A. A. H~llett J. E. II;1cNalr 29- a~d 4t~ Thursdays. Guthridge MIlls.. Chanton John WIlkerson B. J. Edemann iVo ltme gwen. Exeter Barry : lVO Returns. IGalena IStone Frank Acree Etton Seg1lJan Saturday nearest full moon. IMilford T. H. Duckett J. M. Herlocker Saturday on or before full moon. ,Barton ,Seligman Barr y J. T. Lumpkin IJ. G. t.>lang-er .: Tuesday on or before fuUmoon. . w. W. Sweeny IBlackburn lsaline 1 H. C. s.pencer Wednesday on or before full moon. Turney Clinton ' Geo. Ditmars 1.1. E. Potter 1st and 3d Fridays. 1IJno. 1St. Louis St. Louis City E. Wilkinson T. J. Burridge 2d and 4th Saturdays. 1 Lock.woo?Dad: .: Icarter Pritchard .ID. W. Bir~ Thur. on or bef. f. ~. & 2 wks. aft. Kansas CIty IJackson H. P. Anewalt : Wm. Stark lstand 3d Saturda) s. Ki?-der Caldwell ·· .. ··IC. R. Pa:ker: IFrank shaw· · on or before full moon. SplCkardsvllle Grundy J. B. wrlght.. IW. M. Ashbrook 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. ISllffiner Chariton E. B. Keltog-g G. Thompson 1st and 3d Wednesdnys. Piedmont Wayne L. W. Cotton iJ. C. Carter l~t Saturday after full moon. Higbee Randolph 13. Lessly C. Herron Wednesday on or before full moon. Conway Laclede M. G. Roberts ,R. O. Hardy "ISatnrday on or before full moon. Niangua Webster Edw. J. Cotfey lsam.1 ('. cumford ISaturday before full moon: Ritchey Newton J. M. Ritchey ~. P. Stipp Sat. on orbef. f. m., 7 alld 7:30 p. m. Vichy lIIaries J. A. Nalluey R. A. King /Saturda y before full moon. Dexter IStOddard J. A. Bradley IC. u. Biggs Tuesdny bef. f. ffi. & 2 weeks aft. Wal.k.er Verno~ 1. D. Wright : IF. S Shacklett :, Saturday on or before full moon. IPaclhc Franklm James Booth G. H. Gross 2d ami 4th Thursdays. Blackwell.. : St. Francois W. T. Blackwell.. IThos. Welch ISatnrday on or before full moon. Willow Springs Howell IS. A. JIJ.n·es IA. G. Holl.enbeck oI3d,Fridays. Bethel.. .. · IShelby J. E; '\'1180n IW. H. "~hlte·..: ..·.. · ·..·.. IFnday on or before full moon. Stella· IMcDonald C. I~dmonson Chas. W. McKmley Saturday on or before full moon. Dawn Livingston Fred Johnson H. Bushnell '12d and 4th Mondays. Winigan ~Sullivan J. A. Moffitt Frank Wood Sat. on or aft. f. m. & 2 wks. after.
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Appendi:c.
DEATHS. REPORTED TO THE GRAND I.ODGE OF MISSOURI, OCTOBER],
No. Of Lodge. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 9. 10.
11. 13. 16.
17.
19.
20. 21. 22.
24. 25. 26. 28. 30. 31. 36. 39.
Name of Party.
G. P. Boernstein. J. Wuertenbaecher.. Lewis Holden. N. W. Kinney. J. T. Morton. C. W. Crawford. J W. Johnson. J. H. Kellar. Cyrus Eversole. Hy. Hickman. J. M. Holt. G. W. Claypool. A. Thacker. Allen Scouten. W. L. Gilkey. P. Fleming. W. H. Hougland. G. H. Moore. H. D. Miles. J. 1\1. Short. Andrew Pegan. S. K. Givans. ''IT. F. Oglesby. . Thos. F. Callis. Wm. Foster. W.T. Helm. E. B. Getz. A. C. Stifel. Jas. W. Savage. Jas. Hall. H. M. Griffith. Jacob Brown. Sol. Glaze. S. Pilkington. W. R. Roberts. B. Mallowee. Ahlar; Miller. Edw. Jackson. James M. Baker. Sam'l Hardwicke. H. A. Tompkins. A. D. Richards.
No. of Lodge. 40. 4l.
42. 43. 47.
48. 5l. 52. 53. 55. 57. 60. 62.
63. 64. 65•
69. 70. 71.
73. 74.
76. 77. 78.
83. 85.
Name of Party.
Allen Sinclair. M. Gaughel. D. W. Proffitt. H. G. Raymond. E. J. Broaddus. John Gierlow. T. R. Betts. G. G. Bartley. Samuel Steinmetz. H. Bitzenburger. T. B. Winburn. W. 1\1. Hall. J. H. Mills. H. S. Trigg.. Thos. Lawson. Abner Holt. W. T. Reed. F. P. Sutton. T. Potter. A. J. Kimmel. Jos. Field. W. F. Hymers. Jas. Van Meter. L. W. Toelle. T. H. Walkup. Wm. Frodsham. J. U. Gillespie. W. H. Roberts. Robert Shaw. A. Rogers. J. F. Cunningham. J. J. Ewing. Jas. Cash. F. Hausman. J. S. Fuque. Geo. W. H. Moore. J. R. Pumphrey. O. R. Kunz. Jacob Suter. John Hartzell. J. P. Barr. R. T. Grady.
1895.
1895.J No. oj Lodge. 85. 86. 89. 93. 95. 96. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 104. 105.
106. 107. 108. 111.
112. lIS. 114.
119. 120. 121. 123.
125: 127. 128. 131. 133. 135. 136. 141. 143. 144. 149.
151. 152.
Name oj l'arty.
Abram Hupp. F. J. Worts. E. F. Dougan. Chas. H. Mansur. Wm. Bonney. Chas. Pafreth. J. M. Collier. Benj. Grogg. D. C. Ball. W. D. Garrison. Edwin Moore. J. B. Given. S. J. O. Tompkins. R. M. Wilson. O. P. Burns. John Storm. John J. Spencer. J. H. 路Wilson. W. Kehler. E. W. Chilcut. A. Hendricks. W. H. Selby. W. H. S. Marsh. A. E. Wolcott. E. R. Featherstonh. John Patterson. B. F. Rice. W. R. Wilson. J. B. McBain. W. H. Gilman. J. J. Norwood. Edw. Jameson. A. H. Brink. Lusstig Gotthard. Herm. Sobe. Julius Meyer. ZaChariah Ray. J. R. Eader. Chas. G. Baker. J. C. Bass. A. W. Holloman. L. H. Jones. S. T. Bay. W. N. Gibbs. J. A. Miller. W. D. Huff. J. F. Hopkins. D. E. Browniug. Jacob A. Price. C. B. Russell. J. W. Waddel. L. Ridgeway. J. W. Vincent.
Appendix. No. oj Name oj Party. Lodge. 155. Robert Lauderdale A. Dumbelton. 156. L. L. Lindsay. E. W. St.ewart. S. H. Whitfield. 157. C. A. Gary. 162. A. B. Johns. E. Meyers. 163. R. D. Willis. 165. Jas. M. Larrabee. 167. J. N. Moore. 172. A. J. :M:cCann. 173. John Hopper. 174. D. H. Owings. 175. W. H. Robertson. W. R. Hayter. 179~ J. C. Sporleder. Herman Rohne. Chas. St.ciman. 185. K. W. Townle~r. 186. T. L. Hamilton. 189. M. M. Clagett. R. T. Davis. 191. John McNeely. 194. M. H. Stowe. 195. F. A. Affleck. John Caldwell. 197. Hiram Sheffield. 201. J. G. Honnold. 202. J. W. Delaney. 203. B. F. Jeffries. S. Popplewell. 204. B. P. C. Johnston. 205. A. W. McDowell. W. A. Conway. Mark Coleman. Thos. Bagnell. 208. Isaac Low. 209. T. R. Owen. T. H. Bradley. J. L. Gortson. Sim Jackson. 210. J. E. Coffman. F. A. Burns. 212. J. G. Davidson. 213. J. G. Hutchinson. Sam'l Crain. 214. Levi Zook. 220. O. C. McWilliams. E. H. Webster. A. B. Cross. J. C. Davis. 225. A. G. Durham.
213
214 No.of Lodge.
Appendix. Name of Party.
E. T. Wingo. Ben. Difani. G. W. Boyce. J. li'. Muldrow. 233. John Baker. F. N. Grub. Sampson Wyett. 234. J. F. Harris. 235. Adam Shellman. 236. F. Meyer. C. G. Taylor. 237. Hardin Butler. John Kohlmyer. J. Bailey. J. P. Powell. 238. D. P. Vanhoozer. 242. J. W. Smith. 243. W. A. Gall. Hy West. L. P. Diehl. Eo W. Wittler. 244. Geo. S. Collins. 245. A. Ca.rry. 247. Wm. T. Rice. 249. J. V. Lewis. 254. E. Huckeby. •J. L. McConnell. 257. A. Willis. 262. T. J. Wolfe. 263. E. P. Goss. A. S. Smith. N. Greenlee. 265. Geo. Haymaker. Bedford Brown. 267. John Milne. F. II. Koester. F. R. Peters. 268. W. A. Miles. 271. Wm. Roberts. W. H. Pipkin. ·276. W. R. Glass. 277. W. A. Porter. 278. A. J. Stansell. G. W. Campbell. 281. Wm. Longworth. 282. Jules Claude. 284. G. C. McCoy. 285. W. E. Peery. 287. Wm. Dillon. 295. S. H. Sprawler. 299. Jesse M. Hull. John R. Rouse. M. L. Howell. 225. 226. 228.
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No. of Lodge. 299. 301. 302.
Name of Party.
.J. L. Madigan.
John Merrell. W. F. Barger. Wm. Ward. 303. J J. A. Tyler. S. S. Bigelow. 304. T. Hooper. 305. A. T. Chinn. 307. Jas. P. Wood, P. G. M. 309. F. L. Kincaid. H. J. Fields. H. J. Clark. 310. B. F. Hunter. 314. G. W. Johnson. 316. Geo. W. Silver. A. J. Daugherty. H. C. Baker. Fred Lehman. 319. W. E. Reed. 322. J. H. Stapp. 323. O. S. Dixon. C. P ..Galhno. 325. S. A. Fields. 326. A. J. Garnett. ,..". J. MCGaughey. 327. J. Eo Gorham. Moses Brotherton . 329. Ambrose Colvin. 330. J. R. Cunningham. 331. Uriah F. Shuler. 332. A. M. S. Butler. C. C. Smith. S. G. Weller. 333. Sam'l Powell. 336. T. J. Barnes. 338. "". l\f. Mayden. 339. Geo. B. Spratt. 342. J. E. Rudolph. 344. A. Crews. 346. S. "Y. Cha.rter. 353. Alfred Brancourt. II. T. McMurtry. O. B. Barron. E. D. Henry. 354. Jno. T. Harrison. Jno. Reed. J. C. Reid. 357. S. .A-rmstrong. 360. France Chandl~r. O. G. Stout. G. E. Cuming. Charley Johnson .("uncle"). L. P. Lindsay.
1895.J No. of Name oj Party. Lodge. 362. 366. 369. 372. 376. 379. 381. . 383. 386. 387. 389. 390. 391. 393. 394. 398. 401. 403. 404. 405. 407. 408. 411. 414. 416. 417. 418. 419. 420.
421. 422. 423. 427. 429. 433. 436. 439. 440. 443.
D. Martin. Wm. Doty. J. W. Pulliam. L. Smith. Jesse Elder. Jas. D. Moore. M. W. Powell. P. Sanders. C. M. Jimerson. Wm. Talbort. Milton Ferrell. J. B.Old. O. P. Langyear. W. H. 1\lartin. W. O. BuUer. HenrySullivan. T. W. Hanes. \V. W. Smith. J. H. Schutts. W. S. Wright. J. A. Zimmerman. A. J. Hershey. Joseph Fountain. Geo. Story. C. A. Van Cleve. J. W. Knight. J. C. Biggs. C. C. Calvert. H. H. Stamper. David Baker. Peter P. Guthridge. M. B. Brazeal. Samuel Pope. B. F. Northcutt. Wm. Brodrick. Z. T. Pierce. .T. R. Colwell. A. S. Gree~on. Albert Bornmueller. Zach. Bauer. W. J. Fry. T. M. Hayes. C. Peabody. W. A. Thoms. J. J. McGeehon. W. C. C. Steele. John Martin. W. H. Vandiver. S. D. Hamilton. W. H. Kinchler. Geo. E. Statler. Wm. B. Eain.
Appendix.
215
No. oJ Name oj Party. Lodge. 443.
444. 445. 454. 455. 459. 460. 462. 463. 467. 471.
479. 480. 482. 484. 485. 492. 500. 502. 505. 506. 508. 509. 511. 520. 522. 523. 524. 526. 528. 531. 535. 539. 545. 547. 550. 556. 558. 559.
E. S. Rowse. Conrad Fink. B. F. Heirs. J. P. Stickler. N. J. Sarazin. D. G. Hendrick. J. Bower. W. F. Killian. Philip Detter. 1\1. J. Wochner. Uriel Rouse. Geo. Bennett. W. B. Cavin. T. J. Jennings. C. L. Chandler. O. P. Myers. 1som Downs. David Laskey. Sol. Newton. J. B. Phipps. P. C. Sommers. David Gilbert. J. F. Barnett. L. Price. .James Stewart. M. Meserve. E. II. Cole. Wm. Smith. A. 1\1. (iupton. J. R. Houx. Wm. Shackles. James Dysart. H. Massie. Jas. Snider. A. Haynes. J. C. McNab. J. M. Burton. Wm. Wilmot. B. B. Cornwell. John Lodge. J. S. Freeman. R. W. Young. P. II. Ammerman. B. Blackwell. B. B. Peck. Jeff. Morgan. D. K. Smith. A. C. Taylor. James T. Hendrix. W. J. Baker. B. Smith. Alex. Carter.
216
Appendix.
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SUSPENSIONS FOR NON-PAYMENT O:F DUES.. REPORT.ED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, OCTOBER
No. of Name of Party Lodge. •
No. oj u Lodge. .Hame oj Party.
1. John R. Crehan. Jas. Craig. 3. R. Curry. 4. W. J. Swearingen. 5. A. H. Eversole. W. H. Callahan. W. J. Porter. 6. E. F. Wilson. S. P. McCrackin. 7. B. C. Rice. H. C. McDonald. 9. T. C. Killingsworth. Andrew Slorah. D. R. Smucker. S. G. Stone. 12. Wm. Oldham,. 14. T. Browning. Z. J. Wilton. A. D. Campbell. C. 1\1. Gill. 16. W. Turner. R. G. Humphreys. G. T. Collins. E. M. Allen. J. C. Kerr. J. K. Forman. J. M. Witt. J. W. Smith. G. W. Murphy. Sam Hartman. J. C. Hoagland. F. W. Holeman. Seth Farwell. Geo. Black. 18. J. D. Clark. T. W. Hawkins. T. J. Lewis. J. M. McMurray. L. Quest. Edgar Taylor. J. C. B. Thomas. T. P. Bashaw. 19.
19.
26. 27. 28.
31.
40.
46. 47.
48. 52.
53. 54.
57.
61.
63.
1, 1895.
B. B. Broughton. E. P. Jackson. R. C. Jackson. Jas. C. Snell. W. H. Stone. F. A. Thomas. C. F. Murphy. Jacob Wulfort. G. W. Ealif'. Geo. Munckton. II. M. Whitney. A. M. Courtney. S. H. Brown. John Merrill. E. P. Silvey. D. W. McCausland. A. Heusler. W. F. Woods. A. L. Robinson. Peter Austin. J. C. Cooper. Wm. M. Eads. W. F. Gibson. H. A. Hart. R. A. McIlvoy. M. C. Preston. J. S. Pence. G. W. Simpson. W. J. Vaughn. A. C. Leave!. Robt. searcy. G. W. Halcomb. T. B. Halcomb. J. T. Sheffer. Wm. Pickering. J. C. Morris. H.A. Evans. W. A.. Redd. J. S. Bellamy. Z. T. Bowen. Jehu Jones. C. S. McNeil.
1895.] No. of Lodge. Nan!ÂŁ- of Party.
64.
65. 69. 70. 74. 75. 76. 77
78.
79.
89.
90. 96. 97.
99.
100.
101.
W. E. Hollyman. W. 1. Carrico. S. B. Gilliland. C. C. Lewis. J. W. Obert. Jessie Gromer. D. M. Fisher. Jas. Shaw. R. W. Blakely. W. C. Harvey. M. H. Holcomb. W. Strain. Cbas. Strain. Silas Gibson. Jasper Reed. Tbos. Bass. J. M. Sanders. G. W. Sanders. G. }f. Sugrue. W. L.Gwin. T. E. Britton. S. E. Cloud. T. G. Harris. J. E. Landis. A. K. Pickel. J. R. Walker. Aaron Wiles. Morris Wuerpel. Herma.n Hake. J. Will Barron. Frank Lewis. J. W. Coulter. W. A.,Green. W. M. Sapp. J. L. Chambers. J. G. Campbell. R. M. Weeden. M. L. Teenor. H. P. Hornback. M. R. Shipley. W. B. Young. J. Douglass. G. A. Orr. Edw. T. 'I'hemes. 'rhos. Kelly. J. M. Wood. J. N. Morrison. C. T. Wear. T. P. Turk. J. M',Bland. L. W. Mitchell. A. J. Miller. H. C. Butts.
Appendi."C. No. of Na11te of Party. Lodge.
101.
W. A. Oliver. W. Merryman: 104.. F. R. Filkin. B. F. Jones. H. O. Leonard. Otis Vanbelzer. W..J. Phillips. W. E. Allsworth. 106. McCabe Helms. 109. S. Cbamberlln. C. A. Burglin. J. F. Burglin. A. C. Hamlet. J. C. Hussey. W.H. Hikes. J. T. Norman. W. D. Pickwcl. J. C. Stockton. 110. Thos. O'Bannon. J. F. J. Linbaugh. 111. Wm. McMurray. A. B.Barns. 112. L. C. Smock. 114. C. M. Cook. A. W. McClure. Otto Neuenbahn. J. W. Stone. Jos. Taylor. 115. J. O. Baskett. G. W. Galloway. D. W. Hughes. W. J. Pollard. A. W. Woolwine. 116. J. B. Melton. A. J. Snelson. 117. J. K. Estes. G. M. Gunn. J. N. McMinn. A. M. Rowland. O. E. Devinna. J. W. Martin. J. E. Sims. J. M. Wray. 119. G. W. Grooms. J. D. Gratiot. , F. E. Wright. 120. N. B. Cain. S. A. Jackson. C. A. Brink. R. Hoffman. 126. A. J. Triplett. Wm. Lawrence. S. W. Miller.
217
Appendix.
218 No. of
tadge.
126.
127. 13'2.
133.
136..
138.
139. 144.
147. 148.
149. 153.
155.
156.
160.
Name of Parly.
J. S. Page. G. W. Young. J. P. Payne. 1. S. Ware. C. C. Jones. John Payne. C. M. Healy. C. W. Myers. J. B. Kerr. J. R. Saunders. A. J. Brady. Ed. Long. J. L. Rudy. James Dixon. J. Huff. Thos. Beard. A. Inman. S. P. Griffith. W. F. Mayhall. R. Maxfield. E. Wickham. C. B. Irvine. 1. C. Capps. J. S. Glenn. ,\'. H. Harri~. J. L. Hicks. Wm. Rule. T. G. Okey. F. M. Ayers. L. S. Ayers. O. T. Lamb. H. D. Staples. Lilburn Wade. Chas. Brown. A. Johnson. J. "". Denna. Geo. HOUCk. W. C. Hart.y. Jas. Hibbs. W. G. Lincoln. E. B. Lincoln. F. D. Swift.. David Walker. J. R. Williamson. P. G. '''Tilson. J. W. Peery. P. J. Bailey. A. B. Hart. D. L. McBride. L. H. Nichols. F. G. Sitten. John Old. T. l\L Nicholson.
[Oct.
No. Of
Lodge.
162. 166.
168. 171.
175.
187. 188.
189.
191. 194. 197.
207. 209.
212.
213.
Name Of Party.
D. A. Pollard. W. A. Rolen. A. J. Letner. J. B. Sparkman. J. A. Johnson. H. E. Snelling. H. C. Lowe. ''''m. Cowen. ebas. Haskins. Thos. Barnhouse. J. R. Pearson. B. A. Dinwell. L. M. Williams. J. W. Curless. V. W. Breeding. R. W. Baird. W. R. Kelly. J. M. Barton. II. G. Gitchell. James Hull. W. A. Sullivan. Joseph Ward. C. L. Dibbel. Wro. Rill. J. A. Campbell. J. W. McDaniel. J. B. White. W. H. Perkins. E. W. Park. A. B. Kegg. J. L. Springer. G. E. Coe. Har'vey Bell. J.l\L Wyne. Thos. Leek. J. II. Smith. G. M. Grimes. H. Dunham. J. Skagys. W. F. 1\'eal. P. G. Patillo. .J. F. Lasswell. W. D. Lasswell. J. D. Stearns. G. M. \Vhite. J. D. Horrell. J. W. Rhodus. W. W. Dyer. L. L. Yowell. J. H. Via. W. T. Hut.chinson. C. M. Groves. Wro. Heller.
1895.J No. oj Lodge. 217. 218. 220.
224.
232.
234. 236.
211.
242. 243. 245. 253. 258. 260.
261. 263.
Name of Party.
J. F. Whecland. Chas. M. Fostcr. W. H. H. Fr)路e. J. A. McDonald. A. E. Mills. H. A. Russell. J. H. Therhoff. J. S. Thachcr. Frank Dewar. J. V. Estell. W. C. Jordan. O. M. Lyons. W. T. Shackelfor. A. R. Torry. W. R. Flint. L. Wilds. J. B. Price. John Kinman. J. S. Beard. D. David. R. B. Donaldson. C. H. Green. "'1m. Hain. J. H. Looney. J. P. McCluney. C. D. McDougall. . O. W. Walters. S. P. Willer. G. P. Tredway. Q. C. Slack. W. Russell. R.B.Nall. W. L. Hays. H. C. Schutten. W. W. Edwards. W.A. McKenzie. Mart Brown. G. J. McDaniels. Wm. Fitzgcrald. W. R. Haeuschen. A. Launsberry. Jas. Sayers. J. C. Sayers. S. A. Riggs. Julius Baumhoft. G. H. Schneider. G. W. Hoffman. \\T. McClure. J. S. Fitzhugh. M. S. Vicory. J. H. \'Vilson. John Boggs. J. B. Douglass.
Appendix. No. of Name oj Party. Lodge. 263.
272.
273.
280. 282.
284.
286. 287.
292.
"
J.A. Berry. E. J. Comtable. J. E. Crozier. J. A. Scruggs. R. J. Martin. J. K. Elkins. G.Hall. W. A. McVeigh. J. A. Starr. Thos. Amrine. A. A. Crouch. B. B. Graw.. T. D. Hicks. P. Hess. F. J. Husted. E. O. Minnigh. Scott Nesbit. G. A. Neal. A. S. Stewart. W. H. Medley. Chas. Dorrnitzer. Frank Callbech. H. H. Keylers. Henry Reichenbecker. ,E. L. Starke. Max Meyer. N. A. Adams. G. C. Dresser. J. S. McPhcrson. N.T.HilL W. C. Spann. Richard McCarty. 'rhos. Elder. J. S Martin. J. F. Shultz. A. B. Sipes. T. C. Ferguson. C. H. Morgan. C. H. Shapley. G, McChristian. W. A. Leach. Thos. Seal. H. T. Wells. C. C. Daubin. F. R. Johnson. J. Klinkcnbeard. M. L. Barth. J. R. Gregory. \\-'alter Brown. Geo. Group. S, P. Finley. E. H. Briggs. E. H. Hitchcock.
219
220 .
[Oct.
Appendix.
No. oj Lodge. Name oj Party.
No. oj Lodge. Name oj Party.
Wm. Dyer. T. C. Perry. M. P. Winstead. E. J. Ward. W. N. Wills. 293. J. C. Barclay. W. W. Whittaker. A. II. South. S. M. Hood. 295. W. Y. Inglish. 297. R. C. Butts. B. A. Holmes. 299. C. W. Smith. J. C. Klein. J. F. Hoeste. C. H. Wells. 301. W. A. Blagg. P. P. Davis. H. C. Garrett. C. C. Humber. J. B. McLain. C. H. Sidle. 303. B. N. Bailey. J. H. Blake. R. W. Crockett. O. B. Fuller. 304. A. J. Patterson. John Britt. 308. W. S. Gourley. 1\1. N. Jones. 310. B. L. Barnes. Jno. D. Peal. 316. C. P. Waite. W. M. Davison. G. W. Cooper. A. A. Pullman. J. D. Sander. O. G. Stowell. A. D. Curtis. A. W. Barradangh. L. Lindsey. A. R. McKinney. T. R. MoUer. J. 1. Allmeyer. J. W. Mosely. J. Mann. E. F. Keirn. S. H. Taylor. Mayo D. Gill. C. F. Gilmore. W. W.Egnew. R. V\Tebster. 3U!. W. A. Townsend.
318.
292.
322. 323. 327. 330. 335. 344.
346.
347. 350.
353.
354.
358.
360.
362.
Sam'l Brown. J. W. Howell. W. J. Northcraft. W. M. Woodruff. E. G. Cummings. J. P. Ford. Jacob CautIon. 1. M. Presson. C. F. Linde. O. L. Coxen. John Bryce. J. V. Good. Chas. Rottery R. Williams. J. Crewson. J. R. L. Clarkson. .T. T. Carpenter. H.P.Dix. H. P. Glanders. Adam Heethcr. C. C. Harvey. T. E. llforrison. D. Procter. H. II. Roberts. W. P. White. W. Slussing. G. P. Caunefax. G. W. Capehart. F. S. Huckins. J. H. Imboden. A. N. Jones. T. K. Ormsby. Thos. Buck. C. C. Clezer. W. S.Jarvis. C. R. Black. l<red Hackey. P. M. Manning. Thos. B. Penn. Jacob P. 'l'homas. B. R. Cunningham. O. C. Roby. . J. ,.y. Stephens. N. J. Gray. S. P. Bailey. Jos. Barmore. G. W. Hickey. W. H. Webster. J. L. Stanage. A. M. Clark. E.Lynch. J. A. Gumersell. Jacob Friend.
1895.J No. of Name of Parly. Lodge. 362.
366. 368. 376. 379. 382.
387. 389.
390.
392.
394.
397.
398. 404. 405. 416. 420. 422.
A. K. Loomis. J. B. Sansom. J. Tell Sansom. A. B. Zinno J. O. Gooch. W. J. Smith. J.. E. Griswold. Thos. B. Brown. J. R. Knighter. Henry Constantine. W. S. Musgrave. J. L. Traw. :\1. A. Smith. 1. H. Ourturf. M. B. Barr. John Jones.' ~L Coopman. T.L. Hill. F. M. Lickey. C. P. Weston. Jas. Neal. Frank Chidister. A. B. Elliott. Jno. A. Williams. James Maloney. W. T. Webb. M. Bradley. Lee Maupin. E. W. Stephens. J. H. Allspaugh. Wm. Martin. W. B. Lucas.. Eli Ward. R. L. Bowlin. J: T. Cline. Joseph France. L. W. Gist. Geo. T. Hall. A. D. Tilley. W. T. Weakly. Larkin Lewis. Chas. Logan. Andy Long. Ivan Yokum. F. W. Gratiot. Wm. Fitzsimmons. J. D. Stickford. Ed Roberts. D. Stephens. L. T. Truman. W. P. ~\'arford. W. C. Graves. G. R. Trice.
221
Appendix. No.of Lodge. Name of Parly, 422. 424. 427.
429. 433.
434. 443. 445.
450. 454. 460. 461.
470.
471.
480.
II. B. Hicks. G. J:Lackey. John :Mendenhall. J. P. Hale. A. D. Biles. Wm. Dawson. A. J. Taber. J. Bonner. W. J. Bonner. J. W. Lea. W. L. Middleton. R. P. Stewart. J. J. Cochr'an. E. M. Chambers. M. Kirkwood. C. V. F. Ludwig. F. Cornwall. W. C. Kelly. Orlando Speer. C. P. Thomas. H. A. Higgins. N. Gibson. James.Thompson. E. Bruce. H. A. Barnett. Sam Evenight. L. C. Holt. A. M. O'Quinn: D. Rushing. M. T. Swanner. R. M. Sharp. S. II. Steele. C. A. 'fistadt. O. M. Spallsbury. W. A. Charles. Joseph King. J. 1. Eddy. S. B. Fair. C. L. Gurney. J. S, Hart. John Adams. G. Jones, Lafe Hagan. R. S. Stockton: C. Murray. S. J. Smith. J.13. McCurdy. E. C. Brown. J. W. Chapman. G. Garrow. D. F. Taylor. A. P. Brakney. Chas. E. Jennings.
222
Appendix.
No.of Lodge. Name of Party. 480. 482.
491.
493. 501. 503. 507.
510. 513.
F. P. Blakemore. A. J. Adcock. .1. B. Craig. G. W. Husted. A. J. Hayes.Dan Tucker. J. F. Yocum. W. B. Shepard. E. H. Allison. Chas. Kirk. Fred Glynn. J. D. Kendall. D. W. Freemeyer. T. H. Morris. T. H. F. Howard. W. G. Craig. W. Dillon. B. L. Moore. A. Williams. ~J. WillillIDs. J. MCDermott., P. A. Farrens. T. B. Phil1ips. G. W. Wymer. N. M. Vincent. J. F. Brooks. S. F. Fr)'. C. R. Minich. A. Musgraves. A. W. McCampbell. J. F. Padgctt. J. Stephens.
[Oct.
No. oj Lodge. Name of Party. 513. 516. 522.
524. 526. 529.
530.
535. 536,-
541. 544.
545. 548.
558.
.J. N. Stephens. T. J. Shaughllessy. J. W. Moreland. F. Witt. Robert Adams. B. F. Hooper. J. M. Fernald. A. H. Jewel. J. A. Reese. S. R. Reese. Albert Clurk. John K. Carroll. II. C. Fleming. Sam'l Bufer. P.T Hyde. J. A. Thompson. A. K. Graham. J. O. Pollock. W. J. Glover. J. K. Wasson. J. E. Malicot. E. C. Ferguson. S. J. Rlltledge. M. J. Young. F. S. Reiley. Walter Sly. J. A. Hampton. G. W. Shell. C. E. ,Gordon. D. B. Ragland. A. W. Sticklc. R. E. Sitton.
SUSPENSIONS FOR UNMASONIC CONDUCT, REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, OCTOBElt
No. of
Lo~ge.
Name of l'artv. -
L. O. Hailey. J. A. Payne. 47. B. H. Smith. 87. Horace Howard. 91. E. T. Hayden. 99. T. H. Jones. 128. A. L. Hughes. 194. G. V. Brooks. 221. C. 0. Snider. W. R. Whittaker. 26.
~'\'o. oj
Lodge.
1, 1895.
Name oj Party.
269. M. G. llaggltrd. 301. H. H. Snoderly. 306. Alex. Campbell. 320. Jas. Carmichacl. 337. J, F. lIeronymas. 410. R. T. Harrison. 540. M. D. Hampton. 546. W. D. Fausler. 561. J. N. Jamison.
Appendi~c.
1895.J
223
EXPULSIONS. REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, OCTOBER
No. oJ]V,ame OJ,-/, l'ar ty. Lodge.
No. oj Name oj Party. Lodge. . 2. 73. 86. 93. 96.
114. 116. 119. 148. 157. lfi8. 210. 224.
249. 267. 272. 273. 287. 304.
321. 331. 337.
1,1895.
E. H. Richardson. H. Eo Schultz. S. S. Fikc. Amos J. Tettrich. L. A. Hayward. T. J. Gillaspy. T. W. Roberts. G. C. Hadsall. J. A. Reed. Joseph Crutchfield. Jos. R. Nell. I. B. Campbell. D. O. Leith .. M. C. Bidwell. John E. Lincoln. Frank Dickey. J. C. Thompson. J. P. Landis. J. II. Rose. W. W. Hutchinson. C. T. Keyes. Geo. H. Hall, Jr. R. A. Gillespie.
339. 352. 357. 360. 362. 369. 375. 376. 419. 422.
445. 455. 467. 491. 494. 503. 508. 528. 530. 536.
543.
S. P. Harrington. W. G. Park. Geo. W. Seval!. Jesse Cornelius. C. B. Turner. Martin B. Cleveland. R. L. Christeson. Chus. '\T. Carson. Wm. Humphrey. A. C. Fender. Ed. St. George Courtney. R. Piles. C. E. Thorp. W. R. Williams.. N. W. Simpson. J. W. Jones. Wiley Wilcox. 'V.J.Warner. T. n. B. Armstrong. Thos. Vines. S. C. Pearce. Frank L. Peacock.
路REINSTATE~iENTS. REPORTED TO THE! <;iRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, OCTOBER
No. oj Name oj Party. Lodge. 4.
5. 7. 9. 12.
J. A. Biles. G. C. Edwards. A. P. Routh. B. Lemmon. J. T. A. Fleming. D. L. Skidmore. F. P. Wherry. S. Philpot. H. McClintock.
1,1895.
No. oj Name oJ.Pal路ty. Lodge. 16. 22.
25. 26.
28. '29. 39.
G. W. Shacklett. A. F. N. Bowen. A. Samuels. W. .T. Campbell. H. M. Miller. R. D. Smith. G. J. Shepardson. C. P. Wheeler. J. P. Logan.
224 No. of Name of Party. Lod.qe.
40. ;S. E. Smith. 43. 47. 50. 53. 57. 60. 61. 69.
71.
76. 78.
79. 82.
83. 86. 87. 92.
93. 110. 111. /
117.
119. 12l. ]23. 125.
126. 127. 136. 144. 146. 148.
[Oct.
Appendi~r.
Wm. Parks. T. G. Deatherage. A. W. Florea. Daniel Best. B. C. Bell. J. M. Peters. W. Orrick. B. F. Shealey. G. W. Burnett. Isaac Harmon. J. B. Phillips. J. R. Reeves. B. M. Danford. A. F. Dayley. J. P. Swink. Sam'l Robinson. F. A. Scott. J. T. Jackson. Sam'l Reid. J. G. Marriott. J. F. Harris. J. Stone. W. J. Northrup. J. M. Pendleton. S. W. Remington. J. P. Griggs. J. W. Dreyfus. J. W. Johnson. V. P. Adams. J. C. Alexander. Walker Lewis. J. M. Bailey. VI'. C. Spires. C.Hae!. L. B. Osborn. P. M. Bond. W.1. Bond. Daniel Williams. C; K Pyle. Carl Haier. Paul Hearney. 1. M. Harris. S. Higdon. S. H. Robertson. Samuel Riley. 路M. L. Bude. S. F. Moore. A. D. Richards. J. W. McClellan. J. D. Glinn. T. W. Baker. A. C. Waymouth.
No. of Name of Party. Lodge. 157. 188. 189. 193. 195. 207. 208. 209.
210. 210.
221. 224. 225. 226. 232. 236.
241.
:M4. 247. 249. 254.
257. 265. 267. 276.
282. 286.
L. D. Ramsey. Joseph Leesen. W. R. Worden. Peter Clarke. Felix H. Adrealusseus. J. S. Gooding. H. C. McClelland. J. S. Ellington. F. C. Daggett. Ed. Gordner. B. F. Reynolds. J. G. Hart. A. J. Williams. Jeff. Davis. A. Shoop. N. A. Franklin. J. R. Richy. T. M. Shelton. John Johnson. G. Prentice. B. M. Hodges. H. Kenner. J. A. Hulet. A. J. Fleischmann. J. L. Hall. E. Lanny. G. W. McClain. C. D. Minter. J. H. Mara. W. C. Overstreet. N. N. Parberry. P. Rockwell. W. H. Ramsey. 1. Wolf. S. P. Willer. J. H. Looney. E. D. McAllister. G. P. Martin. J. A. Livingston. L. W. Ford. W. Happy. A. C. Cain. 'V. M. Cassity. O. B. McLaughlin. J. H. Houx. J. T. McCo)'. O. W. Ruggles. J. W. Blevens. J. Eo Berry. C. W. Stiles. G. '1'. Boon. J. W. Brown. E. C. McCarty.
1895.J No. of Name of Patty. Lodqe. 286. 291. 292. 296. 299. 300. 303. 304. 307. 308. 316.
319. 320. 32l. 323. 325. 329. 339. 351. 354.
356. 360. 361. 368.
372. 375. 383. 386. 388. 393. 398. 409.
B. N. Stewart. W. G. Bryant. G. W. Stapleton. T. P. Alter. F. C. Wernet. E. L. DuCharme. W. J. Coffee. D. C. Hall. F. O. Rhoodes. Wm. Russell. J. W. Caldwell. J. V. McPike. M. Barnaby. H. C. Morrison. R. II. Wilson. E. Hart. W. E. Reed. F. T. McFadden. F. Spencer. F. R. Parsons. W. C.Myers. Benj. Sanders. F. L. Harrington. F. }<'. Gallihar. W. C. Brown. J. A. Glandon. J. D. Murphy. J. M. Woods. J. G. Rip.hards. G. W. Prescott. J. N. Caskie. M. L. Reynolds. J. H. Duncan. W. H. Duncan. F. R. Weaver. L. B. Potts. G. L. Simpson. Sherd Maze. W. N. Bates. Joseph Pollard. C. C. Thomas. P. H. Ryan. T. W. Shockley. J. E. Grantham. G. Gilreath.
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No. of Name of Party. Lodge. 410. 413. 419. 420. 421. 436.
440. 448. 450.
453.
470. 470. 476. 478. 482.
491. 496. 501. 522. 522. 533.
536. 541. 541. 547.
549.
R. T. Harrison. W. 1. McAtee. C. S. Reading. A. F. Meyer. S. A. L. Reeser. James Dobson. L. C. Saurs. W. H. Swinney. J. G. Perryman. Eli Lutes. J. G. B. Marquis. A. M. Huber. R. F. Bartlett. R. Calvert. T. J .. Berry. Wm. Hawkins. J. N. Ray. J. B. Rice. F. E. Rice. J. R. Vanzandt. G. L. Drennan. T. H. Logan. W. N:Gibbs. S. C. Broderick. W. E. EWing. W. J. Ryan. H. M. Williams. G. B. McKinney. R. H. Johnson. W. A. Love. H. M. Lamberson. John Johnson. B. B. Brock. W. E. Boxford. A. W. Linn. S. B. Stradley. W. A: Jackson. N. L. Hawk. C. C. Randall. Fred Speck. Geo. Toalson. S. A. Dun ham. W. H. Gatchell. T. B. Peeples. H. D. Rontzong.
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2 Joachim 3 Hiram 4 Harmony 5 Taylor 5 Olive Branch 6 Unity 7 Franklin Union 7 Grover 8 Vandalia 9 Sangamon 10 Union 10 Shawnee 10Qhapel 11 Eden 13lTllcke: 14 BoonvIlle 14:Auburn 15 Central : 15 Perseve:ance 16 Columbla 21 New London 21 Greencastle 2. 2 Franklin 23\. Hirarn 24 Harmony 24 Wyaconda 26'Springfield 26jAva
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Jefferson IMo S~. Charles ],;Io PIke !.MO Greene :NIo Madi,;on IlL ICapeGirardeau .. 1Ho Howard iVIO IHenry :\10 Fayette Ill Sangamon lll... Union IIll... Jackson Mo ILafay~tte 1\-[0 Washmgton Ill... ·Ste. Genevieve Mo Cooper Mo Lincoln Mo Clay Mo Pike I·:\{o Boone 1\fo Ralls )[o Sullivan Mo Madison Ill jSt. Charles Mo Mor~an
LeWIS Sang-alion Douglas
Oct., 1820, by G. L. of Tenn Arrested April 7, 1825. 1820, by G. L. of Tenn Surrendered Apr~14, !~26. · .. ·roct. 11, 1821.. ,Surrendered AprIl, 182<:>. l\fay 6,1852 United with "United, No.5." April 3, 1822 United with 1st G. L. of Illinois, 182'1. 'Nov. 25, 1821, disp. G. L. Ind. Surrendered January 7,1823. iAPril 3,1822 Arrested December 20,1831. May, 1852 Died 1860. October 8,1822 United with 1st G. L. of Illinois, 18M. October 25, 1822 Arrested April 11, 1826. October 25, 1822 United with 1st G. L. of Illinois, 1824. ,May, 1858 Surrendered 1863. 11\1ay 6, 1852 ISur.rende~ed 1855. " October 9,1822 Umted WIth 1st G. L. of Illmols, 1824. Oct<?b~r 10, 1826 Surrendered April 6, 1831. Apnl 0, 1827 Arrested October 3,1838. May 8,1852 Arrested Oct., 1884, by Lee A. Hall, G. M. :.. May 6, 1852 Went down on account of war, 1861. April 8, 1828 Arrested April 3, 1838. October 5,1830 Arrested October 3,1838. October 5,1837 Surrendered 1862, on account of war. June 2,1866 Arrested April, 187!). ·IOctober 5, 1887 Cnited with G. L. of Illin.ois, Oct., 1813. October 5,1837 Arrested October 16,1846. IlL October 2, lR38 : United with G. L. of Illinois, 1840. MO jJune 10, 1&13 jsurrendered 1876. ,. Ill October 8, 1839 : United with G. L. of Illinois, 1840. Mo October 13,1887 Arrested June, 1892, by B. H. Ingram, G. M.
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Changed to "Dickinson." 1847. Formed from "College, No. 70." Conso!. with Florence Lodge. ~o. 261.1892. Changed to "Ashley, No. 75." Surrendered 1863; restored as 247, in 1867. Arrested October 28, 1852. Surrendered ~Iarch, 1893. 1st Lodge on Pac. Coast. United G. L. Ore. Destroyed 1R61, by war. Destroyed 1861, by war.
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88 01lve Branch 88 Dresden 90 Prairie 90 King Solomon 94 Boone 94 Evening Star 95 Acacia : 95 Pleasant HIIl. 95 Chapman 99 Mt. Vernon 101 Greene 101 Easton : 103,Carthage 105IRelief .106 Macon 106 Laporte 106 Miami 107 I Golden Square 108'New Madrid 108!Aztec 109,Montezuma 109,ILOIlh,;ia.na 111 St. LOUIs 112,Ezell 1141 Waverly 115,Sibley 115 Border 116IDaviess
Ul1lon Frankhn 'N1o Dresden Pettis :MO Harrisonville Cass ;\10 St. Cath.arine Linn : Mo Colnmbla Boone :v10 Cuba Crawford Mo Jackson : Cape Girardeau 'N1o Pleasant HilL Cass l\10 Las Vegas Tel'. of New Mex Mt. Vernon Lawrence Mo Springfield Greene 1\10 Easton Buchanan Mo Carthage Jasper Mo Georgetown Pettis :\Io Macon 1\lacon Mo :\111.con )1acon :1IIO Miami Saline 1\10 Westport.. Jackson I1\10 New 路Madrid New )fadrid Mo Las Cruces Tel'. of New Mex.. Santa Fe Tel'. of New l\fex Ste. Ge1!-evieve ,Ste. G~neVieve iMo St. LOUls St. LOUlS IMO St. Fmncisville Clark Mo Waverly I.Lafayette MO !Sible y ; ,.!ackson Mo South-West CIty.. ~lcDonald Mo Gallatin iDaviess jMo
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Arrested about 1855. Arrested July, 1878, bv or: C. Ready, G. )1. ~. Destroyed 1861, by war. . ""'" Conso!. with Brook_fiel~, No. 86, Jail., 1888. Surrendered May 2;), 18;)8. ~ Surrendered .Tune 12, 1875. .... Went down during the war. R. Arrested 1853. 1":' lunited with G. L. of New Mexico, 1877. Surrendered December 27.1862. /united with" United No.5." 1857. Arrested October,l886, by J. W. Boyd, G. M. Burned out 1861. I'Went down 1860. . Surrendered 1873. Changed to II Macon, 1'0. 106." :Surrendered February 10, 1857. [Arrested October, 18R6, by J. W. Boyd, G. M. Destroyed during the war. IUnitecl with G. L. of New 1\Iexico, 1877. United with G. L. of New Mexico, 1877. 'Arrested by G. L. of Pennsylvania, 1824. lArrested. . Surrendered 1860. :SurrenderedJanUIl.r)' 28. 1860. jSUrrende r ed 1863. (3 Surrendered October, 1882. Q Arrested 1876. ~
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ISt. Charles Boston ,Dover Fremont 'O'Fallon I'Kir.ksville Pleasant HilL Charleston Charleston Cassville Clarkton Farmington Sarcoxie Ridgley Warrensburg Warrenton Prairieville Newark Sr~lithfield
141.:\hddlebury ,1hddlebury 1410riental : "rrenton '1<13 Flint HilL Flint HilL 144 John Dade Cassville 145 Windsor City Windsor City 146 McGee COlle~e Mound 147 Buffalo Buffa 0.: 148 YanC y Pineville 150 Leavenworth Leavenworth 152 I Linn Creek Linn Creek 153 K!L ns.as : Wyandotte.: 156 Glddlllgs Nebras~a Clty 158 Cornwell Rose HllL 158 Johnson Greenville 159 Pa.cific Pacific 159 Me!1dota ~r~tem 160 Edllla Edma 161 Robert Ivlorris Savannah 166 Mirabile Mirabile 167 Eldorado Luray 167:0rient Frangais St. Louis City 1671PIlXiCO Puxico 168 Fairmount Fairmount 169'l'uscumbia Tuscumbia 172WolfIsland Wolf Island 173Junion, fonn'ly "Bollinger" Wolford's Store 173 Union : Union
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'11ay 10, 1850 May 10, 1850 I:MO May 20, 1850 Mo MILY 10, 1851. ,Mo October 19,1867 Mo May 8, 1851 Mo October 19,1867 "10 May 8, 1851 110 October 1'l. 1876 :\10 May. 1852 Mo May 28,1858 Mo May. 1851.. MO ,May .l85l.. Mo May 7, 1851 1\10 October 19, 1867 Mo June. 1851 !Mo iVlay 28, 1859 , IMo JMay 31,1855 ,Kan.Ty Ma~, 1855.;.; ,Ivlo May 31, 185v 'Mo October 17.1873 Mo ~ May 31. 1855 1\10 June 1.1855 Mo June 1, 1855 Mo May, 1855 Mo May, 1855 :MO June 1, 185~ Kan.Ty June 2, 1850 Mo ,May 26, 1855 Kan.TyIMay. 1855 ..; ,Neb. Ty ""lay 29, 1856 Mo May 213.1856 IMO october 19, 1867 Mo 'May 28,1856 Mo o.ctober 11, 1879 ?Io )lay 29, 1856 Mo 1Iay 28,1856 Mo May 30, 1857 Mo May 18, 1857 1\10 October 19,1867 Mo October 11, 1888 Mo May 18, 1857 Mo May 18, 1857 Mo May 30,1857 Mo May, 1857 Mo October ]9,1867
j-oool Surrendered 1-1ay, 1862. 00 Surrendered 1866. CO Consol. with Lafayette, No. 437, Feb., 1893. 01 Surrendered 1863. Arr. Jan.15, 18&'), by R. F. Stevenson. G. M. W Arrested 1863. Kew Charter 1804 to No. 105. Arrested by G. L. of Missouri, 1877. Surrendered July 28,1874. : Surrendered December, 1889. Arrested 1852. Arrested October, 1886, by J. W. Boyd, G.M. : Arrested Aug. 23. 1892, by B. H. I n,gram, Arrested 1lay, 1858.' LG. M. Destroyed 1861, by war. Consol. with Co!inthian Lodge, No. 265, '89. Surrendered 18v6. Arrested 1895, by J. B. Thomas, G. M. Arrested 1865. United to f<!rm G. L. of Kansas. Arrested 18/2. Consolidated with Trenton Lodge, No. HI. ~ ~ Surrendered 1863. ~ Destroycd 1861, by war. <:'<:> I Surrendered 1855. [G. 1\1. ;S ·Arrested April, 1885, by R. F. Ste.venson, R.. Arrested 1861. ~ Ar~ested Jan. 19, 1884, by L. A. Hall, G. M. Ul1lted to form G. L. of Kansas. Destroyed 1861. by war. United to form G. L. of Kansas. . Made no returns. Destroyed 1861, by' war. ·.. ·..·.. l surrelldered Apn125, 1885. Arrested Jan. 1878, by T. C. Ready, G. M. Arrested June 12,.1884, by L. A. Hall. G. 1\1. Arrested May, 1866. Surrendered 1857. Con sol. with Polo Lodge, No. 232, in 1889. Surrendered 1861. Surrendered January, 1888. Surrendered .June, 1892. Surrendered June 12. 1863. Surrendered 1863. Surrendered August 22,1874. ~ No records. ~ Surrendered May. 1892. CO
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177 Winchester 177 Texas : 180 Kenner 182 Stewartsville 18<1 Modern lR4Calhonn....
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REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
SECOND DISTRICT.
LA BELLE, Mo., October 1, 1895. J. B. Thomw;, Esq., Grand .Jlfas/er: DEAR SIR
AND
BROTHER:-
I herewith submit my annual report as D. G. M. for the Second Masonic District.
During the past year I have visited most of the Lodges in the District. and with a few exceptions find them in fairly prosperous condition. Some are doin~ excellent work. I find that when Lodges are prepared to do good work, they always have work to do. I assisted in the dedication of new Hall at La Belle, in accordance with your instructions. This is one of the best Halls in the District. and the Craft will long remember the occasion, which was made particularly enjoyable by the presence of Bro. J. D. Vincil, who delivered an address that made us glad we were Masons. With best wishes, I remain, Yours fraternally, A. FISHER, D. G. M. Second Dis/1路ict.
THIRD DISTRICT.
NEW LONDON, Mo., September 20,1895. J. B. Tlwmas, Esq., Grand },fw;ter: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER:I respectfully submit to you the following report of my official acts as Deputy Grand Master of the Third Masonic District for the past year. On the evening of November 8,1894, I opened a Lodg-e of Instruction in the Hall of St. Andrews Lodge, No. 96. at Shelbyville, and continued same morning. afternoon and evening of the 9th and 10th, dosing on the latter evening. The attendance was not large until the last day, when representatives of four Lodges in the District other than St. Andrews Lodge put in their appearance. I can not say that this School of Instruction was a very marked success. The members generally were "too busy" to attend its sessions. It is simply folly for Lodges to request Schools of Instruction unless the members determine beforehand to so arrange their business that they can leave it awhile and attend the sessions of the school. Those who did attend were very zealous, learned very readily and were much benefited.
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On the evening of December 11 I opened a Lodge of Instruction at the Hall of Paris Union Lodge, No. 19, lind continued same morning, afternoon and evcning of the 12th, 13th and 14th. This school, I am proud to say, was one of the most successful I have ever conducted. Arrangements wcre made beforehand, and the busines:; affairs of the members so shaped as to enable them to "attend school," and they did so. consequently Paris Union Lodge is to day one of the best posted Lodges in the Third District. The members simply determined to learn the work, and they did so. The Lodge is well officered. All seem to appreciate tbe fact that accuracy in Masonic work, as in every other work, gives force and beauty to that which, under like conditions, bunglingly do'ne, would be insipid and unplelilJing. There were delegates present from Florida Lodge, No. 23, Madison, No. 91, Monroe, No. 64, Granville, No. 240, and Santa Fe, No. 462. All who attended were greatly benefited. On the evening of February 7, 18!l5, the District Lodge of Instruction was opened in the Hall of Shelbina Lodge, No. 228, and the same was continued morning, afternoon and evening of the 8th and 9th. The worst blizzard of the past winter prevailed during the continuance of this Lodge of Instruction. Your humble servant was seven hours making the trip by rail from Hannibal to Shelbina, only forty-seven miles. About five hours of the seven was spent in snowdrifts between Palmyra Junction and Monroe City. The attendance was, therefore, not so large as we would have liked, but we could not battle with the elements. Howcver, the elements could not prevail against the zeal and pluck of some, and there were delegates present from St. Andrews, Hunnewell, Paris Union, Clarence and Monroe Lodges. The' attendance on the part of the members of Shelbina Lodge was good, and the visiting delegates were royally entertained. Bro. All~)l McDowell, Grand Lecturer, was present, and had charge of the ritualistic work. His leetures'upon the "symbols" were simply grand. "Long may he wave:' The District Lodge of Instruction was 11 success, notwithstanding the blizzard. , During the year many inquiries have bcen made upon questions of Masonic jurisprudence. As answers to most' of them I have simply cited the inquirers to previous decisions upon the matters involved, and to the laws of the Grand Lodge bearing upon the inquiries made. ' In concluding this report it gives me plea.sure to say that the yellf has been one of peace and harmony. No serious friction to disturb the good fellow'ship which should always prevail among the workmen. Owing mainly to financial stringency, accessions to the ranks of the faithful in the Third District have not been numerous. Yet, upon the whole, we have nothing at which we can reasonably complain, and we look for a splendid revival in the near future. Thanking you for favors bestowed, and trusting to meet you in Jefferson City on the 15th prox., I am, truly and Fraternally yours, GEO. E. MAYHALL,
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Third District.
FOURTH DISTRICT. Q
TROY, Mo., September 30, 1895. J. B. Thomas', Esq., Grand Naster.路 DEAR SIR AND BROTHER:-
I herewith submit my olflcial report as D. D.G. M. for the Fourth District. Having beeri appointed January 23, 1895, to fill the vacancy occasionert by the resignation of R. W. Bro. Jesse .1. Shaw, my time has been somewhat limited and I have not been able to visit all the Lodges of the District, as 1 had desired to do. However, I have
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visited several of them and find them in a fairly prosperous condition. During the past two or three months there has been a noticeable impetus, and a majority of the Lodges have "work" on hand. All I have visited are ill good working order and are able to • confer the degrees as they shonld be. On June 1 I vi~ited Chain of Rocks Lodge, No. 141, and held a profitable and pleasant Lodge of Instruction, there being a large attendance of the members. An attack of la grippe prevented me from filling an~A.ppoilltmentmade for a threedays' Lodge of Instruction with New HopeLodge, No. 199, at Elsberry, and the meeting was postponed indefinitely. In May, at your request, I attended a meeting of the members of Prairieville Lodge, No. 137, at which time it was unanimously agreed to wind up the existene:e of said Lodge. I have previously submitted a report of said meeting, hence will not go into details. Owing to the destruction of their records by fire. the members of said Lodge are in a peculiar condition, and some action of the Grand Lodge may be necessary to restore them to good standing-that is, to give them certificates of same. On July 6' I examined and approved the new Hall of Kew Hope Lodge, No. 199, and afterward, acting under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge, depntized R. W. Bro. John D. Vincil, Grand Secretary, to direct the removal and dedicate the Hall, which he did on the 20th inst. There was a large attendance, and after the dedication the Lodge adjourned to one of the churches, where the Grand Secretary made a public "talk" on Masonry, to a large and interested audience. Later in the month I deputized W. Bro. :Marion Argent to examine proposed new Hall of New Salem Lodge, No. 270, alld upon receipt of his approval, and a dispensation from the Grand Lodge, directed the removal of said Lodge from its old Hall in Argentville to its new quarters in Winfield. Aside from visiting several Lodges by reqnest to assist in conferring degrees, and several meetings for instructioll held with the Brethren of my home Lodge, the above constitute my official acts during my term of office. I also had the pleasure of attending a State L<Jdge of Instruction in Mexico during the latter part of April. Thanking yon for the confidence reposed in me, and regretting that lack of time prevented me from visiting all the Lodges of the District, I will state, in conclusion, that Masonry in the District seems to be in a prosperous condition, and harmony prevails among the Brethren. .. Fr"~ternally yours, GEO. S. TOWNSEND, D. G. !If. Fourth District.
FIFTH DISTRICT. WENTZVILLE,
Mo., October 2, 1895.
.T. B. rlwmas, Esq., Grand lofastG-r: DEAR SIR AXD~BROTHER:-
I have nothing of special importance to report from this District. There has been a steady improvement in the fitting up and furnishing of Lodge rooms. The Fraternity in most places is holding its own among the many Orders being pushed to the front, but some of our Lodges are at a standstill. The Fifth District is composed largely of a rural membership, and our additions must come largely from the same source. Several years' experience amollg the Lodges convinces me that the fee for the degrees ought to be reduced at least one-half. The majority of our young farmers, many of whom would
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make good Masons, can ill afford to pay thirty dollars for the privilege of joining this ancient and honorable Fraternity. A "cheap coat does not always mean a cheap man." On January 21, 22 and 23, 11 District Lodge of Instruction was held at Montgomery. City, in which R. W. Bro. Allan McDowell took charge of the Work. It was quite well attended and was prod uctive of good results. During the year I have visited most of the Lodges in the District, and assisted in the work of conferring Degrees and giving instruction, and in several cases called upon to pronounce our solemn and impressive ceremonies at the burial of our departed Brethren. In all of these cases I have found the Lodges ready and willingO to receive instruction. I feel grateful that a Merciful Providence has permitted me to meet and commune with so many of my Brethren duringthe year. Thanking you for )'our confidence, I am Yours fraternally, CHARLES J. WALKER,
D. G. M. Fifth District.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
J. B. Thomas,
MEXICO, Mo.,
Esq., Grand Master: DEAR SIR
AND
Sep~ember
17, 1895.
BROTHER;-
In submitting my official report as Di~trict Deputy Grand Master for the Sixth Masonic District, I am sorry to say that I have not been 'able to visit all the Lodges in my territory. There are several Lodges in this District where little, if any, work is being done. Nor do they desire the presence of thc District Deputy or District Lecturer, at least, I infer as much, from the fact that Nos. 8, 60,67,81,115,154,242,336,356 and 425 failed to answer my communication informing them that I was ready and willing to serve them at any time. All the other Lodges in the District are in good working order, and are doing considerable work.
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For good work and fine equipments special mention should be made of Sturgeon, Twilight, Vandalia, Fulton, Centralia, Social, Aux Vasse, Ashland, Hebron_and Mexico Lodges. On January 17,18 and 19 a District School of Instruction was held at Centralia, with ~rand Lecturer, Brother Allan McDowell in charge. On January 22 I visited Mexico Lodge, No. 544, and installed their officers. On March 8, visited Sturgeon Lodge, No. 174, and found them to be in a very prosperous condition. The third degree was conferred on two candidates, and the attendance was large. On March 15 I visited Fulton IJOdge, No. 48. This is a good working body of Masons, and on this occasion the attendance was very large. <;! May 2, 3 and 4 I held a School of Iristruction at Vandalia, wbich was largely attended, and much good accomplished. On the evening of the 4th 8. regular communkation of Vandalia Lodge, No. 491, was held, and the third degree was very creditably conferred on two candidates. On May'10 I visited Social Lodge, No. 266, at Martinsburg, and conferred the first degree on a candidate.
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May 23 I visited Twilight Lodge, No. 114, at Columbia, where the third degree was conferred on two candidates. This is one of the best Lodges in the District, and the attendance on this occasion was remarkaoly large, every Lodge in Boone County was represented. They have recently purchased a very elegant and costly set of robes, which are second to none in the State. I received urgent requests from Ashland Lodge, No. 156, and Aux Vasse Lodge, No. 357, to visit them, and regret, very much, my inll,bility, so far, to do so. Aux Vasse Lodge, No. 357, asked permission to move into another IIall, this I refused on the ground that I did not consider the Hall they desired to move in safe for Masonic purposes. Nearly all the Lodges in the District have been in the habit of opening, at their stated communication, on the third degree only, instead of, as required by the Grand Lodge, opening regularly on all three degrees. I corrected this error in all of the Lodges visited, but I fear it is still the practice in many other Lodges. During the year quite a number o( the Brethren, veterans in the cause, have been called from labor to the Celestial Lodge above. And we hope, and believe, they are now enjoying the promised reward they so richly earned and inherited, by their many acts of charity and deeds of pure beneficence while here among us. Thanking you for the confidence you reposed in me one year ago, I am Fraternally yours, WILLIAM M. TRELOAR, D. G. N. Sixth District.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
FOREST GREEN, Mo., September 26,1895. J. B. Thomas, Esq., Grand
)fasle1':
DEA R SIR
AND BROTH~R:-
I herewith submit my official report as Deputy of the Seventh District for the past Masonic year. A fair amount of work has been done and aU have quietly pursued their course without a discord to mar the peace and hannony of the Craft. I have not visited all the Lodges in the District as I would like to have done, but have responded to every call made upon me by them. Beginning February 11 and continuing three days, I held a School of Instruction at Fayette. I was assisted by M. W. Bro. B. H. Ingram, and it is unnecessary to state that much good was accomplh;bed by a revi\'111 of interest in the ritualistic work. On May 15'a11d 16, I held a Lodge of Instruction at Keytesville. Regretting that I cannot report having visited every Lodge in the District, I am Fraternally )'ours, Z. T. LAMKIN, D. G. ltf. Seventh District.
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Appendix. EIGHTH DISTRICT.
OW ASCO, Mo., September 25, 1895.
J. B. Tlwmus, Esq., Grand Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTHElt:-
I transmit to you my report for the past Masonic year. I held a Lodge of Instruction at the Hall of Winigan, No. 540, December 6 and 7. Conferred P. M.'s Degree on Worshipful Master-elect, and installed the officers. IIeld a Lodgc of Instruction in Hall of Cypress Lodge, December 19,20 and 21. 'l'he attendance was very good. There were visitors from several other Lodges. I think it was as profitable a Lodge of Instruction as I ever held for the length of time. I authorized W. Bro. C. F. Brown to mperinlend removal of Putnam Lodge, No. 190, and dedicate their Hall, which he did January 30, 1895. I authorized W. Bro. C. C. Bigger to superintend removal of Marceline Lodge, No. 481, which he did January 29, 1895.
I held a Lodge of Instruction in the Hall of Putnam Lodge, No. 190, August 28 and 29. The attendance was fair, and the Brethren took quite an interest in the work. Putnam Lodge, No. 190, has about the best hall in the district. Visited Arcana Lodge, No. 389, August 30 and 31. Attendance fair. This is a good working Lodge. Besides my visiting I have had considerable correspondence with the Craft during the year, and, from all information obtained, am pleased to report the Lodges, as a whole, in a very satisfactory condition. Fraternally yours,
J. J. DILLINGER, D. G. M. Eighth District.
TENTH DISTRICT. PATTONSBURG,fi\{O.,
September 19, 1895.
J. B. Thomas, Esq., G,!"and ],[aster: DEAR SIR AND RROTHlm:-
I herewith submit my report as Deputy Grand Master for the Tenth District. Being absent from the District during the winter season, I was unable to visit all the Lodges in the District. However, during the spring and summer months, I have visited a number of the Lodges and find the condition of Masonry comparatively healthy. At your request I visited Galt Lodge, No. 423, on AuguSt 15, 1895, and found some trouble there; but not, in my judgment, serious enough to demand interference from the Grand Master. A detailed and complete account of which I made to yo.u at the time. I was present at Gallatin, June 24, when the majority of the Lodges in this (Daviess) . County were publicly installed by yourself; after which, the Craft, their families and
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friends were addressed by M. W. Bro. Jehn D. Vincil, Grand Secretary, and Brother Kenny, Worshipful Master of Trenton Lodge, No. 111; this occasion was a red-letter day for Masonr)' in this District. Its influence will be felt in nearly all the Lodges in the District. M~ny are the expressions of appreciation of Brother Vineil's address from the Brethren present. I only regret that every Mason in the District could not hear it. There has been no Lodge of Instruction held in this District during the year, but, as far as I can'learn, the officers in many of the Lodges are fairly profici.ent in the work. The Lodges are not doing a large amount of work, but I feel satisfied the tendency is to secure nothing but the best material and place our Institution upon a higher plane of usefulness. Thanking you for having thus honored me with the appointment, I am Fraternally yours, RonT. E. MAUPIN, D. G.
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Tenth District.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
PLATTE CITY, Mo., Sept'ember 14, 1895. J. B. Thomas, Esq., Grand .Master:
DEAR SIR
AND
BnoTHER:-
I herewith, respectfully submit my annual report as D. G. M. of the Eleventh District for the past year. While I have not visited all of the Lodges in this District this year, will say that I have had quite a correspondence with many of them, their illquiries mainly being points of law where differences occurred between members, but the cases were so simple that I only had to refer them to the Book of Constitutions and By-Laws, which settled all differences without any trouble. Therefore, I do not deem it necessary enumerate to the Grand Body the cases in detail as they have been settled entirely b)' the Brethren with my assistance. I
In January I had the pleasure of attending the State Lodge of Instruction in Kansas City, presided over by the Grand Master, the work being conducted by R. W. Bro. McDowell in his usual effective manner. It is with pleasure and satisfaction that I"report good-will. peace and harmony prevailing throughout the District, with a slow increase of membership and interest, and the Lodges in the Eleventh District are getting along as nicely as could be expected.
Thanjdngyou for the honor conferred upon me, I am, Fraternally yours, A. J. COLMAN, D. G. M. Eleventh District.
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TWELFTH DISTRICT.
ST.
JOSEPH,
Mo., September 16, 1895.
J. B. Thomas, Esq., Grand Alaster: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER:-
I respectfully submit herewith my report as D. G. M. of the Twelfth District, comprising the counties of Buchanan, Andrew and DeKalb. ' In compliance with your instructions, on November 17,1894, I went to Stewartsville, . in DeKalb County, to "get together the assets of the late Stewartsville Lodge, No. 182, dispose of them, collect the debts due the Lodge, and pas its outstanding indebtedness." I found that the Lodge had owed $100 for Hall rent for 1893, for which ten of the members had been sued individually. These ten members paid the $100 and $22.65 accrued costs, without letting the case come to trial, thus settling all the indebtedness of the Lodge except $30 due the Grand Lodge for back dues. FInding there was probably enough due the Lodge from those who were willing and anxious to pay, to settle aU the indebtedness, I instructed the late Secretary, Bro. H. W. Saunders, to collect same as rapidly as possible, and report to me. He received following amounts: From late Treasurer, $16.12; from Russell R. A. Chapter, No. 77, for rent, $89.35; and from various Brethren for dues, $51.50, making a total of $159.97. This amount was disposed of as follows: Refunded to Brethren who had advanced Hall rent, $100, and costs, $22.65; paid stationery and postage in collecting dues, 40 centl'l, and paid for cleaning and storing furniture, $2.50 = $125.55; leaving a balance of $31.42, for which amount the Secretary forwarded a draft to the Grand Secretary January 16, 1895. The Secretary also forwarded tothe Grand Secretary, via Adams Express, the Lodge record, ledger, warrant, receipt and Treasurer's books, and the Lodge seal and jewels. The follOWing furniture and fixtures of the Lodge were stored in the basement, of the furniture store of Bro. James W. Wylie, without charge for storage, and without insurance, viz.: "120 yards carpeting, 30 yards matting, 3 office chairs (Master and 'Vo,rdem.), 2 office chairs (Secretary and Treasurer), 37 wooden-bottom chairs, 11 Altar, 1 Bible, 1 ottoman, 3 officers' stands, 3 gavels (l lignum vitre and 2 rosewood), 3 Masonic charts, 1 letter 'G,' 1 chandelier, 3 hanging lamps, 1 bracket lamp, 9 cuspidors, 2 pillars (12 feet), 2 Steward's rods,2 Deacon's rods. 1 Secretary's lamp,l triangle,1 Secretary's desk,l Treasurer's, desk, one-half interest in bookcase (Russell R. A. Chapter owns the other half), 2 Warden's columns, 1 ballot box, 1 setting maul, 1 low-twelve bell, 1 set working tools, 1 Tiler's sword and scabbard, 1 walnut table,l stand tltble, 1 cushion for Great light, 3 lesser light stands, 1 fire extinguisher, 2 pails, 1 dust pan, 1 mop, 1 shovel, 2 rug-s, 1 dipper, 10 pairs gloves, 45 aprons, 1 large stove, zinc and pipe, 1 small stove, zinc and pipe." The above mentioned furniture is of good class, and generally in good condition. All of the matters with which you intrusted me concerning 'the Lodge have been satisfactorily settled, and I wish here to return my thanks publicly to Brother H. W. Snunders, Secretary, and W. Bro. J. C. n~'num. by whose valuable and able assistance it was so speedily accomplished. There are many Brethren who were members of No. 182, all of whom appeared to work together in harmony. The arrest of the charter I believed occurred through ,what might be termed an all-round misunderstanding, and I hope and believe that time will soothe and heal all, and that in due course the Grand Lodge will again have a bright, active Subordinate at Stewartsville. The Hall occupied by Savannah Lodge, No. 71, having been destroyed by fire, in November, 18~4, I inspected the proposed temporary Hall, and again on August 28, 1895, another temporary Hall, recommending both, permission to remove being granted by you. No. 71 has purchased a lIew Hall, which they will furnish as rapidly as possible, and will then again be in an A No.1 working trim.
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The foregoing constitutes all my official acts. I am pleased to report that. peace and harmony prevail throughout the Twelfth District, that the work is well done, and that our beloved Orrler is.enjoying a healthy, prosperous growth. Thanking you for the courtesy of the appointment, I am Fraternally yours, 1. M. AUSTIN, D. G. M. Twelfth Distl'irt.
TRIRTEENTJI
DISTRICT;
BUHLINGTON JUNCTION, September 14,11;95. J. B. ThonW$, Esq., Gmncl )faster:
DEAR Sm
AND
BROTHEll:
I herewith snbmit my report as D. D. G. M. for the past ycar. I have visited live of the Lorlges in thc District, instructing thcnlin the work, spending from three to five days with each Lodge, amI found thcm generally in good shape. Most of the Lodges in the District have donc a fair amount of work during the year. July 16, by your order, I removed Kennedy Lodge, No. 329, to their new Hall, their old Hall having been destroyed by fire; th(~y now occupy Do Hall jointly with the 1. O. O. F. I have attended persona.lly all calls from the different Lodges, and find them generally in a prosperous condition, peace and harmony prevailing. Thanking you for the honor, I remain, Fra.ternally yours, A. C. HOPKINS, D. G. M. Thirteenth District.
FOliRTEENTJI DISTRICT.
ALBANY, Mo., October 7,1895.
J. B. Thomas, Esq., Grand J,fastcr:
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER:I herewith hand you annual report for 1895. I have visited the following .Lodges, and assisted ill doing work in all of them: Stanberry, No. 109; Gentryville, No. 125; Ryland, No. 332; Ancient Craft, No. :'l37; Athens, No. 127. They are all in fine working condition, and the officers are mostly all well posted in the work.
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I believe nearly every Lodge in this District has had more work to do this year than during any previous one. This is especially so in Athens Lodge, No. 127, but it could not well be otherwise when we take into consideration the advantages she has-a Lodge , of Imt,ruction once a. week, held by theM. W. G. M. The Masonic Fraternity in this District is more than keeping pace with the other fraternal societies. The principles and practices of Freemasonry are observed and taught throughout the District, and peace and harmony prevail. Fratel'llally yours, J. W. BARKLEY, D. G. G. L. Ap.-9.
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FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 1,1895. J. B. Thomas, Esq., Grand Master: D~;AR SIR AND
BROTHER:-
Herewith I beg to submi(my report as your District Deputy for the Fifteenth District. Having received a charter for Clifton Heights Lodgc, No. 520, I opened a specific Grand Lodge on the evening of Octobpr 20, 1894, and, assistcd by some of the most prominent Masons of this city, constituted the members into a regular Lodge, according-to due form. After the election took place, I installed the oflicers, and 'set them to work as Clifton Heights Lodge, No. 520, Rccording to the charter issued by yourself. There was a very large attendance, and after the Lodge was closed, we were invited to partake of a bountiful spread tendered by the lady friends. The Brethrcn are zealous and attentive, and the Lodge, apparently, has a bright and prosperous future before it. In January I visited Hillsboro for the purpose of inspecting a new Hall erected by Joachim Longe, No. 164, and finding everything satii'factory, approved the same. Not being able to go th('re at the time the Lodge desired to move, I commissioned R. \\;. Bro. , R. W. McMullin.to superintend the moving, and dedicate the Hall. His detailed report is in my possession, showing all t.he matters were arranged, and that the Hall was dedicated according to form. The buildiug'is a two-story brick structure, and is owned by the Lodge, and Joachim Lodge is to be congratulated upon having accomplished so laudable an undertaking, During the months of r.lay and June I made several trips to De Soto, to inspect a new Hall which De Soto Lodge, No. 119, desired to occupy, and after approving the same. dedicated it to Masonic use. . I also dedicated a Hall for Polu,r Star l,odge, No. 79. This Lodge has been very prosperons of late, and tlie attendance had been so large they found it necessary to get into larger quarters. They are now occupying the large haJl ill the Odd FeJlows Building, one of the most delightful haJls in the city. On each Saturday evening dlll'ing the months of January and February, I held a Lodge ofInstruction with R. W. Bro. IIoward Watson, District Deputy Grand Lecturer as instructor in the work. The meetings were attcnded by large numbers of the Masons of this District, and much good was accomplished. The general condition of Maso11l'Y in this District is very good. All of the Lodges have been very busy with work, and the attendance has been very good. The Lodges are all very much interested at this time in a plan to engAgc space in a beautiful building being erected at Ninth andOlivc streets. It is to IJe It marble building ten stories high, of. large dimcnsions, and will possess all the advantages that money, brains and ingenuity cun acquire. It is "devoutly to be wished" that the Masonic bodies of the city will concentrate their strength to accept the gmndest opportunity they will probably evcr have to obtain quarters suitable for our purpose, und which will reflect proper credit upon the Institution. I can not close this communication without reference to the State Lodge ofInstruction held by yon last spring with R. W. Bro.AJlan :McDoweJl, Grand .Lecturer, iu charge' of the instruction. It may be that you will think it inconsistent to say that the interest here in Masonry is great, in view of the small number attending at that timc, but I beg of you not to accept that as a manifestation of the zeal which the Masons of this city possess" 'I'he Brethren are su!licientl)' well informcd in Masonry to know and feel the respect due to the Grand MaHcr, lind I Rm sure from pllst experience that they are never slow to avail themselves of the rich treat R. W. Bro. McDowell always gives them when he favors us with his presence in Lodge of Instruction or Masonic address.
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I am, therefore; penmaded to believe that the small attendance \\'as caused by the sessions being held during the day. In large cities, men in business can not control their time, but are obliged to be at their places of business during business hours, as their time belongs to their employers. The Brethren who did attend, however, were delighted, and the seed sown at that time will result in an abundant harvest in years to corne. Thanking you for the honor conferred by entrusting to me the superintendence of the Craft in this District during the term now closing, and wishing your administration may be crowned with the accomplishment of your every desire, I remain, Fraternally yours, J. C. FINAGIN,
D. G. ,If. Fifteentlt District.
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
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DOE RUN, 1\10., September 21, 1895.
J. B. ThorhM, Esq., Gmnd Mastel': DEAR SIR AND
BROTHEH:-
I herewith respectfully submit my report as D. G. l\f. of the Sixteenth pistrict (or the past year. On. October 12 work in F. C. Degree in Pendlcton Lodge, No. 551, Doe Run. On October 13 Farmington Lodge, No. 132, having obtained permission to remove to their new Hall, same was dedicaJed. I On October 26 work in Pendleton Lodge, No. 551, Doe Run; several Lodges represented by visiting Brethren. By request, W. Bro. Jno. B. Wiseman conferred the Master's De~ree on a candidate. On November 14 a Lodge of Instruction was call cd for Bismarck, to continue two days, commeJ1cin~ November 11 and ending evening of No\'ember 15. R. W. Bro. Allan McDowell was on hand, and conducted the session in his very entertaining and instructive manner. Due notice was given neig-hboring Lodg-es, hut very few responded, and the attendance of the Lodge members, as a whole, was far from encouraging. However, a good deal was learned, and those who did attend were \veIl satisfied. '''hile in session we were favored by the presence and assistance of R. \V. Bro. Geo. E. Walker, P. G. M. On November 2) and 22 I attended School of Instruction for District Lecturers in St. Louis. On November 24 by request, I visited Samaritan Lodge, No. 424, Bonne 'ferre, and assisted in conferring the Third Degree upon two canctidates. A very large attendance and visiting Brethren from several Lodges. December 24 the dispensation issued by you on December 21 for laying corner-stone of Marvin College, at Fredericktown, was duly received by ~Iarcus Lodge, ~o. 110, and January 1, 1895, appointed as the date for same. . On January 1 the ceremony of laying the corner-stone of Marvin Collegiate Institute, of Fredericktown, was duly performed by R. W. Bro..John D. Vinci!, Grand Secretary, assisted by 'vV. Bro. F. R. Newberry, Master of Ceremonies, and Brother E. H. Day, Marshal; several other Orders also participated.
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On January ]0 visited Farmington Lodge, No. 132, and, by request, conferred the Third Degree upon a candidate. We had a very large attendance and many visiting Brethren from Libertyville, Bonne Terre and Doe Run. Afterward attended a fine banquet at the St. Francois H~tel. On January 18 a convocation of Past Masters was held at Doe Run, Pendleton Lodge, No. 551, find the P. M. Degree was conferred on W. Bro. R. E. Rudy, Master-elect. Then 1 installed the officers of this Lodge. • .", On February 23 work in E. A. in Pendleton Lodge, No. 551, Doe Run. On "March 11 attende~ regular meeting and had wo~k in F. C. Degree. On May 24 work in Pendleton Lodge, No. 551, two candidates for E. A. Degree. On June 15 by request of Marcus Lodge, No. no, of Fredericktow'tl, I attended a called meeting and eonferrt:.d the Master's Degree upon a candi.date; after which a most enjoyable spread was furnished and duly observed. ,Then an instruction session for awhile in which all the Brethren showed a great deal of interest. On June 24, St. John's da).:owas duly observed in Samaritan Lodge, No. 424, Bonne Terre. In afternoon a convocation of Past Masters assembled, find the Degree of Past Master conferred on Bro. E. E. Turley, Master-elect. In the evening a public installation of officers was pC1;fol'lned, a very larg'e audience was present and were charmingly entertained by an address from W. Bro. R.-C. Blackmer, of Benton Lodge, No. 353, of St. Louis. The entire ceremony was enlivened by selections rendered by the orchestra and by the quartette club of Bonne Terre. The members of Samaritan Lodge, No. 424, certainly deserve credit for their enterprise and their ability to entertain their visiting Brethren and guests. They have reason also to be proud of their work and its results during the year. On Juj)' 6 special meeting was set by Pendleton Lodge, No. 551, and three candidatcs received t.he Tllird Degree. On August 16 by request of several Brethren, I held a Lodge of Instruction at Flat River. Here I found about twenty of the Brethren a,ssembled in a neat and commodious Hall, well lighted. carpeted and furnished, and kindly offered by the I. O. O. F. for the occasion. Work in the degrees was exemplified, and a lively interest and desire was shown among the Brethren, a large number of whom now reside in Flat River, a prosperous and growing town. The Brethren are anxious for a new Lodge to be formed at this point, and I am not sure but it would be advisable in the ncar future to do so, as it is almost impossible for the Brethren to reach their present Lodges, at Ironton and Doe Run, without cons'idemble loss of time lind traveling expenses. On August 23 attended meeting Pendleton Lodge, No. 551, and Third Degree was conferred., By request, W. Bra, Isaac Cross, formerly a D. G. M. of jurisdiction of Arkansas, conferred the latter section of the degree after the manner of thirty or forty years ago, and was very impressive, and the fact that the candidate was his son, made the occasion one,of peculiar interest, and was greatly enjoyed. September 13 WOlk still coming in at Doe Run. Pendleton Lodge, No. 551, conferred E. A. Degree. Samaritan Lodge, No. 424, is also busy and will make a good showing for the year. I am happy to state that in general the Craft is in it fairly prosperous condition through the District and peace and harmony prevail within our borders. Thanking you for the honor conferred upon me, I am Frat.ernally yours, F. P. GRAVES, D. G. ltf. Sixteenth
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SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT •
.CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., September 11,1895. J. R. Thomas, Esq., Gmnd ],faster:
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER:I herewith s~bmit my annual report. December 27, 1894, I publicly installed the officers of Wilson Lodg-e, No. 191, and on January 10, 1895, at a public installation, installed the officers of Excelsior Lodge, No. 441. Both Lodges are in good working condition. During tbe winter held weekly meetings of instruction in St. Marks Lodge, No. 93, which, I think, resulted in l\'Iasonic good for the Lodge. Had no other calls. The Fraternity is in very good condition in this District, Fraternally yours, F. A. lUGE, D. G. H. SCl'cnlcenth Dist7ict.
EIGHTEENTH
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Esq., Gmnd Master:
DEAR Sm AND BROTHER:In forwarding you this, my annual report, it affords me pleasure to state that, so far as I am informed, the Fraternity in my District is in harmony. I haye visited very few Lodges during this Masonic year. On November 29,1894, by your order, I revoked the charter of West Prairie Lodge, No. 495, located at Clarkton. On June 21, 1895, I visited Malden Lodge and installed the officers in public. On July () I. installed in public the officers of Point Pleasant Lodge, Xo. 176. I regret that I have becn unable to do more, but causes, of which you aTe aware, prevented. Fraternally yours, WELTON O'BANNON, D. G. J11. EiyhteenthDistl'ict.
NI NETEENTII DISTRICT.
GRANDIN,.Mo.; September 18, 1895. J. B. Thomas, Esq., Gmnd Master:
DEA It SIR AND BROTHER :I beg to submit this my annual report for the Nineteenth Masonic District. On November 1, 1894, I set Winona Lodge, No. 430, to work under a charter and reported it to you at the time, and I learn that said Lodge is still moving onward in a very satisfactory way.
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011 November 20, 1894, I received dispensation No. 456, to direct the removal of Willialllsville Lodge, No. 107, into a new Hall. and dedicate said Hall;' and on November 23, 1894, I did execute said order, and reported same. On the evening of November 3D, 1804, I organized D~splaines Lodge, U. D., No. 78, at Birch Tree, and made report on completing said work. I have a dispensation to move Hopewell Lodge, No. 239, into a new Hall, located at Listreville (same as old location), and September 28,1895, is the date set for carrying out said request, at wpich time I hope to meet said Lodge. r have this year held several private Lodges of Instruction, which were reasonably well attended by the members where held. The Craft isin fair condition in my District, peace and harmony prevailing. , Fraternally yours, JAMES M. McGHEE, D. G. M. Nineteenth Dist1路ict.
TWENTIETH DISTRICT. ROLLA,
Mo., September 28,1895.
J. B. Thomas, Esq., Grand Maste'l': DEAR SIR AND BROTHER:-
The following- is a summary of the work done by myself during the year, as your representative in the Twentieth District: Schools of Instruction were held at the following times and places: February 8 and 9, Cuba Lodge No. 212; there were present representatives from three Lodges in this, and from four outside of the District. The attendance was large. I had an appointment on July 25 with Latimer Lodge, No. 395. Owing to some misunderstanding the members were not notified of my coming, and no meeting was held. The officers of this Lodge showed their interest in the work by attending two different meetings held twenty miles distant from their town. July 26 and 27 a School of Instruction was held at Houston, for Texas County. Four of the five Lodges in the county were represented by their principal officers. There were also present members from four Lodges outside of the District. The attendance was good and much interest manifested. August 16 and 17 I-spent with Spring Creek Lodge, No. 347. Althoug-h this Lodge is located in the country, the attendance was very good, and representatives from three Lodges in this pistrict were present.. Au~ust 30 and :H a meeting was held at St. James Lodge, No. 230. The attendance was fair, and representatives from three Lodges in this District were in attendance. September 11 and 12 a very good meeting was held with Salem Lod~e, No. 225. At the request of Lebanon Lodge, No. 77, at Steelville, an appointment was made for September 13 and 14; on my arrival the Worshipful Master requested the meeting to be postponed, and on my return, in passing through Cuba, the Worshipful Master of Cuba Lodge, No. ~12, requested the above appointment to be given to his Lodge, which was done, and a good meeting held. . Rolla Lodge, No. 213, of which I am a member, has received instruction one night every fortnight during the year, which meetings have been attended by mC'lllbers of other Lodges in the District.
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In additIOn to the above, I have given instruction at my office to many officers and members of the different Lodges. Appointments have been made with and Lodges of Instruction held in every Lodge in this District, except Plato, No, 469, Summerville, No. 555, and Barncs, No. 116, which are located in remote parts of the District. The officers of every Lodge, except Plato, No. 469, have participated in these Lodges of Instruction, and have been present at one of the meetings. I have installed the officers of Rolla Lodge, No. 213, and Cuba Lodge, No. 312, and conferred many dE'grecs, that of Past Master upon five Brethren, namely: S. F. Arthur, Chas. Lamar, ITemy \\Tood, J. n. Hatch and T. B. Mitchell. . On October 17,.1894, I received an application for a dispensation to organize a new Lodge at Birch Tree, Shannon County. 'fhiR county haVing been transferred to the Nineteenth District at the last Communication of the Grand Lodge, I forwarded said application to R. W. Bto. Jas. l\f. McGhee, Deputy Grand Master of that District. On July 15 I applied, in behalf of Latimer Lodge, No. 395, for a dispensation to occupy a temporary hall, as theirs had been destroyed by fire on June 27. Dispensation to that effect was received on August 16, and the Lodge installed in their new Hall on Augu~3L . In c<mclusion, I desire to thank you for the courtesies extended, and hope that my work merits your favorable consideration. Fraternally yours, H. H. HOHENSCHILI>, D. G. ,1]. Twentieth District.
TWl.;NTY-FIRST DISTRICT. WASHINGTON,
Mo., September G, 1895.
J. B. Thomas, Esq., Gmnd Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER:-
I respectfully submit the following report of my doings as Deputy Grand Master of the Twenty-first District, as required by law. The members of Cedar Lodge, No. 37, having voted to remove from O,rensville, GURconade County, to Burbois, in Franklin County, their former home, and the Hall being reported O. K. by Special Deputy, I obtained for and forwarded to them on April 6,1895, a dispensation to move, since which time I have not heard from them. I have, during the past two months, executed your ordp.r to sell the property of the late Linn Lodge, No. 66, at Linn, and have forwarded to the 'Grand Secretary $978.50, as net proceeds of such salc. I have not been ablc to visit the Lodges in my District as I would like to have done. Those I have visited seem to be doing well aud have the work a.nd lectures, thanks to their zeal and the efficient work of the Grand and District Deputy Grand Lecturers. Thanking you, R. "'. Bro., and our efficient Grand ~('cretary, for your uniform courtesy and official kindness to me, and for the honor conferred, I am with fraternal regards, Fraternally yours, J. W. PURVES, D. G. M. Twenty-first District.
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CITY, Mo., October 4, 1895.
J. B. Thomas, Esq., Grand .Mastel': DEAR SIR AND BROTHER:-
.Business during the year just closed has preventeo me from doing much Lodge work. Having previously received disperisation for Ionia Lodge, No. 381, to move to Eldon, and Pleasant Mount Lodge, No. 13J, to move to Olean, on June 1st I dedicated the new lIalls, Eldon in thc afternoon and Olean at night. In this workI was ably assisted by W. Bro. John Grant, of Russcll\'ille Lodge, No. 90. Thcse Lodges are flourishing morally, numerically and finHncially. I have 1I0t held a Lodge of Instruction during the year, although have had scvcml requests to do so. And as I stated in the outset, my failure to comply with these requests was due to press of business, and not for lack of zeal or interest in the work. Have seen and cvnversed with a number of Brethren in my District, and with one or two exceptions, Lodges are prosperous and doing a fair amount of work. Thanking you for the honor, I am, ' Fraternally. yours, JOHN T. SHORT, D. G. N. TwenJ.y-second District.
TWENTY-TIlIRD DISTRICT.
CLIl'TON,
~Io.,
September ao, 1895.
J. B. Thomas, Esq., Grand Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER : -
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In submitting my annual report of my official actions your Deputy in this District, I am pleased to say that harmony and a good deal of activity prevail in the District. I have not been able to visit all of the Lodges in the District, but have becn in correspondence w'ith nearly all of them, and have personally visited many of them, instructing them in thc work and conferring dcgrees. ' On November 15,1894, I organized Wllrsaw Lodge, No. 378, at Warsaw, under its eharter; presided at the elcction of the officers, dedicated the Hall, consecrated and constituted them into a rcgular Lodge, and installed the officers. The ceremonies were pUbliC, and it was an occasion of great interest in the community. I found thc officers very competent and conversant with the work, the best of feeling prcvllilillg among the Brcthren, and a spirit of enthusiasm that was commcndable. I have no doubt but a good report will always be forthcoming from ""arsaw Lodge. On November 2S I was requested"to inspect a new Hall, ir.to 'which it was. proposed to remove Pleasant Grove Lodge, No. 142, at Otterville, but being unable to do so in person, I ILppointed W. Bro. Thos. J. Starke to act for me, which he did, approving thc Hall, and sending me his certificate therefor, which, with my endorsement, I forwarded at the time. In due time the permission in form was received, which on December G, I forwarded to Brothl:r '1'. H. Clark, the Secretary of the Lodge. r had the pleasure of installing the newly-elected officers of several of the Lodges in the District.. Special mcntion should be made of the installation services in Agricola Lodge, No. 343, at Petersburg, and Clinton Lodgc, No. 548, at Clinton, at which the ceremon~es werc public. On ~farch 5, 1895, at your special request and appointment, I visited Wallace Lodge, No. 456, at Bunceton, to investigate a matter of difference bctween that Lodge and
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Caddo Lodge, "No. J, at Caddo, 1. 'f., the result of which I fully reported to you atthe time. While at Bunceton, I presided at a Lodge of Jnstruction, lasting for several days. The work, at my request, was in charge of R. W. Bro. B. H. Ingram. It was very interesting find resulted ill great good to the Lodge. Wallace Lodge is a bright Lodge, and doing splendid work. Early in the year I opened correspondence with a number of Brethren at Deepwater, relative to the fanning of ll. lIew Lodge at that place. After the several preliminary steps were taken, I endorsed their petition for It dispensation, which you were pleased to grant. On r.larch 2Gj 1895, I set them at work under thc name of Deepwater Lodge, U. D. I spent several days with them, instructing them in tllP work, and I am much pleased to report that they are doing most excellent work, exercising much care in the selection of their material, and have made a very satisfactory growth. I hope it will be duly chartered, and so long as its affairs are managcd with the same fidelity and care, you will never reRret your action in granting the dispensation. On ~:rarch 18-20 I presided at a District Lodge of Instruction in Clinton, R. W. Allan McDowell, Grand Lecturer, having charge of the work. There was a good attendance, much interest developed, and a general representation from the Lodges in the District. Although Brother McDowell was very weak~ suflering from a recent surgical operation, yet he managed to put in about seventeen or eighteen hours a day, to the great improvement of the Brethren present. - Altogether it has been a prosperous year among the Craft, and my association with the路Brethren of the District has been most pleasant, for all of which I thank you. Fraternally yours, ALVIN HAYNIE,
D. G. M. Twenty-third District.
TWENTY-FOURTH
DI~TRICT.
BI.ACKBlJRN,
Mo., September 25, 1895.
J. B. '11wmas, Esq., (1'rand .Ma,qter: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER:-
In SUbmitting this my annultl report as Deputy Grand Master for the Twenty-fourth District, it must of necessity be brief, for the reasons that'I have had but little time to devote to the work, and again, but few calls have been made for my services.
R. \\'. Bro. Allan McDowell was with me and held a Lodge of Instruction at this place February 4, 5 and 6.. Owing to the severe cold weather but few Brethren t rom neighboring Lodges 路were able to attend, but we had a very pleasant meeting, and those who ,,,ere present received much valuable J11StruCtiOIl. I have only been able to visit a few of the Lodges, all of which I found in good working order. I regret very much that I could not have found the time to visit all, at the same time I am glad to be able to report to you that nothing has occurred to mar the peace and harmony of the Brethren, or retard the progress of Masonry in my District. Fraternally yours, D. M. PINKERTON,
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Septembei' 14, 1895. J. B. Thomas, Esq., Grand Master:
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER:Pursuant to Section 24 of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, I take great pleasure in submitting herewith a report of my official acts as _your District Deputy Grand Master. An examination of the annual report.s of the various Lodges in this District will verify the statement that Freemasonry in general, and each Lodge in particuhlr, is in a flourishing and prosperous condition. It can be said without fear of contradiction that there is not a single weak or disabled Lodge in the Twenty-fifth District. Tuesday evening. October 23, 1894, I organized Westport Lodge, No. 340, at Westport, dedicated its Hall and installed its officers. Wednesday evening, December 19, 11l94, I installed the officers of Rural and Temple Lodges of Kansas City, assisted by Rev. C. H. Briggs, Grand Chaplain, and W. Bro. Jno. C. Yocum. Monday evening, February 4, 1895, I instituted Albert Pike Lodge, U. D., and set it to work in the Masonic Hallllt 1016 Walnut Street, Kansas City, under the leadership of Milo E. Lawrence. April 2,1895, I d'edicated a new Masonic Hall in Westport, to be used by Westport Lodge, No. 340, the By-Laws regulating the removal of a Lodge from its old quarters to a new Hall having becn complied with in full. Saturday evening, June 29,1895, I instituted York Lodge and set it to work under dispcnsation in a neat little Hall on Ninth Street, just east of the corporate limits of Kansas City, with Dr. W. F. Kuhn, W. M.; J. H. Frame, S. W., and F. W. Sears, J. W. Thanking you for the high honor conferred one year ago by appointing me one of your District Deputy Grand Masters, I have-the pleasure to remain, Fraternally yours, V. F. BOOR, D. G. 1lE. TwentY-fifth District.
TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.
GREENFIELD, Mo., September 24, 1895. J. B. TJw1l1,(J,s, Esq., Grand Master:
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER:Herewith I submit my report for the past year. I have visited the following Lodges: Lockwood, No. 521, Everton, No. 405, Melville, No. 455, Garrett, No. 359, Washington, No. 87, Greenfield, No. 446. and Unity, U. D. Of hese, two have not been m'eeting regularly-Lockwood and Melville. My visit to Lockwood was made on the night of the annulll elpction of oflicers. Good men and Ma.<;ons were chosen to fill the various stations, and from the information rl'eeived, that Lodge is relieved of some "dead weight," and is in much better condition than before. I visited Melville Lodge at a special communication for the election of officers, under'a dispensation issued by your order. Goud oflicers were elected and installed, and I
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expect "better things" from them. A-large amount of dues is outstanding, which I urged them to dispose of in some way; also, to meet regularly and dispatch business in a business way. The oth('r Lodges visited are all in good condition and working harmoniou路sly. Garrett Lodge has recently re-carpeted its Hall, is out of debt, and can always be depended on when the interests of Masonry are to be comerved. Washington and Greenfield Lodges, meeting in the same Hall, have lately invested in some new furniture, which adds very much to "appearance," and much more to the convenience of the workers. Everton, No. 405, is an enthusiastic body of Masons; has a good corps of 'workers, who follow the ritual closely and are all concerned for the welfare of the Fraternity. From personal" knowledge and information, I find the Fraternity in this District is prosperous and increasing in numbers and mora.lity, and in all respects to be congratulated for the advancement made. Fraternally yours, SEYMOUR HOYT, D. G. ltf. Twcnty-sacnlh District.
TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT.
J. B. Thomas, Esq., Grand ltfastel':
CASSVILLE, Mo., October 5, 1895.
DEA R SIR AND BROTHER:-
I herewith hand you my annual report. February 14 I visited Stella Lodge, No. 538, and held a Lodge of Instruction for threc . days with very sat,isfactory results. Several .Lodges were represented and much interest was manifested. Have visited路 several Lodges and found them in good working condition. I have not been called upon to settle any questions of Masonic law, and the principles and practices of Freemasonry have been taught and observed throughout the District. The officers, generally, understand, the work, and do it well. Am glad to report that pe!ice and harmony prevail throughout the District. Fraternally yours, WM. A. WEAR, D. G. M. Twenty-ninth District.
THIRTIETH DISTRICT.
J. B. Thoma-5, Esq., Grand ],faster:
AURORA, Mo.,
October 2, 1895.
DEAR SIR' AND BROTHER:-
Herewith I hand you my anuual report as Deputy Grand Master for the Thirtieth District. My duties for the past year,-I am glad to state, have been very pleasant and of but little importance. During the year I have visited most of the Lodges in a路scmi-official way. In all the Lodges I find peace prevailing, wit.h no troubles calling for my services.
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The only complaint I havc heard in the District being thc claim made by Rock Prairie Lodge of my District, against Everton Lodge in 'N. Bro. Hoyt's District, of which you have my report. Our Lodges, so far as I kno\v, are in a fairly prosperous condition, and considering the hurd times, have made fairly good lihowingli,路with peace and harmony prevailing. Fraternally yours. M. T. DAVIS, D. G, M. Thirtieth Dist'rict.
THIRTY-FIRST DISTRICT.
SPJUNGFIELD, l\fo., September 路13, 1895. J. B. Thomas, Esq" G)'and Master: DEAR SIR A~J) BROTHER:-
I\l compliance with the law, I herewith submit my annual report as Deputy Grand Mastcr of the Thirty-first Distriet. I called a District Lodge of Instruction for this District, for the dates of February 14, Lodg~s of !11y District-Lodges of the surrounding DistriCts having been notified by Grand Secretary and Grand Lecturer, the Gra\ld ~Iastcr having called a St.ate Lodge of Instruction for the same dates. The attendance was very gratifying, there'being about forty Lodges representcd, and much good was aecomplished for the Order. Grand .Master J. B. Thomas, Grand Secretary John D. VincH. and Grand Lecturf>r Allan McDowcll were present during the mceting. The work was under the charge of Grand Lecturer McDowell, ably assisted by R. W. Bro, ;'If. T. Davis, of the Thir. tieth District, and E. C. Steele, Past D. G. 1\1. of the Thirty-second District.
15, and 16, ]895. notifying all the
In addition to the above described Lodge of Instruction, I also hcld two others on
Dece~ber 28 and 29,1894. I held a Lodge of Instruction at Sparta, Christian Count.y, for
the benefit of Sparta Lodge, No. 296; this was the best attended Lodge of Illstruct.ion that I had during the year. The weather was bitter cold, but we had an average attendance of thirty, out of a membership of forty, and much good was accomplished. I spent two days with them, couferred the Past Master Degree upon the Worshipful Master-elect, lind iustalled their officers. Sparta Lodge, No. 296, is a good Lodge, they' work in the right spirit. On :March 22 and 23, 1895, I held a Lodge of Instruction at Republic, for the benefit of Relief Lodge, No. 341. This was very poorly attended, the Brethren, seemingly, have lost all interest in Masonry, they are simply doing nothing. On June 1,1895, J, with a large number of Springfield Brethren, visited Strafford Lodge, No. 497, and conferred the 1\'[. M. Degree on one candidate, this is one of the weak Lodges in this District, but they have some grit about them; while they are few in numbers, they 路hold regular meetings, and will eventually pull through all right as times get better. J have \lot been able to spare the time in visiting the Lodges throughout the District as mucb as I desired, but路 I have reports from all of them, and they are all doing fairly wcll, except Relief Lodge, No. 341, and St. Nicholas Lodge, No. 435, and 'they could do better if they would, but internal dissension will be their undoing,; wilh these two exceptio liS, the prospects are bright for the future.
Thanking you for the honor conferred one year ago, I am Fraternally yours, FRED W. LAKER, D. G. !ff. T!lil'ty-jil'st .District.
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TIIIRTY-SECOXJ) DISTRICT.
ASTORIA, Mo., October 1, 1895. •J. B. Thoma",
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I herewith submit my report as Depnty Grand lIfast.er of the Thirty-second )fasonic District for the past year. My official visits over my District the past year have been few, and I am sorry to say my report will not be as good as I would like for it to have • been; but hard times and my business have prevented me from doing my work in my District as I did last year. My first work in this )Iasonic year after I returned from the School of Instruction held in St. Louis, was to organ{;;;;e under dispemation }'ilot Knob Lodge, in Douglas County; upon receipt of dispensation, 1 notified the Brethrcn of thc date, which was November 30, 1894.
On that date I met the Brethren named in the dispensation, and set to work Pilot Knob Lodge, U. D., with all the officers present.. I also gave them some instruction in the work, which they took up very readily; and J was well pleased with the way ill which they started off in their new Lodge. I have never had the opportunity to visit them since, bill. have heard from them ,often, and find that they have done good work the first year. In December I met with lIJountain Grove Lodge, No. J 513, installed their officers, and gave them some instruction in Degree work. Have visited them often, and I find Mountain Grove Lodge to the front in the work, also in good condit.ion financinlly. Mountain Grove Lodge deserve~ great eredit in the way of reformation and a general ~traightelling up of affairs in the past year. Oil December 2i'I met with illansfieln Lodge, ~o. 543; publicly installed the officers, and gave them instruction in the nftemoon and night.
I have visited other Lodges in my District, ann have had seveml letters from all over t.he District, 'and the Lodges, generally, are doing fairly well, comidering the hllrd times. Alton Lodge had the bad luck to get burned. They have rented a Hall, but have not yet got to work again. I have had many questions nsked me during the year in regard to the law, but have always managed to answer them satisfactory. I regret very much that my business has prevented me from visiting all my Lodgcs in my District, but, so far as I have been able to learn, I find the Lodges in fairly working orderno report having reached me of any trouble-and I am pleased to report that peace and' harmony prevail. Thanking you for the honor conferred upon me, I am Fraternally yours, C. M. MITCHELL. • D. G. M. Thirly-second Disl-I'icl.
LIST OF ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE M. W. GRAND LODGE OF }IISSOURI, FROM ITS ORGANIZATION, APRIL 23D,
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OFFICERS FOR THE ORGANIZATION. FEBRUARY 220. 1821.
EDWARD BATES, Worshipful Master. JAMES KENNERLY, Senior Warden. WILLIAM BATES. Junior Warden. J08EPH V. GARNIER. Treasurer. ABRAM BECK. Secretary.
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Appendix.
DISTRICTS AND D. D. GRAND MASTERS. GRAND SECRETARY'S STATEMENT SHOWING LOCATION OF
LODGESACCORDINGrr() DIS1~RIC1'S FIRST DISTRICT. EDWARD HIGBEE. D. D. G. M., LANCASTER. C01mty.
No.
Clark 167 do 180 do : : 290 do 318 do 362 do 404 Scotland........................ 16 do :........ 72 Schuyler 244 do .' 259 do 380 do 427
Name of Lodge.
Revere Des Moines Fairmount Eldorado Hiram Alexandria Memphis Gorin M.iddle Fabius Lodge of Love Queen City Glenwood
Location.
Revere. Athens. . Fairmount: Lnray. Kahoka. Alexandria. Mcmphis. Gorin. Downing. Lancaster. Queen City. Glenwood..
SECOND DISTRICT. A. FISHER, D. D. G. M., LA BELLE.
Adair do do
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105 Kirksville 319 Paulville 366 Adair
Kirksville. Brashear. Kirksville.
second District Continued.] County.
Knox do do do do Lewis do do do do do do
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Name oj Lodge.
Location.
6 168 181 291 414
Ark Colony Novelty Edina Greensburg
Ne"'ark. ,.Colony. Novelty. Edina. Greensburg.
24 58 100 222 287 379 494
"\Vyaconda IVlonticello Canton La Belle.............. .. Craft \Villiamstown Lewistown
La Grange. Montirello. Canton La Belle. Canton. 'Villiamstown. Lewistown.
THIRD DISTRICT. JOHN J. DILLINGER. D. D. G. M., OWASCO.
Putnam do do
171 Hartford 206 Somerset.. 210 Unionville
Hartford. Powersville. Unionville.
Sullivan......................... do do do do do '" do do
32 126 159 190 349 389 447 540
Humphreys. Milan. Green City. Ne'''to'''n. Pollock. Harris. Scottsville. \Vinigan.
Humpbreys Seaman Green City Putnaul Pollock......... Arcana Fairview: \Vinigan
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FOURTH DfSTRICT. C. W. BOLSTER, D. D. G. l\1., PRINCETON.
Grundy do do do
111 253 423 524
Trenton Lindley Galt Spickardsville
Mercer do
35 Mercer 258 Ravanna
Trenton. Loredo. Galt. Spickardsville. Princeton. R.avanna.
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FIFTH DISTRICT. JOHN W. BARKLEY, D. D. G. M., ALB-ANY. County. '
No.
Harrison......... do do do Gentry........................... do do do do do do Worth : do do do
97 128 257 328 21 109 125 127 252 332 377 66 88 198 321
Name of Lodge.
Bethany Lorraine Lodge of Light Cainsville Havana Stanberry Gentryville Athens Alanthus Hoyland Ancient Craft Grant City Defiance Allensville Jonathan
LocatiO'1l.
Bethany. Ridgeway. Eagleville. Cainsville. McFall. Stanberry. Gentryville. Albany. Alanthus Grove. Berlin. King City. Grant City. Sheridan. Allendale.. Denver.
SIXTH DISTRICT. . A. C. HOPKINS, D. D. G. M., BURLINGTON JUNCTION.
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50 165 196 201 301 329 442 465 470 472 474 507 511
Xenia Maryville Quitman Ravenwood WhitehalL Kennedy Burlington Gaynor Nodaway Pickering Guilford Clearmont Skidmore
Hopkins. Maryville. Quitman. Ravenwood. Barnard. Elmo. Burlington Junct. Parnell. Maryville. Pickering. Guilford. Clearmont. Skidmore.
SEVENTH DISTRICT. MALCOM l\lcKILLOP, D. D. G. M., ROCKPORT.
Atchison do
157 North Star 200 Sonora
Rockport. Watson.
Appendix.
1895.J Seventh District Continued.] County.
No.
Atchison do Holt do do do
358 483 112 139 214 294
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Name oj Lodge.
Location.
North-'Vest Irish Grove Graham Oregon Forest City Mound City
Tarkio. Fairfax. Maitland. Oregon. Forest City. l\1ound City.
EIGHTH DISTRICT. JOHN M. AUSTIN, D. D. G. M., ST. JOSEPH.
Andrew........................ do do do do do Buchanan do 路do dD do do do do do
71 138 162 248 320 413 10. 22 78 150 189 238 331 376 508
Savannah Lincoln Whitesville Rochester Amaionia Valley Agency Wellington St. Joseph Birming Zeredatha Rushville Charity King Hill Saxtol1
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Savannah. Fillmore. Whitesville Helena. Amazonia. Bolckow. Agcncy. De Kalb. St. Joseph. Halleck. St. Joseph. Rushville. St. Joseph. Adams. Saxton.
NINTH DISTRICT. ROBT. Eo 1.1AUPIN, D. D. G. M., PATTONSBURG.
De Kalb do do do do Daviess do do do do do do do
:.. 124 235 308 317 559 15 65 106 285 409 488 500 556
Union Star vVeatherby Parrott.. Osborn Clarksdale 'Vestern Star Pattonsburg Gallatin : Earl. Civil Bend 'Lock Spring Jameson Prairie
Union Star. W路eatherby. Maysville. Osborn. Clarksdale. 路Winston. Pattonsburg. 路..Gallatin. Coffeysburg. : Civil Bend. Lock Spring. Jameson. Bancroft.
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TENTH DISTRICT. Z. T. MARTIN, D. D. G. M., LATHROP.
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Location.
62 Vincil.. 113 Platt"3burg : 397 Gower 506 Lathrop : 519 Turney
Cameron. Plattsburg. Go\\'er. La.tbrop. Turney.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT. REUBEN BARNEY. D. D. G. :M., CHILLICOTHE.
Ca.ldwell do do do do do do
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224' 232 334 523 561
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Kingston Braymer Hamilton 1>010 Breckenridge .Kidder Cowgill.
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Braymer. Haniilton: Polo. ~. Breckenridge. Kidder. Cowgill.
89 Friendship 155 Spring Hill.. 170 Benevolence 333 Chillicothe
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Cbillicothe. Spring Hill. Utica. Ch illicothe. Farmersville. Wheeling. Avalon. Dawn.
T'WELFTH DISTRICT. ED. J. MAYBE!':. D. D. G. lVI., LACLEDE.
Linn.............................. do . do do do do : do
82 86 227 233 325
Jackson Brookfield Cypress Bucklin Dockcry 481 Marceline 510 Biswell
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Linneus. Brookfield. Laclede. Bucklin. Meadville. Marceline. Browning.
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THIRTEENTH DISTRICT. 'rHOS. A. STILL, D. D. G. )1., :MACON. No.
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228 305 415 537
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Uallao Bloomington McGee Ccnser La Plata Lodge of Truth Gavel... Kaseyville St. Andre'v's Shelbina Clarence Hunnewell.. Bethel..
Location.
Callao. ; Bevier. College Mound. Macon. La Plata. A tlanta. New Cambria. Kaseyville. Shelbyville. Shelbina. Clarence. Hunnewell. Bethel.
FOURTEENrrH DISTRICT. GEO. E. 1L路\ YHALL, D. D. G. M., NEW LONDON.
Marion........................... do do do Ralls......... do do Pike............... do do do do do do do
18 28 188 502 33 302 307 ]4 17 75 92 136 192 399 499
Palmyra , St. .1ohn's Hannibal.. Pbiladelphia R,alls Lick Creek : New London Cyrene Clarksville Ashley Perseverance Phomix Friwkford Pike Paynesville :
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Paris. Florida.
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Middle Grove. Monroe. Madison. Woodlawn. Granville. Santa Fe.
Huntsville Jacksonville : Gothic Milton Clifton Hill ; Morality Moberly Cairo , Higbee
Huntsville. Jacksonville. Moberly. ;.. Firth. Clifton Hill. Renick. ::vIoberly. Cairo. Higbee.
SIXTEEKTH DISTRICT. Z. T. LAMKIN, D. D. G. :M., FOREST GREEN.
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73 Emeka 74 "'arrcn 122 Triplett 202 \Vestville 208 Salisbury 394 Da.gan 513 Chariton 525 Cunningham MG Prairie Hill
SEVENTEENTH H.
Carroll do do do do do
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Brunswick. Keytesville. 'l'riplett. \Vestville. Salisbury. Mendon. Guthridge Mills. Sumner. Prairie Hill.
: :
DI~TRICT.
PETTI'!" D. D. G. )1., CARROLLTON.
路..
39 52 101 2lG
DcWitt Waka-nda Bogard Hale 249 . Carroll 373 Mandeville
De\Vitt. Carrollton. Bogard. Hale City. Norborne. ,.. Mandeville.
263
Appendix.
1895.J 8eventefmlh District Continued.] Oounty.
No.
Ray do do do do do do
57 309 322 338 384 393 444
Name of Lodge.
Richmond King Hiram Hardin Myrtle Harmony Bee Hive Ada
LocaUon.
Richmond. Knoxville. Hardin. Millville. Vibbard. Lawson. Orrick.
EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT. S. H. BLACK, D. D. G. )1., LIBERTY.
Clay.............................. do do do do do do do
13 31 49 193 207 289 311 438
Rising Sun Libcrty Haynesville Angerona Clay Acacia Kearney Temperance
Barry. Liberty. Holt. Missouri City. Excelsior Springs. Paradise. Kearney. Smithville.
NINETEENTH DISTRICT. A. J: COLMAN, D. D. G. l\f., PLATTE CITY.
Platte do do do do do do
53 120 169 204 339 355 504
路Weston C<;>mpass Camden Point Rowley Fidelity Adelphi... Platte City
Weston. Parkville. Camden Point. Dearborn.. Farley. Edgerton. Platte City.
TWENTIETH DISTRICT. VAN F. BOOR, D. D. G. M., KANSAS CITY.
Jackson.................. do do do ': do do
76 104 220 263 299 316
Indcpendence Heroine Kansas City Summit Temple Rural..
Independence. Kansas City. Kansas City. Lee's Summit. Kansas City. Kansas City. -
2t34 Twentieth District Continued.] County.
Jackson do do do do do do do do do
[Oct.
Append-ix.
:
No.
Name oj Lod.qe.
Lo(~ation.
324 McDonald 337 Blue Springs路 340 Westport. : 391 392 501
522 547 219
563
r~aytown
Christian Buckner Gate City South Gate Albert Pike york
;
Independence. Blue Springs. Westport. Raytown. Oak Grove. Buekner. Kansas City.. Kansas City. Kansas City. Kansas City.
TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT. C. L. FROST, D.
Lafayette........................ do . do do do do
6] 149
D. G.
)'l., ODESSA.
,V H,verly
'Vaverly. Lexi ngton. Higginsville. Corder. Au 11 ville. Odessa.
Lexington 364 Higginsville 137 Lafayette 464 Aullville 476 M.ount Hope
TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT. D. M. PINKERTON, D. D. G. 1\1.,
Saline............................ do do .. do do do do do do
BLACKBURN~
55 Arrow Rock 63 Cambridge 85 l\iiami.. 205 Trilumina 217 Barbee 275 Tranquility 487 Herndon 518 Oriental.. 560 Nelson
Arrow Hock. Slater. l\1:iami. Marshall. Sweet Springs. Orearville. Herndon. B1ackburn. Nelson.
T'VENTY-THIRD DISTRICT. A. L. ROSS, D. D. G. 1\1:., VERSAILLES.
Cooper........................... 36 Cooper do 14~ Pleasant Grove 277 'Vm. D. Muir do do 456 'Va.l1ace .do 503 Prairie HOllle
Boonville. Ottcrville. Pilot Grove. Bunceton. Prairie Home.
265
Appendix.
1895.J Twenty-third District Continned.J No. COlmty.
Name oj Lodge.
. 4 . Howard . 48 Fayette . 51 Livingston .. 70 Armstrong 117 Versai1les
Ho\vard do do do Morgan
Location.
Franklin. Fayette. Glasgow. :.. Armstrong. Vcrsailles.
T\VENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT. J. W. HULET'I', D. D. G. M., STURGEON
Boone........................... do do do do do do
59 67 114 156 174 336 356
Centralia Centralia. Rocheport ~ .. Rocheport. Twilight Columbia. Ashland Ashland. Sturgeon Sturgeon. Hallsville Hallsville. Ancient Landma~k Harrisburg.
TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT. A. S. HOUSTON, D. D. G.IVl., )fEXICO.
Audrain........... 81 Central do 115 Laddonia do 266 Social.. do 354 Hebron do 491 Vandalia do 544 Mexico Callaway :............ 8 \Villiamsburg 48 Fulton do do 60 New Bloomfieltl 154 Concord do do 242 Portland ~ 357 Aux Va:'lse do 425 Cedar City do
Rowt'na. Laddonia. Martinsburg. l\1exico. Vandalia. Mexico. \Villiamsburg. Fulton. New Bloomfield. Hatton. Readsville. :.. Aux Vasse. Cedar C~ty.
TvVENTY-SIX-TI-I DISTRICT. J. c.
Mont.gomery do do
BLAr~,
D. D. G. :M., WELLSVILLE.
178 Gris\vold 194 路Wellsville 246 Montgomery City
Price's Branch. 路Wcllsville. Montgomery City
266
Appendix.
Twenty-sixth DUlrict Continued.] County. No.
Montgomery................... do do do
250 261 457 492
[Oct.
Name oj Lodge.
Location.
High Hill.. Florence Jonesburg Daggett
High Hill. New Florence. J onesburg. Loutre Island.
• TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT. GEO. S. TOWNSEND, D. D. G. )L, TROY.
Lincoln.......................... do do do do do :: do
34 Troy 141 Chain of Rocks 199 New Hope 270 New Salem 428 Louisville 473 Nineveh 558 Moscow
Troy. Owen. ~ .. Elsberry. Argentville. Louisville. Olney. Moscow Mills.
TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. CHAS. J. WALKER, D. D. G. M., WENTZVILLE.
St. Charles..................... 46 \Ventzville do 241 Palestine do 260 Mechanicsville Warren.................... do
:
11 Pauldingville 231 Warrenton.. :
·Wentzville. St. Charles. Mechanicsville. \Vright City. \Varrenton.
TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT. J. F. McAFEE, D. D. G. 1\1., HOLDEN.
Pettis............................. 84 Potter 236 Sedalia do do 272 Granite
Longwood. Sedalia. Sedalia.
Benton do do
\Varsaw. Fairfield. Palo Pinto.
378 'Warsaw 184 Fairfield 418 Clear Creek
Appendix.
1895.J Twenty-ninth District Continued.] County. No.
Johnson do do do do do do
245 262 264 265 274 280 313
267
Name of Lodge.'
Location.
Knob Noster Holden Fayetteville Cori nthian Cold Spring Lodge of Peace Kingsville
Knob Noster. Holden. Fayetteville. Vvarrensburg. Henrietta. Chilhowee. Kingsville.
THIRTIETH DISTRICT. J. 'I'. SHORT, D. D. G. M., JEFFERSON CITY.
Cole.............................. 43 Jefferson do '90 Russell ville do ~ 211 Hickory Hill Miller do do do
~
Jefferson City.
Russellville. Hickory Hill.
134 Pleasant Mount. 203 Brnm ley
381
Olean. Brumley. Eldon. Iberia.
Ionia
410 Iberia
:
56 Tipton
Moniteau do do do
295 Moniteau 553 Clarksburg
Tipton. California. J amestown. Clarksburg.
185 Chamois
Chamois.
183 California
Osage
THIRTY-FIHST DISTRICT. JOHN W. PURVES, D. D. G. M., WASHINGTON.
Franklin........................ do '" do do do do
27 69 251 363 534 541
Gasconade do
123
Evergreen Sulli van Hope Fraternal.. Columbia Franklin
37 Cedar Hermann
,
New Haven. Sullivan. 'V'ashington. Robertsville. Pacitic. St. Clair. Owensville. Hermann.
268
[Oct. THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT. R. W. :Mc:MULLIK, D. D. G. lIf., HILLSBORO.
County..
Jeffersoll do do
!I路o.
Name of Lodge.
119 De Soto 164 Joachim 256 Shekinah
Washington................... 12 Tyro do 131 Potosi.. 143 Irondale de Ste. Genevieve
Location.
De Soto. Hillsboro. Festus. Caledonia. Potosi, Irondale.
226 Saline
St. Mary's.
THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT. HOWARD WA'l'SOX, D. D. G.
St. Louis Cit.y do do do do do do do do do do do (10
do do do do do do do do do do do do
1 2 3 9 20 25 40 79
121 163 179
218 243 267 282 323 353 360 路416 420 443 445 460 520 550
~L,
S'1'. LOUIS.
Missouri St. Louis. Meridian ~.St. Louis. BeaCOll. St. Louis. George ashington St. Louis. St. Louis : St. Louis. Naphtali.. St. Louis. Mount Moriah.. 路 St. Louis. Polar Star St. Louis. Erwin. St. Louis. Occidental ".St. Louis. Pride of the 路West.. St. Louis. Good Hope St. Louis. Keystone St. Louis. Aurora St. Louis. Cosmos St. Louis. Corner Stone St. Louis. Benton St. Louis .. Tuscan St. Louis. Cache , St. Louis. ltaska St. Louis. Anchor St. Louis. 'Vest Gate St. Louis. Lambskin St. Louis. Clifton Heigbts St. Louis. Rose Hill.. St. Louis.
"T
269
Appendix,
1895.J Thirty-third Di$lrict Continued.]
No.
Com~ty.
St. Louis County . do do do do ............. do
Name of Lodge.
Location.
45 Bonhomme 80 Bridgeton 95 Meramec 281 Fenton 484 Kirkwood 542 Ferguson
Manchester. Bridgeton. Eureka. Fenton. Kirkwood. Ferguson.
THIRTY-FOURTH DISTRICT. H. H. HOHENSCHILD, D. D. G. :M., ROLLA.
Crawford do Dent Maries do Phelps do do
77 312 225
94 : 531 ,
213
230 '
347
Lebanon Cuba Salen1 Vienna Lane's Prairie Rolla St. James Spring Creek
Steelville. Cuba. Salelll. Viel)na. Vichy. Rolla. St. James. Edgar Springs.
路
THIRTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.
J: M. DUNCAN, D. D. G. )1'., PLEASANT HILL. Cass do do do do do do do do do
54 Index
Garden City. Harrisonville. Freeman. Creighton. East Lynne. Dayton. Belton. Raymore. Pleasant Hill. Drexel.
147 Cass 276 Grand River 348 Wadesburg 372 Nonpareil 386 Dayton
./
450 Belton 451 Raymore 480路 Jewel.. 485 Coldwater
THIRTY-SIXTH DISTRICT. W. F. TYGARD, D. D. G. M.. , RICH HILL.
Bates do do do
130 I-IUJl1e 140 Papinville 254 Butler 315 Altona
Hulne. :.. Papinville. : Butler. Altona.
[Oct.
Appendix.
270 Thirty-sixth [Ji.stl"ict Continued.] County.
No.
Bates do do do do
326 350 368 479 554
Name oj Lodge.
Location.
New Home Tyrian Crescent Hill.. Rich HilL Foster
Sprague. Johnstown. Adrian. Rich Hill. Foster.
THIRTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT. ALVIN HAYNIE, D. D. G. M., CLINTON.
Henry. do do do do do do do St. Clair do do do do
29 286 343 408 548 552 557 562 273 342 403 412 419
:
:
~
路Windsor Urich Agricola Montrose Clil1ton Calhoun Blairstown Deepwater St. Clair Circle Lowry City Appleton.City Star
路Windsor. Urich. Petersburg. Montrose. Clinton. Calhoull. Blairstown. Deepwater. Osceola. Roscoe. Lowry City. Appleton City. Taberville.
THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. JOHN W. FARRIS, D. D. G. M., LEBANON.
Camden........................ 152 Linn Creek do 433 Mack's Creek
Linn Creek. Mack's Creek.
Laclede.......................... do do Pulaski do do
Lebanon. Competition. COll\Vay. Dixon.. Waynesville. Richland. ,
83 432 528 346 375 382
Laclede Competition COll\Vay Arlington Waynesville Richland
.'
THIRT.Y-NINTH DISTRICT.. JOHN D. ABBE, D. D. G. :M., BOLIVAR.
Dallas do do 'do
:
300 361 :. 396 421
Doric Riddick 'Western Ligbt Urbana
Forkner's Hill. Buffalo. Louisburg. U rbana.
Thirty-ninth District Continned.] County. No.
Hickory.......... do Polk do do do do
271
Appendix.
1895.J
Name of Lodge.
Location.
279 Hogle's Creek '288 Hermitage 144 Modern 160 Pleasant 195 Bolivar 431 Cement 467 Pleasant Hope
~ .. :
Quincy. Hermitage. R umansville. Morrisville. Bolivar. Half'Vay.. Pleasant Hope.
:
FORTIETH DISTRICT. SEYMOUR HOYT, D. D. G. M., GREENFIELD.
Cedar do Dade.............................. do do do do do
283 Stockton 482 Clintonville
Stockton. Eldorado Springs. Greenfield. Arcola. Everton. Lockwood. Greenfield. Dadeville.
87 'Washington 359 Garrett 405 Everton 421 Lockwood ~
446 Greenfield MelvnIe
458
FORl'Y-FI aST DhTRICT. W. V. HAY, D. D. G. M., LAMAR.
Vernon do do do do do do Barton .. : do do do
303 Osage 371 Sheldon 488 Sch811 City 490 Montevallo 493 Vernon 533 \-Valker 495 -Unity 187 Hermon 292 Lalllar 475 Golden 516 Mi)ford
~
:
~
Nevada. Sheldon. Schell City. Montevallo. Bronaugh. Walker. Richards. Liberal. Lalnar. Golden City. Milford.
FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT. HARMON CLINE, D. D. G. M., JOPLIN.
Jasper do
197 Carthage.; 278' Avilla
Carthage. A villa.
272
Appendi:Go
Forty-second Dis/riel COntimled.] County. No.
Jasper do do do do do do do
[Oct.
Name oj Lodge.
293 Sarcoxie 路335 Joplin 345 . Fellowship 398 ,Tasper 401 Carterville 471 .MineraL 512 Webb City 549 Carl Junction
Location.
:
Sarcoxie. ,Toplin. Joplin. ,Tasper. Carterville. Oronogo. Webb City. Carl Junction.
FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT. H. E. NEARING, 1;). D. G. M., SPRINGPIELD.
Greene do do do do do <10 do do do do Webster do do do do
i)
7
145 271
297
;r
341
422 435 436
449 497 :.....
98 439' 459
477 529
United : Spdngfield. O'Sullivan :'rValnut Grove. Rising Star Ebenezer. Solomon Springfield. Ozark J;'air Grove. Relief. Republic. Gate of the Temple Springfield. St. Nicholas Willard. Ash Grove Ash Grove. Bois D'Arc Bois D'Arc. Strafford Strafford. "\Vebster l\1arshfield. Mount Olive Marshfield. IIazelwood Seymour. Hcnderson Henderson. Niangua Niangua.
FORTY-FOURTH DISTRICT. E. C. STEELF" D. D. G. 1\1., IIARTVILLE.
Douglas do Texas do do do . do Wright do do
;......
26 182 116 177
39.5 469 555 :.. 158 411' 543
Ava Pilot Knob Barnes Texas Latimer Plato Summerville Monntain Grove: .J oppa.: Mansfield:
Ava. HichvifIe. Cabool. J1ouston. Licking.. Plato. Summerville. Mountain Grove. Hartville. Mansfield.
273
Appendix.
1895.J
FORTY-FIFTH DISTRICT. T. W. CO'l'TON, D. D. G. :M., VAN BUREN.
County.
No. ~ ...
Carter Reynolds: do do Shannon do
~
509 239 385 455 430 137
Name oj Lodge.
Location.
Van Buren Hopewell Reynolds Barnesville 'Winona Delphian
Van Buren. Lesterville. Centreville. Logan's Creek. Winona. Birch Tree.
FORTY-SIXTH DISTRICT. JOHN MARSHALL, D. D. G. M., BONNE TERRE.
Iron do Madison St. Francois.................... 0.0 do do do do
133 351 110 41 132 234 424 535 551
Star of the \Yest Mosaic Marcus Bismarck Farmington St. F.!ancois Samaritan Blackwell Pendleton
lronton. Belleview. Fredericktown. Bismarck. Farmington. Libertyville. Bonne Terre. Blackwell. Doe Run.
FORTY~SEVENTH DISTRICT.
F. A. KAGE, D. D. G. 1\1., CAPE GIRARDEAU.
Bollinger do do ~ , do do Cape Girardeau do do do do Perry
298 417 426 440 545 93 103 191
Marble Hill Trowel.. White \Yater Sedgewickville Zalma St. Marks West View \Yilson : 221 Mystic Tie 44] Excelsior
:
Marble Hill. Lutesville. Latlin. Sedgewickville. Bollinger's Mill. Cape Girardeau. Millersville. Pocahontas. Oak Ridge. J ackson.
;
.
FORTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. JAS. A. BOONE, D. D. G. M., CHARLESTON.
Mississippi do G. L. Ap.-IO.
330 Bertrand '407 Charleston
:.Bertrand. Charleston.
Appendix.
274 Forty-eighth District C禄ntinued.]
County.
Scott do Stoddard
No.
[Oct.
Name of Lodge.
Location.
Com~erce. Sikeston, Bloomfield. :.Lakeville. Dexter.
306 Ashlar 310 Sikeston
153 Bloomfield 489 Lakeville 532 Dexter
do
do
:
FORTY-NINTH DISTRICT. WILTON O'BANNON, D. D. G. M., NEW MADRID.
Dunklin............... do do do do New Madrid do do Pemiscot no .'
,I
68 212 215 406 495 166 176 429 454 461
Kennett Fou~ Mile Hornersville Malden 'Vest Prairie Portageville Point Pleasant New Madrid Cecil Caruthersville
Kennett. Campbell. Cotton Plant. Malden. Clarkton. Portageville. Point Pleasant. New Madrid. Cottollwood Point. Caruthersville.
FIFTIETH DISTRICT.
i:
J. L. DALTON, D. D. G. 11:1., POPLAR BLUFF.
Butler........................... Ri plcy . do : 路do Wayne : do I
Poplar Bluff Faithful Pine Composite 107 Williamsville 526 Wayne
Poplar Bluff. Fair Dealing. Pine. Doniphan. Williamsville. Piedmont.
209
304 314 369
FIFTY-FIRST DISTRICT. GEO. E. MATTHEWS, D. D. G. M., WEST PLAINS.
Howell do Oregon do do do Ozark do
Mt. Zion 536 Ingomar 255 Alton 374 Wilderness 387 Woodside 463 Clifton 365' Bayou 496 Robert Burns 327
: .
:
;
1Vest Plains. Willow S:rrings. Alton. 'Vilderness. Thomasville. Thayer. Bakersfield. Gainesville.
275
Appendix.
1895.J
FIFTY-SECOND DISTRICT. T. L. ROBERTSON.' D. D. G. M., OZARK.
No.
County.
Christian do do
'"
Taney do
Name of Lodge.
Locatwn.
296 Sparta 352 Friend 379 Billings
Sparta. Ozark. Billings.
229 Claflin 453 Forsyth
Protem. Forsyth.
FIFTY-THIRD DISTRICT. 1\1. T. DA VIS, D. D. G. M., AURORA.
Barry do do do do do
129 148 367 383 514 517
Monett Purdy Barry Pythagoras Exeter Seligman
Lawrence....................... do do do do do do
99 269 284 390 400 452 468
l\ft. Vernon
Stone
515 Galena
-
Monett. Purdy. Washburn. Cassville. Exeter. Seligman. Mt. Vernon. Lawrenceburg. Aurora. Marionville. Peirce City. Verona. Red Oak.
Rock Prairie Canopy Marionville Decatur Verona 'Red Oak
Galcna.
FIFTY-FOURTH DISTRICT. J. M. RITCHEY, D. D. G. M., RITCHEY.
McDonald do do Newton do do do
:173 Powell.. 466 Southwest 538 Stella 175 247 478 530
Ncwton Neosho Racine..路 Ritcbey
PowelL Southwest City. Stella. :
Newtonia. Neosho. Seneca. Ritchey.
Appendix.
276
[Oct.
COMMIT1'EE ON CREDENTIALS.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., October 17, 1895. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of MissOU1"i, A. F.
&';
A. M.:
Your Committee on Credentials respectfully report that there路 are represented at this session of the Grand Lodge, 201 Chartered Lodges, and that there are also enrolled 50 Past Masters of this Grand J urisdiction, 18 Grand Officers, 14 Past Grand Masters, 8 Representatives of other Grand Lodges, and 15 District Deputy Grand Masters. [Those marked with an asterisk (*) are proxies.] Lodge.
MISSOURI
MERIDIAN BEACON UNITED WILLIAMSBURG . GEO. WASHINGTON AGENCY TyRO CYRENE CLAR~SVILLE
EVERGREEN WINDSOR JoJIBERTY RALLs TRoy
No.
: . . . . . . . .. . . /' . .. .
Rep1路esentative. 1 B. F. Wallis, W. l\L \V. H. Hofmeister, S. W. Geo. M. Spalding, J. W. 2 H. Lemm, Vv. M. F. Boehning, J. \V. 3 Alfred J. Piatt, J. \V. 5 H. E. Nearing, S. "V. 8 W. N. Peters, 'V. 1\L 9 Lee A. Hall, 'V. M.* Jno. Greenough, S. W.* 10 W. E. Goins, VV. 1\'1. 12 Geo. C. Loomis,- 'V. M. 14 D. E. S. Taylor, W. M.* 17 E. N. Moody, W. M. 27 Edward Heichard, \V. M. 29 G. B. Sturgis, W. M. 31 C. S. Murray, W. M. 33 Wm. C. Splawn, W. M' Henry Shulse, S. 路W.* 34 Henry Haverkamp, W. ~1. Geo. S. Townsend, J. VV.*
Rep1'esentaUve.
Dodge. COOPER ~ •.......................•... No. CALLAO............................. MT. MORIAH
BISMARCK
.
JEFFERSON •••..••••....•.....•....
J ACKSONVII.JLE
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WENTZVILLE ................••... FAYETTE
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FULTON \VAKAN1)A
. ,
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'VESTON
.
ARROW ROCK .•...•..••••.•...•.•. CENTRALIA
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NEW BLOO)IFIELD ....•••••..•••. GRANT CITy
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WARREN ,
ST.
.
J OSEI'H
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LACLEDE
.
BROOKFIELD ...••..•.••......•••••• WASHINGTON..................... ' FRIENDSHIP
.:.,..•••••••••••.
RUSSELLVILLE
.
1\iERAlIIEC
.
BETHANy
.
BLOOMINGTON ..•••......•.••.•.•• HEROINE KIRKSVILLE T"'ILIGHT LADDONIA
277
Appendix.
1895.J
. '
.. : ••• .
VERSAILLES
.
COMPASS
.
ER'VIN
.
SEAMAN
.
36 C. H. Briggs, "V. M. 38 ·W. ·A. Mathis, ~T. M. 40 '''1m. A. Hall, 'V. M. Carl Philips, S. W. J. H. Gundlach, J. W. 41 Chas. W" Loomis, vV. M. 43 'V. H. Gnndelfinger, 'V. M. G. C. Ramsey, S. \"1. G. A. Fischer, J. W. 44 J. 'V. Coulter, W. M. 46 G. C. Lovell, W. M. 47 S. B. Cunningham, W. M. 4~ J. R. Penn, W. M. 52 O. T. 'Velch, W. M.* 53 A. H. O'Dowd, W. M.* A. F. 'Valruff, J. 'Y.* 55 W. B. Fitzgerald, \V. M. 59 John W. Bryson, W. M.* 60 J. S. Guthrie, S. W.' B. F. Childs, J. 'V. 66 K O. Sayle, W. M.* 74 Ed. T. Miller, W. 1\1:. 78 B. F. 'Vatson, 'V. M. 83 Fred. J. Demuth, W. M. 86 H. F. Turner, W. 1\'1. J. F. Turner, S. W.* 87 W. R. Bowles, W. M.* 89 J. E. Pardonner, W. M.* 90 "V. C. Hatler, ·W. M.* 95 Geo. Scholl, W. M.* 97 T. A. Dunn, 'V. M. 102 'V. P. Rowland, 'V. M. 104 E. F. Allen, 'V. M.* .T. F. Varcoe, S. W. 105 Robert Clark, W. 1\1.* 114 Joseph Bauman, \\T. 1\'1.* 115 F. L. Covey, W. M. * 117 A. 1,. Ross, S. "V. 120 H. C. Noland, W. M. 121 George J. Berne, W. M.* Wm. Krenning, S. W. Herman Elsner, .T. 'V. 126 D. M. Wilson, W. M.*
278
[Oct.
Appendix. Lodge.
Rep1·esentative'.
No. 127 Chas. E. Reid, W. M. T. M. Humphrey, S. 'V.>!' PLEASANT MOUNT............... 134 S. B. Johnston, S. W. CHAIN OF ROCKS..... ••• 141 A. K. Baltezor, ""V. M. IRONDALE 143 R. F. Hobbs, S. W. MODERN 'f. 144 S. J. George, S. W.* MCGEE.............................. 146 H. M. Hardester, W. lVI. CASS................................. 147 W. S. Byram, J. W. BIRMING :. 150 D. L. :McDaniel, W. M. J as. S. Burris, S. 'V. * LINN CREEK...... 152 Owen A. Nelson, W: M.* John M. Farmer, S. W. ASHLAND........................... 156 EliPenter, W. M. MOUNTAIN GROVE............... 158 J. H. Livingston, W. M. OCCIDENTAL....... 163 W. R. Stubblefield. W. M.* F. H. Bacon, J. W. REVERE......... 167 L. M. Dawson, W. M. CENSER 172 J. L. Martin, W. M.* STURGEON 174 J. W. Hulett, W. M. GRISWOLD.................. 178 F. P. Wyatt, W. M. PRIDE OF THE "T F..8T............ 179 W. C. Mardorf, J. W. DF..8 MOINES...................... 180 1. J. Wilson, S. W.* CALIFORNIA....................... 183 C. A. Burkhardt, S. W. * CHAMOIS :....... 185 Henry Ernstmeyer, 'V. 1\1:. Morris Popper, S. W. MORALITY...... 186 L. H. Littrel, W. M. HANNIBAL......................... 188 D. H. Roderick, W. M. W ELr..sVILLE ........•. 194 J. C. Blaine, W. M. BOLIVAR............... 195 W. B. Dunnegan, W. M. CARTHAGE......................... 197 Geo. C. Howenstein, W. M.* NEW HOPE.. 199 C. C. Easton, S. W. SONORA............................ 200 Malcom McKillop, W. M.* RAVENWOOD........ 201 F. A. Orr, W. M.. TRILUl\lINA........................ 205 John R. Sparks, W. M. John J. Dawes, J. W.* SALISBURy.... 208 S. F. Tram:mell, W. M. POPLAR BLUFF................... 209 A. J. Bucklew, W. M. UNIONVILLE....................... 210 T. B. Valentine, J. W. ROLLA.............................. 213 Henry Wood, W. M. GOOD HOPE........................ 218 John P. Marshall, W. 1\1. F. W. Mott, S. W·. KANSAS CITy..................... 220 W. G. Liggett, M. P. C. Palmer, S. W. ATHENS
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Appendix.
1895.J Lodge. LABELLE
No.
SALEM WEATHERBy......... SEDALIA............................ lOlA PLATA
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PORTLAND
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KEySTONE
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KNOB NOSTER
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CA~ROLL
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HOPE
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ALANTHUS
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lJINDLEY
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BUTLER
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MECHA NICSVILLE
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HOLDEN
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CORINTHIAN
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SOCIAL
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AURORA
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LoDGE OF TRUTH
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NE\V SALEM
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SOLOllfON
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GRANITE
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GRA ND RIVER WIlL
D.
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MUIR
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LODGE OF PEACE COSMOS
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CANOPy
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HERMITAGE FAIRMOUNT EDINA
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Representative. A. Fisber, 'V. M.* W. J. Jones, W. M. A. E. Harper, S. 'V. B.:H. Ingram, W. M.* G. L. Faulhaber, S. W.* .237 R. Gillaspy, W. M.* 242. H. R. Gilbert, W. M. J. R. Gilman, S. 'V.* 243 Wm. Richardson, W. M.* George Milford, S. W.* 245 Ira Mahin, W. M.* A. B. Swope, S. W.* 249 D. P. Stroup, W. M. 251 John Isbell, W. M. 252 H. W. Chunnell, vV. M. 253 Ben. F. Wood, W. M. 254 O. D. Austin, W. M.* Rudolph R. Talbott, J. W. 260 F. L. Audrain, W. M. 262 M. Morrison, W. M. 265 Chas. A. Shepard, W. M. Frank B. Fulkerson, S. W. 266 N. M. Friedman, W. M. 267 A. L..'Pollard, W. M. John A. Wright, S. VV.* 268 A. C. Goodding, W. M. 270 A. M. Brimm, W. M. T. J. Downing, S. W. A. ,V. Thomasson, J. W. 271 .Albert A. Marzetti, W. 1\1:. 272 George Lord, 'V. 1\1:. 276 F. E. Bybee, W. M.* O. A. Carpenter, S. W. 277 John T. Steele, W. M. 280 R. 1. Stone, 'V. M.* J. A. Little, J. W.ol(路 282 . Jolin Ramming, 'V. M. Thomas Furlong, S. W. C. Myers, J. W.* 284 M. T. Davis, 'V. M.* 288 J. H. Childers, W. M. 290 R. L. Guseman, S. W. 291 H. C. Davis, J. W.
222 225 235 236
279
Appendix.
280 Lodge.
TEMPLE.............................
292 295 299
LICK CREEK........ :..............
302
OSAGE
303 305· 306 307' 313 316
LAMAR
No.
MONITEAU
CLARENCE ASHLAR NEW LONDON..................... KINGSVrr~LE .... :..................
RURAL...............................
320 321 322 323
AMAZONIA JONATHAN HARDIN............................. CORNER STONE...... ;.............
324 327
McDoNALD........................ MT. ZION
,
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CHARITy...... CHILLICOTHE
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JOPLIN.............................. HALLSVILLE....................... l<"IDELITY
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WESTPORT........ MOBERLy........................... FELLOWSHIP....................... BENTON HEBRON
:.......... :.
331 333 335 336 339 340 344 345 353 354
TUSCAN
360
HIRAM..............................
36~
ADAIR..............................
366
[Oct.
Representative. W. M. A. J. Wilson, W. M. H. H. Getman, ","T. M. 1. P. Ryland, S. W. John C. Yocum, J. W.* W. E. Martin, W. M. N. H. Barr, J. W.* R. L. Wardin, S. W. Joe J. Pritchett, S. W. G. C. Rose, W. M.* Geo. E. Mayhall, W. M.-x· George U. Bennett, S. \V. J as. C. Riggs, W. M. V. F. Boor, S. W.* E. H. Phelps, J. \V.* P. C. Breit, J. W.* vt[. T. Aylesbury, S. W. J. 1. Carter, W. M. Wm ..T. Newman, W. M. L. L. Lippmann, S. \V.* Wm. Dischert, J. W. G. C. Stewart, W. M. Geo. E. Matthews, \V. M. W. J. Zorn, S. W.7.· O. H. P. Catron, J. \V.* A. M. Worden, W. M.' Robt. T. Penick, J. \V.* R. Barney, Jr., W. M. ~ Harmon Cline, \V. M.7.· W. A. Skelton, S. W. R. F. HUlett, W. M. Alex. Ireland, W. M.* G. H. Donaldson, S. W.* J. R. Kirk, J. W. J. \V. Barnett, W. M.* .J. S. Reynolds, W. M. Leander Sto~e, W. M.* A. S. Houston, W. M.* Fred ""Y. Panhorst, S. \V. H. H. Roberts, W. M. Fred A. Smith, S. W.* J. R. Bridges, W. M. J. M. Long, W. M.*
J. A.
Cox,
281
Appendix.
1895.J
Representative.
Lodge. CRESCENT HILL No. WILLIAMSTO"'N................... KING HILL '... IONIA........... CIIRISTIA'N LATI)IER...... PIKE
~.....
CARTERVI.LLE CHARLESTON....................... MONTROSE............. ....... ..... JOPPA............................... HUNNEWELL....................... CACHE.............................. STAR ITASKA .:...........................
GATE OF THE TEMPLE.......... . SA~1ARITAN ........ ~:.............. CEDAR CITy........................ NEW MADRID..................... WINONA.. ;......................... MT. OLIVE.... WEST GATE........................ GREENFIELD BELTON路............................. RAYMORE.. BARNESVILLE LAMBSKIN............. SANTA FE CLIFTON AULLVILLE......................... PLATO NODAWAy......................... MT. HOPE.......................... CLINTONVILLE COLDWATER
368 A. J. Satterlee, 'V. M. 370 J. O. Lee, ,V. M. 376 S. B. Utz, W. M. 381 VV. J. Tipton, S. W. 392 C. B. Shrock, W. M. E. E. Perry, S. VV. 395 T. N. Bradford, W. 1\'1:.* 399 F. A. Bratcher, W. M.* Asa A. Bratcher, S. W. S. T. Atkinson, J. W. 401 F. M. Thornton, W. M.路 407 Vi. T. Marshall, S. W. 408 A.J. Barker, W. M. 4L1 E. C. Steele, W. M.* 415 Wm. James, W. M. 416 J. E. Gaskill, S. W. 419 A. K. Rogers, 'V. M. 420 A. Fuhrmann, W. M. C. E. White, S. W. C. H. Hoffmann, J. W. 422 T. G. Goldsmith, S. W. 424 John Marshall, VV. M.* 425 R. S. Hodges, W. M. C. L. Cook, S.路'Y. 429 Welton O'Bannon, W. M.* 430 Geo. W. Collins, J. 'V: 439 W. R. Brooks, W. M. 1. O. Dameron, J. W:'k 445 Thomas Brown, W. M.* Jos. H. Kelley, S. W.* 446 F. Grether, VV. M. 450 J. T. Willis, S. W. 451 W. N. Evans, W. M. 455 . A. J. Newton, 'V. M. 460 R. C. T. Schroeder, ",V. M.* 462 J. D. Bates, W. M. 463 R. A. Johnson, W. M. 464 B. R. Barnes, W. M .. 469 R. B. Lynch, W.l\'L-l<' 470 Ira V. McMillan, W. M.* 476 E. F. Blake, W. M. 482 G. J. Sherman, S. W. 485 W. M. Ryle, W. M.
..
282
Appendix. Lodge.
No. 491 DAGGETT........................... 492 PRAIRIE HOME...... 503 PLATTE CITy.................... 504 AVALON 505 I.JATHROP........................... 506 SAXTON 508 V AN BUREN....................... 509 WEBB CITy........................ 512 ORIENTAL........................... 518 CLIFTON HEIGHTS............... 520 GATE CITy......................... 522 WAYNE 526 RITCHEy.......... 530 INGOMAR............................ 536 BJ<~TI-IEL........ 537 VANDALIA
'.....
544
SOUTH GATE....................... CLINTON............................
546 547 548
ROSE HILL.........
550
MEXICO PRAIRIE HILL.
PENDLETON
,........
SUM:\1ERVILLE..................... NELSO~
:............
551 555 560
[Oct.
Representative. S. W. ~arris, W. M. S. J. Burch, W. 1\1. B. F. D. Carlos, W. M. Campbell Wells, ,V. M. ' J. W. Howard, W. M. J. O. Dougherty, S. W. D. C. Ewing, W. M."'· Tolman W. 'Cotton, W. M. ,V. S. Chinn, W. 1\1.* W. W. Sweeney, W. M. J. W. Ferguson, S. W. G. V\T. Lilly, W. M.* Lee W. Cotton, W. M. J. M. Ritchey, W. M. S. A. Jones, W. M. J. E. Wilson, W·. M. D. A. McMillan, W. M. C. O. Houston, W. M.* Leon Thalman, VI. M. W. M. Shanklin, W. M. C. A. Mitchell, J. W. W. H. Hawken, W.~. M. VI. H. Thompson, S. W:* W. J. Marshall, J. W. J. C. Welch, ·W. M. Louis Richardson, S. W. 'V. E. McMahan, J. W.*
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS.
J. B. Thomas, Grand MMter. A. M. Hough, Deputy Grand Master. D. A. Jamison, Grand Seniar Wm·den. F. J. Tygard, G1'and Junior Wa7·den. John D. Vincil, Grand Secretary. Allan McDowell, Grand Lectu1·er. John W. Robinson, Gmnd Chaplain. C. H. Briggs, Grand Chaplain. E. F. Allen, Grand SenilJT Deacon.
George E. Mayhall, Grand Junior Deacon. C. S. Glaspell, Grand Marshal. Wm. ~ichardson, Gmnd Marshal. Campbell Wells, Grand Senior Steward. M. T. Davis, G1'and Junior Stewu7·d. A. Fisher, Gmnd Pttrsui'Vant. A. L.. Ross, Grand Orator. W. M. Treloar, Grand Orator. John W. Owens, Gmnd Tiler.
283
Appendix.
1895.J
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
Welton O'Bannon, Eighteenth District. A. Fisher, Second District. A. J. Colman, Eleventh District. Fred. W. Laker, Thirty-first District. J. M. Austin, Twelfth District. A. C. Hopkins, Thirteenth District. H. H. Hohenschild, Twentieth District. M. T. Davis, Thirtieth District.
Alvin Haynie, Twenty-third District. V. F. Boor, Twenty-fifth District. J. C. Finagin, Fifteenth District. Geo. E. Mayhall, Third District. W. M. Treloar, Sixth District. Reuben Barney, Ninth District. J. '1'. Short, Twenty-second District.
P AS'!' GRAND OFFICERS. PAST GRAND lIIASTERS.
Lee A. Hall, St. Louis. Robt. F. Stevenson, Kansas City. W. M. Williams, Boonville. B. H. Ingram, Sedalia. Rufus E. Anderson, Hannibal. Noah M. Givan, Harrisonville. Theodore Drace, J efIerson City.
John D. Vincil, St. Louis. C. C. Woods, Neosho. .T. R. Parson, St. Louis. Harry Keene, St. Joseph. A. M. Dockery, Gallatin, Jos. S. Browne, St.•Toseph. W. R. Stubblefield, St. Louis.
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
D. A. Jamison, North Dakota. Robt. E. Collins, Arizona. John R. Parson, Idaho. B. H. Ingram, Utah.
W. F. Kuhn, Kansas. Stephen Chapman, Washington. E. II. Phelps, Maryland. John D. Vi.ncil, Virginia. PAST MASTERS.
Name. "'m. H. lIfa~·o .. " Henry Lihou J. L. Thorpe A. P. Grimshaw \V. S. Brothertoll J. T. Short N. Grieshammer Jesse \V. Henry S. N. Kerr R. H. Short E. R. Durham J. A. \Vickhaln A. A. Lesueur
~~e~~F;::~~.~.~.·:::
J. H. Bethune M. Leftwich
Sol. E. \Vaggoner R. E. Collins H. E. Blakenlan
Lodge. Missouri George Washington. Jefferson............. Jefferson................... Jefferson.. Jefferson.. Jefferson : ·. Jefferson Independence Russellville.......... Betbany Gallatin : Lexington
;
No. 1 9 43 13 43 43 43 43 76 90 97 106 149
·.·.· ··.·: : : : : ~~~~~:~~~~::::::::::.::::::: :::::..::::::::::::::~~: . :::::::: ::::::::: ~~~ Occidental Occidental. Occidental. Occidental. California
163 163 163 163 183
Appendix.
284 Name.
Leslie Orear Jas. A. Gordon 1. D. Bond H. II. Hohenscbild Jas. H. Toppaz L. Tribbe Geo. S. Meenach 'Vm. Sessinghaus Jas. T. Neville O. H. Travers Eden Reed John Nolde
"v.
~~ ~'. ~:~~:~l~~·d·:.·.·.·.· A. C. Robinson \V. Vi. Warren B. F. Nelson \V. H. Goad Leonard \Venzel.. Jacob Lampert J. \V. Snider John LeRo)' John B. Jones...':· W. H. Lane Jeremiah Rose A. J. Colman J. H. Chinn C. W. Banks Howard ·Natsoll A. r. Franse
:.."
:
Trilumina 'Trilunlina Hickory HilL Rolla Hale Cit.y Aurora Aurora Aurora SOI0l110n Solomon St. Louis...... Cosnlos
[Oct. Lodge.
Nl>.
:
205 205 ~
:
; : ..
211 213 216 267 267 267 271 271 282 2-82
::::::::::::: ~~;~~~~~k·: ·.·.·.·. ·.· · ·.:·.·.· ····~ :::::..::::::::::.:::::::::::::: :; Corner-Stone 323 Circle 342 Tuscan.. .. 360 Star.. 419 Itaska....................................................................... 420 Itaska 420 Belton 450 Lambskin 460 Aullvifle 4G4 Coldwater 485 Vandalia 491 Platte City 504 Platte City ·504 Oriental 518 Rose Hill 550 Clarksburg : 553
Fraternally submitted,
H. A. GASS, E. R. DURHAJ\1., G. L. FAULHABER, ED. T. OREAR, WM. SESSINGHAUS, Committee.
Appendix.
1895.J
285
RECAPITULATION OF
GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATElVIENT. Chartered Lodges on the Rolls, October, 1894.0.......................................... 559 Ceased to exist during 1894-95 00.......................... 2 Chartered October 1895... Total Chartered Lodges now on the rolls, 1895
557
6
;.......
563
Total Lodges represented in 1895............... IIIElIIBEUSHIP
201 RETUR~S.
Initiated .Passed Raised Admitted... Reinstated Dhnitted Suspended for unmasonic conduct........................... Suspended for non-payment of dues...... Expelled............................................................ Died
1,324
1,259 \ 1,286 895 237 8i1
30 823 53 413 2,190
Gain 1'I:fembers reported.......... Mem"bers estimated
: .
2,418 2,190 ,... 228 29,968 760
Total
30,728
There are twenty-one non-reporting Lodges. 'fhese returned last year 760 memo bers. Estimating their membership at the same figures, the total number of Masons in the 563 Lodges will amount to 30,728. It will be seen that the initiations, passings, raisings llnd afliliations fell belolV last year, whilc the losses from all causes exceeded the decrease of 1894. Suspension for non-payment of dues has been un;lsually large during the past 1\1asonic term. Lodges being required to pay one dollar per capita, have reached the sensible conclusion that non-paying members are as unprofitable to the Lodge as they are useless to Masonry . Hence the weeding out process has been employed so largely. The number of non-reporting and non-paying Lodges is provokingly large this year. The Grand Lodge is thus deprived of a large sum of money. These delinquent Lodges overlook the fact that they are violating the law of the Grand Lodge, which they solemnly promised to "stand to and abide by," and are also withholding from the Masonic Home the funds due that institution. The Grand Lodge having adopted a pay-roll, delinquent Lodges in future will "not be in it." They mllst payor not eat. All sueh should be denied representation in the Grand Lodge, in addition to exclusion from the benefi ts of mileage and per diem. JOHN D. VINCIL, Grand Secretary.
INDEX. A Allnual Meeting 3 " " Openillg 4 " " Closing 96 " " 1896 99 " Address 4-12 Address of Grand Master Referred to Comnlittee ~ 4 " " " Report of Committee on 26 Affleck, F. A., D. 路D. G. M., Death of, announced 12 " ":Menlorial Tablet to 103 Appeals, Report of Committee on 61-70 Accounts, Report' of Committee on 17 " Committee on, Authorized : 93 " '" "Appointed 95 Addresses of Grand Secretaries App. 178, 179 8, 94, 95 Appointments Annual Election 92 Annual Communication 1896, Time of 99 Amendment to By-Laws .41, 76,81, 83 " Proposed 98 " Constitutional 18, 20 " "Report on 30 11 Alberty, John Addendum 97
,B Ballot re-opelled 20 Board of Directors of "Home," Report of President and Officers 45-59 Billon, Fred. L., Past Dep. Grand Master, Obituary Notice..100 " " " " "Memorial Tablet..105
,',
288
Index.
Board of Visitors-Masonic Home ¡ Boards of Relief, Reports of " "Report of Comlnittee on Begging Letters ~
[Oct. 79 13-16 78, 79 8, 61
o Caddo Lodge VB. "\Vallace Lodge 10 Credentials, Conunittee ' 4 " '" Report of. App. 276 Charity, Report of Committee.., 80 Charters Granted, 1895 60 " • Issued, 1894 19 " Arrested 8, 19, 20, 73 " . Surrendered 21 . Chartered Lodges, Report of Committee on 71-73 Corner-Stones ; 10, 20 Craft, State of 7, 18 . Committees Appointed : 18, 29, 86 95 Colnnlittees, Standing, Chairnlen of Correspondence, Report on, Presented 28 ,,' "" : App.1-177 .Commissions issued 8, 19 " revoked 8 61 Communication from Grand Treasurer Comlnunications from other Orand Lodges 8, 16 Colorado, Grand Lodge of, COlnmunication from 8 " " COilllnittee Appointed on 29 " " Report of 80 Canton }")roperty 11
D Decisions of Grand Master Dispensations, Special, Granted " Lodges Under, Report on " Refused
9, 10 5, 6, 19 60 6
1895.J
Index.
289
D. D. Grand :Masters, Report of Committee on : 74 " " "Reports of.. ........ 7, 17; App. 233-253 Districts and District Deputy Grand Masters App.256-275 Deaths, List of:.· App. 212-215 Dead Lodges, List of.. App. 226-232 Defunct I..Iodges 19 Directors of Home, Elected 60 District Deputy Grand Masters Appointed 8 Duplicate Charters : 9, 19
E Employment Bur€au Exelnpl~fication of Work Election of Grand Officers Expulsions Reported : Exchange '"
12 44 92 App. 223 21
F Financial Report 21-25, 97 " ,.rables · App. 198-211 Foreign Correspondence, Report on, Presented 28 " " "" App. 1-177 }1""'raternal Relations 5 : 12, 92 " Dead ·
G Grand Lodge " " " " " " " " .,,, ""
Opened Closed By-Laws Returns Representatives Appointed " List of " Present.
4 96 41, 76, 81,83 18, 71,72 8, 19 App. 180-183 App. 283
290
index.
[Oct.
Grand Master's Address .4-12 " " " Report on........... . 26 " Secretary's Report ·.. 18-22 Recapitulation 22; App.285 " " Statement :.. App. 184-211 ." Secretaries, List of App. 178, 179 " Treasurer, Report of 23-25 " "Excuse for Absence of.. H1 " "Installation of, Authorized 96 " Lecturer's Report ~ 86-91 " Officers Elected 92 " " Installed · 95 " " Appointed 94, 95 :11 " Lodge Property at Canton "
H
J ••••••••••••••••••••••••••
••
·R "I-Iome," Masonic, Mention of, by Grand Master " " Report on " " Directors Chosen " " Visiting Committee
5 .45-59 60 79, 95
I Instruction, Lodges of Installatio11 Invasion of rrerritory Invitations
:
6 95 6, 7 25, 28, 74, 93
~
J Jurisprudence, Report of Comrnittee on
76, 77
L Lodges of Instruction " Under Dispensation Lecturer, Grand, Report of
6, 96 19, 60 86-91
1895.J
Index.
291
Lodges, Under Dispensation, Report of Comlnittee on 60 71-73 Chartered, Report of Committee on " According to Districts App. 256~275 " New, Chartered 19, 60 " Dead, List of App. 226-232 " Removal of 20 " Linn Lodge Property : 11
M "Masonic Home of Missouri" 5, 22,45-59 ". " " Report of President .45 " " " Reportof Superintendent 53 " " " Report of Secretary 46-48 " " " Report of Treasurer .49-52" " " Report of Visiting Com 79 " " " Fund 22 " " " Lists of Members 56-59 Mileage and Per Diem 74, 75 Melnorials : 70, 81, 86 Memorial Tablets 101-109 " Services 26,42-44
N New Lodges : North Star Lodge, No. 157 Non-Payment of Dues, Suspensions for .New Trials Ordered Non-Reporting Lodges..:
:
19, 60, 98 11, 76 App. 216-222
10 18, 71,72,97
() Officers, Grand, Present Official Acts of Grand Nlaster Official Visitations Oration
3; App. 282 5-12 5 26, 30-40
292
index.
[Oct.
Officers, Past Grand, in Attendance " i n the Past, List of. " " " Grand, Elected Installed " " " "Appointed Our Dead Outstanding Dues (Addendum)
App. 283 App. 254, 255 92 95 94 12, 92, 100 97
p Past Grand Officers, List of. " " ," in Attendance " Masters, List of Present Petitions for Restoration ' Proxies Proposed Amen'dment Protest Prairieville Lodge, No. 137
App. 254, 255 App. 283
App. ;
283~284
70 21 98 85 :.21
Returns 路 18, 71--73 Report of Grand Secr~tary .. " 18-22 Grand Treasurer 23-:....-25 " " 86-91 " " Grand Lecturer " " President and Directors of "Masonic 路Home".45-59 26, . " " Committee on Grand Master's Address " " T'ransportation and Hotels 28 " " " " Appeals 'and' Grievances 61-70 " " " " Charity 80 " " " " Cllartered Lodges 71-73 " " " " Lodges under Dispensation 60 " " "Vays and Means : 84, 86 " " " " " " Accounts 17 " " " " Jurisprudence 76, 77 " " " " D. D. G. M. Reports 74 " "
1895.]
Index.
293
Report of Committee on Credentials App. 276-284 "" " " Obituaries 92 "" " " Redistricting 81, 82 Resolutions 70, 81, 9( 96 Re-ballotting ' 20 Report on Correspondence 28; App. 1-177 " ,. Suspended Masters 77 Reports of D. D. G. Masters 7, 17; App. 233-253 Representatives, List of Grand App. 180-183 " In Attendance App. 276-282 Relief, St. Joseph Board of, Report of.. 13 " St. Louis" ." 16 " Kansas City" " , 14 15 " Springfield " " Recapitulation ~ ~ 22; App. 285 Reinstatements路 73; App. 223-225 Resignation's 8 20 Removals : Redistricting Comlnittee, Report of , 81, 82 8,19; App. 180-183 Representatives, Grand, Appointed
S Special Committees Appointed 12, 21, 29 " Dispensations 6 6 " Elections Permitted Secret Work 44 Sessioll of 1896 99 State of the Craft : ~ ~ 7,18 Standing and Special COnl111ittees 29 Secretaries, Grand, List of App. 178, 179 Suspensions for Non-payment of Dues App. 216-222 Suspensions for Unmasonic Conduct App. 222 8, 77 Suspension of '\Vorshipful Masters State Lodges of Instruction 6, 96 Supplemental Financial Report of Grand Secretary 97
294
: [Oct.
Index.
T Thanks, Votes of ' Tabular Statements Transpol'.tation, COlnmittee OIl, Appointed '" " . "Report of
30, 93, 94 App. 184-211 ~
21, 95 28
v Visiting Committee-:Masonic HOlne
,'79,95
w Work Exelnplified 44 84, 85 W ay~ and Means, Report of Committee on Worshipful Masters Suspended 8, 77 \Vood, James P., P. G.M., Death of, announced ~ 路.12 " ~, '" "Com.mittee on : 路.. 12 " " " ., Report of Committee on.42 , , ' Memorial Services on 42-44 " " " " " "Tablet 101