1879 Proceedings - Grand Lodge of Missouri by Missouri Freemasons

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE

FIFTY- INTH AN UA L

CO~IMUNICATION

OF THE

/I. w. qliAIID lODq£ A. F. &

A. JY-L

OF THE

STATE OF MISSOURI, CO~"ENED

TN ST. LOUI",

COMMENCING OCTOBER 14, A. D. 1879; A. L. 5879. • SPECI.A.L ORDER. Each copy of these Proc~'edings sent to a snbordinate Lodgc, in the eare of the Master or Secretary thereof, is intended exclusively for that Lodgc. and not as the personal property of any officer or member. Three copies are sent to each Lodge, onc for the usc of the Worshipful Master, and one for Secretary, while in offic<',aud arc by them to be turned over to their sue<'cssors in office with thc other property of the J,odge, and the third copy is always to be retaincd in the Lodge-room, for the use :of the members. By OIUJEfl OF TilE GRAND LODGE.

• ST. LOUIS: HUGH R. HILDRE'.rH PRIN'.rING C01\1:PANY, ~07

405 NORTH FOURTH STRF.F.T.

1879.

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE

FIFTY-NINTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE

M. W. GRAND LODGE A.

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AND

OF THE

STATE OF MISSOURI, CONVENED AT

ST. L~UIS, ·OCTOBER 14, A. D. 1879 ~ A. L. 5879.

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ST. LOUIS:

HUGH R. HILDRE'fH PRINTING COMPANY, 407 & 405 NORTH FOURTH STR~;ET.

1879.

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE

FIFTY-NINTH

ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE

M. W. GRAND LODGE, A. F. & A. M., OF THE STATE OF MO• • The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of l\iissouri met ill Fiftyninth Annual Communication in Freemasons' Hall, ill the city of S1. Louis, October 14, A. L. 5879; A. D. 1879. PRESENT. NOAH :M.GIVAN JOS. S. BROWNE WM. R. STUBBLEFIELD...... JAS. E. CARTER .TOHN 'V. LUKE JOHN D. VINCIL .JOHN E. BARNES........................................ CIIAS. C. WOODS LEE A. HALL GEO. L. FAULHABER JOHN R. PARSON R. W. McMULLIN......................................... THOS. F. GILBERT as J. M. RILEY as GEORGE THORP :

M. W. Grand J[aste)·.

R. W. ])cjJlIty Grand Ma8tu. R. W. Senior Gmnd Warrlen.

R. W. Jun'im' Grand Warden . R. TV. Grand Treasurer. R. TV. Gmnd Secreta?'?!. Rev. & W01·. Gmnd Chaplain. Rev. & Wor. Gmnd Chaplain. W. Grand Senior Deacon. W. Gmnd JwdO'l' Dea<:on. W. Gmnd Marshal. W. Grand Sword Bem·C1'. W. Grand Steward. lV. Grand Sfewm'd Grand Tyler.

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OPENING.

The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge was opened in AMPLE FORM, preceded by prayer, offered by Grand Chaplain BARNES. OREDENTIALS.

A committee, consisting of Bros. A. M. DOCKERY, J AS. E. CARTER, and JOHN R. PARSON, was appointed on Credentials. The report, of the Committee showed that there were one hundred and sev.enty-six Lodges represented, as follows: To the J[ost

W01'shipj~tl

Gmnd Lodge oj Missouri, A. F. &: A. J1ÂŁ.:

Your Committee on Credentials report the following Representatives and Perma. nent Members present: [Those marked with an asterisk (*) are proxies.] No. 1

l\IISSOURI

lIfEJUDIAN BEACON IIoWARD UNITED

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2 3.

WILLIAMSBURG

5 8

GEO. WASHINGTON

10 11 12

AGENCy

P AULDINGVILLE TyRO

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CI,ARKSVILLE PALMyRA

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PARIS UNION

17 18 19

ST. LOUIS

NAPHTALI

MEXICO

Wro. H. Mayo, W. M. John H. Deems, S. W. T. S. Funkhouser, J. W. Frederick Welcker, W. M. A. Carr, W. M. Charles A. Rosebrough, S. W. J. F. Moore, W. M.* C. F. Leavitt, W. M. W. M. Scholl, W. M. Daniel Brooks, S. W. Richard Trevor, W. M. Jas. D. Malon, S. W. B. F. Barry, J. W. Wm. B. Smith, W. l\L* Royal J. Kennedy, W. M. J. B. Headlee, W. M. R. B. Logan, S. W. Wm. F. Oglesby, W. M. John B. Best, W. M. H. C. Kenyon, W. M. Jas. S. McGee, S. W.* Simon Hahn, S. W. W. H. Thompson, W. M. Geo. Pierce, S. W. John N. Farquharson, J. W. John M. Marmaduke, W. M.

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Grand

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Lod~e

EVERGREEN

ST. JOHN

27 28

LAFAyETTE RAI,LS

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32 33

TROy COOPER

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CALLAO

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34 36 38 40 41 43

BONHOMJ\,\E

\VENTZVILI,E

FULTON

\VAKANDA TIPTON MONTICELLO

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M'f. MORIAH, ET!\A JEFl"ERSON .I ACKSONVILLE

CENTRAI.IA

\VAVERLY

48 52 56 58 59 61

l\'fONROE ROCHEPORT SAVANNAH EUHEKJ\ ASHLEy Ll';BANON

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64 67 71 73 75 7i

ST. JOSEPH

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79 83 119

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92 93 94 95 97 99 100

KIRKSVILLE

105

GOTHIC

108

114

POLAR STAR LACLEDl': FRIENDSHIP PERSEVERANCE ST. MARKS VIENNA MERAMEC BETHANy MT. VERNON CANTON

T\\'ILIGHT

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of Missouri.

F. Beyersdorff, W. M. Wm. C. Kealy, S. W. Geo. B. M. Langdon, J. W.* Philip Keller, W. M. J. B. Vardeman, W. M.'" Geo. \'vaters, S. W. Thos. H. Harris, S. W. C.G. Newman, W. M. Joseph Claybrook; W. l\f. S. E. Smith, W. M. James Power, W. M. R. F. Stevenson, W. M. Benj. A. Suppan, J. W . J. H. Petty, W. M. W. G. RileY,J. W. Chas. W. McQuery, W. M. .IllS. M. Brewer, S. W. Wm. H. Muzzy, W. M. Benj. C. T. Pratt, J. W."' Thos. F. Gilbert, S. W. R. E. Buchanan, W. M. Philip Riley, W. l\L H. R. Walter, S. W. F. M. Hulitt, .I. W. .las. A. Gordon, W. M.* C. Kraus, S. W.* J. C. Peirsol, W. M. Robert A. Caskie, J. W. Edward Russell, W. M. H. L. Gaines, W. M.* H. E. Elmore, W. M.* I.'. B. '","ebb, S. ,\~. F. W. 'Vebb, .T. W.~' Geo. W. Pooler, W. M. .T08. S. Browne, S. W.* .los. S. Browne, J. W.* Jules La Chance, W. M. Erwin Ellis, ":,. M.* James E. Cadle, W. l\f. .T. F. Martine, S. W.* .Tulius A. Dyer, S. W.* Wm. B. Wilson, W. M. J. A. Bray, "'. lVL S. R. Woods, W. M. D. J. Heaston, W. M.* John T. Teel, S. W.* S. W. B. Carnegy, W. M.* S. W. B. Carnegy, S. W.* S. W. B. Carnegy, J. W.* James II. Kinnear, W. M. D. A. Ely, .Tr., S. W. D. A. Ely, J. W.* John Simpson, S. W.'" N. H. Wheeler,J. W. James C. Orr, W. M.*

Proceeding 8 of the

6 VERSAILLES

DE SOTO

1':HwIN

HERMANN

DARDEl'NE

SEAMAN

ATHENS

CHARLE>iTON

POTOS1..

FA R~nNGTOl'

STAH OF THE "'EST

)fCGEE

CASS

LEXiNGTON

ASHI_AND

NORTH STAR

OCCIDENTAl

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JOAcHDt

ORI}~NT FRANCAIS

COI.ONY

CA)IDEN POINT

CENSER

STURGEON NEWTON

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PHIDE OF THE WEST

DES MOINES

CJ\LIFORl'iJA CHA)I!)I;;

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1\fORALJTY HANNIBAL

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ZEREDATHA

\VELLSYJLLE BOLIVAH CAHTIIAGE

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"NEW HOPE

SALJSR1..'HY

ROLLA

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117

D. E. Ray, W. M. Ehv)'n Price, S. W. 119 T. H. McMullin, W. 1\1. 121 Otto D'Amour, W. M. N. Jost, J. W. 123 Chas. D. Eitzen, W. 1\1.* Rudolph Hirzel, S. W.'" 124 Albert Thurstin, W. M. B. T. Gill, J. W. 126 W. Witter, S. W. 127 G. W. Newman, W.M. 129 A. E. Simpson, ~". M. 131 E. B. Smith, W. M/' 132 Elisha 1. White, W. M. 133 J. T. Ake, W. M. 146 . G. W. Moody, S. W.* 1'17 1. M. Abraham, W. M. 149 P. H. Chambers, W. M. Ethan Allen, S. 'V.* 156 H. S. Baxter, S. W.* 157 John F.Hurn, W. M.* John F. Hurn, S. W.'-' John F. Hurn, .J. W.* 163 A. C. Stewart, S. W. P. Grady, J. W. 1(',4 .1. Ed. Walker, \V. M. 167 Ed. Bobe, W. M. 168 C. C. Coleman, W.:I\1. 169 J. W. Ewing, W. 1\1. 172 Wro. M. VaucleYe, W. 1\f.* 171 A. Titus, W. M. 175 D. P. Weems, W. M. .r. M. Ritchey, R. W.'" J. M. Ritchey, J. W.* 179 E. \V. League, \". M. F. W. Brockmann. S. W. 180 S. M. Northrup, W. :M. 183 David Bishop, W. M. 18.') D. M. Caughell, \\-'. :1\1. 186 G. A. Settle, W. M. 188 W. C. Foreman, \". M. T. S. Howell, J. W.';' 189 .Tohn A. Dolman, W. M. C. G. Hubbell, S. W. C. G. Hubell,.T. W.'" In4 A . .T. Day, W. )1. I9f) W. G. Weaver, W. M. 197 Thomas Buckbee, W. lVI. John T. Ruffin, S. W/' Thomas Buckbee, J. W,':' 19!) G. W. Hammack, W. M. 208 J. M. Hamilton, W. M. 213 R. M. Drown, W. 1\'1.* .T. J. Watts, .J. W.

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, ,Grand Lodge of Missouri. .

218

EVER}:TT

KANSAS CITy

219 220

GOOD HOPE

"'OODLAWN

SALE~(

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SHELBINA ST. JAMES

\" ARR}:NTON

BUCKLIN IONIC SEDALIA LA PI.ATA PALESTINE

223 22;,) 228 230 231

233 23.')

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231

243

1\IONTGOMERY CITy NEOSHO

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246

BUTI.ER SHEKINAH CORINTHIAN SOCIAl

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2;)4

2;')6 2(1)

AURORA

267

NEW SALEM

270

271

KEySTONE

SOLOMON ST. CLAIR GRAND RIVER WM.D.MuIR LODGE OF PEACE FENTON

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2<16 237

247

266

27:l

276 277 280

281 282

CRAFT FAIRMOUNT l\oIONITEAU

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287 2!lO 295

DORIC

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300 303 307

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317

COSMOS

OSAGE NEW LONDON RURAL OSBORN

;

316

F. W. Mott. W. M. H. J. Fisher, S. W. H. C. Christopher. .T. W. S. Eo Licklider, W. M. James Stannard, W. M. S. L. C. Rhodes, S. W.>!' F. H. Bricc,.T. W. J. N. Turner, W. M. .T. M. Orchard, W. M. '''I'. T. Dean, W. M. E..T.Goodrich,J. W. .Taeob Stone, .J. W. D. P. Dyer, W. M. H. H. Bockhorst,S. W. Louis Stuenkel, J. W. J. B. West, W, M. Geo. L. Faulhaber, W. M. W. S. Sears, W. M. Jas. L. White, W. M.* R. A. Hickman, S. W. Jos. T. Tatum, W. 1\1. .Tames Gates, S. W. James Gates, J. W.* Wm. W. Jordan, W. 1\1. .James Robinson, W. M. A. Moss, S. W.* W. W. Ross. W. M. C. F. Lee, W. M. Chas. H. Zoll, W. M. T. W. Haynes, W. M. D. T. Owens, S. W. .Tohn E . .Tones, W. M. Wm. H. Dale, S. W . .Tohn Pipe, J. W. B. Duey, W. M. .T. 1\1. ?'ewland, S. W. M. S. Alloway, J. W. J. Y. Fulbright, W. M. G. W. Hall, W. M. ~'. C. Shaler, W. M. C. C. Woods, W. M. lL 1. St<mc. W. M. Geo. W. Anderson, J. W. .Jaeob Schissler, W. M. .T. J. Wertheimer, S. W. Thomas W. Furlong, W. M. J. T. Laughlin, W. M. H. A. Carroll, W. l\'t Spencer Marlin, S. W. E. E. Kimball,W.l\I. George E. Mayhall, W. M. James P. Wood,.T. W. .T. E. Jackson, W. M. Joseph M. True, W. M.*

Proceedin.ts of the

8 HARDIN

322

MT.ZIOl'

CHARITy

323 327 331

CHILLICOTH E

333

HALLSViLLE

336

344

351

BEN FRANKLIN

HEBRON

353 354

GARRETT

359

360

FRATERNAL

CRJo~SCEl'T HILL

363 868 372 374

CORNER STONE

MOBERI.\'

MOSAiC

TUSCAN

NONJ'AREIL

GOLDEN HULK

PLUMB

IONIA

RICHI,AND

LATDlJo;R

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GOWER

CENTER

ROyAL

375 381

382 395 397 401

HUNNEWELL

407 411 412 415

ITASKA

42D

421

GATE OF THE TEMPLE

422

NEWBURG

423 425

JOPPA ApPLETON CITY

EUCI.ID

CEDAR CiTy

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[Oct.

W..J. Roach, S. W. W . .T. Roach, J. W.* Jas. A. Smith, Jr., W. M. H. T. Smith, '\'. )1. Robert GUlln, W. M.'~ H. L. George, S. W. Robert Gunn, J. W.* )loses Alexander, W. M. R. F. Dunn, S. W.* Reuben Barney, J. W.* W. F. Roberts, W. M. Wm. Gooddin, S. W. Geo. L. Hassett, W. M,'!: A. J. Dunlap, S. W.* A. B. McGaffey, J. W.:~ J .. D. Webb, W. M. R. J. Hill, S. W. Alexander Mann, W. M. S. S. Craig. W. ~L .J. M. Riley, S. W. P. R. Dix, '''l. M. Robt. M. Crutcher, S. W.'" Wallace Delafield, W. M. P. D. Yost, S. W. .Jay L. Torrey, J. 'Yo Richard Smith, W. 1\1. A. J. Satterlee. W. 1\f. F. H. Clark, W. M. J. H. Scholle, W. )f. J. H. Scholle, S. W. Thos. K. Chiles, J. W. T. M. Luce, S. W. A. B. Hrock, W. 1\1. G. W. Colvin. S. W. John W. Armstrong. J.\V.* John E. Barnes, W. M. John W. Hall. 'V. M. .T. W. Farris, W. M. W. A. Johnson, .J. W.:!: Geo. A. ){ahan, S. W.* E. C. Steele, W. M. N. S. Gardner,.J. George W ..Jones, W. M. S. J. Webber, S. W. Adolph Kleintopf, W. M. Eo A. Becker, S. W. G. H. Ossing,.J. W. O. A. Williams, W. M. Louis Walter, S. W. D. Williams, J. W. Erwin Ellis, W. M.* D. H. Nichols, S. W.* J. H. Robertson, W. 1\1. Chas. W. Samuel, W. M.

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Grand Lodge of Missouri. .

430

l\{ACK'S CREJ<;K

ANCHOR

433 443

445

451

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CARUTHERSVILI.E JEWEL CLINTON

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KIRKWOOD

461 480 4.81 484

VANDALIA GLOBE.

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IRON MOUr\TAIN

\VEST GATE

ARGyLE BARNESVILLE LA:lfB-SKIN

PAST

S. W. B Cll.rnegy, Thomas E. Garrett, RnfnsE. Anderson,

GRAND

W. A. Stephens, W. M. W.:E. Sizemore, S. W. E. H. Bonner, S. W. Joseph Mountain, W. 1\1.* Charles E. Jon'es. J. W. J. G. Joyce. W. M. Wm. Myrer, S. W. Henry Frangel, J. W. Ashby Gray, W. M. R. G. Sloan, S. W. Thomas Seal, W. M. J. J. Cunningter, S. \Y."' A. B. Barbee,.J. W.* Martin D. Steward, S. W. W. D. Myers, S. \V.* A. P. Ferguson, W. M. P. C. Sommers, W. l\f. B. L. Hickman, S. ,Yo R. R. Bird. \V. M. Champ Clark, W. M. AmosB. Ayres, S. \V.* C. .T. Atkins, J. \V.'" •

MASTERS.

John D. Vincil. James E. Cadle, John W. Luke,

Samuel H. Owens. Thomas C. nel\dy.

PAST GRAND SENIOR WARDEN.

Alex. M. Dockery.

P"AST MASTERS.

H. B. Butts, Globe, No. 495. A. C. Coppedge, Lebanon, No. 77. Reuben Barney, Chillicothe, No. 333. J. B. Austin, Occidental, No. 163. Orson Davis, Twilight, No. 114. John T. Ruffin, Carthage, No. 197. D. N. Burgoyne, Missouri, No. 1. D. C. Marsh, l\ft. Moriah, No. 40. John R. Parson, Aurora, No. 267. D. J. Marquis. Shekinah, No. 256. \. L. W. Mitchell, l\It. Moriah, No. 40. M. C. Irish, Keystone, No. 243. Chll.'l. L. Young, Kirkwood, No. 484. James A. Gordon, Waverly, No. 61. John H. Krippen, Anchor, No. 44;{.

W. W. Pocoke, Montgomery City, No. 246. M. Cook, Aurora, No. 267. S. B. Potter, Aurora, No. 267. J. M. Ritchey, Newton, No. 175. .J. H. Pottinger, Polar Star, No. 79.' E. S. Ulman, l\1t. Moriah, No. 40. A. Baxter, Hesperian, No. 286. C. F. Alden, Keystone, No. 243. A. B. McGaffey, Moberly, No. 344. D. W. Sadler, Polar Star, No. 79. R. N. Leonori, George Washington, NO.9. W. E. Kortkamp, Pride ofthe\Vest, No. 179. Robert L)'le, Cosmos, No. 282. Ch!V>. Thaw, Polar Star, No. 79. M. MandIe, Naphtali, No. 25.

Proceeding8 of the

R. W. McMullen, Joachim, No. 164. John H. Harklerodes, Aurora, No. 267. George Goerlich, ltaska, No. 420. C. C. Rainwater, Anchor, No. 443. Chas. }i'. Vogel, Missouri, No. 1. J. M. Powell. La Plata, No. 2:~7. Chl\s. Pipkin, .Joachim, No. 164. W. II. Fox, Keystone, No. 243. S. C. Bunn, Tuscan, No. 360. Wm. P. Mullen, Pride of the West, No. 179. D. 路Newman, Pride of the West, No. 179. V. O. Saunders, Missouri, No. l. T. 1\'f. Wannall, Keystone, No. 24:l. George 'Niegand, Meridian, No.2. Solomon Boehm, Naphtali, No. 25. Wm; T. Anderson, Twilight, No. 114. Sam'l A Gilbert, Unanimity, No. 366. M. L. Cohn, Pride of the West, No. 179. W. M. Williams, Cooper, 1"0.36. P. J. Heuer, George Washington. No. !l.

[Oct.

E. S. Pyle, St. James, No. 230. S. H. Headlee, St. James, No. 230. Sol. E. Wagg-oner, Censer, No. 172. J. C. Edwards, Dardenne, No. 124. John G. Miller, Dardenne, No. 124, Wm. A. Hall, United, NO.5. .John M. Collins, West Gate, No. 445. Wm. H. Cornell, Pride of the West, No. 179. W. C. Williams, Dardenne, No. 124. David Schultz, Dardenne, No. 124. W. C. Watts, Polar Star, No. 79. J. H. Bethune, Charleston, No. 129. H. Sackerman, Corner Stone, No. 323. MiltoJl H. Wash, Beacon, No.3. Wm. H. Stone. George \Vashington, No.9, E. R. Harris, Wilson, U. D. E. L Hope, Wilson, U. D. .T. A. Sisler, Havana, U. D. .J. N. Pollard, Chain of Roeks, U. D.

~ UEPRESENTATIVES FROM FOln:IGN .JURISDICTJON!'I.

Chag. F. Leavitt, New Jersey. J. E. Cadle, Alabama. .J. H. Bethune, Arkansl\s. Allan McDowell, British Columbia. John D. Vincil, Connecticut. John D. Vincil, Delaware. John D. Vincil, Iowa. .John D. Vincil, Ohio. John D. Vincil, Washington. .Joseph S. Browne, Dakota. Noah M. Givan, District of Columbia. ,John W. Luke, Georgia. John W. Luke, Ireland. . John W. Luke, New York.

,John VI'. Luke, Nevadl\. John V..' . Luke, Egypt. John W. Luke, New Mexico. Thos. C. Ready, Indiana. ThoI'. E. Garrett, Kansas. Thos. E. Garrett, Louisiana. Thos. E. Garrett, Scotland. James E. Carter, Manitoba. Chas. F. Vogel, Nebraska. \Vm. A. Prall, Tennessee. S. H. Owens, Wyoming. Rufus E. Anderson, Wisconsin. A. M. Dockery, New Hampshire. .John R. Parson, Idaho.

Fraternally submitted, A. M. DOCKERY, .lAS. E. CARTER, JOHN R. PARSON, Comm:iJJl:e.

There being a constit.utionalnumber of Lodges represented, the Grand Master declared the Grand I..Iodg-e ready for business.

1879.]

Grand Lodge of MisSOUTi.

ANNUAL ADDRESS.

The Grand Master then delivered the following Address: BRETHREN OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI: Your By-Laws require that "on the first day of the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, or as soon thereafter as possible, the Grand Master shall lay before the Grand Lodge a written message, detailing an account of his official acts during the recess, the state and condition of Masonry in his juriSdiction, and recommend to the Grand Lodge such mea.~ures a.~ he may deem expedient and necessary." OFFICIAL ACTS. Octoher 24,1878. The bond of R. W. JOHN W. LUKE, Grand Trea.~urer, in the sum of $20,000, with JOHN R. LIONBERGER and THOMAS E. TUTT as securities, was approved. The conditions of the bond are such as to hold the securities in the event of his re-election. NEW LODGES. The Grand Lodge at it.s last annual communication referred to the incoming Grlll1d Master petitions for the following- new Lodges. viz: Cold Rpring Lodge, at Cold Spring, Johnson county. Kcw Home Lodge, at Kew HOllie, Bates county. Chain of Rocks Lodge, at Chain of Rocks, Lincoln county. King's Point Lodge, at King's Point, Dade county. Of these, Dispensations were ordered for Cold Spring and New Home, while King's Point was declined. Chain of Rocks was at first declined, but after a personal visitation to that place by the R. W. Grand Secretary, and upon learning that the Brethren there had built a new hall. and upon the urgent recommendation of Brethren who were in position to judge of the merits of the petition, a Dispensation was or<1ered. Dispensations have, during the year, been ordered for the following new Lodges in addition to those just named, viz: Gallatin Lodge, at Gallatin, Daviess county. Bertrand Lodge, at Bertrand, Mississippi county. Dispensation was declined for a new Lodge at Pittsville, .Johnson county. It contained the names of only eight petitioners, is but six miles from Mitchell Lodge. wa.s not recommen<1ed by the D. D. G. M., and the charters of two Lodges at t.hat place have been arrested sin~e t.he war. Since the first of July petitions for Lodges at Edgar Spring~, Phelps county, Wadesburg, Cass county, and at Gut.hridge's Mills, Cllluiton county, have been received, which are referred to the Grand Lodge. ELECTION

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OFFICERS.

'l'he unprecedented snow storm which visited portions of the State last December prevented a number of Lodges from haVing quorums, and from electing officers at the time fixe<1 for such elections by their By-Lltws. Accordingly, for this lLn<1 other good rea.~ons, special Dispensations were issued for the election of ofticers in the following Lodges, viz:

Proceedin~8

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Kirksville, No. 105; Ada, No. 444; Concord, No. 154; Lick Creek, No. 302; Santa Fe, No. 462; Kingsville, No. 313; Christian, No. 392; Plumb, No. 375; Moberly, No. 344; Somerset, No. 206; Middle Fabius, No. 244; Lorraine, No. 128; Kilwinning, No. 378; Howard, No.4. LODGE REMOVALS. Permission has been granted to the following Lodges to remove into new halls. In all cases the law in reference to Lodge removals has been complied with. Webster, No. 98; Farmington, No. 132; Cache, No. 416; Belton, No. 4:}0; Lindley, No. 253; Livingston. No. 51; Calhoun, No. 184; Clarksville, No. 17; Lewistown, No. 494; Defiance, No. 88; Agricola, No. 343; Lamb-skin, No. 460; Adelphi, No. 355: Haynesville, No. 49; Christian, No. 392; Mt. Hope, No. 476; Warsaw, No. 365; Lock Spring, No. 488; Wm. D. Muir, No. 277, APPOINTMENT OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. The following appointments of District Deputy Grand Masters to till vacancies have been made: PETER B. GRANT, of Liberty, Mo., of 13th District, vice B. F. RECORDS, declined. SAMUEL M. TINKER, of Humansville, of 34th District, vice JOHN D. ABBE, declined. JOSEPH H. ALEXANDER, of St. Charles, Mo., of 4th District, viee W~1. H .. CRENSHAW, deceased. J. F. KENNEY, of Weston, Mo., of 50th District, ~,ice H. H. HEDGF,s, resigned. H. B. BUTTS, of Louisiana, Mo., of 3d District, vice LEJo; A. HALL, resigned. FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES. Commission was issued tQ R. W. Bro. CHARLF,s G. CONNOR, of Exeter, N. H., as Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri near the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire. Also to R. W. Bro. J. EDWARD SnDroxfi, Representative of this Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of New York. DUPLICATE CHARTERS. The charters of Piedmont Lodge, No. 449, and Coatsville Lodge, No. 379, were destroyed by fire in the burning of their halls, and duplicate charters were issned as provided by law. NEW TRIALS. have been ordered in three instances where the proceedings disclosed the fact that the law had not been complied with.

CH;~RTERS SURRENDERED. During the year the charters of the following Lodges have been surrendered, viz: Unanimity, No. 336, at Weston; Mt. Lebanon, No. 442, at Mt. Moriah; Dauphine, No. 432, at Dauphine; King David, No. 364, at Kansas City; New Market, No. 274, at New Market; Cimarron, No. 348, at Cimarron, New Mexico; and Paragon, No. 485, at Greenridge, Mo. The proceedings in each case, so far as reported, were regular, and the law com路 plied with. On becoming satistled that Unanimity Lodge had proceeded according to law, had left no debts unpaid or dues uncollected, and that the object in surrendering was to

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unite with Weston Lodge, No. 53, at the same place, thereby making one strong Lodg-e out of two weak ones, the Grand Secretary WM directed to issue dimits to the members of that Lodge without awaiting the action of the Grand Lodge. The money on hand at the time of the surrender was used in refnrnishing the lodge-room in elegant style, and now Weston Lodge has one of the best furnished halls in the State. a plea.c;ant and attractivc home for the MMons at that place. The true policy of the Grand Lodge should be to cncourage the consolidation of weak Lodges, and in view of that it is to be hoped that the action directing dimitc; to issue will be approved b)' the Grand Lodge. CHARTERS ARRESTED. GrlX;1l,castle Lodge, No. 21.-Upon being infbrmed that this Lodge had not met for two years and was greatly in arrears for Grantl Lodge dues;R. W. Bro. G. W. WILSON, D. D. G. M. 9th District, was directed to arrest its chart.er, which he did April 21, 1879. His Report, which is herewith submitted, presents a most deplorable state of morals existing in the Lodge at the time. Not wishing to advertise the errors of Brethren, the Report is not incorporated herein, but it is recommcnded that it be referred to an appropriate committee, to recommend a proper proceeding against such members M have been guilty of gross umnasonic conduct. The good name of Masonry should be vindicated in that community. Had it appeared that the Grand M8.'3ter was authorized to cause charges to be preferred and trials had in adjacent Lodges before his action in arresting the charter had been approved by the Grand Lodge, that course would have been pursued. Being in doubt as to his power so to do, it was thought best to refer the matter to the Grand Lodge for its action. Landmark Lodge, No. 347.-This Lodge being several years in alTMrS for dues, R. W. Bro. V. H. HARRISON, D. D. G. M. 21st District, was requested to ascertain its condition, which he did. The Lodge had permitted its members to become in arrears for dues, all, with one exception, for from two to ten years. No meetings had been held in 1878, and but four in 1877, and no prospect of improvement. Its charter was arrested April 7, 1879. ZeruhbaJJel Lodge, No. 191.-This Lodge was in arrears for dues for 18'70, 18il, 1874,1875 1876, 1877, and 1878, in amount about $200; had failed to make returns for 1874, 1875. 1876, and 1877. After giving the Lodge due notice, and urging upon it the payment of its dues, etc.. and on its continued failure so to do, R. W. Bro. J. F. KENNEY, D. D. G. M. 50th District, was directed to arrest its charter, which he did June 6. 1879. Lathl'O]) Lodge, No. 330.-0u being informed that this Lodge had held no meeting since February, 1877, had not installed its officers elected in 1877, that it had made no returns for four years, had not paid Grand Lodge dues for five years, and that the moral' status of many of its members was not very good, R. W. Bro. MILTON HELWIG, D. D. G. M. 4th District, was directed to arrest its ,charter. Upon attempting to do so he was unable to find the charter and jewels. They were reported lost, and not until May 18, 1879, ncar four months'after he was directed to take possession of them, was he able to do so. They are now in the custody of the Grand Secretary.

It will be observed that the prime cause of difficulty in these Lodges has been failure to pay Grand Lodge dues, which is doubtless attributable to the failure on the part of the Lodge to collect Lod~e dues, an evil which exists in other Lodges, and which will be noticed more at length elsewhere.

SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS. A special Dispensation was !granted to R. W. Bro. WlI[. B. WIU';OK. D. D. G. M. 19th District, to lay the corner-stone of the new hall of Excelsior Lodge, No. 441, at

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Jackson, 1\10., with uSllall\[asonic ceremonies. Also to R. W. Bro. E. P. LINZEE, D. D. G. )1. 32d District. to lay thc corner-stone of the new Baptist College building at Peirce City, Mo. DEClSlO~~.

FIRST.

A Brother who has received the Entered Apprentice and Fellow Craft degrees, and thcnloses his right hand, cannot receive the Master's degrec. SECOND.

The Order known as the A. O. U. W. being charitable and benevolent in its naturc, it is competent for a Lodge to sub-let its hall to the same. THIRD.

A Lodge cannot entertain the petition of a Brother for membership_ unaccompanied by a dimit, or some other documentary evidence, showing his release from membership in his former Lodge, and the action of the Lodge in so receiving the petition and electing the Brother to membership is null and void. The Brother remains a member of his former Lodge, and may takc a dimit therefrom and petition another Lodge for membership. FOtiRTH.

Suspension for a definite time for any offense does not cancel dues that accrued before the date of suspension. Dues should not, however, be charged against the Brother during the time for which he was suspended. FIFTH.

The Chaplain of a Lodge is an officer thereof when the office is provided for in its By-Laws, and when duly installed cannot resign, and, hencc, cannot be legally elected to any other office to be installed before the expiration of his term of office as Chaplain. SIXTH.

A, who resides in 81. Louis eount~', but nearer a Lodge in the city of 81. Louis than one in the county, is within the jurisdiction of the former. Jurisdiction is determined by the distance, on a straight line, from the residence of the petitioner, and is not affected by city limits or county boundaries. SEYJeNTH.

When the Worshipful Master elect of a Lodge has been installed without having previonsly received the Past Master's degree, he should receive that degree and be then installed, as it has been repeatedly held that the WorshipfUl Master elect of a Lodge must receive that degree before he can be installcd. EIGHTH.

Decision 13 of Pa,<;t Grand Master ANDERSON (sec. 247, page 101, Book of Constitutions) docs not prevent the public installation of officers. It simply requires that the Lodge be opened before going to the place of installation. After public installation the Lodge should return to its lodge-room and close the Lodge. The records should show the entire proceedings.

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It is not competent for a Lodge to require a petitioner for member:>hip to pay two dollars for the first year whieh he holds his dimit and one dollar for eaeh year thereafter. If he has held his dimit more than twelve months without petioning for membership, he has become non-affiliated and deprived himself of the benefits ofthe Order, and should not be required to contribute in the nature of dues during the time he i:> so non-affiliated. Jf his dimit be twelve months old or more, an affiliation fee mas be charged, which should be alike to all. TENTH.

It is not in order for the Worshipful Master to entertain a motion to reconsider the ballot or vote of his Lodge by which any proposition was carried or defeated at a form er meeting. ELEVENTH.

A dimit which accompanies a petion for affiliation becomes the property of the Lodge when the petitioner is elected, and should ~ot be returned to him thereafter, but should be carefully preserved. TWELFTH.

It is the law of this Grand Lodge that the officers of a Lodge can neither resign nor

dimit; therefore the Grand Master cam;wt grant a special Dispensation to elect a Worhipful Master, though the Worshipful Master of the Lodge has removed from the State, and the interest of the Lodge may seem to rcquire it. Quere.-Should thc Worshipful Master and Wardens all remove from the jurisdiction of the Lodge and be unable to attend its meetings, who would be authorized to open the Lodge? THIRTEEN'TH.

Masonic Lodges, as SUCh, should neither encourage nor discourage the organi7-ation of Chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star. They are doubtless useful to the families of Masons, and the Order is a benevolent one, but it is no part of Masonry, and should not be regarded as such. Masons, as individuals, may encourage them by becoming members and active workers therein, as they may in any other secret bencvolent order. FOURTEENTH,

If a member presents his petition for dimit, and charges are at once preferred against

him, and on trial he is found guilty and suspended for a definite time, at the expiration of his term of suspension, if he still wishes a dimit, he must present a new petition therefor. l'H'TEENTH.

The Grand Master canllot grant special Dispensation to a Lodge, authorizing it to confer two or more degrees 011 a candidate at the same communication. The law expressly st,ates that" no candidate shall receive more than one degree at the same communication, nor then unless he has passed a satisfactory examination in open Lodge Oil the degree he has already taken." It also provides that thc Grand Master shall have no power to suspend any by-law of the Grand Lodge. This very wisely and effectually prevents" emergencies" in this State. It would seem from the plain reading of the law to be unnecessary to:make this decision, but several applications for such Dispensations have been actually made during the pa:;t )'ear, and the ruling is here made for the protection of future Grand Masters.

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A Lodge cannot take a note for initiation fee~ or Lodge dues, unl~s such note be a legal-tender note i~sucd by authority of the government of the United States. SEVENTEEJ\TH.

The following question is asked: Is a lady who is a I;isterof It Master MlUSon, ha.~ taken the wife and daughter's degree, marries a man who is not a Mason, and he dies or leaves her in destitute circumstances, entitled to the benefits of Masonry, acco1'ding fJ) _3fasoniC law' Answer-No. While lJ, lIIason or It Lodge may very properly contribute to the relief of any person in distress, there is no Masonic obligation on either to contribute to the support of It Mason's sister either before or after hCI' marriage. That obligation onl)' extends to a Brother Master Mason, his widow and orphans. EIGHTEENTH.

To effect the restoration of an expelled :Mason where no appeal is pending, the following proceeding is necessary: He should petition the Lodge from which he was expelled (if in existence) for restoration. His petition I;hould lie over one month and the members be duly notified. At the communication which the members have been notified to attend, a vote by ballot should be taken. If the vote in favor of restoring the petitioner be unanimous, he is thereby restored to good Masonic standing and to membership in the Lodge without any action on the part of the Grand Lodge. If it be not unani-' mous, but two-thirds or more favor restoration, he is restored to good Masonic standing, and no petition to the Grand Lodge is necessar)', as that body could not restore him to membership. But if the vote for restoration be lcss than two-thirds {)f those present, then he may petition the Grand Lodge, setting out in his petition the action of the Lodge, etc., Ifthe Lodge that expelled him be not in existence, then he may petition the Grand Lodge originally, but should accompany his petition with a recommendation from the Lodge in whose jurisdiction. he resides. NINETEENTH.

R. W. JOHN D. VINCIL, Grand Secretary, asks the question: "Can I dimit from my Lodge, in Mexico, Mo., for the purpose of affiliating with a Lodge in St, Louis, without forfeiting my position as Grand Secretary '!"

The question is one of importance, and should be definitely settled by the Grand Lodge. It has never before been raised as here presented. ~cc. 1, Art. 3, of the Constitution provides that" none except such as have attained the degree of Past Master, and are at the time of-their election or appointment members of some Lod~e, shall be eligible to any office in the Grand Lodge.

Sec. 1, Art. 2, of the Constitution, defining membership in the Grand Lodge, is as follows: "The Grand Lodge shall consist of the following officers and members, with the following rank and title (after naming the officers): M. W. 1'. G. Master, R. W, P. D. G. Masters, R. W. P.G. Wardens, R, ,V. P. G. Treasurers and Secretaries, R. W. D.D.G. Masters, the Worshipful Masters and Wardens, for the time being of the several chartered Lodges under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, or their legally appointed proxies, Past Masters who have been dUly elected Masters and have actually presided as Worshipful Masters of Lodges within the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, and who still 1'C1nain membel's Of Lodges."

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This section, in terrris, makes Past Grand :Masters, Past Deputy Grand Masters, Past Grand Wardens, !'ast Grand Treasurers and Secretaries, mem bers of the Grand I.odge, regardless of Lodge membership, while it makes it necessary that Pal:it Masters, in ~rder to retain membership in the Grand Lodge, shall" remain members of Lodges." If an officer ceases to be a member of the Grand Lodge, he necessarily ceases to be an o.tJicer thereof, and this is the basis of Decision 226, page 9.5, Book of Constitutions, which says, in reference to a District Deputy Grand Master, "with his dimit in his possession, he is no longer a member of the Grand Lodge.'" But is that the case with one who is made a member by Sec. 1, Art. 2, supra, a Past Grand Master, or others whose membership in the Grand Lodge does not depend on membership in a Lodge'! That reqUirement is only made of Past Masters, not of Past Grand Masters or others there numed. Would Past Grand Master CARNEGY, for example, cease to be a member of this Grand Lodge by taking a dimit from his Lodge and holding it, say, ten months'! He would not be deprived of Masonie benefits until his dimit is twelve months old, and not then if he petitions for membership. In the face of Sec. 1, Art. 2, whieh makes him a member of the Grand Lodge by reMon of his being a Past Grand Master, does his membership in the Gtltlld Lodge terminate the moment he takeS his dimit from his Lodge'! Cleurlynot. He is a member of the Grand Lodge as long as he has not deprived himself of Masonic benefits and remains in its jurisdiction. If he continues to be a m,ember, then would he not continue to hold any offlee to which he was eligible at the time of his election or appointment? The answer must be in the affirmative. While Sec. 1, Art. 3, purports to define eligibility w office in the Grand Lodge at the time of election or appointment, yet it is ilOt probable that that section was ever intended to disqualify those who are made members of the Grand Lodge by Sec. 1, Art. 2, from being elected or appointed to office in this Grand body, even though they may hold dimits, if they are deprived of Masonic benefits. Lodge membership should not be made paramount to Grand Lodge membership. Every member of the Grand Lodge (except Wardens, whose membership is necessarily transient) .should be elig-ible to office in it. From this re~soning the conclusion is reached: Fi1'st-That any elected or appointed officer of this Grand Lodge, who is either a Past Grand :Master, Past Deputy Grand Master, Past Grand Warden, Past Grand Treasurer, or Past Grand Secretary thereof, ma)- dimit from his Lodge for the purpose of affiliating elsewhere in this jurisdiction, or of forming a new Lodge, without forfeiting his office. Second-Any Past Grand Master, Past Deput)- Grand Master, Past Grand Warden, Past Grand Treasurer, or Past Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge, who may hold a dimit imd has not deprived himself of Masonic benefits, and resides in this jnrisdiction, is eligible to election or appointment to any office in this Grand Lodge.

O'SULLIVAN LODGE, No.7. The day of miracles is past, but the day of wonders is still upon us, as will appear from the following sUttement of the proceedings of this Lodge, furnished from an official source: "At the stated meeting in January of this Lodge there were two candidates, S, and P., to be voted OIl. S. was voted 011 and declared elected. P. was voted 011 and declared rejected. Being in waiting, he was informed of the l路esult, and the fee returned. S. was then initiated. The Lodge then called off for awhile. After resuming labor, the Lodge voted to reconsider the vote rejecting P., again spread the ballot and elected him on the third ballot, and initiated him." '

Thus it will be observed that O'Sullivan Lodge, No.7, assumed to do what the By-Laws of the Grand l.odgc say cannot be done'by the Lodge, l\laster, Grand Master, or even the G. L.-PRo. 2.

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Grand Lodge. The facts as above stated are admitted by the Worshipful Master to be correct, and his excuse for the strange proceeding is as follows: ",My reason for doing so was by and through Past Masters all advising me to do as I did." A Past Master was acting as Senior Warden, and a.~sisted in the initiation. The action of the Lodge wa.,; held to be absolutely null and void, the candidate declared to be rejected and still a profane. In a somewhat similar case, where the same ruling was made by Past Grand Master VINCIL, and th'e charter of the Lodge arrested, his action was approved, but the charter was restored by the Grand Lodge. In view of this the charter of O'Sullivan Lodge was not arrested, but the matter is referred to the Grand Lodge for such action a..c; may be deemed proper. It is butjllst to the Lodge to state that it was thought by those who advised the reconsideration that, as all were present then who were when the previous ballots had been taken, no harm could result from their action. PLEASANT HOPE LODGE, No. 467. A Bro. BARNETT, who had formerly been' a member of a Lodge in Arkansas, but who was large!)' in arrears for dues, which it would be necessary for him to pay in order to obtain a dimit, and who had for sometime lived in the jurisdiction of Pleasant Hope Lodge, No. 467, petitioned that Lodge for the mysteries of Masonry, was elected and received one degree, when information of the proceedings was received. What the motive was did not fully appear, but the impression was made that it was to enable him to become a Mason in good standing in Missouri, and to jump his dues in Arkansas. It was evidently an attempt to " climb up some other way." It must indeed have been an interesting proceeding to be again the recipient of our ceremonies after haVing been for years a visitor in that Lodgc. It is too ludicrous to seriously contemplate. It wa..c; an attempt at healing his pocket-book that could not be tolerated. The action of the Lodge was declared to be void, and the proceedings in that direction were ordered to be stopped short, never to go again until the Brother should adjust his dues with his own Lodge in Arkansas and obtain a dimit, and apply regularly for affiliation. ARK LODGE, No.6. In this Lodge charges were preferred against a Brother. He was tried and suspended for a definite period. By some oversight no record was made of the trial or of the suspension. Some time afterwards, when that was learned to be the case, the Master granted a new trial. and at the second trial the Brother was acquitted. At this stage in the proceedin~s, when the question of an appeal was being considered, the facts were reported. It wa,c; held that the Master had no authority to grant a new trial, and that the second trial was a nullity. In reference to the first trial, while the records could have been supplied, showing the trial and conviction, yet, as the Lodge had again in g-ood faith tried the Brother and acquitted him, it was thought that it would be equitable and just, both to the Lodge and the accused, to set aside the first conviction and grant a new trial, which was accordingly done. THE STATE AND CONDITION OF MASONRY IN THIS JURISDICTION. Other imperative duties have prevented an official visitlltion to any considerable number of Lodges during the year. The information received on this subject has been derived principally from correspondence and from the REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. Reports have been received from all the Districts, except Nos. 2, 19, 27, 30, 40, 47, 50. The)' contain much valuable infonnation to the Craft, and should be bctter utilized than

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has been heretofore done. They show that about sixty per cent. of the" Lodges in ,the State own the halls they occupy ; about sixty-six percent. are not in debt, while the remainder are more or less involved-a few of them qUite largely so. Of those reported, eight Lodges have over three hundred dollars of Lodge dues uncollected, fifteen have over two hundred dollars, and thirty have over one hundred dollars. The average attendance at Lodge meetings of those reported is about fifteen. The Reports show quite a general revival in interest and increased prosperity in the Lodges, and a marked improvement in the kind of material used in the bUilding of our Masonic edifice. The District Deputy Grand Masters have been faithful to the trust reposed in them, and their services are invaluable路~to a successful administration of the affairs of the Grand Lodge. Peace and harmony prevail throughout this Grand Jurisdiction. Nothing has occured during the year to disturb that equanimity that has so long existed in our midst. God has blessed our great State with a most bountiful harvest. The husbandman has been made to rejoice with a. fullness of joy at the unprecedented yield of our vast and fertile prairies. Never before has Nature been more lavish of her products. Business has revived, and new hope is inspired in all departments of industry. In the midst of this prosperity, though the calls for charity in the nature of help to the distressed may not have been so frequent nor so urgent, yet Masonry in Missouri has been quietly and gently filling her mission, has been bathing the wounded hearts of the grief-stricken with tears of sympathy, watching around the couch of the dying, aiding and assisting the destitute widow and the helpless orphan, soothing the asperities that occur between Brother and Brother, ever learning and teaching and practising the duty of forgiveness and lessons of love, thus making men better and conferring upon the State and society incalculable blessings. That evils exist must be admitted. To correct them it is necessary to speak of them. The condition of one Lodge is thus portrayed by the District Deputy Grand Master in his Report: "This Lodge fixed the time for my visit, and I had a right to expect a reasonable attendance. In this I was disappointed. Eight were present out of a membership of forty. They are out of debt, and have five hundred dollars in loans, bearing interest. Their rent is light, and their apartments are well arranged and furnished. They are nicely fixed outwardly, but they arc not in a satisfactory condition Masonically. They have had no work for two years, and though they have held meetings with reasonable regularity, they have been lifeless. The Brethren-many of them, almost all of themhave lost their interest in the Lodge. They have piques and unfraternal feelings among them. One won't go to the Lodge because another goes, or is Master; another won't go because he will there meet somebody whom he knows or thinks has cheated somebody. The present Master'had not been in the Lodge for six months previous to his installation, at his election his friends rallied and elected him, and during his term it is fair to presume that some of the members who did not" rally" "will absent themselves." This state of things needs no comment; its statement is its condemnation. Piques, unfraternal feelings, jealousies, looking upon others as scoundrcls and ourselves as saints, and rallying at elections, are elements in a Lodge that indicate its early路 death, unless corrected. It is to be hoped that if this statement mirrors other Lodges, they will " see themselves as others see them," and hasten to remove the error. While" rallying" at elections in the interest of any person or faction is to be condemned, a greater evil exists in some Lodges, viz: ' ELECTIONEERING FOR OFFICE. No other one act that a Lodge does during the year isof so much importance as the election of its officers. On the ability, standing and efIiciency of its officers does the prosperity of a Lodge depend in a greater degree than almost all other things combined

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In balloting for a Lodge officer the member is performing a serious and solemn duty, one in which he should have lJothing in view Sllxe the ,velfare of his Lodge. The best material will be selected when the members are left to their own choice. If a member has ambition to pold office in the Lodge, and is worthy, his merits will not long be unheeded. Others are in better position to appreciate them than he. It will be unnecessary, as well as unmasonic, in him to parade them. The ambition taught in Masonry is, who can best work and best agree. In the politics of the da)' it may be permissible to personally solicit support, as "cheek" is thought to be an essential to success in that department of life. Rut MasOliry is not politics, and the principal ingredient of that article must he brass when a Mason can take another by the arm and say: "See here: i want you to vote for me for Master or Warden," as the case may be, or perchance for an office in the Grand Lodge. If electioneering for office is an evil in a subordinate Lodge, how much greater in the Grand Lodge! Wherever it exists it cannot be too strongly condemned nor too quickly discontinued. It is a safe rule to adopt to vote for no person for office. either in the Grand Lodge or a subordinate Lodge, who has the effrontery to llsk votes for himself. ' DELINQUENT LODGE DUES. (

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fail to collect Lodge dues promptly as they accrue. Improvement has been made in this respect during the past year, and yet you would be surprised to see the list of Masons in "Missouri who arc in arrears for dues ranging from two to ten years. The cause of failure of a very large majority of Lodges that cease to exist has originated in the neglect to promptly collect Lodge dues. When a member becomes in arrears for. dues, he begins to lose interest in his Lodge, and as his arrearage increases he shuns it, as the debtor avoids his creditor, for fear of being dunned. Where this prevails to any considerable extent the members lose interest, and the Lodge dies without realizing its condition until it is too late to correct it. This could and should be remedied by the Master, each year, doing his duty. The account of every member of the Lodge should be balanced each year. If a Brother is unable to pay, let his dues be remitted. By all means square the account every year, and let no balances be carried over. A strict adherence to thiB rule will prevent the death of many a Lodge. DRUNKEKNESS AND PROFAKI'1'Y are evils that are reported to exist in some Lodgcs in the State. These are made misdemeanors by our law, und all Lodges in this jurisdiction arc commanded to enforce the Masonic law in reference to them. Men whose lives are thoroughly imbued with the excellent and ennobling teachings of the Order cannot voluntarily engage in them. It would be a contradiction of terms to sa)' that any man who loves .l\fasonr)' also loves to indulge in either of these evils. He must be under the inHuence of a perverted appetite in the one casc, or an odious habit in the other, and should be dealt with in a trnly Masonic spirit. The absurdity of It drunkard delivering the lectures of our Ritual on Temperance, or of the vcry profanc swearer instructing the candidate in the duty of reverence for Almighty God, is most apparent to the candidate, who is impressed with the idea that the proceeding is a farce. These evlls are mentioned here, not to parade them, but with the hope tllM, by calling attention to their evil cffect., upon the good influences that Masonry should at all times and under all circumsta\l(~cs exert, they may be entirely eradicat~d. The power exists within the Order to correct them in the spirit of fraternity and brotherly love. There is, however, a brighter page in the annals of our cherished Institution. Its teachings awaken new perceptions of the beauty of those mild and amiable virtues which it is our care to cherish, and which contribute so much to make men better and

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nobler in their lives. They appeal to the better impulses of our nature, and lead us away from self to a eultivation of that portion of us which is akin to the Divine. The Holy Bible. the Great Light ill ::\lasonry, is our rule of faith and practicc. We unite on the broad platform of its morality. The wisdom of its teachings over those of thc schools of ancient philosophy, whether those of the epicure or stoic, or thosc of modern infidelity, is apparent. They embody the wisdom of this world, which begins and ends and centres in self. Our Great Light is the emanation of that wisdom from above from which we learn to love one another, to do unto others as we would they should do unto us, and that the highest degree of happiness is in contributing to the happiness of others. Many of our Lodges ill lIlissouri are weak, but among the weakest are some of the best. The smallest Lodges sometimes contain the largest hearts. Their act., of bencvolellCe are not so liable to beeome known, perhaps; but for that reason they are the more creditable, for deeds of charity performed with no hope of praise are done simply because they are right, and not because they may be trumpeted to the world. The record of them will be preserved by the Grand Master of the Universe. One Report says: "Lodge No. -, although few in number:;, has done a nohle work in educating the daughter of a deceased Brother l\Iaster Mason, and providing the widow with a home." Another says: "Lodge No. -, with a small membership, which is constantly changing, has, for several years, entirely supported a :Mll.SOll'~ widow, and during a part of that time cared for ll. bed-ridden Brother, proving their ,faith by their works." Both Lodges are composed principally of farmers of small means. How many others are entitled to like credit, God only knows. Their deeds of charity may not occupy ~ prominent place in the world's history, but they have been observed by that All-seeing Eye that never slumbers. The consciousness of having been a ble.-~sillg to the distressed will stimulate those who shared in the giving to a higher and llohler life. Their reward is greater than that of having their names enrolled on the scroll of the world's fame. "The drying up of a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore." UNIFORMITY OF WORK. Another favorable feature in the condition of Masonry in this jurisdiction is the uniformity that exists in its work. The Grand Lodge of Missouri may be cOllgrlltulated upon the fact that its system of work, which equals ill beauty and attractiveness that of any other jurisdiction, is so thoroughly understood by so many of its Lodges. Order has been brought out of confusion in this department of the work. Perhaps no Grand Lodge in the United States has done and is doing more to accomplish this result than our own. Great credit for having accomplished so much in that direction is due your Grand IJecturer, R. W. Bro. ALLAN McDOWELl" whose labors have been most acceptable and successful. His Report, which is herewith SUbmitted, shows that during the past )'ear he has been active in the discharge of his duties, and faithful to the trust reposed in him. . LITIGATION. The case of the Second National Bank VS. the Grand Lodge, which has since 1875 been pending in the Supreme Court of the United States, has, since our last annual communication, been decided in favor of the Grand Lodge. It involved the liability of the Grand Lodge for about $60,000 of bonds issued by the Masonic Hall Association of St. Louis. Bros..J. D. S. DRYDEN and R. E. ANDERSON were the attorneys of the Grand Lodge in the Supreme Court, and their claims for services will be presented at this communication.

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DEATHS. WM. H. CRENSHAW. R. W. \VM. H.CRENSHAW,D. D.G. Milster4th District, died April, 1879. He was faithfully serving his third term al" District Deputy Grand Master at the time of his death. He was member and Past Master of New Salem Lodge, No. 270, and was held in high esteem by his Brethren, as also by all who knew him. He was a true friend to the Craft, and watched its interests with a jcalous eye. He had already, in company with R. \'V. 路Bro. McDOWELL, Grand Lecturer, visited a number of the Lodges in his district, and held Lodges of Instruction. He was an earnest, zealous, good mall and Mason. His death is a loss to the }<'raternity that will long be seriously felt in his 'district.

JAMES A. H. LA)IPTON. R. W. Bro. LAlIlPTON was born in Columbia, Kentucky, February 21, 1824, and died in St. Louis February 3, 1879. He was Past Master of George Washington Lodge, No.9. He was Grand Lecturer of this Grand Lodge in 1869-70, a position which he filled with honor to himself and benefit to the Craft. He was Past Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Missouri. He was a zealous Mason and a faithful worker. His presence and counsels at the Annual Communications of the Grand Lodge will be sadly missed by those who have so long been accustomed to meeting him here. The cordial grasp of his friendly hand will be no longer felt. He is at rest. Peace to his slumbers.

THOMAS J. CARSON. The Grand Lodge of New Jersey has been called upon to mourn the death of this distinguished Mason, which occurred on the 10th day of May, 1879. He was at the time of his death fifty-one years of age. He had filled the offices of Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge, Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter, Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery, Grand Master of the Grand Council, and Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States of America. For years he Wllti Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence in various of the Grand Bodies. Much of his life was devoted to Masonry. His natural ability, aided by his scholastic attainments, had placed him among our Masonic leaders. In his death the Masons of the world have sustained a loss. No higher praise can be given him than to say he was the GOULEY of New Jersey.

GRAND LODGE OF THE INDIAN TERRITORY. This Grand Lodge' has been organized about five years, and has received fraternal recognition from many of the Grand Lodges of this country and Europe. Letters received from M. W. Bro. J, S. MURROW, Grand Master, ask for fraternal recognition by this Grand Lodge. It has been recognized by the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, which removes the objection heretofore made,to its recognition by us. It is in a prosperous condition. Its recognition at your hands is cordially and earnestly recommended.

GRAND LODGE OF NEW MEXICO. The Grand Lodge of New Mexico complains that the Grand Lodge of Missouri, in continuing to exercise powers over Silver City and Cimarron Lodges, such as collecting dues, etc., is exercising in that jurisdiction "supreme Masonic authority," in derogation of the dignity of that Grand Lodge, and also that this Grand Lodge invaded the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of New Mexico in arresting the charter of Kit Carson Lodge, for

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the reasons given. The questions were forcibl)' presented by M. W. Bro. WM. W. GRIFFIN, Grand "1aster, at the last eommunication of that Grand Lodge. The subject was rcferred to a committee, who rcported a series of resolutions embodying their views, which were adopted, and which will be presented at -this Annual Communication for consideration. It will be remembered that this Grand Lodge in 1877 recognized the Grand IJodge of New Mexico, which had been formed by four of the seven Lodges then existing in that Territory, all previously chartered by this Gl'llnd Lodge. Three of the Lodges-Cimarron, Kit Carson, and Silver City-did not unite in the formation of the new Grand Lodge. In 1878 Grand Master READY arrested the charter of Kit Carson Lodge, Which was approved by this Grand Lodge, and since our last Annual Communication Cimarron Lodge has surrendered its charter, so that Silver City is now the only remaining Lodge in New Mexico holding a charter from the Grand Lodge of Missouri. This Grand Lodge has never soug!lt to retain jurisdiction over any of the Lodges in that Tcrritory, but has advised the Lodges there to accept charters from the Grand Lodge of New Mexico. \\Then they decline to do so, what becomes our duty? The views of the Grand Lodge of New Mexico are expressed in the followi.ng resolution, adopt{)d at its last Annual Commuication, being the one above referred to :

"Resolved, That this 1\:L W. Grand Lodge holds that it is the duty of the M. W. Grand I,odge ofM:issouri to recall or arrest the charters of Cimarron and Silver City Lodges, and refund to this Grand Lodge aU dues collected from said L0dges sinee its organization; and that in the case of Kit Carson Lodge the funds forwarded to the Grand Lodge of Missouri for sale of furniture be likewise returned, and all evidence and questions regarding cause of arrest of said Lodgebe referred to this Grand Lodge." Can this Grand Lodge subscribe to the principle announced in that resolution? It involves the question of EXCLUSIVE JUJUSDICTION, now being so generally discussed by Masonic writers and the Grand Lodges of the United States, in reference to the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Quebec. In a brief examination of the conclusions arrived at by the various Grand Lodges, it may be stated that all American Grand Lodges concur in the doctrine that a Grand Lodge cannot issue Dispensations or eharters for the constitution of new Lodges in any State or Territory where It Grand Lodge has been legally organized; but upon the question of jurisdiction over Lodgcs previously constituted-i, e., chartered before the formation of the new Grand Lodge-there is not the same unanimity of views. The wcight of authority seems to be in favor of thc old Grand Lodge continuing to exercise jurisdiction over such Lodges as may prefcr to remain under their original charters. This Grand Lodgc committed itself to that dodrinc unequivocally when, in 1875, in recognizing thc Grand Lod~e of Quebec, it adopted the following resolution: " Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Missouri hereby rceognize the路 Grand Lodge of Quebec, A. F. and A. M., having jurisdiction in the Province of Quebec, as at present defined, said jurisdiction not to int{)rfere with the vested rights of the Grand Lodges of England, Ireland, and Scotland over such of their daughter Lodges as may prefer to remain under their original charters."

At the date of the adoption of this resolution all Lodges belonging to the Grand Lodge of New Mexico were members of this Grand Lodge, and 1\1. W. Bro. GRIFFIN was its District Deputy Grand Master. The Grand Lodge of Kansas, in 1878, adopted the Report of the Committee in reference to the Quebec-Scotland difficulty, in which the follOWing occurs: "Elgin Lodge existed long before the organ ization of the Grand Lodge of Quebec. Such existence was derived from the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and the Grand Lodge of Quebec cannot compel Elgin Lodge to sever its connection with the mother Grand Lodge and unite its fortunes with hers." .

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The Grand Lodge of the Indian Territory, soon aftcr it.'S organization, deelared Alpha Lodge, at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, chartered by thc Grand Lodge of Kansas, clandestine, for the re~on that Alpha Lodge refused to unite with the former Grand Lodge, but has since seen its folly and rescinded its action, and now concedes that Alpha Lodge may continue to exist in its jurisdiction as a chartered Lodge of Kansas. The Grand "Master of Kansas, M. W. Bro. JOHN Gt:THRIE, in his Address says : "I am of the opinion thatwc (~all extend fraternal recognition to that Grand Lodge (Indian Territory) without impniring thc relations existing between Alpha Lodge and our Grand Lodge." Following that, the Grand Lodge of Kansas recognized the Grand Lodge of the Indian Territory, without limitation or condition. The lamented GOULEY, who was 'good l\lasollic authority everywhere, in his Report on Foreigll Correspondellce ill 18ii, ill spcaking of the action of the Grand Lodge of the Indian Territory in 18i6, sa)'s: . " It is perfectly legal for those Lodges to refuse to unite with her, according to universal custOIll of the Craft. l\lany very old Grand Lodges have wIthin their territorial jurisdiction daughter Lodges Mother Grand Lodges, whieh they have not been able to coax to join them, and which they certainly cannot compel to."

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" Under no circumstances, however, can we recommend a recognition until she repeals her mandate (which she has since done) compelling Alpha and Flint Lodges, chartered by Kansas, to join her. This she had no right to do, in violation of old and well-established international Masonic law." In 187i, under the title of " Quebec," he says: " It will bc seen that the legal character of the recognition of England and Missonri

is identical, both being governed by the universally established law of original jnrisdiction over daughter Lodges, in the formation of new Grand Lodges, viz: That all the subordinate Lodges cannot be compelled to unite in such formation, Imi ?nay remain wilh the motile/' Gmnd Lodges."

When the Grand Lodge of .Mis.~ouri was organized, in Ul21, Louisiana Lodge, No. 109, at Ste. Genevieve, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania in 1807; was in existence, and continued to work until 1824 or '2:), when it was vacated by thli.t Grand Lodge, for non-payment of dues, At the communication of this Grand Lodge in October, 1828, a communication was received froll1 the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, in which they "express a desire to know the feelings of this Grand Lodge on the revivul of Lodge No. 109 within this jurisdiction for the purpose of dosing its business," This Grand Lodge, in answer to that communication, udopted the following resolution: " Re.solvea, That this Grand Lodge will freely acquiesce in the revival of Louisiana Lodge, No. 109, by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of collecting its debts and closing its business."

Thus it will be seen that thill Grand Lodge recognized the right of the Grand Lodgeof Pennsylvania, not only to collect duCJ>, arrest the charter for non-payment of dues, but a.lso to revive the Lodge for the purpose of collecting debts and closing up its business, and that seven years after the organization of this Grand Lodge. The Grand Lodge of Missouri has granted charters to Lodges in the States and Territories of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Oregon, Kansas, Nebraska, Utah and New Mexico, in which Grand Lodges have subsequently been formed, New Mexico being the last. None

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of ber older children ever demanded what is now claimed by New Mexico. As in families, the youngest child is often petted and not un frequently spoiled, so it may be with the Grand Lodge of New Mexico, our last and youngest. . The Grand Lodge of Missouri has never made any other utterance upon the subject than snch as are in harmony with the quotations here made, except the single remark made by Past Grand :Master REA DY on the Quebec question in his Address to the Grand Lodge at it<; last communication, which was used with much force by the Grand Lodge of New Mexico in support of her demands. This Grand Lodge has not yet, however, endorsed the opinion therein expressed, but referred the question to the Committee on Foreign Correspondence for report at this communication; and in view of the conditional recognition accorded to Quebec by this Grand Lodge. and the record heretofore made upon the subject, it is not perceived how this Grand Lodge can now endorse the statement that a Grand Lodge cannot "even exercise control over such Lodg-es as may originally have belonged to them," etc., without stultifying its entire previous history. Quotations might be made from other distinguished Masonic writers and jurists in support of the position of this Grand Lodge, but space forbids. Besides, what good will result from acceding to the demands of the Grand Lodge of New Mexico? We have advised and requested our Lodges thereto unite with that Grand Lodge. We caunot compel the union; neither can the Grand Lodge of New. Mexico. Indeed that kind of union would not be desired if it could be attained. Must we, then, blot them from existence, deprive them of the power and authority to teach the ennobling principles o'f Masonry in their immediate localities, because, forsooth, they cannot cease to love the old mother and learn to love the new? But the Grand Lodge of New :r.fexico now places an additional barrier in the way of the union by requiring of the Lodges payment of dues of 1878. She also demands of this Grand Lodge all dues collected from said Lodges since her organ i7Altion , together wlith the funds received from Kit Carson Lodge, If this Grand Lodge is indebted to the Grand Lodge of New Mexico for dues of 1878, which is not conceded, then certainly the Lodges should not be required to pay for the same period in order to become members of that Grand Lodge. Does that Grand Lodge expect to collect double dues from our Lodges? We have usually been satisfied to collect single dues from ~dges chartered by us, and have never dreamed of our right to collect that even from Lodges chartered by another Grand Lodge. The demand for money is scarcely worthy of discUi:;sion. It is not a question of dollars and cents, but one of principle and precedent as old us this Grand Lodge, so well established that when we recognized the Grand Lodge of New Mexico it entered into and became a part and parcel of that recognition. Brethren, the <!uestion is one of importance, and is entitled to your most candid and fraternal consideration.

RECOMMENDATIONS, GRAND LODGE DUES,

At the close of our last Annual Communication there were fourteen Lodges in arrears for Grand Lodge dues for more than two years, or had failed to make returns. The charters of such were liable to arrest under Sections 22 and 23, of Article 16, of the B)'Laws of the Grand Lodge. In addition thereto, eighty-five Lodges were in arrears for dues of 1878. Of these, twenty-one had made no returns for that year. The total amount then due from subordinate Lodges was about twenty-five hundred dollars. Thus it will be seen that about 'one-fifth of the Lodges in the State were delinquent. This seemed almost alarming. The Grand Secretary, with my approbation, entered at once upon the collection of these dues. His labors in that behalf have been arduous, but in an eminent

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degree successful; so that of those that were in arrears for two years or more, but one is still delinquent, and of those in arrears for 1878, but· ten are still in arrears. This delinquenc)' suggests the necessity of action on the part of the Grand Lodge. A regulation by which it will be understood by delinquent Lodges that the Grand Lodge in session will order the arrest of charters of Lodges which are two years in arrears for dues at such sessions, would result in good. Such a regulation enforced would stimulate efficient Lodges to greater promptness and soon terminate the existence of such as do not deserve to live. MASONIC TRIALS.

While the law in reference to Masonic trials is very full and complete, yet it is not well understood by many Masters of Lodges. If admonitions to read and study the law were heeded, but little difficulty should occur, but each year brings a multitude of questions on the plainest propositions, and endless irregularities occur in Masonic trials. No one is more familiar with th~se than our worthy Chairman of the Grievance Committee. who has come in contact with them and been perplexed more by them than any other person. If the Grand Lodge would direct that some competent person be appointed to prepare all necessary blank forms for the entire proceedings in a Masonic trial; forms for charges and specifications, for record of their presentation and order of ~laster in reference to trial; for summons, notice, and return of service thereof; for taking te.<;timon~· or depositions out of the Lodge, record of proceedings at trial, application for appeal and notice thereof, and have them printed and furnished to all the Lodges, much of the confusion and misunderstanding that has heretofore prevailed would be obviated. It is believed that the necessity for such blanks justify the outlay that will be required to furn ish them. DIItrITS TO ;lIEJlIBERS OF I,ODGES THAT SURUENDER CHARTERS.

The Grand Lodge at present has no regulation authorizing the granting of dimits to members of a Lodge after the surrender of its charter prior to action on the same by the Grand Lodge. Such a regulation would be but justice to the members and conducive to the best interests of the Craft. Especially should it be permitted where the purpose of the surrender is that the members may unite with another Lodge. The consolidation of weak Lodges should be encouraged by every safe means. It is, therefore, recommended that a regulation be adopted to the effect that whenever a Lodge surrenders its charter, and the Grand Master is satisfied that its proceedings are regUlar and according to law, and that such Lodge is free from debt, he shall be authorized to direct the Grand Secretary to issue dimits to its members on payment of dues to date of surrender.

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CONSOLIDATION OF LODGF1l •

At the last annual communicat.ion of the Grand Lodge. Bro. V. O. SAUNDERS offered a resolution upon this suhject, which was referred to a committee consisting of Past Grand :Masters ANDERSON, OWENS, and RYJ,AND, with instructions to report at this session of the Grand Lodge. The importance of the subject cannot be overestimated. We have too many weak Lodges. The forming of a Lodge at every little village or post-office crossroads in the State has proven an evil rather than a blessing, and any legislation that will facilitate their consolidation will result in good. Other Grand Lodges are encountering the same evil and arc taking steps to remedy it. After an examination ofthe regulations adopted by other States, the following is presented for the consideration of the committee and the Grand Lodge. It is substantially the plan adopted by the Grand Lodge of Indiana: Any two or more Lodges, working under the same or adjacent jurisdiction in this State, may consolidate their membership into one Lodge upon the following proceedings being had:

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First-The proposition for such consolidation, with the name of the consolidated Lodge and its Worshipful Master and Wardens, shall be presented at a stated meeting of the Lodges that propose to consolidltte, and shall be ltcted on at a subsequent stated meeting, of which proposed action all resident members shall have due notice. Such consolidation may thcn be effccted ifnot more than seven members of either of said Lodges vote against the proposition.

second-When the consolidation Hhall have been thus agreed upon, and the Grand Lodge or Grand Ma..~ter notificd thereof, a new charter may be issued by the Grand Lodge if in session, or a Dispensation may be issucd by the Grand Master if the application be made during the recess, and no fee shall be charged for the charter or Dispensation of such Lodge. . Third-The consolidated Lodge shall have all the property and effects of the Lodges so ,united, and shall be liable for all indebtedness of such Lodges, and the members of such Lodges shall be members of the new Lodge, subject to the liabilities and entitled to the rights and privileges of their respective Lodges before consolidation; and when a charter is granted, the Lodge shall be constituted and the officers installed in the same manner as Lodges under existing regulations.

'l'he necessity for the adoption of this or some other practical method of consolidation is so apparent that favorable action thereon by the Grand Lodge is most earnestly recommended. CONCLUSION. To close this Address without attempting to express the gratitude'of my heart for the distinguished honor which you one year ago conferred upon rue in electing me your Grand Master, would be, to disguise the earnest promptings of my nature. The honor of being your Grand Master is one which may well be desired by the wisest and best of men. The Masons of Missouri represent the intelligence, integrity, and enterprise of the State, and their Grand Lodge stands among the first in the United States or the world. Permit me, then, my Brethren, to return my most sincere thanks for so great a distinction. The' duties of the offiee have been both pleasant and arduous: pleasant in continually illterchanging thoughts and minglillg with those whose hearts are altars upon which COIltinually burns the incense of love to God and to man; arduous in that its duties impose much labor. But it has been my good fortune to have the assistance of those whose experience and learning and goodness have made their aid indeed valuable. Especially is it a pleasure to acknowledge the aid received from your Grand Secretary, R. W. JOHN D. VINCIL, who, in addition to a faithful and efficient discharge of the duties of his own office, has ever been ready to render any assistance in his power. After fifty-eight annual gatherings of the Representatives of the Masonic Lodges of Missouri, among which have been some of the most distinguished men of the State, we have again met to le~islate and to labor, not alone for the present, or the Fraternity, but for the future and for society as well. We can but be impressed with the 'magnitude of the work. We are early taught in Masonry that before commencing any great and important undertaking we should invoke the aid and blessing of Almighty God. It, therefore, behooves us at this moment in our hearts to ask his divine aid, that He will direct our proceedings for the good of the Craft, and thereby to his honor, to the end that his blessing may ever attend our efforts. A cordial welcome is extended to the Brethren from all parts of the State to this our Annual Communication. It will be a pleasure to meet and mingle with the fathcrs in our Israel, as also to make those who have never before met with us feel at home.

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For the time being- you Ilrc all dwellers in this house and workmen upon this temple. No restraint or embarrassment should prevent any from a faithful discharge of duty. I bespeak for yon a pleasant, harmonious, and profitable session, and pray Heaven's best blessing upon you and your labors.

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On motion the Address was referred to the following committee, appointed by the Deputy Grand Master, con路 sisting of Past Grand Masters R. E. ANDERSON, S. W. B. CARNEGY, JOHN D. VINCIL, THOS. E. GARRETT, SAM'L H. OWENS, JOHN W. LUKE, JA.MES E. CADLE, Tuos. C. READY. VISITORS.

Right Worshipful ALBERT G. MACKEY, of Washington, D. C., the distinguished Masonic author and historian, and Right Worshipful 'V. H. SCOTT, Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, were introduced to the Grand Lodge, and welcomed to seats in the Grand East.

STANDING COMMITTEES.

The following Standing Committees were announced by the Grand Master: Unfinished Husincss.-A. J. SATTERLEE, J.

Charity.-GEo. L. ... W.

n. VARDEMAN, EDWARD

FAULHABER, HARRY L. GEORGE, JOHN

H. THOMPSON.

Accounts.-A. M. DOCKERY, D. M. ABRAHA)!, J. W. EWING.

RUSSELL,

RUFIo'IN, S. E. LICKLIDER, I .

R. F. DUNN, S. L. C. RUODES, F. W. BRICE, J. W. l<'ARRIS,

Ways and ..l [cans.-LEE A. HALL, C. F. LEAVITT, W. B. WU..80N, JOHN E. JONES, OTTO D'AMOUR,

F. H.

CLARK, JOSEPH TRUEX.

Grand Master's Address.-R. E. ANDERSON, S. W. B. CARNEGY, JOHN D. VINCIL, T. E. GARRETT,

S. H.

OWENS,

Credential<;.-A. M.

W. LUKE,

E. CADLE, THOMAS C. READY.

DOCKERY, J. E. CAlnER,

J. H.

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GriCl;a.nec.-..e::,. H. OWENS, .JAS. E. CADLE, T. C. READY, C. C. WOODS, G. W. BOJ,F;R. LodflCS Undcr J)l~~}JenS(ltion.-CHAs.F. VOGF.L, H. L. GAINES, W. W. Ross, G. W. NEWMAN, H. W. POCOCKE, OIlSON DAVIS,.T. STAN~ARD, R. W. McMULLIN, REUBEN BARNEY,

J. T. AKE. C11JL1路f.el'cd Lodgcs.-JAS. B. AVSTI:K, W. H. MAYO, R. F. STEVF.:KSON, CHAS. H. ZOLL, ETHAN ALLE:K, ])i.~t1路i{',t

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ERWII' E. ELLIi', J.o\1IIES

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MaTT,

J~M. MAR~IAI){;KE,

ARCHEII CARR, S.

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]'fa.~f.er.~.-C. C. WOODS, CIlAS. PIPKIN, WALLACF. DJo:LAFIEI.D,

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B1/-IAw;s S1lbordinate Lodges.-M . .J. HUBBEL, W. C. FORE)fAN, THOS. BUCKBEE, D. B. S~IJTlI.

ELY, SR., W.

On Lodfle TriaJ.s.-W. C. FORE~rAN, A. M. DOCKERY, GEO. L. FAULHABF.:R.

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The Grand Lodge was then called from labor until three o'clock this P. M.

FIRST DAY-AF1'ERNOON SESSION. TUESDAY, Oct. 14, 1879. The Grand Lodge was called t.o labor. at three o'clock by the Most Worshipfnl Grand Master. Officers in their reRpective stations. REPORT ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS.

R. E. A.NDERSON, Chairman of the Committee on Grand Master's A.ddress, presented the Report of said Committee, which was adopted, and is as follows: . To the Nost IVol'sld]Jf1/.1 Grand Lodge of 1ffiMow'i, A.

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The undersigned, your Committee to whom was referred the Address of the Most Worshipful Gro.nd Master, with instructiolls to report a distribution and reference of the Yll.rious snbjects therein contained, respectfully submit the following Report: Your Committee recommend that the official acts of the Most Worshipful Grand l\laster. in gro.llting Dispensations to the Lodges named, be approved, as also his action

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in refusing Dispensations to others, his reasons therefor being, in the opinion of your Committee, sufficient. We recommend that the petitions for Lodges at Edgar Springs, \\'adesburg, and Gutheridge's Mills be referred to the Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation. His action in issuing Dispensations for election of officers of various Lodges therein named is approved. His action in connection with the surrender of the charter of Unanimity Lodge, and ordering the Grand Secretary to issue dimits to the members thereof, without awaiting the action of the Grand Lodge, is approved, for the reasons stated in his Address. The action of the Grand Master in arresting the charters of Greencastle Lodge. No. 21, Landmark Lodge, No. 347, Zerubbabel Lodge, No. 191, and Lathrop Lodge, No. 330, is approved; and his recommendation that a special committee be appointed to devise means for bringing the late members of Greenr-8.stle Lodge, No. 21, to speedy trial for gross un masonic conduct, is endorsed, and the Grand Master is hereby authori7,cd to appoint such committee Your Committee recommend that so much of the Grand Master's Address as embraces his decisions be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. The action and decision of the Grand Master in regard to the proceedings ofO'SullivlUl Lodge in rejecting a candidate, when reconsidering the action of the Lodge. and electing the petitioner on the third ballot, is approved. If the Worshipfull\faster had consulted the law instead of consulting Past Masters as little informed as himself, such 11 gross violation of plain rules would not have occurred, and we trust will never occur again. The action of the Grand Master in declaring the proceedings of Pleasant Hope Lodge. No. 467, in entertaining the petition for initiation and conferrin~ the Entered Apprentice Degree on one Barnett, who was a member of a Lodge in Arkansas, a nullity, is approved; but, instead of allowing the Brother to obtain his dimit and apply regularly for affiliation, we think if he was placed in a position where, as a visitor to a Lodge, "he never could go again," it would be better forthe cause of Masonry. The action of the Grand Master in relation to the suspension of the Brother in Ark Lodge, No.6, in sett,ing aside the first conviction and grunting a new trial, is approved. Your Committee cordially recommend so much of the Grand Master's Address as refers to the" state and condition of Masonry in this jurisdiction" to the careful consideration of the members of the Craft t,hrow~hout the State, and that the timely suggestions therein contained be put into practice. Your Committee recommend that so much of the Grand Master's Address as refers to the fees of the attorney" in the case of Second National Bank against the Grand Lodge be referred to the Committee on ,Ways and ifeans. Your Committee endorse the fitting tribute paid by the Grand :Master to the virtues of our Masonic dead, and recommend that mourning pages be set apart in our Proceedings to their memor)'. Your Committee approve ,,0 much of the Address as refers to the" Grand Lodge of the Indian Territory," and recommend its recognition by thi" Grand Lodge. That portion of the Grand Ma"ter's Address referring to the" Grand Lodge of New Mexico" is especially deserVing of commendation. The logical and exhaustive manner in which he has considered the questions raised is heartily approved, and the'conelusions

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made by him are unqualifiedly endorsed as but a reitertation of the position maintained by this Grand Lodge on the supremacy of Grand Lodge jurisdiction for years past. As to the rec?mmendations of the Grand Master: .First-As to "Grand Lodge dues," your Committee would refer to Sec. 22. Art. ]6, of Grand Lodge By-Laws, as a sufficient regulation on that SUbject, and call the attcn-

tion of the Committee on Chartered LodRes to it and recommend its enforcement. Second-As to "Masonic trials," your Committeee recommend that this important matter be referred to a special committee of three, whose dut)路 it shall be to report thereon to this Grand LodRe. Third-As to "dimits to members of Lodges that surrender their charters," your Committee recommend that the suggestion of the Grand Master be endorsed, and that the Committee on Jurisprudence be instructed to prepare a provision on that subject. F01t1'th-As to "consolidation of Lodges," your Committee are advised that the com,mittee on that subject, appointed at our last communication, have had the matter under consideration and will report in due time.

,This. brings us to the" Conclusion" of the admirable Address of our Grand Master, whose" account of his stewardship" shows him worthy of the pOl;ition and deserving' of the confidence reposed in him by this Gra.nd Lodge, and exhibit,; an adminiJ';tration worthy of imitation by future Grand Masters. . Fraternally submitted, R. E. ANDERSON, 8, W. B. CARNEGY, JOHN D. VINCIL, T. K GARRETT, SAMuEL H. OWENS, JOHN W. LUKE, ' JAMES E. CADLE, THOMAS C. READY, Commmee.

The following Special Committees were a,ppointed to consider the matters mentioned ill the above Report: On Masonic Trials.-WI\!. C. FOREMAN, A. M. DOCKERY, and GEORGE L. FAUJ,HABER. On

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Lodge, No. 21.-1,. A. HALL, THOS. S. HOWE],]., and REUBEN BARNEY.

Right Worshipful Bro. ALBERT G. MACKEY, being called upon, p.clivered to the Grand Lodge a most instructive, practical, and animating Addres8. Memorials were presented and referred to Committees, as follows: Memorials from B. O. AUSTIN, Coatsville Lodge, No. 379; Bee Hive Lodge, No. 393; Lock Spring Lodge, No.

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488; Lebanon Lodge, No. 77; Wyaconda Lodge, No. 24, were referred to the Oommittee on Charity.

Memorials were presented from Kirksville Lodge, No. 105; Temple Lodge, No. 299; Fraternal Lodg-e, No. 363; Calhoun Lodge, No. 184, and referred to the Committee on Chartered Lodges. A petition was presented from the curatOT'R of the Lexington Female (late Masonic).: College, asking the Grand Lodg-e for certain instructions in respect to students who may become beneficiaries of the College. The paper was referred to the following Special Committee: Bros. ANDERSON, GORDON, and S1'ANNARD.

REPORT OF ST. LOUIS MASONIC BOARD OF RELIEF, FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1879.

The Report of the Masonic Board of Relief of St. Louis was presented and ordered to be printed in the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge. RECEIPTS. 1878. Sept. 30. Amount on hand........................................................................ $1,24:l :n Oct. 5. From Cache Lodgc, No. 416, "Mis~ouri. lISO 00 Noy. 2. We.~tgate Lodgc, No. 445. :Missouri..................................... 5 00 Dcc. 28. George Washington Lodge, No.9, Missouri................. 30 00 Ita!'ka Lodge, No. 420, Missouri................................. ;) 00 28. 1879. Beacon Lodge, No.3, Missouri.. .. 3500 Jan. 25. Cache Lodge, No. 416, Missouri. . 1500 Feb. 15. William (3iessler (refunding), Tennessee . 11 50 22. Occidental Lodge, No. ]63, Missouri.. .. 75 00 Mar. 1. Burlington Lodge, No. 20, Iowa . 680 1. Zeredatha Lodge, No. 131, Ncw Jersey . 31 GO 8. Waltham Lodge, No. 384, Illinois .. 1000 15. 'V. H. Taylor, decea~ed : . 1000 15. Zeredatha Lodge. Xo. 13]. New Jersey .. 43 '-10 2\1. Sullivan Lodge, No. un, 1<rissouri... .. 1500 1>'lay. 10. Jefferson Lodge. No. 43, Missollri.. .. 2000 10. Occidental Longe, No. 16::1, Missollri. .. 1000 Junc. 21. Anchor Lodge, No. 443, Missollri... .. 6000 Aug. 16. St. John's Lodge, No.3, ConJlecticut . 550- 41890 30.

$1,662 21

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$11 35 475 45 00 5:>0 3 45 34 45 21 75 680 200 15 25

1630 5 40 115 00 97 10 8 60 31 80 1 60 4 21 26 1 18 1 4

00 50 15 20 75 75 80 7 55 56 10- 567 90

1,094 31 $1,66221

ROB'T Lv],),;, Secrctary. October 1. 1879.

MARTIN COLLINS, Prcsident.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

The Committee on Unfinished Business presented a Report, which ~as adopted. To thc Most WorshilJjul Grand Lodgc oj Missouri, A. F. and A. ]'f.:

Your Committee on Unfinished Business make the following Report: We find Reports due from the following Committees: Consolidated Lodgcs.-R. E. ANDERSON, SAMUEL H. OWENS, and X. RVLAND. Masonic Burial Lot.-Bros. LUKE, PARSON, and THO)rpso~. Your Committee are not certain whether the Report of the Committee on Revision of Laws was adopted, and therefore call the attention of the Grand Lodge to the same, on pages 48, 69, and 70 of Proceedings oflast Grand Lodge. A. J. SATT,ERLEE, J. B. VARDEMAN, EDWARD RUSSELL, G. L.-PRO. 3.

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AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS.

Bro. R. E. ANDERSON called up the proposed amendments to the By-Laws of the Gra.nd Lodge, submitted by the Committee on Revision at our last Annual Communication. Pending their consideration, Bro. ANDERSON ofl'ered a substitute for the proposed amendments. An amendment was offered to the substitute. The amendment was rejected. The substitute. was adopted in lieu of the amendments proposed by the Committee on Revision, and the same was then adopted as an amendment to the ByLaws of the Grand I.Jodge, and is hereby officially promulgated: The Amendment to Sec. 1 of Art. XVIII of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, reported by Bro. J. W. LUKE, for the Committee, at the last Grand Communication, was called up, and Bro. R. E. ANDERSON oft'ered the following as a substitute, which was also adopted: In Art. XVIII, Sec. 1, strike out first subdivision and insert the following: Ji7:rst-Whenever a member ofa Lodge shall fail to pay his dues for twelve months after the same become due and payable by the By-Laws of bis Lodge, no charges and specifications, or formal trial, shall be necessary, but the Worsh ipfnl Master shall, at the next regnlar Communication after such delinquency shall have come to his knowledge, order a notice to be given the delinquent by the Secretary, requiring him to appear at the next regular Communication occurring after the time for the service of said notice, to show cause why he should not be suspended for non-payment of dues, which notice may be in the following form: Hall of----Lodge, No.----A. F. & A. M. ----18Bro.

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You are hereby notified to appear before the Lodge at its regular Communication, to be held on the--day of 18-, and show CRuse why you should not be suspended for non-payment of dues. By order of the W. M. Teste---[SEAL.]

Secretali/.

Such notice shall be served by delivering the delinquent a copy of the same ten days before the Communication at which he is to appear; but should his residence be more thantive miles from the place of Lodge m~eting, or be unknown, then a notice forwarded to his last known place of residence, twenty days before the date at which he is required to appear, shall be sufficient. Should the delinquent fail to appear, his dues still remain unpaid, and the same be not remitted for good cl\lIse or the time for payment extended by a majority vote of the

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members present, the Worshipful Master, upon proof of notice and the fact of arrearage, shall put the question, "Shall Bro. be suspended for non-payment ofhis due!>," which shall be determined by paper ballot, and if a majority ofthase present vote" aye," the ,\Torshipful Master shall declare the Brother suspended until his dues are paid. Payment of dues before the ballot is taken shall stop proceedings, and after suspension shall reinstate the Brother. If paid after suspension, the Secretary shall report the same to the Lodge, and the fact of such p3,yment shall be noted in the Proceedings of the Lodge. No Brother who shall remain in arrears three years after his suspension shall be reinstated by the payment of his dues, except by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Lodge present at the time of his application being acted on.

The Grand Lodge ordered the above and foregoing amendment printed, and sent to the Lodges, in the form of a circular, in advance of the Grand Lodge Proceedings. Bro. R. E. ANDERSON submitted the following amendments to the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, which were read for the first time: Amend Sec. 21, Art. XVI, so as to read as follows: SEC. 21. Every chartered Lodge under this jurisdiction shall aunualy pay to the Grand Lodge the sum of fifty cent') for each :Master Mason returned as a member in the annual returns, except those whose dues have been for good cause remitted.

Amend Sec. 25, Art. XVI, us follows: Strike out aU after the word" paid" in the second line of said section, and amend same so that it shall read as follows: SEC. 25. No Lodge shall grant a dimit to any of its members until all dues are paid, and unless the application for a dimit state that it is for the purpose of joining another Lodge, forming a new Lodge, or with a view to removing out of the jurisdiction of the Orand Lodge. 'fhe applicant shall be deemed a non-affiliate from the date of said dimit and subject to aU dhiabilities as such.

REPORT OF GRAND SECRETARY.

Reports of the Grand Secretary and G rand Treasurer were presented, read, and, on motion, referred to the Committee on Accounts. To the Most WOI'shipjul Grand Lodge oj Missouri, A. F. and A: )f. :

My Annual Report, as Grand Secretary, is herewith submitted:

DEFUNCT LODGES. During the year the following Lodges have ceased to exist from causes mentioned below: Greencastle, No. 21. Charter arrested by order of the Grand Master. Zerubbabel, No. 191. Charter arrested by order of the Grand Master.

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New Market, No. 274. Charter surrendered. Lathrop, No. 330. Charter arrested by order of the Grand Master. JJandmark, No. 347. Charter arrested by order of the Grand l\faster. Cimarron, No. 348, New Mexico. Charter surrendered. King David, No. 364. Charter surrendered. 11ft. Lebanon, No. 442. Charter surrendered. Dauphine. No. 432. Charter surrendered. Paragon, No. 485. Charter surrendered. The charters of these Lodges, with their records and effects, have been received. DISPENSATWNS. By order of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, NOAH M. GIVAN, I have issued Dispensations for the formation of five new Lodges, as follows: November 2, 1878.-Cold Spring Lodge, located at Cold Spring, Henrietta 1'ostoffice, Johnson county. S. O. WALI,ACE, Worshipful1\faster; J.1\:I:. WALL, SeniQrWarden"; W. W.GASS, JuniorV,'arden. November 12, 1878.-New Home Lodge, at New Home, Bates county. R ..F. HULETT, Master; JOHN Q. A. CopJo;, Senior Warden; WILLIA}( HULETT, Junior Wardell.

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December 23, 1878.-Gallatin Lodge, at Gallatin, Daviess county. A. F. McFARLAND, WorshipfUl Master; JOHN H. BALL, Senior Warden; GEORGE TUGGLE, Junior Warden. January 13, 1879.- Chain of Rocks Lodge, at Chain of Rocks, Lincoln county. J. N. POLLAHD, Worshipful Master; J. W. BURKHEAD, Senior Warden; C. H. BI,ANKS, .Tunior Warden. March 6, 1879.-Bertrand Lodge, at Bertrand, Mississippi county. JAMES A. GREER, Worshipful Master; W}(. W. HU)!PHRJo;YS, Senior 'Varden; JOSEPH G. RUSSELL, Junior \Varden. COMl\HSSIONS. By order of Grand Master NOAH M.GIVAN the following Brethren were commissioned as District Deputy Grand Masters, to fill vacancies: November 29, 1878.-PETER B. GRANT, of Liberty, District Deputy Grand Master of the 13th District, vice B. F. RECORDS, resigned. December 6, 1878.-SAMUEJ, M. TINKER, of Humansville, District Deputy Grand Master of the 34th District, viJ},e JOHN D. ABLE, resigned. May 14, 1879.-Jos. H. ALEXANDER, of St. Charles, District Deputy Grand Master of the 5th District, vice WM. H. CRENSHAW, deceased. May 14, 1879.-J. F. KE"NEY, of Weston, District Deputy Grand Master of the 50th District, vice H. H. HEDGES, resigned. May 15, 1879.-H. B. BUTTS, of Louisiana, District Deputy Grand Master of the 3d District, vice LEE A. HALT" resigned. DUPLICATE CHARTERS. January 24, 1879.-By order of the Grand Master I issued a duplicate charter to Piedmont Lodge, No. 449, the original having becn destroyed by fire. ' August 9, 1879.-Byordcr of the Grand Master I issued a duplicate charter to Coatsville Lodge, No. 379, the original having been destroved by fire. And by direction of the Grand Master I forwarded to said Lodge, as a loan, a set of jewels, collars, square, and compasses, aprons, gavels, sword, columns, ltn<1llible.

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FINANCIAL. In the Report rendered twelve months ago it was shown that the total amount of funds for the year aggregated the sum of.. . Against which warrants had becn issued, as shown by Report of Grand Treasurer, for ..

$21,14397 11,61420

Leaving a balance of .. $9,529 77 Of this amount there was locked up in the Loker Bank the sum of.. .. 1,14434 Leaving actual cash on hand the sum of

$8,385 43

This amount was on deposit in the Third National Bank, by direction of the then Grand Treasurer, Bro. WM. N. LOKEl~. Acting under a power of attorney from him, on the 18th day of October, 1878, I drew from thc Third National Bank the said sum of $8,385 43 (eight thousand three hundred and eighty-five dollars and forty-three cents) and paid over the same at once to Bro. .TOHN W. LUKE, the newly-elected Grand Treasurer, taking his receipt thcrefor, which receipt is herewith submitted, marked No.1 (one). It will be seen, therefore, that the actual resources of the Grand Lodgc with which we commenced the year after the close of the last session was $8,385 43. Although the amount in the hands of Bro. LOKER, late Grand Treasurer, of $1,144 34 was included in the balance on hand, it was not on hand. Therefore, in presenting to you a Report of the financial condition of the Grand Lodge for the year, I have included in my statement only available resources. The claim 8.j;{ainst Bro. LOKER, as Grand Trcasurer, ic; not availa1Jle. To embrace it in any financial exhibit, as such, is to make a false impression, and furnish a fictitious shOWing of means. If secured in part or in whole, at any time such amount, so secured, can be added to the real assets of the Grand Lodge.

At the close of our last session over one hundred Lodges were delinquent as to dues to the Grand Lodge. Some were in arrears for two or more years. An unusually large per cent. of the delinquent Lodges 'failed to make any report to the Grand Lodge. Why Lodges do not send in their annual returns is a question I assume not to answer. They are furnished regularly with blanks. sent out from this office the first of August. There must be one, if not two, meetings of every Lodge in the State, after blank returns are forwarded to them, before Grand Lodge convenes. The law is imperative which requires the making of these" returns twenty days before each annu.al session of the Grand Lodge." A large number are not made until the" annual session" convenes. :Many are not made for months after the "annual session" is closed, and then only after repeated and urgent notices from this office, while some are so independent as to make no returns at all. The desire is hereby earnestly expressed that the Grand Lodge may provide some remedy for this growing and unnecessary evil. The law says" every chartered Lodge SHALT, make its annual returns twenty days before each annual session." The law is as binding a.s language can make it. The failure to make returns according to this requirement is as much a violation of law as any act 11 Lodge can commit, and deserves the infliction of punishment. No more objectionable custom obtain" among our Lodges than that of crowding returns and dues upon the Grand Secretary at the "ession of 1.he Grand Lodge. It creates an unnecessary and undesirable possibility oferrors in entries and receipts, with excessive labor, at a time when other pressing and important duties demand attention. It prevents that proper arrangement and examination of the returns so desirable, and causes great trouble and annoyance, both to the Grand Secretary and Committee. And those Lodges that neglect for months to make returns are, if possible, more censurable than the former class. OWing to such neglect it is impossible to furni"h in the printed proceedings a full statistical exhibit, or give more than an approximate idea of the numerical strength of our jurisdiction. If all the statistical tables were closed absolutely twenty days before Grand Lodge meets, or even at the Grand Lodge session, oll.e-fifth of the Lodges in the State would never appear in our journal of transactions. Thi" neglect to send returns and dues according to law necessarily causes incomplete report" to the Grand

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Lodge, both as to finances and membership, and forces the Grand Secretary to keep accounts standing open and books unbalanced; for until a Lodge makes returns it cannot be charged with the amount due for the year. There is no excuse for not making the annual report as required by law. A Lodge may not befinanciall~'able to pay Grand Lodge dues at the time returns should be forwarded, but this constitutes no reason for keeping back the report. Let the annual returns be made promptly at the time required, even though the money may not be ready. In my view it is as easy to comply with the law as to violate it, and far more creditable. At the close of our last session no correct estimate could be made as to the outstanding and unpaid arrearages due the Grand Lodge, owing to so many delinquencies as to the annual returns; but, computing from reports in hand, and estimatlng the dues from former returns, it was found that the indebtedness fell but little short of five thousand dollars. Several hundred dollars of this sum will be lost to the Grand Lodge, as some of the Lodges most heavily encumbered have ceased to exist, either from surrenderor arrest of charter. Their liabilities remain unpaid. The Grand Lodge may do well to give very close attlmtion to this particular aspect of affairs concernin~ delinquent subordinates. Two practical points arc thus suggested for consideration. First-That no Lodge be allowed to surrender its charter until all Grand Lodge dues are paid, together with all claims ill the community where the Lodge is located. In the too rapid multiplication of Lodges in this jurisdiction there have been necessarily some very weak ones found here and there. Failing of success or forgetful of economy, they became involved, debts were contracted, Grand Lodge dues allowed to accumulate until embarrassment becomes an unbearable incubus. Then the only way to get out of debt" is to surrender out, or to allow the charter to be arrested. In either case, the obligations to the Grand Lodge for the privilege of exi.sting a.~ a Lodge are not met. This looks like bad faith, after all the good and earnest promises made in order to secure a Dispensation and afterwards a Charter. The Grand Lodge never solicits the organization of Lodges, and never grants the privilege except upon the fairest promises and best assurances. When these are not met, the Grand IAldge is wronged and Masonry suffers, and the parent body is thrown upon the necessity of guarding her interests, and the welfare of the Craft. To do this, she must not only prevent the institution of Lodges in undeSirable localities and under questionable conditions, but preserve the good name of Masonry from reproach by seeing that IAldges do not fail to meet any and every obligation. Lodges become indebted for hall rent, fuel, lights, etc., and cease to exist. Their creditors are not always l\lasons, and, if they should be, their claims are not less strong. But the profane creditor makes no allowance for these defalcations of Lodges, and the good name of Masonry suffers. Let no Lodge charter be accepted as surrendered until full and satisfactory assurance is furnished that all debts are liquidated and the claims of the Grand Lodge are met. Some of the Lodges which surrendered their charters the past year, have presented a clean and <!ompleted record. One Lodge made the annual returns and paid its Grand IAldge dues for 1879, and surrendered its charter at the same meeting. In the second place, Lodges which suffer their indebtedness to go unmet and increasing until the arrest of charter becomes a neces"ity, should be carefully investigated, and some requirements made at their hands. Instances might be mentioned where returns were not made and dues not paid for years, with local debt.~ contracted. An arrest of charter was necessitated, and, indeed, it was desired by the members in order to get rid of already accumulated responsibilities. The next thing heard from such localities is an effort to start a new Lodge. Brethren regard it easier to pay fifty dollars for Dispensation and Charter, than meet and liquidate old obligations. To say nothing more, the propriety of such action is very questionable. In all cases of this character, Dispensations shonld be refused to erect new Lodges where dereliction and failure have marked the history of former Lodges. If the Grand Lodge would place a barrier in the way of Brethren obtaining dimits from the Grand Secretary until such liabilities were met, there would be an improvement in the condition of Lodges in this particular. Grand Lodge dues, and any given liabilities of a Lodge in the COIDIDU-

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nity, are obligations upon each individual member of said Lodge, because all are parties to the liabilities so created in a Lodge character. Members would not be permitted to dimit from their Lodge while' Lodge dues were unpaid. They should not, therefore, be allowed dimits from the Grand Lodge through the Grand Secretary until these higher liabilities created by thcm in a Lodge charactC1' are paid. RECEIPTS. I have received since the close of our last session and paid over to the Grand Trell.'ffirer as per receipt,>, the sum of thirteen thousand seven hundred and sixty-one dollars and sixty-eight cents. This amount includes balances due for 1878 and previous years, with the amounts received for the current year, 1879, up to date. From the first sources I received four thousand seven hundred and fourteen dollars and eighteen cents. From the second source, nine thousand and forty-seven dollars and fifty cents. Added to this the eight thousand three hundred and ei~hty-five dollars and forty-three cents, paid the Grand Treasurer at the close of last session, we have a showing of twenty-two thousand one hundred and forty-seven dollars and eleven cents. Having furnished this statement, I ask your attention to the footings in figures, showing our financial status. Amount (reported) on hand October 17, 1878 $ 9,529 77 Less amount in the Loker Bank.......................................................................... 1,144 34 Amount actually on hand October 17, 1878 $ 8.385 43 Receipts from all sources for 1878........................................................................ 4,714 18 Receipts from all sources for 1879 to date............ 9,047 50 Disbursements, as per accompanying statement.,................................................

$22,147 11 9,373 18

Leaving a balance on hand

$12,77393

On the 25th day of l\{arch, 1879, I made legal and satisfactory proof before WIll. C. MARSHALL, assignee of WIlL N. LOKRR, late Grand Trcasurer, that the Grand Lodge of Missouri was a creditor of said Loker to the amount of eleven hundred and fortyfour dollars and thirty-four cents. The said claim of $1,144 34 was allowed by the assignee aforesaid, and the Grand Lodge was thus placed among the legal claimants upon the estate of WIlL N. LOKER, and of GEO. H. and WIlL N. LOKER, and of GEO. H. LOKER & Bro. The individual creditors of GEO. H. LOKRR having refused to share with the firm crcditors of LOKER & BRO. in thc dividend declared, and having demanded of the assignee to be paid dollar for dollar out of the individual estate of GEO. H. LoKER, leaving any balance of his estate to be divided among the firm creditors, measures were adopted to defeat such demand. As the case was referred to one of the Circuit courts in session, and required immediate attention to protect our interests, I secured the service of an attorney to resist the claim of the individual creditors of GEO. H. LOKER. The court decided adversely to their demand, when they took an appeal. The ease is now in the higher courts. It is confidently believed that the finding of the Court of Appeals will be in favor of the firm creditors of the LOKER BIWTHERS, and that all will share alike in the settlement of their estates, This result, though delayed by tedious litigation, will secure to the Grand Lodge a much larger per cent. of the amount due from WIll. N. LOKER than was expected. The necessity for attention to the above interest demanded prompt action on my part. I am happy to announce that the Grand Master afterwards approved my course in the premises, as he could not be heard from in time to meet the emergency. The second payment due the Second National Bank, as per agreement of 1877, was made on the 25th day of October, 1878, and the receipt therefor is now on file.

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DISBURSEMENTS. Warrants have been drawn on the Grand Treasurer during the year for the sums shown by tile following statement: WARRANT

1878. No. October 19. 2. 3.

21.

25.

Nov.

4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

31. 4. 10. 21. 11.

27. 12. Dec.

3. 13.

14. 6. 15.

14. 16. 20. 28. 1879. Jan. 2. 6. 7.

15. 17.

16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28.

11. 26. March 10. 15. 29. April 1. 30. 10. 31. May 10. 32. 14. 33. 27. 34. June 4. 35. 13. 36. 20. 37. July 9. 38. 14. 39. 40. Feb.

31. 41.

August 21. 42. 23. 43. Sept. 9. 44. 20. 45. October 3. 46. 7. 47. 14. 48.

Amount refunded Wyaconda Lodge, No. 24 Fee returned Wilson Lodge, Under Dispensation Ueo. Thorp, as Grand Tyler and Janitor Geo. Thorp, washing 500 Grand Lodge aprons Allan McDowell, Grand Lecturer, balance for 1878 Judgment vs. Grand Lodge, Second National Bank :Martin Collins, Insurance Grand Lodge property T. C. Ready, expenses as Grand Master : Salary Grand Secretary, first month Russell Cliapter, received by J. W. Luke Portrait of T. C. Ready Expenses T. C. Ready, postage and expressage Fee returned Wadesbnrg Lodge, by order of Grand Lodge Salary Grand Secretary, second month Postage on Graud Lodge Proceedings Allan McDowell, salary as Grand Lecturer Hugh R. Hildreth Printing Co., printing and stationery T. C. Ready, Grand Lodge Historian

$ 1050 .. 2000 . 15000 . 25 00 .. 25000 .. 3,00000 . 5000 10000 .. . 200 00 . 3000 .. 4000 .. 6725 . 3000 .. 200 00 169 00 .. . 15000 . 1,021 00 5000 .

Office rent to Life Association Arlington Lodge dues, 'and sundries Fee returned King's Point, petition refused Allan McDowell, salary as Grand Lecturer Charter fee returned Mendota Lodge, Under Dispensation Salary Grand Secretary, third month Salary Grand Secretary, fourt.h month Allan McDowell, salary as Grand Lecturer , Salary Grand Secretary, fifth month Incidentals, postage, expressage, etc Allan McDowell, salary as Grand Lecturer Salary Grand Secretary, sixth month Salary Grand Secretary, seventh month Contingent expenses Allan McDowell, salary as Grand Lecturer Postage stamps llnd postal cltrds Salary of Grand Secretary, eighth month Allan McDowell, salary as Grand Lecturer Printing blanks and stationery ~ Dues refunded Lodge in New Mexico, etc Salary Grand Secretary, ninth month Allan McDowell, salary as Grand Lecturer Salary Grand Secretary, tenth month Allan McDowell, salary as Grand Lecturer Salary Grand Secretary, eleventh month Allan McDowell, salary as Grand Lecturcr Postage with returns, expressage, ink, stationery, etc Allan McDowell, salary in full Salary Grand Secretary, John D. Vincil, twelfth mont.h

.. .. . . .. . . .. . .. . . . .. . .. . . .. .. . . . . . . . . ..

600 00 21 88

3000 100 00 2000 225 00 200 00 10000 200 00

20 42 10000 200 00 22500 25 66 10000 2500 20000 10000 5420 2712 200 00 10000 22500

100 00 20000 10000 3615 5000 225 00 $9,373 18

Grand Lodge of Missouri.

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REPORT OF GRAND TREASURER. .1. \\T. LUKE, GRAND TREASURER, In aCColmt lvi/A the 1878. October

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19 : $8,385 43 19................................... 774 00 22................................... 37650 Novenlber 4................................... 92 50 8................................... 21250 15.................................. 177 00 December 11................................... 163 50 17................................... 131 00 31................................... 135 50 '31................................... 42 00 1879. 8050 January 10 . 22 . 32150 27 . 9200 February 5 . 54400 :Mareh 7 . 178 &') 15 . 135 flO April 12 . 144 ;;0 May 1;3 .. 20035 23 . 120 50 27 . 13000 June 8:183 July 4 . 4 . VIS 90 August 13 . 10750 84 75 19 . 21. . 12,') 00 :.;0 .. 33200 Septell1 bel' 5 .. 655 ;;0 G . 484 00 !J . 729 50 9 . 8600 20 . 58900 20 . 876 00 22 . 87500 24 .. 5.52 50 2i ~ ' . 496 50 October 2: . 51;"535 4 . 112 00 4 . [)87 75 8 .. 56640 11 ~ . 536 VO 13 .. 43350 14 . 79850

Total Receipt.<;

22.147 11

Warrant:.~................................

Balance

W. Gmnd Lodge oj )[i,sso1t1'i, A. F. and A. M.: NO.

RECEIPTS.

9,373 18

$12,773 93

WARRANTS.

2 Wyaconda Lodge 3 Wilson Lodge 4 Grand T)"ler

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6 A. :l\fcDowell 7 Noble & Orrick S ~L Collins , 9 T. C. Ready 10 J. D. Vincil. 11 Russell Chapter 12 Portrait T. C. R 13 T. C. Ready 14 Wadesburg Lodge 15 .J. D. Vincil. 16 Postage 17 A. McDowell 18 Hugh R. Hildreth Printing 19 T. C. Ready 20 Rent : :.n Arlington Lodge 22 King's Point Lodge 28 A. lIfcDowell 24 Mendota Lodge 2;) J. D. VincH 26' 27 A. McDowell.. 28 J. D. Vincil, 29 Post-office 30 A. McDowell 31 ,J. D. Vincil. 32 :33 Contingent ExpellScs 34 A. McDowell 3-5 Post-office , 36 J. D. Vincil.. 37 A. McDowell 38 Printing 39 40 J. D. Vinci!. 41 A. McDowelL 42 .J. D. Vincil. 43 A. McDowell.. 44 -T. D. Vincil.. 45 A. 2\IcDowell.. 4G Post-office 47 A. McDowell. 48 J. D. VinciL

warrants October 14, 1879.

$ . . .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. :.. .. .. Co. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. . . .. .. . .. .. . .. . ..

1050 2000 15000 2500 25;) 00 3,00000 5000 10000 20000 3000 4000 67 25 3000 20000 IG9 00 15000 1,021 00 5000 600 00 21 88 3000 10000 2000 22500 20000 100 00 20000 2042 100 00 20000 2:2;) 00 25 Go 10000 2500 20000 10000 54 20 27 12 20000 10000 225 00 10000 200 00 10000 36 15 5000 22500

$9,373 18

JOHN W. LUKE, Grand Treasurer.

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On motion, the Grand Lecturer, Bro. ALLAN McDowELL, was requested to exemplify the work and lectures of the first and second degrees this evening at 7:30 o'clock. The Grand Master gave notice that at the close of this evening's session the Grand Lodge would be called from labor until two o'clock to-morrow afternoon in order to give the various committees time to prosecute their labors. The Grand Lodge was then called from labor uutil 7:30 o'clock this evening.

FIRS'l' DAY-EVENING SESSION. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 14, 1879. The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 7:30 o'clock pursuant to order by the Grand Master.

P. M.,

The officers were in their several stations. After labor was resumed the Grand Master announc"d that the exemplification of the work would be conducted by Right Worshipful ALT.-AN McDOWELL, Grand Lecturer. Bro. McDOWELL then took the chair and proceeded to exemplify the work and lectures in the first degree, assisted by the Grand \VardC>IlS H. A. KRUEGER as Senior Deacon, and EDEN REED and F. M. SIl\:IPSON as Stewards. In the second degree he was assisted b~T the same officers, except Right Wor~hipful A. M. DOCKERY, Senior Grand Warden and J. R. McEWEN as Senior Deacon. At ten o'clock the Grand Lodge was called from labor until to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.

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SECOND DAY. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 15, 1879. The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 2 o'clock P. M. by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, NOAH M. GIVAN. Officers in their several stations. The proceedings of yesterday's session read and approved. Most Worshipful Bro. THOS. E. GARRETT, Chairman of the Committee on J nrisprudence, presented the Report of that Committee, which was read and approved, item by item until the last one was reached. The Committee submitted a proposition allowing any elective officer of the Grand Lodge to dimit while in office, for the purpose of joining another Lodge. Also, that dnring the time of such transfer, the act of dimission shall not work a forfeiture of the position of said Grand Officer. This construction of Sec. 2 of Art. III of the Constitution, elicited considerable discussion. The proposition of the Committee was rejected. Pending the further consideration of the question, Bro. R.. E. ANDERSON moved to recommit that porlion of the Report now under discussion. The motion was adopted. The Committee retired for consultatioD, and in a few minutes returned and reported the following, whieh wa/S adopted: Re.solved, "That the interpretation of the Grand Master given to the law in this matter be disapproved."

The Report was then adopted as a whole.

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REPORT ON JURISPRUDENCE.

The Committee reported as follows, which was adopted: To the .Most Worshipful Gmnd Lodge of Missouri, A. F. and A. lIf.:

Your Committee on Jurisprudence, to whom were referred the deeisions and rulings of thc Grand Muster, having examined the same, submit the following Report thereon: We have tried the decisions of the Grund Master and find them generally in strict conformity to our established laws and usage, and reflecting the true spirit of l\Iasonic enlightenment, and in making them the Grand l\Iaster has recognized the fact that most of the questions he was called upon to decide were already definitely settled and completely covered by law. He hus, t~lerefore, in a majority of the cases simply read the law, and reiterated and vindicated its well-estnblished principles. We decm it unnecessary in this Report to review the decisions one by one and in order, or to makc a restatement here of what the Grand :Master has so clearly stated in expounding the law as it now stands, has long stood, and has been so often reaffirmed by this Grand Lodge. It was the Grand Master's duty to make the record of his rulings and report the same to the Grand Lodge, as he hR." done. Such points of misunderstanding or misconstruction of the law by the Craft are useful to us in suggesting where the language may be inexplicit and the meaning obscure, and as guides to future legislation as the need may become evident. Some such goints appear in the questions raised in the nineteen decisions reported, and your Committee have endeavored to meet these points by law, upon which this Grand Lodge ~'ill make a final expression'.

The first decision in the list is a reaffirmation of our well-defined law in reference to physic-ltl qualifications, in which the Grand Master holds that physical disqualifications may occur at any time after initiation un(l before the reception of the third degree and prove a bar to further advancement. This is a sound construction of the law, preserves the integrity of our rituals of work, and IS approYed. In the second decision the Grand Master exercised his jUdgment in declaring the Order known as the A. O. U. W. (Ancient Order of United Workmcn) charitable and benevolent in its nature, and that it is competent for a Lodge to sub-let its hall to thc same. Your Committee is furthcr assured that the said Order of A. O. U. W. has also moral features in its design and organization. If the Grand Lodge be satisfied of these facts, the A. O. U. W. is clearly cnt-itled. under our law, to become co-tenants of halls with us. 'l'he ruling of the Grand Master is approved. The decision of the Grand Master dcclaring the action of a Lodge, in receiving the petition and electing a Brother to membership without un accompanying dimit, or other documentary cvidence, null and void, is approvcd. The fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth decisions are in perfect accord with our law on the several points raised, and are severaIly approved. The ninth decision, which rules that a non-alliJiated Mason, when he petitions a Lodgq for mcmbership, should not be required to contribute in the 路nature of clues for the time he was non-afliliated over twelve months, and that the affiliation fee of a Lodge should be alike to all, is approved.

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The ruling that it is not in order for the Worshipful Master to entertain a motion to reconsider thc ballot or vote of the Lodge by which any proposition was carried or defeated at a former meeting, is correct. The dimit of a petitioner who is elected Lodge, and must remain in its custody.

member of a Lodge is thc property of the

The Grand Master puts the query: Should the Worshipful Master and Wardens all remove from the jurisdiction oftheir Lodge and be unable to attend its meetings, who would be authorized to open the Lodge? The answer is, that under ourlaw, the Lodge could not be opened at all, unless in the case of a funeral, when, with the charter present, it may be opened by a Pastmaster. The ruling that Masonic Lodges, as such, should have nothing whatever to do with the Organization of Chapters of the "Eastern Star," on the ground that the Order of the Eastern Star is no part of Masonry, is approved by this Grand Lodge. The fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth decisions, are all good law and reasoning from analogy, containing no new point for discussion. They are severally approved. The form of proceeding laid down by the Grand Master, to effect the restoration of an expelled Mason where no appeal is pending, is in strict conformity to the law and usage of this Grand Lodge, and is approved. When a Lodge surrenders its charter, having previously liquidated all its indebtedness, upon application, by order of 1.he Grand Master, the Grand Secretary shall issue dimits to the members of the Lodge without waiting for the next session of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Master argucs at length the question, whether any Past or present Grand Elective Officer of this Grand Lodge can dimit from his Lodge for the purpose of joining another Lodge without forfeiting his membership in the Grand Lodge, and therefore his office in the Grand Lodge, if he hold one. In the opinion of your Committee the Grand!Maiter's reasoning and his conclusions still leave the question an open one. The assumption drawn from the" terms" of Sec. 1, Art. 2, of the Constitution, defining membership in the Grand Lodge, that the Elective Past Grand Officers are always members of this Grand Lodge, whether or not they remain members of Lodges in this jurisdic路tion, strikes at the root of our law and usage, and is not tenable. The language may bear that construction, but certainly it was intended to have no such scope and force. A Past Grand Master, or other Elective Past Grand Officer of this Grand Lodge, with his dimit in his possession, is no longer amember of this Grand Lodge, and can be restored to membership only by affiliating with some Lodge in this jurisdiction. Again, the Grand Master seems to have misinterpreted the terms" affiliate" and" nonaffiliate." The moment a Mason is granted a dimit according to law, he i<; non-affiliated. He is not a contributing member of any Lodge, and therefore a non-affiliate. He simply remains in good Masonic standing for one year from the date of his dimit, entitled to the benefits of Masonic charities if he is in need, and to Masonic burial if he dies. At the end of a year of non-affiliation these rights and privileges pass away, but he is still entitled to visit Lodges under certain restrictions imposed by our law. But a dimit makes a nonaffiliate at once, because it severs the Mason's membership in a Lodge. The question introduced by the Grand Master involving the status of a Grand Officer who may wish to dimit from his Lodge while heho}ds office in the Grand Lodge, is an important one and ought to be settled definitely.

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'I'here is no doubt about the right ofa Lodge to grant a dimit, under the prov.isions of the law. Ko one will question the right of a Grand Officer to ask for his dimit for the purpose of enjoying a Masonic home convenient to his residence. He ought not to be debarre~ from this privilege, or, in exercising it, forced to sacrifice his position as a Grand Officer. At a first glance it would seem that a Grand Officer ought to hold his office in the Grand Lodge by virtue of his election and installation a.'3 such, but the fact remains that, ifhe be not present Master of his own Lodge, the Lodge may exercise the right of suspending or expelling him from the Order itself, either of which acts would certainly disqualify him for a seat in the Grand Lodge. Fraternally submitted, THOMAS E. GARRETT, SAM'L H. OWENS, S. W. B. CARNEGY, R. E. ANDERSON, JNO. W. LUKE, W. R. STUBBLEFIELD, Committee.

CHARITY.

The Committee on Charity rendered a Report, which was adopted: '1'0 the Most W<trshipjul Grand Lodge oj Missouri, A. F. and A. ]'f.:

Your Committee on Charity beg lea've to make the following Report: The memorial of Lebanon Lodge for the remission of dues for the year 1876 we recommend be not granted, there being no evi'dence that the Grand Lodge ever received dues from said Lodge for that year, as claimed by their Secretary at that time, and who now stands expelled by that Lodge. The petition for remission of dues of Bee Hive Lodge, No. 393, we recommend be not granted, as they claim they "are making strong efforts to pay other debts," and have raised nearly eleven hundred dollars (the amount of their debts) by subscription. We think they can easily raise the amount due this Grand Lodge. The petition of Lock Spring Lodge, No. 488, for the remission of Grand Lodge dues, amounting to $11.50, we recommend be not granted. The fact of their haVing lost their property by fire is no reason why they 8}lOUld be excused from paying the small sum due this Grand Lodge: and would recommend as far as practicable that all Lodges keep their halls and other property insured. The petition of Coatsville Lodge, No. 379, for remission of Grand Lodge dues, amounting to $10.50, we recommend be not granted, they having also lost their property by fire. We however recommend that the jewels and other property loaned them by order of the Most Worshipful Grand Master be donated to said Lodge. The petition for remission of Grand Lodge dues from Wyaconda Lodge, No. 24, we recommend be not granted. Said Lodge having failed to make returns for this :Masonic year, your Committee are unable to recommend what they know nothing of. Their condition cannot be arrived at through their petition for remission of dues.

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The petition of Bro. B. O. AUSTIN, of New Bloomfield, Mo., for relief, your Committee would respectfully ask to be granted, and that the sum Of $150 be given him out of the funds of this Grand Lodge, not otherwise appropriated. We feel justified in asking the above amount for the relief of our aged and afflicted Brother, after reading the account of his misfortunes, and having the same substantiated by evidences of a l1umberofmemben; of this Grand Lodge. . All of which is fraternally submitted.

G. L. FAULHABER, SAM'L E. LICKLIDER, H. L. GEORGE, JOHN T. RUFFIN, W. H. THOMPSON,

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C01mnUtee.\

ACCOUNTS.

The Committee on Accounts reported as follows; which was adopted: To the

~[ost

Worshipful Gmnd Lodge of Missouri, A. F. and A.

~f.:

Your Committee on Accounts beg leave to report that they have carefully examined the accounts of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer for the year ending October 14, 1879, and submit the following financial exhibit: DR.

To cash on hand October 14, 1878 To amount Loker claims

$8,509 43 1,144 34

To amount received and paid to Grand Treasurer the current year To account paid on Loker claim

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$9,653 77 13,727 35 34 33 $23,4Vi 45

CR.

By amounts paid by Treasurer Loker and not credited la..<;t report.. By warrants paid the current year By amount received from Loker claim By balance due on Loker claim : By cash on hand

.. .. .. . .

12100 9,37318 34 33 1,11001 12,773 93 $23,415 45

Fraternally sUbmitted, ALEX. M. DOCKERY, R. F. DUNN, J. W. FARRIS, J. M. ABRAHAM, J. W. EWING, SAM'L L. C. RHODES, T. H. PRICE, Committee.

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[Oct.

TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS.

The Committee on Transportation and Hotels reported the following, which was adopted: To the Jfost WoTt'hi])fttl Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. and A.

]of.:

Your Committee on Transportation 'and Hotels would respectfully report that the)' have made the following arrangements: Representa.tives who pay full fare coming can obtain returJI tickets, on presentation of Grand Secretary's certificate, as follows: St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Chicago & Alton Railroad Keokuk & St. Louis Line............ St. Louis & San Francisco Railway........................... Keokuk Northern Line Packet Co Meals and Berths Extra.

F9r One-Fifth Fare. " " " One-Half Transportation Free,

The following Roads refuse to make any reduction: St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway; Missouri Pacific Railway; Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad; Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad. The Hotels will accommodate Representatives on the following terms: Western House : St..James HoteL..................... St. Nicholas Hotel.. Laclede HoteI. Hotel Hunt... Barnum's IIoteI. ~............................. Planters' Housc Lindell Hotel........................... Hotel Barnum

$1 00 per day. 1 50 $l 50 and 2 00 :........... 2 00 2 00 2 00 2 50 3:00

for Rooms, 1 00 Fraternally, JOHN R.PARSON, Committee.

CHARTERED LODGES.

The Committee on Chartered Lodges reported, the Report embracing the following Rubjects, which was adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Of Missou1'i, A. F. and A.

]of. :

Your Committee on Chartered Lodges would respectfully submit the following Report:

Grand Lodge of Missouri.

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We have examined the Reports ofall the Lodges received to date and submitted to us by the Grand Secretary. We find the Reports of the following Lodges correct: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14. 15, 16, 19, 46, 47, 48, 50, 52, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 99, 102, 105, 108, 109, 110, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 147, 148, 149, 153, 156, 157, 161, 163, ]64, 165, 167,

20, 22, 23, 29, 32, 67, 68, 75, 77, 78, ]20, 121, 124, ]25, 168, 169, 170, 177,

35, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 81; 83, 88, V3, 96, 97, 126, 127, 134, 137, 140, 178, 179, 180, 183, ]85,

~~~~W~~~~~20~W~20~20~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~2~~~~~~~

241, 279, 319, 374. 406, 446, 491,

243, 281, 322, 375, 408, 453, 493,

244, 283, 324, 376, 410, 454, 494,

247, 286, 325, 377, 411, 458, 495,

248, 287, 327, 380, 417, 459, 499,

250, 291, 335, 381, 418, 462, 500.

251, 256, 258, 260, 293, 294, 295, 296, 336, 338, 339, 340, 382, '385, 388, 390, 419, 420, 421, 424, 464, 467, 469, 470,

262, ~63, 299, 300, 341, 344, 393, 394, 426, 429, 472, 473,

266, 302, 345, 395, 430, 474,

267, 268, 269, 270, 303, 304, 311, 312, 346, 352, 354, 359, 3V6, 397, 399, 400, 431, 435, 437, 439, 477, 482, 483, 484,

271, 313, 367, 401, 441, 486,

275, 315, 368, 402, 443, 488,

276, 317, 370, 405, 444, .490,

Incorrect recapitulatiori : Nos. ]3, 18, 25, 26,27,28,30,31,33,36.37, 38,42,49,51,55,63,69,73,82,85, 86, 89, 95, 100, 103, 104, Ill. 116, 122, 128, 129, 133, 135, 136, 138, 141, 144, 145, 146, 151, 155, 160, 172, 181, 182, 186, 188, 189, 206, 208, 213, 216, 219, 222, 224, 229. ~2, 233. 235, 238, 249, 254, 255, 257, 265, 273, 280, 282, 298, 30], 305, 307, 309, 316, 318, 320, 323, 329, 331, 333, 351, 355, 360, 369, 371, 372, 373, 383, 384, 391, 407, 412, 413, 415, 416, 422, 423, 425, 445, 447, 448, 449, 455, 456, 457, 460, 465, 466. Names of some of the officers omitted: Nos. 33, 34, 42, 45, 51, 54, 57, 60, 63, 66, 72, 73, 74, 76, 79, 80, 84, 87, 91, 92, 95, 100; 104, 107, 111, 1~, 131, 133, 135, 136, 141, 142, 143, 162, 173, 175, 176, 182, 184, 187, 198, 202, 2O~~~m,~~~~2~m,~~25~25~~~~~28~29~w~m~lli,~~34~35~

357, 362, 363, 379, 384, 389, 391, 404, 432, 434, 451, 452, 457, 466, 475, 478, 489, 492, 496, 497, 502.

The following are not authenticated with the seal of the Lodge: Nos. 11, 17, 37, 69, 71, 72, 91, 94, 112, 128, 129, 154, 166, 181, 199, 200, 214, 227, 277, 288, 356, 358, 372, 379, 386, 391, 392, 403, 409, 466, 480, 481, 497, 433, 450. Not signed by Worshipful Master: Nos. 17, 25, 91, 372, 466. Not signed by Secretary: Nos. 91, 372. Not alphabetically arranged. Nos. 10, 51, 54, 70, 112, 166, 235, 278, 422, 423,428, 445. No date of charter given: Nos. 72, 224, 327. No recapitulation: Nos. 107, 150, 332, 358. G. L.-PRO. 4.

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Officers not in list of members : Nos. 130, 138, 166, 235, 246. No time of meeting given: Nos. 174, 351. Lodges making no

ret~rns :

Nos. 24, 65, 90, 98, 101, 119, 132, 139, 11)2, 158, 171, 190, 193, 201, 209, 215, 239, 242, 245, 252, 259. 261, 264, 284, 285, 289, 290, 297, 308, 310, 321, 328, 334, 343, 349, 350, 361, 362, 365, 378, 387, 391, 398, 414, 427, 438, 440, 461, 468, 471, 476, 487, 498, 501. JAS. B. AUSTIN, W. H. MAYO, R. F. STEVENSON, CHAS. II. ZOLL, ETHAN ALLEN, H. B. BUTTS, F. W. MOTT, J. M. MARMADUKE,. ARCHER CARR, S. R. WOODS, CommiUee.

To the Most Worshipful G1'and Lodge of Missouri, A. F. and A. M.:

In the matter of the memorial of Kirksville Lodge, No. 105, your Committee recommend that the Worshipful Master, in connection with the District Deputy Grand Master, be instructed to use the full powers given them under the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, and if unable therewith to bring their Lodge outof the difficulties now surrounding it, that it will then be time enough to ask the assistance of the Grand Lodge. Your Committee to whom was referred the petition of Temple Lodge, No. 299, would respectfully recommend that the prayer of the petitioners be granted. In the case of Pauldingville Lodge, No. 11, at Wright City, we would recommend that the Grand Secretary be instructed to balance their account on the books of this Grand Lodge, they having shown conclusively that they have paid all demands against them. Your Committee to whom was referred the petition of Fraternal Lodge, No. 363, would recommend that a quit claim deed be made by the Grand Lodge to the property mentioned in said petition, Fraternal Lodge paying all expenses connected therewith. The Committee, after making inquiry, would recommend that the request of Calhoun Lodge. No. 184, be granted, by the Grand Lodge giving them a quit claim deed to property as described in petition, and that the three Brethren mentioned be appointed trustees of same for the Lodge.

A.mendments to the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, offered yesterday by Bro. R. E. ANDERSON, were read a second time.

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Most Worshipful Bro. S. W. B. CARNEGY presented a memorial in behalf of an afflicted Brother Mason. The same was referred to the Committee on Charity. The Special Committee appointed to consider certain matters brought before the Grand Lodge by the Grand Master in his Address, reported as follows, and the same was adopted: The Committee, provided for in the Report, consists of Bros. W. C. FOREMAN, A. M. DOCKERY, G. L. FAULHABER. To the Most Worshil)/ul Grand Lodge (1/ jfissouri, A. F. and A. Jf.:

Your Committee to whom was referred that part of the Grand Master's Address relating to Masonic trials and the necessity of preparing proper blanks therefor, would resp~ctfully report that there exists within our jurisdiction a general desire for a more simple, consistent, and satisfactory code of procedure in Masonic trials than we now possess. The law, as it now exists, consists partly of By-Laws, but largely of rulings and decisions made by different Grand Masters, either in the interpretation of the By-Laws, or for the purpose of providing for contingencies not embraced within the language of the By-Laws. Th~e rulings and decisions are scattered through our Book of ConstitutionR, and are not all easily reconcilable with each other, or with existing By-Laws. This has resulted in producing misapprehension and irregularity among many of the Lodges in the State in the matter of Masonic trials. Your Committee cannot too much magnify the imporlance to the proper administration of Masonic justice, of the existence of law regulating it, which is uniform in its operation, clear in interpretation, and adapted to an easy application. For the successful accomplishment of this purpose your Committee believe that the whole law regarding Masonic trials, including our present By-Laws and the rUlings and decisions of our Grand Masters, shOUld be combined and reduced to a simple, uniform and connected system, to which should be attached a complete 8et of blllnks, so that both the law and the methods of its enforcement may be brought within the easy grasp of all our Brethren. As the proper execution of this work would require more time than your Committee can give at this session of the Grand Lodge, they would respectfully recommend the appointment, by the Grand Master, of a special committee, to whom the whole subject of the law regulating Masonic trials shall be referred, with instructions to codify and harmonize the law as it now exists, making such alterations or additions therein as they may deem necessary for completing the whole, and adding thereto all neces::;ary blank forms for procedure and their action in the premises, to report to the next session of the Grand Lod~e for its further action thereupon. Fraternally SUbmitted, W. C. FOREMAN, ALEX. M. DOCKERY, G. L, FAUJ-HABER, Commiuee.

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LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION.

The Committee on Lodges Under Dispensations rendered a Report, which was adopted. To the. Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missow'i, A. F. and A. },[.:

Your Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation would respectfully report: They have examined the records and returns of the following Lodges, and finding same correct, they recommend that charters be issued to them as follows: Gallatin Lodge :Mendota Lodge Cold Spring Lodge Wilson Lodge Havana I'Odge Bertrand Lodge New Home Lodge

Gallatin Protem Cold Spring Shawneetown Havana Bertrand New Home

Daviess county. Taney eounty, Johnson county. Cape Girardeau county. Gentry oounty. Mississippi county. Bates county.

In the matter of the last mentioned Lodge. we would also'recommend that the jewels, furniture, etc., of the late Triangle Lodge, No. 479, which surrendered its charter in October, 1877, be donated by the Grand Lodge to said New Home Lodge. The Chain of Rocks Lodge, at Chain of Rocks, Lincoln county, returns nine members, including one Brother reported in another column as having died some months ago. In view of the fact that the membership of this Lodge is so flmall and that the Lodge has made no pro~ress since it has been set to work, we would recommend that it be continued Under Dispensation for another year. We also suggest that the Dispensation be copied into the Record j names of recommenders on petition should also be entered. As to Oxford Lodge, at Oxford, Worth county, working under a Dispensation issued March 20, 1878, your Committee find the records of this Lodge have been improperly and poorly kept, and that the Lodge has lingered along with eleven members from that day, to this. There being no prospect of a.ny marked improvement in the status of this Lodge in the near future, and believing that the Brethren of this Lodge have had ample time to build up a healthy and promising Lodge in that locality. if such were possible at this time. your Committee would recommend that the Dispensation heretofore issued be revoked. Your Committee have examined the petitions for Dispensations presented to them and recommend that Dispensations for new Lodges issue as follows: Spring Creek Lodge Wadesburg Lodge Billings Lodge

Edgar Springs Wadesburg Billings

Phelps county. Cass county. Christian county.

A petition for a new Lodge, to be known as Musclefork Lodge, at Guthridge's Mill, Chariton county, was considered by your Committee. As no recommendation of the District Deputy Grand Master accompanies the papers we therefore recommend that the petition be refused. Aside from this, there doeSnot appear to be any urgent necessity for the establishment of a new Lodge in the locality named.

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The petition for a Dew Lodge at Clearmont, Nodaway county, was not accompanied by the usual fee, nor the recommendation of the District Deputy Grand Master, we therefore recommend that the same be refused. In order to insure a uniform and correct system of keeping the records, your Committee would recommend that the form of record for Lodges Under Dispensation, to be found on page 103, Grand Lodge Proceedings of 1869, be printed, together with" Instructions for Lodges Under Dispensation," page 120, Book of Constitutions, and sent out with each Dispensation issued by the Grand Secretary. The expense of printing will be ll. trifle compared with the benefits to be derived. The idea is to instruct new Lodges to commence keeping their records in a proper manner. As a general thing the Secretary adopt the style of his predecessor in keeping the minutes, and if improperly started, the errors and omissions will be followed sometimes for years Fraternally submitted, CHARLES F. VOGEL HORACE W. POCOKE, R. W. MoMULLIN, REUBEN BARNEY, J. T. AKE, G. W, NEWMAN, H. L. GAINES, WM. W. ROSS, O. DAVIS, JAMES STANNARD. CO'Tn'Tnifke.

OONSOLIDATION OF LODGES.

Bro. R. E. ANDERSON, for the Committee, presented a Report, touching the consolidation of Lodges, which was adopted: Whenever two or more Lodges in the vicinity of each other shall desire to consolidate and form one Lodge under the name and charter of one of said Lodges, the same may be consummated in the following manner: Such desire being made known to the Worshipful Master of each of said Lodges, he shall cause all the resident members of his Lodge to be notified to attend at a regular or called communication of the Lodge, for the purpose of considering a proposition to consolidate with - - Lodge, under the name and charter of - - Lodge, No. -, at which communication the Worshipful :Master shall submit the question to the Lodge, as follows: " Will this Lodge consolidate with - - Lodge under the name and charter o f - Lodge;" and should two-thirds of the members present vote" aye," the proposition shall be declared adopted; otherwise the Worshipful Master shall declare the same rejected, and order the Secretary to record and report the result to the other Lodges, provided no such proposition shall be declared adopted if as many as seven members of the Lodge proposing to give up its name and charter vote against said proposition. Should said proposition be adopted, as above, by all the Lodges parties to such consolidation, then the charter of the Lodge agreeing to surrender its name and charter shall be forwarded to the Grand Secretary to be cancelled, and the members of such Lodge shall be and路 become members of the Lodge whose name and charter is assumed, as fully as though they had

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regularly petitioned and been elected members thereof. The books, property, and furniture, money on hand and due, or to become due to the Lodge so surrendering its charter, shall be and become the property of the Lodge whose name and charter has been assumed, and said last-mentioned Lodge shall be and become liable for all the debts of said Lodge so consolidated with it. Any mem ber of said Lodges so consolidating, not desiring to remain a member of said consolidated Lodge, may dimit in the manner and upon the terms prescribed in the By-Laws of this Grand Lodge. R. E. ANDERSON, T. E. GARRETT, S. H. OWENS, Commttee.

OENTRAL FEMALE OOLLEGE.

A Report was presented and adopted concerning Central Female (late Masonic) College, which is as follows: CERTIFICATE OF ADMISSION TO CENTRAL FEMALE COLLEGE. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of

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A. F. and A. Jf.:

Your Committee to whom was referred the communication of Bro. E. WINSOR, in regard to applicant,> for admission to Central Female College, under the requirements made by this Grand Lodge in its conveyance of said property, would respectfully recommend the following: All applicants for admission to Central Female College, by virtue of the provisions made by this Grand Lodge as daughters of indigent or deceased Masons, shall procure from the Worshipful Master of the Lodge under whose jurisdiction they reside, attested by the Secretary and seal of the Lodge, and certificate of good moral character, and that they are daughters of worthy indigent or deceased Master Masons, which certificate shall be forwarded to the Grand Secretary and be by him approved and returned to the applicant who shall present the same to the proper officer of said college for admission. The Grand Secretary shall keep a register of such applications in the order in which they are presented and approved; and when the number shall have reached the maximum of thirty then he shall withhold subsequent applications until a vacancy occurs, which may be filled in the order in which such applications are filed. The Grand Secretary shall rcport annually the number of vacancies, if any, in said list. in attendance upon said college. Fraternally submitted, R. E. ANDERSON, JAMES STANNARD, JAS. A. GORDON, Committee.

The following resolution was adopted: Re.~olverl, That the Grand Secretary be authori7.ed to have the amendment of our ByLaws, in regard to" Non-payment of dues," printed in circular form and sent out to the Lodges at the earlicbt practicable moment without awaiting the publication of our Proceedings. R. E. ANDERSON,

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A Memorial from Fairmount Lodge, No. 290, was presented, praying the remission of its dues to the Grand Lodge for two years. The same was referred to the Committee on ~M~

A Memorial was presented and referred to the Com路 mittee on Grievance, praying for the restoration to Masonic standing of WM. V. RUTLEDGE, expelled some years ago by Danville Lodge, No. 72. Bro. T. C. READY reported progress, as Grand Lodge Historian. A Digest of Masonic Law, compiled by Bro. W.C. BRAGG, was presented, and the character of the work briefly explained. On motion of the Grand Secretary it was referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. On motion, Bro. ALLAN McDoWELL, Grand Lecturer, be requested to exemplify the work in the third degree at 7:30 o'clock tbis evening. ' Bro. W. C. FOREMAN moved that consideration of pro路 posed amendments to the Grand Lodge By.Laws, offered one year ago by Bro. WM. B. DRESCHER, be postponed to the next Annual Communication of this body. Carried. The same motion was adopted respecting tbe amendment presented last year by Bro. SAM'L H. SAUNDERS, Past Grand Master. Leave of -absence was granted Bro. E. L. HOPE after to-day. The Grand Maste"r announced that the Grand Lodge would be called from labor until 7:30 o'clock this evening, to meet at that hour for purposes of instruction in the work and lectures of the third degree. He also stated that at the conclusion of the exemplification to-night, the Grand Lodge would be called from laQor until to-morrow morning at nine o'clock. ' At 6 o'clock the Grand Lodge was called from labor.

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SECOND DAY-EVENING SESSION. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 15,1879. Grand Lodge was called to labor at 7:30 o'clock P. M. by Right Worshipful WM. R. STUBBLEFIELD as Grand Master. The work in the third degree was exemplified by Right Worshipful ALLAN McDoWELL, Grand Lecturer, assisted by E. W. LEAGUE, Senior Warden; S. B. POTTER, Junior Warden; HENRY KREUGER, Senior Deacon; M. H. BECK, Junior Deacon. Following the exemplification of the work, the Grand Lodge was called from labor until to-morrow morning at nine o'clock.

THIRD DAY. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 16,1879. The Grand Lodge was called'to labor at 9 o'clock by the Most Worshipful Grand Master. Officers

in their respective stations.

PI:ayer was oft'ered by the Grand Chaplain, REV. C. C. WOODS, D. D. Minutes of yesterday's session were read and approved. The hour having arrived for the annual election of Grand Officers, the Grand Lodge proceeded to the discharge of that duty. The Grand Master appointed as Tellers, Bios. R. F. STEVENSON and G. L. FAULHABER.

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The result of the election was as follows: GRAND OFFICERS. M. R. R. R. R. R.

W. GRAND MASTER.. , W. DEPGTY GRAND MASTER W.GRAND SENIOR WAHDEN w. GRAND JUNIOR WARDEN W. GRAND TREASURER W. GRAND SECRETARY

JOSEPH S. BROWNE, of St. Joseph. WM. R. S'l'UBBLEFIELD, of St. Louis. JAMES E. CARTER, of Jefferson City. A. M. DOCKERY. of Gallatin. JOHN W. LUKE, of St. Louis. JOHN D. VINCIL, of St. Louis.

At I\oon the Grand Lodge was called from labor until 2:30 o'clock P. M.

THIRD DAY-AFTERNOON SESSION. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 16, 1879. Grand Lodge was called to labor, pursuant to order, at 2:30 o'clock P. M. by the Most Worshipful Grand Master. Officers in their several stations. GRIEVANCE.

Most Worshipful SAMUEL H. OWENS, Cbairman of the Committee on Grievance, rendered the following Report, which was adopted: To the Most Worshipjul Grand Lodge oj lIfissom"i, A. F. and A. M. :

Your Committee on Grievance, in rendering an annual Report, are pleased to announce that fewer cases have claimed our attention than usual. The satisfaction felt by your Committee in making this announcement is very great, as we have been saved the consideration ofnumerous useless causes ofaction, the Grand Lodg-e relieved oftheir anno)'in'g presence, and the subordinate Lodges freed from trouble. We report as follows: NUMBER 1. W.

S. WOOLDRIDGE

vs. WILLIAlIfSTOWN LoDGE,

} Appeal from judgment No. 370.

s\~Spending him.

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The specifications in this case charge the accused with cheating and defrauding his Brethren by pledging his word and honor as a Master Mason and afterwards violating such pledge. We do not believe that a Mason should pledge his Masonic honor on every

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occasion, and we further do not believe that such pledges ought to be resorted to in business matters,at all. But when a Mason takes advantage of his position as such to cheat and defraud his Brethren, then he should be held accountable for a violation of his obligation. The evidcnce in this case shows a wilful intention on the part of the accused to cheat and defraud two of his Brethren, and that he was successful in so doing. The Lodge found him guilty and suspended him for twelve years. This is almost equivalent to expulsion, but they had a right to do it, and the evidence in the case justified the action. His only ground for appeal that is worthy of notice, is, that although he was a member of Williamstown Lodge, still that Lodge had no right to try him, as he had removed within the jurisdiction of another Lodge. There is nothing in this objection at all. His own Lodge had primary jurisdiction over its own members, and this doctrine has been firmly established and practised by this Grand Lodge. We will, however, examine his other objection that the Lodge should have continued his case because he was absent. The Record shows that the charges were preferred in March, 1878, and the time set for trial at the next meeting in April; that the case was continued from month to month on account of the absence of the accused until the following December, and that the Secretary duly notified him of each continuance; and in November, by order of the Lodge, he was notified that if he did not attend at the next meeting the trial would proceed without his presence. The Lodge showed great lenity in this regard, and at the trial the Master appointed counsel for him, and we cannot see where any wrong or injustice has been done. If the accused can prevent a trial by absenting himself from the Lodge indefinitely, no one could ever be brought to trial against his will. The record does not disclose any errors that call for correction by this Grand Lodge. Let the jUdgment of the Lodge be affirnied.

NUMBER II. FEI.IX G. SMITH

} Appeal from judgment expelling him.

VB.

KILWINNING LoDGE,

No. 378.

In this case, the charge is gross unmasonic conduct-specifiation, disclosing his ballot. The specification does not state what ballot it was that he disclosed, nor does it state to whom he disclosed it. This was erroneous and ought to have been more definite. One of the errors assigned in the appeal states that the reSident members of the Lodge were not notified of the trial, and there is nothing in the record to show that they were. Another error assigned in the appeal states that the Master refused to allow the accused to make any statement or to testify in the case. This, too, was wrong. Every Mason has right to testify in any case, and the Master violated the law of this Grand Lodge in forbidding it. Another error is assigned in this, that the record does not show the ballot on the punishment assessed. There is only the statement of the Secretary that he was expelled. The record should show the vote by which expulsion was pronounced. The trial of the whole case seems to be a mass of errors, and conducted without any regard to the rules laid down by this Grand Lodge lor the government of trials. Let this case be reversed and the .Master of the Lodge ordered to have a new trial. Let the specifications be amended and made definite, and the Master set the time for trial and give the accused due notice thereof, and let the resident members be notified. In the trial let both

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the accused and accuser testify, as well as all other members who may know anything about the case. And let the record of the trial show the ballots taken on both guilt and punishment. In short, let the Master read the law of this Grand Lodge and govern his Lodge accordingly. NUMBER III. CARL DAlIIITZ

} Appeal from judgment expelling him.

VB.

HAINESVILLE LODGE,

No. 49.

The specifications and trial in this case are somewhat irregular, but the appellant does not complain of any irregularity, but says the judgment is not right, and he wants to be reinstated,so as to get an honorable dimit and" get away from these Hainesville folks." The evidence shows one of the worst cases we have ever examined of defamation of the character of a Master Mason. The accused had printed and circulated throughout the county a circular, in which he denounces a Brother as a thief, a perjurer, and every other mean thing that he could think of, and in his appeal he shows the same spirit that must have impelled him when he published "the circular. This is not the proper fraternal feeling , that should characterize a Mason. Neither do we think that it is Masonic for a Mason, if he have a grievance, to pUblish a card to the world denouncing his Brother as a thief and a perjurer. If any conduct in the world can be considered unmasonic this ought to be so considered. The irregularities in the trial did no harm to the accused, and he does not complain of them, and as we believe the judgment a righteous one .we will not disturb it. Let the jUdgment be affirmed.

NUMBER IV.

W. T.

KIRTLEY

} Appeal from judgment expelling him.

VB.

ASHLY LODGE,

No. 75.

The specifications in this case charge the accused with "making false representations to S. A. Bryant to induce him to become surety, whereby Bryant suffered loss." The secondspecification is, "tryingto borrow money from various individuals, and making false representations in order to procure the same." We have copied the specifications verbatim. And to most of the older members of the Grand Lodge it will seem that this subject is never to have an cnding. This thing of trying to make the Lodge the collecting agent of Brethren ought, after the numerous decisions published from year to year, to cease. But it seems that our Brethren either neglect entirely to read the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge or cease to remember them. In this ease the evidence does not disclose the fact that the accused pledged his word as a Mason or in any other way used his position as a Mason to induce parties to endorse for him or to credit him. The whole evidence shows just such a state of case as would be natural between any two men who were not Masons. And in fact nearly all the cases testified to by the witnesses were business transactions' between him and other parties who were not Masons. And in the case of the first specification, Bro. Bryant's own testimony shows that the accused offered him a chattel mortgage to secure him and he declined to take it. Misfortune overtook the accused and he failed to meet his debts, and he was brought up, tried, and expelled. There is absolutely nothing in the evidence showing fraud, nor that he used his position as a Mason to induce anybody to trust him. Grand Master Garrett discussed this question fUlly, and made a decision thereon that has been the rule ever since, and we clln see no good reason

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to depart from it. Masonry has nothing to do with ordinary business transactions. When parties trade with each other let them take security or credit at their peril. This is the standing rule of this Grand Jurisdiction. Nor do we wish to be understood as saying that this rule means that a Mason may "cheat, wrong, or defraud" a Brother, but we do say there must be something in the transaction to make it a Masonic offense before the Lodge should take it up. An ordinary business transaction where a Brother becomes unable to pay his debt is not sufficient to constitute a Masonic offense. Let the judgment of the Lodge be reversed and the whole proceedings be declared null and void, and Bro. Kirqey restored to all his rights and privileges, the same as though no proceedings had been had against him. NUMBER V. A. M. HUNTER VS.

CRAIG LODGE,

No. 371.

Appeal from decision acquitting Bro. WM. }

RICHARDSON.

The specifications in this case describe the crime of embezzlement. There is no conflict in the testimony. All the witnesses, including the accused, agree in their statements, and we fail to see how the Lodge voted the accused not guilty, unless the speech of the Master, after argument and before the vote, influenced them so to do. This Grand Lodge has declared that after the argument of the parties or their counsel at the conolusion of the trial, no more speeches should be had, and especially none should be given by the Master on the merits of the case. Again, the minutes or record of the trial is very incomplete. It does not state the number of members present; it does not state the ballot on guilt or innocence; it does not state anything from which we can see whether the law was complied with or not, but the Secretary is content with making the statement that" the ballot was spread upon the guilt or innocence of Bro. Richardson and he was declared not guilty." This is not right, and we have so often called the attention of Lodges to this fact that we almost despair of their heeding our warning this time. The record should state the vote by which the accused was declared not guilty. He should not state a conclusiOli but should state the fact. There is nothing in the record to show when the charges were preferred, or that a time was set for the trial, or that the accused was notified, or that the resident members were notified of the time of trial, and in fact the record shows nothing that the law requires should be done on the trial or the proceedings preliminary thereto. We will say further that where there is no conflict of testimonY,and all the evidence points directly to the guilt of the accused, there should be no hesitation on the part of the Lodge. in so declaring by their votes. And when there are extenuating circumstances, they should be considered in assessing the punishment intlicted. We say this much by way of suggestion to the Lodge in future. For the many omissions l1-'> shown by the record in this case, and for the utter disregard of the law of the Grand Lodge governing trials, let the judgment in this case be reversed and the cause be remanded to the Lodge for a new trial. NUMBER VI. W)[,

R. GARRISON

} Appeal from judgment suspending him.

VS.

DORIC LODGE,

No. 300.

This case originated in a business matter and a trial in a court of law. Out of this business difficulty charges were preferred in the Lodge, and in January, 1878, the accused

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was tried and acquitted. No appeal was taken from that decision. But in lIfarch, 18i9, the same charges substantially were proposed, and a trial again had, when the accused was found guilty and he was suspended for one year. From this judgment he appeals. We cannot find in the record any reason for trying' him a second time for the same offense. The first trial had not been set aside, either by the Grand Master or the Grand Lodge, and it is not in the power of a Lodge to continually harass a Brother about the same thing. We know of no law that authorizes such proceedings, and therefore cannot give our sanction to the same. If any Brother was dissatisfied with the flrst trial, he should have appealed to the Grand Lodge. But to wait for more than a ~'ear after the first trial, and then prefer the same charges and try the Brother again, is something unheard of in Masonry. Let the judgment of the Lndge be reversed and the time of Bro. Garrison's suspension terminate now. NUMBER VII. R: W.

HANDY

} Appeal from judgment suspending him.

VS. EARL LODGE,

No. 285.

The charge in this case is that the accused took advantage of a Brother whilst under the influence of whiskey, to cheat him out of his property. The evidence in the case is voluminous and we must say that it supports the charge. The Lodge found the accused guilty and suspended him for the period of two years. Uthe Lodge believed the evidence the punishment was light enough. And the members of the Lodge were better qualified to pass upon the credibility of the witnesses than we are, and on that finding we are not disposed to disturb the judgment. But ,ye do hope that the Secretary of this Lodge will in future arrange his papers in some order, so that we may not have to examine a ton of manuscript to find the beginning and the end of a case. We are of opinion that substantial justice has been done in this case. Let the judgment be affirmed. NUMBER VIII. JOHN

DANIEl,

} Appeal from judgment ,u,pcnding

VS.

ATHENS LoDGE,

No. 12i.

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This case charges the accused with going to a hotel in St. Joseph with a woman other than his wife and registering under an assumed name and remaining in the room with her all night. The evidence ofa witness who knew the accused is positive and to the point. He is corroborated by'a letter from the accused himself, begging the witness not to tell the Lodge what he knew. There was evidence tending to prove an alilJi, but the Lodge was competent to pass upon the testimony and all the facts in the case, and it found the defendant guilty and suspended him two years. We can see no error in the trial, and in fact the record is well and properly kept, and is the most complete and systematic transcript that we have had before us at this session of the Grand Lodge. The only point made in the appeal that is necessary to notice, is the points in reference to the weight of evidence, and of this the Lodge can judge better than your Committee. There is certainly abundant testimony to sustain the finding of the Lodge, and we arc not disposed to disturb the result. Let the judgment be affirmed.

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NUMBER IX. HENRY RUDOLPH V8.

} Appeal from judgement suspending him.

BENEVOLENCE LODGE, No. 170.

This is a very singular case. There is no evidence sent up. But the specifications charge nothing but ordinary business transactions that ought to be settled out of the Lod!!:e; in fact one of the specifications is as follows: ., When I bought into the Utica Water Mill with him, I overpaid him $100, which he refused to pay, and I recovered jUdgment for the same in a civil court." From the statement of the accused, he is broken up in business, and the party bringing the charges has run executions against him until this result is obtained, and now asks the Lodge to force payment after he has exhausted the remedies afforded by the law. The Lodge COnsents to do this and entertains the charges and suspends the accused" until restitution is made satisfactory to the Lodge." '''hen this judgment will be satisfied, God only knows. Certainly it is not definite suspension, as our law requires. So much has been said on this subject that we thought it was exhausted, but it returns each year to trouble us. From a careful examination of this case we are satisfied that itis wholly wrong. Let the jUdgment be reversed and the whole proceedings be declared n'ull and void.

NUMBER X. LoDGE OF LIGHT, No. 257

}

V8. W.

WIGHTMAN,

In this case a new trial was ordered at the last session of the Grand Lodge, and the transcript here at this time shows that the order of the Grand Lodge was complied with and the new trial had. But the Lodge and the accused seem satisfied with the judgment, as there is no appcal from the decision and therefore nothing for us to review.

NUMBER XI. ROBT. W. GOLDSBY VS.

} Appeal from judgement expelling him.

CHILLICOTHE LODGE, No. 333,

I have examined a great many eases since I have been Chairman of this Committee, but this one is ahead of anything I ever saw. The record in this case covers three hundred pages of legal cap, besides a number of photograph copies of the records in the Clerk's office of the Circuit court of Livin!!:ston county. The specifications alone cover thirty-eight pages, and are drawn with the precision and particularity of an indictment in a Criminal court. I have carefully read and studied everr line in this immense record, but it is next to impossible in the space allotted to this report to give even a synopsis of this important case. This case, or a small fragment of it was here in 1877. The only portion of the thirty-eight pages of specifications in this case, that was before the Committee in 1877, was that particular specification in reference to the chairs and the insurance company. We see nothing in the evidence in reference to those chairs to cause us to change the opinion we then expressed, and if there were no other specifications or evidence in the case than that, we would not hesitate to pronounce the same jud~ment. And again, so far as those chairs are concerned, we consider it res adjudicate on the trial this specification was dismissed. But there are numerous specifications showing fee bills altered, and miles and days by the hundred and dozen added to the witnesses claims in criminal cases, and

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these amounts certified to the Auditor and the money drawn thereon, and in some cases the witnesses have received the money due them from the accused himself when the amounts received from the Auditor were much greater. Many of the fee bills so falsely certified were in the handwriting of the accused, and several were falsely certified as being examined under the law by the Judge and Circuit attorney, when in truth, and in fact, the Judge or Circuit attorney had not signed the fee bill; in some instances one name would be omitted, and in some, both. Notwithstanding this, the fee bills certified to the Auditor contained both names. The accused 'was Deputy Clerk of the Circuit court, and his uncle was the Clerk. The Judge during that time is a witness in the case, and so is the party who was Circuit att<>rney. If their testimony is to be believed, we are driven irresistibly to the conclusion that the accused not only knew of the existence of these crimes, but assisted in their perpetration. This must be true if the accused is a man of ordinary intelligence, and the manner in which he conducts his defense shows us that he is a shrewd lawyer, and a man of sagacity. We might say that the testimony of the JUdge, himself, shows great neglect of duty on his part in guarding an important trust confided to his care, and' this carelessness of the JUdge only tended to aid the parties who were plundering the people and the State, and should not in any degree shield or excuse the gUilty parties. Neither did his carelessness authorize the parties to certify falsely to the Auditor that the Judge's name was signed to the fee bill, when it was not. No care on the part of the JUdge could prevent such a forgery. The accused came into Lodge and filed objections to any evidence being heard by the Lodge on these altered or forged fee bills, and assigns many reasons therefor, among others, that he had been tried and acquitted on the same specifications. We cannot say how that was, but certainly, we have many cases before us now that were 1UJt in the other specifications, and among them one stating that the accused requested that no evidence should be written down in the former case, as he would abide the decision of the Lodge whatever it might be, and would not appeal, and when he found an incomplete Record, he took his former appeal with the result as stated. Whilst we think the Master should proceed to the trial ofa ca..c;e under the rules of the law as laid down, and should not vary the same to accommodate anyone, yet in this case and under thc facts as disclosed by the evidence, we think the accused is legally estopped from pleading in bar of this prosecution. And then we fail to see any similarity in the specifications. In this trial the specifications are definite and precise; in the other they were general and sweeping, and could not be pleaded in bar'of anything. We deem it unnecessary to go into the details of the voluminous Record in this case. The Lodge has taken great pains in sending up a complete transcript ofeverything in the case, and to show the altered fee bills on the books of Record in the Clerk's office, which of course could not be removed, they have gone to the expense of having the pages photographed and certified by the Clerk so that your Committee could see preciiely the state of the Record and the handwriting thereon. We will further say that it would be a little singular if some errors were not committed in the trial of such a case. We freely admit that we notice some errors of rulings on the part of the Master, but they were unimportant and did not predjudice the rights or the case of the accused. The Lodge fonnd the accused guilty by the very decisive vote of 34 to 4, and assessed his punishment at expulsion by substantially the same vote. Having given this ca..c;e all the study that we could bestow upon it, and haVing read every line and word of the immense transcript with a sincere desire to do justice to the accused, and at the same time to guard the interests of Masonry, we are compelled in the light of the testimony herein to say we believe substantial justice has been done, and we cannot see any good and sufficient reason to disturb the judgment of the Lodge. Let the jUdgment of expulsion be affirmed.

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NUMBER XII. E. J. NICKERSON VB.

INDEPENDENCE LODGE, No. 76.

}

Appeal from jUdgment reprimanding S. N. KERR.

The specifications in this case charge Bro. Kerr with using language to the appellant that was insulting in its terms, and very abusive and defamatory in its character. There is no doubt as to the guilt of Bro. Kerr. All the evidence shows this, as well as the statement and acknowledgment of Bro. Kerr. Bro. Kerr acknowledged that he had done wrong, asked pardon of the Lodge and of Bro. Nickerson, and said that he was sorry for what had occurred, that it was done in the heat of passion and without due thought or consideration. The Lodge found him guilty and a..'>Sessed his punishment at a reprimand, which was administered by the Master. From this judgment Bro. Nickerson appealed on the ground that the punishment was not sufficiently severe for the offense committed. Your Committee offer no excuse for the language used by Bro. Kerr. It was grossly wrong and unmasonic. But Bro. Kerr showed to the satisfaction of his Lodge a repentant spirit, and craved the charity of his Brethren. The members of that Lodge were competent to pass upon his sincerity, and were authorized under the law to assess the punishment. They have only exercised the right given them by the law, in dealing out mercy to the accused. Your Committee are not disposed to disturb the judgment of the Lodge because it acted in charity, which is the foundation of Masonry. We therefore recommend that the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed.

NUMBER XIII. This is the petition of GEORGE KIRK for restoration. He was expelled by Kirksville Lodge, No. 128, in 1863, for drunkenness. The Lodge has ceased to exist. His petition asks restoration for the reason that he has reformed. It is recommended by the Lodge in whose jurisdiction he resides. Let GEORGE KIRK be restored to his Masonic rights and priVileges.

NUMBER XIV. This is the petition of EDWARD SCHREINER for restoration. He was expelled some twenty years ago by Mitchell Lodge, No. 229, which Lodge has ceased to exist. The rules in such cases have been complied with. Let EDWARD SCHREINER be restored to his Masonic rights and privileges.

NUMBER XV. This is the petition of JOHN L. BITTENGER for restoration. He was expelled by Zeredatha Lodge, No. 189, and on appeal to this Grand Lodge in 1878, the jUdgment was 路affirmed. His petition is recommended by the unaminous vote of the Lodge, by the District Deputy Grand Master, and, as we are informed, by all the Masons of St. Joseph. Let JOHN L. BITTENGER be restored to his Masonic rights and privileges.

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Grand Lod.de of Missouri. NUMBER XVI.

This is the petition of JAS. M. BOSWELL for restoration. He was expelled by Twilight Lodge, No. 114, in 1870. His petition is recommended by a more than two-thirds vote of his Lodge, by the District Deputy Grand Master, by many individual Masons of high social and Masonic standing. His restoration is asked on the ground of reformation. Let JAMES M. Bosw ELL be restored to his Masonic rights and privileges.

NUMBER XVII. This is the petition of W. H. TODHUNTER asking for restoration. He was expelled by Temperance Lodge, No. 438, and this Grand Lodge expressed its views of that case last session. It is legal and right to restore him to his Masonic rights a路nd privileges, and we so recommend. .

NUMBEl{ XVIII. This is the memorial of W. V. RUTLEDGE for restoration. He was expelled by Danville Lodge, No. 72, in 1868. Thc mcmorial is not in compliance with rules of the Grand Lodge in any particular, and we respectfully refer the memorialist to the law on this subject, so that in future if he should sec tit to renew his memorial, it must be in accordance with our rules. Fraternally SUbmitted, SAM'L II. OWENS, JAMES E. CADLE, THOS. C. READY. J. E. CARTER, C. C. WOODS, G. 'V. POOLER, Committee.

REPORT ON DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.

The Committee appointed to consider the Reports of District Deputy Grand Masters submitted a Report, which was adopted. The recommendation respecting a change in the By-Laws concerning the appointment of District Lecturers, could not be entertained, and does not appear in the Report. To the ltfost

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We, your Committee, to whom was referred Reports of District Deputy Grand Masters, beg leave to submit the follOWing Report: G. L.-PRO. 5.

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We hayeexamined Reports from forty-three Masonic Districts, viz: Nos. ], 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20,21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49; and after careful analysis of said Reports, and lcaving out of sight various matters of interest referred to by the Grand Master in his Addre.."S, which are now in the hands of appropriate' committees, we find that Districts Nos. 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, ii, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17. 18. 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36. 37, 38, 39, 41. 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, and 49 are in a prosperous condition, as indicated by the Report of the District Deputy Grand Master. Districts Nos. 4, 9, 11, 15, 22, 29, and 35 do not indicate so healthy a condition as might be desired. From some Districts we hear of troubles g-rowing out of intemperance, profanity, and other violations of the moral law. One District reports a Brother assaulting another on the street with deadly intent, and on his trial refusing to make confession and even intimatin~ that he would repeat the offense, After which he'was let offwith a reprimand. In the same Lodge, and ata funeml, a Brother came into the lodge-room in a state of beastly intoxication and had to be carried out, and his punishment was a reprimand. We respectfully suggest that these things indicate a very unhealthy state of affairs in that Lodge. One District Deputy Grand Master reports no 1'eport-that is, he has held no Lodge of Instruction,visited none, and has done nothing in the interest of the Fratemitygenerally. He asked to be relieved. I

The Reports from other District Deputy Grand Masters indicate altogether too little attention given to the interests of the Fraternity, considering the high position which they OCCUP)'路

We suggest that the Brother who asked to be relieved from office, be relieved finally and forever, and that the same favor be extended likewise to every unworthy or incompetent man who has failed properly to discharge his official duties. District No. 29-eomposed of Christian, Taney, Douglas, and 07.ark-requests to be divided, forming a new District of Douglas and Ozark. We suggest that under all the circumstances the request ought to be granted. Several District Deputy Grand Masters call attention to the matter of their traveling expenses, and while we would recommend no Grand Lodge action, we, nevertheless, submit that it is not only unmasonie, but positively indecent, for a Lodge to enjoy the instruction and assistance of a District Deputy Grand Master and then leave him to pay his own expenses. C. C. WOODS, ERWIN ELLIS, JAMES H. KINNEAR, CHARLES PIPKIN, WALLACE DELAFIELD, Committee.

REPORT ON CHARITY.

The following supplemental Report on Charity was read and adopted:

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To the .'fost Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. P. and A. Jf.: Your Committee on Charity beg leave to make the following additional Report: The application of Fairmount Lodge, No. 290, for remission of dues, we recommcnd be not granted. The balance due from that Lodge for 1S77 and ]S78 is only $8; this small sum the members certainly ought to be able to raise and not ask thc Grand Lodge to remit. They have failed to report for 1879; hence we are in the dark as to the amount due, and recommend that their petition be refused.

The petition of Bro. CARNEGY, in behalf of Bro. ALBERTY, has received our careful considern.tion. We consider it a bad policy for this Grand Lodge to appropriate the funds for the relief of individual Brethren, yet the appeal, coming, as it does, from our aged and beloved Bro. CARNEGY, and endorsed by him, we cannot resist, and hereby recommend that $50 be allowed him out of the funds of this Grand Lodge not otherwise appropriated; but desire it distinctly understood that this is not a precedent for future Committees on Charity. Fraternally SUbmitted, G. L. FAULHABER. SAMUEL E. LICKLIDER, H. L. GEORGE, JOHN T. RUFFIN, W. H. THOMPSON, Committee.

WAYS AND MEANS.

The Report of the Committee on Ways and Means was read, discussed, and adopted. It is as follows: To the Most lV01'shiPfl~l Grand Lodge of Miss01Wi, A. F. and A. M.: Your Committee on Ways and Means find available funds on hands of Grand Treasurer ..

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And recommend appropriations as follows: Printing Proceedings of Grand jlodge $ 900 00 Rent of Grand Secretary's office.. 600 00 Salary of Grand Secretary 2,250 00 Chairman Committee Foreign Correspondence 50000 Printing and Stationery........................................................................... 200 00 Postage...................................................................................................... 250 00 Contingent Fund...... 50 00 Grand Tyler............................................................................................ 150 00 Grand Lecturer '. 1,250 00 Grand Master Givan's Expense..................... 150 00 Expenses of Grand Master for 1li80... 250 00 Balance of Judgment, etc 3,003 69 Attorney's fees and expenses in suit Supreme Court U. S 1,000 00 Total appropriations Balance..................

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Your Committee would respectfully recommend that all bonds now executed, or that may hereafter be executed, to the Grand Lodge for any purpose whatever, be examined and approved each year by the incoming Grand Master, who shall certify to the sufficiency of the securities, and who shall be custodian of said bonds. All of which is respectfully submitted. LEE A. HALL, C. F. LEAVITT, JOSEPH TRUEX, JNO. E. JONES, Committee.

REPORT ON GREENCASTLE LODGE, No. 21.

The following Report from the Special Committee touching Greencastle Lodge, No. 21, was read and adopted: To the ],[Ol$t Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. and A. M.:

Your Committee to whom was referred that part of the Address of the Most Worshipful Grand Master in regard to the members of the late Greencastle Lodge, No. 21, as set forth in the statement of Right Worshipful Bro. WILSON, D. D. G. M., 9th District, have examined said Report, and feel from the facts set forth that it is high time to purify the Masonic atmosphere, not only in this case. but in all other such cases, should any exist, and beg leave to recommend the following: First-That the case of the members of the late Greencastle Lodge, No. 21, be referred to the Most Worshipful Grand Master for such action as he may deem necessary to take to preserve the credit of the Fraternity.

Second-That it is hereby ordered as a standing rule of this Grand Lodge, that in eases of arrest of charter of any Lodge, when, in the judgment of the Grand Master, the circumstances require prompt action to preserve the credit of the Fraternity, that he shall be authorized to cause cbarges to be preferred against any such member or members of such Lodge without awaiting the action of the Grand Lodge in the arrest of any such charter. Third-That in cases of trials under this Order, that any such charges shall be preferred and the trial flad in the Lodge nearest to the Lodge where the charter has been arrested, such Lodge to be designated by the Grand Master, and such Lodge so designated shall have full power to hear and determine any such charges.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

LEE A. HALL, REUBEN BARNEY, T. S. HOWELL, Committee.

REPORT ON BY-LAWS OF CHARTERED LODGES.

Report of the Committee on By-Laws of Chartered Lodges, adopted, as below: .

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Your Committee 011 By-Laws would respectfully report that they have examined the By-Laws of Wilson and Cold Spring Lodges, and find them substantially correct. Fraternally submitted, MARTIN J. HUBBEL, THOS. BUCKBEE, WM. B. SMITH, D. A. ELY, Committee.

REPORT ON MASONIC BURIAL LOT.

The Committee appointed one year ago to consider the question of purchasing a :l\fasonic burial lot in Bellefontaine Cemetery, presented a Report. The same was adopted. Bros. JOHN W. LUKE, JO,HN R. PARSON, and W. H. THOMPSON were appointed the Committee provided for in the Report. The reply of the Secretary of the Cemetery Association is incorporated with the Report of the Committee t.o show the terms proposed. The Report is as follows: To the lIfost Worshil)fttl Grand Lodge of lIfissoul'i, A. F. and. A. M.,'

Your Committee on Burial lot, in pursuance of a resolution adopted at the'last Communication, giving them discretionary power to purchase a lot in Bellefontaine Cemetery, for the sum of one thousand dollars, if one acre of ground can be procured for that price, would report that their proposition to the Bellefontaine Cemetery Association, in accordance with that resolution, was declined; but we have a communication from that association as follows, which is made part of this Report, and we submit the same for the favorable action of the Grand Lodge, and recommend that a committee be appointed with power to act in the matter. Fraternally submitted, J. W. LUKE, JOHN R. PARSON, W. H. THOMPSON, ST. LOUIS, October 15, 1879. Committee.

BELLEFONTAINE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, ST. 1.oms, Oct. 14,1879. lIfl'. J. W. Luke, Chairman Committee, St. Louis, j}[o.,'

DEAR Sm-In reply to your communication of 1fith inst., our Executive Committee direct me to say that the largest quantity of ground they could give you as a lot in Bellefontaine Cemetery for the sum of $1,000 would be two thousand square feet, you or

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your committee having the choice of location. But the committee would say further, that they are disposed to make your Grand Lodge a concession of importance in case the selection of the ground is left in their hands, or they would suggest the appointment of a committee from your association to meet them and jointly visit the grounds and fix upon a location mutually satisfactory, in which cnse they think terms could be made satisfactory to both parties, inasmuch as they are disposed to make any reasonable concession to meet your views.

RESOLUTION.

The following resolution, offered by Bro. R. E. ANDERSON, was adopted: Resolved, That the proper Grand Officers of this Grand Lodge be and they are hereby authorized to execute a deed of quit claim to lot number sixty-six (66), in Wilkeson's Addition to the town of Warrensbur~ in Johnson county, Missouri, to JORDAN SIlIIPSON, LANSON WELLS, ANDREW JACKSON, and ROBERT OWSLEY, as trustees for the Methodist Episcopal Church (colored) in and for Warrensburg, Missouri, and to their successors and assigns forever.

RESOLUTION.

.The following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the Grand Secretary, in conjunction with Bros. JOHN Vol. LUKE and JOHN R. PARSON. be and they are hereb)' authorized to consider the propriety of terminating

the lcnse of the room now occupied as a Grand Secretary's office, and if deemed advisable by them, terminate said lease and procure a more suitable room for a Grand Secretary's office, where the valuable library belonging to this Grand Lodge may be properly preserved, and, if necessary, procure suitable book-cases for that purpose, and further, to procure a suitable hall adjacent therto, for the meetings of this Grand Lod~e. R. E. ANDERSON.

KIRKWOOD LODGE, No. 484.

A paper, signed by Bro. CHAS. L. YOUNG, Pastmaster of Kirkwood Lodge, No. 484, asking for a decision in reference to the action of his Lodge, was read and referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence, with instl'nctions to report at the next annual communication.

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REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE.

The Committee on Foreign Correspondence presented a Report, which was ordered printed with the proce~dings. [See Appendix.] The Committee on Foreign Correspondence presented the following Special Report, which was adopted: The Committee on Foreign Correspondence would submit the following Special Report: At the last session of this body the Grand Master in his Address treated of certain questions concerning the" jurisdictional rights of Grand Lodges," and" the recognition of new Grand Lodges." These subjects were relegated to your Committee" for investigation and future report.'路 There are thus presented for consideration two classes of subjects: First," the question of jurisdictional rights of Grand Lodges." The necessity for an exhaustive and elaborate treatment of this matter does not appear. So much has been written upon the SUbject, and the American doctrine of "jurisdictional righls of Grand Lodges" has been so well defined and ably defended, and is so thoroughly understood, that further discussion would be superfluous. It becomes necessary only to apply the principles embodied in the wellsettled and widely-disseminated doctrines to given cases claiming our consideration. The application of the principles thus involved can be pertinent only where there have been violations of "the jurisdictional rights of Grand Lodges." Your Committee is aware of but one instance where there has been a flagrant and reprehensible infringement of "these jurisdictional rights." The case alluded to is generally known as the ScotlandQuebec affair. A brief statement of matters will be proper in order to a clear comprehension of the case. In the year 1854 the Grand Lodge of Canada was formed, and, being recognized subsequently, was admitted into the family of American Grand Lodges as a Masonic sovereignty within the territorial domain claimed by and awarded to her. Some fifteen years thereafter-being in 1869-the Grand Lodge of Quebec was formed, embracing the Territory known as "Canada East." At the time this new Grand Lodge was erected there were seven Lodges reported as existing in this Province, holding charters from the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland. The newly organized Grand Lodge failed to secure the co-operation and union of all the Lodges in the Province. One Scotch Lodge, Elgin, declined to enter into the new organization, refused to acknowledge its supremacy and continued to work under the original charter granted by the mother Grand LodgeScotland. During this state of affairs, about February, 1877, the Grand Lodge of Scotland reco~nized the Grand Lodge of Quebec as a separate, independent, and sovereign jurisdiction. Following this recognition fraternal relations between the two Grand Bodies were established and Representatives were exchanged; Quebec was formally welcomed into the family of Grand Lodg-es and her sovereignty duly acknowledged. The recognition of the Grand Lodge of Quebec became general. Thus the sovcreignty of this Grand Lodge became one of the facts of history, and no subsequent action could nullify or vitiate that admitted sovereignty, unless forfeited by act~ which would disfranchise Quebec and throw her out of the Masonic family. It is not claimed by anyone, not even

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by Scotland, that Quebec has ever forfeited her standing or lost her place among the sovereign Grand Lodges of the world by any act deserving of such forfeiture of Masonic status. The only sin Quebec committed was to suggest that the Grand Lodge of Scotland, should direct Elgin Lodge to transfer its allegiance from the mother Grnnd Lodge to the newly organized and generally recognized Grand Lodge. This seemed to offend the Grand Lodge of Scotland, as shown by the fact that the Representative, appointed at the Grand Lodge of Quebec, was withdrawn, his commission- cancelled, and fraternal relations and recognition at once repudiated. Upon the' foregoing historical statement we wish to present a few reflections. The action of the Gra~d Lodge of Scotland in this matter is but little removed from childish folly. The recognition of the Grand Lodge of Quebec by Scotland was in good faith, or else it was a solemn mockery-a huge farce-with all the attendant circumstances of official formality. The truth is, Scotland, in February, 1877, accorded an unqualified recog-nition to the Grand Lodge of Quebec-any other would have been, peremptorily declined, as was the case in 1876, when Quebec positively refused to accept a qualified recognition from England. After such unqualified recognition had been accorded by Scotland, she then turned about and cancelled the commission of her Representative, and withdrew her recognition. In addition thereto, she-declared that her action caused the dissolution and extinction of the Grand LodgeofQuebec, thus carrying this folly to its legitimate result. Scotland proclaimed that the jurisdiction of Quebec was" open territory," that it" was not a lawful Masonic Power," but only" a pretended Grand Lodge." As a consequence of all this, after saying that Scotland does not know of allY such Masonic Power in the Province of Quebec, she turned to and erected two new Lodges in said Province, where, a few months before, she had recognized a sovereign and independent Grand Lodg~ as having lawful existence, Adding injustice to folly, she appointed a Provincial Grand Master, and authorized the establishment of a Provincial Grand Lodge in the Territory of Quebec. This having been done, the inevitable result was路 reached. We can characterize the course of Scotland as evidencing only a trinity of features: first, folly; second, injustice; third, outrage. For if the Grand Lodge of Quebec was "not a lawful Masonic Power," but only" a l)?'etended Grand Lodge," in 1877, when recognized by Scotland, her recognition was an act of foUy which Scotland alone was capable of committing. If the Grand Lodge of Quebec, in 1877, was "a lawful Masonic Power" when Scotland recognized her as such, and exchanged Representatives with her, then her withdrawal of recugnition from, and the abrogation of fraternal relations with, a lawful Masonic Power, was an act of gross injustice. And after such recognition by Scotland of Quebec, and the full establishment of Masonic Comity between the two Gra.nd Lodges, to invade the Territory of Quebec, by erecting two new Lodges therein, appointing a Provincial Grand Master, and authorizing the organization of a Grand Lodge, when one already existed, was a stupendous outrage. This outrage is one that the Grand Lodges of this Continent have not been slow in resenting, and the rebuke will be as general as the wrong has been cruel. To the maintenance of the American doctrine of unqualified Grand Lodge Sovereignty, the Grand Lodges of this country are pledged, No concession will be made. There is one aspect of this case to which especial attention is invited. The conclusion is inevitable, and is forced upon us, that no Grand Lodge is truly and lawfully genuine, unless j'ccognized by SCOTLAND. And when 80 recognized by her, that genuineness continues only so long as she may choose to smile upon the favored party. If she pleases to cancel commissions, withdraw Representatives, repudiate recognition, and abrogate established Masonic Comity, then such unfortunate body is "not a lawful Masonic Power," but only" a pretended Grand Lodge" whosc territory is open to Scotland.

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Thither she may send her appointees to erect new Lodges and create a Grand Lodge at pleasure. This she has done in the Province of Quebec. This she may elect to do in Canada, in Manitoba, in British Columbia, in Prince Edward Island, or even in New York, or Missouri. To this as.sumption and exercise of power, as unjustifiable as it is unwarranted.. American Grand Lodges will never submit. The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts declared in 1783, nearly' one hundred years ago, that when a Grand Lodge is established in any territory, no person or persons ought, or can, consistently with the rules of Masonry, use or exercise the powers or prerogatives of a Grand Master or Grand Lodge, to wit, to give power to erect Lodges of Masonry, make Masons, or do anything which belongs to the powers or privileges of a Grand Lodge within any part of such territory, the rightful and appropriated limits to which the authority of such Grand Lodge forever extends. This doctrine has been enunciated and reaffirmed by every Grand Lodge on the American Continent, either in express terms or in principle. The issue we make against Scotland is, that she has violated the principles of Masonic law and trampled upon the rights of t sister Grand Lodge, in every sense "a lawful Masonic Power," sovereign and independent, by the establishment of new Lodges in the territory thereof, and by the erection of a Grand I,odge within the limits of the same. Thus she路 has set up altar against altar and arrayed Brother against Brother, thereby disturbing the peace and concord of the Masonic family without cause or justification. The mistake made by the Grand Lodge of Quebec furnishes no justifiable ground for the extreme and violent action of Scotland. That Quebec made a mistake in asking Scotland to cause the Lodge Elgin to transfer its allegiance to her, is a fact too palpable to allow concealment. The Grand Lodge of Quebec was constituted of three Lodges. The Elgin Lodge was not one of them. It preferred to remain allegiant to Scotland. The right or propriety of this course is not up for discussion here. Quebec, as a GRAND LODGE, organized with three constituent Lodges, sought and obtained recognition in her character as such. She accepted the recognition accorded her by the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and appears to have been satisfied. This is evidenced by the fact that she opened fraternal relations with Scotland and exchanged Grand Representatives, thereby accepting recognition in her then existing status. More than this she had no right to 路claim. . When Quebec knocked at the doors of the Grand Lodges of the world for fraternal recognition and admission among the families of sovereign jurisdictions, she did so in a given clwmcter. When so recognized and admitted, in the character possessed at the time she sought these favors, she should have been content thereafter. A Grand Lodge can acquire no new rights nor prefer no additional claims after recognition, that were not an endowment when she was recognized. Hence, when Quebec sought to secure control of the Lodge that was still in allegiance to Scotland, she committed a blunder. '1'he appeal to Scotland to transfer the Lodge Elgin to Quebec was an unfortunate mistake, and was the apparent cause of this growing alienation and trouble. Elgin Lodge should have been allowed to elect its own association, either to unite of choice with Quebec, or to remain in relations with Scotland. Following this mistake, Quebec subsequently committed an error in declaring non-fraternity with this (Elgin) Lodge. This Lodge chose to remain connected with Scotland, and Quebec having accepted recognition without its co-operation, had, no claim upon it, and had no right to disfranchise it. Quebec, of right, could not recognize as legal Lodges, or the Masons made therein, those organizations established by Scotland after her sovereignty had been allowed and her supremacy admitted in the Province. But Elgin Lodge was not in this category, and therefore should not have been excommunicated for the sin of Scotland. Having thus furnished a view of the whole matter in question, we may well ask what shan be done in the premises. It is proper to state that very many of the Grand Lodges

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of this continent have refused further fraternal relations with Scotland while maintaining her present attitude towards Quebec. Illinois has disfranchised alll\fasons of Scotland because of the action of their Grand Lodge. Maine" holds that all Lodges in the Province of Quebec, not recognized by the Grand Lodge of Quebec, are illegal and all their members clandestine Masons." Tennessee and Kentucky advise moderation and mediation. Your Committee has been unable to obtain any expression from Scotland, but judging from the expressions and spirit of that body, reaching us through other sources, your Committee can see but little prospect of any concession, or an abandonment of an untenable and unlawful position assumed by her. Your Committee is fixed in the view that unless Scotland revokes the charters of the Lodges established by her in the Province of Ql1ebecsince the recognition of that Grand Lodge as a Masonic sovereignty, and dissolves the Provincial Grand Lodge now existing there, we must and WIll dissolve those fraternal relations which have ·been so happily established between our Grand Lodges. The following resolutions are presented for your consideration: 1. Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Missouri hereby proclaims her firrynd unyielding adhesion to the doctrine-so long maintained by her-of the exclu·sive nlisonic jurisdiction of every Grand Lodge within the territory to which the authority of said Grand Lodge extends. 2. Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Missouri will sustain the Grand Lodge of Quebec in maintaining its exclusive jurisdiction throughont the territory of said Province. 3. Resolved, That this Grand Lodge c<mdemns in unqualified terms the action of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, in establishing new Lodges within the rightful territory of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, and the authorization of a Provincial Grand Lodge therein, and the appointment of a Provincial Grand Master to preside over the same. 4. Resolved, That unless the Grand Lodge of Scotland recede from her present position' whereby she has invaded the rights of a sovereign Grand Lodge, and withdraw the charters of those Lodges erected within the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, as well as dissolve the ProvincIal Grand Lodge esw.blished therein, this Grand Lodge will sever all fraternal relations now existing between the Grand Lodges of Missouri and Scotland. 5. Resolved, That further a~tion upon this subject be deferred until the next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge.

NEW GRAND LODGES. The second subject remitted to your Committee for special consideration was, " the recognition of new Grand Lodges." We find several claimants for this favor. And first comes the "Grand Lodge of New South Wales;" This Grand Lodge is under protest. Scotland claims jurisdiction over several of the Lodges that united in the formation of the" Grand Lodge of New South Wales." As the mother Grand Lodge she sends forth a vigorous protest against the recognition of a Grand Lodge composed of her children who have gone to housekeeping without the maternal consent. As we are still on neighborly terms with Scotland we are not inclined to disrupt fraternal tics' by disregarding her protest until further light is thrown upon these vexatious complications. And we are the more inclined to keep "hands off," or out of this family qUlVrel,from the following facts:

First-That the" Grand Lodge of New South Wales" was formed by a minority of the Lodges in that jurisdiction.

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Second-That the Lodges giving their adhesion to the Grand Lodge since it was formed, do not constitute a 1/UIjO'l'ity of the Lodges in that jurisdiction. Recognition of a Grand Lodge, in any given territory composed of a minority of the Lodges therein, is unsafe, impolitic, and should not be accorded. We adopt the view of Bro. DRUMMOND, of Maine, on the question: "But it seems quite probable, that the Grand Lodge of Scotland will so far put itself outside of the pale of regular Grand Lodges, that the recognition of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales may become a necessity, especially if some arrangement be made with the English Lodges whereby harmony may be preserved." We therefore ask that the further consideration of this matter go over until our next annual meeting. CUBA. In the much revolutioned and distracted island of Cuba there are two rival Grand Lodges. Each claims the supremacy, and the competition has been lively for recognition at the hands of the Grand Lddges of the world. This has been accorded by some and denied by others. Owing to the past and present status of these two rival bodies, your Committee is unwilling to assume the character of an umpire, and undertake the adjustment of difficulties that the parties themselves fail to reconcile. \'\'e have not been invited to arbitrate, or even to mediate, for a harmonious settlement of their complications. Offered inteposition might incur, as it often merits, rebuke, being viewed in the light of officiousness. If we recognize one of the rivals, the other will not like it. If we favor the other, then similar results will follow. We cannot recognize both. A plurality of Grand Lodges in one jurisdiction is not American. We therefore decline to recommend the recognition of either. The claim to such recognition is not clear, and until such is fully manifest the Grand Lodge of Missouri will lose nothing by waiting, especially as the prospect is most favorable for a long and bitter contention between the two contesting bodies. To such strife we are not anxious to become a party. If the Masons of Cuba, owing obedience to the great principles of Brotherly Love, cannot come to a good and amicable understanding among themselves, they should hardly expect fraternal acknowledgments by those who strive to preserve the peace in the family of Grand Lodges. 'I.'hose bodies of Masonry abroad, which sail under the colors of, or have been sired by that wonderful thing called" GRAND ORIENT" are hard to understand or appreciate by the ordinary American mind. Your Committee would pray to be discharged from the further consideration of this subject. 'rime, light, and further information may lead us to conclusions and action that will be decisive and just. JOHN D. VINCIL, Committee.

AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS.

Amendments to the By-Laws, ofter.ed by R. E. ANDERSON, were read a t.hird time. Most Worshipful Bro. S. W. B. CARNEGY moved the postponement, until next annual session, of an amendment to the By-Laws offered a few years since by himself, in

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reference to funding the surpl us funds of this Grand Lodge for the purpose of erecting or purchasing a Grand Lodge building. Carried. The amendment to the Grand Lodge By-Laws, offered at the last session, proposing to change the time of the Annual Communication from October to November, was called up. A vote being taken, the amendment was not adopted.

THANKS.

The Grand Lodge resolved that its thanks were due, and warmly tendered to the various lines of Railroads and Packet companies, and the Hotels of St. Louis, which had favored the members of the body with reduced rates of travel and entertainment. The resolution was adopted with enthusiasm. A motion was adopted directing the Grand Secretary to have the usual number of copies of Grand Lodge Proceedings printed.

GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.

Commissions were presented by the following Brethren appointing them Representatives near this Grand Lodge, of the Grand I.Jodges named: JOHN W. LUKE, New Mexico; ALEX. M. DOCKERY, New Hampshire; JOHN R. PARSON, Idaho.

HISTORIAN.

Further time was granted Bro. T. C. READY to prosecute his labors in the collection of historical data.

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INSTALLATION.

No further business appearing, Most Worshipful Bro. NOAH M. GIVAN, retiring Grand Master, assisted by Bro. JOHN R. PARSON, Grand Marshal, proceeded to the installation of the officers elect and. appointed.

OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE FOR 1879-80. JOSEPH S. BROWNE, of St. Joseph , WM. R. STUBBLEFIELD, of St. Louis JAMES E. CARTER, of Jefferson City ALEXANDER M. DOCKERY, of Gallatin .TOIIN W. LUKE, of St. Louis JOHN D. VINCIL, of St. Louis ALLAN McDOWELL, of Greenfield REV. JOHN E. BARNES, of Licking REV. S. LOEWEN, of St. Louis REV. E. S. DULIN, D. D., of St. Joseph REV. GEO. C. BETTS, of St. Louis REV. THOS. J. GOOCH, of Mexico REV. HENRY KAY, of Montgomery City REV. J. W. BUSHONG, of Springfield CHAS. C. WOODS, of Kansa.s City JNO. T. RUFFIN, of Carthage JAS. STANNARD, of Kansas City JOHN W. FARRIS, of Lebanon JOHN SHEPHERD, of Macon City WM. M. WILLIAMS, of Boonville W. F. ROBERTS, of Hallsville D. W. SADLER, of St. Louis ~ CHAS. F. LEAVITT, of Springfield CHAS. H. ZOLL, of Warrensburg GEO. THORP, of St. Louis

GRAND MASTER. DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. SENIOR GRAND WARDEN. JUNIOR GRAND WARDEN. GRAND TREASURER. GRAND SECRETARY. GRAND LECTURER. GRAND CHAPLAIN. GRAND CHAPLAIN. GRAND CHAPLAIN. GRAND CHAPLAIN. GRAND CHAPLAIN. GRAND CHAPLAIN. GRAND CHAPLAIN. SENIOR GRAND DEACON. JUNIOR GRAND DEACON. GRAND MARSHAL. GRAND MARSHAL. GRAND SWORD BEARER. SENIOR GRAND STEWARD. JUNIOR GRAND STEWARD. GRAND ORATOR. GRAND ORATOR. GRAND PURSUIVANT. GRAND TYLER.

CHAIRMEN OF STANDING COMMITTEES. JURISPRUDENCE , GRIEVANCE. RETURNS OF LODGES U. D RETURNS OF CHARTERED LODGES TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS REPORTS OF D. D. G. M'S FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE

THOMAS E. GARRETT. St. Louis. SAMUEL H. OWENS, California. CHAS. F. VOGEL, St. Louis. JAS. B. AUSTIN, St. Louis. JOHN R. PARSON, St. Louis. S. B. POTTER, St. Louis. JOHN D. VINCIL, St. Louis.

Proceeding8 of the DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 1st DISTRICT--8. W. B. CARNEGY, Canton. JOHN B. BEST, Palmyra. Zd H. B. BUTTS, Louisiana, 3d JOSEPH H. ALEXANDER, St. Charles. 4th AUGUSTUS O. SANDERS, Montgomery City. 5th W. W. GARTH, Columbia. 6th A. B. McGAFFEY, Moberly. 7th 8th WM:. M. VANCLEVE, Macon City. JOHN J. DILLINGER, Owasco. 9th GEO. H. HUBBELL, Trenton. 10th M. L. MILLIN, Albany, 11th A. M. DOCKERY, Gallatin. 12th 13th R. E. BROWN, Richmond. D. P. WALLINGFORD, St. Joseph. 14th MALCOM McKILLOP, Rockport. 15th 16th JAMES B. AUSTIN, St. Louis. JOHN H. PUGH, Union. 17th ARAUNAH PARKHURST, Farmington. 18th 19th WM. B. WILSON, Cape Girardeau. 20th J. H. BETHUNE, Charleston. VAN. H. HARRISON, Clarkton. 21st JOHN P. McFARLAND, Piedmont. 2'2d J. F. BENNETT, Caledonia. 23d D. M. CAUGHILL, Chamois. 24th J. M. ORCHARD, Salem. 25th JOHN E. BARNES, Licking. 26th ROBERT F. STEVENSON, Jefferson City. 27th JOHN W. FARRIS, Lebanon. 28th J. W. ROBERTSON, Ozark. 29th CHAS. F. LEAVITT, Springfield. 30th J. M. RITCHEY, Newtonia. 31st E. P. LINZEE, Mt. Vernon. 32d SEYMOUR HOYT, Greenfield. 33d SAMUEL M. TINKER, Humansville. 34th B. L. QUARELS, Clinton. 3Eith JOSEPH H. PAGE, Dayton. 36th P. G. WOODS, Versailles. 37th WM. M. WILLIAMS, Boonville. 38th 'HORACE W. WINSOR, Lexington. 39th GEO. W. LEE, Kansas City. 40th JOHN T. RUFFIN, Carthage. 41st RICHARD W. McMULLIN, Hillsboro. 42d PETER GODFREY, Fulton. 43d '" GEO. R. HUNT. Warrensburg. 44th A. J. SATTERLEE, Crescent Hill. 45th REUBEN BARNEY, Chillicothe. 46th L. A. BARITEAU, Maryville. 47th SAMUEL M. EDWARDS, Mexico. 48th MILTON HELWIG, Cameron. 49th THOS. M. MOORE, Camden Point. 50th R. P. ELLISON, Gainesville. 51st

[Oct.

1879.]

Grand Lodge of Missouri.

The proceedings of the day's sessions were read and approved. The Grand Lodge was then closed in AMPLE FORM by Most Worshipful Jos. S. BROWNE, Grand Master, preceded by singing, with prayer offered by Grand Chaplain BARNES. JOHN D. VINCIL,

. Grand Secretary.

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R. W. Grand Senior Warden. On Thursday, October 16,1879, Right Worshipful ,JAMES E. CARTEH, of Jefferson City, was chosen Grand Seniol' Warden of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, being advanced from the station of' Grand J1mi01' Warden, which he filled the past Masonic year. On the evening of the same day he was inducted into oflice, and performed his first official actperhaps his la1>t-by signing the charters granted to new Lodges during the session. This was done in the Grand Se(~retary's office, followed by the usual, pleasant" good bye," when friends and Brethren parted. He went out in healt.h, enjoying the vigor of manhood, but went to return no more. The followilJg morning he left the city for home. Just one weck from the eYE'ning of his installation Death's shaft pierced his heart, life's wheels ceased to move, and our noble and beloved JA;\IES E. C_~Rn;}{ was a corpse. His spirit returned unto God, who gave it. The intelligence of his sudden death was simply astomiding. The Craft thronghouUhe jurisdiction received the sad news with profound sorrow. The Grand Master being informed of the great loss, assembled the Grand Lodge in the Hall of Jefferson Lodge, No. 43, on Sabbath, the 26th of October,1879, to perform the Masonic funeral ceremonies. The Speeial Communication was opener'!. in A~IPLE FORM, with the following officers present: JOSEPH S. BROWNE WM. R. STUBBLEFIELD N. GREISHAMMER H. W. LONG GEO. T. WHITE. JOHN D. VINCIL LEE A. HALlJ GEO. L. FAULHABER W. S. SIMPSON HERMAN SARMAN C:. G. BROOKS

M. 11'. Grand Master. R. W. Depnty Gmnd Master.

:as R. W. Gmnd Senior Warden. as R. lV. Grand Junior Warden. as R. W. Gmnd Treasul路er. Rev. and R. W. Gmnd Secretary. as R. lV. Grand Senior Deacon. a1S W. Grand Junior Deacr)1l. as lV. Seni01' Steward. as lV. ,hniof Ste1l!al'd. as Gl'and 1'!/lel" was appointed lV. Grand Marshal.

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G. L.-Pno. 6.

Burial of R. W. James E. Carter. Pnst Grand Masters SAMUEL H. OWENS, THOS. C. READY and NOAH M. GIVAN; ALLAN McDoWELL, 'Grand Lecturer ; R. F. STEVENSON and PETER GODFREY, District Deputy Grand Masters, were present; all being members of the Grand Lodge. In addition to a large gathering of the members of Jefferson Lodge, No. 43, of which the deceased was a member, large numbers of visiting Brethren were present who participated in the solemn ceremonies of the mournful occasion. These came from Fulton. New Bloomfield, Cedar City, California, Sedalia, and elsewhere.

T. O. TOW1,ES. Grand Marshal, appointed as pall路bearers the Brethren named below: L. H. KARGES, W. H. CONN, THOMAS BROWN, DANIEL WADE, JOHN W. GORDON. ST. CLAIR MII.T,ER, S. L. GRIFFIN. R. S. HODGES, A. GRIMSHAW, THOS. B. MAHAN; J. GRIMSHAW, Bearer of Great Lig~ts. Telegram was received from Past Grand Master Xenophon Ryland, sa)'ing, "Too late, God bless the children who mourn the father, and pity us who weep the friend." Memorial resolutions, pas~ed by Jefferson Lodge, No. 43, at its meeting last night, were read for information by Bro. T. O. TOWLES. On motion, a Grand Lodge Memorial Committee was appointed with instructions to prepare and submit a Memoir to the next Annual Communication. The Committee consists of SAMUEL H. OWENS, NOAH M. GIVAN, ALLAN McDOWEJ,I" XENOPHON RYJ,AND, and JOHN D. VINCIL. The Grand Secretary was directed to publish an account of the funeral ceremonies of the occasion in the forthcoming Proceedings of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Marshal took charge of the Craft, formed a procession and marched to the late residence of the deceased, where a brief religious service was conducted b)' Rev. T. W. BA RRET'f. The corpse was viewed by friends, taken charge of by the Fraternity, borne hence by the pall路bearers, and the procession moved, to solemn music, to the cemetery, escorted by Prince of Peace Commandery, No. 19, Knights Templar, and visiting Sir Knights, under command of Hon. Samuel H. OWENS, acting Eminent Commander. Thousands of citi7,ens turned out to honor, by their presence and expressions of respect, the worth and memory of JAMES E. CARTER. Within the sacred precincts of the silent city of thc dead, many gathered to offer a heartfelt tribute at the shrine of departed worth. Amid tears and tender utterances of sympathy and grief the mortal was committed to earth- dust to dust, ashes to ashes-and the spirit commended to God the Father of Mercies. The beautiful Masonic Ritual was impressively rendered by the Grand Master, Most Worshipful Bro. JOSEPH R. BROWNE, and prayer Will, offered by the Acting Grand Chaplain. When the last sad offices for the dead had been performed, mourners, friends and Brethren moved sadly homeward, leaVing to his long, dreamless sleep all that was mortal of Right Worshipful JAMES E. CARTER, Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Missouri.

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" While acting on the world's great stage, Each actor has his day; Each by himself must stand or fall, Whate'er the part he play."

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HONORED WHILE WITH US,

REV~RED

NOW 'fREY ARE GONE.

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A grand life has ended here. He filled, with distinction, various high positions in the Grand Bodies of his State. He was a Masonic

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THE SCHOLAR, THE POET, AND THE MASON SLEEPS.

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OF HIS LIFE STILL SHINES, AND TELLS US HE LIVES IN THE BEYOND.

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ANNUAL COMMUNICATION IN 1880. The Sixtieth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge will be held in St. Louis, commencing at 10 o'clock, on the morning of the First Tuesday after the Second Monday (viz, the 12th day) in October, 1880.

APPENDIX.

REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE. â&#x20AC;˘ Sr. Lou,:,

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OcLu'!ci', 1~7~J.

I herewith submit my annual review of the Grand Lo(lge PrQceedings received.

The bodies from which faVors have come to band will be found catalogued at the close of the following review of their transactions:

â&#x20AC;˘ ALAB~MA,

1878.

"The Fifty-eight.h Anllual Grand Commuuication" W<l.8 hell} "at the Ilew Temple in the city of 'Montgomery," beginning December 2.1878.

)Il\~ol1j(;

)1. W. Bro. Henry Clay Armstrong, G. :M., presided.

Bro. Dan'l Sayre, G. Sec., was at his "usual place of

busiJle&~:"

Two hundred and seventeen Lodges were represented. ,

The Grand ?llaster's Address was a well written paper, cOIl1V<U'aLive!y brief, )l l'ael,i cal :ul<l bl1~iness-like. We are pleased with the manner and matter of the Address, a,nd extr:wt therefrom such expressions as will cnrich 0111' Report. - Thus he opcns: "

, Another period of refreshment has passed and we flncl ourselYes again ll.t labor for t.he of our beloved InstitutIon. And as we withdrRw ourselves from the busy affairs of life, and cnter the slwred precinct.<; of our b&tntiful tBHlple to take into considerlltion the intcrest, welfu.re and eommQIl good of the Fratemity withiu our jurisdiction, J decm it Ilot amiss to suggm;t tl~at it heeomes ns to make that searching self-examination w!lich will enable us to understand ourselves as Masons.

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.\. retrospc('t is found in the fol!l)wing : In loukiJlg. over the past ?-lasoll1c year we see abulldant cause for gra.titude to a nll'l'dful Proyidellce., Comparatively we have been spared visit.ation from that terrible ' )ll:lglle \vhieh within t,he pa.~t few months has swept thousands of our fellow mortalS into d~l'IIity. While it is true that to some extent we have suffered from it. and have to mourn the loss of llJany valuable citizens who fell ,'ictims to its ,power, yet ft.s work of dev1l8tlltionlllld death in our midst is almost as nothing compared with the sulferillg in some of our sister jurisdictions, ~ew Orleans, Memphis, Vicksburg, Grenada, Canton and other places, were hnt recclltly vast eharnel houses for the dead. Their connnercial life was ;,;tifted, find the homes of their citizells desolated hy the fell destroyer. As we remember tlli" \Ie can but feel that iudeed we have been blesserl. and our hearts should swell with grn,titude to our ~lIprellle Orand Master for His graeious deliverence. G. L.-Al'. 1.

Appendix.

[Oct.

We cannot pass the con~ideration of this subject without referring to the noble selfsacrifice of our Brethren of this and other jurisdictions. There are numerous instances where thcy responded nobly and unselfishly to the cry of the distressed. J<;ven at the risk of life, and often unto death were they faithful in the practice of relief and brotherly love, It is with true Masonic pride that we remember their conduct, and feel, if possible, a stronger attachment than ever to the ten~ts of our Order. I take pleasure in informing you that Masonry in our jurisdiction is prosperous. Peace and llll,rmony prevail throughout our borders, and I congratulate the Grand Lodgc upon thc fact that no questions of a character calculated to disturb the harmony of our deliberations will ptobably arise. DECISIONS

Were reported by the Grand Master, from'which we clip the following as of gellcral interest: That a Lodge has no right to pass resolutions of respect to the memory of, or lwry with Masonic honors, a Brother who at the time of his death was suspended 101' the non-payment of dues. A non-affiliated Mason is not entitled to, and should not receive, Masonic burial. General worthlessness and the reputation of a common liar, is good cause for preferring charges, and if sustained the Brother is unworthy :M:asonic protection, and should be expelled. Anything that contravenes the moral law is unma~onic, Habitual drunkenne~s beillg immoral is, therefore, unmasonic. Temperance is one of the cardinal virtues of our Institution, mul its obscrvarwe ought to be rigidly cnJ01'ccd by the subordinate Lodges. A Lodge hal; the right to entertain a petition, from a Brother suspended by it, asking. to be restored to the rights and privilcges of ~Iasonry, and may restore him by a twothirds vote of the Lodge, provided a majority of the wholc Lodge be present. â&#x20AC;˘

. A Lodge that hIlS tried and expelled a non-affilia.ted Mason, may restore him to the rights and privileges of Masonry. It requires a two-thirds vote of all thc Lodge who arc present to restore to the rights and privileges of :Masonry, provided in all cases a majority of the whole Lodge be present. To admit to membership, requires a petition as in eases of affiliation, and a unanimous vote of the members presentat a regnlar communication of the Lodge. The jluisdiction of a subordinate Lodge extends half way in e\'ery direction to the nearest Lodge; and a Lodge receiving a pctition and conferring the degrees upon a party livinJ:{ in the jurisdiction of another JAdge, without the conscnt of such Lodge, is liable to the Lodge having jurisdiction for the fees. 'Ve are sorry the Grand l\lllSter did not make an addition to the following decision, and gQ one step further: Not less than seven 1\fa:ster 1\Iasons ean hold a Lodgc. The charter or warrant authorizing lAdges to assemble and work is granted to seven :Master Masons, and no less a number can open a Lodge and transact business than is required to obtain a charter or warrant. If he had said, "no Lodge shall open except as 1\f:LSter :Ma80ns," the argumcnt would have reached a just and consistent conclusion. In the above decision, Grand :Master Armstrong wisely concludes that the nnmber must not be less to" lwld a Lodge" than to form it under charter. Well, if it reqnires seven to hold a Lodge, the nwnbCl' cuts an imporUmt figure in the legal transaction. Why not require that the r:hamcle1' be eqnally as important '! If seven be necessad' to form or lwld a Lodge, the statns of the seven mmt be dcfined. ")faster 1\la.<;ons" is the language employed to designate who the corporators shall be-so says the decision above. Such'is the general rule. None but MASTEn MAf,ONS can obtain a charter to mect and work. The character of the corporators is as important as the nnmba. Then does it not follow that the body chartered cannot open at any time, in any other character than is known to the law when the charter is granted? viz., .lfaster Jfasons. We think 80. It is just as necessary to preserve and maintain the status of the corporators in opening a Lodge, as it is to require"the number-seven-to be present.

1879.J

Appendix.

From these and many other considerations, we believe every Masonic Lodge should meet and open in its chartered eharact~r as Master Masons. 'fhen the legal right is in full force, by which the other degrees may be used. When the work is finished in these, 1'eswne where all authority, corporate and legal, exists; and close that as the chartered body. . Ballotings for the degrees should be had at a regular communication of the Lodge, but a candidate balloted for and raised at a called communication of the Lodge, the membership having been notified by the Secretary of such communication, was legally made and is entitled to all the right..,; and privileges of a Master Mason. His statlls cannot he affected by any irregularity had by the Lodge as to the timc or manner of balloting on his applieation for the degree. . . Balloting at a called'eommunication is not allowed in our jurisdiction. If a candidate should be elected and receive the degree at a special meeting in this State, the Lodge doing such unlawful work would pay the penalty. In the case above, thc caudidate would be an innocent party and should not suffcr the consequences usually visited upon irregularly made Brethren. But the decision of Bro. Armstrong opens a door to loose methods, and destrOYs the idca of regularity. What is the use of stated communications, and ballotings thereat, if a ballot may be taken at a special meeting? Very soon the special meeting would become the stated communication in effect, or the regula?' meeting would losc its character and pass into the cctlled communication for all practical purposes. 'fhe reasons are numerous and weighty why a ballot should never be taken at any but a stated communication. 'fheyare so apparent as not to need presentation here. The Committee 011 Appeals rendered a Report, from which we extract some sound sayings. 'fhe)' have a wider application than to Alabama Masons: That dl'lmkennC88 ancl gl'oss profanity are not unknown among Masons cannot be dcnied; nay, we may truthfully declare that one or the other of these vices is quite common in some places. In our ritual and ceremonies we profess profound reverence for the great name of the Supreme Architect of the Universe. Some of us, nevertheless, on leaving the sacred precincts of the Lodge, have no hesitation in taking thc awful name of God in vain. Many of us have heard Masons use lang-unge so extremely profanc as to almost curdle the blood in our veins. If we believe what we IJrofess; if a recog nition of 0111' ohligations to Deity is that cement which holds together the several parts of our mystic edifice, and if we are !lot willing that our professions shall be put to burning shamc, then ought w.e to pay pointed attention to this matter, and see to it that profane swearing on the part of ~Iasons be made subject to Masonic discipline. Again, it is fraternally intimated that whenever a Brother becomes inebriated from indulgence in intoxicating beverages. charges should be preferred against him by a Brother or the standing committee of the Lodge. When a :Mason gets drunk he parts with his Masonic character, lind should, without doubt, be brought to trial for putting Iiuch dishonor on the Fraternity. Hence it is recommended by your committee that it be considered and held t() be sufficient cause for arresting the charter of any subordinate Lodge that said Lodge shall wink at, or pass without notice, any public .drunkenness or profanity of its members. Wc have said and written some very plain things on the above subjebts in the last twenty years. In no instance have we taken ground in advance of the above Report. We endorse the principles enunciated by the Alabama Brethren, and place ourself in line with them. Immoraljty aip.ong },Iasons is the one great curse of the Institution. 'fhe follOWing resolution as to the installation of Grand Officers, was adopted: Rc.~ol路ved, That all the Grand Officers, both elected and appointed, of the Grand Lodge, being the same that were elected, appointed, and installed, at the last communication of the Grand Lodge: thercfore it is the opinion of the Grana Lodge that the ceremony of installation may De omitted.

Appendix.

[Oct..

We pre~ume ~Ilchll.ctioll i~ lawful in Alabaml1. but. we do not believe it is expedient anywhere. Every omce in ;lJasonry must be filled hyelection or nppointment.. Such eleetion is defined to be annual. The time is thu~ fixed for t:lCCtiOl1S: Every oilieer must have a ,~I(CCI?.o.oOI·. else there would be no necessity foJ' elr:c!i')J1.,, The i'lINX880r of en,ch olIicer must be installed, as installation is the 1ltodc by which an oilicer is put in ]Jo.<.'c.~.~iutl l)f t.hat to which he wa." chosen or appointe<l, When B is elected the ,<lIr.CCi'WI· of A, he must be ·in.~I.Il11cd to be that sllcce~sor in fart, ancl the pos~cssor of the office, \Yhen A i~ re-ekcted, he is as much his own 81lCCC,~S01' as if n had been his Sllcces~or, As it would be necessary foJ' B to be installed, to succeed A, so it was necessary foJ' A to be installetl to succeed himself and come into possession of thn,t to which he hittl been chosen the ~econ<l time.' We think the election might as well be dispellSed with as the instalhttion. The Ittw providing for elections, contemplates instnllations without tillY reference IlS to who shall ~ucceed to the offices to be filled. Jf partit's elected aJ'e not installed, though they lIIay be their own successors, the law contemplating- installations whene\'er there. are election~, is disregarded in spirit and letter. In our judgment, a Brother ~lected to be his own suecesl>or, does not become such until put in possession of the office by that which entitles him to exerd~e the functions of said office, viz., iristnllitiori. "DHOl'ES,"

The following' resolntioll, which was referred to the Committee Oil .Jurbpnlllcnce, will H.ir up the droJlC8 in the hive of nature. \\'c think onr law in ;llissouri il> :mftlcicntly stringent. As un unaffiliated :Mason who has continued such of choke til!" twche months, cannot visit at pleasure, join in :\l11l>Onic processions, receive charity, or Imve ~rasonie burial, we think him amply outlawed. ~Ilspension, according to the ~-\labamH propositiou, would only iilCrea~e his embarrassmeut, and rel}dcr 1ll0l'e difficult his al1lli:tt.ion, should ~qch good purpose ever stril,;:e the <Irone. We debar him from all privileges, the .same as if under su.spension, yet leave llim wherc Ill' may purge him:-lf of the contempt ')1' law at plea~llre. As" every Brother 07lf/lit II) 'belong to a Lodge, llnd he subject to its By·Law~ and General Regulations," every wilful non-affiliate is in eontcrnpt, Let him remain where he put~ himself, without d0ing more tlHm to preveut the cnjoymcnt of privileges alld benefits due t.hose alone who obsen'e aud keep the Ja.w. We would not vote for the Alahama resolution hereto appended: Rc"olr(A, That from nud after the passage of this resolution, subordinate Lodgcs undcr the jurisdiction of thi~ Grand Lodge may. at an~' time, su~pend dimitte<l or. llnalliliakd .\Ia>;ons, who shall have rCl>ided continuously withill their jurisdiction for twch'e mOllths or more. and ha.vp. made no applieation to any Lodge for a1nliation dUt"jng that time, /mwidcd, however. that dne and timely notlce shall alway~ be given to the Brother ag-ainst whom such action is about to he tnken, and he shall be permitted to attcnd and :>itisfy the Lodge again~t sneh action. < ·ORJ<Ei'WOl\'JJEl\'CJ·:.

Bro. Oliver ~. Beers, Ch,tinl1l.ln of the Committee, presellte<1 :.u able J{cj)ort Ol1 Cor1'L'''j)ondcnce, reviewing jorty Grand Lodge Proceedings, He regrets that therc werc ilOt /l/ore to revie\\', The committee appropriated approvingly the st••tistieal table prepare<l by Bro. .Josiah H. ])rummon<l, of Maine. This is a valuable table for which we shall IHwe usc before closing our r~portorial lauors. CUBA,

\\'c tilld in Bro. Beers' Heport quite It lengthy review on the CllbalJ questiolJ, \\'e qllote therefrom his mo"t sir.1icnt points, and commend them for their S011Jlllness and l'nr.etie,l1 worth. With Bro, Beers we are slow to recognize everything claiming our s~-mpathy from I/IJl'Oad. It is different with our\ Korth Americall Brethren. There is something so ]Jecnliaj" in the character of the citizens composing' many of those foreign bodies, that we are not well prepared to understand their allegiance to our standard of ~Iasonry. '

18~9.]

Appendix.

When with persullsive, if not. convincing reasoning, llnd it ;t,eal indicat.ing Iti.~ perferi conviction of the justire ofthe cause he ad"ocated, Bro. Hamon III a, Grand HepresentatiYe. i~~ued from Xew York hb nppeal. in lSi!. to this llnd other Amerief\.n Granl! Lodg'e><. nl'!:dng' the recognition of the Gra.nd Lodge of cubit, as the true and only legitimate 'goverllillg' :l1a.<:onic Grand Jurisdiction of that Island, we \\'e1'(~ almost路inclined to accord to the bOI!y he represented the recognition claimed for it by his eloquent circnlarappeal. This pre(li1ection for thc <.;rand Lodge of ,Cuba, was largely supennduced by the able advocacy of her claims by ~uch eminent authorities, in lIIasonic Jurisprudence, as Bros. Jno. \r. Simons of 2\'ew York, and Richard Vaux of Pennsylvania, who then and, still nrge llW! llcfeul! the rights and privileges of the so-called Grand Lodge of Cuba. We have, however, been tuught, by experience, to be very cllntious in attempting to deciele questions of legitimacy or regularity in the Masonic bodies composed of men of the Latin race, who acknowledge allegiance to or work under the g'overnment of Gl:A:\1! ()J(IE1\T!', Supreme Gra.nd Couneils, or any other ramification or evolntion of A. llnd A. S. H. I\lasonry. III the first place. we are aware that, in spite of the universality of :'Ifll.~onry, t.he :'Ilasonic orgalli;t,ations of French, Spanish. or Italian citizens. are very dit'CI'.~c fl"Olll tho~e of America and admit of acts as well as encourage habits of thought quite f\.ver"e t.o ollr 2\liI!"OIlic i<leas. ' FRA::s"CE.

Concerning the Fre;lch Departure, Bro. Beers say~ mltny good things. We like thc extracts hereto annexed: Small, iJld'eerl, was the effort. required to change this .paradise of God into the arid (lesert. of illfidelity; to plunge om helpless Craft into t.he bottomless ueep of noneJltity: t.o IllllllCh, 11~ it were, our rudderless ~haIJop upon the shoreless ocean of disbelief. where Jlo(. e"en (.he glimmer of a hope-inspiring star is permitted I.,) light the gloom of its llark lUH! C'hilJillg despair. But sl11alJ liS was the effort, apparently, required to produce this change of words and i(l(':r~, the efrect is infinite in its significance and ramifications. It is it transition f],()ll1 light to darkness-not that physical darkness which, in the begillning' w.as dispelled by the' FlAT of t.he ADIIGHT\" when" Sit Lux" proclaimed the wiJJ of ,Jehovah ... et 'Lux filiI." responded to cheer and animat~~ the face of obedient nature-who shaJJ now j'etllrn t.o France her self-renounced heritnge !lJnollg the sons of God? . We have many reasons for hoping and expeeting a speedy withd'FllWul of this oblloxious deliverance; amollg which an abiding faith in the inte1Jigence and Masonk integrity of French l\Iasolls is one of our strong reliances. The Fn;Hch, we think, arc too intelligent not to see the inappropriateness, at least. of a deliverance which separntes tl](>m. by all impassable gulf, from all other Masons. 2\'or will they fail soon' to disco"cl' the a.bsurdity of a declaration which proelaims the In-of.hl;l路/WOrl of a race of unpllTl'ntcd orphans-without the fatherhood of God this brotherhood of man is meaningle~~ jargon. Without God in the world what is li1Jert1l~ but chaos ana confusion-what cqll(l.1it!!~ bnt . contention, and the" survival of the strongest" (l11hnal. Without God indeed what is Fm/anif.!! ~ but inherited anillla.1is111 and vug-libondism. Admitted the fatherhood of Goo, then the brotherhood of man becomes a tangible, comprehensive idea. a fact of potential sig-nilicanee, It ~w('et prophecy of goo(l llere find of immortality hereafter.

The tombs of a long forgotten world. together with the monuments of the fast. departing civilizations of lIindostan, of Egypt and of Greece, all attest the :\lasonk H.ites of these ancient Master builders of whol11 we lp'e degenerate speculative representatives. Mark well this assurance, which we proclaim wit.hout. fear of successful contl'll(li{~tion, in aJl these exhumed trophies of l\f!lsonic art and handiwork, one li1Ct above all others is dist.inctly, emphatically proclaimed., The Masters of the aneient. mysteries believed in and taught the knowledg-e of Goa and immortality. The Masons of olel were not atheists; nor do we believe that there is now a true Mason on this habitable globe (the !letion. of the Grand Orient of France notwithstanding) who ean truthfully itmrm that he does not believe in God. ' . But this subject is growing upon ns, and as it would require '/}I)/lJIIWH to elucidate it in the light of advancing science and research, we beg here to desist; urging', however, with kindest. importunity, upon all Masons everywhere, to stndy wit.h interest and zealously t.he llistory of their loved organizat.ion, in its andent and mlldern exemplifications of the true attributes of God, and the true relations of mllll to his Maker. We would transfer more of the pertinent' utterances and trenchant sayings of the coml;1ittce on this subject did space rlermit.

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:Missouri, for 187i, receives full, kind and fraternal notice from the committee. The tribute to Bro. Gouley is affecting. The notice of Grand Master Ryland's Annual Address is highly complimentary. This will prove it: We have alluded to Grand Master Ryland's Address as excellent; it is truly so, and abounds alike with useful business su~gestions and eloquently expressed thoughts. which, like all real beauties, whether of mllld, nature, or of art, are a joy forever. We shall freely appropriate such of its beauties 8..<; our space will permit. He rebukes the electioneerers in his prompt denunciation of Palmyra Lodge for an effort, through circulars seut to the different Lodges, to suggest the name of one of its members as a suitable successor of Bro. GOlIley (deceased) as Grand Secretary. Some political wire-pullers had demoralized the Lodges with the notion that Masonry permitted such profane practices. designed to create or forestall pUblic sentiment. The author of the circular is probably now a wiser if not a better Mason, after incurring the just rebuke of the Grand Lodge. A very grateful and handsome notice of Bro. Luke's lahor.ÂŤ and character closes the review of :Missouri. HENRY CLAY ARMSTRONG, Notasul?;a, (re-elected) G. M. DANIEL SAYRE, Montgomery, (re-elected) G.

SCI'.

OUVER S. BEERS, Mobile, Com; on For. Cor.

ARKANSAS,

1878~

Grand Lodge convened in Little Rock, October 14, 1878, and was opened in ample form. M. W., E. H. English, P. G. M., in the chair, as G. M. There were represented only six Lodges, and, on motion, it was resolved that this "communication of the Grand Lodge be adjourned over until the second Tuesday in January, 1879." We infer the adjourument was owing to apprehensions .abroad. in the State that yellow fever was, or might be, in Little Rock. Pursuant to adjourument, Grand Lodge assembled on the 14th 9ay of January, ]879, being the second Tuesday. â&#x20AC;˘ 111. W. Bro. John F. Hill, G. 'M., present, and presiding. Bro. Barber, G. Sec., at his post.: At roll call Representatives of ninety-eight Lodges responded. :M:. W. Bro. Hill furnished a short Address, saying some good things. This: Another Masonic year has passed since we met in annual communiCation, and while I recognize many familiar faces that were here on that occasion, I find many absent, their places supplied by others, some of whom are gOlle to other Grand .Jurisdictions to aid by their counselrand others are gone to that Supreme Grand Lod~e where the .Judge of the Universe presides us Grand Master, and where all good .!\fa,>olls, who have performed the \yo~k assigned them here, and shall have made suitable pl'ofieienc)', may hope to gain admISSIon. Although the jurisdiction had escapcli the ravages and desolation of pestilence, still their ranks had bee)) decimated by death.

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Tl1e Grand .!\faster records the decease of three pl'Ominent Brethren, viz: J. W. Jordan. Grand High Priest; D, J. Baldwin, Past Graud Master, and W. H. Sutton, Past Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge. Of the families of the faIle,n, he speaks tenderly, thus: In tite name of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas we tender the widows of Bros. 'J. W. .T ordan and W. H. Sutton our sympathy and affection, There is, no sorrow like that whkh has fallen to their lot; and may you all, Brethren, meet them in the Grand Lodge fibovc, clad in white to receive us as we arc summo!led from labor to.refreshment. Of onc whom thousands loyed and honored, but now mourn, the Grand makes just mention:

Mastc~

A. J. Wheeler, Past Grand Master, of Tennessee, has pa...o;sed away, and the places that knew him oncc will know him no more forever. He died with yellow fcver, with other noble Brethren who stood shoulder to shoulder with Brother Wheeler, We allloYed him; we met him here one year ago; we bid him faTewell forever. In response to the heart-wail, borne upon Southern breezes from fever-bligh~d regions" the Grand Master ordered the Grand Secretary to draw and forward four hnndre? dollars out of the Grand Lodge treasury. The Grand Master rendered but few' decisions during his term. He holds that a bnllot must be taken on the application of a party for IIfasonic' privileges, even thongh the report of the committee be unfavorable. 'i'he sec/'ct ballot alone rejects a candidate. Good doctrine, and in harmony with our Missouri custom: /

A Brother was tried and sentenced to be reprimanded, but declined to receive it. He paid his dues'to the Secretary and asked for a dimit. Decided-he could not dimit nntil r~primanded.

Well, if he wmild not comc and receive the punishment due, but, like ana\;ghty, refractory child', jnst beyond the reach of mamma's slipper, crying" I don't want to be wfished," what will you do with the case'! Let him cry? Permit him to defy the slipper? We sliggest that if the Brother had committed an offense of sufficient gravity t.o merit charge, trial and conviction, and then got off with a simple reprimand, you ought to mo/..'c him come and receive it, or 81/,(tlch him out of his bad pet, and give him somcthing to Cl')' for. The Grand

Mn.~ter commends

the District Deputies. ll-nd

sa~s:

"Consinering the low price of cotton and hard times, they have worked' faithfully." We can appreciat~ the depressing effect oflow priced ',cotton , but how" low priced HARD timc:~" could produce faithful work on the part of those Deputies rather bothers lIS. Fifteeil Dispensations had been granted for the formation of 'Ncw Lodges. We know nothing as to the needs of Arkansas for so many New Lodges, but we intend to haye our say, this ~'ear, in full, respecting the general subject. We shall speak from a Missouri standpoint, and from experience, and from observation a.'l well. And we announce to the reader ill advance our verdict. We speak concerning the too rapid and unnecessary multiplication of Lodges in this jurisdiction during a period o'f twelve years last past. We make a 7JCry jew e:rceptions to the statement that the increase of Lodges within the period lIl\med was too rapid and unnecessary. We do not except our own terms of service (two in lIumber) as Grand 'Master, but deliver a shaTp rebuke to self for not having said "No" more frequently. And our verdict on the subject agaln'st the practice of Granl} Masters (including and reprobating self), reads as follows: "The wholesale granting of Dispensations for the formation of New Lodges in l\Iissouri, during twelve years, ~

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has, in

[Oct.

large measure been unfortunate, resulting unfavorably, unprofitably and And the end is not yet. In truth we are just now seeing fairly the bc.q11ming of t.he end. We purpose in the future to show fully how these things can be. fi路

di~a-"trously."

In our review of last year \\"e alluded to the taet that the Grand Lodge of Arkans::l-" had an ele]Jhant on its hands, called a :Masonic College.. It alfords us real pleasure to allllOunce that said elephant ,has become less formidable and more managlllble than formerly. We presllme "Elephant to let" attral'ted attention and prevent~d the killing that was feared. 'fhc Trustees, through Bro. En~1ish, reported that the word" fail" \I'as not in their vocabulary. Having placed the College in charge of an eminent and vigorous ectncator, they hope for good results. 'l'he final disj)osition of their" elephant" is shown by the following extracts: . The Trustees pay Col. Baier and his assistants, no salaries. They fum ish him the College bnildings and grounds, allow him all tuition, and he pays his assistants. He has a hard roaa to trll.\"el. but he ha.~ the will to march on and up t.he road, is enthusiastie in t.he l'anse of educILtioll, and he is Mason enough to have learneo. the great lesson, that time, patience alld perseverance accomplish all things. :--fany a hOl?eless slug-garo. woulel sit dowd at the foot. of the hill, and yawning, look despairingly up' Its rugged ascent, but he h:l.'; the manhood to buckle on his armor, and march up the 11lll . . r ith l1n路 unwaverillg filit.h that he will reach the top. But should he unhappily filJrer and fall by the way, we will select and put another man in his place, or a resolute woman, if we cannot find a man, Ji)!' the Trustees intend that the College shall have aCfllwn of laurels and Ilot a tomb"t.one wit.h "failure," written on it. . ' Col. Hair. the President, is a gentleman of the hig-hest order of scholarly attainments. experiellce in t.he. management of colleges, ahility. eneq~y and persever!1IH,e of character, and believes thnt he call, ano. declare>1 that he will buila up.the College. He is assisted by professors, in every wa.y competent and qualifieo. to fill the chairs " llssigned them; selected and Ilominated by himself, and confirmed by the Boa.l'd of Trustees. We rong-ratulllte the Grand Lodge, the College and Fraternity on this happy issue of their troubles, but we pity Baier. \Vc know him. He is irrepressible, energetic, fnll of hope, tireless in effort and will, witb dnsh enough to move several elephants. We endorse the send-oft' given him by the committee, and a~d our hel.rtiest commendations, from an acquaintance of eighteen years. If any man can build up that institution and compd success, it is "REV." Leo Baier. But the truth of history forces ns to say that. he is not a "Col." IIence onr pity abore. To save that College, and carry the ?;e1l1ly confelTcll !Ilml;}' of a military character, will break down our old-time friend. As an educator fl11d lln able scholarly minister he is a success, but as a "Col." he is not known. I

Bro. P. Hempstead, Grand Orator, delivered an excellent Address during the whi('h the Gralld Lodge ordered printed with the proceedings. His theme was

lie~sion,

"THE STRENGTH OF VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS."

The discussion was conducted according to the following propositions: Fir.</.-That to make voluntary associations successful, it is necessary 'that the individuals composing them, should enter into the cause with their utmost zenl ; and Scr.ond.-That to keep them strong, it is necessary that the members thereof should be actuated by high 'lIld pure principles.

The Grand Lodge adopted a just tribute to Bro. Wheeler of Tennessee, and honored itself by naming a new Lodge for the deceased hero of Memphis: . In the case of our lamented Bro. A. J. Wheeler of Tennessee, we recommend that this Gr:wd Lodge express, by this Report, to our sister Grand I~odge of Tennc::;see, our ~Ylllpatll)' with t.hem ill the loss of so yalnable ll. Brother, aud our sense of tJ~e great,' lll:<~ that the Craft at large has susta.inc(l thereby; ano. carry to them our tl'llmt:e 01

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il.ffection for one who was often" among us, and who died as the brave men die at the post valiant service for the relief of snftcring and

Of danger, in the face of an enemy, doing dIstressed Brethren.

Bro. Geo. E. Dodge, Chairman of Committee on Corrc~polldence.prepared the annnal repast, and h~ furnished a real savory cntertailllllent for the rCllrlin.q fratel'llit~路. Missouri received due notice and was fraternally re\'iewecl.. The writer joined issne with Bro. Ryland on decision Ko. 2, He says: We do not take issue except 'upon the se(~ond, Wllich hollIs that" the loss of two fingers of the left hand constitntes no physical disqnalification," etc. _ It may be that many profanes with a few missing fingers and tocs would .makc better 'Masons than many others who rejoice in the fnlr number nccessarv to constit.ute "a perfect. yonth," etc. But we think it extremely unwise t.o attempt to S/.{,f'l' ((?'o1l?Id the umdll/f1.l'l: by the "literal compliance to t,he forms of illitiat,ion" route. When we do thllt we will SOOIl rea.ch the point where we take a Brothcr by the hand of cllllnillgly 1'011st.rllctcd mechanism-and stand "'foot to foot" with an illvelltion of human 'workmllllShip. -

The Committee had not gone so far as Grand :Ma,stcr McGuire of that jurisdiction, the year before, who decided that the lo,ss of 8. foot wa.s no bal' to receiving the myst,erirs . of 1\fasonry. We think the j'e/wand of Bro. Dodge from the ext.reme view of Bro. 1\fcliuire'sposition a littIemore than is warrantable, An applicant with artificial/eet woul<1 niffer eSi'entiaJly from one whose left hand was minus" two lingers." 'Ye believe Bro. Ryland's decision sound to the center. There is' no \vant of ability to conform literall:/f , to a]) requirements of the Craft, in the case mentioned. There is no di8fJlwI~fieationwhere the left hand is wanting one or two fingers. There is t.he ability in the case to ?'C-~j)(mrl fnlly to a]) demands for instruction, or to meet the t.?:i,qeneies of life, whether by sign or token. Because 'the arm ann hand are there, and the ?'I'rlM llrm and hallli arc intact. We have so far departen from the o]Jerath'e idea and charact.er of :Masonry as to ol)Yiat.e the necessity for a j'igid confonnity to the old -stannard of physical perfectness. We arc , specula/h'e now. If moral. fitness were made now, as, mu~h the test; a,.<; the ]JhY8iml was i11 the olden time, what" strength and beauty" would characterize and adorn our ml1l'h prized Institntion. Bro. Dodge quotes approvingly some of the strikingly beautiful and eloquent saying>; of Bro. Xcnophon Rylfind. He does not take kindly to a decision rendered by thc Grand Master of Connectkut concerning the sta/Il.~ and mode of opcning a Lodge. He says the methon "call be made to serve no good purpose; and even if it did, we would regard it fiS wrong in principle." The decision criticised is this: The })roper course to follow is, to op,en a 11-1. M. Lodge, call it off, and then open upon the degree to be worked. The work coinplet{;d, the suborninate Lodge is closed.,.-Lodge called on again in the l\'l. M. degree for the purpose of closing in due form. We ask Bro. Dodge where the" to-rang ]Jrineiple" is found, in opening that body which alone possesses chm'tered privilege and eO?]Jo?'atc existence. This ehm路tcr i>; granted to Ma.ster Masons onl?/, and they constitute the cO?'1JOTation. Is it "wmng" for the cf)1'poratoTs to open what is ehm路tercd?- If" wrong," tell us wherein, At many sped-al meetings, called for that purpose only, the degree of .~fa.~tel' jlfa,~on is conferred, and nothing else! '''hat good purpose can be seFved in "opcni?lfj 1']J," and going thrOligh degrees that are not to be worked on that ol'casion? \Vhy 1I0t opcn the

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[Oct.

]Ifa.~te)~$ Lodge, confer the degree, and close, thus saving time and presenting a cmlsistent view of things. We believe no Lodge should eyer be opCTIcd, except that which is {oJlIlrtercd, and .Bro. Dodge will never question the fact thai charf('l'.~ are granteo to 1\1 ASTER jl\1 ASOXS ollfy. He may draw his own conclusion.

GEORGE THONRNBURGH, Pouhatan, G. 1\1. LUKE E. BARBER, Little Rock, (re-electcel) G. SeC'.

CALIFORNIA, 1878. The Twenty-ninth Session of the Grand Lodge

conven~d

in San Francisco,

Ort~her

iI,IRiR.

Present: M. W. John :Mills Brown, G. 1\1.; R. W. Alex. Gurdon Abell, G. Sec., with Grand Officers llnd members. Representatives being reported from anD hnndred and seventy-three chartered Lodges. Delegates from six Lodges Guder Dispensation, ~el a large number of Pftst Masters were in attendance. l\1Ul'ie by the choir, followed by prayer, constituted a part of the opening forms. ANNUAL ADDRESS.

The California Masons, having a first-class Grand ~raster, have l'hown a dL<;position to hold on to him. He presented It third Annual Address at the opcning of the session, and we see he was honored by the confidence of his Brethren by (Ulother and fourth election. In his Annual Address he opens thus: In presenting a third annual message. in which will appear the most important of my official acts during the year, exhibiting the general condItion of Masonry within the jurisdiction and recommending certain legislation, J do not propose to deal in views of impracticable and impossible conditions, but in facts, unpleasant facts though they may be. The defense of Masonry may be safely left to it'>elf, while its beauties and attractions. either mystical, sentimental or social, will have a masterly portra'yal in the impassioned eloquence of our Brother, the GrandÂˇ Orator. He will bring- flowers, whose color and frn~rance will enrapture the senses. 1 give yOIl fruit-the half-ripened with the mellowed-the savory with the unpalatable. Faults may be fouud in the best systems, l\,nd irregularitics exist in thc best methods. :Men do things in opposition to original resolution, and when done are astonished at the act. Men, however excellent in goodness, have moment~ of weakness-moments when the clearness of their moral perceptions is clouded. So societies, like individuals, are purer some days than others. It is not a fact that it is eo-equal with, or takes the place of, religion. It" is a perfect system of morality, of no nationality, and, as such, is the conservator of religion. It progresses with the highest civilization, and bv its propagation of human sympathy. nnites men of all nations in one common bond" of amity. l\lasonry has no creed btlt faith; it cherishes hope and fears not, and employs charity in place of pcrseclltion. Although discountenanced by suspicion, and excommunicated by jealousy, It continucs to be recognized as a steadfast and powerful instrument for the promotion of peace and good will ,among men.

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The Address throughout isa clear, able, and practical exhibit of Masonic principles, workings and conditions, as found in the jurisdiction of California. It is also a thoroughly business paper, presenting broad v1cws and deep interest concerning the Craft. The Grand Master had performed an immense amount of labor. Here is mention of some of his work. I have no,v officially visited everyone of the thirty-two districts of our large jnrisdiction, including that at the Hawaiian Islands. Some of the districts have been visited thrice, many twice, but all once. When one considers the extent of the State of California, . which embraces nearly as many square miles as are comprised in the New .England and Middle States combined, or, in other words, a territory sufficiently large to form twent,,four States of the size of Massachusetts, one will better understand the number of miles traveled in making these visitations. If also it be considered that, to'reach many of the localities, it required not only the transIt by water, but over rough and tediousl)路 lon~ ro,ads, one will better understand the fatigue endured and the time required. Fatigue al1d time, however, are not to be arrayed in opposition to the pleasure enjoyed, the instruction imparted, and the information obtained, resulting from an individual association with the Brethren, listening to thci\;' grievances, reconciling differences, establishing closer relations, and having an exact knowledge of the community, itc; resources and probable future, in connection with the Fraternity. It is true that the duty performed in making these visitations was self-imposed, yet it is a duty which I think pertains to the office of the Grand Master, and I.sincerely trust that it may have continuance. Further extracts from this superior Address are herewith presented: There is no condon'ation of crime in Masonry. One is first a citizen. then a Mason. Bad citizens make ba~ Masons. Good Masons are always good citizens. They recognize their duties to society as paramount, and are aware that the general welfare reaches them as well as others; that, as all is more than a part, their duties as good citizens to the common community are among their primary Obligations; and that support to the lllws and the punishment of law-breakin~ are alike expected, irrespective of the professions of thc offenders. It is time that less-mformed Masons and the non-Masonic community should be told that neither judge nor jury, as Masons, have a right to avcrt a meriteil punishment from a guilty Mason, or in any civil procedure to have their, vcrdiets influenced in favor of a ~arty because he is a Mason. This is not Masonry, and if it were, then Masonry would be Justly doomed. There is a disposition manifested by some Lod~es to accumulate money, apparently for the sake of accumulation, and to avoid, as 1ar as circumstances will permit, its disburscmcnt in the care of the sick and burial of the dcad. If the duty can be pcrformed by others upon whom the recipient may have no claims, it is most willingly acqniesced in; the motive in such instances being how to avoid doing it. This is an unplea.~ant fact, but its truth cannot be truthfully dcnied. I fail to understand the object of our Institution, if it be only to exhibit its principles in words, rather than in administering to ea(~h other's necessities unselfishly. The Persians SIlY: "I consider him a.c; my fricnd who takes me bv the hand in the season of adycrsity and distress." This is Masonry-the othcr is not. f,odges should care for their own, and sec that their burdens be not imposea upon othcrs. Accumulate as much as you desire, but make the accumulation for the purpose of doing the most good. If thc treasury bc exhausted, then haye recourse to personal donations; if th is he impracticable, then surrender your charter. The suffering will suffer, and the dead ,will remain unburied, if dependent only upon Masonic professions. The truth often hurtc;,.but pain is frequently employed to cure a diseased numbness. You who especially dislike thc veneering of Masonry are willing to receive the truth. The meagre attendance at the funeral of a Brother, which not un frequently happens, is another deplorable fact. This remark is applicable mainly to Masons who reside in large communities. To pay the last sad tribute of respect to a dccea.~ed Brother, to evince to his family and friends the estimation had of his character and the regret "experienced at his"loss, and to exhibit to the public that the brotherhood performs that which it profcsscs, are duties not to be omitted without injury to the Fraternity. It ma.y necessitate some inconvcnience; it requires a little time to accompany the departed Brother to his resting-place, there to cast the evergreen and give the farewell; but the inconvenience will soon be forgotten, and the' time will not be regretted, in the consciousness of having done unto him that which you would have done unto you when the cnding comes. To honor the dead is commendable; to ignore the dead is lamentable. M~onry inculcates the first, and condemns the last. We present the decisions of 'Grand Master Browne in ful], They are sound:

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[Oct.

Quc.olion--':'Is it competent for the :l\faster to oi~miss a case when charges have been preferred against a Brother, on the prolluction of it transcript of the record of a qranl1 Jury ignoring the cai"e when presented before it? Succeeding this action, fI member preferred charges llncl commisSIOners were elected, A1I.~wGJ'-'I'he action of a Grand Jury does not obviate It Masonic inYestig'ation, As charges are made alld commissioners are elected, it is advisable that the trial prorel'o. in . , cqnity to the accused aliI] to the F~aterllity,

QUGstion-Shoulo charges be returned to the accuser, in lL case where a reconciliatioll has occ11rred before the clection of eommissioner~, or shonld they hc retailled iu till' [tJ'('hiws of the Lodge'! A?l.~1Iia-The case having been ~ett1en withont artion on the part of the J,o(]g-e, is no propriety in filing the charges in the Loclge archives. -

the1'(~

Qllc.~li()n-Has a Lodge the right tQ give, or sell 1'01' a nominal price, a valllflble trnrl of land to any number of per;;ons, for them to incorpomte uncler the laws of the State as a l\lflsonic Cemetery Association '!

Al1MUC1'--,-If fI Lodge owns real estate, not required for the pnrposes of the Lodge, it has the nndoubted right to dispose 'of the same, pro\'ided that due notice of the illtelld~cl ;wtioll be giYen, alii] if, at a stated meeting, the proposition UC u.l]opted by a mnjority or the melllbers present. â&#x20AC;˘ .

Ql/,c.~li()1I-Js a non-affiliate required to make flpplieation to the nearest Lodge in'ihe jllrislliction in which be resides'?AIJ81.l!CI'-.--Ko; he can apply for affiliation with any Lodge in this jurisdiction. Qnr.<tion--':",'\re the members of a Lodge entitlel] to know the name of ohject$ to the initiation of a calHlidate eleetell to recei\-e the degree;;?

All.o1Ccr-Ko.

Brnther wbo

It i~ sufficient for the Master to know that an ohjection is mark :Inl1

that it is a valid one,

Qncstiun-Is there llny remedy to prevent a member from vot.ing negath'e1y wilen 111(' same if: the result of malice, spite, or prejudice', Al1.~wer-The ballot is secret and inviolable, is It Mason's great prerogllth'e, fllid is without que~tioll. except on the g-rOIllH] of an unintentional or snspected mistake, It is not. cOJll!wtent to demand of a memher his reason for voting in the lIeg-nti\'e, and there il' no power to deprive him of his vote, even if it he Hpparent that it is adverse 1.0 the applie:mt 1,y reason of malice, spite, or prejudice,

Qneslion-Shall a blank be counted '? Obviously, in a contested election, it is not to he snpposed that any on(' would purposely deposit a blank; anct wh~n found, under ~nch circumstmICes, it is nndonhtedly the result of a blank adhering to a written ballot. ] n the GJ'<.Illl] Lodg'c, hlanks have liever been connted. Answer-No.

As to the elio-ibility of persolls for the degrees, in the cases of one who had lost the second finger of BIC right hand, of one who had lost two fingers of the right hand. of OlW who han a cOlltracted right thumb touching the palm, 111)(1 of anoUler with a stiff knee, I IlfI,n only to reply that a regulation of the Grand Lodge require~ that a candidate musl have his right limbs as a man ought to have, and hc able to conform lit~rally to what the se\'eml degrees re~pectively require of him" . In response to the cry of distress from the yellow fever smitten South, Grand?lffi;;tcr Browne has the following: In consultation with the Grand Secretary, it was determined to send by telegrapht.ransfer the sum of nve hundred dollar8 to each of the Grand i:ieeretaries of )'Iasons in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, we assuming the pccmJiary responsibility, The intended action WlIS snbmitted to the 8eniorGrand Warden and the Grand Treasurcr,

h'I~~~d~~W~~W~~~~~:::~~a~~ll~f~~~~~~get3e~';;~~lFu~llr~;rll'~~~'~~~;d~a~P(V~~i~~~~1,'no~:~:~~~~ ment, the statement of the situation presented was such that I immediately camecl a eirculai' letter to be issued to the Lodges, inviting- their contributions. How prolllptly and generously this was respondcd to, will be shown by a Report to be made by the Gl'llnd Secretary. Several Lodges had anticipated the receipt of the circular by forwarding their donatiolls, una the members of other~ had given through other funos, From

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thus ohtaillccl, in addition to the alUounts aho\"!.) mentioned as S(~llt from路 the treasury of the Grano LOtlge, live hundred dollars were :<ellt to LoubifllJa, and lin~t.:ll hundred dollars each to :'IIississippi and Tennessee. while more thau three thousand clollars still rerriain 'with the Grund Secrctary, informlltion having hecn received that no further remittances were neeoeo. . .

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.-\nd allds these appropriate \l'orel:;: , Hrethel'n. Iluring my ltdminbtration no act has occa.." ioned to me su<:h gmtifil路;tti'Jn :IS !JUI! whkh was afforded h~' your true l\In.sonic response to my appeal in bch;tlf of t.hc <lestitute Hnd suffering. By it you have illustrated the principle which ;r.sserts the lJrot.hcrhood of man, and by it you have exhibited that unselfish love so poetieally cleseribed by Schiller: "Have lovc. Xot love fllone for one. but mUll as man thy brother call, And scatter, like the circling suu, thy charities on all." E.

The (,rand Lodge ha,l] lost two promillent members during the yellr, viz., Hru. Wm. .-\ssistant Grand Secretary, and Ex. Gov. Hcnry H. Haight, Past Grand Orator.

~loody,

To these departed Brethren, a feding and eloquent tribute WllS paid by the :\laJiter. Of the deceased, the Committee on Grand Master's Address thus speak:

Gmn~l

The "'ell-deserved and t.ruly eloquent eulogies upon t.he lives an<l charaet.ers of onr iJlmill'iollS dead. llre fully concurred in by your committee. }lothing, either jn appropriatBne~" of language or expressive of ollr sorrow, C;r.11 be IHlded by them. Bro. Wm. E. Moody, Assistal1t (3rand ~ecretary, a.no Bro. Henry H. Haight, Past Grand Orator. are no more. nreen mel1l0r~', and the emulation of their noble qualitics, are a.ll of them thltt remain to us. It is re<:omme\lded that so mueh as. relates to those deceased Brethren be referred to a r;peeial committee of five.

III conclusion, your ~~ol11mittee <:ommelld the excelleut mess;tge of our G1'lllld IIra,sler In the ea.refn! study of every Mason iil the路jurisctiction. In it will be f01111d much to inlerest., l\lld still more to instl'l1et.. Admonition is kindly administered. and connsel allli a<!\'iee lovingly bestowed. ]\0 one can rea.d it without desire to become a bett.er mllll :Uld a more deserYing Mason. ~[ay .its mission be aC<:Olllplished.

The AddrC&:i received, as it deserved, the endorsement of the committee and approval

O!' the Grand Lodge. O}UT!O:".

Hrll. ThullIas G;\Ul'd, Grand Omtor, dclivcred the Annual Omtion. He received therefor tJle lhanJ,s of the Granct Lodge, "for his eloqucnt Address," with the additional compliment of having it printed "with the transactiolls" of thc Grltlld Communielltion. William H. HilL Committee on Correspondence had reviewed the Proceedings of sume fifty Grand Lodges. The Report is an able one. ~fbsollrj,

for 1877, recein;s mnplc notice anI]

i~l\'ol'Uble

mention.

Of Grand Jllaster J{yland, he !'peaks thus: The Adc1re~s of (,rand :Master Hyland is very long, but well writ!{)u and able ill it.~ dis(:Il:;~il)n of the se\'eral' topics brought forll'ard for the notiee the (1 rand Lodge. ,\tler p;lying 11 jnst and feeling t.ribute to the memolT of the venerable ,)olm Dove, lor-so

ma.ny years the (;rand f:3eerel<1ry of the jurisoiction of VirginiR, the Gmnrl Master rle\'otes n. pnge',l1ld more to the late eminent and lamented GralHl Secretary of his own jurisdict.ion, I hc H. W. (;eorge Frank Gouley. And we may here add that the C-;mnd Lodge also did fnll jmtiee to the memory of the same beloved ~{a.';on. His portrait graces thc Proceedings a,,:, a beantiful frontispiece, and we woull} be glad to copy some or the eUlogies pronounced upon him. But. having devoted much or bill' space last year to this samc topic, ,\'e must be content at this time with this brief notke.

I'a.':it (3rand Master \Vm. E. Dunscombe had also passed f\,Wlr.y during the year. He had been a resident of the Sate for more than forty years, and had occupied several high ei\'ilas well as ){a."onie positions. Latterly, his mind WIIS shattered and broken. The Grund :Master says: .. The路 tenderness and care bestowed UpOI1 him in his affliction

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demonstrated how strong a hold he had upon the Masonic Fraternity. The gentleness and kindness which he acquired in a life-time of usefulness never deserted him, even after the light of his reason was darkened:" Extended notices of our Proeeedings, and several extracts from the Address of Bro. Ryland, with approving comments upon our Grand Lodge Committee on Jurisprudence, show that Missouri was carefully reviewed. Of Bro. Luke and his Report on Correspondence, Bro. Hill has this to say ; The Report of the Cornmittee on Corrcspondence was submitted by the acting Grand Secretary, and fills over one hundred pages of the Proceedings. Bro.JJnke says he found such ample memoranda left b~' Bro. Gonley, that he availed hiImelf of the same withont altemtion or comment. These memoranda marked with the initials of Bro. Gouley, form ncarl\' onc-half the Report. California is thus honored. and we have here almost his last words of commellt and commendation. He compliments and quotes from the路 Address of Gmnd Master Browne, approving all his positIOns, except where" a change of venue was granted to an acensed, hecause the l\laster was the injured party." He thinks a change of venue" is unknown, except in very rare cases ofs:peciallegislation," and that the first decision of Grand Master Browne covered this partIcular case. Bros. Shaeffer, Bonte and our own humble self come in for a favorable word. We would be pleased to enrich our Report with numerous clippings from Bro. Hill's admirable review. Rut must practice self-denial, and conclude with his CONCLUSION.

Here ngain we lay aside ollr ~en. O~lr work has been pleasant, mther than tediolls, thongh taking np much of our time. If onr present Report shall prove acceptable and profitable to our Masonic readers, we shall have no regrets, as certainly we have no apologies to offer. We have done what we could, and submit this speeimell of our skill for inspection. We have not tabulated the various items of Grand Lod~e information, but in each review have giyen the number of Lodges and members. We think the total will not ,,{try substanti!tlly from that of last year. Some jnrisdictions have increa8ed. some stood still, and others have decreru>ed. But we believe we can say that the cause of Freemasonrv moves onward. The internal, rather than the c;dernal, improves. And may that go()d work!?o on, until J)/'adiea1 :\Iasonary in the lives of its professors, shall be all that the theoretIcal is in the manuals and work. We are glad to sec such uniformity of expression from Grand Masters and Grand Lodges, in reprobation of the action of the Grand .Orient of France in relation to a belief ill God and the Immort.ality of t路he Soul. These are, indeed, fundamentals, and if the comer-stone be displaced, the superstructure will totter and fall. ",,'chave proposed no formal action thereon on the part of our own Grand Lodge, but would suggest a concurrence in the almost unanimously expressed verdict of American and British Grand Lodges. JOHN MILLS BROWNE, M. D., Vallego, (re-elected) G. l\I. ALEXANDER G. ABELL, San Francisco, (re-elected) G. See.

CANADA, 1878. The Twenty-third Annual Communication of the Grand wllge of Cauada convened in Toronto, September 11, 1878. ' Present: M. W. Bro. W. H. Weller, G. 1\1.; R. W. Bro. J. J. Mason, G. Sec. Representatives from a large number of Lodges were present. The Grand 1\iaster presented a brief Address, furnish'ing a statement of offICial transactions for the year. These embraced special nlL'ctings of the Grand Lodge for the purpose of laying corner-stones, and dedications.

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Eight new Lodges had been instituted Under Dispensation. He reported lIumerous visitations to Lodges of Instruction held in variom districts. Of his visits he speaks thus: . TIle exemplification of the standard work by actual :Masters of Lodges wa.'> verv satisfactorily performed, and in several instances with remarkable ll.<)curacy. The fittendance was very good, and in two instances very large. I also visited KilwinningLodge, 64. where I witnessed the initiation of a candidate, which wa.o.; very creelitably conducted by the Worshipful Master. The cordial manner in which I was received bv my Brethren everywhere was most gratifying to me. .

, The Grand :i\faster says: "Our finances continue in a satisfactory condition." ~e shows the statu.s of their finances to be $60,094 12. With such a balance sheet as this the Grand Lodge of Canada rnay be considered happy. $55,048 33 are invested in Government Stocks, and $5,045 i9 on deposit in the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Well might - the Grand l\~aster say, their finances were in a." sati.~factory condition." Of Quebec alld Scotland he speaks: The Grand Lodge of Scotland anrl our neighbor the Grand Lodge of Quebec fire not on frienrlly tenus, owing" to questions of jurisdiction that have arisen of some difficultv and of some importance. I refrain from diseussing these questions now. in the hope that the r\llers of the Craft in both jurisdictions may speedily find a way of closing the breach that has been mfide. The circular forwarded by the Grand Ma.ster of Qnebec, alld the printed rroeeedings of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. which contain all the official informatIOn that I have receiverl on the subject, will be laid before you. J thillk that in the interests of Masonry, it is not desirable that we should actively interfere in this matter at present, nor, with the information I have yet had, express any opinion UpOll. it. This, concerning the Grand Orient of France: Home years ago the Gmnd Orient of France formally adoptee] a clause assertillg a. belief in God as a funrlamental principle. At its la;;t annual a~sembly, after the proposition had been submitted to its constituent Lodg-es. and after ample t.ime taken for mature consideration, the Grand Orient by a la.rge majority repealed the clause, with the avowed object of permitting the initiation of Atheists.. The previous abolition by this body of the Grand Mastership, the l\Ja.'>onic world had submitted to, but it ~vas horrorstruck at this last audacious innovation. All tne Grand Lodges that have spoKen have condemned it. I felt it my duty to withdraw the credentials of our. Representative near the Grand Orient, as I could not continue to recognize it as Masonic. )Jore I have not done. J preferred that my further condemnation should have all the additional wei~ht which your deliberate action would give to it. Reports from District Deputy Grand Masters were rendered and published in the' Proceedings. Reports from the Boards of General Purposes and Benevolence, are documents of rare and practical interest, showing that our Canadian Brethren mean business, and that )fasonry signifies sometliing more than a name. \ We find no Report on Foreign Correspondence.. We bbpe to receive such Report, if one was rendered, before handing ours to the printer. We close with a few extracts from the Report on Grand Master's Address. Of their chief officer the committee said: In considering the review of the past year, presented by the :i\Iost Worshipful the Grand )faster, in his Address, the Board desire to offer him their congratulations at the satisfactory manner in which the affairs of Grand Lodge have been conducted under his direction. It must be gratifying alike to him and to Grand Lodge to mark the progress made during the year just ended by the Craft in 0111' jurisdiction-much of which is due to the ability and tact displayed by the Most Worshipful the Grand Master in his exalted position. ( Grand Lodge is specially indebted to the Most WOllShipful the Grand Ma.ster for the care exercised by hitn in the revision of By-Laws submitted to him, and it is hoped that the new code of By-Laws submitted, will enable Lodges more satisfactorily to adopt such . regulations as are within their power as subordinate Lodges.

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It is hopcd that the countenance which Lodges of lnstrudion held during the past year hayc received from the ~Iost Worshipful the Grand Master, by his pcrsonal attendauc(~. patronage and approval, wiiI provc an encouragement to the Brethren in other parts of this jllrisdiction, and tlwt the advantages of such assemblies of the Craft may be appreciated by all who take an Interest in the proper wbrking of Lodges.

I His most gratifying to learn that the merciful cOnsideration of our Grand ~:laster has lJcen sought by Brethren who have oflcnded against 0111' ordinances. as well as by those who hu.Ye innoccntly become allied with t,he spuriolls organization called the (,rand ],odg-e of Ontario. We have every confidence that the powers of the :\Iost Worshipflll the (in1.lld )Iaster, in this respect, have been carefully and properly exercised by him, and tlHtt the generons liberality of Fremnasonry, which has thus tempercd justice with mercy, will cyoke an earnest an(flwarty response from cvery member of Grand Lodge. From the Proceedings submitted, it would appear that the formation (If the Grand ],o(lge of Egypt wa", regular, and that Gntlld Lodge is therefore entitled ~o be acknowledged us the supremc )Iasonic authority in the land of the Pharaohs. The resuscitation of the Gmnd Orient of Spain, with which we were on friendly terms, will be regarded with the greatest pleaRure by this Granel Lodge. Tt iR therefpre recommended that the cordial recognition of this Grand Lodge be cxtended (0 the Gra.\id Orient of Spain and to the lfewly formed Grand Lodge of Egypt.

Onr Can:ldhln Brethrcn know when they secure a good thing and show their appreciation thereof by keeping it. IIence they re-elected their Grand ,Master. W. II. WELLER, Coburg, G.

~l.

of. J. )IASON, Hamilton, G. Sec.

COLORADO, 1878. Two emcrgent commnnie'lti.ons of this Grand Lodge were held during tile ~'t'ar 1:-;ii': one at Collins, "for the purpose of laying the corner-stone of the State Agricultural College:" the other at Denyer, for the following pUl'po~e: TIle Gn)'lld )Inster announced that this eJnergcnt comJ1\\lnica(.ion jJ:Hl heen (:alle,l at the request of ~l. W. Bro. Henry M. Teller. (~rand Hepresentative from the (;rand Lo(lge of Illinois, to confer )[asonic Burial Rites upon the remains of '~r. \Y. Bro. (;eo. E. LonW';bury, 1'. G.)1. of Illinois. The funeral services were performed under the auspices of the Grand Lodge, and th ns (lescribed: . 'fhe procession wa.s then formed, e:lrriages taken to the residenec of the de<:ease(1. the body receive(l and con\'eyed to the :Masonie cemeterY. AUer the J"tl1leral Rites of the Oroer the Grand Lodge retnrned t.o the lodge-room. â&#x20AC;˘ The Eighteenth 17, 1SiS.

I'rescnt:

A:-i:-iL\ L

Communication WtlS held in Den vcr, begilllling Septcmber

. ~r.

w. Cornelius Hart, l;.

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H. \Y. Ed. l'. J'armeJee, G.

~ec.

\\"c observe th,lt our Bro. \\'m. ?\. Loker, of ;\Iissouri"and .J:tJJleS Harl;;lIok, I'a.-;t (inlnll )Iaster of lawn, were pr~ent and formally welcomed by the Grand Lodge. Hepresentatives from twenty-oue Lod.ges were in attendance.â&#x20AC;˘ The Grand )Iaster opened his Annual Address thns.:

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Another year burdened with it.'; record of failures alJll ::;ueecss, of joys and

17 ::;O!TO"'':,

of ::;ighs and tcars, of sum!hillc llndshadows, of tria.ls .and bitter experiences, lias becn

rolled into the great scroll of the past, to be succeeded by another whose realities are to be met. whose history is to be written; and as we are just entering upon its vcrgt" let u::; linger for one moment in the dim light of its dawlling, and with grateful heaTt..; render our acknowledgments to the Supreme Grand Master for his tender care aud guidance thr()u~h ,the pa.st, and implore his aid tllr the future; and then with the la.mp uf expenence to light our pathway, gird our loins IUl(l renew the hattle of life with an unswervillg' determination to d isehargeiaith fully and fully t.he duties and respollslhilities allottcd tu us. . He then alludes to the events of the past year ~\'hich had furniRhecl .• material for the worid's history," such as .. the great Turko- Hussian war," "the general fiJ,laneial distress." . and the yellow fever" scourge that swept relen'tlessly over fair cities, leaVing death IlIHl desolation in· its wake," He reported peace alld prosperity as prevalcnt in the jurisdiction, with genera) harmony, as well as it healthy and pmsperons condition among thc Lodge". Hi~ allusions to Pust Grand :Master George E. Lounsbury of Illinois, were most appropriate' and touching. He ends by saying of Bro. Lounsbury this; Kind ;lnd cO\lrteous, with a ~reHt loving heart in whil'h there wa.~ room for the entire Craft, cling-ing with a devotiOJI' unsurpassed to the lustitution that he delighted to honor, and in whose service he had spent his.strength, he has left an example worthy of our imitation, and a name honored and r~vcred by th~, Crl;tft.in his own jurisdiction. The Grand mentiOJied:

.iuri~dictioll of

Colorado had been bereaved in like manner, and thus

In onr jurisdiction the chain of brotherhood has been severed, a link has Htllen, touched by the hand of Him before whom all flesh is as lJut grass. Past Grand 1\faster Andrew Mason died at Central City, Dakota Territory, on the 31st of October, 1877. I have not been able to obtain all account of the circumstances attending his siekness and death. T ollly know that he WlIS 'kindly cared for by the mcmbers of Dcadwood 1..odge, Ko. 7, Dakota, during hi>.; sickness, lind buried by that Lodge with )lasonie honors. Brother Ma.c;on figures conspicuously in thc early history of Masonry of this State. In U,G1 he served this Grand Lodge as Deputy Grand :Master, and in 186;j as Grand )1aster. He was an active, ze~lous l\Ia.~on, plain and unassuming in his manners, with a warm Itnd generous heart that bent responsive to all the higher and nobler attributes of the human nature, IlIJ earnest student in the school of ){asonry, and eminently qualified to preside over the Sons of ]jght. And thus, Brethrel'l, onc by one the old' familiar I~,ces pass from our sight. Their voil'es are lJO longer heard in our coundb, their litces no longer mingle in our gatherings; but wrapped in that profound sleep that knows Ill) a,,'akening, they rest in pea.ee un-t,il called by the gavel of t.he Supreme Grand :Master to that great gathering wherc we Shilll all a.~semble to render an account of our stewardship on earth. The Grand Master,called attention to a fruitful S~)\lrl;e of cOlltention and dissatislitetioll in the juri~diction. It seems they have a law permitting petitioners for Dispensations to form new Lodges, to j'cmaiu 'IIItmbcr8 of their several Lodge::;. If a cftal'll'/' is granted to It nuv Lodge, the petitioners who' joined in its formation a.re thereby dimitted. We do not approve such a law. ] t amount" simply to this, that thc petitioners are (iimitted by an ad of the Gra/lel Loclg ;, and not by the Subordinate Lodge. W·e respectfully raise the ' question whether a Grand Lodge can dimit ~lasolls from Subordinates while they yet live and exerdse all the funct.ions of legal Lodges. We deny such right. Its exercise by It Grand Lodge is arbitrar~', unwarranted and dangerolls. We would have the exercise of sueh questionahle power abolished. Ko power 011 earth can dimit a Mason from hi~ Lodge but the L,odge to which he belongs. ] f ~Ia.c;olls may unite in the formation of a neW Lodge without beillg dimitted from their respeeti\'e Lodges, they become members of. tlDO Ludges, and thereby cl'/lcd membership is cstalJlished. Heilig mC1nllCl',~ of /'ino LodgeR, such Brethren mllst of lJe(~('sity be ullller fJIJiiyat!o1l8 to both. They may 1)(,: heJ(l to answer all claim,; or' eiwh. >;u<:h liS payi,lIg (lues, attending Lo(lge mectings, ck.

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The rcsult. of suell double-blirrcl~d arnlllgemcnt must be a general jumole. (;OIitlict of authority is likcly to grow out of it, and great harm may follow. This.is almost inevitable, unless our Brethren a.~sume that Ii Lodge Under Dispensation is no Lodge. We infer that such is their comtruction of the .~tatlt.S of Ii Lodge Under Dispensation. We dlllS eonclude from the following extract. It was presented in a Report'by a committee: The dimit.~ of all petitioners J()I' Dispensation, except those holding- membership in this jurisdiction, shltllllccompany said petition. The membership in this jurisdiction of a petitioner for a Lodge Lnder Dispensation is in abc!J((.1u:c ill the Lodge to whieh he hClongs at the time of his applieation. If a Warrant be granted in place of It Dispensatioll hh:; membership in his-pld Lodge therebY ceases: if the Warrant be refuscd the :Brother is at once restored to his former membcrsllip. ,No Dispensation for a new Lodge shall be issued unless each Brother holding membership in this jurisdiction shall forward with the petition a certiJicate of the ~eeretary of the Lodge to which he belongs, that he is entirel)' clear of thc books. . The,abovc deeJares du((/' mcmbership as plainly as language can make ILllything. in the Lodge to which the petitioner belongs, while the nell; Lodge is ",orkinA' Cnder Dispensation. ] f no charter is grB:nted, the petitioner resumes his place in the old Lodge. So he holds a place in the old Lodge, while experimenting in the formatiOli of It new olle. He is, therefore, endowed with dOUble-membership, or else the IIC/I,' Lodge, while Uuder Dispensation, i:-; /If) Lodge. But, says the aboYe extract, .. membership is in (/!Jc!/CUII;Cill the Lodge to which he belongs" while he is in the lWW Lod~c t:nder Dispen~ation. By what IIlW'! Who ean place it in abeyance? He is either 11 mcmber, or he is not. .That is all there is of it. The Grand Lodge cltnllot deelare thc membership of ully ~ht'son iu aheyance in the Lodge. He is, or he is lIOt. There h; no evading the fon~c of this point. DOUble-membership must follow, with all its impracticable anel baleflll resnlts, or else the Lodge Under Dispensation is nothing. Yct the same jurisdiction will give to Lodges linl1er Dispensation, authority to makc Masons, tlnd ((.(Iilia/.I; j\'Ill.sons, Iwd elo almo:;t ever),thing that chartered Lodges inay do. ' ~lembership N!II/II.i'JI.'

The Graml

~Iaster stated

another trouble incident to their juriHliction :

We havc adopted, a unitimn work and enaeted laws prohil5iting the introdllction of ltny other among 0111' Lodges. Itnd yet, n01J\\'ithstanding this. t.he work in this jurisdiction is almost as varied as were the colors of .Joseph's mat. 'l~his ifi not the. result of a wilful clisregard of t.he Illw on the part of the Lodges, but it results from a failure on the part of this Grand Lodge to provide 11 thorough syfitem of instruction. â&#x20AC;˘ This .. many-colored" work will continue among the Brethren as long as ;;/ra?/ /1;((1:110'8 arc II110wed to instruet thc Craft. OIL\TJON.

The (3rand Orator, Bro. (';col'ge Wallace, delivered II vcry good Addre~s before the l'rallli Lodge, which was printeel ill the .Journal of Proceedings. He presented six "llxioms as criteria" from whieh his Ilrgument<; were drawn. They IIrc as follows: \

lndividliltlity ill thought lind actioll is admissible. inalienable lind in\'iolate.

:!. All adion and scntiment whkh arc :strictlY personal, and not 'itl conrtict ",iUI personal or Ioiocial interest.'; in others. lire admissible: and may not be opposed nor prohibited. ~

::l. .\11 sentiment alld aetion whit:h operate within limit.~ admitted to be leglllly and morally frce frOl~ i!l~pingement ~n the legal and moral limits of others, are admis8ible, and may not be lllJrlllged by any perSOll whatever. .. ,I., ."nyaction or sentiment, publicly acted or expres:;ed, whieh in any meflSI1l'C illlping'cs Oil the legal lInd moral lImit." of others, is inadmissible and wrong ill good and Jlure societ.y. .

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.flppendi.x.

.. 5. All actiun and ~ntimellt which 8trike at. the life of individual and persOllal freedom, operating within legal and mornllimits, are repellant to individual and social rights. .

fl. Any action or sentiment, pllblie1y newel 01' expressed, whieh violates anyone of

these

axiom~,

is inadmissible, and may not be approved by upright, intelli!{cnt men.

We mltke two extrac(..-; from the hody of the Address-they are expressive: DISC]I'UNE.

An o!lcllse ill )Iasfmrv b hereb\' defined to he an act whieh eontmvcucs lLny rel!uisition of the unwrittci. law of Masonry, any law of the land... or any law of (~od. The Ten Commalldments constitlltc the divine law to which Freemasons are particularly subject. The popular vkes of intemperance, profanity, Sabbath-breaking, eyil-:;peaking, licentiousness and gambling arc in spedalmall1ler interdicted as unmasonie. . ,. IH.ASl'HEi\IY."

Among' the higher oJllmscs against the :Masonie Code is that of blasphemy, or lLvowed disrespect to the lIamc of Deity. The canoidate having upon his tirst entmnce into the Order dedared his 'I'/(.~I, to he in G'od, blasphemy stamps him a. 'hypocrite, or implies that his trust i8 removed: in either case he is a .proper subject for Masonic lliscipline. The term religious libertine implies an avowed scoffer at religion; such an one is forbidden in the Masonic covellants to be aomitted to the Order. CORHESl'ONDE~CE.

The Anllual Report OR. C()rre~pondence was submitted by Bro. L. N. Greenleltf, "for the Committee." The Report em braces It redew of the tran~actiOlis of forty-eight Grand Lodges. The comments of the Committee are brief, the selections appropriate, and the Report, lU:i It whole, in good taste and refreshing to read. Our Proceedings, forlS77, are kindly noticed, 1111<1 ext,ellsively l!lIoted from. Extracts arc made from the Address of Grand ~Iaster Ryland, his decisions, and from thc Report of the Committec on Jurisprudence. ROGER W. WOODBURY, ])cn\,er, G. 1\1. ED. C. PARMELEE, Georgetown, (re-elected) G. See.

CONNECTICUT, 1879. Thc Ninety-first Anllual Communication of the 1\Iost Worshipful Grand J...odgc, of Connecticut, Ancient, Free and.Accepted 1\Iasons, wl)-" held at Masonic Hall, in the City of ~ew Haven, commencing at 11 o'clock A. )1., on We,\nesday, .J~nuary 15, A. L. 58i!! ;.A. D. IS7!l. )1,

W. DWight Phelps, G. 1\f., was prescnt, ll.nd presided.

Bro. Jos., K. i-:heeler, G. Sec., wal; p~eseJ]t and himself, as the journal fully testilies. One hundred and eight Lodges were represented. The Address of 1\1. W. Bro. 'Phelps, like its predecessor, was business in character, fraternal in spirit, and sound in matter. He refers to the invasion of the jurisdiction of the,Grand Lodge of Quebcc by the Grand Lodge of Scotland. We endorse his view in saying" that it is the duty of every American Grand Lod~e tp make common cause with the (;ral1d Lodge of Quehec in nnitiug to protect thcmscl\'cs from the invasion of tbreign (,rand bo(1ie~." '

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, [Oct.

~Ve are ill favur Of'Wllchjn~ the~e foreign lirand Louge~ that we ,hl:ve right!; they mn~trcspeet.

The doctrille of Grand Louge ~uvereigllty has beell tanght ~ufticielltl~' long for the must obtuse to under~tand it. The ability with which it has been defended, alld the ulIllllimity of ~-\merican Grand Lodge:> in its behalf, ought to have secured its rceognition the world over ere this. Grand Lodges ~isregarding this doctrine now, cannot claim exemption from ccnsllre upon any justifiable ground. We arc paiueu and surprised at the course pursued uy our Scotland Brethren in the instance referred til. The Grand Lodge~ 011 this continent never will tolerate foreign inva..<;ion of jurisdietional rights. The outside world IIllly as well appreciate the fact now a..<; at a later day when forced to recognize it by absolute non-intercourse. The Graurll\Iaster chronicled the death of three leading Brethrell of the jurisdiction during the year, viz., 'Gideon We\ls,.John W. Leedes and Seth E. Marsh. He rceommended "that pages he set apart" in the Proceedings in their menior)", which \\'H~ oone. Brother Girleon Wells, at one time Secretary of the Navy, was a veteran Mason, havillg been raised in St. ,John's Lodge, 1\0.4, in 18~6. Dispensations, vi~itations and (ledieations were repurwd ill detail. But few decisiun~ relldered and they purely local. An appeal to the Cmft had beell made <I for the sullerer~ by the yellow fever at the South." The same" waf; most gellerously responded to by the' Brethren, about $2000 having been contributed." Speaking of the

re~ponse of

their Brethrell, Bro. Wlwekr, Gmnd

~eereta.ry, sny:;:

Thi~ charitable disposition. whil:h was ~o munifest, toward:; our Brethren in the I can assure you, has been highly <\ppreciated and has been the means of alleviating a great amount of suffering. The Lodges and Brethren that have as~isted in this generous contribution, are deserving of thanks for so nobly responding, to the appeal of our Most Wo~hipful Grand :\1 aster.

~courged distriets,

, And the" thanks" of the re rtU1! tll'au,rlll ones may lIever 'reach the lIoble dOllorlS in Connecticut. l\Jany, whose snfferings were alleviated, would render" thanks," but know lIOt whence the relief came, And others, who were cared for amid the raging fires of pestilence, and found hurried sepulture, cannot "pertk their" thanks." But the voidngs of angels tell the story which SOlllHls the nation ~)ver, " Mnsow'!I dkl: it." The Grand Lodge made the Scotland invu"sioll of Quehec the subject of an aetiun expressed in these terms: Rr;.~ollx(/, That this (,mnd Lodge lllllst insist upon the observance on this continent uf the principle of the I:xdusive territorial jurisdiction of Urand Lodges, and express the hope that the Grand Lodge of ~cotland will reconsider its action, and withdraw the charters grlmted for Lodges to be held within the territory of the Grand Lodge of Quebec; and that friendly relations llllty be restored between the Ancient Grand Lodge of Scotland and, the younger sister, the Grand Lodge of Quebec.

Rc.'oll'f:tl, That howcver wcll the <'Ioctrille of COllcurrent territorial jurisdiction may meet there<juirements of Graud Lodges elsewhere, the doctrine of exclusive territorial jnrisdietioll i~ so firmly established npon this contillent, and has conduced so larg:ely to peace, harmony, llnd fraternity, that on the olle halld American Grand Lodges WIll not intrude upon the jurisdiction of other Grand Lodges: 1101' on the oth&, peaceably suffer their jurisdiction to be invaded. Rcsol/!l:d, That the Grand Lodge cannot recognb:e as regular l\!u"sous thosc who have received degrees ill Lodges not acknowledging the, authority of the Grand Lodgc legallv and duly recognized by this Grand Lodge, over the territory in which said Lodges are s i t u a t e d . ' '

establi~hed

COlUII, Cuba alld Spain Gralld Lodge claimants for recognitioll, were SCllt over "to the next Anllual Communication."

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In the recapitnlation we fino the .the following for the year enning .TlInnflry 1. ]S79: NUlnber of Initiations......... Nnmber advanced to the Degree of Fellow Craft............................................ Nnmber advanced to t.hc Degree of l\-Iaster l\fason.......................................... Numhcr Adnlitted :.......

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Nnmbel' Stricken from thc RolI..................................................................... ::47 Nnmber Suspended........................................................................................ H Nunlber Expelled.......................................................................................... 7 NUlllber Died............. ]62 : :.......... 1;~)4 Nnl11ber Rejected XUl11her of l\fasons .14.96S Nnmber without thc jurisdiction. ann not heun1 from for five yeilr~ 2,H:37 The Report on Correspondeuce WIlS written by R. W. Jos. K. Wheeler, Granel Secretary. He revicwen forty-seven Grann LOlIgc Proceedings-Missonri rerciYing n hrief noticc. Bro. Wheeler wonders what e.ffcct the reccnt action of Scotlilud, concerning- Quebec. will ha'vc npon 011,1' '··fraternal relations." \Vilit ann see. We will say to Bro. Wheeler, thA'!' Misl50nri has not lost her fealty to the" exclusive jurisdiction" doetrine, though I5hc has lost one who "was a strong ad vocate" thereof. We have lo.~f many who were" strong' ,. IIdvocates of "exclusive jurisdiction within the territory of a Grand Lodge," who always "combatted" the~c "unwarrantcd" invasions with unnsual earnestness and force." But we have not, and neyer will snrrenner our loyalty to the doctrine of Grand Lodgc Sovcreignty. It is·a broad Ameriean idea, born and nurtllred in our own free American land. Nothing will ever be allowed to trench upon the doctrine froUl abrolld nor at homc. If Scotland declines or refnses I,) do, whut Connecticut hopes, "reconsidcr its action, and withdraw thc charters granted for Lodges to be held within the territory of tJ;e Grand Lodge of Qucbec," the,n the Granel. Lodge of Missouri will spcak in no uncertain terms. . . We shall regret both thc cause and nece~,;tity for breaking oft' our Grand Lodge relations with Scotland. Having established "fl'lltl~rnal relations" "with the Grand Lodgc' ot' Scotland." and that body hlwing a eommissionecl Representative" ncar the Grand Lodge of :Missouri," we will be' deeply pained to sever the neWly formed ties, yet we hesitate not to announce for Missouri, that nothing less than 1vithdran'al from the invaded territory of Quebec, will prevent Olll' Grand I,odge from d~claring Scotland as Ollt of the family. We will never change the record already made. We will not l'CCOgJl:£ZC Masons who hail from a jurisdiction that ignores and repudiates the very essence of Grand Lodge life. The Grand Lodge of Quebcc is a" legally e:;tllblished ahd duly recognized" budy. 811prcme and sovcrc£g1/within it:; own territory. Its recognition as a Grand Lodge embraces I.he idea of sovereignty, or it elll bnH.'es nothing. This must be so, or else we will be callen npon to recognize an indefinitc number of Grand Lod~s within the same territory. Tf S(~otland may establish one Lodge in any Niven territory, she mllY crect enough to form a Gral~d Lodge. If Scotland, why not England'.' Then some other Grand Lodge. This mllst be the necessary result of what may bc st.~·led thcint.cl:rlt.~iondo(~trine. "Concurl'cnt t.erritorial jurisdiction" is not a popular idea in this cOllntry, and hll.S not been in favor with 0111' people since the fathers refuscd to drink tea at foreign prices ann nictation.

, We endorse the resolutions of Connecticllt. and :>ay, in concJu>;ioll, that Missouri will he hear(l from in .good time if' Scotland (loes not ahandon the European i11fcl:rU.~ioll. l'1'f\e·lii'e. It cannot ohtain in this country. Thc Report. of Bro. Wheeler is a terse, well 1.t:ritten paper. \Ye emphasize thc worn "written" foJ' the Rcpol't presents condensed vicw' of Proceedings with but few ,o('l('rfionR. Bro. Whcclcl'11.'l'otc his Report, lind did not dip much. Good idea. We arc gllll} to >;ee that he Wll~ continned in ehllrge of the samc work, a.s well 11$ rc-e1ccted Grand SCi'retllJ'Y. with .I'll. W.. 1. !II. Bnllock, Bril1gepol't, Grand Ma>;tel'.

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DELAWARE, 1878. The Sevellty-secolld Annual ComnllUlication of the M. W. Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted 'Masons of Delaware. was held in the Masonic Hall, at the city of •Wilmington, on the 2nd a,nd 3rd days of October, A. L. :1878, A. D. 1878. l'L W. Thos. N. Williams, G. 1'1., presided: R. W. Wm. S. Hayes. G. Sec.

Twenty-two Lodges were represented. 'I'he Grand :Master presented a brief Address, in which he refers to the good providence of God with deep reverence, contrasting the happy condition of the Craft in thut jurL<;diction with the afflicted in other sections of the country. The wail of suffering in the distant South among our Brethren, has reached our ears, and has met with a generous response from our hearts. It is a pleasure to know that the Sil vel' Chain of Brotherly sympathy binds the whole Craft.. A Il'1W J[a.~on'.~ heart is neyer (~ILreless or indifferent to the wants of SUffering humanity, While our Hrethren have' been, and are still boldl>', combatting with misfortune's frowns, and affliction's terrible tires. Masons in more hIghly favored parts of our coulltry have exhibited the sacred and .elevated prineiples they professed, and have contributed largely to the relief of their sufferlllg- Brethren. Be it said to the credit of Freemasonary, that it knows no North, 01' South, Eru;t, or West in its estimation of Masonic relation!';, but holds, in .f1·ofemcu Clffcctioll, the whole Masonic Brotherhood. An elegant and grateful tribute was paid by the Grand Master to Past Grand 1\faster . George W. Chaytor, who had died during the year: Past Grand Master George W. Chaytor died, April 13, 1878. I .am informed by reliable authority. that the said Brother was initiated, September 7, Passed and Raised, November 2, 1841, in Lafayette Lodge, No. 14 of this city. He dimitted, December 7, 1841, was readmitted, February 1, 1841, and was elected Master, June 4, 184a. He again dimitted, December ;>, 18!'J4, and affiliated with Temple Lodge, No. 11, of thi~ city, .January 10. lSi.,., and remained a member of the same till the day of his death. He was elected Senior Grand Warden, .June 27,1&15, and Grand Secretary, .June 27,1849, which posit.ion he held for five years, and was elected Grand Master, October 7, 1875. . Most if not all of the members of the Grand Lodge knew our beloved and lamented Brother. The Reports lliade by him as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence tD this Grand Lodge, which have graced the pages of its records for veaTS, are familiar to many of us, and the wise and good counsel and sterling sense thlit marked everything from his pen, were always appreciated, and shall be still more so, HOW, that the brain that dictated and the h6l.1H} that wrote are Dlouldering in the dust. My Brethren, I feel that my ton~ue and pen are inadequate to express, fully, the loss Which OUl' Grand Lodge hIlS sustamed by the death of our Brother. Let his ilfa.~onic virtues and labors be kept in memorial! Tn the high gift fif such a Brother to our Order, Providen('e favored us immeasurably, and his memory (leserves the highest place of hOllor on our record. A few decision8 were rendered,. all o.f which are conSOllllllt with good Masonic llsage. On the I,:ubject of I\Jasonic Discipline we have the following earnc~t and well-timed utterances: .

My attention has been called to the great want of " Ma.wm1f: J)i.~d1Jlinc" in some of ollr Lodges, over the conduct of those ,vho profess, and call themselves j\[a8ons. It is becoming more than ever neces8ary that Masonry should be bold in the declaration of its principles, and that it should as boldlY fleterminc to enforce its admirable tenets. 'j"cmperllnce is H cal'dina) virtue in Masou·ry. If this "irtuc be inscl'ibed UpOIl our bunner,

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and if that banner be proudly wavin~ in its purity over the temple, why shouln it be allowed, from time to time, to be disgraced by thc workmen tl~at arc engaged in their labors beneath it.s folds of beauty'! Shall Masons persist in continual, flagrant violation>' of all moral law, ann in open and eonstnnt di;iregard of the most sacred teaching>, of onr Order, thercby bringing- shame npo)) the Crllft, l\JJiI \rc refusl' 01' negh~l't to pnnish the transgressor ',' ' We are delighted to meet such bold and cleYllt~d expressions coming froin "high places." We fill(1 here' au e('ho to our own sentiment,s, nttererl in the Heporl of Ill!'! year. We qllote further from ,the A(!rlress, H>' hearinl! upon Craft:

1\ ~uh.jpd

of \';Ist moment to the

J)o not the immoral prnctices of some of ollr Brethren stamp the {il.'illff lie upon their profession aud ll[cWJJli.c charactCl'.~? With all charity which the most generous heart can exercise, are we not compelled to acknowledge that we have t(10 often denounced these things, and yet allowed our members to indulge in them? My Brethren. if ollr Institution be honest in it.s proclamation of hostility to vice, it will not /lllaa({.', and even 1H1uri.<h ill it.s bosom, those members who habitnally prllcticc those vices that are in violation of Masonic principles and morality. If Ollr err,in$' Brethren will not be rest1'llined from disreputable practices, by words of "mil/f! coun.<d, Jet UiS not hesitate to vi!-;it l~ondel1lnlttioll upon vice ih all its fornis, :l1ld ever lllldntain by ~tl'iet llisciplinc, the high. moral standard oj Masonry, . .' We war not upon man, I)nt upon I'i.ee. If Ollr members love vice more than :Masonry, they should leave the Institution, because it is not \'icious or hnmoral. If they prefer vke to morality, they should al)a.ndon Masonry, or i\lasonry sllo\l1l1 Pllt th.em off, The Grand Master concludes his Address thus eloqueutly: Kingdoms, empires and republics have ri"'en, flourished, and decayed with age, since the advent of the Order of Ancient, Free alHI Accepted i\lasons, While the innuÂˇ merable institntions fonndell at different ages of the world, for the amelioration of the mental, moral and physical condition of man have passed away, l\Iasonry has silently pursued her course-a passive witness of political and religions eonftic(.<;, that scattered ruin and desolation over the fairest fortunes of this fair globe, Her mission is one of peace; and although critici..5Jn, slandcl' and CIl1.'!! have, under every conceivable 'pretext, persecuted her; nnderthe banner of Love, she has, ill her silent march, protected by the sword of Truth, ma.intaihed the contliet, and has spn~ad a zone of philanthropy abont II world. 'My Brethren, let,us cherIsh our Order, gnard it from all evil influences, and let m live up to the trne principles of our ltfa.50nic J)l'qt'r:,,<,'<ioll, lookin~ with l'ontidenee to the great Lighl. that has guided liS throllgh IJast ages, The Grand Lodge adopted the followingresolutions as evideneing its appreciat.ion of the sentiments of thc Grand l\fllster on the subject of morality: Rc.~ol1Jcd,

That the thanks of this Grand Lodge are due, and are hereby tendered, to the Grand Master, Thomas N. Williams in bringin" to notice in his Address the importance of a more strict observance of temperatc habits by the Craft. throughout the jurisdiction. . Resolved, That the Gralld Lodge especially calls the attcntion of the Craft to the Grand i\{a.ster's Adllress, and urges each and every member, for the welfare of t.hemseIYes, I\nd the purity of our organization, the importancc of Iiying up t.o the principles herein ('x pressed in rejercncce t~ temperance. CORRESPONDEI'('E,

1'he Committee on Foreign Correspondcnce submitted a special Report, touehin~ the action of our French Brethren. We appropriate the resolution appended to said specinl Report. It expresses all that need he said. We trust. the' n:plldial )Ts of th'e God facl, ' and the God id<>a, have lellrned ere t.his, tha.t the great heart of American Freemnsonry bcat.<; not in harmony with the matchless li)lIy, llnrl unpardonable stupidity of those who SllY "there is 110 God! ,. . '

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.J1ppendi.v.

R('~()I/(rt, '1hnt tht' GrlUld Lodge of Deht\\arevlc\\<; '\lthgTCRt lCg'leL the actIOn of the Grand Onent of I'r.U1rc m ~tnkll1g fl om l~ con<;tltutlOn the first qllalIficRtlOm of It l\Ia<,on nnd declare~ thnt ,\ Ithl-lUt belIef m till' Fntllel hood of God and con"equenth hrothcl hoo(] of man the TnqltutIOn of l\Ia<;olll \ \\ hICh ha~ e},.I"ted fOl rcnturH'<; \\ Ith thltt belIef H<; It<; toulH]atlOll <;tone ,\(l\lld rrnmbic to <1u<;t n" It<; relemomeS ,\ ould thcn be( 01llC hut unmeamng form<; ann hollm\ morkclle~

In t:.h-c Proceedlllg~ befOie 111, It I" saHl that "the Committee wa<; authorl7ed to lllllll thell q('l1(/a{ Heport on Forelg-n Correspondence III the pUblI"hed P!Oeeenll1g-" "e flul to hnn ' theu gellClal RE'POlt' TOl;IX TAYLOR, WllImngtoll (, M ,,'r'S HAYES \\Ilnllngton (lee1ettenlG Su

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1878. "The January Com1llUmcatlOn" of thl'> Gland Lodge Wlt<; held 1"78 t

III

"a"lllng-ton Clt\,

Tanl1ar~ <J,

Ple,>ellt ,r W , E (, Da\ I", G 1\1 'R W "m R 'Smgleton G Sec Some bUSI1lE's<; of local Importance ,\ a" tram.tcted Specm] CommUnH'atlOn& were helrl, Tanuar) 29 and FeblUal) 1'3, fOl " I路 '(('mpl IfielttlOu of" olk" Semi annual CommumcatlOn was held Ma) 8 Report.<; wme rendered on, arIQUS subjects Grand Orlent of Francc \\ a<; l'ondemned b", resolutIOn for" Ignormg the foundatIOn pI mrlple of l\Ia"olln -thnt of a hrm belIef 1II G'od, and m the ImmortalIt, of the sou] " ANl\UAT

COM\1UNIGATIOr-

\\as held No\ emher 13, 1878

Pre'>cnt Grand Ofurer<; a<; befole ... A brlel Addre<;s \\ as pre~ented by Grnnd Ma"tcr Da' 1<; \\e rlIp a fe" good <;entences

From It." openll1g parag;aph<;

lIov. <;v. Ifth the vear<; glIde by I It seem<; but )esterday that we last met III Annual nrltnd CommUlllcatlon ,md yet III real;tv anotlwr ]\fasolllr year has pa"<;ed \\ e rannot T('callit Ihe art.<; \\e ha\e performed III It have passed fore,er mto the rerOld<; 01 our 1" es Ho\\ rarefnl then, III vIe" of thl<; dread truth ought \\ e to be III maklllg up that rerord fOf earh yenr so to demean our<;elve", that" hE'll" e come to ta ke a retro<;pect of the hie" e have led III It "c rna) find but httle cau~e for '>clf reproach It IS a FmbJeet of speCial gratitude and congratulatIOn that durmg the ypar lmt ended, not It "Illgle member of tIll<; Grand Longe has l!ppn removpd b\ death But" hlle?/lf hll\e beeu thu~ hapPll~ exempt, man) of our Sl<;ter Jurls(lIctlOn<;, les<; fortunate, ha\c been called to mourn the los" of ~()me of their mo<;t emlllcnt members We <;hale III tllE'lr sorro", as the bond of brotherhood make<; all Masons member<; of .t common hou<;ehold and dId tnne pE'rmlt, would find a melanchoh pleasure m pa~ mg" It <;UJt<1ble , trIhute to thl' memol\ 01 all \\ ho hln e rro" npd a life 01 &en we" Ith a death III the hoh lluth whIch IS tllught from OUf altnr In that lOllg and honorable roll fe" names" ould bc foulld more worth) of onr affectIOnate commemOrA.tlOll than tho<;e 01 ~1 W J05('ph l'o"tcr Pa"t Grann l\fnstel 01 J\fl"~OUrJ ]\f W. ('co E J;onn"b1ll), Pa."t GIlw(l \Ia<;teJ of 1llInol" H \\ OrlIn Welch 1'3<.1 DI~trI<t 1)(']1111\ (,land ;'Il.l~tel 01 ~c \\ ") 01 J.. ~I "

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Frank '\-elch Grand Master of Nehraska M" James C Bradl..n (,rand Maskl of Mmne<;ota M " John Robm l\'IeDalllel Past Grand Master of \ Irgl1lla 1'1 ,\ A 1 \\ heeler Pa<;t (,rand 'laster of Tenne<;<'le and edItor of the MllBollle Je\\ el at 'femphl" 1 he"e Brethren ha\ e won for themsllve" a natIOnal IeputatlOn...for then 7ealoU'i 'lnd able sen Ires III the caUSI of }<reema~mn and I ('.annot do less than tendu m your name to the berea\ ed JUlI~dlctJOm \\ 111Ch the\ <;0 long and honorubh <;rI \ ed the vq:lre<;slon of OlII heartfelt <;\ Il1patln and rondolenre Albert G Macke\ the \ eteran MasOIUC author and JUlISt W'lS (half1nan of the , (ommlttee on JUrJ'sprudenee He presentert a RepOl t \\ lllch \\ '1.<; hurt 0\ cr unrtet the rule" untIl the <;tated rommU11lratlOn 111 lanuan â&#x20AC;˘

The lreasurer of thr \ ello\\ fe\ er fund reporteel that the Mason<; III that JIllI<;dlc!lOn hart contllhuted $1 ) ' > 20 fOl the lellef of "outheln <,uffCler<; '1.nd "Int to Jrnnc.""ce MI'><;IS~IPPI and I..oUl<;Jal1a FI FCTIO,\<;

Granrl Officers were electerl at thIS <;c.<;SlOn but not lll<;talled InstallatIOn CommulllcatlOn \\ 11.<; held December 27 1878

Horace A \\ 11ltne\ ha\lng been chosen brand Master 'lt the NO\ ember commUlllcatlOn "as duh m<;talled b)' the retlrmg Grand Master ano dcln ered a brIef mangural arldre<;<; \\hlrh appeare; m the prmted tran<;actlOn<; M \\

A <'U1table tc.e;tmlOlllal }< G D'1.\ 1<;

was ordererl to be preparerl for prc.<;entatlOn to P ( M CORRFSPOr-IH '\( F

Forty four AmerlCan Grmld Lortge Proceedlll!l"<; h'lll been recen ro be<;)(Ie<; other<; olIt.<;J(je of the l nlted States

C1~ht

J he Report CO\ ers 0\ er one hundred pagE''' Bro \\ m R Smgleton prepaled the Report

He sa) <;

\\ hen thIS Report \\ as commenred It was eJl..pected that the Secretane<; of all the Grand Iodge<; "ould forwarrl theIr Proceedmg,> ~oon enough to ha\ e them re\ Iewed bcfore the prmtmg would bl.. tUllshed hence the ll<;t on hre;t page Ie; rompkte In thl<; howe\ er "e ha\ e bel'n dlsappomted and ,\ e mu<;t r10se \\ Ithout <;nrh '1. (omplete IC\ IC\\ '1.'> \\ e would de<;lre to make '1 he Proeeedmge; of MIChIgan MI<;sourl 'lnd Rhode IsJd.l1d were too late for tlll<; Report

At the 1\0\ ember meetlllg the CommIttee rep6rten progrcs" "tatmg that the \\ OIk of the CommIttee \\ as nearlY completed and prInted 5n mOllthQ thereaftel \\ e recened the Proceedllld Our Grann Lodge met one month before the Grand lodge of the Dle;trH t of Collllnbla In SIX \\ eekf> thereafter \\ e \\ere ~cndlllg out our tran~'1e tlOne; a \ olume of more than three hundred p'tge<; "hat tune It reached" ashlllgtou \\ e hnow not A ~ Bro <::ll1g1pton dId not recen e It 1ll tune fOJ fe\ le\\ and hI<; Prorped lll~~ dId not reach us tIll June we ha\ e Jue;t canse to l'omplam of the l\lalle; Bro SJl1gleton please notlf\ the authorItlee; at "ae;hmgton that e;nch tanlllle<;e; Ie; lIle,cllsable "e regret that 1\f!ssonrl for 1 ~78 \\ a<; not on tnnc fOl re\ IC\\ Bro '-,lllglcton Ie; an alJlt' Re\I(.WCI and furl1l<;hcd hl<; Grawl J odgc \\llh a RepOlt 1Il ht'CPll1g \\lth hl<; pa<;t effort<; "e alc gl III to notp that he \\ q<; fP clef ted (rand Serle\.iI'n lIma( e A "Illtne\ Grand Mae;ter " ' ....

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GEORGIA,1878 The \Ioq \\ or"hlpful Cmno Looge of J.lef' and Arrlptul Mason" for the State of GeorgIa a,,"('mb)ed III anl1ual eOmmUl1lrlltIon III the Gland 1 oelge Hall \Ini,oll\r 1. elllpll III thl Clt\ of 1\Jacon on 1 uee;oa\ Ortobel 2<) A J) 1878 A T )~78 lIt 10 0 r)ork -\ \, rmo \\'lc, OpUllO 1I1 -\\f1 rr 1<01(\[ 1I1 the 1. hIro Degre'c Pre"ent M \\

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Flllllletl B1l\rl.."hear (, <::ee

"earh three hundred Lodge<, \\ (rc reprlc,enwd The Grand \Illc;t('r e; Addrcc,s open" thuc, 1he rllpld flIght of tnne brIIIg" us through another \ UtI 011re more \\ e enlO\ thr great plea<;ure of greetlllg lach other u.s Brethrln among \\ hom no eontlntlOn "hOlllc1 e\ Cl C'\.Ie;t e-xcept that noblllontentlOn or rather emulatIOn of \\ ho (an be"t S( n e ano he<,t agree \\ l lun l met m annual commUlIIcatlOn agaIII ae; \\l and our fll.thuc, h<t\ l donL tor mal1\ ~ears before to take CQuu<;el of each other III regard to thL great Brother hood of l\lllsonn and lti> mterec,tc, as \\ ell as to promote not onh OIII 0\\ n mora) anel ,;oc 111) \ lrtups hut aho the genera) good of thl \\ hole human r!t« The Addrc."e; annouucec, the grantmg of numerous DI"pen"ahons and the la\ mg of corner "tonl" 1. he lItter embrllrmg the formal IIIauguratIOn of \ arIOnc, entuprl"f''' under '1't."ol1lr an<;pH ee; "neh a" rolle~e" lhurchee; ann It monument to the Confec1e'ratl oead I

1'.0 decle;lonc; \\ ere repm lLd "e are glad of thl<; The df'llSIOn bu<;mee;e; ha" been mcr-done 'lnd ought to CUi.se \\ e ran put Olll fInJ"er 011 an otf1rlal III th<.,.c,e land" \\ h I reported decIslOne; man) -large and e;mall-ae, ha\ lUg becn nerCi,"ltated b\ quec,tlon" an<;mg 9urmg hI<; term a<; Grand "Ma'lter More than 11ft» per rent of them had bll \l "ettled b~ ru1.lng<; of \e'lr:" <;tandmg and \\ere onh 1l1Cf11'l1((/('(w('(l r'l"e" made to oHlu e;o that derl';lons mIght be made ae;; e'Clubltlllg grLat \\Isdom The truth C'ompel, II" to 'la) that the 'laId offirIllI wn.s a mere t) ro 111 JUrIe;pru{lenc e and Ii. pretender gener'llh 1. he Craft needs rest frum thle; 0\ erftowing tlOC of annnlll rulIng" Rut \ ery k\\ 'lre 11f'e'oul no\\ on]) an occa"lOnal nece<;'llt) fOI a olu';lon \\ III aflse' The Grand Mast('r sa\" Harmon\- reigns and" e are at peace WIth "l.ll other 11Il1" dlrtlOns throughout the \\ orld He reflr<; to the ~latl(.S of affiur'1 JH ]< ranC'e l\ew ';oulh ,,\ aJe" and the dlff!( uUlce; bet\\cen '5rotlmd and Queber I renC'h Ma<;onl:> r,ec en e a Ju,t and merIted rebuke 1. he 'ljl\\ ~onth \, aiLS Grand Lodge anct It" adheretn.c; r{'rCl\ e the' C'010 ...houlctel and the Grand Lodge of Scotlanrl nndel thl" ...tllU' of far\"" euUtmh cOlllll1ltted a ,cn glcat uror and the "nbllet \,n"n-leg-'lted to thl able ( lmll1lltel on 1 orelgn COl respondcnee

The Georg-Ia Brethren like thl Mn.sons of MIs<;ourI kno\\ \' hat belllg III deht mean" and feel the prce;sure of hnanClal embarra<;sment Dnrlllg the goorl tlme<; Pll.'>t \\ hIlL mOl\() \\ as eM,\ and c, er) thmg commandeo hIgh pUI e'l our Brrthrcn were plo"IKrou,> ana happ) \ change came and then-- fhl (~rlI.lld l\fae;tcr" rltee; ae; If hr had been II\ 1IIJ" III MIc,i,oUrI and pa"~ed throug-h our experIcncce; lor "e\ eral ,car,; \\ e ha' e, been p'\"smg thlOUgh R. \ en "c\ ere Pll.l1IC' \\ hwh ha~ r'\u"ld a grlat deprec;'>lOll 111 all bnc;l11ec;.c, pur'>llIt" (onfIdenec ha<; been 'lhal..e'n prn atl oblIgatIon, ol"reJa)(lcll and thur blIghtmg eftert.e; fallen npon the \ II till.. InOIalIt) 'tllll lellglO11 of the people HefOle thl" Il..\er"<.. of fOItllue the ltrnnrl Lodge ha l a hand,ome

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surplus of money; the disposition of which was a subject of controversy, until it was decided to build this Masonic Temple; at a time when real estate, material and labor was high: rents were also commanding good prices, which gave reason to believe that if the buildmg' should cost more than the amount of money on hand, it would soon he realized and returned from the rents of the lower business rooms, and we would not long remain' in debt. and the rents continue to be a source of revcnue to be appropriated for the ~ood of :Masonn' and the IlOllor of the Grand Lodg-e of Georgia. In this we have been dISltppointed, relil estate, rents, incomes. and t1)e value of all products have all depreciated 1Il value, whim taxation and the hurthells of the government have been onerous and heavy, thereby shrinkiug the resources of individuals a..c.; well as Lodges. Charters were forfeited for nOli-pa~'ment of dues: Brethren unwisely felt their distress so great, and Imrthens of family and government so hellvy, they could not spare the small amount of dues required of them; others who desired to unite with us, were dii;conra~ed for the sanle rea..<;ons. In this they greatly erred, for some of these very persons, and I must say, thougb with pain and sorrow, Brethren, too, could find money to spend for that which was not onlv unnecessary and useless, but 11 great curse and injury upon them and their families. t allude to the intemperate use of intoxicating li9uors, as well lioS less offensive 1'0 termed luxuries of life, not observing the great cardinal v1rtues of 'Ma.."onry. After the above, the Grand Master says: "We ought to be out of debt, and owe no man." His plan for the accomplishment of this desirable end is路?路ct-rencftment. "Reduce the expenses, and iJwrel\!'e the income." He also snggestslls a pm:siblc relief, "biennial sessions." If subordinate Lodges were to pay their annual dues as promptly under biennial sessions for a few years, a..., they do now with annual sessions, and the Grand Lodge should change to biennial sessions until the debt of the Grand Lodge was paid, this desirable end, the payment of our debt, would lsoon be accomplished, even witbout reduction in other expenses. If other pllins fail, then it will be for )'ou to consider whetber the interest and prosperity of the Grand Lodge demand, lind will authorize you to adopt bieHnial sessions, at least until we are relieved from our liabilities, when we could retnrn ag-aUl to annual sessions. This is mentioned merely as a su&,gestion among other pllins. for your serious consideration, believing that you will unite WIth me in a firm determination a.nd effort to extingnish our indebtedness speedily. Brethren, our debt must be paid. '

We dare believe" biennial sessions" not the best remedy for the ills to which the Craft may be subjected in any jurisdietioTl, growing out of financial em barrassments. Yet 0111' Georgia Brethren have re.~olved to try the expel'iment. We devoutly trust that, with the reduction of per diem, traveling expenses of members, and the cutting down of salaries of Grand Lodge Officers, they may get ont of the.woods. 'I'l\is will not be so difficnlt in view of "biennial sessions," provided the Lodges pay promptly their annual dnes. We fear their trouble will arise just at tllis point. tet.there should be no canse for dela); in view of the pecnliar circumstances surrou.nding the Craft in 路Georgia. We subjoin a schedule of prices adopted by the Grand Lodge for the purpose "'e hope these figures may not long remain as the standard of Masonic wares in that jurisdiction. One of two results will follow: . ~ither the Graild Lodge will be(~ome'very deh, or l\'fasonry will break dm~'n unoer the load imposed in the list below: 01 increasing their income.

For a 'Varrant..

$70 00

~:~~~ m~~~~l~~~~ ~ ~gl~ ~~~~~~~;:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: l~ ~ For a Dispensation to confer more than two .degrees 10 For n Dispensation to initiate, pa..-;s or raise, 01' 'to make more than five Brethren, for each one....................................................................... i) For a Dispensation for any otherlurpose :............................................ 1 For every initiation by ,varrante Lodge...... 1 For every Mas~r Mason, who is a member of a Lodge on the :31st day of August 111 each year, pcr annum......................................................... 1 For every initiation b)路 Lodges Under Dispensation :................. 1

00 00 00 00 00

There are Masons enough in Georgia to payoff the Grand Lodge indcbtednef's in two years, provided dues are paid promptly, and by all Lodges. We should estimate the membership of that jnrisc1ietion to be about Itf/('(;n t.housa.nd. judging from the nnmber

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of Longes on the roll. The Grand Lodge debt is something>near thirty thousand dollarsperhaps a little above this amount. The last bonds to be pain will matnre in lSS.';' With an income of one dollar per member annually. and the rcvenu('s arising from> Charters, Dispensations of various kinds for all illitintio1l.< jn Longes, Chartered and Cnder Dispensation (one dollar ea.ch), we can but expect nul' Brethren to succeed in disembarra.~sing themselves in a few years. This snrely will follow, if any fair degree of prosperity attends the Craft in that grand old commonwealth. Our heartiest lood wii<hes gather about tlwse noble, struggling Craftsmen in (;eorgia. A brief sojourn among them. and a limited acquaintance with Georgia Masons, awakened> an interest in the welfare of 'our Brethren, realized but seldom in a life-time. We we>re charmed with Georgians, and fell in love with the people, State and :i\Iasons. As the Grand Lodge, by a change of constitutkm, will not convene again until the autumn of 1880, we shall not bc greeten with their Proccedings for ncarly two years. We regret this necessitat€d >and lengthy separation. :Meantime, Brethren, we pray that your bow may abide in strength. The Gon of our fathers bless you, ann cause his face to shine upon you. Georgia, like other jurisdictions, suffers not only from financial embarrassment, but from indi.ffr.rr'}Jr(! on the part of the membership. The Grand Master thus alludes to the r/r!inqufmc!I of the Craft, in this respect, a<; a fl'l1itfnl soul'l~e of depression ill the jurisdiction: '''hile financial embarrassment has been one great cause of our langUishing condition, there is another prominent one; the IH~n-observanceof one of our first principles, which requires t.he meInbers t.o attend the rcg-ular meetings of their Lodges. Dne of the last injunctions of our Father Paul to his Hebrew Brethren was" Let us hold fast the protession of our faith, without wavering I for he is faithfnl that promised), and let us consider line another to provoke unto love and good works. Not forsaking the (I.>~sr.mbli7l!/ yonrselves together. as the manner of some is, but exhorting one anothcr, and so much the more as ye see the day approaching." We arc social ereature.s; the very soul and spirit of our Institution is Brotherly love and charity-nothing more, nothing less. Our rituals and ceremonies are best calculated to promote them within our sacred halls, wherc there is communion of sentiment and feeling, rejoicing and weepflJ<7 together. advising ann counselin~ each other, cultivating all the social virtues which tDone can make us prosperous, wIse and happy; fully realizing the sentiment." How good and how pleasant it is for Brethren to dwell together in unity." It is like the holy oil that was poured upon Aaron's head, that ran down on his beard, cven to the very i<kirts of his ga.rment, lill' thereon the Lord commanded a blessing, even life forever more. THE f'Ol'THERK ~IASONIC FEMA I.E COLLEGE.

The Grand Lodge of Georgia has an Institution of which it may be proud, and in which every Ma<>on in the ~tate should.feel a deep pr.r.s 01lal iJlt<:lwt. We presum() it if; not an elephant on the handf; of the Brethren, from the wflrm expresf;ions ntterefl hy the Grand Ma<;ter and the Grand Lodge in its behalf. M. W. Bro. l\f~bley says in his Address: Like my predecessors, I take pleasure in reporting the excellent and superior management of this Institution of learning. under the care of President Bradsha\\: and his well qualified and accomplished corps of Professors, located in Covington. Georgia. which I visited at the last commencement in Junc, with great satisfad.ion. All the students acquitted themselves in a manner highly creditable to them and their teachcl'S. reftectilJ<7 honor upon you as well as them. The result<; were gratifying to all prescnt, as well as tl'le Trustees and Visiting Committee, who will bear testimony t.hat this is one of the very best places in Georgia for the education of young ladies. The location being well adapted and accessible, about the centre of the Stat€; the best society, with PUI'(', halm)' /\,ir, and healthy surroundings. . The Committee, having>in charge this grand interest, presented an admirable Report. from which we clip the followin~: We cannot recommend too highly the recommendations ann suggestious of Grann Master Mobley, and cordially join with him in the expression of the llOpe that this College may receive the earnest SUPPOlt of the entire :Ma.<;onic Fl'atemity. We helie\'(' • that the sucress of this Institution will redouud to the benefit of J\fosollr< [111n OWl. all possible efforts shol1ld he made looking- to this end,

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nc.,:,pite the /lld thaI, 1111lnyare lukewarm ill t.heir interc:;t, the College has the :-<\'mpllthv of a hlrge 11llll1l'er of our Fraternity, alld the sympathy thUi; enter/.ailled, hai; y'ear Rfter 'lear found expr~sion ill the de;:ire that some substantial assistance should be j'Clldcrcd 1>)' this Grand 路Lodge. The day cannot be tar distllnt when the meriti; of I.his ColJegelllustcolllllland succcss. Its worth i; eyen now apparent to every thinking- mino. ano it. will be a IJrig-ht day for :'Ila.';onry ill lieorgia wheu from the abundance of the 11fleetioll we feel fl)r this chilo of our' glorious In:;titlltiOIl, It permanent. substllntial prosperity shall :-<urrolllld it. and its good works be witncssed in the daily lives of those who shall go forth from its prot.ection IItlll care to illustrate as wives and 1110thers the manifold'attra~tions which adorn and bca'utify the practice of benevolence and cJlitrity. . Would to lio(] that Ihehoarded and useless treasurers of wealth could be unlocked in behalf of this child of Masomy, and endow it as a lovely ]Irolc{fc. What benediction.s wOlllll crown the donor, here and hereafter. Benedictions leaping- from the culturect lips of purity, as beneficiaries rising up like seraphs and going forth f~om such an Institution. wO{Ild be more valuable than golct-" yea, thi1l1 much fine gold." One smile from an cducated daughtBr of such an Alma J[ata, would eclipse the lustre of a crown and dim the ~plendors of 'diamonds. Oh, for money! with which to do good. ~

The limnd Lodge adopted a new eonsti\.Ution. From a ha1Sty examination of its provisions I\nd the by-laws, we regard it as worthy of the body for which it is the fundamental law. DEATH HOLL.

The folloWing, fron~ the Address of Grand :\-!aster Mobley, 8110ws the estimate ill which the worthy dead are held: With a sorrowful heart 1 announce to you the death of three worthy and beluved Past Grand Officers of this (3rRnd Loctge: 1\1. W..John Harris, Past Grand :Master, gentlY breathed his last at his OWI1 home, surrounded by family and friel1tis, in the town of Coving-ton,on the 1.jth of .June last. He presided over this Grand Lodge for se'i(eral years with great ability and 8atisfaction, being a man of strong mind, highly cultiYllled. g-reat ener'Yy and good financial judgment, with liberal, generous. impartial feelings of .i~lstice to all. ~Ve shf)-ll see .hi.m 110 more.on. carth; he has respon(~ed to the _~~vel_of the :--upreme Arelntect of the llllverse, to SIt III the Lodge above WIth Lacy, EllIot, 拢lbert, ~tephens, Charlton. Cuyler, the SdIleys, Hansell, Bauer, Lamar, Dawson, Rockwell and others. leaving behind but three Past (;rand )'Iasters of this (,rand Lodge now living. who are full of honors and ripe in years. e:ver reaQY for the heavcnly harvest, patiently working and waiting the l\'!aster's bidding. . Our clear Brother, R. \Y .. R. L. l{oddey, Past Veputy Grand ~laster for many years, ltfter a long and pn,inful aff1id-ion, which he lJorewith religions fortitude and without a murmur. WIt>; called from labor to rcfresh ment ill the (,rand Lodge, at ten o'clock Wedncsday, June the 26th, 1878. ' Dr. Hoddey was an emillent physician, a man of great ability alld ?-lasonie lore. eyer ready to do his wholc duty jn all the several relations of life. It is our sud alld'~olenJll duty to annoullce also, the death of l1nother worthy Past j)eTluty Cirund Muster, R. \\T., W. W. Boyd, of Atlallta"Ga.. which occurred soon after the death of Bro. Roddey. lIe had also born affliction for years paticntly, until he was called to rest, ~ufl'ounded by his 100'ing tiunily and his nlUnerous admiring friend~. Hc was an upright, good Mason. with very superior mind and qualilications, and a heart .ever flowing with the milk of humall kJlldne..~s, which made him useful to his family, to his neighbors. tollis )1asonic Brethren and to his country. Long ~hall we remember the kind, cheerful word~ of wisdom and light that fell so s\,路eet.ly from his ~oeial lips and gJowing countenance. The~e .deceased Brethren all 11l:ted wcll their part,:" marked uut on the great trestle, !Jclllrd ot II/e, to the very In.,:,tof their cart.hly exil-;tence, and it is right and proper that you should take suitable action to commemorate the lives, virtues and services of each of 'these distill!l"uished Past GT1UId Otl1cers, who wil!lleVel' meet liS here again, and yet their examples WIll cOlltinue to speak till time is no more.

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We leave the Addre~~ of Grand l\lal;ter ;\lohlcy, having drawn upon it pretty liberally, awl can only l;ay ill (:onc1usioll, that it. is IL good paper, worthy of its author, and won the highcl;t approva.l of t.he Brethren, as shown hy their choice and his re-election ll.'; Grand 1-IRSter. FRA~CE.

We are pleased to find an explicit. declaration from the Grand Lodge rel;pectiIlg the Grand Oriellt of France. Jt wa.~ presented by our good Brother, "M. W. Sam'l Lawrcncc, from t.he C.ommittec on Foreign Correspondence: . . WiIEHE,\S, The Gr:Llld Orient of Francc has strickcn from hcr Constitution the requiremeiJt of a belief in God as an i.ndil;pensible prerequisite to initiation-the very foundatioll-l;101le of Freemasonry-and whereas, the Most Worshipful Grand l\Iastcr recommends thil; (,rand J.JOd~e to be out.~poken on this l;ubject. He:~()l-I.'~d, That 1'01' ~his liagr~nt atte111pUo undermine th~ Temple, the Grand Lodgc of GeorgIa disowns the (JI'and OrICnt of 1'rance as a. Ma.<;olllc body, and repudiates all l\Ial;onic intercourse with them . . He.wJl'/'('{I., That the Lo;lgel; under the obedience of thil; Grand Lodge ~re herebv more l;trietly forbidden and enjoined against any Masollic intercourse with a.1l 'persons whomsoever, claiming to he ;\lasoHs and acknowledging obedicnce to the Grand Orient of ~'rancc. I '

This h;'phtin, decided and to the point. We glean from the Report on .lurisprudence, two mo~t ~ttisjact()ry deliverances. We extend our hand for a. hearty shake with Brethren who maintain" sound doctrine." 1. That,the lo~.~ of an eye does not. of itself, disqualify a person from being i'nitiated, ll!tsscd and raised in a Lodgc of Free and Accepted 'Masons. :!. Duc~ do Ilot run against members suspended 10r non-payment of duc.-;, alld Lodges arc not liable to the Grand Lodge for dues on such during the time of their suspension. ' (;OR1{E~PONJ)EN(;E.

The Committec presented a Heport covering 138 pagcs in tlle journal. To say that w: prize the production of this Comm ittee, expresses feebly our estima.te of it. 'Missouri, for 1877, i~ kindly noticed and eleverly treated. Quotations and frequcnt references ~Lre l\l11.dc and our Grand Lodge Proceedings are sufficiently commcnted UpOIl. 'We thallk Bro. Lawrence for this: We use this opportunity to eonvc~' to Bro. Villei! our regret at not t;eeing more of him during his sojourn in Atlanta at the (,eneral )Icthodist Conference in the sprin~.We met, and it was arranged that we should ~ee J!1ore of each other, b~t he \~'as confined to his room by sickness, and we were suffenn/f Irom the protracted cftect.<; 01 a typhoid, and this was prevented. We hll,ye.keenly felt twas our lo~s, for we hao cOllceived good thoughts of Brother Vinci! from his Grand )Tastership, and promised ourselves much plcasure from his pcrsonal intercourse. We w,ish him all suecess in his new offiee. He closes

hi~

Report with the following mention:

Jnterspersed through all the Proceedings we have had before us are. feeling tribute~ 'to the Masonic worth of Broi'. John Dove, Gralld Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Virgill ia, alld Georg-e Frank Gonley, Gralld Secretary of the Grand Lodge of )Iit;~ouri. Your committee feel it would be It work of supererogation to attcmpt to add to these, and yet would have this Grand Lodge drop her leaf of acacia in the gmves of our deceased distinguished Brethren-therefore, we offer thc following: I

R(!.<()!-I'ed, That, with ltll ?lTa.<;ons, tile Brotherhood in Georgia mourn the loi'is of Bros. .John Dove, of Virginia, and Georgc Frltnk <iouley. of Missouri, as a common loss, and cxtcnd to our bercltve<1 ~ister jurisdktions, SCYCl'llJly, our sinccre i"ympathy ann eondolcnee.

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We takc leavc,of our Georgia Brethren regretfully, as'~'e willllot mcet them again for two years. This regret i~ especially ~trong in- respect to our Bro. Lawrenec of the " Heportorill.J "Corps. A slight personal a.~q1taintance, and a deep vClleration for him liS a writer and Mason of .pre-eminent ability, has caused a desire for It eloser intimacy. We hope to meet again. .l:DIES )1. MOBLEY, Hamiltoll, (re-elected) t;. M•.

J. EMMETT BLACKSHEAR, Macon,"

G. Sec. .'

IDAHO, 1878. The .Mo~t Worshipful Grand LOI]ge of A'ncient, Free and accepted ~lal;ons of the Territory of Idaho commenced its Elcventh Annual COmml1l1ietltion at the ~IliSOllic Hall, Boisc Cit)·, 011 Tuesday. September 10, .\. L 5R78, A. D.18i8, at 10 o'clock A.)!. Presellt: )1. \V., E. A. StC\-ellsoll, G. 1\1.;

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Chas. Himrod, G. Sec.

Reprc:;cntatives from eleven Lodges were reported present, in tlodit.ioll to a num';er of Pnl'it (fralld Officers. a)ld Pa.';t Masters. Of the full attendance the Grand )la:;tcr had this to ~ay ill his Addl'c8s: If I did not know how stronglv mOil become attached to )Iasonrv lind how ~ealouslv th\.·~· ll\bor for its promotion, I should be surprise<i to see so many representatiyes of the :;l11Jordillll.te Lodg~s present to-day. )Iany of you have travelled long journeys of hundrel]s of miles, over rug~ed lind almost impassable mountains. spending your mOllev in Httcnding the Grano Lodge, instead of employing your time at home at your usual voeationf'. In the all-absorbing rush after money at the present day, religious ano moral institutiom;,are neglected: patriotism has become almost an empty sound; men seek public places merely to fill. their pockets.; and governments are com'erted into uew combina.tiow; to gather mone~' from the people to distribute to partisan favorites. Palaces l\bounding in every luxury, till the imaginations of men; and silks, and diamonds. and splendid equipages dazzle the visions of women. But we ha'-e come herc to-day because we feel that thcre are jewels of grcater value. find more imperishll.hle than'gold, or silver, or bank notes. You fire laboring for the prorlOtion of an institution that has lived to see the hoardings of the miser' scattered to the winds; the palaces of the rieh crumble into dust, and the wealth of cmpires to perish. We labor to promote virfue Rn.d to alleviate the :;ufferings of the destitute and. the wretched, and yet, because we think proper to as:;emble quictly to ourselves, instead of parading our wnrks of charity in public meetings, there are fanaties daiming to be sa.ints who denounce and perhaps would burn us had thcy the power-but Frcemasonry will live and flourish aftcr all snch demagogues and hypocrites arc dead and forgotten.

On the subject of Chnrity. the GratHI )faster diseour:;ed in happy tcrms: Perhaps there is no word in our language of higher import, or so frequently improperly applied as thc word, eharity. The distressed Brother. the bereaved widow. the oesoillte orphan are the brighest jewels in the :Masonic crown. They are our dependent wards, our precious heriwge. Under our solemn obligations we dare not overlook or despise the blessed privilcge of doing' them gOO<1. The new fanatical idea that each Lodge is to take care of IUld pnl\'idc fnr only thc )!asonic eharitics within its OWl~ jurisdiction, and that other Lodges ami other l\Ill~ons are ll1H!er no respolJsihility in their behalf is II m01I .•tr/)I1.~ d(}drinc and the sooner this erroneous uotion if; I'cl11o\'ed, the better for the Fraternity. Our obligation:; ltre not eireul1Jseribed by any sueh JIII./'I'O'I;: expressions I\S members of thc Lodge to which we belong, Imt t.he broad. universal and thrilling term-all brethren. No narrow limits of a Lod~e I~Ollfines our lluties or Olll' right.~ 11." members of this Most Andent and Honorable Fraternity. :·But while we are bound at all times to remember a Brother's wcltitre nl; our own, to feed the hungry. clothe the naked and provide for thc widow and the orphltn, wc :;hould remember thatthe great principlcs of :Masonry also ·c.x- • pee:t a little charity ano oernan<1 that .iusti~e, which is the standard or boundary of right. be heard, which enables us to rcne]er to every man his just due withollt distinetion, and is the very eement and support of civil soeiety. There will come a time in the history of

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. mo~t 路Lol1ge~, when. extreme mea~ures mu~t aud should be used: then let there be no hesitation in thc prompt and faithful administration of justice, aud not attempt to save the corrupt and guilty undcr the mask or fa.\se llamc of Masonic mercy or )Iasonic charity. This (rom the Address: . (~l/e8ti(}n-Do(',s,the deebion of a (;ritllfl l\fa!:'ter, whell appro\'ul by the (,mnd Lodge, amClld, repeal, or change !tny part of the Constitution or By-Law~ of the (;rand Loctge. An8wc/'-It does not. The Constitution Of the Grand LOdge of ldaho and its By-Laws ill harmony therewith. is the fundamental law. Jt eontaills' those principles ll.1ld provisions of Masonic government. which are intended to be permanent. It furnishes the eriteri<;m by whieh the validity of all general or special legh'lation is to be te~t~ct; :Lud s\lpplie~ the standard to which all details of organization and .admini~tration mu~t conform. The Grano Master is empowered and charged to exercise nearly all the executive fundions of the (irllnd Lodgoe when it. is Hot in session. He is lllso clothed with certaill judicial functions. But he -i~ nowhere invested with legislative powers: and in doing such things as are inherent in and pertain to his office, he is controlled by the proviso, "Provided always that he shall have no power to suspend the operation of any by-law of this Grand Lodge." .

On which ruling we cxt{)nd our hal{d, having made a record of the samc kiwI in A Grand Master cannot make law; and he cannot wunakl~ law.

1069.

The J'ullowillg notice of the loss of that jurisdiction, is appropriate: It becomes my pa.inful duty to announce the decease of Past Grand Sellior Wardell, llnd Past Grand Secretary, Bro. Oliver Hazard Purdy. H~ was killed by Indians, on the 8th day of June last, at Battle Creek, near South Mountalll.

Bro. Purdy was born in Barre, Orlean9.County. New York, on the 12th day of Septembcr, 1824, and was one of the pioneers of this Territ.ory. He was a devoted and earnest ;\Jason. His long and faithfu attachment to the Craft was acknowledged und rewarcted by YOU, in making him Grand Secretary, Senior Grand Warden, -and Chairman of the C()\llluittee on Foreign Correspondence, and you know the fidelity with which he filled these offices lLnd discharged their important trusts. . ' Grand

)Ia~ter io3teven~on,

in arguing a ease that had been before him, made one It seemed to be a mere passing remark. If he had months, more could not have been .crowded into the same space. Here it is:

~tutement to whieh wc except.

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If a pe~on petitions a Lod~e where he resides and is rejected, llnditfterward~ removes his residence to another Jurisdiction, then it requires the consent of both Lodges before he can be made a i\-[ason.

This dedaration h1lrmonizes with the views of M. W. Brb. Robbins of Illinois in hi~ Allnual Address as Grand Master in 1877. Indeed the rulings of the two Grand Masters are so much alike, that one seems to be an echo of. the other. It is the same old theory of c.tCh/sirc and (;ndh:,~s jurisdiction. There is involvcd in this claim of perpetual jurisdictiOIl, a principle at varience with human rights lind human .authority. It is an .ll-ssumption of the a1).~()I'lttc and the SlIp/'/,mc. unwarranted and unsustained by any authority with which'luen or human in~titutions are endowed. Xo mere human enactment can trammel ,the rights and liberties of man as to his moml being, in the manner and form contemplated in the law of Idaho. Man, in the exercise of his moml liberty and social rights, cannot be pursued and disfranchised forever by arbitrary legislation. When a party proposes to nnite with a moral institution, such as Masonry, the Lodge may not accept hi~ overtures. But whilc rejecting hi;; proposition. it cannot thereby become possessed of ah inalienable Claim to him, soul, bodS' and spirit.' In the asserting of such claim, there is a declared sup/'cmacy over the whole bdn!1 of the par!.y, antocratic, de~potic, imperial and papistie. If the law or Idaho is eorrect, it places :\Iasonry above the State in claim:,;, lllld (U; to l:irivileges. We ean move to Kansas and acquire citizenship by t,welve months' residence, under the laws of the commonwealth. But \\e may live in Kansas ten years and aClluire no Masonic rights, if some person in :Ylissouri cho~e t.o reject our petition while re~iding in this jurisdiction. 1'0, there is not the least ch!lncc to acquire Masonic privileges in Kansas without the conscnt of the rejecting Lodge here.

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Now wc submit to Grand ?Iaster Stevenson, and Idaho Masons, this proposition: petitions a Lodge in Missouri for the :Mystcries, and is rejected. Twelve months thereafter, be may j'C1WW his pctition in the same Lodge, and, if accepted, be made a :\Iason. We presillue the same law obtains in Idaho. But at the expiration of twelve months he does not choose to renew his ap~lication to the Lodge that rejected him. He moves to Idaho. After the lapse of one year he becomes a bona fidc citizcn. of that territory, may vote, and exercise all citi?:en rights and privilcges. Before he left Mi!'souri, the right to renew his petition to the rejecting Lodge was his by the law. Twelve months' residence in Idaho would entitle him to vote as a Citizen, but not petition for the Mysteries of Masonry, and all this in the face of the fact that he was under no Masonic disability in l\fissouri. Yet Idaho denies him au opportunity to secure Nasnnic citizenship, while the Statc grants citizemhip. We assert that Jones is under no Nasonic (n~abi1it!J.thc day he may renew his application to the rejecting Lodge., That renewal may take place at the end of twelve months. If Jones were under 'Masonic dimbility here, he could not renew his application. Hut he can rel/cw at the expiration of a year. Therefore he his undcr no disability. If under none in one Lodge (where he was· rejected), disability cannot be tra.nl'ferrcd to, and is not acquircd by, another Lodge. Disability is not transfcrable, nor is it.acquirable from a source where it does not exist. It does not exist where hc was rejeet~d, because twelve months 'rcmoved the disabilities imposed by rejection. If this be not true, then law is a farce, and Grand Lodge legislation is a mockery. All Grund Lodges cleclare in their laws that a rejected applicant for the l\1yst€ries may renew hb application at the end of olle year iollowing- e1e rejection. Does not the diwbilil.!J terminate with the year'! If it does not, tlwn every Lodge that receives the petition of a candidate rejected by itself, entertains the application of a party under Masonic di~a1Jilit!l. Who will say so'! "Hut he is free from (/il;o.biliJ!I so far as thai Lodge is concerned, and may rr;new his application there," will be the reply. Yes, and the fact that he may renew the I. application where rcject€d, proves that the ease is disembarrassed in the eyes of the law. )11' . .Jones

The law recognizes him as a free man, who may go hence without day, !lot being fo]]owed by the rcstmints lUld disfranchisements of arbitral'y and ,unjust legislation. As t.hese disfranchisements have ceased at home, alld cannot be tmn.~rel'red (because not in existence), therefore a rejected candidat€ may petition any Lodge where a }lasonie residence is acquired. The worst feature of this double-blirreled decision is, thllt, like Illinois. Idaho holds a rcjectc'] t;andic1ltte answerHble t.o Iwo Loc1gcs. The rejecting Lodge aUo,vs 110 other to entertain a petition from its rejected material though living under the jurisdiction of another Lodge aile, five, ten, or twent); years. And, strange to say, the rejeeting Lodge will not receive Ii petition from the applicant rejeet€d by itself if he lives in the jurisdiction of another Lodge. What docs this prove'! We Clln see only olle point in it. .Tones was rejected by Lodge Ko. 1. Two years after he moved into the jurisdicton of Lodge Xo. 20. In one year be desires to petition No. 20 (where he live:;), bnt cannot, because cternal jurisdiction holds him fast to No.1, which rejected him three years ago. Well, thcnlet him reapply to No.1, which-rejected and Still claims him. No; He cannot apply to "'0.1 without the" COn8Cllt" of No. 20, where he live.~. Wh~'not? Because living in the jurisdiction of No. 20, she claims him. Very well. The claim of No. 20 is worth nothing, if NO.1 still has C:l:chI8ii:c jurisdiction, as these eternal jurisdictionists nlaintaill. If No.1, t,11e rejecting Lodge, has cxclw;ivc jurisdiction, then No. 20 can acquire none, because nothing can be more c:rclw;ivc than cxclu.~i1JC jm·isclicUon. As No. 20 can acq'ui'rc no jurisdiction over a candidate to which No.1 has c:rd1tsivc claims, then No. 20 has nothing to waive or surrender. Hence to talk about obtaining" the conscnt of both Lodges," in such a case, is simply outside of reason and authority. ' Wc presume that if .]ones, after living under the jurisdiction of No. 20 for one year, should move int.o the jurisdiction of No. 40, and remain six months, that hc could not petition there ,rithout the consent of No.1 which rejected him, and No. 20, where he G. L.-Ap. :,.

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lived. The elaim of :'\0. 20 must be rcspected.1.Jeellu:>e the deciHioll Hay:>, "it rcquireH the consent of 1>oth Lodgc.'; to be made a :Mason." "Both Lodgc.s" hnd jurisdiction. And claims once attaincd secm to becomc daJl,a1 with some of our Bret.hren so soon as thcy exist. And thus .Jonei' would be followed by lwcnging fates wheresoevcr hc might journey. Flecing fmm the wrath to C01l1C, he would only incrca8c the embarra.~smcnt<; by living ill ~1!CI.'('8.~i1'f: jnrisdktions. For every new jurisdiction would acquirc claims, and the old ones would loose none of theirs. Poor Jone:-! Thc fnrifO.S of unmentionable regions would he angels of love, comparcd to such conditions, haunting>" and hounding him on through life. We kno,,: of no language significant and expressive to sufficiently characteri%e slll'h II IIIII' lind its effects . . The folluwing, which was adopted, is ll.ll exprcHsion of noble feeling, entertained by Brethren in Idaho. It sings out the sweet hflrmoniesof the heart, and swellH with a charity as grand as it is simple: ')HI'

Hm. .lOllllS W. Brown introdnced the following resolution, which was adopted: RC,o<o!t'cd, That the Hum of three hundred dollars be, and the same is hcrebv appropriated from the IIlIâ&#x201A;Źre~t Orphan Fund of thh; Grand Lodge-to wit: One hundred and tifty dollars to the :Masonic Board of Relief of Memphis, Tennessce, for t.be benetit of nrphans of :MasOllS in that jurisdiction who have died from yellow fever: alld onc hundred and tifty (lollars to the :Masonie Board of Relief of New Orleans, fbI' the benefit 01' orphans of ~rasons in that jurisdiction who hlLve died from yellow fever.

A brief and seemingly unfinished Report 011 Correspondence was presented. Thc Committee had examined some tifty Grand Lodge ProceedingH-:Missouri included 11lld fraternally noticed. The Report doses rather abruptly, thm: We have examine(l the Proceedings of many other jurisdictiollH, hut we lind we will not be fl\)lc to find space within our limits to givc them, as we havc cOI111J1cnce<l. . :-hall therefore make only general alluHions to them lind eonclude our labors by giving a Htatcmcnt of the progress of MaJ;onry throughout the United St.ates, and briefly notiel~ the eomment.~ of the different Gralld :Masters, when they are general and, haye referenec to thc welfare of the Craft generally, and not contiued to any local jurisdictions. Our reasons for this are:

,"c

1. })rinting costs more than we can stand. We are constantly interruptcd by hostile Indians, which leavcs u:> withuut time. â&#x20AC;˘,. The Chairman uf the Committee is Hick. E. A. STEVENi-30N, Idaho City, 1. '1'., G. i\1. CHARLES HIMROD, Boise Cit)'. 1. T., U.

~ec.

INDIANA, 1879. The iSixty-seeoll<l <tnl1l1al mceting of the Most Worshipful Cirand Lodge of Free all'] Acccpted "rasonH of the Stll.te of Indiana. was held ill Grand l\lflSonie Hllll, in the cHy uf Indilluapolis, commcncing on Tucsday, the 27th day of ;\ray-it being t.he "fourt.h Tuesday of :May," A. D. 1879, A. 1.. ;\879, at ten o'clock A. N. H.obert Van Valzall, (i. ;\1.; William H. Smythe, G. Sec. Hepre~nt:tti\'e~ were pl'e~ent from four hundred and ~cventy-;;evellout of Jive hUlILlred ;tnd twent~'-1iveCharQ)red J.odgel:'. This is certainly a good showing. In 0111' OWlI jurisdictiOll, wit.h the same number ofLodges and membcrs, wc cannot commallc1 a repre~cntat.ion

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from more than half ofthe Lodge~. We have observed the difference between our l;mnd Lodge representation and mll,ny others. At tin,'t the meagre a.ttendanee on the pint of )Ii~~ouri Lodge Representatives, compared with others, puzzled us. At length the cause, sought diligently, came into view: Grand Lodges which have full and heavy representa!.ion, l)ay mileage and per diem to all who attend. This makes the difference. In ~Jis~ouri, Representatives t.o Grand Lodge are paid by t.heir Lodges, if 1Jaicl at all. Many Lodges are not. represellted because unable to foot the bills. Some Lodges pay the expenses of Representatives, and some we have known, were willing to be represented, provided any well-to-do ann liberal Brother would pay his own way. Our system is very defective, or rather our P-lstOJn is, for we have no ,~y,~tem. The mileage and per diem business, liS conducted in several Grand Lodges, is excessively heavy, find makes fearful inroads upon their finances. An imilroved plan is yet to be presented and will be warmly welcomed. The items of per diem and mileage in Indiana amoullted to about $7,500. Sueh a drain upon Grand Lodge finances is exhausting. ADDRK<;S.

Grand :Ma~tcr Van Valzah presented a business paper in the full opening briefly in the retrospective style thus:

~en~e

of the word,

In making a retrospect of the past. year. many of the clll'rent e\'ent~ thrust themselves forward as worthy of notice; but none strike me so fordby as the fact that we llre all here to-daY to give thanks to the Great Pilot for guiding us so safely tlmiugh the turbid waters. Dcath, the fell dcstroyer, has left our cire1c unbroken; not one link t.aken. We are all here to enter upon another new year. Bnt who can tell what the coming year may bring forth, and l~ow m:tny of onr vokes may be but the echo of the pa.'it. We invoke His protection till' the (:oming" year, not forgetting to give thanks for al we have received during the past year. l\lany of our sister States can tell a diffcrent stor~' of bereavcment and death; bnt whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and we bow to His all-wise will. A detailed Hcport of his offieialllets follows. Two new Lodge!; were'instituted Um1er Djr-;pensatioll. l\fany spedalltppointments had been made fill' laying corner-stolles, dedicHtion of halls, together with numerous special Dispensations. Eleven Chartered Lodges had ccased their labors. Either too many Lodges, or some terrilJle incubus had overtaken them. Yellow fever received a pN:;sing notice, and donation~ for the fever-blighted of the South were reported as having been made in response to the Grand l\Iaster's appeal. The rlcl1th of Bro. A. J. Wheeler, of Memphis, was appropriately mentioned. He WN:; Hepresentative of Indiana at the Grand Lodge of Tennessee. Indiana honored him with :L beautiful memorial page. â&#x20AC;˘ A few decisions were rendered during the ~'eaT and reported to the'Grand Lodge, whieh aftlrmed them. They lire purely loc:\1. The qucstion of consolidating" two or more Lodges" .was coni:'idere<l and recdved a most discreet and wise solntion. As we have the subject Ullder considemtion in ]'lissouri, the following will be of interest, n.'i adopted by Indiana: AllY two or more Lodges, working under the s:tme jurisdiction, may cOlli:'olidate their mcmbership into one Lodge; lJI'01Jiclccl, that the proposition for such consolidnt.ion slmll be presented ttt a sUlteli meeting of the Lodges iuterested, find shall not be acted upon ulltila subsequent stater] meeting, of which all 1'e,~idcnt members shall have due notice, when such consolidation may be effected if not more than .~cl.'cn,membersof eitlicl' of said Lodges vote agaillst the prop()sition.

When lUl~' con~I)Jidl\ti()1l shall hase beell thm; agreed npon, ann the Grand Lodge or (irand Mastvl' ollkially infol'med of the same, a new charter ma~' be issued by the Grand Lodge, if pre~ellt~~d to the Graud Lodge when ill session, or a Dispew,;lttioll is~ned by the (,rand ~laster, if t.he application he pre.~ented in the intcrim, containing the names of the new ollkel's, :ll1d bearing the name and numher under which !t is to be chartered.

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The title to all vroperty amI effects of the Lodges so 111lited :;hall be \'estcd by the (,mnd Lodge in the Longe nltmed when chartered; lLnd when fl, charter is grallted the Lodge !;hall be eon!;titnted and officer!; installed, in the Sllme manner as Lodges are coni';tituted and officers im;talled llndel' exi!;ting regulations; and said new Lodge i';hall be liable for all indebtedness of the old Lodge!; consolidated, and the membership ill both of said consolidnted 'Lodges shall be members of the new Lodge as fully and completely, and entitled to all the right.'S and privileges they possessed in their respective Lodges before such cOllsolidation.

We noticed in our revicw last year the financial cmbll.rrassmellt of our Indiana Brethren, awl expressed the hope that they might soon be relieved of their burden. The following statement!; of the Grand ~Iaster are so cheerful and hope-inspiring, that we rejoice with him and the Grand Lodge in. prospect of that" victory" which' will yet perch upon the banner of ~fasonry in Indiana: '

The reports of the projJer officers will show that we have on hand a sufficient amonnt of moncy to meet the pay-roll, pay all the expenses of this session of the Grand Lodge. pay 路the interest. as it may maturc during the coming year, and make a payment of Ub(lllt ~even thousand dollars on the floating debt. This decreltse of the amount intended to have been applied to the principal of the debt at this time. is dne to the fad that the membership ha.o; decreased. There has been a large number of dimits granted durill~ the past year, and an UllUsnally large number have been susl?ended for non-payment of dues. rhis, of course. reduces the revenue of the Grand Lodge III the same ratio. Rut if Masons will dimit. and if they will suffer themselves tD be suspended, because of the emba.rr:l.';slllent of t.he Grand Lodge-let them go. ~Iasonry is better oft路 without them. We have Hll abidin~ faith that the good anl1 true will stand firm, and in the end vietory will perch upon the b<1l1I1er of the Craft in Indiana. f\0 felir need be entertained of future embarrassment. provided the estimates, as adopted at the last meeting of the Umnd Lodge, are permitted to remain undisturbed. Therefore, in view of the above facts, 1 would recommend that there be 110 legislation upon the subject of finance at this session of the Grand Lodge. Lottery and gambling ~lasons must feel rather warm after the Grand Lodge's deliverance concerning the fraud perpetrated in the name oJ: Hasonry. "The Masonic Tcmple Association of Fort Wayne" distributed propert.y in connection with a" GnmdConcert." The Grand Master brought up the matter in hi;; Address, quoting the State law again;;! ;such frauds as lotteries, and said: The schemes them;;elves are but attempts to obtuin fllll<ls by means usl'11 detrimcntal to pUblic morals and the spirit. of :Masonry. Yet, llotwithstallding all the lItw we have upon the subject, the Rtllt;.~ ond Rc.r;ulation8 have beclI violaterl. A sehcme for the dIstribution of property was orgamzed and largely patronized by members of the Fraternity. I refer to the" Fort Wayne Gift Concert." A committee reported upon the subject thus: A fraud was perpetrated in the llame of ~fa.;;onry. The cirelllars and tiekct.... iS~llCd contained the emblems of the Craft and a i';eal bearing the inscription of t.he ~Ja..,()n if: Tcmple Association," by which members of the Fraternity and the public were deccived, many of the former supposing they were supporting a. worthy enterprise. the latter accepting the ~ymbols of our andent and honorable Order as a guarantee of good faith in the management of the scheme,

The cOJllmittee t1IHlsmuch to condemn in the method by which ticket,; were di;;posetl of to pureha~er:;. The scheme was represented as one to aid in the construction of a t.emple, \yithin whose walls ~la~onic teachings should be promulgated; in some instalwc:-; this was done by prominent Masons. in whose integrity members of the Craft and the public alike confided. All who participated in the ;;winrlle, or had knOWledge of it.o;; charaetcr, and tacitly allowerl their friends to be decei\'ed, deserve censure. (;OlU:E!;!'ONllENCE. The Committee on Correspondence recommended the recognition of t.he l;rand Lodges of Cuba and New Mexico. They were recognized.

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We learn fronl the Proceedings that it l{eport on' Correspondence WfiS lllfide ann' pnblished hy the writer, bnt it is not incorporated in the journal of transactions, I\.nd we ha\'G1 not received a copy, though we have written for ouc. Our review of that part of Inoiana's work is therefore prevente r!. BELLAMY S. HU'l"l'ON, Shelbyville, G. )1. W1\I. H. SMYTHE, Indianapolis, G. See.

INDIAN. TERRITORY, 1878. The l\lost Worsh ipfnl G mnd Lodge of Anelen t, Free and' Accepted 1\1aRons of the I nd iun Territory met in Annual Grand Communication in the Masonic Hall in the town of 'McAlester, on Tuesdn.y, the 5th day of November, A. D. 1878, A. L. :>878, fit 10 o'clock A. ~1. This

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the fourth IUlllual gathering of the Gfllnd Lodge. .

l\f. W. Bro. Wf\~ nt hiR post.

,r. S. :Murrow,' Grand lIIaster, presided; and Grund Secretary R. P. .Toues

Nine Lodges were represented. From the Address of the Grand Master we make extracts

It.S

follows:

The pleasure we feel in meeting once again and gi\'in~ to each other the right hand of fidelity and brotherly love, is not unmixed with pain and sorrow. OUl' hearts are sad twd bowed as we think of the scourge-stricken portion of our beloved luud o\'(~r whieh the Angel of Death has been so recently and so long hovering. The cry for sympathy 'and 1'01' help coming from our suffering Brethren of the South hus beeu heard in the homes of the Red men, and although we could not not send money-tOt路 there was not l\ dollar in our Trcasury-yet we did send our mite~ as citizens and frienrls, and we remembered OUl' sufi'eriug Brethren in our devotions betore Almighty God. TRIBUTES

To thc worthy dead were paid, embracing the names of Bros, Bond, Martin and .Joncs. Bro. Wheeler of Tennessee was affectionately remembered thus: Bro. Wheeler was a true friend to us. Nonc hailed our recognition by om Mothcr GJ'l\nd Lodge Arkansas, with greater pleasure than Bro. \\'heeler. Hc died at. Ilis post in thc dty of Memphis in the dbcltarge of his hil?h and noble duties of relit-xing the IIccessities of the sick and suffering. Thank God tor such l\IiI~ons. . Concerning progress we find some scnsible utterances.

I am pleased to inform you that we have not made rapid progress in numbers the pa,<;t year. No Dbpensation 101' a new Lodge has been granted, and in many of our Lodges few additions have been made. I regard this as an cvidence of prudcnee, wisdom and health. My advice is that for a few )'ears, at leu.st we give most of our time and labor to internal and not to external growth, Let us study the principles, the laws. thc usugC,<i lllHl even the rituals of Masonry, Let us see to it, that the temple we at'e trying to build has a sound, strong foundation. Let us become wise Master huilders. If we will progress l'!l.l)idly in knowledge, in 11:00d works, in obedience to Masonic laws and prineiplcs, bnt slowly in numbers, we will in n few years be a Fratcrnity possessing happiness within ()1l1~elves, a.flording' happine!'>s to othcr.", a.nd COI~)lllllltding the respcrt and estecm of ltll.

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RELATIONS.

The printer makes Grand Master Murrow say that they" are not at peace with the outside world." While" pleased to ~ay" this, he is "sorry to say that our internal eonnition is not good." It would be fortunate for the printer, making such havoc wit.h our Report, if he lived about a thonsand miles from I1S. The Grand Master's Address received no credit from being printed in a bungling manner. Words are in it never iut~nded. and one term we never saw before. ' .

INTERNAL CONJ)fTTOX.

From statements made by the Grand Master, we should say that everythillg is not so lovely as might be in the territory. We venture an opinion. Unless great care, firmness and vigorous discipline arc exercised in that jurisdiction, Masonry will come to grief, and the Grand Lodge will he open to criticism, ltnd it,> existence of questionable ntilit.y. Take the following statements: Again'there is a spirit of selft'Jhness, prompted by ambition, a kinO. of rille or ruin prineiple, directly contrary t.o the spirit of l\Iltsol1ry, that has done great harm. In one or two Longes an unlawful and shameful secking after the otnces in the Lodge at the t.ime of the regular aunual election, was almost; equal to the political canvassiug in the States. Investigations in two or three cases have been made to correct the wron~ and Ilpholn the right, a.nd iusteltd of Brethren beiug fair, caudid and true, as becomes the sons of

NrJ1I1. there has been unfairness, a want of eannor. suppression of truth, taking advantage of technicalities, browbeatillg', bulldozing. anything almost, to cover lip wrong and jlrcnmtjnstice. right-!lfrlROnl'y-frolll being vi Il(iicated. It is a very unpleasllnt duty; ])ul;,1

fecI compelled at this meeting to lay before yOIl the condition of at least tWI) of the Lodges, and trnst that you will meet the caseR fair and square. A good, healthy dose of discipline jll:"t now, by Brethren, will do onr Grund Lodge and Masonry more goorl t111lu anything I know of. One case mentioned shows deplorable ignorance, or culpable disregard of law. Pn.rties thus committed should have rereived merited punishment. Here is t.he c:tJ'e: Mr. J. W. Stone, a one-legged soldier;applied to a Lodge, in Lawrence. Kansas, to be mane a 1\fn.son, but owing to llis disqualificatIOn was rejected. lIe then went to a clandestine Lodge of colored, so-cltlled, Masons, and received. some ~illd of degreeR which t.hey called :Masonry. 'He came to Cando, from Lawrence, Kansas, 111 1875, I think. Stone did not att.cmpt to visit, being afraid, on account of the color ofthe parties who duped him at Lawrence. Two zealous Masons at Caddo espoused his cause, and as champions of injured innocence, laid the matter before the Grand l-fast.er. Then sec what resn1ts from" zeal without knowledge." 'I'hesc two friend:" mentioned the case to G. McPherson, the Grund Master of the Grand Lodge of the lndian Territory, and also a mcmber'of Caddo Longe. Grand Mast.er McPherson said, that if the color of the Lodge was the only thing iu the way, it would not prevent Mr. Stone being recognized ll.'i a ~:rason. This was reported to Stone. He went to Grand Mast.er McPherson and talked with him. McPherson says he asked Stone if Far ,"Vest Lodge was a legally constituted Lodge under a charter from" the Grand Lodge of Kansas. He says Stone told him it was. StOlle, however; says he told him it was a member of King Solomon's Lodge. l\IcPherson says he then told Stone, that, so far as he was concerned, he would enter no objection to Stone's visiting, or affiliating if he wished with Caddo Lodge, and lest the color of the Lodge from whence he came might be objected to by others. he would say nothing ahout it. Stone did visit. He took the test oath. He got a <limit from the Far West Lodge, and was admitted into full fellowship with Caddo Lodge, well knOWing all the time that he was a clandcRtine Mason. But Wro. n. McCurdy wrote to his Lodge, Acacia, in Lawrence, about the matter. Acacia Lodge wrote to Caddo and asked for it COPy of the dimit Stone presented, saying that Far West Lodge was clandestine. Thlls the'whole story got out. The Lodge was astonished and indignant, that McCurdy, Lemon, nnd.. MePherson llad eonrealed Stone's histOl-y from them. ?lJcPhcrson WitS

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indignant and belljevcdStonc had deceived him as til the legality of the .Far West Lodge. The Worshipful Master of Cad()o Lodge asked Grand Master McPherson what the Lod~e should do. The Grand Maswr instructed to drop his lIame from the roll without trial. not to recognize him as a l\Il\~on, and pnblish him as an impostor. This WlIS all done. Grand Master :Murrow passed upon the

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of Stone thus:

His status is precisely that of a, profane. His admission by election, withont any degrees, into Caddo Lodge, did no more make him a Mason than it. (~ould any other profane a Mason. His admission was made under a mistake, and was void u!J initio. Cad<lo. Lodge could not prefer charges aga.inst him any more than it could prefercharge.~ ngain::;t lIny other proflUle. A person who is not a Masoll clinnot commit a l\lasoni<' otfense, and henee C1II1I10t be tried. The Lod!le did right in dropping hb nlllne from its roll without trial. This is the only thing that lt could do. The Committee on Appeals and Grievances have this to say concerning the case. Your Committee on Appeals and Grievances have had undel' consideration the ca.se of :\11'. I. W. Stone and Caddo Lodge, Ko. :J. This case was taken from the COlllmittee 011 Law and Usage and IIssigned to us. It is unnecessary for us to recapit.ulate a statement of the CItSC, ilS a very full historv is gh'cn in the address of the M. W. Grand Master. We have examined all the papers relating to the case, and recommend that this Grilnd Lodge endorse the arguments, opinions and de<:isions of the (~rand Mastel', approving the action of Caddo Lodge in dropping the name of Mr. Stone from its roll without trial, he not heing' and never having been it Mason. I We hl\ve only to express the very positive helief, that a few such over-zculous Brethren as championed the Muse of Stone, and one such Grllnd Mastel' as l\rePhel~oll, woul<l kill any institution in the univcrse in an'u11l'enSollllbly short time. Another Lodge had a easc quite as Uluch out of line as the Stone affair in Caddo. The Grand Mnster said of it, "the coursc the JJodge pursued is cOllh'l\ry to all Illwand n <lnngel'ous precedent." Of that Lodge, hear the Grand :i\Inster:s final estimates: I reo-ret that there are other troubles with Elm Springs Lodge. It is in bad repute generally. A nnmber of excellent Brethren have expressed their convictions, for a yeal" past, that it would be for the well-heing of Masonry in 0111' Territory if the charter of that Lodge was withdrawn. ' ' Reports reach me of shameful drunkenness of some of the officers ilnd membcrs, Ollce, at least, in the lodge-room during It meeting. Again, of the fearful profanity of some of the officers and members; of hulldozing in the use of the ballot-box, and of s\J<,h )Jad management generally that many of t,he members will not attend the Lodge meetings at all. After the llbo,'e. and a. great deal more, the Grand Lodgc managed to dispose of Elm Spriligs Lodge temporarily, ill the following fnshion-the"Committce on Law and I)sage" hl1ving l:eported, "after a careful consideration" of the matt~r: in view of the violations of :\fu!-'onk Law and l:suge by the Elm Springs Lodge, in the nbove stH.ted case, your Committee l'('commend the suspension of the ehart~r of Elm ~prings Lo dge, during the will ann pleasure of the J\L W. Grand :\faster. In view of the enormi'ty of the offenses char~ed; we ('xpeete~ 'the ((h.~(l11lte e.l;lbwlion of said Lodge, llnd orders for the trilll (\n(} punishment of its nnworthy members. (;ood Lord deliver ns from such )\fasonry! ' . We t.ake great. pleasure in comme~lding the bold. fearless and independent style, and Masonic bearing of Grand :\Iaswr Murrow. The tenor of his A<ldress shows him to be capable and fi.tithful. His decisions lire sound expositions of :Ma!-'onic law. That Grand Lodge will need snch an officer for years to come, and cannot do bet-wI' than ret.aln sl1ch II leader. ' We select one decision as a type of the whole:

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5th. "The Lodge would also be pleased to have your opinion and decision with reference to the use by mcmbers of the Fraternity of a book' represented to be a kClJ to l\fasonie ceremonies.' " Answcr-My feelings against the use of all "helps" or "keys," etc., so called by officers, or membel'8, or apprentices, for the purpose of learning the esoteric lessons of Freemasonry, arc so intensely deep and decided, that I cannot express my condemnation in language sufficiently strong. When I remember my O. B. and also the truth that" the receiyer is as bad as the theif," I feel that if I should ever become so degraded as to \'~olate my O. B. in the m:e of such vile, ulISafe and untrue means, I woul(l thank some Brother .to inflict the penalty. I know of but one even plausible reason why a ftfcwm should use these fio-caUed "helps," and that is the lack of brains. Any man with a thimble full of brains should scorn to use such" helps "-" broken sticks," though, is a more correct definition.

The above is characteristic. There is enough sledge hammer and broad axe in this to prove that the Grand Master is in earnest and knows what to do.' He recommends this: I also recommend the passage of a resolution 1'cquiring subordinate Lodl!:es not to admit any pcrson claiming to be a l\'!ason, however bright and respcctable, without a bona fide .certificate of good standing and a clear record; and that committees of investigation be charged to write and trace up the history of all applicants for membership, until the,Y become satisfied they are worthy, bef?re admission. , , New Mexico was heartily recognized. The Colon-Cuba affair was referred to the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, with instructions to report at next unl1l1111 communication. FOREIGN

CORRESPO~DENCF..

The Report was prepared by three different parties us the following

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show:

The Chairman of this Committee. Bro. J. B. Jones, was killed in August. He had completed very little of this Report. The review of the Proceedings of Maine and Minnesota being all that were finished by him at the time of his death. though there were notes of other Grand Bodies. Bro. H. F. Buckner, another member of the Committee. wa.~ fUl'l1ished a few copies of Proceedings. These he has well and ably reviewed, fiS will appear in this Report. The Grano Master was requested by the Grano Lodge, at its sitting, to examine and prepare Bro..Jones' notes for publication and finish the Report in genernl. ,

. This he has done briefly and imperfect.ly. Since the meeting his missionary dnties have been so 3or(luous and absorbing that he has not had time to read and write a carefnl review. Again. t.he MSS. is already much larger thun usual and money limited. henee c(lonpmy has also been considered in the final preparation of thi" Heport. Wi.th thesc explanations, it is hoped that our Brethren at homc and abroad, will be slttisfieo. for uny appltrcnt neglect. l\fis!"onri is kindly reviewed, and responds with a hearty "God speeo" you in spreaoing light in t.he Inllian country. J. S. l\fURROW, A-tok-a, (re-elected) G. 1\f. W. A. McBRIDE, A-t.ok-a, G. Sec:

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, ILLINOIS, 1878.

The Grand Lodge of the-State of Illinois, Free and Accepted Masons, met in Annual Grand Communication at McCormick's Hall, in the city of Chicago, on Tuesday, the 1st day of October, A. D; 1878, A. L. 5878,' at 10 o'clock A" lIf. Present: M. W. Joseph Robbins, M. D., Gr~nd Master; R. W. John }<~. Burrill, Grand Sccretal:y, with Grand Officers, Past Grand Officers, and Pa,<;t Masters in large numbers, besides Representatives from several hundred Lodges. Grand Master Robbins presented another able-Address. It shows a thorough knowledge of the condition of the Craft, of the business and the laws of that jurisdiction. He opens thus: Another year has been strung on His eternal rosary, in whose presence we now pause with bended heads and uplifted hearts, acknowledging His gracious favor in the past, I'tnd invoking for the future the sustaining and guiding power of His mighty arm. And so pausing, \ve mingle with our thoughts of Him the memory of those whom His providence has called on before, the loved ones whose contact with us in these fraternal associations has, let us hope, made all that was noble and elevated in their lives a part of our own. A noble tribute is then paid to those called hence during the year.. IllinoiR, like Missouri, lost one of her ~,andmarks-avalued Past Grand Master in.1878: George E. Lounsbury, the junior Past Grand Master of Illinois, died ~t Denver, Colorado, August 4, 1878, and was there lmried with the Rites of MaRonry by the Grana Lodge of Colorado. Of him, the <" Committee on Obituaries" had this to say: The pathway of Time through all past ages has been strewn with the fragments of' broken columns, shattered pillars, falling monuments and crumbling arches. It,> course has been marked by destruction aud death. Kingdoms, empires and republics have fallen before Death in his onward march. The bright and the, beautiful-the noble and the lovely of earth, have bowed before his unsparing and relentless scythe. 'fhe great and the good-even the most gifted sons of earth, have gone down before him in his

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death. From every quarter come to our ears the sounds of grief and lamentation. 'fhe members of our beloved In~titution eannot escape the common-yea, the universal doom of man. During the Masonsic year' just closed, "the grim-Visage tyrant" has claimed as his own some of the noblest pillars of our Institution, and the inost honored and trusted of our Brethren.

One year ago we were called upon to record the death of our venerable Past Grand Master, Levi Lus~, the oldest Past Grand Master of this jurisdiction; to-day it is our mourn1')11 duty to chro111cle the death of M. W. Grand Master George E. Lounsbury, our youngest Past Grand Master, who died in the city of Denver, Colorado, on the 4th day of August, 1878, whither he had go.ne in the vain and delusive' hope that the salubrious climate of the Centennial State would restore his failing health, and recuperate his wasted form and energies. Vain hope! The destroyer came in the guise of consumption, the most insidious and deceptive of all diseases; and though for many months he fought bravely for life, he was finally vanquished, and beneath the shadows of the Rocky Mountains, 'whose snow-capped summits pierce the skies, catching the first beams of the risipg sun, and around whose tops linger the last rosy flush of day, a thousand miles from home and the Grand Lodge he loved so well, George E. Lounsbury laId down his pilgrim's staff and cnImly and peacefully went to rest. Other worthy, beloved and well-remembered 'Brethren had fallen before the De>:troyer's relentles~bladc during the year:'

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Just tributes were paid by Grand Master Robbins to the ljemoneb of Past Grand :Masters \\Theeler, of Tennessee, and Walter, of l\Iississippi. Of ~l1em he eloquently ~ay~' Both contracted the fever while mini:;tering in their respective citie~, and died with the harnes<; on. Earth has no prouder grave:; than such a<; their~. Of the yellow fever s11fferers the Grand Master speaks like a M"a<;on and a man with a heart: When from the magnitude and unpreeedented virulCIwe of the epidemie it berame evident that the strirken communitie~ eou](\ not cope with it unaidco; the stifled ('ry 01 distress whirh the horrors of the situation 'Hung from the lips of oUl' Southern Brethrcll, wa" eehoed trom this Grand :Ea~t in a circular letter, issued on the 3d of September, requesting that contribution~ of money be sent to 0111' Grnno 'l'rea$urcr. Prior to thi" time the Brethren iu many localitieb wlthin our jurisdiction. and notably the Brethren of Chieago, "ho<;e own experienre had made them keenly alive to the "ufferings of other", had, of their own, olition, move(\ in the matter of relief, and "ent their eontributioll" to the infected di»trict<.. '1'he C'ontrilmtion» to date, ineluo.ing those thus far reported, outsio.e of the flllHl<; rcreiwd by the Grand Treasurer, already aggregate $6,000, JcAIJ.URE. Illinoi~ Mawm

have enjO'ljcd (?) an experience <;imilar to our own in l\Jis<;ouri. in 11](' 1ailure of a Grand Trea<;urer: ]n the latter part of November, 1877, while absent from the juriso.iction, I wa<; apprir--eo. by the Grand Secretarr of the failure ofR. W. Bro. A. A. Glenn, Grand'l'rea»urer, who wa" engaged in the bankmg busine~s at 1'.11. Srorling. Investigation o.i~(']o~ed the fart that the money» of the Grand I.odge hao. not been depo~ited a,<; tr11»t funch, but hal] been rleposited in common with hi" privHte funds in lIi~ own name, ano. that the Grano Loo.gc \\ ould haYc to slHtrc in common with othcr rrcditor&. Aecordinglv, \\ ith the expert a»si"tauec of WorshipfUl Bro. EdwHrd S. l\fulliner, whom I employco. for tll,lt pl1l'po~e, the Heeonnt of the Grand Lodge, Hlnounting to 110]·),0(;0 52, WHi'> madc up ano. dn1\' tiled agaillr--t the e~tate of Bro. ,Glenn, , As u. banker, the failure of Grand Trea:;urer Glenn, involved many of the bnsinC'~" men of the community, among \\hom were the chief of his securities, The "ecnrityof the OrHnd Lodge wa<; thereby greatly impHired. l\Ii<;souri, while unfortnnate in tIl(' failnre of her Grand Treasurer, \\ a~ more fortunate than Illinoi<; as to the amount swallowed up. Our loss will be le<;» than a thousand o.ollar~, \\hile llJinoi<; may amount to several thousands.

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Di:;pensations were issued" for the advancement of candidates" in eleven in<;tanre". In Missouri no such power is vested in Grand Master:;, Weare glad of it. We do not believe the eustom will, to any es~ential degree, enhance the intere"ts of the Craft No g-ood can accrue to Masonry, that will not be secureo. by waiting- the ordinarily preseribell time. And the fact that these" hurried up" Brethren pay five or leu dol/an for the Dispensation to make the race again<;t time, afford:;, no argument in favor of the practh'e, To our mind, the fee business for such privilege, is a reason again&t the custom. If a candidate is so eminently 100rfhy as to go through on the" double-quick," and in advance of other worthy Apprentices or Pello\\ Craft<;, why charge him extra for the prh ilege? We believe that many candidates, good and true, worthy and proficient. might be advanced "before the time," but the extra fee for a Dispensation cannot be rnii'ed-they cannot afford it. Then those who secure such privilege by rea"on of having the money to spare. arefav01'ed one~, and the practice amounts to discI'iminafion. We do not like the custom, and declare again, we never saw an in<;tance where there wa<; any necei'<;ity for such exercise of authority. Grand Master Robbin:;, say,> on a subject, clo'Sely akin to tIle above, what ,n:' approbate: But one application for a Dispensation to authorize a ballot on a petition for the degree"', withont regaro. to time, has been rereived o.uring the year. and it wa,~ refu"'ed.

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'l'he emergency can rarely occur that can warrant the Grand Master in' setting aside the law requiring previous no~ice and due inquiry into the charaqter of the app~icant, We can conceive of no reason thanvould influcnce us to grant a Dispensation in the case just mentioncd. And the difIcrence in the two cases just treated, is so slight, thnt wc would refuse each alike, did onr laws in Missouri permit thc grant in either. The Gmnd Lodge of Illinois chRrges two dollars for "Dispensations for elections, installations, vacatiolls, correction of records, and other purposes." Grnnd l\l:aster Robbins refused to grant a" Dispcnsation to a Lodge to join the fllneml proccssion of one of its members, who, at his own reqnest, was buried by the OddFellows." From his able, clear and unanswerable reasons for so refusing, we extract the following: In t.he cases that have come under my own observlltion, the real grievauce has seemed to he thdt Masonry would not assimilate it." practice to that of those modern growths which. unlike it, have received from the far past no legacy of unchangeable law. For myself, 1 ilo not regret that its laws arc not elilstic enough to pcrmit it to become-ol' seem to hecome-a competitor with other societies for public cda./.. I would have it maintain its ancien.t rule of ll~odest propriety ,~hieh forl!ids it to thrust itself before the public in it" orgamzed capacIty, unless there IS Masomc work to be done, ana then only when solicited to do so by those who have a right to ask it. . Dispensations for three ncw

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were granted.

Of work and instruction the Grand l\faster says: Judging- from my own observations, anil from the evidence afforiled by the RepOl'ts oCthe District Deputies, the ('ontinued depression of business has had its kgitimate eftect-. and tl1e year now closing will prove not to have been one of gellcra.lll.ctivitv among the Lodges. In addition to the causes of comparative iUllCtivity which lie so nen,j路 the surface a.s to be recognized at once by the most fnIperficial observer, it should be remembered tllat the measure of normal growth ill fl Lodge is not to be fOl1nil in the amount of work ana rate of increase which marked the decade previous to the one now passing. Af't.cl路 the turmoil, the excitement, the ceaseless activIty of that eventful period must come it period of reaction, for the demand for rest wa." imperative. Dtuillg sneh periods men ure, relativelv speaking, disinclined to move unless compelled to; and this incrtia affects all . organized and nssoeiated life. Time is required to reach the point-somewhere between thesc two extremes-where normal activity reigns. For this all institntions must wait, and none can better afford to wait than Masonry. I infer an increased interest in the matter of ritnalistic instruction from the in<:rease of applications for commissions to tecturc, over the previous year when only two were (\,ppointed. , To meet the" increased interest" and demand for" ritualistic inst.ruetion," .si~: " Assistant Grand Lceturers " were commissioned and put to work. The views of Grand Master Robbins concerning the" Grana Orient of Sp~in," and Grand Orient" generally, arc practical, sound, safe and proper. We endorse them, and say, from the heart, "Well done." He" ileclined to receive and accredit the Representative of the Grand Orient of Spain." We make a few extracts from his Address on this SUbject, showing why he d<?clined : The Grund Lodge of Illinois recognizes as entitled to an exchange of Representatives only soverei~1l and indel!endent and perforce legitimate Grand Lodge~. No MI\~onic body al:'3wcrmg this descrlption is known to exist in Spain. The so-called Masonry of Spain is what is known as the" Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite," whose governing head is It body kno\\'n as the Supreme COUllCi! of Sovereign Grund Inspectors General of the Thirty-third Degree, and of this .body all other bodies composmg the Grand Orient are dependents, AlilOnf? these dependent bodies is the" Gralld Lodge," nominally the governing body of SymbolIc or Blue Masonry. It is a Granil Lodge onl)' in name, having no attribute of sovereignty, and d<,~tit.llte <,"Cll of the tir~t nttl'j}mtc of independence-the right to cho/)~e it" own l'llJers.

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With no such emasculated Grand' Lodge-however legitimate might have bcenits origin-could the Grand Lodge of JIlinois, sovereign a11d independent, enter uj)Oll relations of equality. Hecognition of a J\fasonic power presupposes something to recognize, somc attribute on the pa,rt of such power which gives it a hkeness to It 8o\'ercign State. For the (~rfind I.odge of Illinois to appoint a Representatiye to the" Grand Lodge" of Spain, woul<'\. be analogous to the sendlllg of an ambassador by Great Britain to AI~ace or Lormine: or by the Cnited States to tl}e county of Tipperary, or Connaught. Yet 8uch is the system which in Continental Europe breeds Grand Orients and Supreme Conncils, claiming to be the sIJpreme J\fasonie power in the States wherein t.hey eXIst. The Grand Master expressed very sound views respecting the 'invasion of the jurisdiction of Quebec by the Grand Lodge of Scotland. Having uttered our opinion~ upon this subject in a prcvious part of this Report, we only strengthen them by excerpts from the Address of Bro. Robbins: At the time of the formation of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, in 18G9, there werc existing in the Province, in addition to the Lodges owingaUegiance to the Grand Lodge of Canada, ll.nd which are now all upon the registry of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, nyc Lodges Illllier warrants from the Grand Lodge of England, and two under warrailts froni the Grand Lodge of Scotland. Two of the English and one of the Scotch Lodges took pll.rt in the formation of the Grand Lodg-e of Quebec, but the three remaining: English Lodges, and the Scotch Lodge. Elgin, at Montreal, have continued to work undei' their originll.l warrants and still refuse to ackuowledcye the supremacy' of the (~rand Lodge of Quebec, notwithstanding it has made every effort consisteut with its honor lind oignity, and in the most amicable spirit, t{) secure their allegiance. In 1877, having received the unconditional' recognition of the Grand LooKe of 8cotland, the Grand Lodge of Quebec suggested to that Grand Lodgc the propriety of f.lirecting Elgin Lodge to take such steps as might be neces>:ary to p1ace itself llnoer it>: jurif'rUc.t.iou: whereupon the Graud Lodge of Scotland withdrew its recognitiou of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, recalled the commission of its newly-appoiu.ted Representatiyc to that body, aud gmnted warrant~ for two new Lodges within the Province of Quebec. In the absence of auy delamtiou of the Grand Lodge of Scotland as to the motiycs which governect its action, this is no plaec to discuss that phase of the SUbject; but t.lw actiou it.self and the manner in which it was taken, conveys a pninful sense of n lack of that mllgnanilnity which"ve are aft to associate with our idelll of a powerful hod\', . crowned with years and conscious 0 . its own respectability. . Whatever diversity of opinion might have existed among American Grand Lorlges as to their duty had they beeu brought face to face with the question of sustaining b~' immediate action the Grand Lod~e of Quebec in an attempt to server hy coerciyc lIleasures the Gordian Knot of difficulty presented.. by the presence of foreign Lodge>:' lllreadyon its territory, therc elm and will be no ctivisiou as to the delllauds put upon them by this indefensible act of planting new Lodges there, by which the Grand Lodge of Scotland has ruthlessly disturbed the peace of the Masonic worlel. . The ahove are bold, grnnd words. The act of Scotland is indefensible, ano will J)(, condemned by all American Gmnd Lodges. We trust that the act will be calJ('clle(1 beforc nou-fraternity becomes {he oroer of the day on this continent. \"c lIlllst-we will sJJst~lin the doctrine below: Every Grnnd Lodge on this continent is founded upon and maintains t.he rlortrine of the supreme and therelore exclusive jurisdict.ion of each within it~ territoriRl limit."': a.nd it is lIIevit..'1,ble that. they should treat a.~ a COlllmon enemy.any J\[asonic power that deliberately invades the domain of anyone of their number. Concerning "Spain" and "Scotland," the Grand Lodge of Illinois, through her committees. made declarationf', the sound whereof will go out into all I.he earth. LN them ring. Your Committee spceially commend the action of our lII. '\'. Grand Mastel' in refusing to recognize a.~ II Masonic body the Grand'Orient of Spain. His reMons for snch action are clear and convincing, And proyC that it is a body which entJrel\: cli~I'l'g-aros the ancient landmark!> of ollr Ordel', and therehy places itself withont. 11](' 'pnle of' 0111' .i\!asollil: family. _

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Nf',<oll'cd, That the .M, W. the ('raud Lo(]g-e of llJinoi~, jealou:-; alike of her OWII ~oH~rei~n power alHI that of her "i~ter Grand Lodges, hereby dedare t.hat the Ullwarrllnted lIdion of the ::\L W. the Grand Lodge of Scotland, in invading the jurh;(liction of the ;'1. W, the (,rand Lodge of Quebec, by planting two Lodge~ within the limit;; of her lL'rritory. as conceded to the (;ral\(l Lodge of Quebec by H.ll the Grund Lodges of );orth .\meriea-with one exeeptiQn-~honld receive such action on the part of the Grand Lodge of IJIinoi" as the importance of the case demands; and be it further Rf'.<oll'I'({, That the )1. W. (,rand ::\!a."ter of IIJinois is hereby rel1l1e~ted to isslle. ru; soon as jlrlteticable. his edict, notifying the constituent Lodges nnder his jnrisdktioll of lhe filets in the (:asc, lIud interdicting' aJl further l\Jasonie communication with the t;rnl\(l Lodge of 8cothmd, and all individuall\Iasons owing allegiance thereto.

('rfllHl l\fastcr Robbins, after :lllllouncing some nine decisions, dosed his second ollieial Address in elegant and expressive terms. We congratulate him 011 his retirement from n position so creditably lind honorably fiJled. We eungratulatc the Grand Lodge that hUllore(1 it:-elf in his elenlthm, and honore(] hill!. by its (:ontidence. Any ('rand L()(lg-c is fortunate in being served by a Brother of such ability and energy. )Iay hi:> Su(x'c:<"or~ ue a~ numerous as he is di~tingnished. He doses thus: Here, Brethrcn. as I elo~e the record of my stBwaTdship, T pause ere I again rCSUlJ1e Illy place in the ranks, to acknowledge with grateful heart your partiality in twke ele\'HtiJlg me to It position \yhich to ha\'e held for a single term might welJ he the goal of an honorable nmbition. / ~atblied alike with the meH.sure of its honors and the burdcn of its relinljllbh the one as ~ladly as I :shall put off the other. ,

Cllrc~,

~hal1

Thc newly in~talle(l GrlLlld ::\!aster, M. W. Bro. Uumey, deli\'ered an appropriate inaugural l\(ldres:>, whieh, wit.h the annual oration deliyered by GraHd Orator Bro. Sample, Hl'l'Cars in the printed Proceedings. CO){REH'O~J)E~(;E.

The .\nnual "Re\'iew" \I'a:; prepared by Bro. Theodore (,urney (now (irallt] ~[aster). It is an able alltl exhaustiyc Report, eoyering nearly two hundred page.", and is in keeping' with former Reports from that jurisdiction, <\:; well 'as with the' general awl dC\'llted character of l,rand Lodge operations. . RI'.'oll'cd, That the Grand Lodge of Tllinoi~, :\. F.& A. )1., re~pcctflllly (1cdinc to recugnize the" Grand Lodge of Colon" as a gOH~rning body of ::::ymbolie )Iasonry. Rf'.'oll路cd. That the applic<ltion of the "Grand Lodge of );ew South Walc..s" for recognilion,' be referred to the Committee on Correspondence for further eon:;iderntiull. Rc,<oll'cd. That the ~Iost Worshipful. (;ralltl Lodge of Tllinoi:; extend frntcmal recognition to t.he lIlost 'Yori;hipful Grand Lodge of Indian Territory. NI',,()Il'l'd. That the ::\10st Worshipfnl Grand Lodge of lllinois extend frawmal recognition to the :;\!ostWori;hipflll Grand Lodge of Kew.Mexieo.

The llbo\-e resolutions were pre:;ellted by Bro. l;U1:ney, and adopted. From the body of his Report we would like to make many extracts. Want of space furbid~.

)Iissouri is dosely Gilt] kindly noticed. );umerous alld extended extracts were made from the Address of our Grand :Master Hylund, which is pronomiced o'ne "of exceptional ability IlIld excellence." After quoting therefrom, concerning ZeredathlL Lodge, Bro. (;nrney SHyS: "0, for more Rylands." To that prayer, we utter a lOUd, deep Amen. Bro. Ullmey, hadHg been elected GraHd l\faswr, vacates the position so ably filled as C1Htirman of the Committee 011 Correspondence. 'While rejoicing at his elevation to the l'rand Ea.st, \I-e sincerely regret losing him from the reportorial corps. His" tidings from the Craft" have been" good," and we have read them to profit. While our 10s15 is his

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gain, the "Craft" will hear" good tidings" from hb able ~ld Yer!:'atile sueeessor, )L W. Bro. Robbins. We eX)lcet a rare treat from Illinois n.ext fall. From our knowledge of Bro. UUrJley, as a writcr, we look for great things, because he is Grand )faster. From Bro. Robbins, as Committee on Foreign Correspondence, we expect mueh, becausc he has hccn Umnd )laster, and showed what is in him. To our old friend and valued Brother Dr. Robbins, we extend our haml awl bid him welcome to a place among thc gleaners alld workers ill the field of correspondence. Reluctantly we dose our J;eYiew of the Grand I..odge of lllinois. THEODORE T. GtJRXEY, Chicago, G. ill. ,TOlIK F. BeRRELL, Springfield, G. 8ec. JOSEPH ROBBINS, Quillcy, Com. on For. Cor.

KANSAS, 1878. The Twenty-third .\nl1ual Odober Hi, lS78.

~ession

of the (,nmd LOllge of Kansas lllet in AtchisOll,

Prcsent: }l. \Y. John Guthric, G. )I.; R. W. Joll1l H. BroWll, G.

~cc.

The A<ldress of (;ralHl )laster Guthrie was worthy of it." author, and is a thorollghly IHlsiness paper. He says: I)urillg the pust Masonic ye,Lr the Cmft has bccn blessed with pellee alld general

HÂˇ(Jsperity . The ~upreme Architect of the lJniycrse has vouchsafed to our ~tlltc abullrlant jll\n'cst and 'protected our people in a marked dcgree, while pestilence has fillctl thousands of gmyes in some of thc

~tates of

the Cllion.

~ix llCW Lodges had been institl:ltcd Under Dispenation dl'l'illg the year.

Thc tbJlowing dech;ion was rendered by the Grand )Iaster. 1. Iu the absence of the Worshipful :Master, Senior and Junior Warden~, t.he oldest l'llsl illaster present shall succeed to all the powers, rights and privileges of thc Worshipful )laster. â&#x20AC;˘ . ~. In nre absence of the Worshipful )faster, Senior find JUliior War(lcns. either of thc first four Grand Officers in the order of their rank mayauthorizc lUHl cmpower a competent Brother ~Iaster )fas~)ll to assemble :said Lodge, who sl1all suceecd to al1 the )lower:s, rights and priYilegcs of the Worshipful :Master while acting 11IHler :snch authority.

We were as llIuch surprised at the above ruling, as we were llelighted with thc jjlHljng of the Committee Oil Jurbprndenee. Here it is: That we rec.ollll11en<l the approval of the rcported <leeisions of the ~Iost Worshipful Gnl1l<l :\lastcr, cxccpting the one relating to the right of 11 Pa.st ~Jastcr to sll<:cee(l to alJ the rights, powers and privileges of the :\Iaster ill the a.bsence of the three principal otlkers of the Lodge. Concerning this we /Say. that the gencral rule hi that )"J..st Masters, as such, possess no rights and privileges in a )laster )IlJ..<;on's Lodge IIOt possessed by any )Ia~ter Ma.son, except those specifically granted them by their particnlar Grand Lodge or cxtended to them by courtc~y. TIHtllks to Bros. Adams, Price and Ba.<;sett, Committee, Illr their timely interference. The doctrine cnul1ciated by Bro. Guthric, Urllnd )Iru;tcr, is simple hercsy, and subversive of all right.,; bchlllg'ing to Lodges l1nd Lodge officers. The tCIHlency and rcsults would be

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A Pa~t ~la~ter h ~illlply a J)((I;( OFFlClm. ,That is all. .\~ an (~Ifi(;(;r, (mi. of he has no more righf..':;, privileges, and powers, than 811 ex-.Justiee of the Peace as all olTIcer of the law. di~a:-;trous.

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The (3rand Orieut of France W,l.." disfranchised.' ~cotland reeeived noti<~c. Thc American principle of cxclusive jurisdiction is asserted, alld ::-;('otland adjudged a,,; violating Grand Lodge comit~路. by (~~tabli,,;hing Lodges within the limit.,; of the Uralld Lodge of Quebec. Indian Territory )o[asOllry received a fraternal recognition, and its Grand Lodge was welcomed into the sisterhood of sovereign jurisdir.tiom. Fraternal mention was malIc of the worthy dead of the year, embrncing their own .

allll t.hose of other jurisdictiom. 'fh i,,; , concerning Bro. Wheeler: ~lost Worshipful Bro. A. .J. Wheeler, of ~cerctary of the ~lasonic Board of Relief

Memphi!'i, Pa...,;t Grand :Ma,,,ter of Tellncssee un(l of Memphis, has fallen It victim to the ycllow lever pest.ilence at his 'post of duty. Bro. Wheeler was a ripe scholar, a m,Ul of IIl1im}leachable integrit.y, a true philanthropist devoted to t.he Cratt and the welfare of society. He (lied a martyr to the cause for which he lived. In the liJelong )Iasonic carcer of tIJi!'i dcparted Grand Master we recognize the exemplification of those principles which lire .. mightiest in the mightiest, and become t.he throned monarch better than his cruwl1." H. W. Bro..John W. Smith, the first Deputy Grand ~la."ter of Kansas, h:Ld diell during the year. His decease was ,,;udden and among- !'itrlUlgers. "He fell dead ill the ~treet.~ of )Jemphis, Tenn., December 18, 18ii." His remains were brought from the ~unny 8011th to his choscn resting place in "Highland Cemetery," lIig-hland, Kas., where they were deposited, January 2;'), ISiS. Of him thir; mention is made by the Gr:Llld )Olaster:

Hrt). Smith was born ill Rockingham county, Virginia, Ii!)l, and made a. ~las()n in 1.'\Hi. and in IH53 he came tl) this 8tn.t~. He organized the /irst Masoni(~ Lodge in the Territory of Kansas. When this Grand Lodge was organized our venerable Brother was eleded Hllll im-talled its first Deputy lirand )'faster. He died without property and he had no living relittivcs that. are known to any of his friends. Our vcnerable Brother was present at the last communication or this l'raud Lodge. On that occasion he briefty but. leelingly a.ddressed the Cmft present. Hc predicted tllllt he would ncver meet with t.his (-'rand Body again. This prediction is verified. He ha,,!; gonc to t.he .. !'iilcnt city." He has obeyed t.he summons of the Grand lIJaster uf the l'iJiverse. Brethren, we have been called upon in this dispensation of Providence to' IIwurn the los~ of one whose life was devoted to t.he principles of morality and virtue. The )'lemorial Committee presented a Hepoh, from which we take two resolutions: ]ll',,</Jll:al, That we deeply teel the loss of one whose wise counscl assisted in forming and gUiding t.he policy of ~e Masonk Brotherhood of t.his State duriug the earliest history of the Fra.ternity in Kausa.r;, and that "'e hereby. acknowledge our indebtedness \.0 him for t.he wise management of the first Lodge orgauized in this ~Iasollic jurisdiction.

R"8olred, That we recognize in the life of our late lamcnted Brotl1(~r an illustration of the bcuutiful aud pure principles of our time-honored Fraternit.y, and the example of an honest llnd upright citizen. ..

(;encrous and glowing t.ributes were paid to the Masonic drtues of the deecasell by Past ,Junior Grand Warden Vanderslice and Past Grand )'laster Adams. Bro. Vaudersliee referred to t.he early days of ~rasonry, mid 9f the Grand Lodgc, when he and Bro. Smith assi8ted in organizing the first Lodge ever worked on the 80il of KaniiM. The following was adopted in connection with t.he above: Re,'ull'cd, That the <;l)mmittec on Monumcnt to Bro. Bee,,; be, and hen~by are instructed to procure a ~uit.able monument to the memory of our.late Bru. .John W. Smith, the 1irst Deputy Urand Master of this Grand Lodge, and that the .committee be authorized to draw,

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UpOIl the Grand Treasurer lor It :;um not to exceed one huudrcd dolJlLr~, or so much thereof as may be necessary, wh~ncver, in their jUdgment, the fimoullt CaJl bc judiciously cxpended. â&#x20AC;˘

Thus ,the Grand Lodge of Kansas honored itself by a nohle act, in. honoring its servant, an aged pioncer and faithful workcr. COHRE~I'ONDENCl'.

The Report is from thc ILblc aud versatile ,Pen of our estecmed Brother lillll feII~wÂ laborer, John II. Brown, Grand Secretary. There is certainly no depreciation in interest or attractivene.~s sho\\'u in this Report, Bro. Brown uses discreti<?ll ill his selections alH} displays laTge and varied abilities in his comments. In a spccial Report he prescnted the following coucerning Bro. Whccler of Tennessee: Rc.~()lvcd,

That we deeply lament with our Brethren of the State of Teunessee the loss of their belovcd Brother. Past Grand :\iaster Andrew .J. Whcelcr. By his untimelv death the Craft in that Gl'flnd .lnri~diction have becn deprived of one of the most zealous and liLithful workmen in their ranks. He was remarkablc for his devoted and st~adrast attachment to the sublinw teachings of Freemasonry. Rf;'o()lrul. That It page in the Proceedings of this annual communicntion be set ujJart ill mcmoral to the good Brother named ill t.he foregoing resolution .

. And in the same Repor't thi~ on the Scotland invasion: Rf80l/ocd, That the Grano Lodge of KlIn~as holds as a matter of unquestionablc law thlLt when a Grand Lodge has beell regularly organized in accordanee with the law and usage of the-Order, in any political tcrritory, it has the nlldonhted right to the exelnsivc :Ma~onic jurisdietioll withm such territory, ano thu.t the erectioll or continuance of Lod~es by any other Grand Lodge against the supreme authority, is an inY:\;;ion of jurisflictlOIl111 rights, H.nd is aJike subversive of good govel'l1lllen~ and disloyal to ?llasonic constitptional aut.horit.y. ]ll'su[r('(/" That the Grand Lodgc of Kansas, having -esULblished fratel'llal relatiolls with the Grand Lodge of Qncbec. and recognized it as one of the sist.erhood of Gl'lI.lld Looges possessing' exclusivc jurisdiction within that Masonic province, vicws with regr!)t and deep concern the unwarranted invasion of the tcrritory of the Grand Lod~e of Quebec by the Grand Lodge of Scotland, in the attemptto organize and maintlllll l,()d~es in that Province holding allegiance to the said Grand Lodge 'of Scotland.

R('.~ullxd, That the Grano Lodgc of Kansas will hereby join with other Grand J,ollges in fraternal remonstrance with the Grand Lodge of Scotland, in the hope that she may be induced to reconsider herllction in the true interest of Masonry, so long established as an eminent governing body, whose practice has ever been to conserve the principles of Masonic right and universal justice.

In the review of :'IIissouri, quotations are made from our Proceedings for 1877, aud ,from the Address of Grand :Mllster Ryland. As touching the trial of three conspirators against the Vnited I:'tates revenue laws, by a Lodge in this State, Bro. Brown says: Thercfore the charge of conspiracy, at least, being clearly proven, we havc 110 doubt lhat in this case a l\lu.sonic offense was committed ;1"'; charged. The Grand Lodge laid down the rule, long since, that all violations of the criminal laws of the land werc :i\lasonic offenses. This leaves an open l)uestion to be decided in every instancc, namely, whether an offense is a violation of the criminal law or not. Inasmuch liS O'CI'!I violation <;>1' law is a blow at public morals. it would secm well if this nne hair-splitting distinction were dropped in cases like this, and men who arc 10u1Id sufficielltly lax in business honor to lay themselves open to the laws be promptly ousted from our honoreo Order, We have to ignore the clamor of personal feeling and attachment 1'0\' Bro. Brown, else we would extend this rcview to ail extreme length in quoting from his cxcellent Report. EDWIN D. HII,LYER, VaIley Falls, G. 1\1. JOHX H. BROWN, Wyandotte, (re-elected) G. Sec.

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KENTUCKY, 1878. The Se\'ell(.y-Ilillth Gralld Alluual COllllUullicatiull of this Gmnd Lodge was held ill beginning October :22, IS78.

LOlli~yi1Je,

~1.

W. Campbell H. Johmion, G. M.; R. W. Himm

na8se~t,

G. Sec.

There were presentsev(;llteen P;\ST l;RA"I) MASTERS, an UllllSllal fttten<lallce. A large Humber of Past :Mastcrs were pre:;ent, wUh Representatiyes from mallY snbordin!ttes. The ...\ nnual Address sho\n; official attcntioll had been gh'en to much bu:;ine:;s ill that jllris<1ictioll, embracing all the interests of the Craft. Kelltneky is a large jnrisdidion with large ellterpri:;e and purposes, alld large work must be performea by those W110 gavel'll well the Fraternity there. And wisc!y and well WllS it oone by Grand ::\lastel' .Johnson. And th'e l;mno Lodge conducted it:; business with such discretion and bre\'it.y, that "we)) oone" may be said of all. The opening paragraph of the Addre!;:;

Aftcr II: separn.tion of a year we find ourse} ve:; agaill :l.'<sembled in (; r!tlH] Lodge, leaYing our vari(')Us paths of life and oe<:npation, ana 路brought tog-ether with one mino. am] for onc'cause, viz,. the ad\'ancement or )Tasollry in our jurisdic.tioll ILnd路t.he elevation of nHLllkind, As we look bad~ over the <lays, weeks. iLnd months t.hltt have passec] iLnd are now numbered with the things that wew. we recall the duties performed or the ollties nc,erleded; we sec the opport.unities and privileges presentcd but not gTll_':iped; we sec the slIlishine nlHl e!ow1, the joy:; and sorrows through whieh we have passed. yet we are prone to look forward with nn eye single tD pleasure and happine~s, and away from e\'.ery lhought of sorrow; lmt as we look aToUlHl us to-day npon the mauy familiar faees turned upon liS, we litil to sec some who were wont to fill their places here yea.r after year, thu~ reminding UI') of the frailty of lIlan, and that We are all pas:;ing- away..Yet, my Bret.hren, Jet us hope that they haxe been received into the Grant} Lodge ou high, prcsi(1cd' o\'cr by our Supreme (; rand Tllaster, whose very being is goodness a.nd kin(lne~s, and whose ~a\'e! is wielcle,) \\'ith meJ'('~', ll.IH) that they were received into fuJI fellowship and givcll seats preparcd fur the faithful CmftSl11l1n, whose work was c\'er square, good, and-true. Deeisions were rendere(1 1LUlounting to half a hundred. ill formation ;

We extract some for gencral

The Gralld Master hl\s the power to arrest the charter of ailY :;ubor<lilllltc Lodge in hisjurisdietiol4, when he is convinced that the good of Masonry demands it. A cha.rter ean only be revoked by the Grand Lodge granting it. The Grand Lodge has the right to levy a tax on subordinate Lodges, or individual ::\1a:;on:; living in its jurisdiction, .\ subordinate Lodge ha.':i no right to sell or otherwise dispose of its eJ1cds. when it has in view the surrender of its chartH, ur believes that their charter will be arrested. Any 禄1aster )fason in good stanoing can prefer charges a.gainst an offender, whether he be a member of the same Lodge or not, It is not necessary for a Lodge to have its ny, Laws printGd to make them bilHling.

. A )Iaster of a Lodge cannot declare a by-law 01' set of hy-laws null and void, unles::; they arc ill :dolation of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge or Landmarks. Taking the name of God in vain, or blaspheming, is a :\lasonie oflcnse. The incorporation of a subordinate Lodge by the Legislature docs not affect the relation existing between the Grand t..oc1geand mid suboniinate, G. L,-Al'.4.

all c.ru/,(liuJn worthy of its aut.hor:

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"'hen il person make~ all Itctllal 1I100'C (Jut of thc ~tatc, 110 matter it" he illtcllll~ at some future timc to return, his proper phtee to petition i~ the place ill which he li\"(~s. A dause ill the By-Laws, making memhers life /lwIIlIJCr.~ 011 certa.ill eOllllitioll':, docs 1I0t prcvent the Lodge from making a life member 91" some Brother for s)JCcial reai>Olls. In case onc black-ball appears the iSecond time, on 11 petitioll for initilltioll, allll it h lIot withdrawn by the second sUltcd meeting thereafter, the ctllldidatc cilllllot l'ctitioll agaill for olle yeltr. A )Iaster Masoil CIUlilOt be deprived of hi:; rights as such except uy due t,rial allll conviction..

It i.â&#x20AC;˘ '/u'!:r'.'.w'I'!1 thut a )Ia~ler eket shonld ha\'e the I)({.~I Jr(/_~f(;I".~ degree ueJ(lI'e in,:tallat.ion: but if he has received the degree ill a Chapter it is not uecessary to COli fer it agaill ur reouligate hU11. !i,,;

The )lnstcr hlls two votes iu the decbioll of :tll qucstiolls before the LOllge ill which :t appears, but uot in the election of officers.

1.'1)(1;

.\ member can be HliSpellded for failillg or rcfuiSiug to pay the assessmellt. the salllc ai> for dues. , The aetioll of 'a Lod~e expellillg a member scvers hi::; cOllllcdiOl~ \\'ith that Lol1l{c. If t.he l~rand Lod~e reinstates him he sl.llllds as It dimittcd .:Ilasoll in good stallding; alld to become a member again of any Longe he Illnst petitiou reg-ularly awl abi(le hi:> timc. .\ Lo(lgc can remit the

dlle~

of one of it.s

~Ilspendcd

members and

.\ Past )Iaster just passing the chair can be tri'ed b)' his Lodge for While ~Iaster. A

rein~t~ltl'

him .

u~lInas()nie actions

Lodge has the right tu bury lluuu-aftiliated .i\lusuu if they eJect to do suo

A Lodge eallnot remit the dues (or reeeivc the same from the fiunily or friends) of a

dead Brother, who died under sll,:pension for non-payment of cllles, allll bury him with )Iasonic honor,:. The \'iolatiuu uf the ehllstity of a/el//u1l: is It )fw;uuic offense, and should be ]Hlnbhed :1>; :meh. .\n offense against l\la.::;onry i~ a violation of the laws of Go'] or of the cO\lIltry, . therefore we are Ilot only. bound to respect those within the pale. but aU. .\ eandid/lte for al!":lIll:enJeut or membership, whu i~ rejeded on the seeullll ballot hy one black-ball. cannot petition agaiu in aless time than three mouths, unless thc objecting member voluntarily wlth(lram; his ohjeetion, in open Lodge, by the second mecting thcreafter. After It petitiull is reeeh'ed and reterred it (:annot be wit.hdrawn except. lJY 1I11llllinwlIs e<)IlsenL expressed through the ballotÂˇhox. [This is the law in this jurisdiction. yet I thillk. that after a petitic!H has becn recch'ed and referred it should either be received allll plncen in the t.emple, or be rejected and cast. alllong the l'Ilbbi:>h.j ':\n oftker of a Lo(lge canllot dimitor resign. He obligates himself to perl<)1'I]) cert.ain duties for a eertain time. cOllscquently a resignation or climit would be a Yiol:ltion of his free lind volllntary obligation. A )lll.sollk LOllge eallllot turll out ill puulie proecssioll liS a Lo(lge, exeept 1m olle or the festival days or fit t.he fUlleral of It )fllster )fason, except by Di:;penslltioll. A Llltlge CIUI try :l.IIy of its ufficers, except thc Mastel', ji)r

lInma~ullie

~ollle of the,:e rulings would 1101. suit uur juri:;<lietion. acceptable ill Kcntueky, and harmonize with their laws.

dOIl(!uel.

\\'e lJresullle they IIrc

'(he (;ralltl ;\la,:ter aSiSullletl what we regard as' .. high gru1I1Hl" :L~ to .. prerogative"." He be1ic\'es the Cirund :\Iaster has the right to grant Dispcnsations to .. <:ol1fer degTees out of time." Thb htngullg'e is quoted to sU':htin hi:; \'iews: "Thc prcrugati\'e of the Graud )Ia!'ter til gl'llllt Dispcnsatioll': j<))' conlelTiug l.lcgrees at irregular times, is IUlOther \'cry importallt Laudmark." Hut Gra,ud Lodge,: hlt\'e deeided. in numerous in~tallce,:, t.hat candilla-te;; 1I1USt wait ";0 long before receiving uegrce:;: Who hi suprelllc'! t.he Grallli

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:Ma~ter or the Grand Lod~e? ,\Vhell a Brother becOlnesa mC'JI1Jber of th~ Grand ]~odge, he, must conform to the 1aw~ governing that Body. \Vhen elevated to the high offiee;bfGraud :M:aster by his Brethren, he l1lust enforce said laws. He finds the law in existence requiring ca'ndidates to wait a given tin1e before receivilrg the degrees. Is it not his solemn duty to keep-not lnelld, alter, break or suspend the law'? 'Vhereill does' h~ find any authority to suspend a law of the Grand I...odge? Not in the law itself, certainly.' 'Ve believe that until Grand Lod~es are aholishcd, the rC8tricU-vc rule throwl} around Grand l\'Iasters, preventing their exerc~se of t!lis prerogative, Inust prevail. Grand l\'Iasters are not above the law of Grand Lodges. The latter are Sl;PREME, the former are not, but under la\\'.

There was a division among the Committee on Jurisprudence concerning Grand, :Master's prerogatives. 'rwo Reports were lwesented.' 'Ve are pleu.~ed to rec~rd the finding of the majority, which路was adopted as'follows: Upon the nl3,tte1' of prerogatives of the :Most \Vorshipful Grand Master,' the COlllmittee are not unaniluous; tbe under:-;igned, a majority, being of 'opinion that the prerogatives exercised must conform to and not violate the provisions of the confoititution-as' for instance, section 5, article :3, page '142, Proceedings of 1877, is in these words:

~'Nor shall any degree be conferred in less than one lunar 1110nth ailer the previous degree has been conferred, on the Stune person." , . Such being th~ fact, we eoneci.ve that it is not in the power of the Most 'Vorshipfu] Grand Master to disregard that provision of the constitution, or anyone of a similar charader; but that in every instance the constitution, as prescriberl by the Grand J... odge, should be observed. .

"7e transfer to this Report the following wise words and timely. utterances concerning llie INC0Rl'OUATION OF SlJBQRDINATE LODGES.

I beg leave to snbnlit to the Grand Lodge the propriety of forbiddiug foiubordinate JJodges frOln incorporating themselves independent of the Grand Lodge. Thi.s custom hu.::; become so prevalent in Kentucky that in any serious question of enlergency it will be impossible. or at least extrCll1ely difficult, for the Grand Lodge to maintain neces~ary suprema.cy; I am firnlly of the opinion, that had thi.s been enforced years ago, a vast anl0unt of the serious complications of my term of office would have been avoided. rl~he opinion of that sound jurist, Judge John L. Lewis, Past Grand Master of New York, alld formerly of the Supre"lne Bench of that State, was long ago given in opposition to the practice. In ISH7, :Most 'Vorshipful vVilliam Silas \Vhitehead, Grand :Master of New .Jersey, ga've the following reasons for opposing it, and asking his Grand Lodge to forbid the practice. He says: ,. I have lately given this subject SOl1le examination, and the conclusion to whieh I have arrived, is, that the. incorporation of l\iasonie bodies is \ i';ubversive of tl1e true principles of 'Masonic governnlent, and ininlical to the prosperity and perpetuity of the Institution. It sweeps away the appellate jurisdiction of the Grand Lod~e and Grand :Master, and subordinates the :Masonic to the civil authorities up0.n questIOns strictly ~{as~nic." Grand Master JOhnsOll had cause to wish this abolllinable the ocean, and others have felt the saUle. \

CllStolll

at the ljottom of

FINANCES.

The financial condition of the 'Grand Lodge is thus treated: This question is one that we are called upon. to consider with a greater degree of interest than has heretofore been manifested. This condition of our finances has been brouglit about. by a complication of CirCU111stances, but the causes we have to consider, , and the only ones we can hope to change in a nlanner to arrest the fast depleting treasury of qUI' Gran~ Lodge, is,' 1st, The Inileage a~lcl ptJr dieTl1 of the officers and nienibers of ~~l~ Grand Lodge. '2d, The dilatory manner ill which business is transacted. 'stretc]ling the lueetings out to four day~ when three would he arnple time if we would mect prOlnptly, and eommittces and delegates ~vould go to their labors in earnest. '

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He reconll11ended the reduction of mileage and per dienl. Referred to n, special committee of three, with instruction~ to report thereon at the next annua.l session of the Gbtnd Lodge. The session was certainly a. brief oue: during which ll1uch business was transacted of great importance. Missouri PlL)'S no 11lileage nor per diem, and docs all her business ill three days. Forillerly we ,vere in session frOl11 four to six days, with less than half our present nUlllber of Lodges and business. " The dil~tory maliner of transacting business" bclong~ to the past with us. Here followsalnost sensible and practidLl paragraph. tersely put: SCSPE~SIO~S' ,VITHOFl'

TRIAL.

It is correct teaching, alld '

So many cases have come to 111y knowledge, in which Brethren have been ~l1spellded , from all the privileg-es of :Ma~onry for non-paynlent of dues. 1.vlthollt a trial, that I oeem it advisable for the (~rand Lodge to lay down the law upon this subject in even stronger terms than heretofore. SOIne argue that as the By-Laws lay down a li'mit at which a Brother can rel11ain in Inembership without paynlent. and if he exceed this limit he virtually :'illspcnds himself. This is poor logic as it is in direet eontravention of the eonstitution. The true rCl11edy is. to elect Seeretaries who will attend to their business. nlld regularly collect the dues of the Lodge, not leaving this business to attend to ii~e] f. /~Iy experience is, that the rnost negligent of Brethren will pay their dues if called upon regularly, and before the anlount has accunlulated to a sum too large for then1 to meet at one thne. Three Dh;pensatiolls to institute new Lodges were granted: Reason~ for refu:-.;illg 11lany petitions, like other views, are sound, practical and business-like. Touching the scourge that visited the South with such fearful violence, he speaks , well chosen words: Villages, towns, and cities ha.ve been 1"01: a time depopulated. The b:usy thoroug-hJitre has been turned into a deserted place, its stillness only equaled by the ~nvful gloom hanging over all. In all of this desolation and affliction our Fraternity has beeu eompelled to bear a large portion of the loss. \Vhile some of the most prOl11ineut 111el11bers of the J~raternity in Tennessee. Mississippi. and LouisiantL have fallcn in the discharge of duty, scores of nlore obscure, yet not less true and worthy Brethren, have gone to that Lodge eternal in the Heavens, where sickness and sorrow aTe not 1\:110Wll. \Vhile we were sYlnpathb~ing with our Bl~ethern ill the South, the fell de~tro~Ler entered our own jurisdiction, and al11108t annihilated Fulton Lodge, No: 120. I would ree0111111end that the ,dues of this Lodge be relnitted, and that the amount of thdr asseSSnlellt be paid to 'the HOlllC by the G-rand Lodge. Doubtless a nnnlber of wjdo\V~ alld orphans are left to the eare of the Fraternity. How thankful we should be tl,lllt we have a Ji)nne for all sneh, where they can come without llloney or price, and be cared for and protected; and what a blessing would such acllarity as the Masonic "Vidows' and Orl?hall~' HOlue be to the plague-sticken States of the Sop.th. . And,now, while we give praises to the Grand Master of the Universe for the manifold blessings and eOlnforts we enjoy, let us drop a tear of fraternal love and ~Y111rH1thy over the loss to our sister jurh;dictions, and comnlend thepl to the fatherly care of hiIn who doeth all things well. . \Vell luay the 'Masons of Kentucky and their Grand 'Master rejoice. They have a home for the needy~an asylU111 for the distressed. The following will'give idea of the joy felt by Kentucky Craftsmen:

At })() tilne ill the history of Kentucky l\Iasonry has there beell a lnore glorious l11oment. and the heart of every Mason in thisjurisdiction should well up with pride, not onl)" that he is a Mason tried and true, trusted and honoTed"but that he IS a, Kentucky ,,:vlason. The Temple-"The Home"-:-is c0111pleted! Great and joyous tidings to the Craft'

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.l1ppendi.x. To the Power Almighty, who ever·has guided The tribes of old Israel. exalting their fame: To Him who hath governed our heart.., undivided, Let's send forth onr voices to praise fIii; g-reat name. There is no more oeeasion for level or plumb-line. For trowel or gavel. for compass or square; Our works are finished, Tile J-{()1/1C com]J/eted, • And we shall be greeted as workmen most mre.

This magnificent building, like Solomon's Temple, has occupied more than seven years in its (>onstrnetion. and has engageo so many workmen, ann been dired,ed hy so many 11!iHI? and rdc/n'nlen Craftsmen, may, like that celebrated Temple, give'way to Oil' In.pse of time, the ruthless hand of ignorance, or the devastation of war, but the holy pmposes for which it was ereeteo will indelibly engrave it upon the hearl$ nf the Fl'ate1'llit~·, and its praises will be transmitted from generation to generation, llno thns it will prove it.self fin indestructible monnmcnt to the reality of ~fllsonk charity and the lJenevolenre of Kcntueky,:Masons,

I dare say that could J penetrate the blissful realms of Paradise, and walk through their pearly gates, and traverse the golden streets, I would be met by the hundreds of true an<l tried Brethren who have gone to that blissful abode. leaving their loved ones in tlw ('.lHe of their Brethren here, WllO would he carger,to express their pleasure in the m)llkept obJig-nt.ions of Kentucky :\fasons. Should not the knowleogc of duty performed, llnd that the performance of that duty will be praised and commended not only by those henefiteo here, but by the charitable world at large, by the angels who throng arolllill the Throne, and by our Supreme Grand Master who sitteth on the Thl'One; for as 'Masons we arc taught that Faith muy be lost in sight, Hope en? in frnition, but. Charity tends beyond the grave through·the boundless realms of etermty, , In as mnch as ye have ministered tinto these, God's poor, ye have ministered unlo Him, Great is your reward now. But wait! Ah, :Masons of Kentucky, yonrs is the great ,1[((.o01l/'C 'York of the century. On the second day of the session, the gmnrl dedicatory ceremonies were performed, when that noble Institution, the" MASon ic Widows' and Orphaps' Home and Infirmary," rereiYed its baptism of tears and consecration of love. The Masonic Widows' and Orphans" Home was larking in the programme to render the occasion tmnspired in the history of :Masonry in Kentucky. several hundred visiting :Masons from all parts of the wem of extraordinary interest.

dedicated, OetoQer 23d, with nothingone of the most imposing that ever

A great crowd of people, in<'1ll<ling"

State, were present, (llld the excrdses

In 186G the idea of providing a Home "for the destitute widows and orph(llls of lleceased Ma.sons of Kentucky," took . formal sha.pe. In 1867 a chnrter was obtaineeJ ineorporating the Institution, The names of the founders deserve a place in history'!,! hl'i,~'htest page, for snch shall he had in ".Everlasting Remembrance," Here they :'lI'e: PI'i".'idcnl-Thomas L. Jefferson. Trw8111'cr-George C. Buchanan. S"rI'l'!m·y-H. B. Grant. Arlrnl-E. S. Fitch. ROCll'd of ])i1"('rlol'.~-Dr, John Bull, L. B. Porch, George C. Rnellllllnn, Dr. E. Rie'har<l' son, ,rill. 1'. Boone, \\'m. Ryan, C, Henry Finck, Thea. Schwartz, Thomns L. Je!ff'rson, Chal'lcs Tilden, John H. Lent-hers, John L. WheM, Wm. H. l\ldn~rt, Gen. W. Wic'ks, Hemy Wehmhoff. We make this extract further fl'Ol'n the history of t.he Home: On the 24th of September, 1869, the lale T. T. Shreve dOllat.cd three and 11. half nne" of beautifully situated 'ground to the org-anizlltioll, and at tho.t meeting- of the (iran<] Lnd~e in t.he following month the ctll'1ler-stnne of t.he Homc was laid with npPl'Opriat(· Cl'rl'lllony. During the first twclve months the north wing of the bniTc1illl-{ was rompll'!l'l!. and at the meetiJII:: of the Gl'illH.l Lodge, 011 the l~!h of OrtA)beJ'.. IS70, ,the tirst. dediefl.tion

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of the building occurred with the solemn and imprcssive services of the Order. This much of the building being then ready for oe(~upancy, all the available room was soon tilled with the wioows and orphans, for whose bcnelit it was intended. Such an Institu. tioJ1, it was at onee seen, was not only a thing of immediate benetit, but all Institution of real necessity, and the :Masonic Fraternity of Louisville at once went to work to secure the completion.pC the entire building as it now stands. Soliciting agents were appointed to cam'a.';s the State for SUbscriptions, allnual St. .John's picnics were held at Central Park, and in additioll to the work of the Brethren. the ladies forn'ed an aid association with Mrs. Susan P. Hepbu!'Il, President, and by there lIntiring eftorts from yea.r to yeltr put many thousand dollars mto the treausury. . Tn the summer of 1875 the work was progressin~ rapidly to completion, when, on th'e 2d day of'Junc, a Iltrge portiOIl of the building-the entire main building and the towers-were destroyed by a severe storm. But this circumstallce seemed only to bestir the l\fltSons of the city ltnd State to renewed ellergy. Soon every brick and stolle werc replaced, ltl1(1. for nearlv two years the building hItS stood a grand a.lld beautiful 11l0~lUmel~t to the memory of Its builders, giving the comforts of a home to hundreds of untortunate.,;. Noble women and brave men could not be discouraged or driven by storms from such a grand field of llsefulness and glory. The dedication was an occasion of extraordinary interest and pleasure. ,,,r e saw the unfinished structure" ill 1874, when only one wing was in use. We know how the Masons .of Louisville, and of the State, cherish thcir "Homo." 'Wellinay they be proud of it. No such Masonic charity call be f011nd in onr great nation, Wish we could see the completeg structure and witness thc joy of its happy inmR.tcs. Respecting it<; formal dedication we copy this: The procession numbered over one thousand persons. a.nd presented quite an attractin> array. The gallant Sir Knight,>, in their beautifUl plumage ano. glittering" cq'uipage. madc a 11isplay that was e.<;pedally handsome and pleasing. AT THE HOilIE.

The procession arrived at the Home at half-past three o'clock. Several hundred per;;ons were already gathered there Itndcomfortably seated upon the benche,; provided lor their comfort all the ground~ in front of the Home. The portico was neatly decoratee! 'with evergreens, and served well the purpose of a speakers' i>tand. On the right was an amphItheater, in which were stationed the children and other inmates of the Home, thc director,; of the TIIStitutioll takillg seats with Schneider's Band all the platform in their rClll'. \ On the left was another amphitheater and \)latform, containing the member,; of the Urand Lodge and the newspaper reporters, alld a Jand of musk. The follOWing distinguished Brethren delivered eloquent and appropriate Addresses: Go\' . .T. n. McCreary; Col. W. P. C. Breckenridge, Past Grand Master;K S. Fitch, and He,', Dr. H. A. M. Henderson. Thomas L. Jefferson, Esq., the first President of the" Home," for dedication in It neat and touching Address.

pre.<;entA:~ll

t.he Imilcling

Grand Master Campbell H. Johnson, received the building in behalf of the Grnllll Lodge in a speech worthy of the State, the Order, the (,mno Lodg<" :tnd thc ocrosioll. \\'0 Clln only. make nile extract: In some of the bcautiful t.raditiollS cOllccrnillg King Solomon. stiJJ.prcscrvcd in Holy Land, we fine! that when that wise ann most wOllderfll! man wH.'ntbont to dic he promised his Masonic Brethren that in the fullness of time he would return to t.his earth, inspect the condition of Freemasonry here, and call the l\iasonie leaders to account for the mR.llller in which they were performing the high duties he had intrusted to them. In looking over thi~ gl"aJul. edifice which rises in such beautiful proportions before us to-day ill all of it~ completeness, and in revie\ving all the ob~tacles that have been overeomc in hringin~ the work to it~ present State, we boldly assert that we arc ready for sueh royal visitation. King Solomon is welcome among us to-day. Nothing Jla.~ happened in all his sleep of three thou:';fi,nd years more worthy of the society hc formed than the 1'011~truction of the Widows' and Orphans' Home of Kentucky.. King Solomon is welcome uow, come when he wilL Our seventy-ei~htyears of existence as it Grnnd Lodge have culminated at last in all enterprise honoranle to God and credita1.Jl~ to the .Masonic Institution .. The mother

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Urand Lodge of the :\lississippi Va'lley has proven t.hat a systclllat.k charity is not' olll~· possible but oesirable. Here ,ve gather the orphans and wioows of loved HrE·thl'cn. and in obedience to 0111' "o]ltlttary obligations we not only feed ami (']othe thcm; 'I'C Ilot onl~' protect them from t.he JIlany evils that. throng urouno the llestitnt~ HIlCl ItnlwO(.cetcll, find which inevitably end in a moral c1eath. anll which is almost, if not filtog-ether. impossible except ill a systemittizecl charity like this. but 'I'e ~o farther e\'('n than nil this. \\'e cilltrate the chilclren, and fit them for stations in life ofttimes far above t.hat whil'h the~' \\'01t111 reach were it 'not ti)r the benevolcnee of Masonry. We here plar.e the Willcll\ heyond the nerc,ssity :lllcl nnplea.santness of often enlling- on the Charity Committee anll ponring' ont her clistresses and necei"sities to t.hem. ,

Xohle \\'ords and grann works l.>~'

BJ'Otherhool1 of peerles:" \\,ol't.h.

Of the able Hnd eloqnent Addresses which followed. we have not timenr space tospellk. Extracts we cannot mnke wit.h satisfaction, unlc,ss all the Addresses are copicd. The' Brethren, Gov. McCreary, Col. Breckel~ridge, Dr. Henclerson, IIno Past Grand :\[ast.er Fit.l'll, 3rqllittel; themselves like men-they are l\la.sons. ".

\\'e have occupied so much space in our revic\\' or the Proccccii'l/.fJ'~ of Kentuck)', that hnt little rooni can be allowed for noticing the Report on Foreign Correspondence. The work of the Committee was prepared and presented by its Chairrllll1l, thc \' enerable Rob't ~Iorris. His review. is extended, covering more than two hundred page~. It is a fnll, hroad and mllnl~' treatment of the vnried mlttterii falling under hj~ notice. Wc fire greatly pleased at the spirit I)CI'\'ading the Report., llnl) feel edified by the manner anI! matter fllrnished. We can sar with the writer thRt. "llrbRnity and :t];'entJe consideration of t.he "iews of ot.hers ,. fire present, eYidencing trlll~' that it wai" a "lal)o1' of love." Hesnys: Having sufferred in past years from harshness and misrepresentation on.the part of reporters, he hn;; learned first, how mlleh pain they give to the persons at whom they fire llilllCl1. n,nd .~ccon(l, how little influence thcy have 111 moulding the opinions of ot:her~.. He ha"" learneo, he bclieves. charity, and if ill anything said in this length~' Beport, anything- illiberal or uncharitable can be seen, he prays the reader to take his,pencil ano ride it as the writer himself wOllld have done had he secn it hefore sending- iT ollt to the worlel. In other years Missouri gave Bro. l\Iorris some prett~· hard knocks. We presnme he got plenty of similar treatment from others. We rejoice that those days arc of the " long Itgo," and that the canses of criticism, and clash of reportorial stcel havc ceased. l\Jany wh.o were active in the stirring scenes of those days, are nnmbererl with thc" dreamless i"lccpcrs" of the past. They were I)ut men. while t,hey were Masons, To ha,ve passell thro\lgh the times when sharp-pointed and flashing blalles bet()kened the spirit of war, wit.h "urhanity and gentle l~oJJsiderittion," and in the mello\\' yeltl'8 of nge ti) feel as Bro. :\[oJTis lloes, challenges admiration and affection too deep for expression. Wit.h the general character of B)'o, l\lorris' review we are pleased. ample notice is taken, six pages being devoted to our Proceedings or 18ii.

Of :\lissollri,

The commenda,!:ions of, and quotations from, Bro. Rylano's Annnal Aci'd'·c~s. evillcnce t.he fad that t.he producti01i was duly appreciated. Bro. Morris recommended the recognition of the- Grand Lodge or CnlJll, a,nd COil· llemned the Grllnd Orient of Fmuce. "Recognition of the Gmn<'t Lodge of New Sonth Wa.les" was not recommended, but decliued. -. • we

~(~\'er haYing met M, W. Bro. Morris, but haVing read him from onr t\la.sonic infancy, t.he hope of knowing- him·persona,lIy in,the future.

('h,~rish

THOS. S. PETTIT, Owcnsbmg. G. l\f. HIRAM .BASSETT, )lillllrslllll~" G. Sec. H. 13. GRANT, Louisville, Ass'. G. Sec.

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LOUIS lANA, 1879. The Sixty-seventh Allllllal- Grand CommUl/ieation of the l\fost Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of J,ouisillnll., Free and Accepted Mason~, commenced in .the city of New Orleans, at t.he Grand Lodge Hall, corner of St.. Charles and Perdido Streets. on :Monday, 10th of February, A. D. ISiO, at 7 o'clock 1'. ~r. \

The Granl] Lodge was opened by M. W. Samnel J:lmcs Powell, G. l\L on t.he Third Degree of l\Tnsonry, in A)II'LE .'OHM. R. W..James C.

Bat~helor,

l\f. D., G. Sec.

Sixt.y-fonr Lodges werc rcprescnted. Grand Master Powell opened his proceells to Imsiness.

Addrc~s

with n. brief and pertinent exordinm. then

"OUR DEAIl."

Under this raption he enumerates the fallen of the year. Of them he says: It is proper that the Gl'llnd Lodgc should testify in a befitting manner, '.heir regret at

the loss sustained lJy the jurisdiction in the Eternal removal of thcse lamented lIud exemplllry Mnsons. . Respccting the ravages of the epidemic wc lind the followiug:

Early in the season the yellow fever .appeared in this city, lind soon assumCI] nn epidemk form and spread thrOllgh the South. From its ineeptionit wa.<; marked by a 'peeuliarity of symptoms, a virnlenee of type and It fearful morwlity that were unknown to any that had preceded it. 'rhe young' and the old, the high and the low, were alik!' the vlctims of thlS fellrfulpestilence. Science and kind <1Hices were Jlowerless to resist it. ann it continued it my ages until it .exhausted itself, or WilS ehe(~ked by t.he frosts of approaching winter. It is not my purpose to (leseribe the details of suffering; miscry and want. that followed in the tram of this dreadful scourge. Nay, rather, J would draw a veil over the scenes of horror, and retain nothing save the memories of the dead, and t.he nohle charitics and heroic needs of philanthropy it called fort.h.

At first our membership was singularly exempt from attack, llnd so confident w.ere onr Brethren that they could take care of our own household, that I persistently declined proffered assistance from other jurisdietio\ls. But our hopes in this direction soon failed. 'fhe fever-fiend, in it., blind fnry songht indiscrimihately whom it mig-ht l(]l,stroy, und onr Brethren and their families shared the common faw. As soon as our necessities were known, liberal donati~ns accompanied with words of cOlUpn~sionate路sympathy came from our Brethren iu other jurisdictions. Material a.<;sistancc without stint or measure, was freely lwd voluntarily furniShed us, and in l\. few days fuuns to meet all onr wants were at our disposal. So lavish and continuons were niese donations, that I felt it my duty to send a telegram, throngh the Associated Press, to all the Grand L?dgcs in the United States to cease their gcnerous contributiOlls. To these gencrous Brethren. who so promptly came to our relief in the hour of affliction, I now tender the grawfnl acknowledgments and the heartfelt thanks of the Brethren of this jurisdiction. Their unmeasured generosity aud unstinted benefiecnce will live forever in our memories, and be cherished with the truest aftections of our hearts. Their timely and munificent charities have strengthened the bond of fellowship and cemented anew onr hearts to them in a closer communion, and they will stand forever as monuments to the sacredness of our fraternal relations, and to show to the world how Mnsolls love each other. '1'lw Committee on" Donations" made a Heport, from whieh we extract this:

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Words are powerless to express our gratitude to those who extended a fraternal hand to us when our rankx were being decimated by the yellow fever pestilence. Our Brethren gave without solicitation and with no penurious spirit. They waited not for our cries of distress, but flew to om relief at the first alarm of danger.

Prom the rock-bound shoros of the Atlantic, to the sun-kissed waves of the Pacific. they sent us fraterhal offerings. They knew no North, no South, no East, no West. It WllS enough for them to know that their Brethren were in distress. Even our Brothers in the ,1:'11' off sister repUblic of Columbia, actntlt~d by a tl'llly Masonic spirit, contribut~d their quota of relief. . We thallk them all. Our hearts are too full of gratitude for utterance. We hltH them as true men and :Masons. We are pruud to kilow that an admiring world looks on in ,wonder, exclaiming: "Behold! how these Masons love one another." .Certainly, the ~reat prindples which form the foundation of our beloved Fraternity, have been beantifnlly exemplified by our sister jurisdiction during' the last eventful year. Decisions were rendcrcd and some of them approved, others quiel.ly ignored. ]st. That it is not llecessary for a Master elect to haYC the Past Master's degree befbrc imtallation. 2d. That the fees for conferring degrees by a Lodge without jurisdiction over the e:l11didfite belong to the Lodge whose jurisdiction has been invaded. :ld. That Itn appeal to the Grand Lodge and final action thereon precludes a new trill!. 4th. That Lodges are not allowed to solicit aid to build loo.ge-halls, or fbr any other purpose, from other jurisdictions, without the approval of the Gra,nd Lodge or the Grand i\fa.<;ter; they are, however, at liberty to do so within our own jurisdietion without i'u('h permission; bnt that it should not be resorted to except ill ('ases of great ne(~essity. ;)t.h. 'l'hat a Masol1's widow or daughter who marries a profane, deprin>s hersel f of all the benefits of :Masonry as a right. f.th. 'fhat an objection to advancement mnst be followed by charges. 7th. That the Grano. Lodge is 110t responsible for the debts of subordinate Lodgei'. 8t.h. That :-.ubordinate Lodges can dispose of their property at will, and the Grano. Lodge is without anthority to control them in the ('l1joymcnt of their property. OJ' in the disposition of it. 9th. ThA:t a member of a Lodge is entitled to a dimit as It right, and he cmmot be compclled to pay a pro mta of the indebtedness of the Lodge before, the dimit is gmnt.ed. Nos. ], 2, 3 and 4 were approveo., except the latter part of NO.4. A Lodge should not' i'olicit aid for any purpose without the Grand Ma.<;ter's permission. The committ:ce' respectfully dissented from Nos. r), 6 and 9. Of 7 and 8 nothing is saio.. Why this silen('e we know not. We agree with'the committeea.<; to No. G. No power on' earth ('an eompel a Brother to prefer charges, where he object.s to advancement and cast.s an unfavorable ballot. Snch compulsion woula be tantamonntt.oforcing a disclosure of the ballot.路 Members who voted J01' the candidate, wonl(1 desire no charges to he preferred. The one who \'ot~a ((gainst him would be the ollly 路competent party to. prefer the charges. To (10 so, would be' equivalent to saying I black-balled that party. The secrecy of Uw ballot. is thns invaded. 路We believe, however, as a,general rule, that a Brother ought to have reltSons i'u/licient to justify cha1'ges before he casts a black-ball. If he has sufficient grounds for charges , let them be preferred before voting is done. The candidate will be, by this course, fonnd out and exposea or vil1dicated and saved to Masonry. The Grund Lodge took high ana correct ground respecting" mixed funerals." We are glao to see the Grand Lodges of the conntry aligning themselves in opPoi'iiion to this mongrel bnsiness, thereby elaiming ii'll' ~fasonry its jw:tly distinC'tive chamcter. Louisi-

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~Ila, Illinois, IIllel othcr Grand Lodges, are with J\Tissonri on this matter.

Grand )'Tastl'1' Rylalld touchecl the snhject with a boln, heavy hann ill ISi7, nnel our Grund Loclge "nid, " it is well:' J-Jear 0111' Louisiana. Brethren:

l\'lasonic bodies may appear in regalia Rno perform )mrial and other pnblic Masonic ceremonie.s , but such ecremonie.s must be under their exdush'e <:olltrol ano entireh' conducteo by them. They mUst pre:::erve the unity and exelusiveness of their organizatioi1 throughout. Other secret associations nu\y join in the (lCl1aaJ proc~cssiOIl, but they llIust mailltaill their separate and distilwt orgllnizntion, ann cannot be permitted to take nllY part ill the C'cremollic>s fnrthel' than mal'ehing- in the g<'lleml procession as distinct hndies. '

1\Tasonic bodies are prohibited fmlll 'taking part in hnrial or other ceremonies with other sccret associations, nor are they allowed to be presellt as N((.~oni<'I}I)d'i(>", when sueh ('eremonics a.re COllclllct.cd by other secret societies. In proportion as we <lm.",];" with othcr soeieties, we yield that distinc!.i\'elws!" whiC'h ehal'll<>terizei:' our Institution, and conccde llIore thl\,ll any Mason dare do, Concel'lliug the ill\'nsion of Quebec by Scotland, Grand Master Powell tl'Uly says: No doet.rine is more gcnerally recogni7.ed on this continent than the snprenH' sovereign and exdusive jurisdiction of each Grand Lodge with in it,> territorial I illlits. Certainly no (;rand Lodge has n greater interest in maintaining it intact. or hHs snm~rl'd morc hy it,> invasion than onrs, H would seem to me that the unreserved recognition of the Grand Lodge of QuebeC', and lUI exchange of ]{epresentatiyes, was a virtual, if not an absolute, llbnndonnlent of jnrisdiction over Elgin Lodge, and thc withdrawal of the warmnt nnder which it worked should havc immediately followed. Be tillS a!' it may, I am fully cOllvincwl that the issuing of warrant." to establish two new Lodges in the territorial limit.'> of the (,mlltl Lodge of {{ucbec, wa.'> without the shallow of authority, nnd an nnwlliTlInted iU\'lIsjllll of hcl' (~ralltl Lodge sovereignty. COXDTTTOX OF

nn: CRAFT.

The Gra.nd )'Iaster wn.s of the opinion that every indica.tion wa.~ cncoul'figing. llnd was assnring of an advl\.pce in the research and intelligcnce of the oflicers. and a corrcspcllllling' improvcment in the morals auel r.oudlwt of the member!Sh ip. The Brethren hl\.ve !"hnrecl the common misfortunes' of onr people, and the prosperity of the Lodgl's has heen serionsly retarded by the genl'ral financial d.epression; but they have maintain!'cl their integrity; and peace and harmony prevail. I cannot afford to be sentimental on the supposed advn.nt..'lges of adversity, bnl. all must admit that it furnishes many oecasions for the exhibition of tme manhood alJ(l tl!l' ,C'l'Owning virtues of the human e'haraeter. In the trying seenes throlll?h which we hl\n' passcll during the year, our Brcthren have been true to their trnst, anll in t.heir 11 IIsdfish and untiring cfforts to relicYc the distl'essell have beautifnlly reflected the tea<:hiugs lIt' :\lasol1l'\'; the pe~tilell(,c t.hHt walked ill darkness awl riotecj at noon-day \I'll." strip!>c',j of man)' terror!" n.nd !"Jloiled of many victim!": the wielowallfl t.he orphan Wl'I'\, kinclly <'ared fill',llnd tcars were wiped away from lUany f/lees. This pmtical (,xl'lIlplitiC'l\tiOll uJ' the grcat llIoral design of :Masonry is fill'morc gratifying' to me t.Ilflll :\l'l'cs"ions t.o Olll' nllmhcrs, or t.he crcetion of costly temples. REPORT OF GRAND SECRETAI;Y. /

We mean no disparagement of others, nor flllsome enlogy of Bro. Batchelor, wll(.'n \\'(' say that his Rcport a.'> Grano Seereta.ry is the most thorough and eomplet~ in all rcs\)CC'ts of allY yet pl\,Ssing nnder 0111' review, In taking leavc of the Im,~inc8.~ paTt of t.he Proceedings of the Grand Longe or LOllisiana, we can but express our deep conviction of their sllperiority. Throllghollt. there is the clearest cvidence of a strong, practicn.1 kllowleelgc of en~ryt.hing l'lltl'ringinto u. eompletc and perfect management of vnst and importlmt interests. EI"t~ry ph~e ano c~harnC'ter of Grand Lodge business met 1'c1\11y. \rise unl] explieit l\tknt.ion :lnd adjustment. A copious Index is furnished. Good!

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con R E"l路ONJ)E~CE. Bro. Geo. H. Braughn, Chnirman, presented an unusually r!ch and well prepared Report on Foreign Corresi)ondence, acknowledging therein his" obligations to y'arious R. W. Brethren" fbI' the support rendered him, and to Bro. Ernst Morel espeeially. Th0 Report. embraces a reyiew of fbrty-eight American, and thirteen Foreign Grand Loelges. l\fi"sonri is treated to a handsome notice in the well seryed array of good things. Om Proceeelings, for lSiS, were copied from, with an approbation that is us grateful to m. as kina in Bro. Braughn. The Report is largely written-not. much 8ci'~"0?'il1rl done by the committee as a general thing. The Committee criticises some of Grand )Tast.er Ready's decisions. This: "No.~

Masons.

can Ent.erc(l Apprentices or Fqllow Craft!> appear in an?! pnblic processions of .

Of it Bro. Braughn says: "This is new doctrine, for which no authority isgiven 1..>y the Grand Master. It is incorrect" It may not be in accordance with the custom or law of other jurisdicti<:ms to exclude Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts from all public processions of :Masons, but that does not render our law" incorrect." 'Ve have such a law' in :Missouri, and we believe it correct, because路 it is an authoritative enactment of our Grand Lodge, violative of no right or priYilege under the Constitutions of :Masonry. " Public processions of :i\la!>ons," with us, are generally for the purpose of the installation ,of otllcers, the dedication of halls. laying of corner-stDnes or the burial of the dead. With us, all such ceremonies llre performed by 11fa.~te1' Masons, in their cttaracter rrs .~lIC". Therefore the Lodge must be o})(m.ed in the l/til路it degree. When work is performed by the Lodge in the tlril'd degree, Entered Apprentiees and Fellow Crafts cannot be present. In the perlormanee of such work, before the public. the Lodge is at labor, and no one can l)m'/idpate therein cxcopt a factor o'f the performing body. An Entered Apprentke or Fellow Craft is not IL factor of the l\Illster Masons' Lod~e; therefore f::uch cannot haye lluything to do with thepu/)/'ic performance of :i\Iaster :\fasollS. If ll.ll~wed to joiu in our processions. where Ma!>ter Masons alone perform the ceremonie:;;, the:;;e Apprentices anll Fellow emfts "'ould be assigned a character that is not theil'S, find they wOIl1rl gnilty of " faise pretenses" to so appear.

We can conceiYe of nothing more inconsistent thfln the cllst.om of other years in Missonri, of opening a Lodge in the third degree, IIlaking all arI'llugements neecsSilry for H pUblic (Iemonstratioll of some kind, then OpCII on t.he lower degree:;;, admit the 1.IIrritin.r1 Brethren below the degree of Master Mason, ltnl! '1,11.1'1/ on/, for thd,' sakes, (f-~ 路Ent.ered Apprentices, to do "'hat Muster l\Ia!>ons a.lone 8hould do. We have" put away childish thing:;;." Under the oM order SHch things were admissible, but since Grand Lodges, under constitutious legally anI! solemnly adoptel!, have vesteel.all authority am! business control in the LOdge of 11[rr.~tel' Masons, we think t.he criticism of Bro. Braughn 'rill fail 11tterly ana fnll short of the poillt. Charters arc gl'l1ntef! ollly to )Iaster .Masons. Business is trlUlsaeted by them alone.. The Ritr1ll1 only is rendered iu the other degrees. Thcrefore under 0111' law Ent.ered Apprentices al\d Fellow Crafts call11ot part.icipate whC're JJl1f'iness if' tl'fwf'aelecl peculiar to the Muster's degree. We agree with our /If. W. 131'0. T. E. Garrett, Pllst Grand Master of Missouri, in the following trenchant decision: Entereel Apprentices ana Fellol\' Crafts arc 1101. entit.led to MI\.~onic burial. Thi:;; is ('fmfiucd exe1nf'ively to ~L'l~ter :i\fasons. Nor can Entered Apprentices or Fellow Craftf' appea.r in llny pnblie procession of :i\fasons. This if' our Law. Some of tl1<' monitm's arc (jonhtless I'csponf'ible torthe ne~e:;;sity of repeating it f::O often. As to on'l' criticism of the" B. B.," in the J'roceeelings of Lonisiana Illst year, in ('ol1ne('tiol1 wit.h, the visit or BI"O. Durant of l.linnesot.a, we snl'l'et~der, Bro. Bruughan. says:

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As we underr<tand the signification of the letters" B. B.," they simply mean bJ'c/III'(>'JI. Brother Vinci! will find them so employed in all路 the Continental Lodges. . If Brother Durant (?()1ild have employed them, they wOllld have designatell the" Brethren of Minnl" sola.'" "Only this, f\nd 'nothing more." . Well, 1I0W ~'O\l have furnished the explanation, whether f(,r Bro. Durant or Bro. Bat.chelor. we can't determine. . Certain it is, plain 1OoJ'd,~, instead of mysteriou!'! letters, will r<lIit 0111' American rea(kr;; much better, e<;;peeiall~' as r<ome of us are not well versed in the st~'le and langu(lg'e of' "Continental Lodges." . . We make one more extract from the Report of Bro. Braughan : Bro. Vinci! writes approvingly of the decision rendered by Grand :Master Powell. and compliments Grand Secretary Blltchelor for" a well arrll11ged, r<yst~mntic journaL" Our Ia.st Heport is kindl~' and flwor:tbly noticed by our colleague. A. tabular Rtatement annexed to the proceedings, shows that ~1.7(j7.10 were contribut.ed by our Brethren of l\Jissouri to the" yellow fcver fund," of which Loubilllla received the !'!um of $S00.00. and for which we are deeply grateful. We take It regretful leave of Bro. Braughn, as a co-worker in the fieln. so recently entered by us. We dislike thiR frequent changing of Committees on Corresponn.ellcl'. A!'! afcllow:feeling; springs up amoug those of kindred work. and they become much attached, the severance of such pleasant relationships is painful. We like 131'0. Brang-hn and regret losing him as au able and feliei~ous writer and affable colleague. 0111' only ~oJIlpellsation, real or prospective, is found in the fact that he ha.~ been dem(lndcd for other very important tl'l1r<t~. 'Ve rejoice at his promotion to the West, and greet him ns (;rand Senior \Varcll'n of hi!'! Grand Lodge. When the time comes, .ill t.he f'Ol1rse of hl1mun c,路entoS. for his l~xaItn.tion to the highest positiondn the gift. of his Bret.hrell, we hope to br prpsent nlHI l][lil him (l.~ Grand Mast{)r. .

EDWIN :MARKS. of New ()rk'ans. was elel'ted G. 1\f.

.1. C. BATCHELOB. '!\T. D .. ;\ew Orleans. re路elp('terl (" SI'<'.

MAINE, 1879. . The transaction!'! of no Grand Lodge claiming 0111' flUention ever interest I1S more than those of l\In.ine. We enter upon the work of review with pleas(lnt (lntil'ipatiolls, exr~ecting to meet with mnch that will profit lind instruct. I

Sixtieth 1\n1l11111 Comml1nicf\tion

WIlS

hclel at Portland, commencing May G,

].s7~1.

The Committee on Credentials report{)d total IIl1mbcr of Chartered Lodges to bc'179represented, IG9. SixPa.st Grand l\fast.crs were present, beside!'! Grand Officers and other permanent member". The Annl1al Address by the (,rand !'laster, 1\1. 'V. Bro. Edward P. Burnham. open I'd with an cn('onl'(lging slntement, tllllt of those p.rpsl'lIt. one year (lgonc. hilt f('w had ti:lllcn , by the way.

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J\n aceouut of olliciallabor performed wa~ furni~hed in brief and cOllci:;e terms.

Teu l)bpcn~atiol1s hall been grailted "allowiug Lodgc~ to ballot before the ordiJ/ary time llPOI1 petitioi1s for degrees." A~ such permission is always out of the" ordinrr.r!/ time," the cn..<;es must be c.rtra-" ordinary" ouc~. We are astonished at the 1I:/ImIJcr of the~e extraordinary ca.~es in the land. A~ it i~ the lmv to grant such privileges in many .iurb(lietion:;, we will not inveigh llgainst the eu:;tom, still we would prefer that it were otherwise. But a~ our gourd will not tit the head~ of other peo pIc, we may as well not try to foree them to put it on. Certainly we shall not seek to dec;lpitate anybody for not wearing 0111' gonrd. We think too milch of our own capnt to mise a dnst, involvingÂˇ the permanency of heads. If other jurisdictions wish to make :'Ifasons out of time, so mote it be. . Two ncw Lodges had been instituted Under DispelISation. DECISIOXS,

Calle,l

()piuion~ by

the C;mnd

~la~ter,

were reported.

The Committee on .Jurisprwleuce, Bro..1. H. Dnll11mO!Hl, Chairman, declart:(l them correct, all<l reCOlllll1elHled .' that they be confirmed by the Grand Lodge." , They are of loeall\ppl kRtion. t

In vitatiomi from the !ll;tson's of Portland llwl Belfast were ,tcceptecl to participate in !~nlll<l entertaiJllnents to be given on St..Johl.!'s day, June :Wh, aild the ,Jth of July. The c;nuHfllfllster mane mention of the lossc~, b)' death, of several Grallll.Jnri:>eliethe nameH of the prominent Bre(.hren who had fallen, sudl lis C;ralJ(1 :-;eeret~\TY C. H. 'fitm; and others, of 1I1a.~saehmdts; Past Grand. :Ma~ter A. l\J. Wiun. of ::\ew. H:tmp~hire: Past C;raud Master Frank 'Yelch, of Xebraska, and Past. Gmnd Master A.. J. Wheeler, of Tennessee. tion~,.~iving

The c()1l<lHion of J\(asonry was reported l1S about the SHme liS last. year-improvement in sOllie Lodges, and lo~ses in others. The followiljg is as practieal as sensible: ,1ASONIC RELrEF.

There is a teurleney to expect Long-es and thc Gmml Lodge to render cOllsidera,blc ~l111terilll aid ill Cflses of (1cstitlltion among- J\Iasons and their familics. This arises in I'll!'l frol\l erroueow; ine,ls impart<~d by somc'l\lasons to their families, aud by .L port.ion of tile ;\lasOlJic speakers and "Titers, and also from the fact that there are many beneficial sOI:icties that mllke a spcdalty of payiug :;ick and funerallwnetil.;;, We haye no sneh l'hw, \Ye (10 not receive the money reqllisite to the carrying- out of t.hc system.lllHl therefore shollld 110t be expected. without the means, to perform what we no not promisc. The res}JonsibilHy of our Fraternity is individual, and cannot be shifted upon any association. . The Address closes

t11U~:

In declining, IlS I now do. to be a candidate for the otlic~) of Grand J\Inster, I will llllH'!'l to some of the chang-es which have taken place in t1w (;mnd Lodge sinl:e I bccame a member in ]855. Having- attendcd all of the Stated COlIIllJullieations from t1'at. (late, and having heen an office-bearer here from 1856 to the present time, I have heeomc n<:quainte<t with many of the Brothers meeting" from year to year, and have derived mnch pleasnre from their company. lIrany familiar faces we see no more. P. G. l\la,,;ters Dnnlap. Humphreys, Thompson, Fes~enden, :'Iiiller, True, Cha,se, Bradford, Wa~hburJl, Lymle. have, with muny other good men and true. made their long journey. ]\ew men !laye aris<:m to take their places. The seventy Lodges. with 2,750 members, hll\'e increased to 1~1) LodgE'S. wit.h nearly'20,OOO members, Though men change, Masonry remains the Sllllle, ~o may it ever he. Let u~ transmit old-fashioned :Masonry to our successors, and llIay they be content with what they, receive. . lliLving enjuyed the plellsure or R brief aequaintenance and personal interview with ~L W. Bro. Bnrnhllm, we regretfully part company with the affable ~entlemllll, the pleasant companion and cultivated l\la..sol1. â&#x20AC;˘

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The RdurIls ~how Chartcred J.o\lge~, J7lJ-lwo [lltler J)i~IICIlStlioll. 'foul! mcmbership, Decreasc from last yenr, :2J2.

1~1,:25:2;

TJJe COJl1IllHtee 011 Hctul'lls said: Though there is a decrease in thc'number of memhen;, t.he (;olTImiU,ce regard the exhibit as an encouraging one. 1'he Ilumber of \1caths ha;> been'lJlorc than last. year.all,l the Ilumber :o;uspcnded from mcmbership much grcatcr, Depression of uusiness alHI othcr causcs have operated ad.Yersely to increase of lIumbers, but less so than might reasonably have been expected. The Committec on Corresponocpl:e, through Bro. .1. H. Dmffimoll<l, submitted rcsolut.iolls recggnLdng thc Gra.no Loclge of:\Janitoba, ofwhieh 1\1. W. Samuel P.l\fathesoll is Granol\Iaster, and .John H. Bellis Grnllu Secretary, Hila also t.lw Gn\nd Lodgc of l"ew .Mexico. The same Committee pre~cntcd a Heport 011 t;he Scotlallll-Q,l1cbec question, which '\'a8 addopted : \,"11 U:EAS. The GmlHl Lodge of l:icotland, in \'iolation of prillciples of Mllsonie lnw it.~eJf admits to, be YHlid. is attempting- to esutbIish Hn(l maillt.aill Lodges wHhiu the exclusive jlll'isdi?tion of the Grand TAdge of Quebec, therefore,

Rf!.'"ll'(,I. That. this(;nlllll Lo(lg-eagn.in affirms the doctrine,enuneiated by Ma."sllchusetL" Graml Lodge ill liS::>, that, whell a Grand Lodge is established in any territory. Ill) person or persons ought or cnn, consistently with t.he rules of }fasonry. lise or exercisc t.he powers or prcrogatives of a (;rand Master or (Tfll,IHI Lodge, to 11JU, to givc power to erect Lod~es of Masonry, make 1\Iasons, or .do Hnything which belongS to the powers or priv1leges of a Grand Lod~e, within any part of such territory, the rightfUl and l\PPropriated limits, ~ which the authority of such (;mnd Lodge forever extends. Rf!80ll'cd, That this Grand Lodge will support the Grand. Lodge of. Quebec ill maiutaining its e.1:dll.~il'e jurisdietion throughollt the Province. Nt:~oll;eil, Thltt this Grand Lodge holds that all Lodges in the Province of' IJlIcbee, not recognized by the (;rand Lodge of q,uebec, are illel7al, and all their members elllll'<ll'Slinc :\1 asons, Itnd hereby forbins all Masons of its obeolcncc to'hold I\ny kind of :i\Iasonic communication with them.

Thb is ~trong and well delined Illng\lll.ge, enUll\;!<tting the truc doetl'ine, alld \\:e cndorse it. E"ery Grand Lodge on the continent must nmke commOll cause with quebec against the invasion aud usurpation of t:cotland. While the latter may not recede. the IlmHcr will iStand firm, and the voke ofAmericlln ~Iasolll'~' will be heard sustaillg t.he claim of "Quebec in maintaining its (~(:cllw:/)e jurisdict.ion throughout the Produce." 'The New South Wales Grand Lodge was not recogni;r.cd because it was found that it had not been fonneo by a nUljority of the Lodges in that jurisdiction. The COllllllittee suggested that Scotlaild, now opposing thc "New South Wales" GrlUld Lodge, nUl)' so out-law hersclf concerning q,uebec, that recoguition may become a necessity. \,"e believe this will be the final result. . lIro. J. H. Drummond, for the Comlllittec on Jurbprudcnce, submitted an elaborate Report" relatiYc to the pov;e/' of a Past lIlaster to open a Lodge and prcside t.herein in the absence of the :\[llster and Wardens." The Committe snid : The power b not e.ljJl·(~.~.'l:,! ~iven in ollr Constitution, but is given by nceessnr)l implication in the provision Jilrhiddmg' the opening II Lodge in thc ahsenec of the ~[l\sters aud '''ardens, 1(.j11t:,••~ (( p(!.~t. Jl<t.'fer i,' l)1'e,~ellt 1.1) Ji,.(:.~£(/e. This provision WIlS. ill suIJst.anee, in the Constitution adopted at the urganizlIt!oll of our Grand Lodge, lind has been' retained in it cvel' since. It wa." taken from the COllstitution of the (iranO Lodge of )[a~sachllsetts which retained it unt.il abont fifteen years ago, whell it WllS dropped. If not fOlllld in the CUllstltutioll, except by 'illijJ!i,;aU"i/" we regard the rifJ/if or P()I.I:C/' of It Past Mast.er to open a Lodge an(i preside therein in the absence of the three oflkcrs named ill t.he charter-~Ill.ster find WardCll."--ll.S unfounne(l, llllanthorh:cd, llnSllslaillcd

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and 0'11 no gl'olllld jllstilic<1. The ollly way i"uch 111)'/(~:1' call cxbt ill fl. cUllstiliolla.l way, i~ to aealr: it. ]\0 ~uch P()~/;CI' inbere~ in or belong'~ to the thillY. it is not an officc, for tllel'c is 110 :;tatioll 'or place in a Lodge for a Past :\lllster to till. A Pa..'it )laster is 1/01 an (~{Iil·,-,r. ]1' not all (~(/iI;CI', what right has hc to exercise (~ljici.(J1 1'1IlH:tioll:;? ~()Ile at all, 111IIc",; he i:; endowed with sueh power by constitutional ellllctmcnt. Theref()r~ sllch ;I uthority mllst l)e found in the Constitution beforc it can be excreised. It is not in (I/I/' COll;;titution, but, on thc cOlltrary, we forbid the opcning' of n, Lod~e in the abscll\:C of the ~rl\..qer and Wardem: an<1 for the simple reason that they are the clistodian:; of an OftieiH.I TI,n'T, repiJscu in, and committed to them, find to no one eh<e. Cert~inly not to a Past ~laster, for he i:< unknown to thc law, to the (;I'llnd Ma:;wr, or the Grand Lod~c, in creatillg a LOllge. The term l)a.~t )la:;ter is It desigllation applied to onc who was once a lI'()r"lIinj'1I1. l\laskr, but 110\\' no longer one, having l>Msed 'out of ofticc. It implies not.hillg'. (~!.Iidall!l,ex<:cpt that the wearer of the title was oncc honorell \yith the cOIl/idcnec of his Hl'ethrcu, allll Jillcd the rcspon:;iblc st.ation of l\JasLer of a Lodge. Xone of the; rig-ht:; or power of thc station, lateJ~' Iillell, de'icend with him from the chair. A1Hl we I)e!ie\'e that to cn(/oll; a Past J\last{)r, h~' constitutional enactmcnt, with sneh l>Q1c(')' as is only i/ll}Jlil:d in thc ,ilIltine law, is as gratuitous as it is needless. Having- placed the ]'ast )Iastcr in his proper :;phere by our law in Missouri, we a.re plcllsed to lcal'n from Bro. ])nlllllllolHl's Report that the vencrable find most reputable Grand Lo(lg-e of lIIa,~'iaehu set.!:; ,. dropped. this proYbion" "about fifteen yean; ago." We are happy to :\111'\ that such .: provision" was" dropped" by lIJi:;sonri just Ihil'l':CI~ "year,s ago." As thc .. JII)'WC/'," ei:lil1led for Past lIla.sters in Mainc, is" not t:.~pl'e8"I!l givcn " in their Constitution, it was uceess:u'Y that. the cll.~l()/II of allowillg a ,. Past lIlaster to open a Lodge llllll preside t.herein." shonlll be endorsed, lllH] have the neeessnry legal :;ltlletion. In our review of ~Iaille, lill'lSil:i, we controverted the doctrinc maintained by Qrancl lIlaster Bnrllham ill a cledsioll rendered t.ha.t ycar. Our views are of record. The Maine Grand Lod.ge (/J!/JI'()/,/'d the dceii;ion in l~il:i, alJ(l dc/ended it one year thereafter. _·~nd we submit that 11H~ defense, while ingeniow; and fair, is not conclusive 1101' convincing'. There is lts much proof prcscnted by the Cummittec against" the power of a J)ast M,lster to open a Lodg'c Hnel preside therein," as there is in f:tvor of it. We t.al'e a few pa.ragraphs from the Heport of Bro. Drnmmoll<l, which ~how that this "}Jo/CCI''' has not alwll·Ys belongeq to Past ?lrnsters. . In t.he "Book of Constitutions" of li!JS. it is state!.! that the ~enior Wardcn fills the Chair whcll the Mll"ter is ahsent; hut it is abo said ... And although it wa" lilrmerly helll ' that. ill sud1 cases, the .Master's ,authority ought to revert to the last Past Master who is present, yet it is 1l0W the i;ettled ruk that the authorit.~- llevolves UpOIl the Senior Warden, :Iud in his ab~enee UpOIl thc .Junior Wllr(len, even 1I1though a former )!a.ster be prcsent." Then. after saying that the Ward(~lls will generally honor a Past J\oIllster in sllch cases, hy callillg him to thc Chair, but still he holds under the Warden, and cannot lLet until he congregates the Lodg-c. . " Anderson's Constitutions" are quoted a.~ showing that ill the absence of the ?lla"ter, the i:ienior Warden shall net as )Iaster. unle.~s some Brother is prci;ent who hll~ been ~Ja,ster of the Lodge hefore. In such <~ase. it was a,sserted, the ahsent )Jaster's 1l1llhorUy raa/ed to the last ~faster. Bnt said" Constitutions" havc another statemellt. which <!e:;troys the last ve:;t.ige of the" ]i/lll'P.I·" doctrine as vested in Past ?If asters to "opell ,t Lodge and preside thercill." It j,; this: the Pa.st }\laster" cannot ad until the Senior Wardell has once (:ongregated the Lodge." Later the tlhove' teaching, UB shown 1>y AIl(!erson, WitS modified, so that even in the presence of a Past Mastel' the Senior Wardcn .. jills the chail', even though a /Ol'll/(;/' :i\1aster be present." Conecrning the n,bove quotatil)Jls we have this to,say : Otlleial aut.hority conferred upon the 'Master of a I,odge, by his illstallation, canl/a/;/, HEVEHT to Due lJul of (~tti(:c. It mllY temporarily dc.~ct:?1fl to OIlC next in rani:. Bnt n;vert. never. Onc part of the ?lIaster':; authority. mClltiolled abu\'e. is to W'IIl't:/lt: the Lodge. Thi~ authority eoultluot ?'(,feri to the Past Ma~tcr, because Andersoll .~aid, in t.he same pltntg'raph, that the SE:-;WI{ WAHDEN must CO?lfln;.fJate the Loclge in the (/.lJ,~cllce of the :lIJ aster. Thus it is seen at ol1ee, that this 'I'CI'Cl'li?1f/, baek-actioll lJllsiness WOll't beal' the teSt.. ] I' "11 I'llst )Iaster has po\\'er to open a I~>dge Hnd pr~side /

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therein, ill the ab~enee of the ~Ins(.er IUlll Wardens," it ~nllst be derived from the abscllt )ln~ter's (tnt/wril!! reYerting-goi1l.yl)([ck-to him, for he is not an (~tficCl' a.nd is not endowed with any 'I'iyhl to open the Lodge ano preside therei'n. That sl1ch authority can noll'CI:ert, we ha;e shown above from the language of Anderson. If anthority of a )laster CRjlllOt go ba~k-l'Ct'Cl't-to a Past "laster ill one instltllce, it C1LlInot in any instance. It cannot revert in congregating the Lodge, therefore it canllot in,any casco

The l\laine Committee sltid that when a Senior Warden h; around, It Past :l\Jaster C:U1 act only under his authority. "But thnt when ncither a )laster or Warden is present, l1 Past :l\Jaster ClUJ open It Lodge and preside th9rcin." , This is stntngcr cl~ctrinc than llmt of thc Master's anUwrily revcrting to the Past "-lastcr. We ask, if the ;l11LSter aud Wardens arc absent, who congrcgates the Lodge, aecoroing to Anderson '! Certainly not the Past :l\iaster afore~aid, for he is not an ufficcr of the h~)dY, ;\ \l(\ 'surely none will contend that a Lodge may be cJn,'7I'('yltled, ;lPened and presi~\ed oyer by a parly who is not lI']] omcer, and has IlO official standing'. Where b his right'to (Ii) so'? It floes 1I0t belOl1g to the title styled Pa~I, ThewellTeris notan(~('ir:1!J' huta PA"'I' ollil:er-an oltl-IU'-I~llic(: parl~'; and in the fad that he is ont of olliee,js found rel1~()n ,sl1flicient to ~ett1e the questi()Il, and to squelch the claim of lJV'lccr to "open a Lodge :lnd pre~ide therein in thc lLbsence" of those who are alonc authorized to congregate and open the same. , . ' ' Once more.

We wish to leal'll why a

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.\Jaster may do certain things in the When the Senior Waroen is present, he "1il1s the ehlLir, even though i1. former MIl.~ter be present." So ~aid A J1(1crs<~n .

I//),'I;-ncc of certain 'om'cers, which he cannot do in their presence.

Ag-ain, the same anthority said, :1 Past "laster eiUJllot ACT unle~s the Senior W,Lrllen congregates the Loogc. Here the Senior Warden is ]J1'Cl;cnt, Hnd the l'a~t )Jll,~ter cannot art without his permission and direetiou. And yet he will exerci~e .. p()\H~r" in the absolcG of the Senior Wankn that he is not endowell with in his pre:>cllee, 1t is admitted by our :\Illine Brethrcn, that, offieialTy, the Past ,,[mster is the snbordinate of the Senior Warden, when he is present; being endowed with 110 (~Itici(/.t attributes, how <loes the Past )Iasler become so potent just as soon as the Master and Wardens are ont of sight'! CUll't I' sec it. CORHESl:0?\DE:olCE. 'J'I;c Heport of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, which ill aecordl\nee with :1 I;eneral regullttion had been made to the Grand "htster in l1dvl\nce of the llllllUl\1 C(llJ1Jllunicatioll. printed, awl submitted with t.he Grand Master's iUJllllaI address, was prescnted and distributed to the members of the Grand L<>dge in attendance. The Report is an able, fraternal and just review of the transactions of more th:tn Ol'ient.~, Wc believe Bro, Drummolld is as amiable as able. His Report is excelled by nOlle in all the c~selltials of sHch a, paper. fifty Gl'H.lld Lodges, with a glance at several foreign Institutions ealled Grand

In his review of the various {,mnd Lodge Proceedillgs, many things appear which we would gladly transJer to our Heport, We will not have the spaee tor as mueh as we desire, Very mueh of the Report was writtcn. He said of Bro, Ree<"s Report of WashingtOIl, that it was" chiefly all Abstract," and definect the meaning of the word " ((I),~tr((ct," in the words of another, to be" an ahbl'cviated synopsis," Well, Bro. Drummond ga,\'e us ,~lJ1nc "abstract," for, while he wrote a large part of his Report, It very respectable portion was (',reap/cel from Proceedjng~, thus presenting an "ab,~tl'act" therefrom, or fnrnishing an" abbreviated synopsis,"

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)[iHHouri, for ISiS, received hb fraternal a ttelltion, an" abstract" being ma.de from our transaetiollH. We breathe easier sinc~ reatlillg- his notice of our reportorialJabor. The kind words of endorsements coming to us from l\[aine,"New York, New HampHhire, Virginia and other juril5dictions havc enhearteneo us greatly. When we llndert{)ok thc work of ~repi\,rillg our RDport llL.~t year, we were scw·cd. Now we feel likc saying with Louis X VI, "Am I afraid'? Feel my pulse," Our older Brethren of the corps of correspondents have given us both assurance and welcome. We arc grateful. The review of our positions takell in last year's Report is in Bro. Drummond's most courtcous vcin. We have alrelluy had Homething to say on the question of a ]'ast l\fastcl' opening a Lodge ill the abscllee of the Master allo Wardens. We 'yish to say, our vicws expressc.l 011 all subjects l\J'e ill harmony with :l\fissouri lawH, alld other jurisdictions have the right to make laws for their governme~lt. We do not decry their laws, but prefer our OWII. Bro. Drummond thinks he wa_~ justified in laying off his coat to Bro. Goodrich, of MilllleHota. Hear him in respollSc to our friendly advice of laHt year: We thank him for his suggestions in relation to our review of MimleHota 'laHt yea.r; if he will read the first three lines we quoted. we think he (minister as he is) would have felt like following the example of a Quaker college-mate of ourH. who, when attacked hy "ye vllg-gers" and taunted that'" Quakcr-eoats' oare not fight," thrcw off the" plain I!flrmcnt" with the cxdamation, "Ue there, Qnaker," and taught the scoffers that, thongh a" Quaker-coat" dare not fight, 'what ·bJ in one lIlay sometimes, and that, too, victoriously. • 011 the views held by us as to the neccSHary llUmber to opeli a Lodge, he said: He holds that, because l\ charter is grn.nted to SeVel), it follows that there ni.ust be sevell memberH present to open a Lodge. 'We do not think so: we do not think a Gl'Hnd Lotl~e would grant a charter to the minimum number for opclling a Lodge, as it' one should tlie the Lotlge would die. ~lr)st Constitutions have express prov1sions upon this subject, which are binding as fa.r as they go: but, in other cases, we think the j·u.ual Lodge can a.er, 0ur Constitution requires seven to do eertllin business enumerated, thus by express implication leaving the rilual rule to ~ovef11 in all other eases; and the usage has always becn in accordance with this view. 'I he provision requiring scrc1/. charter membcrH iH lin arbitrary one, adopted in these later times, and should 1I0t be extended by mere inference, especially agai:lst ancient usage.. • We reply. that the provision requiring ,~e1Jcn charter memberH to form a LOllgf', is in <Jur lItw, lwd we are under pl'()m-i.~c to "support and maintain, stand to and abide by," certa-in things. How is thiH! There is the lalO. Can we ignore taat which we are bound to support and maintain'? Surely not. Is not sllch a law general? Do not all Grand Lodges in this country require that seven Master Masons must petition for 11 ,\'arrant to form a Lodge, and that II eh:lrter cannot be granted to a lesH number'! We so understand the regUlations of Gmnd Lodges. We believe, where a Grand Lodge dejinCi5 what nUlIlba must cxist in order to forln II Lodge, that a less number present cannot open it, or do a-I/,ythinrl. The Grand Lodge has thus made the l'UU.al Lodge subordinate to the legal feature and dependent upon it; because the Titual cannot be used unlesH it is IN a lml;fully r:.onstituted Lodge. The Grarid Lodgc says, a lcmjully const-i.tu.tcd Lodge shall consist of lIOt less than ,~ecen )la5ter :Masons. We did not make the law that causes the dill'erencc between modern custom and "'ancient usage." The" provision" IDay be "l!Jl arbitrary one," as Bro. Drummond says, but it is the law, and we take thingH as we find them. • _ The extended views of Bro. Drummond on the, Cuba-Colon Grand Lodge contcHt, will be drawn llPOII when we eome to treat that questioll in a separate article. The animated review of Bru, Vaux, of Pennsylvania, b); Bro. Drummond, will repay the rellder, and likely bring out sparks from the other side. Bro. Drummond seems to understand himself ,1lHl his grollnel. Bro, Vaux is all old ano well-Hkilled swordHman. We hope the clash of reportorial steel will only purify the atmosphcre, so U\ltt thc..,c G. L.-AJ'.:>.

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may ~ec eye to eye, and that lIeither will haTe to t.ake off the "Quaker-coat.". We presume that all will be accepted ItftCl' the "Pickwickill.n" order, and end as it shonlo. . . ~J. W. Chas. L (;olhtml,rc, of Bangor, wa~' elected Graud J\laster; R. W. Ira Berry;' of I'ortlalHl, was re-eleded Graud ~ecrctar~', and :1\1. W. Bro. ,Josiah H. Dl:ulllmOlld was continued as Chairman of the Committee On Foreign Correspolldence.

MASSACHUSETTS, 1878.

'rc take up the l'roceeding~ of this venera.bIe G1'llud Lodge with slHldencd feelings. In our last yelll"s rcview we met with dark lines in the jOUJ'llltls of Virgiuia lI11d New Hampshire. The Craft of the couutry were apprised, within a limited period, of the berCll.vement oj' three Grand .Jurisdictions. Virginia lost its aged alld venerated Don', GJ'llnd Secretary; New Hampshire was deprived of the valuable services of the able, fa.ithful and consciention~Harris, so long Grand Secretary; Missouri lmd the ~IasOJiic \\'01'1<1 were deeply bereaved by the untimely death of the young, vivacious, irrepressible and peerless Gouley, t.he idol of our hearts. And now we meet the formal announcement, that Oul' sister jurisdietion, ~lassachulietts has been similary bereltved. A weeial (~omlll\l!1ielttion of the ~lost Worshipful Gmnd Lodge of the Commonwcalt.h of ~Ias~a.chusetts was held at the Masonic 1'cmple, in the city of Boston, on Friday, t.he lirst day of November, A. L. ;lSiS, A. D. ISiS. M. W. Chas. Alfred Weleh, G. :\1., presided, who said: "Brethren we hilve met to perform the last ceremonies Over the remains of our late Recording Grand Secretary." . Hey. Bro. ChllS. H. Titus WllS a Illttive M ~lltille. lllld was ill t.he sixtieth year of his a.ge when ea.lled from labor. For some years he engaged in the sa.cred work of t.he ministry, as a clergyman of the :\fethodist Chnrch. In that character he wa.~ laboring in Taunton. in IS.iS, wherf! he received the degrees of :-:ymbolical :\Iasonry, in King- J)n.\'id J.odge. The year following he receiyc1l the (~llpitular degrees in Adoniram Chapter. of New Bedford. SllbsctjlIently the Orders of Christian Knighthood were <:onferred upon him in ~t. JoIJll's Commulldery. Providence, Rhode Island. Passing through the various degrees of the A. and A. Rite, he received, in ]865, thc thirty-third degree. Bro. TitlIs tilled Yllrion,,; otliee~ in the ~[a.sonic bodie~ with whieh he stood cOllllected. In April, 1871, he was appointed Recording Grand Secretary, by l.1l'l1IlU ~laster Ua.rc1ner, :lud, ill ,June following, was elected by the Grand Lodge, and at each Annnal Communieation thereafter was re-electeo .

• '''e ha<llclll'lle<l-,)tlicia.Jly IUlfl from those who knew him pCr:Sl.1I1'11Iy-to love BI'tJ. Titu~. We are g-rieved to lose from Ollr Tanks, such lUJ amiable, courteous and polished gentleman and Brother. We lruusf'l'l' to thi>; ]{cPOl't the just and elegant tribute of <';rlu)(l ~Ia~ter ·"·ele1l, offered when the Gmnd Lodge convened to do honor to the memory of the precious dead: Brethren. no words of mine can add to the high cstimate you all have of the llca.utifulchl1raetcr and of the Masonic worth of our departe<l Brother. 1 nail tTuly say. without fear of being accused of exaggeration, that nowhere could IL person have beell

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fOlllld more suited, by the JJl11'ity of his cllamctcr and the gentle courtesy of his manners, to the offiee which he ]18ld. What Brother ever visited the Grand Secretary's room without coming away happier for the cordial kindness with which he was treated? What Grand Master but must acknowledge the substantial benefit he derived from the Recording Grand Secretary's intelligence and Masonic learning, united, asjt always "'as, with a polite and respectful consideration for the official dignity of him whom he aided with his counsel? And this kindness. this courtesy, was not merely an external polish of manner; it came from a warm, kindly, affectionate heart, overflowing with love for all men. Nor were there wanting, united with these gentle qualities, decided opinions, a firm Will, and a quiet resolution to say and do what his judgment approved as right. As for his a.ttachment tD this Institution, I will only add that a few days before his dcat.h he told me how much pleasure he had derived from his connection with Masonry and his Masonic Brothers, and therefore he wished that those to whom he had been so much attached in life should perform the last offices at his grave. As much of his life had been :;pcnt in Warren, R. 1., and he and the members of his family had lUany friends there, he desired you to commit His body tD that pIcll.8ant country's earth; His soul he gave unto his Captain, Christ, Under whose colors he had fought so long. The remaills were taken to Warren, R. 1., accompanied by the Granu Lodge of )1a.s!>achusetts, and under an escort of Knights 'l'emplar. ~fost solemn, impressive and interesting religious services were Had at the :Methodi5t church, under the conduct of a number of eminent divines of that denomination,-Rev. Dr. Brown delivering the sermon. 'fhe solemn Masonic burial service was rendered, at" South Cemetery," by:M. W. Bro. Welch, Grand Master. . Thus another lIoble worker was laid to rest, antI another pure spirit retul'llcd to God who gave it. 'fhis paragraph is a fitting conclusion to the foregoing sketeh : Aftel"thcscrviec the Grand Lodge returned from the burial-ground, and, by invitation of the Grand 'Master of Rhode Island. proceeded to his mansion, where they were hospitably :l.nd kindly entertained, and the warmest expressions of friendship were exchanged lJetwcen the officers of toe two Grand Lodges. Al'N\jAl, COl-DIUNICATlON.

The One J:lundred and Forty-fifth Annual Communication of this Grand l,odge com'ened in the Masonic Temple, Boston, December 11, 18i8.

)r. W. Chas. Alfred Welch, G.

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R. W. Tracy P. Cheever, Rec. G. Sec.

One hunflrcd and sixty Lodges were represented. The Grand ~Iaster did not omfe in opening his Address, but plunged into business with 11 practical naturalness quite refreshing in these days of buncombe. He said from the returns of Deputie!> and his own obsen'ation, he was able to announce that the general condition of the Lodges throughout the State was satisfactory. The following from the Address, i!> explanatory and satisfactol')': Xever has Masonry held a more re!>pectable position before the community. There has IIOt been a larger decrease for the last few years in the number of those asking admittance to the degrees than might have been expected from the long continuing distnrbed finanda.l condition of the country. The number of initiates during the year cnding Aug. :n, 1875, was 1,418; during the year ending Aug. 31, 18iG, 1,30i; during the year ending Aug. :n, 1877, 1,OG;); during the year ending Aug. ;)1,1878,982. The number of members Aug. 31, 18i7, was 26,214; the number of members Aug., 1878, 25,742. The preseut number of chartered Lodges is two hundred and twenty-one, being an increase of two during the year. and there are two Under Dispensation. There exists probably a . llisposition to investigate with more care than formerly the character of those who apply for the degrees, !tnd to strengthen the lIfasonic Institution in the State rather by the lluality than the number of its initiates. The Gl'Rnd)l.lster reasons ",,,en ngainst so mlleh lIIa.<;onic parade and publicity. He ,1eclinc<1 to ~rall.lt permis.~i()11 to Lodges to pl1.rii(~ipate with other sor.i;~ties in puhlir. parades.

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He furmally :tl1JJollllcetl to the Gralltl LtHlge the IIJ8s ~us(,aill~d by the Craft 11nriug I,he year ill th;tt juri:;,liction by the death of their Grand Treasurer :LillI Recordillg Grand Secretary. R. W. Hm..John McClellan, (3nu1Il Trcllsllrer, (lied Sl'ptemlJer :.'~), 1I'li~, allll Wl\,S lJurit~tl !'y his )Iasouil~ Brethren in their own beltlltiflll 1\1IJuut Aubul'Jl Cemetery-the Gnlll<l Lotlge having beell convenell for that sacred work. Oue mouth thereafter the Graml Secrclary, Rev. Bro. Charles H. Titus, was buried, as already lloticetl. Olle of the oldest )lasl)IJs in the State had passed to the "pale realms of ~hade" wilh Ihe year dosed-I{, W, Abraham ,\. Dame, Past Deputy Gmud )Iaster; llh;o Hev. E. )1. 1'. Wells, Past Deputy GmuG Master and Fast Gralld Chaplain. The (;ran<1 Lodge had buried a Brother )Iasou from 8etb; uot unknown to the country and to )la80nry. The l;rand )laster reported the case

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011 the l;)th' or ~eptember last the Grand Lod~e pcrfl)1'll1Ctl the blll'ial-servit'es, llt Forest Hills Cemetery, over the relll11,ins of It. W. Bro. Fmnk WeJeh. Past Grand ~fl\slcr or :\la.'Jons in Xebraskll, ,The body WI\:; brought here from Omaha at the expense of the ~tllt~ of Xef)1'llska. whose Representative in Congres~ he was at the till1~ of his rle('ca:;c, In he buried with hi1< relati\'t~s in his native State, and was aCl~ompl1.lIied by a Ilelegll.t.ioll of )Iasons. headed bv the Grand )1 aster of ~Ia>;ons in Kebr;l,:;k:t. The rle:lth of Bro. Fnllik WcJeh was a great loss to the Masons of Kehra.ska and his fellow-citizens,with whom he wa>:' deservetlly popular; but sueh o~casions, moumful as the calise of them is.l'lJow IIow strong the tics are which bind together the most distant parts of 0111' eOllntry, and how IIseful :Masonry is in strengthening- those tics. ' • Concel'lling the \'acaneie~ occasioned by the loss of their Gmnd Treasurer alld t;rantl Secretary, we lind this: The Brethren have lell.l'ned, by what 1 1111\'e already stated, that on thc 1st da~' 0It" October I installed Bro. Samuel 'Veils as (i-ranll Treasurer. and, on the 11th <lay of Xovemher. Bro. Tracy P. Cheever as Hecording GralJd Seeretilry. In making end) of these appointments 1 enlleavorerl to make such a selection as, under all the l',irCuln1<lant'es of the case" would be for the best intel'est of the Grand Lodge.. T comddererl mYI'e1f extremely fortunate to find a person willing- to IWl~ept the olliee of lTrillld Treasurer. who was so competent to jill the plaee as Bro. Wells. Bro, ::\fcClellllu's death, at ;l time when the District Deputies were making their returJl~, and so near this Annual Communieation, embarra,ssed me very mue,h: but 1,~I:o, \Vell~, in a very ;"hort time after his appointll1ellt, by hIS Illcll1stry and bUSlllCSS ablhty, relIeved me from all care and anxIety. Brl), Cheever's knowledge of )Jasonic law, his ~chl)larshjp and literary abilit)', and his high ~tanding ill the eommllnitY,'arc klloll'n to you all.

Indeed he was fortunate in ~ecllring the services of tl\'O ~uch able ,u)(l competent eo-workers, in the embarrassing hour, when l1eath vaeated those important stl\tion~. The {Trawl Llltlge is ca.rrying a. heavy debt. The Urll.lld :\Iaster fmnkly ~tates the case, and :;l1y:; it i:;:l l!lle>;tion that has given him more anxiety th,UI lillything ebe in hh official life. Ko wonder, In Jallullry, ]&$0, a debt of S:W;>,OOO will ~tare them in the face, with no 10llger II "capitation tax" to rely upon. ~la:;on:; ill their l..inUld Lodge uIHIertakings, like other people. sometimes o\'erload themselves, We infer from the following that our :Ma~sachuseUs Brethrell mi~e:L1el1lated somewhc!'t· whell debt" were creawd:

It is hilt just to l'elllembcr, howel'er, that the estimates Wt~re IIlllde and the opiniolls cxpre:;sed ill times of grellt inflation, when rents were in soml~ illstances tll'ke as high <I>:' 1I0W, and every olle ~eemed to think himself in possession of the Lamp of Aladdin. 'I

It b ~lltlideJlt to acqllllillt the g'eneral reader with the eowlition of thillg:; ill ~Ia,'sll dlUsctts to >;ay they have a " MA~O:-;IC 'l'E)[I'LE" on their hands. We, fear, a.,-.; ill othe1' jurisdictions, the" Temple" business may prove an expensive luxury, if n0t an elephant.

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The Grand. Mll.~tcr seemed to have heen n close calcnlating busine~s man, and made estimntes that were not rose-colored. Hc estimated incomc at $23.000 alHi expenditnres fit $in,OOO for the lIext yeill', leaving a deficit Jr Sll 4,000. He said if they han no Temple, their revenncs wonld fall short of cxpcn~es CYCl'y year between ~2,()()(l ann S:1,O(lO, Hather lin IInpromi~ing outlook, The Grand Mastel' sain, "two courses only arc open to ns:" one is, to nbandon to the f'rcditDr nnd lI11ctioneer their Temple and all its ap)lllrtenances; the ot.her, to "adopt some plun of honestly meeting the diffirIlHy." He IHivisen " thllt till' f'npitlltinn lfix of onc nol1ar per hean bc rcnewed for t.welve yellrs," He eondllded his Andress thus: Looking at what has been accomplished in the past, J see nothin~ in the diffif'nlt.ie~ hy which we are now slIrrollllden, to nisf'ollrage us, if we arc willing' tn mllke propel' rxertions and exercise a proper eeonomy, " W'hcn the Temple was completed, lr.,OOO Mll.sons owed lMr>o,ooo: in 1880 over2r',OO(l will owe $2();j.OOO. We have not yet, to bc slIre. reachect the haven of security; the expectations. of' some of ns have been nisappointed; the hopes of all in some degree frustratect by the finlll1l'ial storm which has swept over the civilized worlel. But om' lmtitlltion. althollgh it ha!< been in great dangel', i~ still sound fwd intact: it.,; credit i:>- nnimpared: its members regard it w'ith affection; and, not despairing because their great object has failed of Ilc(~omplishmentas soon as the~' expected. will gh'c it, I trust, thc same g-enemllS aid for n few yellrs longer whieh they Jw.Yc giyen it in the past, The Temple lind debt matter went into the lianrls of a committee, with instructions to Heport lit the Quarterly C0111muniention, . The

prc.~entation of

the following-named rare relics took place:

To the Jf. lI'. Master of the Gmnd Lodge of F. and .A. ]If. of Massach11 .•clls: l\IOST WORSHIPFUI.-I

send to you the Masonic Diplomas of my great-great-grnndfMhr.r,

~reat'grandfl\ther,grandfather,

father and myself: live generations, in one liunily. J do ilOt know that my diploma i.s of any pattielllar value, except that it completes the ('hHin.

and was granted by an Army LOlige. one from the Chapter.

My father never hHeia Hlne Lodge Diplollla, only

These diplomas are held sncred by me, and, wishing to ljlace them where they wouln' he f'arefully preserved, I place them in the keeping of the Grand Lod~e. r still wi:>-h to ha\'e somc.claim to them; therefore J will loan them indefiniteh", It IS not l1t all likely they will ever be called fbI', " Fmternnlly yours, HOBERT B. PALFRF.Y. These very interesting diplomll.';, the first of which contains the signntme of our illnstriolls Brother,Gen. Joseph Warren, Grand Master, and .Joseph Yfebh. Deputy G'rlm<l ;\Ill."ter, nrc now ill the custody of the Gmnli Lodge. Elegant and tOllchin~ memorials were presented by committec.", and adopted, in honol' of Bros. John McClellan, Grand Trea~llrcr; Cha.,;. H. Titu~. Gran(l Seeretary': E. .)1. 1'. Well!', I'n!'t, Depllt~· Grand l\Tll:>-ter; A. A. Da.me, Past Deputy Grn.nd i\lllsler. The Grnnd Lodge re-elected M. W. Bro. Charles A. Welch. Grann Mnster, thns (>mnplimenting him and honoring itself. Tracy P, Chee\'cr was chosen Hr('.()rding Grand S(\C'retary, ' The Annual Communication was closed in ample form. STATED cmlMU:O<ICATIOK

A Stated Communif'alion of the l\fost Worshipfnl Grand Lodge of' the Commonwealth of ~Iassachllsctt.<; WH." hehlnt. the ~rasonif' Temple, in the cit.y of Boston, on Friday. tIl(' 27t.h day of December..~, L, ;'1\78, A. D. 11\7S:for the In:>-tnlla.lion of GrA.nd Oflirers, :lIId till; celebration of the Feast of Saint John the E\'nngelist:.

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At this Communication the Grand Ofticers, elected at the Annual CommunicatioIl, were installed. A tribute was paid to a decea.~ed Brother by a Memorial Committee, R. W. George G. Smith, PMt Deputy Grand Master ~ Once more we bring the tribute o( respect and affection to the memory of a Venerable and Honorablc Brother. But the sad duty is attendcd with many plcasing reminbcences. A long Hnd useful life is rounded with a calm and pcaceful end. For more than fourscore years he walked modestly, faithfullr, firmly, in the path of duty, diffusing light, and imparting knowledge to all within hIs circle. He fought the good fight, he kept the faith, Rno now he sleeps the sleel) of the blessed. Like a shock of eorn fully rire, he is gathered home; and our sorrow IS sweetly tempered by the fragfl\Ilt ~~~~W~~~~i~U:,:~~\;-W:;;~tsN~ri ~~I~ot~o~:.ight vision of that crown of rejoicing which This Vencrable Brother was born in Danvers, Mass., near the close of the last century, and was over eight)' years of age. He had been a 1IIason for more than half a centmy and livcd through the memorable anti-masonic excitement. 'l'hrough it all he passed without sacrifice of principle or manliood. When the storm broke out he was a young man, just making for himself a name ltnel fame, dependent Wholly upon his own clear head and skillful hanos. The gooll opinion aIldgood will of his townsmen were of great importance and value to him, but he would â&#x20AC;˘ not g-ain them by the sacrifice of his convictions of right and duty. He Ilever faltered or fimched, but marched boldly on in the front-rank, and never laid his armor olt' until the' battle was over and the victory won. THE BANQUET.

At the conclw,ion of the installation ceremonies of the 4M. W. Granel Lodge of l\IRssachusetts, on Friday evening, December 27,1878, the members of the Grand Lodge in due procession ascended to the Banqnet-hall in the Temple, where a bountiful repMt WII!" spread. Following the eating"; sentiments were offered in keeping with the spirit of the occasion, "linking together l\Iasonic traditions and patriotic memories:" 1st. "The holy Saints John. May we ever revere their memories and emulate their virtues." 2d. "'fo the memory of our illustrious Brother, George Washington." Addresses were made by Grand Master Welch and ~ number of others, when, RI: the close of the Feast, the Brethren, having united in singing" Auld Lang Sync," separated with the full determination to relax no effort to secure the future prosperity of the Tnstitution ltnd of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. :\"0 Report on Correspondence.

The Grand Secretary Rcknow)edgeo the re('eipt of Proceedings from fitly-onc Grand Lodges.

MARYLAND, 1878. Grand Lodge met in Baltimore, on the 19t.h day of Novembcr, 1878. The Grand Master, Bro. John H. n. Latrobe, being unavoidably ab!"ent from the city, Bro. Francis Hurm, R. W. Deputy Grand Master, cltlled Bro. John M. Carter, R. W. Scnior Grand Warden to the Chair, who opened the Grand Lodge in 10I'm , with prayer by the Grand Chaplain. J. H. Medlliry, G. Sec:

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The Annual Adoress is trief find yery business-like. In opening, he saio: l<'rom llnoffidal statements. the Grand Master is under the impression thfit t.he Order in l\larvland, if not. making any rapid advances, nevert.heless holds its own. notwit.hthe still prevailing lleprcssion in all desr.r·iptiom: ~f busille~s, and its l'onsequcllt effect upon the increase of the Order.

~ta.ndirig

Since the election of the Grand 'l\iaster to his present high office, eight years a~o, the finnnces of the Graild Loelge -hose always been the prominent subject of interest in his its importance is not Jess now than it has been her0.l.,otol'(, ,

sddres~es, lind

Further on. he spellks of their financial condition thus: It was the first object of the Grand Master, ei~ht years ago. to present to the Grund

Lodge the fullest and most flccurate statement of its affa.il'8, without gloss-believing'. us he has nlwitvs done, thnt it is best, as well with corporations as with individullls, tD look their llifficulties in pecuniary matters fully. in the face-and as he has oone ~o heretofore. the Granel l\fa..,terdoes so now. But although the present inoebtednessis greater than it was in May of the current year, the Grand Master sees no reason to doubt that hi!' , NHlstfil1t beiief will be sustained by the result, and that the Gmnn Lodgc of 1farylall.l will emerge from llll its diflkulties with its honor unimpairelt. Maryland, like lIIB.~sachnsett.s,ha~ a "J\Ia~onic Temple" on hand. A recommendation had been made to impose a t.ax npon the' member~hip by which to meet Grllllli Lodge obliglltions. Of it the Granel Master has this to say: Should the Report of the Committee on the Condition of the Grand Lodge be'carried ont and the resolution impo:;in a It tax of $:!.[l(J on all city mcmbers alld $LiO on all country members pass, J11e:lJJ~ will b~affordcd to discharge-in,a comparatively brief timc the mortgage indebtedness lind relien, the Granl} Lodge from the payment of interest. Should it 1101. pass, the result will be that the Grand Lodge will have to continue the slow system that it has been pursuing for the 1B.,;t cight years, and to which it mmt owe the extrication ultimately from all its pecuniary difficulties_ It is proper to :;RV here, that the (irand :\Iuster would be gratified )1' the report of the committee which recommenl} the assessment here re1erred to met the approbation of the Grand Lodge. if 1101.. to the extent' of the tux recommended by the resolutIOn, to snch an extent, at leRst. a.~ would facilitatc the arrival of the day when relievcd from its mortgage indehtedness, the Grand LOlige would tind 'itself in a position to do something for the stock-holders, to whose eontrilmHons we are indebted for t.hc building- that we !ll'!-ve for year!' occnpied, in reality at their expense. Should the resolution in question not pass ill the form in which it came from thc committee, but It smaller tftX be imposed, the period of the Grand Longe's extrication fl'Om all indebtedness would be proportionately haf>tened. He rcndered no decisions but submitted

thi~:

The only question of Masonic law coming before the Grand !llaster since the Inst communication,grew out of It resolution of a Lodge suspending members in arrears 1'01' " unmasonic conduct," after their non-appearance to a f::1UnmOns reqniring them to Rllpeat' and show CalL.,c why snch suspension should not take place-when t.he Grand 1\ lI~ter Iledlled tJlat no l\fa..,on could he snspended for unmasolllc conlluet unless upon charges rpgularlylJro\lght a~ainst him. '

The Grand :!Ilaster had actcd promptly in response to the cry of dist.ress from the Sonth. His action was thus endorsed: YOUI' committee take occasion t-o commend the very prompt action t~kcn by the Gl'Rnd Mastel' in re~ard to the·relief of our suffering Brethren in the SOllth during the IlIle vcllow 1eyer epIdemic, and also the warm and practical respome on the PllTt. of thc sn\)o'rdinllte Lodges, Chapters, Commanderies and indiYidu~ls.

The Grund Lodge refused to adopt the proposed plan for raising Temple debt, by a capitation tax.

fnlld~

to payoff the

The following was adopted in connection with said refusal: RC,~()'1'f'(I, That the Worshipflll Mastel'S and the Past l\Jaster.~ of each Lodge ill t.his jurisdidinn be ano they are heTelJy llppointell a C'ommitt.ee to ~olkit snbscriptions from

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each individual Mason ann from their Lodges. to be applied to the iiquidation of the nebts of the Grund Lodge. under the directjou of the Board of )fanagers. No subscription to be bindiug un1<~~s the sum of fift.)路 thOUSIWd dollars is subscribed bonn fitk "'c frankl~' confess our fe~rs liS to result" if deliverance must eome only from thc "!".ubscriptions路' contingent upon the sum of" fifty thousand dolla~" being subscribed. We haye seen such efforts fully made Rnd tested. Never saw one sllcc~ect Grand :Master Latrohe has been wrestling with thA.t debt for years. His re-election last year for the riyhtlt time, we belie\'e, was an earnest of what would he done. But he seemed to hfITe given down under the load. We pity his successor. . The known declination of the Grand Master and Deputy Grand Master caused mu('11 regret. The Grund Lodge lIppreciating their past valua,hle labo~ said so: l\fost Worshipful Graud Master Bro. ,John H. B. Latrobe and Right Worshipful Deputy Grlwd l\IastBr Bro. Francis BUrllshavingdeclined re-electiou, g-reat regret was manifested by the Brethren upon the announcement of their determination to retire from their respectiye stations and their long and distingllithed services were strongly and feelingh' cnlog-i7.ed by a number of the members of the Grand Lodge. ' . RC8011'cd, That a' committee be appointed to prepare suitable testimonials to our retiring Most Worshipful Grand Master Bro. John H, B. Latrobe and Right Worshipful Deputy Grand :i\faster Bro. Francis Burns, as evidences of the appreciation by this Grand Boely of their long and valuable services in the interests of the Craft in this jurisdiction,

Rc.onl1路ed. That said committee report the reslltt of their deliberations at a special communicMion of this Grand L{)d~e, to be called lI.t the discretion of the Most WorshipfUl Gmnd Master.

The Committee on Foreign Correspondence reported specially respecting the Grand Lodge of Xew Sonth Walcs and the Grand Orient of Italy. Assuming that less than hulf of the Masonie Lodges in New South Wales had ~one into the orgllnization called It Gl'Ilnd Lodge, the Committec reported adversely to recognition. Concerning Italy, the Committee said: Youi' Committee regret to learn that the Grand Orient of Italy has allied herself with the atheistical Grand Orient of France. It appea~ that the decision of the Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Italy was reqnested by several of the Italian Lodges as to whether it was necessary to ask the candidate" What is your duty towards God '/" The Grand Master relerreo the question to the Council of the Order, which oeeided that it wa,~ not necessary, and that ever\' duty of the }[af:on if: inch Ideo in the following qnestions, and that they have no right to demand more: .

"What is your duty to hnmll.nity?" "What is 'yonr duty 1..0 the conntry?"

'" What is'your duty to yourself?" And whereas gennine FreemasoilrY will ever maintain.that no atheist Clln be made fl. Mason. and rcpnelia((o. the false doctrine which (h~nies the existence of (;ocl and the immortality of the soul, YOllr committee therelore rc(:ommends that the Grand Lodgc of l\farylllno路 enters into no .fraternal relations whllt.c\'er with the Grand Orient of Haly, nor pcrmit.'" any of the Lodges working- un del' it." Constitution to re(:eive, as :.ra80ns. members of It.alian Lodges which hold their charters from that Grand Orient. The' Annual reyiew wa,,, prepared by Bro. "F, .J; S. Gorgas, 1\1. D., fOJ' the Committee." Fifty Ameriean ani!. seyen foreign Grand Lodge Proeecdings hail. pn.sseil. in reyiew before the careful eye of the Committee. The Heport WfiS a well c'ondemed alHl ably written paper. We regret that the Committee felt that ,. a due consideration for the financial

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condition" of thc Grand Lodge should cause an abridgement of labor. The Proceeding-s of ~1issonri, for lSi7, are fully noticed. The Committee qnoted some of Grand 1\laster Ryland's decisions, and says of his AC!dress.,: The conclusion of his Address consists of It very beautiful and impres~iveadmonition to hold aloft. the great light which enables us to separate the good from the evil, that we may lead our fellow-men tD the true knowledge and. worship of the Most High. '1'he Grand Lodge of Egypt was also recognized. JOHN 1\1. CARTER, Baltimore, G. M. JACOB H. 1\fEDATRY, Baltimore, (re-elect.ed) G. Sec.

MICHIGAN, 1879. The Grand Lodge met in its Thirty-fifth Annual Communication, at Jackson, day of Jmmary, 1879.

011

the

~I\th

]or. W. Bro. John W. Finch, G. M.,Iin

the chair, and R. W. Bro. Wm. P. Innes, G. Sec.

Representatives from over three hundred Lodges were in att.endance. Grand Master Finch presented un extended and ttble Address. He begins with nn attractive exordium, and passes easily to business. There is nothing. abrupt in his style: Under this Masonic roof, surrounded by these wans which shelter and protect the sacred symbols of our Ancient Craft. I g-reet you: )\ot l~~ cnSl1nguined w!lolTiors returned. from the Held of bnttle. for ye arc nobler than they; lIot as PI'inces of an earthly Killgdom, ye are greater than they all, for the dominion of our free and aecept(~d Order is cosmopolitan and embraces the globe; hut as Brothers and Co-workcrs of a grand Fratemity, ~8l~g:~e inceptor and promotor was Israel's great King, I greet yon in this year of MlI$OI1l')', • Brethren, we are met under particularly auspicious circumstances, for the high and bencficent Ordcr of which you are the chosen Represcntul.ives. Thc following extracts fall in naturally, showing a elass of wcll matmed thoughts ann consecutivc business idcas as to the cilltrll..ctel~and management. Since the organization of Zion Lodge in Detroit, in 1794, llntil the present time, :\{asonry has kept equal pace with the growth and prosperity of our State, pomprehcnding' within it~ scope of membership, many of the noblest niinds and tJ'llest hearts wh jell adorn our commonwealth. From the Report of the District Deputies, I learn that unnsual· interest ha$ been manifested in our schools of instructioll, :Uld that very few LO(lges hnvc failed to respond to the SUlHmons to be present at these meetings. The pride of doing good work creates an incentive to choose good material to \\,ork· upon; and, n.lthough the initiations are less in numher than ill formel' vears, vet this consicleration is o\'crball1need by the degrce of excellence in the chn.rn{·ter oj' those . admitte<1. 'fhus Masonry, year by year, is seeking a higher plane. As intelligence and a more elevated tOIlC of morals predominate in our assemblies, the i&'llor~llt t.he intemperute and profane, seek for more congenial society, outside the portalS ot our lodge-rooms. .

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Dnder the law of l\fichig-an Masonry Lodges may consolidate, anti the Grand ~faster reported the consolidation of two Lodges in l\Iarshall. We are glad to see this, ana ho\w our Grand Lodge, a.t its next session, will giye such authority tD the snbordinates in l\1issouri. The ,numerous precedents we finct for this in other juris(lictions, and the necessity tor it in our own, eanse us tD desire anxiously the enactment of snch II law in :i\lissouri. We have tno ?n(J.1I!1 1IJe(l1.~ Lodges, where there could ann Sh0111ti be II Jr.1/! SIl'Ollfj ones. Thc joint 'occupancy of halls by Masonic Lodges" with other societies not allied 10 Mllsonry" was strongly discountenanced and refused by the Grann :'Ilaster, except in one case, wherc to secure an independent home was impossible. "'0 like this. It is distinctive and excinsi\路e. He says: I think it would be well for this Grand Lodge to make it incumbent on nll chllrtcrcn Lodges to procure It hall separate lind distinct from R.Il foreign bodies. Dispensations had been issued for the formation of three new Lo(lges. The aunouneement below of a happy exemption from the visitations of death, alHl the bereaYcment of other jurisdictions, could not fail to challenge duc apprecilltion : \"'ith feelings of gratitude, I am spiued the announcement of the death of any of the Grand Officers, 01' ot.her prominent members of our Order. in this juri~diction; lind I feel a..',suren that my sentjment~ arc sharcd by every Brother present. But while devoutly thRnkful for this Divine fRvor, the pleasure that I feel is not without alloy: for from some of 0Iil' sister jurisdictions nre received reports of the death angel's work in their mid~t. I have receiYed notice of the death of Harvey G. Ha7.1erigg. Grand ~raster of' Indiana in 1865-7, who died December 1;:"th, 1877, aged f>eventy years.

Andrew Jackson \Vhceler. Grand Mast.el路 of TClInessee, in 1874-5, died at Memphis, of' yellow fever, September 7th, 1878. Harvey J. Walter, Grand Master of Mississippi in 1844-5, died at Holly Springs, of yellow fever, September 20th, 1878. Ruel Washburn, Grand l\Ia.ster of Maine in 1835-7, died March 24th, 1878, aged eighty路 five years. . ,Tames Braden, Grand Master of ~Iinnesota in 1876路8, die([ while in office, at Antoine, Texas, December 9th, 1877, aged forty-two years.

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George Frederic Daskam, Grand l\1nster of Connecticut in 1858-9 dicd December 28th, 1877, aged 59 years. William Geddy Hill, Grnnd Master of South Carolina in IM2-S, died May 24th, 18ii, aged 75 years. . Stephen A. Robinson, Grand IHastct' of Rhode Island in 1832, died April 8th, 1/$77. aged 78 years. Andrew Mason, Grand Master of Colorado in 186-5, died October mst. 1877. George Lounsbury; Grand Master of Illinois in 1876, died in Colorado, September 4th 1878, aged 42 years. Frank \'\'elch, Grand Master of Nebraska, dicd while in office, in Omaha, in September lilst. 'fo which we would add the name of Past Grand !\faster Joseph Foster, of !\fissomL and that of Rey. Bro. Charles H. Titus, Grand Secretnry of Massachusett~. DECISIO"S.

We find a nnmbcr of decisions, made by the Grand Master. They were all approved by t.he Committee on Jurisprudence and are now law. We glean such points RS will be of interest ill this latitude:

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If a person is prevented by sickness from taking his first degree, his election should hold good until his recovery, or the advanced fee should be returned to him.

We say prescribe a time when the election and fee are forfeited, unless for cause shown, of which cause the Lod~e shall be the judge. If the benefits of an electioll are not claimed within one year, let everything be forfeited. Question-If, after a Brother is made a Mason, he becomes an atheist, has It Lodge right to expel him?

A11IllOel'-A belief in Deity is a fundamental principle of Masonry. No atheist can be made a Mason. If after the building is erected we remove the founo.ation stone. . the building falls. He has already ceased to be a :MlIson only in name, and should be expellerl.

Yes, give him the "grand bounce." Let there be no tender-footedness on this subjcct. l\'fasoIll'Y must be as distinctive on this as on every other point. We echo the above ano. say let it fiy the spacious earth around-" he has ceased to be a Mason and shoul(l he expelle(l." . As honorary membership is an honor conferred-not soug-ht for, the actions should be voluntary on the part of the Lodge, and the subject should be introduced by a motion or resolution, and the Brother elected by a show of hands or a rising vote. Qlte.~tion-After a Brother is elected an honorary member, what special privileg'cs is he entitled to so far as relates to the business of the Lodge?

Does he assist to make up a constitutional quorum '? Can he hold office either elective or appointive? Can he vote on any question that comes before the Lodge? Does that election give him any special claim to the charities of the Lodge? All_~wets-l. An honorary member has a right to a seat in the Lodge, and should be allowed to participate in debate.

2, His presence would not assist in making a constitutional quorum. 3. Nor can he hold office either elective or npon any question coming before the Lodge.

appointiv~, save

that of Tyler, or vote

4. Nor would he have any claim upon the charities of the Lodge. more than hc would have bcen entitled to prcvious to his election to honorary membership. FOREIGN RELATIONS.

Relations with sister foreign jurisdictions are announced as peaceful and harmonious. The Grand Master gives a brief synopsis of the Scotland- Qnebec affair, and recommcnds some expression from the Grand Lodge. He givcs his views concerning the Grand' Orient of France, and recommends the severest condemnaqon. On the subject, well chosen aild pertinent terms are employed. We extract a few, with our commendations: Masonry as a moral institution has for its chief corner-stone a belief in the existence of a Supreme Being. â&#x20AC;˘ In all civilizcd nations wherever an Altar has been erected to 'Masonry, on it has been placed a copy of the Book of the Law, as one of its first Great Lights. A candidate for admission into the mysteries of our Order, lUust on bended knee proclaim his belief in the existence of a Deity, before he can be permitted to behold the beautics of our inner Temple. On this foundation Masonry has withstood the tempests of persecution, and war desolation, while time to which all things sublimary must yield, has contribnted to jill'llInlate and perfect its beauties. Its priciplcs like tl'llth are everlasting.

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Yet the Grand Orient of Frallce surroullded by Atheism and Infidelity, ha~ by a decided majority yielded to the popnlar clamor and ~trickell from it-..; ('onstitutioll the requirements of a belief in Deity, aHfI subst.ituted therefor "absolute liberty of rOIlsc~iellce and human Solidarity." It exclude~ no man on l1ceonnt of his belief. Of his appeal to the Brethren in Michignn for funns to relieve the fcver-stril'ken ones of the Sonth, the Grand Master sRid : This call was responded to by nearly every Lodge in this jurisdil'tion with that noble phRritv, which, rising above the sectional differences of the past, reg"Rrclt'o only the en' of woe w'hich eloquently appeal eo to t.he merciful heart of humanity:. God bless those Lodges, whose generosity, forgetting the estrangement.'; of the past. pausing not to enquire who once wore the biue, or, who the gray, f10wecl out in deeds of substantial henevolence and brotherly sympathy. He qnoted approvingly the language of a distinguished Southern statesmlln. who uttered grand words while streams of benevolence were ponring (lo\\'n from the North to relieve the pest-stricken Sonth : As has been remarked by a Southern statesman, " instead of harboring one feeling of malice or hatred towards a people so generous, I feel rather like stanoing before them with bnrco heRd nnd ont<;treached arms and gather them to my heart." The Grund the

;'.lll~ter

a.doed

thc~e

appropriate words, and stated the nmount l'l1iserl for

~nfferers:

Surely, the blessings of a grateful people de~cend upon us like the o.ew of Hermon; nnd in the giying and partaking our charities are donbly blest. The total amount receiyed from the Lodges, $4,441.75. :No better occasion has been presented, or is likely to offer, for \l~ to \ltter the deep feelings that po~~essed us while the angel of death ~wept oyer the South last ~llln1ller 3.1111 antumn. Our own jurisdiction responded to the cry of distress ancl sent her thonslUlds, with her prayer;: and sympnthies. The condition was appal)ing. "The pestilence that walketh in darkness. and the destruction thnt wltsteth at noonday" held merciless sway oyer many portions of the South land for long. weary months Tlic' denth-angel, as in the ancient time, sped forth on tireless wing. yisiting alike hig-h and low, and onr Brethren went down, by scores, before the resistless scythe of the relentless Mower. From the death roll furnished we find that our Order suffered a fearful decimation, especilllJv ill the fair city of Memphis, Tennessee. Words will fail to express the fleep and all prevailing grief and sympathy felt ano. uttered, mOre in acts than in WOI'C]8, all oyer this land in behalf of the blighted South. Sympathy, in mnl,c"i"J form ilS wellils in fcelinO', flowed o.own to our fever-scorched countrymen, liS sweeps on s(,me mighty rjn'l' to fulfill its heaven-appointed mission, bearing blessings npon it.o; bosom. while hurryin~ on to the deep blue sea. Thank God. trne benevolence, pure philnnthropy, genni~1l' pntriotism and rCfl.l frn.ternity still live in these lands. It may reQ.uire it ScmtlWrIl flood. 01' veilow feyer scourge. or Chi<~ago fil'e, to open the fountains seem11lgly sealed. bUl when touched by a wand, wielded by the good llnO'el of the Republic. these fonntRfns seno. forth streams of benefactions, more limpid llnd refreshing than fla.shing Wl\ter~ fl'om the mountnin spring in summer's noon. We saw the good geuius of our National llcstiny stan(] and point, mute and tearful, to Tennessee. Mississippi and Louisialla. Not II wor<l she nttered. But oh, that look! It melted the Nation's heart. And that heart-Xort.h. East :tlld West-in one great soh, uttered a response to the mute appeal whieh llllaverl political rancor, and hushed the clnmor of parti7.lln strife and proPlaimed anew 'the brotherhood of man. Unprincipled demagogues and bankrupt politic'ans may stir t.he muodv waters of Ameriean pohtics, but the heart,> of the ma.<;ses arc tme to each oUll'r in all portions of this broad country. An<1 such se\'ere snffering as Cllme upon t.he Sonth during the pa.<;t year afforo.eo. ample opportunity for all sec,tions of the nation t.o oemonstrate the fact. that, as a people, we loye each other still. Ano grandly was the opportunity improved. And the dreadful expel'ienl'e eansed by the pestilence, wronght out and exhibited grand lessons. that should Heyer be forgotten.

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18!79.]

We conclude our brief notice of the excellent Addre~~ of )i. W. Bro. Finch with and of brotherly sympathy. He clo~ed his Addre~s by a tender nllusion to the peculiar trhtl~ which befel him ;lurin~ the year. The companion of hh life Wll:; ";0 ullfortllnate as to lose her mind, and necessarily !Jeellme an inmate of an a~ylum. .\fter the lapse of nine mOllths, treatment in the asylum i:ieemed to afforclno. relicf. With teuder solicitude amI It,viug care :;he was takeu home, with the hope that, ib association:; amI the change might benefit the unfortunate one, amI dissipate the cloud i:ihrowling her intellect. He speaks of what followed thus: expre~~ion~ of ~orrow

J-Iavin~ thu~ takcli her under my per~onn.1 care. her condition demantled my pre~elJce attention; the violent form of her malady not wa.rfll,nting me in entrusting her to other haud:;,

~Il<l

"'hell I beeon1e :;atisJied that the change had not produced the benefit I had hopet] fl.lr, I woulll have once more placed her in the A.s);'lum, but it hat] become so crowded that I fouml its doors clo~ed to further admisi:iions, 'J'llllS for e)e,'cn weeks, both day llnd night. 1 \Va.,; deprived of that (1l1iet and repose so necessary to a hellJthy and vigorom; aetiolJ of the mimL

The GralHl Lodge adopted the following: Your l;oll\lIlitlee Lu whom Wit.." referred the nuttler of the d')]I1cstie ll./llielion of ;'1. W.. (i. )1. Finch dnring s~~vcra.l months of the Pa.l:it year, ~o tout:hing-Iy referred to in his A(Ic1ress. \\'ollld respedfllIly report, that wc do JUo:-t Cll.l'llestly a.-:;sure him t,hat in hh afllidion he hl1:- the ,!eepcst ~ympathy of each ana c"ery member of this (3rRnd L()d~e. We trust that she ,upon whom so IIIllt'h of thi!' earthly hnppillc."S must (lepelld. mas 1111<1('1' the kim! CIU'C of the Si~ters of Charit" of Detroit. in who~e affectionntc Cl.IstOt]Y he ha~ plaeetl her. be re~tore(! to her former er)lldition of health. mental as well as phy:;'ieal. alld that the light of Divine love JUay ever eheer their pathway. \\'e recon] the hcart-pallg felt, alltl the tears slw,l, for a Brother t!lus afllictetl. Having passeu '''rnder the Roel," When the angel of our home wa.'; t1tkcn hence, leaving all so dark, alldblalll" and lonely, we call feel for those whose lives have been darkened. ' JtECOG~)TIO;\, .

Fratel'llal recog1lition wa;; extended Lu the Grand Lodges of Cllba, ~laniLuba and ~ew ~lexico. The action was subsequently reconsidered, and the ll1:ttter referred to It cOlllmittee, with instructions to Report one )'ear hence. The Grand Lodge rc.'5olved: That'llo Brother from Quebec h clltitled Lu the ::lIasonie right of visit~ttion in this (inwd .Jurisdktion who doe!; not hail from a Lodge holding in authoritv under the Grand Lodge of (.~uebec. . The Grllnd Lodge ,ledared that under 110 eircum!;t~nee" Cltll a Lodge in!;t~lll its ,)flieers without tirst opening the Lodge in constitutional form. We have. long desired (3ntnd Lodges tw speak out on this qnestion and put a stop to the loose and irregular method of doing thi;; kind of 'I'Ork: I

COl! HE,,;J'uJ\ DEJ\CJ:.

The review of Foreig'n bodies-forty-onc in number-\\a" lIlalle by Grand Secreuuy William P. Innes, Committee on Correspondence, and is l\. most readable Report of more tllall two hunctred pages. He opens thus: ,1'1'0111 the Heport,<; malIc Oil questions of .Jurisprudence, throughout the several ~tate::;, your committee feel assurell in snying' that grclttcr unanimity ill ruling exists than ever before exhibited.

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Appendix.

.It is safe to s8,y that t.here never was a period in the history of Masonry in this country, when the Proceedings showed a more universal tone of peace, harmony and good will among the Craft. â&#x20AC;˘

Missomi receives a most fra,ternal notice and thorough review. Eleven page.>; are devoted to our Proceedings for 1878. Grand l\IltSter Ready receive(1 an elegant compliment from the reviewer, both in terms and in e~tended quotations from his Annual Addre..."S. Of the Address he said: The Gradd ~Jaster, from his Addre~s, shows

vast lU110unt of labor done by hini.

His Addrcss is full of general intelligence 1\." wcll as detail, lt1Hl aftcr reading it care. fullv O\'cr, we conld but exclaim, from sHch Grand Ml\.Sters the Craft must obtllin much kno'wledge, nnd to all such, much credit is due. The decisions of Grand Master Ready arc copied in their cntirety. The Orat.ion of Bro. Root., Grand Orator, is justly pronounced iutcresting Address 011 the )rission of Masonry."

a most bellutiful awl

In reviewing our work on Correspondence he, or his printer, make us out a poor speller. The word .~IlJ!jJl(,lI/c}l" is in quotation marks, as if we had written it supplhnent." If cver we meet Brother Innes we will go one H'i" on him. In addition, our name is not F. C. (Foreign Correspondence) Vincil, but John D. We are not so distinguished liS 3. redewer as to be called F. C. (Foreign Correspondencc) Vinci\. Bro. lllnes says of us; H

He reviews our transactions for 1877. We fellr from the remltrks made by Bro. Vincil, in his" suppliment," that he is not in receipt of our transactions for 1878, or we would Illlve appeared as of a later date. We certainly did not receive 'the Proceedings of 1878, else they would have j'cccived full notice. Everything that came to hand up to a late date in the year, pas~ed under review. We regret not having received the transactions of ]'fichigan, for 1878, as we have heen wonderfully pleased with their way of doing things up. there, and enjoy greatly the pleasant work of reviewing them. We observe that the next Annual Communication is to he in the beautiful city of Detroit. Providence and circumstances fa.\'orin~, we shall be there. We thank the Committee for its courteous review of 'Missouri, and of our first labor in the field of correspondence. We like the manner in whieh the Committee corcJudes-it is COKCLU,lOJS that concludes. DXNIEL STRIKER, Hastings, (;l; ~J. \V 1\ÂŁ. P. INNES, Graud Hapids, G. Sec. and Com. on For. Cur.

MINNESOTA, 1879. The Twcnt.y-sixth Annual Communication of this Gl'and Lodge eonvcllcd in t.he city of St. Paul, January 14, IS7!). ~J.

W. Bro. E. W. Durant, G. ]'L, presided; R W. Bro. A. T. C. Pierson, (;. Scc.

In addition to Grand and Past Grand from one hundred and twenty-four Lodges.

Offker~,

there were present

Hepresentn.tive~

1879.] .

Appendix.

From the Anllual Address we m:tke extracts, showing Ihe cast of Ihat paper; ~ill<:c our

last allllual communicatioll, a yp.a,r路ladcn with thc vjd~sit.\ldcs, burdclls an.-] respollsibilities, illtermin~led with 1'0 much that makes lifc's pathway pleasant. has pa,ssed away, l1l11rldng allother period in onr Masonk lives and history, the pagcs of which it is our duty to review, that in the future we may avoid the crrors of the past Hlld J)rolit by past experience. One year ago you placed iu my haud the g::ve) of autho'l:it~',.and in tlms hon~ring. me. you at the same tnne Rlace mc under :t weIghty respownblhty to the Fraterlllty 01 this Grand' .Jurisdiction. 'I he time has now come when I must account to you of my stewardship and render a full account of my official action. Of the Craft at large, I would say, Freemasonry in Minnesota has bccn built up 011 It firm amI enduring basis. A,s the foundation was secure, so has our structure becn Imildcd. the elemcnts of wisdom llnd strength have been united with that symbolk belluty taught by speculative :lIIaso1ll'Y, as exemplified by the widow's son. :lIIasonry ill ~linnesota has made wonderful progress. One hundrcd and forty Lodges IIIlSWer at our roll can, and nearly seven thousand :Masons acknowledge feally to this \;r8nd Lodge. As a rnle, our Lodgesoccnp)路 safc !tlld comfortable, :tnd iUllI:luy instance:-, cle~ant halls, suitably litted up and arrangeu, 'with the necessary clothing and parapher)la.lla of our Order, governed by careful and prudent Craftsmen, Brethren who are 7.calou!5 in wcH-(loing, guarding carefully the pOrhtls, and with an ever-watchful eye closely scrutinizing those who would enter therem. The Grand ~faster reYiewed, at considerable length, the doings of the l;rand Oricnt of France, a.nd treats in an aule manner the" attempted innovation" UpOIl prineiples dear to every true Mason. DEClSIUNS

Were reported upon ten difterent questions. The Grand ~laster did not grallt j)ispcnsatiOllS to override existing laws regulating the conferring of degrees. saying he wOllld not bc justified in gmnting Dbpcnsations under the circumstances. "The caudidate lllust wait the usual time." This is wisdom and prudence. , "An otlicer cannot resign." Another good decision. "An applica.nt cannot withdraw his petition after being r~ected." All his decisions ~vere of like character-sound and proper. D1SPEXSA'JIOl'\S Were granted to form six new Lodges. We are pleased to observe that the Brethren JJOnored the name and worth of their Pa,~t Grand :Masler, late deecill:ied, by instituting HRADEl'\ Lodge, The Grand )la.~ter treated in It brier lInu very fraternal manner, thc questions of (litierence between the Grand Lodges of :\Jillllesota and Dakota. Hc urged the Committee 011 .Jurisprudence to give attention to the matter, to the end that any real or imaginary ,liff"crences cxisting betwccll the jurisdictions may be adjmted. Of the pestilellce he said; During t.lle past year a portion of the 1\lissb~ippi Valley has becn vi:sited bv :t l'c->;t.ilcnce wide-~prel1d in its ravages, and most terrible in its malignity. Cities have been almost depopulated, t.he inhabitants of towns and villages, a"nd hamlets were swept all'ay by the virulen\'e ')1' Ihe seourgc, while a cry of horror and distress went out. from among the stricken peojJlc, praying to Almi/{hty God that t.he terrible pall overhanging them might be liftecl. Feeling that I 8hould he hut anticipatin/? your wishes, 1 authorized the i~suance of It drcular, a..>;king from Lodges lllld ){a..<;onry 11l this jurisdiction such aid as you might desire to contribute to those of our Fraternity, whose homes and families were within the seope of the dread scourge. The response made by you, my Brethren, WIL.S a nlO~t noble one, 11 Jitting tribute of fraternal regard and afteetion from our homes fanned by t.hc healthful breezes of the Korth, to our sorrow-strieken Brethren of the South. Our (~r:l,l1d Secretary is in receipt of letters from our Brethren of Tennessee, Louisiana and ~lississippi, expressing 10 you in eloquent language, their heartfelt thanks for generous and timely assistance in the dark hour of their need. '1'hc:;c communications and a :,tatement of the amount of money received from varioul:i sources, together with all account of its disbursement will be submitted to you by our Grand Secretary.

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[Oct.

A well-expressed tribute was paid by the (;ralId .Master to tllC memory of the pruminent dead of the past year in Yllrioui:i .illri~(lietiolls, ineludiug his uwn.

The conclusion of the Address was wurthy uf its author, and was couched in elegalIt language. The GnuH1 :-:3et:retary prest:lIted

valuahle bUi:iincss exhihit.

An Oration WIIS delivered by the Gmml Orator, Bro. George A. C:unp. lts.publication in the Proceedings was requested, bnt the Orator deelined to furnish" copy." The Fraternity in :'Ilinnesota, iiI response to the Grana ~Iaster's caJl, had contribute<1 over eighteen humlred dollars llS ,. aid for the sufferers in the yellow fever district." This was a generolls anu nohle I\cr;ponse. . The Committee on Jurisprudence approved all the decisions relldered by the Gnlllll ~Iaster.

Concerll ing existill1! iS~lles betweclI ~lilJllCsota alld Dakotlt, tlle Committee 011 Jurisprullellce made a Heport. We extmet the following, as sllowing the actiun of the Gmnd LOllee, and which will explain the nllture of the controversy:

I I' .•

Your Committee 011 )Ia~ollie Jnrbprudenee to whom was referred that Jlortioll of the A,lrlress of the Most '~Vorshipful Gr!l-lld. )laster. rel!lting t.J the recognition by this (;nwll Lodge ?f th.e formation, lu!d ~JrI~al1Izatj()\). uf ,the (,mnd Lodge ,?f .Dakota Territor~', awl the reltn(]ll1~hlllent of Jnl'lSdICtlOlI hr thiS (,mild Body over Shllo Lodge, Xo. lOii. at FarHo, and Bismarck Lodge, ~.o. l:!O, at Bisma.rc~, ~ak.ota 'ferri.tory, saj~ Lod),('e!" holding thell' charters from aUd worklllg nuder the .JUrIsdictIOn of thl~ Most "'orshlpful Gr:u\(l Lodge, have had the same u.naer consideration during the ]jmit~d til!1e at their OiSpOSlll, ~tncl woul0, respectfully and !ra.ternally report, that OJ! accou.nt of the nnportant. questions 1l1volvca III thc whole subJect matter. your Commlttce wlll he nnable to make snch :t Report of all I.he far.I.'. in conncction with this subjc<·.t, which it denlfUlos, at the hawls of yonI' Committee. for thc action of this Grand Lodge. Ynur Committee, however find Oll the jJartial examination of the facts submitted to them, that there is u different' sidc to the question than that presented by the Graud :Mastcr of, llnd the Committee Oll the Grand :lI:.I8ter'8 Address, of the lirand Lodge of Dakota :l'erritory. . Rcwl-/·cd. That Shilo Lodge. No, 10.), at Fa,rgo, and Bismarck Lodgl', Nu. l:W. at Bismarck. within Dakota Territory. so long llS said subordinate LodC'es ioihall (le~il'l' to c.onti111!e their aftlliat,i0l.1 wi.th this. t.heir p~lrent Grand J~dge, he pCrI!liUt;d to d,o ~<~, aurl thllt thiS :Most WorsllJptul uraul1 Lodge Will support, aetcnd and mallltam t.hen· l'lghts. 8n,1 exct:ute authority and control over them, till sneh time as by their own free will and accord they shall desire to ,,'ithdraw their connection from this (~rand Lodge. Rcsoll'cd, That the further considemtion of this case he continued till thc Ilext

se~sion of

this Gr:tnd Body.

Having reviewcll the tmll811dions of the Grand Lodge, we now till'll with )J!easurablc inerest to the Report on Correspondence, The review of over one hundred pages. pa.ssing upon the work of torty-four UraJl<.l Lodges, was prepared and presente(! by R. W. Bro. A. T. C. 1'ierson, Committ.ee. The rc\'ie\\"~r stanu~ ill'the front rank of COl'l'cspondcnts, and is an able, just Hlill discriminating writer. He makes a good Heport., much being' written, and the clippillgs arc appropriate. His reviews are always lirst-class, and read with great interest. 1n his review of ruled ont of order:

~Iarylal\(l

he quoted a Resolution which had been presented alld

Any :,"Ilaster ?-IllSOIl ill goo<l stamling, in this jnriioidietion, ~hall lUl\'c the privilege of voting npon the applieatioll of a eandi<late for degrees in any ],o(lge ill the State of ~larylalld.

On this Bro. Pierso]\ snJ's:

1879.]

./lppendix.

The proposition is not a new one, we remember that it had its advocates some thirty years ago; within two or three years the question has been revived, the advocates of the Vroposition, claim that as :Ma~onry is It universal brotherhood, the admittance of a new member has a bearing upon the Craft everywhere, and hence, every :Mason should have a voice in the reception of eandidates; the other side claim that a Lodge is equivalent to a family circle, and that members of the family only have tne right to slty who shall become members of it. Our view is, "let well enough alone." And" our view is," that so long as Chartered Lodges exist, with the privileges now conferrcd upon them, such as the use of the ballot, etc., the right to say who shall lJe admitted to the" family circle," can never bc invaded or questioned. Every 1Jart of the "family" should act with strict reference to the character, standing and genera.! good of the lOhole " family." Missouri transactions are reviewed at good length, ample extracts being made from thc business department, especially from the Address of Grand l\laster Ready. Our maiden effort, as a reviewer. was mentioncd with suffiCient favor to cheer our youthflll nature. Bro. Pierson has "a word in private" to us. How the error occurred we are now ablc to understand. We rise to explain. In our review of Minnesota we found lIO noticc of l\1issonri in its alplwbetwal place in the body of the Report. The review of our Procecdings being in Bro. Pierson's" Addenda," we overlooked it, supposing that our !'rocecdings had not reached him in time for notice. We regret deeply thc oversight, (Illite as much as Bro. Pierson, who says in his last review: We regret that Bro. Vinci! did not ~ee that part of our Report, a~ we tried to show thc )!asonic world that we apprecilLted the kind offices of himself and other Grand Officers to the widow and orphans of our late Grand Master, on their mournful journey ]lOme. We will make honorable amends cven at thi~ late day, that the 1.!a.<;ons of Missouri, may see that what was donc for the family of the deceased Grand l\Iaster of :MinnesotaBro. J. C. Hrn.den-was appreciated. That appreciation was expressed in terms worthy of the Brothel' who wrote it, of the )Illsons and Grand Lodge for whom it was written. Bro. Pierson said: To the Brethren of :iI1issouri as to those of Texas, :Minnesota gratitude.

M3.S011~

owe a debt of

lnformed by letter that thc body of .J. C. Bradcn, our Grand Master, WllS Oil its way from Texas to :Minnesota, accompanh~d lJy the widow and two little children, and that it would probably pass through Bt. Louis, Past Grand ?lIaster Luke set the telegraph to work to ascertain its whereabollts. Deccmber 13th, learning that the train \\'u.~ several hours bchind time, but would )ll'obably reach St. Louis the next moming, ]>a~t Grand Master Luke, accompanied by Tho~. C. Ready, Grand Master, W. A. Stubblefield, Grand Junior Warden, Rev. J. D. Vincil, Grand Secretary, J. R. Parsons, Grand Commander Knights Templar, Bros. Burgoyne, Prall, )Iayo Ilnd others, boarded the trnin below the city. Personally strangers to her, and nbo to her .late husband, thev introduced themselves as members of a bereaved f:Llllily, who sympathized with her: and werc 3.uxious to contribute WhlLt they could to :u;~ullge her grief, proving tD her that while all a :;orro\vful journey in It country never hefore by her tmveled, no iwquaintanees, no familiar fa.ce~, no surroundings to detract the mind from the ab;;orbing thought of loneliness, yet unknown, unsuspected by her, there wcre those who were watching her joumey with brotherly interest, ready when least suspected to minister to her wants. The body wa.s taken charge of by the Brethren, conveyed to a safe place; the widow and little ones pl'IY\'ided with rooms ILt a hotel, consolation was ,vhispereli, sympathy

indicated in thc tJlOusllnd little, bnt unobtrusive, manifestations which go straigl1t to the hean.

When the time came, a.\l were cOllyeyed to the trlLin, and when the widow said "\;entlemen, for your kindncss. your sympathy, you have a Wlelow'S gratitude, but you WIll allow me to liquidate bills." The reply wa.~, as by the Br.ethren of 'l:exa.~, "Ex(;us)o~ l'S, :\-I.4H.UIE, THAT IS OUI: lJUi:iINES:;,,,"e clin't talk upon flnl1nc131 matters. ' G. L.-AI'.6.

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[Oct.

We could not refrllin 1'1'0111 pll\dJl~ 011 reeord ill thc Ilrchives of the (;ralld Lodge of ~[inncsot.n.. these manifest3.tiolls of rcspel.:t, and Masollic courtesies, to one that the }la.'ions of Minnesot,a 100'cd. God bless thc Missouri Masons. "~lissourj

:1IIasom;" triel! to do Lhcir duty and are content. HENRY R. WATSOi', Prestoll, G. }J. A. T. C.

MISSISSIP~I,

pn~RSON, St. Paul, G. Sec., and Chairman Com. on For. Cor.

1879.

The Sixty-first .AJlII\H~.1 Commullh;1ltioll of the }lost WorshipfUl l,rHlId Longc or )lissi1i1iippi, Anciellt, Free :md Accepted ]lra,~olls, wus held -ill }tclver Hall, in the city of Okolona, commencing on Wednesday, the 15th day of January, A. D. 187~, A. L. 587!l, at 11 o'clock A. ~r. :.I. W. (JIl\1i. T. }l11rry, 13.

)1.,

presided; R. W.,.J. L. POWerWll1i Grand

~ecretary.

Th is WllS th c six ty-lirst sessioll. One hundred and fifty -seven LOllges were l'cpre:;cll ted. Thc Address was an able and practical document. From the opening too the dosc thl.:!'C is 1l tonc pervading it of high and colnmanding character. '''e extract a few paragraphs; We are abo"t to add another chapter (the sixty-first) to the annals of )IiKsis~i)lpi .\fasonry: onc which r trust futnre genemt-ions may reter to with pleasure :md pride. as not only sound llnd clltholic in its prccepts, but profitable for doctrine. . I llIu:;t Jir;;t speak of the deltd-especially of the NOBLE DEAD who fell Itt the post of Iluty dming the horrible reign of the plague. The appa.Jling pestilence, like a .. nc~(.roy足 ing' :\n~el." swept over the larger and til-irest portiolls of our State, and draped the whole land in the habiliments of mourning for many long and weary weel;:s. Saline);;s anll sorrow. and grief and woe, burdened every heart; and weepings :Uld wailiugs were echoed from every hOllsehold, ,mel" tears ran down like:t river, day and night!" Verily wc were ill :l vale of tcars. Wit~l a. pernicious virulence heretofore unknown in the ;.::reat valley of the ;\Iississippi. the fatal Fever, in its Protean types, hafflerl tile lellming and skill of the wisest doctors in the land. The most Rpproved disinfectants lIud prophYlactics failed to stay its deadly march: the old and the young-, thc rieh :Inll the poor. the white and the colore(l, were a,Jl and all alike numbered among it,~ victims. The wildest con~ternationand confusion ensued, and the people along the great thorollghfllres nf travel tied from the cities lLnd towns, iuto the mterior, olll~" to be pursued l.Jr the insntiate reil pel', who recognizeduo territorial limits to its rIIsages.

.\ mongst those who stood their ground, trusting in God, al1d exemplifyint\- their Ji\.lt!1 lly their works-by their unremitting ".elll in nursing and caring for the sick and helpinglhe destitnte, none were more cOlls!)icllous.than the mcmbers of our Fraterni!.y; RIJd, ,Sa,l] W relate. lJO class shared so he:1Vily in the loss of members-many of whom were distingubheJ ornaments. A Lodge oj' sorrow was recommended by the Grand se:ssion.

~1ast~r, and

was held during" til(;

Of the relief at1iJrdcd he sa.id; lu lluc time contributions began io _pour in from all quarters of the continent; together with most pathetic expressions of sYlll.p,athy, and assurances thltt more and more should come, so long as our need required it. l'hc heart of the whole continent seemed

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moyed in onr hehalf. Societies, organizations;.. clubs, Railroad, Expre~s, and Telegraph companies-East and West, North and South-vranel and Subordinate Lodges of Masons a.nd Odd Fellows-all, as it were, in ti'iendly strife to excel in their generous aid for the ~ufferers.

We have embalmed these letters of condolence in tears of gratitude for the timely aid ill the hour of our deep distress, and hll.ve la,id them carefully away among thc archives of Grand Lodge, as mementoes of the exemplification of the great truth, that true Masonry knows no "Korth" no South, no East, no West; and "its charities arc as boundless as the realms of eternity." Of a worthy Brother and noble officer, the Grand l\fasrer spoke in befitting rerms, uut not too high: In conclusion of this sUbject, I cannot forbear to state that to Bro. Power belongs the ~Iory of receiving and disbursing contributions to the amount of sixty or ~eYcllty thous:tnd dollars, of which he will douutle.~s make It full and satisfiwtory report. True, it may be, that in one sense I was a" power behind the throne"-~till he was the Power /)(:1o/'c the throne whose energies never slept, whose zeal never flagged in the good work. DECISlONS.

The Grand Muster said: :Much the largest number of my decisions were merely references to existillg regulations, which could have been easi.ly. found in our Text-book; and which I think it unnecessary to encumber our records WIth. He reports a few rUlings. some of which we copy: 2. When II Lodgc executes a note, who should sign it':' The Worshipft;l :Ma~ter lind Secretary, both should sign it. Thc Lodge records should attest its action in the prcmi~e~. 3. A member being legally suspended, has no rig-ht to appeal from the decision of a, Lodge in the trial of another mcmber. .The right of appeal is inalienable, but only in a personal !;cnse, and in this sense limited as to time. <1. A candidate for initilLtion wa!; rejccted, aft{3l"wanls movcd away, llnd afrer a few years petitioned another Lodge and was elected.

It be('~nne known, however, hefore hc received a degrcc, that he h(ld becn rejected. and application was made to the rejecting Lodge for permission t,o proceed. 1 IIni asked what procedure should be IvlOl)ted. Let the petition lie oyer one month; meantime give ,llle notice of it to every member. Let the question be, shall we w(liye jurisdiction in

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of jurisdiction:" yet if a Lodge is competent to let another work its material, and bv any aetioll so does,l shall call that waiving jurisdiction. .

Ko. 4 j!; the same old芦 lJcrpclno.l jurisdiction" doctrine. A party petitioned the Lodge where he resided and \VIlS rejected. Afterwards he moved away. In a few years he petitioned the Lodge under whose jurisdiction he had been living during these" few yeltr~." Still the j'ejeetiu[J Lodge must be consulted, and unanimous consent, by liecret ballot, Dlust be given, llnd is necessary before the party can receive a degree where he has lived <1," few years." Suppo::;e he had lived there ~everal years-yea, a l-o-H-g time-would not the smne claim be upon him by the rejecting Lodge as if he had lived in the new jurisdiction only one year, or a" few years'!" Certainly. The doctrine is held by aU .. perpetnal" jurisdictionists that a" Lodge acquires e:vc{n8i'vr: l\III,sonic jurisdiction over a candidate by rejecting his petition." Then if "e;rcln.~h)e" jurisdiction is acquired Oyer a candidate by rejecting his petition, that jurisdiction continues' through all time, nnle8s surrendered or waived in favor of some other Lodge. Thus following a rejected Cflndidate, this claim not only lasts a "jew years," but many years. If he had remained where rejection occurred for one year, his petition would ht1.ve been in order, because the limitation had expired. How can a Lodge follow a party into llnotherjurisdiction, and fasren It c]iliability npon him there, when there was JlO disability resting upon him where he was rejected aftcr one year?

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If after residing in alwt/ta jurisdietion It "fcw years" the party should return wherc he was rejected, would he not havc to acquire a ncw citizenship before petitioning the Lodge which originally rejected him:? Certainly he would.

Jf he had been rejected by a Lodge in Mississippi, afterwards moved to Missouri and remained a " lew years" here, and then returned to where rejection occurred, the rejecting Lodge would not make him a ::'Ifason until he had been there one year. lIe must acquire It :Mn~oJ1ie residence there. This very fact clestroys the idea of "perpetual" or "c.1:cl1t.~i/·c juri!>diction." "Perpetual" and" exclusive" cover the whole case. A claim that is pcrpduill and c.l:clu.~iI.'C is indefeasible. Exclusive claim!> admit of no forftliture, p:uticipation or alienation. Then the while above-supposed party remained in ilIhisonri he could acquire no Masonic residence or citb:enship, because ~fissis;;ippi preferred anel asserted fin crd/l.~i.1Je claim. He helonged absl)lutely to Mississippi, though a citizen of )Iissouri fbI' It" few years" or for 1/lany years. Grant it.

When he moved back to l\Jississippi, why should the ·,.(jecti?tf/ Lodge wait twelve months to acquire jurisdiction O\'er one to wholl1 an exclnsive claim attaclleCl '? Why mn~t the party wait one year befbre he coulo petition the Lodge which rejected him, if ~aid Lodge, by rejecting him had" acquired It jurisdiction which is not affected by the lapse of time, nor by his removal elsewhere." We repeat. that the requirement of tl\'elnl months' residellce, after the rejected candidate retlll'Jled to his old home, from a" few years'" ahsence in :'Ilissouri, gives away the whole argument of the" perpctual" jllrisdictionists. 1 r the rejecti~lg Lodge has a "perpetual" or "exclusive" claim, as is maint,tined, why Jlot receive the petition of the rejected party so S0011 as he returns from a .. few years'" a./)sellce in another State? Why require him to wait twelve months? He belongs to you (llmJ!ulely. He ii; youn; by virtue of an "c.1:clusive" claim. That claim seems to he fOllll(led in nothing more than that he was rejected by the given Lodge; yet the same Lodge woulCl rcceit·c his petition if he remaincd at home one year, but aft{lr he rem:lins at homc one year, until he becomes an eligible petiJ.ioJ1.cr there, and moves It) another ~tl.lte !lnd lives there u. "few," or 11/.any yeArs, he is denied the rig-ht uf petitioll where he resides. Finding that entrance to Masonry where he has lived 1<)1' a" few years," is blockaded by the" perpetual jurbdiction "doetrine, he returns to the jurisdiction of the Looge that r~jected him. To his great astonii>hment, he findi> that the Lodge which daimed him cxc!usi1.'e!y, and wOll1d not allow the Lodgc to receive him where hehad been living for years, now says, yon must waitl1Velvemontll.~morebeforcweeRn make you a ~lason. He waits the prescribed time, when the doctrine taught in high places (llJillOb) step:,; in a.nd says, yOIl canllot petition here, unless the Lodge consents in another Stllte, where you lived a "few years." Se~~

Grand )Iaster Hobbins' rulings in llJinois, ill lSi7, No.

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as follows:

"Where a candidate after being rejeci€d by one Lodge, removes int.o the jllrbdiction of another, 1u;ither Lodge can receive his petition without first obt:tining the eonsent tlf the other;" that is to say, Smith is rejected in l\[b~issippi, then moves to )lis.."ouri lLnd lives a" few years." The Lodge where he live;; in 2\lissouri, cannot receive his petition, unless the Lodge in :Mississippi, by a unanimous vote, gh'es COIli;eJIL He returns to the Lodge in )Iississippi, and his petition is refllScll hecause :-; EITH EJ{ Lodge can receive his petition without the consent of the other. The rulillg can have no other application than to the Lodge that rejected him, and the one where he liYeo a "few yearl-i." The Lodge where he lived. a "few ycars," could not entertain his petition unless permission was obtained from the rejecting Lodge. And thcre is no I)ther Lodge for the j"~jc("/ing Lodge to consult.1mt the one where he lived n. "Iew years." As between these t\\'o 'Lodges Smith will have a hard time. "Neither Can do anything withont permission from the other. Poor Smith! Better quit, and do like the sCt~red colorell Brother, under the influence of a tiery ;;ermon: "Dar Rill but two ways, BreLldern, one leaLls to hell, de ollder to damnation." "Den l'se goin fro de woods," cried Broddur .Jones.

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The Grnnd Mastcr decided that thc "right hand thumb being off just aboYc thc nail" rlirl not render a "candidate incapable of receiving- and imparting" such instrlwtions as a.ppertain to our ritual. We seriously question whethcr it Brother ('ould tim>: "111mb thc ritual into a (~andidate. so as to instruct him properly. It occurs to m: thnt this is putting the law of "phpic!ll qllalificntions" t'l a pretty "cyere tension. SPECIAL

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Were gr:l11t~d to 1'ctr//..'e the baJJot in five different ('ases where candidatf's hnd been rejecterl. "l\fisnpprehension of facts" the plea made iu behalf of the rejerten Olles, and presnmllbly by those who had to disclose how they ,路oted. Three Dispensations wcre issncrl, allowing petitions to bc entcrtnined from as ma.ny clergymen who eonld not aequire the necessary residence. An 1:UIlC1'rmt .<ehool-t.errchel路 enjoyed the SlIme liwor. II' the qualities and qualifications of this 'ilinCl'ant were a", doubtful as his work wns peripatetic, he hnd better be 'UinC1'ating still without the benefits of Masonry. A schoolt.cacher so unsettled in these days of opportunity, as not to acquire the resi,ien('e ne('essnry to petition a Lodge, ought to be an wl./..'nO'll:n quanti/.?! in :Masonry. A Dispensation was grltntell to perform the burial ceremonies Itt the grnve of f\ Brother who died a non-Itffiliate. The circumstances justified the grant, though the precedent wns II dangerous one. Only one Dispensation was granted to confer degrees in a shorter time than the law requires. Others were refused. We would gra.nt such privileges to no one. The causes justifying such grants 01' favors do not exist in our view of things. FOREIGN RELATIONS.

The Grand l\faster says their relations with other Grand ahroad, are, without exception, eutirely hnrmoniolls.路

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GENERAL CONDITIONS.

He says th is-; Whilethe stringency in financial matters isevidentlvthe chief factor in thegc:ncml apathy in l\'Ia-sonic circles, many of minor impOl't tending fn the sltme direction arc worthy of considerlttion. But I would rather speak of the remedies, l\Insonry is pre-emilll'ntlv f\ sorilll institution. Eliminate its sociality, and it droops anrl dies liS certainly as the plant when robbed of the light of the sun. From the" Conclm;ion" we mltke this extract: It has been my most fervent desire to so discharge every duty incident to the exalted

- position vou had assigned me, that when my labors were completed I could return to VOll the emblems of authority and power with the proud satisfaction that J had performed 'my whole dnty to the Craft. In all candor, however, I hnve to confess J do not enjoy this " prond satisfaction." J Inn not satisfied-l feel T olight to have done more. amI aCl'Olllplishell more, for the good of Masonry. In extenuatlon T may plead vel')' feeble health from .June until November. But" with enmity towards none and charity fOl' aU," I cun only say J haye done the best J conld. GRAND

SECRET.~RY.

The Report of Bro. J. L. Power is an exceptionally interesting one. Aside from an elaborate exhibit of a business character, he presented an enlarged statement of receipts of yellow fever fuud'l, showing the amounts received for the sufferers and how disburscct. The history of that season of desolatiou and sorrow in Mississippi can never be written, and will never be known. Only those who stood amid the silent rage of the fierce pestilence and saw its devast.atin.t;' work, could ltppreciate the fearful condition of the blighted population. We make a few extracts from Bro. Power's Report. These utterances are worthy of a plnre in the literature of the Frl1ternity :

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The suddenncss and violence with which the yellow fever ~eized upon the wcstern side of our State, left but little time for preparation to battle with the terrible scourge. Over quarantille lines and into atmosphere odorous of disinfectants. the yellow plague m!\.rched at will.lellYing ter~or, destitution and death in its trRck. 1\fany of our people, who could <10 so. fled before lts approach, but thousands were unable thus to go to places of safety. For these. relief 111ust be provided as far as human ag-ency could afford it. W.ith businessgcnemlly suspended. stores dosed. alld the people of the infected towns shut off'from intercoul';;e with the outside world, the situation was such as til excite the gloomiest apprehensions of all who remained '\vitllin the fever belt. The pestilence begun its work so early ano lJerame so general. that three months or more must elapse before our section rould be rc!"torcd to its wonted health, and bu!"iness resume路 its accustomed rhunnels. Every day seeme<l a week, every week a month, and every month a year. Verily, we kncw not what a day might bring forth. When the fever became epidemic at Grenada and Vicksburg; and cases were oecuring at other places, I asked permi!"sion of our :Most Worshipfnl Grand Mastel' to draw upou the funds ill our t.reasury for the relief of the affiicted localities. He promptly telegraphed me his approvnl. and afterwards "ent me his written authority to dispense the Grand Lodge fllnds at will-that he could not rest a moment. nor sleep, in custody of the mcans of relief when our afflicted Brethreu were in ueed of the absolute necessaries of life-that he wOIIl<'l rather err, if at all, in liberally helping the needy. Upon this authority. 1 drew a warrant. for five hundred dollars, and had it been necessary, YOllr treasury WOll1<'l to-day be empty. But Olll' Brethren. and the people everywhere claimed the privilege of helping us in 0111' time of need, and the amazing aggregate of funds that has passed through my hands, as one of the many agents in the work, shows how promptly, how no])I\', how generously our country, and indeed the world, came to our assistance. l' am Slll:C that our kind friends must have realized that"No radiant pearl that crested fortune wears, Kor gem that. twinkling hangs from beauty's ears; Not all the bright stars that night's blue arch adorns, Nor e'en the rising sun that gilds the vernal morn, Shines with such lustre, as does the tear that flows Down virtuc's mauly cheek for other's woes." As your agent, in the work of relief, I have had written and said to me enough kind things to satisfy the amlJition of almost any man tor the good will of his fellows. The moistened eye, the falling tear, the hearty" God bless you!" and" God bless the Masous and Odd Fellows!" have strengthened and encouraged me in the prosecution of the work, and have tilled me with gratitude for the priYilege of being the almoner of the bounties of others. Onerous as has been the duty, I shall regret wIlen it is out of my power to say to the widow or orphan who mlt)' apply, J have no more to {fit'c. To Him who has declared " r will be a husband to the widow and a father to the fatherless," I do most prayerfullY commend the berell.ved of the Epidemic of 1878. . . The Report shows that the sum of $75,472/'16 had been contributed for relief in :l\Tississippi. Of this amount we findTotal Masonic receipts

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We clip the following respecting AN AGED MASON.

Right Worshipful A. P. Barry. Grand Treasurer, introduced to the Grand Lodge, Bro. C. C. M. Marable, aged eighty-four years, who was made a Mason in 1818, in Concord Lodge, No. 84, Virginia. On motion of Bro. Frederic Speed the venerable Brother was greeted with t.he Gm.nd Honors, whieh complimcnt. he very graeei'ull~' acknowledged. A Lodge of sorrow was held during the session, of which the following paragraph will give an idea as to its formation. Grand :M:ast~r Murry, prebided. 'l'he Grand Lodge held a Lodge of Sorrow. at McIver Hall. in the city of Okolona. 011 Wednesday llj~ht, :Talluary Ii'>, 1879, under the direction of Bro. P. M. Savery, who had bl'cn appoillt.ed Mnstcr of I'eremonies to\' the oc('n~i())l. The hall hftd been appropriately

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draped wit.h the emblcms of mourning. In the centre of the hall was It cataflll<ille, at. which, during the ecremonieg, i'everal Kni~hts TempJar were stationect as a guard of honor. Tahlets. bearing- the nmnes of Past Grand Otncers find Pa.<;t Mast.crs, who dic(l during the epidemic. were distributed along the walls, A choir, composed of the best talent of the vieinity, discoursed ;;01en1l1 music at uppropriate intervals. The ritual, . arrnnged hy Bro. Frederic Speed, was beuutiful und impreSSIve, and well rendererl by the Brethren pllrt.icipat.ing路. .A lllrge audience had assembled, and nt half-past :o:even o'eloek tIll' twenty-se\'en )'ast "Masters, previously selected, inclnding oftkers of the Sorrow LOllgc, prel'edNl by an escort of Knights 1'el11plur, entered t.he hall. Bro. Frederic Speed made the opening Address. It is opulent with gems of hcunty. and abounds with eloqueut feeling. We will be pardoned. for extending t.his Heport by cnrirhing it with some ra.rc selections from this superb prOduction, We \\路01110 be happy to transfer the entire .\ddrcss to these pages: All natmc is onc vast clock, recording time, which, like a river, flows silently and incessantly by liS, and a little way onward.,falls into the (,eean of eternity. The g路eologbt rencts the story of t.he years in t.he strata of the earth's snrface and even the pebbles npoll the sen-shore speak to him of the procession of the ages. Thc IL~tronomer reads or Ihe flight of the honrs upon the fiice of the heavens; to him, t.he sun, moon and stars that m"st.criouf<lv glitter there, in the wOndrOl\8 beautv of tllcir eternal calm and silen('C arc lIuml;ering'the hours, minutes Rnd f<cconds as the'y bemmc part ot~the clead. past, ., :::

It is well that we should pause in our labors to commune wUh the spirits of the Mnster Workmen who have been called by the voice of the Grand Warden from the Ilt!>ors of the earthly Lodge to refreshment In the Heavenly Temple of our Goo. It has heen tritely said, that, we live only t.o losc those we love, and to see our friends go awav out of our sight, and this is the penalty we pay for living the few brief yelLrS which shail swiftly gHde under our feet before we, too, shall join the innumerable CRn1va.n and cross the ltark river of (lea.th,

Bruised and bleeding from the many wounds which a heavy calamity has inflicted npon us. we nre not yet snfficiently compoi"cd to cont.emplate with calmness the fearful wreck and ruin which death hai; wrought. or to make choice of words adequate to express our love for those upon whose hearts he has laid his icy fingers, and stiller] their helttin~;; forever. Stunned. by the magnitude of the blow. we cannot realize that we shall see and hear onr friends 110 more; that we cannot go to them or they come t.o us, until wc, too, shall take the last sublime degree. and enter through the portals of the tomb into the Gra.nd Lodge, where death Is the Tyler. and the Supreme Gl'llnd..l\1aster of heaven a.nn eart.h presides,

Thank God, we have evidence that at lellst part of the lessons, which all this aggregation of sorrow has been teaching us, has been taken to heart, by the exhibition of substantial !>ympathy for the sufferers. and for those who ministered to them, from even' Masonic sanctuary in the land, and there is some recompense in the unexampleii outpouring of the hearts and treasure of thc people of this broad land. of ours, which. like the sweet sayor of incense. burned upon the holy alt~r, went up to heaYen, bearin"" witnessthat, after all, love is stronger than animosity. :::Is there no lesson for us to learn from the act of self-denial of the poor laundress who carried It heavy bnrden for miles through the crowd.ed street,> of a great cit\'. that she might save her ear fare-six cents-to give it t.o the yellow fever suffe'rers? G<)d I)I'O\'ed that woman's heart aud perchance he proved. ours also; and if so, did He find in them the same exceeding great wealth of love and compassion for our fellow-meil? "loney could not have filled up the great gUlf which yawned between the North and the South, but a grateful remembranee of the munificent eharity disphl~'ed by one section towards the ()t.her, in the dark hour of affHction, has bridged the ehasm, and we tind two peoples which seemed rlestined to remain lit a perpetual rlistance, drawn towaTcl~ each other b~: .. The silver link, the silken tie. Whieh henrt to heart and miml to mind. bocly and in soul cau bind," .f .

* * 'l'he ceremonies in which we nre engaged this evening, th011o-h assuming a. somewhnt different form, are in keeping with the immemorial usages of ]i'reemasonrv, which has lllways retained her funeral rites and ceremonies, varied sometimes it. Is trlle, in ditlcrelll"

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nations, according to the manners and customs of the people, and characterized by more or less pomp and ceremony, bllt always teaching the duty of cherishing and perpetuating the memories of the worthy dead. and she has never ceased to deplore the untimely fate of those who have fallen in the performance of public or private dllty. On the 20th day of July last, a powerful steamer stemmed the tide of the mig-hty "father of rivers," as it rushes foward to unite its waters with those of the ocelli, carrying a cargo which was destined to destroy thousands of human lives, and to desolate many hearthstones. With each pUlsation of her huge engines, death drew nearer ana HeMeI' to the doomed cities of the :Mississippi Valley. nntil, on the 23d day of the same 'month, it landed before the city of Vicksburg. pausing to bury smile members of its crew. and to ask aid for others dying from the effects of a fever which baffled the skill of the physician and aunih ilated all previously formed theories of medieal science. From the Citv Hospital, whose doors have always opened to admit the distressed. to which t.he first victIms were carried, the poisoned germs of disease spread in all directiom, and It scene of ntter woe and desolation began, which baffles all dcseription, even werc it our purpose to narrate its history. All who could do so, and who were not detainee] by the promptings of duty. immediately fled to places of supposed slI.fety. Those who remained prepared themselves a:" best they could to battle bravely for the lives of friends, the poor and helpless. At once there sprang into being an association composed of as gallant spirit.s as e\'el' stood where, "The cannon mouthings loud Heave in wild wreaths the battle shroud And gory sabres rise and fall Like sheets of name on midnight's pllll," or where, " Death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frightened waves rushed wildly back Before the broadsides reeling rack." Alll'anks and classes of society volunteered, and brave men vied with each other in the work of ministering to the sick, preparing the dead for the grave, and c'Ollsoling the bereaved. , 'l'he death roll, which was long, embracing more than twent1! names, contained a brief record of each fallen Brother; showing that all had proved themselves worthy in life's battle, of a place amoll/! the names not born to die. Bro. James l\L Howry, Past Grand Master, followed Bro. Speed in a touchingly appropriate Address, paying a tender tribute to the worth of Pa,,,t Grand Master Walter, a noble man and faithfull\fason of Holly Springs. An extract from the Address of Bro. HowrY,concerning Bro. Walter and his family, will touch many a heart, as it has touched ours: We could dwell on the life and character of Bl'O. Walter as a man and a 'Mason, but others claim our attention and we mU8t let this suffice. ''''e will add, however, that the circumstances of his death and burial, and those of his three noble SOilS, were indescrib-

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and a servant alone. The two last, Frank and ,lames, were taken sick and died about the slime time. and were carried to their last resting place by two faithful colored men. No wile or mother, brother or sister to follow them-no requiem or funeral obsequies performed by mourning friends! How sad-how solemn the thought! Others equally honorable, and llS much lamcntented, shared the same fate, but of them we cannot speak particularly, Nineteen in all were reported as having' fallen victims to the destroyer at Holly Springs. Bro. Howry paid a just and deserved tribute to Bro. A. J. Wheeler, of Memphis. We will reserve it for our review of Tennessee. These closing words from Bro. Howry: Farewell, Brethren! Every true Brother responds fa.rewell! and the doctrine you profesi<ed in lite-that of the immortality of the soul and resurrection of the body-we firmly believe you find our other fallen Brethren will realize, when the Lion of the Tribe of JUllah shall raise you lip 10 fi. glorious immortality!

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Bro. Freeman followed, representing the desolation which swept Grenada like a besom. Twenty-three Masons went down before the c~'clone of death in that devoted place. Bro. E. H. Styles, from Claiborne, paid a. warm-hearted tribute to the eight beloved ,Brethren who died there during the prevalence of yellow fevcr-all fell at the post of duty. WE: are compelled to close our notice of this mourufully interesting selTice without further extracts. Never has Masonry appeared so God-like to us as now-never have men, qniet, unpretendin~ men, leaped into view so suddenly, endowed with 91l (,he attributes of truest heroism and noblest manhood as those who stood u禄 for humanity in the fever districts of the South, or went down to premature graves while battlin~ with a merciless scourge. CORHESPONDENCF:.

The Anuual Report on Correspondence was presented by Bro. J. 1\1. Howry for the Committee. We havc uot space for a review. Sorry 'tis so. Wc 00 not intcuo to submit to any charge of being It eulo,qiHt, should it eyer be lllade. Wc find good things and appreciate them. If they do not suit us we say so. Have not yet been admitted into the charmed circle of the" MUTL\T.S," and may never be. No difference. We will S9)' of Bro. Howry's Heport, that it is an able, just, indepeudent review of Grand lJOdg~ tl'l\nsactions. It i& well written and judicially compiled. 'We re~ret that (he Proceedings of :Missouri, for 1878, were not received by the Committee in time for notice. They will be issued within one month next time. We regret lensing reyiew.

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without some qxtraets from Bro. Howry's admirable FRANK BURKITT, Okolona, G. M.

J. L. POWER,

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G. Sec.

MANITOBA, 1878. The Third Annual Communication was held in Winnepeg, .June 12-14, ISiS. ]\f.

W. George F. Newcomb, G. 1\1., presided; .John H. Bell

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An Address was presented by Grand Master Newcomb, from which we glenn that (,he Gl'A.nd Lodge had been exempted from the visitations of death during the year. Harmony was announced as prevailing. I mnst here congratulate you upon the harmony which appears to prevail throughout

this jurisdiction, the developments for good WhICh have followed the adoption of a J'itualat the last Annual Communication, and hope for a pleasant and profitable re-union on the present occasion. This hannony did not long continue, as will be seen in the course of this review.

The Grand Master had visited, and made diligent enquiries into the condition of the I...odges and made a full showing of the state of the Craft. Some disobedience had been manifested on the part of It few Brethren, but was promptly checked by the Grand ~'l9ster. Due concessions were made and matters were amicably adjusted, to all appearances.

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views as to certain evils:

Fh'st-Unintelligent voting upon the application of candidafc!l. SCcol1d-A desire on the part of members to encourltge and eyen recommend appli<~ations from pel'~ons whom they know to be destitute of cnltul'e. erl\H'l1tioll 01' refincmcnt. and posse~~illg onlY a limited. capacity to praetil'c Lhe prilH'iplc~ wc pl'Ofpss 01' to receive a knowledge of the fiberal Art~ and !;ciences.

Tlril'~l-Imperfect reports from committees of enquiry into the ChAl'l1.<'tcl' of those who apply jill' admi~sion. Olle ncw Lodge was created during the year. Seven now

st~lld

on the roll.

Bccognition of Cuba and New Mexico was deferred; French l\fnsonry wns taboo!'d. The Grano. ::\faster was enctorsed by resolution, and honoreo. with a re-election. He deser\'(~d commendation for his administration was energetic, di~creet nl1<l prnctirnl. A brief Report on Correspondence was presented containing a tabulAr exhibit: of the of fifty-Lhree Gmnd Lodges, :Missouri included.

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E)lERGEXT

Co:lDm~IC.-\.TIOl'.

In December, following the June Communication, An emergent commuuicntion wns heM in ,Yinnepeg. It was conveneo on the 30th of the month. The object. i~ stated in this simple paragraph: To act upon the suspensions of Bros. E. G. Conklin, W. N. Kennedy. and (Teo. BlfH'k. j()r u~urping my authority in presuming to call meetings of the (irnnd Lo(jg'c of :\1A.nitoba: and without even seekin/{ my permission. To take action in the matter of Prince Rupert's Lodge, No.1. and the officers thereof. for having permitted a suspended Mason to conduct the busine~s of n re~lIl:tr meeting- of the Lod/{e, held on the evening of the 17th inst. Also, to act upon the R.eport of the Board of General Purposes following mattcrs, namely:

concernin~

the-

First-The disloyalty, disobedience and contempt of Lisg!u' Loo.ge, Xo. 2, to the Grand Lodge of Manitoba, the J\fost Worshipful Urand Master, and the Board of Ucnel'lll Purposes, respectively.

second-The unmasonic conduct of Bros. Dr. D. Young, G. F. Carrnthers, Jno. Villiers, D. M. Walker, and .Jos. Hursell, at the last Annual Communication of Lhe Gmnct Lodge.

Grand Master Kewcomb presided, and set forth in his Address in It succinct manner the history of the troubles that disturbed our young sister jurisdiction. We trust that no more emergent sessions may be necessary for similar purposes. A few such trials will eud the history of th:>.t Grand Lodge. The Grand Master placed matters before his Grand Lodge in terse ilmguage ot t.he opening of the session, and detailed the causes at considerable lengt.h : The circumstances which have necessitateo this emergent communication of Grau<l Lodge are pecul iar and painful to describe. You will he called upon to consider and pronounce upon some of the bla<~kest Masonic offenses on record, committed by Past Ma.<;ters and Pa.<;t Grand Masters, who hayc violated the fundamental and essential principles and obliglttions of Freemasonry. Certain Brethren-whom I will hereafter nA.me-have, by their disloyal conduct, practically seceded from this Grand Lodge. The history of the case seems to be this: Certain Brethren were dissatisfied with the Grand Lodge a<~tion as to the" rituaL" 'l'his led to an insubordinate spirit thnt fOllno

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an outrageous expression at Grand Lodge. Refusing obedience to the Grand Master. these malcontents rushed out of the room, forcing the door, and kicked up aro\\' generally. The Grand Master says: At this juncture, the Brethren who left the room created so much noise in the anteroom, and disturbed the Grand Lodge so much that Bro. Bradley. a Justice of the Peace, and D. B. Murray. Chief of Police, retired under my permission to secure order. This being done, and after characterizing the otnmding Brethren in fitting terms. the ejection of otticers WII.S resumed, the ordinary business of the session concluded, and the A111lllfl,1 CommunicAtion of Grand Lodge terminated in harmony. Subsequently efforts "'ere made to adjust thc difficulties, bnt to no purpose. Disregarding all lawful authority, two Lodges threw themselyes into an attitude of defiance. The .Junior Grand Warden called a session of the Grand Lodge, and dissension was rampant; the Lodge charters were suspended; the Grand Junior Warden and other recusant members of thc Grand Longe were also suspenden b)路 the GranQ Mastel'. To meet the several emergencies thus existing, the Grand Lodge was convened. lis ar-tion upon the cases, so fully and elabo1'lltely stflted by the Grand :Master, is shown by the following extracts: Resol11ed, That the Grand LorlO'e of Manitoba. Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, ratify and confirm the sllspension by the Grand Master of the said E. G. Conklin, Gen. Black, alld W. N. Kennedy. and that they be severally summoned to appear at the regular Annua.] Communication of the Grand Lod~e, on the 12th day of February, lSi!), t.o show cause why the sentence of expul~ion shoula not be recorded against them. Carried. Re.~olved, That the warrant of Prince Rupert's Lodge, No.1, be arrested, and the Worshipful Mastel' and Wardens of said Lodge be snspended, anel that the Worshipfnl :Master and Wardens of said Lodge be summoned to appear before Grand Lodge, at the Hegular Annnal Communication on the 12th February, lSifJ, to show cause why t.he said warrant should not he c!\.llcelled, and the sentence of expulsion recorded against themselYes. Carrried.

Resolved, That this Grand Lodge ratify and confirm the suspension by the Most Worshipful Grand Master of said Lisgar Lodge, Xo. 2, and that the Worshipful Mllstcr. A. W. Mee, be also suspended, and that the WorShipful Master and Wardens of sfI,id Lodge be summoned to appear at the Regular Annual Communication, on the 12th February. l8i9, to show cause why the warrant of said Lodge be not cancelled, and that Worshipful Bro. A. \\'. Mee be summoned at the same time to show cause why the sentence of expulsion should not be recorded against him. Carried. ResoI1'ed, That Bros. Dr. D. Young, D. M. Walker, and Geo. F. Carruthers be suspended. pcnning the regular Communication of Grand Lodge on the 12th of February.1Si9, and that they be summoned to show cause why the sentence of expulsion should not be recorded against them. Cl\.rried.

The Fourth Annual Communication convened in Winnepeg, February 12, lSi!), and was presided over by Grand Master Geo. F. Newcomb; John H. Bell, Grand Secretary. On opening his Annual Address, the Graud l\Iaster said: On assuming the honorable position of Grand Master, one of the first indispensable duties which met me was to change a yery pernicious custom, viz., that of the Craft mJing the Grand Master. To sueh an extent had this custom prevailed, that hc WlIS merely considered a "figure head;" consequently an administration requiring obedience might be expected to be attended with difficulties such as met me in the discipline of the members and Lodges in this jurisdiction. It seems that the recusant Brethren, dealt with at the emergent comm~nication,had gone on with their rebellious organization. A Grand Lodge had been organized by the snspended Brethren-of course this means schism in :Manitobfl. A statement of the condition of things will be found in the following:

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Soon after the close of the emergent referred to, the Dn.i1!! Free Prcs8 announcell thRt a" Grand Lodge of Manitoba, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons." had been organized in this city. on the 30th December. styling themselves as abf/ve, with W.~. Kennedy. (~rano "Master; F. T. Bradley, Deputy Grand l\Il\..ster: E. G. Conklin. Grand ~ecretRry. und ot.her>: composed of the sllspendecl Lodges-Lisgar and Prill(~e TIllpert's-und fi represcntfition from Emerson Lodge. Following the announcement of the organization of this spnrions body, sev('ral communications appeared in connection with the subject. In the j)rrily Free Pra..' . of the 23cl of January last, the proceedings of another meeting of that spuriolls lJody WRS published us having taken place on the day previous. resulting, as the report stated. in the 1'e-eleetion of all the otlleer>:. The several (:ommunicRtiol1s refclTclj to RS haYing appe:uell in the press prior find subsequent to this meeting have heen print{)(j hy this Grano Lodge and sent to all foreign Grano Lodges as It circular of wlIrning. togethCl' with the several eoicts of sllspension whi('h had beeu previously mailed. I also wrotc to the sister Grfind LodO'es who were represented in the persons of those who hud seceoed from this Grllnd f,odge, recommending the cancellatIOn of their credentials. IIn<1 the appointment of other representatives. There is something sad in the ease mentioned below. W. N. Kennedy WfiS one of the dissentient Brethren who creRted so 111uch trouhle in the Gmnd LOligc. His father, an ng-eo find yenerated Brother, approvecl of the nct.ion, suspending- his f:on. and, to secure peRce, took a oimit. DIED.

Since our emergent communication in December, the" fat{)d. gavel" has called from our midst the old. fa.miliar face of 0\11' dear, departed Brother. Col. .Tohn Kennedy. His ~~~fl\\l~ ~~~~,~;~~j~~I~~1s~rd~~w;~almonths, but he was able to attend to his cluties nntil I called upon him several times, and on one occasion he referred wit.h much emotion to the subject then agitating the Craft here, and which, he stated, raused him to (limit. He expressed emphatic approval of the ~uspension of his son and others Heting with him, adding sorrowfull~.. , ,; you could take no othcr course a.tHl do yonI' dnty, but I do hope, Bro. Kcwcomb, the difficnlty will be healed lJefore I die, that I may have a decent ~Jasonic interment." He said further, "r foresaw all this, and, fetlring it would drift into spurious Freemasonry, I dimitt~d." The following was adopted as a conclnsion of Grand Lodge action concerning th(' recalcitrant Brethren: That it be Resolved by this Grand Lodge, in the matter of all Brethren and Lodges who are at present under suspensions, and whose efises haye bee II before this Grand Lodge, be in the meantime left 111 abeyance, the suspensions h,eing continncd. and that the Grand Master elect be empowered to deal with the matter upon consultation with the Deputy Grand Master and Wardens. We close with expressions of approvalllnd deepest satisfaction at what we ('onceivp to havc bcen the firm, just and constitutional treatment of the revolutionary elements in Manitoba. It was fortunate for Masonry in that jnrisdiction thfit (lrand :MH"tcr ' Newcomb was chief of the Craft when the rebellious spirit broke out. He certainly proyed himself equal to the emergency and showed that the Grand Master shonld rule the Craft. We hope his firm and decided course has destroyed t.he" ,ery pel'llicioll" custom of the Craft ruling the Grand :Master." No Report on Foreign Correspondence other than lln aeknowledg-ment of (irancl Lodge Pro('eedings for various jurisdictions. Missouri included. REV. SAMUEL P. MATHESON, Winnepeg, G. M. JOHN H. BELL. Wil111epeg. G. Sec.

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MONTANA, 1878. The Fourtcenth Annual Communication uf the Grand Lodge of Aneiellt, Free llnll Accepted Masons, of Montana, was opened Tuesday, October 1, A. L. 5BiS, A. D. ISiS, at nine o'clock A. ;\ÂŁ., at the Masonic Temple in ViJ;ginia City. Grand

~laster

Wm. A. Clark presided, and Cornelius Hedges was Grand :::ccretary.

Therc was a good attendance of Grand Lodge Officers, permanent lI1cm!Jers (\,[:)d Lodge Hepresentatives. The Annual Address opens thus: Wiser by the experiences,of another yestr, stronger hy reason of its confliets, and. ) trust, !Jetter by reason of its sorro\\,s, we lire again assembled in Annual (;onvocatioll, constituting the Fourteenth of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted :Masons of :Montana. The place of our mceting suggests mnch of historic illterest. In Virginia City Lodge, ~o. 1, not a few of us received our first lessons in )1ason1'y, and we entertain sentiments of regard for her akin to those cherished by the scholar towards his Alma Jjatcr. l\,

The Grand lIlaster reported having refnsed an application for a Dispcnl;atioll to JIIakc .\Jason out of a one-eyed candidate, and puts himself upon record thus:

A canciidate for the Entered Appreutice degree, havin~ but one eye. nmde appli(~ation to King Solomon Lodge, and the question of phpical qllltlilication wa~ referred to mc for decisif)n. whieh ,,-as rendered adverse to admis!;ion. While I lun not inselJsilJle to the seeming rigor of t.he rule, J am, nevertheless. jmpressed with the el)nvictiOIJ that 110 \I11(ll1e latitude ,;hould be taken in the construction to be placed on the Allcicnt Constitntiolls and Charges. The reqnirements that. the candidate shall be ., without blemish or dcfect" admits, in my opillion, of but one interpretation. The Grll\lll Lodge approved the ruling and thus rea1l1rms, with othcr jurisdictions, thllt Masonry at the present day is stilloperati-vc though professing to be speculativc. If our BrcthrcII, who may be termed" literali)<ts," or "literal constructionists," still adhere, with \Il1yiclding tenacity to the "JW d<;(ect" doctrine, and wish to carry out the idea of purely CljJcralil'c l\Iasonry, why not be cOllsistent and conform in every particnlar? Why not conform st.rictly ltnd literally to the cacm_onial idea as well? Why !;a.y three Master )iaso)l.~ constitute a Lodge, when IlO J.odge can meet and open with It less number than seven? Why not maintain the distinetive peculiarity of the old operative art, and require all who seck admission to our mysteries to be literal workmen or artisans? There havc been cha.nges made in our system, and progress on the part of Masonry has becn thc resHlt. Why then exact a rigid compliance to a ?nateriaj, rule, when the Imtitutioll is ar.cepted as speculative or moral? The Craft deals with moral lJ1ltterial ont of which to fashion character, and not to make litc,.al1vorkmen. Let every eandidate blt" 1;0 well endowed with physical powers that he can conform literally to all the requirement., of the Order. 0\11' l;rand Lodge declared, in 1869, that no Lodge should confer the degrees UpOll any person whose physical defects were snch as to "prevent him from cOl~forlning literally to all the reqniremellts of the Order." That a man with one eye can thus conform perfectly to "all requircments of the Order" we expect ever to believe and maintain. With one eye ;t Jl1lln can ~ee all that is llecessary for n. ~Iaster Mason to see in order to do and perform the work or meet the obligations of his station, either as an officer or a member of the Order. We would not vote to receive any candidate who could not confonn to or teach the ceremonies of )fasoury. Every candidate for our mysteries should. be accepted with reference to

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afn/w'e in Ma..<;onry. He may become a teacha as well as a member of thc Craft. His capacity for imparting instruction should bcequal to what is to belau.ght in :Masonry. If disqualified by loss of members from imparting instruction, illustrating the lessons, and conveying truth to others, he is incompetent for a place among us. The loss of an eye does not so disqualify anyone. As It candidate must so far conform literally to all our requirements that he may l'eeci1'e instruction and impart the same in order to convey truth and propagate a knowledge of the genuine principles of our art, it must be through members sufficiently perfect for said purpose, aided by symbols or "object lessons." It will not be denied that lllany persons wit'll one eye can do this with greater facility than thousands of )'fasons with two eycs. As :Masonry is now considercd speculative, or moral, and tmth is the object sought, it would be vastly morl:' consistcllt with our ]JI'qfessed character, to give earnest heed to some other considerations than mere slight physical defects. We think men with eyes, ears, feet, arms and hallds, all perfect, should be required to have a few moral qualificltnons and intellectnal cndowments. '. When a party petitions for the mysteries, questions might be pertinently asked: Is he as soul1d morally as he is physically? Will he 'represent, in life alld character, the principles of Masonry? Will he "cnujrJ}"1n literally to all.the requirements of the Order" in a moral sense? Is he capable of learning the wm'k of :Masonry, so as to be an instructor in its lessons, whereby he may nse those wonderfully perfect physicnl parts, about which 1;0 much is being said? It seems to us that there is more concem felt about minor points thtUl is necessary, to the neglect of the weightier matters of the law. Gr:tnd )'Iaster Clark said

011

this subject:

The lllndmarks are the safeguards of ::IIasonry, am] must be held invi()latc. AIJow the spirit of olle to be infringed and the whole system falls to the grolll1ll. Let not the spirit of innovation and the tendency in these modern days to modified and relaxed interpret~ttions of the Ancient Laws and Usages be permitted to weaken the fOlll1dations of t.his society, because its perpetutity and universltlity are due in some degree to its inflexible Jaws. We profess as much Joyalty to the" landmarks" as anyone living, but have no fears that so slight an infringement us is here combatted will ever" weaken the foundations of this society." "Allow the I;pirit of one to be infringed, and the "(chafe 1i!J.~teln .1'([118 to the !!/'fJ/uul." We hesitate not to enter a positive dellial herc. Never, no never, will this sp;telll fall to the ground, bect"use there is an infringemcmt of one or any landmark. The above utterance of Gmnd 11a..,ter Clark isa fitr more }JCl:fer:t .~C1/.tCIll:C than it is correct as a. prophecy. "'e undertake to say that this" system falls to the ground" only when its foundntions are removed, and the" system" itself becomes i;0 corrupt that 11111 it mnst. Such an institution as ours ".rall.~" not to the ground, because, when divested of the grosser forms and com pages of the OPERATIVE .character, it receives an Apprentice with one eye, who is emillently fitted to learn and teach the speculative art. FOlll1ded UpOll the word of (;od, upheld by strength, and garniturt::d with wisdom, Masonry falls not to the groulI<l from slight causes. The (3rand ::IIaster made some good decisions. We copy: He decided that a hall not belollgillg to the Lodge, and occupied at times by another ::;oeicty, could not be dedkated to :Masollry.

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That an indefinitely suspended Brother seeking" restoration should make a,pplieation to the Lodgc which passed s e n t c n c e . ' He said tile secrecy of the ballot was a subject which dcmanued serIous and careful attention. His recommendations concerning the improvement of :Masonic cemetcries were well· timed and appropriate. Pressing business cares had prevented many ofticiaJ visits, but satislilCtory inlllnnation led him to make the following gratifying statements: That ex\'cpt in three instance.<; the halls ll,reowned II)' the Lodges eit.her inl]ependently conjointly: that only three Lodge.~ are in debt, and their total indcbt€dllcss will 1I0t exceed six hundred dollars; that the aggregate of fnnds in the other Lodges will amount to about six thousand dollars, which will be materially augmented when arrears for ~1ue.s are collectcd.

• 01'

The ascertained number of non-affiliates in the jurisdktion amounted to forty-eight. Tllis glowing extmct reads pleasantly amid the torrid heat of summer in the city. 'Vish we could write our Report in the shadow of one of those "snowy mountains," quaff the cold water flOWing therefrom, and inhale the health·givillg and" invigorating air" that exhilaratcs while it invigorates: Plenty abOUlllls everywhere in :Montl1na. :Minc~ 11l1VC been prolific, and han·c~t.s abnndmlt,. New towns are springing into existence. express cOllche~ are frcighted with thc product of our silver reduction works; commcrcialli1ilure'S are almost unknown, alld I~olllpetency is wiUlin thc ellsy reach ol all able, industrious people. The invigomtin~ ail' from our snowy mountains. und the l~old. granite-filtcrcd water flowing from their bases conducc to healthfulncss and preclude thc germination of pestilence. With ~mteful hellrt:; \\'c recognir.e the loving hand of the Supreme Architect and invoke His continued hlessings. Whilc rejoicing in our OWll pro;,:perity, let us not forget thc less fortunate in other scctioJls of this great nation. Of thc yellow fever sufferers hc made tender mcntion, and records his tribute to a lIoblc 1l<1l11C: Xotllblc 111ll0ng the many iJlstances of heroic action lWei devotion to (luty. e\'cn unto ckath. is thnt of Bro. "\ . .T. Wheelcr, Pa~t Grltnd ~laster of TCJIIICssec. Edit{)r of t.he )fl/"()I/it~ .fewel. and 8ec.:rctary of the Board of Relief at Memphis, who lell a victim of the pla~lIe \\'hile gallantly laboring to rescuc othen; from t.he hand of death. His noble llceds \\'ill iJls\ll'c n lasting perpetuution of his memory . .III respOlJSe to his ofl1cial appeal, Montana )!asom; nobly eOlltrilmtcd about one thous:l!1l1 doJlnTl;. This was mngnanimo\U; for a jurisdiction of less thun twcuty Lodges. The dtizcns of i\Iontana gave with a largeness of heart truly commendable-some tell thousand dollar!; having been contributed to relieve t,he Southern sufferers. FORE1(;".

Fnmce ncxt term.

WllS

read out{)f the synagoguc, and the Grand Orient of '

~pain

wcnt over till

Annual Report on Correspondence rendered by Bro. Cornelius Hedges. We sfl.ill of him in our review last ycar, that" wh:iely he was reappointed Committee on Foreign Corre~'Pondence." Our assertion finds ample confirmation ill the excellent Report before us. The Report is brief, reviewing a large number of Grand Lodge transactions in less than sixty pages. "'e make an cxtrad from his unintentionally humorous cxordium:

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Instructed by former experience, he proposes to condense still 'more than before. by avoioing mere routine observation:::, ano condensing all statistical information into a tabulllteo reservoir, which he thinks will be more full, ar.curate and convenient. The time to write, or the means to print an G.'r/w1istivc Heport are certainly not yet at Oil!' disposal, besides, we fear to exhaust the patience of our auditors and readers, We remember, too, that at the inst<'tnce of Bro. Bouck, of Wisconsin, their reporter was rewarded with extra compensation for writing' a short report, and CHll110t ll.ltog-ether repress the risings of a similar ambition. Leavlllg the rest of our introduction till the conclusion, we make our bow and take the pen. He closes his Conclusion with a small threat. alarmed bo)' in a badly frightened crowd of urcl1ins.

"Who is afraid?" said the worst

the ~'a~~e Y~':eel~~lt~)ers, at home and abroad, Good bye!

Be charitable as you expect

We will placate Bro, Hedges by quoting onc of the very best things he produced in t.he review: It is eneouraging to notiee an increascd appreciation of the labors of those who write for their several jurisdictions the Reports on Foreign Correspondence. Several Grund Lodges thnt f0r a time db(路011t.inlled these reports, havc, duriJlg the R,ast year, revived thc custom, llnd acknowledge t.he v,lIue lLnd necessity of sudl labor:;. ['he best talent in the land is engaged in this field of labor, and the annual harvests are rich and bountiful. It is I\' basket picnic on a continental scale. Those who depreciatingly speak of this corps of Masonic workers as constituting only a mutual admiration society, must acknowledgc that their labors among t.he rnbbish of the Temple, are bringing to light some of t.hc richest treasures to rea-r and adorn the new and fairer Temple now rising before thc eyes of an astunished Hnd admiring world. It is the grand workshop in which principles are elaborateo, and whenee comes forth the Promethean lire that gives life, action and feeling to the dead forms aJl(I statue-like symbols in which our Institntion tou much abounds. We feel it an honor to be one of such a band, and ouly regret that we bring to the ~cneral fund so little compared with what we carry ltway.

)Iissouri receiyed a notice at the hands of the reviewer which we prize highly for the cleg:wt aud just tributes paid to Bros. Goulcy, late Grand Secretary, ltnd RylalHI, our distinguished and able Past Grand Ma.\iter. Of Bro. Gouley he said: The volume for ]~ii opens with a bcautiful steel eng-raving of his frank, slllilillg lilce, awl wc might almost say again ~ in the cal;e of ~lnlJlesota, that this is It lllel11<)ri;l\ volume largely filled with t,he fi'a~nUlt Hower:; of eloqnence that. were IJl'ofusely laid uJlon the comn ItJJ<1 tomb. Our heart has bled afresh' as we havc read the touching, mlt1l1y tributes paid to his modest. but :;olid worth. Frank, himself, never kncw or dreamcll holl' wioe hls fame had cxtcnded, nor how large a space he had won in the univcrsal )[asonic heart. Of Bro. Ryland this:

Th~ Address of Grltud "IMter Ry];md is one of rare excellence. The numerons dutie:;, many of them of a delicate ailCI trying nature, wcre :;0 discharged as to cutitle them not merelY,to formal approval, but warm admiration. We haye :;een nothing ti)r a long time so gr:moly fine as his judg-ment." in the ease of Live Oak and Zeredatlm Lodges. 1t was like the righteous wrath th!tt scourged t.he money changers from the temple. What he say::;, too, of the respect due from )1asons to the'great light that glows lIpon onr altar deserves to be read aloud in every Lodge in the world. He held in the same high :Masonic tone. that it was every Worshipful Master's duty not to entertain a motion to squander the funds of a Lodge in banquets. When such feasts are wanted, lct them be p..a id for by participant.,;. Masonk funds should be regarded sacredly as trust funds. The hour of need and proper use will come in every case. And of Bro. Luke he said: . Bro. J. W. Luke took up the fallen mantle of Bro. Gouley and renders all able Report on Corresponding Grand Lodges. :\lontana for some reason does not appear. The mails must have miscarried in both directions.

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" his fraternal review of Of an "unknown" character we find the closing paragraph of l\lissouri. Bro. John D. Vincil, one of the best of their man\' eminent Past Grand l\lasters, was chosen to the post of Grand Secretary, and the memory of his good deeds inspires great hopes of the result. We certainly can afford to close now. JOHN STEDMAN, Helena, G. M. CORNELIUS HEDGES, Helena, G. Sec.

NEW BRUNSWICK, 1879. The volume of transactions before us contains accounts of several Special and two ,\nnual Communications of this Gmnd Lodge. III this jurisdiction there are thirt)'-four l,odges and 2,317 members. The Annual Se~ions were held in St. .John, as were the Special Communications. The Session for 1878, eonvenecl September 25, and was presided over by Most Worshipful Bro. Robert T. Clinch, G. M.; William F. Bunting, G. Sec. i-ieventeen Lodges were represented. In his Annual Address, Grand l\laster Clinch referred to the saddening and severe losses sustained by the Masons and eiti7,ens of St. .John, caused by the terrible fire that formerly desolated their fair dty. He gratefull)' acknowledged the tender sympatby and substantial relief that had been furnished by'sister jurisdictions. His reference to the" cry of distress" coming from the" Southern States of Americll," was appropriate and calculn,ted to call forth 0. hearty response from the Brethren. He congratulated the Grand Lodge at the prospect of having at an early day in Uleir city, "a building in every way suited to the wants of the Craft." 'fhe" New Brunswick ~Insonic Hall Company" had inaugrated tbe movement that promised such an early realization of their desires. The corner-stone had been laid by him, during the year, with" Ancient Ceremonial," on which occasion Past Grand Master Hon. William Wedclerburn delivered an Oration. The C,rand :Mast~n' ealled attention to the claims 1'01' recognition by the Grand Lodges of Cuba llnd New South Wales. And gave his views respecting the inva,sion of Quebec by the Gnllld Lodge of Scotland. He concludes his noticc thus: , We cannot view thcse 'Proccedings without the greatest concern. The case of olle province in this confedern.tion to-day may be that of another to-morrow. If the wUhdrawal by a Grand Lodge of the Commission of her Represent.ative t.o a sister Grand Lodge-as Scotlancl has in the case of Quebec-is sufficient ~round upon whieh to deelare It Grand Lodge extinct and the territory formerly oecnpied by it. "unoccupied," there will !';()Oll be an end of :Masonic gOVCl'IlDlent, and confusion and anarchy will take the place of order throughout our system. The French defeetion is reviewed and critici:;l~d. and fraternal communications with that nmnasonic institution were sllspended so long ItS the course is persisted in which has evoked a protest from the ;\fasonic world. G. L.-Ap. 7.

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At the close of this Session, 1\lo:st Worshipful Robert Marshall WIU; installed GTlInd Thm; closed the Eleveuth Annual Communication.

~J(t::;ter.

TWEUrrll S};8SJON.

The Twelfth :\nllllal (,1"3,nd Communication

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held in St. John, April 30, lSi!).

M. tV. Bro. Hobert )Iar:slJilll, G. )f., pr&;ided, <l.lJd Will. ]<'. BuntilJg was G. Sec. TwentY-aile Lodges were represented. The Annual Aduress of Grand )Iaster )larshall was brief anu of lmsille::;s clJameter. He opellsin grilllllaoory terms: CiItEI';TJ",,-First of ;lll allow lIle to l:ongratulatc tl.le Craft., not only within t.he city and COllnty of ~t. John, hut throughout the whole provlllee, 011 t.he fact that Grand Lodge, lIOW for the lirst time in its history. mects within the WillIs of It building which shall be dedicated :mel consecrated to J<'reema..<;onry; owned by the Fraternity and which, when completed, will be their head-quarters wit.hin Kew Brunswick. Only seven JlIunths have elavsed since the last meeting of GralJd Lodge, t.herefore there is not the "alllC nuiety of business to bc presented to Grand Lodge as if a whoh~ year had p:t.::;sed awa)'; but even i'ieven months have brou~ht their changes, their sorrowi'i il.nd their pleasure,,;. We have alluded to the pleasure whleh we have of meeting in our llew .. :!IIasonic lIall." The room now occnpied i,,;, it is true, eompnratively small,lmt it is ouly to lie oeeupicd telll1!0rllrily; yet, the .fact that we arc in the building, thltt so much pro~ress has been malie, Justifies the hope that at !IO distant day we shall be able to meet JJ) tne great hal) Htted np ill n. manner worthy of l';rand Lodge. I will not trespn.:;s upon your time, Ill;'- Brethren, uy cnumerating the difticulties through which the" Directors of t.he l\fasonic Hall C1lmpl111Y" havc struggled in order UI bring' thc lVork to its present ~tate; difticlJltiei::i intensified by the depression of the times. Thi,,; much I may sny, however, that we should do all in our power to fii::isbt the directors in theil' good work; we should look l(}fward, if possible, to n. time when Grand Lodge will own the whole property unli hold it entirely for the uses of the Craft.. Grand Lodge hi committed to an :I.lllluul payment of live hundrcd dollars a year for twenty years. fivc of these payments have been made. ICllving fifteen still due. It would be of imllleme advllntl1l;e to the board of direl'tors lind \\,()u1l.1 materilllly relieve the present pressure upon them if we could llnticipate the payment of these annual installments, to a eertain extent, by an immc(liate payment b~' Gr:!nd Lodg'c to the extent of say three thousand dollars. Proper melltiun ii'i made of tile death of Pa..o.;t Urand l\I:I.i'iter years. .\ just tribute was paid to his memory. A vcry made, respeding Hev. ChllS. H. Titus. late Grand Secretary of )fassilchllsett.s. Ha.rmollY i.s report(~d as prevailing ill the provi/lcc, heen made in the goon work during the yellr. ~e\'eJlty-six

Robert lioWfllI. aged tender utterance was the (irancl LOllge 01 and fail' progress had

The lirulJ(l Lo,lges of New ~Iexico and Indian Territory \\'el'e recogllizc,j awl fratcmal relations e:;tablished betwecn them. Cuba and Colon were given the gil by );0

l{cpo)'t 011 .[<'oreign Correspondence. H.OB"l' l\lARi:iHALL, i:it. .John, G. l\J. W1\f. F. BUNTlNG, St. John, li. Sec.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1879. Semi-Annual Session was held December 27,1878. Exemplification of work and banquet were the features of this Communication.

The Ninetieth Annual Communication of the :Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New Hampshire, was held at ",-'1asonic Temple, in the city of Concord, on Wcdnesday, May 21, A. L. 5879, A. D.187!l,

:Fifty-six Lodges were repre:,;cntcd out of scventy-seven 011 the roll. The membership of that jurisdiction is showlI to be 7731, an increase of 43 over the previous year. This is gratifying, as in these time." of financial pressure, general decadence in morals, and fearful deadness in many of the grellt interests involving the elevation of hnmanit路y, an Institution like ours holding its ground is doing well. The Grand ~Illster, Solon A. Carter, presented .1n Address distinctively business ill chal'fi.cter and to the point in all respects. The gratifying announcement was made that the peace and harmony so long prev\l.lent ill that jurisdiction harl Hot heen disturbed or broken during the preceding YPAU'. Hut few occasions had arisell for Hclvice or dccisions from the Gmnd :Master. for the settlement of quei>tions before the Lodges. And from reliable information the statement was made that the Lodges generally were in It vcry satisfactory cOlldition. One ])ispensution granted to form a llew Lodge, and one application was declinCll. The declination furnished occasion for the following timely utterances: The great need, as it. ~eems to me, i~ not more Lodge.<;, but more ~[asoll1'y in thosc we have; 1I0t an increltSe ill numbers u])on 0111' registry, but It more earnest and 7,ealou~ , devotion to the prilleiples upon which our orgallization is. founded, and the faithful application of tho:;e principles to onr intercourse with the world find with each other. Special Dispensations were reported, a lIumber of whkh had been granted to .. confer degrees." The fees for such" special" fitvors amollllted to $30. OBI'l'lL\HY.

I.'lIder this head the Grallel Master >'uid : As we gather here to-day, we arc reminden to be ill readiJless tor the summons that JIlW"t sooner or later overtake each one of us, and to some the time cannot be tar distant.

. Olle by one those with whom we have met and labored disappear, and insteac] of their heaTty greeting, ltlld words of checr, we have llau~ht but the recollection of their virtues :wn the record of their accomplished work by WlllCh to remember them. He formally allnOUllced the death of Past Grand :Master, A. M. Winn; Right Worshipful Bros. Abel Hutchins and Davin ",-iurray, of that jurisdiction, and Most Worshipful Frank Welch, Grand l\faster of ",-fasons ill Nebraska. I>EC1S10X,...

Hllt fell' deei!;iol!~ were reported. A question had beel! asked, .. ClUJ charges agaillst a Brother for a :\[asonic Ofl'clJSI~ bc withdrawII at any tim\? before trial?'" The Grand .Master J't'pJicd:

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J could hardly cOllccivc a Ctl.'sc whel'c such It course would be proper. If 11 Brother is liable to charges for a )Ill.,;onie olfense, it is the duty of the Lodge to prosecute. If on the other hand a Brother is unjustly accused, he has the right to demand a trial and acquittal. We have maintained this view Ii)]' mlLny years. If charged with "a Masonic otfeme," Brother, if innocent, should deiluuul It trial and secure his vindica.l1~m. If others deem him culpable, Ihe prosecution should go on that Masonry might be vindicated. To withdraw or llb;miss chargei! raises Il suspicion that something is \vrong somewhere. In our jurisdiction we hlLvc this law: It

That charges bJ"Ollg'ht regllhwly lUlU in l.1ue form lJefol'e a Lodge C<lI1not be withdrawn without It trial, except some palpable error has been committed ill regard to the identity of the acemed or the fact of the offense, of which error the )iaster shall he the judge, and in such a ca.~e the charges may be dismissed by It two-thirds vote. If the oltcnse be lIoll-payment or dnes only, paymcnt or thc dues disposes of the charge. ('ralld )faster ClITter holds tlw sallie views respecting c:rajifionu!' cl1,ses, and charges for non-pllyment of lInes. A Lodge should IIOt. cOllfer tht; '路'ellol\" Craft or )la:ster :Masoll l.1egree UPOII aCllndidatc eJected two yellrS previous to his presenting himself for the de~ree, and who has lived heyond the Jurisdiction of the Lod~e. lor that length of time, WIthout. a lIew ballot amI the consent of the Lodge within wnOSe jurisdiction he has gaincd a residence, as in the case of II cfinl.lidal() for initiation.

'Ve llP}JCIHI our law as to petiticHlcrs Ii))" the Mysteries, amI think thltt it may be copied!>y othcr jurisdictions with profit: A petitilJJll'j' jin' the 'Mysteries of ~Iasollry, who dues not present himself 101' initiation within six months after he shall have been duly notified of his election, shall lorfeit his initiation fcc. prudded he doe.,; not g-ive good reasons lor his nlilure t.o appea.r, and of the validity uf his eXl~use the majority of the members present must be the jUdge: )Jl'ol'id~rl, jf the time eXl'eeil one year, a Committee of InvestIgation must be appoint.ed, llIHl the ,'ase take tIle regular course of a new petition, ,dready presented, find accompanied by the Jee. We think in refert;lIt;e to all such questions,'the different jurisdictiuns :lre the propel' parties t.o settle them, they ]jeing the bcst judges thereof. The cllses illvolving the qlll~i;tion or jnrisdictiiJII had beell bl"lJught to the attelltio)] of (,rand ?iaster Carter, and 'referred by him to the Committee on .Jurisprudence. Late in the se.o;.sion it was I'oted that a.'S "the cascs before the Committec OJl .Jurisprude!lce have lIot been reported, t111lt the cases before them be relerred to the new eommittce appointed t.his day, t.o rcport at the next lUIIlll111 cOll1mUllieation." 'Ve regret that the COllllnittee did IllJt report on the matters placed in t.heir h:UlI.!:; as a vital issuc is involved. The Grall'] ~fa"ter brought the quc8tio!l sufficicntly to light in hilS "\rldreslS to allow all to i;ee its import.alll.:e. His views were worthy of morc immediate notice than they received: There ii; one fe:ltnre, howcver, to which I ClUJ llll\llte without discourtesy to the committee or appearing to prejudice the cases referred to them, 1 dc.sire to expl'e,,;!; the l:onvktion that the provision of our eoustilu(.ioll (~ee, 11;) which claims perpetual jurisdiction over a candidate whose applicat.ion may be rejected, l'hould be moditieci so t.hat the restrietion should not apply to l'l1l11lidates who have been so rejected l\lId who hllvc subsequently gaincC\,a residence within a foreign jllrisdietion.

It b unju,,;!., it i;eemi; to me, to elaim that 3.. candidate rejeeted b~' a Lod~e in Nell' Hampshire t.o-day, mnsl, after a residellce of fivc years in a IIcighboring ~t:l(e, if he llcsirc.<; to make ll)Jplit;ation to :L Lodge in hi" new home. prescnt with his llpplica.tion the unanimous conscnt of the Lodge \\hich first rejected him.

He 1lI11y have ,been reject.ed ill the lirst. instance for Clluses which might be wholly remoycd 01' l~e:l.'ie to have weight in his ncw home, which fact the original objector would 1Iot anll could not know.

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Wc need 110t put ourselves upon record here, tonching this matt~l" after what we wrole last year, and in a fOl'mer part of this Heport.. We Ilre happy to find New Hampshire icleas IH\l'mol1i~illg with those of Missouri. We are pleased to note the a.ppointment by the Grl\.nd Master as Represenlath'e at our Gmnd Lodge. of R. W. Bro. Alexandcr M. Dockery. 1\1. )) .. of onr .inrjscli~tion. A 1110re judie'ions selc(~tion coull] not hllve hecn made. CORRF.SPO~D'E~CE.

Forty-scvcn Gmnd Lodgc Procecdingswcre ahly and fraternally rcvicwcd by Bro. Albcrt S. Wait, Committce. We made the acquaintance of this cxcellcnt Brolhcr in our rc\'icw lllst year, and feel as if we had met a .friend of ?fOl'e in the present cxamination of his rcportoriallabors. 'Wc likc his strong and vigorous manner of treating qnestions. In om' vicw hi;; commcnt upon the Alabama qucstion i8 simply unanswerable. Last yCar' we took a turn at the same 8ubject. Alabnma had IIp the question as to the .'Iafn,' of a Brother who had been tried and sllspelld~d for a definite period, hnt, on a.ppeal, the act of suspension was 1'cve/'sed by the Grand Lodge. The Committee on Jurisprudence declarcd. that thongh the Grand Lodgc elecided ill favor of the appellant, and set aside the judgmcnt of the Lodge suspending him, yet he did not revert to his former standing', but wa~ made a non-{t.Diliate. In plain terms, suspension destl'f)?~S membership, when, in truth, a Brother is ollly .~I!spendcd fmln it for a time, A Brother is lm1/[J ?IJ}, so to speak, for an agreed time, All admit that when the a~reed ti'il1(; e:cpil'cS he will be let down just where he was when he wenl n}). Hut the Grand Lodge steps in and dcclares he ought not to he hanged. "Cut him down," and yet that committee said, though the Grand Lodge ordered him cut down, when he is down, he does not resume his former standing, hut is a <U4m1/chised Brother, He may lb:c, but he cannot be ll. bona fide citi;:en of the )rasonj(~ commonwealth. We combatted the finding of the Alabama Committee. in 187R, at some length, and call to our !\id Ht'o. Wilit this year, believing with him that the Alabama doctrine is indefensible: Where, by the decision of the ultimate tribunal it has heen settled that the charge on which the conviction was obtained isgroundle,<.;s, we sec neither justice nor rcason in a rule which allows any of the result.~ of such conviction to remain. It is said, indeed, that each Lodge should bc allowed control o\"er questions affecting' its own membership. If this be truly so, then each Lodge ought to be allowed to expel from mcre 1I1cmbGl'sldp at plellsure, and without aecusation of any otnm:<e at all. Wc suppose II proposition to vest Lodges with such a power wOllld meet with univer!ial reprobation, so unjust, and evcn absurd, would it appear to the Masonic miue1. It seems t.o us not only equall\' unjust, bnl to bc even more absnrd that a Lodge should be permitted to路 effect' the .SllllW (;bject by !ietting up a pretence of Masonic crime, and obtaining It ~on\"iction against It Brother innocent of the imputed offcme. Suppose a Lodge, for the purpose of getting rid of all obnoxious member, should cau~c charges to be preferred agaill~t him f(ll' non-pa)'mellt of dueR-he is convicted, and senteuced to suspension from membership, which is all that can bc illfticted: he appeals to the Grand Lodge from this eonvictiOll and sentence, as he mil\' undoubtedly do, and it turns out that he is not in anear lor dues at all. What would he thought of the Grand Lodge which would hold that notwithstllnding this the Brothcr's llIeml>er:ship is lost beyond retrieve by the nnjust conviction and scnteJl(~e'? What better is it that thc Lodge, instcad of mcre non-payment of dues, h:ui wrongfully imputed to 11 Brothel' Masonic crime, Lllstcad of hettm' it seem~ w ns even more indefensible than the l'll'Iner pl'Oposition, We are very much elated at finding- our8elves jn snch good company as the clcnrheaded committee of New Hampshire, on "the power of a Past Mastcr to open a Lodgc llnd preside therein inthe absence of the l\Iast~r and Wardens." In 0111' review of "l'Iaine last year, and this, we have gh"en onr viewR at some length. Bro. Wnit (,c.1IlC'hes the same llncstion thus: It is understood to be the law of our own jurisdiction, and we harl gained thc impression that is the general law of .Masonr:f, that, in the absence of the [\faster and both ''''ardens, a Lodge cannot be opened, and that in such case a Past Master has no more power than IUly other member. Our Grand Constitution forbids the confcrring of thc degrees in the absence of the l\Jaster, unless a Past :\Iaster be present, but thc powcr to

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open the Lodge and take charg'e of itS work resides ollly in the Master. or. in his absencc. in the WA.rdens. The aboYc decision, lI111nbercd 1. may be founded npon the local law of "laine-otherwise we shoulr] be disposed to question its correctnesii. We questioned and controverted the Maine decision because it is not a jJroJlCl' one, even though it have the delivemnee of a Grand Lodge to back it. Hm. Drummoll<l admitted that the mdhol'itll for such practice was not eX(ll路e!!.~f;d in the r;()N"TITIJTJO~. hut fonnd there only by 'impl'ir.o/irm. MISSOURI

Transactions for ISiS we noticed and commented on in this eommit(.ee. Of Bro. Ready's Address he sllid:

spirit thM elJdenrs Bro. \\'ai(, to

The Address, opens with a retrospective view of the history of the Grand Lodg'c of l\Iis"onri from its organi7.ation, covering- fifty-seven years of interesting reminiscence. passing- to It notice of the many distinglllshed members of the Order who haye pa.ssed from earth (luring the year. after which he ~ives a vcry full accoullt of hi" officilll nels during the sallie period. He records thirty-SIx (leciiiions upon questions of Masonic lnw. a)] of which, unless with a single exeeption,seem to us soulld, and show him thoroughly versed in the jnrisprudence of the InstItution. The exccption alluded to is to the eltect that a Lodge is bound to reimbuThe a sistBr Lodgc the expenses incurred hy it in thc burial of one of its neeeased members. This is one of the mooted questions of the day, upon which we expressed our views laJ-;t year, and do not care to return to the discussion. In noticing our Report of last year he said: It is an able re,'iew of the doings of the Masonic world uurillg the preccding year. He dL~cus-ses most of the questions of the day, aUd. able as well uS learned, is gcnerally sound and judicious. Oil!' Proceedings for 1877 and 1i178 are reviewed at much lcngth and with copious extracts from those of both years. He quotes largely from our Report of last year, and generally with approving comments. He does not accedc. however, to our critieism upon the ruling of the Grand Master of :Missouri of the preeedin(?; year, to the effect that where a charter of a Lodge has been arrested it is nnlawful, until tne arrest has been confirmed by the Grand Lodge, for another Lodge to receive petition" from persons residing withm its jurisdiction-though he dissenUs in a mild and fraternal "pirit.. ~L W. Solon A. Carter, Keene, was re-e1ected Grand Master: Bro. Geo. P. Cleaves, Concord, re-elected Grand Seeretar)', and Bro. Albert S. Wait, NewpOlt, continued as Committee on Foreign Correspondence.

NEW JERSEY, 1879. A large-sized and neatly done-up volume now before us for review, contains the transactions of a Special and the Annual Communicntion of the above Grand Lodge. The Special meeting was convened at Freehold, on the 28th day of June, ISi8, (being the one hundredth anniversary of the battle of Monmouth) for the purpose of laying the corner-stone of a battle monument. . Grand )[aster M. B. Smith was present find in charge of the ceremonies. ANNUAL CO;lllllUNICATIO:\.

The t. Ninety-second Annual Grand Communication" was held in the city of Trenton, January 22 and 23, lSi!!. Grand :Ma.<:ter Marshall B. Smith presided, and Joseph II. Hongh, was G. Sec. There was a large representation present of Lodge delegates-Past Mfisters, prescnt and Past Grand Officers. The Grand Master's Address opens thus:

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,HI:ETllnJoS OF TilE (;n.\=,n LOIIGE-It: i;; my. pri\'ilege devoutly to 1'(~('og-llize Ow of (;oct since we 11I;;t. assembled together. and t{l WC1CIIIlH' yOIl to our .\lIIl1lal COIl1IUllllklltion iJrt-his, the ninety-thirct yetlt路 o!' onr indepcndelH'c IIS:I \;rIlIHl Lodge. lind the one hllndred and forty-ninth year of the cxistencc nf Frcema>:ollry ill ~ew .Jersey. It cllnnot be snpposcel that I am insensible to the high hnnor yon hfln~ confcl'I'cd IIpon me by electing me three times, Ulhl.nimonsly. to hold the g'l\\'cl ill a Grand Lodg-e second to few in th\~ world in Il.gl\ illld secolld t.o 1l0lle ill the elig'nity and harmon\' of its dclihCl'lltions or in its adherence to til(' nneiCllt llSHg'('S an(1 Lnlldnlfll'k;; of the CrafL g'()odllc~s:tnct mercy

After mentioning- the lleecasc of two worthy Pnst. :'Ifasters of thcil' .inri;;(lic!ion he sHi": 'I'll(' roll of honored dead ill other jurisdietions has been Ilnnsual1~' Inrg-e. \:pnn it flrc written the names of Welch, Wheeler, Titns, L,)I\nsl)Ur~', Bl'lIl1en, \\'nshbul'11 alld 111uny others, to whom we gladly pay the trihutl~ due to trne, manly virtue;; and )fa.~oni(~ worth. The terrible seonrge that desolated a portion of the ~outh-whj]c it seemerl fiS till' 1'0(1 striking the roek, that the wuters of om' .better nalme might flow fnrt.h-lcvcled with the dust mi\lIY whose heroie deeds of loye find i"elf-denial will be recnulItccl \\-hen, in the hellring of assembled worlds, shall be spoken the wnrds, "Well done. Inasmuch a.~ ye hlwe clone it unto one of the lellst of these, '" '" ye havc elonc it llnto ))e," Let theil' zeu], their eleyotion, their love;))(' to liS an illcent.ive t.;) t.rucr loye 1'01' (;/)(1, tOllnbler work fnr mUll, than eyer hefnJ'('. Aftcr cnulllel'i\ting- various bu~illess act~~, ~mdl as l\Iaster prcsented u few necisiolls rendered by him:

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nispcns,ltinns, the

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]. r\. Graml l\laster has no power, in this jurisdieUon, to hcal or authorizc n Ln()ge to advance a person who hilS received any of til() threc S~'l11bolic Degrees in \路iolnt.ioll of lin Ancient Landmurk. Degrees thus received are, of necessity, nnll amI void,

2. 1\? officer of this Hrund Lodge can, during his term of olliee. be eX(']\lI}erl from n.ny Lodge in this juris(liction, except in t.he cvent of his suspensio]] or expulsion. legally l\.ncl fijI' just. cause, by the proper 'Masonic anthorit~路. ::. ALodge 1]/101'1/.11/" in Xew Jersey, is n. numhcr equal In that reqnired to ohtain nl' to retain a ],odg'c wnl'l'f1nt, . 4, When n Lodge has notified other Lodges of thc suspemion 01' expulsion of a member, notiee must also hc gh'cn to t.hose Lodges of his rcstorntion, immediately nner he ha,s been rcstDrel1. fl. Undcr the existing law of this jurisdicti(lll. no Euterell Apprentice or Fellow Crn.f! can either dim it from 01' affilinte wit.h a Longe in Ncw Jersey. C" Any Grand Lodge or Gl'llnd Orient which sets aside t.he Ancient Landmark of n. hclief in Gol1 as a prerequisitc to initiation, eea.~cs to be n :.ra.~onic body: anl1 no person ~ubse9uently acknowled.ging the .il!ris~iction of snch a bo(ly, 01' mnde uncier its authority, 1S entItled to /lny l\!asolllc recog111tlon 111 ~e\\' .Ter;;cy.

i. It is not lawful for any Lodge in this jurisdiction to permit. llUY bod\' of mcn professing to be a Lodge of Mastel' ]\f1l.';OllS, but' not recognized by this Grand "Lodgl: or acting nnder :t Dispensation from its Grn.ntI Master, to meet in or me it.~ lodgc.room. -

Said decisions were approved hy the Grand Lodge. The following' paragraph from t.he Address, will be rCtvl with peculiar plcnsurc by thousands: RELIEF OF YELLOW FEVER SUFFEHEJ:S.

During the prevalence of thc yellow fever in the Southern States, T issued n cil'l:ular to the Lodges asking their aid to relieve want and distress clwsed by t.his fearful diseilse. Although the members of our Fraternity in Xew Jersey had alrl'A'ldy contributed liberally through other channels, the total amount received from Lodges and fonmrdel1 to th() South by the Grnnd Secretary, amounted to about Sl,gon.I)O, of whkh $802.50 \\'as received from Camden Lodg~, No, ~[;. The deUlils will appeal' in the Grand ~ecretll.ry路s report. The sympathy and hberahty called forth throughout the Icn~th and breadth of our lrmd by this dread visitation, was one of the most signal proof.'; 01 the growth of that grand idea of onr Institntion-thc brotherhood of man. Let us give thanks to God for' ;;ueh a spirit. and for His mercy in staying the pestilenec. Harmonions relations with other jurisdictions, ure reported thus:

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Our harmonious relations to other Grand Lod~es with whom we are in correspondence have continued unimpaired. It wa~ my privilege, in June last, to visit, by invitation of 1\1. W. Bro. .John J. Couch, the Annlla.I Communication of the Grand Lodge of New York, and, on St. .John's Day, December 2i, I had the piensure of witnessing the installation of the Grand Officers of.Pennsylvania, in the Masonic Temple, Philadelphia. On both of these occasions a cordial and fraternal reception was accorded to me as your Representative. He referred to the Scotland-Quehec affair, and expressed the hope that thei!: difference." "might be "settled withont foreign interference," in which expression we most heartily concur. After three years of valuable official labor, Grand Master Smith closed his term find grltcefully retired with these pleasant words: . CONCLUSION.

Another year is closed and my official rellttions to you as Grund MltSter will soon have terminated. While fuir y uppreciating the good wishes and kindness of the Brethren from all part') of the jurisdiction who hllxe expressed a desire for my continuance in office, I feel that there are mlln~' others who are thoroughly qualified to preside over the Fraternity in New Jersey, and that my term has already been sufficiently prolonged. During the three years of service in this office, friendships have been formed and olrt ties strengthened, and I shall retire from active duty with a truer attllchment than ever before to our Ancient and Honorable Fraternity; a Brotherhood so linked to~ether ovel' the globe, that all of its members may say: ""Therever wrong is done, To the humblest and the weakest, 'neath the all-beholding sun, The wrong is also done to us; and they are slaves most base Whose love of right is for themselves and not for all their race." :Much valuable llnd important legislation was had during the session. Brethren near the Grand Lodge of New Jersey and representing- other Grand Lodges appeared and were received with appropriate honors. Hon. Bro. Randolph, being in the United States Senate, could not be present, but sent his Address as a Rcpresentatiye of the Grand Lodge of Ireland. The same was read, from which we take the closing paragraph: Most Worshipful Grand :Master and Brethren of the Grand Lodge of the State of New Jersey, the relations established to-day between the Brotherhood of Ireland and those of this State indicate, evcn to the uninformed, the breadth of Masonic Fraternity and its possible advantages to 11.11 classes of humanity. l\1y mission and pleasure, as I have announced, is to proffer to the officers and members of the Grand Lodge the right hand of fellowship, extended bv Irish Masons. Their principles are yours, their aim" are yours; their fame and your hlstory form a part of the common and honorable record which comes of honest purpose and lives through beneficent action among men. The Proceedings of this session of the Grand Lodge were adorned by a fine engraved likeness of Most Worshipful Joseph Trimble, Pnst Grand Master. The returns show a tota\ membership of 12,084. One hundred and forty-nine Lodges are on the roll. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.

The Annual review was made by "Bro. James Norton, for the Committee," and embraced thc Proceedings of about fifty Grand Lodges. The Report covers nearly one hundred and fifty pages, and presents a clear, comprehensive view of the workings of the Craft. Missouri was overlooked in the preparation of the good things offered the reading fraternity. We presume our Proceedings for 187S were not received in time for review. Our Proceedings for ISn were but partially reviewed, owing to their late arrival. We have no right to complain, but we hope Bro. Norton will not leave Missouri out in the cold entirely. We belong to the Masonic family. HAMILTON WALLIS, Jer~ey City, G. 1\1. JOSEPH H. HOUGH, Trenton, G. Sec.

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NORTH CAROLINA, 1878. We find for review a neatly gotten up journal of transnctions of the Ninet)'-second Session of this Grand Lodge. 'fhe Annual Communication was held in Raleigh, commencing December 3, ]8iS, with Horace H.l\fUllSOIl, G. M., presiding, and Donald W. Bain, G. Sec. ' Onc hundred and forty-two Lodges were represented. There are t.wo hundred and thirt.y-seven Lodges at work in that jurisdiction, and one hundred and twenty-nine chartered Lodges gone Ollt of existence. The'memb~rship in that State, from the table of the Grand Secretal1', seems to be about ora little above eight t.housand. There is a large llumber in the State nOIl-llftilint~d, jndging from the table or recapitulation of Bro. Bn,in. He says: Resident !\Iasonl". not members 1,3;,; Estimll.te those who belonged to Lodges now extinct and not reported by an)' Lodge 1,800 3,157

This is an ugly showing. .More than tln'cc thousand Masons in one jurisdiction without membership or a路 home! It may be as bad elsewhere. We do not know. The Lodge membership is pUblished, embraeing one hundred and twenty-six pages of the Proceedings. The name of each Lodge, numbcr, post-office, and county, furnished in a separate table from the statistical, will give satisfaction at home and abroad. The tRble is vcr)' convenient, and affords information easily found. '1'he Address of Grand Master ~llInson certa'hlly merits commendation for its briefand business character. He said: Our Masonic experience leads lIS to the conclusion, that generRUy, our Grand bodies arc too greatly given to the enactment of In,ws, which often times operate nnwisely upon their subordinates, that unless the greater number are to be benefited, the lesser should quietly bear with the difficulties of their situation, until, in the natural course of events.' the)' are relieved therefrom. Bear and forbear, with a strong mixture of that charity so wisely inculcated in Masonry, would tend in a great measure to remove existing eVils, 01' lessen to a painless degree, their sting. In following. therefore, what we conceive to be our line of duty, let us pn.rticularly bear in mind, that, in order to be effective, aU laws should be so framed, as not to be susceptible of two interpretations, or left to conjecture, but eouched in language, of such plainness, that no misunderstanding could possibly occur, and no necessity arise for continued ll..ppeals to the Grand Master to define and elucidate their true meaning. Let ns also have a care that no idl~ word, thoughtlessly spoken, shall wound the sensitiveness of 11I1V Brother, but let our deliberations be characterized by that wisdom, prudence, f\llil sound sense, befitting those who bear the Masonic name and impress. DBCISIONS.

A number of decisions were reported. Said decision.s were favorably reported upon by the Jurisprudence Committee, and approved by the Grand Lodge: Question-Would the testimony of nn expelled Mason be admissible in a :Mnsonic

t.rial '?

Answcr-It would not under certain circumstnnces. If expelled on account of a violation of his O. H., he would not hesitate to falsify his word. Question-Can a Secretary use the seal of the Lodge without lluthority from the

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A?I.<u:rr-He can by order of the "'or,shipfn] ;,Taster, m:H1e apparent, the Lodge efUl :l]lpl~' the relllcdy,

[Oct. Tf hr llsrs it other\\'ise, and it

(l1I(',<li')1l-Can Illntter,~ ill hando of tl1<' J'cf0rCI1f'0 c'olllmittce he' \\'ith(]I'a\\'n, and n pon before t110Y report'!

:wt(·(]

A?l.WVCI'-A Longe can at any time wjthtlrnw Ilny 1llfl.t1er from the h:111<1" of flny <'ommiftce, and net independently thereupon.

(lucst'ioll-Tf officer>: are elected nnn installer] in opposition to the In\\' of the GJ'llnrl Lo(]g'c, is snch a Lodp;e duly constitnted, ann are ifs acts legfil 't '

A?1811.'c)'-Sueh an election l1nn installation is illep;fiL :111<1 the flr'ls of a ('oni"titnted nrc nnll find vain. QIl/;.9tioll-Cun the degrees?

Lotlg'(~

cundillnte who has 10i"1. part of hi" shon1der hone he el0ctefllo tnke

An.<wl'l·-'lf he can comply withi"ec.l, Ohfl]).10, of Masonk Codc'. and make the sig'lls,

he CIl·I)' Quc.9t'ion-At a regnlar meeting of our Lodge. a Brot·her Wnl': eleeler) Senior Warden, to which position he wus subsequently installed bY]lroxy. He (le(~liJws the omoe, refni"('s to serve, anel a.sks a dim it. What shall he done'? Answcr-If the Senior Warden elect did not accept the position to which y01l1' Lodge elected him. and give his assent to l\n installation by proxy, said installation is null and voic1, and he cannot be eompelled to serve the Lodge in that eapacity. If he has eomplied with the By-Laws of your Lodge, and no charges appear t1~l11nf't him, he is entitlerl to n rlimit. (~lIc.st/oll-A 13, an expelled :Mason, petitions for restoration, but before the next regnlltr meeting of the Lodge, wants to withdrilw his petition: can it he done'!

Answcr-If the petition has not been pr('.~ented to the Lodge in regulal: meeting", Ow Worshipful :Ma,~ter has the power to order it'S retul'll; but if it has been so read, it is the property of thc Lodge, and llJllst, like all other petitiom, t.ake the regular eourse. QlIc8tif)n-h therc anyway an expelled member cau be restored to fill the righls. benefits and privileges of·1\lflsonry, except by the Lodge which expelled him? An.S1VCl'- Yes: the Grand Loelp;e can grant such restoration. but the Lodge only from which he was expelled cfln confer membership. ,

Qitcsiion-When charges are brought against a member, l\lld he snbmits I11l1l asks clemency, is not the Lodge bound to gmnt it withont an investigation and trial? Almvcr-A trial would be superfluous, beclluse the Brother suhmits: but it is r1iscretionary with the Lodge whether or not it will grant the demcncy tlesire(l. Question-Can fI. Lodge legally eleet omcer;; at any other time thfin t11fil the Masonic Code? Answcr-They cannot, unless by fI Dispensation of the Grand }la.ster. Que,~tion-Has the

minutes'?

prr~sel'ibed

'Vorshipful Master the power to order it false entrv to be mode in thr .

An.<wa-He may IlSSllme the authority, but he hfl!; no legal right.

We suppose these decisions are at par in North Carolina, but they would not aU pass in Missouri. Some of them are unquestionably correet; others would not harmonize with our standards in this jurisdiction. Vl'e refer only to the idea, in answer six, of installing an officer by l)1'oxy. We are inclined to (~riticise such a doctrine as the Grand lIIastBr encourages. It is a delusion! If the Senior Warden did not" give his a8,sent to an installation by pl'O.l:y," he could not be installed. Of course 1101.. Bccause the proxy eOl1ld not. assume an (!(ficial obN.qatio?t for the principal when the principfil was willing to serve. But could the proxy take an o.trwial obli,qaUon for (fllotha party, nnder Rny cirf:\lIllstances'? We deny. It savors of something we do not care to characterize. And 1'01' the first time in our Masonic life we herc meet with finy l\ffisonic nllthority sql1inting in the direction of such practice. We trust Hever to meet it again.

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The GrRnd Master submitted some suggestions respecting the offiee of Deputy Gmnd Mastel'. In reporting upon that point the Committee on Jurisprudence recommendecI that the office be abohshcd, and offel'ed an amendment to the Constitution to that effect. The amen(lment goal's over for one year. YEU,OW }'EVEn.

On this

su~ier.t we

find these ,,,"ords:

While in our own immediate jurisdiction" the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noonday," hath not left its dreadful impress, the pall of night has settled down on other portions of our Southern land. Crushed and bleedinghear!.,;, altel'llfiting between hope and fcltr, have looked upon sufterings they were powerlesf'to relieve, watched the painful struggles of dissolvillg nature, ancI seen the eye, once so bright, dn.rkened with the film of death. Ordinarily, death is an event which causes no ripple npon the great sea of life, but so awful, long-continued and disastrous was this calamity, that the profoundest depths of human sympathy were stirred, and responsively, from every portion of our broad land, came substantial relief: but alas! the fell destroyer heeds not the sympathy of man; his iron grip relaxes not at the voire of Immnn suffering, hut relentlessly he usher:; the 80u1 lIlto the presence of its Maker. Jt is the last of eart.h. God pity and comfort the stricken, homeless, friendless ones. ORPHAN ASYLU~!. The Masons of North Carolina have a grand charity under their control. Like Kentucky, the Grand Lodge levied a tax to aid in carrying ont a noble purpose. Some objection was utt{)red against the act of assessment. A certain Lodge issued a circular to other Lodges, questioning the correctness of Grand I,odge action, ano asked for consultation as to repealing the law levyillg' said assessment, and to take measures looking to the abolishment of the Orphan Institution. Respecting the circular the Grand Master discoursed thus: For good or evil, it has gone forth; and while it is not my purpose to distuss t.h\\ points invo~vcd, the peculiarity of the situation at ~he presenL time induces me to say a lew words 111 behalf of the orphan work. That It has been an element of immense good; that its ~\bolishment at this time would not only be productive of untold evil, but a stain upon the Masonic name; that its continuance, under such laws, and surrounded by such safeguards, as your combined wisdom may suggest, arc facts which, it seems to me. must be potent to all. What other monument greater in i!.s widespread influence, and costin/? so little, compared with its beneficial result.s, has Masonry erected in the Old North State? To what better or nobler end could your offerings be directed, than rescuing the orphan children of your own Brethren from, in many cases, a degradation worse than death, and fitting them for sober, industrious, intelligent, virtuow; citizenship. Are you willing tha.t an enterprise which has done so much, is doing so liuch, and capable more than ever before of doing so lUuch in the future, shall be abandoned? What is to become of the magnificent pile, erected at so much cost and labor by our fathers in Masonry? Are you willing it should pass into other hands, and all the efforts heretolore made at so much sacrifice be lost. to our Fraternity forever? Is there not sufticient wisdom in the massive brain of North CarOlina Masonry to conceive and carry out some satisfilctory plan, by which this Institution, around which so many sympathies cluster. can be pla.ced on a. permanently solid foundation? Its success thus far is due, 110t so much to our dollars a.nd cents, as it is to the heartfelt love, the unwavering faith, and unrelaxed effOlts of him who fills so acceptably the office of Superintendent. Brethren, let us wake up to the necessity of immediate action. Let us show, not by an enforced tax, but by voluntary materialaid, inerea:;ed zcal and untiring energy in its behalf, that the . orphan work must and shall be maintained. On the asylum question the Grand Lodge made the following deliverance through its Committee: That a fair construction of the language used in said edict, requiring- the pavment of

$5 per annum for each initiate, and five cents per month from each member (Jftlie Lodge,

is of binding force for the pa.~t Masonic year, and tha,t the Gmnd SecretMy so infonn the the Lodges in arrears and collect the amounts still due. Rcsol'l.'cd, That there is 110 purpose on the part. of the Grand Lo(lge to abalHlon the orphan work, but it is its determined resolution to lTIa.intnin and support it with all the energ)' and vigor our resources ",ill permit.

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The Asylum is truly a blessing to many, and is doing ll. good work. God help the Masons of North Carolina ~o rise above all opposition and compel success by their grand efforts. They have accomplii';hed enough nlrendy to prove the l)lesscdlle.~s nnd g'J'fludcnr of their mission, In proof of this wc quote: As is known. the Grand Lodge discouraged the idea of nttempting to tench thcm t.rades while at the Asylum. for tlle reason that it had not adequate means to creet suitahle workshops. buy tools, and secure the serviccs of competent workmen; and for the further rcason, that the tender age at which the children are reeeived and discharged, yix.. fl'Om 8 to 16 years, renders it impossible for thcm to attain any degree of proti<'icncy whilc at the Asylum. Still it has becn the unifonn practice of the Superintendent npon selmring homes for the children, to prefer situations where they can learn trades. Sixteew hll\'C heen put to the learning of useful trades since the opening of the Institution. It is a striking proof of the healthfulness of the locality, and the care bestowed upon J,he orphans, that only six of the four hundred and forty-eight enrolled have died at the As)'lum. At present there is not II. single ease of sickness amoug the orphans. The physicians of the town readily and chcerfully respond to calls whenever malIc. and make no charge for their attendancc or prescriptions.

The spiritual interests of the children also receive careful attention, and religions exercises are regnlarly held, the ministers of Oxford alternating in eondncting the same. ~ix religiollS denominations are represented by the teachers. Why persons calling themselves mcn, and !f[a"ons too, should stand arra'yed against the spirit of charity, which finds it,> most eloquent expression in such works as KentuekY and North Carolina have done, and are doing, may be morc easily conjectured th禄;. described. We will not risk thc utterance here of our estimat.es of some people. It might not be edifying. From these circular-sending, cOln-ention-calling, protest-making /f[aB011S! good Lord deliver the Fraternity. Such will spend more means, time, labor find breath, in opposing the grand OPP01路tunitic8 of l\[aj:onry, than wonld pay what they might be culled npon to give under any form oflegal requirement or moral daim. These loud-mouthed l)1'otcstants always harp upon" the ')fl'inci]llc iJn-olYcd," 01''' the rights of ot!'Jers." Such fellows fire lovely exponents of pl'inciplc,~! I'ORE!G~

CORRESPONDENCE.

Thcre was a brief Report on Correspondence presented by Geo. W. Blount, of f,u) pages and one,half, the half is an inerea.<;e oyer last review. The Report of 18ii was commended by Bro. Blount for Us bl'cl'ity. He made a slight departnre. We quote a fcw words: No Mason can hold the position of Chairman of Committee on Foreign Corresponden('e and read the Proceedings of the various Grand Bodies which come before him for review, without haYing his mind and heart impressed with the excellence of our Institution, and his love for, and zeal in, the work enlarged and intensified. It is pleasant to know tha.t we are known and spoken of in the far away Lodges in terms of approbation and love; to see our doings recorded for examples to others: to see our work IS approved and lauded; to have our language and sentJlnents quoted with comlnendation. Then it is also pleasant to see that. others are walking- in the same footsteps, guided by the same Landmarks ann. speaking the same language of friendshil) and Brotherly 10Ye, assuring us of the truth of the teaching that we are Brothers all, and that the cloudy canopy and star-decked heaven is the covering of 1\Iasonry.

All that refer to us and our work, particularly that work which is the gl'andest of nil our charities, the Orphan Asylum, speak in kindest terms and"highest commendation. Oh, that we had the zeal, anrt long, heavy purses like our sisters of Canada and Clllifomia! They do the benevolent in handsome ~tyle-no stint (If the needfnl-no backwardness in bringing in the cash. Ever receiving! Oh give! Committee on Foreign Correspondence: Geo. W. Blount, Eugene Grissom and Robert T. Gray. WILLIA:;\! R. COX, Raleigh, Grand 'l\faster. DONALD W, RAIN, Rllleigh, (re-eleeted) G. Sec.

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NOVA SCOTIA, 1878. When m:tking our Heport last year, we thought Nova Scotia would certa.inly ~end us thc transactions of the session of 1877. In this we were disappointed. We have before us for notice a good sj;.~ed volume Ii'om that jurisdiction. It is the first publication we have ever seen from our" Scotia" Brethren. The Gmnd Lodge heM an emcrgcnt communicatiou, .July 7, 1877. for the purpose of laying the corner-stone of thc "Provincial Normal 89hool Building." GrIlnd :Master Lauric officiated. The Thirteenth Annual Communkation convened in Halifax, June 5,1878. .John Wimbllrn, Laurie, G. ~I., presided, and Benj. Curren wws G. Sec. There arc sixty-seven chartered Lodges in that jurisdiction, with 3,424 members. Sixt)'路onc were entitled to repre~entation, and fort)路-oilC werc represcnted. At the opening, a pleasflllt incident occurred, which is thus mentioned: A very pleasing feature of this session wa.s the introduetiun of H. W. Bro. Rev. Henrv \Y. Rngg, a distinguished membcr of the Craft iu Rhode I:;land. and Grand Chaplain of t.he !\lost 'Vorshipful Grand Lodge of that State. Our much ei"teemed and vcry eminent fmter was received by Grand Lodge with the honors dne to his exalted position in the Craft alld invited to It SCRt in the East. HI路o. }{ugg':; very Illtppy reply in rcsponse to the cordial rcception extended to him by Grand ~ill..,ter Lauric, was received with marked applause. The Addre~s of Grand :i\la~tel' Lauric Hc gave 1.iomebody a good rap, as 1ollows:

'I' a,.;

a brief and purely business production

DUTIES OF HEI'RES)';:-TATJ v E~.

It woule1 be well that the duties of our Representatives lIellr Foreign Grand Lodge:; l'houlc1 be more dearly defined. Xot long ~ine<\ at a ecremonial in eonneetion with It foreign Gr:1IJej Lodgc, I attended by invitation, but throughout the wholc proceeding~ the Hepre~entative of t11C Grano Lodge of Kova Scotia did not come near me, but lcft me to lind ont my OWII part in the proeeedilJ~s. 1 rema.rk on this, as the Representatives of othcr (~mnd Lodges made It pomt of rceelving and o1ficially attending the Grand Oftieers coming from the jurisdiction they rcpresented. and if this is the duty of Representatives. it wou1d be well that those only should hold the position who are prepared to perform the dutic:;. i;OJtf:ESl'O:-;DENCE.

]n the a.JIJ1IJal review, by Bro. A. H. Crowc, we find fraternal mention of lIlissouri's J'rocecdin6'"S for l877. The following. from the reviewer, is deserving of

place in our Report:

Thc Grand Master's Addres:; includes very fecling allusions to thc fr.aternal dead, amOIlg" whom Arc .John Dove. the Pntriarchal Grand Sccretar)路, of Virginia, who tilled the high oflice unintcrruptedly. tor forty-three years; and ehicf and above all, George Frank (;01l1ey, the emincnt late Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge, whose memory is revered ll.'S that of one of the truest of fricnds and noble.~t of men. and of whom the (imud )laster writes, "we have lifted the <:orncr of the sod under t.hat low green t.ent., whose ellrUdns never outwar,l swing, and have plRnted there our hearts." III our }{eport of ll\:;t year we alluded to t.he terribly sad circumstance under whieh Bro. Gouley met his death. and took oeeasion then, to offcr onr heartfelt sympathy with our bereavcd Brethrcn of )!is8onri. To-day, as we pcruse the record of tht; special" memorial service, we arc reminded of the cxalted plaee he filled in the hcarts of the peoplc, one

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hllndre.d thollSan~ of whom occupied the street~ to witness the funeral cortege; and wc a.re agam constra.med to offer up our further trIbute of homage to the memory of this distinguished man and ~rason, and to those who knew him best ann loved him most, renew the assurance of our continued symp:lthy. "He lives most who lives best." We would like very much to make several extracts from the Report, for it is a. good one, but we expect to receive the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge for 18i9 before closing our labors, and desire to rcview that work. "COL.•J. ,WBlBURN

LAURIE," Halifax, G.:1\1.

BENJ. CURREN, D. C. L., Halifax, G. Sec.

NEW MEXICO, 1879. One year ago we enjoyed the plen-sure of reviewing the doillgs of our ~ew illexico Brcthren at their organization of a Grand Lodge. The organization occurred on the 6th day of August, 1877. Aftcr launching their new vessel, a cruise was ordered. to continue until January, 1879. We now take eqnal pleasure in recording the fact, that on the ()th day of .January, 18i9, the GralHl Lodge convened in S:mm Fe, and held ito; first "tnnanl Session. Grand Master W. W. Griffin. presided; David.T. Miller, Grnnd Secretary, WllSHt his post. All the Lodges acting IlIlller the authority of the Grand Lodge were represcnted, with an Hddition of twenty-fiye l'a~t 2\lasters. The Address of Grand "Master Griffin was a strong and vigorous one: presenting in clear t~rll1s, various matters of interest. We congratulate thc Grallll Lodge of New l\iexieo in lll~yjn!; ,1 lin:,broad-minderl Gmnd Master, and .1 safe, j)metieal, business Grand Secretary. The journal of transactions would bc a credit to any jurisdiction of the Order. Grand Master (;ritfin openell modestly, llnd referred at once to thcir loss by death of an important factor of the Grand Longe. "Ollr South is vacant," .saill he. An annoulleClncnt franght wit.h ;;udne:;s now, as ill t.he olden time, when a'pillar of" beauty" had fhllen hy t.he hands of violenl:e. "Heanty" tUrlled to ashes, when the destroyer daimed H. W. Bro. (;eorg-e W. ~tebhim, Gl'llnd Junior Warden. We sympl1thize with o\lr" 1"II'-ll.W,ly" llrethrell ill this great loss, tlllll tendCI' UWlU the sincere condolellce of the mother (;mnd Lodge. Of Bro. Stebllins the l:rnllll:-'fa.ster saio : He die,l at hb home ill 1.,18 Vegas. ?\ew :\Iexi\:o, (1) the 17th l1ay of April, lSil:', from the elleet.,; of a WOlllld iuflicted by t~e accidental .Hseh:lrgc of a pistol on his person. Bro. Ste1Jbin~ W,I;; t'niterl States Deputy Collector of Int~rIlal Revenue, and was preparing to leave his home on II trip to a distn.nt country in the dischargc of his oftkinl dutIes. and had left his harnessed horse stllnlling alone for a momcnt: the horlie suddenly ~tarted and Bro. Stebbins jumpell and cau~ht the lines, bllt was jerked down and dragg'cd by the runnillg 110rl'<', thc pistol lI'as discharged and inflictcll the wOllnd which (·fl.11s<"l his <leath.

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Bro. 1;tchbins wnsanllct.ivc and zealous :Mason, well informed, and of soun d judgment and rendered valuable services in the Convention which formed this Grand Lodge. I 1'iug-gcst thn.t n, memorial pag-e be set ;tpart in our Annual Proceedillgs in attestation, of the high apprecia.tion in which OUI' (leceused 13l'Othel' WIIS held. A beautiful memorial page graces the Proceedings ill honor of Of him a secular paper said:

lamented Brother.

{leo. W. Stebbins, we believe, was ;t native of the State of :New York. His father, Hev. George Stebbins, a Presbyterian minister, is, or was a few years ago, residing at Richview in the State of Illinois. He ,ras 44 years old last January, and has been in the West and on the frontier since his boyhood. He lived ill Kansas City and was some years in California. He came to this Tel'ritol'y in 1859, and resided the most of the time since in this toWlI. The following is the only decision rendered: I decided that the chal'ter at the time being in the }lossession and under the control of the WorshirfUlllIaster. its temporarya.bsence from t,he lodge-room did not vitiate the proceedings 0 the Lodge. , The chartel' in itself is not authority to open a Lodge, but is the evidence of such a.uthority. The Wori>hipfull\faster is the custodian of that evidence, and the actual presence of the charter in the Lodge is only necessary when such cvidc1U:C may be required. ' ~lissollri

holds

different doctrine, and we believe it is the only correct one.

(iraud Master Garrett, in 1872, presenw(l a decision ,vhich was uftirmed by the liranu J.. odge, a.., follows, being a, reaffinnation of a former ruling: "Ruled, That the acts of the meeting of

~lasons,

without their charter prcscnt, were

/lull and mid and ordered the business done over again in due form."

We concur with the Grand Master of New :;\lexico that the 1I1aster of a Lodge is the of the charter. In hi., a(m;/u;c the Senior Warden succceds to higher duties. 1n opening the Lodge, ~a.i<1 Wardl~n should have the same evidcnce in hi.~ posi>ession that the lIilUiter is endowed with, that the Lodge is actiu~ under a chal'ter from the Grand Lodge. This he cannot have if the charter is absent fl'om the lodge-room. The charter, with the ~raster, lllay be out of the jnrisdietion. or it may han: been destroyed by tire, etc. Lodges lITe not allowed to meet WITItOl:T d,(('rta,'. No proof of the c:ci,,(e/l.I;c of :l charter can elJUltl the jJJ'C,~CII('I; of said in:"tl'ument. CII.~todia1l

"'hen a dlartcr is t.k,tl'o.'lGd 1>y some ea:sul1lty, the Lodge is cstoppeu from meeting until a dllplieate is issued. 'Vhy'? Because there is no l?vidCllI:c in existence, of the nccessa.ry kilJ\l, that the Lodge has leg-a.! being, Then the ehartcr should alway., be present ns sHch coidwl'c, When absent. during Loog-e meeting, (m/dence of it~ being ill cxistellee, a~ It \I':UT:IJlt. of authority, is wanting, and no proof can he ol1ered that the LV(/f/C ha,~ it t:llnrter, Tllat it. hal! one is not the question. The only real, It'flal proof of the e.d.stcllce of :t eharter is its J)I'(',~I;ncc in the Lodge. 'l'here is whcre it beloll.q.~. It is out of J)lace when lm'ay from the Lodge dnring the meeting. .. The Holy Bible, ~quare and Compasses >' ilre ahva!/", present, Jlc<:I'""ml'iI//, at Lodge meetings. In the ceremony, of ;\hlsonry it is t1ecl:trcd that certain implement.s, and i\ CHARTER front the Granfl Lodge, lwthorizing the holders thereof to meet and work, are (/likt~ JWCt:SSIU'!I to the {1'!/(/l c.ri.stencc of a Lodge. Tt will not be denied that those implcmeJlts must be present to authorize a Lodg;e to meet RJld work. No Lodge in this conntry will open and路 work without the j!I'I'SCW;I' of the ,. Holy Bible, StlUare find Compasse;,;:" amI no Lodge in this country has a,ny right to meet, open and work, Illllcss t.he l'hartCi' is 1J1路e.~'-'1l.t, ji)r it is as ncccsi;ary as," the I [oly Bible, !o;quare :tnd Compasses." Without a l'1/1trt.e1' in 1'.rilJtenG(', no ui>sembly of )Iasons, as a Lodge, b lawful, nol' eall they 'w'(' "the Holy Bible, ~qnal'e and ComplLSses." The ollly legal proof of a eharter's e:cistencf; is its ]JJ'c.<e7Icc in the Lodge. To mect and

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work by virtue of a charter that had been granted, without having it ctdttally present, is to depend upon 'inferential evidence. .. It W<lB in existence some time ago, but-the M~ier carried it away. It has not been seen for mon'ths. He is out of the State. We infer that the charter is all right. It may have been destroyed by rats at his house, or by fire. We can't tell. Perhaps he took it with him for safe keeping. No telling." No sir, the proper evidence of Lodge an/horlty. and it.<; legal e.rci.stence, is the presence (at eyery meeting) of the document by which the first meeting was held. The evidence is the warrant of authority, not the statement or inference of the Brethren. The Grand :Master reported the condition of the Craft thus: It affords me great pleasure to be able to announce that peace and harmony have prevailed throughout this jurisdiction during the pa.'it seventeen months, and the administration of the L()d~es have been harmonious and successful, and I have had no occasion ' to exercise extraordmary authority.

The Report<; from the varions Lodges show that, although there has been no great increase in membcrship since the formation of this Grand Lodge, thc number made :l\fasons has been llS great as was consistcnt with real prosperity, when all the circumstances are considered. Masonr~' in New ~lexico is peculiarly situated; similar conditions exist nowhere ebc in the liniteo :-;tatcs. Accessions to l\ia.'ionry come alone from Ameril'.ans and residcnt Europeans, who togcther constitute not more than ten to fifteen per centum of the entire population. and thus the increase of numbers is necessarily slow, but when we look to the future the prospect is more encouraging. The Grand Ma.'iter expressed regrets that Silver City and Cimarron Lodges had not given their adhesion to the Grand Lodge formed out of other JJOdges in that territory. Since his Address was presented, the charter of Cimarron lJOdge has been surrendercd, and is now among thc warrants of dead Lodges. We sincerely hope that Silycr City Lodge may soon give its udhcsion to the ncw Grand Lodge, and thus secure to it complete and unqualified jurisdiction within the bounds of its territorial 1imit~. Wc can conceive of no reason for non-adherence, and there is no ground justifying Silver City JJOdge for staying out. We believe, with Grand Ma.'iter Griffin, that a proper regard for l\Iasonry would require them to unite their fortunes and destinies with the home, govcrning body. We do not think any good can inure to Silver City Lodge by refusing' co-opemtion. FOREIGN REJu\ 'fIONS.

Under this head the Grand Master said several pertinent things. Hear him: It affords me great pleasure to he able to report that all our sister Grand Lodg~ in the United States holding communications since the organi".ation of thc Grand ]JOdge of New :Mexico, with but one or two exceptions, have recognized us as legally occupying a position among the great sii'iterhood of the Grand Lodges of the world. .

While we most highly appreciate the recognition that has been extended to liS bv the eighteen sister Gmnd Lodges mentioned, that of our mother, ~Iissonri, hlt.s bcen, iiI

~~ve K~~i~~~';:~J l~fs);g:~~~I)~~~%~i~~t1~~O}~~iFl~~;o ;;~~li~l~l~f~~tl};~~ O(:h11J~~1!i~g~hi;~

distant lana of the ancient )!ontezumas had, after long and mature deliberation, determined to assume the rcsponsilJilties and Cl1res of independent existence, she, with words of great maternal affection, took her daughter of :New Mexico b)' the hand. and honored her by an introduction to the world. ' For this we nre most ~ra/'efIlL and were it not that our mother still assumes to exercise authority in this jurisclietiOll, after having a{~knowledged this Grand JJOdge as the supreme Masonic authority within the territorial limits of Ncw Mexico, we woula feel that she had done all that she onght to do.

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Her position in tJlis re:;pect is most extraordinary, and she stands almost alone in the position she has taken on a question of the ~ra\'est consequences to the Fraternity at large, and I doubt not the log-ie of events willlllduce her to reconsider her action in this connection.

It is knowlI to you tlmt of the seven Lodges exbting in this jurisdiction at tile formation of this Grand Lodgc. four hlLd formaIly decided that the best interests of the Fraternity demanded the formation of a Grand Lodge, while, in the Convention which took that action, but three of the four were present by their representatives. The fourth had appointed :mch representatives, and immediately after the formation of the Grand l...odg~ took a charter from this body.

Of the three remaining Lodges, the charter of one, Kit Carson, at Elizabethtown. has been arrested by the ~iost Worshipful Grand l\Ia,~ter of Missouri, and bv his orders its jewels; records, cte., have been forwarded to the Right Wort<hipful Grand Secretary of that jnris<hction, and the other property of that Lodge, such as carpets, furniture, etc., has been sold, and the procceds, $129.50, sent to the same officer by virtue of the SRme authorit")', and this action has bcenll.pproved by the l\:lost Worshipful Grand Lodge of :Missouri. The Graud Lodge of New Mexico is the ~nlJ'l'eme Mason;fA; authorily within her territorial limits-legislative, jUdicial, and execlltive-or no part of those powers and prerogatives a.re hers. It is obvious there can bc uo partncrship in thc exercise of the supreme authority. Such a proposition is II;'; absurrl il.<; that two booJie.<; can OCCUP}' the same spacc at thc same time. Can the Grand Lodge of New Mexico accept this quahfied indcpendencc '!

Quotations are then made from the ,\ddress of (~rand Master Ready in rcference to tllC Scotland invasion of Quebec juristlieUon. The doctrinc ennnciated by Bro. Ready is the American doctrine. It is the doctrine of )Ii"souri. There can be no such thing as "q1wli.tied illdependencc." Soverei~lIty is (/bwlufl:, or it hi nothing. New Mexico has right 011 her side, and is backe<l by precedent.-; "too numerous to mention." She will be sustained by the voice of Allleri<;:tn lirand Lodges. Bro. Griffin further slLid ci)]lccrlIing the Reacty doctrine: '1'hi~ is the true llnd only doctrine that can stalld the test of lInprejudiccd rcasoning, :l.1ll1, as suggested by l\Iost Worshipful Bru. Rcady, let the ~fost Worshlpfnl Grand Lodge of New )fexico protest in the strongest terms against this "qualified independcnce," and her sister Grand Loctgcs wiJI hell!' Iler voice. and I doubt not that 0111' sister l\ii~souri wiJI be the first to do us and herselt路 justice after she shall h:we carefully considered the premises.

To all of which we heartily say, "Amen." We believe full justice will be donc.

,,'e

Jllteuding t{> submit a spet:ic(1, .Report ou this subject to our Grand Lodge, will plll'sue it 110 further now, having given Bro. Griffin and his cause a. fair heariug ill this revicw. COHHESPONDENCE.

A brief, well prepared ILlId readable Report was fumished by Bro. Da.ve J. ;lIiIler. But for extended cxtracts frolll thc body of the Proceedings, we would give our young t;orrcspondcllt the bencfit or our columns to a considerable degree. We must deny him this timc, saying- simply that he descrves a place among" the corps mutual," and if we are ever recognized we will demand his recognition. We know he is a filial yomig man路 Hear him talk about his mother. The obedient child 10V(~s the fond mother. )lissouri is our mother. and from our hearts the C.iaculatio.n ~lIshe:-; forth, God blcss 1;er ! She lias with the ki.nde~t wishes ~iven us our heritage ani! bldrlen us" God speed "'m our work of love. "'e ,nil try Rna not dishonor the trust. G. L.-Ap. S.

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)fissouri has no oeeasion to disown hcr child, but is rat.her 'proud of her work, character and pluck. God crown you with succcs:; and bcnedictions, as thc sun corollates your mounk'tills gralld. Grand )Iaster Griftln and Grand Secretary :Miller were both re-elceted and reside at Santa Fe.

NEW YORK, 1879. An elegantly gotten IIp ana well arranged volume of :1'iO pages lies ueforc IlS for revicw, containing the" Transactions of the Grana Loage of New York for lSi!)." It WllS the Ninety-eighth Annual Communication, and was presidcd over by Most Worshipful Bro. Edmund L. Judson, Grand Master; Bro. James ~r. Austin was Grand Secretary. We a.re impressed with the magnitude of the task before us, when we remember that this (inmd Lodge stands at the head of the list of all our American Grand Bodies. With more than .~CI'en lmndre(l Lodges on her roll, and largely over seventy thousand members in the jurisdiction, New York may be accepted as a grand association of good men and true. The assembling of so many Craftsmen could not bc other than all occasion of rarc interest llncl importance. We cun hardly conceive of the possibility of transacting business with facility, where thc Representatives of 6.56 Lodgcs, besides Grand and Past Grana Officers, and I'a.';t ~rll.Sters are present. We presume that seven to eight hunared Brethren would appear 011 such an occai,;ion, It must become a question of 110 small moment to our New York Brethren as If the conducting of business at the annual gatherings. Hemedie:> for delays incident to the working of such unwieldy bodies, and for facilitating the work, willlJecomc, if not already, a necessity. The Address of Grand Master Judson was in keeping with the high chllracwr of these l\1lJlual papers heretofore pl'CSelltea by the able men who have presided ovcr the Grand Lodge of New York. It is a pro,luction worthy of its author, the Grand Lodge and the Fr~tel'llity. Two Lodgcl'i werc reported al'i 'lclHI unu their charters taken charge of; while one new Lodge had been instituted under Dispensation, and one application refusel!. "Dispensations for Ceremonials" had been issued for several purposes. During the year the cornerstone of a structure to be erccted by the government at Albany, for a Custom House, Court House lLnd Post Office, was laid under the control and presence of the Grand )laster, who thought proper to Beport the fact" as a further evidence of the public re.-<:pect for onr vencrable Institution." The Grand Mastel' rebuked, in appropriate terms, the justly reprehensible jJraetice existing ill many Lodges of leaving the charter in exposed conditiolls, liable to be destroycd by lire. CCJHHESPONDE~CE.

The Gram] )la.<.;ter said that responsible position:

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] n (~OlJllllOIl with all who have held the exalted yositiOIl with whieh your speaker is honored, the correspondence has been no smal part of thc dnty attaehillg to the position. To the best of my ability I have prompt1~' answered all communications,

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though, in a. large majority of eases, a simple reference to the Constitution or St:t(,utes has furnished It solution to the question presented. I shall not, therefore, weary you with a repetition of the deeisions llladc, but only invite your attention to some matters which seem to command the special attention of the Grand Lodge. SOMETHING NEW.

For somc yeltfS a peculiar and rather knotty question has been in existellcc between New York and Connecticnt. "~omething new under the sun" has grown out of the case, provided we accept certain vie\vs as correct which one party holds and promulgates. 'rhe statements furnished lead us to understand the question at issue as follows; 13ros. .Tones and Smith, of a, ~cw York Lodge, went to reside in Connecticut, leasing .their membership intact at home. While residing in Connecticut ther joined in It petition, with others, to obtain a Dispensation to form lL new Lodge in said jurisdiction, without obtaining dimits from their Lodge in New 'fork. The Dispensation was issued, and in due time a charter WitS grnnted. Thus said Joncs and Smith, it was assumed; became charter members of a Lodge in Connecticut, still being undimitted members of their Lodge in Ncw York. When called upon for dues to the Lodge in New York, they replied that they were members of the Lodge which they helped to form in Connecticut. Out of this state of things has grown a controversy of no small proportions. Grand )laster Ju{lson says it" had been before the Grand Lodge for several years." Surely snell a sililple question ought not to remain unHettled "for several years," nor one Âˇyear. We are surprised at the ne\\' claim set up by the Grand Master and Committee on Foreign Correspondence of Connecticut. It is in no view defensible. We care not to elaborate our views of this subject. It is one that cannot be defended by the Grand Lodge of Connecticut. Kew York will take care of her interests and defend the principle involve<l. She has done so through her Grand ~Iaster and Committee on Correspondence. We copy from the uttcmnces of both. The Grand l\Iaster said: We have held, and do still hold, that no one can become a member of a Kew York Lodge, or dissolve his membership therein. except by the operation of the regulations made for that J?urpose by the Gralllt Lodge of New York. Hence it follows that the signing of a petItion for a Dispensation to form a new Lodge. or revive an old one in Connecticnt, does not and eannot disturb the Xew York membership of a signer, but that before he can become a lawful member of a Connecticut Lodge, he mnst previously dissolve his connections with the New York Lodge, in accordance Wit!l our regulations. In my correspondence with 1\1. W. Bro. Bullock, I find that he assumes that the membership of the Webotuck Brethren was transferred by operation of law. This must mean one of two things, either that the law of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut is binding in New York Lodges to the extent of taking away their members, without their l:onsent, or that there is a general llLW to that effect. We most emphaticallv denv both propositions. It is self-evident that no Grand Lodge can make a law to 'have' effect bevond the boundaries of its own jurisdicition; and equally clea.r that there never has been any assent to a law or principle that should unseat the members of Lodges by othcr jurisdictions without the consent of sl1ch Lodges. â&#x20AC;˘ From the Report of Bro. John \\'. Simons, Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence, we make a few extracts in order that the matter may be fully comprehended and understood by our readers. When the Lodge in Connectieut wu.s organized, the Grand Master, TIro. Lockwood, \Vas present and decided that the granting of the charter in Connecticut annulled the membership of the petitioners, Jones and Smith, in their New York Lodge. l\OW

hear Bro. Simons:

Can thl] Gmnd I,l)dg~ 0.( Cf)/l.nceti(~l(t enact law,~ binding 1tl)On New Y01'k Lodges, even to the severance oj 7Jle11tlJer,~hlp tn thcm r

It will reftdily be seen that this is not a matter of merely local significance, but that on the cOl.ltm~y it ~tri~\c~ tl}e very sonl of Grand Lodge sovereignty. fwd plaees the membersJllp at OIlC .IuflsdlctlOl1 at the behest of allY Grand Lodge willing to assume the

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right to interfere with its neighbor's bw;illess. Onr first proposi/.ion made in this c()ntro"er~y, n:ullely, that .. .McmlJcr.~ldI) in this .ilm:~dictioJl. cftn only be acqnirc(l or di.~wl1)cd i.n acr:orcUl1lce 1rilh the lawl! q{ thc Urand L()df!f~ of New Yo'rk," still remains unchnllengeo :tnd unanswered, and it is to this question we WO\1ld with all due respect and deference invite the consideration of the Grnnd Lodge of Connecticut. 'J'fIC l<Ln"~~" the (fnll1d Lod!Jf: q( Connecticut arc oJ/ly cffcctit'c 'within tlw.l .'State. and cannot

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mcmucn; of anothcr ju?路i1idicliol/ ..

Bro. Wheeler J':Lys that: "The prilleiple upun whidl our aetioll ba:>ed h;: that the ('TalHl Lodge ha:; jurisdiction ovcr all Masons within it., territory, and its regular action upon :Uly mattcr over which it lms jurisdietion is legal." Correct, so far as Connecticut iii concerned, but, hlls thc Grand Lodge of COImeeticut jurisdiction ovcr the membership of a Brother belonging to a New York Lodge'! Is there power, latent or avowed, ill the written 01' unwritten law, by which one Grand LOflge can dimit the members of a Lodge ~ubordinate to another? We trow not, and we do not hesitnt~ tD ~ll.v that. 111l1e~s the assumption of Conneetieut is pinched ill the bud, the growing' branch "will he the sOllrce 1)1' infinite t.rouble. ('onner:ticllt ('!lunot maintain the ground assumcd in the utterances of Bro. Wheeler, '1uoted by Bro. ~imons above, The issue involved iii uot local, but general. It docs away with our much defended doctrine of Grand Lodge ~overeignty, Thc Committee OJI Jurisprudellee t,ouehed the above subjeet only by way of mcnliOlI, having nothing new to recommend, auo left it in the hands of the Grand 1\laster. un:

;\IEMllJo;RSHIP.

This suujeet was brought bcfore the Grand Lodge hy the GmlHl to the Committee on Juril;prudenee.

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alJd referred

The Committee reported: The subjeet of privileged membership is one whkh is not devoitl of difficuHy: uut 1he great principle upon which the determination of the question is to rest is distiuet.1y aud clearly pointed out by the Grand ]\fa:;ter, and that if:i, holl' lar lind in what Cflfies Hv-Law is a contract between a Lod~e and its members. All will admit thll.,t it is essentiu.l tIl a coutract that there must be ?n,ldnality, or iu other words a eOIl.~hlel'((tiI)JI, to give it vitality as sucll. The one under cxamination, and which is cited by the Grand )Iastcr in its exact words, it appears to u~ docs not possess this vital feature.

J<:a<:h member W:II< )ound to l'ontribut<l a, stated periodical sum for the illtere~t of the Lodp;e, and thus indirectly for that of the Craft at large, whielJ is known hy the tedllliclII nam-e of dues. A ]A)dge I~h()oses out of mere grace and it,; own free-will to adopt II. Flv-Law bv which that class of it~ members, who has "borne Ule ]lcat. and burden of t.he !lILY," who' have l1ischarged their whole duty fait.hfully for ten years, shall be relieved in 1he future from the payment of other dues than tho:;e accruing' 1~1 the Grand Loug-c. It requires no new aet: it is not e\'en a pledge of lidelity for the futnre; but it is upon the trust that fi<lelity in the past is a guara.nty fill' the future. Times change; the genero~ity which has curtailed a.llIaiu sourl'e of revenue on whieh it is dependent lor conting-Cllt <:nrrcnt expenses linds its !'csourees exh:Lusted. and is compelled to revivc the old fouutain or income or tax its members to meet exigeneie..,; of the case. But in sneh restoration of !i)rmcr dues is no breach of contnwt. and not even a breach of moral gool} faith. Like the parent who ghe;; a gratuity to his son of ripe age out of atl'cctionitte generosity, but linds himself, under the pressure of the times, compellecl to curtail his too exuberant bount.y extelHled to one under hi~ own root~tree, reYokes the g'ift, and ~imply sap; he shall ill the futnre a~ in Uw PH,~t require remunerat.ion fi.>r that whICh he has freely gin~11 from Jove anfl am~dion. But suppose the Lo<l~e had adopted a By-I_aw that upon the payment of tillY !'1l1l1 lloweycr sma']l, not alone the traditional, typica.l. " pellny-a-day," hili eveu "it penlly-it-year" ill adVlLllce for any period however brief, IIno pcrli\rmed such I'ondition, there would have beeun. contract having the element of mntnillity, and based llpon consideration; but this By-Law lacking those element.,. and therefore creating no I;f~.'tecl rtf/ht", it was thercfcwe perl'cctly competent for such l.. odge to alter, madify, or repeal such By-Law, and we SUbjoin a. resolution accordingly. Al'tenl',lrds the suhjed of "PriYileged Membership" was referred to the next :lJllluaJ (~()Il1mulJicatioll.

Other questions of momeut were lmmg'ht )Jel'orc the uody in the Addl'(~s of Gmnd }lastcl' Judson, covering :t wille range of praetic,LI thought. We will note the fiual disposition of them i,n passing t1lrough the transaetiolls of the Grand Lodge,

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CONDITION OF THE CRAFT.

The Grand MHster said: From the Reports of the Di~trict Deputies, which will be laid before you in due f:OIll'SC. and my own observat.iolJ. it affords me the most heartfelt plensnre to SIlY to yon, tbRt hRrmony and peace are the rule thronghont this (rreM jurisdiction. This is all the more gratifying when we eonsictcr the different minct.'l, the various aims, and the justifiable lllllbitioll that must nfituraUy occur among so 1ari?e a number of Brethrcn. Nnmerically . we may not have increased. but the compensatIOn il', that when there is less work it is generally performed with greater attention, and thRt a closcr scrutiny i,<; CXCI'f'isccl in tlltÂˇ selection of material. Of. the now evidently increasing prosperity of the people, our Institut.ion will not be the lllst to feel the good effects, and we may well bend the knee, ill grateful tllllllksg-iYing-, that the long depression has touched us as with a pa.",~ing lllmct. "THE DE ..\ n."

Fmternal mention was made of the dead of the home and sister jurisdictions. Sympathetic cxpressions were oftered N"cbraska, Idaho, Tennessee, Mnssachusetts an<l . :-'fanitoba. .( THF: YELJ..oW FEVEH FeND."

We find this allusion in the Address: When it became known that a portion of our people were r.ot only snffering from this pestilence, but that they were actually in want, the widest sympathy was awakened. and t.hc nation promptly and generously unloosed its purse strings. Confident thllt the Brethren desired to participate in this ellort to relieve distress, I if:sued a circular letter to the :Fraternity requesting that contributions for the object be !',Ont to the R. W. Gregory Statterlee, Grand Treasurer, who, at my request, eonscnted til act as cnstodian of the Fund. The response was prompt and liberal. III a brief spare of time r.he sum of $l!l,086.ui) was contribnted by Lodges in various parts of the jlll'isdictioll. The money was forwarded as rapidly as possible to. and distributed by the ~fasoni(~ nuthorities in the several Sta.tes in whieh the plague existed. I subjoin the report of the 13rand Treasurer, giving a detailed statcment of the receipts and paymen~, to whieh YO\1l' attention is invited. In disbursing the funds I was mnterially nidc,l by the advice and co-operation of the Depnt)' Grand :Ma.~ter, Grand Treasurer find Grilnd Secretary, each of whom devoted mneh time and labor to the eam~e. ' In referrino- to this subject no eulogillm i'l necessary, but I may be excused for saying that it.llas made me prouder of my Brethren and of the honor of being called to preside over such noble and genero\U; hearts. The closing paragraph of this sound, thoughtful and able paper wiII be accepted by lno,ny fiS the coronation of a noble work: And now tinally, Brethren, cheerfully submitting to your judfPIlent the views just >:et forth as the result of my ofticial observation dnring the Mas011lc veal' now closed .1 may be pardoned. if I ask for them your cnlm and unbiased deliberatioil. It has been tile aim of your Granll Mnster to think 101' all, to act for the best interest.~ of all, nnd to make no suggestions not deemed to be, if adopted, likely to prove of general benefit. Now your duty begins. ]n the brief space of the Annual Communieation serious and most important. dut.ie!:i will devolve upon yon. You arc here not for yourselves alone but hI/" t.he many thousands of Crafr.smen who have placed their confidence in your fitness to rcprescnt them, aud in your integrity in the discharge of a trust. Be worthy of yOllrselves and of those yon represcnt. Let us take counsel together ll;; Brethren dwelling ill unity and having but one thought, how ~hfl]l we best promote the int.erests of t.he Brotherhood '? We find in the transactions be/ore us, II, RepOlt "from the Commissioners of Appeals," which was approved b)' the Grand Lodge, t:rat is to be commended on all hands. One Samuel W. E. Beckner, member of Evangelist Lodge, 1'00. 600, had been expelled. He appealed from the finding of t.he Lqdge to the Grnnd Master, who affirmed the decision of the expelling Lodge. From this decision Beckner 1I.ppeale<l to the Glnnd Lodge.

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Said Reckner was the editor and publisher of a weekly paper called the Cornet-Stonc. In said paper various articles, letters a.nd communications had been pUblished of a most objectionable, offensive a.nd even scandalous nature against the character and goood name of Brethren. Said articles, letters and communications were regarded as malicious, and defamert those of whom they were written. The Grand Lodge of New York never performed 11 more righteous act than when it sustained the verdict of Evangelist Lodge. No. GOO, in the above case. The aforesaid Corller-Stonc-a so-called" l\lasonic journ:tl"hm; been coming to this office and we have examined its contents from time to time. At length from outrl\ged feelings we peremptorily ordered the publisher to stop sending the dirty thing to ~ur address. We remember no great sin committed by us for which we should be punished by having such all infamously unmasonic find vituperative sheet thrust under our nose evelT week. A lengthy Report was presented by the Committee on Constitution and By-Laws, and adopted, embodying some very important and practical changes ILnd additions to the laws of the Grand Lodge. Several changes proposed were not adopted. The Committee on Jurisprudence presented a Report touching a number of vital questions. It was an able paper. With sueh names to the Report as JohnL. Lewis, John W. Simons, and others of eminence, we could expect nothing else then a clear and strong presentation of the matters considered by them. We would be glad to present their report here, but have space only for their Conclusion, which appears in the shape of resolutions. We copy some of them: . 2. Re8o!vcd. That the 11a..<;ter of a Lodge, after assembling the Craft, may authorize any qualified Brother to open his Lodge in his presence, under the same restrictions alld regulations as he might permit the performance of any other portion of the Lodge-work by such Brother. 3. Resolved, That the former constructions by the Grand Lodg-e of Section 46 of the Statutes, that the words, "the amount due at the time of restoration," in fact mean the amount due at the time of the act of non-affiliation for non-payment of dues. 4. ResoI1'cd. That we fraternally hail and fully recognize the right of the Grand Lodge of New Mexico to be admitted into the circle of the Grand Lod~es of the world as a sovereign and independent Grand Lodge, wishing for it now, and III all future time, peace and prosperity. 5. Rcsol路ved. That we in like manner hail and recognize the Grand Lodge of the Indian Territory, with like cordial kind wishes and salutations; but from considerations connected with the civil government of the Territory, we forbear expressing any opinion as to the extent of its territorial jurisdiction.

. 6. Resolvcd, That this Grand I.Jodge, recognizing the cosmopolitan principles of Freemasonry, direr,ts the Committee 011 'Work and Lectures to strike from the ritual all words of a sectarian character. 7. Reso!1Jcd, That this Grand Lodge not only does not recognize, but forbids the use any written or printed, Or written and printed ritual of Work and Lectures, unller snch Ma..<;onic penalty as may bc inflicted for the violation of an obligation.

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8. Rc.wJlved, That the fees paid by a candidate at initiation, arc paid for being" made fI. :Mason;" there being no pecuniary fee or reward given for conferring the second and third degrees, which are conferred as honorariums. 9. Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of the State of New York distinctly. unequivocally, and solemnly reaffirms its positions heretofore taken and expressed to our German Brethren wherever they mlLY be, on the subject of territorial jurisdiction, and will support and maintain any proper action which the Most Worshipful Grand Master may see fit to take to protect and enforce them.

On No.2 we remark tho.t such is our c:ustom, o.lways requiring the record to show that the Worshipful :Master was the presiding officer. He is such, and cannot delegate his authority to another. "Any qualified Brother" may open the Lodge for the :Mastel', as hi:; mouth-piece.

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NO.3. We are g'lad to see that Ncw York repudiates the inhuman rloctrine and cnstom of charging ducl'< against a Brother while under disability. When .~uspended for non-payment of dues a member is dcuied all rights and privilcges a<; a. Mason. Whcn he pays t.he amount for which he was suspended, punishmcnt ccases by opemtion of law, and he becomes himself again. But if liable for dues while under suspension, ar; some claim, then when the ducs are paid for which he was suspended, a.nothcr dcbt may haye accumulatcd, which the dcbtor cannot pay, but be suspended for. The custom is cruel aud unjust. New York has enunciated the corl'(~ct principle. The sixth resolution was laid on the table, as we think it should. We do 1I0t belic\'e in F'cctarianizing Masonry. Far from it. We are broader in dew, find freer from everything in Masonry that would destroy it.s unity, by virtue of being a Chri.otian. Our ?'cligioJ/ makes us liberal, generous, free from nfilTowness, bigotry and the pitiable spirit of the sectary. No, Brethren, it is not the" sectarian" found in the Ritual of Masonry that calls forth these oft recurring remonstrnn'ces and animadyersions. It is something else. It is not the ?路cligir)U.s elemellt that has, by its mighty potcncy and Divine permeability, diffuscd itsclf silently through the l\falionic system, thA.t causes all this fuss and fnmillg from year to year. It is a restive. sore, chafing spirit that would first emasculate Masolll'Y by striking down its ?noral character and stl路ength. Thcn in due coursc of time dcmand, like France, that Mfisollry should proclaim thc" No God" lie. If those restless, Doisy agitators, who decry the religious element of Masonry, by calling it "sectarian," would t.ake the same care to preserve consciences void of offense, RlHl guard their characters with thc same zeal that they manifest concerning the non-8eetarian chamcter of our Institution, there would be far less occasion for stumbling among those who judge from fmits more than from 1)rojessionI;. It. is a solcmn truth, that will be readily accepted by many, that large numbers of our Brotherhood want just as little of God in Masonry as possible. It is thc GOD-IDEA against which J11A.ny are fighting, who cry out" sectarian" Masonry. Thcre is no snch thing fiS "sectarian" :M:a.sonry.. Mcn make Masonry narrow and partizan by their bigotry, and none more so than those who nose and hunt for some word or expressioll in the Ritual which thcy may torture into sectarian hearing. CORRESPONDEXCE.

The Committee furnished a lengthy and superior Report. Forty-four Grand Lodges in the United States, five in the Dominion of Canada, and seventeen other Grand Bodies received A.ttention at the hands of the Committee. As a result. we have not fin A.ble and fraternal review, but It fund of valuable information found nowhere else. The review includes our own jurisdiction, which receives full consideration. The decisions of Gmnd Master Ready were copiously copied and fairly commcnted upon. The kind aud eommcndfitory notice of onr Report of last year gives its author hope for the future, A.nd he thanks Bro. Simons for his good words. We will excerpt :meh matter as we need from his revicw for our" Foreign" Notices. CHARLES ROOME, New York, G: III. .JAMES 1\:1:. AUSTIN, 1\:1:. D., New York, G. Sec. JOHN W. SJl\fONS, Ch. Com. For. Cor., New YOl路k.

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OHIO, 1878. The Sixty-ninth Annllltl Grand Communication October];) and Hi, 1878.

WIIS

begun and held in Dayton,

J\J. W. Bro. Wm. 1\1. Cunningham, G. l\f.; R. W. Bro. John D. Caldwell, G. Sec.

Representlttivcs of ovcr two hundrc(l chllrt()rl'd 1.OIll;l':< were in ntt()Il(~lmre.

The Grand :\fllster saitl: Having again been permitted to assemble in " Annual Communication with health, prosperity, peace, and plenty throughout this jurisdiction, whilst pestilence, disease, and death have scourged severnl sister States, and wars, pestilence, and famine have I?revailed within foreign jurisdictions, it should excite in us our best sympathies for the dlstressed; and our most gratefUl acknowledgments to the Supreme Grand Architect of the Universe. the" Giver of all Good," for the manifold blessin~sattending us ltS.individuals, and for the prosperity of our Ancient Institution within thIS State. Peace and harmony have prevailed to an unusual extent within the Lodges of this jurisdiction during the pa.<;t yellr, and whilst there have been a few troubles within a few of the subordinate Lodges, yet good eounsels have in every instance prevailed, and hannony has been restored therein. }fany special Dispensations had been granted, and numerom: proxics ha(l heen appointed. Three new J.. odgcs had been instituted under Dispensation. DECISIONS.

The Grand Master sa.id, respp.eting decisions: During the past year I have been called upon to make an unusually largc number of decisions. Some of them involving new points, others but rcpetit.ions of those noted in some form by my predecessors, whilst the remainder may hc considered as the natural deductions from the plain enactmcnt<; of this Grand Looge. FINANCIAL.

Under this caption, the Grand Master furnishes a statement that shows how casily ne,rJlect may produce serious and embarrassing results. Bonds are required by the law of Ohio of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer. ,After the session elosed in 1877, Grand MltSter Cunningham required the bonds of said officials forwarded to him for inspection and approval. He was surprised at the information received "that none had been required for some years." The Grand Secretary executed a bond which was approved. The Grand Treasurer made no reply to the request of the Grand Master for a hont1. SUbsequently the Gmnd Treasurer failed and was forced into hankruptcy. Total liability to Grand Lodge, &I.G50.90. A small payment being l11l1.de by the Grand Treasnrer rednced his indebtedness to something over $4,000. The past Masonic year was an unfortunate one for several Grand Lodges, a.<; to finances. Failures of Grand Treasurers were nearly a.<; numerous as the collapsing of bllnks. Missouri, Illinois and Ohio were aU in the same category. Returns not all in. The reasons assigned are" no bonds," or insufficient ones. When Grand Lodges learn to do business on safe business principles, these official failures will cease. Bro. Cunningham announces a busincss idea in connection with the aplwintment of a Grand Trea.<;urer. He sRill :

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On the seventh dav of September last I issued my warrant, appointing Bro. Theodore P. Gordon, of Collllnl)us, as Right Worshipful Grand Treasurer. Bro. Gordon, having accepted said appointlllcnt. submitted his official bond in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars with two wealthy citiilens of Columbus, not }faSOllR, as suretie~, tllt~s making. sai~ bond strictly a business paper; and the precedent set by Bro. Gordon 111 thIS connectIOn IS one that should be followed by an enactment therefor, in such cases, by this Grand Body. OFFICIAL VISITATIONS

Were reported and expressions of high appreciation uttered by the Grand Ml\-st.er l\t his courteous reception by the Lodges. The Grand Master had been abroad: In June last I attended the Annual Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted :Mnsons of the State of New York, held in the Grand Lodge Hall of the l\fasonic Temple" in the city of New York. TJle courteous reception and honors received bv me at their IltHlds, as the presiding officer of this Grand Lodge, was not only a NUltter of'personal gratification, but also of official pride, to observe the high position occupied b)' the Grand Lodge of Ohio in the hearts of it,,, sister Grand Bodies. Come over to onr Annuul Communication. YELLOW lFEYER.

The Grand Master directed the issuance of an appeal, by the Grand Secretary. to Ohio Masons, in behalf of the blighted people of the South. He said, as to resnlts, this: The liberality. promptness, and allwrity \\-ith which the Brethren of this jurisdiction rcsponded to this a.ppeal, is a matter or especial commendation. Over six thousand dollars has already been reech'ed and disbursed by your Disbursing Committee aside from the large amount of individual f;ubscriptions of members of the Fraternity diRbursed t.Iuouo-h other channels. A Report in detail showing the receipts IUld disbursements of your Committee is submittell herewith. whirh, together with the g-rateful acknOWledgment,> for remittances recei"cil, shoul<} be pllblished in the printed P!'OC'eedings of thi~ Gra.nd Longe for cnrrent year. GENERAL SUGGESTIONS.

Duocr this head the Grand Master said some wonderfull)' good

thin.~s,

On the question of "brief sessions and hasty legislation," hearhim: All of the evils that haye ever befallen this Grand Lodge. and eyery pecuniary loss that has occurred to it within the past quarter of a centnr)'. are dir('ctly lind distin<~t1y traceable to hasty legislation; this is a matter of personal observation during a period of eonseeuth-e attendance upon the annual meetings of this Grand Body for nearly that time. In corroboration of this yiew it iii> only necessary to refer to the two day session of last year. At one session, l\. "two day session," Wll$ voted" to save money for the Grano. Lodge," but at another, within the two days, an expenditure of about thi1'tcen hnnd)wl rloluws was added to the pay roll of this current yea I'. Another day's session woulonot only have enabled the committees to have completed their work 1I10re satisfactorily to themselyes in other inst:mees, but would have enabled Iny predecessor to have ha.d'the llecessary time in which to require a compliance with the Code in the matter of official bonds. 'rhe finall<~ial condition of this Grand Lodge when it held a four days session was in many instances as gOOOl\S it has been for the several years last pllSt. Three daYs, howeYer, systematically spent in 311nulll session would doubtless be sufficient., provided that the requisit.e time,-ouring recess. is given in all Cl\ses for the committees to consider t.he subject-matter annually referred to them for report. ' "-

If the committ~cs of this Grand Lodge were appointed for the succeeding instead of the current veal', and together with the Grand Officers were reqUired to meet and co.nSider routine work aile dily in advance of the session of the Grand Lodge, a two clay session might snffice. But O\lr members and our Lodges 8houl<;1 know more of each oth('J': fratemal and official \'isitations should be more frequent,

Well and wisely said. Also the following: 'l'here is a great demand within the Fraternitv for more comprehensh'e reports of the condition financially and otherwise, of each subordinate Lodge, and I would respectfullY recommend that this subject sl1oul1 also receive further attention by this Grand Bod):.

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In conclusion, the minimum standard of candidates for admission" within our gates" i~ now very generally of It more elevated character, and the materia.l presented for OIH' Masonic Temple is of a higher order-so far as my observation extends-than heretofore. Greater care lUl\'ing' been used in the selection of candidates, the result will be the lldvancement of the best interests of our Ancient Institution, The Address proves the ability, energy, business character and worth of its eminent author. The following views of law are cnllen. from the Report of t·he Committee on .Jlll'isprudence: The privilege of a member of a Lodge to object to the initiation, passing, or raising of a candidate, is an inherent right, and one that may be exercised without question. as he cannot be required to give his reasons. therefor. A Brother under suspension for non-payment of dues office" in such Lodge, but he cannot be permitted to be participate in any manner therein. And any elcction suspended members are permitted to participate and vote,

is not only not" eligible to present at its meetings, nor of officers held. In which would thereby become ,"oi<l.

Dues may be remitted for cause by a subordinate Lodge, but in all cases such Lodge is amenable to the Grand Lodge for Grand dues in such eases. A committee of investigation preferring charges must not be considered in the light of " accusers," their interest being that of the Lodge according to their appointment, and not of any persollal nature. A Lodge cannot suspend a Brother for non-attendance of Lodge meetings, nor impose any fine for such non-att~ndance. A dimit can not be issued to a Brother whilst charges are pending against him. Held, that it is improper to furnish 11 tra.nscript of the minutes from a Lodge journal for the use in the courts, ~mless Teq~tiTed by the CO'!t1·tS.

A member under suspension for non-payment of dues is incompetent to sign a petition for a Dispensation for a llew Lodge. An applicant wI/{) has lost Ids legal residence within the State, must upon his return thereto reside a full year within the jurisdiction of a Lodge before action .can be had upon his petition for initiation. A Lodge must be closed after funeral ceremonies, and the Brethren must return to the Lodge for that purpose, unless excused by the Worshipful Master. Held, That a petition for initiation cannot be withdrawn after the committee of investigation have reported thereon, but that previous to a report thereon such petition mav be withdrawn by a vote of three-fourths of the members present, as provided for in the'regulations of this Grand Lo<lge.

We do not quite like this last finding of the committee. We prefer our Missouri law, which forbids withdrawal after the petition has been referred. Perhaps if our education had been unn.er the Ohio rule, we would not object to it. NEW MEXICO

Grand Lodge was formally recognized and official relations established therewith. Action as to Cuba and Ontario was deferred. BONDS.

The Grand 'j'rcasurer and Grand Secretary were required to give offirinl bonds. each in the sum or $10,000. • (mAND SECRETARY

Caldwell furnishes a most copious and sati::;factory" Appendix.'" It presents a complete death roll. reinstatements, suspensions and expulsions. His" Masonic Calendar." showing the" Grand Officers" of the Grand Lodge of Ohio since its organization in 1808,

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and the other Grand Bodies of t.hc State, is especially valuable. His ealendar of the Grand Bodies of the United States is not less useful. His abstract of returns is good, filld the footings are given as follo,,'s: No. of Lodges Active .. No. of :i\fcmbers in 1877 . .. Add, No. Raised 1878 " Adlnitted 1878 .. " Reinstated . Deduct No. \Vithdrawn............................... 760 " Died 278 " Suspended Non-pay. Dues, 1,671 " Suspended. Non-pay. Dues, 1,671 " Expelled :............ 102 Add those under Suspension. (may be restored)

475 29,368

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526 6:')4

31,GiS

2,837

28,83G

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30,507 CORRESI'ON"DENCE.

On this subject the Committee said: The loss of the entire fuuds of the Grand Lodgc last year, seemed to justify the Grand Sccretary as Chairman of the Committee, in foregoing the pleasure of printing a Report. The limit of one hundred and sixty pages being set by myself as the most to be allowed this year, I requested of the Most Worshipful Grand Master to whom I was to report, to bc allowed to omit my report altogether, and he was pleased to accede to my request. I received unmistakable evid,'llccs from the Grand Lodgc at its recent session, and herctofore, of their approval and estimate of the value of my reports, and if the financial condition of the Grand Lodge had permitted, 1 would have considered it an honor to have made in my final report at this timc, such a presentation of permanent value as would have. been worthy of the confidence which has for so mahy years been reposed upon me, as an Officer and Historian. \Ve express deep and double regrets in view of the above. First, that our Ohio Brethren were deprivcd of their" entire funds." Second, that they were thereby denied -in common with the Craft at large-the benefit of such a report" of pennanent value" as J~ro. Caldwell had prepared. As an" officer ,. and a "historian," the report intimated above, could not be otherwise than '01' interest and of permanent value coming from him. \Ve regrct the nccessity causing its suppression next to the loss realized by all in its nonappearance. We devoutly trust the embarrassment of the Grand Lodge may be speedily removed, and that the Report may.be given to the Masonic world at an early day. Grand Master Cunningham (of New Ark) and Grand Secretary Caldwell (of Cinein, nati) were both re-electeo.

OREGON. 1878.

The Grand Lodge of Oregon met in Twenty-eighth Annual Communication, Jnne ] (J, 1878, with Grand Officers, Past Grand Officers and Representatives of foreign jurisdictions

present, besides the Representaves' of fifty-seven Chartered Lodges, with delegates of one Lodge UncleI' Dispeni<ation. l\L W. Robert Claw, G. M., presided, and R. P. :Earheart was G. Sec. 'l'his Grand Lodge makes the following shOWing among the Grand Masouic families of the world:

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Chartcred Lodges, fifty-scyell. One Lodg'e Under Dispen!"atioll. l\fcmbership, 2,486. Jrif'rca!':e for thc preceding yell 1', ]02. The Address of thc Grand Mastel' lobors for thc year.

wa~

a review of his hu!"incss

3~ts

and offidal

Oregon is in frllternal communication with thc Grand ,Lodgc of Cnbs, haying' recognized !"aid hody one year AgO. Thc Grand Master had appointcd :l Reprcsentatiye of Oregon neaT the Gl'l1nd Lodge of Cuba lwd recognizcll a reciprocal appointment. neal' hi~ own body. He reeommenocd rlccirlcd action re!'pecting thc term!': them.

"rcvolntioni~ts" of

FrRnre, as

)lP

Dispell!'ations for the fon'nation of two ncw Lodges had been granted. Dispensations in seYcral instances were granted to confer thc degrees in a shorter timc than prescribcd by the Constitution. The cases were very" mcritorious," find were of sneh a character as evoked the slumbering prcrogative of a Gra.nd Mfi.stcr, enflbling him to ova-ride the CONSTlTUTIOX. In our judgment, that is jnst what snch exercise of a 80-N1Uccl prerogAtive amonnt~ to. Ilcar the Gmnd l\faster as to the case of "more thlttl OJ'llium'!! merit." of "merit" where such favors are solicited:

They arc fill

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'l'his case 11$ presented possesscd more than ordinary merit. MI'. Gray is Il youngman just. fi.l'ri\'ed at the ycal'l' of DlHtnrity, raised from childhood in the immediate vicinity of this Lodgo; his fMher is il. Past :\[astl'r of the Lodge,lwd having quite !\ nnmber of other rcllltives mcmbel's of the same, who were anxious he shollld he initiH,uld into onrOrdcl' before dcparting for France to finisll his education. Upon this preseutation of the case, I grunted the Dispensation, rcquiring, however, a sufficient length of time to elapse between the reception of the degrees, to enable him t(l be~ollle proficient in the" work and lectures" as he progressed. We never happened to live where snch cases of extraordinary ?nail were found, 1'01' two terms, in the same office nlled by Bro. Clow, we had freqnent appeals to exercise 1\ prerogative that we regarded fiS ,. one of the lost IlTt,<;!/o We never found the necessity foJ' 'breaking a law we had solemnly promised to "support and maintain." If llny ncces.~ity had appeared, the l1wri.torionsness of the candidate' would. not ha.ve spoiled by waiting', while our rcverence for law lLnd obligations would have been tll1'llished by the solicited violation. Ifrllnd Lodges have l'imited Grn.nd Masters as to thc excrcise of power. When the G1'IIud Lodgc says degreefo> shall not be confcrred within such llnd sueh periods, il certainly ml'.(l7I..~ what is thus declared llnd written. If our d{~)ellBillg power is iutended to be lodgect in, and belong to, Grand Masters, to set fi,~ide solemnly enal'l.ed, written laws, why not d.eclm·c snch laws and put them among the statutes. ~fen look lbl't.he flm'('j'll'i1i.Q rules of :Masonry in the statutes and deliycmnces of Grand Lodges. We belicye the Const.itutions of Grand Lodges in this country al'c the laws to gQll"crn MAsons, Ilnd not some unwritten, und, perhaps, l'nythicul power snpposed to inhere in lUI /!tI;c~ that is limited by lnw in eyery respect saye one. The Grand )faster had visited two-thirds of the Lodges in t.he jurisdiction. This i!" well. A.nnmber of decisions were reported. The iirst was in reference to a plll'!y who had been elected to receive the first degree, but, on II.ppearing for initiation, it was found tllltt his faith was not well founded. He was sent hence. He aftel'\\'ards petitioned figain. Que.<;tion: "What is his statns, and is it necessary to again spread the ballot?" Decision: "A. was to all intents and purposes a rejccted candidate;" not by ballot, but by the operation of law, and by the mandat.e of a ;Landmark. The ba.llot should be spread:"

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refuse to illstall an oflicer elect

UpOIl

the

Ans1Ccr-:l\o. Qw;.~lJon-H one member of a committee to whom was refcrred a petition for the degrees rcports IInfavorably in It minority report. is it. the outy of the Worshipful )ia:;tcr to declare the CIHlOithtte rejected without spl'cadiug the ballot '!

AII,8W{;/'-All Ilnlhvorable report by It minority or a majority of thc committee, docs not of i~elf reject the petitioller WhCll thc Lodge ha:- acquired jurisdictioll over the candidate, the only way to dispose of his petHioll is by the ballot. . QIII;.~t.i.()II-Call we entertu,in the petition of a man mlUl of high mOl'll1 worth und a mall whose integrity

who was born a. ~lave, but who is ,t is Bot questioned '!

An81CC!'-You can neither clltertaiu lIor nct npoll the petition or It mlUJ who wa,.,; born a :-;la,ye. No matter how worthy he may be in other rc,.,;pects, it would be in violation of olle of 0111' Lalllhnarks to do so. Alld as ]\fastcr of the Lodge it is your special duty to sec that they arc not infringed or removed.

Unuel'

thi~

head the lTI'lUld

)la~tcr

lill.id:

The T\;)\'cnllcsof the Grand Lodge for the Cllrrent year amount in the IIg~regate to the sum of $4.:2.')7.:)0, alld the disbllrsement~fOl' all purposes foot up a total of $.5,626.fiO. From this it will he seen that thc expelllicS are $1,3fi!l.aO in cxees~ of our income. Taking the receipts :tno dis1)nrsements of the present ycal' II"'; Ii basis upon which to (~stilJ111te our flltnrc rcvcnucs ltnd expenditllres, it is vcry evident that IInless 0111' expenses lLrc largely curta.iled, or aliI' 8.lInual dues increased, it is only a Question of :\ few yeariS when thc l'Ci:lCl'\'C fund 1l0W on IHtlld will be completely cxha.usted. O!I.HW:-.

Bro. H. 11. l;i1fey, timne1 Orator, (lelivcrcil an Ora.tion beforc the Grand 1A>dgc, of sufficicnt merit tAl give it a plll.ce :tmong the printed transactions of thc body, .A hrief .Report on Foreign Corre:spolldcnee was prcsCllted, rcvicwing the tranmetiom; of lweut.y-jivc Graue] Lodgcs. Sixteen Grand LCJdge Proceedings wcrc reportel] as rcceived, hut" luo late ji)!' review." "Will digest thcm for Ilcxt Report," sail1 the Committec. ~lisSOllri, Ii)J' 1:-;77, was fratcl'llally llotieed. It would be impossible for lLllyolle to tell ,\路hd.her om n!'am] Lodge elected It Gralld l\fll.ster and a Grand Sceret.ary at sai(l session of ]877 from the Report of the Committee. And it is Bcarly tl.s dillicnlt tD tell WllO are the GI'lUld Oflieers of Oregon. as wc lind the names of cleeted officers 01l1y ill one plaee (Jlnge 4!), I11H1 no address of unyone given.

\\'e bad ;;uppolicd that l\ Grand Sceretal'y, endowed with -" EAIt" and HEA itT," was tlie gift of .~ighJ.. But Bro. Earhcnrt must. either bc blind, or was asleep, whcn he read tl1\' )lbsol1l'i Proceedings 01'1877. He overlooked the fact that we bad an elcction, IU\\} took it for gl'ltl1ted that Bro. Luke was Urand Secretary, and so printed him in his 1ist of Grand ~ecretaJ'ics. If the list is a,.,; defective in respect to other Grand Lodges as Ol1l'S we think it Ileeds rcvising. H

po~sesscd or

Grand )lttster Clow and Grand Secretal'y Earhcart wcre rc路electcd. reside does not ~ppear.

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PENNSYLVANIA, 1878. Qlwrterly Communications wcre hcld in March, Junc, September and Deccmuer, 1878. The Annual Session wa~ held December 27, at which Grand Officers were installed. Ther had been elected at the'Quarterly Communication in December. At all of the sessions namcd, Bro. 'Michael Nisbet presided, he being Deputy Grand ?-lastcr until illStaIled, December 27, as Grand Master. At the September meeting the Grand Secreta,ry, Bro. John Thompsoll, reported the number of members as 36,~S for the year 1877. The Grand Lo\lge at this meeting adopted a resolution requiring Pa.st :Ma.~ters to ,\'car PlU;t .l\:la;;ter's Jcwels "sllspended by :t blue ribbon aronnd the ncck or on the left lappel of the coat" while in attendance upon the scveral Communications, with such aprons as may he sUIlplied by the Grand Lodge. If such requiremellt was put in force in l\ÂŁissouri, it would thin out the PlIst :i\lastcr reprcsentation amazing-ly, especialJ~T the St. I,ouiii element, where the class is very large.

The death of PllSt Grand

~hu;ter Petcr

Fl'it%: \Va.<; announced.

Past Grand Master Richard Vaux presented a memorial paper, rkh in illcidenh ltnd imtructive in statements. Bro. Fritz was 1.>orn in 1803. Was initiated, passcd and raised in lS:2fi, and in lS:!S was elected Master of Lodg-e No. 15;). In UH2 he was placed in the South of his Grand Lodge. In lS43 elected Senior Grand Warden, and served in that capacity two years. The year following he was chosen Deputy Grand :i\Jaster. At the elcction in 1847 he was promoted to the Grand East. ):lade a )lason in the 23d year of his age; elected Master of the Lodge when 25, and Grand :\laster when about 40. His mmt have been an active and laborious Masonic life, of many years. Of him the memorialist said: Since the meeting of our Grand Lodge, Right Worshipful Past Grand :\{ltst~I' Bro. Peter Fritz has taken oil' the apron. laid down the tools and dosed his association wit.h the Craftsmen in this life, in the bright hope, it is reverently believed, of that more sublime and glorious Fraternity in the assembly of those who have knocked and been admitted into the Great Grand Lodg\l, that needs neither the light of the sun nor of thc moon to make its glory manifest to those who have there an everlasting communication. The Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania cannot fail to be impressed with the dell.th of Right Worshipful Past Grand )Iaster Bro. Peter Fr.itz. It is a loss that is only mea.'5ured to the survivors by the lesser number who remam of the old workmen who llll.Ve received the highest honors of the Fraternity. One lesson which the death of Bro. Fritz teaches is, that there is a period unknown to each and all of us, when our work must end and our laborii be finished, and the plumb, level and square of infinite justice be applied to it. Of his administration we find this: His administration of the Grand Lodge as Grand Master "'as' marked by the even tenor of faithful obedience to the usages, customs and Landmarks of the Fraternity, Which was so characteristic of the period which directly followed the storm of opposition to Freemasonry, that so convulsed some communities, and weakened the faith of so many of our Craftsmen, when danger and trials and perils onght to have united the Brethren as one man, in snpport of Freemasonry and that which it teaches as a. solemll duty.

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On IClwing thc chair 3!i Grand 1Ia~ter, Right Worshipful Bro. Frit.;r, ncver failed to the intel'est he took in the affairs of the Grand Lodge, for he scldom failed to oe prescnt at its communications. We remember the last time we werc present with him a.t a Grand J,o\lge communication, our depluted Brother remarked that" this is the fiftieth veal' J have been a memoer of the Grand Lod~e, and unless prevented by some unavoidable occurrence I have always been present Itt Its meetings." His 7-ea1 for, and attachment to the Craft are the most conspicuous characters of our departed Past Grand 111 aster's ~iasonic life which deserve high encomium. Death having separated him from m, it is hut becoming that this Grand Lodge should honor his services to the Fratemity, and asl, all who knew him to pay that respect to his memory which belongs to those who havc earned it by 11 long life of :Masonic servicc. ~how

The 1I1asolls of Pennsylvania contributed ncarly four thousand dollars to t.he relief uf tl1C yellow fever sufferers, which amount was disbursed, as per statement, by a committee, of which Bro. Nisbet was Chairman. Other sums were sent direct to the South by ?lIMonic bodies, independent of the Committee. The finances of this Grand Lodge aI;e in splendid condition, and continue to he well a.lIO ably managed. The Grand Lodge charity fnnd amounts to about $iO,OOO. The" Girard beqllest" makes a good Showing, there being Itn investment of $ln;ooo. The interest derived from this bcquest is used" for the charitable purposes of the trust." "Thc Board of Almoncrs of the Grand Lodge Charity" reported an outlay of over $3,000, ha.villg rclieved two hundred fl.nd sixty-eight necessitous cases-two hundred fl.nd

twcnty-two of whom were of their own State. The Board said: In the dischar~e of their duties the Almoners Itre 1I0t unfrequcntlr brought in contact with poverty and dcstitution in their most distressing forms, and which ltppelll to their :'<vmpltthics in the most touching mllnner. The aged mot.her, the widow and the orphans. 0'[ our deceased Brethren, many of whom during their lifetime were in comfortable, if not afrtuellt circumstances, Itppeal alike to them for aid, but owing to the comparatively small Itmonnt at their disposal, and the ever-increasing number of applicants, It is oftentimes impossible to grant more than thc merest semblance of relief, and even this can only be grll.nted at long intervals. . This state of affairs can scan:ely be called creditable to a body like the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, and pertinently suggests the inquiry, whcther the wisdom a.nd wellknown generosity of the Grand Lodge, canuot devise some me:ms whereby the Charity Fund can be augmeutcd, and a sum yearly placed in the hands of the Almoners for distribution, which at the same time shall reflect credit on the source from which it emanates, .and prove a mcans of blessing to those whose necessities compel them to invoke our charlty. "The stewards of Stephcn Girard Charity Fund" made a report, ~lJowing a disbursement of $3,fyi9, and complain that the fund is 1I0t sumciently large to relieve the manv who seek aid. . At the nieeting Decembcr 2i, lSiS, acting (;raud :Master Nisbet made the Aunual Address, saying He who of right should have presided over you and addressed you to-day is not here. Wheu just one year fl.go Bro. .James )L Porter was duly instltlIed Right Worshipful (;mnd l\faster, his cup of ambition was full. With a feeling of justifiable pride in the rruition of his hopes in attaining the Oriental Chair, he dclivered his salutatory address marked by its eloquencc and replete with :Masonic wisdom. in which he expre.~sed the manner in whieh the affidrs of the Craft in this jurisdiction would be administered during his term of omce. Hut mll.n proposes and God disposes, and the honor conferred llpon h.im.like Dead Sea fruit, turncd to ll};hes on his lips; for when Bro. Porter, af~er the Grallll Lod~e closed, left this room, he left it llever to return to it as the Grand Master as in :t ~hort time thereafter he wa." stricken with a malafly that incltpacitated him from performing the dut.ies of his station-a malady from which he h8.."_ not yet recoveredand which has caused him to decline the re-election which, under more favorable _ circumstances, would have been unanimously conferred upon him.

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While regretting the di!>ubilltics that overtook Gmnd Master Porter, we congraulate the Grand Lodge of l'cunsylvll,nia in having such an ablc alid efficient Deputy Grand )Jastcr. At }1i:; illstallation a~ Grand }h~ter, l\Iost Worshipful Bro. Nisbit delivered an address cOlitaining many valuable suggest.ions and practical points. We glean a few therefrom: .1.

!\ Lodge call1lOt pass or raise auyone not a member thereof.

:2.

A Lo<!g-c call not rescind a vote of su:;pension at II. meeting, subsequent to that at

A Lodgc (;;'U1/l0t take part ill auy lll'ocessioll or ceremonies that are not Musonic

which it wa,s adopted. oncs. .J.

"\ Lodg'(~ e<lnllot ballot fur all itos officers at the same time.

All alarm at the outer door canllot be answered except by permhi.:;ioll of Worshipfnl )la.'iter. :J.

tllC

.r.. A room in

rlUrpo~c~, nor II

It lmilcliJlg' occupied by protiUlcs cannot be dedicated to )Iasonie bnildillg Jlot oWJled by a Lodge.

7. Ali oflJccr of a Lodge call not resign his oflke durillg the term for whieh he has lJcen imtalled.. ' ~.

A second ballot (;;.tllllot lJe tltkcll Oll:t t.hin1 petition forinitilttion and membership.

To ~ome of tbe above we feel ::itrongly inclined to ex.cept. We do not know tl1ltt we gral;p the meaning of Nos. 1, '2 ;tnd 8. We will let them pass. But they do Hot suit our view~. No Brot,her Ims thc right to Iceture beforc any Lodg-c without permission of the Uralld 'Master, fi.nd hercafter ll.lIlectures arc prohibited, and will be !;topped, nnle~s ~uch permjssion hi fir~t obtained. We Dlmit caution the Lodges. howevcr, in their flesire to rcplcni!;}} their trea~lIries, not to relax. the rig-iei serntiny reqnired by our rules and rcgulations of all material that may present itself for admi~sion. The prosperity and perpetuit~' of our Craft does not depend so milch upon \lumbers as it docs npon the charaeter of tho:;e composing it. In the ~tandl\rd of merit required in .

all applicant, we have no guide but our own law and custom.

Our financial condition is still s;tti~factory. ,\ Ithough by the Report of the Committec 011 Finanee, it appears that our re\'Clllle for the Ia.."t year ha.s fa.llen off from the preceding one. $21,5l:iS,49; our expenditures have also decrca.<;ed during the same time, ::,l24,450.B7.11nd our balance in the treasury at the end of our fiscal year was SI,H4.11 more tban at its commencement. To relieve the sutferi\lg alH} distressed, to assist the necl]Y ;tnd unfortunate without hope of reward in this W01;Jd, is a duty enjoined upon the Craft, and when the a<:count,; lJf the dreadful ravages of the yellow fever, whleh so terribly scourged portions of thc jurisdictions of Lonisian!t, ~lississippi and Tennessce during the latter part of the summer 路,\.-pre received, our Masonic hearts welled up with ~~'mpathy for our IltlHcted Brethren and the widows and orphans of them. The fruternal relations heretofore existing between this Grand Lodge and those Grand Lodges with which we are in correspondence still continucs, and as far as my eflorts call go to continue them will remain unimpaired. With thosc. from whom we felt compelled in past years to withdraw our rCI;ognition no change has taken place. Claiming supreme anthority in our own jurisdictioll, we cannot accord them less, out while we carcfully refrain from interfering with what immediately concerns them, we hope that they may soon be brf)u~ht to see t.he errors of their way, and again take their places in the Masonic fold,

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We 11iLVC drawn largely upon the sayings of Bro. Xisbct. as we regard thcm of great merit. FOHEIGN CORUESI'ONDEKCE.

Forty-sc\'en Grand Lodgc trltnsactions wcre noticed ill ;1 Report of sixty-three pages; the work bcing pcrformed by pn,st Grand :Master Richard VltllX. HilS review is a COIldcmedone. How he got so milch into such small compass would puzzle anyone, unless he considered that the writer is a lI[ASTEH. The Report was wrillen, and but few extrltCts madc with the scissors. The Report opens with an able (we} broltd-minded illtrodllction of great worth and considerable length. We clip a few indispensable pltragraphs. Of unity he says: It is in the unity of the Cmft that these (.ies grow, and get the power to resi;;t encroachments or assalllt.~. It is in the unity of the Craft tha.t new duties are unable to make new departures from the louudation on whieh it~ virtues rest., as they have ever rested. since the beginning. It is in this unity that strength eomes to repel all clandestiue eflor~<; 짜>. enter the portals shut against novelties and innovations, and imperfect or <:ounterfelt vHtues.

Fratel'11al relations are thus hnppily referred to: It may be proper to remllrk, that the Grau,i Lodge of Pennsylvania regards the exdHtIlgc of l\lasonic relations with ot.her Gran<l Lodges a.~ the symbol of recognItion. and henee another duty of its Committee on Foreign CorrespOJI(1ence is to omit notice in its report of thor<e org;mizRtions which arc no(., in its opinion, entitled from llny ~!lL~ollie reason to weh recognition. .

Concerning the follo\dng' utterances we place ollr~elves with Pennsylvania Masons and say the same thing because we arc of the same mind: Within the pa.<;t year a. Gn\.ll<l Lodge hm; a..~sertcd, by its acts at least, its right to enter the jurisdiction of a sister Grand Lodge, a.nd exereise supreme authority over one or more Lodges tha.t have failed to render ::-'fasonic allegi:\.Ilee to the Gmnd Lodge in whose ,iuris<lietion they work. This CHJJllOt be countenanced by the Craft in this country. Allegiance is too essential to unity and 11ll.rmony to be regarded as other than the imperative dllty of all subordinate Lodges in a Grand Lodge jurisdiction, to that Grand Lo(lge. We venture to suggest .to 0111' Brethren, Chairmen of Comniittees on Forei<Yu Correspondence of the Granel Lodges of the Uuited States, to cOllsider if it would notte well to give to this growingly important sub.iec.t, such an expression of their opinions as will hltve the effect of bringing it to t.he notice of Grand Lodges in other countries. There are so many wise and good sayings in the Report of Bro. Vaux, that to gratify our desire would result in a transfer to these pages of more thau is allowable. V,,'e are in full sympathy with his doctrines on aU the great questions which vitally affect our Institution. ~[jssouri is

fraternally noticed, and some of our doings commented upon brietly. This:

\V e are sorry to sec the use, in many Masonic jurisdictions, of the word lC{ful, as applied to :Masonic action. In our opinion the word lawfill is the only Masonic word that can be used to express what is not expres~ed by the word legal, in ordinary phrAseolo~v. It by 110 mcan~ follows that what IS legal is lawful in Masonry; as. for example, uie Grand 1Ilaster decided that the record of a criminal Court, showing indictment. conviction. and ;;entenee of the accused for the same offeme for which he is being tried in a, Lodge, is legal and competent evidence, and must be admitted on his Masonic trial. It never could be so admitted liS legal evidence in sneh a trial, unless it was lawful )fasonic information. The seal of II Court imparts no ':"fasonie character to testimony, ll.lld however competent it may be as legal evidence in profane tribunals, it requires something else to make it lawful Ma,~ollic illformation. We merely make this notice not became we intend to discuss it, for it is improper to diseus:i it in writing, and it must be discussed, even to make it intelligent to the Craft. G. L.-A1'. \).

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tender, fatherly and loving:

We have spent many hours in the accomplishment of the task .iu~tcOJ1eludcd. It has left behind it, now it is over and done, many pleasant memories; we can compare it to a meeting with aU our Brethren, Chairmen of Committees of Foreign COl'l'cspondence, which, having been occllpied in pleasant converse, has broken up, and each has departcd to his own homc. We think we see them wending their way, over mountain and hill, river and valley, in all parts of the Continent; and as they journey, wc beg to salute them within the solcmnllSpiration, May God have each and aU of you in His holy keeping. Tn all the \rarm and glowing affection of our nature, from the grcat West, we send g-reetings to the author of the above closing paragraph. In the land and home of Penn may the God of our fathers bless our Brother, and cause His lace to shine upon him. MICHAEL NISBET, Philadelphia, G. l\I. JOHN THOMSON, Philadelphia, G. Sec.

RHODE ISLAND, 1878. The trallsaetions of the above Grand Body, now before us, arc of more than ordinary interest. The journal brings up the hist{)ry of the Grand Lodge to May, 1878. We sec no reason why the Proceedings of 1879 may not reach us in time for our present review. The jonrnal contains the transactions of one Special Communication, one SemiAnnual Communication and one Annual Communication. October 1G, 1877, the Gra.nd Longe assembled in Providence, by request, to" dedicate the Roger Williams :Monument with the customary Masonic services." It was done in a manner worthy of all interested. Six thousand people were seated in front of the monument and fifteen hundred children from the public schools were placed at the North side, with the band, by whom the mnsical parts of the service were rendered. A description of the monument is taken from the Proceedings: The "Monument is erected on the high bank west of the lake, facing west; and is visible from th~ lake. and from most part.,> of the park, while the ancient mansion lLnd old trees ~ive it a local sllrroundillg peculiarly appropriate. It is constructed of Wester1~' granite ot the finest quality and of uniform shade. A flight of steps leads up to a square pedestal of excellent proportions ann design, simple and striking in effect. A fignre of Hjstor~', in cla.~ie drapery, standing- on the up~er step, is writing' with a stylus upon the front tablet in plain script, the words, "Roger \\ illiams, 1636." To the right of thIS fignre is a group of bronze emblems. comprising a shield with anchor, a scroll, books and :1 laurel wreath. On the rear tablet is inscribed, "Erected by the City of Providence, A. D. 1tl77." Crowning' the whole is the statue of Roger Williams. The :Monument from its base is twenty-seven feet in height, the statile of Roger Williams seven lLnd a half feet, and that of History six and a half feet in height; they were modelled in Rome in the studio of Brother Simmons, and cast in bronze of a peculiarly brilliant color, in Munich. A line engraving of the monument, as above described, graces the Proceedings. . } . Addresses of an eloquent and approprIate character were d ehvcred by Rev. Henry W. Rugg,.Grand Chaplin, and Prof. J. L. Diman, of Brown University.

The dedicatory services were followed by a banquet. That it wa.'> an enjoyable occasioll there ca,n be no question, anQ the orations afford SOllie mighty good reading,

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The Semi-allllual Commullication was held in November, attencted by a full corps of Grand Officer:>, Past I\Illliters and Representatives of Lodges. Grand Master Charles R. Cutler presided, as he also. did at the aforementioned special session. The meeting wa~ , occupied in hearing Reports Il,nd attending to some routine business. The Eighty-eighth Annual Conmnmication was held May 20, ISiS. Most Worshipful Charles R. Cutler, Grand Master, was in the chair; and Edwin Baker was Grand Secretary. Reports show a sound financial standing, the Grand Lodge, being out of debt and living within the authorized income. Grand :Master Cutler, in deliveriFlg his Address, did not" orate" any, but plunged right into business. He reported numerous visitations made and Dispensations grahted. Two new Lodges had been instituted Onder Dispensation. Of the Address a Committee said: The Address is a model for its brevity, being confined to a history of his official ltc{,/;, which are concisely stated, aud meet the approval of your Committee. The Proceedings are graced by handsome engravings of Grand l\faster Charles R. Cutler and Rev. Henry W. Rugg, Grand Chaplain. CUBA.

'l'he Graild Lodge of Cuba was recognized one year ago by Rhode Island. Some (:ausc for questions and doubts, as to the propriety of such action, certainly existed. Hence the following by the Committee on Correspondence: The Grand Lodge of the Island of Cuba assumes no authority beyond the three symbolic degrees. It is in no way connected with the" Grand Orient." It claims to be supreme in its own territory, and will not divide its anthority with any other Grand Bodv. There seems to have been no legal occupancy of the ground when it was organized': and whatever criticism may be made as to some of the steps taken in its formation, there seems to your Committee no sufficient reason why the action of this Grand Lodge should be reconsidered. After recognizing Cuba, and the defense of sneh action, we expected the Grand Lodges of New l\fexico and Indian Territory would meet some favor at the hands of the Rhode Island Committee. But no. The Committee passed by on the other side. The only stroke to complete the consistency of the report, and the action of the Grand Lodge, was the early and cordial recognition of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales. The Committee was" alnwst persuaded" to recommend the" New South 'Vales" affair for recognition. The Committee said concerning the state of the new candidate for favor: The Convention seems to have scrupulously followed precedents and constitutional requirements, and its proceedingl( in organizing come to hand properly authenticated. Your Committee would be disposed to recommend recognition at once. were it not for a strong protest addressed to our Grand Lodge by the Grand Lodge of Scotland. But the Committee considered that it would be better to take" further time to look into the matter." The Report on Correspondence, by Rev. Henry W. Rugg, Grand Chaplain, was brief ellough, covering less than three printed pages. CHARLES R. CUTLER, Warren, G. M. EDWIN BAKER, Providence, G. Sec.

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SOUTH CAROLINA, 1878. The One Hundred and Second Se~sion of the auo\'e Grand Lodgc was bcgun and held in the l\lasonie Temple, Charleston, December 10 and 11, 1878. One hundred and fifty-six Lodges were represented. (;ra.nd ]\faster Beaufort W. Bnll presided, and Charles lnglesuy The Annual Address is vcry brief, covering less than three extracts therefrom:

WllS

page~;

Grand Secretary. wc make a few

Whilc our TIrethren of other jurisdictions, bounf! to us by the strongest ties of blood, a common origin and a common country, haye been during the autumn months just pa.q, afflicted as it has scarcely fallen to the lot of humanity, we have to rejoice and be thankful for a full year of unprecedenteli healthfulne~s, happinc,o;s anf! prosperity. No better cvidcnce of the large-hearted charity of our Brotherhood can he afforded than the gl:llerous response of the Fratemity in this SUe,te, to the calls for aid J'r0m the feycr stricken sections of the South ttnd West, during the past summer, as will appear from the Heport of the Grand Secretary. The handsome sum of $1,123.70 having been forwarded to \Chem. . DECISIO:-lS.

During the Masonk year, 1 have been frequently called upon to relax the rule as to maimed and physieaUy defective condidates, and required to rule upon this eonstantlv recurring and frequentl)' decided question. In conformity with the cOllstant and dcdde;l expressiom; of the Grand Lodge,l have rigidly adhered to its steadfilst mlings-that l\, l:ll1l<lidate should be of "due and mature years, hale and souud, not deformed or dismembered at the time of his making." 1 will takc occasion to say, in this connection, that thc action of the Grnnd Lodge on this question has been so unifbrm and decided that it is altogether ullsafe for the Presiding Officer of n. Lodge to undertake to make nice distinctions, and his plain duty is t.o decide against all candidates who are not clearly within the meaning of the language lluoted above. By reference to the Proceedings of our last Annual Communicatiun, it II ill l.Je found that a committee, consisting of the Grand :Master and other Brethren, was appointed to memorialize the Smte Le~islature"to exempt the Grand Lodge property from taxatioll.路' The General Assembly. Itt Its last session-1877 and ISi8-was memorialized in a.ecor<.la.nce with the terms of this resolution, and the memorial referred to It committee of the HOllse of Representatives.

'Cpon the matter of the financial condition of the Grand Lodge, your attention is called to the Reports of the Financial Agent and Hall Committee of this hody, and from them you \l'ill derive the en<:ouraging conelusion that there h no rea-son to apprehend t!ntt our obligations will not he met and in due time fully discharged. The legislature refused to exempt the Grand Lodge property from taxation. )IASO~IC

CHAlUTY.

The mi~sion of the ~lnson is to be derived from a dose attention to the immemorial leachings of the lodge-room. The Grand Lodge is not a body organized to dispense charity; neither is the subordinate Lodge. It is the office of the latter to create the Jl((.~o1l, anf! the Mason has devolved upon him, his duties and the character of his mission, in the lodge-room. The Mason himself assumes with that high title llnd name the ollice of dispensing to all mankind alld .more espe~ially his BrO~herhl\1~so.ni~~ ehari~y in its largest ~ense,-the broadest humalllty, and a liberal regard for t e frailties of hIS fellow man. Without brotherly love, as the ehief corner-stone upon which the structure of ~rasonry is erected, the fiLbric must fall to the ground and the Institution becomes a ruill. Trndition t.eaches alld the archives of some of our oldest Lodges furnish evidence of the social features of the Lodge having at no distant day stron~ly characterized the gathering of those who have gone before us, and who met upon the highest hills and lowest vales.

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Brotherly love and affection can surely be stimulated and encouraged by a greater regard to the social duties within the Lodge, without danger from excessive conviviality.

If :Masonrv is onlv to be a formal and technical tie-if it fails to make man dearer anel

draw him' closer illlto his fellow and Bl'other, it dwarfs into It mere sham and name. Since} then, the Lodge makes the Mason, if he fails to go forth from its sacred precincts to practIse the precepts he must there receivc. the halls of the lodge-room must necessarily become dead and lifeless walls; if the social fcatures and social virtues are therein cultivated and made brighter and to glow, the Lodge will have fulfilled its mission-and its crefiture, man, become that smooth and perfect a_~hlll.r his Creator intended him. At the last session of this Grand Lodge a resolution was adopted requesting PaH Grand tllaster Wilmot G. DeSaussurc to deliver an Addrs;:s upon the History of Freemasonry in South Carolina." During the session now under consideration. the Address was dclivered. The Grand Lodge thus publicly celebrated it.s centennial. The Craft assembled in the Grand Lodge-room when the Address was delivered, according to request. The Grand Lodge expressed its high appreciation of the service rendered by resolutions, and by ordering the publication of the Addrcss in thc minutes, and one thousand copies extra for the use of the (~r:lud Lodge. :From this ably prepared paper. requiring great research and labor, with dose RUct even scvere discrimination, we can only extract the author's conclusions: I.

As a conclusion of this sketch of the early history of Ancient Freemasonry in South Carolina, I desire to summarizc it as follows: 'I'he first Lodge constituten in Sonth Carolina was Solomon's Lodge, No.1, on 28th OctOber, 1736. A Provincial Grand Lodge was constituted some time between that date and 20th August, 17:17. ~nch Provincial Grand Lodge is traceable ill the Gazettes until 1743, when, probably f"r the reasons assigned by Bro. :Mackey, it disappears until 1754. When it reappen,rs in that ycar, it docs so with some of the same officers us were found in it in 174::). It is t.hen, with occasional hiati, trancd untH 1774.

In 1776 it is founo, summoned by I, order of thc Gran(l Lodge," ann desiring the attendance of all Brcthreu throughout fhis Slale. In 1777 it installed Barnard Elliott as Grund Master of Masons in this State. In October, 1778, his funeral is attended by the Society of Freemasons, of which hc was Grand Master. A silence then occurs until December, 1781, when it is again snmmond as the ProJ~1~~ai>e~.~~~~I~~~8~(t~.~~~jn~~10g~~~Ij~~~s~~i.ng overruil by the British troops), (l.nd In 1783 the same body reappears as thc Grand Longe of the State, and John Deas is clected the Grand l\Iaster. From 17Sa to ]817 it continues to be found, although from 1787 to 1817 t.here is also a rival Grand Lodge. In 1817 there is an union of these rivl1.l Grano. Lodges, oi1 the same principles which governed in Massachusetts in 1792, fwd in England in 1813. From 1817 to this date, it has continned with its uuited rival, as the Grand Lodg-c of Ancient Freemasons of South Carolina. . This appears to be such a connection and continuance with the Grand Lodge constituted in 1737,llS to entitle it to claim 1737 us the date of the organization of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina. It was the legitimate successor of the Provincial Grand Lodge, and became indepennent in December, 1776, according to the principles laid down b~' eminent Masonic flnthorities. I therefore respect.fully claim that the Urand Lodge of Ancient Freemasons of South Cllrolina, is in continuous succession, the second in rank of the Grand ]-a(lges of the United States, the Grand Lodge of Massa?husetts alone outranking it.

Ano ] fllrt.her claim that the Grand I-adge or South Carol ina was t.he first indepen. dent Grand Lodgc Oil the contincnt of "ol'th America.

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STATISTICS.

From the table of Grand Secretary Inglesby.we glean the following: Chartered Lodges : !................................................ 182 l\1aster l\Iasons 6 ,5~1 Erased from the Roll......... 38'-> Dimitted 20] Rejected........................................................................................................... 5 Died................................................................................................................. 82 Degrees Conferred.......... 87G CORRESPONDENCE.

The Committee on Correspondencc-Bro. Charles Inglesby, Grand Secretltry-present.ed a Report covering eighty-three pages of closely printed matter, reviewing in an able and admirnble manner over fifty Grand Lodge Proceedings, including Missouri for 1877. His review of our transactions for the year named, is quitc full, as it is fraternal and courteous; numerous extracts being made from the Andress of Bro. Ryland and from the Report on Correspondence. The review of South Carolina in ]877, was written by Bro. Gouley, before his labors were closed so abruptly by death. From that review Bro. Inglesby quotes extcnsively, and then says sadly: " These words come to us, as it were, from the dead." Bro. Inglesby presented an elaborate statement of the Scotland-Quebec case. trcatment of thc subject was masterly and goes to the core of the matter.

His

The entire Report by onrable contemporary is strong, clear and satisfactory. Wc purposed many extracts, but found that to begin would be easy; to continue pleasai1t.; to stop very difficult. 'We forbear. AUGUSTINE T. SMYTHE, Charleston, G. M. CHARLES INGLESBY, Charleston, G. Sec.

TENNESSEE, 1878. The Masonic Fraternity in this jurisdiction suffered a fearful decimation during the autumn of 1878. No parallel can be found in the history of baleful visitRtions among the people of our country. When the Grand Lodge convened in Nashville, November 11, it was to weep over the fallen and to condole with the living. It may be properly described a.<> a l1wll1'ning session. Americus V. Warr, G. M., presided, and John Frizzell was G. Sec. Two hundred and ninety-eight Lodges were represented. One hundred and eleven not represented. Eight Past Grand Masters were present. From a table found in the Grand Lodge Proceedings, we make out 413 Lodges on the TosteI'. The transactions before us for review are of extraordinary interest, not only as embodying the doings of the sixty-fifth session, but from much other valuable lIlutter.

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With the beuutiful stanza: Then let our sorrows cease to flow, God has recalled his own; And let our hearts in every woe Still say, "Thy will be done!" Five pages of" Edicts" follow. This is succeeded by a" Uniform Code of By-Laws ,. for subordinate Lodges. There is then furnished a table of "officers of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee from its organi~ation" in 1818. Within a period of sixty-fiye years thcrc ha\'e been forty Grand Mastel'S of Masons in Tennessee. A fair per ccnt. of those who occupied the Graud East stilllive-uearly one-half are marked us yet among the living-. There are names in the list of Past Grand Musters of Tennessee that belong to l\Iasonry, and not alone to the jurisdiction that they served and honored. \\'e will not prefer any names in the roll of honorable ones, le.<;t we do injustice to others not less deserving of mention, and be charged with discrimination. Tcnnessee has an array of names on her roll, of which any jurisdiction may feel proud. We 1;tudied the silent faces of her Past Grand Masters as they quietly ga~ed down from their" pictured perch" in the Grand Hall, and felt, "whata galaxy of grand lights to shine upon one jurisdiction within sixtv years." \Ve h~ve'a great partiality for Tennes<;ee. Her mountai'ns and her streams, h~r heroes andstatcsmen, her Masons and l\fasonry, have deeply impre.<;sed us for years. We have stood by the graves of her illustrious dead, and have heard the voices of her living sons, and read the prolluctions of her great thiukers, and confe.~sed that she is l'i.ch in fame, and great names, and grand men, and noble deeds. Within her soil sleep three as pure statesmen and true patriots as ever ruled among men. .Jacksou and Polk aud .Johnson I a trinity of names far nobler aud grander than hosts who have worn the coronet or held a scepter. Theirs was the coronated glory and sceptered power of grand character, intellect, purity and patriotism. Fame has garlandcd their names with a deathless wreath, and sent their decds and worth adown the flow of time, though the State may forget their silent dust. The names, and eharaters, and labors of these three sleeping Presidents belong to all time and history and people. And finding the name of the old hero of history in the list of Past Grand Masters of Tennessee. we havc wondered much whether most honor belonged to the chieftain, the statesman, or the 路Mason. At the seat of \\'ar and in the midst of the battle's din, he WfiS as unconquerable as he wa" patriotic. In the presidential officc he was as inflexible as hc wa,<; incorruptible. Tn these 1mblic sphercs he made history, and history preserves what he did among men. But a" a IIIa.<;on, whether in the quiet fraternal associations of private life with the Brethren in the Lodge, or fiS Grand :Master of his jurisdiction, the world never 'knew and never can lmow Andrew Jaekson. History made no record for the profane world. Amid the glare and conflict'! of secular life, the General and the President became conspicuous. But the Mllsonic life, in its true worth, never becomes prominent in the worldly arena. Yet Mnsons rcmember that there is an " All Sceing Eye," and with Him every act of worth is kept in "everlasting remembrance." Thc glory of the imperishable, herc appears in contrast with the things that are seen, and the devoted :Mason will find the approval of God of infinite value in comparison with thc honor of men. But with all the works of our Brethren in Tennessee, :Masonry surpassed herself during the desolating scourge of the past year. The Fraternity was put to the test, and well did they meet the fearful strain. We make some extrficts from the Address of the Grand l\Ia.<;ter and other papers, showing the trying ordeal through which Masonry passed during the sway of dire pestilence. 'fhe Gritnd Master opened thus: Since last we met, the most terrihle pestilence that eycr scourged our g-reat, prosperous, and charitable Union, ha.<; visited a ycry large portion of our beautiful South-land. It has been ]leculifl.rl~路 viruleut on the wcstern borrlcr of our own ~tftte, where it has cftrricd to

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their last resti.n~-place many of our best citiJ:ens and Brothers. Not satisfied with desohlting and depopulating the cities and villages of the plains, it has leaped the mountain barriers, and our city of Chattanooga mourns the loss of mRny good and true men. Anel now, amid the sorrow and wailings incident thereto. with bowed heads, sad, sorrowful, and almost despondent hefuts, "'e meet around our Masonic altar to open and hold the Sixty-fifth Annual Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Aneient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Tennessee. He then paid a glowing tribute to Bros. Slover and Wheeler, and suggested the holding of a Lodge of Sorrow in hanOI' of the fllllen. Of others he said: Some of these noble, self-sacrificing Brothers were hut little known to this Grand Lodge, yet in their Lodges they too were Masonic worker;;. There was the noble Ed. Worsham, young, bright, and intelligent.. He was bidding fair to beeolne a leader in Masonry. We all loved him. There fell also a Catron, a Slater, an Anderson, and also good old Bro. H. S. King. War makes heroes; this drcad pestilence has made thcse Brothers martyrs. Of aid from abroad he said: This united North for the relief of a sick and fever-stricken South ,vill and must convince us that we are only one people, having one country and one common dut}'-to presen-e it in its purity and transmit it to our children the same-one and indivIsible Union. . Bro. Frizzell, Grand Secretary, as custodian of yellow fever fund, reported elaborately what had been done by him. Nearly twenty-fh'e thousand dollars passed through his hands for the relief of the suffering in Tennessee. He says: It is proper to state that the Fraternity in many of the other jurisdictions scnt their contributions directly to :Memphis and other points in the infected districts. Many of the Lodges and Masons of Tennessee also sent money and supplics in this manner. Hence, the amounts contributed through me do not show all that was donc)

V'c sent our collections directly to Memphis, amounting to over twelve hundred dollars, being about one-third of what wc raiscd for the three blighted States-Tcnnessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. We close our extracts by one from Bro. Friz7,cll's Report. It is like the man, simply noble, and worthy of his head and heart: I cannot close this ReJ?ort without expressing my high appreciation, and that of the Fraternity in this jurisdictIOn, of the generous conduct displayed by our Brethren of other jurisdictions. Their contributions were voluntary-no appeal for assistance having been made to 1\1asons outside of Tennessee. Our Brethren abroad, with that liberality characteristic of the true Milson, camc promptly torward, and without stopping to enquire whether the sufferers were Masons or not-without asking to what race, or party, or sect, or section the afliicted belonged-(~xtended aid with a liberal hand. If evidence werc needed to prove the universality of Masonry, we have it here. If we needed proof that charity is an cssential and cardinal principlc of the Fmternity, here it is. If it. were necessary to demonstrate that 1\lasonry, in this country, knows no North, no South, no East, no West, in its benefactionI', this is proof strong 11.<; Holy Writ. Our earnest prayer is that the Great ArchitDct of thc Vniverse will proteet, defend. and perpetnate 0111' noble Brotherhood.

JI,'fany thousands will join our heartfelt responsc to his prayer when we say Amen. Grand Mastcr Warr had been sorely afflicted by the scourge, and this expression by n. committee will show the uature of his sorrow: 4. The committee considered, with deep regret, the refcrence in the Address to the death of the only son of the Most WorshipfUl Grand Master, who bore thc name of his father, and who fcll a victim to the pestilence. We feel authorized to tender to our illustriollS and well-beloved Brother the sympathies of the Grand Lodge in this sad bercavcment, lInd we commend the philosophy to which he gives expression in tId;;, .. that he would not call him ulwk again, but go to him, where all is peace, purity and love, and where there is no pain, no plague, no death, nor tears, nor partings." â&#x20AC;˘ Reports from the various Boards of Masonic relief throughout the Shlte were made and published. 'fhcsc Reports arc of rare interest. An incident is nanatcd ill the Chattanooga Report, which touchingly illustrates" the brotherhoou of man" principle

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found in l\fasonry. An appeal came by telcgraph from Vicksburg to Bro. Connor, for nurses. The telegram was read in Chattanooga Lodge, No. 199, and Bro. Dr. .T. B. Norris, voluntecred at once. He went, accompanied by fifteen nurses, on the 3]st of August. On the 6th of September he was stricken down, and on the 9th, offered up his noble and heroic life on the altar of Masonry-yea, of humanity. He died saving others from death. Talk about daring deeds, and nobl(; ac(...,! Here was tnw hcroisW. The plumed knight entering the list!'> in times of chivalry, was nobody; Camelot was nowhere. The days of Arthur and the Round Table never existed to bring out such a noble knight a!'> this Chattanooga .Mason. And there were hundreds like him. Pomp and circumstance of glorious war-so called-may lead men to the cannon'!'> month, and to do and die on the crimsoned field, challenging the admiration of nations and mankind. The charge of the ligilt brigade has been rendered immortal in verse, but no such immortality was won by the" fivc hundred" as el'Owns the name!'> and memories of those who fought and fcll in the silent struggle with the yellow foe of the South in the memorable campaign of ISiS. No poet laureate yet horn, can justly versify their heroic deeds, or weave a chaplet of green worthy the grand men who died in three States during the unequal contest waged against an enemy more direfql than a cylone of fire. The noble General Wolfe said, the night before his la!'>t battle, "I had rathcr bc the Author of 'Gra)"s Elegy' than take Quebec to-morrow." Quebec was takeu on the" to-morrow." Wolfe fell and stained the earth with his young life-blood, and England reared a mOllument to mark the spot and tell posterity his splendid achievement.,. Thousands see the monument, and learn the history, and remember Wolfe. Millions read and cherish "Gray's Elegy." Standing by the monument of Wolfe, we thought: Give us the resting place of the heroes of the yellow fever war who fell like Norris and Wheeler and Worsham and Catron rather than the glory of having taken Quebec. At the Lodge of Sorrow, held in Nashville, during the Grund Lodge session, most feeling and touching tributes were paid to thc memory of A. J. Wheeler, Past Grand Master, and to" OUR DEAD." The Addresses were delivered by Henry .T. Lynn, Past Master of Memphis, and James D. Richardson, Past Grand Master. From Bro. Lynn's Addrcss we make a few extraets concerning Bro. Wheeler, as they exhibit the warm :side and pC1"so1lal relations of Masonry apart from its generally benevolcnt and fraternal character. Men and Brethren, my labor is over, my work is done: and yet it is not done; fbI' lo! my Brother is dead. Dead'? Yes, dead! 0 relentless, unyielding, and all-devouring Death! why could you not have spared this one, at least, to us-the brightest jewel in our :Masonie crown'? One day, some five or six years ago, there stood before a store in Memphis three men. One, who had just risen from a bed of sickness, remarked, " Bro. Wheeler, I may not live long, and when 1. am dead I wish you to bury me with Ma.<;onic honors. Will you promise to do it?" "I promise you, Bro. Cash; but I trust it will be long years before I am callen. 011 to fulfill my promise." Then, turning to me, Bro. Wheeler rema.rkc(1. " Hcnry, when I dic, J want you to perform the Masonry ccrcmony over my grave. I hl1.ve thought of this often, and I wish you to be sure and do me this honor." 1 gavc him my promise, lind made the samc request of him, in the event of my death. Alas! Brethren, HI'O. Wheeler was denien. the sad privilege of redeeming his promise to Bro. Frank (;11Sh, and, Almost. befbre] knew of my great-hearted friend's illness, the yellow jl~\'Cl' scourge had borne him, too, away, and he WflS laid in his gmve, at rest lorever. Near the mi.ddle of last August, Bro. Wheeler came into my office, and remarked, "Well, Henry, I h:1\'c moved my family into Memphis to-day," and he appeared to rejoice over the fact. He had been living. with his family, some two miles out of thc \lity. I expre~~ed my uttcr surprise at his remark. espccially when we both knew that thonsands of brave hcarts were t.hen trembling with路 anxious care as to hoy\' they could get thcir families olltof the plague-stricken City. I remonstrated with our Brot.her; but he simply said, and lirmly clused t.he eonver~atiou by remarking," It is my duty, aud it shall be done." "But your family, your wife," I urgcd, "how will it fare with them '?" He responded, ".My wife says it is her duty to come, too; that we must keep together, allll (}o all the good we can; and so we moved into town to-day." 0 brave-hearted, heroic, self-sacrificing man! 0 devoted, noble, and matchless wife and mother! The very angels in heavcn must surely rejoicc, in their everhl.sting songs of praise, over such sublime devotIon as this. whieh this man H11d this woman disp]n..yen. fo\' the ~f\ke of helping' 0111' pOOl', l)lag\le-~tl'iek(,;n humanity ~

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Where will ye turn, 0 mortal men, for a grander, more noble, and gloriolls selfsacrifice than this of my dead friend, Andrew J. Wheeler'? and where shall I find the blazing- words or sounding phra.<;e in which to write it down in fitting terms?

Bro. Wheeler's death was not only noble, grand, heroic; it was more-it was" godlike!" He stretched forth his strong right arm to uphold, to shield, and defend, and save, his Brethren, well knowing that in a little season he could not sltve himself. Armed with his lloule spirit., he threw himself right in the very titee find forefront of dun gel', hec<1lc~~ of himself, uud careful onl)' that u friend, or a Brothcr, or a little child, perhaps, might be saved. But you have heard the story. He, too, is fallen! He is dead! The grim and insatiate yellow fever monster laid his dcadly haud upon him, and on Septcniber 7,1878, he yielded up his brave, heroic, and manful spirit, and returned to the bosom of his Fathcr fwd 11is God, He sleeps his last sleep in Elmwood, the silent city of 0111' sltcred denn. "The gentle breeze fans his verdant covering; he heeds it not. The.sunshine and the storm pass over him; he is not disturbed." The stars will shine with hrighter be[\.ulv. t,hc grass will grow greener, and the flowers will blow more sweetly over the grave whei'e onr noble and beloved martyr rests in his lasting sleep. As descriptive of the nobility aud godlike labors of our heroic Brcthrcu, we copy the following, showing that they were at their posts in the most trying hour and perilolls seasou. The extract forms the opening of Past Grand l\'faster Rieharcison's eloquent tribute: The Masonic year just closing has in truth been one in which sorrow ha!> spread her mven wing about us, and affliction folded us in her hcavy mantle. From the Ohio to the Gulf the Great Valley of the Mississippi has recently been overwhelmed with fin afllietion unparalleled in its history. Pestilcnce and death hung like a somber pall ove/' this section of our land for more than seventy days, devastating its dties, villages, and hamlets, bearin&, away with remorseless touch hundreds, ay, thousands, of unfortunate victims. FamilIes who, when they came together at the hearth-stone each day or night. had hitherto beheld no vacant chair, within the short period of one week were annihilated -not one left to tell the sad story of their fate. Iu many cases entire households have lost those who earned each day their bread, and widows and orphans have been plungec! into veril of death by actual famine. Amid this ordeal, these trying scenes, the sitUlttlOn in many places was such as to develop and bring into action the manliest traits of character of the human heart. Friend, terrorized and dismayed at the severity and fatality of the attacks of the relentless ravager, abandoned friend; parents deserted their children; children their parents; brother fled from the presence of brother; and even the husband, forgetful of his vows, administered not to the necessities of the dying wife; yet, on this field of woe, desolation, and death, glorious speeimells of manhoo<1 stood bravely forth and bade the devourer stay his slaughter. Prominent among the forces actively employed to turn the tide of battle against the fell destroyer was our own plague-tried and time-honored Order. Wherever the conflict raged with greatest severity, and the lines of the stubborn foe were strongest and most ditlicult to overcome, there were marshaled the veterans of Freemasonry. Inspirect by the sublime principles of the Order, with no bugle blast, nor trumpet SOlllld, no shout of the populace to impel them forward, earnestly they gave battle for the relief of griefstricken humanity. In thftt dreary season of darkness, woe and sorrow, stood manfully and fell heroically one long known and loved by us. \Ve allude to the quiet, modest, retiring, yet ever faithful, self-denying and firm young hero, ROllERT RIGDO:-i CATlWN. We kncw him from his boyhood days, and cherished him as if he had becn our own. Tcnderly connected for many years with his fami1~r, having buried his father and mourned him, as David did â&#x20AC;˘ Jonathan, the son was greatly endeared to us. We knew him when the care and responsibility of the family fell upon his young shoulders. We know how well he met the grave and new issues thus forced upon him. We know how, for years, he supported his mother and sister and several small children. We know his sclf-sacrificing spirit. For others hc lived and labored, and thought not of himself. And for others he died. A businei"s position, somewhat lucrative, took him from his home here to l\lemphis. When the pestilence struck the citizens of the "Bluff City," instead of fleeing from the danger and coming home to mother and sister, he resolved to remain at what he considered the post of duty. The llt.'>t act of his was to send nearly all of his monthly wages to his mother and sister. When he fell, the support of both was removed. His 10sswlL<'; irrepn,mble. A

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nobler nature we ne,'er met; a wanner heart never beat; a truer Mason never died. We sincerely mourn his IMS, and he deserves a monument in the hCflutiflll "Elmwood" of Memphis. CORRE;;PO~DENCF..

The Committee on Foreign Correspondence, Bro. .John Frizzell, made only a statement, and not a report. The financial condition of the Grand Lodge would in it~elf be a sufficient apology for not publishing a lengthy report. The need of the funds for rclicf purposes neccssarily curtailed Grand Lodge resourccs. The immense labor performed by Bro. Fl'izzell in receiving and disbursing yellow fever relief fund, so interfercd with his plans as to prcvent thc preparation of a report. From thc brief statement made by Bro. Frizzcll, wc excerpt the following: From an examination of the Proceedings of sister Grand Lodges, I condude that the outlook in Masonry is not at all discouraging. Thc Institution, possibly, is not so popUlar as it has becn for some years, and this not for any fault inherent in the organizlttion, but mainly becausc of indifferencc on the part of some of its professed frienrls. It is, no doubt, all the better for Masonry that its benefits are not so gcncrallv sought as heretofore. It is all the better that no improper influences should actuate those who seek :lIIasonry, us is too likely to be the case where there is a rush to enter its J?ortals. It is an axiom in Masonry that when mercenary or other improper consideratlOlls do influence an individual to connect himself with the Institution, he does not, as a rule, if admitted, properly appreciate or practice the teachings of the Order. The incident~ of the last year gave occasion for the exemplification of one of the fundamental principles of Freemasonry. When the dread scourge, yellow fever, visited our land, involving so much misery and distress, that Masons of the country came promptly.forward with their unsolicited contributions, and demonstrated that there is life in the Ofdel', that it has the power to make itself felt for good, and that its membership is, in the main, alive to the beautiful, practical, and enduring basis of brotherlv love, relief, ann truth, upon which it is founded. With such an exemplification of the value of Masonic teachings, it is a matter of no concern what may be thought of the InstituUon by outsiders. The true Mason has his reward-the consciousness of having discharged his duty. We close our review of Tennessee by narrating an iI~eident, showing the uncertainty of life during yellow fever epidemic. While expressing funds South, to the States of Mississippi and Louisiana, we made equal shipments to Tennessee. On the 5th day of September we sent a package of money to A. .J. Wheeler, of Memphis, for the sufferers; but he never knew of its arrival, for, on the 7th of that month, he ceased to work and' live. Learning of his death, and receiving no acknowledgment of the money, the next remittance was made on the 10th of September, to our young friend and beloved Brother, R. R. Catron. On the 14th we sent another package to the same Brother, but received no acknowledgment from him as to either amount. Feelings of keenest apprehension seized us. for" fear \I'llS in the way." The news was alarming every day. One morning this came: "R. R. Catron is dead. Tell his mother." Oh ÂˇGod! Is it true? 0111' next remittance was to .John W. WayneSburg, Vice-President of the Masonic Relief Board. When that amount reached Memphis, he too was down, the yellow monster having prostrated him in the midst of useful labor. But his life was spared. Thus the Brethren went down before the fiery march of a relentless foe. We began to qnestion whether anyone \vould be left to ,~hom we could send relief.

Masonry in this country never has been so silently, grandly, morally, heroically the friend of snffering humanity, a.s in the sud year 1878. The Grand Longe of Tennessee has felt the warm heart-throbs of the Masonic world. May she neyer know another such sorrow. Geo. C. Connor, Cha.ttanooga, was elected Grand Master, and our very dear Brother, John Frizzell, Nashville, was wisely continued Grand Secretary. .

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TEXAS, 1878. This Grand Lodge has it small name-only fivc letters-but it sends out a {m'Oc yolume of transactions. The journal of Proceedings contains over four hundred pages. We kllO\Y that Texas is {amc, in a territorial rcspect. anll has many Lodges-about nye hundred-with II membership of more than scycnt€cn thollsand. In their pUblished AnnuaL the bnsiness transfictions of the lSelSsion coyer over one hundred pages. Resolntions, edicts. forms. tables. n.nd list of members by Lodges. coyer more than t\\'o hundred pages. Report of the Committee on Correspondence occupies the remnining of the journal. The Forty-third Annnal Communication eonyellcd in Honston. on the December. 1878.

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1'1. W. Norton Moses, G. l\L. and Geo. H. Bringhurst. G. See. It was announced that one hundred and ten Lodges were represented.

Following an opening parngrn.ph. which was highly congratnlatory, the Grand Master announced the death of two Past Grand Masters, and of the Chairman 9f the Committee on Correspondence. Their ljameS are given in the order found in the Addres~: SfiTIlucl :Mather, J. D. Giddings. and.T. B. Likens. Proper tributes were paid these fnllen Brethren during tile session, and a. Lodge of Sorrow wa.<; held in memory of the dead of the yel\.l'. Healthful fl.nd yigorous diseipline was exercised in the case of several Lodges. "Lay on. Macduff·... etc. Dispensations wcre granted. allOWing the institntion of cleyen ncw

Lodge~.

The Grand Master prescnted in his Address It summary from the Report~ of his Distril't. Deputies. We conelude from said Heports that some of the Lodges in 'fexl\s, as elsewhcre. need pnrging-. vitality and a general arousement. The following utterances were most appropriat.c and opportnne. and we cannot omit to transfcr thcm to our pages. giving t.he Grand Master all l)raise for their presentation. They accord with the views uttered by our Bro. Hyland when G1'l1nd Master, now the Ia.w of l\Iissouri : I have refused to grant Dispensations to several Lodges to appear in public processions with Odd Fellows on theIr festival and anniversary celebrations. I also rcfmed to grant Dispensations to several Lodges to celcbrate our national holit'lays. Some of 0111' Brl'thrcn have eomplaine<1 at my ruling ill ret'crCllce to joint pl'oeessiow; with 011<1 Fellows and other orgll.nizations. Ma~onic Lodges have the right to appear in pnblic on the two St. Johns' Days and to bury the dead. and may comc before the pnblic on other occa.sions 1)y Dispen!';ation from the Granll ]\faster or Deputy Umnll Mt\.stcr. On s11ch occasions if the Grand Mastel' or his Deputy cannot attend in person, "ome l~olllpetent Brother should be appointed to conduct the ceremonies Anll I have never yet kamcI1 what ceremonies a IVlll.sonic Lodge had to perform at an Odd. Fellows' (:elehmtilln. 01' .on l'elebrating our national holidays. Some of our I.JOdges have becn in the habit of joining with the Odd Fellows on burial occa.."ions where the deceased was a member of both Orders. ] am of the opinion that on such ol:casions, if the deceascd or bis family, desircd to be buried by the Odd. Fellows, thc :Masonic Lodge should haye nothing to do with it as.a Lodge; and if t.hc fall1ily nc"ired the Masons should bllry him, their ceremony is exelllsivdy Masonic, anel needs no assistance from any other orga.nization. There is too great a disposition on the part of some of our Lodges to make public displays. The Grand l\Ia.ster .reported general satisfaction resnlting froll1 the system of Grand Lectures a.l'lopted by the Grl\nn Lodge. Ilnd rel'ommenUcl~ that the system be l'OntillU\.:'(1. \

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IV. The By-Laws of It Lodge have a clanse to thi~ effect: ":No mcmber ill arrellrs for more than six months shan be entitled to vote on any subject." At their I1JlI1ulIl election nJI the members were in arrears for more than six months. Quay-Were the officers elected entitled to hold ofike, or were the votes illegall\' and therefore llull and void? .

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A118WCJ'-I tlccided that, from the ruling of Olle of my predecessors. atilt ~l1stail1ed bv the Gmnd Lodge. the votes wcre illegally cast, and the old ofllcers would hold over; hlit "illce theu I l11we changed my view>; on that slIbject. and J now believe the officers were entitled to hold office, believing thatno Brother can be deprived of his vote as a member of a Lodge, except by action of said Lodge under charge~. .

The" Texas :\Iasonic OrphllllS' Home" is It ~l1hjeet claiming much attention among our Brethren, and 'Iuite elaborate reports were mllde. COltl:ESI'O:\DE:\CE.

The Report wa",> prepared hy TIro. E. H. Cushing, for the rcmainillg' l;ommittee. He oJlell~ thu~:

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The haud that ~hould hase prepllred thi:; Report lie~ nerveless ill Glellwood; I1lld the that should have breathed its fire and spirit into it:; utterances has gone to the other worhl. Dcath dn,imed aad took all thnt WllS mortal of one of our brightest Hpirit.~ and keenest intellects when Lilwns (lied. For twentY"five vcars he had been amemher I)f the (,rand Lodge. ~l:UlY of the pages of onr Pl'()(~eedin'gs show the zeal and energy and J'ral.Cl'Ilal devotion that actuated him. Twenty years had elapsed since he had prepared a Corrc-;pondeuce Reporl. 1IIore than one of us looked forward to his Report of this year It~ aile of the featllres of this meeting". In all his conlJeetion with this body. it was as II working member. He never ~onght oft1ee: was Ilever a candidate for any p():>ition. He delightell in the J'ellow:;hip of the l;mud Lodge. Long will the memory or him live in heart:; that have hem been wllrme<l by the glowing ardor of his loye lor Freemasonry and for hi:> Brothers in these bond~. ~oul

The reyieWel' noticed and commented upon the jonl'llals of some fifty Grand Lodge Proceedings, and made liberal extracts therefrom. :Missouri. for 18i7, is kindly noticed, and several extrncts made from Grand ~Iaster Ryland's "\ddrc~s, of which he S!tys, it b .. unu~ually well prepared." So Wll think up this way. its author being an "unusually" ltble young man lind Mason-indeed surpassed by none of hi~ age in the land. H~ says fnrther of the Address, .. we tind a head or two ill it that it is our duty to strike at." Well, here is his first blow: Bro. Rylalld omit.'; It very important qualifie;ltion that is usually given with the Bible ",hen it is presented as the rule and guide of faith and practice, to wit: that it is TIlE 1l'I';STDIARLE GIFT OF GO)) TO MAN, and for that rcn-,>on it is the rule and guide of our laith and practice. In other words, it is of Divine authenticity, and consequently it should lJe so taken. He was referring to Bro. Hyland's a.llur-;ion to the Bible and the installation of a" )!Ilstel' elect" who was guilty of habitually denouncing the Bible. We believe, with Bro. Cushing': that aery candidate should be distinctly, find we may add imprcssi!;ely, informed, that the Bible is the inestimable GIFT of GOD to man. We endorse the statemcnt that the Biblc is divine. It i.~ of dirine authority, and con~equently should be so accepted. As the unknown :md the unknowable, God mu~t f;PEAK. He ha.'S spoken. Whenever )!llsonry cea~es to recognize and enforce this prime faet, God lws spoken, and the Bible 'is tl1eBu,th kol or speaking voice, then our (U-~linctivcl1,c.~.s is gone, and our stability ends. But \H: wish to disa.buse the mind of Bro. Cushing concerning Bro. Ryland's omi>;sion of a "very importllnt qualification." We assure him that the omission wa.<:: not intentional. Bro. Ryland, a.,> one of the purC.':it and most conscientious Chri~tians we know in Missouri, is not the man to ignore the claims of the Bible or lessen its influences in any degree anYlchae. Read his eloquent and glowing tribute to the Word of Goo in the same Adoress to which exceptions are taken:

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He who, by denoullcing the Bible, would thrust rliscof/l into his Lodge. and become It rlbturbing element., will lind himself led therefrom throttled by the eable-to'w of harmony. Like the proud bird that hurls his breast against the 8torm, seeking to reach the li~ht of the sun beyond the cloud, finds itself dashed to the earth with soiled and broken plumag'e, so the Mason that thrusts himself against our Book of Constitutions, in :::earchlllg for light beyond, will find himself at last thrown down bv the eontll.ct into deeper darkness of ignorance and error, amid the rubbish of our Temple. "For the miracles of God have ceased, and Nature, secure anrl unmolested. is no longer called on for testimony to her Creator's voice. No burning bush draws the footsteps to His presence chamber; no invisible voice holds tIle ear a wake; no hand cometh forth from the obscure to write His pnrposes in letters of flame. The vision is shut up, and the testimony is sealed, and the word of the Lord is ended, and that solitary volume is the sum total of all for which the chariot of hensen made so many vh:;its to the earth, and .God himself tabernacled and dwelt among us." It was the day-star of the hopes of our fathers-their pavilion of peace. So may it be ours. This does not sound like an omission of a very important qualification had been made by Bro. Ryland. We are not set for the defense of Bro. Ryland, but write the foregoing that one of the noblest of the race may not be misjudged and not be misunderstood. God made Xenophon Ryland. Bro. Cushing had better try his shillalah on a more vulnerable head next time when hunting something" to strike at." On lJ!tys;,(;al qualifications Bro. Cushing speaks. We do not know that he was looking for another" head" "to ,~th1'ike at," when he made the following retcrence to Bro. Ryland: He decides on physical qualifications, that the loss of two fingers of the lcft hand is no physical disqualification, but the loss of an eye is. It路 is not easy to fix a point at which to stop when the disqualification door is open. And this: On the physical disability matter the Grand Lodge decided that" ability to conform literally to the ceremonies of initiation into the several degrees meet,') the ancient qualifieat.ions of sound in mind and member." Again we ask. is a eunuch physically sound enough to meet the Missouri rulc? And, if It man who has lost his manlJ.ood may conform to the rule, is the rule wisely laid, and in principle correct? Respecting the supposed ease of one who had "lost his manhood," we are puzzled. We would like to know how Bro. Cushing stands on this point. Wc do not just exactly see how the question can be properly investigated. Bro. Cushing will have to inform us precisely where a candidate's "manhood" is located, before his euquiry, concerning the ":\Tissouri rule," can be satisfactorily answered. And if any question should arise in reference to the" manhood" of candidates, the committee of investigation would have a delicate duty to perform, if not a difficult tnsk on hand to determine the issue of physical fitnesS-l)TOlJided, always, that "lost manhood" means being an "eunuch." We, in :Missouri, think that the" eunuch" has" ability to conform WeraUy to the ceremonies of initiation into the several degrees." We think so for the simple reason that we know of no disqualification for J\lasonic ceremonies, work or duty, caused by lost manhood, or being an "eunuch." This lllUst be so, Ullless there is some new te.~t in J\fasonry of which we have not heard. If, in 'Texas, this test has been adopted, and'a man cannot be made a Mason unle~ his perfect" manhood" is assured, then our" Missouri rule" will not apply to nor snit that jurisdiction. The ":Missouri rule" will stand. Our committees of e~amination will n'ot have the additional and unplea.<;ant duty to perform of finding out whcther a candidate is "a ennuc!t," or "has lost his manhood" otherwise. 'Ve good humoredly suggest, that if Bro. Cushing was seeking a "head" "to strike at" in this instance, he struck too lmv. Upon this point there is but one thing to be said. T!'Je burial serv}ce has a c.ertai!l object. That object if; to bury the dcad. If the dead 1S already burled the ohJcct lS accomplished. Reading the service over his grave aftewards, be it five minutes, or after

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other burial eercmony has been had, or the next day, or the next year, i~ an idle II1llmlllCry, It h :;imply pretending to <10 a thing that i:; not done and cannot be done, There is :;ome rea:;on and propriety ill It Lodge of Sorrow, but none in" going through the motion:;" over a grave thrrt is already filled lip. ~oIlle

To the above we give our heartiest approval. Bro. Cushing say:; many stich good and pointed things in hi:; review. More of them would be copied, did our spa.ce justify. The review is excellent throughout, and we have been greatly interested in its pcrusal. JOHN B. JONES, Austin, G. 1'v1. ClEO. H. BRINGHURST, Houston, G. See.

UTAH, 1878. The Seventh Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge was held in Salt Lake City, November 1:! and 18,1878.•

Grand l\Iastcr John Shaw Scott was present and presided; Christopher Diehl was Grand Secretary. Hcpresentatives from all the Lodges (l;ix in number) in the jurisdiction were present. No new Lodges formed, but those in existcnce were doing well-being out of debt, wilh ample funds in hand to meet any demands likely to be made upon them. With one exception, all were provided with appropriate halls wherein to meet. Having visited all the Lodges, the Grand Master was prepared intclligently to report a,s to their stahlS. He said all exhibited a healthy condition and steady growth. He treated the subject of work at some length, and holds very practical and sound views thereon. One extract: Now the truth is, the ritual of l\Iasonry, when properly taught, is a marvel of simplicitY and concise logical sentences, easy to comprehend and readily learned, and should not be mystified by the introduction of cxtraneous rubbish. . There were a few decisions reported. We select the following as the only objectionable one: No. ;i. What is the status of a Brother holding membership in II sister jurisdiction who has been suspended and subsequently restored in a Lodge in this jurisdiction'? ' Answcr-That of a non-affiliate, with the right to apply to be reinstated in his mother Lodge or any other he may choose. A certificate of restoration should be granted by the Lodge which restores him. We entcr our protest to the above, :;imply because it is that same old doctrine of suspension l'csnlting in the loss of Lodr/c rnembership. Let us look at the above closely: A. gO('A~ from :lIIissouri to l.Jtah. While under the jurisdiction of a Lodge in Salt Lake City, charges are preferred, a trial is had, he is found guilty, and suspended. A few months after, the Lodge restores him-that is to say, the 8us]J(!1~sion is declared at an end, or the .~cntcnce is (wrogated. Now what is the Statl/"5 of "A.," says the enqnirer? The Grand )Iaster declared him it "non-affiliate." Why? Because he had beelll·csto,·ed. Restoration was incomplete unless he was endowed with all things lost when the su:o.pension began. Suspension rlid not work a destruction of membership, or life, but only sl/"~pe1Hled Masonic life. When the act of restoration took place, the suspension ended; all causes interrupting

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being reriloved, and life resumed it.o; norlllal cOllr~c. .-\s life the sam!; life originally interrupted; if not, re~toration

re~umed it~ eOllr~e, it lllU~t have been

did lIot

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In this ea~e, A. was a member in :Mi~sollri, tried by a. Lodgc in "Ctah, llnd sllspended. His Lodgc in ?Iissouri leams that he was1;uspended, and on his rctUl"ll home he cannot visit, of course. A non, noticc comes from the Lodge in Utah, that" A." has been re.~IJ))"!;d,. but, according to 'Ctah law,he is "a non-afnJiate." Who madc him "anon-affiliate'?" we reply. We did, say the Vtah Brethren. Onr law in Missouri does not work alus.~ of m.embershi)l by sll~pending a Brother, and we deny yonr right to bring about such a result with one of our members by an act of yours. Holding, as we do, in Missouri, that S1(s]JcJl,~ion only al'l'ests mcm.l)a.~hi:p, and does not ([fAro!! it. we elaim that when your Utah Lorl~e rc.o;tores a member bClonging to a Longe here, he is not" a non-affiliate," but a member of his Lodge just the same as helill'c you tried and suspcnded him. There is no right, justice or reason in depriving a Mason of mcmbership, or completely dcstroyiilg it by simplc smpen~ion. There should be a uniform practice in reference to this question. A pretty sl;tte of things lllay grow ont of the Utah proceedings. Let i\lissouri lllember~ ~uffer su~pell~ion ill si~ter jlll'isflietioJls, and sai(~ suspension, when cnded or removed, re~uJt8 in the non-al1iliation of onr Brethren, contrary to our law and custom, and there will be need for tt" pC:l(~e commission." YOIl of 'C'tah have the right to punish oar members who do wrong while in your juri:;diction, but you must not <10 ~o contrary to justice right and law. . Grand :i\Ia.~ter Scott reviewed the buth. He ::-:aid of Quebec:

~cot.1and-Q.l.Iebee affair,

aut! pronollllCes aga.in:;t

It appear~ to me t.hat Qucl)ec was wrong in attempting to force allegiance from 11 Llldge eSI.:tblished heCore it~ OWIl organbm.tion: as well might the Grand Lodge of lH.ah attempt to compel Masons residing in this Territory, but memhers of Lodges in other jurisdidions, to relinquish their membership and affiliatc here. The same rca.~oning holds with the Lodgc as with t.he indivual Mason. and while it is certainly desirable that all Lodges within the defined limits of the juris<lietion of /1 Grann Longe should form It part of its councils fwd contribute to its support, yet it seems to me the Grand Lodge of Quebec. itself an off~hoot from the Grand Lodgc of Canada, could wcll ha,ve trmterl to the mollifying influences of time and fraternal intercourse to bring about the desired change. We fnltcrnally submit that he is wide of the mark. The same rule does not hold with It Lodge that does with It member within ltll independent jurisrlietioll. "ery flU from it. A Mason, bcing a member of the world-wide family, has a perfect right to hold family relations whercver he mity choose to maintain them, though he may I'cdrlc far from where membership is hcld. Bro. .Jones resides in New Mexico but is a member of Missouri 1AJdge, ~o. 1. He pays his dues here, and is in good standing with his Longe. And while in New :Mexico he dcports himself well, visits the Lodges, does the work of a worthy Craftsman. Can anyone complain'? Can the Lodges there demand that he must withdraw from )1issouri Lodge and affiliate in Xcw l\Iexico, or pull up and leave'! }lot much. He is invading- no rights of the Lodges. He is not working up the nlltteriltl of thc Lodges; not trenching upon the jurisdictional rights of auybody. Heuce, his presence cannot be objectionable. The jurisdiction and sovereignty of l\ew :\Iexieo, as an independent Grand Lodge, cannot be, in any sense, compromisen, limited or qualified hy his presence. He is only an in.dividllfll i\lason; but we challenge Grand Master Scott to say the samc 0(' any Lodge existing in the Territory of New l\lexico owing allegiance to :Missouri. In the first place su(~h Lodge, existing within sa.id sovereign jurisdiction, i~ a cOl'jJomlioll, :leting under a charter. It is therefore morc than an individual ~Iason, living iu the jurisdictiou but holding member.~hip clsewhere. In the next place, said Lodge is a l'il'al of the IAJ(lges owing allegillnce to the Grand Lodge of l\ew )fexieo. It is contravening a solemn act of the Grand Lodgc of :Missouri which has recognized the absolute s(wereignty of ~ew )fexico in its territorial jurisdiction, Ol' limits. In our judgment, s\leh Lodge is 1"f',(/'{/r/ol'!I, and should have its charter arre~te,l. Bec,wse the Grand Lodge of )Ii:<so\ui, by its act of rceognition and the establishmcnt of fraternal relations with said Grand Lodge. such as appointing and receiving Grand

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Representative~, etc., deelll,red ~olemllly that the Grand Lodge of :Kew }lexico i:-; ll,1l ABsoLun; l\fASOI'IC SOVEltEIGI'TY. The non-concnrrin.1J Lodge raises i~ ~ingle voice in opposition to the anthoritative declaration of its parent Grand Lodge of ::\iissouri, and ~aYI; New Mexico is not supreme in this jurisdiction. WE are hcre, and acknowledge no allegiance to the new power. We repeat that such disregard of the acts of the Grand Lodge of l\1i~souri by one of its subordinates amounts to refractoriness, if not to defiance. for which it should be disciplined. As a 1'ival of the legally conslitutBd and duly recognized Grand Lodge of New Mexico, said dissenting Lodge not only defies the acts of its parent Grand Lodge, but trenches upon the rights of the Lodge~ where it is located, working up matBrial, or refusing parties of whose fitness the properly authori7..ed Lodges alone should be the judges. We say, therefore, of the Lodges in nnyjurisdiction, undcr these circumstances, whether in Quebec, Kew :Mexico. or elsewhere, that they should either unite with the Grand Lodge there existing and recognized, or surrender their charters and leave the field to be cultivated by legitimatB tenants and occupants. Failing or refusing to do either, the Grand Lodge which has authority, should recall the charters. Instead of withdrawing the charter, Scotland issued more charters, and organized new Lodges within a jurisdiction which she had recognized as supreme already. We are half inclined to applaud the consistency of Scotland. If she would not recall the charter of the l:Aldge named-Lodge Elgin-but persisted in maintaining and keeping up her authority in the Quebec jurisdietion, she must think the course justifiable and right. Being conscious of her right to m.aintain authority in that jurisdiction, she certainly possessed equal right to perpetuate and enlarge her authority. Therefore she should goo on establishing new Lodges until enough shall exist to ereate another Grand Lodge. We believe that the right to maintain II. Lodge in II. recognized sovereign jurisdiction, by a foreign body, would sustain said foreign body in creating new Lodges within the jurisdiction recognized as sovereign. But we deny the right to maintain one or more Lodges under such circumstances. We therefore condemn the claimants of such rights and reprehend the course pursued by the Scotland Grand Lodge in reference to Quebec.

The Grand Master noticed in fraternal terms the death of leading Brethren in other jurisdictions, and remembered tenderly the departed of his own. The Grand Secretary presented a very business-like and satisfactory exhibit of the condition of Lodges in the jurisdiction. He said their financial condition was good. Nearly fonrteen hundred dollars had been contributed by the small membership In that jUri~dic足 tion, as yellow fever fund-there being but six Lodges and only three hundred and seventy members. This exceeds anythingwe have seen in the wa)' of Masonic liberality. We like the following paragraph, found in the report of the Committee" OIl Grand Address." If the Committee had catalogued the sin of profanity with the other vices named, the admonitions would have been more complete. )faster'~

Let each Master and Representative of constituent Lodges here assembled commit to memory the "new work" given out by the lIfost Worshipful Grand Master in his Address, and let them teach the same to the Craft until the youngest Entered Apprentice will understand that dnmkenncss. gambling llnd licention.mess are crimes in Masonry, and such who }Hwe promised before the lIfasonic altar to be "good men and true," and who persist in violat.ing these solemn promises, must be punished, and applicants for our privileges afflicted with these vices must be kept beyond the Masonic portal. The Report on Correspondence was prepared b)" Bro. Christopher Diehl, Grand Secret.ary, " for the Committee." The review is short, being less thlln fifty pages in length, but notices the Proceedings of forty-eight Grand Lodges. Each notice is a well ordercd review in itself, the whole being creditable and commendable. Missouri, for ISii, was ldndly and fully reviewed, numerous and lengthy extracts being made. He quoted largely and approvingly from Bro. Gouley in opposition to the subject of " A General Grand Lodge of the United States." That project can never find favor in this country. THOS. E. CLOHECY, Salt Lake City, G. 111. CHRISTOPHER DIEHL,Salt Lake City, G. Sec. G. L.-Ap. 10.

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VIRGINIA,1878. The Gralld Lodge met in Richmond, December 9, ISi8, and l\I. W. Bro. B. R. Welford, Jr.. G. M., and Wm. B. Isaacs was G. Sec.

wa.~

pre.':iided over by

One hundred and twenty-two Lodges wer y represented. 'Four new Lodges had been instituted during the )'ear under letters of dispensation granted by the Grand Master. The Address of Grand :Master Welford was an elegant, chaste lmd valuable contribution to the literature of his Grand Lodge. This paragraph, at the opening, is an elevated and just exposition of what l\:[a.'Jonry is not, and what it is: ' :;\lasonry is n'o religious institution in any sense which can justify contrast or comparison with any branch of the Church of God. That man is the direst foe of )la.<;onry who undertakes to proffer its guidance to the troubled conscience which crases to know how guilty man mny be just before God, or to delude its votaries with any idea that the mo"t perfect observance of it;; precepts can insure eternal life, But it is tt religious ini;titution jn so far fiS it recognizes that man is by nature, and necesi;ity. a religious being-with hOp'es and fears that look beyond the grave, and with an imtiuctive apprehension of responsIbility to the great God in whom we live and move and have 0111' being. It is a religious institution in so far as it recogni7-CS that this great God has revealed His will unto mankind in Holy Writings, without the presence of which no Lodge can he lawfully held, It is a religious institution in so far as it teaches that the primary obligation of man is duty to God, and that his secondary obligation-duty to his fellow-man-is to be measured by a standard of morals which, while beautifully consonant with human reason and adapted to all the varying emel'/~encies of indivuallife, commands acceptance as the infallible rule of human conduct because He wrote it upon tables of stone amid the t.hunders of Sinai. Expressions of gratitude were nttered that the jurisdiction had been exempted from those hurtful visitations which blight the people and cause sorrow in the land. He referred to the destroying pestilence and its work of desolation in sister jurisdictions, and said: Even now the Southern willows are hanging low over many a new-made grave, and the wail of the Wintry wind, as it sweeps along the shores of the Gulf and between the banks of the Father of 'Vaters, finds a slLd echoing around many a desolated JlCarthstone in the yet unsubdued sobbing of the widow and the orphan. The heart which failed to

~~~~~~~ B~~~hi~nC~&~~lh~~~~~~j~Oltg ~~~~e~~~a~t~~~~\~~i~~s~~Y~le ;ge hSe~~f~h?~~ does not feel, in view of this summer of pestilence, occasion for gratitude and thanksgiving to that Providence which alone made us to differ.

The hist01'y of this pestilence has yet to be written; but fragmentary details have reached us which give occasion for pride and pleasure in knowiTl~ that, when faithfUlly written, the gloom of the narrative will be not inconsiderably reheved by the illumination of deeds of moral heroism and Christian charity, in its highest and noblt>.st manifestation, which find few parallels in the normal history of human life. Amid the homes of the poor and the ohscure in a plague-stricken city; around the bedside of the dying and the dead; amid the fetid atmosphere of crowded hospitals, breathing all the \\'hile the poisonous air of death in its most revolting form-men and women, clergy and laitv, rich and poor, day in and night ont-exhibited a calm courage and 1m unselfish eonsecrl\.tion to duty which has never been excelled in the rush of any ca.valry charge or the steady tramp of any armed phalanx in the face of ~elc?in.g artilJ~ry. :1I'Iany, very many, of these heroes were our own Brethren, Illustratmg III Its sublImest beauty the tenets of our profession; and though they may sleep in unknowll-it cannot be forgotten -graves; for they have left an example to be imitated and a memory to be cherished. Tributes were paid to two noble Brethren-shining lights in l\lasonry-Welford and Willis, former l\fasters of Fredericksburg Lodge, No.4-the Lodge "at whose altar GEORGE WASHINGTON first received Masonic light." These had fallen, like heroes, fighting

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yellow fever in the South :Lnd nobly laboring for others. The painful announcement was made by the Grand Maliter that two Past Grand Masters had been called to the undiscovcred land since last session, viz., John Robin McDaniel and Thomas F. Owens. Appropriate and affectionate tributes were paid their memory during the session, DECISIONS,

We cull the following decisions made by the Grand Master and approved by the Grand Lodge. 1st. That it is not mandatory upon a subordinate Lodge to exact lees for the degrees from every applicant, and that it is lawful to remit in advance, or, if paid without sneh aeti()/l ill advance, to return the fccI'. 2d. That the loss of the use of one eye did not render

candidate ineligible,

3d. That a Lodge could not compel it Brother to testify in any l\fMonic t.rial whcn he stated that his only information about the matter was received under the pledge of l\Jasollic confidence. 4th. That a member of a Lodg-e removing to another jurisdiction withont announcing his withdmwal from the Lodge, or asking it dimit, continues liable to assessment for Lodge dues and to the penalty for /lon-payment, 5th, Th(\,t after the rejection of a petition. and the lapse of time within which such petitiOJi may be renewed, the Lodge cannot aet upon the old petition, but the applicant must present a new petition, 6th, That a member of a Lodge cannot prefer charges against his Lodge. His remedy is an appeal from the action of the Lod~e. If he complain of inaction, he hl\s the rig-ht, and it is his duty, to ask action of his Lodge, and to make matter of record its refusal to act, and upon such refusal to appeal. The Dove l\Ionument was referred to in these words: It is gratifying to be able to report that the monument to our late Brother Dove, which was ordered at our last Communication. has been completen, MallY of our subordinate Lodges have responded with contributions more or less in amOU/lt.

â&#x20AC;˘ On tile third day of the session, the monument: reared. by M:a.'5onic affection to the memory of .John Dove, the late Grand Secrctary of Masons in Virginia, was unveiled. 1\. procession was formed and proceeded to Holly Wood Cemetery, where the ceremonies were performed of unvciling the monument, and an appropriate address was delivered bj' Grand ::\fl\ster Welford. From it we clip the concluding paragraph: We profess to be the custodians of traditions and mysteries and symbols, which enjoin upon us to teach and to prn.ctise the observancc of a pure and elevated morn.lity. And with these professions upon this consecrated ground, amid the ashes of our dead, we assemble to hail the completion of this modest Shaft, designed to perpetuate, so far as this solid granite can, the Ilame of John Dove, and to commend to the atteetiollate ellstodv of the Craftsmen who shall succced us, the memory of his cxample, as a beautiful illustnition in a life of more than four score years of the sublime tcncts of Frecma.'5onry. "His spirit to God; his memory ill our hearts; his body to the earth," The Grand Secretary's statement shows 9,358 members returnce}. We presume many Lodges had'not made their Annual Reports,as surely there are more Masons ill Virginia than said statement indicates, Many of the Secretaries of Lodges arc very slow coaches. They would not be happy if not behind. CORRESI'ONDENCE,

The Report wa.'S rendered, "for the Committee," by Bro, Drinkard, being his second revicw. It will suffer nothing by comparison with his former and first effort. .Missouri, for ]8i7, was reviewed in alphabetical order, The review wa.'> brief and commendatory

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of our transaction~ for that year. After the Report had been concluded, the Committee received Proceedings from several Grand Lodges, for 1878, and reviewed them briefly. Our transactions for that year were fUlly and fraternally noticed. He does us honor in saying this: Bro. John D. Vincil, Grand Secretary, furnished the Report on Foreign Correspon, dence. It is only necessary to say that he is a worthy successor of Bro. Gouley. To be recognized as "a worthy successor of Br.o. Gouley," is more than wc dared hope for when attempting to do the work he so ably performed. We are pleased to find an able and representative thinker, like Bro. Drinkard, teaching the doctrine we have contended for during the last twelve J'ears. Hear Bro. Drinkard: We hold that neither an Entered Apprentice nor a Fellow Craft Lodge cun be lawfully opcned until the Master Mason's Lodge has expressly oJ'dered it to be opened; therefore that. a Lodge cannot pass from the Entered Apprentice to the Fellow Craft Degree, nor 'vice versa. We have quoted the law of Texas and Connecticut to this effect, He then quotes our positions and arguments. And though years have come and gone since our advocacy of this doetrine, we have yet to find an answer that met and turned a single point then presented. We fortified ourselves last year by quoting the sune views as our own from Connecticut. We are more than gratified that we are sllstained by, and arc in harmony with the Grand Lodge of Vir~inia-" our mother." We can afford to rest ollr cause here, and relegate the issue to the arbitrament of the future. Our views are not changed, nor our position shaken by the criticism and adverse teachings of our able and learned Bro. Drummond, of Maine. He is a fair and just writer, and we respect his views, but we do not and cannot accept his conclusions. Bro. Drinkard closes his very courteous review of Missouri by saying: "Bro. Vinci! is a IIl1tive of Virginia. We cannot forbear to quote what he says of her." He copi'ed our tribute to the dear old home-land, and added: And your Brethren here will cordially reciprocate your fllial greeting, Bro. Vincil.

It is not necessary to add that Virginia's Proceedings received due attention)

In reply to Bro. Drummond, of Maine, on the question of r:losinrl the Grand Lodge each day of the session, and opening the same the day following, instead of callinrl j/'(nn lMOJ' as is the general custom, Bro. Drinkard said: Wllatever is the custom in Virginia is apt to be right. It is a false pretense to elaim the th;'ec days' sessions of a Grand Lodge as a single session or communication. To call from labor to refreshment is to call off' for taking refreshment of some sort. The Grand i\Iaster ca.lls the Virginia Grand Lodge together at his will and pleasure. He doses each clay's session, therefore, with the order that is necessary to provide for a session the next day-stating even the hour. We respectfully submit that thi8 "custom in Virginia" is not necessarily" right." And the writer was wise enough to insert a saving word. But "allt to be right" does not settle the question in favor of "the custom in Virginia." It is not a subject of such vital moment as to demand discussion, but we sUKgcst that the time consumed by all Grand Lodges at any given meeting, is styled an "Annual Communication." Three days or more arc so called. Said Communication is not complete and ended until clOsed. When a Grand Lodge is r;lo.~ed, is not that the end of a communication? And, when opened the day following, is not that anotlwl' communication? In Missouri we simply" call from labot" to a given hour the day following. We like the plan better thl1n that of Virginia. Bro. Drinkard quoted the l\Iaine decision in regard to the right of Past Masters to preside in I.. odges where the Master and Wardens aIe absent. A Past Master of a chartered Lodge may, in the absence of the )faster and Wardens, open the Lodge, preside therein at the transaction of ordinary business, inclUding the election of officers, as well as the conferring of degrees, and also may close the Lodge.

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He then says: This ought to be the law in Virginia. Our law is that" a Lodge cannot be opened nor stand open in the absence of all three of the stationed officers." Right glftd we are that ~uch is not" the law in Virginia, and for her credit hope it may 1ICl'CI' be. We arc almost surprised at Bro. Drinkard. Will he read and a.nswer our objections to this" ought-to-be law," as found in our review of :Maine, in 1878. ")[ASONIG PRAYERS."

Bro. Drinkard says a great deal in a few lines on what hncl of praying must be done in Lodges. He quotes, with approval, from Bro. Drummond this: We believe true Masonic toleration is to allow every Brother to approach the Supreme Being in the manner in which he conseicntiously believes he is required to do. And then says, concerning this sound doctrine: Bro. Dl'Ill11mond's report would be worth all the money it cost the Grand Lodge and all the labor it cost him if it contained nothing but the ltbove which we fnlly endorse. We took similar ground last )'ear. That is the only:Masonic liberty-perfect freedom to worship God as we will. No Methodist should expect a Unitarian to pray otherwise than in accordance with his belief, and no Unitarian should be le~s liberal towards a Methodist. The Jew should lollow his conscience, and the Christian his conscience. To all of which we give a hearty affirmative endorsement, and, if necessary, will say "Amen." Such squc01nisltnes-s about the character of" Ma80nic prayers" evidence8 a want of 71WTC lyrayiny somewhere. We once invited a distinguished Jewish Rahbi to occupy our pulpit and preach to his people, as they had no sYJlagogue in the city. We did not expect the learned and eloquent Doctor to 8ing, pray, and preach after our style, and thus stultify himself and destroy the distinctiveness of his faith. When Grand Chaplain of our Grand Lodge, we prayed to Goel as we believed and as we expected to be heard and answered. A Brother said to us, "Your prayers do not suit us Israelites." "I did not pray for the Ismelites, but for the Grand Lodge of .J.1fa.so718," was the reply. We take leave of Virginia and her Committee regretfully.

Hope to meet again.

Beverly R. Welford, Jr., Grand Master, and \Ym. B. Isaacs, Grand Secretary, were reelected-both of Richmond.

WEST VIRGINIA. 1878. Three" Special Communications" were held dnring the year, reports thereof being furnished in the printed transactions now under review. The Fourteenth Annual Communication was held in \\'heeling, commencing on the 12t11 day of November,1878. . Grand Master George Baird wns in his station, and the Grand Secretnry, 00ell S. Long, was at his post.

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The Grand Secretary's Report shows" whole number of working Lodges" in that jurisdiction to be seventy-six. Seventy-four were represented. Seventy-five had made returns. Thi!> we regard as unpreccdented in the history of Grand Lodges in these days. "The whole number of members reported" is 3,385. Thc AnnuaiAddress is brief and wholly devoted to business. Five Dispensations to form new Lodges had been granted. Two petit.ions refused. Special Dispensations were reporteo.. Respecting one case, the Grand Master, in his .refusal , gave our views, and presented the points tersely. Somebody WfUltcd to be 1mt thr'ough in a hurry, as he was about to leave the community and jurisdiction where he had petitioned: His discovery of the beauties of Masonry on the eve of his r~oval to anothel' St.Ilt.e looks a.iittle like a suppression of the truth in his petition where he says, "that he has long had It favorable opinion of the Institution, and that unbiased by friends or any selfish rnothlc he seek!" admittance into the Fraternity.". If Masonry is It good thing to travel on. it is a much hetter one to stay at home on. It is safe to say that, in but very few instances, has a Mason, who has been hurriedly mane. on the eve of his departure to another jurisdiction, ever been of llny benefit to the Craft, On the prineiple that what is cn,sily obtained is soon part<!d with, the little he acqnires of the several degrees is soon forgotten and as soon .as his purpose is accomplished, to wit: making acquaint.ances in his new home, his interest in the Institution ceases and he becomes that fraud on Il'fasonry -a non-affiliated Mason-a person, who is Willing to proclaim himself a Mason if it will pay hhn in any way, but who is too mean to bear hi!" share of the cost of maintaining .Masonry. DECISIO~S

Were reportcd, which were all concurred in by the Grand Lodge. We think exr.eptions might be taken to some of the decL~ions. 6. It b unnecessary for a Lodge to have a Dispensation from the Grand Master to removc from one room to another in the place named in its charter. We dissent. Allow Lodges to move at will, and consequences may follow not to be desired. No Lodge should change its place of mceting without permission of the Grand Master. He has Deputies to look after, the secw路it'!! and dcsimUencss of lodge-rooms. These agents of the Grand Master should examine the proposed halls, report to their chief the safety, comfort and appointments of new places of meeting. Then the Grand lILtster can act understandingly. That he should be consulted and give his consent is evident, from the fact that originally consent and approval were necessary for a Lodge to meet in agiven place. A Lodge has no more right to remove from one room to another without the Grand Master's consent and approval than it had to meet in a chosen room when instituted, In the first instance his permission was necessary, i. c., when the Lodge was ol'gani~ed; it is not lcss so when the Lodge wishes to change its base of operations. 11. A resident of a city or town in this State, in which more than one Masonic Lodge is located, wislling to present a petition to a Lodge wherc he may bc temp0l'f\,rily residinS". must obtain ft ,\'aivel' of jurisdiction from all the Lodges at his permancnt home. Tlwlr jllrisdietion in this case is a concurrent one, find neither he nor the Lodge to which he wishes to present his petition can sclect one of the Lodges, and make application to it alone for It waiver of jurisdiction. In St. Louis we have twenty-three chartered Lodges. John Smith, a resident of this cit)'路, but" temporarily residing" in Kansas City, would have considerable trouble in securing" a waiver of jurisdiction from aU the Lodges" in St. Louis before he could petition for initiation. The above deeisiol1 is numbered clevcn. Number ten says that when a waivCl' of jurisdiction is granted by one Lodge to another Lodge to rcceive a pctition and ballot thereon, the waiver must be by "secrct ballot," and "unanimous" at that. Now John Smith, "temporarily residing" at Kansas City, will not stand a very fair show to secure a waiver of jurisdiction-"seeret ballot" and "unanimous" consent of twenty-three lAldges and several hundred Brethrcn voting before wa.iver is obtlLined.

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We believe the rule is wholly i1J1]Jradicablc, If the existence and operation of such a rule be necessary to carry out the COnClt?Tcnt idea, why not apply it with equal rigidness whenever a petition is presented to one Lodge in a city or town where there are several Lodges in existence? In St. Louis a petition is presented to Missouri Lodg-e, No. 1. The remaining twcnty-two Lodges should all be required to vote by "SCC)'ct ballot" and be "unanimous" before :Missouri Lodge, No, 1, should have privilege t<> makea Mason 0111. of Smith, The foregoing rule ovc1'does the concwTC?lt business, I f every Lodgc in St, Louis must, 'by .o<Xl'et I)(/not, give unanimous consent for some other Lodge to muke Smith a Mason, every Lodge in St. Louis must have and e:ccl'cise the same right when .Jones petitioll!,; one of the Lodges in this" city or town." This must be so to carry out the West Virginia idea of concU1'l'ent jurisdiction. In our judgment, the concun'cnt business is not only overdone in the above instance, but it will not bear criticism. "It won't wash." Yellow fever donations sent to the South, amounted to some fifteen hundred dollars. "AN AGREJ.;ABLE TIME."

The following will explain itself: NOTE.-Immediately upon the close of the first day's session of the Grand Lodge the Brethren in attendance repaired to t.he Banquet Room of the new Masonic Temple, where a comfortable supper was had, and, of the whole number of Masons in attendance, no one went hungry ro bed. Old friendships were cemented and new ones formed, find t.he oysters and the coffee seemed to thaw into a genial warmth the iciness of strangers, 'i'he supper was good, but the current of fraternal emotion it stimulated was better, us all who enjoyed it can t~stify, CORRESPONDENCE.

The Committee had this to say: Bro. 0, S. Long, from the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, made a verbal report stating that he had examined the various printed Proceedings of sister Grand Lod~es sent to the committee for revie\v, and found mueh that, he doubted not, would prove interesting and instructive ro the Brethren in We~t Virginia, but nothing which, in the opinion of the committee, demanded action at this time by the Grand Lod~e. The chief dIsturbing event of the past year is the action of the Grand Lodge of Scotland in Withdrawing recognition from the Grand Lodge of Quebec' and invading the territory of the latter Grand Lod~e by establishing two new Lodges, under charters from Scotland, therein.

* The Committee was clearly of opinion that the Grand Lod~e of Quebec had the right, according to the well established doctrine of exclusive territorial jurisdiction in any Grand Lodge that has been generally recognized us legitimately formed and organized, to insist upon the withdrawal of the Scotch charter, but, for the sake of that harmony which should alwa.ys prevail among Masons, they deprecated, first, the impatient spirit of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, and next, the obstinate and retaliatory disposition of the Grand Lodgc of Scotlaud. The Committee thought best to wait, hoping better counsels may prevail in the Grand Lodge of Scotland. Should that body persist in its course towards Quebec, West Virginia will be found with all the American Grand Lodges vigorously defending and maintaining the doctrine of Grand Lodge Sovereignty. The Committee stated that the Report on Correspondence was incomplete, and asked "further time" to finish the work and pUblish it as an appendix. The request was gnUltcd, A foot-note informs us that for wfint of time the Report could not be completed for publication without causing unusual delay in bringing out the Grand' Lodge Proceedings. Hence no Heport nppears, other than that quoted from. The Grund Master and Gmnd Secretary were both re-elected and reside ut Wheeling.

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WYOMING, 1878. This young Grand Lodge convened in it.;; Fourth Annual Communication at RAwlins, Octoher R, l87S. M. W. Orlando North, G. M.; R. W. Wm. G. Tonn, G. Sec. Representath'cs were present from all the chartcred Lodges-th'e in number. Thrce hundred and twelve constitute the membership of the jurisdiction. Grand MAster Korth presented a brief Address, referring to the distress of the fever visited districts of the South, and what had been done by way of private donations for the relief of the suffering. Dispensations had been granted in two instances to spread the ballot at special meetings fl)r the degrees. He exhort~d thus: And to Masons throughout the Territory: Let each and everyone of us resolve to do more. and be better Ma,sons in future. Let us be more zealous and earnest in the pHrts we are cal left upon to perform, and then, having well and tmly fulfilled the duties to God, our neighbors, and ourselves. and when it shall pIcase Hie Grand Architect of the Universe to summon us into His eternal presence, we shall not be hurried unprepared into the presence of the all-wise and powerful Judge, to whom the secrets of all hearts are known. Of his ofilcial relations, the Grand Secretary said: The correspondence of this office has increased as our relation with sister Grand Bodies has extended, and it affords me particular pleasure to state that good feeling prevails with every Grand Lodge. We cannot but again say, that the many favors extended to the undersigned by Brother Grand Secretaries are gratefully remembered. Bro. Bowen, of Nebraska, has our sincerest thanks, for not only kind suggestions but substantial favors. Scotland's invasion of Quebec was formally deplored, and the American doctrine of sovereignty in each separate jllfisdiction was reaffirmed. Sympathetic words were uttered to the jurisdictions bereaved by yellow fever, and otherwise. The journal of transactions contains a published list of the membership in that jurisdiction by Lodges. The Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge are printed with the Proceedings. The journal is one of the neatest we have seen, and exhibits the high standard of taste possessed by the Grand Secretary, Bro. '1'onn. He is worth more thllll any ton we know of. If" weighed in the balances," while not pulling down a ton avoirdupois, he would nevertheless not be "found wanting" the necessary elements to make a first-rate ton. His Report on Correspondence is worthy a place in the archives of perpetual history. He reviewed carefully, ably, and fraternally the Proceedinl:,"S of fifty Grand Lodges. Missouri, for 1877, received very kind consideration. He began thus his notice. of our transactions: When we opened the volume containing the Proceedings of this Most 'Worshipful Grand Lodge. at the Fifty-seventh Annual Communication, held October 9, 1877, we were greete(l by an excellent pictnre of our late good Brother Grand Secretary George Frank 路(.:iouley, whose sad and ~ntimely death we mourned last year; and we here most solemnly repeat what we then said. 'l'he following was said with an applieation that the writer knew no~ of. Those who know the circumstaneefi here can appreciate the pertinency of Bro. Tonn's remarks about a party who wa.s ,. a eandidaLe t.o the Grand Secretary's office:"

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He put his foot most effectually on the electioncering project of twclve members of Palmyra Lodge for a candidate to Grand Secretary's office. Those twelve ought to think back and remember the threatencd fate of a like number who were too ambitious for promotion when not deemed worthy, and who conspired to obtain what could only 1.Je bestowcd upon those who should be deemed worthy alld well qualified by all the路 Grund Masters. It would be hard to convince muny l\1:issouri Masons that the" twelve members" rcferred to werc fhem8eh'es originators of "the electioneering project" or circular started in the interest of "a candidate to the Grand Secretary's office." The candidacy has not ended, llnd is not likely to cnd, though" twelve members" felt the" foot" of the Grand Master on them so that the~' subsided. A man's J1'iends may subside, but" hold on" is a governing principle with the candidate.

Bro. TOlin said, concerning Grand :r.fllster Ryland's Address:

He reports the condition of the Craft in his jurisdiction to be promising, ascribing thc main source of dibquiet and annoyance to intemperance lind the non-paymcnt of ducs. FollOWing the advicc of Bro. Howry as.to the latter, and Indiana's strict rule as to thc former, might work some reformation as to the lormer. He quoted the following from Alabama: "A Brother, who has been tried and sllspendedfor a definite period, and who has taken all appeal to the Grand Lodge, which appeal has been sustained bcfore the termination of the period of suspension, to be t!tat oj an 'U1w.tJiliated Nason." And this comment followed: We don't see how we can agree to that decision.

An amendment to the rule, however, under which the decision was rendered, was oft'ered; yet we fail to see that even that can cure the defect. Why don't our Brethren of Alabama go back to fundamental principles, and start entirely new? You are mighty right, Bro. 1'onn. We had our say on this subject in ow' review of Alabama. In looking over the Proceedings of Alabama, for 18i8, we failed to :find any settlemcnt of the question, though it was" re-referred to the Committee" by the session of 18i7. The Report throughout is rendered in excellent spirit and is most interesting and readable. There are some views we do not accept, but we are too amiable to whack the very amia'ble author. On the perpetual jurisdiction doctrine he will find us upon record last year, and again in this report. He concludes thus, and we leave him with his conclusion: None but the undersigned is responsible for the vicws expressed in the foregoing pages and we pray our companions of thc "corps repotorial" to take into consideration our limited experience when they tind any great departure from the to them well known rules. .JAMES H. HAYFORD, G. M. WILLIAM G. TONN, G. Sec.

WASHINGTON, 1878. Grand Lodge mct in Masonic Hall, Olympia, .June 5,1878, it being the Twenty-first Annual Commuuication. Bro. Robert C. Hill, G. M., presided, and Thomas M. Reed was G. Sec. There are in this jurisdiction twenty-four chartered Lodges, and two Under Dispensation, with a total membership of nine hundred and two. 'l'went.y chartered Lodges were represented, with delegates from two Lodges Under Dispensation.

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The Annual Address abound!;> with mattei'S of interest and importance to the Craft in that jurisdiction, and much of it is general ill vaIue. Some of Grand Master Hill's utterances must find a place here. Many Grand Lodge duties are full of responsibility. If any Brother or any subordinate Lodg:e be charged with dereliction, either by the commission of :Masonic otrense. or omission of Masonic duty, strict impartiality is required at our hands. \Ye are the judges, acting under the weightiest of obli~ations, to truly hear find determine and impartial judgment render, as we ourselves would be adjudged for our indh'idual acts. The Slune impartial and disinterested Masonic sense of duty should be exercised in our legislation for the Craft. There should be no hobbies to ride, no axes to grind-the Grand Lodge is no place for the gratiticHtion of selfish motives. When we cross its threshold to participate in its â&#x20AC;˘ labors, let us divest ourselves, as near as we cl1n, of selfish and mcrccnary promptillgs-strivc (0 forget personal prejuice, bickerinw; I1nd animosities, and to repress persollul ambitions and aspirations to accomplish ends and aims. Some "special" Dispensations had been granted and a fewÂˇ rulings made. He reviews, in a very lucid manner, some of the constitutional questions of MRsollry. Nonc more so than that of" physical qualifications." This he does at length. We clip the following as expressive of elaborate argument: But after a careful examination of the authorities, the history of Masonic legislatioll upon the subject, I cannot believe that the fact of i\1asonry having' become spccu/.aih'(; should affect the settlement of this question. Masonry is an old Institution, founded upon old history, old customs, old usages. As we all know, there are ancient landmal'ks which ad.mit. oj no change, eithcr to kcep pftce with a progressive or retrogressive age. These, too, must be implicitly obeyed and strictly preserved, for they give the Institutiim its identity. That conservative character secures to Ancient Craft :Masonry its great wisdom Rnd beauty; its entire strength depends upon its unchangeableness through mutations of time. It would seem impossible that the Rule prescribed by the traditions, customs llnd laws of Masonry, could be other than uniform. It wonld never do to leave to evcry one using the ballot the province of measuring a defect and adjUdging whether or not it amounts to disqualification. The rule should be inf1exible: that Lodges should not act upon the petition of 'any candidate, except" he be of entire limbs." On the subject of moral fitness the Grand Master was clear, pointed and elevated in his views. A question had been propounded thus: ARE GAMING AND KEEPING DR A!>! SHOPS MORAL DISQUALIFICATIONS?

By the second interrogatory, I am asked whether a, candidate notoriously addicted to gambling in public saloons, and one who makes his living by keeping a clram shop, can be said to be ., under the tongue of good report'?" Can it be truthfully Rnswered as the ritual requires, such a person comes" well recommended."

He replied: A petitioner for thc degrees having bcen j'ccrml.mcndcd by two l\fRstcr Mnsons, the petition Is entitled to reception-the committee of investigation hRving reported J/J1'oralJlt/, the ballot may follow; if dear, the Lodge hRs deelared thereby that the already" wc'lI recommended" applicant is "under the tongue of good report." He then proceeds: With his moral qualifications thus avouched by the Lodge, he dema-nds actmittanre by virtue of having satisfied the LodO"e of his worthiness and having complied with the conditions imposed. Any person, '\~lfttever may have been his Ch:l.ral~ter, who successfullv pusses through this ordeal jl[asonicallll has the right to answer tllltt hc comes under th(~ tonguc of good report, find well recommended. The Lodge has established the former, the recommending members and the committee of investigation, the latter. If Masons will recommend for initiation men of impure dlamcter, guilty of Yiolatin~ law, or moral crookedness ;'if committees. either through lleglect or fear to do duty, will report favorably; if Brethren will elect such candidates, the Lodge is concluded by thesc act'l, the petititoner gains his petition and is permitted to comply with our conditions, and to answer as above. If impropcr material is received, the Lodge is false to itself, it'l members are false to their trust; without due circumspection, the received candidRte has been invested with the privilege to demand admittance.

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He argued the subject thus: I. As to gambl'ing.

All sound human law makes gambling a criminal offense; its being pursued whether pUblicly or privately is therefore It violation of law-and as Masonry exacts obedience t.o the laws uuder which we live, he who gambles violates Ma.sonic law, because he acts contrary to its injunctions. But. gambling is alike a violation of moral law. the winner inflicts injlll'y upon the loser; if he despoils a Brother :Ma.~on, he violates his O. B.; and what his duty obligates him t.o do or not to do to a Brother, is equally applicable in his eondnct to IllS fellow man. If immoral, it is umnasonic, and who will say that gambling is not immoral and criminal? He well said that a gambler is not" under the tongne of good report," und justly characterizes t.hose who endorse gamblers by recommending 掳them : The Mason who knowingl?! recommends a gambler should be severely disciplined. The J)1'qfane gambler should be excluded: the Mason who for~et..<; his vows and violates the law of the land b)路 the habitual commiSSion of the crimmal olIcnse of gnmbling, pub licly or privately, should be punished, and, if persisting, should be expelled. The subordinate Lodge that Wilfully countenances gambling by making :Masons of men known to be gamblers, or failing to use its efforts to repress the vice or reform its members addicted thereto, should be dealt with with the utmost rigor, even to the suspension or forfeiture of charter. As to another class of immoral characters and immorality makers he has some goon nttcrnnces: The qnestion as to the eligibility of dram shop keepers had teen submitted to him. II. As to thosc who depend 10'1' their living solely by kcC])ing a d1'a'ln sluYp. We must first settle what is intended to be embraced in this question. Was it the purpose to recognize a distinction between the wholesale and retail sale of liquors, or between the proprietor of a saloon licensed to sell liquor by the small, and one who keeps a tumbler bar, without the gilt and tinsel of the saloon, the dram shop'? '1'0 this subject I have given my most thorough consideration. While the Gral;d Lodge may not. become a propagandist of prohibition or even total abstinence, yet, if consistent with the professions and teachings of Masonry, it must contribute to the promotion of temperance, it must use all its power to mitigate the evils of intempcranee.

Still! I am of the opinion that so long as the sale of liquors, and the keeping of saloons IS licensed by law, (if thc dram shop be a licensed one, its keeper is entitled to the same immunity) and the party pays for the license, and in all other respects complies with the law, we cannot with propriety enact any statutory regulat.ion making a seller of liquor, a dram shop keeper, or proprietor of a saloon ineligible to the degrees of Masonrv; neither ought we to declare the licensed or lawful sale of intoxicating liquors to be' a Masonic ot1ense. 8uch occupation by very many is honestly regarded as wrong, us immoral, ano therefore ullmusonic. As pursued by too many, it can lind no apologists, it is faught with unmitigated evil and injury, not only to the frequenter of the saloons or dritm shops, but it brings untold misery and suffering to many firesides; families are brokcn up, humanity is crusheo. He who knOWingly and for his own profit follows evell It lawful pursuit to the injury of others, who involves an innocent family in ruin, cannot be a good man or good citizen. Neither can he by any possibility make a good Masoll. Such a olle should never be allowed to eross our threshold; if already admitted, and our lessons have failcd to provc any restraint, he is unworthy to continue to bear our name. r desirc to be understood, while we may not proscribe the follower of a business pursuit which the law sanctions, we may deal with the man who violates for se111sh aggrandizement, his duty to his fellow man, who brings ruin and injury upon the heads of others. So viewinO' it, r cannot recommend any rule applicable to one who makes his living by keeping a d'ram shop, that should not embrace every party who is knowingly the direct calise of injury to others by the improper sale of intoxicating liquors. The injury to a fellow-man, the cf\usillg of distress to It family are grievances, are injuries. The Mason who inflict,> them or knowinl$'ly contributes thereto, violates good morals and becomes answerable to vioi ated Masomc law and duty. I desire to be understood; I think we may not properly denounce as unma80nic what the law sanctions. J think we ouO'ht, by the severest penalties, to punish those who, although permitted to follow 11tusillCSS knowlIlgly for their own selfish gain, pursue such Occupll.tion so as to become the direct agency in the

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distrcss or ruin of their fellow beings. We may not legitimately prohibit the sale of intoxir.ilting liquors, but Masonic. duty involws us to dircct our whole energy and moml influcnce to mitigate the gl'eilt evils of intemperance. If a Mason, forgetfnl of his lesson in the first dcgree, wilfnlly brings disgrace, injnry or min upon another, the far.t of his being licensed to sell liquor shonld not shield him from moral accountability for any wrong or injury he milY actually commit. The law should hold him responsible in damn~es to any he wilfUlly iujures. 1\1&sonry shoul(] hold him accountable when he forgets hIS outy to humanity, violates the tenets of his profession, or brings discredit upon the Craft.

The Grand Secretary's Rcport is a valuable paper. It urges the formation of a libm?']l, contending that "Masonry. has a literature worthy of our respect, worthy of our knowledge. Rnd well deserving of our fostering care." That man who vainly supposes that Masonry consists merely in fixed forms and ceremony. has never been " prepared to be mRde a Mason." He must leRrn that it has all active livilll;? thought-a being Within, undying as the soul, as'gressive and progressivc in the world of science and morals. Some knowledge of this ll111er life of Masonry is as essential to the truly good and educated Mason, as are light alld heat to the fructification of the earth. Libraries are but It meallS to an end, the ready helps to education and cnlture. If wc would have wise and intelliw'nt Milsons we must build up, cultivatc and ellcourage the means to make them so. fo patronize the literature of our Order, the Masonic press, is a duty, and no lcss a necessity. The intelligent :M!ISOn of to-day is the "reading !\fason," none others call be. But if any or us are not reading' Masons, and are determined we ~hall not be, others will come after us who may be. and may have occasion to bless and honor our efforts in gathering up a few of" the fragments" before all were beyond our reach. The Grand Secretary reported a general prosperons growth; returns promptly made, and the finances in a sound and healthy condition.

There is furnished a well prepared Report on Correspondence. Bro. T. M. Heed, Committee. Like ourselves, he nses the scissors freely and ~iYCS largc extracts from the Proceedings reviewed. :Missouri received proper attention for 1877. As the session was held in .[1I1U:, ISiS, we presume that is the time chosen for their Annual Communications. If so, we look for the Proceedings of 1879 soon, and will add a review thereof to the foregoing. Elisha P. Ferry, of Olympia, was chosen Grand Master, and Thomas M. Reed rc-elected Grand Secretary.

WISCONSIN t 1878. Last yeaT we did not have opportunity to review the transactions of Wisconsin for Now we arell.ssured that the Proceedings for 1879 will be forwarded before" we go to press." It is our purpose to review both in our Report this year, and propose to give each a short notke in order to " catch up:'

1878, as we failed to receive them.

A Special Communication was held at Evansville, November 14,1877, whcn "a fine and commodious hall" was dedicated" to Masonry, to virtue and to universal benevolence." An admirable Address was delivered by Grand Master J. P. C. Cottrill. Two other Special Communications were subsequently held, at which Masonic Halls were dedieat~d and addresses made by distinguh;hcu U1ember~ of the Craft.

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The Thirty-fourth Annual Communication met in Milwaukee on the 11th of June, 1.8i8. ;'II. W. Jedd P. C. Cottrill, G. :M.; R. W . .John W. Woodhull, G. Sec.

There are, according to Heport, one hundred and eighty-eight Lodges on the roll in this jurisdiction. One hundred and sixty-three were represented. The membership is reported to be 10,703, being an increa$e of one hundred and fourteen. The Address of Grand Master Cottrill is good. He opened well and briefly, and then proceeded, like 11 sensible man, to business. He did not orate any. The glad tiding'S were announced that death had not removed from them llny present or PH,st Gmnd Officer during the preceding Masonic year. This was good news. But olle Dispensation had been granted for the formation of a new Lodge, and three appJicatiom; had been declined. Other Dispensil.tions had been granted, some of which were for dcgrees to be conferred in a shorter time thall the Jaw allowed. A reprint of Proceedings was earnestly recommended. A few decisions rendered of local application. Reeommcndations were urged, allowing per diem to present and Past Grand Officers. The aholishment of fees for affiliation was urged. Other recommendations were earnestly prc.~sed as being of viw.1 moment. We make an extract from hi!; utterances about It ":Masonic Temple:" I urge UPOil the Grand Lodge the matter of the construction by it of a temple ill Wiscomiin, suitable for its accommodation and that of the Brethren, and honorable to the Craft. Several of the Grand jurisdictions, smaller than Wisconsin in number of Lodges find in number of Brethren, have erected temples for their accommodation, and I think that Wisconsin, with its one hundred and eighty-eight subordinates llnd its membership of nCltr cleven thousand, may now well imitate and push to completion the enterprise.

We advise our Wisconsin Brethren to go slow in this matter. They will do well to acquaint themselves, in det.'l,il, with the history of Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Indianapolis, St. Louis and other" Masonic Temple" enterprises. We will not tell the experience of :Missouri :Masons in this line. The failure of our Ma:;onie Temple enterprise injured Masonry in St. Louis to a degree that it will not recover from in two generations. The loss of money and the loss of confidence by members and by Lodges, and by the Grand Lodge, caused. 1Jllsonry in this city, and in this State, to suffer inenlculable harm. Beware, Brethren. There is a'history, not written however, worthy of being known respecting thesc big lindertakings, especially by Grand Lodges before they make a beginning. People having enjoyed the luxury of scorched fingers may hint to others the unpleasantness of such experience. The Grand :Ma.<;ter closed his Address by announcing that" the Craft in this jurisdiction arc in It condition of full harmony, zeal and prosperity." The Secretary presented an admirable business Report. The Grand Lodge voted Bro. Cottrill, the retiring Grand Mastel'. its heart.y t.hanks and a Pa.<;t Grand Mn,<;ter's jewel for the able and efficient manner in which he had served the Grand Lodge as Grand Master for four years, also an expression and assurance of love and respect. Certainly he desen'ed an that they could say and do. The Committee on .lurisprudence reported at length upon the matters chtiming their consideration. The Grand )!a:;ter's decisions were approved, but his recommendation that Past and present Grand Officers" who are permanent members of the Grand Lodge, and who actually attend il.'> sessions," be paid mileage and PCI' diem as others are pajd, was not adopted. Said Committee report against abolishing "all fees for affiliation." This is a local matter and we will not question the right of a Grand Lodge to allow such fees to be charged. But we think the custom is oppressive and believe it ought. to be abolished.

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France was repudiated, owing to the atheistic deliverance of the Grand Oricnt. Indian TerritAlry Grand Lodge was recognizcd. Also Dakota, Prince Edward Island and :Manitoba. The Proceedings of this Grand Lodge are full, neat and creditable tAl the Grand Secretary. The Report on Correspondence was prepared by Bro. John W. WoodhUll, Committee. The work was commenced ,. only a few weeks previous to the session of the Grand Lodge," Bro. E. E. Chapin, of the Committee, bcing unable to prepare the Report. The duty "thus unexpectedly devolved upon Bro. Woodhull, was as well performed as if longer time had been devoted to its preparation. The review covers eighty-seven pages, and embraces notices of the transactions of tifty-two Grand Lodges. The comments are brief, pertinent and commendable. The Report is good, and has the merit of bqing original. Missouri, for 1877, is noticed, and some of our doings excepted too mildly. Bro. Woodhull thinks our Committee on Grievance makes its Report too full for lJl1blicat-ion. We began to observe this tendency to ]l1'int too nmdl twenty years ago. and condemned it then, as we reprobate it now. CHARLES F. G. COLLINS, Beloit, G. I'lL JOlIN W. WOODHULL, Milwaukee, G. Sec.

QUEBEC, 1878. The Ninth J\nnual Communication was held in the city of I\Iontreal, Septcmber:25 and 26,1878. . ~L W. :\Ielbourne I'll. Tait, G. I'lL; John H. Isaacsoil, G. Sec.

Fifty-five, out of Sixty-two, Lodges were represented. The membership of this young jurisdiction is reported at 2,873. l\Iasonry is lIot rapid, but steady.

The growth of

The Grand :Master gave an account of his official doings for the yellr, touehillg upon all points of interest concerning a Grand Lodge. The Grand Orient of Spain received courteous mention, and that Masonic intercourse had been opened with that body. The Grand Orient of France was justly condemned. He announced the thorough, complete and satisfactory revision of the nitual. The Grand Lodge of Scotland received lengthy attention-tlw question being ably treated. We do not care to enter upon a review of this question here, believing our Grand Lodge will declare it., adherence to the well-definell Americau doctrine of Gmnd Lodge Sovereignty. Such declaration must result in a severance of fraternal relations between our Grand Lodge and that of Scotland. We utter our own eonvi<:tion here, that after Scotland formally recognized the established Grand Lodge of Quebec, and opened fraternal relations therewith, she gave up all claim and rj~ht to any further possession or occupancy of that territory. We believe that there is not a Grand Lodge on the continent but what would render a similar verdict. But the climltX of '\Tong was reached by Scotland when she withdrew her Hepresentative from the Grand Lodge of Quebec and proceeded to establish two new Lodges within that jurisdiction. We have only to say that the argument, facts, history, precedents and conclusions brought before

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the Grand IJodge of Quebec, over which Grand :Master Wait so ably presides, arc simply crushing, and leaves Scotland without the shadow of law or right to justify her autocrll,tie claim. ADDRESS.

The Grand Chaplain delivered an Address, telling what :Masonry is not, and what it is. The Address was printed with the Proceedings, and the orator received a vote of thanks. The Grand Master having made himself happy during the year, the Grand Lodge wished to augment the same by adopting the following: That this Gran<l Lo<lge ha.s learned with feelings of much gratification of the happy lllHrriag-e <luring the past year of the Most Worshipful. the Graml Mllster. and beg most respeet.fu)]y to offer to him their most cordial cong-ratulatiolls 011 the felicitolls event and fcn'cnt.Iy pray that the G. A. O. T, U. may bestow on our Most Worshipful Brother ll.nd h is wi fe, His choicest and richest gifts, auel spare them for many years to come to enjoy every spiritual and t~mporal lJlessing. CORRESl'ON DEl-iCE.

We have the pleasure of making the aCI]uaintance of a new star in the reportorial hori;r,oll, a,nd taldllg a ram ble through the liclds oflight with aQuebec cOlTeSpOIlI1cntfor the first time. Bro. W. Simpson Walker says it is his first effort as a reviewer, and pleads for eharitnble cow;irleration from his" Broth('r reviewers." We extend aU the consideration with charit.y audeLl that we have Oil hand, knowing just how he felt, having been along that rOllte but recently. He reviewed, in a l:reditalJle and fraternal manner, the Proceeding~ of fifty-two Grand Bodies, giving Missouri, for 1877, lI. full 'and warm place in his Ilotice. His Report places him well up in the clas~ as a reviewer. MELBOURNE M. TAn" I\Jontrcai, (re-eleet;ed) G. lVr. JOHN H. ISAACSON, Montreal, (re-elected) G. Sec.

SUPPLEMENT., â&#x20AC;˘

The Proceedings of the following Grand Lodges not having (lOme to hllud uutil after out Report was fini~hed !lud in type, we have reviewed and assigned them to a Supplillment. We would have preferred plll.cing them in proper alphabetical rela.tions, but could not. The delay of thesc Proceedings, here reviewed. caused no delay ill bringing out our Report, but necessarily sent them "fuot."

BRITISH COLUMBrA, 1878. At a very late date (October 1, 1879,) we received the Procecdings of the above Grand Lodge. The Seventh Annual Communication was held in the city of Victoria, commencing on the 16th day of February, 1878. Grand Master Frederick Williams presided; Eli Harrison, Jr., was Grand Secretar)Âˇ. Representatives from eight chartered Lodges were present. The Address of Grand Ma..~ter Williams embraced grateful acknowledgments to the Giver of all good for his providence, mention of the fraternal dead, together with a general view of the condition and business of the Fraternity and Grand Lodge. The Craft had been called upon to mourn the loss of Past Grand Master Robert Burnaby, who died in England, January 12, 1878, while there in quest of health. The Grand Master announced that a Masonic Temple cnterprise had been set on foot and was in a good state of advancement. The consolidation of Lodges was reported, greatly to the improvemcnt and benefit of the Craft. The Grand Secretary reported a total membership in the jurisdiction of three hundred and seventeen; and receipts, $503.37Y2. Eli Harrison, Sr., was elected Grand Master, and Eli Harrison, Jr., Grand Secretary. G. L.-Ap. 11

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SPECIAL CO)BtUI'ICATIOI'.

The Grand Lodge was convened in Special Communication in Victoria, April 2~, 1879, 1'<)1' the purpose of laying the corner-stone of the New Masonic Temple. About one hundred and fifty officers and members of the various Lodges in the Province were present Grand Master Harrison presided, lLnd the corner-stone was laid with the ceremonies of 1\lasonry. A Special Communication was held in Victoria on the 28th of October, 1878. for the purpose of consecrating the New Masonic Temple. Grand Master Harrison again presided, performed the ceremonies, and delivered an ablc Address well suited to the occasion and services. A new Constitution was adopted at this special session, which, with the" Ancient Charges," appears in the journal now before us. EIGHTH CO)DIUNICATION. I

The Eighth Annual Communication assembled in the New Temple, in Victoria, June 21, 1879, and was presided over by Eli Harrison, Sr., Grand Master; Eli Harrison, .Jr., was Grand Secretary. . The Anuual Address was a brief business paper reviewing the affairs of the Fraternity for the year then closing. The following statement respecting the New l\'fasonic Temple shows what cun be dOJie. We are satisfied that safe and thorough busincss management obtained in all the attairs of our Brethren connected with their Temple enterprise: I'EW MASONIC HALL.

Allow me to congratulate the Craft in Victoria 011 the zeal and devotion to the Order thev have shown in this work. which T believe gives satisfaction to all int.erested. Although the property has cost two thousand dollars more than contemplated. the present rents return good interest on the money invested, while there is 124 feet frontage rcmaining of the land to build on, or lease. aud there is yet one store unoccupied. When the remainder of this property is utilized, few ilJ.vcstments in the city of Victoria will be equal to the one in question. How gratifying this must be when we consider that in September, 1877, the first $100 was advanced for this purpose, and now the work is completed and all the liabilities have been paid without borrowing or obtaining any monev outside of the Order. â&#x20AC;˘ Cuba and Colon were advised to settle their difficulties at home before going abroad to claim recognition. He speaks wisely and well, thus: The Grand Lodge of Cuba and the Grand Lodge of Colon are both claiming jurisdiction in the Island of Cuba, and are both seeking reco~nition. Why should not these Brethren become united? There would then be 110 difficulty in granting recognition. Let the Brethren in that beautiful Island try those 1\Iasonic virtues, Prudence and Charity. We may then have the satisfaction of hearing that their difficulties are settled. I would therefore suggest that the subject of their recognition be deferred for further consideration. . Relations to other Grand Bodies are thus tersely touched: Although this Grand Lodge is in communication with almost every Grand Lodge in the wllrld, yet, for the past seven years we have had no communication from the Grand Lodge of Scotland. For some time before this Grand Lodge was formed, the Provincial Grand Lodge of Scotland. which then existed in this Province, and the Lodges under her charge, reeeived no communIcation or attention of any kind from Scotland. 1 cannot avoid notiein~ the contrast between the Grand Lodge of England and the Grand Lodge of Scotland 111 this respect. The Grand Lodge of England, after due con~ideration, acknowled~ed this Grand Lodge, and by request returned to the Lodges formerly under her Jluisdiction their charters. which now adom the walls of some of our lodgerooms. She also appointed a Grana Representative near this Grand Lodge. Similar

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courtesies have becn long and anxiously looked for by the Lodges in this Prod nee which formerly composed the Provin(;in] Grand Lodge of Scotland. but they havc been disappointed. After this long" silence, I recently received a circular from the Grand Lodge OfSCOt]lllld requesting this Grand Lodge not to recognize certain Brethren who havc formed a I ;rand Lodge in New South Wales. I have read the Proceedings of tbe Grand Lodge of Ncw ::lonth \"aJes, and the different letters relating to this matter, and, subject to the dedsioll of Grand Lodge, my own impression is that the Cmft in ~ew South Wales would. ito much bettcr if they had control of their own atl':lirs. The correspondence on this subject will be placed before you for your consideration. A few decisions were reported. These were plll'ely local. The finaricial statas is thus

pr~ented, showmg

a most encouraging condition:

Considering the depression which has prevailed here for the last eight years. it wlJuld not be out of pface to congratulate this Grand Lodge on the improved condition of the Craft financially; for at tlle formation of this <"rand Lodge wc were :,:cveral hundred dollars in debt; at: the pre~ent time we are ont of debt alld have over four th:HJsa.nd dollars out at interest. Several of the subordinate Lodges have tine properties of t:heir own. This speaks louder than words and indicates what our pro~pect:; may be when the rich re~ources of the country shall be developed.路 An elaborate and succinct Report was ;rendered by a Committee as to thc completion, cost, value and productiveness of the New Mw,onic Temple. It eost some ~12,OOO. THE SAHBATH W8.~

spent in a manner at once honorable and creditable to heads and heart.<; of the Brethrell. The Grand IJodge met on Sabbath lllol'llillg and, in conjunetion with the subordinate Lodges, attended" divillc ~eryice as a M8.<;onic Fraternity." A procc.~sion was formed and repaired to the Temple of the living GoeL whoJ1l all Masons lihoul..l worship. There, on the Holy Sabbath, "8..,; a Masonic Frf\.ternity," 1'<lltSonl:i won<hipped the Supreme Being and pre~ented to the world the evidence of their fcalty to God. J\ra~onry honored itself by this act of devotion in publicly recognizing' thc Diville injunction " "'ORSHIP GOD."

Rev. H. H. ~fogg, Grand Chaplain, delivered an appropriate and c]lJqllcnt sermon from the text, "Let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed ftnd truth." After such recognition of the God-fact and God-character it is not to bc wondered at that the Grand Lodge of British Columbia cond"'mned the reprehensible and pernicious action of the Grand Orient of France in divorcing God ami Freemasonry. No Report on Foreign Correspondence was furnished. M. W. Bro. Eli Harrison, Br., was unanimously re-elected Grand Mnstcl'; Edgar Crow Baker, Victoria, was elected Grand Secretary. The late Grand Secretary. Eli Harrison, Jr., was started chosen Grand Junior Warden.

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DAKOTA, 1879. This Grand Lodge assembled in Fifth Annual Communication at the Hall of St. John's Lodge, No.1, in the city of Yankton, June 10, 18i9. Geo. H. Hand, G. M., presided; Chas. T. McCoy was G. Sec. Six Lodges were represented, and Representatives of six Grand Lodges were pre:;ent. The Address of Grand Master Hand is a good one. He writes like one who knows his business and how to present it. He announced that aU the Lodges in the Territory were in good financial condition. and that Masonry was prosperous. Considerable money had been expended for charitable purposes; no grievances existed, and harmony prevailed to a greater extent than ever before. While the numerical increase harlnot been large. yet greater care than usual had been exercised in the selection of mat(lrial. In view of an unprecedented increase in popUlation, and the rapid growth of towns and cities, the formation of many new Lodges is anticipated in the near future. The death of one of the early members of the Grand Lodge was formally communicated by the Grand Master, th us: I announce to you officially the death of R. W. MARK

I.lAIL1'y,

Who was Secretary of the convention that organized this Grand Lodge. and WIlS also elected its first Grand Secretary and re-elected to that position. Bro. Bailey died on the 15th day of November last, at the home of hi!; parents in Fennimore, Grant county, Wisconsin" whither he had gone, accompanied by his faithful Wife, in the hope of receiving some relief from his sickness and pain. Though intimately acquainted with Bro. Bailey, I know little of his Masonic history. My recollection is, however, that he was ''''orshipful Master of Silver Star Lodge before he was chosen Secretary of this Grand Body. Reference was made to the loss of an unusual number of prominent Masons in various parts of the country the past year. Among those mentioned were Bros. Wheeler, Welch, and Walter. An appeal had been made by the Grand l\faster to the Lodges in the jurisdiction in behalf of those suffering from yellow fever in the Southern States. A prompt and gratifying response was made, and live hundred dollars were raised for relief purposes from the few Lodges in that jurisdiction. One new Lodge had been instituted Under Dispensation. DECISIONS.

)A few decisions were rendered, whieh commend themselves and their author for being sensible and proper. They are as follo,vs: Question-How old should a dimit be to make a Brother ., not good in standing?"

Answer-I know of no rule in this jurisdiction that limits the life of a dimit. QlIRslion-5uppose Bro. A. B. has been dimitted from his Lodge ten years, can he apply for membership; and, if so, why can he not visit?

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Answer-If a Brother was regularly dimiLted from a legally constituted Lodge, is a man of good habits and character, even if his dimit be ten or twenty years old, Iknow of no reason why he may not be admitted to the membership of your Lodge. His right to visit is limited to three visitations by resolution of this Grand J-Jodge, adopted at the last Annual Communication. Question--Can a man who has lost his foot and part of his leg-it having been cut off below the knee, he wearing a cork or wooden leg lllstead- be received and initiated?

Answer-No. Whatever our sympathies or feelings may be towards individuals, we are bound to preserve intact, and to allow no innovations upon, the ancient landmarks of Freemasonry. Que.stion-\'\'hen a candidate was by mistake declared elected, it afterwards appearing that a black ball was actually cast, should the candidate be initiated, a Brother objecting?

Answe'1'-Certainly not. Any Brother has a right to object to the initiation of a candidate up to the very moment he enters the Lodge, irrespective of the result of the ballot. The Grand Master alluded to the painful and unhappy controversy existing between the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Quebec, and presented a concise statement of the case, maintaining the American doctrine of Grand Lodge sovereignty, He gave the Grand Lodge of Scotland a most pertinent hit. Tha t body is appealing to American Grand Lodges to ignore the existcnce of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales, declaring the same to be an "irregular and unconstitutional body," at the very moment when she (Scotland) is disregarding and trampling upon the dearest rights of a Grand Lodge that has been recognized by every Grand Lodge on the Continent, even by Scotland herself. New Mexico was formally recognized as a sovereign Grand Lodge. The claims of the Grn.nd Lodg-es of Colon, Cuba, and New South Wales for recognition were duly considered, but not granted. The Grand Lodge of r.1innesota having deferred the consideration of questions of difference between herself and Dakota, the Committee on Jurisprudence recommended that no action be taken Oll the subject until after the next session of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota. We hope this controversy may soon end, as it should, in a peaceful, honorable, and satisfactory manner. It has been in court too long already. '1'0 our mind there is nothing so difficult in the subject as to eause delay in its nnal adjustment. Believing both parties desire to do right, we can but expect an early and brotherly settlement. 'fhe Grand Lodge declared concerning the-Scotland invuliion: That the Grand Lodge of Dakota will maintain as llnquestionable :Masonic law that when an indcpendent Grund Lodge has been regularly formed and COll1stituted in any political 'J'erntory, it has the undoubted right to exclusive Masonic jurisdiction within that Territory, and that the denial of this right is disloyalty to a principle of Masonic government recognized by every Grand Lodge on this Continent. That the Grand Lodge of Dakota views with profound regret and unqualified disapprobation the unfraterl:al action of the Grand Lodge of Scotland in invading the the G1'llnd Lodge of Quebec and granting warrants for the formation of Lodges therein. We deem thil; aetion of the Grand Lodge of Seotland a blow at Grand Lo(lge sovereignty which should be promptly repelled.

.lurj~diction of

That the M. W. Grand Master of lIfasons of Dakota is hereby requested to issue his edict forbidding the Lodges in this jurisdiction all further Masonic communication with the Grand Lodg-e of Scotland and all individual )fasons owing allegiance thereto. The Grand Lodge library was reported in good condition. The financial aflairs of the Grand Lodge seem to be in It healthy state.

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[Oct. Disp~nsation.

:No Report on Correspondence furnished for this term. We are pleased to notc that a committee on this interest was appointed, and that the Grand Secretary, Bro. McCoy, is Il' member thereof. :Next

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will convene in Yankton, June 8,1880.

Geo. H. HImel was re-eleetcd Grand :\Jaster. and Chas. T. :NTcCoy, of Bon Homme, re-elected Grilncl Secretar~"

FLORIDA, 1879. The Fiftieth Annual Communication convened in Jack!>onvme, January 21, 1879. W. A. McLean, G. M.; D. C. Dawkins, G. Sec. Sixty-one Lodges wcre represented. There are eighty-two working chartered Lodges in that jprisdiction. The membership this year is reported to be 2,027, one hundred and sevcn less than last Report. ADDRESS.

The Annual Address is good. It covers very considerable ground. The jurisdiction had been favored the past year with prosperity, good health, and a merciful exemption from the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and destruction that wu,,<.>teth at noonday ']'ouching- and eloqnent allusions were made to the ravages of disease and desolation of death in the smitten jurisdictions of the land. Grateful mention 'was given respecting the Masonie charity bestowed upon the suffering during the prevalence of the plagne. DECISIONS.

Rut few official rulings were reported by the Grand :Master. He decided correctly and wisely the following: Qr:sfion--Bro. A. n. is charged with the- crime of murder. Has the Lodge a right to try him for the offense before the civil courts take cognizance of the matter?

A11swer-A member charged with the crime of murdcr mav be tried by his Lodge at any time. The trial or investiglltion need not be delayed to such time!l.'i the courts may move in the matter. Question-Has the Lodge the right to try a member charged with the crime of murder while such member is under sentence of suspension for non-payment of dues.

Answer-Suspension for non-payment of dues does not relieve the suspended Brother from his Masonic obligations; nor does it deprive his Lodge of jurisdiction over him. If, during his suspension, he should be guilty of gross unmasonic conduct, his Lodge has the power to try him on charges, and expel him. Que.~tion-\Vhen 11 Brother is under sent.ence of suspension for a cause other than non-payment of duc:>, nre the dues of such suspended Brother continuous?

Ansl/.'cr-In the absence of ltny express provision in the matter of dues of a Brother suspellLlccl for r:tnses other than non-payment of dues, I am of the opinion that dues l>houlcl not be requirc(l during the time of sllspem;ioll, as a sllspended Brother is cut off

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from all the benefits and privileges of Masonry. To require the payment of dues for and during the time of suspension, cannot be regarded in any other light than as oppressive and unjust. We hope such views may become universal. A suspended Brother should neyer be charged with dues during suspension from the rights and privileges of Masonry. Lodges do not ineIude the names of suspended parties in their annual returns, and do not pay Grand Lodge dues on 511(.:h. Why charg-e them dues, then, as they are allowed no privileges in their Lodges and the Grand Lodge has no claim upon them for anuual dues? The Grand Master concluded his Address by presenting the result of observations made during the year, and gives utterance to some excellent sentiments and morn.lizings: For your encouragement, I may be permitted to suy that, from my observation during the past year, I am of the opinion that, 111 our own, ltnd many other jurisdictions, Masonry never occupied It higher plane of purity and progress than at the present time, and the indications point to increased effort ()n the part of the Fraternity to elevate its moral standard so high as to impress the better classes of all nations and kinctreds that its :principles are sublime, its morals pure, and that its mission is nothing lcss than the lIlculcation of a better, purer, higher life among men. 'l'here never was a greater mistake on the part of any Mason than that of relying exclusively upon the ceremonial of the Order, independent and regardless of the observance of the highest, the best, and purest principles by which every individual :i\1ason should be actuated, influenced aud governed in the performance and discharge of the duties and obligations in respect of the inner as well as the outcr life and character. Another prevailing error is that of regarding :Masonry in a merely speculative light; to lay the greatest stress upon doctrines, to the exclusion, almost, of action. Nor is the sole object of :Masonry in the performance of the operative part. When we turn to the Holy Bible, that great lIfasonic luminary, given us as the rule and guide of our faith and practice, we tind, 011 perpetual record, these admonitions: "Keep the heart with all diligence. for out of it are the issues of life," for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and proceeding from this, confession is made unto salvation. And, again," The fenr of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." .All knowled~e and all wisdom proceedeth from, and is communicated to us by. the Author of our eXIstence; and to look for light, for knowledge, wisdom, or substantial happiness, and expect to obtain it from any other sourcc, or by allY means other than by walking in the counsels of the Most High, may he (~ompared to an effort to produce fruit independent of the tree, or an attempt to draw from wells without water. The vessel descends, but returns ever dry. Walking in the counsels of God; devotedness to his teachillg8; the cultivation of the heart, and it;; warm sympathies and aflections, in the knowledge and love of God, is the only way to attain to a high Masonic character. Hence, the very tirst preparation for admission to its mysteries must. of necessity, be made ill the heart; that is, the heart must be prepared by meditation and examination for the reception of Masonic truth and the assumption of :Masonic obligation. Can it be possible that a man who is destitute of heart, or, if you please, a heart in whleh dwells not the fear of God, can become an accepted and acceptable },Iason '? ,Just as impossible is it, as that ll. corrupt fountain can send forth a pure stream. First make the fountain pure, and then, but not before, will the stream flowing from it be pnre. To these sound and healthful utterances we subscribe, and add our conviction that the time must come when stich teachings will obtaill and produce fmit. Hnot, but little use will be found among men for OUt路 Jnstitutiol\. OUI' lives must measure up to a higher moral standard or :Masonry will decline. Two Lodges were instituted, during the year, rnder Dispensation. New Mexico was recognized territory of that name.

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Touching Cuba, the Committee did not think propcr to recommend recognition. The clilim of the New South Wales organization for recognition was not allowed, and its further consideration postponed.

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Scotland and Quebec were kindly admonished, in the language addressed" to little children, to let not their an!J1'?! pa.~siolls j'ise." On Correspondence, the Committee found" it impracticable to present a review of the Proceeding'S of all the Grand Bodies with whom they are in fraternal communion." W)-1. A. McLEAN, Jacksonville, G. M. D. C. DAWKINS, G. Sec. Both re-elected.

IOWA,1879. The Thirty路sixth Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge was held in Dubuque, commencing June 3, lR79. Jeremiah W. Wilson, G. 1\1.; Theodore S. Parvin, G. Sec. As this Grand Lodge is migratory, and had selected Dubuque as its place of meeting, an Address of Welcome was in order, which was extended by Past Grand Master Guilbert, who, in behalf of the general committee of arrangements, and of the Lodges and Masons of Dubuque, extended to the Most Worshipful Grand Master and members of the Grand Lodge a cordial greeting and fraternal welcome to the Masonic hospitalities of the" Queen City of Iowa" in an eloquent Address. The Address was responded to by Grand Master Wilson in appropriate terms. At roll-call two hundred and eighty-two Lodges were found represented. From Grand Master Wilson's Address we clip the following opening paragraph: Death! during the past year, has been less sparing of our numbers than during former periods ot our history. A Past Granp Ma.~ter, a Past Senior Grand Warden, and two Past Junior Gralld Wardell:; nre forever callelt from their labors with and among us. These have come with the natural course of human events, while in some of our sister jurisdictions in the South the grim tyrant has stricken large numbers from the roll of human existence, and IJrought sorrow to man)' a home before happy in the enjoyment of health and life. Frate'rnal relations with the Grand Lodge of Iowa and her "sister Grand Lodges remain unbroken and unchanged." . Of Scotland the Grand Master said: I regret to have to report that the Grand Lodge of Scotland, with which this Grand Lodge has recently opened up more cordial relations by the interchange of Representatives, has again transgressed the cherished American doctrine of Grand Lodge jurisdiction. That Grand Lodgc has been creating Lodges within the territorial limits of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, and declared itoc; determination to disregard the law of jurisdiction as observed and practised on this Continent. The Grand Lodge of Quebec, of course, resists this encroaehment upon its vested rights, and calls upon the American Grand Lodges to sustain her, as they have ever sustained such as have been in like circumstances interfered with. I present the case to the Grand Lodge. and invite such action l\S' may tend to uphold the right of our sister Grand Lodge of (~llcbcc, and, if possible, restore the harmony now unfortllJiately broken. Nine ne\v Lodg-es had beeil created Under Di8pensation, and the charters of a few Lodges had been arrested.

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Concerning the yellow fever sufferers we find the following': In response to the calls made upon us for funds for the relief of our Brethren in the South who were suffering on account of the yellow fever, I, on the 31st day of August, 1878, issued Ii circular letter to the Lodges, asking for contributions in aid of the sufferers. The prompt response and liberal contributions received convinces me that the Craft in this jurisdiction are alive to their duty and obligations, llnd ever ready and willing to fly to the relief of the destitute, and aid and assist the needy. There was forwarded to me by the different Lodges, for distribution, $2,578.72. I have filed in the Grand Secretary's otfice a report showing the names and numbers of the Lodges contributing, and the date and amount contributed by each Lodge. Fraternal mention was made of the illustrons dead" abroad and at home." \\'e cull the following names, showing that the reaper, Death, had gathered largely from the ranles of the Craft during the year. ' Of Iowa Masons these had fallen: Thomas Hart Benton, Past Grand Master, 1860-61; William H. Wallace, Past Senior Grand Warden, 1849; Mortimer E. Gillette, Past Junior Grand Warden, 1867; Edward M. Laws, Past Junior Grand Warden, 1873; E7.ekiel Robinson, Grand Representative near the Grand Lodge of Maine; George Rex, Grand Representative near the Grand Lodge of Ohio; and Thomas J. Corson, M. D., Grand Representative ncar the Grand Lodge of New Jersey. Among those the most distinguished abroad, not before named, we mention the names of Past Grand Ma~ter Joseph Foster. of Missouri; Past Grand Master Reuben H. Robertson, of Utah; Past Grand Master Frank Welch, of Nebraska: Past Grand Ma,~t{)r George E. Lounsberry, of Illinois; Grand Secretmy Rev. Charles H. Titus, of Massachusetts; Past Grand Secretary Robert BoydJ of New York; A. J. Wheeler, editor of the Jewel, Memphis, Tennessee; Leon Hyneman, IOrmer editor of the Masonic Mi?T01', of Philadelphia. Of most of these we shall have to look to others to speak; and, like my predecessors, I shall devolve this duty upon our Grand Secretary, who has not only been a contemporary, but pcrsonally and intimately acquainted, with most, if not all, of them. His long asSOCIations with the distinguished Masons of the greater part of the past half century eminently qualifies him to supply the omissions of those of us who have only in late years come to glean in the field where he has reaped. Of Past Grand Master Benton we have some personal knowledge. It was when he was at his prime, and in the full career of his Grand Master$ip, that we made our debut in Masonry, and in the outset of our career we were taught to look to him as one of the wise men of the Grand East. . The Report of our Bro. Parvin, Grand Secretary, is an able and thoroughly business paper. We endorse, ex animo, the tribute paid this laborious, painstaking, indefatigable and faithful Brother by J. W. Woodhull, of Wisconsin, in his Report of 1878. That tribute is herewith presented as expressing what we feel, and better than anything we can write. Bro. Parvin deserves all the kind words which have been spoken of him, and deserves well of his Iowa Brethren. Bro. Woodhull said: The Report (1878) of the Right Worshipful Bro. Theodore S. Parvin, Grand Secretary, is the most complete of any we have 011 tile. SinC!e 1844, thirty-four years, this noble Brother has faithfully pe/fonned fa?' more than his du.ty. No stolle has been left unturned when the result would b~ good to his Grand Lodge. It would be well for the Brethren of Iowa to look back over these thirty-four veal'S of arduous service alld call to mind the fact that the positioll occupied by the Grand 'Lodge of Iowa at the present time -is mostly due to the jratel'1lallabors a/their GmndSecrctary; and this, too, with bnt a mere pittance, which may be called a remuneration. But why speak of remuneration? The Grand Lodge of Iowa can never remunerate him for his noble, self-sacrificinl$ services. They may give him all the mOlley he may need; they may literally cover nim over with favors; they may procl~im him as their noblest, best friend; they may call on Heaven to shower upon him its choicest blessings, and yet the Brethren of Iowa will be his debtors. These thirty-four years have been years of toil and anxiety; they have been full of reverses, with joys and sorrows; sickiless and health have alternately held sway; and during all this tnne the Grand Secretary has stood firmly at the helm, met every storm with a brave

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heart and giant hand, and to-day he sees the noble craft moving over the tide of time too strong to be broken by the winds of adversity, and too :powerful to be swamped by the waves of ignorance and superstition. "Brave old heart,' live on ! SCOTLAND.

Concerning the invasion of the Grand Lodge of Quebec by the Grand Lodge of Scotland, the following recommendation ,~as approved: We have seen with regret the position taken by the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and mo"t emphatically disapprove and condemn her course. Whilst sympathizing deeply with the Grand Lodge of Quebec in this invasion of her territory, yet we do not counsel hasty action, as we believe that the good sense of the Grand Lodge of Scotland will yet enable her to see her mistake, and rectify the injury which she has, we hope unwittingly, committed. We recommend that no final action be now taken, bnt that ollr Grand Secretary be requested to send them a copy of this Report, and remonstrate with them on the course which they have pursued, and urge upon thcm the propriety of making the amende h01W?'oble to the Grand Lodge of Q}1ebec.

Our Iowa Brethren, like several other jurisdictions, are wrestling with the mileage question. This one item of Grand Lodge expense amounted at the late session to more than five thousand dollars. IN"STAT,LATION.

The Grand Lodge Officers were publicly installed. The ceremony was followed by an able and appropriate Oration, delivered by Bro. Lucien C. Blanchard, Grand Orator. The occasion was tastefully graced and concluded by the presentation of "a magnificent bouquet of flowers" to the new Grand Master, by the old and venerated Grand Tyler, Bro. Schreiner. The same was accepted by the Grand Master in a brief and feeling speech. The session was evidently a pleasant one. The Grand Secretary wound up the proceedings thus: Most Worshipful Grand Mastp-r Abbott proceeded to close the Grand Lodge in ample form, peace and harmony prevailing. And so closed the Thirty-sixth Anllual Communication, long to be remembered as one of the most pleasant and happy gatherings of the ]<raternity in many a year. " And when old Time around our brows Shall bind the snowy wreath, Bright visions of this scene shall rise, To stay the hand of Death; For auld lang ."lIne, my friends, With genial, glowing ray. Will, 'mid the gath'ring clouds of age, Revive this happy day." From the Grand ~ecretary's Recapitulation we gather that there are three l111ndred and fifty-eight. Lodges wO!'king under Charter'; two hundred and eighty-two represented at the Grand Lodge; nine were chartered at this session; two are Under Dispensation; and a total membership of 18,491. Beautiful memorial tablets were inscribed and consecrated to the memory of the illustrious and worthy dead of Iowa and other Grand Lodge jurisdictions. In the list the name of a Missouri patriarch appears, that of Most Worshipful Bro. Joseph Foster. A very excellent sketch is found in the Proceedings, written by Bro. Parvin in honor of Bro. Foster. Bro. Parvin is mistaken in his statement that the Hon. Priestly H. )fcBride, Grund Master of Masons in Missouri in 1S44, is "still a liVing, active MaSon." Bro. McBride preceded his fellow-laborer. Foster, to the spirit land just nine years, haVing died May 21, 1869, and Bro. Foster ~Iay 22, ISiS.

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Sketches, with portraits, of the present Grand Master, A. C. Abbott, of :Marshalltown, and the late Thomas Hart Benton. ,Jr.. Gralld Master in 1860-2. The deceased was i1. nephew aud namesake of :Missouri's great statesman, Senator Benton. He was a royal man. Our greatest regret was in not knowing him, though he was 0. resident of our city for a time, and from our midst his spirit returned unto God,.who gave it. Not aware of his presence in our city, we did not have the sad privilege of seeing him during his severe and trying sickness. Our fin;t information concerning his being among us was the announcement that he was dead. With others we accompanied his corpse in silent procession amid the hush and shadows of night to the train, and saw the remains away to the distant cemetery in Iowa. We close our necessarily brief notice of the Iowa transactions with the most exalted appreciation of the work and character of our Brethren. The journal of proceedings is a thing of beauty, with the clearest evidence of business and taste pervading the whoie. When the journal came, our Report on Foreign Correspondence was in the printer's hands. This notice, with 0. review of some others, will form an addcndum to our Report. Of course such added reviews must be hurried and short. We regret that our Iowa Brethren have given up the custom of furnishing a Report on Correspondence.

DR. THEO. S. PARVIN, of Iowa City, G. Sec.

NEVADA, 1879. Fifteenth Annual Communication commenced at the city of Virginia, June 10, 1879. l\f. \'V. Henry L. Fish, G. l\f., in the chair, and R. W. John D. Hammond was G. Sec.

Eighteen Lodges were represented. There are twenty Lodges on the roster, with a reported membership of 1,476 in the jurisdiction. Grand Master Fish submitted a good Address containing a neat exordium, n " review of the labors of the past year," several decisions, referellce to French heresies and thc Scotland-Quebec controversy, and bricfly mentioned the Stat1tS of Masonry in the Island of Cuba. He reported as most cordial the relations existing between his own Grand Lodge and the respective Grand Lodges of the United States. Touching the case of the sick and burial of those of other jurisdictions who may fall upon their hands he said: Upon several occasions Lodges in this jurisdiction. having expended moneys for the care and burial of members of other jurisdictions, have rendered accounts to the Lodge of which the deceased was a member, requesting repayment of the amounts so expended. In some cases these demands have doubtless been deemed unjust by those upon whom the demand was made, and possibly imposed a burden they were scarcely able to bear, thus creating an unfraternal feeling among Brethren. Admitting some force in the argument that frequent expenditures of this character without reimbursement would deplete the finances of a Lodge, and in time might seriously impair its effectiveness for charity, yet I think these demands un masonic and not the general practice in this jurisdiction. The Brother who comes among us far from home and friends a.ppeals to our Sympathy in case of sickness and is entitled to our charity. If he die in our midst, let kin( hands lay him away tenderly, prompted by that brotherly affection which doeth goon deeds without price or hope of earthly reward.

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The proper view is thus taken of a very delicate subject, and one that is difficult of satisfactory adjustment. Let the sick and dying be cared for in any jurisdiction when they fire thus overtaken while from home. Let the charity given be without thought of demands for reimbursement. If the Lodge to which the unfortunate belonged can and will reimburse, all right. If the Lodge acting the part of a benefactor receives any or all of the sum expended, then both Lodges will have done their duty. !fnot, the benefactor will be dOUbly happy in enjoying all the satisfaction of duty discharged without the hope of fee or reward. This is charity. God will see that the cup of water given in the proper spirit-in his name-will not go unrewarded. The Grand Master recommended

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A Lodge, after having suspended a member for non-payment of dues, may remit a. portion or all ot'the same in case of inability to pay. Under the operlltion of said section, as at present constructed, a member having been suspended may not be restored without payment of amount due at the time of suspension and of all dues that have accrued thereafter. A member who is suspended for Masonic crime finds. upon restoration, that no dues have accumulated against him, because he has Becn deprived of rights and privileges in the meantime; the non-affiliate may restore himself by payment of six months' dues, and that amount may be remitted if inability to pay be shown; but the member who is suspended for non-payment of dues, although he may (previous to smpension) have been long absent from his Lodge-may not have received the notification, may have been sick and unable to answer, he may have been absolutely unable to pay and umvilling to plead poverty-no matter how unjust the suspension afterwards proves to have been, although for years he may have been deprived of all rights and privilecyes, yet tinds that restoration is impossible without payment of all dues that have accrued: in the meantime. No more unjust act has ever been perpetrated in the name of Masonry than charging dues against a Brother during the time of SUSPENSION for non-payment of dues. We would as soon hang a man, bring him to life, and then present a bill for the execution, including expenscs of bringing him back to life and tax for the time he was seemingly dead. Or we might as well levy a poll tax upon some unfortunate creature who was in the penitentiary, and arrest him so'soon as he had served out his term. We copy the following most pertinent remarks from the closing portion of the Address: Let us with true wisdom hold fast to the practieal and real, wherein lies the strength of our superstructure, while adding all that can beautify without proving an element of weakness. The prosperity of the Fraternit), depcnds not so mueh upon the numbers as the general character and moral standing of those who march beneath its banners. Guard well the portals of your Lodges against unsuitable materillL Scrutinize closely the mental qualifications of the candidate. If he is addicted to the vices which by our regulations are defined as l\fasonic offenses-if he is morose, ill-tempered, selfishly ambitious, or unable to brook reasonable authority-allow none such to enter, for the acceptance of one unruly member may prove more detrimental to the interests of the Lodge than the unwise rejection of many good men who, as members, would honor it. Our Institution needs no other eulogy than the simplest recital of its history. Springing into existence through the yearnings of man's'better nature to pierce the mysteries and revel in the delights of a higher existence, it ever prompted them to purest thought alJd action; and in the" dark ages," when ignorance, depravity, and superstition held high carnival, it shone throughout the dreary years a beacon-light of hope and promise, and led the wa)' to virtue and enlightenment. It has steadily progressed in the past, not through support of the rieh and powerful, but as founded upon'the eternal principles of the moral law. It progresses in the present because its impressive lessons meet a hearty re."pome from human hearts, It will progress in the future so long as the promptings of man's spiritual being tend to a higher plane of thought and life. It will decline when ," helief in the immortality of the soul" and "charity to ,all mankind" cease to be landmarks; when temperance, benevolence, and brotherly affection cease to be virtues, and when justice, love and truth are no longer cherished as attributes of true manhood.

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A formal reception was given to the Repre~cntatives appointed by other Grand Lodges near the Grand Lodge of Nevada, and an Address of Welcome was delivered by the Grand Orator, Bro. Coffin. It was responded to by Bro. R. H. Taylor in behalf of the Grand Representativcs. ' The Committee on Jurisprudence rcported in favor of confirming the decisions rendered by the Grand Master. We are pleased to transfer to our Report the following: It has already bccn decided that a Master re-elected must be installed precisely the same as would have been neeesl'i.'l,ry had it have becn his first election, and not his re-election. Your Committee have discussed at considerable length what construction should be placed upon the words" as soon as practicable," which are used by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, and which are in the precise language of the Constitution. It might be considerefl advisable to make it mandatory that the installation should take place within a certain time, but as this might, in some cases, be absolutely impossible, or at least subject the Master to great inconvenience or the Lodge to unnecessary expense, it is thought best to let this be governed by the circumstances of individual cases, at the same time suggesting to the Lodges the desirability of having the installation as near the time at which it usually takes place as possible.

'l'he following is rigid and severe enough to answer all purposes. We will not say it is too severe. The right to dimitfrom a Lodge cannot be questioned. In exercising that right, and choosing to remain non-affiliated, where does the authority come from to abridge the fight and force compliance with extreme requirements? We belfeve in disfranchising non-affiliates who persist in the neglect or refusal to affiliate. We must protect ourselves. But beyond a denial, to this class, of Masonic privileges-such as visitation, charity, appearing with us in public, and burial-we would not go. And as to SU~1)ending a non-affiliating Mason for remaining out of a Lodge, we seriously question the right, and greatly doubt the propriety and justice, of such course. But here is the decision: All non-affiliated Masons within the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge shall be warned and notified to present themselves at the nearest Lodge to their place of abode, and affiliate with said Lodge, unless for cause shown they shall be excused by said Lodge. All Masons in this jurisdiction who, after having been faithfully and fully warned, shall fail or refuse to appear as herein required, or, appearing, refusc to affiliate or show cause for non-affiliation, shall be deemed unworthy of and denied all Masonic privileges, rites, and charities, and shall b~ susp<;nded from the same. The l\fast<;r shall declare them to be suspended by operatIOn of law, unless they produce a certIficate from the Secretar~{ of the Lodge, or the Secretary of the Ma..,onic Board of Relief, within whose jurisdict'ion they reside. or from the Grand Secretary, that they have contributed to such Lodge, Board of Relief, or this Grand Lodge an amount equivalent to the dues of such Lodge. An instructive and interesting Address was delivered before the Grand Lodge by the Grand Orator, Bro. 'I'renmor Coffin, which was printed in the journal of transactions. We have not space for extracts. Last year we noticed in our review of Nevada that the Grand Lodge resolved that the dues to become due in the year 1879 from the constitutent Lodges should be remitted; and thev were so remitted in advance. We said we could not understand the matter. Bro. Taylor, in his Report on Correspondence, said in reply: We had a large surplus fund on hand. some of the Lodges were weak, and as we could afford it, we remItted the dues of all without being a..,ked to do so by any of them. Some of us were further moved to such action by the Qonsideration that a large surplus of money in the funds of the Grand Lodge is not desirable. . Vole are pleased to learn of the financial ability of this young Grand Lodge, and think the unsolicited act of the parent body towards its children will greatly endear them to

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each other. "A large surplus of money in the funds of the Graud Lodge" is desirable only when some grand. :-;afe and well managed charity is to be furthered-then money i:-; "the one thing needful." conRE~poNDENCE.

Bro. Hobert H. Taylor rendered a lengthy and valuable Report" for the Committee." The Report is full, complete and interesting. With 011 r:-;el"es, he appreciates the value and convenience of scissors. His clippings are numerous Ilud judicious, affording an array of good reading rarely found in any report of :-;imilar size. His varied comments are discreet and terse, but, if anything objectionable, too brief. Missouri, for 1878, receives fraternal and extended courtesies-some eight pages being devoted to our Proceedings and Report of last year. Sorry we canuot as fully reciprocate; but the late hour at which the journal of Nevada transaetions came to hand ueee:ssitate:-; a short review, and even that ml1st go into a "Supplement." Commenting upon our rcview of Alahama, he styles the practice there a "vicious doctrine," and says: It seems to us that a great deal of the confusion and confliet of opinion upon this subject hlL.'S been caused by the careless use of word8 and method of expression. When a member is placed under charges, his membership is ill abeyance. and not lost until, after a verdict of guilty and sentence of expulsion, either the sentence of expulsion ha.'i been aflirmed by the Grand Lodge or the right of appeal has been lost by the laches of the accused. When the proeeedings are thus ended and determined, the expelled person can eJljov the rights and privileges of Masonry only by j路c.,wralion by the act of the Grand Lodge. but such re:storation does not include membership in the Lodge. If a sentence of expulsion be rcvCI"sed by the Grand Lodge, and it decides the case finally, thus declaring the innocence of the accused, he remains 11 melllber of his Lodge, or else full justice 11ll.:> not been done. The use of the word "restoration" has led to II confusion of ideas; it is a misuse of the word to say that membership is "restored" when membership has not been lost or lawfully forfeited. Restoration is an act of grace. of forgiveness, after a lawful forfeiture of membership; the reversal and setting aside of a vieious and unwarranted expulsion is an act of justice, and it should include within it the right to enjoy all the rights of Ma.'ionry, including membership.

Upon olIr comment below he makes a very pertinent remark: "We never conld see why Lodges Under Dispensation should be denied tile right to

a.tJiliate l\{asons, when they are allowed to make l\f.!lsons."

Nor could we. The making of Masons seems to us to be the exercise of a higher power than that of simply affiliat'ing them. Why forbid the use of the ill/crior, and permit the use of the supe?'ioJ', power? We thank Bro. Taylor for his compliment in speaking of our work as being" an able Report on Correspondence." Concluding his review of our work he said: No occasion for your "timidity," and as to your promise, in the last sentence, we have only to say if l'oll .. keep up your lick" as you have begun, your Brethren must be very exactin~ i they ask for anything" better." We heartily accept and return your cordial greetmg. His compliment of Bro. Root's Oration will be appreciated by many of our Missouri Masons: A very good Oration was delivererl by Bro. Oren Root, Jr., Grand Orator. He says of 路Masonry that" The mission, at first to build and to enlighten, is now to love, to soften and to bind." DEWITT C. McKENNEY, Austin, G. :M. JOHN D. HAMMOND, Carson, G. Sec. ROBERT H. TAYLOR, Virginia, Com. 011 For. Cor.

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OREGON, 1879. The Twenty-ninth Annual Session of this Grand Lodge met in the city of Portlano, June 9, 18i9, and was presided over by Most Worshipful Bro. Robert ciow, Grand Mlll:iter; R. P. Earhart was Grand Secretary. Representatives from sixty-two chartered Lodges were present, and Delegates from six Lodges Under Dispensation. The Address of Grand Master Clow opened handsomely, and embraced a ~eneral view of the condition of Masonry in the jurisdiction. The Grand Master had visited some thirty Lodges, and reported the prevalence of peace and harmony and a sound condition of the Institution. Relations with other jurisdictions were announced as continuing, as heretofore, of a most friendl~' character. Three Lodges had been instituted Under Dispensation. DECISIONS.

Some few decisions were reported. They were sound, and consonant with general custom and usage. 'Ve may summarize them: 1. A candidate was elected to receive the first degree, but, before iilitiated, objectiolls were filed by a member of the Lodge. Two years thereafter the objecting member dimitted and moved away. Can the candidate be initiated under the former election?

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No. To receive him would violate a landmark. 4. A Brother petitioned his Lodge for a dimit, refusing to fellowship the Brethren. Can it be granted? No. The reasons given by Grand Ma,<;ter Clow are such as would apply in Missouri, because founded upon law similar to ours. We admit that while our laws prevent dimission, except to remove from the State, join some Lodge in our jurisdiction, or to aid in forming a new Lodge, no member can be granted a dimil. But we snbmit this point: Can a Lodge, in justice to'a Mason, refuse to dissolve his connection therewith when he demands such severance? If A. desires to withdraw from Masonry, and asks to be absolved from membership in a Lodge, we are not yet prepared to refuse his request, or deny his right to do so. A. does

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not ask for It dimit, thereby to become a non-affiliated Mason. He wants to go out from us and be as a heathen man and publican. We cannot help saying, "let him go." There will be enough left of good and true men. Masonry will not suffer by the loss of such as may not wish to fellowship those who remain. In the Oregon case, however, the Brother was disaffected, and would not fellowship his Brother members. In such instances no release from memberr;hip should be granted. Establish the precedent, and many would bonnce out of the Lodges for every imaginable rea!ion, and fill the world with lUI army of non-affiliates. But we do believe there are instances where members of the Institution should be allowed to withdraw entirely therefrom: alld be no longer recognized as Masons in an~' sense. Our rigid laws must llnd will be relaxed, so that the strong grip may yield, and permit such as demand the privilege, the right of going whence they came. EDU(;ATTONAL Fli:\'J).

Oregon has an Educational FUlld on hand. When starteli and how raised we know not. It was reported as amounting to some eighteen thousand dollar.>. Concerning this fund the Grand :Master said: You are, doubtless, aware that by the provisions of a resolution adopted at the Annual Communication, A. L. 5874, this fund 11as been allowed to increase, by adding the interest to the principal, for a period of five years. This provision will expire, by limitatiun, to-day, and it will devolve upon us, my Brethren, at the present session, to provide for its future investment. This IS one of the most important questions you will have to deal with. Its annual recurrence is humiliating and detrimentll1 to the harmony of the Grand Lodge, and distracts its legitimate business. Hence the necessity of legislation that will permanently dispose of it must be apparent to all. I would, therefore, bespeak for it that careful and considerate action its Importance deserves. The matter was finally disposed of by exchanging said fund for" stock of the Masonic Building Association of Portland, Oregon." The following explains the final action respecting the fund aforesaid: WHEREAS, Most Worshipful Bro. J. C. Ainsworth, the owner of a majority of the' capital stock of the Masonic Building Association of Portland, Ore~oll, has tendered the same to the Most WorshipfUl Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Oregon for the amount of moneys or efrects of said Grand Lodge now in the hands of the Committee on Education; and WHEREAS, The fact is that the value of said capital stock of Bro. Ainsworth aforesaid, in the said Masonic Building Association, is largely in excess of the moneys and effects of this Grand Lodge now in the hands of the Committee on Education; and WHEREAS, The offer of Bro. Ainsworth is most liberal, and will, if accepted, redound greatly to the pecuniary benefit of this Grand Lodge; therefore, Resolved, That this Grand Lodge accept the offer of Bro. Ainsworth on the terms proposed, and that a committee be appointed to make the necessary transfers. Resolved, That the Most WorshipfUl Grand Master and Grand Secretary be and they are hereby empowered to carry into effect the resolution of this Grand Lodge, agreeing to transfer the Educational Fund of this Grand Lodge to Bro. .T. C. Ainsworth in consideration of his interests in the Masonic Temple in the city of Portland, Oregon. Raa/t'etZ. That the thll.nks of the Grand Lodge are hereby tendered Most Worshipful Bro. J. C. Ainsworth for his generous proposition in offering his stock in the Masonic Temple in Portlll.nd, and that the Grand Secretary is hereby directed to present to Bro. . Ainsworth an attested copy of these resolutions.

Happy Grand Lodge! We congratulate the Brethren" over there" on getting rid of a troublesome elephant. FINANCIAL.

The Grand Master having called attention to the present or prospective embarrassment of the Grand Lodge in her finances, and his statement" being supplemented by the Grand Secretary, the following was presented by the Finance Committee and adopted:

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The Committee on Finallce and Accounts, to whom was referred that portion of the MOfoit Worshipful Grll.lld Master's Address relating to the Grand Lodge financc, would. ill view of the increased expense atwlldin~ this communication of the Grand Lodge. and of the faet that the dues of the subordinate Lodges 'are insuffkient to meet said increased expense. and that the Reserve Fund of the Grano Lodge is almost exhausted. recommend that Section 2. Article IX. of the Constitution be amended, increasing the dues of subordinate Lodges to one dollar and fifty cent" for each member, On the question of wrritorial jurisdiction we find the following clear and distinct utwrances. The dodrinc enunciated is so foitrongly fixcd ill the Masonic mind of American Grand Lodges that no change therefrom need be expected. Foreign jurisdictions may take notice. If Fraternal relations are to depend upon a disregard of the doctrine, then American IIIasonry will fraternize with none of the bodies of the world. But here are the deliverances of Oregon: Re,~ol1)cd, That American Grand Lodges adhere strictly to the doctrine of exclusive territorial jurisdiction. They will not invade the wrritor)' of other Grand Lodges, nor suffer it to be done by others. That this Grand Lodge will not recognb:e as regular Masons those who have received degrees in Lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, within the wrritory of the Grand Lodge of q,uebec.

Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Oregon insists upon the observance on this continent of the principle of exclusive wrritorial jurisdiction of Grand Lod~es, and earnestly requests that the Grand Lodge of Scotland will reconsider its actIOn and withdraw the charters granwd for the organization of Lodges within the territory of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, and it is to be hoped that fraternal relations may be at once, restored between the Grand Lodge of Scotland and the Grand Lodge of Quebec.

Oregon reports sixty-one chartered Lodges on the roll, three Under Dispensation, with a membership of 2,580, showing a gain of ninety-four over the preceding year. An Oration was delivered by Rev. J. R. N. Bell, Grand Orator, which appears in the Proceedings. He closed thus: So living, acting, dying, when the end comes, that binds us Brother to Brother, we lllay be reunited in that invisible temple, around the Grand Archiwct of the {;niverse, all will gather with the angel band and sing that gladsome refrain: "Glory to God in the

highest, on earth peace, good will to men,"

COHRESPONDENCE.

The Heport was prepared by Bro. S..F. Chadwick, chairman, and ably reviews the Proceedings of forty-nine Grand Lodges. The Review was largely written. But few extracts were made, but condensed views were furnished of the various transactions examined. His review of Missouri for 1878 is ample, fraternal and amiable. He replies to our review of their Grand Lodge action on several point". We have only to say in reply to our amiable fellOW-laborer that we are not convinced of our mistaken views, and presume he is not. But we fail to see where our argument was an!'wered ill respect to the right of thl'CC Master Masons to open a chartered Lodge and confer degrees. We will not rest upon what we wrote last year. We close our review by making an extract from the Report which will inwre8t and please thousands of our Missouri Masons. It is descriptive of one whom the world was not worthy, one whom many" around the world" delighted to honor: We next find the notice of the death of Bro. Enoch M. Marvin. Bishop Marvin was dearly beloved by many in Oregon. There are those here who knew him when he was It boy-a youn~ man struggling along in the ministry. Twice he has visiwd Oregon and received a MIssouri welcome. We several times liswned to his eloquent discourse8 when visiting this State. We remember the first time we met Bishop Marvin, It was at Roseburg, a few years since. He was expecwd there to hold the conference of his church for Oregon. A son of Missouri who knew the bishop when a boy-in short, they were young G, L.-Ap. 12.

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men together-and myself took upon ourselves to see that the bishop was well received when he arrived. HIS clerical friends expected him to come here by steamer, thence overland from the north with flying colors. Conference began its work, but there was no bishop. The overland stage from the south on the first day arrived soon after noon. We concluded to make inquiry at the office in regard to passengers. On reaching the office at the hotel we found no one present. We opened the dining-room door and there saw a tall, slim gentleman sitting alone at a table, eating a water-melon. :My friend had not seen the bishop for nearly a quarter of a century, "but," said he, "I know that man is a Missourian, because he cut that water-melon lengthwise," and immediately walked up to the bishop, and they recognized each other at once. The bishop enjoyed the key to the recognition very much. As soon as it was known that Bishop Marvin had arrive.d, peol?le far and near came into the town and remained during conference to hear this distmguished divine. Some of the audience had listened to him when he was quite a young man. He was a plain, solid, Christian gentleman. He came here quietly and unobserved; rather than accept the hospitality of citizens, he went upon the camp-gronnd and there dwelt in tent.~ WIth his Brethren. He was l;rand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Missouri for many years. We are pleased to note that our Brother, Grand Secretary R. P. Earhart, has been advanced to the Grand East. Sorry to lose him from secretarial association and labor. Success to him in his new field. Congratulations to his successor. We call attention to the fact that we are Grand Secretary and have been for two years. On page 80 of the Proceedings in the list of·Grand Secretaries, J. W. Luke is published as Grand Secretary of Missouri. Please correct this oversight. We fail to find the address of any of the Grand Officers. We presume they live in Oregon. R. P. Earhart was elected Grand Master. He lived in Portland when Grand Secretary. Bro.!. W. Pratt was elected Grand Secretary. We do not know his address.

WISCONSIN, 1879. The Thirty-fifth Annual Session was held in Milwaukee, June 10-12, 1879. M. W. Charles F. G. Collins, G. 1\1., presided; R. W. John W. Woodhull was G. Sec.

The following was the representation: No. Lodges represented

175

Past Grand' ,Junior \"ardens...... Total number of Officers and Representatives \Vhole number votes

288 565

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:From the Address of Grand Master Collins we clip the opening paragraph: Brethren: Our Thirty-fifth Annual Communication finds the Craft in Wisconsin enjoying a condition of harmony and prosperity at once commendable and satisfactory. As we stand now upon the threshold of another Masonic year, we should heed well the lessons of the past, and with grateful hearts, devoutly thankful to the Grand Architect of the Universe for his tender care and guidance so far, implore his aid in strengthening our determination to discharge to the best of our ability the duties and responsibilities devol ving upon us. The Grand Master paid an affectionate tribute to a deceased Grand Chaplain, Rev. Joshua Britton, aged seventy-five years. He also made tender mention of a distinguished a.nd widely-known Mason of New Jersey, Thomas J. Corson, M. D.

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Dispensations had been issued for the formation of two Lodges. Reference was made to relations with other Grand Lodges, which were announced n fraternal and undisturbed. Comments upon the Scotland invasion of Quebec were made in keeping with the general tenor of American deliverances and doctrine. The recognition of the Grand Lodge of New Mexico

wa,~

recommended.

DECISIONS.

The Grand Master said concerning this subject: Many of the decisions reported below are so fully covered by the Constitution and Regulations that it would seem unnecessary to refer to them but for the fact that the points involved do not appear to be fullv understood, and their publication may perhaps avoid the necessity for future correspondence upon the questions involved. His rulings were applicable to the jurisdiction, and are sound in principle for the most part. He said that, in following an established rule of their Grand Lodge, he hAd decided that the loss of an eye disqualifies a candidate; but in discussing the question of physical qualification he frankly admitted aU we claim on the SUbject; and says: I am free to admit a considerable "ehange of heart" in the matter of physical disqualifications, growing out of a thorough consideration of the matter in its various bearings. A comparison of our position in the matter, as compared to that of nearly all other Grand Jurisdictions on this Continent, raises a very grave doubt in my mind as to the strict propriety of our rulings and decisions. I certainly would not favor admitting the "lame, halt and blind," but sincerely believe that a modification of our rule to conform to our tleclaration that" the internal and re~ards," would certainly be beneficial, and I cannot see how any possible harm can ensue from making our rule the same as that generally in force in other jurisdictions, viz: that a candidate should be able to comply with all the requirements of our ceremonies, and capable of giving the means of recognition.

not the external qualifications of a man are what :l\Iasonry

The "change of heart" should become general, and we hope the conversion of Wis; consin Masons may be as general as it is desirable. "The internal" qualification principle, rather than" the external," should be regarded more by Masonry than it is. The above confession of Grand Master Collins is frank and honest, and will lJe good for his soul, and we trust may prove alike profitable to others. The Missouri rule requiring ability to comply with the requirements of our ceremonies and capacit)路 to teach the same is just, proper, righteows and generous. YELLOW FEVEH.

The Grand Master referred to the blighting scourge of the South, which fell upon so many of our citizens last year, in truly eloquent terms. He said: Thousands of our Brethrcn were compelled toffee with their families from home alid business. while others less fortunate were stricken down with the plague. Almost before a cry for help could be made, the sympathies of the whole country were aroused, money and aid of every description were poured in upon them. and all that humanity could do to alleviate their terrible distress was done promptly and heartily. I am proud to say that the :Masons of Wisconsin responded nobly to the call, giving the best possible evidence that our charity is not simply a name, bllt a fact, living and potent, ready to respond to the cry of distress wherever hcard. Even before my circular calling for aid was issued, the I,odges at Madison and elsewhere had taken the initiative, and the response throughout the Btate was prompt and generous, and aU expressed a desire to do more if it was needed. * * Some noble names are enrolled as martyrs to their high sense of duty. Others equally noble and deserving there are, who perhaps fell with none to heed save Him who heeds the sparrow's fall. l'erhaps the)' fill unmarked graves. But it matters little to them that

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their names and deeds are unrecorded here. They are recorded elsewhere, "written with the finger of God Himself in letters of living light over his eternal, adamantine throne, there to be read by the eyes of the glorified throughout endless ages." It was a terrible scourge, and I l?ray God it may be long before another such may visit us; but I doubt. not from the spirit manifested that the response would again be as ready and liberal, should the occaslOn ever arise. PRESENTATIOX.

Most Worshipful Bro. Jedd P. C. Cottrill was made the ·recipient of an elegant token of love and esteem in the shape of a Past Grand Master's J ewe!. In presenting it the Grand Secretary, .John W. Woodhull, said, among other eloquent things: My Brother: Your Brethren. appreciating your labors, directed me to procurc and present to you a token of their love and esteem. I therefore present you this Past Master's Jewel, not as gifts are usually bestowed. hut as a token of our appreci,ation of your past services, and an emblem of our love for you as a man and Brother. Please to accept with it, my Brother, the best wishes of the whole 11,000 Masons of the State of Wiscomnn. The token with a beautiful apron presented as a personal gift by Bro. Woodhull, was gratefully received by Bro. Cottrill in terms expressive and appropriate. A LOIlGE OF SORROW

Was held at which honors were paid to the memory of the late Grand Chaplain, Joshua Britton, also Thomas J. Corson, of New Jersey. Bro. Cottrill, Past Grand Master. delivered an appropriate eulogy. Wisconsin has a rule dropping Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts from the roll who fail to make application for advancement within one year. Of said rule Grand Secretary Woodhull said: It is a law of Masonry that wheil a man receives the degree of Entered Apprentice, he is a Mason to all intents and purposes, Mackey to the contrary notwithstanding, entitled to be received and acknowledged as such by all Brethren wherever he may sojourn. Silence and secrecy have been enjoined upon him, and he is entitled to all the instructions necessary to his advancement to a higher de&,ree. He has the right to visit whenever the Lodge is opened on the first degree. He IS liable to trial for nnmasonic conduct, and, upon conviction, to be suspended or expelled, from which decision of the Lodge he has the right of appeal to the Grand Lodge.

The statistical exhibit made by the Committee on Returns gives the whole number of chartered Lodges at one hundred and eighty-eight; total membership, 10,581; gain during the yCfir, twenty-three. CORRESPONDENCE.

The Report presented by Bro. John W. Woodhull is a very able and satisfactory one, Wc mean not to flatter in saying that it is a review anyone might feel proud of, and from which we would be delighted to make many, t'el'y many, extracts. From thc sound, thoughtfUl utterances found at the opening we take this: The rapid growth of Masonry in the past few years ha..'>, withont doubt, been detrimental to the health of our Order; the vast accumulation of members has lowered the Institution to a sort of competitivc society. My Brethren, this will never do; we must hold firmly to the Ancient Landmarks, discourage this hasty manner of making Masons, pay no attention to other organizations (with them, as ilIasons. we have no business), allow no man to enter our Lodge until he has been well tried, and even then be in no hastB about it; reject every man whom you are not convinced beyond a doubt will appreciate our Order and practise our precept,>. And, further, the time has come when our members ~hould be possessed of a fair degree of education. The fanciful expressions of some, .• that we are proud to say our Institution extends all over the world, among all races IUld all peoples," ·is not true, and we are thankful that it is not. Ignorance ·and heathenish superstitions degrade our Order. Our membership should be composed of enlightened men, educated men, and gentlemen. With such a membership we need have no fears of innovations: our Order will remain true to itself, and in time rid it<;elf of the di~eases consequent upon it,> rapid growth. We say these things because we belic\'e them. We fl.,,,k our Brothers to think of them.

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We have seen, and felt, and appreciated for years all the above Clontains. It is truth uttered in well-chosen words. We would not only endorse it, but ring all the changes upon every sentence, and send it swelling with increasing volume down the coming years. ~Jasonry means culture of head and heart. Intellectually and morally, men mm;t be pxpanded, elevated, improved, by our Institution, or we have dead weights to carry that will be burdensome in proportion to their stolidity and moral torpidity. In reply to Bro. Dodge, of Arkansas, on the one-eye, disqualification, Bro. Woodhull gives away his own jurisdiction th us: While it is tme, Bro. Dodge, that such is the law of our statutes, still it is as worthless as the paper it is on. It may he humiliating to acknowledge that we have laws which are not obeyed, for we, as Masons, claim to be law-abiding men, yet this law is a dead letter in this jurisdiction, and always will be. Some of our best and most promient Masons do all their seeing with one eye-for instance, Grand Master Cottrill, who made the above decision. If one-eyed men can see as well as Past Grand Master Cottrill, who made the decision against those as unfortunate as himself, why debar them from the privileges of Masonr)'? If such a law exists, and" is as worthless as the paper it iii on," why not repeal a law which "is a dead letter." Your Grand Master professed, in his Annual Addr~ss, "a change of heart" on this subject. Bro. Woodhull writes like a converted man. Away with such an unjust law.

On the sUbject of Correspondence and the labors of a class of workers not yet appreciated, our reviewer says: The time will come when these reports will have a market value at least; when those who write them will receive, instead of kicks and cuff.<;, hearty thanks for the arduous labor performed. The sentiment, among Masons, that the best informed Brethren are of most value to the Craft, is gaining ground, and in this we see a little star which in time will brighten and receive accessions until the horimn of our beloved Order will become brilliantl)' lighted, and the glories of our Institution be visible to all men, but more especially to its devotees. In this thought there is consolation and an incentive to persevere. We believe, with Bro. Woodhull, that th~ productions of the reportorial corps will yet command the approval of the Craft, in a wider and more gcneral sense than heretofore. Our observation for twenty years leads to this conclusion. The good time is coming. Then we will have conquered a peace that will be as grateful. as lasting. Till then we can afford to bear the" kicks and cuffs" incident to a faithfully and conscientiously, though thanklessly, performed task. Missouri for 1878 was kindly noticed and received all the attention due. Bro. Woodhull excepted to the mling of Grand Master Ready, that Missouri law requires that a. majority of all the members of a Lodge shall be present at the meeting fixed for the election of officers of a Lodge, to constitute a legal election. We would" seriously object to llny such law" for 1\Jissouri. There is no such law; never was; never will be. The Grand Master said so last year, but his decision was not correct. The Committee on Jurisprudence did not approve of the vicious and impracticable ruling of the Grand Master. It is sheer folly, and next to impossible to apply it. No; Missouri commits Hosuch blunder as this among her many imperfections. Bro. '\Toodhull declares he will not" say one word in defense of the law" in that jurisdiction as to the ineligibility of one-eyed candidates. That is all right. We think the law as indefensible as it is unju~t. Grand Lodges prohibit the reception of candidates with slight physical defects, but if a party receives the first degree and then loses his right hand or one eye, be is not rendered ineligible for the 1'e1nainillg degrees. Bro. Woodhull holds this doctrine, and is not singular in it. If a party is eligible to advanCeme11t to a higher degree who has lost an eye since receiving a former degree, why should he be denied the f/1路gt degree from the same cause?

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We have rend the Report of the Committee on Jurisprudence in the Proceedings before us from Wisconsin. With such minds as our esteemed Brothers, H. L. Palmer and J. P. C. Cottrill, we care not to contend. But their report is not defensible. They approved the rulings of Grand Master Collins as to the disqualification of candidates who had lost the forefinger of the right hand Qr had lost an eye; at the same time, they endorsed the decision that a party can be made a Mason who is near-sighted, and has to wear glasses to see at all. They admit " that one man can see further 'with one eye than another can with two;" but this difference does not affect the rule, we are informed. Then the rule is not 1igllt. What is the use of physical power, either in sight or limb, if the power gives no advantage or standing in the sight of the rule? As to our seeing dOllhle on some of the Wisconsin laws and rulings, we are not converted. We may need a" change of heart," but the grace to produce the" change" has not yet appeared. We offer two apologies for our error respecting the decisions which were approved by the Grand Lodge, but were overlooked-by us. We must leave Bro. Woodhull's admirable report; regretfully, however. It is full of bright and pure gems which we want to appropriate, but space is.exhausted. In doing so we record our approval of Bro. Woodhull's doctrine" as to what constitutes a Mutual," and ask if he will admit us to the ranks. Grand Master Collins was re-elected; so also was John W. Woodhull, of Milwaukee, Grand Secretary.

PRINCE EDWARD 路ISLAND, 1878-79. Communications were held June 24, 1878, and February 19, 1879. The Grand Lodge of England had recognized this Grand Lodge, and the fact duly proclaimed at the February Session.

~VA~

The Grand Lodge of Scotland proposed to recognize "the Grand Lodge of Prince Edward Island, subject to certain restrictions." The Grand Lodge, by resolution, deelined to accept any qualified or restricted recognition. The Fourth ANl'iUAJ. Communication was held June 24, 1879, in "the city of Charlotte路 town," with M. W. John Yeo, G. M., and B. Wilsoll Higgs, G. Sec. Ten Lodges were represented. The Annual Address of :Most Worshipful Bro. Yeo was very brief, and confined to home interests. We make this extract: Hard times and depression in all kinds of business have. no doubt, been felt in Masonry as well as in all other institutions. These arc matters over which we have no control; and whilst we lIlay regret. still we should not be despondent, but look forward hopefully for more prosperous times. A large increase in membership is not always evidence of the real prosperity of It Lodge. It is better to increase slowly by admitting only those who are known to be worthy, than in times of excitement to accept any whose admission we may afterwards have cause to regret.

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The Grand :Master had served the Craft for four years, and was agaiil called to preside over his Brethren as their chief officer. The business of this session was transacted with despatch and in a very satisfactory manner. A New Grand Secretary appears in chargc of the office. We judgc that affair!' of this young jurisdiction are prosperous and there is a future of fair promise before 路our Brethren. We bid them good speed and hope suc~ may crown their earnest endeavors. No Report on Correspondence. JOHN YEO, Charlottetown, (re-elected) G. 1\1. GEORGE W. WAKEFORD, Charlottetown, G. Sec.

The foregoing Report embraces a review of the follOWing named Grand Lodge Proceedings. The Report has been kept back lIS long lIS possible in order to examine those transactions which were tardy in their coming. Why we have not received the missing Proceedings, no man knoweth, except certain Grand Secretaries. ALABAMA,1878.

MANITOBA, 1878.

ARKANSAS, 1878.

MONTANA, 1878.

BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1878-79.

NEVADA, .1879.

CALll'ORNIA, 1878.

NEW BRUNSWICK, 1879.

CANADA, 1878.

NEW JERSEY, 1879.

COLORADO, 1878.

NORTH CAROLINA, 1878.

CONNECTICUT, 1879.

NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1879.

DAKOTA, 1879.

NEW YORK, 1879.

DELAWARE, 1878.

NOVA SCOTIA, 1878.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1878. I!'LORIDA, 1879.

OHIO, 1878.

GEORGIA, 1878.

OREGON, 1878-79.

NEW MEXICO, 1879.

IDAHO, 1878.

PENNSYLVANIA,1878.

ILLINOIS, 1878.

PRINCE EDW'D ISLAND,1878-79.

INDIANA, 1879.

RHODE ISLAND, 1879.

IOWA,1879.

SOUTH CAROLINA, 1878.

INDIAN TERRITORY, 1878.

TENNESSEE, 1878.

KANSAS, 1878.

TEXAS, 1878.

KENTUCKY, 1878.

UTAH, 1878.

LOUISIANA, 1878.

VIRGINIA, 1878.

MASSACHUSETTS, 1878.

WEST VIRGINIA, 1878.

l\IARYLAND, 1878.

'VASHINGTON, 1878.

MICHIGAN, 1878.

WISCONSIN, 1878-79.

MINNESOTA, 1879.

WYOMING, 1878.

MISSISSIPPI, 1879.

QUEBEC, 1878.

MAINE,1879.

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CONCLUSION. Our work is done for the present year. The labor has been pleasant, and we have derived much instruction, profit, and real enjoyment from the silent association had with our Brethren of the corps. Others must judge of the character of our work. We have only to say that if it were endowed with rnerit to the same degree that we are with the spirit of kindness and good-will towards our Brethren, we would surely win a general approval, even a hearty "well done."

Oommittee.

DISTRICT AND D. D. G. MASTERS. GRAND SECRETARY'S STATEMENT SHOWING LOCATION OF

LODGES ACCORDING TO DISTRICTS TOGETHER WITH THE POPULATION IN EACH COUNTY.AS TAKEN FROM THE LAST CENSUS.

• FIRST DISTRICT. S. W. B. CARNEGY, D. D. G.

County. Scotland (pop. 10,670) do do

M.,

CANTON.

No. Name oj Lodge. 16 Memphis 41 Etna 378 Kilwinning

Lewis (pop. 15,114) do do do do : do do

, 24 58 100 222 287 370 494

Wyaconda ],1onticello Canton Farmers . Craft Williamstown Lewistown

Clark (pop. 13,667) do do ., do do ;

180 290 318 362 404

Des Moines Fairmount Eldorado Hiram Alexandriai

Location. Memphis. Etna. Uniontown. LaGrange. l\fonticello. Canton. LaBelle. Canton.. Williamstown. Lewistown.

: :

Athens. Fafrmoullt. Luray. Kahoka. Alexandria.

SECOND DISTRICT. .JOHN B. BEST, D. D. G.

Marion (pop. 22,504).................. 18 Palmyra do 28 St. Johns do 188 Hannibal. do 406 ItunJOa do 502 Philadelphia G. L.-Ap. 13.

M.,

PALMYRA.

],larion. Hannibal. Hannibal. HannibaI. Philadelphia.

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second Distrtct Continued. ) County. Shelby (pop. 10,119).................. do do do

No. 96 415 228 305

Name of Lodge. St. Andrews Hunnewell. Shelbina Clarence

Location. Shelbyville. Hunnewell. Shelbina. Clarence.

THIRD DISTRICT. HENRY B. BUTTS, D. D. G.

M.,

LOUISIANA.

Monroe (pop. 17,149) do do .. do do do do do

19 23 42 64 91 223 240 462

Paris Union Florida ~ :Middle Grove Monroe l\1:adison Woodlawn Granville Sante Fe

Paris. Florida. Middle Grove. Monroe. Madison. VI'oodlawn. Granville. Sante Fe.

Ralls (pop. 10.510) do : do do

33 235 302 307

Ralls Ionic Lick Creek New London

Center. Van Rensslaer. Perry. New London.

Pike (pop. 33.076)..................... 17 Clarksville do 75 Ashley do 92 Perseverance do 136 Phcenix do 137 Prairieville do 2.'\9 Spencersburg do 399 Pike do 192 Frankford do 4~5 Globe do 499 Paynesville ;

Clarksville. Ashley. Louisiana. Bowling Green. Prairieville. Spencersburg. Curryville. Frankford. Louisiana. Paynesville.

FOURTH DISTRICT. JOS. H. ALEXANDER, D. D. G. l\I., ST. CHARLES.

St. Charles (pop. 21,130) do do do Lincoln (pop. 14,037) do do dr do do do

46 124 241 260 14 34 199 270 428 473 U. D.

Wentzville Dardenne Palestine l\1:cchanicsville

Wentzville. O'FalIon. St. Charles. Mechanicsville.

Auburn Troy New Hope New Salem Louisville Nincveh Chain of Rocks *

Auburn. Troy.. New Hope. New Salem. Louisville. Nineveh. Chain of Rocks.

Warren (pop. 9,673).................. 11 Pauldingville do 54 Douglas do :' 231 Warrenton *Dispensation continued.

Wright City. Marthasville Warrenton.

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FIFTH DISTRICT. AUGUSTUS O. SAUNDERS, D. D. G. M., MONTGOMERY CITY.

Name of Lodge. No. 72 Danville 178 Griswold 246 :Montgomery City 250 High Hill 261 Florence : 374 Golen Rule 375 Plumb 194 ,"Tellsville 492 Daggett

County. Montgomery.(pop.10,40lÂť do do do do do do do do

Location. Danville. Price's Branch. MontgomeryCity. High Hill. New Florence. Jonesburg. Middletown. Wellsville. Loutre Island.

SIXTH DISTRICT.

W. GARTH, D. D. G. M., COLUMBIA.

Boone (pop. 20,765).................. 59 Centralia do 67 Rocheport do 114 Twilight do 156 Ashland do 174 Sturgeon do 336 Hallsville do : 356 Ancient Landmark

Centralia. Rocheport, Columbia. Ashland. Sturgeon. Hallsville. Harrisbllrg.

Howard (pop. 17,233)................ 47 Fayette do 51 Livingston do 70 Roanoke do 4 Howard

Fayctte. Glasgow. Roanoke. New Franklin.

SEVENrrH DISTRICT. A. B. M'GAFFEY, D. D. G. M' l MOBERLY.

Randolph (pop. 15,(08).............. 30 HuntsvilIe do' :....... 44 Jacksonville do 151 :lIfilton do 161 Clifton Hill do 186 Morality do 344 :Moberly do 486 Cairo do 108 Gothic Chariton (pop. 19,135) do :................... do do do

73 74 202 208 394

Eureka Warren '''estville SalisbUry Dagan

Carroll (pop. 17,445).................. 52 Wakanda do 373 :Mandcville do 417 Covenant : do 249 Carroll do 39 De'Vitt

Huntsville. Jacksonville. Milton. Clifton Hill. Renick. :M:oberly. Cairo. Moberly. Brunswick. Keytesville. '"Testville. Salisbury. Mendon. Carrollton. :Mandcville. Carrollton. N.orborne. De'"Titt.

188

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Appendix. EIGHTH DISTRICT. WM.

l\{'

VANCLEVE, D. D. G. M., MACON CITY.

County. Knox (pop. 10,974).................... do do do : do

No. 6 168 181 291 414

Name of Lodge. Ark Colony Novelty Edina Greensburg

Location. Newark. Colony. . Novelty. Edina. Greensburg.

Macon (pop. 23.230) do do do do do do do

38 '102 1<16 237 268 402 172 498

Callao Bloomington l\icGee LaPlata Lodge of Trlfth Gavel. Censer Kaseyville

Callao. Bloomington. College Mound. LaPlata. Atlanta. New ClUl1bria. Macon. Ka.seyville.

Adair (pop. 11,449) do :

319 Paulville 105 Kirksville

PaulviIIe. Kirksville.

NINTH DISTRICT. JOHN J. DILLINGER, D. D. G.

M.,

Lodge of Love Coatesville Queen City Glenwood l\fiddle Fabius Kilwinning

OWASCO.

Schuyler (pop. 7,987) do do do do do

259 379 380 427 244 378

Lancaster. Coatesville. Queen City. Glenwood. Downing. Downing.

Sullivan (pop. 11,908) do do

126 Seaman 389 Arcana 447 Fairvie\v

Milan. Wintersville. Scottsville.

Putnam (pop. 11,217) do do

171 Hartford 190 Putnam 210 Unionville

Hartford. Newtown. Unionville.

TENTH DISTRICT. GEO. H. HUBBELL, D. D. G.

Grundy (pop. 10,567) do I do

111 Trenton 141 Oriental 253 Lindley

Mercer (pop. 11,557).................. 35 Mercer do 206 Somerset do 258 Ravanna

M.,

TRENTON.

Trenton. Trenton. Lindley. Princeton. Cleopatra. Ravanna.

1879.]

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Appendix. ELEVENTH DISTRICT. M. L. MILLIN, D. D. G. M" ALBANY.

County.

No.

Name of Lodge.

Location.

Harrison (pop. 14,635)............... 97 Bethany do 257 Lodge of Light.. do 328 Cainsville do 128 Lorraine

Bethan:r. Eagle. Cainsville. Lorraine.

Gentry (pop. 11,607) do do do do do do do do

125 Gentryville 127 Athens 2..')2 Alanthus 312 Mt. Pleasant 349 Lone Star 377 Ancient Craft.. 332 Ryland 21 I-Iavana 109 Island City

Gentryville. Albany. Alanthus Grove. Mt. Pleasant. Lone Star. King City. Berlin. Havaria. Island City.

Worth (pop. 5,004) do do do

198 284 321 88

Allendale. Grant City. Denver. Defiance.

Allensville Lilly Jonathan Defiance

TWELFTH DISTRICT. A. M. DOCKERY, D. D. G. M., GALLATIN.

Caldwell (pop. 11,390) do do do do

166 224 334 118 232

Mirabile Hamilton Breckenridge Kingston Polo

Daviess (pop. 13,419)................. 15 '\'estern Star do 65 Pattonsburg do 201 Jamesport do 285 Earl do 488 Lock Spring do 500 Jalneson do 409 Civil Bend do 106 Gallatin

Mirabile. Hamilton. Breckenridge. Kingston. Polo. Victoria. Pattonsburg. Jamesport. Coffeysburg. Lock路Spring. Jameson. Civil Bend. Gallatin.

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT. R. E. BROWN, D. D. G. M., RICHMOND.

Ray (1JOP. 18,708).... do

.<10 do do do do

57 Richmond 309 King Hiram 322 Hardin 338 Jl,fyrtle 384 Harmony 393 Bee Hive 444 Ada

Richmond. Knoxville. lIardin. Millville. Vibbard. Lawson Station. Orrick.

190

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Appendix.

Thirteenth District Continued.] J

County. Clay (pop. 15.564) do do do do do do .,

No. 31 193 207 289 311 438 13

Name oj Lodge. Liberty Angerona Clay Acacia Kearney Temperance Rising Sun

Location. Liberty. Missouri City. Greenville. Paradise P. O. Kearney. Smithville. Barry.

FOURTEENTH DIS'rRICT. D. P. WALLINGFORD, D. D. G. M., ST• .JOSEPH.

Buchanan ·(pop. 35,109)............ 10 Agency do 22 Wellington do 78 St. Joseph do 101 Easton do 150 Binning do 189 Zeredatha do ..: 204 Rowley do 238 Rushville do 331 Charity do 376 King Hill

Agency. De Kalb. St. Joseph. Easton. IIalleck. St. Joseph. Arnoldsvillc. Rushville. St. Joseph. Nel1r St. Joe.

FIFTEENTH DISTRICT. MALCOM M'KILLOP, D. D. G. M"

ROCKPORT.

Atchison (pop. 8,440) do do do

157 200 357 483

North Star Sonora Phelps Irish Grove

Rockport. Sonora. Phelps City. lrish Grove.

Holt (pop. 11.652) do do do

139 214 294 371

Oregon Forest City Mound City Craig

Oregon. Forest City. 1tIound City. Craig.

SIXTEENTH DISTR,ICT. .JAMES B. AUSTIN, D. D. G. M., ST. LOUIS.

St. Louis (pop. 500,000)....... do do do do do do do do do do do do

1 2 3 9 20 25 40 45 79 80 121

Missouri.. :Meridian Beacon George Washington St. Louis Naphtali 11ft. lforiah Bonhomme Polar Star Bridgeton Erwin 163 Occidental 167 Orient 1.'rancais

St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. )'fanchester. St. Louis. Bridgeton. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis.

1879.]

191

.fl.ppendi.x.

Sixteenth District Continued.] County.

No.

St. Louis (pop. 500,0(0) do do do do do do do do do do do do do do

179 218 243 267 281 282

323 360 416 420 443 445

460 484

Name of Lodge. Pride of the West Good Hope Keystone Aurora , Fenton Cosmos Corrier-Stone Tuscan Cache Itaska Anchor , V'I'cst Gate Lamb-skin Kirkwood l\1eramec

Location. St. Louis. South St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. Fenton. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. South St. JJOuis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. Kirkwood. Eureka.

SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT. J,OHN H. PUGH, D. D. G. M' I UNION.

Franklin (pop. 30,098)............... do do do , do

27 173 251 363 69

Evergreen Union Hope Fraternal.. Sullivan

New Haven. Union. Washington. Robertsville. Sullivan.

EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT. ARAUNAH PARKHURST, D. D. G. M' I FARMINGTON.

Ste. Genevieve (2JOP. 8,384)

226Saline

St: Mary's.

St. Francois ( pop. 9,741) do do do

132 234 424 430

Farmington. Libertyville. Bonne Terre Iron Mountain.

Madison (pop. 5,859)

110 Marcus

Farmington St. Francois Samaritan Iron Mountain

Frcdericktown.

NINETEENTH DISTRICT. WM. B. WILSON, D. D. G. M"

Cape Girardeau (pop. 17,558)...... do ..:.: do do do

93 103 221 441 191

Perry (pop. 9,877)

457 Triple Tie

Bollinger (pop. 8,162) do

298 Marble Hill 440 Trowel

CAPE GIRARDEAU.

St. Mark's V'I'est View Mystic Tie Excelsior \Vilson

Cape Girardeau. l\1illersville. Oak Ridge. Jackson. Shawneetown. :

Brazeau. Marble Hill Lutesville.

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TWENTIETH DISTRICT. .T. H. BETHUNE, D. D. G. M., CHARLESTON.

County.

No.

Name oj Lodge.

Locatwn.

Pemiscott (pop. 2,509)

461 Caruthersville

Caruthersville.

New Madrid (pop. 6,357) do

176 Point Pleasant 429 New :r.1adrid

Point Pleasant. New Madrid.

Mississippi (pop. 4,982) do

129 Charleston 330 Bertrand

Charleston. Bertrand.

Scott (pop. 7,317) do

306 Ashlar 310 Sikeston

Commerce. Sikeston.

TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT. VAN H. HARRISON, D. D. G. M., CLARKTON. Dunklin (pop. 5,982) do do :

130 West Prairie 212 Four Mile 215 IIornersville

Clarkton. Four l\1ile. Cotton Plant.

Stoddard (pop. 8,535) do

153 Bloomfield 489 Lakeville

Bloomfield. Lakeville.

TWENTY-SECOND

DIST~ICT.

.TOHN P. M'FARLAND, D. D. G. M., PIEDMON'r.路 Butler ( pop. 4,208)

209 Poplar Bluff

Carter (pop. 1,455)....................

Poplar Bluff. ..

Ripley (pop. 3,754) do

304 Faithful.. 369 Composite

Little Black. Doniphan..

Wayne (pop. 6,068) do

158 Johnson 449 Piednlont

Greenville. Piedmont.

TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT. .T. F. BENNETT, D. D. G. M., CALEDONIA. Washington (pop. 11,719).......... 12 Tyro do 131 Potosi. do 143 Irondale

Caledonia. Potosi. Irondale.

Iron (pop. 6,278) do

133 Star of the West 351 :r.1osaic

Ironton. Belleview.

Reynolds (pop. 3,756)

455 Barnesville

Logan's Creek.

Appendix.

1879.]

193

TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT. D. M. CAUGHELL, Do'D. G. M., CHAMOIS. County.

No.

Name of Lodge.

Location.

Gasconade (pop. 10,093) do

123 Hermanll 37 Cedar

Hermaull. Burbois.

Osage (pop. 10,793)........ do

66 Linn 185 Chaluois

Linn. Chamois.

Maries (pop. 5,915)

: 94 Vienna

Vienna.

TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT. .J. M. ORCHARD, D. D. G. M' l SALEM.

Crawford (pop. 9,982)................ 77 Lebanon do .'........................ 94 Evening Star

Steelville. Cuba. .

Phelps (pop. W,507) do do d'o Dent (pop. 6,357)

St. James. Arlington. Rolla. Edgar Springs. Salem.

230 St. James

346 Arlington 213 Rolla U. D. Spring Creek. 225 Salem

;

TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT . .TOHN E. BARNES,D. D. G. M' l LICKING.

Shannon (pop. 2,339)..................

Howell (POl). 4.218)

255 Alton 387 VI'oodside

Oregon ( pop. 3,287) do Texas (pop. 9,618) do do do

177 395 469 116

Texas Latimer Plato Barnes

Alton. Thomasville. ~

Houston. Licking. Plato. Gravel Point.

327 Mt. Zion

West Plains.

TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT. ROBT. F. STEVENSON, D. D. G. M"

.JEFFERSON CITY.

Cole (pop. 10,292)...................... 43 Jefferson do 211 Hickory HilL

Jefferson City. Hickory Hill.

Miller (pop. 6.616) do do do

Pleasant Mount. Iberia. Tuscumbia. Brumley.

134 Pleasant Mount 410 Iberia

437 Tuscumbia 203 BI'lllnley

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TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. JOHN W. FARRIS, D. D. G. M., LEBANON.

Pulaski (pop. 4,714)

County.

No. Name oj Lodge. 382 Richland

Richland.

Camden (pop. 6,108) do

152 Linn Creek 433 Mack's Creek

Linn Creek. Mack's Creek.

Laclede (pop. 9,380).................. 83 Laclede do 401 Centre do 423 Newburg

Location.

Lebanon. Lebanon. Newburg.

TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT. J. W. ROBERTSON, D. D. G. M., OZARK.

Taney (pop. 4,406) do

453 Forsyth 159 Mendota

Forsyth. Protem.

352 Friend U. D. Billings

Ozark. Billings.

~.: ..

Christian (pop. 6,707) do

THIRTIETH DISTRICT. CHAS. F. LEAVITT, D. D. G. M., SPRINGFIELD.

Webster (pop. 10,434)................ 98 Webster do 459 IIazelwood do 439 l\'It. Olive do 477 Henderson

Marshfield. 'Valdo. Webster. IIenderson.

Wright (pop. 5,864)

411 'Joppa

Hartville.

Greene (pop. 21,549) do do do do do do do do

145 Rising Star 271 Solomon 297 Ozark 341 Relief 422 Gate of the Temple 435 St. Nicholas 5 United 7 O'Sullivan 497 Strafford

Ebene7-er. Springfield. Fair Grove. Brookline. N. Springfield. Cave Spring. Springficld. Walnut Grove. Strafford.

THIRTY-FIRST DISTRICT. J. M. RITCHJtJY, D. D. G. Ill., NEWTONIA.

McDonald (pop. 5,226) do do

148 yancy 358 Comfort 115 Border

Pineville. Rocky Comfort. South West City.

Newton (pup. 12,821) do do : do

175 Newton 216 Granby 247 Neosho 478 Racine

Newtonia. Granby. Neosho. Racine.

路:1

1879.]

195

Appendix. THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT. E. P. LINZEE, D. D. G. M., MT. VERNON. County.

No.

Name of Lodge. Rock Prairie Marionville Decatur Vcrona Red Oak Mt. Vernon

Lawrence (pop. 13,067) do do do do do

269 390 400 452 468 99

Barry (pop. 10,373) do Stone (pop. 3,253)................

367 Barry 383 Pythagoras ..

THIRTY~THIl~D

Locatwn. Ash Grove. Marionville. ;Peirce City. Verona. Gray's Point. l\'It. Vernon. Washburn. Casl;ville. .

DISTRICT.

SEYMOUR HOYT, D. D. G. M., GREENJ"IELD. Vernon (pop. 11,246) do .: do do do

303 448 490 451 493

Osage Schell City Montevallo Argyle Vernon

Nevada. Schell City. Montevallo. Nevada. :Mounds.

Dade (POlJ. 8,683)....................... 87 Washington do 446 Greenfield do 458 :Mclville Barton (pop. 5,087) do

Greenfield. Greenfield. Dadeville.

292 Lamar 475 Golden

Lamar. Golden City.

THIRTY-FOURTH DISTRICT. SAM'L M. TINKER, D. D. G. M' I HUMANSVILLE. Hickory (pop. 6,452) do

279 Hogle's Creek 288 Hermitage

Polk (l)OP. 12,445) do do do do

144 160 195 431 467

Dallas (pop. 8,383) do do

300 Doric 361 Riddick 396 \Vestern Light..

Forkner's Hill. Buffalo. Louisburg.

Cedar (JJop. 9,474) do do do

283 286 359 482

Stockton. Virgil City. 'AThite Hare. Clintonville.

;

Modern Pleasant Bolivar Cement Plea~ant

Hopc

Stockton Hesperian Garrett.. Clintonville

Quincy. llermitage. Humansville Morrisville. Bolivar. Half'Vay. Pleasant Hope.

196

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Appendix. THIRTY-FIFTH DISTRICT. B. L. QUARLES, D. D. G. M" CLINTON. County.

Name of Lodge.

No.

Henry (pop. 17,4.01).................... 29 Windsor do 68 Tebo do 184. Calhoun do 343 Agricola do 408 Montrose do 426 Leesville do 481 Clinton St. Clair (pop. 6,742) do do do do

273 342 403 419 412

Location. Windsor. Clinton. Calhoun. Norris Fork. Montrose, Leesville. Clinton.

St. Clair Circle Lowry City Star Appleton City

Osceola. Roscoe. Lowry City. Taberville. Appleton City.

1.;HIRTY-SIXTH DISTRICT. JOSEPH H. PAGE, D. D. G. M., DAYTON.

Cass (pop. 19,296) do do do do do do do do do ;

. 147 276 372 386 405 219 450 ;.. 480 U.D.

Cass Grand River Nonpareil Da.yton Meridian Sun Everett Belton Jewel.. y.,radesburg

; :

Harrisonville. Freeman. East L)o路lllle. Dayton. Austin. Everett. Belton. ;Pleasant Hill. y.,,' adcsburg.

THIRTY-SEVENTH DISrrRICT. P. G. WOODS, D. D. G. M., VERSAILLES.

Benton (pop. 1l.322) do do . Morgan (pop. 8,43'1) do do , :

365 Warsaw 418 Clear Creek 454 Benton

War楼aw. Fort Lyon. Lincoln .

381 Iona 421 Euclid 117 Versailles

Barnettsville. Versailles. Versailles. I

rrHIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. W. M. WILLIAMS, D. D. G. II., BOONEVILLE.

Cooper (pop. 20,692)................... 36 Cooper do 142 Pleasant Grove do 45i) y.,rallace do 277 y.,rm . D. :M:uir

Booneville. Otterville. Bunceton. Pilot Grove.

1879.]

Appendix. County.

No.

Pettis (pop. 18.796) do do do do Moniteau (pop. 11,335)............... do do

. 236 272 340 84 56

19.7

Name oj Lodge.

Sedalia Granite Amity Potter Tipton 183 California 295 Moniteau

Location. Sedalia. Sedalia. Smithton. Longwood. Tipton. Califomia. J amestown.

THIRTY-NINTH DISTRICT. HORACE W. WINDSOR, D. D. G. M., LEXINGTON. Lafayette (POl). 23.623)............... 61 do 122 do 149 do 320 do 464 do 476 do 32 Saline (pop. 21.682).. 55 do 63 do 85 do 205 do 217 do ' 275 do 337 do 487

Waverly Dover Lexington Chapel I-lill. Aullville l\fount Hope Lafayette Arrow Rock Cambridge :Miami Trilumina l!arbee Tranquillity Malta Herndon

:..Waverly. Dover. Lexingtol1. Chapel Hill. Aullville. Mount Hope. Lexington. Arrow Rock. Cambridge. Miami. Marshall. Brownsville. Centreville. l\falta Bend. Herndon.

FORTIETH DISTRICT. GEO. W. I,EE, D. D. G. M., KANSAS CITY. Jackson.................................... do do .t do do do do do do do do ..:

76 104 107 220 316 299 263 324 391 392 501

Independence Heroine Golden Square K~nsas City Rural Temple Summit l\fcDonald Raytown Christian Buckner

lndependence. Kansa.'> City. '''est Port. Kansas City. Kansas City. Kansas City. Lee's Summit. Independence. Raytown. Pink Hill. Buckner.

FORTY-FIRST DISTRICT . .TOHN T. RUFFIN, D. D. G. M., CARTHAGE. Jasper (pop. 14,929) do do do : do do do .;

;

197 Canhage 278 Avilla 293 Sarcoxie 3.~5 l\fedoc 345 Fellowship 398 Jasper 471 Mineral

Carthage. A villa. Sarcoxie. East Joplin. Joplin. :M:idway. Oronogo.

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FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT. RICHARD W. M'MULLIN, D. D. G. M., HILLSBORO. County.

No.

Jefferson (pop. 15,380) do do

Name of Lodge.

Location.

119 De Soto 164 Joachim 256 Shekinah

De Soto. Hillsboro. Hanover.

FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT. PETER GODFREY, D. D. G. M., FULTON. Callaway (pop. 19,202) do do do do do do do do

8 Williamsburg 48 Fulton 60. New Bloomfield 81 Hickory Grove 154 Concord 242 Portland 314 St. Aubert 425 Cedar City 187 Henry Clay

;

Williamsburg. Fulton. New Bloomfield. Hallsville P. O. ;Concord. Portland. St. Aubert. Cedar City. Millersburg.

FORTY-FOURTH DISTRICT. GEORGE R. HUNT, D. D. G. ll., WARRENSBURG. Johnson (pop. 24,649) do do do .., do do ~ do do do do

229 245 262 264 265 280 313 466 135 274

MitchelL Knob Noster Holden Fayetteville Corinthian Lodge of Peace Kingsyille Centre View Warrensburg Cold Spring

Colurnbus. Knob Noster. Holden. Fayetteville. \Varrensburg. Chilhowee. Kin~sville.

;

Centre View. \Varrensburg. Henrietta.

FORTY-FIFTH DISTRICT. A. J. SATTERLEE, D. D. G. M., CRESCENT HILL. Bates (pop. 15,960) do do do do do

140 254 315 350 368 326

Papinville Butler Altona Tyrian Crescent Hill New Home

Papinville. Butler. Altona. Johnstown. Crescent Hill. New Home.

199

Appendix.

1879.]

FORTY-SIXTH DISTRICT. REUBEN BARNEY, D. D. G. M., CHILLICOTHE. County Livingston (pop. 16,731)

do do do do do do do Linn (pop. 15,900) do do do do do

No.

89 170 333 385 388 434 407 155 82 86 90 227 233 325

Name of Lodge.

Friendship Benevolence Chillicothe Alexander Farmersville Wheeling Royal Spring Hill Jackson Brookfield King Solomon Cypress Bucklin Dockery

Location.

Chillicothe. Utica. Chillicothe. Bedford. Farmersville Wheeling. Mooresville. Spring Hill. Linneus. Brookfield. St. Catharine. Laclede. Bucklin. Bottsville.

FORTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT. L. A. BARITEAU, D. D. G. M., MARYVILLE. Nodaway (pop. 14.751) do do do do do do : do : do Andrew (pop. 15,137)................. do do do do do

112 165 196 301 329 470 472 474 50 71 138 162 248 353 413

Graham Maryville Quitman White I-Iall Kennedy Nodaway Pickering Guilford Xenia Savannah Lincoln Whitesville Rochester Ben. Franklin Valley

Graham. Maryville. Quitman. Barnard. Lamar Station. Maryville. Pickering. Guilford. Hopkins. Savannah. Fillmore. \'Thitesville. Rochester. Savannah, Bolckow.

FORTY-EIGHrrH DH3TRICT. SAMUEL M. EDWARDS, D. D. G. M., MEXICO. Audrain (pop. 12,307) do do do

26 266 354 491

Mexico Social. Hebron Vandalia

Mexico. M:artinsburg. Mexico. Vandalia.

FORTY-NINTH DISTRICT. MILTON HELWIG, D. D. G. M., CAMERON. De Kalb (pop. 9,853) do do

182 Stewartsville 317 Osborn 308 Parrott

Stewartsville. Osborll. \ Maysville.

200

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Appendix.

Forty-ninth Dist1'ict Co'ntin1I-ed.]

Name of Lodge. County. No. Clinton (pop.14,663)................. 49 Haynesville do 62 Vincil do 113 Plattsburg do 397 Gower do 296 Cameron

Locat1',on. Haynesville. Cameron. Plattsburg, Gower. Cameron.

FIFTIETH DISTRICT. THOMAS M. MOORE, D. D. G. M., CAMDEN POINT.

Platte (POP. 17,352).................... 13 Rising Sun do 53 Weston do 120 Compass do 169 Camden Point do 339 Fidelity do 355 Adelphi.

Barry. VI'eston. Parkville. Calnden Point. Farley. Union Mills.

FIFTY-FIRST DISTRICT. R. P. ELLISON, D. D. G. M., GAINESVILLE.

Douglas (pop. 3,915)................ â&#x20AC;˘ .. Ozark (pop. 3,636) 496 Robert Burns

.. Gainesville.

1879.J

Appendix.

201

DISTRICT LECTURERS FOR 1879-80. Di~t.

No. 1. Elias Schofield, Memphis. 2. - - - - - 3. H. B. Butts, Louisiana. 4. Joseph H. Alexander, St. Charles. 5. Horace W. Pocoke, Montgomery City. 6. W. W. Garth, Columbia. 7. A. B. McGaffey, Moberly. 8.. David Baird, Kirksville. 9. John J. Dillinger, Owasco. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.

25.

-----------

A. M. Dockery, Gallatin.

-----John Bonham, St. Joseph. Malcomb McKillop, Rockport. Stephen B. Potter, St. Louis. John H. Pugh, Union. ------

Wm. B. Wilson, Cape Girardeau. J. H. Bethune, Charleston. Van II. Harrison, Clarkton. John P. McFarland, Piedmont.

-- --------------

26. John E. Barnes, Licking.

Dist. No. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 83. 34.

Robert F. Stevenson, Jefferson City. John W. Farris, Lebanon.

-----------

J. M. Ritchey, Newtonia. E. P. Lin7..ee, Mt. Vernon. Seymour Hoyt, Greenfield. Samuel:M. Tinker, Humansville. 35. B. L. Quarles, Clinton, 36. Wm. H. Stansbury, - - . 37. P. G. Woods, Versailles. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43.

44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51.

-----------

H. n. Ezekiel, KansllS City. John T. Ruffin, Carthage. Thomas H. McMullin, Hillsboro. Peter Godfrey, Fulton. George R. Hunt, Warrensburg. A. J. Satterlee, Crescent Hill. Reuben Barney, Chillicothe. L. A. Bariteau, Maryville. J. A. Poteet, Mexico. Milton Helwig, Cameron. Thomas M. Moore, Camden Point.

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NOTE.-Vacancies in this iist will be filled as rapidly as possible and Lodges notified. ALLAN McDOWELL, Grand Lecturer.

NOTE.-The Report of the Grand Lecturer, made to the Grand Master, never came into my hands. JOHN D. VINCIL, Grand Secretary.

G. L.-Ap. 13.

ROLL OF "DEAD LODGES" UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, ORG.A.NJ:ZED

~S:2~.

COMPILED FROM ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS BY GEO. FRANK GOULEY. GRAr\D SECRETARY, 1876. REVISED AND BROUGHT DOWN .TO NoV. 1, 1~79, BY JOHN D. VINCIL, GRAND SECRETARY. No.

NA~lE

OF LODGE.

2 Joachim 3 Hiram

TOWN.

COUNTY.

STATE.

Herculaneum St. Charles

Jefferson St. Charles

Mo l\fo

A)ton Jackson Fanklin Calhoun Vandalia \'SPringfield Jonesboro New Santa Fe Chapel HilL jCovmgton Ste. Genevieve Boonville Smithville Louisiana , Columbia New London Greencastle Alton St. Charles Jacksonville La Grange SPrillgfield

IlL Mo Mo :Mo Ill IlL Ill Jackson MO Lafayette Mo Ill Ste. Genevieve MO Cooper Mo Clay Mo Pike Mo Boone :. 1110 RallS' '.:\10 Sullivan MO Ill.. St. Charles 1110 Ill.. Lewis Mo jIlL lI-fo Platte IIll Dade IMo Ill.. Vernon IMo

DATE OF CHARTER. Oct., 1820, by G. L. of Tenn 1820. b:y"G. L. of Tenn

RDIARKS.

Arrested April 7, 1825. lsurrendcred April 4, 1826.

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5 6 7 7 8 9 10 10 10 11 13 14 15 15 16 21 21 22 23 24 24 26 27

Olive Branch Unity Franklin Union Grover Vandalia sangamon Union Shawnee ChapeL Eden Tucker.. Boonville Central Perseverance ,COlumbia New London IGreeneastle Franklin Hiram ,Harmony Wyaconda SP.ringfield Ringgold 2Z Temperance 2/ Temple 29 Far West 29 IOsage

Ring~old

Vana!!-lia

~IellVllle

Ualena Little Osage

Cape Girardeau Howard Henry ,

April il. 1822 United with 1st G. L. of Illinois, 1824. Kov. 25,1821, disp. G. L. Ind. Surrendered January 7, 1823. April 3, 1822 Arrested December 20,1831. May, 1852 Dieo18f>0. October 8, 1822 United with 1st G. L. of Illinois, 1824. October 25, 1822 Arrested April 11, 1826. October 25, 1822 United Wi.th 1st G. 1.. of Illinois, 1824. 'I:May ' 1858· · ·• · · · surrendered 1863. May 6, 1852 SUl:rende~ed 1855. ., October 9, 1822 Umted WIth 1st G. 1.. of II111101S, 1824. Oetober 10, 1826 Surrendered April 6, 1831. April 3, 1827 Arrested O".tober 3, 1888. May 6, 1852 Went dowll on account of war, 1861. April 8, 1828 Arrested April 3. 1838. October 5, 1830 Arrested October 3,1838. October 5, 1837 Surrendered 1862, on account of war. .Tune 2, 1866 Arrested April, 1879. 'October 5, 1837 u.nited with G. '1.. of Illinois, Oct., 1843. October 5, 1837 Arrested October 16, 1846. IOctober 2, 1838 "Cnited with G. L. of Illinois, 1840. June 10, 1853 Surrendered 1876. October 8.1839 United with G. L. of Illinois. 1840. IMav 6,1852..• Arrested May, 1855. October.9, 1839 United with G. L. of Illinois, 1842., IMay, 1858 Surrendered 1863. October 11, 1839 Surrendered 1846. I:May 6, 1852 IDestroyed 1861, by war.

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: : 33 HIllsboro alws Mt.Morlah 37 Dawson 38 ,Graham

L~xington

HIllsboro Wellington Pleasant Hill

ILafayette Lafayette Cass

Mo Ill :Mo i\1o

October 8,1840 October 8, 1840 lV1ay 28.1858 June 12, 1853

Mo lV1o Iowa ·Mo Mo Iowa 1110 Mo IMO Mo..: Wis :Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo 1.11 Ill

.June 2,1866 October 8.1841.. October 2Q, 1841. June 9,1853 June 2,1866 October 20, 1841. June 9. 1853 June 10, ]853 October 8, 1841.. June 10,1853 October 11,1842 May 25, 1854 October 17,1842 :i\1ay.1858 October 14, 1842 May 25, 1854 October 11, 1842 October 11, 1842 October 15,1842 May 2.'5, 18.'>4 October 10,1&13 May 25, 1854 October 10. 1843 October 12,1843 October 12, 1843 October 12, 1843 October 1fi, 1844 October 16, 1844..

Arrested December 1,1866. Arrested October 16, 1846. Surrendered 1864. Destroyed 1862. by war.

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. 39 40 41 41 42 42 42 44 46 46 49 50 50 50 56 59

Modena Coleman IDes. Moines BolIvar Houston IIowa :i\Iiddle Grove Rochester Sparta, formerly" Kabzeett " Martha Washington :i\Iineral Point.. Middletown ,'ozark Anderson Platte Lancaster

59IlV.lariOJ~

60 61 62 62 63 63 64 65 66 69 70 70 75 81 83 84

St. ClaIr Osceola Maysville Dubuque St. l\farr,s Iowa CIty Landmark l\Ielody Marshall Alexandria College .Dickinson Bowling Green Neosho Dana Multanomah

85 Jop.nson 86 IMltchell 86 :Mo. Mil. 3d Reg't Mo. VoL 88jBates 88 Olive Branch 88 Dresden

'.to::'.

i\1odena St. Louis

Bu~lington

BolIvar Breckenridge Bloomington Middle Grove Rochester Sparta Washington Mineral Point: Middletown SPringfiel~

lchapel HIll Platte City Lancaster Salem : BelleVIlle Osceola Maysville Dubuque Perryville Iowa City Warsaw Platteville MarshalL Alexandria Marion College :Monroe: Bowling Green Neosho Calhoun Oregon City

i\Iercer

: Polk CaldwelL Monroe Andrew Buchanan Franklin i\lontgomery Greene Lafayette Platte Schuyler 1 St. Clair De Kalb

IPerry

I Benton

Saline Clark Marion IMarion IPike Newton Henry

:\10

Mo Jowa IMo Iowa Mo /WiS Mo 110

Mo !MO Mo Mo Mo Oregon.

Warrensburg Columbus

Johnson Johnson

Mo Mo

\BUtler Union Dresden

Bates Franklin IPettis

Mo )Io Mo

October 14,1846 October 14, 1846 October 17, 1846 October 19. 1846 March 19, 1847 Unknown October 14,1847 May 28, 1858 October 14, 1847.. IOctober 19,1867.. ..:

Arrested October, 1876. Changed to " Mt. Moriah. No. 40." 1844. United with the G. L. of Iowa. 1844. Surrendered 1863. Arrested April 22, 1869. United with G. L. of Iowa, 1844. Arrested February 29, 1864. Surrendered 1865. Arrested October 19, 1846. Arrested May, 1863. United with G. L. of Wisconsin, 1844. Arrested May 18. 1858. Arrested October 18,1847. Destroyed 1861. by war. Surrendered 1864. Arrested 1866. lTn~ted w~th G. L. of Ill~no~s, 1844. Ulllted WIth G. L. of IllInOIS, 1843. Destroyed 1861, by war. . Destroyed 1862, by war. United with G. L. of Iowa, 1844. Surrendered January. 1864. United with G. L. of Iowa, 1841. Destroyed 1861, by war. United with G. L. of Wisconsin. 1&14. Arrested 18;:)1. !Arrested 1864. Changed to "Dickinson," 1847. Formed from" College, No. 70." Changed to" Ashley, No. 75." . 'Surrendered 1863; rest<.!redas247, in 1867. Arrested October 28,18<>2. First Lodge on Pacific Coast. United with G. L. of Oregon. • Destroyed 1861, by war. Destroyed 1861, bv war. Closed with MeXIcan war. Destroyed 1861, by war. Arrested about 1855. Arrested July, 1878, by T. C. Ready, G. :i\I.

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. , NAME OF LODGE.

90 pralne g,! Boone 94 Evening Star 9~ Acacia : 9<> Pleasant Hlll 95 Chapman 99 ~It. vernou 101 ,Greene

.TOW~. IHarrlso~Vllle

Columbla Cuba Jackson : P1ea8ant HIll ILas Vegas IMt. Vernon Springfield

COUNTY. iSTA~ I DATE OF CHARTER. cass · ·.. ·.·····IMO October 12. 1847

IBoone Crawford..: Cape Girardeau Ci18s 'fer. ofN. Mex Polk Greene

:Mo Mo :Mo Mo

Macon

Mo Mo )10 :Mo

1\'10 MO

May 8.1848 Ma.y 29, 1855 May 5,1848 May 8.1848 June 2,1866 tolay 11,1848 1l\lay 12,1848

I ..

RE~IARKS.

ID.estroyed 1861. by war. Surrendered June 12, 1875. Went down during the war. Arrested 1853. United with G. L. of New Mexico, 1877. Surrendered December 27,1862. 'Gnitecl with" United, No.5," 1857.

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106 }-lacon : 106 L~por~e 1061~!lfiml

Macon M~co~

Ma~on

I~hanl1

: New :MadrId Las Cruces Santa Fe Ste. Genevieve Louis 81. Francisville Waverly !Sibley Gallatin St. Charles

Sa1111e : New MadrId 'fer. of N. Mex 'rer. of N. Mex Ste. Genevieve St. Louis Clark Lafayette Jackson Daviess St.Charles

128 ,KirkSVille 128 Live Oak 129 Constantine

IKirksvme Pleasant HilL Charleston

Adair Cass Mississippi..

135 137 138 140 141 143 144 145 147

RidglCy \Varrenton Round Prairie

jRidgley Warrenton Newark

1\fIddlebury Flint Hill

j1hddlebury Flint Hill.. C!l:"SVille : Wmdsor CIty IBuffalo

108 108 109 109 III

112 114 115 116 118

: ~ew Ma.dnd Aztec Montezuma Louisiana 81. LOUiS Ezell. Waverly Sibley Daviess Hiram

jst.

Mo Mo Mo !.MO 1\.10 Mo IMo

May 28.1858 May 28.1858 May 10, 184.9 May 10.1849 October 19.1867 May 8,1851.. 1807. by G. L. of Pa 1809. by G. L.ofPa May 9,18.')0 May 9.1850 May 10,1850 May 10,1850 May 10.1850

Surrendered, 1873. <;:hanged to " Macon, No. 10~." Surrendered F~bruary 10, 1.857. Destroyed durlllg the war. United with G. L. of New Mexico, 1877. United with G. L. of New tolexico, 1877. Arrested by G. L. of Pennsylvania, 1824. Arrested. Surrendered 1860. Surrendered January 28: 1860. Surrendered 1863. 'Arrested 1876. Surrendered May, 1862.

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S~ithton

JO~lD Dade: Wmdsor CIty Buffalo

S~ithfiCld

1\10

IOctober l\-fay 8, 1851 19,1867 May 8, 1851.

Arrested 1863. New Charterl864 to No. 105 Arrested by G. L. of Missouri,1877. jSUrrendered July 28, 1874.

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!Platte 'Varren Andrew

IMercer

St. Charles ,·Barry Carroll Dallas

Mo June. 1851. MO IMay 31.1855 Kansas.IMay, 1855 : : IMO 11:1ay 31, 1855 Mo May 31,1855 :Mo June 1, Mo June 1,185<> Mo May, 1855

j'SUrrendered 1856. Arrested 1865. All records 2ost. ,Arrested 18/2. Surrendered 1863. IDestrored 1861. by war. Surrendered 1855. Arrested 1861.

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Linn Creek

Camden

I1\io

Johnson Franklin Knox Andrew Clark Clark Miller )Iississippi.. BOllinger Clark Clark POlk CMS Platte Camden Ray Barry IHarrison Henry

Mo May 28, 1856 Mo May 28, 1856 Mo May 29, 1856 Mo May 28,1856 1\10 May 18, 1857 Mo 1fay 18, 1857 MO /Mll.y 18, 18m Mo May 30,1857 IMO May, 1857 Mo l\-lay, 18.?7 Mo May, 1S.~8 /MO May, 1859 Mo May, 1859 1\IO May 28.1859 1\'10 May, 1860 :\10 May, 1859 1\'10 1\Iay, 1860 Mo May, 1860 I,Mo October 19,1867 jN. Mex. June 1, 1860 Utah June 1. 1860 Mo May, 1861.. Mo May, 1861.. Mo May, 18fil. ~{o :V{IlY, 1861.

May 26,1855

Destroyed 1861, by war.

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b8 159 160 1fi1 167 168 169 172 173 177 180 184 186 191 195 197 200 203 203

Cornwell Rose Hill Pacific Pacific Edina Edina Robert Morris Savannah Eldorado Luray Fairmount.. Fairmount.. Tuscumbia Tuscumbia Wolf Island Wolf Island Union, formerly" Bollinger".. Wolford's Store Winchester Winchester Kenner IA:thens : l\Iodern ,Humansvllle Dayton IDayton Zerubbabel Platte City Wet Au Glaize Wet Au Glaize C~mden ICamden ·Washburn \Vashburn Pleasant Ridge IPlcllsant Ridge Green Ridge Windsor 2~ Bent ,T.aos 20<> Rocky l\-Iount.. ,Camp Floyd 208 Alto Vista IAlto Vista 211 Orion St. Joseph 212/Austin IAustin 216 West Plains · West Plains

Davicss Buchanan Cass Howell

: :

Destroyed 1861, by war. Arrested Jan., 1878, by T. C. Ready, G. M. Arrested May, 1866. Surrendered 1857. Surrendered 1861. Surrendered June 12, 1863. Surrendered 1863. Surrendered August 22, 1874. No Records. IDestroyed 1861, by war. Destroyed 1862, by war. Destroyed 1861, by war. Destroyed 1861. by war. Arrested June, 1879, by N. M. Givan, G. M. Surrendered 1862. Went down 1861, by war. Destroyed 1861, by war. Arrested 1868. ISurrendercd 1873. lsnrrendered 1865. Surrendered 1861. Arrested 1865. ISurrendercd 1863. IDestro y ed 1861 by war. Surrendered 1861.

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;

INCw Boston Macon Sarcoxie Jasper Lamar Barton Nevada Grundy D' Wi <t...••.•••••..... c.""n Lone Jack. Jackson INew Market.. IPI~tte ,Index Ca~s Webster Groves St. Louis 1m",bcthto"n .....•.; , Lathrop lclmton IClurk CitY 1Clll.rk Pink Hill... Jackson I'KellllCtt Dunkun Ash Grove 'Greene Cimarron I

;

Mo October 12, 1869 Mo l\{ay, 1861. Mo May, 1861.. Mo May 29,1861.. 1Mo 1863 IlI-Io I October 19. 1867 MO October 15, 1868 Mo October 15, 1868 Mo May 15, 1868 ". >rox. Octobe, 12, 1829 Mo October 13, 18/0 MO IOctober 12, 1870 Mo ,October 12, 1870 MO \'October 13, 1870 'Mo October 13, 1870 iN. :Mex.October 14, 1875

Surrendered 1871. Destroyed 1863, by war. Destroyed 1861, by war. No Returns. Isuceendered 1865.. No Returns. 'Surrendered 1877. Surrendere9 October, 1878. Arrested 18/7. Surrendered 1874. Ace",ted 1878, byTe. Ready, (}. M. Arrested May, 18/9, by~. M. GIvan, G. M. I,Surrcndered 1875. 'Surrenderec1 October 3,1873. \Arrested 1\I~r., 1879, by N. M. Givan, G. M. ,Arrested 1812. . I Surrendered 1879.

ROLL OF "DEAD LODGES," ETC.-Oontinued.

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364 King David 366 Unanimity 4071路Houston 409 Unity 417 Covenant.. 432 Dauphine 433 Silent Temple 436 ;Lamonte 442 Mt. Lebanon 463 La,ke 479 TrIangle 480 Union

TOWN.

Kansas City Weston \Vellington Richmond Carmllton Dauphine Macon Lamonte Mt. Moriah Cunningham Butler ,La Junta

COmiTY.

IJaCkson Platte ILafayette Ray Carroll Osage Macon Pettis Harrison Chariton Bates New Mexico

STATE.

Mo i\lo Mo i\!o Mo Mo jMO Mo 1\-10

1\Io \MO

DATE OF CHARTER.

October 13, 1870 loctober 13, 1870 October 13, 1871.. IOctober 13,1871 October 12, 1872 :October 17, 1873 iOctober 16. lSn iOctober 16,1872 October 16, 1872 ;October 17, 18Z3 iOctober 15, 18/4 October 15, 1874..

RE~lARKf'.

.gurrendered 1879. Surrendered 1879. De.stroyed by fire December 19 1873. Surrendered 1876. ' IISurrendered 1873. Surrendered 1879. /surrendered October, 1877. Arrested Oct., 187&, by T. C. Ready, G. M. Surrendered 1879. I~rreste路d November 7,1876. Surrendered October. 1877. ~United with G. L. of New Mexico, 1877.

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COMPILED FROM RETURNS, SEPTEMBER 1, 1879. For Rljerence Notes see end oj Table, Page 220.

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ODGE.

1.Mi~O~ri... 2 )IendJaD 3IBeacon 4 Howard 5 United 6 Ark 7 O'Sullivan 8IwilliamSbl;lrg " 9 Geo. WashIIl/:,rton 10 Agenc.y :" llPauldJIlgvllle 12 Tyro 13 Rising Sun 11 A~burn 1" Wester~ Star 16 MemphIs 17 Clarksville 18 Palmyra 19 Paris Union 20ISt. Louis 21 Havana 22 wellington 23 Florida 24 vVyaconda 25 Napl.Itali.. 26 MeXICO 27 Evergreen 28 S~" John 29 WIndso~ 30 HuntsvIlle 31 Liberty 32 Lafayette 33IRallS 34 Troy

AND P.TOWN O. ADDRESS.

St. Lou~s St. LOUIs 'St. Louis Howard Greene Jcnox IGreene

I'St. Louis St. LOUIs St. Louis : New Frankhn SPringfield ,Newark Walnut Grove Willian~sburg

St. LOUIs

A~~ncy :

WrIght 9.Ity CaledonllL Barry

AuburI~ Empon~

MemphIs Clarksville Palmyra Paris St. Louis * Havana IDe Kalb Florida La G-range St. L.ouis ~{exlCo

New Haven H.l.m . nibal vV Indso~ HuntsVllle Liberty Lexington jl\ladisonville Troy

CO UNTY.

Callaw~y

St. LOUIs

iB~chanan ,v\arr~n

'waShIngton Clay Lin<;o~n

:DaYle,s I Scotland IPike Marion 'I Monroe St. Louis Gentry Buchanan IMonroe Lewis :St. Lo~iS IAudralll Franklin Mariou Henry IRandOIPh Clay Lafayette Ralls Lincoln

. ""f ASTER.

Wm. H: Mayo : FrederIck Welker Archibald CalT "Geo. C. Edwards C. F. Lell.Yi~t Andrew FIsher A. C. Edmonson W.m. l\I. ~chOll RIchard frevor J. M. Reynolds R. J. Kennedy J. B. Headlee Dan. Carpenter D. M. Magruder IW. F. Moore : Adam H. Cunnmgham Wm. F. Oglesby ,John B. West iH. C. Kenyon Simon Popen !Wm. Earl. T. J. Crumpacker 1. H. Carr lwm. H. Thompson John M. Marmaduke F. Beyersdorf IGeo. C. !?onehower ,W. T. Shwvel. Geo. W. Keebaugh L. B. Dougherty Philir Keller 'Sam' Guttery IJohn B. Hand

SEC'R ETARY. C:has. F. VogeL

'I hos. C. Kuhnle

Frank Wellmeyer J. F. Moore E. D. Ott G. R. Balthrope A. F. Kerr Sam'l T. Weeks John H. Wyeth :-'1. W. Farris C. M. Bryan W. B. Ramsey M. T. Samuel C. T. Magruder S. C. ROwland John W. Barnes M. J. Reinheimer J. W. Proctor Jas. L. Wright Morgan O. Whitman A. Derge

1. B. Herndon

John T. McCoy Jas. Carroll Wm. Connally Joseph Brunner R. F. Taylor J. C. S'chaefer W. H. Buckley John E. Ryland G. P. Rice John McDonald

TDfE OF MEETING.

~!rst and th!rd Thursdays. and thIrd Wednesdays. Second and fourth Thursdays. Saturday on or before full moon, I· Thursday on or b.efore full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Tuesday before full moon. gaturdll.Y on or before full moon. vecond and fourth Tuesdays. " Saturday before full moon. !2aturday on or before full moon. ",aturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. I Saturday on or before full moon. lsa~urday on or befOrE;) full moon. Friday on or before tull moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Second Thursday. First and third Saturdays. First and third Tuesdays. ,: Saturday before full moon•. Saturday on or before full moon. iVO retu7'7ts. S~cond ~nd fourth Thursdays. FIrst FrIday. First Saturday. Second and fourth Saturdays. ~aturday on or before full moon. j fues. on or bef. f. m. & 2d Tues.aft. First Saturday. . Second Monday. Second Saturday. iSaturday on or before full moon. 1 FIrst

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62VmCll.. 6HiCambridge 64,:Monroe 651 Pattonsburg 66 Linn 67 Rocheport.. 681'febo 69jSullivan 70/Roanoke 71 Savannah 72!Danville 73jEureka 74 Warren 75 Ashley 76;Independence 771 Lebanon 78 St. Joseph 79 Polar Star 80 Bridgeton

·IPrince~on

Boonv!lle BurbOls Callao t'DCWitt St. Louis Etna Middle Grove Jefferson City Jacksonville l\fanchester Wentzville Fayette , ~ Fulton Holt Hopkins Glasgow Carrollton Weston Marthasville Arrow ROCk Tipton Richmond Monticello Centralia New Bloomfield Waverly Cameron Cambridge Monroe City Pattonsburg Linn Rocheport.. Clinton Sullivan Roanoke Savannah Danville Brunswi.ck KeyteSVille Ashley Independence Steelville St. Joseph St. Louis Bridgeton

"11\.fercer

A. H. May Cooper C. G. New,man Gasconade T. E. Remck Macon Joseph Claybrook Carroll J. B. Hamner St. Louis Sylvester E. Smith Scotland Jas. Powers Monroe J. B. Quisenbery Cole Robt. F. Stevenson Randolph J. H. Petty St. LOUiS W. McQ,ueny 1St. Charles Wm. H. Muzzy Howard R. C. Clark Callaway John N. Lyle Clay ;W. Huffaker Nodaway John Donlin Howard Chas. F. :Mason Carroll R. E. Buchanan Platte John F. Kenny Warren John D. Waller lsaline : Wm. Putch )foniteau Philip Riley 'Ray R. B. Kice Lewis J. H. Leeper Boone J. E. Angell Callaway John C. Longley LlI;fayette IJ. B. Wood Clmton H. S. Beery Saline L. M. Alexander MOl1Toe J. C. PeirsoI.. Daviess Wm. M. Williams Osage 'R. A. Mason Boone G. W. Prince Henry G. L. 1Ioad Franklin A. H. Ellett.. Howard James H. Boggs Andrew Edward RusselL Montgomery S. M. Barker Char!ton J. ~l. Staples Chanton John ChlVes Pike J. C. Watkins Jackson J. N. Rogers Crawford ··.·..·IJames C. Whitmire Buchanan Leo. W. Pooler St. Louis J. C. Lachance St. Louis Joseph H. Garrett

lc.

J. H. Shelly· · · ~. 1\lar.s S. CahlIL E. E. Richardson Hiram Jaqua Edwin V. Kyte J. n-I. Busey: W. T. Featherston E. P. Caruthers n-I. W. Jones James H. Hall. Jr.· Ben. C. T. Pratt.. Joseph Rosenbaum James W. Overton J. B. GilL C. M. Caviness Wm. J. pritchett B. :Ylagill James O. White C. n-L Waller G. H. Bowers W. P. Tooley Wm. A. Holman John P. Richards Wm. H. Carpenter Wm. M. Longley H. J. Galbraith John S. Nelson W. F. Porter W. R. P. Jackson Henry Barney John Feuer John C. Smith Geo. W. Armstrong E. L. Shults J. 'w. B.agby O. E. PauL John 1\1. Barker R. G. Beazly L. M. Applegate W. D. Orr W. A. Cunningham F. W. Webb U. Schneider D. W . Saddler J. Vangrundy

ITuesday on or before full moon. ,Second and fourth Fndays. 'Saturday on or before full moon. !Sat. on orbef. f. m. and 2 w. aft. ISecond and fourth Saturdays. ..ISecond and fourth Saturdays. \Saturday on or before full moon. First and third Saturday. Friday on or before each month. ,Saturday 011 or before full moon. 'Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Monday on or before full moon. First Saturday and third Friday. Saturday night after full moon. First and third Saturdays. ln-Ionday 011 or before full moon. Sat. bet'. f. m. and 2 w. thereafter. First and third Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. First and third Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. Third Saturday. . S!!-turday on. or before' fUll moon. Fll'St and thIrd Saturdays. Saturday on or after full moon. First and third Saturdays. Saturday after full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Second Thursday. ,'Saturdll.y on or before full moon. Saturday ni~ht before full moon. Saturday be ore full moon. Third Saturday. Thursday on or before full moon. Tuesday before full moon . . Saturday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. jSecond and fourth Saturdays. Saturday on before full moo·n. First and third Tuesdays. Second Friday. Saturday on or before full moon.

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T.(

.J..,I'<JDGE.

81 Hickory Grove 82 Jackson 83 Laclede ~ r~tter;

S;) • lJaml. 86 Brookfield 87 washington 88 Defiance 89 Friendship 90 King SOlomon 91 Madison 92 perseverance 93 S!,: Marks 94 VlCnnll. 95 l\leramec 96 St. Andrews 97 Bethany 98 wcbster 99 11'11. Vernon 100 cunton 101 Easton 102B!00mi!1gfon 1 103 West VIew 104 Heroine 105 1Kirksville

l~IGallatin

10, Golden Square lOS,\GothiC 109.Island City 110 l\-Iarcus lll:rrenton l12·Graham 113 Plattsburg 114 TWilight 115 Border 11~ Barne.s 11, VersaIlles

TOWN AND

P. O. ADDRESS. Hallville P O Linneus Lebanon L~ng\Yood ~haml..

Brookfield I:GreCnfield Defiance :Chillicothe jSt. Catharine') Madison ILouisiana ~~pe Girardeau v IeI1I1a Eureka:: lshelby"Ille Bethany : IMarshfield Mt. vernon ,canton /Easton m~omin.gton

Millersville ·Kansas City Kirksville * Gallatin Westport Moberly Island .City FrederIcksburg Trenton Graham Plattsburg : Columbia South We~t City I~rave.I POlllt.. Versailles

100-'

o COUNTY.

l\1ASTER.

I-R-o-on-e-.-..-..-..-..-..-..-..- !Robert Bratton I:Linn Wm. B. .craig : Laclede James W. Applmg lpet~is D. H. q'Rear Salme A. R. Edmonds LinD G. W. Adams Dade David ~~. Long Worth Joseph Engle Livingston J. ~. Cadle Linn Monroe Wm. Hord Pike :James Givans lcap~ Girardeau iw. B. Wilson 1\lanes.: 'f- A. ~ray ~t. LoUlS i8. l~. wOO?s IShelby Juhus Raker Harrison 111'. B. Sherer 'Vebster 'Lawrence IG. L. Knapp ILewis W. B. Henton Buchanan " Macon.; lc. C. C1?inn !Cape GIrardeau IE. S. ~lIlle. r IJackson ,Geo. W. Lee IAdair IJas. H. Kinnear ,Daviess A. F. l\-.{CFarland IJuckson IR. E. Cowan Randolph John W. Kenney G.rent,ry jE,. Fisl.~er MadIson F. R. Newberry Grundy R. rr. Short INOdll.Way Thos. R. Hedgpeth Clinton ~George R.Hiley Boone D. Berry ~.IcDonald lc. H. ~Ia~on rexas Jas.,R. ~Immons il\Iorgan ,D. E. Wray j

SECRETARY. iM. C. Flynt..

IS. D. Sandu.sky John W. WIlkerson D. M. Gray 'L. Fry IC. W. Freeman John A. Reudy jJ. C. Bohart W. W. Thornton

iSaturday on or before full moon. Saturday before fUl! moon. IWednesday before full moon. Sa~urday on or ~efore full moon. Fndayon or before full moon. Second Tuesday. F~iday on o~ bef?~e full moon FIrst and thIrd I' ndays. First and third Saturdays. iVO

lurbin E. Quirey P. Drape. 1' H. A. Asthulz Joseph l\losbey IGeorge ?orneker ,W. L. WIllard J. R. Kirk

returns.

Jo. P. Porter J. W. Hawkins

Third Saturday. ~Ion.. on or bel'. f. m. &: 2w. theraft. 2d Tues. in Sum. &: 2d&4th in wint. ~econd Saturduy. ~aturday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday night all or hef. f. moon. l,Vo returns. 8aturday on or before full moon. Second Monday.

Joseph ~'lclcher ,J. 'v. l\-hller Edward M. Wright /c. A. Allgaier Henry E: qrcutt.. W. W. Wilhams Eli H. Mix ~ IGeo. T. Kenyon E. H. Day, pro tem 1wm. C. Swayze Isaac 1\10rton James:N. Forsee IF. Pannell ;J. A. Scott... IJ. H. Roper : ,James McNaIr

Friday 011 or befo.re full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. First and third Mondays. Thursday on or before full moon. se 90nd. un~ fOl.~rt. 11 Tuesdays. FrIday before tull moon. First and third i\londays. Saturday artel' fullmo0!1' S~turday lltflhton or bet. full moon. :'!'Irst and thlrdT~ursday. 'I>:>aturda y before full moon. Saturday on or be10re full moon. First and third i\londays. Saturday on or be~ore tull moon. Sat}lrday on or before full moon. Tl11rd Saturday.

ID.

TDCE OF MEETING.

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No relu1'ns.

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118 Kin~ston 119 De Soto 120 Compass 121 Erwin 12~ Dover 123 Hermann 124 Dardelllle 125:Gentryville 126 Seaman 127 Athens 128 Lorraine 129 Charleston 130 West Prairie 131 Potosi... 132IFarmingwn 133:Star of the West 1:'\4 Pleasant Mount.. 135 Warrensburg 136 Phcenix 137 Prairieville 138 Lincoln

Kingston De Soto Parkville St. Louis Dover Hermann O'Fallon · Gentryville 1\Iilan Albany Lorraine Charleston Clarkton Potosi... Farmington Ironton Pleasant Mount Warrensburg Bowling Green PrairieVille Fillmore

140 Fapmville 141 OrientaL 142 Pleasant Grove 143 Irondale 144 Modern 145 Rising Star 1<16 McGee 147 Cass 1<18 Yan~ey 1<19 Lexmgton 150 Birming 151 Milton 152 Linn Creek 153 Bloomfield 154 Concord 155 Spring Hill 156 Ashland 157 North Star 1.)8 Johns<;>n 159 Mendota 160 PI~ant..: 161 ClIfton Hlll 162 Whitesville 163 Occidental...

Papmville Trenton ·Otterville IIrondale !Humansville IIEbenezer College )found Harrisonville

139lore~on

ICaldwell ·Jefferson Platte St. Louis Lafayette Gasconade St. Charles Gentry Sullivan Gentry Harrison Mississippi... Dunklin Washington St. Francois Iron Miller Johnson Pike Pike Andrew Holt

Ore~on

Bates~

Pin~ville

Lexmgton Halleck :Milton Linn Creek Bloomfield Concord Spring Hill Ashland Rockport Greenville *I'protem M?rrisville ClIfton Whitesville St. Louis

Grundy Cooper Washington Polk Greene Macon Cuss MCDonald Lafayette Buchanan Randolph Camden Stoddard Callaway Livingston Boone Atchison \Vayne Taney Polk Randolph Andrew St. Louis

Sam. Russell

/J. C. McCray

Saturday on or before full moon.

Frit·z Kahm Otto D'Amour John C. WOOds W. F. Mertens A. Thurston E. W. Dunnegan John P. Butler G. W. Newman G. B. Jeffries A. E. Simpson John A. Hogue Jas. A. Shields Elisha T. White A. '1'. Ake E. G. Miller /:W. K. Morrow P. P. Parker A. D. Atkins 'IW' J. Barnes

John E. Threkeld ISimon Loewen IR?bert T. Koontz Wm. Herzog W. C. Williams 'J. P. Shapard C. H. Downtain R. L. Whaley H. Vanhoozler Wm. A. Bush James M. 'Waltrip E. B. Smith L. K. Peers E. D. Ake , W. G. Cla.rk Wm. ZolL , Gilbert Munson J. R. PowelL J. M. Hampton

Saturday on or before full moon. Second and fourth Friday. S~turday on or before full moon. Flrst Saturday. Saturday before full moon. First Saturday after full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Second and fourth Saturdays. Thursday before full moon. Saturday on or before full. Wednesday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Tyesday after first Monday. 'l'ues~ on or bef. f. m. & 2d Tues. aft. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon.

J. E. Grosehart.. Geo. W. Dey S. H. Saunders J. W. Cartee J. H. 1\[ashburn W. H. Payne Th. W. McCormick I. M. Abraham ; 'V. C. DuvaL Paschal H. Chambers John Dallam C. W. Grimes Joseph Allison Stephen Chapman J. Franklin James B. Francis J. G. Jones A. E. Wyatt..

Jacob Hirni... lc. R. Dudley Alex. M. Gibbs Calland Arnold M. Roderick J. S. Gateley John Teter Thomas Bainbridge M. N. Lawrenc.e Thomas Standlsh P. W. Noland J. H. Duvall W. N. Todd Giles J. Harvey R. S. Shields Elisha G. Duncan S. Thos. Mustain Frank T. Simons

Saturday night on or bel'. f. moon. Second and fOUlth Thursdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday nearest full moon. Satururday eve'g OIl or bel'. f.moon. Wednesday before full moon. Saturday on before full moon. iTuesday on before full moon. I'We.dnesday on or before full mooll. Third 1\fonday. Saturday on or after full moon. IFirst Saturday. Saturday on or before full moon. iFriday on or nearest full moon. Fourth Saturday. Saturday on or before full moon. Third Saturday. Second Saturday.

lVO 1'eturns.

lVO l·elUl-n8.

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Sampson Barker B. W. l\Iitchell A. Bradsher J. W. Popplewell Henry A. Burgess

Cyrus A. James T. C. Mitchell A. J. Stamper H. B. Watson R. 1\1. L. McEwen

First and third Saturdays. Friday on o.r before full moon. Second Saturday.

Time not given.

Second and fourth Monday.

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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT, ETC.-Continued.

. LODGE.

1651i\I~ry~iIle

164iJoachim

166 ,l\'hrabile ]67'Orient Francais 168ICOIOny 169!,camden pOint 170 Benevolence 171 Uartford 172 Censer 173 Union 174 Sturgeon 125 Ne~vton 1/6 Pomt Pleasant 177 Texas 178 Griswold 179 Pride of the West 180 Des Moines 181:Novelty 1821Stewartsvme ]83 California ]84 Calhoun 185 Cham?is 186~forahty

187 Henry Clay 188 HannibaL 189 Zeredatha 190 Putnam 191 Wilson 192 Frankfort 193 Angerona 194·Wellsville 195 Bolivar 196 Quitman

1971carthag~

198 Allensville 199 New Hope 200,Sonora 1

I,.P. O.

TOWN AND ADDRESS.

COUNTY.

IM~ry>:iIle"'''''''''''''INodaWay )hrablle Caldwell Ihllsboro

Jefferson

!St. Louis 'CoIOny lcamden point Utica.: jHartford Macon Union Sturgeon.. ,

St. Louis Knox I'Platte Livingston Putnam Macon Franklin Boone Newton : New Madrid Texas Montgomery St. Ltmis Clark Knox DeKalb Moniteau Henry Osage Randolph Callaway :Marion Buchanan Putnam jcape Girardeau Pike Clay IMontgomery Polk Nodaway Jasper Worth ILincoln Atchison

~ Ne~vtonia

Pomt Pleasant Houston Price's Branch St. Louis Athens ~oveltJ

Stewartsville California Calhoun

Cha~ois

Remck Millersburg HannibaL St. Joseph Newton * Shawneetown Frankfort Missouri City Wellsville Bolivar Quitman Carthage Allendale New Hope Watson

For Reference Notes see end of Table, Page 220. :_,

.~I ASTER.

J. Ed. Walker C" A. Anthony Vmcent Bowman Edward Bobe C. C. Coleman iJ. w.·. Ewing John S. Harper 'J. 1\1. yates IJohn Shepherd Geo. W. Faughnder IA. Titus D. P. Weems John young J. A. Steely S. K. Tippett.. E. W. I.e ue S. M. No~ruP W. H. F. Owen J. C. Ritchey David Bishop James H. Geor e D. M. CaugheIF G. H. Settle Jas. H. Head W. C. Foreman John A. DOlman R. T. Henderson John E. Henry

S ECRETARY.

Wm. K. Vreeland ,Theo. F. ,Jones IJas. W. 'I hompson R. Men oUi... T. A. !full... J. A. Herndon Thos. R. Dice L. P. Roberts James G. Howe Stephen Frazee D. Mayer S,' W. Woleott.. Fred. R. YOll11t.. G. A. Leavitt ICharles Wilson H. F. Hoppius John F. parker N. J. Watson 'Joseph Chrisman G. A. Miller Robert Trevey M. A. 'yyatt Wm. Tlppett Robert N. Baker W. E. Payne IGeo. Rees L. N. Torrance John J. Steele 1

A. J. Day W. G. Weaver Chas. Algeo Thos. Buckbee W. L. Neal tGeo. W. Hammack W. H. Morgan

M. H. Garwood Flavius A. Affleck Chas. A. Radford Eber Budl?ng C. H. Goldmg Jas. O. Baskett.. Stephen South

TIi\1E OF l\1EETI:-<G.

Saturday on or before full moon. ,l;irst and third Sat,urdays. ,Saturday on or before full moon. !First and third Wednesdays. ISaturday on or before full moon. lsaturday on or before full moon. First and third Saturda s. Saturday on or after fulf moon. !Thursday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Friday on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturdll.y on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. ,Saturday on or before full moon. 'First and third Wednesdays. ISaturday on or before full moon. 'Saturday on or before full moon. iSaturday on or before full moon. Fourth Saturday. Saturday on or before full moon. l;riday on or a.ner full moon. Saturday befOie full moon. :First Saturday. Second and fourth Mondays. ·ISecond and fourth Tuesdays. iVa 1'etwrns. Saturday after full moon. 'Saturday on or before full moon. !Va returns. Saturday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. and Wednesdays. First and third Fridays. 'Saturday before full moon, IFirst and third Saturdays.

S~cond .f0urt~

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201 Jamesr.ort 202 Westvllle 203 Brumley 204 Rowley 205 'frHumina 206 Somerset 207 Clay 208 Sahsbury 209 Poplar Bluff 210 Unionville 211 Hickory Hill 212 Four Mile 213 Rolla 214 Forest City 215 Hornersville 216 Granby 217 Barbee 218 Good Hope 219 Everett 220 Kansas City 221 )Iystic 'fie 222 Farmers 223 Woo~lawn 224 HamIlton 225 Salem 226 Saline 227 Cypress 228 Shelbina 229 Mitchell 230 St. James 231 warrenton 232 IPolo 23,')' Bucklin 23'!'St. Francois 235 Ionic 236 Sedalia 237 La Plata 238 Rushville 239 Spencersburg 240 GranV!lle 241 paiestllle 242 Portland 243 Keystone 244 Middle Fabius 245. Knob Noster 246iMontgomery City

IJamesp.ort Westvllle Brumley Arnoldsville 路MarshaIL Somerset... Claytonville Sallsbury Poplar Bluff Unionville Hickory Hill Four Mile Rolla Forest City : Cotton Plant Granby Brownsville South St. Louis Everett.. Kansas City Oak Ridge La Belle Wooqlawn HamIlton Salem St.l\fary's Laclede Shelbina Columbus St. James Warrenton Polo Bucklin Libertyville Rensselaer Sedalia La Plata Rushville Spencersburg ; ~ranville

St. Charles Portland St. Louis Downing Knob Noster Montgomery city

Davi~

Charlton Miller Buchanan Saline Mercer Clay Chariton Butler Putnam Cole Dunklin Phelps Holt Dunklin Newton Saline St. Louis Cass Jackson Cape Girardeau Lewis Monroe Caldwell Dent.. Ste. Genevieve Linn Shelby , Johnson Phelps Warren Caldwell Linn St. Francois Ralls Pettis Macon Buchanan Pike IMonroe St. Charles Canaway St. Louis SChuyler ..IJohnson i~Iontgomery

Horatio Bunker L. E. Pancost.. James ],I. Hawkins Jas. W. Wilkerson D. D. Duggins J. W. Stockman H. Chambers J. M. Hamilton E. C. Lacks J. G: Hart John Scott John H. Bridges J. S. French J. M. Ford W. H. Helm W. H. Crane J. M. Pelot Fred'k W. Matt S. E. Licklider Jas. Stannard Wm. L. Turner Jacob Price J. Newton Turner J. S. Orr Jas. M. Orchard Louis Schaff Z. T. Standley W. T. Dean G. C. Wolfe : W. A. Dillon David P. Dyer Henry Slack 'B. B. Putman Thos. \Y. Lewis D. B. West , George L. Faulhaber W. S. Sears J. W. Rankin George S. Jones Jos. H. Alexander

II\o!. Klein

Joseph '1'. Tatum ID. C. Gamble J. H. Warren ..!W. W. Jordan

A. P. Shour L. F. Ray C. S. Phillips P. L. Wheeler S. K. Selig W. J. Madden T. M. Gash J. A. Egan John F. Lane Wm. A. Shelton G. P. Laforce Louis ~rcCutcheon A. H. Orchard Wm. S. Canon Wm. M, Satterfield J. A. Hubbard T. V. Andrew Chas. F. Hull. L. T. Dorset.t Sam. L. C. Rhodes G. S. Wills H. C. Eagon C. Ranger D. M. Ferguson J. \V. Wingo Henry Roseman H. B. Van Valkenburg James W. Sigler J. E. Burris J. C. Senne James McIntyre J. W. Tiffin V. B. BowerS E. A. Vansickles William II. Brown Frank A. Sampson Samuel C. Davidson J. H. Cook 1

N. M. Rea~ R. A. Rams M. S. Coats James Horrocks J. D. Skidmore John A. Collins Albert Vogt

Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday after full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturday before full moon. Friday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Second Saturday. Saturday before full moon. Saturday before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. First Saturday, third Monday. Friday on or before full moon. Friday on or before full moon. Friday on or before full moon. First and third Saturdays. Saturday on or after full moon. Second and fourth Mondays. Saturday on or before full moon. Sat. on or aft. f: m. & 2d w. aft. ISll-turday on. or before full moon. Flrst and thIrd Tuesdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. First and third Wednesdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. Saturday after full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Sat. bef. full moon & 2d w'k after. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Wednesday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. No 1路et111"7U1. Friday on o~ before full moon. Flrstand third Tuesdays. Third Saturday. First and third Wednesdays. Friday on or before full moon. Friday on or before full moon. "Sllturday on or after full moon.

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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT, ETC.-Oontinued.

For Reference Notes see end of Table, Page 220.

TOWN AND ADDRESS.

LODGES.

247 Neosho 248 Rochester 2~9 C~rroll.:

HIgh HIlL Hope Alanthus Lindley Butler Alton 2~~ Shekina~ ..; 2~1 T~odge of LIght 2~8 Ravanna 259 Lodge of L~ve 260 MechanIcsvIlle 261 Florence 262 Holden 263 Summit.. 2&,! Fay.ette~ille 26G1CorInth1ll.n 266 SociaL 267,Aurora 268!Lod~e of .Truth 26!J,Rock Prame 270 'few Salem

200 2;i1 252 253 254 255

Nesho Rochester

Alton

INewton Andrew CarrolL l'Iontgomery !Franklin :Gentry Grundy Bates Oregon

Eaglesvllle Rll.vanna

:Harnson IMercer

N?rbor~c

:-. ..

HIgh HIll Wll.l;hington Alanthus Lindley

il~utler

l~anover-

Lancast~r : MechanIcsville New Florence Holden Lee's Summit Fayetteville Warrensburg Martinsburg St. Louis Atlanta Lawrenceburg Ne,y Salem

271~010mon

272: Granite 273'St. Clair 374 Cold Spring 275 Tranquillity 276 Grand River 277 Wm. D. :i\Iuir 278 Avilla 279 Hogle's Creek 280 Lodge of Peace 281 Fenton 282ICosmos 283 Stockton

COUNTY.

B. O.

Sprm~field

SedalIa Oseola Henrietta Orearville Freeman Pilot Grove Avilla Quincy Chillhowee Fenton St. Louis Stockton

!Jeffe~son

SChl~yler

St. Charles :i\Iontgomery Johnson Jackson Johnson Johnson Audrain St. Louis Macon Lawrence Lincoln Greene Pettis St. Clair Johnson Saline Cass Cooper Jasper Hickory Johnson St. Louis St. Louis Cedar

MASTER.

SECRETARY.

TIME OF MEETING.

James Robinson James P. Williams J. N. Cl}nningham John !'Iebel.. J. W. Purves

Ferdinand Schurmann George H. Prince E. J:. Meehan BenJ. F. Bray R. W. Zierlein

Tuesday on or after full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Sat. on or bef. f. m. and 2 w. after. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon.

IHiram Doolin

George T. Moberly \V. E. Tucker 'oN. N. Evans T. L. Burges J. W. Scpfi;effer T. E. WIllIford Burrell Nutt~r F. 1'-1. Audram

First and third Saturdays. First Saturday. Saturday on or after fnll moon. Fr!day on or before full moon. FrIday on or before full moon. Wednesday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon.

Wm. P. Baker T. R. Thornton Wm. P. Greenlee J. Zoll... A. W. 'fapscott.. S. B. Potter A. M. Attebe.ry D. A. Radle)i A. C. Depue John A. Nn,ttrass G. W . Ready D. C. :i\IcNeil... O. Hall P. E. Orear George E. Hale H. W. Harris D. J. PooL L. S. Naftzger W. C. Brown John H. Wilkins Meyer GoldsmiLh E. C. Peters

Thursday on or before full moon. First and third Saturdays. S~turday on or before full moon. !Flrst Monday. ;Saturday after full moon. IFirst and third Fridays. ~'uesday on or before full moon. ,:;aturday on or after full moon. ,~aturday on or after full moon. fuesday on or before full moon. I'Third Friday. Saturdaybefore full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. Wednesday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Every alternate Wednesday. Saturday on or before full moon. Friday on before full moon. Wednesday on before full moon. ,Saturday on or after full moon. '8econd and fourth 1Iondays. 'Thurs. on or bef. f. m. & 2 w. after.

1VO

i\V. \V. Ross

S. W. Greer Charles F. Lee Arthur Graham '.To.hn McRae :Wm. P. Murphy IJ. P. Rowen I George W. Patton D. G. Dine W. E. Borthick C. H. Zoll T. W. Hains John E. Jones J. H. ~abcock James H. Wann Beverly Duey.; John Y. Fulbrlght... r. C. Thompson G. W. Hall S. 0; Wallace n. J. Orear F. C. Shaler C. C. Woods T. W. Horton M. E. Fergeson R. 1. Stone H. F. Steinhauer Jacob Schisler James M. Jackson

retnrns.

No returns.

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2M Lily 2&) EarL 286 Hesperian 287 Craft..: 288 Hermitage 289 Acaeia 290 I!'airmount 291 Edina 292 Lamar 293 sarcOxie 29'1 Mound City 295 ~Ioniteau 296iCameron 297 Ozark 298 Marble Hill 299 Temple 300 Doric 301 White Hall. 302 Lick Creek. 303 Osage 304 Faithful 305 clarence 306'"~shlar

307'INew London 308 Parrott 309 King Hiram 310 Sikeston 311IKearney 312 1\'I~. Pl~.Rsant 313J{lllgsv llle 314'St. Aubert 315IAI.tona 316 Rural 317,Osborn 318!Eldorado 319Paulville 320 Chapel Hill 321 lJonathan 322IHardin 323',corner Stone 324 McDonald 325 Dockery 326 New Home 327 n[t. Zioll 328 1Cainsville 329iKennedy

Grant City Coffeysburg Virgil City Canto!! Hermitage Paradise Fairmount Edina Lamar lsarcOxie Mound City Jamestown Cameron ,Fair Grove I~Iarble Hill Kansas City Forkner's Hill Barnard jPerrv ~evada

Little Black lclarence commerce New London nlaysville Knoxville Sikeston Kearney l\;I~. Ple.a.<;ant !\.lngsville S1. AuberL Altona : Kansas City Osborn Luray Brashear Chapel lIilL Denver Hardin St. Louis Indepepdence Meadville * New Home West Plains Cainsville Lamar's.Station

'Vorth Daviess Cedar LE;wis Hickory Clay Clark Knox Barton Jasper Holt :\foniteau Clinton Greene Bollinger Jackson Dallas Nodaway Ralls Vernon Ripley Shelby Scott Ralls DeKalb Ray' Scott Clay !Gentr,Y Johnson lcallaway Bates Jackson De Kalb Clark Adair Lafayette \Vorth Ray St. Louis J~ckson

Lll1n Bates jHOwel.l... Harrison Nodaway

returns. returns. Saturday bef. f. moon & 2 w. after. First and third Mondays. Saturday on or before full moon. No returns. lVO returns. Saturday on or before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. Tuesday on or before full moon. 1st Sat. on or bef. f. m.&3d 1\'Ion. aft. Saturday on or before full moon. Second and fourth Saturdays. lVO ?'eturns. Wednesday on or before full moon. First Tuesday. Saturday before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturdav on or before full moon. Friday night before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Sat. on or bef. f. moon & 2 w. after. lsaturday on or after full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. 1VO returns. Satnrday on or bef. f. m. at 2 P. M. ~No returns. First Saturday. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday eve. on or after full moon. Second Saturday. S~turday on. or b~fore full moon. First and thlrd Wednesdays. Second and. fourth Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Satuaday on or before full moon. lYO lVO

Joseph E. Husted T. W. Furl~)I~g :'YIoses N. Nelhll.rdt

J. ~1. Sitton J. nI. Ja~es W. H. Llggett..

John W. Lee Lee ChisweIL Thomas W. Johnson ~I. nI. Smith H. A. Carroll 1\'1. Helwig

Frank M. GiflOrd G. F. Burkhart Wm. W. Fewell Peter Welty Lewis Reed E. F. Walker

John W. Revelle A. J\I. Crow James Marlin A. W. Bear Solomon T. Kauble E. E. KimbalL James F. Tubb J. W. Evans William Wylie Geo. E. Mayhall

John nI. Roberts D. A, N. Grover A. Hoeting J. H. Perry Thos. F. GilL C. G. Burton W. H. Fitzgerald J. 1'. Herron IA. HOllingshead Charles C. Carter 1

A. P. Craven W. J. yates T. J. StOktO~l, Jr Wm. P. Gibson E. W. Hopkins J. ~. Cantrell I. E. Ja<:ksoIl D. )I. HadIOck Samuel Blakely .T. N. l\IcCreery George T. Doty

:A. C. Kincaid ' P. D. Anderson Wm.~. 1'I~stin

R. T. Fryel W. A. Dalman M. Broaddus: W. '1, Ford ITh. H. Welch: M. A. WooldrIdge ,W. R. HORkins B. E. Phillips Tho~.

W. R. Meador James A. Smith E. P. Gates J. A. Howe R. F. Hulett.. H. T. sm.ith John Woodward Charles B. Thumel

A. N. Barrett ILewisRenard IJacob Leader ,L. N. Goodale lwm. 1\1. Campbell G. H. Carter J. H. Burrows J. W. Lamar

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Saturday before full moon. First and third Mondays. F!rst and thi.rd Mondays. FIrst and third Saturdays. Friday on orbef. f. m. & 2 w. after. Saturday before full moon. IThurSday on or berore full moon. Saturday before full moon. ',-

GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT, ETC.-Continued.

<:5

L ODGE.

AND P.TOWN O. ADDRESS.

330 Bertrand '" Bertrand 331 Charity St. JOSePh 3.3.2 Ry~a!!-d Be~li~ 333 Chllhcothe Chllhcothe 334 Breckenridge Breckenridge 33.5 Medoc Joplin : 336 HallsvIlle Hallsville 337 Malta Malta Bend 338 j ~yrtl.e Millville 339 Fidelity Farley 340 Ainity Smithton 341 ReHef.. Brookline 342 Circle Roscoe 343 Agricola Norris Fork 344 1Ioberly Moberly 345 Fel~owship Jop~in 346 Al'lmgton Arlmgton 349 Lone Star Lone Star ~O Tyriap Johnstown 3ul MosalC Bellevue 352 Friend Ozark 353 Ben Franklin Savannah 354 Hebron Mexico 355 Adelphi... Union Mills 356 Ancient Landmark Harrisburg ~7 Phelps Phelps City 3lJ8 Comlort Rocky Comfort 359 Garrett.. White Hare 360 Tuscan St. Louis 361 Riddick Buffalo 362 Hiram Kahoka 363 FraternaL Robertsville 365 Warsaw 'Varsaw 367 Barry Washburn 368 Crescent Hill Crescent HilL 3~9 Co.mposite DC!n!phan 3,0 WIlllamstown WillIamstown 1\'.

路 . .C O.UN~Y.

,MlSSISSlppl \BUChanan G~n.try

Llvmgston Caldwell !Jasper Boone Saline '路Ra y Platte Pettis \Greene \St. Clair Henry Randolph Jasper Phelps Gentry Bates Iron Christian Andrew Audrain Platte Boone Atchison McDonald Cedar St. Louis Dallas Clark FrankIin Benton Barry Bates RiPI~y LeWIS

For Reference Notes see end of Table, Page 220.

M ASTER.

.T. A. Greer H. M. Garlichs S. G. Weller Moses Alexander .. ,

.T. T. Heggie D. P. Wallingford Sam'l Levy E. L. Pottle

A. H. Duree W. F. Roberts W. T. German R. C. Craven Alex. Ireland T. Y. Cox W. B. Searcy Charles Bedell

W. S. Carson W. W. Roberts 'W. C. Slusher S. S. Yo'!-ng James Wallace John V. Harris S. F. Gibson W. F. Shackelford

George L. Hassett Clark Craycroft.. Charles F. Walter

C. B. Rodes L. Z. Burr : Thomas C. HarrIson

John B. Newberry John D. Webb A. Duncan A. Mann George A. Poteet "Tom M. Moore B. Toalson John Lauterback J. E. Moore P. R. Dix '''allace Delafield B, L. Brush

S. F. Porter James C.uthbert W. C. Wrighteman E. Brayton Jos. A. Gla.ndon Browning Mitchell J. F. Rowland F. M. Thompsoll :M. D. L. McCall. Jas. M. Travis C. S. Charlot R. Wilkinson ~

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S EC~ETARY.

IRichard Smith

F. M. DanieL

W. K. Bayless A. J. Satterlee I'D. ~c. Ponder S. Neeper

.A. F. A.Ult J. W. Duncan A. J. ?>fcCalIum R. C. Mumma

T IME OF' ", 'If RETING.

Saturday after full moon. Second and fourth Mondays. First and third Satur~ays. Second and fourth Fndays. No returns. First and third Thursdays. Saturday after full moon. Wednesday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Second and fourth Wednesdays. Wednesday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. No returns. Second and fourth Mondays. Second and fourth Fridays. Saturday on or after full moon. lVO returns. ISaturday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. ,Saturday before full moon. 'lsecond Sa.turday. First Tuesday. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. W~dnesdayon or before full moon. Fnday on or before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. First and third Tuesdays. Saturday on or after full moon. lVO returns. Saturday on or after full moon. 11Vo 1'etllrns. ISaturday on or before full moon. Third Saturday. ~aturday on or b~fore full moon. Saturday on or after full moon.

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: 3/2 NonpareIl 3Z3 Mandeville I .3/4 Golden Rule 1 Q 375,Plumb . ~'.. ~. 3/6, Kmg HilL I.

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"0 378 KIlwInnIng :... 379iCoatesville ?' 380 lQueen City 38Llonia 382 Richland 383IpythagOras 384 Harmony 385 Alexander

386iD~ytOI~

3871\VoodsIde 388 Farmersville 389 Arc~na .. : , 390 :\lanonvllle 391 Raytown 392 Christian 393 Bee Hive 394 Dagan 395 Latimer 396 Western Light 397 Gower 398 Jasper 399 Pike 400 Decatur 401 Center 402 GaveL 403 Lowry City 40<! Ale~a!1dri!L· 40" MendIan Sun 406 Iturrea 407 RoyaL 408 Montrose 409 CiVil Bend 410 Iberia 411 Joppa 412 Appleton City 413 Valley 414 Greensburg 415 Hunnewell 1

c,raig ····..··· ..·.. ··· .. ·IHolt East Lynne Cass Mandeville Carroll Jonesburg Montgomery :Middletown l\Iontgomery 'f Patee's Oard'nS,}' I i St. Joseph, Buchanan ~i~g City Gentry UnIontown Scotland Coatesville Schuyler Queen City Schuyler Barnettsville Morgan Richland Pulaski C!!-ssville Barry VIbbard..·..· ·.IRay Bedford Livingston Dayton.. ··: ·· lcass Thomasville Ore~on Farmersville :Livmgston win~ers':ille lsullivaIl MarIOnVIlle Lawrence Raytown Jackson iOak Grove Jackson ILawson Ray Menden Chariton Licking Texas Louisburg Dallas Gower ;. Clinton l\Iidway Jasper Curryville Pike Peirce City Lawrence lJebanon Laclede New Cambria Macon Lowry City St. Clair I;Alex!l-ndria Clark Aust111 Cass : HannibaL :\'Iarion JMooresville Livingston l\Jontrosc Henry Civil Bend Daviess Iberia Miller ..: Hartville : Wrig-h~ Appleton City St. Clair Bolckow Andrew Greensburg Knox Hunnewell Shelby

Cornelius Hoblitzell II~. L. Ward : F. H. Clark I1.homas J. HewItt J. M. Str';1a.ll M. Block.: John J. Skmner W. L. SmIth, H. G. Penn ,L. B. Love 'J A. C. Hyde ;...... . W . Beach George P. Bigelow William H. Alexander

Sat. on or bef. full m'n & 2 w'ks aft. SaturdA.y 011 or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. Saturday before full moon. . Thursday on or before full moon. d . f 11 Satur ay on or before u moon. Saturday on or before full moon. lVO

W. B. Shoemake D. J. Tipton A. Brock George W. Morgan R. R. McGu!re J. A. Cummmgs E. E. Westcott J. H. page

Sol. L. Livengood G. T. Todd J. L. RObberson Milton Boone J. T. Rasuck W. M. Allison G. E. Misner George Orr E. P. Vaughan IJOhn W. Hall James H. CaldwelL George Raupp J. W. Farris ,John O. Jones :John Ferguson A. C. Sll!livan H. K. RItter William H. Homans A. S. Fish J. G. Thornton B. F. Hetrick T. J. Marchant... E:.C.. Steele \"llham F. McColly IJohn G. Honnold , IGeorge \v. Janes

W. B. Davis James Carter J. H. Stiffler :\1. Cowan B. F .. MCCrary ICalvlll Hawser James H. Baugh ,;J. M. Wilhite

IH.

IWm. H. McLain :J. T. Richardso.n R. Padew M. T. Smith T. 1\1. Vermillion 1. C. Weakley ,. D. Guthridge 1. L. Campbell James K. P. Jump D. S. HalL

IB.

John W. Hawkins J. N. Patrick. W. A. Johnson George W. Miller S. M. Gracy W. B. Haston D. H. Webster John Peirson J. G. Woodl!1n.'.: James H. VlCkars J. L. Powell John Ferguson N. B. Garner.: James HodkI.ns Edward RoblIlson Wm. B. 'l'hiehoff.

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}<'ri. on or bef. full m'n & 2 w'ks aft. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Second and fourth Saturdays. Saturday on or after fun moon. No ret1L17!s. Saturday on or before full moon. Sa~urday on 0.1' befor~ full moon. Friday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. ;Sat. bel'. second and fourth Sundavs Saturday before full moon. • Saturdlly on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Sat. bef. full m'n and 2 w'ks after. No retul·ns. . Saturday on or before full moon. Wednesday on or before full moon. Monday before full moon. Sat. aft. full moon and 2 w'ks after. Friday before full moon. ~. M<?n. on orbef. fl;111 m'n &2 w'ksaft. FrIday on or belore full moon. Second and fourth 'fuesdays. First and third Saturdays. Sat. on or bef. full m'll & 2 w'ks aft. Friday before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Friday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. IS~turday on or before full moon,

1110 ret·ur1ls.

First Saturday after full mooon.

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GRAND SEORETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT, E'l'c.-Oont"in·ued. ]i'or Reference

_~I I

Note.~

LonGES.

see end of Table, Page 220.

P.~~';,;:,';,. I

416 Cache South St. Louis 417 1Covenant.. Carrolton 4181clear Creek Lincoln 419 Star Taberville 420;Itaska 81. Louis 421Euclid Versailles 422\'Gate of the Temple N. Springfield 423 Newburg Newbur~ 424 Samaritan Bonne 1erre 425 Cedar City Cedar City 426ILeesville Leesville 427 1Glenwood Glenwood 428tLOUisville LOuisville 429 New Madrid New Madrid 4301lron )lountain Iron Mountain 431 Cement Halfway 432 Dauphine t Dauphine 433 Macks Creek Macks Creek 33<! Wheeling Wheeling , 435 St, Nicholas Cave Spring 437 Tuscumbia Tuscumbia 438 Telnperance Smithville 439 !loft. Olive !IoIarshfield 440 Trowel Lutesville 441 Excelsior Jackson 443 Anchor 181. Louis 444 Ada IOrrick 445 .west Gate ISt. Louis 446 Greenfield Greenfield 447 Fairview Scottsville 448 Schell City Schell City 449 Piedmont /PledlIlont.. 450 Belton Beltoll 451 Argyle Nevada 452 Verona Verona. 453 Forsyth IForsyth 454 Benton ::.. Lincoln

00 COUNTY.

jSt. Loui!:' CarrolL. 'Benton S.t. Clair 81. Louis ~i\Iorgan

Mm>OR.

Lyman S. Reber Oren Root, Jr Alex. M. McIntire E. C. !IoIcLain Adolph Kleintopf John M. Salmon E. D. Parce J. H. Robertson A. W. Keith C. W. Samuel. John Venlemons John Scoveru J. F. YOllng Henry C. Riley W. A. Stevens.: J. 'N. Eageon James ~.Ioore Charle,~ Wescott.. L. W. Haynes James )1. Wilhoit. iH. Bradleyford

',Greene Laclede St. Francois Callaway 'Henrv 'Schuyler ,Lin.coln :New Madrid St. Francois Polk Osage Camden Livingston Greene !IoIiller Clay ~ Webster ,W. R. Brooks Bollinger I'G W. MOI.lineaux Cape Girardeau James M. Scibert.. St. LOUiS \Wllliam Willcox Ray Thomas .I. Leake St. Louis .1. G. Joyce Dade L. W. Shafer Sullivan ·ILeonard Dell Vernon Wm. H. Gillum Waync !JOhn P. McFarland Cass G. L. Love Vernon, Ashby Gray Lawrence A. N. Calhoun Taney :IJ.!IoL Haworth Benton H. J. Willis

SECRETARY.

Zina E. Gunn 'James L. Grant Enos H. lIIoxley A. C. D.avidson George (;oerlich Carl W. Biersach '.J . .T. nanard ,John H. Rumfelt S. C. Orton W. C. Bug-bee W. T. Hill 'Frank A. Irvin ·F. M. Dixon Richard .1. Phillips .1. L. Andrews .1. ,.y. Bunes !IoIax va.che '.Vm. L. Lea W. W. Edgerton Joseph Pollack H. C. Todd ~

C. W. Brooks lcharles H. Rider Joseph Koehler John H. Krippen R. H. McWhortor R. J. Hum. ber Seymour Hoyt.. H. C. Warren, Jr B. F. Herrick Edward Morison J. B. Robinson R. J. !Io[cGowan W. F. McCullah .las. L. Humphrey Fred. Brill

Tu", 0" M<EnNG lsecond and 1'1 First and third :i\Iondays. Fourth Saturday. ;.lsaturday on or before full moon. First and third Tuesdays. First Saturday. lsecond and fourth Mondays. ,Saturday on or after full moon. 'Saturday on or before full moon. IFirst Saturday. Saturday on or before full moon. !SaturdaYon or after full moon. Saturday night Oil or bel'. f. moon. Saturday OIl or before full moon. !Saturday before fnll moon. ISaturday on or before full moon. Saturday.' on. or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Second Saturday. ,Thursday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon.

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Fridav before full moon. Friday on or before full moon. Saturday on or bef each IleW.t f. m. Second and fourth Wednesdays. Saturday on or after full moon. Second and fourth Tuesdays. 1st Tues. after Fri. OIl ')1' bet'. f. m. First and third Saturdays. Saturday on or bel'. f. m. «: 2 w. aft. Second and fourth Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Tuesday on or after full moon. Saturday 011 or after full mOOll. Saturday on or after full moon. l"irst and third Saturdays.

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4,,(, wallace 4:)7 Tri Ie Tie 458 l\-refville 4<>.-9 Hazelwood 460 Lu.mb.skin 461 Caruthersville 462 Sante,Fe 4G4Aullville 4651Silver City 466 Centre View 467 Pleasant Hope 468 Red Oak 469.PlatO 470. Nodaway 471 l\fineraL 4i2 l'iCkCring 473 Ninevah 474 Guilford 475 GOlden 476 lIIt. Hope 4ii Henderson 4i8·Racine 480IJeWell 481 Clinton

482CI~~tonville

48311nsh Grove 484 KirkWOOd

IJ!ogan's creek IBunceton Brazeau 'IDadeville \Ynldo I'St. Louis Caruthersville ;Sante Fe Aullville /Silver City Centre View Pleasant Hope 'Gray's Point I.p.latO..; l\Iarynlle Oronogo IPickering Olney Guilford \GOlden Cit Mt. Hope..: ,Henderson :Racine 'Pleasant Hill Clinton

CI.inton:i~e

Irl"h GlO, e Kirkwood

IReynolds HenclCl;>Ol~ Chitwood Cooper J.. H. "'alker Perry W. B. Wilkinson Dade W. A. Dale !Webster J. P. RObertson St. Louis ThomasSeal... Pemiscott.. Robert n. Turner ,i\fonroe John S. Drake Lafayette J. L. Reddeck Ter. of N. :Mexico C. Bellnett.. Johnson N. G. Engle Polk Wm. B. Patterson Lawrence David Hunter ITexas wm fr . Moon Nodaway James Todd Jasper Isaac Fountain Nodaway W. M. Wallace Lincoln W. W. Shaw ·~odaway ,W. J. Boggs ,Barton .T. F. Morris LR.fayctte John W. l\IcBurnev Webster B.F. Dennis : Newton R. .1. Henderson ~Cll.sS T. J. Buchanan iHenry A. P. Ferguson lceda~: John ,:\1. Uuthridge ,Atchlson James A. Hnnter ISt. Lonis IPeter C. Sommers

I\h~s. S. ~al11es

E. cramer. Fred. Klein N. Moore A.C. Hec.kendo~n A. R Newcomb Thomas A. Brice Charles P. l"IcCarty ;George P. Gordon V. Nensham H. E. Larrimer John C. Cochran George W. Earnest.. R; B.. iWm. D. Wmslow Charles P. Galliune J. W. Harman Th~ron Ives B. L. Cook H. C. l"ICGOwan W. T. Anderson George F. Lilleston R. C. Greer .T. A. Woodmancy I~r. P. Wright .'~ohn M. t'ergu.s ~amuel I. JewelL Henry T.l\Iudcl

IR.

Lyn~~·

:~aturda): eve. ~n O! l.)efore f. moon. ,.saturda) on 01 befOlefull moon. ISaturday on or before full moon. ,Thursdayon OJ; before full moon. :ThursdaY on or before full moon. ISecond and fourth Wednesdays. ',Saturday on or before full moon. Second and fourth Saturdays. ,Saturday on or before full moon. IFirst Thursday. _ jFirst Friday on or before full moon. !Thursday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. bef?re full. moon. ~econd and fourth ~atnrda.ys. Thursday on or before full moon. IFirst Saturday after full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturdlly on or before full moon. !.TUei'oda y on or before full moon. 'Friday on or before full moon. ."rhursday on before full moon. ISaturdlly night on or bef. f. moon. ISatnrday on or before full moon. ISecond and fOllrth Fridays. I~aturda?' <.m or b,Cf. f. 1!1. & 2 w. aft. ruesday on or before full moon. [Second and fourth Mondays.

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~~~ rI~i~~dO;;,·:::::::::::::::::: rI~~I~dO~ '.::::::::::::::: 1§~~lil~~l.~.~. :':::::.::::: ~:..~::.~~~~~~:::::: ::::::::::: ::: ::: '::. ~~:: .~~~~.l.i.~~::: ::::::::::::::: I~~~l\:;~u~~;n rday. 488 Lock S ring Lock Spring IDaviess Thos. B. Brookshire .1. T. Jennings Monday on or before fullllloon. 489 Lakevil)e Lakeville I.,S.:toddard D. W. Beard B. R.evelle ISaturda y night on or bef. f. moon. 490 l\Iontevallo l\rontevallo IVernon 1'. T. Curry W H. Smith ISaturday night Oil or bef. f. moon. 491 Vandalia .'Yandalia ,Alldrain R . . R. Bird I\\'.'. A. Flynn., Saturday night on or oct'.. f. moon. 492 Daggett 'Loutre Island '\'Montgomery William Wray L. W. Hunt.. Saturday on or before full moon. 493 Vernon i\Iounds Vernon F. D. Neblick Wm. P. Ward 1'IIesrlav before full moon. 494 Lewistown Lewistown ILewis 'Wm. T. Humphrey 'B. C. Roberts Sa.turday after full moon. 495 Globe LOuisiana I'Pike lcham p Chlrk ,H. P. Brown First and third Thursdays. 496 Robert Rums Gainesville Ozark Hiram B. Kibbee IRobert G. Gilliland Saturday on or before full moon. 49i Strafford Strafford Greene [.T. A. l"relton 1 H .. A. ~ICGinty saturd.uy on or after full moon. 498 Kaseyville Kaseyville ;l\Iacon !Xo return!!. 499 Paynesville Pu.ynesville :Pike '.1. C. Bradley F. W. pattoll \Saturda y un or before full moon. 500 Jameson Jameson Da.viess Iw. T. Stovall... .1J. H. Stucker Saturday on or after fun moon. 501 Buckner Buckner :Jack~on IS. W. Hudson IW. H. Tegardin !l."irst and third Saturday~. 502IPhiladelphia Philadelphia lIIarion i.rames E. Rhodes IJ. B. Cost i~e('ond SRturday.

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LODGES.

Chain of Rocks

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Lincoln

MASTER.

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TDlE OF MEETING,

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t Dispensation granted by Grand Lodge, October 16, 1879. t Surrendered Charter after Returns were made.

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Oompiled from Annual Retu,;'ns, of date September 1, 1879, including Receipts from all sources up to October 15, 1879.

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.Appendix.

[Oct.

RECAPITULATION.

Chartered Lodges, October,].878 Ceased to exist during 1878 and 1879 Lodges Chartered October 16, 1879

. . .

Total Chartered Lodges Total Lodges making Returns for 1879

. .

Lodges making no Retnrns for 1879

Initiated........... Passed..................................................................................................... Raised ;........................................................................ Admitted.................................................................................... Dimitted................................................................................................. Died........................................................................................................ Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues..................................................... Suspended for Unmasonic Conduct........................................................ Expelled Reinstated................................... Rejected........ Members Returned Members Estimated in 34 Lodges Members in 7 Newly Chartered Lodges Dues Paid Balance Due

. . .

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487 7

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494

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74 2,')3

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23,697

$9,839 75 1,557 75- $11,397 50

NOTE.-There is an apparent decrease of 399. This is only approximate. It is impossible to determine satisfactorily the numerical strength of the Craft in the State so long as Lodges do not make returns. It is believed that the membership will amount to 24,000. JOHN D. VINCIL,

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Appendix.

235

REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES BY THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI.

State. Alllbama Al'kansas British Columbia, Canada Connecticut Chili. Colorado California Delaware District of Columbia Dakota Egypt England Florida Georgia Iowa Illinois Idaho Indiana Ireland Kentucky Kansas J..ouisiana Maine :Minnesota Michigan Mississippi. Massachusetts lIfaryland Montana Manitoba New York New Hampshire Nova Scotia Nevada Nebraska Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Quebec

Name. Daniel Sayre E. H. English Tsrael W. Powell. James K. Kerr George Lee Jose 1rfondalodo Ed. C. Parmelee Alexander G. Abell William S. H.ayes Wm. R. Singleton Thomas H. Brown F. F. Oddi. Braxton Baker De "'itt C. Dawkins T. Emmett Blackshear Theodore S. Parvin Jerome R. Gorin Jonas 'V. Rrown William Hacker Edward Linahan Tohn 1\1. Todd M. S. Adams,. John A. Stevenson Ira Berry llenry L. Carver J. C. Coffinbury Charles T. Murphy John K. HaU John S. Berr)' H. L. Hosmer W. C. Clark J. Edward Simmons Chas. G. Conner Robt. D. Clark John D. Hammond J. N. 'Vise A. 1\L Ross John McCracken Thomas Brown John H. Graham :

Post Office.

Montgomery. Little Rock. Victoria. Toronto. New Haven. Valparaiso. Georgetown. San Francisco. 'Vilmington. Washington. Sioux Falls. Cairo. London. Monticello. Macon. Iowa City. Decatur. .Idaho City. Shelbyville. Dublin. Louisville. Leavenworth. New Orleans. Portland. St. Paul. Kalalnazoo. Durant. Boston. Baltinlore. Virginia City. "'innepeg: New York City. Exeter Halifax Carson. Plattsmouth. Cincinnati. Portland. Philadelphia. Richmond.

236 State. Rhode Island South Corolina Tcnnessee Texas Utah Vcrmont Virginia '''yorning Territory Washington Territory West Virginia Wisconsin

Appendix. Name. Charles D. Greene Charles Inglesby John Frizzell George H. Bringhurst Frank Tilford Henry Clark 'Villiarn B. 18aacs Edgar P. Snow Thomas M. Reed William J. Bates, Sr Hcnry L. Palmer

[Oct. Post Offi~e. Pro'Vidence. Charleston. Nashville. Houston. Salt Lake City. Rutland. Richrnond. Cheyenne. Olympia. Wheeling. Milwaukce.

1879.]

Appendix.

237

REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED BY OTHER GRAND LODGES NEAR THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI. '"

State.

Name.

Post o.tfice.

AlaiJama...............•...................James E. Cadle......................•.............Chillicothe. Arkansas Jarnes H. Bethune Charleston. British Columbia Allan l\1cDowell Greenfield. John E. Ryland Lexington. California Connecticut. John D. Vincil. St. Louis. Canada ; Xenophon Ryland Lexington. Colorado Wm. N. Loker St. Louis. Dakota Joseph S. Browne St. Joseph. Delaware John D. Vincil St. Louis. Noah M. Givan Harrisonville. District of Columbia John W. Luke St. Louis. Egypt. Florida Edward Spencer St. Louis. John W. Luke St. Louis. Georgia Idaho John ·R. Parson St. Louis. Iowa John D. Vincil St. Louis. Illinois Martin Collins St. Louis. Ireland John 'V. Luke St. I,ouis. Indiana Thomas C. Ready St. Louis. Kentucky Wilham E. Robinson St. Louis. Kansas Thomas E. Garrett St. Louis. Louisiana Thomas E. Garrett St. Louis. :Maine Xenophon Ryland Lexington. Samuel H. Sll.unders Ottcrville. .Minnesota Manitoba James E. Carter : Jefferson City. Alex. M. Dockery Gallatin. New Hampshire St. Louis. New York ,John W. Luke Cbarles F. Leavitt Springfield. New Jersey John 'V. Luke St. Louis. New Mexico North Carolina B. O. Austin New Bloomfield. Nebraska Charles F. Vogel St. Louis. Nevada ; John W. Luke St. Louis. St. Louis. Ohio ; ,John D. VinciI.. Scotland Thomas E. Garrett. St. Louis. William A. Prall.. St. Louis. Tennessee Utah vVilliam B. Drescher HannibaI. Texas Allan :r,lcDowell Greenfield. Wyoming Territory Samuel H. Owens California. wiscoilsin Rufus E. Anderson HannibaL West Virginia William E. Whiting Kansa.<; Cit)'. Washington Territory John D. Vincil.. St. Louis. '\.

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Appendix.

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GRAND LODGES-ADDRESS OF GRAND SECRETARIES. State. Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Dakota Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Indian 'l'erritory Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine ~ Massachusetts Maryland l\fichigan Minnesota Mississippi Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Mcxico New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvallia Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia

Name. Daniel Sayre Luke E. Barber Alexallder G. Abell Edward C. Parmelee Joseph K. Wheeler William S. Hayes William R. Singleton Chas. T. McCoy De Witt C. Dawkills J. Emmet Blackshear Charles Himrod : John F. Burrill "'m. H. Smythe Theodore S. Parvin \V. A. McBride John H. Brown :.Hiram Bassett Jamcs C. Bachelor, M. D lra Berry Tracy P. Cheever Jacob H. Medairy 'Vm. P. Innes A. 'f. C. Pearson John L. Power Cornelius Hedges "\'\'illiam R. Bowen John D. Hammond Geo. P. Cleaves Dayid J. Miller Joseph H. Hough, M. D James M. Austin, l\L D Donald W. Bain John D. Caldwell J. W. Pratt John Thompson Edwill Baker Charles Inglcsby J ohn Frizzell George H. Bringhurst Christopher Diehl.. Henry Clark William B. Isaacs Thomas M. Reed O. S. Long

;

Address. Molltgomery. Little Rock. San Francisco. Georgetown. Hartford. Wilmington. Washington. Bon Homme. Jacksonville. Macon. Boise City. Springfield. Indianapolis. Iowa City. A-to-Ka, C. N. Wyandotte. Louisville. New Orleans. Portland. Boston. Baltimore. Grand Rapids. St. Paul. Jackson. IIelena. Omaha. Carson. Concord. Santa Fe. Trenton. New York. Raleigh. Cincinnati. Portland. Philadelphia. Providence. Charleston. Nashville. Houston. Salt Lake City. Rutland. Richmond. Olympia. Charleston.

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1879.] State. Wisconsin Wyoming British Colnmbia Canada Chili.. England ÂˇEgypt Ireland Manitoba New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Quebec Scotland

239

Appendix. Name. John VI'. Woodhull \\'illiam G. Tonn Edgar Crow Baker J. J. Mason Jose M:ondalodo John Hervey F. F. Oddi.. Viscount Bernard John H. Bell.. William F. Bunting Benjamin Curren B. Wilson Higgs John H.Isaacson D. Murray Lyon

Address. Milwaukee. Evanston. Victoria. Hamilton, Onto Valparaiso. :London. Cairo. Dublin. Winnepeg. St: John. Halifax. Charlottetown. Montreal. Edinburg. '1

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LIST OF ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE M. W. GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, FROM ITS ORGA~I7.ATIO~, ArmL

23n, 1821.

F.L~2;:~N : Dm" ~AmR. I~RAND~"A~~R:J:;'-'::';:=~i ~:~.ND~ "",DEN _I-:RAND'::~'ASCR>~:. I"':: 8ED:;~ARY April, \.8.21... .. !:T.hos; F.. RiddiCk Oct., 18:.l.. ,Nath 1 B. Tucker Oct., 182:L i~ath'l B. Tucker Oct., 18~: I~ath:1 B. 'fuc~er Oct., 18_1. Nath I B. Tucker Oct., 18~') Ed\~ard Bates ,Ed\\ard Bates Oct., 1826 Oct., 182i IEdward Bates Oct., 18~8 IHarclage Lane Oct., 11U H.ardage Lane Oct., 1830 !~ar?age Lane Dec., IS?l.. jEd\\'llord Bates Oct., lR32 ,H. R. Gamble Dec., ]833 'Sinelitir Kirtley Nov., 1834 A. B. Chambers Oct., 1835·{' :A. B. Chambers Oct.. 18:.3G S. '.'V .•. B. Carnegy Oct., 183i S. VI'. B. Carnegy S. W. B. Carnegy Oct., 1838 Oct., 1839 P. H. McBride Oct., 18tO P. H. :McBr!de Oct.. 184l P. H. McBride P. H. McBride Oct., 18,12 IP. H. McBride Oct., l&18 Oct., 184~ J. W.~. M!tcheIL Oct., ]84-.> .1. W. S. J\lltcheIL Oct., 1846 IJohn Halls Oct., 1847 Joseph Foster May, 1848 Joseph Foster May, 1849 John F. Ryland May, 1850 John F. Ryland ~fay, 1851.. B. W. Grover May, 18~2 B..W. Grover June.18~3 WII:~on Brown May, 1854 11,. S. Cornwell May, 1855 L. S. Cornwell

Thompson Douglass Thompson Douglass Geo. H. C. Melocl~ Geo. H. C. Melod) Geo. H. C. }felody Hardage Lane , Hardage Lane ~~o. H. C.,l\lelody Fled. L. B.Illon Geo. H. ~. Melod~ Geo. H. C. Melod)~ Gco. H. C. Melodj :A. B. Chambers iSinelair Kirtley Sinclair Kirtley , John .D. Daggett.. John D. Daggett.. .John D. Daggett.. A. B. Chambers Joseph Foster Joab Bernard Joab Bernard Joseph Foster Fred. L. !3iJlon John D. raylor John D. Taylor .Eo S. Ruggles E. S. RUggles E. S. Ruggles B. W. Grover E. S. Ruggles S. F. Currie S. C~rn:vell D. P. wallmgford Oscar F. Potter

I,L.

IJames Kenn.erIY Edward Bates Ed.ward Bates

~ates : 1"E~w!l-rd Illlam G. Pettus

:Willi~m G. pettus IMartm RUggles Martin Ruggles B. R. Gamble H. R. Gamble SiI.lClair, Kirtley :Ollver I arker J. Noyes John Wilson Oliver Parker IOliver Parker IEdward searccy A. B. Chambers A. B. Chambers Alex. T. Douglass AI.ex. T. Douglass Joseph Foster Joseph Fo~ter J. W. S.l\Iitchell E.~. Ruggles ,E. S. Ruggles IE. S. Ruggles J. L. F. Jacoby ICyrus Osborn Joseph Megguire P. D. raper S. F. Currie jJ. H. Turner :J. W. Cheno:veth I,.Tames H. Britton J. W. Chenoweth

1M.

IW!ll!am Bates IArCh!bald Gamble WIlliam Bates ,Archlbald Gamble I.W!ll!Rm G. pettus \ArCh!bald Gamble :'YIlllam G.,p.ett~ls..: A~ch!bald Cfamble ,1 hornton (TrJm.JC)i Alchlbald bamble IThorn~on Grimsley ! A~chi?ald G';!Uble IJOhn I. Ryland IRlCh. r. McKmney H. R. Gamble Thornton Grimsley iAdam L. l\1~lls Thornton Grimsley L. MIllS IBernard pratte \Adam lJ..Mills.: · Thomas Andr~ws Augnstu~ Jones Thoma.: Andrew~ Augustus Jones Thomas Andrews IG. A. Tuttle IGeo. H. C. Melody S. W. B. Carnegy !Geo. H. C. Melody W. B. Carnegy :Geo. H. C. :Melody IGranVille Snell "IGeo. H. C. Melody ,Thomas Andrews Geo. H. C. ~Ielody Alex. 'r. Douglass I'Geo. H. C. Melody William C. Vance Geo. H. C. 1Ielody J,ohn Orrick Geo. H. C. ~Ielody C. H. Bowers Geo. H. C. Melody C. H. Bowers John Simonds E. S. Ruggles ,Fred. L. Billon 1.1. L. F. Jacoby ~John S. Watson J. L. F. Jacoby John S. WatsoB I'J. L. F. Jacoby John S. Watson Cyrus Osborn John S. Watson Joseph Megguire John S. Watson P. Draper John M. Reed IS. F. Currie J. T. Johnson , J. H. Turner J. T. Johnson 'S. H. Sll;unders J. '1'. Johnson IR.. C. HIll Joseph F,;0ster Oscar F. Potter Joseph Foster ~H. E. Van Orsdell... John D. Daggett

~Adam

Is.

lw.William .!ll!am Renshaw. Renshaw.

IWilliam Renshaw. IT. Dougl~s. T. Douglass. iJohn D. Daggett. ,John D. Daggett. John D. Daggett. John D. Daggett. IJ.Ohn D. Dag-gett. IFred. L. B!llon. Fred. L. B~llon. "Fred. L. BIllon. John Garnett. Thomas W. Conyers. Thomas W. Conyers. I.R!ChRrd B. Dallam. R~chard B. Dallam. IRlehard B. Dallam. Richard B. Dallam. R!chard B. Dallam. RIchard B. Dallam. Richard B. Dallam. !Richard B. Dallam. Richard B: Dallam. Fred. L. BIllon. Fred. L. B~llon. J. W. S. MItchell. J. W. S. Mitchell. C. D. W. Johnson. C. D. W. Johnson. IC. D. W. Johnson. A. O;Sull!van. A. O,Sull!van. A. 0 Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan.

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~[ay, 1856 /!Benj amin Shat·p A. cunningham H. Saunders 1[arcus Boyd ~.[aY, 18;")7 S. H. Sa.unders P. Draper :\[arcus BOYd J. F. Houst.on :May, 18i')S S. H. Saunders i:\Iarcus Boyd iJohn F. Houston !John Decker May, 1859 IMarcus Boyd H. Mcl:arland ·.. R. Penick :John D.ecker May, 1860 :\1. H. ~IcFarland W. R. Pel1lck John Decker Samuel M. Hayes May, 186.·1.. ·Willillm R. Penick John Decker j'Geo. \Vhilcomb :A. L. ~IcGregor May, 18li'2 IGeorg e Whitcomb ..IJohn H. Turner Wm. N. Loker .'Samuel RusselL May, 1863 John H. Turner Wm.~. Loker I.1Ohn D. Vincil.. IA. L. McGregor May, 186<1.. IJohn F. Houston John D. Vincil... A.·L. ~IcGregor ..I"Martin Collins . May, 186:) John F. Houston John D. Vincil... Martin collins E. Anderson i"Iay, 1866 John D. Vincil W. E. Dunscomb R. E. Anderson A. L. McGregor Del.• 1867 ·.. E. Dun'oomb C. A. Rowle)' T. E. OanetL 'Wm. D. >Iui' Oct., 1868 \.10. hn D. ".Tincil.. IR. E. Anderson /Wm. D. ?vIuir /A. M. Dockery Oct., 1869 William D. Muir [T. E. Garrett Alex. M. Dockery Samuel H. Owen!:' Oct., 1870 Thomas Eo Garrett ,R. Eo Anderson iSamuel H. Owens IJohn E. Ryland Oct.• 1871. IThomas E. Garrett R. E. Anderson .. ~ ISamuel H. owens II.TOhn E. Ryland oct.,. 1872 Samuel H. Owens J. E. RYland , IJOhn. W. Luke Jas. Kea.dIe Oct.. 1873 ,R. E. Anderson ; John W. Luke !Jas. E. Cadle Xenophon Ryland Oct., 1874 John W. Luke Xenophon RylaJld :Jas. E. cadle C. Ready IJames E. Cadle Oct., 1875 Xenophon Ryland 'rhos. C. Ready Noah M. Givan Oct.,. 18Z2 :.x. en. RYland ,ThOS. C. RE;adY INOllh M. Givan M. G. Hubble..: Oct.. 18/1 ,1'. C. Readv Noah 'M. GIvan Jos. S. Browne W. R. Stubblefield INoah M. G'ivun Oct.. 1878 Jos. S. Browne IWm. R. Stubblefield.. Jas. E. Carter Oct., 187!J 'Jos. S. Browne W. R. Stubblefield Jas. E. Carter ~IAlex. ~I. Dockery

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jJohn John IJohn -jJ0hn John John John John Wm. Wm. Wm. Wro. "Iwm. Wm. Wm.

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Wm.

Wm. Wm. John John

D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. N.

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IA. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sull~van. IA. O'SullIvan. A. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan. A. O'SulJi\"un. ,A. O'Sullivan. . A. O'Sullivan. A. O·Sullivan.t Fronk Ooule)'.1 /G. Frank Gonley. I.G. Frank Gouley. Frank Gouley. ,G. Frank Gouley. I~. Frank Gouley. G. Frank Gouley. G. Frank Gouley. G. Frank Gouley. G. Frank John D. Vmel1. John D. Vinci!. John D. VinciL

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? Died April 11, 1877, while in office.

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JOSEPH V. GARNIER,

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242

Appendix.

[Oct.

SUSPENSIONS FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES.

REPORTED TO THE GRAN'D LODGE OF MISSOURI, SEPTE)lBER

No. oj

Name oj Party.

Lodge. 1. James P. Garretson. James Birgin. 3. Erastus H. Booth. Geo. A. Boyd. Philip Ceasar. Oliver D. Goodell. Edwin Handley. Herman R. Heltlage. John S. KleiMelter. H. C. Steinman. 9. W. D. Van Blarcom, T. H. Peabody. AndrewSlorah. J. W. Davidson. B. Thompson. Lewis Haehnlein. . Evermont Randall. J os. S. Laurie. Thos. Keith. Henry Klusky. James Ritchie. Geo. B. Willis. D. J. Hynes. Edward Valentine. Geo. W. Fisher. W. D. Spore. 10. B. F. Rice. W. H. Davis. T. J. Williams. J. L. Farris. J. M. Powell. J. A. Robinson. J. R. Farris. R. M. Hartley. S. J. Jeffreys. S. W. Cummings. E. Jourdan.

No. oj Lodge.

1, 18i9.

Name oj Party.

10. J. T. Taylor. J. M. Beam. Joab Shultz. T. R. Smith. J. G. Graham. J. R. Woodruff. H. S. Thorpe. W. H. Ritchie. 12. J. G. Benning. W. R. Underwood. 13. J. J. Hodges. W. W. Arnold. J. B. Cox. S. W. Malott. J.1. Belt, Jr. John Gragg. 18. M. Cohn. G. M. Crane. John A. Eastin. Geo. W. Lane. Joab Mitchell. John Shannon. J. C. Willis. 25. Jas. S. Brown. Theo. Griffin. G. T. Hacnchen. John F. Siedentopf. Robt. S. Wallington. Alex.lerner. 30. J. P. Lay. H. Smith. W. H. Hale. L. R. Vaughan. 41. B. R. Bonner. 42. J. W. Megee. R. W. Noel. 46. Robt. F. Green.

1879.] No. of Lodge. 49. 52.

53. 57.

60.

62.

64. 65.

73.

78.

79.

80.

4ppendix. Name of Party.

Allen Moberly. C. O. Peters. J. L. Briscoe. A. C. Blackwell. H. Bitzenbergh. H. '1'. Combs. J. M. Darby. W. R. Gibler. Fred. Doose. James Malone. '\Tm. J. McMurtry. G. W. Rowler. Otto Spangenbergher. Rexford Wells. J. B. Frelder. D. E. Lee. W. S. Shirly. J. C. Stoffer. W. W. Clark. Robt. A. Austin. J. S. Demasters. Samuel Settle. W. W. Orrick. R. M. Boyd: C. H. Harlan. G. M. Allen. S. W. Baum; J. W. Cline. J. D. Flanders. Henry Fisher. G. S. Jenkins. R. H. Miles. E. L. Nelson. A. F. Swanwick. J amcs Mastin. Geo. Allen. J. J. Brock. H. C. Bogue. J. A. McAllister. Irwin Poland. Timothy Driscoll. J. J. Wyatt. Geo. W. Bell. .J. S. Anderson. J. W. Barry. Wm. Blanfuss. E. C. Harrington. â&#x20AC;˘J. C. Hubert. .J. R. Pomeroy. E. B. Sayers. Thos. C. Strode. C. F. Tracy. H. M. Gorin.

No Of Name 0' Party. 'J Lodge. 84. J. B. Davis. 85. E. M. Talbott. Thos. J. Goddard. E. J. Harvey. 89. J . H. Abshire. D. M. Marlow. J. M. Williams. 92. M. Busch. J. Crawford. Wm. English. F. M. Flcgle. Christ. Muff. B. F: Parsons. 93. Wm. Custead. Wm. J. Liles. D. A. Nichols. Joseph Leater. Geo. D. Flack. 97. H. M. Cuddy. Sam'l Fitch. Alvin Low. Sam'l MeCray. R. L. Nelson. Peter PriCE:. Henry Salmon. H. M. Travis. 100. T. B. Jeffries. N. Cunningham. 104. J. N. Litchberger. W. C. Rickets. B. M. Cole. J. A. Laughridge. J. E. McHenry. O. P. Burns. H. R. Kelso. 110. U. J. Kemp. J. Loyd. .J. J. White.. J. M. Lacey. F.O'Bannon. J. C. Farmer. Joseph Perkin. Dan'l Whitener. J. P. Norvell. David Rhodes. Dan'l ~lcKingie. M. Berryman. W. D. Whitworth . 111. T. J. Taylor. . R. L. Jamison. B. A. Fry. S. A. Lalferty. John Kirk.

243

No.oj Lodge.

Name oj Party.

Ill. T. B. Harber. 118.

121. 122. 126.

127.

128. 135.

136.

143. 155.

163.

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Appendix.

244

Wm. P. Lafterty. J. D. S. Cook. 'Vm. H. Young. Jas. Willmann. M~ L. Belt. J. E. Boyer. Henry Bower. I. M. Couch. Wilson Cavanee. W. W. Davis. John Elder. J. C. Grace. Peter Hunter. Branson Jackson. John Swallow. T. M. 'l'hearson. John Tollman. M. V. West. T. J. Brown. Frank Barkley. Jas. R. Conway. W. T. Canaday. Jas. G. Davis. .r. W. Davis. Dan'l Green. .T. A. Hyder. W. A. Kenyon. .Tohn Monger. Geo. Price. S. W. Parker. W. H. Stephens. B. F. Twist. J.A. Vail. A. L. Kincaid. Alex. Bettis. J. F. Brenneman. F. C. Farr. Jas. Gilleland. P. Henshaw. J. D. McClaren. '1'. N. Williams. A. F. Zimmerman. Enos Hawkins. Vol. Leonhart. .John H. Todd. D. C. McAllister. ll. C. Thompson. Joshua Crumpacker. L. F. Gobin. A. J. Sportsman. .T. M. Kershaw. John G. Scott.

No. oj

wdflc.

Name oj Party.

163. :!'If. M. Buck. 165. .Tacob Lipps.

167. 170. 17l.

173. 176.

179.

181.

182â&#x20AC;˘

184.

189.

195. 196.

David Mullholland. Thomas Morris. J ames Morris. B. F. Torrance. James Wakefield. Ed. Marion. Wm. Surbled. W. H. Mitchell. A. L. Berry. T. H. Moss. A. Si7.emore. Thos. Burcll. Wm. J. Linder. M. Bailey. J. H. Bishop. W. B. Hudspeth. James Lamb. A. Summers. A. Bergfeld. Henry Cupps. C. M. Caswell. A. W. Getty. T. W. Harrington . W. M. Baker. . M. E. Hcndrich . .J. P. Sidle. W. M. Burchett. J. B. Ritchey. B. F. Samuels. B. F. Deatley. D. F. Hathway. A. Armstrong. J. B. Harper. S. P. Harper. J. J. Smith. J. B. Smith. J. Simmons. C. Whitely. J. H. Burnett. C. N. Collins. C. Driscoll. J. L. Gahbart. Robt. Hutton. J. T. Harris. J. C. Roberts. W. P. Sanders. E. C. Towslee. R. J. Wells. H. R. Millikin. A. Bingllmin. D. Carpenter.

1879.] No. of Lodge.

Appendix. Name oj Pa'rty.

196. S. P. Jones. J. A. Lynn. W. R. McKenzie. S. Van Wagoner. J. E. Wilson. . 197. Geo. P. Cunningham. C. C. Colby. 206. Perry Lusader. Thos. Hallingsworth. 208. J. R. Phelps. F. M. Phelps. 209. * 217. E. B. Cortney. 218. Geo. Morrill. Thomas Shay. 220. H. Y. E. Brown. Ed. Dunscomb. John M. Jackson. 225. J. A. Causey, W. C. Causey. M. Arch. 228. Wm. J. Cochrane. 233. Wm. Duggan. ' J. M. Johnson. N. P. Stephenson. Jesse Thomas. 236. Geo. E. Lemon. B. Shobe. Jos. Tice. D. J. Williams. 238. J. J. Hutchison. 243. John E. Howard. John H. Brown. 245. G. W. Powell. 246. W. Clare. W. Bryant. G. W. Porter. 248. Wm. H. Armstrong. Sam'l Gibson. E. C. McEwen. L. R. Parker. 254. R. G. Hartwell. J. Riddle. J. M. Taylor. G. L. Wheaton. 264. M. Leamands. J. L. Roberts. A. Stanly. J. N. Prater. 265. Thos. Claunch. Thos. Duncan. W. C. Blakey.

No. of Lodge.

245 Nmne oj Party.

265. L. Cruce. D. B. Washington. 267. A: C. Dean. ' J. W. Grimes. Jos. Lear. John Galla~her. L. D. Mercer. F. Broman. Max Friedman. E. D. Jones. L. W. Logan. F. W. Peebles. B. Seaman. 268. W. C. Thomas. 272. John M. Kullmer. W. R. Seever. J. B. Watts. J. W. Hill. J. H.Murray. J. C. Pusey. S. C. Seever. John Thomas. 276. J. W. Blevins. W. O. Smith. 283. J. M. Bell. J. M. Clagston. Thos. Cook. J. M. Huffman. H. Hubbard. H. R. McCloy. John. C. Scott. Theo. Woodard. 291. W. D. Fulton. 300. J. B. Shook. 303. J. K. Longaker. Richard Ware. 309. Sam'l Cowan. Wm. S. Ross. 313. John Shelton. Wm. C. Duncan. J. P. Barney. 315. Wm. Gordon. Sam'l Moore. J.R. Welch. 318. Geo. F. Shafer. 322. W. C. Riffe. 327. A. J. Freeman. J. B. Suitor. J. T. Pool. 331. Sam'l Ferguson. Jas. A. Matney. 333. E. J. Brown. ---------,,---------~cretary reported in the Recapitulation 15 suspended, but gave no names.-G. Sec.

246 No. of Name of Party. Lodge. 333. W. H. Gaunt. G. W. Lytchliter. 335. J. S. Heron. J. P. Hubbard. W. H. Johns. D. F. Lee. A. N. McReynolds. Henry Pattenok. Jacob Stoner. Frank Williams. Isaac Williams. H. C. Williams. T. Munson. 341. Geo. W. Wolf. 342. J. M. Baird. D. T. Bartly. J. T. Campbell. John Odgen. J. S. Shepherd. 344. Wm. Clark. Geo. W. Daly. C. J. Tannehill. A. J. Babcock. 350. W. II. Carter. 352. J. M. Groves. W. L. Bray. A. A. Arnold. 360. J. H. McClaren. J. J. Zimmerman. P. J. Harvey. W. O. Howland. C. M. Guthridge. 368. Hugh Campbell. John Campbell. Jesse Kirkbride. Phillip Johnson. 381. Elisha Shelton. 384. J. W. Goodlove. P. D. 路Weber. 388. R. F. Robmson. C. C. Thomas.

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No. of Name oif Party. Lodge. 388. Elijah Austin. 396. A. W. Shumate. 402. J. A. Linder. Stanly McCarty. 410. W. W. Harrison. Joel Bridges. J. S. Martin. 420. H. H. Anderson. 435. Harvey Hamontree. George Renard. H. B. Hiks. W. E. Renshaw. M. M. Renshaw. 438. Dan'l Simms. Thos. Osbourn. 445. Alex. McAllister. John L. Ganzhorn. 449. M. B. Apsgar. L. H. Brady. W. M. Gross. M. McGhee. J. A. Norman. Wm. Hockley. L. H. Harney. J. P. Williams. M. A. Taylor. 450. J. H. Blair. J. R. Collins. J. W. Snyder. P. J. WaUingford. R. P. Cooper. L. N. Hornbeck. T. S. Kennedy. 471. Joseph S.~Blaek. Wm. R. Cullyer. 473. Alex. French. 478. L. A. Edwards. O. W. Graves. 481. F. P. Riner. C. H. Carpenter. 499. J. T. Duvall.

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SUSPENSIONS FOR UNMASONIC CONDUCT.

REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, SEPTEMBER 1, 1879.

No. oj Lodge.

Name oj Party.

3. E. H. Haenschen. 11. A. S. Loving. 28. John J. Treat. 30. A. W. Scott. 36. J. B. Holman.

44. 48. 55.

60. 86. 93. 102. 103. 109. 110. 111. 126.

George W. Horn. D. L. Keiser. D. C. Lionberger. T. A. Roach. W. C. Shipp. H. H. Kavanaugh. Thomas J. Sims. D. J. Hervey. W. H. Finley. W. H. McQuitty. H. B. Redman. J. S. Nowlin. Elias T. Davis. J. W. Charles. Otto Buehrmann. D. W. Lewis. George W. Wood. - - Hightower. M.Bynum. John C. Griffin. S. P. Calhoun.

No. oj

Lodge.

127. 141. 148. 170. 181. .182. 183. 186. 206. 233. 237.

245. 266. 279. 300. 303. 309. 370. 390. 393. 397. 450. 382. 493.

Name oj Party, J. T. Daniel. F. A. Dinsmore. R. D. Wills. Henry Rudolph. J. R. Howerton. Walter Thompson. James R. Todd. J. E. 'l'hompson. Thomas Randle. James A. Howe. W. T. Robuck.. C. Bendmant. E. T. Violett. George Evers. William R. Garrison. J. E. Harmony. Samuel B. Smyley. W. S. Wooldridge. W. H. Lillard. George J. Talmage. G. W. James. James~A. Potter. James L. Harrod. J. M. Woods. A. Newby. John P. Dyer.

NOTE.-I am satisfied that there are names in this list which should have been under the head, "Suspension for Non-Payment of Dues," but I had no right to change the returns as made by Secretaries of Lodges. JOHN D. VINCIL,

Grand Secretary.

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Appendix.

EXPULSIONS.

REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGI-~ OF MISSOUHI, SEPTDlBER I, 1879.

No. of Name of Pm路ty. Lodge. 4. W. P. Kirkbride. 44. J. T. Halliburton. 49. Carl Damitz. 75. W. T. Kirtley. 91. F. B. Todd 110. Adolphus Boyer. 111. L. D. Bailey. 117. W. B. Jones. 137. W. C. Reynolds. 141. N. C. Irwin. 156. W. J. Sappington. 160. H. N. Vass. 162. J. N. Simpson. 163. David Bertram. 170. E. C. Reed. 171. .E. Probasco. 197. James Beard. John Cashner. A. H. Catlin. E. E. Fiske. J. E. Koontz. 206. Charles Randle. 210. C. M. Cornmessar. 219. E. J. Worley.

No. of Name oif Part?". Lodge. ' 232. A. P. Douglass. 236. Wm. H. Hassinger. 245. G. v..,r. Campbell. E. B. Taylor. 257. A. L. Newman. 258. William Doddson. 293. S. R. Beasley. 316. W. J. Long. 327. D. F. Durham. M. L. Loy. D. M. Sherman. 328. S. Saul. 344. S. Jones. 346. John H. Gill. 374. Wm. F. Blankenship. 384. Lee Lawson. 38.5. C. Bridger. 388. Cain Orren. 395. W. P. Cummins. 400. R. W. Jones. 429. James R. Swindler. 443. Allen P. Southard. 454. Elihu Canady. Eli S. Forest, non-affiliated.

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Appendix.

REINSTATEMENTS.

REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, SE1'l'EMBER

No.Q{ Lodue.

Name of Pa1路ty.

1. Max J. Eller. 9. Andrew Slorah. 15. D. Bradford. J. J. Bradford. 17. R. W. Bryant. 25. J. M.Ward. J. H. Shellabarger. 40. A. J. Ives. 46. A. G. Anderson. 57. W. W. Orrick. 59. F. J. Burton. 60. John B. Adams. 73. J. H. Kinley. 76. J. W. Perry. 86. L. K. Spafford. A. D. Scott. 89. A. J. Abbott. 93. Geo. E. Chappell. Geo. D. Flack. 111. Phillip Metsker. 114. Henry C. Keene. 117. B. F. Dark. 127. W. A. Kenyon. 131. A. S. Hunter. 148. R. D. Wills. 163. Charles Duff. 166. Henry Partin. 170. W. H. Mitchell. 171. J. Speck. 182. Joshua Dean. Walter Thompson 18!. S. P. Harper. 188. A. A. Bishop. R. L. Bacon. 189. J. N. Mitchell. 207. James Samuel. 212. C. H. McCutchen. 213. Moses DUdley. E. N. Edelman. .T. M. Cradock. G. L.-Ap.17.

No. of Lodge.

1, 1879.

Name of Pm路ty.

213. J. Haas. Thos. Nevins. Miles Peas. C. M. Hamil. J. M. Cradock. J. N. Love. T. D. l\filler. 220. H. F. Carl. W. B. Stone. 223. James G. Alexander. 233. A. Adams. James A. Howe. 236. George E. Lemon. J. H. Looney. 245. H. P. Hull. 250. P. H. Tucker. 262. P. H. Ferguson. 26? R. M. Swander. John Swerson. W. H. Callender. 303. Richard Ware. 312. Joseph Darnald. 316. S. H. Meserow. 333. William Fish. 335. '1'. Munson. :344. J. J. Kelly. T. P. Seymour. A. J. Babcock. 355. S. J. Hill. 360. Arthur Lowell. 363. Eli Bay. 379. W. B. Gilbert. 380. J. H. Rigg. 402. David Bundron. 415. John Bohrer. 124. Richard Ttemboithe. 429. Nathan D. Fox. 452. H. B. Collins. 461. W.,H. Barnett. 488. B. Curtis.

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CONTENTS. .

A ADDRESS, Annual, of Grand Master 11-28 Official Acts.............. 11 New Lodges 11 Foreign ReprE:Sentatives 12 Charters. Surrendered and Arrested 12, 13 Special Dispensations 13 Decisions..... 14 Condition of Masonry 18-30 Necrology...................................................................................................... 22 Recommendations....... 25 Report on 29-31 Ark Lodge, No. 6 19-30 Accounts, Report of Committee on.............. 47 Annual Meeting, Time of, 1880..................................................................... 91

:s Bertrand Lodge, No. 330............................................................................................... By-Laws. Amendments to : 34. 35-50-55-75. of Subordinate Lodges, Report on.................................. Bittellger, John L :.................................... Boswell, James M Bonds, Official...

11 76

69 64 65

o Credentials, Report on.......

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Consolidation of Lodges 26-31-53 Committees. Standing 28--77 Special 31, 32 Charity, Report of Committee on .46-66 Chartered Lodges. Report on.............................. 48 Correspondence, Report on 71, App. 1-184 Carter, James E., Funeral of....................................................................................... 81 Crenshaw, 'Vm. H., Death of 22-85 Corson. Thos. J., Death of 22-89

D Decisions of Grand l\Iaster.......... Report on District Deputy Grand Masters, Reports of Appointments of.......

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District Lecturers, List of App. 201 Delinquent Lodge Dues 20-31 Dimits of Members of Subordinate Lodges 26-31 Defunct Lodges...... 35 Dispensations : 13-36-52 Duplicate Charters : 12-36 Digest, Masonic......... 55 Damitz, Carl................. 59 Daniel, John T............................................................................................................ 61

E Electioneering........................ 19 Election, Annual......................................................................................................... 57 Expulsions, List of App. 2,t8

F Foreign Correspondence, Report on Foreign Representatives, List 01'..

71, App. 1-184 App. 235-237

G Grand 1I1aster's Address .11-28 Grand Treasurer, Report of............. 41 Bond of 11-68 Grand Secretary, Report of 35--40 Grand Lectnrer .42-55, 56, App. 201 Grand Officers, Election of............ 57 . List of, in the past 240 Graild Secretary's Office, Lease of............................................................................... 70 Grand Representatives................................................................................................. 76 Gallatin Lodge, No. 106................................................................................................ 11 Greencastle Lodge, No. 21. 13-30, 31-68 Grievance, Report of Committee on............................................................................ 57 Garrison, \"nl. R............................................................................... 60 Goldsby, Robert \V....................................................................................................... 62 Grand Secretary's Tabular Statement, No. 1.. App. 208-220 No. 2 AJ)p. 221-233 Grand Secretaries, Foreign, Address of 238-239

H lIistorian, Grand Lodge ; 55-76 Hunter, A. M............................................................................................................... 60 Handy, R. W 61 Havana Lodge, .No. 21................................................................................................. 52

I Indian Territory, Grand Lodge of.. Installation of Grand Officers..... Index

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77 App. 251

J Jurisprudence, Report of Committee on

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King's Point Lodge...................................................................................................... Kirtley, \V. '1'................................................................................................................ Kirk, George....... Kirkwood Lodge, No. 484............................................................................................

11 59 64 70

L Landmark Lodge, No. 347 Lathrop Lodge, No. 330 Litigation, Second National Bank Lexington Female College, Petition of..

13-30 13-30 21-30 32-54

Lod~es, ~~~:r~~~~~~~t~~l~,nR~~~;~·~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~~

Lodge of Light, No. 257 Lecturers, District, List of Lampton, Jas. A. H., Death of Lodges, by Districts Lodges, Dead List of Elective Grand Officers, in the past

App. 201 22~83

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App. 185-200 App. 202-206

APIJ. 240

Masonic Trials 26-31 " Committee on 31-51 Masonic Law, Digest of................................................................................................ 55 Masonic Burial Lot, Report on ; 69 Mackey, Albert G 28---31 l\femorial Pages 83-85-87-89 Memorials-B. O. Austin :...................... 31 Coatsville Lodge, No. 379......................................................................... 31 Bee Hive Lodge, No. 393.......................................................................... 31 Lock Spring Lodge, No. 488 :................................... 31 Lebanon Lodge, No. 77............................................................................. 32 \Vyaconda Lodge, No. 24...................................... 32 Kirksville Lodge, No. 105 32-50 Temple Lodge, No. 299 32-50 Fraternal Lodge, No. 363 32-50 Calhoun Lodge, No. 184 : 32-50 Fairmount Lodge, No. 290........................................................................ 55 Wm. V. Rutledge .1................................ 55 M. E. Church (Colored), Warrensburg 70 Mendota Lodge, No. 159............................................................................................... 52 l\feeting, Annual, 1880................................................................. 91

N New Home Lodge, No. 326.......................................................................................... 11 Necrolog)·-\Vro. H. Crenshaw 22 Jas. A. H. Lampton 22 Thos. J. Corson......................................................................................... 22 New Mexico, Grand Lodge of 22-30 Nickerson, E,' J. 64

o Opening........................................................................................................................ 4 O'Sullivan Lodge, No. 7 ; 17-30 Oxford Lodge, U. D 52

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F Pleasant Hope Lodge, No. 467 18-30 Pauldingville Lodge, No. 11......................................................................................... 50

R Report on Crendentials........................... ,4 on Grand Master's Address 29-31 of District Deputy Grand ~lasters........... 65 of Grand Treasurer...... 41 of Grand Secretary 35-40 on Jurisprlldence ~ .44-46 on Grievance 57--{)5 on Accounts..... 47 on Vrays and Means : 67 on Charterd Lodges...... 48 on Lodges U. D 52 on Unfinished Business :.:................... 33 of Committee on Charity 46--{)6 on Transportation.................................................. 48 on By-La\vs of Sllbordinates........................................................................... 69 on l\fasonic Burial Lot.................. 69 on Foreign Correspondence, Special......... 71 on Foreign Correspondence App. 1-184 of Masonic Board of Relief, St. Louis..... 32 on Masonic Trials, Special Committee on :....................... 51 on Greencastle Lodge, No. 21-Committee on 68 Resolution to Print Amendment to ny-Laws............................................................. 54 Recapitulation App. 234 Reinstatements App. 249 Roll of Lodges, Dead ,App. 202-206 RUdolph, Henry.................... 62 Rutledge, W. V............................................................................................................ 65

S Standing Committees, Appointment of........ 28 Chairman of.. 77 Special Committees-on Masonic Trials...... 31 on Greencastle Lodge, No. 21... 31 on Lexington Female College... 32 Second National Bank, Suit of 21-30 St. Louis Masonic Board of Relief, Report of.................. 32 Smith, Felix G............................................................................................................ 58 Schreiner, Edward :.... 64 Supplement to Report on Foreign Correspondence :App. 161-184 . Suspensions, List of, Non-Payment of Dues App. 242-246 " "Unmasonic Conduct App. 247

T~ Transportation,Report of Committee on................................................................... 48 Todhunter, W. H......................................................................................................... 65 'l'hanks, Resolution of.................................................................................................. 76

U Uniformity of 'Vork Unanimity Lodge, No. 336 Unfinished Business, Report on........

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V Visitors-Albert G.1I1ackey 'V. H. scott

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"W" Ways and :Means, Report of Committee op.... 67 \Vilson Lodge, No. 191. :........... 52 Wightman, W. J : 62 Wooldridge, W. S......................................................................................................... 57

Z Zerubbabel Lodge, No. 191

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ERRATA.

In Proceedings, page 22, THOMAS J. CORSON, instead of CARSON. In Proceedings, page 36, under "Commissions," read JOHN D. ABBIE, instead of ABLE.

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OFFIOERS OF THE

GRAND LODGE OF MO. 1879-80. • JOSEPH S. BROWNE, St. Joseph Grcl1ld Mastel'. WM. R. STUBBLEFIELD, St. TJOllilS D. G. Master. JAMES E. CARTER, Jefferson City G. Sen. 'Wardell. ALEXANDER M. DOCKERY, Gallatin.G. Jr. W(ll'den. JOHN W. LUKE, Rt. LouiR G. Tl'easul·C)'. JOHN D. YINCIL,* St. Louis G. Sem·eta1'y. ALLAN McDOWELL, Greenfield G. Lectul·er. REV. JOHN E. BARNES, Licking Gl'. Chaplain. " S. LOEWEN, St. Louis " " " E. S. DULIN, D. D., St. Joseph " " " GEO. C. BETTS, St. Louis " " " THOS. J. GOOCH, Mexico " " " HENRY KAY, Montgomery City " " " J. W. BUSHONG, Spring-field " ., CHAS. C. WOODS, Kansas City G. Sen. Deacon. JNO. T. RUFFIN, Carthage' G. Jr, Deacon. JAS. STANNARD, Kansas City G. Ma1's]wl. JOHN W. FARRIS, Lebanon...... " JOHN SHEPHERD, Macon City G. S1Ool'd Bea1·er. WM. M. WILLIAMS, Boonville G. Sen. SteuJa1·d. W. F. ROBERTS, Hallsville G. Jr. Ste/cal,a. D. W. SADLER, St. Louis .' G. Orator. CHAS. F. LEAVITT, Springfield...... " CHAS. H. ZOLL, Warrensburg G. P,lrs,tivnnt. GEO. THORP, St. Louis G. Tyler.

* Also Committee on Foreign Correspondence. NOT E.-All letters for Grand Lecturer should be addl'essed to CAre of the Grand Secretary, who will promptly forward them.