1880 Proceedings - Grand Lodge of Missouri by Missouri Freemasons

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE

SIXTIETH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OJ<' THE

/I. W.QIlAND LODQÂŁ OF THE

STATE OF MISSOURI, HELD IN ST. LOUIS.

COMMENCING OCTOBER 12. A. D. 1880; A. L. 5880.

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1880.

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF tHE

SIXTIETH ANNUAL

CO~IMUNICATION

OF THE

M. W. GRAND LODGE A. F.

AND

A. M.

OF THE

STATE OF MISSOURI, CONVENED AT

ST. LOUIS, OCTOBER 12, A. D. 1880; A. L. 5880.

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.', OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE

SIXTIETH

ANNUAL OOMMUNICATION OF THE

M. W. GRAND LODGE, A. F. &A. M., STATE OF MISSOURI. • The Sixtieth Annual Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free ,and Accepted .Masons of ,Missouri, met in Freemasons' Hall, in the city of St. Louis, October 12th, 1880, at 10 o'clock A. M. PRESENT. J08. 8. BROWNE....... WM. R. STUBBLEFIELD........................... ALEX. M. DOCKERY. J. G. W as C. C. WOODS as JOHN W. LUKE :.................................. JOHN D. VI~CIJ........................................... ALLAN McDOWELL................................... THOS. J. GOOCH JOliN W. FARRIS as CRAS. H. ZOLL as M. L. MILLEN as JOHN, SHEPHERD.............. JOHN R. MJDDLETON as ORSON DAVIS as CHAS. F. LEAVITT JACOB ARNHOLT as GEORGE THORP.........................................

M. W. Grand Mastel'. R. W. Deputy Grand Master. R. W. Senior Grand Warden. R. W. J1mior Grand Warden. R. W. Grand TreasU1·er. R. W. Gmrul Secretary. R. W. Grand Lecturer. Rev. & Wor. Gmnd Chaplain. W. Grand Senior Deacon. W. Grand Junior Deacon. ' W. Grand Marshal. W. Grand Sword Bearer. W. Grand Senior Steward. W. Grand Junior Steward. W. Grand Orator. W. Grand PurBUivant. W. Grand Tyler.

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Proceeding8 of the

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OPENING'.

The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge was opened in AMPLE :FORM, preceded by sacred music, led by' Bro. JESSE CORNELIUS, 011 the organ, and prayer by the Grand Chaplain, Bro. GOOCH. CREDENTIALS. J

The Grand Master announced the following Committee on Credentials: n. B. BUTTS, M. H. BECK and JOHN E. RYLA.ND. The committee submitted their report, showing that one hundred and seventy-nine Lodges were represented, as follows: . To the

NI).~t

WOl路.shil)j~ll

Gralld Lodge oj Mi,~sOU1'i, A. P. &: A. Jr. :

Your Committ~e Oil Credentials report the following ncnt members pre~ellt:

Repre~entatives and

[Those marked with an asterisk (*) are proxies.] !lhSSUliRI.

NO.1

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BEACON

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uNITED........................................................ WILLIAMSBURG GEORGE "VASHINGTON

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NAPHTALI....................................................

J<:VERGREEN.................................................

ST. ,JOHN.......................................................

\\'INDSOR....... HUNTSVILLE

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John H. Deems, '\'. M. Wm. Gillespie, S. W. M. H. Beck, J. W.* Wm. Reinholdt, J. W. .J. M. Scott, W. 1\1. C. A. Rosebrough, S. W. C. W. King, W. M. G. Hamilton. S. W. Sam. T. Weeks, J. W . .las. D. Malin, W. M. R. R.Fliteraft, S. W.* B. V. Chase, J. W. W. B. Oglesby, W. M. Robert B. Logan, ""V. l\I. J. A. Shaw, W. 1\'1. J. M. 1\:t:c:i\Iurry, W. M. .las. S. McGee, W. 1\L;' Simon Hahn, W. M. Henry G. Funk, S. W. O. W. Avery, J. W: Geo. Pierce, W. M. Jabez Brazier, J. W. F. Byersdorff, W. W .. Wm. C. Kealey, W. 1\1. Geo. B. M. Langdon, S. W. W. T. Shive!. W. TIJ. l\{, C. MC1\lelau, W. 1\1.

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Grand Lodge of Missouri.

1880.J LAFAyETTE

RAI,LS

TROy COOPER

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33 84 36 38 40 43 44 45

CALLAO l\IT. MORIAH

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JEFFERSON

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• JACKSONVn,LE

BO~HO]l[ME

V\TENTZYll~I,E

FULTON

LIVINGSTON

"TAKANDA

DODGI,ASS

TIPTO~

RICHMOND

MONTICELI,O

CENTRALIA

NEW BLOOMFIELD

WAVERLEy MONROE

46 48 51

52 54 56 57

58 59 GO 61 64

ROCHEPORT

TEBO

SAVAN'NAH

67 68 71

EUREKA LEBANON

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73 77

ST.

JOSEl~H

POLAR STAR

l\IERAMEC

ST. ANDREWS

1\fT. VERNON

80 82 83 84 89 92 94 95 96 99

CANTON

100

BRIDGETON

JACKSON LACLEDE POTTER FRIENDSHIP

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PEHSEVERAN'CE

VIENNA

.John E. Ryland, W. M.* John E. Ryland, S. W.* John E. Ryland, J. W/' W. C. Splawn. W. M. W. B. Thornhill. W. )f. C. H. Briggs, S. ""'V. .Joseph Claybrook, W. III. Wm. Dodds, W. M. R. F. Stevenson, W. :r.f. R. R. Powell, S. '''IT • James M. Brewer, W. M. Geo. Straszer, S. W. G. Pitman Smith, J. W. R. B, Dula, S. W. B. P. Bailey, W. I1f.* C. F. Mason, W. M. J. J. Hawkins, S. W.* .J. L. Deatherage, ·W.l\f. Syl. C. Griswold, W. M. ,J. VIT• Norman, W. M. R. B. Kice, W. M. R, B. Kice, S. W.'" R. B. Kice, J. W.'~ N. R. Walter, S. W. Wm. H. Carpenter, W. M. Woodson Lynes, W. M.l C. C. Catron, W. M. Wm. Cranston, W. IlL John D. Clark, S. W.';' B. C. Bishop, J. W. J. W. Champion, W. M. J. G. Middelcoff, W. M. Edward Russell, ,,,. M.* Edward Russell. S. W.* Jas. T. Plunkitt, W. M. F. B. ''\'ebb, W. M. }<'. B. Webb, S. W.* Jacob Arnholt, W. M. Harry Keene, S. W. Jacob Arnholt, J. W.* P. Rodan, W. M. C. Kohlhund, S. W. E. P. King, J. W. J. H. Garrett. W. M. P. C. Flournoy, W. M. T. A. Barr, J. W.* D. S. 'Wilcox, W, M. ''\'.E.Rhea,W.I11. James Givans, W. M. Wm. Branson, W. M. S. R. Woods, W. M. Thos. Mitchell, W. M. G. T. Collins, S. W. G. T. Collins, J. W.* W. B. Henton, W.. M.

Proceedings of the

6路 BLOOMINGTON KIRKSVILLE GAI,I,ATIN

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GOTHIC TWILIGHT V};RSAILI,ES KINGSTON DE.SOTO ERWIN HERMANN ATIU;NS POTOSI FARMINGTON STAR OF THE WEST PRAIlURyILLE MODERN MCGEE CASS LEXINGTON

MILTON ASHLAND JOHNSON WHITESyII,I,E

OCCIDENTAL

JOACHIM ORIENT FRANCAIS CENSER

STURGEON POINT PLEASANT GRISWOLD PRIDE OF THE WEST DES l\IOINES : CALIFORNIA MOltALITY HANNIBAL ZEREDATHA WILSON WEI,I,sVILLE BOLIVAR NEW HOPE TRILUMINA .:

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J. H. Biswell, W. M. David Baird, W. M.* Wm. E. Black, S. W.* Wm. E. Black, J. W/' . 108 John Simpson, S. W.* .. O. Davis, S. W. 115 117 E. Price, S. W. . P. H. Devinna,J. W. 118 A. B. Mills, W. M. . 119 E. S. Pyle, W. W. . .. 121 Otto D'Amour, W. l\L G. J. Berne, S. W, 123 E. W. Brinsdon, W. M.* . 127 H. M. Cranor, W. M. . 131 Wm. S. ReIfe, W. M.* . 132 Chas. E.Barroll, W. M,* . F. Scoville, S. W. 133 . 137 A. D. Atkins, W. M. . 144 W. M. Mitchell, W. M. . J. G. Morgan, J. W. 146 .. 147 Isaac M. Abraham, W. M. .. .. Robert Hale, W. M.* 149 Geo. Hutchinson, S. W. 151 C. W. Grimes, W. M. . Jason Moberly, S. W. 156 H. T. Wright, W. M. . A. McBryde, W. M. 158 .. 162 J. M. Huffman, W. M.* .. J. l\L Huffman, S. W.* J.1\!. Huffman, J. W.* A. C. Stewart, W. l\L :163 . Patrick Grady, S. W. Harry A. Krueger, J. W. 164 James J. Wilson, W. M. . 167 Wm. C. Richardson, W. M.* . 172 John Shepherd, W. M. .. Sol. E. Waggoner, S. W.* Sol. E~ Waggoner, J. W.* . S. W. Turner, W. M. 174 . 176 R. So Mott, W. M. : . F.~. Yount, J. W. 178 Sam'l S. Nowlin, S. W. . 179 Fred. W. Brockmann, W. M. .. Carl Swainson, J. W. 180 G. R. Neff, W. M. .. L. F. Wood, W. M. 183 .. 186 Ben. T. Hardin, J. W. ; . Rufus E. Anderson, W. M. ]88 . 189 C. G. Hubbell, W. M. :.; . 191 E. L. Hope, J. W. . 194 Geo. V路l. Crouch, W. M. . 195 C. E. Bushnell, J. W. .. 199 G. W. Vaughan, W. M.* . G. W. Vaughan,S. W. 205 Jas. A. Gordan, S. W.* . 102 105 106

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Grand Lodge of MiSSOU7:i.

1880.J SALISBURy HICKORY Hn,L

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ROLLA

BARBEE

GOOD HOPE

EVERETT

HAMILTON SALEM

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SHELBINA WARRENTON

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SEDALIA

LA PLATA

PORTLAND KEySTONE

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:r,10NTGOIllERY CITy

NEOSHO CARROLL

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HIGH HILL HOPE

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BUTLER SHEKINAH

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MECHANICSVILLE FLORENCE :

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SU~lI1lIT

CORINTHIAN

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SOCIAL

AURORA

NEW SALEM

SOI,OMON ; GRANITE COLD SPRING GRAND RIVER LODGE OF PEACE

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FENTON COSMOS 1\10NI1'EAU TEMPLE

NEW LONDON

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Ledru Silvey, W. M. W. D. Jordan, W. M.* 213 R. M. Browne, W. M. R. M. Browne, S. 'Y.'" John Hardin, J. W.* 217 J. M. Pelot. W. M.* J. M. Pelot, S. W.* J. M. Pelot, J. W.* H. C. Christopher, W. M. 218 219 E. 'V. Longwell, W, M. 224 Geo. F. Rogers, W. M. J. M. Orchard, W. M. 225 L. B. Woodside, S. W.* E. J. Goodrich, W. M. 228 H. H. Middelkamp, W. M. 231 H. H. Brockhorst, J. W. 236. John D. Crawford, W. M. ,,,,T. J. Bigg-s, J. W.* 237 242 C. E.Gill, J. W. M. C. Irish, W. M. 243 Moses Ely, S. W. J. F. Tippett, W. M.* 246 247 Jas. Robinson, W. M.* W. V.Carpenter, W.M. 249 '250 John Nebel, W. M. B. Fry, W. M. 251 254 W. E. 路Tucker,_W. M. W. A. Foster, W. M. 256 John L. Martin, W. M. 260 261 P. P. Ellis, W. M.* 263 James A. Shaw, W. M. G. R. Hunt, W. M. 265 G.R. Hunt, S. W.* G. R. Hunt, J. W.路 T. W. Hanes, W. M. 266 Alex. Read, S. W.* A. J. Douglass, J. W. M. Cooke, W. M. 267 John A. Wright, S. W. James McEune, J. W. 270 M. S. Alloway, W. M.* J. C. Allen, J. W. John Y. Fulbright, W. M. 271 D. H. Smith, W. M. 272 274 S. O. Wallace, W. M. '276 F. C. Shaler, W. M. 280 C. R. Oglesby, W. M. 281 Geo. W. An.derson, S. W. 282 Eden Reed, S. W. John Nolde, J. W. H. E. Blakeman, W. M. 295 Asa Maddox, W. M. 299 Asa Maddox. S. W.* Asa Maddox, J. W.* Geo. E. Ma)'hall, W. M. 307

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211

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NEW LON!>ON

307

KINGSVILLE

313

RURAL CORNER-STONE

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316 323

MT. ZION

327 333

CHILLICOTHE

334 336

BRECKENRIDGE

HALI,SVILLE MOBERLy

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344

ARLINGTON

346

BEN. FRANKLIN

. HEBRON

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353 354 357

360

COMPOSITE

MANDEVILLE

GOLDEN RUI,E

369 373 374

KING HiLL DAyTON

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CENTER

376 386 395 396 401

IBERIA HUNNEWELL

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410 415

CACHE

416

ITASKA

420

PHELPS

TUSCAN

EUCI.ID

421

GATE OF THE TEMPLE

GLENWOOD LOl:ISVILLE

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42'2 427 428

IRON l\fOl.NTAIN TROWEl

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ANCHOR

V.'EST GATE PIED)IONT BARNESVILLE LA~lll-SKIN

430 440 44il

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445 449 455 460

of the

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L. R. Woodson, S. W. Geo. E. Lear, J. W. Millard Hobbs, S. W.* Millard Hobbs, J. W.* J. E. Jackson, ,"t'. M. Jas. A. Smith, Jr., W. M. Henry A. McGindley, S. W. H. T. Smith, W. M. Wm. B. Leach, W. M. R. F. Dunn, J. W. S. J. Dewey, W. M. J. L. Henry, W. l\L • A. B. McGaffey, W. M.* Allan L. McGregor, W. M. C. F. "'olter, J. W.* C. C. Gee, S. W. S. S. Craig, S. W. l\L McKillop, W. M.* M. McKillop, S. W.* M. McKillop, J. W.* P. D. Yost, W. M. Jay L. Torrey, S. W. D. K. Ponder, W. ::\1. J. M. Stovall, W. M. H. l\I. Jamison, W. 111.* Thos. K. Childs, S. W. W. L. Smith, J. W.* W. H. Prindle, S. W.* L. H. Huff, W. M. , John E. Barnes, W. M.* J. S. Watson, W. M.* Erwin Ellis, W. M. S. R. Farrar, S. W. W. V. Farris, J. W. John Ferguson, S. W.* J. G. Baird, W. M. S. J. Webber, S. W. E. C. Creley, W. M. S. H. Jackson, S. W. Jas. H. Baldwin, J. W. _ A. Klinetopf, W. M. J. Buechel, S. W. Arthur Dreifus, J. W. Geo. H. Stover, ,,,. M.* E. D. Parce, W. M. H. D. B. Cutler, W. M. S. Eo Estes, W. M. J. A. Parker, W. M. A. R ..Jaques, W. M. C. E. Jones, S. W. Thos. J. Stoi,e, J. W. .John ]\1. Collins, W. M. John P. McFarland, W. M. T. M. Dickson, J. W. J. J. Cunnington, S. W.*

1880.]

Grand Lodge of Missouri.

AULLVILLE; RACINE

464

478 482 483 484

CLINTONVILLE

IRISH GROVE

KIRKWOOD

VANDALIA

DAGGETT

GLOBE

491 492 495

JAMESON

500

J. L. Redick, ''\'. M.* B. R. Barnes, S. W. R ..J. Henderson, W. M. .J. C. Pruet, W. 1\1:.* J. J. Denny, W. M. B. L. Hickman, W. !vI. C. W. Snyder, S. W. John H. Thole, W. M. Lemuel Price, W. M.* Henry B. Butts, W. M. W. C. Modisett, S. W. '''''. C. Modisett, J. W.* Chas. Pipkin, W. M.

PAST GRAND OFFICERS. PAST GRAND MASTERS.

Sam'l H. Owens, John D. Vinci!,

Thos. E. Garrett, Thos. C. Ready,

S. W. B. Carnegy, John W. Luke, R. E. Anderson.

PAST DEPUTY GRAND MASTER.

John E. Ryland.

PJ~ST

GRAND SENIOR W ARDBNS.

Allan L. McGregor,

Martin Collins.

PAST MASTERS.

Wro. H. Mayo, Missouri, No. 1. W. G. Weavcr, Bolivar, No. 195. A. J. Hunter, Bolivar, No. 195. Chas. F. Vogel, Missouri, No. 1. H . .T. Fisher, Good Hope, No. 218. C. 路F. Leavitt, United, No.5. P. J. Heuer, George Washington, No.9. C. H. Zoll, Corinthian, No. 265. Lee A. Hall, Perseverance, No. 92. T. A. BrAY, Vienna., No. 94. G. W. Newman, Atheni;. No. 127. W. M. Vancleve, Censer, No. 172. R. Mengotti, Orien't Francais, No. 167. J. G. Joyce, West Gate, No. 445. J. B. Vll.rdemll.n. Halls, No. 33.

Geo. Goerlich, D. N. Burgoyne, Missouri, No. 1. J. D. Webb, Mosaic, No. 351. J. R. Middleton, Chillicothe, No. 333. W. H. Thompson, Kaphtali, No. 25. John H. Krippen, Anchor, No. 443. Sam'l S. Nowlin, Griswold, No. 178. Rich'd Trevor, George Washington, No.9. S. C. Bunn, Tuscan, No. 360. R. W. Parcels, Occidcntal, No. 163. Warren H. Fox, Keystone, No. :243. L. W. l\Htchell, l\H. :M:oriah, No. 40. ISUllih Forbes, Missouri, No.9. F. S. Huckins, Rolla, No. 213. Chas. Myel'. Hocheport, No. 67.

Proceedings of the

Jacob Schisler, Cosmos, No. 282. Joseph Mountain, Anchor, No. 323. F. W. Mott, Good Hope, No. 218. J. II. Pottenger, Polar Star, No. 79. Wm. Douglas, Missouri, No. 1. G. L. Faulhaber, Sedalia, No. 236. Jos. T. Tatum, Keystone, No. 243. D W. Sadler, Polar Star, No. 79. S. S. Craig, Hebron, No. 354. B. Livsey, Warrenton, No. 231. H. L. ~aines, Eureka, No. 73. Thos. Sealy, Lamb-skin, No. 460. C. F. Alden, Keystone, No. 243. , Wallace Delafield, Tuscan, No. 360. J. A. Gilfillan, Keystone, No. 243. Martin J. Hubble, United, No.5. P. J. Hendgen, St: LOUis, No. 20. E. S. Ulman, Mt. Moriah, No. 40. M. L. Millen, Athens, No. 127.. C. R. Scott, Moniteau, No. 295. C. C. Rainwater, Anchor, No. 443.

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M. McKillop, Phelps, No. 357. Jno. R. Parson, Aurora, No. 267. P. Godfrey, Fulton, No. 48. Jno. E. Jones, Aurora, No. 267 Chas. L. Young, Kirkwood, No. 484. J. M. Harklerodes, Aurora. No. 267. Rob't Lyle, Cosmos, No. 282. R. U. Leonori, George Washington, No.9. S.~. Potter, Aurora, No. 267. Geo. Wiegand, Meridian, NO.2. Chas. L. Spencer, George Washington, No.9. Jno. Buchanan, George Washington, NO.9. V. O. Saunders, Missouri, No. 1. Adolph Isaacs, St. Louis, No. 20. Milton H. Wash, Beacon, No.3. Wm. H. Cornell, Pride of West, No. 179. Jules C. Lachance, Polar Star, No. 79. J. Ed. Walker, Joachim, No. 164. T. M. Wannell, Keystone, No. 243. R. W: McMullen, Joachim, No. 164. Wm. H. Stone, George Washington, No.9.

Fraternally submitted, H. B. BUTTS, M.H.BECK, JNO. E. RYLAND, Committee.

ANNUAL ADDRESS.

The Grand ,Master then delivered the following Address: BRETHREN OF THE GnAND LODGE OF MISSOURI:

Sixty years, full three score, have passed away since the organization of this Grand Body, and I trust that it is with devout thankfulness to the Great I Am, for his watchful care over us, and for the manifold blessings and comforts surronnding us, that we are gathered together this bright cheerful morning to consider well the past, and with an earnest and truthful pnrpose of mind and heart, endeavor to legislate for the future best interests of our beloved Order. Yet, with this pleasant reunion of Friends and Brothers, there is a shadow, a gloom. One dear familiar face we shall see no more. The hand of one true-hearted Mason shall grasp our hand with Friendly, BrotlJerly grip no more. Our well beloved Brother, R. W. JAMES E. CARTER,

Will meet us no more in Annual Communication. He has been admitted, we trust and believe, to Membership in the Grand Lodge above. On returning home from the last session of the Grand Lodge, on the evening of his installation as Senior Grand Ward~n, he contracted a severe cold that took deep hold upon his system, developing a chronic affection of the throat, which, growing rapidly worse, proved fatal in the short space of one week.

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Grand Lodge of .Missouri.

Receiving a telegram from R. W. Bro. R. F. STEVENSON, giving the sad news of his death, I repaired to Jefferson City, convened a Special Grand Lodge, and followed by a large concourse of Friends and Brothers who knew and loved him well, his body was committed to the silent tomb. That full justice might be done his memory, I appointed as a Special Memorial Committ.ee, to report to this Grand Lodge, Past Grand Masters SAIIIUEL H. OWENS, JOHN D. VINCIL, NOAH M. GIVAN and XENOPHON RYLAND, and Grand Lecturer ALLAN McDOWELL. . This Grand Lodge is also called to mourn the loss of an old and valued member, R. W. BRO. JAMES T. JOHNSON, Grand Treasurer, during 1850-51-52. Broth'er- JOHNRON came to St. Louis while yet a young man, in 1830, removed to Boonville in 1832, and returned to St. Louis in 1857, making it his home until his death. An honest man, a faithful citizen, a kind husband and father, the true type of a Mason, he has gone to receive his reward. I would recommend that a page in the published Proceedings be set apart to his memory. . A sister Grand Jurisdiction has also been called to mourn a valued member,' who fell at his post of honor and duty, M. W. ISRAEL M. BULLOCK, Grand Master of Connecticut, departed this life October 21st, 1879. We extend to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut our sincere condolence in their sad bereavement. I sincerely regret that pressing business engagements during the past year and the health of my family, have been such as to prevent me from giving the full attention to the duties of the office which its importance demands. I am under obligations to many of the Craft for their kind assistance, and especially to the efficient Grand Secretary, Bro. VINCIL, whose aid and counsel has been invaluable during the.past year. To his persistent efforts are due the present healthy financial condition of the Grand Lodge. Only $110.00 remain unpaid of all the old indebtedness of subordinate Lodges to the Grand Lodge. February 25th, assisted by R. W. Bros. ALLAN McDOWELL, Grand Lecturer, and GEO. W. LEE, District Deputy Grand Master, I dedicated the new hall, and installed the officers of Temple Lodge, No. 299, at Kansas City. Temple Lodge now has a home worthy of her name. From the Craft in Kansas City I have always received a cordial welcome. May their new zeal for the Order ever continue. I am pleased to report the consolidation of Itura~a Lodge, No. 406, with Hannibal Lodge, No. 188, and Oriental Lodge, No. 14], with Trenton Lodge, No. 111, according to the law of the Grand Lodge. Would there were more consolidations. We should have more good strong Lodges instead of many weak ones. Entertaining these views, I have granted but one Dispensation for new Lodges, viz: May 24th, for a new Lodge at Higginsville, to be called Higginsville Lodge, with WlII. W. PRESTON as Worshipful Master, GEO. H. HOWE as Senior Warden, and BERNARD WILKINSON as Junior Warden. From the strong endorsement of R. W. Bro. HORACE W. WINSOR, Dil)o trict Deputy Grand Master Thirty-ninth District, I entertainno doubt of their rendering a. good report to this Grand Lodge. â&#x20AC;˘ Applications fo~Âˇnew Lodges at White Water, New Boston, Lesterville and Perryville are respectfully referred to the Grand Lodge.

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Proceedin.ds of the

[Oct.

Charges were forwarded to me against the Worshipful Master of Polar Star Lodge, No. 79. but the short time intervening- until the Annual Session, and press of business, prevented my investigating the matter fully, and they are herewith referred for your nction. Communications from the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, and the Grand Lodge of New Mexico, are also respectfully submitted for your action. I instructed the Grand Secretary to issue a commission to vi, Bro. ROBERT BURNS as Representative of this Grnnd Lodge near the Grand Lodge of British Columbia.

McMICKING,

DECISIONS. Numerous questions have been presented for decision during the past year, most of which had alre!Ldy beeil settled b)· the Grand Lodg-e. As some of the Mastel'S of Lodges (judging from the frequent inquiries) evidently do not read the back Proceedings of the Grand Lodge or study the Book of Constitutions, for their especial benefit I have incorporated in this Address, in addition to other rulings, some decisions, which are in effect but a recapitulation Of the established law. Inquiries have been made from many sections of the State with reference to the law of the Grand Lodge, adopted last session, regarding trials for non-payment of dues. Although the question was settled by this Grand Lodge -fully, inlS77, as to " when dues become due and payable," yet many of the Brethren seem to have overlooked reading that portion of the law, and, in fact, many other portions they have failed to read. It is so much easier to write to the Grand Master about it than to hunt it up for themselves. To assist, perhaps, in making the law clearer, I submit my rulings to two queries: "In the event the By-Laws of a subordinate Lodge require the payment of dues

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qum·terly in advance, would a Brother of such Lodge be liable to suspension the 1st of

January, 1880, for non-payment of dues for first quarter of 1879?" Decision-No. Any Brother may be tried during 1880 for non-payment of dues, but only for dues that have accrued prior to January 1st, 1879. . This law has been of much benefit to the subordinate Lodges. It would be much better for them if the words" twelve man t.ll s " could be stricken out. Too many who are financially well able to pay take advantage of the" one year of grace." I decided the action of a Lodge in suspending several of the Brethren for nonpayment of dues at the regular Communication, December 27th, 1879, illegal, null and void, for the following reasons: Fil'st-Because the vote on suspension was taken by ballot balls, instead of paper ballots, as the law I~quires. second-The vote was taken upon all at once, collectively, instead of a separate vote

in each case.

"Can a Lodge suspend n member for non-payment of dues while he holdS a commis- sian as District Deputy Grand Master? " Decision-Yes. Ruling 247, page 101, Book of Constitutions, reads: "An installation of the officers of a Lodge cannot be had, either public or private, without opening the Lodge." This decision was made by Grand Master ANDERSOX, in 1874; the Committee on Jurisprudence reported adversely on it, but the Gra1,1d Lodge sustained the decision of the Grand Master. To those in attendance at the Grand Lodge, but detailed on committee work, or who , were not fortunate enough to be present at all, the plain meaning of the decision, a.s it stands, is that when there arc two or more Lodges who wish to install their officers .~

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jointly, that each Lodge must be-regnlarly opened. Several Lodges in different sections of the f;tate have so acted, finding only that law on record. I am informed, however, by undoubted authority, that the point being then raised as to the time and trouble it would take to use the ceremonies of opening for each Lodge, where there were several Lodges wishing to have their officers jointly installed, that "the instruction came from the Grand Master, and the construction of the law was aequiesced in by the Grand Lodge; that where two or more Lodges were to be so insta11ed, it was only necessary for the installing officer to use the ceremonies of opening once, and decla.re all the Lodges present and duly represented opened for the purpose of installation." This acUon of the Grand Lodge having never before been recorded, is here stated for the benefit of all Lodges in this jurisdiction wishing to install jointly in future, thus enabling them to save time and trouble. Following the same construction of the law, they can close by using the cercmonies of closing once aud declaring all the Lodges present closed. "At a regular meetingof Eureka L~dge, No. 73, held in April, 1879, Bros. A., B. and C. were separately tried, and suspended for non-payment of dues. At the sa~e meet{ng, on motion, the action of the Lodge in the cases of Bros. A., B. and C. was reconsidered and A. and B. granted further time, and charges afterwards preferred against Bro. C." Above was reported to me, aud also about the same time the following further statement: "At the April meeting, Bro. C. was summoned generally to appear at May meeting', which he failed to do. At June meeting no action was taken. July meeting he was summoned to show why he had disobeyed the Lodge and failed to appear. Charges were brought, and at October meeting he was tried and expelled." I decided that Bros. A., B. and C. were lega.lly suspended at the April meeting, and all the subsequent action of the Lodge in reconsidering the vote, even at the same meeting, and preferring charges against Bro. C. for disobeying summons to attend, and expelling him for same, to be illegal, Ilull and void; that a vote on a secret ballot could not be reconsidered. Bro. P. was tried in his Lodge for fighting with Bro. A. P. wished to introduce testimony to show what provocation he had to make him violate the law. The WOrshIpful Master declined to admit the testimony, and the trial being continued, the question was referred to me. I instructed the Worshipful Master to' admit the testi monv. for the reason that while that testimony would not affect the fact of the flght, or bear that fact, considered by itc;elf, yet it would have its weight with the Brethren of the Lodge in considering the penalty to be inflicted, and quoted Decision No. 50, page 48, Book of Constitutions: "At a :M:asonic trial, we want all the facts, circumstances, and surroundings of the caRe."

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That members of Lodges under charges for non-payment of dues prior to meeting of the Grand Lodge in 1879, but whose time for trial had been set for a stated time after that session, were entitled to the benefits of the new law passed at said ses~ion, and recommended, to avoid complications, that when the time arrived that was set for the trial of the Brethren \mder the charges, that the charges be dismissed, and the matter left in abeyance until 1880, and then take action, if necessary, under the llew law. Is it necessary that an officer of a Lodge re-elected to the same position should also be reinstalled? Decision-Yes. A Worshipful Master reported that; "After his Lodge had closed its regular Communication, January 31st, 1880, and he had left, the Wardens, Secretary, and perhaps a majority of the members bcing yet in town, an Entered Apprentice of the Lodge made his appearance among them, having been detained by lateness of arrival of t.he railroad train, and being anxious to be passed, the Brethren reassembled, opened the Lodge, cxamined the candidate, and conferred the Fellow Craft degree Oll Âˇbim. No objection 'Wll." urged by anyone against the ~andidate. but t.he question W8$ ltsked : . 'VIt." the Il('tion of the Lodge legal? I decided that all the proceedings of the Lodge after it had been

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closed were illegal, null, and void; that a Lodge once closed, the same Lodge could not be opened again at that or an'y subsequent Communication, but would be another meeting of the Lodge, even if working on the same degree in Masonry as the one previously closed. It having been intimated to me that some Lodges were in the habit of having but a small number of black balls in the ballot-bo~,so that by II. private understanding between certain of the members they might be enabled to know almost to a certainty" who cast the black ball." and knowing that such action would effectually destroy the secrecy of the ballot, I instructed the Masters of the Lodges, ,vhen taking a ballot for the degrees or membership, to have as many of each kind of ballot-balls, white and black, in the ballot·box, before the ballot was taken, as there were members of the Lodge present. Complaint was made by Relief Lodge, No. 341, of the invasion of her jurisdiction by Billings Lodge, under Dispensation, in trying Bro. FREDERICK KING, a member of Montgomery Lodge, No. 13, Connecticut, and in receiving the petition of one W. H. SMITH, and conferring the Entered Apprentice degree on him, both of whom resided within the jurisdiction of Relief Lodge. BillingsLodge afterwards admitted the invasion of jurisdie· tion in both cases. I decided t~e action of Billings Lodge, under Dispensation, in each inst~nce, illegal, null and void. DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. I have received reports from the District Deputy Grand Masters of the following Districts: Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 31, 42, 43, 44, 46, 50 and 5l. The reports show our beloved Order to be in a healthy, good condition. Many of the Lodges have halls of their own, and have them well furnished. More attention is paid • to the finances than formerly, and, as a rule, the Brethren seem to be paying closer heed to the inner door, aiming to select good material, preferring quality rather than quantity. The District Deputy Grand Masters deserve the hearty thanks of this Grand Lodge for their laborious efforts to advance the interests of the Order, sometimes without thanks, and often at their own expense. Owing to pressing business engagements, and other gqod reasons, the District Deputy Grand Masters of Districts Nos. 2, 4, and 37 resigned their offices. No appointments were made to fill the vacancies. I authorized the folloWing Brethren to convene a Special Grand Lodge for the purpose of I,AYING CORNER-STONES: M. W. Bro. JOHN D. VINCIL, Grand Secretary, to lay corner-stone of the-new Temple of the United Hebrew Congregation of St. Louis. R. W. Bro. A. B. MCGAFFEY, District Deputy Grand Master, Seventh District, to lay corner-stone of Sout~ern Methodist Church, at Moberly. R. W. Bro. W!!oL M. V ANCI-EVE, District Deputy Grand Master, Eighth District, to lay corner-stone of.La Plata Lodge, No. 237, at La Plata.

I also authorized the following Brethren to dedicate the Lodge Halls mentioned to "Freemasonry, Virtue and Universal Benevolence." R. W. Bro. JOHN. P. McFARLAND, District Deputy Grand Master, Twenty-second District, to dedicate the Ha.ll of Piedmont Lodge, No. 4~9, at Piedmont, and Poplar Bluff Lodge, No. 209, at Po»lar Pluff.

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R. W. Bro. JOHN J. DILLINGER, District Deputy Grand Master, Ninth District, to dedicate Hall of Seaman Lodge, No. 126. at Milan. â&#x20AC;˘ R. W. Bro. W"1tI. B. WILSON, District Deputy Grand Master, Nineteenth District, to dedicate Hall of Excelsior Lodge, No. 441, at Jackson. R. W. Bro. GEO. H. LEE, District Deputy Grand Master, Fortieth District, to dedicate Hall of Christian Lodge, No. 392, at Oak Grove.

"R. W. Bro. H. W. WINDSOR, District Deputy Grand Master, Thirty-nirlth District, to dedicate Hall of Cambridge Lodge, No.ÂˇG3, at Slater. R. W. Bro. MALco~r McKILLOP, District Deputy Grand Master, Fifteenth District, to dedicate Hall of North Star Lodge, No. 157, at Rockport.

R. W. Bro. M. L. MILLEN, District Deputy Grand Master, Eleventh District, to dedicate

Hall of Havana Lodge, No. 21, at McFall. R. W. Bro. A. O. SANDERS, District Deputy Grand Master, Fifth District, to dedicate Hall of Plumb Lodge, No. 375, at Middletown. R. W. Bro. REUBEN BARNEY, District Deputy Grand Master, Forty-sixth District, to dedicate Hall of Brookfield Lodge, No. 86, at Brookfield.

The well known skill and ability of these Brethren is a sufficient guarantee that the duty assigned them was well and faithfully performed. SPEC1AL DISPENSATIONS FOR ELECTION OF OFFICERS Were granted the following Lodges, viz: DeWitt Lodge, No. 39, at DeWitt, to hold a special election of officers, no quoru'ill being present at time of annual election, on account of a severe storm. Xenia Lodge, No 50,' at Hopkins, to hold a special election of officers, rendered necessary by the time of the" full moon" in December, 1879, and a change of their By-Laws with regard to time of meetings, preventing annual election that year. Santa Fe Lodge, No. 462, at Santa Fe, to holda special election of officers, no quorum being present at time of annual election, on account of a severe storm. Zion Lodge, No. 327, at West Plains, to hold a special election of officers, the Worshipful MaSter and Wardens being all absent at the time set by the By-Laws for annual election. Pickering Lodge, No.472, Pickering, to hold a special election of officers, the lateness of the time of thc full moon in December, 1879, (Saturday, December 28th) preventing the annual election according to their By-Laws.

Hunnewell Lodge, No. 415, at Hunnewell, to hold a special election of officers, the time of the full moon in December, 1879, preventing annual election according to their By-Laws. Keystone Lodge, No. 243, at St. Louis, to hold a special election for Worshipful Mast(\r, the Worshipful Master elected refusing, in writing, to be installed. Brumley Lodge, No. 203, at Brumley, to hold a special election of officers, they having been prevented from holding the election at the regular time" b)' circumstances which they could not control."

Mineral Lodge, No. 471, at Oronogo, to hold a special election of officers, for the reason that" owing to the illness of many, and unavoidable absence of others of the Brethren, there was not a sufficient number of them present to open and elect officers on regular election night." .

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Wentzville Lodge, No. 46, at Wentzville, to hold a special election for Senior Warden, the Seliior Warden elect refusing to be installed. Fa)'etteville Lodge, No. 264, at Fayetteville, to hold a special election of officers, for the rea..~on that at the time for annual election" the Worsh,jp.ful Master was too sick to be present, and the Wardens were both temporarily absent, one being out of the State, the other olltof the county." • Easton Lodge, No. 101, at Easton, to hold a special election of officers, the Lodge h!l-ving failed to elect officers at the regUlar time" through a misunderstanding as to the time, and the Treasurer having died since the time for annual election." Temple Lodge, No. 299, at Kansas City, to hold a special election for Secretary, the Lodge having lost its Secretary by death. Cambridge Lodge, No. 63, at Cambridge, to hold a special election of officers, want of a quorum preventing election at regular time. A second Dispensation was granted this Lodge to hold a special election of officers, a heavy storm preventing attendance of the members at time stated in first Dispensation. Golden Rule Lodge. No. 374, at Jonesburg, to hold a special election for Junior Warden, the Junior Warden elect refusing to be installed. Craig Lodge, No. 371, at Craig, to hold a special election for Worshipful Master,. the Worshipful Master elect refusing to be installed. Arcana Lodge, No. 389, at Wintersvill~, to hold a special election of officers, the Lodge failing to elect at regular time for want of a quorum.

Fellowship Lodge, No. 345. at Joplin, to hold a special election for Secretary, the Secretary elect declining to be installed, as he intended leaving the jurisdictio.n of the Lodge. Marcus Lodge, No. 110, at Fredericktown, to hold a special election for Worshipful Master, the Worshipful Master elect refusing to be installed. Lexington Lodge, No. B9, at Lexington, to hold a special election for Junior Warden, the Junior Warden elect refusing to. be installed. ' Faithful Lodge, No. 304, at Poplar Bluff, to hold a special election for Senior Warden, the Senior Warden elect refusing to be installed. In each of the foregoing Dispensations it was reqUired that the members of the Lodge should be notified of the time of the election. In some ca·ses where the Dispensation was given for the election of one officer, in case it should happen that a Brother who had becn previously elected and installed into Jl,n office oflower rank, wa..~ chosen to fill the vacftncy, I authorized the Lodge to proceed, at same Communication, anq elect some Brother to fill the second vacancy thus created. I could fi11<;1. no ruling of the Grand Lodge covering this case, but believing it authorized, and for the good of the Lodge, I submit it for your action. SPECIAL DIS!ENSATIONS FOR REMOVAL Were,granted the following J,odgeR, viz: Piedmont Lodge, No. '149, at Piedmont, to remove to new Hall, ill same tOWIl. Seaman Lodge, No. 126, at Milan, to remove to new Hall, in same town. Excelsior Lodge, No. HI, at Jackson, to remove to llew Hall, in same town, Christian lAdge, No. 392, at Oak Grove, to remove to new Hall, in same town .•

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Cambridge Lodge, No. 63, at Cambridge, Saline County, to remove from Cambrid~e to Slater, in same county. Poplar Bluff Lodge, No. 209, at Poplar Bluff, to remove to new Hall, in same town. Western Star Lodge, No. 15, at Victoria, Daviess County, to remove to Winston, in same county. Trilumina Lodge, No. 205, at Marshall, to remove to new Hall, in same toWIl. Pleasant Lodge, No. 160, at Morrisville, to occupy safe and suitable room/temporarily, in same town, their former Hall havin~ been burned. North Star. Lodge, No. 157, at Rockport, to remove to new Hall, ill same town. Havana Lodge, No. 21, at Havana, Gentry County, to remove to McFall, in same county. Ancient Craft Lodge, No: 377, at King City, to remove their Lodge building to a better location, in same town. Plumb Lodge, No. 375, at Middletown, to remove to new Hall, in same town. This Lodge, after the vote was taken on removal, lost their former Hall by fire, but, fortunately, saved all their Lodge furniture and fixtures. Williamsburg Lodge, No.8, at Williamsburg, to occupy new Hall, in same town, their former Hall having been destroyed by fire. Latimer Lodge, No. 395, at Licking, to occupy second story of a store room, in the same town, temporarily, it being the only available place left ill the town, after the cyclone. Mechanicsville Lodge, No. 260, at Mechanicsville, to remove to new Hall, in same town. Island City Lodge, No. 109, at Island City, Gentry County, to remove to Stanberry, in same county. . Argyle Lodge, No. 451, at Nevada, to remove to new Hall, in same town. Brookfield Lodge, No. 86, at Brookfield, to remove to new Hall, in same town. 'rebo Lodge, No. 68, and Clinton Lodge, No. 481, at Clinton, to remove to new Hall, in same town. In each of the foregoing the law relative to the removal of Lodges had been complied with. In conformity to the adopted recommendations of the Committee on Chartered Lodges, submitted at the last session of the Grand Lodge, 1 signed quit claim deeds from the Grand Lodge for the property mentioned by the Committee, to Fraternal Lodge, No. 363, and Calhoun Lodge, NO.1 54", and same were forwarded by the Grand Secretary to the proper parties. Webster Lodge, No. 98, at Marshfield, Webster County, having lost everything by a terrible cyclone-some of the members killed, many others badly wounded, left homeless and destitute-on an appeal for aid from the Craft, made through the Secretary, Bro. N. M. CALI,AWAY, I instructed the Grand Secretary to draw a warrant on the Grand Treasurer f01O$200 for their use and benefit. He did so, and placed the amount ill the hands of R. W. Bro. CliAS. F. LEAViTT, for distribution, who will, dOUbtless, render an account to this Grand Lodge of his stewardship. , GRAND LECTURER'S REPORT. The report of R. W. Bro. ALLAN McDowELL, as Gra~d Lecturer, is herewith prese nted.

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It speaks for itself. A faithful, zealous" laborer in the vineyard," he has brought order out of chaos, and has becnmainly instrumental in producing a happy uniformity of work throughout this Grand Jurisdiction. May he long be spared to the Craft of Missouri.

DUPLICATE CHAR'rERS AND LOAN OF JEWELS, ETC. The Hall of Pleasant Lodge, No. 160, at Morrisville, having been destroyed by fire April 8th, together with their charter, etc" I instructed the Grand Secretary to issue a duplicate charter, and, if needed, to loan the Lodge any Lodge jewels, etc., belonging to the Grand Lodge that he might have in his custody. ' At the request of Calhoun Lodge, No. 184, at Calhoun, I authorized the' Grand Secretary, on 25th December, 1879, to loan to sRid Lodge, for one year, the jewels and collars in his possession formerly belonging to the late Lamonte Lodge, No. 436, at Lamonte. Piedmont Lodge, No. 449, at Piedmont, having lost all their Lodge furniture, etc., by fire, at their request I authorized the Grand Secretary to loan them such Lodge furniture and fixtures, formerly belonging to defunct Lodges, as they might wish and he deem advisable. Williamsburg Lodge, No.8, at Williamsburg, having lost their Hall, Charter, etc., by fire, I instructed the Grand Secretary to issue a duplicate Charter to said Lodge. GREENCASTLE LODGE, NO. 21. At the last session of the Grand Lodge, by the adoption of the report of the Special Committee. the case of the members of the late Greencastle Lodge, No. 21, at Greencastle, was referred to the Grand Master" for such action as he might deem necessary to take to preserve the credit of the Fraternity." I instructed the Grand Secretary to issue Grand Lodge dimits to those whom the ,District Deputy Grand Master of that district knew to be good and true men, and, so knowing, would ask for dimits to be granted them. I also instructed the District Deputy to instruct the nearest Lodge to prefer charges against such of the members as had been guilty of unmasonic conduct, and try them according to the laws of the Grand Lodge. And now, my Brethren in concluding this hastily written account of my stewardship ,as your chief executive officer for the past year, I beg to return my sincere and grateful acknowledgments for the high honor conferred upon me. A,lthough for years an humble worker in the various branches of the Order in m)' own section, endeavoring as such to faith full)' discharge my duty, I have never been an applicant for preferment, and this. unsought-for expression of the esteem and good will of the Craft in Missouri will ever be cherished by me as one of ~he brightest pages inscribed on memory's lexicon. Although retiring froni official position, I do 110t wish to be considered as on the" retired list," but, while life lasts, to assist in promoting, as best I can, the interests of our beloved Order. And w,hen the Grand Master of the Universe shall issue His summons for a transfer of. membership to the Grand Lodge above, may we each be sustained by an unfaltering trust in His goodness and mercy, and with faith and confidence approach the end of our terrestrial existence. .. Like one who wraps the 'drapery of his couch about him, And lies down to pleasant dreams." 0

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R. W. Bro. STUBBLEFIELD referred the Address to a - committee of Past Grand Masters, consisting of SAMUEL H. OWENS, S. W. B. CARNEGY, JOHN D. VINCIL, THOMAS E: GARRETT, R. E. ANDERSON, JOHN W. LUKE, and T. C. READY. VISITORS.

M. W. JOHN H. BROWN, P. G. M.,路 and present Grand Secretary, and R. W., A, D. MCCONAUGHY, Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of. Kansas, were introduced to the Grand Lodge by the Grand Master. Our distinguished. vi~itors addressed ~he Grand Lodge in appropria.te terms. - At 12 o'clock M. the Grand Lodge was called from labor until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

FIRST DAY-AFTERNOON SESSION. Grand Lodge was called to labor at 3 o'clock P. M. W. Grand Master; JOSEPH S. BROWNE.

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Grand Officers in their several stati.ons. STANDING COMMITTEES.

The foll,owing Standing Committees were announced by the Grand Master: C1路cdentials.-H. B. BUTTS, M. H. BECK, JNO. E. RYLAND. Grand Master's Addrcss.-SAMUEL H. OWENfl, S. W. B. CARNF.GY, JOHN D. VINCIL, THOS.

GARRETT, RUFUS

ANDERSON, JOHN

LUKE. 'rHOS. C. READY.

Unfinished Business.-RoBERT HALE, A. B. l\fILIA', JACOB ARNHOLT. Returns and Work oj Chartered Lodgcs.-R. F. STEVENflON, Chairman; W. B. LEACH, JOHN

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B. V. CHASJ<;, M. H. BECK, J. T. PLUNKETT, HALE MONTGOMERY, MIDDLETON, C. H. ZOLI" JAS. B. AUSTIN.

Lodges Under Dispensation.-CHAS. F. VOGEL, LEDRU SILVEY, M. V. CARPENTER, GEO. F. ROGERS, W. E. BLACK, ASA MADDOX, M. L. MILLEN, P..GODFRY, JOHN P. McFARLAND, W. H. PRINDLE.

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Appeals and G-rievances.-SA!\I'L H. OWENS, R. E. ANDERSON, TROS. C. READY, J. W. NOR!\IAN, C. C. WOODS. Accounts.-LEE A. HALL, ALLAN McGREGOlt, B. P. BAILY, R. B. KICE, .lAS. T. PLUNKETT, P. C. FLOURNOY, DAVID BAIRD. Ways and )feans.-W"r. Df. VANCLEVE, C. PIPKIN, CH~S. F. LEAVITT, C. C. WOODS, ORSON DAVIS, W. G. WEAVER, MICHAEL COOK.

Cha1路itY.~M. McKILLOP, W. E. RHEA, J. G. MIDDJ,ECOFF. Jurisprudence.-THOS. E. GARRETT, S. W. B. CARNEGY, JOHN W. LUKE, S. H. OWENS, R. E. ANDERSON. DiA~t1'ict Deputy Grand jfaster.-J. W. LUKE, J. W. FARRIS, JOHN SHEPHERD, R. M. BROWNE, E. J. GOODRICH, G. R. HUNT, E. D. PAltCE. -

By-Laws of SuJJordinate Lodges.-ERWIN ELLIS, GEO. R. HUNT, JOHN E. BARNES, H. L. GAINES, CHAS. H. ZOLL, J. B. VARDEMAN, G. W. NEWMAN.

REPORT ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS.

M. W. Bro. S. H. OWENS, for the committee, presented the following repo~t on the Grand Master's Address, which was adopted: To the Most W01'shipful Grand Lodge of jfissouri. A. F. and A. M.: Your committee, to whom was referred 'the Grand Master's Address for distribution of subjects, make the following report: The Grand Master's reference to the death of R. W. Bro. J A"IES E. CARTER, Senior Grand Warden, will doubtless bring forth a suitable response. from the Memorial Committee. That so much of the Address as refers to Dispensations for new Lodges, and applications for the same, be referred to the Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation. We recommend that so much of the Address as refers to charges against t.he Master of Polar Star Lodge, together with the papers in the case, be referred to a special committee of three for investigation, and report to the Grand Lodge. That the communications of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia and the Grand Lodge of New Mexico, referred to by the Grand Master, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Correspondence. That that portion of the Grand Master's Address which embraces the rulings and decisions be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. That portion of the Grand Master's Address which refers to District Deputy Grand Masters and their reports, we recommend be referred to the Committee on District Deputy . Grand Masters. We recommend that the Grand Master's Dispensations for the election 'of officers, together with the rulings thereon, be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. The action of the qrand Master in ordering an appropriation for the sufferers by cyclone at Marshfield is hereby approved.

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The action of the Grand Master in ordering duplicate Charters and 1080n of Jewels to Pleasant, Calhoun, and Piedmont Lodges is approved, as well as a duplicate Charter to Williamsburg Lodge, No.8. ' The Grand Master having carried out the instructions of the Grand Lodge at its last Communication, with reference to Greencastle Lodge, we trust this Grand Lodge will be favored with a report from the District Deputy Grand Master as to what action, if any, was taken by him under the Grand Master's instructions. Fraternally submitted, SAMUEL H, OWENS, S. W. B. CARNEGY, JOHN D. VINCIL, THOMAS E. GARRETT, R. E. ANDERSON, JOHN W. LUKE, T. C. READY, Committee.

HISTORICAL COMMITTEE. THOMAS C. READY, Chairman of the Historical Commit.tee, presented a report, which was adopted, and is as fol路 lows: ST. LOUIS, October 12, 1880.

To the Most Worshipj7tl Grand Lodge oj MiSS07tri, A. F. and A. M.: As Chairman of the Historical Committee, appointed October, 1878, I beg leave to lay before you the result of my labors, and regret that I have not been able to collect the history of more of the distinguished members of the Order thaIl I have. Many of the earlier members of the Grand Lodge are long since deceased, and have left behind no record of their Masonic history. This is deeply to be regretted, partiCUlarly in the case of our earlier Grand Masters, viz: M. W. Thos. Riddick, M. W. N. B. Tucker, M. W. Hardage Lane, . M. W. H. R. Gamble, M. W. Jnb. F. Honston,

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A. B. Chambers, J. W. S. Mitchell, B. W.Grover, Wilson Brown.

I have, however, been able to collect full data in the history of the following Brethren, which I take pleasure in presenting, and' feel assured'it will prove of great interest to the Craft of the State, viz:

Edward Bates, S. W. B. Carnegy, Joseph Foster, Benj. Sharp, M. H. McFarland, Sinclair Kirtley, P. H. McBride,

Jno. Ralls, John F. Ryland, , S. H. Saunders, Geo.Whitcomb, 'Jno. H. Turner, Thos. E. Garrett, R. E. Anderson,

Jas. E. Cadle, Thos. C. Ready, W.D. Muir, S:H. Owens, Jno. VI'. Luke, Xen. Ryland, N. M.Givan.

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.As also sketches of R. W. Bros. JNO. D. DAGGETT, PHILANDER DRAPER and GEO. H. C. MELODY, Past Deputy Grand Masters; R. W. THORNTON GRIMRLEY, Past Grand Treasurer; R. W. SULLIVAN BLOOD, Past Grand Junior Deacon; and, also, of OHr honored friend and Brother, ISAIAH FORBES, D. D. S., Past Master of Missouri Lodge, No.1, a.nd Bro. W. R. CARTER, the oldest living Mason made in Missouri.

I have most signally failed to awaken any interest among the Lodges of the jurisdiction, and present the Historical Register of but three Lodges, viz: .

Newton Lodge, No. 175, Newtonia, Missouri. Clinton Lodge, No. 481, Clinton, Missouri. Kew Salem Lodge, No. 270, New Salem, Missouri. With thanks for the honor conferred upon me, in appointing me Chairman of so important 'and interesting a committee, and with regret that I have been unable to accomplish more, I am. • Fraternally yours, THOS. C. READY, Chairman.

SPECIAL COMMITTEE.

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Grand Master appointed the following Special Committ.ee to consider the charges' preferred against PHlbIP RODAN, Worshipful Master of Polar Star Lodge, No. 79: R. E. ANDERSON, H. E. BLAKEMAN,and J. A. SHAW.

MEMORIALS

Were read, and referred to the Committee on Chartered Lodges, from Arlington Lodge, No. 346, and Lebanon Lodge, No. 77. Amendments to the By-Laws we,re o'ft'ered by Bros. WM. B. DRESCHER and S. W. B. CA~NEGY, which were read a first time. C.

LEAVITT

Submitted the following Report, which

~as

adopted:

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

I received from the Grand Secretary, by order of the Grand Master, the sum of $200 for the benefit of our Brethren who were sufferers by the terrible cyclone that passed through Southwest Missouri during the month of April last. Ou receipt of said amount, I immediately communicAted with ~ro. R. W. FYAN, of Marshfield, asking him if any

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money was needed by the Brethren in that vicinity. He informed me that the amount appropriated by the Grand Chapter would be 'sufficient to relieve the necessities of the Brethren in that vicinity. I then communicated with Bro. BARNES, of Licking, Texas County, and remitted him the sum of $50. The balance of said sum I distributed among the Brethren who were sufferers, in the manner, and in sums that I deemed the necessities of the case required. C. F. LEAVITT, District Deputy Grand Master 'l'hirtieth District.

At 4 o'clock P. M. the Grand Lodge was called from labor until to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.

SECOND DAY-AFTERNOON SESSION. ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 13, 1880. The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 2 o'clock P. M., by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, JOSEPH S. BROWNE. Grand Officers 'in their several stations. Prayer wasÂˇ offered by the Grand Chaplain, Rev. Bro. .BARNES. The proceedings of yesterday's session were read and approved. The following l\Iemorial was pi'esented, and referred to a Special Committee, consisting of Bros. JOHN E. RYLAND, THOMAS J. GOOCH, and GEORGE F. ROGERS: To the J1fost Worshipful Grand Lodge of MissoU?i, A. F. and A. M.:

Your memorialist, .Je/ferson Lodge, No. 43, A. F. and A. M., would respectfully represent that, in the fall or winter of 1876, Bro. .JAMES F. EDWARDS, a member of Excelsior Lodge, No. 441, located at .Jackson, Mo., was temporarily resident in .Jefferson City, Mo., and while there was taken seriollsly ill, which illness continuing for some time, his family being worn out and unable longer to attend his necessities, the members of Jefferson Lodge, No. 43, were called upon for watchers and nurses, which were provided. and service rendered until Bro. EDWARDS' attending physician informed the Worshipful Master that a regular nurse must be procured; that the situation was serious, and changing nurses every night injurious to the patient's welfare. A regular nurse was procured, and the officers of Jefferson Lodge pledged the Lodge for the payment of service ren~ dered. The Secretar)" of .J elferson Lodge paid for such service the sum of sixteen dollars, and presented the account to the Lodge for allowance in his settlement. The account was allowed and paid by .Jefferson Lodge, and the Secretary directed to send the account to Excelsior Lodge, No. 441, with the request of reimbursement.

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The duty was performed as directed, and up to this date nothing has been received from Excelsior Lodge in reference to the matter, not even an acknowledgment of its receipt. Unofficially the Secretary of Jefferson LOdge\vas informed by one of the officers of Excelsior Lodge, No. 441, that the account was received and its consideration indefinitely postponed. . Inasmuch as Jefferson Lodge, No. 43, was compelled, a feW years ago, by this Grand Lodge to reimburse Columbia Lodge for services rendered, under similar circumstances, and money expended, the members thereof feel aggrieved at the conduct of Excelsior Lodge, No. 441, and have directed me to bring the matter to the. attention of this Grand Body for such action as ma~" be fit and proper under the facts given. . Respectfully and fratemally submitted, R. F. 'STEVENSON, Worshipful Master Jefferson Lodge, No. 43.

The above committee presented a report on said Memorial, which was adopted, and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge oj Missouri, A. F. and A. 路M. :

The committee to whom was referred the Memorial of Jefferson Lodge, No. 43, would respectfully report, that in view of all the circumstances, and the action taken by the Grand Lodge in similar cases, we are of the opinion that Excelsior Lodge, No. 441, should, without further delay, reimburse Jefferson Lodge. No. 43, in the sum of sixteen dollars, the amount expended b)' Jefferson Lodge in caring for Bro. JAMES F. EDWARDS, a member of Excelsior Lodge. while sick within the jurisdiction of said Jefferson Lodg~.

Respectfully and fraternally submitted,

OCTOBER 13th, 1880. I

JOHN E. RYLAND, THOS. J. GOOCH, GEO. F. ROGERS, Committee.

Memorials were presented as follows: Of St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 96, against Novelty Lodge, No. 181. Of Everett Lodge, No. 219, against Crescent Hill Lodge, No. 368. Of Meramec Lodge, No. 95. Of JOHN SHEPHERD, in behalf of THOS. A. H. SMITH, of Macon. Of J. H. BETHUNE, and others, in behalf of Wn,BUR BUSH, and others, of the late Constantine Lodge, No. 129. . OfG. R. HUNT, in behalfofG. W. HARRISON.

The above Memorials were referred to a Special Committee, consisting of Bros. C. F. LEAVI1'T, WALLACE DELAFIELD and EDWARD RUSSELL. . The committee subsequently reported as follows, which was adopted:

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To the Most Worsh.ipful Grand Lodge of .Jfissou"l'i, A. F. and A. M. :

Your committee, to whom was referred the Memorials of Everett Lodge, No. 219, St. Andrews Lodge, No. 96, and Petitions of J. W. Shepherd, and others, beg leave to submit the following report : EVERETT LODGE, No.路219, vs. CRESCENT HILL LODGE, No. 368.

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Committee recommend that Crescerit Hill Lodge, No. 36R, apologize to Everett Lodge, No. 219, for invading their jurisdiction and initiating Bro. A. T. MUDD, and further that they be ordered to pay over to Everett Lodge, No. 219, the full amount received from Bro. A '1'. MUDD a.., fees for degrees, satisfacrory evidence having been furnished your committee that Bro. A. T. MUDD resided within the jurisdiction of Everett Lodge, No. 219. ST. ANDREWS LoDGE, No. 96, vs, NOVELTY LODGE, No. 181.

Committee find, from evidence in this case, that Novl;1ty Lodge, No. 181, invaded the jurisdiction of St. 'Andrews Lodge, No. 96, by receiving the petition of B. F. SMITH for initiation, and making him a Ma.<;t~r Mason, and recommend that Novelty Lodge, N:o. 181, be required to apologize to said St. Andrews Lodge, No. 96, and pay over to them the full amount of fees received for degrees from Bro. B. F. SmTH. In matter of the Memorial ofBro. JNO. W. SHEPHERD, relative to the indebtedness of Macon Lodge, No. 106, to Bro. T. A. H. SMITH for his 'services as Tyler of said Lodge, we find from a statement of the Grand Secretary that the statements therein set forth are true, and recommend that a warrant be draw~ in favor of Bro. T. A. H. SMITH for $12.82, as therein prayed for. In matter of the Memorial of Bro. J. H. BETHUNE et at., for the remission of the dues, and request for dimits of Bros. WM. \'I'ILBUR, Wl\I. H. BUSH and MILTON NEWMAN, we recommend that same be granted. In matter of the Memorial of District Deputy Grand Master G. R. HUNT, of the Fortyfourth District, asking-for the remission of the dues of Bro. G. W. HARRISON and dimit, your committee recommend same be granted. In matter of the Memorial of Meramec Lodge, No. 95, requesting that the JewelS and furniture of the late Pacific Lodge, No. 159, be donated to them by the Grand Lodge, your committee recommend that the Petition be granted. CHAS. F. LEAVITT, WALLACE DELAFIELD, .EDWARD RUSSELL, Committee.

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REPORT OF ST. LOUIS MASONIC BOARD OF RELIEF, FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1880.

The Masonic Board of Relief presented the following report, which was received, and ordered printed with the proceedings: 1878. RECEIPTS. Oct. 1. Balance on hand..................................... " 4. From Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 40, Mo 18. Aurora Lodge, No. 267, Mo............................................... 18. Corner-Stone Lodge, No. 323, Mo...................................... 25. Lamb-skin Lodge, No. 460, Mo N?,v. 1. Cosmos Lodge, No. 282, Mo.·.............................................. 8. Erwin Lodge, No. 121, :l\10................................................. 8. W. H. Taylor, deceased.................................................... 29. Genesee Falls Lodge, No. 570, N. Y Dec. 6. Kinmundy Lodge, No. 398, Ill.......................................... 20. Meridian Lodge. No.2, Mo............................................... 20. Aurora Lodge, No. '267, Mo............................................... 1880. • Jan. 10. Itaska Lodge, No. 420, 1\10........................ "10. Geo. Washinl5:ton Lodge, No.9, Mo................................... 10. Pride of the ""est Lodge, No. 179"Mo 10. Clarksvil1e Lodge. No. 17, 1\10 :......................... 10. Kinmundy Lodge, No. 398, Ill 17. Anchor Lodge, No. 443, Mo............................................... 17. Beacon Lodgc, No.3, Mo 24. St. Louis Lodge, No. 20, I\:lo............................................. 24. Occidental Lodge, No. 163, Mo......................................... 24. Kinmundy Lodge, No. 398, 111.......................................... Feb. 21. Missouri Lodgc, No.1, Mo 28. Beacon Lodge, No. 3, I\:lo ~............................... J~pe 5. Aurora Lodge, No. 267, Mo 26. Charity Lodge, No. 331, 1\10............................................... Aug. 28. Chicago Lodge, No. 437, Ill................................................ SeRt. 18. Apollo Lodge, No. 612, Ill.................................................. '18. Aurora Lodge, No. 267, Mo

$20 00 500 55 00 1500 2.1 00 25 00 2 DO 1500 35 00 20 00 20 00

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40 00 35 00 2000 1000 2500 15 00 15 00 25 00 40 00 65 00 10500 .1 00 5000 51 00 12 00 . 50 00 5000-850 00 $1,944 31

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DISBURSEMENTS.

Anioun~.paidJurisd~?tion ofIlli~ois

IndIana.... Iowa............................................................. Kentucky :........................................... Louisiana :............... I\:linnesota................................................... I\lississippi...................................................

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.. MARTIN COLLINS, Pre!5i.dent.

ST. LoUIS, Mo., October 17, 1880.

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Grand Lodge of Missouri.

REPORT OF THE GRAND SEORETARY.

The Report of the Grand Secretary was read, received, and ordered printed, and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Jfissow'i, A. F. and A. M.:

I present you the following Report as Grand Secretary: DISPENSATIONS. On the 23d day of October, 1879, I issued Dispensations for the formation of three Lodges, the same having been ordered by the Grand Lodge: Wadesburg Lodge, located at Wadesburg, Cass county. W. A. WADE, Worshipful Master; G. W. WADE, Senior Warden; J. H. CREIGHTON, Junior Warden. Billings Lodge, at Billings, Christian county. W. F. LAMKIN, Worshipful Master; T. T. ANDERSON, Senior Warden; WM. NORMAN, Junior Warden. Spring Creek Lodge, at Edgar Springs, Phelps county. ALEX. A. FLETT, Worshipful Master; OTTO P. MARGSDANT, Senior Warden; MICHAEL R. ASHER, J~nior Warden. June 9, 1880.-Issued Dispensation for Higginsville Lodge, at Higginsville, Lafayette county, to WM. W. PRESTON, Worshipful l\laster; GEORGE W. HOUGH, Senior Warden; BERNARD WILKINSON, Junior Warden. By order of M. W. Bro. J.OSEPH S. BROWNE, Grand Master. Several petitions have been received and referred to the Grand Master, praying for Dispensations to form new Lodges. October 22, 1879.-A warrant was issued in favor of the Second National Bank for $3,504.37, in payment of the balance of the judgments, with interest, against the Grand Lodge. January 8, 1880.-Lent Jewels and other old supplies from defunct Lodges to Calhoun Lodge, No. 184, and to Piedmont Lodge, No. 449, their property having been destroyed by fire. Done by order of the Grand Master. DUPLICATE CHARTERS. March 9, 1880.-Issued a duplicate charter to Williamsburg Lodge, No.8, Williamsburg, Callaway county. The original was destroyed by fire. April 19, 1880.-Issued a charter to Pleasant Lodge, No. 160, at Morrisville, Polk count)', in place of the original, which was destroyed by fire. \ â&#x20AC;˘ Both were issued by order of the Most Worshipful Grand Master. May 25, 1880.-Received charter and books of Oriental Lodge, No. 141, located at Trenton. Said Lodge had consolidated with Trenton Lodge. No. 111.

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f August 7, 1880.-Received charter and books of Iturrea Lodge, No. 406, of Hannibal, this Lodge havingeonsolidated with Hannibal Lodge, No. 188. October 9, 1880.-Issued a commission to ROBERT BURNS MCM:ICKING, as Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, near the Grand Lodge of British Columbia. FINANCIAL. The statement will be hailed with unmixed pleasure, by this body, when it is announced that the Grand Lodge is free from debt. The last dollar of its indebtedness has ,been paid. It is hoped that the days of Grand Lodge litigation, judgments and heavy expenses incident thereto, have passed away, nev.er to return. EXPENSES. The aggregate outlay of money the past year may appear large, and needs an explanation. Let it be remembered that the bo.lanceofjudgment against the Grand Lodge, with interest, amounted to three thousand five hundred dollars; lawyers' fees paid, one thousand dollars; Bellefontaine cemetery lot, one thousand dollars. These amounts, added to several items not uSlially occurring in the annual expenses of the Grand Lodge, have nearly doubled the disbursements the past year. At the close of last session more than three thousand dollars were due the Grand Lodge. On this account three thousand three hundred and twenty-four dollars and ten cents have been collected. Of old claims unpaid, due from delinquent Lodges, prior to the present fiscal year, there remains a small balance amounting to $110. Only two Lodges are delinquent on for~er years, viz: Polar Star, No. 79, owes $91 50 Lilly, No. 284, owes 18 50-$110 00 Polar Star Lodge, No. 79, has been struggling with debt and other embarrassments for some years, but has paid on Grand Lodge dues, within a limited time, the sum of $325, thus showing a will and ability to ultimately liquidate all Grand Lodge claims against her. Lilly Lodge, No. 284, has been delinquent for two years, besides the present, 'and has forfeited her Charter under the law. This Lodge has persistently disregarded all notifications sent by the Grand Secretary, paid no attention to the order of the Gralld Master or his Deputy, and still remains independently silent. The Charter should be arrested. FUNDS. At the close of the last session there was in the hands of the Grand Treasurer the sum of $12,773.93. Since the.clos-e of that session I have received and paid over to the Grand Treasurer, as per receipts, ;r12,516.10. Thus: At close of last' session Paid since close of last session

$12,773 93 12,516 10

TotaL $25,290 03 Against this sum warrants have been drawn, as per accompanying statement, amounting to $12,832 71 Leaving a balance in hands of Grand Treasurer of.. $12,457 32 RETURNS. A larger number of Lodges have made their annual returns than in any former year since my acquaintance with the affairs of the Grand Lodge, and the, payment of Grand Lodge dues has been more prompt and general than usual.

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Four hundred and thirty I.JOdges have made returns to date. Of this number 385 'have paid their annual dues to the Grand Lodge, leaving forty-five delinquent as to dues, and sixty-two derelict as to returns and dues. The returns show a gratifying degree of prosperity among the Lodges of the jurisdiction. While the law, adopted one year ago, has resulted in the suspension of alarger numbp-r of members, for non-payment of dues, than ever known in this State, yet the depreciation of m.embership will not be so great as might be expected, owing to the fact that more work has been done than in any year for the last decade. It must be, from the pruni~g process. that the membership in our Grand Jurisdiction will be more real, vital and sound than when our numbers were greater. A merchant could .not long continue to do business successfully whose customers were valuable only for having their names on his books. The Lodges have generally concluded to give up the credit business and not carry, at an annual expense, so many members, just for the honor of haVing their names on the ledger. The result of this policy is seen in the vitalized conditions of Lodges and their ability to meet Grand Lodge obligations. Fraternally submitted, JOHN D. VINCIL. Grand SecretaTy.

DISBURSEMENTS. The following statement will show the amounts disbursed since the last Report, made October 14,1879: DATE.

WARRANT.

October 17.

1. 17. 2. 17. 3. 17. 4. 17. 5. .18. . 6. 22. 7. 23. 8.

Nov.

Dec.

AMOUNT.

PAYEE.

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28. 9. 31. 10. 22. 11. 28. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 4. 17. 18. 18. 20. 19. 29. 1. 1. 2.

John Alberty. charity . N. M. Givan, expenses as Grand Master .. B. O. Austin, charity . R. E. Anderson, attorney fee .. Dryden & Dryden, attorney fee . George Thorp, as Grand Tyler and washing aprons . Second National Bank, jUdgment and interest . .. Allan McDowell, Grand Lecturer Martin Collins. insurance Grand Lodge property .. Incidentals (see account) . .. Allan McDowell. Grand Lecturer Hildreth Printing Co., printing Grand Lodge Proceedings, and stationery . John D. Vincil, Grand Secretary, salary first month . . . Bellefontaine Cemetery Association, burialloL Dispensation fee returned ; : .. Postage on Grand Lodge Proceedings . Rent Grand Secretary's office . John D. Vincil, salary, second month . Allan ~1cDowell, salary .

5000 15000 15000 50000 50000 17650 3,50437 5000 5000 6289 10000

1,051 10 225 00 1,000 00 3000' 19725 60000 225 00. 5000

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Jan.

Feb:

6. 20. 10. 21. 16. 22. 23. 23. 3. 24. 7. 25.

Allan McDowell, salary John D. Vincil, salary, third month Clifford, portrait of N. M. Givan Joseph S. Browne, Grand Master, expenses Allan McDowell, salary Printing and postage

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30 March

3. 26. 8. 10. 29. 29.

27. 28. 29. 30. 2!1. 31. 29. 32.

April May June

6. 33. 4. 34. 10. 11. 1. 16.

July

30. 30.

35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 4l. 42. 43.

2,').

44.

22. 27.

August 13.

Sept. 29. 45. October 5. 46. 8. 9. 11. 11.

47. 48. 49. 50.

Incidentals (see account) John D. Vincil, salary, fourth and fifth months George Thorp, on salary Allan McDowell, salary Clifford, portrait of Edward Bates, P. G. M John D. Vincil, salary, sixth month Expenses-ink, expressage, etc Donation to Marshfield sufferers Allan McDowell, salary John D. Vincil, salary, seventh and eighth ,months Hildreth Printing Co., printing blank returns Allan McDowell, salary John D. Vincil, salary, ninth month Expenses-postage on blank returns sent out Allan McDowell, salary Allan McDowell, salary Postage, etc John D. Vincil, salary, tenth month Allan McDowell, salary John D. Vincn, salary, eleventh month Incidentals 1 Allan 11cDowell, salary John D. Vincil, balance of salary, twelfth month Allan .McDowell, salary Joseph S. Browne, Grand Master

Total disbursements

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$ 23 80 45000 2000 100 00 4000 22500 1920 20000 10000 45000 166 75 10000 22500 4030 10000 100 00 2005 225 00 100 00 22500

2625 10000 26250 10000 200 00 $12,832 71

REPORT OF THE GRAND TREASURER. J. W. LUKE, 1879.

October

14. 21. 31. November 13. December 2. 31. 1880. January 10. . February 7. 24. " 28. March 1. 31. April 24. May 14. 21. June July 14.

August

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In account with the 111. W. Grand Lod.qc of 1Ilissouri, A. Ii'. and A. M.: DR. TO balance on hand .. $12,773 93 To cash from Grand Secretary . $55950 31000 21200 12300 145 00

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16900 17950 24750 15650 21800 17650 15050 23250 10850 8675 7835 4150 16450' 377 00

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6. 7. 16. 17. 18. 2l.

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By·warrant No. 1.

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$12,457 32

JOHN W. LUKE, Gmnd Treasurer. ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 13, 1880.

REPORT ON JURISPRU:pENCE.

Most Worshipful Bro. THOS. E. GARRETT, for the com- â&#x20AC;˘ mittee, presented the following Report on Jurisprudence, which was adopted: To the .Most W01'shipful Grand Lodge of j[issouri, A. F. and A.

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The Committee on Jurisprudence, to whom were referred the rUlings and decisions of the Grand Master, and the special Dispensations for the ele.ction of officers, reported in the address, submit the following: We find that the Grand Ma~ter has made few deciSions or constructions of law that call for special commment, or action of the Grand Lodge, as his rulings are generally in conformity with our already established law and usage. It is therefore unnecessary to encumber our records with repetitions of the questions and points involved, which are ; merely reaffirmations. The Grand Ma..<;ter briefly discusses a question often raised in regard to when dues are due and payable, under the law of this Grand Lodge, which provides for suspension for ;10n-paymcnt of dues. The Grand Master construes the law as follows: " Any Brother may be tried during 1880, for non-payment of dues,-only for dues that have accrued prior to January 1st, 1879,"-and suggests that it would be much better if the words" for twelve months" were stricken out of the law, as many well-able to pay, take .advantage of the" one year of grace." In our view, the Grand Lodge does not grant, nor never intended to grant, " one year of grace." A year's dues are due and payable at the end of the period of twelve months, and ifnot paid, the indebted Brother is twelve months in arrears for dues. The law regulating the liability of dues, was never intended to mean that ;twelve months' dues,

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must lie twelve months over-due before the delinquent could be proceeded against for non-payment of dues. If it did, in case of trial, and suspension, one full year's dues could not be included in the account of indebtedness, with which the Brother stands charged, and for the non-payment of which he may be suspended. A Brother who docs not pay, is twelve months in arrears for dues at the end of the year, and if he continues delinquent, he may be proceeded against at any time during the next year, for all dues that have accrued during the previous year, or years, and for those only. The decision that a L<ldge can suspend a member for non-payment of dues, while he holds a commission as District Deputy Grand Master, is correct. It isthe law or this Grand Lodge, that a L<ldgemust be regularly opened and closed for the installation of officers; but where two or more L<ldges meet in the same hall, and wish to install officers at the same time, it is not necessary that the opcning and closing ceremonies be gone through with more than once. Ten, or a dozen repetitions of these ceremonies, which would otherwise be necessary in this hall on the 27th of December, would not only be a waste of time; but a grievous monotony, which would warn the Brethern to stay away from installations which all ought to attend.

The Grand Master is right in his rulings in regard to trial proceedings in Eureka L<ldge, No..73, and in his decision that a vote on a secret ballot cannot be recon~idered. It is a long established law of this Grand Longe, that a re-elected officer must be reinstalled.

The decision is sound, that a Lodge once regularly closed cannot be reopened again on the same communication. The rulings of the Grand Master in several special cases reported, are approved, as he simply applied the law. ' The Grand Master reports a long list of special Dispensations for the election. of officers. In many of the cases the moon was at fault in not coming to time to meet the re- . quirements of the By-Laws of Lodges that held their meetings by the light of the full moon.In several instances, atmospheric disturbances also prevented the holding of the meetings set apart by law for the annual election of officers. In all these cases where the Lodge meeting for election could hot be held for want of a quorum, the special Dispensations are approved.

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We cannot, however, indorse the principle of granting Dispensations to Lodges to hold special elections of ofiicers, solely because the Brother elected to an offict> at the regular. time, refuses to be installed. It is not according to our law and usage, and the effect of such proceedings is pernicious in fostering a captiou~ spirit, and in many other ways. A Brother may be disappointed in his aspirations for one office, and refuse to take another to which he may be elected. 'If the rule is encouraged, or even tolerated, the Grand Master will soon have his hands full of granting Dispensations to humor the whims and caprices of disaffected Brothers. There would be no end to the refusals to be installed, and just here the disintegration of our Lodges would commence. But our law provides for such emergencies, and is a bulwark of safety. An officer cannot resign his position, and is the ofttcer "until his successor shall have been duly elected and installed." There is no doubt about that, and' a L<ldge can never be left without organization under the proper offIcers, unless the ifaster and both Wardens die, or move out of the jurisdiction, in which case alone, it might become necessary to 'save the life of the L<ldge by Dispensation. Such an extremity very rarely occurs. The last Master is Mai;ter of the Lodge until his successor becomes duly qualified to succeed him,and in his absence, the Wardens by seniority rule and govern the Lodge. Neither can an installation be set aside until the G. L. PRo.-3.

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end of the year, and by the installation of a successor. As an installed officer cannot resign, he cannot be permitted in any event to be elected to, and installed in, any other otIice before his term expires b)' law. Frn.ternally submitted, THOMAS E. GARRETT, S. W. B. CARNEGY, SAMUEL H. OWENS, RUFUS E. ANDERSON, JOHN W. LUKE, Committee.

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CHARTERED LODGES.

The Committee on Chartered Lodges reported as follows, and the same was adopted: To the Jfost Worshipful Grand Lodge of ltfisSOU1'i, A. F. and A. M. :

Your Committee on Chartered Lodges would respectfully su,bmit the following report : We have examined the reports of all the Lodges received to date and submitted to us by the Grand Secretary. We find the reports of the following Lodges correct, as prescribed by Section 20, Article XVI., Grand Lodge By-Laws: N os. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18,19, 20, 22, 25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35, 36,37,40,42,43,44, 46, 47, 48,49,50,52,53,55,56,57,58, 59,'61,62,64,65,68, 71,73, 74,81,82, 86,93,95,96,106,108,109, 111,112,114,115,116,117,121,122,123,125,1::12, ]34, ]::16, 140, 144, 145, 146,147,148, 149, 152, 103,154,155,156,157, ]59, 161,162,164,167,168, 169, 170, 171, ]74, 175, 176, 178, 179,180,184, 185,186,188,189,192,193,194,195,196,197,203,205, 207, 208, 209, 212, 214, 2]6, 218, 220, 221, 223,224,226,227,230, 231, 2:~2, 233, 236,238,240,242,243, 244, 246, 2·17, 248, 249, 250, 258, 260, 263,265,267,270,272,274,'275,281,2&'), 288, 289, 291, 293, 294, 295, 296, 298, ::l00, 302, 303, 304, 305,306,307,308,309,310,311,312,316,317,318,319, 320, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 331, 333, 334,33.5,336,338,339,341,342,343,345,'346,352,353, 355, 360, 361, 365, 367, 369, 370, 371, 373, 374,375,376,377.381,383,384,390,396,397,399;.400, 401, 405,408,412,415,416,418,420,421, 424,426,427,429,430,431,435,437,438,439,441, 444, ~16, 447, 449, ·150, 453, 454, 456, 458, 459, 460,461,462,464,466,467,468,469,470,473,477,480, 481, 483, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 492,494, 496,499.

Incomplete list of officers: Nos. 5, 6, 54, 60, 63,66,70,72,75,76,79,83,84,89,91,92,97,100,118,119, 120, 129, 131,133, 13t>, 139, 142, 143, 173, 191, 202, 206, 211, ~28, 229, 2.52,255,257, 261, 264, 271, 280, 282, 287, 290, 313,314,337, 362, 372, 388, 389, 391, 392,402,404,411,419, 422, 434, 445, 451, 452, ~472, 475, 478, 493,497. Date of meeting 110t stated: No~.

386, 425, 428.

Names of members 110t alphabetically arranged:

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Nos. 4, 5,11,12,13, 17, :~9, 41, 45, .51, 54, 70, 80, 139, 166. 181, 182, 191, 206.217,280,286, 315, 321, 329, 343, 3.58, 378, 409, 419. 422. 482, 491, 497, 500. â&#x20AC;˘ Dates of either Initiations, Passings, Raisings, Admissions, Dimissions, Deaths, Suspensions, Expulsions, Reinstatements, or Rejections not given: Nos. 5, n, 158, 183, 213, 216, 225, 245, 251, 261, 321, 356, 425, 440.491. Not signed by Worshipfull\Ia.<;ter: Nos. 100, 142, 165,222,254, 255,372,413. 422, 433, 474. Not signed by Secretary: Nos. 99. 100, 165, 222,.255,413. Seal not attached: Nos. 91, 94,100,128,129,160, Hi.'), 173, 213, 22'2, 255, 257, 277, 314,321,330,388,391,403,413, 433, 465, 495. Officers' names not in list of members : Nos. 67, 83, 87, 88, 103,113,151,213,285,241,255,256,271,282,283,299,359,380, 395, 502. Raisings not in list of members: Nos. 160, 201, 262, 329, 344, 358, 363, 372, 385,455, 491. Admissions not in list of members: Nos. 105, 126, 138, 219, 251, 2.')7,266,358,385,394, 409, ,410. List of members does not contain those whose dues have been remitted: Nos. 31, 8.'), 105, 151, 172, 237, 257, 262, 382, 443, 478, 482, 484. Reinstatements not on list of members: Nos. 38, 77, 78, 102, 104, 105, 163, 198, 199, 210, 245,262,264,303,368,443,478,482,484. LOdges making no returns: Nos. 7, 14, 16, 21, 23, 24. 26, 69, 90. 98, 101, 107, 110, 124, 127, 130, 137, 150, 177, i87, 190, 200, 204.215,234,239,253,259,268,269,273,276,278,279,284,292, 297, 301, 328, 332, 340, 349, 350, 351,31>4,357,379,387,393,398,407,414,417,423,432,436, 448,457,471,476,498,501. The Memorial of Lebanon Lodge, No. 77, for relief from the operation of the law concerning Grand LOd~e dues, and the report of a former committee of this Grand Body on the same matter, having been duly considered, together with new evidence and statements from the Grand Secretary, we recommend that the relief prayed for be granted, and the Grand Secretary instructed to make the proper entry on the books of the Grand Lodge. In the matter of Arlington Lodge, No. 346, we recommend that the prayer' of petiÂˇ tioners to remove the Lodge from the town of Arlington, in Phelps County, to the Town of Dixon, in Pulaski County, be granted. In the matter of Bolivar LOdge, No. 195, we recommend that permission be granted to remove from one hall to another, in the "arne townj as prayed for.

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Your committee deem it their duty to call the attention of this Grand Body to a recommendation made by the Committee on Chartered Lodges, in 1875, concerning Lodge Seals, and which, having been approved, has the effect of an edict. We recommend that it be enforced. R. F. STEVENSON, C. H. ZOLL, F. W. MOTT, JAS. T. PLUNKETT, J. W. FARRIS, B. V. CHASE, , HALE MONTGOMERY, M. H. BECK, J. R. MIDDLETON, W. B. LEACH,

Committee.

APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.

Most Worshipful Bro~ S. H. OWENS, for the committee, presented a Report on Appeals and Grievances, which was adopted, as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand

Lo~ge

of ]'[issouri, A. F. and A. ],1. :

Your Committee on Appeals and Grievances herewith submit the result of their labors. We have patiently, and with no little labor. examined the mass of matter incident to the cases placed under OUI' supervision. The number of causes for consideration is not so large as in former years. We may hope for a further depreciation of' this class of work, 8...<; a better understanding of the law obtains among the Lodges. While such things as trials may not wholly disappear, we hope that the causes for appeals may become less frequent each year in our future history. NUMBER 1. JOHN BAILEY

vs. VALLEY LODGE,

'} Appeal from judgment suspending him.

No. 413.

The specifications in this case chaf!~e the accused with informing the United States Marshal that a member of the Lodge had violated the revenue laws. There is nothing in the evidence, on this specification, that amounts to a Masonic offense. The other specifications charge that the accused came into the Lodge in a state of intoxication and brought a bottle of whisky with him and offered it to others. The evidence fully sustains this specification, as well as the one in relation to his refusing to treat another Brother with good feeling and fraternity. The Lodge found the accused guilty and voted to suspend him. We do not see that any law was violated in the trial of this case, or that allY wrong was done to the accused. The reasons given for the appeal are more of an argument than a statement of errors committed by the Lodge.

Let the judgment be affirmed.

Grand Lodge of Missouri.

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NUI\1:BER II.

S. B.

WELLS

Appeal from judgment suspending JOHN. H.

VB.

No. 238.

RUSHVILLE LODGE,

}

COOK.

The specifications in this case charge disobedience of summons and withholding Lodge funds that came into his hands as Recrctary. The evidence in the case certainly proves both specifications, The Lodge, by legal vote, found the accused guilty and suspended him for one year, and until he made good his delinquency, One of the grounds for appeal is that the judgment is excessive, In this we differ from the appellant. We think the punisp.ment very light, and one, that he can terminate at any time after the lapse of one year by paying. the Lodge the money he justly owes. ' There is no error in the 'trial of /the case, as shown by the record, and we can see no reason why the jUdgment should be disturbcd. Let the judgment be affirmed. NUMBER III.

H. J.

CHURCH

} Appeal from judgment expelling him.

VB.

STOCKTON LoDGE,

No. 283.

There are four specifications in this case: 1st. 'Non-payment of dues; 2d. Habitual drunkenness; 3d. Defrauding a Bro,ther Master Mason; 4th. Neglecting and illtreating his family. The evidence was not written down at the trial, but there is an agreed state of facts which supplies this defect and places us in possession of the evidence. We notice in the appeal a number of objections, which arc technical in their nature, and only one that is substantial. 'l'he Master instructed the Lodge that there were but two degrees of punishment. to wit: expUlsion and suspension. He made no allusion to reprimand. This was wrong, but we do not see how it could prejudice the action of the Lodge or be any benefit to the accused, 80.<; the Lodge, by a vote of twenty-one to seven, expelled him, thereby adopting the highest punishment. We see no other points in the case calling for review. Let the judgment be affirmed. NUMBER IV. G. W.

CRAYNE

} Appeal from judgment expelling him.

VS.

LOWRY 'CITY LoDGE,

No. 403.

The transcript in this case is the worst I ever saw. The fact is, there is no transcript worthy of the name. A mass of loose papers written upon in pencil marks, with no beginning and no ending. There is what purports to be the record of the trial with this recital: " He was found guilty and was therefore expelled." I cannot find what they tried the accused for, unless it was something about an execution in the hands of an officer. There is nothing in the mysterious mass of papers sent up that gives any intelligent history of the case, and everythin~ seems wrong in the whole matter. This case must be tried with some regard to rules and law, and, therefore, must be reversed. Let the charges be made definite and certain; let notice of the time of trial, with a copy of

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charges, be served on the accused; let the evidence be written down and preserved, and let the record show what ~as done-how many votes were cast and how cast. Finally, let the :r,f:astcr read the 18th Article of the By-'Laws and conform the trial thereto. Judgment reversed and new trial ordered. NUMBER V.

J. H.

FISHER,

Appeal from judgment suspending R, W,

VS.

CACHE LODGE,

No.

416.

}

WATERS.

. The specifications in this case charge the accused with drawing 'money from the treasury of tIle Lodge, for the purpose of paying the dues to the Grand Lodge, and also to the Board of Relief, and applying the same to his own use, instead of the uses to whieh the funds were appropriated by the Lodge, and also with defying the Lod~e when called upon to account. The evideuce fully sustains the specifications, and the Lodge found him guilty, and suspended him five years. The ruling of the Master wa.'> just and proper, and we see no error committed in the trial of the case. The counsel for the accused withdrew during the trial, and another Brother was appointed in his place, and this the appellant assigns as a reason for reversal, and that appellant was the withdrawing counsel. A trial cannot be defeated or postponed in such manner, . Let the judgment be affirmed. NUMBER VI. H. L.

McKEE VB.

DES MOINES LODGE, No. 180.

Appeal from judgment acquitting Bro. C. C. }

CALVERT.

The specifications charge the accused with whipping his wife. The,evidence shows that there wa.'> domestic trouble to such an extent that the parties have been divorsed, and besides this, there is great conflict in the testimony. No error is complained of in the appeal, except that the charges were proven. Therc was evidence to sustain the finding of the Lodge, and we are not disposed to disturb it. Beside's this, there was no notiee given to the accused of the appeal, nor did he waive the notice required by law. Aside from the question of notice, we would not be disposed to reverse the finding of the Lodge. The trial was fairly and properly conducted by the Master of the Lodge. Let the jUdgment be affirmed. NUMBER VII. S. M. EJ,UOTT, VB.

IONIC LoDGE,

No. 235.

} Appeal from judgment expelling him,

The specifications in this ease charge the accused with saying that the Lodge held clandestine meetings, and with defaming some members of the Lodge, by saying they had lied'. This case was heard on appeal once before, and was reversed and remanded for another trial for a failure to comply with the law.

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There is a vast amount of testimony in the case, relevant and irrelevant, and it is sent up with the other papers in a confused mass; no paper being attached to another. The result of the trial was expulsion. This punishment was entirely too severe for the offense proven, and considering that the accused has been practically deprived of all Masonic rights for three years, and that this punishment has been sufficient for the offense charged, we recommend that the accused be restored to his Masonic rights and privileges, but not to membership in Ionic Lodge. NUMBER VIII. B. H. AVTTAND, V8.

LAKEVILI,E LODGE, No. 489.

}

Appeal from judgment acqUitting Bro. E. B. REVELLE.

This case is one about a school director and a school teacher. 'rhe teacher says he helped elect the director, believing the latter would employ the former as teacher. The case became one of considerable feeling between the parties, culminating in charges being preferred in the Lodge, and a formal trial had thereon, in which the accused was acquitted, and from that judg-ment ot the Lodge this appeal.was taken. We think the Lodge acted properly in the matter. The evidence shows nothing that wouldjustify the finding the accused guilty of any Masonic offense, and we are glad the finding of the Lodge is in harmony w}th the testimony. We can see no reaBon in the record ~alling for the interference of this Grand Lodge with the jUdgment below.

Let the judgment be affirmed. NUMBER IX.

J. II. POTTINGER VS.

POLAR STAR LODGE, No. 79.

}

Appeal from judgment acquitting Bro. WlI[, THROCKMORTON.

There are two specifications in this case. One charges "fraud," and the other " wronging a Brother Master MIlSon." Both cover the same transaction, and are, indeed, but one accusation. The specifications set out that a Bro. ATKINS was Secretary of Polar Star Lodge a.nd of Hyram Council, and,as such officer, was indebted to those bodies for a sum of money; that he gave Bro. THROCKMORTON a check for $550, to the order of Bro. LUKE, and directed Bro. THROCKMORTON to settle his indebtedness to those bodies; that Bro. THROCKMORTON drew the money on the check, but failed to settle, as directed.

The evidence offered shows the facts as stated in the specifications, substantially. .The accused shows, on his part, that the transaction was adjusted amicably and satisfactorily between Bros. THROCKMORTON and ATKINS, the latter testifying to that fact. and, introducing a letter written at the time, from which the following is an extract: "The money which seems to have, by some strange means, caused the ill-natured whispers to which I allude, you had my full permission to retain, and is now held by you in pursuance of an arrangement perfected between US. I should not trouble myself ill this matter but for the fear that somethin~ of this sort might possibly have reached your ears, and caused you even n}.ore pain than it has me." This shows, to our minds, that it WIlS no business of the Lodge, or of any other Brother to interfere with the private affairs of these two Brothers, where the matter was arranged to their satisfaction. This was not the money of the Lodge, but of Bro. ATKINS, and he had a right to do with it as he chose to do. 'I'here is no charge that the Lodge has been cheated, or that Bro. ATKINS failed to settle the amount of his indebtedness to the Lodge lLnd the CounCil, and if he permitted Bro. THROCKMORTON to use the money he had orig-

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inally intended for another purpose, that was his own business, and no one else had any right to interfere. And the testimony of Bro. ATKINS shows this to be true, as well as the letter read in evidence. But the appeal of Bro. POTTINGER calls for a review of the rulings of the Master on the trial. The Master ruled that no evidence could be received in reference to the money that was to be paid to Hyram Council. In this we think he committed error. The charges against the accused were" fraud" and" wronging a Brother Master Mason." Now, it does not matter how that fraud was committed. Bro. ATKINS was the alleged injured party-not Polar Star Lodge, not Hyram CounCil. The fraud might have consisted in the failure of Bro. THROCKMORTON to pay a store bill for Bro. ATKINS, or to pay any other indebtedness to any other person, whether a Mason or not. The treatment that Bro. THROCKMORTON extended to Bro. ATKINS was the subject of inquiry, and this· could be inquired into in the manner set out in the specifications. Another ruling assigned for review was the refusal of the Master to grant a continuance. The record shows no cause for a continuance, that we can see, a.nd we therefore sustain the Master in this rulipg; As a final conclusion of the case, we think that' the Lodge acted in a proper manner when it acquitted the accused. The erroneous ruling of the Master could not, in this instance, change the case. There was but one transaction between Bros. THROCK~lORTON and ATKINS; there were two points of destination for the money. This was afterwards changed by the only parties who had any right to change it. Tl1e whole matter of the • transaction, as affected by the specifications, WB.\; seen and fully understood by the Lodge, and the vote was decidedly against the guilt of the accused.

Let the judgment of the Lodge be affinned. NUMBER X.

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This is the Memorial of WASHINGTON GALLAND, who was expelled, in 1877, by Bolivar Lodge, No. 195, asking to be restored to his l\lasonic rights and privileges. Considering the age of the memorialist, and that he has suffered enough for his wrongs, we recommend that he be restored to his Masonic rights and privileges, but not to membership in Bolivar Lodge.. NUMBER XI. This is the Memorial of JA~lES W. TITUS, who was expelled by Lowry City Lodge, No. 403, asking. for restoration. The Lodge unanimously recommends the petition. Let JAMJ<:S W. TITUS be restored to all his rights and privileges as a Mason. Fraternally submitted, SAMUEL H. OWENS, R. E. ANDERSON,

T.C.READY; J. W. NORMAN, C. C. WOODS,

Committee.

AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS.

Most Worshipful Bro. R. E. ANDERSON called up the amendments offered by him one year ago, and. the same were adopted, as follows:

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Amend Sec. 21, Art. XVI, so as to read as follows: . SEC. 21. Every chartered Lodge under this jurisdiction shall annually pay to the Grand Lodge the sum of fifty cents 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, as follows: Strike out all after the word" paid" in the second line of said secti<;m, 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 Grand Lodge, the applicant shall be deemed a non-affiliate from the date of said dimit and subject to all disabilities as such.

REPORT ON ACCOUNTS.

The Committee on Accounts rendered路 the following report, which ~as adopted: ST. LOUIS, October 13, 1880.

To the Most WMshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. and A. M.:

Your committ~e, to whd.m was referred the accounts of Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer;having carefully examined same, with accompanying vouchers, beg leave to report that we find the same correct. We herewith submit the following: DR.

Balance in hands of Grand Treasurer, October 14, 1879 Grand Secretary has collected and paid to Grand 'freasurer Total reooipts

$12,773 93 12,516 10

;

$25,29003

$12,83271

$12,457 32

CR.

Grand Treasurer has paid out, as per warrants of Grand Secretary Balance on hand October 13, 1880 All of which is respectfully submitted,

LEEA. HALL, ALLAN McGREGOR, B. P. BAILEY, R. B. KICE, JAS. T. PLUNKETT, DAVID BAIRD, P. C. FLOURNOY, ,Committee.

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REPORT OF THE GRAND LECTURER. ST. LOUIS, Mo., October, 1880. JOSEPH

BROWNE,

ESQ., Grand MCU3ter oj Masons, St. Joseph,

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Most Worshipful Sir and Brother-Herewith I submit rcport as Grand Lecturer for the year ending October, 1880.

During the year my Lodges of Instruction have been generally well attended. Everywhere, with few exceptions, the Brethren have evidenced a strong desire to learn the correct work. I have visited nearly all the Lodges in Southeast Missouri, a large number in Northeast Missouri, and a limited number in Central and Southwest Mi~somi, alld a few in the Northwest. The L{)dges are gcnerally doing good and square work, and almost ... perfect peace and harmony prevail throughout this Grand Jurisdiction. The District Lecturers constitute a noble corps of workers, and have rendered me valuable assistance, for which they arc entitled to, and have, my thanks. Some of the districts have not been supplied with Lecturers, owing to the difficulty of getting competent Brethren who hu\'c the time to attend to the duties of the office. It is to be hopcd, however, that during the coming year all of these vaca路ncies may be filled. I regret to state that some of my promises to visit Lodges were unavoidably left unfulfilled, as I had laid out more designs on the trestle-board than I could ,":ork up. . During the past winter, a Lodge of Instruction was held in the City of St. Louis every Saturday evening, at which the work and lectures were exemplified and taught by the District Lecturer. I had the pleasure of being present at several of theSe meetings. and it is gratifying to be able to state that the teachings were correct, the attendance,good, that much interest was manifested, and I am satisfied that great good to the Order resulted therefrom. I sincerely hope that the same, or a similar plan will be pursued during the coming winter. Herewith I transmit reports of District Lecturers, so far as they have been rendered, Fraternally SUbmitted, ALLAN McDOWELL, Grand Lectu1路er.

EXEMPLIFICATION.

On motion of THos. C. REA.DY, Bro. ALLA.N McDOWELL, Grand Lecturer, was requested to exemplify the work this evening at 7i o'clock. CHARITY.

The Committee on Charity reported as follows, which路 was adopted:

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To the }.[ost Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. a.nd A. }.[.

Your Committee on Charity beg leave to submit the following Report: 1st. We have carefully considered the case of Bro. B. O. AUf:TIx, of New Bloomfielo, Mo., and would recommend that the sum' of two hundred ($200) dollars be appropriated out of the Grand Lodge funds for his relief, as follows: One hundred dollars for immediate use; fifty dollars in three months, and fiTty dollars in six months, he being very aged, a cripple, with an infirm family to support, in danger of becoming a pUblic charge, and in conformity with the precedent of the Grand Lodge in same case. 2d. That the petition of Latimer Lodge, No. 395, for remission of Grand Lodge dues, be granted, they lost their hall by a cyclone, and the property of several of the members bt:ing also destroyed, they have no hall to meet in.

·3d. That on application of Right Worshipful Bro. G. R. HUNT, District Deputy Grand Master of Forty-fourth District, one hundred ($100) dollars be appropriated out of the Grand Lodge funds, for the purpose of enabling Miss MATTm HARRIs-dllughterof Bro. PERRY HARRIS, deceased, late member of Johnson Lodge, No. 85, formerly located at Warrensburg, Mo., who is represented to your committee as a wort}1y and promising young lady of the age of eighteen years, and dependent on friends for her education-to complete her education at the Warrensburg Normal Sehool, where she is now attending. so far as to fit her for a teacher, which this committee is informed will be in the course of one year, and that said money be paid overto her friend, the said G. R. HUNT, to be by him expended for her benefit, for the purpose above set forth, as to him shall seem best and most appropriate. All of which is respect~Ully submitted.

M. McKILLOP, WM.E.RHEA, J. G. MIDDELCOFF, ·Commiuee.

REPORT ON BY-LAWS.

The report of the Committee on By-Laws of Subordinate Lodges was read and adopted, and is as follows: To the Most WorshiJ)ful G'l'and Lodge of :lofisl3ouri, A. F. and A. M.:

Your Committee on By-Laws of Subordinate Lodges would respectfUlly report that we have examined the By-Laws of Spring Creek, Higginsville and Wadesburg Lodges, and find that the By-Laws of Spring Creek and Higginsville Lodges are' substantially correct. but the code adopted by Wadesburg Lodge is so imperfect. and in some respects in conflict with the Laws of this Grand Lodge, that we recommend the Lodge to rescind t~em as a whole, and adopt the code prescribed by this Grand Lodge.

ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 13th, 1880.

Fraternally sUbmitted, ERWIN ELLIS, H. L. GAINES, J. B. VARDEMAN, CHARLES H. ZOLL, GEORGE R. HUNT Committee•.

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A report was presented respecting the reports of District Deputy Gr~Ild Masters, which was read, and, on motion, recommitted.

REPORT ON GRAND SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

The following, concerning Grand Secretary's Office, was presented and the Committee granted further time: ST. LOUIS, October 13, 1880., To tlle Jfost Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. and A. M. :

Your Committee, appointed at the last session of the Grand Lodge to consider the propriety of terminating the lC!lSe of the room now occupied liS It Grand Secretary's office, and to procure a suitable hall for the meetings of this Grand Lodge, and to secure another office, would respectfully report that we have been unable to find a place filling all the desired requirements, and in view of the possible change in .the management of the building in which the Grand Secretary's office. is now located, we deem it unadvisable to make any change at this time, and would recommend that the Committee be continued. • JOIIN D. VINCIL, •JOHN R. PARSON, J. W. LUKE, Committee.

A Memorial was presented, in behalf of an afflicted Brother, by Most Wor~hipful Bro. S. W. B. CARNEGY. On motion, the same was referred to the Committee on Charity.

REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION.

The Committee on Transportation and Hotel,Accommodations, for members of the Grand Lodge, presented the following, which was ordered printed : To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Jfissouri, A. F. and A. M. :

Your Committee on Transportation and Hotels would respectfully report that they have made the following arrangements: Representatives who pay full fare coming can obtain RETURN TICKETS,·on presentation of Grand Secretary's certificate, as follows;

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St. Louis and San Francisco Railwny . Missouri Pacific Railroad

45 One路fourth fare One-third "

Chicago and路Alton Railroad......................................................................

Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway .. Missouri, KanSAS and Texas Railway . St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway .. Keokuk and St. Louis Linc .. Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad 2~ cts. per mile. Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company-transportation free. Meals and berths extra. The hotels will accommodate Representatives on the following terms: PER DAY.

Western House $1 00 Hotel Hunt $1 00@1 25 St. James HoteL 1 50 \II,'in<lsor Hotel. 2 00 Barnum's HoteL 2 00 Laclede HoteL 2 50 Planters' House : 3 00 Lindell HoteL 300 Hotel Barnum for rooms, 1 00 Hurst's HoteL.................. ........................................................." 1 00 Fraternally, JOHN R. PARSON, Committee on Transportation and Hotels.

At 6 o'clock P. M. the Grand Lodge was called from labor until o'clock this evening.

SECOND DAY-EVENING SESSION. ST. LOUIS, October 13, 1880.

The Grand Lodge assembled at 7: 30 o'clock, for purpose of witnessing the exemplification of work, and was .called to labor by the Most Worshipful Grap.d Master, Bro. JOSEPH S. BROWNE. The Grand Officers were in their respective stations.

Bro. ALLAN McDOWELL, Grand Lecturer, then proceeded with an exemplification of the work, calling to his assistance Brothers

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of the as II

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Senior Warden. Junior Warden. Senior Deacon. Junior Deacon. Senior Steward. Junior Steward.

After the exemplification of the work the Grand Lodge was called from labor until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

THIRD DAY. ST. LOUIS, October 14, 1880. The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 9 o'clock A. M., by Most Worshipful Grand Master, JOSEPH S. BROWNE. Grand Officers in their respective stations. Prayer was offered by the Grand Chaplain, Rev. Bro. BARNES. The minutes of yesterday's session were read and approved. MEMORIAL.

Right Worshipful Bro. CRAS. F. LEAVITT presented a Memorial in behalf of Latimer Lodge, No. 395, whose hall was destroyed by the cyclone' that devasted portions of Southwest Missouri, and moved its reference to the Committee on Charity. Carried. BELLEFONTAINE BURIAL LOT.

The Committee appointed one year ago to purchase. a burial lot, reported as follows: .

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upon; and, for the sum of one thousand dollars, we secured a lot of 4,026 square feet, for which a deed has been made to the Grand Lodge. At the rcquest of )'our committee, a wa.rrant was issued by the Grand Secretary in payment of same. Fraternally,

J. W.LUKE, W. H. THOMPSON, JOHN R. PARSON,

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On motion of Right Worshipful Bro. MARTIN COLLINS, the aforementioned burial lot is placed in charge of the Masonic Board of Relief, to have con,trol of the same, and direct who shall be interred therein. MEMORIAL SERVICE.

Right Worshipful Bro. JAMES E. CARTER, Senior Grand Warden of this Grand Lodge, having been called from earthly labor since our last session, a Memorial Service was held this morning to commemor.ate -his virtues and Masonic' worth. At the time of his burial by the Grand Lodge, Most Worshipful Bro. JOSEPH S. BROWNE, Grand Master, appointed a Memorial Committee to present a tribute in honor of the deceased at the present session. That Committee, through its Chairman, Most Worshipful Bro. SAMUEL H. OWENS, presented the following, which was unanimously adopted by a rising vote, preceded by touching, eloquent and appropriate addresses by Right 路Worshipful Brothers C. C. WOODS, A. M. DOCKERY an~ JOHN E. RYLAND. Here is the TRIBUTE. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of MissOU1'i, A. F. and A. M.:

It is sad, under any circumstances, w speak of those who have passed beyond the river that marks the boundary between time and eternity. In speaking of the dead stranger, we do so in solemn wne and with thoughtful mien. In approaching the dead body of one whom we have never known in life, our nature tells us W step softly, lest we seemingly difiturb his eternal sleep. If the dead stranger commands such respect from the ordinary man, how sad and sore of heart must we feel w-day, surrounded by the familiar objects and faces in this Grand Lodge, While we pause to speak of one we so much loved in life, and so earnestly mourn in death! Is there a man on earth, who had

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the honor to know JAMES E. CARTER, whose feelings did not pass the ordinary bounds of friendly esteem and culminate in pure 16ve and affection? We think not. He was so gentle, so kind, so earnest in his friendship, that everyone believed that he was his special and particular friend. He had a kind word for every one, There wa-<; none so lowly in life but he had a word of sympathy from our departed :Brother; none so exalted in station that he was unwilling to count Bro. CA'RTER among his friends. A disposition as mild and gentle as a woman, yet marked with all the firmness that should ever characterize the true man, he arrived at his conclusions by means that were satisfactory to himself, and while he was firm and unyielding in his opinions of the right, he never attempted obtrusively to thrust' his convictions upon another. His mind was clear and unclouded by prejudice or passion, and his conclusions, being founded upon a sound judgment, were usually correct and al\vays reasonable. But it is not by mere words of praise that his memory is to be preserved. He lives in the hearts of his Brethren. No one who has met him hcre. in his animal attendance upon this Grand Lodge, will need this eUlogy to remind him of the good heart and high character of our departed Brother. When we cast o,ur eyes to the West and Sec his official station draped in mourning, we feel the unbidden tear trickle down our cheeks, and in onr mind we again see our loved Grand Senior Warden before us. The light of his cheerful countenance is felt again shining into our heart.s, and illuminating, with its rays oflove and truth, as in days gone by, all who came in contact with him. Bro. CARTER was born in the State of Illinois, May 20, 1840. He served his apprenticeship to the printer's trade, in Alton, and in 1858-he removed to Jefferson City, where he followed his trade until 1862, when he embarked in merchandising. In 1861 he was married to Miss ROXANA MATHEWS, only daughter of Dr. T. MATHEWS, of that city, who 'proved a good and true wifc, in every sense of the term, and preceded him to the grave about two years. The fruit of that marriage was four children-two boys and two girls, who are made dOUbly orphans by the untimely death of our beloved Brother. In 1871 he purchased a half-iIf'tercst iu the People'6 Tribune, and in 1872 was awarded the public printing-a contract which he held to his death. In 1877 he was elected Mayor of Jefferson City, and was re-elected in 1878. As chief executive officer of his adopted city, he acquitted himself with grcat credit and to the entire satisfaction of the people. Even his political opponents praised, in high ~rms, his administ.ration of their municipal affairs. Of his Masonic career, we will say that he was made a Master Mason July 27, 1864, in Jefferson Lodge, No. 43; was elected Master of the same Lodge in 1866; re-clected in 1867, 1868,1869, 1873, and 1874. He was elected Grand Junior Warden of this Grand Lodge October, 1878, and in October, 1879, was elected Grand Senior Warden. He was made a Royal Arch Maspn February 12,1867. in Jefferson City Royal Arch Chapter, No. 34, and was elected High Priest of the same Chapter December 13, 1868. He was elected Grand Scribe of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of l\-lissouri October 6, 1870, was elected Deputy Grand High Priest in 1871, and was elected Grand High Priest October 11, 1872. He Wll.$ a Charter member of Prince of Peace Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar, and was elected Eminent Commander of the same in December, 1878, which office he held at his' death. . In all the relations of life he was a true man. As a husband, he was kind, affectionatc, and devoted to his wife, and their married life seemed a continued honeymoon. As It father, he was mild ILnd gentle, yet firm, in the government of his children. As a neighbor, he was generous and hospitable. As a citizen, he was above reproach, and, by his conduct, set an example worthy of imitation by all. As a friend-what shall we. say? There Wll.'3 that magnetism about the man that drew us irresistibl)' to him, and held us, not with" bands of steel," but with the stronger' ties of love and affection. And once

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being adopted by him as a friend, there was no such thing as dissolving the ties of friendship, because he was as true and unflinching in his professions of friendship as the laws of nature. As a Mason, he was all that Masonry means. He was first prepared to be made a Mason in his heart, and, the preparation being right, his whole Masonic life was in perfect accord with the teachings and principles of the Order. He loved Masonry, because he believed, from his very 80ul, that its teachings were right. He was one who believed that charity was' the corner-stone of Masonry, and that charity did not consist alone in bestowing alms, but in a toleration of the opinions of others, and respect for honest differences; that charity was love, forgiveness for wrongs, and a constant willingness to sustain a falling Brother, rather than to pull him down. He was, notwithstanding his firmness (If character and unyielding devotion to his principles, more retiring than obtrusive in his disposition, and the many positions of honor and Âˇdistinction that he held among his Brethren was the result of spontaneous bestowment on their part, because of his qualifications and fitness for the positions, and not on account of seeking after them by him. Such was the man we mourn. On the 23d October, 1879, and just one week from his installation as Grand Senior Warden, his sl?irit "Qrifted out upon the dark and unknown sea that rolls around all the world." His funeral has been fittingly described in the printed Pro~eedings of the last Grand Lodge. It was our !t0od fortune to know him and to love him, and to esteem it an honor to be counted among hishost of warm personal friends. We have known him in all the relations of life-civil, domestic, official, Masonic-and we can truly say that, among all the good men that this Grand Lodge contains, it will never mourn the loss of a truer man and purer Mason than JAMES E. CARTER. SAMUEL H. OWENS, NOAH M. GIVAN, ALLAN McDOWELL, XENOPHON RYLAND, JOHN D. VINCIL, Committee.

GRAND MASTER W. H. SCOTT.

Most Worshipful Rev. Bro. W. H. SCOTT, Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Illinois, was presented to the Grand Master by the Grand Secretary, who introdueed him to the Grand Lodge in very fitting terms. Bro. SCOTT was then conducted to a seat in the East. .f

ELECTION.

The hour having arrived for the election of officers, the Grand Lodge proceeded to discharge that duty. The Grand Master appointed Right Wor~hipful Bros. LEE A. HALL and R. F. STEVENSON Tellers. As a result of the election the following were chosen

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GRAND OFFICERS: WJ\I. R. STUBBLEI"IELD, St. Louis ALEXANDER M. DOCKERY, Gallatin CHARLES C. WOODS, Kansas City LEE A. HALL, Louisiana .JOHN W. LUKE, St. Louis JOHN D. VINCIL, St Louis

GRAND l\fA8TER. DEPUTY GHAND MASTER. SENIOR GRAND 'VARDEN. JUNIOR GRAND WARDEN. GRAND TREASURER. GRAND SECRETARY.

At one o'clock P. M. the Grand Lodge was called from labor until 2 :'30 .o'clock this afternoon. THIRD DAY-AFTERNOON SESSION. ST. LOUIS, October 14, 1880. The Grand Lodge was calle!l to labor by the Most Worship'ful Grand Master at 2: 30 o'clock. Officers in their respective stations. MEMORIAL.

Most Worshipful Bro. CARNEGY presented' a Memorial in behalf of Wyaconda Lodge, No. 24. Referred to Committee ~n Charity. On motion/of Bro. A. M. DOCKERY, the committee, appointed one year ago to "codify and harmonize" the law respecting Masonic trials, was discharged. On his further motion, Most Worshipful Bro. SAMUEL H. OWENS was constituted a committee for the same purpose. On motion of Bro. DOCKERY, a committee was created to prepare and submit to the Lodges a new Masonic Burial Service. The Grand Master appointed as such committee Bros. THos. E. GARRETT, ALLAN McDoWELL, and A. M. DOCKERY. REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.

The following report, submitted bj? the committee, was adopted: I

To the Most Wor.~hipJ1tl Grand Lodge oj .~fis80U1路i, A. F. and A. M.:

We. your committee, to whom was referred reports of District Deput)' Grand Masters beg leaye to submit the following report:

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11,12,13,15,16,17, 18,22,25,26,27,28,29,31,32,33,34, 36,38,41, 43,44,46,50 and 51, and

after carefully reviewing all of said reports, we conclude that the "Craft" generally is in a prosperous condition throughout this Grand Jurisdiction. \ It is with regret we report the fact that eighteen District Deputies have made no report. It is important to have District Deputies, but when they utterly fail to perform their duties they become a hinderance rather than assistants to the Grand Officers.

The District Deputy Grand Masters of the Seventeenth and Thirty-first Districts make very satisfactory reports, but do not use the blanks furnished by the Grand Secretary, which they should have done. The report from the Twenty-seventh District advises that the Charter of Hickory Hill Lodge, No. 211, be arrested; but we would recommend that if the District Deputy Grand Master should, after personal investigation, advise such a course, work be suspended in said Lodgc until restored by the Grand Master or this Grand Lodge, and, in case of such suspension, that all the facts in the case be reported at once to the Grand Master. â&#x20AC;˘ The District Deputy Grand Master of the Thirty-second District reports the Halls of Marionville Lodge, No. 390, and Verona Lodge, No. 455, as "unsafe.i ' We recommend that both of said Lodges be suspended from labor until" safe" Halls are procured. We would recommend that the District Deputy Grand Master of the Thirty-fourth District be required to investigate the matter of charges having been preferred by Stockton Lodge, No. 283, against a member of Clintonville Lodge, No. 482, whieh the latter Lodge refus~d to try, and that heimtruct said Lodge to comply with the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge which may be applicable to the case, and if his instructions are not complied with, that he report the facts in full to the Grand Master. We recommend that Reynolds County be changed from the Twenty-third to the Twenty-second District. In this county there is but one Lodge, Barnesville, No. 425, and the convenience of the members would be served by the change. R. W. Bro. J. T. RUl''FIN makes a general statement that peace and harmony prevail throughout the Forty-first District, but, for want of memoranda, is unable to make a statistical report.

R. W. Bro. J. H. ALEXANDER, of the Fourth District, is evidently displeased with his success as a District Lecturer, and solemnly declares that he will never" ltgain be placed in such a position." We hope he will not" again be placed in the position" of summoning members to attend a Lodge of Instruction. We are glad totind zealous District Deputies, but it is important that thcir zeal does not surpass their judgment. R. W. Bro. M. McKILLOP, District Deputy Grand Master, Fifteenth District, prescnts an excellent paper with his report, asking for the formation of Districts at a stated place in each of which the Grand Lecturer is to hold Lodges of Instruction. As his suggestions cannot be' carricd out without amending the Grand Lodge By-Laws, your committee would suggest that the subject be referred to the Grand Lecturer, who will no doubt hold a Lodge of Instruction at the place designated for the said Fifteenth District. Fra~rnallr submitted,

J. W. LUKE, J. W. FARRIS, GEO. R. ~UNT, R. :M:. BROWNE, E. J. GOODRICH. JOHN SHEPHERD, Committee.

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LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION.

The路Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation reported as follows, which was adopted: ST. LoUIS, Mo., October 14; 1880. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. and A. M. :

Your Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation would respectfully report as follows: Your Committee have examined the records and returns of the following Lodges under Dispensation, and having found the same correct, they recommend that Charters be issued to them, as follows: Spring Creek Lodge, Edgar Springs, Phelps County. Wadesburg Lodge, Wadesburg, Cass County. Higginsville Lodge, Higginsville, Lafayette County. Chain of Rocks Lodge, Chain of Rocks, Lincoln County. t:>

A Dispensation was issued at the last session to Billings Lodge, at Billings, Christian County, but the Lodge having failed to send up its Record Book or make a return of the work done by authority of the Letter of Dispensation granted it, your Committee recommend that the Grand Secretary require the Brethren of said late Lodge to return said Dispensation and it.,> records, papers': etC., to his office, the Dispensation having expired on the first day of this session. Your Committee have also examined the petitions for Dispensations presen ted to them, and having fully considered the several applications, would recommend that Dispensations for new Lodges issue as follows: Hopewell Lodge, Lesterville, Reynolds County. Triangle Lodge, Perryville, Perry County. New Boston Lodge, New Boston, Linn County. A petition for Dispensation to form a new Lodge, to be known as White Water Lodge. at Cross Roads, in Cape Girardeau County, was presented to your Committee, but as the petition is not accompanied by the consent of all the Lodges whose territorial jurisdiction will be affected by the establishment of such new Lodge, nor by a voucher of proficiency from the nearest Lodge, your Committee recommend that the petition be returned to the petitioners for the purpose of perfecting the same. A petition to form anew Lodge ltt Laddonia, ill Audmin County, has been considered by your Committee, the same is accompanied by the recommendation of three out of . four of the I"odges whose territorial jUl'isdiction will be affected thereby. Vandalia Lodge, No. 491, Hot consenting to the formation of this new Lodge, your Committee, although favorably inclined to the granting of the petition, could such consent have been obtained, arc under the necessity of recommending that the prayer of petitioners be refused. Your Committee take pleasure in statil1~ that the rule adopted at the last session in reference to in15urill~ a more uniform and correct system of keeping the Records, has

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been generally followed, and in consequence thereof the Records are more correct, better written, and present a neater appearance than the Records which have come to this Grand Lodge for years~ Fraternally submitted, .CHAS. F. VOGEL, LEDRU SILVEY, W. V. CARPENTER, GEO. F. ROGERS, W.E.BLACK, ASA MADDOX, P. GODFREY, JOHN P. MACFARLAND, W. H. PRINDLE, M. L. MILLEN, Committee.

WYACONDA LODGE, No. 24.

The Committee on Charity, having considered the Memorial of Bro. CARNEGY in behalf of the above named Lodge, recommended the remission of its Grand Lodge dues. The report was not adopted, the Lodge not having made its annual returns. CHARITY.

The following reports of the Committee on Charity were adopted: 7b the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge ofMissouri, A. F. and A. M. :

Your Committee on Charity, to whom was referred the application of Most Worshipful Bro. S. W. B. CARNEGY for pecuniary aid for Bro. JOlIN ALBERTY, a member of Wyaconda Lodge, No. 24, beg leave to submit the following report: That, having carefully considered said application and the statement of facts therein contained, and believing from such statement and all the light before them on the subject, that Bro. ALBERTY is a worthy and needy Brother and a true object of Masonic charity, they recommend that an appropriation o'f seventy-five dollars ($75) be appropriated out of Grand Lodge funds, not otherwise appropriated, for the relief of Bro. AI,BERTY, and that the same be plaCed in the hands of Bro. CARNEGY, to be by him transmitted to Bro. ALBERTY: . All of which is respectfully and fraternally submitted, M. McKILLOP, WM. E. RHEA, Committee.

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To the Nost Worshipful Grand Lodge of ~[issouri, A. It: and A. M.:

Your Committee on Charity, to whom was referred the Memorial regarding Latimer Lodge, No~395, at Licking, Mo., beg leave to report as follows:

That we have carefully considered the facts in said Memorial set out, and have obtained from Brethren cognizant of such facts all the light on the subject we could, and we recommend that the prayer of the Memorial be granted. And we further state that in our opinion, under all the circumstances attending that appalling calamity in said Memorial named, so well and widely known, and of which said Lodge and its members, among so many others, were victims, two hundred dollars, instead of one hundred dollars, should be appropriated out of Grand Lodge funds to aid our afflicted Brethren of Latimer Lodge, No. 395, to secure them a home. All of which is respectfully and fraternally submitted. M. McKILLOP, WM.E.RHEA, Committee.

WAYS AND MEANS.

The Committee on Ways and Means presented the follow~ ing report, which was adopted: '1'0 the Most WOTshiPf1ll Gmnd Lodge of Missouri A. F. and A. }.[.: Your Committee on Ways and Means find available funds in the hands of the <ira.nd Treasurer .

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We recommend the following appropriations: Printing Proceedings of 1880 $ 800 Rent of Grand Secretary's office............... 600 Salary Grand Secretary 2,500 Chairman Committee on Foreign Correspondence.............................. 500 Printing and Stationery...... 200 Postage................................................................................................ 2.'iO Contingent Fund :........................................................ 50 Grand Tyler........................................................................................ 150 Grand Lecturer 1,250 Expenses of Grand Master for 1880-81.................. 250 Total appropriations Balance........

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Your committee would recommend that all fuuds in t.he hands of the Grand Treasurer, and not covered by appropriations, be invested in United States or Missouri State Bonds and held for benefit of Grand Lodge. Your committee would call the attention of the Grand Master, elected at this Annual Communication, to the last clause of the Report of Committee on Ways and Means, rendered to this Grand Lodge ill 1879.

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All of which is respectfully submitted, and your committee ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject W. M. VANCLEVE, C. F. LEAVITT, C. C. WOODS, ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 14, 1880. W. G. WEAVER. O.DAVIS, 1\1. COOKE, C. PIPKIN, C01nmit1ee.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

The Committee on Unfinished Business presented a report, which was adopted, as follows: To the Most lV01'Sltipjul Gmnd Lodge oj Missouri, A. F. and A. !tl.:

Your Committee on Unfinished Busiliess beg leave to make the following report: We find that at the session of this Grand Lodge, held in 1878, Bro. WILLIAM B. DRESCHER offered an amendment to Sec. 3, Art. 8, of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, which has been postponed u"til the present session. At the same communication, Bro. S. H. SAUNDERS, Past Grand Master, offered an amendment to Sec. 2, Art. 16, of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, which was postponed until the present Communication. At'the last meeting, Bro. R. E. ANDERSON, Past Grand Master, proposed amendments to Sec. 21, Art. 16, and Sec. 25, Art. 16, of the By-Laws, which were read three times, as required by the By-Laws, but the minutes do not show that any action was taken thereon. At the last Annual Communication, the amendments offered several years ago by Bro. S. W. B. CARNEGY, Past Grand Master, were also laid over for the consideration of this Communication. ROBT. HALE, A. B. MILLS, â&#x20AC;˘ JACOB ARNHOLT, Commit1ee.

REPORT ON FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE

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SPECIAL REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE.

The following Special Report on Correspondence was presented by the committee and adopted:

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In presenting this Special Report on Correspondence, it is the desire of your commit. tee to call attention to some matters of more than ordinary moment. SCOTLAND. This Grand Lodge one year ago adopted resolutions concerning the issues between Scotland and Quebec. They were as follows: . 1. Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Missouri hereby proclaims her firm and unyielding adhesion to the doctrine-so long maintained by her-of the exclusive Masonic jurisdiction of every Grand Lodge within the territory to which the authority of said Gnmd Lodge extends. 2. Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Missouri will sustain the Grand Lodge of Quebec in maintaining its exclusive jurisdiction throughout the territory of sa.id Province. 3. Resolved, That this Grand Lodge condemns in unqualified terms the' action of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, in establishing new Lodges within the rightful territory of the Grand Lodge or"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 established therein, this Grand Lodge will sever all fraternal relations now existing between the GtIlnd Lodges of Missouri and Scotland. 5. Resolved, That further action upon this subject be deferred until the next Annual' Communication of this Grand Lodge.

From the above it will be seen: 1. That further action on the subject was deferred till the present Communication. 2.~ That any action at this Communication must be influenced and governed by the course Scotland has pursued towards Quebec in the interim.

It is only necessary to announce that no change has taken place in the relations between the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Quebec. The Grand Lodge of Scotland still stoutly maintains her former attitude towards the Grand Lodge of Quebec by ignoring her sovereignty and continuing to exercise jurisdiction in that territory as if no Grand Lodge had any existence therein. This she does by maintaining a Grand Lodge of her own, where formerly she recognized the supreme authority 'of Quebec. One year ago this Grand Lodge declared that unless Scotland dissolved the Provincial Grand Lodge, estaplishcd'within the territory of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, and withdraw the Charters of Lodges established since the erection of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, all fraternal relations with Scol;]and would be severed. As Scotland has not done either, it remains for this Grand Lodge to act in accordance with its former avowal. ,

NEW SOUTH WALES.

The latest information respecting this far off claimant for recognition is to the effect, as stated last year, that the Grand Lodge of New South Wales" does not yet command the allegiance of a majority of the Lodges" in that Colony. It may be safel)' assumed that if a minority of 'Lodges within given territory can organize a Grand Lodge, the remaining Lodges which do not join the organization, they beiug in the majority, may also form a Grand Lodge. Their claims to recognition would then be based upon which had

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the greater number of Lodges in obedience to them, rather than the regularily of their formation or their legal existence, We should, therefore, refrain from the-recognition of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales, because the greater number of Lodges in that territory do no adhere to the present organization. We fraternally submit that the un'qualified recognition of any Grand Lodge as sovereign, within given territory, while there are non-adhering Lodges there, owing allegiance to, and receiving protection from, other Grand Lodges, is impracticable, if not dangerous. From this unwise and unguarded action on the part of Grand Lodges has sprung up questions and issues that are now disturbing the peace of the great Mansonic family. The recommendation of your committee, therefore, is that the Grand Lodge of New South Wales be not recognized. . DAKOTA. This young Grand Lodge was organized out of a part of the Chartered Lodges in that Territory. Some Lodges chose to remain in obedience to tlie Mother Grand LodgeMinnesota. Dakota desired Minnesota to transfer the non-concurring Lodges to her. This, Minn~ota declined to do. Then there followed a lengthy correspondence, attended with so~e feeling not necessary to the settlemen t of vexed questions. It is with pleasure, howeve;, that the announcement is made of a happy and satisfactory settlement of the issues involved. It is proper to record the fact that the settlement was brought about by the Lodges changing their allegiance from the Grand Lodge of Minnesota to that of Dakota. The information is just received (October I) that at the late session of the Grand Lodge of Dakota the last of the dissenting Lodgcs, Bismarck, No. 120, gave in its adhesion -and prayed for admission among the constituent Lodges of said Grand Lodge. Of course the Lodge was accepted, and there was rejoicing at the result which makcs Masonry a unit a.nd places a.ll the Brethren in Dakota in full accord Would that the same result were secured e!sewhere. I

THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF COLON AND THE ISLAND OF CUBA. In the Special Report on Correspondence, rendered at our last Communication, your committee presented the status of affairs among the contending Masons of Cuba. The two Grand Lod~es there, competitors for recognition, have consolidated and formed one Lodge, styled tile "United Grand Lodge of Colon and the Island of Cuba." The following announcement will be hailed with satisfRction by all lovers of unity and concord. It comes from the late Grand Masters of the two contending Grand Lodges: The Grand Lodges of Cuba and ColoD-presided over respectively by the undersigned, JUAN B. HERNANDEZ and ANTONIO GOVIN-yildding to the repeated solicitations on the part of their sisters abroad, and with the purpose of realizing in this country the Masonic unity by assembling all the Cuban Brethren under one Grand Lodge, strong and powerful, have resolved to consolidate, which was carried into effect on the 25th of .January'last, in the city of Havana, with the previous unanimous consent of the constituent Lodges of both. In so doing, both Grand Bodies have acted under the predetermined consideration that any deficiencies that under any light might exist in the organi7..ation and establishment of thcir constituent Lodges, should become thereby mutually. healed and regulated. And we beg to forward herewith the roll of Lodges now working under the United Grand 'Lodge of Colon and Cuba, of which please .take due notice. . By this consolidation, the contest heretofore existing among Cuban Masons has come to a satisfactory termination, iit accordance with the true spirit of Masonry; and in communicating to your good selves this pleasant intell~gence, \~e are happy to trust that all

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Grand Lodges will receive the same cheerfully and continue to favor us with their fraternal disposition, whereas those that had withheld recognition will now welcome our' United Grand Bod)' to the great family ofregul,ar Grand Lodges, HAVANA, 28th Febtuary, 1880. On the 28th of Ma~ch, 1880, the" United Grand Lodge of Colon and the Island of Cuba" held its first annual session, and elected ANTONIO GOVIN Grand Master, JUAN B. HERNANDEZ Deputy Grand Master, AURELIO ALMEIDA Grand Secretary. Under the consolidation of the two bodies, the United Grand Lodge now has on its roster fifty-seven chartered Lodges. In view of the peaceful adjustment of their questions of difference, the union of the two bodies and the promising future before them, your committee would recommend the following: Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Missouri learns with pleasure of the consolidation of the two Grand Lodges heretofore existing in the Island of Cuba, under the.name and style of the" United Grand Lodge of Colon and the Island of Cuba," and hereby recognizes the same as the.legal and Sllpt'eme Masonic authority in that jurisdiction, herewith tendering tq said Grand Lodge our fraternal greetings and welcome to a place among the lawfully constituted Grand Lodges of the world.

NEW MEXICO. The questions of difference between our Grand Lodge and that of New Mexico remain unsettled. All the non-adhering Lodg-es in that jurisdiction having- ceased to exist except one, Silver City; it is for this Grand Lodge to determine what course it will pursue in reference thereto. The Grand路 Lodge of New Mexico has proclaimed that the Charter of Silver City Lodge, No. 465, is under arrest. That Lodge was chartered by the Grand Lodge of MISSOURI, October 17, 1873, before the Grand Lodge of New ~-Iexico was formed. As the life of Silver City Lodge was derived from the Grand Lodge of Missouri, so its allegiance must be rendered to this Grand Lodge. By no act has Silver City Lodge forfeited the life given it by th'e Missouri Grand Lodge. Its' allegiance to the creating power-Missouri-must continue until transferred to another by its own act, or by the Mother Grand Lodge. Neither has been done, therefore it cannot be in otedience to the Grand Lodge of New Mexico, and that Grand Lodge has no right to arrest its Charter. The fact that New Mexico accepted the recognition offered by Missouri with Lodges in its territory belonging to this' jurisdiction and owing allegiance thereto, determine the question as to its rights to, and authority over, the non-adhering Lodges. This Grand Lodge must define the method by which iti subordinates shall terminate their existence, 1'herefore the Grand Lodge of Missouri cannot admit the right of any power on earth to arrest the Charters and destroy the existence of Lodges chartered by it. With these premises before us, the claim of the Grand Lodge of New Mexico to moneys and properties of defunct Lodges in that jurisdiction, whose existence was terminated by this Grand Lodge, cannot be conceded. Said Lodges having been chartered by this Grand Lodge, and ceased to exist by its will, their efl'ects, of right, belonged to this Grand Lodge, as the sole and only legal heir. Fraternally submitted, JOHN D. VINCIL, Committee,

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AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWB.

Amendments to Grand Lodge 'By-Laws, offered in 1878 by Bros. SAUNDERS, DRESCHER, LUCE, and ELLIS, and found on page 75 of Proceedings of that ye.ar, were called up, separately voted on, and severally rejected. Consideration of the Amendments to the By-Laws, offered at a former session by M. W. Bro. CARNEGY, was postponed until next year. . The following proposed amendments to the Grand Lodge By-Laws, having been read on three several days, are printed for the information of Breth'ren, and will be considered at the next Annual Communication: Resolved, That the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge of Missouri be amended as follows: In the second line of Sec. 2 of Art. XVI., By-Laws of 1875, page 25, the word" thirty" be stricken out and the word" twen ty " inserted instead thereof.

S. W. B. CARNEGY. ReBolved, That the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge of Missouri be amended as follows: In the second line of Sec. 21, Art. XVI., page 28, By-Laws of 1875, strike out the word " fifty" and insert instead thereof the words" twenty-five."

S. W. B. CARNEGY. ART. XVI.-CHARITY.

Sec. 38. All Lodges in this Grand> Jurisdiction shall open and maintain a regular Charity Fund. Sec. 39. The minimum charge for Lodge dues in this jurisdiction shall be five dollars per annum. One-half of all fees and all dues collected shall be placed in the Charity Fund and paid out by the Committee on Charity, for the purpose of charity, and no other. I

Sec. 40. The Worshipful Master, Senior \Varden and Junior \Varden of the Lodge shall constitute the Charity Committee in each Lodge. and all actions, or payments over five dollars, must be allowed and approved by the Lodge. Sec. 41. All widows and orphans of deceased members of Lodges applying, or known to be in distress, shall be entitled to quarterly or semi-annually allowances, within the limit of the Charity Fund of each Lodge. Sec. 42. All dues must be paid by December 27th (St. John's day), annually. Any member of Lodge in arrears over six months shall forfeit all claims on Charity Fund, and all Lodges in this jurisdiction shall suspend all delinquent members on June 27th, annually. WM. B. DRESCHER.

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SPECIAL.

The Committee on Foreign Correspondence having criticised (in the Report for 1879) a supposed decision of Past Grand Master READY, the party aggrieved moved a reference of the subject to a committee. Assuming to be the party described in the report of the Committee on Correspondence for the same year in the review of Georgia, he. asked the committee to consider his grievance in that direction. The committee reported as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. and A. M. : Your Special Committee, to whom was referred the explanation of Right Worshipful Bro. VINCIL in reference to his Report on Foreign Correspondence for 1879, under the hel1d of Wisconsin, wherein he refers to a decision of Past Grand Ma.<;ter READY, and also the grievance of Past Grand Master READY, as verballv stated in the session of the Grand Lodge, in reference to said Report, under the heads of Wisconsin and路 Georgia, beg leave to report: That, in our opinion, Bro. VINCIL has overstepped the duties of a Committee on Foreign Correspondence when he undertakes to criticise the acts and rulings of a Grand Master which have already been reported to and acted upon by the Grand Lodge. We are clearly of the opinion that the prerogative of criticising or reversing the rulings of the Grand Master belongs only to tbe Grand Lodge. On the other hand, we hold it to be the duty of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence to defend the Grand Master and the Grand Lodge which constitute the supreme Masonic power within his jurisdiction, whether such action accords with his individual opinions or not. Actuated by this spirit, Bro. VINCIL should have referred to the record when he found his Grand Master attacked, and should not have contented himself with the statement and criticisms of a Foreign Correspondent. And whilst his explanation is good enough as 路far as it goes, still he should not have allowed himself to be drawn into such an error in the first instance. Our views above expressed have equal application to the statements complained of under- the head of Georgia. We fraternally admonish Committees on Correspondence, in the future to steer clear of those rocks that lie ahead. THOS. E. GARRETT, JNO. W. LUKE, SAM'L H. OWENS, Committee.

THANKS.

. The Grand Lodge gave hearty expression of its gratitude by a vote of thanks to the various railroad lines, steamboat companies, and hotels for favors shown in the way of reduced rates, accommodations, etc, " ,~

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TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

On motion, Bro. JOHN R. PARSON was appointed a Committee on Transportation and Hotel Accommodations for the members of this Grand Lodge at its next session. PROCEEDINGS.

On motion, the Grand Secretary was directed to have 2,250 copies of the Proceed!ngs of this session printed for the use of the Grand Lodge and its subordinates. DIGEST.

Bro. THOS. E. GARRETT, P. G. M., moved the following, which was adopted: That the Grand Lodge have printed a digest of Masonic laws in force in this jurisdiction, up to and including the decisions of the present session. Bro. W. C. BRAGG having prepared a digest, which had been examined by the Committee on Jurisprudence, it was recommended that he be allowed two hundred dollars for his services. Bro. BRAGG is to perform the labor of having the digest printed, the Grand Lodge paying the expenses of publication. It was further directed that a new burial service be printed with the digest, and that the Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge be incorporated in the wor~. It was further ordered that the Committee on New Burial Service be given charge of the whole matter, with discretionary powers, and to determine the number of copies of digest to be·published. On motion, the Grand Secretary was added to the committee. POSTPONEMENT.

On motion of Bro. T. E. GARRETT, it was resolved that further considerat.io·u of the case of Bro. PHILIP RODAN,

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Worshipful Master of Polar Star Lodge, No. 79, be postponed until the next session of this Grand Lodge.. It was further ordered that the committee in said case be continued, with power to act, and examine witnesses and papers.

CLOSING.

The Grand Lodge, having completed the labors of the session, closed its work by the installation of Grand Officers, as follows:

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No further business appearing; the minut,es of the dais session were read and approved. The Grand Master-elect, Bro. STUBBLEFIELD, announced his appointments of subordinate officers and the chairmen of standing committees. The retiring Grand Master, Bro. JOSEPH S. BROWNE, assisted byBro.JoHN W.:FARRIS, Grand Marshal, proceeded to the installationof the Grand Officers-elect, and appointed. GRAND OFFICERS FOR 1880-81. WM. R. STUBBLEFIELD, of St. Louis..............•GRAND MASTER. ALEXANDER M. DOCKERY. of Galiatin DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. CHARLESC. WOODS, of Kansas City GRAND SENIOR WARDEN. LEE A. HALL, of Louisiana GRAND JUNIOR WARDEN. JOHN W: LUKE, of St. Louis GRAND TREASURER. JOHN D. VINCIL, of St. Louis GRAND SECRETARY. ALLAN McDOWELl" of GreenficJ<l GRAND LECTURER. REV. JOlIN E. BARNES, of Licking GRAND CHAPLAIN. REV. THOS. J. GOOCH, of l\1exico GRAND CHAPLAIN. REV..GEO. C. BETTS, of St. Louis GRAND CHAPLAIN. REV. SIMON LOEWEN, of St. Louis GRAND CHAPLAIN. REV. N. T. ALLISON, of Bolivar GRAND CHAPLAIN. REV. GEO. W. LONGAN, of Liberty :.. GRAND CHAPLAIN. REV. JAMES E. SHARPE, of Warrensburg GRAND CHAPLAIN. REV. W. A. MASKER, of Jefferson City GRAND CHAPLAIN:r REV. J. F. COOK. of Lagrange GRAND CHAPLAIN. RICHARD W. McMULLEN, of Hillsboro GRAND SENIOR DEACON JOHN SHEPHERD, of Macon GR.AND JUNIOR DEACON. GRAND MARSHAL. ASA MADDOX, of Kansas City \.. I

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W. G. WEAVER, of Bolivar : P. P. ELLIS, of New Florence CHAS. H. ZOLL, of Warrensburg J. M. McMURRY, of Palmyra : JOHN K RYLAND, of Lexington REV. C. H. BRIGGS, of $pringfield JOHN R. MIDDLETON, of Chillicothe GEORGE THORP, of St. Louis

GRAND MARSHAL. GRAND SWORD BEARER. GRAND SENIOR STEWARD. GRAND JUNIOR STEWARD. GRAND ORATOR. GRAND ORA'fOR. GRAND PURSIJIVANT. GRAND TYLER.

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

THOMAS E. GARRETT, St. Louis. SAMUEL H. O\VENS, California. CHAS. F. VOGEL, St. Louis. JAH. B. AUSTIN, St. Louis. JOHN R. PARSON, St. Louis. S. B. POTTER, St. Louis. JOHN D. VINCI!:, St. Louis.

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND IIIASTERS. 1st DISTRICT--8. W. B. CARNEGY, Canton. 2d E. J. GOODRICH, Shelbina. 3d HENRY B. BeTTS, Louisiana. 4th JOHN N. POLLARD, Chain of Rocks. 5th JOHNF. TIBBETTS, Montgomery City. 6th W. W. GARTH, Columbia. 7th L. SILVEY, Salisbury. 8th WM. 111. VANCLEVE, Macon. nth JOHN J. DILLENGER, Owalico. 10th GEORGE H. HUBBLE, Trenton. 11th l\1. L. MILLEN, Albany. 12th GEO. F. ROGERS, Hamilton. 13th R. B. KICE, Richmond. 14th NATHANIEL H. WILMOT, St. Joseph. 15th MALCOLM McKILLOP, Bockport. 16th A. C. STEWART, St. Louis. 17th J. W. PURVIS, Washington. 18th A. PARKHURST, Farmington. 19th W. B. WILSON, Cape Girardeau. 20th J. H. BETHUNE, Charleston. 21st VAN H. HARRiSON, Clarkton. 22d THOMAS IlL LANE, Poplar Bluff. 28d J. F. BENNETT, Caledonia. 24th C. M. CAUGHELL, Chamois. 25th J. M. ORCHARD, Salem. 26th JOHN E. BARNES, Licking.. 28th J. W. FARRIS, Lebanon. 29th J. W. ROBERTSON, Ozark. 30th CRAS. 1". LEAVIT'I" Springfield. 31st J. M. RITCHEY, Newtonia. 32d . E. P. LINZER, Mount Vernon. 34th J. D. ABBE, Bolivar.. 35th J. G. MIDDLECOFF, Clinton. 36th W. H. STANBERRY, Harrisonville.

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37th DISTRICT-P. G. WOODS, Versailles. 38th W. M. WILLIAMS, Boonville. ROBERT HALE, Lexington. 39th A. M. CROW, Kansas City. 40th JOHN T. RUFFIN, Carthage. 41st 42d RICHARD W. McMULLEN, Hillsboro. 43d PETER GODFREY, Fulton. 'Il 44th GEORGE R. HUNT, Warrensburg. t lit 45th A. J. SATTERLEE, Crescent Hill. REUBEN BARNEY, Chillicothe. 46th L. A. BARITEAU, Maryville. 47th SAMUEL M. EDWARDS, Mexico. 48th MILTON HELWIG, Cameron. 49th THOMPSON A. GILBERT, Weston. 50th R. P. ELLISON, Gainesville. 51st

The Grand Lodge was then closed in AMPLE FORM by Most Worshipful Bro. WM. R. STUBBLEFIELD, Grand Master, prayer being offered by the Grand Chaplain,'Rev. JOHN E. BARNES. JOHN D. VINCIL, Grand Secretary.

, The pillar of strength fell when our Grand Senior Warden died. Beloved by all, he is

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ANNlJAL OOMMUNIOATION IN 1881.路 The Sixty-first Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge will be held in St. I.../ouis, commencing at 10 o'clock, on the morning of the First Tuesday after the Second Monday (viz., the 11th day) in October, i881.

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I herewith sUbmi~ my Annual Report on Correspondence:

ALABAMA, 1879.

We begin our annual review by takingup the Proceedings of Alabama, and find an interesting journal before us of 266 pages.

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The Fifty-ninth Session of this body convened in the city of Montgomery, December 1st, 1879. Henry Clay Armstrong, G. M., presided, and Daniel Sayre was G. Sec. Five Past Grand Masters were present, besides Representatives from nineteen Grand Lodges, with Masters and Wardens or their proxies from one hundred and eighty-nine Lodges. The Address of Grand Master Armstrong, like the previous one, is brief and practical. He opened with the felicitous announcement: We meet once again in fraternal council under auspicious and congratulatory conditions. Throughout our jurisdiction there is an enthusiasm in the support of our Order that awakens the most pleasurable emQtions, and inspires the strongest hope for our future. Words of comfort and cheer come to us from every quarter of our territory, assuring us that the principles we are endeavoring to represent are practised and observed generally by the Fraternity. This devotion to Masonry, I am glad to believe, is not a mere momentary zeal, or superficial enthusiasm, but the result'of a conviction, that grows stronger every day, that the Institution is truly a powerful aid to man in sUbduing his ~assiOJls, and improving himself in those virtues which adorn and solidify character. It IS in this cOllvictlOll that we find that which constitutes the strength of Masonry, and from which we expect its perpetuity. 'f-he death of one esteemed, was thus announced: Bro. Henry A. Woolf is no more. For a number of years he occupied au official relation to this Grand Lodge and our State Government, in both of which. as well as in all other duties of life, he exemplified the character of the good and true man. We mourn his loss, but not without the comforting hope that his future, like his life, is one of peace. I suggest that an appropriate expression of our feelings upon Bro. Woolf's death be made. . , An appropriate tribute to the worthy departed was rendered by a committee, and adopted. A memorial page was dedicated to the memory of Bro. Woolf, also to a. Brot路her who had passed away at the ripe' age of eighty years-Luther S. Skinner, Past Grand Treasurer. G. L.-Ap.l.

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DECISIONS.

Four decisions were reported, and went to the Committee on Jurisprudence. 1. Dues do not accrue to a Lodge against a member, while the charter is in abeyance or is suspended.

2. That after charges and specifications are regularly filed, they become the property of. the Lodge, and may, by consent of the Lodge, at any regular communication, be WIthdrawn. / 3. That when an appeal is taken to, the Grand Lodge by a Brother who has been suspeuded or expelled by a subordinate Lodge. and the decision of such Lodge reversed by (,he Grand Lodge, the status of such a Brother is that of an unaffiliated Mason. This decision I have made in Obedience to Rule 19, Article 7, of our Constitution. This I think is a sin~ular provision of our organic law, and one that should be revised and amended. In my opinion, it divests the Gra,nd Lodge of the power and authority that rightfully belongs to it in such cases, and works a hardship where no hardship should be suffered. For instance: A Brother is tried, and is suspended or expelled by a subordinate Lodge. From this sentence he appeals. The Grand Lodge decides, after carefully considering all the testimony, that the charges are not sustained, and reverses the decision of the Lodg-e below; yet the appellant has. under the rule above cited, to sufrer the loss of Lodge membership, thereby under~oing a punishment when no offense had been committed. Why路 not make the reversal full and complete, and restore tbe Brotber to the position he occupied before the wrongful finding of the Lodge below 'f

In our review of Alabama, in 1878, we enlarged upon the operation and injustice of Rule 19, Article 7, of the Constitution. Every correspondent from wbom we have heard since, has endorsed our views. The Grand Master, above, takes the same position. His conclusions arc necessarily irresistible. Our esteemed friend and Brother,路Beers, in his Report on Correspondence, agrees with our views, as against "the rulings and law as well," of his own Grand Lod~e. We have no criticism to pronounce against the ruling of Bro. Armstrong, because Rule 19, Article 7, above, compelled him to decide as he did. But we do tbink the law works great injustice, and must, therefore, be an unjust provision. It ought, theref?re, to be repealed. Many of our Brethren arc compelled. in order to obtain justice and maintain their rights, to fight iniquitous proceedings of Lodges to the court of last resort -the Grand Lodge. The Grand Lodge interposes and say~ the suspension or expulsion was an outrage, reverses the wbole proceeding and declares it a nullity. Yet this illegally suspended Brother, declared to be innocent and completely vindicated by the Grand Lodge, is left out in the cold, with no membership or home. He s1tffC'l's becllm;e he is innocent. If the Grand Lodge would say a suspended Brother must serve"out the time of suspension because guilty, justice would approve. But here is an appellant, whom the Grand Lodge declares innocent, loses his membership 'and ~uffers a pellalty because the Court of Appeals set aside the verdict of guilt:y. Like the man who::;e pumpkins went rolling down the hill from his wagon, we cannot do the subject justiee. The Grand Master had to decide according to Rule 19, Article 7, but accompa.nied the decision with a vigorous protest. We thought. in reading his decision. "surely Alabama :M:~ons will now clear their statutc book of Rule 19." But no. The Committee on .Jurisprudence reported a hearty approval of this, with other "rulings of the Grand J\faster, and the Grand Lodge concurred therein." We had hoped better things of the jurisdiction of Bros. 'Beers, Sayre and Armstrong. Tbe Fourth and last decision of the Grand :i\Iaster was " overruled." It is as follows:

4. When a party has received the E. A. degree, and makes application to be passed, if there is any moral rell.~on why he should not advance. the member in possession of such reason should report the same to the prosecuting oflicer of the Lodge, and bave charges preferred against him. To this the applicant is entitled on every principle of justice and equity. After his initiation he, to that extent, is adopted into the Masonic family, aud is invested with certain rights and privileges, and among them the right to be heard in his defense. If unworthy to be advanced. he is unworthy to reta,in what he has-, and should be tried and expelled. .

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There is plenty of good, sound sense in the above ruling. When a party has been accepted by, and initiated into a Lod!!:e, he is a MASON. As such he is entitled to some consideration, and should be given a fair show. If unfit to receive the second. degree, he should be cut off from the first. We have maintained the doctrine for many years. that the cause for casting a black ball against a Mason applying for advancement or membership, should be such as to warrant charges. Instead of striking the Brother in the dark. bring charges openly, and either rid the Order of an unworthy character or vindicate a.nd save him to Masonry. The Grand Master uttcred some wise and well chosen words concerning Committees of Investigation. Many of these committees never do more than render a report. Investigation forms no pa.rt of their' work. 'We have often seen members of such committees confer together and make a report before leaving the lodge-room, at thc time of their appointment. The report thus made contained nothing, and amountcd to less. If the outside world kncw with what ease applicants pass, in such Lodges, there would be morc " work" than usual on hand. Grand Master Armstrong truly said: There is no committee so important to Masonry, as the committee appointed to investigate the character of applicants. They are for the time being the custodians of the honor and integrity of Masonry; overseers, .appointed and sent out to inspect and receive only such materials as will adorn OUl" moral and Masonic edifice. Brethren, let us guard well the portals of our Lodges. Our troubles and difficulties all grow out of our failure to do this. /

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Re.~olved, That it is the sense"of this Grand Lodge that a ballot cannot be had for the advanccment of any candidate on any other day than that of a regular communication, and that no Lodge can call off until another day, and consider it as a part of the regular communication. . GRAND MASTER ARMSTROloiG

Received a vote of thanks from his Grll.nd Lodge, for the zeal, ability and dcvotion displayed in the discharge of his duties during the two terms of service as head of the' Order in that jurisdiction. A committee was appointed to procure a suitable testimonial to be presented to Brother Armstrong. He deserves anything his Brethren may give him. RECAPITULATION. There is a reported and estimated membership in Alabama of 8,677. The dimissions deaths, suspensions and expulsions exceeded the admissions, raisings and reinstatements forty-five in number. The Order is holding its own, doubtless, as many of those dimitted are not lost to the State, but will becomc members of other Lodges in the jurisdiction. CORR,",c;PONDENCJ'.

The Annual Report was~rved up by our amiable-friend and good Brother, Oliver S. Beers. "for the Committees." The Report is of good length-l50 pages; writtcn ill genial terms; filled with excellent thoughts, and abounds with capital selections. It is truly a" RJWIEW," and the reviewer had examinedfo1路ty-four Grand Lodge Proceedings. Missouri for 1878 received due consideration, numerous extracts being made from the journal of that session. The committ{lc correctly charactizcd the Oration of Bro. Root as " an excellent Address." He did full jnstice to our first Report on Correspondence, and quotes us fully on the question we " critically examined," and says of us :

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He objects to the rulings. and law as well, of our Grand l"odge-with special reference to the report of the Committee on Jurisprudence for 1877, on the subjcct of reversal of Lodge vcrdicts by the Grand Lodge, and the cffect of such reversal on the Masonic standing of the appealing Brother. His remarks on this topic are well worthy of candid consideration, and that the)' may be so considered we reproduce them, annexed in exten.~o; remarking that similar objections to our ruling!'> (in that direction) have been frequently urged heretofore by intelligent reviewers of other jurisdictions. With one extract more from our" Conclusion," he "concluded" thus: And we must, with this extract, close our review of Missouri, not however omitting to return our grateful aeknowledgments to Bro. Vinci! for many kind and acceptable courtesies extended to this invalid Brother while visiting St. Louis in September last, during his i>ummer's tramp in search of health and restoration. I was sick and ye ministered unto me. Thanks and appreciative recognition of your favors, Brother, is all that I can give in return. The pleasure of seeing. knOWing and associating with Oliver S. Beers, i!'> not only Cherished deeply, but more than compensates for all that fraternal courtesy and brotherly kindness could ever do. Alabama Masonry must be an eloquent institution, if the name of America's great orator and statei>man can impart the fiery glow to thonghts and words. HENRY CLAY Armstrong just retired from the chair, when the new Grand Master, HENRY CLA Y Tompkins was seated in the Grand East. We have a HENRY CLAY in Missouri who is" an orator as Brutus is." â&#x20AC;˘We do not know that he is a Mason, notwithstanding he is a Dean. HENRY CLAY TOMP!<-INS, Montgomery, G. M. DANIEL SAYRE, :Montgomery, G. Sec. OLIVER S. BEERS. Mobi!e, Com. on Cor.

ARKANSAS, 1879. The l<~ortieth Session of this Grand Lodge convened in Littlc Rock, October 13th. 1879. George Thornburgh, G. M.; Luke E. Barber, G. Sec. Representatives of seven Lodges being preseut. thereby constituting a quorum, the Grand LOdge was opened in ample form, when the following took place: On motion, ordered that all the business of the Grand Lodge be po;;tponed until the fourth Tuesday in November, to which day it is ordered that this Annual Communication be adjourned or called to labor. Why this adjournment took place does not appear. Accoraing to the above resolution, the Grand Lodge convened November 25th. at Little Rock, 'with Grand Officers as before. . Representatives from 159 Lodges were present. There are some 340 Lodges in that jurisdiction. The membership is not footed up, thcre being no recapitulation. We do not care to do the counting. . The Grand Master presented a good Address, giving a lengthy statement of his official work. We would like to make a thorongh review of the doings of this Grand Lodge, but the latencss at which the journal came to hand forbids. The Grand Secretary states, in a closing note, that the printing had been delayed by various callses beyond

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the usual time. We should think so, as seven months elapsed from the close of the se~sion before the Proceedings came to this office. Ours was printed last year and mailed in six weeks. That Little Rock printer could not dela)' us but once. The death 1'011 embraced the names of two valued Craft'1men-Bros. J. P. McCowen and W. D. Blocher-the first a Past Senior Grand Warden, and the second a Past Grand Master. Dispensations had been granted for the formation of four Lodges. The COIldition of "Masonry is reportcd good and healthy. No great increase in members had been reported, but the Order, being relieved from mallY idle and worthless members, is moving onward to greater usefulness and brighter prosperity. Thirty decisions were reported. They are generally correct, and. with slight alt.erations by the Committee, were approved. Some Lodge in that jurisdiction desired a Dispensation to pass an Entered Apprentice without an examination, as he could not learn the lecture. The Grand Master declined, because the candidate should either learn or remain on the ground floor, as it was regarded "dangerous to boost him up to the giddy height of the third step." The Grand Master said he was unwilling to dispense with brains as a qualification for advancement. As he could not supply the needed article, being without a surplus, the applicant must remain below stairs until his stock increases sufficiently to learn the rudiments of Masonry. Let him linger! But where were the brains of that Lodge and its Committee of Investigation that such an applicant was ever received and initiated? There seems to have been a custom in the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, for Grand Masters to authorize Grand Lecturers and District Deputy Grand Masters· to grant Dispensations to initiate, pass and raise r-andidates without waiting the lawful time, and without passing an examination as to proficiency. Grand Master Thornburgh got to thinking overt-he folly of such custom; and finally concluded that it was absurd for the Grand Master to be taken from his high positibn as head of the Craft and carried about in the pockets of thirteen Deputies. We certainly would object to this widespread and ·wholesale distribution of our personality. We will not consume space in arguing the irregularity and illegality of such a practice. The joUy of it is enough to cause a laugh all around creation. We thank Bro. Thornburgh, in the name of common sense and sound MaRonic prudence, for breaking up such a pernicious custom. If we had not been furnished with proof, strong as holy writ, that such things had been done, we never could have believed it possible. The Grand Master closed his admirable Address with an eloquent peroration. From it we make an extract:

Many noble deeds of charity might be named to prove the blessings of Masonry; but she needs them not to b~paraded before the public to establish her worth. All around us are her monuments. Ask the wretched mendicant, whose hand has contributed to his necessities. Ask the inhabitant of a city desolated by fire, who came to his relief. Ask the city scourged with yellow fever, whose bounty afforded her aid. Ask the griefstricken widow, who dried her tears. Ask the homeless orphan, who clothed, fed and educated him. The response from thollsands of hearts declare that Masonry did it. Masonry has made a history incomparably prouder than any institution of earth. Her record is one of peace on earth and good will to men. War has never been her food. nor blood her drink. The raven that left ~oah and returned no more to gladden his desponding heart, is not her type; but like the dove she came forth to find the ground whereon the people floating upon a flood of idolatry and superstition might land and erect an altar to the Most High God, and upon it burn the sweet incense of brotherlv love. Like the pillar of fire by night. and the doud by day, she has guided the nations of earth from Egyptian darkness, through deserts of illhumanity. She has often, in God's name, struck the rock that gives forth water to famishing men. She has. in time of famine, showered the bread as from Heaven upon a starvin~ 1?eople. Though she has ·witnessed the death and burial of twenty-eight centuries, she lS III the full vi~or of life and usefulness. •. Her eye is not dim, nor her natural force abated." She lS as firm as the mountain, as stately as the oak, and as fragrant as the ro>e. Her history has never been written. It opens up a: study boundless in its range and captivating in its enticements through which . the student may wander a life time and pluck as he goes the blooming flowers that . bestrew his pathway and refresh himself amid their fragrance.

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ST. JOHNS' COJ,J,EGE.

We are glad to learn that Institution is on the high road to prosperity, having already secured an enlarged degree of confidence and usefulness under the vigorons management of its able and indefatigable President, Rev. Leo. Baier, fonnerlyof Missouri. We predicted success for Bro, Baier, for we have known him long and well. If the college fails under his generalship, it may as well be given up as the" huge elephant" we mentioned in our review of 1878, but we do not look for failure now. The report concerning the College and its future, rendered by Bro. E. II. English, gives much encouragement. A grand oration was delivered by Bro. R. E. Salle, and is furnished in the journal. It was wisely brief. CORRESPONDENCE.

Bro. Geo. E. Dodge prepared and presented an eighty-five-paged Report, reviewing tersely and briefly forty-eight Grand Lodge Proceedings. The Report, like its predecessor, is excellent. Missouri is honored by a longer notice than many of her sisters, and quite complimentary expressions are found therein concerning Grand Master Ready's Address, which is characteri7,ed as" a vigorous'and interesting document." Commenting on Bro. Ready's decision, that" the Worshipful Master elect of a Lodge must receive the degree of Past,Master prior to his installation,".he said: Now, if Bro. Ready will be satisfied to let us have our way with this one, we will try and fix it so that it will do to go along with the thirty-five sound decisions. In the first place, there is no such thing as the "degree" of Past Master known to . Blue Masonry (and we are bound to treat the question the same as if no higher branch of Masonry路existed). There is a concluding and supplemental private ceremony by which an elected and installed Master is invested with the '.' order of Past Master." The idea of its being a " pre-requisite" to installation we regard as error. The very utmost which could be insisted upon (even if the !'ast Master ceremony is essential at any stage) would be that the elected and installed Master should go through the Past Master ceremony before actually presiding over a Lodge, a" finishing touch," so to speak, of his installation, and by no means a pre-requisite nor even an essential part thereof. Our Arkansas Brother may prepare to dodge the bolts that will be hurled at him. Our want of information leads us to ask ir'the degree of Past Master was a part of the ccremony ()f Masonry in its primitiYc condition? Is it IIOt a modern creation? In reply to our review in 1878, touching St. Johns' College, Bro. Dodge had this to say: Bro. Vinci! seems to think that St. Johns' College should be killed, taking it for granted that Bro, McGuire rightly characterized it as lI. ., white elephant." We beg to convey to our Brother of the Missouri quill the gratifying intelligence that St. ,Tohns' College only looked like a white elephant when viewed from the standpoint of timidity , 'and discouragement. The same cloud which Polonius thought looked like a weasel, he afterwards acknowledged to be " very like a whale." The present flourishing condition of the College furnishes another instance of the many in which thE} patient has recovered a:o; soon as the doctors left ofr dosing it.' 'Ve confinently look forward to the day when it will be acknOWledged on all hands that S1. Johns' College is a wha.le of quite respectable proportions. PlelU'e remember we rejoice with you all at" the present flourishing condition" of your College, as much as we deplored its bad condition two years ago when Bro. McGuire represented it as an" elephant." Being familiar with Grand Lodge elephants, baving seen several,we sympathized with our Arkansas Brethren, Our sympathies ,~ere excited by an A1'kansas G1'and Ma.~ter. 'Ve are glad that a JHSSOU.1路i Ed11.calO1路 has brought about" the present flourishing condition of the College," and has contributed to the recovery of "the patient" after the 'Arkansas" doctors left 011' dosing it." Success to your College. GEORGE THORNBURGH, Powhatan, (re-elected) G. M. LUKE E. BARBER, Little Rock, (re-eleeted) G. Sec. GEORGE E. DODGE, Com. on Cor.

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OALIFORNIA,1879. The Thirtieth Annua.l Communication of this Grand Lodge convened in the city of San Francisco, on the 14th day of October, A. D. 1879. The M. W. John Mills Browne, G. M., opened the session and presided; R. W. Alex. G. Abell, the G. Sec., was present. Seven Past Grand Masters were in attendance. Representatives from 175 chartered Lodges, with delegates from four Lodges under Dispensation, and a large number of Past Masters were present at roll calL \

ANNUAL ADDRF"ss.

From a brief acquaintance with, and reportorial knowledge of, Grand Master John Mills Browne, we were prepared for a superior Address, and turned to his annual message with high expectations. As he always does things well, we were not disappointed, but found a strong, compact and clear presentation of many views, which challenge thought as they awa.kcn interest. In this, as in previous addresses, there is an elevated tone and chaste style manifest, in harmony with the principles so ably represented by our M. W. Brother. We quote the following as illmtrative of our statement: Ther~ is an ideal and pratical Masonry. Much in its passive aspect never reaches above the ideal, yet much of the apparent ideal is susceptible of a. practir,al shape, and./ at least to a certain extent, is within the means of attainment. Masonry is in accora with the teaching of common sense, for its principle is based upon that high morality which is thc common law of the soul, in the recognition of man as a moral, rational being. Its severe truths, when set forth by men of sense and reflection, dispel by their own force the delusions of prejudice, obstinacy and ignorance. In its support and enforcement of moral teaching it harmonizes with religion without avowal of creed or partv, and, in the encouragement of virtue and honesty and in the denunciation of hypocrisy, it enlarges the simpler and purcr enjoyments of lifc. But its dearest characteristics are a warm, human spmpathy as opposed to intolerance and selfishness, and a tenderness which rises above every other quality. In its vitality and durability it is capable of a progress to which no limit can be placed.

In reading the Address, we struck a mine of thought, richer in practical suggestions, and fruit-bearing truths than anything found in print for years. That this rich deposit of rare gems may not escape notice, or be overlooked by our readers, we will give it a large h e a d i n g . PRACTICAl, lIIASONRY.

Hear Grand Master Browne, and then reflect and inwardly digest: In my administration it has been aimed to bring your attention to practir,a} Masonry -every-day, actual Masonry-that which is feasible-rather than to please your :"enses in . reciting the beauties and grandeur of theoretical Masonry: for eXrel'iellCe has determined that there j;.; a great interval between written theory and rea practice, and that much of the possible ill theory is impo:"sible in practice. Let me ask this question. Of what use is Masonry UIllc~s it be made practical? Why expend time, labor, and money in perpetuating the impracticable? Practical Masonry is the application of its knowledge to the experiences of life, to our surroundings, to our social, business, and civic relations. The term Brotherhood is meaningless, unless a~sociated with charity, and charity is but half developed when restricted to the huma.ne duty of alms-giving. Masonic charity in its broad, unsclfi~h sense is to do" unto otheri' as we would that others should do unto us. It is the charity that seeks for truth; honesty. and respect for the rights of others ; that fosters knowledge, freedom, and toleration, llild searches and strives after the good. It is the absence of this charity that is the chief cause of personal difficulties, arising from speeial!tnd local ag-encies, by wrangling discmsioll. passionate accusation, petty selfishness, and intolerant opinion, !tIl produeing a bi~terness which sooner or later affects ",,'

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fraternal relations within the Lodge, and. in the sapping and mining of its harmony impairs. if not destroys. its effectiveness find usefulness. This is not imagined or un rea路 li7.ed. but too frequently an actual, experienced condition, a great and grievous fault. When Brothers are burdened with defects of their own, they should exercise charity towards the failings of others: they should not distress the mind when they themselves stand in need of many things; they should not forget the law of interdependence, and should not pass a severeness of jUdgment when regarding another's failings throu~h a medium discolored and distorted. Cold路heartedness and self-regarding ought to be supplanted by kindness and self路repression, and, in the practise of self-command, passion, pndchand self-love, give way to a chivalrous courtesy which will elevate both the giver and t e receiver. Brothers ought to remember that" a word spoken and a stone thrown, never return:" that they cannot be Masonically just. if they are not kind路hearted; and that if they will entertain faith and experience confidence, have sympathy and be charitably considerate. with a desire to help one another, their own characters for prudence and conduct and integrity will be enlarged and extended. The above is too pointedly practical to admit of improvement. direction would blur if not destroy its beauty and point.

Any attempt in that

After presenting asketch of the business to which he had ~ven attention, the Grand Master furnished a list of decisions rendered. We glean the following and present them in condensed form. .

Question-Must not an objection by a member to a visiting Brother sitting in a Lodge come directly from the party raising the objection to the Master of the Lodge, and not by hearsay? Answer-The Master alone decides as to the validity of the objection. Under ordinary circumstances no Master should deprive a Brother of the right 01 visitation upon merely a llearsay objection. The whole matter is left to the jUdgment of the Master. Question-Has the Master of a Lodge power to authorize a Past 'Master to open the Lodge and perform work, the Master and Wardens being absent? '

Answer-No; the Master may request a Past Master to confer a degree, but either himself or one of the Wardens must be present to open the Lodge. Q1lestion-How can a deceased member be buried with Masonic honors in the absence of the Master and Wardens?

Answer-By constituting an emergent Lodge, or any Brother might read the funeral serv,ice, without the usual requirement of opening a Lodge. Question-Is it right or legitimate for The Lodge to work on the Sabbath, or wouid the Grand Lodge, or you. as Grand Master, censure a Lodge for so doing?

Answer-Except for funeral ceremonies the urgency will seldom present itself for a Lodge to convene on the Sabbath, and the fact that there is much work to perform in the way of conferring degrees is no good reuson for a departure from the practice in this jurisdiction. It is desirable tD afiord the enemies of Masonry no vulnerable point for an attack, and consequently avoidance of labor on Sunday is to be observed. This decision is introduced because it was received most discourteously, as reported; therefore your pronounced opinion is earnestly solicited for it. It will not be considered strange by those who know us that we endorse in unqualified terms the above deeision against" work on the Sabbath." Our ancient Brethren rested on the Sabbath day. The Almighty Creator rested on the seventh day. It has been reserved for modern non-Sabbatarians in Masonry to kick against Divine a.uthority and Masonic custom in regard to the precept, " Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." If God hallowed one day in seven. the Sabbath, by resting from his work, and our" ancient Brethren" imitated the Divine Architect, modern Masons should not be allowed to disregard the day of rest. 'rhe following clear, just. and sound deliverance by the Committee on Jurisprudence meets the issue, and gives a quietus to the question in California:

Your Committee would have answered the question briefly that it is neither rig-ht nor legitimA.te for a Lodge to do work on the Sabbath. When we speak of WOl'k, we mean

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the ordinary work of the Lodge, and particularly of the conferring of degrees, and never speak of the performance of the burial service as work. The prop0:-:er of the question evidently so used the word. Our country is a Christiau country and our people arc a Christian people, by whom the Sabbath is recognized as a holy day set apart for rest and wor~hlp. Whether. as individuals, we are Christians or not, or professedly religious or not, we do profess to be good citi7,cns, obedient to the laws of the land. whether it be the land of our birth or of our adoption, and to be zealous promoters of the good order and the best interests of society; and it seems to your committee that a decent respect for the institutions of the country and the opinions of the great body of the people requires of us, as men and as Masons, to abstain on the Sabbath from our ordinary avocations or amusements. We have only to add, on this subject, our most earnest reprobation of a pernicious and unmaso~ic practice common in some communities. We allude to the custom of Ma.'ions meeting, 'informally, 011 the Sabbath in the lodge-rooms for purposes of instruction. These gatherings, though unauthorb;ed, may be termed .. Lodges of Instruction." Sabbat1l after Sabbath is thus employed in .. Masonic work." Grand Master Browne closed his able Address and final administration in touching terms-his" farewell" being an announcement of severed official r~~ations: There is a sadness in the word farewell, for it is an assurance of separation-a severance of actual relations. Farewell-it is uttcred sadly, for it is a witness to the fad that as your Grand Master I shall never again address you. The memories of our happy associations will be fragrant with â&#x20AC;˘personal flavors to be oft recalled during my voyage into the unknown future: which will be sweetened by their remembrance, and which will aid me to properly respect and rightly 'preserve the honorable distinction conferred by you with frequency and an almost unammity. In returning to the place whence you called me. it will be my duty a.c; well as my pleasure to recognir.e your favors by laboring with increased motives for the advanGement of the material prosperity of our Institution, whose deep, noble influences are factors which, united with love, serve to humanize the world. Farewell. My last words arc a prayer to God, our Father, for your individual happiness and prosperity, and for the common enhancement and common success of Freemasonry. To this .. farewell," so tenderly and lovingly 8poken, the Committee on Grand Master's Address responded, conveying the warm-hearted feelings of the Grand Lodge to their retiring chief. .Tohn Mills Browne has won a place in the affection of California Masons of which he may feel ajust pride. He will live in their hearts forever. I

In taking leave of our esteemed and well-beloved Grand Master, your Committee desire to express their sorrow that his official relation to us, which has existed so pleasantly and so long. is now about to end.' With honor to himself and with credit to the Fraternity he has filled the highest station known to our Institution, and in all things has proven himself faithfullLnd true. His touching farewell sinks deeply in our hearts and awakens therein this_answering prayer-l\'lay hi.~ life's journey be strewed with Heavcn's choicest blessings; may peace and prosperity attend all his labors; and, when llis earthly pilgrimage shall end, may he find eternal rest with our Fathel' in Heaven. The Report of Grand Secretary Abell,is, as heretolore, a splendid and unsurpassed paper. The committee, alreay mentioned, paid hini a just compliment. Reading the report but adds confirmation to the committee's tribute, Your committee, to whom wa.c; referred the Annual Report of the Grand Secretary, having carefully examined that paper. report that they find in it throughout the same evidenees of thoughtfUl care for and zealous devotion to the interests of the Grand Lodge which have been manifest in all the reports heretofore submitted by that excellent officer. Too much praise cannot be given him for the manner in which the business of the Grand Lodge is presented-especially that which requires immediate consideration and action. The whole is so skilltully classified, a.nd the accompanying papers so carefully arrauged, that the va.rious cODllllittees will find their duties materially lessened and their labors made easy and pleasA.nt. The Grand Lodge is to be congratulated upon having an oUlcer so competent and fA.ithful in all respects that confusion, error, and â&#x20AC;˘ uimecessary delay, are events in it~ history which have yet toÂˇoccur.

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The Grand Lodge of California provides" liberal things" for its Grand Officers. We append their appropriations: For salary of the Grand Secretary $3,000 00 . For salary of -the As~istant Grand Secretary , 1,500,00 For salary of the Grand Treasurer........................................................................ 200 00

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For services of the Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence............ ........ For contingent expenses of the Grand Master......................................................

200 00 200 00

The Grand Secretary receives $3,000 salary with a paid assistant at $1,500, and does not write the Report on Correspondence either. The Grand Orator, Bro. Lorenzo Sawyer, delivered the Annual Oration, which was as creditable as lengthy, and is found in the Proceedings. Two hundred and seventeen chartered Lodges now exist in the Grand Jurisdiction of California. One hundred and ninety-two were reported at the close of the session, as having been represented at some time during its continuance. CORRESPONDENCE.

The annual review was prepared by Bro. H. Hill, Committee. It embraces notices of forty-one Grand Lodges. In some cases Proceedings are reviewed for two years. The Report is of good length, being less than one hundred pages, and is in keeping with the former work of this able, just and fraternal reviewer. Missouri received most kind as well'as extended notice from Bro. Hill, for which thankS are due and hereby tendered. He writes in terms commendatoQ' of many of Grand Master Ready's decisions. and welcomes the writer hereof to a place among the reportorial Brethren that makes him feel at home. His Report is in every sense commendable. There are over 12,()OO Masons in California. The Grand Lodge elected Bro. Wm. \V. Traylor, San Francisco, as Grand Master, and wisely chose Bro. Alex. G. Abell, of the same city, to serve them another term as Gra.nd Secretary.

-,---CANADA, 1879. The Twenty-fourth Annual Communication was held in Kingston, September 10, 1879. M. W. Bro. W. H. Weller, G. M.; R. W., J. J. Mason, G. Sec. \

An unusually large number of Lodges were represented. An Address of Welcome was delivered by Bro. R. T. Walkern, on behalf of the Kil;gston Brethren. A suitablc reply was made by the Grand Master. He thcn presented his Annual Address, which was purely a business paper, The reports of the several District Dcputies followed and were printed by the Grand Lodge in the journal of transactions. The Board of General purpose~ rendered an extended report, showing the financial status of the Grand Lodge, It was in a most gratifying condition. This Grand Lodge continues to do great things in the disbursement of charity. A lengthy report on Appeals and Grievance appears in the journal, showing that the Craft in Canada has its share of vexatious trials. .

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Eleven new Lodges had been instituted under Dispensation during the year. There is a most commendable as well as a growing custom in that jurisdiction which we would rejoice to see become general in our own (Missouri) jurisdiction. it is the purchase a~d improvement of Masonic burying grounds, secured by the Lodges, and held for the interment of deceased Brethren. How few Lodges ever think of this interesting yet necessar~' Masonic work. The Committee on 'Jurisprudence rendered a few sound decisions of local application. 'l'he Grand Lodge of the Indi.an Territory was formally recognized. Cuba and New South Wales did not secure recognition, consideration of their claims being postponed. We find upon the roll of this Grand Lodge 334 chartered Lodges. The membership is reported at 17,587.. No Report on Correspondence found in the Proceedings. JAS. A. HENDERSON, Q. C., Kingston, G. M. J. J. MASON, Hamilton, G. Sec.

CONNECTICUT, 1880. The Ninety-second Annual Session of this Grand Lodge was held in Hartford, commencing on the 21st day of January, 1880. R. W. Bro. John H. Barlow, D. G. M., presided; R. W. Bro. Jos. K. Wheeler was G. Sec. The Representatives of a goodly number of Lodges were present, besides Past Grand Officers and Grand Representatives. This Grand Lodge had been bereaved during the year-its Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Israel M. Bullock, having been cut down b~' the destroyer. It is announced as the first instance in the history of that Grand Lodge where a Grand Master had died while in office. A special session of the Grand Lodge had been convened on the 23d of October, 1879, for the purpose of attending the funeral of M. W. Bro. Bullock, Grand Master. In his Opening Address, acting Grand Master Barlow made the follOWing mention of the loss sustained by the Craft: It is with no ordinary emotion I ann<;>llllCe to you, that on Tuesday, the 21st day of October la.<;t. the sad new~ wa." commulllcat.ed to us that our honored Grand Master. Israel M. Bullock, was no more. It became my painful duty to assemble you in grnnd wocession to go with me and attend the last sad rite of his burial. On the following fhllrsday, in his no..tive village, as the sun was sinking behind the western hills. in the impressive language of our ri~ual, we committed his body to the grave, em'tll 10 earth, (I~~hes 10 ashes, d~I.~t to dust. I can truly say that our solemn rites on that occasion were not a mere formality, but came from the heart of every sorrowing Brother; and as we deposited the evergreen upon his coffin, I could but om~r the silent prayer, may our conduct through life be such that the same de~p and heartfelt sorrow Inay be manifested when our Inortal remains are consigned to the silenttomb.

As the Representative of our sister Grand Lodge, near the Grand Lodge of Missouri, we tender the Craft in Connecticut the hearty and sincere sympathy of this jurisdiction, as well as our own personal condolence. {

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The acting -Grand Master noted, in appropriate tenns, the decewe of two venerable "Pa.<;tOfficers" who had "fallen" during the year-Rev. Wm.路Cooper -Mead, D. D:, Past - Grand Chaplain, and Rev. George B. A,twell, Grand Chaplain. Both were honored Brethren. A fitting expression of sympathy is offered the Craft in New Jersey in reference to the death of Thos. J. Corson. We find memorial tablets in the journal in honor of reverend Brethren Atwell and Mead, Past Grand Chaplains, and M. W. Bro. Bullock, Grand Master.

A few decLc;;ions 'yere reported by Bro. Barlow, rendered by him after he as.<;umed the responsibilities of the office of Grand Ma.c;;ter. Tliey are local in application. Dispensations, as granted, were reported, and some other business )tems. The Grand Master closed his brief Address w{th some very pertinent and practical words of exhortation, a.c;; he terms them. Hear him exhort: I believe, what, at the present day, Masonry as well as Christianity and the community at large sadly need, is a higher standard of moral action. We should make our lives and conduct more nearly conform to our profession. The purity of our precepts can only be manifested by our actions. Be careful, then, my BretlJren, in guarding against intemperance and excess. This fearful vice meets us in the church, in the halls of le~islation, and too often, J fear,in the Lodge. In connection with the besetting sin of intemperance, let us also carefully avoid another vice which J know is practised by some who have knelt at the altar of Masonry. I allude to the detestably unmasonic and ungentlemanly practice of profanity. There is not, in my opinion, one good excuse for it. It is practised by the low, the vulgar, and the rejected of community, and is in violation of every precept of our time-honored Institution. Let every l\'lason carefully abstain from it if he would preserve our ancient Fraternity from reproach. After such high-toned moral deliverances by Bro. Barlow, we record, with great pleasure, his election as Grand Master. We trust the" higher standard of moral action" needed in that jurisdiction, as everywhere else, may be the more certainly secured by the labors and timely words of Grand Ma:<;ter Barlow. The" fearful vice" of intemperance u; "in the Lodge." And" the detestably unmasonic and ungentlemanly practice of profanity" is quite as general among Masons, if not more so. than the vice of intemperance. Here are grounds for reprOach which none can deny. The enemies of "ol1r ancient Fraternity" have all the capital they desire furnished them by the profe~sed friends of this" Fraternity." Can a man be a true friend to the Institution and yet do everything to i71ju?'e it that our enemies wish? A just and beautiful memorial in honor of the deceased Grand Master, was adopted, From it we clip the following: MEMORIAL IIlINUTES. I

The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of Connecticut, in profound sorrow records upon its minntes the decease of its M. W.Grand Ma:ter ISRA~;L

M. BULLOCK.

For the flrst time in its histor)' ha.<; it assembled while the hand of the Master was motionless in the last sleep. Young in years, mature in judgment, upright in character, honored in-his profession, dignified in the performance of duties, and beloved by all, he passed away in the vigor of his days. To mortal view, verily, "his death was untimely," and we stand in the shadow of our bereavement, ama7.ed and sorrow-stricken, Worthily did he wear the badge of a Ma.<;on which in sadness has been deposited in his grave, and more lasting than the evergreen which has been placed over hiS remains will be our memory of him. "None knew him but to love him Nor named him but to praise."

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A memorial service was helo during the session and tributes paid to the worth of M. W. Bro. Bullock. "The full ceremonies will be published in a memorial volume." Said volume has not yet been received. The Grand Secretary presented a cieRI' business report, eXhibiting the fiscal affairs of the Grand Lodg€ and showing the condition of the Lodg-es in ,that Grand Jurisdiction. We find 112 Lodges. The membership amounts to 14,660 Masons during the year.

Some 400 were made

CORRESPONDENCE.

Bro. Jos. K. Wheeler, Grand Secretar)-', rcndered the Report on Correspondence. It covers eighty-six pages, and is full of jlloicir)Us selections and discreet views. Missouri, for lR79 is fully and fraternally noticed and copied from. Bro. Wheeler possesses a faculty we are trying to cultivate, that of condensing. He puts a g'reat deal in limited' space. We are glad to note his re-election as Grand Secretary, and continuance in charge of the correspondence department. JOHN H. BARLOW, Birmingham, G. M. JOS. K. WHEELER, Hartford, G. Sec.

p' COLORADO, 1879. The Grand Lodge met in Denver, September 19th, 1879, and held Annual Communication number Nineteen. \

Present: M. W. Roger W. Woodbury, G. M.; R. W. Ed. C. Parmelee, G. Sec. Out of twenty-six chartered Lodges, twenty-three were represented. Many visitors were present and the Representatives of other Grand Lodges were in attendance. The Grand Master presented an Address of practical character, reciting the various matters to which he had given attention. 'He reported fifteen decisiollS, whieh were approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence. These rulings 11re for the mnst part in harmony with the general standard of Masonic law.• , We inay epitomize them: 1. A non-affiliate is not entitled to Masonic burial.

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2. Burial of suicides is left to the discretion of the Mll,1;ter. 3. Under certain circumstances the degree of Past Master may be omitted at the installation of a Master. 4. A dark ballot cannot be reconsidered. 5. A non-affiliated F. C. or E. A. must obtain membsrship as 81tch. before seeking advancement, and pass the same ordeal as all other petitioncrs for the degrees. 7. A member of a

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can object a visitor out of the Lodge.

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9. A Brother can claim a dimit if in good standing and clear on the books, without gi ving any reasons for the application. 12. A Lodge eannot be opened in the absence of the Master and Wardens, exeept by the Grand :Master or his representative. The foregoing are the prineipal rulings presented. The others are not important. The Grand :Master was out of the jurisdiction part of the year, and the Depnty Grand MastIn, Byron L. Carr, discharged the duties of the office and reported his acts, which were approved. The Grand Secretary, Bro. Parmelee, presented a good business. Report. A ten-paged oration was delivered by the Grand Orator, Bro. Frank ChurCh, and is printed with the Proceedings. It is a very readable production. The Report on Correspondence was furnished by E. H. Collins, for the Committee. Missouri for-1878 is reviewed. BYRON L. CARR, Longmont, G. M. ED. C. PARMELEE, Georgetown, (re-elected) G. Sec.

-, DELAWARE, 1879. Grand Lodge met, October 1st, 1879, in Seventy-third Annual Communication. M. W. John

T~ylor, G.

M.; R. W. Wm. S. Hayes, G. Sec.

"Ltttle, but old," describes this jurisdition. In the Seventy-third Annual Report of Proeeedings we find twenty-two chartered Lodges, and an es~imated membership of 1,270. Total revenue due, $990. Nearly all of the Lodges were represented. The Grand Master delivered a -short Address, announcing the healthy condition of Masonry in that jurisdiction. R. W. Bro. Wm. H. Dodd, Past Junior 'Grand Warden, had gone to rest since the last communication, and his decease was suitably noticed b' the .Grand Master, and a suitabie page was awarded the departed. The records were not encumbered by Decisions, Reports on Appeals and Grievanees. No report on Foreign Correspondence except to mention Proceedings received, and the formal recognition of the Grand Lodge of Manitoba.* \

M. W..John Taylor was re-elected Grand Master, and Wm. S. Hayes, Grand Secretary; both of Wilmington. .

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* A special session of the body was held during the year to lay the corner-stone of a Masonic Hall at New Castle. r â&#x20AC;˘ I

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1879.

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The" January Communication" WItS held JanuaIj- 22d, 1879, in Washington City, and was presided over by Grand Master Whitney. Reports of committees. touching business interest, constitute all we find in the , journal of the" January" Session. Two special communications were held during the year for the exemplification of work. The Semi-Annual Se.~sion was held May 14th, at which Grand Master Whitney delivered a short Address. Several Reports on important interests were presented, chiefly that on JurisprUdence, by Bro. A. G. Mackey. At the Annual Communication, held November 12th, 1879, Grand Master Whitney presided, and Bro. Wm. R. Singleton was Grand Secretary. Twenty-one Lodges were represented. The Grand Master's Address was characteristically brief. He said the Masters of Lodges were generally so well informed as to Masonic law and usage that but little occasion existed for official ruling on his part. Having visited all the Lodges in his jurisdiction, he was prepared to report as to their condition. He announced that all Lodges were prosperous and acting in conformity to the requirement.~ of the Grand Lodge. Enough work had been done, and the material was believed to be good. Bad material is to be guarded against as much as it is to be feared. He reported the organization of a Board of Relief for the purposes following:' First-To. avoid granting relief to imposters and unworthy persons; second-To avoid hasty or inconsiderate action; and, Third-To distribute the work and expenditure proportionally among the several

Lodges. The Grand officers were elected at this session, but not installed. INSTAI.LATION

CQ;\[]I[UNICA'I'lON

Was held December 27th. M. W. Bro. Joseph Sylvester McCoy having been elected Grand Master at the annual (Nov~mber) meeting, was installed, and delivered an Addre.-;s. It was a practical talk. \

There are twenty-one Lodges ill this jurisdiction with a membership of twentyÂˇseven hundred. CORRF-SPOND ENCE.

Bro. Wm. R. Singleton, Grand Secretary and Chairman of the Committee, presented the Annual Report, covering 84 pages-Missouri for 1878 received fraternal and ample ilOtice.' Grand Master Ready's Address for that year is kindly reviewed, and some exceptiom; taken to the attitude of Missouri 011 given questions. But we fail to sec in Bro. Singleton's criticism anything to affect the soundness ofl Missouri law or practice. We concur {n his conclusion more than in his reasoning. "'l'he times change and we change with them."

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We make the following extract from Bro. Singleton's reference to an old and venerated Mason of this jurisdiction, M. W. Bro. Joseph Foster, Past Grand Master:

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When in St. Louis, in 18i4, we visited that Grand Lodge, and were introd1t-Ccd to the patriarch:-the friend so doing not being aware that he was an uncle by marriage-our Masonic father and instructor from the Entered Apprentice to the Select Mason's degree. When thus introduced to him, he put his hand OIl our shoulder and said. "''''hat, this boy! I was in the house where and when he was born." If we have been anything, or done aught as a Mason that was creditable, it must be attributed to Joseph Foster, from whom, who could so well impart it, as fast as we progressed in the degrees, we received a ~uowÂ ledge of all the rituals, history, philosophy and 1'cligion of Masonry, for from the grcat light itself was derived the most important instruction imparted. Bro. Foster was a remarkable man. With a very limited education, in old Matthews county in Virginia, not even a ., corn-field schooling," few men were to be found of more general information. With a mind like that of Napoleon, he could by his ral?id comb~nations. accomplish wonderful results. As a Mason he had no superior either III ritualism or jurisprudence. His wonderful memory served him in both branches, and no one was more happy in imparting instruction from the Orient than he was; and he well aeserved the designation always given him of H. A., for as a skillful mechanic also he had no superior. There are a few left only of the Grand Lodge of Missouri that were cotemporaries with us and him in 1841 to 1843. We notice the presence only of. P. G. M., S. W. B. Carnegy. . JOSEPH S. McCOY, Washington, G. M. WM. R. SINGLETON, Washington, (re-elected) G. Sec.

FLORIDA. 1880. The Fifty-first Annual Communication was held in JacksonviiIe, beginning January 20th, 1880. . M. W. Wm. A. McLean, G. M.; R. W. Dewitt C. Dawkins, G. Sec. Sixty-three Lodges were represented. The Grand Master reported a record of transactions connected with his second official term, embracing Dispensations and other items of interest to that jurisdiction. No decisions encumbered the record. Blessed exemption! Proper mention was madc of the Fraternal dead in other jurisdictions, including the names of Grand Ma.ster Bullock, of Connecticut; Thomas J. Corson, of New Jersey; and Edward J. Lane, Pa,st Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Virginia. The Grand Master paid a tender tribute to the memory of a member of that Grand Body, H. H. Berry. He was Past Junior Grand Warden.' Of him the Grand Master said: I

Brother Berry was a faithful friend, a good citizen and a 7,calous Mason. He lived respected, and died regretted.. The attentive ear will no more be greeted by his instructive utterances. The watchful eye is closed-the instructive tongue is silent-and this Grand Lodge is called upon, not to shed the sympathetic tear only, but to mourn departed worth. Thesc sentimcnts were endorsed by the Committee on Memoirs, who recommended a memorial page in honor of Bro. Berry. Grand Master McLean closed his Address with a most practical and sound exhibit of Masonic principle:>, duties and obligations. The Grand Secretnry, Bro. Dawkins, delined to permit the Grand Lodge to purchase for him a Past Grana Master's Jewel.

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The Committee on Correspondence submitted a Report covering three pages. From it we clip the conclusions of the Committee: 1. Freemasonry, the renowned and zealous, yet (J,uietly moving friend, harbin~er and promoter of liberal education, with civil and.religlOus liberty to all men, is a prominent and permanent fixture in every fully enlightened nation of the earth. 2. The ignorance, superstition,-fanaticism, bigotry and intolerance which, in ages and generations passed, have furnished pretense for Masonic persecution and martyrdom to the extent even of bathing so-called sacerdotal robes in the very best of Masonic blood, now only raise theirsickl)' heads of opposition in vain, calling forth pity, united with the scorn and contempt of all upright and well-informed people. 3. Not content with the mighty fabrics of wisdom and strength which it has erected in every well established government, Freemasonry, by inherent design, furnishes and wields a mighty and mysterious power and influence in the lands yet un reclaimed to divine love and liberty, and thus its mis.~ion will continue until of the Beautious Mystic Temple to T. G. A. 0,,: '1', U. it may be said, 'Tis Finished! On the

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the Committee had this to say:

The Grand Lodge of Quebec. we presume, solicited recogn~tion of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, with no demand or notice that ScotlanQ must surrender its jurisdiction over its Lodg-es in Quebec, and therefore Quebec was not in a position, all the circumstances considered, to assert arbitrary power in the premises, after obtainin~ such recognition without such notice: for if such notice had been given as a conditIOn precedent, the presumption is that the recognition of Scotland would have been refused. An Oration was delivered by the Grand Orator, Rev. Frederick Pasco. "The Perfect Mason." One sentence expresses, all that is in the Address.

Subject:

"Brethren, we work for God and humanity." We find a. reported membership of 2,151 in thisjurisdiction. The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were re-elected, and both live at Jacksonville.

IDAHO, 1879. The Twelfth Annual Session of this Grand Lodge convened in Boise City, September 9th, 1879, and Was presided over by M. W. Bro. E. A. Stevenson, G. M.; R. W. Bro. Chas. Himrod was G. Sec. Ten Lodges were represented. The Address of Grand Master Stevenson is one of ample length, and touches upon quite a variety of subjects. We would call it a running Address. We are glad to see that he rendered but one decision, and that was a good one, It is the same doctrine enunciated by Grand Master Ryland in 1877, and approved by this Grand Lodge, respecting the non-participation of other societies in a Masonic funeral. The Grand Master had visited all the Lodges in the jurisdiction but one.. The unvisited Lodge was a little inc01wenie.nt, being some eleven hundrcd miles away, and could only be rea~hed by stage lines. He had traveled fifteen hundred miles to visit the other Lodges. We believe there are not many railroad coilv~niencesin Idaho. The Grand Master treated in extenso several very important subjects, such as " Masonic anniversaries and amusements," "Non-attendance upon Lodge meetings," "Symbols," G. L.-Ap. 2.

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"EdilCation,"" Secresy," "Our duties as Freemasons," "The qUl1lifications of candidates and soliciting parties to join the Lodge," "The Secret Ballot," "A Mason's word," "The maintenance of the RegUlations and Landmarks of Masonry," "Antiquity or' Freemasonry," "Grand Orient of France." etc., etc. The Address is a good one, and it was his last. For three years he had held the gavel, and his surrender of the emblem of " Masonic authority" was gracefnl, and he seemed as grateful to place it in the hands of another as he was to those who had entrusted to him the government ofthe Craft for three consecutive terms. The Grand Lodge made formal deliverances as to France and Scotland, condemning both, and placing herself in line with all the Grand Lodges of this country. The Report of the Committee on Returns shows eleven Lodges and 392 members in that Grand Jurisdiction. There was no Report on Correspondence. Bro. Chas. Himrod, the efficient Grand Secretary of the past, received the grand bounce from his office, and was elcvated to the station of Grand Master. We are not so sure about this elevating business, having had some experience and seen some service in. both offices, we are not prepared to applaud or congratulate when a Brother is elevated to the Grand East from the chair of the Secretary of the Grand Lodge. It may. bring more lw1wr into the family, as the old farmer said when he was made overseer of the road, bnt there is the end of it.. We remember an instance where a Grand Lodge elected a Grand Secretary Grand Master in order to get rid of him. After serving as Grand Master he was shelved for all time and has been in obscurity ever since. We will not offer Bro. Himrod any congratulations for' fear of after consequences. We will state, however, that M. W. Bro. Charles Himrod is Grand Master, and, as such, may be addressed. at Boise City; L. F. Cartee is Grand Secretary, same place. .

ILLINOIS, 1879,' Grand Lodge convened in Chicago, October 7th. 1879. M. W. Bro. Theodore T. Gurney. G. M., was present and presiding. John F. Burrell, G. Sec.. was pre..<;ent and efficient as ever.

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He gets up, on good time, the largest journal of Grand Lodge transactions of any Grand Secretary in the country, and his work is not only large but superb. We tackle the work before us with many misgivings. knowing that we are incapable of doing justice to the doings of Illinois. That jurisdiction has two remarkably able men connected with and directing its work. We allude to Grand Master Gurney, and M. W. Bro. Robbins, Committee on Correspondence. The Report of Bro. R., for 1879, taken in connection wijJl his able administration for two years, places him at the front as a Masonic jurist and writer. The Masterly Reports of Bro. Gurney. as Committee on Correspondence, heretofore, with his administration for 1879, now under review, distinctly mark him as one of the first minds to be found among our American Craftsmen. But to our work of review. The Grand Secretary furnishes his readers with a recapitulation that recapitulates. A good index, well arranged' minutes, and a proper recapitulation render the work of

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review easy and pleasant. Bro. Burrell has done all this to the fullest extent. In reviewing some Grand Lodge Proceedings, we are impressed with the idea that they were simply pitched together, wiuiout regard to form, order or convenience. In such we find no index, recapitulation, addition or summaries. The journal before us is as nearly faultles..r; as any we ever had to examine. The recapitulation shows the existence of 691 Lodges in that jurisdiction, with a membership of 36,374. There was a decrease of 1,242 membcrs thc past year. From deaths, dimissions, suspensions, and expulsions the lo~ses footed up to 3,374. Deduct from this sum thosc who dimitted and may join some other Lodges in that jurisdiction, or clsewhere, and we have a clear loss to the Fraternity of nineteen hundred and/arty membel路s. Counting the number raised and those admitted during the year, we can see how the decrease occurs, and our Illinois Brethren will have to push their work to maintain their present large membership. We think the loss of members in all the jurisdictions of the country largely owing to the non-payment of Lodge dues. At the session now under consideration, there were six hundred and fifty-one Lodges represented-seven hundred and three Representatives being present. This was a large asscmbly for deliberative purposes. Excepting New York, this is the heaviest representation of any of the American Grand Lodges. ANNUAL ADDRESS.

This, as we expected, is an able document. Grand Master'Gurney always presents a finished production when he furnishes anything bearing his 路imprimatur. He noted the departure of sevcral worthy Brethren of the jurisdiction who had passed into the" shadows of the mysterious empire" where the nations have been gathered.Turning from these "shadows" he gave the Craft some most excellent and wholesome moralizings. A few extracts therefrom must be givcn, as all such forcE'S are needed and should be laid under tribute to elevate and strengthen our Institution in its lIuyrat character. A more tersely expressed truth is rarely met than the opening one of our first extract. Be it known and read of all men, that VICE in none of it,..; forms ever developed any of the . important and valuable elements of our nature. The developments which VICg makes are but to curse, not to benefit mankind. We would join to the request of Grand Master Gurney, our own, to the readers of this Report, that they give most serious attention to the thoughts he uttered. Would to God our Brethren everywhere would "purge" the" Lodges of imptll'uy," and" banish the demoralizing influences of the unfaithful, and throw around their / Masonic homes a halo of manhood that will invite commendation, rather than challenge unfriendly criticism." But here is the promised extract: Any extended intercourse with the .world will demonstrate that vice, even in its most attractive forms. cannot have any place in man's material, intellectual or moral development. The founders of our mystenes were men who comprehended our highest interests, and were not unwilling to place upon the record their faith in God's wise provisions for the welfare of his creatures. It was not unknown to them that moral uncleanliness was the grand ~ent in human degredation; shutting out hope for the present and future, and, if permItted, comp~te ascendency, man's development must be an impossibility, and Masonry, a burdensome and useless imposition upon our credulity. Entirely familIar, then, with the reflections from our Great Li~ht, they engrafted into our organization the divine enunciation, that man's possibilitIes were in the ratio of their compliance with His mandates. It has not occurred to some, that drunkenness is but another name for poverty, disea~e and moral decrepitude-it has not occurred to others, that licentiousness is but a synonym of physical and moral deformity, and that profanity is but the expression of II. normal tendency to disregard their own well being;

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neither has it impressed the multitude that vice was an enervating, exhaustive agency, while virtue finds its reward in transforming wa.<;te places into the beautiful, and only making possible "the fatherhood of God, and the brotherhood of man." I ask your attentiOIl to these germ thoughts of Masonry in the sincere belief that our influence as Masons and Lodges is entirely dependent upon our willingness to convey to the world, by precept and example, a determination to abide under the shadows of our altars. In all this we must not forget that" Masonry is It law unto itself." Its perpetuity is dependent u,Pon the force of its own influenees. It never demands affiliation with other humanizmg agencies. Its peculiar methods are its power, and when these are in the hands of brave and true men, we may rest content that it will occupy no unimportant place in the world's history. Neither is the Lodge a reformatory institution. It is to fit a rough, but sound Ashlar for the Spiritual Edifice, but it was never designed that this Temple should be a house for decayed stones, to which no amount of manipulation could impart strength or polish. Reject every blemished Ashlar, and accept none that cannot endure the tests of the overseer's inspection. Treating of " the condition of the Craft," Bro. Gurney referred to potent causes of decline and suffering on the part of the Fraternity. Too much prosperity brought on adverse conditions. Masonry, for the l~t fifteen years or more, has been too prominent: Influenced by the rush of the age, there has been an extension and unhealthy growth of the Craft that could but result in reaction, decline and prostration. From these disasters we are only beginni'ng to recover. The too rapid multiplication of Lodges, the burlesque or'our sublime Ritual, the vaulting ambition of many to reach the " higher degrees" (?), causing a race through symbolical Masonry, in order to join some" Grand Parade," ignorance of, and indifference to Ancient Craft Masonry. The8e things, so potent for years, have done their work, or borne their fruit. We apprehended the drift of these fictitious currents in other years, and lifted our voice in warning. B'ut infatuated men never listen to the voice that disturbs or checks their folly. The voice is always too sober. We endorse the. deliverances of Bro. Gurney, following, and . congratulate him for his firmness in refraining" from authorizing any new organizations." Reformation, at this point, is essentially necessary. Missouri joins Illinois in thus checking the increase of Lodges. 0ur Grand Master (Browne) has authorized no new Lodges so far, and strongly purposes not to do so. But what good will come ,of such purpose when our amiable Grand Lodge Committee will recommend Dispensations for all applications refused by the Grand Master? But hear Bro. Gurney, as follows: Masonry, generally, has becn influenced by the current of fictions that so frequently leave their enervating impress upon society, industries路 and trade. Men, during the past decade, have been in the habit of marking up their equities in corner lots and merchandise, until their imaginations were exhausted in fixing a limit to their aspirations. In this general scramble for attaininents, Masonry has been UIlpleasantly conspicuous. Lodges have mUltiplied, and Work degenerated into an mfatuation: but when revulsion came, we, with speculation, were relegated to a serious contemplation of our normal relations to the world. We do not suppose that the Craft can be entirely disenthralled from measuring its imaginary wall!,s by its imaginary surroundings. but we do believe that the combined wisdom of the Fraternity can devise some method that shall relieve us of the entire consequences of these too frequent indiscretions. I do not have any disposition to criticise the past, yet I feel that it will 110t be seriously questioned, but that the number of our Lodges are largely in excess of our requirements; and for this reason I have refrained from authorizing any new organizations. Applications in this direction have not been wanting, and from sources that demanded earnest consideration; but acting in unison with convictions of duty to the entire jurisdiction, I have subordinated personal inclinations to the general welfare. It is not possible to fix any estimate upon the value of a weak and inefficient Lodge. It does not contribute to the character of its members, or to the estimation in which it should be held by the community in which it exists; and for this reason its continuance is more to be deprecated than its extinction. Should your views on this subject reach a like conclusion. I would rer.ommend that it be made mandatory upon the Grand Master to suspend the functions of a Lodge that fails of holding a regular cummunication for the space of siX consecutive months.

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Here is a recommendation that delightS the heart of this deponent amazingly: I would further advise that our By-Laws be so amended that any Lodge in arrears for annual dues for ninety days after the Annual Communication of thlS Grand Lodge, shall, paJorce, be suspended of its functions, and restoration only to take place by virtue of action had by this Grand Body. Lodges that will not make returns ought to be killed outright. Those that will not pay Grand Lodgde ues should be suspenqed. The difficulty with these recusant Lodges is, that nothing can beheard from them. They seem to think that demands are made to be laughed at, and a Grand Secretary has nothing to do but to write letters for their amusement. Dumbness is extensively prevalent among these delinquent Lodges. A Lodge may have good reasons for not meeting路 its obligations promptly as to annual dues, but it should have enough respect for the Grand Lodge to speak and tell why it cannot pay. But for those Lodges that will not make Annual Reports, "justice and judgment" ought to be invoked. No one thing, in all the business of a Grand Secretary, is so provoking as this sublime indifference to making out and forwarding the Annual Returns. We do not prize the moral worth of such Lodges, as thus commit perjU1-y, in violating the law of the Grand Lodge, which they have pl'omised to路" support and maintain." Grand Master Gurney announced that no change had taken place on the part of Scotland towards Quebec on the invasion of the jurisdiction of the latter by the former. Scotland seems determined to disregard the American doctrine of Grand Lodge sovereignty, ~nd persists in occupying territory recognized as independent. She must take the consequences as they come. All Grand Lodges in this country having taken high ground in the defense of the" sovereignty" doctrine; members of Lodges under Scotland will find it a hard job to obtain recognition and admission. We regret this, on account of Brethren who may come among us from Scotland, because they are" innocent parties," but their Grand Lodge is to blame. RELIEF.

Much has been said and written concerning the reirnbursement of Lodges that aid "worthy distressed Master Masons." There is a case before us on which Grand Master Gurney delivered some sound utterances. A Brother Hoyt, of Chicago, and member of a Lodge there, was Masonically relieved by'" the Masonic Board of Relief of San Francisco," and a considerable sum of money granted him, "in the expectation that the amount would be refunded by his Lodge." We presume the Lodge of Bro. Hoyt, in Chicago, declined to reimburse the California Board. Bro. Gurney said: /

My opinion is, that the entire theory of the Lodge upon this question is definitely settled by its fundamental law, and when any departure from this is recognized, we cease to be a charitbl.e organization and at once take rank with associations that are organized for a quid pro quo. We are not of the belief that cha1ity will tolerate any expectation of remuneration for its kind offices. If a Lodge or association of Masons are not lllclined to relieve the wants of a distressed .. worthy Brother," except upon the hypothesis that a claim for compensation has thus been established, it certainly should no\make the expenditure except with the consent of. the Lodge to be involved. If aid furnished a Brother in distress is to be refunded; itis not CHARITY.

We like the following amazingly well. No doubt some good and worthy men will suffer by such ruling as the Grand Master of Illinois made in this case, but we prefer to . stand by the" OLD ship," to giving recognition to work done by "bodies known as Grand .Orients." During my administration there have been two applications for visitation from persons said to be Masons, and who hailed from bodies known as Grand Orients. In each lllstance these gentlemen were members of the Grand Orient of Brazil. 'l'he papers. or diplomas, furnished as proofs of their Masonic standing, bore unequivocal evidences that this Grand Orient assumed to confer the degrees of symbolic v

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Masonry. It is hardly necessary to add that I denied the assumption by directing the Lodges to whom these pe1"8ons applied, not to extend fraternal recognition. We do not consent that any body of men, however distinguished they may become by reason of a large preponderance of degrees and orde1"8, have remote authority in Craft Masonry. The Gr~nd Lodge of New Mexico and Indian Territory having been extended .. fraternal recognition" by the Grand Lodge of Illinois-an exchange of Grand Representatives followed. The Grand Master's labors were extensive and varied, as shown by the very numerous items which dot his report. It could not be otherwise than that a vast burden should rest upon him in managing such a large jurisdiction. That these affairs were conducted 'wisely and well, we announce with fullest confidence. He brings out the financial condition of the Grand Lodge, and puts it in a clear light before the Craft in Illinois. We were not aware that two Grand Treasurers had fallen behind in that jurisdiction. How much the shortage of both amounts to, we are unable to determine. In one case the Grand Lodge holds two life policies as security, of $5,000 each, while the other seems not so well secured. We wish our Illinois Brethren better success in reaping from the scattered assets of Grand Treasurers, than we of Missouri have had. Nearly two years have elapsed since our failure, and only three per cent. dividend has cheered our waiting hearts. Silence deep and long prevails as to the balance. We are waiting and even anxious for a surprise in the war of something l1wre concerning these defalcations on the part of Grand Lodge officials. We quote Grand Master Gurney. He speaks delicately yet plainly: I dislike very much to make further allusion to those unfortunate transactionsunfortunate because they reflect upon the inte~irty of Brethren who have had a large place in the fraternal regard of the Craft of our Jurisdiction. I do not indulge in any disposition to foster un:pleasant memories, but I do wish to insist that these gross derelictions of duty may not, III the future, escape the disciplinary attention they merit. It is not much encouragement for our Lodges to provide funds to meet the demands that are liable at any moment to command our benevolence, and then sec them dissipated by speculation, or devoted to private interests of any kind. I am of the opinion that the practice of insisting upon bonds from our financial agents should be discontinued. They are vll:lueless, because never enforced. If you think otherwise, I would advise that sureties should not be of the Craft. Have these matters conducted upon strict business principles, and then. if we meet with disaster, we shall have the callsolation remaining to us, that we have not acted like children. There is something very suggestive and strikingly significant ill theabove.路 That it has a local application is evidellt from the fact that it was written by Bro. Gurney. That it applies pertinently to other jurisdictions than Illinois is not to be questioned. We will not characterize these" gross derelittions" by any stronger language than the above. But for the funds of Grand and Subordinate Bodies, and individual Masons, to be " dissipated by speculation," .. devoted to private interests." or withheld and enjoyed by parties who can keep just claimants out of their dues, must be trying beyond expression. Bankruptcy of confidence is the worst impoverispment of earth. We close our very imperfect review of Bro. Gurney by an extract from his" Conclusion: ..

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And thus, the record of toil and anxiety is before The past is beyond recall. We cannot undo the errors with which the old year IS cumbered and clouded; but, with an abiding faith in Him whose tender solicitude for His erring creatures neither .. slumbers nol' sleeps," we will reach forth for" the things that are before," and press forw~rd for the prize of our high Masonic calling. . Brethren, be faithful to your trust.~. :Masters and Wardens, upon you rest our hope. God will reward your cheerful contributions to human welfare. He asks. of us

\ manhood; and Masonry, n;flecting the divine plan, also asks you to abide in the shadow

of His promises.

We are ple~ed to notc that Bro. Gurney was re-elected and' will fill the station Of Grand Master another term. We mean no flattery, for we never met Bro. Gurney,

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but will say, that if every jurisdiction would honor itself by selecting such Masonic rulers as Illinois, Masonry would stand higher in pUblic estimation, and be sounder and purer than it is. AMUSING.

In 1877, Grand Master Joseph Robbins decided that ., Whcre a candidate, after being rejected by one Lodge, moves into the jurisdiction of another Lodge, neither Lodge can receive his petition without obtaining the consent of the other." The Grand Lodge of Illinois, bc it known, affirmed the above decision. A m.'inority report 'was presented at the time, by Bro. D. C. Cregier, we believe, but failed. We gave the ruling of Grand Master Robbins the best airing in our power, in our review of 1878. We regarded the decision then, as now, wholly impracticable, indefensible and contrary to sound Masonic usage. Now comes Grand Master Gurney, in 1879, and says of the decision affirmed in 1877: "I believed then, and remain of the opinion, that it was inimical to well established principles that have governed in such cases." The Grand Master then said of Bro. Robbins' decision: 0

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The minority report of the Committee on Jurisprudence, found on pages 110 and 111 of the printed proceedings of that year, quotes the law upon the subject. This appears so conclusive, that I cannot resist the inclination to renew a consideration of this decision, notwithstanding my high appreciation of the ability and discretion of its author. It had never before occurred to me that the personal jurisdiction of Lodges, could be divisible; on the contrary, I have im'ariably entertained the opinion that such jurisdiction, like other rights of the Lodge, were positive. The law, which has been referred to, expressly provides that a rejected petitioner for the degrees may renew his application to the same Lodge only Which rejected him. 'Ve cannot, therefore, see, by what reasoning, under the law,. that the Grand Lodge assumes that such well defined jurisdietion can be shared by another Lodge, if it is true that the • provisions of this law confines exclusive control of rejected material to the rejecting Lodges, . In which views we most heartily concur. Of course, the above presentation of the matter, brought it before the Grand Lodge again, and from its consideration there was no escape. The subject must, thereforc, go to a comm'ittee,and the Jurispruflence Committee was the proper one to consider it. But just here was where the fun appeared. Bro. Robbins, author of the objectionable decision in 1877, happened to be Chairman of the Committee on Jurisprudence in 1879. It would not do for the subject to be referred to that committee, as Bro. Robbins would be called to pass upon a decision made by himself. It also turned out that Bro. Cregier was a member of the Committee on ,Jurisprudence. He having reported adversely to the deeision of Bro. Robbins in 1877, it wa,.,; not in accord with strict propriety that he should be called on to serve in the case. It was feared that the well known modesty of Bros. Robbins and Cregier would suffer by reason of their relation to the subject should its consideration be assigned them, Hence, it was referred to a special Committee of three. Said Committee reported at length, the jinrl'inf! being in favor of the deci~ion of Bro. Robbins. This settles the question. Bro, Robbins is the victur in the case, but we are far from accepting the correctness of the deeision, or the f'oundness of the views presented by the Special Cummittee. From our standpoint, the laws cited by said committee, sustaining the ruling of Bro. Robbins, are susceptible of a construction entirely different. Rut this is a subject for our Illinois Brethren to settle, and not for outsiders. In treating the question heretofore, we looked at it from a Missouri point of view ; but upon general principles, we believe, with Bro. Gurney, that the rule is "inimical" to the interest'S and rights of others. We stand by our" say" on the suhject in 187S, and dismiss the matter, perfectly satisfied for our Brethren to have their way. CORRESPONDENCE.

The Report was prepared by the able, clear-headed, searching and versatile writer, • M. W. Joseph Robbins, Past Grand Master. It is the longest, as it is the most thorough review we have ever examined, containing two hundred and seventy-one pages, and

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embraces ample notices of fifty:t\vo Grand Lodge Proceedings. Bro. Robbins had read closely and carefully the transactions reviewed. Missouri for 1878 receives large attention. The Address of Grand Master Ready is characterized as " long and able," numerous quotations being made therefrom, with frequent comments thereon, which are able and fraternal. The _Report of our Committee on Grievance is commended, extracts taken from it, and its author referred to thus: "The very able Report of the Committee on Grievance, from the pen of its veteran Chairman, Past Grand Master Owens, embraces seventeen cases-appeals, memorials and petitions." "Veteran," indeed! Why Bro. Owens is one of the Y01.mgest Brethren in our Grand i.JOdge, though he has been Grand Master, and for a number of years has, with great skill and labor, performed invaluable services as Chainnan of the Committee on Grievance. The Orati"m of Bro. Root, Grand Orator, received one" of the neatest compliments we have seen, being denominated not only .. brilliant," but" withal an eminently practical one," the" chiefest glory of Masonry" never having been" better stated" than in the extracts made by the rcviewer. We are quoted fully as to our views respecting the " perpetual jurisdiction" doctrine of Illinois commented on in 1878. As the Grand Lodge of Illinois "has settled this question in harmony with its own regulations, there let it rest. Of course it would not apply in this jurisdiction. Our gratitude for the kind reportorial treatment of Bro. Robbins in his notice of our first Report, will not prevent us from asking an explanation as to that" strawberry mark." We are in the dark, and ask for light. He said of .Qur Report for 1878 : Our verdict is that he could not have shortened it without taking from its value; and without experience of how rapidly a Report grows, we don't see how he managed to' compress so much into so small a compass. He has opinions and expresses them with a vigor which we envy. and a freedom that leads us to suspect that he may have a strawberry-mll,rk on his left arm. We have not time or space even to epitomize what Bro. Robbins has so well written on many vital questions. We intend to furnish a brief review this year. THEODORE T. GURNEY, or" Chicago, (re-elected) G. M. JOHN F. BURRELL, Springfield, (re-elected) G. Sec. JOSEPH ROBBINS, Quincy, Com. on Cor.

INDIANA, 1880.' The Sixty-third Annual Meeting of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Indiana was held in Grand Masonic Hall, in the city of Indianapolis, on Tuesday, the 25th day of May, A. D. 1880, A. L. 5880, at ten o'cloc A. M. M. W. Bellamy S. Sutton, G. M., presided; R. W. William H. Smythe was G. Sec. Eight Past Grand Masters were present, with Representatives from four hundred and eighty-seven Lodges. This jurisdiction reports over five hundred Lodges, and a.bout twenty-four thousand members. A decrease of nearly one thousand members during the year is shown in the tabular statement. â&#x20AC;˘

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Opens well, and contains many pretty sayings and some nice poetry, composed by a native poet. A running summary of business attended to, and official acts performed, followed the exordium. He recommended the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Indian Territory. The recommendation was reported favorably upon and adopted. A suggestion in the Grand Master's Address concerning a change of the law, allOWing but one ballot for all the degrees, instead of three, as heretofore practised, was ably considered. We believe a change was made, and henceforth one ballot being favorable will entitle a candidate, in In"diana, to the three degrees of Symbolkal Masonry. The committee said this" is a. question that is entirely subject to local legislation." Of course it is. But the grea.t preponderance of opinion and custom in Grand Lodge jurisdictions are oPP05ed to the "one baUot" business. Indiana, in this change, has reversed her rule Rnd practice of sixtythree years' standing. She will find that" well enough" ought to have been left severely alone. The change is violent, and will prove disastrous. The Grand Master sensibly said this: PREFERRING CHARGES.

The dut)T of preferring charges against a delinquent Brother seems recently to have been entirely delegated to the Junior Warden of the Lodge. Why this is so I am unable to see.

It is the duty of every Brother who knows of the violation of any Masonic law or usage-by any Brother-calculated to bring discredit upon the Lodge, to prefer charges. We never have believed in making the Junior 'l\Tarden a " Prosecuting Attorney." We know instances of incompetency, and frequently of moral delinquency, on the part of Junior Wardens, where Masonic criminals go unwhipped of Justice, and Masonry suffers, because of this supposed duty of preferring charges, belonging alone to the Prosecuting Attorney of the Lodge. BIENNIAL SESSIONS.

Owing to financial pressure, the Grand Master recommended biennial sessions. He said: . The expense attached to our annual meeting, per diem, mileage of members, printing, etc., amounts to at len.<;t.ten thousand dollars. If this large sum can be saved to the Craft in our present embarrassed financial condition, I submit to you. one and all, if it would not be the proper thing to do. Consider this matter carefully and earnestly, as you would were it a private matter of your own, and when this Grand Lodge is adjourned, let it be for two years. This can be readily done; it is no dillicult matter; and when it is donelou.ha.ve taken a rapid stride towards the removal of this great incpbus. You have save at least ten thousand dollars. . The Grand Lodge adopted the biennial session view, and will not meet again ,until May 23d, 1882. Quite a number of Lodges surrendered their charters, and ceased to work and live. DECISIONS.

Seventeen decisions are found in the /Address, having sti!ctly a local application. The death of Rev. John Leach, Past Gralid Chaplain, who had died during the year, was noticed. We knew the reverend and venerable Brother, and feel gratified at the tribute paid him by the Grand Master and the Committee on Memoirs, as follows. The Grand Master said: â&#x20AC;˘

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On examining the Proceedings of our Grand Lodge, I find that Bro. Leach was appointed Grand Chaplain in 1861, and served in that capacity for the next succeeding ten years. The lamented Brother's zeal for years was ardent and effective. He frequently served upon imp'ortant committees, and as often submitted valuable reports. I trust this Grand Lodge WIll take suitable action to place upon perpetual record his many noble virtues and qualities, along with others who have passed on before. This by the Committee: From the earliest period of our history as a Fraternity it has been our custom to recognize merit in the living, and to cherish with affectionate remembrance the virtues of those of our Order who depart this life. The names of the eminent members deceased. mentioned in our Grand Master's Address, awaken in us this feeling of appreciation and of expressed sorrow. The first mentioned of these departed Brothers was connected with this Grand Lodge, and for ten years ministered at our altar in thanksgiving and prayer, ~nd, having served his generation, he was gathered to his fathers in a good old age. The death of M. W. Bro. Israel M. Bullock, Grand Master of Connecticut, was SUitably noticed in connection with the above.

A beautiful "Conclusion" marks the Address of Grand Master Sutton, and stamps it _ with an elevated sentiment. FINANCIAL.

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The Reports of Grand Lodge officers show a total fund for the year ending May 25th, 1880. including balance from 1879, amounting to nearly fifty thousand dollars. And yet this Grand Lodge is embarrassed and crippled to such an extent as to necessitate biennial sessions. Why? One sixth of this amount was paid out on per diem and mileage. Cut off this seven or eight thousand dollar item per annum, and you will soon be disembarrassed. As long as three dollars per day are allowed members and ten cents per mile in traveling, an excessive representation will always follow. Large bodies move slowly, and deliberations are hindered. Comparatively few of the several hundred Representatives ever do anything in Grand Lodge. The working, valuable Brethren, necessary to expeditiously carryon the business of a session, will attend Grand Lodge if per diem and mileage were unknown. But what an influx of Solomons per diem and mileage cause upon Grand Lodge sessions. The inflow of numbm's is out of all proportion to the needs of the session, and out of all harmony with the smooth working and proper facility of deliberative bodies. As but few members ever do any" work on such occasions, and as much gas is expended by Brethren who air themsel ves in wrangling discussions, at an expense of several thousand dollars per day, we should want as few sessions as possible in a life time, where mileage and per diem constituted the principal attraction. We write deliberately. Unrestricted representation, like unlimited sufferage, is a boon more to be dreaded than commended. The time will come in the history of Grand Lodges in this country, when this matter of representation will be the gravest question for consideration and settlement. Our Indiana Brethren are burdened with a heavy debt. This, with their annual Grand Lodge expenses, causes a serious trouble. The Grand Maswr said, in recommending biennial sessions, that their annual expenses amount to ten thousand dollars. The Trustees reported their" Bonded Debt" in 1879, as being over one hundred thousand dollars. The interest paid last year was about nine thousand dollars. They are paying too much.interest in these times of cheap money. As they faiied to secure a less rate than nine per cent. from their creditors, they would do well to borrow at lower figures, a.~ they' can do, doubtless, and pay oft' the present debt. They could save several thousand dollars on interest account annually. The Brethren of Indiana are Rtruggling heroically with their" Temple" debt. If a .. National debt is a National blessing," why may not a :Masonic debt be a Masonic blessing? â&#x20AC;˘

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Perhaps Indiana Masons may not see it in that light. They seem anxious to get rid of said blessing, if it be one. We never appreciate our blessinKs till they have departed. Much as we prize good things, we hope our Brethren in Indiana may soon throw aside their debt, as they seem determined to do. They reduced their obligation last year nearly ten thousand dollars, bringing it to less than ninety-five thousand dollars. By avoiding the expenses of an annual session, practising strict economy, and securing increased revenues from rents, they expect to payoff one-third of their remaining indebtedness by the next session, in 1882. When the debt is finally extinguished, the property will bring in a revenue sufficient to run the Grand Lodge at a merely nominal cost to the subordinate Lodges. Success to you, Brethren. The Grand Lodge authorized the Trustees to refund the Bonded Debt, and secure a rate of interest not to exceed six per cent. Everything done looking to the extinguishment of the bonded indebtedness is full of promise. And we expect in a few years our Brethren will breathe easy in being free from debt. 'Ve regret that their Proceedings will not be forthcoming for two years. But 'tis best for them. Till we meet again, we must utter a fraternal good-bye. CALVIN W. PRATHER, Jeffersonville, G. M. WM. H. SMYTHE, Indianopolis, G. Sec.

INDIAN TERRITORY, 1879. In our review of last year we gave a full and free expression of opinion as to the status of Masonry in the above jurisdiction. A state of things existed prior to the admin-

istration of Grand Master Murrow, that portended no Kood for the Craft in that young Grand Lodge. We ventured an opinion, then, that unless great care, firmness and vigorous discipline were exerci~ed in that jurisdiction, Masonry would come to grief, and the Grand Lodge would be open to cl'iticism, and its existence of questionable utility. Our views were formed from statements found in the Address of Grand Master Murrow. We are glad to know, from private sources, that our views accorded fully with, and expressed the sentiments of, the good and true Masons of that jurisdiction. "Vhile there has been manifet't improvement in many respects, we should think there is ample margin for the betterment of affairs in some of their Lod~es. The Fifth Annual Communication was held in Eufaula, Creek Nation, November 4th,1879. M. W. Bro. J. S. Murrow, G. M., presided, and R. W. Bro. W. A. McBride was G. Sec.

There were Representatives from ten Lodges present. The Address of Grand :Master l"lurrow was characteristic. He has a way of thinking and speaking peculiar to himself; certainly, he made himselfjelt as a Grand :r.fast<lr. We would like to eopy his remarks on "Masonk Principles," if space allowed. He pays a tribute to "the illustriOlls dead" of his own and sister juriSdictions, including" M. W. .Joseph Foster, Past Grand Master of Missouri." Mention is made of the burning of the Hall of Oklahoma Lodge, No.4. This is the second time that路 Lodge has suffered from fire. The Grand l\'laster announced pleasant relations with other Grand Lodges, and that such fraternal relations are growing and becoming more intimate.

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One Dispensation to institute a new Lodge had been granted. Unless the Brethren improve in the selection of names, we hope no other Lodge will ever be started down in that jurisdiction: " What is in a name?" There is too 7nU{)h in the one given that Lodge in Sugar Loaf county. The Lodge might srneU and taste as sweet if called by some other name than Mo-slm-la-tubbee. Saiilts deliver us from ever having to open that Lodge. If our crossing the river should ever depend upon the correct pronunciation of the above name, we certainly would find" Jordan a hard road to travel," alld, most likely, should meet the fate of the unfortunate Ephraimites. The name seems to smack of mUA3h by the tubbee-full, and is not very foreign from the jargon of" Melican man" talk. Why cannot our Brethren find names for Masonic Lodges? The Grand Master made some good rulings which were of purely local application. A few of his decisions were untenable. For instance, he said, examinations of candidates for advancement as E. A. or F. C., "should alI be conducted in open Master Masons' Lodge." The Committee on "Law and Usage" did not approve of such ruling. We are surprised at Bro. Murrow. Again," Can a Lodge U. D. receive applications for affiliation ?;, The Grand Master decided thus: "IT CANNOT." What a decision! Yet, the "Lodge U. D." can receive "applications" from profanes and make Masons out of them, while a Brother Mw;on is kept out in the cold, and denied membership and a home as long as that Dispensation lasts. Grand Master Murrow visited ten out of twelve I.JOdges in hisjllrisdiction. He therefore speaks understandingly of the condition of Masonry. Some of the Lodges are reported in good condition. Not a large amount of work had been done; less, perhaps, . than the previous year. This is not regarded as unfortunate by the Grand Master. We quote one sentence, as to Masonry, from his statements: " I believe it would be for the good of Masonry in the Territory, if a large. number of our members were expelled or indefinitely suspended." He complains that in nearly" alI the Lodges the By-Laws are not enforced." This is bad. No association can live and prosper while disregarding the laws made for its protection and welfare. The statements made by the Grand Master, under the head of "Visitations," bode no good for those Lodges where such things obtain as are mentioned. Many other subjects are treated by Bro. Murrow, in his practical Address, all of which must interest the Craft in that jurisdiction. The Grand Master, having served two ycars, positively declined a "third term," and P. J. Byrne was elected his successor. There are twelve charted I.JOdges holding allegiance to this Grand Lodge. One Lodge was granted a Dispensation. Three hundred and thirty-seven members are reported as constituting the Masonic strength in that jurisdiction. WORK.

Great need of an established standard of correct work is felt among our Brethren, and an able committee was raised to" procure an Esoteric Work and Lectures" for the Craft. Quebec was defended against the invasion of Scotland, and co-operation pledged with other American Grand Lodges, against the" unjust course" of Scotland. CORRESPONDEI\CE.

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review, though brief, was interesting, and almost wholly wriiten. We do not know who wrotc the report, as it is without name. Th~ author said, that" the Chairman begged off from serving," and another member had perpetratedmatrilIlony, and therefore' had to be excused. "Bro. Hogue reviewed the Proceedings" of SOIllC Grand Lodges, and" Hobson" cOn;tpleted the work. "Too many cooks spoil the broth." Moral: Have Jewer cooks hereafter. P. J. BYRNE, Fort Gibson, G. M. W. A. McBRIDE, A-tok-a, G. Sec.

IOWA, 1880. The Th,irty-seventh Annual Communication met in Des Moines, June 1st, 1880. M. W. Albert C. Abbott, G. M.; R. W. Theo.dore S. Parvin, G. Sec. From the recapitulation made by Grand Secretary ParVin, we learn that there are 363 working Lodges in that jurisdiction-two hundred 'and seventy-seven of these were represented at the thirty-seventh session. The Report shows a membership of 18,207. Bro. Parvin has 'a way of getting out neat Proceedings and on good time. making history for his Grand Lodge, and making it well. '

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Grand Master Abbott's Address was of medium lengtp. and full of business matter. He announced the various kinds of work' performed by him: laying corner-stones, dedication of halls, granting Dispensations of various kinds, and such official labors as are common to Grand Masters mark the Address. Five new Lodges were instituted under Dispensation. Attention was called to the question of Territorial Jurisdiction, and the Grand Lodge reqliested to duly consider the matter, as applied to Dakota and other 'complaining jurisdictions. No decisions were reported. We believe Iowa to be so well governed as to need but few more special rulings. Relations with all Grand Lodges where friendly intercourse has been eSulblished, are of an amiable character. The Grand Master earnestly favored the readoption of the Foreign Correspondence custom. He said: In common with quite a large number of prominent Iowa Masons with whom I have conversed upon this subject, this very interestmg part of our aIlnual proceedings has been sadly missed in the volume 00879. I would most respectfUlly recorumend to your favorable consideration the adoption of some plan which shall again incorporate in our Annual Proceedings these interesting reports of general Masonic interest throughout the land. Out of fifty-four Grand Bodies with whom we carry on our system of exchange, but fourteen of them are without Reports on Foreign Correspondence. Of these fourteen, the average total number of pages in the yearly annals of five of them are but forty-three. The Committee on Grand Master's Address reported in favor of re-establishing the Correspondei!ce system, and the recommendation was adopted, as shown by the following: That,!I.S to Reports on Correspondence, your Committee arc of opinion that their publication was discontinued by this Grand Lodge on account of a mistaken idea of their

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utility as compared with their expense. But observation has taught us that, although these Reports are not generaly read by the Brethren, yet in every Lodge there is at least one Brother who masters their contents, and whose advice is sought on all occasions when Masonic light is especially needed, and that thereby this accumulated Masonic wisdom. becomes of much service to the Craft. We are certain that a long-continued deprivation of these' reports would be followed by a season of Masonic darkness; hence, we recommend the resumption of our former practice of publishing Reports on Foriegn Corresp6ndence, but that the writers of such Reports reasonably condense the same, with a view of economical expenditure. ' Henceforth we may look for, as we have sinccrely desired, "more light" from Iowa. We are happy to see the" out of time " Dispensation practice" kuocked out of time" by the Grand Master. The Committee thus approved his course: That, in our opinion, profanes who have dwelt for years within the sound of the gavel , being moved by a suddcn impulse to knock at the door, should await with patience the answer of the Worshipful Master, and that we rejoice that in most cases the strong hand of the Grand Master has withheld the permission to answer the tardy call "out of time." The Report of Bro. Parvin, as Grand Secretary and ex-officio librarian, were papers worthy of his clear head and business hand. The Grand Master formally announced the decease of Past Grand 'Master Campbell K. Peck. A Committee on Memoirs was appointed, which furnished for publication an interesting biographical sketch, and also a condensed history of the Masonic life and official career of the deceased. A fine engraving of John N. McClanahan, the new Grand Master of Masons in Iowa, stands as a frontispiece to the journal now before us. The Grand Lodge of Iowa continues on wheels and 'moves about "like a thing of life." Well it is a live body. Next year, in "the leafy month of June" the session will be held in Davenport, unless the "wheels" fail to move. Brethren, why don't you locale, and give your veteran Grand Secretary a reslf The Grand Officers were installed in pUblic, and an attractive programme was well executed, consisting principally of addresses, three in number. One not provided for -made by Bro. Parvin-was the besrofthe lot. The occasion was one of rare interest, evidently. We like the idea of such entertainments during Grand Lodge sessions. Instead of cold, hard mechanical labor, all through the session, let there be a season of relaxation: social enjoyment and Masonic instruction. Iowa is a jurisdiction to which we heartily apply the term GRAND. It is only thirtyseven years old, yet has nearly 20,000 Craftsmen, with 363 live Lodges. Springing from Missouri, we feel warmly for, as well as interested, in that jurisdiction. We copy two extract.') from the excellent talk of Bro. Parvin at the installation to :

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How strange the scene to-night as contrasted with that of thirty and sevcn years ago.

It was in the early dawn of onr history as a territory. and before the State of Iowa had put on its swaddling clothes, while yet the red men were the undisputed monarchs of aU they

surveyed in the rich territory bordering the two rivers upon which the beautiful capitol city of the State now sits, the queen of beauty and the monarch of successful growth and progress-at a time when the civilization of an embryo state was bordering the great river upon the east, while all upon the west was unknown ground-at a time, too, when he himself was but a youth unskilled in the Craft-that the Grand Lodge of Iowa was launched upon a sea of life.

It is more than a third of a century ago-a period of the greatest progress Masonry and the world has made-that this jewel (holding it up) was placed upon my breast by a dear friend, the Deputy Grand Master of Masons in Missouri, from the Grand Lodge of which the constituent (four) Lodges and ~hiJ> Grand Lodge have legitimately sprung.

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How well and how faithfully I have, during all these long and eventful years, observed his injunction" to wear it with credit to the Grand LodRe 路and the Masons of Iowa,and with honor to myself," let the published record of those years attest my honorable observance of the one, and your repeated re-elections and the grand and flattering vote of th,is morning, coupled with the hearty welcome of that and the present hour, bear me wItness. Bro. Parvin furnishes a historical Masonic sketch ofM. W. Bro. John N. McClanahan the present Grand Master. On the general subject he says: . Iowa is one of the greatest of the great States of this grand nation of human progress and enlightened advancement. The Grand LodCTe of her jurisdiction is no mean body among the many noble institutions she has created and dedIcated to the sublime work of doing the grcatest possible good to the greatest number of her people. in youth and in old age, in the vigor of health and when disease or misfortune has wrought ruin where happiness once dwelt. The Grand Lodge cannot afford, at this period of her growth and influence, to elevate to this post-one who thereby becomes" the observed of all observers "-an untried or unknown man in the State more than in its own halls; and, in looking back over the past, we may chronicle the fact that many of those thus honored have been men of brains and oJ commanding influence, most of them men of high character and replltlttion, and all (with one exception) men and officers the mention of who~e names brings no blush of shame to the cheek, but rather an hone.<;t pride, at their recollection by the Craft as once having ruled over our Israel. Hence, the Brethren have looked to us, from time to time, for a brief sketch of" him whom they have delighted to honor" by plaGing in his hands the gavel of authority recogni7.ed by twenty thousand Free and Accepted ).Iasons in the State, and a countless number beyond its borders. . There is one page we are tempted to transfer to this Report, and would, but for reasons of delicacy towards Bro. Parvin. It is a tribute to his venerable and beloved father who died at the advanced age of 86 years. The tribute is filial, poetic, tender and noble. "A Masonic veteran was Josiah Parvin." "A soldier of the war of 1812." We must cull a few sentences: "Crafted" while yet the son was unborn. His early Masonic teachings and example led the son to "knock at the door" the morn of his freedom; For long years he Slit at the seat of custom, and ever promptly accounted for each cent received; "HONEST, FAITHFUL AND CAPABLE,"

He served his Brethren; A Charter Member and first Treasurer of Iowa Lodge, No.2,

(Of which the son is now the sole surviving member), at Muscatine (Bloomington), Iowa, March, 1841; The earliest and most liberal benefactor of his Lodge when timely aid was a necessity, he spared neither time nor money, and made his influence felt in the upbuilding of his Lodge, till it became the mother of Grand Masters and a Light in the land; Who, in his old age and honest poverty, was denied the privilege of "Masonic I;>urial" (by a third and fourth generation, who knew him not), because" unaffiliated; " He loved the Institution dearly, but left his curse to rest upon a damnable law which degrades the poor man, and makes" affiliation" the sole test of worth and merit. A PIONEER IN lOW A,

Where he sought a home in the summer of 1837 ; Removing finally to St. Louis. in 1850, he toiled on until 1R7i), when he buried the wife of his earlier years (hliving, in 1866, celebrated their Golden Wedding): Then, with eyesight dimmed, and slackened pace, he sought the home of his first-born, . in Iowa City, Iowa; Here, in a few short years, in the calm twilight of an August (7th) morning,1879, he died. at a x:ipe old age. THIS TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE FATIIER AND BROTHER IS RENDERED BY THE BROTHER AND hON, Theodore Sutton Parvin.

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The malediction against the cruelly unjust la\v, which makes poverty a Masonic crime, in the above, is as terrible as it is true and merited. Strike again, Bro. Parvin! JOHN N. McCLANAHAN, Chariton, G. M. THEODORE S. PARVIN, Iowa City, G. Sec.

KANSAS; 1879. We begin the review of this young and vital Grand Lodge with singular pleasure, the Twenty-fourth Annual Session of which was held in the city of Leavenworth, beginÂˇ ing October 15th, 1879. ' On opening thâ&#x201A;Ź joumal our attention was first attracted to the frontispiece, where is seen a beautiful representation of the monument erected by Kansas Masons in honor of their first Grand Master, Richard R. Rees. We felt at once the sacred presence of a worthy name and noble character. Our pen, if allowed, would become poetic and send flowing out upon these pages a tribute to the memory of one whom we know, venerated and loved. But ours is the more practical work of the reviewer, and we forego the expression of SENTI]llENT. The Twenty-fourth session of this Grand Lodge was opened by the Grand Master, M. W. Edwin D. Hillyer; R. W. John H. Brown, Grand Secretary, was at his post, pleasant, versatile and capable. Representatives of one hundred and twenty-one Lodges were present, with four Past Grand Masters, three Past Grand Wardens, and a large number of Past Masters. The Annual Address presents a full statement of official duties performed, and maintains the high character of the Grand Lodge. We enjoy real pleasure in making the declaration that the Kansas Jurisdiction has been most fortunate in the selection of proper and competent men to preside over and direct the affairs of Masonry. From the days of" Uncle Dick" Rees, elected first in 1856, to the present, Kansas has had ]I[EN for Grand Masters. We would indulge in no invidious mention, but from the fact that such Brethren as Rees, Saqui, Adams, John Brown (present Grand Secretary), Price. Bassett, Rush, Guthrie and Hillyer, have ruled the Craft in Kansas, assures us of the elevated and substantial character of the Institution. . The administration of Bro. Hillyer was in keeping 'with others. And it is our opinion, fr~m a most pleasant and free interchange of views and opinions with the present incumbent, the young and clever Grand Master, Bro. McClever-ty, that the Kansas Brotherhood will still go "marching: on" in every desirable particular. We rarely meet with leading and representative Ma.<;ons whose views are so perfectly consonant with our own on many vital questions, as those of Grand Master McCleverty. The Address of Bro. Hillyer shows that he had granted Dispensations to. form nine new Lodges during his term. To eight Lodges he had granted permission to "confer degrees out of time." and then. in reporting said action, expresses" serious doubts as to whether they should be granted in any instance." He thought such" requests" were

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"becoming altogether too frequent." We should say so. And the granting, in our judgment; is "altogether too frequent" when any degrees are allowed to be conferred" out of time." Why did not M. W. Bro. Hillyer avail himself of an opportunity to set an example, by refusing, incontinently, "all and every" of such" requests." If some Grand Master would set down on the custom it would soon die out.

" question of "non-affiliated Masons" as one that needed The Grand Master touches the " some decisive action: " The q,uestion of the standing, rights and privileges of non-affiliates in this jurisdiction is becommg a very important and serious one. The number of these Masol1lc drones is increasing at an alarming rate, and it is high time that something was done for the protection of contributing Masons, and those who have dimitted in good faith and for legitimltte purposes. It is1the experience of many Lodges that the heaviest drain upon their charity funds is caused by non-affiliates; and individual members have been so sorely tried by them that many have come to regard an unaffiliated Mason as a Mason in distress. The Grand Master, f;om a variety of good reasons, urged a change in the time of their Annual Sessions. He recommended Februltry instead of October. The recommendation was favorably reported upon by the Committee on Jurisprudence, and approved by the Grand 路Lodge. IIIONUMENTS Having been erected in memory of Bro. Richard R. Rees, first Grand ~raster of Masons in Kansas, and Bro. Johu W. Smith, first DEPUTY Grand Master, full reports concerning them were made. The beautiful monument, erected in honor of Bro. Rees, was unveiled, during the Grand Lodge Session, with solemn and appropriate ceremonies, followed by an interesting Address. Bro. Richard Ridgway Rees was a native of Ohio, having first seen the light in路 Cincinnati. He died in the city of Leavenworth. Kansas, November 12th, 1875, being nearly sixty years old. He was elected Grand Master of Masons in Kansas, for the first time, in 1856, and closed his official labors in 1860, having been honored with three successive elections, servir~g four years. Bro. Rees, as the first Grand Master in that jurisdiction, left his impress upon the Institution, and gave shape and character to the young Grand Lodge, as well as direction to its affairs. During its formative state and for years afterwards, Richard Rees was a very nestor of Masonry in Kansas. The :Ma.<;ons in that jurisdiction have honored themselves in remembering their honored dead. The monument reared to his memory in "Mount Muncie" Cemetery. costing more than a thousand dollars, tells of the affectionate regard in which he was held. Yet his name and worth will outlive the marble that marks his last resting place. A monument was erected, at a cost of some three hundred dollars, to the memory of R. W. Bro. John Smith, the first Deputy Grand Master of Kansas. Honored while living, and remembered when dead, these venerllble Brethren rest well and sleep the sleep of the just. The Grand Master reported pleasant relations as existing with "the various other Grand Lodges on this continent," saying, "we are indeed at p,eace with all." He refrained from reporting all the rUlings made during the year, being content with presenting three. -We eopY'them: 1. A by-law adopted by a subordinate Lodge, depriving a Brother of any Masonic such as the 'privilege of voting at an annual meeting while in arrears for dues, Without due trial, IS null and void, and cannot be enforeed.

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2. It would not be lawful for a Brother to vouch for another without previous exam. ination, having sat in Chapter with him, but not in open Lodge. . 3. The number of Master Masons necessary to form a quorum for the transaction of business is sevon besides a Tyler. . G.!.. Ap.-3.

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The Committee on Jurispmdence approved the first. The second was not approved. We agree with the Committee. The third was regarded as" a departure from the previous approved decisions of our Grand Masters," and" therefore we recommend its disapproval." Owing to this" departure," an apparent" conflict with Section 13 of the By-Laws," a good decision was pigeon-holed. The views of the Committee may be in harmony with decisions of Grand Masters and" Seetion 13 of the By-Laws," but we wonder if our Kansas Brethren would grallt a Dispensation or Charter to form and open a Lodge to a less number than SEVEN Master Ma.'ions! We think not. In the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge of Kansas, printed in 1871, we find the following: "No letter of dispensation shall be granted for the fonnation of a new Lodge, but upon the petition of SEVEN known and approved MASTER MASONS." This is aU right. Now that Grand Lodge will not grant a CHARTER to a less number than seven. \\re know this to be so. Then why disapprove the decision of Grand Master Hillyer? He decided that SEVEN Master Masons were" necessary to form a qu.omm for the transaction of business." Of course he could not decide any. other way, for the lata said no Lodge should be formed except" upon the petition of seven Master Ma.sons." If a Lodge cannot start with less than seven charter members, how can it open or do" business" with less than seven, after it has been started' , We have great respect for Bros. Bassett, Guthrie and Price. for they are all Past Grand Masters, but we think them at sea on this question. We propound to them and their Grand Lodge one question: Would a Lodge in the Kansas jurisdiction be allowed to "meet and work," if its membership were reduced below seven Y Brethren, please answer. We have met with the a.<;sumption, that the degree of Master Mason may be conferred by three Master Masons only. We do not believe the claim or assumption correct at all. If such position were tenable, the three Master Masons should belong to a Lodge whose chartered existence had not been forfeited by its membership being less than seven, the number with wh ich it started. Grant that, in answer to a ritualistic question, "three" constitute a Lodge of Master Masons, for the purpose of carrying out the symbolical idea of the first Lodge, can" business" be transacted by this representative three f Our Kansas Brethren said they were opposed to anything which would" tend to destroy or impair the symbolism" of Masonry. Very well. How many constitute a Lodge of Master Masons, according to the "symbolism" of Masonry? "Three." Who are they? The Worshipful Ma.'Ster, the Senior and Junior Wardens; corresponding symbolically, with Solomon and the Hirams. Now open your symbolical Lodge of "three," and no more. Can all the business incident to a Lodge be transacted by your three? As Lodges are now constituted, under Grand Lodge Constitutions and Laws, there would be more than 'three necessary to transact business. Hence, the laws of Grand Lodges, in this country, declare there must be a quornm to begin a Lodge with, in order that business may be transacted. That quorum is seven Master Masons. It is so in Kansas. Now, suppose we s/'art a Lodge with" three," so as not" to destroy or impair the symbolism of our rituals." We will allow our Kansas Brethren, Bassett, Guthrie and Price, to start such Ii Lodge. They meet, each one in his station: Bro. Bassett is in the East, Bro. Gnthrie is in the West, and our large, amiable friend, Bro. Price. is in the South. The Lodge is opened. "The symbolism of our rituals" must be preserved. Well, preserve it carefully. Don't you do anything that will "tcnd to destroy or impair the symbolism of our rituals." You have a ritual Lodge now, composed of three." You are ready to maintain and perpetuate the" symbolism of our rituals." Go ahead; you are all good ritualists, and can confer the degree-s. But wou1<1 you not like to have some material on which to try your symbolical genim;? How will you obtain it? Are t.here no business methods to be employed in order to aUow .1 symbolism" to come into play? We think so; you must have petitioners. Petitions must be presented, read, referred, reported and baUotted on. If )'our srmbolical Lodge continues, you will need somet.hing more than" symbolism" to I.

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run it. You will find business is as necessary as "symboliwm." And in this age of practical work, and legitimately organi7-ed Ma.'Jonry, a good deal of bnsiness must exist to prepare for the exemplification of "symbolism," and then mnst keep right along with it. The want of the proper" transaction of bu.siness," by Lodges that have even "seven" Master Masons, has proven the gren,test detriment to the Craft. Then your symbolical Lodge of" three" will not do much without" business." "Sr,;VF;N .know.n and approved "Master Masons" must unite in a petition, before a Dispem;ation can be granted. to form one kind of a Lodge in Kansas, according to the law we have quoted from their Statntes.

Another kind of a Lodge seems to be" pos,>ifJle, from the finding of the Committee on Jurisprudence. Grand Master Hillyer construed the Statutes according to our view, and said, seven Master Masons are necessary to form a qnorll1n for the transaction of business. That was his de.finilion of It Lodge, according to the law which create.s Lodges. The Committee said, we" recommend disapproval" of his decision, which says sellen are necessary to form a quorum. And this, right 1n the face of the law, which declares seven necessary, as a quorum, to f01'm a Lodge. It may be we misunderstand our Brethren; if so, we hope to be corrected. But our only chance to misapprehend them is on this one point, that seven must petition, as corporalol's,for a charter. After the charter is granted, and the Lodge becomes a living corporation, then, seven Mas~r 11a.sons are not necessary" to form a quorum for the transaction of business." If this was their view, then we are at fault. But surely our Brethren did not intend to admit the possibility of a Lodge being opened and worked as a chartered organization, with a less number than was legally necessal'y to start it. It is not possible that the committee decided against the Grand Master, because he included the TYLER in his ruling as a necessary factor to open the Lodg-e for the transaction of business. If such were the reason of reversing the decision, we wish they had said so. Bro. John H. Brown, Grand Secretary, furnished an ample, able and full Report, as a business paper, covering every item of interest connected with his department of work. His journal of transactions came to hand in good time, showing pains-taking care and labor, being first-class. â&#x20AC;˘ We find an interesting and full" summary," from which we glean, as follows: Lodges chartered at this session; ten; which, added to one hundred and sixty-three working Lodges on the roll, make the present Lodge strength one hundred and seventy-three. There is a reported membership in the above Lodges of 7,443. ~ncrease the past year, 756. There were nearly twice as many admission.s as dimissions, and over three hundred raisings. The Fraternity is doing well in Kansas. CORRESPONDENCE. A real cheery feast is furnished the readers and lovers of this class of literature. And we cordially endorse this in his" Conclusion," where he "earnestly commends the foregoiIig pages to the careful perusal of the Fraternity in Kansas, believing that none ma)' read without profit." The review covers 169 pages, and is in keeping with his former creditable efforts. Some five pages are a.<;signed to Missouri, in which full attention was paid to our journal of transactions of 1878. The Address of Grand Master Ready was extensively copied and favoralJly commented up0D:. Bro. Root, our Grand Orator, received a clever compliment. The Committee on Correspondence was tenderly treated on account of his verdancy, as he said: "We can assure the verdant )'outh that he need not fear to father the Report." As it was our first effort, we are only too happy to meet with this fatherly recognition. Our tender youth evidently saved us from being done Brown. At the risk of being considered vain, we will copy this:

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We are glad to meet you and greet you in this most interesting field of Masonic labor. Be assured that your kind words are appreciated, coming from such source, for we think that old BUTLER prohetically had you in his mind's eye when he said: II

For thou brings't valour too and wit, Two things that seldom fail to hit."

We shall hold fast to the" better part of valor," and nonurn our dull knife "towards Missouri for a year or two. . In the near bye-and-bye we will be ready for that" knife," as our hide is becoming rapidly rough.

In noticing our comments upon the immoral practices ofloud professing Masons, Bro. Brown said a great deal in the few words following: . We say, let us talk and act as we think and believe, and play at righteousness no longer. The people have listened to us, and are looking for works; they will not be deceived. ., II We ~ay," to the above, "Amen." The people have heard much, and trUly they are looking for our" works." What are they?' Where are our fruits?

We must bid our Kansas frater good bye.. Our space is exhausted or we would tarry with him longer, and enrich our Report with selections from his valuable review. We would like to transfer to our review his Report entire on the Scotland-Quebec controversy. It is a strong presentation of the case. Our want of space forbids. JOSEPH D. McCLEVERTY, Fort Scott, G. M. JOHN H. BROWN, Wyandotte, (re-elected) G. Sec.

KENTUCKY, 1879. The Eightieth Annual Session opened in Louisville, October 21st, 1879. Thomas S. Pettit, G. M.; Hiram Bassett, G. Sec. Seventeen Past Grand Masters were present. Representatives of thirty-six Grand Lodges, near the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, were enrolled. Lodge representation was large -four hundred and twenty-one Representatives being in attendance, besides numerous Past Masters. There are some six hundred Lodges in this Grand .Jurisdiction, with a reported membership of over sixteen thousand. We hope our Kentucky Brethren will not deem us impertinent in venturing the opinion that they have roo many Lodges for the membership. With the number of Lodges on the roll, there ought to be twenty-five or thirty thousand members in that jurisdiction. We have less than five hundred Lodges in Missouri, with twenty-four thousand members, which would give us an average Lodge membership of about jifty. Six hundred Lodges, with a membership of sixteen thousand, will give the Kentucky Brethren an average of twenty-si.rc to the Lodge, or about half of our Missouri average. Here we have just double the number of Lodges necessary, as very many are weak in membership, and weaker in other equally important respects. Take any number liS an average one, say fifty, then count out all the Lodges with a large membership, such as are in the cities and towns. This will reduce the average memhcrship of Lodges in country places and Villages to l\. mucllloWel' Krade. After this view, /.

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deduct the large per cent. of the members that rarely ever attend Lodge meetings. Looking at the subject thus, it will be obvious to all that very many Lodges have not life sufficient to live. In so far as this condition obtains there are too many Lodges in any jurisdiction. Kentucky is not singular in this respect, neither is Missouri. ADDR~.:sS,

The Grand Master's Address was a good business document, free from all clap-trap. He said his official year had" been one of great importance to the Craft." His recommendations were practical and his administration judicious. His vindication of the practice of Lodge trials for non-payment Of dues, was just and proper. He recommended the adoption of a plan for such trials, very much like the one our Grand Lodge adopted at its last session. A circular had been issued and sent to the Lodges by the Grand Master, which is very practical in its nature and bearing. The most important points were: 1st. "The appallin,q withd'rawal by dimit oj so many members." 2d. "The indiscriminate and irregular manner in which Lodges have been suspending jor non-payment oj dues."

The following remarks, in the Address, give the Grand Master'!) views in brief on the above points: The condition of our Lodges calls, in my judgment, for strenuous legislation on the part of the Grand Lodge. If an inqniry were officially made, it would prove, I think, that 8. very considerable number of them do not hold regular meetings or perform any Ma~onic duties except to elect officers annually. The essential elements of charity and discipline are entirely wanting. Is it any wonder that so many dimit from these dcad bodies, and join the modern organizations promising specious benefits, and having at least the appearance of vitality? My letter WIlS aimed partiCUlarly at two alarming evils: the dimitting of so many Masons, and the indiscriminate suspension of Brethren for nOllpaymellt of dues. If the Lodges will make their proceedings more instructive and ple8$ant to the members they would not dimit; and it Secretaries would take more pains to collect the dues at frequent intervals the amounts would not swell up to the large sums which exceed the ability of many to liquidate. In our judgment, the Grand Master had done well to say nothing more in his circular, than argue and enforce the points above presented. He went outside of his line of bUSiness IlS to the last point presented in his circular. The following does not present a very enheanening outlook as to finances: The finances of the Grand Lodge should have its special attention. Were it to do nothing else at this ~cssion except to correctly adjust its accounts, and provide ways and means whereoy in future its expenses should not exceed its income, and the election of its officer!), the time would be most valuably employed. A few years ago the Grand Lodge was wealthy. if not in opUlence; to-day, if not poverty-stricken, its circumstances are very much reduced. I refer to the Grand Treasurer's report for" more light" upon this subject. from which it will be seen that ofl1cer had been compelled to borrow several thousand dollars to meet a deficit in the trellSury to pay the regular running expenses, pledging valuable securities of the Grand Lodge for the paymen~ of the amount borrowed. An examination of the Proceedings b,efore us shows what ha..<; contributed largely to bring aoout this' almost .. poverty-stricken" condition. It is found in the fact that Kentucky has an excessively liberal system of mileage and per diem. The amount paid the past year was nearly thi?路!.een thousand dollars, while the income was a little over fijteen thousand, With JOUT doUars per day as an allowance of each member who attends the Grand Lodge, no wonder that JOU?' hundl'ed and twenty-one Lodges were represented. The mileage of members being paid, and cheap board secured during the session, many .Brethren would be willing for the Grand Lodge to remain in session as long as a.

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Missouri Legislature, or the American Congress. No wonder Lodges in Kentucky are complaining and members dimitting. The assessments on Lodges are one dollar per member, for Grand Lodge purposes, and one dollar for the" home." The following is taken from the Aqdress, as showing how the case is viewed: "Suppose a Lodge has fifty members, and the dues are four dollars each a year, the income will be two hundred dollars. One hundred of this must go to the Grand Lodge; a fair average rent will be at least fifty dollars; Secretary and Tyler say one dollar and fifty cents each per night for twelve nights, making thirty-six dollars; then the sum of fou-rteen doUa1'S will be left for fuel, lights, and other incidentals-nothing whatever left for charity. It is not strange that a poor member (and perhaps a majority of our best members are poor) should say, ' What is the me of my taking four dollars from my family and paying it into a Lodge year after year Which, should misfortune overtake me, could not substantially he~p me.' " We. have not the data at hand to justify an assertion, but it is our belief that Kentucky has lost in the last few years several thousand members by dimissions, and by suspensions fOf non-payment of dues. Comment is unnecessary. If Grand Master Pettit had stud'led closely, he would have found the reasons for" the appalling withdmwal by dimit of so many membel's," mentioned so pathetically in his" January Circular" We believe the Craft in Kentucky is being taxed to death. The Grand Master said, in view of given conditions, that if relief or improvement did not come speedily, one-half the Lodges in Kentucky would go down. No cause for surprise. DECISIONS.

Forty-five decisions were reported. These were duly considered, and all approved, except Nos. 11 and 30, which were reversed, and we think wisely. Nos. 25 and 34, were slightly amended and then approved. The hope has been growing with us that this decision business might end. After reading the forly-five decisions in the Kentucky journal, we have concluded to just let our heart get " sick" as possible, over "hope deferred." Those who propound all the simple questions that Grand Masters have to answer, neve1'1'ead, else they would never ask such questions. Answering thâ&#x201A;Źir inquiries does them no good. for they will ask the same next year, or more simple ones, or others, equally uninformed, will rise up and ask for information. So that this extensive decision bnsiness does no good. Those who profit by reading, are already so far in advance of the standard usually found in the decisions rendered, that they simply laugh at tJie ignorance of those who ask the questions, and sometimes at Grand Masters for noticing them and reporting such rulings. Grand :Master Pettit rendered one decision which we notice. It was approved by the Committee and is now the law of Kentucky: Ma'ster Masons holding membership in other jurisdictions must be tried where they hold membership. It is the duty of any Lodge tD prefer charges, have them authenticated, and forwu,rded to the Lodge, and may demand a trial thereon. Non-affiliated Masons must be tried by the nearest Lodge. A Mason and member of a Lodge in Kentucky, was living within the jurisdiction of a. Lodge in Tennessee. The Tenne~see Lodge preferred charges against the Kentucky Brother, for some unmasonic offense, tried and expelled him. The Grand Lodge of Kentucky doe~ not recognize the action as legal. A lengthy and interesting correspondence passed between Bros. Pettit and Connor, Grand Masters of Kentucky and Tennessee. Neither of these distinguished Brethren believe that the Tennessee Lodge had the rig-ht to try a member of a Kentucky Lodge. Bro. Pettit held that as John Jones was a member of a Kentucky Lodge, he could be tried only by said Lodge, it did not matter where he resided when the offense was committed. Bro. Connor,

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Grand Master of Tennessee, concurred in this view. Grand Master Warr, the predece~sorof Bro. Connor, held n. different view and ruled that where an offense is committed, there the trial should take place, without reference to his Lodge membership. The controversy growing out of this matter is not settled and it remains an open question. We do not wish to take partin the controversy, or be a party thereto, but our opinion differs from the Kentucky doctrine, and is in harmony with that of Past Grand Master Warr, of Tennessee. We stand by the law of Missouri on the question, which was adopted in 1866 : . All charte~ed Lodges in this jurisdiction have full power and autliority to exercise

:penal jurisdiction over all Masons non-affiliated as well as affiliated, within their several Jurisdictions, for violations of moral and Masonic law. In 1850, our Grand Lodge passed a law which is still in force, as follows: Should an offense be committed by one who has taken up his residence, the Lodge which has jurisdiction over the place where he resides is the body to whom charges will have to be preferred, as we have no rule that authorizes a change of venue.

In 1869, the writer of this Report rendered a decision, as Grand Master, which was affirmed by thc Grand Lodge and now is law, that No change of venue can be had in a Masonic trial-the only remedy of the accused being appeal to the Grand Lodge, in case he thinks injustice has been done him. From the foregoing deliverances of our Grand Lodge, we maintain and defend the doctrine, that ANY Mason, "non-affiliated as well as affiliated," residing within the jurisdiction of a Lodge to' which he does not belong, may be disciplined for unmasonic conduct. Our law means this or it means nothing. It would sound foolish for the law to say that all Chartered Lodges can exercise penal jurisdiction over their own members for Ma~onic offenses. It would amount to this: . "All Chartered Lodges in Missouri can exercise penal jurisdiction over all thcir . a.ffilialed members living within their several jurisdictions, for violations of moral and Masonic law." Being- present when the law was framed in 1866, we know what was in-

tended. Our Grand Lodge enunciated the doctrine that Lodges in Missouri should have "full power and authority to exercise penal jurisdiction over" two classes of offenders against" moral and Masonic law "-flrst, a1l1'esident non-affiliated Masons; second, over all resident Masons who belong to Lodges elsewhere. To quote and apply bur law of 18:,0 will make the case clear beyond question. "Should an offense be committed by one who has taken up his 1'esidence" in Mexico, though a member of a Lodge in ST. Lours, "the Lodge which has jurisdiction where he 1'esides," in Mexico, " is the body to whom charge~ will have to be preferred," In going to Mexico and becoming a resident there, visiting the Lodge, professing :Masonry, and making public his connection therewith, he assumes a given CHARAcTlm, that of a MASON. While aresidcnt of Mexico in the character of a Ilfason, he is amenable to the Lodge there, because it is the only 1tfasonic body that can have cognizance of his conduct as a Mason. TIA Lodge in St. Louis cannot take cognizance of his conduct, for it knows nothing of his deportment. The Lodge in Mexico not only knows what he has done. but is the immediate sufferer by the outrageons conduct of an unworthy Mason. Besides, Lodge membership is a me,re incident. The party, being a Mason, is a member of a great family. As one of a vast Brotherhood or famil'y, when he violates the "moral and Masonlc.law," his sin is not merely against the Lodge, but against MASOKRY. And as the B1'otherlwod suffers, that same Brotherhood has the right to vindicate its character w'herever it is injured by a recreant member. His lJunishmcnt is demanded, and becomes,a moral necessity, w'ithout any reference to the membership of the offending party. '

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Thomas Hill, a citizen of Kentucky, comes to St. Louis, passes counterfeit money, and finally is arrested by the authorities here. Will he be sent back to Kentucky for trial? He did not violate the laws of the land in Kentucky, but in .lfissouri. He may plead, .. I am a citizen of another State, and am only a resident here for a time, intending to return to my home in Franklin, Kentucky, where I have citizenship, and can have a fair trial among my friends and neighbors. I therefore protest against being tried in Missouri, and demand a change of venue." Would Qe secure the favor thus asked for? Verily not. When tried and convicted, he asks an appeal to the Supreme Court of Kentucky, Would he attain it? Surely not. He violated the law in -Missouri and must be tried where the offense was co~mitted. Bro. Jones, a citizen of Missouri, and member of a Lodge here, went to Gallatin, Tennessee, and resided there for a time under the jurisdiction of a Masonic Lodge. While there, he committed an infamous crime, for which he was charged by the Lodge. At his trial, counsel appeared in his behalf, who conducted the defense, cross-examined the witnesses, made a speech in favor of the accused, etc. Bro. Jones was found guilty of a crime which he confessed to have committed with the wife oj a Brol!wr Mason and member of the Lodge that tried him, and was expelled from MASONRY. Now he wants his Grand Lodge to set aside all Proceedings in the Tennessee Lodge, and let him take a change oj venu,c to his own jurisdiction and home Lodge, where he is a member. Oh, yes, let him be tried by his friends and neighbors. Send him back to Missouri, where personal jurisdiction may be had, whether any evidence can be obtained or not, in the case. No, Brethren of Kentucky, we will have no such farce perpetrated in the name of Masonic law and justice. Where crime is committed let the criminal be tried. We have jaith in the honor, integrity, jnstice and fidelity of the Lodges of the land, whether out of onr State or in it. And we believe they will do justice in all such cases. We look at the subject of controversy between kentucky and Tennessee from a Missouri standpoint, and believe any other doctrine than ours will result in the defeat and perversion of law and justice. Make the law and practice universal, that a Mason can only be tried by his own Lodge for crime, wlwl'ever committed, and all trials . become mockeries, and justice can rarely ever be done. Dispensations were granted by the Grand Master for the formation of five Lodges, and for other purposes, such as to confer degrees" out of time." .. Qut of time" work is something we never witnessed in our Masonic life (twenty-five years). As an opportunity will never occur in this jurisdiction, we will not witness that class of "work," ns no desire to see it will lead us to visit other States where the dispensing power it so liberally used. Grand Chaplain, Rev. Dr. H. A. M. Henderson, announced his purpose to " go West" to labor in his holy calling on the Pacific Slope. Most complimentary resolutions were adopted, ll,nd ordered to be engrossed on parchment, coi1Veying to Bro. Henderson the esteem and love of his Brethren of the Grand Lodge. In severing his connection with the Grand Lodge, Bro. Henderson delivered a characteristic valedictory. We make one extract: I .have taken advantage of this fortuitous opportunity to make a few valedictory remarks. ere I turn my face towards the setting sun, and my footsteps towards the Pacific coast. Many of you alrendy know I have accepted an engagement that will carry me far aWllY from the scenes and associations amid whiclt I have so long lingered, with alternations of mingled trial and triumph, sorrow and joy. I am to make a new venture of powers and prospects far from long-tried friends and familiar haunt.s, among strangers and novel scenes. It is a happy thought that the same ~ecrets and signs' that have given me welcome way wherever I've wandered in my Ilative St.ate, will lISsure me hail and hospitality where the Pacific sillgs, on a golden lea, the song of sunset. And this sentiment, and the sadness of parting, brings humming into my soul the sweet measures of an unknown poet: "Take the bright shell from its home on the lea, Wherever it goes it will sing of the sea; So take the fond heart from the home and the hearth, .And it will sing of the loved to the ends of the earth."

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And no matter. Brethren. how sunny other skies, or genial other climes may be, I can never forget our old family roof-tree, our immemorial altars, and our fraternal associations. In my heart, as in the shell, there shall ever remain a sad, sweet refrain of " My Old Kentucky Home." CORRESPONDENCE.

A well prepared Report, of 160 pages, was furnished by the venerable "Rob. Morris, Chairman." . He closed his labors with the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved. That the Grand Lodge of Kentucky will cordially unite with other Grand Lodges, home and foreign. in restorin~ amicable relations between the Grand Lodges of Kansas and Indian Territory, MiSSOUrI and Dakota, Scotland and Quebec, and that we recommend to the contending parties the Zaw oj e.ulUl~ive jurisdiction, so long established among American Grand Lodges, and with such harmomous results. This Grand Lodge peremptorily declares that she will never submit to have her own territory invaded. by other Masonic powers, and she cannot justify the course of any who lose sight of the Golden Rule.

Our venerable poet and anthor has generally been considered pretty good authority on all subjects treated by him in reference to Masonry. While appreciating for ourselves, in Missouri, the kind intentions of Bro. Morris and his Grand Lodge. which adopted the above .~pecial resolution, we must announce that the venerable Chairman is wide of the mark as to "the facts of history." He missed the center" two out of three" shots in his resolution, which, in sporting circles, would be considered bad marksmanship. His well meant and kindly offered mediations as to relations between the Grand Lodges of Missouri and Dakota, cause a smile or two out this wa)'. Missouri and Dakota do not need anyone to aid in "restoring amicable relations between them." It must be some other Grand Lodge than Missouri that needs Kentucky mediation as to relations with Dakota. How would" Minnesota" read in the resolution, vice Missouri. Bro. Morris, rub up your glasses (~e glasses we mean). Then Bro. Morris wants Kentucky to mediate between" Kansas and Indian Territory," and secure amicable relations between them. For an English cockney to ask the poet, Saxe, while abroad, if Georgia was not in Boston, might be tolerated, but for Rob. Morris to talk about mediation to secure" amicable relations between the Grand Lodges of Kansas and Indian Territory," is pa.~t condonement. The Grand Lodge of Kansas formally and frll.tel'nally recognized the Grand Lodge of Indian Territory, on the 17th day of October, 1878. An interchange of Masonic courtesy followed by the appointment of Grand Lodge Representatives. M. W., John Guthrie. of Kansas, represents Indian Territory ncar his Grand Lodge; while M. \V., P. J. Byrne represents Kansas near the Grand Lodge of Indian Territory. Mediation is not necessary, Bro. M. If Bro. Morris fails in mediating between Scotland and Quebec. as he failed to keep u~ with

the facts of history, he will enjoy a lively disappointment. We think it likely.

l\Iissouri received a very full and handsome notice from the reviewer, four pages being devoted to our Proceedings for 1878. Quotations were made from the A'ddress of Grand Master Ready. and from the Report of Bro. S. H. Owens, on Grievance. Of the Address of Bro. Ready, he said, "there is enough appropriate matter in Bro. Ready's Address to fill several pages, but we must. stop further quotation." About two pages of our review of Kentucky, for 1877. were approvingly quoted. Bro. Morris treated us, as a young reviewer, very kindly, which causes a sense of grateful appreciation. JAKE RICE, Louisia, G. l\L HIRAM BASSETT, Millersburg, G. Sec. R. B. GRANT, LoUisville, Ass't G. Sec.

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-LOUISIANA,1880. We enter upon the review of the work of this Grand Lodge, at its Sixty-eighth Annual Communication, with delighted anticipations. Heretofore we have found much in the journal of the Grand Lodge to interest, and challenge our pen's continued flow. The body met in the city of New Orleans, February 9th, with M. W. Bro. Edwin Marks, Grand Master, and R. W. Bro. James C. Batchelor, Grand Secretary. Five Past Grand Masters were present, with twenty-six Representatives of Grand Lodges. On calling the roll, fifty-three chartered Lodges were found represented. We gather from the Grand Secretary's" Register" that there are 147 Lodges in that jurisdiction, with a membership of 5,187. The journal presents a good, large list of suspensions. Grand Master Marks presented an Address, coverin~ twenty pages, followed by the Reports of his several District Deputies. The publication of these Reports is a just tribute to a meritorious class of Grand Lodge workers, and if more generally done, would inure' greatly to the benefit of the Craft. Fraternal mention is made of worthy deceased Brethren, who had closed their earthly labors during the year, A summary was presented of miscellaneous matters, to which official attention had been given. lIe announced but one decision, and puts this in evidence, that" our law-makers in the past have well nigh exhausted any necessity for new statutes for the government of the Craft, and this is a fortunate circumstance, for too much law is hard to grasp, and, to the general mind, leads to. perplexity." Oh, happy land of Canaan, how we would love to live there! The Craft in the eity and Lodges throughout the'State, and all Grand Lodges on this continent, were warned as to the clandestine character of an organization in New Orleans, styled, " I.e Grand Orient de Ill. Louisiana." What a pity this country cannot be permitted to have some kind of a" Grand Orient. Bro. Marks has done gone and spoiled the prospect of "Le Grand." The Grand Master announced plea.<;ant and undisturbed relations with all Grand Bodies with which they had hitherto been in friendly intercourse. He stated the condition of the Lodges throughout the jurisdiction to be fair, as learned from the Reports of his able coadjutors, the District Deputies. He then adds: I am fUlly aware of the opinion, and I think events will prove its correctness, that the present year will herald an improvement in the condition of the Craft, morally as well as III point of tangible prosperity. I conceive we have reached the bottom of an abnormal state of affairs, and as period succeeds period, we shall finally witness within our day and generation, the re-establishment of Masonry in Louisiana as it existed prior to the war. To induce this desirable end it only needs from each and all of us a dIsplay of d:uty in and out of our Lodges, and in the even tenor of our lives as men and as Masons, and the casily graded pinnacle is reached.

A very practical view is then taken of financial questions, as bearing upon the present condition and future status of Masonry and the Grand Lodge. We gather from the papers presented, that the Grand Lodge, though carrying considerable indebtedness, is endowed with sufficient assets to meet all liabilities, and that with proper management and economy, the obligations may be easily, as gradually, extinguished.

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On the subject of perpetual objection, we find in the Address a most practical utterance, which we transfer to this Report : Observation bas proven to my mind, that the rigbt of objection to the initiation. or progress of a candidate should have a prescribed limit, a limit eo-equal with the silent expression of the ballot, and not exceeding it. I believe that the right of objection is sacred, should be secret as to reasons, if so desired, and preserved intact. as a safeguard to the Institution; 路but when it borders upon autocratical pretensions, and is senselessly prejudicial to ordinary individual rights, it should be confined to the limits of safety to the Order, and justice to the man. If based upon moral grounds when instituted by the objector, they should be worth renewal after a time, either as an uttered objection or by It black ball. A black ball rejects for six months; why should an objection stand longer. Both acts are expressions of the will. I recommend' that the right of objection be limited to six months, and subject to renewal for like periods. . This subject was reported upon by the Committee on "Masonic Law and Jurisprudence," and the report was adopted as follows: . On the subject of the perpetual right of objection, a Brother has a right to object. and should not be required to give any reasons for so doing; but, at the I'ame time, it is difficult to give any good reasons why a mere objection ~hould be of more effect than a black ball, or why it should stand any longer, as it does sometimes, and, indeed, often happens, that the objection is only the result of caprice, or malicious or revengeful spirit. But if a Brother should desire to make the objection permanent, he might be allowed to do so by making his reasons known to the W. :M., and if he found them Masonic and sufficient, to decline them to be, and cause the rccord to be made of'a permanent objection against the party-to stand until withdrawn. Otherwise, the objection should only have the force and effect of a black ball. A part of a loaf is better than no bread at all. But we think the law should define clearly and without qualiji~(ttion how long an objection should hold, as against a candidate. lI ' le f~il to see why more power should be placed in the hands of an objectol' than other Brethren who express their objections by the black ball. In :Missouri, rejection by ballot, as to a profane, runs tu'elve months. Rejection by objection runs jorevCl', or until with路 drawn, which amounts to the same thing. The Grand Master reported the following respecting the" rank of a Past Master:" A case occurred during the year, where a Brother of a Lodge. in this city, eligible thereto, was elected and in~t311ed W.]I.'!. A week or two SUbsequent, "for good and sufficient reasons," I permittcd his resignation and issued a ])ispelJ~atiolJ for an election to fill the vacancy thus created, and thereaftor his successor was duly installed. Parallel cases have frequently occurred. only varied in point of tenure of the office. The inquirv has arisen ill my mind, whether the Brother in the category named, is entitled to the rank of Past Master. To which the Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence replied: On the subjcctof rank of Past Master, we conceive that the rank and privileges of Past Master, referred to in our Comtitution, should only be accorded to the W. Masters regularly elected and installed into office, who have served a full term-at least. from the time of their election and installaticn to the end of the term. A Brother abandoning the position, must be considered as resigning the honors that would attach to the oflice had he served in it the time regularly allottcd for the term. This was the only proper view to take of toe subject as presented. But in the light of our Missouri law, we think the act of the Grand Master, "who permitted his resignation," was a legal blunder. "re cannot see how an installed l\Iaster could resign. In this Jurisdiction he could not. We presume the law of the Louisiltnajurisdiction allows it, else the Grand Master had not accepted the resignation and ordered an electIOn to fill the vacancy. As their law seems to permit l;iuch resignation, the Ma..o;;ter resigning thc of!ice must surrender all the hOllor thereunto belonging, and is not a Past Master.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

Bro. Wm. R. Whitaker, "for t.he Committee," presented an able and lengthy review, 'covering two hundred pages. He concluded thus: This Report has been prepared under difficult and embarrassing circumstances. Other exacting duties have left me but little time for the labor of it.~ preparation. Hence, it is too long, and not as .carefully considered as it. should have been. I apologize to the Gmnd Master for accepting the position, but will not again trall8gresf' III that way. I regret the delay I have caused the Grand Secretary in the publication of the Proceeding's, but it was unavoidable. . Brothers of the reportorial corps', a final adieu ! So we have to say" good bye" t.o another Louisiana member of the corps. Last year we took regretful leave of Bro. Braughn, Now Bro. Whitaker waives a "final adieu" just as we got sight of him for the first time. Well, he left us something more than a lock of his hair, and more, valuable besides. His Report is a clear and strong paper, showing that attention and thought had been given to the Proceedings passing under review. His quotations from the journals of sister jurisdictions, were full. Missouri received ample and kind consideration, eight pages being'given to notices of our Proceedings for 1879. The reviewer gave a complimentary though condensed statement of the administration of Grand Mast~r Givan. Some of the rulings of Bro. Givan were excepted to, as they were not in barmony with the law of Louisiana. We quote one paragraph: 'l'he fifteenth decision of the Grand Master is to the eftect that he "cannot grant a specific Dispensation to a Lodge authorizing it to confer two or more degrees on a candidate at the same communication." It appears that tbe Missouri law is to that effect, and that the Grand Master has not power to suspend any by-law of the Grand Lodge. What becomes of the" time-honored prerogatives of a Grand Master" in the jurisdiction of Missouri?

We reply, that ,. the jurisdiction of Missouri" does not bank largely on the" timehonored prerogatives of a Grand Master." :Masonry, in "the jurisdiction of Missouri," is governed by the Constitution and Laws of the GRAND LODGE. "The Missouri law is to the effect" that no Grand Master can" grant a specific Dispensation to a Lodge, authorizing it to confer two or more degrees on a candidate at the same communication." And, so" the Missonri law" will ever remain. Selah! We would not have it otherwise. Conferring the degrees "out of time," as latitudinarians style the exercise of. this "time-honored prerogative" business, meets with no favor in "the jurisdiction of Missouri." Hence, our law does not allow the Grand Master to "suspend any by-law of the Grand Lodge." The exercise of a certain power, now styled a "prerogative," permitting degrees to be conferred" out of time," or "making Masons at sight," may have had some justification in times past, when there were but few Lodges, and they" far between;" but under the present order of things, there is no justification for using such a prerogative, if it ever had an authorized existence. We prefer sound, sensible, practical law, enacted in the ligbt of ripened experience and ad\'anced knowledge to the uncertainties of tradition. We 'would -be glad if this "time-hon~red prerogative" business were universally considered one of the lost arts. We have presented MissolJri views. and jor Missouri. That they will not suit other jurisdictions we know. Cannot help that. Others have as good right to opinions as we have. Bro. Wbittaker did us the honor to copy largely and approvingly from our Report of 1879. He has our tllll.l1ksfor his complimcntary noticcs.

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We close our Review by remarking that the entire journal of this Grand Lodge, embracing all the details of a session, is complete, evidencing, as heretofore, the presence and labor of men of Mark and ability. EDWIN MARKS, New Orleans, (re-elected) G. M. C. BATCHELOR, M. D., New Orleans, (re-elected) G. Sec.

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MANITOBA, 1880. This young Grand Body met in its Fifth Annual Communication, in the city of Winnepeg, on the 11th of February, 1800, and was presided over by the Grand Master, M. W. Bro. S. P. Matheson; Wm. G. Scott, acting Grand Secr~tary. Nine Lodges were represented. Ten Lodges are on the roll, and one Lodge had been instituted under Dispensation. One of the chartered Lodges (No.9) is reported as never having met for want of a. room, its only existence being on paper. Three hundred and sixty members are on the roll, constituting the strength of that jurisdiction. The Grand Master presented a very brief Address, the chief feature of which was the healing of the unfortunate rupture in that jurisdiction, fully described路 by us in our last Report. We rejoice at the amicable settlement of the internal dissensions of our Manitoba Brethren, and believe that good counsels and wise measures have prevailed, and will bear rich frUit. As to the condition of affairs, and the results following their adjustment, the Grand Master said: Of the terms of this settlement I need say little. They are before you in the minutes of the special communication, of the date mentioned. I do not claim constitutional perfection for them. I know that they are defective in some points. Still, I feel confident that they are the best that could have been obtained at the time. and under the existing circumstances. There was just the choice between remaining a divided body and accepting the compromise obtainable. To enter upon the detailed merits of the ca..~e, and thus defend and support, in the eves of the i\1'asonic world, the position I took, would only open lip old sorcs and heart-burnings here, which, I think, are far better covered by the curtain of the l?ast. I claim, also, that the settlement was not only a great boon to Masonry here, but It was also opportune. It put an end to the rancorous feelings, which. I am sorry to say, prevailed at the time in the Craft. The rupture was growing daily more and more serious, and every day more difficult to heal. Its effects were bein~ felt throughout the whole jurisdiction. Interest was flagging in many of the suburdmute Lodges. The head was sick, and, as a consequence, the other members suffered with it. After the settlement, however, there was a f(~lt revival. Since then, too, we have been united, and have worked harmoniously and happily together. so that the result has convinced us of the justice of our action, and givcn us the satisfaetion of feeling that our work has not been in vain. In spcaking thus of the present and the pa.st, I do not wish, for one moment, to be understood to say one word disparagingly of my predecessor or of his actions. He worked faithfully and conscientiously II1 the interests of the Order, and it was his misfortune, rather than his fault, that the secession took piaile durillg his t.erm of office. The disturbance was not the growth of a day. It was the growth of a long period, and it simply came to an issue under his rule. Happily, however, these are now things of the pust. There are now, we have good reason to believe, no two parties in the Masonry of our jurisdiction. We are all ~ne, without any disturbing element. The satisfaction felt among the jurisdictions of the country is ,,,,idespread and deep, at the peaeeful settlement of rancorous strife among these Bret.hren. May the peace" be as pcrmanent as it has proved gratifying.

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The condition of the Craft throughout thc jurisdiction is most flourishing and satisfactory, as shown by the Report of the Board of General Purposes. Concerning Scotland and Qucbec, Manitoba had the following to say : SCOTLAND AND QUEBEC.

Your Board desire to express our surprise that so ancient a Grand Lodge: as the Grand Lodge of Scotland, should be guilty of so gross a violation of Masonic uiiag-e, Ill' to invade the territory of another Grand Lodge, and de.<;ire to express our condemnation of their action. We trust that the Grand Lodge of Scotland will perceive thcir error. and withdraw, without undue delay, from their assumption of authority, to which they have no claim. We suggest to the Grand Secretary, in preparing his proceedings, that the add?'esses of the Grand Master and Grand Secretary should be given. We infer it is Winnepeg, though the journal does not show anything of the kind. JOHN H. BELL, Winnepeg, G. 1\:L WM. G. SCOTT, Winnepeg, G. Sec.

MARYLAND, 1879. Grand Lodge convened in Masonic Temple,.Baltimore, November 18th, 1879. 1\L W. Bro. John 1\L Carter, G. r:L; R. W. Bro. Jacob H. Medairy, G. Sec. The Annual Address is a short business paper, showing successful management of their financial affairs. Maryland has been carrying, and still has on hand, a large debt, growing out of the erection of an expensive" Masonic Temple." This Temple business has been not only expensive but rUinously burdensome to the Craft in many of the jurisdictions of this country. We are glad Maryland is struggling as successfully as heroically with the fearful incubus now and heretofore upon her. The Grand Master cheerfully reports the extinguishment, during the year, of the handsome total of nearly $70,000, and a saving in interest of over four thousand dollars. This iii a glorious result. The Grand Master reported a few decisions, as rendered by him. We are glad to see "my Maryland" stand to the front, as follows: PreSiding of!ker in the

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ful Master and bothWardens,

of Master and Wardens. In the absence of the WorshipLodge was opened by calling upon a Past Master to preside.

Held to be irregular. and that the proceedings of the communkation were null and void, it being necessary that the Master or one of the Wardens should be present in order to open the Lodge. What there has ever been so magical and overwhelming in the name Past lIfas!er to cause this wonderful exercise of power, we have failed to discover. From an abstract furnished, we glean that this Grand Lodge has a membership of five thousand members. A summary on Correspondence was presented in lieu of the volumnious Report usually rendered.

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The Report of the Masonic Relief Lodge is an interesting paper. Take the following: The great utility of this organization. both as a ready medium for furnishing immediate relief to the worthy distressed, and also as a means of detecting attempts at imposition, is too evident to require any remarks. It may not be out of place here to speak of a case which came under the Lodge's observation about two weeks ago, as itll instance of its working. On the evening of November 3d, a. very plausible stranger applied to the L. of R. for assistanee. He wanted ten dollars, to enable him to reach Pittsburgh, his destination being Terre Haute, Indiana. He passed an excellent examination, gave a very reasonable accountof himself. produced letters of commendation from highly respectable sources, presented an appearance tending to elicit the sympathy of all with whom he conversed, and would doubtless have sllccceded in obtaining ten dollars, if not more, had it not been for the carrying out of the Lodge's regulations by the committee haVing his case in charge. In accordance with the rUles, the aRplicant was provided with supper and a night's l<:Jdging, and informed that one of the Committee would see hun lIext day. In the meantime, a telegram was sent to the 'Worshipful Master of his Lodge at Terre Haute and answer returned, at an expense of 60 cents, which proving unfavorable, he was notifled that under the circumstances no relief could be granted him. A letter was subsequently received from the Mn.ster of his Lodge that he had been expelled some three years ago from the Lodge in which he had professed to be in good standing' at the time of making. application in Baltimore. It is not unreasonable to suppose that this person has been and now is tramping about imposing on generous and charitable members of the Fraternity.

The telegraph does wonders in many ways. We have known it to start Masonic tramps and dead beats, from given localities, before the Brethren' could make up their minds to render the aid asked for. And we have known it to bring information sorely needed, in order to vindicate the claim of a worthy Master Mason, when doubting Brethren refused the necessary assistance. We observe that the ladies are an important 'factor in Masonry in Baltimore. In raising money to aid the Grand Lodge to lighten its financial burden, they seem to have been a recognized power. It appears from the Grand Master's Address, that the Grand Lodge, or the Ba.ltimore Masons, had a Fair Association, with \vhich the ladies were identified, as shown by one item: Received" from Treasurer of Ladies' Masonic Fair Association, $23,382.49." A pretty good lift from our sister woman. We trust those Maryland ladies. while not allowed to belong to the L()dge.~, may all be so fortunate as to belong to the MASONS, provided, always, that the Masons are worthy of such ladies. John M. Carter was re-elected Grand Master, and Jacob H. Medairy was re-elected Grand Secretary. Both may be addressed at No.6, Howard street, Baltimore. SEMI-ANNUAL COlIllIIUNICATION.

Since the foregoing review was made, we have received the journal of the Semi-annual Session, which was held in Baltimore, May 11-12, 1880; and was presided over by M. W. Bro. John M. Carter, Grand l\faster; R. W., J. H. Medairy was Grand Secretary. The Grand Master said in his Addres..c;, that less of interest had transpired during the past six months than the previous year. Hegrets were expressed that the Reports of the Grand Inspectors had not more fully informed the Grand Lodge of the condition of Masonry throughout the State. It was supposed that said Heports had been withheld for tbe rea::loil that too much apathy exists among the Lodges. The financial affairs of the Grand Lodge fitill constitutc a SUbject of much concern. We think a more hopeful outlook is presented than formerly. TIlE DEATH-ROJ,L

Containcd the names of three venerable Masons whose ages averaged more than eighty years. Two of them were Past Deputy Grand l\Ia<;ters, vi;:: Francis Burns and Nicholas Brewer; the other was PaÂŤt Grand Senior ''\'ardell Wm. Campbell.

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Grand Master was firmly jornenst the wholesale Dispensation business. All kinds of applications were made, but not granted. A few Decisions reported. We note that dues stop, as against a Brother, when suspended. Good doctrine! The other rUlings were local in application and not of general interest. The Address was brief. It was commended by the Committee,路 and the decisions approved. The Grand Secretary's Report was elaborate, and carefUlly prepared. A history of the organization of the Grand Lodge, in 1787, was furnished and printed, together with all the names of Grand Officers, from ~hat time down to the last session. CORRESPONDENCE.

A brief Report, reviewing the Proceedings of fift.y Grand Lodges, was rendered 'by" F. J. S. (;or~as, M. D., Chairman." The review embraces notices of the" doings" of Grand Bodies. The financial condition of the Grand Lodge renders necessary a very brief review. Our Proceedings for 1879 were noticed and extractsmade therefrom. JOHN M. CARTER, Baltimore, G. M. JACOB H. MEDAIRY, Baltimore, G. Sec.

MASSACHUSETTS, 1879-80. This Grand Lodge meets so frequently that an inexperienced Scribe is more or less bewildered in keeping track of the doings thereof. There are JOU?' kinds of Communications held every year in that jurisdiction, viz: Special, Quarterly, Stated and Annual. We have tried to keep the run of affairs in that grand old commonwealth, but fear we will succeed as indifferently as we did in learning the ways and street.'3 of Boston. Our last Review ended with December 27th, 1878, when the Brethren had a banquet and installation of officers. We believe that was styled a Stated Communication. From the printed journals before us, we find that a Special Communication was held at Gloucester, September 11th, 1879, for the dedication of the Soldiers' and Sailors' :r.1onument. One was held in New Bedford, October 17th, 1879. for the constitution of a new Lodge. Another, December 27th, 1879, at Waltham, for the purpose of dedicating a new Masonic Hall. And still another Special Communication, February 26th, 1880, for the same purpose, Belmont being the place of meeting. All these sessions were under the authority of the GrRlld Master, who was present in person, or represented' by a deputy. ANNUAL COMlllUNICATION

Met December 10th, 1880, in Masonic Temple, Boston. M. W. Ch'as. Alfred Welch, G. M. i R. W. Tracy P. Cheever, Recordillg G. Sec. f

Representatives from a large number of Lodges were present. The Lodges in that. jurisdic'tion have names but no numbers. .

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The Grand Master's" Annual Report," rendered at this, the One Hundred and Fort.ysixth Anniversary of the Grand Lodge, is a valuable paper to the Craft in Massachusetts, such as we might expect from M. W. Bro. Welch. He presented a Review of the financial condition of the Grand Lodge; an account of some of his more important labors, and such other Masonic matters as seemed proper to be brought to the attention of the Craft. He noticed the loss, caused by death, of two valued Brethren, Chas. Kimball and Jerome V. C. Smith, both of whom were prominent citizens, as well as leading Masons in the Grand Lodge Jurisdiction. We find in the Address somet.hing which has heretofore escaped our attention. Grand Master Welch said: That the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts" had not adopted the policy of appointing Representatives to other Masonic bodies, or of receiving Representatives from them." This we did not know, but had thought. Massachusetts was like other Grand Lodges. We were led to this view from a personal knowledge of the very fraternal spirit of leading Brethren in t.hat jurisdiction. An examination of ou?路 list of Rep'resentatives near th'e other Grand Lodges discovers he fact that Missouri has a commissioned Represent.ative near the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, or at least she Ihinks so. and his name is "John K. HaJl, Hoston." "To a communication from one of the Grand Lodges of the UnitedState8," making a request for an exchange of Representatives, a polite refmal was returned by Grand Master Welch. We have no kind of objections, and shall ask our Grand Lodge to cancel the commission of ".John K. Hall, Boston."

This, from the Address, is worthy of a place here: The views which were expressed in my la."t Annual Address, as to the importance of rarely grantillg Dispensations for the degrees within the t.ime limited by the Constitut.ions, and the extreme caution which should be exercis(~d by the Lodges in regard to their jurisdictional rights, need not again be urged upon your consideration. My views, also, remain unchanged as to the importance of avoiding, as far a.'3 possible detailed reports of Masonic proceedings in newspapers and periodicals other than Masonie; in fact, they have been strengthened by farther reflection, but I have nothing further to add to what was then said. A number of official visitations were ~ade during the year, and' much good resulted therefrOm. ' The Grand Master felt authorized, from the Reports of District Deputies, to state the membership in his jurisdictionto be 25,372. A slight decrea.'3e is shown. The Masonic Temple debt has weighed heavily upon our Brethren in Massachusetts for some years, yet the Grand Lodge seems to be getting the burden well in hand,'and it is being reduced in a satisfactory manner. Theintercst rate ha.'3 been reduced, and the debt principal is being lesselled gradually. We will rejoice with our Brethren when they lift the last dollar from their shoulders. and have an unincumbered property equal to any in t.he country. It is a superstructure of whieh the Masons in Ma.'3sachusetts may well feel proud. It is valuable, beautiful and durable. A STATED COMMUNICATION

Was held December 30th, 1879, when the officers, elected at the Annual Commumcation, were duly installed. M. W. Bro. Chas. Alfred Welch was for the third time honored by the confidence of his Brethren as their choice for Grand Master; and R. \..... Bro. Tracy P. Cheever was again chosen Grand Secretary. Following the installation ceremonies came the Annual Banquet, or customary " Feast of St. John the Evangelist." The usual regular toasts were proposed in memory of St. John the Eyangelist and our illustrious Bro. George Washil)gton. Speeches were

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made by Grand Master Welch and divers "distinguished Brethren," whose "wit, wisdom and eloquence" made the occasion one of rare interest. The old parting song, " Auld Lang Syne," was enjo)'ed, and the health, "Our Brethren throughout the world.'l drank, when all went forth in peace and harmony. A QUARTER;LY COIllMUNICATION

Was held at the Temple, in Boston, on the lOth day of March, 1880. M. W. Bro. Welch, Grand Master, presided. The session was a business one, special attention being given to the finanees of the Grand Lodge, and various expenditures necessary to run the body. We observe that the expense account footed up $34,312. Interest, alone, on the Grand Lodge debt amounted to $18,000. The Committee reported fully and minutely as to items, and conclude thus: Our present annual receipts, including capitation tax, are, in round numbers, $48,300, and our annual expenditures, li34,300, leaving n. net balance of $14,000 to go towards paying the debt. But jf the capitation should be all commuted in the near future, as the Grand Master so ardently hopes and expects, our annual receipts will then be. on the present basis of rents in the Temple. $27.~OO, and our annual expenditures, $16,300, leaving a net annual balance of $11,000 to be expended by the Grand Lodge in charity, or to form a permanent fund; so that in either view of the case, the financial future' of the Grand Lodge is fair, if not even positively bright. The Grand Lodge of Quebec was recognized. A lengthy and historic report was presented by a Committee" On Change of the Seal of the Grand Lodge." Consideration of the matter was postponed until the Annual Communication in December next.

Charles A. Welc路h, Grand Master; Tracy P. Cheever, Grand Secretary; both of whom were re-elected, and may be found atthe Masonic Temple. We enjoyed the privilege of meeting Bro. Cheever in his quarters 路at the Temple some time since. SUbsequently, at meetings of Masonic bodies, we were shown through the building. Some of the apartments are elegant. The Chapter-room is a thing of beauty.

MICHIGAN,1880. The Twenty-sixth Annual Communication was held in Detroit, commencing .January 27th, 1880. M. W. Daniel Striker, G. M., and R. W. Wm. P. Innes, G. Sec. This young Grand Lodge has certainly been wonderfully growthy. In thirty-five years the membership has reached the grand total of 26,000, and now 342 working Lodges arc on the roll. The Grand Master presented a thirty-paged Address, closely printed matter. It is a good business document. One Lodge had been created during the yea.r. Numerous Dispensations had been granted by him. Several decisions had been made. He decided that a duly elected and installed Secretary of a subordinate Lodge could be dimitted during his t;nn of office. "The right of dimit is inherent," be said. This wal; dedRion No. 1. In NO.5 he said, a Brother, regularly elected ltlld duly installed, cannot T~sign.

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An officer can'dimit (the Secretary is a,n o,tJU:erJ, but yet an o.(ficer cannot res-ign. Strange! very! Does not dimiss-ion sever official relations? Yes. Then what hinders the same officer from severing official relations by resi.qnation r The law of that jurisdiction, we presume, justifies sucn rulings. The Grand Master decided that the loss of the third and fourth fingers of the right hand, and also the loss of an eye, disqualified parties for receiving the degrees of Masonry. A like adverse deeisionwas rendered as to an applicant who had a cork leg below the knee. Then the following sensible rule was submitted: A candidate, to entitle him to receive the degrees of Masonry, should be able to make all signs, take all steps andassllme all positions with his natural limbs, in order that he may receive and impart instructions correctly.

" FINANCIAL.

From the Address we gather that some financial pressure had weighed upon the Grand Lodge, necessitating a loan. This need of borrowing, we take it, grew out of two thillgs: 1st. A heavy claim every ycar for mileage and per diem. 2d. The per capita has been too low, thereby bringing in an insufficiellt amount of Gralld Lodge dues. The Grand Master closed his very practical Address thus: The true Mason can hear the cry ofangnish from the fever districts of the South, and appeals for bread from Ireland, equally distinct, without the aid of a modern telephone. We are judged by what we do. more than what we say; it is the acts of members in their individuality, in the performance of their obligations to their fellow man, in the dischal'/~e of the duties of every-day life, that make up the ag&,regatc by which we are tried. PublIc opinion is generally an impartial tribunal-upon a faIr trial. It is a nniverffil lllW that a man passes in public opinion, after beeomin&, acquainted, for just what he is worth, and although he may for a while mislead'and deceIve, sooner or later the cloak of hypocrisy is removed, the mantle of 'deceit falls, the long ears creep out from under their covering alld his true character revealed, llnd we stand aghast and wonder how we are so easily deceived. Forgetting that the thinner the fahric the more easily it will take starch. The most sacredly kept contracts or solemn obligations are not those Ilmallv made in pUhlic, and heralden from the street corners and honse tops~but those that rest upon the honor and conscience, and usually unwritten and unsung, and are exemplified by the faithful dischar~e of the trust received, and by the principle of truth being mdelibiy stamped upon the mner conscience of the man. We, therefore, who profess to love the truth, must so have it in our heart.<;, that we wiII show it in our lives and in our dealings with each other, and thus show that it is our guide, our rule, our faith and our practice. If it be grand and noble to be rivals for fame and honor, how much more so is It to be friends, for the promotion of truth a.!ld the protection of virtue. The Cuba-Colon Grand Lodge claims were ably considered in a lengthy report, and final action deferred, upon reco.mmendatio~of the committee on that subject. We are glad to find that the Committee on Jurisprudence squelched Decision No.1 of the Grand Master, that a duly elected and'installed Secretary can dimit while in office. dimit is inherent," fell to the ground under the following: His saying, that" the right

Your Committee are of the opinion that the question should have been ans\vered in the ne~ative. The Grand l\faster bases his answer upon the assertion that" the right of nimit IS inherent in every Mason." However this may be held in other Grand Jurisdictions, in ours the right as an inherent one is denied. By our Regulations we hold that it is the inherent right of the Lo'dge to make Masons, to admit members, and to dimit them whenever they shall see proper to do so. A Brother may apply for a dimit, and if his right is inherent, the Lodge must grant it. But the Lodge is the only judge of the propriety of granting it. and cannot be compelled to do so. The Grand Master himself admits this, (or in the very next decision he says that there is' no infallible rule as to the suffir,iency of reasons required; that the members of a Lodge arc sole judges whether re8.,<ons given are snfficient. If this be true then the inherent right over the subject of dimit.s pertains to the Lodge and not to the individual member.

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The true solution of the question as to whether an elective officer can dimit must be sought for ill the principles which underlie Lodge organization-which arise from the mutual obligations and duties of the Lodge with its officers, and the officers with the Lodge. . An organization must have officers. If allowed to dimit, or cease to be officers, the organization or Lodge will cease to exist. CORRESPO路NDENCE.

An entertaining Report of one hundred pages

was furnished by Bro. Wm. P. Innes, Committee. He briefly reviewed the doings of fifty-four American Grand Lodgcs, Missouri for 1879 being among the number. A number of Grand Lodges abroad were noticed, and a synopsis of Masonry in foreign jurisdictions was given. Bro Innes concluded thus: Remembering the old adage, "pay as you go," we bring our brief review to a briefer close, knOWing that by so doing we receive the thanks of our Grand Lodge who have it to pay for, as well as the Brethren of the Corps Reportorial who have it to read. We presume financial stl'ess had much to do in causing our Brother to close an interesting Report. We have derived so much pleasure from perusing his reviews, that our regrets are deep that his work should/be abridged. ~e would like to see him spread out. Our Grand Lodge receives expressions of fraternal sympathy in the loss of R. W. Bro. James E. Carter, from our Bro. Innes. He accuses us of saying" lots of pretty things" in our review for 1879. Well, this is the first time the" soft impeachment" was ever laid at our door. The ladies never honored us after this fashion. We wonder what will be said about us next. Bro. Brown, of Kansas, styles us a " verdant youth." More honor in the family!' If it were not for our youthful timidity and modesty we would call these accusers to account. John W. McGrath, of Detroit, was elected G. M. Wm. P. Innes, of Grand Rapids was re-elected G. Sec., and re-appointed Com. on Cor.

MISSISSIPPI,

1880~

Sixty-Second Annual Communication was held in Jackson, February 4th, 1880. and was presided over by M. W. Bro. Frank Burkitt, Grand Master: R. W. Bro. J. L. Power was Grand Secretary. ' Two hundred and forty-five Lodges were represented, besides there was a large attendance of Past Grand Officers, Past Masters aud Representatives from other Grand Lodges. From the statistical surttmary we find three hundred and two chartered Lodges in that jurisdiction, with a membership of nearly ten thousand. A slight decrease in members is shown. This Grand Lodge pays mileage and per diem to its Representatives, amounting to several thobsand dollars annually. It will soon be with that body, as with mailY. others. that the expense account will become the one grave question to be managed.' Better get rid of or modify this troublesome issue. .

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'I'he Grand Master presented a good business Address. He did not orate, but wrote a plain, practical Report. Our Southern Brethren, when occasion requires, are orators of a high type. When work and business are in order, they equal the demand. Following a brief and proper exordium, Grand Master Burkitt referred to their financial condition as not so gratifying as formerly, and attributed the cause chiefly to the fact that the Grand Lodge persists in keeping itself" on wheels." -"Ve have never discovered the practical benefit of having a migratory Grand Lodge. DECISIONS.

Thirteen decisions were reported: First-A suspended member has no claims ~pon a Lodge-no more than a profane. Second-A Lodge cannot go into the jurisdiction of another Lodge and bury a non-

affiliate. Third-A Dispensation was'llot necessary to authorize a Lodge to bury a Brother whose Lodge was extinct. The Brother was a non-affiliate, in good standing. Sixth-An elected party who fails to receive the degree within six months,forfeits election; a new petition becomes necessary, which must take the usual course.

In Missouri, twelve months must elapse before the election is forfeited; six months failure forfeits the initiation, unless for good cause shown. Tenth-The degree of Past Master is necessary to qualify a 'Warden to be installed Master of a Lodge. Twelfth-Public installations are admissible. Thi1·teenth-A Brother, who had received the Chapter degrees, bnt had never served as Warden, was elected Master of a Lodge,~vas declared ineligible. We presume ineligibility grew out of his not hUlling been a Warden. If so, what had his being a Chapter Mason to do with the matter?

Dispensations were granted in numerous instances "to confer degrees in less· time than our By-Laws prescribe.". We have had our say heretofore on this SUbject, our views are unchanged, and our record was made when Grand Master. If the law of Missouri allowed such practice we would not make use of it in permitting degrees to be conferred "out of time." Those jurisdictions where the custom obtains may enjoy the full benefits of the privilege. We will not demur to their exercise of the privilege. But none of it for us. There were some Dispensations granted by the Grand Master which we regard as of very doubtful propriety, such as retaking ballots where parties had been rejected. The precedent once established must be pleaded in' all similar cases hereafter. The law may justify such procedure in :Mississippi, but certainly expediency must protest against its frequent use. With us no such rule obtains.

The Grand Master allowed Lodges, in three instances, receive petitions from parties who had not resided within their respective jurisdictions the constitutional time. We find that the Committee on Jurisprudence (a very able one) denied the power of the Grand Master to grant any such Dispensa.tion as the 'last named. We remark that the committee said just the r!ght thing at the right time. Here it is: ' The ~tion of the Grand Master in granting Dispensations to confer the de~rees uJ?on certain clergymen in violation of sections 46 and 47 of the rules and regulatIOns, ral~es the question as to his power to set aside a law of the Grand Lodge. We deny that he has

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such powers, and much as we regret the necessity for doing so, must express our earnest disapprobation of the assumption of such powerH, but we do not intend in so doing to censure the Grand Master for the time heing, for he has but followed the example of others who have preceded him in his exaltcd.station, and may justly plead that he has the force of many precedents to sustain him. It is nevertheless desirable for the Grand Lodge to determine whether its chief executive' officer possesses the power to set aside any of its laws. He is sworn to obey and to enforce the laws, and not to countenance any violation thereof~ a duty which is entirely inconsistent with the assumptioll that he may dispense witn a law and set up another law of his own making in its place at pleasure. Now is there any specific law authorizing the Grand Master to grant permission to Lodges to" confer degrees out of time," or retake the ballot? The Committee said in reference to that point: The Grand Master bein~ the sole jUdge of the necessity for such action in the cases in which he granted special DIspensations to confer the degrees in less time than the By-Laws require, his action does not require the approval of the Grand Lodge, and the same remark applies in regard to his action in granting Dispensations to retake the ballot. We presume the exel'ci.se of IJowel' in granting Dispensations to confer degrees as above, and permitting Lodges" to retake the ballot," is left wholly to the discretion of Grand Masters. We conclude, therefore, that there is as much danger of abusing the power con ferred by the law in the above cases, as in following" the example of others who have preceded him" as Grand Masters. We will not criticise the law or doings of our Mississippi Brethren. But there is one thing evident, the sajety of the Institution, as it exists at this day, can 'never be well assured or maintained.where Dispensations are allowable in any of the phases of Lodge management, as we have found them in the cases just reviewed. Grand Master Burkitt found it necessary to lay the axe at the root of several unfruitful trees and cut them down. Thirteen Lodge charters had been arrested. lIe said: , Thus it will be seen that the arrest of thirteen charters (more than, in any former year) marks my administration; alld while I reF;ret that the condition of these Lodges were such as to demand such action on my part, my duty was plain, and I had no desire to Sl\irk it. If there is not enongh life in a Lodge to insure the' payment of dues, representatioll in this Grand Body, or a quorum at its stated rneetillF;s for a year or more, charter, jewels and other Lodge property would be of little value to its membership. And when arrested by the Grand Master, if there is not enough zeal and love for the Institution left in the breasts of the members to prompt them to promise better things for the future, and ask a restoration of their charter, then are they dead to Masonic works, and their names should not be allowed to cumber our Procecdings from year to year. The above is

well put and tersely expressed, we copy but to commend and endorse. GRAl'D SECRETARY

J. L. Power SUbmitted, as hc always does, a valuable and interesting Report, touching the business and condition of Lodges and the Grand Lodge. Aside from the facts and flg"Ures, there are several matters of special moment worthy of a place in any revicw. Somc of these we must be allowed to appropriate. On the mileage and per (Hem business he uscs the foll~wing:

Whcn 'the Grand Lodge met in this city in 18i6, there were 261 Lodges represented, and the pay-roll for the session was $6,909.sa. Should the attendance be ncarly as large at this time, and the aggregate dues not show a deeidcd increa.<;e on t.be previous year, the Grand Lodgc will have to draw liberally upon its reserve in order to meet the expenses of thc prescnt year. I have not yet despaired of the adoption of some plan that will take out of the Grand Lodg-e the whole business of mileage and per diem-a plan that will be just and equitable to the Lodges, and thlltwill insure the running ~xpensesof the Grand Lodge. A small per capita tltX will be sutIicient for this, and let the Lodges , retain for the expenses of represcntative, the excess over the slime they now pay into the Oran,d Lodge Treamry. Each delegate would thus be insured his actual and necessary

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expenses from the hour hc leaves home until his return, and instead of settlements at the Grand Annual Communication, taking much of the valuable time of the Grand Lodge, he will make out his account on retum to his Lodge, and have the same allowed and paid. With such a system it would be immaterial where the Grand Lodge would meet, as the pay-roll would be limited to the Grand Officers and Committees, and the current expenses would be provided for by an income corresponding to the membership. We have long entertained the opinion that the Grand Lodges of the country must abandon or greatly lessen this mileage and per dicm burden or become seriously embarrassed. â&#x20AC;˘ \

The following statemcnt, made by Bro. Power, will be read with interest, and other hearts will be touched as has ours: I had set apart, and invested in a Mississippi 8 per cent. bond, the sum of $500, towards the support of thc infant daughter of Bro. M. D. Bond, the Scnior Warden of Rising Glory Lodge, No. 215, the father and mother having died when thc child was only four days old. When I visited Osyka on relief business, the child was six weeks old. I told the grandmother that the Masons and Odd Fellows of Mississippi would adopt the child; and Bro. John H. McKenzie, then Grand Master of Odd Fellows, who accompanied me on my visit, heartily ratified the proposition. I left $100 for the immediate ('..are of the ('hild, intending to send the interest of the $500 to be invested semi-annually to its grandmother. During the epidemic I had received large contributions through Bro. John D. Caldwell, Grand Secretary of Ohio, and packages amounting to about $600 had marked on them.instructions to this effect: .. to be invested for some child or children orphaned by the plague." I concluded to concentrate this special contribution on this special object. I asked for and was granted the privilege of namin~ the child, and named it Mary Caldwell, after the wife of Grand Master Cunningham, of OhIO, and after the worthy Grand Seeretary of that jurisdiction, both of whom cxpressed great satisfaction, and stated that the Grand Lodge of Ohio would see to it that Mary Caldwell should be prtlvided for in the years to come. Butthis child,on whom so many had centered a substantial intercst, , died on the 25th of May last, and the expenses attending its sickness and burial constitute one of my vouchers. Of many affecting incidents in the rcliefwork, this one touched me most, and although not permitted to carry out our good intentions, we have the satisfaction of knowing that the object thereof is secure forever against all want and care and sorrow and sin. So mote it be ! PRACTICAL

CHARITY.

The Masons of Mississippi have no "MASONIC" asylum for orphans. But there is an orphan' asylum in that jurisdiction. It is located at Natehez. The Grand Lodge has been in the habit of appropriating money to aid said noble institution. Bro. Power, without using Grand Lodge funds, was able last year to place some eighteen hundred dollars in the asylum treasury. He was instrumental in raising the above amount. Noble work indeed! The results of such deeds are seen in happy children (made orphans by the yellQw fever, perhaps), whose religous, moral and intellectual training constitutes an ample reward for such worthy deeds. Take the following: About two months ago, the widow of a Mason, residing in Warren county, applied through me, to get her little girl into the asylum. If the child could get a home for a few years, the mother could" relieven. of such a charge, support herself. The Masonic bodies of Vicksburg endorsed the application, and the Brethren there .eccived and forwarded the child by steamer. On arriving at Natchez, the Brethen there received her and transf(lrred her to the lady managers of the Asylum. Brethren, this is practical charity. I am ~ure it will commend itself to your generous approval. The Asylulll bas no income ,except such as the charitably disposcd are moved to give. Yes, this is practical charity, such as GOD approves. ' CORRESPONDENCE.

Bro. J. M. Howry greetsJhe corps of reviewers and Masonic world with an able Report, amounting to ]38 pages. Thisable, courteous and interesting writer fully sustains his enviable reputation so well won in former reviews.' We always turn with delightful anticipations to the feast he annually serves up. Our only regret is that we cannot appropriate a good slice from each of the notices given to the forty-seven Grand Lodge Proceediugs which passed under his eye. .

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Missouri is given a considerable share of space, as he reviewed our Proceedings of two ycars. About ten pages being devoted to our bcnefit. The rcviewer was as courteous in spirit as liberal in space, and the fraternal exhibit in both is duly and trUly appreciated. In noticing our doings for 1878, he opensthus: The Adtlress of the Grand Master is quite prolix, but able. He says the Grand Lodge was organized in 1821, by but three subordinate Lodges. St. Louis then had a population of 5,000 (we believe it now approximates 500,000). Its Masonrv has kept pace with the growth of its mctropolis and State, and we are satisfied that ;"reat good has becn done to our race through the instrumcntality of our timc-honored fnstitution in Missouri, it being for the last fifty years the key to the vast country which lies between the great Father of Waters and the Pacific, where States have arisen, and civilization now spreads out over the vast plains and mountain fastnesses of the great West, where savage tribes have roamed so long as " monarch of all they surveycd. " He then quotes extensively from Grand Master Ready's Address, and copies many of his decisions, as approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence. Bro. Howry noticcd the suspension of a Brother by one of our Lodges, who had embezzled funds collected by him. The punishment was double: 1st. Suspension for three years for the crime oj embe.zzlement. 2d. Requiring restitution of the funds. On an appeal the Grand Lodl;e affirmed the judgment of the Lodge. Bro. Howry says: In this casc we do not observe that the embezzler had any Brothel' Afasons who stood up to him, and jU5tified him in robbing his Brethren and his Lodge out ortheir money. Men mc sent.to the penitentiaries sometimes for stealing a few dollars; made infamous by law, and excluded from respectable socicty ever afterwards, but our Brethren in MiSSOUrI, throw the troa.d ma.ntle of Masonic charity over an embezzler of her funds, and after he stands Ollt in the eold three years, and pays back the money he wrongfully took, he can come back and the offense is condoned and he is all right again! It is time that Masons should take a stand on the sUbjcct, as l\finnesota did with her Grand Secretary. Yes, expel all such, and let them go to their" own plaee." We must be allowed to inser.t the following: The Report on Correspondence comes from the able and experienced pen of Bro. John.D. Vincil, who, some years ago, presided over the Grand Lodge of Missouri. It was he that first placed Bro. Frank Gouley in the Grand Secretary's office, and now he succeeds that much lamenWd Brother in the same office. Bro. Vinci! is a worker; his jurisdiction is large, his labors onerous. The published proceedings show this, and his Report on Correspondence, covering 156 pages, shows research, discrimination and an enlightened judgment. 1879.

Our Proceedings for 1879 were fUlly

not~ced

and commcnted upon.

Of Grand Master Givan's Address we find and give an opening comment. Thc Address of theeGrand Master, Noah M. Givan, is lengthy. It covers seventeen pages-close printed matter. There is much in the Address to admire. Great labor hl}S been bestowed in the investigations of the many subjects he brings to the attention of the Grand Lodge. Extended quotations from the Address were made, with an occasional comment. On the following question, submitted by us to Grand Master Givan, last year, Bro. Howry made a sensible remark: R. W. ,John D. VincH, Grand Secretary, asks the question: "Can I dimit from my Lodge, in Mexico, Mo., for the purpose of affiliating with a Lodgc in St. Louis, without forfeiting my position as Grand Secretary?"

Bro. lIowry

~aid :

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Our private opinion is, that a pennanent member of the Grand Lodge loses no right by his relation to any subordinate Lodge. Nothing should affect him but his removal or conviction for an offense. With this opinion we agree fully. The most singular part of this case is, that the Grand Lodge denied us the privilege of removing our Lodge membership to St. Louis (where we reside), yet said nothing against the change of Lodge membership of our Grand 'l'reasurer who took his dimit from one Lodge and joined another, right here in the city. His change was to enjoy a preference for Lodge association. Our desire was to have 1'esidence and membership both together. While District Deputy Grand Master, a few years since. we dimitted and joined a Lodge ncar our residence, still holding the commission as Deputy. Grand Master Ryland decided the act legitimate and the Grand Lodge affirmed his ruling. But the Grand Lodge would not allow us to change Lodge membership to our present place of residence, while holding office. Grand Lodges do some amusing things.. Of our Report for 1879, Bro. Howry has this to say: Bro, John D. Vincil, the R. W. Grand Secretary, presented a very voluminous and' luminous Report on Foriegn Correspondence-one hundred and eighty-three pages, very fine print. We shall not pretend to read all that fine print, for with a slight dimness of light and glasses a little dim and a poor arlicle of coal oil, and a good deal of cloudy weather, and our report almost closed: How can we? He is evidently trying to keep up with our much beloved and lamanted Bro. Gauley, and he hi coming liS near it as anv one ,the great State can produce, We turn him over to the tender mercies of Judge Drummond, Dr. Morris and P. G. M. Robbins, who sometimes have slight spells of Cacoethese SC1'ibc1idi.

Now, "fine print" and bad light may serve as good excuses for not reading us up closely, and we pardon the neglect. But if we are to be relegated to the" tender mercies" of Bros'. Drummond, Motris lind Robbins, there is no hope for us, and the" Corps Mutual" may prepare for a funeral. We had hoped to survive a few years to labor for the enlightenment of our" mutual" Brethren, but an extinguishel' hangs just over our head, like the sword suspended above that historical fellow. Then that disca::;c tl;lat produces" spells" in the cases of the Maine, Kentucky and Illinois Brethren! We f~ar Bro. Howry suspects us of having caught the malady, by the association he assigns us. After reading what he says of Bra. Morris in his review of Kentucky, we presume he will assume the role of the dutchman who caug-ht the wild cat-" Hans; coom up und help me let him go." Bro. Howry seems to have started Rob: Morris in the scrwendi business, and now he wants some one to help hini" let go." Hold on, Bro. H., to Bro. Morris, and be sure you hold "him and his" tender mercies" from destroying us. WM. FRENCH, Vicksburg, G. M. J. L. POWER~ Jackson, G. Sec. JAS. M. HOWRY, Jackson, Ch'n Com. on Cor:

MONTANA, 1879. One of the neatest volumes of Proceedings that we are called upon tO,examine in our Annual Reviews comes from Montana. The one now before us forms no exception. Bro. Hedges does his work well as a Grand Secretary, displaying taste as well as business qualities.

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The Fifteenth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge convened in the city of Butte, October 7th, l87!). The Grand .Master, M. W. Bro. John Stedman, presided; B.. W. Bro. Hedges, Grand Secretary, was at his post. Thejournal is graced by a well executed likeness of Bro. Stedman, the Grand MIl.'>ter. This Grand Lodge has, during its history, chartered twenty-two Lodges. Four are off, leaving eighteen on the roster as live, paying Lodges, with a membership of 705. There was an increase of 41 during the year. Receipts for the year, for Grand Lodge Dues, amounted to $2,115. Grand :Master Stedman pr~ented an Address full of th01I{JIii. Its intellectual and moral features commend the Address to every lover of Masonry. We shall cull from it largely in our review of Montana. That jurisdiction while making hislO1'y is establishing charactel'. Among the opening paragraphs we find the following thoughtful one: Greater dangers threaten Masonry to-day than ever before. We occasionally hear the alarm sounded by SCflne faithful" watchman upon the tower" who descries with clearer vision the coming storm, ll,nd warns us to be prepared for its approach. The dangers now most imminent come not from without, but Inust be looked for within the walls of the Temple itself. The principal of these is the increasing tendency to relax the ri~idity of our re~ulatiolls and break dOWll the barriers Wisely erected by our allcient Brethren for the salety and protection of the Order. . ' Against so mueh out-door Mas01l1"!J, earnest alid timely deliverances were made in terms as earnest as pertinent, to which we give our hearty approval. We have always fclt-alld -time and observations constantly tend to confirm the opinion-that the practice indulged in to such an extent by the Craft, of appearing in public as Masons, except on such occasions,' and for such purposes as are ofa strictly Masonic character, is a practice which it is the duty of every well-wisher of the Order to reprehend and discourage. It is, I believe. universally conceded that Masons, as Masons, should never, under â&#x20AC;˘ any consideration, participate in any ceremonies, or in any way act conjointly with, or be subject to the control of any other organization whatever. A recognition of this rule is sufficient answer to the propriety of joining in proceesions for the purpose ofcelebrating the anniversary of our natIOnal independence, and for similar objects.

And the objections to public parades, when composed of and conducted exclusively by Masons-unless on occasions when there is Masonic wor~to be done~are so numerous and conclusive that I am at a loss to understand how any Brother having the good of the Order at heart can consent to such proceedings. \ The moral tone of the Grand Master's spirit finds expression in the excerpts we give below: Let those Ma.c;olls understand that no offense. however trifling. should bc passed unnoticed. Charity towards our Brethren is a most commendable virtue, but.when a Lodge permits its members to foUow evil ways unchecked for fear of wounding their feelings -how much soever we may honor and commend the feelings which prompt sueh aetionwe can hut feel that they commit a grave error in shieldillg an unworthy individual at the expense of the Fraternity. Intemperance-the great overshadowing curse of the world-is a subject which naturally challenges the most serious attention of Masons at all times. I conceive it to be our duty, not only as Masons but as citizens, to wage continual war upon the pradiee of rum-selling, as that is the very root of the evil. lfthere were no liquor makers, nor liquor-sellers, there would be no drunkards. 1 would gladly see a law enacted declaring the making or selling of intoxicating liquors to be used as a bevera~e, a Masonic criDJ.e, and excluding from the Order all ~ho should engage in such occupatIOn. You would hardly feel that you were lIoing your duty, or that you were true to your principles as Masons, if you would allow a known and confirmed drunkard to be admitted lllto the Order; then why allow him who, through cupidity alld lust for gain, ha.<; assisted in l11tl.king drunkards of scores of his fellow-men, to walk into your Lodge and declare himself your peer. â&#x20AC;˘

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If Masonry is anythin~ but a name; if the only object to be attained is to increase its membership and accumulate wealth; if its professions and teachin~s have no meaning, and are only intended to delude the world into the belief that It is an institution whose mission it is to encourage the development of the moral nature of man, and stimulate him to the practice of virtue; if our laws are only to be obeyed when convenient and set a~ide at pleasure, then can we consistentiy receive into the Order those whose trade it is to war upon and destroy those" cardinal virtues" among which temperance stands foremost.

Bro. Stedman thinks there is no l'oom in Masonry for" human vampires who fatten upon the life-blood of their fellow men." We should say not, yet we have plenty of "human vampires," called Jl,Iasons, who fatten upon our Brethren, growing rich by impoverishing Masons, their wives and children. And after the)' have widowed and orphaned helpless ones, these" vampires" will vote for resolutions of condolence and sympathy tendered the families of those Masons whom they have robbed and murderell; yes, and they will wear mourning for thirty days, turn out in funeral procession and help bury those they have destroyed. Curses will follow and find out such mockeries of the Masonic name. Grand Master Stedman strenuously, and we may add, vigorollsly opposes balloting for advancement in the Lodge. He holds that one, instead of three ballots, should be used for the three degrees. We hold different views. Our practice and law is at varience with the above idea, and we prefer Our Missouri custom. Each Grand Lodge, however, can make its own rules. The Committee on Jurisprudence recommended that no chauge be made in their law, so the Grand Master's" one ballot" preference was not approved. The Address abounds with sound and practical suggestions. The Grand Lodge adopted two of them, as reported upon by the Committee on Jurisprudence: Resolved, That an objection made in open Lodge to the initiation or advancement of a candidate. by a Master Mason in good standing, not a member of the Lodge, if reasons therefor shall be stated, shall have the same eftect as an objection made by a member; ex<l'pt, the Master shall again thereafter pass the ballot upon such application, and if it shan be clear, then the objection shall be deemed,and taken as removed.

The second was in reference to affiliation requiring no dimit to accompany the petition for membership. We presume, like New york, only a certificate of good standing is ,necessary. When an applicant is elected, he must" in all cases, before he shall become a member or sign the By-La\vs, present and flle with the Secretary his dimit from his last Lodge. and within ninty days after his<election." We found a sifnilarlaw in New York, and favor it very much, believing itwiIl greatly curtail non-affi'l.iation. . As to the condition of the Craft we learn the following from the Address: . The Fraternity in this jurisdiction is, to all appea.rences, in a tolerably prosperous condition, ,. peace and harmony prevailing." Our relations with foreign Grand Lodges are in the main :,:atisfactory. A marked inerease of business prosperity throughout the territory is noticeable since our last meetiug. The tide of emigration is setting more strongly in onr direction. and with an increase of population and business prospcriety, we may naturally look for an increase in the mem bership of our Lodges. Whether or not such increase shaH be for the good of Masonry depends entirely upon the wisdom and devotion to the true principles of the Order of those who in the future shall be called upon to guide its destinies and control its actions. With an influx of strangers we may look for the introduction of many disturbing elements from which we have fortunately heretotore been comparatively free, but which have given the Craft so much trouble in other jurisdictions. and it behooves those who intend to keep Masonry up to the high standard whir,h we all feel it should maintain, to guard well everv avenue of approach against" cowans and caves-droppers, and take care that none ai'e admitted except such as are dUly qualified."

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CORRESPONDENCEâ&#x20AC;˘

â&#x20AC;˘A spccial Report was presented by Bro. Hedges, Chairman CommitOOe, touching interests peculiar and vital, and the same was adopOOd after due consideration. The points made were in keeping with the general deliverances of Grand Lodges in this country. We condense them:

Pirst-'''ith American Grand Lodges, whose legitimaOO sphere is working the symbolical degrees, Montana desires to form and maintain closest fraOOrnity, and is ever rcady to exchangc Reprepresentatives. \

Second-With those Masonic bodies, usually denominaOOd Grand Orients, whether on this continent or elsewhere, whose constitutions are so widely. pifferent from our own, where the blue Lodges have no independent governing body, we cannot enter into close alliance on any eqlialOOrms with mutual respect and profit, and therefore should respectfully decline to exchange representatives, to pass upon their claims for recognition, or to submit our own. 1'hird-Absolute independency of territorial jurisdiction is asserOOd and will be maintained; while respecting that of other~.

Fourth-Proselytism and insubordination in other j~risdictions is denounced while discountenanced at homc.

l'Vth- With the Grand Lodges of England, Scotland, Ireland,.and those of the German StaOOs, or elsewhere, whose constitutions are SUbstantially like our own, we should sincerely desire, and by all proper means endeavor, to secure closer relations in every respect; but so long as such radical differences of policy exist as to the right of exclusive jurisdiction which we are equally unWilling to surrender for ourselves, or to force upon the acceptance of others, whose history, experiences and circumstances differ so widely from our own, we feel that it would be vain to expect peaee or profit from such relations if formed at present

Sixth-The invasioD of the Province by the Grand Lodge of Scotland is deprecaOOd and a change of policy desired. Seventh-The new South Wales issue' is viewed in a favorable light, and a possible clearly inti~ated.

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The Annual Report, by Bro. Hedges, is in keeping with his former efforts. It covers only sixty-five pages--:-too short, unless less interesting, We always regret to see a good wriOOr hampered. More spRce and more liberty are the wants Montall8. should meet in Bro. Hedges case as a Committee. He wrote his Report. No extracts crowded his pages. Wish we could have time to write more and use tlie scissors less. Bro. Hedges reviewed the doings of fifty Grand Lodges, Missouri meeting with courteous and favorable treatment. A SUIIlmary from our P.roccedings of 1878 was given, and a nice compliment paid Bro. Owens: . The reports of Past Grand Master Owens, Chairman of Grievance CommitOOe, are models, full, without surplusage or scattering, sound in law and sense, besides being properly seasoned with charity. Brethren called to serve in similar duties should study the cases that have passed through Bro. Owens' ~ands. We take pleasure in saying to Bro. Hedges, that Missouri is done "passing through financial straits." '''e have paid off all debts, claims alld jUdgments, and owe no man anything. Besides we have plenty of money to meet all dem'ands. Our prospect is fair to recover a good portion of the amount tied up by the bank failure alluded to.

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F:or the following, thanks are gratefully tendered:

Bro. Vinci! fills the bill of our expectations as Foreign Correspondent. He holds the moral standard high and clinches precept by example: He made one of the best Grand Masters, and we are glad to Hee him fill permanently a place higher even than that of Grand Master. ' It is well to be thought well of by worthy l';en, even though far away. As to those at home, who oppose us because we have labored for years to raise the moral standard high," we can only say, ., thcy know not what they do," â&#x20AC;˘ II

We SUbjoin the following for the purpose of making two remarks: Montana is ~enerously remembered, and we are not disposed to complain of personal criticism, Think your judgment rather harsh in our Osborne case, Having known him long and well we love him as a Brother, and will stand by 0111' jUdgment that there are few better anywhere, As to personal criticism," we will say to Bro, Hedges that if he failed to perceive the humor in our remarks, he is in need of glasses. and we now state our purpose was to speak in a Pickwickian sense or after the ma~mer of Artemus ÂˇWard. II

As to our judgment being harsh in the Osborne case, we can only say, our judgment was formed from the statements furnished, and from no knowledge of the party. We part company with Brother Hedges, not knOWing that we will meet again in these pleasant fields of fraternal association, HIRAM KNOWLES, Deer Lodge, G, M, CORNELIUS HEDGES, Helena, (re-elected) G, Sec" and Ch'n Com. on Cor.

MINNESOTA, 1880. Grand Lodge met in St. Paul, January 13th, 1880. M, W. Bro. H. R. Wells, G. M.; R. W., A. T. C. Pierson, G. Sec. It was the Twenty-seventh Annual Communication. There were Representatives present from 112 Lodges, besides numerous Past Grand Officers. This jurisdiction has 146 Lodges on its roll, with a total membership of 8,647, and enjoyed an increase of memben; amounting to 586. Well done!

Grand Master Wells presented a fifteen-paged Address. He opens by noticing the death of two valued Brethren, to whose worth he bore testimony. Two Dispensations had been granted to form new Lodges. Several Petitions had been refused. and one particularly specified as being signed by parties wbosc Masonic status was not vouched for. It turned out that nearly all the petitioners belonged to organizations not recognized as Masofts, and with ""hom Masonic intercourse was not admissible. The plain English of whieh is, they were Colored petitioners, and hailed from bodies not known as Ma~ollic. The Knights of Pythias would have done as well for petitioners. Tbe" Color" Question ha.d nothing to do with the matter, The petitioners were not " lat4ulll1a.solls,"

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Appendix. DECISIONS.

A dozen decisions were reported.. These decisions were all approved by the Committee on JurisprUdence, and adopted by the Grand Lodge. We give them in a condensed form: 1. Installation by proxy is not authori~ed in this.juriso.i,ction.

2. A Brother receiving the degrees, or any of them, in a Lodge othe~ than the one . that received and acted upon Ws petition, is not entitled to become a member of the Lodge doing the work simply by si/{ning the By-Laws. 3. A Lod/?e conferring the degrees at the request of the Lodge Which received find acted upon hIS petiti,)l1, obtains no jurisdiction over M. M. so made; it remains with the Lodge that elected him. 1. To constitute a Brother a member ofa Lodge, except to bea charter member. he must. in. addition to other requirements, sign the By-Laws; until he does so he is llonaffiliate. 5. Under the usages and regulations in this jurisdiction, only one ballot is author~ ized for all the degrees. 6. The applicant must reside within the juriSdiction of the Lodge for the period of â&#x20AC;˘ one year before such Lodge ean entertain and act upon his petition for the degrees. 7. Brothers who work Lodges U. D., are liable to the Lodges from which they hail for Lodge dnes. 8. The Grand Lodge is vested with power, to the exclusion of subordinate Lodges, to restore to the rights and privileges of Masonry, a Brother who has been suspended indefinitely or expelled. 9. Subordinate Lod~es are not aurthorized to exempt M. M. from Lodge dues; except Secretary, Chaplam and Tyler. 10. Brothers who petition for, and to whom a charter for a new Lodge is granted, are thereby constituted membcrs of the Lod~e. having all the powers and privileges of members made in the Lodge, and who have SIgned the By-Laws. They become members per force of the charter and the power granting it. . 11. The loss of the third and fourth fingers of the right hllnd is not such a physical maiming as will debar a person, otherwise qualified, from receiving the degrees in Masonry. . ' 12. The loss of the thumb and two first fingers of the right hand is such physical maiming as will debar a person from receiving the degrees in Masonry. Some of the above rulings would not suit our jurisdiction. We do not understand No.7. No.8 seems of doubtful propriety if it means what the language imports. We question No. 11. But our Brethren in Minnesota are satisfied, and we ought to be.

The following statement is worthy ofthonghtful cO,nsideration : My assistance was desired some months since to adjust a matter between one of our Lodges aud its creditors. About ten years since the Lodge, being in flourishing circumstances, and having e\'ery prospect for a prosperous future. issued its bonds for three thouRand dollars, bearing interest at ten per cent. per annum, pa~rablc in ten years, and negotiated the bonds to securemealiS with which to build a hall, WhICh they accomplished. They pluced their structure upon a lot, the title to which was defective. Misfortune came, the bonds were about to mature, the Lodge had no means with which to meet them, and they were in despair. Luckily, at the last moment, title to the property wa.,; secured, the bonds were refunded in new ones, to run twenty years at 7 per cent., and the Loage has taken a new hold Oil life, and are filled with hope that some time they may pay their enormous debt.

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The wOllder is that the Lod~e escaped the us~al fate of such enterprises-failure. With the failure eame bankruptcy, then dishOllor. and Masonry was made disrcputable in numerous instances of similar sort within our knowle(lge. Our Gnwd Lodge has wisely prohibited any more such doubtful experiments.

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The Grand Master presented, in very forcible terms, his views against calling upon .' Lodges for funds expended as charity in behalf of a sojom'1~ing Brother. He said: I esteem this course as subversive of the great underlying fundamental principle of our Institution. It is mILking relief a subject of charge, and charity a creature of commerce. To relieve a worthy Brother in distress, so far as we may do, without injury to oursel ves, is our prero~ative and our duty.' If actuated by the expectation of a fee or hope of reward in sustaming a fall'ing Brother it is a prostitution of our high calling. He argued at some length and ably agaiust dual membership. The Committee on Jurisprudence reported thus ou the subject: Your Committee fully agree with the Grand Mast.er that the question of dual membership is indeed a vexed question. it having been complicated by the action of this Grand Body from time to time as it has been brought before them. That while your Committee recognize the complications arisinl;. from dual membership, we are also aware of this fact, that dual membership having been sanctioned aud allowed heretofore in this Grand .Jurisdiction, many of our Brethren, under such sanction have become members of two or more Lodges. In many inst~nces such memberships were formed from a reluctance to sever their membership with their home Lodge while contemplating a removal to and within the jurisdiction of another Lodge, Taking this view of the subject, we recommend that where dual memb~rship already exists in Lodges in this jurisdiction the Brethren may coutinue such relations with the Lodges with whom they hold such relatiollS: and would also recommend that a resolution be at this time adopted by this Grand Body forbidding in the future, dual membership. Resolved, That Where members of the Masonic Fraternity in this jurisdiction have already acqnired membership in two or more Lodges, that this Grand Lodge will recognize such dual membership, but the forming of dual membership in the future is hereby prohibited.

We hope the dual membership complication may never afflict this jurisdiction and may die out wherever it exists. . DAKOTA.

In respect to the matters of difference between the Grand Lodges of Minnesota llnd Dakota we find a lengthy report. From it we extract a paragraph. and the resolution thereto appended: The claim of the Grand Lodge of Dakota, that this Grand Lodge has, a.t any time or in any way, infringed upon their territory, is not in the least sustained by the facts and history of the case, and we expressly disclaim such intention. This Grand Lodge has not granted Dispensation to a Lodge, or given encouragement to any proceeding, except to protect the rights of the Lodges chartered by us-nothing more than a fa.ithful parent should do to protect its own household. It is clearly evident that from the beginning, the Grand Lodge of Dakotah had been on the driving fLnd coercive order, and this does not always do, especially in a voluntary Order like Masonry. Resolved, That any Masonic body holding authority from this Grand Lodge within Dakota Territory, so long as it shall desire to continue its connection with this. it,; paternal Grand Lodge. be permitted to do so, and that this M. W. Grand Lodge will defend and :3~1~~~gr;l~n1?:t~'J"~1r~~rs~~~;~~~~~~rig~~~A\~~ll~~il such time as by its own free will

We gather from the Report that one Lodge in Dakota holding a charter from the Granu Lodge of Minnesota, WlU> permitted to give in its adhesion to the Gmnd Lodge in that territory. We hope all may do likewise, and thus end an unplea!:iant controversy. ORATION.

We must not omit mention of the fact that the Gl'an(} l.. oc]ge had an omtion dnring its session. R. W. :Bro. Geo. H. Davis wa." the orator, il.lld the oration found a place in the journal of proceedings. We lllLve been surfeited, of late years, with" ,qoud thillgs" in the way of Grand Lodge orations, and have wished for a 're:;;l from this bill of fare.

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Sometimes we purpose not to read the oration found in the journal under review. But then that would be discourte~us. In reading the oration of Bro. Davis, we were struck by the plain, matter of fact and earnest truths, to such a degree that a number of points were chosen for a place in this review. But we must forego the pleasure of their transfer; space is wanting. CORRESPONDENCE. Bro. Pierson, a veteran worker in Masonry, presented a review of fifty-one Grand Lodge Proceedings, cJvering 130 pages. Our admiration of tbe production is such that limited space only forbids an extended review and large approprfations. Missouri was not overlooked in the work of examination, and numerous selections were made from the Address of Grand M8.8ter Givan. Our Report for 1879 was treated with much consideration and largely copied, with an expression of regret that more could not be appropriated. In reviewing Illinois and Louisiana, Bro. Pierson defends his Grand Lodge in the Dakota controversy. In concluding his Report, he gives us a four-paged treatise upon" The Dogma of Exclusive Jurisdiction." The doctrine is declared to be "an outgrowth of the declaration of the independence of the colonies from the mother country." "Although an innovation on the practices of the Grand Lodges then in existence," it has since become popular, and has very generally obtained among the American Grand Lodges. European Grand Lodges have never recognized the doctrine, but have almost entirely refrained from violating it. We would like to present the views of Bro. Pierson in extenso, but have n,ot space; besides, we want to furnish our opinion Ilt length elsewhere. We will say of the views of Bro. Pierson. that many of them are strong and conclusive, and present ground on which there can be no dispute j others are not so clear, and some are untenable. ' HENRY R. WELLS, Preston, (re-elected) G. M. A. T. C. PIERSON, St. Paul, G. Sec. Com. on Cor.

NEBRASKA, 1879. We expected the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge in time for our Report last year, but failed to receive them. We entertain a like hope this year, as the Annual Meeting is held in June. If the journal for 1880 is received in time it will be noticed in this Report. The T';enty-seCOnd Annual Communication was held in Lincoln, June 24th,' 1879. Sixty-two Lodges were represented. The Grand Master, E. K. Valentine, being absent, James A. TUlleys, Deputy Grand Master, presided. Grand Master Valentine sent an Address, showing what he had done while in the State. Bro. Tulleys submitted a statement of his official acts. Four Dispensations were granted during the )'ear for the formation of new Lodges.

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Grand Master Valentine reported elaborately concerning the death of Past Grand Master Frank Welch, lIe was a Member of Cong'ress, and native of Mll,ssachusetts, to which State his remains were taken and buried with full M8.8onie honors, the Grand Lodge being convened for that purpose. He was elected Grand Master of Masons in Nebraska, June 25th, 1874, and served one year. From the memorial page we clip, this beautiful tribute: " He was good and true and noble; upright and steadfaRt as became a man; kind and charitable as became a Mason; strong and wise as became a leader. He was our Grand M8.8ter; and, neglecting none of the duties he owed his family, his neighbor, his country or his God, he met the man)' and various duties of the :::tation with honor to himself and us alL" The following decisions were reported and approved: 1. There is no law in this jurisdiction preventing a Lodge from meeting in the same halt with other secret orders not M8.8onic; but it is not advisable where it can be convenientlyavoided.

2. There is law prohibiting the organization of a new Lodge within eight miles of an old one. 3. The recommendation by a Lodge of a petition for Dispensation does not dimit such of its members as are petitioners. .

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4. A member of a Lod&e in another jurisdietion is C<lmpetent as a petitioner for a Lodge U. D. in this jurisdictIOn, but the Lodge recommending must be satisfied that he i~ in good standing in his own Lodge. 5. An officer of a chartered Lodge may also be an officer of a Lodge U. D. 6. A ballot should be taken on petition for the degrees' or for membership, even if the report of the committee be unfavorable. 7. A candidate has no right to the names of a committee" who report unfavorably on his petition. The journal shows that the Grand Treasurer was slightly behind as to funds placed in his hands. The hope was entertained that the principal and his bondsmen might pay the deficiency. If not paid at once, suit was ordered against them. From an abstract we find sixty-five Lodges, and 3,257 members, in thatGralldjurisdiction. A gain of 193 .Master Masons is reported. . Bro. George B. France, Grand Orator, delivered an Oration which elicited a vote of thanks and publication in the Journal of Proceedings. A Lodge of sorrow was held during the session, under the auspices of "the Past Grand Masters' Association." Impressive services were held in memory of Past Grand Master Frank Welch. .

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No Report on Foreign Correspondence. ROLLAND H. OAKLEY, Lincoln, G. M. WM. R. BOWEN, Omaha, G. Sec.

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NEV:ADA, 1880. The Sixteenth Antiual Communication was held in the city of Virginia, commencing Junc 8th, 1880. M. W. DeWitt C. McKenney, G. M.; R. W. John D. Hammond, G. See. Representatives from nineteen out of the twenty chartered Lodges were present. This jurisdiction has a membership of nearly fifteen hundred affiliated Masons. The Address of Grand Master McKenney was wisely brief. It has a pretty exordium, touching upon moral views and Masonic virtues, condemning the vices of gaming, profanity and intemperance. IIc justly pronounced all these vices Masonic offenses as well as offcnses against the laws of God in whom Masons pro'fess to put their trust. The Grand Master stated that his official acts had been few, and concluded therefrom that the Craft must be hannonious. One new Lodge had been instituted under Dispcnsation. A party petitioned a Lodge in that jurisdiction and was rejected. SUbsequently he went to England and was made a Mason, and returned, all inside of twelve months. He waS not recognized or allowed to visit. Good. Five decisions were reported. Three were approved as new deliverances, and two were in harmony with existing laws. This from his Address has point and force in it, and is frequently met with: The matter of improper balloting has be~n called to my attention. The right of a member to cast a white or black ball is indefeasible, yet in some instances the brack ball is cast for unma.~onic reasons. Sometimes beca.use the candida.te belongs to a particnlar nationality; .at other times a member will cast a black ball against a candidate in every way worthy because his friend has been rejected on a previous occasion. Of course nothing can be done if the member keeps the reason to himself, but quite frequently a voluntary confession is made, showing clearly that the motive was selfish, revengeful or the result of unwarranted prejudice. If such a :;tat.e of facts be conclusively shown, what rccourse has a Lodge? It scems to me a member should be tried upon his own voluntary confession of wrong doing, and if found guilty of casting a black ball for unmasonic reasons, he should be sllspended, and perhaps, expelled. â&#x20AC;˘ That portion of the Address touching the vices of intemperance, gambling and profanity, met with hearty approval from the committee, and was adopted. The interest."- of lI1a.sonry seem well cared for in this jurhsdiction, and the 9raft is in a prosperous condition. CORRESPON DENCE.

'Bro. R. H. Taylor again comes to the front with a well served repast, of ovcr one hundred pages, for general dclectation. Forty-sevcn Grand Lodge transaction:; had pas~cd under review. Missouri fo~ 1879, receives most courteous attention, more than four pagcs being used in the noticcs. IIis cxtracts from our Report of 1878, are numerous and am pie. He closed his labors with an orig-inal poem, which we pre:;ent our readers as thowing how things may be done amid regions grand, where muses dwell. Here is Bro. Taylor's GREETING:

My Brother of the Mystic Tie, Wherever 'lOU abidc. Or on Nevada's mountains high, Or by the ocean's tide; Whate'er your :;tation, rank or fame, Where'er your native l3ond,Because you bear a Mason's name, Here is a Mason's HAND!

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Appendix. As you and lour journey take Along life's rugged way, No adverse fate our Faith may shake, Or turn our Love astray; The bond between us, triple-strong, No power on earth may part; To you this tribute of my song Goes with It Mason's HEART! While in the quarries of the Craft We work with ~lC accord, A Mason's blessing let me waft '1'0 all who keep the Word; With Charity to all mankind, And Faith in God above; And these with ~entle Hope entwined,Accept It Mason's LOVE!

For ourself we are nota poet, and cannot respond poetically, but will say here is Mason's hanel, with a Mason's heart, filled with a Mason's love.

DE WITT C. McKENNEY, Anstin, (re-elected) G. M. JOHN D. HAMMOND, Carson, (re-chosen) G. Sec. ROBT. H. TAYLOR, Virginia, (re-appointed) Com. on Cor.

NEW BRUNSWICK. 1880. The Thirteenth Session was held in the city of St. John, April 27th, 1880.

1\1. W. Bro. R,obert Marshall, G. M.; R. W. Bro. William F. Bunting. G. Sec.

This Grand Jurisdiction has on the roll thirty-three Lodges, with a reported membership of 2,176. Sixteen Lodges were represented. The Proceedings are brief, but possess much that is interesting, showing a sound and prosperous state of affairs in that jurisdiction. The Grand Master's Address is an excellent paper, equal in merit to the brevity that cha'racterizes it. He declined to notice or examine the claims of a spurious concern in Louisiana, called the" Grand Orient," being in fratemai relations 'ivith the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. Other Masonic authority in that ~tate had no claims. Another new Masonic power having sprung up in France, New Brunswick was asked to recognize it. The Grand Master declined giving it any consideration. He seemed disposerl to steer clear of French Masonry, in it~ present mongrel character. The Grand Lodge a.pproved his wise and timely uttenLnces, for which we are devoutly thankful. The united Grand Lodges of Colon and Cuha.. and the Grand Lodge of New South Wales were recognized. We approve the li)I'mer, but question the wisdom and safety of the latter act. Time will sho\\'. Our jUdgment. is against recognizing as sU1Jreme, a body that cannot control all the Masonic Lodges in the jurisdiction where the Grand Lodge is established.

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The decease of a Past Grand Officer, Bro. Charles F. Bourne, was announced. Also a fraternal tribute was paid to the memory of Israel M. Bullock, Grand Master of Masons in ConneeLiCl1t, whose demise was announced. ' A " Masonic Fair" was held during the year in aid of Freemasons' Hall. The Grand Mastel' reported it as a grand success, some six thousand dollars having been realized over all expenses. The Masonic Temple, evidently a beautiul structure, judging from the fine-engraving before us, seems to be managed in a way that gives entire satisfaction, without burdening the Craft, as is the case where these "temple" elephants are ruinously expensive property. The Brethren in New Brunswick did not ovel:do things. They have a val1w.ble structure and derive a good revenue therefrom. The building and grounds cost about $80,000. The debt carried is well in hand and will not give any trouble. The Grand Secretary presented a detailed account of the business of his office, showing a satisfactory financial condition. The Grand Master reported having appointed and commissioned our R. W. Bro. Wm. R. Stubblefield, as Grand Representative near the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Bro. Stubblefield has received his commission and accepted the appointment. No Report on Correspondence. ROBT. MARSHALL, St. John, (re-elected) G.M. WM. F. BUNTING, St. John, G. Sec. \

NEW MEXICO, 1880. The Second Annual Session met in Santa Fe, January 5th, 1880. M. W. Grand Master Wm. W. Griffin presided, and R. W. David J. Miller was Grand Secretary. Representatives from all the adhering Lodges (four in number) were present. Quite a number of Past Masters and Past Wardens were enrolled. Bro. Griffin presented his Address, of twenty' pages in length. He reported the Grand Lodges near which Grand Representatives'had been appointed during the year. A few decisions were reported, but of purel)路 local character. The condition of Masonry in that jurisdiction was stated to be exceptionally good. But few accessions had been made to Masonry during the year. ' Peace and harmony are said to prevail. Nothiilg exists to cause regret, except that Silver City L<>dge had made no returns and paid no dues. We presume Silver City Lodge is not likely to make returns and pay dues to the Grand Lodge of New Mexico. There are reasc,)l1S why it should not. New Mexico did not create Silver City Lodge. It must remain allegiant to the creating or parent power until it transfers allegiance to New Mexico itself, or that allegiance is transferred by the creator or parent. New Mexico has, no right to dues or returns from Silver City. Whatever may be the final issue 0..." to what Silver City shall do, one thing.is very certain, she owes no, allegiance to New Mexico;

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and our New Mexico Brcthren have blundered from the start, and incessantly, as to me/lwds touching this question. She is 1'ight as to a principle, but wrong as to her course in the matter. Grand l\faster Griffin said in his Address. that "Silver City Lodge has failed-indeed, persistently refused to obey the laws" of his Grand Lodge. Having made no returns, and paid no dues to New Mexico for two years, and refusing to do so still, Bro. Griffin felt compelled to recommend the arrest of her charter. Wehavelearned, during the year, that the farce of arresting the charter has actually been enacted by the New Mexico Grand Lodge. We say farce, for we can characterize it in only thus. "Disperse, you rebels!" cried Major Pitcairn, at Lexington, when the British soldiers fired upon the Continentals. That cry did not amount to much in dispersing the rebels. They have not dispersed yet. That volley roused the Colonist:.~, and won the sympaties of mankind. Major Pitcairn adopted the wrong method to secure a desirable end. We can scarcely repress the humorous feeling in our nature at the idea of the Grand Master of New Mexico going through the performance of arresting the chaTtel' of .11. Lodge belonging to another Grand Lodge. That is what it amountS to. We cannot help saying, we would like tD see you arrest that c}w1路ter. -How are you going to get hold of it? Is it arrested by a mere proclamation or official ipsi dixitf In law, al'Test means t{) seize, to apprehend. Has that charter been seized or apprehended? We are not so informed. And we wish to state that, in our judgment, the error on the part of our Brethren in New l\'Iexico is found in making war upon Silver City Lodge. That Lodge owes its existence to the Grand Lodge that gave it being. Obligations and responsibilities spring from or grow out of relal:ions. Silver City Lodge is a child of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Out of this 1'c!at'ion-childhood-grow her responsibilities. These are, by force of conditions, first of all due to the mother. And Silver City Lodge would be unworthy of existence as a Lodge, were she so unfilial and disloyal to the mother as to make returns and pay dues to the Grand Lodge of New Mexico, while yet under maternal路 authority. New Mexico has no right to expect路 or demand. returns and dues from Silver Cit)' Lodge. As a daughter of Missouri, she has not transferred her affections or allegiance to a new claimant. And the parent has not given her away in marriage to the aspirant for her hand. A suit for damages against a young lady by some love-sick swain, who hail. woed but not won her heart and hand, would not be more laughable than this claim of New Mexico upon Silver City Lodge for 71umey. The error of our Brethren is路in bringin~ their action against the daughter. It is as unkind as ungallant. Why ostracize or kill the child? This will excite sympathy. Sympathy often beclouds judgment, and thereby delays and sometimes defeat.~ justice. If something was necessary, you should have cut the acquaintance of, and repudiated all association with the daughter. The Silver City members might have been denied social privileges, the right of visitation to your Lodges, and members of your family prohibited from" going to see" Silver City. This would have answered the purpose, anq gained the end desired, much better than the farcical performance of declaring her dcad. when she isn't dead. She is neither dead nor asleep, and will not die from any paper pellets discharged at her by official power. Silver City Lodge has not deserved' any such maledictions as have been hurled at her. She preferred to remain allegiant to her mother. The mother said, "I will protect you." That moment the ground of action wa..'! changed; Missouri drew the fire upon herself, and stands in defense of her child. '1'0 proclaim the child dead is as foreign from right as it is unreasonable. No po)ver on earth can destroy the life, in this case given, but the Grand Lodge of Missouri. There are only two methods by which Silver City Lodge can cease to exist: 1st. By voluntary surrender of charter. 2d. By arrest of its charter. The first would be an act of the Lodge. The second would be an act of the Grand Lodge of Mis:>ouri, the parent or governing body. A transfer oj -intact being to the Grand Lodge of New Mexico, on the part of Silver City, would not take it out of existence, but only c~ange its relations as a lit'ing body. '

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The conclusion of the matter is this: Silver City Lodge, holding a charter from thc Grand Lodge of Missouri, is 'backed by her mother in declining relations ,or connections with New :M:exico. Silver City is not blamable, and should not be held responsible. New Mexico is in error when she attempts coercion, She has no right to arrest the charter of Silver City Lodge. She will not be sustained by the Masonic jurisdictions of the country in this rash act against a Lodge which recognizes her obligations to the mother Grand Lodge. She should have made her fight against Missouri, and not against a subordinate Lodgc. She has prejudiced her causc by this arbitrary course towards Silver City. In perpetrating the jm'ce oj arresting a clu:tTter which she cannot an'est, seize 01' obt.ain posses· sion oj, New Mexico has overlooked the 7'eal issue, and thereby weakened her cause. There are points to be considered in this controversy that we will discuss elsewhere. There are errors marking the history of this unfortunate transaction, which we hope to see·corrected. We do not hesitate to say that both parties have made mistakes. There is one point in this controversy, yet unnoticed, that strikes us as anomalous. The Grand Lodge of New Mexico 'claimed everything in that territory just as soon as she became a Grand Lodge. Cimarron, Kit Carson and Silver City Lodges, all holding charters fro~ Missouri, did not join in the formation of the New Mexico Grand Lodge, nor did they adhere thereto after its formation. New Mexico claimed them and all things thereunto belonging, Hence, when Grand Master Ready arrested the charter of Kit Car· son Lodge, and had its property sold for the benefit of the mother Grand Lodge-the only heir in the case-New :Mexico laid claim to the funds, and declared that arrest of said charter, by Bro. Ready, was an invasion of her jurisdiction. Since the Cimarron Lodge surrendered its charter to the mother Grand Lodge-Missouri-Grand Master Griffin said: "What became of the property of the Lodge does not appear." Seriously, does New Mexico really think Cimarron Lodge should have surrendered its clu:trtel' to her, and • turned over all property therewith? Did not New Mexico accept recognili01~, as a Grand Lodge, from Missouri, knowing thattMee Lodges were holding chartersjrom and belonged to Missouri? Certainly she did. And by so doing she accepted recognition with these limitations, and committed herself to the conditions then existing. As said three Lodges belonged to Missouri, she had no claim upon them, and had no right to their charters or property. That Missouri made a mistake in giving an uruzualified 7'ecognition to New Mexico, with three of her Lodges still existiug in that jurisdiction, we unhesitatingly affirm. We now IJrocla:im O1t7' unyielding oppo.ntion to the ?'ecognition oj any Gmnd Lodge, as a SOVEREIGN jm1sdiction, while thC7'e remains a Lodge therein o'wing allegiance to any other Grand Lodge. Here is where all our recent troubles originated as to the sovC7'eignty of Grand Lodges.

We point to Quebec, Dakota and New Mexico, in illustration of this. statement; and we do not believe any Grand Lodge should ask Tecognit'ion, while there remains such a possi· bility of trouble, Had proper caution heen used in this direction, no. war, as to the jurisdiction issue, would now be disturbing- the peace and harmony of the Masonic world. • Grand Master Griffin argues, with ability and at great length. the jurisdiction issue. We have no controversy with him on that issue. We are upon record as to the principles involved. We cxpect to add something more, in' another plaee, as to this SUbject. We hope for a satisfactory sol~tion of this vexed question.. After an exhaustive special Report on Correspondence, by Bro, Miller, Committee, a resolution was adopted, recognizing the Grand Lodge of Cuba. We are glad to learn that the two competitors for recognition in the island of Cuba have united and become one, thus ending the unhappy strife among Brethren. If this had not been done, we presume that Cuba would soon have commenced the work of Q7'resting the chm'w'sofnon-adhering Lodges. Glad we are that one pandora box has been destro)'ed by the prudence of our far off Brethren. .

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A Report was presented by the Committee on Grand Master's Address, wh"ich was approved, wherein it is allirmcd-1st, that expulsion is due auy Brother who commits to writing the obligations of Masonry; 2d, that it is unmasonic fur a Lodge to permit its hall to be uscd by any organization other than Masonic; 3d, that the Grand Lodge of Quebec is the Supreme Masonic authority in that province, and that Hcotland is an invader. There are four Lodges and 174 members in New 'Mexico. CORRESPONDENCE.

A good review was presented, signed by " A. Z. Huggins, for the Committee." We had supposed that Bro. David J. Miller had prepared the Report. It covers about 150 pages, and is made up of extracts and comments. It is an excellent review and does credit to its author. Missouri for 1879, receives special consideration, five pages being devoted to our doings. Of Bro. Givan's Address the reviewer said: "The Grand Master's Address is full and ably prepared." Extended quotations arc made from" decisions" rendered b)T Grand MllSter Givan. The reviewer thinks" if Bro. Vinci! desires to hold his office as Grand Secretary, let him retain his membership in :Mexico." In other words, because we are elected Grand Secr'etary, we are never to have and enjoy any more LODGE privileges. This is a pretty rule, if Missouri does enforce it. The reviewer then quotes largely from the Addrcss of, Bro. Givan on the difference between Missouri and New Mexico. His comments are earnest, vigorous and fraternal. He says of us on the disputed question, that we see they are right. We are the friend of our Brethren of New :Mcxico and their cause. But while defending a principle, we cannot approve their course in some things. The reviewer said:

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Vincil, seems to comprehend the situation better than the generaGty ofthe"Grand Lodge. He sees us in the right; the Grand Muster insists that we are alto~ether in the wrong, and the Grand Lodge, in a masterly manuel', has seized both horns ot the dilemma and voted them both right. " Fro m his remarks on " Colored Masonry" we make our final extract:

By sending us a book of p'roccedings. it would seem that the Colored so-called Grand 'Lodge of Arkansas would hke to open Masonic intercourse with us. We have no right to allow the mere question of color to bias our action for or against any class of our race. 'fhe negl'O is human and is not responsible for his color. and there is no doubt that manv of the race would. if properly made Masons. be an honor to the Fraternity. But in this case there are insuperable objections to our in anywise recognizing as Masons any persons who may have receivcd the degrees under such a pretentious Grand Lodge as this. The reg'ular Grand Lodge of Arkansas, with which we are on terms of Masonic amity. exercises exclusive jurisdiction over the State of Arkansas, and any outside body clainiing to exercise such authority there cannot but be account.€d by us as spurious. Another objection is that very probably a portion of these claimants for our favors as members of the same Fraternity with us are not free born. If an African in Arkansas is worthy and qualified to become a :Mason. there is nothing to prevcnt him from applying to a regularly constituted Lodge for the purpose. This (}uestion has been considerably agitated in Colorado, but it seems to us.that it would requJre but a moment's consideration to set it at rest. WM. L. RYNERSON, Las Cruces, G. M. DAVID J. l.fILLER, Santa Fe, G. Sec.

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NEW JERSEY, 1880. We have before us a good-sized book for review, from New Jersey. It eontains over pages. The Proceedings, Reports of District Deputies, Memorial page:s, Membership by Lodges, Tabular Statements and Report on Correspondence, make a large volume. The typographical work is good, and the matter made very readabie thereby. A fine likeness of Past Grand Master Isaac Van Wagoner makes an inviting frontispiece, and renders the book artistically attractive. â&#x20AC;˘

jive ltund1'ed

The Ninty-third Annual Communication met in Trenton, January 21st, 1880, and was presided over by M. W. Bro. Hamilton Wallis, G. M.; R. W. Bro. Joseph H. Hough was G. Sec. There were Representatives present from 136 Lodges; 147 Lodges are on the roll. There is a membership in that jurisdiction of nearly 12,000. The Annual Address is fifteen pages in length, and opens with a very gratifying statement: I can sincerely congratulate you upon the p~rfect peaee and harmony that has prevailed throu~hout our borders since you committea into my hands the government of the Craft. Thetew misunderstandings that have arisen have been easily and speedily put to rest by an appeal to the good sense of the Brethren and their loyalty to Masonry, and without resorting, in a 8ingle imtance, to the punitive powers entrusted to your Grand Master. The Brethren generally have striven, with one accord, to live together in harmony and have loyally devoted themselves to promoting the prosperity of the Fraternity. t confidently predict that their faithfulness will be rewarded by an exhibition of unexpected prosperity througllOut the jurisdiction. It is reason for sineere thankfulness that we are permitted to meet again, so many Brethren, tried and true; to look upon their familiar faces, feel the brotherl)' grasp of their hands, and listen to their well-remembered voices. The pleasure of this Annual Reunion was marred by the fact that Brethren beloved, who formerly assembled with them, were ahsent. Death had ealled' some of the true and tried; who obeyed a summons none .can disregard, but which all must answer. Past Grand Master Robert Rusling, R. W. Thos. J. Corson and others of that and sister jurisdictions reeeived tender mention. Attention was called to the persistent violation of Masonic comity and Grand Lodge rights by the Grand Lodge of Scotland, in the jurisdietion of Quebec. \

DIMITS.

Under this head, the Grand Master recommended that when a Brother has been elected to membership in a Lodge, on petition, his dimit should be cancelled, as it then became the property of the Lodge. A very good recommendation, as.aÂˇparty might get possession of his dimit after securing membership, and use it improperly in case of his expulsion. Such a case is ~ecorded in the journal before us. Cancel the dimit and it becomes useless. TRAlIIPS

Seem to be giving trouble among our Brethren up in" Jersey." A remedy is asked .for. 'fhe Grand Master said Lodges must proteet themselves. He recommended this:

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Let the Lodges in such places jointlv enter into some arrsmgcment by which applicants for relief can be comfortably provided for until the Lodges from which they hail can be communicated with. If the response is favorable, extend to them all needed assistance; if unfavorable, prosecute them under the vagrant laws of the State. In no case give an applieant for relief mont>y until perfectly satisfied as to his worthiness. Some such plan would speedily make the business of the tramp unprofitable, and would thus prove a benefit to worthy Brethren in distress. DECISIONS

Were reported--':"twenty-one in number-and approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence withl a very few exceptions: A Dispensation once granted is good until executed. unless the Dispensation itself ' limits the time within which it is to be used, or it is recalled by the power which issued it. ~

A non-affiliate Master MIlSon has the right to apply for affiliation with any Lodge he may select. A WorshipfUl Master has no power, of his own motion, to omit a regular Communication of his Lodge. A petition for reinstatement is not necessary. The fact that an accused Brother has plean "guilty," in a civil tribunal, of the same offense with which he is accused, is competent evidence in a Masonic trial. No Brother should be permitted to vote upon the guilt or punishment of an accused or convicted Brother, who has not had an opportunity to hear the whole of the evidence in open L o d g e . ' . A Lodge bas no right to require the payment of a fee dimit.

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Trustees of a Lodge, not being installed Masonic officers, are not subject to tbe rules governing the other officers of the Lodge. A by-law of a subordinate Lodge that prescribes the punishment路 for a Masonic offense, is void. A by-law of a. sub<1fdinate Lodge requiring its Master to order a new ballot wben only one black ball appears, is void. A by-law of a subordinate Lodge providing that all ballots cast for a Brother not nominated for office, should be counted as blanks, is void. Petitions for initiation or membership should be signed by at least two Master Masons in good standing in the Lodge to whicb the petition is addressed. No new Lodges were created during the year. Much attention and care had been given to the" Work and Ritual." uniformity had been secured.

A satisfactory

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It was announced by the Grand Master that "the expenses have generally exceeded the income by a considerable sum." Prevention being better than cure, it wa." urged that retrenchment had become. a necessity, or an increase of dues would be required. Some very practical thoughts are contained in the following paragraph, respecting subordinate Lodge finances: .

A body cannot be strong whose members are weak. and it is, therefore, of great importance to this Grand Body. that each.of its members should be strong in every respect. Besides. the Lodges are under obligations to care for the unfortunate, whieh obligations cannot be properly fulfilled if the means are wanting. A Lodge debt can never be a blessing. The remedy is by a more thorough collection of dues, by officers of the Lodge, if p()~sible, if not, by some Brother appointed for that purpose, ann properly compensated for his serviees. A further remedy is to carefully guard the Lodge Treasury, and see

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to it that no drafts are made upon it except for strictly Masonic purposes. Do not deplete your treasuries by elaborate entertainments 1101' expensive furlllture. If these things must be, let the expense be Lorue by the members of the Lodge individually. We appropriate and commend a paragraph from the" Conclusion" of Bro. Wallis: And now our work is before us, let us approach it with a determination to do that which we conscientionsly believe will result in the greatest good to all. Let us lay aside all selfish thoughts and considerations, and unite heartily in all earnest endeavor to promote the best interests of the Order, that so justly claim our affectionate and loyal devotion. Individually, we are of little moment, but drops in the great stream that rushes on to eternity. Perhaps the sunlight of prosperitv rna}' illumine one of us more brilliantly than his fellows. but it is only for a moment, and he IS soon lost in the mighty current. The great stream of Masonry has rolled on for ages, gathering new force with every passing year, and will so continue for ages yet to come. The drops that compose it-who and what are they? We ean single out a few brilliant ones at our feet, but in a very, very little time they arc indisting,uoishable. How insignificant, theil, are personal projects or ambitions; how vitally important that the great river should continue undisturbed in its proper channel; its purity unsullied, its power unbroken to ,the end. CORRESPONDENCE.

Fifty-two Grand Lodge Proceedings were carefully and fraternally reviewed by Bro. James A. Norton, "for the Committee." Numerous extracts were made from the journals under notice, and brief comments offered.. Occasionally Bro. Norton branches out on vital questions and gives a reason for the doctrines held. From his notice of Bro. Singleton's Report on the Prerogatives of Grand Masters, we ' make an extract: This question of prerogatives is an important and an interesting question. We have no doubt that it has been and is apel'plezing question to many Grand Masters. We have often wondered why, with suc!) conceded powers in the possession of Grand Mastersemployed arbitrarily, as they sometimes are-there has been so little of jar and discord and the spirit of rebellion in the Fraternity. We can account for their absence only on the assumption that Grand Lodge is ever conscious of the fact that it has, once a year, the power to place the Grand Gavel in the possession of whomever it pleases and being composed of l{epresentatives of intelligent constituencies, is more disposed to endure lurogance for a brief season, when displayed, than to fret at the mistakes of one who rej:{ards the delegated authority as a personal right, and abuses a trust which, if properly exercised, is capable of great good, as the certificate of the ccnturies proves. But Bro. Singleton seems to fear an "AUTOCRACY." In this fear, for reasons above givcn, we do not participate. Masons recognize and rcvere the traditive character of most of the forms and clal111s of Masonry, and are willing, even zealous, in their obedience to an authority that comes down to them consecrated by the traditiom and glories of the long past. They will yield thb obedience to the most unworthy occupant of the Grand East, for the sake of the dignity of the position he holds but desecrates: but they can and do despise the man; and there is nothing in the principles or traditions of the Fraternity to prevent; on the contrar)', there are many things in it') tenets which inculcate the indulgence of contempt for one who proves himself unworthy of the great honor so conferred upon him. In our opinion this matter of" prerogative" may, with safety, be left to be quietly dealt with by the intelligence of the Fraternity. Missouri was fraternally reviewed by Bro. Norton. Our journals for 1878-79 both passed under his notice. Extensive quotations were made from the Address of Bro. Ready, Grand Master. Extracts were made from our Report on Correspondcnce in 1878. Glad to know we were recogni7,cd. Our Proceedings tor 1879 were fully and fraternally noticed, five pages being devoted to that year. Enough was copied from Grand Master Givan's Address to show that it was appreciated. . He did us the honor to copy our review of Mississippi on the" perpetual jurisdiction" doctrine, and part of our reply to Bro. Drummond, of Maine, on the right of a Past J\olaster

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to open a L-ooge in the absence of the Master and Wardens. We thank Bro. Norton for thus placing our views bet()re the readers of his able arId varied review. His endorsement, "sound every word!" is highly prized. All who hlLve reviewed our reply, thus far, to . Bro Drummond, have endorsed as heartily as Bro. Norton, except Bro. Drummond himself. He has not ratified yet., Hope he may see the error of his 'Yay. Bro. Norton must excuse us if "New Jersey does not get quite as much attention" as in former years. We write in the midst of the" heated term," with all the fierce fire of a July sun, at noonday, pouring upon walls and streets of an almost torrid city. HAMILTON WALLIS, Jersey City, (re-elected) G. M. JOSEPH HOUGH, Trenton, G. Sec. HOUGH, NORTON, and SCHERMERHORN, (appointed) Com. on For. Cor.

NEW YORK, 1880. The Ninety-ninth Annual Communication convened in the city of New York, June 1st, 1880.

M. W. Bro. Charles Roome, G. M.; R. W. Bro. Ja짜1es M. Austin, G. Sec. Bro. Austin presents in his" Recapitulation" information that there arc 715 Lodges in the State, 664 of which were represented at the Annual Meeting. 2,577 had been raised, with 640 affiliations. 3,21i receIved, as against 4,029 gotten rid of for non-payment of dues, and 868 deaths. These aggregate near five llt01.Lsand loss in membership, to say nothing of over one thousand dimissions and expulsions. We are impressed that the fearful decimation of numbers, as shown by Reports from various Grand Lodges in this country, is cause for serious concern, if not of alarm. The wholesale suspension business is doing its work surelyandeff'ectually. lIard times, great business depression, and heavy taxation on the part of Grand Lodges, have driven multiplied thousands from the Fraternity every year for the laSt decade. New '{ork is the first Grand Lodge in the world, in numbers as in mllny other respects. But she cannot always stand at the head of the list with an annuul loss of two or three thousll.ud more than she gains. She now reports over seventy thousand Master Masons. .Whll.t has that heavy Temple tax to do with the loss of four thousand members per year for non-payment of dues? THE ANNUAL ADDRESS

Of M. W. Bro. Roome covers fourteen pages, and embraces much of interest to the Craft in that jurisdiction.

Reverent recognition of the unfailing kindness of the Great Architect of the Universe, was followed by a warm welcome to Representatives from all points in the Empire State, whether the aged veteran with snow-covered brow, or the hale youth just entering life's great work. ' The state of the Craft was announced as harmonious in an unusual degree. Attention was called' to two evils of the times: 1st, An apparent unwillingness of Brethren to examine and acquaint themselves with the written law; 2d, A desire to cure real or imaginary grievances by amendments to the Constitution. Upon the subject of piecemeal amendments to the Constitution, the' Grand Master pithily said;

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Let us make no mistake, Brethren. If our present Constitution does not meet our needs it should be changed: but, when we are ageed upon such needed change, let it be understood that we will not make it without due consideration, and without having examined all the points bearing upon the proposition, whatever it may be; for believe. me, if we give way to the general idea of amendir)O' the Statutes at every demand, we shall labor uuder the disadvantage of having the regufations in a continual disarray. and the troubie of not knowing what the law actnally is. .If, then, my Brethren, you will be guided by my experience, you will at once resolve to have no further change in your organic law until a committee, specially charged with the subject, shall have passed upon the propositions submitted, not only by one, but as a whole. Sound and healthy suggestions were made concerning visiting Lodges, by Grand Lodge Officers. We say what we know in declaring that Brethren often accept positions as Graud Lodge Officers with no idea or purpose of ever rendering themselves useful, by going among and laboring with the Lodges for their improvement.' The na'rne is all that is coveted. To wear the Iwnors is glory enou/1;h. To be known as a Ri,qhJ Worshipful or Most Worshipful is simply tremendO'ns. Grand Master Roome has the right view of official courtesy. He said: I very respectfUlly commend to my successors in office a continuance of this plan, until in time, every District in the State shall have been the recipient of official courtesy, and the most inaccessible Lodge in the jurisdiction be given to know that it is not and cannot be beyond the pale of Grand Lodge solicitude and protection. Under the head of General Relations, He said: With the Grand Lodges on this Continent with which we are in correspondence, our relations continue to be of the most gratifying character. Abroan they are simply nominal. Generally speaking, the American theory and practice of jurisdiction has but slight respect at best, while in more than one jurisdiction it is set at defiance. Argument and entreaty have alike failed to secure respeet for what we deem our inalienable rights. Especially is this the Clise in Germany, where they not only aid and abet clandestine or/1;anizations in this country, but do not give our complaints even the poor compliment of a notice. Official letters addressed to them remam unanswered, and if they be not hostile they at least show no sign of a friendly feeling towards us. . Concerning Scotland and Quebec we have this conclusion: .I'

After careful consideration I have concluded that while we ought not to move hastily in a matter that may be amicably arranged within a reasonable time, still it would not be improper for us to declare that an unreasonable persistence on the part of the Grand Lodges in question, in their present.attitude towards each other, will meet with our condemnation, and I trust you will give the subject your earnest consideration. CONNECTICUT.

A most unfortunate and much to be regretted conflict has sprung up between the Grand Lodges of New York and Connecticut. This conflict is so well understood by the Grand Lodges and reading Masons of the country that we need not give an extended notice of it. For our own jurisdiction we may restate the question briefly. In our review last year, under New York, we presented a brief statement covering the case. Bro. Simons, in his Report on Correspondence, now before us, quotes our views fully, and thus we are placed before New York as to our position on the famous .. Webotuck" affair. The trouble originated thus: Some Brethren who were members of the Webotuck Lodge, No. 480, New York, signed a petition, with others, for the establishment of a new Lodge in the State of Connecticut. When joining in said petition for a Longe in another State, they had no dimits, but still were members of Webotuck Lod/1;e, New York. The new Lodge was estabUshed in Connecticut, and they aSl':umed to become members thereof under its Dispeusation, and under its Charter when granted, though they never dirniUed from the New York Lodge. The)' became liable for dues in Webotuck Lodge, and were notiiied accordingly,

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but claimed to be members of the new Lodge in Connecticut. Webotuck laid the matter before the Grand Lodge of ~ew York, lLnd it was placed in the hands of the Gmild Master for adjustment. Out of this state of things has grown a very serious trOUble, as will be seen presently. COllnecticut seems to maintain that the membership in the New York Lodge ended or was severed when the charter was granted to form the new Lodge. The New York Gr:1nd Lodge asserted that Connecticut, by her act, deprived Lodges of their members without the consent or knowledge of such Lodges, thereby establishing a dangerous precedent. Grand Master Roome speaks his mind freely in the following paragraphs: 'fhis monstrous doctrine, so utterly inconsistent with the theory of the exclusive jurisdiction of a Grand Lodge over members of its subordinates, and so fatal to the sovereignty ofany Grand Lodge consenting to it, was most forcibly opposed by our then Grand Master, and a correspondence ensued between the Grand Mll.lSters of the Grand Lodges of Connecticut and New York which continued to the time of our la.<;t Annual Communication, without definite result. The subject haVing been left by the Grand Lodge in the hands of the Grand Master for his action, u.nd desiring like former Grand Masters who have treated it, to use e\'ery effort to eftect it.<; fraternal adjustment, I opened a correspondence with the then Grand Master of Connecticut, M. W. Israel M. Bullock, who promised to lay the whole question before his Grand Lodge at its next Annual Communication, prior to the occurrence of which he died, and the subject pas:;ed into the charge of the the11 Deputy and present Grand Master, M. W. John H. Barlow. As the time approached for the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, I wrote to M. W. Bro. Barlow, informing him that at my request M. W. John W. Simons, Past Grand Master and Chairman of our Committee on Correspondence, would attend the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Conecticut, and as m)' represcntatiye, endeavor to effect a settlement of the question at issue. At the Communication of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut in January last, M. W. Bro. Simons wa.<; received with all due honor, but. no action wa.c; taken by the Connecticut Grand Lodge save the reference of the subject to its Committee on JurisprUdence, with permission to report after the close of the session of the Grand Lodge. The Report of the Committee, signed by its Chairman, M. W. L. A. Lockwood, is published with the transactions of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, and bears the approval of the Grand Master of that State, thus becoming the act of the Grand Lodge itself. This Report affirms the complete justice of the course taken by Connecticut in the premises, and in effect reiterates the claim of Connecticut to enter our Lodges and appropriate our members without our knowledge or consent. â&#x20AC;˘ We deplore the result of this useless controversy. Our mind has undergone no change since we reviewed the subject last year. Now, as then, ,ve maintain that the course of Connecticut cannot be defended. And after all that New York has done, and her long forbearance, we arc not surprised that she has broken off all official intercourse with COIlnecticut, as Grand Master Roome notified Grand Master Barlow would be done: Upon receipt of the printed transactions of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, and feeling that in view of the manifest intention of the Grand Lodge of that State to adhere to its original pOSition, further efforts to procure a fraternal adjustment were usele~s; I communicated with the Grand Master of Connecticut, reiterating the principles contended for by this Grand Lodge, informing him that I had withdrawn the powers of our Hepresentative near his Grand Lod?;e, and should no longer recogni"'e those of the RepresentatiYe of Connecticut near us, and that until your pleasure was made known, all further official intercourse between our respective Grand Lodges must cease. All official intercourse having ceased until the New York Grand Lodge met, the aflirmed, and individul intercourse was added. Thus out of this indefensible course of Connecticut, at which we are ama",ed, all social and fraternal relations are destroyed between the Masons of two sister jurisdictions. In these two jurisdictions there are not less than ninety tlwv,sand Craftsmen. These, by the action of New York, as will be seen presen~ly, are denied all Masonic intercourse with each other. Surely this state of

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things will not be allowed to continue.. Connecticut cannot defend as against the trenchant points presented by the New York committee. She must do something to secure a timely removal of this edict of non-intercourse. Her first error was in re('0gnizing as members of the newly formed Lodge those parties who joined in the petition without their dimits from the New York Lodge. Where Brethren sign a petition for a Dispensation to form a new Lodge, the failure to present dimits as docwnenta?'y proof of good standing, is cause why they should be disearded. Failing to furnish dimits, would subject them to suspicion of not being in good standing, or else it would evidence that they belong-ed to some other Lodge which claimed their fealty, and to whieh they owed an unqualified allegiance. In eit.her event the petitioners should not be allowed to become parties to the organization. The Grand Master of Connecticut should never have granted a Dispensation to form said new Lodge with the names of those New York Brethren on the petition, unless their dimits had been furnished. Here was the beginning of this" comedy of errors." The end is not. We hope the Masons of Connecticut who are denied all intercourse with their Brethren of New York, will raise It storm about the ears of their officials and the Grand Lodge that will result in the undoing of this piece of indefensible fo.lly. The New York Committee presented the following, which wa." adopted: 1st. That 110 other 'Masonic power can interfere with such jurisdiction. 2d. That no person can become a member of It Lodge under the jnrisdiction of the Grand Lodge of New York, except in compliance with the laws by it in such cases made and provided. . ' 3d. That when membership has been acquired in one of the said Lodges, in th e manner and form prc.~cribed, then such membership can only be lawfnlly terminated in accordanee with the new York regulations malic flJr that special purpose. notwithstanding the members mayor may not reside within the territorial jurisdiction of New York. 4th. That the aet of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut in declaring at an end the membership of certain persons in Webotuck Lod~e, without any notice to or consent of said Webotuek Lodge, or of the Grand Lodge of New York, is a liirect and palpable violation of >the sovereignty of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York, and that international comity which should exilSt among the Grand Lodges of the American system. This is, in the fewest pOl;l;ible words, the precise status for you to consider and pass upon. In the judgment of your Committee, further argument is a mere waste of time, nor can we indulge in it without derogating from our dignity as a Grand Lodge, and at the same time admitting the possibility of a doubt as to the absolute justness of our position. We therefore submit and recommend for adoption the following resolutions: R('~~olved, That the ri~ht of the Grand Lodge of New York to regulate the affairs of Ancient Craft Masonry within the limits of its territory is absolute and indefeasible, and benccmembership lawfully acqUired in a New York Lodge caIlnot be terminated except by the operation of New York laws.

Resolved, That the act of our Grand 'Ma."ter in suspending official intercourse with the Grand Lodge of Connecticut is hereby approved. Resolved, That the honor and dignity of the Grand Lodge requires that all intercourse between the Masons of Connecticut and New York should be interdicted and forbidden, and, therefore, this Grand Lodge does hereby interdict and forbid all intercourse between the Masons of New York, and all Masons hailing under the Grand Lodge of Connecticut. Resol1Jccl, That this Grand Lodge will entertain any proposition which may be submitted to it by the Grand Lo<h;e of Connecticut, looking to the submissioIl of the matter in dispute to a tribunal composed of the peen; of the respect.ive Grand Lodges in the United States. and that should such proposition be marie dllrill~ the recess of this Grand Lod~e, t.he Grand Master may take such action as may seem to him to be proper, and lIIay in hiS discretion remove the edict of non-intercourse enacted by this Grand Lodge.

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demned. We honestly believe that if she does not make amends and abandon the ground now occupied, she will be generally outlawed by her sister Grand Lodges. As her Representative near the Grand Lodge of Missouri, we feel greatly annoyed by the course pUI:sued towards New York. We regard the act.,> of Connecticut as unjustifiable before the Masonic world, and therefore cannot defend her before the Grand Lodge of Missouri where we are her Representative. As we cannot represent and defend her at au)' Grand Lodge, our course must be determined by just and honorttble principles. Unless she recedes from the position assumed, we will feel compelled to resign our commission as her Representative. And we fear our Grand Lodge may sever fmternal intercourse between our respective jurisdictions. To prevent any such undesirable results, we shall urge upon Connecticut to submit the matter in dispute to some tribunal, composed of selected and approved Brethren, to whom the whole question may be given for settlement. The Grand Lodge of New York, in the fourth resolution in the foregoing extract, has fraternally opened a door for an amicable adjustment of thi!'; subject. Let it be done. Our solicitude for harmonious relations is the reason for occupying'so much space in reference to the issJle involved. Surely, Brethren, this matter can be adjusted speedily, and we believe satisfact.orily. "How good and how pleasant it is for Brethren to dwell together in repeated lesson a mockery f. .

UNITY."

Is this oft

The Grand Master said that his Correspondence had been large but amounted to but little more than a reference to the written law or the printed decisions of the Grand Lodge. Hence we conclude that if Brethren would rea<L 'and acquaint themselves with the "written law awl printed decisions," there would be no need or use for them to trouble the Grand Master with questions. RITUAL.

Grand Master Roome said several sensible things about uniformity of work. An emeien t and hard-working Grand Lecturer is entitled to the credit for a secured un iformity. Hear him: It is known to many of you that,for something like twenty-five years this Grand Lodge has becn engaged in an effort to discover and establish a correct strmdard of work for the several deg-rees of Ancient Craft Masonry under its charge, and to promulgate the same to all the Lodges in it.sjurisdiction, I ventnre nothing in saying thllt a very great snccess 路resulted from the long and persevering effor.t, and that, perhaps, in no other jnrisdiction in t.he world, could the same number of Lodges be found working with the same degree of ulliformit.y. Amollg" t.he met.hods leading up to this success was the holding' of lect.ure conventions in the various districts under the immediate charge of the Grand Lect.nrer, and thus at least. [l1luually, the several Lodges were atlorded an opportunit.y to refresh their memories and compare notes with the legal custodian of the work.

The Grand Lodge had relieved the Grand Lecturer of the duty of holding ,. Lecture Conventions," or " Lodges of Instruction," as we term them. Grand Master Roome predicted bad results therefrom in a return to old forms and standards of work, from which a departure had been taken. After twenty-five years of noble endeavor to perfect and establish a correct standard of work, surely our New York Brethern will not permit t.hemselves to drift back to their old ways and allow each Lodge to follow its own inclinations in the matter of work. Very appropriate tributes were paid the" fraternal dead," at home and abroad, by the Grand Master. The Address of M. W. Bro. Roome would have been incomplete without the following concerning their CENTENNIAl, : The history of Mll-;onry in New York until near the close of the !{evolution is nbscure and disjointed, OWing, in a great measure, to t.he de.struction of records a.nd documents

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during the war. It is known, however, that in the beginning of the )'ear li81, the wdges then ill the eity of New York resolved to form a Grand Lodge, and on the 23d day of JalJuary, in that year, twenty-nine M3.8ters and Past Masters and the Representatives of five warranted wdges. met and proceeded to such formation. The Rev. William Walters was elected Grand Master, John Brownrig-g,SeniorGrand Warden,and Rev. John Beardsltly, Junior Grand Warden. We are, then, at this time in attendance.upon the Ninety-ninth Annua.I Communication, and at our next annual meeting will enter upon ollr second century of organized . existence. I think you will agree with me that so marked an event should not be allowed to pass without some observance, and I mention it now in order t·hat I may urge you to let whatever may be done to celebrate the evcnt, be modest and not involving any needless expenditure of money. The subject was referred to a " Committee on Centennial Celebration." Respecting the temple debt, we find this in the Address: THE HALL AND ASYLUM.

It affords me pleasure to say' that the business of caring for the intcre!it of the Craft, in this direction, having by law been confided to the trustees selected by you, it hus not seemed to lJe a part of my duty to interfere with thcir discretion. Their fi:;cal year ending u)-day, it hM been impos,<>ible for them to furnish me with the exact figures, but 1 learn from them with a gratification in which it is eertain you will all participate, that they have been alJle during the year to reduce the sum of our indebtedness some FORTY THOUSA~D DOLLARS. The trustees of the" Hall and Asylum Fund," made a report showing a" total indebtedness of fund to June 1, 1880, $668,520.26." The Rcports of Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer show large incomes and heavy disbursements for the year. Eighty-six thousand dollars income--{)ne item-" Paid to Representatives to Grand Lodge, shows the heavy cost of running that 1J0dy. The item is within' a fraction of twenty-two thousand doUaTs. If that item, with the temple or hall debt, don't try the financial strength and endur" an~e

of the Craft in New York, we know nothing of human nature.

We are glad to find the following tribute to a most valuable, efficient and deserVing Grand officer: M. W. Edmund L. Judson offered the following resOlution, which was unanimously adopted: . • Resolvfd, That this Grand Lodge fraternally tenders to the retiring Grand Master of Masons, the M. W. Charles Roome~ the expression of.its appreciation of his indefatigable devotion to the interest of the Crart, his impartial and satIsfactory discharge of the duties of his office, his unfailing endeavor to promote the harmony and prosperity of the Lodges, and its ~est wishes that his remaining years ~ay be many and full of peace.

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CORRESPON DENCE.

A Reportof 86 page~"was presented by the" venerahle" John Simons. We judge him to be " venerable" as he com plains that our" p'rint is a good deal too small for' venerable' eyes" like his to read. Whatever may be his age or the condition of his "eyes," he writes and reviews like he was )-oung and vigorous. Bro. Simons notices very kindly our Proceedings for 1879. He quotes from Grand Master Givan:s Address, which he styles" very interesting," and comments fraternally on his decisions. Bro. Simons extracts from our views on the" Webotuck "matter. His Report is as good as heretofore, bllt briefer. His Review of foreign Grand Bodies is very brief, but satisfactory. He hopes for the early and satisfactory adjustment of the SeotlandQuebec trouble. Cuba, having settled her troubles at home by a union of the two contending Grand wdges, is recommended for recognition as a body formed on American

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principles. In Spain there are numerous organizations reported, claiming to be regUlar, but all conducted by Schismatics. Other Foreign bodies were noticell. We are particularly interested in the CONCLUDING REMARKS OF THE COMMITTEE:

For more than twenty years the Grand Lodge of New York. in behalf of Masonrv in the United States, ha..<;, to use the expressive phrase of the Virginia Committee, " TlIed the door for the rest." .We have labored in every possible way to obtain recognition of a principle 'we cannot and will not abandon-the right of exclusive jurisdiction in our own territory overall matters of Ancient Craft Masonry. The result obtained is an offer to allow us to establish Lodges of our obedience in German territory. If our friends over there were really serious in making this proposition. and we were inclined to accept it, two difficulties would stand in the way. .Pir.~t, we should be violating the very principle for which we are contending by creating Lodges beyond the lines of our territory; and. secondly, as stated last year and more specifically set forth in this report, the German law distinctly sets forth the fact that such Lodges would not be allowed to exist.

It seems idle, therefore, for us to be printing arguments to which those to whom they are addressed are determined not to listen. or in the attempt to conciliate those who, ifnot openly hostile, are clearly not friendly-except in fine phrases-to the Masonic powers of the United States.

Our proposition is that we quietly cease relations with the German Grand Lod~es and cease advertising them until it shall appear that they have at least some color of mterest in our welfare and a desire, however faint, to recognize our right to attend to our own business in our own Masonic household without the interference of parties three thousand miles away. The ultimate intention of our Brethren in Germany may be right, but it mnst be admitted that they have a dreadfully poor way of showing it, and we now take the liberty in behalf of the Grand Lodges of the United States of saying that until such acknowledgment as we have asked for is made, our roads will diverge, and if we at length get so far apart that we can no longer hail each other it will be the fault of those who, after long â&#x20AC;˘ years ofpersnasion, have refused to recognize what is clearly ollr right. We have no objection in the world to our foreign Brethren doing as to them seemeth good in their own jurisdictions. They may just" go-as-you-please" "over there." We have never advertised them much. '1'hey seem to have but little use, if any, for us American Masons. We can reciprocate as fully and easily. While appreciating Bro. Simon's labors' for twenty years" in behalf of Masonry in the United States" as "Tyler for the rest" of us, yet we have long since regarded it as" love's labor lost." We feel, as does Bro. Simons, only a goog deal more so. M. W. Jesse B. A~thony is Grand Master of New York for this term, and R. W. James

M. Austin, M. D., was rechosen'Grand Secretary.

NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1880. The Semi-annual Communication was held December 30th, 1879, in the city of M8Jlchester. Grand Master Solon A. Carter presided. held exclusively for exemplifying the work.

This communication seems to have been

The Ninety-first Annual Communication convened in the city of Concord, May 19th, 1880. G. L.-Ap. 6.

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M. W. Solon A. Carter, G. M.; R. W. George P. Cleaves, G. Sec.

From the" Abstract" we gather this information: There arc 76 Lodges with 7,758 members in the jurisdiction. Fifty-five Lodges were represented. The Address of Grand Master Carter presented a business exhibit, showing what he had done. He reported a few decisions rendered in harmony with the law of that jurisdiction. He decided against the Masonic burial of E. A. and F. C. Masons, and their participation in funeral ceremonies. He said the collection of Lodge dues by civil law, by an incorporated Lodge, might be carried out under the act of incorporation, but such a course would be most reprehensible indeed. We applaud this view to the echo. . Grand Master Carter protested vigorously against Lodges securing acts of incorporation, as productive of a divided allegiance to the Grand Lodge. Good teaching, and should be generally regarded. The Address showed the good sense of its author in the brevity manifest, and he closed when done. In 1878, Grand Master Bell rendered the following decision: When a Brother is suspended for non-payment of dues, upon his payment of all dues to the time of suspension, and of a sum equivalent to the dues which would have accrued from that time to the time of payment, he is thereby restored without any other action whatever. . The Committee on Jurisprudence asked" further time," and we infer the matter rested with the Committee until 1880'- We criticised the objectionable part of the decision in our Report in 1878. We objected then, as now, to dues being charged against a Brother "suspended for non-payment of dues." The Committee on Jurisprudence reported at length, learnedly and legally, upon the above ruling of Grand Master Bell. They offered a resolution, which was adopted~"That-said decision be overruled." We do not appreciate the report because we do not understand it, and because there are too many law terms in it, such as "assumpsit," "slay oj judgment," " felon," etc., etc. If the weather were cooler and our time not so limited, we would try our best to comprehend the import of the report before us. If we understood it we would comment . upon it. We give it up and acknowledge our obtuseness. If much learning has not made that committee mad, their learning enabled them to darken meaning with words, and mystify a subject that plain men would be glad to see through. We must patiently wait for light until Bro. WAIT, of the Committee on Correspondence, "dawns on our darkness and lends us his aid." RECOGNITION

Was awarded the Grand Lodges of Indian Territory, Dakota, New Mexico and Manitoba. The recognition of the" united Grand Lodge of Colon and Cuba" was left to the Grand Master. If he shall find, upon full information, that it is a regular body, he shan notify it of the recognition of New Hampshire; Upon reimbursenumt for charities bestowed, the following, by the Committee, was adop~d:

Resolved, That it is the sense of this'Grand Lodge, that Masonic charities are free gifts for I.he relief of such as are in distress; and when bestowed in aid of a sojourriing Brother of the Order, no claim arises thereupon for reimbursement, which can be enforced against the Brother, or against the Lodge of wh.ich he is a member; an~ that al.though, where moneys have been expended for the rellef of such a Brother, notIce to hIS Longe and a request for reimbursement will not be deemed improper, no Lodge or Brother within thi~ jurisdiction will be compellcd to make such reimlmrsement; nor will any Lodge receive aid from this Grand Body in the enforcement of sHch a claim against any Lodge or Brother within the jurisdiction of any sister Grand Lodge.

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Numerous and extended Reports on Appeals and Grievances, and on Jurisprudence, were presented by the committees on these interests. Much labor had been bestowed by both committees on the matters submitted to them. CORRESPONDENCE.

Bro. " A. S. Wait, for the Committee," lays before us I\. model Report of 108 pages. He makes his reviews of some Proceedings qUite brief, but good. On the whole his work equals former years; more than four pages are assigned to .Missouri. principally devoted to com~ents on Bro. Givan's Address. On decision fifteenth he had this to say: Decision numbered fifteen has the support of the Grand Constitution, and of the able Foreign Correspondence Committee of New York, and perhaps of some other Grund Jurisdictions. It is the prevailing doctrine of our own jurisdiction that the authoritv to grant Dispensations to confer degrees out of time is an inherent prerogative of the Gralid :Masu~r, and that he' cannot be deprived of it by any Masonic power. In short, that this prerogative is a Landmark of Masonry. If this be so, all argument as to expediency is without force. We are quite frecto declare that we do not desire to see the Grand Master deprived of any power that belonged anciently to the office. Doubtless those powers are capable of being used injUdiciously; we do not, however, recolTect an instance in which the Craft have suffered from such a cause, and we think it very easy to snppose cases where its best interests would be subserved by the exercise of the powers demed the Grand Master by the declared law of our sister Grand Lodge of Missouri. Grand Master Givan ruled,in the above case according to the law of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Master is elected by the Grand Lodge, and is its creature. Then can the creature set aside or suspend a law made by the power that made him Grand Master? We believe not, especially when the Grand Lodge declares that a given law shall not be suspended. We care not to argue a question that has so little in it as this prerogative claim set up for Grand Masters. Touching the question at issue between New Mexico and Missouri, Bro. Wait wrote cautiously, as he does conservatively on all SUbjects; A difficulty has arisen between this Grand Lodge, and the new Grand Lodge of New Mexico. At the formation of the latter Grand Body, there were seven Lodges within the territory, all deriving their charters from Missouri. Three of these refused to join in the formation of the New Grand Lodge, and although advised by the Grand Lodge of Missouri to give in their adhesion to the new jurisdiction, refused to do so, and continued to work under their old charters, and to pAy dues to their mother Grand Lodge, which were received bY the latter; and, for reasons supposed sufficient, the Grand Lodge of Missouri arrested the charter of one of these three Lodges. New Mexico complains of these act~ as a violation of her jurisdiction. Missouri insists that her course is Masonically correct, and that New Mexico has no just (',ause of complaint. As it is to be hoped that our two sister Grand Lodges will find an easy solution of the difficulty, we refrain from expressing an opinion upon the merits of the question involved. . We cull his sayings on this subject from another part of the review. Speaking of the Scotland and Quebec, Dakota and Minnesota, Missouri and New Mexico controversies, he said: . In all these cases the mother Grand Lodges claim the right to continue their exercise of jurisdiction over such Lodges as do not choose to accede to the authority of the new Grand Body.. This doctrine is stoutly denied by all the new Grand Bodies named; and the latter insist that a new Grand Lodge at the instant of its formation absorbs as a necessarv consequence the entire and exelusive control of the whole territory of the 11ew jurisdiction. and of all Masons and Lodges within it. And this view seems to be supJ1(>rted by the greater weight of ctisinterested opinion. The principle 1}nderlying the SUbject is doubtless one of consicterable importance, and whenever the question shall arise it will from its own nature be likely to demand from the partics interested a spirit of true Masonic charity and forbearance. We have already for ourself expressed the impression that, although by 110 means to be recommended, Lodges under such circumstances have a legal right, if they persist in doing so, to remain under the authority of their mother Grand Loctges. We see no logic and we know no law authorizing the opposite conclusion. There is, however, probably no disagreement among Masons not hfl.\'ing a direct interest in the question, as to the course to be recommended in such a case; and that is, that on the regular formation of a Grand Lodge, all Lodges within its territory should readily

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acknowledge its authority and submit to its mle. Reason teaches and experience shows that no other course can be attended with prosperity or sllccess. It is to be devoutly hoped that in all CRSes where these discussions have arisen wise counsels will conduct to . speedy and harmonious results. We submit to Bro. Wait one point: Where a lot of Lodges fonn a Grand Lodge in a given territory, and nearly as many Lodges in said territory refuse their allegiance to the newly formed body, is not recognition by other Grand Lodges, a recognition of the existing status? And the new'Grand Lodge in accepting the recognition tendered, commits \ herself to the existing state of things with the non-concurring Lodges in her territory. In our judgment, the new Grand Lodge, when she accepts recognition in a given condition and with a given character, must abide the result. New Mexico was recognized with three dissenting Lodges in her territory. She sought recognition knowing that these three non-allegiant Lodges were located within her bounds. She ought to have waited till they joined her, or died, or else be content with the status or character under which she obtained recognition. Concerning Egypt, Bro. Wait says: We also notice that there is an exchange of Representatives between the Grand Lodge of Kentucky and the Grand Orient of Egypt. We have not sufficiently examined the subject to warrant us in recommen<iing any action upon it, but we allude to the matter here for the purpose of calling the attention of the Brcthren of our Jurisdiction to a suhjeet which may in the not distant future demand the serious conSideration of our Grand Lodge. We will say, for the information of Bro. Wait, that Missouri has established fraternal relations with the GRAND LoDGE of Egypt and has a Representative near that body, which also has one near our Grand Lodge. As to the" Grand Orient" of the land of Cleopatra, we know nothing, and care less. We recognize Grand Lodges, not Orients. With thanks to Bro. Wait for his kind words for Missouri and compliments to its Committee, we must close our review of his excellent Report. ANDREW BUNTON, Manchester, G. M. GEO. P. CLEAVES, Concord, G. Sec. ALBERT S. WAIT, Newport, Com. on Cor.

NORTH CAROLINA, 1879. Ninety-third Annual Communication met in Raleigh, December 2d, 1879. M. W. Wm. R. Cox, G. M.; R. W.-Donald W. Bain, G. Sec. There are 231 working Lodges in this jurisdiction-Ill of which were represented at the above session. The Grand Secretary gives an estimate of the number of Masons in that jurisdiction. IncludIng those retU1-ned, and those estimated as me.nwers, he gives 7,692. Returned resident Masons, not members, and others not in affiliation, show a list of 3,820. Adding all classes, we find 11,482 Masons in North Carolina, with one-third of them outside the Lodges. What does this mean, Bro. Bain? It looks strange to us at this distance. Perhaps it is all right, but we can't see it in that light. We notice that more than twice as many were lost to the Craft by suspension. expulsion and death, as were received into the Lodges. This is not an encouraging outlook,

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We make a few extracts from the excellent and thoroughly business Address of Grand Master Cox. In his exordium he says: . While it is not sought to enforce impossible conditions, every Mason, by his tenure, is obli~ed to live soberly, act discreetly, and uniformly obey the moral law; he is rigidly enjoined never to mention the name of Deity but with that reverential awe which is due from the creature to the Creator. While paying all lawful respect to those in authority, it never mingles in the political controversies of State, or seeks to influence in matters of religion. Even amid the angry dash of arms and the fierce conflicts of civil war, its holy mission was to relieve suffering and misery, to pour oil int.o the gaping wounds, and to provide for the dead suitable burial. Hence, it has witnessed the rise and fall of dynasties, and has survived to command the confidence and respect of all, and to receive within its folds the good and great of every age and nation. Whether it is now prospering within this jurisdiction depends upon whether you have faithfully and diligently acquitted yourselves of the responsibilities committed to your charge. This Grand Body is composed of the officers of the subordinate Lodges, and from these members we must learn of our condition. 'J\'herever you shall find a bright llnd fearless Master. assisted by a prompt Secretary, you will see It flourishing and well-regulated Lodge: but wherever you discover these officers ignorant and indifferent, you will find the Lodge in arrears, and in all probability be importuned with petitions, for the remission of the dues, which self-respect requires should be promptly met, and dimits and decay mark its downward course. There is much in the above to commend it Masons.

the thoughtful consideration of all

Ten decisions were reported, and all approved upon recommendation of the Committee on Jurisprudence. They are all sound rulings according to the law of that Grand Lodge, and only vary from our Missouri standard in some unimportant phrases. We do not require a Brother who is suspended for non-payment of dues, to petition jor restoration when he pays his dues. Payment removes the cause, and the effect ceases at once, and he resumes his former sta1us: On the question of Grand Master's prerogatives, Bro. Cox said: I concede that the Grand Master can do nothing which the Grand Lodge jorbids him to do, in accordance with the ancient landmm'kJ3, but he can do all things else which long

usage has recognized, even though there be no express law of the Grand Lodge gTanting the power. In other words. he should exercise a supervising care and guardianship over the Craft, and may do all things which are not positively forbidden, in order to promote the well-being of the Fraternity.

We believe that It Grand Master's prerogative is the "unknown quantity" in Masonry -especially the Masonry of to-day. We have very little use for the thing. NON -AFFILIATES.

The Grand Master wrote wisely and well on the subject of non-affiliation. He was informed by the Grand Secretary that the number of non-affiliates in the last three years exceeded the number of admissions into the Order. He then proceeds: We arc therefore forced to ask ourselves why are so many Masons dismembered? Some have doubtless been disappointed because they did not find the Order a convivial club, but a busy hive, making no provisions for drones. But there is, in addition to this, and similar general causes. another, which arises from the undiscriminating character of our assessments. Our law provides for an asse...c;sment of fifty cents for every member of subordinate Lodges as the tax for the support of the Grand Lodge, and those who have to pay in addition to the regular expenses of the Lodge, become impatient with delinquent members, and to reduce the asses~;ment, sometimes dismember them without sufficient conSIderation. Again, a negligent Secretary. instâ&#x201A;Źltd of forwardin~ to the members notice of their dues each quarter, omit it until the amount becomes Inconveniently large, the Brother grows careless, is disheartened and eventually dismembered. This is not Masonic. It should be regarded as an honor to be a Mason-a reproach Wbe a non-affiliate. '

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There are men and Masons who can readily be persuaded, but never driven, and I fcar there is just now rather too much tendency to drive. Two Past Grand Officers from a single Lodg'e, worthy, distinguished, and of good worldly substance, have been sUIDmarily dealt with during the present year, and though they may have again become affiliated, there is naturally some sting remaining. There are, however. Brethren whose circumstances are so cramped that they are absolutely unable to meet their assessments, while a feeling of false pride keeps them from acknowledging it. Let such unbosom themselves to a Rrother, and relief will surely follow. The Grand Lodge exacts this a..<:sessment from every member of the subordinate regard to the fact that many members are excused from the payment of dues by such Lodges. either on account of sickness, poverty or unavoidable misfortune. This is hardly just. . . Lod~es, without

There is food for thought ip the above. The Grand Master wrote earnestly, intelligently. and hopefUlly concerning theOrphan Asylum. We clip this as a specimen, and join in the hope that their noble charity may never fail: This North Carolina charity, 60 auspiciously bcgun and so long sustained by a liberal and generous people, must not fail. WIth returning prosperity it should be enlarged in its capacities for doing good.路 It now contains within its walls one hundred and thirtyeight children. and I am happ~ to believe it can no longer be regarded as an experiment. Its prospects were never brighter; established in the confidence and affections of all classes, is growing stronger and stronger day by day. Our great desideratum is an endowment, of which we have as yet .only the nucleus.

It is true our little meal IDay not waste, and our cruse of oil may never fail, but we know

not how lon~ the presen t lineal descendant of the Good Samaritan may continue in charge to dIspense its blessings (we devoutly hope for many years), and there is a necessity for a substantial reliance.

Under the caption "Economy," the Grand Master shows that the means of the Asylum are economically and judiciously disbursed, as evidenced by this extract: The o'nly unhappy looking creatures about the institution are certain venerable mules whose-long fuzzy ears, protrUding hips and lugUbrious brayings, lead one to suppose that, in such a presence, each would like to be an orphan. . Yet could th ey a.ppreciate the high encomiums of our excellent Superintendent, of how fast they tra.vel when out of town, of how much work they do, how easily managed by the boys. and how indispensible the}' are, they would be better content with their lot; provided there was more provender m it, or less work to do, . 'We are sorry for those "unhappy looking" and "venerable mules." From the Conclusion of Bro. Cox's admirable Address, we make our concluding extract: Rut we must not be unmindful that it is wholly inconsistent with the tenets of Freemasonry to debar anyone from the benefits of our association because of diffE'rences of opinion. or private pique. The only test that can be consist-ently npplied, is the one prescribed in our esoteric work, when the candidate first appears at the door of the Lodge. No one is persuaded to afIiliate with the Order, and none should ask admittance from consideratIOns of mere temporal advantage. Charity is our pfLTaclete, which is alleg-orically represented by the ladder seen by Jacob in his vision, which" ascended froUl earth to heaven," and the three principal rounds of which are symbolized by FAITH. HOPE and CHARITY; and upon this angels are continually ascending and descending on their missions of love and mercy. By it we are reminded ever to be "industrious in acquiring, temperate in using, and charitable in distributing, the good things of this life." Bro. Bain presented a capital business Report.. He expressed the hope that depression had given way to a renewed impulse, caused by the improved c.ondition of the countrts industries, and that It more encouraging prospect was animating the Craft;

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That 'such is desirable, yea necessary, in that jurisdiction, the following from Bro. Bain's Report clearly evidences: From the official position which I occupy I have viewed the operations of the Craft another year. Masonry, like every other interest that affects the public weal, has shared in the general financial depression. Its growth has, in a measure, been impeded, and its ability for a vi~orous prosecution of work, diminished. For a few years Pll.~t our gains and losses in thIS jurisdiction have been nearly equal, the latter somewhat exceeding the former. This is attributable to the reduction in the number of applicants for the degrees... and the large increase of exclusions for non-payment of dues. We have not sustainea the same ratio of progress according to population, that some other jurisdictions have, yet we are not an exception in the less favorable exhibit which we make. In view of the difficulties attending the labors of many of our Lodges, which necessitated a struggle for existence, they are entitled to our congratulations on having maintained their organizations and continued work. CORRESPONDENCE.

Bro. R. T. Gray, "for the Committee," presented a ninty-paged review, showing an examination of forty-one Grand Lodge Proceedings. Missouri was complimented with a four-paged notice. The Address of Grand Master Ready was extracted largely from. Our Report on Correspondence was not overlooked, and Bro. Root's Oration was pronounced "an eloquent tribute to Freemasonry." The Report opens with a thoughtful, practical and clear-headed Summary. The Committee asked for further time respecting the Colon-Cuba claims for recognition. The Grand Lodge of New Mexico was recognized. Scoqand was reprehended for its invasion of Quebec and the establishment of two new Lodges in that Province since the Grand Lodge there was recognized by Scotland herself. Quebec was endorsed, and her resistence of Scotland commended. We close by commending the North Carolina Report as a good one. Bro. William R. CQ,'C was re-elected Grand Master, and Bro. Donald W. Bain re-elected Grand Secretary, both of Raleigh.

NOVA SCOTIA, 1879. An emergent Communication of this Grand Lodge was held in Halifax, July 17, 1878, for the purpose of la)路ing the corner-stone of a school building.

M. W. John W. Laurie, G. M., presided, who delivered an Address, folloled by one from Mayor Richey. . The Fourteenth Annual Communication met in Halifax, June 4th, 1879. M. W. John Wimburn Laurie, G. M.; R. W. Benjamin Curren, G. Sec. Forty-six Lodges were represented, out of a t;tal of sixty-three on the roll. There are 3,400 Masons reported in the Lodges of that jurisdiction. The Grand Master's Address is devoted to business, and contains a succinct statement of his official work. The Grand Secretary presented a good business Report. From it we learn that in the last tell years the loss in membership, from various causes, hIlS amounted to over 2,500,

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principally from suspensions and dimissions. The growing evil of non-affllation is deplored, and two suggestons offered as a possible cure: 1st, Abolishment of affiliation fees; 2d, make the stated meetings more attractive. A full statistical exhibit of finances was made. The Grand Lodges of Cuba and New Mexico were formally recognized upon recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence. The Committee on Address of Grand Master Laurie, approved the same, and commended highly its business worth, as well as the valuable services of its author. His refusal to permit degrees to be conferred in advance of the legally prescribed time, deserved the commendation given by the Committee. as it deserves universal approbation. No words of ours will express the appreciation we feel. And his refusal to allow St. Andrew's Lodge, No.1, to confer the degrees on a minor, is worthy of endorsement. The Lodge asking such a privilege in this country would not stand number one in the estimation of the Craft. New South Wales applied for recognition, but the application was sent to the Committee on Correspondence, and went over until next term. CORRESPONDENCE.

The Report was signed by A. H. Crow, Chairman, though he awarded the honor of its preparation to Bros. Moore and Wainright, members of the Committee. The Review is brief enough to be interesting, and consists largely of extracts. Missouri, for 1878, received attention, some extracts being made. Concerning an ommission, the Committee said: The Proceedings of Nova Scotia are catalogued as Received and Reviewed, but .we have searched in vain for the Review, and we are sorry, 'as Bro. Vineil has a facile hand and a sharp pen. And we reply, that "the Proceedings of Nova Scotia" were not received; that is the reason they were not "reviewed." We" catalogued" Nova Scotia as received, believing the Proceedings would come in time for our Supplement. Failing to receive them at all, no review was made. It was too late then to change our catalogpe, as the form embracing it was finished, and the Report almost ready for binding. This is why our Nova Scotia Brethren were left out. We hope to receive their Proceedings for 1880 in time for notice in this Report. JOHN WIMBURN LAURIE, Halifax, G. M. BENJAMIN CURREN, Halifax, G. Sec.

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A striking likeness of the Grand Secretary graces the Proceeding'S and greets the reader as a marked and correct representation of the original. Somehow, all the handsome Grand Secretaries get their pictures into the Grand Lodge Proceedings. The Address of Grand Ma..<;ter Cunningham was essentially business-like-a greatportion being occupied by statements of official acts. He noted the death of a distinguished Mason of that jurisdiction, and paid his memory an eloquent tribute: The vacant chair draped with emblems of mourning, directed to bc placed in the East of this Grand Lodge. reminds us that during the recess of this Grand Body we have been called upon to mourn the removal to another world of our well-helovcd Brother, GEORGE REX; a distinguished Past ~nd Master of this Grand J.,ooge. Bro. Rex was the last survivor of that trio of eminent and scholarly Masonic jurists-Past Grand Masters William B. Hubbard, Thomas Sparrow and Gcorge Rex-who contributed so much to the judicial literature of this Grand Body. and who, by their.courteous regard for the rights of every Brother, the jealous care with which constitutional enactments and the landmarks of the Craft were observed, their executive ability and legal acumen. cver maintained the high position of this Grand Lodge among sister jurisdictions. Having becn honored with the warm personal friendship of our late distinguished Brethren, but few, if any. of the Craft, had a bettcr opportulllty of knOWing them than the writer, although much their junior. In this connection, having for many years cnjo)'ed thc personal friendship of Bro. Rex, and having had in so many instances, the advantage of his large and varied Masonic experiencc, it is but due to his memory to say, that no Brother was entitled to a greater degree of Masonic love and respect at his hands, or at the hands of this Grand Lodge, than our lamented Brother. Appropriate biographical mention of our departed Brother should be made in the printed Proceedings of this Grand Body, and a memorial pagc therein be inscribed with his name. The Grand Master reported" ninety-six Dispensations for election and installation of officers" as having ,been granted; two Dispensations to form new Lodges, and proxies many. His official visitations were also reported. A dozen decisions rendered were reported; one we copy: CONCERNING RESTORATION FROM SUSPENSION FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES. Held, that a Lodge must receive, when tendered in a proper manner, the amount of the indebtedness of a member suspended for non-payment of dues; and, in ca..<;e of no charges pending, such payment restores the suspended member to his previous standing. We notice that Bro. Parvin, Grand Secretary of Mason,S in Iowa, was a visitor .at the Gra.nd Lodge. The Quebec matter was reported on, but action on the Report was deferred for one year. Ohio has had, as well as others, a deficiency in its Grand Treasurer's accounts. Some' jurisdictions, like our own, have learned wisdom at great cost, and locked the stable after the horse has been stolen. Masons are generally honest, but they are not alwa)'s discreet in business. As custodians of trustjunds they should be heavily bonded. The following was adopted: "A member of a Lodge is suspended for non-payment of dues. He remains under suspension for two years, and is then expelled for non-payment, as provided by the Code. He remains expelled for a period of six )'ears, and then asks to be reinstated and admitted to membership ill his Lodge, which request is granted. What amount of Grand dues, if allY, should be paid to the Grand Lodge?" In answer your Committee say the Lodge should pay'dues to Grand Lodge till expUlsion, not after. We learn from the" Statistical Summary" that there are 476 Lodges in obedience to the Grand Lodge of Ohio, with about 30,000 members,

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COR!tESPONDENCE.

The Committee make this statement on the subject of review: We have carefuliy read the Addresses of the Grand Masters, and, as a general rule, ther speak of the fiourishing and extremely healthy condition of the Fraternity within theIr jurisdictions. Many of the Addres~es are filled with such sound common-sense that we wuuld be pleased to publish them in full, but refrain for obvious reasons. We can say this for our Brethren. that never in the history of man has Masonry been upon such strong, solid foundations as now. The character of our members is becoming of the very highest type -men who will do credit to us as a 'Fraternity, and upon whom we may safely reflect credit. This we gather from a perusal of the Addresses and Reports before us. Following is a Report of some eight pages, ;trotices of thirty-eight Grarid Lodge Proceedings, being after the style of thf:) one we here copy: MISSOURI.

The Fifty-eighth Annual Communication was held at St. Louis, commencing October 15th, 1878, with Bro. T. C. Read)' as M. W. Grand Master, and Bro. John D. Vincilas R. W. Grand Secretary. There were represented 162 Lodges. The officers for the present year are: Bro. Noah M. Givan, Harrisonville, M. W. Grand Master. Bro. John D. Vincil, St. Louis, R. W. Grand Secretary and Committee on Foreign Correspondence. REUBEN C. LEM~W~, Toledo, G. M. JOHN D. CALDWELL, Cincinnati, G. Sec.

PENNSYLVANIA, 1879. We have before us a most readable volume, labelled'" Abstract of the Proceedings during the year 1879." An attractive engraving, as a frontispiece, of the Masonic Temple meets our eye upon opening the Proceedings. It is an elegant picture of a magnificent structure. . Four quarterly Communications were held during the year 1879, and the ANNUAL Communication. In this jurisdiction there are nearly four hundred Lodges, with a membership of some . thirty-six thousand. At the September Quarterly' Communication, an able and exhaustive Report was presented and adopted concerning'< the duty of a Worshipful Ma.<;ter to convene a special meeting" upon petition of ten or more Brethren. The Committee said in concluding the Report: ' . Your Committee have sought to stand" in the ways and see and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein," and are of one mind that it would he in contravention of custom and usage to authorize any number of I1Iaster Masons todirect their Worshipful Master when to assemble his Lodge. This sounds like wisdom coming to us down the ages.

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At this session, the death of Past Grand Master Porter was noticed in a paper presented by Bro. Richard Vaux, Past Grand Master. We copy: Since the last Quarterly Communication of this Grand Lodge our Holy and Divine Grand Master, summoned from His Lodge. on earth. to the sublime mysteries of initiation into eternal life, our Brother James Madison Porter, Right Worshipful Past Grand Master of this Grand Lodge. So it came to pass that the younger of the Past Grand Masters left his Brethren here to mourn his early death. and the Craft of this Masonic jurisdiction to deplore the loss of lUI earnest. sincere and devoted Mason, who, by their own .free will and accord, had received the highest Masonic honors. A landmark of the Craft enjoins on the Brethren to honor, while living, him who holds the gavel of the chair of Solomon, lind it also enjoins, that a well-spent life, a character which has stood the test of t~e plumb, level and the square, an offiCIal relation with the Fraternity in its highest station of honor and trust which has merited the confidence and esteem, should not pass awa)' with its possessor without due commendation. In earnest devotion to the teachings of this landmark the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania hereby records its sincere sorrow at the early death of Right Worshipful Past Grand . Master Bro. James Madison Porter: its high esteem for those Masonic virtues which so endeared Bro. Porter to the Craft; its gratification, that being so well appreciated by the Brethren of this Grand Lodge they elevated him to the station of Right Worshipful Grand Master: and its deep sorrow that the Masonic ties which bound him to the Craft have been sevcred by his death.

At the Fourth Quarterly Communication. held December 3d, 1879, the heavy business of the Grand Lodge was transact~d. M. W. Grand Master Bro. Michael Nisbet presided, and R. W. Bro. John Thompson was Grand Secretaf)'. One hundred and ninety-five Lodges were represented. Extended and detailed reports were rendered touching all the material interests of the Craft. The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania has large and varied interests committed to her management, and well and wisely does she handle them. December 27th, the Grand Lodge assembled in ANNUAL Communication, and was presided over by Bro. Nisbet, the Grand Master. He'delivered an Address of merit and business worth. We appropriate as follows: All human institutions are SUbject to changes, and none more so than ours. Our idioms render ours peculiarly liable to innovations, and to guard against their intrOduction, requires the watchful and careful supervision of the Grand Master. Our work being transmitted orally only, it becomes all the more necessary that by close attention, dilligent application, and constant instruction, we endeavor to retain it in its purity in the future as we have in the past. Fully im~ressed with the obligations resting upon us. and also with the difficulties we might expel'lence in eradicating errors, we commenced in the early part of the year a series of visitations t.o subordinate Lodges. These materially varied from those paid by our predecessors. Discarding all pomp and show, our endeavor was not so much to impress the Craft with the grn.ndeur of this Grand Body, as by an unostentatious visit, accompanied by such of the Grand Officers and Past Grand Masters as could from time to time conveniently be present, to convince them that the Grand Lodge had their interests at heart, and was exercising a fraternal supervision over them. We clip the following practical views as to the use of our ceremonies: A Lodge having issued notices that it would hold a Lodge of Sorrow in conrunction with a Chapter, we prohibited its doing so, upon the principles laid down by this Grand Lod~e, that it recognizes but three degrees in ancient Masonry, and that a Lodge cannot pa.rtlCipate with any other body, or allow them to participate with it, in any of their respective rites and ceremollies.

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The extracts below speak for themselves and need no

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Through the public papers we learned, that in a recent investigation before a committee of our State Legislature, the fair name of Freemasonry was dragged through the dirty, slimy pool of political bribery and corruption. Masons are but men. and are subject to all their weaknesses, and it should not be a matter of surprise. that there are SOJIte who endeavor to pevert onr Institution to improper purposes. but when the attempt to prostitute' our Fraternity to accomplish nefarious ends becomes known, the offender should meet with speedy and condign punisbment. The purity of our Fraternity must be preserved at all hazards. We know not if those who thus basely used our name, are Masons, but if they are, we call upon the Lodges to which they are attached, to bring them to trial, that no such unworthy members may be permitted to continue among us. It having come to our knowledge that the Worshipful Master of a Lodge had declared a number of Brethren smpended for non-payment 01 dues without his Lodge taking any action upon them. we declared the proceeding null and void; and having since learned that great irregUlarities were practised in similiar cases in other Lodges, we issued a circuÂˇ lar letter to all the Lodges in the jurisdiction setting forth the method to be pursued, before a Brother can be lawfully suspended for non-payment of dues.

We are pleased to add one more extract, as it speaks of the finances of the Craft: The. financial condition of the Grand Lodge is satisfactory. The receipts since the close of its fiscal year are in excess of the same period last year. The loan of $15,000 has been paid, and the balance in the Treasury is larger now than at the date covered by the Report of the Committee on !<'inance. 6

The Grand Officers having been elected at the Fourth Quarterly Communication, were duly installed at this, the Annual Meeting. Bro. Michael Nisbet was re-elected Grand Master, as was Bro. John Thompson, Grand Secretary, both of whom are of Philadelphia, and may be found at the Masonic Temple, on Broad street. CORRE.C;PONDENCE.

The Annual Report was presented to the body by its chairman, our esteemed and deeply venerated Brother, Most Worshipful Bichard Vaux, Past Grand Master. Having enjoyed the pleasure of a personal interview, in his office, with this eminent writer and Mason, we appreciate the more this production of his able pen. He made most graceful acknowledgments to Bro. C. P. McCalla, for valuable and meritious labors, as a fellowcommitteeman, in the preparation of the Report. The Review embraces notices of fifty-two Grand Lodge Proceedings, sixteen having been examined for two years, The Report covers ninety pages open print. We make an extract from the Salutation: Whatever is sacred, fundamental. indestructible, unalterable in the Masonic faith, existing since the earliest of days: and by the same faith, courage and virtue, in the generations to come, to live till the world shall roll away like a scroll: is contained in the hailings of the Craft. In the roar of the tempest of human strifes, or in the darkness of the ignoranccs and hates of peoples, the Masonic ear and eye can hear and see what these symbolic salutations intend to convey. It is in this spirit we salute the Brethren. The inner life of the Freemason has. the incidents and elements like unto his spiritual life. The latter may be known; the former can be by those who have the capacity to understand what Freemasonry creates, cultivates.and cherishes.

'l'herefore, in these salutations, those who offer them and those' to whom they are addressed should be animated alike with that unseen power which, like the electric current, vital, vigorous and veiled in I its own laws, communicates that mysterious meaning by the signs of words in human language which the Masonic heart and mind fUlly Ul~derstand. There is an able and elaborate treatment of "Grand Lodge Sovereignty," followed by a wise and practical discussion of the "Autonomy of Lodges subordinate to Grand l;.0dges," which we would like to copy. These matters are clearly and justly considered.

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The notices of Grand Lodge Proceedings are brief, terse and well-condensed Missouri was remembered and handsomely treated, as her Proceedings for two years were fraternally considered. The warm commendation~ of our work on Correspondence. from Bro. Vaux, only increases our appreciation of the kind and fraternal welcome he gave us when a stranger in the city of .. Brotherly Love." Pennsylvania, as among the old, influential and reputable jurisdictions of American Masonry, stands deservedly hi~h. The Craft has leaders in that jurisdiction who are 'able, careful, thoughtful and conservative. Hence. the Grand Lodge wields a quiet, yet potent influence among her sister jurisdictions for good, and has a felt and acknowledged weight in the Masonic world.

RHODE ISLAND, 1879. The Proceedings under review show several special Communications-one Semi-annual and one Annual Communication. At a Special Session, held March 24th. 1879, the Grand Master, Bro. Chas. R. Cutler, announced that the businc~s claiming consideration was to take action on the" Report of the Committee on Revision of the Grand Constitution," previously printed and sent out. After full and mature consideration of said "Revised Grand Constitution, and General RegUlations and Standing Orders," the same were adopted and appear in the journal before us. ANNUAI_ MEETING.

The Eighteenth Annual Communication assembled in Providence, May 19th, 1879. M. W. Bro. Chas. R. Cutler, G. M.: R.

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The Proceedings open first of all with the Grand Secretary's General Report, followed by Reports of the Treasurer and Committee on Finance, suplemented by account of Grand SL'Cretary. " A brief Report of three pages from the Committee on Correspondence, by Bro. Henry Rugg, recommending the recognition of the Grand Lodges of Indian Territory, and New Mexico. Recognition of Cuba had been extended two years before and reaffirmed subsequently. We presume since the consolidation 'of CUba and Colon, Rhode Island will find it necessary to recognize some more. The thi1'd time will certainly bring the necessary charm, and we' hope will end the recognition business of Cuban Masonry. New South Wales was not considered in a condition to warrant" any action at this time." Manitoba was congratulated upon the happy settlemcntofher intestine troubles. Quebec was held to be the sovereign power in that jurisdiction, and Scotland prote3ted against. The Grand Master's Address was short, and wound up with a positive refusal to serve longer. We fin~ in the journal, this: ' PRESENTATION OF AN OLD GAVEL.

Rev. and W., Henry W. Rugg, on behalf of Bro. R. H. Tillev. of Newport, R. I., presents to the Grand Lodge a gavel made of hard wood and orniunented with wood from the coffin of Gen. George Washington. This gavel Was made more than a quarter of a

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century ago by Bro. Stewart, and given to the Grand Lodge, and pa..~ed from the hands of Past Grand Master Gray to Bro. Tilley. in UiuO, and he. after due enquiry, found it belonged to the Grand Lodge, to whose care he has returned it. How was that" wood from the coffin of Gen. George Washington" secured? The Grand Master having exercised that wonderful, undefined thing, called a "prerogative." granted a Dispensation to form a new Lodge without the usual fee, the Committee on his Address very qUietly ignored the act. Indeed, the following shows that the di8pcnmng power of the Grl\.nd Master was at discount with the Committee: .Your Committee acknowledge the power existing in the Grand Master of Masons in this jurisdktion to issue such It DiRll.ensation, but inasmuch as the law of Masonry pro. vides for filling such a vacancy by sl'iccession, your Committee suggest that the exercise of the power of Dispensation in such cases should only be used as in this instance after mature deliberation. • The second matter is that of issuing a Dispensation for the formation of a Lodge without a fee therefor. • This presents a question of great importance to Grand Lodge, and one brought to its notice for the first time in its history so tar as is believed. It is the understood law of the jurisdiction that the Grand Master may disperise with any provision of the Grand Constitution at his pleasure, except that fixing the hour of the election of the Grand Ml\.8ter of Masons; but. at the same time, it is also understood that there are certain provisions which should not be dispensed with, and in this class is that provision requiring the payment of a fee for the Issuing of a DiRpensation of the Grand Lodge. The principle applies to all the regulations in reg-ard to the formation of Lodges, and these should on no account be subject to change at tbe pleasure of the Grand Master of Masons, and only after· due deliberation of Grand Lodge. The Committee regret to disapprove of this action of the M. W. Grand,Master in this respect. Tn the first case above, the Grand Master granted a Dispensation to elect a Master to fill a vacancy caused by death, thus completely ignoring the right of the Senior Warden. Too much" prerogalive." We make out. from tabular statements, that there are thirty-three Lodges in this jurisdiction, and 4,242 Masons. An interesting biographical sketch is furnished of the late William Field, Past Grand MaSter, Past Grand High Priest and Past Grand Commander. An excellent engraving, as a frontispiece, presents this venerable and veteran Craftsman to the eye of all who read the Proceedings of Rhode Island. He passed the ordinary limits of human life, being more than" three score and\ten when caned from labor, and ha.d been a Mason over fifty years. EDWARD IJ. FREEMAN, Central Falls. G. M. EDWIN BAKER, Providence, (re-elected) G. Sec. ' II

SOUTH CAROLINA, 1879. The Grand Lodge met in Charleston, December 9th, 1879. M. W. Bro. Augustine T. Smythe, G. M.; R. W. Bro. Charles Inglesby, G. Sec. This was the One Hundred and Third Annual Commnnication. There were 158 Lodges represented. Total number of chartered Lodges 178, and fiye under Dispensation. 'A membership is reported of over six thc)\lsand.

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This.from the opening of the Annual Address: It is pleasant to be able to state, that the past year has been one of quietness, and, so far 8..<; T have been informed, of more than usual harmony. The peacefulness 'which has prevailed within our borders generally, has been favorable to Masonry, while the abupdant harvests with which our people have been blessed, and the prosperit)' which seems to be dawning brightly on our State, all tend to ill crease and promote the material alld financial interests of the Craft. Let us with zeal and energy make use of these favorable surroundings, to work with renewed heartiness in the cause of Masonry.

Six new Lodges were granted Dispensations. "Foreign Relations" were reported pleasalit and,&atisfaetory. The Scotland affair was treated temperately. No action was taken as to l\~w South Wales. Decisions were rendered and approved, except one. We do not accord our approval to all the rulings. The most of them are good doctrine.' We present a condensed statement of them: . â&#x20AC;˘ One elected to a Masonic office cannot resign, after being duly installed therein. He can, however, refuse to be installed, after being elected, in which case he does not become an officer,.and thc office re~1ains unfilled. An applicant once rejected by a Lodge, can never again apply for initiation to any other but the same Lodge. The Lodge first receiving the application of a candidate, acquires 11 right to confer upon him his degrees, which is not taken away by his rem?val toÂˇ another jurisdiction. There is no rule that requires Or allows a committee on an application, to give reasons for an unfavorable report. A Mason desiring to affiliate, and his Lodge being extillct, should apply to the Grand Secretary for a certificate to that effect, and that he appears by the returns to have been in good standing at the time the charter was surrendered. This will serve as a dimit. An expelled Mason loses all connection with his Lodge, and is no longer a member. To be agall1 admitted, he must petition the Lodge to remove the punishment and readmit â&#x20AC;˘ him, which petition must be reierred, and upon a favorable report, the ballot must be unanimous as with any ot~er non-affiliated Mason. , ' A Lodge cannot, by simple resolution, drop membp,rs from the roll for non-payment of dues. A Lod~e has no right to dimit a Brother removed from their jurisdiction, and negligent in payillg his dues, without application on his part for such dimit. An unaffiliated Mason still remains subject to the ~overnment of the Order, alld may be tried and punished for any offense by the Lodge WIthin whose jurisdiction he resides. A M8..~on, a member of two Lodges, and whose name is dropped from the roll of one for non-payment of dues, is not thereby affected in his standing in the other Lodge. A M8..~on on trial for non-payment of dues, does not have such dues remitted from the mere fact of a failure on the part of the Lodge to order his name erased by a two-thirds vote.

An unaffiliated Mason is not in good standing, and cannot, therefore, be one of the applicants for a Dispensation to open a new Lodge. A Lodge having held its'Comllll;nication, should be dosed in due fonn the same day or night, and not left. open until a meeting two or three days after. 'l'he reasou of an examination being required before conferring upon a candidate a higher degree. is to inqllre satilo;faetorily as to his proficiency ill the preceding degrees.

It must, therefore, be had before the ballot, so that members may vote advisedly. I

To number two we except. It is a rank expression of the well-nigh exploded doctrine of perpetual, exclusive and eternal jurisdiction. We have argued the question so often and earnestly that our weariness is me!1sured only by our surprise at finding the claim maintai.ned by South Carolina.

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Dual membership is allowable, from decision number ten. A member of two. Lodges becomes delinquent for dues to one. and is dropped. His membership remains intact M to the other. But suppose one should suspend him, for cause; would his membership remain unaffected in the other? It would be very ea.sy and natural for one L~dge to demur to the action of the other, whether the penalty WM suspension or expulsion, and thus a conflict would arise not pleasant to contemplate. We believe this double member8hip business to be a delusion and a snare, and productive of good to nobody. Number twelve sounds strangely to us. "An unaffiliate is not in go~ standing." What constitutes a Brother "an unaffiliated Mason?" To obtain a Di.ensation in Misslmri. all the applicants must have dimits before they can sign the petition. Having dinrits they are certai~ly not members of Lodges. What is their status? Not being members they are out of the Lodge, and therefore not affilia1ed. Are they not 1Lrutffiliated f Do our South Carolina Brethren allow members to petition for a Dispensation without dimits? If so, they belong to one Lodge, while aiding to form another. Thus dual membership is established. • "But we recognize dual membership." Yes, and see what may come of your practice, as shown by the trouble between New York and Connecticut. Bro. Jones, one of our Missouri Masons, moves to and settles in South Carolina, but leaves his membership in a • Lodge here. Soon after reaching your jurisdiction, a movement is originated to 'start a new Lodge, and he signs a petition for a Dispensation without a dimit from the Missouri Lodge. The new Lodge is organi7.ed with Jones as a member of it. He is notified, byand-by, of delinquency, by the Missouri Lodge. His reply is, "I belong to a. Lodge in South Carolina." "But you never dimitted from your Lodge here." "True, but we have a law here that allows Masons to·petition for a Dispensation without dimits, and thereby enjoy extra privileges. If I am dropped by my Missouri Lodge for non-payment of dues, it will not affect my standing in South Carolina... A fig for your double memberships and South Carolina privileges. You are It member of a Lodg.e in Missouri; you never dimit- \ ted or severed your connection here; and South Carolina cannot legislate members out of Loages in Missouri. If you don't pay your dues we will suspend you from all the rights and privileges oj MASONRY, and report you as a suspended Mason to the Lodge in South Ca.rolina." Now will our Brethren in that old and reputable jurisdiction" hold Masonic communion with a suspended MMon under the circumstances here presented? But they may say thilS isa far-fetched supposition, hypothetical case. Very well. Look at Connecticut and New York. Theirs is no hypothetical case. Non:fraternity has been declared, and disfranchisement has follow~d just such a condition as is liable to arise at any time from the South Carolina custom. •

We expected to see decision number fourteen approved, where the Grand MMter ruled that examinations a.., to proficiency must be had bej01"e the candidates for advancement could be balloted for. But look here and see what the Committee said: Your Committee concur in the decisions of the M. W. Grand Master as given in his Address at this Grand Communication, and recommend that they be adopted as law upon the points in question, with the exception oj decision,number jourteen, with regard to the examination oj a candidate jor a higher degree being necessarily had bifore the ballot, as this decision is in conflict with a previous decision made 19th December, 1870, which hM been already confirmed by this Grand Lodge. They therefore recommend that decision number fourteen be not sustained. And decision number fourteen was "not sustained." We inquire when do you examine your candidates for advancement? The above says, not bif01"e the b~llot. It must be aJterwards then. If you examime aJter they are elected, what do you ballot on? Not on proficiency. certainly, for yOIl elect bejore you know anything of their proficiency. Then what do you vote on? "Character." Well, then, why do you examtne your candi·

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dates?' "To see if they are projicient." W~y not vote on their projiciency, if you examine to see if they are proficient? The Grand Master said another good thing, besides decision nnmber fourteen. It is this: I have refused them, in several instances, to shorten the intervals between the de?;rees. No good can arise from nndue haste in making fl., man a Mason. The following was adopted, defining the vote necesSll.ry to restore an expelled Mason: That they have considered earefully the question as to what vote iS'required to restore to the privileges of Masonry a Brother who has been expelled, and have come to the conclusion that it requires a unanimous ballot in his favor. We know that the general opinion seems to prevail that the SlI.me vote that can expel or suspend, can restore. But the spirit of the Constitution of this Most Worshipful Grand Lodge would seem to indicate otherwise. It takes a unanimous ballot to elect to initiation, to advancement and to affiliation. It also takes a unanimous ballot to restore a Brother to membership, who has been erased from the roll of the Lodge for non-payment of dues. If so, in a case which may be termed a minor offense, if an offense at all, why should not the same rule prevail in graver ..nd more serious m~tters, those which may truly be termed crimes? South Carolina ~asons seem to be not entirely without that Masonic blessing, so . common in American Grand Lodges of late years-a good-sized DEBT. Hlwing" paid off and gotten rid of mtr btessings of similar kind, in Missogri, we are too happy to want ~m~ . CORRESPONDENCE.

Bro. Grand Secretary Inglesby presented a well written Report, with judicious selec路 tions, reviewing briefly all "American and Canadian" Proceedings, except Vermont. Missouri for 1878 was noticed in a fraternal Manner. Grand Master Ready's Address is thus mentioned: ' The Address is a. long and exceedingly interesting one, characterized by marked ability and a painstakin~ discharge of duty. 'Although chiefly relating to matters connected with his own jUrIsdiction, did time and space permit, we could with profit largely quote from,this very excellent paper. Our labor for 1878, as Correspondent, was spoken of in terms very satisfactory. We close our review by making an extract from the inevitable Conclusion: We write the above word and these few additional ones, certainly with not less pleasure than we have felt in perusing any of the other portions of our Report. When one hilS a duty to perform, which involves considerable time and labor, even when the labor is con~enial and pleasant, it is reasonable and natural to rejoice in the rest which rewards performance; at the same time, we feel as if we are parting from friends and turning away from familiar and well-loved scenes. . When the writer of a Report on Foreign Correspondence reaches' that portion of his work to which he prefixes the word" Conclusion," although moderately happy, he is, neyerthe!ess, "a li,:ing embodiment of positive contradictions," and, viewing his maIlU. scnpt, mIght exclaIm: "You are very good, and you are very bad, And I am very sorry and very glad." In the fore~oing Report, we have followed the l,ine marked out in our last, that is, we have reframed from attempts to expound Musol1lc law, and from arguments with our Brother reviewers. We have heretofore expressed our views on all Masonic questions and although we think them very sound and wise, we nevertheless doubt whether others would so f~r agree wit~ us, ll;s to consent t~ thllir repetitio~ year after year. We trust that the preeedmg pages WIll be found to contam rliatters of mterest to the Fraternity. We' have sought to make it a living histol'y of the current events in other jurisdictions. Augustine T. Smythe was re-elected Grand Master, as was Charles Inglesl:>y. Grand Secretary, buth of Charle~ton. G. L. Ap.-7.

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TENNESSEE, 1879.

The Sixty-sixth Annual Communication met in Nashville, November 10th, 1879. M..W. Bro. George C. Connor was G. M.; R. W. Bro. John Friz7£1l was G. Sec. Three hundred and forty-five Lodges were represented-all in the State, except sixtyseven-a good attendance. Tennessee has a" Pay-Roll." It is an expensive luxury, costing between three and four thousand dollars. There is a reported membership in that jurisdiction of 16.531, a. decrease of 522. The Address of Grand Master Connor was unusual in lellgth, and full of matter interesting to the Craft in Tennessee. • The year closing hlLd been one of toil and sorrow, but not without its pleasures and promises of reward. The yellow fever scourge had visited Memphis again, and the cry' went forth to startle the Craft tlhroughout the land-" The pall of the dread pestilence has lIgain fallen on Memphis." The terrible scenes of 1878 were anticipated. Many fled the city, and the Craft escaped the fearful decimation of the previous year. Past Grand Master Matthew D. Cooper, aged 86, died during the year. He was affectionately remembered by his Brethren, and a Lodge of sorrow was held daring the Grand Lodge session. Appropriate and impressive ceremonies were rendered, followed by an eloquent, chaste and able Address by Bro. W. C. Wl),itthorne, of Columbia. Other worthy and well-beloved dead of the jurisdiction were remembered and honored by the Grand Lodge. Relations with other Grand Lodges were reported as most fraternal and cordial, except in the case of Kentucky. As we have reviewed the subject in examining the Kentucky journal, we will not call it up here. The Grand Master urged ·that the Report on Foreign Correspondence should be given a proper appreciation by the Fraternity in 'fennessee, and the valuable work of the Committee continued. He said: Wrapped up in our own conceit, and saturated with the foolish oJ?inion that we already know all that if; valuable and improving in Masonry, we may be mIsled into casting aside so valuable a medium of education; but when we open our minds to the doings of our Brethren, "wherever dispersed," the flimsy veil of prejudice is torn away, and we hungcr and thirst for that Masonic meat and drink of which we have already had but the lllere tasting., . • After a careful inquiry into the workings of this American method of "uniting the Grand Lodges into one united whole in the pursuit of knowledge, I am convinced that to it, more than ~ all other lLgencies, are we indebted for the geneml diffusion of information on the subject of Masonic Jurisprudence. I might go farther, and say that to these Committees on Correspondence are we chiefly indebted for the elevated standard which Freemasonry has assumed in this great American Republic. If the Masters and Wardens will encourage the careful reading of the Report this year, by every member of their Lodges, they will tind their Brethren growing into wiser . men and better Masons.

The above views tally so perfectly with our comments upon the same subject in reviewing Dr. Blackie, in 1878, that we feel justified in copying them. They are as just as they are able and practical.

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Forty-five decisions were reported. We pity all Committees on Jurisprudence where such masses or"matter are piled upon them for consideration during the labors and interests of a Grand Lodge session of ordinary length, and our pity of another kind, is not less for Lodges that pour in upon a Grand Master such multitudes of questions as to necessitate the rendering of forty-five decisions in one year. The rulings of Grand Master Connor were like all such numerous , decisions, correct and incorrect. An exceptionally able Committee on Jurisprudence sifted his rulings thoroughly, and approved and disapproved. Those meeting with favor were in the majority. The Address of the Grand Master, while of extreme length, was eminently a business paper and showed its author to be a busine.ss Grand Mastcr. Much business of importance to the Craft in Tenness~ was transacted. Our esteemed Bro. George S. Blackie prcsented a special Report on Correspondence, as Chairman of the Committee touching the Scotland invasion. Bro. Blackie being a son of Scotland, felt keenly the painful duty he was called upon to discharge in reference to his mother and native~and. He holds views in exact accord with those we expressed one路 year ago as presented in our special Report. We copy: I think that the Grand Lodge of Quebec acted improperly in insisting on the surreJl(ler of the charters of the English and Scottish bodies, seeing that she owed her Masonic existence to the very compact by which they were permitted to remain with thcir parent Grand Lodges. She should not have disturbed the peace of the Masonic world by raising the question at all; and when she did so, she ought to have resorted to more conciliatory measures, and to have preferred arbitration to war. Quebec's action simply irritated Scotland, and it is possible Scotland is sorry for what she has done, but is not to be bullied out of it. M)' own opinion is that Scotland owes it to herself and the whole Masonic Fratemity to act in this matter in the interests of goodrMasonic I$"0vernment, which cannot be advanced by different and discordant authorities'in one jUl'lsdiction giving opportunity for Brethren who may be contumacious to defy the lawful Maso~ic authority of the country in which they may reside. . It is with heart-felt sorrow that! am compelled thus to report, and to view the probability of an immediate brp-8,ch between one of the most venerable and hitherto unrivalled Masonic Grand Bodies of the globe-a Grand Lodge famous for its literature, its hitherto generous policy, and the splendid character of the men who are its members. I cannot but express the hope that ere long the eyes of the Grand Lodge of Scotlltnd will be opened, and she will see the enormity of her offense against the settled principles of Masonry, Hnd then she will reverse her action. This action is simply that, by invading the territory of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, she has attempted to strike a death-blow at the theorY of exclusive Grand路 Lodge Soveregnty, as maintained and advocated by all the Grand Lodges of the United States and Canada.

Bro. Blackie furnished a general Report on Correspondence 'of some sixty pages. Like all his productions, it is stron~, clear, well-considered and elevated in tone. Dr. Blackie is one of the most chaste, pure and eleKant writers in the Reportorial Galaxy. He reviewed the Pro(',eedings of fifty-four Grand Lodges-some of them for two years. From his exordium we clip th~following: The affairs of the Masonic world are encouraging. There is a decided improvement in the general condition of the Craft in the last two years, a feeling of confidence has revived! and the prospect of the continued development of our Order in strength, as well as III good deeds, never was better. generally, all. is well throughout the hemispheres. Th~ only troubies. in our large. famIly are the dIfferences between the Grand Lodges of Mmnesota and Dakota-which we may consider as almost settled-and the interference of the Grand Lodge of Scotland with the Grand Lodge of Quebec, which is not yet settled,' but which is leading to various tronbles and estrangements, and may yet-if Scotland does not reconsider her actionlead to consequences so serious as to threaten the路 unity of Masonry itself on the two hemispheres. w.,e fear that recriminatory actions may tempt some powers in Europe to so far depart from their rules and ours, as to recogni7,e two Grand Lodges in a jurisdiction; and should this false step once be taken, it will require years of patient diplomacy to undo it.

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The Grand Lodges of America have, almost without exception, followed the course taken by Tennessee at her Annual Communication of 1877, in respect to the Grand Orient of France, and declared not alone non-intercourse, but that the members of an Orient or a Grand Lodge which does not acknowledge the existence of the Grand Architect of the Universe, cannot be regarded as Masons. The Grand Lodges of England, Scotland and Ireland have taken the same course; Germany has declared her disapproval, and various bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite have denounced the views of France. More recently, the Grand Lodge of Sweden has issued a manifesto to the same effect; and just Ilt the close of our Masonic year, the Grand Lodge of Peru has declared that no one can be made a Mason who does not subscribe to his beliefin God. Soon will Masonry all over the world, reaffirm its faith in That God which ever lives and moves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event. To which the whole creation moves. We are sorry to see symptoms in the action of the Grand Orients of It{l.ly and Belgium to look on the action of France without a frown; nay, more, to give utterances which may be taken as a warning that they will follow the pernicious example. If they do, we can have no fel10wship with them. It is cheering, in these days of infidelity, to see the actions of the other Masons of the world, and to notice the strength of the belief 1~~~~~~i~n~y them, convincing us that the Rock of Masonry is yet on anÂˇ unshaken Missouri, for 1878, was given as much space as could be spared, and a condensed view of our doings was presented. He does us over-II.lUch kindness in saying, we "wield worthily the pen of O'Sullivan and Gouley." Very careful ulid candid attention had been given to claims of several bodies from abroad, who asked recognition at their hands. "New South Wales and the Grand Orient of Spain" were not recommended for recognition. WILBUR F. FOSTER; Nashvilie, G. M. JOHN FRIZZELL, Nashville, G. Sec. GEORGE S. BLACKIE, Com. on Cor..

TEXAS, 1879. The Forty-fourth Annual Communication assemhled, December llth, 1879, in Hou~ton.

M. W. Bro. John B. Jones, G. M.;

n. W. Geo. H. Bringhnrst, G. Sec.

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Representatives reported from one hundred and seventy-seven Lodges. There is a reported membership of over seventeen thousand members in that jurisdiction. The journal before us, like the State of Texas, maintains a good size, containing over five hundred pages. Highest Lodge number is 514. As the membership of the State is -published by Lodges, no wonder the journal is a large one. THE ANNUAL ADDRESS

o Is only a twenty-paged one.

T~e

Grand Master said in opening:

BR~~TIlREN,-Wehaye met in our }4'ort.y-follJth Annnal Commlll1icRtiol1 at thec]ose of a year of unusual annoyance and .hardship to many of'our ~rethcrn, c<l.lI~ed by th.c protracted droth and general hard times WhICh oppress our H\lr State at present. ret we

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should 00 thankful that we are blessed with the enjoyment of health and peace in our land, and are again permitted to assemble as a Grand Lodge. . He announced that as a general thing the membership had not increased as rapidly as heretofore, and fewer applications for new Lodges had been made than usual. Hard times, scarcity of money, and a healthy reaction as to the necessity for so many Lod~es. and as to the moral tltness of material, were assigned as the probable causes of the dullness in Masonic work. But one new Lodge had been instituted .under Dispensation. Twenty Lodges had been chartered the previous session. DECISIONS.

Only si.'l: decisions were reported iIi that immense jurisdiction, as against smaller States that have them by scores. This speaks '''ell for Texas Masons. Bro. Jones decided against making or advancing a party who was unwilling to do anything but affil"m in assuming the obligation. He said "affirm" could not be employed for the work in general use. The Committ{le on Jurisprudence affirmed the Grand Master's rulings, except: Upon the qucf.1tion as to whether a candidllte who entertains conscientious scruples about swearing, but is willing to Rffirm, is thereby estopped from taking the Degrees (')f

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administered, is just as binding upon the conscience as an oath, but the decision of the M. W. Grand Master is bili;ed upon the ground that our Ritual does not permit the substitution of the word" affirm" for the word" swear." The Committee ought to have settled the question. They started out all right, but went around the issue and referred it to the Committee on Work. And so far as we can find, "the Committee on Work" remained ~lent. We believe with the Committee, that an affirmation at a Masonic altar is as binding on the moral sense of a candidate as any form of obligation ever imposed. A conscientions man who objects to the hard ..,'wcaring done in Masonry, cOinmends himself to our views and feelings. By the ruling of Grand Master Jones, he is cut off from all Masonic privileges. Thus a moral or religious test is set up, which debars many good men. The a.tJinnation of a true man is as much of an oath to him as those so flippantly taken and easily swollowed by thousands who never think of or regard them" after taking." The Grand :Master decided that a Brother who dies while under suspension for nonpayment of dues, forfeits all claims upon the Fraternity as to burial of himself or protection of his family. This is our law in Missouri, and we believe it is general. Suspension for non-payment of dues works the same result in this case as for gl'OSB unmasonic conduct. Yes, this is the law. But it is a very CRUEL law.. In many cases poverty is the cause for not paying Lodge dues. In such cases poverty is a crime. Dues do not run against a suspended Brother during suspension, .in Texas, according to Grand Master Jones' rulings. This is just and right. An elected Worshipful Master cannot be installed until he has received the degree of Past :Master, in Texas. Relations with other Grand Jurisdictions remain" friendly and fraternal," said Grand Master Jones. The Deputy Grand Master in Texas renders and reports decisions jUst the same as the Grand Master. . Who is head of the Fraternity? Which is CHIEF? Or have they co-ordinate powers?

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In' Arkansas, Deputies and Grand Lecturers carry the Grand Master around in their pockets, and use him at will for granting Dispensations and doing" many wonderful

things in his name." In Texas, we do not know which is Grand Master, the Deputy or the other. Twenty years ago, in Missouri, Deputies did as many" wonderful things" as in Arkansas. But we have" put away childish things." Our Grand Masters are our CHIEFS and render all the decisions. Hence there can be no conflict of authority. We are puzzled over the lecture 'business, as shown by the journal before us. Bro. Coombes offered a resolution," that the present Grand Lecturer system is hereby discontinued." The minute says the" same was adopted after mature deliberation and full discussion." We can't understand it, unless the discontinuance of " the present Grand Lecturer system" meant something else, for we find four Grand Lectures among the Grand Officers. A Lodge of Sorrow was held during the session in memory of the fraternal dead, at which an appropriate and impressive Address was delivered by Past Grand l\IasterJames F. Miller. In this connection we record, with personal sorrow, the loss to that jurisdiction and to Masonry, of a valued and esteemed contemporary, Bro. E. H. Cushing, who served, as

Grand Master Jones said, "several times as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Cortespondence, arid was distinguished as one of our soundest aud ablest writers." He was a sound and able writer. For two years we read his productions with interest and profit. and reviewed him with pleasure. Our acquaintance was short as Brother reviewers. In preparing the Report for 1878, he mentioned that the Chairman of the Committee, Bro. Likens, had died, and that the duty devolved on him of making a review. He said: â&#x20AC;˘

The hand that should have â&#x20AC;˘prepared this Report lies nerveless in Glenwood; and the soul that should have breathed its fire and spirit into its utterances has gone to the other world: Death claimed and took all that Wtl,S mortal of one of our brightest spirits and keenest intellects when Likens died. For twenty-five years he had been ll. member of the Grand Lodge. Many of the p~es of our Proceedings show the zeal and energy and fraternal devotion that actuated h1m. Twenty years had elapsed since he had prepared a Correspondence Report. More than one of us looked forward to his Report of this year as one of the features of this meeting. In all his connection with this body, it was as a working member. He never sought office; was never a candidate for any position. He delighted in the fellowship of the Grand Lodge. Long will the memory of him live in hearts that have here been warmed by the glowing ardor of his love for Freemasonry and for .his Brothers in these bonds. And when the Report for 1879 was opening statement:

prepar~d,

the writer thereof made the f6110wing I

This Report ~vill bring sorrow to the guild of Masonic Reporters throughout North America, for they see a new hand holding the pen that Cushing used to guide so skilfUlly. He was known to all as a frank and fearless, andJat the same time courteous correspondent. He ranked aIDong the first, along with Drummond, Simons, Woodhull, Vaux, Parvin, Morris, Robbins and others of that class who have contributed so much to make Masonic Correspondence Reports a real literature. We restrain our feelings and withhold remarks, in order to give place to a brief sketch of Bro. Cushing, presented by Grand Master Jones. Bro. E. H. Cushing died of pneumonia in this city on the 15th of January last. He was born at Royalton, Vermont, JuneÂˇ1st, 1829; graduated at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, in 1850, and came to Texas the same year. He taught school until 1853, when he engaged in publishing the Columbia Dernocmt at Columbia, Brazoria county. In 1&56 he came to this city and assumed control of the fIouston Telegmplt, which he continued to cdit with marked ability and success until the close of the late war. Since that time he has been engaged in commercial pursuits'. In eyery relation of life Bro. C\lshin~ was eminently a useful man. In his death those with whom he was Msodated in every day lite realized the loss of a citizen whose place could not be easily supplied; a friend who had a kind word for all, whose ready purse was open to the needy; a Christian gentleman, and au honorable business man. . Q .

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Bro. Cushin~ was made a Mason in St. John's Lodge; No.5, at Columbia, in 18.51, and served as WorshIpful Master of that Lodge in 1854; took the Chapter Degrees in Columbia Chapter in 1856; received the Orders of Knighthood in Ruthven Commandery, No.2, in 1857, and served liS Eminent Commander in 1859. He filled the several stations in the Grand Commanderv and was R. E. Grand Commander in 1862. The services of this lamented Brother in this Grand Body arc too well known and appreciated by' the members of the Grand Lodge to require any extended notice by me. Within my own knowledge he has been an active participant in all our labors for the last twenty years. He was emphatically a working member. Zealous and devoted in his attachment to the Order, and the noble principles inculcated by its teachings, he never flagged in the discharge of his duties as a Mason. He never was a candidate for any position. but worked faithfully and effectively in whatever place he was assigned. He served several times as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, and was distinguished as one of our soundest and ablest writers. We feel well assured that he has received his reward as a Mason and a Christian. The character, life and labors of Bro. Cushing had won for him a high place in the loving hearts of those who knew him. With those who had read the productions of his pen, he stood well and enjoyed much favor. Texas lost another beloved and prominent Brother, R. W., J. J. McBride, Past Deputy Grand Master. He was well spoken of by the Gr~nd Master, and his name, with tha't of the truly mourned Cushing, finds a place on a tablet beneath the broken column. Our Texas Brethren are enjoying, in a small way, the" blessing" (?) of a Grand Lodge debt, amounting to over eighteen thousand dollars. CORRESPONDENCE.

Bro. J. H. McLeary prepared the Report, as the death of Bro. Edward Hopkins Cushing rendered it necessary for a new hand to take up the pen. He said it was his first, and should be his last. His work was well done. A new Committee was created. Thus, by death and changes, are pleasant relations and ,profitable labors interrupted. Bro. McLeary presented a Review of one hundred and fifty-six pages, noticing therein fifty-three American Grand Lodges, with a number of bodies abroad. Missouri, for 1878, received fraternal attentions. We regard the Report of Bro. McLeary as able and exhaustive. Many of his utterances would bear reproducing here, had ,~e the space. E. G. BOWER, Dallas, (elected) G. M. GEO. H. BRINGHURST, Houston, (re-elected) G. Sec.

UTAH, 1879. We have before us the journal of the Eighth Annual Session, held November 11th, 1879, in 'Salt Lake City. Grand Master Clohecy was unavoidably absent. R. W. Bro. Frank Tilford, Deputy Grand Master, presided, and Christopher Diehl ÂŤ-as Grand Secretary. All the Lodges in the jurisdiction, six in number, were represented. The absent Grand l\laster sent an Address, brief and business-like. He mentioned the death of Past Grand Master Reuben.H. Robertson, to whose memory an affectionate

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tribute was paid in the Address and by the Committee on Memoirs. Of him the Committee said: The'deceased Brother was born in Burlington, Iowa, September 30th, 1836. He was made a Mason in Bellair Lodge, No. 133, Numa, Appanoose county, Iowa, in 18.58. He dimitted from the Lodge in 1860, and wcnt to Arkansas to practise law. In 1863 he emigrated to Montana to seek his fortune in mining, but not meeting with satisfactory success, opened a law office in the town of Nevada, where his fellow citizens shortly allcr elected hIm County JUdge of Madison County. In January, 1866, he assisted JlI the formation of Nevada Lodge, NO.4. Montana. and was its first Master. .In June, 1866, he came to Salt Lake City to reside and practise his profession, taking front rank at the bar. He helped to organize Wasatch Lodge, .the first chartered Lodge. in this Grand Jurisdiction, and was its Master from November 30th, 1866, until December 10th, 1869. In December, 1870, he wa.') again elected Master. At the organization of this Grand JJodge in January. 1872, he took an active part, and was appointed Grand Lecturer. At the First Annual Communication, in October, 1832, he was elected Grand Master. On leaving the Grand East, in November, 1873, he was appointed Chairman of the Committee 011 Jurisprudence, which position he held until his death, and by his zeal and wise counsel did路much to uphold and give standing to Ma.')onry in Utah, and to the Grand Lodge among our Sister Grand Lodges throughout the world. By the death of our M. \'\T: Bro. Robertson the Craft in Utah has lost one of its strongest pillars, and Masonry one of its m9st brilliant lights. Relations with the various Grand Lodges throughout the 'world were reported as amicable. The Deputy Grand Master, Bro. Tilford, reported the duties discharged by him while acting as Grand Master in the absence of his chief. The Grand Secretary, Bro. Diehl, submitted a good business Report. From it we make an extract, showing the condition of the Craft: As will appeal' from the annexed table of statisties, the condition of om Lodges may be considered sound and healthy. Althoul;\'h our net gain in membership has been but seven, it is presumable that during the ensulllg year the increase will show a mnch larger figure. To a great extent., the progress of Masonry runs parallel with the general prosperity of the country. Evidently every business branch in Utah shows, this autumn. an upward tendency, moreespecially the mining industries have a rich harvest in store for all those who engage in bringing to the surface the hidden treasures of our mountains. Never looked the future of Utah brighter than at the present time, and with this prospect before lIS, the Grand Lodge of Utah nced not despair, and with hope and cheer may she direct her eye to an increase of her numerical strength, as well as to the moral influence over many of the inhabitants of the rich and fertile Territory of Utah. The ,,,ork done in the jurisdiction from November 1st. 1878 to November 1st, 18i9, was much less than the previous year, durin~ which ninety-eight degrees were conferred, while this year only twenty-two were initIated, twcnty-one passed and twenty raised, making in all sixty-three degrees. \ The Grand Secretary announced his purpose to retire from the office from considerations of health and business. We were pained at the announcement. '!'he Committee on .his Report said: In concluding his Report our R. W. Bro. Diehl 8ays that it will be necessary for him to retire from the office of Grand Secretary; his reasons for this step are many, and they appear to us just. Should he peisist in this resolve, it is to be hoped that he will remain 'with thc Grand Lodge and assist with his advice, and that after a time of rest 'he may be enabled to again 'resume his labors. We are relieved by the further information that the Grand Lodge increased the salary of the Grand Secretary, and re-elected Bro. Diehl for another term. He has been a hardworked and an overworked officer on an insufficient salary. The Grand Lodge cannot afford to lose him. "FREEMASONRY V8. MORMANISM."

Under the above caption, a case was reported by the Committee on Grievance and Appes.ls.

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John P. Sorenson, a member of Argenta Looge No.3, had become infected with the Morman virus; and was so saint'ishly inclined as to C1ll1n-ace tha.t faith and all the si,i;ters he could seal himself to. Charges were preferred against him, with two specifications, which we copy. He was tried by six comrilissioners appointed for that purpose, though he did not appear either in person or by attorney. Counsel was assigned him, and the trial proceeded regularly. 'l'he Committee found him guilty as charged, and pronounced upon him the sentence of expulsion, and reported their findings to the Lodge. The result was approved by the Lodge, and the verdict duly recorded. From this a Brother appealed, and set forth numerous reasons and arguments in behalf of the many-wived follower of Brigham Young. We presume the appealing Brother was sincere in what he said in behalf of the polygamous creab('l'e once called a Mason; but if he believes Rome things s.tated in his paper, he ought to quit Masonry for its good and join the" Saints." In reading his production, we were inclined to raise a few questions as to what constitutes a Masonic offense in his estimation. But here are the specifications: The specifications contained in said charges, were, 1st, "That the said John P. Sorenson, a member of said Lodge, on or about the 1st day of April, A. D. 1879, at the city of Salt Lake, in the Territory of Utah, did unite himself, and at this date is in full fellowship with an association of personl:' commonly known as the Morman Church, whose principles and practices in Utah are in direct violation of the laws of the United States, as well as the laws of morality and common decency. 2d. "That the said John P. Sorenson, on sundry and divers occasions, at Salt Lake City, both before and since the day aforesaid, declared himself Itll advocate of the principle and prll.ctice of polygamy, and by such declaration is bringing the Institution of Masonry into disrepute, all of which acts of the said John P. Sorenson were in violation of his duties and obligations as a Mason, and to the scandal and disgrace of the Masonic Fraternity." We furnish the concluding portion of the Report made to the Grand Lodge, by an able pen, on the subject: The said Sorenson, having of his own .free will and accord joined the Mormon Church, is conclusively presumed to have done so with full knowledge of its tenets and the practices of its members, and that it was his deliberate intention to co-operate with thl\t body in carrying out. its unlawful objects. His COIl duct, in this re~aI'd, is not different from, or less reprehensible, than if he had joined some other aSSOCiation organized to commit, foster and J?rotect an)' other crime, for instance, theft, arson or highwa)' robbery. These crimes stand III the same category with polygamy, and are not less obnoxious to law. Suppose the said Sorenson had been charged with having joined such an ass~ciation, as that just named, and that on his trial by the Lodge, the evidence adduced had shown that he had joined the association, but failed .to show that he had yet picked a pocket, applied a torch or gone upon the highway. Would such failure have been a Yalid objection against his expulsion? Most certainly not. Anyone who joins a conspiracy thereby makes himself an abettor in everything which is afterwards done, in carrying . into effect its objects. In MasonicjurisprUdencc many wrongs are punishable, which arc not so by municipal law; ano whether the acts of the said Sorenson are, or are not. in violation of the laws of the TerritorY,路or general Government, makes no differenee in this case. Because, by joining the Mormon Church conspiracy, the said Sorenson became an abettor of those members of the Church, who have violated and are constantly viohLting the law against poly/?amy, and as such abettor is mora']ly responsible, although he may not be amenable to clvilpunishment. As many offenses against morals are punishable by the laws of Masonry which are not so by municipal laws, we think the act.~ of which the said Sorenson has been proven and found guilty constitutes a Masonic offense, rendering him unfit to be continued in the fellowship of the Fraternity, and for which he should be promptly expelled. Congress, in permitting an acknowledged polygamist to sit in that body, Is a national humiliation, which every true citizen deprecates, and which it is to be hoped for the honor and dignity of Masonry will never be followed by the Fraternity. For the reasons set forth herein, your Committee recommend that the jUdgment of expulsion in this case be affirmed. The above is strong and terse. For the" National humiliation" of a filthy polygamist having a seat in Congress, the nation should mourn. A blush, hot as the lightning's flame, should mantle every American check, so long as this" National humiliation" is permitted. What a spectacle we present to the world-a burning, polygamous, leprous

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-blotch upon our" National" body, and the leprosy recognized, tolerated, yea, honored. Thank God, the shame we have to bear by the toleration of this cesspool, into which flows

the corrupt drainage of the Old World, will never be endorsed by Freemasonry. The Grand Lodge of Utah has nobly wiped the foul blot from her c8cutcheon and proclaimed to the world, that MMonry is decency, morality and purity. His saintship, Mr. John P. Sorenson, was thus, like Judas, sent to" his own place." This was adopted in the maintenance of Grand Lodge Sovereignty: Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Utah deprecates and condemns any and all attempts of invll.Sion or infringement of thc well-established Masonic doctrinc oJ exclusive Territorial Grand Lodge Jurisdiction, on the continent of North America, and will at all times extend her aid and counsel to see thL<; doctrine maintained. '

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We find in the "tabular statement" that Utah has 377 Master Masons in her six Lodges. Grand Lodge Dues,81,191; Expended for Charity, $450; and Money in Lodge 'l'reasuries, $3,600. CORRESPONDENCE.

The Report was prepared by Bro. Christopher Diehl. for the Committee, and covers fifty-five pages of very readable mattcr. Fifty-four Grand Lodge Proceedings were reyiewed. The Report sustains Bro. Diehl's well-earned reputation as a reviewer. Missouri, for 1878, received the compliment of two pages-more than her share. '1'l1e Address of Bro. Ready was pronounced "excellent," and is copied from liberally. In 1878 we objected to a rUling, made by the Grand Master of Utah, on the exclusive, Bro. Diehl copied us, and said in reply: -

perpetual, eternal jurisdiction doctrine.

We most respectfully beg leave to rise, Bro. Vincil, not, however, tQ quarrel with you on the point, but to shake hands, and assure you that we are in the sa.me boat, but we have to keep quiet; and being true to our covenants, must abide the decision of our superior officcr, although wrong in our opinion. The many fat things in the Report we have enjoyed all by ourselves, not having space enough to dish them up before our Brethren. We find some of the ablest writers and thinkers of other jurisdictions-both as Grand Secretaries and Committees on Correspondence-handicapped, just as is Bro. Diehl, by the rulings of Grand Masters and hasty legb;lations of Grand Lodges on many vital qucstions. "How long, 0 Lord '?" R. W. Bro. Frank Tilford, Deputy Gralid Master last year, is now Grand Master; Bro. Christopher Diehl was continued as Grand f:iecretalJ' and Committee on Correspondence. ,Both live in Salt Lake City.

VERMONT, 1878-79. In 1878, we reviewed the Proeeedings of this Grand Lodge for the ycar previous (1877). As the Annual Communieatioll~are held in June, we should have received the journal \ for 1878 ill time for our Report of that year, and desircd to put two years in- one Review. But we waited in vain. The year~ 1878 and 1879 camc and went, with no journals from Vermont for eithcr year. We wrote more than onee, begging the favor of copies of Procecdings for examination, but received not even the courtesy of a .. postal" reply. Late in the review of this year, we concluded to find out what was the matter with ouryer-

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mont Brethren. It was evident that a ,. silent man" was Grand Secretary. Addressing a fraternal letter to M. W. Bro. Henry H. Smith, Grand Master, when Vermont was last heard from, we received a most brotherly and satisfactory reply, explaining everything. We had noticed that very many Grand Lodge Proceedings were without mention of Vermont. Some stated that the journal had not been received. Through Bro. Smith we learned 'what we suspected, thll:t the" silent man" had played the sphinx suceessfully. We now have the journals of the Vermont Grand Lodge for the years 1878 and 1879. We did not receive them from the late Grand Secretary. Bro. Henry H. Smith, Past Grand Master, will 'please accept our thanks tor the journals aforesaid. 1878.

The Eighty-sixth Annual Communication was held in the city of Burlington, on the 12t h day of June, 1878, and was presided over by M. W. Bro. Henry H. Smith, G. M. ~ We find no recapitulation. Over ninety Lodges were represented out of about one hundred. Membersbip in the jurisdiction not footed up. The Grand Master prc~ented a first-class business Address. He said, in opening: The year just closed has been one of unexampled prosperity and harmony, with scarcely an appreciable ruffle of discontent or discord throughout this Grand Jurisdiction, as, indeed, it seems to be over the whole land, which, in con'ilection with the fact that the grim Reaper has hardly cast the shadow of his wings over us since last we met, surely justifies our co~dial greeting and hearty and joyful congratulations. The finances were reported in a sound and satisfactory condition. Decisions were not the staple of this Grand Master, only two having been rendered and they are not reported. He said opportunity offered to manufactw'e a volume or two of decisions, but he chose to refer' the Brethren to recognized authorities-the laws and regulations. Such good sense deserves commendation. The Grand Master did a large amount of official visiting. He did not wait to be sent for, but went. This will tell the facts: I have met in Lodge anrl convention something more, in the aggregate, than one-half the Brotherhood of Vermont-that is, over four thousand Masons-and this has necessitated two thousand six hundred and thirty miles' travel, by rail, within this little State, and consumed thirty-seven days' time. It don't appear to be much of a task after all does it? Try it once, alld then tell me. I was prepared to find a great diversity in Lodge work, and a want of uniformity not easily rectified, but I have been agreeably surprised to find that the trouble in this direction is very much less than I feared, and I assure you, Brethren, we have ample ground for congratulation in this resJ!ect. Of course, there is chalice for improvement. as'there will ever be, but with as faIthful co-operation of officers and members in the future, as in the last eight months, you may well feel proud of your position as a Grand Jurisdiction.

We make one extract from his Conclmlion: I believe that Masonry is accomplishing the high mission of cementing men together in the bonds of fraternal love, which, in due time, will culminate in the great Jubilee of Peace 011 Earth. .. Like to one, who, in a vision Sees what is to be, but is not," I can conjure up a vivid picture of the greatness and glory of this ma{plificent symbolism of ours, when it will have evolved from the mystery and darkness of Its long and faithful quest the one surpassing, inestimable jewel of Divine Truth. I believe we hold the token of our great secret safely still.

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I can almost realize the exultation that must fill every true Masonic heart when this consummation is attained ;--when Brotherl)' Love, Relief and Truth reign triumphant ovcr the earth, and all the Bprings of human action are Bwayed by none but worthy motives. .

We have waited and waited for this full fruition of our hopes ;-we have put 0111' shoulders to the wheel manfnlly, as did our fathers, and like them turned away many times disappointed-perhaps discouraged; but every effort of theirs and ours has helped to elevate our cause and us into a purer moml atmosphere, and 'the warmer sunshine of God's approvaL A magnificent copy of the" Holy Writings" was presented to the Grand Chaplain, Rev. Edwin Wheelock. The addresses on the occasion were interesting, and the present deeply itpprcciated by the recipient. Being of the cloth, we know of nothing a preacher needs so muel1 as the Bible. The Grand Secretary made 1\ lengthy Report. Grand Master Smith declined a re-election, when Bro. Lavant M. Read was elected 'and installed. J!'(;llowing the installation, Past Grand Master Davis.arose and said, among other ap~ropriate things: . MOST WORSHIPFUL BROTHER-This forenoon, before you retired from the office of Grand Master, you took occasion, in some very plain remarks, to give us your pl1l'ting advice. Now that you are not in oflice and, in this respect, upon a level with the rest of us, in behalf of the Brethren T take the opportunity tD talk back to you and, in plain terms, . to tell ho~v the Brethren feel towards you. You will recollect you told us that, in the election of officers to govern either the Grand Lodge or subordinate bodies, it was our duty to s~lect the beBt men for the places. We had understood this duty before and, acting upon that principle four years ago, when you were in attendance upon the Grand Lodge for the tin;t Lime as a mcmber, your fitness was discovered and by a flattering vote you were elected to the office of Gt'and .Junior Warden. For two years, with much dignity and grace of character, you adorned the South-a. fit Representative of the Pillar of Beauty. Then upon the same principle and in recognition of the same duty ,you were advanced by the Brethren, and without stopping to knock at the west gate, or pausing'in the office of Deputy Grand Master, you ~rl~r~~~~ljp~~;:~~~:where, for two years, you presided, the honored Grand ~aster of With this fceling actuating us, I trust, we shall be pardoned for offering you ll. token of it, of a substantial nature. And, in casting about for an appropriate testimonial we considered the fact that you had just retired from the lahor of oflice to the refreshment'of .unoffiehll life. Therefore. we have sclceted this silver service which you can utilize for the purposes of bodily refreshment.. Its shining vessels lire not brighter than the esteem of your Brethren, and in the coming years of your life-God grant that they be many,in your hours of refreshment, may you beeheered by the remembrance that they come to you, filled to the.brim with the lasting afJeetioIl of your Brethren. . We can appreciate this kind of treatment, as after haVing becn "pcn'd" and" caned" by Brethren, we were, on a similar occasion, "watched" and" chained" i~l Grand Lodge. Bro. Smith madc a far better speech in reply than we did. We have not space to copy it. He can "rest and refresh" himself with his present, while we arc bonnd by a gold elwin, and *he walch of Brethren ever sounds nell,r our heart the word O?twmÂˇd. Henry Clark was was re-elected G. Sec., and, as Chairman of the Com. on Cor., presented the Annual Report, covering 171 pages. It was a valuable addition to our Masonic Literature. â&#x20AC;˘ 1879.

The Eighty-seventh Session was held in Burlington, June 11th, 1879. M. W. Grand M:asterL. M. Head presided; R. W. Henry Clark was G. Sec. ,

The Grand Master reported that the past year had been one of very general prosperity and happIness to the Craft in the jurisdiction. He paid a high compliment to his predecessor, Bro. Henry II. Smith, liS having sown much good seed, whose growth and fruitage were apparent.

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Five decisions were reported". They were of local bearin~ and plain in their application. The finances werc treated practically. To OlIr sllrprise we find that the per capita in that jurisdiction is only twent?l-five cents. How they run the Grand Lodge on such assessments we have )'et to learn. The Grand Master sensibly said: This assessment, to~ether with the usual fees for initiation, affords a sum barely sufficient, by the strictest economy, to pay our most ordinary expenses from year to year. I am not in favor of miLking large asse-;sments, or of accumulat.ing large sums to lie idle in the hands of the Grand Treasurer, bllt rather of the strictc.~t ccomomy. I would not advise an increase of our expenditure&, bnt I do feel that we are suffering ourselves to drift along a little too near the line" between wind and water," and that a very little addition to the w.eight which our "ship of state" now carries, Will bring our finances below the water line. The Grand Master paid an elegant and generous tribute to the dead of the jurisdiction. He closed his Address th us: To the student, Masonry presents a field rich in its history and traditions, rich in the great precepts which it inculcates, and in the high aspirations and noble examples which it presents for the emulation of its votaries. In this field the industriolls gleaner may find the rarest gems of thought and action-the noblest examples of heroism and devotion. Surely such an institution is worthy of ollr e~rnest study and untiring zeal. "The Grand Secretar)' presented another lengthy Report, and compll1ined, as last year, of the increase of correspondence connected with his office, "-especially with foreign jurisdictions." We beg his pardon for having troubled him with some" correspondence" to which he paid no attention, not even sending us the Proceedings of his Grand Lodge for two years. We belong to a" foreign jurisdiction." There is some excuse for the Brother, however, as his Grand Lodge only pays three hundred dollars to its Grand Secretary. The statistical table this year shows 101 Lodges on the To,~ter-99 are wOl'kin.q Lodges, with a membership of 7,724. CORRESPONDENCE.

A lengthy and able Report, prepared by Bro. Henry Clark, Chairman, embraces reviews, selections and comments, in keeping with the character of former labors by this eminent and discreet Correspondent. It must be "a labor oflove" with him, as he receives only twenty-five dollars for his work. Add this sum to his salaf)' as Grand Secretary, and we conclude he is growing rich and must live well. • In reviewing Missouri for 1878, he said our Report covered" 208 pages." This is a "bigger thing" than we cver contemplate punishing tbe Craft with. He overdrew on us just 52 pages. Bro. Clark made extensive quotations fr~m Grand· Master Ready's Address, and was equally libenil in his treatment of our "exhaustive Report on Correspondence of 208 pages." LEVANTM. READ, (re-elected) G. M. HENRY CLARKE, (re-elected) G. Sec.

VIRGINIA, 1879. The One Hundred and Second Grand Annual Communication was held in the city of Richmond. December 8th, 1879. M.

'V. Beverly R. Wilford, Jr., G. M.;

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The membership in this jurisdiction, as estimated, amoun ts to nearly ten thousand. There are 229 working Lodltes. 135 Lodges were represented. Representatives of fifteen foreign Grand Lodges were present. The Address of Bro. Wilford, like its predecessor, was a valuable paper, more business in character than the former. He reported the decease of Past Grand Master Lane, as follows: The past year, like all of ft.'; predecessors, has not been witholit its shadows. It is not my sad office to bear you the tidings of any unknown sorrow when I recall the death, since our lASt Communication, of your honored and beloved Past Grand Master, J<~dward H. Llule; nor need 1 proffer to you any lengthened eulogium. 1 have appointed a committee of eminent Brethren to prepare a suitable minute to be ~rell.d upon our records. DECISIONS.

,E,leven decisions were reported and approved. We see that Virginia suspends members for non-payment of dues, and then requires reinstatement by petition and ballot, after one month's notice. We do not like this method at all. Here is a case and the decision: A Brother who had been suspended for non-payment of dues was, upon oral motiQll, without written petition, released from pavment of dues and reins.tated, The Worshipful Mao;ter, who was absent at the time, objected to the !Lction of the Lodge liS irregular, informal, and illegal. The District Deputy Grand. Master sustained the action of the Lodge. . Upon appeal, I held that, so far a<; the resolution of the Lodge emhraced the matter of dues, it wac; valin; but that it was invalid in reinstating the Brother, and that he must apply by petition, in writing. ,I held that the motion for remissio,n of dues should have been entertained; but that the ,Lodge could not act until the.lapse of a month upon the question of reinstatement. The above was approved. A report was afterwards adopted with this cla.use: Any Mason, who ha..c:; been or may hereafter be suspended for non-payment of dues, may (without petitioll in writing) be reinstated at any stated communication of the Lodge WhICh sllspended him upon the payment or remission of the amount of his dues, and with the consent of a maJority oftne members present may be restored to membership. This clause improves the condition of affairs somewhat. A Brother suspended for non-payment of dues, may be re!nstated upon payment or remission of the same without a petition, pr01Jided he obtain" the consent of a majority of the members present:' But suppose "the consent 'Of a maJority" is not obtained. Then what'? Why simply tlllLt the Brothel', who ha..<; paid all dues against him and ought to be recognized as a Ma..<;on in good standing, is dis-Lodged. He is without a horne, or in unaffiliation, and out in the cold. The only Jlt8t principle is, that when he pays his dues, and removes the cause of suspension, he shouldresnme the standing and priVileges enjoyed before suspended, nnmely, membership in his Lodge. This must be so, unless non-payment of dues be classed with those rank, grossunl1u~sonic offenses for which Brethren are suspended. 'rhe following was approved as a decision: I decided that a Lod~e could not require a Past Master to elect whether to be tried by' the Lodge 01' hy a (;ommI&ilOIl of Past Masters; that the charges should be sent to the District Deputy Grand Master, and he, as the reprosentative of the Grand Lodge, should

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require the accused to make J:1is ~le~ti~m; .that until tJ:1e Past Master elected to be tried by the Lodge the Lodge had no JunsdlCtlOn m the premises. This 1s something" new" to ltS, if not" under the sun," That a Past Master can ,elect the tribunal which shall try him, is novel. Who is he? What sort of meat do Virginia Past Masters eat, that they have hardly any peers anywhere? Have they grown so large by once having presided over a Lodge, that the same Lodge cannot try them after they have passed from the chair to a level with their Bl'ethl'en, unless they gm.ciously agree thereto? Perhaps the degree of Past Master makes a fellow grow so Cre..~ar-like that he must only be tried by his brother Cmsars. Oh, pshaw! ! We have met with and r,ead a good many advanced claims c~ncerning Past Masters, but this Virginia doctrine excels all else combined. We are not sorry to meet with this, however, for such overdo'ing things will soon settle these toplojtical pretentions. The doctrine in the foregoing extract, from Virginia's doings, will start a laugh among American Grand Lodges that even Bro, Drummond, of Maine, will join in. A Past Master cannot be tried by a Lodge unless he wants to! Ah! yes, well, you will have Ii nicc time in many Lodges und~r the above ruling. Where will you obtain Past Mllsters enough to try a criIl)inal Past Master in many of the communities of Virginia? The Lodges have not a sufficient number to constitute a ,il/.ry of his peel's.· They'may not be brought from other Lodges. In many cases they could not be obtained from abroad. We ask the Brethren of our mother land this question: If a Past Master may not be tried by his Lodge, in consequence of his im]Wl·tance, why not send him for trial to the Grand Lodge? \\'e presume the answer will be, "he must be tried-owing to his consequenceby a jury of his peers, if he so elects-and the Grand Lodge is not composed of Past Masters alone: many Wm'clCl1,S being Representatives." We give it up j except that the Virginia doctrine makes the Past Master" a bigger man" than the Grand Lodge. But suppose all the Brethren who might be present in a Lodge, on a given occasion, were Past Masters, would the accused Brother object to being tried by them? "Oh, no! If all the Lodge wcre Past Masters he' would willingly be tried by them." Very well. Now. tell us the differcnce between a dozen Past Masters in a Lodge meeting, and the same persons in their Lodge clw.racter as Masons, Would you go around in a Lodge of Mastel' Mas011,S and examine the d07-en Brethren, to see if they were endowed with the mythi.cal attributes of Past Mastership f We are glad to see this claim business so handsomely overdone, Mit applies to Past Masters. We think it will be thoroughly cooked in a few years more, if treated after ~he Virginia and Maine method. Here is another bewdijul illustration of the practical workings of the double membership custom, A Mason who was a member of two Lodge6 was suspended in one for non-payment of dues. He al?plied for reinstatement to the benefits of Masonry by the Lodge which suspended him, but failed to apply for restoration to membership in that Lodge. I decided that his reinstatement did not restore him to membership in the other Lodge. This may appear to be inconsistent with some previous action of the Grand Lodge; but upon a fair and full consideration of our previous proceedings I thought, with Hight Worshipful William F. Drinkard, the very accurate and intelligent District Deputy Grand MMter in whose jurisdiction the CMe arose, that this decision was in logical harmuny with the latest expression of opinion by the Grand Lodge and was a just interpretation of the logal right!> of the subordinate Lodge. It is our opinion that this dual meinbership practice will ultimately give more trouble than Brethren anticipate, In the above case, a Brother was smpended. Suspended from ?lJhat f Grand Master \Vellford says, "he applied for reinstatement to the benefits oj Masonry." We must conclude, then, that he was suspended from the benejitsoj Masonry. Bear in mind t his was done by one Lodge, while he was a member of another Lodge. Being" a member ()f two Lodges," and being" suspended in one," from the benejits oj )[asom'I/," we submit that his standing WM affected in the other. In other words, suspenswn from" the bel~efits of I.

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Masonry" by a Lodge to which he belonged, placed him out, of the pale of ,l[asonic Comand beyond.recognition, yet he was a mernber of arwther Lodge, in good standing. Because the other Lodge is not supposed to know that he is suspended from the rJenejUs of Mll.~onry; and, moreover, he had done nothing in the other Lodge to work his suspension. Besides, it does not appear from any law we have seen in these double mem1Jership jurisdictions, that suspension in one Lodge works a loss of standing in the other. Then how mueh of the Brother was suspendedf If he was suspended from "the benefits of Masonry" by one Lodge, and was in good standing in the other, and could enjoy the " benefits of Masonry" in that Lodge he was suspended only in part. How much, and what part? We would like to know. The decision may be, tenable according to the Virginia law. We are not criticising the decision; but we believe the l~w authorizing dual membership, in any jurisdiction, to be useless, and the custom to be attended with results Wholly at variance with the simple workings and spirit of Freemasonry. Nothing practically good can ever come of double membership. As it exisis, and is practised in some of the juriSdictions, why not extend the privileges, and allow a Brother unlimited membership. We know Lodges all over this vast country in which we would be pleased to-have membership. Give us the privilege of belonging to forty as well as tt!Jo. We have always felt so good in being able to keep up membership in one Lodge, that we cannot ap'preciate dua}, membership. Too much of a good thing often snrfeits the recipient, and he can't enjoy what is left of the good and the enjoyable. We'fancy that the party who Itllowed himselfsllspended for dues in one of the two Lodr;es to which he belonged was overC01ne with the good of double membership and grew a little tired of too much of a good thing. In our jUdgment, this will be the general result of belonging to two Lodges and paying dues to both. We have no use for the system. rn1~ni()n,

. The trustees of the" Masonic Temple Association" made a Report showing a gratifying state of things. "The association is out of debt," said the board. " Out of debt," and assets worth some eighty thousand dollars. Well, thi!; is "good news from a far country." All hail! THE DOVE !lfONUltlENT,

Reared to the memory of the venerated John Dove, late Grand Secretary, wa." reported as' completed and paid for, with some money in hand over and above the cost thereof. Well done again, noble, old Virginia, The funded property of the Grand Lodge, consisting of shares in "Masonic Temple Association," Richmond City and United States bonds amounts to nearly forty thousand dollars, Again we say, "All hail, old Virginia!" We 'never were so prOUd of our mother before. • In 1878 a proposition was submitted to reduce the per capita tax on subordinates from fifty to twenty-five cents. The proposition was not approved by the Committee on Finance, but was recommitted, with instructions to report at the next Annual Communi· cation. Of the Report, Grand Master Wellford says this: Such Report has been prepared and printed for the information of the Brethren. I invite the special attention to it of the' Grand Lodge, and especially of the Brethren who may have been inclined to favor the proposed reduction. With every disposition to lighten, as far a.s practicable any pecuniary burthen upon our people, it seems to me impossible that the change can jUdICiously and providently be made. I am satisfied that as much economy has been exercised, under the vi~ilent supervision and scrutcny of our excellent Committee on Finance, as is consistent With the dignity and efficiency of this body. The Brethren in Virginia arc subjected now to a much smaller tax than is deemed absolutely necessary to sustain our sister Grand Bodie.", in many, if not all corresponding jurisdictiom:; a11d any reduction which would cripple our present resources would necessarily impair the consequence and influence of this body to an extent not less mortifying to our pnde as Virginians, than embarrassing to our practical duties as Masons. The Committee reported, showing income and expenditures, and stated that the only method of curtailing expenses, was to omit printin~ the list of members of subordinate Lodges and not have" reti·eshment.:, at the sessions of the Grltnd Lodge." The Committee would not recommend curtailment in either case.

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A resolution was adopted endorsing the recommendation of the Finance Committee . oflast year, which, we believe, fixes the per capita at twenty-five cents. If this be correct, the Brethren will, in a few years, find a necessity upon them for an increase of taxation. CORRESPONDENCE.

The Report is from the ready and versatile writer, Bro. Wm. F. Drinkard. It, like his former efforts, is" short and sweet," being only eighty pages in length. Some productions are too long with any length, others are short when as 10lig as the law allows. Bro. Drink路ard ought to have more rope, not that he would hang himself, but the reading Mutuals and Craft would be the better of more from his pen. 路His brief comments are always clear and strong. . Missouri, for 1879, received all the attention possible in a supplement. He said of our Report: Bro. Vinci! ~ives unanswerable arguments in favor of always opening first the Master Mason's Lodge, and in that Lod~e ordering Lod~es on the other degrees to be opened; and also against the cruel doctrme of perpetual Jurisdiction over rl;;ected candidates. We appreciate the following compliment of Bro. Drinkard to Bro. Robbins of Illinois: Most Worshipful Bro. Joseph Robbins furnishes the Report on Foreign Correspondence. In respect of the fullness of its notices of the Proceedin~s of, and Reports to other Grand Lodges. it is the best of all the Reports to the Grand Lodges. That may be ~oing too far, but that's what our memorandum says, and what we thought when we had Just read it. We often hear an expression used at the installatlOn of Lodge officers in respect to those who are appointed to govern the Lodge, that the Brethern "are of too generous disposition to envy their preferment." It makes no difference how" genel'Ous" we are, but we certainly do not envy Bro. Robbins the "preferment" given him in the above extract, for it is deserved, his able Report being our evidence.

We have no room for extracts trom Bro. Drinkard's Report. We have used all our space in criticising or approving the doings of his Grand Lodge. Virginia is always so sound, conservative and just, that we criticise her few departures the more readily.. Bro. Drinkard is so amiable that we do not fear his sword. He concluded thus, pleasantly:

We wish ll, happy New Year to our Brother reporters. The tender-hearted amongst them will learn WIth pleasure that our Grand Lodge has forbidden her subordinates to summon members to show cause why they shall not be suspended for non-payment of dues. requiring them to confine themselves to mere citations; and has also authorized them, upon mere motion, to remit the dues of a Brother suspended for non-payment of dues, and forthwith to reinstate him, both to membership and in the rights and benefits of Masonry. Of course members may still be suspended for non-payment of dues. The citation paves the way for that punishment. The new re~ukl.tion only protects from the O. B. to obey the summons, which is an Irish bull of our making, there being no summons allowed. Au revoir. Reading this" New Year" Greeting, with the mercury well up in the nineties, is not suggestive of "New Year calls" and dinners, with the usual good cheer incident to hospitable homes and welcome. We would rather enjoy the north side of an iceberg just now. PEYTON S. CALES, G. M. WM. B. ISAACS, Richmond, G. Sec. WM. F. DRINKARD, Richmond, Com. on Cor.

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WASHINGTON, 1879. This· Grand Lodge met in Olympia, June 4th, 1879, and held its Twenty-second Anuual Communication. The Grand Master and Deputy Grand Master were absent. R. W, Bro. George W. Durgin, Grand Senior Warden, presided. R. W..Bro. Thomas M:. Reed, was Grand Secretary. There are twenty-six working Lodges, with a membership of 953 in this jurisdiction. Twenty-three Lodges were represented. Total Receipts, $2,531.75. No Address from Grand Master Ferry, but a promise of its appearance in the next session journal. • Grand Secretary Reed presented a Report which showed what had transpired during the year. Two Dispensations had been issued for the formation of New Lodges. The Grand Sec~etary reported thatThe net increase of membership in the Lodges is not so great as reported the year previous. This is owing to the larger number of dimissions and deaths during the veal'. Six Lodges have done no work. Eleven have decreased in membership. One has'held its own. Eleven have increased in membership, and two new Lodges have been added. One Lodge has failed to pay its annual dues. The Lodges, generally, appear to be in a. healthy financial condition, and Masonry throughout the jurisdiction may be regarded as prospering upon a firm and enduring basis. The Grand Lodge finances were reported, as heretofore, in a prosperous condition; some of which was loaned on· good real estate security. A Grand Lodge with money to lend is something out of the ordinary course of things in this country. We would not meddle with other people's business, but money might be well employed, as recommended by the minority of the Commitk'C on the Condition of Masonry : A minority of your Committee on the Condition of Masonry respectfully report that they have had no matters specially referred to them, but in considering the variety of work in this jurisdiction would respectfully recommend that the Grand Lecturer be instructed to visit all the Lodges within the jurisdiction as far as practicable for the purpose of instruction, and that his actual expenses be paid from any surplus that may remain from the Representative Fund: Provided, That in no case shall his expenses exceed the surplus of said fund. The above Minority Report was not adopted. We hope all Lo,dges in that jurisdiction are so thoroughly posted as not to need instruction. New Mexico and New South Wales Grand Lodges were formally recogn!;o'.cd. Grand Lodge pays the expenses of Representatives of Lodges.

This

CORRESPONDENCE,

Bro. Thos. M. Reel! furnished the Report, reviewing forty-nine American Grand Lodges. In his Conclusion he said: We feel truly grateful for all that has been said for our Grand Lodge, and 0111' own feeble efforts in this relation. As we grow old time becomes more and more precious, and duties necessary to life's existence seem to increase. Turn where we will there is work to do. We love to labor in the Masonic vineyard; in the open fields, green pastures and sacred recesses of Masonry. The work teaches us to love God, and our neighbor as ourself. We shall work on till the end comes; but as well as we love this particular part of the labor, as greatly as has been our enjoyment of it, we never expect to write another Report on Foreign Correspondence, of general review-we cl\.nnot P.tyOT<l it. Should anr further

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attempt be made. it will be for a brief consideration of topics merely. But our desire is to withdraw from this field of labor, that its duties may be committed to the hands of those better qualified and with whom time is no object. Therefore, in thus taking leave of our Brethren, one and all, we bid them an affectionate F AltEWELL. We arc both surprised and pained at this announced purpose "to withdraw from this field of labor" on the part of Bro. Reed. We presume, from the following excerpt, that, as Grand Secretary and Committee, Bro. Reed is overworked. And we would not be surprised if he is poorly paid: The business duties and letter correspondence of this office, both of home and foreign concern, during the year past, have been greater than those of any previous year, requiring almost unceasing attention. It would seem that many of our Brethren, prompted by a higher estimate than is warrantable, appear to ima~ine that it i:s the Grand Secretary's province to answer all questions of law, science, philosophy and morals, so numerous and varied have been the questions propounded and the information sought. From the Treasurer's Report we learn that the salary of Bro. Reed was three hund1'ed dollars for all the work indicated above. How can the Grand Lodge secure and retain the services of valuable men on the mere pittances many of them pay? The Report on Correspondence, prepared by Bro. Reed, is worth all the money he receives from his Grand Lodge. We would not prepare it for less. Then the Grand Secretary, such as Bro. Reed is, sustains the character of a representative man to the Grand Lodge. Place a man in the ofiice whose services are worth only what'~ paid, and the Grand Lodge would have a poor specimen of a fellow to represent its character and standing when the office is visited by Brethren from abroad or at,.home Lodges. We have no facts in this case, but only make some inferences.' . The Report of Bro. Reed is an exceptionally good one. He writes his comments in a. fraternal and terse style, and makes very discreet selections. Missouri is treated to two pages-a fair share of his space-and from our doings for 1878, notices and extracts were made. He compliments our Report for 1878, and SRY:S: We agree with Bro. Vincil in his comments on the decision of the Grand Master of Maine relative to a Past Masler's right to open and preside .over a Lodge in the absence of its Master and Wardens: We do not agree with him that the ballot for each degree should be upon the" moral. intellectual and Masonic qualifications" of a candidate. This should be JuUy established before the first de/?ree is given. If Ilny subsequent ballot is required, it should be alone upon" proficiency III the precedin~ degree." If other cause eXIst why the candidate should not proceed, it should be suffiCIent to exclude him from the Fraternity. While we accept the modern usage practised in most jurisdictions of transacting the Intsiness of the Lod~e exclusively in a Master's Lodge. we do not agree with him that it is sanctioned by ancient law or usages. The Lodges of the jurisdiction in which we were made a Mason, over thirty-two yean: ago, transacted all their routine business in the E. A. degree. It was said then to be the" ancient usage." W~ believed it, and think so still. But we must not enlarge this notice. ',I

Our law governs our actions until the law is repealed. Our law requires a ballot for each degree. "Proficicncy" is the principal thing, though moral and intellectual qualifications continue to be subjects of consideration, even after the Brother has been initiated and until he is "raised." As to "transacting bUJl'iness exclusively in the MASTER'S LODGE," we never argued, and do not now, "that it is sanctioned by ancient law or usages." We have contended for the position assumed in 1867, that from the present stT'uetw'e of Masonic Lodges, under the Constitutions of Grand Lodges, as now organized and working, all business should be .transacted alone in a Lodge of Master Masons. OLIVER PERRY I:ACY, Walla Walla, G. M. THOS. MILBURNE REED, Olympia, G. Sec.

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WEST VIRGINIA, 1879. Three special Communications were held during the year. The Annual Communication was held November 11th, 1879, in the city of Wheeling. M. W. George Baird, G. M., presided; R. W. Odell S. Long was G. Sec. Eighty-one working Lodges are reported as belonging to this jurisdiction. Seventysix were represented. Thirty-three hundred and eighty-six members were reported. The membership is given by Lodges. No Report on Correspondence is furnished. Grand Master Bair'd presented a brief business Address, stating what he had done and He reported some decisions rendered by him.

how he had performed his work.

We think Grand Masters have no business with the length of a "cable tow." Hence, one of Bro. Baird's decisions about the "cable tow," meaning a" reasonable distance," had better be left out of next Journal of Proceedings. We present a condensed view of the rulings of Grand Master

B~ird;

1. A Lodge cannot suspend its W. M. during his term of office for non-payment of dues. 2. A Brother who has been summoned for non-payment of dues and failed to appear, should be first disciplined for disobeying a summons and afterwards for nonpayment of dues. 3. A Lodge cannot confer the degrees in Masonry on Ministers of the Gospel free

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4. A cable tow means a. reasonable distance from the Lodge; and not three miles as claimed by many Ma.<ions. 5. A Brother having been tried and acquitted, and the W. M. having declared him acquitted in open Lodge, or he, havmg been duly notified of his acquittal by the Secretary, cannot be tried a !'econd time by the Lodge, on the same charge, on the ground of the discovery of new evidence. 6. A profane, one of'whose limbs is two inches shorter than the other, cannot be made a Mason. 7. The adoption by the M. W. Grand Lod~e of a Report of the Committee on Jurisprudence on the construe;tion of any Masomc law, has the full force and etrect of an edict of the Grand Lodge, and must be respected and obeyed until altered or repealed by the M. W. Grand Lodge,. . 8. An E. A. who has lost an eye after initiation can be advanced in Masonry. 9. A clear ballot is necessary to elect aM. M. to membership in a Lodge. 10. A M. M. is not obliged to join the Lod~e in whose jurisdiction he may reside, but can join any Lodge which sees proper to admIt hi~. 11. An appointed officer cannot resign or dimit during the term for which he was

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Why not? Saying he cannot is not a reason. The Worshipful Master of a Lodge may remove, at will, any officer appointed by him to any position, and fill the position by the appointment of another. The fact thus established is, that the office may be 'vacated. The appointee of the Master may vacate the same position by resignation, and then take hi!!dimit. We except to the force and effect of decision NO.2. The result of the law is to punish a Brother with death for the crime of larceny. He is indicted for a small offense, a summons issued and he "commanded to be and appear" at the trial. He does not attend. The decision says he must be "disciplined for disobeying a summons." Having prom.ised to "answer and obey" the mandate called a summons, a failu~e to do so renders the Brother li'able to exPulsion. Disobeying a ~mmons is a "mortal sin'~ in Masonry. Death is due. Disciplining for" disobeying a summons" means expulsion, or Masonic death. The decision simply amounts to punishing a Brother with an extreme penalty where the offense was minor for which he was summoned. " First discipline him for disobedience to a summons, then for non-payment of a few dollars." That is, kill him, Masonically, for something that was not in tlte indictment, and then imprison him for the fJriginal offense. This is the significance of the nile. Weprote.stnow, as we have in the past, and will forever, against a SUMMONS being issued against Brethren who are in arrears for a little money. It is an abuse oj the summoning power vested in the Worshipful Master. It un dignifies the autlwrity with which he is endowed, and brings it into disrepute, if not contempt, to be employing it on every little matter.

We knew a Master who habituaUy employed the summons, until the members were led to disregard his authority arid the dignity of his office. An election of officers was a splendid occasion to use this authority, and it was done. Brethren could not obey it on account of a winter storm. Charges were ordered against them for disobedience oj summons. The Grand Master interposed and said, that while the M-aster had the rigId to summons the members for cause, in this case there was no necessity for it, and he had abused his power. We find, in the Proceedings before us, this question: If any member shall absent himself from the Lodge for six months successively he shall be h1tmmoned to appear before the Lod~e at the next regular communication to show cause why he should not be suspended durmg the pleasure of the Lodg-e?

The Jurisprudence Committee decided against the by-law proposed in the question. 'l'he folly and injustice of such a by-law need not be exposed. But we see here the tendency of Lodges, and the proposed despotism in emplo)'ing the summ.oning power. Such a law would be an infamous and a stupendous outrage upon the rights of FREE Masons. The following question and answer we clip from the Report of the Jurisprudence Committee: What is the least number of Master Masons necessary to open a Master Masons' Lodge? , Your Committee is of opinion that anciently three Master Masons, one'being competent to preside, could open a Lodge, but in later days it has become essential to have a 'l'yler to guard the door at the opening of evcry Masonic Lodge. 'I'his answer was adopted by the Grand Lodge. We do not know what the law is among our West Virginia Brethren. But we ask: First, will they grant a charter to open a new Lodge to only three Master Masons, a Tyler added'! Second, where a Lodge is chartered with seven as the required number, or quorum, can it be legally opened with a less number? We maintain that when a Grand Lodge defines a specific number as necessary tQ obtain a charter, that no less number can open and hold Lodge meetings.

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The Grand Lodge now under consideration, ho.<; a law, like others, requiring members who are" suspended fot non-payment of dues: to petition for 1'estoratipn to membership, and to receive aJavorMle vote of two.-thiTds of the ballots." Of this unjust and cruel law the Grand Master speaks, saying it "works a great hard- . ship in many cases." Hear him: My attention has been caned, dUring the past year, to several cases where grievous wrong has been done to members, who unfortunately beca.me indebted to their Lodge to such amount as to subject them to discipline. After paying their dues, through some ill feeling on the part of a minl>rity of the members of the Lodge, they have been denied restoration to membership,- and no course pursued by them could 'obtain even an explanation from their Brethren why such was the case. If your Grand Body would refer this matter to a committee, possibly some way could be devised to remedy what now seems to be a wrong inflicted in many. instances on worthy Brethren. If any remedy was devised to remove this injustice and hardship, we failed to find it.

JOHN W. ARBUCKLE, Lewisburg, G. M. 0.Âˇ S. LONG, Wheeling, G. Sec.

WYOMING, 1879. The Fifth Annual Communication assembled in Laramie City, October 14th, 1879. M. W. James H. Hayford, G. M., presided; R. W. Wm. G. Tonn was G. Sec. This

juri~diction has

fi.ve Lodges, with a membership Of 339.

The Grand Master's Address was brief and pr~ctical. He reported their fraternal relations with sister Grand 'Lodges throughout the world as of the most amicable character. He, in the exercise of disciplinary power, had suspended the Master of Cheyenne Lodge, No.1, for grave offenses, and cited him to appear at the Grand Lodge to answer the charges. His action in the case was referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. Said Committee subsequently reported, that upon diligent and careful examination of the charges preferred in the case, they found them fully substantiated. The action of the Grand Master was sustained in suspending the accused. He haVing been summoned to appear before the Grand Lodge and answer the charges against him, but failing to obey said summons. They recommended his expulsion. The following minute records the result: Which report was, on motion, adopted by the Grand Lodge. and said Leverett Cooper Stephens declared guilty of the charges preferred against him and in contempt of the summOlls of this Grand Lodge, whereupon a ballot was ordered by the Grand Master on the punishment to be pronounced against said Stevens. the vote of the Grand Lodge being unauimous in favor of expulsion, said Leverett Cooper ~tevens was declared dUly expelled from all the rights, benefits and privileges of Masonry. The Grand Master gave utterance to extracts below:

~ome

timely sayings, from which we make'

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ATTRACTIVE MJ.;ETINGS WANTED.

The lodge-room is not as attractive to us as it once was. Every Master will be my witness how difficult it is to get the Brethren to turn out promptly to the communications. Those who have the good of the Fraternity and the honor of the Institution at heart, anxiously inquire" why is this so?" . The answer is given thus: We have, and very properly too, discarded the festive features. and the almost riotous hilarity, which constituted one of the main features of the Lodge assemblies of our Brethren of a century ago, and unfortunately, we havc not substitu'tcd some more moral, intellectual and rational means of enjoyment in its stead. Our rites and ceremonies however grand, impressive and sublime they may be, become monotonous and uninteresting. aftcr a time, especially to the great mass of the Fraternity, who do not see beneath into the hidden grandeur of our emblems and our moral teachings.

. One very good way would be to assign to some member of the Lodge, at each communication, one of the emblems upon the chart to think, study and write about, and at the next meeting to devote a half hour or more to hearing how much light, how much moral and Masonic instruction he and others could deduce from it. By the time the chart had been thus gone through with, you would all be surprised to find what wonderful pmgress you had made in Hecuring more light in MasonrY,ll.nd a general interest on the subject would be awakened. He would have Masonry respected by the outside world. We can only do this by driving out and keeping out all unworthy men. So long as irreligious libertines; so long as men who are in the constant habit of disregarding their obligations to God, their neighbors. and themsel ves; so long as men who are seen staggering about our streets in a state of beastly intoxication and engaging in disgraceful broils are permitted to come into our sacred circle o'r to remain in good standing in the Lodge. It may be doubted if there is a Lodge in this jurisdiction which has not members of whom the better element are ashamed; men whom they are annoyed to be seen marching with in a public procession; men whom thev would blush to escort to an honored Masonic grave and consign to the Masons' heaven. The black ball is not used enough, or at least not with enoug-h discrimination. It has been well said. that Masonry wa.." never designed to make bad men good, but only to make good men beltt~·. It is not a. source of regret or anxiety to me that our jurisdiction is so small in Lodgcs and membership. If it could come to be known that none but the very best of men could gain admission to our sacred circle, and that to be a Wyoming Mason was a passport to the respect and confidence of good men everywhere, we should ,occupy a pOSition which many older and larger Jurisdictions might well envy us.

There is another great source of annoyance to us, one which weighs us down like an incubus; it is the countless host of imposters, swindlers and Masonic dead beats that swarm upon the frontier. I would not ~y a word to dry up the great fountain of charity among l\lasons or any body else. Sickness, accident or misfortune may overtake the best of l\Iasons, and they may need, and be entitled to, the assistance of their Brethren. But the man who deliberately starts out to beat his way through the world. to travel and live at the expense of his Brethren, I care not how lawfully he was made a Mason, or if his standing is ever so good in his Lodge, he is the biggest imposter, the most contemptible swindler in the land. and should be so regarded and treated bv Masons everywhere. It is the duty of Lodges and Masons to discourage these imposters 'wherever found. To have Masonry respected, Masons must be respectable. Many of them are not. The following·was adopted:

Resolved, That whenever Entered Apprentices or Fellow Crafts negiect or refuse for a period of two years to pass an examination upon their proficiency, or to make a}'lplication to take the next degree. their names shall be dropped from the rolls, and report.." of such Lodge and such Entered Apprentice or Fellow Crafts, stricken from the roll, shall forfeit all moneys paid into the Lodge for any degrees they shall have received, and shall be refused advancement except upon a petItion in writing therefor, to be acted upon iu like manner as is a petition for initiation. •f

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Four pages were devoted, by Bro. Wm. G. Tonn, to the Work of Correspondence. He treated of the Grand Lodg'es of Indian Territory, Minnesota and Dakota, Manitoba, Egypt, Spain, New South Wales, and the much argued Scotland-Quebec question. . A sixteen-paged Oration was delivered by the Grand Orator, Rev. H. L. Myrick. JAMES H. HAYFORD, Laramie City, G. M·. WM. G. TONN, Evanston, G. Sec.

QUEBEC, 1879. The Tenth Annual Communication met in the city of Montreal, September 24th, 1879. "M. W. Bro. Melbourne M. Tait, G. M., on ~he throne."

"THRONE" is good. It is new. Wonder if Solomon, our first Most Excellent Grand Master, had his" throne" in the Holy Place, where he presided· in that Lodge at Jerusalem. . From the Report before us we find, that in the Quebec jurisdiction there are fift)'·nine Lodges working under warrants, with a membership of 2,753. Forty-nine Lodges were represented.

The Grand Master delivered a brief Address, which was referred to the" Board of General Purposes." It was not only a brief paper;-but confined almost entirely to local affairs, of a character interesting only to that jurisdiction. He recommended the revision of their Constitution. The claims of Cuba, Colon, New South Wales and Indian Territory, for recognition, were mentioned. Indian Territory and New' Mexico were subsequently recognized. Action in the other cases was postponed. Matters with Scotland and England were referred to, but no settlement of existing difficulties had been secured. The Grand Chaplain, Rev. John Scrimger, delivered a brief Oration, which was voted "very able and eloquent," with thanks of the Grand Lodge for it; and the Address was ordered to be published. The." Board of General Purposes" is surely a general Board, as it seems to have done all the business usually placed in the hands of different Committees. We believe this Grand Lodge has no Committees except the general" Board.." Certainly, there was no Committee on Correspondence, hence, there was no Report John H. Graham, LL. D., was chosen Grand Master, and John H. Isaacson, of Montreal, was re-elected Grand Secretary.

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OONCLUSION. We have reviewed Grand Lodge Proceedings as catalogued below:

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ALABAMA, 1879.

MONTANA,1880.

ARKANSAS, 1879.

NEBRASKA~ 1879,

CALIFORNIA, 1879.

NEVAD.A;, 1880.

CANADA, 1879.

NEW BRUNSWICK, 1880.

COLORADO, 1879.

NEW JERSEY, 1880.

CONNECTICUT,1880. DELA WARE, 1879.

NORTH CAROLINA, 1879.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1879.

NEW YORK, 1880.

NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1880.

FLORIDA, 1880.

NEW MEXICO, 1880.

IDAHO, 1879.

NOVA SCOTIA, 1879.

I1.LINOIS, 1879.

OHIO, 1879.

INDIANA, 1880.

PENNSYJ.VANJA,1879.

IOWA,1880.

RHODE ISLAND, ,1879.

INDIAN TERRITORY, 1879.

SOUTH CAROLINA, 1879.

KANSAS, 1879.

TENNESSEE, 1879.

KENTUCKY, 1879.

TEXAS, 1879.

LOUISIANA, 1879.

UTAH, 1879.

MASSACHUSETTS, 1879.

VERMONT, 1878-79.

MARYLAND, 1879.

VIRGINIA,1879.

MICHIGAN, 1880.

WEST VIRGINIA, 1879.

MINNF-SOTA, 1880.

WASHINGTON, 1879.

MISSISSIPPI, 1880.

WYOMING, 1879.

MANITOBA,1880.

QUEBEC, 1879.

We are sorrry not to have received Proceedings from all the Grand Lodges with which we are in fratern'al communication. The journals of the following are due, and we have delayed our Report awaiting their coming: BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1880.

OREGON, 1880.

DAKOTA, 1880.

WISCONSIN, 1880.

MAINE, 1880.

VERMONT, 1880.

NEBRASKA, 1880.

Georgia is not to be heard from this year, as that jurisdiction is testing the experiment of Biennial Sessions. We are compelled to close our Report without a notiee of the Proceedings above mentioned, and they must go ovcr to the next term. It is becoming common for Reviewers' to close their Reports with a lengthy" CON-

We are not prepared to adopt the custom. We have said all in the body of our Report that we deemed necessary 011 the Proceedings reviewed-any other subject would be foreign. C!,USION."

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In the preparation of our Report, we have been deprived of the usual pleasure enjoyed in this field of labor. Scarcely had we entered upon the work before us. in early spring, ere a dark cloud arose suddenly and overcast our sky, Death, unwel: . come to all, and always, came unannounced and darkened life and destroyed hope in an instant. The electric message flashed, like fire leaping from a cloud, and the blow fell crushingly upon us, as the telegram said, .. Your son was killed to-day in a railroad accident." Out of the depths into which this bereavement plunged us, we cried unto the God in whom we put our trust in the days of other years. Amid the wild turbulence of grief of that never-to-be-forgotten hour, we fully appreciated the consuming sorrow of the Royal Bard of Israel over the death of his loved Absalom. We know now what the heart-cry of the fatlfer meant as it wailed forth its unavailing grief, "0, my son!" 0, my own dear, noble boy. With this pain of heart and beclouded life, amid the weary moving days and months of a torrid season unparalleled, we have prosecuted our labors to their termination. We submit our work to the charitable consideration of our Brethren, at home and abroad, and commend ourselves to the tender mercy of our common and adorable Father.

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AN EXPLANATION. In our Report last year we were led into an error as to a decision of Grand Master Ready, rendered in 1878. While..reviewing the Wisconsin journal for 1879, we found a criticism by Bro. John W. Woodhull, on decision number ten of Bro. Ready. Bro. Woodhull said he "should seriously object to any such law" in his jurisdiction. He understood the decision to be that a majority of all the members of a Lodge must be Present at the election of officers in order to constitute a legal election. Not having noticed Bro. Ready's decision, we turned to and read it in the light of Bro. Woodhull's remarks. We were impressed with the belief that the decision was intended to require the attendance and presence of a 'TrUljority of the membcrs of a Lodge at an election to make it legal. We turned at once to the Report of our Committee on Jurisprudence and found that said committee had not noticed the decision. We then wrote our comm~ntÂˇ defending the law and our Grand Lodge from what we honestly thought was the decision of M. W. Bro. Ready. Our purpose was also to correct a wrong impression made upon the mind of Bro. Woodhull of Wisconsin. We were not aware of our misapprehension of the decision until Bro. Ready called attention to it after the Proceedings were published. We then saw our error, which was unintentional. It is not in us to purposely misrepresent any man living. We regret our misapprehension of the import of the aforesaid ruling. Upon its discovery, our purpose was formed to make the correction as extended and widespread as the error had gone. Hence this explanation. We would no more withhold the amende honorable than we would refrain from criticising such a ruling if it were adnaUy before us now. And we would attack such a decision by whomsoever rendered, belieVing, as we did of the one in question, that it was wrong. Its emanation from our own jurisdiction would afford no reason for overlooking it. The misapprehension as to the rule was as far from our thought as our purpose would be to do its author injustice. We make this correction in justice to a Past Grand Officer, as well as to ourself. JOHN D. VINCIL, G'rand Secretary.

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DISTRICT AND D. D. G. MASTE.RS. 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.

W. B. CARNEGY, D. D. G. M., CANTON.

County.

No.

Name oj Lodge.

Location.

Scotland (pop. 10.670)............... 16 Memphis do 41 Etna do ~ :. 378 Kilwinning

Memphis. Etna. Unionto'vn.

Lewis (pop. 15,114)........ do do do do do do

24 58 100 222 287 370 494

Wyaconda ·Monticello Canton Fanners Craft Williamstown Lewistown

La Grange. Monticello. Canton. LaBelle. Canton. Williamstown. Lewistown.

Clark (pop. 13,667) do do do do

]80 290 3]8 363 404

Des Moines Fairmount Eldorado Hiram Alexandria

Athens. Fairmount. Luray. Kahoka. Alexandria

:-,.

SECOND DISTRICT. SHEI~BINA.

E • .T. GOODRICH, D. D. G. M.,

Ilfarion (pop. 22,504).................. 18 Palmyra do 28 St. Johns do ~ 188 Hannibal. do 502 Philadelphia

l .....

Marion. Hannibal. Hannibal. Philadclphia.

....

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Second District 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 M:onroe Madison Woodlawn Granville Sante Fe

Ralls (pop. 10,510)..................... 33 Ralls do 235 Ionic do 302 Lick Creek do 307 New London Pike (pop. 33,076)..................... do do do :; do do do do ;....... do ..: do '"

17 75 92 136 137 239 399 192 495 499

Paris. Florida. .l\Hddle Grove. !I{onroe. !lfadison. Woodlawn. Granville. Sante Fe.

;

: ,

Clarksville Ashley Perseverance Phcenix Prairieville Spencersburg Pike Frankford Globe Paynesville

Center. Rensslaer. Perry. New London. Clarksville. .\shley. Louisiana. : Bowling Green. Prairieville. Spencersburg. Curryville. Frankford. Louisiana. Paynesville.

FOURTH DISTRICT. .TOHN N. POLLARD, D. D. G.

CHAIN OF ROCKS.

St. Charles (pop. 21,130)............ 46 Wentzville do 124 Dardenne do ; 241 Palestine do 260 Mechanicsville

Wentzville. O·Fallon. St. Charles. M:echanicsville.

Lincoln (pop. 14,037)................. 14 Auburn do 34 'froy do 199 New Hope do 270 New Salem do 428 Louisville do 473 Nineveh do 141 Chain of Rocks *

Aubum. Troy. New Hope. New Salem. Louisville. Nineveh. Chain of Rocks•

... Chartered October 14, 1880.

r·

M.,

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1880.] FOtt1路th District Continued.] County. Warren (pop. 9,673).................. do do

127

Name of Lodge. No. 11 Pauldingville 54 Douglas 路 231 Warrenton

Location. Wright City. Ma.rtha8ville. 'Varrenton.

FIFTH DISTRICT. JOHN F. TIBBETTS, D. D. G.

M.,

MONTGOMERY CITY.

Montgomery (pop. 10,405).......... 72 Danville do 178 Griswold do 246 1'Iontgomery City do 250 High Hill ~ do 261 Florence do 374 Golden Rule do 375 Plumb do 194 Wellsville do 492 Dagget

Danville. Price's Branch. Montgom'y City. 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 256 Ancient Landmark

Centralia. Rocheport. Columbia. Ashland. Sturgeon. Hallsville. Harrisburg.

Howard (pop. 17,233)................ 47 do 51 do 70 do 4

Fayette. Glasgow. Roanoke. New Franklin.

Fayette Livingston Roanoke Howard

SEVENTH DISTRICT. L. SILVEY, D. D. G. 'M., SALISBURY.

Randolph (pop. 15,908).............. 30 Huntsville do 44 .1acksonville do 151 IVIilton do 161 Clifton Hill do 186 Morality do ~ 344 Moberly do 486 Cairo do 108 Gothic Chariton (pop. 19,135)............... 73 Eureka do \.................. 74 Warren do 202 'Vestville do 394 Dagan

Huntsville. Tacksonville. 1\'1ilton. Clifton Hill. Renick. ;..Moberly. Cairo. Moberly. Brunswick. Keytesville. Westville. Melldon.

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Seventh District Continued.] County. No. Name of Lodge. Carroll (pop. 17,445).................. 52 Wakanda do 373 Mandeville do _ 417 Covenant.. do 249 Carroll do 39 DeWitt )

Location. Carrollton. Mandeville. Carrollton. Norborne. DeVtr'itt.

EIGHTH DISTRICT. WM. M. VANCLEVE, D. D. G. M" MACON CITY.

Knox: (pop. 10,974).................... 6 Ark do ~ 168 Colony ; do 181 Novelty do 291 Edina do 414 Greensburg

Newark. Colony. Novelty. Edina. Greensburg.

1>18.con ( pop. 23,230).................. 38 Callao do 102 Bloomington do 146 McGee do 237 La Plata do 268 Lodge of Truth do : 402 Gavel.. do 172 Censer do 498 Kascyville

Callao. Bloomington. Collegc l\found. La Plata. Atlanta. New Cambria. l'vIacon. Kaseyville.

Adair (pop. 11,449) do

319 Paulville 105 Kirksville

Paulville. Kirksville.

NINTH DISTRICT. .JOHN J. DILLINGER, D. D. G. M., OWASCO.

Schuyler (pop. 7,987) do : do do do do

259 379 380 427 244 378

Lodge of Love Coatesville Queen City Glenwood 1>fiddle Fabius Kilwinning

Sullivan (pop. 11,908) do do

126 Seaman 389 Arcana 447 Fairview

Putnam (pop. 11,217) do do

171 Hartford 190 Putnam 210 Unionville

Lancaster. Coatesville. Queen City: Glenwood. Downillg. Downing. Milan. ""intersville. Scottsville.

(

Hartford. Newtown. Unionville.

TENTH DISTRICT. GEO. H. HUBBELL, D. D. G. M"

Grundy (pop. 10,567) do ~ Mercer (pOJ). 1l,557)

111 Trenton 253 Lindley ~..... 35 Mercer

TRENTON.

Trenton. Lindley. Princeton.

~~ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~; ~~~:~:~::~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::i~~~:~::

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ELEVENTH DISTRICT. M. L. MILLEN, D. D. G. M., ALBANY. County.

Harrison do do do

(pop.14,G35)~..............

No. 97 257 328 128

Name of lAdge.

Gentry (pop. 11,607) do do do do do do do do

125 127 2.52 312 349

Worth (pop. 5.004) do do do

198 Allensvillc

377 332

21 109

lAcation.

Bethany Lodge of Light Cainsville Lorraine Gentryville Athens Alanthus Mt. Pleasant Loile Star Ancient Craft Ryland Havana Island City

Bethany. Eagle. Cainsville. Lorrairie. :

Gentryville. Albany. Alanthus Grove. Mt. Pleasant. Lone Star. King Cit)'. Berlin. Havana. Stanberry.

Allendale. Grant City. Denver. Defiance.

284 Lilly 321 Jonathan 88 Defiance

TWELFTH DISTRICT. GEO. F. ROGERS, D. D. G. M •• HAMU.TON.

Caldwell (pop. 11,390) do do do do

166 Mirabile' 224 Hamilton

Mirabile. Hamilton. Breckinridge. Kingston. Polo.

334 Breckinridge

118 Kingston 232 Polo

Daviess (pop. 13.419)................. 15 Western Star do 65 Pattonsburg do 201 Jamesport do 285 Earl do 488 Lock Spring do' 500 Jameson ; do 409 Civil Bend do 106 Gallatin

Emporia. Pattonsburg. Jamesport. Coffeysburg. Lock Spring. Jameson. Civil Bend. Gallatin.

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT. R. B. KICE, D. D. G. M., RICHMOND.

Ray (pop. 18,708)...................... 57 Richmond do 300 King Hiram do 322 Hardjn.~ do 238 l\fyrtle do 38-1 Harmony do : 393 Bee Hive do 444 Ada r

'''-;

~."';'

Richmond. Knoxville. Hardin. Millville. Vibbard. Lawson Station. Orrick.

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.!lppendix.

130 Thirteenth District Continued.] County. Clay (pop. 15,564)..................... do do do do : do do do

No. 31 49 193 207 289

311 438 13

Narne oj Lodge. Liberty .Haynesville Angerona Clay Acacia Kearney Temperance Rising Sun :

Location. Liberty. Holt. Mh;:souri City. Greenville Paradise P. O. Kearney. Smithville. Barry.

FOURTEENTH DISTRICT. . NATHANIEL H. WILMOT, D. D. G.

Buchanan (pop. 35,109) do do do :do do do do do do

M.,

10 Agency _.. 22. Wellington 78 St. Joseph .. : 101 Easton 150 Birming 189 Zeredatha 204 Rowley 238 Rushville 331 Charity 376 King Hill

ST. JOSEPH.

Agency. De Kalb. St. Joseph. Easton. Halleck. St. Joseph. Arnoldsville. Rushville. St. Joseph. St. Joe.

FIFTEENTH DISTRICT. MALCOLM M'KILLOP, D. D. G. M., ROCKPORT.

Atchison (pop. 8,440) do do do :

157 200 357 483

North Star Sonora Phelps.路 Irish Grove

Holt (pop. 11,652) do do do

139 214 294 371

Orcgon Forest City Mound City Craig ,

:..Rockport. Sonora. Phelps City. Irish Grove. Oregon. :Forest City. Mound City. Craig.

SIXrEENTH DISTRICT. A. C. STEW ART, D. D. G. M., ST. LOUIS.

St. Louis (pop. 500,000) do do do do do do do do do

~.........

1 2 3 9 20 25 40 45 79 80 121

Missouri.. l\'l:eridiall Beacon George V\'ashington St. Louis Naphtali. l\1t. Moriah Bonhoinme Polar Star Bridgeton Erwin

St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. Manchester. St. Louis. Bridgeton. St. Louis.

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SixUenth District Continued.] County.

No. 163 167 179 218 243 267 '281' 282 323

St. Louis ( pop. 500,000) do do do do do'

do do do do do do do do do do do

360 416 420 443 445

460 484 95

Name of Lodge. Occidental. Orient Francais Pride of the West.. Good Hope Keystone Aurora Fenton Cosmos Corner-Stone Tus('.an Cache ltaska Anchor "'est Gate Lamb-skin Kirkwood 1>leramec

Location. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. South St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. Fenton. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. South St. LouL'l. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. Kirkwood: Eureka.

SEVENTEENTH DISTRIC'r. J. W. PURVIS, D. D. G.

M.,

WASHINGTON.

Franklin (pop. 30,098).............. 27 Evergreen do : 173 Union '. do 251 Hope do : 363 Fraternal. do 69 Sullivan

New Haven. Union. Washington. Robertsville. Sullivan.

EIGHTEEN'l'H DISTRICT. ARAUNAH. PARKHURST, D. D. G. M., FARMINGTON.

Ste. Genevieve (pop. 8,384)

226 Saline

St. Mary's.

St. Francois (pop. 9,741) do do do

132 Farmington

Farmington. Libertyville. Bonne Terre. lron Mountain.

Madison (pop. 5,859)

110 Marcus

234 St. Francois 424 Samaritan 430 Iron Mountain

Fredericktown.

NINETEENTH DISTRICT. WM. B. WILSON, D. D. G. M., CAPE GIRARDEAU.

Cape Girardeau (JJOp. 17,[>58)..... 93 St. Mark's., do 103 VI'est View do : 221. Mystic Tie do 441 Excelsior do 191 Wilson

, ~

Cape Girardeau. lI1illersville. Oak Ridge. Jacksoll. Shawneetown.

PerIJ' (pop. 9,877)

457 Triple Tie

Brazeau.

Bollinger (pop. 8,162) do

298

Marble Hill 440 Trowel

Marble Hill. Lutesville.

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TWENTIETH DISTRICT. J. H. BETHUNE, D. D. G. M., CHARLESTON.

County.

No.

Name of Lodge.

Location.

Pemiscott (pop. 2,509)

461

Caruthersville

Caruthersville.

New Madrid (pop. 6,357) do

176

Mississippi (pop. 4,982) do

129 Charleston 330 Bertrand

Charleston. Bertrand.

Scott (pop. 7,317) do

306 Ashlar 310 Sikeston

Commerce. Sikeston.

Point Plea"'ant 429 New Madrid :

Point Pleasant. New Madrid.

TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT. VAN H. HARRISON, D. D. G. M., CLARKTON.

Dunklin (pop. 5,982) do do

;

Stoddard (pop. 8,535) do

130 West Prairie 212 Four :Mile 215 Hornersville

Clarkton. Four Mile. Cotton Plant.

153 Bloomfield 489 Lakeville

Bloomfield. Lakeville.

TWENTY- SECOND DIS'rRICT. THOS. M. LANE, D. D. G. M., POPLAR BLUFF.

Butler (pop. 4,208)

209 .Poplar Bluff

Carter (pop. 1,455)......

.. .

Ripley (pop. 3,754) do

~04

Wayne (pop. 6,OG8) do

158 Johnson 449 Piedmont

Reynolds (pop. 3,756)

455 Barnesville

Faithful.. 369 Composite

Poplar Bluff.

Little Black. Doniphan. ~

Greenville. Piedmont. Logan's Creek.

TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT. .T. F. BENNETT, D. D. G. M' I CALEDONIA.

Washington (pop. 11,719) do do

12 Tyro 143 Irondale

Caledonia. Potosi. Irondale.

Iron (pop. 6,278) do

133 Star of the West.. 351 1>1osaic

Ironton. Bellevie'v.

131 Potosi.

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133

TWENTY-FOU RTH DISTRICT. D. M. CAUGHELL, D. 路D. G. M., CHAMOIS.

County. Gasconade (pop. 10,093); do

123 Hermann 37 C~dar

No.

Osage (pop.l0,793) do

66 Linn 1&5 Chamois

:r.faries (pop. 5,915)

Name of Lodge.

Location. Hermann. Burbois.

Linn. Chamois.

Vienna

Vienna.

TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT. ;T.

M. ORCHARD, D. D. G. M., SALEM.

Crawford (pop. 9,982)................ 77 Lebanon

Steelville.

Phelps (pop. 10,507) do do d6 Dent (pop. 6,357)

St. James. Arllngton.路 Rolla. Edgar Springs. Salcm.

230 St. James 346 Arlington 213 Rolla 347 Spring Creek 22,')

Salem

TWENTY- SIXTH DISTRICT . .JOHN E. BARNES, D. D. G. M., LICKING.

Shannon (pop. 2,339)

Oregon (pop. 3,287) do

255

Alton 387 Woodside

Texas (pop. 9,618) do do do

177 395 469 116

Howell (pop. 4,218)

327 Mt. Zion

Alton. Thomasvilie.

Texas Latimer Plato Barnes

Houston. Licking. Plato. Gravel Point. :

West Plains.

TWENTY- SEVENTH DISTRICT. \

- - - - - - - - - - - - D. D. G. M., .JEFFERSON CITY.

Cole (pop. 10.292) do Miller (POP. 6.616) do do do

43 Jefferson 211 Hickory Hill

Jefferson City. Hickory Hill.

134 Pleasant Mount.. 410 Iberia

Pleasant Mount. Iberia. Tuscumbia. Brumley.

437 'l'uscumbia 203 Brumley

* Chartered October 14, 1880.

134'

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Appendix. TWENTY':EIGHTH DISTRICT. JOHN W. FARRIS, D. D. G. 1\1., LEBANON.

C6uflty. Pulaski (pop.4,714)

No. Name of Lodge. 382 Richland

Location. Richland.

Camden (pop. 6,108) do

152 Linn Creek 433 Mack's Creek

Linn Creek. Mack's Creek.

Laclede (pop. 9,380) do do

83 Laclede 401 Centre 423 Newburg

: 路

Lebanon. Lebanon. Newburg.

TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT. J. W. ROBERTSON, D. D. G. M., OZARK.

Taney (pop. 4,406) do Christian (pop, 6,707) do

453 Forsyth 159 Mendota

Forsyth. Protem.

352 Friend U. D. Billings*

Ozark. Billings.

THIRTIETH DISTRICT. CRAS. F. LEAVITT, D. D. G. M., SPRINGFIEI.D.

Webster (pop. 10,434)................ 98 Webster do 459 Hazelwood do 439 Mt. Olive do 477 Henderson

Marshfield. Waldo. Wcbster. Hcnderson.

Wright (pop. 5,864)

411 Joppa

Hartville..

Greene (pop. 21,549) do do .: do do do do do do

145 271 297 341 422 435 5 7 497

Ebenezer. Springfield. Fair Grove. Brookline. N. Springfield. Cave Spring. Springfield. Walnut Grove. Strafford.

Rising Star Solomon Ozark Relief Gate of the Temple St. Nicholas United O'Sullivan Strafford

THIRTY-FIRST DISTRICrr. J. M. RITCHEY, D. D. G.

McDonald (pop. 5,226) do do :

M.,

NEWTONIA.

148 yancy 358 Comfort 115 Border

* New Dispensation granted by the Grand Master October 23, 1880.

Pineville. Bocky Comfort. south West City.

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1880.] ThirtY-first District Continued.] County.

No.

Newton (pop. 12,821) do do do

175 216 247 478

Name oj Lodge.

Newton Granby Neosho Racine

;

Location.

Newtonia. Granby. Neosho. Racine.

THIRTY路 SECOND DISTRICT. E. P. LINZEE, D. D. G. M., MT. VERNON.

Lawrence (pop. 13,067) do do do do do

269 390 400 452 468 99

Barry ( pop. 10,373) do

367 Barry 383 Pythagoras

Stone (pop. 3,253)

Rock Prairie Marionville Decatur Verona Red Oak Mt. Vernon

Ash Grove. l\farionville. Peirce City. Verona. Gray's Point. Mt. Vernon. ~rashburn.

Cassville.

THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT. SEYMOUR HOYT, D. D. G. M., GREENFIELD.

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 (pop. 8,683) do do

87 WashingLon 446 Greenfield 458 Melville

Greenfield. Greenfleld. Dadeville.

Barton (pop. 5,087) do

292 Lamar 475 Golden

Lamar. Golden City.

THIRTY-FOURTH DISTRICT. J. D. ABBEE, D. D. G. M., BOLIVAR. Hickory (pop. 6,452) do

279 Hogle's Creek 288 Hermitage

Quincy. Hermitage.

Polk (pop. 12,445) do do do do

144 160 195 431 467

Humansville. Morrisville. Bolivar. Half Wa.y. Pleasant Hope.

Dallas (pop. 8,383) do do

300 Doric 361 Riddick 396 Western Light

Modern : Plea.aant Bolivar Cement Pleasant Hope

Forkner's Hill. Buffalo. Louisburg.

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Appendix.

Thirty-jourth District Continued.] County. No. Name of Lodge. Cedar (pop. 9,474)•...•••••...........• 283 Stockton do 286 Hesperian do ~ 359 Garrett. do 482 Clintonville

Location. Stockton. Virgil City. White Hare. Clintonville.

THIRTY-FIFTH DISTRICT. J. G. MIDDLECOFF, D. D. G. M., CLINTON.

Henry (pop. 17,401) do do : do do do do

29 68 184 343 408

Windsor Tebo Calhoun Agricola Montrose 426 Leesville 481 Clinton

St. Clair (pop. 6,742) do do do do

273 342 403 419 412

Windsor. Clinton. Calhoun. Norris Fork. Montrose. Leesville. Clinton.

St. Clair Circle Lowry City Star Appleton City

Osceola. Roscoe. Lowry City. :raberville. Appleton City.

THIRTY-SIXTH DISTRIUT. W. H. STANBERRY, D. D. G. M., HARRISONVILLE. (pap. 19,296)

Cll.5S

do do do do do do do do do

. 147 276 372 386 405 219 450 480 348

Cass Grand River Nonpareil. Dayton Meridian Sun Everett Belton Jewell Wadcsburg*

Harrisonville. Freeman. East Lynne. Dayton. Austin. Everett. Belton. Pleasant Hill. Wadesburg.

THIRTY,:SEVENTH DISTRICT. VE~SAILLES.

P.G. WOODS, D. D. G. M.,

Benton (pop. 11,322) do ;do Morgan (1mp. 8,434) do do

365 Warsaw 418 Clear Creek

Warsaw. Fort Lyon. Lincoln.

454 Benton 381 Ionia 421 Euclid 117 Versailles

* Chartered October 14, 1880.

Barnettsville. Versailles. Versailles.

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Appendix. THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. W. M. WILLIAMS, D. D. G. M' I BOONVIL·LE.

County. • Cooper (pop. 20,692).................. do , do da :

No. 36 142 456 277

Pettis (pop. 18,796) do do do do

. 236 Sedalia 272 Granite 340 Amity : 84 Potter

Sedalia. Sedalia. Smithton. Longwood.

Moniteau (pop.11,335) do do

56 Tipton 183 California 295 Moniteau

Tipton. California. Jamestown.

Name oj Lodge. Cooper Pleasant Grove Wallace ; Wm. D. Muir

Location. Boonville. Otterville. Bunceton. Pilot Grove.

THIRTY-NINTH DISTRICT. ROBERT HALE, D. D. G. M., LEXINGTON. Lafayette (pop. 23,623)............... 61 Waverly do 122 Dover do 149 Lexington do 320 Chapel Hill .. ~ do 464 Aullvillc do 476 Mount Hope do 32 l,afayette do 348 Higginsville * Saline (pop. 21,682) do 'do do ..7 do do -do do

55 63 85 205 217 275 337 487

Waverly. Dover. Lexington. - Chapel Hill. Aullville. Moullt Hope. Lexington. Hig/{insville.

Arrow Rock Cambridge Miami Trilumina Barbee Tranquility Malta Herndon n

Arrow Rock. Cambridge. Miami. Marshall. Brownsville. Centreville. Malta Bend, Herndon.

FORTIETH DISTRICT. A. M. CROW, D. D. G. M., KANSAS CITY. Jackson (pop. - - ) do do do do do do

* Chartered October 14, 1830. G. L.-.A.P. 10.

76 104 107 220 316 2(.l9 263

Independence Heroine Golden Square !{ansas City : Rural. Teulple Summit

lndependence. Kansas City. West Port. Kansas City. Kansas City. KaJl~ City. Lee's SUlumit.

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Appendix.

FMtieth District Continued.] County. Jackson (pop. - - ) do do do

No. 324 391 392 501

Name of Lodge. McDonald ~ Raytown Christian Buckner

Location. Independence. Raytown. Pink Hill. Buckner.

FORTY-FIRST DISTRICT. .JOHN T. RUFFIN, D. D. G. M., CARTHAGE.

Jasper (pop. 4,929) do do do do do do

197 278 293 335 345 398 471

Carthage Avilla Sarcoxie Medoc Fellowship Jasper Mineral

Carthage. Avilla. 路.Sarcoxie. ~.East Joplin. Joplin. Midway. Oronogo.

FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT. RICHARD W. M'MULLIN, D. D. G. M., HILLSBORO.

Jefferson (pop. 15,380) do do

119 De Soto 164 Joachim 256 Shekinah

De Soto. Hillsboro. Hanover.

FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT. PETER GODFREY, D.D.G.M., FULTON.

Calla.way (pop. 19,2(2)............... do do do do do do do do

8 48 60 81 1[>4 242 314 425 187

Williamsburg Fulton New Bloomfield Hickory Grove Concord Portland St. Aubert Cedar City 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. M., 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 Kingsville Centre View Warrensburg Cold Spring

Columbus. Knob Noster. Holden. Fayetteville. Wa.rrensburg. Chilhowee. Kingsville. Centre View. Warrcnsburg. Henrietta.

139

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FORTY-FIFTH DISTRICT. A.;T. SATTERLEE, D. D. G. M., CRESCENT HILL.

County.

• No.

Bates (pop. 15,960) do do do : do , do

140 254 315 350 368 326

Name of Lodge. Papinville Butler Altona Tyrian Crescent Hill New Home

Location. :

Papinville. Butler. Altona. Johnstown. Crescent Hill. New Home.

FORTY-SIXTH DISTRICT. REUBEN BARNEY, D. D. G. M., CHILLICOTHE. Livingston (pop. 16,731)............ 89 Friendship do 170 Benevolence do ;. 333 Chillicothe do 385 Alexander do 388 Farmersville do 434 Wheeling do 407 Royal do 155 Sprin~ Hill.

Chillicothe. Utica. Chilllcothe. Bedford. Farmersville. Wheeling. Mooresville. Spring Hill.

Linn (pop. 15,9(0)..................... 82 Jackson do 86 Brookfield do 90 King#Solomon do 227 Cypress do 233 Bucklin do 325 Dockery do : U.D. New Boston

Linneus. Brookfield. St. Catherine. Laclecte. Bucklin. Bottsville. New Boston.

FORTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT. L. A. BARITEAU, D. D. G.

M~,

Nodaway (pop. 14,751) do do do do do do do do •..

112 165 196 301 329 470 472 474 50

Graham Maryville Quitman White Hall Kennedy Nodaway Pickering Guilford Xenia

Andrew (pop. 15,137) do : do do do do ,

71 138 162 248 353 413

Savannah Lincoln "'hitesville Rochester Ben. Franklin Valley

MARYVILLE. ~

Graham. Maryville. Quitlnan. Barnard. Lamar Station. Maryville. Pickering. Guilford. Hopkins. Savannah. Fillmore. Whitesville. Rochester. Savannah. Bolcko'v.

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FORTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. SAMUEL M. EDWARDS, D. D. G. M., MEXICO. CQ1.Lnty. No. Name of Lodge. Audrain (pop. 12,307)............... 26 Mexico .:. do 266 Social. do 354 Hebron do 491 Vandalia do U.D. Young's Creek

;

Location. Mexico. • M:artinsburg. Mexico. Vandalia. YouIig·s Creek.

FORTY-NINTH DISTRICT. MILTON HELWIG, D. D. G. M., CAMERON.

De Kalb (pop. 9.853) do do

182 Sf.ewartsville 317 .Osborn 308 Parrott

Clinton (pop. 14.663).................. 62 Vincil do 113 Plattsburgh dl:> 397 Go,ver do 296 Cameron

Stewartsville. Osborn. Maysville. Cameron. Plattl;burgh. Gower. Cameron.

FIFTIETH DISTRICT. THOMPSON A. GIJ,BERT, D. D. G. M., WESTON.

Platte (pop. 17.352).................... 13 Rising Sun do 53 Weston do 120 Compass do 169 Camden Point do : 339 Fidelity do 355 Adelphi

Barry. Weston. :Parkvilie. Camden Point. Farley. Union Mills.

FIFTY-FIRST DISTRICT. R. P. ELLISON, D. D. G. M., GAINESVILLE.

Douglas (pop. 3,915 ) Ozark (pop. 3,636)

. ;

496 Robert Burns

Gainesville.

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141

DISTRICT LECTURERS FOR 1880-81. Dist. No.

I>i8t. No.

1. ELIAs SCHOFIELD, Memphis. 2.,---

3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.

H. B. BUTTS. Louisiana. JOHN N. POLLARD, Chain of Rocks.

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W. W. GARTH, Columbia. LEDUE SILVEY, Salisbury. DAVID BAIRD, Kirksville. JOHN J. DILLINGER, Owasco.

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R. B. KICE, Richmond. JOHN BONHAM, St. Joseph. MALCOUI McKILI_OP, Rockport. STEPHEN B. POTTER, St. Loui~.

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-----WM. B. WIl,sON, Cape Giradeau JAMES H. BETHUNE, Charleston. V AN H. HARRISON, Clarkton.

----------D. M. CAUGHELL, Chamois. J. M. ORCHARD, Salem. JOHN E. BARNES, Licking.

27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46.

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JOHN W. FARRIS, Lebanon.

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J. M. RITCHY, Newtonia. E. P. LINZEE, Mt. Vernon. SEYMOUR HOYT, Greenfield. JOHN D. Abbe, Bolivar.

-----WilL H. STANSBURY, Harrisonville. P. G. WOOD, Versailles. WilL M. WILLIA~IS, Boonville. ROBERT HALE, LeXington.

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JOHN T. RUFFIN, Carthage. Tuos. H. McMULLIN, Hillsboro. PETER GODFREY, Fulton. GEO. R. HUNT, Warrensburg. A. J. SATTERLEE, Crescent Hill. REUBEN BARNEY, Chillicothe. 47. L. A. BARITEAU, Maryville. 48. J. A. POTEET, Mexico. 49. MILTON HELWIG, Cameron. 50. 51.

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NOTE.-Vacancies in this list will be filled lIS rapidly as possible, and Lodges notified. ALLAN McDOWELL, Grand Lecturer.

Appendix.

142

[Oct.

REPRESENTATIVES. APPOINTED NEAR OTHER GR.AND LODGES BY THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI.

State.

Alabama Arkansas British Columbia Canada Connecticut Chili Colorado California Delaware : District of Columbia Dakota Egypt England Florida Georgia Iowa Illinois Idaho Indiana : Ireland Kentucky Kansas Louisiana Maine Minnesota Michigan .: Mississippi Massachusetts Maryland MOntana Manitoba New Brlinswick New York Ne,v Hampshire Nova Scotia Nevada Nebraska Ohio Oregon

Name.

;

路

Daniel Sayre E. H. English Robt. Burns McMicking James K. Kerr George Lee Jose Mondalodo Ed. C. Pannelee Alexander G. Abell. William S. Hayes Wm. R. Singleton Thomas H. Brown F. F. Oddi : Braxton Baker De Witt C. Dawkins J. Emmett Blackshear Theodore S. Parvin Jerome R. Gorin Jonas W. Brown 'Villiam IIacker Edward Linahan : John M. Todd :M:. S. Adams John A. Stevenson Ira Berry Henry L. Carver J. C. Coffinbury Charles T. Murphy John K. Hall John S. Berry H. L. Hosmer J ames :r.:lunroe '\\'m. F. Bunting J. Edward Simmons Chas. G. Conner Robt. D. Clark Jobn D. Hammond J. N. Wise A. M. Ross J ohn :McCracken

Post Ojfice.

Montgomery. Llttle Rock. Victoria. Toronto. New Haven. Valparaiso. Georgetown. :San Francisco. Wilmington. Washington. Sioux Falls. Cairo. London. Monticello. Macon. Iowa City. Decatur. Idabo City. Sbelbyville. Dublin. Louisville. Leavenworth. New Orleans. Portland. St. Paul. Kalamazoo. Durant. Boston. Raltimore. Virginia City. Winnepeg. Saint John. New York City. Exeter. Halifax. Carson. Plattsmoutb. Cincinnati. Portland.

1880.]

143

.Appendix. I

State. Pennsylvania Quebec Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Wyoming Territory Washington Territory West Virginia : Wisconsin

Name. Thomas Brown John H. Graham Charles D. Green Charles Inglesby John Frizzell George H. Bringhurst Frank Tilford Henry Clark William B. lsaacs Edgar P. Snow Thomas M.'Rced William J. Bates, Sr Henfy, L. Palmer

: ~

Post OjJice. Philadelphia. Richmond. Providence. Charleston. Nashville. Houston.â&#x20AC;˘ Salt Lake City. Rutland. Richmond. Cheyenne. Olympia. Wheeling. Milwaukee.

â&#x20AC;˘

.Appendix.

144

•

[Oct.

REPRESENTATIVES. APPOINTED BY OTHER GRAND LODGES NEAR THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI.

State. Alabama Arkansas British Colunibia California Connecticut Canada Colorado Dakota Delaware District of Columbia Egypt Florida , Georgia IdahO: Iowa . Illinois Ireland ; Indiana Kentucky , Kansas ; Louisiana Maine Minnesota , Manitoba New Hampsbire New York New Jersey North Carolina Ncbraska Nevada Ohio Scotland Tennessee Utah Texas , Wyoming Territory Wisconsin West Virginia Washington Territory

Name. James E. Cadle James H. Bethune Allan McDowell John E. Ryland John D. Vincil. Xenophon Ryland Wm. N. Loker Joscpb S. Browne , Jobn D. Vincil Noah M. Givan John W. Luke ~ Edward Spencer: John W. Luke John R. Parson John D. Vincil :Martin Collins John Luke Thomas C. Ready William E. Robinson Thomas E. Garrett Thomas E. Garrett Xenophon Ryland Samuel H. Saunders

"T.

;Alex. M. Dockery John W. Luke Cbarles F. Leavitt.. B. O. Austin Charles F. Vogel. John W. Luke John D: Vincil Thomas E. Garrett William A. Prall William B. Drescher Allan :McDowell Samuel H. Owens Rufus E. Anderson William E. Wbiting Jobn D. Vincil

Post Office. Chillicothe. Charleston. :.Greenfield. : Lexington. St. Louis. Lexington. St. Louis. St. Joseph. St. Louis. Harrisonville. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. · St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. Lexington. Otterville. .. Gallatin. St. Louis. Springfield. New Bloomfield. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. Hannibal. Greenfield. California. Hannibal. Kansas City. St. Louis.

145

.Appendix.

1880.]

GRAND LODGES-ADDRESS OF GRA:ND SECRETARIES. Name.

State. Alabama Arkansas California Colorado COnnecticut Delaware District of Columbia Dakota Florida : Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Indian Territory Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Massachusetts Maryland Michigan Minnesota Mississippi.. :Montana.~

Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Ore~on

Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia

;·

Daniel Sayre.: Luke E. Barber Alexander G. Abell. Edward C. Parmelee Joseph K. Wheeler \Villiam S. Hayes William R. Singleton Cha.rles T. McCoy De V,'itt C. Dawkins J. Emmet Blackshear Charles Himrod John F. Burrill. William H. Smythe Thcodore S. Parvin W. A. McBride John H. Brown Hiram Bassett.. James C. Bachelor, M. D Ira Berry Tracy P. Cheever Jacob H. l\lledairy \Villiam P. Innes A. T. C. Pearson John L. Power Cornelius Hedges V,'illlam R. Bowen John D. Hammond George P. Cleaves Joseph H. Hough James M. Austin, M. D Donald W. Bain John D. Caldwell J. \V. Pratt John Thompson Edwin Baker Charles Inglesb)T John Frizzell George H. Bringhur5t Christopher Diehl.. William H. Root William B. Isaacs :

Address. Montgomery. Little Rock. San Francisco. Georgetown. Hartford. V,'ilmington. Washington. Bon Homme. .Jacksonville. l\Iacon. Boise City. Springfield. Indianapolis. lowa City. A-to-ka, C. N. Wyandotte. Louisville. New Orleans. Portland. Boston. Baltimore. Grand Rapids. St. PauL .Jackson. Helena. Omaha. Cal'8on. Concord. Trenton. New York. Raleigh. Cincinnati. Portland. Philadelphia. Providence. Cbarleston. Nashville. . Houston. Salt Lake City. Burlington. Richmond.

~:~~i~~~i~·.·::::::.:::·:::::::::::::::.~~~~~n~:.~~~~::::::::::::·.·.::::·.:·.·.·.:·.:::·.::·.·.·.~~~:s~ri.

Wisconsin

John W. Woodhull

Milwaukee.

146·

State. Name. Wyoming........•..•••...•...............'Villiam G. Tonn British Columbia Edgar Crow Baker Canada J. J. Mason Chili.. Jose Mondalodo England J ohn Hervey }<~gypt F. F. Oddi.. Ireland Viscount Bernard Manitoba. John II. Bell.. New Brunswick William F. Bunting Nova Scotia Benjamin Curren Prince Edward Island B. Wilson Higgs Quebec John II; Isaacson Scotla.nd : D. Murray Lyon

[Oct.

Appendix.

Address. Evanston. Victoria. Hamilton, Onto Valparaiso. London. Cairo. Dublin. Winnepeg. St. John. Halifll.x. Charlottetown. ' Montreal. Edinburg.

1880.J

.Appendix.

147

SUSPENSIONS FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES.

REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, SEPTEMBER 1, 1880.

No. of

Lodge.

.,' 2.

Ndme of Party.

C. A. Pollaek, Jas. Sanders, Jas. N. Douglass, John Lord, Jas. O. Alter, David Black, C. C. Gibson, Louis Turner, Wm. R. Boggs, A. G. Gibson, John Leak, H. S. Roebuck, H. H. Bodemann, F. Hafkemeyer, F. W. Plass, J. C. Kessler, Henry Hess. J. W. Lisenby, T. E. Mason, G. B. Ramsey, P. G. Strickland, W. G. Porter, J. C. Cravens, W. C. Hornbeak, Peter Burns, J. A. Ahern, S. O. Bacon, - - Cardwell, B. B. Edmonson, S. H. Linley, A. M. Johnson, A. W. Moore, W. R. Neal, S. S. Savage, C. W. Cassler, W. W. Eheninger,

No. of

Lqdge. 9.

10. 13.

19.

20.

Name of Party.

E. W.Fox, Wm. Freudenau, H. K. Hazlett, A. P. Johnson, . M. Cott, Geo. P. Jackson, J. W. Scott, T. D. Griffin, R. M. Johnson, J. N. Conn, Wm. Gallaher, J. Y. Levengard, James Post, Geo. M. Smith, W. B. Watson, W. F. Dietrich, Lewis Tracy, Geo. W. Bauman, P. S.Lewis, Chas. E. Candee, S. D. Farris, J. R. Harnell, J. W. Parrish, J. T. Walker, W. H. H. Crow, W. F. Huffnagle, Joe M. Moss, T. W. Smith, B. F. Tomlinson, Elijah Threlkeld, Jas. S. Wright, James WilBon, Wm. Brunebend, J. F. Evens, Newman Erb, Julius Lowensteine,

148 No. oj

Lodge. 20.

22.

25.

27. J

28. 30.

31.

32.

34. 36. 37. 38. 40.

43.

.Appendix. Name oj Party.

Wm. Page, Philip Reiss, A. R. Williams, D. Dicken, A. B. Fristoe, J. P. Pettigrew, Thos. T. Ackerman, W. B. Hewitt, John T. Hesser, R. M. Floyd, Wm. N.Belt, F. Boedecker, C. W.Buck, Edward Gray, L. H. Walters, Ben. White, H. L. C. Meyer, G. Schurkamp, G. H. Woodworth, John A. Jackson, Wm. A. Wilson, R. O'Bryan, J. M. Burton, Chas. W.Gray, Hugh Murphy, A. W. Scott, E. H. Hamilton, T. W. Jeffries, M. Mitchell, W. H. Mitchell, J. F. McCormack, W. H. Woodson, Thos. Alford, Jos. R. Allen, Chas. C. Carroll, Jas. T. Clayton, Wm.B. Hale, Wm.Hixon, 1<'. D. Smith, Henry J. Bunn, S. J. Grashony, John Boehm, D. J. Muir, L. W. Terry, J. M. Pendleton, Prestpn Boston, P. H. Cronin, C. S. Hennstreet, S. B. Stannard, N. C. Burch, W. H. Conn, A. Hartman, A. A. Mahan,

No. oj

Lodge.

43. 44. 46.

47. 48.

49.

50.

52.

53. 58.

60. 63. 66.

[Oct. Name oj Party.

J. C. Wills, S. Drinkard, A. G. Anderson, Ben. E. Ball, Wm. G. Ritchie, Jr., M. A. Craighead, F. S. Poston, Wm. T. Ficklin, Fred. Sheets, â&#x20AC;˘ W. C. Barrett, J. L.'Clark, Aaron Charles, J. C. Devens, J. W. Evans, J. V. B. Flock, James Hlllene, D. H. Martet, R. J. McKnight, V. McKaughan, T. Patton, Irvine Rhodes, S. Scantline, D. P. Watts, N. Goslee, J. Hunt, S. A. Moorehouse, W. Z. Darr, H. B. Jenkins, Wm. P. Levan, James Mitchell, W. R. Sheehan, Geo. W. Williams, Lewis Calvert, W. A. Newman, F. A. Agee, W. D. Briscoe, J. H. Boston, T. H. Harlin, L. Humphrey, J. D. McCann, J. B. Marchant, J. M. Miller, J. G. Wallace, James B. Morely, A. J. Zumwalt, Jesse VanWinkle, Isaac Perkins, Geo. W. Evans, Wm. A. McDaniel, Benj. Goodman, John Anderson, J.C. Evans, H. Heibrader,

No. of Lodge.

66.

67.

68.

74.

77.

78.

79.

149

.Appendix.

1880.] .

No. of

Name of Party.

Geo. McGee, Aug. Rainey, John P. Scott, J:as. M. Anderson, D. B. Griffith, Jas. Y. Potts, H. Eckerman, M. N. llurckhartt, M. M. Bayse, Wm. H. Rutlage, E. VanWinkle, B. G. Boone, D. H. Pierson, H. P. Good, F. M. Gooff, John T. Kirk, Sam'l Jones, M. J. F. Leonard, J.W.Kirl, J. W. Miller, T. W. Bounds,. Jas. Gilliam, Jr. S. E. Lay, Jr., John P. Williams, G. Cottrell, H. C. Hudnall, Thos. Dougherty, James Gilliam, Thos. B. Taylor, Thos. Bass, J. J. Culp, W. H. Halbert, L. W. Powell, Geo. W. Sanders, Lemuel Self, A. H. Trask, Paris E. Wood, T. J. Davis, R. A. Pritchard, F. A.Scott, W. J. Robinson, R. J. S. Wise, H.D.Fox, D. H. Kerr, B. F. McBain, D. Kinnamon, H.Schmidt, F. R. Hanna, S. M. Brown, August Buetelle, John Caldwell, H. B. Carroll, A. L. LacrOix,

Lodge.

80.

81.

82.

85. 86.

87.

89.

92.

96. 102. 103. 104. 105.

Name of Party.

Wm. D. Sappington, John M. Myers. W. M. Music, Chas. M. Forbes, W. ~. Norris, B. B~rry, Peter Bond, R. J.Clark, Jas. West, G. W. Easley, . J. A. Pratt, J. N. Rulon, G. J. Sidils, J. Cundiff, Isaac Myers, C. E. Blossom, J. W. Charles, C. W. Freeman, Ed. Hoyle, W. H. Metcalf, D. M. McAnninck, Fred. Armsby, W.H. Peers, L. K. Spafford, W. O. Torry, J. W. Bell, J. H. Buchanan, T. M. Bryant, A. A. Hayes, W. T. Hastings, W. H. Japes, II. C. Mead, Isaac Preston, J. D. Parkinson, Wm.C. West, G. W. Williams, H. G. West, J. M. Abshire, T. S. Broaddus, A.S. Cloud, D. M. Marlow, James Bounton, John D. Guiley, Wm. P. Harshe, J. W. Chick, Henderson McCully, David Hartle, E. F. Rogers, Wm. Fickle, G. W. Sharp, J. J. Brasfield, L.. Baum, 1 T. C. Harr1'>,

.150 No. of

Lodge.

Appendix. Name

0' O:f

Party.

J. Nagley7 A..J. Knight, 113. John D. Brown, Wm. Evans, W. F.Williamson, 119. Adam Fisher, John Kearne, -H. LaMay, David Hall, 133. Giles Russell, J. F. T. Edwards, W. N. Gregory, Wm.Tong, G. W. Farrar, J. A. Greason, L. Ashlock, A. D. Williams, Wm.Ake, A. A. Deguire, . W.J. Polk, G. O. Berryman, T. N. Berryman, C. C. M. Hiltebrand, 135. J. P. Henshaw, 138. Henry M. Ogle, J. H. Owsley, Andrew Jac]Q;on, B. W. Benight, A. W. GHlespie, 143. J. R. Davis. R. P. Mitchell, 145. T. D. Murry, G. White, 146. James Burton, Joseph Hodge, John W. Jones, J. S. Singleton, 147. J. H. Briscoe, Adam Camp, P. D. Caudle, A. C. Houchin, J. F. Hufford, W. J. Houston, E. M. Keith, . W. B. Kennedy, H. K,'Miller, Henry Hoye, A. W. Byram, L. B. Payne, J. H. Wilborn, S. H. Wills, Z. T. Hayden, Harry Clements, 105.

No.,of

Lodge.

149.

[Oct. 0

Name of Party.

Fred. C. Mehl, 路Z. T. Mitchell, Alfred Boothmen, Edgar A. Dulin, Thos. T. Hill, H: L. Barksdale, John S. Darrs, Thos. Riley, R. S. Anderson, Lemuel Watson, 151. E. M. Holloway, J. G. Burton, A. J. Amrick, B. F. Huntsman, Geo. Huntsman, John Huntsman, J. E. Harrison, O. M. Harrison, N Fifer. Wm. Moberly, John Anderson, W. C. Brown, H. M. Calkin, J. O. Morrison, J. M. Russell, 154. B. F. Brothers, R. M. Barnes, O. McCrackin, 155. Henry T. Leeper, 157. B. Julien, J. T. Everett, R. Gaede, J. W: Golden, J. B. Gray, Green Johnson, John H. Kelley, J. H. Laird, Adam Lewis, Newton Lyttle, J. W.May, C. Milsap, Philip Reitz, .John S. Schink, John S. Shelters, Chas. Townsend, Wm. VanLemen, J. J. Warfield, 158. Zack Corender, H. C.Green, J. Kamp, O. P. Longear, Thos. G. Malugan, J. N.Smitb,

~880.] lVo. oj Lodge.

Name oj furty.

P. B. Short, H. M. Noel, G. E. Wetzel, Alex. McDonald, G. C. McDonald, N. W. Cameun, E. L. Liggett, L.Denning, J. R. ~'urguson, E. B. Lindsay, J. W. McClenny, John Kredell, R. L. Tandy, A. J. Noble, Geo. F. Scott, A.H.Smith, J.A. Wentz, 164. O. D. Bitticks, Geo. W. Davis, Wm. Hendrickson, Thos. R. S. Howe, S. A. Reppy, . Robert Wilson, 166. W. L. Webb, Isaac Jones, L. B. Cleoenger, James Medley, V. H. Groves, 167. L. Lonquet, A. Martin, G. Lambotte, 170. G. A. Chapman, S. B. MeHan, Wm. Walters, O. Wilcox, 172. J. W. Davis, 181. S. A. Bryant, J. M. Brisco, J. R. Howerton, U. Rhoades, Jas. Swan, 183. A. B. Cole, J. M. Dunlap, Jas. Ender, Wm.Hunt, Hiram Hill, Geo. Ross, Geo. W. Swa.nson, W. H. Sturgis, James R. Todd, T. A. Todd, Thos. Tapley, Wm. York, 158. 163.

~\.

.I.lppendix. No. oJ

Lodge.

183. 184. 186. 188.

189.

192.

193. 197.

198.

151 Name oj Party.

John R. Bennett, Jas. H. Bass, Wm. Overshuer, G. B. Chambers, Frank Menter, Thos. M. Bowles, John H. Hall, Oscar Hendron, John M. Murry, W. E. Roach, S. G. Cravens, John Davis, S. L.Davis, J. M. Graham, M. D. Gee, Sam'l Highley, O. F. Ingalls, E. Mosley, F. C. Iesch~r, S. O. Williams, - - Weslpheling, W. G. Douglass, S. B. Ford, B. E. Ford, B. R. Franklin, JohnS. Ford, Adam Fisher, J. G. B. Geery, N. H. Laird, W. P. Layne, C. W. Martin, S. A. Pritchett, Thos. Stark, C. B: Scanland, John H. Steers, J. H. Vermillion, P. Writsman, T. J. Mitchell, S. A. Butler, Israel Brewer, J. H. Haynes, David Hopkins, L. H. Mohr, J. M. Lawrence, H. H. Lampkin, S. M. Stafford, C. W. Steele, W. J. Statler, C. H. Vincent, Wm. Knox, Wm. McElvain, R. Jackson, . N. Lamb,

152 No. of <Name of Party. Lod,qe. 198. W. S. Hudson, O. B. Robinson, S. Conn, 201. Sam'l Doty, 204. Geo. O. Shipp, 205. B. E. Harle, W.P. Bruce, 206. R. T. Bull, R. C. Blackman, M. Louderbaugh, A. C. Lower, J. B. Leighton, W. Myers, Z. Sprigg, 207. R.H. Moore, O. H. Brown, David McClure, 208. A. Pollard, L. M. McAdam, R. J. Mansfield, J. H. Hill, J. Richards, J. W. Houghton, G. W. Moore, H. Miller, J. L. Holcomb, Peter Uhl, R. S. Weightman, 209. W. R. Combs, W. N. Craven, Peter Macom, 210. Milton Campbell, Milton Canby, Wm. J. Earickson, Wm. F. Eggen, Wallace Jones, H. D. Marshall, J. L. McCollom, Thomas Pulliam, J. F. Rogers, Jno. C. Richardson, N. H. Stiger, J. G. Thornburg, J. L. Tarbox, Isaac Wright, 213. H. Dawson, W. F. Youst, Oscar Richardson, J. L. Samples, J. H, Viale, 216. S. "'ilIiams, P. B. Seigler, Chas. Tapperna,

[Oct.

Appendix. No. of Lodge. 217.

218.

219. 220. 224.

226.

227.

228. 231.

236. 237.

Name of Party.

W. P. Shaw, G. W. Gilmore, <?eo. Nethereut, W. C. Hall, J.R. Wood, Geo. G. Curtis, Wm. Murray, L. C. Dunn, U. G. Everist, Alex. Greer, J. N. Quinn, Geo. L. Frazier, L. P. Chambers, D. C. Wright, A. G. Davis, A. J. Brown, Dan. Strahl, E. P. Bailey, J. P. Boland, L. Bogy, J. F. Cochran, Aaron Headland, 路F. Kenner, H. Kenner, Jacob Lindy F. Leavenworth, F. Miller, Martin Rand, G. L. Tucker, A. W. Thompson, John G. Whitlock, R. W. Mitchell, J. C. Carotliers, G. W. Freeman, Robt. Cochran, J. W. Up~on, Chas. E. Peers, W. W. Farrow, Wm. Price, W. O. Hanley, R.Shuker, N.M. Jones, R. Howell, G. V. Dyer, C. E. Edwards, John Ryan, P. Earhart, A. Fisher, J. D. Gunnells, T. W. Pullen, R. J. Park, Caleb. Pyle, W. S. Riley,

i路

153

Appendix.

1880.] No. of Name of Party. Lodge. Edwin Buck, 237. 238. Isaac Naylor, James Stultz, C. V. Keene, Hmiry Webster, 241. E .. W.. Feazel, John H. Newby, Wm. P. Gibbs, Thomas Donahue, John P. Spark, R. P. Elworthy, R. H. Bacot, James Barkley, 243. W. H. Bacon, John C. Bloomfield, J. M. Barlow, Wm. Bailey, H. B. Lighthizer, H. Schwanok, George H. Holland, H. G. Trogarden, . Otis T. Tiffany, 244. S. J. Franks, 245. A. E. Cornelius, C. F. Tyler, Jacob Mock, George McPike, 249. James Hall, George Kenton, J. J. Leaky, J. W. McLain, Green Scott, L. M. Summers, B. F. \Vhittsett, Wm. Winkler, 251. M. Fahey, W. A. Fisher, R. P. Lients, D. C. Malony, Wm. T. Roberts, Wm. B. Smith, 252. T. M. A. Anderson, S. L. Berry, T. J. Chapman, G. W. Friend, T. D. Hughs, Jesse Knight, 257. J. W. Moorli' 261. D. H. Nunnelly, J. H. Tuttle, N. Patton, W. C. Hays, Wm. Woods, G. L.-Ap. 11.

No. of Lodge. 261.

264. 265.

267.

270. 271.

279. 282.

283. 286.

289. 294.

295.

298.

Name of Party. Charles Lee, R. E. Lee, J. A. Smith, E. P. Burns, A. J.. Trapp, Wm:T. Foster, Thomas Claunch, Thomas Duncan, W. C. Blakey, S. Cruce, D. B. Washington, James Moore, W. J. Boyle. R. W. Henderson, W. S.Payne, Enoch Wiseheart, H. C. Dunn, J. H. Lechtracly, Wm. J. Hardesty, J. W.Porter, C. C. Clements, M. 1,. Elzey, George !'1. Jones, B. A. Barrett, R. L. McElhaney, C. C. Middleton, A.G. Wood, S. S. Thompson, E. L. Starke, Lewis Hutzler, J. A. Cogle, J. K. Nichols, J. T. Neighbors, J. R. Oatman, M. B. Fitch, E. P. Ford, A. M. Sullards, C. M. Brown, A. Clark, J. L. Grigsby, M. Houston, J. A. Bruce, John Kenny, J. M. Shipley, W. H. Allen, Joab Crites, J. H. Grant, Moses Harrison, A. J. Hampton, Elijah McKelvey, J. R. Sullivan, John Branch, John M. Roberts,

154 No. oj Lodge. 300. . 303. 304. 305. 307. 308.

311.

312.

313. 815. 316.

318.

320. 321.

322.

323.

324.

333.

[Oct.

Appendix. Name oj Party.

J. M. Seamans, W. C. Huff, J. J. Hancock, E. P. McKinney, Z. F. Rawson, J. W. Caldwell, Wm. Carpenter, J. L. Dolbey, E. C. Halbert, H. P. Sherard, F. M. Cravens, B. F. Mathews, W. F. McKenney, W. D. Wright, C. A. Burglin, Charles Kay, George A. Nash, J. H. Saunder, J. C. Stockton, W. Sylvester, M. P. Foster, John Greaves, J. J. Jones, D. W. Warford, T. Fitzpatrick, J. E. J. Gaddis, James Sparks, 'Peter Wood, J. A. Bilderback, A. W. Fox, W. P. Riggs, F. W. James, J. W. Howell, Charles Shawhan, Jacob Youngman, W. T. Allen, W. H. Murry, James Garland, J. T. Harrison, W. H. Sinclair, W. M. Newman, Robert Punsch, H. C. Rosenfield, Wm. Fountain, J. W. Harlan, P. McClanahan, J. Peacock, Jarvis Bennett, W. N. Cole, W. ~. Dockery, Vincent Pyle, O. B. Wilson, D. B. Dorsey,

No. oj Lodge.

335. 337. 338. 345.

352.

353.

358. 362.

373.

365.

370.

371. 372. 378,

Name oj Party. J. M. Hays, C. E. Tremble, G. H. Otte, R. A. Elliott, Thomas Alway, G. W. Branscomb, D. W. Cowan, J. C. Warden, D. A. Burris, Alex. Campbell, Charles Caldwell, M. W. Patrick, G. C. McKay, J. J. Vermillion, W. L. Brazeul, G. Clapp, H.Friend, David Burns, James .Daugherty, B. R. Holt, James Kelley, George Duncan, M. Cooper, B. H. Ballard, Thomas H. Lillard, Joseph Meyers, H. W. Stover, J. A. Morgan, Walter Benn, David Lakin, C. E.Frost, J. W. Pamplin, G. J. Wiley, J. H. Alexander, F. M. Cochran, W. H. Davidson, A. C. Edwards, E. B. HUffman, V. Light, John E. Morgan, E. R. Powers, E. W. Ramsey, J. M. Staley, R. H. Webb, W. B. Brent, M. Davidson, B.R. Land, John Land, T. C. Gifford, E. J. Sprague, F. Lafferty, R. W. Hunt, Wm,Dunll,

{

1880.]

No. of Name of Party. Lodge. 378. J. M. Fagg, Thomas J. Smith, 380. E. M. Benedict, 382. S. Bartlet, J. W. Armstrong, J. S. Frazier, 383. J. M. McGlothlin, 386. W. W. Briggs, J. Y. Crane, A. P. Worley, H. J. Wagner, 388. J. D. Graves, A.Turner, 389. Wm. Hodge, 390. John L. Hight, George J. Talmage, 394. J. L. Buck, W. W. Laughlin, 400. A. J. Sharp, 401. A. J. Snider, D. F. McElwain, 404. M. Weaver, C. D. Ebahart, V. Hill, R. G. Mason, 408. J. H. Booher, G. W. Howard, C. R. Stewart, 411. John P. Todd, 412. W. D. Graham, T. J. Reed, P. Allumbaugh, 416. R. S. Anderson, W. R. Boas, D. P. Bull, Theo. Chapins, W. H. Fanning, A.J. Glass, J. F. Hough, 417. J. C. Pence, L. Rotchschied, 418. W. H. Sharp, W. E. Sitton, 420. Jacob Kunkle, R. Mollencott, 428. H. F. Reeds, J. J. Kincaid, 429. N. D.Fox, James Griffin, Alvin Moore, 440. C. F. Reynolds, W. P. Clanahan, J. P. Rowe,

Appendix. No. of Name of Party. Lodge. 443. E. L. Briggs, C. H. Carlton, J. P. Reynolds, John F. Long, Charles Riehl, 446. A. E. Rader, A. J. Sooter, 447. C. P. Butler, A. J. Clem, E. R. Eckley, Robert McKay, 449. F. M. Bunyard, J. M. Daniel, J. M. Bunyard, J. B. McGee, E. B. Sawyer, John C. Fisscll, A. A. Dunkan, Joel Yancey, T. D.Henry, Robert Hasting, L. F. Eaton, J ames Bradley, R. Cutler, J. T.Gall, C. Howell, H. Schumaker, L. Fox, A. Dillon, 460. ·C. B1l1ckwell, J. Denny, John W. Reed, 469. A. B. Bates, E: H. Gulladge, 470. John Adams, J. S. Adair, J. W. Cherry, E. Y. Davis, W. R. Dewitt, Thomas H. Logan, 477. W. H. Johnson, P. H. Smith, 481. J. W. Fike, 483. L. W. Turner, M. N. Thornton, D. McReynolds, 484. George W. Tracy, John W. Stoy, Jr., 486. C. D. Campbell, H. Huntsman, 488. B. Curtiss, 490. John Anderson, 491. B. W. B. Madison,

155

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156

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SUSPENSIONS FOR UNMASONIC CONDUCT.

REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE 'OF MISSOURI, SEPTEMBER

No. oj -Lodge.

â&#x20AC;˘

Na7TUf oj Party.

6. C. A. McLaughlin, 11. A. S. Loving, 68. R. McCarty, 99. J. T. Feel, 118. Anson B. Mills, 119. J. W. Fletcher, 170... W. W. Watts, 172. Thos. B. Howe, 182. F. Dalrymple, 216. W. F. Winchester, 225. J. S. Potter, 227. Joseph Preston,

No. oj Lodge.

1, 1880.

Name oj Party.

232. John Pollard, 238. John H. Cook, 345. D. P. Blair, 355. William Clemings, 371. William Richardson, 413. John Baley, 416. Richard W. Waters, 429. John A. Mott, 456. R. A. Kirkbride, 459. W. T. McMahan, T. C. Love, 502. P. Bryant.

157

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1880.]

.EXPlJLSIONS.

R~PORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF ItnSSOURI, SEPTEMBER

No. of Lodge. 27. 41.

44.

68. 70.

75. 103. 109. 113. 148. 164. 197. 201. 213.

235.

Name of Party.

J. B. Armstrong, W. F. Pusch, J. T. Halliburton, James R. Conner, William H. Morris, W. T. Kirtley. J. R. McLeary, Frank Nugent, W. H. Warren, Thomas Shockley, Eugen Amor, John Glassford, Marshall Jones, George Parton, Thomas Nevins, M. M. Dudley, J. M. Cradock, J. N. Love. T. D. Miller, S. M. Elliott,

No. of Lodge. 277. 283. 283. 313. 333. 338.

358.

370. 373. 378. 403. 452. 454.

500.

1, 1880.

Name of Party. Lewis Abrahams, H. J. Church, J. D. Gross, J. P. Barney, R. W. Goldsby, G. W. McCuistian, J. M. Elder, T. P. Owens, J: C. Montgomery, A. L. Kersey, G. M. Rider, A. A. Brown, J. J. Nichols, Levi W. McCaine, F. G. Smith, G. W. Crayne, R. H. Green, J. W. Neal, J. W. Albro.

158

Appendix.

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REINSTATEMENTS.

REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, SEPTEMBER 1, 18~.

No. of

Name oj Party.

Lodge.

2.1 H. H. Bodeman, 9. W. S. Swymmer, W. F. Dietrich, 11. A. S. Loving, Thos. G. Harrold, 12. J. G. Benning, 18. John A. Eastin, Geo. W. Lane, J. W. Pryor, Sr., 25. A. Jewner, 27. H. J. Stubblefield, 32. Henry J. Bunri, 35. Wm. H. Hicks, 36. John Boehm, 38. J. M. Pendleton, 48. John H. Malone, 49. J. V. B. Flock, D. P. Watts, 52. A. C. Blackwell, Henry Bitzenbergher, Jas. B. Fielder, Fred. Loose, 55. H. B. Redinan, 60. J. W. Chaney, John Goff, E. W. Hall, W. S. Williams, C. H. Harlan, 68. B. G. Boone, 77. J. J. Culp, 78. L. Clinkenbeard, W. J. Robinson, W. W. Beymer, T. M. Hayncs, 85. James Mann, 86. J. V. Bumstead, J. W. Charles,

No. oj Lodge.

86. 91.

92. 93. 102. 104. 105. 113. 117. 126.

135. 151. 157.

163.

164. 166. 170. 173. 177. 179. 181.

Name of Party. W. D. Crandall, N. O. Crevling, F. B. Todd, M. Busch, D. A. Nichols, D. D. Lewis, B. M. Cole, J. W. Ammons, W. W. Rhodes, Geo. W. Sharp, J. L. Ashby, H. T. Church, G. W. L. Mitchell, Wilson Cavanee, J. M. Swallow, John Tollman, J. P. Henshaw, E. M. Holloway, D. C. Proctor, J. Hunt, J. A. Shelters, John S. Kelley, Wm. Van Leman, R. Gaede, G. E. Wetzel, G. C. McDonald, A. C. McDonald, E. H.Leng, Eugene Amor, Jas. Medley, W. H. Mitchell, G. A. Chapman, Thos. Burch, J. S. Rice, L. Richardson, J. B. Handy, W. M. Baker,

.Appendix.

1880.] . No. of.

Lodge.

188. 189. 195. 196. 199. 210. 213. 218. 220. 227. 233. 237. 243. 245. 247. 257. 262.

263.

No. of

Na7'fl£ of Party.

S. M. Day, R. A. Baird, H. R. Milliken, T. P. Saye, Wm. H. Smith, J. L. Landers, J. C. Richardson, C. E. Hall, E. Traube, S. D. Bowker, C. Walker, J. M. Johnson, W. P. Stevenson, W. S. Riley. E. C. Darley, W. W. Stevenson, C. Bondmant. Wm. Alexander, C. J. White, J. W. Hall, G. N. Richards, G. W. Wascom, T. W. Warden,.

Lodge. 264. 267.

283. 295. 299. 303. 331. 370. 420. 449. 0

459. 464.

159 Na7'fl£ of Party.

I. N. Prater, A. J. Trapp, F. H. Harrington, Enoch Wiseheart, H. R. McC<!y, J. A. Bruce, Jno. Geir, J. E. Harmony, P. J. Guinn, John D. Flint, Jas. Bradford, win. H. Lillard, Jacob Kunkle, R. Mol1encott, L. Bradley, A. Dillon, Wm. Hockey, Wm. Va.lentine, Alex. Carter, W. T. McMahon, T. C. Love, John M. Booton.

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Appendix.

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DEATHS.

REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, SEPTEMBER

No. of Lodger. 1.

2. 3. 4. 6.

8. 9.

10. 11.

15. 17. 18. 19. 20.

25. 27.

28. 29. 31. 33.

34.

Name of Party.

P. G. Roberts, Cha..,. H. Martin, John Bull, L. C. Ritterskamp, Thomas Clark, Hngh T. Black, S. B. 'rinsley. L. C. Bradshaw, G. L. Pierce, Robt. J. Wilson, D. A. Maupin, A. McCubbins, P. Dillon, W. E. Bust, W. B. Thurston. J. T. Bradley, D. A. Yates, S. ~illiam~ J. GIlkey, John R. Martin, M.Bird, S. B.-Searcy, Sam'l Myers, Edtvard F. Bright, Dan'l McLeod, Thos. H. Rubey, Geo. Jorgenson, Rev. J. W. N. Springer, Jas, G. Barry, R. Yarbrough, W. H. Thurman, C. W. MIlls, W. B. Pomeroy, J. R. Courtney, Bartlett Estes, R. S. Reddick, E. W. Freeman,

No. of Lodge.

1, 1880.

Name of Party.

84. M8ses Bond, . Wm. S. Hutt, 35. H. A. Browne, 36. 'rhos. S. Dunnica, 38. J. W. Gray, J. W. West, 40. Talbert Smith, 41. Sanford Dye, H. R. Shacklett, 43. Jas. E. Carter, A. M. Lay, J. T. Rogers, J. W. Wallace, 44. S. C. Powell, J. M. Palmer, 45. E. K. Woodworth, 48. J. M. Duncan, 50. 1. C. Donlin, 51. Samuel Strouse, 52. B. Summers, Thos. W. Valict. 53. John Rothwell, 55. J. H. McCallister, 57. Joshua Bush, Jos. Robb, Geo. W. McGee, 58. L. S. Eadds, C. B. Tate, Frank Smith, 59. S. Snow, 60. A. W. Howison, Fred. Sanders, 61. Geo. M. Deatherage, R. Mosely, M. C. Scott, 64. S. D. Hadder, 65. Thos. Salmon,

~880.J No. oj Name oj Party. Lodge. 65. Geo. G. Taylor, 66. D. Finck, 68. John A. Boles, V. O. Grant, 71. Isaac Bowman, 74. John J. Grinstead, Jas. Stacey, 76. Taney Westmoreland. 79. B. F. Hildebrand, F. G. Porter, John Spane, 81. Wm. Turner, 84. G. Anderson, H.R Wagie, 89. E. S. Poindexter, 92. Watson Foster, 93. E. W. Harrell, 95. G. Hutfschmied, 96. A..J. Smith, N. Watkins, 97. Ed. Cottrell, 104. Thos. A. Emart, R. H. Ensel, 105. J. B. Dodson, 111. Elias Minor, 113. A. C. Johnson, 114. Gilpin L. Tuttle, 118. C. H. Johnson, 121. A. V{atson, 131. David Barclay, John Hornsey, 132. W. L. Benson, 133. J. H. May, H. F. Siveeney, W. F. Mitchell, 140. J. E. Grosheart, J. Kemper, Thomas Norton, 143. A. L ..Sherrill, 146. R C. Green, 149. Thos. C. Bledsoe, Jesse Schofield, Thos. J. Booth, 151. . J. P. :Meals, 152. Wm"Cornell,' 153. William M. Bloys, 155. .James S. Moseley, William Wooldridge, 156. J. II. Manford, 157. William Sparks, 15S. L. Y. Hollis, F. C. Neely, 163. John Moore,

. .; ~~

Appendix. No. oj Name oj Party. Lodge. 163. George H. Blickhahn, Theoren Catlin, 164. W~Graham, 165. S. Wright, 167. P. Jaccard, L. D.路Elberfield. J. Hamilton, A. Jolivet, 169. W. H. Warden, Thos. Harrington, 172. A. L. Knight, 176. Jos. Rivers, C. C. Williams, 178. W. W. Crockett, 179: John P. Ruppert, 180. Wm. Kerns, 181. John McVay, 185. Welton Shobe, B. F. Hull, 188. Geo. Brown, 189. Dan O'Toole, ' 193. W. B. Moore, S. B. Iman, 196. W,arren Briscoe, 197.' Isaac Wicker, N. C. Pennington, 202. M. G. Oldham, 203. L. W. Albertson, 206. Joseph Brown, Thos. Randall, 207. J. H. Linn, 208. M..L. Watson, 211. P. P. Fowler, 212. J. ~' Dovely, 213. Miles Peas, Frank Wisher, 217. R. L .. Ferguson, 220. A. B. Taylor, 221. G. H. Holley, 225. Wilson Cage, 226. John Woolfard, Joseph Shaw" 228. John Dickerson, 229. A. H. Morehead, 230. W. E:Glenn, Wood, 234. as. Cozens, F. Clark, 236. J. Z.Smith, J. P. Thatcher, 237. T. J. Crcwson, 241. N. H. Trout, D. A. Griffith,

161

No. oj

[Oct.

Appendix.

162

No. oj Lodge.

Name oj Party.

Lodge. 242. W. T. Weldon, 243. John C. Engart, Wm.B. Wray, R. B. Christopher, John Richards, 245. J. M. Bigley, 247. Geo. W. Bliss, 248. Jas. Duncan, 249. W. S. Kendle, J. F. Winkler, L. L. Williams, 250. J. A. Bruton, 251. Albert Powell, 257. W. H. Montgomery, 260. F. M. Audrain, 261. Wm.M. Shelton, 262. J. B. Collins, 265. John L. Rogers, 267. R. H. Hammond, 279. J. L. Brown, 282. S. G. Sears, J. P. Paulson, -285. N. Gla7£, O. Butler, 289. J. H. Benson, 291. John W. Lee, 294. L. N. Ashley, 299. D. A. N. Grover, 303. R. G. Pickle, J. M. Gordon, 304. G. W. Redin, 308. James Webb" 309. Wm. Mullin, G. J. Vanbebber" 316. J. E. McHenry, 317 W. S. Morey, R. W. Wheeler, 320. S. S. Shireley, 322. B. F. Campbell, L. Loenstein, 325. W. S. McGinnis, 329. A. R. Staples, Jacob Sharp, 330. L. Langston, 331. J. A. Nicely, 338. Isaac Duvall, J. G. Williams, 344. Thos. P. White, F. J. Benville, 346. Thos. C. Harrison, 347. Henry Hopkins, 348. R. W. Waterman, 351. Arthur Pulseford, 355. John McCockle,

•

Name oj Party.

R. W. Patton, Wm. H. Collett, J. C. Bishop. C. N. Engler, S. H. Davis, A. H. Webb, 369. Greenberry Dunn, A. P. Hall, C. F. W. Hardt, D.HWalton. 371. Wm. Combs, J. V. Wright, 372 J. H. Bartlett, A. B. Cass, J. W. Worden, 381. A. l\L Bills, 385. W.Hawkins, 388. - Thos. Sharp, 392. J. R. Havener, 394. J. W. Riddle, 395. J. F. Wilson, 397. W. C. Green, 401. Wm. Leak, 404. M. A. Aldridge, 413. John J. Swartz, 417. John Gibson, 424. George Jones, 426. M. F. Shults, 427. John Porter, 430. M.C. Waron, 439. John C. Rose, 440. Wm. A. Seaman, 449. Edward Moss, 450. J. K. Hawthorne, 454. Thos. Crum, Fred. Schwable, 455. Wm. Vandyke, 456. W. H. Maxsey, 458. J. W. Markum, 465. J. L. Hull. Edward Comiford, John B. Morrill, 477. J. W. Dennis, 478. R. Gilstrop, 481. Sam'l Dufty, 482. Henry Hart, 487. A. K. Walker, 488. Thos. Brooks, 489. E'. H. Potter, David DanielS, 491. T. B. Cawley, 499. W. T. Bibb, 500. J. H. Furst.

3S8. 360. 362. 364. 365.

1880.]

Appendix.

163

DELINQUENT LODGES.

THE FOLLOWING l.ODGES HAVE MADE NO RETURNS FOR

Lodge No. 7. O'Sullivan, Walnut Grove.. 14. Aburn, Aburn. 16. Memphis, Memphis. ·24. Wyaconda, Lagrange. 26. Mexico, Mexico. 69. Sullivan, Sullivan. 80. King Solomon, Saint Catherines. 98. Webster, Marshfield. 101. Easton, Easton. 107. Golden Square, West Point.. 124. Dardenne, O'Fallon. 127. Athens, Albany. 130. West Prairie, Clarkton. 150. Birming, Halleck. 187. Henry Clay, Millersburg. 190. Putnam, Newton. 200. Sonora, Watson. 215. Hornersville, Cotton Plant. 239. Spencersburg, Spencersburg. 253. Lindley, Lindley. 259. Lodge of Love, Lancaster. 268. Lodge of Truth, Atlanta. 269. Rock Prairie, Ash Grove.

1880:

Lodge No. 273. St. Clair, Osceola. 276. Grand River, Freeman.

284. Lilly, Grant City. 292. Lamar, Lamar. 297. Ozark, Fair Grove. 301. White.Hall, Barnard. 328. Cainsville, Cainsville. 332. Ryland, Berlin. 340. Amity, Smithton. 349. Lone Star, Lone Star. 350. Tyrian, Johnstown. 357.. Phelps, Phelps City. 376. Coatesvn1e, Coatesville. 387. Woodside, Thomasville•. 393. Bee Hive, Lawson. 398. Jasper, Midway. 407. Royal, Mooresville. 414. Greensburg, Greensburg 423. NeWburg, Newburg. 448. StlhellCity, Schell City. 457. Triple Tie, Longtown. 471. Mineral, Oronogo. 501. Buckner, Buckner.

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DELINQUENT LODGES.

RETURNS WITHOUT DUES.

Lodge. Lodge. No. No. 189. Zeredatha 853 00 5. United $29 50 11. Pauldingvillc 22 50 192. Frankford 22 50 27. Evergreen 11 50 197. Carthage 48 00 41. Etna 21 00 204. Rowley : 16 50 42. Middle Grove 13 00 219. Everett 23 50 45. Bonhomme 21 50 222. Farmers 26 00 77. Lebanon 20 50 225. Saleln 29 50 79. 'Polar Star 43 00 261. Florence............. 8 50 84. Potter 24 50 271. Solomon 40 50 '91. Madison................................... 9 50 309. King Hiram 26 00 100. Canton 21 00 . 316. Rural ; 26 00 13 00 321. Jonathan 12 50 109. Isllj.nd City 112. Graham : 19 50 326. New Home 16 50 134. Pleasant Mount.. 22 50 342. Circle 14 00 142. Pleasant Grove 9 65 368. Crescent HilL. : 路23 00 159. l\1:endota 14 00 3751 . Plumb....................................... 7 50 160. Pleasant 26 50 413. Valley 18 50 168. Colony 17 00 438. Temperance 21 50 181. Novelty 31 00 458. Melville : 19 00 184. Calhoun... is 50 495. Globe 22 50

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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT,

COl\iPILED FROM RETURNS, SEPTEMBER 1, 1880.

LODGE.

I P.O. TOWN AND I i(DDRES8.

1 :;\fissouri.. 'St. Louis St. Louis 2 :Meridian St. Lou!s St. Lou!s " 3 Beacon St. LOUIS St. LOUls 4 Howard New Franklin Howard 5Cnited Springfield Greene 6iArk Newark Knox 7IO'Sullivan \Valnut Grove Greene 8 I Williamsb';1rg :.. WilliaII?-sburg Callaw~y 9 Geo. Washmgton St. LOUIS St. LoUIS 10 Ag enc.y : Ag~ncr ..;: B!IChanan 11 Pauldmgville WrIght CIty Warren 12 Tyro Caledonia Washington 131Rising Sun Barry .. : Clay 14.Auburn Auburn Lincoln 15 western Star IEmporia Daviess 16 1Memphis Memphis ,scotland 17 Clarksville Clarksville IPik~ 18 Palmyra Palmyra MarIon 19 Paris union Paris Monroe 20 St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis 21 Hav~na Havana Gentry 22 WellIngton DcKalb Buchanan 23 Florida Florida Mon,roe 24 Wyaconda LaGrange LewIs 25,Naphtll.li... St. Louis St. Louis 26'Mexico Mexico Audrain 27 Evergreen New Haven Franklin 28 St. John HannibaL.: Marion 29 Windsor Windsor Henry .. , 30 Hulltsville Huntsville :: Randolph 31 Liberty Liberty Clay 32 Lafayette Lexington Lafayette 33 Ralls Center Ralls 34 Troy Troy Lincoln j

COUNTY..

MASTER.

John H. Deems Fred. Welcker James M. Scott.. G. C. Edwards ; C. L. King Andrew Fisher

SECRETARY.

Wm. H. Mayo John T. Mathie F. H. Wellmeyer R. T. KingsbUry E. D. Ott G. R. Balthrope : G. R. Paden J. H. Wye~h M .. W. FarIss L. S. Hayes W. B. Ramsey M. T. SamueL , S. C. Rowland R. Roesler: F. M.. Reynolds James W. Proctor James L. Wright.. :\L 0. Whifman G. F. Woodard A. Derge J. D. Poage

W. M. Schop Jas. D.?l':lhn W. B. SmIth W. B. Oglesby R. I3. Logan John Brodhurst W. F. Moore :.. iR. D Cramer IJ. A. Shaw J. M. McMurry Theo. Brace Simon Hahn IJ. A. Sisler IT. J. Crumpacker Thos. Chawning

TIlliE OF MEETING.

,First and third 'l'hursdays. IFirst and third Wed?esdays. Second and fourth '1 hursdays. ~.ISaturday on or before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. iVO Ret1tTnS.

ISaturday on or befor:e full moon. Second and fourth'Iuesdays. 'Saturday before t. ull moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. No Returns. Saturday before full muon. Friday on or before full moon. ISatu.rday on or berore full moon. Second Thursday m each month. First & third !:iaturday in each m. First and third Tuesdays. . Saturday before ~ull moon. Saturday before tull moon.路 S~turday before full moon.

~ ~

~~.

.J.'Vo Retu路rns.

George Pierce : Ferd. Beyerdorff W. C. Kealey W. T. Shive!.. ,,1. C. McMt\len B. l<'. Records X. Ryland W.. C. Splawn W. B. Thornhill

J. T. McCoy , W. S. Connally J. L. Lacey R. F. Taylor J. C. Shaefer W. H. Buckley J. E. Ryland G. P. Rice E. W. Bonfils

: ~

Second and fourth Thursdays. No Returns. First Saturday in each month. Second and fourth Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Tuesday on or before full Illoon. Third i:;aturday in each month. Second Monday in each month. Second Saturday in each month. Saturday on or before full moon.

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351:Mereer 36 Cooper 37,Cedar 38 callao 39 DeWitt 40 lVIt. :i\foriah 41 Etna 42 Middle Grove 43 Jefferson 44 Jacksonville 45 Bonhomme 46 Wentzville 47 Fayette 48 Fultoll 49 Haynesville 50 Xenia 51 Livingston 52 \Vakanda 53 Weston 54 Douglas 55 .\.rrow Rock 56 Tipton 57 Richmond 58 Monticello 59 Centralia 60 New Bloomfield 61 Waverly 62 Vinci!.. 63iCarnbridge 64':.fonroe 65 Pattonsburg 661Linn 67 Rocheport.. 68 Tebo 69:Sullivan 70IRo~noke

71 Savannah 72 Danville 73 Eureka 74 Warren 75 Ashley 76 Independence 77.:I:ebanon 78 St. Jos~ph 79 l Po!ar Star 80 Bndgeton 1

jPrinee~on

BoonvIlle Burboys ICallao DeWitt.. St. Louis Etna Middle Grove Jefferson City Jacksollville Manchester Wentzville : Fayette Fulton Holt Hopkins Glasgow Carrollton Weston Marthasville Arrow Rock Tipton Richmond Monticello Centralia : New Bloomfield Waverly Cameron : Slater Monroe City Pattonsburg Linn Rocheport Clinton Sullivan Roanoke Savannah Danville; BrunswIck Keytesville Ashley Independence Steelville St. Joseph St.. LOUlS Bndgeton

~.{ereer Cooper Gasconade Macon Carroll .. ; St. Louis Scotland Monroe Cole Randolph St. Louis St. Charles Howard Callaway 'Clay Nodaway Howard Carroll Platte Warren Saline Moniteau Ray Lewis Boone Callaway Lafayette Clinton Saline Monroe Daviess Osage 'Boone Henry : Franklin Howard Andrew

Mon~omery

,Chanton 'IChariton Pike ÂˇJackson ICraWford

BuchRI~an

\St. LoU~S St. LOUIS

A. H. May C. G. Newman J. :\or. Boston J. C.laYbrook A. T. Kendrick Wm. Dodds W. C. Ladd J. C. Mallory R. F. Stevenson P. R. Smith Jas.M. Brewer J. S. Carr R. P. Williams W. S. MarshalL P. Wilhoyt H. McCoy ; C. F. Mwon J. L. Detheridge T. A. GilberL. S. C. Griswold C. M. Sutherlin J. W. Norman R. B. Kice J. H. Leeper W. H. Carpenter Woodson Lynes C. C. Catron W. G. Sloan R. L. Harvey William Cranston W. M. Williams E. F. Bantzer J. W. Champion J. G. Middlecoff. J D. Hicks Frank Nance E. ~. Hugh~s J. 1. PlunkItt.. John Chivers J. C. Watkins J. N. Rogers F. B. Webb Ja~o!:> Arnholt \PhIhp Rodan Jos. H. Garrett...

J. H. Shelly A. ~fars William Berger E. E. Richardson : H. Jaqua E. V. Kyte J. M. Busey F. Featherston E. T. Manchester M. W. Jones James H. Hall, Jr Benjamin C. T. Pratt J. M. Reid J. W. Overton J. B. Gill H. M. Austin J. J. Hawkins H. S. HalL J. O. White C. M. Waller: G. H. Bowers C. G. Ely W. A. Holman J. P. Richards A. Rodemyer W. M. Longley H. J. Galbraith S. S. Hare Z. T. Bowen W. R. P. Jackson E. B. Christie Eugene SPringer Charles Myer.. Hale Montgomery

:N.

J. W. Bagby Samuel Huffman J. M. Baker R. G. Beazley S. 'M. Applegate W. D. Orr W. A. Cunningham H. Ferg~son U. Schneider D. W. Saddler J. Vangundy

IFirst Tues. before eacl?- 'full moon. Second and fourth Fndays. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Second and fourth Saturdays. Second and fourth Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. First and third Saturdays. Friday.on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. First and third Saturdays. Monday on or before full moon. First Saturday &; third Friday e. m. Saturday after full moon. Saturday before full moon. Monday on or before full moon. Sat. b. f. m. & 2 weeks thereafter. Fifst and third Saturdays. ,Saturday on or before full moon. 'Saturday before full moon. First and third Saturdays. Saturday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. Third Saturday in each month. Saturday on or before full moon. IFirst and third Saturdays. Friday all or before full moon. First and third Saturdays. Saturday after full moon. lsatur.day on or after full moon. Second Thursday in each month. Saturd. on or b. f. m. & 2 w. thereaft. iVO Returns. .' ISaturdaybefore fUl~ moon. Second Wednesday III each month. Thursday on or before full moon. Tuesday before full moon. Saturday before full moon. ,Saturday on or before full moon. lsecond and fourth Saturdays. S~turday aD. or before full moon. FIrst and thIrd Tuesd~ys. . Second and fourth FrIdays III e. m Saturday aD or before full moon.

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81 1Hickory Grove 821JaCkSOn 83 Laclede 84Potter 85 Miami.. 86 Brookfield 87 Washington 88 Detiance 89 Friendship 90.King Solomon 91 Madison 92 Perseverance 93 St. Marks 94 Vienna 95 Meramec 961St. Andrews 97:Bethany 98jWebster 991Mt. Vernon 100 Canton 101 Easton 1021Bloomington 103 West View 104iHeroine 105IKirksville 106 Gallatin 107 Golden Square 108,Gothic 109 Island City 110 Marous 111 Trenton 112 Graham 113 Plattsburg 11~ Twilight 11;> Border 116 Barnes 117 Versailles :

LODGE.

1 P.

T3'TD~~~SS.

IHallsville P. 0 Linneus Leba.non Longwood Miami Brookfield Greenfield Defiance Chillicothe St. Catharines Il\IadiSon Louisi?:na Cape GIrardeau Vionna : Eureka Shelbyville Bethany : r.:rarshfield Mt. Vernon Canton Easton Bloomington Millersville Kansas City Kirksville

COUNTY.

MASTER.'

SECRETARY.

Boone LinIl Lacl.ede Pettis Saline Linn Da.de Worth Livingston Linn ·Monroe :t:ike : Cape GIrardeau Maries St. Louis Shel~y

HarrIson yVebster Lawrence Lewis Buchanan Macon Cape Girardeau Jackson ,Adair G~llatin /Dllviess Westport.. Jackson Moberly Randolph Stanberry ,Gentry Fredericksburg j'1-ladison Trenton :, Grundy Graham Nodaway Plattsburg Clinton Columbia Boone Elk Mills l\lcDonald Gravel POint ITexas Versailles Morgan

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TIME OF MEETING.

R. ),{, Flynt P. C. Flournoy J. W..AI?Pling D. S. Wilcox A. A. Wheeler G. W. Adams W. A. Jacobs Jacob Ninemiller W. E. Rhea

M. C. Flynt ..IS. D. Sandusky IJ. W. vVilkerson :D. M. Gray I'C. E.Marshall.. L. T. Ross !T. E. Bell J. ~I. F. Cooper W. W. Thornton.. :

W. A. Davis James G~v.al.ls W. B. WIlson Wm. Branson S. R. Woods.: ;rhom~s Mitehell... r. B. Sherer

U. E. Quirey P. Drape. 1' H. A. Astholz Joseph il'losby George Honeker I~. L. y.¥il~ard W. P. ROblTlSon

J. B. Porter W. B. Henton

T. K. Gay 'Henderson Davis

J. H. BisweIL D. R. Cowan H. B. EzekieL IIJ. H .. Kinnear Geo. Tuggle Henry C. Harper J. W: Kenney E. Fisher

Joseph Belcher J. W. )liller Edward M. ·Wright.. A. L. Woods

W. H. :McGrath P. M. PaschaL Roland Hughes J. A. Adams J. A. Seott... H. Cope P. G. Woods

W. C. Swayze George D. Mowry J. N. I!'orsee F. PannelL W. D. Palson J. B. Melton James McNair

IW.

~Iilt. ~wing

Geo. ~. Nolan E. H. Mix Eugene Clark

:Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. 'Wednesday on or b.efore full moon. Saturday on or betore full moon. :Friday on or belore full moon. iSecond and fourth Tuesdays. :Friday on before full.moon. First and third Fridays. IFirst and third Satur.days. ; '.No Ret1trns. Third Saturday in each month. : ~Ion. on or b~f. f. m.,~ 2 ws. thereaft. Second and tourth Tuesdays. Second Saturday in eaoh month. ,Saturday before eaoh full moon. .'Sltturday on .01' before full moon. ISaturday belore full moon. .J.Yo Ret1tl·ns. !Saturday on or before full moon. ISec~nd and fourth Saturdays. .J.Yo Ret1tl'ns. IFriday on or belore full moou. Saturday Oil or after full moon. ~ 'IFirst and third Mondays. Tnesday on or belore. full moon. Se~ond and fo~rth Tuesdays. Fnday belore lull moon. First and third Mondays in each m. Saturday on or after full moon. ·No Returns. First and third Thursdays. . Samrday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. First and thirdMo~lda~sinellchm. Saturday OIl or before full moon. ISaturday on or before full moon. Third Saturday in each month.

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118/KiD 9ston 119 De Soto 120 C0ll1 pass 121 Erwi,n E':J 122 Dover t'l 12~ Hermann

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12;> Is.entryville 126 ~eaman 1271Athells 1281 Lorraine

IKin/?ston De :::ioto Parkville St. Louis Dover H,ermann 0 Fallo~

\'CaldWell Jefferson Platt. ,St. Louis Lafayette Gasconade S.t. Charles

G~ntryville.., Gen~ry ; Milan Sullivan "Alban y Gentry Lorraine Harrison 129Ic~arle,st~n: Charleston Missis~ippi 130 West 1: rame Clarkton Dunklin 131jPotOSI.: IPotoSi Washingt~n 132 Farmlllgton Farmmgton St. FrancOis 133 ::star of the WesL llronton 11'<:)11 134 Plen.sant Mount.. Pleasant ~Iount... :\Illler 13i) Warrensburg Warrensburg Johnson 136Phrenix Bowling Green Pike 137IPrairieville· Prairieville Pike 138 Lincoln Fillmore Andrew 139 qregon: IHOlt 140 1 ap~nville - 1 ap~n. Ville B~tes 141 Cham of Rocks Cham of Rocks Lmcoln 14~ Pleasant Grove Otterville IC?o?~r : 143· [ronclale Irondale \\ ashmgton 1441 Modern Humansville Polk 145 ' Risi!1g Star Ebel~e.zer Greene 146 McGee College Mound :Macon.. : 147 Cass 'Harrisonville Cass 148 1Yancey jPineVme McDonald 149 LeXington Lexington Lafayette 150 Birming Birming Buchanan 151 Milton Milton Rllndolph 152 Linn Creek Linn Creek 9amclen 153 Bloomfield /Bloomfield Stoddard 154·Con.cord ..: Co~cord ..: ,.,C~l~away 155 Sprmg HilL Sprmg HIll ILlvmgston 156 Ashlan? I'Ashland IBoon..e 157 North Star Rockport Atchison ; 158 Johnson Greenville jWayne 159 Mendota lprotem Tancy l~O.PI~asant..: Mr;>rrisville I'POlk 1tn ClIf~on ~JlL Chf~on ..: Randolph 162 Wlutesville Whitesville Andrew 1630ccidental... St. Louis iSt. Louis

qregon~

I~am. Russell·

,E. S. Pyle IJ. B. Flannery O.tto. D'Amour IJ. C. Woods Al1?ert Labhardt A. fhurston E; W. D,unagan ,Wm. Witter , G. B. Jeffries IJames H. Bethune John A. Hogue J. A. Shields Chas. E. Rarroll B. She~herd E. G. Mille!'.. J. 1\1. Basaker J. B. Dunbar

~uskirk

R . L; DOdge IGeorge Durgan !VI. B. Woods Simon Loewen Robert 1': Koontz E. W. B~I~sdon W.p. Williams J. I. Shapard: C. H. Downtam Hugh Van Hoozer W. A. Bush: IJ. W. Waltnp :E. B. Smilh ,J. J. Brady 'Eli D. Ake G. P. Swanson G. W. Lemmon IJ. W. McClellan A. S. Dodge IM. H. saper W. W .. Burrows

IC. W. Grimes ,.~. H. Russell.. Stephen Chapman J. T. Rucld.: ~ J. B. Francis H. '1'. \Vright.. John F. Hunn Alex. McBryde., Sampson Barker B. W. MitchelL I,B. S. Baker J. W. Popplewell A. C. Stewart

IJ. H. Duvall...

Returns.

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~ thir~·Saturday. ~

Saturday before full mO,on. First Monday and ISaturday on or before full moon. 'Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday nearest full moon. Saturday on or before full moon.' Wednesday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Friday on or before full moon. ,Wednesday on or before full moon. Third Monday in each month.

'W. E. Brown

I~. M. Gibbs..

Calland Arnold S. M. Tinker D. M. Evans Wm. Cobb Thos. Bainbridge M. N. Lamallce Thos. Standish

I.NO R.etnrns.

iW. N. Todd ,G. J. Harvey 'J. W. Pledge E. G.·Duncan iW. P. Boq~a Frank T. SImons C. A. Bennett C. C. Owen T. C .. ~IitChell... J. H. I ..Baker H. B. Watson ,R. M. L. McEwen

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Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. second and fourth Fridays in e. m. :S~turday on or.before full moon. IFust Saturday m each month. S~turday on or b.efore full moon. ~Irst Saturday after fUI~ moon. ~a.turday on or before full moon. \Vednesday on or before full moon. 'f);l1lrsday before full moon. ISaturday on or before full moon. Wednesday on or before full moon. I'Saturclay on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. First Tuesday in each month. · ITues.OTl or be. f. m. ,t:2d Tues. after. 1VO

J. H. Cox :E. Van IH. C . . Shively John N. Pollard S. H. Saun.9-ers Reuben Wilson W. M.Mitchell. IW. H. payne Aaron Teter J. 1\1. Abraham A. W. Chenaweth HenrySinauer I

I~aturda.y on or oefore full moon.

IFirst Saturday in each month, ,Sa~urday on or before full moon. IFnday on or nearest full moon. 'I·Fourth Saturday il.l each month. Saturday on or before full moon. IThird Satur.day i~ each month. Second Saturday III each month. - - - - on or before full moon. Saturday 011 or beforc full moon. IFriday on or before full moon. Second Saturday m each month. Second &: fourth Mondays in e. m.

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,g I

I~DGE.

164. JOaehlm 165 IMaryville 166 Mi:-abile ; ]67 Onent FrancaIs 168 Colony 169'Camden Point 170 Benevolence 171 IHartford

1Z2lcCl~ser

p.T3.Wl'D;';~~>S. Hlllsboro Maryville Mirabil~

St. LOUIs Colony Camden Point Utica Hartford Ma~on

1/3 UnIOn Umon 174 Sturgeon Sturgeon 175 :\'ewton :'iIewtonia 176 Point Pleasant Point Pleasant.. 177 Texas Houston 178 1Griswold Price's Branch 179 Pride of the West... St. Louis 180 Des Moines Athens 181 Novelty Novelty 182 Stewartsville IStewartsville 18:) Cali!Ornia \CalifOrnia 18:1 C.lllhOU!1 CalhOU!l 18;) ChamoIs IChamOls 18li Morality Renick 187 Henry Clay Millersburg; 188 Hannibal Hannibal. 18!) Zeredatha jSt. Joseph l~O Putnam Newton 191 \'Vilson ..· Shawneetown F.mnkford : 19."! Angerona Mlssoun City 19~ We~lsville Wellsville 19:) Bolivar Bolivar l\){i Quitman IQuitman 197 Carthage Carthage 198 Allensville Allendale 199 .New Hope New Hope 200ISonora I.,vll.tson

H)~

IF~ankfo.rd

CDUNTY.

Jefferson Nodaway

Caldwe~l...

;

M~STKR. James J. Wilson 8. C. McCluskey Henry Ca:-roll... E. Grand,lean C. C. Coleman r. W. Ewing Henry C. Cox G. C. Fullerton John Shepherd Geo. W. Foughnder 'S. W. Turner H. S. Humphrey R. S. Mott J. A. Steely M. L. Cope F. W. Brockmann G. R. Neff W. H. F. Owen 'H. S. BUCk ;L. F. Wood Jno. H.,GOff D. M. Caughell J. W. Dougherty

St. LOUIs Knox Platte Livin/:,'Ston Putnam Maco.n : Franklm Boone Newton New Madrid Texas : Montgomery St. Louis Clark ,Knox DeKalb Moniteau Henry Osage Randolph Callaway 11arion R. E. Anderson Buchanan C. G. Hubbell Putnam \ ICape Girardeau R. T. Henderson ,Pike John E. Henry Clay J. Q. Adams Montgomery ,G. W. Croueh Polk John W. Heydon I'NodaWay Charles Alges Jasper Amos H. Caffe ,. "Vorth Calvin 'l'ilton Lincoln W. H. BasketL Atchison

SECRETARY..

ToME DF MRET<NG.

W. K. Vreeland J. A. Mall John L. Ross E. Babc T. A. HulL r. A. Herndon J. C. Stone L. P. Roberts James G. H?we John F. Hem D. Mayer S. W. Wolatt Philo Lesieur G. A. Leavitt.. C. Wilson H. F. Hoppius John F. Parker N. J. Watson ,C. L. Fowler N. C. Rice IRobert Trevy W. F. Cochran J. W. Hendrix

Saturday on or before full moon. First and third Saturdays. S~turday on. or before full moon. IFlrst and thud Wednesdays. Saturday on or before full moon. lsMurda y on or before full moon. First and third Sllturda s. Saturday on or after furI moon. I'ThurSda y on or betore full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Friday on or before full moon. Saturday on or afterfull moon. Saturday on or before full moon. ISaturda y on or after full moon. Saturday before the full moon. First and third Wednesdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Fourth Saturday in ea~h month. Sa~\lrday on or before full moon. Fnday on or after full moon. Saturday before full moon. No RetuTm. Second and fourth Mondays. Second and fourth Tuesdays. No Retu1'ns. Saturday after full moon. on. or J!efore full moon. First and third Saturdays. ,Saturday before full m?on. Sa.turday 011 or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Second and fourth Mondays. First and third Saturdays. Saturday before full moon.

W. P. Brubaker George Rees

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S~turday

L. N. Torrance IJ'Ohil .1.' Steele lhomas C. Reed Jaco~ :Yliller ,FlavIUS A. Affleck.: W. H. Frankum Eber Budlong C. H. Golding : IJames O. Baskett 1

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iVa Ret·w'ns.

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• 201 Jamesp.0I't 202 WestvIlle 203 Brumley 204 Rowley 205 Trilumina 206 Somerset 207 Clay 208 Salisbury 209 Poplar Bluff. 210 Uniollville 211 Hickory Hill 2i2 Four Mile 213 Rolla 214 Forest City 215\HOrnersville 216 Granby 217 Barbee 218:Good Hope 219, Everett 220' Kansas City 2:21 ~\'Iystic Tie 222 Farmers 223 Woodlawn 224 Hamilton 225 Salem 226 Saline 227 Cypress 228 Shelbina 2291l\Iitchell... 230 'St. James 231 1Warrenton 232'Polo 233 Bucklin 234 St. Francois 235iIonic 236!Sedalia 2371La Pla~a 2..18 RushVIlle 239ISpencersburg 2401.Granville 241/palestine 242 portland 243,.K~ystone : 244 MIddle Fabms 245 Knob Noster 246 Montgomery City

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!.Jamesr.ort WestvIlle Brumley Arnoldsville Marshall Cleopatra Claytonville SaliiObury Poplar Bluff Unionville Hickory Hill. Four Mile Rolla Forest City Cotton Plant!. Granby Browllsville South St. Louis Everett' Kansas City Oak Ridge La Belle Woodlawn IHamilton Salem Se. Marys Laclede ; Shelbina Columbns St. James Warrenton Polo Bucklin Libertyville Rensselaer Sedalia :

Daviess Chariton Miller Buchanan Saline :Vlercer Clay Chariton Butler Putnam Cole Dunklin Phelps Holt Dunklin Newton Saline St. Louis CRSS Jackson : Cap~ Girardeau LeWIS Monroe Caldwell Dent Ste. Genevieve Linn Shelby Johnson Phelps Warren Caldwell Linn St. Francois Ralls Pettis ~a Pla~ :Macon RushVIlle Buchanan Spencersburg Pike Granville Monroe St. Charles St. Charles IPortland :.. Callaway St. LO~lis St. Louis DOWlllllg Schuyler Knob Noster I'JOhnson ,Montgomery City Montgomery

IM. Bunker T. E. Pancost.. J. M. Hawkins ,B. F. Stafford :B. St. George Tucker :J. S. Hawk ; :'f. M. Gash L. Silvey '1'. M. Lane iJ. G. Hart IJohn Scott.. N. J. McBride R. M. Browll H. M. Wilson

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A. P. Shour.. L. F. Ray George W. Reed P. L. Wheeler L. K. Selig George Handle W. H. Waers John Clark George Begley William A. Shelton "V. D. Jordan Louis McClltchtjn A. H. Orchard J. M. Ford

W. H. Crane D: L. Berry H. C. Christopher E. W. Longwell H. E. Whiting O. S. Harris

N. O. Tabor.: T. C. Andrew ,Char,les F. HulL '1'. W. Bundy :H. C. Litchfield G. S. Wills

C. Hanger : G. F. Rogers J. M. Orchard Louis Schaaf E. M. Tracey E. J. Goodrich G. C. Wolfe S. H. Headlee H. II.· }[iddlekamp Henry Slack B. B. Putman 'James A. Smith W. H. Mason John D. Crawford W; S: Sears WIlham Howard

A. H. lI'IcGlothlin J. S. Orr J. W. Wings Henry Roseman George W. Adams J. W. Sigler James l\Iosly John C. Senne James McIntyre John D. Grant B. B. Bowers 'E. A. Vansickles W. H. Brown George L. Faulhaber W. J. Brigg~ J. W. Ranklll

C. W. Rash Joseph H. Alexander W. K. McCall M. C. Irish : James Chatlm ; , Iw. H. Pocoke

J. D. Evans John K. McDearmon J. W. McCall J!\s. HOI:rocks J. D. Skldmore Albert Vogt

Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Friday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or b('fore full moon. Second and fourth Saturdays. Saturday before full moon. Saturday before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. First Saturday and third Mon.e. m. No Retu1'1u;. Fri. on or b. f. m. &. 2 weeks thereaft. Friday on or before full moon. First and third Saturdays. Saturday on or after fp.ll moon. Second and fourth Mondays. Saturday on or before full moon. No Returns. Saturday on or before full moon. First and third Tuesdays. Saturolly on or before full moon. 1j'Saturday on or before full moon. First alld third Wednesdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturday all or after full moon. Saturoay on or after full moon. Saturday b. f. m. <I: 2 weeks thereaft. Saturday on or before full moon. ,Saturday on or before full moon. :Saturday on or before full moon. IWednesday 011.01' before full moon. 'ISaturday befOle full moon. No Returns. Saturday on or b.efore full moon. First and third Tuesdays. Third Saturday each month. ,.Fi~st. Rnd third Wednesdays. Fnday on or before full moon. , "'10 Ret-urns. ISaturday on or before full moon.

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LoDGE.

247'Neosho 248 Rochester 249 Carroll 250 High Hill 251 Hope 252 Alanthus

ADDRESS.

,Keosho Rochester Norborne : High Hill ·Wushington Alanthus

COUNTY.

Newton Andrew Carroll Montgomery Franklin Gentr

MASTER.

H. C. Armstrong : F. M. King W. V. Carpenter John Nebel.. B. Fry W. T. Waterman

SECRETARY.! OF MEETING. I TD1E '

!Ferdinand Schurmann J. Gager E. P. Meehan IB. F. Bray W. Zierlein M. J. Weddle

Tuesday on or before full Saturday on or before full Sat. on or before f. m. & 2 :Saturday on or before full ISaturday on or before full Saturday on or before full

IT.Oscar L. BurKess K. Brown

I~r!c1aYOn or be~ore full moon.

IF.

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moon. moon. wks. aft. moon. moon. moon.

~~ ~~~r~;.~:::::::.:::::::::::~~~r~;~.:·:::::::::::::g~i~~~~::::::::::::::: :::::::::::.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 'V. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::I~~ ~;~~~~:~~: Alton Oregon J. A. Rice N. Evans Saturday on or after full moon,

255 Alton 2~6 Shekinah .. : 257 Lodge of Light 258 Ravanna 259. Lodge or Loye 260 Mechamcsvllle 261!Florence ; 262 Holden 263 Summit.. 264 Fayetteville 265 Corinthian 26~ SociaL 26/ Aurora r

Hanover Eagle Ravanna

Jetfe~son

HarrIson Mercer Lancast~r : :.. Schuyler Mecbamcsville St. Charles New Florence Montgomery Holden Johnson Lee's Summit.. Jackson I Fayetteville Johnson Warrensburg Johnson Martin~bnrg

St. Loms

AUdrai~

St. Loms

Wm. A. Foster Arthur Graham John McRae : Jo~n ~. :Martm J. S. Fltzhugh J. Starkey IJ. A. Shaw W. H. H. Brown Geo. R. Hunt. T. '"V. Hanes M. Cooke

l'nday on or belore full moon. Wednesday before full moon.

T. E. Williford , IW. C. C~lloway :B. E. WIISOIl j.J. H .. Hewes T. R. Thornton Wm. P. Greenlee J. Zoll A. W. TRpscott. S. B. Potter

Saturday on or before full moon. IMonday on or before full moon. :Thursda~ .. on or before full moon. First and Third Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. 'pirst Monday each month. iS~turday on. or a[t~r full moon. ,Flrst and thud F ndays.

J. H. Alexander John Y. Fulbright D. H. Smith

A. C. Depue John H. Paine G. W. Ready

Saturday on or after full moon. Tuesday on or before full moon. Third Friday each month.

S. O. Wallace B. J. Orear

Obadiah Hall P. E. Orear

Thursday on or before full moon. ~~d!!~s~~~ on or before full moon.

A. J. Harrison D. J. POOl. L. S. Naftzger G. M. Roberts J~o. H. Wilkins Michael Sweeney W. H. Sherman

jEvery alternate Wednesday. ISaturday on or before full moon. Friday on or before full moon. Wednesday on or before full moon. sa.turday on or after full moon. . iSecond and Fourth Mondays. ,Thurs. on or b. f. m. &: 2 wks. aft.

iVa Returns.

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270 New Salem New Salem 271 Solomon Sprin~field 272 Granite Sedaha 273 St. Clair Osceola 274 Cold Spring Henrietta ~~~ ~~~~du1in~r.::::::::::~~~::;!~e:

Lincoln Greene Pettis St. Clair Johnson ~~~i_ne

277 William D. Muir Pilot Grove 278 Avilla ~ .. Avilla 279 Hogle's Creek Qu~ncy 280 Lodge of peace IChlllhowee 281 Fenton Fenton:.: 282 Cosmos St. LOllis 283 Stockton Stockton

Cooper JllSPer Hickory Johnson St. Lou~s St. Loms Cedar

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No Ret1'7'ns.

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H. Armstrong T. J. Stemmons :.. )1. E. Ferguson C. R. Oglesby B. F. HolcOl~be J. J. WertheImer E. W. Montgomery

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284 Lily · 285 Earl 286 Hesperian 287 Craft 288 Hermitage 289 Acacia 290Yairmount 2911' Edina 292 Lamar 293 Sarcoxie , 294 ~Iound City 295,l\loniteau 2!l6ICameron 297 Ozark 298 Marble Hill .299 Tem Ple 300 Doric 301 White HalL 302 Lick Creek 303 I Osage 304 FaithfuL 30f> Clarence 306 Ashlar 307 :New London 308 Parrott 309 King Hiram 310lSikeston 311 Kearney 312l\;l~. Ple.a..~ant

313 l lI1gsvllle 314 St. Aubert 315 Altona 316 Rural. 317 Osborn 318 Eldorado 319 Paul ville 320 Chapel HilL 321 Jonathan S221Hardin 323. Corner-Stone 3241 McDonald 325, Dockery 32r,!New Home 3271Mt. Zion 3281Cainsville 329,Kennedy

Grant City

IWorth Coft(~ysburg :Daviess Virgil City 'Cedar Canton Lewis Hermitage Hickory Paradise Clay Fairmount.. Clark Edina Knox Lamar /Barton Sarcoxie Jasper Mound City Holt.. Jamestown Moniteau Cameron Clinton Fair Grove Greene Marble HilL Bollinger Kansas City JackSon Forkner's Hill.... Dallas Barnard Nodaway Perry Ralls Nevada Vernon Little Black Ripley clarence IShelby Commerce Scott.. New London Ralls l\·raysville DeKalb Knoxville Ray Sikeston Scott Kearney Clay St~nbe\ry Gentry Kmgsvllle Johnson St. Aubert Callawa.y :Altona Bates Kallsas City ' Jacboll OSb.nrn DeKalb Luray Clark Brashear Adair Chapel Hill Lafayette Denver ;Worth Hardin; 'Ray : St. LOUIs St. LOUIs Independence Jackson Meadville Linn New Home Bates West Plains Howell Cainsville Harrison Eboney Nodaway

: N. B. Brown W. T. Doyle D. M. Hibbard P. L. Hargiss Wm. Duncan J. T. Laughlin W .. R. :\'IcQ.uoid

B. B. Adams J. M. Sitton Thos. W. Furlong Geo. S. Selvidge M. F. Duncan T. )1. ·Wood A. G. Bostick

:Satnrday before full moon. 'Sat. before f. m. & 2 wks. thereaft. 1First and third 1-Iondays. Thursday on or before full moon. Second and fourth Saturdays. Saturday before full moon. S~turday on or before full moon.

J. W. Davis M. M. Smith H. E. Blakeman E. 1'. walker

Hiram A: Smith J. S. Hart Lewis.Reed N. Follett

Tuesday on or before full moon. Sat. on or b. f. m.,~ third )'[on. aft. Saturday on or before full moon. Second and fourth Saturdays.

Wm. C. Talley Asa Maddox James Marlin A. L. Williams David Spring-Eted J. M. LiddelL James F. Tubb J. W. Evans J. '1'. Anderson Geo. E. MayhalL Sam'l W. Holmes A. P. Craven C. H. ~arris W. J. l: ates T. L. W.ilson W. P. GIbson E. W. Hopkins Jno. G. CantreIL J. E. JaCkson F. W. Moore Sl1m'l Blakley J. N. McCreery M. G. Wood Jno. J .. Clark W. J. Roac~ .las. A. SmIth W. 1'1. RandeL J. A. Howe R. F. Hewlitt H. T. Smith

B. !J. Bowman C. H. Taylor A. HoetingN. McClaskey E. S. Armstrong C. G. Burton Wm. Fitzgerald J. T. Herron F. de Wint Chas. C. Carter E. A. Rood A. C. Kincaid Needham Sike P. D. Anderson Wm. ~. :\Iastin R. T. Fryer W. A. Dolman ,~L :\-1. Tucker IGeo. W. De Groodt. T. H. Welch M. A. Wooldridge W. R. Hopkins G. Thomas Doty Jas. E. Can·er A. N. Barrett. Nathan Stampfer Jacob Leader L. N. Goodale J. T. Warren G. H. Carter : L. P. Colvm

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C. D. Thummell

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00 00

Returns.

,No Returns.

isaturday on or before full moon. First and third Tuesdays. iSaturday before full moon. Saturday after full moon. . ISaturda y on or before full moon. Friday before full moon. ,Saturday 011 or before full moon. ·ISatllrda y 011 or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturday 011 or before full moon. !'t.. First and third Saturdays. !Satllrday on or before full moon. S'!-turday on. or before full.moon. FIrst and thud Saturdays. Saturday 011 or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Second Saturday each month. Saturday 011 or before full moon. First and third Wednesdays. Second and fourth Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. S,~turday on. or before full moon. FIrst and thIrd Mondays. First and third Mondays. First and third Saturdays. Friday on or before full moon. Friday before full moon. No Returns.

ISaturday before full moon.

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TOWN AND ADDRESS.

LODGE.

P. O.

330 Bertrand 331 Charity il32 Rvland il::l3 Cilillicothe 33'1 Breckenridge 335 Medoc

Bertrand St. Joseph Berlin Chillicothe Breckenridge .Toplin

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Mississippi Buchanau Gentrv Livingston Caldwell Jasper

338 :;VIyrtle 339'IFidelity 340 Amity 341 Re.lief.. 342Icircle 343 Agricola 344 Moberly

34~ Fel~owship

346 34i 348 349

Arhngton S!?ring Creek \\'adesburg Lone Star

;

IJ.H.G.L. Russell George

J. T. Hagie J. W. Swayne

·Iwm. B. Leitch S. .T. Dewey J. S. McDonald 1

OF MEETING.

Saturday after full moon. Second and fourth Mondays. JVO Returns.

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. SECRETARY.

MASTER.

COUNTY.

E. L. Pottle A. C. Burbank W. S. Carson

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)1iJIVIlle \KaY c. craven Farley Platte Joseph M. Holt.. Srnith O~':-'J.l -Tl_ . . ,_ ············I~ Cl,.LI;;) •••••••••••••••••• 1 Brooklllle Ilireene l'eter mac.Kwell Roscoe ISt. Clair W. F. Shackleford Shawnee Mound I Henry J. H. "Vebster 'Moberly Randolph J. W. Bamett.. J~plin Jasper .: Jno. S. Reynolds I.Dlxon PulaskI A. L. McGregor Edgar Springs IPhelps A. A. Flett.. 'Wadesburg :Cass jw. A. Wade Lone Star IG------It;lI'ly • I.. ·· ·.. ··

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YOIlU g .Tames ·Wallace

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liIDson Geo. P. Brown S. H. ElIiott.. : IChas. B. Rodes Edward Molyneux IRobt. M. Tuttle M. L. Bradford E. W. ~1arlan ·

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Second and fourth Fridays. Saturday before full moon. First and third Thursoays. J

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\oatl1roa y on or Detore lull moon. Second and fourth Wednesdays. ,,~

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•

,oaturoll y oelOre lUll moon. " .. Thursday Oil or before full moon. .. Seeond and fourth Mondays. ISecond and fourth Frid:tys. ISaturday on or after full moon. ·Saturday on or after full moon ISecond Sat. and Sat. before f. m. u_

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352 Friend Ozark 353.'Ben Franklin Savmmah 354 Hebron Mexico 355 Adelphi ,.EdgC~ton 356 AncIent Landmark Harnsburg 35i,Phelps Phelps City 358:Comfort !Rocky Comfort... 359 Garrett White Hare 360 Tuscan St. Louis 361 Riddick Buffalo 362 Hiram Kahoka 363 Fraternal Robertsville 364 Higginsville Higginsville 365 Warsaw Warsaw 367 Barry: lwashburn

Christian Andrew Audrain Platte Boone Atchison McDonald Cedar St. Louis Dallas Clark Franklin Lafayette Benton Barry

J. W. Robertson JIlS. G. Walker S. S. Craig ~. L. Cozine E. C. Haller

H. R. Elkins J. L. Bennett J. A. Glandon Browni!1g lViitchell.. B. E. Givens

Saturday before full moon. Second Satmctay each month. First Tuesday each month. Saturday Oil or aft~r full moon. Saturday on or before full moon.

W. F. Moore R. ~L Crutcher P. D. yost A. G. Hollenbeck Ben. E. Turner Richard Smith Wm. W. Preston Jas. R. Jones A. F. Ault

.T. R. Shelley Jas. :M. Travis C. S. Charlot.. C. M. Davis Wm . .T. PheIPs J. )1. Leverich Jas. Peddicord A. S. McGowan W. K. Bayless

Friday on or before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. First alld third Tuesdays. :Satllrday on or after full moon. I;Frida y on or before full moon. Saturday OIl or after full moon. l\Ionoay on or before full moon. First and third Thursdays. Sa~urday on or before full moon.

iVO Returns.

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7.. 368jCrescent Hill..

jCrescent HilL

Bates

3/0 ,WIllIamstown 371 ,Craig372jNonpareil 373 Mandeville 1 374,Golden Rule 375 Plumb: 376 Kin&, Hill 377 AnCIent Craft 378 Kilwinning 379 Coatesville 380 Queen City 381 Ionia 382 Richland 383 Pythagoras 384 Harmony 385 Alexander

WIlllamstown Craig East Lynne Mandeville Jonesburg Middletown St. Joseph King City Kilwinning Coatesville Queen City Barnettsville Richland Cassville ~ Vibbard .. , Bedford

LewIs Holt Cass Carroll Montgomery Montgomery Buchanan Gentry Scotland Schuyler Schuyler Morgan I.>ulaSki. Barry ·Ray Livingston

3~9ICo.m.Posite

,D~n~phan

Ripl~y

A. .T. Saterlee D. K. P<;mder R. C. RIsk Thos. B. Ward F. H. Clark J. )1. Stowall J. H. Scholle T. )1. Luce James Shepherd W. S. 'rrotter Eli Barrickman : J. H. Walker J. S. Campbell G. C. yost Chas. S. Bryan Elias Hightower K E. Westcott..

J. W. Duncan A. J. )IcCallllm R. C. Mumma J. A. Ward W. F. Hudson ~1. Block W. L. Smith L. B. Love W. H. Prindle :E. W. Salisbury W. SaundeFs : 'James Carter IJ. H. Stiffler 1 H. A. Block B. F. Mccary Adam Hauser Jas. H. Baugh

lz.

Thi~ Saturday each month. Saturday 011 or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Satur<lay on or afterf. m. & 2 w. aft. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. Saturday before full moon. ,. Thursday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon.

Solomon L. Livingood W. H. McLean G. T. Todd J. T. Richltrdson ,J. A. Smith Jno, A, j',[cCullah Milton Boone !'A. M. Woodson .., J. T. Rennick T. M. Vermillion

J. J .. Hatfield George Orr J. T. Pendleton Jno. W. Hall G, W. Smith J. N.. Patri~~ Erwm EllIs ,Thos, H. Hughes James Mahan A. C. Sullivan E. B. Usery James W. Gilbert.. ,'B. F. Hetrick 1'1'. J. Marchant..· N. B. Garner , W. F. McCally A. S. DoddS I

D.. R. Martin ~ IJ.L. Campbell J. D. Shaw David S. Hall , ' Jno, W. Hawkins ID. S. Flowers 'W. A. Johnson H. R. Southwick J. B. Bell W. B. Haston D. H. Webster I.

James H. Vickars IJ. L. Powell ·IIJno. Fe~guson Wm. NIckle ,James Hodkins IJ. G. Honnold "

j\[o Retu1'ns.

,'Saturday on or after fnIl moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Thursday on or before fUll. moon. \Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday after full moon. Second and fourth Saturdays.

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288 Farmersville Farmersville Livingston 389 Arcana Wintersville Sullivan 390 Marionville Marionville Lawrence 391 Hay town ; Raytown Jackson 392 Christian Oak Grove Jackson 393 Bee Hive Lawson Ray 3941Dagan Mendon Charl.·ton 395 Latimer ILicking 'fexlls 396 Western Light.. Louisburg Dallas ~97 Gower II'G~\\'er Clinton 398 Jasper ;.. MIdway Jasper 3~)9 Pike Curryville Pike 400 Decatur Peirce City ILawrence 401 Center Lebanon Laclede 402 Gavel ~ew cambria ;.,: Macon 403 Lowry City Lowry City St. Clair 404 Alexandria Alexandria Clark 405 Meridian Sun Austill. : Cass 407 Royal ,i\!ooresville Livingston 408 Montrose /Montrose Henry 409 Civil Bend Civil BeneL. Daviess 410 Iberia Iberia MiI.1er 411 Joppa HartVIlle WrIght 412 Appleton City IApPleton City St. Clair 413,vltlley Bolckow Andrew 4141Greensburg IGreensburg ,.. IKnox

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00 00

. ,Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Friday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Sat. b.efore 2d and 4th Sunday. iVO

Returns.

lsaturdaY on or before full moon. Saturday before fuJI moon. • Saturday on or before full moon. I'Sat. before f. m. and two w. aft . iVO

'ti

Ret'lO'ns..

Saturday on or before full moon. ;Wednesday on or before full moon. Monday on or before full moon, Saturday after f. m.and two w. aft. Friday before full moon. Monday on or before f. m. 2 w. aft. Friday on or before full moon. No Returns. Sat. on or before f. m: and 4 w. aft. Friday before f. m. and two w. aft. Sa~urdayon or after the full moon. FrIday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. No Returns.

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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT, ETc.-Oontinued. o -=-'

LoDGE.

I P. O. ,

TOWN AND . ADDRESS. Ie;:

COCNTY.

415 Hunnewell :Hunnewell i~helby 416 Cache !Station B St. Louis 41i Covenant.. iC~rrol1ton .. , ,.ICarrOll 4Hi Clear Creek LlIlcoln Benton 41!.l Stal' ITabervi.lle St. Cla!r 420 Itaska St. LOUIs St. LOUIs 421 Euclid ,Versailles Morgan 422 Gate of the TemPlelN. Sprin~field Greene 423 ~ewburg C(llupetition Laclede 42~ Samaritan Bonne Terre St. Francois 4~ii Cedar.City Cedar. City Callaway 426 Leesville Leesville IHenry 427 Glenwood IGlenwood Schuyler 428 Louisville '\LOUiSVille ILincoln 429 New Madrid..: New Mlldrid.: New 1\Iadr~d 430 Iron Mountam Iron Mountl1m :St. FrancOis 431 Cement Halfway Polk 433 Mack's Creek IMack's Creek Camden 4~llwhee~ing Wheeling: Livingston 43'J St. Nicholas Cave Sprmg Greene 437 Tuscumbia ,.. Tuscumbia Miller 438 Tempe.rance Smithville Clay 439 Mt. OlIve..; Marshfield lwebster 440 Trowel Lutesville Bollinger 441IExcelsior Jackson Cape Girardeau 443 Anchor St. Louis St. Louis 444 Ada 'Orrick ·..· I,Ra y · 445.West Gate St. Louis St. Louis 446 Greenfield Greenfield Dade 447 Fairview Scottsville Sullivan 448 Schell City Schell City ,Vernon 449 Piedmont.. Piedmont IWayne 450 Belton 'BeltOI1 Cass 4?1 Argyle jNeVll.cta Vernon 4;:,2 Verona Verona Lawrence 453!Fors Yth Forsyth \Taney 454 Benton Lincoln Benton

,:M~\STER. Jno. G. Balrd E. C. Creley IJ8.s. C. Allde,rson A. M. McIntire E. c. McLai~ Adolph Klemtopf.. Jno. H. Stover E. D. parce John Woodside ,C?as. ~V. S~muel... '\, m. I arks II. D. B. Cutler S. E. Estes Wm. R. Maspn J. A. Parker J. W. Eaglon !E. H. Banner IJ· E. Pa:doner ,R. H. Skeen 'D. 1\Iar.s·halL :Vm. R. Adllms r. F. Henslee A. R. Jaques James ZIt. Seibert F. C. Bonsack 1'1'· J. Leake Jno. 1\-1. Collins Harry T. Wells : Jno. Clements 'Jno. P. McFarland S. B. Rider Ashby G.ray E. D. GrIgg IJ. C. parish H. J. Willis

t..

SE.CRETARY.

'W. B. Tbleboff

lz. E. Gunn

IJ. R. Newlee E. H. Moxley A. C. Davi?son Geo. Goerhch Carl W. Biersach IJ. J. Barnard 'F. J. Tetley W. C. Bu.gbee W. T. HilL Gilbert D. Gray F. M. Dixon Sol Levy , J. L. Andrews W. F. Burress Wm. L. Lea S. ~v. Haynes : Joseph POllack W. G. Cla.rk : L. MJz.ener W. H.1 flPlett ChllS. H. Rider Joseph Koehler John H. Krippen R. H.'MeWhorter S. C. Lawrence 'Seymour Hoyt... C. Warren : Edward MorIson 'J.B. Robinson IA. J. King.: ,Peter Larlllelle "T. J. Berry Fred Brill

l .

\H.

.'"

TIME OF

MEETIN~.

Saturday after full moon. Second and fourth Saturdays. First and third Mondays. Fourth Saturday each month. S~turday on. or ?,efore full moon. Fll'st and third I uesdays. Fin;t ~llturday each month. . Second and fourth Thurs. each m. lVO Ret·urns. Saturday on or before full moon. No time given. Saturday Oil or before full moon. Saturday 011 or after full moon. ~o time given. Saturday on or b~fore full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. No time given. ISecoll.d S~turday ~ach month. Thursday before tull moon. Saturday on or before full moon. ;Fi~t and ~hird Saturdays. IFrIday before full moon. Friday on or before full moon. 'Sat. 011 or before new and full m. Second and fourth Wednesdays. Saturday on or after full moon. Second and fourth Tuesdays. First Tues. after Fri. on or b. f. m. :.. First and third Saturdays. lVO Retu'rns. • Second and fourth Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Tuesday on or after fllll moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Fir~t.and third Saturdays.

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45~IBarnesvil1e

45ti.Wallace 457i.TriPle Tie 4'?d Melville ~ 40!)IHaZelwood ~ 460 Lambskin "\ 46,1 9arnth~rsville lI- 46~lsanta.Fe 'tJ 4&1 Aullville ~ 465Silver Cit.y ~ 46~iCentre VIew 46/ Pleasant Hope 4681Red Oak 469 1Plato 470!Nodaway 4711.Mineral. 47~Pickering

4Z.路. 3IKir:eveh

4J<! GUIlford 47.3Golden 47G:Mt. Hope 477!Henderson 478 Racine 4~O. Jewel.. 481Iclinton 48~ CI.intonville 48.~ Ir!sh Grove 484 Kirkwood 4861cairo 487 }lerndon 488 Lock Spring 489ILll.keville 490 Montev!lllo 491 VandalIa 492 Daggett 493ver~on 1 494 Lewistown 495 Globe 496 1Robert Burns 497.iStraffor~

498IKa8eyvl~le

499,Paynesvllle

500~Jameson

501 IBllckner 502 Philadelphia

: Logan's creek Bunceton Longtown Dade.ville Waldo St. Louis Carnthersville SanLa.Fe Aullville Silver Ci~y Centre vlew Plea.'>l1nt Hope Red Oak Plato Maryville Orono&o PickerIng OlI!ey Guilford Golden City 1\1t. Hope Henderson Racine : lpleasant HIll Clinton ,'Cl!ntonvllle M!lton KIrkwood I'Cairo Herndon 'Lock Spring ILakeville ; Montev!Lllo VandalIa Loutre Island IMOU?dS LeWistown Lo?isiaI!a IGamesvllle Straffor~

Kaseyvll,Ie Paynesville Jameson !'BUCkner Philadelphia

IReYnOlds IH~nde,rson Chitwood Cooper Wm. F. Wyan perry , ,'Dade J. M. Tarrant Webster J. P. Robertson St. Louis A.sa B. Ecoff Pemiscot S. H. Steel~ /Monroe Jas. B. Davis: Lltfayette 1\1. M. Gladdlsh ?er. of N. Mexico Cornelius Ber:nett ,JOhnSOn S. H. McElvam Polk: Wm. McVanzant.. Lawerence H. W. jTexas 1 Jno. C. HlCks Nodaway W. H. Todderdale Jasper Nodaway W. 1\1. Wallis Lincoln H. W. SI,lerry Nodawa.y J. W. Bnttam Barton J. F. Morris Lafayette Webster B. F. Dennis Newton R. J. Henderson Cass L. Z. Fenton Henry P. Ferguson Ceda: Wm. Hart (acting) ~tchlso.n jJ. J. Denny St. LoUlS Ben. L. Hickman Randolph IJ. D. Reynolds Saline Wm. M. J. HalI. Daviess 'IThOS. B. Brookshier Stoddard Tames, Lockhart.. Vernor: S. S. curry Audram John H. Thole Montgomery Wm. Wray Ver~on E. B. Ward LeWIS W. T. HllmPhrey Pike H. B. Butts.: Ozark Robt. P. EHlson Greene IW. S. C. Dillard jI,~acon 1. Jeff. Buster Pike J. C. Bradley Daviess Chas. Pipkin I.TaCkSon : Marion ,James E. Rhoades

IThos. A. Barnes Ed. Cramer R. N. Moore A. C. Heckendorn A. R. Newcomb Geo. W. Carlton Jas. W. Rou~e Thos A. Whitworth W. A. Wilson (pro tem.) W. T. McClelland Jno. C. Cochran Jas. Gowanlock R. B. Lynch W. H. Hudson : Jno. W. Harman

Bo~d

jA.

/Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. No Retnrns.

Th~ro? I':~S

Qumtm Wllson Henry C. McGown

Thursday on or before full moon. IThursdll.y on or before full moon. Second and fourth Wednesdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Second and fourth Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. ,Fi~st Thursday each month. FrIday on or before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Satnrday before full moon. Second and fourth Saturdays.

J. B. Cort

路路

~ ..:.....

!NO

Ret1L?"ns.

Saturday after full moon. ,Saturday on or after full moon. ,Saturday on or before full moon. ITuesday on or before full moon. No Retn?"ns.

G. F. Lilliston R. C. Greer J. F. l\ofCAfee Wm. Ellis A. V.andenbergh : Sam 1 P . .tewell'. Henry T. Mudd J. W. Phillips IW. H. Fenwick Sebran Sneed 'E. B. Revel~e lwm. H. ~mlth G. H. Smith S. L. Hnnt.. Wro. P. Ward IBenson C. ROberts H. P. Bro\~n: Robt. Q. GIllIland H. A. l\!cGinty .Tas. R. Jackson : F. W. Patton J. H. Stucker

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'l'hursday on or before full moon. !Saturday on or before full moon. ISaturday on or before full moon. Second and fourth Fridays. Sat. on or before f. m. & 2 wks. aft. ITueSdll.y on or before full moon. Second and fourth Mondays. Fourth Saturday each month. Tuesday on or before full moon. IMonday on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. ISaturday on or be~ore full moon. Saturday on orbetore full moon. I Saturday before full moon. Tuesday before tull moon. /Saturda y after full moon. First and third Thursdays. Saturday.on or before full moon. lsaturda y on or aft~r full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon.

路INO Returns.

Friday on or before full moon.

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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT, ETC.-Oontinued. . LODGES UNDER

U. D

LODGE.

TOWN AND ADDRESS.

P. O.

COUNTY.

DISP~NSA.TION.

'. MASTER.'

• SECRETARY.

TIME OF MEETING,

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STATEMENT~

GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR

Oompiled from Annual Retu~ns, of date September 1, 1880, including Receipts from all sources up to October 15, 1880. ,

21 §

NAME.

LOCATION.

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* Walnut Grove

Williamsburg.................. ISt. Louis........ Agency Wright City.........................

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!H.untsville

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318 Eldorado 319 Paulville 320 Chapel HilL 321 Jonathan

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333 Chillicothe

334 B 'ke."d'e

Chillicothe.............................

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32 00

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368 CresCent Hill.

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389 Arcana

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416 Cact.e 417 Covenant 4i 8 C.lear Creek

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422 Gate of the Temple

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455 Barnesville

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460, Lam. bskin

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NAME.

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477\Henderson

Henderson

482:Clintollville 483'Irish Grove

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Gainesville................

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193

Appendtx.

RECAPITULATION. Chartered Lodges, October, 1879 Ceased to exist (consolidated) during 1879-80 Chartered October 14, 1880 :

. ..

Total Chartered Lodges Lodges under Dispensatiou Total Lodges making Returns for 1880 Total Lodges making no Returns for 1880 Initiated Passed Raised Admitted Dimitted Died Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues Suspended for Unmasonic Conduc~ Expelled Reinstated Rejected

492 2-

490

.. 4

494

447

. . .. .. . .. . .. . :.. .

975

Members reported in Returns received :................ Members estimated in Non-Reporting (47) Lodges..................................

494

887 824 858

880 296 942

2f> 43 132

365 21,414

1,571-

22,985

NOTE.-An approximate estimate shows a loss of 702 members. If all Returns from Lodges were in, it is believed the actual affiliated membership would aggregate twentythree thousand. Four hundred Lodges have paid Grand Lodge dues up to closing this Report; forty-seven have made no Returns; forty-three of those making Returns have not paid Grand Lodge <;lues, shOWing a total deliriquen~ of ninety Lodges. More than half of this number utterly disregard, and therefore violate the law which says Returns SHALL be made twenty days before cach Annual Session. So long as this delinquency on the part of Lodges continues. no accurAe statement can ever be furnished as to the real slatus of the Craft in Missouri. JOHN D. VINCIL, October 30, 1880.路 (}rand Secrelary.

G. L. Ap.-15.

•

ROLL OF "DEAD LODGES" UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, ORGANIZED

..... eo ~

1821.

COMPILED FROM ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS BY GEO. FRANK GOULEY, GRAND SECRETARY, 1876. REVISED AND BROUGHT DOWN TO

NAME OF LODGE.

TOW~.

Nov.

COU~

1880,

STATE.

BY JOHN

VIKCIL, GRAND SECRETARY.

DATE OF CHARTER.

REMARKS.

2 Joachim Herculaneum 'Jefferson :Mo . 3iHiram St. qh.arles S~. Charles Mo 1820, by G. L of Tenn ISurrenderea Apr~14, 18.26. 4,Harmony LOulslana Plke 1'10 Oct. 11, 1821. rSurrendered Apnl, 182<.>. Springfield Greene ,l'tIo 1\lay 6, 1852 lunited with" United, No.5." .5:Taylor 5:0liye Branch Alton : ,Ill April ~, 1822 ; United with 1st G. L',of Illinois, 1824. 6iUmty.. : : J,acks0I,1 Cape Guardeau Mo NOv; 2<.>, 1~21, dlsp. G. L.Ind.. lsurrendered Janu8.r;Y 7, 1823. 7, Fran kIm Umon F ranklm Howard Mo Apn13. 1822 Arrested December 20,1831. 7,Grover Calhoun 'Henry IMo 1\lay, 1852 Died 1860. , 8 Vandalia Va~dal.ia IlL October 8. 1822 United with ~st G. L. of Illinois, 1824. 9 Sangamon Sprmgfield IlL October 25, 1822 Arrested AprIl 11, 1826. . 10 Union Jonesboro 1 111... October 25, 1822 United with 1st G. L. of Illinois, 1824. 10/Shawnee ! INew Santa Fe ,JaCkson /MO jMay , 1858 Surrendered 1863. 10'Chapel Chapel Hill. Lafayette Mo May 6, ]852 Surrendered 1855. 11!Eden '__....................... / ~..................... Tl1 1"\ ........... 1-.. ..... _ n 1QClO l't-..: ...... ...1 ••• :.\.,. 1 .... r'1 T rl1': _ _ ':_ 1nn ... 131"rucke·r:::::::: IN.e. ueneVleve \i::lte. ueneVleve I1\10 'vctooer lU, Uj~O I::;urrenaerea AprIl 0, Its,n. 14 Boonville Boollville Cooper Mo IApril3, 1827 Arrested October 3, 1838. 15Central Sm·u"',non ' ••. 1L1IVUIl:: !"='i~y 1 15 Per"everance . Lo"'-'--._ , •• _ , . _ - " ,ono ,.----.-~ . _ - " n ,nnn ..lJO;'lU.l1a. •••••••••••• ' u " lA'Ci •••••••••••••••••••• 1 161!COl~lmbia ::::::::::::::::::::: Columbia ! Boone MO \October 5, 1830 IArrested OctOber 3, 1838. 21 New London New London Ralls Mo OctOber 5, 1837 surrendered 1862, on account of war. 21 Greencastle Greencastle Sullivan Mo June 2, 1866 Arrested A ril, 1879. 22 l<'ranklin Alton Ill. Octo.ber 5,1837 United witt G. L. of Illinois, Oct. 1843. 23 j Hiram St. Charles St. Charles Mo October 5, 1837.. Arrested October 16, 1846. . 24 Harmony Jacksonville Ill October 2, 1838 · United with G. L. of Illinois, 1840. 24 .vV y 8.COnda \' La Grange Lewis Mo June 10, 1853 Surrendered 1876. . 26 Springfield Springfield ~ IlL October 8, 1839 United with G. L. of Illinois, 1840. 'l:l Ringgold Ringgold 1 1\10 May 6, 1852 Arrested l'tIay, 1855. 27 Temperance Vand~lia Platte Ill October~. 1839 United with G. L. of Illinois, 1842. 27 Temple ,Mellville Dade Mo 1\lay. 1858 Surrendered 1863. 29 Far west /Galena IlL October 11, 1839 Surrendered 1840. 29 Osage Little Osage Vernon Mo May 6, 1852 Destroyed 1861, by war.

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32i Lafayette Lexington :.. Lafayette 33 Hillsboro alias Mt. Moriah.. Hillsboro 37 Dawson Wellington ; Lafayette 38 Graham ; Pleasant Hill Cass 39 Tully Tully Lewis 39 Clinton Carlyle 39 'Modena l\fodena Mercer 40 Coleman St. Louis : 41 Des Moines Burlington 41 Bolivar Bolivar ,' POlk 42/Houston Breckenrldge Caldwell 42 Iowa Bloomington 42 Middle Grove l\liddle Grove Monroe 44 IRochester ROCh.ester Andrew 46 Sparta, formerly "Kabzeett" Sparta Buchanan Washington Franklin 46' Martha Washington 491 Mineral Point... Mineral Point 50 l\liddletown Middletown Montgomery 5O 'oZark Springfiel~ Greene 50 Anderson Chapel HIlt Lafayette 56 IPlatte ,Platte City Platte 59!Lancaster Lancaster Schuyler 59'Marion iSalem 60 St. Clair !Belleville : 61 Osceola 路IOsceola St. ClaIr 62 Maysville Maysville De Kalb 62 Dubuque Dubuque 63 St. Marys Perryv~lle Perry 631Iowa City Iowa CIty 64 Landmark Warsaw Benton 65!MelOdy Platteville 66 Marshall fioIarshall. saline 69 Alexandria Alexandria Clark 70 College Marion College Marion 70 Dickinson JI,olonroe : Marion 75 Bowling Green Bowling Green Pike 81 Neosho Neosho Newton 83'Dana Calhoun Henry 84IMultanomah Oregon City

85 JOhnSOn Warrensburg 86 lI-litchell Columbus 86 I~10. Mil. 3d Reg't Mo. Vol.. 88'Bates Butler 88 Olive Branch Unioll 88 Dresden Dresden

Johnson JOhnson Bates Franklin Pettis

Ill I'MO Mo l\fo Ill /l\IO Mo Iowa IMO Mo Iowa IMo IMO Mo Mo Wis 'fioIO Mo Mo IMO Mo .!Ill

1111..

Mo IMo IIowa Mo Iowa Mo Wis IMo Mo Mo ,'1v.IO Mo Mo Mo IOregon.

October 8,1840 October 8, 1840 :May 28,1858 June 12, 1853 June 9,1853 October 8, 1841. June 2, 1866 October 8, 1841. October 20, 1841.. June 9,1853 June 2, 1866 October 20, 1841.. June 9,1853 June 10, 1853 October 8, 1841.. June 10, 1853 October 11, 1842 IMay 25, 1854 October_.17, 1842 May, 1858 October 14, 1842 May 25, 1854 October 11,1842 October 1~, 1842 October 1<>,1842 May 25, 1854 IOctober 10,1:843 May 25, 1854 ,October 10,1843 October 12,1843 October 12, 1843 October 12,1843 October 16, 1844 October 16,1844.. October 14,1846 October 14,1846 October 17, 1846 October 19,1846

I. :

Mo I'MO

1\to Mo Mo

March 19, 1847 lunknown October 14, 1847 )lay 28, 1858 October 14, 1847 October 19, 1867

路

;

Arrested December 1, 1866. Arrested October 16, 1846. Surrendered 1864. Destroyed 1862, by war. ~ Surrendered May, 1863. Arrested October 19, 1846. Arrested October, 1876. Changed to" )It. :Moriah, No. 40," 1844. United with the G. L. of Iowa, 1844. Surrendered ~863. 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. _ United with G. L. of Illinois, 1844. United with G. L. of Illinois, 1843. Destroyed 1861, by war. Destroyed 1862, by war. United with G. L. of Iowa, 1844. Su~rende~ed January, 1864. Umted WIth G. L. of Iowa,.1844. Destroyed 1861, by war. United with G. L. of Wisconsin, 1844. Arrested 1&')1. Arrested 1864. . Changed to "Dickinson," 1847. Formed froln "College, No. 70." Changed to " Ashley, No. 75." Surrendered 1863; .restored as 247, in 1867. Arrested October 28,1852. First Lodge on Pacific Coast. United with G. L. of Oregon. Destroyed 1861, by war. Destroyed 1861, by war. Closed with l\Iexlcan war. Destroyed 1861, by war. . Arrested about 1855. IArrested July, 1878, by T. C. Ready, G. M.

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ROLL OF "DEAD LODGES," E'fc.-Oontinued. ~

:s',DIE OF LODGE.

90 Prairie 94 Boone 94,Evening Star 95!Acacia 95 Pleasant Hill

Chapman

9 Mt. Vernon 101 Greene 103 Carthage 105 Relief 106l\facon 106 Laporte 106 Miami.. ; 108 New Madnd 108Aztec 109IMontezuma 109 Louisiana 111 St. Louis 112 Ezell 114 Waverly 115 Sible y 116 Daviess 118 Hiram 119 Foster 124,Cedar 128IKirksville 128 Live Oak 129 Constantine 130 Barry 134 Sarcoxie 135 Ridgley 137 \Varrenton 138 Round Prairie 140 Smithton 141 Mi?dlebury 141 OrIental 143 Flint HilL 144 JO~1Jl Dade; 145 Wmdsor Clty 147 Buffalo

TOWN.

COUNTY.

STATE.

DATE' OF CHARTER.

REMARKS.

Harrisonville Cass Mo October 12.1847 Destroyed 1861, by war. :.. Columbia Boone 1'1\-10 11ay 8,1848............................ 1 Cuba ~. Crawford Mo May 29.1855 Surrendered June 12. 1875. Jackson Cape Girardeau~.. Mo )lay 5, 1848 Went down during the war. ' Plell.."ll.nt Hill Cass Mo May 8, 1848 Arrested 1853. LM V,..., , Te>. of N,w M"" IJnn' 2, 1866 Unit,d with G. L. of N,w M""i,o, 1877, ~ft. Vernon Polk ,Mo May 11, 1848 Surrendered December 27, 1862. . Springfield Gre~ne I'MO May 12, 1848 United with ., United, No.5," 1857. Carthage Jasper Mo May 12, 1849 Burned out 1861. iGeorgetown Pettis Mo May 10, 1849 :Went down, 1860. IMll.con Macon Mo May 28. 1858 路Surrendered, 1873. Macon Macon 1\10 1\-lay 28, 1858 Changed to "Macon, No. 106." Miami : Saline : 路Mo May 10. 1849 Surrendered ~ebruary 10, 1857. New Madnd New Madnd Mo May 10. 1849. Destroyed durmg the war. ILas Cruces ;rer. of ~ew Mex October 1~. 1867 ~n~ted w~th G. r.;. of New Mex!co, 1877. Santa Fe fer. of New Mex May 8.1851.. tIllted wIth G. L. of New MexlCo, 1877. Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve Mo 1807. by G. L. of Pa Arrested by G. L. of Pennsylvania, 1824. St. Louis St. Louis Mo 1809, by G. L. ofPa ; Arrested. St. Francisville Clark 1\10 May 9, 1850 Surrendered 18~. Waverly Lafayette 1110 May 9,1850 Surrendered January 28, 1860. Sibley Jackson Mo l\1ay 10, 18:){) Surrendered, 1863. Gallatin Daviess Mo May 10,1850 Arrested 1876. St. Charles St. Charles Mo May 10,1850 Surrendered May, 1862. Boston ScQtt 1\10 l\lay 10, 1850 Surrendered1866. . Fremont Cedar Mo May 10, ]851 Surrendered 1863. Kirksville Adair Mo May 8,1851.. Arrested 1863. New Charter1864 to No. 105 Pleasant Hill Cass Mo October 19. 1867 Arrested by G. L. of Missouri, 1877. ICharleston Mississippi.. Mo :... May 8, 1851. Surrendered July 28, 1874. Cassville Barry ?rIo May, 1852 Arrested 1852. . Sarcoxie Jasper 路Mo May, 1851 Arrested 1\-lay, 1858. IRidgle y Plutte IMO May 7. 1851.. Destroyed 1861, by war. \Vll.rrenton ,Warren Mo June, 1851. Surrendered 1856. Newark Andrew Mo May 31,1855 Arrested ]865. Bmithfield Kansas. l\!ay, 1855 All records lost. :\pddlebury )Iercer IMo May 31, 1855 : 路Arres~d 1872. . 1 renton Grundy I,MO October 17, 1873 lconSOhdated wlth Trenton Lodge, 111. Flint Hill St. Charles Mo May 31, 1855 Surrendered 1863. ca:ssville : IBarry Mo June 1, 18?5 Destroyed 1861,.by war. Wmdsor CIty..; Carrol!.. Mo June 1, 1855 Surrendered 1855. Buffalo Dallas Mo May:, 1855 Arrested 1861.

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1521Linn Creek.............•.......... Linn Creek ·153IKansas Wyandotte 1~6IGiddings Nebras~a City b8,CorI!'well Ros~ Hill 159iPaClfic Pacific 160'Edina' Edina 161 Robert Morris Savannah 167 Eldorado Luray : 168 Fairmount........................ Fairmount.. 169 Tuscumbia Tuscumbia 172 Wolf Island Wolf Island 173 Union,form'rly "Bollinger" Wolford's Store 177 Winchester Winchester 180 Kenner Athens 184 Modern Humansville 186 Dayton Dayton 191 Zerubbabel Platte City 195 Wet Au Glaize Wet Au Glaize 197 Camden Camden 200 Washburn Washburn 203 Pleasant Ridge , Pleasant Ridge 203 Green Ridge Windsor 204 Bent ; Taos 205 Rocky Mount.. Camp Floyd 208 Alto. Vista IA1to Vista :.. 211 Orion St. Joseph 212 Austin : I'Austin ; 216 West Plams West Plams 217IQuincy , Quincy 219!Emerson Emerson 219 New Boston New Boston 2231 Jasper Sarcoxie

Camden Johns0!1 Franklm Knox Andrew Clark Clark Miller Mississippi.. Bollinger Clark Clark Polk Cass Platte Camden Ray Barry Harrison Henry Dll.viess Buchanan Cass Howell Hickory Marion ~Iacon

Jasper

Mo jMay 26,1855 Kansas'IMay, 1855 Neb 1856 Mo May 28, 1~6 Mo May 28. 1856 Mo May 29, 1856 Mo May 28.1856 Mo May 18, 18-">7 Mo May 18, 1857 ~ Mo May 18. 1857, Mo May 30,1857 Mo May, 1857 Mo ?tlay, 1857 :Mo May, 1858 Mo: May, 18;")9 Mo.., May, 1859 Mo May 28, 1859 Mo May, 1860 Mo May, 1859 ~Io May, 1860 Mo May, 1860 Mo October 19, 1867 N. :\lex. June 1, 1860 Utah June 1, 1860 Mo May, 1861. :1\10 May, Hl61. Mo May, 1861 Mo May, 1861. IMO Mav, 1861.. Mo May. 1861. Mo October12, 1869 Mo May, 1861.. :

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Destroyed 1861, by war. No Returns. • Made no Returns. 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. Destro~ed 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 1863. Surrendered 1873. Surrendered 1865. Surrendered 1861. Arrested 1865". Surrendered 1863. De&troyed 18lH, by war. Surrendered 1861. Destroyed by war. Destroyed 1861. by war. Surrendered 1871. Destroyed 1863, by war.

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232,De\Vitt.: 232'Lone Jack 274 New Market.. 277 Index 295 Grove 326 Kit Carson 330 Lathrop 332 Clark City 336 Oak Grove 347 Landmark 348 Ash Grove 348 Cimarron

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364 King David 366 Unanimity 406 Iturrea 407 Houston.. , 409 Unity 417 Covenant 432 Dauphine 433 Silent Temple 436 Lamonte .. , 442 Mt. Lebanon 463 Lake 479 Triangle 480 Union

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Kansas City Weston Hannibal Wellington Richmond Carrollton Dauphine Macon Lamonte Mt. Moriah Cunningham Butler La Junta

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Jackson P.latte Marion Lafayette Ray Carroll Osage Macon Pettis Harrison Chariton Bates New Mexico

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DATE OF ·CHATER. October 13, 1870 October 13,1870 October 13,1871.. October 13, 1871.. October 13, 1871. October 12,1872 October 17,1873 October 16. 1872 October 16, 1872 October 16. 1872 October 17,1873 IOctober i5, 1874.. October 15, 1874

REMARKS. Surrendered 1879. Surrendered 1879. Cons'ldated with Hannibal Lodge, No. 188 Destroyed by fire December 19, 1873. Surrenderecl.1876. Consol. with Wakll.nda Lodge, No. 52, '80. Surrendered 1879. . ' Surrendered Oct0ber. 1877. Arrested Oct.. 1878, by T. C. Ready, G. M. Surrendered 1879. Arrested November 7,1876. Surrencl.ered October, 1877. United with G. L. of New Mexico, 1877.

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LIST OF ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE M. W. GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, FROM ITS ORGANIZATION, APRIL 23D, 1821.

DATE ELECTION.

GRAND MASTER.

D. GRAND MASTER.

April, ]821.. Thos. F. RiddiCk * * Thompson Douglass Oct.. 1821.. .. Nath'l B.1'ucker Oet., 1822 Nat.h'l B. Tucker * Thompson Douglass Oct., 1823 Nath'l B. Tucker * Geo. H. C. Melody * Geo. H. C. Melody Oct., 1824.... Nath'l B. Tucker * Geo. H. C. Melody Oct., 1825 Edward Bates Oct., 1826 Edward Bates * Hardage Lane * Hardage Lane Oct., 1827 Edward Bates * Geo. H. C. Melody Oct., 1828 Hardage Lane Oct., 1829 Hardage Lane * Fred. L. Billon *;Geo. H. c. :Melody Oct., 1830 Hardage Lane Dec., 1831... Edward Bates *:Geo. H. C. Melody Oct., 1832 H. R. Gamble '" Geo. H. C. Melody D.ec., 1833 Sinclair Kirtley '" A. B. Chambers * Sinclair Kirtley Nov.,1834 A. B. Chambers Oct., 1835.tt A. B. Chambers '" Sinclair Kirtley John D. Daggett.. Oct., 1836 S. W. B. Carnegy Oct.. 1837 S. W. B. Carnegy John D. Daggett Oct., 1838 S. W. B. Carnegy John D. Daggett Oct., 1839 P. H. McBride * A. B. Chambers Oct., ]840 P. H. McBride * Joseph Foster 'Oet., 1841. P. H. McBride * Joab Bernard Oct., 1842 P. H. McBride :"..* Joab Bernard Oet., 1843 P. H. McBride * Joseph Foster _ Oet., 1844 J. W. S. Mitchell * Fred. L. Billon Oet., 1845 J. W. S. Mitchell * John D. Taylor o.et., 1846 John Ralls John D. Taylor Oct., 1847 Joseph Foster * S. Ruggles * E. S. Ruggles May, 1848 Joseph Foster )'fay, 1849 ,John F. Ryland : * E. S. Ruggles :\lay, 1850 John F. Ryland * B. W. Grover May, 1851... B. W. Grover * E. S. RUg~les May, 1852 B. W. Grover * S. F. Currle June, 1853 Wilson Brown * L. S. Cornwell May, 1854 L. S. Cornwell D. P. wallingford :\Iay, 1855 L. S. CornwelL Oscar F. Potter

GRAND S. WARDEN. James Kennerly * Edward Bates * Edward Bates * Edward Bates * William G. Pettus * William G. Pettus * Martin Rnggles * Martin Ruggles * H. R. Gamble H. R. Gamble * Sinclair Kirtley '" Oliver Parker * M. J. Noyes * John Wilson * Oliver Parker * Oliver Parker *I'Edward Searcey * A. B. Chambers * A. B. Chambers * Alex. T. Douglass * Alex. T. Douglass *IJosePh Foster '" Joseplt Foster *IJ. w. S. Mitehell E. S. Ruggles * E. S; Ruggles S. Ruggles * J. L. F.Jacoby * Cyrus Osborn * Joseph Megguire *P. Draper.. *I·S. F. Currie * J. H. Turner J. W. Chenoweth IJaroes H. Britton J. W. Cheno\yeth

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GRAND TREASURER.

*lwilliam Bates *IArchibald Gamble * William Bates * Archibald Gamble * William G. Pettus * Archibald Gamble *William G. Pettus '" Archibald Gamble *·'fhornton Grimsley..* Archibald Gamble *;Thornton Grimsley..* Archibald Gamble * John F. Ryland * Rich. T. McKinney * H. R. Gamble * Thornton GrimsleY' * Adam L. Mills * Thornton Grimsley * Adam L. Mills * Bernard Pratte * Adam L. Mills * Thomas Andrews * Augustus Jones * 'l'homas Andrews * Augustus Jones * Thoma.'l Andrews * G. A. Tuttle * Geo. H. C. Melody * S. W. B. Carnegy Geo. H. C. Melody * S. W.13. Carnegy Geo. H. C. Melody * Granville Snell *IGeo. H. C. Melody * Thomas Andrews *Geo. H. C. Melody * Alex. T. Douglass * Geo. H. C. Melody * William C. Vance * Geo. H. C. Melody * John Orrick * Geo. H. C. Melody *IC. H.Bowers Geo. H. C. Melody * C. H. Bowers :.. John Simonds * E. S. Ruggles * Fred. L. Billoll * J. L. F.Jacoby * John S. Watson * J. L. F. Jacoby * John S. Watson * J. L. F.Jacoby * John S. w.atson * Cyrus Osborn * John S. Watson * Joseph Megguire * John S. Watson * P. Draper John M. Reed S. F. Currie * J. T. Johnson *J. H. Turner J. T. Johnson !S. H. Saunders J. T. Johnson * R. C. Hill * Joseph Foster Oscar F. Potter Joseph Foster *IH. E. Van Orsdell * John D. Daggett

GRAND SECRETARY.

* William Renshaw.'" * William Renshaw.'" • * William Renshaw.* * T. Douglass.* * T. Douglass.* * John D. Daggett.'" * John D. Daggett.* . * John D. Daggett.* * John D. Daggett.* • * John D. Daggett.* *:Fred. L. Billon. *IFred. L. Billon. *IFred. L. Billon. *IJOhn Garnett.'" * Thomas W. Conyers.'" *I'l'homaS W; Conyers.'" '" Richard B. Dallam.* *!Richard B. Dallam.* *!Richard B. Dallam.* *IRichard B. Dallam.* * Richard B. Dallam.* * Richard B. Da.llam.* *:Richard B. Dallam.* :Richard B. Dallam.* * Richard B. Dallam.* * Fred. L. Billon. * Fred. L. Billon. * J. W. S. Mitchell.* * J. W. S. Mitchell.• * C. D. W. Johnson.* * C. D. W. Johnson.* * C. D. W. Johnson.* * N O'Sullivan.* A. O'Sullivan.* A. O'Sullivan.'" * A. O'Sullivan.'"

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May, 1H5ti /BClIj amill Sharp May, 1857... S.' H. saunders May, 1858 8. H. Saunders Ma)', 1859 jllJarcus B.Oyd May; 1860 \M. H. McFarland :VIny, 1861... William R. Penick May, 1862 George Whitcomb May, lSmL r John H. Turner M.ay, 18M 1Johll F. Houstoll May, 1865 John F. Houston May, 1866 'JOhn D. Vinci!.. Oct., 1867 W. E. Dunscomb Oct., 1868 John D. Vincil.. Oct., 1869 William D. Muir Oct., 18Z0 }homas E. C!arrett... Oct., lS/l.. .. ·lhomas E. Garrett.. Oct., 1872 Samuel H.Owens Oct., 1873 R. E. Anderson Oct., 1871.. .. John W. Luke Oct., 1875 James E. Cadle Oct., 1876 Xen. Ryland Oct., lS77 T. C.'.. Ready: Oct., 1878 INoah M. Givan Oct., 187!l Jos. S. Browne Oct., 1&30 W. R. Stubble(ield

*iw. A. Cunningham ".P. Draper llIfarcus Boyd *I·l\I. H. McFarland W. R. penick John Decker *!John H. Turner iWm. N. Loker: *I'JObn D. Vincil * John D. Vinci!.. W. E. Dunscomb C. A. Rowley 'R. E. Anderson *iT. E. Garrett ,.IR. E. Anderson IR. E. Anderson J. E. Ryla.lld John W. Luke !Xenophon RYla.nd Xenophon Ryland I'l'hOS. C. Ready Noah 11'1. Givan ·Jos. S. Browne R. Stubblefield ,Alex. M. Dockery:

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Marcus BOyd * J. F. Houston * John Decker W. R. Penick John Decker John Decker * Samuel M. Hayes *IGeo. Whitcomb *.A. L. McGregor.., Wm. N. Loker Samuel RnsseIL John D. Vincil :A. L. :McGregor IA. L. MCGregOr jMartin.Collins Martin cOllins 'IR. E. Anderson * R. E. Anderson A. L. McGregor IT..' E. Garrett Wm. D. Muir jWin. D. Muir *.A. M. Dockery 'Alex. M. Dockel'y ISamuel H. Owens lsamucl H. O,:ens John Eo R~la.nd Samuel H. O\\ens ;Johll E. R)land ;John 'Yo Luke jJas. E. Cadle IJas. E. Cadle .'Xenophon Ryland \Jas. E. Cadle Tho~ C. Ready Thos. C. Ready Noah M. Givan : INoah 11'1. Givan M. G. Hubble IJos. S. Browne W. R. St~bblefield ,Wm. R. Stubblefield .. Jas. E. Carter IJas. E. Carter *IAlex. M. Dockery IChas. C. Woods ILee A. Hall Marc.us Boyd

* John F. Houston

'" Deceased. t Died August 11th, 1866, while in office. t Appointed August 13th, 1866, by John D. Vincil,' G. M. Died April 11th, 1877, while in office.

OFFICERS

EDWARD BATES, JVO'l'ship}l£l Master.

* A. O'Sullivan.* * A. O'Sullivan.* '" A. O'Sullivan.* * A. O'Sullivan.* A. O'Sullivan.* A. O'Sullivan.· * A. O'Sullivan.* * A. O'Sullivan.* A. O'SulliYan.* A. O'Sullivan.* A. O'Sullivan.* t IG. Frank Gouley.* t G. Frank Gouley.* G. Frank Gouley.*

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·G.Frank Gouley.* IG. Frank Gouley.* G. Frank Gouley.* G. Frank Gouley.* IG. Frank Gouley.* e~ j'JOhn D. Vincil. John D. Vincil. John D. Vinci!. John D. Vincil.

il John W. Luke served, by appointment, as Grand Secretary, from

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FOR THE ORGANIZATION,

FEBRUARY 22d, 1821.

JAMES KENNERLY, Senio')' }Val·den.

JOSEPH V. GARNIER, Ti'easw·CI'.

*IJohn D. Daggett.. * John D. Daggett.. '" John D. Daggett.. John D. Daggett John D. Daggett John D. Daggett.. * John D. Daggett John D. Daggett.. lwm. N. Loker Wm. N. Loker Wm. N. Loker */wm. N. Loker ,Wm. N. Loker IWm. N. Loker lwm.N. Lo~er Wm. N. Loker Wm. N. Loker Wm. N. Loker Wm. N.. Loker jWm. 1\. Loker w.m. N. Loker Wm. N. LOker *,John W. Luke 'John Luke IJohn W. Luke

WILLIAM BATES, Junia?' JVardcn.

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He served the Grand Lodge' as Grand 'rreasurer dUrin~ the years 18.50-51-52.

" AN HONE~T 1I1AN, A FAITHFUL CITIZEN, A KIND HUSBAND AND FATHER, THE TRUE TYPE OF A MASON, HE HAS GONE TO RECEIVE HIS REW AIm."

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CONTENTS.

A ADDRESS, Annual, of Grand l\fllster 10-18 Referred ~.................................................................... 19 Report on , ~ Âˇ 20-21 Appeals and Grievance, Report ofCommittce on 36-40 Amendments to By-Laws, Presented............................................................................ 22 Adopted ,....................................... 41 Rejected 59 Read a third time and ordered printed.......................... 59 Auttand, B. 11., Appellant................................. 39 Anllual l\leeting, Time of, 1881..................................................................................... 67

:a Bullock. Israel M... Board of Relief, Report of..... Burial Lot, Report of Committee on........... By-~aws, Amendments presented........ Amendments adopted........ Amendments rejected........ ." Amendnlents read third time ;..................................... Report Qf Committee on............... Bailey, John, Appellant.................................................................................

11 26 46 22 41 59 59 43 36

o Credentials, Committee on............................. 4 Report of Committee on .4-10 Carter, James E .â&#x20AC;˘ Decease mentioned............................................................................ 10 Tribute to 47-49 Consolidation of Lodges : : 27-28

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Committees, Standing 19-20 Special 22-23, 24, 60 Chartered Lodges, Report of Committee on 34-36 Corner-Stone, laying.;.......:............................................................................................ 14 Charters, Duplicates issued........................ 27 New, granted 52 Correspondence, Report on, Special. : t 5..')-58 General App. 1-123 . Charity, Committee Reports on .43,53-54 Church, H. J., Appellant........................... 37 Crayne, G. W., Appellant ~.................. 37 Closing Grand Lodge...... 62 Codification, Committee on.............. 50

D Decisions of Grand" Master District Dep~ty Grand Masters, Reports of.. Report of Committee on Appointments of Dispensations,. Special. Reported as issued Ordered by Grand Lodge... Disbursements reported : ~: Digest, aetion路on Dakota, Grand Lodge of............ Districts, L}st of : Lecturer's list of : Deaths, List of Delinquent Lodges, List of Dead Lodges, List of

12-14

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: 29-30 :............................... 61 57

App. 125-140

: App. 141 App. 160-162

App. 163, 164

APP. 194-198

E Exemplification of Work Election, Annual................... Expulsions, List of Elliott, S. M., Appellant...

45-46 50 App. 157

F . Foreign Corrc;;pondence, Report on

App.1-123

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Contents.

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Fisher, J. H., Appellant :........................................ 38 Funeral Service, Committee on :..................... 50 Foreign Representatives, List of App. 142-144 Correspondence, Chairman of Committee on............. 63

G Grand Secretary, Report Of ~ 27-29 Office, Report on : 44 Treasurer, Report of ~ 30-;--32 Lecturer, Report of............................................................................................. 42 Officers, Election of.. .49-50 Installation of.................. 62 List of, in the past App. 200-201 Lecturer, Appointment of 62 Grievance, Report of Committee on : ! 36--40 Chairman of Committee on -:".... 63 Greencastle Lodge, No. 21............................................................................................. 18 Galland, Washington, Restored.................................................................................... 40路 Grand Secretary's Tabular Statement, No. 1 : ; App. 166-177 No. 2 ..4.pp. 180-192 Secretaries, Foreign, Address of App.145-146

I Inl:!tallatioll of Grand Officers............................................................... Index ;

62 App. 205-210

J Johnson, James T., Death of....................................................................................... 11 Jurisprudence, Report of Committee on : 32-34 Chairman of Committee on...................... 63

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Lodges, Chartered, Report of Committee on 34-36 'Under Dispensation, Report of Committee on................. 52 Consolidated : 27-28 Remova:ls 16-17 . Laying Corner路Stone.................................................................................................... 14 Lot, Burial, Report of Committee on ; 46 Lodges, by Districts : App. 125-140 Delinquent.. App. 163, 164

Contents.

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Memorials Presented 22, 23, 24, 46, }\:[emorial Service......................................................................................................... McKee, 路R. L~ Appellant....... Memorial Page....

50 ,17 38 65

N Newly Chartered Lodges 52 New South Wales, Grand Lodge of 56-57 New Mexico, Grand Lodge of l2-58 Necrology-Jas. E. Carter..................................................................... 10 Jas. T. Johnson ~.................................................. 11 Israel 1\1. Bullock....... 11

o Opening, Grand Lodge : Officers, Grand, Election of.......................................................... Installation of... Appointment of

; Pottinger. J. H., Appellant i Postponement of By-Laws of the Rodan-Polar Star Case Proceedings, Ho,v many copies................................

Report

011 Crendentials on Grand Master's Address of Leavitt on Cyclone Relief........... <;>11 Memorial Jefferson Lodge, No. 43 on Various Memorials.............................................. of St. Louis Board of Relief... of Grand Secretary of Grand Treasur.er on Jurisprudence _ on Charterd Lodges

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Report on AppeaJs : : 36--40 41 on Accounts....................... of Grand Lecturer... 42 on Charity ,43, 53, 54 on By-Laws.............................................................................. 43 on Transportation :~ .44--45 on Burial Lot 46--47 on District Deputy Grand Masters' Reports 50-51 Lodges U. D 52-53 on Ways and Means 54 on Foreign Correspondence 55-58 on Ready's Grievance :................................................................ 60 Rodan, Philip, Committee on............................................... 22 Case postponed 62 Revelle, E. B., Case of :............... 39 Reinstatements App. 158-159 Returns of Chartered Lodges, Chairman of Committee on 63 of Lodges U. D., Cha.irman of Committee on 63 Reports of District Deputy Grand Masters, Chairman .of Committee on.................... 63 Recapitulation App. 193

s Standing Committees, Appointment of 19-20 Chairman of :... 63 Special Committees 22, 23, 24, 60 Report of 24, 25, 60 Scott, W. H., Rev., Introduced.................................................................................... 49 Scotland, Grand Lodge of.... 56 Suspensions, List of, Non-Payment of Dues App. 147-155 " Unmasonic Conduct App. 157

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Titus, Jas. W., Rf'-stored 40 Transportation, Report on.......................................................... 44 Committee on :................................................................. 61 Thanks, Vote of............................................................................................................ 60 TabUlar Stateme.nt, No. 1. A1JP. 166-178 No.2 App. 1$0-192 Transportation, Chairman of Committee on : : 63

u Unfinished Business, :Report of Committee 011..................... United Graud Lodge of Colon and Cuba G. L. AP.-17.

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v Visitors-John H. Brown, of Kansas........................................................................... 19 A. D. l\lcConaughy, o.f Kansas..................................................................... 19 W. H. Scott, Grand Master, Illinois............................................................. 49

'Vells, S. S. B., Appellant............................................................................................ Waters, R. W., Suspension Confirmed......................................................................... Work, Exemplified r.::................................... Ways and. Means, Report on White Water Petition, Declined..................................................

37 38 45 54 52

ERRATA. An error was discovered as to Tuscan Lodge, No. 360, and corrected in part of the forms. The names should be under the head, "Suspensions for Non-payment of Dues."

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GRAND LODGE OF :MO. 1880-81. WM. R. STUBBLEFIELD, St. Louis Grand Master. ALEXANDER M. DOCKERY, Gallatiu D. G. Master. CHARLES C. WOODS, Kansas City G. Sen. Warden. LEE A. HALL, Louisiana G. Jr. Warden. JOHN W. LUKE, St. Louis G. Treasurer. JOHN D. VINCIL,* St. Louis G. Secretary. ALLAN McDOWELL, Greenfield G. Lecture?·. REV. JOHN E. BARNES, Licking Gl". Ohaplain. " THOS. J. GOOCH, Mexico " " " GEO. C. BETTS, St. Louis " " " SIMON LOEWEN, St. Louis " " " ~. T. ALLISON, Bolivar " " " GEO. W. LO~GAJ: , Liberty " " " JAMES E. SHARPE, Warrensburg.. " " ~, W. A. MASKER, Jefferson City " " J. F. COOK, Lagrange " " " RICHARD W. JlcMULLEN, Hillsboro G. Sen. Deacon. JOHN SHEPHERD, Macon G. J,'. Deacon. ASA MADDOX, Kansas City G. Ma1·shal. W. G. WEAVER, Bolivar......... " P. P. ELLIS, New Florence G. SW01'd Bea1·el". CHAS. H. ZOLL, Warrensburg G. Sen. Steward. J. 1\1. McMURRY, Palmyra G. Jr. Stewa1·d. JOHN E. RYLAND, Lexington G. Orato1·. REV. C. H. BRIGGS, Springfield............ " JOHN R. MIDDLETON, Chillicothe G. Pursuivant. GEORGE THORP, St. Louis G. Tyler.

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Committee on Foreign Correspondence.

N oTE.-All letters for Grand Lecturer should be addressed to care of the Grand Secretary, who will promptly forward them.

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