1875 Proceedings - Grand Lodge of Missouri by Missouri Freemasons

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE

FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF '.rHE

A. P. &

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OF THE

STATE OF MISSOURI, CONVF:NED IN s'r. I,OUrS,

CO)OIENCING OCTOBER 12, A. D. 1875; A. L. 587;"), • SPECIA.L ORDER. Each copy of these Prol'eedlngs sent to a Subordinate Lodge, In the care of the Master or Secretary thereof, Is intended exclusively for that Lodge, and not as tbe personal property of any officer or mem bel'. Tbree copies are sent to each Lodge, one for the use of the Worshipful Master, and one for Secretary, while In otflce, and are by them to be turned over to their successors In otflce wit h the other property of the Lodge, and the third copy Is alwa)'s to be retainellin the Lodge~room, for the lise of the members. By ORDER OF 'raE Gl<AND LODGE.

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F.IFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE

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STATE OF MISSOURI, CONVENED IN

ST. LOUIS, OCT. 12, A. D. 1875; A. L. 5875.

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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE

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OF THE

M. W. GRAND LODGE A. F. & A. M. OF THE STATE OF MO• • The Most vVorslJipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, held its Fifty-fifth Annual Communication in Freemasons' Hall, St. Louis, commencing Tuesday morning, Octobp.r 12, A. D. 1875; A. L. 5875, at 10 o'clock. PRESENT. JOHN W. LUKE XENOPHON RyI,AND JAMES E. CADLE THOS. C. READy WILLIAM N. LOKER GEO. FRANK GOULEY REV. JNO. E. BARNES NOAH M. GIVAN THOS. O. TOWLES WM. R. STUBBLEFIELD ROBERT T. WYAN JAMES X. ALLEN

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lV. (Jrund Mi:lster.

R. W. Deputy Grand .l[aslel'.

R. W. Senior GrHnd W(lI'den.

R. W . .Junior GI'and Warden. ~

R. W. Grand TI·easurer. R. W. Gl'and 8eaetwy. W. Grand Chaplain. W. Senior Grand Deacon.

lV. .Tuni01· Grand Deacon. W. Grand "lfarshal.

lV. Urand PU1·suivant. (Jrand'l'ylel·.

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The Mnst Worshipful Grand Lodge was opened in AMPLE FORM. The opening ceremonies were accompanied by the organ and a full choir. Prayer by

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Grand Chaplain.

CREDENTIALS.

The Grand Master appointed Brothers JOHN H. PUGH, JAMES Y. WHITSITT and T. J. BUCHANAN a Committee on Credentials, who reported the following 179 Lodges represented: To the Most Worshipful' Grand Lodge of Mi8sou)'i:

Your Committee on Credentials would respectfully report the following Lodges represented, together with the names of the representatives and permanent members of the Grand Lodge: [Those marked with an asterisk (*) are proxies.] MI880URI.

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NAPHTALI路....................................... ST. JOHNS......................................... LAFAyETTE......................................

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M. W. Eagan, W. M. Wm. Douglas, S. W. Fran('is Nohl, W. M. Milton H. Wash, W.M. James G. Cash, S. W. John C. Bollman, J. W. B. F. Snyder, W. M.* J. G. Crane, W. M. B. H. Boone, J. W. R. U. Leonorl, W. M. H. W. Davis, J. W. W. G. Carter, W. M. A. F. DC1Wning, W. M. E. Scofield, W. M. James Givens, W. M. C. T. Pepper, J. W. R. E. Anderson, W. M. Geo. B. Caldwell. W. M. Henry P. Lonj{, S. W. E. F. Rehm, W. M. W. Brunabend, 8. W. Daniel J. Funk, J. W. W. T. Riddle. W. M. J. H. <Jarr, S. W. Solomon Boehm, W. M. J. G. Foss, W. M. ' Xen. Ryland, W. M. Thomas J. Bandon, J. W. J. B. Vardeman, W. M.' George D. Biggs, J. W.

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COOPER No. 36 CALLAO............................................. 38 MT. MORIAH...... 40 MIDDLE GROVE........... 42

JEFFERSON . JACKSO:NVILLE................................. BONHOMME......... ......... ...... ...... ......... WENTZVILLE................................... FULTON................. HAyNESVILLE................. WAKANDA........................................ TIPTON.............................................. RICHMOND......... ....... ...... ...... ...... ......

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99 100

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111 114 117 119 121

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John W. McFarland, J. W.* J. M. Pendleton, W. M. L. W. Mitchell, W. M.* R. F. Forrest, W. M. W. T. Featherstone, S. W.* S. D. Nave, J. W. H. W. Long, W. M. B. F. Coulter, S. W. B. F. Coulter, J. W.* John H. Brewer, S. W. W. H. Muzzy, M. W.* P. Godfrey, W. M. .James Y. Whitsitt, W. M. James E. Drake, W. M. J. F. Ta~'lor, W. M.* G. W. Trigg, W. M.* G. W. Trigg, S. W.* G. W. Trigg, J. W.* N. R. Walter, S. W. James A. Gordon, S. W. N. S. Goodrich, W. M.* J. L. Lyon, W. M. John Sherman, S. W. A. E. Cary, J. W.* J. F. Potts, W. M. J. G. Meddelcotf, W. M. A. O. Melvin, S. W.* B. M. Danford, W. M. J. M. Staples, W. M.* A. W; Riggs, S. W. J. A. Westmoreland, W. M. R. M. Askin, W. M. Joseph S. Browne, W. M.* . G. P. Dixson, S. W. Joseph Peel, J. W. D. S. Crosby, W. M. Wm. Throckmorton, S. W.* Jl1'le. C. Lachance, J. W. Joseph H. Garrett, W. M. M. C. Flynt, W. M.* C. W. Rubey, W. M. J. E. Cadle, W. M.* W. W.Thornton,S.W. C. C. Smith, S. W. R. D. Blankenship, J. W. John T. Teel, S. W.* S. W. B. Carnegy, J. W.* David Baird, W. M.* B. F. Kemper, S. W. W. H. McGrath, W. M. O. Davis J. W. G. W. Painter, S. W. E. S. Pyle, W. M.* Edmund Wuestner, W. M. George Huber. J. W. Charles D. ElIzeD, S. W. B. T. Gill, S. W. "M. V. Green, J. W.

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WEST PRAIRIE................................ FARMINGTON.... STAR OF THE WEST......

WARRENSBURG... PII<.ENIX PRAIRIEVILI,Il:........... PAPINVILLE ORIENTAL...... CASS...................................................

LEXINGTON...... MII,TON CONCORD..........

JOHNSON PACIFIC.................................. CI.IFTON HILL................................. OCCIDENTAL

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DES MOINES................... ..•... CALIFORNIA

CHAMOIS MORALITy........................................ HENRY CLAy........... HANIHAI,.....................

7:EREDATHA............ WEI,LSVILLE BOLIVAR...... NEW HOPE....... UNIONVILI,E....

T. J. Buchanan, VV. M. Geo. T. Cooper, S. W.* 130 V. H. Harrison, W. M. 132 A. Parkhurst, VV. M. 133 J. T. Ake, W.M. C. C. M. Hildebrand, S. W. Frank Scoville, J. W. 135 C. R. Oglesby, J. W.* 136 Ferdinand Wenkle, J. W.* 137 A. D. Atkins, VV. M. 140 Philip Zeal, W. M. Geo. W. Miers, J. W.* 141 J. GoldenlJurg, J. W.* 147 W. H. Stansbury, W. M. Thomas Bainbridge, S. W.* A. S. McCullah, J. W. 149 H. C. Boteler, S. W. G. S. Mitchell, J. W.* A. J. Aurick, W. M. 151 154 John B. Henderson, W. M.* John B. Henderson, H. W.* John n. Henderson, J. VV.* 158 Alexander McBryde, W. M. 159 D. S. Robertson, W. M.* 161 A. Bradsher, W. M. 163 Alfred M. Britton, W. M. R. W. Parcell, S. Vl. Goodman King, J. W. 164 Chas. Pipkins, W. M. J. Ed. VValker, S. W.* Thos. H. McMullin, J. W.* 168 M. F. Right, W .. M. 173 B. D. Dean, W. M. J. H. Pugh, S:W.* A. Titus, S. W. 174 A. Titus, J. W.* J. M. Ritchey, W. M. 175 D. P. Weems, J. \\'.* VVrn. P. Hancock, W. M. 179 W. E. Kortkamp, S. W. Dan'l W. Sell€rs, J. W. 180 D. M. Scott, W. M. H. J. Ross, W. M. 183 John H. Anderson, S. W.* Eo·R. Baker, J. W.* J. P. Wagner, W. M. 185 G. A. Settle, W. M. 1~6 VV. D. Hume, S. W. 187 11:18 .r. C. Gore, W. M. W. C. Foreman, S. W. J. C. Gore, J. W.* 189 Eo Dutton, W. M.* E. DUlton, J. W.* Milton Cox, W. M. 194 F. A. Affleck, S. W. 195 19H H. F. Wells, W. M. J. D. Cox, S. W.* W. H. Plummer, S. W.* 210

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MIDDLE FABIUS...... ...... ..... ........ .... MONTGOMERY CITy........................

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SHEKINAH LoDGE t>F LOVE...............................

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MECHANICSVILLE...... FLORENCE...... .. HOLDEN...................................... SOCIAL,......... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... . AURORA...........................................

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LODGE OF TRUTH........................... NEW SALEM.... GRANITE TRANQUILITy.................................. GRAND RIVER........................... ...... FENTON............................................. COSMOS..............................................

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R. M. Brown, S. W. H. J. Fisher, W. M. John Y. Murphy, J. W. S. H. Headlee, W. M. B. Livsey, W. M. D. B. West, W. M. G. L. Faulhaber, W. M. J. M. Powell, W. M. \ J. D. Evans, W. M. J. B. Pritchett, S. W. A. W. Windharst, J. W. C. F. Alden, W.M. W. H. Fox, J. W. Thomas A. Barnett, W. M. C. P. Evered, W. M. H. W. Pocoke, J. W.* N. C. Neer, W. M.* N. C. Neer, S. W. W. A. Foster, J. W. Edward Higbee, W. M. H. S. Justice, J. W. J. P. Ranen, J. W. Pendelton P. Ellis, S. W. W. H. McCoy, J. W. S. W. Crutcher, Vl. M. S. B. Potter. W. M. Wm. L. Tribbe, S. W. Ed. Pipe, J. W. Dan'l Moody, P. M. Whitelow Derey, J. W. M. L. Jacobs, W. M. . R. J. Orear, W. M.* F. C. Shaler, J. W. Thomas S. Long, S. W. Rob't Lyle, W. M. John F. Johnson, S. W. S. P. Jewell, W. M. C. R. Scott, W. M. C. R. Scott, S. W.* C. R. Scott, J. W.'~ W. H. Pipkin, W. M. John M. Roberls, W. M.* J. W. Haughtaling, W. M. J. T. Adams, W. M. J. W. Evans, W. M. Richard Dalton, W. M. Thomas McGinniss, W. M.* Thomas McGinniss, S. W.* Jacob Furth, W. ;\1. Zadock Adler, S. W. Falk Levy, .r. W. J. R. Hardy, W. M. \Vm. T. German, \V. :\1. Z. M. Rountree, W. ;\1. J. H. Webster, \V. M. S. H. Caldwell, W. M. S. H. Caldwell, S. W.* S. II. Caldwell, J. W.*

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Frank L. Colley, W. M. W. H. Buford, W. M. J. D. Webb, S. W. John L. Stanton, W. M. Alex. Breckenridge, W. M.* S. C. Bunn, W. M. Sam. M. Kennard, S. W. J<o>hn M. Hacker, W. M. Geo. Cable, J. W. H. K. Segg, S. W.* H. K. Segg,J. W.'" R. C. Risk, W. M. J. J. Skinner, W. M.'" B. H. Hayden, W. M. G. W. Wilson, W. M. G. W. Wilson, S. W.'" G. W. Wilson, J. W.* J. A. Bradshaw, W. M. D. E. Davis, S. W.* W. F. Schoening, S. W. John E. Barnes, W. M. H. T. Wright, J. W. C. J. Borden, W. M. C. H. Yancey, W. M. J. S. Rhea, W. M.* J. S. Rhea, S. W.* J. S. Rhea, J. W. P. G'. H. Barnett, W. M. W. S. McClintic, S. W.* D. H. Bartlett, W. M. Adolph Klelntopf, W. M. Jacob Bawak, S. W. August Goesebrink, J. W. J. H. Stover, W. M. Jas. M. Clifton, S. W. J. H. Robertson, W. M. W. A. Stephens, W. M. Thos. Burns. W. M. W. W. Edgerton, W. M. A. R. Jaques, W. M. C. C. Rainwater, W. M. John H. Kreppen, S. W. John R. Reed, P. M. John M. Collins, W. M. F. Childs, S. W. John P. McFarland, W. M. Geo. L. Love, W. M. E. Claflin, S. W.'" E. Claflin, J. W.'" J. B. Wood, S. W. R. F. Wyan, W. M. Edward Cramer, S. W.* S. H. Stephens, J. W. A. C. Sneathen, W. M. B. L. Quarles, W. M. J. C. Pruet, W. M. James P. Alcock, J. W.

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Sam. Vongundy, W. M. J. J. Denny, S. W. Sam. Vongundy, J. W. H. T. Mudd, W. M.路 H. S. Jacobi,S. W. W. M. Baker, W. M.

PAST GRAND MASTERS. Joseph Foster, Samuel H. Owens,

S. W. B. Carnegy, Thos. E. Garrett,

R. E. Anderson. John Ralls,

PAST SENIOR GRAND WARDENS. Martin Collins,

A. M. Dockery,

Ed ward Searcy.

PAST MASTERS. M. Seamands, No. 264, L. A. Hall, No. 17, M. Helwig, P. S. Pfouts, No. 25, D. N. Burgoyne, A. E. Simpson, Edward Nathan, D. H. Wilson, No. 140, Edward Higbee, M. Cooke, No. 267, M. Jacks, Edward Spencer, No. 243, James Stewart, No. 123, Jas. Thompson, No. 317, N. M. Givan, No. 147, Geo. J. Goodwin, No.9, J. M. Fox, J. H. Pottenger, No. 79, Philip Float, T. M. Moore, No. 355, W. R. Stubbletleld, No. 163, O. A. Crandan, No. 236, W. C. Foreman, No. 188, E. J. Williams, No. 20, G. W. Trigg, No. 57, Wm. p. Mullen, No. 179, J. M. Harklerodes, No. 267, H. F. Hopples, No. 179, Jas. E. Carter, No. 43, J. C. Bloomfield, NQ. 243,

Ed. Wuestner, No. 121, George Huber, No. 121, D. W. Sadler, No. 79, J. A. H. Lampton, No.9, W. H. Stone, No.9, Charles Thaw, No. 79, 1. A. Schultz, No. 167, Wm. C. Defrlez, No. 79, R. W. Waters, No. 416, Henry M. Rhodus, No. 79, Chas. L. Spencer, No.9, Jno. J. Steele, No. 94, Robt. Voorhis, No.1. Jno. McKittrick, No.1, .Tames Long, No. 199.

Fraternally submitted, .JOHN H. PUGH, JAMES Y. WHITSITT, THOS. J. BUCHANAN, Committee.

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ANNUAL ADDRESS.

The Grand Master delivered the following' Address: BRETHREN OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI: On the opening of this 55th annual communication I extend to you all a fraternal welcome. We have met together from all parts of our State, for the purpose of examining into the affairs of the Craft; to ascertain what progress our institution is making; correct, as well as we can, the errors of the past, and, gaining experience from them, guard against similar ones in the future, by warnings, advice and judicIous legislation. We are encouraged by the glad tidings that meet us from all directions, of the reward given to patience and perseverance, in the bountiful yield of Mother Earth to the well-directed etforts of the husbandman, to many of whom, a few months ago, naught was left but barren acres and hope, but who now, in spite of the vIcissitudes of the season and the plague of Insects, are enjoying the harvest which their labors have deserved. Let us give thanks to our Almighty Parent for the fortitude given to us to endure misfortune, and the ability to appreciate the many blessings He has bestowed upon us. As we exchange fraternal greetings, we cannot but recall to mind some now absent, who for many years ha ve been co-laborers with us at these meetings. Some of them have, year after :rea.r, gone before us to that country whence no traveler returns, and are now receivIng the true wages of Master Workmen. They have left designs for us on the Trestle Board, and the history of thIs Grand Lodge bears the Impress of their sound jUdgment and zealous labors. Let us endeavor to carryon the work designed by them, and continue to profit by their examples. The year could not pass without the necessity of addIng another name to the roll of those who have thus passed away from among us; and, alluding to his connection with this Grand Lodge, of whIch he was Past Senior Grand Warden, always a faithful attendant on its meetings, devoted to the interests of Masonry, whether at his home in this State or among our brethren farther west, beloved alike by all among whOm he dwelt, we sum up his character in the expressive words, "a good and true Mason," and, with mourning for our loss, record the name of SAMUEL RUSSELL. There are others absent Who, after the toll of many years, claim some respite from labor, and yield their places to others, whose duty it has become to relieve those who have long borne the burden and heat of the day. We welcome among us those members who appear here for the first time to participate wit.h us in our counsels, especially those younger in years. We need their youthful vigor and buoyancy to give tone and freshness to our minds, and their fervent glow of hope to animate us in our work. As we gain strength from them, the experience of those of maturer years, and the cODservative nature of our institution, will tone down youthful impetuosity; and, with increase of knowledge, more enlarged views of responsibility will be acquired, so that the ardent and even rash youth of the day will in time become the conservative man of the future.

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The Grand Master has the sole charge of the Craft during the time that intervenes between the several Annual Communications. The functions of his office are executive, and within certain constitutional limits, judicial and legislative. For hIs official conduct he Is responsible to the Grand Lodge alone, and it is his duty, therefore, to report what his acts have been, the condition of the Uraft under his charge, and any subjects for legislation or particular action, that, with his knowledge of afl'airs, he may deem necessary In performing that duty. I present for your consideration the principal decisions made by me. They have no merit for originality, being chiefly elucidations of points of law heretofore decIded, but which still appeared to be misunderstood, and I wIll preface them with one short remark. I was fond of writing letters-many letters, long letters. But, there may be too . much of a good thing, and the appetite becomes cloyed with an excess of sweets; besides, the requirements of dally avocations do not permit the constant enjoyment of such luxurieR. It might have been suppoSE'd that the labors of my predecessors for several years had exhausted every question of jurisprudence or usage that could in any way present itself; but the ingenuity of the brethren, in inventing new issues and making the reverse appear to be the meaning of a law, Is perfectly wonderful, and, when actual intricate cases do not present themselves to call fort,h enquiry, they propound suppositious ones. Now, I con('eae that it is a duty to be always as ready to give, as others will be to receive, information; but there Is no use in speculating upon Imaginary probable contingencIes, and inventing such Issues to waste time and labor upon, when there is plenty of real current work to be attended to. "SufficIent unto the day Is the evil thereof." All such speculative questions I therefore declined to answer unless an actual case were presented, and for the furth~r reason that questions so presented might assume a different aspect when viewed in the light of all attendant circumstances. It might be seriously objected to that the Grand Master should be considered as a kind of living index to all the published By-Laws and decisions of the Grand Lodge, so that brethren never think of any search on their part, but actually wrIte for information, stating that they know there is such a law or decision, but it Is handier to write a few lines to lhe Grand Master than to examine for themselves. Nevertheless, with two unimportant exceptions, overlooked by me, I answered all the letters I received.

With this brief allusion to a very voluminous SUbject, I present

DECISIONS: FIRST.

A petition for the degrees should not be received from a person who has lost the use of one eye. SECOND.

A petition for a dispensation for a new Lodge should have the signatures of the petitioners written by themselves. THIRD.

A petition for the degrees, signed with a crossmark, cannot be received. Petitioners must be able to write their names.

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Proceedin.qs of the FOURTH.

It is the right of a visitor to a Lodge. should he desire It, to be assured of its being a legal Lodge by an exhibition to him of the Charter, but not before he has been properly vouched for, or路has passed a satisfactory examination.

FIFTH. It is Improper for a Lodge, as such, to attend the funeral of a deceased brother, except to perform the last rites (Masonic) at the grave, or to escort the remahis to the place of emba.rkation whence they are to be conveyed out of its Jurisdiction for Interment.

SIXTH.

The widow of a Master Mason, when she marries a profane, loses thereby路 all claims on the Fraternity. Should the decree of a court of law grant her a divorce from her second husband, it cannot make her in fact a widow, or restore her Masonic privileges. SEVENTH.

When a.' case Is up for t.rlal In a Lodge, should the original copy of charges and specltlcatlons be missing or mislaid, a verbatim copy of the same as entered In the Record Book of the Lodge, duly attested by the Secretary, will sumce for the purposes of the trial. EIGHTH.

When the By-Laws of a Lodge require that the election or installation of omcers should take place on the 27th day of December, Feast of St. John the Evangelist, or the 24th of June, Feast of St. John the Baptist, should those feast days happen on Sunday, it wlll be legallf Lodge Is opened and that work done on the previous Saturday, or the following Monday or Tuesday, the time selected to be by vote of the Lodge at the previous regular meeting. NINTH.

Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts who have become residents of another State are entitled, under the decision of 1870, to a cerLitl.cate, unless charges are preferred against them. The decision of 1871, page 15, is appllcable only to changes of Lodge Jurisdiction within this State. TENTH.

When a trial ha.s been conclUded, and the verdict and penalty, if any, announced, the jurisdiction of the Lodge over that particular case is ended, and there can be no reopening of ft., or setting aside the result, by the Worshipful Master, or the unanimous vote of the Lodge on the plea of Illegallty, or for any other cause, unless so ordered by the Grand Lodge or Urand Master. ELEVENTH.

A waiver of jurisdiction over an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft in favor of a Lodge specially named init,JR, to all intents and purposes, a general waiver, should the Lodge named therein reject the petition of the Brother presenting it. or he should conclude to apply elsewhere for the remaining degrees. It is a habit that has obtained of naming a special Lodge when such

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a waiver is granted, .without any thought or intent of restricting the privilege at that particular Lodge, or any good reasons that I can conceive Why such an arbitrary selection should be made. TWELFTH.

The report of a Committee of three on a petition for degrees or member. ship being due, only one member reports. The Worshipful Master proposed to SUbstitute two other members to report forthwith. Deci8fon.-That it would be virtually appointing a new Committee, Which, according to the spirit of the law, would require another month for investigation. A similar substitution of one member to make a full report, if tWQ of the original members are ready to report, would be an unsafe precedent and unnecesary, as the decisions of the Grand I.odge recognize the reception of the report of a majority of the members of a Committee. THIRTEF.NTH.

When a petition for affiliation is about to come up for 11nal action, a request in writing to defer balloting on it, coming from a member whose absence from the jurisdiction or other unavoidable cause will prevent his attendance at the meeting, should be complied with. FOURTEENTH.

No rule of the Grand Lodge requires that the members of a Lodge should be either summoned or notified to attend a regular meeting for election of omcers. If that meeting is prOVided for in the By-Laws, members should know when it takes place if they take any interest in the affairs of the Lodge, and if the attendance of any is con11ned to election nights, they deserve no such consideration. I believe that the practice is prQductive of more evil than good. FH'TEENTH .

. A candidate for advancement, if objected to by a member of the Lodge, the objection being in writing or verbal and duly recorded, is not in the same position as a candidate rejected by ballot, or objected to for initiation, and therefore cannot proceed further until the objection is removed. SIXTEENTH.

Question.-A. has been regularly elected and initiated; an objection in writing is afterwards interposed to his further advancement. Is A. to be considered as a rejected candidate, and can he apply for advancement at every SUbsequent regular meeting?

Most Worshipful Brother J. D. VINCIL, in 186!l, decided that an applicant for advancement was arrested in his progress by an objection until that objection was withdrawn, which decision was approved by the Grand Lodge. Most Worshipful Brother S. H. OWENS, in 1873, made a similar decIsion, which was also approved; 8uch, therefore, is the law of the Grand Lodge. It is true tbat the Committee on Jurisprudence, in 1871, in reviewing a decision of Most Worshipful Brother T. E. GARRETT on the point of return of fee to a candidate for initiation, elected but afterwards objected 10, made a report which was adopted by the Grand Lodge, that a candidate so objected to should

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be declared rejected, and be allowed to petition again after the lapse of one year; and, as this report modified but slightly the Iluggestlons made liy Brother T. E. GARRETT, and, as no exceptions were taken by said Committee to the adqitional remarks made by him, that this rule would also apply to objections to the reception of the second and third dt>grees after the candidate had been elected and paid bis money, so far as the fees alone were concerned, but that otherwise the candidate remained an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Cmft till dismissed by the unanimous consent of the members, there has been no legislation by the Grand Lodge altering the decisions before alluded to, or any action of the Grand Lodge that would justify the construction indicated in the question. A ease has been presented of a Lodge acting upon separate motions to accept the majority or minority report of a Committee of Investigation upon the chara.cter of a petitioner for degrees. The minority report was received, but the vote was afterwards reconsidered, and, upon a sUbsequent motion, the reports were recommitted for further consideration. One of the Ancient Regulations which a Worshipful Mastel' agrees to, previous to his installation, is that no Mason can be made, etc., without due enquiry into his character. By whom is that enquiry to be made? Clearly, not by the Worshipful Master himself, 01' alone, but under his direction, through as many memberB of the Lodge as he may select, If not all of them. The custom, however, has obtained of referring petitions to a Committee of three members to be appointed by the Worsllipful Master, and this custom, doubtless originating in the belief that work assigned to a select few would be better attended to than If left to the members at large, has bee'n incorporated into the By-Laws of nearly all Subordinate Lodges. What, then, are the duties of such Committees? To make due enquiry into the character of an applicant, and to rtlport, each one for himself, the result of such· enquiry. It is usual for the report to be favorable or unfavorable, and, as By-Laws may provide, verbally or in writing; but, as the result of enquiry cannot always be compressed into a single' word, more detaqed explanation may be given of any characteristics of an applicant-always verbally, not in wrlting-wUhout any opinion being &xpressed by such committeeman, it being the duty of Committees to obtain and report information about Character, not to recommend to the Lodge any action for or against an applicant. Each member of the Committee reports to the Worshipful Master and the Lodge, and two or more cannot agree upon one general report; therefore, there cannot be a ml\jority and minority report, in the general acceptation of the terms, with a question of which shall be received; the Worshipful Master orders the reception of the several reports of the Committee, and the question of adoption, if there be any, is determined by the ballot on the petition. It rests with the Worshipful Master to determine whether due enquiry has been made, and, at the request of any brother who may wish to make further enquiries, or If he himself is not satisfied, he may order further time to be granted to the Committee, and so decline to receive the report; but such continuance should not be extended so as to avoid a black ballot as the result of an unfavorable report on the character-such an evasion of the law is not to be countenanced. Decision.-Any action with a view tQ the reception of the majority report of a Committee of Investigation on a petition, in preference to a minority report, or vice versa, is improper, and any motion to receive the reports of such a Committee is unnecessary; it is optional with the Worshipful Mastel' to do so. PAS'I' MASTERS.

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and Virtual Past Masters, and under what control is the Past Master Degree?" An actual Past Magter is one who has received the degree as the Worshipful Master elect of a legally constituted Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. A Virtual Past Master is one who has received it as one of the Chapter Degrees. It will suffice for the purpose of elucidating the subject to say that the Past Master Degree was originally, and still Is, part of the Installation ceremony of the Master elect of a Lodge. It was, with the Royal Arch Degree, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Grand I~odge, when none but Masters elect could receive it, except by special dispensation, and none but Past. Masters could be exalted to the Royal Arch.

When the Grand Lodges, as is generally the case in this country, relinquished to the Grand Chapter,jl1rIsdiction over the RO~'al Arch Degree, they also conceded a partial COll trol of the Past Master Degree, and the Grand Chapter retained tlle provision that only Past Masters should receive the Royal Arch Degree, but they have modified the requirement by allowing the Past Master Degree to be conferred on any who were considered worthy to receIve the Royal Arch Degree, and under this regulation the Past Master Degree has in part become one of the system of, and under the same control as, the other degrees of Capitular Masonry. A recipient of the degree, however, in the Chapter can claim no rank or distinction in a Symbolic Lodge, uuless he should afterwards be duly elected to preside as Worshipful Master over a regularly constituted Lodge of Ancien~ Free and Accepted Masons, when, he being so far duly qualified, there would be路 no necessity of his again receiving the degree as part of the ceremony of installing him into office of Worshipful Master. With this definition of the status of a Virtual Past Master, and the control of the degree in connection with Capitular Masonry, it remains to consider the same with reference to Actual Past Master in l::lymbollc Masonry. The Worshipful Master elect of a Lodge receives the degree as a part of the installation ceremony, without which he is not qualified to preside; and none other than a Worshipful Master elect can receive it, though some years ago this Grand Lod~e deemed it necessary that Warden!! should also receive the degree. That rule has become obsolete. To determine how it is controlled, the enquiry suggests itself: Who has the authority to convene a Lodge ot' Past Masters, and to install the Master elect of a Lodge? Primarily, it is with the Grand Lodge or the Grand Master, then with the District Deputy Grand Masters, who by law are authorized to install the officers of newly consti tuted Lodges, but it is the right of every present Worshipful Master of a chartered Lodge to install his successor. Except by his request no one else can do so; and it is his duty to install him, or to see that it is done by some competent Past or PI"esiding Master, before he can surrender his charge to his successor. It follows, then, that a Lodge of Actual Past Masters, opened by any other authority than as before mentioned, would be illegal, and, in consideration of the fact that a Chapter Past Master has means of recognition to prove himself 1n any Lodge of Past Masters, the following 1s an evident conclus10n; Deci8ion.-A Virtual or Chapter Past Master has the right to sit in a Lodge of Actual Past Masters, but has not the right to preside therein, or to confer the degree, unless he should have become a Present or Past Presiding Master of a legally conEtltuted Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and then

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can onl~' preside at the request of the Worshipful Master, who has the authority to convene such a Lodge. Whether an Actual" Past Master of Symbolic Masonry can sit in a Lodge of Chapter Past Masters, is for the Chapters to determine. Question I.-If a non-affiliate Mason petitions a Lodge for membership within twelve months after the date of his Dlmlt, and the Lodge rE'jects him, does he have twelve months time after such rE'jection in which to become affiliate? Question 2.-If a non-affiliate Mason remains so for one or more years, and then petitionil for membership and the Lodge rE'jects him, is he entitled to twelve months time after the date of rE'jection in which to become affiliate? Question 3.-Is not a non-affiliate who has remained so one or more years, even when his petition has been rejected one or more times, to be regarded as an expelled Mason, to be restored only at the pleasure of some Lodge, by a unanlmoufl vote of its members, on his petition for membership? The gist of the foregoing questions Is the status of a non-affiliate who remains so In consequence of haVing been rejected, and the matter may be better considered under one question, viz: Is there any difference in the application of Section Zl, Article 16, of By-Laws of Grand Lodge, RS between a voluntary non-affiliate and one who remains so in consequence of his petition for affiliation with a LOdge having been rejected? The section in By-Laws referred to reads thus: . .. No Lod.l(e shall permit a non.affiliating Mason (who has continued as such for twelve months) to visit more than three times, nor shall such nonaffiliating Mason be allowed to appear in any Masonic procession, or be entitled to Masonic charity, nor shall he have Masonic burial;" and if he still remain non-affillated, .. he shall be deemed a drone in the hive of Nature," etc., etc. In the above section there is no qualification, and, if it is to be llterally construed, -a. non-affillate who has remained so for one day or one week after the prescribed term of twelve months would be equally subject to the penalty as one who had remained so for two or more years, though the former might have been rejected for affiliation by four or five Lodges during the first twelve months after the date of his Dimlt. Again, granted that a Mason has continued non路affiliated for twelve months or longer after the date of his Dimit, before he petitions a Lodge: are there not frequently good reasons for such apparent delay? Masons are constantly coming here from other jurisdictions where the laws are not so stringent, and their Dimits may be one or more years old when they first arrive. Dlmits are often not issued or received for a month or two after they are granted by the Lodge. The owners may be traveling through several States in search of a location for permanent set路 tlement; in fact, many other reasons could be presented, if necessary, to account for such delay, in addition to carelessness or Ignorance of duty, but showing that it was not intentional. But, whatever the reason, should such a non-affiliate petition a Lodge for membership, is this section of the By-Laws to be so construed as that any member of the Lodge can by his one vote place the petitioner on the same footing as an expelled Mason? The member voting cannot be known, so is not required to give any reasons. He may be swayed by malice, may consider the petitioner too unpopular, or may think that he is bad enough to be expelled, and that It is a short and easy way of piln ishing him to reject him from membership, and keep him expelled because he is non-affiliate. Is this the way In which a brother Master Mason should be treated? Surely, if he Is very unpopular, any member of a Lodge can object to his Visiting, and

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if he is unworthy, let him be fairly tried on charges and specifications, and dealt with accordingly. The by-law of the Grand Lodge is designed to encourage affiliation, not to punish when there is no intentional wrong, and where its terms are not explicit, it must be interpreted with due regard to justice and equity. The phraseology in this law, "if he still remain non-affiliated I " would imply a voluntary action on his part, and the best evidence of his intentions would be his petition to a Lodge for membership. If the Lodge rejects, he is then a non-affiliate by compulsion. It may be urged that he can a.pply again to that or some other Lodge. So he can, but it is not easy for a person of proper sensibility to be indifferent to the humilla.tion of a rejection. It would be very repugnant to his feelings to go beggIng from door to door till he found shelter, and it is not always the best Masons that are found so persistent in theIr efforts; they would rather avoid intruding where they might not be wanted. In short, when a non-affiliate endeavors to do his duty by peti ttoning a Lodge for membership, and the Lodge rejects him, he has done for the time all that he can do, and is not a voluntary non-affiliate, and the fourth cardinal virtue demands in his behalf that he should be granted further time in Which to renew his attempt and recover from the mortUlcation of a repulse, the more severe as he might feel it to be uudeserved by him, and as it is far better that a few unworthy persons be endured than that one worthy and honorable brother should be treated UIJjustly. The quest.ion last propounded, which involves the whole issue, must be answered in the affirmative, with this reservation, that, as a non-affiliate with a Dimit twelve months old has been during that time exempt from Lodge dues, he should, whenever a.ccepted by a Lodge, be required to pay the membel-shlp fee imposed by the By-Laws of that Lodge. Decision.-When a non-affiliate petitions a Lodge for membershIp, and is rejected, the term of twelve months alluded to in Section 'Zl, Article 16, of ByLaws of the Grand Lodge, should then be reckoned from the date of such rejection.

GRANGERS.

In answer to numerous enquiries about joint occunaucy of Lodge-rooms with Grangers and Patrons of Husbandry, I replied that In the meaning of the term, "exclusively moral and benevolent organizations," occurrIng in the 20th decision of Most Worshipful Grand Master R. E. ANDERSON, the foregoing organizations were not included. Whilst it is very desirable that our Lodges should be exclusive occupants of their halls, the application of this law requIres modification in cases where any Lodges had pre-existing engagements of joint occupancy, or where only tenants themselves Cor specific times without any other control of the premises, or where located where no other suitable quarters could be found. But any new engagements entered into, or renewal of old ones, or any continued joint occupancy in violation of this law, when suitable quarters can be had elsewhere, should not be countenanced so long as this law Is in existence. WHO SHOULD PRESIDE.

An explanation has been asked for, of a discrepancy which appears to exist between the reports of two standing Committees touching the same subject, which were both adopted at the recent session of the Grand Lodge. The following is given as expressing the views of the members of both Committees when the reports were up before the Grand Lodge. No Lodge can be opened unless there be present the Worshipful Master, or

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one of the Wardens, to preside, who must occupy the proper station in the East-even should it be necessary to call upon an experienced brother to sit by and assist, or speak for, him. Any "departure from this rule is irregUlar, and emphatically condemned. Should, however, the station of Worshipful Master be otherwise filled, through inadvertence or ignorance, the Lodge, if opened (the Worshipful Master or one of the Wardens being present), would be a legal Lodge, and its proceedings valid. Still, it is permissible, should necessity require it, when a degree is being conferred, for such regular presiding officer to substitute a brother in his place temporarily, that he himself may assist in the ~rk of the other stations or places, he resuming his regular atation as soon as the degree is conferred. With this exception the Worshipful Master, or Warden acting Worshipful Master, must always be in his appropriate station, and sign the minutes of the meeting accordingly. INCORPORATION OF LODGES, ETC. Having many enquiries from Lodges of the mode in which they could hold legal title to property, whether they should be incorporated, etc., and jUdging that property paid for by many of them was in a doubtful condition as to title, I referred questions of that nature to the chairman of Committee on Incorporation of Lodges, etc., W. M. Brother S. H. OWENS. From his well known legal qualifications, I expect him to present to you an able and full report on this important subject. LODGE REMOVALS. During the year I nave granted permission to remove to other halls to the follOWing Lodges, the requirements of the Grand Lodge having been in every instance complied with, and the removals recommended by the District Deputy Grand Masters: Vincll, No. 62. Brookfield, No. 86. Friendship, No. 89. Rushville, No. 248. Cass, No. 147. Hunnewell, No. 415. Cedar City, No. 425. Lafayette, No. 32.

Cameron, U. D. Plumb, No. 375. Chillicothe, No. 333. Hebron, No. 354. Pickering, No. 472. Anchor, No. 443. Lexington, No. 149.

And with change of Location: Sonora, No. 200, to Watson, two and onehalf miles; Ancient Landmark, No. 356, to Harrisburg, five miles; Samaritan, No. 424, to 8t. Joe Lead Mines, two miles. WORK SUSPENDED. By the recommendation of Right Worshipful Brother G. R. HUNT, D. D. G. M., Forty-fourth District, I ordered him to suspend work in Pittsville Lodge, No. 491, and to notify the officers and members to show cause at the present Communication of the Grand Lodge why their charter sr.9tlld not be arrested on the grounds of general diecord amon~ ~he memoers, and its total uselessness as a Lodge,

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CHAB'l'ERS SURRENDERED. Wolt Island, No. 172, has been several years dying-has at last sent in the oharter and records. Evening Star Lodge, No. 94, after some vain attempts to arouse the memo bers to a' sense of duty, found such a lack of cohesion or vital1ty in the 111 assorted material that had been introduced into it, that it was useles8 to attempt to prolong its existence, and Its charter and records have been sent inâ&#x20AC;˘ . Grove Lodge, No. 296,in St. Louis County, was organized a few years ago under the most fiour1shing auspices, but change of residence of some of its members, and its proximity to Kirkwood Lodge, chartered last year, weakened it so much that the members wisely resolved to surrender their charter and add strength to another Lodge. Many of its members have united with Kirkwood Lodge, No. 484, and from the inventory of their effects I gave the use to that Y.odge of their jewels and some other articles they needed, till some other disposition was made of them by this Grand Lodge. Inventory of effects of Grove Lodge, and memorials of Kirkwood Lodge, No. 484, is annexed hereto, marked" C." DUPLICATE CHARTERS. January 13, 1875.-0rdered dupl1cate charter to Huntsv1lle Lodge, No. lJo, in lleu of original, issued October 8,1840, which was destroyed by fire, January 10,1875. February 2, 1875.-ordered dupl1cate charter to be issued to Cedar City Lodge, No. 425, in Heu of the original, dated October 16, 1872, which was destroyed by fire. February 22, 1875.-ordered duplicate charter to be issued to Raytown lieu of the original, dated October 13, 1871, which was destroyed by fire, February 12,1875. ~ge, No. 891,in

May 26,1875.-0rdered duplicate charter to be issued to Linn Lodge, No. 66, in lleu of the original, dated May 28, 1856, which was stolen between the 27th of March and. 24th of April, 1875. FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES. November 17.-Issued commission t"o Right Worshipful Brother JOHN C. BOAK as the Representative of this Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of New York, vice Right Worshipful Brother M. J. DRUMMOND, who died November 2d, 1874, deeply mourned by a large oircle personal and Masonic friends to whom he had become endeared by hil!l amiable character and true Masonic worth. He was an early and Ufe-long friend of our late Grand Secretary, Brother O'SULLIVAN, and was ever devoted to the welfare and interests of this Grand Body, Which, by his death, lost a true and faithful Representative.

DISPENSATIONS DECLINED. To perform Masonic ceremonies over the grave of a deceased brother whose remains had been interred some weeks previously. To have a public procession, and dedication of a Masonic burial ground. For this ceremony, however appropriate it might be, I knew of no form that had ever been approved by this Grand Lodge,

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To Lebanon Lodge, No. 77, to hold a new election of officers at a stated meeting subsequent to their annual meeting for election. Cause of request: The Worshipful Master elect, who was not present on election night, positively refused to serve. The Past Master holding over was well qualltled, and members should be more careful in their selection of officers. I declined to give a Dispensation in the case of a vote for Lodge removal which would have made sixteen votes two-thirds of twenty-eight. I could not allow such a specimen of arithmetic to be recorded in any Lodge, upon my authority. SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS.

October 20, 1875.-To Right Worshipful Brother N. B. GIDDINGS, D. D. G. M., to dedicate new hall of Nodaway Lodge, No. 470, at Maryville, Nodaway County. To Right Worshipful Brother X. RYLAND, D. G. M., to dedicate new hall of Tranquillity Lodge, No. 275, at Centreville, Saline County. To the brethren of Clarksville Lodge, No. 17, to have a public procession, with address from Most Worshipful and Reverend Brother J. D. VINCIL, P. G. M., on December 25. To Rising Star Lodge, No. 145, to have public installation of officers on December 30, Instead of the 27th of December (Sunday). January SQ.-To St.. Louis Lodge, No. 20, to elect a Secretary. The brother re-elected to that office at their regular election found it impossible to serve, and declined to be Installed. To the Lodges at'Canton, Lewis County, to celebrate the 22d of February by a public pn>cessIon, with an address from Most Worshipful Brother S. W. B. CARNEGY, P. G. M. and D. D. To Triple Tie Lodge, No. 457, to hold election of officers on the nIght of their stated meeting, February 25,1875, a violent snow storm haVing prevented the attendance of a quorum at the time for election tlxed by their By-Laws. To Right Worshipful Brother E. HIGBEE, D. D. G. M., Ninth District., to lay the corner-stone of a PresbyterIan Church building, at Unionville, Putnam County, on the 1st of July. To Douglas Lodge, No. 54, to hold eiection of officers at their regular meeting, July 5, the necessities of harvesting having prevented their regular meeting for ~hat purpose according to 'their By-Laws. To Right Worshipful Brother D. D. l<'oRD, D. D. G. M., Forty-third District, to dedicate new hall of Cedar City Lodge, No. 425, at Cedar City, Callaway County. DISPENSATIONS FOR NEW LODGES.

Ordered Dispensations to be issued to organIze the following new Lodges: January 26, 1875.-Clmmaron Lodge, at Clmmaron, Colfax County, New MexIco, with the followIng officers: THOS. J. LYNCH, W. M.; ROBERT GRIGSBY, S. W.; LEON KINGMAN, J. W.; which was sent to Right Worshipful Brother W. W. GRIFFIN, D. D. G. M., at Santa Fe. The record and work of that Lodge will be presented to the proper Committee. March 10, 1875.-To Charleston Lodge, at Charleston, Mississippi County, with the following officers: JA~ES R. BETHUNE, W. M.; A. E. SIMPSON, S. W.;

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W. R. SWANK, J. W.; which was sent to Right Worshipful Brother F. DEWINT, D. D. G. M., to set the Lodge to work. There was a large membership of the former Lodge in that town, Constantine, No. 129, the charter of which was surrendered in 1874. I granted this Dispensation after considerable hesitation, but in the hopes that the spirit and teachings of Freemasonry would be preserved by a new organization. As there is a respectable number of the old members or- Constantine Lodge who canno.t or will not identify themselves with this new Lodge, and desire to have another one formed, I trust that the claims of both parties, should they be nrged, will be closely scanned by the Committee on Lodges under Dispensation. Petition for a Dispensation to organize a new Lodge at Philadelphia, Marion County, coming in after July 17, I took advantage of rule adopted by my predecessors, and have referred it to the Committee on Lodges under Dispensation. Some fifteen other petitions, direct or indirect, for new Lodges, I felt it my duty to decline. . I was greatly in hopes that I should have been saved the necessity of these refusals, and it would have been more agreeable to my feelings, as well as a great saving of labor and thought, to have endorsed them as granted, yet, whilst it reqUired some nerve to persistently say no, it would have required more to have gone counter to what I considered to be the general sentiment of the Grand Lodge with regard to new Lodges; and if I had not been somewhat guided by that, my own sense of responsibility to the Fraternity would have confirmed the propriety of my action, and none but the very strongest reasons would have induced me to waver in this matter.

Some of the petitions were, per se, meritorious in every respect, but each and everyone of them gave some particular reasons why, if any exception was to be made to the general rule, it should be in their favor. Being unable to comprehend those particular distinctions, I had no choice but to grant or decline all; as thJl safest course, I adol!ted the latter. The necessity of new Lodges, at present, I cannot see. It is astonishing how highly Lodge privileges are estimated; if a Lodge is only some miles distant, then that distance is unendurable, whilst those favored ones who have a Lodge within a stone's throw of them do not, by their attendance, appear to appreciate them at all, and convenience to their respective dwellings, of a new Lodge, loses its value as soon as the charm of novelty wears off, or an election of new omeers takes place. The TabUlar Statement of Lodges is not very flattering as to the numerical strength of individual Lodges. Out of 440 Lodges, 282 have a membership of 50 and less; and of these 282 Lodges, 165 have 35 mem bers, and under that number down to 15 and less, of which latter number there are 13. It would be safe to assert that the average attendance at meetings is not, over one-fourth the membership, unless some important local business is to come up; and, while our roll is thus encumbered with many Lodges numerically weak, and others weak in attendants, the wisest plan, in my opinion, would be to reduce the number by consolidation, instead of dissipating our strength by increase. The rapid formation of Lodges has stimulated the production of Masons till we are overrun with a luxuriant growth of weeds. As a consequence, note the frequent bickerings, dissensions and trials that occur, and the quiet withdrawal of members who sec things going wrong without the ability or nerve to oppose them; and, when matters come to the

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worst, a new Lodge is required to correct the evil which 路should have been nipped in the bU<,t. In a financial view, the close economy required at the present time is a strong argument against forming new Lodges; the expense of organizing one and providing it with fitting quarters is worth considering. In the absence of any provision for these, and the first year's current expenses, an income for that purpose is expected to be derived from work; and, when money is needed badly, much discrimination 8S to the source of supply cannot be expected. Admitting that the foregoing objections are not insuperable, I ask you to consider another feature in organIzing new Lodges: The By-Laws of this Grand Lodge require an examination of the proposed three principal officers, with a recommendation from the nearest Lodges that they are proficientmeaning that they are each qualified to confer the three degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry-the object being to have either one of them competent to work in the absence of the others. I would ask it an exemplification of the work of opening and closing a Lodge, and no more, is in compliance with either the spirit or the letter of the law? and, further, how many Lodges, that are will1ng to recommend a new one, are qualified to judge of such proficiency? Allowing that the Worshipful Master and Wardens are, and also several other members: still, however incompetent these candidates may show themselves to be, a majority of the Lodge will pass the recommendation, regardless of the opposition of those in the minority, who may be alone compe'ent to judge of the requisite proficIency. It is unfortunately true that chartered Lodges can, to some extent, elect incompetent officers, and be free from the supervision of the Grand Lodge, but that evil can be avoided in the case of Lodges under Dispensation.

KANSAS CITY BOARD OF RELIEF. In the month of June last I was apprised, by letters from Lodges in the State of New York, that circulars had come to them from the Kansas City Board of Relief asking for pecuniary assistance, and enquiring about the existence of such an organization, etc. Such an issuance of circulars, it genuine, seemed to me to be uncalled for and improper, and I addressed a letter to Right Worshipful Brother W. E. WHITING, D. D. G. M., Kansas City, asking for information, and condemning such action on the part of that Board of Relief, if it were true. I submit herewith the correspondence on that subject, marked" B," to which I ask your attention. NEW TRIALS ORDERED. In one instance where a Lodge had expelled a member for disobedience of summons, on the fact being reported to me officially, after investigation by Right Worshipful Brother X ..RYLAND, D. G. M., that the summons was constructively served, I ordered a new trial. In two other instances, upon advice from the Worshipful Master of each Lodge that after a vote for suspension the members could not, after many ballotings, agree npon a time, and the Lodges were closed,leaving that question unsettled, I ordered new trials, with instructions that in the question of suspension the time should be inclUded, commencing with the longest period named, and so on with the next longest period, till a result was reached.

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In another instance, at the time of trial, one specification was withdrawn by a majority vote. As that specification contained the burden of the offense charged, the accuser refused to proceed with the case. The facts being examined into by the District Deputy Grand Master, and reported to be correct as stated, I ordered a new trial on the charges and specifications as originally preferred. In other cases presented to me, with claims for new trials, I declined to interfere. It is doubtless a saving ot labor to the Committee on Grievance, and a means of speedy reparation to a brother who bas been unjustly dealt with, for some power to i;)e with the Grand Master to order new trials where proceedings have been manifestly illegal. Too great facilities for new trials can hardly, however, be considered desirable, and, in aU cases where such applications are made, a full and intelIlgible copy of proceedings of trial, with all the details (except the evidence introduced), should be sent up to the Grand Master before any action is taken, and the case should be presented through the District Deputy Grand Master.

UNPLEASA.NT DUTIES.

I received charges and specifications for gross, nn路Masonic conduct against Brother THOMAS M. MOORE, W. M., of Adelphi Lodge, No. 355, preferred by the other otD.cers and many of the members of that Lodge. At my request, Right Worshipful Brother J. R. HARDY, D. D. G. M. ot the District, with Right Worshipful Brother D. P. WALLINGFORD, ;Po D. D. G. M., and Worshipful Brother DANIEL O'TOOLE, visited Adelphi Lodge, and, after a patient investigation, the result of their labors was a report recommending that Brother MOORE be suspended from otD.ce as Worshipful Master, and cited to appear at the present Annual Commnnication to answer to the charges, etc., exhibited against pim, which was accordingly done. With his otD.cial report from the Tenth District, I received, from Right Worshipful Brother W. H. MCGRATH, charges and specifications for gross, un-Masonic conduct against Brother A. D. MULLIN, of Oriental Lodge, No. 141, at Trenton, preferred against him by members of that Lodge. The charges coming through the hands of the District Deputy Grand Master, I ordered the suspension from office of Brother A. D. MULLIN, and cHed him to appear at this Communication to answer to the charges so exhibited. I received a complaint fr<'m the remaining officers and other members of Alton Lodge, No. 255, at Alton, stating that their Worshipful Master, Brother J. A. RICE, on the day of their previous regular meeting, had entered the Lodge-room and taken away the charter for the express purpose of preventing their having a meeting on that evening. No report had been made to me by Brother RICE of this virtual suspension of work, and his otD.clal report was silent on the SUbject, and as the time was so near to the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. and Brother J. A. RICE was also District Deputy Grand Master, I had no time to cause any enquiry to be made into the subject of the complaint; and, referring to a letter of date August 22, written to me by Brother J. A. RICE, which, in connection with this complaint and the cause thereof, showed a bad state ot feeling in that LOdge between the parties, I deemed it best to refer these papers to the Grand Lodge for consideration, and they are herewith presented.

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SPECIAL VISITATIONS. By request of the Pastor in charge, and Trustees, of the M. E. Church South, at Jefferson City, I visited that city on the 23d of April, and laid the corner-stone of a new church edifice. Our ceremonies were supplemented by very interesting addresses from Right Reverend Bishops KEENER and MARVIN, and our procession was headed by a large array of Sahbatb. school scholars and teachers. I was ably assisted on that occasion by the officers and members of Jefferson Lodge, No. 43; also, by Right Worshipful Brother T. C. RE.ADY, J. G. W., Brothers S. A. GILBERT, J. N. BURNES and C. W. SAMUEL. On the 24th of June I visited St. Joseph, at the special request of Right Worshipful Brother J. R. HARDY, and, convening a Grand Lodge, went down in procession to Rushville, where I dedicated a new hall for the use of that Lodge. After our return to St. Joseph, I met with a large number of the brethren of the several Lodges in St. Joseph Lodge, No. 78, where work had been provided in the Entered Apprentice Degree. If a degree can be better conferred throughout, including the charge to the candidate, I do not know where or by whom. I fully expected to be able, during the year, to spend a portion of time in visiting through the State, but, on account of business, and sickness in my family, had to forego such recreation except in the instances just mentioned. To the brethren of Jefferson City and S1.. Joseph, I feel under great obligations for their cordial reception and kind treatment whilst I was with them. Those visits, which I enjoyed so mUCh, will never be forgotten by me. DISTRICT DEPUTIES. The following appointments were made to fill vacancies: Brother J. M. ORCHARD, Twenty-fifth District, vice Brother J. G. ANDERSON, declining to serve. Brother J AS. W. ROBERTSON, Twenty-ni n th Dis trict, vice J AS. L. ROBERTSON, resigned. Brother WM. R. STUBBLEFIELD, Sixteenth District, vice Brother E. SPENCER, whose ill health compelled him to resign. District No. 37 became vacant by the death of Brother J. V. ALLEE, and District No. 31 by the resignation of Brother JAMES ROBINSON. I have received official reports from forty 'DIstrict Deputies. They give interesting information which should be in direct possession of the Craft. I would suggest their reference to the proper Committee, with a view especially to their being condensed in form, and the chief points in them published with the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge. DISTRICT DEPUTY SYSTEM. You will, I think, all agree with me that this system is not working as it should do. For its want of successful operation there are several reasons, among which are the. limited nature of their duties and authority as defined by the law, the duties being to inspect By-Laws and records, preside at Lodges of Instruction, dedicate halls of new Lodges, constitute same, etc., discountenance itinerant Lecturers, etc., and make a report of their acts, and, I had almost forgotten to say, to recommend Dispensations for new Lodges. What

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they cannot do is more fully set forth. To remedy this defect in the origInal law, decisions have been from time to time approved, among which is one that they should, under the direction of the Graud Master, share more fully the correspondence and oversight of the Craft in theIr respective Districts. This is comprehensIve, but, like most of the other decisIons, Its purport Is known to but few, and hence it Is that beyond the few duties enumerated, none are supposed to exist; and in the matter of authori"ty to correct any evils, except an imperfect record or an illegal by-law, the District Deputy is powerless. All sorts of Irregularities mIght take place whilst a District Deputy was present, and hIs Instructions or corrections might be heeded or not, as the 01l1cers of a Lodge felt disposed. I need not dwell on thIs, as you all understand how such things might be. I have prevIously alluded to the correspondence of the 01l1ce of the Grand Master. I can safely say that more thau one-half the letters received during the past year referred to questions which auy District Deputy could have answered at once, but it appeared as if that 01l1cial was entirely ignored. I, therefore, adopted the plan, so as to correct the evil as much as possible of answering all such letters through the DistrIct Deputy, either by referring the letters themselves, or giving the substance of them with such comments as I deemed necessary.

By doing this I kept the DIstrIct Deputies advised of any questions that were agitating the minds of the Craft in their DIstricts, and gave them a chance, occasionally, to brush up their knowledge of jurIsprudence, If rusty. Letters路 of graver import I referred in the same way, so as to obtain statements of facts not biased by particular views and preJ udices. This method rather increased, than otherwise, the correspondence; but, if I have succeeded, however partially, in turnIng this torren t of correspondence into its proper channel, the labors of my successors wIll be materially lightened, and 1 hope that they will continue as I have begun. It is not to be wondered at that Dlstrlct"Deputies, findIng themselves thus ignored, and the 01l1ce in Its practical uses but nominal, should cease to gIve it any attention, or to keep themselves qualified by a study of the rules and Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, and, seeing things going wrong in their DistrIcts without any power to correct them, should gradually lose all interest and at last decline to serve; especially when a formal 01l1cial visit to a Lodge necessitates an expense to them for which there is no compensation, and which they consIder as tIme, labor and money expended for nothing.

Following the example of Most Worshipful Grand Master W. S. GARDNER, of Massachusetts, I issued a cIrcular to D1stricL Deputies, a copy of which' I submit tor your inspection as part of this address. Any instructions in it,

not strictly within the sphere of the duties assigned by law to the DistrIct DeputIes, would, I presume, be justified as special authority given by me. I sent several copie~ to each District Deputy, that he mIght distribute them for the information of the Lodges. It is gratifying to notioe that some of the DIstrIct: Deputies, in their reports, followed the method of this circular by giving answers, se1"iatim, to tbe questions therein propounded. If I have taxed your patience with remarkR upon thIs subject of DistrIct Deputies, it is because I believe that without some system of this kind the affairs of this Grand JurIsdIction cannot be successfully managed. Our territory is too large, llnd the accumulation of Lodges too great, for any oversIght of the Craft except through such an auxiliary. If a Grand Master had nothing else to attend to, and could multiply himself an hundl'ed-fold,

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or be el)dowed with power of ubiquity, then it might be dispensed with; provided, he was furnished with short-hand writers to answer letters as he dictated t.hein. This system has worked admirably in other juriildictions, and, when properly defined and understood as to the relations existing between the Lodges and the District Deputies-with Judicious selecUons of such otncials, not a hasty picking out. at random, towards the close of the Annual Communication, of forty or fifty names of brethren, some of whom cannot and others will not serve, but of such only as are qualified and can appreciate the honor and responsibility of the position-its advantages will become more apparent; and, with minor questions and trifilng Irregularities submitted to and settled by the District Deputies, and more important ones referred, by agreement of all interested in a fraternal spirit, through the District Deputies to the Grand Master for his decision, then this system will accomplish the purposes of its origin and bring order out of the confusion that now prevails. With order will come harmony, and with harmony true Masonic culture. In connection witll this SUbject, I beg leave to quote a decision from Most Worshipful Brother ELLWOOD E. THO:RNE, G. M., of New York, In which, I presume, you will all heartily concurâ&#x20AC;˘ .. That it is entirely improper, except by way of appeal, for a brother of a Lodge to criticise the action of his Master, or to seek to obtain from higher authority a reversal of a Master's action without giving notice to the Master of his intention to do so, and either fnrnlshing the Master with a copy of his communication to the reviewing officer, or sending the questions concerning which he seeks an opinion through the hands of the Master, in this way giving him notice that his rul1ng is called in question." . IRREG ULAiuTIES.

Among other irregUlarities that have crept into our Lodges, is a practice of the Committee on a petition for the degrees interviewing a candidate. This not only informs him of what he has no right to know, but in case of rejection' it leads to a pumping process on his part, not only annoying to the members of the Committee, but engendering ill feel111gs in the Lodge by the indiscreet gossip of his friends who introduced his petition. I consider thhl practice a most pernicious one, that cannot be too strongly condemned. There is an idea quite prevalent that any irregularity of proceeding can be cured, or a by-law set aside, by a Dispensation from the Grand Master. Much carelessness and inattention to laws is fostered by the idea of this universal panacea. The authority to grant Dispensations is limited, and not Intended to be used to rectify errors which would resuit only In inconvenience to parties committing them. They are, however, readily granted when for the good of the Craft. The necessity for Dispensation to Lodges to turn out in procession on funeral occasions and on St. Johns' Days, and for public installation of otncers, does not now exist. The District 'Deputy Grand Master, having by law the authority to dedicate a hall in private, requires a Dispensation to do so in public; and for every other public occasion, the Grand Master being responsibJe for the conduct of the Craft, the power Is in him alone to JUdge of the propriety of the occasion, and ro. authorize or not a public demonstration. Neither the Grand Lodge nor a Subordinate Lodge lays a corner-stone; that is done by the Grand Master, or by some one authorized by him to convene a Grand Lodge to assist him. When that ceremony is desired, an invitation should be tendered to him a Butncient time beforehand, to enable him to make arrangements and select some competent Past Master to act for him, should he be nnable to attend.

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SUGGESTIONS. I am not in favor of constant making of new laws and changing old ones, but there appears to me to be great necessity of making some that we have, more expllci t. I wlll mention those referring to trials. We need a defined mode of procedure in conducting them, for want of which arises much of the trouble given to the Committee on Grievance every year; also, with reference to disobeying summons in connection with arrearage for dues. The By-Laws adopted by the Grand Lodge in 1869, for the use of Subordinate Lodges, and recommended to be used by them, require such summons, with penalty for disobedience; and they, having been generally adopted by Subordinate Lodges, are in confiict with the Report of Committee on Grievance, adopted in 1873. It would be well also to define what is meant by resident members, in cases where all such are required to be notified, and a two-thirds vote of them is necessary to carry some question, such as Lodge removal, etc.

There are instances where some of our Lodges are in such a state of apathy, Unot a worse condition, that the best members will not attend the meetings, and the desire amongst all except seven members would be to surrender the charter, but the magical number seven is the obstacle to doing so, and so they continue to exist in a kind of living death. GRAND LECTURER'S REPORT. Among other reports which I submit herewith is that of Right WorshipfUl Brother A. McDOWELL, Grand Lecturer. Considering the extent of territory necessary to be traveled over, Brother McDOWELL has accomplished a great deal during the year, in his visitations to the Districts; and no time has been spent by him unprofitably, if his instructions to the Lodges have been duly heeded. Some very pertinent suggestions in his report, as to District Lecturers, wlll, I hope, be duly considered and put in shape, for your favorable action upon them, by the Standing Committee to whom that report will be referred. LOT IN BELLEFONTAINE CEMETERY. I am advised by Right Worshipful Brother COLLINS that in Bellefontaine Cemetery the Grand Lodge lot has only space left in it for four more interments. This lot was originally too small for the needs of the Craft in such a central position in the Mississippi Valley, and, if it is withhi the financial abilit.y of the Grand Lodge to secure more ground to furnish last resting places to deceased sojourners, it would be well to comply with a duty that is so incumbent upon us. MACON LODGE. The adverse action of the Grand Lodge, last year, with regard to Macon Lodge, No. 106, now by its orders defunct, has been an effectual death-blow to Masonry in that place, and I present herewith a memorial from former members of that Lodge, and of Censer Lodge that was, which I hope wlll be dUly consid~red, and such action had in reference thereto, as will bring that Lodge back into line, if it can be done with due regard to all the circumstances of their position. OBLIGATIONS. I have been under obligations to Right Worshipful Brother OEO. FRANK GOULEY for the use of the columns of The If'reemaaon, for the publication of

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official decisions. I regret, exceedingly, that for want of support Brother GOULEY has b\3en compelled to suspend the further pUblication of that serial, when, too late, brethren are beginning to appreciate its merits. To Brother GOULEY, as Grand Secretary, I am also indebted for speedy answers upon any snbject upon which information was necessary; he is as reliable as a ready reckoner. BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. The publication of the new Book of Constitutions was completed in February last, and copies sent to all the Lodges and members of the Grand Lodge in the State. The collecting into this form and indexing all the decisions of the Grand Lodge, the By-Laws, forms, etc., was a work attended with arduous labor and no light expense, and it is to be hoped that the Craft will show their appreciation of it by constant reference to, and stUdy of, the contents of this book. LITIGATION. The case of the Second National Bank of St. Louis against the Grand Lodge, for $20,000 of the Bonds of the Masonic Hall Association of St. Louis, was determined at the March Term of the United States Circuit Court, and decided in favor of the Grand Lodge, Judges Dillon and Treat sitt.lng asjudges. The plaintiff was ~ot satisfied with the decision, and appealed the case to the Supreme Court of the United States, where it is now pending. This will necessitate the employment of one or more attorneys at Washington, and I recommend some provision to be made for such employment. The case was prosecuted for plaintiff by Messrs. Noble and Orrick, and defended in the Circuit Court by Brothers J. D. S. DRYDEN, SAMUEL H. OWENS:S. N. HOLLIDAY and R. E. ANDERSON. I also recommend that the Grand Lodge make some provision for the payment of the fees of the attorneys in the Circuit Court. CONDITION OF THE CRAFT. In commenting upon the condition of the Lodges through this jurisdiction, I should be delighted to do so in unequivocal terms, as to their moral and material prosperity, and so close this address, but I cannot faithfully discharge my trust without an allusion to the symptoms of disease which may, without due care, become incurable, and not only imperil the existence of individual Lodges, but through them affect the whole body of the Craft. Th-e present hot-bed production of Masons is showing its consequences in the bickerings and disRensions to some extent so prevalent, the electioneer. ing for office, the disgust manifested by unsuccessful aspirants for office, and the format.ion of cliques to promote the interests of their respective candidates; the displeasure shown openly by friends of a petitioner because some one or more members dared to exercise their undoubted right to reject a petitioner, no matter how estimable his character might be in the opinion of all his acquaintances; the suspicious scrutiny to ascertain, ion violation ot all law, who the rash offender may be, and, worse still, a determination to make reprisals by steadily black-balling every petition afterwards presented, and in some cases compromising with objectors by mutual agreements to vote for my man if I will vote for yours. Add to these the election of officers unqualified for theh~ positions, and their abortive attempts to confer degrees, the meanings of which are unintelligible alike to teacher and pupil, and which the candidate can be, therefore, safely depended upon never to

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reveal to others, and for the fees paid by him he does not learn enough to be able to visit any other Lodge. And should ignorance lead to the violation of moral and Masonic law, the fault is mutual on both sides. As an indication of moral status, note the numerous trials consta'ntly occurring in Lodges for gross un-Masonic conduct. Though they may justify the bellef,that members are determined to enforce discipline, there are many other cases which should be brought to trial, but for want of sufficient direct evidence, from a partisan spirit among members, or the prominence of station or popularity of the supposed offender, or the too great elasticity of the mantle of charity, they are not undertaken. It is not often that discipline is necessary upon those who have been members for many years, but it is upon those who ha.ve been swept in, as it were, with a drag-net, during the past few years-some of whom have acquired a foothold, for confusion amongst us, that it is not easy to dislodge. The question would arise: Why should there be so many occasions for discipl1ne in an institution that professes only to admit good men and true? Does admission into it make men worse? And, as the world outside makes the character of the worst members its standard of estimate for the whole, our Lodges gain or lose accordingly the respect of the communities in which they are situated, and, with it, all their intluence for good. The foregoing evils are the result of individual neglect and carelessness, in committees and at the ballot-box. Legislation cannot eradicate them, nor laws make good Masons out of bad material; and, when any of these evils become chronic in a Lodge, justice to the Fraternity at large requires that that avenue of admission into it should b.e closed-if not voluntarily by the members themselves, then by higher authority. I speak as unto wise men; judge ye wh~t I say. In a material point of view, there is also something to be said. Some of you doubtless know of Lodges the approach to Which is up a rickety staircase outside of the bunding, not very safe for persons who may have been imbibing too much in a saloon not far distant; the entrance into the Lodge-room beiug through an ante-room seemingly l\ receptacle for all sorts of rubbish, into another with a tloor covered with dirty saw-dust interspersed With cigar stumps and tobaCCO-furniture all shabby in proportion, and air redolent with tobacco smoke, which is not dissipated even when the Lodge is open. How,could a visitor suppose that any teaching of profound moral truths wouid be effective in such a place? Surely, if cleanliness is next to godliness, such Lodge-ro<?ms are the very antipodes of it; and it may be an excuse for them, if they do take in bad material, that they cannot get any decent persons to go to such dirty places. If I were searching for an argument in favor of the Adoptive Rite, it would present itself in the benetlcial effect that visits to our Lodge-rooms from the other sex would have in teaching us the tlfth cardinal virtue of cleanliness.

In portraying thus the condition of some of our Lodges, I do so with mingled hopes and fears-hopes that these remarks may apply to but few Lodges, but fears that these evils exist in too many of them. But if they exist in however small a degree, to know a fault is the first step towards its correction; and though I am fully aware that these remarks will ~ever be heard by those whom they are principally intended to reach, and, if heard, will pass unheeded, as similar ones have done from year to year, still this occasion should not pass without their being again presented.

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From this dark side of the picture I turn with a feeling of relief to a brighter one. Taking the reports of the District Deputy Grand Masters for my guide, confirmed by my own. experience and other information, there is every reason for hope and encouragement. There is a large proportion of our Lodges in a sound and prosperous condition. These, so far as has come to my knowledge, are not located in sparsely settled districts, at cross路roads, where future greats are expected to spring up, or in railroad towns that came up llke Jonah's gourd and decayed about as rapidly. If the reports of District Deputies, with others of a statistical nature which wlll be before you, do not show much increase in membership, it may be attributed in some measure to the stringency of the times, and very mUCh, it is to be hoped, to a wiser discrimination as to the character of applicants. Brethren, my labors are nearly over, and before you enter upon the regUlar business which is to come before you, I would say a few words to you whllst the. opportunity offers. From my standpoint I view Masonry in its principles-its symbols and allegoric Character, as one thing; as managed in its institutional character, as another. The first, being based upon eternal truths, is recognized and respected throughout the civlllzed world; tlle other depends for such recognition upon the laws, Character, ability and zeal of its members. As a means towards this end and the success of our institution in this two-fold nature, no better form of organization than ours, of Lodges, etc., can be found; and, like delicate machinery, if properly adju~ted, it w1ll show the influence of its workings by the moral improvement of its members, and their examples amongst those with whom they dwell. If dirt and trash is allowed to come into this machinery, or bad materiai introduced for its appliance, the machinery will become deranged, jarring and discord ensue, and the motive power, however pure itself, be useless until the II)achinery is cleansed of the destructive matter that had accumulated therein. I have dwelt at length on matters that directly atfected us through our Lodge organization-the machinery, so to call it, of the institution. These come within the sphere of your duties as legislators. Masters and Wardens of Lodges, you are, by virtue of the position you hold in your respective Lodges, their representatives in the Grand Lodge for the purposes of legislation; but I now address you as individuals-not as legislators, but as teachers, in your Lodges. An opportunity pr.esents1tselfto you of consnlting together upon the best mode of advancing the moral interests of your Lodges. Do not lose this opportunity. Upon you, after all, devolves the great work which is above legislation, the proper teaching and impressing upon the mind true Masonic knowledge, and I need not say that for this purpose learning and stUdy are reqUisite, on your part; that it will not suffice to go through the form of a ceremonial, however perfectly, unless the lessons it is intended to convey are fully explained. Make your meetings attract!ve,in the absence of any regular work, by in teresting remarks upon some Masonic topic. Be punctual in your own attendance, and let your members understand that a Lodge is not intended merely as a loaflng place for a few hours, interspersed occasionally with a caricature of a ceremony, or varied by the much abused term of refreshments, or as an excuse for absence from home untll late hours at night, but as a place where the profoundest truths of morality are to be taught in soberness and earnestness, and that its precincts should never be invaded by evll speaking or display of passions of any kind.

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Your responsibilities are as great,if not greater, than the other members, with regard to the introduction of unworthy material. A black-ball from you is equally as effective as one cast by any other member, so that you can never plead as an excuse that the Lodge elected an unworthy candiC!ate. Setting a faithful example to your brethren, allow no partiality of friendship, social position, or other external qualifications of a person, to make you swerve from your duty to the Fraternity by admitting him into the fold, if you are the least doubtful of his worth; and, if he should be in, and should have become a source ot reproach, do not hesitate to uphold the dignity of our institution by the requisite discipl1ne. By this course you will elevate the character of your LQ(}ges, and command the respect of the communities around you. Thus faithfully attending to your duties, your structures will be constituted of living stones, polished and solid, instead of concrete imitations, that adverse elements, indnlgence of evll passions, or a brief space of time will resolve into their original sand. J. W. LUKE, Grand Master.

Which was, upon montion by the Deputy Grand Master, referred to Most Worsllipful Brothers RUFUS E. ANDERSON, THOMAS E. GARRE1.'T, JOHN RALLS, JOSEPH FOSTER and S. W. B. CARNEGY.

REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS AND GRAND LECTURER.

The Grand Master submitted the reports of the Deputy Grand Masters and Grand Lecturer, which were, upon motion, referred to the Standing Committee.

GRAND LECTURER'S REPORT. ST. LOUIS, October 5. JOHN W.

LU~E, ESQ..,

Grand Master of Masons:

MOST WORSHIPFUL SIR AND BROTHER-Herewith I transmit my report as Grand Lecturer for the year ending October, 1875: During the past year I have,with the assistance of the respective District Deputy Grand Masters and District Lecturers, held District Lodges of Instruction at the follOWing places, vIz: Montgomery City, Mexico, Columbia, Jefferson City, Fulton, Moberly, Chillicothe, St. Joseph, Independence, Springfield, Carthage, Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Peirce City, Greenfield, Hillsboro. I

addi~ion, I

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instruction to Worshipful Masters and other officers of our Lodges. I have spent the whole year, with but slight intermissions, in visiting Masonic Bodies, much the greater portion being devoted to instruction in Ancient Craft Masonry, Very decided improvement bas, I tbink, been made in the work during the past year. Particular attention has been paid to the manner of work, in whicb the Lodges are more deficient than in the mere language. The proprie~y and even necessity of conferring degrees in a neat and orderly manner has been constantly urged upon the attention of officers and members. Particular attention has also been paid to the lectures in tbe various degrees, in which Masters of Lodges have been somewhat deficient. It gives me great pleasure to report tbat much zeal has been manifested by the brethren almost everywhere, and that my Lod~es of Instruction have been better attended tban for many years past. But for the solitary fact that we have too many Lodges in the State to be properly officered, and too many to perform the, work of Masonry necessary to be done in MiSSOUri, we could, to-day, be able to point with pride to Missouri as one of the brightest and best Masonic Jurisdictiolls in the West. One step towards curin~ this evil was inaugurated by the Grand Lodge at its last Communication, and has been faithfully carried out by your administration-that of granting no new Dispensations where not absolutely necessary. Another step remains to be taken-that of discovering a plan by which the weak or incompetent Loliges may be induced to surrender their charterR and unite with the more strong and bealthy ones, or by which a number 'Of such Lodges may be induced to unite into one strong, vigorous and useful body. In disseminating the work, I have'l:}een ably assisted by District Deput~' Grand Masters and District Lecturers. I regret to say, however, that in some Districts tbe Lecturers have failed to perform their whole duty, and in some I have found it impossible to secure a competent Lecturer who would undertake to perform the duty. This is partly owing to the awkward and roundabout manner in which Lecturers are chosen, as well as tbe tenure by which they are supposed to bold their offices. The present system of'appointment does not always supply tbe best materIal. The hasty consultation of a few delegates at Grand Lodge may result in giving us a good and worthy man, but not necessarily, nor always the best posted Mason or most skillful instructor. If the delegates fail to select, the District Deputy bas tbe appointment. If the DistrIct Deput.y is competent, he will usually be the most suitable man, but of course he cannot appoint himself. If he is uninstructed in the work himself, he is bardly the most suitable man to make a judicious selection. Should he fail to make a choice, the Grand Lecturer appoints, much valuable time having been lost meanwhile. I recommend that the subject be referred to a Committee, with instructions to report some simple and effective plan for selecting DIstrict Lecturers. The decision of Most Worshipful Brother GAltRETT, published in the Book of Constitutions, page 93, and numbered 219, has been construed to mean that a District Lecturer once appointed holds the office for life, unless for good cause removed. I do not believe that such Is tbe intention of the law. Life tenure in office is, so far as I know, unknown to our system of Masonry. In this particular case I consider it contrary to the best interests of Masonry. District Lecturers, like all other officers, should all be placed in a state of accountablIlty for the faithful discharge of their duties. It Is true that under the law the Grand Master or Grand Lecturer can remove an incom. petent Lectnrer from office. But, in addition to this being a dIsagreeable task, it is not always the best remedy. How feelings will sometimes be engendered

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where peace ought to reign! A removal always implies censure, and wounds the sensiblIlty of the party and his friends. My recommendation in brief is that the office of DIstrict Lecturer terminate, as all other offices selected by the Grand Lodge, with the installation of the officers of the Grand Lodge. There can be no doubt that the Grand and District Lecturers should be in accord as respects the work, and this matter. alone, in my opinion, will secure It. Much has been dope during the past year in outfitting halls and preparIng them wIth the necessary furniture, but much remains yet to be done. Notwithstanding the hard times, a large amount of work has been done by the Lodges, and, as far as I have been able to ascertain, on good material. Herewith I transmit all reports of District Lecturers receIved by me. Fraternally sUbmitted, ALLAN McDOWEI,L, Grand Lecturer.

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Oct. 12, 1875.

Grand Lodge was called to labor by the MostWorshipful Grand Master. . Grand Officers in their respective sta.tions.

STANDING COMMITTEES.

The Grand Master announced the following Standing Committees: Jurispl路udence.-THOS. E. GARRETT, XEN. RYI,AND, JOSEPH FOSTER, SPENCER, WM. H. Muzzy.

Grievance.-SAM'L H. OWENS, It. E. CAHTER.

E. ANDERSON,

ED.

S. W. B. CARNEGY, JAMES

WHITSITT, JAMES

Lodges Under DisperWdion.-J. G. WOERNER, H. PUGH, WM. H. MCGRATH.

JAMES

E. CADLE. J. G. MID-

DLECOFF, JOHN

By-LaW8.-Q. A. CRANDALL, HENRY T. MUDD, G. W. TRIGG.

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Charte1'ed Lodfles.-NoAR M. GIVAN, G. L. FAULHABER, THOS. C. READY, PARIS S. PFOUTS, WM. H. STANSBURY, B. J. OREAR, A. PARKHURST, B. L. Q,UARLES, W. H. McCoy, D. M. SCOTr, J. GOLDENBERG. Re-ports of District Deputy Grand Ma.,ters and Grand Lp.ctw·er.-J AMES R. HARDY, DAVID BAIRD, FRED. WENKLE, T. O. TOWLES, N. M. GIVAN.

Charity.-WM.. R. STUBBLEFIELD, J. M. STAPLES, H. C. BOTELER. Ways and Means.-JAMEs E. CADLE, LEE A. HALL, MILTON H. WASH. Unfinished Business.-W. P. HANCOCK, CRAS. D. EITZEN, J. M. ROBERTS. Accounts.-JosEPH S•. BROWNE, JNO. E. BARNES, ROBERT LYLE.

The Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer submitted their Annual Reports as follows, which were referred to Committee on Accounts: REPORT OF GRAND SECRETARY. OFJo'lCE OF GRAND SECRETARY,} ST. LOUIS, October 12, 1875.

To the Grand Lodge of Missouri: I herewith submit my Annual Report, together with the cash book, receipt book, ledger and vouchers, from which it will be seen that the following amounts have been received and disbursed for the past year to this date: RECEIPTS. Received from all sources, as per cash book. the amount of $11,275 75 Deposited with Grand Treasurer, per receipt book............ Balance in his hands last report.................................................. 8,007 35 Less warrant, No. 64, 1874, unpaid, of...................................... 23 00

1I,Z7575

Making total amount........................................................................

$19,260 10

7,984 35

DISBURSEMENTS. Returned ·on loan account Returned charter and dispensation fees

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¥~~~~le:u~a;~~~~t ..oJo~~l~:~:~l~fft~l~t:.~: Special charity by Gran~ Lodge St. Vincent's Institution, for Brother Dunscomb Kennard & Son, carpet bilL. Insurance of office

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~~~iEf~~fbM~sE~l~cd~~~~~~.~~. :::::: ::: :::::..:::::: :::::: :::::: :::::: ::::::::: United States Circuit Court fees...... . Blank returns and stationery .. Voorhis' Address, printing and mailing .. Binding and frames for library .. Advertising .. Constitution, prInting and mailing .. Gra.nd 8ecretary, salary . Grand Lecturer. salary .. Proceedings of 1874, printing and mail1ng .. Proceedings of 1875, printing, on account . Postage and expressage .. Grand Master. postage and seal .. Grand Tyler, salary and bills :. Balance Oil band

$9400 459 00 8400 75000 300 00

37970

9238 2500

60 81 4000

1350 191 75 164 00

2885 14 40

2,314 70 3,000 00

1.000 00

1,97945

500 00

8500 4000

179 90 ~

11,796 44

---$7,463 66

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GTand Lodge oj' Missouri.

By order of the Grand Master, I have issued Dispensations for the following new Lodges: CIMARRON, at Cimarron, New Mexico. CHARLESTON, at Charleston, Mississippi County, Mo. Also, duplicate charters as follows: Huntsvllle, No. 30; Cedar City, No. 425; Raytown, No. 391; and Linn, No. 66, already reported by him in Annual Address. February 27, 1875.-Received charter of Wolf Island Lodge, No. 172, surrendered by the Lodge, August 22, 1874, and on April 8, received the coHars, jewels, working tools, record, ledger and seal of said Lodge. March,1875.-Received charter of Webster Grove Lodge, No. 296, surrendered by vote of the Lodge. April 8, 1875.-Recelved Record Book of late Integrity Lodge, under Dispensation. September 16, 1875.-Received the charter of Evening Star Lodge, No. 94, which was unanimously surrendered, June 12, 1875. I have also recelv~d a large number of appeal cases, which were promptly forwarded to Most Worshipful Brother SAMUEL H. OWENS, Chairman of Committee on Grievance, ad interim. Several memorials on sundry subjects have been received, and will be referred to the Standing Committees. Many Sel1retarles have become negligent during the past two years about sending up their returns according to the law. The returns should be promptlj' filled up and sent in, even ~f the Lodge has not the dues on hand at that time. Many Lodges delay for the reason that the Worshipful Master will not sign the warrant until the Lodge meets a month hence, not taking into consideration the fact that money for Grand Lodge dues bas already been appropria.ted by law. We think that some regulation should be adopted to make the first three officers interested in getting out tbe returns accordIng to the law. Some states deprive Lodges of representation In Grand Lodge, unless the returns are in fifteen days before the Annual Communication. Nearly the whole loan account of 1873 has been absorbed in the payment of annual dues during the past two years, which has reduced the balance In the TrellSury to that extent during that time, but little of that Is yet outstanding, and amount due on College Certificates has been entirely cancelled, so that, hereafter, the source of revenue wIll not be Interfered with by such credits on the Ledger. The Grand Lodge Libr.ary is steadily increasing In size and value, and the Proceedings of otber Grand Bodies have been bound as rapidly as theIr accumulationjust1fied. We are much Indebted to Grand Secretaries and Recorders of sister jurIsdictions for valuable contributions. Fraternally SUbmitted, GEO. FRANK GOULEY, Grand Secretary.

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REPORT OF GRAND TREASURER. WILLIAM N. LOKER,

GRAND TREASURER,

In account with the lI-f. W. Grand Lodge A. P. .1: A. M. of Missouri. 1874. October

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14, To balance as per report.................................... $8,007 3.5 22, To Current Funds......... 870 60

1875. May 26, To Current Funds August II, September 3,

.. . .

. October

15,

18,

23, 29, 5, 5, 9,

.. .

211 40 25700 41625 61705 1,257 00 71850 1,854 00

1,591 95 1,162 25 700 00 936 SO

11,

68325

$19,283 10

1874.

October,

CR.

By $10, $1,000, $20 . $1,03000 ~, $1,000, $23, $300•................................................... 1,323 00 " $100, 99238, $100 . 34238 $636, 85, $30 .. 41 36 $30, $200, $25, $500 . 75500 $7i945, S30, $150, $6 .. 965 45 " $30, $190 60, $15, SID . 24560 $30, $149, $700, $10 SO . 88950 11540 $23, $14 40, $48, $30 .. $30, $15, $30, $30 .. 10500 3850 " $15, $25, $3 50, $5 $110, $14 75, $40, ~30 .. l!H 75 0 •••••••• 0 •••••••• 0 ••••• 0 ••• 0

••••••••••••

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April, May,

.. $30, $700, $13 SO, $1,20G .. $302, $30, $812 70 .. $20, $15, $189 10 .. $6, $4 .Tune, " $30, $5, $4 50 September, " $500, $18 35, SI,OOO .. $18', $23, $8 50 " $30 50, $10, $:!3 •• $2{l 40, $84, $600 : .. $4 45, $71 50 October 13, " Balance.:

.. .. .. . .. / .. .. . .. ..

1,943 SO 1,144 70 224 10 10 00 39 SO 1,5H; 35

4950 63 SO 704 40

7595 7,463 66 $19,283 10

1875. October 13, To balance on hand

,................$7,463 66

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Grand Lodge of Missouri.

REPORT ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS.

The Special Committee reported as

follows~adopted:

The Committee to whom was referred the Grand Master's Address for dIstribution, respectfully submit the following report: 1st. We" heartily endorse the tribute of respect paid to our late Past Grand Senior Warden, SAMUEL RUSSELL, and recommend that a memorial page in our Proceedings be set apart to his honor. We recommend that the decisions submitted by the Grand Master be referred to the Committee on JurIsprudence. 'rhat SQ much of "the Address as refers to the granting of DispensatIons for new Lodges at Cimarron, Colfax County, New Mexico, and Charleston, at Charleston, MississippI County, be referred to Committee on Lodges under Dispensation. That so much of the Address as refers to the cIrculars issued by the Kansas City Board of Relief, asking for pecunIary assistance, be referred to a Special Committee of three, to be appointed by the Deputy Grand Master. That so much of the Address as refers to the suspension of the work of Pittsville Lodge, No. 491, and the suspension from his office of THOMAS M. MOORE, Adelphia Lodge, No. 355, and Brother A. D. MULLINS, 路W. M., of Oriental Lodge, No. 141; and also tbe action of Brother J . A. RICE, in removIng the Charter of Alton Lodge, No. 255, be referred to a Special Committee of five, to be appointed by the Deputy Grand Master. That so much of the Address as refers to the condensation and publication of the reports of the District Deputy Grand Masters be referred to the Com~ mittee on Reports of District Deputy Grand Masters and Grand Lecturer. Your Committee heartily endorse the views expressed by the Grand Master as to the pernicious practice of a Committee on a Petltiou for the Degrees intervIewing a candidate, and think with him that it cannot be too strongly condemned, or too promptly checked. So much of the Address as refers to special Dispensations for public occasions, and laying of corner-stones, is a clear exposition of the law on that subject. So much of the Address as refers to the makIng of our laws more explicit on the subject of trials, disobedienc~ of summons in connection with arrel1rages for dues, and the conflict between the By-Laws adopted by SUbordinate Lodges, and the Report of the Committee on Grievance of l8i3; as also as to what Is meant by resident members, we recommend to be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. We recommend that the matter of procuring more ground in Bellefontaine Cemetery, for the burial of our deceased sojonrners, be referred to a specIal Committee of three. We recommend that so mnch of the Address as refers to the action of the last Grand Lodge, in reference to Macon Lodge, No. 106, and Censer Lodge, U. D., be referred to a special Committee of three, to be appointed by the Grand Master.

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80 much of the Address as refers to the payment of the attorneys for the defense of the case of the Second National Bank against the Grand Lodge, and the employment of counsel to look after the case, in the Supreme Court of the United States, we recommend be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Your Committee readily recognize the symptoms of disease so forcibly alluded to by the Grand Master as prevalent in some of our Lodges, and heartily endorse his vIews as to the origin and remedy therefor. The Grand Master's Address, as a whole, is an able Masonic document, characterized by clearness of expression, honesty of purpose, and plain dealing, in perfect harmoDY with the principles of our Order. Fraternally submitted, R. E. ANDERSON, THOS. E. GARRETT, JOHN RALLS, . JOSEPH FOSTER, S. W. B. CARNEGY, commtttee.

SPECIAL COMMITTEES.

The Deputy Grand Master announced the following Special Committees: On Qi"culars of Kansas Oily Boa"d of Relief.-R. E. ANDERSON, G. L. FAULHABER and M. W. EAGAN. On 8u8pended Masters.-J. H. STOVER, E ..J. OREAR, WM. NIFONG, O. A. CRANDALL and W. C. FOREMAN.

The Grand Master announced the following Special Committees: On Purchase of Burial Lot.-MARTIN COLLINS, JOSEPH S. BROWNE and T. J. BANDEN.

On Cases of Macon and Oenser Lodges.-R. E. ANDERSON, J AS. E. CADLE and

W. C. FOREMAN. On Memorials.-JOSEPH S. BROWNE, N. M. GrVAN, FRED. WENKLE and A. M. BRITTON.

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.

The Grapd Secretary, as Chairman, submitted the following report, which was ordered published with the Proceedings. [See A.ppendix.]

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Grand Lodge of Missouri.

SPECIAL REPORT ON SCOTLAND.

The Grand Secretary submitted the following- report, which was received, and, upon his motion, referred to a Special Committee: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri:

In the Annual Addr~ss of Most Worshipful Brother JOHN D. VINCIL, G. M., October, 1869, he calls attention (page 25, published Proceedings 1869) to the fact that 8t. Joseph Lodge, No. 78, presented to him the case of Mr. JOHN BURNSIDE, of that city-who had been rejected for the mysteries, some time previously, by Zeredatha Lodge, No. 182, of the same city-who had gone on a visit to Scotland (his native country), and, while there, had received the first three degrees of Freemasonry in St. Merron Lodge, No. 129, at Paisley. Previous, however, to reporting this case to the Grand Lodge, the Most Worshipful Grand Master, in the year previous, directed me to call the attention ot the Grand Lodge of Scotland to the matter, by correspondence through the Grand Secretary, to whom I addressed the following letter: "OFFICE OF GRAND SECRETARY, } GRAND LODGE A. F. & A. M., MISSOURI, ST. LOUIS, November 13, 1868• .. Wn.LIAM A. LAURIE, Esq., Edinburgh, Scotland, Grand Secretary, Grand Lodge of Scotland: .. RIGHT WORSHIPFUL AND DEAR BROTHE!t-I am directed by the Most Worshipful Grand Master of this State to correspond with you relative to the making a Mason of a citizeu of this Grand Jurisdiction by a Lodge in Scotland. JOHN BURNSIDE, Esq., (a Scotchman by birth, but American by citizenship,) during this year visited his native country, and while there, in or about June, 1868, was initiated, passed and raised in St. Merron Lodge, No. 129, J>aisley, Scotland. • .. On his return to his home (St. Joseph, Mo.), he found himself denied Masonic recognition upder the following by-law of this Grand LodKe, to wit: Section 15, Article 16, says: • No Lodge in this Jurisdiction shall confer any of the degrees on a non-resident without consent of the proper jurisdiction first obtained; nor shall any Lodge in this jurisdiction recognize any citizen of Missouri who has been made a Mason outside of the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge during his citizenship, unless by consent of the Lodge in whose jurisdiction he resided.' .. Under this law, Brother BURNSIDE (a most estimable gentleman) finds himself in a very unpleasant position, one into which he unfortunately fell, not knowing the regulations of Masonry. . .. I have to ask that you will report this case to your Most Worshipful Grand Master, hoping he w1l1 deem it proper to correct the mistake by putting a stop to any further invasion of this jurisdiction, as our law absolutely prohibits our subordinates from thus invading the jurisdiction of any other State or country, foreign or domestic. .. I do not presume that Lodge No. 129 intentionally did this wrong, but through ignorance of International comity, and if your Most Worshipful Grand

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. Master is willing to acknowledge the error, and to releaseÂˇ Brother BURNSIDE from any further allegience to Lodge No. 129, or the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and request it, our Most Worshipful Grand Master w1l1 cause Brother BURNSIDE to be heled by obllgatlng him to this jurisdiction, and, upon presentation ofcertltlcate of release, to permit him to apply for membership to one of the Lodges in St. Joseph. "On the other hand, should the Grand Lodge of Scotland refuse this release, then Brother BURNSIDE must be looked upon as clandestine, so long a,; he remalJ].s among us, and the case may lead to further complications, which would be very unpleasant between Masonic Grand Bodies so long in h umony with each other. "I have been thus explicit, fearing that you may not be aware of the positive and decided course long since adopted and rigidly adhered to, viz: never to invade any other jurisdiction, nor to permit the invasion of our own.

[Relative to letter to Grand Chapter ofScoUand.]

"With every assurance of fraternal consideration for yourself and your Most Worshipful Grand Master, and hoping for 1m early reply, I am, Right Worshipful and dear Brother, Truly and Fraternally yours, [SEAL.]

GEO. FRANK GODLEY, G"and Secretary."

This letter never having been even acknowledged or replied to, the Grand Master referred the matter to the Grand Lodge, as already stated.

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The Commi ttee to whom that address was referred submitted the following report (page 65, Proceedings i869), which was adopted by Grand Lodge, to wit: "Your Committee are pained to learn of the invasion of tbis jurisdiction by Monitor Lodge, No. 528, of New York City, Mt. Nebo Lodge, No. 76, in Illinois, and St. Merron Lodge, No. 129, Paisley, Scotland, and fully endorse the emphatic protest tf the Most Worshipfui Grand Master in the premises, and had supposed that the tlrm and unswerving position of this Grand Lodge was fully understood by every other jurisdiction, to the extent that our rights would not again be invaded; but, believing that the above acts were committed by Subordinate Lodges ignorant of Masonic law and usage, and that ample redress will be afforded when the grievance is properly presented to the respective Grand Lodges, we therefore recommend that the Grand Secretary express, in suitable terms, the solemn protest of this Grand Lodge to the Grand Lodges named, against this action by tbeir SUbordinates, and that the parties so made Masons be recognized only as clandestine, until they be heled by the Lodges to whosejurisdlctions they properly belong, entertaining, as we fully do, the belief that the Grand Lodges named will make ample apology, and punish the offending Lodges." In pursuance of this resolution or order of the Grand Lodge, I addressed the various Grand Lodges named, and an amicable settlement wa,s consummated with all shortly after, except in the case of Scotland. Deeming it useless to again address the Grand Secretary, from whom it was apparently hopeless to expect a reply, I addressed the Most Worshipful Grand Master, through RIght WorshipfUl Brother JOHN HERVEY, Grand Secretary of England, who kIndly forwnrded it for me.

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"Ob'FICE OF GRAND SECRETARY, GRAND LODGE A. F. & A. M., STATE OF MISSOURI, ~ ST. LOUIS, January 25, 1870. J

.. To the Moat Wor8hip/~l the Grand Master 0/ Masons o/Scotland: "MOST WORSHIPFUL AND DEAR BROTHER-I am directed by the Grand Lodge of M~ssouri to call your attention to the fact that St. Merron Lodge, No. 129, at Paisley, Scotland, in June, 1868,initiated, passed and raised a citizen 0/ this State, by the name of •JOHN BURNSIDE.' " By reference to page 65 of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge ot Missouri, October, 1869, a copy of which I send addressed to you thUS, • Most Worshipful Grand M"aster of Masons, Edinburgb, Scotland,' you will observe that it has been made my duty, in the name of this Grand Lodge, to protest against the invasion of tbis jurisdiction, and to express the belief that it was not done with your sanction, but that the act will be ignored, and the offending Lodge reprimanded as the case may justify. " I regret, also, to state that this Grand Lodge, during its existence of half a century, has not received an01llcial communication from the Most Worshipful Grand Louge of Scotland, aithough such communications have been addressed by the proper 01llcers of this Grand Lodge upon various important subjects, the one before us now being especially treated of in 1868. " " I am not certain that the letters from this 01llce have reached you or the parties to whom addressed, but I shall take the liberty of addressing this one through Right Worshipful Brother JOHN HERVEY, Grand Secretary of England, who will see it properly directed and maHen, and I trust that you will direct your Grand Secretary to inform me of his exact post-office address, so that published and other Masonic documents may be safely exchanged. "Hoping to hear from you in time to report to the next Annual Session of this Grand Lodge (October, 1870), and that you have corrected the evH complained of, I am, Most Worshipful ¥rother, " Truly and fraternally yours, [:::lEAL.)

GEO. FRANK GOULEY, Grand Secretary and CommiUee on Foreign Correspondence."

From Brother HERVEY I received the following report: "FREEMASON'S HALL, } LONDON, 18th of March, 1870. "MY DEAR SIR AND BROTHER-I have been unable to write earlier to tell you that your letter to the Earl DALHOUSIE was forwarded to that nobleman on the 9th ult., the day it arrived here.

"With best wishes, believe me,

truI~T,

fraternally yours,

" GEO. FRANK GOULEY, Esq., Grand Secretary, State 0/ Missouri." By the next steamer I received the following:

•

JOHN HERVEY, Grand Secretary.

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"VILLA P ANHURE, CANNES, } ALPES MARITIMES, FRANCE, March 29. 1870. "SIR AND BROTHER-I have only this day received your letter of the 25th of January last, in which you call my attention to the fact that an American citizen has been initiated into the Craft, passed and raised, in a Lodge in Paisley. I confess that I can see no irregularity in this, and should certainly not consider it a subject of grievance if any Lodge in Missouri did the same to a countryman of mine, who might desire in that country to join them. If the Grand Lodge of Scotland had proposed to erect a Lodge hailing under her banner in Mis80uri, that would have been an invasion of your jurisdiction which could not be justified; but I hold that any Lodge on the face of t,he globe, being satisfied that a man is of full age and of sound morals. may admit him to membership, of whatever naf.ion he may be. Such is my individual opinion, but I shall submit your letter to the Grand Secretary. to ascertain if ,the Grand Lodge takes my view of the matter, and likewise that he may explain the other matters referred to in your letter. "I have the honor to be. yours fraternally, DALH'OUSIE, Grand Master of Scotland. .. My address, and the Grand Secretary's, is Freemasons' Hall, Edinburgh." To this letter of the Grand Master of Scotland, I submitted the following reply: .. OFFICE GRAND SECRETARY, } GRAND LODGE A. F. &; A. M., STATE OF Mo.â&#x20AC;˘ ST. LOUIS, April 19, 1870. " EARL DALHOUSIE, Grand Master of Masons of .". ;colland, Edinburgh, Scotland: "MOST WORSHIPFUL AND DEAR BROTHER-Your esteemed favor of 29th March, at hand to-day. Thanks for your prompt reply and full expression of your views on the question at issue. "From your letter I observe that you hold that citizenship does not enter into Grand Lodge jurisdictional questions, but that any Subordinate has the power to make a sojourner a Mason. This, I take it, is the theory of the Scotch practice, and, as such, is the opposite of that observed by American Grand Bodies. "I wlll here state that no Lodge in the United States would dare to make a Mason of a foreigner, or of one of an adjoining State, unless the party had acquired citizenship by a bona fide residence of at least one year. No number of years would give us jurisdiction, if the party claimed any other State or country as his home. I think the reasons for this usage will be palpable to your mind by a brief explanation-per example: "John Smith is a resident of St. Louis-is well known. He applies for the degrees, and is reJecLed on account ofa bad character known only to few members of th~ Lodge. His parents were Scotch; he visits Scotland, and finds Masonic friends among his relations; he sojourns a few weeks or months, and before he returns home he receives the degrees in a Scotch Lodge; he presents his diploma here and demands admittance; he is refused for two reasons, viz: 1st, his bad character; 2d, he had no right to receive the degrees away from home without our consent. He is permanently ruled out; he writes to his Scotch Lodge, and the members thereof naturally feel aggrieved; hence, bad feelings grow up between the two jurisdictions.

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.. The case might be reversed npon your view of the question, bnt, fortunately for the American usage, no such case can occur against one of our Lodges. , "The imaginary case of John Smith is parallel to the one of JOHN BURNSIDE, of whom I wf-ote in January last, except that Brother BURNSIDE'S character is good; yet the princIple involved is the same. "In performing this duty imposed by my Grand Lodge, I have to request that you will exercise your good otllces in remedying the cause of this complaint, by suggestIng to your Most Worshipful Grand' Lodge the proprIety of instructing its. daughter Lodges to respect the JurIsdiction of this Grand Lodge by not making Masons of citizens of MissourI while sojourning in Scotland on temporary business or pleasure. .. I do not, Most Worshipful Brother, pretend to deny or dispute the legality of your vIew, but if such were the general usage, in -a country like ours, where rejected candidates are continually moving from one place to another, all the safeguardlS of MasonIc harmony would be broken down, and criminations between one JurIsdiction and another would become ~he order of the day. "Yonr great experience antI judgment will cause you to !lee at a glance how a great wrong may be done against our Lodges, should it be once known to rejected candidates that they can get the degrees almost at sight the first time they visit Europe, and that, too, at less prices than we charge hOere. "Some years ago, a Lodge in New York City made a Mason of a citizen of MIssourI sojournIng In that State on business, after havilJg been rejected by a Lodge in this cIty. Our Grand Lodge remonstrated in fraternal terms, but the Graud Lodge of New York did not properly attend to the matter, and it resulted in this Grand Lodge severing all Masonic communication between the two bodies, which unhappy condition of affa.irs continued until the question was finally settled, and amicable relations again restored. "There is no more sacred princIple in Masonic jurisprudence in this country than strict obedience to this very issue of Grand Lodge jurisdiction; it is one on which depends much of the harmony between the States and other countries, and, as we respect the jurisdictional limits nnd powers of others, we have also to ask that others shall respect ours. I think you will grant that this is not asking too much. "It will ever be the great pleasure of our Grand Lodge to receIve and continue a fraternal correspondence, and to entertain and accommodate our Scotch brethren, and I shall, therefore, renew the earnest request that this question will receive your official attention at the next session of your Most Worshipful Grand Lodge.

.. With many regard!>, I am, Most Worshipful Brother, Truly and fraternally yours, GEO. FRANK GOULEY,

[SEAL.] Grand

Se~etary

and Committee on Correspondence."

This correspondenc" I submitted to you in October, 18iO, and was published in the Proceedings of that year (page 259), with the follo~ing report, whIch was adopted, to wi t: .. Since writing the first letter to the Grand Master, I have learned through the ForeIgn Correspondence of Brother BLACKI~, of Tennessee, that it was

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submitted to the Grand Lodge of Scotland and referred to the Board of General I urposes, who took the same view as the Most Worshipful Grand Master; but whether my second letter 'was submitted, or whether the Grand Lodge Las since met, I am not advised, as the Grand Secretary of Scotland never prints any report. and, so far as this Grand Lodge knows, never conducts any correspondence, so that the remaining Grand Lodges-:-at least those in the United States-are left in the dark respecting the proceedings of that Grand Body. "Thinking it better .that the Grand Master and Grand Lodge of Scotland may have another year to reflect upon this matter, and that the members of this Grand Lodge may have time to determine whether they will adopt a resolution ignoring all jurisdictional limits between the two bodies, and thus accept the principle laid down by Earl DALHOUSIE, or else suspend all Masonic intercourse between the two bodies until the Integrity of the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge shall be.recognizeu by the Granu Lodge of Scotland, I have to recommend that any further action of thi8 Grand Lodge in the premises be postponed until its next Annual路Communication." Having waited until the summer'of ISi3 for the action of that Grand Lodge, and in the meantime consulted with associate Grand Officers of this and other juriSdictions, it was deemed best to impress upon that Grand Body the importance of the case, by presenting what might be the ultimate result, so that should the Grand Lodge of Scotland still adbere to her course as set forth by its Board of General Purposes, and should this Grand Lodge finally determine to sever Masonic communication, if the matter was not otherwise amicably settled, I addressed the new Grand Master (whose name and address I have not yet learned), throu8h the office of the Grand Secretary in Edinburgh, as follows:

"OFFICE GRAND SECRETARY, GRAND LODGE A . .1<'. & A. M., MISSOURI, ST. LOUIS, June 24, 1878. J

.. To the

~Most

W01'ship/ul the Grand

l.ra~ter 0/ the

Grand Lodge 0/ Scotland:

.. DEAR SIR AND BROTHER-I Hm directed by the Grand Lodge of Missouri to again call the attention of yourself and the Grand Lodge over which you preside, to the case of Brother JOHN BURNSIDE, a citizen of this State, which affects the jurisdictional right of this Grand Lodge, as will be seen by reference to page 259 of our published Proceedings of 1870, in the otnce of your Grand Secretary. As Chairman of Committee on Foreign Correspondence, I have waited for an official reply to that cOI'respondence, but, nearly three years haVing eiapsea, I again address you, as the successor of Earl DALHOUSIE, hoping that you will direct your Grand Secretary to inform me, at his earliest convenience, what acUon has been had in the premises. "Our Grand Lodge meets in October next, and it will be necessary for me to report at that time, and if your Grand Lodge ins4sts upon making Masons of citizens of Missouri, our Grand Lodge, in accordance with its own usage, and that of every other Granu Lodge of the United States, will be compelled to sever all Masonic communication with the Grand Lodge of Scotland. I assure you that no one more than myself would regret to have submitted such an unpleasant proposition to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, as well as to the Craft of the United States; but, the question of jurisdictional rights between sovereign bodies is SO well and emphatically established in this country. that no other alternative would be left us under the circumstances of the case involved. . "Much of the difficulty, in this and other cases, has been aggravated by

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the fact that this Grand Body has never been able, during a half century, to receive a single official report or letter from your Jurisdiction, except the one alluded to from your predecessor (page 261, Proceedings 1870). .. We have always treated your. jurisdictional rights with the greatest respect, and have always recognized all Masons made therein according to general law and usage, but the case of Brother BURNSIDE presents an exceptional feature, vital to our own integrity and honor; hence, the persistency with which we have pressed it. The time has, however, now come for the tInal solution of this issue, and in the name and by order of the Grand Lodge of Missouri I again present the case for final adjudication. Hoping to hedr from you, either directly or through your Right Worshipful Grand Secretary, the result of your deliberations, and that you may see proper to grant the request, viz: that each Grand Lodge.should respect the rights of the others, and that peace and harmony may prevail, I subscribe myself Most respectfully and fraternally yours, GEO. FRANK GOULEY, Grand Secretary and O:Jmmittee on Oarrespondence." During the year 1873, I made arrangements for a personal statement of the case to the Grand Lodge of Scotland by one of its members, in the hope that the ftnal result would be more satisfactory than that promised by correspondence, and waited until too late to report at our last Annual Communication; but, as it now appears that nothing can be done to change the policy of the Grand Lodge of Scotland upon the quest.ion of jurisdiction, we are left to choose between the alternative of accepting the system of universal jU1'isdiction over our candidates by Epropean Grand Lodges, or of sustaining our past policy of s~vering Masonic communication with the Grand Lodge of Scotland. That the adoption of the ftrst would be a departure from the general American system of Grand Lodges, as between themselves, is apparent to all of us. On the other hand, to adopt the last alternative, of Masonic separation, would be, as it always Is, painful to the MasonIc heart, whose every true impulse is harmony and brotherly love. It will be observed, I hope, that, as your official organ, I commenced the correspondence as mildly as the circumstances would permit, and only unveiled the alternative, step by step, as the necessity of the case demanded. This Grand Lodge has never been recognized by the Gr~nd Lodge of Scotland, beyond the vIsitation of members of Lodges; and, as it is a rule with that Grand Body to hold no official communication except after such recognition has been officially exchanged, ha@ rendered it doubly difficult for me to correspond, as it were, in the dark and addressing the air, as there was no surety that a single letter ever reached the body of the Grand Lodge, or was acted upon, beyond the fact learned through Right Worshipful Brother BLACKIE, of Tennessee, that the Grand Lodge, by report of Hs Board of General Purposes, confirmed the views of the then Grand Master, Earl DALHOUSIE. We can imagine but one middle course in this difficulty, viz: to make a special treaty with that particular Grand Lodge, in which would be adopted its polley of considering all Scotch and Missouri citizens as common candidates between the two jurisdictions-in other words, to accept the policy as set forth in the letter of the Scotch Grand Master. Such an arrangement has never yet been made by an American Grand Lodge, we believe, and how far it 'would be acceptable to them we are not prepared to say, although we hold it to be the right of each sovereign Mas9nic power to do as it will wIth its own jurisdiction over its own citizens as candIdates, so long as it does not compromise the rights of other Grand Bodies. This course would not be a

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compromise beyond being a step towards yielding tbat absolute sovereignty held by the American bodies ever since their organization, although never held by our European sisters, as between themselves, especially in Continental Europ~. There, the question of boundary or citizenship is never raised; hence, the laxity exhibited when dealing with our citizens as visitors in their midst and applying for the mysteries. In discussing questions of international Masonic law, we must not lose sight of old and well established cust.oms among Grand Lodges before any existed in our own country. We must take into consideration, for example, that Scotland may think it as impertinent in us tp dictate her boundaries from an American stand-point, as we do for her not to respect our system of jurisdiction between the States, for she is older than we are, and may claim the precedence in dictation, or in suggeRting the law which should govern the rights as between her and ourselves. The law of jurisdiction is, after all, one of safety and harmony between States like ours, as referred to In my letter of April 19, 1870, and is purely American, and from necessity; but, how far that necessity should compel us to aSl!lert it across the ocean is for you to decide. Having, we believe, given all the time which the importance of the case justifies, and haVing endeavored to arrive at an amicable adjustment, while yet adhering to the well ~ettled polley of this Grand Lodge, we submit It. to your wisdom for final settlement. Fraternally yours, GEO. FRANK GOULEY, Grand 8ecretw'Y and Committee on Correspondenceâ&#x20AC;˘

.Which was referred to a Special Committee consisting of Most Worshipful Brothers THOMAS E. GARRETT, S. W. B. CARNEGY and RUFUS E. ANDERSON.

RECOGNITION OF THE GRAND LODGES OF QUEBEC, MANITOBA AND DAKOTA.

The Grand Secretary, as Committee on Foreign Correspondence, submitted the following r(>port and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: QUEBEC.

Whereas, The Grand Lodge of Quebec has been recognized by the Grand Lodge of Canada; therefore, Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Missouri hereby recognize the GRAND LODGE OF Q,UEBEC, A. F. & A. M., having jurisdiction in the province of Q,uebec as at present defined, said recognition not to interfere with the vested rights of the Grand Lodges of England, Ireland and Scotland over t>Dch of their daughter Lodges as may prefer to remain under their original charters. Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Missouri extends to the Grand Lodge 'of Q,uebec her best wishes for peace and prosperity. [These resolutions were prepared to be o1fered in 1874, but were overlooked in the press of other a1l"airs.-G. SEC.]

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MANITOBA. Whe~eas, The Lodges in the province of Manitoba, Dominion of Canada, formerly working nnder the Grand Lodge of Canada, have, by consent of said Grand Body, assumed the territorIal Jnrisdiction of said province; and,

Whereas, It does not appear that there are any Lodges in said province holding allegiance to any other Masonic power; and, Whereas, Said Grand Lodge' has been regularly and constitutionally erected; therefore, Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Missouri does hereby recognize the GRAND LODGE OF MANITOBA, A. F. & A. M., as the sole Masonic power in the province of Manitoba, and'that the right hand of fraternity is hereby extended, with the beit wishes for her peace and prosperity. DAKOTA. Wherecu, The Lodges in Dakota Territory, formerly working under the Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, have, by consent of said Grand Body, relinquished their allegiance, and have created the GRAND LODGE OF DAKOTA, A. F. & A. M., in a regnlar and constitutional manner; therefore, Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Missouri hereby reoognizes the" GRAND LODGE OF DAKOTA, A. F'. & A. M.,"as the .up~eme Masonic power in said Territory, and extends to her the right hand of 'fellowship, wishing her a long Ufe of peace and prosperity. Resolved, That an exchange of representatives be extended to said Grand Lodges through the Most Worshipful Grand Master.

WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' HOME.

Most Worshipful Brother 'JOHN RALLS' offered the following: Resolved, That a select Committee be appointed to enquire into, and report upon, the expediency and necessity of making suitable provision for the erection of a" Home" for the indigent widows and minors (orphans) of worthy (deceased) Master Masons, upon the plan adopted by the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, or some other suitable plan, to be located in some suitable and healthy place.

Which was adopted, and, upon motion, referred to Brothers JAMES E. DRAKE, S. C. BUNN and ELIAS SCOFIELD as Special Committee. EXEMPLIFIOATION.

On motion, Brother ALLAN McDOWELL, Grand Lecturer, was invit,ed to exemplify the work in the First and Second Degrees this evening.

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At 4 o'clock P. M. the Grand Lodge was called from labor until 7~ P. ::\1:. this evening.

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The Grand Lodge was called to labor by the Grand MaRter. Grand Officers in their respective stations. The Right Worshipful Grand IJecturer exemplified the work in the E. A. & F. C: Degrees. At 10:30 the Grand Lodge was ealled from labor until 10 o'clock A. 1\'1. to-morrow.

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The Grand Lodge was called to labor by the Grand :Master. Grand OfficerR in their respective stations.. Pray~r

by Grand Chaplain.

Record of yesterday read and approved. There being: no business pre8ented, except that already referred to the Committees, the Grand Lodge w~s called from labor until 2 o'clock P. Jl.

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VISITATION.

Most Won;hipful Brother CHAS. F. STANSBURY, P. G. M., of the District of Columbia, and Most 'Yorshipful Brother HARMON G. REYNOLDS, P. G. 1\1., of Illinois, and Brother FRANK HUDSON, Dep. G. Sec., of Illinois, were iutroduced and welcomed by t,he Grand J~odge, and seated in their respective stations.

REPORT ON GRIEVANCE.

The Committee reported as follows-adopted: '1'0 the Most WorshiPful Grand Lodge of Mis&ouri:

Your Committee on Grievance, after much labor, present the following as their conclusions in each particular case. We have followed the course adopted by us at our last Communication, of giving th~ main points in each case in as concise a manner as possible, and tben giving our own view of the matter, so that the Graud Lodge may know what we have decided, and may have a general idea of the facts. Of course the statementln the decIsion of the case is but a syllabus, yet it is better than to state notbing. We are confirmed in this opinion, not only from our own experience in the matter, but from the favorable opinion of experienced Masons in our own jurisdiction. and tbe compllmentary notices to be t'ound in the Report on Foreign Correspondence. NUMBER 1.

S. C. JOHNSON, 1:S.

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No. 341.

Appeal from decisi"on of Lodge acquitting Brother.r. M. HARDEN.

This is a case in which the trouble arises from a misunderstanding of the terms of a verbal lease of land. This disagreement brought about a wholesale tattling between the faro1lles of the two brothers, and in the general disaffection other families were bronght in, and the evidence dIscloses an unusual amount of tale-bearing, crimination and recrimination. The evidence shows

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that the female portions of all the families did the principal talking, and that the men had but little to say. It was a general neighborhood fuss, and the Lodge, after hearing the whole mass of evidence, IE-gal and megal, and bearing as much upon the Tichborne trial as upon the charges against the accused, acquitted him by the following vote: Guilty, 6; not gUilty, 17. Let the appeal be dismissed, and the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed. NUMBER II. T. B. YOUNGBLOOD,

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No. 341.

Appeal from deciflion of the Lodge expelling him.

The cbarges in this case are certainly the most heinous that could be brought against an individual, and, if properly proven, deserve tbe severest jUdgment of the Lodge. The specification is as follows: "In that he did, in time of the late RebeJlion, compel or oblige a young lady, who was not his wife, to subject her person to tbe gratification of his animal passions, under the penalty of baving her bouse and effect.., burned to ashes or destroyed, he being the commander of a company of soldiers at that .. time and place." The specification is very indefinate. It does not name the time or place, neither does it name the" young lady." The "late Bebellion" occupied considerable time, and reached over a vast amount of territory. But the appellant does not make this a ground of objection. His first point is that he was a member of MarionviJle Lodge, No. 390, and his Lodge was never informea of the charges against him. This would be a good ground for objection, but the accused waived It. by appointing an "agent" to represent him at the trial, and submitting to the jurisdiction of Relief Lodge without objection. Had this point been made before the trial, it ought to have been sustained. (See Book Const., 1875, p. 48, Sec. 50.) But a brother cannot submit to trial by a particular Lodge, and, after the trial has been determined adverse to his wishes, raise an objection, for the first time, to the jurisdiction of the Lodge. Another pOIDt in the case is that, for a number of years, the accused has resided within the jurisdiction of Relief Lodge, and these acts of which he is now charged have never been brought against him, until he is temporarily absent in Texas. In his absence the charges are preferred, and the trial is had. He is notified of the charges, and authorizes a brother to represent him at the trial. '.fhis brother informs the Master of his appointment, and asks for a summons for witnesses for the defense, giving the names of the witnesses. The Master replies that he has no power to summon witnesses who reside out of the Lodge. The" agent" of the accused protests and demands a summons, but it is st111 refused. The evening of the day appointed for the trial is reached, and the agent of the accused writes to the Master that he is detained at home on account of the severe sickness of his daughter (who died a few days after), and asking a postponement of the trial on this account, and also on account of the absence of material witnesses. This request is refused, and the trial is had; the accused is found guUty and expelled. There was but one witness against the accused, who was a suspended Mason, and had been for twelve years, and he was allowed to give testimony on his honor as a Mason. His testimony consisted of a conversation he had with the accused in reference to the specifications, the witnesses alleging that the accused told him the act occurred in Arkansas, in Carroll County. There was no evidence that the act ever occurred anywhere, and a suspended Mason comes into the Lodge and makes a statement that the accused told him this, and the Lodge proceeds to expel on that testimony, when the accused is Ilot present, and when }:lis "~ent" haq nQ rqealls of prQCurln~ testimony,

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The accused protests his innocence, and says he never told the witness what he testifies, or rather states. The statement of a Mason is entitled to as much weight as the statement of another person. The accused says If given a fair trial he can abundantly prove his iunocence. The enormity of the charge demands that he have a fair trial, aud a means of making his derense. We think the Lodge erred in refusing to issue a summons for the witnesses of the accused; in rerusingto postpone the trial for good cause shown; in allowing a suspended Mason to testify on his Masonic honor; and for these reasons, and on account of other irregularities, let the judgment of the Lodge be reversed, and the case be remanded for a new trial, that the accused be allowed a reasonable notice of the time of trial, so that he may prepare his defense, aud that the Master allow him all the usual means to procure the attendance of witnesses in his behalf. NUMBER III.

This is a copy of charges and specifications, and a transcript of proceedings in Xenia Lodge, No. 50, in the trial of Brother JOHN FINCH. There was no appeal taken from the action of. the Lodge in finding him guUty, and voting to reprimand him in open Lodge. The record shows that the sentence was executed, and inasmuch as no appeal was taken in the case, we have nothing before us for review. NUMBER IV.

H. S. SI\lITH, va. PH<ENIX LODGE, No. 136.

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge in assessing punishment against Brother W. H. INGE.

Brother INGE was charged with gross un-Masonic conduct. Specifications disclosed the fact that he had disclosed the proceedings of the Lodge on the pubUc streets of Bowling Green, and had also disclosed his ballot, and bad stated in a lOUd, boisterous and profane manner to the party who was rejected, .. I did 'black-ball you," etc. To this specification Brother INGE .. pleaded guilty." This Grand Lodge has repeatedly held that pleas of guilty or not guilty are unknown to our law, and should not be entertained. In this case the Lodge did not vote on the question of his guilt, and did not hear any evIdence in the case. If it had done so we might have regarded the plea of guIlty merely as an admission of the truth of the charges, and an informality that wonld not vitiate the proceedings. But the accused was not declared guilty by the vote 01 the Lodge, and such is absolntel;r necessary under the law before punishment can be assessed. This question has been settled by the action of this Grand Lodge, and is, therefore, no longer open for discussion. In reference to the vote for so light a punishment (that of reprimand) we have to say that if the specification is true as admitted by the brother, we regard the punishment as very light. The private proceedings of the Lodge should not be disclosed in public, and it is a great wrong to disclose the manner In which a ballot iii cast. It is in conflict with the plain letter of the law, and parties who are gullty of a violation of that law should be punished in proportion to the enormity of the offense. When the Lodge hears the evidence in a case, instead of a plea of guUty by the accused, it Is usually capable of assessing the proper degree of puniShment, and with its unbiasedjndgment, expressed under the rules of our law, we would hesitate to interfere. For the non-compliance with the law in the trial of this case, let thejudgment of the Lodge be reversed, and a new trial he had in conformity with the provisions of our law,

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NUMBER V.

Your Committee have bad referrE1d, for its consideration, the transcript in three ca<;;es, tried by the Montevallo Lodge, No. 490. There is no appeal in either of the cases, and we presume tbe brothers were content with tbe flnding of tbe Lodge in each case. At any rate there is notbing presen ted in either case for cur consideration, and nothing asking for a l'eview by this Grand Lodge. NU:\IBER VI.

PETER WILSON, V8.

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No. 361.

Appeal from decision of Lodge in case of Brother A. S. STANLY.

This is a case in which Brotber STANLY and Brother WILSON had the misfortune to get into R. political quarrel and used harsh terms, and in wblch Brother STANLY knocked or pushed Brother WILSON over a chair. Charges were preferred against Brother WILSON, and he was brought to trial In his Lodge. There was no couflict in the testimony, and the Lodge voted Brother 8TANI,Y guilty of the charge and the specifications. The vote was then taken as to punishment in the regular way, beginning with expulsion. The Lodge refused to expel or suspend, but voted to reprimand Brother STANLY. We do not see that any material error was committed in tbe trial of the case, and the only objection is to the extent or degree of punishment. When all the evidence is before a Lodge, and the members are acquainted with the circumstances of the case, they are usually the best judges of the degree of punishment, and, unless we see that they have acted with undue partiality, we do not like to put our judgment against that of the Lodge. In this case the witnesses were Masons and gave their evidence In the Lodge, and there was not the least conflict therein. The trial proceeded with morethan usual formality; the accused was found guilty, and his punisbment assessed in strict conformity with the rules of trial, and we can see no reason to disturb the jUdgment of the Lodge. Let the appeal be dismissed llnd the judgment o"f the Lodge be affirmed. NUMBER VII.

J. 1<'. ROGERS, ET AL., V8.

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge reprimanding Brother JOHN W. RANKIN.

The transcript in this case is very full and complete, and your Committee thank the omcers of Wallace Lo~ge for the pains taken in making up the same. The speciflcations charge the accused brother With speaking evil of other brethren, in reference to a business transaction between them. The evidence was all to the point charged, and there was no conflict at all in the testimony. The record shows that the accused made no defense, "regretted, his condnct, and only asked the clemency of the Lodge in assessing his punishment." He was declared guilty by vote of the Lodge, and his punishment assessed at a reprimand. This judgment was executed in open Lodge. at a meeting called for that purpose. The only ground for appeal is that" the offense merited a greater punishment." This case was properly tried, and all the forms of the law were complied with. '.rh~ evidence was given in open Lod~e, and the members of the Lodge

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knew as much about the case as we know. No doubt they thought the accused brother was sincere in his repentance of the words spoken in the heat of his business transaction with the other brothers. And having come into Lodge and acknowledged his error and asked clemency, the Lodge extended it. He was very properly adjudged guilty, and on the whole we can see no reason to disturb the JUdgment of the Lodge. Let the appeal be dismissed, and thejudgment of the Lodge be affirmed. NUMBER VIII. A. M. DILLON, vs. YANCEY LODGE, No. 148.

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge acq uitting Brother W. D. FOSTER.

The trial of the accused was on a specification charging him with" wantonly traducing the good name of a Master Mason." The evidence showed that the accused had written a letter to somebody in reference to the conduct of Brother DILLON, as a delegate to a congressional convention, and charging Brother DILLON with being drunk, etc., and not attending to his business. Other evidence showed that Brother DILLON" was considerably under the infiuence of alcoholic stimulants." The witnesses did not think that he was very drunk, but was under the" intluence," etc. We are sorry that cases growing out of political matters tlnd their way into the Lodges. Masons are but men, and in the heat of political canvasl:les many things are said and done that should be dropped as soon as the canvass is over. At all events they should not bring such matters into the Lodge for settlement. This' case, however, was taken into the Lodge and tried. There were eighteen members present, and the vote was, guilty, 8; not guilty, 10, and the brother was acquitted. The ground of appeal is that Reveral brethren did not vote. This is not true according to the transcript of the record. The record shows that eighteen members were present, and the ba.llots show that eighteen voted. So that the brother is mistaken as to the ground for his appeal. On a careful inspection af the whole record we can tlnd nothing calling for the interference of this Grand Lodge with the finding and judgment of the Lodge. Let the appeal be dismissed, and the jUdgment of the Lodge be affirmed. NUMBER IX.

This is the record of the three cues tried in New Hope Lodge, No. 199. No appeal taken in either case, and, therefore, there is nothing calling for review by your Committee. NUMBER X.

JOSEPH L. THOMAS, vs. LEXINGTON LODGE, No. 149.

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge expelling him.

There are two specifications in this case-tlrst, non-payment of dues, and, second, disobedience of the snmmons of the Lodge properly served upon him.

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We will only notice the second specifIcation, as this is the one under which the Lodge pronounced the judgment of expulsion. The evidence of the Secretary showed that the summons was issued as directed by the Lodge; that the same was in due form and under seal of the Lodge, and that it was served on the brother in person by the Secretary himself. That the brother stated to the Secretary that he " never intended to pa~' another dollar towards Freemasonry, and that he wanted to get out of it some way." The evidence further shows that he declined to offer any excuse for his disobedience of the summons. The Lodge found him gUilty and expelled him. The appeal is unil) lIe, and we here copy his reason in full, viz: "That considering everything in Ma::.onry free and voluntary, I applIed for and was refused a Dimit from your Lodge when my dues were paid, and I hope to obtain a severance of my connection with the fraternity honorably to myself and with good feeling towards all. The Lodge has assumed the right to sever this connection, and in doing so has brought dis.honor on my name." The brother wanted to get out and sever his connection, and he chose a very etrectual mode when he refused to obey the legal summons of the Lodge. The brother thought ever:ything in Masonry was" free and voluntary," and as he freely and voluntarlly chose to disobey the summons of the Lodge, it in turn chose to sever its connection, and also the connection of all good Masons With the brother. In doing so they exercised.a legal right, and, in the judgment of your Committee, performed a Masonic duty. The proceedings in the case were regular and legal, and we see no cause to distrust the finding and sentence. Let the appeal be dism iased and the j udgmen t of the Lodge be a1firmed. NUMBER XI.

J. A. RIC 1<;, V8.

ALTON LODGE, No. 255.

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge acquitting Brother J. W. JOHNSON.

There are two specifications in this case. One is for taking the wife of a brother and member of the same Lodge, and "leave for parts unknown.". The other is for having casual intercourse with the same party. On the second specification there was no eVidence. The evidence on the first specification showed that Brother C. and his wife did not live in a haven of perfect matrimonial bliss, and that she wanted to get away from her husband and go to her sister's in another county. The evidence showed some things in the conduct of the parties before the departure that did not strike your Committee as very becoming in a married woman, but there was nothing that shows casual intercourse. The statement and evidence of Brother Jou::-;sox is positive that such thiJlg did not take place, and he explains the reason of his going away with her to be that he had business in the county where the sister resided, and the woman asked the permission to go in company with him, and he granted it. He does not explain how they happened to choose a dark night for the time of their departure, nor does he attempt to explain the testimony of a gentleman who met them on the road and had a conversation with them in reference to the elopement. From this witness we learn that they spoke of the affair very freely, and the witness wished them an increase of happiness in their new life. We do not think that it was treating a brother Mason precisely right to take his wife in the night and leave the county with her in a secret manner, and

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with no other companions than themselves. In the examination of the accused he was asked the nature of the business that took him away at that time, and he answered that that concerned himself alone. The vote stood, guilty, 12; not guUty, 7. We think with the majority of the Lodge that the evidence fully sustains the charge and the first specUlcatlon, and, so thinking, we recommend that the jUdgment of the Lodge be reversed, and the case be remanded for a new trial. Since writing the above we have received a letter from the Master of Alton Lodge, stating that they have received depositions showing bad conduct of the parties during their absence, and as the case is to go back, the depositions can be used on the new trIal. NUMBER XII.

FRANK TOMLIN, VB.

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge expelling him.

This case was here on appeal at the last session of. this Grand Lodge, and was reversed and a new trial ordered, with directions to make the specifications specific, and otherwise to conduct the trial in accordance with the law. The orders of the Grand Lodge have been complied With, and the Lodge postponed the trial from time to time for several months at the Instance of the accused brother. The Lodge even granted him a committee of Masons from another Lodge to attend to the taking of his tesVmony, and the commft.tee performed their work with impartiality. The Lodge found him gUilty of the charge and specifications by a unanimous vote, and expelled him with but two dissenting votes. There was no material conl1lct in the testimony, and the rules of trIal were fully complied with. We can see no reason to disturb the proeeedings of the Lodge. Let the appeal be dIsmissed, and the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed. NUMBER XIII. M. D. BROWN, VB.

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge expelltng him.

The speCifications in this case charge the accused wlt.h having illicit carnal intercourse with the wife of a brother. The Lodge found the accused guilty, and expelled him. The evidence fUlly sustains the charge, and on a careful examination of the whole record and the evidence, we cannot see wherein any rule was violated in the trial proceedings. There are a number of points in the appeal, but they are all technical, and none of them are supported by the record or the evidence. We think, from the evidence presented in the case, that there can be no doubt of the guilt of the accused; the Lodge performed its solemn duty when it expelled hIm from all the rights and privileges of Masonry, and we are much mistaken in the character of this Grand Lodge if such men can find shelter here. Let the appeal be dismissed, and the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed.

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NUMBER XIV. JOllN H. HEWES, va. HOLDEN LODGE, No. 262.

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Appeal from decision of Lodge reprimanding Brother JOHN O. WILLIAMS.

The only point made in this appeal is that the punishment infiicted by the Lodge was inadequate to the offense. There were two specifications-first, failing to pay a debt; second, speaking evil of a brother. There was no evidence on the first specification. We presume the Master very wil'ely concluded that his Lodge was not a collecting agency, and that he would not try that question. The evidence showed that the brother was gUilty of speakillg in very harsh terms of another brother. They made up the matter once, and then he used the bad language again. The Lodge decided that he was guilty, and, in their mercy, voted to reprimand hIm. We can see no error in the trial, and we do not wish to put our judgment against the Lodge as to the degree of punishment in this little personal difficulty. Let the appeal be dismissed, and the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed. NUMBER XV.

W. H. McCoy, 1'8.

HOLDEN LODGE, No. 262.

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge acquitting Brother J. R. LOTSPIRCH.

ThIs is a very singular case. The specifications charge" improper conduct" with a young lady, the daughter of a Master Mason. It seems that brother L. is a doctor, and the young lady in question went to his office very frequently. as she alleges, for medicine for a sick sister, and that she remained from ten to fifteen minutes. This is all the evidence in the case, except that of one witness who saw the parties taking a ride in a buggy. The presumption of innocence ought to be overcome by some sort of testimony .. It is wrong to presume a man guilty. And most certainly if the Lodge had found Brother L. gUilty, it would not have been from any evidence in the case. We can see nothing that is even unusual in the girl going to his ofiice for medicine, and incline to the belief that gossip has been the cause of this trouble. The Lodge very properly acquitted him. Let the appeal be dismissed, and the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed. NUMBER XVI.

LEVEHETT BELL, 1'8.

POLAR STAR LODGE, No. 79.

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Appeal from decision of Lodge acqUitting Brother T. 1. HENLEY.

It is our misfortune to have this case before us for review. It grew out of a politcal canvass, and consequently does not beiong to Masonry. It seems from the evidence that Brother JOHN D. FINNEY was a candidate, and that he had been accused of denying that he was a Mason. The weight of the evidence does not support this accusation. Several witnesses, who are not Masons, testify that he gave them evasive answers when they asked him in reference to his connection with the fraternity. But there is no evidence showing a

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denial of his being a Mason. But even if he had denied it, the issuance of a circular in which the word F'reemwlOn figures conspicnously was not the means a Mason shonld URe to punish Brother ll'INNEY. Brother HENLEY was gUilty of a wrong in issuing a circular in reference to the election, or In reference to any candIdate, wberein the name of our fraternity figured. If Brother FIJSNEY had denIed his calling, or had committed any Masonic offense, he should have been charged in his Lodge and trial had in our usual private way. A printed circular in reference to political matters, scattered as this was over the city, was a shame to any Mason, as much so, in our opinIon, as would be a pollitive denial of one's connection with the fraternity, and the course of Brother HENLEY, in thus mixing Masonry with politics In the heat of a political canvass, deserves the severest censure of thIs Grand Lodge. As we wish to have nothing to do with politics in our Lodges, and as no good can be done in the reversal of this case, we are of opinIon that the matt-er should drop where It Is, with the censure of the Grand Lodge on the issuance of the circular. Let Masons know and understand that snch condnct finds no favor here, but, on the contrary, receives our unqualified disapproval. Let the appeal be dismissed. NUMBER XVII. B.

}<'. KEMPER,

va. MARCUS LODGE,

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge acquitting Brother L. 1. VILLA:BS.

The specIfication in thIs case is l!lhort-" being frequently drunk." We have been called upon frequently to state the rule that specifications should be more definite. No objection was made to the vagueness of this specification, and It,wlll not be noticed here. Our By-Laws provide for the punishment of parties gullty of habitual drunkenness, and the evidence in this case does not路 show that fact. The vote of the Lodge showed, gUilty, 11; not guilty, 20. We think tbe vote was justified by the evidence, and we find no error In the record that calls for a reversal of the case. In fact the only point relied upon in the appeal is that the evidence showed that the brother was guilty. We are ~nclined to believe that the finding of the Lodge was correct. Let the appeal be dismissed, and the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed. NUMBER XVIII.

D. W.

LINDSEY, V8.

MODERN LODGE,

No.

144.

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Appeal from decision of Lodge suspending him.

This case grows out of a personal difficulty between the accused and another brother. B~d blood was up, and bad language was used, and threatening demonstrations made on each side. The evidence was all on one side, and the feelings of witnesses strong against the accused. Depositions of persons, not Masons, were taken before a committee. And then we tind that the evidence of a boy, the son of the prosecutor, was taken in "open Lodge." How he got into an open Lodge we do not know, and, indeed, cannot understand. 'I'he accused objected to that proceeding, and said he was prepared before the committee to impeach the boy's testimony, and was surprIsed to find the boy testifying In open Lodge, aud supposed when the committee did not take his testimony that it would not be introduced. We cannot tolerate such proceedings as this. It is the first instance wherin a person, not a Mason, was allowed to enter an open Lodge that we have ever heard of, and we sIncerely hope it will be the last.

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The Lodge found the brother guilty; refused to expel him by a very decided vote, and then voted to suspend him for ten years. We believe, if we had choice in the matter, we would prefer expulsion at once. The whole record is full of irregularities and inconsistencies, and shows that a strong outside infiuence prevailed at the trial. Let the judgment of the Lodge be reversed aud the case be remanded for a new trial, with the express order of the Grand Lodge that none but Masons be allowed in open Lodge at the trIal or at any other time. NUMBER XIX. JOHN M. WOODSON, VS.

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge suspending Brother C. W. KEISER.

In this case there are two indefinite specifications. FIrst, II non-payment of dues;" second," refusing to obey legal summons." The evidence shows the accused guilty of both specifications, but if the record is complete (and it seems to be) the trIal was 1llegat and absolutely void. There was no notice gIven the accused of the time and place of trIal, nor any copy of the charge and specIfications served upon hIm. The only case provided for in our law wherein a brother may be trIed ex-parte, is when hIs residence is unknown. In every other case the law Is imperative that notice must be gIven. There Is no pretence that the residence of Brother KEISER was unknown, on the contrary, the evidence shows conclusively that It was known, and that personal service of a 8ummons had been made upon him. This Grand Lodge has never sanctioned such proceedIngs as this, and we hope and believe It never will. T.here are a number of objections raIsed by the appellant, all of which, except the above, are purely technical and need not be noticed, and amount to nothing In a Masonic trial. Let the judgment of the Lodge be reversed, and a new trial be had after givIng the accused the notice provided by the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, wi th a copy of the charge and specifications. NUMBER XX.

This Is a memorial from Potter Lodge, No. 84, asking that certain language used by the writer of the Report on Grievance in 1872, in reference to their Lodge, be expunged from thejournal. The language is as follows: .. In reviewing this case one of your Committee has for years known the' undertow' of prejudice existing in this Lodge, and the result is as it always will be when Masons forget the use of compasses, and mammon usurps the place of charity. The mighty dollar Is the foundation of this case. If Ceres had continued to smile on CARTWRIGHT these charges would never have been made, but misfortune darkened his path, and sunshine friends, like â&#x20AC;˘angels' visits, were few and far between.' It Is true that sume of the members of thIs Lodge are yet his warm friends, but they have not been able to tbrow back tbe tide of prejucUce." Tbe Lodge complains of tbis language, and says if It be true as stated then they are unworthy to bold a charter from this Grand Lodge. The language used by the writer of the report was not necessary to the decision of the 'case, and was bis own opinion in reference to tbe matter, and, in our opinion, the Grand Lodge did not intend to insult Potter Lodge l;Iy the adoption of the report. If the Grand Lodge had thought that Potter Lodge was on trial for the charge contained in that report in tbe language objected to, it would have caused notice to be served, and would have examined witnesses in reference

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to the same, and gone through the formality of a trial. But the question passed upon by the Grand Lodge, and the only question, was to reinstate CARTWRIGHT to his Masonic privlleges. The language used was more in the nature of the private opinion of "one of the Committee" than the censure of the Grand Lodge. And. Whilst we do not see what good it would do Potter Lodge to "expunge" that part of the report, we can see that a declaration by the Grand Lodge now, that the language objected to was the writer's. and not the language of the Grand Lodge, ought to satisfy the brethren that the Grand Lodge entertains no ill-feeling towards them. Indeed. the question had passed from the mind!! of everybody except the brethren of that Lodge. In our opinion, the adoption of this part of our report w1ll do justice to Potter Lodge. and everybody else. in reference to this dellcate question. NUMBER XXI.

JOHN A. WRIGHT and IRA STANSBURY, Sr.,

vs. AURORA LODGE, No. 267.

Appeal from the decision of the Lodge acquitting Brother JNO. L. GANZHORN.

This is an interesting case. and presents some features that are entirely. new in this jurisdiction, and others that have been settled. Aurora Lodge is located in the city of St. Louis, and so is West Gate Lodge. Brother GANZHORN resides in the city of St. Louis, and is a member of West Gate Lodge. He was summoned to appear at Aurora Lodge by the Master thereof to testify in a trial pending in the latter Lodge. He failed to appear as commanded in the summons, and the Master of Aurora Lodge issued another summons commanding him to appear and show cause for disobedience of the first summons. He likewise faUed to appear as commanded in the last summons. The Junior Warden then preferred charges in Aurora Lodge against him for disobedience of summons as stated. At the time of trial Brother G. appeared and moved to dismiss, because the Lodge (Aurora) had no jurisdiction to try him, as he was a member .in good standing of West Gate Lodge, in the same city. The Master overruled this motion, and ordered the trial to proceed, which resulted in the acqUittal of the accused. We think that Aurora Lodge had no right to try Brother G. until his own Lodge (West Gate) had been notified and requested to try him; then. in case of refusal on the part of West Gate to try him, Aurora Lodge might lawfully proceed with the trial. '1'hls is not new law, but was held good by this Grand Lodge twenty-five years ago. (See Book of Constitutions, 1875, page 42. Section 22.) The same rule was passed upon definitely by Past GrandMaster GARRETT and affirmed by the Grand Lodge in 1872. (Book of Constitutions. 1875. page 48, Section 50.) This is the law in reference to the question of jurisdiction of Aurora Lodge to try Brother G. whilst he was a member of West Gate Lodge, and we think it fully settles \hat part of the question. The other question in the case is without precedent, so far as weare advised, and it is incumbent upon us to settle it: Had the Master of" Aurora Lodge the right to issue a summons to a member of West Gate Lodge? We must reason by analogy when we have no preced~:lt in a particular case. The law says a brother cannot be tried in another Lodge without first eiving his own Lodge a chance to try him. This shows a prima1'y jurisdiction over a Mason by his own Lodge, and a secondary or provisIonal jurisdiction in another Lodge only when the Lodge holding primary jurisdiction refuses to act. This is'the law, and it may be said that it is. essentially a trial by your peers when you are

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tried, not only by brother Masons, but by the members of your own Lodge; and pgain it may be said that it is a courtesy due from one Lodge to another. If such is the case in reference to trial, may it not also hold good in reference to the issuance of a snmmons. We do not deny the right of the Master of Anrora Lodge to issue a summons for any Mason in St. Louis, but that right when exercised in reference to members of other Lodges than his own is a .~econdary right, the primary right resting in the Master of the particular Lodge to which the member belongs. And, to put it on the ground of courtesy alone. it seems to us that the Master of Aurora Lodge, if he desired the attendance of a member of West Gate, should have requested the Master to issue the summons.

This thing of owing allegiance to a dozen Lodges atone time is certainly not the law, unless the party violatinK the law chooses to make it so. If a Lodge refuses to try its own members for violation of the law, another Lodge can do it. If it is necessary to summon a member (If an<,>ther Lodge, let the Master of that Lodge to which the member belongs issue the summons, and if he refuse, let it go from the Master who desires his attendance. This places the question of jurisdiction 8S to summons iu the same list with trials, and classifies the dual allegiance we owe to Lodges. We have been thus explicit, because the appeal was taken that the Grand Lodge might establish a rule in such cases. The evidence in the case showed that Brother G. was prevented from obeying the summons on account of the sickness of his wife, and we presume that was the reason he was acquitted after the ruling of the Master on the law. Let the appeal be dIsmissed, and the judgment of the Lodge acquitting Brother GANZHORN be affirmed. NUMBER XXII. This it! the memorial of Brother JOHN T. CHAPMAN to be reinstated to his rights and privileges as a Mason. The llistory of the case is peculiar, and the evidence and records are voluminous. He was tried by Fairmont Lodge, No. 290, and was acquitted. Grand Master ANDERSON ordered a new trial, for tlle reason, as expressed in the order, that t.he District Deputy Grand Master had usurped the east and presided at the trial whilst the Master was present. The evidence of the Master shows that this was not the case, and that the information given to the Grand Master was not correct. The District Deputy Grand Master sat in the eaet with the Master and made some rulings which the Master adopted as his own and held himself responsible for. This evidence of the Master is 'fully corroborated by the Master of JEtna Lodge, No. 41, who was present at the trial. The new trial was had under the order of the Grand Master, and Brother CHAPMAN was expelled. We do not think, from the evidence, that he deserved expulsion. He had failed in business, and from What can be gathered, somebody had lost some money by the failure, and, In fact, the principle dispute in the case was one between him and a Brother LEWIS, which was purely of a business nature. The evidence forwarded to me by the Grand Master refiects more strongly against Brother LEWIS than against Brother CHAPMAN. (One wltnesl:l testifies that Brother L. offered him five dollars to swear to a certain thing that the wltnel:ls said was not true.) Among the immense pile of papers in the case, are letters from Past Grand Master CARNEGY, who has visited the Lodge and investigated the matter, and he thinks, after investigation on the ground, that justice will be done by granting the request of the memorialist. In the space of this report we

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cannot give even an outline at the evidence in the case, but from a ca.reful reading of the whole, we recommend that the prayer of the memorialist be granted, and that JOHN T. CHAPMAN, expelled by Fairmont Lodge, No. 2'JO, be and he is hereb~T fully restored to his Masonic rights and privileges.

NUMBER XXlJI.

This is a memorial fr!lm Brother R. GODRON, a m€mber of Meridian Lodge No.2. It was forwarded to the Ohairman of this Committee by the Grand !:)ecretary before the meeting of the Grand Lodge last year, but miscarried in t.he mall,·and was not received for some time after the session closed. It seems that Brother GODRON was a member of Meridian Lodge, and had been suspended for one year on account of some letter he had written the Lodge in reference to a Dlmlt. That the time of his suspension has long since expired. The charter of Meridian Lodge was arrested and afterwards re!'ltored by the Grand Lodge. Prior to the arrest of the Charter, the Secretary of Meridian Lodge had dropped his name from the list of members. After the restoration of the charter, Meridian Lodge refused to recognize him as one of its members, and the Lodge being In existence, the Grand Secretary could not give him a Dimlt.

We are satisfied that Brother GODRON is a member of Meridian Lodge, No.2, and it is the order of this Grand Lodge that he be recognized as such. And, inasmuch as he has been deprived of his rights as such member since .the restoration of the charter, we recommend as a simple act of Justice to Brother GODRON, that his dues be remitted during the period that he was so deprived of his Masonic rights.

NUMBER XXIV.

CHESLBY CANNIFAX, 1'8.

UNITED LODGE, No.5.

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge suspending Brother E. WHORTON.

This case was forwarded to us before the last session of the Grand Lodge, but failed to reach us in time for review. There are many irregularities in the record, and one that is fatal. It is anot.her case of indefinite suspension. The law expressly forbids this. The accused was found gUllty and suspended, but no time Is fixed. For this fatal error let the judgment of the Lodge be reversed, and the case be remanded to the Lodge for a new trial.

Nl;l\IHI<lR

XXV.

This case was sent back to Hazlewood Lodge, No. 459, at the last session of the Grand LoJge, for a transcript of the proceedings. We have the transcript now certified all right., but there is no appeal in the case, and if the expelled brother ever took one it has 110t been sent up with the papers. We can see nothing wrong in the ease as it stands now, and there is nothing calling for review.

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NUMBER XXVI.. GEORGE W. FLINT, JOHN D. ENLOE, JOSIAH LIBBET,

VS.

CAINSVILLE LODGE,

Appeal from decision of the Lodge suspending them.

No. 328.

The transcript in these cases is a jumble of unintelligible stuff. 'rhe specifications vague, uncertain, and one is absolutely impossible. There is no evidence that amounts to anything, no transcript of'the the proceedings, and nothing whatever to show that the Lodge ever trIed the brethren, except the appeal and an endorsement on the same stating that they had been suspended for five years. Let the judgment of the Lodge in these cases be reversed, and the Junior Warden of the Lodge bring proper charges against the parties, making the specifications definite and certain. Let the Master appoint a time for trial, anti give the parties notice with a copy of the charges. Let the trial be conducted according to law, and if an appeal is taken from the decision of the Lodge in the new trial, let all the evidence and a transcript of all the proceedings, including the vote cast on gUilt and on punishment, be sent up with the appeal. We are thus explicit that this Lodge may know some things about a Masonic trial, and how it ought to be conducted.

NUMBER XXVII.

This is the copy of the minutes of Ind~x Lodge, No. Zl7, from September li, 1874, to June 12, 1875. It is a literal copy of everything done, renting hall and issuing warrants on the 'rreasurer, etc. We have read the same very carefully, but cannot see what we have to do with it.. There is mention made of some charges against one of the brethren, and also of a trial entered into and continued from time to time, but we cannot find that it was ever finished, and for ought that appears in the minutes, the Lodge is still, in its leisure moments, enjoying the happy pastime of trying that case. What the voluminous record is doing here we do not pretend to know, and as it presents nothing for review we file it away among the archives to be deciphered and explained by some future historian.

NUJ.IllER XXVIII.

J. A. LEWIS, VS.

FRIEND LODGE,

No.

352.

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge suspending him.

The specl1lcations charge this brother with a heinous and llnlawful offense. Making the Lodge-room a place for secreting and dissecting a dead body that had been unlawfully obtained. There are several other charges in the specifications, but it is not necessary to notice them. The Lodge gave him a fair trial, and he was t'ound gUilty and suspended for twelve months. We think the evidence justified the finding and judgment of the Lodge. The transcript is well gotten up, and your Committee have no difficulty in seeing the whole proceedings and evidence in the case. On a careful examination of the whole case we can see no reason to disturb the JUdgment of tne

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Lodge. We think the punishment was as light as it was possible for the Lodge to intUct. Let the appeal be dismissed, and the judgment of the Lodge be atllrmed. NUMRER XXIX.

M. S. MEYER, VB.

CORNERÂˇSTONE LODGE, No. 323.

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge suspending Brother I â&#x20AC;˘. C. LOEB.

In this case the Lodge found Brother LOEB gUilty of forgery, or of uttering a forged note, and by its vote suspended him for one year. The evidence does not show that. Brother LOEB forged the names to the note, but it does show that he uttered the note. Nobody lost any money by the transaction, and Brother LOEB'S character and habits were shown to be good. The appellant claims that the punishment was not sutllcient, and makes one or two other points that do not amount to anything. The evidence is quite lengthy, and the record is very full and complete, and from a careful examination we do not see that any error has been committed. The Lodge has been merciful in the punishment inflicted, and we think the evidence justifles the Lodge in extending mercy. We shall not disturb the flnding of the Lodge. Let the appeal be dismissed and the jUdgment of the Lodge be atllrmed. NUMBER XXX.

A. M. CLARKSON, V8.

JACKSON LODGE, No. 82.

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge suspending him.

This case charges the brother with using his influence as a Mason with others to induce them to become securities on a 'l'reasurer's Bond for the son of the accused, and falsely and fraudulently representing a state of facts that did not exist. The evidence is voluminous, and, we think, is not contradictory. The Lodge found the accused guilty, and assessed his punishment at suspension for one year. It is unnecessary to state the points of appeal and the objections raised. The evidence justifies the finding, and the 'punishment is light enough if the Lodge believed him guilty, which, of course, they did.

We cannot see any error that was committed in the trial, or any injustice that was done to the accused that calls for a reversal of the jUdgment. Let the appeal be dIsmissed and the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed. NUMBER XXXI.

SAMUEL T. WARE, VB.

Q,UITMAN LODGE, No. 196.

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge I'lUspendlng him.

There is nothing in this case but business from beginning to end. The specifications describe a business transaction, and a difference in reference to the sale and lease of a mill, and the beginning of proceedings to foreclose a mortgage which was afterwards compromised. The evidence reads more llite that taken at a trial before a justice of the peace than In a Masonic Lodge. The whole case shows that the matter of business was brought before

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the Lodge for some purpose to us unknown, but whatever the purpose, it ought not to have been in the Lodge. They suspended the brother for five years, and we have looked carefully for the evidence that justified the finding and sentence, and cannot find it. There is absolutely nothing to warrant H. Let the judgment of the Lodge be reversed, and the time of Brother suspension expire now.

WARE'S

NUMBER XXXII. HENRY GAMliS, V8.

ERWIN LOnGE, No. 121.

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge' expelling him.

The transcript in this case is somewhat irregUlar, but it Is substantially correct. The charge Is embezzlement. The specifications are full, and apprise the accused of the nature of the charge. The trial was conducted according to the prescribed law, and the rulings of the Master were impartial; indeed, if his rulings were biased at ~\ll, they were in favor of the accused. The accused was fouud guilty, and was expelled by a vote of 31 to 9. The evidence in the case justified the finding and Judgment of the Lodge, and we can see no reason to disturb the same. In fact, we feel like complimenting this Lodge for haVing done its duty. It so often happens that Lodges excuse crime, that we really thank this Lodge for treating it as it deserves. Let the appeal be dismissed and the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed.

NUMBER XXXIH. This is a petition signed by a number of members of St. Clair Lodge, No. 273, asking that the action ()f Lowry City Lodge, No, 403, be set aside In'reference to the expulsion of JAMES W. TITUS. The petition does not come from Lowry City Lodge, nor has any notice been given to that Lodge that its proceedings would be attacked. NelUier is this the petition of St. Clair Lodge, but of a number of members thereat', and wc do not think that the Grand Lodge should undertake to set aside the proceedings of one of Its subordinates unless the Lodge had some notice of such action. It might be able to show good cause why the same shoilld not be done. If the brother has been wronged let him notify the Lodge of his petition, or get the Lodge to give in, the same, and we will cheerfully pass upon it and try to do him j ustlce.

NUl\IBER XXXIV. JOHN G.

WHARTON, V8.

WEBSTER

LODGE, No. liS.

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Appeal from decision of the Lodge acquitting Brother JNO. A. CORNISH.

This case is business a.nd failure to take proper security, and then invoking the Lodge to help him in a matter that htj should have investigated beforehand, and guarded against in time. The Lodge very properly acqUitted the brother.

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Let the appeal be dismissed, and the jUdgment of the Lodge be affirmed. This ends our report, and we respectfully ask its approval. SAM'L H. OWENS, R. E. ANDERSON. S. W. B. CARNEGY, JAS. E. CARTER, J. Y. WHITSITT, Committee.

REPORT ON JURISPRUDENCE.

The Committee reported as follows, which, being amended, was adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of J.lfissouri:

Your Committee have reviewed the decisions of the Grand. Master and other matters committed to their charge, and. submit the following as their report thereon: It is very evident that the Grand Master has been obliged to reply to many questfons which are already answered clearly in our Book of Constitutions; but this was the common experience of his precursors, and we presume it will be of hi!'! successors, unless the officers of Lodges and the Craft in this jurisdiction learn to read. They doubtless can read; nevertheless, they have not learned to read. If they had, they would be able to rt:ad the law for themselves. Many of the Grand Master's rulings are simply reaffirmations of our la.w and established usage,involving no new feature. For brevity. we designate these and their approval by the number of the decision In the Address, with mere meutlon of the subject.

DECISION FIRST.-That a petition for the degrees should not be received from a person who has lost the use of one eye, is safe, and it had better stand, for safety. It is quite an exceptional case, and the Grand Master has decided it according to a strict construction of our law in reference to physical qualifications. It is true that with one good eye the faculty of sight remains impaired, but still ample to conform to our ceremonies. But the Old RegUlations evidently contemplated perfection of all the members of the body, and the Grand Master's decision is true to them. SECOND.-That a petition for a Dispensation for a new Lodge should have the signatures of the petitioners written by themselves, is a good rule, and is approved. THIRD.-That a petitioner for the mysteries of Masonry must sign his name to the petition, and, therefore, be able to write. is well established law. FOURTH.-[The following decision was adopted in lieu of the report of the committee on that subject.] Resolved, That it is the sense of this Grand Lodge that a visiting brother has the right, after he has taken the test oath. to call for and see the charter under which the Lodge works.

FIFTH.-That it is-improper for a Lodge, as such, to attend the funeral of a G. L.-PRO. 5.

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deceased brother, except to perform the Masonic funeral rites at the grave, or escort the remains to be conveyed to the place of interment, is a correct ruling and according to law. SIXTH.-The widow of a Master Mason marrying a profane thus forfeits her claims upon the fraternity as a Mason's widow. Subsequently a decree of divorce cannot make her a Mason's widow and restore her to Masonic privileges. This is a strict construction of the spirit of our law and usage governing such cases, but it is just, and approved by this Grand Lodge. SEVENTH.-The rule that in a trial before a Lodge, should the original copy of the charges and specifications be absent by accident, a verbatim copy of the same as entered in the record book will sumce for the purposes of the trial, is approved. EIGHTH.-The Grand Master properly settled the question arising between St. Johns' days and Sunday, when they correspond, as affecting the By-Laws of a Lodge in the matter of election or installation of officers.. The rule makes either the previous Saturday or following Monday or Tuesday lawful for this work of the Lodge. It is approved. NINTH.-'l'he decision that ,Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts who have become residents of another State are entitled to a certificate, unless charges are preferred -against them, is Masonic, and in the true spirit of our law on this subject. TENTH.-This decision in reference to the jurisdiction of a. Lodge over a trial that has been regularly conducted and ended in it, is well established law. A trial so conducted and concluded cannot be reopened in the Lodge; and a new trial, for any cause whatever, can only be ordered by the Grand Master or the Grand Lodge. ELEVENTH.-A waiver ofjurisdiction over an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft by a Lodge, is always a general waiver of jurIsdiction, whether or not any particular Lodge is named in the transfer. The Entered Apprentice or l<'ellow Craft can petition any Lodge under whose jurisdiction he may reside for reception, and it is unnecessary that the waiver be made, therefore, in favor of any specified Lodge. TWELFTH.-It is a violation of law for the Master of a Lodge, in the absence of a majority of an Investigating Committee on a petition, to appoint two new members on the committee and have them report forthwith. Should he so reconstruct the committee, they must have the lawful time to reportone month. The majority of a committee is competent to report after the lawful time has elapsed, if the third member be absent and no new member is reqUired. THIRTEENTH.-Wben a petition for affiliation is about to come up for final action, a request in writing from a member of the Lodge to defer the ballot on it should be complied with by the Master, if the brother making the request is unavoidably absent. 'ÂŁhis ruling was necessary in a special case, and it is approved in its general application. FOURTEENTH.-The Grand Master's remarks upon the practice of summonlng or notifying the members of a Lodge to attend a meeting for the el!ilction of officers, when the meeting for this purpose is duly provided for by by-law, are sensible and strictly Masonic. His opinion that the practice is productive of more evil than good is endorsed; nevertheless, the Ma8ter of a Lodge has the ri~ht to summon a member 01' the members whenever he thinks proper.

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FIFTEENTH.-The decIsion that a candIdate for advancement, if objected to by a member of the Lodge-the objection being duly recorded-cannot proceed until the objectIon is removed, is law; and the ruUng that such a one is not in the same position as a candidate rejected by ballot, or objected to for initiation, is correct. 8IXTEItNTH.-Your committee cordially approve of the decIsion that any action with a view to the reception of the maJority report of a Committe of Investigatton on a petl tion in preferance to a minori ty report, or vice versa is un-Masonic, and any motion to receive the reports of such committees is unnecessary and irrelevant. The whole question rests with the Worshipful Master alone, and should not be entertained. SEVENTEENTH.-The Grand Master discusses the subject of Past Masters, and the spirit of the Past Master's degree. It is a matter that demands a sensible settlement. The Grand Master's conclusion", are that a Virtual or Chapter Past Master has the right to sit In a Lodge of Actual Past Masters of Lodges, but has not the right to preside therein, or to confer degrees, unless he shouid also have become a present or presiding Master of a legally constituted Lodge of Masons, and then call only preside at the request of the offi.cer who has the authority to call such Lodge; all of which we endorse. EIGHTEENTH.-The Grand Master ably argues the question of the status of non-affi.liates (for over twelve months) under our law. It is well known that a good man and a good Mason may be rejected for affi.Uation, and thus continually kept out in the cold through no fault of his. The Grand Lodge ought to take care of such an unfortunate brother, and not place him in the position of an expelled Mason. The Grand Master takes a humanItarian, and therefore MasonIc, view of the whole SUbject, revi.ews our law in its spirit, and thus . construes it. When a non-affi.Hate petitions a Lodge for membership and is rejected, the term of twelve months alluded to in Sec. Z1, Art. 16 of By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, should then be reckoned from the date of such rejection. With this view we are In full sympathy, and recommend its adoption by the Grand Lodge. NINETEENTH.-The Grand Master's views respecting the joint occupancy of Lodge-rooms with political, business or social socIeties are in accordance with our Grand Lodge laws and recommendations on this subject, and meet our hearty approval. . TWENTIETH.-The Grand Master's explanation, under the head of .. Who should Preside," is strictly in harmony with the view of that SUbject taken by the Committee on Jurisprudence of last year. The Grand Master's decIsions are all remarkably clear expositions of our law and usage, and are based upon sound Masonic prInciples. Upon the several other matters referred to your Committee, we present the following report: RESIDENT MEMBERS.

Where the law requires that resident members shall be notified to attend any communication of a Lodge, it shall be the duty of the Tyler, or brother specially appointed to serve the notice, to .make return to the Lodge that he has faithfully and impartially endeavored to serve such notice on every member of the Lodge accessible to him, and on such return having been made, naming the members served with such notice, a vote of two-thirds of the

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members present at such communication favoring any action of the Lodge requiring a majority of two-thirds, shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of the law concerning resident membership. CONCERNING

TRIAJ~S.

We suggest, where the offense is simple, and only non-payment of dues, that the delinquent brother shall be charged only with" un-Masonic con路 duct," and that the charge should specify the time for which the dues remain unpaid. When the charge embraces any other orrense than non-payment of dues, the delinquent should be proceeded against for" gross un-Masonic conduct," and the offenses must be specifically set forth so as to impart full notice to the accused of what he is called upon to defend. After charges have been preferred and dUly entered of record, no charge or specification in a charge shall be withdrawn except by permission of the Lodge and the consent of the accused, but must be disposed of by trial; and it is urged upon the Masters of Lodges to see that the charges embrace no frivolous specifications, and are in proper form before they are entered of record. After charges have been preferred and duly served upon the accused,and the case called for trial, the accused, if present, may choose some brother to assist him in conducting his defense, and, in his absence, the WorShipful Master shall appoint some one to represent him. The trial on the part of the Lodge shall be conducted by the Junior Warden or some brother appointed by the Master for that purpose. The evidence shall be preserved by a committee appointed for that purpose, who shall reduce the same to writing, and the style of the case being endorsed thereon, it shall be filed away by the Secretary for safekeeping. It shall not be recorded in the minutes. It shall be sufficient for the Secretary to show by the record that evidence in support of and against the charge was heard by the Lodge, giving names of witnesses. The vote shall be taken by ballot on each specification lSeparately, commencing with .the first, and then upon the charge. The result in each particular shall be noted upon the record. If the verdict be guilty, and the offense can be punished by expulsion, the Worshipful Master shall state the question thus: "Shall the brother be expelled?" and, if not expelled, then the Worshipful Master shall state the question: .. Shall the brother be suspended?" (Motions being made to suspend shall state the time, and the vote taken on the longest time suggested first.) The suspension and time of suspension being voted on at the same time, and the vote on expulsion or suspension, the question being stated as above, shall be by ballot, con taining .. yes" or .. no" wrl tten thereon. The accused haVing been found guilty and not expelled or suspended, he shall be reprimanded by the Wortilhlpful Master, if so voted by a majority, as provided by law, unless the action is appealed from.

Every member of the Lodge preient shall be required to vote by ballot, and no blank ballots shall be counted. And the members shall ballot as called upon by name, and any member refusing so to do shall be proceeded against for gross un-Masonic conduct under proper charges. your committee are of opinion that it will not do to countenance the dis-

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obedience of a summons, when duly served, no matter what may be the occasion of the summons. When the Worshipful Master or the Lodge calls into use this high prerogative, it must be obeyed, and wl1lful neglect or defiance must meet with proper discipline. The By-Laws for the use of Subordinate Lodges, and adopted by the Grand Lodge, were read section by section, and met with t.he endorsement and approval of this Grand Body. Lodges Under Dispensation have been required to adopt them, and they are now in use in nearly all the Lodges of this jurisdiction. We recommend the alteration of Article VI. of those laws to read asfollows: ARTICLE VI. DUES, TRIALS AND PENALTIES. SECTION 1. Every member, not exempt, shall pay $

per year.

SEC. 2. Should any member neglect to pay his dues, according to Section 10f this Article, and refuse to pay his dues for twelve months, he must be notified by the Secretary to show cause for such neglect, and his excuse must be decided satisfactorily or otherwise, by a majority of the members; and, if satisfactory, he may be excused, granted further time, or his dues may be remitted; but, if not satisfactory, the Worshipful Master shall order the Junior Warden to prefer charges against such delinquent member for violation of Masonic iaw, and upon due trial, had as hereinafter provided in Section 4 of this Article, he may be suspended. SEC. 3. If any brother shall fail to obey a summons, properly delivered to him, he must then be summoned to appear and stand trial on charges and specifications for "gross un-Masonic conduct;" and, if found guUty, may be suspended or expelled, subject always to the restriction of the follOWing Section 4. SEC. 4. No mem bel' shall be suspended or expelled except by a vote of twothirds of the members present at a stated meeting, of which all resident members have been notified to attend; and only then after a fair trial, on charges and specifications properly preferred, and the brother afforded an opportunity to appear in his own defense, unless his residence be unknown, when he may be tried ex parte. SEC. 5. The manner of trials shall be as provided in Article XVIII. of the B1-Laws of the Grand Lodge. Fraternally SUbmitted, THOS. E. GARRETT, XEN. RYLAND, JOSEPH FOSTER, EDWARD SPENCER, W. H. MUZZY, Committee.

On motion of Brother R. E. ANDERSON, 500 copies of Article VI., of Subordinate By-Laws as amended, were ordered printed on a separate slip for the use of Lodges, to be inserted in their books. [See slip enclosed with these Proceedings.-GR. SEC.]

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REPORT ON THE OASE OF SOOTLAND.

The Special Committee reported as follows-adopted: 7b the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri:

The Special Committee appointed to investigate the question of jurIsdiction between the Grand Lodge of Missouri and the Grand Lodge of Scotland, submit the following report as the result of their deliberation: This question was raised by the Grand Lodge of Missouri in the year 1868, upon information that a citizen of Missouri, while on a visit to Scotland, wa.s made a Mason in a Lodge working under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. He returned to his home, made his MasonIc claims known, and our Grand Lodge refused to recognize him as a Mason. The Grand Lodge of Missouri, believing that its jurisdictional rights had been infringed by this act of a foreign Grand Lodge, promptly took the case in hand, and ordered a correspondence of enquiry and explanation to be opened with the Grand Lodge of Scotland. This correspondence and the various reports upon it have been conducted by our Grand Secretary and the officer!! of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, with an exemplary exhibition of forbearance and fraternal regard on both sides. But, after years of earnest, patient effort, the question at issue, a.s it stands now, is no nearer settled than it was In 1868. We have, however, arrived at a thorough understanding of all the conditions and interests involved, and may, we think, proceed safely and honorably to an amicable settlement of this long-pending case. Tbe whole matter rests solely with us, and we owe it to ourselves and Masonry to treat it in such a manner as shalt but promote the harmony and good fellowship which are distinguishing characteristics of the Masonic Order. We presented our side of the question with Scotland, as involving a fondly cherIshed prIncIple of Grand Lodgejurisdlction, for tbe integrity of whIch we have had many serious controversies. Scotland had made a Mason ora citizen of Missouri who wa.s temporarily sojourning in the country, and in view of the principle at stake we condemned the act, and ~ntered protest agaInst the practice. Scotland, fully understanding our position on the question of jurisdiction, still claimed the right to make a. Mason ofa temporary sojourner, be hea citizen of the United States or any other country, provided he wa.s found worthj'. Citizenship had nothing whatever to do with the right of any Lodge in Scotland to make Masons under their own laws and usage, Tbe same usage and exercise of rIght prevailed in England and in all the Grand Lodge jurisdictions of Continental Europe, and this is, and always has been, their practice. They respect territorIal jurisdiction so far as planting Lodges is concerned, but do not recognize any vested or acquired rights at jurIsdiction in citizensbip. They firmly denied our right to dictate to them whom they should not make Masons on their own soil, in accordance with their own long established usage, and did not propose to interfere with us In similar cases. Of course our laws prohibit us from accepting tbls interchange of Masonic civilities under lik.e conditions, and this brings us to the American system of Grand Lodgejurisdicl1on. It Is distinctly and exclusively American; Is unknown and finds no 'recognition among Grand Lodges of any foreign country. It was simply rendered necessary here for protection, in view of the roving character of our population.

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Now we come squarely face to face with the situation and vital issue between the Gra.nd Lodge of Missouri-a comparatively young organizationand the Grand Lodge of Scotland, one of the oldest and most noted Ma.sonic Landmarks in the world. We differ upon a question of jurisdictional rights and usuage. There are just two modes of settlement, and we may chose either. One is to break up our fellowship with the Grand Lodge of Scotland. By this course we lock our doors' against Scotch Masons, and in consistency and effect debar ourselves from visiting any Lodge wherein a Scotch Mason is admitted. We also go so far as to disturb the fraternal intercourse of the Masonic world. Let us avoid this. The other way is fraternal concession, and without any sacrifice of our Masonic principles. When the question was raised we were not so familiar with this foreign usage as our correspondence with the Grand Lodge of Scotland has made us. We have lived and learned. Let us profit by our knowledge. Let us not try our good old Scotch brethren by new and peculiar American laws, in an effort to force Scotland's recognition of an essentially and exclusively American usuage and regulation. We yield this point of jurisdictional right so far as the Grand Lodge of Scotland and other European jurisdictions are concerned, while reatnrming the principle and usage in our relations with American Grand Jurisdictions; thus asserting anew the cosmopolitan spirit of our wide-spread brotherhood. We recognize the Universal Jurisdiction which has so long prevailed among the Grand Lodges of Europe, withou t yielding or in any degree compromising the principle which is one of the safeguards of the Order in America, and firmly adhereing as ever to a resistance of any Grand Lodge planting Subordinate Lodges within the jurisdiction of any other Grand Lodge whose sovereignty we have recognized, and which principle has been so properly recognized also by the Grand Master of Scotland in his letter of March 29th, 1870. This view and disposition of the case involves a recognition of the citizen of Missouri, who was made a Mason while a sojourner in Scotland, as a legally made Mason. Fraternally submitted, THOS. E. GARRETT, R. E. ANDERSON, S. W. B. CARl"'EGY, Committee.

REPORT ON MACON AND CENSER LODGES.

The Special Committee reported as follows-adopted: Po the Most Worshipful Gmnd Lodge of Missouri:

We, the Committee to whom was referred the memorial of the late Censer Lodge, U. D., at Macon City, submit the following report: We have carefully examined the memorial and the statements and affidavits submitted in proof of the averments therein contained, and are satisfied that the Special Committee to whom the conduct of Macon Lodge, No. 106, in connection with the indebtedness of said Lodge to Brother SAM'L P. GKIFFITH was referred at our last session, did not have all the facts before thtm, and were not fully advised of the temper and disposition of such of the late members of Macon Lodge, No. 106, as had connected themselves with Censer Lodge, U .D.,

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manifested by them in -regard to said indebtedness. It is evident that there were some of the members of Macon Lodge who not only peremptorily refused to pay their dues, and willfully disobe~'ed the summons resorted to to compel them to do so, but had it in their hearts to repudiate ajust debt, and were unscrupulous as to the means used to avoid tbe payment of it. Those of them, however, who connected themselves with Censer Lodge, U. D., were not of that number. They had not only paid their dues, but used every means in their power to have said debt paid. They are, as we believe, without exception, good men and true, and all have the true interests of our beloved order at heart, and among them are some of the brightest and most zealous workers in the ranks. That they should suffer and be cut off from all their Masonic privileges by reason of the culpable conduct of the" black sheep" of the fiock, from whom they had separated themselves in the formation of Censer Lodge, D. D., is not right. Besides, Silent Temple Lodge, No. 43;3, had contracted with Macon Lodge, No. 106, to pay one-half of the indebtedness to Brother SHEPHERD, and was in defaul t as to its proportion of the indebtedness. Th is fact was not brought to the knowledge of your former Committee, or they' would not have so indiscriminately condemned the entire membership of Macon Lodge, and passed Silent Temple by in silence. From the evidence before us we are sath;tied that the members of Censer Lodge, U. D., are not amenable to the charge of seeking to avoid the payment of ajust debt, and that they are disposed to use all the means in their power to bring about a satisfactory adjustment of the claim of Brother GRIFFITH, and restore peace, harmony and prosperity to the Craft at Macon City. All of whom taking to heart the lesson taught by the prompt and seemingly vigorous action of this Grand Body at its last session, will, perhaps, redouble their el10rts to prove themselves worthy of the trust reposed in them, and not only vindicate the Order in that locality, but get to themselves a good name and fame thereabouts. In view of all the facts and circumstances as presented to us (a detailed statement of which would involve much labor and weary ~'our patience), your Committee recommend the following: Resolved, That a charter be granted to the late Censer Lodge, U. D., at Macon City, with its former Master and Wardens as such, and -that the Grand Secretary be authorized to issue Dimits to such of the members of the late Macon Lodge, No. I06, as have paid there dues up to the time of the arrest of its Charter, or may furnish to him satisfactory reasons for not having so done, and pay over the same to him. Resolved, That the members composing Silent Temple Lodge and Censer Lodge, as well as Brother GRIFFITH, be and they are hereby urged to rise above local or personal prejndices, "let by-gones be by-gones," prove themselves men and Masons, and as In'ctllren address themselves to the work of discharging their indebtedness, redeeming their hall, and making it the dwelling place of l<'REE1tIASONRY, VIHTUE and UNIVERSAL BENEVOLENCE.

R. E. ANDERSON, J. E. CADLE, W. C. FOREMAN, Committee.

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REPORT ON OIROULARS OF KANSAS OITY -BOARD OF RELIEF.

The Special Committee reported as follows-adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand L()dge of .lfissouri:

Your committee to whom was referred that portion of the Grand Master's Address bearing upon the issuance of printed cIrculars by the "Kansas CUy Board of Rellef" soliciting aid from foreign jurisdictions, submit the following: The President and Secretary of the" Kansas CIty Board of Relief" issued two circnlars, both of similar import, one of which is as follows: OFFICE OF THE MASONIC BOARD OF RELIEF, }'

KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 20, 1875. To the Masonic Fraternity: Kansas City being located at what is termed the "gateway between the East and the West," is continually filled wIth a floating population, many of whom are Masons, and hailIng from all parts of the conUnen t. In their travels they have spent their last dollar, and l-heir only means of assistance, even to a meal of vIctuals, is the MasonIc Board of RelIef. These applIcants have kept the treasury of our Board so compietely drained, that we are now powerless to assist In the least degree, the thousands of destitute and sufferIng families of our surrounding country, rendered so by the ravages of the grasshoppers. Last year nearly theIr entire crops were destroyed by these pests, but they managed to exist during the winter, hoping: for better success this season; but to their dismay they now find the pests comIng forth-not in millIons-but by the acre, and destroyIng all manner of vegetation, leaving nothing but starvation staring hundreds In the face. _ There is probably no city in the UnIted States having so many applications tor temporary assistance as thIs. We are applied to by members from every Grand JurIsdiction in the- United States, therefore we t-eel at l1bert-y to lay the facts before the fraternity, and it our more fortunate brethren shOUld see fiteither as Lodges or indivIduals-to donate any sum, however small, for the use of this Board of RelIef, they will assist in promoting one of the first and most divine principles of our order. W. Eo WHITING, Pres't Board of Relief. H. C. LITCHFIELD, Sec'y" .. P. S.-The Masonic Board of Rellef is composed of two members appointed from each of the five Lodges in the city. It is earnestly requested that Lodges receiving thiR circular reply, whet.her they donate or not. Correspondence and contributions should be addressed to the Secretary. These circulars were sent broadcast over the country, and the enquiry was addressed to the Grand Master from New York as to the existence and right of such" Board" to receive contributions. The Grand Master condemned t.he issuance of such appeals to pa~ties outside our own jurisdiction without the consent and approval of the Grand Lodge or Grand Master endorsed thereon. The Chairman and Secretary replied to him assuming the entire responsibility of the movement, disclaiming any intention of violating Masonic law, and presenting strong reasons impelling them to their action. In so doing they take occasion to ignore the" Compassl's" and indulge in" fiings" and splenetic allusions to this Orand Lodge in refusIng them an appropriation at its last session, which betokens soreness that they had much better left to the healing process of time and not" torn off the scab,"

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and hurled it in the face of this Grand Body. The spirit and tone of the letter is not in harmony with the teachings of our Order, and these brethren have suffered their" zeal to run away with their judgment." Your committee recommend to these brethren the cultivation of that charity which" sutfereth long and is not easily provoked." . As to the emergency pleaded by tbe Kansas City brethren, it was no doubt a great one, but we cannot recognize the principle as applicable to a subject affording so many opportunities for abuse and humlllation of the Craft that .. the endjustitl.es the means." . If " Board of Relief" have the right at their pleasure thus to iRsue and send ou.t broadcast such appeals without the sanction or the Grand Lodge or the Grand Master properly authenticated, then Lodges, yea, individual Masons would have the same right, and thus the door would be opened ror charlatans and professional beggars to ply their vocation under the garb of" MasonrY,and impose upon unsuspecting brethren who have never learned to say" No."

As a safeguard, and believing that .. an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure," we recommend the adoption of the following: Resolved. That it is the sense of thIs Grand Lodge, that the issuance and sending of circular applications for charity out of our Grand Jurisdiction by Masonic bodies or individuals, without the endorsement of the Grand Lodge or its Grand Master, is contrary to Masonic proprietY,and is hereby forbidden.

R. E. AN DERSON, G. L. FAULHABER, Committee.

EXEMPLIFICATION.

On motion the Grand Lecturer was requested to exemplify the work in the Third Degree this evening. At 5:30 p, M. the Grand Lodge was called from labor until 7:45 P. M.

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The Right WorRhipful ,Grand Lecturer exemplified the work in the Third Degree. The thanks of the Grand Lodge were voted to the Masonic Orpheus Olub. At 10:45 the Grand Lodge was called from labor until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.

ST. LOUIS, Thursday, October 14,1875, 9 o'clock A. l\i. The Grand Lodge was called to labor by the Grand Master. â&#x20AC;˘ Grand Officers in their respective stations. Prayer by Rev. Dr. SCOTT, Grand Lodge of Illinois.

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REPORT ON CHARTERED LODGES.

The committee reported as follows-adopted: To the Mwt Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri:

Your Committee on Chartered Lodges would most respectfully submit the following report, to wit: We have examined the reports of all the Lodges received to date a~d SUbmitted to us by the Grand Secretary. We find the reports of the following Lodges correct: Nos. I, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 'ZT, 28, 29, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 64, 6~, 70, 71, 73, '74, 75, 78, 79, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 90, 92, 93, 95, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 108, 109, Ill, J13, 114, 117, 119, 120, 123, 125, 126, 1'ZT, 128, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140, 141, 143, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 153, 154, 155, 157,158,159,162, 163, 164, 465, 166, 167, 168, 170, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, 186, 187, 188, 192, 19:3, 195. 196, 19S, 199, 202, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 211, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 2'ZT, 228, 231, 233, 234, 23S, 240, 241,

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245,246,247,248, 252, 254, 255, 257, 2S8. 259, 260, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 274, 277, 279, 280, 281, 282, 28::l, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 293, 294, 295, 302,303, 309, 311, 313, 314, 315, 317, 319, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 331, 333, 340,341,342,344, 346, 351, 352, 354, 355, 356, 357, 359, 360, 362, 364, 366, :no, 371,372,373,374, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 393, 395, 396, 406, 409. 410, 411, 412, 414, 415, 416, 418, 421, 422, 423, 424, 427, 428, 429, 430, 4;~j, 436,437,438, 440,441, 44S, 44!, 445, 4!6, 449, 450, 451, 453, 454, 456, 457, 466, 467, 468, 470, 472, 474, 475, 478, 480, 481, 482, 486, 400.

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268, 299, 337, 368, 401, 433, 462,

271, 300, 338, 369, 402, 434, 464,

The following are correct, except they are not authenticated with the seal of the Lodge: Nos. 6, 10, 11, 14, 35, 43, 44, 69, 76, 82, 105, 115, 116, 121, 122, 124, 130, 138, 144, lSI, 152, 169, 189, 200, 209, 219, 235, 236, 239, 242, 244, 249, 250, 253, 256, 261, 297, 304,305,320,345, 350, 363, 365, 376, 387, 390, 397, 405, 408, 425, 448, 455, 463, 469, 471, 473, 476, 477, 484, 485, 489.

No date of charter, Nos. 5, 21, 30,.110, 185, 197, 251, 275, 306, 310, 370, 417. Nbt signed by officers, No. 308. No time of meeting, no date of charter, and no seal, No. 391. Not signed by Worshipful Master, Nos. 60, 419. Not signed by Worshipful Master and no seal, Nos. 7, 65, 328, 353. Not alphabetically arranged, Nos. 67, 343, 389, 404, 439.

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No seal and no date of charter, Nos. 237, 447. No date of meeting and no date of charter, No. 41'10. Not signed by officers and no seal, Nos. 137, 388, 488. No seal and not sIgned by Secretary, Nos. 34, 292. Not signed by Secretary, No. 31. Not signed by Worshipful Master and no date of charter, No. 66. No time of meeting, No. 98. No post-office address, Nos. 81, 439, 444. l'1ot alphabetically arranged and no seal, No. 483. Many of the Lodges report that they have no Lodge seals. This is wrong. No Lodge can safely do business without a seal. Your committee, therefore, recommend that all such Lodges be required to procure seals wIthout delay. We recommend that the prayer of Kirkwood Lodge, No. 484, be granted, and that the jewels and furniture of late Grove Lodge, No. 296, be transferred to said Kirkwood Lodge. The Worshipful Master of' Union Lodge, No. 480, New Mexico, asks for permission to move into the new Lodge-room at La Junta, Mora County, New Mexico, when the same Is completed, which will be In December next. This Lodge has heretofore met in a Government building, and recently the

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Government has taken possession of it, and the brethren, with commendable enterprise, are buUdhig a new, commodious and secure hall. We recommend that said Lodge have permission to move into their new hall as 800n as the same 1s completed. N. M. GIVAN, P. S. PFOUTS, D. M. SCOTT, THOS. C. READY, J. GOLDENBERG, B. L. QUARLES, G. L. FAULHABER, B. J. OREAR, W. H. McCOY, W. H. STANSBERY, A. PARKHURST, CommiUee.

REPORT ON ACCOUNTS.

The Committee reported as follows-adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodg.e of Missou1'i:

Your Committee on Accounts would respectfully submit the following financial eXhibit, as shown by the books of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer: Grand Treasurer had on hand, October 14, 1874, as per report, $8,007 85, less warrant, No. 64, of 1874, unpaid, amounting to $23 00

87,984 35

Grand Secretary has received, since last report, and paid Grand Treasurer 11,275 75 $19,200 10 11,796 44

Grand Treasurer has paid out, as per vouchers Leaving balance in treasury

$7,463 66

Fraternally sUbmitted, JOSEPH S. BROWNE, JOHN E. BARNES, ROB'T LYLE, Committee.

REPORT ON REPORTS OF D. D. GRAND MASTERS.

The Committee reported as follows-adopted: 1'0 the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri:

We, your Committee a.ppointed to examine the reports of District Deputy Grand Masters, beg to submit the following report:

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Of the forty-eight districts under this Grand Jurisdiction, we find that reports have been received from the following: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6,7,8,9,10,11,12, 13,14,16,17,18,19, 20,23,25, 26, 'l:l,28, 29,30,32, 33,35, 36,38,39, 40,42,43,44,45,46,47, 48-total, 39; and that no reports have been re~eIved from the following distrIcts: Nos. 5,15,21,22,24,31,34,37, 41-total,9. The circular letter of instructions (appended hereto), issued by the Grand Master with their commissions to his deputies, has been productive of great good, and 1t is very gratifying to see that so many of the reports are made in accordance with the "good and wholesome instruction II contained therein. We路 hope that all District Deputies will hereafter conform to the plan laId down in these instructions, as !twill very much simplify their labors, and wlll enable them'to present to the Grand Lodge a much clearer and condensed statement. The reports from the District Deputy Grand Masters show the Lodges throughout the State in a tlourishing conditIon, with but few exceptions. We urge that the Deputies continue to press upon the attention of Lodges the requirements of the Grand Lodge upon the subject of good, secure and well furnisned halls. Judging from the reports before us, we are satisfied that the District Deputies have done good service and labored hard in their respective districts, although many of them claim to have suffered from sIckness, preventing them from more extended labor. Your Committee deprecates the practice, which it regrets to find in many Lodges, ofloaning the Lodge funds without security of any kind, causing them to sustain losses, and thereby creating bad feeling and dIscord among the members. We also regret to .notice that many Lodges are reported by the DistrIct Deputies as haVing large amounts due them in shape of uncollected dues. Your Committee are of the opinion that the prIncipal part of Lodge troubles may be traced to bad ilnancial management. We desIre to call special attention to a case reported from the ThIrty-fifth District. Brother J. G. MrDDLEcoFF reports that on the third day of September, he wrote to Brother J. DONIVAN, WorshIpful Master of Osceola Lodge, No. 273, requesting him to have charges preferred against Brother J. E. COLE for kl.lling Brother J. L. HICKS. Not receiving an answer, he went to Osceola on the 20th, and was there Informed that charges had been preferred, and the trial set for the 25th; but he believes the trial will be a farce, as the moral tone of that Lodge Is very low, and many of the members are a disgrace to the fr~ternity; that there are but a few honorable exceptions, and they are in the minority. Your Committee would earnestly recommend that the Grand Master cause strict enquiry to be made Into thIs matter, a.nd if the report of the District Deputy be sustained, the charter of saId Lodge be arrested. Your Committee would call attention to the recommendation of your Committee for 1874, viz: "We have given all the attention to saId reports the short time afforded us wIll allow. The brief space In which your Committee had to perform this work must be pleaded as ODe reason for not presenting a more extended and elaborate report. If District Deputy Grand Masters would complete their reports thirty days before the Grand Lodge assembles, a.nd let them be placed

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in the hands of a judicious Committee appointed by the Grand Master during recess, full j ustice might be done this class of valuable workers in the Masonic field. "The .faithful ones would meet the recognition their labor and services merit, ca.uses for complaint be removed, incentives and encouragements to well doing atrorded." Which recommendation we heartily endorse, and as a better means of ca.rrylng this into etrect, we recommend 路that the reports be referred to the 6rand Secretary as a Committee to revIse and edit for publication with the printed Proceedings of the Grand Lodge. Your Committee would take this opportunity to impress upon the Grand Lodge the necessity for carrying out the suggestion made by the Grand Master relative to the manner of communication between the Lodges and Grand Master, and we urge that the Lodges hereafter be required to address their communIcations through the District Deputy. ThIs will enable the District Deputies to fully understand the condition of things in their distrIcts, and wIll relieve the Grand Master of a vast amount of labor. Fraternally SUbmitted, .T. R. HARDY, N. M. GIVAN, DA VID BAIRD,

FERD. WENKLE, Committee.

CI~CULAR

LETTER TO DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. OFFICE OF GRAND MASTER OF MASONS, ) STATE OF MISSOURI.

Right WQT'8hipjul Sir and Brother:

In entering upon your official duties as District Deputy, I desire "to call your special notice to the following matters, which you wlll carefully note and report thereon: 1st. The number of brethren present at each Lodge on the occasion of your officiai visits, and how many of them are members. 2d. Carefully Inspect the Lodge-rooms, and see that they are securely tyled. 3d. Ascertain if others besides the proper officers are permitted in the preparation-room with the candidate. 4th. ExamIne the records and see if they are properly kept, the officer's name and transactions of each meeting duly recorded. 5th. Has each Lodge in its hall. together with the regular furniture, a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, as well as the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge for the past four or five years or more? 6th. Are the By-Laws of each IJodge in conformity with the By-Laws and Regulations of the Grand Lodge? ,7th. Have the different Lodges any charts or diagrams of tlle emblems of the symbolic degrees?

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8th. Ascertain generally the financial condition of eaeh Lodge, the amount of funds invested and on hand, and of any debts they may owe. 9th. Ascertain the manner of examining visitors; impress upon the Masters and Wardens the necessity of careful examinations, and that A. visitor must be vouched for only through a brother who has sat with him in a Lodge open on the degree for which he vouches. lOth. Impress upon the Masters and brethren the propriety of enforcing the rule that no brother can enter the Lodge after it is open without being announced and permission obtained, and that none should leave the Lodge' without permission. 11th. Have you held a Lodge of Instruction in your 'District? If so, when and where, how many Lodges were represented and by whom, how long was it at work, who was the Lecturer? Does the work of your Lodges conform to that prescribed by the Grand Lodge or taught by the Right Worshipful Grand or District Lecturers? The above will present to your mind some of the duties of your office; others of no less consequence will no doubt suggest themselves to you. especially as to your own conduct and demeanor in your offlcialintercourse with the officers and brethren in your district. Be kind, courteous and affable to all, endeavor to maintain kindly relations between them and the Grand Lodge, avoid antagonism and cliques, and any unnecessary interference in the private affairs of a Lodge. Remember that the District Deputy only gives opinions. which are to be respected unless overruled by the Grand Master; the decisions of the latter are the law until overruled by the Grand Lodge. A familiarity on your part with the By-Laws and Decisions of the Grand Lodge, consultation and advice with the Worshipful Masters of your Lodges, will procure for you the respect of the Craft, and give them confidence in ~'our opinions. Should questions arise on points of law or usage between you and any Worshipful Master, I shall an!lweI' no letter on the subject without hearing from you and then only through you. In like manner avoid yourself answering any questions of members that may involve the de('islon of a Worshipful Master. without first consulting with bim, and let your corftrmation or correction of.any rulings of a Worshipful Master be done through him. Maintain the dignity of the Oriental Chair by never suffering its occupant to be lowered in the estimation of those over whom he presides. Finally. Right Worshipful Brother. remem bel' that you are the only officer of the Grand Lodge who comes in direct and close contact with all the brethren of your District. and that as a Representive of the Grand Lodge It Is your duty to encourage the zealous Mason, and Impart instruction wherever you can. cheer the Lodges, and zealously labor as co-worker with your brethren to elevate the moral standard of Masonry in the fteld of labor assigned to you. As soon as possible after the receipt of this letter, make a circuit of ~'our District, or get some competent brother to visit any Lodges you may be unable to attend, that he may lurnish you with the information comprised In the foregoing questions, which will enable you on a SUbsequent visit to notice and commend any improvements in those particulars, and when your labors for th~ year draw to a close. give me a full report of the same in time for me to make the information available. Fraternally yours. ATTEST:

--------Grand Master.

- - - - - - - - G r a n d Secretary. NOTE.-As the Grand Lodge may at any time order your report to be published with the Proceedings, it is requisite that it should contain nothing

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personal 01' improper to be published. It should be carefully and legibly written, one side only of each sheet of the paper used, in order to be ready for the printer.

REPORT ON ANNUAL REPORT OF GRAND LECTURER.

The Committee reported as follows-adopted: To the Moat Worshipjul Grand Lodge oj Missouri:

Your Committee, to whom was referred the Report of our Grand Lecturer, Right Worshipful Brother ALLAN McDoWELL, would respectfully submit the following report: Your Committee congratulate the Grand Lodge upon the progress that has been made during the past year, in having taught throughout this Grand JurisdIction the work of the Grand Lodge, and In the improvement that has been made In the manner of work, and also in the zeal that seems to prevail among the Craft in regard to learnIng. the work correctly. For this, much credit Is due our Right Worshipful Grand Lecturer, who has faithfully and efficiently discharged hIs duties, having devoted almost his enti>:e time to teachIng the work. We fully concur with the Grand Lecturer In his suggestion that weak and incompetent Lodges should be induced to surrender their charters and unite with stronger ones, and if weak Lodges, who have lingered a long time withont signs of life, and without learning the work correctly, neglect and refuse to surrender their charters, some steps should be taken by the Grand Lodge to put an end to the existence of such Lodges. They accomplish no good for themselves or the Order at large. We heartily endorse the suggestions and recommendations of the Grand Lecturer in reference to the manner of selecting and the tenure of office of District Lecturers. The inefficiency of District Lecturers, wherever it exIsts, is, in a manner, attributable to the hasty selection of many of them, and a disposition to select a personal favorite without any reference to ability or efficiency. It is a novel idea that the Grand Lecturer of the State should only hold his office for one year, while District Lecturers hold theirs for life, or durinK good behavior, thu's making them Independent of the Grand Lecturer. In order that the work of the the Grand Lecturer may be effective, the District Lecturers should be in entire harmony with him, and, in the judgment of your Committee, thIs can be best secured by giving the Grand Lecturer the power to appoint all District Lecturers, and that the term of office of each District Lecturer should terminate with each session of the Grand Lodge. We, therefore, respectfully recommend the adoption of the following resolution, and that all resolutions conflicting herewith be revoked: Resolved, That the Grand Lecturer shall appoint and commission a DIstrict Lecturer for each Masonic District, who shall be competent to teach the work of the State, and who shall hold his office until the next succeeding session of the Grand Lodge after his appointment, unless removed by the Grand Lecturer or Grand Master. J. R. HARDY, N. M. GIVAN, DAVID BAIRD, FERD. WENKLE, T. O. TOWLES, Onnmittee. G. L.-PRO. 6.

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REPORT ON BY-LAWS OF LODGES.

The Committee reported as follows-adopted: To the .JJ.Jost lVorshiR(lIl f.Jrand r.O((!lf' 0/ .llisso/lri :

Your Committee on ny-Laws beg leave to report that they have carefully examined the By-Laws of St. Joseph Lodge, No. 78, and Cairo Lodge, No. 486, and the amendments to the By-Laws of Pauldingville Lodge, No. 11, and find nothing therein contained in confiict with the laws and reiulations of this Grand Lodge, and recommend that they be approved. We notice, however, that Cai'ro Lodge has made no provisions for affiliation, and we suggest that Section 8, Article IV. of the By-Laws recommended by the Grand Lodge for the use of SUbordinate Lodges be adopted by said Lodge. WA have also examined the By-Laws of Knob Noster Lodge, No. 245, adopted August 13, 1875. S!3ction 2, of Article II. of these By-Laws, proVides that the" Officers shall be chosen on the stated meeting next preceding the anniversary of St. John the Evangelist, 01' a.s soon thereafter as practicable." In the opinion of your Committee, the time for the election of officers should be definitely fixed at a regular meeting, and no power should be given to postpone the election, except by authority of the Grand Master or Grand L&-lge. We have, therefore, stricken from said section the words, "As soon thereafter as practicable," and recommend that said By-Laws, as amended, be approved. Respectfully submitted, O. A. CRANDALL, HENRY T. MUDD, Committee.

WASHINGTON MONUMENT.

Most \>Vorshipful Brother CHARLES F. STANSBURY, Past Grand :l\faster of District of Columbia, addressed the Grand Ilodge in behalf of the \>Vashington Monument Societ~r, and upon motion the matter was referred to a Special Committee consisting of ::\Iost \>Vorshipful Brothers R. E. ANDERSON, T. E. GARRET'l', 8Al\lUEL H. OWENS, JOHN RALLS and XENOPIION RYLAND.

ANNUAL ELECTION.

The hour of election for the Grand Officers having arrived,

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the Grand Mas-ter appointed Brothers MARTIN COLLINS and G. L. FAULHABER as tellers, the ballots resulting as follows: M. W. GRAND MASTER R. W. DEPUTY GRAND MASTER R. W. SENIOR GRAND WARDEN R. W. JUNIOR GRAND WARDEN R. W. GRAND TREASURER R. W. GRAND SECRETARY

JAMES E. CADLE, of Chillicothe.. XENOPHON RYLAND, of Lexington. THOMAS C. READY, of St. Louis. NOAH M.. GIVAN,of Harrisonville. WILLIAM N. LOKER, of St. Louis. GEO. FRANK GOULEY, of St. Louis.

At 12: 30 the Grand I../odge was called from labor until 2 o'clock P. M.

ST. LOUIS, Oct~ber 14, 1875. 2 o'clock P. M. The Grand Lodge was called to labor by the Grand Master. Grand Officers in their respective stations. APPROVAL OF REPRINT OF GRAND LODGE LAWS.

Most Worshipful Brother T. B. GARRE1.'T offered the following-adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Lodge are due, and hereby tendered, to Right Worshipful Brother GEO. FRANK GOULEY, Grand Secretary, fer the prompt and able manner in which he has collated our laws and rulings, and presented our Masonic Code, in the new Book of Constitutions, ordered by the Grand Lodge, and that the same is hereby approved.

REPORT ON WASHINGTON MONUMENT.

The Special Committee reported as follows-adopted: To the Most WCÂť'shipful Grand Lodge of Missouri:

Your Committee, to whom was referred the subject presented by Most Worshipful CHARLES F. STANSBURY, Past Grand Master of the District of Columbia, as a member and representative of the '\Vashington National Monument Society, have given the subject that consideration which its importance demands. We can but express the regret that the claims of so worthy a cause-one which appeals so powerfully to the heart of every patriot, and touches a responsive chord in the breast of every Mason-should have been presented to this Grand Lodge at a time when, by reason of the depressed condition of its

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treasury, it cannot respond ali liberally as its admiration of Washington, not only as a man, bat as a noble representative of our beloved Order, would prompt. It bebooves us, in view of the litigation in which we are engaged, and the olaims that will be made upon us by those who suffered severe loss by reason ot our complications With the Masonic Hall Association, to husband our resources, and we must be just before we can afford to be generous. We regard it as a burning shame that the mon umen t to the" Father of His Country" should not long ere this have been completed; and it would be much better that it never had been projected than that it should, in its unfiuished condition, remain t,o remind future generations of the ingratitude, not to say infamy, of their ancestors. This Grand Lodge does not want to be behind any of its sister Grand Lodges in giving testimony to its admiration for him, both as a patriot and a Mason, who was" first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen;" and we live in hopes that before the cap-stone of the monument shall be hoisted to its place, her financial condition will be such as to warrant us in signifying our admiration for our departed brother, who, .. though he be dead, yet speaketh" loudly for our cause, by placing high up in its surface a "white stone," aud in it a "name is written" which shall remind our children's children that we loved and cherished the name of Washington. We do not feel warranted, at this time, in recommending any appropriation on the part of this Grand Lodge, but cordially commend the claim to the favorable considera~ion of all of our Subordinate Lodges, hoping they will respond as their means may Justify, and that we, as a Grand Lodge, will soon be able to give substantial proof of our devotion to so worthy an object. XENOPHON RYLAND, JOHN RALLS, R. E. ANDERSON, T. E. GA.RRETT, SAMUEL H. OWENS, Committee.

REPORT ON WAYS AND MEANS.

The Committee reported as follows-adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri:

Your Committee on Ways and Means beg leave to submit the following report: We find in hands of Grand Treasurer

$7,463 66

We recommend appropriations as follows: Grand Secretary, for services

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$3,000 00

. : : :.::::.:.:::::::::::::::::: 1,000 f88 gg 00

Printed Proceedings, balance due Rent of Grand Secretary's office...................................................... 600 00 Oontingent account.................................... 100 00 Past Grand Master Dunscomb......................................................... 27000 Grand Lecturer 1,000 00

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Balance in hands of Grand Treasurer Against which will be claims as follows: Attorney's fees and

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And we further recommend that Past Grand Master R. E. ANDERSON be employed to attend to the interests of the Grand Lodge at Washington, and that he be empowered to employ associate counsel if he deem neceBBary. J. E. CADLE, L. A. HALL, M. H. WASH, Committee.

REPORT ON BURIAL LOT.

The Special Committee on purchase of burial lot in Bellefontaine Cemetery reported favorably thereto, but upon vote the recommendation was not adopted.

REPORT ON SUSPENDED MASTERS.

'The Special Committee reported as follows-adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri: The Committee to whom were referred that portion of the Address of the Grand Master, under the head of "Unpleasant Duties," and relating to the suspension of the Masters of Adelphi Lodge, No. 355; Alton Lodge, No. 255; and Oriental Lodge, No. 141, have examined, as far as they could with the facts before them, the said matters referred to them, and would respectfully report the following: 1st. In the matter of the suspension of Brother A. D. MULLINS, WorshipfUl Master of Oriental Lodge, No. 141, that the action of the Most Worshipful Grand Master in making said suspeq.sion be approved. the ground of said action being the drunkenness of said Brother MULLINS. The charges preferred against the brother are that, at sundry times, he was in a state of intoxication utterly unfitting him for business. Your Committee are satisfied, from testimony before them, that the charges are true,and that in being so far unmilldfulof his official duty, and bringing such 'Odium upon his Lodge, he should receive the severest censure of tbis Grand Lodge, and his suspension from office be made permanent. Your Committee are deeply impressed with the necessity of sacredly guarding, by every legal method, tbe office of Worsbipful Master from incumbents who will violate tbe cardinal virtue of temperance, and would most urgently recommend to the brethren of this Grand Jurisdiction that they should not compromise with their Worshipful Masters on a matter so vital to the honor of the Order, and that violations of the cardinal virtue of.temperance by them should be promptly reported to the Most Worshipful Grand Master, to the end that he may promptly apply the means necessary to remove the unfaithful and unworthy officer. 2d. In the matter of tIre complaint against Brother J. A. RICE, Worshipful Master of Alton Lodge, No. 255, for the removal of the charter of said Lodge, your .Committee have had before them no legal evidence to sustain the complaint, and, therefore, can recommend no action with reference thereto. But your Committee finding that Brothe~ RICE was, at the time of the act charged,

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Master of the Lodge, and District Deputy of the Twenty-sixth District, and, therefore, presumably acting under a sense of official obligation, we would, nevertheless, recommend that he be reminded of the necessity of guarding against arbitrary and despotic action in his official relations, and t.hat the facts set up in the complaint, if true路-to wit: That because the result of a trial in his Lodge was unsatisfactory to him, he, therefore, removed secretly the charter so as to prevent a legal meeting-are sufficient to condemn him for an unauthorized assumption of power and gross official misconduct. 3d. In the matter of the suspension of Brotber TUOMAS 1\1. MOORE, Worsbipful Master of Adelpbi Lodge, No. 355, the Committee would recommend the approval of tbe action of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, but as his term of office has expired, and as tbe occasion for the suspension arose out of an excited and violent family quarrel in which Brotber MOORE and a member of his Lodge were involved as to tbe true state of which, in many particulars, your Committee have not sufficient information to form a correct judgment, and would, therefore, recommend no further action in the case. Brother MOORE being no longer in office, is amenable to the Lodge for any immoral un.Masonic conduct of which he may have been guilty. Your Committee, in approving the action of the Grand Master in suspending Brother MOORE, would not be understuod as passing upon tbe question of his guilt as charged in the complaint, but only that his suspension .was expedient under tbe circumstances, and being further satisfied that tbe acts complained of were done by Brother MOORE under very grave and extraordinary provocation. such as would naturally arouse strong passion, and a further agitation of which would be most probably prolific of great evil to the brethren concerned, would recommend to Adelphi Lodge to throw the mantle of an oblivious charity over the whole matter. Fraternally submitted, JOHN H. STOVER, B. J. OREAR, WM. NIFONG, O. A. CU,ANDALL, W. C. FOREMAN, Committee.

REPORT ON LODGES U. D.

The Oommittee reported as follows, and as amended was adopted: 'I'o the Most Worshipful Gl'and Lodge of Missouri:

The Committee on Lodges U. D. submit the following report: They have examined the records' of the following Lodges, and recommend that charters be issued to them as follows: Cameron Lodge Ryland Lodge Cimarron Lodge

Cameron Berl1n :.Cimarron

Clinton County. Gentry County. Colfax County, N. M.

We find that the records of Cimarron Lodge ate defective in some particulars, and we recommend that the District Deputy Grand Master see that they are corrected according to the notations made by the Committee before setting tbem to work.

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We recommend that the dispensation of Charleston Lodge, Charleston. Mississippi, be removed. In consequence of the action of ttiis Grand Body in adopting the report of the Committee on Lodges U. D., at its last communication in reference to petitions for dIspensations, and it being the unanimous voice of your CommIttee that it Is the specIal prerogative of the Grand Master to issue dispensations for the formation of new Lodges (he having access to information in regard to the proprIety of such action which is not accessible to your Committee), we heartily endorse all the suggestions of the Most WorshipfUl Grand Master In regard to granting dIspensations, and thInk it sound Masonic doctrIne, and particularly applicable to our present condition, and recommend that dispensations for the formation of new Lodges be wl-thheld for the present. A number of petitions have been presented to thIs Committee, but we deem it beyond the provInce of thIs Committee to grant dispensationl!l. The light whIch our limited time would give us, would fall to present to us facts sufficient to judge of the propriety of gra.nting a dIspensation. We therefore most respectfully refer the following petitions for dispensations to the incomIng Most Worshipful Grand Master for further action: Daggett Jameson Kaseyvllle Phil&delphla Vandalia Mountain Grove Joplln Martinsville

Loutre Island Jameson Kaseyville PhIladelphia Vanda?ia Mountain Grove East Joplin Martinsville

Warren County. Daviess " Macon Marion Audrain Wright Jasper Harrison ..

We also endorse the suggestions of the Grand Master in regard to the loose manner In whIch Lodges examIne the proposed prIncipal officers for formation of Lodges U. D., as to their proficiency to confer the three degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry, as good, sound doctrine. The proposed officers should be each able to take the East and confer the three degrees before they are entitled to a recommendation from the nearest Lodge; and, in order that there may be a more strIct compliance with the law in such cases, we recommend the following resolution for adoption: Resolved, That it is the sense of this Grand Lodge that before a Lodge grant the certificate of recommendation required by Section 1, Article 15 of the BSLaws of the Grand Lodge, they should satisfy themselves that the existence of the new Lodge will not depend upon the presence or life of one man, but that in case of the absence or death of the Worshipful Master, either of the Wardens shall be competent to confer the three degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry.

And we further recommend the followIng resolution: Resolved, That it is the sense of this Grand Lodge that no dIspensation should be issued by the Most Worshipful Grand Master to any Lodge proposed to be i'ormed, unless the Most Worshipful Grand Master, in person, or any perBon designated by him for this purpose, or the DIstrIct Deputy Grand Master, or the Grand Lecturer or District Lecturer has examined the proposed officers, and certified to their proficiency in conferring ~he three degrees of Ancient

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Craft Masonry, in addition to the certif.cate of proficiency provided for under said BY-Laws. J. G. WOERNER. J. G. MIDDELCOFF, W. H. McGRATH, .TOHN H. PUGH, J. E. CADLE, Conl1luttee.

Pending the consideration of the report, it was amended by grantiIlg' dispelll"ations to Vandalia Lodge, at Vandalia, Audrain county, and Daggett Lodge, at Loutre Island, Montgomery county. The report as amended was then adopted.

LATE CONSTANTINE LODGE, No. 129.

A memorial from sundry members of late Constantine Lodge, No. 129, which surrendered its charter in 1874, praying for a restoration of the charter, was read, and refeITed to a Special Committee cOIlsisting of Brothers n. 'V. Mc.JluLLIN, O. A. CRANDALL and THOH. C. RRADY, to report at next session.

REPORT ON MEMORIALS.

The Special Committee on l\'1emorials submitted their report, which was amended and finally adopted as follows: To the .l1-fost Worshil)!ul Grand Lodge of Missouri:

Your Committee appointed on Memorials beg leave to say that we have carefully examined the petitions presented to us, and which are submitted as a part of this report. Independence Lodge, No. i6; Knob Noster Lodge, No. 245; Acacia Lodge, No. 289; Mt. Pleasant Lodge, No. 312; Christian Lodge, No. 392; Centerview Lodge, No. 460, and Fayetteville Lodge (verbally reported) say they have had failures of crops in their respective localities, owing to the ravages of the grasshoppers and other causes, and petition that their dnes for the present year be remitted. Your Committee think that too much leniency is exercised by the Masters of Lodges in regard to the collection of annual dues as they mature, and feel that if the By:Laws recommended by this Grand Lodge were more diligently enforced by the sister Lodges that such petitions would be less frequent, a.nd whilst we recognize the misfortune of these Lodges we recommend that their petitions be not granted. Florence Lodge, No. 261, say that last year they erected a hall at an expense of near six hundred (600) dollars; that they had to borrow the money with

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which to build; that during the past year they have reduced their debt to two hundred (200) dollars, and they petition that their dues should be remitted for the past year. Your Committee think from the petition that the Lodge is In a 1l0urishing condition and amply able to meet its dues to the Grand Lodge. We, therefore, recommend that the petitIon be not granted. [The followIng Lodges also applied for remIssIon of dues: HuntsvIlle, No. 30; Raytown, No.391; Montrose, No. 408; Cedar ()ity, No. 425; Dover, No.I22, and Polar Star, No. 79, but the request was refused by Grand Lodge.-G. SEC.] In addition to the above, Polo l' Star Lodge, No. 79, petitions and says, that by means of a resolution passed by this Grand Lodge, guaranteeing the principal and interest of the second mortgage bonds of the Masonic Hall Association, that they were Induced to borrow a large amount of money-say four thousand (4,000) dollars-from the wIdow of a deceased brother and invest In these bonds, and by failure of the Grand Lodge to make good the guarantee, they have suffered a great loss and are utterly unable to return the money borrow6d or the in terest on same; they peti tion you to give them relief. Brother MITCHELL and Brother I<'AIRCHILD also petition and say, that by reason of the above mentioned resolution they were induced to Invest their surplus earnIngs in these bonds, and for the same reason have suffered a loss whIch they are not able to stand. They also ask for relIef. Your Committee think the property known as the Masonic Hall bas increased greatly in value withIn the past two or three years, and it Is worth more than the aggregate amount of the first and second mortgage bonds; that arrangements might be made with the present owners of tbe same to repurchase at a prIce which would warrant the Grand Lodge in assumIng to pay the second mortgage bonds, and thus relieve a great deal of distress and put the fraternity In possessIon of a property whIch will within a few years pay a large revenue over and above tbe expenses. We would therefore recommend that a committee be appointed to ascertain at what cost and on what terms the buUding could be purchased, and report a plan by which the above object could be consummated to next session of the Grand Lodge. Respectfully submitted,

JOSEPH S. BROWNE, N. M. GIVAN, FERD. WINKLE, A. M. BRITTON, J AS. E. DRAKE, Committee.

HALL AND FURNITURE OF CONSTANTINE LODGE, No. 109.

The Grand Secretary offered the following-adopted: Resolved, That Charleston Lodge, U. D., be allowed to use and occupy the hall and the furniture of late Constantine Lodge until the next annual Meet,. ing of thIs Grand Lodge.

CHANGE OF DISTRICTS.

On motion the County of De Kalb was taken from the Twelfth District, and the County of Clinton from the Thir-

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teenth District, and the same created the Forty-ninth Difi;trict. Also, Platte County was taken from the Fourteenth District, and created the Fiftieth DiRtricL

RAILROAD AND HOTEL REDUCTIONS.

Brother J. Y.

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offered the following-adopted:

R('.~olved. That the Most Worshipful Grand Master appoint a Committee to endeavor to secure (for delegates to the next meeting of the Grand Lodge) reduced fare on the different railroads and also at the diflerent hotels during their stay in the city.

And the Grand )faster appointed Brothers JOHN R. and J. A. H. LAMPTON the Committee. PARSON, EDWARD SPENCER

REPORT ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

The Committee reported as follows-adopted: To the lffost Worshipful Grand Lod,qe of Missouri:

Your Committee on Unfinished Business respectfully report that they have not. been able to find anything for the action of this Grand Lodge. WM. P. HANCOCK, CHARLES D. EITZEN, JOHN M. ROBERTH, ('ommitfee.

REPORT ON CHARITY.

The Committee reported as follows-adopted: To the M'ost Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri:

Your Committee on Charity only have this to report: there has been notbing presented for our consideration. Respectfully submitted, W. R. STUBBLEFIELD, H. C. BOTELER.

J. M. STAPLES, Committee.

Grand Lodge of Missouri.

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PRINTING PROCEEDINGS.

Brother A. M.

DOCKERY

offered the following-adopted:

Resolved, That 2,500 copies of the certified Proceedings of at this Communication be printed for distribution.

th~

Grand Lodge

THANKS.

Brother A. M.

DOCKERY

offered the following-adopted:

Resolved, That the tbanks of tbis Grand Body be, and are bereby, tendered the Life Association of America for the use of Grand Lodge Hall, free of charge.

Also, Brother

GARRETT

offered the following-adopted:

Resolved, Tbat the thanks of this Grand Lodge are due, and hereby tendered, the various railroad companies for extending the courtesy of reduced fare to delegates at this session.

RELATIVE TO SUMMONSES.

Brother S. W. B. CARNEGY offered the following, which was referred to Committee on.Jurisprudence: Resolved, That notices and stmmonses to members of Lodges must be either printed or written, a copy of which (if the person to be summoned can be found in the jurisdiction of the Lodge) shall be delivered by the Tyler of the Lodge, or some brother specially appointed for that duty, who sball, in writing, state on the back of the copy of the notice: "Duly executed by delivering a copy hereof to the within named . J - J ) - , on the-day of-187-, --,Tyler."

NEW STANDING COMMITTEE ON REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.

Brother

TOWLES

offered the following-adopted:

Resolved, Tbat the Committee on District Deputy Grand Masters be established as a Standing Committee of this Grand Lodge, with power to act during recess, and that all reports from District Deputy Grand Masters be referred to tbe Chairman of that Committee as soon as possible after their reception, and the Grand Master be requested to appoint such Committee at his earliest convenience.

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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

Sundry proposed amendments to the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge having been read on three several days, were ordered published with the proceedings for the consideration of the Lodges. [See Appendix.] At 6 P. M. the Grand Lodge was called from labor until 7:30 o'clock P. M.

ST. LOUIS, Thursday, October 14, 1875, 7:30 o'clock P. M. The Grand Lodge was called to labor by the Grand Master. Grand Officers in their respective stations.

REPORT ON

INOORPOR~ION OF

LODGES.

Brother SAM'L H. OWENS, Chairman of Special Committee on Incorporation of Lodges, made a verbal report on progress, and was granted until next Amiual Communication to complete report. He submitted the following, which was adopted: Resolved, That it Is the order of this Grand Lodge that hereafter the Subordinate Lodges in this jurisdiction shall not become incorporated under the laws of the State.

INSTALLATIONS.

There being no further business, Most Worshipful Brother JOHN "'V. LUKE installed the Grand Officers elect and appointed into their respective stations, Brother W. R. STUBBLEFIELD acting as Grand Marshal.

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APPOINTMENTS.

Most Worshipful Brother the following appointments: GRAND CHAPLAIN do. . do. .. do. .. do. .. do. .. do. .. GRAND MARSHAL do. .. GRAND SWORD BEARER. GRAND STEWARD do. .. GRAND ORATOR do. .. GRAND PURSUIVANT GRAND TYLER

JAMES

CADLE

announced

REV. JOHN D. VINCIL, D. D., Mexico. REv. JOHN E. BARNES, Licking. 路.Rxv. C. C. WOODS, Jefferson City. Rxv. R. A. HOLLAND, D. D., St. Louis. Rxv. W. A. TARWATER, Macon. Rxv. J. M. C. BEAKER, St. Joseph. DR. S. LOEWEN, St. Louis. JOHN C. BLOOMFIELD, St. Louis. WM. H. STANSBURY, Harrisonville. JER. B. VARDEMAN. New London. T. B. YATES, Gallatin. W. H. PLUMMER, Jefferson City. O. A. CRANDALE, Sedalia. WM. C. FOREMAN, Hannibal. DANIEL E. DA VIS, Richland. JAMES X. ALLEN, St. Louis.

CHAIRMEN OF STANDING COMMITTEES. JURISPRUDENCE THOMAS E. GARRETT, St. Louis. GRIEVANCE , SAMUEL H. OWENS, California. RETURNS OF LODGES U. D J. G. WOERNER, St. Louis. HETURNS OF CHART'D LODGES DEXTER S. CROSBY, st. Louis. TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS.. JOHN R. PARSON, St. Louis. REPORTS OF D. D. G. M JOHN W. LUKE, St. Louis. GRAND LECTURER ALLAN McDOWELL, Greenfield. I<'OREIGN CORRESPONDE:KCE GEO. FRANK GOULEY. St. Louis. DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 1st DIBTRICT-8. W. B. CARNEGY, Canton. WM. B. DRESCHER. Hannibal. LEE A. HALL. Clarksville. WILLIAM H. MUZZY, Wentzville. JOHN J. SKINNER, Jonesburg. D. D. BERRY, Columbia. J. C. SHAEFER, Huntsville. DAVID BAIRD, Kirksville. E. HIGBEE, Lancaster. WILLIAM H. McGRATH, Trenton. 10. DAVID J. HEASTON, Bethany. ll. ALEX. M. DOCKERY, Gallatin. 12. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

13.

14. 15. 16. 17. 18.

JAMES R. HARDY, St. Joseph. JAMES S. HART, Mound City. WILLIAM R. STUBBLEFIELD, St. Louis. JOHN H. PUGH, UnIon. WILLIAM NIFONG, FrederIcktown.

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19th DISTRICT-WILLIAM B. WILSON, Cape Girardeau. F. DE WINT, Commerce. 20. T. B. TURNBAUGH, Four Mile. 21. J. T. ADAMS, Poplar Bluff. 22. 23. ERASTUS B. SMITH, Potosi. J. P. WAGNER, Chamois. 24. '1'. C. HARRISON, Rolla. 25. 26. JOHN E. BARNES, Licking. .TAMES JOHNSON, Pleasant Mount. 27. JOSIAH IVEY, Lebanon. . 28. 29. JAMES W. ROBERT~ON, Ozark. CHARLES F. LEAVITT, Springfield. 80. CHARLES S. BRY AN, Cassville. 81. E. P. LINZEE, Mount Vernon. 32. S. B. BOWLES, Greenfield. 83. J. D. ABBEY, Bolivar. 34. J. G. MIDDLECOFF, Clinton. 35. GEORGE L. LOVE, Belton. 36. P. G. WOODS, Versailles. 37. 38. ROBERT T. WYAN, Bunceton. WM. D. CHANDLER, Lexington. 39. 40. WM. E. WHITING, Kansas City. W. w. GRIFFIN, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 41. 42. ROBERT W. McMULLIN, Hlllsboro. D. D. FORD, Fulton. 43. 44. GEORGE R. HUNT, Warrensburg. W. E. TUCKER, Butler. 45. 46. W. W. EDGERTON, Wheeling. 47. NAT. B. GIDDINGS, Savannah. 4R. J. W. MARMADUKE, Mexico. 49. JAMES Y. WHITSITT, Lathrop. 50. BROWNING MITCHELL, Union Mills. [For a list of the Districts, and the Counties and Lodges contained therein, see special table in "Appendix."]

Record read and approved. At 9:30 P. M. the Most Worshipful Grand ~odge, A. F. & A. M., of the State of l\fissouri, was closed in AMPLE FORM. Prayer by the Grand Chaplain. ATTEST:

GEO. FRANK GOULEY, Grand Secretary.

IN MEMORIAM.

SAMUEL RUSSELL DIED, IN ST. JOSEPH, MO., DECEMBER A(H~D

l),

J8i4,

(;0 YEARS, H l\10r-;'I'HS AND If> DAYS.

Past Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter; First Master of Zeredatha lodge, No. 189, at St. Joseph, and served several years as D. D. Grand Master and District lecturer of the St. Joseph District.

In all the relations of life he was endeared to a large circle of friends by his amiability, candor and goodness of heart; he was indefatigable 'in his Jfasonic labor.'l, and as a father, husband, and citizen he was universally beloved and respected. Farewell, but not forever, dear friend and brother.

APPENDIX.

REPORT ON' CORRESPONDENCE. • ST. LOUIS, September 21, 1875.

To the Most Worshipful Grand Ladge of Missouri: I herewith submit my Annual Report on Foreign Correspondence, reviewing the Proceedings or t.he following Grand Bodies: ALABAMA, Dec. 7, 1874. ARKANSAS, Oct. 12, 1874. BRITISH COLUMBIA .• CALIFORNIA, Oct. 13, 1874. CANADA, July 8,1874. COLORADO, Sept. 29, 1874. CONNECTICUT, Jan. 20, 1875. DELAWARE, Oct. 7, 1874. DIST. OF COLUMBIA. Jan. 13. 1874. FLORIDA.· GEORGIA, Oct. 27, 1874. IDAHO.* ILLINOIS, Oct. 6, 1874. INDIANA, May 25, 1875. INDIAN TERRITORY, Oct. 6, 1874. IOWA.· XANSAS.* KEN'J'UCKY, Oct. 20, 1874. LOUISIANA, Feb. 8,1875. MAINE, May 4, 1875. MARYLAND, Nov. 16, 1874. MASSACHUSETTS, Dec. 9,1874. MICHIGAN.* MINNESOTA, Jan. 12, 1875. MISSISSIPPI, Feb. 8, 1875•

MONTANA, Oct. 5,1874. NEBRASKA, .June 24, 1874. NEVADA, Nov. 17, 1874. NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept. 23,1874. NEW HAMPSHI:ij.E.* NEW JERSEY, Jan. 20,1875. NEW YORK, June I, 1875. NORTH CAROLINA, Dec. 7,1874. NOVA SCOTIA, June 3, 1874. OHIO, Oct. 20, ]874. OREGON, June 8, 1874. PENNSYLVANIA, Dec. 28, 1874. QUEBEC.· RHODE ISLAND, May 18, 1874. SOUTH CAROLINA, Dec. 8,1874. TENNESSEE.* TEXAS, June 2, 1875. UTAH, Nov. 10,1874. VERMONT, June 10, 1874. VIRGINIA, Dec. 14, 1874. W ASHINUTON TER'Y, Sept. 2, 1874. WEST VIRGINIA.* WISCONSIN.· WYOMING TER'Y, Dec. 15, 1874.

• Not received at the time or commencement of review, Aug. 21, 1875. G. L.-A 1.

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At the time ot writing this Report we have not received the ProceedIngs of British Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, New Hampshire, Q,uebec, Tennessee, West Virginia or Wisconsin, and should they arr~ve before the final printing of the Proceedings, we will place their review as an .. appendix" hereto. . In addition to the Proceedings of the two Grand Orients of Brazil, the Argentine Republic, Grand Orient of Fra:qce, Grand Orient of Peru, and later reports of Grand Lodges of England and Belgium, we add the review of the Foreign Report of the Correspondence Committee of New York, to whom we extend our acknowledgments, as follows: 1. Grand Lodge League of Germany..

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viz: Proceedings of the Grana Lodge Diet, held at Berlin, on the 14th ot May, 1874, and Circular Letter of the presiding Grand Master Herrig. 2. Grand Lodge of Saxony. 3. Mother Grand Lodge of the Eclectic Union at Frankfort o. M.

4. Grand L 0 d g e zur Eintracht, at Darmstadt. 5. Grand LOdge zu den drel Weltku-

geln, at Berll n.

' ot Prus8ia, Royal York zur Freundschaft,at Berlin. 7. Grand Orient of the Netherlands. 8. Grand Orient of Italy. 6. G ran d Lodge

Making a total ot thirty-nine American, and fifteen European and South American Grand Bodies heard from since our last Annual Reports.

ALABAMA. Grand Lodge met in Montgomery, December 7,1874. Isaiah A. Wilson, G. M., presided. From his excellent Annual Aqdress, we quote the following: DECISIONS: I have refused several applications to confer the degrees out of time. I do not believe there is scarcely a conceivable occasion when an emergency case should be entertained. The candidate should not only be well instructed In the ritual of Masonry, but should be taught the objects of the institution in its moral and speculative sense. Are we not recreant to the high trusts reposed in us as Masons, and do we not act unjustly towards a brother, whenever we send him forth into the world asa M&.son, without that knowledge necessary for hlm to properly understand, and to enable him faithfully to perform his duties as such? Masonry has had much to encounter and condemn in the reproach brought upon her, not only from the unworthy. but from the ignorant Mason. It Is: therefore, a wise rule, establIshed In this jurisdiction, which requires the canaldate to be proficient before he is permitted to advance, and It should b~ rigidly enforced. Refused a dispensation to Hampden Sidney Lodge, No. 67, and Marengo Lodge, No. 28, to elect a Worshipful Master; holding that no power can lawfully interpose, in the absence of the Worshipful Master, whether that absence be occasIoned by death, or removal from thIs jurisdiction, between the Senior Warden, and his rIght and duty to fill the East.

I have been called upon many times to decide questions of Masonic law and usage. Many of these questions could have been answered by a reference to t1).e laws and edicts of our jUriSdiCtion! with which every Mason holding the posItion of Master and Warden shou d be familIar. Among the decisions lIlade, I invite your attention to the following: 'rhat a brother by dimitting, surrenders certainÂˇ rights; among thes~J the privilege of reCerring any dUIlculty he may have with a. brother mason to the lodge for adjustment. Charges must be preferred in open lodge, at a regular CommunicatIon, by a brother in good standing. Non-afilliated Masons are not competent to prefer charges. .

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When a brother has been suspended lor a defiuite period, and his term of punishment terminated, he returns, eo i718tanti, to all the rights and privlleges from which he was suspended, and is entitled to his Dlmlt, although an appeal taken by him to the Grand Lodge, m.ay be pending<; provided no new charges are preC~rred against him, and he has paid up all arrearages to his lodge. A non-afilUated Mason is not entitled to a Masonic burial. . That in this Jurisdiction a Master Mason, in good standing, and who is not in arrears to his lodge, has a right, unconditionally, to dimit, without assigning any reason or excuse for so dimitting. • . The members of a lodge, wholile charter has been forfeited, must pay their dues tQ the Grand Lodge before they are eligible to affiliation with any other lodge. All the dues, property and effects of a lodge whose charter is forfeited, escheats to the Grand Lodge, and the members must discharge their obligation to·the Grand Lodge, and get the certificate of the Grand Secretary before they can be affiliated; without such certificate the lodge to which they may apply for affiliation knows nothing about them ofilClallY and as they have no Dimits they must set themselves right by the certificate 0 j the Grand Secretary. That a petition for initiation, which has been referred to a committee, may, after the report of said committee has been received by the lodge, be • re-referred to another committee, and the ballot postponed if the members • desire further time to retlect and make up their opinion, and the good of the Order requires further investigation into the qualifications, character and standing of the petitioner. But no petition for initiation can be withdrawn, or otherwise disposed of, bU~ by ballot, after it has been received by the lodge. That a lodge cannot make any special assessment, masonically binding upon its members, unless so authorized by its By· Laws. A brother cannot be required to state his reason for his vote. This would destroy the secrecy of the ballot, or make it a mere farce. If a brother casts a blac)t ball he is supposed to do it conSCientiOUSlr' and wlth.a full sense of his moral accountability. The lodge has no contro over the ballot of a member, nor is it at liberty to pry into the question for the purpose of ascertaining how a brother voted. Therefore,.a by-law of a lodge requiring its members t.o disclose the reasons for their votes, held a nullity and ~nnot be enforced. . A broth'er Master Mason, who stands suspended for non-payment of dues at the time of his death, is not entitled to, and should not receive, a Masonic burial. That Masons ought not to turn out as Q body, and in Masonic procession, except on what are recognized as Masonic occasions,;, that the unvelling of a memorial monument, erected to the memory of the vonfederate dead, is not a Masonic occasion, and has no connection with, or relation to, the Order. The occasion must be devoted to the interest of Masonry. No lodge under this Jurisdiction can pass or raise a candidate who has been initiated or passed in a lodge under another jurisdiction, without the caudidate producing a certificate of good standing, and dismission from tne lodge in which he was initiated or pal'sed , if said lodge is 8tm in existence, If not. then the certificate of the Grand Secretary of such jurlsdictkn to that fact, and that the name of the applicant appears on the last returns made by said lodge. A seal is to authenticate documents from the lodge, and no one haR authority to afilx it to any paper or document, unless it be a document from the lodge, and issued by its authority. Hence, the Worshipful Master t answering a Communication addressed to him on lodge matters, has no autnority to atllx the seal of the lodge to his answer. Simply the persistent non-payment of dues does not constitute, in this Jurisdiction, a Masonic otfense of sufficient m~nitude to authorize expUlsion from the lodge. The testimony of a profane may be used on the trial of a brother, but if the witness is of notorious bad character, and has the reputation of being a commou liar, a couviction should not be had upon his evidence alone. A Mason made in an army lodge, may afilUate upon the certificate of the Grand Secretary, showing hIs name on the roll of members of said army lodge. That the Worshipful Master has no authority to give the casting vote in an election for ofilcers, haVing preViously voted.

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A lodge cannot entertain a petition for membership until it is satisfied the petitioner is a Master Mason. This fact must be fully established before any committee can be appoInted to inquire into the character and standing of the petitioner. . After a candidate nas been duly elected to receive the degrees, he can be estopped by the objection of a member of the lodge, made either in open lodge, or privately to the Worshipful Master, without giving his reason for objecting. Tnat a brother belonging to a iodge when it became dormant, does not, as a matter of cours.e, regahl. his membership when the lodge is revived, and if he wishes to join another lodge, he must obtain from the Grand Secretary a certificate of his Masonic standing. A conviction of a Mason by a court of the country does not authorize his expulsion by the lodge, without a trial and jndgment in 1 he lodge. The candidate must be whole and sound, not deformed or dismembered, anll must be able to perform tne work reqUlred in the first three degrees of Masonry. The casualties of war furnish no excuse for an infringement of the ancien t Landmarks ot Masonry. That lawful information of a brotner being a Mason fs obtalnedâ&#x20AC;˘

1st. From a personal knOWledge that Ruch a one is a M. M., which knowledge can only be derived from d,ue trial, and strict examination, or having sat in a regular lodge of M. M. with him. 2<1. From the oral declaration of a known M. M. that such a one is a M. M., such declaration being made as an avouchment, and in the presence of the party avouched tor; provided the avoucher have personal knowledge that the one avouched for iii a M. M.

. The territorial jurisdiction of subordinate lodges extends half way in every- direction to the nearest lodge, and over profanes who reside equally distant from two lodges, their jurisdiction is concurrent. . A vacancy in any office of the lodge may be oreated by death, expUlsion, or permanent removal from the jurisdiction; and when a vacancy is occasioned by the removal of an appointed officer, such vacancy may be filled, at any time, by the appointing power. . . A lodge may be opened in the Master's degree with seven members,ineluding the TIler, provided he is a member of the lodge, for the transaction of such business as appertains to a M. M. Lodge. The Masonic lodges should not embark in lottery schemes, nor endorse or encourage such enterprises by permitting the use oft-heir names and infiuence in furtherance of such games of chance: that Masonry is a moral institution, and" a Mason by his tenure is bound to obey the moral law." That an election for officers at which there are present less than seven M, M. is a nullity. Not less than seven can hold a M. M. Lodge. Under charges of un-Masonic conduct the specitl.cations should be detl.nlte. SOllie offenses are so often repeated that they become habitual, and if so charged need not be so definite as to time and place as a single offense. That under the Constitution of this Grand Lodge a member of the CommIttee on Work, having become unaffiliated, does not thereby forfeit or vacate his position as such member of said committee. When a Master Mason's widow marries a profane, she thereb~' loses her right to aid and assistance from the fraternity. By her intermarriage her wIdowhood is merged in the wife, and she acquires a new protector. Visitation is certainly a right, yet the visitor's right must be subordinate to the rights of the members; and if the presence of the visitor would mar the peace and harmony of the members of the lodge present, then it would not only be th~ right, but the duty of the Worshipful Master to exclude the vIsitor. The removal from the lodge by death or expulsion of the objector removes the objection 80 far as he is individually concerned, and the candidate is at liberty to proceed. The same principle applies in the case of suspension. A suspended Mason is no longer affiliated with the lodge, and has nothing whatever to do with the business of the lodge. Consequently his objection to allY work the lodge may have in hand, by his BUBpension,loseB its force and effect.

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There Is no obligation to prefer charges against a brother who petitions for affiliation or advancement, and is rejected, as his Masonic standing is not affected by such rejection. That these decisions are eminently sound and well expressed must, we thtnk, be conceded by all. Relative to punlsment for non-payment of dues, he says: The question of enforcing the payment of lodge dues seems to require some legislation at your hands' and while the present provision of our Constitution deprives a brother of bis membership in the lodge for non-payment of dues, yetbln many cases that provision seems to be inadequate to effect payment from rethren who are known to be able to pay. I am satisfied a more stringent law should be· adopted, so as to equalize the burdens among the members, and when a brother refuses to pay after a reasonable time, he should be summoned before the lodge, and if he falls to satisfy the lodge of his inability to pay, and still refuses to discharge his obligation to his lodge, charges should be preferred against him, and he should be expelled from the rights and priYlleges of Masonry. To this end I would recommend that section 24 of article VI, of the Constitution of the Grand lodge be amended by adding in substance, that if after a reasonable time has elapsed after being suspended for non-payment of dues, any brother shall refuse to pay on demand, he shall be summoned to appear before the lodge to show cause why charges should not be preferred against him, and upon his failure 1."0 attend and make full satisfaction. or·to furnish sufficient. excuse therefor, the lodge, after a fair Invellti- • gatton. may t:xpel him from all the rights, privileges and benefits of Masonry. We cannot agree with him here, as we have already endorsed his decision, viz: That persistent non-payment of dues dqes not constitute in that jurisdiction a su~clent offense to justify expulsion, and we believe that law to be correct, and we believe it to be the Masonic law of the world. except in one or two jurIsdictions. We find the following amendment proposed and sub· mitted to the lodges. AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION.

Strike out the following In section 24 of article VI, beginning at the word " cause," .and ending with the words" are paid," and insert In lieu thereof, .. order the Secretary to summon every brother who Is in arrears for dues for two years to appear at the'"tl.rst re~ular communication in July, and show cause why said dues are unpaid; anl1 if said brother fails to appear, or give good and sufficient reason therefor, then he (the Master) shall prefer charges of un-Masonic conduct· against such brother, and aftt-r the brother has been cited to trial, and a fair trial has been had, the lodge may relieve, suspend, expel, or infiict such other punishment as in its judgment the case demands; and no brother who ill in arrears for dues for two years shall be entitled to vote at the election for officers Of his lodge, or upon any other business that may come before it." By striking out the word" expel," and the last paragraph beginning wUh the words" And no brother who is," etc., etc., we could vote for it, but not otherwise, for we do not believe that it is constitutional or just to deprive any member of his rights without due trial, and certainly voting is one of the rights ofamember. REPORT ON MAS.ONIC JURISPRUDENCE. To the M. w: Grand Lodge 0/ Alabama: The Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence otrers the following as Report No.1.

1.. YOllr committee is of the opinion that it would be, under ap.y circumstances, highly inexpedient and detrimental to the best interests of Masonry in this Grand jurisdictIon, to concede to lodges in any adjoining State the privIlege of conferring degrees or admitting to membershIp citizens of this !State. 'i'he Grand Lodge .should stand firm in its prllsent position, maintaining its jurisdiction over every portion of its territory. 2. A brother on trial for un-Masonic conduct has the right to testify in his own behalf. The fact ot his being on trial goes to his credibility. 3. Your committee is of the opinion that it is violative of Masonic usage to

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confer lumorary membership for past fait.hful services upon members of lodges

thereby exempting" them from all the duties and burdens" of the lodge; and entitling" them to all the privileges of Masonr)'." 4. Laid on the tcible.

7. In answer to certain questions propounded to your committee bt Brother Walthall, we hold-

r. Tbat no ballot can be taken upon any petition for initiation before the expiration of one month from the time at which such petition is presented to the lodge. II. That although the ballot cannot be taken before the expiration of one month, yet, under section 8, article VI., of the Constitution, it is the duty of the committee to whom is referred the petition of a profane for initiation, to report thereupon at the next regular communication of their lodge, unless such committee are granted further time by the lodge. III. That. subordinate lod~es cannot pass a by-law requiring or permitting committees to whom are referred petitions for initiation a lo~ger time than until the next regular communication. 8. It is violative of the Constitution for a subordinate lodge to pass a by-law suspending or expelling a brot.her for any offense, untl1 he has been duly tried â&#x20AC;˘ and convicted thereof in the manner and form prescribed by law. . The committee also endorsed the decisions of the Grand Master. We approve the above report of the committee. Brother W. T. Walthall submitted a very fine report on correspondence, rev1ewing fortyÂˇfour jurisdicflons.Âˇ ' In our last year's report we credited Brother Tompkins, but. under the head of Maine, Brother Walthall says: The commi ttee make one mistake in reviewing Alabama. Tbey say: "The Report on Correspondence was partially prepared by Brother Knott before hJs death, a:nd was completed by Brother Henry C. Tompkins."

Brother Tompkins would be the last man to desire credit for another's work, and it may not be improper to state, as we happen to know, that nearly the whole of the Report for 1873 was prepared by Brother J. J. Delchamps, P. M. of Magnolia Lodge, No. 259, who, although not a member of the committee, had (as we are informed) contributed no small share of its labor during the chairmanship of our late distinguished brother. He pays a high compliment to Grand Master Anderson's address, as well as

to our Committee on Grievance. Relative to ourself, he says: Brother Gouley's persevering and reiterated efforts to secure the general adoption, by Grand Secretaries, of "sub-heads" for theIr reports of proceedings. deserve, and we hope will achieve success. As he well says, in one place, "Life is too short to waste in reading every line just to find out what comes next." Under the head of Ohio, he "goes for" a certain report, as follows: One of the Committees, in a report adopted by the Grand Lodge, speaking of the Puritans, wbo colonized New England, says they "left England that they might enjoy civil and religious liberty. They preferred a wilderness infested by savages, with liberty, to the luxuries at" England, infested by a bloated State priesthood and a tyrannical aristocracy." Now. it is undeniably true, that the "liberty" of the" Pilgrim Fatherll" was in one particular the liberty of proscribing and persecuting those who dissented from them in matters of faith' it is true that the Pilgrims hurt the "a$.vages" much more than the savages hurt the Pilgrims; it is true that the .. bloa~d State prIesthood" referred to bas furnished Freemasonry' wIth an Oliver and a Desaguliers, and that many of the most illustrious of our Craft have been members of that same" tyrannical aristocracy." Nevertheless our bl ethern of Ohio might have indulged in sucll a trite historical fanfaronade as the above, to their hearts' content, without any objection on our part. But when they KO on, in the same document., to speak of a struggle in which the great mass of their Southern brethern participated, either by actIon or by ap-

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proval and sympathy, as "the late Rebellion"-it becomes not only our right, but our duty to file a gentle protest in behalf of Truth and Brotherly Loveboth wounded by the expression. One of the first lessons that Masons are taught in this part of the continent is "not to countenance disloyalty or rebellion," and we are not conscious of having departed from it. The predecE'ssors of this committee have been lectured not a little on the impropriety of making allusions to forbidden subjects. We cordially deprecate any discussion of SUCh, but our reserved rights and OUT principles as individuals are as dear to us as our brethren's can be to them; and when they apply to us that . " - - foul, dishonoring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stained The holiest caulSe that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gained." We had hoped that the time had passed for any aUusion to the" late unpleasAontness," and especially for the use of epithets (if such necessity ever did eXist), but if Ohio or any other unfortunate Grand Lodge insists on handling hot irons, they must not complain if they get blistered. If the ,late war was merely a 1'ebellion, what in路the name of God would Ohio call aTet'olittion. It would have to be something 80 gigantic that there would be no one left to bury the dead. Bllt the war i8 over, and "let us have peace." The commi ttee reviews n t considerable length, and With impartiality, the Status of the Grand Orients of Brazil and Hungary, and we think he cannot but feel assured that his Grand Lodge made a mistake in exchangIng representati vas with those bodies. Our own Grand Body has wisely decided in moving slowly and surely in the premises. We recognize Ilothing except legitimate Grand Lodges of tpe three symbolic degrees. ISAIAH A. WILSON, Union Spring!', G. M. DANIEL SAYRE, Montgomery, G. Sec. WM. T. WALTHALL, Mobile, Com. on Cor.

ARKANSAS. Grand Lodge met in Little Rock, October 12, 1874. Brother George E. Dodge, D. D. G. M., First District, presided as G. M. There being no quorum, an adjournmen~ was had until October 19, when Brother G. A. Dannelly, G. M., presided. Thirty-five lodges represented. He reports having created eighteen new lodges. DECISIONS:

1. A. candidate for the mysteries of Masonry must have no deformity which will interfere With his giving all Masonic signs and steps in ancient form-a slight defect in hip not objectionable. 2. The Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master nor District Deputy Grand Ma.ster. should accept the office of Worshipful Master, or as Warden; there might be a conllict in omces.

3. The Worshipful Master being absent, the 8. W. had a right to appoint any_Master Mason present, who is'in good standing, to act as J. W. The J. W., pro tempore, not being a member, of course has no vote in the recommendatio.n for a new lodge.

4. A brother rejected for the:second or third degree of Masonry, may renew hIs applicatIon at every subsequent stated meeting of the lodge, and whenever any moral objection exists to his taking a higher degree, the objections should be presented in the form of charges, and their truth tested by an

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impartial trIal i more particularly If the candidate Is elected to take the degree, a. well as the candidate that the nature of the objections be made known, and be investigated by the lodge. To this the lodge, as well as the candidate, Is undoubtedly entitled on all the principles of equity. Unless the objections are made known there can be no investigation, and the degree should be conferred.

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6. A Mason selling ardent spirits to a brother, as a beverage, doubtless wrongs him, and is subject to censure. 7. A lodge should not affiliate anyone without a Dimlt or other good testimonials. , 8. Question-Is it competent for a subordinate lodge to try one of the Grand Officere of the Grand Lodge?

Answer-Not as a Grand Officer; but every Mason residing within the jurisdiction of a subordinate lodge is subject to discipline as the law dIrects. 9. Where a. brothel' has dimitted, he severs his connection with the lodga, and a ballot must be had before he can be readmitted. 10. Question-Can a brother who has been suspended for non-payment of his dues, sit in a lodge?

Answer-He is certainly suspended from all Masonic prIvileges in his lodge until his dues are paid, and he Is restored as the law directs. 11. Question-Do the Edicts of the Grand Lod"e of Arkansas prohibit the us~ of lodge halls for any purpose except MMonic~ And If so, do the same authorIze you to grant dIspensations to set aside that law? Does the responslbllity cease with us when we permit the same to be used by the 1. O. 0.1<'., through your dispensation?

Answer-The Edicts of the Grand Lodge do not prohibit the Grand Master from granting any dispensation he may think proper fodÂˇbe good oftbe Order, subject to the approval of the Grand Lodge. The respoDsibility certainly ceases with a subordinate lodge when assumed by the Grand Master. 12. Question-When a Mason is charged with gross un-Masonic conduct, and is held and confined by the civil authorities so that he cannot answer the complaint against him, has the lodge in whose jurlsdictJon he resides a rIght to proceed with his trial? Answer-If the brother is confined b~' the civil authorities so that he cannot obey the summons of the lOdge! and has not been tried by the court, i I, Is not proper to proceed with his tria in the ~dge. But, on the contrary, if he has been convicted of a crime by the civil authorities, and confined by a sentence of the court, so that he cannot attend the lodge, then it would be proper for the lodge to proceed to an investigation of the charges, and act as the evidence would warrant in the premises. 13. Question-A question as to the use of Masonic halls?

Answer-While it is desirable that Masonic halls be used exclusively for Masonic purposes, I hold that it is not a Masonic crime to suffer them to be used for strictly moral, religious or charitable purposes, to be judgtld of by the lodge to whom application is made for rent or otherwIse. 14. A Master of the lodge cannot prefer charges against a member, or a brother in Its Jurisdiction, and preside in the trial. The name of the accusing brother must be atÂˇtached to t.he charges to make them valid, but withheld by the Master. . 15. A dimitted Mason, nor any other, has a right to leave the lodge when open without permlSl!ion. Charges ought ~o be preferred against a Mason that would thus act. 16. I know of no law in Masonry to force a Mason to accept any office in a lodge; hence the impropriety of illstalling by proxy.. A brother's consent to accept an office should be obtalnt'd before installation. When a brother is ordered to take any stll.tion or place in a lodge as a pro tem. officer, he should immediately obey, unless excpsed by the W. M. To obstinately refuse, would SUbject him to discipline for insubordination.

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17. A lodge has no right to levy a direct tax, but it has a right to so change its By-Laws as to raise its dues or fees 80 as to enable it to pay its just debts. The bhmks left in the Uniform Code of By-Laws are at all times subject to the control of the lodge, and may be changed \vhen necessity requires it without reference to the Grand Lodge. Hence I hold thata lodge has no right to suspend a me,mber for not paying a direct tax, beyond what Is required by the BY-Laws; and If such has been done, t~ suspension should be removed. 18. A Master of a lodge has a right to call his lodge together when he pleases, it having been closed during his will and pleasure. Notice should state the object of the meeting, as no business can be transacted at a called meeting but that for which the meeting was called, except conferring degrees, and the advancement of a brother depends upon proficiency, and not upon time; but the ba.llot sbould not be spread for the advancement of a. brother at a called meeting, except the lodge be notified, on a case of emergency, without a dispensation from the Grand Master.

19. Question-Can an olllcer dimlt or resign after installation. .

A1l8Wer-The S. D., J. D. and Tyler and Master of Ceremonies may resign by

consent of the Master, being placed there by his appointment. The Secretary and Treasurer may resign by consent of the lodge, having been elected by the lodge. But there is no power authorizing the relilignatIon or dimit of a W. M., S. W. orJ. W. 20. Question-When charges have been路 preferred against a brother, can they be disposed of without going into a trial? Answer-Most certainly a trial can be stopped at any time, by consent of the contending parties. After charges are preferred anti placed in the hands of a committee for investigation, the lodge then becomes one party and the accus~d the other.

21. Brethren consenting to an arbitration, pledging themselves to abide the same, forfel t their Masonic honor by refusing to abide the decision, and are subject to discipline. 22.

Question-Can a vIsiting brother take part in Masonic trials?

Answer-He can, it appointed by the lodge or Master, or if requested by the defendant. 28. A brother under charges, removes to another jurisdiction, can take evidence by notifying the lodge before whom the charges are brought, of t.he time and place of taking such evidence, giving sulllcienttime for said lodge to be represented. 24. Que.tiion-Is the evidence of a brother under cbarges valid? Answer-The accused undoubtedly has a right to make a statement before the lodge, upon his trial, and the lodge may give such weight to the statement as they think proper.

25.' According to Masonic regulations in this jurisdiction, the petitioners for a new lodge are dimltted from their parent lodge when a charter Is granted ; . but petitioners from another State should have a Dimit, as this jurisdiction has no clght to legislate for any other Grand Jurisdiction. If a brother's lodge in anotber Grand Jurisdiction tries and expels him for an otfense committed before a signed a petition for a dispensation in this jurisdiction, he is certainly debarred all Masonic privileges and should not be recognized.

We agree with most of these decisions, in the main, except the fourth which interferes too much with the right of objection. If it is right to compel an exposition of the reasons of objection in this case, we do not see why they should not be demanded in all others. Further on we tInd the following report on JurIsprudence relative to fourth decision: If after the candida.te is elected. a brother objects to his receiving the degree.. it Is but fair and just to the candida.te, as well as to the lodge, thai he shoulu

ma.ke known the grounds of objection, unless he has some good reason for withholding them. But he has the right, from such prudentla.l motives as be may deem sufficient, to decllne to dIsclose the grounds of his objectlon, and the lodge cannot confer tUe degree untlli:lis objection is withdrawn. No man can

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be made a Mason. or advanced, against the objection of a member of the lodge. The harmony and good fellowship of the Masonic family must be preserved. Which was adopted. The committee also decided that when a triai has been ordered and time tlxed, the case cannot be dismissed at an intervenin1J meeting. Correct. nrother C. F. Harvey presented the following resolution: In view of the losses sustained by lodges of Masonry by tlre, and the burden of assIsting the unfortunate falling unequally upon the Craft; therefore, Resolved, That a committee be appointed to report, at the next communication of the Grand Lodge, a plan of insurance against loss by tlre-the officers of the Grand Lodge to be the officers of the company. There can be no .doubt but that every lodge should be compelled to insure against fire, for a lodge that has not sufficient property worth insuring, is not worth a charter. But this is a new experiment in the system of insurance, the result of which we feel an interest in watching. As far as we have got, we should prefer a regUlarly organized secular company as being the kind of one best able to pay the losses without a too heavy premium. The recognition of the Grand Lodge of Indian Territory was postponed until next communication. . No Report on Correspondence. M. L. BELL, Pine Bluff, G. M. LUKE E. BARBER, Little Rock, G. Sec.

OANADA. Grand Lodge met in Toronto, July 8, 1874. Brother Wm. M. Wilson, G. M., presided. From his address we quote the tlnal settlement between the Grand Lodge of Canada and the Grand Lodge of Q,uebec. I avail myseUÂˇof the earliest moment to announce to you officially, that the long pendIng difficulties between onrselves and the Masons of Q,uebec have now been happily arranged. â&#x20AC;˘ Under authority of the resolution adopted by this Grand Lodge in July 1871, and after certain preliminary arrangements had been made, by which ali .concerned were bound to accept, abide by, and carry out. all the conditions and terms which might be agreed upon by a joint committee, taken from both bodies in the Province at" Q,uebec, a Masonic Conference of the members of committees, appointed respectively by the Grand Lodge of Q,uebec, and by myself on your behalf, met at Montreal on the 17th of February last, and after In ucb. careful consideration, agreed upon terms of union between our lodges in Q,uebec and the lodges already affiliated with and composing the Grand Lodge of Q,uebec. Copies of the official protocols of this Conference were, by my directions, promptlY'forwarded to aU our lodges, so that you were at once placed in possession of the important intelligence, that a satisfactory settlement of these unhappy difficulties had at length been arrived at. In order, therefore, to give full effect to the arrangements thus entered into, all that now remains to be done on your part, is to pass a resolution to formally from the territory, and recognize- fraternally the Grand Lodge of

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Quebec as the supreme Masonic Authority in that Province, extending to her the right hand of fellowship, with our best wishes for her future prosperity and usefulness. INSURANCE.

I regret to announce that the rooms, warrants, jewels and fdrniture of Craig Lodge, No. 214/,.~at Ailsa Craig, Bernard Lodge, N"o. 225, at Listowel. and Aylmer Lodge, No.1~, at Aylmer, were respectively destroyed by l1re in the month of March last; duplicate warrants were at once prepared and forwarded to them free of charge. I believe that neither of thelle lodges had effected insurance upon their lodge property, and I would now earnestly advise our. lodges to avail themselves of the protection afforded by a policy in a good insurance company. This advice is good for every Grand Lodge to follow and enforce. Much local business of importance was tfans,acted. Brother Henry Robertson submitted a full and interesting Report on Correspondence. Under tile head of Arkansas, he trUly ~ys : . With one decision of the committee on appeals we cannot agree. A lodge collected dues from a member after he had wi thdrawn, and the committee say. the lodge did ri~ht according to Masonic law, because he held his Dimit without application to any other lodge. We say there is no Masonic law, unless manufactured for the purpose, which will uphold so arbitrary a rule. Under the head of Nevada, he gives that Grand Lodge and Brother Taylor (the Committee on Foreign Correspondence) a pretty severe rap over the knuokles, as follows: Our Grand Lodge sovereignty was invaded, and both Louisiana and Nevada. upheld the invaders. We do not uphold France in her invasion of LOUisiana, and Brother Taylor'S quotation is entirely inapplicable to us, but comes home directly to Nevada. The wound given us affected all Grand Lodges, and should have been resented by all and it comes with an ill grace from any recognizer of Q,uebec to reproach us w i th any action on that score. Our record is clear, and we have always upheld Grand Lodge sovereignty. Not so, Nevada. We hope Vermont and Illinois will also have learned a lesson on the Q,uebec case which they will not forget, at least we hope they will recollect it long enough not to do the same thing over again. WM. M. WILSON, Simcoe, G. M. THOS. BIRD HARRIS, Hamilton, G. Sec.

BROTHER THOS. BIRD HARRIS, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Canada, and Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Died, Aug. 18, 1874. He was a true and devoted Freemason, a just and upright citizen, and'be. loved and mourned by a very large circle of affectionate frIends. He was buried with full MasonIc honors by the Grand Lodge of whIch he had so long been a faithful servant. Honor to his memory.

Brother J. J. Mason, of Hamilton, Is Grand Secretary.

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M. W. BROTHER WM. MERCER WILSON, #

Grand, Master or the Grand Lodge of canada, DIed, March, 18i5.

His life was one of usefulness as a cItizen and Mason, as the attendance at hIs funeral fully demonstrated. RiR good works still live. Brother James Killpatl'ick Kerr, D. G. M., Toronto, as Grand Master.

CONNECTICUT. Grand Lodge met in New Haven, January.20, 1875. Brother Wm. Wallace Lee, G. M., presided. DECISIONS:

I have rendered but rew officIal decislonfl, preferring. in most of the cases which have been presented, to gIve advice and instruction. and have, In mosL cases, found that t11e brethren were willIng to receive and act upon it. I decided that a lodge having once relinquished. jurisdiction over a rejected candidate, could not recover it until the person so rejected had again become a resident wiLhin its jurisdiction; and this decisIon brings before us the doctrine of perpetual aflegiance as we have it in our law. This doctrine (perpetual allegiance), as well known, is not an American idea, but comes to us from monarchial governments, where the government Is paramount and arbiLrary, and indivIdual rights of no consequence. The war of 1812 was fought out on that question, and settled forever, so far as American polity Is concerned. ' !<'or more than seventy years our Grand Lodge exIsted'without any regulation upon this matter. In 1863 our law was adopted, as such matterR usually are, without much opportunity for thought or discussion. We have swung from one extreme to the other. Doubtless, some rule upon this matter at thIs day is expedIent. . In years past our State was largely agricultural} and changes of residence among its people were comparatively few; while we nave now become a manufacturing and trading people, and changes of resIdence from places of nativity are the rule rather than the exception. Five years suffices to chan~e an alien to an American citizen, and makes him eligible to the highest offices in the land, with a few exceptions. Ought not the same time suffice to remove the torce of a rejection in a lodge? Why should a yonng man who has been rejectt'd for some political dislike, peUy malice, or even 'for a good reason, and haH removed to another locality and become an exemplary citizen, have it held over hIm all his llfe because he has been rejected In a lodge? Surely, a lImit might be fixed to the force of a rejection without danger or injury to the Craft. If there is no atonement for wrong doing, surely there may be forgiveness, while the claims of justice are not forgotten. I present thifl matter at the request of many bretbren some of whom have grown gray In Masonic labor, and ask for it your carefu i consideration. â&#x20AC;˘ I gave'it as my opinion that. the cr,stom which some lodges had adopted of notifying other lodges where a member's name had been strIcken from the roll, for non-payment of dues simply, and no charges had been preferred. was not called for and should be discontinued; that there was no more reason that other lodges should be notified when a brother's name had been stricken from the roll, than In case he bad been dl mltted; either course left him non-affiliated by our laws, but in good standing as a Muson. I also gave it as my opinion

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that the term" good standing," meant any Mason, whether a mEim ber of any lodge or not, against whom no charges had been preferred; and that such a Mason might visit any Jodge in this jurisdiction as many times as he desired, provided nO one objected; that by our law such a one WR.8 entitled to visit three times, and if found objectionable he could be excluded. All Masons are brethren; the lodges are the different families; therefore we should welcome every brother into our families whose conduct -Is -worthy, and ""hen he becomes obnoxious or unworthy exclude him. A question of law CR.me before me in this manner. A Brother Strong, who was made a Mason in Daskam Lodge, No. 86. Glastonbury, and had been for a number of years a member, presented a Dimit signed by the Secretary of Daskam Lodge, with the seal attached, to Columbia Lodge, No. 25, in the same town, and was elected to membership in the lodge. Daskam Lodge clRimed that no Dimit had ever been Kranted to Brother Strong by vote of the lod~e, as no record could be found thereof, and the Secretary denied having given him one: Both tbe lodges joined in a statement of the case, and submitted the matter to me. It was evident to me that, the brother could not have forged tbo. seal, being a farmer and living some miles from the lodge-room, even if he could tbe Secretary's signature. It seemed to me mUch more probable that a vote was passed granting him the Dimit, and the Secretary had omitted to make a record of it,at the time, than to suppose that the brother obtained it by fraud. This Grand Lodge established the principle in the case of Charles W. Bradley, that if, there were irregularities in the case, that a person having been admitted in a just and laWfully constituted lodge, he must be rtlcognized as a member; and further, it is a well-established principle in Jaw that an organization is bound by the acts of its omcers; j f they exceed their powers and duties they are amenable to the organization, but those who act in ~ood faith, must be protected. This same principle was asserted in the celebrated "Schuyler frauds" in the New York & New Havon RaIlroad case .and was 80 decided by the highest courts. I gave it as my opinion Brother Strong was a member of Columbia Lodge, and should be recognIzed as such; and that Daskam Lodge should enter" withdrawn" opposite his name. I submit the case and the papers for your consideration. Some years ago we had a tilt with a Grand Master of Connecticut, for making Masons at sight; and his successor thought he would ~ike a little of that chicken-pie too. The Grand Master summoned an emergent lodge, at New Brittain, on the second day of January, and conferred the degrees of F. C. and M. M. upon a candidate who had received the degree of E. A. in a lodge in Pittsburg, Pa., and had obtained from said lodge a Dimit as an Entered Apprentice, and had presented the Dlmlt twice to Harmony Lodge for affiliation and the remaining degrees, 'which was twice rejected by said lodge. The Committee on Jurisprudence look at the question in this way: "Resolved, That an exercise of the Grand Master's prerogative in such cases is not in harmony with Masonic law and jurisprudence, and that such a precedent should not be sanctioned by this Grand Lodge." And the Grand Lodge very properly' concurred in the report of the committee. RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS.

The religious question is sometimes introduced into Masonry to that extent that neither the laws or spirit of the institution will warrant. I have known of cases where the applicant has been rejected because he was a Jew, and others upon the plea. that they were infidels, because not members of an Orthodox Church. Every man knows bls religious belief better than any other man can. and while a candidate expresses his belief in Deity we have no right to ask any further questions. All other tests must be excluded if we artl to unite in bonds of brotherhood the different sects and religions of the world. We know that .men cannot be made to thl nk alike while they differ phrenologica,.lly. temperamentallyand educationally. History is full of fallures, by gIbbet stake, rack, thumbscrew and other powerfUl agencies, to make men think 0.1 l ke. It is often said by some zealous brother that Masonry is a good enough religion, while others as stoutly deny that it is any religion at all, and claim that the Church isth. panacea for all human 111s. It seems to me that in such cases brethren are overstepping the line, and assuming authority where they have

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none. Let us be careful how we sit in judgment in any matter where the ind1vidual conscience alone must decide. Brother Lee's head is perfectly level. No Report on Correspondence. WM. WALLACE LEE, West Meriden, G. M. JOS. K. WHEELER, Hartford, G. S. &F. C.

CALIFORNIA. Grand Lodge met in Ban Francisco, October 13, 1874. Brother Isaac Sutvene Titus, G. M., presided. One hundred and sixty-four lodges represented. We extract from his beautiful address the following synopsis of Masonry in that State: A quarter of a century has elapsed since this Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons was organIzed, and It behooves us to present to the brethren of other jurIsdictions, as well as our own, a summary of our workings during the period of our exIstence, that we may complHe with the labors of the Masonic Grand Bodies of the older States, ascertaining wherein we differ, giviug opportunities for improvement or change, if it CGmports with the views of the members here assembled. We should also take full cognizance in cons1derlng and digesting our own act.s, for the guidance of those who shall succeed us 1n the routIne management of this Grand Lodge. As before referred to, this Grand Body was consUtuted by three chartered lodges. The numlj)er of lodges has increased, as shown 'on our register for the present year, in tbe aggregate, to two hundred and thirty chartered 10dgesJ with seven working under dispensation. Of this number, one hnndred ana ninety-one of the chartered lodges remain in active labor. Thirty-nine have dissevered their connection in various ways, twenty-six having surrendered their charters, most of them, from the fact of their being located in the unstable towns of the mining localities having an ephemeral exjstence, owing to their prosperity dependlug on the mines of the several districts, which, when worked out were abandoned by the enUre population. I have known many of them, with hundreds of vigorous, hardy mIners congregated around the" digglngs/' where now not a trace of the villages can be found. By reference to our punlished proceedings you will find that many of the lodges so unfortunately located were, In their day of power, among our most 5osperous lodges-performing all their functional duties, defraying their full uota. of expense, erecting fine halls, and dispenl!ling charity with a liberal han wherever and whenever required. Two of the lodges, being located in Oregon, retired from this jurisdictIon on the fifteenth of September, A.L. 5851, at which time the Grand Lodge of saId state was established. Eight lodges In the State of Nevada, holding charters from this Grand Lodge, termInated their existence with this jurisdiction by assembling their delegates in convention, on the sixteenth of January, A.L. 5865. and organizing a 'Grand Lodge for that Smte. Three cbBrters of iodges have been revoked at different periods by my predecessors, for just causes, and their action in the premises has been duly sustained by this Grand Lodge. Our relative llumbers, In lodges and membershIp. are shown by comparison of the respective years of 1850 and 1874. At the close of the Semi-Annual Communication, held November twenty-eight, 1850, we had on the roster eleven lodges, with a roll of two hundred and fifty-eight members. We now , have one hundred and ninety-eight lodges, with a membership of about eleven thousand. We regret that space will not permit quoting also his history of the progress in population, wealth, etc. He granted dispensations for six new lodges. DECISIONS:

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beert presented, considered and decided at former Communications of this Grand Body; and many were fully covered by the provisions of our Constitution, General Regulations, etc. A few, however, I deem of sUfficient importance to present a compend, as I could not find any precedent in our proceedings, or in any other Masonic work at my.command-one at least having reference to the condition or situation explanatory of the officers ot a lodge, which 'was a question of unusual importance to the lodge, and required a decision to be promptly given. At the annual election of a lodge, the Master elect was re-elected. A Past Master of the lodge officiating stated that, as the brother elect was absent from home, he could not be Installed, and he would favor a motion to reconsider the vote, which was doneJ and another brother elected as Master. They desired to know if the proceeaings were proper. I anllwered: "The Master elect, having been duly re-elected, no reconsideration was in order, the first election b':olding good, without the brother peremptorily declines; if so, a dispensation will be necessary for another election. It is not essential to install immediately. See const,itutional provisions, etc."

tr have been asked" If a brother cannot be put on trial twice for the sam~ offense ?" Answering, "Our Grand Lodge has decided that a person acquitted on one trial is no bar to a second trial for the same offense." See report Committee on Grievances, our Grand Lodge proceedings, page 317, Vol. III, and pages 311, 363, Vol. IV. "If a brothe,r under sentence of reprimand by a lodge in whose jurisdiction he resides, can be so disciplined when it is ascertained that at the time he is laboring under the penalty of suspension in his own lodge?" Replied, viz: Your lodge has the right, to reprimand the suspended brother; a member of the fraternltYJ so careless in hIS actions whilst under the penalty of suspension in one loa~e, as to incur a reprimand from a lodge in another Jurisdiction, should be expelled from the Order. You will instruct your Secretary to forward a transcript of your trial to the lodge suspending the brother, with the statement made herein, that, in my opinion, the brotherhood will be benefitted by the expulsio,n of the offender."

I have been requested by one of the Inspectors to give him my views as to the proper use of the gavel, and informed him" that it is proper and requisite that a Worshipful Master carry his gavel at funerals and ~neral pUblic occasions, as his lodge is under his full executive control, Being at refreshment, the Marshal is acting subordinate to the direction of the Master, and the brethren must implicitly obey the gavel on such occasionsl thereby enabling the decorum and propriety of their actions to be fraternal y ,preserved. The brethren are always expected to comply with and obey the sound of the gavel uuttl they return to the lodge, and the same is regularly closed, The gavel, in the Master's hand, should always be obeyed in the lodge, whether in the East, before the altar, or a,ny other station." Also, if "a member of another lodge, in good standing, can assure the Master that the person elected to receive the degrees in his lodge is unworthy or in any way disqualified, it is his (the Master's) imperative duty to refrain from initiating the person until satisfied, by proper investigation, of his status." The President of S. F. Board of Rellef reported $6,377 71 expended for the' year 1874, and the Bum of $111,099 59 since 1856. Brother Samuel C. Denson, Grand Orator, delivered an eloquent address. Broth.er Wm. C. Belcher, again Chairman of Committee of Jurisprudence, submitted a valuable report, and we must again beg of the Grand Secretary, or the committee, to try and see the importance of giving one single report and be done with it, instead of haVing it cut up into about forty pieces, and sprinkled through the Proceedings, like hash shot out of a blunderbuss. Brother Wm. A. January submitted a very full and interesting Report on Correspondence. It was his maiden effort, just as January is of the year, although a little warmer, for his first dip of the pen is in behalf of Iluspended M-asons, as follows: We notice that the Grand Lodge of Alabama publishes a list of all brethren expelled and suspended, inclUding those suspended for non-payment of dues. While we do not feel much sympathy for a. brother who can so violate the beneficent laws.of Masony as to make it necessary that he should be expelled from the rights and privIleges of the lodge, we do have a sympathy for the brother who has been suspended for non-payment of dues and whose claims on the fraternity are not thereby lost, but only held in abeyance. We think that to publish his suspension to the world is not only uncharitable but

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unjust. It is true that our Alabama brethren also publish l\ list of restorations, but that is poor amends for the wrong. The brother suspended for non-payment of dues may restore himself to good standing at any time by paying hiM dues; yet the wound inflicted by the publlcation of his" bad standing" still remains. Do what he may, the smirch on his Masonic character stlII clings to him, and, like the blood of the murdered Duncan, will not" out." We can scarcely imagine what he will say when he comes to the laws of Indiana, where a poor devil can be sl1spendecl bya majority vote for nonpayment oCdues, and only get back by an unanimous vote-If they did not publish him, his name might never again be gazetted. He speaks of Grand Master Owen's address as a "sensible paper," and commends his dech;lons. Relative to our" sub-head" business, he says: He gives Brother Abell a rap over the knuckles because he does not give sub-heads to the subject matter of each resolution. report. etc., of the proceedIngs. We must say that we approve Brother Abell's style of getting up the proceedings, and think the sub-headM suggested by Brother Gouley would mar the typographical beauty of the book. .. Sub-heads" are very well for t.he pollee reports or a sensational newspaper, but Madly out of place in a'dignified publication that is intended for preservation. It is true, as Brother Gouley says, that the sub-heads would enable the reviewer more rapidly to trot through the proceedings, but that, we think, would not compensate for the bad taate of the thing, and it should be remembered that these books are not printed especially for the convenience of reviewers. He deserves having" a head put on him," for thus stepping between reform and old fogyism, but being in the January of his reportorial youth he must be pardoned by the "corps-mutual" this time, with this parentnl admonition: wait until you get to be a Grand Secretary and a half a dozen other things, and Qave something to do besides taking a whole year to wri te a report, having only three States a month to look over; and wait till you get on some ('ommittee in Grand Lodge, where you will have to look over about thirteen years of proceedings for a single subject, and have only about thirteen minutes to do it in, and then if you don路t go back a little on the stilted dignity of a publlshed report of Callfornia, or any other State, which would rather sacrifice utility a~d convenience to the idle fancy of old Methuselah, then, dear brother, you can take our hat, but not till then. If the proceedings are intended only for" preservation" in some corner stone then we agree. The papers to be filed away are also to be preserved, but the clerk who would file them in one miscellaneous box without briefing them, should be shot on the spot. We grant that the proceedings is a "Book," so is the Book of Constitutions, and a very dignified one at that, but we do not suppose that any Grand Lodge would for one moment tolerate such a book without" sub-heads," even if th..y had to prin t it over again. Come, young man, the crow we were picking was wi th your Grand Secretary, and we have no doubt he laughed to himself when he got you into the chance of getting a regular raking down by the reviewers, but we plead for you this time, and congratulate you that our report will get out in time to save you from those other fellows who have no mercy for youthful indiscretion. Remember that every man who reads proceedings is a reviewer-he is hunting Cor some particular thing, and wants to know when he comes to It. Under the head of Ohio, he notices a singular case of lodge Jurlsdlctlon. Speaking of the Grand Master's address, says: He reports only one decision: There was a regularly constituted lodge in the village of Cumminsville; the Village was annexed to Cin,cinnati; and the question was asked the Grand Master" whether, by reason of the annexation of the village to the city, by which it became a part thereof, the jnrisdiction of lodge was changed or affected?" The Grand Master decided in the negative, as follows:

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When a lodge, duly chartered and constituted, located in an incorporated village, and such village afterwards, by action of the proper civil authorities, becomes annexed to and constitutes a part of a city, such annexation does not in any manner affeot the territorial Jurisdiction of the lodge. I admit that considerable may be said upon both sides of this question ; but it seems to me that, when the territorial Jurisdiction of a lodge Is fixed and defined by the action of this Grand Body, nothing but its action can in any manner alter or change it. Our Ohio brethren seem to be somewhat .. at sea" on the question of JurIsdiction in cities, haVing no constitutional provision in regard to the matter. The Grand Master says: Ordinarily, thejnrisdictlon of a lodge Is determined by a line equidistant between the bulldLng in which it meets and that of a neigbboring lodge. Our cLty lodges have been by common consent, as I am Informed, exercising concurrent jnrisdiction. When they all meet in one bUllding, of course no question as to jurisdicllon can arIse; bnt where they are situated miles from each other, the question is one of great importance. As a result of inadequate legislation on this question, there are numerou~ confilcts in regard to JUrisdIctional invasions between the lod~es. which may be expected untU the question Is authoritatively decided. How there could be two sIdes to such a questIon we cannot Imagine. Cumminsville lodge was once In Cumminsville, .that town has ceased to exIst as a separate corporation, and is now a component part of Cincinnati, and that ended local civIl and lodge jurisdIction. At the moment of annexation, accomplished, every lodge having had concurrentjurlsdiction within the city limits, at once extended it over the newly acquired territory, as though they had had' it forever, and 11' the Cumminsville lodge could not share in that concurrent qaal1ficatlon she might as well turn out the gas and lock her door, for she had no territory left, as it is all under the jurisdiction of the same Grand Lodge, whose sovereignty is not atrected by the annexation, and we do not see that she need have been consulted at all. ' We are glad to see that Brother January is opposed to mixed funerals. We are also glad to welcome our new member into the corps, so far as the " Border Rumans It are concerned, and wish him a long life of usefulness and a good appetite. GEORGE CLEMENT PERKINS. Orovllle, G. M. ALEXANDER G. ABELL, San Francisco. Sec. WM. ALEX. JANUARY, - - , For, Cor.

OOLORADO, Grand Lodge J:Det in Denver, September 29, 1874Brother Webster D. Anthony, G. M., presIded. From his practical and sensible address we extract his DECISIONS:

1. That a dispensation was not necessary to enable subordinate lodges to

hold public installations of officers.

2. That a Brother F. C. who had lost the index finger of the right hand was not physically disquallfied from receiving the M. M. degree. I am aware, of other decisions on thIs point. and there Is conflict of ofinion. but as the brother had already received the flrst and second degrees, consider him not inellglble for advancement. 3. That when a lodge dispensation or charter is recalled or surrendered. G. L.-A 2.

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the unfinished work of that lodge belongs to the nearest to, and having the jurisdiction over the brethren who were under the control of the demised iodge. But to the end t.hat the records be properly kept, that in all cases an application for membership or advancement should be accompanied by the certificate from the Grand Secretary, showing the facts and standing of the applicant in such demised lodges. 4. That the Masonic days of .June 24th and December 27th are not con路 sidered annual communications. That they are the festival days of the Craft, and that no business can be transacted by the lodge at that time (when those days occur on a different day from the ones named in the By-Laws for regular meetings) except the installation of otllcers, which must be on or before St . .John's Day, in December. And a lodge need not convene on these festival occasions up1ess for special work or business. especially set appart for the time. 5. To the enquiry, "Is it lawful for a member of a lodge of Masons to recommend the petition for membership in his lodge of any person, unless he has first received proper Masonic evidence that the the person is a Mason?" my reply was as' fonows: "I can find nothing in our By-Laws requiring such knowledge on the part of the person recommending a petition for atllltation, and in the absence of any direct law UpOD the subject it cannot be unlawful. For were it to be so considered, the brother signing or recommending such applicant would be subject to Masonic censure or discipline. I think the brother recommending such a petition is not expected to vouch for the petitioner's Ma&onic standing, but simply as to the moral character of the applicant. And it is the duty of the committee to whom the petition is ret'erred, to ascertain and report whether or not they find, after 8trict trial, due examination, or lawful information, that the applicant is a Mason. The'Dimit or certificate which accompanies the petition Is, to an extent, the recommendation of the lodge where the petitioner was last a. member. And as we have no law regUlating or requiring that the petition for atnUation shall be Aigned by any other than the petitioner, the rule as laid down by Brother Mackey will apply in t.his Jurisdiction, which is, in substance, as above. This, however, may be a dangerous and unwise proced'ure, and a law prOViding more fully the mode of petitioning for membership, upon a. Dimit, would undoubtedly be wise and judicious." . 6. That a person who has lost an eye should not be received to the first degree, and his petition should not be presented. 7. That on a petition for dispensation to form a lodgebone of the petition-

ers must be a P. M.; but that it is not necessary that the rother appointed as the W. M. of a lodge p. D., should be an actual P. M.

8. That the petitioners for dispensation (for new lodge) need not be dimitted from their 10dgehand that should a charter issue, the petitioners therefor are dimitted from t eir former lodge.

9. That when a brother removes from the jurisdiction of one lodge to that of another, and desires to petition for advancement to F. C. or M. M. degree, he must first ask for cerUficate from the lodge in which he received his former degrees. This certificate, if granted, must be unanimous, and gives consent t"r the other lodge to proceed with the candidate. 10. That the ballot for advancement is for proficiency. And the Secretary should not notify other lodges in cases of rejection. This is only reqUired in the ballot upon the petition to be made a Ma&on-the E. A. degree. Brother H. P. H. Bromwell, Grand Orator, delivered a very eloquent address, as he is well able to do. Brother B. L. Carr offered the following, which was adopted: Resolved, That whenever a candidate has been elected to receive the degrees, and objection is made to the conferring of the degrees, it shall be the duty of the lodge to return the initiation fee until such tfme as the objection be withdrawn. Brother Teller offered the follpwing, which was adopted: .AQd to the end of the fifth resolution, on page 92 (pro. 1873), the followIng: "And if it shall appear to the lodge that such objections were made in an unMasonic spirIt and Dot having the wl!!lfare of tbe Craft in View, the party so oojectinj( may be punished tor un.Masonic conduct. But the candidate shall not proceed until such objection is withdrawn, or such person objecting shall cease to be a member of such lodge."

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If that last resolution does not stlrup some fuss and make fur fiy, then we are a poor judge of human nature. Under the gen.eral law which protects an objector from being compelled to state the reasons of his objection, we do not see how the animus of the objector is going tobe arrived at, except under the gentle pr~ssure of a horse-whIp.

Brother Ed. C. Parmlee, as usual, submitted an excellent Report on Correspondence. 0

Under the head of Canada, he says: The Grand Master reports granting a warrant to Robert Morris et al., under the tit.le or denomination of the Royal Solomon Mother Lodge, No. 293; and said lodge to meet at the city of Jerulmlem, or adjacent places in Palestine, on the first Wednesday of every month. . We cannot approve of issuing a warrant to a lodge on wheels. But a day or two since we received a circular from some of the promoter-s of this scheme, giving glOWing accounts of what they would do when a grand excursion should reach that country-going to take the warrant and open a lodge at every camping place, etc. We expressed our views to Brother Morris by letter very plainly. He writes U8 that ours is the first unfavorable criticism he had heard. If it is, we hope it will not be th~ last. We did not write to Brother Morris, but told him personally what we thonght about that kind of a circus; but then, Brother Ed., you know how it is with Brother Bob-he would not give a cent for a lodge like any other one-not even one that could pay dues-for we see by the Proceedings that the Grand Lodge ot Canada has had to remit them. It is pretty hard on Solomon's Mother, but, beinar dead, we suppose she can stand it after having had David for a husband, along with several other wives for company. O

He reviews fully and favorably the Proceedings of MiSSOUri, for 1873. The elegantly gotten up, sub-heads and all. The report does great credit to its author, and its compilation on Jurisprudence, from various jurisdictions, will be of great benefit to the Craft of that and other State!>. o

Proce~ingsare

WEBSTER D. ANTHONY, Denver, G. M., ED. C. PARMLEE, Georgetown, G. Sec. and For. Cor.

DELAWARE. Grand Lodge met in Wilmington, October 7, 1874. Brother John P. Allmond, Grand Master, presided. We extract the following: DEOISIONS:

During the past year I made the followin g decisions: I. When a brother is suspended (or dropped) for non-payment of dues, payment of the same reinstates without a vote of the lodge. 2. A candidate being a resident of this State, and having changed his residence from one part of the county to another, and signifies his intention of being permanently located there. The lodge nearest him is the only one that can legally entertain his petition. â&#x20AC;˘

3. Declaring a lodge at "ease instead of calling off" is not un-Masonic. 4. In opening and closing a lodge, it should be done through the Senior Warden to the Junior Warden, '8.nd he to the Craft.

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5. It is "un-Masonic" to raise more t.han one candidate at one and the same Urue. 6. A summons without the Master's signature and seal of the lodge at.tached Is not legal. 7. A lodge cannot legally expel a member without a trial. 8. A brother hav:1ng applied for a Dlmit, and the same granted by the lodge, he ceases to be a member o( saId lodge as soon as the vote Is announced and recorded, and he Is entitled to the evIdence of the same In the shape ofa certltkate from the officers of hIs lodge nnder seal. 9. Any charges and specltIcatlon~ should be sent to the lodge nearest his present residence and there prosecuted. . . He quotes in full Past Grand Master Garrett's remarks on "Abuse of the Secret Ballot," and commends It to hIs brethren In Delaware. Masonic intereourse with the Grand Orient of FranceW8:s severed, and the Grand Lodge of Utah recognized, also the Grand Lodge of Q,uebec. Brother Geo. W. Chaytor submitted a very full and interesting Report on Correspondence. Under the head of Iowa, he quotes aud says: "The J. Warden, In the absence of the Master and S. Warden, Is for the time Master, and he should have exercised. bis prerogatives. A room full of Past Masters could not deprive him of his right of succession in the absence of hl~ superior officers, and, consequently, even if he called a Past Master to preside, the lattE-r wonld only do so under hIs supervIsion, and could not properly act contrary to his wishes. The J. Wardell must, in the absence of his snperlor officers, take the responsibility and eJljoy the prerogatives of the chief offi.cerFl of the lodge, and no one can take them (rom htm." This may be good law for Iowa, but we know It Is not so considered in some of our old jurisdictions. We have always been led to believe that a Wardenul)less he be a P. M.-could simply congregate the lodge, in the absence of the Master, after which it was obligatory for him to call a P. M. to the chair, if one be present. Such is the custom in Delaware now, and such formerly was the .law.路 . We are well aware that the usage in Delaware was once in use in several States, especially In those derivlng their work from Virginia and Kentucky: but when it came to be tested by the logic of the law, which has created lodges and Grand Lodges Bince the commencement of the present century, It was found to be wrong; The charter of a lodge is issued to and placed in the custody of the tIrst three officers, and they alone ure responsIble to the Grand Lodge whIch Issued it. In the rapid growth of lodges In this country, such an usage would be perfeotlY impracticable, for if none but a P. M. could preside, there WOUld, probably, be but about tIfty lodges in tbe United states or~a.nlzed outside of the oldest cities in existence In 1776. In the next place, It was found to be Impossible to tInd any old law, mandatory for such an usage. It had grown into a few of the older Grand Bodies, but whence it came or how it Kot started, no one knew, and it was tInally exploded and wiped out as a piece of" class" Masonry unworthy of the institution, for it had grown to such arbltrary proportions that Past Masters actually refused to be tried by the .lodge, but demanded trIals to be held In Grand Lodge, and only there, "by their peers," viz: Past Masters. The assumed powers of Past Masters grew to be such an intolerable nuisance that It at one timf' disrupted the powerful Grand Lodge of New York, and the Past Masters came very near being left out in the cold altogether: and, other States awakening up to the reality of the situation, the Past Masters quietly" drew in tbelr horns," and are now satisfied to sit quietly in Grand Lodge and cast their Individual vote, being perfectly contented wIth the distinguIshed honor that they alone are eligible to an elective office in their Grand Body. As for being the only ones who can preside In a lodge and confer degrees, we thought that every Grand

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Lodge had discarded that exploded theory, and did not know before that it had a resttng place in our good old mother State. There is nologicor law to sustain the theory, and the" usage" is of very doubtful authenticity or propriety. Under the head of Nevada, he suys : With due re'spect to the opinion of the Grand Master, we beg leave to decidedly disagree with him. That the MASTER must have served as a WARDEN is a law so venerable that the time of its orl~in Is lost In the mist of centuries. It is among the oldest, of our Landmark8, if it Is not the very first immavable law establ1sned by the Craft. It bears the stamp of antiquity, and has always, as far as onr Information extends, been acknowledged and obeyed. The repudiatton oHh1s Landmark, and Its approval by the Grand Lodge, strikes us as very remarkable, coming aH it does rrom a body of Masons so intelligent as our brethren ot Nevada. We hope that It wlll not be long before they wlll restore the old Landmark to the place where it beiongs. .. Remove not the Landmarks which thy fathers have set," is a divine injunction that should be ever remembered by Masons. We fully agree with him In this, and with him hope that Nevada may soon return to the Landmarks on this question . .JNO. P. ALLMOND, Wilmington, G. M. WM. S. HAYES, Wilmington, G. Sec. GEO. W. eHAYTOR, Wilmington, For. Cor. \

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Grand Lodge met in Washington, .January 13, 1874. Brother Isaac Lâ&#x20AC;˘ .Johnson, G. M. presided. No annual address. The .Jurisprudence Committee presented the following report, which was adopted: The Committee on .Jurisprudence, to whom the following resolution was referred, n a m e l y - , I

Resolved, That hereafter no Dlmlt shall be grl\nted by any lodge within this Jurisdiction, except upon application from the lodge with which the member withdrawing desires to affiliate, and not then when there exists an untried Imputation, either for un-Masonic conduct or violation of the laws of the land, or when he is not clear from the books of the lodgeRespectfulty report: The right of dlmission Is an Inherent rIght incidental to the voluntary character of the Masonic Institution. Every Mason enters the Order by his free will, and if he be not permitted to exercise the same will in relation to his continuance in it, the lodge becomes to him a prison. A member thus retained against his will must ce'ase to be of any value. There can, it is true, be no doubt that it Is a Masonic duty that every Mason should belong to a lodge. A Mason, therefore, who withdraws from bls lodge, with no Intention to Join another, violates his Masonic duty. But for thiR offense 11 punishment has been prescribed. He thus becomes an unaffiliated Mason, and subject to all the disabilities consequent on non-affiliation. This is as far as the voluntary nature of the institution permits us to go. But If the right to ask for a Dlmit is taken from the brother and vested In a lodge at the time foreign to him, of which he Is not a member, he is virtually deprived ot the right of dlmlsslon. The application for It will depend not on his own will. but on that of a foreign body-one, too, which has legally no right to exercise'lt, for no lodge can request any other lodge to dismiss one of its members. It would be an Impertinent interference. Besides, under the well-

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recognized law, no Mason being a member of one lodj;te can apply for membership to another, or be elected in it until he has his Dimit from his old lodge. This resolution would require an applicant to be elected a member in a lodge before he had been dlmltted by his old lodge, or that the lodge to whlch he applies should unwarrantably interfere with the rela.tlonship of a member t.o its lodge by asking the dimisslon of one of them; or, lastly, to perform some act unknown to Masonic law by which it could be invested with the right to exercise such interference. The old law of Dimits is plain, and has always worked well. The proposed resolution would be productive of inextricable confasion in the adminIstration of the law, and bence your committee recommend that it be not adopted. We think the arguments above quoted to be unanswerable, and commend them to the solemn consideration of the Grand Lodge of New York. Brother W. R. Singleton submitted a very able and complete Report on Correspondence. Under the head of Maine, he expresses our views exactly: It has become the custom in every jurisdiction to appoint committees upon

the Grand Master's address, and they invariably l!lpeak in favor or dissent from the decisions. When we penned that remark we referred to the practice, and not to auy ancient precedent, but we can refer to the Grand Lodge of England for that. l

In this day of constituted authorities we believe it to be wholesome practice, and advocate a strong restraining Influence against monarchism in Masonry. We do not hold the Grand Master's authority as being of divine right, but under constitutional government. Since 1717 he is elected from the ranks of Masons;. and while our English brethren, to give a sort of prestige to the fraternity, have as often as possible selected kings and nobles, yet they did at first cboose lesser brethren wbo did equally well for the brotherhood and its success. Some brothers hold that, al'l there was a Grand Master before there was a regularly constituted Grand Lodge, he is now above that category. We dUrer. essentially from that feature, and if we well consider how the Grand Master was tben appointed, compared with his appointment now, we must concede that all the high powers then exercised cannot now be thus exercised. He was then an o1!i<'er of the crown, amenable only to it; now he is the oreature of the Grand Lodge, and amenable to it. No government in the world will admit of irresponsible executives, unless we go back to the tyrannies of ancient days. To err is human, and to say that any Grand Master may now, of his own accord, in vacation, Violate the Constitution of his own jurisdiction, and not be subject to review, is to open a wide door through Which error and schism may enter to turn legitimate Masonry out of the house, and is what we are not willing to admit by any manner of means. We maintain, as we then said, "he cannot go one step beyond such provisions as are made for his conduct." Will Brother Drummond say how far he can go thus beyond 'I We belong to that school whlcb believes in compacts, tacitly implied or definitely expressed. All Constitutions convey the powers of the governors and the privileges of the governed, or there i8.no use for a Constitution. One has duties and the other rights. It is a compact. A failure on either side implies a forfeiture. There can bE'l no immunities; rights "grow out of duties well performed. When thus done. all obtain what belongs to them; otherwise, wrong occurs. There is no divine riKht or prerogative to be admitted. A high responsiblUty rests upon the highest; then to the Grand Lodge the Grand Master must be responsible, or we must claim for him, ex-ojJtcio, t11e infallibility claimed for the Grand Papa of Rome. Under the head of Michigan he attacks the decision of Grand Master McCurdy, viz: That there was no such MasoniC text as that the candidate must believe in the divine inspiration of the whole Bible, and tries to show that it is a Landmark, but signally fails. .. Monitors, etc.," which he alludes to, a.re no more authority in such cases than Davy Crockett's Almanac. We challenge th,e production of a single law to sustain him. The Grand Master of Michigan

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was ri~ht, and it is the only basis of pure Freemasonry in its cosmopolitan we intend to exclude Jews, Unitarians and a thousand other sects.

s~nse, unless

Under the head of Missouri he says: The Grand Master's address, of 23 pages, Is mostly an official report of his acts divided into distinct and suitable sections, and Brother Gouley's .. subheadings," which are so convenient for reference that we are greatly surprised that all of the Grand Secretaries do not adopt the plan in all of their papers. It relieves us of the Correspondence Committee of great labor and much Lime in looking over these reports. .. How high ish dat," Brother January, of California'! He quotes largely andapproYingly from the address of Grand Master Owens. However, he "goes for" him on the "Sorrow Lodge" business, 8S follows: We certainly agree with him in the last paragraph, not to try to "improve" Masonry; but in his efforts to "frown down" he unfortunately, in the body of the first paragraph, shows great ignorance in Masonic matters, outside of his Iilpecialty. We have, in a former report, explained the action of the Masons of the A.路. A.路. S.路. R.路. in this city, and there Is 'no necessity to say another word on that matter, which has been mentioned very often by our Grand Masters and others, when they had better have remained silent, for there was as much" Masonic" about the" baptism" in that rite as there is in the English initiation or in the Egyptian, from whence the York Rite was copied. Our Grand Masters and others had better post themselves upon the antiquities before they attempt to cope with those who have made "Masonry" a study for a third of a century, and can give book, chapter and verse, for usages in Masonry now declared to be modern or innovations by our parrots. He eVidently takes our (then) Grand Master for a sardine, to be swallowed as easily as Oil, but then he should recollect that old Missouri hardly ever "puts her foot into it," by talking about things of which she knows nothing, hence our Grand Master very properly decided that the kind of burial asked for had no precedent or sanction in Ancient Craft Masonry. He did not even mention or allude to the A. and A. S. Rite in the matter, because Grand Lodges can know nothing about it as such, but he did speak of legitimate Grand Lodges, and knew just exactly" what he was talking about," to such an extent that Brother Singleton did not even attempt to controvert a single argument advanced by Brother Owens, and, just for the fun of the thing, we also add our challenge to Brother Singleton to furnish a single Grand, Lodge I~W authorizing either Masonic baptism, or second and third burials, just for the sake octhe ceremonies. Till then silence will reign among the Grand Masters who have heretofore dared to criticise the innovations attempted in our' ancient iusti tution. He also very fully and fraternally reviews our Proceedings of 1874, and quotes fully from the address of Grand Master Anderson. He dissents from the propriety of a salaried Grand Master, and says: To this last paragraph relating to salary we must enter our dissent. A salary which would command the services of such a Grand Master as the wan ts of the fraternity require would soon become the inducement for improper men of venal character to electioneer for that position, and in a few years Masonry would become nothing but a "stench in the nostrils" of good men. So far with whatever evils there may exist. Masonry has flourished as it never did before, and our Grand Masters have considered the honors attached to the office a quid pro quo for all the time it has required to discharge its duties. In every Jurisdiction can be found more than one, well qualifled In every way, who can find sufficient leisure to look after the interests of the Craft. Let us, then, continue our good old ways, and let Grand Lodges everywhere be more cautious in multiplying lodges unnecessarily, and be very critical as to the materials of which they are to be composed. Guard well the entrance here, as well as to require each lodge when formed to guard its own portals, and we shall have no future trouble; He demurs to the decision prohibiting D. D. G. M. from opening a lodge and conferring degrees in the absence of all three principal officers, and says:

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This is not the law generally, and Rhould not be for we know of cases where such a rule would have prevented the" work" being done. The District Deputy Grand Master is a representative of the Grand Master for hill own district, and has the right to preside and to call the lodge together, and, by ancient usage in the English Grand Lodge system, to control the lodge, even in the absence of any or aU of the officers. He was then, and is now, the "Provincial" Grand Master, being synonimous with our district. Brother Singleton is wrong entirely in trying to associate our D. D. G. M., system with the Provincial G. M. of England. Under the latter, the Provo G. M. has a Provo Grand Lodge, while in this country no such thing Is thought of. Misliouri, like all othe States, has but one Grand Lodge and no provinces. We â&#x20AC;˘ are astonished at the illustration attempted by our good brother; he might as well, compare the Marshal of A. Court with the Court itself. We thank him kindly for his sympathy with us last year in our eye complaint. We regret that we cannot extract more largely from his valuable report. ISAAC L. JOHNSON, Washington, G. M. WM. A. YATES, Washington, G. Sec. WM. R. SINGLETON, Washington, For. Cor.

GEORGIA. Grand Lodge met in Macon, October 21, 1874. Brother Samuel D. Irwin, G. M., presided. Dispensations were granted for two new lodges by the G. M. We extract the following: During the past year my correspondence has been onerous in the extreme. I have been called upon time and again to decide and reaffirm decisions made last year whIch passed the scrutiny of your Committee on Jurisprudence and were adopted as edicts of the Grand Lodge. Why your Grand Master shou i d be thus burdened I cannot account for upon any other hypothesis than that the bretheren will not read your Proceedings, nor the Grand Constitution, nor any thing else pertaining to Masonic Jurisprudence. If Masters of lodges and brethren would only consider that there are nearly three hundred lodges in t his State, and over fifteen thousand Masons, and that your Grand Master is a MERE MAN-not made of steel or india-rubber-not wound up like a clock, to run so long as the spring holds out or the weights retain theIr substance-they certainly would have some mercy on him. In former times the otIlce of Grand Master was almost a sinecure. While the lamented Dawson filled the East with so much satisfaction to the lodges and brethren, he, perhaps, did not write six letters or make one decision during the entire Masonic year. He presided over the Grand Lodge while in session, and there his dutIes ended. The Deputy Grand Masters, during his absence from the ~tate, in their several districts, answered all questions of Masonic law, and kept the Craft in working order. With my induction into office you threw upon the Grand Master the labor of five men by taking from the Deputy Grand Masters the right to make decisions of any kind and finally abolish the office by nn amendment to the Grand Constitution, adopted last session. Now we have but one Deputyiand he has no duties to perform so long as the Grand Master is In life, with n the State, or capacitated fol' the discharge of the duties of his office. r do not allude to it complainingly, but state it as a fact that the duties of the Grand Master's office in this State, if discharged, are now onerous in the extreme. To answer every letter received and decide evel'y question propounded promptly would consume the whole time of any man. How is a man with a familr dependent upon him for support, with professional duties to discharge, to fil this office? I say it cannot be done. My health during the last two years has failed. I am now an invalid, and I attribute the failure of my health to the increased strain upon my system by the necessity imposed upon me of burning the midnight lamp in answering inquiries and in searching ont the authorities upon which my decisions were baSed. Brethren, be merciful. Read the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge each year; read your Grand Constitution; read and digest its edicts and decisions; read the current Masonic

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llterature of the day; acquaint yourselves with the ANCIENT CO~STITUTIONS and Regulations of the Order, and be prepared to decide queAt10ns as they arise, without burdening YOllr Grand Master with questions of Ma.. onic law which have been decided time and again, and which are so well settled that their can be no doubt to the oontrary. Among the numerous decisions which I have made during the past year, I feel it necessary to refer to but a few. .

1. A lodge under dispensation, to which a charLer has been granted by the Grand Lodge, cannot do any Masonic act until contftltuted Into a regUlar lodge by the authority of the Grand Lodge.

2. A candidate, under our law, must reside in the State twelve months ere he can be balloted for in one of our lodgell, although he may be recommended by a lodge in another State from whose jurisdiction he comes.

8. A Dimit is not granted until the lodge acts upon the appUcation made in proper form. It a member appUes to another to make application for a Dimit for him, and the brother so applied to neglects to make the application, the brother wIshing to dimit must blame his agent for not making the application, and he is ohargeable with dues, as a member, until the lodge is called upon to act, and doell act, by granting a Dimlt in the regular way. 4. A Past Master of a Lodge, who has again been elected its Worshipful Master after a year or more Interval. must be inst~d ere he can exercise the duties of Worshipful Master under the provisions Of our Grand Constitution.

5. The Worshipful Master is the head of his l'ldge, and cannot be required to give a reason or ruling for any decision he may make. It a maJorlty of the members of a lodge is to control it, why have a Worshipful Master? If a Worshipful Master acts corruptly in any ruling he may make, then he is amenable to the Grand Lodge, and, upon charges preferred against him by the lodge on that account, the Grand Master would sUllpend him from his office and call a lodge of Past Masters to try him. This is the remedy a lodge has as against the ruling of its WorshipfuL MasteT, and no other.

6. In all Masonic trials the accused has a right to be confronted with his witnesses. If the witnesses are Masons they should be summoned to appear at the time and place of trial, and then give their evidence before the lodge and in the presence of the accueed, who has the right to cross-examine any witness against him, and to introduce others In his own behalf. This evidence should be carefully taken down and recorded upon the minutes, so that if an appeal be taken it may be sent up to the Grand Lodge. If the witnesses are not Masons, then a committee should be appointed beforehand,and the accused should have notice of the time and place of examination 80 as to be present, if desirable, and have an opportunity to cross-examine them. The utmost fairness and good faith is demanded in all Masonic trials The Worshipful Master presides as JUdge, to preserve order. decide questions as to admissibility of testimony, grant continuances if it is shown .1,0 be necessary by the Junior Warden or by the accused, to advance the cause of justice. The lodge is the jury, whose province it is to pass upon the gullt or innocence of the accused, under the evidence, aud if found guilty to presoribe the punishment to be inflicted.

7. In Aprll last I refused to grant a dispensation to dedicate a monument in the city of Atlanta, upon the following grounds: The corner-stone having been laid with the ceremonies peculiar to our Order, I knew of no precedent or authority for the ceremonies of dedication. I therefore declined to be present at such service. or to authorize anyone else to perform any such service in the name and in the presence of the Craft. Masons dedicate their own halls and bUlldings to the uses and purposes of Freemasonry, but they have no more authority to dedicate a monument than to dedicate a Christian Church, a Jewish SynagogU'e or Moslem Mosque, unless it be a monument erected by the Craft and for the purpose of perpetuating the memory of distinguished Masons, as Masons. 8. It is not proper for a lodge to appear in public procession, except at funerals or on one of the festivals of" the Order, without a dispensation from the Grand Master. 9. Our beautiful aud impressive burial servi\le Is Intended to be perforn;1ed at the grave where the body of the deceased i& consigned to Hs last resting place. It cannot with propriety be performed at any subsequent time, and if from any cause it cannot be done at the time ot burial it had best be left alone. .

10. As our law now stands, a dImitted or unaffiliated Mason cannot demand as a right the ceremonies of a Masonic bur~al; a member in good standing can.

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WItb tbe former class. Masonic burial may be performed by the lodge if it 80 elects to do so, but it is a matter of favor by the lodge to accord it. If a member. ' it is the duty of the lodge to accord a Masonic burIal if so requested by the deceased or his family. But a memb,er dropped from the roll for non-payment of due8is a defaulter to bis lodge-Is stlll subject to the jurisdiction of that lodge, cannot get back into full fellowship except by the action of that lodge; he is under a cloud, as a Mason, and while so situated is underdeallng by his iodge, and if he dies in that condition caunot be buried with the honors of the Craft. It wuuld be a mockery and a sha.m to allow it. 11. No prayer should be offered in a Masonic lodge but such as every brother can, consistently with his religious convictions, respond to with a hearty "So mote It be!" The MasonIc institution is not a reJ1gfousinstitutlon, but it has been appropriately termed the handmaid of rellgion. Its fundamental law requires of ever! one who knocks at its doors for admission to expressly declare his belie in God, Jab, Jebovah, tbe migIlty one wbo inhablteth eternity, by whatever name He may be called, and nothing else. 12. As to Masonic burials, I hold that in tbis ceremony our Fraternity cannot fraternize with any other. Wben a Masonic lodge takes cbarge of the body of a deceased brotber at the grave it acts as a lodge, and performs ceremonies whose true meaning is only known to Masons. Within the lines, on approacbing the grave, no one but Masons should pass. Under the crossed rods no one but Masons should go. The body of the dead has the post of honor, and should pMB first, but the brethren should close in immediately after it, to the exclusion o(an outsiders. Even tbe family of tbe deceased is not entitled to the houor of such an escort. It is rij;!;ht aud proper for a lodge to take charge of the remains at the house of tIle deceased and bear them to the church, mosque, or Jewish synagogue, and toen tmrrender them up for the purpose of haVing such religious rites performed as are agreeable to tbe family of the deceased, or in accordance with the wishes of tbe brother previous to hls death. But the reliiious exercises should end there~ On arriving at. the grave 110 other ceremony should be permitted. Within the circle at the grave no one should be allowed except the mystic brotherhood, and only such as are properly clothed and appear as Masons. 13. The JunIor Deacon of a lodge ought to be reprimanded in open lod~e by the Worshipful Master for permitting a candidate to enter its precincts with a concealed weapon on his person. 14. A candidate who would present himself for initiation into Masonry with a pistol on his person-a violation of State law-is an unfit person to receive the degrees in Masonry, and should be presented to the grand jury of the county by some member of the lodge, and punished by the CourtJ> of the country for such a violation of ills laws. Such a person must be a bad man, and should not be allowed to proceed any further. A resolution was adopted allowitlg other societies to occupy halls dedicated to Freemasonry. Brthoer Emmet Blackshear, Grand Secretary, submitted a full and good Report on Correspondence. Under the head of Michigan he says: If any excuse is necessary for giving, entire, his remarks on "Social relations in the lodge room," it is that we have so often felt the necessft.y for just what he recommends. Masonry Is the science of human 11fe, and it was never intended that man should spend bis wbole life at labor, without giving any time to recreation and social enjoyment. If we would arrest the evll of non-affiliation, and procure the full attendance of lod2es, we must make the meetings pleasant and attractive. Members, in attending lodge meetings, must feel that they will receive, at least, a quid pro quo--that in the" social and frIendly intercourse" of the bretbren, they will be 8uftlciently compensated for the sacrifice occasionally made of denying tbemselves the pleasure, after the day's work is over, of an evening of social and sweet communion with the loved ones at home.

" So say we all of us."

Under the head of Ohio, he gives a just rap over the knuckles to Grand 8eCl'etaries who think it looks" literary" to send out books with uncut leaves. Before closing the volume before uS we wish, in behalf of tbe Reportorial Corps, to enter our solemn protest agaI nst the sending out of published Proceedings with leaves uncut. Our duties are SUfficiently arduous without having imposed upon us the additional and most uninteresting iabor of cutting our way through hundreds of p~es to get at our legitimate work. Brother

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Caldwell, and also Brother Bain, of North Carolina, wIll please take due notice, etc. "So mote it be." nAVIn E. BUTLER, Macon, G. M. EMMETT BLACKSHEAR, Macon, G. Sec. SAMUEL D. IRWIN, Macon, For. COr.

INDIANA. â&#x20AC;˘Grand Lodge met in Indianapol1s, May 25, 1875. Four hundred and seventy-five lodges were represented out of four hundred and eighty-six in the State, Brother Lucien A. Foote, G. M., presided. He reports having issued twenty-one dispensations for new lodges. There Is nothing llke having hired men to do one's work. The following we extract from the Minutes: OPENING.

A lodge of Master Masons was opened in ample form, when, it appearing that a constitutional 'number of subordinate lOdges were dulY' represented, after prB.'fer by the Grand Chaplain, the M. W. Grand Master declared the Grand Lodge 0 Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Indiana dUly opened for cUspatch of business. Who these "Master Masons" were, where they 'came from, whence they got their charter? what they did after open inK, how and who closed them, what right they had to decide whether the Grand Lodge of the State had a quoru'm or not, how they were to tell who were and w!l0 were not proper delegates, neither the deponent or the record salth not. How the Grand Lodge was opened, on wh'at"degree, or by what la\y the GrandMaster can simply" declare" it open, the record Is also sIlent. After the Grand Lodge of Indiana had passed a law whereby a majority can suspend a member, and yet require an unanimous vote to get back again, and also that a lodge can try and expel its Master, we had thought that it had accomplished enough of queer things; but the way it gets Itself ope'ned, beats han-kan, and must have been borrowed from the Chinese. We would go the length of our cable-tow to see a Master Mason's Lodge opened In AMPLE FORM, and see how It looked opened without a single officer being mentioned as present. Even young Colorado had to take only one look at that sort of opening to gel, enough of it. Our hoosier brethren are a mighty good hearted set of fellows, but they are full or practical jokes, you know. Haying now got the Grand Lodge split open, we will see what they did. The Grand Master says: SKELETON MINUTES.

By your action at the last Grand Commnnlcation the Grand Master and Grand Secretary were directed to prepare and forward to each Secretary a .. short and concise model skeleton minute," and now after due consultation and comparln~ our experience as Secretaries, would respectfully report that we have not complied with your direction. We think that there surely is in each of our lodges some brother who' can

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make an intelUgent record of the facts that transpire at each meeting, and we did not propose to require good Secretaries to follow a form that was or would have been, perhaps, not so good as they now use. The experIence of our Grand Secretary in regard to lodge returns will Rhow that you cannot make a Secretary of a man by giving bim forms to work by, if he has not the business capacity. Elect good business men Secretaries and there will be no trouble with your record. DECISIONS:

Among the many questions submitted to me 1 only have a few to report for your decision, and they from the fact that I find on consultation quite a dUrerence of opinion. . . 1. .. Is a man eligl ble for the degrees ot Masonry who can neither read nor write 1" I answered no. . 2. I was asked permission bv a lod~e to perform the ceremonies of laying a corner-stone of a Synagogue on the Sabbath day. I refused the request.

8. Brother P., a non-uffillated Master Mason, applied for membership in Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 898, and was rejected. A few months afterward be presented his petition for membership to Ancient Landmarks Lodge, No. 319. Could they receive it 1 My construction of our rules was that Brother P. had made his choice of a lodge on his first application, and that lodge still had jurisdiction. 4. Boone Lodge, No.9, conferred the E. A. Degree on Brother F. He was rejected on application for the F. C., when Boone Lodge, No.9, granted Brother F. the rigbt and privilege to petition Center Lodge, No. 23, for the remaining degrees, and granted that lodge jurisdiction to confer the remaining two. I decided that Denter Lodge could not receive the application, at least until the objection was removed in Boone Lodge. 5. After a party has filed his papers in an appeal with the Grand Secretary, can he withdraw them and ask and receive a new trial In his lodge? I decided that he could not. . . REPORT Ol!' COMMITTEE ON MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE.

The Committee on Jurisprudence, to whom was referred the several decisions a.nd suggestions of the M. W. Grand Master, in his Annual Address, submit the following report: . 1. .. Is a man eligIble for the degrees of Masonry who can neither read nor write?" The answer given was NO. With this deCision your committee heartily concur. Freemasonry has ever given her heal't,y encouragement to general knowledge and information, and in these da:rs of free schools, where a good common education can be had for the mere asking, we think that one who cannot read his own petition and legibly sign his own name thereto Is an unfit subject out of which to attempt to make a Mason.

2. The Grand Master was asked for permission, by a lodge, to perform the ceremonies oflaying the corner-stone of a Synagogue, on the Sabbath day, commonly called Sunday, which he refused. Your commIttee feel ca.lled to complIment the M. W. Grand Master on this ruUng. As the position of this Grand Lodge on that question is clearly set forth in the revision of the rules on that SUbject, by the committee, we deem any further action at this time unnecessary. 3. Your committee cannot, however, concur with the M. W. Grand Master on the subject of affiliation. . , We cannot hold that a Master Mason, on being rejected upon application for membership in a lodge is thereby pla.ced under any additlonal disability, nor Is his right to apply for membership in another lodge restricted in the least. Upon such rejection his certillcate of Dimit, which it is necessary for hlm'to file with his petition, is returned, when his right to apply for membership in any lodge that will receIve his petition is complete.

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4. Nor can your committee fully concur with the M. W. Grand Master in the right of a lodge to waive its jurisdiction in favor of another lodge upon advancement to another degree. We think a lodge, by a unanimous ballot, has the right to waive its jurIsdiction In fa,vor of another lodge upon application for advancement to another degree. W~ think a lodge, by an unanimous ballot, has the right to waive its jurisdiction in favor of another lodge on any application for advancement to a.nother degree, when asked for by the applicant.

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5. " After a party has filed his papers, in an appeal, wIth the Grand Secretary, can he withdraw them and ask and receive a new trial from his lodge?" The M. W. Grand Master says, " I tllink he cannot." In this we think the Grand Master's ruling is, perhaps, a little too strict. In all civil actions in this State a party thereto has the'control of his side of the case, and may withdraw or dismiss the same at any time before 11nal judgment. So, we think, in all appeals from the action ot a lodge t,o the Grand Lodge the party may withdraw or dismiss his appeal at any time before the 11nal report of the committee to the Grand Lodge. In somejurisdictions the right of a lodge to grant a new trial in any case is dented. Not so, however, with us. The right of a lodge to grant a new trIal within a reasonable time,in any case,is the pecul1'ar property of any and every lodge in this jurisdiction, and we think it best for all parties not to attempt to restrict that right. ' The Committee on Jurisprndence, to whom was referred the resolution offered by Brother Haas, in relation t.o the Past Master's degree, having given the subject-matter contained in said resolution that consideration its importance seems to demand, now offer the following report: That in the opinion of your committee the rules of the Grand Lodge, as they now stand in the revision submitted by the committee on that subjeot, are sufficiently explicit to do away with the necessity of any further legislation at this time. ' Your committee further submit that it is hardly competent for a lodge of Master Masons only to legislate and make rules _governing a degree of which , they do not neither can, know anything about. There may perhaps have been too much of.that done already; we, therefore, prefer to let tht matter rest where it now is. Much important local business was transacted. The Proceedings are most admirably prepared and printed. Brother DanielH. McDonaldsub'mitteda very fnll and well prepared Report on Correspondence. He gives Missouri a fraternal review, and quotes muoh of Brother Anderson's address. The only amendment we could suggest to his arrangement of the Report would be to include th~ date of opening of the several Grand Lodges, and the name's of the Grand Masters. DANIEL McDONALD, Plymouth, G. M. JNO. M. BRAMWELL, Indianapolis, G. Sec. , ELISHA L. McLALLEN, Columbia City, For. Cor.

ILLINOIS. Grand Lodge met in Chicago, October I, 1874. Five hundred and ninety-four lodges represented. Brother James A. Hawley, G. M. presided.

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Grand Master reported having received from lodges 82,571.20 for the Louisiana sufferers. He granted nine dispensations for new lodges. DECISIONS:

A large number of quelltions upon Masonic law and usage have been submitted for my action during the year; but, with few exceptions, they have been such as have been either decided by my predecessors, or were presented for the purpose of obtaining decisions as to the proper interpretation of various sections of our present, rather ambiguous, code of By-Laws, and need not be repeated here. . The follOWing, however, I will submit for your consideration: 1. That a brother is restored to membership in a lodge when the decision suspending or expelling him is reversed or set aside by the Grand Lodge. 2. That the rejection of a candidate by a lodge, not haviug territorial jurisdiction, does not debar the lodge having jurisdiction from conferring degrees upon such candidate without the consent of the rejecting lodge. 3. That the ballot must be de'clared after eithel; the first or second trial as provIded by the By- Laws of this Grand Lodge, and cannot, after the first trial, be laid over or continued. 4. That before a W. M. elect can be installerl, he must have been Invested with the secrets of the chair in a convocation of actual Past Masters-notwithstanding such brother may be in possession of the degree of virtual or Chapter Past Master. 5. That none but actual Past Masters should be present during the ceremony of investing the Master elect with the secrets of the chair. 6. That the petition of a candidate, who has been elected or rejected in a lodge, cannot be received In any other lodge without first obtaining consent of the lodge that elected or rejected him. A committee was appointed to secure a proper office, vault, etc., for Grand Secretary's office, to be secure from fire. A large amount of important local business was transacted.

M. W. BROTHER TROS. J. TURNER, Past Grand Master of Illinois, also Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Died at Hot Springs, Arkansas, April 4, 1874, He was a man of most exalted character, whose many virtues were but the refiex of a well-spent and benevolent life, devoted to the best interests of society.

The Proeeedings are well arranged, except there are entirely too many "supplementary" reports on the same SUbject. (See California.) Brother Joseph Robbins submItted a very lengthy and able Report on Correspondence. Under the head of Connecticut, he quotes and says: "19. A lodge has the right to lay a tax, assessment or dues upon its members. The necessity of funds for its support-self preservatIon-is the ground upon which this right. and power rest." No. 19 requires qualification before we could assent to it. We are not prepared to say that a lodge may not provide in its By-LaWS for levying taxes and assessments in addition to the regUlar dues therein provided for; but we are

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clear in our opinion that in the absence of such provision no extra tax or assessment can be levied; in other words, the provision relating to dues fixes the maximum as well as minimum amount that may be exacted from each member. The only way to secure increased revenue is to amend the By-Laws. We second Brother Robbins' motion, it has already been adopted in Missouri. Under the head of Missouri, he pays a high compl1men't to Grand Master Owen's address, and relative to fifth decision, says: ., 5. Some Worshipful Master, who had dispensed with labor on the Third Degree and opened in the Second, ~eems to have thought that closing the Second Degree closed the Third and the lodge. The Grand Master decided that closing the }4'irst and Second Degree does not touch the degree above it, but that closing the Third Degree may close all below it. This is in strict accordance with OU1' law." In this case the Grand Master says: The Master's lodge was left open. It should have been c l o s e d . " , ' For aught that. appears in the recordhthat Master's lodge is open yet, and profanes may have ransacked it throug and through. We shudder at the carelessness of our Missouri brethren. For the protection of our mysteries the Grand Master should have declared it closed. Under the head of Nevada, he quotes: I I No.7. When a brother applies to be exam'ined in order to visit a lodge, the committee shOUld explain to him the requirements of our Grand Lodge on tl;le SUbject of affiliation, and if section III applies to his casel he must be treatt!d as a suspended Mason; Provided, however: if the exammation is for the purpose of applying for membership he should De examined.

And says: ' There is II richness" in No.7. II Pat are ye asleep?" "No." "Then lend me the dudheen." I I Agh, begorra, I'm asleep!" Whether a Mason is possessed of such standing as will warrant brethren in conversing with him Masonically, depends on his mental condition at that moment. He applies to visit a lodge and is asked if he wishes to affiliate. I I No." I I Then you are a suspended Mason, and we cannot hold Masonic converse with you." II Wellperhaps-yes, on the whole, I think I wlIl affiUate." II Ah! now you're relieved of your suspension; now we can talk with you."

The whole report is a very interesting one, and we are at a loss where to begin or let otfwith extracts, without quoting too fully for our space.

His Grand Lodge got into almost a bottomless pit of hot water by cutting otf communication with Canada because she would not recognize Q,uebec, and it has kept Brother Robbins fioundering through the whole report, trying to get his State out of the dilemma, as so many Grand Lodges stung her severely for such harsh action; hence that subject and the one of non-affiliates occupies a great portion of his report. Upon the latter SUbject we fully agree with him, relative to the former it has settled itself. GEO. E. LOUNSBURY, Cairo, G. M. JNO. F. BURRILL, Springfield, G. Sec. JOSEPH ROBBINS, Q,uincy, For. Cor.

INDIAN TERRITORY. The Convention for organizing a Grand Lodge in this Territory, met in Caddo, Choctaw Nation, Ind. Ter., October 5, 1874. Muscogee Lodge, No. 90, 311, were fully represented.

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Brother G. McPherson :was called to the chair, and Brother R. R. Jones, Secretary. A resolution, in proper form, to organize tI. Grand Lodge, to be caned "The Grand Lodge of the Indian Territory," was adopted, also a Constitution for the same, section by section, and as a whole. An election of otllcers was had, who were duly installed the next day by Past Master Brother WHl1am L. Byrd. A Code of By-Laws was adopted. Subordinate lodges were requested to send in their old charters and get new ones and new numbers. t:leveral appointments of representatives near other Grand Lodges were announced. As the subordinates held their charters from the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, and as ~hat Grand Body has not yet acted upon the petition for recognition, we deem it best not to suggest a recognition by our Grand Lodge at present, out of the usual courtesy due to our sister Grand Lodge of Arkansas. We are happy to state, however, that the organization, so far as the published record shows, was correct in every particular, and the laws adopted are models of their character. The Proceedings are prepared and printed with much taste. We shall be glad when the time comes to welcome them into the unIversal family of Grand Lodges. GRANVILLE McPHERSON, Caddo, C. N., G. M. RUFUt:l P. JONES, Caddo, C:. N., Grand Sec. The first annual meeting will be held September 7,1875.

KENTUCKY. Grand Lodge met in LouiSVille, October 20, 1874. Brother Thos. J. Pickett, G. M., presIded. The Annual Address Is brief and practical. He reports no decIsions, as they were all of a character previously acted upon, and trUly says that nearly all of the questions propounded mIght have been answered by the Book of Constitutions, if the otllcers of the lodges had 8utllcient energy to read them. A SINGULAR RESOLUTIONâ&#x20AC;˘

.. Resolved, That when this Grand Lodge shall close on Friday, the 23d inst.,

it shall be until the next Grand Annual CommunIcation."

It we had been Grand Master in the chair, we should have quoted the following from the COllstitution of that Grand Body, viz:

.. The Grand Master is invested with the power of convening the Grand Lodge at any time when there shall appear to him an emergent occasion," and shoull! have declared the resolution" out of order;" and we think the Grand Master deserves al1ttle criticism for allowing his constitutional rights to have been thus overridden. It is a reflection upon the dignity of his otllce, whether . so intended or not, and should at least have been rebuked by the course suggested. The exercises of the first day were delightfully interspersed by a visit from . the children or the Orphan's Home, who.sung some sweet Bongs and delivered

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dialogues, etc.â&#x20AC;˘ We wish the Home great success, and sympathize with them in the loss sustained by the late tornado. Much local business was transacted. The Report on Correspondence is, as usual, from the venerable Grand Secretary, Brother J. M. S. McCorkle, and is not only well arranged, but evinces a great deal of care in Its preparation. Under the head of Arkansas, relative to quaUficatlon of candida~s, he says: We are not entirely satisfied as to the correctness of that decision. We have yet to learn that the art of writlng is one of the qualifications of a candldat~ for initiation. Why the necessity of knowing how to write before becoming a Mason? While it is to be deplored that quite a number of good and useful citizens cannot write their names, still we are not will1ng that they should be deprived of the glorious privllege of becoming Masons, if found worthy in other relilpects. Our experience is, that persons who cannot write, and not able to make memorandums, but are compelled to depend upon their recollection, are blessed with exceedingly retentive memories. And that is what is needed In Masonry more than knowing how to write his name. If the candidate is found worthy in all other respects, initiate him, and our word for it, he will make his mark. We regret that our good brother lends any aid to such willful ignorance in an age of public schools and free education as this is. How any man can grow to the years of maturity in this country and the last half af this century, and not know bow to 'write, is incomprehensible to us. A man who has such a splendid memory alluded to by the committee ought to be able to learn to read In a month, and study only at nights; and after that he could learn to write in a month more. We once knew a man who was a perfect prodigy in memoryso much so that he gave exhibitions and made a fortune out of them-but bad to have a man go with him to put on his clothes and wash his face, as he did not have sense enough even for that. So that memory is not the only qna)ification, and we grnnt that writing is not the only one either, for some men can write so nice that they can sign another man's name so well to a check that a banker will cash it. What we want ilil, that a candidate must be a good toan and true, and possess those mental qualifications which prove him to be a person of at least ordinary intelligence. A lodge of members who can neither read nor write nee(l not be bothtlred having the minutes read, and a jurisdictioll of such would spare the Grand Lodge the expense of I?rinting its Proceedings. Under the head of Rhode Island, he gives our young Brother, Grand Secretaryof that State, a haullng over the coals by repubUshing 'his extensive report of a presentation, an election and installation of a Grand Master, and says: Now that is rich, and then the Idea that Brother Doyle WQ.S so surprised that he was unable to reply in a happy manner. Why he must have known all about it, and no doubt saw it all beforehand. Surprised, indeed. * * * * Spun out to the" nine hundreds," and In the most elahorate, florid style. Really it is quite overpowering, and we feel as if we were enveloped and suffocated in a golden l.9ist in cloud-land. Never mind, " gi ve the young man a chance;" time and experience will get him all right on the books yet. Brother Baker should have left out that" surprised" part of-the business, for it is to be supposed that Brother Doyle read the published Proceedings of the previous sE>ssion, in which the honorarium was ordered and a committeA appointed. '.rhis" surprisd" performance in Masonic and other presentations is a "little too thin ,,-it has been washed nearly theadbare. G. L.-A 3.

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R. W. BROTHER J. M. S. McCORKLE, Grand secretary of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, and Representative of the Grand Lodge of MIssouri. DIed, in Louisville, Ky., March 5, 1875, A -true, noble, gifted and honest Freemason, his death is a loss to the Fraternity. His memory is sacred with us.

Brother John M. Todd, of LouIsville, appointed Grand Secretary,pro tem.

LOUISIANA. Grand Lodge met in New Orleans, February 8,1875. Brother Michel Eloi Gh.1fl.rJ, G. M., presided. He reports the Craft in a flourishing condition. The question of non-payment of dues of the addr.ess.

a~d

non-afllliation occnpies much

DECISIONS:

1. Under our regulations any work done at a meeting held in the absence

of the W. M. and both Wardens is illegal and null.

2. The law requiring one to have served as a Warden to be elected W. M. of a lodge, being of a prohibitory character, should be construed strIctly, and I beld that it bas reference to a regular lodge of Symbolic Freemasonry, such as is contemplated in Article VII. of the Constitution, and has no application to l ..ouisiana Relief Lodge.

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3. The dues of a member muAt have been demandable over twelve months before he can be subjected to discipline under the law about non-payment of dues, passed at the last Annual Communication. 'And the forfeiture of membership being declared eqUivalent to suspension entails upon t.he brother at fault suspension from all the rights and privlleges of a Mason. 4. The edict ot: non-intercourse against the Grand Orient of Franee cannot be evaded by one under its obedience, who, being a regular Mason, seeks to obtain membership in one of our lodges through the forms of a second iuitIattoni,which I prohibited as clearly an evasion of the edict of non-intercourse, whi st the only way open to the applicant was by severing first his connection with and obedience to his lodge, and the Grand Orient by regUlar dimission, after which an application for afllUation would be regular and colild be entertained. -

5. Under the law of the Grand Lodge that it is improper to allow any secret association, not MasonicJ to hold meetings in a lodge room, I have refused to allow any 104ge room to De uied for meetings of Grangers or Patrons of Husbandry, limiting the prohibition to the rooms used for Masonic purposes. I do not believe any good can result to our Craft from throwing open our lodge rooms to profanes. 6. Whilst DeWitt Clinton Lodge, No. 00, wasÂˇ working under a charter emanating from the M. W. Grand Lodge of Mississippi, tbis lodge had Initiated one R. L. Holeman, who sometime after was tried and expelled. Lat..r, in the year 1850 this lodge was received and chartered by the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, and its anterior labors legalized. I held tbat this healing included the

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sentence of expulsion of DeWitt Clinton Lodge again!lt R. L. Holeman, as well as his initiation, and that he then stood toward the fraternity as an expelled Mason. That the conferring of degtees upon him could not change hil!! status, and was a serious violatiou of our fundamental laws. I therefore directed that his name be stricken from the roll of members of Napoleon Lodge. No. 94, who it seems had, in 1872, initiated, passed anti raised him, notwithstanding he had been and was at the time expelled, snpposing that the former initiation and expulsion were null and of no effect, because done under the regime of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, when she exercised authority over some of tbe Lousiana lodges, among which were DeWitt Clinton and Napoleon lodges. 7. ~lthough there is no law exprel!!sly prohibiting balloting at speci8.l meetings, it cannot be permitted, unless all the members within hail have been duly notitled, and are aware ot the intended action, that no new material be accepted withuut the knowledge of anyone or more of the members; as it is not always possible or probable that all the members have been or can be notitled, it is much more pr\ldent not to ballot for initiation or degrees at called meetings. There are stated meetings enough during the year to do all the balloting required, and it ought to be expressly prohibited at called meetings. 8. Lodges and Masons are prohibited by Grand Lodge regulations from Joining,in regalia, a proceRsion of 1. O. O. F. and under their contrOl, or that of any other secret society. Masons should not, appear in pUblic or in any ceremony not controlled by Masons, and should not be Willing to make a show of themselves in a subordinate cbaracter to please anybody.

9. The edict of the Grand Lodge about life membership is only intended to encourage the establishment of a system of life membership in lodges, and does not crente life members (or exempt members). That is the prerogative of the particular lodge; it only enacts that the Grand Lodge rel1eves the lodge of the assessment of $1.00 on such member that has been made a life member; provid8d, he be creattld for a continued service of not less than tlfteen years in thtflodge so creat1~g him. It therefore requires an action of the lodge to adopt a system of Ufe"membership and to create a life member, which rests solely with the lodge to lIo or not to do. The edict does not restrict the right of a lodge to remit the dueH of auy member at any time, even before the tlfteen years, and it does not oblige the lodge to adopt any system of life membership. It does not either confine the lodge to any particular length of time of service, except so far as it may atrect the Grand Lodge assessment. Thus, a lodge may not adopt any system of life membership, and the Grand Lodge assessment continues atl heretofore; and if a lodge should think proper to create life members only after twenty years' service, the Grand Lodge aasessment would conti11ue until the brother has become a life member, in accordance with the lodge law, after twenty "years of serVice; whilst if a lodge should create life members after ten years of service, those thus created would be Ufe members of the lodge, but the lodge would owe the Grand Lodge assesRment on them until the fifteen year!! of continued service in the lodge uad expired, as expressed in the Grand LodKe enactment of remission of dues on life members. 10. The simple fact that an account claimed Is not paid, and even den ieil, does not constitute a Masonie offense, and a lodge would not be wrong in refusing to entertain charges based only on suoh a complaint. The D. G. Master seems to have granted more dispensations, etc., than the Grand Master. . The D. D. Grand Master also seems to have" powers "-and use them, too-i 11 the dispensation line, like they osed to do in Missouri, in the days when .. things" were done with a general looseness. 1'he Proceedings are well prInted, but for the arrangement we regret we cannot say as mUCh. We suggest to the Grand Secretary, that if it is the usual custom in that Grand Body "for a committee to run out every fifteen minutes during the session and bring in a supplementary report to the first already rendered, as though they continually" forgot something," to Just pin them all together, and when they were satisfied,they had got through, at the sound of the gavel closing the Grand Lodge, to print them all under one head, as one report; and not have them look as though the report had gone through a sausage cntter and the printer set up the pieces as he happened to come across them, with a scrap of some report on every printed page. It i8 "not nice, you know," nnd, then, it is hard on coming generations to tlnd anything in its place. Brother Wm. R. Whitaker, Chairman, submitted a lengthy and excellent

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Report on Correspondence (210 pp.), and, as is usual in such cases, that he did the work, for we never could understand how three men could write a nonconfiicting Report on Correspondence. Under the head of Alabama. he says: The Grand Master holds that he has no right to issue a dispensation. to confer the Fellow Craft and Master Mason degrees in a shorter time than that prescribed by the law of the JurIsdiction. The practice of i8suingsuch dIspensations Is generally regarded with much disfavor throughout the United States; but, without dIscussing the extent of the prerogatives of the Grand Master, or t.renching upon the chosen field of debate of Brother Tavlor, of Nevada, and GIbson, of New York-the inherent right of the Grand Master to make Masons at sIght-it Is certain that the weIght of authorItYl and the current of practice, too, favors the issuance of such dIspensations n emergencies. The Grand Mast.er's prerogatives appertain to the statton of right, and whlle they should not be abused, they should be exercIsed when wtsdom sees a necesRIty for their use, and never disclaImed or abdicated. Their preservation is as important to the Craft as that of other Landmarks. WJlI the committee be kind enough to furnish us its authority for saying that the rIght of a Grand Master to .. make a Mason at sight" is a Ip,ndmark. For ten years, through our reports to the world at larg~, we have asked this ' question, and challenged the proof, and not yet has it been forthcoming. It is called in some books a Landmark; but ill what books? Why, in some few that have been printed only within the memory of the present generation. When we have driven. the advocates of this doctrine to the wall, they then try to get out of it behind the gauzy veil路 of .. immemorial usage," which is about as definite as saying that a certain plank is as long as a string. Proofs, proofs, gentlemen, nothing but the proof. . Again, he says: Except In one particular, we coincIde with Brother Knott's view of what should be the practice when a stranger presents himself at the lodge door for admissIon. Why should the lodge relilt while the charter is in the ante-room '1 Perhaps most lodges do cease from labor when the charter is not in the lodge room; but why should the:}"? Of course- no body of Masons has a right to do Masonic work withont a charter or dispensation from competent authority has been given, duly empowering them ' but路 what is it that gives them the right to work, the permission and authori zatton of the Grand Lodge or the Grand Master, as the case may be, or the parchment or paper, one of the mere evidences of the grant of that permission and authorization? Is not the lodge as much empowered to work, whIle the charter is unsuspended and unrevoked, with the charter In the ante-room, or in the Worshipful Master's safe even, as when it Is physically present, In the view of the assembled brethren in the louge room'l It is the grant of power that gives the lodge vItality, and if that grant remains undisturbed, should the absence or destruction of one of the evidences of the grant render it of no avaIl? If the" grant" alone is necessary to work, why issue the parchment at 8011'1 Is the charter fee paid to the Grand Lodge or G. M. to grant it; or is it for the certified evidence of the fact? If a lodge is asked by what authority it works, does it answer "by an act of the Grand Lodge, adopted June 2, 1831? " Of course not. The presence of that charter is as necessary in the lodge as are the otncers who work by its authority. Relative to visitors calling for charters there is a great deal more of humbug in that than appears at first sight. Not one visitor in a thousand, or ten 'thousaud, ~ver calls at the door of a lodge, of whose legality he has the slightest doubt; and, if he has any, and calls for the charter, he then knowsjust about as much of its authenticity 80S he does of the origineJ decrees of China.

No, from personal observation of years, we are satisfied that the great bulk of such vIsitors call for the charter just to show how smart and important they are: and the way we get around such fellows is simply this: We ask him "if he came here to visit a Masonic lQdge, and he says, yes, and he wants to see the charter; we merely say that we are using it as a part of the lodge and if he waats to see it he must prove himself worthy to go in and look at it1n its proper

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place, and ir he is able to get in and does not find the charter there, then he can reUre without having held Masonic communication with a clandestine lodge. As a general thing such .. smart Alexs" come to the conclusion that it i8 a Masonic Lodge they are trying to visit, and as it is a rule to be examined, they had better stand the test and go through in the good old way. However, on two occasions we had visitors who said they had heard that there were clandesti ne lodges in the city" andÂˇ that they knew the signature and sea.l of our Grand Lodge, and would be,better satisfied to see our warrant. Now there was some sense and reason' in such a request, and it was granted, the lodge, suspending work for a moment. But for a person who does not know one charter from another to demand It, like a grand Tycoon,it is simply ridiculous. Under the head of Calfornla, he says: He interfered to prevent the initiation of a. duly elected candidate, upon the representations and protests of members of lodges other than that in which the election took place. The exercise of power did not become necessary aner the attention of the Master was called to the fact, but the Grand Master says he had some doubts whetber l1e could have absolutely forbidden the Initiation. The Grand Master in New York in 1868 did take such actton, and his course was approved by tbe Grand Lodge. The Grand Master of California was right, and the Grand Master of New York had no more right to stop that work than he would have had to make a lodge initiate a man after election agatnst the objection of a member. The sovereign and inherent right of eyery lodge is to be the judge of its own membership in obedience to certain regulnUons of the Grand Lodge, and this assumption of power by the Grand Master of New York is not one of those regulations. Under the head of Canada, 'he says: A member had been Indefinitely suspended after trial by his lodge. The Grand Master approved thejndgmentonan appeal from the suspended brother; but considering that he had been sufficiently punished, restored him to his former standing in the lodge. The Grand Master says: "I acted In direct opposition to my own former rulin~s, and also to my own convictions on the point;" but he thinks his course WitS in strict accord with the law of Canada. We are very glad to say that the law of Louisiana would not sanction sueh action by our Grand Master, and we doubt if such a course would meet with approval anyWhere except in Canada. Well, we are glad at last to find an instance where the Louisiana committee did not think that the powers of a Grand Master are second only to those of the infallible vicar of God on earth, and we agree with the committee fully in this case. Brother Drummond, of Maine, is opposed to lodges In this country working â&#x20AC;˘ in any but the English languag{', to which the Louisiana committee thus replies, Rnd with which we fully agree, as follows: Brother D. thinks there Is sound sense" in th Is, It would be a very sligh t exhibition of any kind of sense to attempt to carry out such doctrtne in this jurisdiction. In New Orleans we have lodges working in French, Italian, 'Spanish and German, welll'eguluted, doin~ good work, prosperous, and in fuU Masonic accord with those whose proceedings are conducted In English. A majority of their members are native Americans, but they bave a natural love for the languages their fathers and grandfat.hers spoke when these lodges were created, and in fact the language they use In the lodge rooms they are accustomed to employ elsewhere. \Vith a very large proportion of them It is the language of the fireside, and, to a great extent, of business also. Brothers from the old world, and from regions in the new where English is not the mother-tongue, find Masonic homes here that are home-like, and we bave yet to find that such a state of things fosters any" old clannish notions." On the contrary, these representatives of the Latin and Teutonic races in our cosmopolttan city show as thorough an appreciation of the universality of Masonic principles as though tbey were forced to make an English dictionary a part of the furniture of their ludges, or bad been compelled to pass an examination in English orthoepy and syntax before initiation. We have never heard that II

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New York suffered because Masons from Continental Europe could hear in lodges in that city the language of their own home lodges. We have lodges in St. Louis workIng in French and German, and our experience. is the same as in New Orleans and New York. Their ritual perfectly corresponds with that approved by the Grand Lodge. Under the head of Michigan, he gives that Grand Lodge a fearful blow by simply publishing the followiI~g : An appeal was reported in a case of expnlslon, where the accused had vlsi ted a lodge and taken the test oath when under sentence' of suspension from another lodge. The Appeals Committee reported evidence in their hands showing that the accused had not been notified of his suspension and that no charges had ever been preferred against him. The committee recommended a reversal of the sentence of expitlsion and a new trial. The Grand Lodge sustained the action of the expelling lodge! Where was that cardinal virtueJustice? Yes; where was itT Under the head of Minnesota, he quotes from Brother Pierson: We have a high, very high appreciation of the ojfice of Grand Master, and believe that the incumbent possesses, and should, powers, that are not enumerated in the written Constitutions; powers dating back to "long ago ;" powers growing out of the peculiar features Of the Constitntion, and not because of the ignorance of printing or writing. And replies as follows: We should like to receive some definite information, relative to the basis of this belief in the powers of Grand Masters "not enumerated in the written Constitutions, dating back to 'long ago.''' A great deal is mlstUl written about them. Sometimes assertions concerning them are at least sllgntly dogmatic. But what is their extent? Whence are they derived? To what sources can we go for trnstworthy Instruction concerning them? There Is some authentic Masonic history extant, as well as a great deal of rubbish, and the best opinion 8eems to be that Grand Masters did not exist before Grand Lodges, 1. e., before 1717. The Old Co~t1tutions prior to that of 1723 have nothing to say about Grand Masters. Since that date we have tolerably complete records. There ought to be quotable, authoritative precedent with reference to these much talked of. inherent and undefined rights attached to the office, for Its "long ago" is of a comparati vely recent date. With Brother Pierson, we have a very hIgh appreciation of the Grand Mastership: but we are Inclined to believe that the written law declares pretty fully and clearly Its powers, respoDsiblI1ties and dIgnItIes, and leaves out little for conjecture or oral tradItion. "Do our eyes deceIve us?" Just think of it! At the very beginning of our review of Louisiana we had to take issue on the .. Landmark" powers of the Grand Master, and called for" proof," yet here we have the confession. Brother WhItaker, you have answered Brother Pierson nobly and most truly. The trite words of "long ago," "immemorIal usage," "Landmarks," and" unwritten laws," are mighty handy side dishes to hustle in at a scant table of unexpected guests, when the solid arguments of good roast beef and potatoes ,. run short. They are hardly ever quoted, except to get a Grand Master out of an unconstitutional scrape or to bolster up a very slim argument. We need hardly ask pardon for republishing, upon this very important and interesting subject, the able remarks of the Louisiana committee, and hope they wlIl be attentively read, for they show a proper reverence and conservative consideration of what Is truly ancIent, and draw a proper distinction between the obsolete rules of the operative and living regulations of the speculative system of Masonry, a distinction too often lost sight of by modern innovators. Brother Pierson's theory is "that the whole of the â&#x20AC;˘ Ancient Landmarks' proper may be comprised wit.hin the number XII." Some say six, and some claim ten times that number. They were not very clearly enumerated and defined a great while ago, and no considerable commission of our most learned brothers, archreologlsts, historians, theorists and jnrisconsults, would be anything like unanimous on the subiect to-day.

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In the" General Regulations," compiled in 172a, and approved by the Grand I..odge of England. in 1721, we find it provided, in article XXXIX. that "every Annual Grand 'Lodge has all inherent power and authority to make new Regulations, .01' to alter these, for the real benefit of this Ancient Fraternity,. Provided always, that the old Landmarks be carefully preserved," etc. If we take it that nothing having a later origin than these" General Regulations" can be considered a Landmark, we have a certain date by which to limit the number of these precepts, about which we have certainly two clear ideas-that they cannot be changed, and that they muat always be respected in legislation, regulation and discipline. If we can allow the claim, to be regarded as a Landmark, of any practice or principle, arising from the necessities of altered conditions, at a period later than 1720, we open the door to the whole modern Masonic code or a ereat part of it. We should thus expose ourselves to uncertainty, mutations and disagreements1concerning what we all insist Is, in verity, like the laws of the Medes aud Pers ans, .. that altereth not."

If, then, we take nothing of modern origin into our Ust of Landmarks, how are we to determine what they were in 18~? â&#x20AC;˘ _

In the" manifesto of-the Right Worshipful Lodge of Antiquity," issued in 1778, we get at what some Masons thought then on this subject. The manifesto accuses the Grand Lodge of England of a violation of th& Ancient Landmarks. It claims that the Antiquity Lodge, otherwise called the Old Lodge of St. Paul, conjointly with three other lodges, constituted themselves into the Grand Lodge in 1717). and in 1721, with sixteen other lodges, created from 1717 to 1721, adopted the .l:iOok of C{)nstltutlons, including the above quoted article XXXIX. containing certain conditions and restrictions on the power of the newly created Grand Lodge; that" by these prudent precautions," (the Ntlpulatlon of conditions) "the Ancient Landmarks (as they are properly styled) of the four old ~lodKe~ were to be secured against any encroachments on their Masonic rIghts and privHeges." Elsewhere in the manifesto, its promulgators declare the preservation of" the ancient rights and privlIegcs of the Order" to be their object. They claim to regard these as endangered by alleged, but not detailed, violations of the Landmarks. It is thus pretty evident that the members of the Lod~e of Antiquity, about half a ceutury after the symbolic element of our institution had become its dominant, firmly established and permanent characteristic, interpreted the Ancient Landmarks to be the practice and precepts enforced and taught in t,lIe four old lodges, and preMrvative at' the ancient rights and privlIeges of Masonry. 'fhis interpretation of article XXXIX certainly is reasonable. Where shall we look for t,rustworthy information upon those usages and teachings? Fortunately we are not comptllled to rely upon the uncertainties of oral traditions, or the fanciful statements uf mere theorizers. '.rhe old Constitutions and chalges of thA Craft (of which our present speculative Rystem is the manifest outgrowtl:l) furniRh much light. Many of them .of dates prior to the origin of Grand Lodges Are in print, and wJthin reach. The authentic character of most of these documents Is beyond question, and thouKh silent as to the ritual of our ancient brethren. as to the principles and rules of the Craft, they are full of instruNlon of a defini te kind 8s are the .. charges" adopted with the" general regulations" from which we have quoted. Some of these old charges are not fit for present use, owing to the progress of societ.y. We could not insist, for example, on enforcing tile rule tllat no brother should. enter a town at night unaccompanied wUh another, to bear wJtness when called on "that he was in honest company." Others of the old charges refer to the duties of tho operative Ma<Jon, without direct and apparent applicability to our present system. Into some of thesa 1\ symbollc menning may be forced, but such interpretations are generally dangerous for uncertainty. There is much remaining however, which we recognize and enforce as Masonic law to-day, and never knowingly dispute. In toe old records and documents of the Craft alone can we hope to tind any tangible evidence of what were in 1720 the" Anclent" Landmarks of Masonry; and it is fortunate for us, in the settlement of this vexed and interesting question, that the researches of such Masonic laborers as Hughan, Lyon, Findel, Woodford and some few others, have been so fruitfUl of success. In the tleld laid open malnl,V by the efforts of these able and diligent co-workers, there is room for critical examination, collation and comparison, Rnd for the elimination, from the mass of their collections, of something approaching certainty as to the Ancient Landmarks. The committee quotes fully from the address of our Past Grand Master Anderson, Âˇand criticises some of them" both ways." Of the 15th decision, it quotes and sa~'s: The Jurisprudence Committee make the following queer proposition: 15. The rule is right defining a .. reprimand" as one of our recognized Masonic penalties, Which can only beJnfiicted after a trial aud verdict of the

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lodge to that effect. A rebuke from the Master is always in order for disorderly conduct In the lodge. What is the difference between rebuke and repriman<l? The former means the latter. One is, by derivation "to stop up again," and the other is .. to repress." We expect that the force of this decision is, In the languuage of Bunsby, "in the application on it." Of the style of reports of our Grievance Committee, he pays the followin~ endorses our previous criticism of the Louisiana Reports):

co~pl1ment(which

In accord with the practice of several other Grand Lodges, the Missouri Committee on Grievances pretty fully discloses the facts of the cases brought up on appeal. In Important instances, where Rome point is involved of unusual interest, or where harm might result from reticence, there could be no objection to extend notice of the facts of Masonic trials, but it is sur~ly unnecessary to wash all our soiled linen before the eyes of the profane. . Well, we find ourselves getting too far into the realms.of this interesting and very able report, and "space" bids us stop, which wedo reluctantly. JOHN GRAHAM FLEMING, New Orleans, G. M. JAMES C. BATCHELOR, M. D., New Orleans, G. Sec. WM. RITCHIE WHITAKER, New Orleans, For. Cor.

MASSAOHUSETTS. We have received the Proceedings of the Annual Communication of December, 1874, ~he Q,uarterlies of March 10, June 17, and the special of July a, 1875. ~

At the Annual, Brother Sereno Dwiglrt Nickerson, G. M., presided. One hundred and

s~venty-one lodges

represented.

His Annual Address is a fine business paper, and gives an excellent account of the condition of that jurisdiction. At the annual election we find a full report of the votes cast for each officer, occupying three pages. Three pages are taken up with report in favor of healing a brother irregularly made. Ten pages are taken up with all the details of the installation of Grand Officers. Past Grand Master Nickerson was surprised with the presentation of Past Grand Master jewel, accompanied by speeches, etc. In the quarterly meeting of June Proceedings we tind the petitions for new lodges, with all the names printed in full. Brother F. C. Whiston presented to the Grand Lodge the apron worn by Brother the Marquis de Lafayette, on the occ!l.sion of laying the corner-stone of Bunker Hlll Monum~nt June 17, 1825, at which ceremony he assis~ed. PERCIVAL L. EVERETT, Boston, G. M. CHAS. H. TITUS, Boston, G. Sec.

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MARYLAND. Grand Lodge met in Baltimore, November 16, 1874. Brother Jno. H. B. Latrobe, G. M., presided. The Grand Master's Address was delivered, and other important business transacted, and standing committees appointed, before the report of the Committee on Credentials (or, as they call it, Committee on Conference), reported. Nothing like knowing each other I. on the square" without the formality of an introduction. In the Annual Address we find that he thought that Choptank Lodge should have recommended a petition for a new lodge;' and under that head we find his head has been turned by the dizzy heights oltbe throne occupied by the" Grand East," and thus lets himseif off on "unwritten laws," etc., saying: The occasion is not inopportune for the Grand Master to express, here, his opInion in regard to what he has already called bis 8upreme Prerogative-his power to override a constitutional provision. Dating as Masonry does long anterior to the adoption of written limits to supreme authority, and finding the authority of Us Grand Masters in an unwritten law essentially traditional, and known as the Ancient Landmarks, all constitutional forms, when what we now call constitutions came into use, necessarily receivel! their validity and binding force from the power of those who adopted them; a.nd these being the subordinate, of the Order to permit them to be absolute in their legislation would be to admit the author l ty of the inferior to impose laws upon the superior. ~'ully recognized as this view Is in the subordinate lodges, to say that the Grand Lodge and the Grand Master being the creature of the subordinates could exercise no authority that the subordinates did not in terms grant, would be to take from the Grand Lodge its dignity and make it the servant in place of being the master. To carry the rule of the subordinate lodge which makes the Master supreme and without having his decisions impeacbed there, into the Grand Lodge is, as appears to your Grand Master, the only safe rUle, consistent with the spirit of the Masonic Order and with the Ancient Landmarks. And in the jUdgment of the Grand Master, th1s view or his power is practically the best and the wisest. There are few human laws that may not be" made at times to operate injustice-and carefully considered even as every articie of our Constitution has been, it can still be understood that it "may. be made to work injury to the Order, if there Is no paramount autbority. Take for instance, a case like the present-not tbe facts in the present case be it understood. Imagine a neighborhood of Masons, all anxious to become amiiated, and a body of applicants in every way qualUled to conduct t,he affairs of a lodge, all circumstances calling for the establishment of one, and yet the establishment dependent upon the caprice of the nearest lodge, already in existence, which refuses for no good real>on to give the constitutional recommendation. In a case like this, tile only protection whIch the applicants and the Masons around them could properly have would be the dispensing_ power oCthe Grand Master overruling the prOVision of the Constitution. Without multiplying instances it is enough to say that tbis is not the only one that might occur. But the Grand Master holds that while this power exists it should never be exercised but in the last extremity, and only upon most thorough conviction of the necessity calling for it. The Grand Master who would use it lightly would be subject to the gravest censure. Entertaining, as he does, these views, the Grand Master has hoped all along that the amicable adjustment of the dUference in connection with Choptank Lodge, which has called for their expression, would render it unnecessary Cor h)m to enquire into the facts closely enough to enable him to determine whether this was ll.n occasion for their路 exerclse. " A Grand Master with suob ideas could conscientiously knock the stu(mng out of any constitution in ten minutes, and think be was doing God a service. We are glad that he did restrain the great powers in him vested by "immem~ orial usage," and save to good old Maryland a written law for another year. [Please see this subject u~der head of Lousiana.]

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This subject is thus reported on by the Committee on Grand Master's address: The Constitution renders this Grand Lodge powerless to interfere with Choptank Lodge in the premises, but your committee feel certain that the Most Worshipful Grand Master will eventually settle the dItllculty, not only Impartially, but strictly according to the principles of prudence and justice. You bet he will. The Grand Lodge is POWERLESS, but the Grand Master is Of course he is; and why? Because by his reasoning, Grand Lodges grew ont of Grand Masters, and lodges out of Grand Lodges.

OMNIPOTENT.

Brother Jno. M. Carter, Chairman, submitted a brief and well digested Report on Correspondence, in which Missouri is fraternally noticed. JNO. H. B. LATROBE, Baltimore, G. M. JACOB H. MEDAIRY,6 N. Howard st., Baltimore, G. S.

MAINE. Grand Lodge met in Portland, May 4, 1875. Brother David Cargill, G. M. presided. One hundred and tift.y-six lodges represented. In looking over the Credential Report we are struck with the euphony of some of the lodge names, and just for information will transcrilJc a few, viz: Piscataquis, Narraguagus, Messalonskee, Meduncook, Presumpscot, Eggemog路 gin, Kenduskeag, Nequemkeag, etc., and we suppose it's all right if the Worshipful Master's jaws have been weaned on chewing goat's muscles. From the excellent Annual Address we quote the following: A great many questions In regard to DImlts have been presented to me for decision. Some of our lodges hold to the Idea that no member Is entitled to a Dimit, unless he is to laave the place and connect himself with some other lodge. Others contend that no brother should have a Dimit unless he give his reawons why he wishes it In open lodge, and then submIt. the same to vot.e of the lodge, for those present to determIne whether they are suftlcient to allow him to leave the lodge. I know of no authority anY\lodge has for withholding a Dimit from any brother In good standing, and clear of the books. I am aware that in some iURtances a wIthdrawal of certaIn brethren from a lodge might be a great disad vo.ntajl;e; yet I hold that any brother wishing to leave, and having fulfilled all his obl1gations to the lodge, should not be hindered in so doing. NonaftlUatlon I dislike very mUCh, yet if brethren wish so to do, I think they must be left free. I have given the following DECISIONS:

1. When

member Wishes to dimit from a lodge the request should be made in open lodge, at a stated meeting; and if all is right with the member, a moUon to grant the request is proper, and it may be done by a majority vote. R.

2. Those only whose names are in the charter of a lodge, or endorsed thereon by legal authority, (',an be members of such lodge at the time of constitution under its charter. 3. An appl1~ation for membership must be made at a stRted meetin~, be referred to a committee of inquiry and l1e over until next stated meetin~; a report of committee must be made thereon, and the candidate elected by secret ballot. In case a dispensation is obtained for the lodge to take action in a less time, all the requirements of the Grand Lodge in regard to dispensations must be complied with. 4. A lodge, by misapprehension as to the time, held a meeting, as a stated

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'meeting, on the wrong day. A mt'nute should be made on t.he record of Buch meeting "Held by mistake;" and the buslneHR sbould come before the lodge, at the next stated meeLlng, as if it hud never been acted upon. 5. No less number than seven Master Masons' should attempt to do the work of a lodge. 6. A Secretary of a lodge ablio)utely refuses to obey the Instructions of the lodge and orders of the Worshipful Master. What shall be done? Cause charges to be 111ed against him for willful disobedience, and try him for t.he same; and if lound guilty punish him. 7. A Worsbipful Master of a lodge, who has been regularly installed as such, is the Worshipful Master of said lodge untU his successor has been elected and installed. 8. All charges against members for un-Masonic conduct must be made at a stated communication of the lodge, unless by authority of a dispensation from the Grand Master. No oharge can be preferred against a brother except in open lodge. 9. Any lodge has the right to take the funds, to hire help, if need be, to take care of their sick. 10. A brother J~,ppl1es for a certUlcate of melp.bership. . The Secretary refuses to give it. What is to be done? If the brother is in good standing in the lodge, his request should be granted. If not in good standing, charges should be 111~d against him and he be summoned for trial.

11. No member of any other lodge has the right to visit, if any member objects to such brother's sitting in the lodge.

12; No valid assessment can be made on members of a lodge for any purpose outside of their obligations as a lodge, except for the Grand Lodge. 13. Any brother on trial for Masonic offenses, must be allowed the privilege of being present when evidence Is being presented against him, and may orossexamine the witnesses, If he so choose, or have counsel to do it for him. H. A man sent a petition into a lodge for the degrees of Masonry, signed by a friend, who was a member of the lodge, and the lodge received the petition, although no money for the same was with it, and referred it W a Committee of Inquiry. In due time the committee reported~a ballot was taken, and the man declared rejected. Was the rejection legal, ana should it be so recorded ? '.rhe lodge erred in not bavlng the petition signed by the applicant before receiving it, and a fee with it, both being contrary to requirements of the Grand Lodge; but these errors do not annul the ballot. The man put (or suffered to be put for him) his petition into the lodge for the degrees or Masonry, and he must abide the result. I therefore decide that he was legally rejected. The New Constitution provIdes that any officer of a lodge under the rank of J. W. may resign. Under the head of 1.ouisiana he effectually settles. the question of the successorship of the Wardens to the East, in absence of the W. M., by standing upon the legitimate ConstitutlQns of Anderson, instead of the hybrid and illegal laws of the Ahiman Rezon (路f Dermott, which were for some tlJne used and promulgated by Pennsylvania, but repudIated In the early part of the existence of the Grand Lodge of MissourI. He says: He argues at some length the proposition, that while an installed officer cannot resign" of his own rIght and power," he may do so by pt:rmission of the Grand Master, suggesting that this last proposition" cannot be denied;" but, as it has been denied by the uniform decisions of many of our Grand Lodges, through a long series of years, it is very likely that it will continue to be. Re insists that the Senior Warden succeeds to the East only in the temporary absence of the Masf.tjr, and has no vested right to act as Master in case of a vacancy. He claims that it was only as late as 1723 that the law was promulgated that, in case of a vacancy In the office of Master, the Warden acts until

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the next election. He foundg-his opinion upon the regulation of 17~21, which~ however, proves too much for his argument, for U declares that in such case the authority reverts to the last Master. No one objects to the Grand Lodge of Louisiana's adopting what regulation

it pleases in regard to this matter; but we do object to the charge that the

practice prevailing in other Grand Lodges had U a 路false and wicked origin," and to the statements of the M. W. brother concerning the other American Grand Lodges, and especially that in relation to the Grand Lodge of MassaChusetts. This is the more incomprehensible by us, for the reason that the Grand Lodge of Louisiana was formed by five U ancient" lodges, chartered by the Grand Lodges (U ancient") of Pennsylvania and South Carolina, which were gQverned by the" Ahlman Rezon " of Dermott. If the ., Dermott Constitutionst t.herefore, are" a false light," it did not come to Louisiana from the Grand LOOge of Massachusetts. In 1783 (fifteen years before the publication in Massachusetts), the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania published an .. Ahiman Rezon," as the law of that Grand Lodge, founded upon Dermott's, and gave the law upon thiR point as follows: "The Senior Warden succeeds to all the duties of the Mastel', and tllls the chair when he is absent. Or, if the Master goes abroad on business, resigns, dimits, or is deposed, the Senior Warden shall forthwith tlll his place till the next stated time of election. And although it was formerly held tha.t in such cases the Master's authority ought to revert to the last Past Master who is present, yet It Is now.the settled rule that the authorll~ devolves upon the Senior Warden, and In hIs absence upon the JunIor Warden." ThIs continued to be the law of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania nntll long after the Grand Lodge of LouisIana was formed, and. therefore.. untll that Ume, the lodges chartered by her in Louisiana were gove1'1led by it. Ana In the .. Ahiman Rezon~ purportIng to have been adopted by the Grand Lodge 0/ Louisiana, on March l!7, 1813, the law Is stated In precisely the same words gIven in the first two sentences we have quoted from the PennsylvanIa /Lhiman Rezon. We repeat, this "false light" did not come to Louisiana from Massachusetts. . But is it "8 false light?" Dit it have "a fa)se and wicked origin?" Was Dermott its author? It Is undoubtedly true that up to 1723 the authority of a Master,in case of a vacancy, was held to revert to the last Master present. But on November 25,1723, it was agreed "That if a Master of a particular lodge Is deposed or dim its, the Senior Warden shall forthwith tlll the Master's chaIr till the next time of chusIng." This is found in the second edition of Ander~ son's Constitutions. publ1shed before the" mega1 and rebellious Grand Lodge" had an existence. Dermott pUbllshed his work in 1756, and a second edWon In 1764' the former we have not before us, but In the latter, the very words in Anderson are copied in part. In the tlfth edition of Anderson's Constitutions. publlshed in 1782 under the sanetion of the old Grand Lodge.. the rule Is stated In these words: 1'If the Master of a particular lodge shoula dIe, resIgn or be deposed, the Senior Warden shall forthwIth fill the Master's chair till the next time of election." This rule, therefore, (for many years In force In LouisIana) was a regulation of the original Grand Lodge, did not originate wIth the "illegal" Grand Lodge, and was no Interpolation of Dermott's. 'rhe Grand Lodge of Massachusetts was formed In 1792, by the union of two Grand Lodges, one formed by the authority of the orIgInal Grand Lodge of ~ngland, and the other by the authority of the Grand Lodge of SCotland. The " lllegal and rebellious Grand Lodge " had no part or lot In the matter. It is true that the Grand Lodge of Scotland recognIzed both the English Grand Lodges, and that the "AncIent" Masons in Massachusetts hailed under the Scottish Gra.nd Lodge, But at the union in 1792, the method of work of the "st. John's Grand Lodge" was recQmmended to existing lodges, and enjoined upon all new lodgelil. This shows that the new Grand Lodge inclined to the so-called "Modern" rather than the "Ancient" system. A Book of Constitutions was pUblished in 1793; tn WhIch tha old charges are copied, almost word for word,from the fifth edition of Anderson. And the Uonstitutions of 1798, Which, according to our M. W. brother, are "the spurious law of an Illegal Grand Lodge," were compiled from varIous sources. They contain internal evIdence that their author had consulted Anderson, Dermott, Preston and the Pennsylvania Ahiman Rezon; and a careful comparison with the fifth edition of Anderson fall,.. to disclose any point in which the two are In contlict. We apprehend that If any Grand Lodge has been governed b' .. the spurious law of an megal Grand LGdge" It Is the Grand Lodge of Louisiana rather than Ma8sachU8eU8. Brother Josiah H. Drummond, as usual, presented a very able and carefully prepared Report on Correspondence. Under the head of Colorado, he quotes and says: We bold that dismission is a right which every Mason possesses; and however reprehensIble the evil of uon-affillatton, the remedy of enforcing an unwilling and compUlsory membership is worse than the dIsease. If a brother

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desire to leave the family circle of our lodge, where naught but peace and harmony should prevail, we say let him go ~ we will benefit more by his withdrawal than by an enforced tie, which may bina, but will not unite. So sa.y we, provided DImits are made mere dlsoharges, without oontalning a certificate of good character and a recommendation to other lodges, and aregiven by demand on the Secretary upon settlement of dues, Instead of by a vote of the lodee; but when they contain the endorsement of a lodge, and are given by a vote of the lodge, every member who cannot conscientiously give such an endorsemeI!t certainly has the right to vote against granting the Olmit. We cannot agree that a 15ecretary can give a Dimit without consent of the lodge, whether it contains an endorsement or not, any more than he can add a naII1le as member on the roll wIthout a vote. We also hold that a lodge cannot withhold a Dimit applied for under conditions of the law, unless he is under charges. He reviews Missouri fully, and quotes at length from an address of P. G. Master Anderson. He endorses our views about the manner of the opening of the Grand Lodge of Colorado, as orlticised 6y us in our last review. [See Indiana this year, Brother D.] He misapprehends our statement of the case, last year, of Brother Moody, hence his argument in reply. As he states it, we agree with his conclusions. What we meant to say was, that it requires an appeal to bt:ing it before the Grand Lodge, and we think still, that where only one member as a minority appeals from the two-third vote or the lodge. that if the Grand Lodge entertains the appeal at all, it shOUld not do more than either afllrm the decision of the lodge, or return it for a new trial. It should not reverse the JUdgment finally.

Under the head of Montana, he alludes to parlimentary tactics, ~husly: This Grand Lodge frequently has a close vote on Bome question, and this year it was in reference to. the place of meeting next year. A motion was made to meet at Helena, and a motion made to amend by SUbstituting Virginia, and the yeas and nays being called, the Grand Secretary announced the vote 8S 29 yeas to 30 nays, but before the Grand Master announced the result, a motion was made for a recount, and pending that another motion was made and carried to postpone the matter until the next day, when the motion for a recount was declared to be the first business in order, and {without its appearing whether a motion to recount was carried or not,) • the vote was then carefully retakE'n by yeas and nays, and tlnally announced by the Grand Master as being 30 yeas and 29 nays;" thereupon a motion was made, taken by yeas and nays, and carried (yeas 35, nays 32), to postpone the matter to the next day, when in turn" Virginia" was struck out and" Rudersburg" inserted by a vote 0(46 yeas to 21 nays, and then the resolution adopted by a vote 0(61 yeas to 6 nays. We wonder, if the session had lasted another day, whether Rudersburg would have been struck out, too! We imagine this was all done to keep the Craft b'rlght in parllamentary tactics, and when we visit that Grand Lodge, we intend to carry the latest edition of" Cushing" in one hand and" Jefferson" in the other. . Another report elict ted "some sharp comment and warm discussion;" upon another report" a II vely debate ensued; " another report .. occasioned considerable debate; " and other reports were fully discussed; we presume the warmth and liveliness were wtthin the bounds of Masonic propriety, and this bei.ng so, we are glad to see that measures are fully understood before they are adopted. We do not think Montana has much" hasty legislation."

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While too much discussion is tiresome, it is never dangerous. The dangerous legislation is much more likely to be that which passes in silence. We are quite of the opinion that a new Grand ·Ofllcer, by the na.me of the" Grand Objector," whose duty it should be to oppose every propo8ition, would be an exceedingly useful one. In other countries they have a "Grand Orator," whose duty it is, after the discussion has closed, to give his views upon the pending proposition. Last year we had occasion to refer to a "call of the previous question" in that Grand Lodge, and reprehended it, holding that the Grand Master's gavel should settle the business, but the com~ittee says:

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We are not fUlly decided about giving up .. the previou~ question." It turns upon the question how mnch our Grand Lodges are Leglslatnres. In our opinion, we need either this legislative check, or power enouKh in the Grand Master to put limits to frivolous or factious proceedings. We are open to argument, and desire more light. To which Brother Drummond replies: We still adhere to the old rule that the Grand Master in the Grand Lodl1:e, and the Master in the subordinate lodge, is Master, and tHrects the business according to his own judgment. We have supposed that if there iF! one Immemorial nsage, it is that when the Grand Master (or Master) rises In his place every other one presp-nt (unless there has been a special order to the contrary) takes his seat. At any rate we do not suppose anyone will deny that the Grand Mast.er's use of the gavel Is governed only by his own" will and pleasqre." We have received it as instruction from our earJ1est Masonic recollection, {hat. when during the pendency of a discussion, the Grand Master (or Master) rises In his place, it is to signify his .â&#x20AC;˘ will and pleasure" that the discussion terminate and the question be put. Under the head of Ohio, he thus treats of Female Masonry: Our statement that .. their votaries are taught to believe that they are Masonic," was founded upon our observation and experience, and it must be modified accordingly. But every lady we have ever met who claimed to belong to that Order, has expressed ~reat astonishment at our not recognizing her, and greater at our statement that there was nothing by which we, as a Mas~>n, could recognize her as being what she claimed to be. And one expressed great indignation, telling us expressly that either we were deceiving her or else those, of whom she had obtained her degrees, deceived bel'. We th l nk that thert:l must be something that makes the great body of the women who join that Order think that tbey are Masons. The very use of the term" Androgynous Masonry" leads to that conclusion. And when we read in the public prints that Vinnie Ream has r~ceived eight degrees in Masonry, conferred by a distinguished Mason, there is some ground for us .. outside barbarians" to think that, it i8 quite generally understood by the recipients that their degrees are Masonic. Under the head of Virginia, in reply to Brother Welford, he expresses also the reasons and usage of our own jurisdiction. In reference to the general law that a lodge cannot be opened without the actual presence of the charter, he confesses to share the doubts of Brother Robbins whether a valid reason can be given for it. The grant of the charter by the Grand Lodge is not enough. The lodge must be constituted, and the charler formally delivered. Until this Is done, the grant is of no force. The charge to the Master shows tliat great importance was attached to the document itself; the same Idea is included in the definition of a lodge. And while the lodge continues to exist, though the charter be destroyed, we apprehend the reason of requiring the actual presence of the charter was a precautionary one, that all might know that the lodge was a regular one, and tbus give as much protection as possible against imposition by clan~estine lodges. Under the same head, we for the first time learn the reason why he some years ago argued against our law, which makes the verdict of a l~dge final until reversed by the Grand Lodge, and which does not allow an appeal to the Grand Lodge to vacate the judgment of the lodge. Such is sUll our law, but in the following reply to the Virginia committee, he says: We may remark that it is quite certain that Brother W.'s arguments will not apply to Maine, as our Constitution expressly provides that the sentence of expulsion, or indetlnlte suspension by a lodge, shall not take effect till confirmed by the Grand Lodge, but that until the appeal is decided the accused shall be 8'l.UPendect from his MlI.8onic rights. Nor do we perceive that it can apply in any ccue of 8U8PemWn, as in that case the membership is not lost, but only 6U8Pended, and when the suspension Is removed, the accused at, once resumes all the rights of membership. From the peculiar structure of his Constitution, which 8U8Pencls the convicted party during pendency of appeal, we see buL little dl1l"erence .in the result as between the two States. We did not so understand this 8U8PemWn in abeyance by any of his previous arguments. We are again indebted to him for his very full and !ellable table of statistics.

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GRAND LODGES.

Alabama .. Arkansas . British Columbia•.. California . Canada .. Colorado .. Connecticut . Delaware· . Dist. of Columbia· .. Florida . Georgia.....•.•............. I,daho . Illinois . Indiana•................... Iowa . Kansas . Kentucky . Louisianat . Maine . Maryland . Massach usetts .. Mlchlgant........• · .. Minnesota ..

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Montana Nebraska Nevada New Brunswick New Hampshire New Jersey , New York North Carolina Nova Scotia Ohio Oregon Pen nsy1vania:!: Quebec· Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee* Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington : West Virglrv.a Wisconsiu

10.165

547

576'

583

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10.965 14.530 1,317 14.876 1,112 2.623 1,700

655 1,710 107 372 61 177 148

607 508 194 911 14 102 134

581 590

6~i

89.632 26,684 16.117 6.248

2,740 2,182 1.817 .543

1,1 32 889 695 521

1,518 1,257 987 851

14,~

81 24 47 rd3

14 0 1 2 1

12 1Bf 78 144 22 10

····320

18:7251 972 1.251 5.696 128 1 25,409 1.760 ....5 ..20... 24,997 1.518 5,798 487 165 11,794 852 977

367 97 484 861 235 881

2 5 6 85 8 89

23.~~ . .. 2 268 . 1:345 . 2,148 .. . II;~ . 81.893 . 11,877 . 3.113 . 29,278 .. 2.071 . 34.772 . 1.781 .. 4.139 .. 7.040 .. 19.922 .. 16.516 340 . . .. N8~ •&U . .. 2.968 . . 9.760

1.~~

1.5~~

1.~

1,~

275 93 201

267 137 38

151 77 82

10 5

····297

5 70 86 0

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4.899 1,643 498 198 448 116 1.864 155 .... li7 2.577 991 196 48 159 15 625 1,067 622 1.076 1.488 35 24 339

"'66

284 572

29 91 801

1,021 236 152

······97 917 100 13 280 1,128 1.281 30

33 141 418

2 5

. ··200

2~.?g

24 34 2 11 9

"'13 ...... 48 19

818 216

226 299 45

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480

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'2 22 82 3

7 22 0 2

0 0

69 0

Ii 4 4 5

25 .... ·4 4 17

158 131 10 127 17 41 29 233

cl 824 115 59

254 7 1

244 186 196 32 267

468

205

~320 ~6

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35 64

149

'258 "'88 149

62 .54 290 16 1,054

"ii"9 '495

249 It6

247 1 14 12

'6&1 25 107 69

'246 .lOS ...... 2.881 101 72

885 1:771 110 191 86 118

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159

152

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. 77 58 . 702 24 102

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109 277

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Total ·For 1873. tFor 1874. tFor 1872. eIncluding suspensions for un-Masonic conduct. COMPARISON OF STATISTICS.

1875. Gr. Lodges.

1875. 1874. Totals. Gr. Lodges.

1874. 1873. 1873. Totals. Gr. Lodges. Totals.

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Admissions, etc

17.091.

.44

19.735

.42

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ALBERT MOORE. North Anson. G. M. IRA BERRY. Portland. G. Sec. JOSIAH H. DRUMMOND, Portland. For. Cor.

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Appendix. MISSISSIPPI. Grand Lodge met in Meridian', February 8, 1875. Brother A. H. Barkley, G. M., presided. He reports having granted dispensations for five new lodges.

He represents the Cra.ft in that State as in a much better condition than last year. He reports a case where a presiding Master refused to install a Master elect, because he had electioneered for the office, and the Grand Master sustained him and ordered a new election. Good. DECISIONS:

Many questions have been submitted to me during the past year. A very large portion of these had already been decided. either by former Grand Master8~ or your Committee on Masonic Law and Jurlsprndence. From among the .decisions made. I report the following: 1. A simple waiver of jurisdiction is not sufilcient. There must be a unauimous ballotbad by the lodge claiming jurisdiction, and a certificate of recommendation of the candidate to the other lodge. 2. A lodge U. D. has the right to confer degreesin the absence of the Mastel', provided either of the Wardens be present. 3. The right to exclude other societies from the use of the lodge hall, the object of whose meeting is lawful and laudable, and not antagonlstlc with the principles of Masonry. resides with .the lodge aud not the Worshipful Master. 4. A man who is a cripple, and only able to touch his toes on one foot to the ground. cannot be initiated. . 5. A young man who is absent from the Jurisdiction for two years, returns and takes up his permanent abode. cannot be initiated without waiting the requisi te time. 6. A Committee on Petitions which fails to report, and is guilty of great negligence, should be reprimanded and dismissed, and another committee appointed in their stea~. 7. A candidate whose ieft arm is stiff in the elbow joint, so that he cannot bend it at right angles, is physically disqualified to receive' the degrees in Masonry. 8. A dimltted Mason who has neglected to contribute annually to the lodge . funds an amount equal to the ordinary lodge dues, as 8peclfied in section 2H of By-Laws, cannot be admitted in open lodge to give evidence against a brother if objection be made theretoi his testimony must, in that case. be Jaken before a commission outside the loage.

9. A ballot is not necessary when the committee on the petition of an applicant reports unfavorably on the ground of physical diBabtlity. 10. It is the inalienable right of a member of the lodge to object to the advancement of a candidate at any. stage of his progress, and the work cannot be completed unless the objection tie wfthdrawn or the objecting brother ceases to be a memher of that lodge. 11.. A person who cannot write his name is not a fit subject for the mysteries of Masonry, and therefore cannot be initiated. . . 12. There is no lawaI' ancient Masonic usage which warrants the reading of the funeral service at the grave of a deceased brother, except at the time of burial, and the modern practice is an innovation. 13. A candidate who has been initiated. but since that time has lost his right arm, cannot he advanced.

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We think all these decisions to be sound law-they are certainly sound sense. The whole address Is characterized by a practical knowledge of what the author intended to say, and it is well said throughout. In the report of the Grand Secretary we find the following: EXPULSION FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES.

A careful observation of the effects of the amendment adopted by the Grand Lodge in IM73, to Section 21 of the By-Laws for subordinate lodges, providing the penalty of expulsion for persistent non-payment of dues, satisfies me that while the action of the Grand Lodge has been to some extent a financialsuccess, both to the subordinate lodges and Grand Lodge, and has undoubtedly done some good, it is on the other hand permanently alienating from the Order many who are unwllllngto be coerced into affiliation or induced to pay arrearages under threat of so severe a penalty. Under the law, as amended, there w111 be from fifty to one hundred thus annually added to the l~t of expulsions. I suggest that deprivation of, or suspension from, membership is the highest penalty that should be Imposed for fallure or neglect to pay dues. As dues continue during the period of suspension, and as the party in the meantime is deprived of all the rights and benefits of the Fraternity \ it appears to me that further action as to him is unnecessary, and that it wou d do more harm than good. He has voluntarily become a non-affiliate and delinquent; let him so remain, untU such time as he can be persuaded by more gentle means than expulllion, or by a returning sense of duty, to correct his status and discharge his obligations to the lodge. As the Grand Lodge of Mississi ppils one of the last to adopt new and radical measures, or to depart from good, old settled ways, we are somewhat surprised at the above law, and we feel assured that she will not only find it a harsh law, but, in the end, inoperative. Expulsion for non-payment of dues is almost an unheard of penalt.y, and one not practised by over one or two Grand Lodges in the world. In giving place to the following report, we have struck out certain questions and answers that are of mere local importance : REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE.

Question I-Can a man who can neither read nor write be made a Mason In this Grand Jurisdiction? Answer-He cannot. The authori ties on this point are meagre, but there Is so muc" to learn that is written, that a man who is totally 111iterate is not tit material for our .. mo~al and Masonic edifice." Question 2-Is it in accordance with Masonic law and usage to allow a Grange to hold its meetings in a lodge room, where any member of said lodge objects; and if so, what majority does it require? Answer-In the opinion of your committee, Masonic law and usage do not authorize it, but the Grand Lodge has decided that cases of necessity may arise in which the use of said-halls by other bodies may be allowed. We presume a majority vote is sufficient. (See p. 59, Pro., 1874.) Question 3-Can a Worshipful Master appoint a new committee, unless the first one is discp.arged, on petitions for initiation-the first one being ab8ent and falling to report-or can he add two members where one member attends, and instruct them to report instanter? Answer-He cannot. The petition having laid over one month, and one member of the committee having made due inquiry Into the cha.racter of the petitioner. by unanlmou!4 consent two might perhaps be substituted in lieu of those discharged, and they may report at the same meeL1n~, but they cannot be required to do so unless they announce themselves ready. It would be the ~ safest coul'se to continue it another month. Question 4-A. lived several years within the jurisdiction of lodge B" removes to the jurhldictlon of lodge C., is seven or eight miles from lodge B., four or five miles (rom lod~e C., petitions lodge D., six miles from his residence, and not having resided twelve months wIthin the jurisdiction of lodges C. and lJ. What shal11he lodge do? G. L.-A 4.

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Answer-Dismiss the petition for want or Jurisdiction. Question 5--A lodge elects a Worship'ful Master who has never been a Warden. It is protested againRt. A Grand MRSter is appl1ed to, and issues his dispensation to install him, and he Is installed. A subsequent. Grand Master is applied to, and he declares the eleotion void, and orders a new election. How is the lodge to act under this state of facts? ' Answer-The committee advise the lodge to obey the order of the Gt;and Master. He will report his action to the next Grand Lodge, which w1ll decide on his 01l1cial acts.

Question 6--Should an expelled Mason be published to the world, as such, before the meeting of the next Grand Lodge? Answer-No. Expulsions do not take effect until the next Annual Grand Communication. (See Sec. 75, p. 22, Rules and Regulations.)

Question 7-A Mason, belonging to the Jurisdiction of a neighbering State, comes into Mississippi, and spends a few hours, and while here commits a Masonic offense. What is the duty of the lodge where the offense is committed?

Answer-Notify the lodge in the neighboring State of which he is a member, of the offense, with speoifications) etc. Being neither a resident or sojourner here, our lodges have no JurisdictlOn, unless he were an itinerant and had no residence. (See PrOOf of 1852, p. 75, T. W. Caskey'S case.) Que8tion 8--What course should a lodge pursue against a brother who refuses to obey a summons of his lodge to visit a sick brother and administer to his waHts? ATl8We,'-" To relieve the distresses of our brethren is a duty incumbent on all Masons." Although we may have no written law, yet it is written in our hearts, to go when requested by the lodge to visit the helpless and the needy. The lodge in such case should act discreetly; in the opinion of your committee, a brother ought to be reprimanded who wlllfully refuses. Question 9-What course should a lodge pursue against a brother who insults another in open lodge?

Answer-The Worshipful Master can order him to leave the room; and the lodge should require him to make satisfactory amends, and if he refuses-presuming that he committed the offense without cause-he should be dealt with in a summary manner. Que8tion lO-Can a Master of another lodge, not a member, preside over the lodge he visits, while the Master is present?

Answer-He can, if the Master invites him. His rnlings would be those of the Master; he being responsible for them. Question 11-0n the trial of a member, the WorshipJul Master Invites a Master of another lodge to presIde, who rules that the WorshipfUl Master has no right to vote except in case of a tie. Was the decision right? AnswEn路-It was not. The vote shall be taken by ballot and it shall require a: of all the members to convict. The prosecutor not voting. All the members .present are required to vote. (See Rule X. and other sections on trials.)

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QUe8tion 12-0ne brother sues another on a promissory note; no defense is made; judgment rendered; the defendant appeals to the Circuit Court. Is it a Masonic offense?

. ~ Answer-We think not. When a brother appeals to the law he must abide by the law. Question IS-A member is suspended for non-payment of dues in 1859. In 1860 his name his not reported in the returns. The lodge ceased to exist. The brother now proposes to pay his dues and uks a certificate of the Grand Secretary. How long must he pay dues, and what shall the Grand Secretary require of him before issuing the certificate? .

Answer-He shall pay dnes up to the time when the lodge ceased to exist, and the Grand Secretary shonld require a certificate of good standing from the lodge in whose jurisdiction he resIdes; or other satisfactory evidence before issuing the certIficate.

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Question l4-A man marrtes a widow (which orten happens), and she hR8 a daughter under age. He becomes a Master Mason after marriage. Is the stepdaughter under the protection of the MRsons? A.n.fWer-There are no special obligations resting on the Fraternity, but the man marrying tbe mother should take special care of the daughter.

Question l5-A Fellow Craft is raised, and after it is done, a member announces that he saw him drunk a short time before. What ought to be done in the premises? Answer-The nommittee Is not certain, but rather incltne to the opinion that the offense is blotted out by raising the brother. 'I'he one who saw the degree conferred and then gave the Information t onght to be reprimanded, and the newly made brother ought "to sin no more.'

Question l6-A Fellow Craft is raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason, Without being balloted for-a mere oversight. What Is to be done in the premises? Amwer-The brother not being at fault, they shall apply to the Grand Lodge to heal him. . .

Question l7-A lodge ceased to exist In 1861, and a member of it removed to another Grand Jurisdiction. In 1~9 the lodge was reorganized. Can the Secretary issue him a certificate under Sec. 221 Rules and Regulations-he Is not reported to ~he Grand Lodge as a member 01 the reorgamzation ? . Amwer-The Grand Secretary CRon Issue to him a certificate under Sec. 22. Rules and Regulations. Tbe lodge does not claim him as a member. (:::lee ReturnH of Lodge 117, for 1870.)

Question l8-Has a lodge or a Committee on Charity a rlghi to demand from a brother craving 8.8slstance a written certificate of good standing In his lodge, befure granting it? A resolution to tbls effect Is offered in a lodge, and the W. M. rules1t out of order. Was h-eright in so doing? . Answer-The ruling was righ t. Certificates under the soal of the lodge would aid the parties to some extent, but we have no law requiring it since 1869.

Question 19-A brother Is charged with un-Masonic conduct-is tried and acquitted, and asks for a Dimlt, which Is voted to him. The brother who preferred the oharges objects to the Dlmit being Issued-intending to appeal to the Grand Uodge. The W. M. withholds the Dlmit. Was be rlgbt in so doin~? Answer-Yes. The charges not being finally disposed of, he cannot be dlmitted whlle they are pending. ' .

Queยงtion ~Who bears the expenses of trials for Masonic offenses-the lodge or the accused? . . . Answer-The custom has been for the lodges to bear all expenses. It

Question 21-If a brother wIshes to know how the vote stands, can he demand .

ot the W. M., and,If so, can he refuse?

An.tWer-The Master must announce the resuU of all ballots, and cannot rightfully refuse to do so; but no brother has a right to demand the number of black or white balls cast; and if such demand be made, the Master may refuse, if he sees fit.

Question 22-What do Master Masons vote upon In appllcatlon for advanoement to the F'. C. or M. M. degrees? Do they vote on proficIency alone, or etc., or what?

(lha~acter, fitness,

Answer-It Is the opinion of your committee that the members of the lodge cast the secret ballot, unrestrained and unrestricted by any power, save that of their own Will, which, in every ingenuous heart, wlll be gUided by an enlightenedjudgment and a conscience void of offense towards God and man. He has a rlgbt to vote as he pleases, and on every thing-proficiency, Character, fitness, qualification-anything which may move his mind and choice at the time, and no one has a right to call in question this right, or to hunt out the member who may have cast a black ball. The responsibility rests on him alone. He is not accountable to the W. M., nor to the lodge, nor to the Grand Lodge, nor to any person, for the ballot he callts, but to his own conscience, and that alone. The question of proficiency Is generally-nay, almost universally-acted

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upon in open lodge, after examination; and, even if the vote should be unanimous, any brother may cast a black ball if he chooses to do so-and who has the right to gainsay it? It is argned that a brother who casts a black ball is bound to prefer cha.rges against the candidate. Your committee beHeve that If he parades his opposition and makes it public t it then becomes the property of the lodge, and he may be reqnired to make gooa his objections.

Brethren forget, too, that even after a candidate is elacted, he can be stopped by an objecting member. . . The right and sanctity of the secret ballot is inalienable, and belongs to every Master Mason who Is affiliated. A contrary doctrine is one of the cruel inventions of modern Masonry, from which we heartily say, "Good Lord, deliver us!" We append Sec. 44: "In balloting, every member should vote, and- he has the right to vote secretlYJ and as he thinks proper. He cannot be questioned or caused to divulge how ne voted; nor be required to give a reason therefor." P. 18, R. & Reg. Mitchell's Digest (PP. 407 and 408). Questitm 23-If the Grand Lodge refuses to sustain the action of the subordinate lodge, and reverses its decision, what is'the stat-us of the brother charged? What are tiis rights? May he visit the lodge? May he Yote in the lodge? Is he Hable for dues to the lodge? Answer-The committee are of opinion that he is a non-affiliate in good standing, if no charges are pending against him; but under Art. 1, Bec. 5, of the Constltut.ion, he is not restored to membership in his lodge, and consequently cannot participate in its proceedings nor vote, nor is he Uable for dues. He is simply on a par with other visitors-the Grand Lodge having so decided.

Question 24-Is it legal and consistent. with the organization of our Order for brethren to practice law in a Grand Lodge or any of its subordinates?-or, in other words, is it proper for professional brethren to appear as counsel and take fees in favor of or against a brother on trial for a Masonic o1fense? Answer-Rule 9th, on page 30, says that the prosecutor or any Mason he may select may comment on the evidence. The accused, or any MlUJon he may desire to re~resent him, may be heard in reply. In the absence of a positive law authorizing or prohibiting it, your committee give it as their opinion that it is incompatible with the nature and objects of our institution for brethren to take fees to prosecute or defend a brother on trial for a Masonic o1fe"nse in a Masonic lodge. The celebrated" Spight case" came up again in a report of sixteen and a half pages from Committee on Appeals, arguing in favor of restoration ot Spight on the rolls at Ripley Lodge which had indefinitely suspehded him, out the Grand Lodge, after considerable discussion, adopted the followin~: Resolved, That the jUdgment of Ripley Lodge, No. 47, indefinitely suspending S. It. Spight, be and the same is hereby affirmed, in accordance with the majori ty relK>rt at" the Committee on Appeals, in 1871.

This settles the case of Spight, and also settles for MississippI, as in other States, that the Grand Lodge cannot get a subordinate lodge to do its own work, nor can one lodge force membership on another, and we hope now that the minority will rest satisfied with the result. Brother Drummond, of Maine, in his review of this case, is in error in ascribing to it a case of mere local importance, for it involved路the introduction into general jurisprudence a new feature entirely antagonistic to settled rules of lodge membership. AMENDlIlENT TO THE RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF SUBORDINATE LODGES AND OF THE GRAND LODGE ON TRIALS.

Brother Frederick Speed otrered the following, which, on motion, was laid over for consideration at t,he next Annual Grand Communication: Resolved, 1. When the Grand Lodge exercises its pardoning power, it cannot restore a brother to membership in a subordinate lodge, from whIch he has been suspended or expelled, without the unanimous consent of said subordinate lodge.

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2. Wben tbe proceedings upon which a brother has been snspended or expelled from a subordinate lodge have not been conducted in a fair, impartial and lawful manner, in accordance with all the material re~uirements of the .. Rules for the Government of SUbordinate Lodges on Tr)als,' the Grand Lodge, on appeal, will set said proceedings. aside, and hold tbem for naught, and remand tbe case for a new trial to the lodge, wherein the proceedings shall be commenced anew upon tbe same or new charges, or may be dismisscrd, as said subordinate lodge may elect. 3. Whenever, in the opinion.of the presiding officer of a lodge, or of the lodge in which charges shall be preferred agaInst a brother or when the accused shall solemnly declare, in writing, upon his Masonic honor, that he verLly believes undue r.rejudice exists against bim to sucb an extend as to prevent an impartial tria, the trtal of the case ought to be removed to such neighboring lo.dge as tbe lodge in which tbe charges are pending and the accused may agree upon. and in the event tbat they cannot agree upon a lodge to try said charges, it is recommended that tbe fact be certified to the Grand Master accompanied by thecbarges and specificJltions, who, in tbat event, shall issue â&#x20AC;˘ his edict designating a lodge to try said brother, and the lodge so designated shall forthwith proceed with the trial of said charges in tbe same manner, and with like e1fect as it it had original jurisdiction, and either party may appeal from tbe decision of such lodge to tbe Grand Lodge, as in other cases; Pr(fVided, howe1)llr. That there is no Masonic obligation upon the part of the lodge to which such proceedings may be removed to proceed with the trial, if it shall be satisfied that its barmony will be disturbed or marred by the investigation, or that such prt'judice existli against either party that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had therein, in whlcb event the WorshipfUl Master shall certify the same to the Grand Master, who shall thereupon desl~nate a lodge to try said charges,in which no impediment to a fair and impartlal trial exists, and whose harmony will not be disturbed or marred tbereby. 4. Tbe first and second clauses of tbis resolution shall hereafter become Rules V. and VI. of the" Rules for the Government of the Grand Lodge on Trials," and the third clau!le shall be substituted for Rule V.of the ..,..Rules for the Govern,nent of Subordinate Lodges on Trials." If such a law passes (which we hope never will), we o1fer Sec. 5, when. ever the Grand Master has sufficient evidence that a lodge has become so debased, corrupt or prejUdiced that it cannot honestly try its own members and render justice in its verdict, that he is hereby directed to arrest its charter as unworthy of its name and title in FREEMASONRY.

Brother Thomas S. Gathright submitted a very interesting report, but in deference to the opinions of others, he has condensed it a little too mnch. Instead of publishing the names of all the members in the State (115 PP.), as a directory for Masonic tramps, and a gUide for imposters generally, it is better to occupy the space with matters of more general interest and instruction. Under the head of COnnecticut, he qotes and says: We quote for the instrnction of the Uraft a portion of Grand Master Lockwood's Address. In speaking of the emblem ot" the circle between two perpendicular and parallel lines, each a tangent, supporting the Holy Bible, the Grand Master says: The circle is the astrological and afterwards the astronomical symbol of the sun. As the sun was the source of physical light and became the object of worship, so its sign became tbe symbol of tbe source of intellectual and spiritual lIght, the only true and living God, the object of our labor in life and our rewards hereafter. Tbe point was the focus of light and the especial symbol of Deity. As man was made in the image of God, in a lesser sense italso represents the individual brother. The parallels are the summer and winter solstices, the iun's stopping places, which the Hun in its apparent yearly journeys north and south, never passes nor goes beyond. 'I'hey symbolize the lines of moral rectitude. The circle supports the Book to indicate its Divine orIgin and inspiration, and that it rests upon and is supported by Divinity itself, etc. The Grand Master regrets that the above explanation, which is the ancient one, has been diHplaced by the one now given in lodges. The latter is pronounced an innovation. An interesting consideration of numerals tn our

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. ritual is very entertaining. The figure 3 represents Deity in the exercise of His power as Spirit; 4 represents Matter, and 5 the controlling Spirit or Law. '.rhese numerleals constitute three sides of a right angled triangle. The symbolism of the unit lis the Derty, as the creative power. From these four numericals, by addition and subtractIon all the nine significant figures are divided. We wish we could copy the entire development. Under the head of Missouri, he pays a high compliment to the Address of P. G. Master Anderson, also to the Reports on Grievance and Juri.prudence. In Justification of onr full reports, ~e beg leave to extract what he says of the same (although we believe it will be acknowledged that we seldom quote a compliment to ourself): Brother Geo. Frank Gouley presented a Report on Correspondence, which consisted mainly of the actual transactions of the several Grand Bodies reviewed, and furnishes the reader with a concise statement of the rulings and usages of American Masonry. It is truly an epitome of Masonic Law, well digested. Brother Gouley has almost reached the true intent and purpose of such a report. His review of Foreign Grand Bodies is very full, and we have borrowed it as our own, for which we here make due acknowledgment. Th~ Grand Lodge of Missouri is becoming a power in the land, and we trust for great good. Its 23,832 atD.liated Masons, and 490 chartered lo~es, cannot fail to be felt in any commonwealth, and as we regard Missouri in the front rank of Grand LoUges for ability and a true apprehension and comprehension of the purposes and objects of Masonry, we feel an unusual degree of pleasure in stUdying the Proceedings before us.

Under the head of New York, he slightly taps Brother Gibson on the knuckles for reprimanding Mississippi for correcting an error. He says: While it is in tbe Constitution tbat the Grand Lodge shall or shall not do a specUled act, it is bad Masonry and bad Jaw to pass a resolution in. contraventlOn of such provision of the \JOnstitution; and if, in an hou. of worK, such a resolution should be passed, we do not consider it so very" remarkable" that the next communication should declare the resolution void. The" remarkable" action of the Grand Lodge of Missis~ippi in retracing steps unconstitutionally taken, we trust may receive the fraternal charity of our learned brother; and he is hereby and herein requested to state what would be the action of the Grand Lodge of New York if she were to find that sbe llad passed an edict contru.ry to her Constitution? '.rhe chaIrman of this committee has the honor to be the Hepresentatlve of the Grand Lodge of New York near tbe Grand Lodge of MissIssippi, and w1ll be gratified if Brother Gibson will make a deliverance, as requested.. . . Under the head of Ohio, he thus replies to Brother Caldwell: His suggestions in the matter of colored Masons and oolored Grand Lodges we do not choose to discuss. We have our opinion of the negro, and an imperfect knowledge of his history. Whatever he may evolve in tlle way of capacity for good, no matter under what name or by what authority, will redound to the interest of our Orand JurisdictIon. In politics and sociology he has been an element of the mOtSt unhappy discord; and we pray that he mar not now undermine and explode the barmony of the venerable society o Free and Accepted Masons. As Southern Masons, not politicians or fanatics, we say flo our Northern brethrel.!J that we desire the full development of every capacity the negro possesses. J::le was our slave-our property; but now he is free. He will never be our property again. The great maJority of negroes are not" free born," no matter how well qualified for Masonry in other respects. A generation of men must pass away before the taint of being born in bondage is removed, and by tbat time our brethren will be able to determine what sort of a Mason a negro would make. In the meantime we sugge8t the maxim, lestina lente. Under the bead of Vermont, he says: Eleven decisions are reported by the Grand Master, which were referred to the Committee on Masonic Law. '!'wo of the decisions were modified and one was rejected; the balance were confirmed. We doubt the authority of a Grand Lodge's rejecting a decision of a Grand Master during the period 01" bis administration. We doubt the propriety of Grand Master's reporting their decisions, as subject matter of Grand Lodge legislation. I

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make no decisions. During the interim between the Aunual Communications the Orand Master makes no law, as he has no power to .do 80, but merely construes laws already passed by Grand Lodge, and whenever such construction will In any wise change a law, or if its general understanding will aid his successors or the Craft generally, it iS'his duty to report them, and it is the duty and right of the Grand Lodge to finally decide whether its laws have been properly interpreted. This subject has often arisen, but. we can see no safer conclusion than the one we have above indicated. A. H. BARKLEY, Crawfordsv1lle, G. M. J. L. POWER, Jackson, G. Sec. T. S. GATHRIGHT, Gholson, For. Cor.

MINNESOTA. Grand Lodge met in St. Paul, January 12, 1875. Brother Charles Griswold, G. M., presided. His Annual Address is an excellent paper. DECISIONS:

As is,usual with Grand Masters the world over, I have been frequently called upon dnring the year to decide questions of law already well defined; and t! brethren who submitted these questions had oniy examined the printed Proceedings with a little .more attention, they would have saved both themselves and me much time and trouble. I shall not consume your time and weary your patience by bringing such questions before you. I snbmit, however, the following decisions for your consideration: 1. When a Mason is stricken from the roll for non-payment of dues, no lodge is at liberty to entertain his petition for alllliation until he brings a certificate from the lodge from whose roll he was stricken, showing that he is clear ou their books. 2. When a brother stricken from the roll for non-payment of dues, pays in full the amount due from him to the lodge t he is entitled to a certificate signed by the W. M. and Secretary, showing that ne is a non-affiliated Master Mason ill good standing and clear of their books. 3. While a deceased non~a1filiate is not entitled to Masonic burlal, yet it may be accorded him by courtesy or us a favor. Masons are not always responsible for not being in lodge membership. Not un frequently they are kept out through the infiuence ot" some personal euemy Who, too mean and cowardly to meet his brother face to face, sneaks behind the cover afforded by the" black ball," the more securely to vent hIs petty spite and strike his brother in the dark. In view of these and other circnmstances which sometimes absolutely compel well-meaning brethren to remain outside the lodge, there should be room left for the Worshipful Master to exercil!le his discretion in determining whether or no a deceased non-affiliate should regeive Masonic burial. 4. A brother who has been regularly dimitted from a lodge, loses his certifi. cate of the same. What can be done for his relief? Am.-Let the Worshipful Master of the lodge by whom it was granted direct the Secretary to make out and forward a true copy thereof, writing upon it the word, .. copy," or "duplicate," and stating in addition that the original.1s lost. 5. A ballot is had upon the application of a candidate for the mysteries of Masonry, and he is declared rejected. At the next regular communication of the lodge a brother rIses and says he think", he cast the black ball through mistake.. Under these circumstances, can the ballot again be opened? Am.It cannot. When once a candida,te has been declared rejected, the ballot can in no case be reopened; and a motion to that effect would be Wholly out of order, and shonld not be entertained.

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6. When a brother objects to the advancement of a candidate, whQ has received one or more of the degrees in Masonry, the Worshipful Master suould, in every case, decide upon the validity of the objection. and arre!lt the progress of the candidate, or not, as he may deem the best interests of Masonry require. But if the candidate's advancement is thus arre!lted, he-the ca.ndidate-:-has a right to demand a trial, in order that he may have the opportunity of meeting his accuser face to face, and answering for himself. He who has taken but one degree in Masonry has thereby obtained certain Masonic rights, and among them is that of beiJag heard in his own defense when objections are urged against him. o

7. Can a lodge of Master Masons be opened for the transaction of business when there are less than seven present? Ana.-It cannot. As seven Master Masons is the lowest number to whom a charter or dispensation can be granted, and a8R. lodge must surrender its charter when. there are lesR than that number upon its rolls, therefore no lodge of Master Masons can be opened, for any purpose whatever, when there are less than seven Master Masons present.

S. A brother who has been indefinitely suspended can be restored by a majority vote of the lodge l~t any regular communication, notice having been ~~v~~~~.a previou'! regular communication that a motion to that effect would

9. A non-allUiate, who has applied for membership to the lodge in whose jurisdiction he lives, and whose petition has been rpjected, and who stands ready to atnliate whenever the way shall open, has the same right of visttin~ Masonica.lly as his atnliated brother. I construe Sec. 23, Title Fourth of Grand Lodge Constitution, and Resolutions of Grand Lodge, found on page 672 of " Bound Proceedings," as referring wholly to voluntary non-atnliates. 10. When charges for un-Masonic conduct are preferred against a brother, before they are submitted to the lodge, the WorshipfUl Master should examine them, and decide whether, if proved, the~T would SUbject the brother to suspension, expulsion, or any other penalty of Masonic law; and then entertain them, or refuse so to do, according to the conclusions at which he may arrive. His important that he should do this in order that the lodge may not be annoyed in having to investigate charges which are frivolous in tbeir nature. At this point the lodge has nothing to do with the question of entertaining or refusing so to do; the Worshipful Master alone determines this. Having decided to entertain charges, they must then be referred to a committee for .investigation. When that committee reports, the lodge can, by a majority vote, dismiss the charges, or, If they choose, proceed With tlie trial. . 11. A Grand Master cannot consistently grant a dispensation for a lodge to appear i.n public, as such, except for some purpose Masonic in its character-a 4th of July celebration does not come under that head. 12. Van a subordinate lodge pr9Ceed to try a Past Master for acts committed by him while Master? In reply I would say that for his off1,cial acts the Master of 8 lodge is alone amenable to the Grand Lodge, or to the Grand Master when the Orand Lodge is not in session; hence, a lodge cannot call a Paat Maater to an account tor his ojJtcial acts while Maater; but for any other acts committed by bim durin/( his otncial term, involving a Masonic offense, a lodge may proceed to try a Past Master. 13. A certain lodge in this jurisdiction has suspended a brother for nonpayment of dues' was this action legal? Ana.-It was not. Under our law non-payment of dues subjects a brother to being stricken from the roll oj his lodge, which simply makes him a non-affiliate, but does not suspend him. TheIr action being illegal, is therefore null and void. 14. A motion to rescind the vote by which a brother was stricken from tbe roll of bls lodge for non-payment of dues is wholly out of order, and should not under any circumstances be entertained. A brother in the condition above mentioned! like any other non-atnllate, can only regain his membership by regnhl.l路 petItion and a unanImous ballot in his favor. Much local business was transacted, but for want of "sub路beads" it was hard to find out what was done. Brother Porter is ~eferred to "California." The n.eport on Correspondence is, as usual, from the judicious pen of Brother A. T. C. Pierson, in wbich he quotes fully from Brother Anderson~s Address-but does not !lay so, by name. CHARLES GRISWOLD, St. Paul, G. M. E. D. B. PORTER, st. Paul, G. Sec. A. T. C. PIERSON, St. Paul, For. Cor.

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MONTANA. Grand Lodge met in Bozeman, October 5, 1874. Brother Sol.

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G. M., presided.

The Annual Address was a concise and pr,.ctical business document. Brother Grand Secretary Hedges properly acknowledges ,favors from Iowa, Rhode Island and Nevada,in shape of lost Proceedings, etc., by the fire; also â&#x20AC;˘ to several Journals sent free for the library, but in neither instance is Missouri noticed, although, we believe, we were tbe first to send a very large collection of duplicate Proceedin~ by mall, as well as free copies of the Jilreemason'since its publication. But we presume they all got lost in the man-bags. We merely allUde to the oversight as a matter for record that our much esteemed young sister, nestled amid the mountat.ns, w{u not forgotten by her Missouri friends and brothers. The Report on Correspondence is by our good Brother CornelIus Hedges, Grand Secretary, and, as usual, is a good one. Missouri receives fraternal notice, both in the Addres51 of Brother bwen's, and Grievance Committee's Report. He will miss from our active roll this time one of the Masonic pioneers of Montana, Brother Samuel Russell, of Missouri, who died last December. His loss is equally great to both jurIsdictions and wlll be equally mourned. ED. S. STACKPOLE, Deer Lodge, Helena, G. M. CORNELIUS HEDGES, Helena, G. Sec. and F. Cor.

NEW YORK. Grand Lodge met in New York City, June I, 1875. Brother Ellwood E. Thorne, G. M., presided. l<'rom his excellent address we extract the following DECISIONS:

I have made many decisions during the year, and, in view of the provision contained in Sec. 62 of the VonsLitution, that" all decisIons heretofore made and adopted are hereby repealed," I have, in some instances, felt it my duty t.o reiterate principles and rules ot' Masonic conduct, laid down by distingUhsbed Masons who have, in time past, honored the Grand East of this jarlsdiction. Many of these decisions are, of course, 01' a very elementary character, and the only justification I shall plead t'or presenting them to you, is the fact that my opinion has been so frequently sougbt with reference to them. The following are among the number: 1. That citizenship is not requisite to Masonic affiliation.

2. That Sec. 50 and 51 of the Statutes have reference to candidates for initiation and advancement. A member of a lodge, or an unaffiliate, has a right to present an application for affiUation to any l(,)dge recognIzed as regular by this Grand Lodge, without regard to limitation of Limt:: or locality. 8. That it is not necessary, on an application for affiliation, to require the questions prOVided for in Sec. 49 of the Statutes, to be propounded. 4. That Article XXUr."Sec. 45 of tbe Statutes, does not, by it provIsIons, prevent unatnl1ates from affiliating. It is intended to prevent thwgrantlng of DimitB to the individnal brother.

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5. That a Master Mason in good standing is at liberty to atllllate with any lodge in this jurisdiction, without reference to residence, which will accept his application. It is the duty of a lodge, after recei ving notice of a brother's petiti,)n for atllUation in another lodge, to forward his Dimit to that lodge. That Sec. 50 of the Grand Lodge Statutes has reference only to jurisdiction over candidates for the degrees of Masonry. 6. That the rejection of an application for affiliation confers no jurisdiction on the lodge so acting, and it i8 not nece8sary for the Secretary of the lodge to notify other lodges of the fact. â&#x20AC;˘

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7. That a brother who has been dropped from the roll of a lodge at his own request may be received as an affiliate by any lodge in this jurisdiction. 8. That if an applicant for affiliation has lost his Dimit, the lodge to which he applies must satisfy itself in a reasonable way that no other lodge has a claim upon him, and it may then receive him in the ordinary way. For any concealment or misrepresentation made at the time of application the petitioner may be disciplined.

9. A brother, who has lost his Dimit, granted before the adoption of the present Constitution, is entitled to a duplicate Dimit, said duplicate to be dated as of the time when originally granted. 10. That where a brother's name is dropped from the roll of a lodge at his own request, it Is proper that a cer.tUlcate to that effect should be gfven the brother, simply stating the fact. 11. That charges may be preferred in a lodge against a brother unaffiliated from the lodge for non-payment of dues.

12. That in order to una1ll11ate a member for non-payment of dues, a lodge must act under a by-law passed in accordance wIth the sections of the Constitution and Statutes of Grand Lodge t'or that purpose made and provided. 13. A brother was .. stricken from tbe roll" of lodge A., in 1856, for non-payment of dues. At the expiration of one year thereafter he became entirely unaffiliated, by operation of law. Lodge, A. lost all claim on him except for the amount of his indebtedness, and he lost all tbe claimtil of membersbip on said lollge. He might at that time (1857) have paid his debt, taken a receipt in fUll, and made application to any lodge for 1l.1Illiation, wi tbout reference to bis former relations to lodge A. What he migbt have done then he may do with equ~l right to-day. It is not necessary for him to apply for restoration in lodge 1\.. before applying for affiliation in any otber' lodge. He must pay in lodge A. the amount due at the time he was una1lll1ated, take its receipt therefor, and he may then make appllcation for membership and be a1ll11ated in any lodge. While on this subject let me proceed one step furtber. If the brother desire' to resume his membership in lodge A., his :petition must be treated in every respect as that of any petitioner for affiliatIOn. The lodge, haVing COll6Cted from him the amount of his debt, must refer his petition to a committee for investigation l' on the reception of the report of tbat committee a ballot must be f1pread; h s acceptance will depend on the unanimity of the ballot; and lodge A. will be entitled to the affillation fee prescribed by itl! By-Laws. To put an interpretation on Sec. 46 of the Statutes, incons1stent with the above view, would be to give the section such retrospective force as would be ineqUitable, and consequently not within the proper scope of any constitutional provision. The obligation of the brother to pay dues was in the nature of a contract with the lodge. A breach of this contract on the part of the brother justified tbe lodge in infiicUng a penalty for its non-performance, that i8, striking his name from tbe roll of members. Now, to give a meaning to any provision of the Grand Lodge Constitution which WOUld, at this late day, disturb the hitherto settled relations of the brother with lodge A., or alter or increase the amount of his indebtedness to lodge A. hitherto fixed and determined, would be repugnan t to every principle of justice t and contrary to every precedent heretofore established in our Gtan~ Boay. But it does not seem that the language of Sec. 46 of the Statutes is at &11 equivocal or dOUbtful' in meaning. It looks entirely to the future. It differs in almost eYery particular from the former proviflion on the subject; It permits the infliction of the penalty for two years' dues instead of one; it requires that the brother sball be summoned to pay his dues thirtv days previous to tl1e act of the lodge unalllHating him. It then provides that .. ANY SUCH unaffiliated brother may be restored to membership by & majority vote," etc. The plain significance of the section is: that a

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brother who, under the present Constitution, shall, at any time after its adoption (June, 1873,) fail to pay two years' dues, may, under certain restrictions, be rendered an unoJfiliate, and thnt .. ANY SUCH" una1!Uiate may be restored', in the manner and under the conditions contained fn Sec. 46 of the Statutes. 14. That where a candidate presented himself for the second Degree, and was stopped by an adverse ballot, and afterwards the brother who demanded the ballot" removed his objectiont it was necessary for a clear ballot to be had before the candidate could be aavanced.â&#x20AC;˘ 15. That it is a well-established principle of Masonic law that the individual responslblllty, in the acceptance or rejection of a candidate for Masonry, cannot be delegated or transferred. A brother cannot cast a black ball by proxy.

16. That the Mallter of a lod~e has a right to e~pect that those who are opposed to the advancement of a brother shall deem it a duty to be present at the communication of the lodge and demand a ballot. 17. That a brother's ballot on a petition for initiation or alllllation, or the motives thereof, must not, under any circumstances, be questioned. 18. That although a degree in Masonry may be conferred at a special communication of a lodge, such a course would be manIfestly improper, unless, at the previous regular communication, the Master shall have sign.1fied his intention so to do, and shall have given an opportunity for a ballot to be demanded. 19. That If it has been announced to a profane that his petition for initiation has been accepte!i in a lodge, and a new ballot is subsequently spread by which he is rejected, there is no impropriety in announcing to him the fact and its effect.

20. Question-A candidate was balloted for and declared rejected by the Master. A motion was made for another ballot. It was granted and resulted "clear" (none having left the lodge meantime). Was the action of the lodge and of the Master legal, or must the candidate be regarded as rejected material?

Answer-The candidate having been declared rejected, "no lodge' shall initiate him until the expiration of six months after rejection," (Sec. 56 Ctmstltutlon) "and then only on a new petition of the candidate." (Sec. 53 Statutes.) The action oC the lodge was Illegal, and void. 21. That a ballot for initiation may be demanded at any communication, whether the candidate appears for his degree or not; and it will be effective 1! adverse, to keep the applicant out of Masonry, until consent shall be given to another lodge to conCer the degrees, or until, after the expiration of siX: months, a second petÂˇltion shall be accepted; unless~ prior to the demand for a ballot, tile applicant shall have been proposed ana initiated in another lodge haVing concurrent jurisdiction.

22. 1'hat when a bal10t I!'! demanrled on the petition of a candidate Cor initiation or advancement, it is not proper to enter on the minutes of a lod~e the name of the brother making the demand. 23. That if a brother, in a Masonic trial, is called on to testify as to fact!'! which have come to his knowledge in his confidential relation. as counsel, It would be imp.roper to require him to give evidence against his cHent. That it" the facts, concerniug which he is called to testit)r, came to the knowledge of the brot.her before he became counsel, or are entirely disconnected Crom his prOCessional.or privileged relations to the accused, there can be no reason why he should be excused from performing a duty incumbent on every brother, whatever his station in the Fraternity. 24. That where but one commissioner at a Masonic trial is challenged by either party, it is the right and duty of the other commissioners to try the challenge. 25. That there is no inherent right in the Grand Master to grant a dispensation to a lodge to confer a degree at an interval less than that fixed by the Statutes of the Grand Lodge. 26. That it is competent for a Master to reCuse to confer a degree upon any candidate, until such time as i.n his jUdgment it wlii be wise to do so. 27. That a Masonic tribunal wUl not interfere to establish the civil rights of brethren, nor wlli Masonry allow itself to be made a convenient means through which a creditor may collect what Is due him Crom a Masonic debtor.

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28. That where otncers of a lodge were irregularly chosen through inadvertence, their subsequent regular installation. ata stated communication, without objection, corrected the error. (Decision of 1859 renewed.) . 29. That a lodge must be summoned for the annual election of otncers. A Master refusing to summon the lodge for that purpose is liable to discipline, . and if the election be held at a meeting to which the members are not summoned. it may be set aside for irregularity. 30. That the Master has a right. and it is his duty, to exclude from the lodge a brother, who by his perverseness or contumacy. may interlere with the proper working of the lodge or disturb its harmony. 31. That expulsion, in every case, is from the rights and privileges of Masonry, and carries with it the loss of membership in a lodge. Restoration by act of a lodge, or Grand Lodge, is to the forfeited rights of Masonry, but not to membership, which ceased when the act of expulsion took effect, and which can only be resumed by regular atllliatlon. 32. That the provisions of Sections 96 97, and so much of Section 100 of the Code of Procedure as ordains that an expe1led brother maybe restored to membership by a majority vote of the lodge from which he was expelled, being in conflict with the provisions of Sections 76 and 78 of the Statutes of the Grand Lodge, are void. 33. That a resolution passed in a lodge, restoring 9.n expelled brother. has no force beyond the declaration of the Constitution. It restores him to the rights of Masonry, but not to membership In his lodge. Thereafter he "stands as an unatnliated Mason," and may be affiliated only on regular petition and by a unanimous acceptance. 34. That the fee referred to in Section 63 of the Statutes of Grand Lodge is

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stayed by the ballot, cannot, under any law of Masonry, claim a return of the fee ox: any part thereof. 35. That a Master of a lodge should be installed after each re-election. 36. That it Is irregnlar to install a Master-elect over a lodge previous to his being put in possession of the secrets of the chair.

37. That a member of a lodge may be installed by proxy in any otnce of which he has signified his acceptance, except that of Master, in the di~cretion of the install1ng otncer. An installation by proxy is rendered valid by any SUbsequent act of the brother thus installed, which would tend to show his acceptance of the otnce. 38. That the ceremony of installation must be performed by an actual Master or Past Master of a lodge. 39; That a lodge, baving been Illegally opened by a Past Master in the ab!';ence of the M~ter and Wardens, could not transact business of any kind, after either of said otncers had enteredz without being again and regUlarly opened. That the conferring of the Thirn Degree in Masonry, under sucll circumstances was illegal, and that it will be necessary again to confer said degree oil the brothers before they can be acknowledged as regUlarly made Master Masons.

40. That though the action of a lodge in spreading a second ballot, the first having been declared adverse, was irregular and rendered the lodge or its Master subject to discipline, still the candidate having been accepted in a regular lodge, and initiated therein, is a regularly made Mason, and is entitled to all the rights of an Entered Apprentice. There is nothing" clandestine" in his relations to Masonry or to his lodge. 41. That a lodge which rejects a candidate for initiation cannot grant any It will act only on application of a lodge which have shown its Willingness to accept the candidate.

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42. That the jurisdiction of a lodge over candidates extends to a point halt-way between it and the nearest lodge. Such point to be ascertained 011 an air-line from lodge to lodge. 43. A candidate was rejected in lodge A. He removes to the village occupied by lodge B. After a constitutional time has elapsed he> applies for initia-

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tlon in lodge C., situated at a distance from. his home. Held that lodge C. must obtain consent from lodges A. and B. before said lodge C. may initiate the candidate. 44. That. where a candidate for initiation and advancement is balloted for and accepted by a lodge and afterwards petitions for inl tiation, is balloted for I\nd accepted.in another lojlge havinjf concurrent jurisdiction, he may elect to be initiated in either lodge. But, if a ballot is afterward called for and the candidate is rejected iu erther lodge before his initiation in the other, he is thereby estopped, and the lodge rejecting him obtains Jurisdiction. 45. The removal of a lodge" wUhin its jurisdiction" is an Impossibility, except In the case specIally provIded for In the statute of Grand Lodge; for as soon as a lodge has legaUll removed Its plaee of meeting from one village to another its jurIsdictional limits are altered. 46. Does a candidate rejected in a lodge, and afterwards released from its jurIsdiction, corne under the jurisdiction of the next nearest lodge, or is he at llbert.y to send in his petition to any lodge he chooses? The submission of the above question for my decision, revealed to me the e'dstence of such a vague comprehension of the rules affecting lodge jurisdiction, that in my reply, I found it necessary to discuss the subject more at length than would ordinarlly be requisite in answerIng communicat.lons with reterence to interpretation of Masonic law. The subject of j nrisdiction of lodges over candidates involves the consIderation of two questions: 1. What gi ves a lodge jurIsdIction over a candidate?

'2. How maya lodge, not havIng origiual jurisdiction over a candIdate, obtaIn jurisdiction? .

In the examInation of the first question, we I\re to be guIded by the provisions of Article XUI., l:3ection 56 of tne Constitution, and of Article XXV., Sections 50 and 51 of the Statutes of the Grand Lodge. . The meaning of Article XU!., Section 56 (Constitution) Is too well understood to need comment here. Take it In connecti.on with the two Sections of the Statutes referred to, and we determine the method of obtainIng jurIsdiction at the outs,et. . We find that the candidate must1. Reside within the territorial JurisdIction of the lodge which accepts him.

(See Section 50, Statutes.)

2. He must have resided within that territory a certain length of time. (See section 51, statutes.) . 3. He must satisfy the -Iodge to which he applies that he has not been previously rejected. (8ee Section 56, Constitution.) These three requirements determine the jurisdiction of a lodge over candidates in the first instance. In reference to the second question, namely: How maya lodge, not having originai jurIsdiction over a candidate, obtain jurisdiction? The Constitution and Statutes point out but one way, and that is by receiving permission from the lodge having jurisdiction at the time the candidate'S application is made. Here let it be observed that a lodge can rellnquish its jurisdiction over a rejected candidate in either of two cases: 1. Where, havIng original jurisdiction, it rejects him, and then grants permission to another lodge, making application therefor, to initiate and advance him.

2. Where, having once rejected a candidate, the lodge afterwllrdselects l1im, and he then petitions another lodge having concurrentjuril!ldiction, is accepted, and decides to take his degrees In the second lodge. In this case thejurisdictlon is lost by force of l a w . 路 .. The conclusion of the whole matter seems clear: That a candidate rejected in a lodge having territorial jurisdiction over him at the time of rejection remains under the jurisdiction of that lodge until consent is glven to some

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other lodge, which has accepted his petition, to confer the degrees or Masonry upon him. This consent may be glven to any lodge, on application, without regard to locality. The rejection of a candidate 1n a lodge does not bar the right ofanotb.er lodge to receive his petition and to spread a ballot thereon; It simply quullfies and limits the ril{ht to confer the degrees of Masonry upon hl~ until consent is obtained. In this connection it might be well to add that the re-Jection of. a ca,ndidate by a lodge not having jurisdiction over him at the time of his application wIll not operate to prevent another lodge from accepting him and making him a Mason. 47. That .. Masonic burial" (in Sec. 42 of the Statutes) has particular reference to the performance of the services and ceremonies over a deceasecl brother. 48. Although there is nothing mandatory in the laws or Landmarks against the use of a Masonic lodge room by other associations not Masonic, still COl're(~t Masonic sentiment teaches that a lodge room, under the control of a Masonic lodge, and dedicated to the purposes of Masonry, should not be let or used for other than Masonic purposes. Only under extraordinary circumstances should this 1'111e admit of an exception, and then the conscience of the brethren must determine for them the propriety of a dep'arture from the well-approved custom. 49. That the issues in a trial having once been finally determined upon the rnerit8, a lodge may not proceed to a new trial upon the same charges and specifications. 50. Where a lodge passed a by-law which prescribed that .. a brother who shall have been a faithful member of his lodge, in good standing, for ten years â&#x20AC;˘ consecutively, shall be a privlleKed member, entitled to all benefits of the lodge by paying Grand Lodge dues'ouly," and a member of the lodge had complied with all the provisions or said law, after which the lodge rescinded the by-law. Held that the brother could not be compelled to pay dues to his lodge other than Grand Lodge dues. , 51. That there is no provision in the Constitution or Statutes, under which a lodge can claim jurisdiotion over material! paBBed and raised in said lodge at the request of another lodge, but the brother is to be considered a member of the lodge which received his petition and initiated him. 52. That honorary membership in a lodge depends entirely on active memo bership in some other lodge. It carries with it no rights or prlvlleges in the lodge wherein it is conferred and imposes no duties. If the honorary member gives up his active membership, he is subject to the disabilities of an unafflliate. His honary membership is virtually held in abeyance until he is' again atllliated. 53. That a committee, appointed in pursuance or the 52d Sec.. of the Statutes of the Grand Lodge, must make a report, in terms "favorable" or .. unfavorable" before a ballot shall be spread on the application of a candidate. The nature of the report, whether favorable or unfavorable, should be placed on the minutes. 54. Xhat the decision and sentence of a lodge in the trial of a brother, on charges, is always subject to appeal, and if the appellate otllcer, or commission, or body reverses the decision or sentence, the brother's status is, as if the decision of the lower tribunal had not ~een rendered. 55. A lodge may not reverse its own action after sentence has been pronounced, and while the acoused is undergoing punishment, so as to prejudice his standing or rights. 56. That flo lodge, having sentenced a brother to be reprimanded for a Masonic offense, has exhausted its right to punish for that offense. The SUbject may not be judicially reviewed or reconsidered by the ludge. Only on appeal may the actIon of the lodge be reversed or set aside. 57. Thl\t, where the Commissioners, after the trial of a brother, charged with a Masonic offense, reported the accused guUty and recommended bis expUlsion, and an amendment was otfered to change the penalty to suspension, }fr:t~S the duty of the Master to take the vote of the lodge on the greater penalty 58. The confession by a brother of a Masonic 'orime, accompanied by a plea for mercy, does not in anywise entitle him to milder punishment than the offense demands. In dealing with the offense, and determining the penalty, two things must be kept in view: 1. Charity fQr the brother who confesses a fault; 2. Duty to the lodge and the Craft in 'feneral.

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59. That the physical qualifications of a cnndidate for Masonry cannot be determined by the Grand Master. The Grand Master cannot issue a dispensation allowing a lodge to disobey a Landmark of Masonry. Whether a candidate is such "a hale man, sound, not deformed or dismembered." as the Landmarks of Masonry prescribe to be eligible material for the temple, Is a question that must ~ settled by the cOI\l1Icientious judgment of the Master and each brother of the lodge. If the Master of a lodge Is not satisfied after thoroughly and scrupulonsly considering the matter, that the candidate is such a man, It wlll be his duty to reject him. 60. That it is entirely Improper, except by way of appeal, for a brother of a lodge to criticise the action of his Master. or to seek to obtain from higher authority a reversal of a Master's action. without giving notice to the Master of his Intention so to do, and either furnishing the Master with a copy of his communication to the reviewing officer. or sending the questions. concerning which he seeks an opinion, through the hands of the Master; In this way giving him notice that his rullng is called in question. 61. That there is no law of Masonry. or reason for a law. which will prevent a lodge from reconsidering an action Improperly or nnadvisedly taken. The rl~ht t·o reconsider a motion, however, must depend on its nature and the facts of the case. . . 62. That the refusal of a lodge to donate to a brother hls·dues on one occasion, will not prevent the body from granting the same relief at another and subsequent time. A resolution donating money to a brother to pay his dues, having been adopted by a lodge, cannot be subsequently reconsidered and ne~atlved.

83. That an otncer of a lodge, against whom ch&.rges are preferred, continues to hold his office, until, after due Masonic trial, a penalty has been decreed; and it will depend on the duration of the penalty, whether he may at any time • resume his otllcial functions. It is in the power of the Grand Master, if. on a pre"lentatlon of charges, he shall deem It advisable for the interests of the Craft, to suspend such otllcer, until the issues shall have been determined. 64. That the provisions of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, adopted lu June. 1873, have no retrospective or retroactive etrectbeither to lessen or increase punishment Inflicted before its adoption. It will e necessary for a lodge to act on the question of restoration, before a brother, heretofore indefinitely suspended, can resume his good standing among Masons; provided, the brother shall not be restored by the Grand Lodge. 65. That the Master of a lodge wasjustlfled in suspending a Tyler, who was temporarily unfltted for the performance of the functions of his otllce by intoxlcA.tlon. It does not matter that the Tyler was elected under the By-Laws of the lodge. The Master's obligations to the Craft approved the exercise of a very necessary prerogative. 66 That the Master of a lodge has a right to one vote on any question brought before his lodge. He may vote in the original count, or·to determine a tie vote, but may not exercise the privilege in both instances on the same question. (See Report of Committee below.) On June the 2<1, the Grand Lodge dedicated the new Masonic Hall with imposing ceremonies. M. W. Brother John L. Lewis, Past Grand Master, delivered an eloquent and very appropriate oration on the occasion. It was the largest Masonic procesilion ever 'had in New York, or probably in the world, and the energetic brethren who pushed the glorious work of building the temple to a successful conclusion deserve very great praise. It is not only an honor to the State, but to the nation. Distinguished visitors from nearly all the States and Canada were present.

On the 3d of June all the Grand Otllcers were re-elected unanimously by a show of hands. . REPORT ON GRAND MASTER'S DECISIONS:

The undersigned, the Standing Committee on the Condition ot; Masonry, having had assigned to it by special resolution, the decisions of the Most WorshipfUl Grand Master, on various questions of MaRonic law, as set forth in his annual address, respectfully reports: That the committee has carefnlly discharged the duty so devolved upon it, and fUlly considered the decisions numbered from I to 66.

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That it has unanimously R.rrlved at the conclusion, that they should be approved and a1llrmed as reported, except those numbered Nos. 11, 16, 17, 19, 34, 46, 49, SO, 53, 57, four of which are disagreed to by the committee, and the otbers modified or explained. ' . As explained by the Grand Master In his address many of these decisions are of elementary quelitions rendered necessary by \he provision of the new Constitution and Statutes repealing all past regulations, and have long been recognized as correct principles of Masonic law, and our thanks are eminently due to the Grand Master for his clear, concise and emphatic restatement, and his enunciation of them. In making a note of decisions, It Is extremely di1llcult so to state them 3.<; to make them at once clear and concise, and for this r~ason It Is not impoSllible that we may not have fUlly apprehended them. We have annexed resolutions expressive of our conclusions upon these decisions. Nos. 10, 18,25 and 37 have not been approved by the committee. We propose to amend. decision 11, so that it shall read : "11. That charges may be preferred in a lodge against a brother' who has been declared una1llliated by reason of non-payment of dues." Other decisions are proposed to bo amended by the committee, as follows: "16. That the Master of a lodge has a right to expect, and it shall be the duty of those who are opposed to the advancement of a brother, to be present at the communication of the lodge and demand a ballot." "17. Amend by adding at the end thereof, 'except in the case prOVided in Section 65 of the Statutes.' " "]9. Amend by adding at the end thereof, 'provided it be by the Master or Secretary only.''' .. 34. Amend by striking out the words, 'and unless the By-Laws prescribe otherwise.' "

"49. Amend by adding at the end, 'unless a new trial be granted upon R.ppeal.' " With decision 46 we had more di1llculty. Whlle the rules of law are corÂˇ rectly laid down l yet in the conclusion of the whole matter we cannot fully concur, and thins: it should be modified, and certainly cannot concur in the conclusion expressed in the sentence: "This consent may be given to any lodge on application, without regard to locality," for which we propose to substitute other words, so that it shall thus read: "ThiR consen t may be given to any lodge In whose jurisdiction such candidate resides at the time ot such application." The case is as if it stood thus: A brother applies in Buffalo and Is rejected, and by the rejection the Butralo lodge acquires jurisdiction over him. He subsequenty removed to Rochester, and a lodge then acquired territorial jurisdiction over him, which would be absolute, but' for his previous rejection In Butralo. Now we do not think that the brother could go to Auburn and apply, and be accepted and Initiated there with the consent of the Buffalo lodge. but must apply, and with the requisite consent be received at Rochester. In other words, Buffalo only releaseslt8 right of jurisdiction, and cannot tramler It to any other locality. Decision SO, we think, should be understood, with the qualification, that it only applies to regUlar annual dues, and not to other extraordinary assessments for Masonic purposes. Decision 53 should be amended by striking out the last sentence, requiring the nature of the report to be entered on the minutes. Neither the Constitution or Statutes require such regulation, and we do not deem it expedient that it should be established. â&#x20AC;˘ Decisions 55 and 06 will be best understood by reading them together, with the word ",therefore II between them. The principles contained in the matters referred to the committee by request of the Commission of Appeals, will be found embraced in the decisions of the Grand Master above approved.

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The matter in the communication from North Star Lodge, No. 107, is a question of fact as to the residence of a candidate, and must be determined by that lodge for itself. . To the question:'" Has an honorary member of a 1,pdge the ri~ht to vistt. said lodge when a member of it objects thereto 'i" the answer is in the negative. An honorary member is only on the same footing as other visitors in good standing. â&#x20AC;˘ . We propose to amend the second subdivIsIon of Rule XII. by st.riking out the words, "the Condition of Masonry wIthIn the jurisdiction," and Inserting the words, .. Masonic JurIsprudence," and inserting the words," Masonic law, and to," so that the sUb~Ivision shall read: .. 2. A Committee on MasonIc Jurisprudence to consist of seven members. To this committee shall be referred all domestic correspondence requiring actIon, and questions relative to Masonic law, and to the usages, privileges and customs of the Fraternity. "

We submit the following resolutions: 1. Resolved, That the several decisions of the Grand Master, reported in hIs

Annual Address, be approved and atllrmed, except as herein stated. 2. Resolved, That decisions 10, 18, 25 and

'iT be not approved.

3. Resolved, That decisions 11,16, 17,19,34, 46,49,50,53, 55,56 and 57 be approved

modified in this report.

4. Resolved, That an honorary member of a lodge has not the rIght to visit said lodge when a member of it objects thereto. 5. Resolved, That Rule XII. of thIs Grand Lodge be amended as recomÂˇ mended in the above report.

A very large amount of local business was transacted. Again we have to regret the absence of "sub-heads." (See CallfornIB.) Once more we welcome the old reportorial hero as Chairman of Committee on Correspondence, after an absence of several years, caused prImarIly by sickness. His report is before us and it looks like" old times," Without, however, the sl1ghtest refiection upon the very able committee which immediately preceded him.

We ha\"e already given New York so much space......by necessity-that we will have to deal tenderly with the report and only give it a sHce of that consideration which it so well deserves. As usual, we shall make use of his reports on European Bodies. Under tlie head of Iowa, he quotes, and truly replies: At the installation of otllcers an address was delivered by Rev. Brother J. H. Rhea, in which he formulates this idea: .. The secrecy and sanctity of the lodge room have been partially, and, in fact, almost wholly destroyed by the opening of these sacred and secret retreats to the public visitation of those who are not Masons. No uninitiated eye should ever look upon our lodge rooms. The charm of mystery should never be broken or weakened." To all of which we utterly object. 'I'he real secrecy of Masonry we will as jealously guard and protect as any other member of the Craft but when we are told that the occasional gathering of our famllles and friends in the lodge room is anything but a benefit to Masonry, we respectfUlly demur. Our association has but little to conceal from the world. All its principles and alms may be, Rnd ought to be publicly discussed, and the place of all places to do this is the lodge room. During the past thirty years we have assisted at very many such gatherings, and we kn0\t that their effect has always been good for th.e Society and its members. EverS'" good man or woman who attends such a me~ng aQd is favorably impressed with the proceedings, is a friend on whom we1Jttn rely as against the railings of bigots who know nothing of us, and so we believe it a duty to open our halls at reasonable intervals, and solicit the attendance of the public, that. it may be seen what manner of men we are, and know what work 1L Is we are trying to do. G. L.-A 5.

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Under the head of Louisiana, he quotes, and in reply, expresses exactly the law in our jurisdiction. â&#x20AC;˘ 5. A dimitted Mason desiring to atllliate must apply to the lodge having jurisdiction over him, the nearest or most oonvenient to his residence, and 1r' rejected he can only apply to another lodge with the consent required by Sec. 7, Art. 11, By-Laws. To No.5 we most earnestly object. It may be the local law in Louisiana, but it certainly is not that of any other juriRdiction within our knowledge. The law of residence at best is an innovation in the body of Masonry, and has only been tacitly accepted as applying to the profane to prevent the lodltes in one jurll,diction from working up the material of another, and to ilinder men of bad character from going away from home where they are known and palming themselves off on the Craft in a strange place, but none of its provisions can in Masonic law or equity afPly to a Master Mason seeking to atllliateÂˇ. Every such brother is a member 0 the Craft universal. and has an indefeasible right to apply to the lodge in which he thinks he can best work and best agree, whether it be conv~nient to his residence or a thousand miles away, and the refusal of any lodge to atllliate him neither affects his standing as a Mason nor his right to apply to another whenever it may suit his convenience. Under the head 'Of Maryland, he coincides fUlly with our views about the powers of Grand Masters (whioh see). He quotes largely and approvingly from the Address of Past Grand Master Anderson, and pays a high compliment to our Grievance Report, saying: The Committee on Grievance pMsed upon thirty-two cases, and thpir report evinces careful attention to duty and capacity for brief and yet clear statement of each case ditllcuJ t to surpasf(!. Under the head of Nebraskn, he says: The Grand Lodge confirmed a decision previously made, that objection to a candidate holds goOd until removed or terminated by expiration at the end of six months, which we are glad to note as being in conformity to the principle for which we have long contended. Brother S. did not contend qui te "long" enough, he should have made it end in twelve months, as in this State, which makes objection or rejection one and the same thing. Under the head of Nevada, relative to dispensing with ballot on an unfavor. able report, he endorses our criticism on the same subject. From his last proposUlon we dissent, for the rea90n that the acceptance or rejection of a petition is a legislat.lve act, which cannot be inferred, but must have the positive action of the lodge. Now, there Is no way known to Masonry for It lodge to express Its willingness or unwillingness to receive a profane into its fold except by ballot. The report of the Investigating Committee is the expression of the opinion of the brethren composing it but it does not, and indeed, cannot, follow thatÂˇ their opinion is that of the lOdge. The lodge has, the1'efore, a right to be heard in a matter so nearly concerning its welfare, and, in all fairness to the candidate, he should be given to know that the rejection of his petition is due not to the good or 1ll report of a committee, but to the deliberate and solemn act of the lOdge, as a whole. We believe it was Brother Mackey's" Jurisprudence" which originated that theory of "no ballot," but even he has, we understand, abandoned it of late years. Under the head of New Brunswick, he quotes the following:

"Resolved That while, in the opinion of this Grand Lodge, a Mason is entitled to all the rights and privileges of the Fraternity, until he be suspended, excluded or expelled, after having undergone a regular trial, there is nothing in the General Regulations of the Craft to prevent lodges, it they desire to do so, enaeMng a by-law prOViding that brethren in arrears of dues on the night of annual'Wlection in their lodge shall not be eligible to vote at such election or to hold otllce." How in the name of common sense or consistency he can endorse such a law we cannot understand, except it be, as he says, "the law of New York."

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Both the laws of New York and New Brunswick say that "no member shall be deprived of his righU except by trial," etc.; and right here, in the face of such constitutional pro'Vision, they step in and decide that voting at an election is not the exercise of a RIGHT. If it is not a right it must be a farce. It looks to us as an underhand sort of a way of hitting a delinquent, without the courage to prefer charges. It puts us in mind of the negro washer-woman who used to beat her child unmercifully, and the priest told her "if she did not stop it he would excommunicate her soul," etc. So, instead or whipping, she used to chuck the youngster up to the ceillng and let it drop on the fioor, .and that settled its hash without danger of church penalty. The Grand Lodge of Wyoming

~as

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ELLWOOD E. THORNE, N. Y. City, G. M. JAMES M. AUSTIN, M. D., N. Y. City, G. Sec. JNO. W. SIMONS, N. Y. City, Chair'n For. Cor.

NORTH CAROLINA. Grand Lodge met in Raleigh, December 7, 1874. Brother John Nichols, Gra.nd Master, presided. He says: DECISIONS:

During the year I have been called upon for a large number of decisions, whioh I endeavored to render in accordance with the law and usage of t,his jurisdiction, as understood by me. Many of these decisions, however, were SUbstantially the same as those made by me during my first term or otllce, or by my predecessors, and could as well have been answered by any Master who had read the printed law of the Grand Lodge. It may be well to remark just here what I had intended to say in another connection, viz: that lodges are frequently too careless in the selection of their officers, often manifesting too ,great a disposition for a change. Good officers make good lodges. It is almost impossible for a Master in one year to qualify himself to preside in a lodge or inform himself of the laws and CUl:ltoms of tile Fraternity, and confer degrees with that fiuency and solemnity so necessary to make a proper impression on the minds of the brethren and of the candidates. And often, just as soon as the Master qualifies himself, he is superseded by one less fitted for the position. Thus. from year to year, are some lodges ruled by weak and doubting Masters. Let no one pass into the East but through the W~t, and then 1I0t unt11 the lodge is satisfied that he has zeal enough for the instltut!l)n to prumpt bim to do his work well and faithfully. A Master should not only be qualified to confer the degrees well, but he should be well versed in Masonic law. Especially should he be conversant with the By-Laws of his lodge, and the Constitution, By-Laws and Standing Resolutions of the Grand Lodge. We find no "sub-heads" in the Proceedings, which retards the work of reviewing. (See California.) Much local business was transacted. No Report on Correspondence, but a full directory of all the members, which will be a great aid to traveling imposters. GEO. W. BLOUNT, Wilson, G. M. DONALD W. BAIN, Raleigh, G. Sec. JNO. NICHOLS, Raleigh, For. Cor.

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Appendia:. NEW JERSEY. Grand Lodge met in Trenton,

January~,

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Wm. A. Pembrook, G. M., presided. DECISIONS:

I have during the year just closed rendered the following decisions: 1. The rIght of a Master Mason to vote at the annual electIon of 01llcers In the lodge of which he Is a member can only be atrected by suspension or expulsion. He cannot be deprived of such rIght on account of failure to pay his dues until regulariy suspended In accordance with the Seventeenth General Regulatl on. Any by-law of a subordinate lodge prohIbiting members who are in arrears from voting Is t.herefore null and void, aud should be rescinded. 2. In accordance with the principle contained In the Fourteenth General Regulation, a member of a iodge in this State resIdIng within another jurisdiction! if guilty of un-Masonic conduct, may, after due citation and trIal, be expelled oy the lodge in whose Jurisdict.Ion he resides. '3. An una1ll11ated Mason Is not entitled to MasonIc burIal. Under certaIn circumstances, however, a dispen8ation for such purpose may with propriety be granted by the proper authorIty. 4. In the absence of the Worshipfui Master a lodge cannot be legally opened or closed by a Past Master, unless one of the Wardens and the Warrant be present, and then only at the request of the Warden entitled to preside. 5. On the rejection of a candidate for inItiation or a1ll11ation he shall be at once notIfied of the fact by the Secretary of the lodge, and the propositIon fee retnrned. ' 6. A candidate who has been rejected In 8 lodge in this jurIijdiction (he beIng cognIzant of the fact), and is subsequently made a Mason in a lodge In another State, without the consent of the lodge whereIn rejected, is not entitled to Masonic recognition In this JurisdIction. 7. When a committee. to whom a petition for the degrees of Masonry has been referred, have signed the report,it becomes the property of the lodge, and the sIgnatures cannot be erased for the purpose of withdrawIng the petitIon. 8. In thIs jurIsdIction Master Masons only are entitled to receIve Dimits. Provision Is made in the FIfth General RegulatIon for granting a certificate, unner certaIn cIrcumstances, to a Fellow Craft or Entered ApprentIce. Y

9. When a lodge located in a township makes applIcation to one of a number of cIty lodges holdIng concurrent Jurisdiction for permission to receive and act upon the petitIon. of a candIdate residing therein, and such lodge refuses to grant permIssIon! Its action Is final, and the townshIp lodge has no right to apply for such privi ege to either of the remaining city lodges. 10. The power to summon members of a lQdge Is vested solely in the' Master. It cannot be legall;)" done by the chairman of a committee. 11. If a candIdate who has been proposed and elected Ina lodge fails to present hImself for initiatIon wIthIn the time required by the By-Laws of such lodge, or In the absence of any by-law,1fwithin one year from the time of such election, all claim between him and the lodge is lost, and any lodge holding concurrent jurIsdIction may subsequently receIve and act upon the petitIon of such candIdate wIthout the consent of the lodge in WhIch he was elected.

12. The adcuser in ~ TrIal by Charges cannot call upon the accused to substantiate the charge or charges. The accused may testify in his own behalf, and the accuser or his counsel have then the rIght to cross-examine him. 13. When a lodge has granted permIssion to any other lodge to receIve and act upon a petition for InItIation, all jurisdictIon In the premises Is transferred with sucb permission. Should the petition be received and subsequently rejected by the lodge receIvIng such permIssion, the authorIty therea,fter to dlspose'of or transfer such material Is with the rejecting lodge. I also submt't the following question for yo,ur consideration and decision!

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Has a Masonic lodge the rIght to lease Its lodge room to socIeties other than Masonic; and, Uso, would it be expedient? I desIre to call tbe attention of the Grand Lodge to the subject of fees for affiliation. In my judgment no such fee should be demanded from a Master Mason. He bas already paid tbe fees for the degrees, and, upon hIs election to membershIp in any lodge, at once becomes a contributing member, accordin~ to the terms of the By-Laws of sucb lodge. To demand such a fee is to enCourage non~aml1at1on; to abolIsh it would be to leave non-atnlIates without any financial excuse for their position. Believing that it would be for the best Interests of the Oraft in this jurisdIction to abolish the atnltation fee, I would recommend that the Grand Lodge tdke action to that effect at the present session. . The Grand Lodge fixed the salary or Grand Lecturer at 8500 per annum, and the lodges to pay bis traveling expenses. We find no .. sub-heads," but belIeve that much local business was transacted. (See California.) Brother spondence.

Marshall- B. Smith I>ubmitted an excellent Report on CorreWM. A. PEMBROOK, El1zabeth, G. M. JOSEPH H. HOUGH, Trenton, G. Sec. and For. Cor.

NEW BRUNSWICK. Grand Lodge met in St. John, September 23,1874. Brother Jno. V. Ellis, G. M., presided. His Annual Address is a clear busIness paper. He cannot recommend the recognition of Brazll, Egypt, Hungary or Santo Domingo, which was concurred in by the Grand Lodge. A resolution was adopted making it compulsory for all visitors from other jurisdictions to present Grand Lodge certificates before bein~ examineu. Much local business was transacted. No Report on Correspondence. JOHN V. ELLIS, St. John, G. M. WM. F. BUNTING, St. John, G. Sec. P. S.-Did it .ever strike the Grand Secretary, that if the cover got torn oif the pubItshed Proceedings, there would be no indication of the post-office address of a single Grand officer?

NOVA SCOTIA.

Grand Lodge met in HalIfax, June 3, 1874, sInce which time we have receIved no reports. 1874 was reviewed last year.

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NEVADA. Grand Lodge met in Virginia, November 17, 1874. Brother Horatio S. Mason, G. M., presided. We notice the following in the record, and do not now aBude to it as peculiar to Nevada, but it seems to get into all the Proceedings, and we draw attention to this only as a sample, and simply to ask .. the use oC it," viz: The reading of the minutes of the proceedings of the last Annual Grand Communication was, on motion, dispensed with, the members being supplied with printed copies. We do not recollect of ever having seen in G. L. law a requirement for reading the proceedings at the subsequent session. The minutes of each session are always read and approved beCore the Grand Lodge is closed, and generally so attested by the Grand Secretaries. We quote the following DECISIONS:

I have during the year made quite a number of decisions, some of which I

deem of sufficient importance 1-0 report to you:

1. A lodge may change its place of meeting within the same town without asking the cont짜lnt of the Grand Lodge. 2. That a Grand Lodge certificate could not be issued until all fees due the dissolved lodge had been paid the Grand Lodge. 3. That a brother from the jurisdiction oC New York could be electe,d a member oC a lodge in this Jurisdiction without a Dlmit, for the reason that New York does not grant Dimlts until the applicant has joined another lodge, and it would therefore be impossible for the brother to comply literally with our custom. 4. That the Tyler always has the right to vote it he is a member of the lodge. 5. A stranger has no right to demand an examination when the lodge is at labor, but should appJy before the lodge convenes. 7. A man who cannot write his name should not be made a MaSon. 8. The Worshipful Master can remove an appointed officer at will. These decisions I submit to your candid consideration and approval or disapproval, and it is probable that we shall not agree as to Nos. 7. and 8. The question-Can a Worshipful Master remove an appointed officer at will? -is important, and with your kind Indulgence I will give you my reasons for .saying that he can, and the first argument Is that the power that can appoint can always remove; there is a wide dUference between appointing and electing; further" when a brother Is appointed to fill a station, be enters into a sort of an agreement to perform certain dnties; and if he fails to perform those duties by reason of inability or indifference, he forfeits hIs right to the position and should be removed, and if he be ineficient or Indifferent, he should be removed on general principles and for the good of the Craft, and another appointed who can and wlll perform the duties of the statIon. It may be thought by some that this decision is an innovation. Well, suppose it is; this Grand Lodge Is accustomed to that. It was an innovation when the separate ballot lor degrees was abollshed; it was an innovation when it was declared that the Grand Master did not possess the rIght to make Masons at sight. If, then, there be any more rubbish lying in our pathway to an enlightened progress, why may we not remove that also? . I decided that moving the previous question in a Masonic lodge was admissible, because there was nothing in our Constitution or General RegUlations to prevent it, and in the absence of rules to direct a lodge, it should be governed by ordinary parliamentary law, ~nd moving the previous question being in

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accordancE:' with parliamentary law, it might be used in a Masonic body. At the same time I advised the Worshipful Master who asked the ruling that ther~ could be no necessity tor its use in a lodge as the Master himself could always control or cut off debate. If this Grand Body should reverse my decision, or should adopt a general regulation stating that the moving of the prevlous question In a Ml\sonic lodge was not admissible. I should heartily concur. I have rendered many decisions -besides these, of questions which had been <ieclded a thousand times before, but as the questions usually came from young Masters who were afraid of going wrong, I took it kindly, and don't propose to read them a lecture on their Wl\nt of Masonic knowledge, for it Is not so long that I have forgotten when I was a young Master, aDd much inclined to seek the opinion of others. With all ofwhioh we agree, except that relating to the" previous question," as we have before stated under other heads. The Grand Master himself gives a reason why it cannot be called, viz: that "the W. M. holds the gavel and can terminate debate whenever he sees proper, and to allow a call for the question robs him of a right guaranteed by the law and usage." We do not think the reason given for its use at aU valid, viz: that" nothinl/; in the Constitution or General Regulations preven ts it," for neither do either of these instruments prevent a motion to adjourn the lodge, yet a Grand Master who would entertain the motion in Grand Lodge, or a W. M. who would tolerate it in his lodge, would be the laughing-stock of the Masonic world. The Grand Lodge changed its law on ballots and requires one now on petitions even when reported unfavorably upon. They still adhere to dropping the E. A. and F. C. from those who do not advance within two years, yet decide it does not affect their .status in the lodge. Then, in the name of heaven, what does it affect? Oui bono' The Tyler, if a member, and if present, must vote. Proposed amendment to the Constitution: To amend Section 10, so as to read as follows: The Grand Lodge shall hold its Annual Communications for the transaction ofits regular business, at the city of VirginIa. commencing on the Anniversary of St. John the Baptist, of each year, except when such day falls upon Sunday, and then upon the following Monday. Supposing it falls on Friday or Saturday, then the delegates wlll be under expenses on Sunday, Which, we think, is a bad arrangement. Why not fix a specified day of the month, say the first Tuesday or 'Vednesday, and that will give all the delegates a chance to reach the Grand Lodge without traveling OIl or being from home on Sunda~路. However, it's no funeral of ours, and perhaps Virginia is a good "Sunday town," as the boys say. Brother Robert H. Taylor submitted a very full and, as usual, an exceedingly able Report on Correspondence, of 134 pages. Under the head of California, he agrees with' our law, allowing a M. M. to select any lodge he pleases for alIlliaUon. He quotes largely from P. G. Master Owen's Address, and approves of his decisions. Under the head of New York, he says: To all of which we agree; but the unreflecting reader might jump to a conclusion which Brother Gibson's language does not warrant. !fa Mason is deemed to have committed an offense against the laws of Masonry, which at the same time is an ottense against the law of the State, charges ought at once to be preferred against him in his lodge, and his trial proceeded with. without waiting to see what the civil tribunal is going to do about it. But, in our opinion, if during the progress of the Masonic trial the case is taken in hand and is going

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on in a State Court, the Masonic trial ought to be suspended, until the trial in court is concluded; for the reason tbat tbe brother cannot attend two trials at the same time, ana, as tbe State Court won't wai~ for us, we ougbt (in deference to the rights of a brother) to wait for it. The acquittal of the accused in the State Court, however should not affect the Masonic trial, which shoUld, nevertbeless, proceed; and if the evidence justifies it, a verdict of guilty arrived at, notWithstanding bis acquittal in tbe State Court. Tbe question of the effect of a judgment of conviction in a State Court is not involved in this discussion. Under the head of Tennessee, he says: We think that Brother Blackte displays a rather narrow appreciation of the use and usefulness of these Reports on Correlilpondence. By the candid and fair discussion of subjects connected with the history, jurisprudence and philosopbyof Masonry, through tbe medium of these reports, much good has been and will be done, in arriving at just conclusions. and in harmonizing the work and juridcal practice in the various Masonic Jurisdictions. We hope to see the return of our brother to the general plan of preparing these reports. . In conclusion, he trUly remarks: We observe that many Grand Mnsters and quite a number of the corps of correspondents use tbe word" Oraer," to designate tbe institution of Masonry. The words" Craft," "Fraternity," "Brotherhood" and" Institution" are, it strike us, more appropriate, more anCient, and less like the modern hosts of mushroom Orders that are-lllothing but Orders. ROBERT W. BOLLEN, Carson City, G. M. SAMUEL W. CHUBBUCK, Gold H1ll, G. sec. ROBERT H. TAYLOR, Virginia, Fol'. Cor.

NEBRASKA. Grand Lodge met in Omaha, June 2i, 1875. .Brother Bartin Dunham, G. M., presided. ~

The Grand Lodge got into communication by going first througb the preparatory sifting-mill of a Master's lodge; but as we have had. our say on that SUbject, under the head of Indiana, we w1ll pass on. The Annual Address is brief, and chiefiy local. A resolution was adopted prohibiting non-affiliates of over one year, from petitioning for a new lodge. From this we should judge that they are not troubled any with non-affiliates up there, and what路 they have they want to keep for seed. Do.n in Missouri we are not only glad to have tbem help to get up new lodges, but also charge no affiUation tee to join an old lodge. Happy Nebraska! Brother George S. Smith, Grand Orator, delivered a very fine address. The Committee on Charters and Dispensations made about a half-dozen different reports, something like they do in Lonisiana, which we have already reviewed. The Proceedings are magnificently printed, and, if they had .. sub-heads," they would be perfect. (See review of California.) Brother J. N. Wise submitted a carefnllypprepared Report on Correspondence, of 182 pages. Under the head of Arkansas, he properly excoriates one of their laws, whioh directed officers to be nominated in lodge before they can be voted for,

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and that votes oannot be cast for one not nominated. Such a law is an abject aping after modern benetlcial debating societies calied "Orders." It is a disgrace to Masonry. Under the head of Missouri, he pays a compUment to Past Grand Master Owens, but unfortunately counted up thirty-nine lodges U.D., of which he issued twenty-fonr, and yet the Grand Master says" they have too many lodges in Mlssour1." We suppose Artemus Ward would call that U sarkasm." He seconds our motion for Grand Secretaries to grant the reviewers and readers generally "sub-heads." Brother Beecher has detlned theological "inwardness," and Brother Josh. Billings has given us the meaning of" cussedness," but it takes some Grand Secretaries to furnish the compound word of" inwardcussedness" whenever they get under the spell of al!lcientitlc book-printer. We will say to Brother Bowen that we have no reference to allusions; nothing personal whatever, we mean a whole lot of them. Under the head of Virginia, where some Grand Officers were installed by proxy, Brother Wise truly says: "You might as well hold that parties may marry by proxy"-i. e., on the European plan. FRANK WELCH, Norfolk,' G. M. WM. R. BOWEN, Omaha, G. Sec.

OHIO. Grand Lodge met in Columbus. October, 20,1874; that is, a "large number" of Master Masons tlrst met to see whether there was such a thing as the Grand Lodge of Ohio in eXistence, and If it had any delegates presen t who wanted an Introduction, and if there were none, we presume they would have had a convention and organized; but, fortunately, "Brother Jno. D. Caldwell, Grand secretary, reported that more than a constitutional quorum of representatives and proxies of subordinate lodges were present, dUly enrolled; whereupon the Most. Worshipful Grand Master declared the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ohio open in AMPLE FORM," God Is good to Ohle, or else that squad of Master Masons, without a Charter, Constitution, or By-Laws, etc., might have left the Grand Lodge Ollt in the cold. Bayard Taylor, in one of his lectures, says that the Chinese never had roast pig till one day a house burned down before the pigs could get out, and the bot coals made a most delicious roast, and that for hundreds of years afterwards they nevel"found out how to have roast pig except by burning down a house. When 路will some of the older States ever learn how to open a Grand Lodge Cixcept by going through the whole formula of an origInal organization? In 1819 the Grand Lodge of Ohio commenced to be organized by first opening a lodge of Master Masons to inquire into credentials, and is not certain whether she is organized yet. Last year we had occasion, in .reviewing Co~orado, to say the following: We must say that we do not exactly see through the necessity of this form of opening. In the tlrst place, we do not see what kind of a charter the Deputy Grand Master had under which to open" a lodge of Master Masons." In the second place, we do not see what it could accbmplish, for it is certainly not competent for '6 lodge of Master Masons, without a charter, to sit in Judgment on tb~ credentials of a sovereign Grand Body.

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In the third place, any Grand Lodge can meet without a quorum, and adjourn from time to time until it gets a quorum by summons or otherwise; and we hold that the Grand Master l!Ihould have opened the Grand Lodge. and ascertained from the Committee on Credentials if a quorum was present, and, if so. then go ahead; and. if not. then send for them, and call off until the dele~at.es arrived. This is the "old style." and we like it best, because it looks more like square work. We do not know where our good brethren of Colorado get their ideas from; but we hope they will abandon it, for it won't stand the test of logic or usage. Now, we do know where they got it from, and this year they abandoned it; and we hope our good brethren of old Ohio will set no more such bad examples to her younger sisters. We suppose Indiana also caught the measles from her sister next door. Brother Asa H. Battin, G. M., presided. He granted eighteen dispensations for new lodges. Under the head of as follows:

DECISIONS

he hits" a lot of blockhead Masters on the head

My decisions upon qUElstions of Masonic Jurisprudence during the year bave been numerous and unimportant. No new questions have arisen, and the old ones have been frequently decided by this Grand Lodge. In answer to twentY-l!Iix letters of inqUiry received during the year, I have as many times decided that a man who has lost an arm or a leg cannot be made a Mason. I would again urge upon our members the necessity of famlllarizing themselvel!l with the Code of Masonic Jurisprudence, and the Constitution and :Hy-I~aws of the Grand Lodge. By so doing they could reasonably avoid many of the questions which the Gra.nd Master is called upon to decide. He complainl!l that expul.tion for non-payment of dues does no good, and only causes confusion, and too often injustice. and recommends its repeal.. We should say so, and so would almost anybody else who ever thought over the question ten minutes. Such a law is only a boomerang, which hurts more of those who tire it than those tired at. His whole address is a most excellent one throughout. A very large amount of important local business was transacted. Brother John D. ~ldwell, Grand Secretary, submitted a very interesting Report on Correspondenceâ&#x20AC;˘. The first twenty-four pages of his work are devoted to an able review and history of Freemasonry from the earliest York Lodge of England to the present day, and he then presents a strong argument in favor o1'a National Jubilee, June 24,1876. His remaining teport is subdivided up Into different heads, such as-Saloons, Masonic Burial, Men of Color, Dimlts. Electioneering for 01l1ce, Mileage and Per Diem, Sloane Manuscript, MarqUis of Ripon. ASA :tIt BATTIN, Steubenville, G. 1\1. JNO. D. CALDWELL, 233 West Fourth St., Cincinnati, G. Sec. & For: Cor.

OREGON. Grand Lodge met in Salem, June 8, 1874. Brother Thos. Me F. Patton, G. M., presided. I<'orty lodges represented. He granted dispensations for two new lodges.

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Ol!'FICIAL DECISIONS.

During the year the usual amount of questions have "been submitted for an official opInion, a large majority of which were answered by referring to the regulations of the Grand Lodge, or decisions heretofore rElndered and affirmed time and again. The following I have considered of sufficient importance to report to you, under the regulation of the Grand Lodge: 1. A brother who signs a petition to the Grand Master for a dispensation to establish a new lodge, cannot apply for affiliation to any other lodge during the continuance of such dispensation. When a charter is granted, it is optionary with him either to sign the petition for a charter which, if granted, would complete his membership, or to apply for affiliation to any other lodge he might select.

2. The status a brother who has received the M. M. Degree io a lodge ot.her than that in which he was entered, either by consent or request, is that of a non-q.ffiliate until he signs the By-Laws; and it is competent for any lodge to entertain his petition for affiUation, accompanied with a statement showing Why he is not in possession of a Dimit. 3. The refusal of a Master Mason's widow to allow the Fraternity to perform the burial-service, and neglecting other kind offices tentered her ill her hour of desolation and affiiction, will not debar her at any subsequent time, so long as she remains his widow, to claim rellef when in dlstres8, for herself or children. Nor will any act or word of her's reiease the l<~raternity from their obligations to respond. The right of relief inures to her by virtue of her hu!!band's good standing at the time of his death, and the claim should be respected. 4. It Is inconsistent with' the spirit and intent of Masonry for a lodge to entertain any proposition to provide or arrange by the appointment of committees or otherwfse for Mason Ie balls. Festivities oHh1s charact.er are wholly foreign to the purpose for whIch lodges are congregated, and are very liable to produce confusion among the Craft, even if unanimity prevailed, the act of the lodge authorizing and consenting to such festlvl lies vIrtually implies that the expenses incurred thereby will be assumed by the lodge, which is forbidden by Standing Regulation No.3 of the Grand Lodge. OUR EDUOATIONAL FUND.

In the early history of our <lrand Lodge, upon the recommendation of Palit Grand Master J. C. Ainsworth, then presiding Grand Master, provision was made for the establishment of an Educational Fund, by appropriating from the General Fund one hundred aud fifty dollars, and securing such voluntary contributions as might be made by the Craft at large, and such others as felt an interest in the matter. The appeal of the committee appointed by the Graud Lodge, was responded to in So llberal manner by a large portion of the Craft througnout the jurisdiction, and at each Aunual Communication for several years thereafter, liberal free-wili otferiugs continued to be presented for the purpose of aidin~ in this laudable work. At the time this i~portant step was taken by the Grand Lodge, and so generously encouraged and supported by the Craft, the educational interests of the State were in thefr incipiency-undeveloped. Our population was sparse, scattered here and there over a vast area of territory, aud unsettled in its character. Our land was comparatively unknown. Its remoteness from the great cen路 tre of civillzatiou rendered it uninviting; while the facilities for reaching It were so limited and attended with such great expense. and so many dangers, hardships and privations, that it was doubtful whether the educational facilities would for many years meet the wants and requirements of "the people. Foreseeing this slow progress in the settlement of our country, and the urgent necessity of preparing for any emergency that might arise on account of their own household, the Grand Lodge conceived and perfected the plan which to-day places at our command, aside from all amounts refunded to subordinates by reason of repealed regulations, losses by bad iuvestments," and disbursements for the education of the orphan wards, the sum of thirteen thousand dollars. Yet in due time our State rapidly increased in popUlation and wealth; and as her varied and extenaive resources bpgan to be developed, the SUbject of education was among the first to enll:age the attention and enlist the sympathies of our citizens. So general was the interest manifested in the cause, that our citizens generally coutributed towards the erection and endowment of several institutions of learning, which to-day stand as monuments of their liberality, an honor to their founders, and a credit to the State.

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Aside from the!je personal efforts on the part of our people, the General Government has been exceedingiy kind and generous towards us; and while rich and valuable grants have been made f(om the public domain for the support and maintenance of common schools, her liberality as displayed in her munificent donallons for the erection and endowment of an Agricultural College and State University. are equally magnanimous. Twenty years have ~assed in their sllent course since this fund was created, and to-day it aJfords me profound satisfaction, not only as a citizen, but as a Mason, to record the fact, that during this brief period, notwithstanding all the embarrassments which attended our early settlement, the many hindering causes that retarded our growth and prosperity, our educational facilities are such at the present time that a liberal education can be furnished to the high and the low, the rich and poor, black or white, the deaf and mute, as well as the blind, without money and without pric~. I have thus briefiy alluded to the circumstances which surrounded us at the time when action 1n this matter was first'taken and to note our present enviable position as a State and people in regard to educational facilities, from the fact that it devolves upon us, my brethren, at the present session, to provide, by legislation, 'for the further investment of this fund. For a period of five years ft has been invested, I\S you are aware, in United States gold bearing â&#x20AC;˘ bonds, and allowed to increase by adding interest to principal. This provision expires to-day by limitation, hence the necessity of careful and considerate action in relation to its investment, permanent or otherwise. In view of the educational"facllities which we now enjoy, and which are constantly increasing, I would cordially recommend for your consideration the propriety of creating, by constitutional provision, a Grand Lodge Charity Fund, to be managed by a board of trustees annually chosen, and transferring to such charity fund the amount now on hand belonging to the educational fund, which shall constitute and remain a separate irreducible fund. The interest annually accruing thereon to be appropriated as the Grand Lodge may direct for educational purposes, or for the relief of such poor and distressed brethren, their widows and orphans, as may be found worthy. I

Such action, I am satisfied, will meet with the Clordial approbation of the Craft throughout the juriSdiction, and especially those whose names are borne upon our records as being patrons and contributors of this fund from its incipiency. It is vain to suppose that the amount now on hand, even with its accnmulat.ions for years to come, without some additional free-will off~rings, or legal assessments to aid, will, in our day or generation, be adequate to erect and maintain an institution which would approach even respectability, mUClh less refiect credit upon the Order. Again, it would be unwise, in my judgment, to hoard this fund with its accumulations any longer, without some provision that its gains, at least, might, under proper restrictions, be expended for the relief of such cases as might arise. I trust this SUbject will recei ve mature consideration at your hands, such as will give no cause for regret in the future. Oregon is one of the few, if not the only State which comes up to our notion of an "educational fund." She did not get in debt by trying to build Masonic colleges, etc., but she paid for the tuition of her orphans in the neighborhood where they lived and cQuld be best taken care of, and at one-third the expense, and hence to three times as many children as by the special college system. The result has proven the wisdom of her course.. The whole Address is a clear'business paper. The following was adopted: Resolved, That the M. W. Grand Master Elect, and Past Grand Masters Chadwick and T. Mc F. Patton be and they are hereby appointed a committee upon the part of this Grand Lodge, to correspond with our Washington and Idaho brethren, and make arrangements for a Masonic reunion upon the seashore.

Now, there is some sense in a proposition like this, and there is also a good deal of Masonry in it, too. Down by "the seashore" the brethren will meet in happy communion, learning the sweet infiuences of harmony from the undying song olthe waves which kiss their feet on the shore. Old reminiscences will be renewed; old d11llculties forglven and pledged to forgetfulness. New vows

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ma.de, to be echoed back by the sea and fulfilled in their mountain homes around the sacred altar fires of brotherly love, relleC and troth. What woold we not give to drop in on tha.t "reunion" on the shore oC the great Pacific, which we have so long longed to see. "Peace be with thee," true llnks of the great Northwest; may the chain grow longer and stronger, and" down by the seashore" may you, and generations to succeed you, often meet in happy reunions, is the good wish of your Masonic mother who gave birth to your first lodge, M'ultanoniah, No.1. Brother J. N. Dolph, Grand Orator, delivered a beautiful Address. Brother S. F. Chadwick submitted an interesting and well digested Report on Correspondence. We regret that our Proceedings got lost in the mall, as it does not appear in the review. Lost copies ~IW8YI!l freely served, if notified of the fact. I. B. CONGLE, - - , Grand ,Mastet'.

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NOTE.-As the cover got torn off the Proceedings, we could not find the post-office addre!ls ot' Grand Master or Foreign Correspondent. The address of every Grand officer shOUld be entered along with the result of ~he election, as in our own Proceedings-then the covers can" go to grass" and the record yet be complete.

PENNSYLVANIA. Grand Lodge met in Quarterly Communication June 3, 1874, September 2, 1874, December 2, 1874, and Annual one, December 28, 1874. Brother Alfred R. Potter, G. M., presided. He alluded in feeling terms to the death of Past Grand Masters Samuel H. Perkins, died May 22,1874, and John M. Read, died November 26, 1874. Immedla.tely路 succeeding this a Quarterly Communication was held, at which was announced the death of Past Grand Master James Page, who died April 6, 1875, and Past Grand Master Lucius H. Scott, who died April 22, 1875, thus recording the death of four distinguished Past Grand Masters and prominent citizens In the space of about twelve months. Such a mortallty is almost without a parallel in the history of any Grand Lodge. They were all, without exception, much more than ordinary men, both in social and public life, and not only has the venerable Grand Lodge of that State, but the city itself, great cause to mourn their death. It is needless to say that the Grand Lodge did all In its power to show proper respect to their good names and memory by proper testimonials and review of their valuable lives, in the n~at memorial pamphlets before us. It is an additional honor to the name of Brother Page, who, on account of his age, worth and experience, had filled almost every important office in the gift of his fellow路cUizens, who along with the ten thousand Craftsmen, would have followed his remains, but that he requested the absence of all public display. which request was faithfully adhered to. Ho was not the kind of a man to pay much value to expensive funeral pageants, but rather preferred that his works should live aftet' him, and that such a noble example has been set by one abave all others best able to do it.

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We hope the era of great and costly funerals will pass away, and that the money too often thus spent on account of those least able to bear it, may be better applied to the needy widow and children. A very large amount of local business was transacted, especially relative to the finances, which appear to be in a healthy condition. Brother E. Coppee Mitchell submitted a very interesting Report on Correspondence, covering 145 pages. UndQr tbe head of Alabama, he says: .. It is an undoubted prerogative of the office of Grand Master that he may make a Mason â&#x20AC;˘at sight.'" We take issue with this and say it is most emphatically doubted, and so much so that not one who has ever assumed this theory of .. prerogative" has ever been abie to show the slightest authority for it beyond a mere iplle dixit. The very case the committee cites as proof, viz: Connecticut, 1874, condemns him, for that Grand Master received a rebuke from his Grand Lodge which must have been very hum1llating, to say the least, and one he will not soon forget. Both he and his predecessor tried on that littlo game, but it was so directly in the face of the intelligent Masonic sentiment of the world, and called forth 'such withering criticisms from all parts of the United States, that anyone who reads or keeps posted canuot help knowing that any Grand Master who dares to thus override a written Constitution to which he has sworn allegiance, cannot do so with impunity. Is there a "higher law" in Masonry than the Ancient RegUlations or present Constitutions? If so, on what does it rest? If it has only a resting place in the usurpations of a few modern Amerlcau Grand Masters during the past forty or fifty years, who shall say what may not a Grand Master do in violation of the law? We had hoped that all this twaddle about "ancient prerogatives," .. powers of Grand Masters before Grand Lodges were formed," etc., had been discarded by/the Craft, as the bubble has been so often exploded. We challenge the production of a single ancient regulation to justify any such assumption. It haR been called for for years, and has never been produced, and, until theproofll Hre furllished, we suggest to Pennsylvania to go slow before she endorses or tolerates any further violation of her laws, which must be subscribed to and obeyed by the hIghest as well as lowest of the Craft. But we forgive Brother M., as he says thIs i8 hIs first effort, and that, too, under great dUficu.lties. However, he must learn one thing (Which we all had to learn when we joined the .. Corps "), viz: not say that certain things are undoubted, because not doubted in our oWn State. We must recollect that we are not speaking for and to our own State alone, but the world. II One swallow does not make a summer," nor does one jurIsdiction represent the general jurisprudence of the Craft. The world Is too large and life too short to set up our individuai Idea against the intelllgence of the universe. The Pope can do that, for he does not care about being laughed at. If Brother M. had said that .. the Grand Master of Alabama assumed his prerogative to make Masons at sight, and, lookillg at hIs argument from a PennsylvanIa standpoint, we think he was right, although the oldest and most Infiuential Grand Lodges of the WOl'ld deny the right." then he would have been O. K. He will find in a few years of experIence that the reviewers are the most heretical cusses he ever met; they never take anything for granted, but have the impertinence to contInually call for the proofs, proofs. We grant that" tbey are. naughty, but they are nIce." (See Review on Vermont.) Under the head of Florida, he disagrees wI th that jurisdiction in allowIng those who are only suspended for non-payment of dues to be restored by sImply paying up; he bolds, as in his own State, that they should also be compelled to pass a ballot. We ask what for? Isft In the hope of rejecting hIm (after paying up) as a matter of revenge for once having got behind '1 He was punished once for his delinquency, by being deprived of aU benefits; was not that enough in the absence of any other charges '1 No true Mallonic penalty was ever inten~ed

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as a revenge-it fulfillsit8 mission when it has accomplished its object; hence, no brother is expelled for temporary intoxication, for if he promises to reform, he is suspended until he fills his promise, and if found true, he is restored, and is followed no further for the original offense. We agree with Florida. We want as few n~>D路amliatesas possible. He quotes liberally and favorably from the Address of Past Grand Master Owens, and relative to mock burial performances, says: With regard to the "pretended fu naral services" the' Grand Master was positive, befng satisfied that such proceedings were wrong. We think his views are extremely seuible. It ~eems absurd to go through the form of burying a person a long time after he has been adually under the ground' and the ablmrdity would clearly be heightened by gl ving as an eXCUHe for tbe delay the inclemency of the weatber. A fair-weather grief like this, is about as unreal as the mock ceremonies, and would certainly bring down tbe ridicule of the Witnesses npon the parties engaged in it. The Grand Maa.ter tben proceeds to explain what a "Lodge of Sorrow" is in Germany, wbere sucb a ceremony is not uncommon. It is not a burial service in any sense, but a commemoration, and is always held in a lodge room; never, we believe, in public. . We commend these sensible remarks to the solemn and grave consideration of Brotber Singleton, of D. C., who thought our Grand Master "did not know wbat he was talking about." Under tbe head of Nevada, he quotes and says: There is another decision which is worthy of remark: Every member of a lodge present wben the lodge is balloting on a petition for the degrees or membership, must cast his ballot; and neither the Worsbipful Master or the lodge can excuse any brother from casting his ballot on such occasions. It is no doubt from want of thought, but Masters of lodges are hardly careful enough to see tbat the voting on an applicant for admission is even general among the members. Perhaps (as we have before remarked In tbis report) the greatest danger which threatens Freemasonry In America to-day, is the too great laxity with which persons are admitted as members. The only possible reason for the secrecy of the ballot, is that the vote may be entirely free trom all improper considerations, and that every member may express his caudid judgment on the worthiness of any apjilicant without fear of being called to a.ccoun t for it. When only a few vote on such a question, it can easily be known who calilt the blaCK ball; the number, thus small, can be further reduced by elimination of those who either declare their vote, or who are known to be favorably disposed; and experience bas shown that under such circumstances the unfavorable vote canuot long escape detection. Then follows, of course, the unpleasant discussion-unpleasant, because personal-of character and motive; the solicitations and Importunities, and all tbe canvassing and engineering on the part of the friends of the rejected applicant, to get him another chance, and to secure a more agreeable result next time. It is, we say, the very purpose of a secret ballot to render this impossible'i and the only means by which that purpose can be effected with absolute certa nty, is to have the voting done by so large a number of members, as to make it reasonably sure that, in case of an unfa.vorable result, it cannot be guessed who is responsible for it. Indeed a brother who wishes to deposit a vote against an applicant whom he knows to be unworthy, may be deterred from doing thlR, his Imperative duty, by seeing that the number of voters is so small that it wlll surely be traced to him and that speedily. Rather than face the consequences of his act, he remains in his seat; the opportunity passes, and the applicant is declared to have been unanimously approved, who in point of fact, is not so approved, and does not deserve to be.

We fully agree with these remarks, and will show Nevada and other States how they can avoid all inquiry, by adopting the Missour1law, viz: SEC. 13. The ballot must be free and secret, and no Mason shall be required by the Master or lodge to give his reasons for the vote which he has deposited, nor shall any brother disclose the manner in which he voted under any circumstances whatever. The ballot shall be spread for each degree, and shall be unanimous in all upon the moral, intellectual and Masonic qualifications of the applicant.

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SEC. 14. After the ballot has been taken and examined, according to custom, the result shall. be declared by the Master, unless only one negative vote appears, in which case the Master 'shall order the second trial of the ballot, which shall, in all cases be final,. nor can it be set aside by the lodge, Master, Grand Master, or evt:n t i1e GraJ)d Lodge. Now, that kind of a law just "eooks the goose" of all meddling Paul Prys -it settles the whole business.

Under t\1e head of New Jersey, he quotes and says! "Nor shall a candidate be advanced until one month has elapsed after receiving a degree, and he has exhibited suitable proficiency therein, in open lodge." We itallcize the part to which we call attention. The experience of our brethren in Philadelphia, who are constautly interchanging vIsits with the New Jersey Craftsmen, will bear us out in asserting, that in the work of the first two degrees, the latter are the brightest Masons we meet. Tqese are the two degrees, of courSe upon which the regUlation requires an examination in open lodge, and an exhibition of suitable proficiency. And such a regulation. It seems to us, i8 based upon the soundest of good sense. Why should an ignorant apprentice receIve the same advancemen t as one who has properly devoted his time to acquire the rudiments of the mystery? Indeed, why should the Ignorant be advanced at all? We know that there is a grOWing feeling among the brethren in Pennsylvania in favor of some such requirement here, and we hope the time is not far distant, when that feeling will take definite shape, and result in a "compulsory education ,t law. I I So mote it be." It is also our law here, and we say to our Pennsylvania brethren, if they ever have to examine a Mis!louri visitor who says he was IIOt compelled to learn the Whole of the first and second degree lectures before advancement, don't admit him, but send him back to learn them over, for any lodge in this jurisdiction who fails to comply with that law, stands a chance of having its charter arrested.

l1'nder the head of Oregon, he quotes and says: There was one decision of the Grand Master which caused some discussion, and was finally, upon a divIded report from the Committee on Masonic Law (three of that committee opposing, and two favoring the correctness of the ruling), overruled by the Grand Lodge. We cannot help thinking that, on general Masonic principles, the Grand Master was right, thougll the question was involved with a construction of one of their Grand Lodge regUlations. The question was briefiy this: Can the advancement of an E. A. or F. C. be stopped by the objection of a single member, who gives no reason? To this the Grand Ma!lter replied In the negative, and stated that in such case the Worshipful Master should pause long enough to give the objecting路brother time to present chluges, and, on neglect or refusal to do so in a reasonable time, he should proceed to advance the brother. The committee (majority report) "deemed this decision to be in violation of one of the fundamental Landmarks of our Order." Where the Landmark is to be found they do not say. ~ think the Craft generally would be interested to know. They concluded as follows: "Your committee WOUld, therefore, reatnrm the true Masonic doctrine to be that a member of a lodge may object to the advancement oC a candidate without being compelled to give his reasons therefor. Experience has demonstated the soundness of this Landmark and your committee are of opinion that it should not be disturbed. Harmony is the strength of allinst1tutlons. In view of this great principle of Masonry, your committee declare that there can be no reason for granting in the most solemn manner to every member of a lodge the right to secretly interpose his objections to the admission of a candidate to the first degree, which doe!! not apply to the c~e of an applicant for advancement to the higher mysteries of our Order." In commenting on this, we wish to distinguish between the construction of the Grand Lodge regulat.lon and the discussion of the general principles of Masonic law. The one we entirely refrain from. As to the other, we respectfully suggest that an E. A. is a brother, and that simple justice requires that he should not be stigmatized and deprived of his right to advancement, without being informed of the charge against him, being confronted with his accuser, and having an opportunity to defend hImself and show the truth. Where the Grand Lodge regulations reqUire a separate petition and ballot for each degree. of course a different case is presented. But, where one petition

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and ballot sutllces for all three degrees, and that is safely passed, and the appllc'ant becomes a brother, no objection being made up to that time, we know of no Landmark which allows the brother to be stopped from advancement, unless upon reasons which the lodge, after full investigation, deem sutllcient. An Apprentice who has served his lawful time is entitled to earn Craftsman's wages, or know the reaSODS why not. We extract the above, because, as we have already challenged for the " prooe''' in a certain other case, we shall now do the fair thing by furnishing a law Â°as old and as binding as a Landmark, viz: Article VI. of the "Old Regulations" of 1721, as follows: But no man can be entered a brother in any particular lodge, or admitted a member thereof, Without the unanimous consent of the members of that lodge then presen t whell the candidate is proposed, and when their consent is forlp.aIly asked by th6 Master. Tbey are to give their consent in their own prUdent way, eitl.er verbally or in form, but with unanimity. Nor is tbis inherellt privIlege subject to a dispensation; because the members of a particular lodge are the best jUdges of it; and because if a turbulent member 8hould be imposed on them 1t migllt spoll their harmony, or hinder the freedom of their communication, or even break and disperlSe tbe lodge, which ought to be avoided lJy all true and faithful. Brother M. is a tine reviewer; he reads the entire Proceedings, and has furnished one of the most interesting reports we have ever received from that jurisdiction. 0

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RHODE ISLAND. Grand Lodge met in Providence, May 18, 1&74. Brother Nicholas Van Slyck, G. M., presided. DECISIONS:

I have made the following formal decisions: 1. That no subordinate lodge can receive a petition f~om a profane who has been orejected in another lodge, unless said petition be accompanied by a recommendation from the lodge baving tlleretotore rejected him, and that said lodge can only recommend by a unanimous ballot at a regular commnnication. <:~ee Grand Constitut10n, Article Vr., Section 12.) 2. That a subordinate lodge, having duly received a petition for the degrees and rejected it, retains jurisdiction over the petitioner until released by /Such lodge to some other subordinate lodge in this jurisdiction, if such petitioner continues to reside within the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge' if said petitioner moves from and resides out of such jurisdiction, until said. lodge, with tbe consent of the Grand Master or the Grand Lodge, shall release it to such other Grand Lodge jurisdiction wherein he resides.

3. That subordinate lodges in this jUrisdiction can only release jurisdiction inter sese, and are incompetent to release State jurisdiction. 4. In the absence of the Master at a special communication, the Senior Warden must congregate the lodge; and in the absence of both Master and Senior Warden, then the Junior Wa.rden must congregate the lodge. In the absence of all t.!lree the lodge cannot be congregated, except by direction of the Grand Master 0 l the Grand Lodge.

5. The Master of a lodge cannot supersede a Warden lJy appointing a deputy to preside over the lodge in the Master's absence; such power is onlyln the Grand, Master or Grand Lodge. G. L.-A 6.

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6. No subordinate lodge can act upon an applicatlon for release of jnrisdiction over a rejected candidate until after six months from date of reJection; or, In other words, the same time must elapse before a lodge can authorize another lodge to reoeive a petition for the degrees of Freemasonry as must elapse in order to be competent to receive the petition itself. He reports the Craft as universally prosperous throughout the State. We oopy. with pleasure. the following from one of the reports ofa D. D. G.M: There is another point in which I think 'the lodges of the Second Masonic District have Shown an improvement during the past year; or, rather I should say. a number ot points: -First, in their selection of officers; second, In a spirit ot refinement that results in increased neatness in the lodge rooms better order dUring the work, and a general desire to have commodious and well furnished apartments, and to make the place where the brethren meet more homelike and pleasing. ,This also reRuHs in giving more attention to the records, In providing and introducing music In the work, where it is appro-' priate; in some lodges it takes the form of interesting lectures on Masonry, in others its appropriate discussions, Rnd in others its infiuence, though perhaps manifested by no great outward change, yet is fel t to such an exten t 8S to mold the oharacter and actions of Its members, more perhaps than they are conscious of. I believe all these advances are for good, for though I am not partiCUlarly in favor of what are called by some, ,. airs.,:' yet I much prefer" airy Masons" to some rough, unoouth samples of the nrotherhood that I have at times been thrown II?'contact with. There is nothing in my m l nd derogatory to a Mason. because he Is a lover of neatness rather than filth, because he prefers a clean apron and clean gloves to those that are soiled, and I by no means agree with a writer in the Masonic Review, who says: "H I sought to find a lodge where pure and undefiled Masonry exists, I would hunt for it where it meets on the highest hill or in the lowest vale; where its canopy was the star-decked heaven; where the Master's seat was a stump, and where the Junior Warden knew the hour of refreshment by the sun passing a tree," and more of the same sort. To me, cleanliness seems to be partiCUlarly appropriate in the lodge room, and how a dirty apron can teach that purity of life and conduct, that is so essentially necessary, is beyond my comprehension. NICHOLAS VAN'SLYCK, Providence, G. M. EDWIN BAKER, Providence, G, Sec.

SOUTH CAROLINA. Grand Lodge met ID Charleston, December 8, 1874. Brother J. B. Kershaw. G. M., presided. The Annual Address Is a good business document. He announced the death of Brother B. Rush Campbell, Grand Secretary, who died OCtober Zl, 1874, and the Grand Lodge adopted suitable testimonials of sorrow at their 1088. Muoh local business was transacted, we presume, but we gotlnearly cross, eyed trying to find out what was done out ot the confused manner in which the matter of the Proceedings was printed. Amendments, propositions. resolutions, memorials, reports, etc., etc., follow each other in such concrete continuity, without &ub-hea<U, that we got dizzy. and Jumped to a conclusIon. (Please see California.) Brother Charles Inglesby, Grand Secretary. pro tem., submitted a good Report on Correspondence, In which Missouri, by some aooldent, got" slipped out." Under the head of Alabama, he q notes and says: "The Fraternity. individually, and in lodge capacity, dore bound to aBgist

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worthy brothers, their widows and orphans. A brother deserting his"family and leaving them penniless, acts unworthlly, and forfeits his claims as a Mason, but his act does not necessarlly destroy the claims of his wife and ohildren upon our charities." We dissent from this decision, upon the ground that it is eontrary to Masonic law and usage. Any act which forfeits a Mason's claim upon the FraternltY,lIi our opinion, must necessarlly forfeit the claims of those who oan only claim through him. Dry up the fountain, and its streams must cease to flow. Alabama does not say that the brother aUuded to is not member. We hold that while the 10c'Jge keeps him on its roll, as a member in good standing (however unworthy he may be), it is bound to his deserted family. It cannot take advantage of its own wrong. If he was e~i>elled, then we agree with Brother Inglesby. Considering the very brief time allotted to the new Grand Secretary, on account of the death of Brother Campbell, he deservell credit for his report, and it may also be a good excuse for no " sub-heads" in the Proceedings, and hope for better things next time. JAMES A. HOYT, Anderson, G. M. CHAS. INGLESBY, Charleston, G. Bec. No appointment of Committee on Foreign Correspondence.

TExAs. Grand Lodge met in Houston, June 2, 1875. Brother Thos. R. Bonner, G. M., presided. He reports having granted dispensations for thirteen new lodges, and that the Craft are in a very prosperous condition. I submit herewith some of the decisions which I have made, asking your approval of such as are right, and your reversa~ of such as are incorrect. 1. In cases where parties have been suspended or expelled, and, on appeal, the Grand Lodge has reversed the cause for a new trial, I have held that the party, by the action of the Grand Lodge, whether so specially stated or not in the order of reversal, was restored to the same position he held prior to trialthat is, a member of the lodge, under charges, and had a right to be present at the new trial. This question arises upon the construction of Resolution 143, by which it is claimed that such reversal shall not entitle the party to membership, unless so specially ordered by the Grand Lodge. I am of opinion, however, that this condition in the resolution was only intended to apply to causes which were finally disposed of by the Grand Lodge, and not such as were reversed for a new trial.

I believe that Resolution No. 143 should be changed so as to make a reversal in all cases operate a restoration to membership, unless specially ordered otherwise by the Grand Lodge. This subject was fully discussed by a special committeee of our Grand Lodge, in 1861, on the .. Restoration of Expelled Masons." After affirming the doctrine that the Grand Lodge has the right to restore, the committee say tbat "if the Grand Lodge decides the cause of the judgment of expulsion to be wrongful or unjust, then the judgment itself is void, and all its effects and penalties are ended." Surely tbe loss of memb~rÂ shiPhgrOWing out of an unjust conviction, is a sore penalty. The committees to w om such matters are referred, not unfrequently reverse a cause upon its merits, and, forgetting that it requires a special order of the Grand Lodge to restore membership, neglect to make this special order, and thereby deprive the party of his membership. The change which I propose, is to frame the resolution so that the denial of membership will be the exception, and not, as now, the general rule.

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2. A Mason died in 1868, but the lodge of which he was a member neglected to furnish bis family with a certificate ot his good stan,ilng, &8 provided In our Constitution. His widow has since been twice married, in one or both instances to persons who were not Masons. In 1874, she made appllcatlon to the lodge for the certificate. I held that though her subsequent marriage dissolved our obllgations to ber as a. Mason's widow, sllll neither this fact nor the lapse of eleven years would bar her right to the certificate. She might not be entitled to our charity by reason of the mere possession of the certificate, yet the rIght was one that matured to ber and bis children at the time of his death, and it was not their fault, but the neglect of the lodge, that she was not then furnished with it. I have reason to belleve that many of our lodges neglect the duty pla.inly enjoined by our COllstitutlon, to furnish the widows and orphans ot deceased Masons with this certificate. (See Art. V., Chap. 5, Sec, 22.) 3. In 1870, by an amendment to tbe Constitution, the clause requiring an atlll1ation fee of 83 to be paid, was repealed, but there was no regUlation forbidding the lodges from demanding such fee. The By-Law!! of many ot our lodges alBo required the payment of an affiliation fee. In some ot the lodges this by-law was repealed so as to conform to the constitutional amendment, and in others no action was taken. Tbe general impression prevailed, bowever, that the amendment abolished the fee, and under this beliet the W. M. of No. 52 decided tbat no fee could be collected, although the By-Laws of tbe lodge required it. Under tbis rullng a number ot dimitted Masons affiliated with the lodge without fee. Two years or more afterwards a new Master was instalied, and the subject being brought to his attention, he decided that the former ruling was incorrect., and that the tee should have been collected, as required by the By-Laws. In accordance with this decision the Secretary proceeded to collect from those who had previously joined under the belief that no fee was required. I held that this could not be done. The decision of tbe former Master, not being appealed from, was the law of tbe lodge for the time being, and those who joined under that decision were not properly chargeable with the fee. Whatever doubt there might be as to the correctness of this decision, when applied to other matters, still I gave it without hesitation, because I belleved it to have been the intention ot the Grand Lodge, by ihe amendment, to abolish thIs fee altogether. A Mason should not be required to pay a fee to become a contributing member of a lodge. If we condemn the practice of non-affiillation, we should not require payment of money from those who affiliate. Your attention was called to thfs subject by my predecessor, but no action was taken in regard to it. I suggest that you pass a resolution to prohibit the collection of an affiliation fee,and thus settle the question throughout onr jnrisdiction. 4. An elective officer of a lodge cannot, after installaUon, join in a petition for a charter for a new lodge, and when one has done so, his action is not only illegal t but void, it the charter issues before the expiration of his term of o1Doe. I basen this decision on resolutions 71,80 and 93. in the first of which the right ot such officer to dimit is expressly denied, and in the last the right to be a member of two lodges is prOhibited. By resolution 80 it is prescribed that all members who join in a petition for a new lodge, cease to be members of the old lodge as soon as the lodge is chartered and constituted. To permit an o1Dcer who cannot dimit to change his membership by some other process, is to allow him to do indirectly that which he is prohi.bited from doing directly.

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5. A lodge met for the election of o1Dcers, and proceeded, before bailot, to nominate candidates for Master. The name of a brother was placed.in nomination who had served as a Warden in another State, but not in Texas. The Senior Warden who was presiding, deciared that the brother nominated was ineligible, for the reason that he had not served as Warden in this State. Other.names were placed iil nomination and the ballot taken. When the votes were counted, it appeared that the brother who was pronounced ineligible bad received a majority, in fact, nearly all the votes cast. Tbe Senior Warden declared the election void, and ordered a new ballot. Some confusion ensued, and the brethren refused to go into a new election for Master. Whereupon the Senior Warden closed the lodge without ceremony, and no Wardens or other officers were ballotted for. The matter being referred to me, I held that the brother was eligible. and baving received a majority of all the votes, was duly elected. The object of service as a Warden is to better quality for the o1Dce of Master, and it is immaterIal whether the service as Warden be in this or some other State. I ordered his installation. Nominations of candidates for office in a lodge are not binding on anybody, and do not preclude tbe members from voting for one not nominated. The practice is rather to be condemned than commended. 6. A lodge cannot assess a tax ot 820, or any other sum against its members to build a hall, unless authorized by the provisions of its By-Laws. The amount and manner of collecting lodge dues proper, is left to the discretion of each lodge, but this does not authorize the levyIng of a large assessment forÂˇ

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other purpos~s than the necessary "Current expenses of the lodge. But, a resolution to assess such a tax against each member, after full notice and discussion, .having been unanimously adopted,is binding upon all who assented to it. The lodge hall having been built upon the faith of this voluntary assessmentbI held, that a member, in good pecuniary circumstances, who assented to t e resolution, and afterwards refused payment, subjected himself to pnnishment therefor. . 7. A party who was expelled seventeen years ago applied to the lodge for a new trial. While we have no specUled time in whIch a party shall apply for a new trial, or prosecute an appeal to the Grand Lodge, I held that seventeen years was too long to wait before making the application. Our rules on tbls subject should be more definite. Some limit should be given in which an appeal should be taken, a.nd the method of giving notice should be prescribed. 8. Three persons, claiming to have been made Masons in Mexico, desired to become members of No. 189. As the Grand Lodge of Texas has never extended recognition to any body of Masons In Mexico, and as such applications are likely to be numerous in certain localities, held that they must petition for and receive the degrees de novo.

9. A party petitioned Dallas, No. 412, some years ago, and was rejected. Afterwards, be visited England for a short time. On his return, he stated tbat he was then a Mason, and exbibited cards letters, etc., showing that he had received tbe degrees in Liverpool. I decided tbat the W. M. of No. 412 did rigbt in refusing him permission to visit the lodge. or recognizing him as a Mason. While we may not be able to control tbe action of lodges in other jurisdictions in this matter, we can refuse to recognize their sigllt-made Masons. If we adhere to the rule it wlll greatly cbeck this'pernicious practice. 10. A candidate for the degrees was rejected, some years ago, by a lodge in anot.ber 8tate. That lodge subsequently demised, and the..candidate removed to Texas, and made application to No. 3~ for initlation. Held that when No. 386 ascertained the truth of t.he statement that tbe lodge whicb rejected him has since demised, it can then proceed as in ordinary cases of original petition. 11. Two ballots were taken in No. 12, on application for initiation, and resulted in rejection by one vote. A member shortly afterwards, and during the same meeting, stated in open lodge that he thought he had unintentionally voted to reject, Whereupon a motion was made to repass the ballot. Held that it is tbeduty of the W. M., in all cases, to circulaw the ballot until he is satistled that no mistake has occnrred. Two ballots having been taken, and one black ball appearing eacb time, the fair and reasonable Inference was tbat there was no mistake, and tbe W. M. baving announced that tbe party was rejected, tbis announcement was a finality, and no repassing of tbe ballot could take place. It is far better for the applicant to sutrer the consequences of the carelessness of a member than for us to disregard this long-established rUle, founded in wisdom and strengthened by experience. 12. "Has a member the right to reject an applicant for affiliation, unless he Is in possession of sucb facts as will sustain a charge against the applicant of un-Masonic conduct? and ought not the member at once to prefer the charge, and bring the applicant to trial?" This question is so susceptible of easy answer that'! did not intend to mention it; but one of similar import bas been so oUen propounded to me, that I conCluded to do so. The Constitution declares that sucb ballots shall be had, and that all tbe members present shall vote. If they were required to vote in the affirmative then the ballot would be but a foolish formality. The right to vote implies the right to cast a white or black ball and this vote can no more be inquired into than a voto on petition for initiatiob. An applicant for affiliation may be a "contrary" man, or one of extreme prejudices, or he may be governed by the" rule or ruin" Policyhor have other objectionable traits, and yet not be guilty of any offense whic would ordinarily SUbject him to Masonic trial. I do not think the right to affiliate should ever be denied on frivolous grounds; still, each member is the sole judge of his duty in the premises, and from his action there is no appeal. 13. Has a lodge the right to postpone a ballot on pe1ition for initiation, after the committee has made its report? I am of opinion that such postponement is contrary to the spirit of our Constitution. (Art. V., Chap. 5, Sec. 9.) Such postponements are sometimes made, but are not likely to be prompted by any motive of good to Masonry. It is generally resorted to when fears are entertained by friends of the petitioner that some member then present will vote against theappllcant,and the postponement is desired with theexpecLation that at 'the next meeting tbis member will be absent. If the lodge can postpone a ballot for one meeting, it can for twenty; and the very object of giving one month's notice in the tlrst place is virtually defeated. It is wrong in principle, dangerous in practice, and should not be permitted.

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14. A. party petitioned St. Paul's Lodge, No. 177, some years ago and was rejected. Afterwards, a new lodge was formed nearer his place of residence, and he petitioned the new lodge. Appllcation was made by the new lodge for waiver of juriSdiction, which was refused by two votes. I held that the refusal to waive jurisdictltm was eqUivalent to rE-jectlon, and that he could not again apply to either 10dgeJor two years.

The correctness of this decision was subsequently路 called In question. I was asked to reconsider it, and a number of reasons were urged to show that It was erroneous. After mature retlection, I still adhered to my original views. At the time of his application to St. Paul's Lodge he was residing within its territorial jurisdiction. By his rejection, St. Paul's acquired a personal jurIsdiction over him, which could not afterwards be defeated without its consent, although he might be removed, or, as in this case, by the creation of a new lodge, be placed within the territorial limits of another lodge. The retention of this personal jurisdiction is intended to subserve a good purpose. When an applicant is rejected the presumption Is that the member who rE-jected him has knowledge of some good and su1llcient cause why he should not be made a Mason. As he might afterwards remove into the territorial jurisdiction of some other lodge, and, by correct deportment for a few months, apply for and obtain the degrees, when in truth, he was unworthy, it Is regarded as a safe rule for Masonry, that he shall not be permitted to receive the degrees in his new locality, unless the old lodge shall give its consent. Hence, the requlremen t that he shall be asked, before admission, "H ave you ever applied for the degrees in any other lodge 1" By this means an unworthy man is often prevented from imposing upon a lodge where he Is comparatively unknown. . It being only a personal jurisdiction (and not territorial), held by St. Paul's Lodge, the main question to be de1lermined by that lodge, in voting upon the appllcatlon to waive jurisdiction, was: "Is the candidate worthy to be made a Mason 1" St~ Paul's Lodge, being supposed to possess peculiar information as to the character of the applicant, Is permitted to stand at the Inner door of th9 Temple of Masonry, as the special guardian of the interests of the whole Fraternity. I have been told that the members who voted against the application to waive jurisdiction would have been willing to confer the degrees upon him it appllcation had been made directly to St. Paul's Lodge for this :purpose, but were unwllllng to give up their material and degree fees to another lodge. If he was a good and worthy man, they should have been govtlrned by higher considerations, for, in truth, St. Paul's Lodge had no just claims upon him, except by virtue of our arbitrary rules on this subject. In point of territory, he was properly the material of the new lodge. The consequences are the same even thongh they voted from the selfish motives indicated, rather than from an intent to declare his unworthiness.

A different rule would appl" If the appllcation to waive jurisdiction was made when only the question 0 residence was involved. A party who resides in the jurisdiction .of B. lodge, petitions C. lodge for the degrees. On application, B. lodge refuses to wal ve its territorial jurisdiction; This refusal Is not eqUivalent to rejection, for the reason that the question of the applicant's "worthlneSi II has not properly been before either lodge. In such case, the applicant could at once petition B. lodge. I suggest, in this conneotion, that a great want of uniformity prevails in our lodges in voting upon applications to waive jurisdiction. In some lodges the vote Is taken by ballot, and in others by the usual method of voting on business transactions. It should properly be done by ballot, especially in cases like the one first mentioned. . The following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That hereafter dispensations for new lodges within counties in

Which one or more lodges have been orKanlzed, shall only be granted upon the application of not less than fifteen Master Masons, and under all the provisions and regulations in relation thereto. Resolved, That in all applications for a waiver or transfer of Jurisdiction over "il.pplicants for the various degrees, the manner of voting thereon shall be by ballot. Resolved, That applications for waiver of jurisdiotion of lodges over applicants for degrees shall be in writing; shall be presented at a stated meeting, and be referred to a committee, ana 11e over one month for inquiry. and be balloted upon at a stated meeting only. .

No.2. Resolved, That the lodges subordinate to this Grand Lodge be aud are hereby prohibited from charging any fee for a.1IlUation.

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No.3. Re80lved, That in no case w1l1 this Grand Lodge take notice of an appeal unles8 the same be brought up within twelve months trom time of trial, or good cause shown for failure. In MissourI the appeal must be taken withIn thirty days. Re&olved, That when an applicant, who has been rejected by a lodKe, afterwards makes appUcaUon to some other lodge, for the degrees, it shall be the duty of the lodge to which the last appllcation Is made, to appl;y to the lodge which rejected the applicant, for waiver of Jurisdiction, and If, upon the final vote taken on said appUcation, it shall be refused, the same shall operate a rejection, according to the rules governing original appllcations tor the degrees. If by this1t Is meant that the rejected party has moved out ot the JurisdIction of the rejecting lodge, we cannot agree, tor we can Bee no just,ice or logic which gives any lodge perpetual jurisdiction over a candidate as long as he Uves, and no matter where he goes. It he has not moved out of the JurisdIction, and is in no other, then we dq not see the neceulty of the resolution. I

It seems as though each committee felt bound to forget something every

halt hour, and report a half a dozen times under the same head, which makes it mighty tiresome to keep the run of things. (See Louisiana.)

Brother M. F. Mott submitted a very full and good Report on Correspondence. He quotes approvingly from the Address of P. G. Master Anderson, and says: In general, a petition for a new lodge reqUires to be made by seven Master Masons, and recommended by the nearest lodge. Would it not be well in all cases 1! Grand Masters were to require at least double that number, and at the same time take the precaution of having the proposed omcers examined and their proficiency certified to by the lodge recommending the petition? It i8 true that seven Master Masons can hold a lodge and work the degrees, but the work can be much more satisfactorily performed, the lodge better supported, and every vital interest of Masonry better subserved by a larger number at the outset, as there will not seem to the members so great a need of ,receiving additions to their numbers at once; and thus induce them, in some instances, to vote for the admission of an applicant simply because there is nothing bad to be said against him, when the rule ought to be, .. there can be much good said of him by all who know him." Such a course, we think, would save us many regrets in the future over weak and halting lodges, Which are destIned 'at no distant day to forfeit their charters and leave scarcely any record of good behind them. Also, The Grand Lecturer, Brother Allan McDowell, submitted a report showIng a vast amount of work done during the year, in which he was assisted by District Deputy Grand Masters and other well posted brethren. The Grievance Committee had no less than thirty-two cases before them, and made a report very fully, indee4, on, most of them, and decided all on correct Masonic principles, both as to law and usage, especially in No. 18, in which it is held that "the Junior Warden, in the absence of the Master and Senior Warden, became Master, and must fill the South by a pro tern. appOintment, and not the East." A large amount of work was gotten through with, and with the utmost harmony. JOSEPH D. DAYERS, Bastrop, G. M. GEO. H. BRINGHURST, Houston, G. Sec. E. H. CUSHING, Houston, For. Cor.

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UTAH. Grand Lodge met in Grea,t Salt Lake City. November 10,1874. Brother Louis Cohn, G. M., presided. Five lodges were represented. Resays: Not many months since I was present at a lodge meeting, when a Committee on a Petition tor atllliation made an unfavorable report, whereupon the Junior Warden of the lodge arose and denounced the action of the committee in very severe terms. The gist of his argument was that the brother who desired 140 atllUate, being a Master Mason, the committ.ee bad no right to make an, unfavorable report. etc. I gave this circumstance a place here for the purpose of expressing my mar1l;.ed disapprobation of that Junior Warden's sentimenLs. Committees must not be IntimldatP.d in this manner; it Is a dangerous precedent to establish in a lodge. !tis the duty of investigatlngcommitt.ees to report in accordance with the facts, and we must. take it. for granted, if an unfavorable report is brought in. the brother whose character was Investlgatt>d Is guilty of some immorality, and the action of the committee must not be questioned or criticised. Our By-Laws, governing petitions for atllliation, are precisely the same as in the case of petitions for degrees, and had that Junior Warden only perused them once, he would not have attacked that committee, and I would have had no occasion to write this. Another incident of sutllclent importance I also deem necessary to mention by way of gUidance to future Grand Masters, as it cannot apply to me personally, for I am at the end of my term of otllce. It is this: On it l;lecoming known to the member'" of a lodge that I intended to be present at a trial of one ot its members, my privilege to do so was 路serlously questioned by some, because [ was not a member of that lodge. For the benefit of all Masons in this jurisdiction let me, therefore say that the doors of lodges must always be open for the Grand Master, at all t.l mes and under all circumstances; and, If he chooses, he may preside over their meetings. DECISIONS:

Numerous questions on jurisprudence have been submitted to me during the year, and disposed of. but the majority of them were of such trifilng importance that I refrain from laying them before you. The follOWing I have selected for your consideration: PAST MASTER'S DEGREE.

A Master elect has received the so-called P. M. Degree in a Chapter, and inquires if that is not a sutllcieI1t qualification for him to be installed Master. I decided in the negative. He must receive the degree from no less than three actual Masters or Past Masters before installation, and no Chapter Past Master should be allowed to participate in the ceremony. Blue Lodge Masonry Is the motherJ...so to speak, of all the higher degrees. They cannot dispense with us; but as lilue Lodge Masons we have no connection with the higher degrees wbatsoever. We are separate and distinct bodies. As for instance: An expelled Royal Arch Mason has not bis standing a1f'ected as Master Mason in the least. We do not recognize their authority, and in the same sense we only know members of our three degrees, and in our honorary degree of Past Master we only recognize Masters or Past Masters who preside, or have presided, over actual lodges. Second-An Entered Apprentice of Weber Lodge, U. D., removes to Kansas. and there petitions a lodge for the F. C. and M. M. degrees. The Kansas lodge asks permission to confer the two degrees, and the路 relInquishment of jurisdiction over the brother, so that he may become It. member of their lodge. I decided that I>ermlssion in all such cases should be granted, it there be no objection to his advancement on moral grounds.

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If the brother is of good repute, why should he be debarred from taking the remaining two degrees because of his business oQCupation having compelled him to remove from this Jurilldiction? It is the undeniable right of the lodge that has acquired lawfnl Jurisdiction over the brother to demand the fees and retain hlm in its membership, but that common courtesy, if nothing else, should prompt us to relinquish the former, and the latter right should not be insisted upon except there be special reason for so doing. What benetit is it to the lodge here, or to the absent brother to retain him In its membership, and dimittfng him after he has received h i s third degree. There is too much red tape about this, and I believe in the simpler and shorter mode.

Again It is argued that a lodge U. D. has no authority to ~rant such a request. Without entering into the merits of this proposition, I decide that the U. D.lodge, being simply a creH.ture of the Grand Master, he certainly has the authority to order them to do so. TOO MUCH MASONRY.

I am sE:'nsible of the fact that in treading upon this path I am liable to tind

myself in a dangerous contiict of tieree antagonism. But the addreS$ of a Grand Master, like everything else in Masonry, should be for a good purpose, and not for the sake of relieving himself of a strain of pent up oratorial eloquence. I deem it to be part of my duty as Grand Master, to point out to you such defects in our Craft as have come to my notice dUring my term of 01llce, so that you may, in your wisdo~J devise the remed Y and I should indeed be wanting In my duties as Grand Master were I to shrl uk from the task for fear that in doing so, 1 may tind a number of bretbren who may be pleased to differ with me.

During my trequent visits to lodges, I have been not a little chagrined in observing how very thinly they were attended, except on very rare occasions. I have time and again visited lodges that have one hundred members, but there has scarcely been enough present to till the different 01llces. The meagre attendance has usually a very depressing effect upon candidates, for two reasons: Unless all the officers are present, the work is done in a very bungling manner, and fails to make the desired impPession upon the candidate. For example, let the regUlar :::;enior Deacon of a lodge be absent, and his place is tilled by a brother not in practice ot the work, no matter how well posted he may be, he will hesitate and â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ tiah " for wordl!l during the work, untH the whole harmony is destroyed. This, together with a fine array or empty benches, which meets the candidate's gaze, will in nine cases out of ten keep him away from lodge meetings altogether, or else he will be told that" this is a mere nothing, and that he must seek among the higher degl;ees for the wonders oj Masonry." ,

Yes! I have Investigated thIs matter very carefully in order to find a reason why the Blue Lodges are so much neglected" and the only answer I can tind is, we have too much Masonry. The old members it seems would rather visit the other Masonic organizations-if they visit at all-and the young Mason has scarcely passed the threshold of the sanctum sanctorum, when he already petitions the Chapter, then the Commandery, and next the SCottish Rites Lodges, for their thirty-two degrees-all of them very excellent I have not the least doubt. The morbid desIre of the young Mason for more mystery, and not tor "more light," leads him ever onward until the multitude of degrees, G. and P. W.,leads him to think that Masonry only consists of these lodge ceremonies and nothing else, and it causeR him to lose sight of the noble and simple teachings or the three tirst degrees, and the true aim of Masonr,.; is thereby lost to him. Standing on his lofty pinnacle the young Knight Templar, of two or three months -standing, considers himself a very high Mason indeed, and the Blue Lodge is totally Ignored, or looked upon as something only tit for the lower rankS of the Order., Secretaries are apt to find such brethren cross and crabbed when they endeavor to collect dues. Belonging to so many organizations the payment of dues becomes burdensome to them, and if possible they contrive to get their Dimit from the Blue Lodge, and I have good reasons for believing that some of the brethren belonging to the higher organizations, are not contributing members in the Blue Lodges. I remember when we had no Chapter, Commandery or Scottish Rites in this city, the lodges were always well attended, the members well posted in the rituals, and the officers, prOUd ot' their positions In the lodge, v1ed wIth each utlier in the accuracy of the work. I am constrained to say, that such is not the case now, Masons occupyIng the highest offices In the Chapter and Co~Âˇ mandery, can scarcely assist in the conferring of a Degree In the Blue Lodge,

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when called upon. All this I attribute to too much Mcuonry, and in the dim tuture I can see greater danger springing from this, than from all the assailants against Freemasonry. My brethren of the" higher Degrees," I mean no disparagement to you or to your Deerees. I have the greatest reverence for your excellent teachings. We are all brothersI belonging to one of the greatestfamllles under the sun. and I shall ever rejoice n your prospei'lty. But as Grand Master of Utah, I caution you not'to sap your own foundation. Your material should be selected from the matured, ripe members of the Order, and not from among those who are scarcely familiar with their l1rst ABC lessons. You destroy their Masonic usefulness by permitting them to Join you too quickly. Bear in mind that Blue Lodge Masonry is the root of all, weaken it, and the Masonic structure wlll become top-heavy and crumble to pieces. I conjure you to attend the Blue Lodges of which you are members. The COmmittee

Lodges, U. D., in reviewing one of them, says:

In the minutes ot the regalar meeting, held June 18, we l1nd recorded in the receipts of the evening the sum of two dollars for conferring the so-called .. Eastern Star Degree." Your Committee Is at a loss to know whether the "Degree of the Eastern Star" has been adopted by Weber Lodge, U. D., to improve the work of the Grand Lodge of Utah, or whether it has conferred. the degree for the sole purpose of enriching its treasury with two dollars, Your Committee cannot approve of the conferring of any" side degree" under ~he auspices of any lodge in this Grand JUrisdiction, or in any of its lodge rooms, and we would recommend that some action be taken by the Grand Lodge to prevent its re-occurrence. . Brother Christopher Diehl, Grand secretary, SUbmitted an excellent Report on COrrespondence, 78 pages. Under the head of Georgia, he says: The Grand Master having decided. that a member of a lodge must have served as a Warden before he is ellgible to the oftlce of Master, the COmmittee on Jurisprudence reported adversely on that decision, and was sustained by the Grand Lodge.

Alt.hough our Grand Lodge, in its laws, holds with the Grand Master, we personally hold with the committee. To substantiate his rullng, Brother Irwin cites Anderson's Constitution for 1746. Very good, but we live now in a ditferent age; that time there were in a lodge of, say l1fty members, perhaps a hal! a dozen able to read and write-the rest were ignorant men-and those few educated ones were from aristocratic families, and consequently advanced in the various oftlces, and destinetl to fill the several principal stations in the lodge, That regulation was written down and made a law from force of circumstances, and not from free choice I Look at it now, and behold the change! A lodge of l1fty members, and everyone of them full of intellect and inspired With the holy mission of Freemasonry, but not all aIlke gifted. While one may make a splendid Warden, he may not make halt as good a Master as a member from ttle 1100r who never l1lled eitber station, because he does not possess tho quaIll1catlons requisite for a presiding oftlcer-to rule and govern i nevertheless he must pe elected, because Brother Anderson said so one hunared and twenty-l1ve years agol and on the strength of it the lodge Iles dormant for twelve months, and pernaps goes the way of all l1esh! The fundamental principle of Masonry will stand, even if these" Old Regulations of the eighteenth century are reduced some, and suited to the demands of the nineteenth century. Masonry is a .. progressive science," and we live in a progressive age, and we either have to go with the age or stand still, which according to the laws of nature, is retrogression, and, be it known, we want none of that for our part. . We regret very much to see such a young Grand Lodge, or any prominent oftlcer of it, thus disposed to cut loose from the old moorings so well established by our fathers. It is a bap omen, in these days of wlld theories and experiments, for any Grand Lodge toth-row a slur upon Ancient Regulations which bave been the bulwark of Masonry for centuries, and must continue to be, unless we propose to drift out in the open sea, without compass or chart. No Grand Lodge has dared, with impunity, to make ~asters out of 1100r members, except in the l1rst organization of a lodge; and if the rank of Warden is to be

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put under the ban of II aristocracy," then we mIght as well turn our iodges into ma88 meetings, and, like the crazy theories of the Grand Orient of France, dispense with a Grand Master and call him "President." Our young sister in , Utah started out well, arid in pleading for her recognition by the Grand Lodge of MIssouri, we pledged our conviction from what we had learned up to that time, that she would be conservative and sound,and that it was safe to trust the few brethren there with a sovereIgn power; but if such vIews, as quoted, are held by the body of membership in that Grand Lodge, and are carried out, then we ca~ assure her that she will soon lose the respect of all those solid and permanent Grand Bodies whose respect is worth having. We suppose that the Grand Lodge of GeorgIa at that session must have been under the control of a lot of young members, appearing for the drst time on the door, hence the revolutionary report of the committee was adopted, only to be repealed at a succeeding session. It has taken many a young Grand Lodge years. to get over its drst indiscretions and to be recognized afterwards as being worth quoting as II authority," and Utah is too young and too weak to afford to throwaway, its infant strength by hurling ridicule at laws almostoonsidered sacred. by the Masonic intell1gence of the world. "A word to the wIse 18 8u1ll01ent."

He pays a dn e compl1men t to the Addre88 of Past Grand Master Owens, and Missouri generally receives favorable mention. The report throughout Is weH written, and we regret to have felt compelled to disagree at all, but it is better to "out with" a complaint tQan to nurse its sIn.onldering dame. CHARLES W. BENNETT. Salt Lake City, G. M. CHRISTOPHER DIEHL, Salt Lake City, G. Bee. and For. CC?r.

VIRGINIA. Grand Lodge met in Richmond, December 14,1874. Brother Wm. H. Lambert, G. M., presided. Resays: I have had numerous applications from lodges, requesting dispensations to confer the degrees of Masonry on those who have not resided twelve months within their jurisdiction, and Who, from the nature of their occupations, are represented as having no fixed place of abode. These requests I have invariably refused, being clearly of the opinion that the Grand Master has not the power to grant dispensations to set aside the edicts and resolutions of the Grand LodgE', but that it is his duty, not only to obey himself, but to see that they are faithfully complied with by the subordinate lodges. We refer these sound ideas to tke earnest consideration of Brother Mitchell, of PeU7~sylvania, and to some others who believe in II the high powers in me vested by immemorial usage," etc. DECISIONS:

. I have to report to you the following decisions, on the few questions of law propounded-throngh the D. D. Grand Masters: 1. That it is contrary to Masonic law and usage to requIre a Master Mason to be proficient in the Third Degree before he can be received into membership in a lodge; consequently the enactment of a by-law to that effect would be improper.

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2: That in Masonic trials, either the 'accused, or any member of the lodge who may feel aggrieved at the decision of the same, has the right of appeal. 3. That whilst it is the duty of the Junior Warden to bring to the attention of the lodge any dereliction of duty which in his judgment may require intervention on the part of the lodge. still it does not follow that charges must always be brought by that officer, but in matters of individual grieva.nces any member may prefer the charge. 4. When a profane applies for and recel ves the first degree in .Masonry, the lodge conferring the same acquires jurisdiction, and he becomes one of their household. ICrejected in his advancement, and afterwards removes beyond its territorial jurisdiction, it matters not how long a time may have elapsed, he is stIll under its control, aud without its consent, which musL be ascertained by ballot, and be clear, no other lodge has a right to complete the work. 5. I ha.ve ~iven it as my opinion that In the event of the death or resignation of the Worshipful Master of a lodge, his duties should devolve on the Senior Wa.rden, alld that he shOUld continue to discharge them until the next regular election,'causing the other officers to fill their respective positions, and appointing a 8euio1' Warden pro tempore. Whilst giving this 8.s-my opinion and advice still I do not' wish it to be considered as mandatory in the lodges whose By-Laws require that vacancies should be filled by special elections. 'I'here is an inconsistency between the ConsUtutions of Masonry (see Text Book, pages 100 and 105, and the Digest, pages 246-247), which it is difficuit to reconcile. 1 would recommend that the Grand Lodge take some definite legislation on the subject. 6. A resident of this State, while on a foreign cruise, claims to have received the three degrees of Masonry at one time, by dispensation (the work being done in the French language) at a place called 8e)'che11es, in a group of islands in the Indian Ocean. ,The lodge conferring this high honor is represented to be under the jurisdiction of the Grand Orie1lt of France. Desiring to affiliate in this jurisdiction. I have decided tha the cannot be recognized as a Mason, and that his only course is to petition as any other prOfane, and if elected, he can then receive the degrees in due and ancient form, according to law and usage. He believes the publication of the reports of the D. D. Grand Masters would do much good. We agree with him. We cannot possibly conceive the utility of publishing the names of all the delegates present every time the Grand Lodge is called to labor from refreshment, taking up five or six pages each time. However, it is none of our business, as we pay nothing for it. The following was adopted: Resolved, That hereafter the reports of the District Deputy Grand Masters shall be pUblished with the printed Proceedlngsiand that such reports shall embrace only a succinct statement of their offiCia action. Brother B. R. Welford, Jr., submitted, as usual, a very able Report on Correspondence, of 145 pages. He quotes liberally from the Address of Past Grand Master Anderson. Under the head of 80uth Carolina, he says: "We insist that neither a Past Master nor a presiding Worshipful Master can be tried by a subordinate lodge." . We must confess our astonishment at the Past Master's part of the business, for we had supposed that there was not a ~and Lodge lett in the world which held to this doctrine. If not tried by the lodge, then by whom? By the Grand Lodge, we suppose. Why? Because he is a mem ber of the Grand Lodge. So are the Wardens, why not include them? As he has not, then, we suppose, it must be that he can " only be tried by his peers." Why are the members of Grand Lodge his peers? Are they all Past Masters? Certainly not. The only logical deduction, tllen, from all this is, tha.t as he can only be tried by Grand Lodge, and as none but Past Masters are his peers, that all but Past Maste;s must retire from Grand Lodge while the trial goes on.

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We will wager all we have, or expect to have, that no Grand Lodge in the world would dare to drive out the Wardens-the legal and constitutional members of that body-and then ca.1l 1f.se1( the" Grand Lodge." Not by a long shot. Now then, where is Brother Welford's high and mighty PAST MASTER, except all a member oj hu lodge on the flow-the peer oj all others, and aU others the peers oj him'! Upon what mea.t did such great Cresar feed, that he is not amenable to the laW8 of his lodge? What would be done with a Past Master of Missouri Lodge, No.1, who should dimit and affiliate with., Richmond Lodge, ~o. 1, and without a vote in the Grand Lodge of Virginia? Would he go there surrounded with a halo of glory so bright that the members of Richmond Lodge would present him with a copy of the By-Laws, telling him to obey or not, as he pleased? As we look upon Brother Welford as one of the strongest writers In the "corps," and as certainly none of the others will try to pump Ufe into such a subject, we must ask him, as a special favor, to give us, first, any well established ancient regulation for such a theory, older than the Grand Lotlge of Virginia; and, secondly, i f It was invented by Virginia, where was the sense of it? WM. B. TALIAFERRO, Glouster, G. M. JNO. DOVE, M. D., Richmond, G. Sec. WM. B. ISAACS, Richmond, Ass't G. Sec. B. R. WELFORD, JK., Rlchmond, For. Cor.

VERMONT. Grand Lodge met in BurI1ngton, June 10, 1874. Brother Park Davis, G. M., presided. He Is happy to announce the following: I have not been called upon to grant a single dispensation for the formation of a new lodge during the past year. Thu8 the brethren seem to have heeded the advice I gave one year ago. and to regard the ~rowth and prosperity of lodges already established of more Importance than the local convenience of a few members. We think, from the way our own Grand Master has put the" brakes down" on petitions this year, that his successor will be able to make the same healthy announcement. DECISIONS:

1. In case of a Masonic trial, the wife of the accused should not be admitted

as a witness', either for or against. her husband.

2. The collection of an assessment upon the members, voted by the lodge, cannot be enforced under the penalty of Indefinite suspension. It is only for the non-payment of annual dues that that penalty can be Infiicted. 3. A subscription, for allY purpose connected with the lodge, cannot be collected as dues. Nor Is a member liable to suspension for not paying the same.

4. Notice of charges that does 110t give the full Lime prescribed by Art. XVII!., Grand Lodge By-LaWS, is insufficient and void, thouf./,'h it lack but a single day. In such case, arly action of the lodge upon the charges-if the accused does not appear-would be void. The appearance, however, of the accused, and hIs submissIon to a trial. wIthout objection to the Insufficiency of the-notice, covers all defects of notice, and the trial would be lawfUl and valid.

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5. If the lodge proceed to trial. ezparte, proofshould be introduced tosustatn the char~es, and the question of the guilt of the accU8~ submitted to vote of' the lodge. 6. Signature to the By-Laws of the lodge is necessary to complete the membership of a brother, whether he received the degrees In the lodge or W8.8 elected to membership therein. Without such signature he is not a member.

7. Unanimity of the ballot Is 8.8 88sential to elect a petitioner for atllUation

as for initiation. This rule cannot be changed by a by-law nor by dispensation of the Grand Master.

8. A petitioner for initiation cannot be debarred from receiving the degrees upon the protest of a brother who is not a member of the lodge which received the petition. The objecting brotb~r may, and It Is his dnty 8.8 well, to state his reasons to the InvestIgating Committee, or before the ludge. and, when stated If not of a. mere personal character, they should be carefully considered and their sutllciency duly weighed. . 9. Upon the dissolution of a lodge the standing of its members becomes . that of unatllUated Masons. A certificate of the Grand Secretary, certifying to the dissolution of the lodge, and that the members were in good standing at the time, and dues paid, in a sufficient certificate to accompany a petition for atlll1ation, as required by Art. XXIV. of the Grand Lodge By-Laws. 10. Que,tion-The Bi-LaWS provide for the election of officers at the stated communication in Apri ; this year, by reason of the changes of the moon, two stated communications occur in thatmontb. At which should the election take place? AnlWer-At the one which should reguhwrly occur In April. There being two in that month, the former, In this instance, is the regUlar communication for April, and the latter should be treated 8.8 the regUlar communication for May. .

11. In ca.se the time for the election of officers is the regular communication for May. and by reason of the time the moon fulls it occurs in April, the omcers should be elected at that time, no regular communication occurring in May. 12. A Masonic hall, which has been dedicated 8.8 SUCh, should not be leased for any purpose that is not a Masonic one. 13. Notice of a trial may be either personal or by written notice or summons. Actual noUce should be given to all the resident members. Defects of notice in this respect should be taken advantage of by the accused, or by any member present, before the trial Is proceeded with but not after. Defective notice is ground for a new trial on petition only such members as did not receive actual notice.

14. The Tyler, when a member, should be required to cast his ballot the same as any other member1 and should not be excused therefrom by reason of being in the discharge 01 his duties outside the door. The following salutary amendment was adopted: ARTICLE XVII.

No brother, after having taken his seat as a member, shall be p~rmitted to l~ve without asking for and obtaining permission by vote of the Grand LQdge, except in cases of necessary temporary absence during each 888sion, which may be granted by the Worshipful Master at his will or pleasure. This is the way it works: On motion, Brother D. L. Osgood, of Acacia Lodge, No. 91. was excused from further attendance upon the Grand Lodge, by reason of illness. \

Brother Henry Clark, Grand Secretary, submitted a faithful Report on Correspondence, of 150 pages. MAKING MASONS ....T SIGHT.

We commend the following, from the general review of the committee, to the committees of Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, and Connecticut: A great maJority of the Committees on Correspondence have condemned

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the action of the Grand Master of Comiecticut, in making" Masons at slKht" of two gentlemen who were residents of New York, temporarlly sojournIng In ConnectIcut. Even some of those who claim such" prerogative" {or Grand Masters, do not approve of itA exercise. By far the larger DJJ.mber of Masonic jurists of hIgh acknowledged ability deny that the claimal1 prerogative has the sanctIon or authority to sustain it. Under the head of Connecticut, he expresses our views exactly: .. That a candidate, whose business is of such a nature that he cannot remain in any place a sufllclent period to gain a resIdence falls within the princIple applicable to sailors and soldiers, and may be received at any place where he may be temporarily bcated." . We dissent from this opinion, unless the applicant has some claim to a legal residence, or temporary home. Every man of this class has some place he calls' home. 'l'he broad construction of Grand Master IJockwood would lead to frequent abuses and hnpositlon. The worst material that gains admission into Vermont Lodges is of this temporary resident sort of people, who sometimes take up temporary residence to gain admittance, being unable to procure admission at their place of permanent residence. Under the head of District of Columbia, he quotes and says: A member has no right to interpose objections to the initiation of a can~~g:~b~o~b;~e advancement of a brother in behalf of and as proxy for some This has been once done by proxy in Vermont, the objections coming from a man who was not a Mason, And the objection was sustained by the Master. This should be the last case in Vermont, for It is a dangerous practice, Hable to great abuse. Under the head of Illlnois, he says : It is true that the refusal to grant a Dlmit may be j)l'ompted by the unwillingness of the lodge to certify to the good standing of the petitioner therefor. It is also true that the refusal to grant it leaves him with all his rights Intact. I! Masonic burialls rIght at all, it must be held that every Mason is entitled to it who has not been divested of hIs rIghts by the only process known to

Masonry, that of a trial by hIs fellows.

Under the head of Missouri, he compllments Past Grand MaSter Owens, also Brother Allltn McDoweJl as Committee on ForeIgn Correspondence, to the extent of copying ten pages of hIs Report on Decisions of Other States. There is no doubt but what Brother McDowell, our very路 efllcient and energetic Grand /Lecturer, could have <\one all Brother Clark says, and a good deaf more and better than we could, but somehow or other he did not have time, and the Grand Lodg~ appoInted "your humble servant" to that dut~'. We are by no means ashamed of the" substitute" inserted by Brother C. by mistake. NATHAN P. BAUMAN, St. Johnsbury, G. M. HENRY CLARK, Rutland, G. Sec, and For. Cor.

WASHINGTON TERRITORY. Grand Lodge met in Olympia, September 2,1874. Broth,er D. C. H. Rothschild, G. M., presided. He reported two dispensations for new lodges. DECISiONS AND QUESTIONS OF HASONIO I,A W AND USAGE.

The letters addressed to me making inquiries, and the answers given. are all accessible to the Grand Lodge. I shall only attempt to embody here the

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questions with my answer; some questions seem too trIvial for repetition, but I have scrupulously answered every interrogatory. If each subordinate lodge would provide certflin standa.rd works on onr Jurisprudence, or even take occasion to examine the Proceedings of Grand Loages. 8.8 reviewed in the Reports on Foreign Correspondence, pdnted annually in the Proceedings, much 11ght would be afforded on M8.8onic law and usage. Necess\ty would not exist for reference of such questions. The Landmarks are plain; the law which must conform therewith is equally plain; what cannot be altered is apparent; what may be the subject of, or moditled by local regulation can be 8.8certained. If the matter be within the former class, the law of Masonry will settle the case, aud it can be found in any of the commen taries. If of the latter, the Constitution and a few standing regulations of our .Grand Lodll;e, within reach of every brother, will furnish the decision. Twenty-tlve dollars judiciously expended will procure for each lodge all the necessary digests and treatises. This brancll of knOWledge, so full of Interest, is really too much neglected. Brethren should read for themselves. Many are as competent to give an intelligent opinion as the Grand Master. He is rather an executive otllcer, not a JurisconsuU. He is to see that the law is obeyed; it is neither his province to make law nor construe It for another's action. or to gratify another's curiosity. A number of the questions addressed to me e.re purely hypothetical,' the mere opinion of the (Jrand M8.8ter is sought. Now such an opinion is not decmon,' is not binding perse. If it becomes necessary to act otllclally in a matter pending, the act and reason therefor, If approved by the Grand Lodge, becomes decision and precedent, haVing the authority of law for the enlightenment or the Fraternity. He may answer these queries by lengthy disquisitions, and the Grand Lodge may approve iuch answers and thereby give them the force and effect of authority. But even then they are but enunciations of abstract principles, deriving no force whatever from the simple fact that they emanated from a Grand Master. Indeed most of these questions could be more satifactorlly discussed and settled among brethren In the subordinate lodges. Our ritual, or lectures, embody our creed or confession or falth. They rehearse and repeat, or more properly based upon, clearly indicate to us the L~ndmarks" of the Order. They enunciate Masonic relations which it is the purpose of Masonic law to preserve. They teach what a Mason must do and what he must avoid doing. Hence they illustrate the reason for the law, while mage consistent with such reason has attained the .sanctity of "Landmarks." A letter of a certain Worshipful Master contains this phrase: .. I am not posted in Masonic law in W8.8hlngton Territory." '拢hat brother need not plead ignorance of Masonic II

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properly subjects of local regUlations. The experience of the P8.8t year has taught me that we are not sutllciently careful in stUdying this Interesting branch of our art. The questions referred to me have sug~ested these thoughts. I earnestly recommend my brethren to seek "more light in this department. Investigation will well repay the time and effort employed. They will learn better what Masonry ls; fts philosophy, its reason, its sound common sense. They will apprt'ciate tfte reasoQ for our ritualistic teachings; they will acquire a system of~thics, most admirably adapted for every day life.

While 'we agree with the Grand Master in his pertinent remarks, that' . about nine-tenths of the questions asked a Grand Master are perfectly useless and puerile, and many of the authors get reprimanded for their Ignorance; and also when he says Grand M8.8ters cannot make law, yet we must demur ou another point, and hold that it is his duty to construe the law, otherwise he cannot enforce it. One follows the other, and if every Worshipful M8.8ter is left to put his own construction on the law, without any supervision, there wlll in a few years be such a kettle of tlsh . in jurisprudence as no Grand Lodge will ever be able to tell what kind of tlsh were cooked. Some will be suckers, some gudgeons, anll but few of speckled trout, and what there were of the latter, would be so mixed as not to be worth eating. He Rays: There is no standing RegUlation of the Grand Lodge tlxing any definite period; and Article 80 of the standing Regulations is very explicit in its declaration "that advancement is to depend upon the protlciency of the candidate." This declaration is ip keeping with the spirit of the ancient charges," and in harmony with the viewB of some of our路 best Masonic law commentators. II

We recommend the above to the Utah CommUtee, in order that he may gal,her wisdom from even so young a Grand Lodge as Washington Territory. The business transacted was chietly local.

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ot various jurisdictions, the stulllng of the RepQrt on Correspondence having been knocked out by a resolution. of the Granq Lodge on the plea. of economy, although we have fourteeu pages of a directory for traveling impostors in the shape of published lodge returns. JAMES RUDOLPH HAYDEN, Olympia, G. M. THOS. M. REED, Olympia, G. Sec. and Scissor-Laureate.

WYOMING TERRITORY. On December 15, 1874, the four lodges of that Territory met in convention at Cheyenne, for the purpose of organizing a Grand Lodge, which w~ consummated In regular form, every condition of the formula for such proceedings being complied with in detail. Three of the lodges were chartered by the Grand Lodge of Colorado, and one by Nebraska; and, as it has been the usual oustom of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, since its organization, to pay the deference due to the mother Grand Lodge, of first hearing of her action, we must wait for the result of the communica.~onof the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, held June, 1875. From the Proceedings before us, we shall be most happy to welcome the young sister into the general family of Grand Lodges, and have no doubt she will receive a general recognition. EDGAR P. SNOW, Cheyenne, G. M. JOHN K. JEFFREY, Cheyenne, G. Sec. and For. Cor. I

EUROPEAN GRAND BODIES. REPORT OF COMMI'rrEE ON FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE TO THE GRAND LODGE OF 路NEW YORK, JUNE, 1875~

ENGLAND. The noteworthy events in this jurisdiction during the past year, have been the reslgnat.ion of the Marquis of Ripon, Grand Master, on account of a change In his religious belief, of which we have nothing to say, and the election and installation of the Prince of Wales as his successor. This latter event, making, as it does, the future sovereign of a great empire one of the immediate representatives of our AncieQt Craft, cannot be regarded with indifference by the brethren, and we shall be pardoned for giving a brief account of the imposing ceremony of investiture: THE INSTALLATION OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.

. The installation of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, as Grand Master of English Freemasons; which has beeu looked forward to with so much eagerness by the whole Craft, waR performed April 28th, at the Royal Albert Hall. The event must ever be marked as the most noteworthy that has taken place in Freemasonry. Nothing in the whole annals of the Order, certainly G. L.-A 7.

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nothing within the memory of living Masons, wlll bear comparison with the gorgeousness or the magnitude of the scene that presented itself; and we doubt whether any Freemason, in the wildest dreams of his imagination, was prepared for what was witnessed on that occasion. From an early hour in the â&#x20AC;˘ mornin~ great activity was perceptible about the Albert Hall, and it was not to Masons alone that this was confined. The outer world took great interest also in the event, and assembled in great numbers to watch the arrival and departure of the brethren. But it was more especially the departure which drew great crowds together, for when the ceremony was over, and the brethren departed, the scene was much like that which was daily witnessed at the same spot Just upon twenty-four years ago, when the great exhibition was held opposite the present Albert Hall. and on the site of the Albert Memorial. Thousands of people were massed together, and hundreds of vehicles were moving about. The Stewards, numbering several hundreds, arrived at eleven O'clock, but Sir Albert Woods, Mr. Fenn, Mr. Monckton and Mr. Long, the committee for carrying out the arrangements, were there very much earlier, some as soon as six o'clock. The workmen in the building were banished from the sceue at ten o'clock, and the edifice was left in sole possessions of Freemasons. The Stewards received the final instructions on their arrival, and their places pointed out to them. Punctually at one the doors were opened to the brethren generally, and the arrangements were so complete that, with all the necessary precautions taken against the admission of the uninitiated, a concourse of between seven thousand and eight thousand Masons were passed to their places in perfect order by hal! past two. When all were assembled the scene was most impressive. The usually sombre appearance of English gentlemen in evening dress may have led the uninitiated to fancy that the aspect of the Hall would be very dUll, but the fact was that all entitled to be present had a lII1k collar, in right of their position in the Order. These, for the most part a light blue, gave their color to the whole assemblage, and enlivened the scene in a very tasteful way. Here and there were gentlemen clothed in collars of different colors-Rome of deep crimson, others of a dark blue while here and there was t11'e blue and yellow of Sweden, or the scarlet coat OJl a military brother. The grand old throne and chairs presented by the late Duke of Sussex, and which form so conllpicuoU8 a feature in the Temple. were there, the throne being again, after a lapse of many years, surmounted by the Prince's plume. Behind the thronE' and in front of the organ, was the royal standard, in front of which was the Masonic banner. The seats behind, and to the right and left of the throne were occupied by the Past Grand Omcers, clothed in their splendid coilars and aprons, covered with' ~ewels and gold embroidery, giving the dais a most magnificent appearance. The arrangement of the canvas screen above gave an additional peculiarity to the scene, those in the arena being all in the shade, while those above caught the light, and appeared of quite a different complexion. The route of the procession was covered with a splendid carp~, bearing the Masonic arms and the Prince of Wales' plume. This carpet was manufactured especially for the occasion by Brother Lewis, and presented by him to the Grand Lodge. At about ten minutes past three a blare of trumpets announced the Royal entrance, and the head of a processIon appeared, slowly passing, amid solemn music to the dais. After a formal opening of the Grand Lodge by the Earl of Carnarvon, Pro. Grand Master, a deputation was sent for H. R. H., and soon returned in the following order: Four Grand Stewards of the Year. The Gloves and Apron of the G. M. on a The Collar and Jewel of the G. M. on a cushion borne by the Master of a cushion borne by the Master of a Lodge. . Lodge. Grand Director of Ceremonies, Str A. Woods. Grand Secretary, Brother John Hervey. Pres. of Board of Gen. Purp., Brother Monckton. Grand Register, Brother McIntyre, Q,. C. 'Grand 'ÂŁreasurer Brother S. Tomkins. Grand Chaplains, R. P. Bent and Dr, Simpson, Six Past Grand Wal'dens. Six Provincial Grand Masters, viz: the Earls of Shrewsbury and Limerick, the Marquis of Londonderry, I,ords R. Grosvenor, Tenterden and . Londesborough. The Prince of Wales, Grand Master. Two Grand Stewards.

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brethren, which were again and again renewed untlI some time after lie had taken his seat on the left of the Earl of Carnarvon. His Royal Highness seemed much grat1lled and bowed his acknowledgments as often as the cheering was taken up. The Duke of Connaught stood all this time almost motionless, but apparently much struck with the impressive scene. Everybody concerned having, under the direction of Sir A. Woods, taken his proper position, the brethren arose, and a prayer was offered by the Grand Chaplain. The Prince was then, with certain formaUties invested with the collar and Jewel of his office, and placed in the chair; and the trumpets having once more challenged attention, Sir Albert Woods proclaimed to the brethren in the following form: "Be it known that the Most 'High, Most Puissant, and Most Illustrious Prince, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, Earl of Chester, Carrick and DubUn, Baron of Renfrew. and Lord of the Isles, Great Steward of F5cotland. K. G., K. P .. K. T., G. C. B., Knight Grand Commander of the ~tar of India, Knight of the Elefhant of Denmark, Knight of the Golden Fleece, has been elected Most Worsh pful Grand Master of Freemasonry In England. Whom the Great Architect of the Universe long preserve'" The formal salutes having been given~The

Earl of Carnarvon:

" Your Royal Highneas and Most WorshipfUl Grand Masrer: .. It has been, from time immemorial, the custom when any Master of the Craft was placed in thiS Chair to remind him of the duties that he then undertook,and although it is unnecessary that I should remind your Royal Highness, who is so conversant with all the affairs of the Craft, of those duties, it is right that that old and time-honored custom should not absolutely disappear, f\nd therefore it is xny duty to address to you a few words on this occasion. Sir, your Royal Highness knows well that Freemasonry possesses many titles to respect, even in the eyes of the outer world. It has,llrst of all, a great antiquity -&.n antiquity ascending into the sphere, I may say, of immemorial tradition. SecondlY,it is known and practised in every country, in every clime, and in every race of civ1J1zed men, and lastly, in this country above all, it has associated Itself with human sympathies and cllaritable institutions. [Cheers.] Let me say further, that while in these modern times it has changed Its character in some respects, it has lost nothing which can claim the respect of men.

.. Formerly, through the dim periods of the middle ages,it carved its records upon the pUbl1c buildings of Europe, upon 路the tracery of the cathedral windows and the ornamentation of palaces. Now, as I have said, it is content to devote itself to works of sympathy and charity, and in them it finds its highest praise and reward. Let me draw one further distinction-no one will say that it is an invidious one. In some other countries it has been nnfortunately the lot of . Freemasonry to find itself allled with faction and intrigue-with what I may call the darker side of poll tics. In England it has been signally the reverse. The Craft here has allied itself with social order, with the great institutions of the countrYt-...and above all, with Monarchy, the crowning institution of a.ll. Your Royalttighness is not the first, but many of your illustrious family have sat in that Chair. By the lustre of your great name and position you will reflect honor upon the Craft to-day; but it is also something, sir, to be at the head of such a body as this vast alSsembly now represents; for I may truly say that never before, in the whole history of Freemasonry, has such a Grand Lodge been convened as that on which my eyes rest at this moment. And there is this further and inner view to be taken, that, far as my eye can carry me over these serried ranks of white and blue, of gold and purple, I recognize in them men who have solemnly undertaken obligations 01' worth and morality, m~u who have undertaken the duties of citizens and the loyalty of subjects. Sir, I am but expressing1 though very feebly, the feelings and the aspirations of thi!:l great assembly wnen I say that I trust that the connection of your Royal Highness with th~ Craft may be lasting, and that you may never, sir, have occasion for one moment's regret or anxiety when you look back upon the events of to-day." His Royal Highness, on rising to respond, was received with enthusiastic applause, and said: .. Brethren, I a.m deeply grateful to the Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master for the excessively kind wordll which he has just spoken, and to you, brethren, for the cordial reception which :rou have given to them. It has been your unanimous wish, brethren, that I snould occupy the chair in which you have this day installed me as your Grand Master. It is difficult for me to find words adeqnate to express my deep thanks for the honor which has already been

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bestowed uron me-an honor which has already been bestowed on several members 0 my family, my predecessors-and, brethren, tn whose footsteps

it wUl always be my most ardent and sincere wish to walk, and by God's

help to fulfill the duties of that hlp;h o1Dce to which I have been called to路day In the same way that my 1I1ustrious predecessors fulfilled them. The Pro Grand Master has told YOUtbrethren, and I feel convinced that it Is SOt that such an assemblage of Grand odge has never been known; and when look round this vast and spacious hall, and see those who have come from the North and the South, from the East and the West. to be present on this auspicious occasion, it ts, 1 trust, an omen of good. The various publlc dutteR which, In my position, I have to perform will not enable me, so frequently 8.8 I could wish, to attend to my many duties connected with the Craft. But you, brethren, may rest assured that I shall do IQY utmost to maintain the Craft now in its present prosperity, and to do my duty by it and my duty by you on every possible occasion. It WOUld, brethren, I feel sure, be useless for me, at a momen t like this, to recapitulate anything which has been so ably told you by the Pro Grand Master relative to Freemasonry. Every Englishman knows that the two watchwords of the Craft are 'loyalty' and 'charity.' As long as those are our watchwords, and as long as Freeml\8onry keeps itself from being mixed up with politics, so long w1ll, I am sure, this great and ancient Order flourish, and Its benign infiuences will tend to maintain the integrity of this great empire. I thank you once more, brethren, for your cordial reception of me to-day, and especially those who have come such immense.dlstances to welcome me on this occasion. I assure you I shall never forget to-day." Various deputations from foreign countries were then presented, and the ceremony was at an end, having occupied about two hours. In the evening the usual banquet was held. BELGIUM. We have received the Annual BullEltln of this Grand Orient, and flnd nothing of Interest not already mentioned in another part of-thlll report, except the fact of a full-feathered Report on Foreign Correspondence, in which the atfairs of Masonry on this continent are more largely and more intelligently reviewed than we recollect ever before to have seen from a European source. We are much gratified In being able to make this announcement, and ~rust the good example may be imitated unt11, through this medium, there may be a full interchange of thought between all the governing bodies of the Masonic world. GRAND LODGE LEAGUE OF GERMANY. Ojficial Protocol of the Diet Of the German Grand Lodge League, held on Whitsunday,

the 14th of May, 1874, at Berlin, in the rOO'm8 of the Royal York Grand Lodge.

This document was promulgated only four months after this second session of the newly-organized Grand Body, for reasons not known to us. It seems, however, that it required considerable time to agree on the framing of these proceedings, and that there was a good deal of "doctoring" of the contents. We give the full text of the document, omitting several purely formal points, not at all important. The Diet was opened in due form by Brother Herrig, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Prussia, called Royal York zur Frellndsohaft, as Grand Master of the Lodge, at whose seat and rooms the Diet holds its session. He welcomed the representatives; and Brother Bluntschl1, Grand Master of the GrQ,nd Lodge, ~r Sonne, the presiding o1Dcer of the first session, in 1873, returned the thanks of the assembly. . After a short debate regarding the regulation of the order of business of the day, the proposition as laid before the Diet by the M. W. Grand Master of Royal York was Mopted. The first subject of the order of the day was (see N. Y. Grand Lodge Transactions of 1874, p. 21H) :

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Brother Glitza, Grand MMter of the Grand Lodge of Hamburit, spoke on this subject as follows: At the last meeting of the German Grand Lodge Diet the Grand Lodge of Hamburg had offered this resolution: That the German Grand Lodge League reserves to the German Grand Lodges the right to found and constitute legaUy, In foreign countries, lodges working in the German tongue, and under the charter of a German Grand Lodge. )

And the Grand Lodge of Hamburg brings, and does hereby bring, this motion again before the Grand Lodge Diet, with an opportune amendment. The treatise on this subject, submitted by me to this Grand Body (see N, Y. Transactions, 1874, p. 211, et seq.), gives fully and exhaustively the prIncIples and the idea of the proposed resolution. Neither in the Masonic press nor in prIvate Masonic cIrcles, up to the present time, could those principles be refuted, nor to any considerable extent contradIcted or inval1dated [!] Only a few days ago the Grand Lodge of VIrginia issued a kind of protest against these principles. This protest, and the answer thereto by the Grand Lodge of Hamburg, has been communicated to the Fraternity. He, Brother Glltza, regarded both documents as a real and substantial sqpport to the motion of the Hamburg Grand Lodge. There Is also another later Issue of simllar tenor, the memorial of Brother Von ?:Jensch, representative of the New York Grand Lodke, near the Grand Lodge of Saxony, at Dresden. This memorial !!ays that Brother Von Mensch has received from the Grand Lodge of New York a letter which defends and justifies the right of Jurisdiction. Brother Von Mensch, however, could not yet give a translation of the document, but w.ould lay such a translation, as soon as practicable, before the German Grand Lodge League. He, Brother G., is sorr~ that Brother Von Mensch has not transmitted the orIginal, and must, therefore, suggest that this letter could not contain valuable or weighty reasons to the contrary, and that the intention and the aim of Brother Von Mensch is only to delay and procrastinate a resolution of this Grand Body. All that Brother Von Mensch says himself about the matter is untenable. (Here Brother Gl1tza read some passages of Brother Von Mensch's memorial.) The speaker, therefore, moves, In behalf of the Grand Lodge of Hamburg, that the following resolution be adopted: The German Grand Lodge Diet finds that the so-called riitht of jurisdiction is not well founded, neither is It proved by old documentary constitutionsl nor by the general principle!! of Freemasonry, and not by the practice of the 0 dest Grand Lodges of Germany and of otber countries; and, therefore, repudIate all claims of such right of jurisdiction. The German Grand Lodge League aCknowledges the right of each Grand Lodge to foundhinStitute and charter, if the laws of the land do not object and forbidheveryw ere.). SubOl'dinate lodges under their protection. At the same time, t e German urand Lodge League acknowledges the propriety of covenants and treaties, through whIch the provinces and distrIcts of the several Grand Lodges, by a spontaneous agreement are to be settled and determined. By sucn treaties, however, the righb of the Grand Lodges to constitute, in foreign countries, lodges working in the German language, and under the authority and rules of the mother Grand Lodge, cannot be biased or in~ured. The speaker, Brother Glitza, expects no objection, in the main question, to his motion; inasmuch as German Freemasonry is distinguished by a certain ideal conception aud practice of the Craft. Regarding the determination of the form and words of the motion, he Is ready to make concessions; the main object being only and exclusively that the German Grand Lodge League should adopt a principle which will exclude all rights of Jurisdiction. Brother Eckstein, Grand Master of Saxony, replled: As Brother Glitza made comt>lalnt8 against, and even attacked and assalled the doings of, Brother Von Mensch,it must be stated and insisted upon that Brother Von Mensch has only acted in strict accordance with his dutJes as representative of the Grand

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Lodge of New York. The views of the Fraterni ty in North America deserve nndoubtedly, our earuest consIderation. In reference to the maIn question, I must confess that I have, so far as1t relates to the rIght of jurisdiction of the Grand Lodges, a quite different opinion and poInt of view from Brother GIUza. The jurisdiction of the subordinate lodges requires separate consideration. . The German Grand Lodges claim for themselves the right of jurisdiction in Germany, and, therefore, the motion of Brother Gl1tza,In behalf of the Grand Lodge of Hamburg, is a solitary one. H we consider and contemplate the relations of the newly annexed provinces, the German Grand Lodges, lookIng to the possible intentions of the Grand Orient of France, must wIsh to maintain the rights of jurIsdIction, and especIally in the future. HavIng now only the JurisdIctional l'ights of the German Grand Lodges before us, I accept willingly the first and third clause and positIon of Brother GlItza's motion, but object distinctly and energetically to the second clause. It is our duty only to consider the given facts and exIsting circumstances, but no kind of ideal or nebulous desires. Brother Bluntschl1, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, 7Atr Sonne: I hold the form or framing of the motion of the Hamburg Grand. Lodge not to be a fortunate or succeslilful one; because the interruption and cessatien of all Masonic intercourse and correspondence from such Grand Lodges as adhere to the right of jurisdictIon would immedIately follow the adoption of that. motion. We founded in Germany a National Grand Lodge League, and were cognizant of the Importance of such an act; but our National Grand Body never can admit tha.t, for instance, the Grand Orient of France shall institute subordinate lodges in Germany. We must first preserve the national relations, in this connection, of the German Grand Lodges, and; therefore, we cannot allow that foreIgn Grand BodIes can constitute subordInate lodges in Germany. The cosmopolitan nature of our Brotherhood cannot be violated through National Grand Lodge Unions. In the same degree as the ritual work of our Craft requIres its national langulLge, so the Constitution of a Grand Body requires a national form and a national framIng. Hit could be that the Grand Lodge Diet should, in regard to this question, decide on princIple against an absolute right of jurIsdiction, it mnst, however, be declared in such a form as will acknowledge the National Constitution of the Grand Lodges, quite different from the Hamburg motion. Under the circumstances I move that the following resolution be adopted: . The German Grand Lodge League considers the so-called right of jurisdictIon, claimed by many Grand LOdges, not as a right emanating from the old and original laws of the Craft, but only as an Institution, which is based partly on ground of national independence, partly on that of appropriateness. 'I.'herefore, an understanding in reference to the application, practice and extension of the InstItution among the several Grand Lodges is possible and very desirable. Brother Eckstein, Grand Master of Saxony, seconds Brother Bluntschli's motion, after the latter had given more explicit reasons for his motion. Brother Herrig, the presiding officer and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge Royal York, remarks that the Grand Lodge of the Three Globes has decided in a similar sense, and cites a resolution of that Grand Body, dated Berlin, February l2. 1874, as follows: It is justified and, as principle, adopted, that we do never constitute subordinate lodges in foreIgn countries where exists a Grand Lodge, and, 1lherefore, we cannot allow that a foreign Grand Lodge should constitute subordinate lodges in Germany, and shall not consider such a subordinate lodge a lawfully constituted lodge.

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motion, a higher aim than the preservation of its own rights and interests in relation to their subordinatfl lodges in transatlantic countries. The Grand Lodge of Hamburg wishes only to compel the Grand Lodge Diet to proclaim a great and important Masonic principle. In reference to the manner of issuing such declaratipn the Hamburg Grand Lodge is ready to compromise. ' Brother Braband, co-representative of the Hamburg Grand Lodge, endeavors to invalidate the allegations of the Grand Master of Saxony, Brother Eckstein, but the latter confutes and contradicts his statements. Brother,Pfaltz, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge Zur Eintracht, in Darmstadt, considers it his duty to communicate the resolution of his Grand Lodge at their ~ommunicationof April 12, 1874, ad 14 c., which reads as follows: .

' The right ot Jurisdiction having no real and legal foundation, and being contrary to-unity, is to be rejected on principle, and is untenable in practice; it Is, however, desirable that the German Grand Lodges agree and decide in regard to their reciprocate relations and that a principle should be adopted according to which regulations in reference to the constitution and recognition ot foreign Grand BodIes can be agreed upon. He remarks fUrther: As a principle, the right of jurisdiction shall not be supposed; the decision of the Sovereign of the country must always be reserved. Therefore, the Grand Lodges a.re not quite independent in the execution of their intentions. The first thing and the main question to be considered is the reciprocal relations of the German Grand Lodges; the secondary question Is the execution of the xight of jurisdiction against foreign Grand Bodies. Brother Barthelmess, co-representative f~om the Gra.nd Mother Lodge of the Eclectic Union, seconds the motion of Brother Pfaltz, and adds the following: . In 'America no doubt exists that the right of jurisdiction is only a product of modern times, and even this right is not everywhere acknowledged on the Continent of America. The right of jurisdiction is a dan~erous right; it is to be feared that this right can be used in future in a very inopportune manner. Therefore, our resolution cannot be any other than: The right of jurisdiction must be repudiated, having no founda.tion or authorization. Therefore, and. in view of such circumstances, the German GrandaLodges shall decide and resolve upon measures regarding the foundation of subordinate lodges in foreign countries. The Proceedings of last year of the Grand Lodge of Oregon contain the resolution that the right or Jurisdiction of the North American Grand Lodges路 must be protected under all circumstances against the Hamburg Grand Lodge and that no other SUbordinate lodge can be tolerated than such as chartered by American Grand Lodges. With all Grand Bodies not adopting this principle, all Masonic Intercourse must be interrupted and closed. For 1872, the Grand Lodge of Virginia resolved and decided in the same sense. In any case such menaces cannot prevent our deciding this important matter. Hamburg is bound to protect her three subordlaate lodges in America, and can, therefore, not be cumpeUed to desert thtl principle so often declared by this Grand Body. Brother HerrIg, the presiding otncer, remarks that, if on principle the right of jurisdiction is indeed untenable, it remains only for the Diet to discuss and resolve accordingly. Brother Bluntschli, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge zur Sonne, seconds this view and the motion, and the representatives adopt the decision. Brother Glltza, Grand Master of Hamburg, says: I must decidedly insist that in the old Landmarks no right of jurisdiction is mentioned. I consider it necessary that such a remark be inserted in the minutes, especially against the

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claims of the North American brethren. In any case I must urge that the second clause of the Hamburg motion-"The Grand League acknowledges the original and primitive right of each Grand Lodge to found, charter, and protect subordinate lodges everywhere where the laws of the land do not object or forbid "-will be adopted and inserted in the resolution. By so doing the right of all German Grand Lodges to constitute and charter subordinate lodges in the whole German Empire would be distinctly decided, and German Freemasonry would ml.l.ke a very distinct and important step in advauce. Brother Bluntschll, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge zur Sonne: In reference and returning to the allegations of Brother Pfaltz of Darmstad, I must remark, that if we reject on one side the right of jurisdiction, on the other side we cannot allow any Grand Lodge to found and constitute subordinate lodges except with the consent of the Sovereign of the country, then we would not â&#x20AC;˘ speak of principle at all. A principle if once adopted, must be maintained under all circumstances; therefore I must object to the Hamburg motion as not proper and suitable to the purpose. prother Eckstein, of Saxony, objects because in this Hamburg motion are mentioned" the laws of the .country." Brother Von Messerscmidt, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the Three Globes at Berlin: In our Grand Lodge the consUtution and chartering of aÂˇ subordinate lodge at Shanghai was proposed, and of course it was necessary to report the fact, to the Protector of our Prussian Grand Lodges, to His Majesty the Emperor. The Emperor and Protector intimated that he could only consider 8'UCh constitution and chartering 01 a suOO1'dinate lodge admi8lible if no recognized Grand Lodge existed in Ohina.

Brother Braband, co-representative of Hamburg,declared that Ute Hamburg Grand Lodge can only agree with and consent to such resolutions as those by which the exIstence of their transatlantic subordinate lodges shall be secured. Brother Herrig, presiding, put the question: Shall the motion of Brother Bluntschll, with or without the amendment of Brother Gl1tza, be adopted? The majorlty adopted the motion of Brother Bluntschll, and rejected the amendment of Brother Glltza. The presiding officer now laid the motion of Brother Eckstein, Grand Master of Saxony, before! the Convention. . The Grand Lodge League of Germany is ready and wllllng, in considerlLtlon of existin~ circumstances, to a1ford all facUities possible to the German brethren in foreign countries for founding subordinate lodges. working in the German tongue, and wlll for sucb purpose negotiate and confer wi th foreign Grand Lodges and give power to do so to the executive officer of the Grand Lodge presiding at this Grand Lodge Diet, of the Grand Lodge League. Which was adoPte4 unanimously. After a discussion and conference of a commission, consisting of the Brothers Bluntscbll, Eckstein (Saxony) and GJitza, tbe following resolution was adopted unanimously: The Grand I.odge Diet considers tbe so-called right of Jurisdiction. which is claimed by several Grand Lodges, not as a right wbich emanates from tbe moral and legal principles of the Craft or from original or ancient laws of tbe Fraternity, but only as an institution which is'based partly on the ground of national adjudication and partly on tbe ground of appropriateness; and find tbat some understanding about tbe application and extension of the same is possible and desirable. The German Grand Lodges consider the whole German Empire as a comon territory and province, and acknowledge reciprocally that each German Grand

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Lodge can constitute and charter subordInate lodges In the German terrItory. The presidIng Grand Lodge or the executive officers of the same is em路 powered: 1. To communI~ate this decision to all the foreIgn Bodies. 2. In the Interest of the cnltIvatIon and conservation of German Lodges In .foreign countries, working In the German tongue, under the protection of a German Grand Lodge, to enter into negotiations in a fraternal spIrit and with . a reciprocal understanding to secure reciprocal relations with German Grand Lodges. Brother Von Etzel, Grand Mas'ter of the Grand Lodge of the Three Globes at BerlIn, moves to put on the order of busIness for the coming Grand Lodge Diet, the question: 'ro regula.te agreements or treaties of the members of the Grand Lodge League concerning the founding of and charterinl{ of new subordinate lodges In places where there already exists a subordInate lodge of another system or Grand Lodge authority.' . Which was adopted. II.

The Odd. FeUows and the Masonic Fraternity.'

Grand Master HerrIg, presiding, explained the efficIency and activity of the Odd Fellows, and desire!! that t,he following resolution be adopted and inserted in the minutes: No opposition and objection shall be made against the initiation of mem~ bel'S of the Order of Odd Fellows in the Masonic Fraternity; it Is, howeverbnot recommended that any person should be at the same time a member of oth socIeties. Brotner Von Etzel, Grand Maater of the Grand Lodge of the Three Globes, proposes the followIng resolutIon: Whereas the Odd Fellows are not considered by the Government aa a secret socIety, they pursuIngt so tar as is known, only moral and humanitarian objects, the Masonic loages shall not act in hostility 'ttaIU8t the same untIl ~~~J'J l?:a~~~ons, and shall,n0t reject a candIdate on I. e ground of hIs being Also a member of the Maaonic Frlltternlty shall not be prohibited from joining the Order of Odd Fellows; closer relations, however, cannot be main~ined. WhIch was adopted. III. .Re.!olutions offered by the Grand Lodge Royal York zur Freund.8cha/t.

a. Eaeh German lodge shall be required to make inquiry and investigation in regard to every candidate for initiation not residIng wIthin Its territory at the lodge of his resIdence, or the nearest lodge, before such candida.te can be Initiated. Adopted wIthout discussIon. b. Each candidate shall receive before hIs

~t1tion is accepted, informatIon and instructIon, baaed on" general principles,' to be adopted In their essential poInts by all the German Grand Lodges, and shall declare hIs consent and acquIescence .over his own sIgnature.

Brother Alexis Schmidt, co-representative of the Grand Lodge League of Freemasons in Germany and BerHn, declares that hIs Grand Lodge dId not accept the general prInciples of the other German Grand Lodges aa agreed to at the Grand Lodge Diet, held on the 7th of June, 1870, at Hamburg, and therefore his Grand Lodge cannot consent to thIs proposition. Brother Eckstein (Saxony) is of the opinion that the resolution Is not only oontrary to the statues of the Grand Lodge League, but also could not be executed, because it Is almost impossible to find an acceptable form whIch will

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be suitable to all the individual candidates in regard to their position in ctvll life, or to the grade of their abllities and knowledge. Brother Von Dalen, co-representative of the Grand Lodge Royal York, declared that the resolution, as offered, should in no way express the desire to find a form suitable and conformable to all systems; the question Is only to express and establish "general principles," and" it is the province of each German Grand Lodge to stipulate to its own liking in what form such general principles shall be expressed. Brother Glitza, of Hamburg, opposed the resolutions, because the resolution offered by the Grand Lodge Royal York, Sub. b. and c., come under the provIsions of Section 8 of the Constitution of the German Grand Lodge League, which provides that controversies In regard to Doctrtneand Rltualareexcluded from the transactions of the Grand Lodge League. After further discussion the representative of the Grand Lodge Royal York withdraws the offered resolutIon Sub. b., and also Sub. c., which latter reads: That an endeavor shall be made to adopt a formula of obligation for all Systems. 째 IV. The active lalJ0'1'8 01 Masonry, as relerr~d to in the circular of Brother Ficke, and the answer 01 the lodge at Heidelberg. (See N. Y. Grand Lodge Transactions of 1874, page 'lnT, where both documents are given in full.) After a lively debate, in which the Brothers Wol1f, Eckstein (Darmstadt), Bluntschli, Eckstein (Saxony), Schmidt, Von Etzel and Pfaltz took part, the following resolutions, as drafted by Brother Bluntschll. the presidtng Grand Master of the Convention in 1873, and as revised by the Grand Lodge of the Three Globes, at Berlin, were adopted: " 1. That thOe inner active labors of the lodges on the improvement and promotion of moral developments of their members Is the main aim and destiny of }l'reemasonry. 2. It Is not the vocation and destination of the Masonic lodges to take an acttve part In political and rel1gious controversies. They shall be neutral examples of Peace, and shall unite in a genuine humanity all brethren belonging to various political parties and religious confessions, if the same acknowledge Masonic ideas and principles. 3. But it is the dutr of the Masonic lodges to bring to a clear understanding among the brethren al the relations in reference to an ethical view on life, and to the exertion or human culture. A I<'reemason incurs the obligation to carry out and propagate the principles of the Craft, and to defend the moral bases of human society if they are attacked and assalled. 4. The German Grand Lodge League will prepare every year Masonic questions to be laid for discussion and action before the German lodges. 5. The 'lodges in Germany shall promote through their members the foundation and revival of benevolent and charitable institutions, and snaIl exercise and practise according to their faculties and power the bullding up of helpfUl human activity. V. and VI. Masonic recognition 01 and intercourse with the Grand Lodge at Athens, Greece, and with the Grand Lodge of Italy, was adopted un~nimously. VII. The recognition 01 the Grand Lodge of also adopted.

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VIII. The recognition 01 the (}I'and Lodge 01 Hungary, on the system of tile Grand Orient of France, was declined. The Grand Diet recognized at the session in 1873, the Grand Lodge of Hungary for the three Symbolic Degrees. IX. The recognition 01 the Prince Halt Grand Lodge, at Boston.

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the resolution of the Grand Lodge Diet in 1873, that difference of race and color shall not be a bar or impediment to the recognition of a Grand Lodge. The Prince Hall Grand Lodge has proved a s'utllcien t moral guaran tee for prosperous Masonic elllciency. There exists no reasonable ground to decline the recogni tion of that Masonic Grand Body. Brother Barthelmess seconds the motion, but moves the postponement of a decision on the ground that a part of. the representatives are alleged to have no sutllcient and adequate information and instructions. Brother Eckstein, Grand Master of Saxony, wishes that all the documents recei ved in regard to this question be laid before the German Grand Lodges previous to action thereon, because they had not, so far, full knowledge of the same. Brother Braband,Deputy Grand Master, and co-representative of Hamburg, urges the recognition of the Prince Hall Grand Lod~e, because Brother Bll.rtbelmess has given so favorable advice and information, emanating from his personal intuition and experience. By declining and refusing such recognition the Grand Lodge Diet is faithless to its resolution of last year. The Prince Hall Grand Lodge is not able to preve its sutllcient moral guarantees better than it has done up to this time. Brother Eckstein (Saxony) insisted on his motion. Brother Bluntschll expressed his views as follows: At all events, tile American Grand Lodges are nearer to the Prince Hall Grand Lodge than we, and as, so far, none of the America.n Grand Lodges have opened a way for recognition or intercourse with that Grand Body, and as we are indeed very far from any connection with the Negro Grand Lodge at Boston, called Prince Hall Grand Lodge, I consider the matter as at prp.sent not at all tit for action. Brother Glitzaregrets that, in view of this discussion, it appears that the German Grand Lodges are not thoroughly instructed and informed in the matter, and seconds, under the circumstances, the motion of Brother Barthelmess for an adjournment and postponement of the question. The motion of Brother Barthelmes8 was adopted. Brother Glitza offered a resolution to recognize the Brazil Grand Lodge, Do Lavradio, but the adoption of his resolution was negatived. The same brother reported on the conditiol1 of the Grand Lodge of Egypt, and recommended to decline its recognition untll after further information. Which was adopted. For reference to financial matters regarding the expenditures of last year, and after hearing the report and the statement of the Grand Treasurer, the Grand Lodge Diet made appropriate provision and adopted the resolutions as offered. In conclusion the presiding Grand Master, Brother Herrig, communicated a letter of the Private and Court Secretary of His Imperial and Royal Highness, the Crown Prince Fr6derick William, which was received, expressing his regret not to be able to be present at the meeting of the Grand Lodge Diet, in consequence ot other previous engagements. Also a telegram was received from the Grand Lodge of Italy. at Rome, expressing its best wishes for the welfare of the members of the Diet and the hope that all the friendly and brotherly relations existing between the Grand Bodies ot Germany and Italy may be in future continued. The Grand Lodge Diet w88then closed in due form:

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We feel called to say in connection with the foregoing that the proposition of the'German Grand Lodge League, thou~h it is unacceptable in its present shape still looks in the right direction, and we trust that out of it ma~r grow a disposition on which a final arrangement may be adjusted. If the German Grand Lodges agree among themselves to found lodges helter-skelter in German territory, we should be the last ones to find fault; but the enormous extent of our country would make such an arrangement among us simply impossible, without making confusion worse confounded, and what we cannot do ourselves we are not Willing to let other people do for us. But tnere seems to be an idea prevalent over there that a German lodge can only exist in this wide world when it owes allegiance to a German Grand Lodge, and we imagine that if our German brethren in Europe could be cured of this fallacy, all the rest would follow. Now, under the Grand Lodge of New York, there are some twenty odd lodges composed of German-speaking brethren, using German rituals a.nd forms, and conducting their own affairs after their own fashion. save only that they are required to conform to the Constitution and general regulations of the Grand Lodge, which, it affords us very great pleasure to say, they cheerfully do. And we submit the question, whether thes~ lodges can be better governed, or rendered happier or more prosperous, by a Grand Lodge three thousand miles away, knowing nothing of the local customs or ideas of the people here, or by the reSident authority in whose deliberations they participate, and whose destiny they help to shape. It seems to us that no fair-minded man can hesitate for a moment on this question, and that, simply as a question of Justice to the lodges themselves, the Grand Lodges in Europe ought to keep their hands off, and we can severally pursue our own roads in peace and harmony. We think we see in this phase of the discussion an indication of peace, the glimmering of the dawn, and we trust wisdom may be given us all so to act that we may finally emerge into the full sunlight of Masonic union and harmony throughout the world.

CIRCULAR LETTER OJ Brother L. Hen'ig, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge Royal York zur Freundschall, at Berlin, dated September 1,1874, as presiding and executive ojJlcer of the German Grand Lodge League.

We do not intend to gIve the whole contents of this document, but w1ll only report verbatim the parts especially interesthig to the American brotherhood, and restrict ourselves to extracts of other matters. BRETHREN-I have the honor to inform the United German Grand Lodges of the passing of the resolutions adopted at the last meeting of the Grand Lodge League. In accordance with said resolutions, I forwarded letters I. to the Grand Orient de Belgique, at Brussels; II. to the Grand路 Lodge of Greece, at Athens, and III. to the Gran Oriente Neo-Granadias, at Carthagena.

IV. From the Grand Orient of Brazil, at Rio de Janeiro (Valle do Lavradio). I received their book of Constitutions, adopted December 21, 1873, and remark that in Section 29 this Constitution adopts, energetically, the law of jurisdiction, and that the Brazil Grand Lodge Laws declare distinctly that they never will constitute lodges in foreign countries, nor recognize lodges constituted by alien Masonic Grand Bodies in Brazil. After a due and thorough examination and inve8tigation, I can now heartHy recommend this recognition of the said Grand Lodge of Brazil. V. As regards the Grand Orient of Egypt, after haVing thoroughly examined

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all the document~in relation thereto, I <mnnot recommend Immediate action in reference to a recognition and a Masonic correspondence and Intercourse, but advise delay until the Grand Lodges of England, and of Italy, which are betteJ< able to inform themselves in regard to the situation, have expressed a detlnitIve opinion. \ VI. In the matter of Prince Hall Grand Lodge, at Boston, and the question of the law of jurisdiction inseparably connected therewith, the following documents have been received:

a. Proceedings of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge, at Boston, for the year 1873. b. A tInal app~1 of the M. W. Grand Lodge of VirgInia to the Grand Lodge of Hamburg and tbe Grand OrIent ot France, to reconsider and withdraw tbeir un-Masonic action by invading other Grand Masonic JurisdictionS'. Richmond, 1874.

c. Answer of Grand Lodge of Hamburg to the "Final Appeal" of the Virginia Grand Lodge. d. Letter of the Prince Hall Graud Lodge to the Grand Lodge of Hamburg, dated Boston, Mass., March 18, 1874. e. Extract from the Report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence of the M. W. Grand Lodge of the State of New York, submitted to the Gran'd Lodge at their Annual Session, June 4, 1874. Reply to a memorial of the M. W. Grand Master of Hamburg, Brother Glitza, in reference to the Masonic law of jurisdiction. \ We cannot rully give the contents of the circular regarding 1. to Vr., and' of subdivIsions a, b, c and d, for reasons explaining themselves, and found in another part of our report, but we translat.e the full text of subdivision e ot Brother Herrig's circular, as follows: Tbis report, respecting the translation prepared by Brother Von Menscb!. representative of the Grand Lodge of New York, near the Grand Lod~e 01 was receIved too late to be laid before the German Grand Lodge Diet at the session in 1874. In generall. however, it is desirable tbat similar documents should be brought before me Diet in the orIginal, or at least accompanied by a translatIon. S~xou~',

The moderate language, which must be praised, of the "Final Appeal of the Virginia Grand LOdge " ishto our regret, not to be found in this report. It would be indeed desirabi e t at both parties sbould confer upon a Board of Arbitrators the guidance and conduct of their cause,ln ordertliat, by reciprocal and increasing animosity, the contlict may not be more and more sharpened and aggravated. Substantially, the report considers Brother Van Dalen'S article, .. My Position in Regard to the Negro Question," as published in No.5 of the Bauhutte, of 1874, as a consent and an approval of the views of the American ~rand Lodges. On page 4 of the German translation (p. 221 of New York Grand Lodge Transactions, 1874), it is said: The Grand Lodge of the State of New York never had anything to do with the treaty of 23d of February, 1834, (as quot.ed in Brother Gl1tza's memorial,) entered into between the Grand Lodges of New York, BraZil and Buenos Ayres, and the Grand Orient of France, (by which the right of jurisdiction is said to be entirely abolished and rejected,j but the "Sovereign Grand Inspectors General of the A. and A. Scottish Rite." The Grand Lodge of the State of New York never knew anythIng about thIs treaty, and had nothing to do with it, either directly or indirectly, and were entire strangers to the transaction. A similar treaty was never in force, or valid and lawful, neither in the State of New York nor in France. Furthermore, (on page 15 of the translation) the report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence contends, referring especially to tbe reports on Foreign Correspondence in 1860 and 1862 (where all the reasons are repeatedly given), against the lawful existence of" African Lodges," and against the right to constitute snbordinate lodges, exercised an<l.practised by said Lodge. .

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f. A letter from Lewis Hayden, of Boston, Mass., to Hon. JUdge Simms, of Savannah, Georgia, 1874. The author of this letter endeavors to prove that the first lodges in Pennsylvania and New York derive their origin and Constitution, 'not trom the English Grand Lodge, instituted and founded in 1717, but from the "aceded !lo-called "York 1\Iasons," etc.; but that the cO,lored Masons can boast of the purest origin. This pamphlet also quotes .from a conversation with Brother Jacob Norton, of Boston, that the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England remarked, In 1869, to Brother Norton, that, according to his impression, the members of I i African Lodge" are as much entitled to visit English Lodges as the members ()f all the other American lodges. In the foregoing, I beHeve, are contained all the essential parts and materials of the documents to be considered. I gave the document, sub. No. d, in its full length, partly to give to the Prince Hall Grand Lodge ample opportunity to plead its case, partly to give a picture of the manner to come forth and to take part in the controversy. The deficiency and faults in grammar and composition are not caused by the translation, nor are chargeable to the same, but appear in the original, and are rather mitigated in the translation. The controversy in reference to the legal constitution of a Grand Lodge appears, although of great historical interest, not so important In reference to its recognition. Wewould not interrupt the existing intercourse with a Grand 'Lodge, whose illegal Constitution is proved afterwards, and therefore we would not make minute inquiries whether the undOUbtedly legally constituted "African Lodge" is entitled to a legal continuance up to this day. Nobody, however, will approve of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge's boasting that the Grand Lodge of 1717 did not transfer it In 1813 to the United Grand Lodge, and that the same, in its pride and vanlty, Is endeavoring to perpetuate the quarrel of its founder with the York Masons. ' That In America a prejUdice and prepossession exists against the negroeR, is to be regretted. The specimen, however, or example, given in the above letter of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge to the Hamburg Grand J"odge does not prove anything at all. Trying to prove with such vague allegations a general accusation, is not worthy of a public document which claims to be oftlciaJ. Like the Grand Lodge of England, according to the expression of the Grand Secretary, reported by Brother Norton, the GraLd Lodges can receive with hospitaHty visiting members of the colored lodges; but it is quite another question whether we can, as the matter now standS, redognize the Prince Hall Grand Lodge, and by 80 doing arouse a confiict which would never amel10rate the condition of colored people in America.

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Brother Van Dalen, of the Royal York Grand Lodge of Berlin, in behalf of Grand Master Herrig, refuted, in a very sharp article, published in the Bau, hutte, Brother Findel's,polemics against the circular letter. It would be tedious to give his reply in fUll; we therefore, state only that Brother Van Dalen showed and proved that Brother Findel's manner of conducting a controversy is contrary to common Masonic intercourse, and to reason and truth. Among other things, Brother Van Dalen also said: The Constitutions of all the American Grand Lodges permit the initiation of individuals of color. This our worthy Brother Findel has concealed,

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as well as the fact that the so-called "PrInce Hall Grand Lodge" of colored Masons of Boston, has always denied this. All that the AmerIcan Grand Lodges wish to prevent is this establishment of negro Grand Lodges. The relation of Jews t.o several of our German MasonIc systems has often been compared to that of the negroes in America. But. how much more severe has our action been? We regret to acknowledge this fact, but we have no rIght to put an end to thIs evil by vIolence. I am no enemy to the negro, but only object to Brother Findel's and the Hamburg Grand Lodge'S manner and ttme of agitating this questIon. The two other circular letters of the presidIng Grand Master Herrig are devoted mainly to internal matters of the Grand Lodge League, and of ver)" little interest with reference to foreign relations. GRAND LODGE OF SAXONY. Protocols, Nos. 106, 107, lOS and 109, inClusive, embracing the period from May 2, 1874, to January, 1875, have been received. At the session of May 2, 1874, representatives of subordinate lodges were introduced; also, Brother Eugen Theodor Winkler, member of the Lodge of the Three Swords, at Dresden, and son of the late Grand Master Winkler, was introduced as representative of the I I Grand I~odge of Hungary, for the thre'e symbolic degrees," near the Grand Lodge of Saxony, and received with appropriate hon9rs. The Grand Master, Brother Eckstein, paid a tribute to the m~rits of R. W. Brother Von SeydUiz, Deputy Graud Master of the Grand Lodge, at Saxony, who died February 9th, 1874,' at Venice, in whose memory a lodge of sorrows was held, on the 25th of February; and also announced the death of the late Brother C. A. Goebel, for a tong time representative of the subordinate lodge, at Meiningen, near the Grand Lodge. At the same session, Brother C. Mandello was elected representative of the Grand Lodge, at Saxony, near the Grand Lodge, at Hungary, and Brother Puschkln as representative near the Grand Lodge ',' Zur Sonne," at Bayreuth. As delelitates to the next session of the German Grand Lodge Diet, at Berlin, to represent with the Grand Master, Brother Eckstein, the Grand Lodge of Saxony, W. Brother Friedrick Kuchenmeister and M. Schwarz were elected. Also, several propositions to lay before the Grand Lodge Diet were deliberated and instruction lor the .delegates recommended. The deliberation and conclusion in regard to the Junior Grand Warden, Brother Sperber'S elaborated plan for a gradual accumulation of a,Grand Lodge Fund, was postponed, for the reason that only two SUbordinate lodges had, up to this moment, sent In their votes and decisions. ' Reports from the Proceedings of the three Berlin Grand Lodges (Three Globes, Royal York and Grosse Landesloge), of the Grand Mother Lodge of the Eclectic Union, at Frankfort, of the Grand Orient of the Netherlands, of the Grand Orient of France, and of several subordinate lodges were presented. Proceedings and Protocols of the Grand Lodges of Ohio, Nebraska, Utah, Vir. ginia., Connecticut, CadiZ, and of the Grand Orient of Egypt (In ArabIc and Italian language) were received. The Grand Master reported several elections of omcers of SUbordinate lodges, and of the Grand Lodge" zur Eintracht," at Darmstadt. At the session of the Grand Lodge, July 29, 1874, Brother E. F. Poge was

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introduced and duly received as representative of the Grand Lodge" Zur Sonne," at Bayreuth, near the Grand Lodge at Saxony. After the electton of a committee to report on a proposed .. assistance fund," the Grand Master, Brother Eckstein, presented a synopsis of the Proceedings of the last Grand Lodge Diet at Berlin, elsewhere reported. At this session of July 29, 1874, it was resolved that at the principal sessIon of next October, the election of the Grand Master and the Grand Officers shall take place, and the yearly accounts of receipts and expenditures shall b~ audited. Reports from the Proceedings of the Grand Lodges" Three Globes," at Berlin, of the Frankfort Grand Lodge, of the Grand Lodge .. Zur Eintracht," at Darmstadt, and of Hamburg, were redeived. At the principal (yearly) session, November 1, 1874, the Grand Lodge of Saxony was opened in ample form by the Grand Master, Brother Eckstein, assisted by Brothers Rumpelt, Walker, Senior Grand Warden, and Brother Sperber, Junior Grand Warden, and with prayer; present all the Grand Officers, representatives of the subordinate lodges and of foreign Grand Bodies. The Grand Master reported that he, with the two reprp-sentatlves, Brothers Kretzschar and Arnold, visited the subordinate lodge'" Charlotte of the Three Pinks," at Meinlngen, on the 31st of last August, at the festival of its one hundreth anniversary, and at the dedication of their new Masonic temple. He mentioned the excellent and effective manner in '{hich this double festival was celebrated, and also the disaster which in a few days after fell upon the ci ty of Meiningen, by a great tire, destroying the greater part of that unhappy city. It was also announced that the printed Proceedings of the last Grand Lodge Diet and the Circular Letter of the presiding Grand Master, Herrig, would be now (rather late!) distributed, the delay having been caused bysome corrections and additions.

A very llvely debate took place in reference to propositions to amend and revise the fundamental law and Constitution of the Grand Lodge. Finally, the majority report of the committee was adopted, and the propositions ordered to be printed and communicated to t.he subordinate lodges for further action. The motion of Brother Sperber, Junior Grand Warden, to create a Kradual accumulating central Grand Lodge fund, of which the main features are given in the last year's report of our Committee on Foreign Correspondence, was lost, with tlfteen negative against three affirmative votes. After the approval of the accounts of the GJ;&nd Treasurer, the electi<vt of the Grand Master was in order. Grand Master, Brother EcksteIn, delivered very apDropriate and impressive remarks to the Grand Lodge, assembled specially and principally for the election of his successor. He reviewed the time of his holding the office of Grand Master and alluded to several remarkable events durlDg this period, especially the activity and efficieucy of the German Grand Lodge League. Only.a sketch of his speech is given In the Transactions, from which we quote the followIng: Abroad old relations wIth Belgium are restored, and new ones begun Therefore our representations at foreign Grand Bodies are rather changed. It is very desirable that all the representatlv~ of and near our Grand Lodge preserve and affirm the good understanding with our sister Grand Lodges. We perceive very ominous symptoms in countries where Masonry is more culti vated in regard to the form tban to spirit, where rituals and ceremonials are preponderant. In England, brethern of high standing in the L'raft have become converts to the Roman Cathollc faith; in France the idea and plan of revenge is nourished; in America exists the contest of race. We have in Germany vehement assaults of the Ultramontanes and of the hyperorthodox Protestants. But," many enemies much honor;" and it creates therefore more zealous and more ambf.tious work and struggles against their attacks. But we

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have confidence and trust. The truth will be victorious, and the idea of a true humanity, which we claim as onr motto, will be propagated more and more. Grand Master Eckstein retired, as usual, being a candidate for re-election; and was in his absence unanimously re-elected Grand Master: Brother Kautfer was elected Deputy Grand Master, and the two Grand Wardens re-elected. Brother c. ~'. Springer was elected Recording Grand Secretary, and Brother Zimmermann, Corresponding Grand Secretary: Grand Treasurer, Brother H. Anschutz. Reports of the Representatives of the Three Berlin Grand Lodges, of the Grand Lodge of the Eclectic Union at Frankfort, of the Grand Lodges of New York, Louisiana, Hungary, Switzerland, the Netherlands, from the Transactions of the respective Grand Lodges were also received at this session. Our honored and esteemed Representative near the Grand Lodge ofSaxon:r, Brother von Mensch, presented a very elaborate extract and a minute report from the Transactions, in 1874, of the New York Grand Lodge, with his usual promptness and abl11ty. The session of the Grand Lodge on January ZT. 1875, was opened in due form by Grand Master, Brother Eckstein, and with prayer. The newly elected Deputy Grand Master, Brother Kautfer, was solemnly installed and several representatives of subordinate lodges were introduced, and were duly obligated. A committee was appointed to report on the proposed amendments and revision of the fundamental law and constitutions of the Grand Lodge (Bros. Kautfer, Sperber, aud Wiegard), as laid before the Grand Lodge at the session of November 1,1874.

The third circular letter of the presiding Grand Officer of the German Grand Lodge League, Brother Herrig, of Royal York, was distributed at this session among the members and representatives, and Grand Master, Brother Eckstein, communicated that Brother Karl Oppel was duly elected Grand Master of the Mother Grand Lodge of the Eclectic Union at Frankfort. Reports from the Transactions of the Grand Lodges "To the Three Globes and Royal York," at Berlin: from the Grand Lodge" Zur Eintracht," at Darmstadt: from the Alpina Grand Lodge at Switzerland, and Grand Lodge of Hungary, were presented, and the documents and Trantactions of the Grand Orient of France (September-November), of Egypt (November and December), of Brazil (April -September), also of the Grand Lodge of Ohio were ordered to be deposited in the Archives. Before closing, Brother Hermann, member of the Dresden Lodge "Zum Goldenen Apfel," reported that the two united Dresden Lodges have petitioned at the Royal Department of the Interior to confer on them the rights and privileges of a corporation relative to their real estate, and that a favora.ble decision is expected. In connection with this matter Brother Wigard (Glauchan) remarked that so far the lodges of Saxony in general are not formally acknowledged and recognized by the governmen t, all other governmen ts of the Empire having done so long since, and that it is desireable to take proper measures, and at all events, to bring this matter before the Grand Lodge Diet. The session then was closed in due form. MOTHER GRAND LODGE OF THE" ECLECTIC UNION," FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN. We have received Nos. 20 to 31 of the Proceedings, embracing the Transactions of that Grand Lodge, from October, 1873, up to I<'ebruary, 1375, inclusive. G. L.-A 8.

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At the session of December 5,1873, after opening in due form, it was communicated by the presiding Grand Master, Brother, Weismann, that Brother Oppel, Master of the subordinate lodge .. Socrates" celebrated on November 14 last, his twenty-fifth anniversary as a member of the Fraternity, and Brother J. Kustner the twenty-fifth aniversary of his affiUation with the subordinate lodge" Zur Einigkeit." A circular letter of Brother BluntschH, then presiding 01llcer of the German Grand Lodge League, was laid before the Grand Lodge. The last year's report of our Committee on Foreign Correspondence refers to the same and gives extracts. From the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge" Zur Eintracht," at Darmstadt, Brother Pfaltz, a letter was received asking the communication of the revised new work and ritual of the Grand Lodge of the Eclectic Union and expressing the desire of the brethren of the Darmstadt jurisdiction to adopt this Eclectic Work and Ritual as a standard work for the jurisdiction. The Grand Lodge, willingly agreed to the proposition from Darmstadt and ordered the proper Gralld Officer to comply with the demand. Many propositions for the next meeting of the Graud Lodge Diet were discussed, and it was ordered that the subordinate lodges send in their votes and motions in regard to the matters to be decided by the next Grand Lodge Diet, early and before the next meeting of this Grand Lodge in. February, 1874. Sessions were held on February 8, 1874, and February 20, 1874, also on February Z7, 1874 (regUlar quarterly communication), when mostly routine business was transacted, and internal matters, especially in reference of the election of delegates and representatives to the impending Grand Lodge Diet, were disposed of. Reports from subordinate lodges, and from the路 transactions of the 'other German Grand Lodges, were presented. Brother Hohagen, the representative of the New York Grand Lodge, near the Frankfort Grand Lodge, deHvered, at the regular quarterly communication of February Zl, a very able and exhaustive report from the New York Grand Lodge Transactions of the session of June 3, 1873, giving extracts from Grand Master Fox's address. We regret to say that Brother Hohagen complains of great delay in receiving the printed Transactions of the New York Grand Lodge. To whom such delay i8 attributable we are not able to say, but we hope that no such ditllculty will occur in the future. Another session was held on the Z7th of March, 1874, when the death of the represen tative, Brother Wm. Freseinus, was announced, and a letter from the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, dated New Orleans, February 14, 1874, transmitting the result of election of Grand Officers, especially that of Brother M. E. Girard as Grand Master, and of Brother J. C. Batchelor as Grand Secretary, was read. The votes of the subordinate lodges for representatives for the next Grand I,odge Diet were received, and it were found that Brothers Carl Paul, and R. Barthelmess were elected and Brother Oppel was chosen as alternate. A regular quarterly session was held June 5, 1874. Grand Master Weismann stated that the prorogation of the session from May 29 untIl the above dates was caused by the fact that it was necessary for him to attend the Grand Lodge Diet at Berlin. He announced then that our illustrious brother, the Crown PrInce of the German Empire. had honored him with a copy of his work, .. Addresses delivered as Grand Master," accompanied by an autograph letter. Brother Weismann, having communicated the last of the aforesaid addresses a.mid the appla.use of all present, announced that this illustrious brother resigned his office of Grand Master of the .. Grosse Landes Loge," at BerHn,

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because his usefulness was trameled thereby. and that his protection and promotion of our honorable Craft could now be more effective. A communication was received from the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge .. des Eintracht Bundes" at Darmstadt. Brother Pfaltz announcing that. at the request of all the lodges in his jurIsdIction. the adoption of the Eclectic Ritual has been determined upon. A communication from the Grand Lodge of Utah was referred to Brother Hohagen. At another regular session. held the 28th of August, 1874, a letter from the Grand Lodge of Oregon was received, announcIng the election of Grand Master and Grand Secretary. Another from the Grand Lodge of Nebraska to the same purpose. The presiding o1ncer announced that a communication entitled" Extract from the Report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence of the Grand Lodge of New York, at the yearly communication of .June 4, 1874, in reply to the pUblication of Grand Master GlItza, of Hamburg, on the MasonIc rIght of jurisdIction. had been received on the 22d of .June, from Brother von Mensch, representative of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York, near the Grand Lodge of Saxony." Grand Master Weismann remarked that this document, prepared by Brother von Mensch for the information of the German brethren, was too voluminous to be read in extenso, and that he therefore ordered the same to circulate among the members of the Grand Lodge. It does not appear that any further action has been taken upon it. The Proceedings of the Grand Lodge 01 Tennessee, for the year 1874, were received and properly referred. A communication from the Grand Orient of Belgium was received, of which the following is an e x t r a c t : ' . .. We declare that political and religious dIscussIons have nothing to do wi th tbe substance of Masonry, and their dIscussIon should never lead to Masonic strite, but we also a1nrm that a profane on initiation neither loses nor surrenders his status as a citizen, or as a professor of any religious belief." Also. "The revocation of Article 185 of the Statutes of the Grand OrIent of Belgium was only for the purpose of proclaimIng two important prlnciplefl. We insist, therefore, upon tne right ofa MR.son to speak in lodge on all questions relating to 80cial existence. but we never intended that t.hl" should include partisan advocacy of questions of belief, rellgion orpolitlcs. These we discuss but never determine by vote." . J The striking out of Article 185 of the Belgian Constitution was the cause of the suspension of Masonic int~rcour6e with that body by the German anti most of the European Grand Lodges; but after the above quoted satisfactory declarations, and other guarantees, the former fraternal relations have been renewed by the German Grand Lodges with the Belgian Grand Body, as elsewhere reported. .

A letter from Brother A. Chodowiecki, member of Germanla Lodge, working in the German tongue, at Valparaiso, Qhill, was received, in which the desire of that lodge was expressed to secede from the Grand Orient of ChiU, and takes out a charter from the Grand Lodge of the Eclectic Union. This letter, dated June 3,1874, was aecompanied by a 11st of the 38 members of Germania Lodge, also a written authorization to Brother Chodowiecki to act in ita behalf. Grand Master Weismann wrote to Brother Chodowiecki, at Berlin, for further information, who replied satisfactorily. The view was now expressed that, although there seemed to be no objection on general principles to grant!ng this Charter, it was advisable that further inquiries should be made,

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and that the same should be conducted with great care and especial reference to the actual state of Masonic alfairs in Chili. Therefore, it was ordered that inquiries be directed to the Grand Lodge of Hamburg, which interchanges representation with the Grand Orient of Chill. It was also resolved to communicate to Brother Chodowiecki the hesitation and scruples of this Grand Lodge to grant the charter applied for, ~iving him the same reasons which controlled this Grand Lodge some time ago, when considering the question of granting a charter to brethren in St. Louis, Missouri, who desired to seoede and form a lodge to work in the German language. At this session several communications were received, among them one-from the Grand T~odge of Tennessee, inclosing itl! proceedings for the year 1874; also one from the Grand Orient of Hayti, dated June 16, 1874. An invitation was received and accepted from the Grand Lodge of Hamburg

to assist at the centennial celebration in honor of the late Grand Master FrederIck LudwIg Schroeder, the distinguished Mason, who was initiated on the 8th of September, 1774. Brother Kuster presented a very in~eresting report on the dedication of a new Masonic Hall at Erlangen, belonging to the lodge" Libanon zu den drei Cedern," which worked regularly for 117 years, and celebrated this occasion. At the close of this session, Grand Master Weismann announced the election of Grand Master and Grand Otficers as the special order of business for the next regular quarterly communication. On the 4th of December, '1874, the regUlar quarterly communication was opened in due form, and routine business was transacted before the election took place. It was also reported that Brother J. Kuster, Grand Marshal, and member of the Grand Lodge for over twenty years, died on the 8th of September. 1874, after a short illness. He was a faithful otficer and a zea.lous Mason, and the Grand Lodge paid the offering which his memory deserves. On the 19th of September the subordinate lodge, "Carl zum aufgehenden Licht," at Frankfort, laid the foundation stone for a new Masonic building for its exclusive use. The Grand Master reported that he attended that ceremony and performed the ritualistic part in accordance with the old usages of t.he Craft. Before the election, Grand Master Weismann delivered a very interesting and thoughtful address, giving a synopsis of his Grand Mastership during the past three years, and requested the Deputy Grand Master, Brother Martini, to preside during the election. The result of the election was that Brother Karl Oppel, Dr. phil., was duly elected Grand Master of the Grand Mother Lodge of the Eclectic Union for the next three years. The following brothers werQ elected Grand Officers: Brother Martini, Deputy Grand Master; Brother F. J. FiCUS, Senior Grand Warden; Brother Auerbach, Junior Grand Warden; Brother Carl Paul, Recording Grand Secretary; Brother Leuchter, Corresponding Grand Secretary; Brother von der Heyden, Grand Treasurer. Statistics are not given. Only a short time before we go to press we recei ved No. 31 of the Proceedings of the Frankfort Grand Lodge. The regular quarterly communication was opened on the 5th of February, 1875, by Grand Master Oppel, assisted by the Grand Wardens FIcus and Auerbach. It was reported that Brother van del' Heyden was elected Master of Socratell Lodge, in place of Brother Oppel, who, as Grand Master elect, could not hold otfice in a subordinate lodge, in accordance w1t.h the Constitution. It was proposed and adopted that each Past Grand Master shaH be in future a member of the Board of the Executive Grand Officers during the time his immediate successor holds the 01l1ce as Grand Muster.

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A resolution that if. is desirable that the Grand Master shall visit during the term ofhis otllce, each lodge ofthejurisdictlon, was adopted. Brother Martini, Representative of the Grand Lodge oC Italy, presented a circular letter ot that Gmnd Body, dated Rome, December 28,1874, which contains the lamentable communication that Brother Frapol1i, late Grand Master, became insane, and tbat the Italian Grand Body cannot be beld responsible for Masonic issues and actions ot Brother Frapolli. Very proper and elaborate reports from the transactions oC subordinate lodges and of foreign grand bodies were also' presented. Among the latter a report from Brother Hohagen, on tbe annual session of June, 1874, of the New York Grand Lodge. Brother Hohagen gives a synopsi!5 of tbe whole Grand Lodga transactions and extracts from Grand Master Fox's address, also a very minute report of statistics. We are indebted to our able and zealous representative, Brother Hohagen, for his interesting report, inasmuch as he brings with great promptitude the views and Proceedings of our Grand Lodge to the knowledge of the Germu.n Grand Bodies, and forwards to us immediately after their appearance the Proceedings Issued by his Grand Lodge. GRAND LODGE" ZUR EINTRACHT," AT DARMSTADT. We are in receipt oC the printed Transactions of this Grand Lodge, through the representative near our Grand Lodge, Brot.her C. F. Bauer, viz: of Nos. 66, ffl, 68-70, 71, 72, and of the lists of the members of the Darmstadt Grand Lodge, and their nine subordinate lodges for the years 1874-:5. We shall review only the past period (1874) of the Transactions, because the Transactions of the former years, although they came only lately to hand, contain matters already reviewed In former reports of our Commi ttee on Foreign Correspondence. A regUlar meeting of the Grand Lodge" Zur Eintracht" was held on the 12th of Aprll,I874, at Darmstadt, Grand Master Pfaltz presiding. The Grand Master a.nnounced the death of Brother Hirscbmann, P. M., of the Lodge Carl and Charlotte, at Otfenbach, and of Brother Kramer, P. M., of the Lodge Karl, at Alzey, and gave sketches of their lives. Both were zealous and consistent Masons, able and faithful omcers, and had much contributed to the promotion of Masonry in the jurisdiction. The elections of officers of the Rubordlnate lodges were reported. It was fnrtber reported tbat the subordinate lodges have, up to 1st of .Jlmuary, 896 members, and tbat the benevolent institutions of the lodges are in a prosperous condition and well governed. â&#x20AC;˘ As in former meetings, the Grand Master, Brother Pfaltz, called the attention of tbe brethren under the jurisdiction to the Society for Aid to Shipwrecked Persons, which society was founded and patronized by the brethren of the jurisdiction; also, to the Society for Subvention and Correction of Convicts in the Graud Duchy of Hesse. It. was resolved to issue invitations and circulars to the Fraternity to make the pecnniary collections Cor the two societies more etfect!ve. In reference to represen tations near other Grand Bodies, it was moved and adopted that, in the principle, the representation near foreign Grand Lodges shall in the Cuture be etfected through the German Grand Lodge League and their executive officers; so far, however, and until the Grand Lodge League has adopted the necessary measures, no change in the existing representations shall be made. Discussion and deliberations took place in relation to the matters before the impending Grand Lodge Diet, and about instructions for the delegates. As the results of the Grand Lodge Diet, held at Berlin, are elsewhere reported, we can pass over the de~iberatlons.

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Several communications were received from German Grand Lodges; also, a letter from the Grand Lodge of the State of Ohio, In whIch the Grand Master of the State of OhIo asks for exchange of the transaotIons and protocols. In accordance with the Constitution, the election of Grand Officers for the next three years was in order. Brother Adolph Pfaltz was re-elected Grand Master; Brother C. Leykam, Deputy Grand Master; Brothers Grretf and Petri, Grand Wardens; and Brother Gessner, Grand Secretary. Brothers C. Leykam aud F. Eckstein (Giessen) were chosen delegates to the Grand Lodge DIet. Very minute and Interesting statistics are given of the several benevolent funds belonging to the subordInate lodges, and it is evidept that this branoh of Masonic labors is well conducted and etfective In thIs JnrisdictIon. The reports on work and property of the subordinate lodges are very well elaborated, and show that the lodges are in a fiourishing condition, and the reports of the representatives of other Grand BodIes revIew ably the transactions of many other Grand Lodges, especially of the Grand Lodge .. Three Globes," at Berlin, of the Grand Lodges of Hamburg and Saxony, of the Grand Lodge Royal York, at Berlin, and the Grand Lodge" Zur Sonne," at Bayreuth. It is elsewhere reported that this Grand Lodge adopted, at the rEjquest of all the subordinate lodges, the new Ritual of the Grand Lodge of the Eclectio Union, at Frankfort, as the standard work or the jurisdiction.

GRAND LODGE "ZU DEN DREI WELT KUGELN" (THREE GLOBES), AT BERLIN, PRUSSIA. We are in possession of the Transactions of this Grand Lodge, embracing the period from January up to December,I874, and contaInIng Protocols Nos. 81 up to 110. At the sessson of March 12,1874, it wa.s announced that sIx members of the Grand Lodge-the brethren Kllnkhard, Palm, Triepke, Leer, Angerstein and Pohl-died since the last regular communication, of Kovember 2, 1873, and the Grand Lodge paid a fitting tribute to the merIts of the deceased brethren. A motion to strike out Section 165, No.1 (see New York Grand Lodge Transactions of 1874, page 169) from the Constitution, which section provIdes that only those can be proposed for initiation who profess Christianity, without reference to confession, was before the Grand Lodge, but, atter a short debate, it was resolved to lay the matter over until next regular communIcation, On the 22d. of March, the Grand Lodge met for the purpose of celebrating, witli the two other Berltn Grand Lodges, the birthday of the Emperor Willlam, Protector of Freemasonry in Germany. Brother Wolthat, Grand Orator, of the Grand Lodge, delivered a very able and proper oration for the occasIon. The session ot March 22,1874, was devoted to reports1'rom subordinate lodges and matters of only local Interest. A letter from the Grand Lodge of Nebraska was also received, communicating the election of Grand Officers on the 18th of June, 1873, and asking for a.n exchange of protocols and proceedings. Reports were presented of the proceedings of the German Grand Lodges, and from the Grand Orient of the Netherlands, the Supreme Council of Belgium, the Grand Orient of Portugal, the Grand Orient of Brazil; also, from the Transactions of the Grand Lodge of Utah, with the statistics of the latter. At the session of the Grand Lodge of May 7, 1874, Brother Mrelzner, who was elected by the Grand Lodge of the State of New York, as their representative near the Grand Lodge" Zu den 3 Welt Kugeln" (Three Globes), in

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place of the deceased Brother .Petersen, was received witb the grand honors and duly installed. Other busineRS of a local character was also transacted, and matters in reference to the next Grand Lodge Diet, elseWhere reported, were considered. At the session of May 21st, the motion to strike out from the Constitution Section 165, No.1, as above reported, prOhibiting the initiation of anybody not belonging to one of the Christian confessions, was the special order. It was resolved, with a very sm!"U majority, not to strike out that section. It seems, therefore, that the views of the bretbren of the jurisdiction in regard to the initiation of o~hers than Christians, especially Jews,'are divided. We refrain from giving the debate, because vIews and opinIons were expressed totally strange, incomprehensible and inconceivable to us. All these views and opinions differ so essentially from what we are accustomed to understand as M808onry, that it would be an idle and fruitless task to exhibit or comment upon路 the same before American Masons. We hope and expect, however, that within a short time the brethren of the jurisdiction wlll and mnst come to another decision of the matter, and we are well aware of several hints indicating that this anomaly, or rather moftstrosity, wlllsooner or later cease to exist. The session of June 18th was devoted to the receiving of reports and statistics from the subordinate lodges,and on the 24th of June the festival of St. John was celebrated with appropriate ceremonies and a musical production. The Deputy Grand Master, Brother Zschlesche, in absence of the Grand Master, Brother Von Etgel, presided, and addressed the brethren; he also made a minute and comprehensive report of the proceedings and resolutions of the last Grand Lodge Diet, elsewhere gNen In its full length. The Grand Orator, Brother Albrecht, delivered the oration of the day. As usual at the St. John's festival, statistics of the jurisdiction were promulgated. The Grand Lodge of the Three Globes has 111 subordinate lodges, with 894 Honorary Members, 7,706 Master Masons, 2,428 Fellow Crafts, 2,311 Entered Apprentices, 1,033 prominent visitors, 481 serving brethren. During the year were initiated, 490; passed,236; raised,288; suspended, 5; stricken from the rolls, 81; expelled, 2. It expended 2,746 thalers in charitIes, and 4,]45 thalers in permanent subsidies and support for brethren, widows and orphans, Stipends to the amount of 650 thalers were granted to students 0.1; several universities. On the lOth of september, routine business was transacted, and reports from subordina.te lodges received; also, the Minutes of the Grand Lodge Diet, held May 24, 1874, were read, and abstracts 'from the Transactions of German and Foreign Grand Bodies were furnished. A Lodge of Sorrow was held on ,the 15th of October, in memory of the late Grand Lodge member, Brother L. E. Heydeman, and another on the 2d of November, iu memory of aU the members of subordinate lodges in the jurIsdiction deceased since November 2, 1873. Both occasions were adorned and exa.lted with vocal and instrumental mUiical productions. The Grand Orator, Brother Albrecht, dellvered very elaborate euloaies. In Protocol No. no of 3d of December,l874, reports were made in regard to subordinate lodges, and the results of their elections announced; also, internal communications received. The Calendar of the Grand Lodge for the year 1874-75 contains very minute 'and interesting lists and statements of the mpmbers and departments of the Grand Lodge and aU the subordinate lodges j also, the Grand Bodies interchanging representation with this Grand Lodge.

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GRAND LODGE OF PRUSSIA, ROYAL YORK ZUR FREUNDSCHAFT. AT BERLIN. Proceedings of the regula.r quarterly communications, held March 9, June 8, September 7 and December 7,1874, of this Grand Lodge, have been trausmitted to us; also, reports of t he emergent Grand Lodge meeting for eleetlon of officers, on March 4, 1874, and a description of the festival of ~t. John (77th anniversary of the foundation of the Grand Lodge), held at Berlin on the 24th of June. The four regular communications were opened by the Grand Master, Brother Herrig, in presence of the Grand Officers, the delegates of the subordinate lodges, and the representatives of the Grand Lodges accredited near that Grand Body. The main topics of the transactions are internal matters, and such deliberations and reports as regard the Grand Lodge Diet, and therefore elsewhere reported. A very interesting report contains the Protocol of March 9,1874, in reference to the laying of the corner-stone of a new Masonic Temple at Magdeburg. The Grand Master HerrIg was presen t when the Magdeburg Lodge, ca.lled Harpocrates, executed that Masonic act, held a Masonic festival for the occasion. A synopsis of the membership of the subordinate lodges was also presented at the session of March 9, 1874, from which It appeared that the 46 subordinate lodges of the Grand Lodge RO~'al York had, up to the said day, 4,597 active members, 406 honorary members, 167 serving brethren, and 217 permanent visitors j total,5,387. The sessIon of June 8, 1874, was devoted to Internal matters, and Brother C. Van Dalen presented the semi-annuai report in relation to the condition and statistics of the subordInate lodges. At the session of September 7, 1874, reports from the ProvincIal Grand Lodge of 811esla were received, and sevelal representatives of other Grand Lodges presented reviews and extrActs from the proceedings of their constituents. Two cIrcular letters of Brother HerrIg, as Grand Master presIding and executive officer of the German Grand Lodge Leagne (the first and most important dated September 1, 1874, mentioned elsewhere), were distributed at this Grand Lodge session of September 7, 1875; but the official Protocol of the Grand Lodge Diet, held on the 24th of May, could not yet be promnlgated. We mentioned this circumstance when we reported on the German Grand Lodge League, and expressed our opinion that it was not an easy work to frame and d~termine the written minutes of that Grand Lodge Diet. At the Quarterly Communication of the Royal Grand Lodge, December 7, 1874, a charter was granted to a new lodge at Bremen, called" Frederick Wilhelm, zur Elntracht," of which Brother Ritz, Dr. phil. and principal of the Polytechnical School at Bremen, was elected Master, and the Brothers Wehdeking and Templln,Wardens. It was resolved that the installation of this new lodge shall take place on the Z7th of December. . A letter dated Dublin, October 21,1874, waS received from the Grand Lodge of Ireland, announcing the death (October 10, 1874) of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, the Duke Augustus Frederick of Leinster, in the 618t year of his Grand Mastership. ApproprIate resolutiona expressing the sentiments of the Royal York Grand Lodge were adopted and transmitted to the Grand Lodge of Ireland. At this session, as at all the other quarterly communications, very elaborate reports regarding the subordinate lodges and German and Foreign Grand Bodies were presented. Further statistics for the end of the years were nor given, and In the Proceedings of this last quarterly communication we observe nothing else of general interest.

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GRAND ORIENT OF THE. NETHERLANDS. Vie are in possession of the fourth volume of the Bulletin of the Grand Orient of the Netherlands, for 1873-4, also of the first and. second part of the Bulletin for 1874-75. The first mentioned volume contains a Masonic treatise over the encyclical of Pope Pius IX. from Brother H. Maarschalk, and a translation of an oration of Brother B. L. Verwey, of Zurich, Switzerland, OD the efficiency of Freemasonry. The Deputy Grand Master, Brother .J. J. F. Noordzieck's circular dated Hague, February 1, 1874, inviting all the subordinate lodges to celebrate the 25th Aniversary (12th of May) of King 'Villiam III. accession to the throne, is given in full. The remainder of the volume comprises very minute reports . from the proceedings of foreign Grand Lodges. especially of Germany and Switzerland. The AnnuaJ Session of the Grand Orient was held on the 31st of May. 1874, and opened in the presence of the Grand Master, Prince Frederick, in due form by the the Deputy Grand Master Brother Noordzieck. Representatives of forty-six subordinate lodges and other Grand Bodies were present. Brother Noordzieck reviewed in this opening address the events of the last year, and especially the celebration of the mentioned 25th Anniversary of King Wllliam . III. in Masonic circles. The Grand Orient distributed a medal in commemoration of the Anniversary, showing on one side the head of the KIng, and on the reverse the words: .. The Free Masons of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Its colonies, in commemoration of the 25th year of the reign of KingWilliam II r., May 12,1875." The" Bulletin" from which we quote the above is the official journal of the Grand Orient, but the received three volumes contain no statistics of the lodges of the jurisdiction. It appears however that the number of subordinate lodges is 74, of which 20 are located in the colonies and dependencies of the Kingdom. The second part of the" Bullettin" for 1874-75 contains the list of all the officers of the subordinate lodges in the Netherlands, and official reports and extracts from the Proceedings of the Grand Bodies in France, Switzerland, England, Italy, Portugal, Egypt, and of all the German Grand Lodges. GRAND OBIENT OF ITALY. As we see from our exchanges with other foreign Grand Bodies the Grand Orient of Italy held its annual session May 23 to 26,1874, at Home, and adopted at this session a new Constitution or rather revised the Constitution of 1872. At this annual communication Brother Gulss('ppe Mazzori, was elected Grand Master; Brother Giorgio Tamajo, Deputy Grand Master, and Brother Luigi CastelIar.zo, Grand Secretary. The Grand Master issued under date of June 10,1874, a circular letter, and promUlgated the Proceedings of the session of :\Iay, 1874, sending at the same time brotherly greetings to all other Grand Bodies, with wishes for their prosperity. We quote from the Constitution now in force in the jurisdiction of the Italian Grand Body the following sections: â&#x20AC;˘ SEC.!. Each subordinate lodge is at liberty to work in accordance with any existing rite. SEC. 3. The base of Freemasonry is the symbolic lodge.

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SEC. 6. A Mason of the jurisdiction can only be an active member of one lodge except if chosen as an honorary member of another. As"an honorary member he has no right to vote, or to be an officer of the lodge of which he is an honorary member. SEC. 9. Prescribes that the session of the Grand Orient shall take place every three ;years. On Friday, the 5th of March, 1875, the new Masonic temple at Rome, in the Via della Valle, was dedicated by Garibaldi as Honorary Grand Master. The inaugural ceremony, to which only the members of the Grand Lodges and representatives of the subordinate lodges were admitted, took place at 1 o'clock, P. 1\1. Nearly all the Italian lodges were represented. A regular public procession could not take place, as in Rome they are not permitted save in funeral ceremonies. The brethren were dressed in black, and wore the inRignia of their grade and offices. A kind of procession was anyhow formed in the hall of the Passi Perduti, and crossed t.he hall of the Council and the offices, until it reached the new temple. In the evening a social meeting, to which were admitted the wives, sisters and mothers of the members of the Fraternity, was held, and all the opera singers had offered their gratuitous services for the occasion. Reports in the newspapers said that such a Masonic demonstration had never been witnessed at Rome. It is further communicated that the first lodge opened at Rome took the name of the" Roma Constituente." This lodge was dissolved, and the "lJniverso" and "THo Vezla" replaced it. A third, to be opened a few days after the solemn inauguration of the new Masonic temple, takes the name of "Uguaglianza." Rome numbers about 1,000 members of the Fraternity, many of them Deputies and Senators.

The Grand Orient of Italy is said to have now 186 subordinate lodges with about 9,300 members. It is elsewhere reported that the Grand Bodies of Italy issued a circular letter dated Rome, December 28, ISH, announcing the lamentable condition of the late Grand Master Frapolll, who Is now in an asylum for insanes, and that the Grand Orient rejects all responsibility in regard of Brother Frapolli's Masonic actions.

We desire to remark, in conclusion, that we have not offered any statistical tables for the reason that, several journals not haVing Come to hand, any enumeration must be incomplete. It is due to Brother Sackreuter to say that so much of this report as treats of Grand Lodges on the Continent of Europe is from his pen, the remainder haVing been prepared by the Chairman.

CONCLUSION. In passing in review the foregoing Proceedings, it has been a iabor of love as well as the performance of an arduous duty. As in preceding reports, we have carefully read entirely all the Proceedings-placed before us, and we believe we have notomttted copying every decision rendered, every important resolution adopted, or any material rulings of Committees on Masonic Jurisprudence, as well as giving a synopsis of the interesting portions of the Reports on Correspondence; and whenever occasion demanded it, and we felt justified in the

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act, we ha.ve not hesitated to render such criticisms from the Missouri stand,point, and the ancient regulations, as we believe will tend to a greater uniformity of Masonic law and usage. If we have erred, it has been the fault of iudividual judgment and not in the spirit of cynicism. We find the question of non-affiliation and non-payment of dues exercising many of the Grand Lodges, and many of them are taking divergent courses to remedy the evil, some of them going to the unusual, and, as we think, the suicidal extreme of expulsion. Here and there we find some who try to rule out the Wardens in absence of th,e Master, and substituting the Past Master, while one or two even yet still linger under tll~ impenetrable shade of the mysterious powers of a Grand Master to make Masons at sight, but, thank heaven, they are very few and far between, and tn only one instance did we find that a Past Master could not be tried by his lodge. From every quarter there comes the universal report of solidity, prosperity and peace, and a firm determination to stop a too rapid increase of lodges. The one complaint, however, still remains, viz: that the Craft will not read the Proceedings, reports and laws of Grand Lodges, giving rise to many errors on the part of lodges, and an infinite annoyance to Grand Masters and Committees on Jurisprudence, thus piling up, year after year, a repetition of the same issues dressed in different clothing, some of Which, now and then, bear evidence of haVing been once used and thrown aside as second-handed. With most of the decisions we haye been able to agree, and are pleased to report also that a uniformity Is being rapidly secured, which, at the formation of our own Grand Lodge, must have been deemed an impossibility. Great praise Is due to the younger Grand Lodges, not only for the perfect manner in which they print their Proceedings-almost putting to shame many of the older jurisdictions-but also for their strict adherence to a conservative line of policy according to old and well established laws, and an evident study of the jurisprndence of more experienced Grand Lodges, remedying quickly any errors they may have committed. The frank and honest criticisms of the reviewers have not been written in vain, for they have generally been accepted in the fraternal spirit which gave them birth. â&#x20AC;˘ Again appreciating, Most Worshipful Brother, the honor conferred by your appointment, I am, fraternally,

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REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE. â&#x20AC;˘ Since publishing the foregoing Report, the Proceedings of the following Grand Lodges have been received': CAN ADA, "Aug. 21, 187,J. DACOTA, July 21, 1875. FLORIDA, Jan. 12, 1875. KANSAS, Oct. 21, 1874. IOWA, June I, 1875.

IDAHO, Dec. 14, 1874. MANITOBA, March 12, 1875. PRINCE EDWARD ISL'D, J'une 23, 1875. 'WISCONSIN, June 8, 1875. WEST VIRGINIA, Nov. 10, 1875.

CANADA. Grand Lodge met August 21, 1874, for the purpose of paying the last sad duLy over the remains of the late Grand Secretary, Brother Thos. Bird Harris, whose untimely death we have already noticed. The attendance was very large and ceremonies truly impressive. It again met in Marmora, September 1,1874, for the purpose of laying the corner-stone of the Cathedral at that place. Over one hundred brethren were present. It again met in Port Stanley, November 2, 1874, to lay the cornerÂˇ stone of the new Masonic Hall at that place. It again met in Simcoe, January 20, 1875, to pay the last otnce of relilpect to their dead GI'and Master, Brother Wm. Mercer Wilson, whose death we have also previously noticed. Brother James K. Kerr, D. G. M., presided, assisted by a very large concourse of the brethren from all parts of the province.

It again met in Pembroke, May 21, 1870, to lay the corner-stone of the First BaptIst Church; and agaIn on July 10, to lay the corner-stone of the 'public school. It again met In Bellevue to lay the corner-stone of St. George's Church.

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It again met in Walkerton, July 1, 1875, to lay the corner-stone of the new public school building at that place.

The Twentieth Annual Communication was held in London, July 14, 1875. Brother James Kilpatrick Kerr, D. G. M., presided. Thirty-nine Grand Officers (including eleven D. D. G. ::\1.) were preRent, also fifty Past Grand Officers, and one hundred and fifteen Past Masters, making two hundred and four members besides the representatives of two hundred and thirty-nine lodges, making a total of at least fonr hundred and sixty members and voters, which we believe to he the largest aggregate, in proportion to the two hundred and eighty-eight lodges on the roll, ever before assembled by any Grand Lodge in the world. The acting Grand Master delivered a fine practical address, which fUlly testifies to his qualifications for the duties of the high office to which he was afterwards exalted. He paid a fitting tribute to the memory of the deceased Grand Officers. He reported fourteen lodges under dispensation. He reports $52,81684 on hand; invested to the credit of General Fund $28,445 55; to Asylum Fund $6,828 99; Investment Benevolence $16.486 21; and Benevolence Current account $1,059 09, which is certainly an exhibit of which any Grand Lodge may well be proud. The reports of the D. D. G. M. are printed in the Proceedings, and evince a. healthy stat.e of affairs, and work well performed. They are well written, showing that those offices are conferred only on qualified and educated brethren. The Board of General Purposes submitted a large amount of work transacted. It was decided that the G. M., the D. G. M. and the D. D. G. M. of the District, or a Grand Officer sent on offielal business by the G. M., alone have absolute right to visit a lodge-all other Gmnd Omcers stand upon the same footing as other Master :\'Ia~;ons. We agree with that decision.

Brothel' Henry Robertson subinitted an ahle and very interesting Report on Correspondence, reviewing thirty-nine Grand Lodges. Under the head of Missouri, he quotes approvingly from address of Grand Master Anderson, as well as fully from Report on Grievance, by Brother Owens. TIe agrees with Uf; that a GI'and Lodge should be regularly opened without first going through a .. pretend" Master's Lodge. Under the head of Q,nebec,he holds that blank ballots should be counted at election for officers. We do not agree. \Ve hold a blank Imilot to be no vote at all, and that it can no more he counted against the brother receiving the largest number of votes than can the blanks in the pockets of those who did not attend the meeting. It is a good rule ill Masonic, as well as in all other parlimentary law, that the ahsent are presllmed to have voted with the majority present, otherwise no result could ever be attained; and so we hold that when A. got sixteen votes fOl' \Vol'shlpflll :\laster, and R. got fifteen, and blank one, that the latter voter did not want to vot.e at all, alld that A. was elected. We regret that time will not permi I a fuller review of his report. JA:\IES K. KEItH" Toronto, G. 1\1. J . .T. MASON, Hamilton, G. Sec. - - - - - , - - , For. Cor.

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DAKOTA. The six lodges in Dakota, holding their charters from the Grand Lodge of Iowa, met in Elk Point, June 24, 1874, and having taken all the preliminary steps towards a legal organization of the" Grand Lodge of Dakota," the Convention to meet at Vermillion, July 21, at which time the Convention reassembled, when M. W. Brother Theo. S. Parvin, P. G. M. and Grand Secretary of Iowa, in ample form constituted the Grand Lodge, and installed the Grand Officers. The new Grand Body asks for recognition, and, it having been regularly constituted, and by the approval of the mother Grand Lodge, we take great pleasure in recommending its recognition, and offer resolutions to that effect. THOMAS H. BROWN, Sioux Falls, G. M. MARK W. BAILEY, Canton, Lincoln Co., G. Sec.

FLORIDA. Grand Lodge met in Tallahassee, January 12, 1875. Brother Albert J. Russell, G. M., presided. He had granted dispensations for four new lodges. DECISIONS:

I have not been called upon to make many rulings during the year. This, I think, speaks well for the Craft, and exhibits at least, the fact that our brethren are making themselves more fully acquainted with Masonic Jurisprudence, and are thereby more able to regulate their own particular affairs. I have made the following: Que"tion-When the office of Worshipful Master has been vacated should not the Senior Warden call some expert Past Master to the East to perform the work of the lodge. Answer-The Senior Warden, by law, succeeds to the East and is Worshipful Master. If he chooses to call some expert Past Master to do the work of the lodge he may do so, but. is not required to do so by any means. Question-How shall I act as to receiving the petition of sea路faring men, non-residents?

Answer-I affirm and approve the decision of Past Grand Master Pasco, in Proceedings 1873, page 329, and think the general principles therein enunciated are those which should govern a lodge in such cases. Another safeguard would be to require Masonic Certificates of Uharacter from their former homes. In extraordinary cases of emergency, howevertthe lodge has the right of determining, ever keeping in view the laws and andmarks. I cite you to Proceedings 1870, page 131. . Que8tion~A brother applies for a Dimlt in open lodge; it is granted, he having paid all dues, and no other charges appearing on the books; but the Secretary does not make it out, nor does the brother ask for it, and goes on in attendance upon the lodge, and participates in its work, and after the lapse of severll.l months the question arises, Is he a member?

Answer-The actual written, signed and delivered Dimit, with the seal of the lodge affixed, alone severs the connection of the brother with the lodge. The action of the lodge, alone, does not; therefore the brother is still a member of the lodge.

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A difference of opinion has arisen in Marion Lodge, No. 19, as to the membership of Brother S. St. George Rogers. It had been ruled by the Worshipful Master that he was not a member of the lodge, from the fact that he had neglected to come forward and sign the By-Laws of said lodge wIthin a certaIn time prescribed in the rulings of the W. M. Brother Rogers claimed that he was a member by virtue of the restitution of the charter to the lodge, and that his dues had been paid, and no charges having been otherwise preferred against him. Upon examination I find that sometime during the war the lOdge-room had been burned, and in it the charter and effects of the lodge, and to buIld this lodge-room. Brother Rogers, together with other brethren, had loaned the lodge fifty dollars each, to be paid in annual dues; that after the burning the lodge became dormant. In the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of 1867, page 22, I find that the charter was restored to the members of Marion Lodge, and among tbem wag Brother Rogers. It is ruled, therefore, Brother ~. ~t. George Rogers, is a member in good standing of Marion Lodge, No. 19. It is ruled also, that as the entire lodge sustained a total loss in the fire, that Brother Rogers pay his annual arrears, commencing from 1874, he would have been required to pay dues for the whole time, say from 1867, but for his having been deprived of bis membership by action of the lodge.

Question-When St. John's day occurs on Sunday, how shall the lodge act? Answer-The day may be commemorated the day preceding or the day succeeding, as the lodge may elect. The same rule applies to the installation of its officers. The use of "sub-heads It would have helped the appearance and review of the Proceedings very much. Brother De Witt C. Dawkins, Grand Secretary, submitted a brief Report on Correspondence, and recommended the recognition of the Grand Lodges of Quebec and 路Wyoming, which was adopted: Much local business was transacted. The Grand Lodge approved decisions of the Grand Master, excepting the one that the Dimit, and not the vote, severs lodge membership: The Grand Lodge held to the latter view, which we hold to be the correct one. ALBERT J. RUSSELL, Jacksonvllle, G. M. DEWITT C. DAWKINS, Jacksonville, G. Sec. and For. Qor.

KANSAS. Grand Lodge met in Leavenworth, October 21, 187,1. Brother Owen A. Bassett, G. M., presided. The Annual Addess is a lengthy and very interesting document. following are bis

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A Mason's lodge may be held in any secure place used by any other society which has tor its object man's improvement and moral elevation. 1,

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Mason, he becomes by such act a member of the lodge, though a rule of the lodge requires some condition precedent. 5. A ballot on an application for the degrees, or for membership, or for advancf'ment., when partlcipaterl in by one who is not a member of the lodge, must be held regular and treated as any other ballot. 6. Immorality i8 un-Masonic and acrime against Masonry. Conduct which is contrary to t.he Divine law, to the conscience of upright men, and to the moral sense of the community, is immoral and un-Masontc. 7. The,mere presentation of charges a.gainst a brother does not nffect his Masonic standing; but the Master, in hiR discretion. may suspend him from the exercise of an office and close the door of his lodge against him. 8. When charges have been presented against a brother, and he has been tried and acquitted by his lodge, no further-action can be taken in that case. It cannot be appealed for review before the Grand Lodge, for there is no one aggrieved.

9. One who is under sentence of suspension mny be charged, tried and punished in the Rame manner and to the same extent that he could be if in good standing; and, during the trial, but only then, he may si t in the lodge. One expelled is not subjecL to trial. 10. A reprimand is declared to be a punishment to be inflicted by sentence of a Masonic trIbunal; therefore. in the ahsence of any such sentence resulting from a trial, a Master has no right to reprimand a member of his lodge, but he may admonish him. II. When a Dimit is voted by a lodge. t.he membership ceaRes; but the Secretary may wi thhold the certifi~ate until the applicant has discharged every obligation to the lodge growing out of the relation of membership; but in no ,cltse can an additional obligation be imposed. 12. Where one lodge bestows charity on a member of another lodge, or pays the funeral expenses of such a member, no lawful claim for reimbursement for su'Ch expenditures exists in favor of the lodge making them, against the lodge of which the destit.ute or dece3:sed brother was a member. 13. The report of a committee on a petition for membership, or for the mysteries of Masonry, cannot be questioned by anyone, and when an unfavorable report his made, no one has a right to demand from the committee. or any member of it, either in or out of the lodge, the reason for the conclusions arrived at. ' 14. While a lodge is at labor, the Master. in the exercise of his discretion, may temporarily depose any officer and direct some other brother to per10rm the duties of the office pro temlJ01째e. An appointed officer holds his office at the pleasure of the Master, who may remove him from office at any time, and fill the vacancy. 15. The rule requiring a petitioner for a new lodge, or for membership in a. chartered lodge to be in possession of a regular Diml t, must he strictly observed, and cannot be varied to meet special cases arising under regulations peculiar to some other Grand Jurisdiction limiting the authority of lodges in granting Dlmits. 16. Full faith and credit must be given to the official acts and proceedin~s of every lodge not in conflict with the ancIent Landmarks or jurisdiction of another lodge, and whoever is aggrieved by the action of any lodge, must seek redress of his grievances in such lodge, or by appeal to the Grand Lodge having jurisdiction of the lodge complained of. 17. The rule requiring a lodge before receiving a petition for the mysteries of Masonry, from one who has preViously been rejected In another lodge, to obtain the consent of the lodge rejecting him, must be strictly complied with, though the Grand Lodge having jurisdiction over the subordinate lodge rejecting him may not recognize or adopt the foregoing rule. 18. The rule requiring a candidate for the mysteries of Masonry to be whole and sound as a man, ought to be applied not only to the external but as well to the internal members and organs of the body, and to every part of the physical system, including every permanent or long standing derangement of the muscular or nervous systems, or disease.

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He issued dispensations for thirteen new lodges, which, with eight continued, made twenty-one lodges under dispensation. The Grand Lodge dissented with the G. M. on decision 8. A large amount of business' was transacted, and the Proceedings are well arranged and pUblished. Brother Jno. H. Brown, Grand Secretary, submitted a tine Report on Correspondence, of 104 pages. Vnder the head of Missouri, he pays a just compliment to the memory of our late Brother Jno. D. Daggett. He quotes very fully from Address of G. M. Anderson, and from the Grievance 1{eport of Brothel' Owens, as well as from Brother McDowell's Report as Grand Lecturer, which, to use his own words, "we are happy to say are deservedly merited." His own report is a remarkably interesting one; and, if generally read by his brethren, will do a vast amount of good, and we regret that our "supplement" will not permit the quotations we had intended. OWEN A. BA8SETr, Lawrence, G. M. JOHN FI. BROWN, Leavenworth, G. Sec. and For. Uhr.

IOWA. Grand Lodge met in Des Moines, June 1, 1875. Brother Joseph Chapman, G. M., presided. The Annual Address is an able and clear business document. I

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bavlng issued dispensations for nineteen new lodges. DECISTOXS:

Query No. l.-\Ve received petition, elected to first degree, the candidate removed from our jurIsdiction. The lodge within whose jurisdiction the candidate resides, asks permission to confer first degree. We grant the request, at the same time requesting them to report to this lodge. They fall to do so. We afterwards learn that they balloted for and conferred second degree. Have they any right to do so? Answer-No, sir. It was your material, and, havin~ conferrEd the d{'gree, their commission expired. They should certify to havin~ conferred the first degree, at your request, and elected and conferred second degree undel' misapprehension, paj' you the fee, and remllnd the candidate to your jurisdiction. . Quem .i.Va. 2.-We conferred first and second degrees upon Brother A. The brotller has moved into the jUrJsdlction of blank lodge. To accommodate Brother A., we gave permission to blank lodge to confer the third degree; they did so. Brother A. has signed By-Laws of biank lodge. Is this in accordance with the usual practice? An8'It'er-No, sir. Blank lodge should certify to your lodge that they had, in accordance witll your request, raised Brother A. This cerLlficate should be nlade a matter of record in your lodge; and, as soon as convenient, Brother A. will sign your By-Laws, and by so doing beco.mes an active co-worker with you. Que!'.'! .Yo. 3.-:\11'. A., residing within the jurisdiction of lodge blank, petitioned and was rejected; and, Without a chauge of residence, lodge blauk has waived jurisdiction aud given us permission to receive .'11'. A.'s petition. Is it necess~tl路y to wait the six nionths as prescribed by law, or call we receive his petl lion at our ltegular Comlnunicatlon 'l

Answer-Lodge blank has no right to waive jurisdiction.

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stand or fall within the jurisdiction of the lodge where he resides; there is no shirking of responsibility in this matter. Query No. 4.-Blank lod~e, Illinois, at the request of blank lodge, Iowa, granted permission to blank lodge, Iowa, to confer third degree upon Brother A., who had, as shown on face of certificate, been elected to receive third degree in blank lodge, Illinois, with instructions to collect the constitutional feetwenty-five dollars-and make report to blank lodge, Illinois. Whereupon the Worshipful Master of blank lodge, Iowa, being in doubt, addressed me a letter of inquiry, to which I made answer: If the brother is going to make Iowa his home, then blank lodge, Illinois, should give him a certificate of dismissal, and let your lodge receive the benefit of the fee for the third degree. That the one year's residence had no application to a case of this kind. Your lodge can confer the degree at the requ~st of blank lodge, Illinois. It appears from correspondence had with our representative, R. W. Brother Joseph Robbins, near the Grand Lodge of Illinois, that the lodge in II Ii nois could not allow the appropriation of their lawful material to pass without submitting the matter to the Grand Master, through our representative. When the facts were submitted there was nothing left for me to do but to make decision in accordance with the facts and the Landmarks ot" Masonry-that we are not to supplant our brother (lodge) in this work. Ruled: That t.he brother was the lawful material of blank lodge,' Illinois, and that blank lodge, Iowa, should pay to blank lodge, Illinois, the sum of twenty-five dollars, aud make report of their work in accordance with the instructions received from blank lodge, Illinois.

The Proceedings are finely arranged and published, which refiects great credit upon the Grand Secretary, Brother Parvin. The Grand Lodges of Wyoming and Indian Terri tory were recognized. Relative to Past Masters being only tried by their" peers," the Committee on Jurisprudence reported as follows, and we refer the same to the consideration of the Virginia committee. Brother C. S. Harrington, of Hight Hand Lodge, No. 281, asks for a construction of Clause 7, of ~ection 1, Chapter 5, of tl1e Masonic Code of 1870, which says: â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ The lodge shall be opened in the highest degree to which the accused has attained, until his testimony has been concluded, etc.," and then asks, if ou the trial ot" an actual Past Master, should a Past Ma!lter's Lodge be opened until the testimony has been conclUded, etc.? We answer no, and that a lodge of Master Masons cannot open a Past Master's lodge; they, as a lodge, know notlling whatever about such a PaBt Master's lodge. We find the follOWing singular item in the Proceedings: GRAND lI-IASTER OF I. O. O. F.

Brother Guilberfpresented the following preamble and resolution, which were ullanimously adopted: WHEREAS, Brothel' B. Newman, the Most Worthy Grand Mastel' of the M. W. Grand Lodge, ot' the Independent Order of' Odd Fellows, is pre8ent among us iu his capaCIty as a member of" the Masonic Order, therefore be it Resolved, That the M. W. Grand Master direct a Committee of Past Grand Masters to escort the Most Worthy brother to the platform, that we may officially welcome him as the chiet' of an associate order of great beneficeuce.

The Grand Master appointed as a committee to introduce Brother Newman, Past Granli Masters Guilbert and l'eck, who performed that duty, when Brother Newman was welcOlued to the Grand Lodge, and after a plea.sant interchange ot' sentiment, Brother Newman was illvited to a scat on the platform. If this is not a ., new departure" from the old and well established usages of Freemasonry, then we do not know what to catlil, and it is doubly inconsistent in the Grand Lodge of Iowa, which is opposed to its lodge-halls being used by any other society, or for any other purpose. We do not object on the ground of Brother Newman belonging to the particular Order named, (for we

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belong to it, and respect it, ourself,) but because it is wrong, to extend the courtesy of the East to any except such as are entitled to it by Masonic standing alone. If every subordinate lodge in Iowa hereafter invites a brother Mason, who is also a Past Noble Grand Master of Odd Fellows, or Past Worthy Chancellor of Pythians, or of Druids, 路etc., to a .. seat in the East," along wi th Past Masters, it has nobody to blame but itself, and it cannot consistently put a stop to it. When, oh when, will new-fangled innovations cease! Other societies are much less seclusive in their regulations than Masons, and yet we never heard, and never expect to hear, of any of them even so far departing from their custom, as has the Grand Lodge of Iowa by this precedent. If she has not enough of bel' own Past Grand Officers to adorn the platform, for goodness' sake do not go out to borrow them from any other society. Relative to the use of lOdge-rooms, Brother Parvin offered the following, which was adopted by a two-third vote:

Resolved, That Halls erected ltnd dedicated to the purposes of Freemasonry, can only be used for purposes other than l<'reemasonry, by and with the unani. mous consent of the members of the lodges owning or occupying sucb halls. BURYING SOJOURNING MASONS, AND EXPENSES

SAME.

The following case reported by Committee on Appeais and Grievances, somewhat explains itself: AURORA LoDGE, No. 267, MiSSOUri,} va. PIONEER LODGE, No. 22, Iowa. Certain papers issued under seal by Aurora Lodge, No. 267, Missouri, embodying a grievance against Pioneer Lodge, No. 22"came into our hands through the Grand Secretary's office, demanding from Pioneer Lodge, No 22, a reimbursement of $4800, expended by them in the burial of the remains of .. Brother McMasters," a member of Pioneer L6dge, No. 22, Des Moines, and a discourteou路ssilence persisted in by Pioneer Lodge, No. 22, in not answering a letter addressed them shortly after the event transpired, concerning tbe expenditure of the sum named, etc. The committee reiterate the conclusions of the Committee on Jurisprudence upon a similar case, viz., Dubuque Lodge, No.3, va. Hawkeye Lodge, No. 30, (both lodges, however, being in this Grand Lodge jurisdiction) to-wit: That" there is no law or precedent antyorizing the enforcement of such demands," yet, if the complaint of discourtesy in not answering a courteous letter is correctly stated by Aurora Lodge, No. 267, against Pioneer Lodge No. 22, then we, for the reason last stated, do blame Pioneer Lodge, No. 22, in being so remiss in duty in not answering the communication, and recommend that the W. M. of Pioneer Lodge, No. 22, cause a copy of the Proceedings concerning this grievance and the law as found on pages 154 and 155, ,. Constitution and By-Laws," 11\66, to be forwarded to said Aurora Lodge, No. 267, Missouri, Within the next thirty days R.fter the ritling of this Grand Lodge. We deem it but fair, however, to state that we are informed by the W. M. elect, of Pioneer Lodge, that no intentional discourtesy to Aurora Louge was intended, but the failure of Pioneer Lodge to answer the communication of Aurora Lodge was on account of unintentional oversight on the part of its officers. In all of Which the committee ask the concurrence.of the Grand Lodge. The deceased brother alluded to, died in this city, and requested Masonic burial, feeling assured that his lodge would pay f,n' it; and, on a memorial page set apart to his name, in the Grand Lodge Proceedings, we find the following: R. K. Mc:\IASTER, Grand Treasurer, 1863.

...

Born, Balston Springs, New York, November 10, 1832. Died, 81. Louhi, November 15, 1874.

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Aurora Lodge performed the last sad rites, and certainly for a very reasonable sum, and upon presenting the bill to Pioneer Lodge, as above stated, and with the result as seen. Pioneer Lodge has 182 memGers. \Ve have referred to this case and completed its history, not with any feeling of complaint whatever agaim;t either the lodge or the Grand Lodge, but simply to establish the fact that the Grand Lodge of Iowa holds to the doctrine that it will not allow its members to send bills to other lodges for burial expenses incurred, and consequently, does not expect to pay for Iowa Masons dying abroad. In this she is like several other jurisdictions, as there is a variety of usage in this matter, but Missouri holds to the other system, viz., of compelling her lodges to pay the burial expenses of her absent members, upon presentation of the bills; hence, Aurora Lodge innocently sent her bill, as stated, but of course willingly submits to the usage of our sister State. This question of burial expenses is one upon which there should be some general agreement, in order to avoid mistakes, ana sometimes HI feeling; either one or the oLher system should be adopted by all the Grand Lodges; and, in order to ellci t a full report of what is the usage in each State, preparatory to SUbmitting a general regu-' lation for the consideration of all the Grand Lodges, we propound to the Foreign Correspondents and Grand Secretaries the following questions: 1st. Is

IT THE

USAGE IN

YOUR .JURISDICTION FOR YOUR SUBORDINATE

LODGES TO PA Y THE BURIAL EXPENSES OF THEIR ABSENT MEMBERS?

2d. Is

IT'rHE USAGF. OF YOUR SUBORDINATE LODGES TO SItND BILLS FOR

BURIAL EXPENSES OF SOJOURNING AFFILIATED MASONS, WHEN THEM?

BURIEn llY

Owing to the fact that that jurisdiction, like nearly all others, has a lot of dilatory Secretaries, who never get their returns ready until the last moment to send down with the repre!;entative to be handed in at the very time when the Grand Secretary should be attending to other business, the Grand Lodge adopted the following sensible and effective regulation: Resolved, That hereafter all lodges which fail to make their Annual Returns to the Grand Lodge on or before the tlfteenth day of May in each year, shall be debarred representation in the Grand Lodge.

This will secure the attention of somebody interested besides the Secretary, and after a representative has onef' paid all his expenses to Grand Lodge and hack home without even having a vote or being recorded as present, he won't do it the second time, even if be has to make out the returns himself. BIOGRAPHICAL SKi:'rCHES.

In the Proceedings are thirty pages devoted to the political, religious, public, private anu Masonic history of Grand Officers, living and dead. Relative to the latter we see no impropriety; uut, hoping lIot to be cOllsidered impertinent about other people's affairs, we must say that we have serious doubts about the propriety or modesty of devoting the legitimate Proceedings of a Grand Lodge to the personal history of anybody, not yet dead. It is mighty awkward for a. man to read his own obituary. However, perhaps, the less said the better, but in order that our readers may see the cause of OUl: remarks against introducing the political IHstory of anyone, we extract the following from one of the reports: In 1867, the Republican Convention of Clinton county (he having acted with that party from the time of Abraham Linc:oln'a tirst nomination to the Presidency) tendered him the nomi nation for Represen tat! ve to the Twelfth General Assembly. He was elected, aud made Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. In 186!l. he was re-elected to the ThirLeenth General Assembly, and was Spe~{er of the Honse. In January, 1871, he resigned his offices of Repl"esentati ve and Speaker, having been elected, in October, 1870, Representative in the 421.1 Congress from the Second Congressional District of Iowa, and in 1872 be was re-elected to the 43d Congress.

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During the second session of the 42d Congress Judge - - made an able and exhaustive speech on the sUQject of the tariff, taking ground against a high protective tariff, for which he won many commendations. During the last session he introduced and carried through the important measure of extending the letter carrier system to cities of twenty thousand inhabitants. The farmerR of Clinton county did him the honor,In the years 1862, 1863, 1864 and 1866, to make him the executive officer of their AgricUltural Society, by electing him Its president.

What thIs has to do with a brother's quallficatlon to serve as Grand Master, some member from Iowa will have to .. rise to explain." Brother H. J. B. Cummings submitted one of the best Reports on Cqrres'pondence before us. It Is prepared rather with reference to subjects than to States, and each subject receives a full and intelligent consIderation. There is much in it that we would be pleased to quote, dId not the space ,.allotted to our .. supplement" forbid it. Brother P. G. Bryan, Grand Orator, d,elivered an eloquent oration, which is published in the ProceedIngs. HENRY W. ROTHERT, Keokuk, G. M. THEO. S. P;\-RVIN, Iowa City, G. Sec. and For. Cor.

IDAHO. Grand Lodge met In Boise City, December 14,1874. Brother John Kennally, G. M., presided. He paid a just tribute to the memory of Brother Geo. H. Coe, Past Grind Master, who died in San Francisco, December 17, 1873. DECISIONS:

During the year I have been frequently called upon to give opinIons upon the laws and usages of Masonry; on some of the points ret'erred to me, great difference of opinion prevails among Masonic authorities. In all cases I have been governed by the usage in this jurisdiction, and by my own opinion of what is right. Question-Has a Master Mason In good standing a right to visit any lodge of which he is not a member?

Answer-Except in the case of those Grand Officers, whose official position entitles them to enter, no Rucil right exists. It is the duty of the Master to preserve harmony among the brethl'en composing his lodge, but if he were obliged to admit a v!l,iiLor, whose presence would to his certain knowledge, disturb that harmony and emba.rrass the work, then he would be deprived ot' one of the means of performing an essential duty, for peace and harmony are the support of our inst! tution in a greater degree than any other. Question-In regard to the suspension of members for non-payment of dues, mus\, the lodge proceed to trial and ballot (when it appears that notice has been served as required), or does suspension take place on vote by motion, or hy order of W. M.?

Answer-No punishment whatsoever can be'inflicted without preliminary trial and opportunity for defense. There should be a charge, a summons and trial; the defaulting brother should have an opportunity to defend himself, and tile Secretary who accuses him should" be made to prove the truth of 11ls charges by the correctness of his accounts. 1. The rE'jection of a peti tion for Inembership does not aflect the standing of the brother so rejected. He may apply to any other lodge it' he pleases; his

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general rights are in no wise disturbed even with respect to the lodge which rejected his petition. 2. Full membership in a lod~e is necessary to constitute eligibility to office in Grand or Subordinate Lodges, or to constitute and continue membership in Grand Lodge. 3. Section 35, Article 14, says no lodge shall be opened for the transaction of any business unless there be present at least seven Master Masons, members of the lodge; nor shall a oallot or vote be taken upon any subject whatever, unless there be present seven Master ~la,,;ons, members of the lodge. QUERY-Does the section refer only to regular meetings? No lodge can be opened for Masonic work unless there be present seven Master Masons, memhers of the lodge. Six members of the lodge and one or more visitors cannot open and perform the work of a lodge. I received several communications on the right of avouchment, and deeming it unnecessary to report them in detail, I state the rules laid down. Ji'irst. If you have been present in a regular lodge of Master Masons, with a brother for whom you VOUCh.

Second. It a brother, whom you know to be a Master Mason, introduces you to another in persoll, alld. says I have sat with this brother. Third. If you, as one of a committee appointed by the Master of your lodge, have careful1y examined a brother, then you may lawfully vouch for him, and your voucluuent may be accepted. by the lodge.

Personal vouchment from one brother to another may be accepted, but no further, and then only when the brother vouched for is In presence of the one gl ving the information, and the one recel ving it, and then it. must be given with the intent of being used Masonically, and be full, explicit, positive aud based on actual knowledge ofa Masonic charler. While It is the right of every Master Mason in 'good standing to vouch for another 011 proper grounds, it is equal1y the duty ot" the Master to be satisfied that this important priVilege has not been lightly exercised before he accepts the voucher. " I desire to call your attention to a case ofinfringement of our jurisdictional right. The facts at" the case are these: Mr. R., a resident of Idaho City, who recently visited his home in Scotland, and while sojourning there, presented an application for the degrees, as he alleges, through It friend, to Kllwlnnlng Lodge, No. 3iO, Paisley. '.rhis lodge accepted his application and couferred the degrees upon him. He claims that he made the applica.tion to the lodge in Scotland in good faith, and without intent to violate the regulations of this Grand Lodge. Mr. R. is a worthy gentleman and desires to be relieved from the embarrassments brought about inadvertently through a pardonable ignorance of the law. 1 hope you will give the matter your careful atten tion, and take such action as you may deem necessary. An amendment has been proposed to the Constitution, to strike out so much as authorizes Past Masters to give proxies In Grand Lodge. This may seem unimportant while the Grand Lodge is yet a small body, but the amendment should be adopted at once, for in a few years this ma.y become a very troublesome question. The Past Masters themselves, as experienced Masons, should vote for the amendment. The business transacted was of a local nature. No Report on Correspondence. L. P. MIKKELSON, Silver City, G. M. O. H. PURDY, Silver City, G. Sec.

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MANITOBA. The three lodges holding charters from the Grand Lodge of Canada, by their delegates, met in the city of Winnipeg, May 12, I8i5, and, after complying with all the formulas necessary and constitutional in such cases, organized the "Grand Lodge of Manitoba, A. F. & A. M.," and elected their Grand Officers. It adopted the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Canada, subject to loca.l alterations. One of the grounds put forth for recognition-viz., that it is a separate province-is no ground at all with the Grand Lodge of Missouri, as already expressed iu ot.her cases; but, as the Grand Lodge of Canada itself yields the territory, and files no objection to the formation of the new Grand Body, and as their organization is in all particulars correct, we cheerfully recommend its recognition, and shall otTer resolutions to that effect. W. C. CLAHKE, Winnipeg, G. M. J. H. BELL, 'Winnipeg, G. Sec. and For. Cor.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. We have received the following circular, but not being in possession oC the Proceedings, and not having yet learned any of the circumstances of the formation of the Grand Lodge, we can take no further action than merely submitting the circular:

To the Most Worshipful Grand Master and the Grand Lodge of Missouri: The Memorial of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of !<'ree and Accepted Masons of Prince Edward Island SnowETH-

That a Convention of Representatives of all the duly warranted lod~es of the Province of Prince Edward h;land, in British North America, held at the city of Charlottetown, on the 23d JUlie last, the Grand Lodge in and for the Province of Prince Edward Island was, by the unanimous action of the Representatives, erected upon the Ancient Charges and Constitutions of Freemasonry; and the Grand Lodge Officers were elected, and, on the 24th June, duly installed; and that the said Gruud Lodge was then inaugurated and consecraLed in accordance with the ancient usages of the Craft, by the Most Worshipful Grand Master and Officers of the Grand Lodge of New Brunswick. Printed Proceedings will be forwarded as soon as published. That the Grand Lodge; so legally erected, according to the Ancient Constitutions of the Craft, claims, and has, sole and exclusive Masonic jurilSdictlon over Ancient Craft Masonry within this Province of Prince Edward Island. This Grand Lodge therefore desires that fraternal communication may be established between your Grand Lodge and the Grand Lodge of Prince Edward Island. This memorIal, by resofution of the Grand Lodge, is issued under the hand of tile Most Worshipful Grand Master and the ~eal of the Grand Lodge, this lOth day of August, A. D. 1875, A. L. 5875.

JOHN YEO, - - , G. M. B. WILSON HIGGS, - - , G. Sec.

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WISCONSIN. Granu Louge met in Milwaukee, June 8, 1875. Brother Jedu P. C. Cottrill, G. M., pJ路esided. He pays a fitting tribute to the memory of Brother Henry M., who died April 3J, 1875.

Baird, P. G.

Also, of Brother S. A. l<'errin, Grand Marshal, who died March 29, 1875. Also, of Brother and Rev. Robert Langley, P. G. Chaplalll, who died July, 18i4. He had issued dispensations for three new lodges. He issued a circular against the introduction of Female or Adoptive Masonry into his jurisdiction, and forbid the urse of lodge-rooms for it, after which it entirely disappeared from the State. DECISIONS:

I have been called upon for decisions very frequently during the past

year. The large majority of the questions that have been asked have been answered by a reference simply to the Constitution or standing regulations; and indeed nearly all have been ultimately settled thereby. While these matters have involved a very extensi ve correspondence, yet as J have deemed that the Grand Master was plll('ed in office for the express purpo~e of ad visi ng all the brethren, according to his best learning and judgment, upon any question that may actually arIse, even though the ConsUl,uLion may spttle it so plainly that he who runs may read, I have taken pleasure at all times in answering all questions lhat have been submitted, and have done so, as a rule, immediately upon their receipt. Of decisions made, I report, however, the following: 1. A lodge in this jurisdiction cannot request a lodge in Colorado (or elseWhere) to confer for it the E. A. degree upon one of its elected candidates who has removed there.

2. One lodge cannot confer degrees as a matte/' oj javor to another, upon the material of the latter. . 3. Election to membership, pending charges, does not amount to a waiver of the charges; but held also that such an election would justly subject the lodge to discipline. 4. Under the standing regulations, an applicant for affiliation may withdraw his petition and certitlcate of dimission, although charges are then pending against him; bnt the lodge may nevertheless proceed to a trial of the charges. 5. An applicant for the degrees who has lost his left hand is ineligible; that in such case the Grand Master has no power to grant a dispensation (which would set aside a Landmark); and the lodge which elected him was directed to relund the peti tlon fee and proceed no further in the case. 6. An applicant is ineligible who has been wounded to the extent that he cannot raise his right hand higher than a line parallel to his shoulder. 7. A candidale, blind of one eye, and who, as stated, "is a cripple or rather stiff in the lower limbs," is ineligible. TIlls decision as respects the loss of an eye follows a deeisioll of this Grand Lod~e to the same effect SUbstantially made in 1861, page 22 of the Proceedings, and directly made in 1864, page 62 ot: !)roceedings ot that year. 8. A non-affiliate cannot, as of right, prefer charges and insist npon trial of the b.r0ther charged; bu.t shou.1d such charges be preferred, the lodge, for the good ot the Craft, should IDvestlgate them; and, if probable cause be shown charges should then be preferred as provided in the Constitution. ' 9. When a petition for the degrees bas been "abstracted," the first business

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and duty of the lodge is to ascertain, if possible, and then discipline the abstractor; then they may proceed upon a duplicate of the original petition being furnished. 10. Lodges U. D. do not pay the per capita tax of thirty cents on their members, but do pay the fee of two dollars on each person ini tiated. 11. One lodge may, under Section 8 of Article XXII. of the Constitution, relinquish jurisdiction of its material to another lodge. The Constitution being silent as to how the consent in such cases shall be given, and believing the principle of such consent to be wrong, I decIded that it must be given by a clear ballot.

12. The action of a lodge accepting a candidate not residing in its jurisdiction is voId; the applicant may, and (If he desires the degrees) must petition the lodge haVing jurisdiction of him, the same as if he had never petitioned the former lodge. 13. Two lodges, in different towns, have no power by agreement to make their Jurisdictions conourren t.

Brother Geo. D. Wilber submitted a very interesting Report on Correspondence. . We regret that the quoted and original matter are all printed alike. He says: Grand Master Johnson decided that" A Mason having joined a Church, the laws of which require a renunciation of Masonry, notwithstanding he holds a Dlmlt, is not entitled to its benefit; neither is the widow of such a one so entitled after his death." The Grand Lodge declared through a special committee, of which G. M. W. Williams was chairman, that" should a member of the Masonic Frater.tty, attaching himself to any religious denomination, the rules of which require him to renounce Masonry, this act of attaching himself, of Itself, does not deprive him of the benefits of Masonry. With these rules Masonry has nothing to do." "The Masonic Order does not require or demand of its votaries any other religions test than that of a belief in Deity; hence, the simple act of joining such religious denominQ,tion is, of and within itself, no violation路 of any Masonic law. But should the member or Mason thus joining, actually renounce Masonry, by thus renouncing Masonry he commIts an offense against the Institution, and for which he should be dealt with by the lodge haVing jurisdiction of lhe member or Mason thus offending." We fully agree with the conclusion. With us, however, the benefits are lost by remaining unaftUiated for over twelve months. Under the head of California, relative to separate ballots, he says: The Grand Master speaks of" the obsolete clause of a separate ballot for each degree." We fancy this must sound odd to most Masons in this country and elsewhere. Is the practice of balloting for each degree really obsolete, or is it in danger of becoming so with Masons in general? We hope not; for we conceive that there is no kind of danger of there being too much scrutiny exercised over the character and qualifications of candidates, either for inltiuUon or advancement. In departing from ancleut usage, as California has done. In allowin~ one ballot to determine an election for the three uegrees, and especially in dOIDg away with the peremptory objection of any member to advanceInent, we believe she has made an unwise departure. Under the head of Maryland, he refers to the powers of Grand Masters, in reply to M. W. Brother Latrobe, Grand Master of that State; and, as we have already alluded to the same subject under same bead, we quote the remarks of the committee thereon. Grand Master Latrobe 1)olds to the paramonnt authority of the Grand Master's prerogative, not only over the Grand Lodge, but also ovel' the Constitution, in certain cases; and argues the question in a candid, dignified and forcible manner. He thinks that, inasmuch as the W. M. is supreme In his lodge, and not responsible to it for his acts while in office, so the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge is not amenable to that body for his official action, and believes that to be the only safe rule consistent with the spirit of the Masonic Order and with the Ancient Landmarks, and that this view of the powers of the Grand Master is practically the wisest and best.

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[Oct.

Brother Latrobe seems to be par,tly right and p~rtly wrong in his opinions as to the powers of the Grand Master. That there were Grand Masters of Masons prior to the existence of Grand Lodges is a matter of history. as well as the fact that some were appointed by the Craft in general assembly. and others by the King, without an election by the general aflsembly. Now, unless the preposterous doctrine be held that Masonry is a despotic institution, and that its Masters and Grand Masters become by appointment irrespollsible despots, it must be admitted that the creatures of appointment are amenable for their conduct to the appointing power, or to some competent authority. Masters of lodges, by immemorial usage, are responsible to the Grand Lodge for the proper discharge of their duties; and although history gives no instance of the discipline of a Grand Master, yet, unless he be responsible for his conduct to a superior power, there would be an end of that equity and justice which are the fundamental characteristics of our institution. Therefore the Grand Master must be responsible to the Craft at large as the ultimate highest authority; and, as the Ancient General Assembly has been superseded by the Grand Lodge, which is merely a representative body, standing for the whole Craft through representatives dUly chosen and constituted, the Grand Master must need be responsible to the Grand Lodge for his conduct. Article XIX. of the General Regulations of 1721,is conclusive on this point. But it must not be forgotten that to the same extent that tbe whole Craft is bound by the Ancient Landmarks,is the Grand Lodge restrained by the same authority. Those Landmarks guarantee to the Grand Master, and to the Worshl pful Master as well. certain prerogatives, which may not be properly abridged or abrogated by any Masonic authority, nevertheless it may be competent for the Craft, through its Grand LQdge, to inquire and judge as to the manner in which those prerogatives have been exercised, otherwise intolerable abuses might creep in, even innovations in the body of Masonry, under color of the "p ..erogatl ves" and the" Landmarks," which tbe Craft would be powerless to prevent. Doubtless Brother Latrobe was warranted in claimLng for the Grand Master the right of exercising his prerogative in all cases ass1,lred by the Landmarks; but we beHeve him wrong in denying the Grand Lodge supervisory jurisdiction over his actions. The Grand Master being in fact Grand Master oj Masons, and not merely Grand Master and presiding officer of the Grand Lodge, may at any lime grant dispensations for the formation of new lodges, etc.; but the confirmation of charters to them rests with the Grand Lodge in session .. Between tbe sessions he may, as the suprem~ head of the Craft. do or authorize to be done, any act not repugnant to the spirit or letter of the Landmarks, which he may deem proper for the good of Masonry. even to the temporary abrogation of the Grand Lodge Constitution; but he must allow the Grand Lodge to sit in jUdgment on tbe urgency of the em~rgency which prompted such abrogation. In accordance wi th Articles XIX. and XXXIX. of the General Regulations of 1721, several Grand Lodges have already provided in their Constitutions for the trial of the Grand Master, should occasion ever, unhappily, occur. It is sometimes claimed that, during tbe intervals between the meetings of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master is the Grand Lodge. This we cannot admit, for we conceive tbat in nosense are the actions of the Grand Master tbe actions of the Grand Lodge; but as Grand Master of Masons. his relations are direct with the Craft and with the subordinate lodges, and in exercising his prerogati ves he does so as the supreme head of the whole Masonic fraternity witbln htsjurisdiction. not as the Grand Lodge or as its agent.. His prerogatives are distinct and different from the prerogatives of the Grand Lodge.

The ground taken by Brother Latrobe is entirely too high; it will not bear the weight he tries to put on it; it wants more foundation of logic and facts. Under the head of Missouri, he quotes approvingly and fully from the Address of Grand Master Anderson, and from the Reports on Jurisprudence and Grievance of Past Grand Masters Garrett and Owens. He also says: We look to MissourI as in one sense our alma mater. She chartered two of the three lodges which organized our Grand Lodge. namely, Mineral Point, No. I, and Melody. No. 2; ~o. a taking its existence from the Grand Lodge of Illinois. Hence it is with regret that we learn of the unsatisfactory condition of the Crllft in that jurisdiction. Pet'haps, however. if the truth were told, the average Mason in many other States is really no more to be proud of than in Missouri. Most assuredly there is a sad falling off from the ancient custom of making Masons of none but gentlemen, scholars, or those of distinguished abilities.

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This is very true. It seems to be becoming chronic for each Grand Master to underrate his own jurisdiction, often leading the public to believe that the Ora.ft generally are a pretty hard lot. Taking them "all in all, they come about as near perfection as most people with greater pretensions. We regret that time and space prevents a fuller review of this very laborious and able report. JEDD. P. C. COTTRILL, Milwaukee, G. M. JOHN W. WOODHULL, Milwaukee, G. Sec. OLIVER LIBBEY, Green Bay, For. Oor:..

WEST VIRGINIA. Grand Lodge met in Wheeling, November 10,1874. Brotllel' Thomas H. Logan, G. M., presided. He reports as follows: You will be surprised and perhaps somewhat disappointed when I inform you that during the inlervaljust closed not one dispensation for a new lodge has heen issued. Our progress in multiplying lodges has heretofore been so rapid that the sudden stop which I announce will be almost a shock to those who hear me. You must not concluoe, however, that Freemasonry is at a stands~ill in this jurisdiction. Large districts in our State have as yet but a sparse population. A lodge has beeu orj:?;anlzed in almost, if not quite, every place capable of sustaining one. I am not sure but that some have been organized where their support is to the brethren conducting them a responsibility greater than even their abounding zeal can endure. Be this as it may, tbetime has come when it is less your care to increase the number of lodges than to increase the e.fficlency of those already organized. For nearly ten yenrs our attention has been directed chiefly to Increase in numerical strength. Now,ve have opportunity to look more closely to the discipline of our Institution. In its prudent and faithful application we are to develop its highest value and honor. We may now do our work more deliberately. Some lodges have been overworked. The desire of candidates to be hurried through, and the undue zeal of officers to accomplish a large amount of work in It short time, has been the cause of injury, both to the candidates and to the lodge. It is better for all concerned that the work should be done deliberately, intelligently, and within reasonable hours. But work in the ritual is not the only business of a lodge. Some brethren seem to think that when there are no degrees to be conferred it is not importan t that they should attend, and now and then we hear of lodges bei ng opened and immediately closed again when it was ascertained that no candidates were in waiting. We are convlnceu that with proper effort on the part of the officers of the lodge such meetings could be made attractive and profitahle. Freemasonry teaches a pure and exalted morality, illustrated by significant symbols, and enforced by an eloquent ritual. Its treasures are not by any meaml exhausted in the mere perfunctory work of the ritual. However ad "anced our rank in Masonry, we are still rough ashlers, and our progress towards perfection can only be secured by the patient and persevering applicacation In our daily life of the tenets and cardinal virtues of our profession. With an of which we agree. Much local business was transacted. No Report on Correspondence. ROBERT WHITE, Romney, G. M. ODELL S. LO:KG, Charleston, G. Sec. All of which is fraternally submitted. ST. LOUIS, October 4, 1875.

GEO. FRANK GOULEY, Committee.

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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT. CO::\IPILED :FROl\I RETUUXS, SBPTEl\IBER 1ST, 1R75. s-:

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TDIF. OF MEETING.

~~~~dY~~·.:·:.::·.:·:.:::::::I Bea·con . Howard 1 United .. Ark ' O'Sullivan . Williamsburg .. Geo. Washington .. Agency . Pauldlngville : Tyro ~ Rising Sun . Auburn . Western Star . Memphis .. Clarksville . Palmyra , Paris Union : St. Louis , Greencastle . Wellington :

l'ISt. Louis :St. Louts 2 Rt. Louis St. Louis :1,Rt. Louis Rt. Louis 41New Franklin.. Howard 5:Springfield Greene 6 Newark Knox 7 Walnut Grove.. Greene S Willlamsburg .. Callaway 9 St. Louis St. Louis 10 Agency Buchanan n Wright City Warren 12 Caledonia Washi ngton 13 Barry Platte 14 Anburn Lincoln 15 Victoria Daviess 16 Memphis Scotland 17 ClarksvlJle Plke 18 Palmyra Marion 19 Paris Monroe 20 St. Louis St. LouiS 21 Greencastle sullivan 22 DeKalb Buchanan '

!Michael W. Eagan ' l<'rancis NolIl.: Milton H. Wash George H. Chorn W. A. Hall :Hugh Templeton !A. C. Bradley :J. G. Crane ;R. U. LeOl;lOri :Elljah M. yates "Vm. T Carter R. B. Logan M. J. FaubIon A. T. Downing G. W. Kenney E. Scofield ·James Glvens R. E. Anderson ,Geo. B. CaldwelL lE. F. Rehm lsumner Boynton S. D. Brown

Charles F. Voge!.. August Ahrens George R. Rice Henry McKinley P. Burns G. R. Bathrope C • .T. Moore s. T. \Veeks James H. Wyeth J. R. Farris W. A. Kabler :F. P. Marrow M. T. Samuel. :John T. Ellis R. C. Rowland 'John T. Board ,J. W. COlliIJs John W. Drescher I. M. Crutcher E. J. Williamson T. B. McNeal F. W. Hagenstein

First and third Thursdays. First and third Wednesdays. Second and fourth Thursdays. :Satur'~' on or before full moon. Thurs. on or hefore full moon. Ratur'y on or after full moon. ,Tuesday before full moon. :Satur'y before or on fnll moon. :Second and fourth 'l'uesdays. Saturday before full moon. iSatur'y on or before full moon. iSatur'y on or after full moon. ISatur'y on or before full moon. iSatur'y on or before full moon. !Satur'y on or before full moon. :Friday on or before full moon. ISat. on or bef. f. m.& 2dSat. aft.. Second and fourth Thursdays. First and third Saturdays. First and third Tuesdays. !Satur'y on or before full moon. iSatur'y on or before full moon.

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FlorIda . 23ilf'lorlda Wyaconda .. 24 La Grange NaphtaIl . 25:8t. Louis Mexico .. 261 Mexico Evergreen . . 27,New Haven St. John .. 281 HannibaL Windsor . 29 Windsor Huntsvllle . 3U Huntsville LIberty . 31 Liberty Lafayette .. 32 Lexington RallR · . 33 Madisonville Troy .. 34 Troy Mercer . 35,PrInceton Uooper .. 361 Roonville Ceda .. 37 ShotwelL Callao .. 38:Callao Modena .. 39: Modena.' Mt. Moriah .. 40~St. Louis JEtna .. 41:jEtna Middle Grove .. 42: Middle Grove Jefferson .. 43.Jefferson City Jacksonville .. 44 Jacksonv1lJe Bonhomme .. 45:M:anchester Wentzvllle . 46/' Wentzville Fayette . 47 l<'ayette Fulton .. 48, Fulton Haynesville .. 49: Haynesville Xenia . 50 Hopkins Livingston . 51; Glasgow Wakanda .. 52'Carrollton 53 Weston ~e~~?~~::.::::.:::::::::::: 54 l\larthasvillt> Arrow Rock . 55 Arrow Rock Tipton . 56 Tipton Richmond . 57 Richmond Mon ticello .. 58 MontIcello CentralIa .. 69 CentralIa N. Bloomfield .. 60 New Bloomfi'd. Waverly .. 61 Waverly Vincll . 62 1 cameron. • Cambridge . 63 Cambridge Monroe .. 64 Monroe City Pattonsburg . 65 Pattonsburg Linn ..:. .. 66 Linn 1 Rocheport .. 67,Rocheport Tebo .. 68 I Clinton 1

:1't!onroe Lewis Sf. Louis Audrain Franklin Marion Henry Randolph Clay Lafayette Ralls Lincoln Mercer Cooper Frankltn Macon MerQer St. Louis Scotland Monroe Cole Randolph St. Louis St. Charles Howard Callaway Clinton Nodaway Howard Carroll ; Platte Warren Saline Moniteau Ray Lewis Boone Callaway Lafayette Clinton Saline Monroe Daviess Osage Boone Henry

W. T. RIddle [J. B. Herndon Geo. W. Connell (1874). James T. Hutton (1874) Sol. Boehm Peter Behr J. M. Marmaduke(1874)·James Carroll (1874) Syl. C. Griswold Jno. A. Woodworth John G. Foss Wm. C. Kealy Jas. W. Brown R. F. Taylor Jesse Mathews J. C. Shaefer John W. Allen Peter B. Grant ,. John E. Ryland Xen. Ryland, Act'g !. B. Vardeman James G. Wylte Jas. M. McLellan Charles Martin Jno. C. W. Lindsey Joel H. Shelly Wm. M. Williams Jno. W. McFarland J. M. Boston W. S. Connally J. M. Pendleton W. Bennett Elza yates C. D. Weddle (1874) Thos. Nolan T. Hayward W. E. WoodsmalL J. M. Busey J. F. Forrest W. T. Featherston H. W. Long James L. Ryle Harrison McRimey R. J. Owens Jas. H. Hall, Jr Geo. Straszer Joseph C. Goodrich Joo. A. Richards R. P. WIlliams C. E. McArthur Peter Godfrey James W. Overton James Y. Whitsitt Geo. W. MitchelL Jobn Donlin Allan C. Kennedy Wm. J. Pritchett J. H. Hlll... James E.Drake T. T. Luscombe John F. Kenney James O. White John D. Waller Chas. Galterman B. T. Thompson G. H. Bowers J. W. Norman C. G. Ely W. A. Donaldson John C. Brown W. T. Humphrey J. H. Leeper W. H. Carpenter (1874). Wm. J. Bruton(1874} J. A. Guthrie J. Wilson John B. Wood Elisha M. Edwards G. A. Willis 13. S. Hare R. S. Harvey (1874) L. M. Alexander (1874). James L. Lyons Charles Swift William Earl. Henry Karney John T. Tracy John Feuers James F. Potts John C. Smitb J. G. Middlecoff J. N. Cook

On or before fun moon.

No ,·elur1Is.

Second and fourth Thursdays.

No returns.

First Saturday. Second and fourth Saturdays. Satur'y on or before full moon. First Tuesday before full moon Fin!t and tbird Mondays. Second Monday. Second Saturday. 8atur'yon or before full mooll. Tuesday on or before full moon Second and fourth Saturdays. Satur'y on or before full moon. Satur'y on or before full moon.

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No returns.

Second and fourth Saturdays. satur'y on or before full moon. First and third Saturdays. F'irst and third Mondays. Satur'y on or before full moon. Sat. on or bef. f. m. &2d Sat. aft.. Satur'y on or,before full moon. Monday onor before full mOOD. First Satur'y and tbird Friday. Saturday after full moon. Saturday before full moon. satur'y on or before full moon. Satur. bet. full moon & 2 w. aft. First and second Saturdays. Satur'y on or before full moon. Satur'y on or before full moon. First and third ~aturdays. Satur'y on or before full moon. Satur'y on or before full moon.

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Third Saturday. l:;atur'yon or before full moon. First and third Saturdays.

No returns.

First and third saturdays. Saturday after full moon. Saturday before full moon. Second Tbursday. On or bef. full moon & 2w. aftr

TABULAR STATEMENT OF LODGES, OFFICERS, ETC.-Continued.

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Sullivan , 69 Sullivail IJOhn W. Harmon I Franklin Roanoke I ill Roanoke ! Howard IC, R. Evans r Savannah 1 71 ISavannab [Andrew Benj. M. Danford Danville I 72, Danville Montgomery IStewart Carkeur Eureka I 73:Bruns~i~k ;Cllll.r!ton , Wm. Bierbower Warren......... 7·1 Keyte~vIlle ,Chan ton Charles Veatch )\shley I. 7t>'IAShley :.Plke s. A.',Bryant-.. Independenc(> i 76 Independence Jackson J. A. Westmoreland Lebanon I 77 Steelville Cmwford , R. M. Askin (1874). St. Joseph i 781St. Joseph Bup-hanan '''IHenr y C. Fox Polar Star ; 71) St. LOuis St. Louis Dexter S. Crosby Bridgeton ! 80 Bridg,:tolJ St. Louis Joseph H. Garrett Hickory Grove ! 81 Hallvllle P. O Callaway R. M. Flynt · Jackson 'I 8~ Linneus !Linn :Peter C. Flouruo;r Laclede 83 Lebanon 'Laclede lchas. W. Rubey Potter..................... 84 L<?ngwood !Pettis H. T. Allison Miami' j' 85 MlamI IHaline Lewis Fry Brookfield............... 86 Brookfield Linn G. W. Adams (1874) Wasbington........... 87 Greenfield ,Dade Wm. H. Stone Dresden I 88 Dresden IPettis I'!'. P. McCluney ()87;1) Friendship.............. 89,Chlllicothe Livingston /JaCob L. SmitlI King Solomon 90 Ht. C~tlIarine 1 Linn I,J. R. Crampton Madison j 91 MadIson Monroe J. O. Davis (1874) Perseverance 92!Loulsiana I Pike I Wm. O. Parks St. Marks.......... 93 CapeGirardeau., Cape Girardeau. IWm. B. Wilson Chapman ' 95 Las Vegas SanMiguel,N.M John B. Wooten St. Andrews I. 96\SbelbYvi.Ue ·.. lshelbY J. C. Hale Bethany I 97,IBethany Harrison :. IT. B. Sherer (1874) Webster : 98 Marshfield Webster Wm. F. ROlSser Mt . Vel'non Mt. Vernon 1 ,Lawrence W. K Wright.. Canton · 100 Canton i Lewi ' Wm. 1". ConraIL Easton 1011~aston· · IBuchanan iJOo;l. Robinson (1874) Bloom ington......... 102.BloOIDln g ton I Macon !John Salyer West VIew.............. 1()''3IMiIlersville ,Cape Girardeau' David R. Cowan Heroine 104 jKanSas City I.Tackson H. P. White Kirksville............... 105 Klrksville ~Adair 'A. L. Woods 1

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!Alfred O. Melvin !Saturday before full moon. J. W. Bayly lHaturday before full moon. ;E. W. JOy IThird Saturday. A. V. Sanders Thurs. on or before full moon. .las. T. Plunkett Thurs. on or before full moon. L. M. Applegate ,Saturday before full moon. W . D. Orr : rSatur'Y on or before full moon. :W. A. CllllnInghalU ,Second and fourth Saturdays. !Joseph Davis (187-1) "'I.J.VO returns. ;,Joseph S. Browne First and third Tuesdays. :Wm. Throckmorton Second and fourth !<'ridays. !Joseph Page :Saturday before full moon. IRobert Wade ISatur'y on 01' before full moon. 'Sam. D. Sanduslty !On or before fllll moon. Geo. H. Greenleaf.. ;Saturday beforefullmoon. D. H. Orear 'Satnr'y on or before full moon. W. T. Williamt' :Friday on or before full moon. C. W. Freeman (1874) IXO.1·eturns. John A. Ready FrIday on or before fUll moon. Peter Court,ney (187:3) .. +Vo retur1ls/or 1874-75. j'Jumes E. Cadle rFirst and third Saturdays. Thos. Crampton. Jr Satur'y on or before full mOOD. T. W. Stewart (1874) No returns. Chas. G. Hunter 'Tues. on or b. f. m. &2 Mon. aft. Alexander Ross Tuesday au or before full mOOD ,Charles Ilfeld Third Saturday. M.Shackelford Satur'y on or before full moon. W. C. Heaston (1874) ,Noretll1"n8. N. H. Bigger l.Yo date given, J. P. Porter Satur'y on or before full moon. A. Frank Poulton !Second and fourth Mondays. C. W. Benight (18741 INo retu1"n8. . Joseph Belcher /' Friday on or before full moon. J. W. Miller Satur'y on or after full moon. Geo. E. PItkin First and third Mondays. DeWitt C. Pierce Tuesday on or before fUll moon

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~oJden Square Aztec Montezuma Marcus Trenton Graham Plattsburg

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Erwin Dover

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Gentryville Seaman Athens Live Oak West Prairie Potos!. Farmington Star of the \VesL Pleasant Mount Warrensburg Phoonix Prairieville Lincoln Oregon Papin ville Orit'ntal Pleasant Grove Irondale Modern RI'Si ng Star McGee Cal>s yancey Lexington Blrming Milton Linn Creek Bloomtleld

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107 1Westport.. \Jackson 108 Lascruces,N.M Vona Ana, N.M lU9 Santa Fe, N. )1. Santa Fe 110 l Fredericksburg Madison III Trenton :.. Grundy 112 Graham Nodaway 113 Plattsburg Clinton 114 iColumbia Boone 115 Elk Mills McDonald 1I6 1 Gailattn Davless 117 Versailles Morgan 118 Kingston CaldwelL ll!l,De Soto Jefferson l~oIParkVi!le ,Platte 121 St. LOUIS '''ISt. Louis 122'Dover Lafayette l~l Hermann Gasconade 124lo'Fatl()n St. Charles 125 Gf'ntryvllle IGentr y 126 Mllan Sullivan 1271IAlbany ,Gentry 128 Pleasant HilI. ICass 130,Clarkton IDunklin 13111'01,081. Washington 132Farmlngton St. Francois 133 Ironton Iron 134:PleasantMount Miller 13..')'Warrenshurg Johnson 13.61.. Bo~ling Green., Pike 137:PraIrievllle jPike 138 Fillmore ,Andrew 1391 Oregon IHolt 110 ,Papin ville :Bates HI ~Tren ton Grundy 142' Otterville Cooper 143 Irondale Washington 144 Humansville Polk 145 Ebenezer Greene 146 College Mound .. Macon 147. HarrisonViue'''lcass 148. Pineville McDonald 149 I Lexlngton Lafayette 150: Blrming Buchanan Iiill Milton Randolph 152 Linn Cr·eek ICamden 15B Bloomtleld 'Stoddard 1

H. F. Hereford IJames A. KeeL John Martin lwm. L. Rynerson W. W. Griffin Charles PefEch, Acting. James B. Anthony H. H. Jones W. H. McGrath Henry C. Sykes J. R. Welch (1873) ,P. McQuarry (1873) Jno. O. Eaton jCbarleo; Ingles W. W. Garth Fred. PannelL C. H. Mason Wm. G. Longley James L. Davis 'Charles A. Shaw P. G. ''"oods 'IJames McNair J. M. Hoskinson (1874) H. C. Darhoff(1874) John C. Cape E. C. Rankin, Acting F. Kahn .John E. Threlkeld Ed. Wuestner \Simon Loewen John W. Phllapy Robt. T. Koontz Joseph Kessler j W. J. Zorn John G. MUler ,Ollver T. Cottle A. J. Clark Hugh Stevenson J. J. Dillinger James Morris W. L. Miller S. W. Clark T. F. Buchanan A. D. Hendricks V. H. Harrison Thos. Eo Baldwin C. D. Smith Jno. T. Robinson A. Parkhurst RobertTetley Jacob T. Ake W. G. Dilts H. S. Burlingame Wm. T. Franklin I. M. Bosaker S. King Farr Hez. Purdom /George C. Wise A. D. Atkins J. R. Powell ~'. Knickerbacber Smith George M. M. Smith John C. Vess Philip ZeaL H. C. Shivley A. D. Mullins C. R. Dudley Thos. V. Ellis Thos. J. Starkey J. W. Carter William Cain A. 1<'. Renfrow Jas. H. Mashburn W. H. Payne J. T. Walker 'l"hos. W.'McCormick Rufus Y. Powell W. H. Stansbury D. Dale A ..W. Chenoweth M. N. Lamance A. A. Lesnour Thomas Standish D. W. Clouser E. Y. Riskman A. J. Aurick L. T. Burton L. J. Roach ; Jno. O. Morrison Wm. D. Bloys Steph. Chapman

Friday on or before full moon. }<'lrstSaturday. First Saturday. Satur'y on or before full moon. First and third Thursdays.

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Firstand tbud Mondays. Thurs. on or before full moon. First and third Saturdays. No time given. No returns. ~aturday before full moon. Satur~y on or before full moon. Second and fourth Fridays. !:5atur'y on or before full moon. First Saturday. Satur'y on or before full moon. Saturday after full moon. Saturday before full moon. Second and fourth Saturdays. Satllr'y on or before full moon. Thur. on or before full moon. Satur'yon or before full moon. Friday on or before full moon. Satnr'y on or before full moon. Saturday after full moon. FirstTuesday Sat. on or.bef.f.m.&;2d Sat. aft. No date gwen. 8aturday before full moon. FirstMonday &; third Satur'y. Satur'y 011 or before full moon. Second and fourth Thursdays. Tues'y on or before full moon. Satur'y on or before full moon. Satur'y on or before rull moon. Wednesday before full moon. On or before full moon. Friday on or before full moon. On or ·before full moon. Third Monday. Satur'y on or after full moon. First Saturday. Satur'yon or before full moon. FrIday on or before full moon.

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Concord '. 154 Concord iC~lIaway Ja.mes A. Henderson \R. R. Shields ;Fourth Saturday. Spri ng Hill. 155 Spring Hill 'Ll vlngston James B. Francis (1874) H. K. Pearl (1874)......... No returns. Ashland : 156 Ashland Boone Hail T. Wright Henry M. Cheaver IThlrd Saturday. North Star ; 157 Rockport Atchison John W. Smith 'F. T. 8Imons ,Second Saturday. Johnson ' 158 Greenvllle !Wayne Alex. McBryde IC. W. Milster IOn or before full moon. Pacific : 159 Pacific Clt.y !Frauklin Harvey J. Smith E. L. Atkln80n ,Satur'y on or before full moon. ':Friday Pleasant HiOj Morrisvllle IPolk B. W. MitchelL Thos. C. Mitchell on or before full moon. Clifton Hill ; 161 Clifton ,Randolph A. Bradsher (1874) P. S. Baker (1874) No returns. Whiteville ' 1621 Whitesville ·1 Andrew Erander Agee ·· .. J · W. Papplewell ;On or before full moon. Occidental. : 163'St. Louis St. Louis A. M. Britton R. M. L. McEwen ·iSecond and fourth Mondays. Joachim 164IHlllsboro Jefterson Charles Pipkin J. Ed. Walker I,Safllr'y on or before full moon. Maryvllle 1&') Maryville Nodaway A. H. Morehou8t' Ed. McMil'!an ,First and third Saturdays. Mirabile ! 166 Mirabile Caldwell Henry CarrolL David E. Cross 18at. on or bef. f. m. & 2 w. after. Orient Francais , 167 St. Louis jSt. Louis F. M. Allemand Ed. Bobe ' First and third Wednesdays. Colony ' 168 Colony Knox M. P. Wright B. p.Starbuck s.atur'y on or before full moon. Ca.mden Point 169 Camden Point Platte Jas. W. Ewing Robt. B. Duncan ,Saturday before full moon. Benevolence 170 Utica Livingston John Low G. A. Chapman :First and third Saturdays. Ha.rtford. 171 Hartford........... Putnam G. C. Fullerton (1873) L. D. Teter (1873) .:Yo retumsI874-75. Censer* 172 Macon Macon James G. Howe Union I 173 Union Franklin Benj. D. Dean............. Thaddeus A. Lowe Satnr'y on or before full moon. Sturgeon 174 Sturgeon Boone I. W. Green :John W. Jacks Friday on or before full moon. Newton , 175 Newtonia Newton T. M. Ritchey !S. W. Wolcott Satur''y on or after full moon. Point Pleasant : 176 Point Pleasant.. New Madrid Robert Frazier James M. Dockery Satur'yon or before full moon. Texas ' 177 Honston Texas Jas. R. Simmons John H. Stetfens Satur'y on or after full moou. Griswold................. 178 Price'll Branch .. Montgomery Martin L. Cope CharIeR Wilson Satur'y on or before full moon. Pride of the West... 179 St. Louis St. Louis ;Wm. P. Hancock H. F. Hoppius First and tblrd Wednesdays. Des Moines............. 180 Athens Clark J. P. Talbott.. S. M. Northrup Satur'yon or before full moon. Novelty 181 Novelty Knox R. Rhoades (1874) Saml. N. Boyd (1874) ..:Yoreturns. Stewartsville : 182 Stewartsville UeKalb Jos. Chrisman John W. Latfoon Hatur'y on or before full moon. Ca.lifornia 1 183 California Moniteau H. J. ROS8 A. V. Thorpe Fourth Saturday. Calhoun ! 184'\calhOUn Henry R. Y. {<'ewelL H. RJack ISatur'y on or before full moon. Cbamols 18.'5 Chamois Osage J. P. Wagner H. Margual'd Friday aftt:r full moon. Morality ' 186 Renick Randolph G. A. Settle James H. Hardin Satur'y on 0)' before full moon. Henry Cla~ :.. :.:: _, ~~.~!lersbur~:_: .. Callaway : Isaac F. Coolls:::.:~::~:..:. Ro~ert N_._Bak~~::::.::.: ..:.:.. First ~~~rda~.__ . _. _ * Chartered October 14, 1875.

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Hannibal. 11881J:Iannibal... Zeredat.ha 189 Ht. JoseI?h Putnam 190 Newtonia Zerubbabel.............. 191 Platte Cit.y Frankfort 1192. Frankfort o An~erona 193 Missouri City . Wellsville............... 194 Wellsville ~ Bolivar................... 195 Bolivar I Qultrnan 路 Quitman > Carthage 197 Uarthage . Allensville.............. 198 Allendale ? New Hope 199 Auburn P.O l:5onora 200 Watson Jamesport 201 .Jamesport Westvllle................ 202 Westville Green Ridge 203 Windsor P.O Rowley 204 Arnoldsville Trilllmina............... 20.5 MarshalL Somerset 206 l:5omerset Clay.... .. 207 Clayton vi lIe Sallsbury 208 Halisbury Poplar BluiL 209'Poplar Bluff Unionville 210 Unionville Hickory Hill.......... 211 Hickory HilL FourMile 212 F'ourMile Rolla 213 Rolla Forest City 214 Forest City HornersvIlle........... 215 Cotton Plant Granby 216 Granby Barbee.. 217 Brownsville Good Hope 218 South St. Louis. Everett.................... 219. Everett RansasCity 2'20 Kansas City Mystic Tie 221 Oak Ridge Farmers 222 La Belle Woodlawn 22:3 Woodlawn Hamilton 2:.!4 Hamilton Salem 225 Salem Saline 2'26 St. Mary Cypress....... 2'l:l Laclede Shelbina 221; Shelbina Mitchell.................. 229 ColumbUS St. James 230 Sl. James Warrenton 211 Warrenton Lone Jack.............. 232 Lone Jack Bucklin 233 BlH'klin

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~ Warren E. P3Yne lseoond and fourth Mondas:~. 00 George Rees Second and fourth Tuesda:-~. Thos. H. Jones (1873) No returns 1874-75. . Wm. C. Wells (1873) returns 1874-75. L......J John J. Stub l:5atur'y on or before full moon. T. C. Reed First and third l:5aturdays. Wm. N. Walker Satur'y on or before full moon. Jas. G. Simpson Satur'y on or before full moon. Theodore Fifer Satur'yon or after full moon. Warren Woodward Second and fourth Wednesdays C. H. Golding FIrst and third Saturdays. John Cotter Saturday before full moon. Stephen South First and third Saturday. W. J. Lumpkin On or after fUll moon. L. E. Pancost Saturday after full moon. John B. Wells On or after full moon. John Wllhort (1873) No returns 1874-75. G. N. Uolbert... Friday on or before full moon. George Randle Satur'y on or before full moon. Thomas M. Gash Saturday before full moon. J. E. Weber IS.atur'y on or after full moon. E. C. Lacks Second and fourth Saturday . .~ W. T. O. Bryant ISoreturns. E. B. Lumpkin Saturday before full moon. ~ N.J. McBride Thurs'y on or before full moon. P. S. Huckins Satur'y on or before full moon. ~ ~. R. N. Howell First Satur'y and third Mon'y. N. M. Satterfield l<'riday on or before full moon. James R. Ellis Friday 011 or before fuil moon. G. W. Gilmore Satur'y on or before full moon. J. S. McClintock First and third Saturday. L. P. Chambers Saturday on or after full moon. H. C. LHchfield ISecond and fourth Monday. Wm. J. Roberts On or before full moon. Jacob Haldeman Sat. 011 or aft. f. m. &: 2 w. after. J. C. Rodes Satur'y on or before full moon. Winfield Miller First and third Tuesday. J. M. Orchard Satur'y on or before full moon. Leon Bogy Tues'y on or before full moon. P. F. Felt First and thIrd Wednesday. James W. ~igler Satur'y on or before full moon. W. P. Newman (1874) No returns. Wm. Stimson Saturday on or after full moon. JamesC. Dyer On or after full moon. ~ George Rheen (1874) No returns. ~ B. B. Putman Saturday before full moon. Ot

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,Z I: st. ~rancois" .. ~-::-.-~:i 2.34 Lib~rt;ville.~~ .. ·St~-fi~~COis :.~ F. J. Tettey IoniC 2.'35 Rensselaer Ralls D. B. West Sedalia ' 2;~tiISedalia ,Pettis Geo. L. Faulhaber La Plata 1 2371 La Plata ' !\1a('on J. M. Pt}well ..; Rushville ' 2·{8i Rushville :Buchanan Wm. Howard Spencersburg Z39,Spencersburg 'Pike George C. Fugus Granville.: ; 2!O:Grallvllle !Monroe James D. Evans Palestine 2HISt. Charles ISt.Charles Geo. B. Johnston Portland i 242[ Reform P. 0 ;Callaway M. S. COll.ts Keystone 2431S1. Louis St. Louis Charles F.Alden Middle Fabl us 244 Middle Fabi us Scotland Thos. Barnett Knob Noster 245 Knob Noster Johnson C. D. Everhart Montgomery citY"1 24~' ~()ntgom'y C'y Montgomery C. T. ~ver~d Neosho : 24/ Neosho Newton J. M. Z. Wlthrow Rochester : 24H Rochester Andrew ,Jas. P. Williams Carrol!.. : 249 NorlJorne ICarroll Peter Wilson High Hill.. 250 High Hill Montgomery John W. Hogge Hopt' 251 Washington 'Franklin J. W. Purvis Alanthus ! 252 Alanthus ~Gentry J. T. Llggette Lindley ! 253 Llndley IGrundy 'H.H.WlIson Butler 254 Butler !Rates W. E. Tucker Alton , 2.15 Alton IOre~on iJno. A. Rice Shekinah 20J Hanover IJetfe~son C.I<'. Lee Lodge of Light : 257 Eagleville ,Harrtson ;Hazelton J. Skinner Ravanna ; 25R Ravanl1a Mercer :J. A. Kennedy Lodge of Love I 21)9 Lancaster Schuyler ..!F.dward Higbee Mechanicsville 260 Mechanicsville !St. Charles IF. M. Audrain Florence 261 New Florence Montgomery E. W. Howell Holden : 262: Holden Johnson 10. R. Rogers Summit 263 Lee's Summit....Jackson IJames A. Sbaw Fayetteville : 26!, Fayetteville Johnson fA. J. Trapp Corinthian 26al Warrensburg Jobnson ·Geo. R. Hunt SociaL 266:.,. Martinsburg Audrain ·S. W. Crutcher Aurora 26i,St. Louis st. Louis IS' B. P.otter Lodge of Truth 268 Atlanta Macon Robert Mass Rock Prairie.......... 269. Dunkle's Store. Lawrence IJas. G. Morris (1874)

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-::.:::.:.. ~.~isatu-;;;~~~~b~f~~-fuil;;~~; Wm. H. Brown First Sat.urday. F. A. !Sampson :Satur'y on or before full moon. J.L. Miley Wed'y on or bef6l'e full mOOll. J. M. Wells ,Saturday before full moon. John L. Trlbbe ,Saturday after full moon. N. M. Read IFri. on or bef. f. m. & 2 w. aft·r. Richard H. Bacot :Tues. on or bef. f. m. de 2 w. aft. Joseph J. Neal ;Second Saturday. ;Jllmes Horrocks f.Firstand third Wednesday. ,J. D. Skidmore Saturday on or after fllll moon. Alonzo Case :Friday on or before full moon. ,Albert yogt Saturday on after full moon. !J. a. Williams Tuesday on 01 after full moon. Fred. J. Ga~er !1!Satur'y on or before fnll moon. 'J. A. Creasey Sat. on or bef. f. m. de 2 w. afler. ,Charles R. MiIler ISatu~'y on or before full moon. IK. R. Klebba iSaturday aft.er fnll moon. IJ. W. Osborn ISatur'y on or before full moon. Noah JohllSGn First and third Wednesdays. M. A. Maynard First and third Saturdays. IJno. J. Sitton :Saturday aftel' full moon. B. C. Berry : :Friday on or hefore full moon. Arthur R. Blown Friday on or before full moon. IJoseph Jenkins Wednesday before full moon. IC.C. Cowglll. Satur'y on or before full moon. ,S. K. Audraln Satur'yon or before full moon. E. Wilson Wed'y on or before full moon. W. C. Smith Thurs. on or before full moon. [C. A. Goshen First and third Fridays. . :W!U' P. Greenlee ;8atur'y on or before full moon. ,J. ZolI. ~FirlSt Monday. ,A. W. Tapscott ISatur'~T on or before full moon. iJ. E.Jones, acting 'First and third I<'rldays. IA. M. Attebury -Tues. on or before full moon. 1W. B. Garroutte (1874).. So returns. . 'I

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J. H. Alexander (1874)"IJ. W.Blrkenhead (1874)1·J.Yoreturns. . R. S. Eddy John H. paine Tues. on or before full moon. L. M. Jacobs :Henry Lamm IThird Friday. Wm. B.Sheldon0874). Tbos.J. Monroe (1874).. ",Yoretu1'ns. Thomas Adams G. R. Farra ISatur'y on or before full moon. Joseph H. Rea A. J. Allison Wednesday before full moon. A. H. Hale (1873) G. D. Hoover (1873) .J.Yo retuNlsl874·75. , H. M. Halcomb Lysander WesL On or before full moon. J. W. Melugin (1874) Chas. Marquiss (1874) No returns. M. E. Furguson Drew H. Green Friday on or before full moon. T. W. Stone C. A. Crumbaugh Satur'yon or before full moon. James Bowles John T. Hawkins Saturday after full moon. Robert Lyle G. Tuhloske Second and fourth Mondays. Jas. M. Connaway Wm. Hulston. Acting.. Thur. OJ) or bef. f. m. &0 2 w. aft. M. Hanber (1874) ]'t.TO retU1'ns 1875. J. J. Enyart ()874) G. C. Harbord (1874) No 1·eturns. Alfred Harter Jarret M. Sitton Satur'y bef. f. m. & 2 w. after. S. Bart Turner Thos. W. Furlong First and third Mondays. M. N. Neihart Wm. H. Ligget Satur'y on or before full moon. B. 1<'. Records IWm. H. Dryden., jSecond and fourth Saturdays. G. Fl. Statford ,Latltte Trotter ISaturday before full moon. E. V. WlIson ;Wm ..J. Slaughter Satur'y on or before full moon. Jno. W. Dunn iG. F. Burkhart 1Thurs. on or before full moon. IJno. Paxt.on IHiram A. Smith Tues. on or before full moon. S.P.Jewell... Geo.H.Troak Sat.onorbef.f.m.&2w.after. C. R. Scott C. A. Boyles ,Satur'y on or before full moon. I Milton Helwig : W. H. Pepkln S.McNeal Johnson :Satur'y on or before full moon. :Jno. M. Roberts Elijah McKelvy :Wed'y on or before full moon. iA. M. Crow D. A. N. Grover IFlrst Monday. James Marlin A. Hoetlng Saturday before full moon. J. W. Houghtaling C. M. Myers Saturday on or after full moon. David Springstit ~J. M. Crosthwait Satur'y on or before full moon. C. U. Burton 'A. F. McNeiL Friday before full moon. .James '1". Adams W. H. Rife Saturday before full moon. J. W. Evans C. Hornback Second and fourth Saturdays. F. De WInL H. P. Lynch Saturday on or after full moon. Richard Dalton Geo. E. Mayhall., Satur'y on or before full moon. Geo. W. Howell W. S. Gourlay 1<'lrst and third Saturda~·s. Wm. M. Hunt Duncan D. Gant Saturday before full moon. Henry A. Smith P. E. Kendall 8atur'y on or before full moon. W. J. yates, :.; P. ~. An~erson First and thIrd Saturdays. W. J. Wheeler (18/4) J. }<. Damel (1R74) INo retu1'n8. . Wm. P. Gi bSOll Geo. G. Valentine ;Satur'y on or before full moon. I.

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349 ;i50 ' Johnstown Bates 351!Bellevue Iron 352 I Ozark Christian H53'Savannah Andrew Heb~on 354!Mexico Audrain AdeJphl.. 355Union Mills Platte Ancient Landm'k. 356 Harrisburg Boone Pbelps a57!Phelps City ' Atchison Comfort 3,58; Rocky Comfort McDonald· Garrett.................... 3691 White Hare Cedar Tullcan 360 St. Louis ~t. Louis Riddick................... 361 i Buffalo D~llas Hiram &j2 Kahoka Clark Fraternal. ' 36;{Rollerliville Franklin King David a64. Kansas City Jackson Warsaw : 365 Warsaw Benton Unanimity 366 Weston Platte Barry , 367 Washburn iBarry Crescent Hill , ;~8 Crescent Hill 'Bates Composite i 369. Doniphan Ripley Williamstown ! :170, Williamstown.. LewIs Craig I 371!Craig Holt Nonpareil 372. East Lynn~ Cass : MandeviIle.~........... H73 Mandeville Carroll Golden Rule 374 Jonesburg Montgomery Plumb i 375' Middletown ..! Montgomery King HilL 376 Near St. Joseph I Buchanan Ancient Craft ' 377 King City Gentry Kllwinnlng 1 378 Unlonton 'ScoUand Coatesvi~le , 379 Coatesvi~le [SchUyler Q,ueen City 380 Queen City ISchuyler Ionia " 381 BarnettsviIIe Morgan Richland , 3ti2 Richland Pulaskl.. Pythagoras ; 3l'3 cassville Barry Harmony : &H Vibbard Ray Alexander ' ;~85 Bedford Livingston Dayton i 386 Dayton Cass Woodside H87 Thomasville Oregon Farmersville 388 Farmersville Livingston Arcana. 389 Wintersville RuIIlvan Marionville 390 Marionville Lawrence RayLown 39i Raytown Jackson Christian 392 Pink Hlll Jackson Bee Hive 393 Lawson Ray Dagan 394 1Mendon Chariton 1·

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Jas. S. Burns (1872) No returns sirlCe 1872. D. S. Godsey On or befor6 full moon. W. W. Reyburu ~atur'y on or before full moon. James R. Vaughn Raturday before full moon. Finley T. McFa.dden First Saturday. W. T. Anderson First, Monday. Browning MitchelL Saturday on or after full moon. T. H. Toulson Satur'y on or before full moon. John Lauterback Satur'y on or before full moon. John H. Adams (1874).. \lVO returns. James M. Travis Thursd'y on or after full moc,>n. John F. RandalL First and Third Tuesdays. Frank Furth (1874) No ,·etuNls. Wirt Morris Friday on or before full moon. J. M. Leverich Saturday on or after full moon. iLouis Tischer Second and fourth Wednesd'ys. James oR. Jones (1874) No returns. J. B. Evans Second and fourth Saturdays. B. F. Windes · Satur'y on or before full moon. Nelson Moudy Third Saturday. A. J. McCollum Hatur'y on or before full moon. Sam Neeper First Saturday. D. M. Parrish l"latur'y on or before full moon. A. B. Cass Satur'y on or before full moon. Wolt' Block Saturday before full moon. W. r...8mith Saturday before full moon. Cresap Parker Thurs'y on or before full moon. Cornelius Day .. E. W. Salisbury Satu.r'y on or before full moon. Jere. G. Smith Satur'y on or before full moon. A. J. Edson Frid'y on or ber. f. m. & 2 w. aft. H. M. Jacoby Saturday on or after full moon. I J. H. Stiffler Satur'y on or before full moon. Henry E. Warren Thurs'y on orberore full moon. M. Horine ~at'y on or bef. f. m. & 2 w. aft. C. Hauser Saturday after full moon. J. H. Baugh Second and fourth Saturdays. J. H. Page (1874) No returns. J. Posey Woodside Fourth Saturday. John C. Rose Saturday before full moon. James T. Richardson saturday on or after full moon. John A. McCullah Friday on or before full moon. T. W. Cassell .. Albert G. Knight Satur'ybefore 2d & 4th Sunday. R. J. Clark Haturday before full moon. D. W. Gutheridge(I874) lYo returns.

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---, -- - - - - - i - - - - - - .. - ----I~-·-----Latimer 395 Licking 'IT.exas J. E. Barnes O. P. Margedont Rll.turday before full moon. Western Llgbt-.. · 396· Louisburg Dallas Thos. F. yellger James L. Watson ,Satur'y on or before full moon. Gower ' 3&71 Gower iCllnton John C. Atcbison Heorge T. HalL :~ll.turctay before full moon. Jasper 39s,Midway P. G. BoUng(1874) O. W. RORe(1874) ;Xorefurns. iJas p er Pike 3W:.curry vllle · IPike Thos. A. RusselL iRAtUI"y on or berore full moon. IW. K. Biggs Decatur 40U'Pt'1t'ce City Lawrence iE. P. Llnzee (874) J. W. Hopper (1874).I. .. IXo return,~. Center : 401 Lebanon Laclede O. S. Williams Wm. A. JOhnson /Monday on or before full moon. GaveL 402 New Cambria Macon B. Van Wlr~ H. R. Soutbwick Rat. on or aft. f. m. do 2 w. after. Lowry City , 403 Lowry City St. Clair James Maban (1874) Jno. R. Hopkins (1874) No rP.tU171S. Alexandria 1 404 Alexandria Clark C. J. Hagan T. J. Given ~at. on or bef. f, m. do 2 w. after. Meridian Sun ' 405 Austin Cass Wm. T. Schooley Geo. O. English Monday on or before full moon Iturrea , 406 HaunibaL Marion Chas. H. yancey Jno. Pierson Recond anf! fourth Tuesdays. Montrose I 408 Montrose Henry J. G. Thornton Robert, Mesic Sat. Mt. fall moon do 2 w. after. Unity 409 Richmond ,Ray R. W. Redglll.. Jobn '1'. Qulrk _ TueRday on or After full moon. Iberia I 410 Iberia :Mlller T. J. Marchant Jas. S. Ma.rtin Ratur'y on or after full moon. Joppa ; 411 Hartvl\le I:wri~ht.. Jno. P. Robertson JameR Archer Friday on or before full moon. Appleton City ' 4l2,Appelton City.. SL Clair J. C. McFarlane JameR Hodklns Satur'y on or before full moon. Vallp.y 1413 Bolckow Andrew J. L. RobiRon ·IGeo. H. Sexton Second and fourth Saturdays. Greensbur~ : 414 Greensburg Knox P. G. H. Barnett F. Ht'nry Satur'y on or after full moon. Hunnewell ' 415 HunnewelL Shelby Alex. F. Barr James W. Wood Saturday after full moon. cache 14l68outh St. Louis'S!. Louis Daniel H. Bartlett R. D. Welch Second and fourth Tbursdays. Covenant 417 Carrollton jCarroll.. J. N. Cunningham Iwm. T. Snead First an? third Mondays. Clear Creek 418 Lincoln P. 0 Bent.on Alex. M. McIntire E. H. Moxley Fourth Saturday. . iSt. Clair Star ! 419 Taberv1lle A. J. Crabb A. G. Cornelills Satur'y on or before full moon. Itaska i 420 St. Louis 'St. Louis Ad. Kleintoph Jno. S. Hausman Second and fourth Wednesdays Eucl1d i 421 Versailles !Morgan Jno. H. Stoxer James W. Allen First Saturday. Gate oftheTemplel 422 N'h SpringtleldIGreeue E. A. Finney W. W. Manstleld ·Second Thursday. Newb~rg : 423 Newburg Laclede Jnn. H. Robertson Marion Barnett Ratur'y on or after full moon. Sama.rItan · 424 Via Cadet IWashington A. W. Keith S. C. Orten Satur'y on or before full moon. Cedar City ! 425 Cedar City 'Callaway C. W. Samuel Sam'l M. Meng Firl'lt Saturday. Leesville 426 Leesville.' !Henry rhaN. W. Duden Wm. T. Hlll Satur'y on or before full moon. 1schu y ler Gleow.o.od 427 GlenwOOd JHmes C. cross J. M. Shoemaker Satur'y on or after full moon. Loulsvllle 428 Louisvl1le Lincoln H .. H Hi!!=~inbothom D J. DuDf~anl ISl\tur:y on or before t'ull moon. New Madrid 429 New Madrid New Madrid RIchard H. Hatcher Henry C. Rlley Satur y on or before full moon. Iron Mountain I 430 Iron Mountain St. Francois W. A. Stephens W. G. Tbomas ,On or after full moon. Cement , I 431 Halfway Polk J. W. Burnes S. R. Lytle :satur'y on or before full moon. !.

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Silent Temple Wheel,ln g 81. Nicholas Lamonte Tuscllm.bia Temperance Mt. Olive 'l'rowel. Excelsior · Mt. Lebanon Anchor Ada , WestGate GreeIl;tleld Fairview Schell City Pledmont Belton Argyle Verona Forsytll Benton ..: RRrnesvllle Wallace Triple Tie Melville

' 433jMA.COn

Aam'l J. Wnson IFletcher White iFirst Thursday. W. W.,Edgerton ,K H. Bower i~ec~nd and fourth saturdays. ' hreene R. H. Hkeen Jospph Pollack ,1 uelSday before full moon. jPettis Thos. J. Mason B. B. TSlylor ITues. on or before full moon. 4:l71'~.l1llcumhla I.MIll;r John Bear DaVid Marshall ,Hatur·y on or before full moon. 4,38 Hmlt,hvllle ,Cla:\ Wm. R. Adams Wm. H. Pal.terson !First and third Saturdays. 1 439 :Yo P. 0 given, .. : Webster IJas. H. Williams Chris. W. Brooks IFriday before full moon. 44U Lut.esvllle !Bolllnger :A. R. Jaynes James H. Wilson Friday on or before full moon. · 4!1 ,Jackson ' C Girardeau 1N. fl. Harrison fiames F. BrookR Satur'y on or before full moon. I 412 Mt. Moriah Harrison IR. H. Rhea (1874) J. H. Myers (l874) I~Yoreturlls. : 443 St,. Louis Ht. Louis C. C. Rainwater............ . C. Bonsack Second and fourth Wednesdays 444.:Y0 P. O. givell IRay ' H. C. Perdue M. G. TR.ylor /Satnrda y on orafterfull.moon. 445 St.. Louis 1St. Louis !Jno. M.CoJllns S. C. Lawrence Second and fourth Tuesdaytl. 1 : 44(jIGreentleld ID:HI~ iJno. H. Howard Louis W.Shafer :1:~esday after l<'r1. bef. full m. 4478cottsville Sulllvan 'IH. C. Hutchinson J. T. SmHh ,l'Jrst and third Saturdays. I Vernon ! 4tSi.SChell City C. Van Orman T. L. Strong Sat. bef. full moon & 2 w. after. 4WiPiedmont IWllyne J. p.. McFarland IJames A. Park Recond and fourth Saturdays. , 4~ulBelton cass jG. L: Love A. C. Brokaw Second and fourthSaturday~. , 4.JI Nevada Vernon LeWIS O. EllIS 1J. W. Suliards Tuesday on or after full moon. 1 452 I Verona Lawrence .,E. D. Grfgg(1874) T. R. Armstronl?; (1874)iNoretuTlls. 1 ·JiB, Forsyth ITane y Levi Boswell, S. W Wm. R. Howard ,Saturday on or after full moon. ! Lincoln Benton I.H. J. Brlll. satur'Y on or before full moon. 4o,)' Logan's Creek.. Reynolds ,H. ChItwood Elijah D. Brawley Saturday before full moon. 4.)HIRunceton Cooper ·· ·.. IR. F. Wyan J. A. Waller i!'atur'y 011 or before full moon. :. 4.')7 Longtown pt'rry, ,.JOhn L. Martin IWrn. O. Henkel.. ls.atur'y on or before full moon. 4:"',s Dadeville Dade IJohn King (1874) R. N. Moore (1874) I ..No retUl'1l8. Ha~lewo.od : 4.')!I1 ~aldo 1 Weust"',r 1A. C. Heckendorn Wm. J. Trimble IT~eRdayon or before full moon. Lamhsklll : 4GUI~1. Lonis ·St. LOlllS ;James J. Denney A. R. Newcomh ":'0 date gwen. Caruthersville... . i 461 ,Carut bersville.. ' Pemiscot :ThO'l. J. Brocken (1874).. Thos. A. Bruce (~874) returlls. Santa Fe 1 462 Santa Fe Monroe. N. M JJohn S. Drake IH. P. McCarty ' I<'irst and third Fridays. Lake · i 46:~,.Cunnlngham Charlton :I"\. Hueston , John H SIU. tsman First and third Saturdays. Aulville 4(H:Aullville Lafayette !Lewis Carthrae Wm. C. Orea.r :Satur'Y on 01' before full moon. Silver Clt y [4f>5,SIIVer City Grant, N. M :C. Bennett (1874) R. C. True (874) !lYO returns. Centre View 4~~:Centre View jJohnson N.G.Engel JamesT. ~ill.. Friday on or before full moon. Pleasant Hope 46/, Plea!lll.nt Hope. Polk John C. Cochran Ira O. Parrish Friday on or after full moon. Red Oak ! 4llS Gray's pOint j Lawrence G. H. Finley J. T. App rson ;Raturday on or after full moon. Plato 1 4(j!)IPlato , TeXRl' iO. E. Crosby J. S. McDonald :Salurday before full moon. Nodaway ' 4701 Maryville Nodaway ;Alexls W. Rarlteau Ira V. McMillan Second and fourth Saturdays. Mineral. 147.1.iOl'Onogo Jasper 'J. Morris young C. P. GRllIenne ITues. on or before full moon. Pickering 4i2'Pickering Nodaway ,James H. Johnson J. W. Harman Saturday on or after full moon. Ninevah 4~a 1 Lincoln i A. C. Snet,h.o~l. Troy f. C. Elmo~e Satur~Jay on or afterfull1noon. Guilford : 4/4,Guilford Nodawa.y Quintin Wilson r. A. Martlll jSatur y on or before full moon. Golden :.. i 4Z~;Golden City \Barton......... IJ. F. Morrls :John ,E Garrett, act~.. iTue!l. on or bf'fore full moon. Mt. Hope 14,(),Ml. Hope Lafayette.. · IAlex. R. Leeper jWm. r. Anderson IFriday on or before full moon. Henderson 477!Henderson Webster Benj. l". Dennis Tames K. P. RusselL Thur. 011 or before full moon. Racine 4iH.Dayton Newton R. J. Henderson '.r. O. WetherelL Satur'y on or before full moon. 1

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!~lvingston

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TABULAR S'rATEMENT OF LODGES, OFFICERS, ETC.-Continued.

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LoDGE.

TOWN AND, I. ~. E IP 0 A ::s! • • DDRESS., ! IZ I

, COUNTY.

SECRETARY.

MASTER.

I W.

_ 1479 :Butler Union 4801 LaJunta Clinton 481\Cllnton Clintonville 41l2jClintonville Irish Grove 483 Irish Grove Kirkwood 484,Klrkwood Paragon.................. 485' Green Ridge Cairo 486 Calro Herndon................. 487 Herndon Lock Spring ! 488 I Lock Spring Lakeville i 4H9 I Lakevllle Montevallo I! 490, Montevallo Pittsville 491 ' Pltt8vme

! Bates W. Ross (1874) ~ Mora, N. Mex M. Bloomfield :Henry · 1B. L. Q,uarles ICedar ,Jno. C. Pruet ;Atchison !Sam'l VanGundy St.. LOuls !W. D. L. BuelL Pettis jSvlvester Sawdy Randolph IWru. M. Baker ,Saline W. L. Crain (1874) :D2.vless Levy T. Ewen :Stoddard Wm. B. Nichols :Vernon S. G. Popplewell JOhnson B. G. Morrow (1874)

J. H. Druitt (1874) Charles Brouner C. H. Carpenter James P. Adcock Jonas B. Denny Henry T. Mudd: James Story Chas. E. Lewellen O. L. Allen (1874) IT. B. Brookshier Jas. A. McNeely ThOS' 'I'. Curry iJ. L. Evans (1874)

Charleston· Vandallat Daggettt

\MISSiS8I PP t... Audratn Mon tgomery

: :

U.D Charleston U.D Vandalia ,U.D,1Loutre Island

TIME OF MEETING.

J. H. Bethune Jno. H. Bird James Stewart

/. No r-;";;';';;;" - - .8atur'y on or before full moon. 8atur'y aft. full moon &2w. aft Sat. on or bef. f. m. & 2 w. after. Second and fourth Tuesdays. Second and fourth Mondays. Wed. on or before full moon. }<'ourth Saturday. No returns. First and third Saturdays. Saturday on or after full moon. Thur. bef. fnll moon & 2 w. aft.

No return.~.

• Dispensation granted January, 1875.

t Dispensation granted October 14, 1875

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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT. Compiled from Rturns to September 1, 1875.

,Q-~ I

.0 LODGE.

~0$

Work Done and Dues Paid.

l .. !.ol-o' ~~

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Dues Paid.

E /'E'Oo._C:1l 18

~I---------~--~I~ ~i~ ~I~I!~ !I~I ~ --_-I "I 1

:4 61

10 11 12 13 }54

16 . 17 }98 20 21

~ I 26

Missouri Meridian................. Beacon Howard United Ark........... O'Sullivan Williamsburg Geo. Washington........ Agency............................. Pauldingvllle.............................. Tyro Rising Sun...................... Auburn Western Star MemphiR Clarksville :.................. Palmyra Paris Union St.Louis Greencastle.................................

8, 7 6,? 41'" 8; 146 9.i. I) 6 3 I.;.: ~ 49 5, 6 7! 4 2 / 4 "127 2; 2 21 1... 3... .')8 1 78 1 / i· 3 , ,...... 11 2 4 1...... 1,...... 2 49 1 1 l' 1... 1............ 27 4 2' 2 63 51 6 4 4[ 1, 5 1 4 221 41 4 4 3 2 2 "'I''' 72 1 7 6 6 81'" ... '" ....... 53 2 3 4... 2 2, ,.... ......;JH: 3 2 2... 2 1·... 73 1 1 2 2 1 ~9 1 4 1 11' 11 06 I 3 6 a 8 1... 1... 21110 1 1 1 4 8... 1 78 ;. 3 14 ~ 3 110'1' ·4 1 H 5 a 3 4 "'1'" 109 3 3 2 4 5 2 3i 11 99 1 7... 41 1 1,'" 3~ "','" , 4 5 7 1 4 1 4i 3

::: :::

4700 III 00

1 146

4~ ?O 54 ,,0

24 1)0 29 00 3000 109 50 36 00 26 50 18 50 35 50 1900 2800 55 00 ;{9 00

III

31......

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50 50

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26 00

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Modena Mt. Moriah

, ·1 ..· 610 4

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[NO returns. 81 28 00 7

1 $17 00 due for 1875. 5 No returns for '75, and $20 50 due for '74. 2 Paid $15 50 for 1873 and $13 50 for 1874, 6 $21 00 due for 1875. leaVing $13 50 due for 1875. 7 Had a credit of $12 00. 4 S15 00 paid for 1874.

G. L.-A. 11.

154

[Oct.

Appendi::c.

GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT.-Continued.

============-

-_._._-_._---_._------._-----------.-=--=-

.~~

.01' .0.01 ~11-ci~I. ~ '0 ~ 1'0 'iii '0 '0 ::: ::; I §:::.., ~ ;; ~ ~ s '8 .0 eol ~ ~,~ C -; '0 ,_ Q5 Cll

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•

Cll 1

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Cll

eli

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S Cll

;-:~JkG,o;;e:::~:::::::::::~:~=: ~ 11~~I~~:~!~~!I!. :>lg: 1

J e1ferson... Jacksonville

I 1 I.. 5 4 "'1 8 i 1 1 1, 3,1 6\

47'

Fayette Fulton

Hay~esvllle

2: if 1 4 4 8,4 1 1 5' 5, 5 1 2

Wakanda.

5 5

1~ 48

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OJ.

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Centralia : 1 , New Bloomfield.......................... 11 11 Waverly ; Vincll 2 1 Cambridge Monroe............................................ 11 Pattonsburg........... ...... ...... ......... 1 2

~lliva:

76 77 78 79 80 8L 82 88

Independence Lebanon St. Joseph Polar Star Bridgeton Hickory Grove...... Jackson ........ ~ ........ , Laclede....................

87 88 89

Washington....................... Dresden Friendship

Perseverance

Bethany.:

r ~! 4.... ~: 1

' 1,

11'

34 50 2850

ti5

3250 6050 3150 2450 6350

1 ::: :::' ::: :::

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127

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66'~

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60 64 6S

1 31 1 7...

5050 No ret'ns 11 12 3200 34 00 No returns. 26 50 2;{ 50

1... 1

$20 00

~9 i 07

L::I ''''''': ~:.~;:~ 1-4 121 """'1"'1 74

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12 2 ! ' 4' 3 3; 51 7 7 .i I 1 2 2 2 ...... 1: 2 II! 'I

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3 S: 3 81' 2 1 0 211 1 1

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14 No returns. 7650 1900 15 24 "0 u

30 50 20 50

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.. 2 2 6 3 1...

1...

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31 50

39 ()()

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$15 due for IS74. $28 50 due for IS75. Credited by College certificate $24 05. N 0 return~ for 1875, and $25 due for '74. $29 due for IS75. $22 due for 1871).

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No returns.

14 $46 due for 1875. 15 $84 due for 1874, and $S250due for 1875. 16 No returns for 1874-75. 18 Charter surrendered. 19 $1 90 by credit 1874.

155

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1875.J

GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT.-Continued. -.

98!

110

Marcus

105

...

::::

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Dues Paid.

107

10'1

'I~a; od

'4),o 4)

~ ~!: E'=I~'~ ~I;: ~ s ~ ~'I~ ~I~ ~:~ ~ ~I~ ~ 1----·Webster 2 2 3i'" 6 III "';"'1 31 ?5[' $3750 ~at~~~~~~.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: r 1 11~! ~, . ~I::: :::::::... ~ ~~ Easton i... . No rf>lUl·ns. __.

Bloomington West View HerOine Kirksville Golden Square......................

103

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Z -----. 188 101 102

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3 2; 2 11 a 11: 2 2

11...

6 6 2 4 2,... 5 ~I 51' il 3 /... I 2 2 1. 11'"

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601 3il 2)130 6 II!)' I 69

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3000 1900 61 50 20 21 3'1 50 2'~

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4550

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114

2 144

7200

H~ ~:~1:ff;~~·:::·.: .:·: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ~ I::~!"'1'": ~ : : i"~i,. ~ '1 :::! ::: ::: HNo returns.~ Kingston 34 00

118 119

De Soto......................................... 7 1 8 61 3 3, 1 Comfrass....................................... :i 51 6 I'" 1

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6;l 4?

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140

Papinville

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Modern

5: 5 6 2j 2:

15-':i 156

Spring Hill AShlalJd

128 130

131 i333~

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7 ~ 5 4 I

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8(1 49 74 7~ 88 ill 50

31 00 ~O 50

~~ :

4050 2450 3700 3474 00 . 00 2550 25 00

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3000

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20 Crt>dit $300 lIue Lodge. 21 $1)9 50 lIue for 1875. 22 $r> OOcredit due Lodge. 23 $6 50 due for 1875 and $16 00 due on

charter.

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"'1' "'21

1717'(j 2,1 I

14! 83:

'----_'_...:.;

,etu,"'. 3950

due for 1874 fiud $2.') 50 line for 1875. $22 50 due for 1875. $38 50 paid for 1874. $48 50 due for 1875. $34 00 paid for 1874.

24 S31

25 26 27 28

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Appendix.

156

GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT.-Oontinued.

~ ·1· ~a ~'II~I~ ~II~I s~

(1)

li2

173 174 175 176 177 178 179 1I:lO 181 182 183 181

185 186 187

188

189 190 191 192 193 191 195 196 197 108 199 200 201 202 203 20t 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213

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171

157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 lti6 167 168 169 170

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LODGE.

North Star Johnson 2 I 2 1"'1"':"'1'''' Pacific :............................. 3... 1 2... 3 Pl~asant· ·..· · ..· i .. • i···I ..· 1 1'1'" 2 Clifton Hill Whiteville................................... l I ....... 1 2' 2:....... : Occidental 114 121118.3: 216 Joachim 5 5; 6 1 7 ,

56 61 46 55 54 4 208 52 I, I, ,,,, .. "','" 69 8,12 40 oj .. : 4 ' I 42 1,2' 39 1 1 ! 34, 2 1 1... 46

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M~ryvllle.....................................

MIrabile Orient Francais Colony Camden Point. Benevolence Hartford

, 4 3 4 ·.. 16 6 4

"" ' 21

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II..·. ··..

1 2 1 2 2

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28 30 24 27 27 104 25 34

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21 ()() 11 950 7 00 23 00

, No returns. g~~~~.~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.::::' ::: ::: : ' : ' . ::: "i 1"2' ::: ::: ::: C~i ~3200 ~ * Sturgeon 2 31 H: 1O 1 I 1 1 1 64 1

Newton Point Pleasant Texas : Griswold PrldeoftheWest.. Des Moines Novelty , Stewartsville............................... California Caihoun ~ Chamois Morality HenryClay HannibaL Zeradatha

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3 2 2 2 3 4

3, 21211 .. , 111 1 2 I 112 1 2 I ' , ( 5 ! 4; 2 4 -! 1; 2 , ",

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2500 30 28 00 1350 5950 1900

No returns.

215:

2'200

59 56 27 119, 42;

1 2 1 2 51'" 1... 50 2 2 2 31 3, I .. , 1 65 2 311 .. , ' 1 44 2. 1 4 11. 33 4· 4 4 I 4 1 2 21 49 1,1 I I~ 1: , 37 1'1 1 6· ' 21 1 78 3: 2,1 ti 311 1 ,127

25 00 3100 22 ()() 1650 2450 1850 39 ()() 6350

::i: ::6 ::: ::i! ::: :::! :::~~ No ::t:n:i 1

I. : : :

Bolivar Quitman Carthage Allensville New Hope Sonora Jamesport Westville Green Ridge

11'" i 1 "'1""'" 2 2 11 1 1 2 4 2' 21 2 4 I 2. 2; 11"'14 ' I 1, , 1 2 I 4 41 a 3 1 2' : I 3 3 2 3! 1 '... 1 2,... : I' 1[1

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Angerona

3 4

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.. ·1

25 50 2600 2450

..·

51 51 '50 72 98 34 46 33 42 45 21

2 2 12 I 4' I 4: 6[8 2 , 2 3 2 2 1 2......

34 90 35

15 00 4500 1750

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""'"1''' i...

2 1 1 4 1

311 ()()

4800 1700 2~ 00 1650. 21 00 22 50 10 00

fl~~~i~~::::::::::::::::::·:·:·:::::::::::::j "ft:~ ::~ "fl:~ ::~: ::::::: : : . .~.~ No ~t~ns. Sallsbury Poplar Bluff unionville

'" ..

~~~~°rl1I~~.~~:::::::::::::::::::·::.:::::::: ~I ~I ~ ) ::: ::: ::: "i ::: 3 ~ 1

Rolla............................................. 21 21 3 31 2 I... 1... 1 102

29 $1850

due for 1875.

* Chartered October 14, 1875.

30 $850 paid 1874••

No returns.

50 ()()

31 $44 due for 1870, and no returns for 1874 or 1875.

Appendix.

1875.J

157

GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR S'l'ATEMENT.-Oontinued.

~ C1l ,Q

LODGE.

8 ~ Z 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 2:.11 22~

223 224 22.') 226 2'Zi

228 229 230 231 232

2.'3a ~34

235 236 237

238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245

246 247 248 249 250

251

252 253 254 2.'55 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 26,1 266 267 268 269 270

32 $31 paid for 1874 and $1 50 credit for 1873. 33 $15 due for 1875. 37 $20 due for 1875. 34 $17 due for 1874. 38 $11 paid for 1874. 35 $21 50 due for 1875. 39 $43 due for 1875. 36 $19 50 due for 1875. 40 $14 50 paid for 1873.

41 $20 due for 1875. 42 $21 paid for ISH. 43 $15 due for 1875. 1路1 $9 ,'50 due for 1875. 45 $25 paid by loan ac.

[Oct.

Appendix.

108

GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT.-Oontinued.

-g

~ ~

LODGE.

.0~ 1"0 I~I~ -gl· <Ii E . ~ ::: ~~ "0~ 2'"' I Dues Paid.

.0Q)

1.0 ~

:=rDrtlSs"OQ,&l:I<li 8 ~ -; 1"0 ~ 00 M 0li) ,'~ Q)

..-4

SOlomon Granite St. Clair New Market

271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 .284

Lodge of Peace Fenton

Acacia

'...

i .. ·'

"'1

41 42

20 50 2100

·1.·.. '

,,21

49 13 50 00 ~~ 51

"i: :::! :::"i

. ·, ~i~~¥~~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::ll !! P~;i: J: RI "':1'" .. 1

291 292 2lla 29-1 29.1 296

Lamar

Cameron Ozark

297

~I·:·I

; ! 1; ,

2 I

·1 ..·

"'1'"

ru il8

"·I·"I Ch .,

2U 00

"'1' 11'

2150

4a,

~~g~~~~~:~.::.:::::::::::::.::::::::::::::::::.~I . ~; :~i"~ .~; : ~ :+>:: : : ~~I ~g ~ 4[ :

298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 30U inO

'II

Whitehall. : a' 4, Lick Creek................................... 1 J Os~ge. 3 1 Faithful. 1 1 Clarence 2 Ashlar 2 21 New London 2: Parrott......................................... 2 ' 3:

52 IS 00 16 00 1~ 00 00 23 50 14 00 1950 55 00 53

2 2 1 36 1 2 ' l' 32 4 : 7'1'" 16 1 i '''1 82 I: 2 3~ 1 '",''' 112 1,2 I:... 4/ 2 r .. · ~8 1 [ il9 3... 6 "'1 60 '"'['''

1'":'' ·.. ! !I !2 .,,' i ::: ::: :::,:::

i.';~e~t~~'~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

311

~ :::

~f~JE1~~t:::~::··:H·.~:.(::··:.: :I}:.:I·~i::.:,.::1:[ :li::.::ll·~ ~ ~ ~ "':'"1'' 1' ' ·"i ..· 1

312

3U 325 326 327

!...

~~\~~~~.~~:.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: . :::: i' 3 '2 '2j'31"j :::

290

322 323

: 1 1: 7 8 7; 4111

l~~r~~:;!!!!!:::!::i:!:::::::::::::!!::HI;I::r:;IJ:1 :;ljINO ~tin~~ ·I . ·'· .

289

321

'"1'''''''

288

319 320

?~~~x..~.~~~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I::: :::!"i "i:"i ::: I::: ::: I::: ::: '''24 No return:i ti~~l:'s"c~ei;k:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::I"i"j 'j ,'ii 'iil :::1: ::: I:::. :::."j '''22 No ~~toons.

286 287

a1;~

----4-6 $3300 No re.turns. 31 1550 27 1350

5 5 5[2 3 : 61 Ii 1 : "'1':" 1 1[1 1: 1 "'1'" 4 2 211: 11'" , :...

Tran~Ul1lty

285

314 315 316 317 318

~.::~=~.:. -.:.:.:-.~ ~ ~I~:~ ~ ~[~ ~ ~I~ ~7

Rural

I·

;

~~~~~~d;)::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::"i "i!"i

PaulvllIe Chapel Hlll.. Jonathan Hardin Corner Rtone McDonald

; : 1

Ii . ~ ::: ::: ::: :::!..~: li . ·i "'1' II 1 2' .. ·1 ..· ..· .;. Ii i

2: 1 '

' '1

1 6 5[5 1 0i'''' 2 6 6 5... 1 I 1 ." 21 2 2("'12;"'1'" 1; 1

2ll 32 1:l8 , 2 6il : 46

r~t~rnl'l.

1~ og

56 1500 1600 57

HI no . 3·1 00 2.100

~~£~:~~oi:;:::::::::::::::::::::::·:::::::::::I:::I::T: ..~i ~i::: ..~ ..~1'.1:: ~ , No returns. ~f gg Mt. Zion 1 i

46 $3850 due for 1875. 47 $12 due for 1875. 48 No returns for 1875-the $60wasp'd for 1871-2-3-4. 49 $16 due for 1875.

50 $39 due for 1875. 51 $25 paid by loan ac. * Chartered Oct. 14, 1875. 52 $650 due for 1875. 53 $25 paid for 1874.

54 $1 due for 1il75. 55 No returns for 1875, and $27 50 due for 1874. 56 $22 50 paid for 1874. 57 $14 50 due for 1875.

Appendix.

1875.J

159

GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT.-Continued.

i.o

:D S

1.0.) .g 1.0 ~ oci

eli

~clQ)IQ)'~;::: .0 loci I~ ~ I .Q)'Q)rno·.o 'g ~ S ~ :D

LODGE.

Dues Paid•

~rnl1tJSS"OQ.Q.ClQ) S ~ -; '''0 I Q) ~ ~ '@ Q( Q) I~ ,p.. 0: 1< is '0 00 ~ ~ ~ ~ 1

~==.=1'3 '31"2 2 ~I~ 1: ~ ~ ~ 34 -woo58

328 -C;ln;;ille 330 Lath rop t... 331 Charity 7' 6 6' 6 2... 84 332 Ryland 1 Ch. 333 Chll11cothe................................... 615' 4, 4 1 1 3...... 1 75 3.'M Breckenridge..... 3 4 71... 1 1...·.. 1 50

40 00 20 00 36 00 25 00

m' ~~~~t;:;:::::::;:::::::i::::::::::::::::::::r!1 Ii(: : : : : :~ ::;.~ ';i~n~9 No

340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349

Ben Franklin Hebron............ Adelphi Ancient Landmark Phelps

Tul'Qsn Riddick Hiram Fraternal

366 367 368 369

Unanimity Harry Crescent HilL Composite Wllllamstown Craig Nonpareil MltndeVllle.. · · GoldenRule Plumb Kin~ HilL AncientCraft.. Kilwinning Coatesville Q,ueenCity Ionic Richiand Pythagoras Harmony Alexander Dayton

:rT0 :rT1 3t~

3/3 374 :rT5

376 377

~85

31 49 93 55

;

::: ::: :::

"6 ~g

'"1'' 2,......... 4, 3... 1......

III

61 6

1, 2 1,,,,

3 3 2 4 1,

2 1 Ill

1 :::

:::

9, 917 3 1 ' 1 1 2! 1.11,.5 4 I 8 2 2...

"i :::

"'1'" :::'

26 50

28 50 75:rT 50

590 61 1650 1900 t ns :~: "'32,NO • HI 148 7300 No returns. 45 22 50 61 52 26 00 4

!:::......

~~ ~

53 57 33

ri6 'M

11110 W~r~a~~~!.~:·.:·.:·::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I..~ .~ ..~: ::: ..~ ::: :::,j ::: ::: ::: i... ~.~ No r~~~ns.

386

"'1'"

4 3 3 3

g~~~~i~.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::"i'l"i "il"i '4

360 361 362 36a

11 00 16 50 15 50 25 50 45 00 27 50 3 26 13 00 No returns. "'ICh. 2000 No returns.

I'"

'Uo~:i~:::::·.::::.::::::·:::::::·::::::::::::::::II~!1~ 1~: ~ ..~,1..~ Friend 1... 3' 1 2 ...

R52 353 354 355 356 357

37H :!I1l 380 3Hl 382 383 384

41 1 ............ 1......... 5'...... 1 3 9... 51...... 7 15 1 8

Amity 11'" ..·1 ..· Relief.......... 1 1 2 Ci rei e......... 1 1 2... Agricola 4 4 4 1 Moberly......... 9 9 7 2 Fellowship 14 12 12 14 Arlington.................................... 1 2 1 2, 2 Landmark I ' Cimarron, New Mexlco* I Lone star..·..· ·..· I..·

II I'

!... "'1

·.. i .. · 4 1 3 1 ~4 1~ 00 I 4 6 1 !'" 3 66 ,28 00 4' (l 6 1 3 11'"1''' 11 46 1950 31 2:, 1 : 1 33 ]650 : 7'1 6 1 5 3 1 1 5'1 42 2100 .: I I: 2 1 2 Ii 1 34 62 : 51 7'. R 1 3 1 ' 1 34 1700 ·1 4 . 4: 7: 11"':""'" 2 43 2150 3,3jI13'2 I I ,.2,i 41. 2050 , '.• l.i !I Ii 1. 1 "'1"'1''': 1: 15 1 750 , 6: 7 , /' 31 1 1 1'" ''';'''1 1, 41 2050 22: 12 2 ' , "'1'''\'''137 1&50 3 4: 4 "'1''''1 1: , ' · 40. 2000 I: ' , , [... 16 ROO 1 1, 3 2, 11 j 2 32 1600 2 3· 3 1' , I .. ·' .. · .. · I) 46 23 00 , 1 21.4 I ,"i 1 "','" 37 1, III 50 8 7[7:315,1 1 2 46; 2300 35 ; 2 2.2 1 1 11' 1 11""""'''1 1 17 ~O 313 : 3 '''11 i·"1 1 1 59: 29:)0 i .. ! : i No retnrns. 1

I 41 4

'" Chartered October 14, 1875. 58 No returns for 1875 and $14 50 due

for 1874. 59 $13 due for 1875.

·1·.. ,,,,

"'1'"

60 f18 due for 1874. 61 $2.5 credited by loan account and $3 60 on ledger. 62 $15 due for 1875.

[Oct.

Appendix.

160

GRAND SECRETA.RY'S TA.EULAR STATEMENT.-Continued.

38i 388 389 39U 391 392 393 394 g95 396 397 398 3D9 40U 401 402 403 404 405 406 408

- ---

- --

-a I ~ i'i

"0 .-

Hil<X<ClO.:lJ~P::;O:::

--1---------

Woodside 3[2 2 1[2 1'''' Farmersville............................... .. ...1 Arcana 1111'" 1 1 ' Marionville 4 2 2 2 \1 1'

Dues Paid.

1- - - - -

"'11

$1750

271

25! 43

1250 2150

~~ri:J~~ .: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ''"tl' f il"1 ~-::: J : : : : : ~I ~~I No returns. ~'j ~g Dagan Latimer 36 Western Light "'1'+"13, 00

112 2 1 3 21'" 1 3

y~~:~ ::::::::::::::::::':::::::.::::::::::::::: ::

I:: : : : : . ::Y ::f: ::l·'.' !

ll~~~:ose·::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~"/:: . ~ :::

1800 1600 66

~ } ~i~\i:~ ~: : : : : : .: :~:~: :~: : : I:.~I t~ :l :~ } I:: ::til"ft,"I

Me"d'.nSon

1···1···

ic ::: ::: :::'

i!:~:::

No : : :

950 22 00 68

r~ ~: : ~: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ~h i :\:~ : ~' : :I: ~: : : i ~ l~ ~

409

410 411 412 41g

Appleton City Vallp.y.............................. Greensburjl; Hunnewell Cache Covenant Clear Creek Star Itaska Euclld Gat\OftheTem p le

414

415 416 417 418 4W

420 421 422

"'11 2 8 6 6, 41 4 1 8 6 5, 4 I 86 615. 6 6' 12 11 11; 8 ~ 5..' 11 8 6 2[' 3 ~ 2; '~i 1

2 RIll'" 3i 35 1... 38 I I ! .;. 3-1 3 41 1 1 "'1'" "'131, 48 4 1...... 2, 36 7 3 1... 2' 2/l 2 I ! 1137 4 3 g'I ' 7 78 ' ~ 4 2 I, B2

'''12'

"'1'"

1·

<ill 1750 19 00 17 00 2050 1~, 50 70

1300 1850 3650 14 00 ~~

~f~~~~:~·~:::··:.:.:.: : · ·:·.· • •:·: '~I;r~I!.: .; }I':I: I':: If I ~;,

423 424 42.5

426 427

LouisvIlle New Madrid Iron Mountain Cement.................................. Dauphi ne , Silent Temple Wheeling

428 429 480 431

1 1 2,

2............

4 4 51

1 2

7: 3 4: 2 5 11'" 3 2 1

4 4'1'"'"

·1

["'1"'1

26 26 36 18

"'j 2825 ~~£i~i·:.:~·:·:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: } ~ .~i:i .~ :::: : ~ ::: :::"'1"'128 ~!!Y Temperance I2 2 2 3 1

432 43:3

434 435 436 437

1 2 11 4 1 : 1 1,... 1... 1... 1 i

1 ..

438 489 440

441 442

443 444 63 64 65 66 fn 68

.Ql4jrll<QI,o 8 ~ I ~ ~ Q;1 ~l' Ql

~"'rllE5"Ol:l.l:l.CQl

I~ ~ ~I~ ~J~ C ~ S Ql, Ql

. . ~ ~ \lla5al-:=

LODGE.

(P'

Mt. Olive Trowel. Excelsior Mt. Lebanon

: 1 1 1 1... 1 1... 910 9 3 1

~~~~.~.r::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~ ~ 1 ~"2

$1350 <lue for 1875. $14 due for 1875. $1350 due for 1875. $1750 due for 1874. •

$15 due for 1875. $1150 due for 1875.

69 70 71 72 73

"'15

"'1' ' \

r"i : : : : : :

$8 due for 1875. $24 due for 1875. 510 50 d ne for 1875. 51250 due for 1875. $7 50 due for 1875.

21 33 22

~i ~

180U

lil 00

1800 9 00

No returns. 14 0\)

~g ~

1400 10 50 1650 1000

No returns.

~ gg

161

Appendix.

1875.J

GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEl\n~NT.-Continued . • ' 5-01 Cl)

ZI ::l

d .;;

'a rl! ~ c:

~ ..=:::.-=:.-

t'.e ~ ~ [~

::l

"C ,.::: -

445 westGate 446, Greenfield 447 Fairview 448 Schell City 449 Piedmont 4.50 Belton

IDues Paid.

iIJ

'714i4'~II:{I:~i~I~':13I 1 I[:!, 4 ;3 1["""'i""'''1 :!' J J "'1'" , 1, 2[ I' \' , \ 7 ' 6, 5; Iii 2 11'" 71 Ii (j, 4, 3 ' '1

~~~~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::. :.::..::: . ~; . ~ . ~: . ~i

,t56

}<'orsyth II Benton......................................... I Barnesville II, Wallace , 5:

459 460 461

Hazlewood Lambskin Caruthersville

I S;

Silver City Centre VIew .. , 467 I Pleasant Hope 468 Red Oak 469 I Plato 470 Nodaway 471 MineraL 472 Pickering 473 Ninevah 474 Guilford 475 Golden

I {)

453 454 455

'E~"2 ~ ~

.',

. . . . . ~'<~~rnr.::;~O::::>1

:g~

I~II'! ~I.i-gl" '0'0''''''0 I s::Cl) I:::~ ,t;:= ...Cl)

'.1 '0 Cl)'01 ~ [ . '1_,111 '0 "::l ..,,::

LODGE.

"'1"'1'"

Rii-flR 503.11 1650 :!0l 1300 15 73 6:! 3100 2350

'"1'' ::1,' t7i

~ ..~ '''', ::: i ::: I.. ·~~: No r~~~ns.

i ..

21 1 Wi], ·.. 11, I, I ...... ! ••• '" ••• i"" .... 8; ~,4 I, ! "'1'" !I; 4, (J13 \ .. l \ \ 1

28, 281

1500 13 00 21 00

,141

17 ()()

~2!

~~! rt~f~fI!ei.~.::::::::::: ..:::::::::::::::::::::::.: ..~I ..~:.~ ::: :::'''~: :::1 ::: 'I :::' ::: : .. ~.~:NO re8t~ns. 5 3' 1 li \' : 51 5 5 2 2;... 1,

'"1''' ·.. 1'"

i "'1

i~ ~~~~:'i~~e:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;"f, "{ i"{ ::~ .~: : ~ 1

465 466

:........

I 4i I ti! 51 7161 ' ' , 3 3 !

Jj "'1' ';i' '[\

I: : : : ; : : : \

"'1'" .: "', ' ' '.'''' :.' a! :l 3' : !

;)

II'.

131i0 17 50 74 !No returns.

27:

';)5:

·1 ..·:

I: 1 1. i'" (JII II I'I .. ·~ 6 3 2· :1 6 111 1 2: , \ : 2 1 ~~ 1 ;i ' ' 1 ' ' 2[ 3 II 1 Ii:I Ill ! ' 11 2' 2! Ii 1 II ! : 4\ 4' ~I 8 I '.",,,.,,,.!.,, I

[' 2,.

.. ·1 ..·: ..

Y¥! 1 1

J!),

30 66 31; 22

25 1 2..1 HI,1

n~ i:~~~~~·~~:·::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1~l ~ii '~J ::j i1"'J1, :::!::: I::J.~: ilil

479 [ 480 481. 41321 4133

Triangle Union, New Mexico Clintou Clintonville Irish Gl'ove

1"'1""1 31

:3. 4 3i·1 I ;3' ;~: ..I; 1 1 1 2[ 21 r ;20 J..lII2: ?

9 50

950 15 00 33 00 III 00 II 1i0 1250 1200 950

:No returns III ROO 2J II 00 12 Ii 00 4~' 16 ~O

"'1"':"'13, ~~~~~~~~:::::::::::::::::'.'.'.'.:::' ::::::::::! ..~ .:~i . ~i 1 j'j, ::: :::, ::: ii ~3: J

}~ ~

21 No returns. 75

:t I ii ~~ I.'.!"'I"""'; i~ [i r~i~~f{2~~:~:·::::::::::::::·:·:·:::::::::::::::! r II I ::~iII:!r:~ :::I::':::::'' fi ~~: 1~ ~~ 486

Cairo

490

MontevallO

3 2, 2 lii

~:~I {?~!'~~'\\a:·.::

7~ $7 50 due for 187:). 74 $12 due for 1873.

'"j'''

1.2,1

ZO 50

14 iiO

I:::,::: i,~L :J:f5l~I 7;) $10 50 due for 1.'17;). iii $I:.! 50 due for ISi;i.

l FOl'

.. Rew{(rks,"

.~f'e

He.r! j)((!lf'.l

G. L.-A I:!.

•

....!Z w,

71i

â&#x20AC;˘ 162

Appendix.

[Oct.

GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STA1'EMENT.-Continued. - --

----_._--_. -----_ .. _ - - - - - - - - - - - - _ . _ -

RECApITULATION. Number of Chartered Lodges, September 1,1875 Number of Lodges Chartered, October 14, 1875 Total Lodges under Charter, October 15, l!~i5 Lodges making Returns up to September 1,1875 Initiated Passed Raised Admitted Dlmltted Died Suspended Expelled Reinstated Rejected Membership Returned Membership Estimated and not Returned Total Membership Decrease since last Report

.. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . . .. . . .. .. .. .

485 4 489 4:10 1,085

1,045 1,050 744 !J68

299 'l:i7 54 60

491 21,222 1,60()

22,822 1,010

REMARKS BY GRAND SEORETARY. From this it wlll be seen that Pi/tv-five Chartered Lodges failed to make any returns whatever, and ninety~nine failed wholly or in part to pay their annual dues, and from the preceding tabular statements it will be seen that several are two years or more in arrears for returns and dues. In the list of Lodges which are credited with having paid dues, fifty of them did not pay untll after the closing of the financial account for the year ending October 12, 1875. The report of the Committee on Chartered Lodges was printed before some of the returns came In, whIch are included in our tabular statement. We find that dues have been "remitted for inability to pay" on one hundred and fifty-four members; one Lodge exempted thirteen, and another eleven. One Lodge reported eleven "dropped from the roll." but as such a procedure is unknown to the laws of this jurisdiction, and presuming that the Secretary intended to report them as "suspended," I have inclUded their names under that head. Two blanks for making out the returns are mailed about the first of July of each year, and if the Secretary does not receive them by August 1st, he has only to drop a line requesting duplicates for those lost in the malls. These should be filled up to embrace all that is done between the 1st of September of one year and the 1st of September of the current year. and, when filled up, one copy should be sent to this office by the 15th of September, and the other filed with the archives of the Lodge. Each Lodge Is the best judge of Its own excuse for non-payment of Grand Lodge dues, and they must also decide upon the validity of the excuses of those Secretaries who have placed certain Lodges in the humiliating published record of" No Returns" whatever. The fact that the Lodge has no funds on hand to remit wi th the returns is no excuse for not sending in the returns themselves, as required by law. It is to be hoped that, hereafter, both the Lodges and their Secretaries will have sufficient personal pride to establish a reputation for etnciency and promptitude. To those Secretaries who have been prompt and correct in their returns I extend thanks, not only on behalf of this otrlce, but of the Grand Lodge Committees, and they can rest assured that they are remembered and appreciated.

REINsrATEMENTS.

REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, SEPTEMBER

No. of Name of Party. Lodge. 9. Jas. H. Brown. 14. James I. Forman. 2H. Ja~. A. Scriviner. 3fi. Adam Clark. 44. G. D. Brock. 45. Moses Henderson. 46. J. T. Sullinger. 53. Levi Brasher, Allen Crowder. 58. Andrew Tream. 60. J. H. Wilkerson. 73. J. R. Brown. 78. W. C. Maher, Geo. W. Tracy. 108. .Tosiah L. Hull. 128. O. F. McCoy. 168. Josiah McH.eyno1ds. 174. S. F. Cross. 182. John A. Ewing, S. B. Stagg. '}fJ7. Wm. Garrett,

1, 1875.

of Same of Port.l/. [NOd' .,0 ge. 207. L. B. Garrett, Wm. Chesheir. 216. J. C. Mitchell. 220. F. E. Marsh. 221. A. D. JenkIns. 222. Robert Angus. 227. .r. F. Pershing. 2:n. A. J. Green. 2::l6. Geo. W. Prl n ceo 2B8. E. J. Sampson. 2:>5. S. C. Stewart.. 262. R. R. McNary. 28:~. Hiram R. :\lcCoy. 2110. Jobn T. Chapman. 30.'>. A. J. Hilton. 32;'). J. M. Thompson. 33H. Israel Heath, Wm. G. Holt. 343. Benj. G. Hrown. 3f:>G. Jno. S. Wilson.

EXPULSIONS.

REPORTED TO THE GRA~D LODGE OF :lIISSOURI, SEPTE:llBER

1, 1875.

PARTIES

INTERESTED IN THIS LIST WILL REFER TO REPORT OF CO:lIMITTEE ON f;RU:VANCE, FOR

.Yo.of Same of Party. Lodye. 16. D. B. Fowler. 21. Nathaniel Jones. 25. Ed. Evers. B. Goldschmidt, .I. D. Husbands, Jr. 30. M. W. Adams. aH. A . .I. Sneed. 54. Henry Selmire. 68. J. A. Dever. 102. Geo. R. Winn. 104. .Jno. \V. Ammons. 110. T. B. Grcgsby. un. J. P. Smith. 127. A. P. Currin. 1::l3. II. A. Turner. 135. H. J. Smith. l4U. Jas. L. Thomas. 159. D. W. Whiting, D. W. C. Tlbb8, Fred. SpallLnger. WO. Mathew Brown, Stephen Brown. In T. H. Patterson. 181;. H. C. CollLns. L ..J. Hinkle. 188. Thos. Brice. Daniel Munninl{. 19f>. T. J. Baxter.

RESTOHATIO~.

ETC •

•Yo. (!( .LYame of Parl,lj. I.odge. 19\). John L. Sanders, Jas. T. Gibson. 200. Robt. Furgason. 20;~. .I. Frank Tomlin. 212. R. 1\1. Smith. 21:3. R. :\1. Dolson. 21·1. M. D. Brown. 2'20. H. C. Ramsey. 22·1. David Bennet. Frank Vanburen. ~2~. J. B. Jamison. 22x. Wm. Stansberry. 231. David M. Thurman. 2,10. WIll. H. Miles. 2H. .r. W. C. Holly. 242. Washlll~ton Neft~ :!.!O. P. H. Tucker. 272. Eo S. Cronk. ::lO:1. L. B. Deu~an. 313. A. J. Buchanan. :124. G. S. McMurtrie. 325. Jas. Reed. 3;')9. John C. Harris. :WH. C. C. Miller. 3H-t. R. Clevenger. 3!J2. W. N. Wood. Non-affiliate. ·jOU. M. J. Creel. 4!JO. .J. D. Brownlee.

SUSPENSIONS.

RF;POR'rf<;n TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, SJ<:l'TEMBER I, 1875. PAltTIES INTERESTED IN THIS LIST Wrr,L REFER TO REPORT OF COMlIlITTEE ON GRIEYANCE, FOR RESTORATION, ETC.

No. 0/ Lodge.

.N ame of Farty.

3. John S. Dearborn. Thos. E. Roberts. Robert A. Cooke. J. C. Christen. 6. J. H. Thuhof. 15. E. W. Wilder. 17. J. B. Smith. J. W. Smith. Thos. Shea. Hl. Wm. J. BurcheneaI. M. Proctor. John McDearman. Henry Fink. 20. S. W. Fitch. E. Kurtz. 21. Henry Shook. H. C. Shook. H. McCully. 23. J. P. Bryant. Henry Johnson. D. H. Gillaspy. 2.'5. Aug. Raum. Th08. Dunn. A. J. Hulturg. Isidore Turk. 'J:i. A. W. Cole. F. Cantley. C. Godejohn. E. B. Hammack. H. A. Kelling. J. N. Lane. H. J. Stubblefield. R. N. Shelton. J. M. Vance. 30. N. B. Coates. Wm. Poteet. 34. M. S. Bolinger. D. C. Creech.

,Yo. of Lo'.1ge.

43.

45. 46.

53.

62.

6-1. Gi.

HR.

69. 81.

.Yame of Pm·l!} •

R. Brewster. .J. Bennet, J. R. Sherbourn, A. T. Symonds, J. T. Smith, J. '1'" Miller, Wm. Vogt. T. M. Winston. H. Duncan, H. F. Maggard, John N. Palml~r, James P. Tuggle, Stephen Drenkard, .Tohn G. Wright. '1'h08. Mason. B. E. Ball, '1'. M. Hosmer, J. S. McClenny. David Halladay, Hustan McFarland, Ira Moore, Christopher Steele, Geo. S. Storay, Wm. H. Roney. H. Chadeayne, J. B. Dawson, G. Harnbrook, H. :\ir. Johnson, D. A. ;\!un'Sell, A. J. Smith. J. M. De:\:loHs. 'rhos. \V. Sampson, \Vm. Cochran, A. A. Antrum. A ..J. Patton. R. Harmon, David Kerr. Erastus Berry.

loG

Appendix.

.Yo. of f,odge.

H2.

. YU/IIC

oj Party.

L. C. Penllton, A.. :\1. Clarkson.

S!!. H5. !l6.

H. S. Harbaugh. M. RUdolph, H. F. Goshorn. W. J. Veal.

9S. C. L. Leslie. 113. J. M. McClintock, A. W. Esbridge. 114. H. C. Claghorn, E. Bassnett. 216. W. M. M. Sheets. 117. J. J. Tipton, J. R. Yates, G. W. L. Mitchell, J. L. luge. 121. Aug. Maurer. 122. Jas.~. Platten burg. 123. ~am'l M. Harris. 121. L. M. Rigney. 128. Wm. Dupee, A. Warren. 13:!. L. F. Denning, John S. Levering, Wm. H. Sloan. 13t G. W. Hayes. 1:35. Geo. Cress. R. Baldwin, G. F. Gunser, S. K. Hall, H. Neill. 10,. J. C. Carter. 145. .J. B. White, P. A. Crouch. 149. J. G. Worthington. 154. Wm. Crockett. 163. L. H. Garnett, Jno. Sampson, Thos. Farrester, A. H. Moore, G. L. Florence, R. Cunningham. Ib7. F. Debulle, C. F. Droit, Jacques Faivre, Eugene GUlhier. 174. P. H. Vance. 18!!. .las. L. Hanna, W. W. Gibson, .las. A. Hix, A. Redllscll, L. Masones, S. H. 8tewart, J. W. Taylor, David Webb, R, P. West,

:1'.

.No.oj

.Name 0/ Purtyâ&#x20AC;˘ Lodue. IR9. .Tas. T. Walker. 192. Thos. C. Allison, Thos. Barnard, Chas. E. Johnson, .J. D. Pitt, .Jas. Summers, Eo C.l'urnbull, H,ichard Matson. 1!!5. J. Cunningham. lUi. John K. Glassford, Caleb Fox. 200. J. A. ~. Jones. 201. Wm. Windland, David Stout, T. Mungumra, Wm. N. Nichols. 206. Perry Lanzader, Thos. Hollingsworth. 217. W. L. Allen, John D. Anderson, elias. A. Cook, Geo. Gotleib, Robt. Griffin, .las. Graham, J. M. Young. 220. J. Swaney, E. T. McIntire. 221. Michael Collins. H. D. Cornwall. 225. Eo T. Wingo. 2'28. G. D. Hickman, :N. High, J. MOllteith. 2&1. J. M. Cash, T. B. L. Hal'den, .las. Kelso, Geo. W. M~'ers, A.Ostron. 236. W. H. Allison, Alex. Campbell, Jerry Engle, J. H. Looney, W. L. Itobinsoll. 243. C.:N. Maratta. 251. Robt. l~. Omahandta. 254. O. C. Butler, A. C. Caine, J. C. Stamper. 2(j3. James Cooper, G. Bright, Chas. J. Cowherd, E. M. Hanlon, 263. Courtey Johnson. T. Worden. 26t John Bridgewater. 267. Wm. H, Callender,

'V.

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Appendix.

1875.J ~Yo. of Lodg(!.

~Yarne of Party.

267. F. H. Harrington, J. Carson, J. W. Elliot., John Manchester. 272. V. W. Mack, J. C. Garrison, G. R. Lewis, Seth Stoughton, B. F. Dean. 282. Wm. Roever, Phil. Reichert. 288. Hiram Dixon, N. P. Williams. 292. John K. Anderson, Allen Cockrell, Wm. Cox, Geo. W. Dunn, Azra A. Howell, J. G. Hodgens, C. B. Lake, Marcellus Pyle, Joseph D. Smith, H. E. Staples, 'Vm. Thomas. 299. Narcesus Guthier, D. J. Kearney, Jas. A. RobInson, Sol. Tholander. 301. Jas. B. Thompson. 303. H. iI. Denny, W. F. Ford, S. B. Gordon, B. F. Peyton, P. J. Quinn, C. M. Scott, David Redfield, W. L. Britton, H. P. Gray, J. H. Requa, W. H. Taylor, W. W. Vaughan,

.Yo. of .Yame of Party. Lodge. 303. John Kashner,

30路5.

311. 322.

323. 325. 333.

344.

H46.

352. 366.

368. 36!)' 384. 397;

412. 415. 424. 435. 451. 460. 490.

J. C. Smith, J. H. Blake, L. H. Hogan. J. Meadows, F. C. Oakiey. W. G. Evans, J. M. Toler. James H. Rountree, Richard C. Wilson. L. C. Loeb. M. Moore. Henry Barclay, Robert N. Eddy, C. H. Martin. J. Richardson, John G. Zahn, John T. Coats, W. J. Owens, D. H. Fitch. Jas. H. Campbell. J. A. Lewis, T. J. Parker. J. H. Newby, Jas. Synnamon, A.V. Smith. Harvey Wilcox. Chas. Flngado. Lawson I~ee. W. W. Bowen, H. B. Davis, Wm. Wilson. J. W. Wheeler. John Maddox. Henry Skews. A. V. Goodin. O. M. Nelson. J. J. Schmidt. Neri Keithly, Isaac Laraway (Lodge 454).

167

D·ISTRICTS AND D. D. G. MASTERS. GRAND SECRE1'ARY'S STATEMENT SIlOWI~(;

T,OCATION OF

LODGES ACCORDING TO DISTRIcr.rS, TOGETHI<~R

WITH THE POPULATION IN EACH COUNTY, AS TAKEN FROM THE LART CENSUS.

• FIRST DISTRICT. s. w. ll. CARNEGY, D. D.G.M., CANTON. OOllllty.

Scotland (pop. 10,670) do do . do .

Xu. Xame 0/ Lr>drle. 16 Memphis. . 41 ,Etna 244 Middle Fabius :ml Kllwlnning

Lewis (pop. 15,1l4) do . do do . do do

24 W~·Hconda 5R Montlcello .. 190 Canton 222 I<'armers. . 287 Craft .. 370 Williamstowu

Clark (pop. 13,667) do do do do . do

. IXO Des Moines .. 290 Fairmonnt.. . :ax Eldorado B32 Clark City 3fl2 Hiram . 40~ Alexandria

Locatiun. Memphis. lEtna. Mldd1e Fabius. Unlontown. Lagrange. Montlcello.

C~mton.

LaBelle. Canton. \Villiamstown. Athens. Falrmount. Luray. Clark City. Kahoka. Alexandrla.

SECOND DISTRICT . .lOHN URE, D. D. G. 1\1., HANNIBAL.

Marion (pop. do do do

~::Jjl)l)..............

Sheluy (pop. 10,119) do do do

IH Palmyra 2H St. Johns IHS Hannibal 40fi

ItnrteR St.

Andrew~

Hunnewell. . 228 Shelbina . ::l05 Clarence ~15

l\Iarion. Hannibal. Hannibal. Hannibal. Shelbyvllle. Hunnewell. Shelblna. Clarence.

1R7f>. J

Appendix.

lH9

THIRD DISTRICT. HAJJI" D. D. G. l\I., CI,ARKSVII,IJE.

No.

OJUrI/Y路

Same oj Lodge. Paris Union Florida Middle Grove Monroe Madison Woodlawn Granvllle Santa Fe

Monroe (pop. 17,149) . do do do do do do do

. 2:1 . 42 . 64 .. 91 . 223 . 240 .. 462

Ralls (pop. 10,510) do do do

. :13 RalIs .. ~m,) Ionic . :302 Lick Creek .. 307 New London

Pike (pop. 33.076) do do do do do do do

.. .. . .. .. . ..

Madisonville. Van Rensslaer. Perry. New London.

17 Clarl<sviIle 7;)

!)2

136 137 2;W 3!1!I 1H2

Location. Paris. Florida. Mlddie Grove. Monroe. Madison. Woodlawn. GranviUe. 8anta I<'e.

Clarksville. Ashley. Louisiana. Bowllng Green. PrairieviIJe. Spencersburg. Curryville. Frankfort.

Ashley Perseverance Phrenix Paririeville Spencersburg Pike Fl'ankfol't

:FOURTH DISTRICT. W. II. MUZZY, D. D. G. M., WENTZVILLE. St. Charles (pup. 21,130)....... 16 do 124 do 2H do 260

Wentzville Dardenne Palestine Mechanicsville

LIncoln (1JO)!. 14,037) do do do " do do

.. 14 Aubnrn .. 34 Troy .. 1ml New Hope .. :.?,O New S'llem . 42R Louisville .. -l7:{ Ninevah

Warren (pop. n,673) do do

. 11 Pauldingville .. 51 Douglas . 231 Wal'renton

Wentzville. O'Fallon. St. CharlelS. :.Mechanicsville. Auburn. Troy. New Hope. New Salem. Louisvllle. Ninevah.

Wright City. Marthasville. Warrenton.

FIF'rH DIS1'RICT . ./NO ..J. SKTNNER, D. D. G. l\L, .JONESBURG. M.ont~omery (pop.

do do do do do do do do

10,405)....

72 Danville 17$ Grhlwold

246 Monlgomery High HilL.. 261 Florence :~i4 Golden Rule 375 Plumb 191 Wellsville u. D. Daggett 250

Danville. Price's Branch. MontgomeryC',}. High Hill. New Florence. Jonesburg. l\liddletown. Wellsvllle. Loutre Island.

.Appendix.

170

[Oet.

SIXTH Dls'rRICT. D. D. BERRY, D. D. G. M., COLUMBIA. (}ounty.

So.

Boone (pop. 20.765) do do do do

~ ..

Sallie

l.odge.

iiH Centralia Iii Rocheport

. . 114 Twilight . 156 Ashland . 174 Sturgeon

Howard (pop. 17.233;............ do

do do do

l.ocation.

CentraIiH. Rocheport. Columbla. Ashland. Sturgeon.

Fayette

Fayette.

Livingston

Glasgow.

70 Roanoke 356 Ancient Landmark 4 Howard

Roanoke. Landmark. New Franklin.

SEVENTH DISTRICT. J. C. SHAEFER, D. D. G. l\L, HUNTSVILLE.

Randolph

(jiup.

15,H(}IL.........

do do do do do

30 Huntsville 路14 Jacksonville 151 Milton

Clifton HlIl Morality :\44 Moberly 4H6 Cairo 161

186

Chariton (po}l. W.l35) do do do

do do Carroll (pop. li,445: do do do

Huntsville. Jacksonville. Mllton. Cl1ftoll Hill. Renlck. Moberly. Cairo.

/.) Eureka .. .. 74 War路ren . 202 WelStvllle . 208 Salisbury .. 3!l4 Dagan . 463 Lake

Brunswick. Keytesville. Westville. Salisbury. :\1endon. CunninglJam.

.. 52 Wakanda .. 37;{ Mandeville . 路117 Covenant .. 24H Carroli

CarrolltolJ. MandeVille. Carrollton. Norborne.

EIGHTH DISTRICT. DAVID BAIRD, D. D. U . .1\1., KIRKSVILI... E.

Knox do do do

i.POji.

10,074)................

Novelty Edina 414 Greensburg

181 291

110

Macon (lJOp. 23.230) do

do do

Adair (p01'.1l.11U) do

6 Ark 168 Colony

.. . .. . . .. .. ..

38 Callao 102 Bloomington 146 McGee

237 LaPlata 268 Lodge ot路 'fruth 402 Gavel.. 433 l:5llent Temple 172 Censer :31\1 Pa.ulville 105 Kirksville

Newark. :Colony. Novelty. Edina. Greensburg. Callao. Bloomlnglon. College Mound. La Plata. Atlanta. New Cambria. Macon. Macon. PaulvilIe. Klrksville.

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171

NINTH DISTRICT. E.HIGBEE,D.D.G.M .• LANCASTER •

Schuyler (pop.7,9Si) do do do

.io.\'o.

Name of Lodge. Lodge of Love .. 379 Coat.esville . 380 Q,ueen Clty . 42i Glenwood

Location. Lancaster. Coatesvllle. Q,ueen City. Glenwood.

Sullivan (pop. 1],908) do do do

. 2] Greencastle . ]26 Seamau .. a89 Arcana . 447 Fairview

Greencastle. MIlan. Wlntervsllle. Scottsville.

County.

2fl9

Putnam (pop. 11,217)............ 171 Hartford do 190 Putnam do 210 Unlonv1l1e

Hartford. Newtown. Unlonvllle.

'rENTH DISTRIC11, Wl\I. H. M'GRATH, D. D. G. 1\1.. TRENTON.

Grundy (pop.l0,M7)............ III Trenton do 253 Lindley

Trenton. Lindley.

Mercer (pop. 11.5.:;7) do d~ do

Prlnceton. Modena. Cleopatra. Ravanna.

Mercer 39 1\-fodena . 201i Somer!let .. 2:,g Ravanna ..

::l;)

ELEVENTH DISTRICT. D. J. HEAS'l'ON, D. D. G. M., BETHANY.

Harrison (poJi. 14,63.')).......... 97 Bethany do 257 Lodge of Light do 328 Cainsville do H2 Mt. Lebanon Gentry (pop. 1l,(07) do do do do do do

. .. .. . . . ..

1:CJ Gentryville 127 Athens

252 Alanthus 1\1t. Pleasant 3·HI Lone Star H77 AncientCraft.. 332 Ryland

;H:!

Worth (pop. 5, 0(4)............... l!Ji{ AlIensville do 281 Lily do 321 .Jonathan

Bethany. Eagleville. Cainsville. Mt. Moriah. Gentryvllle. Albany. Alantllus Grove. Mt. Pleasant. Mt. Vernon. King City. Berlin. Allendale. Grant City. Denver.

TWELFTH DISTRlc'r. ALEX M. DOCKERY, D. D. G. 1\1., GALLATIN.

Caldwell do do do

(1JOP.

11.3lJO)

166 2'24 33-t Us

Mirabile Hamllton Breckenridge Kingston

Mirabile. Hamilton. Breckenridge. Kingston.

]72

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Append/Ix.

Tn'e{fth lJi.strict C'ontinw:拢l.]

County. Davless (pop. 14,41fl) do do do do

.Yo.

.Yallw of

1~"d{J(1.

Western Star . Pattonsburg . l1li Daviess . 201 Jamesport .. 4RS LocksprilJ~ .

I,oealiun.

Victoria. Pattonshurg. Gallatin. Jamesport.

}.1 G5

Locksprln~.

THIR'rEEN'l'H DISTRICT . Ray do do do do do do do

(jJojJ.

18,7001

.. .. . . . .. .

Clay (pOJi. 15.564) do do do do do

. .. .. . ..

.17

Richmond

Richmond. Klloxville. Hardin. Millville. Vibbard. Lawson !:Itatlon. Ricbmond. Orrick.

aog King Hiraro 322 Hardin 338 Myrtle &'{4 Harrnouy 3!!3 Bee Hive 401l Unity 444 Ada :U 193

207 280 311

4:lS

Liberty : AllgerolJa Clay Acacia Kearney Temperance

Liberty. Missouri City. Greenville. Paradlse P. O. KeaTne~路.

Smithville.

FOURTEEN'l'H DISTRIC'l'. JAMl<:S R. HARDY, D. D. G. M., ST. JOSEPH.

Buchanan (pop. ::!S.IO!!)........ 10 do 22 do 78 do 101 do 1;'0 do um do 204 do 23R do 3:U do :{70

Agency Wellington St. Jos('ph Easton Blrmlng Zeredatha Rowley Rushville Chllrily King HilL

Agency. De Kaill. St. Joseph. EastolJ. Halleck.路 St. Joseph. Arlloldsville. RushvllJe. St. Joseph. Pattee's Gardens !:It. Joe.

FIFTEEN'l'H DIS'rRIC'l'. JA!\IES S. IIART, D. D. G. 1\1., MOUND CI'rY.

Atehison (pop. 8.410) do do do

357 Phelps '1~3 Irish Grove

Holt (pop. 11.052) do do do

Oregoll Forest C1Ly 2!H Mound City 371 Craig

1;)i

North Star

Rockport. Sollora. Phelps City. Irish Grove.

200 Sonora

l;~!'

214

Oregon. Forest City. Mound City. Cralg.

uno. ]

Appendix.

173

SIXTEENTH DISTRICT. WM. R. STUBBI_EFIELD, D. D. G. M., ST. I_OUIS.

County.

No.

.Ymll I' of [,odge.

St. Louis (pop. 492,000)...... .. 1 Missourl. do 2 l\leridian do :3 Beacon do tl Geo. Washington do 20 ~t. Louis do 25 NHphtnil. do 40 l\It. Moriah do t.'5 Bonhomnle do ill Polar Star do 80 Britlgton do 121 Er\vin do Ifl3 Occldental. do lUi Orient Francais do 17!1 Pride of the West do 218 Good lIope do 248 Keystone do 26i Aurc)fa do 281 F'enton do 282 Cosmos do 323 Corner-Stone do ;)60 Tuscan do 416 Cache do ·120 Itasca do ·H3 Anchor do 'Hi) West Gate do ··HiO Lambskin do 4H4 Kirkwood

Location. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. , St. Louis. Manchester. St. Louis. Bridg{'ton. 8t·. l.ouls. SI. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. South St. LOllis. St. Louis. St. Louis. Fenton. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. Soulh 8t. Louis. St. Louis. St: Loui,.. St. Louis. St. Louis. Klrkwood.

SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT. .TOHN H. PUGH, D. D. G. Franklin (pop. 30,O!l.8)......... do do do do do do

2i 159 li;~

2;')1 atl3

'" WI

1\[.,

UNION. ~ew

Evergreen Pacific Union Hope Fratcrnal Cedar Sulllvan

Haven. Pacific. Union. Washlngton. Robertsville. 8hot'vel1. Sullivan.

EIGHTEENTH DIS'fRIC'l'. Wl\J. XIFONG, D. D. G. M"

FREDERICKTOWX.

Ste. Genevieve (pop. H,384). 220 Saline

St.

Mal'~·s.

St. Francois (pop. 9,741)...... 132 Farmington do 234 St.. Francois do 424 Samarllan do ·1·:~O It-on Mountain

Farmington. Libertyvllle. Hig River Mills. lron Mountain.

Madison (poJl. !l,S-59)

Fredericktown.

110 Marcus

174

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Appendix. NINETEENTH DISTRICT.

WM. B. WILSON, D. D. G. M., CAPE (HRARDEAU. County. ..Yo. Name of Lodge. Location. Cape Giradeau (pop. 17,5;'j.\\). rm St. Marks Cape Girardeau. do lOa \Vestvlew Millersville. do 221 Mystie Tie Oak Ridge. do 441 Excelslor Jackson. Perry (pop. 9,877)

457 Triple Tle

Bollinger (pop. 8,162) do

2!lfl Marble Hlll.. 440 '1'ro\\·el

Brazeau, Abernat.by P. O. Marble Hill. Lutesville.

T\VENTIErrH DISTRICT. F. DE WI NT, D. D. G. 1\1., COMMERCE. Pemiscot (pOJl. 2,5(0)

461 Caruthersville

Caruthersville.

New MadrId (pop. 6,357)...... 176 Point Pleasant do 420 New Madrid

Point Pleasant. :N'ew Madrid.

MissiSSippi (pop.4,9f12)....... 172 Wolf Island

Wolf Island.

Scott do

Commerce. Sikeston.

(JJOp.

7,317)................... 30G Asblar 310 Sikeston

rrWENTY-FI RS'r DISTRIC1'. T. B. TURl"BA UGH, D. D. G. M., FOUR MILE. Dunklin (pop.5,982)............ 130 West Prairie do 212 Four Mile do 215 Hornersvl.l1e do 347 Landmark............. ..

Clarkton. Four Mile. : Cotton Plant. Kennett.

Stoddard (pop. 8,53;'j)............ 13;{ Bloomfield do 4S9 Lakeville

Bloomlleld. LakevOle.

TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT. •J. T. ADAMS, D. D. G. 1\I., POPLAR BLUFF.

Butler (pop. 4,298)............... Carter (pop. 1,455)

20H Poplar Blutf

Poplftor Bluff.

Ripley (pop. 3,754)................ 304 l<'aithful.. do :l69 Composite

Little Black. Doniphan.

Wayne (pop. 6.0GR)............... 158 Johnson do 44fl Piedmont

GreenvilIe. Piedmont.

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TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT. ERASTUS B. SMITH, D. D. G. 1\1., POTOSI.

County. No. Same 01 Lodge. Washington (pop. 11,719)..... 12 Tyro do' l:U Potosi do 143 Irondale

Location. Caledonla. Potosi. Irondale.

Iron (pop. 6,278)..................... 133 Slar of the West do &'51 Mosaic

lronton. Bellevlew.

Reynolds (pop. 3,7M),.......... 455 Rarnesville

Logan's Creek.

TWEN'fY-FOURTH DISTRICT. .T. P. WAGNER, D. D. G. M., CHAMOIS.

Gasconade (pup. 10,093)

12:'! Hermann

Hermann.

Osage (POl). 10,793)................. 66 Linn do 18.5 Chamois do 432 Dauphine

Linn. Chamois. Danphlne.

Maries

(}IO)).

5,9l!i)

TWEN'l'Y-FIFTH DISTRICT. T. C. HARRISON, D. D. G. M., ROJ.JLA.

Crawford (}lop. 9,982) do ,

77 Lebanon 94

Steelville. Cuba.

Evening Star

Phelps (j)Op. 10,5(7)............... 2:30 St. James do 316 Arlington do 236 Rolla

St. James. Arlington. Rolla.

Dent (poj!. 1i,:'!;,7).................... 22ii Salem

Salem.

TWEN'l'Y-SIX'l'H DIS'fRICT . â&#x20AC;˘TKO. E. BARNES, D. D. G. 1\1.,

Shannon (pop. 2,330) Oregon do .. Texas do do

(jJoJ!.

(}wjI.

Howell

3,287)............... 255 Alton 387 Woodside

\/.618)..

{J)()p.

4,218)..

I~ICKING.

Alton. Thomasville.

I7i 'fexas 3!l5 Latimer 46!) Plato

Houston. Licking. Plato.

327 Mt. Zion

West Plnins.

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TWEN rrY-8EVENTH DISTRICT. .JAMES .JOHNSON, D. D. G. M., PLEASANT MOUNT.

County. .No. .Varne of Lodge. Monlteau (pop. 1l,a3i»......... .')6 Tipton do 183 Callfornia do :!!.15 Monlteau

Tipton. Californla. Janlestown.

Cole do

Jetrerson City. Hickory Hill.

I ])()p.

1O,2H2)...................

4:l Jefferson

211

l\-1l11er (pop. 6,616) do do

Hickory Hlll..

134 Pleasant Monnt

Location.

PleaRant Monnt. lberla. Tuscumbia.

410 Iberla 437 Tnscurnl.Jia

TWENT Y-EIGHTH DISTRICT. •JOSIAH IVEY, D. D. G. M.,

Pulaski (JJo]l.4,7l4) Camllen (1)0]1.

382

6,1O~).

L}O~BANON.

Richland

152 Linn Creek

Laclede (pop. 9,380)............... 88 Laclede do 401 Cen tl'e do 42:3 Newburg

Richland. Linn Creek. Lehanon. Lebanon. Newburg.

,TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT. JAMES W. HOBERTSON, D. D. G. 1\1., OZARK.

Douglass Ozark

(pO)!.

(]JOp.

3.!1l5L.....

3,6361

Talley \]iop.4,406) Christian, (1101'.6,707)

.. 453

Forsyth

:.. 352 Friend

Forsyth. Ozark.

THIRTIETH DISTRICT. CHARLES F. I,EAVIT'l', D. D. G. 1\1., SPRIlS"GFIELD.

Webster (pop. 10,434)............ n~ Webster do 45U Hazel\vood do 4;{9 Mt. Olive

Marshfield. Waldo. Webster.

Wright (pop. 5,8(4) do

Hartville. Henderson.

Greene (}lOp. 21,.'>J!j)...... do do do do do do do

411 4ii

Joppa Henderson

14;'> RisIng Star 271 Solomon 297 Ozark a41 Rellef 422 Gate of the Tem pie 4;{5 St. Nicholas 5 Uni ted . O·Sullivl\n

Ebenezer. Springtield. I<'air Grove. Grand Prairie. N. Springfield. Cave Spring. Springfieid. \Valllut Grove.

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Appendix. 'l'HIR'l'Y-FIRST DIS'fRICT. CHAS. S. BRYAN, D. D. G. 1\1., CASSVII.. LE.

County. Xo. Name of Lodge. McDon\l-ld (pop. 5,226).......... 148 yancey do :>58 Comrort do 11.') Border

Loeation. Plnevl1le. Rocky Comfort. Elk Springs.

Newton (pop. 12,821)...... do do do

175 Newton 216 Granby 247 Neosho

Newtonia. Granby. Neosbo. Racine.

Barry (P(yp. 10,373) do

3n7 Barry 383 Pythagoras

Stone (pop.

3,25.~)

478

Racine

Wasbburn. Cassville.

THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT. E. P. LINZEE, D. D. G. M" M'l'. VERNON.

Lawrence (pop. 13,067)......... 269 Rock Prairie do 390 Marionville do 400 Decatur do 4.')2 Verona do 468 Red Oak do 119 Mt. Vernon .Jasper (pop. 14,929)..... do do do do do do

Dunkle's Store. Marionv1lle. Peirce City. Verona. Gray's Point. Mt. Vernon .

Wi Carthage 278 Avilla 2!J3 Sarcoxie 3:~.j

Carthage. Avilla. Sarcoxie. Medoc. Joplin. Mldway. Oronogo.

~1:edoc

345 Fellowship 391\ Jasper 471 Mineral

THIRTY-THIRD DIS'l'RIC'l'. S. B. Bowr.. ES, D. D. G. M., GREENFIELD.

Vernon (pop. 11,246) do do do

3m Osage 448 Schell CitY

:.. ,

490 Montevallo

451 Argyle

Nevada. ScheIl City. Montevallo. Nevada.

Dade (p(yp.8,683).................. S7 Washington do 446 Greentleld do 458 Melville

Greenfield. Greenfl.eld. Dadeville.

Barton (pop. 5,0S7)............... 2H2 Lamar do 475 Golden

Lamar. Golden City.

THIRTY-FOURTH DISTRICT. J. D. ABBEY, D. D. G. M., BOLIVAR.

Hickory (pop. 6,452) do

G. L.-A. 13.

279 Hogle's Creek 2118 Hermitage

Quincy. Hermitage. \

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COd.

Thirty-fourth J)i.'Jtrict nmtinued.] Polk (pop. 12,44.5)............ do do do do

.,Yarne of Lodge. 144 Modern IGO Pleasant. In5 Boli var 431 Cement 467 Pleasant Hope

HumansviIIe. Morrisville. Boli val'. Half Way. Pleasant Hope.

Location.

Dallas (pop. 8,3!'I3). do do

300 Doric 3lil Riddick 3fllJ Western

Forkner's Hill. Buffalo. Louisburg.

.So.

(}ounly.

Li~ht

Cedar (pop. 9,474).................. 2S:1 Stockton do 280 Hesperian do 3;)U Garrett do 482 Clintonville

Stockton. Virgll City. White Hare. Clintonville.

THIR'l'Y-FIFTH DISTRICT. J. G. MIDDLECOFF, D. D. G. 1\1., CLINTON.

Henry (pop. 17,401)............... 29 Windsor do 68 Tebo do IR4 Calhoun do 343 Agricola do 408 Montrose do 426 Leesville do 4Xl Cllnton

Windsor. Clinton. Calhoun. Norris Fork. Montrose. Leesville. Cllnton.

St. Clair (pop. li.742) do do do do

Osceola. Roscoe. Lowry City. Tallervllle. Appleton City.

273 St. Clair Circle 403 Lowry City 419 Star 412 Appleton City

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THIRTY-SIXTH DISTRICT. UEO.L.LOVE,D.D.G.M., HELTON.

Cass (pop. 19,296)................... 128 Live Oak do 147 Cass do 276 Grand River do 277 Index do 372 Nonpareil do 386 Dayton do '" ·105 Meridian SUll do 219 gverett do 4.'iO Belton

Pleasant Hill. Harrison ville. Freeman. Index. East Lynne. Dayton. Austin. Everett. Helton.

'l'HIRTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT. 1'. G. WOODS, D. D. G. 1\1., VERSAILLES.

Benton (pup. 11.3221 do ~lo

365 Warsaw 418 Clear Creek 454 Benton

Morgan (pop. 8.434)............... 381 Ionia do 44 Euclid \lo q7 Versailles

Warsaw. Fort Lyon. Lincoln. Barnettsville. Versailles. Vcrsailles.

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17H

THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. ROBERT T. WYAN, D. D. G. M' l BUNCETON.

County. Cooper do do

~JI()p.

No.

20.692)...............

Pettis (pop. 18,796) do do do do do

,Varne of Lodge.

36 Cooper 142 Pleasant 456 Wallace

Grov~

203 Green Ridge 236 Sedalia

Green Ridge. Sedalia. Sedalia. Smithton. Lamonte. Green Ridge.

27~ Granite 340 Amity 436 Lamonte 485 Paragon

Loeation. Booneville. Ottervilie. Bunceton.

rrHIR'rY-NIN1'H DIsrrRICT. Wl'tI. D. CHANDLER, D. D. G. M., I.EXINGTON.

Lafayette (pop. 23.623)........ 61 Waverly do 122 Dover do 149 Lexington do 320 Chapel HilI. do 407 Houston do 464 Aullville do 471 Mount Hope do A... :~2 Lafayette

Waverly. Dover. Lexlngtoll. Chapel HliI. Welllng"toD. AullvlJJe. Mount Hope. Lexington.

55 Arrow Hock 63 Cambridge 85 Mialni. 205 Trilumina 217 Barbee 275 Tranquillity 337 Malta 487 Herndon

Arrow Rock. Cambrldge. Miaml. MarsbalI. BrownsvlJle. CentreviJIe. Malta Bend. Herndon.

Saline (pop. 21,682) do do do do do do do

.. . . .. .. .. ..

FORrrIETH DISTRICT. W1\1. E. WHrrING, D. D. G. 1\[., KANSAS CITY. Jackson (pop. 55.041)............ 76 Independence do 104 Heroine do 107 Golden Square do 2'20 Kansas City do 31ll Rural. do :31i4 King David do 299 Temple do 232 Lone Jack do 2ti3 Summit.. do 324 McDonald do 3fli Raytown do 392 Christian

Independence. KansHs Cit.y. Westport. Kansas City. Kan88os City. Kansas City. Kansas City. Lone Jack. Lee路s Summit. Independence. Raytown. Pink Hill.

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FORTY-FIRS'r DIs'rRICT-'l'ERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO.

W. GRIFFIN, D. D. G. I\L, HAN'l'A FE.

Cullnt.1j.

.Yame oj Lodge.

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Las Vegas.........

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Location.

Chapman

San Miguel . ..

108 Aztec lOll

Monlel'.uma

Santa Fe.

Colfax do

326

Kit Carson Cimarron

ElIzal>ethtowIl. Cimarron.

Grant

41;5 Silver City

SilverCity.

Mora

480 Union

La Junta.

34H

Las Cruces.

Dona Ana................. Santa Fe

FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT. ROBERT W. l\l'MUJ~LIN, D. D. G. M., HILJ... SBORO.

Jefferson (pop. 15,380).......... 119 De Soto do 161 Joachim do 2.56 Shekinah

FOR'rY-THIHD

De Hoto. Hillsboro. I-Ianover.

DJ~'rRIC'r.

D. D. FORD, D. D. G. 1\1., FlTL'rON.

Callaway do do do do do do do

(]Ju]J. lH,21l2).........

8 48 60 81 151 2'12 314

Williamsburg Fulton New Bloomtleld Hickory Grove Concord Portland St. Aubert.. 425 Cedar City.......................

Williamsburg. Fulton. N. Bloomfield. Hallville P. O. Concord. Portland. St. Aubert. Cedar City.

FOR'l'Y-}i'OUR'l'H DISTRICT. GEO. R. HUNT, D. D. G. l\I., WARRENSBURG.

Johnson (pop. 24,649)........... 229 Mitchell do 245 Knob Noster do 262 Holden : do 264 Fayetteville do 265 Corinthian do 280 Lodge of Peace do 313 Kingsville do 4(\6 Centre View do 491 Pittsville do 135 Warrensburg

Columbus. Knob Noster. Holden. Fayetteville. Warrensburg. Uhilhowee. Klngsville. Centreview. Pittsville. Warrensburg.

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FORTY-FIF'rH DISTRICT. w.

E. TUCKER, D. D. G. M., BUTLER.

County.

.No.

Bates (pop. 15,960) do do do do do do

Same of Lodge. :

Papinville: Butler Altona TyriRn Pleasant Hill. . 479 Triangle .. 368 Crescent Hill.. . 140 . 254 . 315 . 350 . 368

Location. Papinville. Butler. Altona. Johnstown. Pleasant Hill. Butler. Crescent Hill.

FORTY-SIXTH DISTRICT. W. W. EDGERTON, D. D. G. M., WHEELING. Livingston (pop. 16,731)....... 8f! Friendship do 155 Spring Hill do 170 Benevolence do 333 Chiilicothe do 385 Alexander do 388 I<'armersville do 434 Wheeling

Chillicothe. Spring Hill. Attlca. Chillicothe. Bedford. Farmersville. Wheeling.

Linn (pop. In,HOO)... do do do do do

Linneus. Brookfield. St. Catherine. Laclede. Bucklin. Bottsville.

Jackson Brookfield King Solomon Cypress Bucklin 325 Dockery 82 86 90 2Zi 233

FORTY-SEVEN'rH DISTRICT. NA'l'. B. GIDDINGS, D. D. G. M., SAVANNAH. Nodaway (pop. H,75!)......... 112 Graham do 165 Maryville do Hl6 Quitlnan do 301 White Hall. do 3ZH Kennedy do 470 Xoda'~路ay do 472 Pickering do 474 Guilford

Graham. Maryville, QuitmaIi. Barnard. Lamar Station. Maryville. Pickering. Guilford.

Andrew (pll)). 1;;,VI7) do do do uo do

Savannah. Fillmore. Whi tesville. Rochester. Savannah. Bolckow.

.. . .. . .

71 Savannab 138 Lincoln Hi2 Whitesville 2路1X Rochester :);':;3 Benj. Frankliu 413 ValIey

FORTY-EIGH'rH DISTRICT. J. W. MARMADUKE, D. D. G. 1\1., MEXICO. Auurain (pop. 12,307)........... 2G Mexico do 266 Social. do 354 Hebron do lJ. D. 路Vandalia

Mexico. Martinsburg. Mexico. Vandallr.

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FORTY-NINTH DISTRICT. .lAS. Y. WHITSI'l"!', D. D. G. M., LATHROP. ('QUIl/Y.

.\'0.

.Yal/wof Lodr/e.

Location.

De Kalb (l)o/).!l ~53).............. 1~2 Stewartsville do i1l7 Osborn

Stewartsville. Osborn.

Clinton (pop. 14,fifi3) do do do do do

Haynesvllle. Cameron. Plattsburg. Lathrop. Gower. Cameron.

. . . . .

118 330 397 296

Haynesville Vi nell Plattsburg Lathrop Gower Cameron

FIF'rIETH DIHTRlCT. BROWNING MITCHELL, D. D. G. l\L, UNION :\'IILI.JS.

Platte (pop. 17,352)............... 13 Rising Sun do 53 West.on do 120 Compass do 16\1 Camden Point do l!H Zerubbabel do 274 Newmarket do :l:{9 Fidelity do 355 Adelphi.. do 3fiH Unanimity

Barry. Weston. Parkville. Camden Point. Platte City. Newmarket. Farley. Union Mills. Weston.

DISTRICT DUPUTY GRAND MASTERS.

By order of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Secretary was directed to prepare the reports of the Deputies for publication in the Proceedings. In pursuance of that order, the reports have been deprived of all personal and superfluous matter as far as the text and intention of the authors would permit, as none of them were written with a view to publication-this being the fir~t time they have been printed for ten years. Such being the fact, most of the reports were written in a negligent manner, both sides of the sheets bei~g used, and in several of them it has been almost impossible to arrive at the ideas of the writers, which would not have been the case had they been intended for publication. The reports have been condensed as much as possible consistent with publlc information for the Crafl; and,as hereafter the Grand Lodge may at any time order the same published, it is hoped that the Deputies will prepare their reports with that end in view, by including nothing improper to be printed, as well as nothing personal, and that the subject matter maybe brief and to the point. There should never anything be written on both sides of a sheet of paper when intended to be used by a printer.

FIRST DISTRICT.

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LUKE, ~VOlSt

WO'l"shipjul Grand Master: Please find below my Annual Report as District Deputy Grund Master for the First District of Missouri, for the year ending October 1,1875, which I hope may be found satisfactory. And I beg you to be assured of the high regll,l'd and intense fraternal esteem with which I am Your Friend and Brother, S. W. B. CARNEGY. - - - -_. - --_ .. - _ ... - -_ .. - - --- -- -- -- - - - - . -

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a No report as to these. The membership consists mainly of gentlemen of middle age, of plain, good common sense, in medium condition as to wealth. A large portion of them are farmers. I visited every Lodge in my Distl'1ct, and was received with marked respect and the kindest fraternal attentions as your representatlve everywhere, and every Lodge furnished me with more than my expenses. My Interconrse with the brethren has been of the most pleasant kind. tending greatly to my enjoyment and pleasure. I everywhere lectured on the degrees, and conferred them when opportunity offered.

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SECOND DISTRICT. HANNIBAL, September 16, 1875. .JOHN W. LUKE, M08t 路Wor.~hipful Grand Maste1',' I herewith submit my report on the Second Masonic District, comprising the Counties of Marlon and Shelby. I have visited the Lodges outside of Hannibal but once, as, in my opinion, It was not necessary to visit them a second time, unless called upon to do so for some special purpose. I will follow the order of questions as given in your circular letter, as that, perhaps, will be the most condensed form in which I can furnish you with the information desired. 1. The number of brethren present at each Lodge on the occasion of my o1D.cial visit, and how many of them were members: st. .John's Lodge, No. 28, No. present, 16, Members, 15. St. Andrew's" "96," " 15, (rainy) " 12. Palmyra 19, " 12, (rainy) " 12. Hannibal " IRS, " 14," 12. Shelbina " 228, " 21, 18. Clarence .. 305, " 24, 21. Iturrea " 406, " 12, n. Hunnewell " 415, " 303, 27. 2. The Lodges are all securely Tyled. 3. None besides the proper officers are permitted in the preparation-room with the candidate, except someUmes a friend of the candidate. 4. The records of Nos. 18, 28,96, 188, 228, 406, 415 are all kept in good shape. No. 305 did not contain the names of the members present, nor visitors. A list of the members and visitors was kept on a register in the Tyler's room, very imperfectly. however. I instructed the Secretary to keep them on the minutes. 5. Nos. 18,28,96,188,305, 406, 415 have copies of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, and the Proceedings of the Grand Lod~e for the past four or five years. No. 228 had an 1866 copy of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, but none of the Proceedings, and not even a monitor in the Lodge-room. 5. The By-Laws of all the Lodges, except No. 18, are according to the form recommended by the Grand Lodge. No. 18 has one section, No.4, Article II., which is illegal. It reads as follows: "No member who shall be in arrears for twelve months' dues shall be eligible to office, or be entitled to vote at any election for officers of this Lodge." 7. All the Lodges have the necessary charts. 8. Palmyra Lodge, No. 18, has cash on hand, $150; uncollected dues from members, $300. No debts. Sb. John's Lodge, No. 28, has money loaned to Its members, on their notes of hand without security, amounting to, principal and interest, $912 S9; uncollected dues from members, $64::\75, and owes $200 borrowed money. About $700 of the amount loaned out they think is lost. St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 96, has uncollected dues amounting to $75. No debts; no investments, except in cemetery grounds. Hannibal Lodge, No. 188, has cash on hand, $73~.; have loaned, on good secur! ty, $500; uncollected dues from members, $200 . .l.'i a debts. Shelbina Lodge, No. 228, has uncollected dues from members amounting to about $100. No debts, and no investments. Clarence Lodge, No. 305, has cash on hand, $18. No debts, a.nd no investments. Iturma. LOdge, No. 406, has cash on lland, $40; uncollected dues from members su1D.cient to pay all unpaid blll~. No Investments. Hunnewell Lodge, No. 415, owes $iOO on their new hall to one of their own members. 9. Examinations of visitors in all the Lodges are conducted by the most experienced members, in a careful manner.

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10. There seems to be good order and discipline in all the Lodges in this District. During my visit to Clarence Lodge No. 30;\ the question came up whether a member asking a Dimlt should be required to pay his dues in full to the end of the year, there being a clause in their By-Laws requiring members to pay yearly in advance. I gave it as my opinion that a member should only be !'equlred to pay up to the time the DImit was granted.

The new hall at Hunnewell was dedicated January 21st, with appropriate ceremonies, by Brother R. E. ANDERSON. Not being able to be present myself, I requested Brother ANDERSON to perform the duty for me, which was highly saUsfactory to Hunnewell Lodge. The Lodges in this District have done but very little work in the past year. They have their regular meetings once or twice a month, as the case may be, but there seems to be a general apathy among the brethren. I had hoped that a good school of instructIon wonld arouse them; but was sadly disappoin ted in not having one. This report has been delayed Borne two weeks. expecting that the Grand Lecturer would come.to hold a school of instruction, an account of which I wished to include in my report, but I hope it will still be in time for your use. Very respectfully and fraternally yours, WILLIAM H. HALL.

THIRD DISTRICT. CLARKSVILLE, September 1, ISi5. JOHN W. LUKE, Most W01'8hil~rul Grand Jraster: I herewith submit my Annual Report as District Deputy Grand Master, Third Masonic District, composed of the Counties of Pike, Ralls and Monroe; also herewith as a part of this report a statistical table of the several Lodges in in the district. My official acts have been few and confined to answers to questions referred to me by yourself.

Owing to the size of the district I found I could not visit the Lodges in detail, so have attended when I could and kept advised as far as possible by conferring with the officers and brethren. In a district of twenty Lodges meeting, as most of them do, once a month, and as is the case in this district where ten of the twenty have the same meeting night, it is Impossible for a Deputy to visit them on regular mectin~ nights, and I submit that but little information of the actual condition, working or morals of' the Lodge could be obtained any other way. So far as I can learn, the state of Masonry in the district is good, the Craft are fulfilling their duties, and peace and harmony prevail, except in Perseverence Lodge, No. 92, at Louisiana, where I understand they are having some trouble. It is but a few days since the information came to me, alld I have not had time to investigate it, but will try and do so in time to submit a supplemental report. The Lodge-rooms are I believe all secure, and the several Lodges are provided with the necessary tools and furniture fully up to t.he average. In Dccember,.l874, I called a Lodge of Instruction for the LodKes of Pike and Ralls to meet at Bowling Green. The attendance was good, nearly every Lodge beln~ represented, but notwithstanding the tillle had been set for the conveni路 ence of the District Lectn reI', he fel t unable to be presen t. Such being the case, rather than see it fall .through. 1 took charge of the lecturing, and remained with the brethren four days with good attention and results. But as I find no warrant for teaching the work and the uncertainty of the Lecturer being able to attend, I have called no Lodge of Instruction since, although 1 should have liked much to do so, From what I have noticed of the practical workings of our system of Di rtrict Deputy Grand Masters and District Lecturers, I do not think they

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harmonize so as to make them effectual for the purposes intended. A divIded authority only results in jarring and confusion. While a DIstrict Deputy Grand Master is held by the theory of the law to an executive responsibility, he has at best but negative·powers. In the case above cited, the Lodge of Instruction is called, the Lecturer is not there, the District Deputy Grand Master has no power In the premises, nor is there any provision by which the Lecturer's place can be supplied, and the result is failure and everyone goes home disgusted, and it is almost impossible to get them together again. It may be said that District Deputy Grand Master is not responsible for all this, but I SUbmit, Most Worshipful Sir, that the success or fallure of his administration depends. under our present system, on the manner in which this Lecturer performs his duties. By reference to Book of Constitutions, Page 91, Section 225, Chapter 85, I find as follows: "District Deputy Grand Masters should, under the direction of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, share more fully the duties of correspondence and oversight of the Craft in their respective Districts." I would respectfully suggest some expression of the force of this resolution, and especially of the term oversight. By reference to accompanying table, you will find that the average of persons to a Lodge is 452 below the State average. In percentage of members to population, some Lodges in the District run up to and over double the average percentage of the State. This would indicate that they had worked up their material pretty close, and had to depend on the growth of more and immigration to supply working material. In my opinion there are more Lodges in this District than can keep up a healthy existence; nor is theThird District alone in this particular. I therefore respectfully suggest, as partial remedy, that some system be devised to provide for merging two or more Lodges into one Lodge on such terms and agreements as they, under some general regulation, may mutually agree upon. All of which Is respectfully and fraternally submitted. LEE A. HALL. ,

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FOURTH DISTRICT. WENTZVILLE, Mo., September 20, 1875, W. LUKE, Most WOI'shipjul Grand Jlfaster: I submit my report as Deputv of the Fourth Masonic District: On November 27,1874, I constituted Nineveh Lodge, No. 473, under charter, and dedicated the hall. I received your circular letter to the District Deputy Grand Masters, and have endeavored to faithfully comply with the instructions thereof. I have visited in person each Lodge in my District once, and several of them more frequently. I am t.he Leturer for this DIstrict, and, as a rule, have devoted three days to each Lodge, holding three sessions each day, which will account for my not holding a District Lodge of Instruction. In general! a majority of the members have been In attendance, manifesting a desire to earn the work and become conversant with the usages of Masonry. There has been, also, a goodly attendance of visiting brethren. The status of Lodges is as follows: The Lodge-rooms are safe, the records are well kept, and Lodges have the nece!"sary furniture and appurtenances for the proper rendl tion of the ceremonies. The By-Laws are in conformity with the regulations of the Grand Lodge and usages of Masonry. Lodges are provided with symbolic charts. The financial condition is imprOVing, a majority of the Lodges being out of debt and have cash on hand. The moral status of the Craft is comparatively good and harmony prevails. As a rule, Lodges conduct their business properly. Douglass Lodge, No. 54, failing to have a quorum on the day designated in your dispensation for their election of officers, I advised that the old officers hold over until the next annual election. A controversy having arisen in Lodge No. 3'1 as to what course should be pursued to obtain a waiver of jurisdiction over a profane, the matter was, by mutual consent, referred to me. The case was this: A profane residing in the jUl'isdlction of Lodge No. 34 desired to petition Lodge No. 11: .. Should the waiver accompany the petition." I was of the opinion that it sbould not, but that it would be competent for Lodge No. 11-after the petition was presentedto ask Lodge No. 3t to grant the waiver, tbat it was Lodge and not individual business. Some being dissatisfied, I mention the matter for your consideration. In this connection I would respectfUlly submit: .. Would it not be well for the Grand Lodge to require all applications for waiver of jurisdiction over profanes to lie over one month and then be disposed of by ballot?" I know of instances where waivers have been obtained upon motion made just prior to the close of Lodge-when but few were present-the vote taken in the ordinary lnanner. .JOHN

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I think the precaution necessary, because a waiver is, to some extent, a "letter of credit," and is seldom wanted save in the case of profanes who have been black-balled by the Lodge in whose jurisdiction they reside. The Grand Lodge requires Lecturers to teach, and Deputies to visit, presuming that t.he Lodges will fully compensate them for services rendered. In JOy experience the reverse has been the case, although some of the Lodges have done their duty in this respect; others have not. For example, - - Lodge, No. -. have paid me $15 in three years. During that time I have devoted to the service of that Lodge thirteen days, and spent $14 40 for railroad fare and hotel bills. My experience teaches me that reform in the DistrIct Depntyand Lecture system is ne('essary. If the Grand Lodge has the power to create offices which require outlay of time and money on the part of its officers, it iRclearly its duty to provide an adequate compensation therefor. I have officiated at fonr public installations of officers, delivered two addresses, and presided at the funerals of two brethren. I have the honor to be, fraternally, wn~LIAM H. MUZZY.

SIXTH DISTRICT. COLU:'IBIA, Mo., September 30, 1875. JOHN W. LUKE, A-fost Worshipful Grand Master: Ha.ving been appointed hy you as District Deputy Grand Master for the Sixth Masonic District, consilsting of the Counties of Boone and Howard, I beg leave to make tht' following report, which, though not such a one as I should like, is the. best I can do under the circumstances surrounding me. On November 21,1874, I visited Ancient Landmark Lodge, No. 356, in Howard County, to ascertain as to the advisability of removing said Lodge to Harrisburg, Boone County, and found that the Interests of the Craft would be subserved by the removal, and so reported to you, upon which report you authorized the removal. On Jannary 17, again visi ted them, and dedicated hall at Harrisburg, which was a great Improvement on the old one, and found the brethren, even those who at first opposed the removal, gratified at the change. On August 14, again visited same Lodge, and found marked improvement, both in the work and general condl tion ot" the Lodge. On JUDe 24, visited Ashland Lodge, No. 156, and publicly installed the officers elect, and take the present opportunity lO say that I found it one of the best Lodges in the State, whIch is largely owing to the efforts of Brother H. T. WRIGHT. I am pleased to report that the condition of Rocheport Lodge, No.57, is very much improved, and hope to see still more improvement, especially in the work. I have not officially visited the other Lodges in the District, but learn through competent brethren that their general condition is good. My own Lodge, TWilight No. 114, I have constan tly attended, and report the same harmony and good condition which has marked it since its organization. Altogether, I will say that Masonry is flourishing in the Sixth District, but not so much that the ballot-box is neglectpd. And when I lSay this much it is saying a great deal. Fraternally, D. D. BERRY.

SEVENTH DISTRICT. HUNTSVILLE, HAN DOLPH Co., Mo., September 20, 1875. JOliN W. LUKE, A-fost W01 ..~hil~"/ll Grand ~"'f(l.stC1路: In compliance

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I submit the following report containing an account of my official actions during the past Masonic year: 1. November 6,1874, constituted Cairo Lodge, No. 486, and installed the officers elect. Twent,y-one members and three visitors present. Found good and safe hall. Morals of the mem bershlp good. 2. At theinstanceof Right Worshipful ALLAN McDowELL,Grand Lecturer, called a Lodge of Instruction, held at Moberly January 4,5 and 6, 1S75, only four Lodges represented, to wit: Cairo, No. 486; Jacksonvllle, No. 44; Moberly, No. aH, and Huntsville, No. 30. very little Interest seemed to be taken by the Lodge with which the Lodge of InstrucUon was held. 3. February 19, visited Westville Lodge, No. 202, sixteen members present. Good membership, not only moral, but rel1gious. E~amined and corrected reeords, also recommended some corrections in By-Laws. Instructed Secretary in the art of keeping correct records. Hall small, but tolerably safe. F'urnlture very common. financial condition of the Lodge 'is good. EXfended for charity the past year, $50. Worshipful Master and other officers 0 the Lodge seem to know their several duties, and are zealous to perform them.

4. February 20, visited Salisbury Lodge, No. 208, eighty-four members present; this Is a model Lod~e, and all alive to the work; hall excellent and well furnished; the Worshipful Master, Brother HAMMILTON, is a. MastElI' Workman, and all the subordinate officers seem zealous to excel in the performance of their several duties; good moral membership; By-Laws in aC<.lordance with the requirements of Grand Lodge; records are well kept; financial condition good, about $150 cash in Treasury; no debt; during the year dispensed charity to the amount of $150; this Lodge exerts a good moral influence, and is worthy of commendation. 5. Appointed Worshipful Brother J. T. ROBINSON, Worshipful Master of Westville Lodge, No. 202, to visit Dugan Lodge, No. 394, in my stead, who reported to me, May 1, the Lodge in good condition; the records well kept; furniture good, but not a sufficiency for doing perfect work; hall good and safe; twenty-two members presen t; By-Laws In accordance with the Gra.nd Lodge requirements; charity dispensed during the year, $40; the Lodge owes a debt of $250 on their hall. 6. August 26, visited Cairo Lodge, NO,486, fifteen members present; hall neat and well furnished and entirely safe;. morals of the membership good wllhout exception; good dicipline; records well kept; this Lodge, for路a new one just chartered, cannot be excelled. 7. August 27, visited Jacksonv1l1e Lodge, No. 44, fifteen members present; hall good and safe; debt on hall, $200; morals of the membership good, wiLh one exception, but reform is promised; records imperfectly kept., and .also the executive department of the Lodge Imperfect; much irregUlarity in' cases of trials ofdel1llquent members for dUES; gave the Lodge all the needeji instructions In such cases. 8. August:lO, visited Moberly Lodge, No. 344, about fifty members present; witnessed the conferring if First and Third Degrees, which all was splendidly done; the new splendid hriek hall is well t'urnfshed and all paid tor; $150 cash in treasury; moraltl of the membership is good; records well kept; found ~ome little irregularity In cases of trials, which has been corrected. 9. August 31, visited Morality Lodge, No. 186, Renick, Missouri, fourteen members present; hall about average of country Lodges, and moderately furnished; records 110t full enough, many omissions, but the Secretary is a very intelligent brother, and will /Soon learn to keep a record which will compare t'avorabl~' with any other; morals good; charity dispensed during the year, S2;J; no debt; cash in Treasury, $106; some irregularity In cases of trials of delinquents for dues. 10. Could not personall~路 visit Wakanda Lodge, No. 52; requested Worshipful Master, Brother JAlI1E8 E. DRAKE, to report to me the condition of his Lod~e, and on September 1 reported that the general condition of the Lodge Is good. 11. Have not been able to visit Eureka Lodge, No. 73, located at Brunswick; Warren Lodge, No. 74, at Keytesville; Lake Lodge, No. 463, Carroll county; Mandeville Lodge, No. 373, Carroll county, and Covenant Lodge, No. 417, Carrollton, Mo., requested the Masters of those Lodges to report to me the eonuitlon of their respective Lodges, but have failed to comply with my request. 12. Could not visit Clifton Hill Lodge, No. 161, at the appointed time, owing to sickness in my family, have reason to believe that the Lod~e is in good condition. .

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13. Milton Lodge, No. 151, is scarcely alive, the Worshipful Master, Brother AMICK, reports to me as follows: "We have 44 members, about 20 of that number are prompt in paying dues, while t.he others are from 2 to 5 years in arrears. We have but little money in the Treasury, probably not enough to pay our dues to the Grand Lodge. We have not had a quorum for three meetings (months) past." Could not visIt Milton Lodge. but have conversed with several of its members, and all agree in the statement as above made by Brother AMICK. 14. Huntsville Lodge. No. 30, is in a somewhat unenviable condition. On the 10th of January last our hall (brick) with all it..'l contents was destroyed by fire, since tben we rent the Odd Fellows' Hall, the only room which could be obtained. Now there are several new brick buildings erected and a better ball could be obtained, but having lost all. we are too poor to pay rent for a good one. The loss sustained by the Lodge Is perhaps $1,200, or more. We shall not be able to buIld again unless aid is extended by our brethren, and we feel tbat it is too humiliating to make such a CA.ll. The Internal workings of .the Lodge are good, except too slack to enforce discipline. Fraternally sUbmitted, J. C. SHAEFER.

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KIRKSVILLE, Mo., September 17, 1875. W. LUKE, Most JVm'ship/ul Grand Master: After receiving your circular letter last fall, I had intended to visit all the Lodges in this Dist.rict. during the winter, but, owing to the condition of my healt~ and other unavoidable circumstances, was unable to do so. Commencing with Greensburg Lodge. No. 414, have a good hall, records well kept, furniture not complete, have charts and diagrams,improving in finances, nearly out of debt, zealous membership, have the work of Grand Lodge nearer than any other Lodge in Knox County, doing well. â&#x20AC;˘ Colony Lodge, No. 168, comfortable hall, good attendance generally, records comparatively well kept., have regular furniture with Constitution and Proceedings of Grand Lodge, also chart.s, etc.; good membership, harmonious with but little exception. Edina Lodge, No. 291, have a good hall and well furnished, records well kept, have copies Constitution, By-Laws and Proceedings of Grand Lodge, and chart.s of" ancient date," not rtush in finances, but safe. Seem to be increasing in zeal, no doubt they wlll improve. Ark Lodge, No.6, at Newark, rather inferior hall, yet may be considered safe, ordinary furniture, records kept well, have copies By-Laws and Proceedings of Grand Lodge, finances easy, doing well. Novelty Lodge, No. UH, passable hall, mixed membership, J'ecords not the best, finances in poor condition, have JllOney loaned to worthless members wItbuut security, are endeavoring to correct past. mistakes. . Paulville Lodge, No. 31!J, have a poor hall yet have improved it S0me in the last year, and int.end to build this fall or wInter; records well kept. La Plata Lodge, No. 2:37, has a good hall, and well furnished; records well kept; have improved in the last two years mentally, m01'ally and financially,' doing well. Lodge of Truth, No. 268, at Atlanta, good hall and well furnished, records will do, finances all rigbt. Bloomington Lodge, No. 102, good hall and furnished, membership substantial and trusty, records well kept, in good financial condition. Silent Temple Lodge, No. 433, In l\-facon City, know but little about them of late. Callao Lodge, No. as, have a passable ball. Last spring, at their request, I visited them for the purpose of examining another hall, as they thought of removing. I wrote you concerning it, but since then they concluded to remain In the old one. Record well kept, furniture necessary. doing well. McGee Lodge, No. 146, hall not safe, in third story of old building; gOOd JOHN

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membership. You are acquainted with the facts concerning this Lodge granting the - - brothers Dimits while under charges. There seems to be a carelessness or want of knowledge on their paTt. Gavel Lodge, No. 402, at New Cambria, good hall well furnhlhed, know but little about them this year, but have heard no complaint. Kirksville Lodge, No. 105, have the best hall in Northeast Missouri, well furnisbed, finances good. The above is a complete list of all the Lodges in the Eightb District. Masonry may not be so active in tbis District as in former years, yet, with some exceptions, we cannot complain. If the Lodges would be more careful in selecting tbeir Worshipful Masters and Secretarys, Masonry would be more prosperous. The financial condition of tbe country is a great check to the prosperity of our Order. In taking a survey of the Eighth Districl., Masonry is in a passive, good condition, wIth but few exceptions. Held a Lodge of instruction in Edina on the 13th, 14th and 15th of this month, Right Worshipful Brother A. McDOWELL was present, and had charge of tbe work' five Lodges were represented. The meeting will do great good, especially in Knox County. In conclusion allow me to return to you my sincere thanks for your kindness in so promptly responding to all my communications addressed to you. With my kindest regards and best wishes. I remain fraternally yours, DAVID BAIRD.

NINTH DISTRICT. LANCASTER, September 25, 1875. W. LUKE, Most Worshipful G'rand Master: I beg leave to submit the following report of the Ninth Masonic District, for the year ending September 1,1875. Upon consultatatIon with Brother DILLINGER District Lecturer, and other prominent Masons of the District, it was concluded to hold no District Lodge at" Instruction until late in the fall. This District is composed of the Counties of SUllivan, Put,nam and Schuyler. It would be difficult to make a more unfortunate selection. To make the circuit of even a portion of the Lodges of these Counties would require more time than I am able to leave my family or my bU8iness. I have visited the four Lodges in this County and the brethren at Unionv1lle, Putnam County. The latter Lodge 1 find in good working condition, and, so far as I can learn, harmony prevalls. The condition of Masonry in Schuyler County is very unsatisfactory. This is a small County-only seventeen or eighteen milel!! square-containing a population according to the last census of about 8,800. The County has six towns and villiages. Four of tbese have each a Lodge. Middle FabJus Lodge will soon be removed to Downing in tbe eastern part of tbe County; thus making five Lodges; the total membership of which would make two very good Lodges and no more. By the returns as published in our last Grand Lodge Proceedings, tbese Lodges have a membership as follows: Middle Fabius, No. 244 39 Lodge of Love, No. 259 33 Coatsville, No. 379 16 JOHN

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Total Membersnip 139 There is not a good working Lodge in the County; not one that is able to confer either of the three degrees satisfactorily and without blundering. It is impossIble to select competent officers to fiU the various statioDs. There is another diffiCUlty necessarily resulting. A Lodge to live must have work, and in order to get material to work upon.l have known the lamb skin in several inl!!tances to be conferred upon veritable goats. Naturally enough these goats retain their character both in and out of the Lodge-room. Their lives are a reproach to Masonry; good men hesitate and conclude to remain without; non-affillat.es decllne to afflllate, and members become disaffected and lose all interest·. These, and many others that 1 could easily mention, I am satistied are the fruits or planting too many Lodges ill this County. I believe the

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Grand Lodge conld do nothing that would more promote the interests of Masonry in this Connty, than by revoking the charters of at least two I)r three Lodges, and that before any dispensation should be granted, the Lodges to be affected路 should have a membership of at least seventy-five after all dimissions for forming the new Lodge, and that the proposed Lodge shall have suitable and sufficient material to work upon. I have endeavored to impress npon the brethren generally. and especially upon the omcers, the necessity of stud.vl n~ the Book of Constitutions. Ninet).. per cent. of the Craft are unacquainted with the character of its contents. Recently I visited a Lodge and was asked successively by four or five brethren the same question. I answered each by reading a section from the Book of Constitutions. This I found so fresh and unsoiled that I questioned if it had ever been opened. I think a knowledge of Masonic law and usage is as necessary to make a man an intelligent Mason, as is a knowledge of tbe work itself. Something ought to 路be done to require the officers of Subordinate Lodges to acquaint tnemselves with the decisions of our Grand Lodge. I think a change is imperatively demanded in this District. It is composed of counties which have but little connection either socially or commercially. and are inaccessible to each by any direct rail route. Clark, Scotland and Schuyler would make a good and convenient District; so would Adair, Macon and Schuyler. A railway traverses the first three from east to west-the 8t. Louis, Kansas City and Nortbern Railway; the latter, nQrth and south. Frat~rnally.

EDWARD HIGBEE.

TENTH DISTRICT. TRENTON, GRUNDY Co., September 23,1875. JOHN W. LUKE, Most Worshipful G1'and Master: I herewith present you a very brief report of the Tenth District. . On June 24th I visited Lindley Lodge, No. 252, and found them doing well, and tbeir books and work correct. I have have not visited aR many Lodges as I would like to, owing to sickness; but, from what I cau learu, tne Craft is doing finely in my district. I have visited Oriental Lodge several times, and find their books and work correct. With thanks for your confidence, and earnest wisbea for the prosperity of the Order, I am Truly and fraternally yours, W. H. McGRATH.

ELEVENTH DISTRICT. BERLIN, GENTRY COUNTY, September H, 1875. JOHN W. LUKE, Most Worship.rul Grand Master: I submit tbe following as my report as District. Deputy Grand Master of the Eleventh District of Missouri: I visited Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. a12; found books well kept.There were twenty-four mem bers present, and three visitJng brethren. JunJor Warden and Junior Deacon absent. Tiley have one small chart. Lodge solvent; Lodge property worth $500. The morals of the Craft, about an ave~age. Visited Alanthus Lodge, No. 252. Brethren present, 10; officers in their several stations. They work in a rented hall, or an apology for one; own no property, and have in unpaid dues and cash, $11)0. Visited Lily Lodge, No. 284. This Lodge has a ~ood membership now, and will do well. They have knocked oft'some of the rough corners of t路he old, G. L.-A 14.

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rotten ashlers, and it is now fit for the builder's use. It is hard for good brethren to have to pay for the misdeeds ot the unworthy, and I recommeud that part, at least, of their dues be remitted. They own a hall in connection with the Odd Fellows. Visited Allenville, No. H18. Members present, 24; visiting, I; officers in their several stations. They own a good hall, worth $ROO; $300 cash on hand, and unpaid dues to the amount to $150; hall well furnished; morals not good. Visited Jonathan Lodge,No.321; members present, 15; visiting,l; officers in their several stations; hall rented; records well kept; no symbolic charts; morals of the Lodge up to the standard, a truer set of bl'ethren to the princIples was never convened. They have on hand, after Grand Lodge dues are paid, about $40. They have impl)verished the Lodge in caring for their widows and orphan,.. They have bou~ht a house and lot for the family of a deceased brother and are tak.lng care of them. Visited Lone Star Lodge, No. 394, at MI. Vernon; hall owned by Lodge, worth $500; no furniture nor charts; books well kept; morals good. Visited Martinsville, Harrison County, to inspect their hall, which is 45 by 22 feet; ante-rooms, 7 feet. Distance from Lone IStar Lodge, 5 miles; Bethany, 10; Eagleville, 15; AlbaQy,15. The brethren at this place have built them the second best hall In this lJistrict, and finished and furnished it in ample order, and I recommend that they be granted a Dispensation to work. When a set 01' brethren have went down in l.helr pockets to build and furnish a hall with the neatness and taste that these brethren have displayed, they have a pride of character that will never allow them to dishonor their profession. .. But," says some old fogy, .. that would be too close to other Lodges, and then we have too many Lodges anyhow, and we are making too many Masons." To those I would say that 1 find the best membership or material where Lodges are the closest together, and all members can attend, and then they are apt to know , every man in their jurisdiction that petitions for the degrees or membership. Visited Bethany Lodge, No, 97; hall rented; members present, 15; visiting, 5; records well kept; Lodge well furnished; financially sound. 'riley have had some trouble in enforcing the law as it regards drunkenness, but the officers are sustained by the Lodge. Here I found a Masonic welcome that did my soul good. Masonry has nothing to fear from this quarter as long as Brother D. J. HEASTON, and others too numerous to mention, meet with tht: Craft. Visited Athens Lodge, at Albany; brethren present,9; visitors,4; officers in their several station8. Books corre('t, could not be otherwise while Brother .. SAM." CLARK wields the quill. They own their hall, worth $400; cash on hand $500. This Lodge has had sOlDe trouble in enforcing the iaw as it regards drunkenness, but they are suceeedwg well, and with the gavel in the hands of Brother .F'. M. MILLEN, the honor of Masonry will be vindicated. I have not visited Ancient Craft Lodge, at King City, but have met the Master and several of the members, and reports are favorable. All of the Lodges that I have visited have the By-Laws in connection with the Proceedings 01' the Grand Lodge in their care, and some of them are well stUdied. Ryland, U. D., is where I hold my memu.ership. We have the best hall in this district, cost 8i,IUO; we owe $400 on it yet, and after we send fee for charter we will have on hand 8149; it Is well furnished with charts and everything necessary to make the proper impression, The morals of this Lodge are up to the standard, not a man that drinks, gambles or takes the name of Deity in vain. They take the view that a man to be a Mason must be a gentleman. I recommend that they be granted a charter. Fraternally yours, AlURA MANRING.

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JOHN W. LUKE, Most WorshipfUl Grand Master: The record of my official labors during the past year is confined to an oflbial visitatlon ot' the Lodges at Jame3port and Victoria, in this county. Tue Lodge at this point I have met frequently. Added to a large indebtedness, I find much dissension among the membership here. So serious, indeed, il$

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the trouble' that I fear the charter will have to be returned to the Grand Lodge. With this exception, so far as I am advised, the Lodges of the district are harmonious. In November of last year the Lodge at Lock Spring, in this county, was set to work under charter, by Right Worshipful J. E. CADLE, Senior Grand Warden, assisted by Brother WILLIS GRIFFING, Past District Deputy Grand Master. The work was done at my request, and to the satisfaction of the brethren. I regret exceedingly my inability to discha.rge to better advantage the duties of my official position, and in this connection would say, with all deference to the wisdom of the Grand Lodge, that I consider the present system of supervision by District Deput.y Grand Masters almoRt totally without practical results. I would further add that It Is lIkely to continue so until the Grand Lodge shall provide the" means," either in "hard or rag money," to pay the actual traveling expenses of District Deputy Grand Masters whlle In the discharge of their official duty. Very truly and fraternally, A. M. DOCKERY.

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT. LATHROP, September Zl, 1875. JOHN W. LUKE, Most Worshipful Grand .Master: I herewith submit my report of the Thirteenth District, composing the counties of Clinton, Clay, and Ray: I set Cameron Lodge to work under D1spen~at1on November 10,1874. with Brothers MILTON HELWIG, as Worshipful Master; WILLIAM MCCALUM, Senior Warden, and E. T. W AI,KKR, Junior Warden; I visited the Lodge SeptE'mber 11,1875, and found them a bright, working Lodge, and would recommend that a charter be granted them. Decemher 19, 1874 I visited Lathrop Lodge, No. 330, at Lathrop, Clinton county, and installed their officers; their Lodge is composed of the best men in the country; they meet in rented property, are out of debt, but have nothing ahead. March 20, 1875, I visited Bee-Hive Lodge, No. 393, at Lawson, Ray county; they have built them a substantial hall, which has left them in debt considerable, but are gmdually paying out; it Is one of the best working Lodges in the district. July 17,1875, Visited Clay Lodge, No. 207, at Greenville, Clay county; found them deficient in the work; they have a very good hall and are out of debt, but have nothing ahead. August 7, 1875, visited Vlncll Lodge, No. 69, Cameron, Clinton county; found them in good condition; they meet in rented hall; have about $300 in the treasury. ' August 14, 1875, visited Plattesburg Lodge, No. 113, located at Plattsburg, Clinton county; they are a good working Lodge at present; they have been in debt for a long time, and almost dead until within the last year; they have taken a start for the better; are out ot' debt, and bid fair to be a bright Lodge; they meet in rented property. Haynesville Lodge, No. 49, (of which I am a member) is in a flourIshing condition; have done considerable work duriDg the present year, and all out of good material; they own their hall, which Is only tolerably good, and have about $500 in their treasury. This inclndes all the Lodges that I have visited during the year. It was my intention to visit every Lodge in the district, but the grasshoppers destroyed all of our crops and lett us in straightened circumstances, so the Lodges did not pay me enough for traveling expenRes, and my circumstances, financially, are such that I did not feel able to loose my time and pay my own expenses, so I stayed at home. I held a Lodge of Instruction at Lawson, Ray county, commencing September 6,1875, Right Worshipful Brother ALLAN McDOWELL was present; it lasted three days. Owing to the short notice we had of Brother McDOWELL'S intention to visit our district, there was only five Lodges represented, viz;

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Haynesvllle, No. 4!l; Cameron, under dispensation; Clay No. 'lIJl;' Bee.Hive, No.3U3, and Harmony, No. 384. Those present were greatiy benefitted by the meeting, and we will always feel under obl1gations to Brother McDoWELL for visiting our district. I have delayed my report until now on account of waiting to make final disposition of the property of Camden Lodge, under dispensation. You will see that I have done very little during the year, but I hope some one else who is more competent will be appointed to fill my place next year. I remain respectfully and fraternally yours, JAMES Y. WHlTSn"r.

FOURTEENTH DISTRICT. ST. JOSEPH, August 31, 1875. JOHN W. LUKE, Jlost lVoJ'ship/u[ Urand Master: To-morrow, the 1st prox., being the day on which you will expect to receive from me a full, complete and detalled statement of my official acts and doings, I beg to submit the following report, first premisiflg that the cares and duties incidental to my business, which of course could not be neglected, have prevented me from so fully discharging the duties of District Deputy Grand Master as they ihonld be, and as I could have desired. I would also state that many of the Lodges in this district are very difficult to reach, by reason of being situated in remote places, either far removed from railroads, or, if accessible by rail. the connection of the different roads is so bad that much delay is involved. Many of the Lodges meet on Saturday evenings, and I have found that to visit them involved the loss of the next two days. Many of them also have the same meeting nights. On receipt of your cirCUlar letter of instructions to District Deputy Grand Masters, I addressed a letter to the Secretary of each Lodge in the Fourteenth District, calling for a copy of their By-Laws. ThesE; letters were at once responded to. and I was quickly in possession of a copy of the By-Laws of every Lodge that had printed copies, and I found them to be in accordance with the By-Laws recommended for adoption by the Grand Lodge. The Secretaries of two Lodges wrote me that they had not had By-Laws printed, but had adopted the By-Laws as prescribed and recommended by the Grand Lodge, and had written them 'verbatim, in a .. book kept for that purpose." One Lodge only (St. Joseph, No. 78,) which has this year adopted a. new corle of By-Laws, and to the Worshipful Master of which Lodge, on the 2d of last June, I addressed a letter asking for a copy, up to thi" writing ha" not furnished me with a copy. With this exception, I have to report the By-Laws of the Lodges in this district in conformity with those of the Grand Lodge. I would here respectfully remark that, in my humble opinion, the By-Laws of Subordinate Lodges are, as a rule, terribly voluminous documents, and but imperfectly understood by the members. On the 16th of January last I visited Weston Lodge, No. 53, at Weston, where I also met the WorshipfUl Master and several of the members of Unanimity Lodge, No. 366, which Lodge meets in the same hall. I found everything in perfect working order, the officers in their stations, and well up in their respective duties. Sixteen members of Weston Lodge present, and ten visitors. I examined the Records of both Lodges, and found them to be satisfactory in every respect. I had the pleasure of delivering an address, which waR vel'y kindly received, and of exemplifying the work of the Third Degree. Weston Lodge owns the hall, and Unanimity Lodge had some $200 of bonds. Early in February I opened a Lodge of Instruction in the Masonic Hall at st. Joseph, which was conducted by Right Worshipful Brother A. McDOWELL, (;rand Lecturer. I had previousl~' advised every Lodge in the District, and requested tile attendance 01 as many officers and brethren a~ could possibly attcnd. We had a tine attendance and a glorious time. I think I may fairly say that we had a" revival in Masonry." We held the Lodge for four days, and country members returned to their homes well pleased with the instruction they had received, and iu visiting the Lo(lges that I have bcen able to, I have seen the beneficial effects of this 8chool of Instructlon. I feel compelled to say here, that certainly Right \Vorshipful Brother McDoWET,L exerted himself to the utmost to improve t,he occasion, and spared nei ther time or pains to accomplish the objE!ct. It was also very gratifying to have the attendance of a number of Past Masters. Right Worshipful Brother

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McDoWELL, after consulting with me, appointed Right Worshipful Brother J. S. BROWNE as his deputy. It became necessary for me to report to you the facts with regard to the death of Worshipful Brother FORBIS. Worsh ipful Master elect of Easton Lodge, No. 101, and the order I received from you of date, 28th January was duly carried out,which was that the Worshipful Master, Brother ROBINSON, hold over this year, and a new Secretary was elected as per your Dispensation. Brother ROBINSON having been elected Secretary previous to Brother FORBIS' ~~~ . I visited Easton Lodge on the 20th February; eight members present, two visitors. Easton Lodge is supplied with all the necessary charts, etc.; has some 8200 loaned on good security; does not do a great deal of work, but is in good condition and well managed. I have been there several times; either doing the work for them or posting them, and have seen every seat occupied (and there are a great many seats too). The Senior Warden, Brother P. L. WHEELER, of Rowley Lodge, No. 204, at Arnoldsville, came over to 81. Joseph in March, and spent several days and nights with me in talking over the affa.irs of Rowley Lodge and improving himself in the work. He reports to me that they are not a rich Lodge, but have all necessary money; they don't have a great deal of work to do, but that there Is complete harmony amongst the members, and the Lodge meet.lngs are well attended. On the 24th of April I visited Adelphi Lodge, No. 355, at Union Mills. The main object of my visit was to Investigate the charges which had been preferred against the Worthlpful Master, Brother MOORE; and, a full report of my Visit, etc., having already been made to you, I presume it Is not necessary to say anything in regard to it herein. There were 18 members present. and 3 Visitors, and I was informed there were some $200 in the hands of the Treasurer. . Adelphi Lodge Is largely composed of wealthy farmers; that kind of men who meet you at the depot with a snug country gig, take you to their homes, give you the finest products of the country to eat, and a grand bed-in short they meet you with whole-souled .l拢usonic hospitality. I had the pleasure of exemplifying the work, and was most agreeably surprised to find that the Lodge, as a whole, was well versed in the various degrees. On the 11th of May I paid an official visit to Zaredatha Lodge, No. 189, at St. Joseph. I would here remark that as I live in St. Joseph, and there are three Lodges, each meeting twice a month, I have made a great many visits in an un-ofllcial character. I was rather disappointed to have to wait till a quarter to nine P. M., before we got seven members present, especially as it was a very pleasant evenlnl/:. Since this visit I refer to, the Senior Warden has gone South, and the WorshipfUl Master has gone East (both permanently). thus leaving the Lodge in charge of the Junior Warden, a young and zealous Mason, however, who, I am sure. will do his best to manage the affairs Ull the regular election in December. Zel'edatha Lodge has a membership of about 160, and bas a large number of Past Masters, who can, and I have no doubt will, render the Junior Warden valuable assttance. Zeredatha Lodge fltted up the ball we occupy in St. Joseph, owns the furniture, etc., and the various Lodges, the Chapter, Council and Commandery pay rent to her for ball and use of furniture, etc. On the 19th of June I visited Rushville Lodge, No. 238, at Rushville. We had a crowded ball, probably owing to the fact that on the coming 24th the hall was to be dedicated, and arrangements had that evening to be completed.路 Rushvllle Lodge has some $600 invested in what they term "good security," and Is certainly in a flourishing condition. On the 24th following, the ball was publicly dedicated by yourself, having previosly, ie., the morning of the 24th, opened the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge in the Masonic Hall in St. Joseph. As, however, the proceedings were conducted by yourseif, I presume it is unnecessar~ for me to set them forth in detail herein as no doubt you will fully set forth aU necessary facts in your report, and I wih, therefore, pass it by, simply remarking that your visit to our city was most gratifying to us all, and that we all have the pleasantest recollections of the Most Worshipful Grand Master's visit to our vicinity last June. I have visited St. Joseph Lodge, No. 78, at st. Joseph, very many times, and regard her fiS one of the stable Lodges In the State. She has $1,000 on deposit, and something besides in the hands ot: the Treasurer. Her meetings are well attended, and the various ofllcers are well qualified. She has a large number of Past Mast~rs, and very many zealous and bright members. King Hill Lodge, No. 376, meeting at King Hill, some four miles south of St. Jeseph, is in good condition. It is a common thing for the officers and

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members to come frequently to St. Joseph, to meet in one of the Lodges here for the purpose of self-improvement. Agency, No. 10; Rising Sun, No. 13 ' De Kalb, No. 22; Birming, No. 150; Camden, No, 169; New Market, No. 274, I have not been able to visit in person, as you see they meet but once a month, and several of them on the same night as some of those I have visited. And now with regard to the last LodJl:e in the district, Charity, No. 331, of which I have the honor to be Worshipful Master. I can truthfully say that she is in good, active, healthy operation, and certainly has the best attendance of any Lodge in the district. I have seen over 80 Masons present, frequently 60 seldom less than 30. We have between two and three hundred dollars deposited to our credit in the Buchanan Bank of At. Joseph. We do not owe anything, pay our bills promptly, and make our members pay their dues promptly, and we work together in good shape. These arejacts. It has been singularly fortunate for me in holding the position of District Deputy Grand Master and endeavoring (most surely, honestly endeavoring) to discharge the duties incumbent on the position, to be able to refer to Right Worshipfnl Brother D. P. WALLINGFORD, who is 80 eminently qual1fted to gtve counsel and advice, and with whom I have almost dally spent !lome time, and freely reviewed every queston put to me. Broth~r WALLINGFORD accompanied me also on every trip I made, thus making the journeys pleasant and companionable, and being, as it were, a Masonic dictionary that I could refer to any time.

In conclusion I would say that I regard Masonry in the Fourteenth District in a ftourishlng condition. The brethren are eager for instruction, and I feel satisfied that the omcers are all honestly endeavoring to carry out the law according to the true intent and meaning of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge. Permit me here to say, that I am deeply sensible of the very kind manner in which all your correspondence to me has been conducted; the orders you have issued have been couched in such shape that my immediate compliance was not merely the routine of duty, but rather the natural action produced by a truly charitable manner in you. Fraternally and faithfully yours, J. R. HARDY.

SIXTEENTH DISTRICT. ST. LOUIS, September 25, 1875.

JOHN W. LUKE, Most Worshipful Grand

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Herewith I submit my report since June 1; I have visited the following Lodges, viz: Missouri, No.1; Meridian, No.2; Beacon, No.3; George Washington, No.!); St. Louis, No. 20; Naphtal1, No. 25; Mt. MorIah, No. 40; Polar Star, No. 79; Erwin, No. 121; Occidental, No. 163; Orient Francais, No. 167; Good Hope, No. 218; Pride ot'the West, No. 179; Keystone, No. 243; Aurora, No. 267; Cosmos, No. 282; Corner-Slonp, No. ;j23; Tuscan, No. 360; Cache, No. 416; ltaska, No. 420; Anchor, No. 443; West Gate, No. 445. I have found them all in good condition. Their records are well kept, and, with one excepl1on, their financial cOllditlon is ea8Y. There is to-day more uniformity in the work than ever before. The Worshiplul Masters and Wardens of the majority of the Lodges are young men, and young enough to learn the work, and with pride enough to do it well. The Lodge of Instruction during the last winter was well attended, and much good has resulted therefrom. I will not make any comparisons, for all have donp well, but OccIdental, No. 163; Tuscan, No. 360; Keystone, No. 243; G~orge WashIngton, No.9. and Naphtall, No. 25, have done a large amount of work, and, as far as I call judge, they have worked up good material. 'rhanking you for your confidence and the honor conferred upon me, I am yours t'raternally, W. R. STUBBLEFIELD.

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Mo., September, 1875.

W. LUKE, jlIost Worshipful Grand Mastn: Herewith flnd my report aB District Deputy Grand MaBter of the Seventeenth District, Missouri. Owing to sickness of myself at tbe time I had laid out to make my annual visits to tbe Lodges of my district, I only visited one otber Lodge tban my own, and was also prevented from holding a Lodge of Instruction. On the 19th day of June I visited Hope Lodge, No.2-51, found them in a more flourishing condition than they have been in for many years; doing considerable work, and doing it well and on No.1 material. At that Communication there were twenty brethren present, fourteen of them members of the Lodge. The Lodge is well tyled. No one is allowed in the preparation-room, except the proper officers. Hope Lod~e has a No.1 Secretary, who keeps their records in good shape, and with but few errors which I corrected. Hope Lodge is well fnrnished, and keeps the By-Laws and Constitution with the last three or four years Grand Lodge Proceedings in the hall. The By-Laws of Hope Lodge are in conformity with the By-Laws and Regulations of the Grand Lodge. except in two instanceR. First, they require a fee of S3 from applicants for atnliatlon, irref:pective of time of his having paid dues in twelve months, and second, making a member ineligible to hold office should he neglect to pay his dues annually in advance. They have charts and diagrams of the emblems of the Symbolic Degrees. Hope Lodge Is financially in good condition; they owe nothing; had $50 on hand; have no funds invested, but are somewhat dilitory in collecting dues, having an average of more than twelve months dues due Lodge. They are tolerably strict in examiIlfuon of visitors. Altogether, Hope Lodge is doing well. Union Lodge, No. 173, is in a very good fix, though not doing very much work. The members are zealous of the principleR of Masonry, and are on hand at the Communications of the Lodge when held. They are tyled strictly, Rnd allow none except proper officers in the preparation-room with candIdate, and forbid any levity with candidate by the officers. Their records are kept according to the laws and usages of Masonry, and In good style. Have full complement of furniture; keep a copy of By-Laws and Constitution and all the Proceedings of Grand Lodge belonging to them in the Lodge. Their By-Laws conform to the By-Laws and Regulations of Grand Lodge. Have charts and diagrams of the emblems of Symbolic Degrees. They are in a very good financIal condition. HR.ve about $600 invested in a Joint Cemetery with the Lodge of Odd Fellows of Union; their half worth at least $1,000; they owe about $150 on same; have enough dues with the sale of lots in Cemetery to pay her out of debt, and then the sale of lots annually will about pay running expenses of the Lodge. Are very strict in examination of visitors. I have heard from all the other Lodges from members whom I could rely upon. They are doing well; most of them doing good work on first rate material. Taking it altogether, Masonry is moving alon~ with rapid strides in this district, for some years ago It was about dead in Franklin County, bnt thanks to the Supreme Architect of the Universe and the solid prlncipleR of our beloved Order, she is now triumphant once again. Fraternally yours, JOHN H. PUGH. JOHN

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EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT. FREDERICKTOWN, September 10, 1875. JOHN W. LUKE, .Most Worshinful UJ'{md J/asler: As District Deputy of the EIghteenth MasonIc District, r have the honor to submit the following report: This must necessarily be short. as peace and harmony prevaIl throughout the district. Nothing has arisen during tue past year to requIre your attention wIth a view to settlIng controverted/points of law, or the enforcement of dIscipline. r have vIsited Farmington Lodll;e. No. 132, Hnd find the records good, and they are doIng some work on good material, but do not enforce the law in relation to temperance as It should be done. St. Francois Lodge, No. 234, is doIng but little work, and doing it well; finances good. Marcus Lodge, No. 110, is doing well; will soon have their new hall paid for; peace and harmony prevaIling, will1 few exceptions. Samaritan Lodge, No. 424, whIch was destroyed by fire last fall. is again in a prosperous condItion; the brethren are meeting in a schoolhouse at. ~~e~e:r~d~~\~t~i:~1~I~abva~~ ~~f~~~~ ';~e~~eOn~IOUS hall erected, which wlll On the 13t.h of May last, assisted by Right Worshipful THOMAS C. READY,

I opened a Lodge of Instrucpon in the Masonic hall at Fredericktown for the benefit of all the Lodges in the district. Marcus Lodge, No. 110, was the

only one that responded to the call. The attendance was slIm, but the interest good. Much good might be done by holding a Lodge of instruction during the winter month"" when a majority of the brethren are not so busy. Hoping this short report may prove satisfactory to you and all others interested, . I am yours f6aternally, WILLIAM NIFONG.

NINETEENTH DISTRICT. CAPE GIRARDEAU, September 29,1875. JOHN W. LUKE, .Most Worshipful Grand JlIasle1'; There has been so much sickness I have been unable to visit the Lodges in this district, and, on account of a dIsappointment by Brother McDOWELL, have had no School of Instruction. He promised me to come the last of August, and to notify me in time to call the Lod~es together. I waited for his noLlce, and it has not come yet. Had he not disappointed me I would have held one myself. However, I hear from all the Lodges in my district frequently, and believe all are doing well in every particular. BeggIng pardon for my sh.ort-coming, I have the honor to be Yonrs fraternally, W. B. WILSON.

TWENTIETH DISTRICT. COMMERCE, September 4,1875. JOHN W. LUKE, Most WorshipfUl Gmlld Master: As required by law, I hereby submit a report of my stewardship as District

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Deputy Grand Master of the Twentieth Masonic District, embracing the coun ties of, Scott, Mississippi, New Madrid and Pemiscot. On the 30th of March I set Charleston Lodge to work under a Dispensation granted by yourself. On the 24th of June I visited Caruthersville Lodge, installed the officers, remained a couple of days with the brethren, exemplifying the work and lectures of symbolic Masonry. Records good and finances easy; but their hall, though safe, Is shabbily furnIshed and badly kept, being occupied jointly by Grangers and Good Templars. . Sikeston Lodge, No. 310, occupies a fine hall; tolerably fair records, and no means. I ~ucb 1'ear that the brethren 01' this Lodge do not exercise suffi('Jent diligence in the selection of theIr material. The Lodge is not very harm'miOtlS, and much public immorality and dIssipation exists unchallenged. Ashlar Lodge, No. 306, is guarding well the outer door; has a safe and well furnished hall; is out of debt, with some funds in the treasury. I regret that professional business, together wilh continual heavy raIns and impassable roads, prevented me from visiting all the Lodges in my district. The j'ew, however, not vltlited, I learn from reliable information, are in a prosperous condition. OWing to the fact that no DistrIct Deputy Lecturer bas been appointed to this district, I have not called any regular Lodge of Instruction. I remain fraternally, F. DEWINT.

TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT. POTOSI, September 25, 1875. JOHN W. LUKE, Most Worshipful Grand Master: I respectfully submit the following report: I have not held a Lodge of Instruction in my district, from the fact that we have no one authorIzed to inst-ruct in the work. 1 made an effort to get the Grand Lecturer to visit us, but failed, for the reason that his engagements elsewhere prevented his coming. I have visited but two Lodges-Potosi, No. 131, and Irondale, No; 143. From enquiries made, I feel satisfied that harmony prevails throughout the distTlct. Fraternally SUbmitted, E. B. gMITH.

TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT. SALEM, DENT COUNTY, September 1,1"75. JOHN W. LUKE, .1Ios! Worshipful Grand Jla,\'fcr: I beg leave to submit my annual report for the Twenty-fifth District, and in doin~ so I will say that within my district the work of the several Lodg~s has been very light, and corresponds with the dullness of the times amI general surroundIngs. The Lodges of ~alem, No. 2:.1.'5; Leba.non, No. 77, and .Rolla, No. 23, all appear to be in a good condition as regards theIr t1nances, each havinl!: a comfortable hall. and they paid for, with no debt hanging over them. 8t. James Lodge, No. 230, is not so fortunate, they having contracted an indebteduess in bUilding a hall, have I路ailed to pay, and suffered tbemselves to be sued and judgments rendered against them (the amount I cannot give), aud ere long their hall will probably be sold to pa.y those debts. EvenIng 8tar Lodge, No. 94, made a voluntary surrender of their charter, the particulars of which were reported to you at the time. The princIple cause was a debt made to build a hali. Query.-Would It not be best for the Grand Lodge to restrict the Lodges in thi8 matter of making debts beyond their known iuabllity to pay? 01',11' tlley make a debt, require the members to become individually responsible, and

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required to pay the same just as any individual debt. Such a law, in my opinion, would stop the extravagance that has been indulged in by so many of the Lodges In this State, and has broken up so many of the Lodges, and brought disgrace upon the fraternity in different parts of the State.路 Arlington Lodge, No. 346, situated at Arlington, on the Atlantic and Pacitlc Ra.tlroad, I have not been able to visit, nor have I been able to obtain any information upon which to make any report in regard to said Lodge. I have not been able to hold a District Lodge of Instruction, although I have been very anxious to do sOhand wrote to the Grand Lecturer, ea.rly In the year, asking him to set a time w en he would be able to attend, but presume he never got my letter as I never had any reply from him. We had no District Deputy Grand Lecturer for thIs diAtrict this year. I am glad to be able to report tha.t there is a growing disposition on the part of the omcers and members of the Lodges in this district, to a more rigid enforcement of the ancient charges and moral teachings of our beloved Order, and especially In regard to that monster intemperance which has done so much injury to our Order and the country generally, and I sincerely hope the time is not far distant when to be a Mason will be a guarantee tbat the man is a sober,just and moral man in every respect; and that such a one, when called upon to associate witb any member of a Lodge of Masons in this State, will not be compelled to feel that by so doing he is disgraced in bis Masonic character, as is too much tbe case at this time. Cannot some action be taken that will enable us to raise our standard higher in sobriety and moralty? This has been a year of little work In the Lodges in this district, and, as sbould be naturally supposed, small attendance upon the Lodge meetings upon the part of the members. I am glad to be able to report that the omcers of all the Lodges in tbis district are competent, moral and high-toned men, and while the Lodges are under the control of such men, we need have no fears for tbe work done in the Lodges, for tbey have the honor and good of Masonry at heart. ' The last Lodge of Instruction that was held in this district was held January, 1874, at the hall of Evening Star Lodge, No. 94, by Brother J. E. ANDERSON, District Deputy Grand Master and Lecturer. . Fraternally submitted, J. M. ORCHARD.

TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT. ALTON, September 22, 1875. JOHN W. LUKE, Most Worship/ttl Grand Ma.~ter: I herewith submit my report as your Deputy in the Twenty-sixth Masonic District: So far as my knowledge extends, peace and harmony prevail among the Craft In the district, with the exception of my own Lodge (Alton, No. 255,) which Is at this time in a deplorable condl tion; some of its members refusing to fellowship each other; others refusing to visit the Lodge while others remain members. I have done everything in my power to allay these bad passions among my brethren, but all has failed. It has been out of my power to visit all the Lodges In my district during the year, and I request that tbe Grand Master will appoint some other brother as District Deputy Cor the incoming year who is better qualltled than myself to serve the Craft in the Twenty-sixth Masonic District. I am, fraternally, J. A RICE.

TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT. PLEASANT MOUNT, MILLER COUNTY, October 2, 1875. JOHN W. LUKE, Most Worship/ul W'und Master: Having been prevented by sickness from visiting some of the Lodges in my district, and also from making my report as tbe law requires, yet I deem it my duty at this late day to give you an account of my labors as far as I have been able to go.

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On the 28th, 29th, and 80th days of December, 1874, I held a Lodge of Instruction at Jefferson CIty, at the Instance of Right WorshIpful Brother ALLAN McDoWELL, Grand Lecturer, who was present and Instructed the brethren thoroughly, and exemplified the work in the three first degrees of Masonry fully. The Lodge was opened at 8 o'clock on the evening of the 28th, and we held mornIng, afternoon, and evenIng sessIons untIl the evenIn~ of the 80th, when Jefferson Lodge, No. 43, met and conferred the Third Degree on a candidate who' had been elected at a prevIous meeting, which was done In an excellent manner. The Lodge of'InstructIon was held In Jefferson Lodge hall, No. 43, a good and safe hall, and was attended by the followIng brethren: ALLAN McDOWELL, Grand Lecturer; C. C. WOODS, Boonville Lodge; H. S. BURLINGAMB:, Pleasant Mount Lodge, No. 134; Brother ROWE, Tebo Lodge, No. 68; E. H. HUTCHISON, Greenwood Lodge' Brothers REITHEL, HEIAT, aud CARTER, Jefferson Lodge, No. 43; Brother D. Ross, CalifornIa Lodge, No. 183,i..,.Brothers MAHAN and NOLAN, HIckory Hill Lodge, No. 211; Brothers BOVEL, nALL, and LEMAN, Chamois Lodge, No. 185, and a number of other brethren attended the evenIng sessions. Jefferson Lodge, No.43; Pleasant MQunt Lodge, No. 134 . Hickory Hill Lodge, No. 211; California Lodge, No. 183; MonlteRu Lodge, No. 295; IberIa Lodge, No. 410; TuscumbIa Lodge, No. 437, all have good and safe halls, except IberIa; theIr haIl is not altogether as safe as It ought to be, though the brethren are careful. All or the above named Lodges have work as prellcribed by the Grand Lodge, and have fall' records. Some of the Lodges have not been strict enough In the enforcement of the By-Laws. I rel/:ret to have It to say that too many Masons lose sight of that cardInal vIrtue, temperance. Tuscumbia Lodge, No. 43i, Is worse afflIcted In that way than any in the Twenty-seventh DIstrIct, and they have never reeeived the new Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge. The By-Laws of the several Lodges in thIs dIstrIct are In conformIty with those of the Grand Lodge. Tipton Lodge, No. 56, I have not been able to visit. I have tried to Impress upon the mInds ofthe brethren of all the Lodges the iIpportance of correcting the Irregularities of their members, and to enforce the By-Laws, especially agaInst habItual drunkenness, and they have promIsed to do so. Fraternally submitted, JAMES JOHNSTON.

TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. LEBANO~, October 1,1875. JOHN W. LUKE, Most Worship.rul Grand Master: I submIt herewith my report as DIstrIct Deputy Grand Master for the Twenty-eighth Masonic DIstrIct: I visIted RIchland Lodge, No. 382, August 12. They own one undIvIded half Interest In a house and lot; house, frame, two storIes hIgh. Meet In second story of buildIng, 24x60 feet. Are in debt $400. Records well kept. VIsited LInn Creek Lodge, No. 152, August 14. M~et In second story of frame buildIng; fioor and sIde deadened with sawdust; have the hall rented at $30 per year. 6200 loaned out, and have $150 on hand and due the Lodge. Records well kept. VIslted Genter Lodge, No. 401. Meet in second Rtory of brick building, rented at $33 33Y:; per year. Records carefully kept. Cash on hand, $72; due from brethren, $30. Laclede Lodge, No. 83, of whIch I am a member, meet In same hall as Center; rented at 133 33Y:; per year. They own a hall in the old part of Lebanon that cost them over $2,000, whIch Is almost worthless now. Records carefully kept. Cash on hand, $20; due from brethren, $155. The above Lodges all have charts or dIagrams of the emblems of the Symbollc Degrees, a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge. TheIr By-Laws conform to the law and Regulation of the Grand Lodge. Have not visited Newburg Lodge, No. 423, thIs year, although made two appoIntments to do so, and was prevented by raIn and by sIckness. Could hold no Lodge of Instruction, for want of a Lecturer, as we have none in this district. Hope you will appoint some more competent brother for the ensuIng year as DIstrIct Deputy Grand Master. All of which is fraternally SUbmitted. JOSIAH IVEY.

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TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT. OZARK, Mo., September 16, 1875. .JOHN W. LUKE, Most Worshipful Grand .Jfal>ter: In obedience to the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge of Miflsouri, I make the following report as District Deputy Grand Master of the Twenty-ninth Masonic District. As you are aware that I did not recieve the appointment as District Deputy Grand Master until February 27th. I then went to work in getting a District L~cturer appointed, which did not take place until the 22d of April, which resulted in the appointment of Brother LEROY S. CLEMENTS. We convened Friend Lodge, No. 352, on the 11th day of June, 1875, where Brother Cr.EMENTS delivered a lecture to us in the Third Degree of Masonry,' which, I think, resulted in much good, and made lasting impressions upon the minds of the brethren. As the brethren of this Lodge are scattered from one to twenty miles in the country. it works a hardship upon them to meet any time, more especially in the sprin~ and summer seasons, as they are nearly all tillen; of the ground, but are willing to do their duty as Masons. I have not been able to visit Forsyth Lodge, No. 453, in person, but I called upon Past Master CLAFLIN; he informs me that Lodge is in a prosperous condition, and the brethren are able to do the work the Master assigns them. I am truly and fraternally, Your obedient servant, JAB. W. ROBERTSON.

THtRTIETH DISTRICT. SPRINGFIELD, October 5, 1875. JOHN W. LUKE, Most W01'shin(u[ Orand ~f((Nter: I herewith submit the following as my official report: On the 19th of November, 1874, I set Henderson Lodge, No. 447, to work under its charter, and installed its officers. I 'am happy to have it in my power to inform you that the Lodge is in a prosperous condition and doing good and square work, . On the 11th of December, in obedience to your order, I visited Ash Grove for the purpose of investigating the facts relative to the surrender of the charter of Ash Grove Lodge, No. 348. Immediately on my return I reported to you the result of my investigation, it is, therefore, unnecessary for me to recapitulate them in this report. Since that report was made, nearly all the resIdent members of the Lodge signed a recommendation, which I forwarded to you, that the charter of said Lodge be not restored, in which recommendation I most fully concur, belieVing, under the circumstances, that the best interest of Masonry requires that the Grand Lodge shOUld retain possession of tbe charter. On the 28th of December I installed the officers of United Lodge, No.5, and :::;olomon Lodge, No. 271. On the - - dlty of December I visited Gate of the Temple Lodge, No. 422, and installed its officers. . December 30, I visited Rising Star Lodge, No. 147, and installed its officers. It was my intention, at the commencement of the present Masonic year, to have visited all the Lodges in this district, but circumstances, over which I had no contrOl, prevented, much to my regret. At the request of the Masters of several of the Lodges in this district, I called a Lodge of Instruction at Springfield, which was holden on the 5th, 9th and 10th of March, and of which every Lodge in the district had due

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notice. Nine of the Lodges were represented by thirty-two regular attendants. Brother ALLAN McDOWELL, our able and efficient Grand Lecturer, was present, and Cl)nducted the work with his usual zeal and ability. I think much good resulted from his labors. The sov~ral Lodge-rooms in thlR district are safe and securely tyled. The Lodges are all supplied with the Revised Constitution and By-Laws, which, I trust, will be carefully perused by the officers and brethren. . I regret to be compelled to report tha.t the Lodges have not taken that care and caution to preserve the printed Proceedin~s of the Grand Lodge that they ought to have done. Some of the Lodges have not a copy In the Lodge-room. others have a few old copies, and some two or three complete sets from 1865 up to the present time. CHARTS.-All of the Lodges, except one or two, are supplied with charts, and all have the requisite furniture. BY-LAWS.-sO far as I have been able to learn are those recommended by the Grand Lodge. . . RECORDs.-The records of all the Lodges I have visited are properly kept. The names of the officers and transactions of each meeting are duly recorded. FINANcES.-The financial condition of our Lodges is generally good, none of them show la.rge amounts of funds on hand, but they are out of debt, and if their dues were fUlly collected they would have funds In the treasury. In conclusiou I would say that Masonry, in th.!s district, Is in a good and healthy condition. All of which Is fraternally submitted, C. F. LEAVITT.

THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT. CARTHAGE, Mo., September 8,1875. JOHN W. LUKE, ....I().~t WorshiPful Orand Masler: Shortly after the last sl'ssion of the Grand Lodge, I received a commission from you appointing me a District Deputy Grand Master for the Thirty-second Masonic District. It was my intention to visit every Lodge in this district, as I had done the previous winter. but owing to a spell of sickness in my family of over six months' uuratton I have been able to visit only three or four of the Lodges, except Carthage, No. 197, and cannot make a report of their condition. The above is all the excuse I have to otrer for not performing the duties requIred of me by the laws of the Grand Lodge. I hope at the next session of the Grand Lodge some brother will be appointed as my successor, who has more time and means to spare and more Masonic ability than I have. Fraternally yours, G. M. ROBINSON.

THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT. GREENFIELD, DADE COUNTY, Augnst 16, lS75â&#x20AC;˘ .TOHN W. LUKE, Most lVol'l>ltip/lcl (;nmfl Jlrll>/u: In accordance with the inst.ruction of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, I beg leave to report that: On December I, 1874, I consecrated Golden Lodge, No. 475, A. F. and A. M., at Golden City, Barton county, Missouri, and installed its officers; hall is goud, well secured, regular furniture, charts for eaoh degree; officers good mell and well informed Masons. The Grangers meet In their hall; I suggested it would be better to get them out and appropriate the hall to Masonic purposes only. Present, members S; visiting brethren, 5. December 2, 1874, consecratecl Montevallo Lodge. No. 490, A. F. and A. M., Montevallo, Vernon county, Missouri, and installed its officers. They are poor workers, and do not appear very anxious to learn. Brother W. H. STONE accompanied me; we gave them what instruction we could during our short

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stay. The Lodge owns the building in which the hall is situated. It is well secured. neat and comfortable; part of the fUl'niture good. part very inditferent. The Lodge is young and will improve in that respect. Work of the Secretary doce uf much better than formerly. Odd Fellows and Grangers meet in their hall; urged upon them the propriety ot getting rid of their tenants and devoting the hall to Masonry. Present. members 19; visiting brethren,9. 'March 15, 16. and 17, lSi5, held Lodges of Inl'ltrnction in Greentleld. Dade county. Four Lodges wElre repr~sented, and Brother A. McDoWELL, Grand Lecturer. devoted a large portion ot' three days and nights to theIr Instruction. Tbe Lodges that attended have tbe work, t,hree of tb~ otber four. Lamar, Osage ann Ar~yle. are very good workers. the other, Montevallo, knows so Httle about the work that I am puzzl~d to know how a degree was ever conferred in It. They should. by all means. attended the Lodge of lnstruction and get the work and lectures of the three degrees. June 17, lSi5, visited Melville Lodge, No. 454, A. F. and A. M., at Dadevllle, Dade county. Missouri; found it taking great interest in its Masonic duties; not working as perfectly as I desired, but better than some I know of; bave good charts; furniture all right, but somewhat rough; the way they are now' getting along tbey wll1improve; some of the members have very crude ideas of Masonic la.w; tbe Lodge is young, I trust, a,s tbey grow older, they will grow Wiser. Brother W. H. STONE, District Deputy Grand Lecturer, attended with me a.nd conferred the Third Degree. Present, members 22; visiting brethren, 9. June 18,1875, visited Washington Lodge, No. 87, A. F. and A. M., at Greenfield, Dade county, Missouri, found everything in place; good workers; furniture good and complete; new charts Jor each degree; jewels for all the otllcers. This is an old Lodge, has acquired considerable properl,y. Everytbing wouid be right but for the pernicious practice of paying no attention to the time appointed by the Worshipful Master t'or meeting, but straggling in until time to close. I urge upon them the importance of coming to time sharp; hope they w1ll do better in the future. Pre8ent. members 18; visiting brethren, 5. June 22, 1875, visited Greenfield Lodge, No. 446, A. F. and A. M. This is one of the best conducted Lodges in the Thirty-third District. The Worshipful Master is punctual to the hour, and goes to work on time. They are good workers; jewels for all the otllcers of fine quality; furniture, charts, etc. Meet in the same hall wIth Wa8hington Lodge. No. 87; Greenfield Chapter, No. 88, Constantine Commandery, under DispensatIon. Present, members 15; visitIng brethren, 3. August 2, 1875, visited Lamar Lodge, No. 292, A. F. and A. M., at Lamar, Barton county, Missouri. This Lodge Is getting along much better than it did last year; the otllcers are good and etllclent Masons; good furniture, jeweis, etc., and the Lodge is made up of material such as III calculated to adurn the Order of Masonry. Members present, 15; visiting brethren, 2. August 3, lSi5, visited Osage Lodge, No. 303, A. F. a.nd A. M., Nevada, Vernon county. A few words will be sutllclent; the otllcers are actIve, energetic Masons, well versed in the work and lectures of the three degrees, and have the good of the Craft at heart. Furniture of the Lodge of the finest order, hall neat and comfortable and well protected. There was but a sma.ll turnout of members, occasioned by a misunderstanding in giving notice. Members presen t, 12. August 4,1875, visited Argyle Lodge, No. 451, A. F. and A. M., Nevada, Vernon county. This Lodge occupIes the same hall as Osage Lodge, No. 303, hence, with regard to that the same ram arks will apply. The memt>ership Is honorable to the Order, and the otllcers Masons of merit and etllciency. Present members, 13; visiting brethren, 10. In conclusion, I feel very much gratified to say that peace and harmony prevail throughout the Thirty-third District, and a true Masonic spirtt exhibited by the different Lodges. All of which is respectfnlly and fraternally submitted. S. B. BOWLES.

THIRTY-FIFTH DISTRICT. CLINTON, Mo., l:)eptember 23,1875. JOHN W. LUKE, Must Worshipful (Jrnnd Ma~te1': I herewith submit my report as District Deputy Grand Master of tbe Thirtyfifth DIstrict for the past Masonic year,

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About the 1st of November, 1874, received a Charter for Clinton Lodge, No. 481, and on the 14th of same month proceeded to consecrate Uasa regular Lodge, and installed the officers. This Lodge is doing very little work, but the material is generally good, Was present at a meeting of Montrose Lodge, 408, on the 24th of March, 1875; their ball was secure, but_poorly furnished; uojewels or furniture to make the .work impressive. The Worshipful Master, Brother J. G. THORNTON, is well qualified to give the lectures in the several degrees. Their records are well kept, and they were doing considerable work; material generally good.â&#x20AC;˘ On tho same night tbe hall was dt'stroyed by tire, and/they lost their charter and everything belonging to the Lodge. There being no other pla('..e in the town that could be used as a Lodge-room, the Worshipful Master would not apply for a duplicate charter. They are now without a charter or any place to meet. June 18th, visited Agricola Lodge, 343, Henry <Jounty. Eighteen brethren present. Hall small and not secure, but the brethren are very cautious. }l'ound records well kept. They have the necessary jewels. etc. Own their hall, and are in a prosperous condition. This Lodge abounds in the best material 01" any oue I have Visited. '.rhey are earnest and zealous Masons, and their omcers are well qualitied to do good work. Tebo Lodge, 68, at <Jllnton, of which I am a member,is the strongest and best Lodge in the district. '.rheh' hall is large; well furnished, and secure. A large majority of the members are the best citizens in the community. Their outer door is carefully guarded, and they make perfect ashlars from the rough material. The present officers are brigllt and zealous Masons, and their work is in conformity with that adopted by the Grand Lodge. I have not been able to visit all the Lodges in the district, but have heard from most of them, and, with the exception ot' Calhoun, 184, and Osceola, 273, St. Ulair County, are doing a fair amount of work. AppoInted to visit Lowry City Lodge, 4ll3, St.. Clair county, on the 20th, but on arriving there found the members had not been notified, and tbeir could be no meeting of the Lodge. Visited their ball, which is small and poorly furnished. The records nOl properly kept, Their officers are not qual1t1ed to confer degrees. They neeL1inslruction ver~' much, We have no Vistrict Lecturer, as it ilJ almost impossible to get the Lodges to agree on a choice. I wouid recommend a change in the s~'slem of District Lecturers, and think it would work â&#x20AC;˘ better for the District Deputy Grand Masters to qual1t'y themselves and instruct the Lodges. I regret that I have not been able to devote more time to the several Lodges in the uilJtrict during tile past year, but. circumstances over wbich I had no controi have prevented. In conclusion I would state that the above comprises about aU the official acts that I have performed during the past Masonic year. Thanking you for the honor you conferred upon me by appointing me District Deputy Grand Master for this district. I remaIn, very respectfully and fraternally. J. C. MIDDLECOFF.

THIRTY-SIXTH DISTRICT. HARRISONVILLE, September 30.1875. JOHN W. LUKE, Most WorShipful Grand Master: I herewith snbmit my report as District Deputy Grand Master for the Thirty-sixth District: Soon after receiving the charter of Everett Lodge I proceeded to put the same to work. During the year I have officially visited all the Lodges in my district. The Lodges have usually been weH attended, and I have found in most of the Lodges a good degree or interest in the work. I have inspected the Lodge-rooms, aud find them securely tyled, and, as a rule, no others besides the prope'r otficerli have been permitted in the preparation-room with the candidate. The records have been properiy kept, and the officers' names, and transactions of each meeting, properiy recorded. All the Lodges, I believe, have copies of tbe Coustllution and By-LawlJ of the Grand Lodge, as well as the Proceedings of the Graud Lodge since the institution of each Lodge. The JJy-Laws of the several Lodges are In conformity with the By-Laws and Regu-

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lations of the Grand Lod~e. All the Lodges in my distriet have charts or emblems or the Symbolic De~ree~, except Dayton, Index and EVel'ett. I have been unallie to ascertain the financial condition ot' each Lodge. Lodges have excrcised care In the f'xamination or visitors, and the law has been complied with, so far as I could learn, in regard to vouching for visitors, and also In regard to brethren entering or leaving the Lodge-room after the Lodge bas been opened. I have called no Lodge of Instruction for the district, owing to the preval- â&#x20AC;˘ ence of t.he grasshopper plague at the seaSOll when such Lodge has usually been'held. I, as District L~~turer, held a Lodge of Instruction with Everptt Lodge; and,ln my official vIsits as District Deputy Grand Master, I have spent some time in teaching the work. Tbe work of Lodges in my district conforms to tbat prescribed by tbe Grand Lodge, and most of the Lodges are efficient in tbe work. Two or three Lodges In my district are lagging In interest, and will doubtless die out, and general Interests of tbe Craft will not suffer thereby. Respectfully and fraternally submitted. W. H. STANSBERRY.

THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. SEDALIA, October 4, 1875. JOHN W. LUKE, jlfost Worshipful Grand Maste?': As District Deputy Grand Master of the Thirty-eighth District, I report as follows: I have answered a great many questions in writing and orally, but what the questions or answers were I do not think it necessary or desirable to record here. I have visited a number oLthe Lodges in the district, and have made special enquiry as to those I have not visited, and, with one or two exceptions, tbe Lodges are in a healthy and prosperous condition. On the - - day of December, 1874, assisted by Past Masterll D. H. SMITH and J. C. THOMPSON, I duly set Paragon Lodge, at Green Ridge, Pettis County, Mo., to work under Its charter, duly dedicating its hall, and consecrating It.s Lodll':e, and install1ng its officers. This Lodge has a very good hall, and the Lodge, thongh not large in numbers, bids fair, I think, to be a good workIng Lodge. All of wblch is fraternally submitted. Yours, etc., B. G. WILKERSON.

TItIRTY-NINTH DISTRICT. LEXINGTON, September Zi, 1875. JOHN W. LUKE, llfost }Vo/'ship/Ill Grand .lfaste?Âˇ: Owing to the severe illness of my family last winter, I was unable to attend to any Masonic business whatever. I am now recovering from an attack of bilious fever, bence the lateness of this report. I received the charters for Herndon Lodge, No. 487, and Mt. Hope, No. 476. I authorized Brother RORT. HALE, a Past Master, who proceeded to Herndon's Store In Saline County, and set those brethren to work under their charter on the 8th of December. The other charter I gave to Brother X. RYLAND, Deputy Grand Master, who 8el the brethren ot" Mt. Hope to work under their charter, who reported to you his action. I thought it hardly necessary to call a Lodge of Instruction, there being no DistrICt Lecturer, and the grasshopper l>courge making the people of tbls distriet feel that they had but little or no time to spare from bnsiness, and remembering t.hat Brother RYLAJSD vh;ited all the Lodges in this district and thoroughly instructed tbem only last year. From the best information I can get, thrift, peace and prosperity pre vall in this Musonlc district. Fraternally, W. D. CHANDLER.

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FORTIETH DISTRIOT. KANSAS CITY, Mo., October 4,1875. JOHN W. LUKE, Most Worshipful Grand Master: As your Deputy for the Fortieth District for the year just closed, I have the honor to submit the following short report: I have visited most of the Lodges in the district; the greater portion frequently, and find them working well and in a healthy condition; peace and harmony very generally prevail1ng among the membership, The Lodges through the district are generally well attended, and the Lodgerooms ample; well furnished, and secure. The Secretaries are generally good, as you will see by their returns. The Lodges have not been doing as much work as usual, owing to the fact that they are more careful In their selection of material, and the scarceness of money has kept many good men from applying, who otherwise would. The Right Worshipful Grand Secretary has furnished each Lodge in this district with copies of the new Book of Constitutions, and most of them have the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge for several years. Financially they are in good condition; none in debt, and most of them have money in the treasury. January 29th,. and 30th, lR75, Right Worshipful Brother ALLAN McDOWELL held a Lodge of Instruction at Independence. I am sorry to state that the attendance was not what it ought to have been. Wor8hipful Brother JAS. RIGGS, District Deputy Grand Lecturer, has lectured the "Lodges very thoroughly through the distrIct. I should have made this report earlier, but expected to visit Raytown Lodge on Satarday last, but was prevented from doing so. They have their hall rebuilt and ready for use. In conclusion allow me to return to you my sincere thanks for your oft repeated kindness to me during the past year. Trusting that an abler successor may be found to labor in this field, and that the Uraft may continue to prosper. I remain truly and fraternally yourlil, W. E. WHITING.

FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT. HILLSBORO, August 30, 1875. JOHN W. LUKE, Most Worshipful Grand Master: You will please accept the follOWing as my official report for the present Masonic year: My official acts have been few in number, consisting of installing officers of Lodges and visiting Lodges, examining condition of nalls, furniture, records, etc., and advising and instructing members and officers. On the 25th of December, 1874, by request, I installed the officers of De Soto Lodge, and on the 25th of June, 1875, by request, I installed the otIlcers of Shekinah Lodge. We have held no regUlar Lodge of Instruction for the district, but have had sepa.rate Lodges of Instruction fOl' the dUt"erent Lodges. Right Worshipt'ul ALLAN McDOWELL was present with us and instructed Joachim and DelSoto Lodges; and, he baving commissioned Brother '1'. H. McMULLIN as District Lecturer, he gave instruction to Shekinah as well as to tbe two other Lodges mentioned. Joachim and Shekinah Lodges have the work well, while DeSoto Lodge does not do so well, owing to the circumstance of her membership being composed of brethren from so many different jurisdictions-railroad men, who t"requently are compelled to change their place ot' residence--and as the old melnbers go out and new ones come in, Wit11 a little dift'erent work, the work has been a little mixed tbere all the time; but I am of the opinion that that Lodge gets along as well as the average of country Lodges.

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The f...odges are all in the hands of faithful and intelligent officers, and the increase in membership which has been rapid enough, has been of good material; and the duty of disciplining and punishing unfaithful members has not been neglected as much as in former years. Joachim Lodge has a hall of her own in which she meets, wl\ich is very well equipped and furnished, though not in an expensive style, and is a safe and convenient Lodge-room. Shekinah Lodge also owns her hall-the lower part of the building belonging to the school district. It is a neat and safe hall, and is well furnished, the members having within the present year provided themselves with some new furniture and a handsome Masonic carpet. DeSoto Lodge rents a hall, which Is convenient and satisfactory enough in every respect except being too small. The Lodge-room is well furnished, the brethren having gone to considerable expense in fitting it up in a tasty manner. The attendance is very good, considering the distance which some of the members have to travel, and there is some degree work to do at almost every meeting. But few questions have been submitted to me by the officers of t.he Lodges, and they were on matters that had been so often and so explicitly settled by the Grand Lodge that I did not consider them of sufficient importance to make a note of them. Respectfully and fraternally, R. W. McM.ULLEN.

FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT. FULTON, October I, 1875. JOHN W. LUKE, Most Worshipful (irunrl lI-frtster: The Annual Convocation of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Missouri being near at hand, I Will, in as brief and comprehensive a manner as I can, make report of the condition of Masonry witoin the bounds of Masonic District, No. 43. I regret that I have been prevented from visiting the Lodges in my district as often as I should have doneiand in making my report as to the present condition of a majority of them, do so from information obtained through the members thereof. There has been some additions to the membership of most of the Lodges during tOe past year. The financial condition of all the Lodges, as far as I can ascertain, is in a sound and healthy state. The standing of the membership, in regard to moral character, is, in the main, good-harmony and peace prevaiHng. The halls of the several Lodges are all, in point of security, adapted to Masonic uses. During the year one Lodge of Instruction has been held in Fulton Lodge, the central Lodge of the district, which was conducted by Right WorshipfUl Brother A. McDOWELL. Seven of the nine Lodges in the district were represented a portion of the time, and the delegates 01 only two Lodges attended the en tire lectures, one of these being Fulton Lodge. Cedar City Lodge, No. 425, have, during the present year, erected for themselves an elegant new hall, in the town of Cedar tiity, which wali solemnly dedicated to Masonic useg on the 22d ult., agreeable to ancient form and usage, Most Worshipful and Reverend Brother JNO. D. VINCIL otnciating on tOe occasion, in conducting the ceremony, as well as delivering, at the close, one of his sound, practical and well timed Masonic addresses, which will yield good fruit in that community. Some of the Lodges of this dIstrict are in a sickly condition, with just Masonic pulse enough to tell there is life, but indUlging a doubtful hope that the stringency of the times, short crops, and the general depression in business have, in some degree, produced this unhealthy state of things, I am constrained to withhold any special mention of these unfaithful and sickly branches, .. that they may be spared yet a little longer, then If they bear fruit, well; if not, then cut them down, for Why cumber they the ground 1" Our hearts go out in tOankfulness to a kind Providence for the general health that has prevailed among the membership during the year that is near its close. It pains me that I cannot ~lve you a better account of my stewardship, for

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my heart is in the work, but hemmed In and controlled by circumstances, a detail of which would be out of place in this connection. I have candidly to say that I have done what I COUld, and with the hope that there may be some one appointed for the coming year, who will more fully and efficiently meet the requirements of the position to which I have had the honor of being appointed, and which I have filled in a mauner so unsatisfactory to myself, and the Grand Lodge, of which you are the worthy and honored head. I am, most trUly and respectfully, Your obedient servant, D. D. FORD.

FORTY FOURTH DISTRICT. WARRENSBURG, Mo., September 30,1875. W. LUKE, ..l Iost Worship.flll Grand .Vaster: In compliance with the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, I make my Annual Report as District Deputy Grand Master of the Forty-fourth "District. I have had frequent communication with the Lodges of this district, and find that a general spirit of harmony prevails. But little work done, but that little is of good quality. September 18th, in accordance with your instructions, I caused Pittsfield Lodge, No. 491, to suspend labors until the meeting of the Grand Lodge, and there show cause why their charter should not be arrested. I am most firmly of the opinion that their charter should be arrested, and they stricken from the rolls. Owing to the absence of the District Deputy Grand Lecturer, no Lodge of Instruction was held in this district during the present Masonic year; a circumstance which I very much regret. Some of the Lodges in this district will be unable to pay their annual dues to the Grand Lodge; to such as fail I would recommend an extension of time (one year). With best wishes for the honorable fraternity you have so ably vindicated through your otlicialiabors. I remain very truly and fraternally yours, GEO. R. HUNT. JOHN

FORTY-FIFTH DISTRICT. BUTLER, September 26, 1875. W. LUKE, Most Worship'rul (;mnd Master: I have delayed sending in my report for reasons which will appear below. I have called a Lodge of Instruction to be held before the meeting of the Grand Lec'urer. I also expect to make another visit or two which 1 wished to include in my report, but I submit the following, and will probably supplement it by the time the Grand Lodge meets. Some time in October, 1874, I received the charter for Triangle Lodge, No. 479, and shortly after set them duly to work under the same: On the 24th of June I attended a public installation of the officers of Altona Lodge. Found the members zealous in the cause, and a prevalence of good Masonic feeling among them. I "installed their officers and delivered an address. To the di1ferent items in the circular letter to District Deputy Grand Masters, I give the following answers according to numbe~s: Butler Lodge, No. 254. 2, securely tyled; 3, are not; 4, yes; 5, yes; 6, yes; 7, it has; 8, about $400 in debt for hail; 9, properly examined. Crescent Hill Lodge, No. 368. 1, present 33, members 28; 2, yes; 3, no; 4, yes; 5, yes; 6, yes; 7, yes; 8, out of-debt and $60 on hand; 9, by competent Committee. JOHN

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Altona Lodge, No. 315. 1, present 22, number of members in all,37; 2, yes;

3, have been, but will not hereafter; 4,correct in every particular; 5, yes; 6, yes; 7, yes; 8, out of debt and $40 on hand; 9, in all the degrees.

Trian~le Lodge, No. 479. 2, yes; 3, no; 4, will be attended to says the Worshipful Master; 5, yes; 6, yes; 7, yes; 8, none on hand; 9, by Committee. I regret to say I have not yet been able. to visit all the Lodges in the district. I expect to visit Papin ville Lodge, No. 140, at its next meeting. Our worthy and efficient District Deputy Grand Lecturer has hardly been able to perform the duties of his office on account of a severe ca.se of sore eyes, hence we have had no Lodges of Instruction, but have a call for one to come off in a few days. Very little work has been done during the year in this district, owing, I presume, to the unprecedented hard times, occasioned by the entire failure of crops last season and the ravages of grasshoppers this spring, but prospects are brightening now. '.rhere is a growing evil in some of the country Lodges, to which I will take the liberty of calling your attention. It is the practice some Lodges have of making Masons of poor and unworthy material. It is especially the fault of new Lodges; they are so anxious to have something to do, and make money to pay expenses, that they seem to be bUnd against the faults of applicants, and t.hereby some of the worst men in the community are received. Another evll of which I will speak-that of soliciting men to "join," which I have become convinced prevails to a considerable extent. I merely refer to these things to give you a slight hint of some existing evils, hoping something can be done to prevent them, and thereby make our institution purer and better. You will please accept my thanks for the confidence reposed in me. With my best wishes for the fraternity, I am respectfully and fraternally, W. E. TUCKER.

FORTY-SIXTH DISTRICT. CHILLICOTHE, September 10,1875. W. LUKE, Most Worshipful Grand Master: I herewith make my report as District Deputy Grand Master for the Fortysixth Masonic District: . I have visited Wheeling Lodge. No. 434, and installed its otllcers. It is in good condition, the members are good workers, and seem to be zealous Masons. I have visited Spring Hill Lodge, No. 155, in company with Brother J. E. COLE, District Lecturer, and held a Lodge of Instructions, which was fairly attended. This was formerly a very bright and strong Lodge, but by reasons to removals and the formation of new Lodges it has been serIously crippled. '.rhey are not doing any work, and are in no condition to do it. I found their finances in a complete mUddle; they had remitted the dues of all the members, and even attempted to diVide the funds already in the hands of the Treasurer. They have, however, got their affairs straightened out, and started ofr on a smooth track ag~in. I have visited Benevolence Lodge, No. 170, at Utica. They have a good membership, and the Masonic machinery moves along smoothly, although their work did not agree with that of the Grand Lecturer in many particulars, but, on the whole, it was in a satisfactory condition. Alexander Lodge, No. 385, Bedford, I have visited and installed their officers. From information I had received, previous to my visit, I had expected to tlnd it In a deplorable condition, but was glad to find that my information was not reliable, I finding it in a fail' condition. They had perceived the rocks on which they were about to become shipwrecked, and were endeavoring to steer clear of them. They had been laboring under the same misfortune that many new Lodges have sutlered from, namely, too rapid growth. 1 think that in the future they will do better, JOHN

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Brookfield Lodge, No. 86, Is In a good condition. they have. as you are aware, just complet,ed a new Lodge-hall, and fitted it up in a very neat 8nd tasty manner, and which I dedicated August 19. The members are a band of steady and energetic workers. Bucklin Lodge, No. 233, Is In a fair condition. The trial which was brought to your notice. and which has troubled them so mnch, I think Is now disposed of, alld they will move alonJl; smoothly. The great trouble has been, they have though t the Lodge was the place for one brother to make another pay his dt'bts, this seems to have been the gist.of the matter in their last case. I think they wlll understand, from my last letter, that the Lodge is not the place for dollars and cen's to come in, that it is immaterial whether a brother cheats, wrongs, or defrauds another brother out of one cent, Ol' one thousand dollarshanu the Lodge has no right to say what the amount is, the only question for t e Lodge to decide is, has the brother committed a Masonic otnmse? King Solomon Lodge, No. 90, St.. Catherines, is in a good condition, as are also, Jackson Lodge. No. 82, Linneus; Dockery Lodge, No. 325, Meadville; and Farmersville Lodge, No. 388, Farmersville. The Lodlo{es at Chillicothe, Friendship, No. 89, and Chillicothe, No. 333, in connection with Lone Star Chapter of R. A. M., have completed, and fitted up in excellent manner, a new Masonic Hall, and was, with your permission, occupied and dedicated on June 24th, St. John's Day, Right Worshipful Brother J. E. CADLE, G. ~. W., acting as Grand Master. The internal arrangements are very complete, more so thana large proportion of Lodge-rooms, even in the large ciUes. I have held Lodges of Instruction at Chlllicothe and Brookfield, Brother McDOWELL was present at Chillicothe and exemplified the work. We had a fair attendance, though nothing like as large as there should have been. At Brookfield I exemplified the work myself, with fair attendance. There is not as much interest taken, by the Masons in this district, in learning the work as there should be, some means ought to be devised so that the different Lodges would avail themselves of the benefits to be derived from the Lodges of Instruction. ' . There are in this district too many Lodges. In this county there are seven where there should not be, in my opinion, more than five, and I am not sure but what four would serve Masonry better. It is the same way in Linn County I am glad that Masons are awaking to the fallacy of starting Lodges at every .. crostl-c-oads, when they must necessarily have a weak and precarious existence. With my best wishes for the prosperity of the Craft at home and abroad, I am fraternally,

REUBEN BARNEY.

FORTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT. SAVANNAH, Mo., September 22,1875. JOHN W. LUKE, j~Iost Worshipfu.l Grand .Maste1': Owing to press of business I have not been able to visit many Lodgel!l in this district. As far as I have been able to learn, peace and harmony prevail throughout, and Masonry is on the road upward and onward. Brother C. H. GEE, under my appointment, organized Guilford Lodge, No. 474, on the 28th November, ISH. The brothers are working under favorable auspices, and have a good and safe hall. I also appoint.ed Brother GEE to dedicate the hall of Pickering Lodge, No. 472, which labor he performed December 17, 1874. All of which is respectfully SUbmitted. Fraternally, N. B. GIDDINGS,

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FORTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. MEXICO, Mo., September 30, 1875. W. LUKE, .Most Worshipful Grand .Vaster: I hereby transmi t the following report of my omcial acts as District Deputy for the Forty..elghth Masonic District for the present Masonic year. JOHN

We have three Lodges in this District. I visited two, viz: Mexico Lodge, No. 26, and Hebron Lodge, No. 354. The condition of Mexico Lodge is healthy and prosperous. Records good. Social Lodge, No. 266, I did not visit, but learn from the Worshipful Master that it Is doing well. Hebron Lodge is not as prosperous as we could desire, owing to the fact of several rejections after the First De/otree was taken. Since which several, and, in fact, all seem to be rejected who knock at the door for admission. The brethren are considering what to do for the best. They are almost determined to surrender their charter, and apply for a Dispensation for a new Lodge. Respectfully submitted, .T. M. MARMADUKE.

SPECIAL

NOTICE.

THE BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS.

The Book of Constitutions, containing all the laws of the Grand IJodg-e, published in 1875, wa~ sent in packages of three to each Lodge in this jurisdiction, and if any Lodge failed to receive them, it was either through loss in the mail or negligence of the officers to whom they were sent, and copies will again be mailed to such Lodges as have none on hand, by asking for same, and sending the correct post-office address of the Secretary. Gl'and Secretary.

PROPOSED

A~IENDMENTS

TO BY-LAWS.

ORDERED PRINTED WITH THE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE CONSIDERA路 TION OF THE LODGES.

F'irst.-Offered by Brother S. W. B. CARNEGY: Proposition to add to and amend the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, by adding to the - - Article of the By-Laws of said Grand Lodge of 1875, the following: A Law to provide means for the erection of a Masonic Hall in the City of St. Louis, Mo. SECTION 1. The Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons of Missouri, shall, in the month of October, 18i6, appoint and commission three members of the Grand Lodge as a Committee thereof, who shall wait upon and procure from the General Assembly of the State of .Missouri a Charter, authorizing and empowering said Grand Lodge to purchase, hold, use and enjoy property, real, personal and mixed, in the city of St. Louis, of the value of One Million Dollars. SEC. 2. So soon as a sui table charter is obtained and accepted by the Grand Lodge, the Grand Lodge shall create. organize and establish an adequate fund to purchase land and erect within said city a Grand Masonic Hall. The fund so created shall be named and known as the" Grand Masonic Hall Fund." SEC. 3. The Grand Lodge, at every annual communication thereof, shall set apart, out of the annual revenues thereof, and deposit with the Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge the sum of four thousand dollars, as part of said fund. The Grand Treasurer shall execute duplicate receipts to the Grand Secretary for this sum, one of which shall be delivered to the Grand Master, and the other retained by the Grand Secretary. SEC. 4. Subordinate Lodges under the juriliidlction of said Grand Lodge, Grand and :Subordinate Chapters of Royal Arch Masons. Grand and SUbordinate Councils of Royal and Select Master Masons and Grand and :subordinate Commanderies of Knights Templar, together with all Master Masons in Missouri. may subscribe to said fund in sums of not less than one hundred dollars, payable in installments of twenty per cent. per annum. SEC. 5. All money subscribed to said fund shall be paid to the Grand Secretary of the said Grand Lodge, who shall collect the same, and shall Immediately pay the same over to the Grand Treasurer of said Grand Lodge, and take receipts for it as is provided above in the 3d Section hereof. . SEC. 6. Whenever the membership of the Subordinate Lodges. under the jurisdiction of said Grand Lodge. shall exceed thirty thousand, the said Grand Lodge shall set apart and appropriate to said fund the sum of five thousand dollars. in the same manner, and at the same time, as provided in the 3d Section, and be used. governed and controlled as provided in said Sec. 3. SEC. 7. The Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer of said Grand Lodge shall each, from time to time as the Grand Lodge may require, execute and dell vel' to the Grand Master of Masons of Missouri their bond, with approved security, approved by said Grand Master,conditioned for the faithful discharge of their respective duties.

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SEC. 8. Whenever the Grand Treasurer shall have on hand five hundred dollars, 01' more, belon~ing to said fund, he shall immediately Invest tbfl same in the name of said Grand Lodge, for use of said fund, in Bonds of tbe United States, or in Bonds of the State of MissourI. SEC. 9. So soon as the fund shall amount to four hundred thousaud dolll\rs, the Grand Lodge shall assess and collect from the Subordinate Lodges fifty cents for each member of the Lodges, which shall be paid illto said fund, and controlled. used and accounted for as specified in Section - - above; but such assessment and collection shall cease so soon as the requisite amount to complete tbe said hall shall be obtained. SEC. 10. The Grand Treasurer sball make and keep, in a well bound book, an explicit register hnd description of all bonds, suBscriptions and other securities belonging to said fund. SECOND-He shall also make out and lay before the Grand Lodge, at eacb annual communication thereof, and to the Grand Master whenever required by him, an ~xpliclt report of the amount and value of all bonds, SUbscriptions and otber securities belonging to said fund. THIRD-He shall collect all accrUing interest due the said fund, and invest the same as other funds are invested. SEC. 11. T'he Grand Secretary shall keep, in a well bound book, complet.e accounts of said fund, with each subscriber thereto, and with the Grand Lodge and Grand Treasurer, and lay before the Grand Lodge, at each ann ual meeting of the Grand Lodge, a full exhibit of his accounts. SEC. 12. When the said hall fund shall amount to such sum as the Grand Lodge sball deem sufficient to purchase the necessary lands on which to erect the same, and to pay for' the erection of said hall, the Grand Master shall appoint a Committee, consisting of three judicious members of the Grand Lodge, to select a site on which said ball 'may be erected, and make report thereof, and the price at which 'the same can be obtained to the Grand Lodge. SEC. 13. Said hall shall be erected in the city of St. LOUis, Missouri, on a site between Third Street on the east, and Ninth Street on the west, and between --Street on the north, and - - Street on the south; said site shall be at least 150 feet front by 130 feet ba'ck, and, if possIble, in the most business part of that part of the limits ab.ove designated. SEC. 14. Said hall shall be five storIes high, including the cellar. The cellar and first s~ory above ground shall be constructed for stores, the second story for offices, the third story for Lodge, Chapter or Commandery rooms, and the fourth story for the use of the said Grand Lodge and other Masonic Grand Bodies. SEC. 15. When the GrandLodge shall order the commencement of building said hall, the Grand Master, with the concurrence of the Grand Wardens of said Grand Lodge, shall appoint a board of skilled master builders, consisting of five mechanics, members of the Grand Lodge, who shall meet together, examine the site selected for said hall, and decide upon the plan, style, size, materials, and structure of said hall, and report the same, with a draft of every department and full description thereof, to the Grand Lodge, and, which when adopted by the Grand Lodge. the Grand Master, with the concnrrence pf the Grand Wardens, shall appoiut a well skilled mechanic to attend to and superintend the erection of said hall. SEC. 16. When the said hall is completed, the Grand Master shall, with the concurrence of the Grand Wardens, appoint and commission some intelligent, trustworthy mem bel' of the Grand Lodge as General Superin tendent of said hall, also a Board of Hall'Commissioners, consisting of five Master MasoDN, residents of said city of St. Louis. The Superintendent and members of said Board, in this section provided, shall take an oath in writing, and file tbe same with the Grand Secretary, tbat they each will perform their duties, respectively as herein specified, faithfully, honestly, and impartially. SEC. 17. It shall be the duty of said Hall Commissioners once in every year, in the month of November, to fix upon and assess the price, rate, and terms of lease of each apartmen t of said hall for lease, and furnish to said General Superintendent a certified copy of said assessment, and a copy thereof to the Grand Secretary. SEC. 18. Said General Superintendent, on receiving notice of his appointment, sball execute to tbe Grand Lodge a bond with such security as the Grand Master shall approve, conditioned for the honest and faithful performance of his duties, aud deliver the same to the Grand Master. It shall be his privilege and duty to let and lease to good, careful, responsible persons, Lodges, Chapters, and Commanderies, the several apart men ts of said hall as the said

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commissioners direct, sa.id contracts for leasing shall be by written agreement under the hand and seal of the said Superintendent for and on behalf of the Grand Lodge. and the lessees and their securities for themselves. He shall collect all money due for rents of the hltll, and Immediately pRy it over to the Grand Secretary, taking his ret elpts for the same. He shall have and exercise a general supervision of said hall, see that it is kept occupied, and used in a neat, safe, and husband-like manner. SEC. 19. All money arising from rents and profits from said hall or other source, shall be paid the Grand Secretary, who shall Immediately pay the same to the Grand Treasurer and take his receipt for the same. They shalI each keep tru~ accounts of all money received by them. and from what department of the hall or other source, and annually submit to the Grand Lodge a copy of the same. . SEC. 20. The Grand Treasurer shall annually make out and submit to the Grand Lodge at its annual meeting, a correct account of the money received in the last year, and in his hands, together with an explicit statement as to the amount of profits due to each owner of stock in said hall, and, on the order of t.he Grand Lodge, pay over to them their portion thereof according to their respective rights. SEC. 21. The money accruing to the Grand Lodge from rents and profits of said hall on sueh amonnt as may have been furnished or in anywise appropriated to said Grand HalI fund by the Grand Lodge, shall constitute a special charity fund of the Grand Lod~e. and shall be disbursed. used, and applied for the maintenance, support, and care of helpless poor and destitute Master Masons and their widows and their orphan children under the age of sixteen years, and of such orphans of Masons liS are decrepit and helpless, in such manner as the Grand Lodge may from time to time order and direct. SEC. 22. The money arising and accruing to the Grand Lodfle from rents and profits of said hall On sums subscribed and paid into said Grand Hall fund uy Chapters, Councils, Commanrteries, and Lodges, shall be paid over to them or their legally authorized agents in the month of October in every year. The sum so paid to each of said associations and corporations shall constitute and be set apart by each respectively as a special fund, and shall be used, disbursed and applied in and for such benevolent or other useful object as they may order or direct. SEC. 23. All money arising and accruing to the Grand Lodge from the rents and profits of said hall on amounts paid into said fund by individual Master Masons, shall be paid to them, or their legal representatives, in the month of October in every year. SEC. 24. Whenever any Lod~e, Chapter, Council, or Commandery who Is an owner of any interest or stock in said Grand Hall fund. shall, in any manner, cease to exist as such, al1 interest and stock owned by the association or COrp01'3.tlon so ceasing to exist, shall at once be and become the property, interest and stock of the Grand Lodge, and shall be used and employed as the fund above mentioned in Section 21. SEC. 25. The said Grand Lodge shall incur no debt in erecting said hall above the means belonging to said Grand Hall fund and within her cont.rol. Second.-Offered by Brother S. W. B. CARNEGY. CONCl~RNING

DIM ITS.

Repeal and strike out of the By-Laws of 1875, Sections Nos. 25 and Z7 of Article No. 16, Page 29; also, Sections 25 and Z7 on Page 68; also, Resolution No. 126, Page 67, and insert the following instead thereof: SEC. -. No application for a Dimit shall be entertained by any Lodge, untH the applicant shall have paid up 11.11 dues to the Lodge, and fUlly satisfied all demands against him due the Lodge. SEC. -. Any member of a Lodge who may desire to dimit, shall present his application in writing at a stated meeting of his Lodge, therein setting forth explicitly, upon his honor as a l\lason, the causes which induce hIm to ask for a Dlmit. SEC. -. The application so made slJall be referred to a Special Committee of two members, and shall lie over one month. The Committee shall then make their report to the Lodge, setting forth the facts respecting the application, and their recommendation for or against it. . SEC. -. The report of the Committee being received and the Committee

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discharged, the ballot shall be taken on the application, and if a majority of two-thirds of all present vote for the dimtt, the brother shall be diInitted, and the Secretary of the Lodge shall issue the Dimit, under the seal of the Lodge and the signature of the Worshipful Master. SEC. -. The Dimit may be in the following form: Masonic Hall, - - , --, Mo. To all whom it may concern, Know ye, That Brother - - , a Master Mason, and late and acceptable member of - - Lodge, No. -, under the Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, is this day on his own application dimitted from said Lodge. Given under my hand and the seal of said Lodge, this day of -587. - - Sec. - - W. M. SEC. -. This Dimit shall be signed by the Worshipful Master, and at thE" time of delivering the same the member dimitted shall sign his name in the margin thereof. Third.-Offered by S. W. B. CARNEGY.

OJ!' FEES FOR CONFERRING DEGREES. Repeal and strike out Section 2 of Article XVI. of By-Laws of 1875, page 25, and insert the following instead thereof: SEC. --. No Lodge under this jurisdiction shall confer the degree of Entered Apprentice for less than $10; the degree of Fellow Craft for less than $5; nor the degree of Master Mason for less than $5. SEC. -. All money accruing for conferring degrees shall be set apart by the Lodges as a charity fund, and may be disbursed for benevolent objects only. .Nmrth.-Offered by Brother R. E. ANDERSON. RELATIVE TO NON-PA路YMENT OF DUES. Amend first subdivision of Sec. 1, Art. XVIII. of By-Laws, as follows: FIRST-A member of a Lodge failing to pay his dues for twelve months, shall be notified by the Secretary to appear before the Lodge and show cause why he should not be .. suspended" for non-payment of dues. and upon his failure to pay, have the same remitted, or the time extended. He may be suspendend until his dues are paid by a summary proceeding upon motion, and by .. the usual show of hands," two-thirds of the members present voting in the affirmatIve. Pi/th.-Offered by Brother M. L. JACOBS.

RELATIVE TO NEW LODGES. Resolved, That Sec. 2, Art. XV., be amended so as to read: .. No new Lodge

shall be formed without the consent of all the Lodges whose territorial Jurisdiction will be affected thereby, and have sutficit:nt means to furnish their Lodge, and not credit the original outlay of all Charter Members to their annual dues, thus depriving the Lodge of the revenue to defray current expenses.

REPORT OF THE ST. LOUIS MASONIC BOARD OF RELIEF FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1875. 1874-5. RECEIPTS. 1. '1'0 balance on hand........................................... $1,430 06 10. Western Star Lodg"e, No. 10, Arkansas $10 00 17. .J. Sessel, for Geo. Wasserthal...................... 7 ()() Nov. 14. Grand Lodge of Missouri... 50000 " 14.. Temple Lodge, No. 25, Maine 3700 21. Mrs. .Jno. Wenger...................................................... 16 90 D~c. 12. Erwin Lodge, No. 121, Missouri.. ,................ 5 10 12. MeridIan Lodge, No.2, Missouri.. :................... 1000 26. Geo. WashIngton I"odge, No.9, Mlssour1.................... 8Q 00 O~.t.

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23. 23.

Feb. 13. " 'Zl. M'rch 27. May 15. .June 5. .. 12. .J~}y

19. 3. 10.

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31.

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18i4-5. DISBURSEMENTS. By amount paid .Jurisdiction of Alabama .. .. Arkansal!\ Brazil California............. .. Colorado...... Connecticut...... DIstrict of Columbia............. England........ France Georgia......... Illinois...... Indiana Iowa Ireland........................................... Kansas Kentucky Louisiana................. ~laine...............

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ROB'T LYLE,

8eC'路elary.

MARTIN COLLINS, Presid('nl.

REPORT OF KANSAS CITY MASONIC BOARD OF RELIEF OCTOBER 9, 1874, TO SEPTEMBER 1, 1875. RECEIPTS.

W. B. Hunt, refunded J. Martin, "........................................................................ H. W. Van Doren, " ;......... E. S. Androws, " S. B. Rathermal," Kansas City Lodge, No. 220, Missouri....... Heroine Lodge, No. 104, Mlssourl.路...................................................... King David Lodge, No. 364, Missouri................................................. Good Samaritan Lodge. No. 33/l, Pennsylvania................................

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W. E. WHITING, President.

GRAND LODGES-ADDRESS OF GRAND SECRETARIES. • Slate.

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FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES. NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES.

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Post OjJice.

Montgomery. Little Rock. New Haven. Valparaiso. Georgetown. 8an Francisco. Wilmington. Washington. London. Monticello. Macon. lowa City. Decatllr. ldaho City. Shelbyville. Loulsville. Leavenworth. New Orleans. Port.land. Kalamazoo. Durant. Baltimore. Boston. Virglnla City. New York City. Ralelgh. Trenton. 8t. Johns. Virglnla. Plattsmouth. .Nashua. Cincinnati. Portland. Phlladelpbia. Providence. Charleston. Nasbville. Houston. Poultney. Richmond. Milwaukee. Olympia. Wbeeling.

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Appendix.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM FOREIGN GRAND LODGES NEAR THE GRAND LODGE OF MI8S0URI. State. Alabama California Connecticut Canada Colorado : Chili Delaware Florida Georgia Iowa Illinois Idaho : Kentucky KanElas Louisiana Malne Mississippi Minnesota Montana New york New Jersey New Brunswlck Nebraska New Hampshire Nort.h Carolina Nevada Nova Scotia Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Washington Territory

Xame. Geo. Frank Gouley Geo. Frank Gouley Jno. D. Yincil Geo. Frank Gouley Wm. N. r~oker Geo. Frank Gouley Geo. Frank Gouley Geo. Frank Gouley : Geo. Frank Gouley Jno. D. Vincll. Martin Collins Geo. Frank Gouley Wm. E. Robinson Thos. E. Garrett Thos. E. Garrett Samuel Russell * Geo. Frank Gouley Samuel H. Saunders Paris 8. Pfouts Jno. W. Luke C. F. Leavitt Geo. Frank Gouley Geo. Frank Gouley Geo. Frank Gouley B. O. Austin Geo. Frank Gouley Geo. Frank Gouley Jno. D. Vincll Geo. Frank Gouley Geo. Frank Gouley Geo. Frank Gouley Geo. Frank Gouley Jno. B. Maude Geo. Frank Gouley

Post Office. St. Louis. 8t. Louis. Mexico. St. Louis. St. Louis. 8t. Louis. St. I~ouis. 8t. Louis. 8t. Louis. Mexico. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. 8t. Louis. St. Joseph. St. Louis. Ottervllle. St. Louis. St. Louis. Springtield. St. Louis. 8t. Louis. 8t. Louis. New Bloomfield. Sl. Louis. St. Louis. Mexlco. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis.

* Dead. NOTE.-Any brother not above included as holding commissions will please report the same to the Grand Secretary.

ANNUAL COMMUNICATION IN

1~76.

The Fifty-sixth Anuual Communication of the Grand IJodge 'will be held in St. Louis, commencing' at 10 o'clock on the morning of the 2d Tuesday after the 1st Monda,y in October, 1876.

[The following was omitted by error on page 89.J

COMMITTEE ON PURCHASE OF HALL. The Committee ordered by the adoption of the report on "Memorials," pages 88 and 89, consists of the folloWing brethren: JOSEPH S. BROWNE, LEE A. HALL, NOAH M. GIVAN, WM. H. STONE and JAMES E. CARTER.

l The following appointments were omitted on page 93.J

GRAND DEACONS. GRAND SENIOR DEACON GRAND JUNIOR DEACON

T. O. TOWLES, Lagrange. JAMES R. HARDY, St. Joseph.

OFFICERS OF THE

GRAND LODGE OF :MO. ~875--76

• JAMES E. CADLE, Chillicothe.. . . . .. XENOPHON RYLAND, Lexington .. THOMAS C. READY, St. Louis NOAH M. Gn~ AN, Harrisonville WM. N. LOKER, St. Louis GEO. FRANK GOrLEY, St. Louis

Grand Maste1". D. G. AIaster. G. Sen. Wardell. a. Jr. Wa1'de71. G. TreasuTe1'. O. Ser;TetaTY.

APPOIN~'l\fENTS.

.lNO. D. VINCIL, D. D., Mexico. JNO. E. BARNES,· Licl~ing . ,~ C. C. 'VOODS, Jefferson City . " R. A. J-IOLLAND, D.D., St.Louis " . 'iV. A. 'rARWA1'ER, Macon Cjty ,~ J.11. C. BREAKER, D.D.,SLJoe DR. S. LOEWEN, St. Louis . T. O. TOvVLES, Lagrange . JAMES R. HARDY. St. -.loseph . .TNO. C. BLOOMFIELD, St. LOllis . WM. H. STANSB'CRY. Harrisom·ille. JER. B, YARDEMAN,' 1'\ew London .. rr. B. l' ATES, Gallatin _ . \V. H. PLUMMER, Jl:'ffel'son City . O. A. CRANDALL. t:;(~dalia. . vVM. a.FOREMAN, Hannibal .. · . DANIEL E. DAYIS, RicJllanc1 . JAMES X. Af.JLEN, ~t. Loui::: .. RE\' .

Gr. C7t.aplain.

" "

G. Sen. Deacon. G. JT. Deacon. G. Mar$hal.

G. Sioord Bearer G. Steward.

G. GratoT.

G. P~trs~ti~'ard. G. 'PyleT.

• ALLAN MoDOWELL, Greenfield. . . . . .. G, LectuTer. GEO. FRANK GOrLEY, St. Louis Com. on Cor.

• N o'l'E.-Letters for the ..Grand Lecturer should be sent to the care of the Grand Secretary, who will promptly forward them,