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Denver, September 20 and 21,
A. D. 1892 — A. L. 5892.
Ordered that these Proceedings be read in each Lodge.
—See Sec. 134 of By-Laws.
DENVER. COLORADO:
W. F. Robinson & Co., Printers.
1892.
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Wm. D. Wright, Denver G. M.
Jethbo C. Sanpord, Durango _D. G. M.
Wm. L. Bush, Idaho Springs S. G. W.
"Wm. D. Pejrce, Denver _ J. G. W.
Frank Church, Denver G. Treas.
Ed. C. Parmelee, Masonic Temple, Denver G. Sec.
R. J. Van Valkenburg, Erie _..G. Chaplain
T. B. MacDonald, Saguache . ..G. Orator
Clay M. Van, Denver G. Lecturer
Wm. M. Roller, Salida G. Marshal
Judson E. Cole, Buena Vista S. G. D.
Horace T. DeLong, Grand Junction. _ 1 J. G. D.
Andrew Kellock, Tell u ride S. G. S.
Scel E. Clark, Fort Collins J. G. S.
Thomas Linton, Denver G. Tiler.
COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE.
Roger W. Woodbury Denver
Wm. D. Todd ...Denver
James H. Peabody Cafion City
COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE.
L. N. Greenleap Denver
B. F. Rawalt _ Akron
Ira L. Herron Longmont
The Thirty-third Annual will be held in Denver, Tuesday,
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PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO
AT THE
Annual Communication,
Held September 20th and 21st, 1892.
Denver, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1892.
The M. W. Grand Lodge of A. F. and A. Masons of
Colorado, commenced its Thirty-second Annual Commu-
nication at Masonic Temple, in Denver, on the third Tues-
day of September, 1892, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form by the
M. W. Grand Master, with prayer by the Grand Chaplain,
the following Grand Officers and other members occupying
their respective places:
OFFICERS.
JOHN M. MAXWELL _ G. M.
WM. D. WRIGHT '. D. G. M.
JETHRO C. SAN FORD 8. G. W.
WM. L. BOSH J. G. W.
FRANK CHURCH G.Treas.
ED. C. PARMELEE G. Sec'y
R. J. VAN VALKENBERG.. aa G. Chaplain
IRA L. HERRON G. Orator
WM. D. PEIRCE G. Lecturer
HENRY T. WEST G. Marehal
JOHN A. STEELE 8. G. D.
WM. W. ROLLER J. G. D.
RICHARD HARVEY 8. G. S.
CHARLES F. PAINTER as J. G. 8.
THOMAS LINTON G. Tiler
And representatives from 77 chartered Lodges (all but
Nos. 36 and 63).
4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
The M. W. Grand Master appointed Brothers —
GRAND SECRETARY,
LUTIAN Q. HOBB8,
MYER S. RAF1ELD,
as a Committee on Credentials.
The Committee soon presented their report, which, with
other reports during the session from said Committee,
showed the following Grand Officers, Permanent Members,
Representatives from Lodges and Grand Representatives
present :
GRAND OFFICERS.
JOHN M. MAXWELL G. M.
WM. D. WRIGHT D. G. M.
JETHROC. 8ANFORD. 8. G. W.
WM. L. BUSH J. G. W. ,
FRANK CHURCH G. Treas.
ED. C. PARMELEE G. Sec'y.
IRA L. HERRON G. Orator
WM. D. PEIRCE G. Lecturer
HENRY T. WEST G. Marshal
JOHN A. STEELE... 8. G. D.
WM. W. ROLLER J. G. D.
RICHARD HARVEY .8. G. 8.
THOMAS LINTON G. Tiler
PERMANENT MEMBERS.
Past Grand Masters
HENRY M. TELLER,
ARCHIBALD J. VAN DEREN,
WEBSTER D. ANTHONY,
OREN H. HENRY,
HARPER M. ORAHOOD.
BYRON L. CARR,
LAWRENCE N. GREEN LEAF.
ROBERT A. QUILL1AN,
FRANK CHURCH (Grand Treasurer),
ANDREW 8AGENDORF,
JAMES H. PEABODY,
GEORGE E. WYMAN,
GEORGE K. KIMBALL,
WM. D. TODD,
WM. T. BRIDWELL,
ERNEST LE NEVE FOSTER,
HENRY P. H. BROMWELL (Honorary).
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO.
5
REPRESENTATIVES FROM LODGES.
MAM Or LODGX.
Golden City No. 1.
Nevada No. 4
Denver No. 5.
Central No. 6.
Union No. 7.
Black Hawk No. 11.
Washington No. 12.
El Paso No. IS.
Columbia No. 14
Mount Moriah No. 15
Pueblo No. 17
Collins No. 19
Occidental No. 20
Weston No. 22.
8t. Vrain No. 23
Doric No. 25.
Idaho Springs No. 26.
Huerfano No. 27.
Las Animas No. 28
Del Norte No. 29.
King Solomon No. 80.
Booth Pueblo No. 31 .
Olive Branch No. 82.
San Juan No. 83.
[Those present In Italics.]
.Wm. Triplett W. M.
Wm. P. Benedict S. W.
James Nankivel J. W.
.Alex. Aulsebrook W. M.
Wm. Nichols 8. W.
Frank Mayhew J. W.
.Frank Wheeler W. M.
Robert Hamilton & W.
Wm. L. H.Millar J. W.
.Ambrose Bray W. M.
Ferdinand French 8. W.
Charles Ellis J. W.
.Leonard Qutshaw W. M.
Louis C. Greenlee 8. W.
Harry Carr J. W.
.James Richards W. H.
Ed. C.Hughes 8. W.
Aug. F. Gritzmacher J. W.
.Samuel Hardy W.M.
John L. Carlson 8. W.
Walter A. Garrett J. W.
.John Williams W. M.
Henry G. Berry 8. W.
David H.Rice J. W.
.CharlenS. Faurot W. M.
John L. Church 8. W.
8. L. Madera J. W.
.D. A. Bradbury W. M.
Leroy O.Young 8. W.
G. H. Kellenberger J. W.
. Walter L. Dorland W. M .
ZerezoV. Trine 8. W.
Geo. W.Gill J. W.
.Suel E. Clark W. M.
John P. Campbell 8. W.
Geo. A. Webb J. W.
.Chae. E. Stanley _...W. M.
Jesse 8. Gale 8. W.
John M. B. Petrekin J. W.
.W. W. Chapman W.M.
F.W. Shnckart 8. W.
Geo. E.Stuart J. W.
.Willis A. Warner W.M.
Frank P. 8ecor 8. W.
ChasJ. Gregg J. W.
.Abraham Bergh W.M.
Jacob Adler 8. W.
Willis H. Deering J. W.
.Wm. L. Bush W.M.
John J. Bherwin 8. W.
Jos. E. Chester J. W.
.Robert A. Quillian W.M.
Henry Blickhahn 8. W.
Fred. Unfug J. W.
.D.R. CalUiitav W.M.
Frank D. Goodale 8. W.
John Humphrey J. W.
.Cyrup W. Campbell W. M.
E. R. Hoyt 8. W.
Jared H. Burghardt J. W.
.Wm.E. Culver W.M.
Silas G. Wright 8. W.
John A. Murphy J. W.
.Robert H. Wartenbec W. M.
Wm.L.Hartman 8. W.
C. V. Marmaduke J. W.
.J. W. Ram bo W.M.
T. B. Mac Donald 8. W.
W. A. Johnson J. W.
./). R. Davis W.M.
J.F.Clark H. W.
Henry Meldron J. W.
FBOXIXS.
Ferdinand French.
Eugene S. Cohen.
George S. Adams.
D. A . Bradbury.
George W. Roe.
. Walter L. Dorland.
.Andrew Armstrong.
.Andrew Armstrong.
John M. B. Petrekin.
. E. Jull.
R. W. Candler.
John Q. Grant.
Willis A. Warner.
.George G. Vivian.
Willtam Mitchell.
. Charles O. Unfug.
Charles 0. Unfug.
D. R. Callaicay.
Wm. E. Culver.
Wm. E. Culver.
. T. B. MacDonald.
.T. B. Mac Donald.
D. R. Davis.
Thomas Berriman.
PROCEEDINGS OP THE
NAME OF LODGE.
Crystal Lake No. 84
Ionic No. 35
Rosita No. 36.
Ouray No. 37. .
Silver Cliff No. 38.
Gunnison No. 39
Pitkin No. 40.
Schiller No. 41
Corinthian No. 42
Eagle No. 43
Alamosa No. 44.. .
Boulder No. 45
Durango No. 46.
Breckenridge No. 47.
Georgetown No. 4*v
Mt. Princeton No. 49.
Garfield No. 50
Leadville No. 51.
Tin Cnp No. 52
Loveland No. 53.
Sterling No. 54
Mesa No. 55.
Tellnride No. 56.
Salida No. 57.
Crested Butte No. 58
La Veta No. 59
..DavidS. Hoffman W. M.
George Pirie 8. W.
John L. Kinsey J. W.
.Lutian Q. Hobbs W. M.
John P. Armington 8. W.
W. W. Coble J. W.
..Not represented.
..Wm. W.Rowan W. M.
Jas. K. Herring 8. W.
H. W.Kinne J. W.
..John A. Feist W. M.
Wm.T. Decker 8. W.
Wm. J. Orange J. W.
..Herman M. Webgter W. M.
Henry C.Olney 8. W.
Trnman W.Gray J. W.
..John F. Chrystal W. M.
Josiah C. Nisley 8. W.
Geo. W. Eastman J. W.
.Bernard Hertzbach W. M.
Prank Walters 8. W.
Frank Kratzer J. W.
..Andrew E. Chase W. M.
John W. Hightree 8. W.
John H. Preeberg J. W.
..Geo. B. Sinionton W. M
A. G. Mays 8. W.
Wm. H.Evans J. W.
. .John Spriesterabach W. M.
Wm. IL Hirst... 8. W.
Fred. W. 8wanson J. W.
.Richard H. Whiteley W.M.
JohnH. Crary 8. W.
R. R. Gibbon J. W.
.CharletS. Butler W.M.
Charles H. Barton 8. W.
Geo. V. Copp J. W. .
.H. H. Eluxtod W.M.
Christian Kaiser 8. W.
H. L. Moyer J. W.
.Stoat Hart _ W.M.
Fred.P.Dewry 8. W.
Robert Neuman... J. W. ,
.Ernest Wilber W.M.
Frank B. Keyes 8. W.
W. W.Fay J. W.
.Joseph R. Potcell W. M.
John E. Oakley 8. W. .
Thos. Morgan J. W.
.Samuel D. Nicholson W.M.
Henry R. Pendery 8. W.
("has. E. Dickinson J. W.
.James W. Forrest W.M.
Wm. H.Harris 8. W.
Jas. K. Reed J. W.
.Clarence J. Chapman ...W. M.
Louis 8. Woodruff 8. W.
Charles Maxwell J. W.
.Arthur W. Warren W.M.
J. E.Killen 8. W.
Samuel B. Robnck J. W.
.Orson Adams, Jr W. M.
Charles E. Mitchell .8. W.
Jacob H. Rice .J. W.
.Charles F. Pointer W. M.
Wm. T. March 8. W.
Thomas H. Ballard J. W.
.Wm. Q. Simon W.M.
Theodore Martin H. W. .
Wra.Cummings J. W. .
.Frank E. Songer W. M. .
ThomasHtarr S. W.
Frank Young J. W.
.Samuel Todd W.M.
John R. Otson H. W.
Wm. A. Springer J. W.
PROXIES.
.Carl For berg.
.Carl Forberg.
.Carl Forberg.
.Herman Vulpius.
Lutian Q. Hobbs.
Wm. W. Rowan.
Wm. W. Rowan.
Wm. J. Orange.
Wm. J. Orange.
Herman M. Webster.
John F. Chrystal.
John F. Chrystal.
.J. E. Bemus.
. Wm. H. Nicholson.
.J. E. Bemus.
'Charles 8. Butler.
Charles S. Butler.
.H. H. Elwood.
. Fred. P. Dewey.
. Charles H. Jacobson.
.Frank B. Keyes.
. . . R.J. Van Valkenburg.
. . . Joseph R. Powell.
. . . Henry R. Pendery.
...A Iph. A. Burnand.
F. B. Massey.
...F. B. Massey.
Lawrence M. Miller.
Horace T. DeLong.
.Andrew Kellock.
.Jason Qillett.
.James B. McCoy.
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO.
SAMK OF IjODGK.
Spar No. 60
Harmony No. 61.
Delta No. 62
Montrose No. 68.
Euclid No. M....
Glenwood No. 65
Eureka No. 66. _
Oasis No. 67.
Manitou No. 68.
Windsor No. 60.
No. 70.
Wraj No. 71 .
Granada No. 72.
Monte Vista No. 73.
Akron No. 74
St. John's No. 75
Colorado City No. 76
Burlington No. 77.
Brighton No. 78
Rico No. 79.
Rio Blanco No. 80.
Holyoke No. 81.
Carbondale No. 82.
Berthood No. 63.
Temple No. 84...
Acacia No. 85
.Frank H. Denman W. M.
James McMorray 8. W.
David F. Goodall J. W.
.Leonard W. Grant W. M.
Elliott J. Proctor 8. W.
Wm. E. McParlin J. W.
.Abram C.Butler W.M.
Lewis C.Aley 8. W.
T. H. McGranahan J. W.
.Not represented.
.Benj. F. Haskins W. M. .
Victor Albera 8. W. .
Charles F. Kendall J. W.
.Will 8. Parkison W. M.
Fran* P. Monroe 8. W.
Harry E. Van Meckel J. W.
.W. M. Bridges W.M. .
Alfred D. Garrett 8. W.
JohnC McOreery J. W.
.Moses N. Wagner W.M.
James T. Devin 8. W.
J. Frank Arbackle J. W.
.Hudson H. Aldrich W.M.
Charles H. Frowine 8. W.
Edward E. Nichols, Jr J. W.
.James McGruder W.M.
Harrison Teller 8. W.
Adam Hahn J. W.
.Christ. Johnson W.M.
George B. Steadman 8. W. ,
Jos. F. Gauss J. W.
.James N. Counter W. M.
Adalbert J. White 8. W.
JohnW. Zepp J. W.
.Chas. I. Hutching W.M.
Jacob Mendenhall 8. W.
F. D. Hesse J. W.
.Ira J. Bloomfield W.M.
Wm. A. Packard 8. W.
A. R. VanEgidy J. W.
..Louis C. Stephenson W.M.
John B.Fisher 8. W.
JohnW. Moore J. W.
.Elias W.Kearby ....W.M.
William B. Gobin 8. W.
Edwin J. Smith J. W.
. .Wm. Lincicum W.M.
A. H. Dibble 8. W.
J. W. Nerwinter J. W.
.Hiram Wilson W.M.
Cameron A. Gillette 8. W.
Michael Higgins J. W.
.Andrew V. Craig W.M.
Herbert O. Myrick 8. W.
Dewey W. 8trong J. W.
.Filer L. Thompson W. M.
8. M. Ransom 8. W.
Lewis Clarke J. W.
.Arthur C. Moulton W. M.
Henderson H. Eddy 8. W.
James Lyttle J. W.
.Ralph E. Webster W. M.
Frank M.Smith 8. W.
Chas. B. Timberlake J. W.
. Marshall H. Dean W.M.
Frank E. Sweet 8. W.
Charles Lehow J. W.
.John R. Miner ..W.M.
Fred A.Crane 8. W.
Harrison K. Hankins J. W.
.Frank I. Smith W.M.
Clay M. Van 8. W.
Joseph C. Dresser J. W.
.Myer 8. Rafteld W.M.
Wm. R Coe 8. W.
Chas. H. Dudley J. W.
PROXIES.
David F. Goodall.
Charles F. Kendall.
Charles F. Kendall.
George Wilson.
. George Wilson.
. George Wilson.
E. F. Curran.
.B. M.Krumpanitzky.
B.M Krumpanitzky.
..B. F. Raualt.
Granville Pendleton.
A. C. Moulton.
.Ira W. Waite.
.J. E. Kidd.
R. M. Hubbell.
R. M. Hubbell.
8 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
NAME OF LODGE. PROXIES.
Highlands No. 86 Geo. F. Lewis W.M
John if . Shannon 8. W
Luther H. Wygant, Jr. J. W
Oriental No. 87 Henry M. Furman W.M
Alonzo F. Vick Roy 8. W
Jerome A. Tickers J. W
YampaNo. 88 James M. Darnall W. M C. A. Seymour.
Frank B. Ranney 8. W C. A. Seymour.
James L. Tower J. W G.A.Seymour.
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
E. L. N. F08TEB Alabama
JOHN W. SLEEPER Arizona
FRANK C. YOUNG British Colombia
JAMES H. PEABODY California
BYRON L. CARR Canada
GEORGE WYMAN Connecticut and Delaware
ROBERT A. QUILLION , Caba
WM. D. WRIGHT District of Columbia
HENRY M. TELLER Illinois. Minnesota, Nebraska and Wyoming
HARPER M. ORAHOOD Indiana and West Virginia
ALPHON8E A. BURNAND Indian Territory
GEORGE K. KIMBALL Iowa and New Hampshire
WEB8TER D. ANTHONY Kansas and Wisconsin
WM. D. TODD Louisiana and Pennsylvania
ED. C. PARMELEE Maine, Missouri, Oregon and Vermont
JETHRO C. 8ANFORD Manitoba
WM. D. PEIRCE Maryland
L. N. GREENLEAF Michigan and New Mexico
FRANK CHURCH Mississippi
WM. T. BRIDWELL Nevada
H. P. H. BROMWELL New Brunswick
JOHN M. MAXWELL New Jersey
CROMWELL TUCKER New South Wales
HORACE T. DE LONG North Dakota
ANDREW SAGENDORF Quebec
WM. L. BUSH South Dakota
JOHN A. STEELE Tasmania
LAWRENCE M. MILLER Virginia
WM.W. ROLLER Washington
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
The Representatives of other Grand Lodges near this
Grand Lodge were called to the East, and fraternally wel-
comed by the Grand Master.
Past Grand Master H. P. H. Bromwell responded in
his usual happy manner.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
The Grand Master appointed the following committee:
TO EXAMINE VISITING BRETHREN.
WM. L. H. MILLAR,
ARTHUR C. MOULTON,
FRED. P. DEWEY.
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 9
GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS.
The Grand Master delivered the following address:
Brethren of Grand Lodge:
Through the blessing of a kind Providence we are permitted to
assemble in this our Thirty-second Annual Grand Communication,
under circumstances which should invoke from us sincere thanks to
the Giver of every good and perfect gift for His great and continued
kindness and mercy to us.
Death has not invaded the ranks of our Grand Lodge during
the past year; the year has been one of peace, harmony and pros-
perity, scores of good men and true have been added to the member-
ship of our Fraternity, we have had the great pleasure and privilege
of welcoming within our borders and entertaining thousands of our
brethren from sister Jurisdictions, upon the occasion of the Twenty-
fifth Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar, to the success of which
the Blue Lodge Masons as such contributed in no small degree; no
serious dissension has been brought to the attention of your Grand
Master, and he has not been called upon to exercise his prerogative
of discipline during the year; our relations with our sister Grand
Jurisdictions are of the most fraternal and cordial nature.
One year ago, when you placed in my hands the gavel of the
Grand Master. I entered upon the discharge of the duties of the
office with grave fears and apprehensions, for I realized that without
experience, as I was, the journey upon which I had entered would
be beset with many dangers.
The demands of this large and growing Jurisdiction make the
duties of the Grand Master numerous and weighty, and at times I
might have hesitated and despaired had it not been for the kindly
assistance and advice of brethren, who helped, encouraged and sus-
tained me.
The discharge of the duties themselves is pleasant. The study
of Masonry, its laws and customs, and its illustrious history, that
golden legend, brings inspiration with it.
The mingling in its assemblies and meeting with long known
brothers, and with many a one newly met, but as pleasant as a
friend of childhood — these furnish rest and help; and I know of no
assemblies that seem to supply their own refreshment and renewed
strength equal to our fraternal meetings. I have found on every
hand Masters of Lodges and brethren, many strangers to me, were
it not that they all are brothers, rising and changing a heavy load
into a labor of delight.
If I shall not find time or space in this address to refer to these
kindnesses, yet they are not forgotten, but endure as good deeds do,
without death.
lO PROCEEDINGS OF THE
NECROLOGY.
Another year has passed into history, and Death, the grim
reaper, has dealt very kindly with our Grand Lodge.
No officer or member of this Grand Lodge, or Past Grand
Officer, has received a summons from the Supreme Grand Master to
appear " in that Celestial Lodge above, not made with hands, eternal
in the heavens."
Sixty -six members of our Subordinate Lodges have been called
hence, whose names will appear upon a page of our record dedicated
to their memory.
ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD OP OTHER GRAND JURISDICTIONS.
I present a list of Grand Officers and Past Grand Masters whose
deaths have come to my knowledge during the year:
Ira Berry, died September 20, 1891, aged 90 years; Grand Secre-
tary Grand Lodge of Maine.
Benjamin R. Harris, died November 11, 1891, aged 66 years;
Tennessee; P. G. M.
Bonum Nye, died November 12, 1891, aged 97 years; Massachu-
setts; P. G. M.
Howard B. Ensign, died November 17, 1891, aged 65 years; Con-
necticut; P. G. M.
Harmon G. Reynolds, died December 31, 1891, aged 81 yearo;
Illinois; P. G. M.
William Parkman, died December 26, 1891; Massachusetts;
P. G. M.
Stephen W. B. Carnegy, died January 5, 1892, aged 95 years;
Missouri; P. G. M.
Nicholas Van Slyck, died March 3, 1892, aged 63 years; Rhode
Island; P. G. M.
Clifford P. MacCalla, died at Port Said, Egypt, April 24, 1892,
aged 55 years; Pennsylvania; P. G. M.
Charles Beck, died February 23, 1892, aged 88 years; Kentucky;
P. G. M.
Rockey P. Earhart, died May 11, 1892, aged 55 years; Oregon;
P. G. M.
Christopher Taylor, died June 24, 1892, aged 69 years; Oregon;
P. G. M.
A goodly list of those who have occupied the highest station in
their several Masonic Jurisdictions.
Space does not permit even the briefest mention of many, very
many distinguished brethren, who have been called from earthly
labor to everlasting refreshment above.
William Perry Leeper, R.\ W.\ Deputy Grand Master of Indian
Territory and Grand Representative of this Grand Lodge, died May
7, 1892.
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John W. H. Wilson, M.\ W.\ Grand Master, Grand Lodge of
Manitoba, died July 19, 1892, aged 59 years.
Colonel Shadwell Henry Clerke, Grand Secretary Grand Lodge
of England, " Mother Grand Lodge of the World," died Christmas
day, 1891.
William Franklin Baldwin, Grand Senior Warden Grand Lodge
of Ohio, died April 10, 1892, aged 46 years.
Rev. Bro. LaFayette Van Cleve, R.\ W.\ Grand Chaplain, Grand
Lodge of Ohio, died March 3, 1892, aged 67 years.
But why prolong the list?
"They lived, and they were useful; this we know
And naught beside;
No record of their names is left to show
How soon they died.
They did their work, and then they passed away,
An unknown band.
And took their places with the greater host,
In the higher land."
We extend to our sister Grand Jurisdictions our fraternal sym-
pathy, and dedicate a page of our Record to perpetuate the memory
of these distinguished craftsmen.
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
I have appointed, upon the recommendation of the several Grand
Masters, the following Brethren as Grand Representatives of this
Grand Lodge:
Virginia — W.\ Bro. Jacob Bumgardner, Buena Vista, November
15. 1891, vice Bro. John Clopton, deceased.
Michigan — Bro. John S. Cross, P. G. M., Bangor, December 19,
1891, vice Bro. Geo. E. Hubbard, deceased.
Montana — Bro. C. B Nolan, Helena, April 9, 1892.
New Brunswick— Bro. Andrew McNichol, St. John, April 9,
1892.
Washington — Bro. Wm. W. Witherspoon, Spokane, April 30,
1892.
North Dakota— Bio. John Holmes, Valley City, May 14, 1892.
Indian Territory — Bro. Walter M. McCarty, Thackerville, May
16. 1892, vice Bro. Wm. P. Lee per, deceased.
Tasmania — Bro. Joseph Gilbert Steele, Hobart, July 14, 1892.
Victoria — John C. House, August 13, 1892.
Upon my recommendation the following appointments have
been made of Grand Representatives to and near the Grand Lodge
of Colorado:
Virginia — W.\ Bro. Lawrence M. Miller, Grand Junction,
November 20, 1891.
Delaware — R.% W.\ Bro. George Wyman, Denver, February 9,
1892, reappointed.
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Montana— W.\ Biro. Donald Fletcher, Denver, March 23, 1892.
New Brunswick— R.\ W.\ Bro. H. P. H. Bromwell, Denver,
April 13, 1892.
Indian Territory — W.\ Bro. A. A. Burnand, Leadville, May 12,
1892.
Tasmania — R\ W.\ Bro. John A. Steele, Gunnison, May 25,
1892.
New South Wales— VJ.\ Bro. Cromwell Tucker, Denver, July
4, 1892.
COMMISSIONS.
Pursuant to recommendation of the Committee on Appeals and
Grievances, at the last Communication of this Grand Lodge, under
date September 18, 1892, 1 commissioned R.\ W.\ Brothers James H.
Peabody and William T. Bridwell in re B. C. Adams vs. Geo.
Phillips, Silver Cliff Lodge No. 38, to retry the case and make full
report to me. Under date June 18, 1892, 1 received the report of the
committee, which was as follows:
By virtue of the authority conveyed in the within commission,
we your committee visited the town of Silver Cliff on the 6th day of
April, A. L. 5892, and convened Silver Cliff Lodge No 38, M.\ W.\
Bro. Jas. H. Peabody presiding.
The case in question was called up, and after a full discussion of
each and every item contained in the charge and specification, your
committee were enabled to arrive at the following conclusion:
First — That there was no foundation in fact for the charges,
they not being sustained by evidence.
Second— That through ignorance the Master of the Lodge erred
in permitting personal prejudice to be entertained by the Lodge to
the detriment of its harmony.
Your committee were successful in spreading oil over the
troubled waters and conciliating the imaginary differences between
Brothers Adams and Phillips.
The two brethren met at the altar and each extended to the
other the right hand of Masonic Fellowship.
[Signed] James H. Peabody.
William T. Bridwell.
The distinguished brethren composing the commission have my
thanks for the services rendered and the happy result attained, and
the brethren of Silver Cliff Lodge No. 38 are to be congratulated
upon the restoration of peace and harmony to the Lodge.
I issued a commission under date October 5 to W.\ Bro. Henry
C. Peterson of Rio Blanco Lodge No. 80, to constitute Yampa Lodge
No. 88, at Craig, Routt County and install its officers, which duty
was performed Monday, October 26, and return thereof made to the
Grand Secretary.
I desire in this connection to express my sincere thanks to W.\
Bro. Peterson for his services in this behalf, as it would have taken
seven days of my time and a long, hard stage ride to have per-
formed this duty.
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March 18, 1 commissioned R.\ W.\ Bro. Ed. C. Parmelee, Grand
Secretary, to go to Trinidad and investigate and report upon a com-
plaint made by Bro. R. C. Luesley against W. . Bro. J. B. Hershey,
W. M., of Trinidad Lodge U. D.
The commission was executed, and upon the report made to me
by the Grand Secretary I dismissed the complaint of Bro. Luesley,
and so informed him.
DISPENSATIONS FOR NEW LODGES.
Acting upon the recommendation of the Committee on Returns
and Work,' in its report to Grand Lodge, at the last Communication,
in the matter of Trinidad Lodge U. D., I requested W.\ Bro. C. N.
Blackwell to thoroughly investigate and report to me the errors and
irregularities pointed out in the report of the committee, and to
advise me in the premises.
My request was cheerfully complied with by Bro. Blackwell,
and for the able and exhaustive report made by him, I return my
warmest thanks. The conclusions arrived at by me, from the report
of Bro. Blackwell, and from information derived from other sources,
were, that the errors and irregularities pointed out in the report of
the Committee on Returns and Work, were errors and irregularities
in the records of the Lodge, and that no necessity existed to heal
the status of any Mason made in said Lodge.
At the earnest request of the Worshipful Master of Trinidad
Lodge U. D., W.\ Bro. J. B. Hershey and other members of said
Lodge, on the 19th day of October, A. D. 1891, I continued the
dispensation issued by my predecessor, dated May 4, 1891, in full
force and effect until this Annual Communication of the M. W.
Grand Lodge.
February 22, 1 granted a dispensation to eleven Master Masons
at Lamar, Prowers County, to form and open a Lodge at that place,
to be known as Lamar Lodge U. D., with Brothers Emil F. Seeberger
as W. M., Peter S. Lynch as S. W., and A. N. Parrish as J. W.
This petition was recommended by Granada Lodge No. 72.
February 23, I granted a dispensation to eleven Master Masons
of LaFayette, Boulder County, to form and open a Lodge at that
place, to be known as LaFayette Lodge U. D., with Brothers John
M. Van Deren as W. M., John H. Simpson as S. W. and David F.
Davis as J. W. This petition was recommended by Garfield Lodge
No. 50.
Both of these petitions for new Lodges caused me a great deal
anxiety and solicitude, for the reasons, that the number of petitioners
in each case was small, and both Lodges would be located quite near
chartered Lodges. I made as careful an examination of all the facts
as was possible, and availed myself of the advice of our Grand
Secretary and other Brethren more familiar with the country than
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I was, and, after much delay and hesitation, issued the dispensations,
confident that the Grand Lodge would correct any mistake which I
might make.
I am not in favor of granting charters for new Lodges, unless
the facts warrant a strong belief that a strong, healthy, active and
vigorous Lodge can be maintained.
ThiB Jurisdiction already has within it too many weak, inactive
and almost dormant Lodges, the maintenance of which impose
heavy burdens upon the Brethren who compose them, and reflect
no credit upon the Craft. Too often the financial condition of the
Lodge blinds the eyes of the Brethren to the moral, intellectual and
physical qualities of the petitioners for initiation.
All of these Lodges will present petitions for charters, and, as it
has been impossible for me to visit any of them, I would recommend
that great care be exercised by the Committee on Returns and
Work in examining fully all the facts in each case.
OTHER DISPENSATIONS.
December 7. To South Pueblo Lodge No. 31, to publicly install
its officers December 26.
. December 1 2. To Garfield Lodge No. 50, to elect a Worshipful
Master from the floor.
December 15. To El Paso Lodge No. 13, to install its officers on
the evening of December 18, in the presence of Ramona Chapter
No. 13, Order of the Eastern Star, and those eligible to membership
therein.
December 16. To Spar Lodge No. 60, to hold its annual election
of officers at its regular communication to be held December 24.
December 16. To Manitou Lodge No. 68, to publicly install its
officers on the evening of December 24.
December 16. To Temple Lodge No. 84, to elect a Secretary at
its regular communication to be held December 17.
December 22. To Union Lodge No. 7, to meet at its Lodge
Room on Saturday, the 26th day of December, A. L. 5891, and open
said lodge on the several degrees of Masonry, as it may see fit, at
the hour of 1:30 p. m., of said day, instead of 7:30 p. m., as required
by the By-laws of said Lodge.
December 31. To Georgetown Lodge No. 48, to elect and install
its officers at its regular communication to be held on the evening of
January 14.
January 7. To Temple Lodge No. 84, to install its Senior Deacon
at its regular communication to be held January 21. <
January 7. To Olive Branch No. 32, to install its Secretary,
Junior Steward and Tiler at its regular communication to be held
January 9.
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January 9. To Eureka Lodge No. 66, to install its Senior War-
den-elect, at a communication of said lodge to be held January 15.
January 18. To Colorado City Lodge No. 76, to elect and install
a Junior Warden after the day appointed for the regular annual
election and installation of officers of said lodge.
January 22. To Manitou Lodge No. 68, to install its Senior
Warden-elect, at its regular communication to be held February 5.
January 26. To Denver Lodge No. 5, to examine as to his pro-
ficiency, ballot upon his petition for advancement, and if elected, to
confer the Third degree upon a Fellow Craft, at a special communi-
cation of said Lodge to be held January 27.
February 1. To Columbia Lodge No. 14, to install its Senior
Warden-elect at the next regular communication of said Lodge.
March 30. To Rio Blanco Lodge No. 80, to install its Senior
Warden-elect at the next regular communication of said Lodge.
April 14. To Rico Lodge No. 79, to examine as to his proficiency,
ballot upon his application for advancement, and if elected, confer
the Third Degree upon a Fellow Craft, at a special communication
of said Lodge to be held April 19.
April 23. To Temple Lodge No. 84, to examine as to his pro-
ficiency, ballot upon his application for advancement, and if elected,
confer the Third Degree upon a Fellow Craft, at a special communi-
cation of said Lodge to be held April 23.
May 6. To Union Lodge No. 7, to examine as to their proficiency,
ballot upon their petitions for advancement, and if elected, confer
the Third Degree upon five Fellow Crafts, at a special communica-
tion of said Lodge to be held May 9.
May 20. To Eagle Lodge No 43, to examine as to his proficiency,
ballot upon his petition for advancement, and if elected, confer the
Second Degree upon an Entered Apprentice, at a special communi-
cation of said Lodge to be held May 23.
July 21. To Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 15. to examine as to his pro-
ficiency, ballot upon his petition for advancement, and if elected,
confer the Third Degree upon a Fellow Craft, at a special communi-
cation of said Lodge to be held July 25.
August 27. To Glen wood Lodge. No. 65, to install its Junior
Warden-elect at a special communication of said Lodge held
August 27.
Sixteen of the twenty-two Special Dispensations issued by me
were not returned as required by Grand Lodge By-law No. 24.
This necessitated correspondence with the officers of the delin-
quent Lodges.
In some cases the Special Dispensation had been lost, and return
could not be made, and a copy of the Dispensation had to be pre-
pared and sent to the delinquent, and return made on the copy ; all
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this entailed extra and wholly unnecessary work upon the Grand
Master.
DISPENSATIONS REFUSED.
October 30. To permit a Lodge to receive and act upon a petition
for initiation, when the petitioner had not resided within the juris-
diction of the Lodge the length of time required by Grand Lodge
By-Law No. 55.
December 16. To install an officer of a Lodge at a time
subsequent to St. John's day, in advance of the happening of the
" emergency " required to be " set forth fully " by Grand Lodge By-
Law No. 25.
I have refused to grant special dispensations in a number of
cases, to confer the degrees in less than the regular time, where, in
my judgment, the " emergency " required to be "set forth fully " by
Grand Lodge By-Law No. 25, did not exist.
In most of these cases, the only reason given for asking these
dispensations was, that the candidates were anxious to get through
the Lodge and Chapter, and into the Commandery, before the
Triennial Conclave. I maintain the opinion, that Masonry is some-
thing more than a "degree machine," and, as the three Symbolic
Degrees are the foundation of the whole Masonic structure, too much
care cannot be exercised in selecting the material out of which this
foundation shall be constructed, and ample time should be taken to
see that the "stones" composing the foundation are properly and
Masonically laid.
This cannot be accomplished by "rushing7' our candidates
through the three degrees, with the sole object and intention of
apparently qualifying them for membership in some other Masonic
body.
LODGES CONSTITUTED.
On September 29, with the assistance of the Deputy Grand
Master, the Grand Secretary, the Grand Chaplain, the Grand Tiler,
and a number of Brethren, I constituted Highlands Lodge No. 86,
at Highlands, and installed its officers.
On September 30, with the assistance of the same Brethren, I
constituted Oriental Lodge No. 87, at Denver, and installed its
officers.
On October 7, I constituted Acacia Lodge No. 85, at Colorado
Springs, and installed its officers.
BY-LAWS APPROVED.
November 5. I approved an amendment to by-laws of Acacia
Lodge No. 85, making the fees for the degrees 830.00.
February 18. I approved a complete code of by-laws adopted
by Pitkin Lodge No. 40.
March 14. I approved a complete code of by-laws adopted by
Garfield Lodge No. 50.
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March 22. I approved a complete code of by-laws adopted by
Idaho Springs Lodge No. 26.
April 16. I approved a complete code of by-laws adopted by
Las Animas Lodge No. 28.
June 16. I approved a complete code of by-laws adopted by
Telluride Lodge No. 56.
March 21. I approved an amendment to Section 1, Article IX,
of the by-laws of Delta Lodge No. 62, changing the meeting nights.
June 17. I approved a complete code of by-laws adopted by
Harmony Lodge No. 61.
July 16. I approved a code of by-laws relating to Masonic
Cemetery, adopted by Las Animas Lodge No. 28.
September 7. I approved amendment to by-laws adopted by La
Veta Lodge No. 59, changing meeting nights.
September 12. I approved a complete code of by-laws adopted
by Leadville Lodge No. 51.
CHANGE OP QUARTERS.
Good and sufficient reasons being presented to me therefor, I
granted permission to the following Lodges to change their places
of meeting :
October 2. Colorado City Lodge No. 76, at Colorado City.
December 23. Sterling Lodge No. 54, at Sterling.
January 18. Durango Lodge No. 46, at Durango.
January 23. King Solomon Lodge No. 30, at Las Animas.
February 18. Washington Lodge No. 12, at Georgetown.
March 14. Georgetown Lodge No. 48, at Georgetown.
April 29. Holyoke Lodge No. 81, at Holyoke.
DECISIONS.
1. A chartered Lodge may charge brethren raised U. D. dues
from date they were raised.
2. Grand Lodge By-Law No. 56 covers petitions for affiliation,
and as a dimit is made a part of the petition for affiliation under
Grand Lodge By-Law No. 59, the dimit cannot be returned to the
petitioner unless his petition should be rejected.
3. No authority iB vested in the Grand Master to appoint
officers of a subordinate Lodge to act during the temporary absence
of the officers of the Lodge.
4. Only those whose names appear in the dispensation and
those raised under it can vote upon petitions for the degrees
in Lodges U. D.
5. An annual election in a subordinate Lodge held at any other
time than that designated by the By-Laws of the Lodge is irregular
and void, unless such election is held by virtue of a special dispensa-
tion granted by the Grand Master.
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6. The Secretary of a Lodge has no authority to issue sum-
monses for any purpose, unless instructed so to do by the Worship-
ful Master, or the Lodge, or unless the By-Laws of the Lodge make
it his duty to issue such summonses.
7. The election to the Mastership of a Brother ineligible to
hold that office, unless by special dispensation granted by the Grand
Master, is irregular and void.
8. A Lodge having elected a member to the office of Senior
Warden, upon the refusal of the Brother to be installed, cannot at a
date subsequent to the date for its annual election, elect anyone else
to that office except by special dispensation granted by the Grand
Master.
9. It is the duty of a Lodge to proceed with the trial of a
Brother charged with a Masonic offense, regardless of the action or
non-action of the Courts of the State.
10. A Worshipful Master cannot suspend an officer of his
Lodge from the exercise of the duties of his office until after " due
charges, trial and conviction." Such action would be in violation of
Grand Lodge By-Law No. 94.
11. A Brother having made application to his Lodge for a
dimit can withdraw his application at any time before the Lodge has
taken action upon it.
12. A Junior Warden cannot prefer charges in his official
capacity except by order of the Lodge.
13. Under Section 55, Grand Lodge By-Laws, I decided that a
Lodge U. D. cannot act upon a petition for initiation unless the
applicant has resided within the jurisdiction of the Lodge U. D.
during the preceding twelve months.
14. A man who has lost the left hand at the wrist is ineligible
to be made a Mason.
15. Following decision 11 of P.*. G.\ M.\ Bridwell, I held that a
Lodge cannot entertain the petition of one who is acting as the
agent of a brewing company and as such selling bottled beer by the
barrel.
16. In answer to a complaint made by the R.\ W.\ Grand
Master F. & A. M. of Pennsylvania, that the jurisdiction of the R.\
W.\ Grand Lodge F. & A. M. of Pennsylvania had been invaded by a
subordinate Lodge of this jurisdiction, I held that the doctrine of "per-
petual jurisdiction " was not recognized in this jurisdiction.
17. For good and sufficient reasons a subordinate Lodge may
suspend its regular communications, and it is not necessary to have
the Grand Master's permission therefor.
18. A Brother bringing himself within the requirements of
Grand Lodge By-Law No. So is entitled to a dimit, although he has
failed to pay an assessment levied by the Lodge, and the W.\ M.-.
of the Lodge should not refuse to sign or withhold the dimit.
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 1 9
19. A man who is deformed, by one leg being shorter than the
other, is not eligible to receive the degrees in Masonry.
20. A man who has lost the first two fingers of his right hand is
not eligible to receive the degrees in Masonry.
21. A " physically defective" man, "being very lame," is not
eligible to receive the degrees in Masonry.
In addition to the foregoing I have answered a great many ques-
tions which could and should have been answered by a reference to
our By-Laws and the decisions of my predecessors. My answers to
many of these questions may be characterized as information given
as to the course to pursue, rather than decisions rendered, hence
I make no record of them.
OFFICIAL. VISITS.
Many will recall the promises I made after my installation last
year, that I would visit all the Lodges in the jurisdiction some time
during the year, if possible for me to do so.
We all know that the year just closing has been a very busy one
in the Lodges of this jurisdiction ; at least one-half of my entire
time during the past year has been devoted to Masonic matters, and
yet, I was able to make official visits to only thirty -six Lodges of the
eighty-two in the jurisdiction.
I will not detain you with a detailed account of these visits, all
of which were characterized by that open-handed hospitality, cor-
diality and fraternal feeling, for which the Masons of this jurisdic-
tion are justly celebrated throughout the length and breadth of this
land.
These visits I will recall as long as life lasts, as among the hap-
piest moments of my life, and I am sure that I regret, more than
anyone else can, my inability to visit every Lodge in the jurisdiction.
Few realize the size and the wonderful growth in population
during the past twelve years of the State in which we live, and
Freemasonry in this State has kept pace with this wonderful growth.
In 1880 there were twenty -nine Lodges in this .State, with a total
membership of 1,857 ; to-day there are eighty-two Lodges, with a
total membership of 6,174, an increase of fifty -three Lodges and
4,317 members in twelve years.
The magnificent resources and natural advantages of our State
are attracting the attention and admiration of the world, and Colo-
rado will continue to grow until it takes its place among the leading
States of the Union, and as representatives of the Masonic Frater-
nity of this great and growing State, we should wake up to a realiza-
tion of the situation and to a full sense of our duty in the premises.
In what follows, I quote largely from P.\ G.\ M.\ Henry H.
Brown, of Alabama.
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While I would not undervalue the work of Masonry in Colorado,
as it is now progressing, I must say that we fall very far short of
what ought and might be done by our noble Order.
Time and space will not allow me to enter into a detailed discus-
sion sf the various hindrances that impede the progress of Masonry
within this jurisdiction, and I can only refer to some of the most
important ones, as they appear to me.
In the first place, there is a great want of Masonic knowledge
and information among a large majority of the membership of our
subordinate Lodges, and from this want of knowledge and informa-
tion there are hundreds of the Brethren who do not have a proper
appreciation of what Masonry is, and of what its objects and aims
are. And from these causes there is a great lack of interest in the
workings of the Lodges on the part of large numbers of the initiated
— members who are seldom seen in their Lodges except on special
and festive occasions.
To cure this evil, the Grand Lodge should adopt a more efficient
system of lecturing the subordinate Lodges, and the Lodges should
themselves adopt methods for the instruction of their memberB.
As included in the above suggestion, I would call particular
attention to the need of more correct and efficient work by many of
our Lodges in conferring the Degrees. When a man lays the foun-
dation of his future Masonic edifice, it is all- important that the
material used should be tried and true, and that the work should be
well done. As in all other things, the first impressions made upon
a candidate for the mysteries of Masonry, are lasting and hard to
overcome, and it is therefore of the utmost importance that, in con-
ferring the Degrees, the work should be correctly done, and in the
most solemn and impressive manner, so that when a man shall have
been raised to the sublime Degree of Master Mason, he will be
solemnly and lastingly impressed with the teachings of the cere-
monies through which he has passed, and of the symbols which have
been called to his attention. Too much stress can not be laid upon
the importance of( conferring the Degrees in a proper manner. In
my experience, I have found that, as a rule, the Lodges which do the
work of conferring the Degrees best are the Lodges that flourish
most and have the best membership.
In the next place, there is not, in Colorado Masonry, that close
bond of union, brotherly love and friendship that should exist.
We do not, as we should, teach and practice out of the Lodge
the lessons taught in it, and we do not, as we should, regard the tieB
that bind us together as one brotherhood.
Our relations in the every-day walks of life are not characterized,
as they 6hould be, by the teachings of the Square of Virtue, and we
do not always, even among ourselves, act upon the Golden Rule of
doing unto others as we would have them do unto us.
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The teachings of Masonry are such as should inspire in the
breast of everyone who receives them a spirit of love, friendship and
confidence for and in each other, and are such as should bind its
votaries together in the closest bonds of union.
A proper understanding of the objects and aims of Masonry and
a proper appreciation of its teachings would tend to bind its mem-
bership together as it should be, and to thus strengthen the cords of
onion would greatly facilitate the progress of the Order in its noble
work.
With the view of securing greater uniformity and efficiency in
the work of conferring the Degrees and inculcating and disseminat-
ing a more thorough knowledge and understanding of the objects
and aims of our noble Order, I recommend and urge the adoption of
the following amendments and additions to our Constitution :
Amend Section 25 of the Constitution so that it shall read as
follows :
Grand Lecturer.
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Bio. 25 It shall be the duty of the Grand Lecturer to impart the esoteric work
of this jurisdiction to the District Depnty Grsnd Masters, and also to the officers
of subordinate Jx>dges who may request him so to do, and who shall visit him for
that purpose. He may also convene and conduct Lodges of Instruction at such
times and places as he may deem proper.
The Grand Lecturer, with the District Deputy Grand Masters, shall exemplify
the esoteric work of all the degrees before the Grand Lodge, on the evening of the
first day of its Annual Communication, unless the time may be required by the
Grand Lodge for other business. He shall receive as compensation the sum of
three dollars per day, for each day actually spent in the discharge of the duties of
his office, and actual traveling expenses, to be paid by the Grand Lodge.
Amend Section 2 of the Constitution, by inserting after the
words, " The Right Worshipful Grand Lecturer," the words, " The
Right Worshipful District Deputy Grand Masters."
Insert after and following Section 25 of the Constitution, the
following sections :
8ko. 26. The Masonic jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of
Ancient Free and Aoepted Masons of Colorado, shall be divided into four Masonic
Districts, each of which shall be under the charge of a District Deputy Grand
Master.
8zo. 27. The several Masonic Districts shall be designated, and District Deputy
Grand Masters appointed and assigned, by the Most Worshipful Grand Master,
immediately after his installation. No Brother, who is not a Past Master of a
subordinate Lodge in this jurisdiction, and a member of a subordinate Lodge in
this jurisdiction, shall be eligible to the appointment of District Deputy Grand
Master.
Sic. 28. It shall be the duty of each District Deputy Grand Master to obtain,
and thoroughly commit to memory, the esoteric work of this jurisdiction, as
imparted by the Grand Lecturer, as soon as practicable after his appointment ; to
make an official visit to every subordinate Lodge in his District at least once in
each Masonic year ; and, upon the occasion of such official visits, he shall require
the exemplification of the esoteric work, by the regular officers of the Lodge, upon
a candidate or substitute, and correct all inaccuracies in such work ; to recommend
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by appropriate lectures attention to the moral and benevolent principles of Free-
masonry, caution in the admission of candidates, punctual attendance at all
meetings, and representation at every Annual Communication of the Grand
Lodge ; to examine the books and records of each Lodge, and see that they are
properly kept ; to ascertain the state and condition of the Lodges ; to see that the
officers of the Lodges strictly comply with the established rules, regulations and
landmarks of Freemasonry, and the Constitution, By-Laws and Edicts of the
Most Worshipful Grand Lodge ; to make a detailed report, in writing, of his
doings, and of the general condition of the Lodges and of Freemasonry in his
District, with such particulars and recommendations as he may deem necessary
and proper, and transmit such report to the Grand Master at least two weeks
prior to the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, or whenever required
by the Grand Master ; and to perform such other duties and services as may be
deputed or intrusted to him by the Grand Master.
Sec. 29. The District Deputy Grand Masters shall each receive the sum of
three dollars per day for each day actually spent in the discharge of the duties of
their office, and actual traveling expenses, to be paid by the Grand Lodge.
Change the numbers of Sections 26 to 31 inclusive of the Con-
stitution, to 30 — 35, to correspond with the amendment.
I am aware that frequent or radical changes in our Constitution
are undesirable, and no changes should be made until the necessity
for the same is apparent and urgent, and I firmly believe that it is
the duty of this Grand Lodge to adopt some measures along the
lines suggested.
FRATERNAL CONGRESS.
Through our Grand Secretary I received the following letter:
Grand Lodge of Kentucky, F. & A. M.
H. B. Grant, Grand Secretary.
(Subject: Fraternal Congress.)
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 5, 1801.
R.\ HV. and Dear Brother:
At the Ninety-second Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky,
hoklen October 7 to 9, the following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, F. & A. M., is in favor of Join-
ing with other Grand Jurisdictions of the United States and other nations in hold-
ing a Fraternal Congress, in the city of Chicago, 111., at some time during the
continuance of the World's Fair.
Resolved, That it is the sense of this Grand Lodge that said Fraternal
Congress should not be held with a view to the formation of a General Grand
Body, but for the interchange of fraternal sentiments, conserving the general inter-
ests of Masonry throughout the world, and especially looking to a greater uniform,
ity in the modes of recognition and the fundamental features which characterize
our system the world over.
Thereupon delegates were appointed as follows:
Charles H. Pisk, Grand Master (now P. G. M.)
J. A. MoKbnzie, Grand Master elect (now G. M.)
Jas. W. Staton, Chairman Foreign Correspondence Committee (now
G. B. W.)
H. B. Grant, Grand Secretary.
H. R. Coleman, Grand Chaplain.
J. W. Hoppkb, Past Grand Master.
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 23
If the Fraternal Congress (which in no sense is to be a General Grand Lodge,
otherwise Kentucky would hardly have taken the lead in it) should be composed of
conservative, thoughtful, working brethren, who are well informed in Masonic
history, law. usage and the wants of the Craft, I donbt not that mnch good may be
accompli eh ed.
Someone must take the initiative in suggesting the time of meeting; I, there-
fore, venture to recommend that the Congress convene at Masonic Temple,
Chicago, on the second Monday in August, 1893, at 10 o'clock a. m.
Fraternally thine,
H. B. GRANT,
Grand Secretary.
Inasmuch as there is no class of Masons who so completely fill the bill as
Grand Secretaries do, I devoutly trust that you may be one of the delegates from
your Grand Lodge.
In reading the proceedings of sister Grand Lodges I find that
many of them have appointed delegates to this proposed Fraternal
Congress, and believing, as I do, that much of permanent value may
result to Masonry throughout the world from a meeting of distin-
guished Masons from all parts of the world, this Grand Lodge
should be represented at such meeting by delegates duly appointed,
who shall make report to this Grand Lodge at our next annual
communication, and I therefore recommend the appointment of
such delegates.
June 21 1 received an invitation from the M.\ W.\ Grand Master
of Masons in the State of Louisiana to be present at the dedication
of the new Masonic Temple in New Orleans, Friday, June 24, 1892
I was, with sincere regret, compelled to decline the invitation,
on account of pressing duties at home. On behalf of this Grand
Lodge I extended to the M.\ W.\ Grand Master of Louisiana and
the Free and Accepted Masons over whom he presides our hearty
congratulations on the consummation of that for which they have
striven through many years of patient labor and sacrifice.
GENERAL MASONIC BELIEF ASSOCIATION.
I have received during the year several circulars and letters
from the above Association, and have become somewhat familiar
with the workings of this Association, by reason of the fact that
Leadville Lodge No. 51, of which I am a member, has been in affilia-
tion with the Association for several years.
Early in the year I received a communication from Bro. J. C.
Johnston, Secretary of the Masonic Board of Relief of Denver,
urging me to subscribe for a membership for this Grand Lodge.
I doubted my authority in the premises, and promised to place
the matter before the Grand Lodge at this communication, which I
I now do.
The following is a copy of a letter received a few days since,
which briefly explains the objects and aims of the Association, and
the cost of membership.
24 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
General Masonic Hkltkf Association
of the United States and Canada.
Office of the President
Toronto, August 2, 1892.
Ernest LeNeye Foster, Esq., Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Colorado:
Dear Sir and M.'. W.'. Brother:— Permit me to draw your attention to the
cause of the General Masonic Relief Association. Last year I communicated with
your predecessor with the idea of securing the affiliation of your Grand Lodge,
but although his reply was favorable to the Organization, I did not receive any
definite auswer as to the action which might be taken. During the past year we
have reduced the tax to one-half cent per capita, and as the first result of this
action and as an acknowledgment of the service of the Organization, the Grand
Lodge of New York, with its eight hundred Lodges and membership of 80,000, has
affiliated with us.
We feel that there is nothing unreasonable in our claim upon Grand Lodges
for affiliation, as we give good value for the money received, for the one-half cent
per capita, a tax supplying every Lodge in the jurisdiction, postage free, with printed
warning circulars once a month, and special circulars, if necessary, for one year
from date of affiliation. 1 have asked our General Secretary to send you a copy of
these warning circulars and also a report of our last annual meeting.
1 may state that the amount of affiliation for your Grand Lodge would be, as
yon have 5,719 members, $28,594 •
May I ask your earnest perusal of the report and circular sent you by our
Secretary ? I hope some day to have the pleasure of personally attending your
Grand Communication. As you doubtless are aware, I have just passed out of
office as the Grand Master of Canada. I send you a copy of my address and statis-
tical form showing the visits made during the two years of my term.
I shall feel obliged if you will kindly let me have a reply at your convenience
as to the G. M. Kelief Association. Yours Fraternally.
J. BOSS ROBERTSON,
President.
I recommend that our Grand Secretary be authorized to sub-
scribe for a membership for this Grand Lodge, and that a warrant
be ordered drawn in his favor on the Grand Treasurer to cover the
per capita tax.
Through our Grand Secretary, I received UA Brief History oi
the Movement in Connection with the Establishment of the Grand
Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of New Zealand,"
together with a request for fraternal recognition.
The request of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand for fraternal
recognition was before this Grand Lodge at its Annual Communi-
cation of 1890, and at that time the committee to whom the matter
was referred felt constrained to recommend that recognition be
deferred.
I have placed the papers in the hands of R.\ W.\ Bro. L. N. Green-
leaf, with a request that he be prepared to report upon the same at
this Annual Communication.
At the suggestion of our Grand Lecturer, this evening's session
of the Grand Lodge will be devoted to a study, under his direction,
of the opening and closing ceremonies of the three Degrees, as pre-
scribed by our Standard Work, and to answering such questions
relating to the esoteric work as may be propounded.
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 25
I trust that there will be a large attendance at this evening's
session, as my observation has taught me that there exists in this
jurisdiction a great lack of uniformity in conducting these cere monies
CONCLUSION.
Permit me, Brethren, in closing this address, to again thank you
for the many honors which you have bestowed upon me, and
especially for the high honor of having called upon me to preside
over this Grand Jurisdiction during the past year.
I have striven, to the very best of my ability, to enforce a strict
conformity to the established rules, regulations and landmarks of
Freemasonry, to protect the honor, and promote and advance the
interests of Freemasonry in this Grand Jurisdiction, and to incul-
cate and disseminate the objects and aims of our beloved Fraternity.
My sincerest regret is that I have not been able to accomplish
more.
To our Grand Secretary, for his many acts of kindness, his
prompt response to every call made upon him, his advice and assist-
ance at all times when requested ; to R.\ W.\ Bro. Todd, Chairman
of the Committee on Jurisprudence, and a number of our Past
Grand Masters, for their uniform courtesy and kindness in rendering
me assistance and advice when it was greatly needed, I return my
heartiest thanks.
To the Officers and Members of the Lodges whom I have met
and with whom I have become acquainted during the seven years of
my membership in this Grand Lodge, I return sincere thanks for
many, many acts of kindness, courtesy and hospitality.
May the friendships which I have made and the attachments I
have formed, endure through life, and when the summons comes
from the Supreme Grand Master of the Universe and we take our
places in the Celestial Lodge above, may we meet and greet each
other as Brothers. <
And now, my Brethren, may the blessings of Heaven rest upon
each and every one of you, may Faith, Hope and Charity prevail and
abound among you, may Grace, Mercy and Peace be your everlasting
and eternal reward.
uThe Lord bless and preserve thee. The Lord cause his coun-
tenance to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee. The Lord
lift up his countenance upon thee and grant thee peace."
JOHN M. MAXWELL,
Orand Master.
ADDRESS REFERRED.
On motion of Bro. B. L. Carr the address was referred
to a special committee for division and reference.
26 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
ANDREW SAGENDORF,
CROMWELL TUCKER,
CHARLES A. SEYMOUR,
were appointed said committee.
REPORT ON ADDRESS.
The special committee on Grand Master's address soon
presented their report, which was adopted :
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F.dt A. V. of Colorado :
Your committee, to whom was referred the address of the M.\ W.'. Grand
Master for division and reference* present the following report :
1st. That so much thereof as refers to deceased brethren of this and other
jurisdictions be referred to a special committee of three.
2d. That so much thereof as refers to decisions, dispensations, suggestions
and recommendations and proposed amendments or additions to the Constitution
of the M.\ W.\ Grand Lodge of Colorado, be referred to the Committee on Masonic
Jurisprudence.
3d. That so mnch thereof as refers to other Grand Lodges be referred to the
Committee on Correspondence.
Fraternally submitted,
A. SAGENDORF,
CROMWELL TUCKER,
C. A. SEYMOUR.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
The Grand Master appointed :
OREN H. HENRY,
HORACE T. DeLONG,
HERMAN M. WEBSTER,
as said special committee.
The committee afterwards presented the following
report, which was adopted unanimously :
NECROLOGY.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado :
Your committee to whom was referred that portion of the Grand Master's
address entitled, "Necrology," respectfully report: :
That we humbly acknowledge the kind protecting care of Divine Providence,
who has kept all the members of this Grand Lodge free from the claims of death,
not only daring the past year, bat has spared to as, daring their respective terms of
service, every elected Grand Officer and every appointed Grand Officer with bat-
one exception, since its organization, a period of thirty-one years.
That we extend to all oar bereaved subordinate Lodges sincere sympathy, and
refer them for consolation to the Holy Bible, that great light in Masonry which
reveals the correct path through both adversity and prosperity.
That we extend fraternal sympathy to all sister Grand Lodges that have been
called upon to moom the loss of their illustrious dead.
That we set apart and dedicate a page of oar records to the memory of oar
beloved dead, throughout Masonry universal, this and all other Grand Jurisdictions.
That we again reverently commit ourselves into the hands of Almighty God,
and invoke his protection and guidance through all the years to come.
Respectfully submitted,
OREN H.HENRY,
HORACE T. DeLONG.
HERMAN M. WEBSTER.
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 2?
REPORT OF GRAND TREASURER.
The followiDg report of the Grand Treasurer was read
and referred to the Finance Committee:
FRANK CHURCH, Grand Treasurer, in account with
GRAND LODGE A. F. &A.M., Colorado.
1891. GENERAL FUND.
Sept.17. To balance, as per Report 1891 $ 5,200 69
1892.
Jane 11. To Grand Secretary 188 00
Aug. 26. Grand Secretary 1,048 00
Sept. 7. Grand Secretary 1,349 00
Sept. 12. Grand Secretary 1,423 00
Sept. 14. Grand Secretary 1,198 50
Sept. 17. Grand Secretary 478 00
8ept.l9. Grand Secretary ._ 184 00
By Warrant No. 549 $ 1,347 65
Warrant No. 550 40 00
Warrant No. 551 200 00
Warrant No. 553 129 32
Warrant No. 554 200 00
Warrant No. 555 1,200 00
Warrant No. 556 64 50
Warrant No. 557 85 00
Warrant No. 558 638 00
Warrant No. 559 810 00
Warrant No. 560 300 00
Warrant No. 561 300 00
Warrant No. 562 10 00
Warrant No. 563 300 00
Warrant No. 564 214 89
Warrant No. 565 300 00
Warrant No. 552 100 00
Tobalance 5,339 83
$11,029 19 $11,029 19
1891. LIBRARY FUND.
8ept.l7. To balance, as per Report 1891 $ 793 65
1892.
Sept.17. To Grand Secretary 115 75
Tobalance $ 909^40
$ 909 40 $ 90940
—i
1891. MASONIC WIDOWS AND ORPHANS* FUND.
Sept. 17. To balance, as per Report 1891 $ 2,604 15
1892.
Hept. 19. Tobalance $2,604 15
189L RECAPITULATION.
Sept. 17. To balance General Fond $5,200 69
Balance Library Fond 793 65
Balance Masonic Home Fond 2,604 15
Balance receipts General Fond 5,828 50
Balance receipts Library Fond 115 75
By disbursement** General Fond $ 5,689 36
Disbursements Library Fnnd
Disbursements Masonic Home Fund
To balance General Fund 5,339 83
Balance Library Fund 909 40
Balance Masonic Home Fund _ _ 2,604 15
$14,542 74 $14,542 74
1892. ~~
Sept. 19. To total balance, $8,853.38, for which find certified check and vouchers for
disbursements, and the note belonging to the Grand Lodge for
$2,500, interest paid to August 2d, 1890 ; also three notes belonging
to the Grand Lodge amounting to $2,500.
FRANK CHURCH,
Grand Treasurer.
28 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
REPORT OP GRAND SECRETARY.
The Grand Secretary presented the following report,
and the financial part thereof was referred to the Commit-
tee on Finances and the balance to the Committee on
Returns and Work:
To the M. W. Orand Lodge:
Charters were issued September 16, 1891, to :
Acacia Lodge No. 85, Colorado Springs, El Paso County.
Highlands Lodge No. 86, Highlands, Arapahoe County.
Oriental Lodge No. 87, Denver, Arapahoe County.
Yampa Lodge No. 88, Craig, Routt County.
LIBRARY FUND.
I have received :
From the Orand Master, for twenty-two Special Dispensations $ 110 00
From W. D. Todd, donation 6 00
From B. L. Carr, donation 3 00
Total $ 119 00
I have paid :
For Proceedings of Grand Encampment $ 8 25
To Grand Treasurer 115 75
Total $ 119 00
GENERAL FUND.
I have drawn warrants on our. Grand Treasurer, on account of :
Grand Treasurer, Pay Boll, 549 $ 1,347 65
H. T. West, Books, 550 40 00
L. N. Greenleaf, Correspondent, 551 200 00
Thos. Linton, Services, 552 100 00
Ed. C. Parmelee, Balance Contingent Expenses, 553 129 32
Ed. C. Parmelee, Contingent Expenses, 554 200 00
Ed. C. Parmelee, Salary, 555 1,200 00
E. L. N. Foster, Expenses. 556 64 50
Thos. Linton, Catalogues, 557 35 00
The C. C. Lith Co., Printing, 558 638 (JO
J. M. Rhoades, Printing, 559 310 00
Ed. C. Parmelee, Salary, 560 300 00
Ed. C. Parmelee. Salary, 561 300 00
J. H.Peabody, Expenses, 562 10 00
Ed. C. Parmelee, Salary, 563 300 00
J. M. Maxwell, Expenses, 564 214 89
Ed. C. Parmelee, Salary, 565 300 00
Total.. $ 5,689 36
I have received :
1891.
Sept. 16. Trinidad, U. D., charter fee $ 20 00
Highlands No. 86, charter fee 20 00
Yampa No. KS, charter fee 20 00
Acacia No. 85, charter fee 10 00
Oriental No. &7, charter fee 20 00
Colorado, U. D.;dues 1 00
La Veta No. 59, balance dues 2 00
Manitoa No. 6*, balance dues... 100
Loveland No. 53: dues 43 00
Weston No. 22, due* 23 00
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 29
Sept. 17. Las Aniinas No. 28, balance 1890 dues $ 2 00
Sept. 23. Burlington No. 77, dues 21 00
Sept, 24. Gunnison No. 89, balance 1891 does 100
Oct. 30. Acacia No. 85, balance charter fee 10 00
1392.
An*, 13. San Joan No. S3, dues 64 00
Aog. 20. Temple No. 84, does 90 00
Bpar No. 60, dues 116 CO
Aog. 23. Tin Cop No. 52, does 28 00
Garfield No. 50, dues 49 00
An*. 24. Garfield No. 50, balanoe 1891 does 100
Las Animas No. 28, dues 97 00
An*. 25. Pneblo No. 17, dues 115 00
Denver No. 5, dues j». 492 00
Aug. 26. Crystal Lake No. 34, due* 86 00
KicoNo.79. does 29 00
Aug. 29- Delta No. 62, dues 3100
Colombia No. 14, does 159 00
Colombia No. 14, balance 1891 does 100
Olive Branch No. 82, dues 37 00
Aog. 30. Mt. Princeton No. 49, does 50 00
EoclidNo.64, does 41 00
Monte Vista No. 73, does 42 00
Sept. 1. Corinthian No. 42, does 40 00
La Veta No. 59. dues 28 00
Colorado City No. 76, due* 52 00
Kio Blanco No. 80, does 28 00
El Paso No. 13, does 153 00
Sept. 2. Nevada No. 4, does 48 00
Central No. 6, does 54 00
Collins No. 19, dues 152 00
Ouray No. 37, does 98 00
Dorango No. 46, does 114 00
Eureka No. 66, does 56 00
Logan No. 70, does 14 00
Granada No. 72, does 14 00
Manitoo No. 68, dues 49 00
Sept 3. Golden City No. 1, dues 84 00
Glen wood No. 65, does 54 00
St. John's No. 75, does 27 00
SalidaNo. 57, does 95 00
Sept. 5. Berthood No. 83, does 33 00
Acacia No. 85, does 42 00
St. Train No. 23, does 94 00
Mesa No. 55, does 88 00
Mesa No. 55, balance 1891 does 1 50
Pitkin No. 40, does 18 00
Weston No. 22. does 30 00
8ept. 6. Breckinridge No. 47, dues 44 00
Eagle No. 43, does 40 00
Ionic No. 35, dnes 14* 00
Del Norte No. 29, dues 62 00
Sept. 7. Washington No. 12, dues 75 00
Mt. Moriah No. 15, does 156 00
Occidental No. 20,dnes 93 00
Silver Cliff No. 38, dues 30 00
Georgetown No. 48, dues 37 (X)
LeadvilJeNo. 51, does.. 115 00
Carbondale No. 82, dues 22 00
Sterling No. 54, dues 27 00
OasU No. 67, does 47 00
Burlington No. 77, does 24 00
8ept. 8. Huerfano No. 27, dues 57 00
Gunnison No. 89, dues 88 00
Crested Butt* No. 58, dues . 50 00
Yampa No. 88, does 17 00
Windsor No. 69, dues " 28 00
Sept. 9. Montrose No. 68, does 49 (Ki
King Solomon No. 30, does 4100
Sept. 10. Black Hawk No. 11, does 48 00
8ept. 12. Idaho Springs No. 26, does . 57 00
Akron No. 74, does _ 42 00
Union No. 7, does 457 00
Schiller No. 41, does 56 00
Sept. 18. Sooth Pueblo No. 81, doe* 152 00
Wray No. 71, dues 34 00
30 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Sept. 14. Harmony No. 61, does $ 08 00
Oriental No. 87, does 99 00
Sept. 16. Alamosa No. 44, dues 61 00
Brighton No. 78, does 33 00
Trinidad, U. D., dnes 1100
Doric No. 25, dnea W00
Lamar, U. D., dispensation 40 00
Lafayette, U. D., dispensation 40 00
Sept. 17. Holyoke No. 81, dues 89 00
Sept. 19. Loveland No. 53, dnes 50 00
Montrose No. 63, balance dnes 1 00
Highlands No. 86, dnes 48 00
Lafayette, U. D., dues.... 2 00
Telluride No. 56, dues 55 00
Lamar, U, D., dues 8 00
Sept. B). Boulder No. 45, dues 73 00
Total $ 5927 50
I have paid :
1891.
Oct. 26. Returned to Trinidad, U. D $ 26 00
1892.
Jan. il. Grand Treasurer 168 00
An*. 26. Grand Treasurer 1,048 00
Sept. 3. Grand Treasurer _ 1,423 00
Sept. 7. Grand Treasnrer 1,349 00
Sept.14. Grand Treasurer 1,198 50
8ept.l7. Grand Treasurer 478 00
Sept.19. Grand Treasurer 164 00
Sept.20. Balance on hand — 73 00
Total $ 5,927 50
BOOKS RECEIVED.
The usual exchanges of other Grand bodies have been received,
and bound volumes as follows :
Reprint of Proceedings of Grand Lodge of Illinois, 1840-1850.
Proceedings of Grand Lodges of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky,
Missouri, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia for 1891, and of Indiana,
Louisiana, Tennessee and Vermont for 1892.
Sacred Mysteries among the Mayas and Quiches, from A. Le
Plongeon.
Constitution Grand Chapter of Iowa.
History of Free Masonry in New York, Vol. 2.
Reprint Grand Chapter West Virginia, 1871-1891.
I have received the following Masonic publications in exchange
for our Proceedings :
The American Mason, Chicago, 111.
American Tyler, Detroit, Mich.
Australasian Keystone, Melbourne, Victoria.
Boletin, Grand Orient of Spain, Madrid, Spain.
Freemason, New South Wales.
Freemason's Journal, New York City.
Herald of Masonry, Kansas City, Mo.
Iowa Masonry, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Masonic Advocate, Indianapolis, Ind.
Masonic Chronicle, Columbus, Ohio.
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 3 I
Masonic Chronicle, New York City.
Masonic Constellation, St. Louis, Mo.
Masonic Journal, Portland, Maine.
Masonic Review, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Masonic Token, Portland, Maine,
New Zealand Craftsman, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Orient, Budapesth, Hungary.
South Australian Freemason, Adelaide, South Australia.
Voice of Masonry, Chicago, 111.
And odd numbers of some others.
LODGES DELINQUENT.
Del Norte No. 29, Roeita No. 36,
Loveland No. 58, Sterling No. 54,
Eureka No. 66, Logan No. 70,
Monte Vista No. 73, Holyoke No. 81,
Oriental No. 87,
did not report list of officers elected, as required by section 35 of our
By-Laws.
Roeita No. 36,
has not made returns and paid dues.
Boulder No. 45,
made returns and paid dues this morniDg.
Union No. 7, Black Hawk No. 11,
Doric No. 25, Idaho Springe No. 26,
South Pueblo No. HI, Schiller No. 41,
Alamosa No. 44, Boulder No. 45,
LoTeland No. 53, Tel lu ride No. 56,
Wray No. 71, Akron No. 74,
Brighton No. 78, Holyoke No. 81,
Highlands No. 86, Oriental No. 87,
did not make returns and pay dues within the time specified by sec-
tion 36 of our By-Laws.
ERRORS NOTED.
Last year Union Lodge No. 7 reported 107 members as being
over 60 years of age, and exempt from Grand Lodge dues. This year
they report 96 so exempt. Some reported each year, I am confident,
are not yet to be classed among the ancients entitled to such exemp-
tion.
Corinthian No. 42, reports one dimitted August 20, 1892; the reg-
ular communication was August 16. The Secretary writes me that
the dimit was issued to the brother on receipt of a letter asking for
same, and without action of the Lodge, and of course totally ignoring
section 85 of our By-Laws.
Loveland No, 53, reports W. A. Hankins as a member ; he was
reported last year as dimitted, and is not shown as admitted this
32 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
year. Commence recapitulation with 46 ; they had only 45 members
as shown by last year's returns.
Fraternally,
ED. C. PARMELEE,
Grand Secretary.
CHARLES F. WAHL REINSTATED.
The, petition of Charles F. Wahl to be reinstated — with
the recommendation of Tin Cup No. 52, was read and re-
ferred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. The commit-
tee afterward presented the following report, which, on
motion of Bro. O. H. Henry, was adopted:
To the M.\ W.\ Grand Lodge of Colorado :
We recommend that Charles F. Wahl, who was, on February 24, 1S86, expelled
from all the rights and benefits of Masonry, by Tin Cap Lodge No. 52, be rein-
stated, upon the recommendation of Baid Lodge, hereto attached.
Fraternally submitted,
J. H. PEABODY,
GEORGE WYMAN.
W. D. TODD.
The Grand Lodge was called to refreshment until 2
o'clock.
FIRST DAY Second Session.
Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1892, 2 o'clock p. m.
Grand Lodge resumed labor.
Grand Master Maxwell in the East.
ORATION.
The Grand Master introduced Bro. Ira L. Herron,
Grand Orator, who delivered the following :
Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren :
The science and philosophy of Freemasonry have been bo
copiously and elaborately discussed that but little new can be said
upon the subject.
All the wealth of thought and gift of tongue have been freely
poured at its altar. The trained pen of eminent scholar and eloquence
of brilliant orator have lavishly added to its literature, until to-day,
the best efforts of a mere tyro in its mysteries can but reflect and
r
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 33
express in his own weaker thought and language some of the light
and truth that has been disseminated from other and greater minds.
Therefore, if at this time a single thought is awakened as to this
Order of ours and the relation it bears, through its members, to the
world at large, we are content.
All organizations, secret or otherwise, are dependent for their
existence and continuity among the institutions of the earth, upon
the influence they exert over the people among whom they are
maintained, and the permanent value of the principles they enunciate.
We proudly claim for our Order a pre-eminence and endurance
over all others, and that it stands as the institution par excellent
among all secret organizations.
Assuming this to be true, it devolves upon us to show on what
basis we maintain our claims.
The political significance of our Order is comprised in the brief
and positive admonition that we be good citizens of the country in
which we live, giving cheerful support to all lawfully constituted
authority.
While we are a social organization, it is but as an incident and
not as an end to be attained. Neither can we properly claim to
be a beneficiary society, for while other societies have set allowances
for the relief of sick and unfortunate brethren, we, as an Order,
have none.
While they have guarantees of specified sums for their widows
and orphans, no assessment is made on our members by our Order
for such purpose.
Even friendship, the grand characteristic of a Mason, if based
on no firmer foundation than the simple regard of one man for
another, would cease with the intimacy that inspired it.
There must, therefore, be a grander and more enduring prin-
ciple than any of these that gives basis to our claim and permanence
to our Order.
Since man first became a factor in the grand handiwork of the
universe, as an intelligent and reasoning being, there has been in him
an inherent disposition to recognize and worship some supreme
power or being, superior to all created nature, and to whom he is
responsible as the author of his existence and the guardian and
director of his destinies.
This belief is allied to the consciousness of man that there is
that within himself which makes him superior to other created
beings, and possesses an affinity to something beyond the mere fact
of physical existence, and must continue after his animal existence
has gone to that decay which comes to all that emanates from the
earth.
We find this belief pervading all narration and tradition; the
imagery of the savage, the fetish of the barbarian, the mythology of
34 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
the pagan, and the religion of civilization and enlightenment, all
teach, according to their light, some interpretation of this sublime
principle.
It is of this belief, as embodied in the doctrine or principle of
one supreme, eternal and all-powerful God, and of man as the
physical habitation of an immortal spirit, preparing in this life for
a closer relation to that Supreme Being, as exemplified and taught
by the symbols and philosophy of our art, that we, as Masons, are
called on especially to contemplate.
This belief forms the basis of all enlightened government; upon
it are founded our dearest and purest social and domestic ties; from
the council of State to the fireside at home, all the relations of man-
kind, one to another, are purified and ennobled by its benign influence.
It is in the adherence to and preservation of this great principle
that our order is indebted for what pre-eminence it has among the
institutions of the earth, and which gives it the influence for good
that it exerts among its people.
Upon this principle is founded all the beneficiary provision that
our order possesses. The love of God for man, and because of that
love, of man's love or charity for his fellows; it is this that forms
the basis of a Mason's charity and makes his friendships sacred and
enduring.
Involving as it does the principle that the spiritual future is the
culmination of the physical combination of mind and matter, it has
maintained our order as the guardian of Divine truth against the
ravages of paganism and idolatry on the one hand, and of religious
fanaticism and persecution on the other.
While Masonry is conservative and preservative, rather than
radical and constructive, still the grand doctrines it embodies, illus-
trating as they do man's relation to himself, his fellow and his God,
and being as they are the fundamental principles of all enlighten-
ment, have ever kept it with the vanguard of civilization.
Even admitting, which we do not, that our version of the exist-
ence of God and the immortality of the soul is but a beautiful myth,
still the world is nobler, purer and better for the belief, and the
skeptic and scoffer were better employed in contemplating the
beneficence of the results attained than in caviling at the literal
exactness of its belief.
As in contemplation of the Golden Legend we admire the
beautiful story of integrity and self-sacrifice set forth, rather than
question the literal exactness of its detail; so in the greater and
broader dogma of man's relation to his God and his fellow, the
result obtained is beneficent enough to warrant its existence, were
the detailed history of its origin never so meagre.
Masonry uses the symbolism of the oldest and most enduring
operative art to illustrate the grandest and most sublime truth; and
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 35
as the work of the operative Mason endures after that of his fellow
artisan has crumbled to the dust, so the truths it illustrates will en-
dure through all eternity as grand, glorious and imperishable as the
source from which they emanate.
Our influence for good in the world as Masons, depends upon how
we reflect upon it the light we receive from its symbols and
philosophy.
It matters but little whether we date our origin as an order from
the revival of Masonry at the beginning of the eighteenth century,
from the return of the crusaders, the traveling workmen of the mid-
dle ages, the building of King Solomon's Temple, or even to the
stone of foundation, the great philosophic and moral precepts pre-
served by it have endured since man was first capable of conceiving
them.
Upon them he has built all his morals, religion and civilization;
to them he looks for all spiritual, intellectual and social progress,
and in them he treasures his faith of an eternal and glorious exis-
tence hereafter.
And my brethren, as the moon at its full reflects with softening
refulgence upon the darkness of the night, the brilliant rays of the
sun, so let us, being full of the love of God and our fellows, reflect
upon the world the glorious light of divine truth shed abroad from
the altar of Freemasonry.
Then can we truthfully claim our pre-eminence as an order and
proudly maintain our position as the conservators and guardians of
civilization.
ORDERED PUBLISHED.
On motion of Bro. W. D. Wright the oration was or-
dered published with our proceedings.
REPORT OF GRAND LECTURER.
The Grand Lecturer, Bro. Wni. D. Peirce, presented
his report, which was referred to the Committee on Juris-
prudence.
REPORT ON RETURNS AND WORK— CHARTERS GRANTED.
The Committee on Returns and Work presented the
following, which was adopted on motion of Bro. H. T. De-
Long, and charters ordered issued as therein recommended,
to
Trinidad Lodge No. 89, Trinidad, Las Animas County.
Lamar Lodge No. 90. Lamar, Prowers County.
Lafayette Lodge No. 91, Lafayette, Boulder County.
36
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge :
Your Committee on Returns and Work have examined the returns of the
several Lodges under dispensations, together with the records thereof, and the By-
laws submitted by each, and would respectfully report as follows :
Trinidad Lodge U. D. located at Trinidad. Las Animas County. This Lodge
has been working under a Dispensation issued by Grand Master Foster. At the
last Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, several errors and irregularities
appearing in the record of this Lodge, your Committee on Returns and Work
reported adversely to the granting of a charter. The report was adopted, and the
matter was referred to Grand Master Maxwell, to take such action as in his judg-
ment might be deemed necessary.
Your Committee are informed by Grand Master Maxwell that, upon investiga-
tion of the affairs of this Lodge, he learned that most .of the [errors appearing in
the record were defects of " record," rather than of the proceedings ; the Secretary
having failed to properly record the proceedings.
Your Committee are also informed that the action of the Lodge, resulting in
the trial and conviction of a Brother, was had under the advice of Grand Master
Foster, and that its unwarranted action can not be charged to the Lodge itself.
The Grand Master renewed the Dispensation, and the Lodge now petitions for a
Charter.
Since the date of the Dispensation the Lodge has
Initiated 13
Passed 18
Raised 11
Elected to Charter Membership IS
There were Original Petitioners 12
Total 36
Died 1
Petitioners for Charter 35
The returns are correct. The records of the past year are very neatly and
accurately kept. The By-laws are in conformity to Masonic law, and we recom-
mend their approval.
We recommend that a Charter issue to the petitioners therefor, under the name
of Trinidad Lodge No. &tt, with John B. Hershey as Worshipful Master ; Alexander
R. Taylor as Senior Warden ; and Lorin H. Roberts as Junior Warden, and the
following members :
Geo. P. Johnson, Samuel H. Schuyler,
William P. Swaine, James M. Carroll,
William Thompson, Daniel T. White,
Carlos H. Blake, Charles Fritz,
William D. Culley. John R. Espey,
James E. Wallace, John F. Linthurat,
Loron Ellis Wade, William B. Smith,
Matthew H. Moore, Richard A. Greenfield,
William V. Stevens, Robert A. Bush,
Cecil W. Browne, James E. Durden,
Orin M. Baker, Alexander Sneddon,
Reuben C. Luesley, Alexander Pollock.
Henry 8. Barr, Robert J. Stillwell,
Emanuel Sugerman, Frank H. Ross,
Benjamin F. Wooding, William S. Keeney,
James K. Stephens, James W. Nichols.
Lamar Lodge U. D. located at Lamar, Prowers County.
Dinpensation February 22, 1892. The returns are correct. The records are
well kept and accurate. The By-laws are in conformity to Masonic law, except
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 37
that they provide for a stated compensation for the Secretary, which clause has
bean stricken oat by your Committee ; we recommend their adoption, with this
change.
The Lodge has eleven members named in the Dispensation, and three whose
dimits have been sent up with the papers, endorsed by the members of the Lodge.
It has
Initiated 15
Passed 9
Raised 8
Total Membership 22
The Lodge has supplied itself with all the essential f ami tare, and is entirely
oat of debt, with seven candidates "on the way."
We recommend that a Charter issne to the petitioners, under the name of
Lamar Lodge No. 90, with Emil F. Seeberger as W.\ M.\ ; Peter S. Lynch as 8.".
W.\ ; Amos N. Parrish as J.'. W.\ ; and the following members :
Benjamin B. Brown, James B. Trailer,
Frank J. Holmes, John Will Marker,
L. Wirt Markbam, William C. Markham,
Daniel Kessee, William J. Johnson,
Clemens B. Thoman, Charles C. Goodale,
George W. Bntler, Welly C. Gould,
Merten Strain, Morton J. Underwood,
Charles D. Ford, Perry McMillen,
Andrew Kornman, James A. Woodcock,
T. M. Hall.
Lafayette Lodge, U. D. at Lafayette, Boulder County. Dispensation issued
February 23, 1892.
The returns are correct and the records neatly kept and accurate. The By-laws
are strictly in accord with Masonic law. We recommend their approval.
The Lodge
Initiated 7
Passed 2
Raised 2
Elected to Charter Membership 3
Original Petitioners 10
Total Petitioners for Charter 15
While the present membership is small, the Lodge has five candidates " on the
way/' and we are informed that there are five other M. M.'s who stand ready to
apply for membership. The Lodge is located in a prosperous community and we
can see no reason why a healthy Lodge can not be maintained ; we therefore recom-
mend that a Charter issue to the petitioners therefor, under the name of Lafayette
Lodge No. 91, with Bro. John M. Van Deren as W.\ M.\ ; Bro. John H. Simpson as
8.'. W.\ ; and Gustav W. Runge as J.'. W.\ and the following members :
William N. Hathaway, Jesse M. Compton,
Thomas A. Paige, Joseph D. Jones,
William O. Van Etten, William D. Jenkins,
Elmer E. Bottenfield, Willard J. Carnseu,
John N. Holmes, Frank E. Form an,
John Carruthers, August Beam.
Respectfully submitted,
B. L. CARR.
D. MoNIVEN,
A. V. CRAIG,
Committee.
38 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
ROBERT H. NEVITT.
Bro. J. C. Sanford made a verbal statement as to the
action of Durango Lodge No. 46, in admitting Bobert H.
Nevitt to membership. On motion the matter was referred
to the Committee on Correspondence.
Bro. L. N. Greenleaf, of Committee on Corres-
pondence, afterwards offered the following :
Resolved, That the action of Darango Lodge No. 46. in admitting Brother
Robert H. Nevitt to membership while holding a dimit from Union Concordia
Lodge No. 40, nnder the Grand Symbolic Lodge of the Republic of Mexico, be
legalised, bat that it shall not be made a precedent to govern our fa tare action until
fraternal recognition shall be asked for and accorded to said Grand Body.
After much discussion the following, offered by Bro.
B. L. Carr as a substitute for the above, was adopted :
Resolved, That the action of Darango Lodge No. 46, in admitting to member-
ship Mr. Robert H. Nevitt, claiming to hold a dimit from Union Corcordia Lodge
No. 40, of the Republic of Mexico, was, in the opinion of this Grand Lodge, with-
out authority, this Grand Lodge not being in fraternal correspondence with any
Grand or subordinate Lodge in said Republic.
THE BADGE OP A MASON.
Bro. H. T. West offered the following, which was
referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence :
Whereas: From time immemorial the lamb-skin or white leather apron has
been " the badge of a Mason," and
Whereas: There has been substituted therefor in many of the Lodges in this
Grand Jurisdiction, the use of aprons of other and divers material.
Resolved, That it is the sense of this Grand Lodge, that a Masonic apron
should be made of white leather only, and that we recommend that no subetitate
therefor should be permitted, and we recommend that the presentation of the apron
in the first degree be an actual presentation, and that it be made the duty of the
Secretary of the Lodge to inscribe, or have inscribed upon the under side of it the
name of the brother receiving it together with the date of his initiation, to which
shall be added the date of his passing and raising when the same shall have been
accomplished.
REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE.
Bro*. L. N. Greenleaf presented the report on Corres-
pondence, which was ordered published with the proceed-
ings. ( See appendix. )
ELECTION — SPECIAL. ORDER.
On motion the annual election was made the special
order for to-morrow at 10 o'clock A. M.
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 39
PROPOSED REPEAL OF BY-LAW NO. 76.
Bro. L. Cutshaw offered the following, which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Jurisprudence:
Resolved* That By-Law No. 76, be and the same is hereby repealed.
Denver, Sept. 20, 1892.
L. CUTSHAW, W. MM No. 7,
FRANK WHEELER, W. M„ No. fi,
HARRY CARR, J. W., No. 7,
HENRY M. FURMAN, W. M., No. 87,
WM. D. PEIRCE, G. L., G. L.,
L. W. GRANT, W. M., No. 61.
WM. T. MARCH, 8. W., No. 56,
CLAY M. VAN, 8. W., No. 84,
J. L. CHURCH, S. W., No. 14,
GEO. F. LEWIS, W. M., No. 86,
J. M. SHANNON, S. W., No. 86,
L. H. WYGANT, Jr., J. W„ No. 86,
BERN. HERTZBACH, W. M., No. 41,
FRANK KRATZER, J. W., No. 41,
M. N. WAGNER, W. M., No. 67.
PHOTOGRAPH.
Bro. P. D. Leonard invited the Grand Lodge to sit for
a photograph. On motion the invitation was accepted,
time to-morrow at the noon recess.
FINANCIAL.
Bro. W. D. Anthony presented the following, which
was adopted, and warrants ordered drawn as therein
recommended :
To the M.\ W.\ Grand Lodge:
Your Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the annual reports of the
Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary, respectfully report :
That we have carefully examined the same with the several vouchers and
books submitted, and find the same correct and in balance — the Grand Treasurer
having on band a total balance of $8,853.38, and for which a certified check is pre-
sented on the American National Bank of this date, and herewith returned. We
also find in the hands of Grand Treasurer four promissory notes, showing loans
made by the Grand Treasurer, under authority of the Grand Lodge, amounting to
15,000.00— making grand total of assets (cash and notes), $18,858.38.
By the report and Touchers of the Grand Secretary we find and report that an
appropriation of $200.00 was made to and for the Grand Secretary's contingent
fund, and he has paid $289.14, leaving a balance due the Grand Secretary $89.14.
We recommend that a warrant for that amount be drawn on the Grand Treasurer.
We further recommend that a warrant be drawn for the sum of $200.00, and
placed to the credit of Grand Secretary's contingent fund for the current year.
Fraternally submitted.
W. D. ANTHONY,
G. W. ROE.
L. Q. HOBBS,
Committee.
40 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
ERRONEOUS DIMIT.
Bro. Orson Adams, Jr., presented the following, which
was referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence:
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado:
The undersigned W.\ M.\ of Mesa Lodge No. 55, A. F. & A. M. respectfully
submits the following statement of facts, and also asks that this Grand Lodge take
each action as it may consider just:
Mathias Siebert and Jacob C. Biebert were both members of Mesa Lodge in
good standing.
Mathias Siebert applied for a dim it, bnt through error the dimit was granted
and issued to Jacob 0. Siebert.
Jacob C. Siebert returned this dimit, made application to be reinstated, stat-
ing that he had never applied for a dimit.
His application took the usual course, and in due time ballot was spread and
the same was found to be black.
1 therefore request that this Grand Lodge take such action as may be neces-
sary to correct the error of Mesa Lodge No. 55.
Respectfully submitted,
ORSON ADAMS, Jb.,
W.\ M.\ Mesa Lodge No, 65.
The Grand Lodge was then called to refreshment until
8 o'clock P. M.
FIRST DAY Third Session.
Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1892, 8 o'clock p. m.
Grand Lodge resumed labor.
Grand Master Maxwell in the East.
The entire session was devoted to the explanation and
discussion of the ritual, under the direction of Bro. Wm.
D. Peirce,- Grand Lecturer. During the discussion Bro.
B. L. Carr moved that the proper furniture of the ballot
box in this jurisdiction be white balls and black cubes.
Motion lost.
The Grand lodge was called from labor to refreshment
until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.
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GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 4 1
SECOND DAY-First Session.
Wednesday, Sept 21, 1892, 10 o'clock a. m.
Grand Lodge resumed labor.
Grand Master Maxwell in the East
REPORT ON RETURNS AND WORK.
Bro. B. L. Carr presented the following, which was
adopted:
TotheMoet Worshipful Grand Lodge :
Your Committee on Returns and Work, to -whom was referred that part of the
Grand Secretary's report referring to Chartered Lodges, respectfully report : An
examination of the returns of Union Lodge No. 7 shows that the following named
Brethren, viz : W. D. Anthony, Geo. Barrett, W. J. Cassell, J. A. Cleveland, D. J.
Cook, F. C. Erdmann, J. M. Hampton, Barnard Killen, Joanna Norwood,. A. G.
Rhoads and M. Spangler were reported last year as over 60 years of age, and are
not so reported this year. If they were over 60 last year, they certainly must be so
still, and if they were under 60 last year, then the Lodge owes this Grand Lodge
$11.00 on their account. To these are to be added the names of W. B. Trufant and
B. W. Woodbary, reported as ancients last year and since dimited, carried on the
rolls of Nos. 87 and 86 respectively as paying members.
An examination of the returns of all the Lodges shows that the general aver-
age of all the Lodges report 6.78 per cent, over 60 years of age; omitting No. 7,
the general average is 5.51 per cent.; the average in No. 7, 10.21 per cent, and the
average in No. 5 is 10.82 per cent. There may be nothing wrong in the returns of
No. 7, or of any other Lodge, but the returns of last year compared with those of
this, would indicate that there had been carelessness, to say the least.
Your Committee have not had the time to compare all the returns, and have
taken those of No. 7 simply as an illustration. We recommend that the returns of
No. 7 be returned for correction, and that hereafter, in making the annual returns,
the Secretaries of all the Lodges be required to report the ages of all the members,
and that the Grand Secretary be directed to make proper settlement with any
Lodge that may be found to have made mistakes or errors of this kind.
Regarding the dirait issued to Bro. D. F. Davis, of Corinthian Lodge No. 42,
reported as "granted" August 20, 1802, there being no regular communication on
that date, and the dimit said to have been issued by the Secretary without action of
the Lodge, your Committee are of the opinion that the "issuing" of said dimit
was irregular ; that the same is void, and that Bro. Davis is still a member of No.
42. Section 85 pf the By-laws of the Grand Lodge provides :
"No Lodge shall grant a dimit except upon written application, which shall
lie over until the next regular communication, when, if no charges have been pre-
ferred, and the dues of the Brother have been paid, the dimit shall be ordered issued."
The Secretary has no power or authority to grant a dimit, and his action is
therefore, of no effect.
The action of Loveland Lodge No. 53, in reporting W. A. Hankins as "dim-
ited" last year, is undoubtedly an error. He v» as at that time a mem ber of Bert hood
Lodge U. D., having signed the petition for dispensation, but did not sign the
petition for a Charter, and so never ceased to be a member of No. 53.
The Lodge is indebted to the Grand Lodge for his Grand Lodge dues last year.
Respectfully submitted, B. L. CARR,
A. V. CRAIG,
D. MoNlVEN.
42 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
ANNUAL ELECTION.
Bros. Henry R. Pendery, Clay M. Van, John F. Chrys-
tal and George E. Simonton were appointed tellers. The
balloting resulted in the election of
WM. D. WRIGHT, Denver G. M.
JETHRO 0. SANFORD, Durango D. G. M.
WM. L. BUSH, Idaho Springs S. G. W.
WM. D.PEIRCE, Denver... J.G.W.
FRANK CHURCH, Denver G. Tbkas.
ED. C. PARMELEE, Denver G. Sec.
JURISPRUDENCE.
The Committee on Jurisprudence presented the follow-
ing reports:
To the M. W. Grand Lodge of Colorado:
Your Committee on J nrispradence recommend that the resolution repealing
Grand Lodge By-Law No. 76, be not passed.
W. D. TODD,
J. H. PEABODY,
GEO. WYMAN.
Which was adopted.
To the Moat Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado:
In the matter of inquiry from the Jnnior Warden of Highlands Lodge No. 86,
regarding the petition of Harry Walker to be made a Mason; said applicant being
engaged in the basiness of selling liqnore on commission, -which has been referred
to this Committee, we beg to report that decision No. 86, by this Grand Lodge in
1890, rays :
" By-Law 125 was constraed to include all persons engaged in the basiness of
selling intoxicating liquors."
It is therefore clearly unlawful under said By-Law to receive the said
application. Fraternally submitted,
W. D. TODD,
J. H. PEABODY,
GEORGE WYMAN.
Which was adopted.
Your Committee on Jurisprudence to whom was referred the matter of an
erroneous issuance of a dimit, recommend that the entire record of Mesa Lodge
No. 55, be so corrected as to expunge all proceedings relative to the granting of a
dimit to Jacob Siebert, and the Lodge take action upon the application of Mathias
Siebert.
W. D. TODD,
J. H. PEABODY,
GEORGE WYMAN.
Which was adopted.
To the M.'. W.\ Grand Lodge of Colorado :
Your Committee on Jurisprudence recommend the adoption of the preamble
and resolutions presented by Bro. Henry T. West, with this exception : After the
words "white leather only,'' strike out the following : "and we recommend that no
substitute therefor should be permitted." •
Fraternally submitted, J. H. PEABODY.
GEORGE WYMAN,
W. D. TODD.
Wrhich was adopted.
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 43
Also the following : And that part thereof referring
to District Deputy Grand Masters was made the special
order for 2 o'clock, p. m., to-day, and the balance of the
report was adopted :
To the M.\ W.\ Grand Lodge of Colorado :
Your Committee on Jurisprudence beg leave to report upon such matters as
have been referred to them from the Grand Master's address, as follows :
That Decisions Nob. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 be
approved.
Decision No. 1 is in contradiction to Decision No. 90, which was ap-
proved by this Grand Lodge ; this Decision is plain in its language and broad in
meaning, and your Committee are of the opinion that it is a correct interpretation
of the law. We recommend that the Decision be not approved.
Decision No. 6, we recommend that the words "or unless the By-laws of the
Lodge make it his duty to issue such summon**" be stricken out. Section 90 of By-
laws pertaining to subordinate Lodges is plain in denning it to be the duty of the
Lodge or its Worshipful Master alone, to issue any summons.
Decision No. 10. We recommend that this Decision be not approved.
Your Committee are of the opinion that it is clearly the duty of the Master of
a Lodge to suspend from office an officer of his Lodge for unbecoming or on-
Masonic conduct, in advance of charges and trial for such conduct.
That portion of the Grand Master's address recommending changes in our
Constitution, and the appointment of District Deputy Grand Masters, your Com-
mittee recommend be not concurred in.
The present law of this Grand Lodge empowers the Grand Lecturer to instruct
any Lodge who may require any information regarding the esoteric work and lec-
tures, and has provided for his remuneration while performing such labor. If this
willingness on the part of the Grand Lodge to place such instruction within the
reach of Lodges free of cost to them, fails in its purpose, we do not appreciate
that the new system as presented will accomplish more.
For the same reasons given above, we disagree with the suggestions made by
oar Grand Lecturer bearing upon this subject. Your Committee are firm in the
belief that the dissemination of our esoteric work among the Lodges of this juris-
diction, and conformity therewith, is most desirable. We recommend that a
sufficient sum be appropriated from the Grand Treasury, in addition to the per
diem provided for in Section No. 25 of our Constitution, as will furnish sufficient
remuneration for the services of .a competent Grand Lecturer. As our Grand Lodge
has already provided for the payment of the actual traveling expenses of the Grand
Master or his duly appointed representative, we believe that the work of the Grand
Lecturer, supplemented by frequent visits from other Grand Officers appointed
by the Grand Master, are sufficient.
Such special Dispensations, commissions and appointments of the Grand
Master as have been referred to your Committee, are hereby approved.
Fraternally submitted,
W. D. TODD,
J. H. PEABODY,
GEORGE WYMAN.
The Grand Lodge was then called to refreshment until
2 o'clock p. M.
44 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SECOND DAY-Second Session
Wednesday, Sept 21, 1892, 2 o'clock p. m.
Grand Lodge resumed labor.
Grand Master Maxwell in the East.
SPECIAL ORDER
The C9nsideration of the report of the Committee on
Jurisprudence as to District Deputy Grand Masters, was
resumed.
On motion of Bro. L. Cutshaw the subject was referred
to a special committee to report at this session.
Bros. B. L. CARR,
B. F. RAWALT,
H. M. FURMAN.
were appointed said committee.
*
The committee afterwards presented the following re-
port which was adopted by a vote of 97 to 8:
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge :
¥our special Committee to whom was referred that part of the Grand
Master's address concerning District Deputy Grand Masters, have considered the
recommendations contained in said address, and respectfully report as follows :
1. We recommend that Section 25 and Section 2 of the Constitution of the
Grand Lodge be amended as recommended by the Grand Master in his address.
2. We recommend that the Constitution of the Grand Lodge be amended by
inserting after Section 25 thereof, Sections 26, 27, 2* and 29, as recommended by the
Grand Master in his address, and that Sections 26 to 81 of the Constitution be
changed to correspond with the amendments.
Respectfully submitted,
B. L. CARR,
B. F. RAWALT,
H. M. FURMAN,
Committee.
JEWELS FOR PAST GRAND MASTERS.
Bro. Henry M. Furman offered the following which
was adopted:
Resolved, That the M.'. W.\ Grand Lodge of Colorado purchase and present
to its Past Grand Masters an appropriate jewel, with the proper inscription npon
the same ; said jewel to be of gold, and to cost not less than $100.
To carry out the provisions of this resolution, the Grand Master shall appoint
a Committee of three to purchase the same and have them properly engraved, and
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 45
when the Committee ah all hare complied with this resolution and shall certify the
bill for the same, the Grand Master is hereby authorised to draw a warrant on the
Grand Treasurer in payment for the same.
Bros. HENRY M. FURMAN,
FRANK I. SMITH,
JAMES B. McCOY,
were appointed said Committee.
GRAND LODGE OF NEW ZEALAND.
Bro. L. N. Greenleaf presented the following, which
was adopted :
To the M.\ \V.m. Grand Lodge of Colorado:
Your Committee on Correspondence, to whom was referred the renewed ap-
plication of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand for recognition, would respectfully
submit the following report :
We have given the matter careful consideration, having been furnished with a
14 brief history of the movement in connection with the establishment of the Grand
Lodge of New Zealand," published by its authority in March, 1892, aud also the
Proceedings of the Annual Communication held at Auckland, April 27, 1892. The
facts determined are as follows :
The first movement in favor of an independent Grand Lodge for this Colony,
was made in 1876, but it did not at that time acquire much strength, and it was not
until after the formation of the Grand Lodge of South' Australia, in 1884, followed
by those of New South Wales and Victoria, that the brethren were incited to fresh
exertion and a renewed determination to form a Grand Lodge.
The Grand Lodge of New Zealand was organized April 29, 1890, at Christ
Church, at which time Brother Henry Thomson was elected M. W. Grand Master.
The proceedings attending its formation appear to have been regular, and in
accordance with Masonic Law and usage, and were endorsed or participated in by
a majority of the Lodges in the Colony.
The Lodges under the several Constitutions at that time were as follows :
English .■ 85
Irish 15
Scotch 47
Total 147
Some of these were claimed to be practically dormant. Ninty-two of these
Lodges voted in favor of a formation of a Grand Lodge; twenty-one against; un-
decided thirty-four. For various reasons which do not fully appear, some of the
Lodges voting in the affirmative did not unite with it upon its organization.
From the Proceedings of April last, we learn that the Lodges upon its roll
number eighty* and that accessions are being made from time to time, of Lodges
which have heretofore held aloof. The situation thus briefly outlined is this—
eighty lodges have given their allegiance to the new Grand Lodge, while sixty-
seven still adhere to the English, Irish and Scotch Constitutions; the respective
Grand Lodges of which still refuse their recognition. In fact the attitude at pres-
ent assumed by the Grand Lodge of England seems to threaten the postponement
of the question of recognition for an indefinite period.
The Grand Lodge of New Zealand has been recognized by her sister Grand
Lodges in the Australasian Colonies; by several American Grand Lodges and those
of Quebec and New Brunswick; Grand Bodies in Peru and Italy have also accorded
recognition.
A controversy has also arisen over the proper interpretation of the rule con-
tained in Article 219, Book of Constitutions G. L. of England, which allows three
46 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
members to bold the warrant of a Lodge. The G rand Regiitrar of the Grand Lodge
of England rendered an opinion that the above rule did not apply, because the
majority were not retiring from the Lodge, bnt were merely transferrins fta
allegiance to another Maaonle paver. Notwithstanding this, circulars had been
issued by thoae opposed to the movement, claiming that under rale 218 a minority
What influence this line of argument has had o«er thoee who etill refuse to trans -
fer their allegiance we do not know.
the Lodgee of the Colony, and that there is not that degree of unanimity which
should prevail in order to completely invent the new Grand Lodge with undisputed
nances, still we (eel constrained to
until the next Annual Com monica-
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Fraternally enlir
LAWRENCE N. GREENLEAF,
ANDREW KELLOCK.
D. B. ROBERTSON.
PAY ROLL.
The Finance Committee submitted the following report,
which was adopted, and a warrant ordered drawn as
therein recommended :
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provided by Section 5 of our By-laws,
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amounts to wbicb tbey are entitled !
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48 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
APPOINTED OFFICERS.
The following list of appointed officers was read by
the Grand Secretary :
R. J. VAN VALKENBURG, Erie G. Chaplain
T. B. MaoDONALD, Saguache G. Orator
CLAY M. VANf Denver G. Lecturer
WM.W. HOLLER, Salida G. Marshal
JDDSON E. COLE, Baena Vista S. G. D.
HORACE T. DeLONG, Grand Junction J. G. D.
ANDREW KELLOCK, Telluride _. B. G. S.
SUEL E. CLARK, Fort Collins J. G. 8.
THOMA8 LINTON, Denver G. Tiler
INSTALLATION.
Grand Master John M. Maxwell installed Bro. Wm.
D. Wright Grand Master elect, who installed the other
elected and appointed officers.
MONITOR.
On motion of Bro. H. T. West, Bros. George Wyman
and Harper M. Orahood were added to the present Com-
mittee on Monitor.
The Committee is
Bros. WM. D. TODD,
H. P. H. BROMWELL,
WM. D. PEJRCE,
GEORGE WYMAN,
HARPER M. ORAHOOD.
SALARIES.
Bro. E. L. N. Foster offered the following, which was
adopted:
Resolved, That the Bum of two hundred dollars is hereby appropriated to Bro.
L. N. Greenleaf, as Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence, for preparing
report, and the sum of one hundred dollars be allowed Bro. Thos. Linton for
services as Grand Tiler, and that warrants be drawn on the Grand Treasurer in
payment thereof.
MASONIC CONGRESS.
Bro. E. L. N. Foster offered the following which was
adopted :
Resolved, That the Grand Master appoint a delegation of seven members of
this Grand Lodge of whioh he shall be one, to attend the proposed conference of
Masons in Chicago in August, 1893.
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 49
COMMITTEES.
The Grand Master appointed the following standing
Committees :
ON JURISPRUDENCE.
ROGER W. WOODBURY Denver
WM. D.TODD Denver
JAMES H. PEABODY Canon City
ON CORRESPONDENCE.
LAWRENCE N. GREENLEAF ..Denver
BENJ. F. RAWALT Akron
IRA L HERRON Longmont
ON RETURNS AND WORK OF LODGES, U. D.
BYRON L. CARR Longmont
WM. T. BRIDWELL Canon City
ERNEST LE NEVE FOSTER .... Georgetown
ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
JOHN M. MAXWELL Leadville
GEORGE F.LEWIS.. Highlands
WILLIAM L. H MILLAR __ Denver
ON FINANCE, MILEAGE AND PER DIEM.
CHARLES T. HARKISON Denver
DAVID 8WICKHIMER Rico
CROMWELL TUCKER Denver
CLOSED.
The minutes were read and approved, and the Thirty-
second Annual Communication of the M.\ W.\ Grand
Lodge of A. F. & A. M. of Colorado was closed in- ample
form.
WM. D. WRIGHT,
Grand Master.
ATTEST.
Grand Secretary.
SO PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO.
AFTERWARDS.
The Grand Master, October 18, 1892, appointed as a
delegation to attend the proposed Fraternal Congress to
be held in Chicago in August, 1893:
HENRY M. TELLER, P. G. M Central City
ROGER W. WOODBURY, P. G. M Denver
WILLIAM T. BRIDWELL, P. G. M Canon City
BYRON L. CARR, P. G. M Longmont
ED. C. PARMELEE, Gr. Sec'y Denver
CHARLES T. HARKISON, P. M Denver
WILLIAM D. WRIGHT, G. M Denver
He also appointed as District Deputy Grand Masters
in their respective districts:
Fimt District HENRY T. WEST Greeley
Second Dibtbiot JOHN WILLIAMS, Colorado Springs
Third District GEORGE W. ROE Pueblo
Fourth Dibtbiot L. M. MILLER Grand Junction
ED. C. PARMELEE,
Grand Secretary.
APPENDIX.
REPORT OF CORRESPONDENCE.
DIGEST OF DECISIONS.
RETURNS OF LODGES.
STATISTICAL TABLES.
CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.
FORMS.
Report on Correspondence.
To the M. W. Grand Lodge of Colorado:
Your Committee on Correspondence herewith submits the following report :
The general plan of arrangement is that adopted by as in former reports.
The Digest of Decisions will be found at the end of oar review. We shall avoid as
far as possible repetitions of decisions which are identical with those heretofore
published in oar preceding digests.
8pecial matters which are now engaging the attention of the Craft, as well as
any discussion of important questions, will be found in our Conclusion.
We have received from the Grand Secretary the proceedings of the following
Grand Lodges, fifty-five in all, some of them being for two years :
Alabama 1*91
Arizona 1891
Arkansas 1891
British Columbia 1891-1892
California 1891
Canada - 1891
Connecticut ...1892
Delaware. _ 1891
District of Colombia 1891
Florida 1892
Georgia ..1891
Idaho 1891
Illinois 1891
Indiana.. 1*92
Indian Territory 1891
Iowa 1892
Kansas ...1892
Kentucky 1891
Louisiana 1892
Maine 1892
Manitoba _ ...1892
Maryland 1891-1892
Massachusetts 1891
Michigan 1892
Minnesota 1892
Mississippi 1892
Missouri 1891
Montana 1891
Nebraska 1891
Nevada... 1891
New Brunswick 1892
New Hampshire 1892
New Jersey 1892
New Mexico 1891
New York 1892
North Carolina 1892
North Dakota 1892
Ohio 1891
Oregon 1892
Pennsylvania 1891
Prince Edward Island 1891-1892
Quebec 1892
Rhode Island 1891
South Australia -1891
South Carolina 1891
South Dakota _ 1892
Tennessee 1892
Texas 1891
Utah 1892
Vermont ...1892
Virginia 1891
Washington 1891
West Virginia .1891
Wisconsin 1 *»2
Wyoming 1891
We have failed to receive the following : New South Wales, Nova Scotia,
Tasmania and Victoria. The former has not reached your committee for two
years.
54 APPENDIX.
ALABAMA— 1891.
Seventy-first Annual held at Montgomery, December
1, 1891.
Grand Master George M. Morrow devoted three pages
of his address to the glories of Masonry, setting forth its
aim and past achievements in faultless rhetoric and in-
spiring eloquence, and closing his introductory by inciting
the brethren to deeds of permanent charity, instancing a
home as the wisest concentration of effort, which "may do
the greatest good, and shed, like accumulated sunbeams,
the balmiest influences."
Announcement is made of the death of Past D. G. M.
Samuel Thompson, a skillful and zealous worker in
Masonry. Of the state of Masonry in that jurisdiction,
we quote these encouraging words :
Masonry, in Alabama, to-day, is in a happy and prosperous condition. Har-
mony has been onr distinguishing characteristic. No vexed questions have dis-
turbed the deliberations of any of our constituent Lodges; no entanglements nor
issues have arisen among the brethren requiring the interposition of the Grand
Master. Our laws and Ritual have been held sacred and inviolate ; our charities
have been unostentatious and far-reaching, and the dignity of Masonry has been
elevated to the highest plane.
He had granted thirteen dispensations for new Lodges
and reinstated six others which had forfeited their char-
ters.
He submits a list of thirteen decisions which were ap-
proved with two exceptions, these being essentially
modified
He submits for the consideration of that Grand Lodge
the resolutions of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky looking
to the holding of a Fraternal Congress at Chicago during
the World's Fair.
The Grand Lodge endorsed the movement and suitable
action will be taken for proper representation at said
Congress.
A ruling of P. G. Master Brown in 1890, in regard to
"seeing the charter," was reversed. The opinion of the
Grand Lodge being expressed in the report of the Com-
mittee on Jurisprudence : "The Committee being unan-
imously of the opinion that a visitor has the right to
demand to see the charter of the Lodge before submitting
to examination.' '
The Grand Lodge also adopted the report of the same
Committee which was adverse to P. G. M. Brown's recom-
mendation for " a change in the law, as to secret objection
APPENDIX. 55
to admission to membership in a subordinate Lodge, and
to the advancement of candidates for degrees."
Two of the Committee presented an explanatory state-
ment in regard to their action in reporting adversely, from
which we quote the following extracts:
The words of the Constitution are that no Lodge shall require any member
to assign his reason for voting against a person applying for initiation or member-
•hip. This clause, and there is no other in the Constitution on the subject, it will
be noticed does not prohibit a Lodge from requiring a member to give his reasons
for voting against a person who may apply for advancement. Whatever rights a
Lodge has in snch a case are those arising from that particular section of the Con-
futation. We do not think that those rights can be enlarged or diminished'by any
action of this Grand Lodge. Whether that section, by necessary implication, gives
to the Lodge the right to require one of its members to give his reasons for voting
against a person who applies for advancement, is a question which has not been
properly presented to this committee and upon which, in oar opinion, we are not
now called upon to decide. We do not think it would be proper for the commit-
tee to construe that section until a case arises pzesenting the point.
We present this opinion in order that we may not be understood when we
agree to the adverse report of the committee as committing ourselves to the pro-
position that a Lodge has not the right to require a member voting against an ap-
plicant to assign his reasons therefor. When that question arises, we wish to be
left free and uncommitted by concurring in this report. We have views npon that
question, bat do not think it is proper to present them at this time.
The following resolutions were* presented, proposing a
General Masonic Conference and were referred to three
Past Grand Masters to report at the next annual :
Whkrkas. There is a want of uniformity in the verbiage and mechanical
features of the Ritual of Masonry in the various Grand Jurisdictions of the United
States; And whereas, it is desirable and important to harmonize these differences
and to have a uniform Ritual throughout the United States; therefore, be it
Resolved. That it is the sense and opinion of the M. W. Grand Lodge of the
State of Alabama, that some means should be adopted in common by the various
Grand Jurisdictions of the United States to correct all differences and to establish
a uniform ritual throughout the United States.
Resolved* That we fraternally suggest the following plan:
1. That eaoh Grand Jurisdiction in the United States adopt a resolution in
conformity to the suggestions set forth in these resolutions.
2. That a National Committee on Masonic Ritual shall be appointed, con-
sisting of one member from each Grand Jurisdiction, to be appointed by the
several Grand Masters from the Committee on Work of each Grand Jurisdiction.
S. That this committee shall meet at such time and place as may be deter-
mined by a majority of said committee as soon after its formation as practicable.
4. That it shall be the duty of this committee to harmonize the work in all
particulars, and to report back to the Committee on Work of each Grand Jurisdic-
tion, through its member on the committee, and the Committee on Work to the
several Grand Lodges for adoption.
5. That the salary and expenses of each member of this committee shall be
paid by the Grand Lodge he represents; and that expenses of the committee as a
whole shall be pro rated among the various Grand Lodges represented.
Be it further resolved, That these resolutions shall be printed in the trans-
actions of this Grand Lodge, and shall be referred to a committee, consisting of
three Past Grand Blasters, who shall report on them at the next Grand Communi-
cation for final action.
The following action was taken in regard to an Orphan's
Home:
Whebzab, It is desirable that the Masonic Fraternity of Alabama should at
the earliest day practicable, establish a home for indigent widows and orphans of
deceased Masons; therefore be it
Resolved* That a special committee of five members of this Grand Lodge be
appointed to take into consideration the advisability of establishing such an insti-
tution as suggested in the above preamble, and to report to the next Grand
Communication of this Grand Lodge, a plan to carry out the object herein set
forth.
56 APPENDIX.
The Committee on Jurisprudence reported verbally, in
answer to a question submitted to them, as follows : "That
the temporary removal of a charter from the Lodge-room,
while the Lodge is at labor, does not necessitate the cessa-
tion of such labor."
The Grand Lodge adopted the following, which is
indefinite as to its intent ; nothing being said about the
payment of arrearages, one would imply that the payment
of one dollar "wiped out the old score" :
Resolved, That Masons who are in arrears with their Lodges for dnes at the
time each Lodges forfeit their Charters, shall be provided with a certificate in the
nature of a dim it, by the Grand Secretary, upon the payment of one dollar.
The permanent Trust Fund now amounts to $22,726.92.
P. G. M. Palmer J. Pillans continues to furnish able
and instructive reports on correspondence. That for the
present year covers 146 pages, filled with interesting mat-
ter, with characteristic comments by Bro. P. where occasion
seems to demand. Nearly two pages are devoted to Colo-
rado for 1890. Extracts are made from Grand Master
BridwelPs address, and our views on the subject of "Grand
Master's Prerogatives" quoted without comment.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary both re-elected.
ARIZONA— 1891.
Tenth Annual held at Phoenix, November 10, 1891,
M. W. George W. Cheyney in the Grand East.
While he reports a small increase in membership, yet
it keeps pace with that of the population. He announces
the death of two Grand officers, namelv, Bros. John H.
Marion, Grand Orator, and James Sias, Junior Grand
Steward.
He had granted a dispensation to re-ballot on the
application of a candidate within the constitutional period
of twelve months. He recommends to Lodges the greatest
care in preferring such requests. He says :
The right of every Master Mason to a full and free use of the ballot moat be
carefully exercised and guarded. The (Constitution has fixed twelve months as a
probationary period for a rejected candidate, and it should not be lightly set aside
by dispensation.
He had granted one dispensation for a new Lodge.
He submits a list of seven decisions which were ap-
proved.
The Widows' and Orphans' Fund is yearly increasing
and now amounts to $226.
APPENDIX. 57
To the subject of Eitual he devotes some attention,
with a view of securing uniformity. The Grand Lodge
has adopted the " California Work."
Upon the subject of dimits he is quite outspoken,
believing that the ease with which they are obtained is
detrimental to the Fraternity. He says that recent statistics
show that there are over 400,000 non-affiliated Masons in
the United States out of a total of 1,100,000. In that
jurisdiction, he says that probably more than one-half are
non-affiliated.
M. W. Isaac S. Titus, P. G. M. of California, was
present, and was received with Grand honors.
The Grand Lodge decided to take no further action in
regard to Ritual at that session.
Action on the application of the Grand Lodge of Hay ti,
for recognition, was deferred for one year, until it furnishes
the desired information as to its standing or legality.
No Report on Correspondence.
Bro. Alexander G. Oliver, of Prescott, was elected
Grand Master ; Grand Secretary re-elected.
ARKANSAS— 1891.
Fifty-second Annual held at Little Rock, November
17, 1891, M. W. Bro. W. K. Ramsey presiding.
He congratulates* the Brethren upon the improved con-
dition of their material resources during the year. There
has been no special revival of Masonry, yet there has been
a healthy and substantial growth. He had felt impelled
to refuse dispensations looking to any public displays of
the Fraternity other than those permitted by our laws.
These refusals referred to picnics, Fourth of July barbe-
cues, public school entertainments, etc. He expresses his
joy over the fact that the Grand Lodge will soon have a
home in their magnificent Temple now in process of erec-
tion. Far-seeing Masons used their influence to dispose
of the unprofitable building known as St. John's College,
and the Craft will soon j)ossess a beautiful, useful and profit-
able structure in its stead. He refers to the death of Bro.
Albert Pike, the distinguished Mason, in fitting terms of
eulogy; upon being appraised of the sad occurrence he
issued a circular letter to all the Lodges in the jurisdic-
tion. Bro. Pike was a charter member of Magnolia Lodge
58 APPENDIX
No. 60, of Little Rock, with which he was still affiliated at
the time of his decease.
Seventeen decisions were rendered, all of which were
approved, with one exception, which was slightly qualified.
He granted ten dispensations for new Lodges.
He reports the arrest of two charters. In one of these
cases a Lodge refused to inflict any punishment upon a
member after he was found guilty of publicly ridiculing*
the Bible and also of gambling.
Action upon the application of the Grand Lodge of
New Zealand was again postponed.
A resolution to the effect that it was the sense of the
Grand Lodge that the publication of the names of sus-
pended or expelled Masons in public newspapers was
inexpedient, was lost.
The following resolution was adopted :
Resolved, That the M.\ W.*. G. M. be authorized to appoint a committee of
fifty Master Masons, holding membership in this jurisdiction, of which the Grand
Master shall be chairman, to meet similar committees from other jurisdictions at
Chicago, 111., during the holding of the World's Fair, to confer upon the general
interests of the Fraternity and to promote uniformity in the work and harmony of
action.
Resolved, That said committee shall not anter into any arrangement looking
to the formation of a National Grand Lodge.
Bro. S. H. Davidson presented the Report on Corre-
spondence, Colorado, for 1890, receiving a half page of
his space.
Bro. C. A. Bridewell was elected Grand Master, Bro.
Fay Hempstead re-elected Grand Secretary.
BRITISH COLUMBIA -1891.
Twentieth Annual held at Kamloops, June 18, 1891.
Grand Master A. McKeown reports a prosperous con-
dition of affairs in that jurisdiction. He makes feeling
allusion to the death of P. G. Master Henry Brown, Grand
Secretary, who died two mouths previous to the meeting
of the Grand Lodge and whose valuable services to that
body were coeval with its formation.
His address is almost strictly confined to a record of
his official acts.
Three dispensations were granted for the formation of
new Lodges.
Among special dispensations granted was one author-
izing the brethren of a Lodge "to wear regalia in public at
a ball."
APPENDIX 59
Dispensations for such a purpose are now very gener-
ally condemned Among " questions answered " we note
the following:
Is a candidate minus right thnmb eligible for office?
Answer. — No.
Is a Mason under suspension qualified to become a Charter member of a new
Lodge?
> Answer. — Certainly not.
The ignorance which prompted the latter query was
"dense," to say the least.
He recommends that in future the delegates from the
several Masonic districts elect, at the annual session of the
Grand Lodge, their own District Deputy Grand Masters
and thus relieve the Grand Master from a delicate task.
He thinks the various districts conferring the honor will
naturally place a greater value upon the office.
The Deputy Grand Master Marcus Wolfe also delivered
an address embodying a record of his official acts and par-
ticipation in special ceremonies of the craft.
From the report of the Acting Grand Secretary we
glean the following:
Number of Lodges 10
Membership _ _ 728
Increase in membership during year _ 48
Total funds and property of Lodges $44,086.66
Charities $808.25
The reports of the District Deputy Grand Masters
give a full exhibit of the condition or the Lodges in their
respective districts which are reported to be prosperous
almost without exception.
The Grand Lodges of North Dakota and Tasmania
were accorded fraternal recognition.
A committee was appointed to prepare a Masonic burial
service to be submitted at the next Annual.
White linen aprons cannot be worn in the Lodges after
1891, as Article 169 is to be strictly enforced. After the
close of the regular business, the Grand Lodge attended
divine service at St. Paul's Church and listened to a very
interesting sermon by V. W. Bro. A. W. Sillitoe, Past
Grand Chaplain.
Bro. Marcus Wolfe was elected Grand Master and Bro.
W. J. Quinlan, Grand Secretary.
60 APPENDIX.
BRITISH COLUMBIA- 1802.
A portrait of G. M. Marcus Wolfe appears as a frontis-
piece.
Twenty-first Annual held at Nanaimo, June 23, 1892,
M. W. Marcus Wolfe, Grand Master.
He thus pictures the condition of the Craft :
It is both with pleasure and gratification that I can report this as a year of
great prosperity within oar jurisdiction, mostly all the Lodges have increased
their roll, and the reports which will be submitted to yon, will famish ground for
encouragement. There is no single instance of insubordination to report, no
charter suspended or surrendered, a new era appears to have begun in our exist-
ence, and the outlook for the future is most promising ; vet, let us hope that
Lodges (while anxious to increase their membership) are taking that due care and
precaution of investigating into the character and standing of those seeking
admission, so that nothing but good material may be used in the building of our
"earthly Masonic edifice," and would impress upon you the words of one of oar
great Masonic authors, who says : " Ancient, Free and Accepted Masonry was
originally intended for the few, whose intelligence was such as would enable them
to appreciate its beauties, and whose morals were such as would enable them to
exemplify its virtues. Though not another Mason should ever be made, we should
guard our doors securely against those who seek to wear oar badge for mercenary
fmrposes, and whose daily lives of debauchery, profanity and vulgarity give the
ie to their professions of faith in the tenets of oar craft.1*
He had made visitations to many of the Lodges and
inspected their work.
He laid the corner-stone of St. Alban's church, at
Nanaimo, during his term.
He submits a few of his more important rulings and
decisions.
There had been no loss by death of any member of the
Grand Lodge during the year.
He extends his congratulations upon their having
reached the twenty-first year of their existence, and thus
attained their full maturity and become of age. We copy
the following from his retrospective view :
It would not be out of place at this time to review Masonry and its progress
in British Columbia. The inauguration of Masonry here dates as far back as 1h:>9,
the first warranted Lodge (Victoria No. KN>) from the Grand Lodge of England,
then following closely upon each other to 1W7, nine other Lodges were chartered
or nnder dispensation under England or Scotland. The first proposal to form an
independent Grand Lodge for the colony was in lv»9, but the object was not finally
consummated until October, Wl, when our Grand Lodge was duly organized as a
sovereign and independent body. Since which time we have made steady progress
as the Province has been opened up and became populated.
***********
Bro. Israel Powell, our first M.\ W.". Grand Master, at the conclusion of his
address said : " Only the corner-stone of the grand temple we have united to build
in tliis young Province has been most auspiciously laid; careful supervision, loyal
obedience, unremitting zeal and the most steadfast devotion, will alone enable us
to crown our honorable labors with the cope-stone of success." The condition
and standing of Masonry in the Province tn-dny testifies to the faithful and zeal-
ous manner in which the advice has been carried out; from eight Lodges, with a
membership of 21)5, we have fifteen Lodges, with IKK) members.
He is a warm advocate for the Literary and Social
Features as an adjunct to Lodge work.
APPENDIX. 6 1
He thinks the fee for affiliation should be abolished.
The report of the Deputy Grand Master also shows a
gratifying condition of Masonry throughout the Province,
and he had also made many official visitations.
Dispensations are still granted to wear regalia at balls
and public conversaziones.
The Grand Master having directed attention to the
fact that one of the Lodges refused to comply with the
law in regard to uniformity of clothing and that another
claimed the right to appoint instead of elect their Secre-
tary, the committee on his address asked that the matter
be settled by the Grand Lodge. The following action was
taken:
That inasmuch as certain rights and privileges were given at the time of form-
ation of this Grand Lodge to Victoria- Columbia and Ashlar Lodges, as to regalia
worn by the latter, and the appointment instead of election of Secretary in former;
be it therefore
Resolved, That these Lodges shall retain the privileges accorded as long as
they so desire.
The same persistency by old Lodge Hiram No. 1, of
Hartford, Conn., that it had vested rights in regard to
certain features of the ritual, was declared to be rebellion
and resulted in the arrest of its charter. Our Brethren of
British Columbia believe in getting along smoothly even
if the sovereignty of the Grand Lodge has to be relaxed
and its own laws abrogated to suit special cases.
Recognition was accorded to the Grand Lodge of New
Zealand and the application of the Grand Lodge of Hayti
was laid over until the next Annual.
The Grand Lodge resolved to affiliate with the " Gen-
eral Masonic Relief Association of the United States and
Canada."
A resolution was adopted making it the duty of Com-
mittees on Character of Applicants tor Initiation to report
upon each of twelve questions identical with those
required in Colorado. In fact the character of the legis-
lation of the session is very largely in accord with that of
our American Grand Lodges, while the printing and
arrangement of the volume of proceedings is highly
creditable. There is no Report on Correspondence, but
one is promised in the near future when the treasury of
the Grand Lodge will admit of their indulgence in this
acknowledged necessity.
Bro. Wm. Downie of Vancouver was elected Grand
Master, Bro. W. J. Quinlan re-elected Grand Secretary.
62 APPENDIX.
CALIFORNIA-1891.
Upon opening the volume before us, we behold the
lifelike countenance of the late Grand Secretary, Alex. G.
Abell, who, for thirty-five successive years performed the
duties of that office with distinguished ability, and whose
uamewas a "household word throughout the Masonic
realm. He died on December 28, 1890, and thus in the
closing hours of the old year he passed from the scenes of
earth, ripe in years and the wisdom of experience, crowned
with the glory of a life well-spent, loved and lamented by
the Brotherhood wheresoever dispersed. A special com-
munication of the Grand Lodge was held on January 1,
1891, to perform the last sad rites and pay fitting honors to
his memory.
The eulogies delivered by Grand Master Conklin and
Grand Orator Boruck were eloquent, tender and expres-
sive of a deep appreciation of his exalted life and char-
acter.
Forty-second Annual, held at San Francisco, October
13, 1891.
Grand Master Alvah R. Conklin reports a most grati-
fying state of offairs, peace and harmony prevailing to
their fullest extent.
Out of 241 Lodges with a membership of over 15,000, but
seven trial records had come up for inspection, while in
former years there had been from twenty to forty-five.
The leaven of morality and brotherly love is thus becom-
ing widely diffused through the fraternity of the Golden
State. So mote it be.
He had granted six dispensations for new Lodges.
In fifteen cases dispensations were granted to reballot
within less than the prescribed time, and his action was
approved by the Grand Lodge. In this jurisdiction the
law is that " an unfavorable ballot cannot be reconsidered
on any grounds." We believe our law to be in strict ac-
cordance with ancient usage and hold it to be one of the
landmarks of the Craft that "neither the Grand Lodge or
Grand Master has any power to order a reconsideration of
the ballot." Grand Lodges may declare that they have
the right to form their own constitutions and that the
regulation of the ballot and other matters prescribed by
our predecessors are subject to the changed conditions of
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the present time, but we cannot agree with them. Remove
not the old landmarks which the fathers have set up.
He refers to the good work being done by the several
Boards of Relief and recommends a continuation of the
usual appropriations.
He favors retrenchment in Grand Lodge expenses and
believes that the printing should be awarded to the lowest
responsible bidder, also, that the proceedings should be
distributed through express companies by special contract
instead of sending them by mail.
He also calls attention to a growing sentiment against
the evil of indulging in wine at the banquet table.
He laid five corner-stones in person and one was laid
by proxy. Of the five laid by the Grand Master, foui
were those of State institutions for the afflicted and un-
fortunate.
The membership on July 31, 1891, was 16,262, and the
balance in the treasury $7,774.55.
He again decided that Lodge funds cannot be used for
paying for refreshments. In the case presented, the Lodge
owned its building, renting the same for various purposes,
and they desired to set apart the money received from
such rents as a fund from which they could pay for
refreshments. He however decided that as this revenue
went into the Lodge treasury it could only be used for
charity, etc.
From the Grand Secretary's report we glean the fol-
lowing :
The nam here of the chartered Lodges which are and have been borne upon onr
register have reached to three hundred and three. Of these thirty-four have volun-
tarily surrendered their charters : six have become extinct by the revocation of
those instruments; two, established in Oregon, assisted in the formation and
became subordinate to the Grand Lodge of that State ; eight, instituted in Nevada,
transferred their allegiance to the Grand Lodge there established by themselves ;
three withdrew to form the Grand Lodge of Arizona; and eighteen have consolidated
into nine— making in all sixty-two vacancies upon our roll. Thus there are now
in existence within this jurisdiction two hundred and forty-one chartered Lodges,
which, with the six acting nnder dispensation, make a total number of two hundred
and forty-seven, with a membership of sixteen thousand two hundred and sixty.
two. being a net gain for the year of six Lodges and four hundred and thirty-one
members.
The report of the Committee on Returns furnishes the
following interesting items :
11 Lodges have.. — 200 members or more
9 Lodges have 150 and less than 200
22 Lodges have 100 and less than 150
19 Lodges have 7.5 and lens than 100
54 Lodges have 50 and less than 75
75 Lodges have 30 and less than 30
42 Lodges have 20 and less than :*)
12 Lodges have 15 and less than 20
3 Lodges have lees than 15 members
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12 conferred t Decrees each daring year
12 conferred I Degree each daring year
57 conferred No Degree during year
25 conferred No Degree daring 2 years
10 conferred No Degree daring 3 yearn
5 conferred No Degree daring 4 years
The Grand Lodges of New South Wales, Wyoming
and North Dakota were recognized, and action upon the
application of New Zealand and Tasmania post|K)iied.
The report of the Committee on Widows' and Orphans'
Home outlines a general plan of procedure for the forma-
tion of such an organization. They report the annual cost
for the care, maintenance and education of each orphan to
be $125 and upwards.
They also state that under the general statutes, the
State of California pays to each orphan asylum in which
the inmates are supported in part or wholly by charity,
the sum of £100 per annum for each whole orphan and
$75 for each half orphan and abandoned child. It appears
that there are twenty-two orphanages receiving such State
aid, having 3,655 children under their care. North Caro-
lina also contributes public funds for the same purpose.
The report was referred to the Committee on Juris-
prudence who presented the following resolution, which
was adopted:
Resolved* That a committee of nine be appointed by the Grand Master, whose
doty it shall be to organize a Masonic Widows' and Orphans1 Home Association, or
Incorporation, in manner as to that committee may seem best; and which associa-
tion or incorporation, when so formed, shall have fall power to purohase,reoeive,
ase and appropriate for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a Masonic Widows*
and Orphans' Homo, all necessary property, real and personal, or moneys which
can beobtained by said incorporation or association, by purchase, donation or
otherwise; and to that end, and for these objects, to receive donations from all
Masons or Masonic Lodges within this jurisdiction, and to select, receive as a gift,
or purchase a site for said Home; and, finally, to do and perform all needful acts
necessary to carry into successful operation the said enterprise.
The Grand Orator, Bro. Marcus D. Boruck, delivered
the annual oration which was referred to the four princi-
pal officers, but was not embalmed in print and therefore
we cannot speak of its merits.
Bro. James M. Ellis presents his first report on corres-
pondence in which he reviews the proceedings of forty-
nine Grand Lodges, Colorado for 1890 receiving a
fraternal notice of three pages. The report covers 130
pages and is a most creditable production, while it con-
tains mauy extracts, they are judiciously selected and his
comments thereon are numerous and well considered. He
devotes considerable space to the dedication of the Masonic
Teuiple at Denver and the laying of the corner-stone of
the State Capitol building. Grand Master B rid well's ad-
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dress is reviewed and his remarks on Masonic Home
quoted. In common with others, he disapproves of his
sixth decision. We quote his comments:
His sixth decision we differ from. He holds that a Lodge having suspended a
member for non-payment of dues, cannot, in after years, remit the dues and restore
10 good standing. We think it can remit arrears at any time; that the rights of a
Lodge in that respect are not restricted, nor limited to time, except, perhaps, in
jurisdictions where non-payment of dnes is held a triable offense and suspension is
only had after a trial, in that instance it may be required that the Grand Lodge
should act. Bat where a restoration is acquired, as in our Jurisdiction, by the pay-
ment of arrears, we think it the correct way. The Lodge certainly retains its pre-
rogative of remitting the dues at all times, when, in its judgment, charity and
justice require the remission. We are utterly opposed to the suspension of Masons
for non-payment of dues, except on positive knowledge of their ability to pay.
The decision in point is not clearly denned: years may mean but two, as well as ten
or twenty, and we hold that, when positive knowledge removes the presumption, it
is clearly within the power of the Lodge, on a motion, to remit and restore.
He criticises Bro. H. T. De Long's oration in that por-
tion where, as he says, " it seeks to extol Christianity at
the expense of Masonry." He had read the oration en-
tire and while admitting it to be an eloquent effort he
thinks " its beauty is marred when it reflects a religious
idea peculiar to the Christian pulpit."
Bro. William Johnston, of Courtland, was elected
Grand Master and Bro. George Johnson, of San Fran-
cisco, Grand Secretary.
CANADA— 1891.
Thirty-sixth Annual held at Toronto, July 22, 1891,
M. W. Bro. J. Boss Robertson on the Throne.
Instead of embodying in his address the usual statis-
tical information and record of routine duties, he had
entrusted these matters to the Grand Secretary and they
appear in his report.
He alludes to his visit to England in September, 1890,
where a cordial reception was accorded him at the Quar-
terly Communication of the United Grand Lodge of
England.
He is certainly qualified to speak understandingly of
the condition of the Lodges in his jurisdiction, having
visited 130 of them and traveled nearly ten thousand
miles. He reports that a large majority of the Lodges
are in a prosperous condition and steadily advancing in
the leading features of the work. He gives the following
summary: "Out of the three hundred and fifty Lodges on
the roll, sixty per cent, are in an active and prosperous con-
dition ; thirty per cent., while in a semi-prosperous state,
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are showing in each case strong signs of improvement ;
only seven per cent, are weak ; and three per cent, are
either dormant or dead."
He discourses upon the vital necessity of selecting
W. M.'s and officers who are proficieut in the work, and
who possess sufficient intelligence and personal magnetism
to make the work attractive. The respective abilities of
the W. M.'s are thus analyzed : "You will, I am sure, be
gratified to learn that 260 of the W. M.'s can exemplify
the E. A., F. C. and M. M. ; 48 can exemplify the E. A. and
F. C. ; 29 can work E. A. : 9 are only able to open and close,
and 3 are unable to work."
Four corner-stones were laid during the year and one
dispensation granted for a new Lodge.
No money, he says, ever expended by the Grand Lodge,
has yielded a better return than the assessment for mem-
bership in the General Relief Association of the United
States and Canada. Thousands have been saved the Cana-
dian Craft through this association, and the familiar face
of the Masonic tramp has become a reminiscence.
He suggests a Fraternal Congress, to meet next year
during the celebration of the Centennial of Canadian Free-
masonry.
Among the distinguished dead appears the name of
P. G. M. James A. Henderson.
Ilis correspondence was quite extensive, he having
received upwards of 1500 letters. His decisions, number-
ing 66, were approved.
The reports of the District Deputies, covering seventeen
districts, are full and replete with valuable information.
The Report on Correspondence is written by Bro.
Henry Robertson, as usual, and though largely made up
of extracts, he does not hesitate to comment when it
appears necessary.
Colorado for 1890 receives due consideration. He says
Grand Master Bridwell\s " record of refusals is almost
unique." Dissents from his decision u that a Lodge hav-
ing suspended one of its members for non-payment of
dues cannot in after years remit the amount and restore
him to good standing." On this point he says:
We are constantly in the habit of remitting the dues of even suspended mem-
bers who are poor and unable to pay them, and we consider that Masonic charity
compels us to do so.
He agrees with Bro. Bridwell that objections to
advancement should be investigated by the Lodge, that
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Lodge rooms should not be leased for dancing or secular
purposes, that there is no law requiring a Mason to state
his reasons for applying for a dimit, and that a certificate
of good standing is not sufficient evidence for a Lodge to
admit a visitor upon.
Our remarks on physical qualifications call forth the
following :
What in the world does Bro. Greenleaf mean by " The esoteric significance of
the physical requirement in the Masonic symbolism?" We would like to have
him explain it. if he refers to the " Triad " mentioned before, then he is certainly
in error, because at the time that the ancient charges containing the physical
requirement were promulgated in 1721, there were only two degrees, so that his as-
sumed symbolism altogether fails, the third degree not being in existence. Such
fanciful disquisitions can serve no good purpose. The reasonable rule is that a
candidate who can do all the work of Masonry is not physically disqualiffed. This
is ih* correct role and it always toon the correct rule. The " strict construction-
ists " can only sustain their absurd contention by misquoting that upon which
they rely for authority.
We will endeavor to explain our meaning more fully,
although it seemed to us sufficiently explicit. We ad-
vanced the idea that there is a triad of perfections in the
Masonic symbolism, as we understand it, namely, physical,
intellectual and moral, assigned to the three degrees re-
spectively, in the order named. That is the adjustment as
we find it at the present day. If, as Bro. R. contends,
there was originally but one degree, to which the others
were subsequently added, it does not affect our position,
for we maintain that Masonry, whether in one degree or
more, contained these essential features, and it is possible
a single degree may have been divided into three sections,
or parts, corresponding very nearly to what are now known
as the three degrees. Nor are we alone in this view. Bro.
G. W. Speth, in an article on Degrees, which was published
in the Keystone, (Philadelphia,) in 1888, says: "I hold
that in 1717, and for centuries before that, two degrees
existed in Masonry ; that one of these was purely formal
and matter of fact, that the second was mystic and specu-
lative ;. and that the two combined contained all the
esoteric knowledge of the present three. Developments
and additions have accrued, but nothing of vital importance,
nothing absolutely new. Displacements, embellishments
and refinements have occurred, but an English craftsman
of A. D. 1600, if to-day revived, could prove himself a
M. M. to any Brother whose intelligence is not utterly
befogged by the ingenuity of our modern ritual-mongers."
Bro. Speth is the close friend of Bro. K. F. Gould, the
Masonic historian, and his utterances are entitled to care-
ful consideration.
Since writing the above we have received new light;
see Utah.
68 APPENDIX.
We do Dot desire to engage in any idle contention upon
this subject of physical qualifications, but when Bro. R. says :
" The reasonable rule is that a candidate who can do all
the work of Masonry is not physically- disqualified. This
is the correct rule and it always was the correct rule,"
[italics his] we must dissent It may be the reasotiable
rule, as the brother says, but not the ancient one.
He agrees with us in our remarks concerning " consti-
tutional tinkers."
Grand Master and Grand Secretary re-elected.
CONNECTICUT— 18»2.
One hundred and fourth Annual, held at Hartford,
January 420, 1S92.
The portrait of Grand Master Hugh Sterling appears
as a frontispiece, while in the body of the volume, upon a
single page is the following quartette of Past Grand Mas-
ters : James L. Gould, E. S. Quintard, William E. San-
ford and L. A. Lockwood.
Grand Secretary Wheeler's prolific brain furnished the
oj>ening ode as usual, which was one of great merit.
Grand Master Sterling reports a year of prosperity.
He announces the sudden death of P. G. M. Howard
B. Ensign in his 65th year, at Philadelphia on November
17, 1891.
He reports at length a charge against St. John's Lodge
No. 6, of Norwalk, of having placed one of its members,
an aged and infirm brother, in the poor-house, on the
ground "that under the circumstances, it was the best
place they could find for him." The commissioners to
whom the matter was submitted by the Grand Lodge,
subsequently reported that they found the charges true.
The Lodge was punished by a reprimand and was or-
dered to pay the sum of £192.35 to Old Well Lodge for
expenses incurred in the support of said brother after the
latter had removed him from the poor-house.
The concluding paragraph of the report is extremely
unpleasant reading, it is as follows :
It appears from the testimony that it is no new cnetom to send indigent and
decayed brethren to the Alms-house. In the opinion of your commissioners this is
not only unmasonic, but unchristian like and uncharitable, and in direct conflict
-with the teachings of our beloved institution.
APPENDIX. 69
The Grand Master was emphatic in his condemnation
of such unmasonic proceedings. He calls attention to the
many homes that have been established in other jurisdic-
tions, and trusts that a united effort will be made to put
their Masonic Charity Foundation into practical operation
during the coming year. The total amount of this fuud is
§12.859, as appears by the treasurer's report, sufficient it
would seem to prevent any brother from being sent " Over
the Hill to the Poor-house/'
The "twenty -five years service by Grand Secretary
Joseph K. Wheeler was suitably recognized by the Grand
Lodge and $500 appropriated for a testimonial.
Bro. J. K. Wheeler resumes his post as the writer of
the Report on Correspondence after his severe illness.
Colorado, for 1890, receives a fraternal review in which
our doings are noted, generally with approval though no
extracts are made.
He thinks the monitor for ceremonies a good idea, says
Connecticut did the same thing a few years ago but it
failed to materialize.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary re-elected.
DELAWARE— 181H.
Eighty-fifth Annual held at Wilmington, October 7,
1891, M. W. James S. Dobbs, Grand Master.
He reports peace and harmony throughout the juris-
diction.
The only decision reported by him was in regard to a
delayed report of a Committee on Character. The facts
presented to the Grand Master were as follows : A petition
for initiation was received by a Lodge on May 20, 1890,
and referred as usual to a committee of three, to investigate
and report. A month later and several times thereafter
the committee reported progress and was granted further
time. On November 2 the Lodge ordered the committee
to be summoned to appear and make final report. On
December 16 the committee reported, in substance, that
said petition was lost after it was placed in the hands of
the committee; that never having examined it, they could
not say whether it was in proper form or whether the
petitioner pledged an obedience to regular constituted
authority, etc.; asked to be discharged from the con-
70 APPENDIX.
sideration of a paper of whose contents they were not
positive, and which they were satisfied, after diligent search,
could not be found.
The report was received and the committee discharged.
After some further discussion the case was sumitted to
the Grand Master.
After reviewing the facts, his decision was as follows:
I conclude that the petition was made in good faith, and was in due and pro-
per form. The evidence that it was, is the net that the Lodge received it aud
appointed the committee to investigate the character and worthiness of the ap-
plicant. The committee in their report made a point of the fact that ** in some
unaccountable manner the said petition was lost after it had been placed in the
hands of the committee," and that " your committee never examined the petition,'*
and were therefore ignorant of its contents.
On this point 1 would say the committee was not appointed to consider the
regularity of the petition. The Lodge decided that point when it received the
petition and appointed the committee, and if the committee had never seen the
petition it would make no difference whatever as to their performance of the duty
assigned them, which was to investigate the character of the applicant, and his fit-
ness to be made a Mason and a member of Union Lodge.
I would say, further, that the position of the committee in finally reporting
the petition lost, and that therefore they were unable to make a report upon it.
after they had had it in hand six months, and had on several occasions reported
progress and asked for further time, is at least peculiar.
My decision, therefore, is that under Article X, Section 3, Grand Lodge By-
Laws, a petition regularly received can not be withdrawn, but must be balloted on;
and as the committee originally appointed has been discharged without making
report on the matter referred to them, you will at once appoint a new committee
to make the necessary investigation, and on the receipt of their report the Lodge
will proceed to ballot on the application in regular order.
The loss of the paper containing the application after it has been received
by the Lodge in no way affects the status of the applicant, and is in no way
material. The minutes of the Lodge are the evidence that the application was
duly received.
The decision was approved by the Grand Lodge.
He reports the case of a member of a Lodge in that
jurisdiction who was denied admission to a Lodge in
Pennsylvania. Upon laying the matter before the Grand
Master of Pennsylvania it was ascertained that the reason
for the denial was that the brother was a " Cerneau Rite "
Mason and that Rite having been declared clandestine, the
Lodge acted in strict accordance with the edict of the
Grand Lodge.
The matter was referred to a special committee but they
did not report at this session.
The Committee on Work submitted a report on Ritual
and Uniformity of Work, which was adopted.
Having first revised the ritual of the third degree, in
order to harmonize the entire work, it was found necessary
to revise the first and second degrees as well. They have
now a system conformable to other jurisdictions and steps
will be taken to secure uniformity of work in the Lodges.
Bro. L. H. Jackson furnishes a most readable and con-
cise Report on Correspondence, reviewing the doings of
fifty-six Grand Lodges ; Colorado for 1890 receiving a
APPENDIX. 71
fraternal notice of nearly three pages. He is pleased with
onr custom of welcoming Grand Representatives at each
annual session.
Grand Master Bridwell's decisions on advancement
and demission are quoted with approval. As to Land-
marks, he says he is content with only seven, but has not
the space to enumerate them. At all events he has chosen
a Masonic as well as a sacred number. Bro. Long's ora-
tion is pronounced of " excellent merit " and a quotation
made therefrom.
He has a friendly word for our report, from which ex-
tracts are made.
Bro. N. F. Wilds was elected Grand Master, Bro.
William S. Hayes re-elected Grand Secretary.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA— 1891.
Eighty-first Annual held at Washington, November 11,
1891.
M. W. Thomas F. Gibbs, Grand Master, reports a most
gratifying state of affairs in that jurisdiction. Never before
in the eighty years of its history, has there existed greater
harmony and zeal. He had accepted invitations to be pres-
ent on many interesting Masonic occasions, among others,
the annual banquet of the Masonic Veteran Association of
the District of Columbia, a Communication of Adherence
Lodge of Baltimore, Maryland, where himself and the
Grand officers witnessed work on the Third degree, and
were the recipients of many attentions by Grand Master
Shryock and the Grand officers of Maryland. He was also
present at Alexandria — Washington Lodge No. 22, of
Alexandria, Virginia, upon the occasion of the presentation
to that Lodge of a gavel made of a piece of the historic
elm tree under which Washington took command of the
Continental Army in 1775.
Wor. Bro. Charles Woodbury made the presentation
on behalf of Liberty Lodge, Beverly, Massachusetts.
The interchange of fraternal sentiments by the distin-
guished brethren present rendered it a memorial occasion.
Among other beloved craftsmen of which fitting men-
tion was made, the following Past Grand officers were
called from their labors on earth : P. G. M. Thomas P.
Chiffelle, P. G. Secretary William A. Yates, and P. J. G.
W. and P. G. Secretary William Morris Smith.
72 APPENDIX.
He thinks the time is propitious for the establishment
of a Widows' and Orphans' Home, and advances the
opinion that when such an institution shall be established,
it should be placed in charge of the St. John's Mite
Association, whose members have long been engaged in
the noble work of Masonic charity, and with whom it has
been a labor of love. Their past experience would prove
a valuable factor in the success of the undertaking.
. In view of the fact that at least one expelled Mason
had visited Lodges and accepted hospitalities in that
jurisdiction, he recommends that the Grand Secretary be
directed to request the Grand Secretaries of other juris-
dictions in the United States to forward lists of their ex-
pelled members as soon as convenient after their receipt
each year.
He recommends the publication of a digest of the
decisions of their Grand Masters, which have been sus-
tained, each year in the proceedings.
He advocates an annual reception by the Grand Lodge,
where the brethren of the fraternity, and their lady friends,
might meet together for mutual companionship and enjoy-
ment.
He calls attention to the fact, that one of the Wash-
ington Lodges had inaugurated a beautiful custom, this
year, of setting apart one evening in each year for a memo-
rial service of the dead. He had attended and found the
Lodge-room decorated with palms, ferns and evergreens,
suggestive of immortality.
The recital of incidents in the lives and services of the
deceased brethren, and appropriate music, rendered the
ceremonies touching and inspiring, without the attendant
gloom of a Lodge of Sorrow.
He submits the correspondence which passed between
himself and the Grand Master of Iowa, relative to the re-
call of Bro. E. A. Guilbert, their Grand Representative
near that Grand Lodge, upon the ground that he was no
longer agreeable to the Grand Master of Iowa and his
associates. He could not agree with the proposition con-
tained in the communication of Grand Secretary Parvin,
that "Grand Representatives are not the officers of Grand
Lodges, they are the creatures of Grand Masters." In
his view, the appointment having been confirmed by the
Grand Lodge, he could not recall his commission unless
some extraordinary circumstances justified such action.
He therefore laid the matter before the Grand Lodge.
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The correspondence resulted in the dismissal of Bro.
Guilbert by the Grand Master of Iowa.
The matter was referred to the Committee on Juris-
prudence, who presented their report at the December
communication. It covers six pages ; the conclusion
reached was as follows:
To fiam ap the conclusions arrived at by your committee, they would Bay that
in their opinion the action of the Grand Master of Iowa in dismissing our Grand
Kepresentative was, in view of all the circumstances of the case, hasty and ill ad-
vised, and was not in harmony with that Masonic comity which should regulate the
actions of one Grand Lodge toward another; that the letter of the Grand Secretary
of the Grand .Lodge of Iowa, giving notice of this action (which, although seem-
ingly his action, must have been concurred in by the Grand Master), seemed to be
entirely too dictatorial in style and assertion, aud lacking in that Masonic courtesy
which should mark a correspondence between two sister jurisdictions whose re-
relations to each other had always been friendly; that the Grand Master of Iowa
had an undoubted right to request the recall of the commission of our Representa-
tive upon the ground that said Kepresentative was not agreeable to him and his hs-
fcociate officers, and that he had both the power aud the right to refuse to give
officially any other reasons for his request; that he had the power to dismiss our
Kepresentative, but that it would have been more in accord with the spirit of
Masonry if, before dismissing him, he had communicated through the Representa-
tive of his Grand Lodge privately and unofficially to our Grand Master the reason
of the non-acceptability of our Representative near his Grand Lodge, or to have
stated through him that the reasons were of such a nature that he would prefer not
to communicate them. In either of these events our Grand Master would, prob-
ably, without farther question, have recalled the commission of Bro. Guilbert,
thus preventing possible unfriendly feeling between the two Grand Jurisdictions;
that our Grand Master had the power and the right to at once recall the commission
of oar Grand Representative without asking for other reasons, but that he was
justified in asking for them, if he thought proper to do so, and also in suggesting
that the matter be referred to the Grand Lodge; for justice seemed to demand
that, personally, Bro. Guilbert was entitled to some consideration in the premised
on the part of this Grand Lodge, both as a distinguished brother, and as one who
for more than twenty-five years has been one of its Grand Representatives.
In regard to the appointment of another Grand Representative near the
Grand Lodge of Iowa, your committee suggest that, inasmuch as the Grand
Lodge, by resolution, has empowered the Grand Master to make all such appoint-
ments, that this one be left to his judgment and discretion.
Bro. AVm. E. Singleton presents his twenty-second Re-
port on Correspondence, which, from his long experience,
is interesting reading, while his comments are entitled to
careful consideration on account of his knowledge, ability
and Masonic scholarship. Colorado for 1890 is fraternally
reviewed, but his critical eye discovers " weak points " in
some of the decisions of Grand Master Bridwell. In
order that we may see ourselves as others see us we re-
produce them: m
The large majority of his decisions are according to general usage. To us
there appears to be errors in the 6th, 13th and 17th, viz:
The 6th. That a Lodge cannot remit the dues of a membor who had been sus-
pended for N. P. D. in after years and restore him to membership. Ho says: " Sus-
pended or expelled Masons are not worthy objects of Masonic charity"— thus
placing a poor, distressed and unfortunate brother in the same category with the
worst elements. Is this Masonic charity?
" 13th. A Mason carrying a dimf t in this jurisdiction more than one year old
has no legal claims on the fraternity."
We have known cases where we thought they did have the same right as every
other object of charity. He who fulfills every Masonic duty has such a claim upon
the institution everywhere that a compliance with that rule is divested almost of the
charitable feature. Where the brother has been, from circumstances surrounding
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him, prevented from affiliating, and needs the Masonic aid of his brethren, and it
is cheerfully granted, that, in oar estimation, is charity indeed.
"17th. A Lodge cannot entertain a petition from an applicant who has not
resided twelve months within this jurisdiction. This is prohibited by the ancient
regulations, which are not sabject to change/'
This last remark is entirely erroneous. There never was any such ancient or
modern general regulation. It is purely American— applicable to Grand Lodges
in the United States, and local and modern. Up to within a very few years it was
not the law of this jurisdiction from the institution of our Grand Lodge. It was
almost the universal law in the United States fifty years ago, and it continues to
be the law in all countries outside of the United States, that there is no definite
term of residence. (See our comments under Idaho.)
The comments under Idaho are as follows:
He says in one of his rulings: "One of the best established landmarks of
Masonry is that the Lodge nearest the place of residence of the applicant has juris-
diction. This is not a landmark at all; indeed, judging by the constant practice
of all the Lodges in Europe ever since 1717. the very contrary has been the rule.
Idaho, some years ago. had a contest upon this very point in regard to the initiation
of candidates in Scotland, who resided in Idaho, bat were students in Edinburgh.
Idaho, Iowa and* Missouri Grand Lodges, at different times, had correspondence
with the Grand Lodges of Scotland, and each in turn had to surrender the point.
That in the United States, in quite recent times, this dictum has been set up,
growing out of controversies on that subject, and we believe the Grand Lodge of
the District of Columbia was one of the laf*t to yield the old prerogative, to com-
ply with the modern rule, which, in our judgment, is a very wholesome one, but it
is not a landmark.
Our desire to furnish the brethren of this jurisdiction
with full information upon all disputed questions, prompts
us to give the following, which appears as his conclusion:
Very much has been written upon the subject of *' Making Masons at Sight"
in the United States, and a very large number of distinguished writers. Grand
Masters and Chairmen of Committees on Foreign Correspondence, yet contend that
Grand Masters have the prerogative (inherent) to make Masons at sight. We have
always denied that there was ever such an inherent right. The only right must be
from the constitutional provision by each Grand Lodge allowing the Grand Master
this privilege. There never was such a prerogative in Europe, nor do we know of
any such there at this time.
For the information of our brethren, we publish the following extract from
Bro. William J. Hughan :
"There was no such thing as 'Making Masons at Sight' under the old York
Constitution ; the custom was for the first and second degrees to be given at the
next meeting after tbe proposition, and, on another ballot, at the next meeting of
the Lodge, the third degree was conferred. The authority of the Grand Lodge was
affirmed over the 'first degrees or orders of Masonry.' i. e., Entered Apprentice,
Fellow Craft, Master Mason, Knights Templar, Sublime Degree of Royal Arch.
The Royal Arch was evidently considered the climax of Freemasonry and superior
to the Knights Templar, and neither of these two degrees was considered to be the
prerequisite of the other. The Grand Lodge of all England, held at York, was the
only one that recognized Knight Templary in Great Britain, and it was only of
short duration."
A digest of the decisions of the Grand Masters of the
jurisdiction, prepared by Bro. Singleton, by vote of the
Grand Lodge, is published with the proceedings. It covers
ninety pages.
Bro. Fred. G. Alexander was elected Grand Master ;
Bro. Wm. R. Singleton re-elected Grand Secretary.
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FLORIDA— 1892.
Sixty-third Annual held at Jacksonville, January 19,
1892, M. W. Angus Patterson, Grand Master.
In his congratulatory remarks, he alludes to the fact of
their "belonging to a society whose birth can be traced back
to the twilight of history."
Such an assumption may provoke a smile from Bro.
Gould and some of our Masonic historians, nevertheless it
is not much farther removed from the truth, than the
eighteenth century theory of our origin. The latter has
for years been a "fad" with some of our most distinguished
writers, and we do not think it can be sustained, nor will
it ever be adopted by the Craft at large. The antiquity
of Masonry is a fixed belief in the minds of the majority
of Masons, and, in our opinion, efforts to root it out will
ever prove abortive. When writers fix upon England as the
birthplace of Masonry and the beginning of the eighteenth
century as the date of birth, it is in order for them to ex-
plain how it is that traditions in Arabia, China and among
the medicine-men of North American Indians ante-date
their "fixed period" by many centuries.
He announces the death of Bro. John F. Niblack,
Senior Grand Warden.
Since their last Annual, the hall where they held their
meetings was destroyed by fire. The building, furniture,
etc., belonged to the local Lodges. The Grand Lodge lost
its collection of portraits of nearly all their Past Grand
Masters, which hung upon the walls. This is a strong
argument for placing such portraits in the printed pro-
ceedings of Grand Bodies, which practice seems to be
growing in favor with the fraternity from year to year.
There are now 122 chartered Lodges in the jurisdiction
working together in unity.
Five dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
He submits a list of forty-eight decisions, a few of
which were modified.
On the afternoon of the second day of the session the
corner-stone of the new Masonic Temple was laid by the
Grand Lodge in due and ancient form. The oration by
R. W. and Rev. Bro. R. H. Weller, Grand Orator, was an
able effort, containing practical and timely thoughts upon
the trend of modern civilization.
No Report on Correspondence.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary re-elected.
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GEORGIA— 1891.
One hundred and fifth Annual held at Macon, October
27, 1891, M. W. Johu 8. Davidson, Grand Master.
His address is not only an official record of his acts, but
is a most eloquent production.
He reports a most gratifying state of prosperity.
Lodges, which a few years ago were in a languishing con-
dition, have more than doubled their membership, and
have well filled treasuries from which to draw for worthy
objects. Not a single Lodge had forfeited its charter
during the year. A large number are building their own
Temples, and it is only a question of a few years before
the larger number will possess buildings of their own.
He issued twenty -three dispensations for new Lodges.
He submits a list of twenty-seven decisions, which
were approved. "While No. 12, which decided " that the
W. M. and Wardens of a chartered Lodge, under the
present law of this jurisdiction, may be applicants for and
office bearers in a Lodge under dispensation," was approved,
the Committee on Jurisprudence recommended the follow-
ing, which was adopted :
Resolved, That dual membership in Lodges, subordinate to this Grand Lodge,
is not recognized by this Body ; that a brother cannot be a member of two or more
Lodges at one and the same time, nor can he, while a member and officer of a
chartered Lodge, become an applicant and officer of a Lodge under dispensation.
He makes the welcome announcement of the extinguish-
ment of the Grand Lodge indebtedness, incurred in the
erection of their Temple. He gives the history of the
movement from its first inception to the present time.
With the removal of this incubus which had weighed
heavily for many long years, a jubilee was held during
the session to <*ive fitting expression to the exuberant joy
which was welling in their hearts. The many eloquent
addresses which were delivered upon this occasion are
printed with the proceedings.
A resolution submitted to the Committee on Juris-
prudence to the effect that examinations as to proficiency
shall be conducted at any time, by a committee of three to
be appointed by the W. M., and to make report prior to
ballot, was very properly adversely reported upon.
The recognition of Tasmania was deferred until the
next Annual.
Resolutions were adopted upon the subject of inter-
national correspondence which are in the nature of a new
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departure. In substance they recite what bodies compose
the American System of Freemasonry, namely: Grand and
subordinate Lodges, Chapters, Councils and Coinmander-
ies, together with the two Supreme Councils of the Scot-
tish Rite of the Northern and Southern jurisdictions and
the bodies of their obedience. The purpose aimed at is
uniting these separate organizations still more closely by
the establishing of a system of foreign and domestic cor-
respondence as a proper and legitimate channel of inter-
communication and information. To further this object,
three copies of the Grand Lodge proceedings are to be
sent to each of the Grand Bodies thus enumerated with a
request to reciprocate. The Committee on Correspond-
ence are directed to include a review of the proceedings of
such bodies in their report. The various Grand Bodies of
the American System are requested to lend their aid in
this matter.
We seriously question the advisability of this step.
The Grand Bodies, representing the different branches of
Masonry, already have their own annual reports, and to
include in Grand Lodge reports a review of the doings of
Grand Chapters, Grand Commanderies or Supreme Coun-
cils would hardly seem practicable, and must eventually
lead to confusion without any proportionate benefits.
The lleport on Correspondence was prepared by Bros.
B H. Bigham, W. E. Mumford and W. S. Ramsay, whose
names are appended to the portions written by each.
Colorado for 1890, is fraternally reviewed by Bro. Bigham,
receiving a notice of three and a half pages. He quotes
from Bro. Alva Adams' oration at the laying of the corner-
stone of the State Capitol, thinks our manner of opening
the Grand Lodge "stylish," quotes most of Grand Master
Bridwell's decisions, but takes exceptions to No. 0.
He agrees with us on physical qualifications, quoting
our symbolical reasons which we adduced in support
thereof.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary re-elected.
IDAHO 1891.
Tweuty-fourth Annual held at Boise, September 8,
1891, W. M. Gerge Ainslee, Grand Master.
Considerable space was devoted in his address to show-
ing the imperfections of their Constitution, and he rec-
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ommends that immediate steps be taken to remedy the
same.
He recommends a system of Lodges of Instruction.
He also calls attention to the fact that the office of Grand
Lecturer had been created, but no provision was made to
pay even his traveling expenses. The California work had
been adopted, but no means employed to promulgate it.
As a natural consequence, he avers that the endeavor to
secure uniformity has been a failure.
He announces in fitting terms of eulogy the decease of
P. G. M. Lafayette Cartee, one of the pioneers of Idaho
and also a pioneer in Masonry, having participated in the
organization of the Grand Lodge.
From the Grand Secretary's report we learn that the
net increase in membership was 117.
The Orphan Fund amounts to $17,432.98, securely in-
vested in county bonds and warrants.
Recognition was extended to the Grand Lodge of Tas-
mania, postponed in the case of Victoria until the next
Annual, and refused to the United Grand Lodge of New
South Wales.
The Committee on Jurisprudence reported the follow-
ing resolution, which was adopted:
Your committee deem the Cerneau rite clandestine, and productive of evil,
and only evil, in all its tendencies; therefore be it
Rc*olved% That this Grand Lodge deeply deplores the discord and schism
caused by this clandestine body in other jurisdictions, and earnestly recommends
that the Craft in Idaho have nothing whatever to do with this rite, and that we pro-
tect ourselves from the evils thereof by simply letting it alone.
The Grand Lodge believes in the preservation of his-
torical and biographical data, also in the counterfeit pre-
sentment of the faces of the Masons in that jurisdiction.
Resolutions were adopted declaring it the imperative duty
of each Lodge to compile a history of their members, also
a suggestion to supply itself with their photographs and
place them in suitable frames in their halls. It was also
Resolved, That the past, present and future elective Grand Officers of this
Grand Lodge be required to file brief autobiographies with the Grand Secretary,
for preservation in the archives of this Grand Lodge.
An attractive feature of the proceedings is the Report
on Correspondence, by Bro. Charles C. Stevenson. Colo-
rado, for 1890, receives a very liberal share of his space.
Flattering comments are made upon the exercises at the
dedication of the Temple and the corner-stone laying of
the State Capitol.
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Grand Master Bridwell's utterances in regard to the
Grand Orient of France, are greeted with approval. He
dissents from his decision, that the loss of the first joint of
the thumb of the right hand disqualifies a person to be
made a Mason. In reply to Bro. Stevenson's query as to
the standing of a Mason who petitions for affiliation and is
rejected, we would say that so long as he continues to
petition he remains in good standing. He should renew
his petition at least once each year.
He quotes from our Report with approval, and announces
his belief in the antiquity of Freemasonry, and that it
originated at King Solomon's Temple. He pointedly asks
if there is any harm in that. Certainly not. It is but
reiterating the old belief of the Craft.
Bro. John H. Myer was elected Grand Master ; Grand
Secretary re-elected.
ILLINOIS— 1891.
A view of the new Masonic Temple at Chicago appears
as a frontispiece. An Emergent Communication of the
Grand Lodge was convened at Chicago on November 6,
1890, for the purpose of laying the corner-stone of
the above edifice. There were in the procession 3,724
persons, which was composed of the following bodies:
Policemen, 50; one consistory, 85; eight commanderies,
600; thirty-seven Lodges, 2,277; visiting brethren, 150, and
twenty-four bands, 562. The exercises were of the most
imposing character. In the evening a grand banquet was
given by the Mystic Tie Club at the Sherman House,
which was attended by a large number of distinguished
craftsmen.
Fifty-second Annual was held at Chicago, October 6,
1891, M. W. John M. Pearson presiding.
He reports a season of unusual prosperity with a
larger accession of membership than in former years.
The building and furnishing of comfortable Lodge
rooms is still a marked feature in that jurisdiction.
He announces the death of three Past Grand officers
during the year, viz : Bros. Andrew J. Kuykendall, P. S.
G. W.; Hosmer A. Johnson, P. G. Orator, and John D.
Hamilton, P. S. G. D.
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He reports the final settlement of a "very peculiar case,"
which had disturbed the harmony of Mithra Lodge for
fifteen years. A Brother who had received the first and
second degrees in said Lodge, had often applied for the
third, but, for "no good reason that he was aware of," had
never received it. Grand Master Pearson instructed the
D. D. (t. M. of the District to visit the Lodge, as his special
proxy, and preside while the case was discussed, and to
carry out the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge relative thereto.
After visiting the Lodge twice, he fiually succeeded in
effecting a harmonious adjustment of the matter, and the
third degree was duly conferred.
He granted fourteen dispensations for new Lodges.
Seven Masonic halls were dedicated ; three in person,
and four by proxy.
Nine corner-stones were laid; four in person, and five
by proxy.
The Charters of two Lodges were surrendered.
He cautions the Lodges against entering into any con-
tract, involving civil rights, unless with the advice of an
able, honest lawyer.
From the report of the Grand Secretary, we learn that
the Lodges have contributed for the relief of their own
needy members, or their widows and orphans, $17,592.45,
and for the relief of Masons, not members of their respec-
tive Lodges, $5, 146.59, besides contributing $1,08445 to
the Orphans' Home, making a total of $23,823.49. This
does not, however, represent the full amount contributed,
as a large number of the Lodges do not make any state-
ments, because the members contribute individually, in-
stead of drawing funds from the treasury.
Among the distinguished visitors present were : M.
W. Alphonso Barto, Grand Master of Minnesota ; R. W.
Edward Mitchell, Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of
Canada, and R W. David McLellan, P. S. G. W. of the
Grand Lodge of Canada.
An oration upon " The Antiquities of Masonry " was
delivered by R. \V. Bro. George W. Warvelle, Grand Ora-
tor. He is disinclined to admit its great antiquity, relying
upon historical data for his conclusions. His summing up
is as follows :
I have thus, brethren, in a very brief, desultory and fragmentary manner en-
deavored to sketch the origin, progress, and development of Masonry aa revealed
to as by the authentic data now in oar possession. If it lacks the romantic
glamour with which it was clothed on its first presentation to yoa, attribute it not
to the unsympathetic nature of the speaker, but to the cold, hard facts of history.
No royal mandate or princely fiat gave it birth, nor did it spring into a vigorous
life with one grand impulse, on the contrary its beginnings were of the moat
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humble kind, and its evolution from the primitive association of timid workmen,
laboring under the shadow of the church, to the magnificent philosophical brother-
hood that constitutes its organization in the nineteenth centnry has been the slow
and constant work of nearly a thousand years. And let it be a matter of congratu-
lation for ns that we are unable to connect ourselves with the learned and mystical
societies of the ancient world, for, by the light of authentic history, oar path has
ever been onward and upward, with no diminishing glories, lost arts, or forgotten
knowledge.
The Report on Correspondence by Bro. Joseph Bobbins
now clains our attention. It is always one of the best that
comes under our notice. That before us comprises nearly
800 pages and in it he reviews the proceedings of fifty-
three Grand Lodges, Colorado for 1890 receiving a liberal
notice of six and one-half pages. He thus discourses in
regard to the opening ceremonies:
We don't know whether the Maryland notion of opening the Grand Lodge in
due form (by the Deputy Grand Master), informing the waiting Grand Master of
that fact, and proclaiming the entrance of His Amplitude, can permanently sur-
vive in the rare atmosphere of the Bookies, or not, but on this occasion was put in
practice.
We quote the following comments upon a statement of
Grand Master Bridwell in reference to the conferring of
the third degree in Grand Lodge:
In stating that he had arranged for having the third degree conferred during
the session, he suggests that it will be a recurrence to sn ancient custom of the
Craft in conferring that degree in Grand Lodge. This is somewhat misleading,
although not intended to be. When the distinctions of Fellow Craft and Master
were merely honorary and involved the communication of no additional secrets,
the brethren were admitted to them only in the Grand Lodge " unless by dispensa-
tion/* bat when they were worked up into degrees they v*ere probably conferred in
Lodges only. There is no evidence that we are aware of that either of them was
ever worked in Grand Lodge. The " Master's part0 was not much sought after.
There being no mystery in it, comparatively few cared enough about it to pay the
small fee charged for it. But somebody in one or more of the Lodges conceived
the idea of outdoing their neighbors by adapting a ceremonial to the occasion when
under a dispensation the admission to the distinction took place in their particular
Lodge. Whether Desaguliers or Anderson were the fabricators of this cermonial,
or some other brother or brethren, it was of course not authorized by the Grand
Lodge. Once started in one Lodge others had to have it, or thought they bad to,
just the same as we have seen in our own day when one Lodge started the fad of
royal robes and other accessories, introduced torchlight processions and calcium
lights as aids to secrecy and intensified the accompanying silence with hewgag and
brass band, other Lodges take up the sensationalism iu order to compete with the
original discoverer. As the demand for the distinction and the new ceremonial
grew in the Lodges, the demand for it minus the ceremonial, that is, in the Grand
Lodge, diminished, and after awhile the conferring of it in Grand Lodge lapsed
altogether.
We do not believe in any such development theory as
enunciated in the above. It has been the assumption of
Masonic writers for the past few decades, but happily it
has now received its quietus since the discovery of the
Dr. Manningham letters. Of course we feel elated that
our views have been confirmed upon this question. We
have advanced the idea that Masonry was a perfect system
at the start and that restoration should engage the thought
and be the aim of the Masonic student. The evidence of
the past century goes to show that there has been a con-
stant lopping off or actual loss of the essential features
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of our symbolism, instead of any material accessions. See
Bro. Speth's remarks quoted under Canada. See, also,
Utah and our remarks upon Degrees.
He quotes eight of Bro. Bridwell's decisions, to which
he takes more or less exceptions.
Bro. Bobbins devotes about three and a half pages to
our Report and matters therein contained. His criticisms
are couched in his usual vigorous and incisive style. We
accept them good naturedly, Bro. Bobbins, but, as there is
not the remotest prospect of our agreeing in our opinions,
it is useless to continue such discussions ; let us "agree to
disagree" and turn our attention to subjects of more
importance to Craft Masonry.
Bro. Monroe C. Crawford was elected Grand Master ;
Grand Secretary re-elected.
INDIANA— 1892.
Seventy-first Annual held at Indianapolis, May 24,
1892, M. W. Nicholas R. Ruckle, Grand Master.
He reports a general growth in numbers, in financial
strength and in Masonic spirit.
He pays a fitting tribute to the memory of P. G. M.
William Hacker, whose portrait adorns the proceedings.
He was for forty-six years a regular attendant of the
Grand Lodge and has left the impress of his long and
faithful labors in the legislation and ceremonies of that
jurisdiction.
He submits a list of twenty-six decisions, all of which
were approved.
The corner-stones of four churches were laid by proxy.
He reports the case of a Lodge which was forbidden to
rent its hall to other organizations and which thereupon
issued a circular to the other Lodges of the jurisdiction
urging them to unite in a petition to the Grand Lodge for
the repeal of the law against joint occupancy of Lodge
rooms and requesting their authority under seal to place
their Lodge name and number upon said petition. This
being in violation of the regulations of the Grand Lodge,
the Grand Master ordered the Lodge to recall the circu-
lars, which it did. The petition, the signatures to which
were obtained by a violation of the Regulations of the
Grand Lodge, was, however, filed with the Grand Secre-
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tary for presentation to the Grand Lodge, but as we fail
to find any mention of it, it was doubtless very properly
pigeon-holed.
The Grand Treasurer reports a balance in the treasury
of $17,036.18.
The Grand Secretary reports that the American flag
floats over the Masonic Temple of Indiana, though it has
called forth both favorable and unfavorable criticism.
He makes a vigorous "kick" against the Central
Traffic Association for its continued discrimination
against the great fraternal organizations of the country.
The Committee on Jurisprudence, to whom was
referred the communication of the Masonic Belief Board
of San Francisco, Gala., asking that a Lodge in Indiana
be required to reimburse it for money expended as
charity in a certain case, reported that whatever money
was given was without the knowledge or consent of the
Lodge and after the Board had been informed that the
Lodge would not give any more money or authorize any
others to do so. We quote from the report the following
references to preceding legislation, which shows the In-
diana law%on this vexed question:
Resolved, That a Grand Lodge has not the power of controlling the charity of
any subordinate Lodge, and the Charity fund 01 each and every Lodge is under its
own control.— Proceeding* of 1862, p. 45.
In 1873 the Grand Lodge adopted the following report :
Yonr Committee would farther add that a Master Mason in good standing is
justly entitled to all the rights and benefits of Masonry, not only while nnder the
jurisdiction of the Lodge which made him a Mason, or with which he may have
sabseqaen tly affiliated, bat he may claim them of any Lodge in the world under
whose jurisdiction he may happen to be. His Lodge extends from East to West
and from North to Soath ; and may he always find Masonic charity equally as
extensive.
The Committee's report concludes as follows :
Many other instances might be cited. The rale is universal and well estab-
lished, and can not and ought not to be changed. To make the rule otherwise would
be to rob Freemasonry of one of her brightest gems, Charity, and make it only a
Mutual Benefit Association, and leave the Lodge without the power of controlling
its own finances or bestowing its own charities.
Adopted.
We quote the following case for the benefit of Wor-
shipful Masters. Appeal from decision of Worshipful
Master, reported by Committee on Grievances and Appeals :
The transcript shows that a motion was pending before the Lodge to adopt an
amendment to certain articles of the By-Laws of the Lodge. Twenty-seven menu
hers were present. The Worshipful Master required a rising vote, and called upon
all who were in favor of the motion to rise to their feet. Nine members aroee and
were counted, the remaining eighteen kept their seats. He then called for all
opposed to the motion to arise to their feet, but none did eo. He repeated the
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request for those Who were opposed to rise, and none votecL in the negative. The
Worshipful Master thereupon declared the motion lost, upon the ground that two-
thirds of the members present did not concur therein.
The question thus involved was, at their request,
referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence, who reported
as follows :
It is the duty of every member of a Lodge to vote upon all questions presented,
unless excused by the Lodge. In this case, nine voted for the adoption of the
amendment, and no one voted in the negative. It appears from the statement in
the record that others were present who did not vote. As they are required to vote
unless excused, it is fair for us to conclude that tbe members not voting were
excused, and that the amendment in question was adopted by a unanimous vote.
This was concurred in and the decision of the W. M.
overruled.
A special committee reported in favor of the Fraternal
Congress during the World's Fair, as proposed by Ken-
tucky, and recommended that six brethren, well informed
in Masonic Law and History, be appointed by the G. M.
to attend, but without expense to the Grand Lodge. The
report and recommendation adopted.
A memorial on Widows' and Orphans' Home, showing
the status of the association organized in 1877 and sub-
mitting resolutions, was presented and referred to a special
committee of five to report at the next Annual.
Bro. Thomas B. Long, after a ten years' experience as
the writer of Grand Chapter reports, presents his first
Report on Correspondence for the Grand Lodge. He finds
the labor involved much greater, but his report shows the
experienced hand. He reviews the proceedings of fifty-
nine Grand Lodges — Colorado, for 1891, receiving a most
kindly review of over three pages. He gives a synopsis of
Grand Master Foster's address and quotes many of his
decisions, which he deems of general application.
He pronounces Bro. Bush's oration "a very pleasing
effort," from which he makes several quotations. He has
a friendly word for our Report.
Bro. Sidney W. Douglas of Evansville was elected
Grand Master, R. W. Bro. William H. Smythe re-elected
Grand Secretary.
INDIAN TERRITORY— 1891.
A portrait of the Grand Master, Leo E. Bennett,
appears as a frontispiece.
Seventeenth Annual held at Oklahoma, August 18,
1891.
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The Grand Master reports a prosperous condition of
affairs. Ten dispensations for new Lodges had been
granted. He had been able to visit but six of the Lodges
of the jurisdiction, which he found working harmoniously
and for the good of the Fraternity.
The Webb-Preston work, in his opinion, was a myth;
many attempts had been made to discover it in its pristine
purity, but they had come to nought. The Grand Lec-
turer of Arkansas had been engaged to hold a school of
instruction at Muskogee, from which much benefit was
derived.
He condemns the shiftless manner in which Lodge
records are too often kept, also calls attention to the fact
that few Secretaries are prompt in collecting dues, in con-
sequence of which neglect Brethren are allowed to fall
behind in their dues until they are finally stricken from
the roll. In his opinion, " District Deputies should be
required io examine and' report upon the condition of the
books of every Lodge within their respective districts."
He also recommends positive action against their late
(irand Treasurer, who is a defaulter to the amount of over
*1,200.
He embodies in his address the reports of the District
Deputies, which are encouraging. The Deputy for the
Chickasaw District calls attention to what might be aptly
termed a salivated pavement:
Some of oar Lodge rooms are not kept as neat as they might be, and it seems
to me it must be unpleasant for a candidate to wade through the amount of
tobacco jaice I have seen upon the floors of some Lodges. Then, too, it is such a
bad example for a W. M. to take the Ea6t with a cigar in his mouth.
The Grand Secretary reports $118 as the amount of
the Orphans' Home Fund. He says the voices of fourteen
orphan children reported in the returns, and others not
reported, cry aloud for prompt action in this noble under-
taking.
Two orations by Bro. R. W. Hill are published in the
proceedings, one being an eloquent tribute to the memory
of Bro. Albert Pike, and the other being entitled " Funda-
mental Ideas of Freemasonry." He believes that it should
depend upon something more than memories, otherwise
its usefulness is ended. Progress within the limits of the
Ancient Landmarks and adaptation to the needs of the
present is the lesson he seeks to enforce.
The Grand Lodge has adopted the custom of present-
ing all its Past Grand Masters with jewels. They are
procured at a cost of $50 each.
86 APPENDIX.
At the close of the session the Grand Lodge attended
a banquet given by North Canadian Lodge, which was a
most enjoyable occasion.
Bro. J. S. Murrow furnishes a most concise and read-
able Report on Correspondence. Colorado for 1890
receives fraternal consideration. The dedication of the
Temple and the corner-stone laying of the State Capitol,
with extracts from the addresses, occupy half the space
allotted. He pronounces Grand Master Bridwell's address
a valuable paper. He regards Decision No. 6 as contrary
to the rule in other Grand Lodges, and contrary to justice.
Bro. De Long's oration he finds "instructive." He is
very favorably impressed with our Digest, which he thinks
is the most valuable part of our Report
Grand Master and Grand Secretary both re-elected.
IOWA— 1892.
Upon opening the Annals we are confronted by a fine
steel portrait of Grand Master R. G. Phelps. The volume
in its arrangement and typographical appearance, like its
predecessors, is without an equal.
Forty-ninth Annual, held at Dubuque, June 7, 1892.
The Grand Master reports that the requirements of that
large jurisdiction had filled every moment of his time.
Notwithstanding the recent Cerneau difficulties, he says
the Craft were never more united, harmonious and zealous.
There had been a larger increase in membership than the
average for many previous years.
Seven corner-stones were laid in person or by proxy.
In this connection he says:
On the 4th of July I received three invitations to lay corner-stones of court-
houses in Jefferson, Wright and Adair counties, respectively. It was to me a novel
question, whether the Grand Lodge could be properly opened in three several
places within the jurisdiction at the same hour; but Masonry is as universal as duty,
and I decided that it could be done. The more difficult question of being in three
places at the same time was also answered by the assistance of certain brethren.
We had occasion to decide this same question, and de-
cided that it could not be done, which decision was ap-
proved by the Grand Lodge.
He had granted six dispensations for new Lodges.
Five Lodges lost their entire property by fire having
no insurance. One Lodge surrendered its charter, while
the membership was thirteen, but ten were supporters, and
APPENDIX. 87
these with the exception of the Master, were all more than
sixty years of age, and could not attend regularly. There
is sadness in the thought that this little band of veterans
should be compelled through force of circumstances to sur-
render their charter.
The charter of a Lodge was arrested because it was in-
corporated in violation of the Grand Lodge law. Upon
dissolving their incorporation in obedience to his order,
the charter was restored.
He again calls attention to the failure of Lodges to
collect their dues promptly when the amount is compara-
tively trifling, instead of allowing them to accumulate
until many brethren are unable to pay them. In responce
to a circular sent out by him to elicit information on this
point, he found that the delinquent dues in that jurisdiction
on July 1, 1891, approximated to $47,026.24.
He also refers to the army of non-affiliates, and proposes
that the life of a dimit be limited to one, two or three
years.
The Cerneau difficulties which have disturbed the peace
and harmony of that jurisdiction for several years have
nearly disappeared.
He had arrested the jewel of P. G. M. John Scott,
W. M. of Nevada Lodge No. 99, for having issued a printed
circular and published certain articles in the secular press,
etc. The review of th ecase is quite lengthy, and the cor-
respondence relative thereto was submitted in an appendix.
Bro. Scott presented a petition to the Grand Lodge for
review of the order of the Grand Master.
This petition was first referred to the Committee on
Appeals and Grievances, but, by a subsequent vote of the
Grand Lodge, was recalled, and referred to a special com-
mittee of three, to be appointed by the Grand Master, said
committee to report thereon at the next Annual.
This case has attracted wide notice among the fraternity
at large, and we trust this "celebrated case" may be satis-
factorily settled.
In his address, the Grand Master devoted much space
to the subject of Masonic Homes, his conclusion being
unfavorable to the immediate building of a Home. He
thinks the work should first begin by the exercise of private
benevolence by the fraternity, after which the united
strength of Iowa Masons would be enlisted in the under-
taking.
88 APPENDIX.
The Committee on Grand Master's Address endorsed
his views in the following words, which are similar to those
of Past Grand Master Todd, of this jurisdiction, upon the
same subject :
Each Lodge cad best inquire into and know what necessitous cases there are
in its own jurisdiction. Relief can be granted in such a way as to accomplish the
most good, and with the most tender regard to the feelings of the recipients.
It requires the breaking op of no home associations or severing of domes-
ticities; every dollar contributed is devoted to the purpose of relief, and none to
the erection of buildings, for transportation, or expense of maintaining of a public
institution. It avoids the designation of a class as the recipients of charitable
relief. It enables many to receive a small amount of relief, which, added to their
own exertions, brings comfort and happiness which they would not receive were
they required to become inmates of a public institution. It is believed by many,
and we think a large majority of Masons in Iowa, that greater good can be done
with less money in this way than in any other, and with greater regard to that
feeling of confidence and brotherly love Masons repose in each other. We confess
to a strong belief in this as the true method for the exercise of practical Masonic
charity.
The reports of the Grand Secretary and Grand Libra-
rian are models of excellence and filled with interesting
matters.
The Committee on Jurisprudence reported adversely
to the repeal of the law against Cerneau bodies. The
report was adopted by a vote of 502 to 543.
Bro. T. S. Parvin writes a characteristic Report on
Correspondence, covering 138 pages, Colorado for 1891
coming under his critical observation. He gives Grand
Master Foster credit for condensing his eighteen decisions
within a single page.
He takes exception to the following :
One of them reads very strangely to us. It is that—
"A candidate initiated when the letter of disiiensation was absent is irregularly
made, and should be healed before proceeding further."
This is contrary to all usage and custom and law. If the Master has the dis-
pensation of his Lodge within his reach, whether it be at his house or his office, or
in his overcoat pocket in the ante-room, it has been held to be quite as sufficient
and legal as if lying on the desk befere him. This is making the acts of the Lodge
wholly dependent upon the presence of a little paper, rather than upon the authority
of the Grand Master, of which it is merely the evidence.
Bro. Parvin has flattering words of commendation for
our Report. He also criticizes us when it seems to him
that we are going astray in our antiquarian perigrinations.
We quote the following comments :
We note a remark under Utah, in which Bro. (ireenleaf says he "has a well-
defined idea that Masonry in three degrees goes back to a remote time, despite the
ridicule so frequently heaped upon those who advance such views." We are not
aware that any ridicule has l>een heaped upon such persons, but we are nevertheless
J greatly surprised to find that so intelligent a Mason as Brother Greenleaf should
lave a " well-defined idea," and thus stand oat, as it were, solitary and alone en-
tertaining such an idea. If there be any fact well established in Masonic history, it
is that upon the organization of the Grand Lodge of England in 1717, and fn the
promulgation of the Constitutions of 1723, there were not three degrees then in ex-
istence, while it is equally well proven that in the preceding century there was bat
one. The reason for the faith that is in him, Brother Greenleaf declares, is found
"in the internal structure of our system, and not in historical references, which
are too often misleading."
APPENDIX. 89
The same evidence found in the internal structure of onr system of Royal Arch
Masonry would prove that the several degrees of that system were as ancient as
Symbolic Masonry itself, because they are founded upon incidents in connection
with the erection of King Solomon's Temple, and the proof from internal structure
is as valid as to their remote antiquity as anything in the system of Ancient Craft
Masonry, while it is a fact well known to reading Masons that neither the Royal
Arch nor any of its associate degrees had an existence prior to the year 1740, not-
withstanding King Solomon is made to father them, as he is everything else in
Masonry. We hope our good brother will not charge us with seeking to cast any
ridicule upon him because of his entertaining and promulgating opinions so con-
trary to those held by Masonic students and historians.
With all dtie deference to Bro.Parvin's great learning and
the many years he has devoted to historical research, we
most emphatically deny the correctness of his historical
statements as well as his conclusions. We have no desire
to stand oat " solitary and alone " unless we are sure we
are resting upon the solid foundation of truth. Contro-
versies as to matters of historical fact can only be settled
by a reference to recognized authority. The authority rec-
ognized by the fraternity of Masons, and to which we ap-
peal, is the Old Constitutions, to which we most respectfully
invite Bro. Parvin's attention. In the extract quoted above,
Bro. Parvin says: "If there be any fact well established in
Masonic history, it is that upon the organization of the
Grand Lodge of England in 1717, and in the promulgation
of the Constitutions of 1723, there were not three degrees
then in existence, while it is equally well proven that in
the preceding century there was but one."
Now what are known as " The General Regulations of
the Free and Accepted Masons" were first compiled by
Bro. George Payne, Grand Master, 1720, and approved by
the General Assembly at Stationer's Hall, on June 24, 1721.
Next, by order of Grand Master Montagu, James Ander-
son compared them with the ancient records of the Fra-
ternity, the Grand Lodge revised and approved them and
ordered them to be printed in the Book of Constitutions
March 25, 1722.
At the time of this compilation these regulations had
been so long in existence among the Fraternity as to bo
denominated " Old."
They had been compared with ancient records as above
stated and the Grand Lodge approved them, as the old
regulations of the Craft.
If, then, investigation proved them to be " old " they
certainly antedated the organization of the Grand Lodijo
in 1717. The Grand Lodge of England would not style
regulations old if at the time of their compilation by Grand
Master Payne in 1720 they had been in existence four or
five years.
90 APPENDIX.
We now call Bro. Parvin' s attention to Old Regulation
No. XIII. , Section 2, which reads as follows: "Apprentices
must be admitted Fellow Crafts and Masters only here,
unless by a Dispensation from the Grand Master"
Italics as in original.
The above Old Regulation was first compiled in 1720,
and yet Bro. Parvin seriously asserts that "in 1717 and in
the promulgation of the Constitutions of 1723 there were
not three degrees then in existence."
Not only were there three degrees in existence, but the
F. C. and M. M. could be conferred in Lodges as well as in
Grand Lodge, by dispensation.
Again, this regulation was altered on November 22,
1725, so as to read as follows: "The Master of a Lodge
with his Wardens and a competent Number of the Lodge
assembled in due form, can make Masters and Fellows at
discretion."
Italics as in original.
The regulation thus amended was then styled " New "
in contradistinction to the above which still retained the
designation " Old."
Thus, Bro. Parvin, your "well established fact in Masonic
history" is not proven upon reference to the Old Regula-
tions of the Craft which have come down to us from the
past, and which were hoary enough with antiquity in 1720
to pass current with intelligent Masons as decidedly old —
and upon comparison with ancient records then extant,
were stamped with the approval of the Grand Lodge of
England.
But we have already occupied too much space with this
discussion. In other portions of this report we shall ex-
press our opinion in relation to the antiquity of the
fraternity.
Under Canada we have quoted Bro. G. W. Speth's
views upon the subject of degrees, while under Utah will
be found the latest views upon the subject.
Grand Master Phelps and Grand Secretary Parvin were
both re-elected.
APPENDIX. 91
KANSAS— 1892.
Thirty-sixth Annual held at Leavenworth, February
17, 1892, M. W. Andrew M. Callahan, Grand Master, pre-
siding.
He refers to the organization of the Grand Lodge with
less than 100 members, and contrasts it with the present
membership of 19,304. The growth has been largely due
to the wonderful immigration into that State during the
past thirty-five years, for among these immigrants were a
large number of Masons. Yet aside from tnis there has
been a steady increase, the number ra e d during the past
year being 1,384 He makes a strong — ea for more care-
ful inspection of material, in order that the character of
their membership should be of the highest order.
He announces the death of R. W. Bro. Christian Beck,
Grand Treasurer for thirty-four years, to whom he pays a
most eloquent and feeling tribute. The Grand Lodge
also mourns the death of its Junior Grand Deacon, Frank
B. Day, and Bro. B. J. F. Hanna, P. 8. G. W.
He had granted dispensations for four new Lodges.
Five corner-stones were laid by proxy.
The evil of special dispensations he says has grown to
an alarming magnitude. Within the first ninety days
after assuming the duties of his office he was asked for
110 special dispensations to confer degrees out of the
regular time. Most of these were to confer the second
and third degrees upon candidates about to leave the
jurisdiction, etc. With a view of checking this growing
evil he recommends the imposition of a fee upon Lodges
making such requests of such an amount as will deter
them from hastily making such applications.
Of the ten decisions submitted eight were approved.
He recommends that they accept Kentucky's invitation
and take proper steps to be represented at the Masonic
Convention to be held in Chicago during the World's
Fair.
He devotes considerable space to the subject of a
Masonic Home, which he favors. To engage in the under-
taking, Article VIII., Section 6, of their Constitution, pro-
hibitory of such an enterprise, must be repealed. To do
this would require a two-thirds vote of the Grand Lodge
and the subsequent approval of two-thirds of the Lodges
92 APPENDIX.
in the jurisdiction. Immediate steps were therefore
recommended.
The Board of Inspectors appointed to examine the
records and accounts of the Masonic Mutual Benefit
Society of Kansas reported that the total amount paid out
to beneficiaries from the date of its organization to
December 31, 1891, was $467,58(5.80, and that it was
entitled to the hearty support of the Masons of Kansas.
A fine oration was delivered by Bro. Bestor G. Brown,
Grand Orator, entitled "The Philosophic Origin of
Masonry and the Purpose of that Philosophy." It was
filled with original and practical ideas and was listened to
with marked attention.
The Committee on Masonic Home made a report in its
favor, which was adopted by a rising and unanimous vote.
The amendment to the Constitution making the under-
taking legal was also adopted unanimously and ordered to
be submitted to the Lodges for their approval or disap-
proval.
A resolution was adopted requesting the Grand Secre-
tary to ask the railroad companies hereafter to extend as
fair treatment to Masonic as they do to other organiza-
tions. They have charged Masons one and one-third fare
and others one fare for round trip.
Majority and minority reports were presented by the
Committee on Jurisprudence regarding a decision of the
Grand Master on the Past Masters Degree. The majority
report was adopted, which was as follows:
It is recommended that a Worshipful Mueter*elect receive the Past Master's
Degree before being installed.
Bro. John H. Brown furnishes a most interesting Re-
port on Correspondence, covering 188 pages ; Colorado for
1891 receives a notice of nearly four pages. He quotes
from Grand Master Foster's address, and also makes a
synopsis of the more important matters contained therein.
He also quotes from Bro. Bush's oration, which he says is
well prepared. Ho quotes our reply to Bro. Bobbins in
full ; also our remarks on Past Master's Degree, with a
commentary thereon, showing his disgust at this "sickly
plant/' which has been cultivated in some jurisdictions,
and says : " It is not recognized by the Grand Lodge of
Kansas." Not only was it recognized in your Grand
Lodge, Brother Brown, at this very session, but it was the
subject of ttco reports from the Committee on Jurispru-
APPENDIX. 93
dence, and a lengthy discussion besides, and now your
Grand body recommends Worshipful Masters-elect to re-
ceive it before being installed. " Now we go up, up, and
now we go down, down." Brother Brown, this is a strange
world of contraries.
Bro. David B. Fuller was elected Grand Master ; Bro.
John H. Brown re-elected Grand Secretary.
KENTUCKY— 1891.
A fine steel portrait of the late Hiram Bassett, Fast
Grand Master, appears as a frontispiece.
The records of three Emergent Communications precede
those of the Annual. The first convened for the burial of
P. G. M. Hiram Bassett, the second to dedicate and unveil
the Governor Blackburn monument, and the third to dedi-
cate Robert Morris' monument, a picture of which appears
iu the proceedings. The exercises upon the latter occasion
were of the most interesting and impressive character.
Bro. Elisha S. Fitch, P. G. M., delivered the principal
address, which was a review of the life and character of
Bro. Morris, and placed many incidents in his career before
his hearers in a new light. During the exercises several
of his most famous poems were recited by different brethren,
the renditions being interspersed with musical selections.
Ninety-second Annual held at Louisville, October 7,
1891, W. M. Charles H. Fisk, Grand Master.
He pays a feeling and deserved tribute to the memory
of P. G. M. Hiram Bassett and also to deceased brethren
of that and other jurisdictions.
He suspended the W. M. of a Lodge for having con-
ferred the M. M. degree upon a F. C, in the face of an
objection made to him personally and in open Lodge.
He had granted thirteen dispensations for new Lodges.
He had invariably refused all applications to confer
degrees out of time, acting under the provisions of the
Constitution. We believe he had the power, if disposed
to exercise it. Bro. Drummond's reply to Bro. Singleton,
on the subject of the prerogatives of Grand Masters,
should convince any impartial investigator of that fact.
Three corner-stones were laid by proxy. He declined
to lay the corner-stone of a Jewish Temple on Sunday.
94 APPENDIX.
He submits a list of fifty-five decisions, which were
approved, with two exceptions, and slight modifications in
respect to two others.
He issued a circular letter of warning against spurious
Masons hailing from the clandestine Grand Lodge of
Ohio.
He speaks in the warmest terms of commendation of
the glorious and noble work that is being done by their
Masonic Home.
Having noted that 136 representatives were excused
from full discharge of Masonic duty at the last Annual,
he announces that under no circumstances will he grant
leave of absence to any member of that body. He says :
"Masonic duties must be Masonically discharged."
Five delegates, with the present Grand Master (Charles
H. Fisk) as ex officio chairman, were appointed to attend
the Fraternal Congress to be held during the World's Fair
at Chicago.
Several resolutions were offered with a view to secure
uniform work in that jurisdiction, but they were all laid
on the table.
A resolution was adopted fixing the assessment for
the Home at one dollar for each member of subordi-
nate Lodges, instead of fifty cents, to include a copy
of the Home Journal to each affiliated Mason in the juris-
diction without cost.
A very full and complete Report on Correspondence
was prepared by Bro. James W. Staton. Colorado for
1890 receives a fraternal review of two pages. The special
communication for dedicating Masonic Temple, also that
for the corner-stone laying of State Capitol, receives due
attention. Bro. Alva Adams' address, he says, was
"magnificent." He has very little use for our manner of
opening the Grand Lodge and receiving the Grand Master
"with great pomp and a grand flourish of trumpets."
Grand Master Brid well's address he pronounces "an
admirable document." Our Report is favorably com-
mented upon, but he does not agree with us in our
statement that our English brethren have departed from
the Landmark on the physical qualification question. He
emphatically denies that it is a Landmark. He says that
"every Grand Lodge has a right to make its own regula-
tions, provided, always, that the essentials of Masonry are
preserved, but physical qualification is not an essential."
APPENDIX. 95
We have frequently expressed our opinion on this sub-
ject, Bro. Staton and believe that physical qualification not
only is, but always was an essential, if we read the old
charges aright We stand to Anderson's Constitutions and
not those or the spurious Dermott Grand Lodge.
Bro. James A. McKenzie of Oak Grove was elected
Grand Master, Bro. H. B. Grant re-elected Grand Secretary.
LOUISIANA— 181)2.
Eightieth Annual, held at New Orleans, February 8,
1892, M. W. Charles F. Buck, Grand Master.
Four pages of his address are devoted to necrology.
Among deceased brethren of that jurisdiction were F. M.
Brooks, P. S. G. W.; W. H. Moon, P. M., and J. G. Dea-
con, and John G. Fleming, P. G. M. Fitting tributes are
paid to the memory and virtues of each of these lamented
craftsmen.
Under the head of "Relations with Masonic Grand
Bodies in Europe," he pays his respects to the Committee
of Foreign Correspondence of the Grand Lodge of Penn-
sylvania for having commented, as he says, in an uncharit-
able manner upon the following suggestion, which appeared
in his address in 1891:
Referring to the fact that we are not in "oomnranication" or " fraternal rela-
tions with many Grand Orients in Europe." I ventured a suggestion "tost the
Committee on Foreign Correspondence take the matter in hand to assist the Grand
Lodge, or the incoming Grand Master, in determining where it may be desirable
or proper to establish or renew formal fraternal intercourse."
Nearly five pages are. devoted to a scathing and incisive
review of the assumption of the Pennsylvania Committee.
We give place to a few extracts :
What tradition is assailed ? What principle endangered ? What shrine in-
vaded? What sanctity impaired? What idol have 1 desecrated? What dire
menace do 1 conjure np, to arouse the feare of my esteemed Brethren of Pennsyl-
vania that they should " feel so deeply" and "speak so earnestly," when 1 simply
direct the attention of a Committee of this M. W. Grand Lodge to a matter winch
is, by oar written law, within the province of its dnty ?
• * * * * ***********
Bnt Will they deny that in the Protestant countries of Northern Europe Free-
masonry assames and holds as pare and lofty a standard as anywhere ?
Freemasonry in Europe operates under entirely different conditions, which the
truly charitable "Brother" must not fail to concede.
* * * * * ***********
This philosophy, withont taking open part, spread light and progress \ it
illumed even the period of the French Revolution, and kindled the flame which
spread over the world when Thomas Jefferson wrote that "all men were created
free and equal." It inspired the patriotism of Lafayette, and made universal the
humanity of George Washington. It pleads in the music of Mozart. It lives in
the philosophy of Leasing. It pervades the poetry of (ioethe. A century and a
half ago, Leasing wrote : * * * '"The rent d*>tds of Freemasonry are so
great that centuries may pass ere one can say, * this has it accomplished ;' and yet
it has worked on all the good that is in the world, and it will continue to labor on
and for the good that ever will be in the world."
96 APPENDIX.
Was ever a truer or greater thing said of Freemasonry than this ?
These men were Freemasons, and successors worthy of them — and, my
Brethren, worthy of yon and ns— are Masons to-day in Europe— true Masons,
citizens of the world, laboring and struggling to elevate and emancipate man.
Because, in this blessed country, we live under happier conditions, and enjoy
under the law of the land a freedom which realizes one of the ideals of Masonry,
must we condemn those who, against terrible odds, contend for that which we enjoy?
I must contend that our Brethren of Pennsylvania read but hastily what I
wrote, and misunderstanding it, wrote " more in sorrow than in anger."
* * • * • ***********
I must add, in conclusion, that could the mattpr have been allowed to rest
between myself and the Brethren of the Foreign Correspondence Committee of
Pennsylvania, I should have been willing to stand on the record as it was.
But the double slander against this Grand Jurisdiction on the one hand, and
the Freemasons of Europe on the other, for which my words were made the provo-
cation, has gone forth to the entire Masonic world, and I deemed it my duty to do
what, with propriety, was possible in this address, to show that our Brethren of
Pennsylvania have taken needless alarm ; having mistaken an utterance sprung
from the soul and bottom of Masonic confraternity, for a treasonable heresy, the
apostacy of disbelief, which destroys the brotherhood of man when it repudiates
the supremacy and essentiality of God !
He reports the Fraternity in a prosperous condition,
the Lodges have done much work and gained largely in
numbers, though the total aggregate has not materially in-
creased. "Death has made terrible inroads upon our
ranks and almost off-set our gains. Thus we are still feel-
ing the effects of years of stagnation." He explains by
saying that the older members are dying off while their
places are not fully recruited by younger material.
He had granted six dispensations for new Lodges.
The new Masonic Temple and matters connected there-
with occupy a large portion of the address. In this con-
nection he refers to the issue of Grand Lodge bonds
authorized in 1890, amounting to $70,000. After exchanging
$16,000 of old bonds, there was left only $54,000 to place;
he says the brethren have manifested great indifference in
the matter of negotiating these bonds. Only $35,100 had
been taken thus far, of which amount, $15,000 was taken
by two large corporations, $3,100-by the Lodges and $11,-
800 by fire individual brethren. A large proportion of the
bonds were issued for $100, with the expectation that many
of the brethren would at least invest in one bond.
Resolutions were adopted to maintain intact the Per-
manent Charity Fund inaugurated in 1853.
The Grand Lodge edict relating to assessments on de-
grees was amended so as to read two dollars instead of three.
Resolutions expressive of smypathy with H. R. H. the
Prince of Wales, in his recent affliction, were passed
unanimously.
Bro. J. Q. A. Fellows again presents a topical Report
on Correspondence. We have heretofore expressed our
high opinion of these reports.
Colorado is referred to incidentally under "Land-
marks," "Masonic Home," etc., where the opinions of
APPENDIX. 97
Bros. Bridwell and Todd are commented upon by other
reporters.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary both re-elected.
Grand Master Buck for the sixth term.
MAINE— 1892.
Seventy-third Annual held at Portland, May 3, 1892,
M. W. Henry R. Taylor, Grand Master.
He reports brotherly love and unity as characterizing
the Craft of that jurisdiction. The number of Lodges
remains the same; the net increase in membership is 209.
He calls attention to the fact that from year to year there
is a noticeable increase in the average membership of
Lodges; at present it is 110.
He recommends the appointment of a committee to
consider and report such action as may be necessary in
the matter of a Fraternal Congress during the World's Fair.
The death of Grand Secretary Bro. Ira Berry is
announced with eloquent words of eulogy. He was laid
to rest upon the ninetieth anniversary of his birth with
the solemn ceremonies of the Fraternity, which were con-
ducted by P. G. M. Josiah H. Drummond.
He is outspoken upon the subject of side degrees, the
place for which he says " is ouiaide even the porch of the
Temple."
His correspondence had been extensive ; he had
received 1,380 letters, all of which had been answered. A
reference to the Maine Digest would no doubt have mate-
rially lightened his labors.
The five decisions rendered by ]}im were confirmed.
We copy the following from the Report on Returns as
showing the growth of our extreme Eastern sister juris-
diction :
A comparison of oar membership since early days may be interesting. Before
1950 statistics were neglected.
MEMBERSHIP OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MAINE.
1850. _ 1,402 1868.. 13,001 1877. 19,858 1S85_ .19,862
I860.. 4,.H19 1869.. 14,121 1878. .19,464 1nh>. .20,039
1861. _ 4,744 1870.. 14,926 1879. .19,260 1*87. .20,218
1862. - 5,323 1871.. 15,818 1880.. 19,303 1*88.. 20,261
1*63.. 6,041 1872. .16,358 1 MSI.. 19,093 1*89.. 20,340
1*64.. 7,227 1873..17,224 18*2 18,991 1890. .20.675
1865.. 8,884 1874.. 18,118 1888. .19,477 1891.. 20,968
1866..10,075 1875.. 18.673 1884. .19,641 1892. 21,177
1867.. 11,491 1876.. 18,843
It will be observed that the gain was gradual up to the time of the war, when
it was rapid. This continued nntil after the panic in 1873, when hard times began,
and for six years the gain was small. In 1881 and 1*82 there was a Iobh, and then
we began to gain once more.
98 APPENDIX.
The Grand Lodge of Tasmania was recognized.
The masterly Report on Correspondence, by Bro. J.
H. Drummond, covers 220 pages of the proceedings. It
is certainly one of the best that has emanated from his
pen. Colorado for 1891 receives a notice of three and a
half pages. He quotes Grand Master Foster's report of
the condition of the Craft, and also eleven of his eighteen
decisions. We quote Nos. 2 /md 7 and his comments
thereon :
2. A request for waiver of jurisdiction must be made before ballot; a Lodge
has do right to receive the application of a Brother, the material of another
Lodge.
7. A Lodge is not compelled to pay the fanonil expenses of a Brother, even
thongh one of its own members, bat can dispense its charity in the way it deems
best.
These were all approved by the Grand Lodge, except that No. 2 was amended
by omitting all after the word ballot, and No. 7 by inserting the word "legally1'
before *' compelled."
The amending of No. 2 in effect makes it declare that a Lodge may receive the
petition of a candidate over which it has no jurisdiction, but mast obtain the
requisite permission before balloting; the original decision is the rule in many
Grand Lodges, and it seems to as that permission should bs obtained to recrive the
petition, as the reception of the petition is a jurisdictional act and usually the
effective one.
We confess that we cannot discover the purpose of the amendment to the
seventh, nor wherein it really changes the decision ; the idea that a Lodge may be
illegally compelled to do un act seems to us qnite absurd.
Wo do not perceive why the Grand Lodge should not allow Lodges U. D. to
adopt roles of action for which "by-laws" are-only another name. With this
exception, the decisions are in accord with the law in this jurisdiction.
He styles Bro. Bush's oration "appropriate." He
makes a number of extracts from our report. As to Bro.
Bromwell's status he has the following :
This illustrates the truth of our views as given in our review of Alabama— the
tendency to destroy the universality of Masonry. There should be no question that
a Past Grand Master's rank is not a local one, but a universal one, and wherever
affiliated, he should stand on a level with his peers. In olden times, a Past Master
was a Past Master in Masonry, and not of a particular Lodge or a particular State
— his rank was recognized universally precisely the same as in case of a Master
Mason; the change has arisen from local jealouny, which should find no place in
Masonic polity. We hold that under the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of
Colorado, Bromwellis a member of it, with the name rights and powers as Bro.
Greenleaf possesses. We hope our distinguished Brother will examine the question
and give as his conclusion.
No one would more willingly accord to Bro. Bromwell
the rights and powers referred to than ourself. We were
asked what privileges honorary membership in our Grand
Lodge conferred, and we answered: "It accords to him all
the rights and privileges of the Grand Lodge, except the
right of ballot." AVe based our reply upon the following
declaration of our Grand Lodge relative to honorary mem-
bership in subordinate Lodges. Section 130 Grand Lodge
By-Laws: "Honorary membership gives the right to speak
in Lodge, but not to vote. It cannot be conferred on a
regular member of a Lodge by the same body."
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After quoting our remarks upon the Oregon decision
upon objection to advancement, he says :
We go a step farther ; if the objection is in the nature of a charge, regular
proceedings should be taken upon that basis, and the Brother, if convicted,
suspended or expelled; bat if the Lodga refuses advancement only, we think the
action shoo. Id be no more than a rejection by ballot, and that, as we have already
stated, he should be allowed to petition again, in due time, as in other cases.
And especially do we hold that, after a Lodge bas decided that the objections are
sufficient to prevent advancement, it is not Masonic to allow the objector to perm it
him to advance, or to advance the candidate after the objector ceases to be a mem-
ber; when the Lodge takes it up, it becomes a question between the candidate and
the Craft, of whom the objector is one ; in a word, the candidate stands just as if
rejected by ballot.
Of our digest, he says :
Bro. Greenleaf appends to his report a digest of decisions, involving much
labor. We have contemplated doing the same, bat concluded that so many depend
on local law that they would be misleading to the (/raft of our jurisdiction.
Under District of Columbia, Bro. Druinmond replies
to Bro. Singleton upon the subject of the "Old Regulations,"
and he disposes of his argument most effectually. We feel
that our space cannot be better occupied than by giving a
few extracts :
The first impression one gets from reading it is one of wonder at the ingenuity
displayed in an effort to maintain his position. We are always prepared for some-
thing new and startling; but this effort of our Brother surpasses our wildest
expectations.
The basis of his argument is, that the "Old Regulations" were not old regula-
tions at all, bat were new ones! And he challenges Bro. Schultz to show whenever,
before 1723. they were known to the Craft! He apparently requires printed evidence
or written evidence of Masonic law at a time when nothing had been printed, and
it was contrary to Masonic custom to multiply copies of what had been written.
Bat for all that, the evidence exists— evidence that stands as conclusive by all
the rules which the wisdom of the ages has established as the tests.
They were published in 1723; theyare accompanied by the statement that they
were first "compiled" by Grand Master Payne in 1720, and his compilation was
approved by the Grand Lodge in 1721 : that by order of Grand Master Montagu, Dr.
Anderson compared them with the ancient records and immemorial usages of the
Fraternity and digested into the order in which they were published.
In the second edition, now before us. it is stated that Grand Lodge having
revised them, ordered them printed in the Book of Constitutions, on March 25, 1722.
The publication was not completed during Montagu's Grand Mastership; but
during the term of his successor, Philip, Duke of Wharton, the book was lesued
from the prose- Although it had been previously approved by the Grand Ijodgp,
an 'approbation" was added, signed by the Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master
and Grand Wardens, and by the Master and Wardens of twenty Lodges, averring
that the contents are the " History, Charges and Regulations of the Ancient Fra-
ternity"; that they had been submitted to Grand Master Montagu, for his appro-
bation, who by the advice of several brethren had ordered them to be printed; that
they, having perused them, joined their predecessors in their laudable approval
thereof. This "approbation" was published in the Book of Constitutions and
makes a part of it ; and all these are witnesses to the truth of the " approbation "
and of the contents of the book to far they had knowledge: that they knew whether
they were new regulations, enacted since 1717, or a compilation of the old regula-
tions in a new Book of Constitutions, is absolutely certain, and their evidence is
conclusive.
* * * **************
At the December session, 1721, "Montagu, Grand Master, at the desire of the
Lodge, appointed fourteen learned Brethren to examine Bro. Anderson's Manu-
script, and to make report."
On March 23, 1722, in Grand Lodge, "with former Grand Officers and those of
twenty-four Lodges:"
"The said committee of fourteen reported that they had perused Bro. Anderson's
manuscript, viz, the History, Charges, Regulations and Master's Song, and > fter
some amendments, had approved it: upon which the Lodge desired the Grand
Master to order it to be printed."
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IOO APPENDIX.
In passing we note an instance showing that Anderson recognized the natures
of the Craft as the law; at a meeting he says, " they put in the chair the oldest Mas-
ter Mason (who was not the present Master of a Lodge, also irregular.")
There was no regular meeting of the Grand Lodge in Jnne, 1722, but the Grand
Master summoned it to meet January 17, 1722 (1723, N. 8.), when
"Grand Warden Anderson produced the new Book of Constitutions, now in
print, which was again approved with the addition of the antient manner of consti-
tuting a Lodge."
On Jnne 24, 1723, the order of January 17th, preceding, was read, and it was
moved *' that the said General Regulations be confirmed, so far as they are consis-
tent with the ancient rules of Masonry;" but it was then " moved and put whether
the words [so far as they are consistent with the ancient rules of Masonry] be part
of the question," and it was "resolved in the affirmative." "But the main ques-
tion was not put."
At the communication held in November following, sundry regulations were
adopted, which in 17:38, with those subsequently adopted. Dr. Anderson published
under the title of " New Regulations," and the former compilation was published
under the title of the " Old Regulations."
Thus it appears:
1. That Bro. Singleton's claim that there were not " Old Regulations'* exist-
ing before 1717, i6 disproved by testimony— overwhelming in its force— that they
existed previously.
2. That his claim that they were enacted between 1717 and 1723 is disproved
by the record that only two were enacted during that time.
8. That his claim (which others also have made) that these regulations were
enacted by the Grand Lodge, in disproved by showing by the record that they were
not enacted, but compiled as existing law. and never formally approved until pro-
duced in print before the Grand Lodge, when the book was approved. And, more-
over, at the very next meeting of the Grand Lodge it was resolved in substance
thut they were law "only so tar as they are consistent with the ancient rules of
Masonry."
Another thing is certain: that from 1717 to 1723, the affairs of the Craft were
administered, not under a written code of law, but under the law as found in the
usages of the Craft nnd old manuscripts, which were assumed to be sufficiently
well known to be followed.
The resolution that the regulations were law " only so far as they were con-
sistent with the ancient rules of Masonry" clinches the argument; we had forgot-
ten, if we ever knew it, that the Grand Lodge so early recognized the doctrine that
the old regulations are subject to the ancient rules of Mssonry.
This exposition would not be complete without calling attention to the differ-
ence between the functions of the Historian and those of the Jurist. The Historian
is at perfect lil>erty to question statements of facts in his effort to discover the
very truth. Hut when certain propositions are assumed to be facts in the enact-
ment of a law. the Jurist, in construing that law, is bound by such assumed facts,
and it makes no difference whether they were facts or not; he is "bound by the
record." If it were possible that Dr. Anderson manufactured these regulations
" out of whole cloth," but they were made, received and recognized as a compila-
tion of ancient usages, laws, constitutions, etc.. then they must be read and
expounded as if they were in fact such a compilation. When they are received as
the law ok the Craft in later days they must be read and expounded by the same
rule. Whatever powers these regulations recognize as possessed by the Grand
Master as inherent in the office, must l>e held to be possessed by him, without
regard to what the Historian may believe the actual fact was.
'I his of it-elf would be a full answer to all Bro. Singleton's (et id omne genus)
talk about "historical facts," which after all are ''guess work;" but against all
the speculations of himself and others we oppose the solemn declarations of the
Grand Lodge and Grand Masters, made at the time, or immediately after the time,
and remaining unquestioned a century and a half, and the rule of evidence that
such declarations, so made and so long acquiesced in, can l>e overcome only by the
strongest evidence of a positive character, which Bro. Singleton and those holding
with him utterly fail to give. We have carefully read and considered what Bro.
Gould has written, and while no one exceeds us in our admiration of the diligence
and peivcverence with which he has collected his evidence, and the ability with
which he sustains his conclusions, we are compelled to say that if the case were
presented to a judicial tribunal, examining it according to the rules which the
wisdom of ages has established, in our opinion Bro. Gould would be sent out of
court as utterly failing to overcome the case which the record makes against him.
Grand Master re-elected, Bro. Stephen Berry elected
Grand Secretary.
APPENDIX. 1 01
MANITOBA— 1892.
Seventeenth Annual held at Winnipeg, June 8, 1S92,
M. W. William G. Bell, Grand Master.
He thus discourses upon the condition of Masonry in
that jurisdiction:
To sum np, the impression I formed from my visits throughout the jurisdic-
tion is that Masonry is in a healthy, prosperous condition. Most of tbe Lodges
have greatly improved of late, and nowhere are to be found more zealous or
capable Masons.* The Lodges are generally in a good condition financially, and,
with few exceptions, the Secretaries perform their duties well. Harmony prevails
in almost every Lodge. With a few exceptions the officers are well up in the ritual,
bat in those minor details which go to make np a successful Lodge many are
deficient. Not haviug opportunities to compare their work with that of other
Lodges, and having really no chance of obtaining instruction, many think that
Grand Lodge should send them some well-skilled Craftsman to give the needed
instruction. Something should be done, and I would recommend that Grand
Lodge place a sum of money at the disposal of the Grand Master, to be expended
by him in paying the railroad expenses of well-skilled Brethren to visit the outly-
ing Lodges. 1 have no doubt that Brethren will be found willing to give their
services, and I know the Lodges will be only too glad to pay hotel expenses.
He announces the death of Brothers Samuel L. Bed-
son, P. S. G. W., and Hugh Noble, Grand Steward.
A large number of dispensations were granted to wear
regalia at divine service, and one for the healing of a
clandestine Mason hailing from a Lodge under the spuri-
ous Grand Lodge of Ontario.
Under " Fraternal Relations " he refers to his visit to
Colorado as follows:
While in Denver, Colo.. I was introduced to a Lodge by the Grand Mas-
ter, who was making an official visit. As there was an exemplification of the
Hitnal and speeches from several Grand Officers, the evening was an interesting
one. M. W. Bro. Ernest Le Neve Foster, Grand Master, and K. W. Bro. Parmelee,
Grand Secretary, placed me under obligations by their kindness to me.
He issued one dispensation for a new Lodge with eight
members, " but it is located at a new town with excellent
prospects."
Reports from the District Deputies of eight districts
were presented, which give faithful pictures of the condi-
tion of the Lodges under their immediate supervision.
The net increase in membership was 140; present mem-
bership 1,992.
The Grand Lodge of New Zealand wras recognized.
The fpllowing resolution, contained in the Report of
the Board of General Purposes, was adopted:
That in the opinion of the Board no further charitable grants should, for a
time, be made to hospitals^ but after the books are closed for eaoh year, that all
foods in excess of $500 in the bands of the Grand Treasurer be invested in
Approved debentures or other convertible securities, under the direction of the
Board of General Purposes, for the carrying on of works consistent with the
objects of Masonry.
102 APPENDIX.
In the face of this action an effort was made at the
close of the session to appropriate $100 each to four hos-
pitals, but it did not prevail.
The proposed Fraternal Congress was endorsed and
eight delegates were elected, the Grand Master being
empowered to fill vacancies.
No Report on Correspondence.
Bro. John W. H. Wilson was elected Grand Master,
Grand Secretary re-elected.
MARYLAND— 1891.
Portraits of Past Grand Masters Charles Webb and
John H. B. Latrobe appear in the Proceedings.
One hundred and fifth Annual, held at Baltimore, No-
vember 17, 1891, M. W. Thos. J. Shryock, Grand Master.
The attention of the Craft is now directed to the recon-
struction of their Masonic Temple, destroyed Christmas
day, 1890.
He says the General Masonic Relief Association of the
United States and Canada was projected in Baltimore by
their Lodge of Relief. The convention was called in that
city and its organization perfected. He commends the
great good it has accomplished in the saving of thousands
of dollars annually which were once thrown away on
Masonic tramps.
The Grand Lecturer, he says, has paid a large number
of visits to the county Lodges, some of whom were work-
ing in direct violation of the Grand Lodge laws. As two-
thirds of the Lodges composing the Grand Lodge are
located in the counties, these visits were productive of
great good and resulted in the correction of many irregu-
larities.
He had visited in person all of the Baltimore Lodges.
A school of instruction is held every Thursday night, and
the attendence is larger than at any other meetings held
in the Temple, great interest being manifested in the ex-
emplification of the work.
He declined to grant dispensations to confer two degrees
upon candidates at the same communication.
Three dispensations for new Lodges were granted.
APPENDIX. IO3
After presenting a full record of his official acts, with
thoughtful and timely recommendations, he turns his
thoughts to the vacant seats once occupied by the three
Grand Masters, John S. Tyson, Charles Webb and John
H. B. Latrobe, beautiful tributes are paid to their mem-
ories, and he closes his address with IJro. Albert Pike's
beautiful poem, " Every Year."
The reports of the Inspectors of the various districts,
some twenty in all, are published in the proceedings, and
show the conditiou of the Lodges throughout the jurisdic-
tion to be flourishing as a general rule.
Resolutions were adopted forbidding Masonic inter-
course with the so-called Grand Lodge at Worthington,
Ohio, its subordinates or any Mason connected therewith.
The action of Kentucky, in the matter of a Fraternal
Congress, was approved, and the Grand Master authorized
to appoint such delegates as his judgment dictated.
MARYLAND— 1892.
Semi-Annual Communication held May 10, 1892.
Grand Master Shryock records his official doings for
the previous six months. He again commends the work
of the Grand Lecturer and their school of instruction. He
is also in favor of music as an auxilliary to Lodge work.
The Temple Quartette, of Boston, visited their city and
interspersed the Lodge ceremonies with their impressive
selections. This awoke such enthusiasm that the Maryland
brethren are endeavoring to form a quartette whose services
will be at the disposal of the Baltimore Lodges generally.
He reports the reconstruction of the Temple as progressing
satisfactorily.
He calls attention to a growiug evil, that of non-
obedience to a summons issued by a subordinate Lodge.
Upon this subject he says :
I have frequently been present in Lodges, and was surprised to hear the names
of brethren called oat by the Secretary, who had been gammoned, and who had
paid no attention whatever to it. This has got to be quite a custom. In many
instances the brethren allow the most trivial excuses to avail them in avoiding a
summons to the Lodge, and many times the Worshipful Master, by virtue of his
office, accepts these excuses. In ray judgment nothing is more sacred than a sum-
mons to a Lodge, and I feel that brethren disobeying them ought to be severely
disciplined.
He has the sad announcement to make of the death of
B. W. Bro. Jacob E. Krebs, Deputy Grand Master, who
104 APPENDIX.
died with scarcely a moment's notice. He pays a loving
tribute to his personal worth and emiuent services in
Masonry.
He says their library is increasing satisfactorily, not-
withstanding the drawback of the fire, so that by the time
their new Temple is completed they hope to show a library
worthy of the Masons of that jurisdiction.
Bro. E. T. Schultz furnishes a Report on Correspond-
ence, as usual, and it ranks among the best. Colorado for
1891 is fraternally reviewed. Extracts are made from
Grand Master Fosters address and Bro. Bush's oration,
as well as from the writer's Report.
Under Minnesota we quote the following as to the
right of a Past Master to open and preside over a Lodge
in the absence of the Master and Wardens :
Several prominent writers having, as intimated under the review of California ,
expressed views at variance with those of your Committee u pon this subject, we
have examined sach Grand Lodge Constitutions as were available, with the object
of ascertaining what is the general practice in this regard, and with the following
result :
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Mississippi, South Carolina. New Jersey, District of
Columbia, Alabama, North Carolina, Iowa, Texas, Georgia, Colorado, Delaware,
Virginia, West Virginia. Nebraska. Louisiana, Rhode Island, Missouri, California,
Illinois, Arkansas and Kentucky, by express regulations, forbid their Lodges to be
opened in the absence of the Master and both Wardens, while Massachusetts and
several other jurisdictions do so by implication.
The Constitutions of New York, Maryland, Ohio, Connecticut and Tennessee
are silent upon the subject of the presence of the officers, but as they require the
Charter to be present, it would be safe to say it would be held in those jurisdictions
also, that Lodges cannot be opened in the absence of the first three officers.
So far as our examination has extended, Minnesota, Kansas, Maine and New
Hampshire are the only jurisdictions which permit, by express regulation, a Lodge
to be opened by a Past Master in the absence of the Master and Wardens.
We thus see that a majority of the Grand Lodges of our country most wisely
prohibit their Lodges to open in the absence of the installed officers, the proper
custodians of the Charter. That this is a wise prohibition all must admit, if they
will reflect for a moment upon the irregularities that might result from irrespons-
ible parties having the control of a Lodge in the absence of its legal custodians.
MASSACHUSETTS-1S91.
Quarterly Communication, held at Boston, September
0, 1891.
Only business of a local nature was transacted.
A proposed amendment to the Constitution increasing
the minimum fees for the degrees from 825 to $30 was in-
definitely postponed. The committee to whom the amend-
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merit had been referred embodied the following figures in
their report:
36 city Lodges charge _ $50
1 city Lodge charges _.. 45
18 city Lodges charge 40
19 city Lodges charge 35
10 city Lodges charge _ 80
5 city Lodges charge 25
An average of about $11.07. .
3 town Lodges charge _..$50
2 town Lodges charge 45
9 town Lodges charge 40
34 town Lodges charge 35
W town Lodges charge 80
25 town Lodges charge __ 25
An average of about $31.23.
These figures do not include the five foreign Lodges, all of which charge $50.
Quarterly held December 9, 1891, at which Grand
Master Samuel Wells delivered his annual address. He
says the course of events has run smoothly in that juris-
diction. He has no deaths to report of past or present
Grand Officers. He records the death of the oldest Mason
in that State, W. Bro. Bonum Nye, at the age of ninety-
seven years and who had been for seventy-five years a
Mason. After he had been Master of his Lodge, the anti-
Masonic excitement took place, during the whole of which
he remained steadfast to Masonry, at the cost of great
personal annoyance and even persecution.
One Lodge surrendered its Charter, at Barnstable, on
account of lack of interest and of work.
He had granted one Dispensation for a new Lodge.
A very lengthy list of special Dispensations to confer
degrees out of time and for various other purposes are
reported.
There are 225 Lodges in that jurisdiction and five in
foreign countries also belonging to it. The increase in
numbers during the year was 906, present membership 31,-
786. The amount of the Grand Charity Fund is £54,-
811.74 A fine steel portrait of P. G. M. Henry Endicott
appears in the proceedings.
The stated Communication, one hundred and fifty-
eighth aniversary, was held December 29, 1891, at which
the installation of officers elect took place, followed by
the Grand Feast with characteristic toasts and eloquent
responses.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary re-elected.
106 APPENDIX.
MICHIGAN 1892.
A portrait of Grand Master Look appears as a frontis-
piece.
Forty-eighth Annual, held at Detroit, January 26, 1892.
M. W. John Q. Look in the East. .
He reports a prosperous condition of affairs in that
large jurisdiction. The record of his official acts shows
him to have been busily occupied during his term.
Four corner-stones of Masonic buildings were laid,
three in person and one by proxy.
He granted four dispensations for new Lodges.
Also, sixteen dispensations to receive and ballot upon
applications and to confer degrees. He granted permis-
sion for a Lodge to attend divine service.
He appointed the Grand Representatives for the trien-
nial period ending January, 1894, some forty-six in number.
He issued a circular letter to the Lodges announcing
the completion and opening of the Masonic Home for
occupancy. After congratulations he reminds the breth-
ren that it will need their financial assistance.
He suggests that June 24th — St. John's Day — of each
year, be made a fitting occasion by the Fraternity, to con-
tribute their aid to this noble undertaking, in such manner
as they deem proper, by picnics, entertainments or special
services. The celebration of St. John's Day in this man-
ner will be a red-letter day in Michigan and the gifts on
these occasions will be returned ten-fold. The circular
was not intended to be official but as a personal appeal in
aid of the great and glorious work.
The amount contributed by the various Lodges in re-
sponse was $909.52.
He submits a list of twenty-eight decisions which were
approved with three exception s.
From the report of the Grand Lecturer we learn that
sixty Lodges of Instruction were held during the year.
356 Lodges were represeuted and the aggregate attendance
of officers and members was 7,913.
An amendment to the Constitution was proposed mak-
ing all of the Grand Officers elective. It was laid over
under the rule for one year.
The Committee on Ritual presented majority and min-
ority reports and exemplified the E. A. degree. The
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minority report presented by the Grand Lecturer was fin-
ally adopted.
On motion, further consideration of this entire subject
and the further report of the committee was indefinitely
postponed.
The report of the Special Committee on the communi-
cation from the General Masonic Relief Association of the
United States and Canada, recommending that no action
be taken, was adopted.
The special committee on Masonic Home, appointed at
the last session, to consider the proposition of the Trustees
tendering that institution to the Grand Lodge, presented
a very able report on the subject, which was adopted.
We extract the following particulars :
The Michigan Masonic Home Association is a corporation, and the object of its
incorporation is to provide for and maintain a home for aged, decrepid or destitute
Masons, their widows and orphans, and to provide for their moral, physical and
intellectual culture.
In pursuance of its charter, the association purchased beautiful grounds near
the city of Grand Rapids, and have erected thereon, at large expense, a commodious,
substantial structure, and furnished it with all necessary conveniences for the
comfort of those who are admitted to its benefits. It is a typical American home,
an honor to Masonry and a credit to the State in which it is located.
» At present it can care for from fifty to seventy-five people, but the building is
so constructed that the capacity can be increased from time to time hereafter,
*hould occasion require.
The committee believe that this institution can be carried on more satisfactorily
and more economically through its own legally chosen officers than it can by this
Grand Lodge, and for this reason we should not advise its management to be
changed at present.
In addition to this reason, we do not believe that the Masonic Home Associa-
tion haii the legal right at this time to make a valid transfer of its property to this
Grand Lodge, although we believe that such right can be obtained whenever it
shall be decided that this Grand Lodge wishes to take the property upon the con-
ditions imposed. For these reasons, we recommend that the Grand Lodge do not
accept the offer referred to at this time.
while your committee believe that it will be for the best interests of the
institution to have its control and management in the hands of the Masonic Home
Association, yet it will require money to give effect to its scope and porpose. This
can only be obtained through Masonic channels, or through some well devised
nyetem of charity giving. The helpless inmates cannot be fed and clothed for a
week or a month, and left unprovided for during another week or month. The
money supply must be continuous in order to meet the continuous demands which
will necessarily be made for it.
This brings us to consider, first, whether this Masonic Home, which has been
built and furnished at such large expense, and through the self-sacrificing devotions
of so many Michigan Lodges and Masons, is a proper subject of Masonic charity.
Your committee unanimously agree that it is, and that it is a proper subject of
recognition by this Orand Lodge. It appeals to the kindliest feeiingB of every
Mason, and suggests a regular and constant recognition of our Masonic obligation
to do all in our power to aid and assist our needy brethren, their widows and
orphans.
After a further consideration of the subject in all its
bearings, the Committee recommend the raising of $7,500
annually, and provide for its proper distribution, conclud-
ing their report with the following resolutions :
In accordance with this report, your committee recommend the adoption of
the following resolutions :
Resolved, That this Grand Lodge will contribute to the Masonic Home
Association, out of its surplus funds, the sum of $3,000, or such part thereof as may
be needed.
108 APPENDIX.
Resolved, That the sum of $7,500 be raised for the purpose of aiding the
Masonic Home annually hereafter ; that each Lodge be solicited to pay its pro-
portion of said amotmt on or before the 10th day of July, of each year, to the Grand
Secretary ; that the Grand Secretary pay the same over to the Grand Treasurer, to
be paid ont by him as above provided. That the Grand Secretary be instructed to
give each Lodge due and timely notice of the amount which it is requested to pay.
Bro. William P. Innes furnishes a voluminous Report
on Correspondence, covering some 350 pages. It abounds
in well selected extracts, with comments wherever occa-
sion demands. Colorado for 1890 has a liberal allotment
of seven pages. Grand Master Bridwell's decisions are
copied entire, but without comment. Bro. H. T. DeLong's
oration is pronounced a fine and polished address, from
which he would gladly quote, did space permit. He de-
votes over two pages to extracts from our report, giving
our conclusion in full.
We congratulate Bro. Innes upon his election as
Grand Master, and also the Brethren of Michigan upon
their wise selection of one so eminently fitted to discharge
the responsible duties of the office.
Bro. Jefferson S. Conover, of Coldwater, was elected
Grand Secretarv.
MINNESOTA— 1892.
Thirty-ninth Annual held at St. Paul, January 13
1892, M. W. Alphonso Barto, Grand Master, a portrait of
whom appears as a frontispiece.
One hundred and sixty-three out of one hundred and
eighty-four active chartered Lodges represented.
Grand Master Barto says:
This Grand Lodge is to be congratulated upon the prosperity of the country
at large, and especially of this State.
The Entered Apprentices have wrought with zeal and fidelity; the FeUow
Crafts have cultivated with care, and the Master Workman has found nature
returning, with prodigal hand, the fruits of his toil.
Masonry always prospers under the white robe of peace, and this year has been
no exception to the rule. Peace has reigned within our borders and prosperity has
blessed the land.
He laid the corner-stone of the Court House and City
Hall at Minneapolis, the finest and most expensive public
building in the new Northwest.
He granted five dispensations for new Lodges, and
refused applications for the same number. Among dis-
pensations refused were these:
To receive petition on less than one year's residence.
To join in Memorial Days1 t«ervice& as a Lodge.
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To ballot on petition of a candidate in lees than six months after rejection.
To allow the eon of a Mason (formerly called a Lewis) to petition for the
degrees before he is of lawful age.
To allow a profane to apply for degrees oat of the jurisdiction where he
actually resides.
To waive jurisdiction and allow a profane to apply for and receive the degrees
while on a visit to his old home in another State.
To issue a circular asking relief for che widow of a non-affiliate Mason.
He submits three decisions, which were approved. He
also cites nineteen questions which were asked of him as
samples, nearly all of which might have been answered by
consulting Todd's Digest.
He says two cases of invasion of jurisdiction had
caused him much perplexity and were not yet fully
settled.
Four Lodges suffered from fire during the year. In
two instances everything was destroyed, including Char-
ters, with no mention of insurance. The losses of the
other two were covered by insurance.
Two Lodges had asked his endorsement of their action
looking to the establishment of Masonic Homes, but he
had not yet had an opportunity to investigate the matter
to his own satisfaction. He refers to the fact that the
Grand Lodge has been, for many years, accumulating a
Widows' and Orphans' Fund ; if a Home could be estab-
lished and maintained, this Fund should be used for that
purpose. He recommends the appointment of a committee
of five to investigate the subject of Masonic Homes, as to
the practicability of establishing and maintaining one in
that jurisdiction, to report at the next session.
He announces, in fitting terms of eulogy, the death of
Bro. Thomas C. Bivans, D. D. G. M.
He recommends the increase of Grand Lodge dues
from forty cents to fifty.
The Grand Secretary announces in his report that he
has secured phototypes of all Past Grand Masters, which
will appear from time to time in the proceedings. A
catalogue of the library is being prepared, which he says
should be printed.
The net increase in membership during the year was
521, present membership 12,830.
Washington's Masonic apron, owned by Mt. Nebo
Lodge No. 91, of Shepherds town, W. Va., having been
temporarily loaned for exhibition to Warren Lodge No.
150, of Minnesota, it was exhibited to the Grand Lodge by
consent of the former and courtesy of the latter, and reso-
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lutions of thanks were unanimously adopted. The follow-
ing description may interest our brethren:
The apron referred to is a beautiful piece of needlework, of the usual size, the
body being of white satin, bordered with a strip of black silk nearly an inch in
width and raffled, and lined with dark cloth. The Bqaare and compass is worked
in silk and gold thread. The stars and stripes and the French tricolor are em-
broidered in colors above the square and compass, a wreath or vine encompassing
all. It was the handiwork of the lady members of the family of Lafayette, and was
Ereatly prized by Washington in consequence. It is in a fair state of preservation,
at one of the conditions of its being loaned was that it should be exhibited under
glass.
Bro. Irving Todd again presents a most acceptable Re-
port on Correspondence. Colorado for 1891 receives
most favorable consideration. Several of Grand Master
Foster's decisions are copied, but without comment. He
says Bro. Bush's oration was interesting, brief and sensible.
Liberal extracts are made from our Report, and our digest
he regards as "a feature of great convenience, both to the
reporter and the general reader."
Grand Master and Grand Secretary both re-elected.
MISSISSIPPI— 1892.
Seventy-fourth Annual held at Vicksburg, February 11,
1892, M. W. John M. Ware, Grand Master.
After extending the usual congratulations, he turns his
thoughts to the fraternal dead, and announces the death of
Bro. Herman Denio, P. J. G. W.
He had made no official decisions.
Four Dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
Two corner-stones, being those of a Court House and
Hebrew Temple, were laid by proxy.
The Charter of a Lodge was arrested for having failed
to make returns and pay dues.
He says the Lodges were never in a more healthy and
prosperous condition than at the present time.
He appeals to the Brethren of the Grand Lodge on be-
half of their Masonic Home.
The Finance Committee of the Masonic Home reported
having invested $3,400 in 7 percent, bonds.
Majority and minority reports were presented by the
Committee on Jurisprudence upon the saloon question,
and after a lengthy discussion, the following rule was
adopted as a substitute for both reports :
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Rale— It shall be an offense against Masonry, for any Mason now engaged in,
to continue in the business of selling intoxicating liquors, to be used as a beverage,
after the first day of January next, and the penalty therefor shall be expulsion.
Which was adopted by a rising vote— 137 for, 20 againt-t— a large number not
being present or not voting.
The resolution offered at the last session, proposing a
per capita tax of twenty cents per member, for the benefit
of the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home, was adopted
by a vote of Lodges ; 34(5 for, and 310 against.
The Committee on State of the Craft presented a
lengthy report, covering nearly six pages. On December
1, 1891, they issued a circular letter with sixteen interrog-
atories, which they sent to the W. M. of each Lodge in the
jurisdiction. We extract the following :
Responses were received from 165 Lodges. Some answered all, and others
only part of the queries, but from such a6 we have, we report :
1. A considerable increase of good material.
2. Stated Communications reported average HVi to each Lodge, and one-half
8pecial Communications during the year.
3. Of the deaths reported, nineteen-twentieths were buried Masonically, and
a Lodge of Sorrow was held for two.
4. Seventy-eight i ergons elected for initiation have neglected to avail them-
selves of the privilege.
5. As there has been no provisions for the payment of the Grand Lecturer, or
the District Deputies, except such as was made by the Lodges seeking light, the
official visit** reported were very few.
6. In the matter of Lodge Monitor— that known as the Power Text Book we
find is in general use, and most of the Lodges reporting are in possession of one or
more copies, and several have from three to ten. Having examined the new edition,
we cheerfully recommend it for the use and government of the Fraternity.
7. Twenty-three Lodges report ownership of libraries, but in the matter of
Masonic periodicals, the Committee were astonished to find that less than a score
of subscribers reside in Mississippi, and your Committee fraternally suggest that a
Lodge coo Id not invest two dollars in a more profitable manner than by subscribing
to a good Masonic periodical, and having the same read in open Lodge at the stated
communications.
k. We suggest, also, the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, and the rules and
regulations thereof, be read at least once a year in open Lodge.
Query No. 16 reads as follows :
16. Kindly and fraternally give us your opinion as to the best method of
increasing membership of good material. On this point write fully, freely,
fraternally, for the Committee are but the servants of the ("raft and desire to know
what each member may suggest. All are equal in a Masonic Lodge, and some of
yon, who never take part in discussions on floor of Grand Lodge, may suggest
a thought or an act that will be a gem worthy to take precedence in matters looking
to the good of the Craft.
Over eighty replies to the above were received, and
they are embodied in the report. As showing the sweep of
the Masonic pendulum of opinion, we select the two
following :
*• More wealth."
** Vitalize the principles of Masonry, not for an empty parade, but for service.
Life i« more valuable than the badge. Purge the Lodge of unworthy members and
close tbe door against those who seek it for nefarious ends."
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It is now the practice in that jurisdiction to refer all
questions of Masonic law which do not call for executive
action to the Committee on Jurisprudence. They sub-
mitted their report, which was adopted, in which they rule
upon thirty-one questions which had been submitted to
them. Question 30 called forth a ,majority and a minority
opinion. It was as follows: Can a man who can neither
read nor write be installed as Master? One of the com-
mittee thought he could, but that a Lodge must be hard
pushed to elect such a person.
P. G. M. Frederick Speed delivered a splendid eulogy
upon the the illustrious dead, in which he paid glowing
tributes to the memories of Bros. Albert Pike, Alfred F.
Chapman and Ira Berry.
As a preface to his report of a corner-stone laying of
the Hebrew Temple at Port Gibson, Bro. Speed gives
what he calls the result of an aggregation of experience
which sparkles -with quiet humor. He says it has no
reference whatever to the occasion above referred to. The
spirit prompted him to " shoot it off " at the present time.
We quote it as a pleasing diversion:
" Suitable arrangements mnst be made for lowering the Btone by three gradual
motions. A platform, sufficiently large to accommodate the Grand Master and the
Officers of the Grand Lodge, the Chief Magistrates and other civil officers of the
place, and the Official Body under whose charge the structure is to be erected, is
necessary." And it should be so planned that it is possible for the Grand Lodge to
" compass the foundations in solemn procession " without climbing over sundry
fences, scaffolding and other impediments, such gymnastic performances not add-
ing to the dignified appearance of the " acting Grand Master and his officers."
it is the duty of the local Lodge to see that all the preparations are made, and
also that proper solemnity is observed upon the occasion by the spectators. Of
course the occasion is made all the more solemn if all the giddy school girls and
their rattle-pated escorts in the vicinity, interspersed with all the especially bad-
mannered boys in the county, are engaged to drown the voices of the officers of the
Grand Lodge, with their loud conversation and laughter. This should be by no
manner of means neglected, and to heighten the effect, there should not be left-
elbow room on the platform, because the Grand Officers might in that event, be
accidentally seen and heard. There is a great deal more mystery about something
which cannot be understood, and to make sure on this point, the local I<odge ought
by all manner of means to have such a din created that nothing can be heard.
Our Hebrew brethren have a Bolemn ceremony which is performed in their
synagogues once a year, known as the blessing by the Cohen, which it is said no
Jew may gaze upon, but jnnt why, no living man can give a reason, for it is lawful
for Gentiles to look upon the Cohen, in the giving of the blessing, and in like
manner no Freemason could give a reason why the arrangements at the laying of a
foundation stone should not be made so that all in attendance should both see and
hear, but the oldest living Freemason never saw it done, and none can give a reason
why it should not be done. Of course a band of music is provided, and the breth-
ren appear in the insignia of the Order, dressed in black, with white gloves and
aprons, when they have no other store clothes to wear, and are not especially
anxious about appearances. The most clumsy and akward instrument to be found
in or about the premises should be chosen to be presented to the acting Grand
Master to be used as a trowel lest he might carry it off with him in his saddle-bags.
There ought not, bj any manner of means, be any mortar prepared ready for use,
it is more convenient to keep the audience waiting, while a lame colored man is
sent half a mile ormora for it. Corn, wine and oil ought not to be thought of until
the Grand Lodge is being formed in procession, when it will generally be found
more convenient to substitute maize for wheat, the corn of our ancient brethren.
In marking the stone no reference ought to be made to the fact that it was laid
with Masonic ceremonies, lest there should be an anti-Masonic outbreak at some
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fixture time, and it would be displeasing to them— and last, bat not least, no one in
the local L*od$e should be allowed to read over the ceremony because it might have
the effect to discourage the Lodge if it should find oat when, how and where things
are to be done, and that there is something to be attended to before the arrival of
the acting Grand Master in their town— and as a consequence fewer foundation
corner-stones would be doused with Masonic wine and oil, and as an old lady said
to me on each an occasion, "a heap of scrubbing would be saved."
The Report on Correspondence by Bro. A. H. Barkley
now claims our attention. His introductory covers three
pages, the thoughts contained therein having been sug-
gested by his review. Colorado for 1890 and 1891 are
given fraternal consideration, the latter proceedings being
received so late that he could only give them a passing
notice. He speaks very favorably of the addresses de-
livered at the dedication and corner-stone laying. Of Bro.
H. T. Long's oration he says it was " couched in beauti-
ful and impressive words."
He is in accord with us in the following:
Under the head of Wyoming, Bro. Greenleaf touches the knock lee of Bro.
Koykendall, about his progressive opinions, and his desire to see Masonry adopt
the good features of other organizations.
We are perfectly willing that other organizations shall enjoy to their hearts'
content. aU the good features that are in them, bat as for ourself , we do not propose
to favor ingrafting anything upon Masonry, save that which legitimately belongs
to it. There are enough good features in this grand old institution, to occupy our
whole time.
Bro. W. A. Roane was elected Grand Master ; Bro.
J. L. Power re-elected Grand Secretary.
MISSOURI— 1801.
Seventy-first Annual held at Kansas City, October 13,
1891, M. W. George E. Walker, Grand Master.
From his opening we gather the following retrospective
comparisons :
In April, 1821, the Grand Lodge was formed by
three Lodges with a membership of eighty-four ; to-day
it has upon its roll 556 Lodges chartered and U. D., with
a membership of about 28,000. The population of the
State has increased from 66,557 in 1820 to 2,679,184 in 1890.
Not only has there been a numerical growth, but the
quality of the material has also steadily improved.
It was his sad duty to make announcement of the death
of two Past Grand Masters, M. W. Bros. M. H. McFar-
land and John H. Turner, the former serving in 1860 and
the latter in 1863.
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Nine Dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
He reports having officiated in person at the laying of
the corner-stones of two Masonic Halls and that of the
new City Hall of St. Louis.
The Grand Master attended several District Lodges of
Instruction; no State Schools of Instruction being held
during the year, the last Grand Lodge not giving them
favorable consideration. He recommends that the holding
of these latter be left to the discretion of the Grand
Master.
Thirty-five or more Lodges were visited by him during
his term.
Besides several important rulings in the case of Lodges
requiring executive action, he submits a list of nine deci-
sions ; both the former and latter were approved.
He congratulates the Craft upon the possession of a
Home for Widows and Orphans. In this connection, he
says :
I would also call your attention to the fact thit, though practically created
by the Grand Lodge, and an integral part of Missouri Masonry, the Home is entirely
separate and distinct from Grand Lodge influence, except daring the Annual
Coram unication.
In my opinion, the Grand Master should be, by virtue of his office, at least a
member of the Board of Directors. On this subject, Kentucky has the following
regulation :
"It is the duty of the Grand Master and Grand Wardens, who are ex officio
members of the Board of Directors of the Home, to attend at least one meeting
annually of said Board, and they are requested to report the same to the Grand
Lodge/
This defect in our system was doubtless an accidental omission, and should be
remedied ; the Grand Master should not be a nonentity in this important branch of
the institution, and should be able to say something of his own knowledge of its
working?.
From the financial exhibit in his report a probable
deficit is shown of £3,429.5#. The contingent and dis-
cretionary appropriation of £~>,000, made by the last Grand
"Lodge for the benefit of the Home, has not been paid, the
condition of the treasury not admitting of its withdrawal.
From the Grand Secretary's report we learn that the
net gain in membership was over 990, or nearly 1,000.
Bro. Vincil says :
Having been in close touch with the Fraternity for more than thirty yearn,
profoundly interested in its progress and condition, along other lines than mere
numerical gain, I am satixfied that the advancement of Freemasonry in Missouri
ha* been to a higher plane of intelligence, moral character, and larger views as to
duty to God and humanity, than ever known in this Grand Jurisdiction.
It has been said that we live in a practical age. While this is true in other
departments of life, it is not lean so in the realm of our ancient and honorable
Institution. Asa conservative organization, it employs none of the methods in
vogue and used by other societies to increase its numbers; consequently, its work,
like the operation of nature's laws, moves on well fixed lines and operates force-
fully, without seeking to attract and draw to its folds members by superficial
methods.
APPENDIX. 115
The report of the Kansas City Board of Relief, which
was recently reorganized, shows that in five months it
disbursed aid to the amount of $170.50. The report of the
St. Louis Board has fewer particulars this year of its dis-
bursements ; the total was 8377.70.
The Report of the Superintendent of the Homo gives
many interesting items. The present number of inmates
is thirty-eight, two from Si Louis and thirty-six from
country Lodges. They comprise eighteen girls, eleven
boys, ten willows and one maiden lady. Twenty-one of
the children are in attendance at the public school in St.
Louis. They were reported to be quiet, orderly and studious,
ranking first in the school both in deportment and studies,
and the superintendent says he is very proud of them.
Among the gifts we note So from Bro. A. A. Burnand to
buy Christmas presents.
The report of the Treasurer of the Home shows total
receipts for the year, $24,111.20; disbursements, §8,17436;
balance on hand, $15,936.84; bonds held on account of
Knights Templar Triennial Endowment Fund, $35,400.
The report of the Special Committee on Masonic
Home elicited much discussion. The proposed change in
the law increasing the Grand Lodge dues to §1 per capita,
one-half of which is to be appropriated to the support of
the Home, was carried by the following vote: 802 for, 763
against; majority 39. The report was then adopted
unanimously as a whole. Among other recommendations
it embodied the following :
We conenr in the Grand Master's euggeetion, that the Grand Master ought
to be. ts-offtcio, a member of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home, and we
hereby recommend that, from and after the election of Grand Officers at this Com-
munication of the Grand fx>dge. the Most Worshipful Grand Master and the Might
Worshipful Senior and Junior Grand Wardens be, ex-afflcio* members of the Hoard
of Directors of the Masonic Home; and it shall be their duty to attend at leaHt one
meeting annually of said Board.
Bro. John D. Vincil's Report on Correspondence covers
207 pages, in which the proceedings of fifty-five Grand
Lodges are reviewed in his incisive and masterly style.
Colorado for 1890 has three pages. He passes most ap-
preciative comment upon our Temple Dedication and the
laying of the corner-stone of our State Capitol. He
reviews the salient points of Grand Master B rid well's
annual address, which he styles interesting and valuable.
He devotes some space to a reply to our criticism of
his attitude on the Cerneau question. As this has become
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a dead issue, our space can be more profitably occupied by
matters directly appertaining to Craft Masonry.
Bro. B. H. Ingram of Sedalia was elected Grand Master.
Bro. J. D. Vincil re-elected Grand Secretary.
MONTANA— 1891.
A portrait of the Grand Master appears as a frontis-
piece.
Twenty-seventh Annual, held at Butte, October 14,
1891. M. W. William T. Boardman, Grand Master.
He says the condition of the Craft is generally pros-
perous. More careful selection of material is being made-
Negative qualities should never elect. Where he had been
unable to visit the Lodges the Grand Lecturer had kept
him fully informed.
He calls attention to some violations of Grand Lodge
laws, some Lodges receiving and acting upon petitions
without the required fee accompanying the same; others by
motions entertained and passed doing away with examina-
tions of proficiency in the preceding degrees. He recom-
mends the arrest of the charter of Benton Lodge, being
convinced that it is "a useless member of the Masonic
family, and its further existence a detriment to the fra-
ternity."
He pays a tender and appreciative tribute to the
memory of P. G. M. John Anderson, who filled that office
in 1889 and who died December 1, 1890.
He laid two corner-stones during the year, those of the
Helena High School and the Masonic Temple at Butte.
He made quite a number of recommendations, among
others, to rescind the resolution permitting Lodges to in-
corporate, and that they be prohibited from so doing; that
there be one ballot for the three degrees; that a by-law be
passed rendering ineligible for the degrees proprietors of
saloons or barkeepers; that but one representative from
each Lodge draw mileage and per diem. They have paid
three heretofore. He shows by comparison that had they
have inaugurated this one representative system in 1887
the balance in the treasury would now be nearly $4,000 in-
stead of $1,103.25 as at present. He had written to fifty-
six Grand Lodges for information on this subject arid
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learned that thirty-one paid neither mileage nor per diem,
twenty-four paid for one representative from each Lodge,
one imposed a per capita tax of $1.25 in addition to its
regular Lodge dues to be applied to the payment of
representation, one (Montana) only Grand Lodge paying
three.
He also recommends the setting aside annually of at
least a small portion of their revenue for the formation of
a Grand Lodge Charity Fund, in support of which he
cites the example and gives figures from many other
jurisdictions.
The standing resolution concerning non-affiliates was
amended, and now reads :
Resolved, That non-affiliates may visit Lodges in Montana for one year after
their arrival in the State, or after snch non-affiliation shall commence; after the
lapse of each time they shall not be permitted to visit, nor shall they have any of
the privileges accorded to members or Lodges, unless snch non-affiliation be cansed
by their rejection by the Lodge in whose jurisdiction they may reside, after a bona
fide effort on their part to affiliate by petition in the usual way. And in case of
snch rejection, the non-affiliate may apply by petition for affiliation with any
Lodge within this jurisdiction; and until such affiliation is perfected may continue
to enjoy all Masonic rights and privileges by paying Grand Lodge dues, either
directly to the Grand Secretary or through some subordinate Lodge.
Also the following standing resolution was adopted :
Be it resolved. By the Grand Lodge of A. F. and A. M. of Montana, that while
by right and immemorial usage it claims to be entitled to the property, effects and
credits of every Lodge holding by charter under it, upon its demise, it hereby de-
clares that it will be no further responsible for any debt or obligation contracted
by such demised Lodge, beyond the value of the property, effects and credits of the
Lodge, that may come to its hands.
A special committee reported in favor of arresting the
charter of Benton Lodge forthwith. After discussion and
an effort to amend, committee was discharged and the
whole matter referred to the incoming Grand Master, with
power to act.
A resolution was adopted requesting Secretaries of
Lodges to give notice of expulsion or suspension of mem-
bers to the Secretaries of Chapters on blanks furnished
by the Grand Chapter.
The Jurisprudence Committee reported unfavorably
upon the recommendation of the Grand Master to reduce
the paid representation to one from each Lodge.
The report of special Committee favoring single ballot
for the three Degrees was rejected by a vote of 42 to 84
The Grand Lodge voted to become a contributing
member and supporter of the National Masonic Relief
Association.
Five per cent, of the amount received each year from
annual dues was set apart to create a Charity Fund.
Il8 APPENDIX.
Majority and minority reports were presented by the
Committee on Jurisprudence, in regard to saloon keepers.
After considerable discussion was had, the majority report
was adopted, as follows :
Your Committee on Jurisprudence have duly considered that portion of the
Grand Master's address recommending the passage of a by-law to the effect that no
person engaged in the retailing of intoxicating liquors, either as a proprietor of a
saloon or barkeeper therein, shall be eligible to the degrees of Masonry; and respect-
fully report that they deem it inexpedient at the present time to amend the by-laws
prescribing new qualifications for candidates for the degrees, deeming it but
proper that the subordinate Lodges should be left as free as possible in determin-
ing the qualifications of their material, restricting them as little as possible.
Your committee are of the opinion that the present rules and regulations are
sufficient to secure proper material for Masonry without adding any more, and
especially any rule or regulation which will proscribe any trade, occupation or pro-
fession as a class, and therefore we recommend that no further action be taken
upon the subject referred to.
Later in the session the following resolution was
adopted, being virtually the same as that embodied in the
minority report referred to above :
Resolved, That it is the sense of this Grand Lodge that persons engaged in
the saloon business, as proprietors or employes, are not fit or proper material for
the degrees of Masonry, and we enjoin upon all subordinate Lodges careful in-
vestigation of all such applications.
And then the Grand Lodge proceeded to indulge in a
little " circus " on the adoption of the Webb work. We
quote Bro. Hedges' remarks preceding and following the
resolution :
The following resolution, offered by Bro. Chapman, after a heated, prolonged
and wearisome contest of motions and speeches, was declared adopted :
Resolved, That the regulation of the Grand Lodge at its Annual Grand Com-
munication in 1M87, providing for the adoption of the Webb work for this Grand
Jurisdiction, be rescinded, and that it is the 6ense of thiH Grand Lodge Communi-
cation that the work in vogue before the adoption of said resolution shall be the
work for Montana.
Much confusion followed the announcement of the vote, and many inquiries
were made by Masters of Lodges as to the work they should follow for the coming
year, and how they should be instructed therein.
It was voted that the officers of the Lodges may continue to work as they are
now doing until otherwise officially instructed.
Our good Bro. Cornelius Hedges, whom we had the
pleasure of meeting in Denver recently, continues to fur-
nish the Beport on Correspondence, which, it is unneces-
sary to say, is always full of good things. It covers 113
pages. Colorado for 1890 comes under his fraternal pur-
view. The dedication of the Temple and the corner-stone
laying of the State Capitol are most pleasantly referred to.
A brief synopsis of Grand Master Bridwell's address is
given, from which we extract the following :
The annual address indicates a busy year. Physical perfection was vindicated,
but we should like to know some good reason why a Lodge may not remit the dues
of a member suspended for non-payment of dues. We have known such who were
worthy objects of Masonic charity, and when a Lodge becomes satisfied that it has
dealt hastily and unjustly, should it be prevented from making amends?
APPENDIX. 119
Thanks, Bro. Hedges, for your kindly reference to our
report and ourself.
Richard O. Hickman, of Helena, was elected Grand
Master ; Grand Secretary re-elected.
NEBRASKA— 1891.
Thirty-fourth Annual held at Omaha, June 17, 1891,
M. W. Robert E. French, Grand Master.
His address is quite lengthy, covering nearly fifty-five
pages, containing a record of his official acts and recom-
mendations for the consideration of the brethren. It is a
finished address, despite his depreciatory utterances as
found in this bit of biography by way of a preface :
To those of yon whom I have had no previous acquaintance, it may not be
improper for me to say I am only a plain, common mechanic, having left the anvil
to fulfill the duties of this office. 1 commenced the battle for bread at the age of
ten years; at the age of thirteen I commenced my apprenticeship as a conning work-
man in metal, and learned to blow the coals in the nre and brought forth an instru-
ment for my work. And inasmuch as 1 am possessed of only a very limited
education, I must be permitted to present my report to yon in my own plain way.
When 1 served my apprenticeship, the boss I learned under did not spend any
money on files, drills or chisels. We were compelled to forge our work by the eye
under the hammer; from the anvil and from the hammer came the skilled work;
not from the vise or the file. Whoever heard of a horse nail being filed to give it
form, strength or beauty? And yet it is considered one of the greatest feats of the
smith to forge a perfect horse nail.
8o it is, brethren, with my report— it comes directly to you as forged from the
anvil under the swinging hammer. I never learned the art of finishing. It is for
you to file, polish and finish as you in your wisdom may see proper.
The death of Rev. Bro. Jacob A. Hood, Grand Chap-
lain, is announced in fitting words of eulogy.
His correspondence had been very extensive, over two
thousand letters had been written during his term.
Eight dispensations for new Lodges were granted.
Seven dispensations were granted to confer degrees out
of time and an equal number refused.
A large number of special dispensations to install
officers were granted, the fee in each case being ten dollars.
He laid the corner-stones of a court house and two
churches, another, that of a court house, was laid by his
proxy.
He submits a list of eight decisions.
In accordance with resolutions of the Grand Lodge
adopted at the last Annual, Nebraska Lodge No. 1, haviDg
rescinded and expunged from its records the obnoxious
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resolutions of August, 1889, when convened for that pur-
pose by the Grand Master, its charter was restored.
For the purpose of eliciting information upon various
points, he issued a blank report to all the Lodges request-
ing them to fill out the same and return to him. Fifty-
five of the Lodges failed to respond. From the 127 who
did so, he compiled the following summary:
Suspension for non-payment of dues JS81
E. A. who will probably never advance 681
F. C. who will probably never advance 181
Number of members over one year in arrears for does 1,667
Estimated number of non-affiliates 1,256
Number of members engaged in the liquor traffic. _ 15
Amount paid for all hall rents $11,357.83
Number of Lodges who occupy halls with other societies.. 67
Uncollected dues $12,361.4*
Number of Lodges not harmonious _ _ 10
Number of Lodges who failed to promptly send in their re-
turns to Grand Secretary of election and installation of
officers 11
Number of Lodges who do not own their halls 108
Number of Lodges who have no insurance 44
The Grand Custodian was also required to fill out a
blank report containing full particulars as to inspection of
the records, proficiency of officers, etc. From this sum-
mary many very important particulars were obtained.
In answer to appeals for relief from the brethren in the
drouth-stricken district of the State, the Grand Master
issued a circular letter to each Lodge requesting them to
contribute 50 cents per capita for each Mason in good
standing. The majority of the Lodges responded at once
and the result was prompt and substantial relief.
He had made a very large number of official visita-
tions, devoting almost his entire time to the duties of his
office.
He seems to be a born statistician, for on February 9,
1891, he again issued a circular with a series of interroga-
tions eliciting information from the various Lodges
regarding indigent Master Masons, their wives, widows
and orphans. This was done in the interest of the
Nebraska Masonic Home by action of the stockholders.
The returns to time of his report were: Two men, five
women and four children.
The report of the Trustees of the Orphan Educational
Fund shows the present total to be $19,705.35. No part
of this fund is to be used until it shall have reached the
sum of $25,000, and thereafter only the interest may be
used for educational purposes.
The net gain in membership during the year was 435;
present membership 9,717.
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The following report was adopted :
The Belief Committee, to whom was submitted the portion of the Grand
Master's address having reference to the Nebraska Masonic Home, have had the
same under consideration, and would say that the facts presented to them are not
sufficiently complete to allow them to make any recommendations in the matter at
present. They believe that further time and information are necessary to enable
the Grand Lodge to act intelligently in the ore raises, and that in the mean time
the matter can be safely left in the hands of the Directors of the Home and the
Grand Master.
Bro. Andrew R. Graham, the Grand Orator, was
detained on account of flooded railways, and his oration
was ordered spread upon the record. It is a very fine
production, concise, with truths forcibly expressed. We
quote the following :
Now let us ask, what are some of the agencies which assist the Masonic
student in his search for this Masonic wisdom? The literature of Masonry is
extensive. Over all the fields of investigation our scholars have traveled, and deep
into the treasures of antiquity have they explored ; with pick and hammer, honest
toilers have opened the tombs of buried centuries : they have traversed the shores
of Palestine, and have visited her sacred places. They have crossed the deserts of
Arabia, have journeyed along the Nile to the foot of the pyramids of old Egypt,
have descended into her hidden chambers with compass, rule and plumb-line, have
interpreted the hieroglyphics of early ages, and have brought to us volumes filled
with the results of their researches.
Face to face with the sphynx have they stood, studied with scientists,
chronologists and astronomers of the far off East, and have, in monasteries and
ancient libraries, obtained the wealth for our enrichment.
Our chief Masonic libraries are the sacred repositories of great treasures, in
poetry, philosophy, tradition, art, science, history, travel and all general literature.
It is not the privilege of the ordinary workman to possess these, or to have, to
any great degree, the advantage of their use, but all Masons may possess some of
the standard works. Masonic periodicals, reports and addresses, by which they
may increase their knowledge of Masonry, and to this possible extent all should
Exact and familiar knowledge of the ritual, of the written and unwritten
work of the three degrees, gives honor to the possessor; but, if I mistake not, this
acquirement, however worthy, is not the highest form of Masonic knowledge which
we of the common opportunity may gain. By the faithful use of this Masonic
literature, the searcher for truth becomes a man of strong faith and earnest devotion
to the cause of Masonry,
The Masonic creed of such student is well built, and he is not so anxious to
know the exact date of the origin of Masonry, as to know that the principles he
loves have eternal sources and eternal results, that they are related to the greatest
systems of faith, and to the wisdom which has moved the noblest of all ages to high
achievements.
He is in feUowhip with companions in study in every age, in sympathy with
hearts of fellows in all climes and among all nationalities, ana, with all reverent
minds, bows before the common altar, to pay his adoration to Deity, cherishes his
hopes for life beyond the grave, and strives to order his life aright.
What Masonry is, and how its principles should be practiced, is a more sublime
thing to know, than to have even complete knowledge of the unwritten work,
which, in itself, is but the scaffolding for the building not made with hands.
Further, the true relation of Masonry to the outer world can only be under-
stood by the true student of Masonry.
No Report on Correspondence, but one was ordered to
be prepared and published next year.
Bro. Bradner D. Slaughter, of Fullerton, was elected
Grand Master; Grand Secretary re-elected.
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NEVADA— 1891.
Twenty-seventh Annual held at Reno, June 9, 1891,
M. W. John W. Eckley, Grand Master.
He reports that his official acts had been few ; peace
and harmony had reigned supremely, and he had merely
the routine duties of his office to perform.
He declined to approve an amendment to the • By-Laws
of a Lodge requiring dues to be paid quarterly, in advance.
The loss in membership during the year was fourteen,
occasioned by a greater mortality, and not from any lack of
interest, more Degrees being conferred than during the
preceding year.
He thus calls attention to an evil not peculiar to Nevada:
The matter I allude to is the groat haste there always seem to be for the
election of Grand Officers, and the greater haste so often shown to get away im-
mediately after this election. I realize as folly as any of yon the sacrifice often
made to attend these Grand Communications— possibly the neglect of other duties,
or leaving your homes at a time of sickness or othe- cares that you feel should have
kept you there. But when you do come to our Grand Lodge and remain until after
the election of Grand Officers, can't you continue with us the few remaining hours.
I hope you will decide that you can and that you will.
The Grand Lodges of Tasmania and Victoria were
recognized.
Bro. Robert L. Fulton presents a concise Report on
Correspondence, accompanied by a Digest of Decisions.
Colorado for 1890 receives a brief review of half a
page, with extracts from Grand Master Bridweirs address
and our report.
Bro. Frank Bell was elected Grand Master ; Grand
Secretary re-elected.
NEW BRUNSWICK— 1892.
Twenty-fifth Annual held at St. John, April 26, 1892,
M. W. Thomas Walker, Grand Master.
He gives an encouraging review of Masonry in that
jurisdiction.
He announces the death of two Past Grand Masters,
Robert T. Clinch and James McNiehol, to whose memories
he pays eloquent and well-deserved tributes.
He reports a large number of official visitations.
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The Grand Lodge was summoned by him to attend
Divine service on St. John's Day, the services being con-
ducted by the Grand Chaplain.
He laid the corner-stone of a church.
Upon the subject of physical qualifications, he holds,
" that candidates should be able literally to conform to all
the requirements of the Degrees."
He recommends the affiliation of the Grand Lodge
with the General Masonic Relief Association of the United
States and Canada.
The reports of District Deputies of four districts are
published, giving detailed information as to the condition
of the Lodges therein.
No Report on Correspondence.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary re-elected.
NEW HAMPSHIRE— 181)2.
A portrait of M. W. Henry E. Burnham, Grand Master
in 1885, appears as a frontispiece.
One Hundred and Third Annual held at Concord, May
18, 1892, M. W. Frank D. Woodbury, Grand Master.
He reports the past year peaceful and prosperous.
The increase in membership was small, owing to the fact
that in that jurisdiction there is no exceptional increase of
the population. Thirty-nine of the Lodges had made a
gain in membership, and all but five had had work.
He had the mournful announcement to make of the
death of four members of the Grand Lodge, viz, Bros.
Albert O. Phillips, Past District Deputy G. M.; Edgar
H. Woodman, Member of Committee on Jurisprudence:
. George E. Beacham, P. J. G. W., and Thomas J. Smith,
P. D. D. G. M.
He laid the corner-stone of the new Masonic Temple at
Dover, onj August 31, 1891. This is one of the largest build-
ings in New England, outside of Boston, being six stories
in height, and built of brick and granite, and having
elevators and all modern improvements.
A Lodge in Massachusetts having made a Mason of a
former resident of Concord, who had been rejected by a
Lodge in that city four times, complaint was made to the
G. M. of Massachusetts, who issued an order declaring
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said person to be a clandestine Mason, and all Masonic
intercourse with him forbidden, while his name was
stricken from the rolls by the offending Lodge.
Six delegates were appointed to attend the Fraternal
Congress at Chicago, " it being the distinct understanding
that the meeting is in no sense to be for the forming of a
General Grand Lodge, but for fraternal conference and in-
terchange of views."
Bro. Albert S. Wait is the experienced writer on For-
eign Correspondence. His report covers 205 pages and is
very largely what is known as a written report. Colorado
for 1891 has a fraternal review of four pages in which
Grand Master Foster's address is favorably commented
upon with extracts from the same, together with some of
his decisions. He says Bro. W. L. Bush delivered a brief
but very interesting oration.
He concurs with us in our dissent from Oregon on ob-
jection after ballot, but when he turns to Utah he cannot
stand our "giants" of the primeval period of Masonry.
We quote his comments thereon:.
When Masonry was founded it can truthfully be said: " There were giants in
those days."
We desire to ask if, by the last sentence of the above, including its quotation,
oar brother of Colorado means that Masonry was founded by men in some particular
age of the world, however remote? that it was an invention of the gigantic brains
of some particular man or number of men? If so, we mast be permitted to doubt.
We much incline to regard it as a growth, founded upon the needs and sentiments
of men as they were developed with the progress of time. There is nothing
artificial in the Masonic institution. It is founded in the nature of man, and grows
necessarily out of his social needs and his intellectual and spiritual aspirations.
We do not think giants, physical or intellectual, made Masonry, bat that He who
made the universe made it a necessity. We, henoe} do not doubt its ancient
character, or that it must continue while humanity exists.
We certainly did intend, Bro. Wait, that our language
should bear the above interpretation, and a year's further
study and investigation of the subject has but served to
strengthen us in our opinion. The growth and develop-
ment theory imposed upon the Craft by the Masonic
writers of the last few decades cannot be much longer
maintained. The discovery recently of incontestable evi-
dence, together with the patient investigation of our sym-
bolism by those best fitted for the task by mathematical
training, will soon enlighten Masons as to its immensity
and scope. They will then realize how idle the assertion
that Masonry originally had but one degree, to which the
others were added, etc.; that Dr. Desaguliers got up the
"Legend," that Anderson did this and Dunckerly did that,
and so on to the end of the chapter. This inclination to
belittle the origin of Masonry and its founders has about
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spent its force. We say that there were giants in those
days, and not pigmies. When some of the best intellects
of our generation have spent nearly forty years in the
reconstruction of the Masonic symbolism and are still
amazed at its unfathomed possibilities, doth it not ill be-
come us to speak of the founders otherwise than possessed
of mighty intellects? We are told that geometry or
Masonry were originally synonymous terms. The only
key that will unlock our symbolism is geometry. We are
not certain but that in the near future a special training
will be required in this branch of study in order to fit one
to properly demonstrate the astronomical and geometrical
lines and figures involved in the Masonic symbolism.
What attracted the attention of learned minds to our Craft
in the seventeenth century? Why did they not ally them-
selves with the "Carpenters and Joiners" or some of the
other London trade guilds? Was it not because Masonry
was in sole possession of the most sublime truths ever con-
ceived by man? And yet our writers go on discoursing
about the " thirty-two frivolous questions and answers and
a Mason's word " that constituted the ritualistic endow-
ment of Masonry at that time.
In spite of such assertions we find that the cultivated
minds of the period referred to did continue to join the
fraternity of Masons in considerable numbers, which they
would never have done in our opinion unless it had some-
thing more to offer than the scanty ritual referred to in the
preceding paragraph. No. Bro. Wait, the growth theory will
sooner or later be superceded by that of restoration. We
claim that Masonry has lost more of its own distinctive
riches in the last century than have been added to it. Of
course there have been ritualistic changes to suit the vary-
ing structure of the language spoken at different periods,
but they were mostly verbal. We have already exceeded
our space in this discussion and must therefore close with-
out touching upon many other points which we had in
mind and which are really more convincing than those we
have cited. In other portions of this report we shall have
something additional to say upon this subject.
Bro. John Pendar, of Portsmouth, was elected Grand
Master, Grand Secretary re-elected.
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NEW JERSEY— 1892.
One hundred and fifth Annual, held at Trenton, Jan-
uary 27, 1892. M. W. Thomas W. Tilden, Grand Master.
The following was the opening ode:
Li. M.
(Hebron.)
Master 8upreme, accept our praise.
Still bless this consecrated band;
Parent of Light, illume oar ways,
And guide us by Thy sovereign hand.
May Faith, Hope, Charity, divine.
Here hold their undivided reign;
Friendship and Harmony combine
To soothe our cares, to banish pain.
May pity dwell within each breast.
Relief attend the suffering poor;
Thousands, by this, our Lodge, be blest.
Till worth, distress'd, shall want no more.
Grand Master Tilden reports a year of material pros-
perity and harmony and progress among the Craft.
He pays a tribute to the memory of P. G. M. William
Hardacre.
Twelve District Grand Lodges of Instruction were held
and the G. M. attended them all. There was a large at-
tendance and much interest was manifested.
Several of the cases of invasion of jurisdiction which
had attracted considerable attention, were reported as hav-
ing been amicably adjusted.
He was present at several adversaries of Lodges and
other Masonic celebrations.
He has the following to say on the subject of a Masonic
Home :
My observation during the year has compelled the conclusion that there is
not sufficient enthusiasm among the Craft on the question of the procurement
and establinhment of a Masonic Home, to warrant the belief that the requinite
amount will be obtained for some time to come. On the contrary, I have found a
general inclination to, and a preference for, the establishment of a Grand Lodge
Charity Fund. May it not be a wise course to now provide for such Charity Fund,
the present necessity for which is generally conceded, with the hope and expectation
that in no very long time it will attain sufficient proportions to justify the estab-
lishment of a Home. Herewith I submit a report of the chairman of the Committee
on Masonic Home.
He reports but a single decision, which was approved.
The Committee on Masonic Home reported that
twenty-three additional Lodges had reported subscriptions
amounting to 31,728.50. Total amount subscribed $8,237.00.
Many Lodges will send their subscriptions later, having
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delayed for various reasons ; only two Lodges disapprove
of the object. The report concludes as follows :
This venerable Grand Lodge ought not to hesitate in taking immediate steps
for the establishment of a Home, under the roof of which sach Brethren might pass
the remainder of their lives in peace, comfort and happiness. Your committee does
not insist upon the adoption of its proposed plan if a better can be selected, bnt
stands prepared to render all the aid in its power for the accomplishment of any
plan that will result in the speedy establishment of a Home. Yonr committee has
again thoronghly calcnlated and investigated the cost of a Home, as set forth in its
plan heretofore submitted to the Grand Lodge ; has visited suitable properties, ex-
amined them and ascertained their values and their sale prices, and is convinced
that a very desirable property may be purchased, stocked and famished for the sum
of $15,000, and that the cost of maintenance woald not exceed the earn named in its
report. No Home or Charity Fund can be established without the money necessary
therefor is raised by voluntary subscriptions, a per capita tax or an appropriation
from the Grand Lodge. Three years of effort have not resulted in obtaining the
amount of £15.000, and your committee feels that the said sum cannot be obtained
by subscription unless this Grand Lodge shall give the matter heartier support than
in the past.
The report of the Committee on Grand Lodge Charity
Fund reported in favor of its establishment, and the
plans devised by them were adopted. Among the recom-
mendations were a special assessment of five ceuts per
capita, to be levied annually, on each and every member
of the subordinate Lodges, such assessment to accompany
their annual returns. Provisions are made for its manage-
ment and control by a committee consisting of the G. M.
and two other members of the Grand Lodge. We quote
the following provision :
All interest derived from the Permanent Fund shall be added each year to the
principal until the Permanent Fund, with its accumulations of interest and unex-
pended balances reaches the sum of $20,000, when the interest of such fund, together
with the per capita tax and appropriations and donations, shall, at the option of
the Grand Lodge, be available for annual grants of relief.
The following resolution was adopted :
DIM IT.
Resolved, That it is the duty of the Secretary of a Subordinate Lodge, on the
presentation of a petition for affiliation, to immediately correspond with the Lodge
purporting to have granted the dimit accompanying the petition, for the purpone
of ascertaining whether or not the applicant has been a member of said Lodge and
if the dimit is regular.
The Assembly of the State adopted a resolution extend-
ing the privileges of the House to the Grand Lodge while
in session.
Bro. Henry Vehslage again presents the Report on
Correspondence, and it is fully up to his usual high per-
formance of this duty. Colorado for J 891 receives a brief,
but fraternal, review of a little over a page. Referring to
Bro. Ed.'s effort to have returns made and dues paid on
time, just for once, he says, after quoting his remarks :
It would seem that while efforts are being made to improve the quality of
Masters and Wardens of Lodges, similar endeavors should reach out to the Secre-
taries as well, since so much of the efficiency of the Lodge depends upon the capacity
of the Secretary, to say nothing of the W. M.'s peace of mind and the Grand Secre-
tary's comfort.
128 APPENDIX.
He has words of praise for Bro. Bush's oration. Of
our report he says :
We have failed to find any sign or indication of the name of the author of the
report on Correspondence, not even the letter G, but it is an excellent paper, and
makes amends for the limited dimensions of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge.
It is an interesting resume of current matters of interest.
Why, Bro. Vehslage, the conspicuousness of that name
shows a reckless disregard of economy in the use of
printers' ink — we measured it and found it spread itself
over 2\ inches at the end of the Digest, which forms a part
of our report, but you missed it, nevertheless. It was a
large pica-dillo, but we pardon you this time, but don't
let it occur again.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary both re-elected.
NEW MEXICO— 1891.
Fourteenth Annual held at Albuquerque, November 16,
1891, M. W. C. H. Dane, Grand Master.
A portrait of Bro. David J. Miller, First Grand Secre-
tary, 1877-1883, appears as a frontispiece.
P. G. M. Hugh McCurdy, of Michigan, was received
with the grand honors and attended the sessions.
The Grand Master says that Masonry was never more
prosperous than during the past year.
He laid the corner-stone of a public school building at
East Las Vegas.
In regard to saloou keepers he gave the following
opinion :
RIGHT OF ADMISSION OF SALOON KEEPER.
Cerillos Lodge No. 19 desired to know if it would be proper for them to enter-
tain an application for the degrees of Masonry from a saloon keeper. 1 replied that
I knew of no landmark, regulation or By-Law of his Grand Lodge that would inter-
fere with such an application. While the occupation of saloon keeping was not
considered a recommendation to one seeking the degrees of Masonry, bat on the
contrary a hindrance, still there has been no action taken by our Grand Lodge that
would act ab a bar to one applying for the degrees, providing the members of the
Lodge considered the applicant worthy.
He recommends a change in the Grand Lodge By-laws
permitting less than seven members to open a Lodge.
We quote the following:
MASONIC TEMPLE.
In regard to the building of a Masonic Temple, it has seemed to me that the
financial conditions throughout the Territory were not favorable for the commence-
ment of such a work at the present time, especially if we are to have a temple of
which we may all be proud, and I could recommend no other. It is true our records
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and Grand Lodge reports are sadly in need of a permanent home, bat let as not
commence the work until we know we can baild each a temple as we want, and one
that will be an honor to as.
The report 011 Grand Master's address which was
adopted, contained the following recommendations:
The remarks of the Grand Master concerning the request for an opinion on the
admission into Cerillos Lodge of an applicant who followed the business of saloon
keeping, are in accordance with our Constitution and By-Laws, as they now stand,
and while not desiring to assume to lay down a course of action, still yonr com-
mittee is of the opinion that it is the prevailing sentiment of the craft throughout
the United States of America, that the occupation of keeping a saloon is a bar to
the admission of persons, holding such occupation, to the mysteries of Free Masonry.
Concerning the recommendation of the M.\ W.\ Grand Master, that less than
seven members of any Lodge be permitted to open and do business as a Lodge of
Master Masons, your committee feel constrained, in view of our landmarks, customs
and ancient usages, to recommend that the same be not adopted.
From the summary of the returns we learn that 13 out
of 17 Lodges were represented. The present membership
is 692 as against 696 in 1890, showing a loss of 4
Bro. Max Frost continues as the writer of the Report
on Correspondence. It covers 100 pages of interesting
matter in good sized type. Colorado for 1892 receives due
consideration.
Bro. Richard English was elected Grand Master, Grand
Secretary re-elected.
NEW YORK— 1892.
Steel portraits of Grand Master Sherer and R. W. Bro.
Robert Macoy, Deputy Grand Master in 1856 and 1857,
appear as companion frontispieces, while in the body of
the volume upon a single plate are portraits of the eight
Trustees Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund, and upon the
opposite page a picture of the Masonic Home aud School
at Utica.
One hundred and eleventh Annual held at New York
City, June 7, 1892. M. W. William Sherer, Grand Master
presiding.
From his opening remarks we quote the following:
The year now passed into history has been made bright with the sunshine of
Masonic success. Everywhere in this great State, from the ocean to the lakes.
oar Lodges have been blessed with an unprecedented prosperity. Scores of good
men and true have been added to the Fraternity, and with scarcely an interruption
the utmost harmony has characterized the action of all our brethren.
While the true spirit of Masonry has found an abiding place among us, and
while as a Craft we have been abundantly blessed, shadows have also darkened our
pathway and the forms and the faces of old companions, not here to-day, have
passed into the dark eternity.
tJnder the head of Fraternal Dead he records the death
of the following craftsmen: John Boyd, P. (t. Treasurer;
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Horace E. Allen, James M. Dudley, Cyrus Stewart and
Caleb B. Ellsworth, Past D. D. Grand Masters; Horace L.
Greene and Simeon T. Clark, P. G. Stewards.
The record of his official acts is lengthy. He laid two
corner-stones in person, those of Armory buildings in
Brooklyn and Middletown.
The following upon the subject of Invasion of Juris-
diction contains some new ideas:
I desire to call the attention of the Grand Lodge to the frequent invasion of
jurisdictional lines. This I have no doubt arises from a lack of knowledge of the
law on this subject, and carelessness in the performance of their duty by the officers
and investigating committees. The violation of the statutes governing in this
matter has led to discord and confusion in the Craft on several occasions.
Lodges at fault have deemed it a sufficient amende to pay to the .Lodge whose
jurisdiction they have invaded the amount of the initiation fee. This seems to me
to be an undignified course. Masonic material should not be treated in a com-
mercial sense. The jurisdiction of a Lodge over candidates is not given as a prop-
erty right or a chose in action, but is given that the Lodge may act as a Committee
of the vincinage to ascertain the fitness of a candidate to become a Mason ; hence,
the initiation of a candidate by a Lodge that has not jurisdiction, without a full
and complete waiver given by the Lodge within whose jurisdiction the candidate
resides, in a serious error ; and, unless it can be shown that the officers and members
of the offending Lodge have been deceived, invasions of jurisdiction should meet
with our severest condemnation.
m
He made official visitations to twelve districts and also
to many Lodges. On all important topics of interest to
the brethren of that jurisdiction he expresses his ideas in
convincing and well chosen language.
The Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund report cash
on hand after meeting all payments, §151,983.65.
From the report of the New York Board of Relief we
quote the following:
During the course of the year, this Board has been actively engaged in raising
a fund with which to establish a place where sojourning Brethren, sick and dis-
tressed, may be temporarily housed and fed. pending investigation as to their
worthiness. It is proposed, further, in connection therewith to establish a Labor
Exchange, where Masonic employers, in need of men or women, may apply for
such help as they may require. The latter feature is intended to apply not only to
sojourning Brethren, but to every Mason who has a Lodge membership in this city.
The receipts on this account were §3,738.22 from the
Lodges of the vicinity with #250 voted but not yet received.
This seems to be a move in the right direction and one
which will doubtless accomplish great good besides relieving
the mental anxiety of those who find themselves in urgent
need of immediate help pending inquiry. We note how-
ever that the committee calls the attention of the Grand
Lodge to the fact that out of 160 Lodges in the city only
54 are contributing members of the Board of Relief, the
burden thus falling upon one-third who are cheerful
givers.
St. John the Baptist's Day was designated as a Masonic
Thanksgiving Day.
APPENDIX. 1 3 1
The communication from Kentucky on Fraternal Con-
gress was read and ordered on file.
The Committee on Jurisprudence reported favorably
upon the application of " The Symbolic Grand Lodge of
Hungary" for recognition and it was adopted. It has
forty-one subordinate Lodges with a membership of 2,091.
In regard to the application of the Grand Orient of
Italy they thus report:
We find that this Grand Orient is composed of a " Supreme Council of the
Thirty-third Degree of the Scottish Rite and the Symbolic Grand Lodge for the
Symbolic Rite," and Section 12 of their General Constitutions declares that,
"Masonic sovereign ty lies with the Masonic people as a whole, and it is exerted
for the government of the three first Degrees by the ordinary or extraordinary
legislative or constitutive assemblies, composed of the representatives of all the
Lodges of both rites, active and regularly working."
Section 17 provides that Charters for the Lodges of both rites are granted
exclusively by the Grand Orient.
This folly confirms the opinion of yonr Committee, as expressed last year,
thatthisGrand Orient is a conglomerate body; composed of a " Supreme Council of
Thirty-third Degree of the A.', and A.\ S.'. Rite and the Symbolic Grand Lodge of
the Symbolic Rite,11 and is the governing body of Lodges of the first three Degrees
in either or both rites.
We find in the report of onr Committee on Foreign Correspondence of 1892,
that no direct communication of their proceedings has been received by them, but
we find from onr exchanges that from the last reports the " Grand Orient of Italy
at Rome " comprises one hundred and thirty-two St. John subordinate Lodges.
Whenever these subordinate Lodges unite in forming a Grand Lodge entirely
separate from and independent of the Supreme Council of the A..'. A.'. b.\ Kite, or
any other rite than Symbolic Masonry, this Grand Lodge will cheerfully receive
them into the family of independent Grand Lodges and exchange representatives ;
bat we are not prepared to recommend a recognition of the Grand Orient com-
posed of bodies of other rites than Symbolic Masonry.
The Independent Spanish Grand Lodge of Sevilla,
Spain, again applied for recognition. Previous applica-
tions were made 1884 and 1887. Until evidence of its
regularity shall be furnished recognition was again de-
ferred.
One-half cent per capita on the membership of the
jurisdiction was appropriated for the support of The
General Masonic Relief Ass6ciation of the United States
and Canada.
This large jurisdiction is divided into thirty districts,
with 723 Lodges and a membership embracing 80,023
Master Masons.
P. G. M. Jesse B. Anthony again presents the Report
on Correspondence, to which he has added some special
features, while his table of statistics is very complete, and
contains much valuable information in regard to the work
of the Fraternity during this and former years. Colorado
for 189 L is the subject of review. Referring to Grand
Master Foster's decision in regard to " absence of dispen-
sation," he says he is hardly prepared to admit that its
temporary absence would have the effect claimed. He
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makes an extract from Bro. W. L. Bush's oration, which he
finds interesting. Our digest, he says, is an admirable
compilation.
R. W. Charles Sackreuter reviews and translates the
proceedings of Grand Bodies in foreign languages.
Bro. James TenEyck was elected Grand Master; Grand
Secretary re-elected.
NORTH CAROLINA— 1892.
Oue Hundred and Fifth Annual held at Raleigh,
January 12, 1892; M. W. Hezekiah A. Gudger, Grand
Master.
He reports the utmost harmony and fraternal feeling
as prevailing in their midst, and friendly relations with all
other Grand Bodies. The tendency toward a higher moral
standard is noted with satisfaction.
He has the mournful intelligence to communicate of
the death of their Grand Treasurer, R. W. Bro. D. S.
Waitt.
The condition of The Oxford Orphan Asylum is thus
referred to:
The work done there has been good, the management has been economical, and
the result will be lasting.
We have there, at this date, two hundred and thirteen children, in ages
ranging from five to sixteen Tears ; all of them homeless and fatherless. Do not
these, oar jewels, appeal to all that is noble and manly within ns ? To them we can
point with pride, as a practical illustration of the charity we profess.
We may talk of brotherly love, repeat the beautiful monitorial sentences so
prolific in onr literature, discourse learnedly on the ancient origin of our Order,
yet, if we have not charity, we are nothing.
It will be seen by the Treasurer's report that onr finances are in first-class
condition. The debt at the beginning of the year amounted to $5,24tt.28. We have
operated the institution and paid all current expenses, and have a balance against
ns of only $761.24. This too. without selling a foot of the land we were authorized
by you to dispose of: in fact, we could find no sale for the land at this time. 1
feel confident that the Brethren will join me in saying that this is a most remark-
ably good showing. It is more gratifying when it is remembered that we spent
during the year $2,390. r>0 in needed improvements. I feel quite sure that before the
close of another year this great Masonic charity will be entirely out of debt, and
have within its walls an increase* I number of orphan children. It is a pleasure to
know that it makes no distinction in its inmates, if a child be fatherless and
homeless, it is admitted, it matters not whether it be the child of a Mason or not.
Nor is the institution in any sense denominational. It belongs to the Masons of
North Carolina. It is their pride, and under no circumstances will they allow it to
be in the slightest degree tinctured with sectarianism.
Powers and prerogatives of Grand Masters are thus
discussed :
Much discussion is being had in some of our sister jurisdictions on this sub-
ject. Such frequent and varied applications have been made to me to exercise this
high authority, that I deem it necessary to notice the question briefly.
APPENDIX. 133
The highest exponent of Masonic laws in North Carolina is the Grand Lodge.
From its decision there is no appeal.
It can make, and. if desirable, construe the law.
ETery Mason is bound by a most solemn engagement to respect and " obey the
edicts of the Grand Lodge.*'
When this tribunal says, thou shalt or shalt not, I know of no power to
avoid a rigid observance of its mandates, nor, indeed, should we desire to do to.
Hence, I have repeatedly refused to authorize by dispensation anything plainly
forbidden in our code
He decided that a person who could neither read nor
write was eligible for the degrees.
He recommends firm and decided action against " Cer-
neauism," also that officers of Lodges shall be permitted to
resign, subject to the approval of the Grand Master, and
that the law be amended accordingly.
He granted twelve dispensations for new Lodges.
From the Superintendent's report of the Oxford Orphan
Asylum we gather these figures:
Admitted during the year _ 94
Placed in homes 4tf
Returned to their own homes :tl
Dismissed \ 2
Ran a way....* 2
Died _• 6
Now in asylum _ 213
The printing office, shoe shop, broom factory and asy-
lum farm, all show a profit over expenditures. The King's
Daughters donated $420 to provide bath-tubs for the
children.
The invitation to the Fraternal Congress was accepted
and seven delegates appointed, the Grand Lodge em-
phatically declaring that the meeting shall in no wise be
considered as a General Grand Lodge.
Resolutions were adopted interdicting Cerneauism.
Section ]2, Article 10 of the Code was amended to read
as follows:
A petition once rejected shall not again be acted upon within one year. A
candidate whose petition for the Degrees has been rejected, can not petition
another Lodge withoat the consent of the Lodge by which his petition was rejected.
When a petitioner has been rejected by one of the two Lodges in a town, and after
twelre months applies to the other, and consent of the first Lodge is sought by the
second to entertain the petition, it requires a unanimous vote to grant such permis-
sion to the second Lodge."
Bro. Julius C. Martin furnishes the Eeport on Corres-
pondence, covering fifty-six pages. Colorado for 1890
receives fraternal consideration. An extract is made from
Bro. Alva Adams' oration at the corner-stoue laying of the
State Capitol. Grand Master Bridwell's address is reviewed
and extracts made therefrom. He copies the report of the
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Committee on the Grand Orient of Prance circular, and
exclaims: "Good! In deed and in truth would Masonry,
without 'His Holy Name,' be 'the veriest mockery.' "
Grand Master and Grand Secretary re-elected.
NORTH DAKOTA— 1892.
A portrait of Bro. Frank J. Thompson, the newly-
elected Grand Secretary, appears as a frontispiece.
Third Annual held at Grand Forks, June 28, 1892;
M. W. John F. Selby, Grand Master.
He reports the condition of the Lodges as first-class,
but one appeal having been taken.
He announces the death of Eev. Bro. Wm. T. Currie,
Past Grand Chaplain.
One dispensation for a new Lodge was granted and one
withheld.
Action was taken in regard to the spurious Grand
Lodge of Ohio.
The following resolution in regard, to the observance of
St. John's Day was adopted :
Whbrkab, We are taught to venerate the sublime principles as illustrated in
the lives of those two eminent patrons of Masonry, St. John the Baptist, and St.
John the Evangelist,
Resolved, That it is the sense of this Grand Body that every Subordinate
Lodge within this Grand Jurisdiction should, as a body, attend public worship on
the festival of St. John the Baptist, June 24th; or if preferred* on the Sunday near-
est said day, in each year, and then otter up their devotion to the Grand Architect
of the Universe, oar Supreme Grand Master.
P. G. M. William Bell of Manitoba, was received with
the grand honors and delivered a brief address.
The work of the ML M. degree was exemplified before
the Grand Lodge by the brethren of Crescent Lodge.
Bro. Thomas J. Wilder furnishes a most interesting
Report on Correspondence covering 102 pages, Colorado
for 1891 included. He quotes the salient points of Grand
Master Foster's address and sixteen of his decisions. He
says Bro. Bush delivered an excellent oration. A page and
a half of his space is devoted to extracts from our report.
He quotes our remarks upon " objection after ballot " in
full. Does not coincide with us in our opinion that if
Lodges U. D. are permitted to affiliate members that it
will result in additional complications. He says we are a
firm believer in Masonry beyound the Lodge, but produce
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no proof. That depends, Bro. Wilder. In a strict sense
there is no Masonry beyond the Lodge except, possibly,
the Royal Arch, which, it is claimed, with some plausibility,
was once a part of the Master's degree. Other rites with
their numerous degrees, have built upon the old founda-
tion and, during the past century, have gained more or less
recognition from the ancient Craft. In view of the troubles
that have arisen between these contending rites over in-
vasion of occupied territory, legitimacy, etc., and which
has been the occasion of strife and dissension among their
members, and has brought scandal upon the Masonic
fraternity itself, many Grand Lodges have thought it a fit-
ting time, once for all, to determine what shall be recog-
nized as Masonic bodies, and thus have constituted what
is sometimes designated as the American Bite, consisting
of Lodge, Chapter, Council, Commandery and certain
Scottish Rite organizations. In our discussions we have
never contended that the Masonry of these bodies was the
Masonry of our Ancient Craft. As we claim that Ancient
Craft Masonry is not a growth or development, it would
be an impossibility for us to advance any such claim.
Those who do believe that the growth theory is the correct
one, are doing all in their power to disintegrate Ancient
Craft Masonry, for if their position is correct, and Masonry
originally consisted of but one degree, to which two others
have been added, then with the concurrence of Grand
Lodges there is no end to their multiplication. But happily
there is no danger of such a deluge of new degrees.
The recent discovery of important letters written by
Dr. Manningham, Deputy Grand Master of England, in
1757, to the Provincial Graud Lodge of Holland, shows
conclusively that
1. No higher degrees than the first three belong to
Pure and Ancient Freemasonry.
2. The secrets of the first three degrees were the same
before the year 1717 as after it.
3. The so-called high degrees were introduced after
1740.
The above is the summing up of Bro. R. F. Gould, in
his memoir of the above named brother, published the cur-
rent year. It is the latest and most important contribution
to Masonry, and more recent than any information con-
tained in Gould's History of Freemasonry.
While these letters will prove unpalatable to the dis-
seminators of the growth theory, they will be hailed with
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joy by all true lovers of the Ancient Craft who believe in its
remote antiquity and unchangeable nature, except in non-
essentials.
Bro. Albert B. Herrick was elected Grand Master and
Bro. Frank J. Thompson, Grand Secretary.
OHIO— 1891;
Eighty-second Annual held at Columbus, October 21,
1891; M. W. Levi C. Goodale, Grand Master.
From his opening remarks we quote the following :
The past year has been filled with faithful service, abundant blearing and
infinite mercy. A year of advancement in Freemasonry in this jurisdiction has
passed into history.
Let ns endeavor to realize in its fullest significance the sentiment of the elder
Longfellow:
" From hand to hand the greeting flows ;
From eye to eye the signals ran ;
From heart to heart the bright hope glows ;
The seekers of the light are one.
One in the freedom of the Truth.
One in the joys of paths untroa ;
One in the sours perennial youth.
One in the larger thought of God "
He has some forcible remarks upon Lodge Officers and
especially upon negligent Secretaries, some of whom, he
has been told, have not written up their minutes for
months. He says : "Such men are no help to the Order,
and confer no honor upon their Brethren who elect
them."
Five dispensations were granted for new Lodges. One
weak Lodge surrendered its charter and some others con-
template doing so. He says there is one Lodge of eighty
members, sixty of whom are under suspension for non-
payment of dues. Out of 30,000 Masons, there are almost
ten per cent, under suspension for non-payment of dues.
There must be something wrong; either "hard times"
or neglect of Secretaries. He commends the growing
tendency to make Lodge meetings more attractive, and
especially the social feature, after the work, where light
refreshments are served.
Three corner-stones were laid; one in person, the
others by proxy.
At the instance of some of the Toledo brethren of
German nationality, he endeavored to open up corres-
pondence with the Grand Lodge of Berlin, but so far
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without success; with their large membership of German
parentage, many of whom occasionally return to their
mother country on a temporary visit, it seems proper
that fraternal relations should be more thoroughly estab-
lished.
Over three hundred questions had been submitted to
him for decision, most of which were answered by referring
inquirers to the Code. Fifteen are deemed of sufficient
importance to submit, and they were all approved.
Eight pages of the address are devoted to Cerneau
difficulties, and the organization of the spurious Grand
Lodge.
He recommends the adoption of a standard ritual of the
Esoteric Work, and suggests the Massachusetts plan of
promulgation for their consideration.
He issued a circular letter to the Master of each Lodge,
containing certain questions to which answers were re-
quested. Among the facts thus gathered we note the
following :
Total number of stated meetings 7,281
Total number of special meetings 1,605
Total number of meetings where degrees were worked 3,645
Arerage attendance at Lodge meetings 15
Number of meetings at which no work was done 5,241
Number under suspension 3,989
Total membership in this State 35,002
A net gain over 1890 of 762
To the question, " When was your Lodge visited by the Representative of the
Grand Master or by a District Lecturer? the answers are singularly startling.
Lodges have never been so visited.
There is discovered a singular lack of care in protecting records from fire,
and, in many instances, the records are not even signed: by the Master.
Amount Grand dues in 1890 $16,718 53
Amount Grand dues in 1891 _ 17.591 95
Net increase in revenue in 1890 1,037 63
Net increase in revenue in 1891 3,428 70
Amount distributed by charity during the past year 15,110 00
Average amount charged for conferring the three degrees. . 24 00
Average annual dues 2 40
Number of Lodges which have a life membership claim 52
In answer to the question: "What suggestion have you
to make concerning the best method of occupying with
profit the time of the Lodge meeting where no degrees are
conferred?" he received the usual large variety, from
which he selects these twenty as showing what different
ideas are entertained :
L The reading of good Masonic history.
2. Beading an essay upon some subject connected with Masonry.
3. Develop the talent for speaking and singing, so as to make such meetings
interesting.
4. Practice work in conferring Degrees.
5. Pay a fraternal visit to a sister Lodge.
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6. Beading the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, and any other good Masonic
literature.
7. Headings, lectures, music, and any other studies which will develop the
mind and improve the character.
8. School of instruction.
9. Discussion of matters relating to the objects of Masonry.
10. Investigating into the condition of our poor and destitute members, and
alleviating their necessities.
11. Discussing the business of the Lodge, and familiarizing ourselves with the
business of the Grand Lodge.
12. Have some member prepare an intelligent lecture upon foreign travel, and
listen to it.
13. Working for a Lodge library*
14. Readings or remarks by brethren named by the Worshipful Master.
15. Musical and literary exercises, concluded by a light lunch.
16. Have a banquet.
17. Have a Committee on Entertainment, which shall furnish program, and
conduct a variety of lectures, readings, etc.
18. Taking the time to get acquainted.
19. Rehearsal of the Ritual.
20. Drilling in singing and other work. *
He reports that the Trustees of the Masonic Home have
selected 150 acres of desirable land near Springfield, and
that the building will soon be under construction.
The total number of Lodges reported by the Grand
Secretary is 487.
The recognition of the Grand Lodge of Hayti was
postponed. The Committee enumerate the eight Grand
Lodges comprising the Grand Lodge League of Germany;
but, as they had none of their printed proceedings at hand,
further consideration of the matter was postponed. A
resolution was subsequently adopted requesting the G. M.
to open fraternal relations with the German Grand Lodges.
The Trustees of Masonic Home report $ 0,000 sub-
scribed, which includes the 154 acres of land donated by
Masons and citizens of Springfield. They desire to have
$100,000 at their command in order that the erection of
buildings may not be delayed, and request the Lodges to
send in their contributions as soon as possible.
• The brethren participating in the attempt to form
another Grand Lodge were each and all expelled from all
the rights and benefits of Masonry.
A committee of five was appointed to prepare a Ritual
to be approved and kept in the custody of the Grand
Master, for the instruction of the Masons of that jurisdic-
tion, and to be, by him, transmitted to his successor.
The Committee on History reported that 100 pages had
been written, and they were reappointed to continue the
work.
Bro. W. M. Cunningham furnishes an exhaustive Re-
port on Correspondence covering about 210 pages, of which
four are devoted to Colorado for 1890. Grand Master
Bridwell's address is epitomized. He coincides with him
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on the subject of conferring degrees out of time, but like
some others, he disapproves decision No. 6 as "neither in
accordance with the tenets of Masonry or its laws."
He says on this subject:
It is too difficult to find any rule that is not susceptive of change, or to which
there can be no exception, to warrant an iron-clad law npon snch a narrow basis as
the foregoing. Gases have occurred where Masons were wrongfully suspended and
expelled for non-payment of does, not only because of their inability to pay, but
from other causes, and also for want of notice, in some instances their address
being unknown ; and, doubtless, many others have not only occurred from the
same and similar causes, but are occurring every day ; and any rule that would
prevent a Lodge from being charitable, or at least doing justice to a brother, would
be rm masonic.
A liberal quotation is made from Bro. H. T. DeLong's
oration.
He quotes from our Report several articles, viz: On
"physical qualifications;" replies to Bros. Bobbins and
A incil; and also the Grand Lodge of New York and its
position on the Cerneau question.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary both re-elected.
OREGON— 1892.
The proceedings are embellished with portraits of the
following Past Grand Masters: David G. Clark, 1869-1870;
T. McF. Patton, 1872-1873; Jay H. Kunzie, 1876.
Forty-second Annual held at Portland, June 15, 1892;
M. W. Brenham Van Dusen, Grand Master.
He reports having visited officially thirty-eight Lodges
in the western part of the State, he also intended to visit
those in the eastern portion but was unable to do so.
While banquets were prepared on most of these occasions,
he says in no instance was wine or any other intoxicants
introduced.
He is able to report peace and prosperity as reigning
within their borders.
He announces the death of two distinguished members
of the Grand Lodge: Bros. F. J. Babcock, P. G. Secretary,
and B. P. Earhart, P. G. M.
Four corner-stones were laid; three in person and one
by proxy.
He submits a list of eleven decisions, all of which
except one were approved.
He issued a circular letter interdicting the Cerneau
Bite.
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He granted three dispensations for new Lodges.
The Masonic Board of Relief distributed to distressed
worthy brethren $472.
Bro. S. F. Chadwick presents a very complete Report
on Correspondence, covering 218 pages. Colorado for 1891
is fraternally and critically reviewed.
The principal features of Grand Master Foster's address
are noticed, and he says he "made an earnest worker, as his
name implies."
Bro. Chadwick commends our Report and Digest of
Decisions. Our remarks on "Objection after Ballot" call
forth a lengthy reply. He says there is do Masonry in the
Colorado law as it now stands, and we surrender our space
to Bro. Chadwick, that we may "see ourselves as others
see us."
We cannot recognize the above as good Masonic law. There ia no Masonry in
it. No institution can long exist as a secret society that will admit trialB of the
kind contemplated above. Tell us, pray, why a lodge of Masons can take from a
brother the right to object and the right to have that objection respected. He can-
not be made, Masonically speaking, to give a reason for his objection. Onr views
are so well known on thiB point that it is not necessary to repeat them. This doc-
trine inculcated by the Colorado law will drive more brothers ont of the lodge thau
it will take into it. Those who framed that law were taught, among other thing*,
that a brother had, in joining the order, certain absolute rights which he received
upon his honor O. B. Amonq them was the right to use the ballot and the right to
object to advancement. But in using the ballot and objecting to advancement he
must act Masonically. This he agreed to do, he being the conscientious judge of
his reasons in all cases. Here he was left with the full satisfaction that the newly-
made Mason would not do an un-Masonic act by rejecting a worthy man, or object
to the advancement of a worthy candidate. Bat would, if he found Masonic cau*e,
quietly do one or both of these things, as duty and as his vows requi red. This is our
Masonry. But no. Now comes the Colorado law and says the brother who objects
is a falsifier, insane or mean, and he must be put on trial for doing this thing. You
may say that the applicant is to be tried— that is not the case. It is the brother who
objects that is accused, and who must make a fight, a thing this prerogative wn»
given him to prevent. And what will be the result? How can the brother accused
have any respect for Masonry after he has objected, to find that his right in this
respect is taken from him, and he placed on the defensive for doing a quiet, not to
say secret, duty which was mao^e one of his conditions of membership. We admit now
and then a bad Mason will break his vow in this respect, and ont of personal spite
reject or object to advancement, but in order to detect him it is not wise to destroy
the safeguards of Masonry. This bad Mason will be detected soon enough. Such
are always found ont, and when there is evidence enough they should be proceeded
against for un-Masonic cond act. When we are admitted into a body of men on
condition that we are to be the judge of the moral character of those coming after
as, there is an honor that pervades that body upon which frank and candid men
—men who have confidence in one another— love to bank. Time only will deter-
mine whether this evasion is wise or not. We, as it may well be inferred, have
pleasure in believing the old is the only Masonic doctrine.
Our position on this question has been endorsed by
Bro. Drummond (see Maine) and others. A careful read-
ing of the above fails to disclose any answer to the point
under consideration, viz: The rights of E. A.'s and F. C.'s
to be heard in their own defence, they being members of
the fraternity and subject to trial and discipline. When
Bro. Chadwick asserts as above, that '"the Colorado law-
says the brother who objects is a falsifier, insane or mean,
and lie must be put on trial for doing this thing," etc., etc.,
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he is certainly in an excited mood and fails to confine his
attention to the true intent and effect of our law in its
practical application. No such terrible consequences have
yet followed its enactment. We say that a Lodge may,
not shall, try the sufficiency of an objection after giving the
objecting brother two week's notice. We say that it is not
only Masonic but strictly in accordance with that cardinal
virtue to which the E. A.'s attention was early directed
namely, justice. We are sorry that Oregon says that E.
A.'s and F. C.'s have no right as Masons to be heard in
their own defense. They may be entirely innocent of
wrongs and among the most respected members of the com-
munity, but they are nevertheless destined to rest under
the false accusation of some cowardly objector, perchance
for a lifetime. The "bad Mason" will not be detected
soon enough and is not always found out, he is still abroad
in every jurisdiction and manages to get in his nefarious
work by stopping good Masons from advancement because
of some personal pique or dislike.
Shall the objections of such go unquestioned is the
t question at issue? Colorado says: No!
Bro. F. A. Moore, of St. Helens, was elected Grand
Master; Bro. S. F. Chadwick re-elected Grand Secretary.
PENNSYLVANIA— 1891.
Steel portraits of M. W. Bros. J. Simpson Africa, Grand
Master, and Robert Clark, P. G. M. 1876-1877, appear in
the volume.
Quarterly Communications were held March 4, Juue 3,
September 2 and December 2, 1891, at each of which the
business was chiefly of local importance.
Annual Communication held at Philadelphia, December
28, 1891; M. W. Bro. J. Simpson Africa, Grand Master.
He announces the death of Bros. Charles H. Kingston,
Deputy Grand Secretary; James P. Wickersham, member
Committee on Library, and Christopher Little, District
Deputy Grand Master for a quarter of a century.
He laid the corner-stone of a Jewish Temple, in person,
and those of three churches were laid by proxy.
Two Lodges, Nos. 51 and 52, each appropriately
celebrated their centennials, he being present on both
occasions.
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He made Grand Visitations to six Lodges in the north-
eastern part of the jurisdiction, also informal visits to
many Lodges daring the year. The Temple School of
Instruction he found to be accomplishing much good.
He reports twenty-two decisions.
The number of Lodges is reported as 401, and present
membership 42,382; net increase 1181.
He granted two dispensations to bury unaffiliated
Masons and one to bury a suspended brother.
The present Grand Lodge debt, incurred in the erection
of their Temple, is $713,569.68. Its cost, including furni-
ture and fixtures, was $1,567,568.41.
From the Grand Lodge Charity Fund the almoners
distributed §3,820 among 362 applicants.
The Report on Correspondence is by P. G. M. Richard
Vaux, and covers 248 pages, filled with interesting and
instructive matter as usual. Nearly a dozen pages are
devoted to his introductory remarks, in which he discourses
most ably upon the subject of Landmarks, their acceptation
and preservation by the Craft. We cannot forbear from
quotiug these sentences, which are in marked contrast to
those of some of our "lesser lights" upon the same topic :
If, then, Masonry was not, in the beginning, dependent on written teachings;
if its usages, customs and Landmarks were only to be known by oral communica-
tion, it is no argument to say that, as Landmarks are not put into print, there is a
doubt as to what is to be construed or accepted as a Landmark.
Serious students of even written history know that, careful as authors were to
obtain evidence from even the earliest periods of written language for making
statements of events, yet it iB by tradition that much of true history is preserved.
It is more reasonable to believe that the concensus of Masonic tradition, as to
which the memory of man runs not to the contrary, is the truer exposition of
Masonic law and Landmark.
We are constrained to believe that, so far as Freemasonry is concerned, oral
teachings are more reliable than the notions, views, prejudices, and imperfect
knowledge, even if printed, of those who profess to be standard authority. A
plain story, told to an earnest listener, is more certain to be understood, and more
correctly repeated, than by the reader of the same story, whose interest is diluted
by the printed page.
What do we see to-day ? The oral revelations made to those who afterwards
wrote what God taught to the fathers, are now disputed by some who accept
modern reason for original troth. Modern knowledge, as it is called, is proud that
it knows so much. Wisdom is humble that it knows no more. Hundreds of cen-
turies have consecrated the teachings of wisdom.
You may not, dear brethren, accept these suggestions. But believe, that to
prevent the introduction of novelties in our work and esoteric teachings is regarded
as so imperatively demanded that the very perpetuation of Freemasonry must
depend upon effective efforts against these aliens and strangers.
Would it not be truer wisdom to accept what is claimed by acknowledged
thoughtful teachers to be Landmarks, than to try to destroy them by seeking super-
ficialobjections which tend to deny them ? # What is thus to be gained ? Iconoclasts
may rejoice at the effect of such destruction, but what have they to set up on the
empty pedestals, but the fragments, the ruins scattered over "the floor," and, it
may be, covering the golden rays of our " Great Light."
Colorado for 1890 receives a fraternal notice of five and
a half pages.
Of Grand Master Bridwell's address, he savs : "It is
replete with sound Masonic law, wise, deeply interesting,
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and admirably expressed in style and construction." He
Quotes his views on "Ancient LanchnarksM and "Grand
Orient of France," with warm approval. A page and a
half is devoted to our Report, in which he finds much with
which he coincides, notably "Grand Masters' Prerogatives,"
" Landmarks," " Physical Qualification," " Cerneauism,"
New York's attitude on the same, etc.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary both re-elected.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND— 1891.
Sixteenth Annual held at Charlotte town, June 24,
1891; M. W. John W. Morrison, Grand Master.
The address is confined almost exclusively to a record
of his official acts. The condition of the Lodges he reports
as generally satisfactory, many had been visited in person,
while commissions were issued to distinguished brethren
to perform a like service in visiting others. But two dis-
pensations were issued, one to attend Divine Service and
the other to confer the third degree in less than the
regular interval.
We quote the following bit of history :
Brethren, you are aware that this Grand Lodge was organized on the 24th of
June. 1875. and that we have no account on the records of the first Lodge chartered
in this Province. I think it advisable to do so on this occasion. On the 9th day of
October, 1797, Saint John's Lodge, now No. 1 in this jurisdiction, received a charter
or warrant from the English Provincial Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia under No. 20,
subsequently from the Grand Lodge of England. The then Governor of this island,
General Edmund Fanning, being a charter member; at that time this Province was
called Saint John's Island, andT in consequence of many mistakes of letters and
merchandise addressed to persons in the Island by being carried through mistake
to Saint John's, New Foundland, or Saint John, New Brunswick, or Saint John's
on the Labrador Coast, or elsewhere, by Act of Parliment the name was changed
to that of Prince Edward Island on the 20th day of November, 1798, and received
the Royal allowance February 1st, 1799.
***** ******
Saint John's Lodge is now nearly a century old, is one of our most prosperous
Lodges, and without a link being missing has come down to the present time
through the Anti-Masonic •persecution of 182ft to 1836, when many Lodges on this
continent went down.
He says that this Lodge, at the time of the persecution
referred to, had only about eighteen members, while its
funds were very low. To-day it is one of the most pros-
perous Lodges in the jurisdiction, and will soon be able to
celebrare its centennial.
He had no decisions to report.
No Report on Correspondence.
Bro. Donald Darrach was elected Grand Master; Bro.
B. W. Higgs re-elected Grand Secretary.
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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND— 181)2.
Seventeenth Annual, held at Summerside, June 27,
1892; Grand Master Darrach presiding. He thus pictures
the condition of the Graft:
Though we cannot show a large increase during the past year in oar member-
ship, the general condition of the Craft is good. Harmony and peace prevail, and
th»re exists a friendly emulation of who can best work, and we trust, best agree,
though the latter is more difficult of attainment. Accession of good material has
been made to our ranks, and a favorable, truer, and more faithful public sentiment
is being disseminated.
He paid an official visit to most of the Lodges in that
Province and therefore speaks from personal observation.
But four special dispensations were granted.
From the Grand Secretary's Report we learn that there
are twelve Lodges in the jurisdiction with a membership
of 502. The net loss was seven. The Grand Treasurer
reports a balance of $84.40. The Grand Lecturer visited
all the Lodges.
Bro. Simon W. Crabbe was elected Grand Master;
Grand Secretary re-elected.
The following was adopted:
Resolved, That Masonic funerals cannot be conducted without the pall bearers
appearing as Masons, and directed by the Lodge.
QUEBEC— 1892.
Twenty-second Annual held at Montreal, January 27,
1892; M. \V. Frank Edgar, Grand Master.
Shortly after the close of the last session he directed
the attention of the District Deputy Grand Masters to the
following special matters:
1. The importance of the proper working of the several degrees by the officer*
of Lodges, and the selection of competent and able brethren to perform the work.
2. The encouragement of the social element at Lodge communications, in
addition to the regular work of the Lodge.
3. Against the practice (becoming prevalent) of the undue display of regalia
and jewels at Masonic funerals.
He says these recommendations were well received,
and promise to meet the hearty approval of the brethren.
He calls attention to the importance of a Masonic
Home, and reports having appointed a committee in
accordance with the action had at the last session, to take
the matter into consideration and report a practical plan
for its endowment and support.
APPENDIX. 145
The history of Freemasonry in Quebec is now being
written by M. W. Bro. John H. Graham, who is well
qualified for the work, funds being voted for the purpose
by the Grand Lodge. The condition of the Craft is
referred to as being peaceful and harmonious.
The Grand Secretary reports thirty-six working Lodges,
and gives these items.
I give also synopsis of returns of Lodges for twelve months ending December
27, last. It shows 212 initiations, 198 passings, 196 raisings, 38 joining members,
63 withdrawals; 49 deaths, 75 suspensions, two of which were for nn-Masonic con-
duct, 15 brethren re-instated, 38 life members, and total membership of 3,141 mem-
bers.
The reports of the District Deputies appear, as usual,
in the Proceedings, showing at a glance the condition of
the Lodges in their respective districts.
The Grand Lodge of New Zealand was recognized.
The application of the Grand Lodge of Mexico for
recognition and that of the Grand Lodge of the Island of
Cuba were referred to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions to make report. This committee subsequently
recommended delay until further information is forth-
coming.
The spurious Grand Lodge of Ohio was condemned
and intercourse prohibited.
Upon the subject of the Fraternal Congress action was
postponed until the next annual.
The Special Committee on Masonic Home in their
report cited the noble work accomplished in Kentucky,
and recommended a per capita tax of twenty-five cents per
member for the establishment of a fund for the above
purpose. Action on report will be had at the next annual.
The discourse of the Grand Chaplain, Rev. Bro. W.
Percy Chambers, entitled " The Mason's Central Light,"
is a splendid effort, covering less than three pages.
The Report on Correspondence, by Bro. E. T. D.
Chambers covers 129 pages, sixteen of which are devoted
to his introductory, wherein he directs attention to the
leading topics which now engage Masonic thought.
Colorado for 1891 is briefly reviewed. An extract is
given from Grand Master Foster s address, Bro. Bush's
oration was "brief though interesting," and our resolu-
tions on the Spurious Grand Lodge of Ohio are copied.
He has a friendly word for our Report and says we are
sound on the Cerneau question.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary both re-elected.
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I46 APPENDIX.
RHODE ISLAND— 1891.
One hundred and first Annual held at Providence,
May 18, 1891; M. \V. George H. Kenyon, Grand Master.
He says:
The year just passed has been one of prosperity and unity among the Craft.
Harmony and the true spirit of fraternity seems to prevail throughout our entire
Jurisdiction. We have been wonderfully favored in the preservation of our num-
bers, having lost but two members by death daring the whole year.
One of those referred to was W. Bro. Benedict Aldrich
who died at the age of 97 years and 10 months. He was
made a Mason in 1814, elected Master of his Lodge Sep-
tember 12, 1825, serving four years. He was the oldest
Past Master and the oldest member of that Grand Lodge,
having been a member sixty-six years. He was believed
to be the third oldest Mason in the United States. He
was buried with Masonic honors.
The corner-stones of a town -hall and a Masonic hall
were laid by him, full accounts of which appear under the
head of Special Communications.
He reports but one decision, which was approved, with
a slight modification.
Few special dispensations were granted.
He granted one dispensation for a new Lodge.
Section 20, Article VII, of the Constitution was
amended, and now reads as follows:
No Subordinate Lodge shall hold more than one Communication for business
the same day, and no Subordinate Lodge shall confer the first degree on more than
five candidates at the same Communication.
The Special Committee on Centennial Celebration pre-
sented a report, outlining the programme and general
arrangements. On the last day of the session the members
of the Grand Lodge enjoyed a banquet at one o'clock,
where they discussed the various plans for their approach-
ing centennial.
On June 24, 1891, that glorious event took place, and
was a grand success. The programme observed was as
follows :
9 o'clock A. M Special Session of Grand Lodge
10 o'clock a. h Parade of Grand and Subordinate Lodges
11 o'clock a. M._ Literary Exercises in Infantry Hall
2 o'clock p. m Collation at Crescent Park
8 o'clock p. M.___ Grand Banquet at Narragansett Hotel
The speeches and a full account of the Celebration is
to be published in the Centennial Volume.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary re-elected.
APPENDIX. 147
SOUTH AUSTRALIA— 1891.
Quarterly Communication held at Adelaide, July 16,
1890; R. W. Bro. H. E. Downer, D. G. M., as Grand
Master.
A letter from Grand Master Kintore was read, express-
ing his inability to be present.
Business of local importance.
Quarterly Communication held October 15, 1890; M. W.
the Hon. S. J. Way, Pro Grand Master, as Grand Master.
The Grand Lodge of Tasmania was recognized upon
the recommendation of the Board of General Purposes. In
the matter of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand, recognition
was delayed until further information could be had as to
the number of Lodges, members, etc.
A communication from the Grand Secretary of New
South Wale6, to the effect that the Board of General Purposes
of that Grand Lodge had resolved: "That the claim of the
Grand Lodge of South Australia to be the senior Grand
Lodge is untenable in fact, and opposed to Masonic law,
custom and precedent," was read by the Grand Secretary.
The Pro Grand Master most emphatically maintained
the claim of South Australia to the seniority over the
other Grand Lodges in Australia, and other brethren took
the same ground. The communication was "referred to
the Board of General Purposes, with power to take such
action as may be thought advisable so as to maintain and
uphold the seniority to which this Grand Lodge is en-
titled."
A valuable sword — a genuine "Ferrara" — was presented
to the Grand Lodge on behalf of W. Bro. Kemp. This
sword was valuable for its antiquity, having been forged
by Andrea Ferrara, who enjoyed great reputation as an
armorer at Belluno, North Italy, in 1585. It had been in
the possession of Bro. Kemps family for many years. His
father, who died in 1883, aged 84 years, was a Freemason
for 62 years, and bequeathed also his apron and certificate
to his son, which were exhibited to members of the Grand
Lodge.
Quarterly Communication held January 21, 1891 ; M. W.
Earl of Kintore, Grand Master.
Business of a local nature. Several proposed amend-
ments to the Constitution lie over until the next commu-
nication.
I48 APPENDIX.
The Board of General Purposes having investigated
the claim of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand, it was
recognized.
The Grand Master conferred the rank of Past Grand
Master upon the R. W. Deputy Grand Master, Bro. H. E.
Downer in recognition of his valuable services to the Craft,
more especially in connection with his securing Free-
mason's Hall as a home for the Craft. Bro. Downer
responded in acknowledgment and detailed the eiforts of
the past ten years since the purchase, and the generosity
of many brethren wTho subscribed for the same, enabling
them to acquire this valuable property which was now en-
tirely free from debt. It was their intention that the in-
come should be devoted to the purposes of benevolence
and charity or education. They hoped to establish cottage
homes, to found scholarships and do something to show
that Masonry had some vitality in it.
Quarterly Communication, April 15, 1891; M. W. Bro.
H. E. Dowuer, D. G. M., presiding. Election of officers.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary re-elected.
SOUTH CAROLINA— 1891.
One hundred and fifteenth Annual held at Charleston,
December 8, 1891; M. \V. Laurie T. Izlar, Grand Master.
"We quote his remarks on the State of the Order:
It is gratifying to me to be able to report that through oat this jurisdiction
Freemasonry is marching onward. Not only are we increasing in numbers, bat
there is a manifest desire, evidenced by the numerous letters received by me from
all sections of the State, to maintain, nphold and make prominent the true prin-
ciples and teachings of the Order. The good results of this disposition on the part
of the brethren are already apparent in many sections, and a faithful perseverance
along that line must and will work out lasting good to every true Mason, and bring
the Order into that honorable and marked prominence in the eyes of the profanes
which it is so well qualified to occupy and so juBtly belongs to the great truths
which it inculcates.
You have but to refer to the number of new Lodges instituted and dormant
Lodges revived daring the past year, and note the number of corner-stones laid
with Masonic ceremonies to see at a glance that the brethren are awakening to a
sense of duty which promises good results, and that an educated public are more
and more appreciating the importance of our ancient and honorable Order. And,
indeed, it can not be otherwise. As the masses are educated, so in like proportion,
will the great truths and teachings of Freemasonry be comprehended, be appre-
ciated and gladly received and accepted by an intelligent public. Oar star is in the
ascendant. Let as keep it rising antil it shall shed its resplendent beams from
high meridian.
He laid the corner-stones of two large educational build-
ings in person, while eight others were laid by proxy.
They were those of a City Hall, two Court Houses, four
Public Schools and a Confederate monument..
APPENDIX. I49
He issued two dispensations permitting dual member-
ship, also one to confer more than five degrees at the same
communication.
Two dispensations for new Lodges were granted, and
five Lodges were revived.
There was a slight strain in fraternal relations with the
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania growing out of the appoint-
ment of a Grand Representative who had been recom-
mended by certain of the Grand Officers of Pennsylvania
instead of by the Grand Master, who claims it as his pre-
rogative to make such nomination. The correspondence
is published to date, but the end is not yet.
This is the second case that has come under our notice,
Iowa and the District of Columbia having a little un-
pleasantness upon the same subject, only in a different
shape.
He recommends the consolidation of weak Lodges,
some of which have only the extreme limit of seven mem-
bers, while over fifty of the Lodges have less than thirty-
two members.
He had been called upon to render numerous decisions,
four of which only are submitted, the others being in
accordance with the Constitution and Digest.
The Committee on Masonic Home and Asylum, com-
posed of the D. D. G. M.'s of the several Masonic Dis-
tricts, submitted a report stating that after mature delib-
eration and careful inquiry they found it would require a
tax upon the fraternity which could not* be safely borne in
addition to its present financial burdens. They therefore
recommended that the further consideration of the pro-
posed plan for a Home be postponed until the Grand
Lodge was better prepared to undertake its execution,
which was adopted.
Action was taken against the spurious and pretended
Grand Lodge of Ohio.
The Grand Lodge of Tasmania was recognized.
The Grand Master is to appoint a suitable number of
brethren to attend the Fraternal Congress, but without
compensation.
Bro. Charles Inglesby again furnished a most concise
and well written Report on Correspondence, almost en-
tirely free from extracts. Colorado for 1890 is the subject
of comment. A brief synopsis is given of Grand Master
1 50 APPENDIX.
Bridwell's official acts, and Bro. H. T. De Long is credited
with having "delivered" an able and eloquent oration.
Bro. William T. Branch of Abbeville was elected
Grand Master, and Bro. Charles Inglesby re-elected Grand
Secretary.
SOUTH DAKOTA— 1892.
Eighteenth Annual held at Sioux Falls, June 14, 1892;
M. W. George A. Johnson, Grand Master.
He reports the Craft in a prosperous and harmonious
state, a fair increase in membership as well as greater pro-
ficiency in the work.
His correspondence had not been extensive. He
reports six decisions, which were approved with one
modification.
He granted dispensations for three new Lodges.
He refused to grant a dispensation for a Lodge to
appear in Masonic regalia and parade with the G. A. R.
on Memorial Day. He says:
I did this because I think it is in conflict with the policy of Masonry to appear
in public parade in Masonic clothing, except on occasions assigned by the Jaws
and customs of the fraternity. I certainly was not actuated by motives of hostility
to the G. A. RM or by a lack of reverence for Memorial day. I am a member of the
O. A. R., and had three brothers who gave their services to their country in its
hour of peril ; two of them giving their lives as sacrifices on their country's altar,
one of whom fills an unknown, unmarked grave on a battle field. Could I be
human and not hold Memorial day in greatest veneration ? It appeals to me with
many cherished memories.
He recommends that the Grand Lodge adopt a plan
for the profitable investment of the money in the Widows'
and Orphans' Fund, instead of permitting it to lie idle
from year to year.
He also recommended that in the event of an elective
officer of a subordinate Lodge removing permanently from
the jurisdiction, he be allowed to resign and the vacancy
be filled by a special election.
The Committee on Jurisprudence reported adversely,
and the old law prevails.
From the Grand Secretary's report we gather the fol-
lowing items :
At the last Grand Annual Communication the membership of this Jurisdiction
was 3505. During the last year the increase has been 556; the decrease 886; the net
increase 220; making the present membership S725; showing an average membership
to the lodge of 46.
Initiations, &71; Payings, 362: Raisings, 343; Admitted, 184; Dimitted, 244;
Died, 31; S. N. P. D., 59; Reinstated, 28; S. U. M. C, 2.
APPENDIX. I 5 I
The Grand Treasurer reports the Widows' and Orphans'
Fund $357.65, and Grand Charity Fund $63.15. Balance
in General Fund $3,018.43.
Action was taken against the spurious Grand Lodge of
Ohio.
The Committee on Ritual endorse the present system
of instruction, and recommend that the Grand Lecturer
visit at least thirty of the Lodges not visited by him the
past year, and a sufficient amount be appropriated for the
purpose; and their report was adopted.
P. G. M. William Blatt gives the Craft one of his
characteristic Reports on Correspondence, which have
heretofore met with such favorable acceptance. In both
his preface and conclusion he comments upon leading
questions now before the Fraternity. Colorado for 1891
has rather a brief review covering a single page. We quote
his remarks on Grand Master Foster's decisions :
The G. M. decided that a brother cannot completely sever his connection with
the Fraternity. There ie no way by which he can be relieved of his obligations.
This of coarse ie true Masonic principle, and we quote it simply in order to folly
impress the doctrine upon our readers. The decision that the Master of a Lodge
has no right to refuse admission to a member of the same in good standing, was
reversed. Upon what ground pray? If he was intoxicated we agree; if not, we
can't.
Of the musical interlude he says:
We envy both Temple Lodge and the G. L. of Colorado in the possession of
such talent. In onr prairie jurisdictions, where "wind" has free sweep, oratory
prevails at the expense of the sixth of the liberal arts.
Our Report is thus favorably noticed:
We can bat repeat prior verdicts, and pronounce it both an interesting and
instructive paper, singularly judicious in the matter selected and consequently of
great value to the reader.
It all goes, Bro. Blatt, on the mutual admiration plan,
with non-forfeiture of self-esteem in the above contingency.
Bro. Harvey J. Rice, of Huron, was elected Grand
Master ; Grand Secretary re-elected.
TENNESSEE— 1892.
Seventy-eighth Annual held at Nashville, January 27,
1892; M. W. William S. Smith, Grand Master.
He says that in no year has the Craft enjoyed greater
harmony and more perfect tranquility.
He has the mournful announcement to make of the
death of two Past Grand Masters, Bros. Jonathan S. Daw-
son and Benjamin R. Harris.
152 APPENDIX.
He granted thirty dispensations to elect and install
or to install officers.
He refused two dispensations to perform services at the
graves of deceased brethren who had been previously
buried. In this connection he says:
I find no law forbidding each proceedings, bat I was of the opinion a Me-
morial service held at some suitable place would be more appropriate than the
performance of oar burial service at the grave.
The Committee on Jurisprudence decided that no dis-
pensations were necessary in such cases, the Lodges being
the competent authority to decide what course should be
pursued, being guided by the Edicts and official rulings in
the Digest.
Two dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
He reports fourteen decisions which were approved,
with amendments to Nos. 4 and 9.
He visited twenty-nine of the Lodges, and laid two
corner-stones, being those of a church and a public school.
He issued a circular to the subordinate Lodges in be-
half of the Masonic Widows1 aud Orphans' Home and
requesting that a liberal thank offering be made on St.
John's Day.
He calls attention to an "innovation:"
There is within this Jurisdiction being practiced a funeral service which I
consider to be an "innovation in the body of Masonry " and of recent date, and
Subordinate Lodges are taking part therein. Against this I enter my solemn pro-
test. It should not be tolerated in this Jurisdiction.
It is the practice at some places for the Gommandery to take charge of the
body of a deceased brother, and consign the same with another and different
service from the one laid down in our Text Book, Subordinate Lodges joining in
the same, forming the outside line at the grave. In the language of our Text Book,
" the whole ceremony must be under the direction of the Master of the Lodge of
which the deceased was a member ; " and further, " if the deceased was a member
of a Chapter, Commandery or Consistory, a portion of the pall-bearers should be
taken from these bodies severally."
I think it is highly proper for the Commandery to accompany the remains to
the place of interment, but in doing so, it should be only as an escort, and, upon
arriving at the grave, they should take their places purely as a guard of honor, the
Lodge forming on the inside and the W. M., or some one under his direction, con-
signing the body.
If it be the request of the deceased to be buried by another form or ceremony
than the one herein alluded to, which is laid down in our Text Book, the Worship-
ful Masters should not permit their Lodges to take part in the ceremonies. " The
servioes arranged for the burial of the dead in our Text Book are adapted for all
the purposes for which ceremonies of that character may be required."
On the afternoon of the second day of the session the
Grand Lodge held a Lodge of Sorrow to pay appropriate
tributes to the memories of Past Grand Masters Dawson
and Harris and P. M. Robert I. Chester. The record of
these brethren is indeed one of which Tennessee Masons
may be justly proud.
The Committee on Fraternal Congress submitted a full
report on the subject, detailing the various conventions of
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APPENDIX. 153
the kind since 1822; the report was concurred in and the
following resolution was adopted:
Rexrtved, That the M. W. Grand Master be authorized to appoint five delegates
to represent Tennessee in a Fraternal Congress in Chicago, daring the World's
Fair, if each a Congress shall be holden ; provided, and it is distinctly understood,
that neither the action of said Congress nor of said delegates shall in any respect
whatever be of any binding force upon the Grand Lodge or the Masons of Ten-
neasee, and that the expenses of the delegates in attending said Congress shall not
be a charge upon the treasury of the Grand Lodge.
The Nashville Relief Board paid out for charity $546.32,
distributed among 133 applicants from different jurisdic-
tions.
From the report of the officers of the Masonic Widows'
and Orphans' Home we gather the following interesting
details:
The disbanaements are nearly $21,000, and the estimated cost of the bnilding
being $28,000, leaves $7,000 yet to be paid oat. Of this amount we have nearly $2,000
subscribed by Lodges and individuals. We are pledged to build this house by
■voluntary subscriptions, and the $5,000 necessary to be raised mnst come in that way.
With $21,000 collected and expended, and not a member of the Craft regretting it,
could we be true Masons and not raise this amount ? From every Masonic heart
the response comes. No! No!
The brick work and the roof of the bnilding have been completed, and with land
attachments, when the hoase is ready for occupancy, will be worth $40,000. It is
situated in a most favorable location, and with handsomely improved grounds and
boulevard, its value and importance will enhance each year, and daily grow in your
affections. We have often endeavored to impress upon yon the fact that this band-
some property belongs to the Masons of the State, by virtue of its charter and its
purposes, as well as your contributions, and we repeat it again.
At the last session of the Grand Lodge a tender was made of the property to
your body, on terms to be agreed upon whenever this Grand Body places itself in
such a condition that it can "constitutionally accept the trust and its attendant
responsibilities." We make the same offer again to-day. In order to meet the
constitutional objection to raising a sum for its support, an amendment was offered
to the Constitution. What you have done with this important matter remains to
be seen. Of one certainty, however, every well informed and right-minded brother
is convinced, that the same energy, the same promptings to duty, the same compas-
sion for the poor and the same devotion to principle and obligations that have
built this magnificent Home are still alive, and will support it and cherish it as the
tender child of Masonry.
The constitutional amendment referred to was re-
jected, the vote being 52 Lodges for, and 279 against its
adoption.
At this session there were pledges received from Lodges,
$11,712, from individuals, $550, and the members placed
8189.45 in cash upon the altar for the same purpose.
And now we turn to P. G. M. George C. Connor's most
valuable Report on Correspondence. It is enriched with
his observations in England, Ireland, Scotland Germany
and Italy, upon the subject of Masonry, largely written
while fresh in mind and upon the spot, as he "traveled in
foreign countries." We would gladly give the brethren of
this jurisdiction his introduction and conclusion entire, did
space permit, and were the cuts and illustrations acces-
sible. Such Masonic object lessons are indeed rare.
1 54 APPENDIX.
Colorado for 1891 has critical consideration. Grand
Master Foster's decisions are commented upon in this
wise:
1. A brother can not completely sever hie connection with the Fraternity;
there is no way by which he can be relieved of his obligations.
2. The W. M. of a Lodge has no authority to refuse to admit a member in good
standing to his own Lodge.
3. The regularly elected and appointed officers of a Lodge, with the exception
of the Tyler, must be members,
4. The absence of the letter of dispensation of a Lodge renders the meeting
irregular and any work done illegal; and a candidate initiated when the letter of
dispensation was absent is irregularly made, and should be healed before proceed-
ing further.
Grand Lodge disapproved No. 2, but gave no reason for so doing, and approved
the others. Pity Committees do not give their reasons.
Can not a Lodge sever a man's connection with Masonry by expelling him ?
Does not that relieve him of his obligations to the Craft ? Of course it does not
relieve him of his oath of secrecy, and no power on earth can. The decision
quoted will not pass into universal law in that form. In our opinion it is too
indefinite.
Why strike out No. 2 ? No Master has such power. A Master may exclude a
member from the Lodge room for an offense against law and authority committed
in open Lodge, but he has no power to close the door in a brother's face before
such offense is committed, nor for a longer period than the Communication at
which offense was committed. After he has been excluded from the Lodge room
the Master has power to keep him out during that Communication. Of course an
appeal from such exclusion will lie.
If Colorado has a law that gave authority for the view taken in No. 3, all weU
enough, but it certainly is not the common law of Masonry. Every Lodge is
bound to have a Tyler, and only a Lodge's members can fill offices therein. The
proper course is for a Lodge to choose a Tyler, and the one chosen may be allowed
by the Lodge to employ a qualified substitute ; but only by consent of the Lodge
can even a substitute be appointed.
The fourth decision is the general holding of the Craft, but like many other
trifling matters, it is often exaggerated. The opinion expressed in Decision No. 9,
under Kentucky (see this Report), is good sound law and ought to be received as
the Common Law of the Craft, we think.
The Kentucky decision referred to is as follows :
The charter of the Lodge is the letter or warrant from the Grand Lodge,
under the law in this Grand Jurisdiction, authorizing the Lodge to transact busi-
neBB and do Masonic work. It must be bo far present as that the Master may know
that it exists, and where it is, and be able to at once produce it if legally called for,
or required to sustain the regularity and power to work of the Lodge.
He pays his respects to the writer for his comments in
last year's Beport.. He either purposely or opaquely
mistakes our meaning and our good intention quite
frequently, as for instance in the following:
Of course it is a matter of much comfort to be able to quote the following
from such a? superior source :
" His conclusion, covering twenty-five pages in itself, is filled with valuable
information, and his remarks upon leading questions are generally sound and weU
considered, so far as we have had time to glance over them. The Symbols of Free-
masonry with the accompanying illustration, has interested us greatly, and we shall
study the article at our leisure."
44 Sound and well considered,11 even though only a glance was given them.
They cost us years of reading and study and no little labor of composition. Hope
they received more than a glance from onr less thoroughly equipped brethren of
Tennessee.11
Superior source (which is sarcastic) is not quite
fraternal, to say the least, Bro. Connor. We beg pardon
for having inadvertently used the words " sound and well
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considered," instead of infallible. However, we will see
that it does not occur again.
Seriously, Bro. Connor, with the task of preparing our
Digest awaiting us last year, we could not pay the close
attention to those twenty-five pages which you think they
deserved, but as intimated in the above paragraph, they
were reserved for future study; that, with most authors,
would be taken as an evidence of warm appreciation. We
trust with this explanation it may be so regarded.
We are glad, Bro. Connor, we had an opportunity to
take you by the hand while in Denver. Our interview,
brief though it was, we trust will result in a better under-
standing and appreciation of each other. So mote it be!
Bro. M. D. Smallman was elected Grand Master; Bro.
John Frizzell re-elected Grand Secretary.
TEXAS— 1891.
Fifty-sixth Annual held at Houston, December 8, 1891;
M. W. George W. Tyler, Grand Master.
He thus pictures the condition of the Craft:
The general awakening and revival of interest in the work of oar fraternity
in all portions of the State is an occasion for congratulation and joy. The wide-
spread interest and zeal of the brethren, the general desire to learn the work, the
greatly increased number of bright Masons, the large attendance and splendid tone
of the Lodges, the more rigid enforcement of discipline, and the number, character
and Masonic attainments of those who are seeking oar fellowship— all these mark
an era in oar progress and inspire new hope for the fatnre. Many Lodges have
built new and substantial halls, others have refitted and refurnished their old ones.
The finances of the Lodges are generally improving, does are more promptly paid
and a great many non-affiliates are returning to their duties and becoming active
workmen in the quarries.
He pays a fitting tribute to the memory of P. G. M.
Thomas R. Bonner.
Seven dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
This is the banner jurisdiction on corner-stone laying,
twenty-four dispensations being granted to the Lodges for
this purpose. The proposod structures were. eight Masonic
Halls, four churches, five school buildings, five court
houses, one armory and one round house of a railway com-
jxiny. To the last we take exception, and think the G. M.
erred in judgment in permitting the imposing ceremonies
of the Craft to be so applied.
He issued a circular letter to the Craft upon the sub-
ject of the "abuse of the word * Masonic' for business pur-
poses," induced by inquiries in regard to "The Masonic
Mutual Benevolent Association of Fort Worth," a so-called
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insurance company upon the assessment plan which came
to grief.
His decisions number twenty-six which wrere approved
with three exceptions.
He had granted permission in several instances to hold
memorial services in honor of deceased brethren, who had
not been buried with Masonic ceremonies, on account of
bad weather or other unavoidable circumstances. He also
recommends the appointment of a committee to prepare an
appropriate ceremony for such occasions..
He devotes three pages to the consideration of charit-
able contributions and the growing evil of begging cir-
culars, etc.
He cites the following as illustrations:
Some Lodge* debited to solicit aid in this manner for building their Lodge
halls, others for the relief of Masons or their widows or orphans. One Mason's
widow desired to obtain, through her Jste husband's Lodge, in this way, money to
go into the millinery business in a Western town, to which she had removed ;
another to pay out a section of school land. One Lodge desired to supplement, by
contributions from sister Lodges, the scanty earnings of the small farm of a
Mason's widow, while the Lodge itself had, in cash and dues owing by the mem-
bers, the snng little sum of $300 available for such purposes. Several Lodges had
the misfortune to have their halls destroyed by fire and storms, and the first thought
was, of course, to take up a collection among sister Lodges to enable them to
rebuild. All of these various applications were duly considered and refused.
* • * * * * 4- -:: * C $
There seems to be among the fraternity a total misconception of the plan and
character of Masonic charity. To rush to the relief of our brethren—their widows
and orphans— is our plain and solemn duty. Masons and Masonic Lodges seldom
fail to relieve distress, to wait on the sick or to soothe the broken-hearted. But
Masonry is not an " endowment " association. It does not undertake to provide a
fund for tho maintenance and support of members and their families. There are
societies that-do this, and they charge for it in proportion— such are the Knights of
Honor and other modern insurance organizations. The. whole plan of Masonic
charity is different. The prompt relief extended by the " Good Samaritan " is an
example from which we draw our lesson of practical charity. In that case the
relief was opportune, generous and abundant ; hut 1 do not understand that the
"Good Samaritan'* undertook to support and care for the unfortunate victim
throughout the balance of his days, or to furnish him capital with which to go in
business. Our charity does not consist alone of money contributed. The poorest
Mason on earth can and does lend a warm heart and helping hand to hie distressed
worthy brother, and heals up the wounds of grief and anguish which the conflicts
of life produce.
$ * * * * * *
Much more might be said, but enough. I believe the Grand Lodge ought to
abolish absolutely the practice of soliciting contributions by circulars among the
Lodges, add I recommend the adoption of a resolution to that end.
•
Grand Master Tyler ascertained by a personal investi-
gation the status of Masonry in Mexico, and visited Mon-
terey in the State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, where, in
conjunction with M. \V. Manuel M. Banche, G. M. of
Coahuila, who had been appointed as a special commis-
sioner by the Gran Dieta, he negotiated the " Treaty of
Monterey," which both Grand Bodies have ratified.
No definite knowledge has heretofore been attainable
regarding the status of Masonry in Mexico. From the
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«
very complete summary of Grand Master Tyler we repro-
duce the more important facts:
Availing myself of ail the sources of information at my command, I will now
undertake to Rive a brief outline of the history of Freemasonry in onr neighboring
Republic.
The first appearance of organized Masonry in Mexico was some time between
1320 and 1>25. The Scottish Kite came with emigration from Europe, and the York
Kite was introduced from the United States by Bro. Joel R. Poinsett, then onr
Minister Resident at the City of Mexico, and by others, three York Kite Lodges
being chartered there by the Grand Lodge of New York. From the Masonry thus
planted arose the " Supreme Grand Orient of the Mexican National Kite," which
incloded both rites under its jurisdiction, and which is to be distinguished from
the " Supreme Grand Orient of the Scottish Kite," hereinafter mentioned. The
Mexican National Kite spread and flourished for a while, but having incurred the
hostility of the government and of the priesthood, it was ordered suppressed, and
thereafter existed only in the most absolute seclusion and secrecy.
In 1£60 the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Kite was
organized at the City of Mexico under authority from the Supreme Council of the
Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, whose See is at Charleston, and its
jurisdiction extended over all the Degrees of that rite, from one to thirty-three.
Soon afterward there was a disruption or schism in the Supreme Council of
Mexico, and the seceders organized the Supreme Grand Orient of the Scottish Kite,
and, confining itself to the first three degrees, claimed to be the supreme authority
in Symbolic Masonry in the Republic. This claim, however, was never conceded
by toe Supreme (Council, and the latter body continued to assert its jurisdiction
over the first three as well as over the higher degrees of that rite. Both contending
parties went on establishing Blue Lodges throughout the Republic, and, from the
voluntary union of the Lodges, thus established indiscriminately by each of thoHe
powers, arose Grand Lodges in a number of the States, which assumed to them-
selves the title of "' Free and Accepted Masons," asserted their independence of the
two parent bodies, and claimed to be the supreme Masonic power within their
respective State or Territorial limits, on the plan of the several Grand Lodges of
the United States. Thus it happened a few years ago there were the Grand Lodges
of the Federal District. Jalisco, Vera Cruz, Oaxaca, Vicente Guerrero, Lower Cali-
fornia, Morelos, Tlaxcala. Aguas Calientes, etc., all claiming to be sovereign
Masonic bodies, and, as such, they have sought recognition from foreign Masonic
powers, and some of them were recognized by a few of the American Grand Lodges.
In 1SJS9 a spirit of harmony seems to have taken hold of our Mexican brethren,
inspired, no doubt, by the establishment of peace and freedom within their borders.
Realizing that Masonry conld never prosper in the face of so many discordant
elements and distracted interests, and, with a .view to the unification of the various
governing bodies throughout the Republic, a treaty was made on the 24th day of
December, 1889, by which the Supreme Council relinquished forever all claim of
jurisdiction over the first three degrees, and the Supreme Grand Orient of the Scot-
tish Rite and several of the State Grand Lodges disbanded their organization, and
agreed to reorganize under one supreme governing body.
This reorganization was made in a grand assembly of representatives or dep-
uties from nearly all of the State and subordinate Lodges in the Republic,
assembled after due notice, in the City of Mexico, on the 5th day of February, 1M0,
and which remained in session for ten days, during which time they carefully
considered the best plans for unifying the Fraternity and establishing it upon a
permanent and prosperous basis, and finally perfected their organization under the
name of the "Grand Symbolic Dieta of the United States of Mexico," and elected
and installed the dignitaries and officers of the same, that of Most Respectable
Grand Master being filled by no less a personage than General Porfirio Diaz, Presi-
dent of the Republic, and that of Grand Secretary General by Dr. Ermilio G.
Canton, both of them distinguished by their zeal and long devotion to Freemasonry.
On the 10th of the following June the General Constitution of the Gran Dieta was
adopted and promulgated, a copy of which, in the Spanish language, is herewith
submitted for the information 01 the proper committee of this Grand Lodge. To
facilitate their labors, I also submit herewith a translation of the same by Mrs.
Tyler, who makes this contribution to these negotiations, in which she has l>eeome
very ranch interested from having translated for me the numerous Spanish docu-
ments received from time to time during the year.
From this Constitution it will be seen that the Gran Dieta is the supreme gov-
erning power for the whole Republic, and is composed of one deputy from each
State Grand Lodge and from each subordinate Lodge throughout the Republic,
and it issues all Charters for subordinate Lodges. There is a State Grand Lodge
in each State, and some of them are designated by a fancy name and a number, as
for instance, that of North Tamaniipas, which is called " Light of the Frontier,
No. 14." These State Grand Lodges are composed of five delegates from each
subordinate Lodge in the State, and have only a supervisory power over the Lodges
within their jurisdictions, and all correspondence with the Gran Dieta is trans-
mitted through them. The system seems admirably adapted to present conditions
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in Mexico, and was the happy conception af Bros. Diaz, Pambo, Canton, Bauche,
and other distinguished Masons of that country. The time may come when the
Independent State Grand Lodge system will be feasible there, bnt for the present,
the Fraternity will prosper better under the guidance of a central governing 'power
like the Gran Dieta.
Under the impetus of this reorganization and unification of Masonic interests,
and with the confidence inspired by the great names of its eminent promoters, the
Fraternity has already been planted upon a solid foundation, and there could be no
brighter outlook for a prosperous future.
Nearly all of the particular lodges of the Republic, regardless of their former
dependence, have transferred their allegiance to the Gran Dieta, its constituent
Lodges now numbering about two hundred, and the membership aggregating about
seven thousand. Of the former governing bodies, practically none exist except in
name. The old Grand Orient of the Mexican National Kite consist* of only a few
Lodges, and is recognized as regular Masonry by the Gran Dieta, because it whs the
first Masonic organization of that country, and was identified with the introduction
of both Kites— Scottish and York— and also because Benito Juarez, the elder, and
many other men distinguished in connection with the restoration of the Republic
were enrolled among its members. It seems to be preserved as a kind of souvenir of
the past. The Grand Lodge of Vera Cruz, and also that of the Federal District, still
maintain a precarious existence, the former consisting of only a very few lodges, as
I am reliably informed, and the latter presenting the anomaly of a Grand Lodge
(so called) without a single subordinate— the constituent Lodges of both these former
powers having submitted to the jurisdiction of the Gran Dieta, and by which these
struggling bodies are denominated as irregular and clandestine.
All Lodges in Mexico practice the Scottish Rite, except Toltec Lodge, No. 520,
in the City of Mexico, chartered in 1882 by the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and which
will soon be allowed, at its own request, to pass under the jurisdiction of the Gran
Dieta, if it has not already done so. At one time 1 wits of the opinion that we
should not recognize a Foreign Grand Body of the Scottish Rite, and so expressed
myself in a special report on Masonry in Mexico in 1887. when I was chairman of
the Committee on Foreign Correspondence. While 1 still adhere to the general
observations and recommendations of that report, which counseled delay in the
matter of recognition as matters then stood, 1 have become better informed and
have changed my opinion in regard to onr relations to the Scottish Rite; and since
the Supreme Councils of Scottish Rite Masonry have declared many years ago that
they will never interfere with Symbolic Masonry of any rite, but will leave the first
three degrees to the control of independent governing bodies, created by the Lodges
themselves, there is no rearon why Symbolic Matonry of the Scottish Rite should
not be welcomed to the sisterhood of sovereign Grand Lodges. This Rite prevails
in most of the Spanish speaking countries of both hemispheres.
The Grand Lodge of Texas has for fifty years, by a standing resolution, per-
mitted Scottish Rite Masons to visit and affiliate in our Lodges, and we have already
recognized the Grand Lodge of "Colon and Cuba," which, if 1 mistake not, prac-
tices the Scottish Rite. It is deemed immaterial to inquire whether the Supreme
Council of the A. & A. Scottish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction recognizes the
Gran Dieta, for that would be in a sense, deferring or delegating to another Masonic
power, of which we, as Master Masons, can know nothing, the function of deter-
mining for us whom we should recognize, and when, too. that same power has
formally relinquished all control of Blue Lodge Masonry of its own rite. But were
it material to so inquire, it would be found that the Gran Dieta, though absolutely
independent, resulted from the treaty of December 24, 1N89. between the Supreme
Council of Mexico and the various bodies of Blue Lodge Masonry. and that the
Supreme Council of Mexico originated from and has always been recognized by the
Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction. Our oniy inqniry should be, did
the Gran Dieta originate from bodies of regular Masonry, and is it now independent
anU supreme within its territory? Of all this there can now be no further doubt
or question.
As before stated, this treaty was formally ratified and
official recognition accorded the Gran Dieta, whose repre-
sentative, M. W. Jose Rossenberger, being present, was
received with "Grand Honors" and most heartily welcomed.
We have surrendered so much of our space to the above
that we must omit reference to many other matters.
Bro. Thomas M. Mathews submits the Report on
Correspondence, as usual; Colorado for 1890 being the
subject of fraternal review. Passing reference is made to
the dedication of the Temple and the laying of the corner-
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stone of the State Capitol. A brief synopsis is given of
Grand Master Bridwell's address, "which, taken as a whole,"
he says, "is a practical, business-like paper, showing its
author to have been a zealous workman." With his de-
cisions he has no fault to find. He writes in warm praise
of Bro. H. T. DeLong's oration, saying, in conclusion,
uIts pure, ennobling thoughts, couched in native English,
do honor to both head and heart of its talented author."
Our Report is favorably commented upon, extracts
being given upon "Physical Qualifications," "Cerneauism,"
"Progressive Ideas," etc., with which he is fully in accord.
Bro. John Watson, of Clarksville, was elected Grand
Master; Bro. W. F. Swain re-elected Grand Secretary.
UTAH— 1892.
Twenty-first Annual held at Salt Lake City, January
19, 1892; M. W. William G. Van Home, Grand Master.
He opens his address as follows :
Times of growth are times of quiet, and leave little of importance to chron-
icle. The peace and harmony which are so conducive to growth make the record
of the passing year dull and uneventful. So smoothly for a twelve months past
has run the current of Masonic affairs in Utah, that from that fact alone marked
progress might be expected. And such is indeed the case. The roster of oar
Brethren shows an increase of fifty-eight, or 10 65-100 per cent.
He reports that, for the first time in many years, a
dispensation had been granted for a new Lodge.
As an evidence of harmony, not a single decision had
been asked for.
The difference upon the jurisdiction question with
Nevada had been amicably adjusted.
The Masonic Temple Association had been incorporated,
a desirable site purchased opposite the new county and
city building, and the stock largely subscribed for.
He refers with pride to the charitable record of the
Lodges in that jurisdiction.
He closes with a hopeful view of the future outlook for
Masonry in Utah.
From the Grand Secretary's report we note a gain of
fifty-eight, and the total membership 544, the largest over
reported. The Lodges expended for charitable purposes
$1,587.25; Corinne Lodge, with fifteen members, giving
$110.55.
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From the Librarian's report we learn that, owing to
the change made with the Public Library, the Masonic
books have been piled in a " dark corner " and the book-
cases stored in a warehouse, and Bro. Diehl himself occu-
pies a room which, by a great stretch of the imagination,
is called an office! But there is daylight ahead when the
new Masonic Temple is completed — then Bro. Diehl will
have a brand new office and a fine library-room, and once
more emerge into the cheerful light of day.
The following resolutions, adopted unanimously by the
Committee on Library, explains the cause of the disposal
of the public portion of the Library :
Whereas, By the labors and contributions of the Masonic Fraternity of Salt
Lake City, supplemented by generous aid from non-Masons of all classes, our
Library has been bnilt np and so far maintained, with now abont 8,000 well selected
volumes;
Whereas, Oar Fraternity is unable to provide for the farther adequate growth
of our said Library ; and,
W11ERKA8, It is now proposed to organize a general " Library Association,"
without regard to political or sectarian affiliations, and provide for its permanent
maintenance, provided said association may have our Library as a nucleus (except
oar strictly Masonic books); and,
Where as, It is further proposed to concede certain memberships in said As-
sociation for this Grand Lodge, the Salt Lake Lodges, the Chapter and the Com-
mandery, if desired by them or any of them. Therefore, be it
Rt*olved% That this Grand Lodge in Annual Communication now assembled,
approve of the proposition to turn the public portion of the Masonic Library over
to a General Library Association, for the purposes aforesaid, and the Grand Lodge
Library Committee is hereby authorized to finally arrange to transfer the said
public portion of our said Library to such Public Library Association for the
purposes aforesaid on such terms as to it may seem best.
Utah has adopted a Grand Representative's jewel and
is now in line with New York, Louisiana and some others.
One hundred were contracted for, fifty-five of which are
needed for present use. Some ten or fifteen will be pre-
sented to Masonic Libraries, and the rest will be reserved
for use as occasion shall demand. A cut of the jewel ap-
pears in the volume.
Action was taken against the so-called Grand Lodge of
Ohio.
Six delegates were appointed to attend the Fraternal
Congress at their own expense.
Bro. Christopher Diehl's Report on Correspondence is
the attractive feature of the volume before us, being fully
up to its usual standard of excellence. Colorado for 1891
has a very appreciative review. A full synopsis is given
of Grand Master Foster's address, and he reproduces two
of his decisions, Nos. 8 and 10, but without comment. A
page and a half are given to our report and a discussion
upon the subject of degrees in reply to what we said last
year upon that point. We have only room for the follow-
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ing, as recent discoveries have disposed of "much of his
historical references:
Bro. Greenleaf farther says : " Bro. Diehl, yon give some of your scholarly
thoughts to oar symbolism, and consider why there mnst be three Degrees. " That
is quite another thing. What mnst be now is not what was in the long ago. We
admit that there ought to be three Degrees because speculative Masonry is taught
by symbols. Youth, manhood, age; sunrise, meridian, sunset; past, present,
future, etc. Everywhere three ; even Deity, according to the Christian belief, is
threefold. In ancient symbolism and history the figure three is often met. It is
also met in mythology. Zoroaster revered it, so did Confucius, so Mohamed.
Christ arose from the grave three days after his crucifiction. The figure three ad
infinitum. Everything, Nature itself, seems to be based upon it. And it is for
that reason, if for no other, that symbolic Freemasonry ought to have three
Degrees. It has them, but it had them not at the organization of the mother
Grand Lodge in 1717, "the presence of Giants in those days" notwithstanding.
Later Giants added the Fellow Craft and Master Degrees to the entered Apprentice
Degree, and still later ones took the Royal Arch from the Master's Degree. The
last act was a money making scheme. Have we caught your idea, Bro. Greenleaf ?
If so, let us shake.
Only partially, Bro. Diehl, we said : "The evidence must
be sought in the internal structure of our system, and not
in historical references, which are too often misleading."
We had no idea at the time we penned the above that its
truth would be so soon corroborated. You relied upon
historical statements and references, the "old chestnuts"
scattered through Masonic miscellanies and histories for
the past three decades, and the result proved as we pre-
dicted, that you would be mislead. You were emboldened
to say as above, "it has them, but it had them not at the
organization of the mother Grand Lodge in 1717, 'the
presence of giants in those days' notwithstanding. Later
Giants added the Fellow Craft and Master Degrees to the
Enterered Apprentice Degree." Never! Bro. Diehl, you
were never more mistaken in your life. And now for the
proof.
As Bro. L. H. Hertzveld wrote to Bro. J. G. Findel in
1868. "A witness, whose honor and competence no can
dispute, has risen from the tomb after more than one
hundred years slumber, to testify to some historical facts."
The historians had gone on making history out of whole
cloth, and to suit their own conceptions, until a very large
number of intelligent Masons had come to believe their
"fairy tales " as Gospel truth ; but Dr. Manningham's
letters have let in "new light," and proved conclusively, as
admitted by Bro. Kobert F. Gould, "That before 1717 the
now exist ing rituals have been worked."
Dr. Thomas Manningham was Deputy Grand Master
of England. On July 12, 1757, he wrote a letter to Bro.
Saner, of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Holland, at the
the Hague, in answer to his inquiries about a variety of
Masonry called Scotch Masonry. In this occurs the fol-
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lowing paragraph among others equally convincing. We
copy verbatim:
These innovations are of very late years, and I believe the brethren will find a
difficulty to produce a Mason acquainted with any such forms twenty, nay, tea
years. My own father has been a Mason these fifty years and has been at Lodges
in Holland, France, and England. He knows none of these ceremonies. Grand
Master Payn, who succeeded Br. Christopher Wren, is a stranger to them, as is
likewise one old brother of ninety, who 1 conversed with lately. This brother
assures me he was made a Mason in his youth, and has constantly frequented
Lodges until rendered incapable by his advanced age and never heard, or knew,
any other Ceremonies or Words than those used in general amongst us; such forma
were delivered to him and those he has retained. As to Knights of the Sword,
Eagle, etc., the knowledge of them never reached his ears until 1 informed him of
them. The only orders that we know are three: Master*, Fellow-Crafts, and Ap-
prentices, and none of them ever arrive at the Honour of Knighthood by Masonry.
The summing up by Bro. Hertzveld is as follows:
1. No higher degrees than the first three belong to Pure and Ancient Free-
masonry.
2. The secrets of the first throe degrees were the same before 1717, as after it.
3. The so-called high degrees were introduced after 1740.
And now for Bro. Gould's comments:
With the sole distinction, that in the third paragraph, for "after 1740", should
be read " about 1740/' the axioms laid down by the Deputy Grand Master of 1752-56.
are in exact harmony with the discoveries of modern Masonic science. But as
many will listen to Dr. Manningham, who would turn a deaf ear to the utterances
of even our most advanced students, a pause will be made, while the grounds on
which his judgment is based, are inquired into.
" The only Orders we know," observes the doctor, "are three:— Masters, Fellow
Crafts and Apprentices." There were no more and no less. " My own father." he
continues, "has been a Mason these fifty years." Acoording to this, Sir Richard
Manningham must have been initiated about 1707, three years after Governor
Belcher had gone through a similar ordeal, and two years before the remarkable
allusion in the Tattler, toa" set of people," who have their signs and tokens like
Freemasons.
The "old brother of ninety, who was made a Mason in his youth," must have
been admitted a member of the Society in the last quarter of the seventeenth
century.
The two brethren, whose testimony -as we have seen— was relied upon by Dr.
Manningham, may, I think, be regarded without doubt by ourselves, as the witnesses
of truth.
The question, whether the secrets imparted to Masonic candidates in 1757 were
the same as those existing at the close of the seventeenth and beginning of the
eighteenth century, is such an exceedingly simple one that, in the case before us.
the various canons above may be safely reduced to a single one, namely, whether
the two witnesses called by Dr. Manningham are to be regarded as " persons of
veracity?"
If they are not, then- -and then only— shall we be justified in believing that Sir
Richard Manningham and " the old brother of ninety," together with the founders
and early members of the Grand Lodge of England (1711-1723) looked calmly on
while the forms and ceremonies to which they had been accustomed were as sud-
denly metamorphosed as it has become, to some degree, the fashion to assume.
It should be recollected, moreover, that in 1717, when the younger Manning-
ham first appears on the Masonic stage, neither Jacob Lam ball, Grand Warden,
1717, or George Payne, G. M., 17 is, had retired from it. Indeed, he mentions the
fact that the latter brother (whose death only occurred on January 3, 1757) had ex-
tended to him his confidence with respect to degrees that had been worked in his
time.
We regard the above, Bro. Diehl, as convincing testi-
mony, and so my statement still holds good : There were
three degrees, and there were giants in those days!
Bro. Watson N. Shilling, Grand Master; Bro. Christo-
pher Diehl re-elected Grand Secretary.
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VERMONT— 1892.
The portrait of Bro. Marsh 0. Perkins, P. G. M. aiid
Chairman on Foreign Correspondence, appears as a frontis-
piece.
Ninety-ninth Annual held at Burlington, June 15, 1892;
M. W. Delos M. Bacon, Grand Master.
His first thoughts are o the bright lights in Masonry
that have been extinguished. He pays a splendid tribute
to the memory of P. G. M. Henry H. Smith, with a record
of his Masonic career.
He submits a list of ten decisions.
He refused dispensations as follows: To a Lodge to lay
a corner-stone; to re-open a ballot after it had been passed
three times at a previous communication, resulting in an
adverse ballot, though not declared by the Master; to
authorize a Past Master to preside at the annual meeting
of a Lodge, in the absence of the Master and Wardens; to
receive the petition of a rejected candidate within a year
after such rejection.
In the first of these, unless there were good reasons to
the contrary, he might have made the W. M. his proxy, to
open an occasional Grand Lodge. Why he refused to
deputize the P. M. to preside is also rather vague.
In regard to the Past Master's Degree, he concurs in
the opinion of Grand Master Perkins, in 1889, which was
to this effect:
" A Master elect may not be legally installed without receiving the esoteric
instruction attending the solemn induction to the Oriental chair of King Solomon
in an assembly or convocation of actual Past Masters."
" It is also recommended that the proper ritual be prescribed as soon as prac-
ticable of the esoteric as well as of the exoteric ceremonies attending the installa-
tion of a Master-elect into office."
This ruling and recommendation was adopted, and a
committee of three appointed to formulate the work and
ceremony, but they have never organized.
He recommends decisive action against the joint
occupancy of Lodge-rooms which have been dedicated to
Masonic uses.
He reports having visited ten of the thirteen districts
in that jurisdiction.
The Grand Lecturer reports having visited all the
districts except one, and his labors were productive of
great benefit to the officers who attended the meetings.
The G. M. was present, also, except on two occasions.
164 APPENDIX.
From the Grand Secretary's report we glean the fol-
lowing figures:
Number of initiates, 415 ; number passed, 416 ; number raised, 420 ; number
admitted, 70 ; number reinstated, 26 : number dimitted, 161 ; number died, 149 ;
number suspended, 66 ; number expelled, 4 ; present membership, 8,976 ; amount
received for dues, $1,215.00 ; amount received for per capita tax, $1,796.60.
The rebellious faction in Ohio, and their so-called
Grand Lodge, were condemned.
Action in regard to the Fraternal Congress was deferred
until next Anuual.
Kecognition was accorded to the Grand Lodge of
Tasmania.
The Committee on Bituals reported in favor of a new
Masonic text book, they having already collected the
material and partially completed its preparation. The
Grand Lodge adopted the report, and the expense attend-
ing its publication is to be paid by the Grand Treasurer
upon approval by the Grand Master.
The proceedings of the D. D. G. M.'s meeting, which
was largely attended, is published in the volume. This
was held on October 16, 1891. The addresses delivered by
the Grand Lecturer, Grand Master and other distinguished
brethren are filled with instructive matter of great value
to Lodge officers and the Craft generally.
The volume also contains the reports of the D. D.
Grand Masters, which are full and comprehensive, show-
ing at a glance the condition of the Lodges in their several
districts.
P. G. M. Marsh O. Perkins furnishes an able and in-
structive Report on Correspondence, covering 124 pages.
Colorado for 1891 receives fraternal consideration. He
says Grand Master Foster's address "is a practical, com-
mon-sense document, well expressed."
He reviews his official acts with favorable comment and
quotes from Bro. Bush's oration, which is pronounced
" excellent."
Grand Master and Grand Secretary re-elected.
VIRGINIA— 1891.
One hundred and fourteenth Annual held at Richmond,
December 15, 1891; M. W. Bro. J. Howard Wayt, Grand
Master.
He congratulates the members of the Grand Lodge
upon the fact that they had assembled in their own Temple,
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and he records the sagacious, laborious and generous efforts
of the Trustees, to whom they were indebted for this priv-
ilege, and to whom were due the thanks of the Masons of
Virginia.
He reports peace and harmony and cordial relations
with all other Grand Jurisdictions.
He had granted seven dispensations for new Lodges.
He laid the corner-stones of three structures — those of
a Masonic Temple, a female institute and a court house.
He commends the Masonic Home, and hopes that in
the near future not only every Lodge, but individual mem-
bers as well, will become interested in its proper endow-
ment
The Fifth edition of the Text Book being exhausted,
he recommends the publication of a new edition. Most of
the questions submitted have been answered by a reference
thereto. A few, however, are reported, which were ap-
proved.
He had made official visitations to many portions of the
jurisdiction, which would doubtless be productive of profit-
able results.
He is sound in his utterances, and stands by the old
ways and customs of the Fraternity. We quote his words
on this subject : .
We do not expect to improve upon the principles of oar Order, or to declare
new troths. We stand by the ancient Landmarks of our Fraternity, but we desire
to throw brighter light upon the old troths, and to learn the better how to apply them
to the practical realities df life.
1 am proud to believe that there is now a strong devotion to the principles of
Masonry, founded on an earnest conviction that onr institution is a powerful aid in
subduing our passions and improving us in those virtues which adorn and solidify
character.
As we review the past, and remember how very ancient is our Order, we are
forcibly struck by the permanent stability of Masonry. No other human organi-
zation has so successfully defied, through long ages, all the mutations of time.
Men die, empires fall, but Masonry, like the exerlasting hills, remains. Why, my
brethren, is this ? it is because the corner-stone of our institution is the Word of
God, that Great Light in Masonry, the Holy Bible. Without it there can bono
Masonry, and this insures its growth, its prosperity and its permanency.
1 have earnestly desired, in my administration as Grand Master, to adhere
closely, as all my distinguished predecessors have, to the ancient usages, customs
and Landmarks of Masonry. It is only by such a course that the stability of our
Order can be maintained.
The Masons of Virginia have long and justly been credited with marked con-
servatism in thought and practice.
We stand, my brethren, for the old ways and customs of Masons and will not
consent to or countenance the introduction of any new methods into our fraternity.
We learn that the total cost of the Temple to date,
including lot, has been $157,419.57.
From the various reports we learn that the Masonic
Home has now eight boys as occupants, all of whom have
living mothers. They are reported to be bright and intel-
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ligent. The expenses, including cost of improvement and
repairs, were $3,179.77. The invested fund is $5,700.00.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the Grand Master be requested to prepare for publication with
the Annual Proceedings, an appeal to all the Lodges and brethren of this jurisdic-
tion to contribute to the endowment and support of the Masonic Home.
There are reports from forty-three of the forty-five
District Deputy Grand Masters.
No Report on Correspondence.
An Historical Sketch of Rockingham Union Lodge No.
27, from October 29, 1789, to October 29, 1889, read by
Bro. J. Wilton, at its Centennial Anniversary, is published
in the Appendix.
Bro. William Henry Pleasants, of Hollins, was elected
Grand Master; Bro. W. B. Isaacs re-elected Grand Secre-
tary.
WASHINGTON— 1891.
Proceedings embellished with portrait of G. M. as a
frontispiece.
Thirty-fourth Annual held at Seattle, June 9, 1891 ; M.
W. James E. Edmiston, Grand Master.
He reports a prosperous condition of affairs in that
jurisdiction. 0
Eight dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
He laid the corner-stone of a church at Spokane.
He reports twelve decisions which were approved.
He recommends certain forms, which are submitted in
his address, for the taking of testimony of witnesses in
Masonic trials who reside beyond the jurisdiction of the
Lodge, the testimony being taken by commissioners.
They were subsequently referred to the Grand Secretary
to revise and report thereon at the next Annual.
Resolutions were introduced upon the subject of a
General Congress or Convocation of Masons to be held in
Chicago as proposed, on the 24th of June, 1893.
The matter was postponed until the next session.
The Grand Lodge, during the session, laid the corner-
stone of the new Masonic Temple in Seattle, in the presence
of a large assemblage. The Grand Master was presented
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with a beautiful gavel, the head of which was made of
cedar from Mount Lebanon, and the handle of olive wood
from the Mount of Olives. A silver trowel, beautifully
engraved, was presented by St. John's Lodge, to be used in
the ceremony. An eloquent oration was delivered by R.
W. Bro. Joseph M. Taylor.
From the Report of the Committee on Work and
Returns we glean the following particulars:
Total nnmber initiated, 384 ; total number passed, 334 ; total number raised.
313 ; total number affiliated, 495, [ including those admitted in the organization of
new Lodges.- Gb. Sec.] ; total nnmber reinstated, 17; total number deaths, 42 ;
total number dim it ted, 130 ; suspended for nonpayment of dues, 62 ; suspended for
U. M. conduct. 9 ; expelled, 2. Total number of Master Masons on roll, 3,419. £.
A. 'son rolls, 156 ; F. C/s, 70 ; honorary members, M) ; indigent members, 12.
The special committee appointed at the last Annual to
procure photographs of Past Grand Masters, reported that
they had secured eighteen and others had promised to fur-
nish their photographs at that session.
Bro. Thomas M. Reed resumes his old place on the
tripod, from which he begged to be relieved last year, and
his Report on Correspondence is the attractive feature of
the volume. Colorado for 1890 receives due and fraternal
consideration. Our style of opening does not please him
however, he says:
There is a good deal of pomp and glorification in this method of opening the
Grand Lodge, and receiving its chief officer, and of course it is pleasing and tick-
ling to the vanity of some, but — well, we beg to be excused, preferring the good
old fraternal way of " meeting upon the level/'
He regards Grand Master Brid well's address as a
"forcible and well prepared paper."
Like many others, he has his say on decision 6:
44 A Lodge having suspended one of its members for non-payment of dues
cannot in after years remit the amount and restore him to good standing. Sus-
pended or expelled Masons are not worthy objects of Masonic charity/'
The sweeping declaration in the above " decision " presents itself to our mind
not only as unreasonable and illogical, but void as a stone of any element of
"charity."
Suspension, while it implies an arrest or forfeiture of all Masonic rights and
privileges for the time being, does not mean complete exclusion from or Masonic
death to the order, but carries with it the hopeful consideration of restoration.
True *4 charity (love) suffereth long and is kind." All men err, and erring, need
repentance. Suspension frequently occurs from trifling causes, hasty fits of anger,
excited by some private, social 4>r business troubles; imaginary grievances, often
approximating insanity; but when calm reflection comes to the relief, and reason
asserts her sway, manly sorrow and true repentance frequently follow. Shall the
mere fact of a few dollars and- cents (wholly a mercenary consideration), which
the unfortunate brother is nnable to pay, and which the Lodge is willing to remit,
stop the Lodge in its good work from restoring the repentant brother to its fold
and fellowship when in its judgment he is deemed worthy ? We think not.
After quoting other decisions without comment, he
proceeds as follows:
M/.W.'.Bro. Bridwell gives us a chapter on "Ancient Landmarks," but we
cannot see that any new light is thrown upon that subject. His first sentence pre-
sents the status of the whole matter " in a nut shell/1 It is this:
1 68 APPENDIX.
The question has been discussed by many Masonic writers and has brought
oat a variety of opinions as to what comprises the Ancient Landmarks of Free
Masonry.
In connection with the above, Bro. B rid well takes occasion to say that
Freemasonry is not after the fashion of these times, nor is it the result of com-
promise with any customs or views of any time. Masonic law has existed without
change longer than any human law, and must continue unchanged, ever abiding in
its pristine purity.
We may not fully comprehend the Grand Master's meaning in the above quota-
tion. He had just been referring to the unchangeable nature of the Landmarks.
It would seem, therefore, from our brother's remarks that he considers Masonic
law, Freemasonry, and the Landmarks as synonymous in the above references.
The Landmarks— those fundamental standards that all can agree upon as such— are,
of course, unchangeable. The principles of Freemasonry never change, but the
methods of elucidating and teaching those principles have from the earliest periods
of the history of the order changed, and continue to change. And so with respect
to Masonic law, and it is simply rashness to say that it "has existed without
change longer than any human law."
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We believe, moreover, that Freemasonry is "fashioned" for and suited to this
age as much as for " ye olden tyme."
From our Report he selects " Grand Masters' Preroga-
tives" for his review. After quoting our opinion, he
says:
It will be seen that Bro. Green leaf's views are somewhat modified from those
entertained by some of the "inherent prerogative" advocates in that the Grand
Master may be " held amonable to the Grand Lodge for the exercise of this power/*
that the constitutions and immemorial usages of the craft required the Grand
Master " to report all such acts for approval or disapproval, as the craft in its col-
lective wisdom, might determine."
Taking this sensible view of the Question and sifting it down to its very
essence, we fail to see any more of the elements of " inherency" in the powers of
the Grand Master than is by law given to any other chief officer in the exercise of
the functions of his office in the control of men or bodies of men connected with
and occupying subordinate relations to such chief officer. But we deny the com-
monly asserted " inherent" or hereditary powers of a Grand Master. There is no
proof that such powers ever existed. If they ever did exist, or exist now, he can
exercise them, right or wrong, and is beyond the reach of, and amenable to no
Masonic law. The proposition in our judgment is simply absurd. In the early
history of the order no mention is made of any such inherent power ; and yet, with-
out one single fact to justify the assertion, the dogma is held up by some as a
something of imperishable, not to say immaculate, sanctity in Masonry.
Bro. Thomas Amos was elected Grand Master; Grand
Secretary re-elected.
WEST VIRGINIA— 1891.
The portraits of Grand Master Tavenner and P. G.
Masters Charles J. Faulkner and William G. Bassett, ap-
pear in the Proceedings.
Twenty-seventh Annual held at Martinsburg, Novem-
ber 10, 1891; M. W. John M. Hamilton, Grand Master.
He says:
The progress of the Order within this jurisdiction during the year has been
such as to cause feelings of gratification to all its Craftsmen. The Subordinate
Lodges with but one or two exceptions have been prosperous, and the best of feel-
ing and fellowship has prevailed; and although the Order may not. and indeed has
not increased its membership to the same extent that several of the more modern
institutions claim to have done, yet it must be remembered that Masonry takes no
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pride in the mere numerical strength of its membership, and it is with a feeling of
satisfaction rather than of mortification that we admit that oar doors have
remained closed against many, who were unworthy of the great honor which they
sought.
He had granted one dispensation for a new Lodge.
He refused a dispensation for a Lodge to appear in the
parade on the occasion of an Army reunion.
He submits a long list of decisions, thirty in number,
all but one of which were approved.
He suspended one W. M. from office.
He refers at length to the death of M. W. Bro. Cxeorge
Baird, Past Grand Master, it being the first time in that
jurisdiction that a Mason of his rank had fallen by the
hand of violence. He refrains from any particulars in
connection with his death or the circumstances surround-
ing it, preferring to let the courts of the State pass upon
the guilt or innocence of his slayer. He confines himself
to his eminent services in Masonry. He was also called
upon to pay a tribute to the memory of a second Past
Grand Master, M. "VV. Charles H. Collier, who died two
weeks later. He was for many years Grand Lecturer, and
devoted patient labor to the ritualistic work.
From the Report of the Grand Lecturer we quote the
following, as the subject has been so often discussed in
our own Grand Lodge.
Most of oar sister jurisdictions have become aroused to the importance of
having subordinate Lodges thoroughly instructed in the esoteric work, and have
taken steps to secure that result.
A large proportion of the Lodges in our State are in very bad condition as to
their knowledge of the unwritten work, and while, no doubt, desirous of improving,
they are either unable or unwilling to pay for the services of a competent Lecturer
to instruct them. Under our present plan, the Deputy (f rami Lecturers do not
visit the Lodges unless their services are called for, which is very seldom. It is, 1
think, to be regretted, that it has not, for various reasons, been practicable to put
into force a recommendation which has been repeatedly made, to practically con-
solidate the offices of District Deputy Grand Master and Deputy Grand Lecturer.
Were this done, the Lodges would have the benefit of at least one vinit a year
from an officer competent to instruct them, and the Grand Master would have the
benefit of a report on the practical working of each Lod^e from one thoroughly
Qualified to judge. I mean by this no possible disrespect to our present District
>epoty Grand Masters, but in the manner they are now selected no consideration
is given to their knowledge of the work.
From the Report of the Committee on Returns, we
learn the present number of Lodges is 93, all making re-
turns but one. Total membership, 4,528. Net gain over
last year, 417. Expelled, 4. Expelled for unmasonic con-
duct, 7. Suspended for non-payment of dues, 101.
The Committee on Jurisprudence, in dissenting from
decision No. 1 of the G. M., give utterance to some thoughts
which are worthy of preservation. We frequently hear
Masons declare that they will take the degrees over again
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rather than have any more trouble, in cases where Lodges
have become extinct, and records burnt or lost, or where
their diplomas from foreign countries are not recognized,
etc. We have a case of this kind now in mind, where a
Grand Secretary of a large jurisdiction, though written to,
has not been able to give a certificate, the Lodge records
having been destroyed. Many worthy brethren have
talked with us, who have never been able to obtain any
certificate or record whatever, although desirous of affili-
ating, and, as remarked above, after years of futile effort,
have declared they would willingly petition anew, and pay
for the degrees again, in order to acquire their old Ma-
sonic standing. Perhaps the case cited may be in the
same category.
The decision and comments are as follows :
A non-affiliated Master Mason residing in the jurisdiction of Ohio, petitions a
subordinate Lodge of that State for initiation and is rejected : Held, that he thereby
waived his rights as n non-affiliated Mason, and voluntarily placed himself under
the perpetual jurisdiction of Ohio.
How a man who has once been made a Master Mason can forget that he is a
Mason, and again petition for degrees, is inexplicable upon any other theory than
that of paralysis of the brain— such a man must be a lunatic, and therefore not
responsible for his conduct. But suppose him sane, and that being a non-affiliated
Master MaBon, he presents a petition for initiation and is rejected, can the rejecting
Lodge retain such perpetual jurisdiction over him as to prevent another Lodge
from receiving bin petition for membership? Can he be said to have "waived his
rights as a non-affiliated Mason?" The answer to these questions will doubtless be
suggested by asking another: Can a Master Mason, under any ci ream stances,
voluntarily divest himself of his obligations and his rights as a Mason, and become
again one of the profane? Can he, by any act of his own, wipe out the past — oblit-
erate every vestige of his Masonry— and place himself in precisely the position he
occupied when he first sent a petition to the nearest Lodge? Certainly he cannot.
44 Once a Mason, always a Mason," has become a familiar maxim. A Mason may,
as the punishment of his own improper conduct, be expelled, but he is not thereby
relieved from his obligations, lie may neglect to exercise his rights as a Mason,
but he does not thereby destroy them. The committee is therefore of opinion, that
in the case presented, the candidate cannot be held to have waived any right which
he possessed. The circumstances are so anomalous as to suggest that there must
have been some mistake about the matter, and that the petition was really a request
for affiliation and membership, and not. for degrees. If it was a petition for mem-
bership, of course the jurisdiction of the rejecting Lodge is not perpetual, as is
correctly stated in the Grand Master's decision No. 2. If it was a petition for
initiation, then it was a foolish net, but it did not divest the applicant of any righto
he theretofore possessed, and no jurisdiction attaches to the rejecting Lodge. m This
is the only case in which the committee asks leave to dissent from the decisions
announced by the Grand Master.
The Report on Correspondence is by P. G. M. George
W. Atkinson, as usual. Colorado for 1890 is fraternally
reviewed. Grand Master Bridwell is highly complimented,
and his address pronounced an " excellent business paper."
His remarks on " Landmarks " are quoted entire. Bro. H.
T. DeLong's oration is referred to as "very short and
practical." Our remarks on "Grand Masters' Preroga-
tives" are given in full.
Bro. Lewis N. Tavener, of Parkersburg, was elected
Grand Master; Bro. George W. Atkinson re-elected Grand
Secretary.
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WISCONSIN— 1892.
Forty-eighth annual held at Milwaukee, June 14, 1892;
M. W. Bro. N. M. Littlejohn, Grand Master.
He reports the past year one of the most peaceful and
prosperous in the history of that jurisdiction. The in-
crease in members has been the largest ever known, the
net gain being over 500. Continuing, he gives us this
pleasing picture :
The ability and high character of those seeking admission to the Order give
promise that Masonry will keep advancing until it stands in the front ranks as a
power for good. I think there has never been a year since the organization of
Masonry in our State, when so many substantial and commodious Masonic edifices
have been erected and dedicated to virtue and universal benevolence. This fact
evidences not only prosperity on the part of our constituent Lodges, but a devotion
on the part of the members, that gives promise of a secure future for our beloved
Order. From all parts of our jurisdiction come assurances that Masonry was never
more prosperous — never so strongly entrenched in public opinion.
Among the lamented dead, to whom he makes fitting
reference, was Bro. Homer S. Goss, P. S. G. W.
Nine decisions are submitted, all of which were ap-
proved.
He granted six dispensations for the formation of new
Lodges.
Sixty-four special dispensations were granted for
various purposes.
Four Lodges lost their Lodge rooms and furniture by
fire ; also their Charters, except in one instance.
He discusses the proposed amendments to the Consti-
tution at considerable length ; also reviews the substance
of the reports of officers, and closes his address with sen-
sible suggestions as to the practice of Masonic principles
in our daily conduct and lives.
The membership is 14,498. Action was taken against
the so-called Grand Lodge of Ohio.
A design for a P. G. Master's jewel was adopted on the
recommendation of the special committee appointed for
that purpose, and the following resolution was adopted :
Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be and is hereby authorized to procure one
of these jewels for each of the Past Grand Masters who have not received a Past
Grand Master's jewel from the Grand Lodge.
Bro. Duncan McGregor again furnishes the Keport on
Correspondence, filled, as usual, with interesting matter
and incisive comments. It covers 70 pages. Colorado for
1891 is fraternally reviewed. A brief synopsis is given of
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Grand Master Foster's official acts. He thus notices a
decision which was not approved :
The W. M. of a Lodge has no aathority to refuse to admit a member in £ood
standing to his own Lodge. This last mentioned decision was not concurred in by
Grand Lodge, bnt the reason for such action is not given. We wonder what the
reason could be.
Bro. Fred King, of La Crosse, was elected Grand Mas-
ter ; Bro. John W. Laflin re-elected Grand Secretary.
WYOMING— 1891.
Seventeenth Annual held at Rawlins, December 1,
1891; M. W. Emile A. Abry, Grand Master.
He reports the Lodges in a prosperous condition gen-
erally. He is also able to report from personal observation
that renewed interest and earnestness are manifested, hav-
ing visited eight Lodges, and received reports from the
other five. He urges the appointment of a custodian in
order to secure uniformity of work.
He had granted one dispensation for a new Lodge.
The corner-stone of a public school at Sheridan was
laid by proxy.
He reports a list of decisions all of which were ap-
proved.
The committee to whom was referred the communica-
tion of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky in reference to the
Fraternal Congress, reported favorably thereon, recom-
mending the appointment of six delegates, which report
was adopted.
Proper action was taken in regard to the spurious
Grand Lodge of Ohio.
A committee of five was appointed to recommend an
"official work" to report at the next Annual.
Bro. W. L. Kuykendall is the wide-awake writer of the
Report on Correspondence. Colorado for 1890 receives a
fraternal review of three pages. He comments upon
Grand Master BridwelVs address, and approves of his acts
generally, agreeing with him on decisions Nos. 6 and 13
upon which he gives his own opinion as follows:
If we are not mistaken the Grand Master has canght it from more than one
quarter for number six. In our opinion the decision is right andjust from a gen-
eral standpoint, for the reason that to hold otherwise would be offering a premium
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for ndn-payment of dues. A suspended member was entitled to all the rights,
benefits and privileges of his Lodge the same as other members, to the date of sus-
pension for such non-payment. They paid their does for the same time he was
delinquent. We see no good reason for an exception in behalf of those who in a
majority of cases carelessly allow themselves to be suspended.
Number thirteen agrees perfectly with number six, and is oar idea exactly of
justice in both cases. We believe that neither should have any claims on the
fraternity until payment of dues and restoration is effected in the one case, and in
the other that the dimit should after one year be of no value whatever, except as
evidence of former good standing for the purpose of affiliating or joining in a peti-
tion for a new Lodge.
Then again, on the subject of Landmarks, he shows
that he has "progressive" tendencies. We have found
in reading the earliest records of our fraternity that our
fathers repeatedly enjoined the preservation of the ancient
Landmarks, ancient customs and usages. This injunction
is continually to be met with in the old charges and consti-
tutions. If we moderns have progressed sufficiently to
eliminate all of them except what can be counted on the
fingers of one haud, as claimed by Bro. Kuykendall, is it
not time to call a halt. Says Bro. Kuykendall:
Our worthy brother next goes off in a lengthy discourse on Landmarks, and
■ays there are twenty- five of them, which shows that he has only read after Bro.
Mackey, who says that is the number sure and certain, upon which Bro. Simons
sej s there are fifteen, and Bro. Morris comes forward and raises the latter to seven-
teen, whilst a large number of others who have investigated the subject claim that
they are very few in number. Now, we have heard of several hundred, for nearly
everything is claimed as a Landmark if it bolsters up a certain view, and not a
Landmark if in opposition. The number that have not been set aside in one way
or another in this or that jurisdiction can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
When our report is reached nearly one-half of his space
is given to its consideration and he is not in accord with
us upon a single point. He disagrees with us upon physi-
cal qualifications, Grand Master's prerogative and even
says the Constitution tinkers are the salt of the earth. We
had occasion to touch up our brother on his progressive
tendencies and disposition to adopt the good features of
other secret organizations and engraft them upon Masonry.
His reply covers half a page and we gladly give him a
hearing:
When he reaches Wyoming he gives this writer a good send-oft in his way.
Think* we grow restive under the restraint of old laws and usages, and that we are
a member of other organizations and desire to see Masonry adopt their good feat-
ures, etc. The word " restive " is probably as good as any, and we believe that any
law, old or new, should be changed, provided it does not endanger the existence
and principles of Masonry, whenever it is found to be wrong in principle and Htands
in the way of the greatest good to our fraternity, and clearly not in keeping with the
Masonry of our time. We do not belong to that class who shut their eyes and insist
that no law or regulation should be adopted that will be of material benefit, simply
because another society has such a regulation. We have yet to see the Mason or
member of any other society who is a saint or approached perfection in a very near
degree. Neither do we believe the laws of either are divine, and yet. from the
bstter-than-thou expressions heard now and then, we have been expecting some
enthusiastic frater to claim saintly robes and the divinity of the law. A removal
of the beam from the eyes so as to allow a little investigation into laws and regula-
tions and an insight into what other organizations are accomplishing, would cause
a change in the tune of those will not see. As to whether those who have and are
investigating belong to other societies, is neither here nor there, neither is it
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j material so long as they live ap to, advocate, and by their daily walk exemplify, as
near as weak humanity may, the teachings of the Great Light in Masonry • and the
undying principles of oar great institution.
We have re-read our comments in our 1890 report, and
see no reason to change or modify any opinion therein
expressed. Our views have been endorsed by others as
sound, and we are satisfied that Bro. Kuykendall, after
further investigation, will arrive at a similar conclusion,
not only on this question, but those of Landmarks, pre-
rogatives and physical qualifications. On these questions,
as well as that of our antiquity, the next few years will
witness a return to the old faith.
Bro. Perry L. Smith, of Rawlins, was elected Grand
Master ; Grand Secretary re-elected.
APPENDIX. I /5
DIGEST OF DECISIONS.
Compiled From Proceedings, Accompanying Report on
Foreign Correspondence.
ADVANCEMENT.
A Brother who receives his First Degree in this jurisdiction, and
removes to a foreign one, can not receive his Second and Third De-
grees without the consent of the Grand Masters of both jurisdictions,
obtained through the Grand Secretary, at the request of a Lodge in
this jurisdiction. — [6. M. Canada, 1891.
When an applicant for advancement is rejected, his second
application must be made at a regular, and it may be voted upon at
that meeting, unless reference is demanded by some Brother. — [G.M.
Michigan, 1892.
Statement. — A gentleman was duly initiated as an Entered
Apprentice in Star in the East Lodge No. 880, under the jurisdiction
of the Grand Lodge of England, on the island of Zante, Greece, in
1871. He now petitions our Lodge for the Fellow Craft and Master
Mason Degrees and membership therein, submitting a diploma or
certificate signed by the officers and impressed with the seal of said
Star in the East Lodge.
Question. — Have we a right to receive his petition and confer the
Degrees ?
Answer. — Yes. If a Brother receives the Entered Apprentice
Degree under the jurisdiction of any Lodge in the United States, I
should, as a matter of practice and custom, *ask the consent of the
Lodge that conferred that Degree, before receiving and acting upon
his petition, and I think most of the Grand Lodges of this continent
recognize the principle that the Lodge that receives a petition and
confers the Entered Apprentice Degree, has exclusive jurisdiction
over the material. They do not all hold to that doctrine, however,
but this is a different case. The Grand Lodge of England does not,
I think, hold to exclusive personal jurisdiction. They have Lodges
scattered nearly all over the Eastern world, and, as in this case, they
give certificates to a Brother when he receives the Entered Appren-
tice Degree. That may be treated as a dimit. It may be so done in
this case, and the Degrees conferred, if elected. — [G. M. Minnesota,
1892.
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That a Lodge, under Dispensation, has not the right, while
working under a Dispensation, to confer the Fellow Craft and Master's
Degree on an Entered Apprentice of a Lodge extinct, although the
applicant has resided within the jurisdiction of said Lodge twelve
months.— [G. M. Virginia, 1891.
A Lodge asked privilege of conferring the F. C. and M. M.
Degrees on an E. A. Mason belonging to a Lodge U. D., and then
claim him as a member.
I decided this could not be done nor could he dimit from the
Lodge until they were chartered — [G. M. Wyoming, 1892.
AFFILIATION.
An applicant for affiliation must reside within the jurisdiction of
the Grand Lodge, and the Lodge with which he seeks to affiliate. —
[G.M.California, 1891.
A Lodge has the right to receive and consider the petition of a
non-affiliate at any stated meeting, whether the petitioner was sick
or well, and to take final action thereon at a subsequent meeting, if
the petitioner was living at the time of such final action.— [G. M.
Tennessee, 1892.
BALLOT.
There are only four cases in which the ball ballot should be
used—for initiation, passing and raising, and for membership. —
[G. M. Florida, 1892.
The committee do not understand that the ball ballot is
restricted to the four cases named by any Masonic law or usage.
Undoubtedly a majority vote is sufficient for reinstatement, but that
majority can be expressed by a majority of ball ballots as well as by
a majority of hands. The Lodge has the right to designate the
mode of voting in such cases as reinstatement, Masonic trials and
others of a like nature. — [Jurisp. Com. Florida, 1892.
A ballot is taken of application for membership. On exami-
nation of the box the ballot is declared dark by all of the officers.
After closing of the Lodge, it is ascertained that the wrong end of
the box had been examined. Held that there bad never been a legal
ballot taken, and a ballot could be ordered at the next Communica-
tion of the Lodge on the same application. — [G. M. Georgia, 1891.
The Grand Master is nowhere vested by the Grand Regulations
with the power to authorize a ballot upon a petition at a special
meeting, or without laying over for four weeks. The regulation
which requires that a petition must be received and balloted upon
at a stated meeting, and that it must lie over four weeks, cannot be
legally evaded.— [G. M. Indiana, 1892.
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Question. — Must every member present when a ballot is taken
on an application for initiation vote, or can the W. M., for private
reasons communicated to him, excuse a member from voting?
Answer. — I hold that every member present must vote ; and the
W. M., nor even a vote of the Brethren, can excuse anyone from
voting. This rule, as well as the reasons on which it rests, are too
well settled to require demonstration. — [G. M. Louisiana, 1892.
When a petition has been received and referred, but before the
committee report, the applicant removes from the jurisdiction, the
Lodge can receive the report and ballot on the petition. — [G. M.
Michigan, 1892.
The Committee on Character having reported favorably, the
W. M., if he considers it in the interest of his Lodge, can defer the
ballot one month. — [G. M. Manitoba, 1892.
" Upon a favorable report of the committee a ballot was spread
upon the petition of a candidate, it was found clear and I declared
him duly elected. After the Lodge was called off it was discovered
there were no cubes in the ballot box ; ail the members present
when the vote was taken expressed themselves satisfied with the
result of the ballot if legal." Held the ballot legal. I thought it was
a dangerous precedent to disturb the result of the ballot after it was
declared by the W. M. I stated to the Master in case the cubes
were left out purely by mistake, no greater blame than carelessness
could attach to anyone ; but had they been left out by design, a
Masonic offense was committed and the guilty party or parties, if
discovered, should be severely disciplined by the Lodge. — [G. M.,
South Dakota, 1892.
Modified as follows: When the W. M. discovered the total
absence of dark ballots in the ballot box, after the ballot was had
and its result declared, he should at once have ordered a new ballot.
A Lodge can not reconsider its action in rejecting a petition for
the Degrees at a subsequent meeting, but if objections are withdrawn
a ballot may be again taken. — [G. M. Term., 1892.
With regard to the fourth ruling, your Committee recommend
its approval, if amended to provide that the withdrawal of the
objection shall be announced in open Lodge, at a stated meeting ;
that notice shall then be given that a new ballot will be had at the
next or some subsequent stated meeting, and that all members of the
Lodge shall be notified of the withdrawal of the objection and of the
time appointed for a new ballot. — [Jurisp Com. Tenn., 1892.
The result of a ballot upon an application for the Degrees or for
affiliation, should be declared by the Master before the Lodge is
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closed. Should the ballot be unfavorable to the petitioner, and the
Master should omit to announce the result before the Lodge is closed,
such omission on the part of the Master, although unwarranted,
would not render the ballot void, but would operate as a rejection
and should be so minuted by the Secretary. — [G. M. Vermont, 1892.
Question — Can a subordinate Lodge ballot for and initiate an
Entered Apprentice at a special Communication, provided his appli-
cation has been duly presented at a stated Communication and has
laid over for the space of one lunar month, and due notice has been
given the members of the Lodge ?
Answer -No ; the application must be received and balloted for
at stated Communications of the Lodge. — [G. M. Virginia, 1S91.
BURIAL.
That it is the duty of a Lodge not only to attend and conduct
the ceremonies at the burial of one of its members who had requested
to be buried with Masonic honors, but to pay the reasonable expenses
of the funeral, whether he died rich or poor.— [G. M. California, 1891.
We agree that it is the duty of a Lodge to attend the funeral of
a deceased member, and, if he requested it, to conduct the cere-
monies ; to see to it in all oases that proper provision be made for his
burial, and, in case of need, to pay the expense ; but we do not think
it the duty of the Lodge to pay the funeral expenses, when the
deceased has left a large estate. In such a case, it is the duty of the
family to meet the expense, of the Lodge to bury him as a Mason
should be buried.— [Jurisp. Com. Calif., 1891.
The burial service is concluded when the grave i9 filled. After the
burial of the body, it is too late to call upon the Masons to perform
any burial service.
The Master is correct in ruling out a resolution declaring it the
duty of a Lodge to bury non-affiliates, and inviting non-affiliates to
assist in the service.
The burial of the dead is Masonic work, to be attended to while
the Lodge is open, but it is never claimed that in order to Masonically
inter a Brother it is Decessary to carry the Lodge Charter from the
place of assembling to the grave..— [G. M. Kentucky, 1891.
BY-LAWS.
Question— Can a subordinate Lodge suspend temporarily one of
its By-Laws, provided the suspension of said By-Law does not con-
flict with the Methodical Digest or the Constitutions of Masonry ?
Answer — No ; when the By-Laws of a Lodge are approved by
the Grand Master, they become the laws governing the Lodge, and
can not be suspended by resolution of the Lodge.— [G. M. Va., 1891.
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CHARTER.
A W. M. has no right to carry away the warrant of a Lodge,
with the object of preventing the opening of the Lodge on the night
of its regular meeting.— [G. M. Canada, 1891.
If the charter is in the Tiler's room, preparation room or ante-
room, in the same building, it would be present for all practical pur-
poses.
A Lodge cannot work without a charter. If the charter should
be lost or destroyed the regular business of the Lodge must stop
until the loss shall be supplied, but the Master must not neces-
sarily have the charter in his pocket, nor must it hang in any
particular place in the Lodge room, nor must it be actually present
in the Lodge room itself in order to authorize the Lodge to work or
transact any regular business It must be so far present as that the
Master may know that it exists, and where it is, and be able to at
onee produce it if legally called for, or required to sustain the regu-
larity, and power to work, of the Lodge. — [G. M. Kentucky, 1891.
CHARGES.
The Junior Warden has, by direction of the Master, preferred
charges. The accused requests the services of the Junior Warden
as counsel, who is willing to render them.
Question — Can he act ?
Answer — No ; he cannot act in the dual capacity of accuser and
counsel for the defense.
Question — Can he withdraw the charges, in order that they may
be preferred by some one else, and then act as counsel for the
accused ?
Answer. The withdrawal of charges is permitted in the discre-
tion of the Master, but un-Masonic conduct may not be condoned
simply upon the will of the informant. A Masonic offense is a blow .
first at the welfare of the Lodge, and next at the body of Masonry.
It therefore becomes the duty of the officers of a Lodge to defend
their Lodge rather than the offender. As the Junior Warden is
charged with the care of the Craft during the hours of refreshment,
it becomes his duty when there are infractions of the law to notify
the Lodge and prosecute the offender. As also he may succeed to
the duties of the Master as presiding officer at trials, he should
not accept the position of counsel for the defense. [G. M. Arizona,
1891.
A Lodge is acting within its rights in declining to receive
charges against one of its members, when in its judgment such
charges are upon their face frivolous or not based upon good
Masonic reasons. This does not, however, debar the Brother
making the charges from Appealing to the Grand Lodge at its next
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Annual Communication against the action taken by the rejecting
Lodge— [<*. M. New Jersey, 1892.
COMMITTEE ON CHARACTER.
When a Committee on Character fails to report at the " next
stated meeting," the Lodge may order a new committee ; the Master
exceeds his authority when he orders said new committee to report
without giving time for investigation ; and a committee reporting
without satisfactory knowledge is derelict in Masonic duty. — [G. M.
Indiana, 1892.
CONFERRING DEGREES.
None but a W. M. or a P. M. can confer or take any part in the
conferring of the degrees. The charges and explanation of working
tools and lecture on the tracing board in the first and second
degree may, however, be given by the Wardens. — [G. M. Canada, 1891.
CORNER-STONE.
That I could not convene a Bpecial Communication of this
Grand Lodge to lay one of four corner-stones of a church, the other
three to be laid by church officials.— [G. M. Manitoba, 1892.
DEGREES.
The Degrees of Masonry, nor any of them, cannot be conferred
upon more than one candidate at the same time, but the second
section of the F. C. Degree may be conferred upon two or more
together. — [G. M. Alabama, 1891.
No Lodge can confer the Degree of Entered Apprentice upon a
candidate at the request of a Lodge in another Grand Jurisdiction,
unless a certificate in writing, under the seal of such Lodge, be pre-
sented, stating that the candidate has been duly elected in the Lodge
preferring the request, and asking that the Degree be conferred by
our Lodge ; and no Lodge can confer the Degree of Fellow Craft or
Master Mason for a Lodge in another Jurisdiction, unless the Lodge
preferring the request shall certify, under its seal, that the candidate
has been examined in open Lodge as required by our law, and elected
to receive such Degree (or unless such Lodge shall certify that,
under the laws of its Jurisdiction, one ballot elects the candidate to
receive all of the Degrees, and that the candidate has made suitable
proficiency, and that ail the requirements of said law have been com-
plied with, and the candidate is entitled to receive the Degree which
our Lodge is requested to confer, and this fact shall be further
attested by the Grand Secretary of that Jurisdiction). — [Jurisp.
Com. Missouri, 1891.
DIM IT.
A Lodge can not charge a fee for issuing a dimit.
An elected and installed officer of a Lodge, having permanently
removed from this Grand Jurisdiction, thereby vacating his office, is
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entitled to a dimit upon application therefor, under the regulations
covering the granting of dimits.
Any member of a Lodge, not at the time holding an elective
office therein, against whom no charges are pending, and who is
under no pecuniary liability to his Lodge, can not, by vote of the
Lodge, be denied a dimit, if he prefer his request orally or in writing
at any stated Communication pf the Lodge ; neither can the grant-
ing of such dimit be deferred.— [G. M. Kansas, 1892.
A dimit severs the relation between the Lodge and the dimitted
member absolutely. To become a member of the same Lodge again,
he must petition and file his dimit, the same as if he applied to any
other Lodge.
Application for dimit should be in writing, signed by the appli-
cant, or made by the Brother in open Lodge — in either case noted of
record.
A Lodge can not require a Brother to give his reasons for apply-
ing for a dimit.— [G. M. Kentucky, 1891.
The Grand Master can not compel a Lodge to grant a dimit. —
[G. M. Michigan, 1892.
Question — A dimit was granted a number of years since to a
member of a Lodge, but the Secretary neglects and refuses to give
the usual certificate. The Brother, now desiring to affiliate, we are
asked what course should be pursued to obtain a certificate of
dimusion, or, failing in that, whether the Lodge, to which he is
desirous of applying, can act without it ?
Answer — If the Secretary will not give the certificate, the Grand
Master should be applied to, and he will order the Lodge to see that
it is done, but the Lodge with which the Brother is desirous of
affiliating can not act without evidence that a dimit was granted. —
[Jurisp. Com. Miss., 1892.
An Entered Apprentice, who has violated our law by engaging
in the saloon business, can not be granted a dimit.
The dimit of an Entered Apprentice is, in reality, a waiver of
jurisdiction, requiring unanimous consent, and is a certificate of good
standing.— G. M. Missouri, 1891.
A Lodge in rejecting a petition for membership has no right to
mark the dimit which was filed with the petition with the word
" rejected," or any other mark, but the dimit should be returned as
filed —{G. M. Tennessee, 1892.
The Secretary cannot issue a dimit without the previous action
of the Lodge granting the same, entered of record. A Lodge, like
any other tribunal keeping an official record, speaks by such record,
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and that which does not appear of record, if it be proper to make a
record thereof, is held not to exist, but this presumption may be
rebutted by proof.— [G. M. West Virginia, 1891.
DIPLOMAS -FOREIGN.
Question — Mr. took his first degree in St. John's Lodge,
Antigua, West Indies, in. 1869, his second and third in Palermo,
Sicily, in 1870, by means of an interpreter. He holds written or
printed vouchers regarding his first and second, but is doubtful about
the third. Has visited Lodges, having passed examination therefor,
including the third degree, and now wishes to affiliate with a certain
Lodge under whose jurisdiction he now resides. Can the Lodge
receive his petition for membership without other evidence than
above quoted ?
Answer — Invasion of jurisdiction is not involved, as we have no
Masonic relation or Grand Lodge correspondence, either with
Antigua or with Palermo.
Conceding that he has by examination proved himself to be in
possession of the work, my recommendation would be that he apply
to the Lodge where he desires affiliation : his petition being balloted
upon and found " clear," he should be reobligated in all the degrees.
This, and signing By-Laws, will enable him to become a member, as
though regularly " made " in the Lodge.
After making the above decision a " voucher " from Mt. Lebanon
Lodge, of Palermo, was placed in my hands. It is in Italian, and,
without being an accomplished linguist, your Grand Master was
enabled to translate it sufficiently to discover that it was in purport
a diploma of a regular Lodge, acting under the authority of the
'* Franco- Masoneria " of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, to
which the several Lodges of the Mediterranean and other localities
owe allegiance.
Between the years 1801 and 1864 there was a struggle in Italy
between the English and Scottish Rite Masonry, and until 1867
Lodges were permitted to work under either \ when the Grand
Orient absorbed the other "councils." The Supreme Council at
Palermo, with Garibaldi as Grand Master, was the Governing
Masonic Body to 1872— covering the date of the diploma. -[G. M.
Maine, 1892.
DISCUSSION OF REPORT ON CHARACTER.
The Grand Master, in Decision Xo. 1, says: "When the report
of the Committee on Character is read in a Lodge there can be no
discussion of the nature of the report or the character of the candi-
date, but the ballot must immediately follow the report." So far as
the discussion of the report is concerned, we believe the decision to
be correct, but the committee is of the opinion that the character of
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the candidate can be made the subject of discussion at any time
after the reading of the report and before the spreading of the bal-
lot The Committee on Character should report facts, not conclu-
sions, and we hold that if a Mason can give additional facts that will
aid the Lodge in coming to a correct conclusion as to the desirability
of the material offered, that it is his duty to give such information.
If it is information that will exonerate the candidate, justice to him
demands that it be given ; and if it condemns him, justice to
Masonry demands it. Generally the information should be given to
the committee before the report is made, but the fact that the
report is made should not shut off any additional light that may be
thrown on the subject- [Jurisp. Com. Texas, 1891.
DISMISSAL OF CHARGES.
A Master should be at liberty to dismiss charges at any time,
when satisfied that they do not set forth a Masonic offense. Any
person aggrieved has a remedy by appeal. If charges are insuf-
ficient, it is well to avoid the trouble and annoyance of a trial, and
experience has shown that the determination of that question may
be safely left to the Master. — Jurisp. Com. Mich., 1892.
DOTAGE.
There is no law fixing the precise age at which a man enters
upon his dotage. Each member decides this question for himself
when casting his ballot.— [G. M. Texas, 1891.
DUGS OF NON-AFFILIATE.
Question — Is a non-affiliate at liberty to pay dues to any Lodge
he prefers, in order to entitle him to the rights, privileges and bene-
fits, or must he pay to the Lodge under whose jurisdiction he resides?
Answer — He must contribute an amount equal to the ordinary
Lodge dues to the Lodge under whose jurisdiction he resides; in
order to entitle him to participate in the benefits conferred by that
Lodge, but he can petition any Lodge he pleases for membership. —
[Jurisp. Com. Miss., 1892.
ELECTION.
The Tiler having been given an opportunity to vote, the election
is not void because he refused to vote. In a case where he was
inadvertently overlooked, and his vote would not changed the result,
the election was held to be valid. — [G. M. Kentucky, 1891.
INSTALLATION.
It is constitutional to install any officer re-elected, but it is not
necessary to do so. If deemed proper or advisable by the Lodge, it
may be done.— [G. M. Georgia, 1891.
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JURISDICTION.
Question — One who was elected, but failed to come forward and
take his Degree, moves into the jurisdiction of another Lodge, but
44 very shortly" afterwards renewed his petition to the Lodge which
once elected him, and was re-elected ; again failing to present himself
for initiation, the Lodge now wishes to know where he is to petition,
when he screws his courage up to the point of repeating the operation?
Answer — To the Lodge under whose jurisdiction he now resides.
Lodges, by the amendment adopted last year, now have perpetual
jurisdiction only over rejected material, and lose it over elected candi-
dates removing from their territorial jurisdiction. — [Jurisp. Com.
Miss., 1892.
A petitioner was elected to take the Entered Apprentice Degree
in Lodge A., but moved away without being initiated. Four ye«rs
afterward he petitioned Lodge B., in whose territory he now resides.
Does Lodge B. have to apply to Lodge A. for a waiver of jurisdiction?
Held that it does not. Lodge A., having neither rejected the peti-
tioner, nor initiated him within the year from the date of his election,
had lost its personal as well as its territorial jurisdiction over him.
It is proper, however, that Lodge B., in the case stated, should cor-
respond with Lodge A. and ascertain the facts. — [G. M. Texas, 1891.
The decision of the Grand Master is supported by the decisions
and practices of this Grand Lodge, but we can see no reason why
the rejection of a candidate gives perpetual jurisdiction and his
election does not, and we believe that the safer practice would be to
take the broad position that when a vote is taken on the application
of a man for initiation, that it gives jurisdiction to the Lodge so
voting until it voluntarily surrenders it. The force of this position
doubtless suggested itself to the mind of the Grand Master, for while
he holds that jurisdiction does not perpetually attach by reason of
the election of a candidate, upon whom it had failed for one year to
confer the first Degree, yet he suggests that it would be proper for
the second Lodge that desires to vote on his application to notify the
first Lodge of its intention so to do, and ascertain the facts. — [Jurisp.
Com. Texas, 1891.
LAWS.
The Masonic authorities of this Grand Jurisdiction must give
the same interpretation and effect to the local laws and regulations
of a sister Jurisdiction, as are given to them by the highest judicial
authority of that Jurisdiction.— [G. M. West Virginia, 1891.
LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
There is no regulation of our Grand Lodge as to the liquor
traffic ; none either for or against a Mason in that calling, or in any
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other calling, unless there is immorality, a violation of Masonic law
or the law of the land.— [G. M. Florida, 1892.
The agent of a brewery, entrusted with the distribution of its
product and the collection of its bills, is not eligible to receive the
Degrees.— [G. M. Indiana, 1892.
A member who engages in the saloon business is not guilty of a
Masonic offence. The saloon business is a legalized business. — [G. M.
Mich., 1892.
Question — Can a druggist, who sells liquor by the drink, or in
small quantities, be accepted in the Masonic Lodge ?
Answer — If he sells by the driok, or in any other manner, for
the purpose of furnishing a beverage, he is not eligible to the De-
grees of Masonry. — [G. M. Washington, 1891.
Under the regulations of the Grand Lodge a Lodge cannot act
upon the petition of a general agent for a brewing company. The
regulation applies to those engaged in selling intoxicating liquors
to be used as a beverage as much as to those who keep a saloon.
There are no regulations of this Grand Lodge which prohibit a
member of a Lodge from opening and conducting a saloon, and a
Lodge has no authority to suspend or expel a member thereof for
engaging in the business of selling liquor. — [G. M. Wisconsin, 1892.
lodge u. D.
Question — Can a Lodge U. D. affiliate members or perform the
funeral ceremony ?
Answer — Yes. — [G. M. Washington, 1891.
MASTER.
A Master suspended from office is merely deprived of the pre-
rogatives of presiding officer. He is not amenable to trial by the
Lodge during the term for which he wa9 elected and installed. He
is entitled to all rights of a member. — [G. M. Kentucky, 1891.
A man who can neither read nor write cannot be installed as
Master. — [Jurisp. Com. Mississippi, 1892.
MEMBERSHIP.
A new Lodge is organized. Among those claiming membership
therein, but whose names do not appear on the application for dis-
pensation or charter, are several Masons who had applied for dimits
to their Lodges. They had paid the dues, but no action had been
taken to grant dimit. Under this state of facts they had partici-
pated in the organization of the new Lodge, and some of them were
elected to office. Held illegal. They were not members of the new
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Lodge until their dimite had been placed therein, and they affiliated
in the regular course.— [G. M. Georgia, 1891.
A Brother elected to membership in a Lodge cannot be admit-
ted to the Lodge unless he is duly vouched for or has passed a satis-
factory examination. — [G. M. Pennsylvania, 1891.
MINUTES.
An inquiry was received asking whether minutes of Lodge meet^
ings should be signed by the Worshipful Master. Held, the min-
utes of the previous meeting should be signed by the presiding
officer immediately after their approval at the next stated meeting.
— [G. M. Ohio, 1891.
The minutes of a Lodge are strictly private and no transcript of
the same should ever be permitted to be made or certified for the
purpose of influencing the action, in any given case, of any tribunal
or society other than a Masonic tribunal and in accordance with
prescribed regulations, as in appeals, etc.— [G. M. Texas, 1891.
NON- PAYMENT OP DUES.
A Junior Warden who is suspended for non-payment of dues is
subject to the same rules as an ordinary member, and in addition
loses his standing as J. W., in that he must serve twelve months as
a Warden before he is eligible for the chair.— [G. M. Canada, 1891.
1. That the non-payment of dues is not, properly considered, a
Masonic offense, and that dropping from the roll is not a Masonic
punishment.
2. That a member can be debarred from membership for non-
payment of dues, and that such is the law in this jurisdiction. '
3. That a brother who has been dropped from its roll of mem-
bership by action of a lodge, and in accordance with its by-laws, has
no rights whatever as a member of that lodge from the time of such
action on the part of the lodge until he pays his indebtedness and
again becomes a member, which, under the present law, he can do of
his own volition within one year from the time of his being dropped,
and after the expiration of that time by written application and
favorable action by the lodge.
4. That the Masonic status of a dropped member of a lodge is
that of an unaffiliated Mason.— [Jurisp. Com. Dist. of C., 1891.
A brother two years in arrears for dues is summoned to appear
at a time stated and show cause why he should not be excluded
therefor. Said brother, before the time specified, pays to the Secre-
tary one year's dues and pays no further attention to the summons.
He cannot be excluded or disciplined for disobeying the summons, as
the Lodge has no case against him.— [G. M. Wisconsin, 1892.
APPENDIX. I87
NOTICE.
Under the regulations of the Grand Lodge, every member of a
Lrxlge is entitled to know who seeks membership in his Lodge.
If a Secretary neglects to give the required notice, and a ballot
should be taken on an application, it would be irregular and unlaw-
ful.—[G. M. Penn., 1891.
OBJECTION.
Section 62, of the General Regulations, reads as follows : " Ob-
jection to the advancement of a candidate after initiation will oper-
ate to suspend the conferring of the degree until the next stated
meeting of the Lodge ; when, should he have made suitable pro-
ficiency and no further objection be interposed, the degree may be
conferred. But to permanently stop a candidate from further ad-
vancement at any time after his initiation, charges must be regularly
preferred, a trial had and judgment of the court pronounced against
him/'
In explanation of the above I have ruled : That an objection
made to the Worshipful Master privately is a valid objection under
the law ; that a second objection may be received at the next stated
meeting at the discretion of the Master ; but a further objection
should not be entertained unless for the purpose of giving necessary
time to the objecting brother, or brothers, to prepare charges. The
Worshipful Master has a two- fold duty : to protect an initiate from
an unfounded objection and to guard the Lodge against the advance-
ment of an unworthy member. The objector to the advancement of
an initiate should be warned that an objection, to be permanent,
must be sustained by the judgment of the Lodge. — [G. M Indiana,
1892.
An objection has the same force as a black ball and the appli-
cant must file a new petition and take the same course as an original
petitioner. — [G. M. Michigan, 1892.
Question — When one who is rejected by a Lodge and removes
into the jurisdiction of another Lodge, renews his petition to the re-
jecting Lodge, can he be elected over the objection of the Lodge in
whose jurisdiction he now resides ?
Answer— While the matter rests solely with the Lodge to which
he petitioned, and which alone has jurisdiction, it would be a gross
breach of Masonic comity for it to elect the party and confer a de-
gree under such circumstances. If the objection be of a sufficiently
grave character and properly sustained, the Lodge, or Master, who
disregarded it, ought to be disciplined by the Grand Lodge, but it
must be remembered that a mere difference of opinion as to the suf-
ficiency of an objection, is a very different thing from disregarding
1 88 APPENDIX.
causes which would compel a rejection if known. Id the one case
the Lodge would only be exercising the discretion with which it is
vested and which it is bound to exercise reasonably, while in the
other it would disregard facts, showing un worthiness, which if
known would compel a rejection, regardless of the Bource from
which the information comes. — [Jurisp. Com. Miss., 1892.
No objection can be filed to the admission of a petitioner for
initiation until after a ballot has been had.— [G. M. Ohio, 1891.
The right to object to the advancement of an E. A. or F. C. in-
heres to every member of a Lodge. — [Jurisp. Com. Oregon, 1892.
PAST MASTER.
If a brother, who is elected and installed as W. M., resigns and
leaves the jurisdiction, the brother who is elected in his stead cannot
be invested as a P. M. unless he has served as W. M. for twelve
months.
A brother, who is an M. M. of this jurisdiction, affiliates in a
foreign jurisdiction and attains rank as a P. M. He cannot be re-
turned as a P. M. on the roll of his Lodge in this jurisdiction. — [G. M.
Canada, 1891.
PENALTY.
9
A brother can not be deprived of any Masonic right except by
ballot.— [G. M. Kentucky, 1891.
Question — A brother having been tried ex parte and having re-
moved from the jurisdiction of the Lodge, the sentence having been
reprimand: can a dimit be granted before sentence, or can another
Lodge be requested to execute the sentence ?
Answer — It most certainly cannot. A dimit is a recommenda-
tion to the Craft at large, and &n indorsement Mason ically of the
brother bearing it. The presentation of a dimit is supposed to be
prima facie evidence of the Masonic integrity of the one indorsed
up to the time of issue. A sentence is a punishment for some
offense committed. Until that sentence is executed the culprit can
not be purged. Under civil law the culprit is held either under re-
straint or bond until such execution of sentence. The bond of a
Mason is his word and good intent. He must show that intent by
appearing for sentence before he can ask the recommendation of his
brethren. A Lodge must itself execute the sentence it has itself
imposed. — [G. M. Arizona, 1891.
PENAL, JURISDICTION.
Every Lodge has penal jurisdiction over all Masons resident
within its jurisdiction, concurrent with the Lodges of which they
may be members. An offending brother being amenable to the juris-
diction of both bodies.— [G. M. Vermont, 1892.
APPENDIX. 189
PETITION.
The Grand Master should never be asked, in advance of presen-
tation of a petition accompanying documents, what he will do or
what his opinion would be if a dispensation should be asked for
thereafter.— [G. M. Kentucky, 1891.
Decision No. 3, construing Article 97 of the Constitution. Article
97 of our Constitution says, " nor shall any petition for initiation be
allowed to be withdrawn after it has been read before the Lodge."
The petition then becomes the property of the Lodge and must be
disposed of in a regular way. Reference to a committee then fol-
lows, and but for the reading of Article 131 of the Constitution, which
implies that ballots should only be taken on a favorable report, I
should unhesitatingly rule that a ballot should be taken on the re-
port, whether favorable or unfavorable. The weight of Masonic law
in other jurisdictions is that way. The report of the committee
should be disposed of by ballot in either event, but for the language
of the last named Article. But at all events, I rule that in the case you
report, viz : two of the committee reporting favorably and the other
reporting unfavorably— that a majority makes the report, and that
the report is favorable, and a ballot should be taken to dispose of
the favorable report. — [G. M. South Carolina, 1891.
When a petition for affiliation or for the degrees has been acted
upon, the same petition cannot be used again. In case of a renewal
it must be by a new petition signed by the petitioner himself. —
[Jurisp. Com. Vermont, 1892.
PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS.
Drawing a pension does not of necessity imply that the bene-
ficiary thereof is unsound in body to the extent of being barred from
becoming a Mason. — [G. M. Arkansas, 1891.
A brother, who has received the Craft degrees, and served in a
Warden's chair, but who afterwards loses his right arm, is still eligible
for W. M.— [G. M. Canada, 1891.
The Entered Apprentice degree can not be conferred on one who
wears a metal truss, unless he can temporarily dispense with it. The
Lodge determines whether he is duly and truly prepared.— |G. M.
Kentucky, 1891.
An applicant who had lost one eye presented himself. Both on
principle and the ruling of Past Grand Master Todd, 1871, 1 held it
no disqualification.
An E. A. lost his left hand above the wrist: could he advance?
I held his case was not different from an original applicant, and
held him disqualified.— [G. M. Louisiana, 1892.
I9O APPENDIX.
A petition should Dot be received from one who is physically dis-
qualified. If received, and the Master becomes aware of the disqual-
ification, he should simply refuse to continue the consideration of
the petition, and order its return with the fees to the applicant.
There is no reason why we should place an applicant who is
physically disqualified under the ban of rejection. An election to re-
ceive the degrees would not qualify him, and a rejection is not
necessary to disqualify him.— [Jurisp. Com. Michigan, 1892.
I am compelled by the decisions of four Past Grand Masters, as
adopted by Grand Lodge, to decide that the loss of an eye, the other
being good, disqualifies. I sincerely doubt the soundness of this law.
A candidate who cannot kneel on both knees is disqualified. — [G.
M. Michigan, 1892.
An applicant for the degrees of Freemasonry is not debarred
through having lost the index finger of his right hand. — [G. M. Mani-
toba, 1892.
There is no doubt that there are physical defects which should
debar candidates from admission, but no man of religious and good
moral character, health, and honorable surroundings, should be de-
prived of an opportunity of admission, if his physical defect does not
prevent him from complying with the requirements of Masonry. —
IG. M. Ohio, 1891.
41 We have an Entered Apprentice who is a man in every respect
and good material. Since taking his first degree he was kicked by a
horse on his right knee, which in consequence is stiff in the joint,
and probably will always be so. He wants the remaining degrees.
What shall we do?" Held that he was entitled to the degrees. — [G.
M. South Dakota, 1892.
A brother having lost his right arm near his shoulder since con-
ferring the E. A. degree, I decided the Lodge had no legal right to
confer the degrees, as said brother could not receive and impart the
ritual.— [G. M. Tennessee, 1892.
Question- "Can a man who has lost an eye be made a Mason?"
Answer - Yes, provided the remaining eye retains its full power
of sight.- [G. M. Washington, 1891.
The edict of the Grand Lodge as to physical qualifications of
candidates, adopted November 14tb, 1883, and reported in Long's
Book of Masonic Law at page 42, is in derogation of the ancient reg-
ulation requiring an applicant to be sound in limb and member ;
and while it must be held as law in this jurisdiction until modified
or repealed by the Grand Lodge, yet it must be given a strict con-
struction, and if it is doubtful as to whether a particular candidate
is within its provisions, the doubt must be resolved against him.
APPENDIX. 191
Upon an application for affiliation, the physical condition of the
applicant addresses itself to the members of the Lodge as a matter
of expediency, rather than to the Master as a question of Masonic
law.
In the case of a petition for initiation the above rule does not
hold, as then the physical qualification of the candidate is a question
of law ; or, perhaps, more correctly speaking, a mixed question of
law and fact, which it is proper for the Master to determine upon
the presentation of the petition, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
-[G. M.West. Virg., 1891.
A Lodge asked for my decision as to whether an applicant for
the degrees of Masonry having only one eye was eligible.
My decision was in the affirmative, on the ground that the loss
of one eye could not, in my opinion, in any degree prevent him from
observing the "beauties of Masonry." — [G. M. Wyoming, 1892.
PRESENCE OF CHARTER.
The authority to open and hold a Lodge is contained in its War-
rant. If the Warrant is not openly displayed from the pedestal of
the Worshipful Master, it is the right and duty of any member
present to object to the transaction of any business. — [G. M. Penn.,
1891.
RECONSIDERATION.
It is in the power of a Lodge to reconsider a vote of guilty,
at the same or the next succeeding meeting, by unanimous secret
ballot, provided proper notice of such motion has been given.- -
[G. M. Georgia, 1891.
Statement — At a regular communication of the Lodge a warrant
was authorized for a certain sum of money. At the third regular
meeting thereafter a motion was made to reconsider the action of
the Lodge in the matter.
Question — Ought the Worshipful Master to entertain the mo-
tion?
Answer — No. Neither parliamentary or Masonic law would
justify the reconsideration of a motion so long after it had been
passed, and especially where money had been voted. — [G. M. Minne-
sota, 1892.
RESCINDING VOTE.
Question — Can a vote be taken to rescind a vote passed at a
prior communication of a lodge ?
Answer — Yes. There is no doubt of the power of a Lodge to
rescind its prior action, unless rescission would work injury to parties
who had performed something on the faith of the vote sought to be
n
192 APPENDIX.
rescinded, or unless the vote related to matters in respeot to which
the law expressly declares there can be no rescission. — [G. M. Conn ,
1892.
REFRESHMENT.
A Lodge is in charge of the W. M. during the hours of labor; in
charge of the J. W. when at refreshment. Masons are either at labor
or refreshment. At ease or the right of the floor are improper terms
and should not be used. — [G. M. Nebraska, 1891.
REFRESHMENTS.
Again the question of paying for refreshments has arisen— this
time in a different form from which it has before taken. A Lodge
owning its building, rents the same for various purposes, and desired
to set apart the money received from such rents as a fund from which
they could pay for refreshments. I determined that the money so
received was the property of the Lodge, part of its revenue, and as
such went into the Lodge treasury and could only be used for the
purpose for which a Lodge was intended, that of charity, etc.— [G.
M. California, 1891.
REINSTATEMENT.
When a member of a subordinate Lodge, who stands suspended
for nonpayment of dues, pays up his dues in full, he is reinstated to
membership without formal action of the Lodge.
The reinstatement of a Mason indefinitely suspended restores
him to membership, as well as to the rights and privileges of
Masonry- [G. M. Alabama, 1891.
A Lodge is liable to Grand Lodge for dues on all ^embers who
have been suspended as soon as they are reinstated, including the
period of such suspension. — [G. M. Canada, 1891.
A Lodge cannot be compelled to reinstate a member, legally
suspended for nonpayment of dues, upon payment of dues.- [G. M.
Michigan, 1892.
Question — " Must a brother, who has been suspended for N. P.
D., petition the Lodge, in writing, for reinstatement?"
Answer- -Yes, and he must pay all dues to date of suspension,
unless same has been remitted, before the Lodge can receive his
petition.- [G. M. Washington, 1891.
RELIEF.
It iB right, constitutional and commendable to use the funds of
a Lodge for the relief of a destitute widow whose husband was not a
Mason. — (G. M. Wisconsin, 1892.
APPENDIX. 193
RESIDENCE.
The Ahiman Rezon requires an applicant for initiation and
membership to state his "age, occupation, and residence" etc., in
his petition. Giving his business address in lieu of bis residence is
not a compliance with this requirement.— [G. M. Pennsylvania, 1891.
Question- -u Can a railroad employee, subject to removal by rail-
road authority at any time, claim his Masonic residence at any point
on the line of the road where he may be located and employed,
although his family may live at another place, provided he has been
living under the jurisdiction of a Lodge twelve months?"
Answer — No; the law applies to all alike. We have no special
legislation in the interest of any one class. His political and family
residence should be his Masonic residence, provided he lives under
the jurisdiction of a Lodge twelve months.— [G. M. Virginia, 1891.
RESTORATION.
When an expelled Mason is restored to the rights and privileges
of Masonry, but not to membership in the Lodge, he is entitled to a
certificate showing him to be a Mason in good standing. — [G. M. Ala-
bama, 1891.
That it requires an unanimous vote to restore an expelled
Mason ; that such vote only restores him to the rights and privileges
of Freemasonry, and not to membership iri the Lodge unless that is
also voted him ; that only the Lodge which expelled can restore, ex-
cept that Grand Lodge can reinstate the member if it confirmed the
expulsion. — [G. M. Rhode Island, 1891.
I decided that a brother who was expelled by Alpha Lodge, 376,
and was subsequently restored by said Lodge, was by said action re-
stored to membership in the Lodge of which he was a member at
the time of expulsion, viz., Coal Creek Lodge, 492. — [G. M. Tenn.,
1892.
A brother suspended for non-payment of dues, and whose Lodge
subsequently demises, may restore himself to good standing as a
non-affiliated Mason by paying to the Grand Secretary the amount
of his dues up to the date of the demise of his Lodge. This does
not apply to Masons expelled for the non-payment of dues, nor to
those suspended or expelled for un masonic conduct — [G. M. Texas,
1891.
REAL..
The seal of the Lodge should be attached to all receipts issued
by the Secretary for degrees or Lodge dues.— [G. M. Oregon, 1892.
SIDE DEGREES.
Masonry is content with its own name and mission. It has no
ambition to stand "sponsor " for any order of "Oriental Astrals," or
"Association for the Relief of Plethoric Pocket Books."
is
194 APPENDIX.
Let us deal fairly and frankly in this, as in kindred matters. If
that which is " esoteric " in Masonry is displayed " upon the tables
of money-changers," I fear that more than a few doves will be sold.
The place for fictitious "side degrees of Masonry'1 is outside
even the " porch of the temple."— [G. M. Maine, 1892.
SUMMONS.
A summons is the most forcible writ known to Masonry. So
long as he is a member of the Fraternity a Master Mason must obey
this writ, whether non-affiliated, a member of the Lodge issuing the
citation, or otherwise. Disobedience thereof would constitute one
of the gravest of Masonic offenses. — [G. M. Kentucky, 1891.
It is the duty of the Secretary of a Lodge to notify the members
thereof of the meetings. It is improper to "summons" them to at-
tend, except in those cases where summonses are required and have
been lawfully ordered. — [G. M. Penn., 1891.
While it is a part of the Tiler's duties to serve summons, yet
service by the Secretary or any other Master Mason in good standing
is good if properly shown.
Delivery of a summons, by the Secretary of a Lodge, to a mem-
ber, in a sealed envelope addressed to him is prima facia evidence of
personal service on such member.
But such prima facia case may be rebutted, upon the trial of
such member for disobeying such summons, by his showing that he
had inadvertently mislaid the envelope before opening it, and that
he was not aware of the contents thereof.- {G. M. West Virginia, 1891.
SUSPENSION.
A brother who is a member of two or more Lodges and is sus-
pended for any cause in one of these Lodges, even if in good standing
in the others, is under suspension in all and cannot visit any Lodge
in the jurisdiction. — [G. M. Canada, 1891.
Suspension for non-payment of dues must be by ballot.
' A brother can be suspended for non-payment of dues without
fixing the period for which he shall stand suspended. Such sus-
pension is not "indefinite," it is until the delinquent's dues are paid.
The party alone can fix the limit by payment. — [G. M. Kentucky, 1891 .
A brother, while insane, cannot be suspended for non-payment
of dues, nor otherwise disciplined, nor dropped from the roll of the
Lodge. His dues must also be paid to the Grand Lodge, and the
financial distress of himself and his family should be relieved by his
Lodge. Our charity is broad enough to bear his burdens for him
while he is in that terrible state, which is worse than death itself. —
[G. M. Texas, 1891.
APPENDIX. 195
TRIAL.
The object of Masonic trials is that even and exact justice may
be done, as well to the accused as to Masonry. AU proper light
should be turned on. No technical rule governing the taking of evi-
dence in the civil courts must be allowed to prevent all parts being
plainly and clearly set forth.
Either the W. M. or any member of the Lodge present has the
right to ask questions for the objeot above stated, but this right
should be exercised with prudence, and only when actually neces-
sary. No colloquy or discussion of the evidence should be permitted
during the taking of the same. — [G. M. Arkansas, 1801.
1. The Worshipful Master presiding at the trial of a brother,
has the right to stop the progress of the case, in order to have com-
mittee take additional evidence of profane witness. The object of
all Masonic investigation is to ascertain the exact truth of the cause.
2. The trial of a brother is not illegal because the Worshipful
Master presiding is related to the prosecutor. If any valid objection
could be made to him for this cause, it should be presented before
the trial begins.
3. Only such rules are proper in Masonic trials as will enable
the Lodge to reach the justice of the case, and, therefore, it is
largely discretionary with the Lodge to fix the time and place of trial,
length of Bitting, and to manage such details in its own discretion. —
[G. M. Georgia, 1891.
Discussion to a reasonable extent should be permitted, after the
accused retires, which is a reasonable construction of the word
"deliberate," and is not contrary to the practice of juries.- (G. M.
Kentucky, 1891.
We hold that where the alleged offences have been committed
within the jurisdiction of a Lodge, it not only has the power to try
the offender, though he belong to another jurisdiction, but can inflict
any penalty upon him that it could upon one of its own members. —
[Jurisp. Com. Louisiana, 1892.
Question — When the W. M. causes charges to be preferred
against a brother for reasons of a personal nature, can he preside at
such investigation ?
Answer — The Master undoubtedly has the right to preside in
his Lodge at all meetings when present ; but in case of a trial, when
the W. M. is a party personally interested, it is manifestly unjust
and improper for him to preside and to act as judge and prosecutor.
The proper course would be for the Master to call upon some Past
Master, or, in the absence of such, the S. W. of the Lodge, to preside
at the trial.— [G. M. Oregon, 1892.
I96 APPENDIX.
In a Masonic trial where a Commission is taking the evidence of
a person not a Mason, the rule requires that such evidence be taken
by written interrogatories. The accused has not the right to appear,
either in person or by counsel, and orally cross-examine the witness.
— [G. M. Wis., 1892.
VOTE.
A motion is before a Lodge and is voted on ; 20 members were
present, the vote standing six for and four against. The W. M. de-
clared the motion carried. I hold that this ruling was incorrect as
in a Lodge voting is not optional. Every member present, unless
excused by the Lodge, must vote.— [G. M. Canada, 1891.
VOUCHER.
Decision No. 5, that " If the Master of Lodge A vouches for a
brother to the Master of Lodge B, under seal of Lodge A, and the
brother so vouched for is known to. the Master of Lodge B to be the
identical person, the evidence is good," does not meet with the ap-
proval of your committee. The evidence is good, but not sufficient
A Masonic diploma having seal and signature has never been held
sufficient evidence upon which to admit a visitor, even though the
identity of the applicant is established. The voucher must be com-
municated in the presence of the person vouched for.
This is a salutary rule and the only safe one. We cannot afford
to let down the bars regarding the admission of visitors. — [Jurisp.
Com. Mich., 1892.
WAIVER.
The vote on an application for a waiver of jurisdiction over a re-
jected candidate should not be taken at same meeting when pre-
sented, but the application should lie over and all resident members
notified that such vote would be taken at the next stated meeting.
It requires unanimous consent to grant such a waiver of juris-
diction, and if through error the same is granted without the knowl-
edge of an objecting brother or brethren, he or they have the right
to make their objections to the Lodge to which the rejected candi-
date might apply for the degree, and it is the duty of said Lodge to
suspend further action in the case, the same as if the objection
had been made by one or more of its own members. — [G. M. Arkan-
sas, 1891.
No general waiver of jurisdiction can be given. A Lodge can
grant a waiver of jurisdiction only upon the formal request of the
Lodge receiving the petition.— [G. M. Vermont, 1892.
WIDOW.
The widow of a brother who was unaffiliated at time of death, is
not entitled to receive aid from the benevolent fund.— [G. M. Can-
ada, 1891.
APPENDIX. 197
The widow haying married a profane, and having voluntarily
abandoned the state of Masonic widowhood, can not demand assis-
tance from the Craft. Aid may be voluntarily granted, but there is
now no Masonic obligation to assist her. — ("G. M. Kentucky, 1891.
W. M. FROM THE FLOOR.
A good and bright member may be elected Master if there are
no Master, Paet Masters, Wardens, or Past Wardens who are com-
petent and willing to serve. Temporary appointment as Warden does
not make him eligible, but he may be elected Master if there are no
others who have filled the stations. — [G. M. Florida, 1892.
The brethren of this jurisdiction, who may have occasion
to consult the foregoing Digest, should bear in mind that
the decisions are applicable only so far as they are in
accordance with our Colorado law, or well established
Masonic usage. A digest of this character is an "object
lesson" in Jurisprudence to every Mason who desires to
be well informed upon such questions. Nearly every
decision and report quoted from above, has been approved
by the Grand Lodge whose name appears in connection
therewith; in many cases after prolonged discussion and
most careful consideration.
198
APPENDIX.
STATISTICS.
We give the following interesting summary from the
Maine, Louisiana and New York reports.
From Bro. J. H. Drummond's Maine Beport:
Members
Raised
Admissions, etc
Ditnissions
Expulsions
Suspensions
Suspensions, npt. dnes.
Deaths
Grand
Lod
189
56
54
T«"^ LodSei Totals,
1892.
695,193
42,417
55
25,609
56
20,263
54
476
40
845
56
14,250
56
10,463
1891.
56
55
54
55
52
88
55
55
1891.
I
678,648
86,781
22,065
18,868
872
276
13,573
9,058
56
58
58
54
58
85
54
54
Totals,
1890.
651,028
34,450
28,124
17.438
888
350
13,864
8,947
It is more complete than last year, as only one jurisdiction is
wanting, and for that we have the returns made in 1891.
The " Admissions " in Massachusetts include all the additions,
as in that jurisdiction those receiving the third degree do not there-
by become members, but are admitted by a separate vote.
The gains are 66,343, ani the losses 45,797; net gain, 20,546; this
is not precisely accurate, because South Carolina does not give the
admissions and Virginia does not give the number raised; the total
membership is 21,550 more than it was last year; this is 1,004 more
than the net gain as reported; this difference is made up by the two
items not reported.
The large increase in the number of deaths shows the effect of
"the grip" and indicates an increase in the mortality of the country
of about fifteen per cent.
APPENDIX.
199
From Bro. J. Q. A. Fellows' Louisiana Beport:
Summary of work for the years 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890 and 1891— as reported in
the statistical tables, in reports for 1887 to 1891,— inclusive, for the Grand Lodges
of the United States and the Dominion of Canada.
1891
Total membership reported 683,081
Total number raised > 89,396
Total number affiliated .
Total number restored .
Total number died
17,819
6,726
9,700
Total number dim irted | 18,556
Suspended for non-paym't dues. .
8utpeuded and expelled for un-
Masonic conduct
13,814
870
1890
660,172
37,125
17,940
5,695
9,065
17,999
13,630
699
1889
625,755
33,125
15,862
6,065
8,912
17,246
14.239
648
608,261
30,028
14,874
4,485
8,415
16,856
15,305
694
1887
607,024
27,699
14,275
4,802
7,981
15,846
13,218
844
From Bro. Jesse B. Anthony's New York Report:
Grand Lodges
Number of Subordinate Lodges
Raised
Affiliated
Restored
Died _'
Dimitted
Suspended for non payment of dnes
Suspended and expelled
Membership
1889
55
10,709
82,271
14,066
5,550
8,811
16,830
18,542
650
629,084
1890
56
10,817
36,741
15,688
6,401
8,848
17,161
18,876
650
648,861
1891
56
11,029
38,186
14,893
5,552
8,873
16,709
1892
595
670,170
56
11,216
43,345
16,649
5,900
10.242
20,086
12,597 1 14,113
717
697,842
Based upon the tables we find, in the Grand Lodges of the
United States, that :
The accession by new work has been 6Ty\r per cent
The additions by affiliation and restoration 3^ per cent
The losses by death are _ 1-fifa percent
The losses from non-payment of dues equal 2^ per cent
The net gain of the year (22,298) is equal to 3TVo- per cent
200
APPENDIX.
In numerical standing, the most prominent rank in the following
order : New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Massachu-
setts, Missouri, Indiana, Texas, Iowa.
The average of membership to each Lodge is greatest in the fol-
lowing : District of Columbia (183), Connecticut (141), Massachusetts
(140), Rhode Island (116), Maine (109), New Hampshire (109), New
York (108), Pennsylvania (107).
The jurisdiction having Liodgesof the largest membership are in
the following order : Connecticut (576), Illinois (555), New York (546),
Michigan (540), Colorado (531), Minnesota (525), Pennsylvania (453),
California (442), Ohio (437), Massachusetts (432), District of Columbia
(402), Rhode Island (401).
The field, from a Master Mason standpoint, is worked the closest
in the following jurisdictions. The largest proportion of Master
Masons to population is shown in the following rank :
Maine 31.97
Vermont 38.02
District of Columbia 40.28
New Hampshire 45.18
Nevada - 45.85
Connecticut 48.13
Florida 54.50
Mississippi 64.32
Arkansas 64.60
Michigan 65.71
Montana . 72.09
Georgia 72.37
Massachusetts 72.50
Kansas 76.00
California _ 76.31
New York .79.15
In Capitular Masonry, the jurisdictions which have done the
largest percentage of work in the Master Mason field, are found in
the following order :
Rhode Island 2.02
District of Columbia 2.51
New Hampshire __2.81
Massachusetts 2.87
Nevada 2.91
Wisconsin 3.05
Illinois 3.19
South Dakota 3.19
Michigan 3.27
Pennsylvania 3.30
Colorado 3.36
Connecticut 3.36
California 3.40
Iowa 3.48
Minnesota .3.71
Nebraska 3.83
Vermont 3.88
Maryland 4.00
Oregon 4.01
North Dakota 4.12
Indiana 4.38
Maine 4.40
Kansas 4.61
New York 4.68
APPENDIX.
20I
In the Criptic Rite, based upon the Royal Aroh membership, the
ratio of standing is in the following order :
Texas 1.33
Rhode Island 1.86
Connecticut .._ 1.99
North Carolina _.2.09
Vermont 2.42
New Hampshire — 2.56
Indiana _ .2.74
North Dakota. 2.96
Ohio 3.58
Louisiana 3.65
Maine 3.88
Michigan 4.00
Kentucky 4.10
South Carolina 4.15
California _..4.")8
Arkansas 4.61
Georgia 4.94
Minnesota _ 4.94
New York 5.39
Turning to the Chivalric Orders, we find that from those who
have become Royal Aroh Masons, there have been created Knights
Templars in the following proportions in order as given :
Washington 1.40
Kentucky 1.40
Colorado 1.42
Pennsylvania 1.42
Virginia 1.47
Rhode Island -1.47
Massachusetts 1.49
Maryland 1.50
Missouri 1.53
Delaware 1.55
District of Columbia 1.55
Minnesota 1.58
Kansas -1.64
Iowa 1.70
New Hampshire 1.72
Illinois 1.73
Ohio 1.80
California 1.82
Nebraska 1.83
New York 1.86
The general average of all jurisdictions is as follows :
Master Masons to population 1 to 87.10
Royal Arch Masons to Master Masons 1 to 4.09
Knights Templars to Master M aeons _ 1 to 7.36
Knights Templars to Royal Arch Masons 1 to 1.80
R.\ and S.\ Masters to Knights Templars 1 to 2.61
R.\ and S.'. Masters to Royal Arch Masons 1 to 4.70
The compilation of the above tables involved great
labor upon the part of P. G. M. Anthony, and he has
placed the Fraternity at large nnder very great obligations
to him for the valuable information he has placed within
their reach.
202 APPENDIX.
CONCLUSION.
Our extended journey through fifty-five sovereignties
of the Masonic realm is at length ended. With our notes
of travel, taken en route, you are already familiar. Now
that we are once more beneath the roof -tree #of our own
jurisdiction, with the brethren of the household assembled
about us, let us endeavor to picture the condition and
prospects of our beloved institution generally, as presented
to our view while upon our tour of inspection.
What of Masonry? Favorable are the omens in the
North, South, East and West Along the horizon a few
clouds still linger here and there; let us hope they will
soon dissolve and leave our blue expanse once more
cloudless.
One of the most important questions now before the
Fraternity is: The Antiquity of Masonic Degrees. Under
various headings in this Report we have had occasion to
discuss this subject at considerable length, more especially
under Iowa and Utah. Under the latter we have given
the opinion of Bro. R. F. Gould, in connection with the
discovery of the letters of Dr. Thomas Manningham,
D. G. Master of England 1752-56, and also extracts from
these very important letters. Heretofore Bro. Gould him-
self has most strenuously maintained that Old Regulation
XIII referred to two degrees only: "Apprentices and Mas-
ters or Fellowcrafts." (Italics his. ) He had also written
the following: "The Degrees of Ancient Masonry were
two only, and those of Modern Masonry were the same in
number — at least until 1723."
We are rejoiced to know that he has seen proper to
reverse his opinion. Prominent writers have for years
reiterated the same views, having little patience with those
who had the temerity to differ from them. And yet not a
particle of evidence was ever adduced to show when such
addition occurred. Bro. Gould, as shown above, once
intimated that it must have been subsequent to 1723.
There is no mention in the records of the Grand Lodge of
England of any such addition. Upon no other subject did
our Masonic ancestors exhibit such anxiety as upon that
of innovations and the maintenance of the old customs and
usages of the Fraternity. To have added a third degree
APPENDIX. 203
to our system, at any time since 1723, would have created
sufficient stir to have left its impress upon the records of
the Grand Lodge of England, as well as in contemporary
Masonic writings. The very integrity of the Masonic
system would thereby have been imperilled; for, once
admit the right of the governing body of the Graft to add
one degree, and others would necessarily follow.
The discovery of the Manningham letters has happily
settled the controversy for the present, at least, and
demonstrated the existence of the three degrees during
the last quarter of the seventeenth century. Thus one more
link has been added to the chain of evidence that Masonry
was a perfect system at the start The growth theory has
always seemed to us untenable, in view of the fact that
Masonry has, beyond question, met with greater losses
than accessions during the past century. We refer, of
course, to its structural beauties and features, and not to
monitorial embellishments, of which there never has been
a dearth.
Sometimes, while discussing the antiquity of Masonry,
one is suddenly confronted with the facetious inquiry:
"Well! you don't go beyond the Temple, do you?" In the
course of our reading, recently, we met with a tradition
which does go considerably beyond; and, as it pleased us,
we made it the subject of a poem, which we reproduce,
trusting it may find favor with our readers:
BEARING THE SHEAVES.
Have you heard the tradition the rabbins have told
Of the site whereon stood the famed Temple of old?
Long ere stone had been laid how 'twas hallowed by love,
And grew precious in sight of the Master above.
'Twae aforetime possessed by two brothers, 'tis said,
One of whom lived alone, while the other was wed. .
In a primitive way they had planted their field,
By uniting their labors and sharing the yield ;
When the wheat had transmuted the gold of the sun,
It was stacked near each home, and the harvest was done.
When the elder had finished his evening repast,
A fond glance toward his wife and his children he cast,
As he mused o'er the blessings kind heaven had sent,
What endearments were his, aye, what blissful content.
Then he thought of his brother, uncheered in his life
By the presence of children and sweet loving wife.
204 APPENDIX.
For his desolate lot he would recompense make —
And thus pondered what kindness to do for his sake :
"From my sheaves I will secretly add to his own,
For his comforts are few who thus dwelleth alone.'1
As the shadows grew deep and the day-star declined,
In his home sat the younger, these thoughts in his mind :
I have none to provide for, my wants they are few,
And I roam where I will when my labors are through,
Careless, happy and free as a bird of the air,
For I've none of the burdens my brother must bear.
What a pleasure 'twould be, now the harvest is o'er,
Could I stealthily aid him in basket and store ;
He has many to feed, and is harassed by cares —
I will add to his sheaves while he sleeps unawares.
In the gray of the dawn each was filled with surprise,
As his stack undiminished confronted his eyes.
In the darkness once more their good deeds they repeat,
In the mom, lo! what marvel — their stacks still complete.
The third night on love's errand they venture again,
Both resolved, on returning, strict watch to maintain.
A dim figure approaching, each brother perceives,
Then they twain come together both bearing their sheaves.
In an instant they're locked in each other's embrace,
With the look of a seraph o'erspreading each face.
On the spot where thus met those two brothers of old,
Rose the Temple, resplendent with cedar and gold.
While love's spirit still lingered, its spell over all,
From the workman in quarry to builder on wall.
And thus linked loving hearts in a brotherhood vast,
Which has silently threaded the centuried past,
Mid the splendor of kingdoms or lone desert waste,
Where the battle shout rose or where vines interlaced.
Where the mount kissed the sky or in cavern of earth,
Holding priceless the truth it received at its birth.
Bearing succor to those in the direst distress,
Bearing balm for their wounds, bearing bounty to bless.
Bearing food for the hungry and shelter from storm,
Bearing brightness to cheer, bearing raiment to warm.
Bearing comfort to those who are sadly bereft,
What its right hand may do never knoweth the left.
Ever bearing some good, ever heeding eote cry,
For by love, only love, can we mount to the sky.
When the perfect day comes and true light each receives,
May it fall on us all while we're bearing our sheaves.
APPENDIX. 20S
The recognition of the "Gran Dieta Simbolica de los
Estados Unidos Mexicanos," by the Grand Lodge of Texas,
is an event of much importance to Ancient Craft Masonry.
Under Texas will be found a full account, bv Grand
Master Tyler, of the successive steps which led to the
formation of this national Grand Body.
The Gran Dieta claims jurisdiction over symbolical
Masonry, having no connection with Supreme Councils or
Grand Orients, although the Lodges under its obedience
all work the Scottish Rite ritual for the three degrees.
There is but one Lodge in Mexico — Toltec No. 520, in the
City of Mexico, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Missouri,
which works the York Rite.
Whether the action of the Grand Lodge of Texas will
be followed by other jurisdictions remains to be seen.
The movement of Kentucky in favor of a Fraternal
Congress, to be held in Chicago during the World's Fair,
has met with very general acceptance on the part of Grand
Lodges, who believe much good may result therefrom; but
all are decidedly opposed to any step looking to the organi-
zation of a General Grand Lodge.
Active efforts in the direction of organized charity, to
which reference has been made in previous reports, show
no signs of abatement. In nearly every jurisdiction some
provision is being made, either for the establishment of a
Masonic Home, or for the creation of a Grand Lodge
Charity Fund.
To our fellow reporters we return our sincere thanks,
for their kindly treatment and expressions of good will.
Fraternally submitted,
LAWRENCE N. GREENLEAF,
For fhe Committee.
Returns of Lodges
/ /C * < c< • * *
RETURNS OF LODGES.
GOLDEN LODGE No. 1,
GOLDEN, JEFFERSON COUNTY.
[ Communications first and third Mondays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
/^William Triplet, W. M.
W. P. Benedict. 8. W.
James Nankivell, J. W.
Joseph G. Bcball, Treas.
M. C. Kirby, Sec'y.
Anderson, Joseph ^
Almond. F. W.
Brown, W. H.
Bates, M. L.
Bunney, Robert
Bellum, T. L.
Blatter, John W.
Bailey. Stephen
Benjaman, J. E.
Barter, William
Barnes, John W.
Cole. W. E.
Clark, Charles T.
Chapman. C. A.
Chinn. Rolla W.
Clongh, Aaron.
Cooker. George C.
Curry, W. H.
Chauveriet, Regis
Churches, John
Courtney, George W.
J Her. W. A.
Dolleson. George W.
Dyer, Fred. A.
Eagleton, J. B.
Klwood. A. 8
Eskins. Peter
Edwards, Jenkins
Faragher, Robert
Fuller, Stephen
Fischer, Franz
Goldsworthy, Richard
MEMBKB8.
Gilchrist, H. 8.
Gowe, Thomas
Grenier, James W.
Heat ley, Ed. J.
Henthorne, N. M.
Hultman, August
Harrison, D. E.
Hendry, J. B.
Higgins, John A.
Hall, R. D.
Halverhaut, Fred. H.
Hartzell. James
Hussey, William
Irwin, W. H.
Johnson, C. P.
Jones, Latham W.
Koenig. Nicholas
Kendall, Phillip
Kelley, James
Kelley, W. J.
Koenig, Rudolph
Kimball, George K.
Kelly, George
Kelly, John P.
Lake, C. W.
Lake, Charles 8.
Lanius, Paul
Lambing, Harry L.
Lees, David
Lark ins, J. T.
Morrison, George
Martin, Peter ^.
A. M. McCurdy. 8. D.
Garry Kerr. J. D.
Joseph Dennis. Jr., 8. S.
P. C. Booton J. 8.
Alexander Kerr, Tiler.
Mann, Joseph
McGonigal, George
Mize, John
Nicholls, John
Opal, Martin
Parker, John H.
Porter, A. A.
Parfet, C. E.
Reeves, George W.
Robinson, H. R.
Rowe, David
Roney, Alexander
Smith, Benjamin F.
Smith, W. L.
Songer, John
Stogsdail, D. R.
Sams, A. L.
Htepp. William
Shrock, A. C.
Seli, Krocket
Stork, Bert F.
Stanger, J. 8.
Shilladay, Hugh
Treffiesen, John
Toll, John W.
Titley, John W.
Tost, C. F.
Williamson, James
WHde, Charles H.
White, William
Welch, C. C.
Wells, A. L. i^*
SUMMIT LODGE No. 2,
PARKVILLE, SUMMIT COUNTY.
[Ch( trier surrendered,]
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EOCKY MOUNTAIN LODGE No. 3,
GOLD HILL, BOULDER COUNTY.
Extinct.
NEVADA LODGE No. 4
BALD MOUNTAIN, GILPIN COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Saturdays in each month.]
Alex. Aulsebrook, W. M.
William Nichols. 8. W.
Francis M. May hew, J. W.
Isaac M. Parsons, Treas.
J. W. Ratliff, Sec'y. ^-^
Ashbaugh, A. L~-
Blight, 8. 8.
Bolmnger, H. C.
Clemens, Richard
Caaley, Thomas E.
Cannon, John W.
Daniels. John
Finlay, Wm. M.
Fullerton, W. C.
Hamor. D. A.
Eager, Chas.
Hyndman, M. B.
Hendershott, J. D.
OFFICERS.
MEMBERS.
Hicks, J. R.
Hooker, D. 8.
Hooper, John
Jenkins, Thomas
Jen kin. George
Kline, P. A.
Kobey, M. G.
Kevelin, John
Lewis, W. J.
Lee, John
Mills, Abraham
Mortensen. N. C.
Murphy, Patrick
Wallace A. Merriell, B. D.
C. L. Cooper, J. D.
P. C. Hansen, 8. 8.
George K. Tonn, J . 8.
Thomas T. Warren, Tiler.
Newlnn, Thomas
Noonan, James
Bachofsky, H.
Rowe, George
8parks, O. T.
Standley. Joseph
Skelly. Wm.
Tucker, A. W.
Thomas, James B.
Topping* J* F.
Visscher, Cornelias
Wendt, Frederick
Williams, Wm. W.
DENVER LODGE No. 5.
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications fir st and third Saturdays in each month.)
Anfenger, Louis
Anstee, George
Arnett, Wm. D.
Allen, Quinoy
Allen, George P.
Acheson, Wm. J.
Atchison, John
Armstrong, George W.
Appel, Simon
Alien, Charles P.
Abrama, D. Albert
Anderson, Cooper
OFFICERS.
Frank Wheeler, W. M.
Robert Hamilton, 8. W.
Wm. L. H. Millar. J. W.
Thomas Nicholl, Treas.
James C. Johnston, Sec'y.
MKMBEH8.
Annis, Albert E,
fAnnis, Emmet B.
Adams, J ames F.
Alexander, Archie
Albers, Uifert
Arthur, James W.
Avrill, August
Aldrach, Charles W.
A Id ridge, Thomas B.
Adams, Guy
Abbot, Stephen S.
Adamson, Charles P.
Matt. Adams. 8. D.
Frank E. McCann, J. D.
Daniel J. Haynes, 8. 8.
Wm. P. Quarterman, J. 8.
Thomas Linton, Tiler.
Byers, Wm. N.
Barker, AriHelm II.
Brewer, Gardner (i.
Berry, Barnard
Bigler, Jacob A. J,
Bromwell, Henry P. H.
Brown, William G.
Bayles, Benjamin H.
Bingham, lien jam in F.
Boyer, John C.
Baker, Albert J.
Bryden, James t__
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Beau champ, Edward
Boyer, Araoe L.
Besser, George J.
Brnbaker. Wm. A.
Bassche, Cano A,
Benton, Harry W.
Borrow*. George
Bond, William M.
Batcher, James M.
Bagley, Herman J.
Butler, Calvin P.
Bizby, Ed. 8.
Bnshnell, George
Boggs, James B.
Biller, John
Brown, James H.
Bowman, George P.
Brown, William J.
Burnbam, Norman G.
Barnes, Henry G.
Brady, Wm. H. G.
Bergstrand, Charles
Barton, Archie A.
Bingham, George
Baily, George
Bassett, William
Blethin, Lanrens
Beck man, Fred.
Baker. Nathan A.
Brewer. Charles M.
Beck, John
Beebe. John
Ball, Lonis
Bell, Fred. W.
Barton, George
Baeressen, H. W.
Borqnin. Augustus
Barker, William
Belford, James F.
Barchie, Harrie
Bnckman. Gay,
Birchett, Wm. I.
Backley. S. Byron
Bemis, D. M. L.
Chaney, Silas W.
Cooper, George T.
Converse, George A.
Conltharst. Alameth
Castance, Harry B.
Church, Frank
Cordray, John F.
Calvert, Wm. J.
Cordingly..Alfred
Combs, Wm.F.
Croweli. Alfred N.
Crandell, James H.
Carlson. Oliver J.
(Uark, William H.
Cheesman, Walter 8.
Cobb, Charles D.
Clark, Elijah P.
Cooper, Job A.
Cook, Jeremiah J.
Coan. N. Frank
Craig, James
Cronk, Alfred
Cramer, Fred.
Craig, Wm. H.
Clemes, James H.
Campbell, Lncien D.
Crumb. James
Cross, Jacob Cline
Cohen, Henry N.
Cnmmings, Robert
MEMBEB8.
Chase, Arthur
Carter, Lawrence
Cisler, Stephen A.
Covert. William
Cook, Lemuel
Crawford, Wm. H.
Cunningham, George
Connor, James T.
Campbell, William
Dorsey .George D.
Davis, William H.
Downie, David
DeCamp, Wm F.
DeSellem, John
Dorsey. Samuel C.
Douglass, Thomas
Daily, John L.
Danielson, Frank
Davie, Flavins N.
Davis, Frank M.
Duggan, Jsraes
Daggan, Alex.
Daggan, Hngh
Dahnke, Fred.
Detloff, August
Depew, John F.
DeSollar. Henry C.
Dickey, Thomas J.
Downie, Ed. R.
Dry den. David
Davy, Nelson
Dickey, Jesse H.
Dan bar. George 8.
Davis. Henry W.
Dow ling, John C.
Davisson. Olie
Downs, Frank M.
Dennison, Henry L.
Davis, Henry A.
Davit*, Alfred
Doling, David
Dace, James
Darden. Wm.
Davis, Thomas
Davy, John P.
Dale, John P.
Dunham. Robert M.
Duthie, Alexander
Evans, Wm. G.
Evans, Evan
Edwards, Wm. G.
Eyler, Hugh L.
Enmiston^A. A.
Edwards, Thomas A.
Edwards, Melvin
Emanuel, Wm. H.
Eisner, John
Eckersen, Edward
Fribourg, Theo. L. H.
Fleischer, Jacob
Fewlass, Robert
Flatrey, John H.
Failing, Henry H.
Freund, Isaac
F re wen, Frank
Filby, Alfred
Forey the, Alex.
Flynn, Edward
Foreman, James A.
Faii-burst, Thomas
Frink, Wm. R.
Fallis. Jacob R.
Fisk, Frederick
Fredrum, John
Frizelle, Horace
Farrington. Wm. R.
Francher, Frank
Fewlass, John
Find lay, Robert
Francis, John R.
Fleming, John G.
Flintiiam, John W.
Gregor, John
Glandling. John
Gilbert, John H.
Greenhill, John 8.
Groves, James R.
Greenleaf, Laurence N.
Gove. Carlos
Gardiner, Wm. H.
Godfrey, Walter
Gray, William P.
Groram. Fred. W.
Gibbs, Wesley J.
Green, George L.
Graves. Walter
Greenfield, Enos
Graham, J a red B.
Gaylord, Paul
Goodman, John B.
Gibb, William
Grossmayer, Max.
Goodenough, Ezra
Gilstrap, Wm. H.
Graves, Fred. W.
Gray, Edmund 8.
Geddis. Wm.
Gray, David
Gibbs, George W.
Gutstall.Thomas
Hyams, Isaac
Hen rich. John 8.
Hiester, Jackson 8.
Hunter, Thomas
Hill, Frank B.
HeeterjWilliam R.
Harp, William R.
Hart, Charles N.
Hermann. Augustus
Haswell, Wm. 8.
Hanauer, Abraham
Henderson, John T.
Heiser, Herman
Harris, Francis M.
Hippie. EleazerW.
Hurst, Joseph 8.
Hendey, Arthur
Holt, Wm. T.
Harrington, Benj. F.
Hopkins, George M.
Howe, James 8.
Haas, Oliver
Hardin, George W.
Heasley, Charles K.
Hat ton, Robert L.
Hunt, Andrew
Howe. Samuel
Hardie, John F.
Holmes, John
Haynes, James
Hansen. Julius
Hittell, Benj. F.
Holzman, Samuel L.
Hartwell, Harold
Heesler. Potter
Hayes, Arthur
Hyman, M.
Hudson, James A.
Hatbewai, Sherman
Bar bet, Frank
Hunter, Cod kilo D.
Hubbard, Robert
Jarde 111! Louis
KmeBer, Charles 11.
Kofau. L'barlaa E.
Kinloy. Joseph B.
Kinney, William
Kinkel. Henry
Kaator. Isidor
Klock. John 1.
Kimball, J 11 nine II.
Kline. David
Kisthardt. Jamb
Kilpeirick, Jan.ee
Londoner, ffolfo
Liston, Martin
Linton. Charles T.
Lnthrop. Martin
Lambert, Wm.T.
LieSara. Witliara
Leach, Robert E.
Lee. Charles 8.
Lloyd. William
LiTetmore. Cbarlea
Iamb, Charles Q.
Lull, George B.
Ladtu. Ai
Lloyd. John M.
Langton. Jnmm (
Las, John A.
Mossier, Richard W.
Metkle, William
Morel and, John
Middfebrook. John B
Moore, John A.
Monro, Duncan
Monteline. W. W.
Neff. (ieonse W.
Nerin. Valentine T.
Nioboll. Wm. J.
Neill. Edward
Neiln, Samnel F.
HionoUa. Wm. H.J.
Nell. Henri H.
MoTTeJI Lonie P.
Norlin. Ernest W.
Neilwin. Christian
Nook. Henri
Nock, Thomas
Olympus, John P.
Oswald, Daniel C.
Osborne. Robert
Prinn, Willian
Porter, 'William J.
Price! EdwardV
Pennook, Le.is E.
Potter, Edwin B.
Quinn, Thomas
HoKen, H. Wesley
Roberts, George T,
Rose, Hamnel
Raymond. Charles A.
Rose. Walter M.
Reid, William
HiggB. Jos. a,
Biddle, Herman C.
Bundle, Thomas C.
Ryan. John
Rollins, Robert P.
Ramsay, Lee
Rankin, John F. C.
Host. Eliao
Roeder, Artolph
Ridley, William
Richards William H.
Rogers, Wm. T.
Roewen, (ieorge M.
Ramus, Charles J.
Roberts, James W.
Ramsay, Jacob «.
Roberts, John Ci.
Stark, Albert J.
Sopris, Richard
Salomon. Hiram L.
Sch inner, Adolph
Shortridge, Wm, T.
Bnepperd. Sydney A
Storey, Albert
Spnwoe. Wm.B.
Somen, Ed.
Spearin, Daniel A.
Steele. Robert W.
MeCann. Peter
McMortrie, John A.
McKay, SmiU.
McCullongb. Ueonje
McKeniie. Murdoch
FTenderintat, Georae
PBBbodV.SaTld Q.
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Smith, Charles
Steuderaan, Theodore
Sanford, Byron
Searles, Frank M.
Sawins, Alva H.
Sheckells. Richard
Semper, Charles
8 peer, Albert S.
Small, J amen
Sutherland, Alex.
Smith, Ed. H.
Shields, Charles O.
Seccombe, Samuel
Stone, Lawrence
Seerie, David
Tibbeta, Wm. F.
Taylor, James F.
Tyler, George E.
Tronnstine. Phillip
Tall man, John
Tritch, George
Tattle, Herman B.
Toovey, William
Treat, Charles
Taylor, Hugh
Thompson, George W.
Thompson. Wm. J.
Tyler, William
Tracy, Michael
Trosper, Martin
Tomlinson, John
Tedford, James A.
Thoreaa, Phillip
Tucker, Cromwell
Tritch, George, jr.
Tyler, William l>.
Turner, John. jr.
Turner, Henry
Tomlinson, Alfred J.
Uhl. John
Veatch, James C.
Viancourt, Moses F.
Watkins, Leonard K.
Wallace, Thomas B.
' Williams, Richard J.
, Wise, Morris
Webster. John W.
Wolfe, William
Whitehead, Wm. R.
Williams, Ed. S.
Watson. Richard
Wolff, Alfred
Watson, Henry W.
Watson, Wm. C.
Wadsworth, Harrison L.
Wells, William
Walker, Thomas C.
Whitall, Thomas D.
Williamson. Walter W.
Willette, George W.
Westlake, Charles H.
Wilson, Walter
Wickes, Charles P.
Wooley, George H.
Walker. BenJ. L.
Waddell, Robert
White, David
Willetts, George, Jr.
Younker, Jason T.
York, Ernest P.
York, Alex, M.
CENTKAL LODGE No. 6,
CENTRAL CITY, GILPIN COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Wednesdays in each month.]
OFFICKHS.
Ambrose Bray. W. M.
Ferdinand French, 8. W.
Charles Ellis, J. W.
Newton D. Owen, Treas.
Richard Harvey, Sec'y.
William B. Beall, 8. D.
Abraham L. Kichey, J. D.
William 0. Jenkins, S. &
Henry Becker, J. 8.
Bela I. Lorah, Tiler.
Becker, Clayton F. l~
Barrett, George W.
Bunney, John
Blight, Joseph
Best, John
Borhight, Alonzo J.
Budge, William
Bennetts, Matthew
Bush, Clayton W.
Dunagan, J; J.
Gilbert, Henry
Gooch. Frederick T.
Hawley, Henry J.
Hastie. Robert
Hore, Henry
Harvey, William
Jordan, John
lOCMBKBS.
Joyce, William
Kruse, H. Jacob
Kruse, Gnstave
Lorah, Samuel 1.
Lewis, Oscar
Lawton, Frederick
Mullen, Thorn aH
Ma bee, George W.
McFarlane, Andrew A.
Miller. Christopher C.
Nichols, Foster
Price, Charles W.
Potter, Thomas H.
Polglase. John
Parenteau, William H.
Power, Roger F.
Perrin, Edward 8. /
Packard. John H.
Queen, William
Richards, Harry
Richards, Joseph
Sherman, Charles E.
Sears, Nathan A.
8 wain, Wilson 8.
Teller, Henry M.
Thomas, Morris
Tolles. LarkinC.
Trenoweth, Charles
Trebilcock, William
Updegraff. Joseph 8.
Wisebart, Benjamin W.
Williams, Edward W.
Young. Frank C. a
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UNION LODGE No. 7,
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month.']
OFFIOKB8.
Leonard Cutshaw, W. M.
Louis 0. Greenlee, 8. W.
Harry Carr, J. W.
Benjamin L. James, Treas.
Henry W. Hannom, Sec'y.
Calvin E. Reed, 8. D.
John F. Dreecber, J. D.
Orlando B. Scoby, 8. 8.
Frank C. Goody. J. 8.
•Thomas Linton, Tiler.
Abel, George W. l_
Ackroyd. Eli
AUinfe. E. T.
Ames, Willard L.
Anthony, Webb D.
Anthony, Scott J.
Anthony, Merrill P.
Anderson, J. Wylie
Apple, Henry
Armstrong, J. K.
Ashley, Eli M.
Ashton, Alfred
Atkinson, A. G.
Austin, Percy
Bailey, Edward L.
Bailey, Joseph L.
Bailey, Hiram L.
Bailey, K. L.
Baines, Joseph
Baker, W. P.
Baker. Edward W.
Bsll,Jta»eC.
Barker, W.J.
Barrett, George
Barry, James
Barton, EUas B.
Banra, Madison
Bavis, L M.
Beckbart, William E.
Belson. B. W. 8.
Beal, M. 8.
Beggs. Robert H.
Berkey, John M.
Billings, Robert
Billings, George N.
Birney. F. L.
Bixby. Fred. C.
Blood, John H.
Bleibel, Chsrles
Booth, C. A.
Bowen, Marion A.
Bowen. Benjamin F.
Bore*. E C.
Bond, William
Boneeteel, Samuel A.
Bockfinger, Philip L.
Bogne, Lnman M.
Bracken, Thomas
Bradbury, Charles F.
Bradbury, Cotton C.
Brevick. a. A.
Bright, W. H.
Bresnahan. John J.
Brooks. Charles D.
Brown. J. M.
• Not a member.
MEXBBB0.
Brown, Robert A.
Brown, J* 8.
Brown, L. J.
Brnnk, Thomas J.
Bryant, W. A.
Barn ham, George A.
Bargdorf, Charles A.
Barton, Alfred G.
Bnttolph, E. K.
Cable, George R.
Came. Virgil M.
Campbell, T. A.
Campbell, Donald W.
Campbell, Charles M.
Carnthers. 8. 8.
Carroll, Edward J.
Carney, John C.
Cardwell, George R.
Carstarphen. Oney
Case, Austin G.
Cassell, Robert T.
Caasell, W. J
Cathcart, Thomas L.
Charles, John Q.
Chase, T. C.
Chandler, Russell
Chariot, A. C.
Chivington, John M.
Chrysler, C. B.
Christen, William
Clark, Ed. E.
Clark. J. H.
Clark, William
Clarke, Clarence J.
Cline, L. C.
Clinton, Charles M.
Cleaveland. John R.
Cofield, J. B.
Coffey, James W.
Collier. George M.
Colby, Ferris W.
Collins, E. H.
Colman, W. H.
Conant, T. J.
Conant. Eugene F.
Cook, David J.
Cool, Walter McD.
Cooper, Cyrus E.
Cooper, Edward R.
Cooper, W. A. L.
Cooper, Willis J.
Cooper, William H.
Cornforth, Joseph T.
Cornwall, William T.
Cort, Frank ^
Crater, George E.
Crater, W. H.
Craig, William Bayard
Craig. William B.
Cranston, Earl M.
Crosky, A. B.
CresBwell, John
Cresswell, Joseph
Cartis, Rodney
Cummins, Fred.
Culton, John J.
Cutler, Herbert J.
Dale, William W.
Dane, George
Davis, A. W.
Davis, Sylvanus
Davidson, David
Davenport, William M.
D'Autremont, John L.
Dayton, W. L.
Davey, John
Diokton, H. C.
Dietz. Henry
Dillabaugh, John
Dodge. James
Donnellan, John T.
Donnelly, Charles
Downing, Jacob
Dougan. David H.
Doud, A. L.
Dowson, Henry
Duggan, George
Durkee, Lafayette
Durbin, Levi T.
Edwards, N. H.
Elbert, Samuel H.
Elder, H. G.
Ellis, Benjamin
Ellis, Carleton
Emery, Willis
Emperor, William
Emmiok, John C.
Erdman, Otto A.
Erdman. F. C.
Evans, Noah H.
Evans, J. Frank
Evans, John
Evans, Thomas
Everitt, Charles M.
Ewing. Josiah P.
Ewens, W. W.
Farmer, Fred. C.
Parish, John B.
Farnum,8. Vincent
Fassett, J. W. ^
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APPENDIX.
Faulkner, Ed. B.
Ferguson, Daniel B.
Ferguson, Charles A.
Felker, William fi.
Fisher, W. G.
Fisher, Cyrus W.
Finch, Marcus
Finehart, Matt. E.
Flanders, Leonard H.
Fleming, James A.
Fletcher, Donald
Ford, Charles M.
France, L. B.
Fraser, John J.
Fraser. Francis
Franklin, Nelson
Frederickson, J. C.
Frederick, A. P.
French ,8. M.
Frost, Harry C.
Fnrey, Charles L.
Gair, Peter I.
Garvey, John T., Jr.
Garret son, E. W.
Ganlt, John
George, Samuel
Gillette, Andrew W.
Gird, Christopher C.
Gleason. J. A.
Gove, Aaron
Goodwin. H. S.
Graham, John W.
Graham, David B.
Grant, T.J.
Grafton, W. H.
Green, 8. 8.
Green, J. H.
Green, J. K.
Green. Charles 0.
Greenlee, Robert C.
Greenlee. William E.
Greiner, Hobert C.
Gayer, Clarkson
Gunsolas, J. T.
Hager, Clarence E.
Hall, W. W.
Hall, Fred. F.
Hall, A. P.
Hall, J. P.
Hallows Job J.
Hamilton, W. F.
Hamilton, George A.
Hampton, J. W.
Hard, Frank J.
Hardy, 8. B.
Hardy, Charles W.
Harris, Arthur C.
Harris, William
Harkison, Charles T.
Hart, J. W.
Hart man, Henry
Harlow, Skip I.
Hattenbach, M.
Hayman, Frank T.
Henry, George
Hicks, .James B.
High. Fred. 8.
Higgin, Albert
Hill, W. C.
Hildebrand, Robert B.
Hitchcock, W.D.
Hobbs, Charles M.
Hoffer, John G.
Hogle, Austin W.
Hopson, C. M.
Home, Henry
Howard, Charles
Howard, Henry
Hoiaington, J. M.
Honok, 8. C.
House, G. W.
Houghton, J.M.
Huddart,john J.
Huff, J. W.
Huntington, G. W.
Hurst, Harry R.
Hard, Nathan 8.
Hull, W. L.
Huskins, George M.
Hutchins, 8am uel A.
Jrish, F. M.
Ireland, F. W.
Jennings, D. H.
Jenner, C. W.
Jenkins. 8. H.
Johnson, P. C.
Johnson, James
Johnson, E. Walter
Johnson, Christian
Johnson, Peter
Johnston, James 8.
Jones, George A.
Jones, J. W.
Jones, Morton
Jones, Henry C.
Jolly, Henry F.
Keith, O. P.
Kellogg, George A.
Killen, Bernard C.
Kiefer, John
Killie, Isaac L.
Kinport, Jesse E.
Kincaid, Kobert A.
Kimball, George D.
Kirkham, W. A.
Kohlman, L. H.
Kountze, Chas. B.
Krake, H. E.
Kroger, J. H.
Kreuger. F. H. C.
Kuner, Max
LaDue. T. F.
Lapp, John M.
Lamont, W. A.
Latimer, Vincent B.
Lawrence, E. 8. W.
Lee, William Scott
Leimer, Charles F.
Ijennon, John A.
Lei ft, Joeeph
Legge, Orr
Letts, Charles J.
Lewington, Fred.
Light. Edward B.
Lillyblade, August
Lipscomb, Thomas W.
Littlefield, Virgil A.
Londoner, Julius
Lord, Frank J.
Lower, George W.
Lloyd, David
Lydston, James A.
Lyon, William F. M.
McBeth, John A.
McCarty. A. J.
McCormick, Samuel B.
McClair, William
McClanathan, Sydney
McColloch, Charles 8.
McFarland, Marvin D.
McGill. P. J.
Mcintosh, Charles J.
McLauthlin, H. W.
Mack, Frederick
Marfell, Hiram
Mark ham. Joseph H.
Marsh, Orlando C.
Marshall, Charles H.
Martin, John H.
Marx, Julias
Meek, Albert E.
Mentzer, Rufus
Merriam, Harry C.
Merriam, W. J.
Merritt, George H.
Measemer, W. 8.
Meyers, Harry J.
Meyers, Ferdinand
Middaugh, W. H.
Mignolet, John
Millison, Elisha
Miller. H. J.
Miller, Dennett E.
Miller, Thomas H.
Morgan, J ames
Morgan, Henry 8.
Morehouse, Phillip E.
Morrison, T. J.
Muckler. Fred. H.
March, George H.
Myers, Julius H.
Nance, Fred. W.
Nelson, Christen
Nesbit, James C.
Nettleton.T. 8.
Newell, Harris W.
Newell, L. 8., Jr.
Newkirk, George A.
Nolds, Eiisha J.
Norris, George C.
Norton, 8. B.
Norwood, Joshua
Nye, W. N.
CVBrian, Peter
O'Brien, Simon
Old, Charles
OrviB. Joel W.
Packard, Durand C.
PaDelford, William
Parker, James
Parks, E. H.
Parkhurst, L. W.
Parsons, J. H.
Patterson, Thomas M.
Patterson, James
Patton. Thomas J.
Peabody, Lelon
Peirce, William D.
Pellenz. J. P.
Pennock, Homer
Perry, John W.
Perry, George J.
Peters, ('harles H.
Phelps, Ed. P.
Phillips, A. B.
Phillips, Richard
Phillips, J. Bevan
Pierce, Ed. F.
Pierce, John
Pierson, R. K.
Piper, W. B.
Pitzer, Henry L.
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215
Pochin, J. L.
Potter, Horace
Potter, Charles A.
Powell. Thomas B.
Prackwinkel, William
Qoinn, W. W.
Uagland. John M.
Reese, W. 8.
Reilly, Charles J.
Renshaw, James
Reynolds. J. W.
Rhoada, Aionzo G.
Khoads, Harry F.
Rice, Almond A.
Richardson, Cyras G.
Richardson. H. F,
Riddeli, Phil. H.
Rider, H. C.
Robertson, N.
Robinson, William F.
Robinson, Ewing
Roe, Robert 8.
Rogers, Edmund J. A.
Rogers, Ralph
Rogers, B. W.
Roney. Frank B.
Rothwell. William J.
Routt, John Li.
Ryder, Andrew
Rabican, James 8,
Sanford, William H.
8anford, George H.
Scholtz. Edward L.
Schmidt, Ed. A.
Schuyler, J. N.
Scattergood, Israel M.
Scott, William R.
8oott, George H.
Scott, Francis M.
Seaman, Sheridan
Shanghnessy. James
Sheridan. J . W.
Shears, Thomas E.
Shelton. F. D.
Hhelton C. T.
Shearer, J nines
Shryock, Frank R.
Simmons, J. B.
Skinner. C. H.
Slater. George G.
Sleight, John J .
Smith, C. C.
Smith, P. T.
Smith, Thomas L.
Smith, C. J.
Smith, Joseph H.
Smith, Roland D.
Smith, Irving G.
Smith, Alfred J.
Smedley, William
SobolewBki.John A.
Sonthgate, Walter
Spangler, Michael
Spalding, John F.
Spalding, Frank B.
Spanlding, Leland D.
Spilman, B. F.
Star buck, N. H.
Starkweather, James C.
Stebbina. Bert L.
Stephens, William L.
Stevens, Ralph E.
Steinmetz, William D.
Stenbouse, James
Stewart, R. W.
Stinson, Charles N.
Stott, Jerre B.
Strickler, J, M.
Strong, Frank H.
Sat ton, John C.
Button. Roland
Taggart, Charles D.
Talbot, Ralph
Tanspn, Robert
Tanquary. N. Q.
Tarr, George B.
Tate, Daniel W. W.
Terriberry, W. J,
Thompson, Charles L.
Thompson, William 8.
Tim merman, John L.
Tite, W. W.
Todd, William D.
Townsend, Orrin P.
Tnfford, Walter H.
Tucker, Francis M.
Turner, L. A.
Tynon, James
Uzzell, Thomas A.
Van Stone. Richard A.
Vallie, Uplide
Vosburg, N. O.
Wagner. Andrew J.
Wind, O. C.
Waldo, William P.
Walker, Charles
Walley, John J.
Wallace, John P.
Walter, Christian C.
Weaver, J. L.
Weaver. George L,
Weber, Louis
Weatherhead, Charles E.
Wei by, Arthur E.
Welch, Albert L.
Welch. George S.
Weil, Solomon
Weinhold, Frank M.
Weiss, John G.
Weethaver, J. B.
Wheeler. Horace E.
Wheeler, Franklin E.
Wheeler, Byron A.
Wheatley, Edward L.
White W. A.
Whittemore, Oliver A.
Widney, Sam. W.
Wilcox. C. M.
Wilcox, 8. J.
Wilbor, Jacob E.
Wilder, Asa
Wilson, William J.
Wilson, Charles F.
Wilson, Andrew D.
Wilson, W. A.
Williams, Fred. A.
Williams, George T.
Willoughby, E. A.
Wire, Frank A.
Wines, Horace G.
Winne, Peter
Winters, Alfred T.
Wise, J. D.
Witter, Daniel
Wolfe, C. J.
Wollaston, Theodore
Wood, Francis G.
Woodbury, A. J.
Woodbury, 8. 8.
Wright, George W.
Wright, Charles B.
Wright, George E.
Wright, Aionzo
Zeagler, John W.
Zeitler, Charles
Zinn, Solomon
Zint, George W.
EMPIEE LODGE No. 8,
EMPIRE, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY.
[Charter Surrendered.]
MONTANA LODGE No. 9,
VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA.
[Now Montana Lodge No. 2, under the Grand Lodge of Montana.']
2l6
APPENDIX.
HELENA CITY LODGE No. 10,
HELENA CITY, MONTANA.
[Now Helena Lodge No. 3, under the Grand Lodge of Montana.]
BLACK HAWK LODGE No. 11,
BLACK HAWK, GILPIN COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Thursdays in each month.]
OFFICEB8.
James Richards, W. M.
Ed. C. Hmrhee. 8. W.
August J. Grutzmacher, J. W.
William Mitchell, Treas.
F. A. Rudolph, Sec'y.
Brennen, John V^
Blake, Ed. 8.
Backus, Wm. R.
Ballard, F. W.
Cowen, James
Chatfield, Norman
Donald, Wm.
Fnllerton, Wm.
Gilbert, John
Hall, W. J.
Hanson, August
Hoi brook, Preston
MEMBERS.
Johnson, John
Jeffrey, Richards
Lowell, B F.
McCammon, H. C.
McLaughlin, Wm.
McKinzie, Neil D.
Mishler, Samuel
Nelson, H. P
Orahood, H. M.
Pursel, John T.
Powers, John H.
Renfro, Clayborn ^
John Harlan. 8. D.
Christopher Trothen, J. D.
Charles G. Gray, 8. 3.
William D. Lane, J 8.
Peter D. Graham, Tiler.
Bust, Wm. R.
Rudolph, Wm. F.
Rohlinjr, August
Rudolph, John B.
Richards. Wm.
Bmitb, Alonzo
8tebbins, H. H.
Shipperd, James H.
Swanholm, Swan
Taylor, Alex.
Wright, P. B. <-,
WASHINGTON LODGE No. 12,
GEORGETOWN, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month.]
Samuel Hardy, W. M.
John L. Carlson, S. W.
Walter A. Garrett, J. W.
Jessie M. Copeland, Treas.
John H. Bennett. Sec'y.
Anderson, George U-
Parrett, George H.
Barton. William E.
Boyer, Henry
Brownell, Ai. W.
Baechner, Gustavo
Butler, William H.
Came, Henry
Christie. William H.
Cohen. Louis
Cornish, Nicholas D.
Cornish. Thomas
Coster, John A.
Czaruowsky, Henry
OFFICERS.
MEMBERS.
Cliff, William N.
Catren, Benjamin C.
Dailey. James M.
Eddy, Edward
Ellis, William
Fairley, Thomas
Fillius, Jacob
Filling, John
Fish, Charles R.
Forbes, Albert R.
Forstrand, Peter M.
Foster, Ernest Le Neve
Gleason, Carlton T.
Gay, James John *
Henry Naah, 8. D. ^^
James W. McKelvy, J. D.
William Hancock, Jr.. 8.8.
Thomas. Bennett, J. 8.
William H. Shigley, Tiler.
Goetz, Valentine
Grant. DeWitt C.
Hanson, Conrad
Harvat, Joseph
Hansen. Chris.
Hancock, William
Hancock, James B.
Johnson, Fred 8.
Kelly, Samuel D.
Kinney, Adrian R.
Meyers, David
Meyers, George
Mills. George
Monti, Joshua I—
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Morrison, John H.
Mardock. Albert G.
McCrimmon, Malcolm
McGarvie. John
Nelson, Albert
Phillips, John M.
Pollard, Adrian A.
Roberta, Daniel
Roberta, Lewis L.
Rachofaky, D. Louie
Sargent, George L.
Simmons, Theodore F.
Sites, George L.
Slockett, Henry
Smith, John
Strom berg, John
Stewart, William D.
Swanson, August
Thompson, Henry
Twibell. Daniel
Vader, Matthew H.
Ware, William W.
White, Absalom K.
Wilson, David R.
Woodward, David
Ward, Jessie P.
Williams, John H.
EL PASO LODGE No. 13,
COLORADO SPRINGS, EL PASO COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Friday* in each month.]
OFFICERS.
John Williams, W. M.
Henry G. Berry, 8. W.
David H. Kice, J. W.
L. C. Skinner, Trees.
Eugene 8. Cohen, Seo'y.
Aux, George *• —
Ackerman, Sam. P.
Armen trout, Abram
Andre, Morris V.
Armbruster, F. G.
Bott, Anthony
Bernard, S. M.
RsalU John N.
Barnes, Jus P.
Boyd, A. H.
Bonnett. W. M.
Bates, Wm. H.
Barrett, Golden
Bell. J. W.
Banning, Win.
Boyer, Sam'l L.
Beach, Walter P.
Brinley, M. D.
Brewster, Geo. P.
Best, Wm.
Britten. Ernest
CroweR, Benj. F.
Corman, Abram H.
Qiapman. John W.
Conger, Carlos W.
Cochran,John
Crosier, E. M.
Dow. Francis E.
Dillon, Chester H.
Dickerman, Alton L.
Davey. Will.
Dwinnell, L. E.
Dozier, Joseph
DeCoursey, M. L.
Davie, Robert P.
Davie, W. A.
Baton, £. J.
France, Matt.
Finley. Robert
Fenn, ('has. H.
Frost, Edward W.
Fuller, H. A.
File, John W.
MEMBERS.
Fowler.Sam'l
Guire, David C.
Gustin, J. W.
Giddings.E. W. Jr.
Gillette^James
Gaudy, Wm. H.
Gilpin, Bernard Jr.
Gerbardt, Paul
Howbert, Irving
Horn. Thomas G.
House, Augustus
Himebangh, John A.
Hoagland. Wm. H.
Hughes, Thomas
Holmes. Geo. F.
Hoag, Seeley H.
Haggarty, C. C.
HenrytO. E.
Hezt, Thos.
Henderson, Rob't L.
Hall. Lavolette
Harden. John M.
Hatfield, 8 8.
HiUis, William
Hughes, W. H.
Johns, Henry
Jones, Allen D.
Kerr, James H.
Kern, J. W.
Kershaw, Wm.
Kelley, Albert W.
Klttleman. John G.
Kennedy, Geo. D.
Love, Edwin ¥.
Lamb, Henry W.
Lawton, Andrew L.
Leigh ton, Arthur
Lawrence, Geo. W.
Lincoln, Andrew G.
McShane, David
McTaviah.Neil
McGuire, W. C.
McLain, W. E. C-
I. F. Peck, 8. D.
George N. Beattie, J. D.
J. M. Sellers. 8. B.
P. P. Hoop, J. 8
John Courter, Tiler.
McCoy, Wm. R.
McCreery. H. C.
Martin, Frederick L.
Murphy, John
Mathews, Albert
Mulholland. <J. V.
Manning, Thos. E.
Miller, John K.
Muir, John W.
Mills, Edward E.
Millen, John M.
Nichols, Willard S.
Nichols, R. P.
Osborn, Chester
Pulver, Milton
Potter. John
Peery R. B.
Pearcy.R. G.
Pease, Louis A.
Potter, J. Wilson
Puffer, Lewis A.
Pollen, Sam'l J.
Popejoy. Lester W.
Parker, N. E.
Perkins, Frank A.
Robinson, Fred. E.
Reynolds, Jos. E.
Reed, Wm. H.
Roby, Frank F.
Robertson, David B.
Reid, Herbert 1 .
Robinson, J. R.
Reed, Raymond
Rice,Wm.G.
Robertson, John H.
Reed. Verner Z.
Smith. E. A.
Strickler, Wm. M.
Hpielman, David
Shideler, Jacob
Shideler, Thos.
Sagendorf, A.
Stiilmun, Jno. W. «-
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APPENDIX.
Snyder, Lester M.
Stovell, J. W. D.
Smith, A. H.
Sessions, S. E.
Schmidt. Jacob
Smith, Edward J.
Sleeman, George
Severy, James B.
Stone, A. G.
Smith, Henry C.
Stubbe, Joe. L.
Stam, J. W.
Swope, C. H.
Shideler, Wm.
Still wagon, Chas. N.
Taylor, Robert K.
Tilton, Wm. F.
Tucker, B. St. Geo.
Thomas, Thos. E.
Tibbetts, A. R.
Thomas, Frank
Titaworth, Geo. A.
Taylor. Remic B.
Turner, Clarence E.
Vaox, Geo. P.
Van Meter, Frank R.
Woodbnrry, J. C.
Weir, Jerome A.
Wolfe, J. S.
Welch, David L.
Williams, W. J.
Waters, Frank J.
COLUMBIA LODGE No. 14,
BOULDER, BOULDER COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Saturdays in each month.]
OKFIOEHS.
Chaa. S. Faorot, W. M.
John L. Church, 8. W.
Shep. L. Madera, J. W.
George F. Chase, Treas.
Chas. C. Bromley, Sec'y.
Aotrey, Edward
Ames, Leonard C.
Adams, Geo. S.
Anderson, Eric J.
Anderson, David B.
Anderson, D. C.
Allen, H. W.
Angove, (\ E.
Allmon, Lee J.
Ameter, Jacob
Banks, F. B.
Brown, 8. C.
Budd, Sylvanos
Bigger. R. A.
Bentley. W. W.
Burns, M F.
Border. S. B.
Bresnahan, Ed.
Casady, Harry
Carmack, T. K.
Carmack, John T.
Corson, W. A.
Cullaoutt, J. J. F.
Chambers, J. S.
Connell, John
Conwell. G. B.
Conley. J. H.
Davis, John
Den ham, Thoa.
Downer, 8. 8.
Dodge, H. O.
DaviB, Chaa.
Ellingham, J. J.
Eariiart, W. R.
Em rick, A. J.
Edwards, B. V.
Foy, I) N.
Foote, J. B.
Fonda, 0. F.
Fallen, Hiram
Fairhurat, W. G.
.Green, Henry
MEMBERS .
Gatterson. C. L.
Glesner.C. E.
Grand, J. C.
Galasha, 8. 8.
Hathaway, Mark
Henry. 0. H.
Harmon, G. D.
Harris, Meyer
Henry. A. T.
Holatein, Geo. B.
Haffner, Joseph
Hermon, John
Holt, M. J.
H inkle, J. P.
Han kins, J. C.
Holbrook, C. M.
Huet, William
Herzinger, T. F.
Hay ward, D. A.
Hay ward. D. E.
Hoyle. Edward
Hutchinson, D. J.
Heizelmnn, Frank
Jonea, T. J.
Johnson. Seymour
Jester, W. H.
Johnston, J. I.
Johnson, T. C.
Johnston, Frank
Johnston, W. J.
Jester, J. A.
Kohler, F. W.
Kohler, F. W., Jr.
Kerr, David
Kline, Marcos
Kempton, James
Knill, Thom as
Kneale, C. A;.
Lafferty, T. J.
Leyner, P. A.
Loyd, Joseph
Lester, J. E.
Ernest L. Guilford, 8. D.
H. F. Armstrong, J. D.
C. P. Pettengill, 8. S.
C. B. Lawsha, J. S.
Dan. A. Robinson, Tiler.
Lowe, Theo.
Lockwood, Fred
Lefoe, Frank
Lake, Geo. E.
Luxon, Joseph
Metcalf. Eli P.
Maxwell, J. P.
McCaslin, M. L.
Mead, Marcos S.
Meyring, Henry
Minks, G. W.
McAllister, Ira T.
Metcalf, F. P.
McClancy, Uriah
Mulford, J. 8.
McCall, N. H.
Mcintosh, Lem
Megorden, C. H.
Monell, lm F.
Monell, Henry
Macky. A. J.
Mitchell, Fred
Nicholson, J. W.
Nichols, D. H.
North, J. M.
Owen, Thos. R.
O'Conner, Timothy
Oliver, William
O'Neill, J. M.
Phillips, N. M.
Poole, W. H.
Rogers, Piatt
Rowen, W. F.
Robertson, G. B.
Russell, C. A.
Ricketts,C.
Rhyno, T. F.
Rhyno, J. A.
Rhyno, Norman
Sawdey, Edgar
Simpson, J. H.
8oothtand, Judson
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219
Smith, M. G.
Sheets, H W.
Samuels. H. ('.
8trasberger, M.
8peocer, C. L.
Schroder, D.
Safely, A. F.
Steven*. K. W.
Shires. Thos.
8pangler. Geo. W.
Seeley, W. L.
Sanborn, C. W.
Steinmetz, C. C. L—
MEMBKRS.
Thorn, 8. J.
Turner, Chas.
Trezise, J. G.
Titcomb. J. S.
Terry, W. K.
Todd, 0. D.
Van Riper, C.
Viele, J. B.,Jr.
Wilson, G. W.
Whitney, G. H.
Wood, G. P.
Wharton, J. J.
Wellman, 8. _
Williams, J. T.
White, W.W.
Walker. Ed. 8.
Williams, James
Wilson, J. L.
Washburn, H. E.
Williams, J. U.
Williams, W. J.
Williamson, P. L.
Wilder, Eugene
Yates, Isaiah
MOUNT MORIAH LODGE No. 15,
CANON CITY, FREMONT COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month,'}
OFFIOKBS.
D. A. Bradbury. W. M.
Leroy C. Young, S. W.
George H. KeUenberger, J. W.
James U. Peabody, Treat*.
James 8. Bowlby, Sec'y-
Joseph T. Little, 8. D.
Caleb J. Smith, J. D.
A. E. Rudolph, S. S.
Hunter Palmer, J. 8.
John Gravestock, Tiler.
Adair. George W. I—
Alexander, A. F.
Ailing, E.B.
Andrea*. R. 8. 8.
Apple, Charles
Arlett, George H.
Bandholt, John F.
Barnard. L. C.
Bethel, George H.
Brinkley, John A.
Boyce, William A.
Bradbury, James M.
Bridwell, William T.
Bryant, Green M.
Butler, Edward A.
Calderhead. James
Campbell. Thomas J.
Cassidy, George R.
Chapman, James P.
Clapp, 8eth A.
Collins, Charles M.
Cornn, Daniel
CoasletU Walter
Costlow, Joseph
Cox, Samuel M.
Craig, Mills M.
Craven, Thomas H.
Craven, Ned C.
Cross, Charles M.
Cypert, 8. N.
Davis, Llewelyn
Davis, William J.
Davis, Alonzo H.
Davenport, Charles E.
Dawson, John
Dicker, Phillip
Dobeon, James Y.
Dry den, Adam
Dudley. George E.
Dufer, Charles E.
MTCMBKRS.
Earle, Henry
Earle, George W.
Eldred, L. E.
Ellsworth, Frank M.
Evans, James E.
Frost, Charles
Ford, Allen E.
Fuller, John 8.
Gordon, Thomas
Gordon, William
Gravestock, Henry T.
Gray, Edward C.
Haines, William B.
Harding, Theodore M.
Hatchett, C. H.
Haskins, Chas. F.
Hays, Phillip
Hedges, Joseph
Hill, Zeph. T.
Hodges, Henry W.
Hopkins, James R.
Hood, John F.
Hudson, William H.
Hughes, James
Humphreys, John
Hunt, D. C.
Hyde, J. L.
Jameson, Allen
Johnson, William E.
Jones, Orville W.
Jones, Lewis S.
Jones, Benjamin F.
Kent, John P.
Kidder, A. A.
Lawrence, Ad ley B.
Lester, Jeff. W.
Leroux, Owen F.
Linn, H. W.
Lobach, Edwin
McClnre, William H. ^
McLelland, William H.
McGeary, Albert M.
McGrath, Miles
McKiilip, lman C.
McNeil, John
McNeil, Charles
Maxdon, C. W.
Mayhew, William M.
Miller, J. N.
Miller, H. J.
Milliken, C. M.
Milsoin, Joseph W.
Mitchell, George M.
Morrison, Peter
Morrison. Charles A.
Nelson, Charles F.
Nichols, Sylvester S.
Nikirk, C. G.
Northrop. J. V.
Oliver, John Y.
Palmer, Thomas D.
Palmer, Thomas
Parker, W. C.
Pattee, David C.
Patterson, Alexander
Pauls, Charles
Peabody, Jesse W.
Pedley, Ephraim
Phillips, George T.
Phillips, William J.
Price, Henry L.
Ray nol da. Frederick A.
Reed. R. L.
Reed, A. R.
Richards, Richard
Richards, Rufus
toe, George W.
L. A.
cafellow, Benjamin F.
iry, John .
220
APPENDIX.
Radd, Anson
Rathban, Samuel A.
Salmon, Elijah
Sappington, Smith 8.
Sartor. Augustus
Sell, Franz
Seelye, C. G.
Shaffer, Benjamin F.
Shaffer, George R.
Sharer, Benjamin
Shaver, George R.
Snivel?, Charles
MVMBKB8.
Sim peon, D. J.
Skeele, Fred H.
Smith, Frank L.
Smith, Robert
Spreyer, Jacob
Stewart, Robert C.
Stover, W. H.
8tratton, Thomas H.
Thomas, Joel H.
Thompson, William H.
Thurston, Isaac
Topping, Clark S.
Trout, William H.
Walker, Nathaniel O.
Webster, Henry C.
Wells, Thomas 8.
Wells, Charles W.
Whipple. Fred H.
Willis, J. E.
Williams, George T.
Wilson, L. W.
Witcher, T.
CHEYENNE LODGE No. 16,
CHEYENNE. WYOMING.
[Note Cheyenne Lodge No. 1, under the Grand Lodge of Wyoming.]
PUEBLO LODGE No. 17,
PUEBLO, PUEBLO COUNTY.
[^Communications second and fourth Mondays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Walter L. Borland, W. M.
Zerezo V. Trine, 8. W.
George W. Gill, J. W.
John D. Miller, Treat*.
A. D. Wad ham 8, Sec'y.
Adams, Walter G. *-
Abrahams, Joseph
Anderson, William H.
Anderson, Joseph W.
Allen, James
Archbold, Edgar P.
Barn dollar, Geo. R.
Bartletr, Henry W.
Berry, Jul ins
Blake. Charles H.
Bowman, Charles W.
Bond, David K.
Brown, Julius D.
Bnrnam, Allen E.
Burnam, C. W.
Callaway, Joseph W.
Campbell, Win. O.
Chew, Edward R.
Christianson, Albert D.
Colvin, Perry
Crow, John H.
( 'ooper, Roll in C.
Clark, John T.
Cantrall, Joshua P.
C lough, Worsnop
Coulter, James W.
De Rentier, James R.
Dotson. Peter K.
Dotson, Peter T.
MKMBKR8.
Downen, Thos. J.
Drake, Edwin L.
Dnke, James B.
Dunbaugh, Frank M.
Dunbauirh, George J.
DaPuy, Henry B.
Erdman, (Charles
Erdman. Henry W.
Farins, John R.
Fairfax, Willis T.
Fitch, Michael H.
Fist, Emanuel
Finn. John W.
Gallup, Sam'l C.
Gartley. Wilson P.
Gannt, Richard H.
Gerry, Melvin B.
Gilbert, George
Gillespie, David H.
Grant, Angus A.
Hart, Cornelius J.
Hart, L. N.
Hensel, Levi
Hilburn, Milton H.
Hobson, George H.
Hall, George H.
Heath, Ernest A.
House. Bruce F.
Hoy, Roland ^
Chas. W. Kessler, S. D.
B. D. V. Reeve, J. D.
John F. Bund bye, S. 8.
Chas. E. (Sherrington, J. 8.
John L. Hildreth, Tiler.
Jamison, John B.
Jenison, W. T.
Johnston, Joseph W.
Joy, James A.
Keeling. Weldon
Keith, Fordyce M.
Koerner, Edward
Lovern, James
Lovett, ('lark E.
Mazon, William
Mayer, Peter
Mc Murray, Wm T.
McNutt, Clark C
Mondabangh. Geo. W.
Murray. Franklin
Nash, Herman W.
Newton, Whitney
Patton, Augufttns B.
Patterson, Sam'l J.
Parr, William
Reese, Charles A.
Rice, James
Savard, Peter
Shepard, John V.
Shoptaogh, Curtis A.
Sloane. Theodore A.
Smith James E.
Smith, Hngh M.
Smith, Oscar U. ^
APPENDIX.
221
Snyder, J. W. O.
Sonneborn, Aaron
Spencer, Allen C.
Spratlen, Louie F.
Spratlen, Frank P.
Stanton, Irving W.
Steele, Hannibal R.
Stein, Charles C.
Stone, George L.
MXMBER8.
Studzinski, Michael
Thatcher, Malon D.
Thombe. P. B.
Thomas, Mark
Tolman. Charles
Troot, William H.
Urmy, D. F.
Van Hovenburg, D. M.
Walter, Rudolph J.
Wells, Frank A.
Wilson, Paul
Williford, Geo. W.
Windle, John 8.
Worth, Jehoida
Zoeller, Philip
Zieger, Thomas R.
LAEAMIE LODGE No. 18,
LARAMIE, WYOMING.
[Xow Laramie Lodge No. 3, under the Grand Lodge of Wyoming.}
COLLINS LODGE No. 19,
FORT COLLINS, LARIMER COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Wednesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
1
Sael E. Clark, W. M.
John F. Campbell, 8. W.
George A. Webb, J. W.
James T. Badrow. Trees.
Levis (lark Moore, Hec'y,
Anderson. Peter
Arthur, James B.
Arthur, James 8.
Armstrong, Andrew
Andrews, Chas. B.
Annie, Frank J.
Autre;, John M.
Abbott, Albert D.
Abbott, Frank D.
Brown, John R.
Barry, Alexander
Bonghton, Jay H.
Brown, James A.
Battey, Samoel W.
Burke, Richard
Bos worth, Wm. P.
Battey, Francis R.
Beers. John
Bear, John P
Blackroer. Adrian
Bailey, Wm. N.
Bennett, Egbert J.
Bennett, Isaac W.
Buzzell, Horatio N.
Barkley, Frank
Birdsall, Sylvester H.
Buck, Christian M.
Bean, Avery
Buffuni, Geo. W.
Bottom, Bert C
Buff nm, Geo. H.
Bernheim, Wm. T.
MEMBERS.
Bohn, George H.
Beach, Jerry T.
Beach, David
Bee, John
Bennett, F. 0.
Barnes, William
Bristol, Judson H.
Beals, John B.
Campbell, Chas. A.
Clinton, John C.
Cuthbertson, James
Carpenter, Harry A.
Clark, Logan
Chase. R. A.
Davy, Thomas H.
Dowd, Joseph 8.
Davis, Chas. F.
PuBois, James E.
Day, James H.
Day, Isaac
Driscol. Wm.
Doolittle, Emery E.
Ellis, Alston
Evans, Wm. C.
Edwards, Alfred A.
Gage, Thaddeus A.
Garbutt, Edward N.
Garbntt. H. Irving
Galbraith. David R.
Garmick, Thomas
Giddings. Leander
Greiner, Jackson M.
Frank P. Stover, 8. D.
John E. Davidson, J. D.
James W. 8tnchelJ, 8. 8.
John M. Hoffman, J. 8.
Thos. H. Doolittle, Tiler.
Handy, Harry P.
Hanna, John C.
Hamilton, Samael T.
Helgerson, Ole
Hoag, Addison N.
Holtei, Andrew J.
Holtei, Isaac W.
Horner, Asa M.
Henderson. John W.
Hillyer, Wm. J.
Hice, Albert H.
Hi Her. Edgar G.
Hall, Wm.
Hall, Henry F.
Hamilton, Andrew L.
James, Maximillian
Kibler, Francis
Kinnison. Harry J.
Love, Eph
Love, Robert P.
Loomis, Abner
Loomis, Gay
Lindenmeier, Wm., Jr.
Lyon. Samael R.
Lee, Ethan A.
Lee, Harry A.
Lane, Charles D.
Learned, Porter D.
Learned, Perry B.
Lunn, John G.
La Fever, Abram
Lawrence, John W.
222
APPENDIX.
Miner. Wm. B.
McGinley, Andrew
Mclntyre, Joaiah W.
Montgomery, Thomas J.
Mason, Wm. 8.
Miller. Chas. P.
McGregor, Rob. Roy
Miller, John W.
Matthews, John C.
Moeman, Wm. 0.
Newlon, Henry B.
Newton, Thomas H.
Parker. Charles V.
Powers, Daniel L.
Plaramer, Zar C.
Peterman, Komeo C.
Peterson, Henry C.
Piatt, Henry C.
Quinn, Thomas
Reed, Egbert W.
Robinson, Thomas M.
Robertson, Thomas H.
Ricketts, Philander
Rugh, Christian
Seckner, Stephen H.
Scott. George F.
Stover, Wm. C.
Sherwood, Frederick W.
Scott, Fa) ton N. B.
Sheldon, Charles H.
Sturdev&nt, Harvey F.
Stranss, George K.
Steoker, Michael
Stephenson. Jefferson F.
Smith, James
Scott, Alexander W.
Silcott, Wm. G.
8mith. John Letford
Sylvester, N.
Hecord, (Portland R.
8imms, James M.
Stolbrand, Vasa E.
Terry, Peter G.
Tomlin, Alber B.
Taft, Preston A.
Ticknor, Alonzo A.
Tedmon, Boliver S.
Tedmon, Herbert E.
Thomas, Frank N.
Vandewaik, Martin
Vollentine, Thomas W.
Wills, Joseph R.
Whitcomb. Elias W.
Whedbee, BenjHmin T.
Wild, Charles R.
Watroos, Ansel
Walch, Robert
Webster, Stewart
Whittington, Wm. E.
Woodward, Charles N.
Yoang, John W.
Zwifel, John J.
OCCIDENTAL LODGE No. 20,
GREELEY, WELD COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Fridays in each month.'}
OFFICERS.
Charles E. Stanley, W. M.
Jesse S. Gale, S. W.
John M. B. Petrekin, J. W.
Rudolph H. Johns, Treas.
Joseph A. Woodbury, Sec'y.
Abbott, Eugene H. U
Atkinson, James
Atkinson, Thomas
Armstrong, Richard
Adams, Oscar H.
Alcorn, John A.
Abbott. Philo
Bennett, Alonzo D.
Brash, Jared L.
Beetbam. James
Bar bee, James S.
Boltz, David
Chi Ids, Francis L.
Chi Ids, William J.
Collins, Perry W.
Cooke, John B.
Carleton, Daniel H.
(/amp, Charles A.
DeVotie, Henry M.
Davis, Joel E.
Dinsmore, Thomas H.
Daily, Thomas H.
Doane, E. E.
Donnell, Ed. D.
Eaton, Benj. H.
Ecker, Henry
Freeman, James M.
Fuller. Samuel G.
Flower, James B.
Frost, Frank P.
Fallerton, W infield 8.
Ferguson, Robert T.
Gunn, George M.
MEMBBR8.
Garrigues, James E.
Goodin, John A.
Glazier, Irwin O.
Henderson, Milton P.
Hilton. Benj. W.
Hall, Niagara W.
Hall, Robert L.
Huff smith, Peter
Hallett, Samuel
Hotchkis«, William A.
Harper, Brainard D.
Howard, Albert
Hinckley, C. Benj.
Hopper, William
Irons. John F.
Igo, Albert
Johnson, Brace F.
Law, Harvey M.
Long. Lorenzo F.
Luther, Samuel O.
Moore. Joseph
Macy, Thomas G.
Matteson, Menzo C.
McPherson, Jacob R.
McMasters, Alex. G.
Messenger, Francis C.
Maltbie. Noah
Mulford, Clarence H
Monahan, Deane
Miner, William A.
Murray, Dennis
May her, William
Nichols, Frank R. L-
Charles Heaton, 8. D.
Alfred A. Howard, J. D.
Jesse D. Landers, S. S.
Daniel H. Barbee, J. 8.
LeBarron Willard, Tiler.
Neidie, J. Henry
Preston, Alva D.
Perkins. Geo. W.
Plumb, Ovid
Pollock. William P.
Purdy, Sheldon R.
Phillips, Thomas
Ramsey, Allen
Reid. John G.
Randolph. Calvin
Roberts, Walter J.
Roger son, Horatio R.
Seeley, Joseph H.
Shu te, George M.
Southard, Samuel H.
Smith, George C.
Steele, Robert
Twom bley, Hurd W.
Taylor, John A.
Talbot, Nathaniel H.
Thompson, Edward A
VonGohren, Ludwig
West, Henry T.
Watson, Henry C.
Wyman. George B.
Wolaver, Jacob M.
Williams, Henry M.
Wasley, John.
Wheeler, Charles H.
Wilson, Dwight B.
Wyatt, Louis L.
Watson, Arthur C.
Wyman, Horaoe L.
APPENDIX.
223
ARGENTA LODGE No. 21,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
[Now Argenta Lodge No. 8, under the Grand Lodge of Utah.]
WESTON LODGE No. 22,
LITTLETON, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month.]
W. W. Chapman, W. M.
F. W. Shuckhart. 8. W.
G. E. Stuart, J. W.
F. Comstock. Tress.
E. Jull, Bec'j.
Andre, Frank L. *-"
Barclay, C. 6.
Benedict, George M.
Berry, B. J.
Brown, I. D.
Burtolette, John
Comstock. Chas.
Cobb, W. H.
OFFICERS.
MKMBEB8.
Curtis. Henry H.
Dorety, William
Griffith, George
Gregeaon, Wm.
Hurlbut, H. H.
Jnll, Sydney Percy
Leach. Hiram S.
Loatbam, Chas. G.
D. 8. Weaver, 8. D.
J. M. Barr. J. D.
K. W. Candler. 8. 8.
J. B. Markle. J. 8.
J. J. Btnart, Tiler.
Mackey, I. W.
Manhart, Christian
McAuliff, C. D.
Shepperd, H. H.
Steele, M. P.
VanDeren, A.J.
Wilder, George C.
Wilson, Walter G. ,
ST. VRAIN LODGE, No. 23.
LONGMONT, BOULDER COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month.]
Willis A. Warner, W. H.
Frank P. 8ecor, B. W.
Charlea J. Gregg, J. W.
Casaiua M. Brown, Treas.
George E. Smith, Sec'y.
Andrews, F.Y.
Allen. F. E.
Blore, W. B.
Barns. Thos. E.
Bardill. Conrad
Belcher. Freeman
Bailey, Ellas
Butler, Thos.
Baker, J. G.
Barr, John C.
Brown, George W.
Butler, William
Butler, Stephen
Bartell, C. F.
Baeeant. J. N.
Blake, M. M.
Breckel, W. J.
OFFICERS.
MKMBER8.
Brown, W. W.
Brown, J. V.
Bailey, J. C.
Burch, H. H.
Buckley, John A.
Carr, B. L.
Chapman, J. E.
Calkins, Carleton C.
Coffman, J. D.
Cay wood, L. D.
Crossley, J. N.
Coburn, W.T.
Dell, George T.
Demo, J. W.
Downer, F. M.
Dickson, L. H.
Dietrich, L. H. / _
Charles H. Baker, 8. D.
Frank B. Davis, J. D.
Al. L. Gibson, 8 8.
Amos Entwisrle, J. 8.
Enoch J. Coffman, Tiler.
Entwistle, Thoe.
Ely. M. J.
Feeler, Martin
Ferguson, H. W.
Foster, J. 8.
Green, W. M.
Griffith, R. G.
Glover, George
Gardner, C. H.
Grant, J. Q.
Ginrich, J. M.
Hertha, John.
Herron, O. F.
Henderson, W. 8.
Henney. L. B.
Herron. I. L.
Hamlin, O. T. L-
224
APPENDIX.
Hockenberger, Wm.
Henderson, A. M.
Hall, I. F.
Johnson, T. F.
Johnson, W. Gay
Jaynee, a. D.
Jamee, W. E.
Kauffman. A. 8,
King, William
Lykins, D. J.
Leyner, J. George
Marshall, O. W.
Manners, Harvey
Moore, 8.
Miller, G. C.
Newnam, E. B.
Owen, J. F.
Phelps, F. I.
XXM8KB8.
Phillips, George 8.
Peck, U. L.
Preston, A. M.
Ramsay. John
Ratliff, 8. G.
Secor, Milo G.
Spenoer, F. C.
Stults, J. H.
Sebern, George 8.
81ifer, £. G.
Small, Major
Shoemaker, J. F.
Schey. 8.
St. Clair, J. A.
Steppe, T. O.
Stiles, H. C.
Smith, Winton
Stockton, T. R.
Sullivan, N. C.
Topliff, J.J.
Tarr, A. L.
Thorne, G. H.
Wilson, J. L.
Washbnrne, H. E.
Webster, George
White, Eben,
Wyman. George
Webb. W. H.
Williams. Sam
Wilson, M. J.
Worthington, W. W.
Wilson, Smith
Zweck, Geo.
EVANSTON LODGE No. 24,
ENANSTON, WYOMING.
[ Xow Evantton Lodge No. 4, under Grand Lodge of Wyoming.]
DORIC LODttE No. 25,
FAIRPLAY, PARK COUNTY.
[Communications fir tt and third Saturdays in each month.]
*A. Bergh, W. M.
Jacob Adler, S. W.
W. H. Dearing, J. W.
Sam'l Cohen. Treas.
Thos. H. Sheldon, Soc'y.
OFFICERS.
Ar tern as W. Shidler, 8. D.
August L. Peterson, J. D.
William 1 finger, 8. 8.
Samuel Hay den, J. 8.
John Ifinger, Tiler.
Alden, Horace v*
Bly, Thomas
Bailey, Morton 8.
Sevan, David
Cole^ James M.
Crosier, Edwin R.
Dearing, Ruric T.
Duffy, Thos. W.
Dudley, George P.
Fleming. Wm. H.
(tray, John L.
(rant, Wm.
Hathaway, Curtis G.
Hall. Assyria
Hill, Charles L.
Hewitt. George
Hay den, Wm. W.
* Since deceased.
MKMBKK8.
Hunter Wm. H.
Hall, Lent.
Jones, Wm. H.
Keefe, Wm. M.
King, A. J.
Lax ton, Thomas
Lichner, Geo. W.
Link, James A.
Laflin, Grant E.
Murrow, J. H. B.
MillH. Suydenliam
McMillen, Samuel
Miller, David F.
Mahaney, Michael A.
McManus, Peter F.
Mety, Eben E.
Peart, John . ^
Powless, Wm. N.
Phelps, Charles L.
Passmore, Florida F.
Rhodes, John W.
Rudowsky, Mat.
Stark Wm. W.
Schwartz, Sam'l B.
Hykes, Jos. W.
Scott, C. H.
Treweek Wm. H.
Thompson, James
Walker, John Z.
White, Ireal
Willey,Thos.T.
Wilkin, Chas. A.
Weiner, Adolph w
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IDAHO SPRINGS LODGE No. 26,
IDAHO SPRINGS, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY.
{Communications first and third Wednesdays in each month.}
OFFICERS.
William L. Bash, W. M.
John J. 8herwin, 8. W.
Joseph E. Chester, J. W.
Henry Phunmer, Treas.
Peter L. Thorsan, Sec'y.
Armstrong, John D.
Arthur, Charles
Barnard, Thomas
Beighley, Henry B.
BeU,Jo«iahH.
Bishop, William
Bailie, Arthur D.
Chapman, John
Comer. William 8.
-Comstock, Allen H.
Craze, William
Ellis, David
Ferguson, J. A.
Gartz, Axel
Hancock, William
Harder, Harder F.
Hocking, John
Horn, Asa J.
Huddleston, William
Jackson, John M.
Knoettge, Victor
Lester, John B.
McAekill, Daniel A.
McClelland, Geo. E.
Malcom, Andrew H.
Martin, William H.
Mays, Philetas B.
Meyer, Herman H.
Morgan, William
Montgomery, J. H.
Norman. William
Patten, Geo. A. L—
Elwood M. Moscript, 8. D.
Albert H. Freestone, J. D.
William Mitchell, 8. 8.
Thomas Morgan, J. 8.
Tiler.
Paul, Henry
Pront, James
Roberts, John G.
Smith, Samuel M.
Stranb, Albert E.
Theobold, Peter
Thomas, Benj. B.
Thomas, William H.
Townsend, Willard L.
Ulrich, Frederick
Vivian, George G. P. M.
Weeks, James G.
Wellington, Thomas
Wilkins, John A.
Williams. Hunter
Zeller, Ignatius i
HUERFANO LODGE No. 27,
WALSENBUBG, HUERFANO COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each wxmth.]
OFF1CEB8.
Robert A. Qaillian, W. M.
HenryBlickhabn, S. W.
iUnfug, J. W.
John B. Johnson, Treas.
Charles O. Unfag, Sec'y.
Bernstein, Maurice l_
Brodie, H. H.
Barns, Robert
Cohn, Louis
Gapps, Samuel J.
Clamant. William H.
Carter, John D.
Cort, Daniel T.
Croker, Michael
Cooper, Chae. M.
Coots, Monroe J.
Drnry, James
Elxnire, George
Forhan, T. J.
Grantham, Thomas
Harmes, William L.
Hendren, Cornelius D.
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MEMBERS.
Hoffman, Joseph
Hill, James
Hill, Josiah M.
Jackson,James T.
Kearns, William H.
Kunert, Oscar H.
Levy, Alexander
Lawther, Rodney T.
Lawther, Thomas
Lawther. Frank L.
MacMullan, Charles
Martin, Thomas F.
McGnire, J. S.
Mnir, David E.
Provane, Joseph
Pryor, Archie M.
Polhill, Mark <_!__
John P. Kearns, S. D.
Sig. Neumann, J. D.
E. Eugene Moore, S. S.
Fred E. Ramsey, J. S.
Isaac Dailey, Tiler.
Patterson, Joseph D.
Qaillian, Asbury H.
Russell, Joseph
Sneddon, Henry
Seabring. A. T.
Sproull. Thomas
Sharp, William T.
Schnlze, Henry
Sleicher, James M.
Stevenson. C. H.
Vasquez, Hiram W.
Walsen, Fred
Watchman. Thomas
Whitman. Briggs M.
Westley, Samuel
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LAS ANIMAS LODGE No. 28,
TRINIDAD, LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Tuesdays in each month.']
OFFICERS.
D. K. Callaway, W. M.
Frank D. Goodale, S. W.
Jno. Hamphrey, J. W.
L. H. Turner, Treas.
T. C. Keating. Sec'y.
Alexander, H. J. ^—
Allen, Ed. L.
Burnett, W. A.
Burgess. Wm.
Brown, S. V. B.
Battles, A. L.
Bridge, Jas. L.
Bateman, Geo. C.
Cam 1 in. H. C.
Bell, Geo. W.
Beshear, Michael
Cornell, (feo. B.
Clark, O. T.
Collier, Thos. B.
Collins, W. A.
Carmichael S.
Cunningham, Wm. B.
Cook, R. G.
Day, Jas. 8.
Demmon, Isaac
Ditch burn, Jas.
Davis, Joe
Ey sen hart, Paul
Elliott, S. C.
Espey, Hugh S.
Funk, Z. E.
Freudenthal, Leopold
Gnnter, J. C.
Gibson. W. T. C.
Garry, Frank C.
Horn, Lony
Hamer, Thos. L.
Houghton, Wm.
HKMBEB8.
Harbison, A. B.
Hosick, A. V.
I vers, Geo.
Jaffa, Sam'l
Jaffa, Sol. H.
Jones, W. W.
Jones, J. S.
James, Geo. W.
Jameson, Jas. G.
Levy, Isaac
Levy, Barney
Leigntor, Henry W
Lenhart, Michael
Lane. (feo. A.
Lawler, B. F.
Lanius, Phil.
Lewi 8, Thos.
M ana bach, Abe
Moore, Dave 0.
Miller, D. K.
McEwan, Jno.
Morgan. J. E.
Mahin, Wm.
Malgrem. Alex.
Murphy, J. G.
McKinney, H. B.
McMillan, Sam'l
McAlliRter, Jas.
Mitchell, Steve N.
Niles, E. K.
Noble, Dan. A.
Nigro, Antonio
Nolan, P. H.
Ed. F. Nisbet, 8. D.
H. E. Brown, J. D.
Wm. Crofut. 8. 8.
('has. A. Richardson, J. 8.
8. D. Hays, Tiler.
Osborn, E. W.
O'Reilly. Hugh T.
Purrington, R. H.
Pearson, Henry L.
Peterson, Adolph
Peters, Wm. E.
Ramey, J. F.
San foid, Geo. R.
South, W. L
8hrjock, J. W.
Stracy, Geo.
Savage, W. J.
Sm it hers, W. K.
Sockman, A. H.
Sayler, O. Leo
Smith, James
Smith, H. G.
Stone, Dan. W.
Simpson, I). W.
Sherman, Henry
Thompson, Geo. W.
Taylor, Dan'l L.
Thompson, D. J.
Tweedle, Wm.
Ullerick, Geo. W.
Waggoner, Thop. S.
Wilder, W. H.
Williams, W. D.
Wiley, A.
Wilber. Chas.
Widderfield J. W.
Williams, Thomas
DEL NORTE LODGE No. 29,
DEL NORTE, RIO GRANDE COUNTY.
[('onununicat ions first and third Wednesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
C. W. Campbell, W. M.
E. R. Hoyt, 8. W.
J. H. Hurghardt, J. W.
L. D. Mercer. Treas.
Chas W. Thomas, 8ec'y.
H. M. Dyer, 8. D.
Geo. A. Willis, J. D.
Theo. Beninsky, 8. 8.
Christian Keck, J. 8.
John Cleghorn, Tiler.
Arthnr, John A. l~
Bas9ett, Alden
MEMBERS.
Berlin, (feo. C.
Bo wen, Thos. M.
Baxter, J. H.
Cross wy, J. J.
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Cochran, John M.
Out. Joseph E.
Cochran, W. H.
Coakley, James
Donning, Reuben
Dolphin, Mathew
Danes, James
Elliott, Ezra T.
Ewing, John, Jr.
Franklin, Geo. W.
Gardiner, James M.
Good, Thomas A.
Goodrich, A. 8.
Gredig, Jacob
Grossman, I. P.
Heitler. Edward 4
Haabroack, James E.
Heywood. Don
Manna, Martin
Jenkins, Filmore
Kerman, Gottfried
Kayaer, Lee
Matlos, Jos. 8.
Middleton, Wm.
Middaugh, Asa F.
McKee, Milton
Nisbett, Rob't C.
Ostrnm, John
Pool, John
Patten, N.
Rice, A. M.
Beef, Joseph F. * —
Kobrao, A. J.
Richardson, Ed. F.
Richardson, Wm. M.
Raber, Fred.
Redman, H. W.
Scheidler, (iabriel
Howard, Jackson
Shaw, John H.
Van Lien, Chas. D.
Weiss, Henry
Weiss, Adam
Weiss, Loni
Weiss, August
Wilson, Adair
Wingate, John W,
Wellington, W. T. <
KING SOLOMON LODGE No. 30,
LAB ANIMAS, BENT COUNTY.
[Communications first and second Saturday* in each month.)
William E. Calrer, W. M.
Silas G. Wright, 8. W.
John A. Murphy, J. W.
James E. Frost, Treas.
Hubert Reynold*, Sec'y.
Baldwin, Addison M.
Bowman, William, B.
Bowman, Joshua
Boll. John W.
Comer, George
Cartter. Hosea B.
Crawford, A. Paul
Campbell John W.
Campbell. Leroy M.
Dameron. George M.
GudgelJ, James R.
Godwin, Thomas H.
OFFICERS.
MEMBERS.
Gallaher, John O.
Grossjohann, Ernst
Holly « Hiram 8.
Harry, Thomas
Kellogg, Henry
Keesee, Daniel
Locher, Edward O.
Neebitt, J ames P.
Peterson, A he
Price. Mark B.
Rector, James M.
8. D.
James C Jones, J. D.
James Hicks, 8. 8.
Charles 8. Parsons, J . 8.
Robert L. Lambert, Tiler.
Robinson, Gerard
Salsbury, George
Bizer, Warren W.
Boupeset. Fredrick P.
Turpin, James H.
Towers, William, A.
Wyatt, Joseph N.
Withers. William
Weil, Jacob
Warren, William
White, Calvin O. I—
SOUTH PUEBLO LODGE No. 31,
PUEBLO, PUEBLO COUNTY.
( Communications* first and third Thursdays in each month.'}
OFFIOER8.
B. H. Wartenbee. W. M.
W. L. Hartman. 8. W.
r. V. Marmaduke, J. W.
H. N. Banks, Treas.
B. J. Bruner, Sec'y.
Adams. Alva *"*"
Anderson. Edwin
Allen, Alfred
MEMBIR8.
Ames, Harry
Andrews, Fred J.
Arnhieter, Leopold
J. A. Stafford, S. D.
L. E. Moses, J. I).
J. H. Douglas, S. S.
('. A. Black, J. S.
James Stanch field, Tiler.
Alden, W. ('.
Baldwin, B. F.
Is" Bachel, Roman
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APPENDIX.
Bailey, L. M.
Banks, Henry C.
Barkley, Henry
Barkley .David W.
Beatty. William C.
Biancillo, Joseph
Billington, Wm. H.
Barton, J. Knox
Bishop, John F.
Bsioom, Wm. A.
Bray ton, E.
Barber, William
Calkins, Frank M.
Corwin, Richard W.
Cox, George E.
Cox, Charles
Cox. Edward
Craft, K. W.
Crater, Gilbert
Corkiah, Robert, Jr.
Cameron, Peter
Danforth, A. H.
DeJersey, John T.
Dioelbies, James H.
Donegan, John
Doaden, C. A.
Daniel, S. T.
Davis. Will B.
Elwell,J.C.
Eilenberg, C.J.
Fisher, A. T.
Fagard L George
Frain, Lather S.
Glenn, Edwin C.
Getman, L. P.
Qtabzell, Frank
Graham, A. E.
Gray. John
Griffing, Willis
Gordon, George
Geottle.Charle* J.
Grabb, E. P.
Hanna, Joseph P.
Harwood, William
Hill, John A.
Hills, Victor G.
Hollis, William H.
Hudson, Robert B.
Hemy, Nelson B.
Hathaway, E. W.
Humphrey, William A.
Hancock, W. W.
Harpster, Geo. F.
Hathaway, H. D.
Hatchcraft, R. W.
Henderson, B. F.
Jones, James E.
Jones, W. A.
Kean, Michael
Kelker, John
Ketner, J. D.
Klee, Ben. F.
Knight, Harry
King, A. T.
Lam kin, Chas. H.
Littler, Harvey
Liddy. Phillip M.
Mallaby, Oliver W.
Mallory, Fred W.
M artel 1, James P.
Mason, A. D.
McCabe, Mathew
McKoe. John M.
Mitchell, Thos.
Maher, A. G.
Moses, Wm. A.
Mead, Robert A.
Macanlay. Hugh G.
Merrick, Frank G.
McConnell, James A.
Orman, James B.
Olin, Ceylon E.
Olin, Myron S.
Paul, L. B.
Pearson, John I.
Peach, William
Pochon, Joseph J.
Richards, Norman P.
Robinson. John T.
Robinson, James H.
Roesgen, Anton
Roos, Christian B.
Royal, Andrew
Reese, William L.
Rockwell. F. R.
Shoup, Howard M.
Sheffield. Wiley S.
Scott, Henry W.
Sleeper, John W.
Seffene, Edward
Sheldon, Marcelloa
Sheriff, Samuel
Shields, George A.
ShiremanjJohn K.
Shockey, William L.
Shall, L. O.
Simonds, Fred E.
Stewart, Frank H.
Strait, William W.
Strait, Lewis B.
Stinchfield, E. F.
Streic hen berg, Geo. H.
Sweeney, William H.
Hhrock, Frank H.
Steok, E. M.
Stnbbs, Chas. 8.
Smith, Yeland
Bchrontc, 8. B.
Thompson, Thos.
Townsend, Wood F.
Tatham, David H.
Taylor, Cyrus F.
Tinkle. W. W.
Unwin, John
Valentine, John R.
VanBrunt, William
Walley. Stephen
Warfield, ('has. A.
Wheeler, Orton H.
Williams, Geo. A.
Williams. M.
Willmunaer, Robert
Wilson, Christopher
Wilson, D. M.
Wing, A. W.
Wingett, Geo. W.
Wright. Roland A.
Wiley, Alexander
Wilson, M. G.
Walpole, Nirorod S.
Williamson, H. A.
Wieland, E. K.
Worm ley, Frederick P.
Wadleigb, Frank A.
Tohn, John M.
Zumbram. M. M.
OLIVE BRANCH LODGE No. 32,
SAGUACHE, SAGUACHE COUNTY.
[Communications Saturday , on or before the full moon in each month.]
OFFICERS.
J. W. Rambo, W. M.
T. B. MacDonald, S. W.
W. A. Johnson, J. W.
Heino von Heimburg, Treae.
Chas. S. Cornelias, Bec'y.
MKMBEB8.
Allen, B. F. V
Ashley, John E.
Baldwin, J. D.
Beard. J. M.G.
Bertschy, P. H.
Bronaugh, W. A.
Henry M. Mingay, 8. D.
Charles B. Phillips/ J. D.
William W.Iden, 8. S.
Geo. W. Keesey, J. 8.
Lee Fairbanks, Tiler.
Burt, W. B.
Charles, L. C.
Clajton, E. B.
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Covert, W. I.
Farrisgton, John
Goff. Moses
Gotthelf , Isaac
Hartman, Charles
Hamard, J.G.
Hodding, B. W.
Hopkins. H. L.
McCree, P. M.
Redman, J. H.
Baffel, Thomas
Bchwanbeck, L. B.
Sensabaugh, O. F.
Shellabarger, A.
Snyder, William
Bourgeon, W. H.
Stevens, J. M.
Sullivan .William
Sqaires, W. B.
Tarbell, Charles
SAN JUAN LODGE No. 33.
SILYEHTON, -SAN JUAN COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
D. B. Davis, W. M.
J. F.Clark. 8. W.
Henry Meldrum, J. W.
George U. Ingersoli, Treas.
D. Umble, Bec'y.
John Glanville, 8. D.
Charles Thompson, J. D.
John WoolcocK, B. 8.
Patrick Harrison, J. 8.
Thomas Berriman, Tiler.
Aanear, Thomas i
Annear. J. B.
Am bold. B. A.
Breao,M.
Barrett, Johnson
Brown, Frank B.
Btylj, George W.
Clase.Charlee
Bay, J. L.
Dyson. James
Dnycldnck, Dudley
Dick, Theo.
finery. M. W.
FraierjC. M.
Grow, W. J.
Grey. J. G.
Gundersrm, C. A.
Hodges, E. W.
Higgs, Stephen
Hendricks, E. B.
Hollingswnrth, E. V.
Hollis, R. W.
Hinderer, F. H.
Johnson, Chris
Jenkins, Kicbard
Kislingbory, George
Kimball, D. D.
Landberg, Verner
Mathews, Oliver
Montague. H. 0.
Monroe, William
McBurnie, Thomas
McClure. Beth
Mason, David
Moyle, Matthew
Neely. Robert
Neely, T. F. u^
Niles, James
Owens, Thomas
Owens, James
Ovens, Wellington
Pierce, C. 8.
Peterson. Simon
Rapp, David
Rogers, John
Sickles, W. E.
Snowden, F. M.
Todd, W. P.
Taft, B. A.
Taggert, W. H.
Wilson, Walter B.
Wingate, F. A.
Wallace, Joseph
Wattere, Thomas
Walter, E. W. i
CRYSTAL LAKE LODGE No. 34,
LAKE CITY, HINSDALE COUNTY.
[Communications second Tuesday in each month.']
OFFI0KB8.
David S. Hoffman, W. M.
George Pirie, S. W .
John L.. Kinsev, J. W.
Louis Kafka, Treas.
Carl Forberg, Sec'y.
Geo. P. Blount, S. D.
Joe S. Kirker, J. D.
Wallace A. Allen, S. S.
Chas. Schafer, J. S.
Henry Collum, Tiler.
Beam. Thos. L. <
Beam, Jesse W.
Dawson, Tim E.
Dawson, Phillip G.
Downs, Marcus E.
Gunst, Chas.
Hough. John S.
Hilgenhaue, Chas. T.
Henderson, John
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APPENDIX.
Hanson, Erasmus
Hart, Amos C.
Hamm, Peter M.
Jardine, John M.
Kayser, Cbas.
Marshall Geo. W.
MEMBERS.
Manghan, John H.
May, John M.
Mullen, Joel K.
McKenzie, Daniel
McKenna, Thos.J.
Natter, Preston
Richards, Geo. J .
Kalph, Francis A.
Rogers, John H.
Wallace, Ed. F.
Weniberg, Cbas. L.
Weniberg, Lonis ,
IONIC LODGE No. 35,
LEADVILLE, LAKE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Thursdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Lntian Q. Hobbs, W. M.
John F. Armington, 8. W.
W. W. Coble, J. W.
John C. Stilwell, Treas.
Johnnie R. Champion, Sec'y •
MEMBERS.
Allen, Alpheus ^
Allen, Cyrus
Allard, Russell G.
Alien, William
Augustine, W. R.
Armstrong. Arthur E.
Andrews, E. H.
Braden, William
Branch, Albert H.
Baker, I.G.
Bredin, William W.
Bowden, Thomas
Bradbury, George E.
Becker, Barney
Bowdish, R. (\
Beaudry, Fred. B.
Bessey, Charles
Balderston. George
Broylen, Samuel
Boyd, Lincoln
Brockstedt, Marx
Bowden, John
Bowes, Gporge
Brannen. W. F.
Booth, John W.
Chamberlain. Bayard
Castles, J. B.
Caley, Byron A
Campbell, M. I).
Collen. James
Corbett, Thomas B.
Cruiksbank, Randolph A.
Craddock, Patrick
Champion, Thomas J.
Corwin, Herbert I).
Congdon, William
Cohn, Joseph
Crespell, E. P.
Cunningham, James B.
('alien, L. L.
Darnell, James K.
Doughtey, J. W.
Dexter, James V.
D*»mor*e. Frank
Dills, J. M.
Davis. Win. A.
Dooley, John M.
Davis, Elias
Dalton, E. P.
Dale, William P.
Danielson, A. M.
Davis. Frank E.
Elley, C. F.
Ermey, George
Fielding, Charles
Fraser. William
Fonders, H. C.
Farrell, W. H.
Greenfield, Charles T.
GunnelJ, A. L.
Givens, Mansfield
Greenfield, George D.
Goslin, Arthur M.
Givens, Dan
Gear, Loftus
Hocking William
Hookin, J. J.
Hancock, Thomas
Jans, Hans
Kellogg, William
Kidd, Caleb
Keller man, Henry
Kahn, Marx
Lenhoff, John
Leonard, Charles M.
Morrell, Winters
Musser. John W.
Milner, William G.
Morrison, Donald
Mack, Jacob
Morse, R. Q.
Miller, Joseph
Moyle. John
Menser, Simon
Murcray, George
McMillen. Neil
McCoy, W. W.
McMillan, Roderick
McG ready, Charles
MoClnre, Thomas
McMillan, Alex.
McColl, John ^
John A. Ewing, S. D.
George Tucker, J. D.
Simeon J. Williams, S. S.
August J. Bergstrom, J. S.
Louis J. Neal, Tiler.
Neil, John W.
Nelson, James
Noble, Louis
Nordbtrom, John
Ovens, Thomas
Orphan, J. W.
Peterson, Charles A.
Powell. Herman
Pomroy, Thomas 8.
Pierce, Jeremiah N.
Polkinghorn, William A.
Phillips, William J.
Pearce, William S.
Rowland, Frederick J.
Rockwell, James J.
Roberts. William J.
Roberts. Thomas G.
Robins, Samuel
Ramsey, George W.
Stiglitz, Joseph
Smith, A. A.
Seaman, Uriah
Sampson, Edward
Shanks, W. W.
Swedberg. John F.
Sale. H. T.
Steel, Ned
Seccombe, James H.
Street, Samuel
Thompson, Thomas H.
Trevorrow, William
Trevorrow, Edwin J.
Trevorrow. William E.
Taylor, William O.
Tupman, W. C.
Vulpius. Herman
Watson, Walter B.
Watson, H. A.
Weyand, I. S.
Walker. Thomas F. M.
Wiles, Edward W.
Walley. M. B.
Williams. John M,
Warren, J. W.
Walker. D. C.
Wineman, W. C. u^
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BOSITA LODGE No. 36,
ROSITA, CUSTER COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Tuesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Wm. Kampf, W. M.
James Shanks, 8. W.
W. D. 8chool field, J. W.
John L. Schwab, Treas.
Sec'y
Adams, Gay A.
Bsogh, Maroelln*
Carroll, Charles H.
Oeager, John G.
Daniels, R. N.
Davie, L. E.
Davis, Hush
Donnelly, Lonis H.
Hay, Thos. L.
MEMBERS.
Johnson. Abel
Knight, L. W.
Kreps, Jacob
Kennedy, Wm.
Largent, John
Miller. H. E.
McGilliard, Wm. P.
Markley, Taylor
McEniry, Thos.
J. H. H. Low, 8. D.
G. YY. Funderbark. J. D.
B. 8.
J. 8.
August Koppe, Tiler.
Matthews. C. G.
Milton, Wm.
Nelson, John
Radcliff, W. H.
Reppey, Wm.
Thiel, Matthies
Waltz, James
OURAY LODGE No. 37,
OURAY, OURAY COUNTY.
{Communications first and third Saturdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
W. W. Rowan, W. M.
James K. Herring, 8. W.
H. W. Kinne, J. W.
M. 8. Corbett, Treas.
Charles A. Sperber, Sec'y.
Abbott, James W. U-
Adams, Arthnr 8.
Alexander Wallace B.
Armstrong, Charles A.
Alscbbach, Henry
Altringer, Philip
Anderson, Montford
Ashley, William W.
Barber, George 8.
Bradley, George T.
Bradley, J. F.
Brown, J. 8.
Bnschnian, F. W.
Carney, Francis
Call, James P.
Clamp. James
Colmar, Martin
Copp, Henry
Corson. Howe G.
Davis, John A.
Dnunmond .James A.
Dnrrell. H. W.
MEMBKK8.
Farnan, W. M.
Forrester, George B.
Fonrrell,W. H.
Gardner, John
Geiger, William
Griffin, John
Haskins, Charles W.
Henry, Lyman I.
Hammon. Charles T.
Hayes, William T.
Haughey, E. T.
Holaday, H. 8.
Hoover, D. B.
Hurl bar t, George R.
Hatter. N. E.
Jeffers, Albert
Johnson, William H.
Knapp, WillardP.
Kiniey, Edward
Klodt. Henry
Kunz, 8. W.
Law, .lames A.
Chas. E. Rose, 8. D.
John P. Carney, J. D.
Rich Whinnerah, 8. 8.
Peter L. Lawrence, J . 8.
♦Thos. Hooey, Tiler.
Lewis, F. E.
Loring, Charles N.
Mark, Milton H.
May. Clarence
Mackoy, Jam oh M.
Martin. Isaac A.
Mr Bride, Edward
McFarlane, E
McClennnn, J. M.
Morgan, W. G.
Miller, 8. W.
Munn, Charles
Murray. John A.
Mock. Harry
Neville, John J.
Nutter, C. P.
Nichols, Chauncey M.
O'Connor, Thomas.
Ohwiler, Jacob
O'Neil, H.J.
O'Neil, Jerry J.
Perry, E. N.
* Not a member.
232
APPENDIX.
Philips, W. B.
Parliamon, Ben E.
Pierce, George G.
Proudfoot, Robert
Raddate, Emil J.
Scott, J. F.
Scott, P. H.
Scott, George A.
Scott, Ithamar B.
MEMBE&8.
Shultis-Roas T.
Smith, V.Y.
Stanton, Francis H.
Sibbach.Fred
Sholtz, William
Sherman, W. Arthur
Stevens, Theron
Story, William
Wallace, Joseph T.
Waring, J. G.
Watson, S. S.
Walther, Amoa E.
Wheeler, Walter F.
Williams, J. P.
Williams, Ralph
Walsh, Harry H.
Ward, Christopher A.
SILVER CLIFF LODGE No. 38,
SILVER CLIFF, CUSTER COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Thursday* "» each month.)
John A. Feist, W. M.
Wm. T. Decker, S. W.
Wm. J. Orange, J. W.
Wm. C. Vorreiter, Treas.
W. E. Brace, Sec'y.
OFFICERS.
L. F. Jackson, S. D.
W. H. Owens, J. D.
John Diets, S. S.
Monroe Decker, J. S.
J. E. Mercer, Tiler.
Adams, B. C.
Baker, D. M.
Brewer, A. P.
Barry. J no. S.
Bradshaw, T. J.
Foes, H. W.
Howard, Ed. L. B.
Leland, Theo.
MEMBERS.
Mitchell, Jno. J.
Mitchell, Edwin
Morrison, S. A .
Phillips, Oeorge
Rising, A. J.
Shaeffer, J. T.
Townsend, Hosea
Ulah, H. J.
Varcoe, F. J.
Woodside, Wm.
Walker, Alex.
Walters, Artemas
Walters, Price
Waters, Stephen H.
GUNNISON LODGE No. 39,
GUNNISON, GUNNISON COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Tuesdays in each month.}
OFFICERS.
Herman M. Webster, W. M.
Henry C. Olney, 8. W.
Truman W. Gray, J. W.
Eugene P. Shove, Treas.
James S. Lawrence, Sec'y.
Winter S. Rainbow, 8. D.
Hannibal 8. Martin, J. D.
Henry C. Bartlett, 8. 8.
Robert B. Lewis, J. 8.
Henry Pnrrier, Tiler.
Aikine, Osmer H. \s*^
Bailey, Radford C.
Beck, Henry E.
Biebel, Charles
Biebel, Ferdinand E.
Bleeker, John C.
Bloch, Moses L.
Brown, Ira
Brown, Ira Ewert
Brooks, Edward S.
Burnett, Walker
Coppinger, Mark
Col born, Edward F.
Cooley, Alfred
MEMBERS.
Coram, Jesse
Cooper, William A.
Davis, Willet C.
Davis, William H.
Dofflemyre, James A.
Egan, John
Estes, George H.
Fine. William J.
Flavin. Michael W.
Getchell, Marshall P.
Gollett, Alexander
Grasmack, Louis
Hammond, Charles M.
Hamilton, Alexander
Hatch, E. C.
Hinkley, Louis J.
Holloway, Herman
Hogg, Herschel M.
Hurley, David
Hughes, Edward A.
Hyzer, Abram E.
Jennings, Nathaniel
Lewis, Thomas J.
Lindaner, Leopold
Lightly, George W.
Maloy, Edward N.
Martenis, Nathan
May, Isaac 8.
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Mclror, John J.
McKee, Joseph C.
Monahan, Michael
Mnllin, Londin
Purlin, John T.
Parker, Charles A.
Pomeroy, Hiram
Prater, George A.
Preston, James A.
Roblee, Morgan A.
8app, Dexter T.
BeeOnger, Frederick A.
Sills. Charles T.
Sherwood, Clarence A.
Smith, Frank C.
Steele, Frank D.
Steele, John A.
Stewart, Charles L.
Stephens, J. A.
Tapecott. Henry C.
Unrnh, Daniel
Tidal, Philip
Vidal, Regis
Waterman, D. B. i.
Watson, William
Wallen, Elisha A.
Webb, John
Webster, Homer D.
Weinberger, Nathan
Weinberger. Simon
White, William S.
Wilson, Peter
Wilson, Benjamin M.
Winn, Charles F.
Yonng, Larkin «
PITKIN LODGE No. 40,
PITKIN, GUNNISON COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month.']
officers.
John F. Chrystal, W. H.
Jonah C. Nisley, 8. W.
George W. Eastman, J. W.
James F. Chrystal, Trees,
John F. Pearson, Sec'y.
Brothers, John E.
Ferry, Frank A.
Pulton, William M.
MEMBERS.
H ox table, Thomas
Pollock, William J.
Sknes, Richard A. (
Frank E. Craig, S. D.
Peter Hogne, J. D.
John Roberts, S. S.
A. H. Conroy, J. S.
Angast F. Sommer, Tiler»
Sanstrnro. Nils. O.
Tatman, John C. u
SCHILLER LODGE No. 41,
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Fridays in each month.]
Bernard Hertzbach. W. M.
Frank Walters, S. W.
Frank Kratzer, J. W.
Herman Wortman, Trees.
Henry Schroeder, sec'y*
Bitzer, Conrad u-
Braderlin, Albert
Bremer, Henry
Brohm, Otto
Broehne, Carl
Brockroeyer, F. W.
Candler, Adolph
Dramm, Aogust
Eberle,fr.C:
Ell, Herman
Ererman. F. F.
Friedericn, Peter
* Not a member.
OFFICERS.
i
MEMBERS.
Fischer, Emil
Goebel, Martin
Giesecke, Albert
Hake, George
Hnober, John 0.
Hahn, Martin
Karcber, J. B.
Kisthard, Daniel
Knhlman, D. H.
Kinkel, Loais
Kinkel, William
Knoch, Chas. ^-
Joseph Gregor. 8. D.
Max Fischer, J. D.
Alois Zerr, S. 8.
Adam Kiemle, J. S.
*Thom. Linton, Tiler.
Levy, Sam'l
Meininger, Emil
Miller. Chas. F.
Menscnke, Edwin H.
Meyer, Max
Maegley, Geo. L.
Neef. Max
Pfaff, John
8 dentin, Herman
ichter. Oswald
Rinne, Ferd
Rnchmann, Christ c
0
234
APPENDIX.
MEMBERS.
Roesch, Edward
Schieck, Julias F.
Steinke, Rob't M.
Selbach, Emil A.
Schmidt, Julias F.
Siebott, Fred.
Seibel.Gustav A.
Utthoff, Danl
Weber, Albert H.
Walters, Leonard
Weiaemnller, ('has.
Weber, Jacob
Wildersin, Bernard
Zang, Phillip
Zang, Adolph
Zietz, Emil.
CORINTHIAN LODGE No. 42,
KOKOMO, SUMMIT COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Tuesdays in each month.}
OFFICKBfl.
Andrew E. Chase, W. M.
JohnW. Uightree, S. W.
John H. Freeberg, J. W.
Sumner Whitney, Treaa.
Watson C. Tucker, Bec'y-
Henry A. Becen, B. D.
Andrew Becen, J. D.
Erick Anderson, 8. 8.
Tony Hennaky. J. 8.
Jas. F. Boltz, Tiler.
Anderson, J. P. L-"
Anderson, Nels P.
•Adrain Carl A.
Berg, M. O.
Brown, Geo. W.
Carlson. G us F.
Dayia, Charles
Davis, D. T.
Ewing, John W.
Emmet. Dr. Robt.
Grote, John H.
MKMBKB8.
Helstein. Andrew
Johnson. A. B.
Jenison, T.
Johnson. O. J.
Laskey, Wilber 8.
Lindsey, William M
McDonald, Alex. L.
McConaghv, John
Nelson, John
Becen, Daniel A.
Hose, Fred W.
Bich, Benj. F.
Smith, Walter C.
Swanson, Oliver
Smith, John W.
Sjolin, Loui
Wallein, Goat A.
Wright, Charles
Webster, D. B.
Walle, John
Woodford. J. W.
EAGLE LODGE No. 43,
BED CLIFF, EAGLE COUNTY.
[ Communications first and third Mondays in each month,]
OFFICERS.
Geo. E. Simonton, W. M.
A. G. Mays, 8. W.
Wni. H. Evans, J. W.
Patrick Tague, Treas.
John L. Campbell, Sec'y.
Cobb, Thomas L^
Collins, William
Dugan, John R.
Frost, A. S.
Grune, Jay L.
Gilbert, Elian
Gilliland, Frank
Hawley, T. H.
Holm, Asher
Hnghs, Frank
Lewis, J. Ben.
MKMBKR8.
Livingston, W. W.
ljewer, James
Love, John W.
I>eiby, C. H.
Martin, Henry
MalinH, A. F.
McNichols, James
McGraw, Robert
McDonald, Alex. A.
McLean, John
Morehouse, D. W.
H. W. Goodrich, 8. D.
James Collins, J. D.
G.J. DeLee. S. 8.
Geo. A. Townsend, J. 8.
L. E. Francis, Tiler.
Montgomery, W. 8.
Phillipps, C. K.
RichareU, Jas. H.
Squire, John F.
Stanley, Jessie M.
Schliff.WUliam
Shaw, W. H.
Webster, Thomas H.
Williams. John W.
Wolf, A. E. Ci "
APPENDIX.
235
ALAMOSA LODGE No. 44,
ALAMOSA, CONEJOS COUNTY.
[Communication* first and third Thursdays in each month.]
officers.
John 8priesterBbach, W. M.
William H. Hint, 8. W.
Fred. W. Swanson, J. W.
John Gerteisen, Trees.
Geo. A. Willis, Sec'y.
Bachus, Henry * —
Brophy, James
Bloodworth, Edward
Bannister, Amos
Bryant. Cbas. E.
Ball. Charles M.
Breckenstein, Charles H.
Carroll, Walter D.
Cole, A. C.
Duddleson, Thomas J.
Dixon, William H.
Dnbeudorff, Horace H.
Eekridge. L. Dow
Eldodt, Nathan
Eeles, John J.
Eeles, William
Fraser. W. D.
Head, Lafayette
MEMBERS.
Homer, A. L.
Hayt, Charles D.
Hindis, Francis L.
Hoyden, J. MaBon
Hatfield. Charles
James, Norwood A.
John, Charles
Johnson, Charles A.
Lewis, Jessie H.
Law, John
Meloney, Ashmer
Mclntire, Albert M.
McOunniff, Thos.
Mil liken, James
Neilson, John
Pirn, Thos. F.
Putnam, E. E.
Rhoades, Maihew
John Frank, 8. D.
Otto Weigand, J. D.
a D. Carleton, 8. 8.
C. W. Givens, J. 8.
Alex. Warren, Tiler.
Knshworth, William A.
Kiley, L. 8.
Kuby, A. B.
Rogers, D. J.
Schultz, James
Smith, Joseph
Smith, F. W.
Stewart, Peter
Scheffer. Isaac W.
Springer, Arnold D.
Shone, George H.
Stollsteimer, F. F.
Voll, Fred.
Worcester, Fred.
Warshaner, Fred.
Warburton, G. 8.
Yoang, William H. .
BOULDER LODGE No. 45,
BOULDER, BOULDER COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Wednesdays in each month.]
Richard H. Whitely, W. M.
John H. Crary, 8. W.
R. B. Gibbon, J. W.
A. M. Sawyer. Treas.
J. E. Bemos, Sec'y. .
Bartlett, Reael (^
Bartlett, David
Bergheim, J.
Bradley, H. N.
Brackett, J. R.
Berry man, Edward
Blake, G. B.
Boell, V. Artie
Carringer, H. A.
Cowie, James
Conger, A. L.
Casey, William V.
C'olvin, Clarence K.
Dabney. Charles
Dan ford, Thomas
•Not a member.
OFFICEBS.
MEMBERS.
Dennett, I. C.
Fischer, P. W.
Ferguson, E. G.
Giffin, 8. A.
Giffin, L. M.
Gilbert, Richard
Golds wort by, William
Greene, O. F. A.
Heilner, Samuel
Hanus, Paul H.
Harris, William
Hiasey, M. W.
HanBhrough, O. ('.
HoJ stein, Harry C.
Hubbard, J. E. ,
Fred White, 8. D.
W. 8. Bellman, J. D.
Samuel Geo. Knott, S. S.
Chas. Hi tt master, J. S.
*D. A. Robinson, Tiler.
Hunter, A. M.
James, Henry
Jackson, Nelson
Led better. W. F.
McClure, George M.
Moorhead, J. L.
Moore, T. M.
Martin, William
Myers, J. L.
Maxwell, M. N.
Newton, Dawson
Neiderberger, F. A.
Nicholson, J. H.
Nicholson, William H.
Oleson, Lewis
236
APPENDIX.
Oliver, George 8.
Peterson, C. L.
Pine, B. F.
Pughe, Jobn
Rogers, George
Schriver, J.C.
Streamer, F. M.
Stokes, Chauncey
Stewart, A. P.
Sternberg. Jay
Thompson, H. E.
Thompson, H. C.
Temple, E.J.
Tucker, Thomas H.
Tilton, C. H.
Teal, George W.
Tyler, Fred
Tyler, Frank
Van Deren, J. M.
Van Dercook, J. H.
Wallace, George
Wolfer, Charles F.
Waugelin, 0. H.
DURANGO LODGE No. 46,
DUBANGO, LA PLATA COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Thursdays in each month,]
OFFICERS.
Charles S. Bntler, W. M.
Charles H. Barton, 8. W.
George V. Copp, J. W.
Frank H. Young, Treas.
John F. Hechtman, Sec'y.
Elmer E. Sohalles, 8. D.
Charles A. Pike, J. D.
George Weaver, 8. 8.
George N. Raymond, J. 8»
O. J. Paine, Tiler.
Allison,/. A. ^
Bayly, William
Barnes, F. J.
Brumley, John H.
Boston, J. A.
Butler, fl. C.
Burwell, Blair
Bowman /Thomas E.
Carr. R. H.
Camp, D. W.
Cash, James
Chapman, Wm. C.
Cadwell, Henry
Coston. John P.
Chase, Fred. L.
Corn forth, Arthur
Carter, J . W.
Carlson, John
Carson, Robt. J.
Dudley, Chas. E.
Dnstin. Chas. L.
Dow, Chas. E.
Davidson, Wm. C.
Darrah, Sam. M.
Drake, D. K.
De Cow, Duncan M.
Edinanson, A. P.
Folsom, W. H. C.
Fassbinder, Peter
Fisher, Geo. L.
Frennd, Geo.
Griffith, David 8.
Goodrich. J. G.
Guthrie, W. H.
G allot ti, Frank
Gilbert, Haden
Goodman, H. C.
MSMBKB8.
Goodman, George
Galbreath, O. S.
Gerow, Philip
Goode, Mack
Hilliker, C. M.
Hamilton, L. L.
Hansen, John
Harvey, W. H.
Hoskinson, Chas. G.
Kephart, Geo. W.
Klingenaer, Meloher
Kruschke, Isaac
Right, W. N.
La Count, W. H.
Lewis^A. R.
Lake, JF. R.
Longnecker, Will T.
Lynton, J. H.
Lemmon. C. A.
Miles. John
May, Wm. M.
Morse, John W.
Morawetz, Albert
Moore, Jas. J.
Moore, Sanford W.
Mclntyre, Donald
McCloskey, M. J.
Manzing, E.
McCaffrey. Daniel J.
McCluer. T. J.
McNicholas, Robert
Miller, N. C.
McGrew, J. D.
Nagengast, Nicholas
Newman, Chas.
Pingrey, 8. W.
Parsons, J. L. ^-
Peoples, E. T.
Paquin, Louis
Pearson, John
Patterson, L. H.
Peterson. Theo. E.
Prewitt, Joe
Rockwood, Thos.
Russell, J. L.
Roberts, W. W.
Roberts, F. B.
Rader, W. H.
Sanford, J. C.
Sheets, D. L.
Summa, Jacob
Shaw, D. J.
Schrader. Harry
Sumner, Geo. T.
Schalles, ('has.
Schutt, J. E.
Scbiffer, Harry
Turner, J. C.
Thompson, 8. H.
Thurston, R. G.
Thorp. Geo. L.
Will, F. J.
Waters, J. H. E.
Warren, W. D.
West, Geo. E.
Winters, W. R.
Will, Frank H.
Wade, Geo. H.
Wood. Oscar C.
Webb, John
Williams. Chas. M.
Walker. E. T.
Wynn, John (\
Ware, Henry F. ^
APPENDIX.
237
BBECKENKIDGE LODGE No. 47,
BRECKENBIDOE, SUMMIT COUNTY.
[Communication* first and third Saturday* in each month.]
OFTZOKB8.
H. BL Elwood, W. M.
Christian Kaiser, 8. W.
H. L. Moyer. J. W.
W. M. Enterline, Treas.
H. L. Enterline, Sec'y.
Arbogaet, B. A.
Albee, A. F.
Boylan.John
Betis, Geo. L.
Breeze, John M.
Coyne, V. J.
Carter, Ed.
Doyle, W. E.
Bngle, Peter
Enterline, K. D.
Eberlin. W. F.
Foote, B. W.
MEMBKK8.
Grant, A. H.
Hartman, John H.
Hartman, George
Ingram, J as. E.
Joneman, F. W.
Johnson, W. A.
Lasher, W. J.
Levy, Charles
Litton, Henry
Laws, A. C. B.
Palmer, I. C
Peckham, Wm. *
A. H. Gresham, B. D.
J. B. Conrad, J. D.
M. F. Blodgett, 8. 8.
M. E. Conrad, J. S.
Wm. McAdoo, Tiler.
Porter, Jas. H.
Potter, W. A.
Snick, Noah B.
oby, John D.
Rich, A. M.
Stephenson, W. B.
Schmeling, fiob't
Stratton, J. H.
Walker, C. A.
Williams, John M.
Watson, Geo. B.
Ynst, E. C. _
GEORGETOWN LODGE No. 48,
GEORGETOWN, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Thursdays in each month.]
orirous.
Stoat Hart, W. M.
Fred P. Dewey, 8. W.
Robert Neaman.J. W.
Henry 8eifried, Treas.
John H. Hasted, Sec'y.
Herbert Gedney, 8. D.
M. C Morgan, J. D.
W. J. Faulkner, 8. 8.
Frank L. Peck, J. 8.
Z. E. Hart, Tiler.
Allison, Frank H. '
Bollock, Chas. B.
Billings, Ed. C.
Billings, C. L.
Case, Chas. 0.
Collins, Rassell J.
Duff, Wm. A.
Edmonds, Root. R.
Fletcher, Warren M.
Graham, Frank
MEMBERS.
Hall, Geo. W.
Miller, Hagh K.
Hood, Wm. C.
Jacobson, Chas. H.
Mingle, James
McCracken, Frank B.
Marsh, Ed. R.
Noyes, Harmon H.
Parmelee, Ed. C.
Pollard, Obe C. .
Pollard, Chas. W.
Phillips, John F.
Perchard, James
Reid, Anderson W.
Roberts, Harry L.
Snetzer, Jacob
Sedgwick, R. A.
Tibbitts, Chas. N.
Twining. Hagh A.
Willis, Bnshrod i
*M«
238
APPENDIX.
MOUNT PKINCETON LODGE No. 49,
BUENA VISTA, CHAFFEE COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Thursdays in each month.]
OFFIOBB8.
Ernest Wilber, W. M.
Frank B. Keyee. 8. W.
W. W. Fay, J. W.
M. J. Marks, Trees.
James P. MacDade, Sec'y*
Morton McBride, 8. D.
John A. Feely, J. D.
J. H. Cole. 8. 8.
H. J. Van Wetering, J. 8.
8. W. Wade, Tiler.
Adams, George M.
Bonney, J. M.
Campbell, Kansom
Crymble. Hugh
Cole, J. E.
Cole. O. W.
Conuit, J. A.
Cook, David N.
Duncan, T. R.
Ditmore. D. V.
Drach, Geo. J.
Elliott, C. 8.
Fleet ford, James
French, Thoe. K.
Fletcher. W. W.
Hessey, W. W.
MEMBKB8.
Halsey, J. 8.
Libby, C. 8.
Logan, Henry
Logan, W. K.
McBride, John
McBride, 8. P.
McKenzie, Wm.
McKenna, Thomas
Montrose, C. A.
Merrlam, 8. D.
Neibor, Joseph
Orr, Gay A.
Price, Chas. J.
Pursell, A. K.
Pearce, Kob't W.
Soop, Fino A.
8mith, Geo. L.
Smith, Geo. W.
Steele. W. B.
Bcofieid, 8. H.
Stuart, A. J.
Scully, N H.
Tate, Frank J.
Thomas, E. E.
Vickers, John
Willis, W. D.
Wilber, W. B.
Willing, A. J.
Wade, A. H.
Wesfall, Geo. W.
GARFIELD LODGE, No. 50.
ERIE. WELD COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Wednesdays in each month.]
OFFICEB8.
Joseph R. Powell, W. M.
John E. Oakley, 8. W.
Thomas Morgan, J. W.
Joseph Mitchell, Treas.
William Hurley, Sec'y.
Frank D. Gilpatrick. 8. D.
William Angove, J. D.
William Nicholson, 8. 8.
Joseph J. Morgan, J. 8.
Theophilns Hopkins,Tiler.
Allen, Mat hew \*^
Andrew, Thomas
Barrowman, William
Bowker, John
Brown, William M.
Barrows. Jotteph W.
Bottenfield, Church 8.
Botten field. Elmer E.
DanielH, John E.
Davis, David F.
Douglas, Thomas
Foreman, Frank E.
Grenfell, George E.
Hamren, Andrew
MEMBERS.
Jenkins, William D.
Jones, Thomas R.
Jones, Joseph D.
Lambert. Fred
Metcalf , George
Mills, John G.
McGraw, Leonard
McKenna, Felix
McCarsey, Charles
McKissick, John
McKiKRick. Oliver L.
McNeil, William
McCorry, Charles E.
Padfield, William
Paige. Thomas
Plumb, Sylvester J.
Kunge, Gustavus W.
Sberratt, Charles
Smith, Walter W.
Smith, John W.
Swanson. John B.
Van Valkenbnrg, R. J.
Vaughan, Enoch, T.
Van Etten, William O.
Wise, J. O. V.
Withey, B. F.
Young, M. E. *-~
APPENDIX.
239
LEADVILLE LODGE No. 51,
LEADVILLE, LAKE COUNTY.
{Communications second and fourth Fridays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Samuel D. Nicholson, W. M.
H. R. Pendery, 8. W.
Chas. E. Dickenson. J. W.
Chas. Harden, Jr., Treas.
Geo. P. Brown, Sec'y.
Allen Melville, 8. D.
David La Salle, J. D.
W. R. Johnson, 8. 8.
H. M. Blakely, J. 8.
John W. Coreer, Tiler.
Angerman, Henry 1-—
Bergeman, Jacob
Boeticher, Charles
Bnrnand, A. A.
Bernheimer. Jacob
Beattie, Robt. 6.
Brooks, Cyrus W.
Brown, Samuel M.
Bissell, Julias B.
Corser, Cieo W.
Cook Geo. W.
Chamberlain. Lewis J.
Bretherton, Sidney E.
Barnett, Hurry C.
Bisbee, L. H.
Cox. Wm. B.
Cavender. (diaries
Christian, Chas. J.
Cain. Wm. J.
Christie. Alexander
Delay, Robt. L.
Davis. Morgan
Dongan, Geo. B.
Dwight 8. M.
Dickenson, Mm. M.
Dennison, Chas. W.
Eaton, Charles L.
Fogle, A.
Goddard. Lnther M.
Gearhart. J. H.
Galler, Wm.
Gaskin, Wm.
(railoway, Bradford 8.
Haas, Meyer B.
Haas, Samuel (J.
Harvey, John
MEMBERS.
Hersey, J. Clarence
Helton, Chas. T.
HodgBon, Mark
Hick*, Stephen
Himdchen, Albert
Helbeck, Gustav
Poreaker, Wm.
Hilton, John E.
Hamilton. Herbert W.
Jaycox, Thou. W.
McNiven, Daniel
James, W. H.
Jones, David L.
Joy, Walter J.
Johnson, J. H.
Kneale, Thos.
Kneale, Wm.
Krone, Jas. F.
Lindsay, Joseph
Ludwig, Henry
Lartien, Neils
Leask, John R.
Lumsden, John
Mater, Charles
Marks, Rudolph
Maxwell, John M.
McCullum, Frank E.
McComb, David P.
McMillen, Wm. J.
Miller, F. C.
McDonald, Daniel D.
Newman, Wm. H.
Nicholson, Chas.
Nowland, John
Newell, Jas. W. t^
Officer, Frank H.
Otterbach, Wm . L.
Playford, Stephen M..
Peterson, Peter W.
Parker, Jos. L.
Reardon, Frank M.
Russell, J as.
Reed, Chas H.
Robinson, Ben A.
Rowel 1, Wm.
Revett, Ben Stanley
Sou they, Geo.
Stockton, C. C.
Smith, Joel W.
Schoelkopf, Jacob F.
Stickley, Benj. F.
Shaw, Frank
Stotesbury, John H.
Salen, J. W.
Steen, Wm. J.
Thomson, Alexander
Thompson, Willis L.
Wheat, Lysander B.
Whicher, John
Whinnerah, Leonard
Wilder, Sam'ID.
Wildhoch, Lewis A.
Whinnerah, Raymond
Williams, John H.
William?. Morgan H.
Whelon, Robt.
Watt, Job
Woodward, E. C.
Young, John Walter
Voyes, W. L. . _
TIN CUP LODGE No. 52,
TIN CUP, GUNNISON COUNTY.
[ Communications first and third Saturdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
James W. Forrest, W. M.
William H. Harris. 8. W.
James K. Reed. J. W.
('has. E. Whitfield, Tress.
Ansel F. Pettingill. Sec'y.
Frank B. Massey, 8. D.
John W. Ander»on, J. D.
Jerome Noakes, 8. S.
Benj. C. Gray, J. S.
William W. Roof, Tiler.
APPENDIX.
Ackereon. Archie E.
Dunn, Edward
Foreman, Charles
Klaaber, Sim"" ■<
Mad in, Beni.
BDi. F.
ob1t L.
LOVELAND LODGE No. 53.
LOYELIND, LAR1MEK COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Thursday* in rack monflt-l
uis o. n oourun, a. n
__orl« Maxwell. J. W.
Thomas Cross. Treas.
Lyman Porter, ttec'y .
John Peterson, 8. D.
WliliamJ.Croebi.J.D.
Walter L. Thorndyta, S£
John Weslerdoll, J.B.
William A. Bean. Tike.
Benson, Aaron 8.
Burke, John J.
Busunell, Carlton C.
Bartholf, Frank Q.
Bond, (Torn el ins H.
Bailey, Manilrnu M.
Bengiton. A. P,
Chad bourne. Horace
Carrier, Edwin H.
(Carlson, Align st
Chambers, Jomee K.
Diokerson, Hoielle K,
Dennis, George W.
firilBth, Albin
Goodwin, Erank C.
Han kiim. W. A.
Kemptoo, George W.
Kiilim, Lee J.
Larson, Swan N.
Middleion. Joseph B,
Quisle/. Jem
Randall. Charles N,
STERLING LODGE No. 54,
bTEBLlN(i, LOGAN CODNTV.
ufic'ir on Saturday on or before full moon in each nifftds-I
Arthor W. Warren, W. H.
J.i:. Killen, H. W.
Samnelb1. Rohnek.J. W.
Joseph J. Weir. 8. D. .
Bartlatt H. Taylor, J. D
J.:
J
EllfHr-
Hicks, James A
Judd, Leroy M.
Kins, James M.
McAlpine. Alein
McLaoshlin.Ri
Letts, Fred. C.
Lewis, Frank S.
nder D.
Propat, Sidnes II-
Propat, W. C.
Ramsey, John Vf.
Rowland. John
Hcott, J. S.
Smith, Martin H.
Wynkoop, John v
APPENDIX.
MESA LODGE No. 55,
GRAND JU1JCTION, MESA COUNT*.
[CoHi**aicatUnu firgt pnd third Thwtdat/i in each month]
OraoD Adam. Jr., W. M.
rwiBiE Miu'hnii.s. w.
Jacob fL Rhw.J.W.
Trveodore II. Jones, Tihi.
William A. Marab, bee'j.
* llliam A. Uinfa, Sec'j. , j(
A ........
Bocklio. JtmH W. P. M.jWolden. William H
Btu.1Ih.jiI, William R. JRannan, Eward W.
Biuiirj«. William 8. TtiuttmTj. John A.
Bernard K. Kennedy, a. 1
Benjamin F. Jay, J. D.
Virgil E. Nelwm. B. M.
.lame* W hitter. .1.8.
Crawford, fhomaa H
4^non. B-nton
<>*i«. Arebig H.
i «**eU. <"harl«i V.
< touo, , Datld R.
CoDttnar. (Jennie A.
IWkiI. Boa? L.
DockeU. Joseph A.
Uftrriaon. JohnH.
Innia. William
KiniralHj. Darwin P.
Kipp. Bert L.
Krnaen. Norman J.
Lane. Hqpire G.
Lomaden. John J.
Lofton! Abel M.
Moblej. Itiehard D.
Mover. Al.
>v.renoeM.,P.M.
Mann. John B.
Morlarily, Frank A.
McMallin. Samuel G.
McKay. Dnnean
Mg Arthur, Daniel
McDowell, J. B.
TELLUBIDE LODGE No. 56,
TELLUBIDE, 9AN MIGUEL COUNTY.
mication* MConil and fourth Saturday in eaih >
(nark* F. Painter, W. M.
andma. Osnr^TS.
aadem. Gnaiaf
alien. Arthur W,
Brown, Jamea L.
HafaoB, Jaoai H.
hViraaon, Gnttaf
Datli*. William K.
v,auipuHU. agnngta
Coetigan. George P.
Croealer. Churls* E.
Cerrotbe™. George B.
< ornow. Thomas
Culler, Jamea U.
Dills. Edmond E.
Emer*. Charles E.
Fitzgarrald Htephen
If
lir
242
APPENDIX.
Kellock, Andrew
Lay, Henry C.
Miller, Charles W.
Murphy, A. Patrick
Morrison. A. K.
McKee. Joseph W.
McDanieL, O. A.
Nixon, Joseph
North way, John
Oderfield. Edwin 8.
Olson, John
Phillips, John M.
Pillmore. Joseph W.
Proose, Richard
Richards. Michael
Rankle, Edwin E.
8chiebel. 8. L.
Symes. Fred. M.
Stacker, William H.
Thomas, Oris C.
Watson, Charles 8.
Willongbby, Thomas
Wearing, George
Wilkinson, Thorn m J.
SALIDA LODGE No. 57.
8ALIDA, CHAFFEE COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Saturday* in each month.]
OFFICERS.
William G. Siason, W. M.
Theodore Martin, 8. W.
William CummingB, J. W.
Jason Oillett. Trees.
O. W. McGovern, Bec'y.
C. G. Johnson, & D.
J. A. Davidson. J. D.
S.O Hervey, 8.8.
L. F. Cornwall, J. ft.
L. Witmer, Tiler.
/Arterberry, George
Archer, A. G.
Andrews, W. B.
Area berg, F W.
Am hereon, B.
Blades, J. W.
Barnes, J. E.
tinrghardt, H. J.
Brice, Alex.
Boncher, E. T.
Bel den, E. H.
Bowen, I. H.
Brown. J. B.
Brash, F. W.
Crater, George
Carpenter, C M.
Cowell, T. W.
Crylie, H. E.
DeRemer. B. H.
Daey, A. F.
Delage, Gid
Disman, Ben
Dobbie, A J ex.
DeWeese. J. W.
Eddy, John A.
Klafsoo, Fred.
Frey, Loain
Freeman, W. H.
Gaerin, M.J.
MKMBERS.
Hathaway, A. T
Harrington. O. E.
Hively, E. W.
Jackson. F. A.
Jones, A. W.
Knight, E. H.
Kern, George
Kahn. Felix
Lee, William D.
Lee, Thomas H.
Lttswell, J. O.
Miller, M. K.
Montgomery, G. A.
Mitchell, H. W.
McKinney. G. M.
McCoy, J. B.
May, (.'. M.
Morgan, 8. M.
Meacham, A. 8.
Norris, H. A.
Nye, A. T.
Newlove, B. C.
Newman. W. M.
Orton, Elias
Oleson, Gast.
Ohl. John W.
Pedrick, Z. A .
Pender, J. F.
tPiper, George
Patterson, W. J.
Robertson. W. E.
Roller, W W.
Rogers, F. J.
Rose. A. K.
Bedford, J. 8.
Roland, M. J.
Stevens, C. C.
Seelinger, 8. W.
Bhemley, J. R-
8honyo, M. V.
8mith, M. M.
Smith, Thomas
TwitchelJ, N. R.
Tenbrook, E. W.
Tencate, A. A.
Thayer, E. A.
Van Meter, 8.
Wood, J. W.
Wood ring. C. L.
Wood. F. W.
White, H. L.
Williams, E. E.
Weddrip. G. C.
Woods. J. T.
White, W. D.
Wanham, Henry
/Yates, Wm. D.
APPENDIX.
243
CRESTED BUTTE LODGE No. 58,
CRESTED BUTTE, GUNNISON COUNTY.
[Communication* every Tuesday evening.]
OFFICERS.
Frank E. 8onger, if. M.
Thomas Starr. 8. Vf.
frank Young, J. V-
C. J. Kramer. Ini,
Bdirard W. GLUdKSec'y.
Y.CT
Angus, Wm.
Conning. B.W.
Carlisle, R. G.
Catart. Wm. W.
Dariajfanj.
Bhn, Henry
fogetrom, John
Fors,Chas.
Foster. The*.
Grossbeck. Erbine
Griffiths,]}.
Hen worth. J.
Barron. Alex.
Henaman. Chaa,B.
Johnson, G.
Knight, Wm. M.
Koontz^John
Lloyd, W. E.
Lloyd, R.
Murray, Wm. J.
Miner. Danl. V.
McCoort. J.
Miller, W. M.
Murphy, Mark
McCulloogh, Henry
«Maloy, Wm. J.
Harry C. Wright, 8. D.
Thomas Swan, J. D.
W. H. Spoon, & S.
Looia Glick, J. S.
R. G. Bvans, Tiler.
Moyer, Sam'l L.
Metaler, 8. 8.
McKay. Geo. W.
Pyle, Warren P.
Robinson. Jas. K.
Roes, John
Spencer, Sam'l P.
Shaw, John
Same, Alfred E.
Temple, Geo. W.
Williams, Geo. H.
Wilson, Richard B.
Wheeler, N. 0.
LA VETA LODGE No. 59.
LA VETA, HUERFANO COUNTY.
[Communication* flr*t and third Saturday* in each month.]
OFFICERS.
fennel Todd, W. M.
Joan R. Orson, 8. W.
William A. Springer, J. W.
Peter VerrifF, Tree*.
Ourer Bemen, Sec'y.
Mdams, John
games, John 8.
Boon*. James B.
gojle. Wm. T.
fertch. Wesley P.
Gent, Solomon
Hanold.Laben
MEMBERS.
Hughues, Nathan
Kinkaid. Joseph K.
Mack, Chas. W.
Morton, John H.
McDonald, Alex.
«Morton, Andrew W.
Chaa. L. Martin, 8. D.
Henry Daigre, J. D.
John Gommer, 8. 8.
Ransom A. Haj es, J. 8.
F. L. Martin, Tiler.
Morbut, Geo. F.
Phillips, Albert
Poee, William Roden de
Smith, William E.
Strange, Samuel L.
flTracy. J.D.
240
APPENDIX.
MEMBERS.
Ackerson, Archie £.
Brown, Henry
Clements, Daniel N.
Dennenbaur, Leven
Dunn, Edward
Foreman, Charles
Klaaber, Simon J.
Martin, Beni. F.
Nevins, Rob t L.
Sweeney, John ,
Stewart, John J.
Thomas, Alex. M.
Terney, John
Whitelaw, George H.
LOVELAND LODGE No. 53.
LOYELAND, LARIMER COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Thursdays in each month.]
OFFICEB8.
Clarence J. Chapman, W. M.
Loais 8. Woodruff, 8. W.
Chorlee Maxwell, J. W.
Thomas Cross, Trees.
Lyman Porter, Sec'y*
Allen. Oswald •—
Ansell, J. W.
Alford, George W.
Benson, Aaron S.
Burke, John J.
Bushnell, ( larlton C.
Bartholf, Frank G.
Bond, Cornelius H.
Bailey, Mandren M.
Bengeton, A. P.
Chad bourne, Horace
Currier, Edwin M.
Carlson, August
Chambers, James K.
MEMBEBS.
Diokerson, Rozelle E.
Dennis, George W.
Griffith, Albin
Goodwin, Erank C.
Hankins. W. A.
Kempton, George W.
Kelim, Lee J.
Larson, Swan N.
Middle ton, Joseph B.
Mc A nelly, Jefferson
Martin, Nels
Nelson, Nels P.
O'Hara, Patrick
Puntney, John M. i
John Peterson, 8. D.
William J. Crosby, J. D.
Walter L. Thorndyke, 8.8.
John Westerdoll, J. 8.
William A. Bean, Tiler.
Palmer, J. Harvey
Quigley, Jerry
Randall. Charles N.
Sutherland, William B.
Sullivan, William W.
Scott, Charles P.
Straight. Allen
Smith, Frank S.
Smith, Clarence L.
Smith, Obadiah
Shallenberger, Herman G .
Van Bramer, Volley
Weaver, David A.
Weldon, George
STERLING LODGE No. 54,
8TEBL1NG, LOGAN COUNTY.
{Communications on Saturday on or before full moon in each month,]
OFFIOEBS.
Arthur W. Warren, W. M.
J. E. Killen, 8. W.
Samuel B. Kobuck, J. W.
H. C. Sherman, Treas.
Smith A. Burke, Sec'y.
Joseph J. Weir, 8. D.
Bartlett M. Taylor, J. D.
8.8-
J. 8.
George H. Wilson, Tiler.
Adams, Jefferson D.
Austin, William B.
Armour, Edward E.
Cramer, Joseph
Desellem, Wesley
Foust, Thomas D.
Oriffis, James B.
Hicks, John L.
MEMBKB8.
Hicks, James A.
Judd, Leroy M.
King, James M.
Mc Alpine. Alexander D.
McLaughlin, Ed. C.
Letts, Fred. C.
Lewis, Frank 8. ,-
Propst, Sidney R.
Propst, W. C.
Ramsey, John W.
Rowland. John
Scott, J. H.
Smith, Martin H.
Wynkoop, John u*
APPENDIX.
241
MESA LODGE No. 55,
GRAND JUNCTION, MESA COUNTY.
j
[Communication! flrat find third Thursdays in each month.]
OFFIOKRB.
Orson Adams, Jr., W. M.
Charles E. Mitchell. S. W.
Jacob H. Rice, J. W.
Theodore M. Jones, Treas.
William A. Marsh, Sec'y.
Backlixu James W. P. M
Broadbent. William R.
Binning, William S.
Baldwin. Charles W.
Banister, William H.
Boll, Herman H.
Blakeslee, Merril W.
Barnhoase, Thomas E.
Barton, Joseph A.
Coleman, Shepherd W.
Cook, Arthur P.
Crawford, Thomas B.
Canon, Benton
( Traiff. Archie K.
Caswell, Charles F.
Crosby, David R.
Coartney. George A.
Cornet to, Joseph
Daridson. Rael L.
Ducketf, Joseph A.
Bobbie, Henry
DeLong, Horace T., P. M
Durham. Henry A.
Eaton. Robert A.
Ela, Wendell P.
Flavin, Thomas
Fisher, Edward T.
>
MEMBIBS.
>lden, William H.
annan, Eward W.
atterry, John A.
Grant, Alonzo C.
Hanson, William E.
Haslett, Plum B.
Hammond, Wm, I.
Harrison, John 8.
lnnis, William
Kingsley, Darwin P.
Kipp, Bert L.
Krnsen, Norman J.
Lane, Squire G.
Lnmsden, John J.
Lay ton, James A.
Lay ton, Abel M.
Mobley. Richard D.
Moyer, Al.
Miller, Lawrence M., P. M.
Mann, John B.
Moriarity, Frank A.
McMullin, Hamael G.
Mc Arthur. J. N.
McCane, Addison, J.
McKay, Dnncan
Mc Arthur, Daniel G.
McDowell, J. B. .
Bernard K. Kennedy, S. D.
Benjamin F. Jay, J. D.
Virgil E. Nelson. S. S.
James Whittey. J. 8.
James Nelson, Tiler.
McGinley, William
Nichols, J. Clayton, P. M.
Ostenson, Olin E.
Powelson, Benjamin F.
Suinn, Wm. J., P. M.
ice. Wm. A.
Roberts, Wm. H.
Roberts, David
Rnder, John D.
Record, Sanford P.
Ross, Henry W.
Steele, Charles W.
Shaffer, William E.
Stewart. Lem T.
Snyder, Benjamin J.
Hiebert, Mathias
Siebert, Jacob C
Smith, Frank 8.
Shields, John
Thorpe, John T.
Violet. William H.
Wharton, Alvin T.
Wheeler, George
Williams. Evan B.
Weaver, Charles W.
Williams, Charles R. «-*
TELLTJBIDE LODGE No. 56,
TELLURIDE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in cavh month.]
OFFICER 8.
Charles F. Painter, W. M.
William T. March, 8 W.
Thomas H. Ballard. J. W.
James Johnstone, Treas.
John L. Haines, Sec'y.
W. A. 8tevenpon. 8. D.
Henry R. Goff, J. D.
Dan M. McLeod, 8. H.
Comma P. Rock. J. 8.
Alex. M. Ballard. Tiler.
Andras, Georgelj.
Anderson. Gostaf
Allen, Arthur W,
Brown, James E.
Bishop, James H.
Brickson. Gostaf
BeatUe, William R.
16
MEMBERS.
Bristow, James
Campbell, Kenneth
Costigan, George P.
Crossley, Charles E.
Carrnthers, George B.
Carnow, Thomas
Colley, Jam^s M.
Dills, Edmond E.
Emery, Charles E.
Fitzgarrald Stephen R.
Giannini, Maurice
Gordon, Winford H.
Gillespie. Robert H.
Hunter, Lewis
242
APPENDIX.
Kellock, Andrew
Lay, Henry 0.
Milier, Charles W.
Murphy, A. Patrick
Morrison, A. K.
McKee. Joseph W.
McDaniel, O. A.
Nixon, Joseph
North way, John
Oderfield, Edwin S.
Olson, John
Phillips, John M.
Pillmore, Joseph W.
Proose, Hi chard
Richards. Michael
Rnnkle, Edwin E.
Bchiebel. 8. L.
Byrnes. Fred. M.
Stacker, William H.
Thomas, Oris C.
Watson, Charles 8.
Willoughby, Thomas
Wearing, George
Wilkinson, Thomas J.
SALIDA LODGE No. 57.
8ALIDA, CHAFFEE COUNTY.
[Communicationi tecond and fourth Saturday* in each month.]
OFFICERS.
William G. Sisson, W. M.
Theodore Martin, 8. W.
William Cummings, J. W.
Jason Gillett. Trees.
G. W. McGovern, Bec'y.
C. G. Johnson, 8. D.
J. A. Davidson, J. D.
8.0 Horvey, 8. 8.
L. F. Cornwall, J. 8.
L. Witmer, Tiler.
/Arterberry, George
Archer, A. G.
Andrews, W. B.
Arenberg, F W.
Amberson, R.
Blades, J. W.
Barnes, J. E.
Barghardt, H. J.
Brice, Alex.
Boucher, E. T.
Belden, E. H.
Bowen, I. H.
Brown. J. B.
Brash, F. W.
Crater, George
Carpenter, (\ M.
Cowell, T. W.
Crylie, R. E.
DeHemer. B. H.
Doey, A. F.
Delage, Gid
Disman, Ben
Dobbie, Alex.
DeWeese, J. W.
Eddy, John A.
RlafsoD, Fred.
Frey, Louis
Freeman, W. H.
Gaerin, M.J.
MEMBERS.
Hathaway, A. T
Harrington. O. E.
Hively, E. W.
Jackson. F. A.
Jones, A. W.
Knight, E. H.
Kern, George
Kahn. Felix
Lee, William D.
Lee, Thomas H.
Laswell, J. 0.
Miller. M. K.
Montgomery. G. A.
Mitchell, H. W.
McKinney. G. M.
McCoy, J. B.
May. (.'. M.
Morgan, B. M.
Meacham, A. 8.
N orris, H. A.
Nye, A. T.
Newlove, B. C.
Newman. W. M.
Orton, Elias
Oleson, Gust.
Ohl, John W.
Pedrick, Z. A.
Pender. J. F.
i^iper, George
Patterson, W. J.
Robertson, W. E.
Holier, W W.
Rogers, F. J.
Rose, A. R.
Radford, J. 8.
Raland, M. J.
Stevens, C. C.
Seelinger, 8. W.
Bhemley, J. R.
Shonyo, M. V.
Smith, M. M.
Smith, Thomas
Twitchell, N. R.
Tenbrook. E. W.
Tencate, A. A.
Thayer, E. A.
Van Meter, 8.
Wood, J. W.
Woodring. C. L.
Wood. F. W.
White, H. L.
Williams, E. E,
Weddrip. G. C.
Woods. J. T.
White, W. D.
Wauhom, Henry
*¥ates. Wm. D.
CRESTED BUTTE LODGE No. 58,
CHESTED BUTTE, GUNNISON COUNTY.
Frank E. flongar, W. M.
Thorna* Starr. 8. W.
Frank Yuu n%, J. V"
Carlisle. H. 0.
CbItsk. Wm. W.
Ellis. Himry
Engatrom. John
Fort., (has.
Poster. Ihw.
Groaabeck, Erbine
Griffiths. D.
Harrj C. Wrinht, 8. D.
Thomas Bwan. J. D.
W. H. Spoon. S. S.
Louis Olick. J. B.
B. C. Evan*. Tiler.
Robinson . Jaa. K.
Wheeler, N. C.
LA VETA LODGE No. 59.
LA VETA, HUERFANO COUNTY.
[Camniwiicntfoiu Jtrft and third Saturday! in each month.'.
Samnel Todd. W. M.
John B. Olson. S. W.
William A. Bprbwer, J. W.
Peter Verliff, Tree*.
^haa. L. Martin
Ransom A. Hat
Barnes. John S.
Boone, James B.
Bojle, Wm. T.
Burteh. Waaler P.
(ient, Solomon
Hanold. Laben
Hnehnee, Nathan
Klofaud. 7<mmL K,
Hack. ('hue. W.
Morton, John H.
McDonald. Ale..
•Murtou. Andrew W.
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8PAE LODGE No. 60,
ASPEN, PITKIN COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Thursdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Frank H. Denman, W. M.
James McMarray. 8. W.
David F. Goodall, J. W.
Louis A. Stone, Treas.
Daniel George, Sec'y.
^Armstrong. Chas. S.
Anderson, Robert Y.
Albert, George W.
Augustine, George W.
Brown, David K. C.
Back master, Joseph A.
Boesch, Herman
Baders, Dominick
Brown, James L.
Burke, Cha*. M.
Beardsley, Francis
Baldy, John P.
Cowenhoven, Henry P.
Crosby, George. F.
Canning. John K
Clark, Walter p.
Connor, James C.
Chaloux. Frank
("arson, Zachy T.
Cox, William J.
Cress, Edward H.
Croft, Richard A.
Connor, George T.
Chauslor, Nathan J.
Deane, Josiah W.
David, D«vid
Dodg*n, William
David, laaac
Davip, Thomas E.
Dickins>o, Frank T.
Eastman, Honj. M.
Eogland. Paren
Evans. William 8.
Freeman, Jason E.
Fisher, Richmond H.
Fiulny, Stephen H.
Garnick, George
MKMBEH8.
Greener, John H.
Gillespie, Henry B.
Gillen, Edward A.
Geary, Mortimer J.
Hardin*, Herbert L.
Hunt, Fred A.
Harrod, Joseph C.
Hun kins, Ennign L.
Harding, John F.
Hopkins, Alfred
Hal ton, John C.
Jennings. John
Jacobs, Charles H.
Johnson, John F..
Jones, Harry Ellsworth
Johns, John W.
Kelly, James
Kunz, Daviii
Kalfun, John W.
Lux, Peter
Lawrence, Levi
Lewis, Noah D.
Myer, William B.
Moore, Charles L.
Moore, George F.
Moser. George H.
Mitchell, James 8.
Martin, George T.
Mills, David A.
Miller, Riley
Mnir, John W.
McMurchy, William
McCormaok, 8amuel
McKenzie. Archibald
McCree, Cal
MicMillan, John F.
^McDonald, John R.
George C. Vickery, B. D.
» J. D.
Alex. Mcintosh, 8. 8.
Chas. W. Clawson. J B.
Martin V. Krapf, Tiler.
O'Hara, John T.
. Plumb, Porter
Parker, Hiram F.
Peterson, Samuel
lieese, Charles
Rucker, Thomas A.
Robinson, McKinney
Robinson, Hid ward 8.
Richards, John W.
Ruse, Joseph
Root, William B.
itobinson. Andrew J.
♦Ryan, Michael D.
Ross, George
Slagle, James E.
Shepard, Frank A.
Shilling, Arthur B.
Shafer, George H.
Sanborn, Charles O.
Smith, Erick
Smith, Lyndon 8.
Turner, Robert
Thomas, Charles H.
Varney, Andrew J.
Vincint, John M.
Wei I man. Luther C.
Wright, J. Amos
Williams, William
Wardeli, John B.
Wagner, Adam R.
White, John W.
Williams, John R.
Watson, David M.
Wilson. Aristus E
Weakley, William L.
^Warner, Henry E.
HARMONY LODGE No. 61,
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Mondays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
L. W. Grant, W. M.
E. J. Proctor, 8. W.
W. E. McParlin,J. W.
< ). P. Jones, Tr«a*».
W. S. Root, Sec'y.
G R. Vickror, 8. D.
(J. W.Hart, J. D.
J. W. Hanford, 8. 8. ^
T.J. Fegan, J.8.
♦Thomas Linton, Tiler.
* Not a member.
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Adams, William
Brinkley, R. V.
Backus, J. J.
Blaine, J. £.
Burroughs. A. 8.
Barkhaosen. J. H.
Beless, F. W.
Beg**, W. A.
Brownson, Thoe. E.
Barghart, 6. N.
Bowey, William
Brotsman, F. W.
Bowen, A. 8.
Birtschy, F. P.
ConJ, B. J.
Howell, C. W.
Cole, 8. M.
Comb. Henry
Cinnamon, David
Christopher, E.
Cbarpiot, O. J.
Campbell, J. M.
Dunn, W. H.
Duncan, J. H.
Dnggan, J. V.
Fuhrman, Joshua
FogJe, John
Foot, Geo. T.
Funcheon, George
Freeman, J. J.
MBMBSBS.
Griffin, George
Gibbs, Lafayette
Gordon, J. K.
Hntchens, C. F.
Harris, M. M.
Hill. Geo. W.
Hart, Chas. A.
Hind, B. B.
Kisthard, W. H.
Kelly, Henry
Kennedy, Leo W.
Knox, James A.
Miller, Alexander
Moses, Elmer
Marks. W. H.
Merrill, Samuel
Mason, J . W.
Miller, J. L.
Moody, B. H.
Mason, Cha*. R.
McKenzie, Jesse
Mc Andrew. Robt.
O'Hara, W. J.
Oyler. John
Phillips, 8. L.
Parker. J. H.
Pace, Frank
Purdy, E. H.
Perry. A. R.
Reed, William
Bice. J. W.
Bice, ('has. A.
Roes, O. B.
Hterling, M. L.
Stringham, Fred
Smith, J. C.
Seemlier, Peter
Smith, John C.
Smith, W. G.
8chnefplin, H. F.
Straiton, Albert
Servey, G. L.
Scharman, George
Shnltz, H. G.
Snider, Jacob A.
Summers, W. H.
Terrell, A. B.
Tait, William
Tankersley, E. D.
Thorpe, G. W.
Thornton, J. J.
Toeusmier, Theodore
Thompson, R. A.
Udell. G. N.
Witter, G. D.
Watters, Thomas
Wilson, Abram
Wilson. Walter
Wildy, C. W.
Young, William
DELTA LODGE No. 62,
DELTA, DELTA COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Mondays in each month.]
OFFIOEB8.
Abram C. Butler, W. M.
Lewis CAW, 8. W.
Thomas H. McGanahan, J. W.
George Stephan, Treas.
Christian O. Anderson, Sec'y.
Allen H. Wise, S. D.
Adam Wishart, J. D.
R. 8. Kelso, 8. 8.
E. L. Kellogg. J. S.
Amos R. Howard, Tiler.
<Amesbary. Albert E.
Alexander. William
Blachley. Andrew T.
Brown, Warren D.
Browning, Angus A.
Crotser. William H.
Eetee. Oscar
Crleason, William
MKHBBR8.
Forrest, Richard
Hall, Edward E.
Hammond, Henry
Hotchkiss, Andrew M.
Ingersoll, Harry H.
Johnson, M. J.
King, Alfred R.
jAJees, John F.
Spurling. Stonewal J.
Scott, Walter
Teachout, Henry
West, Henry T.
Wise, Douglas
Whelan, William A.
(Worth, Lewis W.
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APPENDIX.
MONTROSE LODGE No. 63,
MONTROSE, MONTRO8E COUNTY.
[Communication* first and third Tuesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
E. D. Bestor, W. M.
A. L. Bonney, 8. W.
J. F. Krebs, J. W.
A. Johnson, TreaB.
W. A. Cassell, Sec'y.
^Anderson, G. E.
Agard, W. K.
Bell, J. C.
Blake. R. H.
Boot, William
Clark, N. G.
Cowgill. John
Craine, Wm.
< Ratlin, F. D.
Chapman, F. A.
Diehl, R. C.
Davis, N. 8.
Ealer, J. W.
Erwin, Chas. E.
MEMBERS.
G«hr, Panl
Hail, L. N.
Hotchkira, Preston
Hirt, Chas.
Killian, J. B.
McConnelJ, C. E.
McClare, J. E.
McNeill, F. A.
O'Neill, James
Overhiser, Geo. P.
Payson, Aaron R.
Robinson, W. W.
Smith, Geo. H.
Stewart, Lincoln
J.C. Marsh, 8. D.
J. W. Owens, J. D.
J. F. Kyle. 8. 8.
J.W. Tripler, J. 8.
Chas. Campbell, Tiler.
Smith, Chas. B.
Slaven. J. E.
Stongh, Geo. A.
Shirlen. H. A.
8homan, 8. 8.
St. Clair, F. P.
Sydenham, A.
Tarbell, Harry
Upton, William
Wolff, B. J.
White, John A.
Wood, Geo. D.
^Wambeganze, Wm.
EUCLID LODGE No. 64.
LA JUNTA, OTERO COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Wednesdays in each month.]
officers.
B. F. Haskins, W. M.
V. Albera, 8. W.
(\ F. Kendall. J. W.
John Johnson, Treas.
R. A. Steen, Sec'y.
J. W. Manley, S. D.
B. J. Foxworthy, J. D.
J. B. Sherman, B. 8.
W. W. Chandler. J. 8.
Harry Loomis, Tiler.
*flverill, Wallace
Blasdel, J. V.
Best. H.
Barr, George
Barnes, Albert 8.
Chopper, i. F.
Campbell, H .C.
Donovan, J. W.
Deabenport, E. E.
Espey, Frank F.
Foxworthy, Alexander
MEMBERS.
Gardner. J. B.
Grant, E. W.
Hart, D. W.
Hicks, J. M.
Johnson, Harry
Kilgore, George A.
Koehler, W. C.
Levitt, William T.
Lyon, John M.
Liggett, 8. W.
^Miller, A. W.
Marshall, E.
Morrow. John
Nelson, J. M.
Pegan. P. C.
Paulsen, A. H.
Phillips, R.
Sella, P.
Timmis, Richard
Wood, J. 0.
Wood. F. D.
^oods, J. T.
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GLENWOOD LODGE No. 65,
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, GARFIELD COUNTY.
[Communications ft rtt and third Thursdays in each month.]
OFFIGKB8.
W. 8. Parkison, W. M.
Frank P. Monroe. 8. W.
Harry E. Van Seckel.J. W.
Rarnette T. Napier, Tress.
W. H. Bradt, Sec'y.
F. A. Atkinson, 8. D.
W. H. Trnmbor, J. D.
Tho's Kendrick, 8. 8.
Ernest Schuster, J. 8.
Marcellns Monroe, Tiler.
^-Arnold, Grant
Bern an, John W.
Beatty, Theodore A.
Bnrcham, Frank
Gaboon, Graham
Gornforth, Henry H.
Chamberlain. Will A.
Clark, John M.
Clark. L. G.
Da rand. Chas. W.
Dynes, Ward B.
Darrow, Chas. W.
Ewing, Fred O.
Feeler, John H.
Fanning, John B.
Grenemeyer, W. G.
MKMBBHS.
Hodges, James L.
Hollett, Henry W.
Harris, Henry H.
Kamm, Henry H.
Lee, Chas. A.
Love. Joseph
Meecham, James G.
MooltoDjGeo. H.
Maltby, Wm. E.
Morley. H. K.
Nnckolls, Geo. H.
Pond, Samuel 8.
Pierce, Roes C.
Kilter. John W.
<oRice, Geo. A.
Rice, Archie A.
Rees, David W.
Ross, James W.
Sleeper, Ernest L.
Smith, Angost H.
Swan, Joseph 8.
Stevenson, Archie M.
Shepherd. Frank A.
Scott, R. P.
Stobangh, William H.
Taaghenbangb, J. Frank
Tillery, Wilson H
Thomas. Treherne W.
Wood, Setb H.
—-Ward, Levi
EUREKA LODGE No. 6(5,
COAL CREEK, FREMONT COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Fridays in each month.)
OFFIOKBB.
William M. Bridges, W. M.
Alfred D. (xarrett, 8. W.
John C. MoCreery, J. W.
Thomas Jack, Trees.
Robert B. Hanna, Seo'y.
^Allan. David
Bald. James
Campion. Edwin
Calmett. Henry
Davis, David K.
Donaldson. Robert
Edwards, David T.
Fisher, Richard
Gailinger, Albert
Griffith, Phillip
Garrett, Daniel N.
Hadden, George
Harrison. James
Irwin, John 8.
Kyle, John
Killian, Harvey
MKMBEBH.
Kelman, Samnel C.
LaFevre, Charles
Locke, Henry
Lewis, Moses E.
Lloyd, Henry
Long, John
Milliken, Robert
McDaniels, J. H.
Mitchell, William
McCart, James
Moore, Hiram N.
Pople, Roger
Patterson, John A.
Robertson, Joh n
^Richards, Richard H.
Thomas C. Davis, 8. D.
N. F. (Mark, J. D.
Max Morganstein, S. S.
Benjamin Beach, J. 8.
David Powell, Tiler.
Richards, Thomas M.
Sweeney, James K.
Smith, Edward
Thickens, John 8.
Taylor, Charles
Wilson, George
Williams, Charles E.
Walton, Joseph
Williams, Morgan
Williams, Joseph P.
Walters, Manchester
Warner, George 8.
Walters, J. WT
Wilbar, W. P.
^Yonng, Hugh
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APPENDIX.
OASIS LODGE No. 67,
FOKT MORGAN, MORGAN COUNTY.
[Communication* first and third Fridays in each month,]
OFFICIB8.
M. N. Wagner, W. M.
James F/Devin, 8. W.
John F. Arbackle, J. W.
H. M. Patnam , Treas.
Tyler D. Heiskell, Sec'y.
Geo. W. Dereham, 8. D.
F. L. Simpson, J. D.
F. H. Anderson, 8. 8.
Mark B. Gill, J. 8.
F. M. Bimpeon, Tiler.
£-Rrown, John £.
Brnner, James H.
Bark, James H.
Barnes, M. E.
Brown. Walter T.
Barr, George W.
Clatworthy, W. H.
Chapman, W. B.
Charches, John
Curry, James P.
Dingman, Frank J.
Dunlap, G. A.
Dailey.I). H.
MEMBKBB.
Farnswortb, Jos. B.
Haff, John L.
Heioith, Adam
Handy, R. M.
Jones, James H.
Kinkel, Charles W.
Knox, Archie
Knearl, William
Lowe, M. E.
Lowe, B. W.
Marvin, W. A.
/.McMillan, Edson A.
Makepeace, T. R.
Pyott, H. G.
Parsons, C. A.
Redfield, Geo. S.
Robinson, Geo. W.
Rickel, W. W.
Sinton, W. B.
Btamm, Henry
ScovilJe. C. W.
Tattle, M. I.
Warner. Geo. W.
^•Wilson, A. L.
MANITOU LODGE No. 68,
MANITOU, EL PASO COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Fridays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Hudson H. Aldrich, W. M.
Charles H. Frowine, 8. W.
Edward E Nichols, Jr., J. W.
Heory M. Ogilbee, Treas.
John C. 8. Weills, Sec'y.
lAdaros, Charles
Baker, George W.
Barker, Charles W.
Cable, Hiram 8.
Caldwell, Samuel C. D.
('aid well, Hamuel H.
Connelly, P. Joseph
Cook, Willis L.
Carran, Edward F.
Curtis, Fred 8.
Dash wood, Richard E.
Dillon, Michael
Dyer, Leonidas B.
Ellis, Edward L.
MEMBERS.
Emick, Uriah H.
Francisco. Henry, 8.
Frizzell, William
Grafton, Homer H.
Greene«Jo8eph W.
Green, Henry F.
Hutchinson, Joseph C.
Jones, Beat H.
Leddy, Michael
Lenders. Hermon
Lewis, Albert G.
Lotz, Ernst M.
Miller, Henry F.
^Newton, James E.
Charles ty. Elerick, 8. D.
H. Sherman Traeadale, J.D.
Alonzo B. Hatchinson,S.S.
Eugene Shine. J. 8.
Jas. D. Turner, Tiler.
Nichols,lEdward E., 8r.
Rand, John L.
Rodgers, Charles 8.
Rnpp, Daniel H.
Sawfn, Walter D.
Simington, John
Smith John H.
Snider, George W.
Snyder, Homer B.
Thompson. Thomas W.
Ward, Horace M.
Weidenmaier, John
/Woods, Earl L.
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WINDSOR LODGE No. 69,
NEW WINDSOR, WELD COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Tuesdays in each month.]
officers.
James McGrader, W. M.
Harrison Teller, 8. W.
Adam Hahn. J. W.
William W. Kennedy, Treas.
James W. Thomson, Sec'y.
^Blair, William
Cnlhaon, John N.
Coke. Samuel L.
Dickersou, William
Dickereon, Saninel D.
Focbt, William M.
Fowler, Alva B.
MEMBERS.
Law, Lorenzo D.
Loveland, Hevillo
Leybonrn, Myron H.
McNeil, Henry F.
Midleton. John T.
Newell, James S.
-Peterson, William H.
Otis Hill. S. D.
Levi E. Dickereon, J. D.
Charles T. Tool. 8. 8. ^
Isaac N. Dickereon, J. S.
Ernest V. Minckwitc, Tiler
Howard, Joel
Howe, James
Severance. David E.
Springer, John H.
Williams. William E.
^JVood, TantantB.
LOGAN LODGE No. 70,
JULEBBURG, SEDGWICK COUNTY.
[Communication* Second and Fourth Fridays in each month.)
OFFICERS.
Christ Johnson. W. M.
George B. Stead man. 8. W.
Joseph F. Gauss, J. W.
B. Matthew Krampanitzky, Treas.
Thomas J. Maguire, Sec'y.
Haines, Charles C.
Pratt, Charles H.
Thorn pkins. Engine
Albert 8. Avery, S. D.
Jacob Brant. J. D.
William H. Wallace. S. S.
Peter J. Gerhart, J. 8.
Horace L. Fist, Tiler.
Sweet, John B.
WBAY LODGE No. 71,
WKAY, YUMA COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
James N. Counter, W. M.
AbertJ. White, 8. W.
John W. Zepp, J. W.
William R. Hays, Treas.
David Sisson, Sec'y.
4-Blnet, John
Boyd, James M.
Burns, Richard E.
MEMBERS.
Combs, Thomas
Caster, George W.
<£isk, F K.
Charles E. Ware, S. D.
William C. Grigsby, J. D.
Lewie T. Wright, S. S.
Elisha J. Bales, J. 8.
Alonzo M. Coatou, Tiler.
Griffin, John A.
George, Harry 8.
ciiroves, Thomas B.
250
APPENDIX.
Gillespie, John D.
Harry, L. D.
Hendrie, Isaac F.
Hendrie, Harry
Hoagland, Henry C.
Horn, Albert W.
Klaffh. Howard
McClelland, J. 8.
McKee. H. J.
Miller, James A.
Mitchell, John C.
Murdock, Alonzo D.
Murdock, Daniel A.
Nonamaker, George R.
Parish, E. M.
Pettys, Walter
Piper. George C.
Rawalt, Benjamin F.
Rawalt, Jonas K.
Robison, Thomas M.
Smith, Rankin
Sholta, Charles
Vaughn, Bnos H.
GRANADA LODGE No. 72,
GRANADA, PROWERS COUNTY.
[Communications Saturday on or before full moon in each month and tiro tceeks
thereafter.'}
OFFIOBRS.
C. 1. Hutchins.W. M.
Jacob Mendenhall, 8. W.
F. D. Hnsee, J. W.
H. A. Petta, Trean.
C. L. McPherson, Sec'y.
J. W. Snlivan. 8. D.
D. W. Robinson, J. D.
J. 8.
8 8
F. L." HayeV, filer. "
^-Goodale, M. L.
Hall, T. M.
McCammon, J. H.
Perry, Wilbur
£_£toan, Robert
Tate, F. M.
^Wilcox, Osker
MONTE VISTA LODGE No. 73,
MONTE VISTA, RIO GRANDE COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Tuesdays in each month.}
OFFICERS.
Ira J. Bloomfield. W. M.
Wm. A. Packard, 8. W.
A. R. Von Egidy, J. W.
("has. Ydren, Treas.
Win. H. Carter, Sec'y.
Jas. 8. Campbell, S. D.
Grant Karr, J. D.
W. W. Turk, S. S.
bandy O. Tosh, J. S.
Chas. W. Chaney, Tiler.
*Anu8troug, Thos. J .
Bntterfield, Henry A.
Black more, Geo. L.
Brackenridfte, Robt. G.
Chapman, N. II.
Cramp, Jno. W.
Cole; Owen V.
Collins, John H.
Darnell, Dav. O.
Edwards, Eli A.
Ewinp. Henry B.
MKXBBBB.
Eversole. Edward E.
Hunter. M. P.
Hack, Chas.
Gallaher. Harry C.
Kipper, John I .
Kerr, Edward E.
Kelley, James A.
Loy, Jacob. Jr.
Merriman, Chas. A.
Mallitt, Wm. H.
*-ttabin, John D.
Olson, Charles
Pridham, Henry E.
Page, Wiu.K.
Stevenson, Jesse
Streap, Eugene L.
Sampson, George P.
Shakspeare, Charles N.
Wallace, Robert B.
Willey, Wm. W.
£3ook, Win. D.
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AKRON LODGE No. 74,
AKRON, WASHINGTON COUNTY.
{Communication* first and third Wednesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Loui* C. Stephenson, W. M.
John B. Fisher, 8. W.
John W. Moore, J. W.
Isaac X. McCne, Tree*.
John H. Geiszel, Hec'y.
Fred W. Smith. 8. D.
Creed F. MiddJecoff, J. D.
William Little, 8. 8.
Richard C. Ferry J. 8.
George Ball, Tiler.
H3ender, Joseph J.
Bee, Ephraham C.
BagJey. George
Bonfory. Welle B.
Colvin. William R.
Dole, John F.
Dsrn, A. J.
Ehrod, leom 8.
Elder, Charles £.
Flanery. Charles E.
Hart, Lester
«flealey, Andrew J.
MEMBERS.
Hordy, Fred
Jones, William C.
Johnson, Adam J.
King, Robert
Kimball, Charles N.
Lewis, Charles
Miller, Leroy L.
Muntzing. August
Potter, Virgil A.
Phelps. Bart E.
'-Pack. John C.
Pendleton, Granville
_ ow
N^ Sir
■ In
Robinson Stoton A.
8kelton, William T.
Schenk. William C.
Shonerd, David
Spanlding, William I.
Swarm, F. M.
myth, Charles G.
ttle. George
Vaughn, Edwin
Wind, Paulson
Watson, Alexander A.
Zook, Ephannon
ST. JOHN'S LQ|5gE No. 75,
ROCKY FORD, OTERO COUNTY.
{Communications first and third Thursdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
EliasW. Kearby, W. M.
Wm. B. Cobin, S. W.
Edwin J Smith, J. W.
Adam O. (Corner. Treas.
Win. C. Steele, Sec'y.
Talmai F. Godding, S. D.
Joseph M. Hendricks, J.D.
Emory Robb, S. S.
Wm. H.Clark, J. S.
Bloomfield U. Dye, Tiler.
Uladger, MUton
Brown, John Jay
Bradley, Lafayette E.
Boraon. Thos. J.
Clark, Wm. P.
Denton, Wm. C.
Fenton, W. E.
Ganger, John E.
MEMBERS.
Green, Marshall Z.
Godding. John E.
Gillette, Walter D.
Hale, Ira D.
Hendricks, Lavender N.
Lambert, James M.
Maxwell, Henry I.
/£padfield, Berger
Potter, James W.
Pearce, James B.
Rudolph, PiasO.
Rudolph, Wm. M.
Russell, Asahel
Reynolds, Chas.
^atrous, Frank L.
?.-.
252
APPENDIX.
COLORADO CITY LODGE No. 76,
COLORADO CITY, EL PASO COUNTY.
{Communication* first and third Tursdays in each month}
OFFICERS.
Wm. Lincicum, W. M.
A. H. Dibble, 8. W.
Jno. W. Neirwmter, J. W.
Chas. A. Crane. Treas.
W. A. George, Sec'y.
Robert Biers. 8. D.
B. L. Beynow. J. 1>.
M. J. Millis, 8. 8.
R. Greenougb. J. 8.
M. Spankowslcy, Tiler.
t^Allen, Amos
Briscoe, R. 8.
Bennett, W. G.
Brayman, F. E.
Bollier, Chas.
Chandler, H. C.
Craig, Wm.
Craig. Edwin
Condit, P. M.
Delaney, Jas.
Donn, E. J. *
Edwards, Tbos.
GrifFeth. Richard
Gard, J. 8.
Godfrey, C. R.
MEMBERS.
George. Alvah
Humphrey, A. L.
Hawks, H. 8.
Heap. Finley
Jones, Ed. T.
Kissel, Isaac
Kline, D C.
Kneller. Harry
Koritzky, Abe
Kerr, Geo. W.
Lyne, Jno. fc>.
Madison, Fred. B.
Murphy, Wm.
Mathews, Jas H.
^McCarthy, John
Michie, Wm.
McCoach, John
Mc Id tyre, Jo. H.
Melton, J. H.
Oliver, D. H.
Potter. D. B.
Bouther, J. H.
Stephen, Jno. B.
Smith, J. Frank
Tyroff, A. W.
\\ itnsatt, Wayne
Wimeatt, G. Wheeler
Williams, O. B.
iWattmejer, Ed.
BURLINGTON LODGE No. 77,
BURLINGTON, KIT CAR80N COUNTY.
\ Communications first and third Saturdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Hiram Wilson, W.M.
Cameron A. Gillette, S. W.
Michael Higginp. J. W.
William Parke, Treas.
George B. Bent, Sec'y.
J. G. Mark Scott, S. D.
J. W. RenfoJd,J. 1).
John M. Willis, 8. S.
May nurd E. Cooke, J. 8-
E. R. Wallace, Tiler.
Ridelman,Samnel
Clement, Hem an W.
Chalmess, William D.
Carnahan. David
t&aves, John W.
MEMBERS.
Gilmore, Charles A.
Hubbard, Robert L.
Lemeux, E. T.
Marshall. Jered
•Meyers, George W.
Price, Trevorius G.
Roberts, J. Carnelian
Thomas, Franklin F.
^Wilcox, Alva N.
APPENDIX.
253
BRIGHTON LODGE No. 78,
BRIGHTON, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Thursdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Andrew Y. Craig, W. M.
Herbert O My rick, 8. W.
Dewey W. Strong, J. W.
William H. Ball, Treas.
James W. McGregor, Bec'y.
Beardsley, Gideon L.
Bromley. Emmet A.
Carmichael, Daniel F.
Dana, Corbin A.
Gorman. Harvey E.
Hogarth. Wra.
tHaett, Chaa.
Kearney, Frank E.
MKMBEB8.
Kidder, Willard C.
Lakin, James H.
Lewis, Thomas A.
McMartrie, Thomas
McNeill, Jacob B.
Mon*on,T. L.
/-Parker, Fred. B.
Redfield, Gideon P.
Wallace W. Parrish, 8. D.
Charles 8. 8tewart, J. D.
Harmon B. Pearce, S. S.
Walter Gregory. J. 8.
Julias F. Held, Tiler.
Snyder, C. D.
Springfield. James H.
Twombly, John C.
Twombly, Geo. W.
Williamson, Abraham
Win bourn, Thoe. C.
£-4Killiams, Joseph C.
RICO LODGE No. 79.
RICO, DOLORES COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Tuesdays in each month.]
F. L. Thompson, W. M.
8- M. Ransom, & W.
Lewis Clark. J. W.
J. Murray Til ton, Treas.
Henry Klingender, Bec'y.
^Anderson. Chris.
Barlow. G. 8.
Barlow. Alex. J.
Bmaghton, J. N.
Chinn, K. P.
Doyle, W. H.
Derby. W. H.
OFFICERS.
MZMBKB8.
Habermann, Louis
Hood, A. F.
Kennedy, A. E.
l^ewis, T. J.
Meyer, B.
Meredith, Joseph
<*forrieb, W. C.
F. R. Lewis. 8. D.
John Ganlt, J. D.
J. P. London, 8. 8.
W. A. King, J. S.
, Tiler.
Parshall.W. W.
Reid.J. N.
Swickhimer. David
Smith, C.B.
Thompson, Jnlios
^Winkfield, J. W.
RIO BLANCO LODGE No. 80,
MEEKER, RIO BLANCO COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month."]
OFFICERS.
A. C Monlton, W. M.
H. H. Eddy, 8. W.
James Lyttle, J. W.
Charles S. Attix, Treas.
David Smith, Bec'y.
F. W. H. Pfeiffer, 8. D.
William H.Clark, J. D.
Thomas Baker, 8. S.
John A. Watson, J . S.
Harry Niblock, Tiler.
254
APPENDIX.
*~Booth, Charles A.
Coon, Marcue
Critchlow, Arthur B.
Foote, Theodore
Johantgen, Frank N.
Niblock, John J.
Pierce, Robison
Peterson, Henry C.
Sherman, Edward £.
tgheridan, Frank E.
Wear, Samuel P.
Welch, William H.
Walbridge. Lewie B.
^Williams, Arthur L.
HOLYOKE LODGE No. 81,
HOLYOKE, PHILLIPS COUNTY-
[Communications first and third Fridays in each month]
OFFICERS.
Ralph E. Webster, W. M.
Frank M. Smith, S. W.
Charles B. Timberlake, J. W.
Ira W. Waits, Treat*.
Wm. C. Robinson, Sec'y.
H. Sutherland , 8. D.
J. M. Cnllis. J. D.
John E. Kidd, 8. S.
Chas. F. Gustasen. J. 8.
John W. Wash. Tiler.
^Baker, Andrew J.
Blair, K. R.
Boggs, Henry C.
Bryant, James
Blakeley, George F.
Clark, George E.
Clemmons, Wm.
Copp, M. D.
Dakan, Eugene S.
Donovan, Herbert L.
MEMBERS.
Ellis, George R.
Fleming, Abner B.
Gathrie, Ammi F.
Higenbotham, John
Jones, Abraham L.
Killen, Samuel M.
MoCarty. Charles S.
McPherrin Emmet N.
Pickett, Cassias M.
*-Peck, S. Z.
Pollock, Albert B.
Soheunnemann, Gustav
Sivereon, Martin
Snyder, Mahlon A.
Vernam, Thomas C.
Vierson, L. 8.
Wartenbee. Edgar
Williams, James R.
West, Asa B.
^Weaver, Gade
CARBONDALE LODGE No. 82,
CARBONDALE. GARFIELD COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Wednesdays in each month.}
OFFICERS.
Marshall H. Dean, W. M.
Frank E. Sweet, 8. W.
Charles Lehow, J. W.
James N • Bennett, Treat*.
William M. Dinkel, Sec'y.
Samuel B. Eubanks, S. D'
Jacob Sonners, J. D.
James T. Dalton, S. 8.
Oscar Ittlfwon, J. S.
John H. Mnrfitt, Tiler.
*"Brackney, Alphonzo
Campbell, J as. W.
Dankin, Michael
Fishel, Chae. W.
MEMBER8.
Fields, Michael B.
Girdner, William L.
HiU, Benj. B.
•Milner, George T.
O'Leary, Edward
Phillips, George A.
Robinson, Albert
Uteheu, Chas. H.
APPENDIX.
255
BERTHOUD LODGE, No. 83.
BERTHOUD, LARIMER COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturday* in each monlh.]
OFFICERS.
John R. Miner. W. M.
Fred A. Crane, 8. W.
Harrison K. Hankins, J. W.
John F. Hartford, Trees.
Charles R. Blackwell, Sec'y.
Harvey J. Parrish, 8. D.
Albert A. Knott, J. D.
Cornelias Clark. 8- 8-
Jaroes H. McClnng, J. 8.
James M. Davie, Tiler.
transom. William T.
Barner, William F.
Barnard. WiUiam
Brown, Arthur F.
Clark. William
Cox. Roberts.
Davis, F. Irving
Eidson, James L.
Eidson. William
MKMBEB8.
Ferguson, Horace W.
Ferguson, James M.
Fairbairn, Andrew
Gregg, James B.
Hubbell. Richard M.
Hallett, William L.
Harris. George M.
Lynn, W. T.
stills, William L.
Newell, William T.
Of*born, Daniel O.
Stockwell, Elijah J.
Smoke, Orrie H.
Stryker, Cornel ios V.
Thornton, John J.
^-Thornton, Wilbnr R.
• Who well, John W.
TEMPLE LODGE No. 84,
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communication* first and third Thursdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Frank I.Smith, W. M.
ClayM. Van, 8 W.
Joseph C. Dresser. J. W.
Chas. W. Lehman, Treas.
tSdgar R. Dow, Sec'y.
<Abbott,J. M.
Angel I, Frank B.
Appel, M. 8.
Axtsll* Thomas
Barton, Charles H.
Barchinell, Wm. K.
Browne) I, H.A. R.
Baker, Henry A.
Blair. Charles H.
Barker. Matthew C.
Bell, Miller A.
Barner, Royal 8.
Coombs. Thomas C.
Collins, Thomas H.
ConcHt, E. C.
Carleton, J. H.
Hoffman, Hnrlbort B.
Clark, James L.
♦Not a member.
HKMBEHS.
Chandler, Charles P. Jr.
Clinton. Sidney C.
Davis, Joel
Davis, Charles 8.
Daniel, George W.
Davis, A. B. C.
Davis, William C.
Eastman, Clyde J.
Fetter, Harry H.
Forsyth, Robert B.
Graves, Clarence M.
Griswold, Wm. E.
Harrison, Felix A.
Holzmon. Joseph
Huntley, Fenwick W.
Homans, Wm. H.
Hamilton. M. Grant
<-Hanna, Thomas
Chas. W. Everett, 8 D.
Henry E. Canzone. J. D.
FredW. Ripley, 8. 8.
Chas. L. Dow, J. 8.
•Thomas Linton, Tiler.
Joseph i, Simeon A.
Jones, George A.
Johnsoii, Arthur A.
Jorge own, Albert P.
Jndd, William J.
K el ley, James A.
Kelley, Robert
Levering, Frank H.
Lee, Henry N.
Lewis, Henry A.
Leonard, Percv A.
Myers, James N.
Metcalf, Fred A.
Martin, Harry D.
Martin, Herman H.
Mellen, Herbert F.
Morgan, William
4iorgan, Samuel J.
';t
256
APPENDIX.
Ma 8 man, William A.
Martin, Lndolph P.
MoCabe. Charles M.
Newell, Benj. F.
Pierce, William R.
Perkins, Edward K.
Rich, Charles E.
Hoas, J. Leaek
Root, George H.
Rees, Rees D.
MEMBERS.
Salomon, Adolph Z.
Stephens, Joseph N.
Selleck, WilJard C.
Simmonds, George '
Btidger, George
Thomas. Frederick
Tyson, Robert
Taylor, Charles M.
Traver, Norman L.
Van Baon, W. 8.
Wright, Wm. D.
Wills. Edmund D.
Woods, Henry A.
Williams, John C.
Weltmer, Wm. F.
Wright, Frank O.
Week, Edward
Weiant, Enos T.
Wood worth, Harry A.
Woodworth, Henry C.
ACACIA LODGE No. 85,
COLORADO SPRINGS, EL PASO COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Wednesdays in each month,}
OFFICERS.
M. 8. Rafield, W. M.
W. R.Coe.B. W.
C. H. Dudley, J. W.
Geo. W. Walker. Treas.
J. N. Green, Sec'y.
A. B. Brisbin, S. D.
R. D. Manson, J. D.
W. R. Barnes, S. S.
F. W. Howbert. J. S.
*C. H. Dillon, Tiler,
sVAtkinson, L. S.
Atkinson, J. W.
Briggs, Geo. A.
Bennet, C. D.
Casser, C.
Doogherty, E.
Ellison. J. M.
Evans, C. K.
Gates, H. K.
Hunt, A. H.
Hale. F. A.
•Not a member.
MEMBERS.
Knerr, W. A.
Lowe, L. P.
Maltby, 8. F.
May bury, J. F.
McLain. C. H.
Pieroe, W. A.
Randall, G. H.
Stubbs, C . E.
Smith, F. S.
Steele, W. S.
4£4mon, M.
<Turnball, Geo. B.
Walter. E. R.
Wood, W. W.
Wilson, H. E.
Warren, M. F.
Woolley, E. r».
Wills, H. LeB.
Wellington, Q. J.
WoodsSde, W. P.
Woodworth, 1. J.
*Zobrist, C. L.
HIGHLANDS LODGE No. 86,
HIGHLANDS, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communiccttions first and third Fridays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
George F. Lewis, W. M.
John M. Shannon, S. W.
Lather H. Wygant, Jr., J. W.
Theodore H. Thomas. Treas.
Franklin P. Mannix, Sec'y.
MEMBERS.
HSrines. William Edward
Boyd, James Hamilton
Blake, Charles T.
Benson, B. S.
Beard. Harry A.
Carroll, Peter
Allison Stocker. S. D.
Thomas H. Wygant, Jr.
John H. Carbaagh, 8. 8.
Alderson A. Blakely. J. 8.
Thomas C. Bradford, Tiler.
Griffith. E. M.
Goss, W. F.
4*atshall, S. P.
APPENDIX.
257
Harbour, B. B.
Harsh, A. D. '
Harsher, H. J.
Kent, E. A.
Kennedy, 8. B.
Kellog*. C. M.
Kooken, B. H.
Lee, D. R.
McKinney^W. C.
Motel, TO*.^.
" r, H. J.
Northrop, Geo. C.
Neil, J. N.
Ochiltree, Hugh
Palmer, F. M.
Parks, J.
Pence. C. J.
Bnssellt J. J.
Rhoads, J. M.
Smith, Marshall
Stevens, Lamont O.
Stevens, Geo. G.
Soars, P. J.
Snyder, E. H.
Warren, A. H.
Wiley, Falemon
Whittemore. Amos
Wood. L. H.
Woodbury, B. W.
Yankee, W. H.
Zell,J.F.
ORIENTAL LODGE No. 87,
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Wednesdays in each month.']
OFFICERS.
Henry M. Forman, W. M.
Alonzo F. Yiok Boy, 8. W.
Jerome A. V takers. J. W.
WUliam B. Trnfant, Trees.
James P. Evans, Sec'y.
Darius A. Barton, S. D.
William F. Larimer, J. D.
Robert W. English, S. S.
Samuel B. Grimehaw, J. S.
•Thomas Linton, Tiler.
Ackerman, William 8.
Arnold, Ed. G.
Arthur, Edwin F.
Atkins. WilliamS.
Atwooo. George N.
Bacon, Asa M.
Barnes, John D.
Bartels, Gnstave C.
Blood. James H.
Bohm, Henry
Bonner, Sherman G.
Bristol, Harlon P.
Brown, Charles E.
Barns, John J.
Campbell. Jndson G.
Carson, J. Harry
Chamber! in, Alfred W.
Chase, John
Coe, EarlB.
Coe, Fred E.
Coe. William H.
Cole, E. Merritt
Darby Samuel E.
De Mange. Frank M.
Donoan, Ranitan J.
Drinkwater, J. H.
Elliott. Victor A.
Eetee, Milton
Feldhanser. Philip
Field, WUliam W.
Fillmore, John 8.
■ ■ -i.
* Not a member.
MEMBERS.
Fischer, Ferdinand C.
Freeman, Edward L.
Freeman, William B.
Qlendinning. Jobn G.
Gravett, John A.
Grissom, Eagene
Hangs, Frank J.
Heath, Andrew B.
Herrington, Cass E.
Hinnan, William H.
Hoghes, Josiah
Josselyn, Benage 8.
Kellogg, George C
Kramer, George W.
Kreige, John A.
Kroning, George B.
Lawrence, David
Lawrence, Mortimer J.
Lawrence' M. Lyman
Lehman, Edward W.
Levering, Frank D.
Macon, William P.
Malone, Booth M.
Manly, George C.
Marean, Willis A.
Mayo, Dudley D.
McGaffey, Albert B.
McFarland. Finlay L.
Mills, W. F. R.
Morrison, William B.
Murphy, Edward B. l
Nickerson, William M.
Oliver, Adam N.
Owen, William R.
Patterson, Edward G.
Pead, John W.
Pearson, Bobert N.
Pillsbury, Charles H. L.
Piatt. James H.
Randolph John A.
Reynolds, Charles, H.
Schrader, Frederick C.
Schroter, Sidney 11.
Shattuc, Smith M.
Smutzer. Frederick C.
Smylie, Frank W.
Snead, Bnssell H.
Sneve, Anthony
Standart, Frederick W.
Taisey, Charles H.
Thompson, Bobert D.
Treen, Rupert DeG.
Varian, E. Philip
Vickers, Frank C.
Vick Boy, Joseph G.
Wiest, Newton
Willson, Fred J.
Woodbnry, Thornton
Wright, George F.
Wright, John C. t-
17
§« £*tera<nriam.
SACKED
TO THE MEMORY
OF THE
SIXTY-SIX BELOVED DEAD
OF
OUR OWN JURISDICTION.
1892.
©ut jF.itfjrr fiulcs.
"Death c
alls our loved ; how hard, while lingenrtg here.
To Iocs
ccrr!pc".rr-'n.st'!.ip wtih those s:i dear:
How of
reluctanily °ur white lips say,
Our Father rules."
■■Not eve
r thus : froni out yon starry sphere
Corrjerti
a voice unto the listening ear,
Calling
our souls, mid cares astray,
Unro rh
1 happier life for which we pray ;
Where
11 shall Kh^w. as earth mists disappear.
Our Father Rules!"
APPENDIX. 265
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MAMS
Clinton, 8. C
Sowell, John
Daris, IraW
Bohm, Henry
V takers, Jerome
Patterson, Edward
Morrison, W. B
McGaffey. A. B
Coe, William H
Oliver, A. N
Bristol, Harlan P
Barton, D. A
Heath, A. B.
Standart. Frederick
Wright, John C
Lawrence, M.J
Shattuc. 8. M
Carbanffh, John H
Pence, Charles J
Lee, David K
Stephens, George C
Mey erring, Wm. H
Uhland,Frank
Beach, Elam C
Tracy, George J.. _
Weil, Herman I
Hall, Frank
Hall, Alfred C
Whitehead, Augustus H .
Parker, Hiram F
Brown, Charles E
Brine*, William E
Coe, Fred. E
Coe, Earl B.
Chamberlain, A. W
DeMange, F. M
Evans, James P
English R. W
Freeman. Ed. L
(tlendeoning. John G. ..
Kramer, George W
Kroenig, G. R
Kellogg, George C
Lehman, Edward W
Man ley, George C.
Mayo, D. D
Marean, W. A.
Ochiltree, Hugh
Parks, James
Randolph. John A
Schroder, Fred. C.
Schroter, 8. H
Shannon, John M
Smutzer, Fred C
Thompson, R. D
Trufant, W. B
Thomas, Theo. H.
VickRoy.A. F
Vickere, Frank C
Woodbury, Roger W. ...
Wygant, L. H. Jr
Wygant, T. H. Jr
Hubl)ell, Stephen
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NAME
Parker, CV
Jaum,W.T.
Jarvie, James D
DnTi^aajnnelT
McFarlajod, Pinloy L
Booth, W.W
Atkinson, William
Cteaveland. J. A
HalL BL Channing
Rack, John
HockinxsvWm. M
Clark. Thomas ()
Humphrey, Horace
Wiley, Paiemon
Morrison, Robert B
Aaa.N.B
Ellison, James M
Stnbhs. Cassias E
WoodLWm.W
Scheie*, J.F
Doebler, George W.
Ramsey, J. p
Rodney. 8. H. ..
Ortstifer, W. A
Thompson, Gay V
8pMth,W.rL.„
mnef.JL*
Andrews, E.
»ake,F.O
Clark. W.B
Daries. John G
Ma. Lewis 8.
Petro,F.H
Robinson. L. W
WtB*ett,W.6
Hopping, Samuel
onow, Henry
ftnith, Samuel B
Board, Gregory
Wayne, Francis H. M.._.
gtrafton. Harris
Kracaw. Charles E.
Black. George A
Cprbin, James
Moody, Charles A,
htterson, Benjamin W..
Ross. John O
Monicel. J.W
Gassy, James G
5#dd,M.a
Wilson, H. E.
ftunnson. William T
gorn.WilbwF
Wilson, Alex. H
Arthur, Charles
Thompson. T.W
Pontinz, George B.
Vinton, John W.
Bandy, J.C
{hwet.RT
fiwwn,J.W
ftnn, George
Jalker,8.L.
Wanton. Ben.
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January
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March
January
December
September
September
January
March
August
May
March
June
26, 1891
26, 1891
23, 1892
23, 1892
23, 1892
18, 1892
13, 1892
12, 1892
9, 1892
24, 1891
10, 1892
9, 1892
28, 1892
15, 1891
10, 1891
25, 1892
15, 1891
15, 1891
15, 1891
11, 1891
25, 1891
12, 1892
12, 1892
8, 1892
18, 1892
26, 1891
7, 1891
26, 1X91
23, 1892
7, 1891
5, 1891
21, 1891
5, 1891
7, 1891
17, 1891
26, 1891
11, 1892
17, 1892
6, 1892
7, 1891
21, 1891
2, 1892
12, 1892
25, 1892
8, 1892
8, 1892
10, 1892
6, 1890
17, 1891
15. 1*91
15, 1891
15, 1892
20, 1892
21, 1892
19, 1892
30, 1892
3, 1891
3, 1891
12, 1891
16, 1892
5, 1892
18, 1892
5, 1892
17, 1892
2, 1892
258 APPENDIX.
YAMPA LODGE No. 88,
CBAIG, ROUTT COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Mondays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
J. M. Darnall, W. M. » W. W. Wayman, 8. D.
F. B. Ranney, 8. W. Wm. Taylor. J. b.
J. L. Tower, J . W. Matt. Johnson, 8. S.
L. H. Breeze, Treae. 8. M. Dowden, J. 8.
J. D. Tower, Sec'y. R. H. Buchanan, Tiler.
MEMBERS.
Brazel, G. C. Ranney, A. M. Seymour, C. A.
Forkner, T. A. Ranney, C. A. {^* Whetatone. J. M. L^
Green, R. H.
CHARTERED IN 1892.
TRINIDAD LODGE No. 89,
TB1NIDAD, LAB ANIMAS COUNTY.
Dispensation issued May 4, 1891.
John B. Herahey, WV.M.\, from Hiram Lodge No. 105, Buffalo, New York.
Dimit dated September 26. 1890.
Alexander B. Taylor. S.\W.\, from King David Lodge No. 407, Altoona, Iowa.
Dimit dated August 27, 1890.
Loren H. Roberts, J.'.W.'., from Alpha Lodge No. 12, Fort Gibson, Indian
Territory. Dimit dated December 20. 1890.
Will D. Cnlley, from Morning Star Lodge, No. 159, Jefferson, Iowa. Dimit
dated August 13. 1889.
Alexander Sneddon, from Lodge Douglas No. 409, Bo'ness. Scotland. Dimit
dated August 17, 1888.
James E. Durden, from McCook Lodge No. 135, McCook, Nebraska. Dimit
dated March 3. 1891.
Richard A. Greenfield, from Brilliant Lodge No. 438, Creston, Iowa. Dimit
dated February 24, 1888.
Geo. P. Johnson, from Eginton Lodge No. 490, Williamsburg, Kentucky.
Dimit dated February 5. 1885.
Matthew H. Moore, from Carolina Lodge No. 141, Ansonville, North Carolina.
Dimit dated February 7, 1890.
Henry 8. Barr, from Westport Lodge No. 52, Westport, Indiana. Dimit dated
November 17. 1888.
Wm. B. Smith, from James F. Taylor Lodge No. 169, Hallville, Texa*. Dimit
dated December 8, 1883.
Charles Fritz, from Evanston Lodge No. 4, Evanston, Wyoming. Dimit dated
February 12. 1*91.
Michael H. Murphy, from Chapman Lodge No. 2, East Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Dimit dated February 5, 1891.
Dispensation continued October 17, 1891.
Charter granted September 20, 1892, to all the above brethren except Michael H.
Murphy \ and to
Cecil W. Brown, from Trinidad Lodge, U. D.
Carlos H. Blake, from Trinidad Lodge, U. D.
William S. Keeney, from Trinidad Lodge, U. D.
James E. Wallace, from Trinidad Lodge, U. D.
Samuel H. Schuyler, Jr., from Trinidad Lodge, U. D.
John R. Espey, from Trinidad Lodge, U. D.
Orin M. Baker, from Trinidad Lodge, U. D.
Daniel T. White, from Trinidad Lodge, V. D.
James W. Nichols, from Trinidad Lodge U. D.
Robert A. Bush, from Trinidad Lodge, U. D.
John F. Ldnthnrst, from Symbol Lodge No. 432, Fonda, Iowa. Dimit dated
May21,189L
James K. Stephens, from Saratoga Lodge No. 216, Saratoga, Kansas. Dimit
dated June 4. 1891.
Lorin E. Wade, from South Pueblo Lodge No. 81, Pueblo, Colorado. Dimit
dated July 16, 1891.
Benjamin F. Wooding, from Chenoa Lodge No. 292, Chenoa, Illinois. Dimit
dated May 12, 1891.
William P. Swaine, from Rising Star Lodge No. 429, Center Point, Texas. Dimit
dated January 4, 1890.
Robert J. Still well, from Kinderbrook Lodge No. 383, Kinderbrook, Illinois.
Dimit dated January 1, U91.
Alexander Pollock, from Coalport Lodge No. 574, Coalport, Pennsylvania.
Dimit dated September 28, 1891.
William V. 8tevens, from Houghton Lodge No. 218, Houghton, Michigan.
Dimit dated February 24, 1892.
26o APPENDIX.
William Thompson, from Habbell Lodge No. 92, Habbell, Nebraska. Dimit
dated May 14, 1882.
John M. Carroll, from Alabama Lodge No. 837, Hunteville, Arkansas. Dimit
dated July 2, 1892. „ _. ,
Emanuel Sugerman, from Fidelity Lodge No. 51, Ithioa, New York. Dimit
dated October 10. 1891.
Frank H. Ross, from Temple Lodge No. 170, Garden Grore, Iowa. Dimit
dated July 9, 1892.
Reuben C. Luesley, from £1 Paso Lodge No. 130, El Paso, Texas. Dimit dated
May 6, 1891.
LAMAR LODGE No. 90,
LAMAR, PROWERS COUNTY.
Dispensation granted February 22, 1892,
Emil F. Seeberger, W.'.M.'., from Webb Lodge No. 275, Meade, Kansas. Dimit
dated February 14, 1891.
Peter 8. Lynch, 8.*. W.\, from Evening Star Lodge No. 43, Winterset, Iowa.
Dimit dated October 8, 1886.
Amos N. Parrish, J.'.W.'., from Rosita Lodge No. 36, Rosita, Colorado. Dimit
dated Dec. 28, 1889.
James B. Traxler, from Xenium Lodge No. 207, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Dimit
dated September 10. 1891.
George W. Butler, from Seaman Lodge No. 126, Milan, Missouri. Dimit dated
Oct. 17, 1891.
James A. Woodcock, from Antiquity Lodge No. 252, Moravia, Iowa. Dimit
dated Feb. 28, 1885.
Charles C. Goodale, from Evening Star Lodge No. 43, Winterset, Iowa. Dimit
dated April 7, 1887.
J. Will. Marker, from Zeradetha Lodge No. 184, Wheatland, Iowa. Dimit
dated November 17, 1890.
Perry McMillan, from Hardin Lodge No. 44. Mt Sterling, Illinois. Dimit
dated August 15, 1885.
Charles D. Ford, from Nezinscot Lodge No. 101, Turner, Maine. Dimit dated
August 29, 1887.
Andrew Kornman, from Onega Lodge No. 188, Onega, Kansas. Dimit dated
February 21, 1887.
Charter granted September 20, 1891, to above brethren, and
Frank J. Holmes, from Lamar Lodge, U. D.
L. Wirt Markham, from Lamar Lodge, U. D.
William C. Markham, from Lamar Lodge, U. D.
William J. Johnston, from Lamar Lodge, U. D.
Clemens B. T norm an, from Lamar Lodge, U. D.
Welly (\ Gould, from Lamar Lodge, U. D.
Morton Strain, from Lamar Lodge, U. D.
Morton J. Underwood, from Lamar Lodge, U. D.
Benjamine B. Brown, from Lone Star Lodge No. 403, Denison, Texas. Dimit
dated February 2, 1892.
Daniel Keesee, from King Solomon Lodge No. 30, Las Animas, Colorado. (No
dimit.) Certificate Sept. 15, 1892, that he is in good standing and that his dues are
paid to Sept. 16, 1892.
T. M. Hall, from Gem Lodge No. 429, Paton, Iowa. Dimit dated Jan. 3, 1891.
LAFAYETTE LODGE No. 91,
LAFAYETTE, BOULDER COUNTY.
Dispensation granted February 23, 1892.
John M. Van Deren W.\ M.'., from Boulder Lodge No. 45, Boulder, Colorado.
Dues paid to September 27. 1K92.
John H. Simpson, S \ W.\, from Columbia Lodge No. 14, Boulder, Colorado.
Dues paid to September 1, 1K92.
_ David F. Davis, from Garfield Lodge No. 50, Erie, Colorado. Dues paid to
Sept. 1, 1H92.
APPENDIX. 26l
William N. Hathaway, from Oasis Lodge No. 07, Port Morgan, Colorado.
Dimit dated February 0, 1892.
Gnstare W. Range, from Garfield Lodge No. 50, Brie, Colorado. Ones paid to
September 1,1892.
Thomas C. Paige, from Garfield Lodge No. 50, Erie, Colorado. Does paid to
September 1, 1892.
Frank fi. Foreman, from Garfield Lodge No. 50, Erie, Colorado. Does paid to
September 1, 1892.
Jeaae M. Compton, from Elk Point Lodge No. 8, Elk Point, South Dakota.
Dimit dated February 10, 1892.
William O. Van Btten, from Garfield Lodge No. 50, Erie, Colorado. Does
paid to September 1, 1892.
Joseph D. Jones, from Garfield Lodge No. 50, Erie, Colorado. Does paid to
September 1. 1892.
Elmer E. Bottenfield, from Garfield Lodge No. 50, Erie, Colorado. Dues paid
to September 1,1892.
Charter granted September 20, 1892, to all the above except David F. Davit, with
John M. Van Deren, W.'.M.'.
John H. Simpeon, 8/.W.\
Goetaye W. Range, J.'.W.'., and to
Willard J. Carnsen, from Lafayette Lodge, U. D.
Angost Beam, from Lafayette Lodge, U. D.
John Carrathera, from Athole Lodge No. 15, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dimit
dated Jan. 23, 1802.
William D. Jenkins, from Garfield Lodge No. 50, Erie, Colorado. (No Dimit.)
Certificate Jane 2, 1892, that he is in good standing and that his does are paid to
September 1, 1882.
John N. Holmes, from Windsor Lodge S22, , Illinois. Dimit to J.
Newton Jlolmee. dated October 2, 1877. Also from Hobbieville Lodge, U. D. (no
location and no seal) dated September, 15, 1888.
OUR FRATERNAL DEAD.
NAME
Bainbridge. William
Smith, W. 8
Fribourg, Eugene
Gehrke. Herman
Butler, Manlove G
Grossmayer. Nathan
South worth, Dixon L.._.
Bruderlin, Erail
Bowera, William H. H...
Davidson, James
Martin, Caleb J
Stewart, A. Malcom
Benson, 0. 8
Knight, Alfred
Tread way .James R
Corey, J. B
Tallman. Jacob
Hoppe, Ashton F
Green, John
McFarran, James H. B ..
Whipple. Loai8
Lush, William F
Ivey, James
Ashby, Joseph T
Clelland, James
Cooper. Adam D
Shepard. W. E
Davis, Charles M
Tramble^James H
Roberts, Edward
Olson, Charles N
Killgore, John
Keablea>Erastas K
Yocum, William T
Graham, James, M
White, Mel vinS
Doss, Samuel
La Tourette, J. A. M.
Shafner, N.J
Sexton, S. R
Thomas, Thomas
Kirkendall, 8. E
Cowan, David 8
Donnelly, John J
Paugh, James
Frank, David
Leitzman, Charles
Pearson, Hollis K
Bnrrell, Harvey M
Hubbard, Winfield 8. ...
Russell, Owen D
Christie, Thomas
Byers, John S
Girard, Jaseph B
Engstrom, John
Reinhart 8. D
Worthington, R. H
Spencer, James R
Thompson, 8. M
Ferguson, George
Lock, T. C. 8
Robb, Thomas A
Clifford, Perrin W
Barnett, W. G
Monck, Isaac N
Frink, John W
LODQ*
DAT!
April 28, 1882
July 18, 1892
September 5. 1891
September 13, 1891
8eptemb'rl9, 1891
October 4, 1891
October 7, 1891
May 7, 1892
July 10, 1892
December 4, 1891
August 1, 1892
December 19, 1890
November 1, 1891
December 8, 1891
December 25, 1891
January SI, 1892
October 19, 1891
December 18, 1891
August 9, 1892
Snptemb'r29, 1891
February 15, 1892
April 11, 1892
December 12, 1891
March 18, 1892
February 17, 1892
May 7, 1892
March 8, 1892
March 20, 1892
December 4, 1891
December 15, 1891
March 27, 1892
August
January
April
June
July
June
February
March
August
December
24, 1892
6,1892
.. 1892
11, 1892
27, 1892
28, 1892
1, 1892
15, 1892
81, 1892
1891
DeoemberlB, 1891
January 17, 1892
March 20, 1892
Jan nary 16, 1892
April 9, 1892
February 5, 1*92
May 28, 1892
April
December
October
April
Novemb'r
May
February
May
December
March
July
October
October
December
April
March
February
15, 1892
7, 1891
28, 1891
8, 1892
15, 1891
20, 1892
17, 1892
18, 1882
18, 1891
14, 1892
80, 1892
17, 1891
17, 1891
7, 1891
10, 1892
28, 1892
26, 1892
APPENDIX.
265
EEINSTATED.
HAMX
LiTeaey. John
Kline, Joseph
Tracy .George J.
Weil, Herman I
Hall, Frank
Whitehead, Augustas H..
Bright, W. H
Jones, Henry C».
Badolph, John B
Powers, John H
Aas,N. H
Ramsey, J. P
Andrews, E
Smith, W. H
Haines, William B
Robinson, L. W
Skeele, Fred H
Webster. Henry G.
Phillips, Thomas
Boss, John 0
Comstock. Charles
Beshoar, Michael
Daris, Joseph...
Day, James 8.
Sherman, Henry
Eilanberg, C. J
Schrontz, ft. B
Wadleigh, Frank A
AdamSjGeo. S
Scott, William T
Jennings, Nathaniel
BaUeyTBadfbrd C
Hint, William H.
Pennington, J. L
Courtright. George A
McMOlen, William J
Miller, A. W
Richards. Thomas M
gtamm, Henry
LODGE
5
5
6
6
6
6
7
7
11
11
12
IS
14
14
15
15
15
15
20
20
22
28
28
28
28
81
31
31
36
89
39
39
44
46
46
51
64
66
67
DATE
August 10,
August 10
September 9
Septem'r 23
October 14
October 14
Septem'r 21
August 27
December 19,
December 19
Jane 11
February 12,
December 7
December 7
July 2
October 17
June 4
July 2
October 3
May 13
March 19
May 17
May 3
Septem'r 13
October 6
February 18
June 16
April 7
December 2
March 4
August 8,
August 19
Novemb'rl9
June 1
January 21
February 12
December 9,
August 19
May 6
1892
1892
1891
1891
1891
1891
1891
1892
1891
1891
1892
1892
1891
1891
1892
1891
1892
1892
1891
1892
1892
1892
1892
1891
1891
1892
1892
1892
1891
1892
1892
1892
1891
1892
1892
1892
1891
1892
1892
266
APPENDIX.
DIMITTED.
MAMK
LODGE
DATE
Clinton, 8.0
Sowell, John
Davie, Ira W
Bohra, Henry
Tickers, Jerome
Patterson, Edward
Morrison, W. B
McGaffey, A. B
Coe, William H
Oliver, A. N
Bristol, Harlan P
Barton, D. A
Heath, A. B.
Standart, Frederick
Wright, John C
Lawrence, M.J
Shattuc, B. M
Carbaugh, John H
Pence, Charles J
Lee, David K
Stephens, George C
Meyerring, Wm. H
U hi and .Frank
Beach, Elam C
Tracy, George J
Weil, Herman I.
Hall, Frank
Hall, Alfred C
Whitehead, Augustus H.
Parker, Hiram F
Brown, Charles B
Brine*, William E
Coe, Fred. E
Coe, Earl B
Chamberlain, A. W
DeMauge, F. M
Evans, James P
English R. W
Freeman. Ed. L.
Glendenning. John G. ...
Kramer, George W
Kroenig, G. B
Kellogg, George C.
Lehman, Edward W
Manley, George C.
Mayo, D. D._
Marean, W. A _
Ochiltree, Hugh
Parks, James
Randolph. John A.
Schrader, Fred. 0
Hchroter, 8. H
Shannon, John M
Hmntzer, FredC
Thompson, R. D
Trnfant, W. B
Thomas, Theo. H
VickRoy,A. F
Vickers. Frank (\
Woodbury, Roger W
Wygant, L. H. Jr
Wygant, T. H. Jr
Hubbell, Stephen
1
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
i
7
7
7
7
7
7
April
December
January
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
January
January
September
September
October
October
October
October
January
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September
September'
18, 1802
26, 1882
23, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15. 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
2, 1882
2, 1892
9, 1881
8, 1881
14, 1881
28, 1881
28, 1881
28, 1881
28, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1781
15, 1891
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1891
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1891
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1891
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1891
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1881
15, 1891
15, 1891
15, 1881
15, 1881
26, 1881
APPENDIX.
267
DIMITTED— Continued.
NAM*
Parker, C V
Jenison, W.T
Jarv is, James D
Davis, Samuel T
McFarland.Finley L. . . .
Booth. W. W
Atkinson, William
Cleaveland, J. A
Hail. E. Channing _
Track, John
HoekingawWm. M
Clark, Thomaa ()
Humphrey, Horace
Wiley, Paiemon
Morrison, Robert 8
Aas, N. H
Ellison, James M
Stabbe, Cassiue £
Wood, Wm.W
Scholea, J. F
Doebier, George W
Ramsey, J. P
Rodney. 8. H
Ortaeifer, W. A
Thompson, Gay V
Smith, W.H
Barney. Jt. 8
Andrews, E.
Blake, F. O
Clark. W. B
Davies. John Q
Frain. Lewis 8
Petro, F. H
Robinson. L, W
Wingett,W.G
Hopping, Samuel
Snow, Henry
Hmith. 8amnel B
Board, Gregory
Wayne, Francis H. M...
Btratton. Harris
Kracaw, Charles E.
Black, George A
Corbin, James
Moody, Charles A
Patterson, Benjamin W.
Ross. John C
Monical, J.W
Casey, James G
Raneld, M.8
Wflaon, H. E
8ampson. William T....
Horn.WilbwF
Wilson, Alex. H
Arthur, Charles
Thompson. T. W
Pontifix, George B
Vinton, John W
Bandy, J. C
Sweet. E.T
Brown, J. W.
Thomaa, George
Walker, 8. L.
At an ton. Ben
Dinnis,8am
LODGE
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
IS
13
13
13
18
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
17
17
19
19
19
19
19
20
20
20
20
20
22
22
22
23
26
26
28
HO
30
81
31
32
33
83
35
85
35
35
DATE
September
September
January
January
January
February
February
March
April
December
March
June
July
September
October
June
September
September
September
December
December
February
February
July
February
December
December
December
July
November
September
November
September
November
October
October
i April
I February
1 April
October
October
, March
February
March
January
January
June
December
February
1 September
1 September
1 June
; January
1 June
March
January
December
September
i September
January
March
August
May
March
June
26, 1891
26, 1891
23, 1892
23, 1892
23, 1892
13, 1892
13, 1892
12, 1892
9, 1892
24, 1891
10, 1892
9, 1892
28, 1892
15, 1891
10, 1891
25, 1892
15, 1891
15, 1891
15, 1891
11, 1891
25, 1891
12, 1*92
12, 1892
8, 1892
18, 1*92
26, 1891
7, 1891
26, 1891
23, 1892
7, 1891
5, 1891
21, 1*91
5, 1891
7, 1891
17, 1891
26, 1891
11, 1892
17, 1892
6, 1892
7, 1891
21, 1891
2, 1892
12. 1892
25, 1892
8, 1892
8, 1892
10, 1892
6. 1K90
17, 1891
15. 1891
15, 1891
15, 1892
20, 1892
21, 1892
19, 1892
30, 1892
3, 1891
3, 1891
12, 1891
16, 1892
5, 1892
18, 1892
5, 1892
17, 1892
2, 1892
268
APPENDIX.
DIMITTED— Continued.
NAME
Adams, Geo. 8.
Taylor, Charles
Donellan, W. J
Begbie, A. L
WUterding, H.J
Vorhau, Thomas J. ..
Brown, Thomas C
Jordan, 8am uel
Jenks, William
8ohluter, Emeet
Scott, William T
Shores, Cyras W
Lees, John F
Kink aid, John
Thomas. C. H
White, L.C
Johnson, Dryden
Rowley, Charles A. E.
Blackmore, G. L
Gendrean, Charles A. .
Courtrigbt, George A.
Pennington, J. L
Whetstone, James M.
Daniels. H. H
Brash, F. W
Wood,G. S
Croft, Edward A
Eli, Mortimer J
Marshall, John
Thompson. E. A
Kostitch.S.T
Harker, O. H
Campbell, J. W
Sneve, Anthony _
Burohinell, Wm. K...
Criss, James D
Ehrman, Henry 8. ...
Gntshall, T.O
Wright, A. W
Leonard, P. A
Payne, Job C
Pollock, James C. ...
Lowry. H.N
Overheiser. G. P
Gibson, John
O'Connor, J. C
Rhepard, William M.
Jones, Arthur E.
Shuenhaut. M. C.
Condit, Philip M.
Condit, James A.
Purdy, George A
Ashley, W.W
Parliman, B. E.
Siramonds. George...
Sohiebel, Charles....
Johnson, A.J
Stees, Reuben
Bine, T.J
Cookrell, W. S
Hill, George H
Kendrake, George W.
Eaton, Brace G
Babcock, William S..
Williams, F. A
LODOB
SO
86
87
87
87
89
89
89
39
39
39
89
43
43
44
44
44
46
46
46
47
49
49
49
50
50
50
50
51
51
51
51
51
52
52
54
54
55
55
56
57
57
58
59
60
60
61
62
02
62
68
63
08
68
64
65
65
65
65
69
69
70
71
DAT!
December
January
February
April
April
September
September
September
December
Jan nary
April
May
March
Jane
March
January
September
December
January
September
February
July
January
December
February
February
December
December '
December
December
Janaary
November
September
May
September
April
August
February
April
June
October
November
January
January
May
September
December
.April
January
January
January
March
February
February
September
September
January
November
March
April
July
June
June
October
November
2, 1891
19, 1892
6, 1892
2, 1892
2. 1892
8, 1891
8, 1891
8, 1891
22, 1891
26, 1802
26, 1892
24, 1892
22. 1892
14, 1892
21, 1892
4, 1892
4, 1891
17, 1891
7. 1892
17, 1891
18, 18»2
21, 1892
2, 1892
10, 1891
12, 1892
25, 1892
16, 1891
16, 1891
16, 1891
16, 1891
22, 1892
27, 1891
16, 1*90
20, 1892
15, 1891
2, 1892
20, 1892
6, 1K92
9, 1S92
10, 1892
15, 1891
28, 1891
9, 1892
9, 18S2
24. 1892
26, 1891
24, 1891
28, 1892
18, 1S92
1, 1892
1, 1892
4, 1892
16, 1892
16, 1892
2, 1891
2, 1891
IS, 1892
19, 1891
3, 1892
21, 18«2
21, 1892
27, 1892
27, 1892
23, 1891
14, 1891
APPENDIX.
269
DIMITTED— Concluded.
NAME
Hinz.A,F
Dalrympla, F.J
Mamng. E. M
MjBT%, J. L
Cuffing, J. 15
Broderick, A
HcMichals, James L.
Price, Louis H
Crawford. W.C
Horbst. Frank
Lewis, Henry A.
Coldren, Bart
Willetts, George Jr. .
Thorn peon. A. F
Gardner, W.C
Swisher. D. J
Brown, Fred K
Barlow. Jesse E
King, bamnel K.
Moch, FredG
Neal, W.Scott
Saltan, J. D
Middaoirh.C. F
Hall. Charles
Foroham, Ernest E. .
Dermond, ImL
Li™tt, Holland L. . .
Randall, J. L
LODGE
71
71
72
72
72
72
73
78
73
74
74
74
74
75
76
76
77
77
77
77
77
77
79
H>
80
81
83
85
DATS
December
March
September
September
November
Jnly
March
June
August
December
September
Jane
January
February
January
November
February
February
November
November
November
November
March
December
December
September
February
November
12,
1891
26,
1892
12,
1891
12, 1891
14,
1891
2,
1892
8,
1892
4,
1892
24,
1892
2,
1891
2,
1891
15,
1892
20,
1892
4.
1892
4,
1892
5,
1891
27,
1892
27,
1892
9,
1891
9,
1891
9,
1891
9,
1891
22,
1892
26,
1891
26.
1891
18,
1891
14,
1892
25,
1891
270
APPENDIX.
SUSPENDED.
NAME
Nicholson, James
Martin, Charles H. ...
Matheson, Alexander.
Marshall, John.
Morrison, Thomas C . .
Wardell, Irving F
Harvey, W. C
Ellis, A. L
Bradfield, Z
Tyrell,N\ J
Drumro, H. A.
Tilney. R. H
Casey, Robert
St. Clair, J. F.T
Moore, Samuel E
Patton, David...
Jones, Marshall F
Locke, John E
Richards, Anthony P..
White, A.J
Lett, William H
Hardy. John D
Livingstone, W. R
Abbott, O. B...
Bloom, John W
Cornell, 8. B.
Day, James S
Frankel Barauol
Floyd, W.J
Lucas, Thomas B
Petrie, Henry
Sherman, Henry
Swallow, G. R
Thompson, J. J
Willey. D. W
Walsh, W. M
Waggoner, D. J
White, Man in,..
Boyd, John
Fullerton. James
Hansam, John
Hackett, Thomas
Fleming. 8. H.
Darley, M. A.
Harlow, J.N
Pan*, A. F
Sivyer, A. L
Koontz, B. F. T
Waller, Marion S
McAllister, Charles E.
Bailey. Radford C
Fnchs, Fred
Pilz, John
Frisbee, B. H
McCiorg,J. H
Thompson, A. R
Thompson. C. H
Thorn, Frank
Taggart, J. M
Nathan. Nat
Price, D. G
Cnmraings, P. L
Middleton, J. F
Bockhonse. ('. ('.
LODGE
DATS
6
August
12
February
12
April
12
April
12
April
13
January
IS
September
July
14
14
July
14
July
14
July
14
July
14
July
14
July
19
September
19
February
19
February
19
February
19
February
19
February
19
February
26
June
26
May
28
September
28
September
28
September
28
September
28
September
28
September
28
September
28
September
28
September
28
September
28
September
28
September
28
September
28
September
28*
September
28
September
82
September
82
September
33
May
35
August
35
August
35
August
37
January
37
March
39
May
»9
May
39
May
39
October
41
March
41
March
43
April
43
April
43
April
43
April
43
April
43
April
44
January
44
January
47
November
49
July
49
July
24, 1882
27, 1892
23, 1892
23. 1882
23, 1892
8, 1892
25, 1891
23, 1892
23, 1892
23, 1892
23, 1892
23, 1892
23, 1892
23, 1892
16. 1891
3, 1892
3, 1892
3, 1892
3. 1892
a, 1892
3, 1892
1. 1892
4, 1892
U 1891
1, 1891
1, 1891
1, 1891
1, 1891
1, 1861
1, 1*91
1, 1891
1, 1891
1, 1891
1, 1891
1, 1891
1, 1881
1. 1891
1, 1891
1. 1891
12, 1891
12, 1891
7, 1892
19, 1892
19. 1892
19. 1892
in, 1892
19, 1892
24, 1892
24, 1892
24, 1892
27, 1891
11, 1692
11, 1892
18, 1892
18, 1892
IS, 1892
18, 1892
18, 1892
18, 1892
21, 1892
21, 1892
7, 1891
25, 1892
28, 1892
APPENDIX.
27I
SUSPENDED— Concluded.
NAME
Clarke, Daniel
Blaine, W. H
Cook, E. N
Masters, E. D
Maltby. 8. L.
McKenzie, A. D. .....
Weir, A. J
Bosh. J. J.
Connors, J. W
Cannon. F. P.
Hill, J. J
Johnson. W.H
Strand, H. K.
Ehrbart, J. B
Chamblin, A. K
Tarnbu.il, Robert
McElroy, John
Young, John L
Petrie. J. B
German, L
Martin. G. A
Wfoe.G.B
Mitchell, Peter
Richards. Thomas M.
Walters.. W. C
Bowles, Thomas H...
Reppetoe, James £...
Cobb, Henry
LODGE
49
49
52
52
52
52
54
55
55
55
55
55
55
58
58
58
58
58
59
59
59
59
61
66
73
73
74
76
DATE
Jaly
Jaly
August
Aagast
Aagast
Aagast
October
Aagast
Aagast
Aagast
Aagast
Aagast
Aagast
Jane
Jane
Jane
Jane
Jane
Aagast
Aagast
Aagast
October
January
Aagast
Aagast
Aagast
March
Jaly
28, 1892
28, 1892
20. 1892
20, 1892
20, 1892
20, 1892
17, 1891
1*, 1892
18, 1892
18, 1892
18, 1892
18, 1892
18, 1892
14, 1892
14, 1892
14, 1892
14, 1892
14, 1892
18, 1892
27, 1892
27, 1892
10. 1891
18, 1892
5, 1*92
24, 1892
24, 1892
16, 1892
7, LS92
EXPELLED.
NAME
8ommer, Morris
Fowler, Grayson R..
Phillippi, Fred
StnlU, LafeW
Adams, James
Lambert, Ed., Jr. ...
Hopkins. Barton....
LODOE
DATE
March
2H,
7
1892
13
January
September
Jaly
8,
1*92
14
26,
1891
19
«,
1892
46
September
3,
1891
46
January
21,
1892
65
Jannary
14,
1892
272
APPENDIX.
EXEMPT FROM GRAND LODGE DUES.
BEING OVER SIXTY YEAR8 OF AGE.
NAME
Blatter, William
Churches, John
Chinn, RollaW
Dollison, George W..
Eskins. Peter
Etaood,, A. 8
Harrison, D. E.
Hendry, J. B
Higgins, John A.
Kelly, James
Kimball, George K...
Kirby,M.C
Lees, David
Mann, Joseph
Morrison, George
Opal, Martin
Honey, Alexander
Reeves .George W . . . .
Rowe, David
Porter, A. A
Smith, B. P
White, William
Mills, Abraham
Arnett, William D. . .
Atchison, John
Apple, Simon
Bassett, William
Bingham, B. F
Barnham, N. G
Brewer. Gardiner
Byere. W. X.
Bigler, Jacob A. J —
BromwelUH.P. H...
Barker, A. H
Cook, Lemuel
Cammings. Robert . .
Covert William
Cook, J.J
Dace. James
Dahnke. Fred
Davis, Frank M
Davie, Nelson
Danbar, Geoege
Danielson, F. M
Freund, Isaac
Failing, H. H. .......
Foreman, James A. ..
Gray, David
Gray, William P
Gove, Carlos
Greenfield. Eqos
Hittel, Benjamin
Henderson, John
Hester, William R. . .
Hatten, Robert L. ...
Johnson, Theron
Linton, Thomas
Kisthard, Jacob
Merry, John C
McNamee, Allen
IiODOK
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
*
5
5
5
5
5
a
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
NAM*
Nichols, W.H.J
Nock, Thomas
Nevatt, Isaac
Osborne, Robert
Porter, W.J.
Perkins. G. W.
Riggs, J.8.
Sem per. Charles 8
Shortridge, William P.
Bopris, Richard
Stndeman, Theodore. . .
Tibbets, William F
Tritch, George
Williams, Ed . S
Berry, Barnard
Boyer, Amos L
Bern is, D. M. L.
Backman, Guy
Daily, John L
Hubbard, Robert
Langton, James C
Lee, John A
Peabody.D. G
Potter. E. B
Rose, Samuel
Salomon, H. Z
Schinner, Adolph
Taylor, James F
Tamer, Henry
Whitehead, William R.
Kline, Joseph
Hastie, Robert
Harvey, Richard
Mullen, Thomas
Tolles, Larkin C
Pernn, Edward 8
Teller, Henry M
Ailing, E.T
Anthony, 8. J
Ash ton, Alfred
Ashley, E. M
Barker. W.J
Barrett, George
Bailey, J. L
Berkey, John M
Billings, George X
Bradbury, C. C
Brown, Robert A
Brown, J. S ._
Barnham, G. A
('able, George...
Campbell. D.W
Charles, J. Q
Chivington, John M. . .
Clarke, C.J
Collins, E. H
Cofield, J. B
( 'rater, George E. ,
Dane. George
Davidson, David
LODOK
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
«
6
6
6
*
7
4
4
7
4
7
^
i
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
APPENDIX.
273
EXEMPT FROM GRAND LODGE DUES.
(Continued.)
Davis, A. W
Downing, Jacob
Dorkee, Lafayette ._
Donnelly, Charles. . .
Evans, John
Elbert, 8. H
Emery, Willis
Bmperor, William..
JSmmickv Joh o C
Fassett, J. W
Felker, William B. .
France, L. B
Gair,PeterI
Green, J. H
Green, 8. 8
Greenlee, R.C
Gnneolns, J. T
Bright, William H. .
Harris, Arthur C. . ..
Hattenbach, M
hill, W.C
Hoisington, J. M
Hone. Henry
Hall, W. L
Hatching, S. A
Johnson, Peter
Johnston, James 8..
Koontse, Charles B.
Knner, Max
LaDoe.T. F
Leiff. Joseph
Lennon. John A. . . .
Light, E.B
Londoner, Julius. ..
Martin. John H
MarfelL Hiram
Mentzer, Rnfns
Millison, Elisha
Morehouse, P. E.
Meyer, Ferdinand. . .
Nelson, Christian...
Nettleton, T. 8
Norton, H.B
Parker, James
Pa Delford, William .
Pennock, Homer
Pierce, John
Pitier,H. L
Pochin, Joseph L. . .
Benshaw, James
Bider, H. C
Richardson, C. 6
Boott, John L.
Bnbican, James 8...
Sanford, G. H
Scott, Francis M
Scott, William R....
opealdinft. John F. .
Smedley, William...
Strickler, J. M
80 1 ton, John C
Taggart, CD
Thompson, C. L.
LODOK
t
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
1
7
7
7
7
t
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
*»
i
7
^
i
7
7
7
7
7
7
i"
1
7
7
4
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
I
f
I
*•
I
7
NAMK
Tynon, James
Yosbnrg, N. O
Walley, John J.
Weil, Solomon
Whittemore, O. A.
Wilcox, C. M
Witter, Daniel
Willoaghby, E.A....
Woodbaryt A. J
Wright, George W...
Graham, Peter D....
Taylor. Alexander. . .
Christie, William H.
Morrison, John H...
Sargent,, George L.
Fish, Charles R..
Bott, Anthony
Bell. J. W
Dillon, C. H
Finley, Robert
Fuller, H. A
Hall, Lavalette
Lincoln, A. G
McShane, David
Martin, F. L.
McTavish, Neil
Pulver, Milton
Peery, R. B
Smith, E. A.
Woodbary. J. C
8tiliman,J.W
Conger, C. W
France, Matt
Shideler, Jacob
Van Riper, C
Wilson, George W
Leyner, P. A
Smith, M. G.
Jones, T.J.
Megorden, C. H
Nichols, D. H
Davis, John
McCaslin, M. L.
Denham, Thomas
Hoyle, Edward
Mnlford, J. S
Earhart, W. K
Carmack,T. K
Cypat, S. N
Graveetock, John
Palmer, Thom as
Richards, Richard
Rndd, Anson
Rudolph, A. E
Clapp, SethA
Dawson. John
Dake, James B
Dotson, Peter K
Hildreth, John L
Hilbnrn, Milton H,
Lovern, James
Patterson, B. J _.
Van Hovenbarg, D. M.
LODOK
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
ll
11
12
12
12
12
13
18
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
18
13
18
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
11
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
18
274
APPENDIX.
EXEMPT FROM GRAND LODGE DUES.
( Continued. )
NAME
Whedbe, Benjamin
Peterson, H. C
Armstrong, Andrew .
Lyon, 8. R
Matthews, J. C
Henderson, J. W
Beach, David
Loom is, Abner ,
8herwood, F. W
Arthur, James B
Powers. Daniel L. . . .
Arthor James 8-
Day, Isaac _
Sylvester, N
Buzzell,H. N
Stranss, George H —
Abbott, Philo .
Beetham, James
Chi Ids, Francis L. ..'.
Carle ton, Daniel H...
Davis, Joel E
Flower, James B
Hilton, B. W
Moore, Joseph
Messenger, F. C
Maltbie, Noah
Plnmb, Ovid
Pollock, William P. .
Ramsey Allen
Von Gohren, Ludwig
West, Henry T.
Wyman, Horace L. . .
Curtis, Henry H
Van Deren, A. J
Comstock, F
Bertolette, John C.„.
Bailey, J. C
Moore, S.
Manners, Harvey
Peck, U. L
Ferguson, H. W.
Chapman, J. E
Stile*. H. C
Hamlin. O. T
Brown, W. W
Gardner, C. H
Smith , Winton
Botler, Stephen
Zweck, George
Blore, W. R
Webster, George
.Henderson. W. 8
Stults, J. H
Slifer, E. G
Hendren, C. D
Qaillian, A. H
Cornell, G. B
Hays, S.D
Lawler, B. F
Pearson, H. L
Ramey, J. F
Sock man, A. H
South, W. L
LODGE
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
22
22
22
22
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
2:)
23
23
23
27
27
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
NAME
I
8anford, G. R
Turner, L. H
Wiley, A
Widderfield, J. W
Scheidler, Gabriel
Goodrich, A. S
Bowman, Joshua
Nizer, Warren W
Fugard, George
Gray, John
Griffing, Willis
Kelker, John
Richards, Norman P.
Wilson, D. M
Stancbtield, James
Allen. Alfred
Royal, Andrew
Hutchcraft. R. W
Wormley, F. P
Wing, A. W
Williams. M
Bart, W. B
Charles, L. C
Snowden, F. M
Collurn, Henry
Smith, A. A
Kahn, Marx
Warren, J. W
dispell, K. P
C/olman. Martin
Scott, J. K
Oliwiler, Jacob
Baker, D. M
Woodaide. William...
Hammond, CM
Hatch, E.C ,
Mullin, Load in
Waterman, D. B
Geisecke, Albert
Candler, Adolph
Zang, Phillip
Gnentin; Herman
Wildersin, Bernard...
Chase, Andrew E
Cobb, Thomas
Collins, William
Head , Lafayette
Pirn, Thomas F
Stokes, Chauncey
Wallace, George
Do.bney, Charles
Tucker, Thomas H.._.
Hilliker, C. M
Dudley, C. E
Lewis, A. R
Paine, O. J
Will, F.J
May, William M
Dnstin, Charles L....
Elwood,H. H
Carter, Ed
Collins, R. J
Hall, G. W
LODGE
28
28
28
2K
29
39
80
30
31
81
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
32
32
33
34
35
35
35
35
37
37
37
38
3»
39
39
39
39
41
41
41
41
41
42
43
43
44
44
45
45
45
45
46
46
46
46
46
46
46
47
47
48
48
APPENDIX.
275
EXEMPT FROM GRAND LODGE DUES.
( Concluded. )
SAME
LODOK
48
49
49
49
49
49
49
50
50
51
52
53
53
54
54
54
55
55
57
59
60
60
60
61
62
62
63
64
64
65
65
68
68
NAME
LODGE
Twining, Hugh A.
Dickereon, William
McNeil, Henry F.
Nnnamaker. G. R
Coston, A. M
Parrish, E. M
Pettys, Walter
McKee. H.J
Blnst, John _
Fisk, F. K
Wilcox, Osker _..
69
Cook, D. N
Logan, Henry
Montrose, C. A.
Wade, S.W
Fletcher, W.W
Halsey, J. S
Jenkiros W. D
Van Valkenborg, R. J
Corser, John W
69
71
71
71
71
71
71
71
71
Gray. B. O
72
baffle?. Georsre __.
74
Smith, Obadiah
Jones, William C
Robinson. 8. A
Little, William...
Rossell, A
Clark, W.P
Bnrson, T. J
Dunton,W. C
Godfrey, C.R
Miilis,M. J
Blakeley, George F _.
Mills, William L
74
Taylor, B. M
Cramer, Joseph _.
Mobley, Richard D
74
74
75
75
McArthnr. J. N
Phillips, Albert.
Cowenhoven, H. P
Wellmnn. L. C
Mnir.Jobn W
Rosa. O. P
Brown, Warren D
75
75
75
75
76
76
80
81
Crotaer, William H.
83
White, John
Fozworthy, Alexander
Wood, J.T
Fergnson. Horace W
Newell, William T
88
83
Wright, Frank O
84
Kendrick, Thomas
Wood,SethH
Lehmen, Charles W
Woodworth, Henry C
Cole, E. Merritt
84
84
Dillon, Michael
87
Nichols, K. E., Sr
276
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APPENDIX. 283
LAWS
OF
FREEMASONRY
IN
COLORADO
CONTENTS.
[Reference to Sections: C — Constitution; i?— By-Laws.]
C B.
Affiliation _ _. 80
Appeals _ _ _. 110
Balloting 63
Charters and New Lodges 2fi
Conferring Degrees _ ._ 74
Dimits _ _ _ 85
Dispensations _ 19
Elections to Office _ .. 42
Grand Lodge Representation _ 40
Grand Master. 12
Grand Secretary _ 22
Grand Treasurer _ _ 21
Installation _ 11
Installations .. 4-5
Intemperance 125
Jurisdiction _ 51
Miscellaneous .. 126
Non-Affiliates .. 83
Non-Intercourse 123
Non-Payment of Dues _._ _ _. 112
Objections after Ballot 71
Officers Elected and Appointed _ 7
Officers and Members _ 2
Other Officers 23
Pay to Members 5
Penalties... 106
Petitions _ _ 55
Powers of Grand Lodge 5
Qualifications of Grand Officers. 10
Quorum.. 4
Rejections.. _ 68
Reports, Returns and Dues __ 35
Representation _. ._ 1
Restoration _ 117
Rules of Order _ _ _. 6
Session Committees _ _._ _. 3
Standing Committees ._ 4
Summons __ _ 90
Time and Place of Meeting _ 3
Title _ 1
Trials. 93
Wardens .._ _ _. 49
CONSTITUTION.
PREAMBLE.
We, the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons of Colorado, in order to form a more perfect fra-
ternal nnion, provide for and promote the general welfare
of the Craft, do ordain and establish this Constitution:
TITLE.
Section 1. The name of this Grand Lodge shall be
" The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge op Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons of Colorado."
officers and members.
2. The officers and members of this Grand Lodge, and
their rank and title, shall be as follows:
The Most Worahipfu
The Right Worshipfu
The Right Worehipfu
The Right Worshipfu
The Right Worshipfu
The Right Worshipfu
The Right Worshipfu
The Right Worshipfu
The Right Worshipfu
The Right Worshipfu
Grand Master.
Deputy Grand Master.
Senior Grand Warden.
Junior Grand Warden.
Grand Treasurer.
Grand Secretary.
Grand Chaplain.
Grand Orator.
Grand Lecturer.
District Deputy Grand Masters.
Grand Marshal.
The Right Worshipfu
The Worshipful Senior Grand Deacon.
The Worshipful Junior Grand Deacon.
The Grand Stewards.
The Grand Tiler.
Together with snch Past Grand Masters and Past
Deputy Grand Masters as are members of subordinate
Lodges in this jurisdiction, and the Masters and Wardens,
or their proxies, of each chartered Lodge in this jurisdic-
tion.
TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING.
3. The annual Communications of the Grand Lodge
shall be held in the city of Denver, on the third Tuesday
of September in each year. The hour of meeting shall be
10 o'clock a. m.
288 APPENDIX.
QUORUM.
4 The representatives of at least three chartered
Lodges under this Grand Jurisdiction shall be necessary
to constitute a quorum, and the Grand Lodge shall not be
opened until such number be present, but a smaller num-
ber may meet and adjourn from day to day, until a consti-
tutional quorum shall be present.
POWERS OF THE GRAND LODGE.
. 5. By the ancient constitutions and the usages of
Freemasonry, this Grand Lodge is the Supreme Masonic
authority in Colorado. It has original and exclusive juris-
diction over all subjects of Masonic legislation, and appel-
late jurisdiction from the decisions of subordinate Lodges.
6. It has the power to enact laws and regulations for
the government of the Craft, and of altering and abro-
gating them, to establish and preserve a uniformity of
work and lectures, to issue charters for New Lodges, and
to suspend and revoke them for unmasonic conduct; and
all the powers it may exercise, it may delegate as in its
wisdom and discretion it may deem best, unless specially
prohibited.
OFFICERS ELECTED AND APPOINTED.
7. At each Annual Communication of the Grand
Lodge there shall be elected by ballot, from among the
Brethren who are constitutionally eligible thereto, a Grand
Master, a Deputy Grand Master, a Senior and a Junior
Grand Warden, a Grand Treasurer and a Grand Secretary.
The Senior Grand Warden shall appoint a Junior Grand
Deacon, the Junior Grand Warden shall appoint two
Grand Stewards, and the Grand Master shall appoint all
the remaining officers of the Grand Lodge.
8. On all questions arising in the Grand Lodge the
Grand Officers, together with such Past Grand Masters
and Past Deputy Grand Masters as may be present and
are members thereof, and the Masters and Wardens of
each subordinate Lodge, or their regularly constituted
proxies, shall each be entitled to one vote; but in no case
whatsoever shall a member, by virtue of any proxy, or
authority, cast more'than three votes.
9. A majority of all the votes cast at any election of
officers shall be necessary to elect.
APPENDIX 289
QUALIFICATIONS OF GRAND OFFICERS.
10. No brother shall be eligible to the office of either
Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master or Grand Warden,
who has not been duly elected, installed and presided over
a subordinate Lodge; neither shall he be eligible to any
office unless he is a member of a subordinate Lodge under
this jurisdiction.
INSTALLATION.
11. The officers of the Grand Lodge, elected and
appointed, shall be annually installed, and shall perform
their respective duties until their successors in office are
duly elected and installed, and no officer shall be installed
by proxy.
- THE GRAND MASTER.
12. The Most Worshipful Grand Master shall have
and enjoy all the powers and prerogatives conferred by
the ancient constitutions and the usages and landmarks
of Freemasonry.
13. He may cony en e the Grand Lodge in special
Grand Communication on any emergency which, in his
judgment, may require it.
14 He has the power to convene any subordinate
Lodge within this Grand Jurisdiction, preside therein and
inspect its work.
15. It is his duty to require from all subordinate
Lodges a strict conformity to the established rules, regula-
tions and landmarks of Freemasonry.
16. For good cause he may suspend the functions of
any subordinate Lodge until the next Communication of
the Grand Lodge.
17. His decisions on all questions relative to the Craft
shall be final, unless reversed by a vote of the majority of
the Grand Lodge.
18. The granting and rejecting of all petitions for
dispensations shall be solely within the province of the
Grand Master.
19. He has the command of all other Grand Officers
touching the duties and ministration of their several offices,
and may call on any and all of them, at any time, for advice
and assistance in all business relative to the Craft.
19
29O APPENDIX.
20. In case of his death, absence or inability to act,
the powers and duties of his station, for all regular and
necessary purposes, shall, for the time being, devolve upon
the Deputy Grand Master, the Senior Grand Warden, or
the Junior Grand Warden, in the order herein named.
GRAND TREASURER.
21. The Grand Treasurer shall have charge of all the
funds and securities of the Grand Lodge, and it shall be
his duty to attend all communications of the Grand Lodge,
and report annually ( or whenever requested by the Grand
Master or Lodge) the condition of the finances; to pay all
warrants drawn on him authorized by the Grand Lodge,
signed by the Grand Secretary, which warrants he shall
cancel when paid; to keep all funds under his control in
some repository, and if deposited in bank, to take receipt
therefor in the name of the Grand Treasurer of the Grand
Lodge of A. F. and A. M. of Colorado; he shall not be
authorized to loan out funds in his possession, except as
ordered by the Grand Lodge, or on the approval of the
Grand Master. In making his annual report he shall
accompany it with vouchers for all moneys paid out by
him during the year, and the actual cash, certificate of
deposit, certified check, or other like evideuce, that the
cash balance, as shown by the report, is in the actual
possession of the Grand Lodge; he shall give bonds with
good and sufficient sureties, in the penal sum of five
thousand dollars, conditioned on the faithful discharge
of the duties of his office, the bond to be approved by the
Grand Lodge or Master, which bond shall be deposited
with the Grand Master for safe keeping, and finally turn
over to his successor in office all funds and property in his
possession belonging to the Grand Lodge.
GRAND SECRETARY.
22. The Grand Secretary shall atteud at all Commu-
nications of the Grand Lodge, and duly record its pro-
ceedings, and shall receive and accurately account for, and
promptly pay over to the Grand Treasurer, all the funds
and property of the Grand Lodge, from whatever source,
taking his receipt for the same. He shall keep a record
of the returns made by the subordinate Lodges, and ex-
amine said returns so as to report thereon at each annual
communication. He shall receive and preserve all peti-
tions, applications, appeals and other documents; sign,
certify to and duly seal all instruments of writing erna-
appendix: 291
nating from the Grand Lodge; conduct the correspondence
of the Grand Lodge, under the direction of the Grand
Master; and report annually to the several Grand Lodges
in correspondence with this Grand Lodge, the names of
the Grand Officers elected. He shall, at each annual
Grand Communication, make a report to the Grand Lodge
of moneys received and paid over to the Grand Treasurer,
of failure or want of punctuality on the part of subordi-
nate Lodges in paying dues and making proper returns,
and of such other matters as, in his judgment, may require
the action of the Grand Lodge. He shall, in due time,
previous to each annual Grand Communication, furnish
each subordinate Lodge with blank returns and with such
instructions in regard to them as the rules and regulations
of the Grand Lodge may require. He shall also prepare
and forward to each Lodge under D ispeusation, thirty
days previous to the annual Grand Communication, full
instructions for its guidance in making returns and peti-
tioning for charter. He shall, thirty days prior to the an-
nual meeting of the Grand Lodge, communicate with the
proper officials of the different railroads centering in Den-
ver, and endeavor to secure concessions on railroad fares,
and tickets good from the Saturday prior to the Saturday
subsequent to said annual meetings, and notify the differ-
ent Lodges of the rate secured. He shall cause the Con-
stitution, By Laws and standing resolutions of this Grand
Lodge to be published annually, with the proceedings.
He shall give bond, with good and sufficient sureties, in
the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned on a faithful
discharge of the duties of his office, the bond to be satis-
factory to the Grand Lodge or Master, and which shall be
deposited with the Grand Master for safe keeping. He
shall be ex officio Librarian, and perform the duties pre-
scribed in Section 80 of the Constitution, and for his
services shall be paid the sum of twelve hundred dollars as
salary for the year ending with this Communication of the
Grand Lodge, and each succeeding year thereafter, payable
quarterly by warrants drawn upon the Grand Treasurer.
OTHER OFFICERS.
23. The Grand Chaplain shall attend the Communi-
cations of the Grand Lodge and lead in devotional exor-
cises.
24 The Grand Orator shall prepare an address upon
the subject of Masonry, to be delivered to the Grand
Lodge at its annual Communication.
2Q2 APPENDIX.
GRAND LECTURER.
"25. It shall be the duty of the Grand Lecturer to
impart the esoteric work of this jurisdiction to the District
Deputy Grand Masters, and also the officers of subordinate
Lodges who may request him so to do, and who shall visit
him for that purpose; he may also convene and conduct
Lodges of Instruction at such times and places as he may
deem proper. The Grand Lecturer, with the District
Deputy Grand Masters, shall exemplify the esoteric work
of all the degrees before the Grand Lodge, on the evening
of the first day of its Annual Communication, unless the
time may be required by the Grand Lodge for other
busiuess. He shall receive as compensation the sum of
three dollars per day for each day actually spent in the
discharge of the duties of his office, and actual traveling
expenses, to be paid by the Grand Lodge.
DISTRICT DEPOTY GRAND MASTERS.
26. The Masonic jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful
Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of
Colorado, shall be divided into four Masonic Districts,
each of which shall be under the charge of a District
Deputy Grand Master.
27. The several Masonic Districts shall be designated,
and District Deputy Grand Masters appointed and assigned,
by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, immediately after
his installation. Xo brother, who is not a Past Master of
a subordinate Lodge in this jurisdiction, and a member of
a subordinate Lodge in this jurisdiction, shall be eligible
to the appointment of District Deputy Grand Master.
2S. It shall be the duty of each District Deputy Grand
Master to obtain and thoroughly commit to memory the
esoteric work of this jurisdiction, as imparted by the Grand
Lecturer, as soon as practicable after his appointment; to
make an official visit to every subordinate Lodge in his
district at least once in each year, and, upon the occasion
of such official visits, he shall require the exemplification
of the esoteric work, by the regular officers of the Lodge,
upon a candidate or substitute, and correct all inaccuracies
in such work; to examine the books and records of each
Lodge, and see that they are properly kept; to ascertain
the state and condition of the Lodges; to see that the
officers of the Lodges strictly comply with the established
rules, regulations and landmarks of Freemasonry, and the
Constitution, By-Laws and Edicts of this Most Worshipful
APPENDIX.
293
Grand Lodge; to make a detailed report of his doings, and
of the general condition of the Lodges and of Freemasonry
in his district, with such particulars and recommendations
as he may deem necessary and proper, and transmit such
report to the Graud Master at least two weeks prior to the
Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, or whenever
required by the Grand Master; and to perform such other
duties and services as may be deputed or intrusted to him
by the Grand Master.
29. The District Deputy Grand Masters shall each re-
ceive the sum of three dollars per day for each day actually
spent in the discharge of the duties of their office, and
actual traveling expenses, to be paid by the Grand Lodge.
30. The Grand Marshal shall proclaim the Grand
Officers at their installation, introduce the representatives
of foreign Grand Lodges and distinguished visiting breth-
ren and conduct processions of the Grand Lodge.
31. The Grand Deacons shall perform the duties in-
cidental to their respective offices.
32. The Grand Stewards shall have immediate super-
intendence, under the direction of the Junior Grand War-
den, in the provisions to be made on all festive occasions.
33. The Grand Tiler shall guard the door of the
Grand Lodge on the outside, report all persons claiming
admission, and see that none enter but such as are duly
authorized and properly clothed. He shall have all the
rights and be entitled to all the honors of other Grand
Officers, except the right to vote.
34. The Librarian shall have the care of all the books
purchased or donated to the library of this Grand Lodge.
Whenever any donations shall be made to the library fund
the donation shall be credited to the donor in a book to be
kept for that purpose by the Grand Secretary, and the
money so donated shall be for the purchase of books only.
The Grand Master and Grand Secretary are authorized to
purchase additional books for the library from time to
time, as they may think proper, and draw upon the library
fund to pay for the same.
35. This Constitution can only be ameuded by pro-
posing the change in writing at an annual Grand Commu-
nication; and if, after reference to and report by a com-
mittee, it shall be concurred in by a vote of three-fourths
of the members present, it shall be from that time a part
of this Constitution.
BY-LAWS
PERTAINING TO THE GRAND LODGE.
REPRESENTATION.
Section 1. Every subordinate Lodge in good standing
within the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge shall be
entitled to be represented in this Grand Lodge by its
Master and Wardens, or their proxies appointed by them-
selves, and who shall be members 'of the Lodge they are
appointed to represent; and each Lodge shall be entitled
to three votes upon all questions before the Grand Lodge.
2. No representative shall be entitled to a seat in this
Grand Lodge until the dues of his Lodge are paid, and the
Grand Secretary's receipt obtained, and the returns of the
Lodge delivered to the Grand Secretary, as required by
sections 30 and 38 of these By-Laws.
SESSION COMMITTEES.
3. At each annual Communication of the Grand Lodge,
as soon as practicable after its organization, the Grand
Master shall appoint the following named committees, of
three members each:
1. A Committee on Credentials, whose doty shall be to examine the credentials
of all Masons claiming the right of membership, and report their names and
Masonic connection to the Grand Lodge.
2. A Committee to Examine Visiting Brethren, whose duty shall be to
examine all visitors not properly vouched for. and report their respective nMnwt,
addresses and Masonic connection to the Grand Lodge.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
4. Before the close of each annual Communication
the Grand Master shall appoint standing committees, of
three members each, for the ensuing Masonic year, as
follows :
1. On Masonic Correspondence, whose duty shall be to examine the corres-
pondence and documents from other Grand Lodges in correspondence with this
Grand Lodge, and report at the next annual Communication whatever may seem of
sufficient importance and interest.
2. On Masonic Jurisprudence, whose duty shall be to examine and report npon
all questions, documents and papers requiring investigation and decision npon
points of Masonic law.
APPENDIX.
295
3. A Committee on Returns and Work of Lodges, U. D., and on Petitions,
whose doty it shall be to examine the By-Laws, Records of the Work, and the Re-
turns of Lodges, U. D.. and to make report to the Grand Lodge if, or not, in their
opinion, charters shooid be granted to such Lodges, and if so, reporting the names
of ail the proposed charter members. Also to examine all petitions for change of
location, or for change of name, and report on the same to the Grand Lodge.
4. A Committee on Appeals and Grievances, whose duty Bhall be to examine
and report upon all appeals, memorials and petitions in relation to any matter of
cam plaint within this jurisdiction which shall come before the Grand Lodge.
5. A Committee on Finance, Mileage and Per Diem, whose doty shall be to
examine and report on all accounts and financial matters to them referred, and to
make a full report before the close of each annual Grand Communication, on the
financial condition of the Grand Lodge. Also, to ascertain the sums to which each
officer and representative is entitled on account of traveling expenses and per diem,
and report the same to the Grand Lodge.
PAY OF MEMBERS.
5. The Grand Officers, members of the Committees on
Correspondence, Jurisprudence, Returns and Work, Ap-
peals and Grievances, and Finance, Mileage and Per Diem,
and the officer # highest in rank, or in the absence of offi-
cers, the representative highest in rank from each Lodge,
under this jurisdiction, shall be allowed their actual trav-
eling expenses (railroad, stage or other fare) going and
returning from their place of residence, computed by the
nearest traveled route, and three dollars per day for each
day's actual attendance at the Grand Lodge; provided,
no one shall draw mileage or per diem both as Grand
Officer and representative; provided further, that in case
of absence from any regular session of the Grand Lodge
(except in case of sickness or other unavoidable cause),
without the permission of the Grand Master, or Grand
Lodge, all claim to payment or compensation, under this
section, shall be forfeited.
Each of said standing committees may, at the call of
the Grand Master, meet at least one day prior to each an-
nual Communication, and consider any matters presented
by the Grand Master, so as to be ready to report at the
opening of the session.
RULES OF ORDER.
6. The Grand Master shall take the chair every day
at the hour to which the Grand Lodge shall have called off.
7. During business the members are required to
keep their seats and observe strict order and decorum; and
no member shall leave the hall or absejit himself from the
service of the Grand Lodge unless he has permission, or
be sick or unable to attend.
8. No member shall be permitted to speak more than
twice upon any subject, unless to explain, without permis-
sion from the Grand Lodge. If any member is twice
296 APPENDIX.
called to order at a communication for transgressing these
rules, and is guilty of a third offense of the same nature,
the presiding officer shall peremptorily order him to leave
the Graud Lodge; and he may, further, be amenable to
reprimand, suspension or expulsion, as the Grand Lodge
shall deem proper.
9. When a question is put, it shall be the duty of
every member present to vote, unless for good cause the
Grand Lodge shall excuse him; but no member shall vote
upon any question in the event of which he is personally
interested.
10. No motion shall be entertained until it is sec-
onded; and no debate shall be had thereon until it is
stated by the chair.
11. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, with
the name of the mover endorsed thereon, if the chair or
the Grand Secretary desire.
12. When a question is under debate no motion shall
be received but to lay on the table, to commit, to amend,
or to postpone indefinitely, which several motions shall
have precedence in the order in which they are here ar-
ranged.
13. Any member may call for the division of a ques-
tion, which shall be divided if it comprehends questions so
distict that one being taken away the rest may stand en-
tire for the decision of the Grand Lodge. A motion to
strike out and insert shall be deemed indivisible.
14. When a motion has once been made and carried
in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any
member in the majority to . move for a reconsideration
thereof.
15. All unprivileged questions shall be propounded in
the order in which they are moved, except in filling up
blanks, when the largest sum and longest time shall be
put first.
16. No report shall be received from a committee un-
less the same be reduced to writing and signed by a ma-
jority of the members thereof.
17. No committee shall sit during the session of the
Grand Lodge without special permission.
18. The journal shall be read and approved before the
final close of each annual Grand Cummunication.
APPENDIX. 297
PERTAINING TO SUBORDINATE LODGES.
DISPENSATIONS.
19. No dispensation for the formation of a new Lodge
shall be granted except upon the petition of at least eight
Master Masons, in good standing, each of whom shall sign
his full name and state the Lodge to which he belongs.
In addition to such general information as maybe necessary
for the Grand Master, the petition shall specifically set
forth: The name of the town and county; the estimated
population of the town; what additional towns or territory
will be included in the proposed jurisdiction; that the
material is sufficient to sustain a healthy and reputable
Lodge; that all of the petitioners reside within the pro-
posed jurisdiction; that they have at their disposal suitable
quarters for the practice of Masonic rites; if the expenses
incident to a new Lodge have been donated, or if they are
to be paid at a future time by the Lodge; that they will
conform to all the orders of the Grand Master, and the
laws and regulations of the Grand Lodge; and shall present
the names of suitable brethren for appointment as Master
and Wardens.
20. The petition shall be accompanied by the minimum
fee of forty dollars, and by a recommendation from the
nearest chartered Lodge, certifying to the truth of the
statements contained in the petition, and that the brother
named for Master is qualified to open and' close a Lodge,
and to confer the three degrees.
21. The petition shall also be accompanied by evidence
of the standing of all the signers, as follows : If from
Lodges beyond this jurisdiction, by dimits; if from within
this jurisdiction, by dimits or certificates from the Lodge
Secretaries that the brethren are under no charges and
have paid dues to the time of the next annual Commu-
nication of the Grand Lodge.
22. Existing membership shall only be disturbed when
a charter follows a dispensation, in which event they shall
immediately cease in the old and begin in the new Lodge;
and it shall be the duty of the Master of the latter to see
that the several Lodges interested are promptly notified of
the changes.
298 APPENDIX.
23. Each Lodge under dispensation shall be governed
by the By-Laws pertaining to subordinate Lodges, as
adopted by the Grand Lodge, and at the next annual Grand
Communication shall forward to the Grand Secretary its
dispensation, returns of all work, record of proceedings,
proposed By-Laws, and one dollar for each Mason raised-
(See Decisions 90 and 101.)
24 No Lodge shall do any work out of the regular
order, unless by dispensation from the Grand Master; and
any Lodge working under dispensation shall return the
same to the Grand Master with an endorsement of the
action had thereon.
25. A petition from a Lodge to the Grand Master for a
dispensation shall set forth fully the emergency, and if
for other purposes than a new Lodge, shall be accompanied
with a fee of five dollars, which shall be paid to the Grand
Secretary for the library fund.
CHARTERS AND NEW LODGES.
26. Charters shall be granted by the Grand Lodge at
a regular annual Communication, and under no circum-
stances shall the power to issue be left discretionary with
the Grand Master or any other officer.
27. No charter shall be granted except the Lodge
shall have worked under dispensation to the satisfaction
of the Grand Lodge, and shall have regularly conferred
the three degrees.
28. Charters shall only be granted upon the written
petition of the brethren named in the dispensation and
those raised by its authority, together with such others as
present dimits to the Grand Lodge, and may have received
the unanimous endorsement of the Lodge U. D. ; provided,
That, if through absence or sickness, any eligible signa-
tures are omitted, the names may nevertheless appear in
the charter.
29. Petitions for charter shall propose the name of
the Lodge and nominate for Master and Wardens; never-
theless the Grand Lodge may substitute others in lieu
thereof.
30. No new Lodge shall pay a stated salary to its
Secretary, but may allow him such percentage of Lodge
moneys collected as in its judgment is proper for all his
services.
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31. The minimum fee for the issuance of a charter
shall be twenty dollars.
32. It is not in the power of a majority of the members
of a Lodge to surrender the charter, so long as seven
Master Masons, members thereof, continue to work under
it, according to the ancient Landmarks of Masonry.
33. The Grand Lodge shall recall any charter of a
Lodge which fails to meet for twelve consecutive months.
34. Whenever any charter of a Lodge shall be
destroyed, stolen or surreptitiously taken and detained,
or becomes so defaced as to be unfit for use, without the
fault of the Lodge or Master, it shall be lawful for the
Grand Master to order another to he issued, which shall
set forth the members and officers named in the charter
lost, detained or destroyed, the Grand Communication at
which it was granted, the names of the Grand Officers
attached thereto, and the circumstances of its loss,
destruction or detention; and shall be signed by the Grand
Master and attested by the Grand Secretary under seal of
the Grand Lodge, without fee.
REPORTS, RETURNS AND DUES FROM CHARTERED LODGES.
35. Each Lodge shall, immediately after its annual
installation, report to the Grand Master and Grand Secre-
tary tbfc names of its Master, Wardens and Secretary.
36. Each chartered Lodge shall transmit to the Grand
Secretary, at least twelve days prior to the first day of each
annual Grand Communication, returns of all work done
from the last return to and including the thirty-first day
of August of that year.
37. Each Lodge shall pay to the Grand Secretary, as
Grand Lodge dues, the sum of one dollar for each member
less than sixty years of age, and specify in the returns the
names of the members exempt. ( See Decision 125. )
38. Grand Lodge dues are hereby made payable at the
time of making the annual returns of work. If any Lodge
neglect or refuse to pay at the time specified, and shall
persist, for the period of sixty days, without giving reasons
satisfactory to the Grand Master, it shall be his duty to
suspend the functions of such Lodge, until the next stated
communication of the Grand Lodge.
39. Whenever Entered Apprentices or Fellow Crafts
neglect for a period of two years to pass examination upon
300 APPENDIX.
their proficiency, and take the next degree, their names
shall be dropped from the reports of the Lodge, but they
still shall remain available working material for said
Lodge.
GRAND LODGE REPRESENTATION.
40. It is the duty of the Master to see that his Lodge
is represented at all Annual Communications of the Grand
Lodge, and if any Master fails so to do, he shall furnish
the Grand Lodge with his excuse therefor.
41. The Grand Lodge may order suspended or forfeited
the charter of any Lodge which fails for two successive
years to be represented at the Grand Lodge Commu-
nications.
ELECTIONS TO OFFICE.
42. No brother shall be declared elected to office
without having received a majority vote of all the members
present.
43. It is at variance with the spirit of Masonry to
electioneer for or make nominations for offices, and it is
hereby strictly prohibited.
44. No election for officers shall take place in a Lodge
U. D., but such as are not designated in the dispensation
shall be filled by order of the Master.
INSTALLATIONS.
45. No Lodge shall hold a public installation without
a dispensation.
46. A re-elected Master may, if necessary, hold over
without re-installation.
47. All the officers of a newly-chartered Lodge must
be installed by the Grand Master or his representative.
No officer shall be installed by proxy.
48. The Past Master's degree is not essential for instal-
lation, but when conferred, none but actual Past Masters
can be present.
WARDENS.
49. In the absence of the Master of a Lodge, Wardens
may preside and confer degrees; but in the absence of all,
a Lodge may only be opened by the Grand Master or his
representative.
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50. Service as Warden in a Lodge, U. D., does not
constitute eligibility to election as Master in a chartered
Lodge.
JURISDICTION.
51. Unless otherwise specified, Lodge jurisdiction
shall extend by air line one-half way to surrounding
Lodges.
52. Two or more Lodges in the same town or city
shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction except when other-
wis provided.
53. Each Lodge having concurrent jurisdiction with
another Lodge or other Lodges, shall immediately notify
the same of any application it may receive for the degrees.
54. Mount Princeton Lodge No. 49, and Tin Cup
Lodge No. 52, shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction in
the towns of St. Elmo and Hancock.
PETITIONS.
55. No subordinate Lodge shall act upon a petition
for initiation unless the applicant has resided within the
jurisdiction of that Lodge during the preceding twelve
months. [See Decisions 82, 95 and 113.]
56. After a petition is regularly received and entered
upon the minutes, it shall not be withdrawn. [See De-
cision 103. ]
57. Subordinate Lodges shall act upon no petition for
initiation or membership, unless the same shall have been
laid over one lunar month.
58. Subordinate Lodges shall act on no petition for
initiation from an applicant who lives nearer another
Lodge, without first obtaining the unanimous consent of
the latter, at a regular meeting, which consent shall be ex-
pressed by ballot.
59. Subordinate Lodges shall receive no petition for
affiliation, unless accompanied by a dimit or a certificate
of good standing from the Lodge of which the petitioner
was last a member. [See Decision 103. J
60. Whenever a candidate who has been elected fails
to appear for initiation within three months, or give satis-
factory reasons, the money which accompanied his petition
shall be forfeited, and in order to become a Mason he must
renew his petition.
302 APPENDIX.
61. A brother having received a portion of the de-
grees and desiring the remainder in another Lodge, shall
first obtain the unanimous consent of that which conferred
the degrees already received, and which consent shall be
determined by ballot. His petition to the other Lodge in
regular form, stating the additional facts, and accompanied
by the said permission, may then take the usual course.
[See Decision 65.]
62. No Subordinate Lodge shall ballot upon a petition
until report has been made by a committee to the follow-
ing details concerning the character of the petitioner:
1. What is hi9 age?
2. Is he married or single?
3. If married, is he living with his wife?
4. What is his occupation, and where is he employed?
5. Is he physically qualified for admission?
6. What is the character of his company and associates?
7. 1 8 he addicted to the intemperate use of intoxicating liquors?
8. Does he gamble?
9. Does he habitually use profane or indecent language?
10. Has he licentious or immoral habits?
11. Is he a law-abiding citizen?
12. Does he possess sufficient education and intelligence to un-
derstand and value the doctrines and tenets of Masonry?
13. Has he ever made previous application for degrees? And
if so, where and when? [ See Decision 37-1
BALLOTING.
63. No ballot shall be spread except at a regular Com-
munication, unless by dispensation.
64. In balloting for candidates, all members of the
Lodge present shall vote.
65. The ballot shall be spread for each degree, and
shall be unanimous upon the moral, intellectual and Ma-
sonic qualifications of the applicant.
6f5. After the ballot has been examined, first by the
Wardens and finally by the Master, the result shall be de-
clared by the latter, unless a single negative vote appear,
in which event he may order it respread, the result of
which shall be absolutely final, subject to no reconsidera-
tion, under any circumstances whatsoever, nor can it be
set aside by the Lodge, Master, Grand Master, or even the
Grand Lodge.
67. No Mason shall divulge the character of his vote
upon the petition of any candidate.
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REJECTIONS.
(58 A rejected candidate for the degrees shall not be
JSedtitSu twelve months thereafter by another Lodge
without the unanimous consent by ballot of that «nicn
rejected him.
69 Lodges may provide by by-law the time that shall
elapse between a rejection and another application.
70. Secretaries of Lodges shall report no rejections
for initiation or affiliation.
OBJECTIONS AFTEB BALLOT.
71 Advancement to the degrees may be stayed at any
time, for good reasons, by the Lodge or Master.
72 Objection by a member in good standing to the
it,itktion of an elected candidate shall have the same effect
™n unfavorable ballot Such objection, when made,
SJTbe Sorted to the Lodge at the ^tre^lar commu-
nication and the fact of such objection shall be entere l or
record wfthout the name of the brother objecting. The
candidate shall then be declared rejected, ^h»W
r^tnrnwl as in other cases of rejection, Such objection
shall IhSe no other or greater force than an unfavorable
ballot. ,
7<t Objection to the advancement of a brother, made
bv memEgood standing, shall stop all further pro-
e^irTgs unlil the objections be withdrawn or otherwise
dSosedof or the objector's membership ceases, ^lien
fncrob ection is made, the fact and the name of the
■ ohJpctine brother shall be entered of record.
JSe LodJe may, at a regular Communication, upon two
weeks' notict to the objecting brother, take up and try 'the
rufficien?v of the objection, and if deemed sufficient, al
fc, for dL?ees unconferred shall be at once returned, and
htiancSdSe s\all not be advanced until the objection is
withdrawn or the objector's membership ceases. If the
^b Son is deemed insufficient, the candidate may be
advanced. ( See Decisions 74 and 7.). )
CONFERRING DEGREES. .
74 No Lodge shall confer any degree upon a candi-
,W unless he bi a perfect man, having no maim or detect
n his body that maunder him incapable of learning the
art and becoming perfect in the work.
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75. No candidate shall receive, without dispensation,
more than one degree on the same day, nor until he has
passed a satisfactory examination in open Lodge on the
last degree received.
76. No Lodge shall confer the first section of any
degree on more than one candidate at the same time.
77. No Lodge shall confer a degree upon any non-
resident citizen without first obtaining consent from the
proper jurisdiction.
78. The making of a Master Mason constitutes the
brother a member of the Lodge in which raised, except
when done at the request of another Lodge. Signing the
By-Laws, though desirable, is not essential.
79. No Lodge shall confer the three degrees for less
than thirty dollars, to be paid in advance.
AFFILIATION.
80. No petition shall be received for affiliation except
from a former member, until the petitioner has visited the
Lodge; and the ballot shall not be spread upon such
petition until after a visit subsequent to its reception.
81. No Lodge shall admit to membership any brother
who shall be exempt from any of the duties, obligations
and privileges required by the Constitution, regulations
and landmarks of Masonry.
82. No Lodge having a membership of less than three
hundred shall collect a fee for affiliation.
NON-AFFILIATES.
83. Non-affiliation is cause for discipline, and all non-
affiliates, who have not made application for membership
within one year, may be deprived of all the rights and
benefits of Masonry, after charges, trial and conviction.
H4. The conduct of non-affiliates shall subject them to
discipline by the Lodge within whose jurisdiction they
reside. If there be two or more Lodges in the place,
jurisdiction shall be exercised only by the oldest.
DIMITS.
85. No Lodge shall grant a dimit except upon written
application, which shall lie over until the next regular
Communication, when, if no charges have been preferred,
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and the dues of the brother have been paid, the dim it
shall be ordered and issued.
86. No elective or appointed officer shall be dimitted
during the period for which he has been installed.
87. Members of extinct Lodges are entitled to Grand
Lodge certificates on application, and upon paying all
arrearages due the Lodge to which they belonged.
88. A dimit dates from the Lodge record when the
same was granted, and membership ceases with that date,
even if the certificate be not issued.
89. Upon the election of non-affiliates, their dimits or
other certificates of former membership shall be cancelled
by the Secretary.
SUMMONS.
90. A summons issued by a Subordinate Lodge, or
the Worshipful Master thereof, must be written or printed,
and under the seal of the Lodge. ( See Decision 107. )
91. No summons need contain other matter than a
requisition to attend the Lodge.
92. Every Master Mason is bound to attend the Lodge
requiring him, on being summoned.
TRIALS.
93. Any member of a Subordinate Lodge is subject to
the discipline thereof, excepting only the Worshipful
Master.
94 No Mason shall be deprived of any Masonic right
except after due charges, trial and conviction.
95. Charges must be signed by the accuser (by the
Junior Warden or other member, if ordered by the Lodge)
and be presented at a regular Communication ; whereupon
the accused shall be furnished with a copy and summoned
to plead thereto.
96. If the plea be not guilty, the Lodge shall then de*
termine if the trial shall be by the Lodge or a commission
of its members; except that in case of a suspended Mason
undergoing trial for a new offense, the testimony shall
only be taken by a commission. If trial be by the Lodge,
it shall fix the time, and the accused be notified thereof.
97. All such trials shall be in the highest degree at-
tained by the accused, and upon its conclusion both he
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304 APPENDIX.
75. No candidate shall receive, without dispensation,
more than one degree on the same day, nor until he has
passed a satisfactory examination in open Lodge on the
last degree received.
76. No Lodge shall confer the first section of any
degree on more than one candidate at the same time.
77. No Lodge shall confer a degree upon any non-
resident citizen without first obtaining consent from the
proper jurisdiction.
78. The making of a Master Mason constitutes the
brother a member of the Lodge in which raised, except
when done at the request of another Lodge. Signing the
By-Laws, though desirable, is not essential.
79. No Lodge shall confer the three degrees for less
than thirty dollars, to be paid in advance.
AFFILIATION.
80. No petition shall be received for affiliation except
from a former member, until the petitioner has visited the
Lodge; and the ballot shall not be spread upon such
petition until after a visit subsequent to its reception.
81. No Lodge shall admit to membership any brother
who shall be exempt from any of the duties, obligations
and privileges required by the Constitution, regulations
and landmarks of Masonry.
82. No Lodge having a membership of less than three
hundred shall collect a fee for affiliation.
NON-AFFILIATES.
83. Non-affiliation is cause for discipline, and all non-
affiliates, who have not made application for membership
within one year, may be deprived of all the rights and
benefits of Masonry, after charges, trial and conviction.
S4. The conduct of non-affiliates shall subject them to
discipline by the Lodge within whose jurisdiction they
reside. If there be two or more Lodges in the place,
jurisdiction shall be exercised only by the oldest.
DIMITS.
85. No Lodge shall grant a dimit except upon written
application, which shall lie over until the next regular
Communication, wrhen, if no charges have been preferred,
APPENDIX. 305
and the dues of the brother have been paid, the dim it
shall be ordered and issued.
86. No elective or appointed officer shall be dimitted
during the period for which he has been installed.
87. Members of extinct Lodges are entitled to Grand
Lodge certificates on application, and upon paying all
arrearages due the Lodge to which they belonged.
88. A dimit dates from the Lodge record when the
same was granted, and membership ceases with that date,
even if the certificate be not issued.
89. Upon the election of non-affiliates, their dimits or
other certificates of former membership shall be cancelled
by the Secretary.
SUMMONS.
90. A summons issued by a Subordinate Lodge, or
the Worshipful Master thereof, must be written or printed,
and under the seal of the Lodge. ( See Decision 107. )
91. No summons need contain other matter than a
requisition to attend the Lodge.
92. Every Master Mason is bound to attend the Lodge
requiring him, on being summoned.
TRIALS.
93. Any member of a Subordinate Lodge is subject to
the discipline thereof, excepting only the Worshipful
Master.
94. No Mason shall be deprived of any Masonic right
except after due charges, trial and conviction.
95. Charges must be signed by the accuser (by the
Junior Warden or other member, if ordered by the Lodge )
and be presented at a regular Communication ; whereupon
the accused shall be furnished with a copy and summoned
to plead thereto.
96. If the plea be not guilty, the Lodge shall then de*
termine if the trial shall be by the Lodge or a commission
of its members ; except that in case of a suspended Mason
undergoing trial for a new offense, the testimony shall
only be taken by a commission. If trial be by the Lodge,
it shall fix the time, and the accused be notified thereof.
97. All such trials shall be in the highest degree at-
tained by the accused, and upon its conclusion both he
308 APPENDIX.
"By order of Lodge No. , A. F. and A. M.,
I hereby charge Bro. with unmasonic conduct in
neglecting to pay Lodge dues from the day of
to the day of
"Dated ,18—
" Junior Warden."
114 Examination shall be in open Lodge, and the
testimony of the Secretary as to the indebtedness and
requests for payment shall be sufficient evidence for the
prosecution. Nevertheless, the Lodge may exercise such
clemency as to it may seem proper, according to the cir-
cumstances of each case.
115. The only penalty for conviction under charges
for non-payment of dues shall be reprimand or indefinite
suspension from all the rights and benefits of Masonry;
but reprimand shall not be inflicted for a second offense.
116. Payment of dues to the date of suspension for
non-payment shall restore to good standing without further
action by the Lodge.
RESTORATION.
117. In case the decision of any Lodge suspending or
expelling a brother shall be reversed by the Grand Lodge,
such brother shall be restored to all the rights and priv-
ileges as a Mason and a member of the Lodge.
118. No expelled Mason shall be restored to the priv-
ileges of Masonry except by a vote of the Grand Lodge,
and such restoration shall not reinstate him to Lodge
membership without the unanimous consent of the mem-
bers thereof.
119. An application to reinstate an expelled Mason
must in all cases be accompanied with a recommendation
from the Lodge by which he was expelled, provided sxich
Lodge be still in existence.
120. Restoration after definite suspension shall take
place at the expiration of the time specified in the sen-
tence without further action.
121. Restoration after indefinite suspension, except
for non-payment of dues, shall be by action of the Lodge
at a regular meeting, after due notice to the Lodge of at
least one lunar month, and must be by the same majority
of the members present as required for inflicting the pun-
ishment.
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122. A Mason heretofore dropped from the rolls for
non-payment of dues may be restored to membership by a
majority vote of the members present at any stated Com-
munication, on the payment of all arrearages to the date
of being stricken from the roils.
NON-INTERCOURSE.
123. Lodges are authorized to use their discretion,
according to circumstances, as to recognizing as Masons
any residents of the jurisdiction who may, during such
residence, have received the degrees elsewhere.
124 All Masons belonging to Lodges in this jurisdic-
tion are forbidden to knowingly hold Masonic intercourse
with any Mason belonging to a Lodge chartered by either
the Grand Orient of France or the Grand Lodge of Ham-
burg, and any Brother doing so shall be subject to the
highest Masonic penalties.
INTEMPERANCE.
125. It is hereby made the imperative duty of all
Lodges to restrain, as far as possible, the Masonic crime
of intemperance, by trial and punishment, as the case may
require, and to exclude from Lodge and ante-room all in-
toxicating liquors; and for the faithful performance of
these duties they will be held strictly accountable to the
Grand Lodge. It shall be unlawful to initiate or affiliate
any person engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors. All
Masons are therefore fraternally advised to refrain from
engaging in the liquor traffic. (See Decisions 40, 51, 62
and 86. )
MISCELLANEOUS.
126. It shall not be lawful for a Lodge to hold Com-
munications on the Sabbath day for any purpose whatever,
except to attend the funeral of a Mason.
127. The delivery or teaching of any Masonic work
not authorized, or which has not received the sanction of
the Grand Lodge or its lawful authority, is forbidden.
128. Upon the demise of any Lodge the Secretary and
Treasurer of the same shall, within three months, trans-
mit to the Grand Secretary all the books, papers, jewels,
furniture, funds and other property of the Lodge so de-
mised.
310 APPENDIX.
129. The Grand Master is authorized, at the request
of a Lodge, to change its location or place of meeting, but
such request must be made at a regular Communication,
after notice given in open Lodge at least one lunar
month before action is taken by the Lodge.
130. Honorary membership gives the right to speak
in Lodge, but not to vote. It can not be conferred on a
regular member of a Lodge by the same body. ( See De-
cision 46. )
131. Lodges and Committees on Charity shall require
from applicants for assistance evidence of good standing
before granting the same, and in the event such applicant
shall prove to be an impostor or unworthy, such fact, with
a full description of the impostor, shall be immediately re-
ported to the Grand Secretary, whose duty it shall be to
forthwith send notice of the same to all Lodges in this
jurisdiction and to the Grand Secretary of all the juris-
dictions immediately adjoining.
132. Objection by a member present at a meeting of
his Lodge to the visit of a Brother at that Communication
shall exclude the visitor.
133. Changes in Lodge By-Laws shall only be opera-
tive after approval by the Grand Master.
134. The Master of each subordinate Lodge in this
jurisdiction shall cause to be read in open Lodge, within
two months after its receipt, the General Proceedings of
the previous annual Communication, and within two
months after the annual election, the Constitution, By-
Laws and Decisions, and in each case to immediately ad-
vise the Grand Master of their compliance herewith,
135. These By-Laws, pertaining to Grand or subordi-
nate Lodges, can only be amended by proposing the
change in writing at an annual Grand Communication;
and if, after reference to and report by a committee, it
shall be concurred in by a vote of two-thirds of the mem-
bers present, it shall be from that time a part of these By-
Laws.
DECISIONS.
APPROVED BY THE GRAND LODGE, EXCEPT SUCH AS HAVE BEEN
RENDERED INOPERATIVE BY OB INCORPORATED
IN OTHER LEGISLATION.
By R. W. Woodbury, 1879.
1. In the absence of law upon the subject, the burial of a
suicide may be left to the discretion of the Master.
2. A subordinate Lodge can, in the absence of law upon the
subject, use its discretion as to renting its Lodge room to other
societies. (See No. 76.)
3. A second examining committee should not be appointed for
the same visitor on the same evening, without an explanation to the
Master from the first committee, and satisfaction on his part that
injustice has been done.
4. The W. M. has the right to refuse admission to members of
his Lodge during the progress of work which will be disturbed by
their admission.
5. The Grand Lodge Proceedings sent to subordinate Lodges
are the property of the Lodges, and not of any officers or members
thereof.
6. The choice of Master is one of the privileges of the brethren,
and the request to elect a W. M. from the floor should come from the
Lodge and not the Master.
By B. L. Cabr, 1880.
7. It is contrary to Masonic usage for the " Tiler "to sit in the
Lodge room after the ceremony of opening is finished, the outer door
to the ante-room being securely locked. It is a Landmark of
Masonry that every Lodge should be " tiled." The Tiler's place is
** outside the door."
By L. N. Greenleaf, 1881.
8. Either of three Lodges located in towns equidistant is com-
petent to recommend a petition for a new Lodge, provided the others
acquiesce ; otherwise, the oldest chartered Lodge to have the
precedence.
3 1 2 APPENDIX.
9. This Grand Lodge as yet exercises no control over the intro-
duction of the Order of the Eastern Star.
10. Master Masons raised in a Lodge U. D. have all the rights
and privileges of those named in the dispensation.
1 1. Lodges U. D. can not grant dimits.
12. A member of a Lodge U. D. can not withdraw his dimit
filed with the petition for dispensation ; it is part of the record.
13. An Emergent Grand Lodge can not be opened by proxy in
another locality during a communication of the Grand Lodge
proper.
14. The signature of the W. M. is not essential to the validity
of a dimit, if signed by the Secretary and under seal.
By R. A. Qcillian, 1882.
15. It is competent for a Lodge to receive a petition for affilia-
tion from a Master Mason who had been raised in a jurisdiction that
required the signing of the By-Laws as a condition precedent to
becoming a member, and who has failed to sign the By-Laws, and
who was not claimed by the Lodge that made him a Mason as a
member ; but the application for affiliation should be accompanied
by a certificate from the former Lodge, setting forth the facts in the
case.
16. A petition for dispensation to confer the degrees out of the
regular order should be made by the Lodge and under seal, but it is
discretionary with the Grand Master to pass upon the sufficiency of
an application by the Master.
17. An applicant for Masonry sent in his petition to the Lodge
in whose jurisdiction he then resided. His petition was received and
referred to a committee, who reported that he had established a
business at another plaqe, and the day after his petition was received
his family removed out of the jurisdiction of the Lodge. I held that
it was competent for the Lodge to proceed with the case, and, if
found worthy, to confer the degrees.
By J. H. Peabody, 1885.
18. A candidate who has been rejected for advancement to the
second or third degrees may, in the absence of any By-Law of the
Lodge, re-apply to the Lodge for examination and advancement at
the next subsequent stated meeting, and at each succeeding one
thereafter, so long as the " black ball " shall appear, and no objections
are filed against him.
19. A member of a Lodge, after being elected to an office, can
decline to be installed.
20. Negroes, if free born, are entitled to Masonic recognition, if
made in regular Lodges. So-called " Colored Lodges " are held as
APPENDIX. 3 1 3
irregular, and therefore persons belonging to them are not recog-
nizable as Masons.
21. An applicant with one leg five inches shorter than the other
is ineligible for initiation.
22. A person who has lost the use of his right arm is ineligible
for initiation.
By George Wyman, 1886.
23. Part payment of dues, pending charges for non-payment,
does not invalidate charges.
24. The Tiler, if a member of the Lodge, has the same rights as
if inside the door.
2-5. A Lodge receiving a waiver of jurisdiction from some other
Lodge, has authority to proceed or waive jurisdiction in favor of a
third Lodge.
By Albert H. Branch, 1887.
26. A person having lost the little finger of the right hand is
eligible for the degrees.
27. A brother can be elected to office whether present or
absent, but must be installed in person.
28. The laws of the State of Colorado provide for Masonic
Lodges holding real estate. A Lodge should not incorporate to hold
real estate or other property, as it would be in violation of Masonic
law and usages.
29. A brother having received the E. A. Degree in one Lodge,
and applies for membership and advancement in another — his former
Lodge having waived jurisdiction and certified to the fact that they
conferred said degree — one ballot only is necessary in the Lodge to
which said brother so applies, before receiving the F. C. Degree,
provided said ballot is clear; the ballot being spread upon the moral,
intellectual and Masonic qualifications of the applicant.
By George K. Kimball, D. G. M., 1887.
30. The issuing of duplicate dimits is prohibited. Upon proper
proof of identity and of the loss or destruction of the original diinit,
the Secretary of the Lodge granting the dimit, with the approval of
the Worshipful Master, may issue a certificate to the effect that on
such a day a dimit was granted to Brother A. B., cause the Lodge
seal to be affixed and presented to the applicant.
31. A notice of suspension or expulsion of a brother from a
Lodge, not having the seal of the Lodge attached, and no reason
given for not using seal, should not be considered official.
32. A brother living within the jurisdiction of one Lodge can
affiliate with another Lodge in another jurisdiction.
314 APPENDIX.
By the Grand Lodge, 1887.
33. A waiver of jurisdiction in case of a brother seeking to join
in the organization of a new Lodge is improper. If he resides in the
place where the new Lodge is to start, he is competent to join in the
request for a dispensation. Not joining therein, and yet desiring to
become a charter member, the law provides the way.
34. No rule can justly apply to all cases as to what evidence
shall be required from a visitor before examination. Masters of
Lodges should satisfy themselves in their own way.
35. Masonic Burial, of Non- Affiliates. — A Lodge requested
to act should use its discretion according to the circumstances. The
non-affiliate, possessing no inherent right to the service of the
Lodge, the favorable disposition of the brethren should be substan-
tially unanimous, of which the Master should be satisfied by ballot
or otherwise. Strong objections by members to the burial of a non-
affiliate should not be lightly waived.
By George K. Kimball, 1888.
36. Charges can be preferred by a member of any Lodge against
a member of any other Lodge.
37. A man's residence is where his family resides.
38. The questions required to be answered on the petition to be
made a Mason, having been answered by the petitioner, it rests with
the Lodge to determine the validity of such answers.
39. An unfavorable ballot cannot be reconsidered on any grounds.
40. Grand Lodge By-Law No. 125, does not refer to druggists
selling liquor for medicinal purposes.
41. As to physical qualifications, I decided that the Lodges
themselves are the better able to judge of the material brought up
for the building of the Temple, and calling their attention to the old
Landmarks.
42. An installed officer has no right to demand excuse from
serving in his official capacity when present. Should an installed
officer refuse to serve when present, you can prefer charges against
him for unmasonic conduct.
43. A dispensation cannot be issued to elect and install another
in place of an officer so refusing.
44. The Worshipful Master has authority to fill a vacancy caused
by the contumacy of any officer.
45. A written objection from a member of a Lodge before ballot
is sufficient to prevent the degree being conferred on a candidate for
the First Degree.
APPENDIX. 3 1 5
46. A Lodge may elect as honorary members brethren of other
jurisdictions. (See By-Law 150.)
47. A Lodge has power to try for offenses any of its members
wherever they may reside; also all Masons resident or sojourning
within its jurisdiction, whether affiliated or non-affiliated; but when
a member of another Lodge, resident in its jurisdiction, commits an
offense, Masonic courtesy requires that when practicable complaint
be made to his own Lodge. If that fails to act, then it may proceed
to try him itself.
48. It requires seven Master Masons to open a Lodge. In order
to transact business these seven must be members of the Lodge.
For work it is not necessary that all should be members of the Lodge.
49. A brother cannot sign the petition for membership, or the
degrees for another brother.
50. It is not necessary to open a Lodge on the First Degree
when it is known that there is no work on the First and Second
Degrees.
By William D. Todd, D. G. M., 1888.
51. That not merely is it unlawful to initiate or affiliate any
person engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors, but that a Mason,
a member of any of our Lodges, who may have started in the busi-
ness subsequent to the recent action of the Grand Lodge, was amen-
able to the charge of unmasonic conduct, and subject to such penalty
as might be inflicted, after due trial and conviction. (See By-
Law 125.)
By the Grand Lodge, 1888.
52. An unfavorable report is not recognized as a dark ballot.
53. That the actual traveling expenses of the Grand Master or
his duly appointed representative, while visiting Lodges, be paid by
the Grand Lodge, and that the Grand Secretary be authorized to
draw warrants on the Grand Treasurer for the same from time to
time.
54a. Resolved, That this Grand Lodge recognizes no degrees in
Masonry except those conferred under the regulations of the Grand
Lodges of the various States and Territories of the United States
and the governments throughout the world. It admits the following
named organizations, and none other, to be regular and duly consti-
tuted Masonic bodies, namely : The General Grand R. A. Chapter of
the United States, the Grand R. A. Chapters of the several States
and Territories of the United States and the R. A. Chapters and other
bodies under their jurisdiction, the General Grand Council of Royal
and Select Masters of the United States, the Grand Councils of Royal
and Select Masters of the several States and Territories of the United
3 16 APPENDIX.
States and the Councils under their jurisdiction, the Grand Encamp-
ment of the United States, the Grand Commanderies of the several
States and Territories of the United States and the Commanderies
under their jurisdiction, the Supreme Councils of the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite for the Northern and Southern Jurisdictions
of the United States, of which Henry L. Palmer and Albert Pike are
Sovereign Grand Commanders respectively, and the various bodies
under their jurisdiction. (See No. 04.)
546. The committee, on bringing before this Grand Lodge some
plan looking to the establishment of a Masonic Widows' and Orphans"
Home, made the following report, which was adopted :
First — We recommend that the funds be raised by setting aside
twenty-five per cent, of our present surplus, and twenty -five per
cent, of the annual income of this Grand Lodge, until a sufficient
amount of money has been raised for the establishment of said
Home.
By William D. Todd, Grand Master, 1889.
55. One who has served as Master or Warden anywhere in a
chartered Lodge is eligible to election here as Master.
oCy. That the Master of a Lodge indefinitely suspended and sub-
sequently re-instated i6 restored to all the rights of a Past Master.
57. That all re-elected officers must be re-installed, except as to
the Master, and even as to him if practicable.
58. That a petition for a dispensation for a new Lodge must be
accompanied by the recommendation of the nearest Lodge in an
air-line.
59. That a ballot found white by the Wardens and Master, but
one of the members at once rising and stating he had cast a black
ball, must be declared dark.
60. That the loss of the sight of an eye by accident, not impair-
ing the other, does not render a candidate ineligible.
61. That a rejected candidate for affiliation can re-petition at
once and as often as he may desire.
62. That one engaged in the business of selling intoxicating
liquors, though not conducted by him personally, or in this State, is
ineligible for the degrees. (By-Law 125— Decisions 86-115-123.)
By the Grand Lodge, 1889.
63. Question: Can we bury a Brother with Masonic honors
where six or eight of the pall-bearers are not Masons ?
Answer: No. Masonry is absolute. In answer to correspond-
ence arising out of this, I replied : When Masonic ceremonies are
called for, none but Masons in good standing can take part. On such
APPENDIX. 317
occasions the Lodge is regularly convened, none being admitted but
those duly qualified and having permission. The Lodge is not called
off, but proceeds to the house, church, or wherever they may be
called, take charge of the body (and when they have done so, no one
except he be a Mason is admitted), repair to the place of deposit, per-
form their rites and return to the Lodge room, and the Lodge is
closed in form. The Lodge is a Lodge from the time it is opened
until it is closed. (Kimball, 1888, approved by Grand Lodge, 1889.)
64. "At the last session of this Grand Lodge it placed on record
a resolution declaring what degrees in Masonry it will recognize ;
and your committee are of the opinion that no so-called Masonic
bodies, other than those mentioned in that resolution, can be consid-
ered, in any sense, ' Masonic Bodies ' in this State.
"Your Committee are of the opinion that that resolution should
be sufficient to prevent any good Masons, paying allegiance to this
Grand Lodge, from hereafter becoming members of any bodies
claiming to be Masonic, other than those mentioned in that reso-
lution." (See No. 54 a.)
65. Resolved , That the clause, " take the usual course " at the
end of Section 61, of By-Laws, be interpreted to mean that the
written petition of the applicant be referred to an investigating
committee of three members, which committee shall submit a report
within one lunar month, as in the case of other petitions for the
degrees.
66. Under Section 98 the question of guilt or innocence is to be
decided by ballot, and a two- thirds vote is necessary to convict.
Under Section 99 the degree of punishment must be determined by
a two-thirds vote of the Lodge, whether it be expulsion, indefinite or
definite suspension or reprimand, and the Lodge having convicted a
Brother of Masonic offense would be guilty of a gross neglect of its
Masonic duties should it fail to inflict one of the punishments pro-
vided by Section 106, and one which, upon a regular appeal, would
subject the Lodge to discipline.
67. Resolved, That M. W. Bro. H. P. H. Bromwell, Past Grand
Master of Illinois and at present a member of Denver Lodge No. 5,
at Denver, Colorado, be and he is hereby declared duly elected as
an honorary member of this M. W. Grand Lodge.
By W. T. Bri dwell, 1890.
68. A committee appointed by a Lodge to collect testimony can
exclude from its meetings ail brethren not directly interested in the
matter.
69. A brother having served a Lodge as Warden is eligible to
election as Master, but aside from this occupies no higher place in
the Lodge than any other member.
3l8 APPENDIX.
70. In the absence of general law on the subject, each Lodge
has the right to limit the time before which a rejected applicant may
apply again ; but, in the absence of any law, he may apply at any
time.
71. Expulsion by a Lodge is from all the rights, privileges and
benefits of Masonry, and is final unless reversed by the Grand Lodge.
The Lodge should send notice of such action to other branches of
the Order of which the expelled was a member.
72. A brother having received one or more degrees and removes
from the Jurisdiction of the Lodge which received him, remains the
material of that Lodge, regardless of where he may go.
73. A Lodge having suspended one of itB members for non-pay-
ment of dues, cannot in after years remit the amount and restore
him to good standing. Suspended or expelled Masons are not
worthy objects of Masonic charity.
74. To determine the sufficiency of an objection after ballot,
have the case heard by your Lodge in accordance with Section 73,
Grand Lodge By-Laws. A unanimous vote will be necessary to
entitle the candidate to advancement, the objector not being per-
mitted to vote. (See By-Law 73.)
75. Objections to the advancement of a candidate after ballot
should be investigated by the Lodge. It is optional with the Master
to order charges preferred and entered into a formal trial, or he can
order an investigation without the formality of charges. (See By-
Law 73.)
76. It is contrary to Masonic custom for Masons to lease their
Lodge room for dancing or any other secular purposes. * * * A
Masonic Lodge room is a sacred place and should be regarded with
the same degree of respect whether the Fraternity own the building
or lease it.
77. A person having lost the first joint of the thumb or the first
three fingers of his right hand is ineligible to be made a Mason.
78. The Tramp Mason. — Lodges should be informed as to the
worthiness of such applicants before lending assistance. In all such
cases where actual necessity is not manifest it is not charity to give.
79. A Mason carrying a dimit in this jurisdiction more than one
year, without petitioning for affiliation, has no legal claim on the
Fraternity.
80. There is no law requiring a Masdn to state his reason for
applying for a dimit. He enters the Lodge of his own volition and
cannot be compelled to remain a member should he elect otherwise.
81. A certificate of good standing is not sufficient evidence for
a Lodge to admit a visitor upon. If his regard for Masonry is not
APPENDIX. 3I9
sufficient to prompt him to acquire a sufficient degree of Masonic
intelligence to make himself known, he does not merit recognition.
82. A Lodge cannot entertain a petition from an applicant who
has not resided twelve months within its jurisdiction. This is pro-
hibited by Grand Lodge By-Law No. 55.
83. Question: Has one Mason the right to go on the witness-
stand in a criminal case and attempt to impeach the testimony of
another Mason without first informing him that he would do so ?
Answer: If the first witness had testified falsely, and by such
testimony attempted to defeat the end of justice, it would be the
duty of the second witness to expose such testimony ; but ' if the
testimony of the first witness was correct, the second witness was
guilty of gross unmasonic conduct, and he should be dealt with
accordingly.
84. Question : A Mason commits homicide, is tried by the court
and acquitted. Can we accept this as sufficient, or should the Lodge
hold an investigation? Answer: Yes. The Lodge should take
cognizance of the matter regardless of the action of the court.
Courts may err through prejudice, releasing the guilty and punishing
the innocent. This does not afford an example for a Masonic Lodge
to pattern after. (See No* 110.)
85. Lodges desiring to hold real estate should consult Laws of
Colorado, session of 1879, pages 110 and 111.
By The Grand Lodge, 1^0.
86. By-Law 125 was construed to include all persons engaged in
the business of selling intoxicnting liquors, and to all others in any
business, selling intoxicating liquors as beverages. (See 62-115-123.)
By E. L. N. Foster, 1891.
87. A brother having received the E. A. degree in another
jurisdiction, is their material, and the F. C. and M. M. degrees can
only be conferred on him in one of two ways :
First — The Lodge which conferred the first degree can make a
request to another Lodge to confer the remaining degrees, when no
ballot should be taken as to the qualifications of the candidate, but a
majority vote of the Lodge to do the work would be proper, the
candidate could then become a member of the Lodge making the
request, and the fee should be paid to it. The Lodge, however,
should require proficiency in each preceding degree before confer-
ring the next.
Second — The Lodge can ask waiver of jurisdiction, which being
granted, the candidate can petition in the regular way, setting forth
the additional facts, accompanied by a certificate of the Lodge that
conferred the first degree.
320 APPENDIX.
88. A request for waiver of jurisdiction must be made before
ballot.
89. A brother can not completely sever his connection with the
Fraternity ; there is no way by which he can be relieved of his
obligations.
90. Lodges U. D. can not collect dues, as they have no By-Laws.
They are governed by the Grand Lodge By-Laws.
91. The W. M. of a Lodge has authority to discharge an inves-
tigating committee when it fails to report, but it should only be done
in exceptional cases ; it is better to give the old committee further
time.
92. A Lodge is not legally compelled to pay the funeral expenses
of a brother, even though one of its own members, but can dispense
its charity in the way it deems best.
93. The W. M. of a Lodge errs in refusing to allow a member
to examine the Lodge records.
94. A Lodge can not appear as such, to escort a Commandery of
Knights Templars performing funeral services. If Master Masons
attend a funeral as a Lodge, they must have charge of the ceremonies.
95. Section 55, Grand Lodge By-Laws, refers to petitions for
initiation only.
96. As no colored Lodges have been recognized in this jurisdic-
tion, it is improper to permit the use of our Lodge rooms to install
the officers of so-called colored Lodges.
97. The regularly elected and appointed officers of a Lodge,
with the exception of the Tiler, must be members.
98. The absence of the letter of dispensation of a Lodge renders
the meeting irregular, and any work done illegal.
99. A candidate initiated when the letter of dispensation was
absent, is irregularly made, and should be healed before proceeding
further.
100. It is unnecessary to obtain a permit from the Grand Master
for a Past Master to install the regularly elected officers of a Lodge.
101. The geographical jurisdiction of Lodges U. D. is the same
as that of chartered Lodges.
102. When it is discovered that a petitioner for the degrees re-
sides without the jurisdiction of the Lodge which received his petition,
the fact should be spread upon the minutes, and, provided a waiver
of jurisdiction can not be obtained, the petition and fee should be
returned to the petitioner, with the information that if he desires
the degrees he must apply to the Lodge in whose jurisdiction he
resides.
APPENDIX. 321
By John M. Maxwell, 1892.
103. Grand Lodge By-Law No. 56 covers petitions for affiliation,
and as a dimit is made a part of the petition for affiliation under
Grand Lodge By-Law No. 59, the dimit cannot be returned to the
petitioner unless his petition should be rejected.
104. No authority is vested in the Grand Master to appoint offi-
cers of a subordinate Lodge to act during the temporary absence of
the officers of the Lodge.
105. Only those whose names appear in the Dispensation and
those raised under it, can vote upon petitions for the degrees in
Lodges U. D.
106. An annual election in a subordinate Lodge held at any
other time than that designated by the By-Laws of the Lodge is ir-
regular and void, unless such election is held by virtue of a Special
Dispensation, granted by the Grand Master.
107. The Secretary of a Lodge has no authority to issue sum-
monses for any purpose, unless instructed so to do by the Worshipful
Master, or the Lodge.
108. The election to the Mastership of a brother ineligible to
hold that office, unless by Special Dispensation granted by the Grand
Master, is irregular and void.
109. A Lodge having elected a member to the office of Senior
Warden, upon the refusal of the brother to be installed, cannot at a
date subsequent to the date for its annual election, elect any one else
to that office, except by Special Dispensation, granted by the Grand
Master.
110. It is the duty of a Lodge to proceed with the trial of a
brother charged with a Masonic offense, regardless of the action, or
non-action of the courts of the State. (See No. 84.)
111. A brother having made application to his Lodge for a
dimit, can withdraw his application at any time before the Lodge has
taken action upon it.
112. A Junior Warden can not prefer charges in his official
capacity, except by order of the Lodge.
113. A Lodge U. D. cannot act upon a petition for initiation un-
less the applicant has resided within the jurisdiction of the Lodge
U. 13. during the preceding twelve months. (See By-Law 55.)
114. A man who has lost the left hand at the wrist, is ineligible
to be made a Mason.
115. A Lodge cannot entertain the petition of one who is acting
as the agent of a brewing company, and as such, selling bottled beer
by the barrel. (See Nob. 62, 86 and 123.)
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322 APPENDIX.
116. The doctrine of " perpetual jurisdiction " is not recognized
in this jurisdiction.
117. For good and sufficient reasons a subordinate Lodge may
suspend its regular communications, and it is not necessary to have
the Grand Master's permission therefor.
118. A brother bringing himself within the requirements of
Grand Lodge By-Law No. 85, is entitled to a dimit, although he has
failed to pay an assessment levied by the Lodge, and the W. M. of
the Lodge should not refuse to sign or withhold the dimit.
119. A man who is deformed by one leg being shorter than the
other, is not eligible to receive the degrees in Masonry.
120. A man who has lost the first two fingers of his right hand,
is not eligible to receive the degrees in Masonry.
121. A "physically defective" man, being very lame, is not
eligible to receive the degrees in Masonry.
By the Grand Lodge, 1892.
122. It is clearly the duty of the Master of a Lodge to suspend
from office an officer of his Lodge for unbecoming or unmasonic con-
duct, in advance of charges and trial for such conduct.
123. It is unlawful to receive the petition to be made a Mason
of a man engaged in selling liquor on commission. (See Nos. 62, 86
and 115.)
124. A Masonic apron should be of white leather only. We
recommend that the presentation of the apron in the First Degree
be an actual presentation, and that it be made the duty of the
Secretary of the Lodge to inscribe or have inscribed upon the under
side of it the name of the brother receiving it, together with the date
of his initiation, to which shall be added the date of his passing and
raising when the same shall have been accomplished.
125. That hereafter, in making the annual returns, the Secre-
taries of all the Lodges be required to report the ages of all the mem-
bers. (See By-Law 37.)
GENERAL INDEX TO LAWS.
Bxvkbxnces to Szotiohs : C— Constitution ; B— By-Laws ; D— Decisions.
C. B. D.
Absence forfeits pay 5
of Grand Master provided for 20
of Master provided for 49
Accused, absence of , at trial 104
and accuser may be present at trial 101
Accuser to sign charges 85
Admitting to membership 81
Admission to membership may be refused 4
Advancement, application for 18
may be stayed 71
objection to 72
Affiliate, where a Brother may 32
who can not _ 125
Affiliation after expulsion _ 118
fee for, prohibited 82
petition for 59 15
regulated 80
Ages of members to be reported 125
Air-line jurisdiction 51
Amendments to By-Laws 135
to Constitution 35
Animal Communication 8
dues from Lodges... 37
election, when void... 106
report of D. D. G. Masters 28
report of Grand Treasurer.. 21
report of Grand Secretary 22
returns of Lodges 36 125
Appeals, Committee on 4(4)
Appeal, when taken 110
if decision is reversed 105
must be in writing Ill
Appellate jurisdiction of Grand Lodge 5
Appellant to give notice Ill
Application after rejection 69
for dimit may be withdrawn Ill
Appointed officers, in Grand Lodge 7
in Lodges under dispensation 44
installation of 11
Approval of journal 18
Apron, described _ 124
Assessment, failure to pay 118
Ballot, cannot be set aside 66
disclosing one's own _ 67
for affiliation 80
forbidden until 62
for each degree 65
326
APPENDIX.
C. B. Z>.
Dimit of non-affiliates to be cancelled 89
can not be withdrawn 12
issuing duplicate profcfbHed _ 30
how granted 85
Lodges nnder dispensation can not grant 11
signed by 14
with petition for new Lodge 21
over one year old 79
Discipline, non-payment of does cause for r 112
who subject to 93
Disclosing ballot forbidden 67
Dispensation, for new Lodge granted by 18
to new Lodge, how granted 10
special when not granted 4
most be present 9*
to elect officers 109
District D. G. Masters 27
duty of 25-28
payof 29
who eligible 27
Districts, Masonic 26
Division of question IS
Divulging result of trial 109
Donations to library fond 34
Doable pay not allowed ! 5
Dropped from roll, restoring those heretofore 122
Druggists selling liquor 40
Dues, Grand Lodge, when payable 88
part payment of 23
Lodges U.D. cannot collect 90
Duplicate charters, when issued _ 34
Duty of Grand Master 15
of Master of new Lodge 22
Duties, members not exempt from 81
of Grand Secretary 22
of Grand Treasurer 21
Eastern Star, Order of 9
Eight petitioners necessary for dispensation 19
Elected officers installed annually 11
can decline 19
Election, annual, when roid 106-109
of brother ineligible, yoid 108
of candidates 65
of Master from the floor 6
of officers reported 35
• of officers 27
majority votes necessary 42
in Grand Lodge 9
Elections in Lodges under dispensation prohibited 44
who may vote at _ 8
Electioneering for office 43
Elective officers 7
Eligibility for office 10
Emergent Grand Lodge cannot be opened tt
Entered apprentice failing to pass examination 39
Evidence of standing of petitioners 21
I
APPENDIX. 327
C. B. D.
Rumination of ballots 66
for advancement 75
Examining committee, second, not to be appointed 91
Exclusive jurisdiction of Grand Lodge 5
Exemplification of work by Grand Lecturer 25
by Lodges 28
Exempt from Grand Lodge dues 37
Expenses of new Lodge 18
Expelled Mason, how restored 119 ..
when decision is reversed llfl
Expulsion includes _ — 107
notice of , given 109 71
vote necessary for 99
who amemable to. 8
Expulsions published with proceedings 107
Extinct Lodges, duties of officers of 128
members of.. ._ — . 87 ._
Failure of Lodge to be represented 41
topaydnes 38
Fee for affiliation prohibited 82
for charter 31
for degrees 79
for dispensation 20
for special dispensation 25
forfeited, when 60
Fees from Lodges nnder dispensation 23
when returned 73
Fellowcraft failing to pass examination _ 39
Filling blanks 15
Finance, committee on 4(5)
Forfeiture of fee paid 60
France, Grand Orient of _ 124
Funerals, when held 126
expenses, who to pay 92
Grand Lodge, adjourns 4
is supreme authority 5
may suspend charter 6 41
may delegate its powers 6
jurisdiction of 5
composed of 2
quorum at._ 4
vote of officers of 8
powers of 6
style of 1
may reverse decision of Grand Masters 17
grants charters 26
may name officers in charter _ 29
shall recall charters 33
dues to 87
dues, when payable 38
of Hamburg 124
proceedings, property of 5
Grand Master, powers and prerogatives of 12
may convene special 13
may convene subordinate Lodge 14
3 28 APPENDIX.
C. B. D.
Grand Master, doty of. 15
may suspend functions of Lodge 16
may command other officers 19
may grant dispensations 18
and Grand Secretary may purchase books 34
can change location of Lodge 129
cannot appoint temporary officers 104
to approve change in By-Laws 13S
to designate Districts 27
decisions final 17
absence provided for 20
traveling expenses to be paid 53
Grand Chaplain, duties of 23
Grand Deacons, daties of SI
Grand Lecturer, duties and pay of 25
Grand Librarian, Grand Secretary is 22
duties of 34
Grand Marshal, duties of 30
Grand Officers, title of 2
elected and appointed 7
have one vote each 8
qualifications of 10
installed annually 11 ...
pay of 5
Grand Orator, duties of 24 __
Grand Orient of France 124
Grand Secretary, daties of and salary 22
when new trial ordered 106
and Grand Master to purchase books 84
to give notice of impostors 131
Grand Stewards, daties of 32
Grand Tiler, rights and daties of S3
Grand Treasurer, duties of 21
Grand Wardens act as Grand Master 20
Granting dim its 85
Guilt, how determined 98
Grievances, Committee on 4(4)
Hamburg, Grand Lodge of 124
Hancock, town of , under jurisdiction of 54
Healing, when required 99
Honorary membership - 1B0 46
Incorporate, Lodges should not 28
Impostors to be reported 131
Initiated, who can not be 125
who should be healed 99
Initiation fee, when forfeited 60
Installation by proxy forbidden 11 47
of officers 11 .... 100
public forbidden 45
of re-elected Master 46
of officers of newly chartered Lodge 47
of Master 48
Intemperance a crime 125 .
Investigating Committee may be discharged 91
Irregular Work 24 96
Issuing of Charters 36
APPENDIX. 329
C. B. D.
Journal to be read 18
Junior Grand Warden acts as Grand Master 20
Junior Warden, cannot prefer charge*, except 112
Jnrisdiction of Lodges 55 101
of Lodges U. D 113
how waived 58-61
waiver of 25
over non-affiliates 84
OTer petitioners 17
E. A's and F. C's 72
over E. A's, how gained 87
perpetual not recognized 116
Jurisprudence, Committee on 4(2)
Legislation, power of Grand Lodge over 5
Lecturer, Grand, duties of 25
librarian. Grand, duties of 34
Library fond, donations to 84
fees paid to 25
Liquor seller, ineligible for degrees 62-123
defined 86
Liquor selling cause for discipline 125 51
Liquors excluded 125
Location of Lodge, how changed 129
Lodge By-Laws can regulate applications 18
can try f or off enses 47
cannot act as escort 94
not legally compelled to pay funeral expenses . 92
cannot be opened unless 49
changing by-laws 183
demiseof : 128
dues must be paid _ _ 2
dues, part payment of 23
duty of, on appeal 110
failing to meet 1 38
failing to inflict punishment 66
functions of , may be suspended 15 38
granting charity 131
how opened 50
jurisdiction 51 47
may stop advancement _ 71
may issue summons 90
may be convened by Grand Master 14
must conform to established rules 15
not act on petition unless 55
not act on petition unless 57
represented in Grand Lodge by 1
must be represented in Grand Lodge 40
room, renting of 2
shall pay dues 37
to determine as to trial 96
to determine guilt and punishment 100
to report officers elected 35
room not to be leased 76
waiving jurisdiction 25
Lodge, Under Dispensation, appointed officers in 44
can not elect officers 44
330 APPENDIX.
C. B. D.
Lodge Under Dispensation can not grant dimits 11
can not collect dues 90
how governed 23
jurisdiction of 101-113
not chartered except 27 __
whorotesin 105
Lodge, cannot receive petition of 115-128
colored __ _ 20-76
concurrent jurisdiction of 52
having concurrent jurisdiction, daties of 58
desiring to hold real estate 85
of instruction 25
may suspend regular communications, 117
to be visited by D.D.Q. Masters..... 28
to proceed with trial 110
under dispensation, committee on 4(3)
Loss of charter provided for 34
Majority can not surrender charter 32
of votes necessary in elections 9 42 ._
Masonic correspondence, committee on 4(1)
degrees recognized 54
districts 26
by whom designated 27 _
jurisprudence, committee on 4(2)
rights, how lost 94
year ends 36
Masonic Widows1 and Orphans' Home 54
Marshal, Grand, duties of 30
Masons made in Lodge under dispensation 10
witness against Masons 83
can not completely sever connection 89
Master, choice of 6
exempt from Lodge jurisdiction 93
may appoint proxy 1
may issue summons 90
may fill vacancy 44
may refust to admit visitors 4
may stop advancement 71
may suspend from office ^ 122
nominated in petition for charter 29
of new Lodge, qualifications for " 20
of new Lodge, duty of 22
qualifications of 50
re-elected, installation of 46 57
signing dimits 14
service as, anywhere, eligible to election 55
suspended and re-instated 56
to see his Lodge represented 40
Meetings of Grand Lodge _ 3 6
Members of Grand Lodge 2
have one vote 8
may be refused admission 4
dutiesof 7
must vote 9
must vote 60
to speak but twice 8
APPENDIX. 331
C B. D.
Members may examine records OS
Membership necessary to hold offioe 10
how disturbed 22
how gained _ 78
how gained after expulsion 118
Minutes to be reed 18
Motion moat be seconded 10
must be in writing 11
Motions while questions are under debate 12
Mount Princeton Lodge No. 40, jurisdiction of 54
Neglect to pay Grand Lodge dues 88
Negroes, recognition of 20
New Lodges, dispensation for 18
New petition, when required _ 60
New trial, if ordered, duty of Grand Secretary 105
Nominations for offioe prohibited 4S
Non-affiliates, conduct of 84
Non-affiliation, cause for discipline 88
Non-intercourse, discretion used by Lodges 128
with France and Hamburg 124
Non-payment of dues, cause for discipline 112
form of charges for 118
trial for 114
penalty for 115
Non-resident petitioners 58 .:
Notice to Lodges haying concurrent jurisdiction 58
Objection after ballot 72 74
before ballot 45
entered of record 73
to yisitors 182
to advancement 75
Obligation, cannot be relieved of 89
Officers can not dimit 86
elected, can decline 19
elected, and appointed 7
installed, can not refuse to serve 42
must be members 97
Officers of Grand Lodge 2
of Lodge may be suspended from office 122
refuse to be installed 109
to exemplify work 28
under dispensation appointed 44
of new Lodges recommended 19
of new Lodges, who may install 47 110
pay of , in Grand Lodge 5
re-elected must be installed 57
Opening of Grand Lodge, quorum for 4
Orator, Grand, duties of 24
Order, members must keep 7
Original jurisdiction of Grand Lodge 5
Orphans' Home 546
Pall-bearers must be Masons 68
Part payment of dues 23
Past Grand Master member of Grand Lodge 2
Fast Deputy Grand Master member of Grand Lodge 2
332 APPENDIX.
C. B. Z>.
Past Master's degree not essential 48
Pay of members of Grand Lodge 5
Pay of Grand Lecturer 25
Payment of dues after suspension 116
Per diem, committee on 4(5)
Personally interested cannot vote 9
Petitions for change of name or location 4(3) __
Penalties enumerated 106
Penalty for non-payment of dues 115
Percentage allowed Secretary of new Lodge _ 30
Perpetual jurisdiction 116
Petition for affiliation 59 15
for affiliation 80 82
for charter 28
for dispensation must set forth 19
for dispensation, how recommended 20-58
for initiation cannot be withdrawn 56
for part of the degrees _ 61 _
for special dispensation 25 16
of liquor seller 115-123
of non-resident 58
not acted upon unless _ 55 82
when acted upon 57
when returned 1.. 102
who cannot sign _ 49
Physical qualifications 74 21-22
Physical qualifications 26-41
Physical qualifications 60-77
Physical qualifications . _ 114-119
Physical qualifications .^ 119-121
Place of Annual Communication _ 8
Powers of Grand Lodge 5-6
and prerogatives of Grand Master 12
Presentation of apron 124
Proceedings of Grand Lodge, property of Lodge 5
of trials, when furnished 105 _.
to be read 134
Proxy installation forbidden 11 47
Proxies, who may give 8 1
qualifications for _ 1
Public installation forbidden 45 ...
Punishment, majority necessary to inflict 99
Purchase of books 34
Qualifications of Grand officers 10
of candidates 60 21-22
of candidates 74 26-41
of candidates 77 60-61
of candidates 125 77-114
of candidates 119-120
of candidates 121
of Grand Secretary 22
of Grand Treasurer 21
of proxies 1 .__
0 of Master of new Lodge 20
of witnesses 102
APPENDIX. 333
C. B. D,
Question* may be divided ^ 13
to be answered by Committee on Character 62 88
Quorum in Grand Lodge _ 4
in Lodge 48
Rank of grand officers 2
Reconsideration of vote 14
Recommending new Lodge 8
Recommending new Lodge 20
Recognition of residents receiving degrees elsewhere 128
Records, who may examine 28 98
Refusal to pay Grand Lodge dues 38
to be installed 109
Rejected candidates re-applying 68 70
Rejected candidates re-applying 18
Rejection of candidates not reported _ 70
Removal after petitioning 17
Renting of Lodge rooms 2
Report of Grand Secretary 22
of Grand Treasurer 21
of Lodge Elections 35
Reports of committees most be in writing' 16
of Committee on Character, contents of 62
unfavorable, not a dark ballot.. 52
of District Depnty Grand Master 28
Representatives to Grand Lodge, qualifications of 2
pay of 5
Repaimand, who amenable to _ 8
how given 108
vote required for 99
Residence of petitioners for dispensation 19
of petitioners for initiation 55 37
Restoration after suspension for non-payment of does 116 73
by action of Grand Lodge 117
of expelled Masons 118
of expelled Masons 119
after definite suspension 120
after indefinite suspension 121
of those stricken from roll 122
Returns to be examined by Grand Secretary 22
and records of Lodge under dispensation 23
of Lodges, under dispensation. Committee on 4(3)
most be made 2
when to be made 36
what to contain 125
Rights of Masons raised in Lodges nnder dispensation 10
of Tiler 33 .... 24
Seal required on official notices 31
Secretary, Grand, duties of and salary 22
of new Lodge, salary prohibited to — 30
Second to motion necessary 10
ballot, when allowed 66
Senior Grand Warden acts as Grand Master 20
Session committees 3
Special Committees, who may call 13
Standing Committees 4
334 APPENDIX.
C. B. D.
Stewards, Grand, duties of 82
St. Elmo, town, under jurisdiction of 54
Subordinate Lodges, who represents 1
Suicides, burial of 1
Summons, who may issue 90 107
what to contain 91
must be obeyed 92
Surrender of Charter 32
Suspended, who may be 8
from office, who may be 122
Suspended Masons, restoration of 120
Suspended Masons, restoration of 121
Suspension, notice given of, and published in proceedings 109
Tote required for 99
Teaching of unauthorized work 127
Temporary officers of Lodge 104
Testimony taken by commission 96
to be taken in writing 100
to be taken in writing 103
Timeof annual Communication _ S
Title of Grand Lodge i 1
Grand Officers 2
Tiler, Grand, duties and rights of 88
place of 7
rights of -. 24
not necessarily a member 97
Tin Cup Lodge No. 52, jurisdiction of 54
Traveling expenses of members paid 5
Treasurer, Grand, duties and qualifications of 21
Transgressing rules 8
Trial, commissioners to fix time of 100
in civil or criminal courts 84
Lodge to fix time of 96
to be by Lodge or commission 96
may proceed if accused is absent 104
not affected by courts 110
Trials, how held 97
for non-payment of does 114
Two or more Lodges in same town have concurrent jurisdiction 52
Unanimous ballot necessary 65
Unauthorized work 127
Unprivileged questions 15
Unworthy applicants for charity 131
Use of Lodge room 96
Vacancy in Grand Mastership provided for 20
Verdict, how arrived at 98
Visit Lodges, D. D. G. Master must 28
Visitor, objection to 132
Visiting brethren, committee on 3(2)
Visitors, evidence required of 34
Vote, Grand Tiler not entitled to 88
honorary members cannot 180
in Grand Lodge, who may 8
members most 9
APPENDIX. 335
C. B. D.
Vote iieoessary to inflict penalties 99
reconsidering of 14
those interested cannot 9
who may, in Lodge U. D 106
Votes, in Grand Lodge 1
members cannot cast more than three 8
necessary for election 9
Grand Lodge 1
necessary to amend Constitution 35
necessary to amend By-laws 135
Waiver of jurisdiction 25-8S
when required 61
request for, when made 88
Waiving jurisdiction, how expressed 58
Warden, Grand, act as Grand Master 20
Wardens, may appoint proxy 1
nominated in petition for charter i 29
in Lodges under dispensation 50
may preside 49
place occupied by 89
Withdrawal of petition forbidden 56
Witnesses, accused and accuser present at examination of 101
qualification of 102
Work, Grand Lodge to establish 6
out of regular order 24
to be exemplified in Grand Lodge 25
to be exemplified in Lodges 28
when illegal 98
Written petition for Charter required 28
Working material for Lodges 39
FORMS.
PETITION FOE MEMBEKSHIP.
To the Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brethren of ..Lodge
No.—,A.F.d;A.M.
The Petition of the subscriber respectfully represents that
he is a Master Mason in good standing, and was formerly a
member of Lodge No , in the town of
under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of
- - , from which he has regularly withdrawn,
a certificate of which from the Secretary of said Lodge accompanies
this, his petition, and he now prays admission as a member of your
Lodge, if found worthy.
His place of residence is _ By
occupation he is a . His age is
years.
Dated. __ , A. D. 18...
Recommended by
>
Master qs„„-j
Masons. St^ned
' Endorsed on the back as follows :
Petition op _ _ for Membership.
Received , 18---, and referred to Brethren
_^_ _ Report due , 18
Ballot had 18..- Result _
The committee to whom was referred the petition of Brother
, beg leave to report that they have duly
considered the same and have carefully and diligently inquired into
the standing and character of the petitioner, and find him to be
worthy, and recommend that the prayer of his petition be
granted.
Given under our hands this day of , A. D. 18
» Committee.
APPENDIX. 337
PETITION TO BE MADE A MASON.
To the Worshipful Master, Warden and Brethren of... Lodge
No..-,A.F.<5b A.M
The Petition of the subscriber respectfully represents that hav-
ing long entertained a favorable opinion of your ancient institution,
he is desirous, if found worthy, of being admitted a member thereof,
If accepted, he pledges himself to a cheerful obedience to all the
requirements of your By-Laws, and to the established rules and reg-
ulations of the Fraternity. His age is _ . years ; his occupation
is that of a ; his residence
Dated at _ , this day of A. L. 58...
Recommended by
» Master Masons
The following questions are also required to be answered in writing by the
petitioner, and the answers annexed to said petition :
Where were you born?
How long have you lived in Colorado?
How long have you lived within the jurisdiction of this Lodge ?
Have you ever applied for the degrees of Masonry, and, if so
when and in what Lodge?
Do you believe in the existence of one ever-living and true God?
Do you know of any physical, legal or moral reason which should
prevent you from becoming a Freemason?
Are you engaged in any manner in the liquor traffic ; and do you
agree not to become so engaged in the future?
On the back of the petition shall be the following :
Petition for initiation of Mr Recommended
by -
Petition received , 18_._ Referred to
Report due , 18. .. Report received
,18... Ballot had
18... Result
22
33^ APPENDIX.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
Hall op Lodge No t A. F. & A. M.
To Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brethren of said Lodge ;
Your Committee, to who was referred the petition of Mr.
_ for initiation, find in answer to the below
interrogatories as follows:
1. What is his age?
2. Is he married or single?
3. If married, is he living with his wife?
4. What is his occupation and where is he employed?
5. Is he physically qualified for admission?
6. What is the character of his company and associates?
7. Is he addicted to the intemperate use of intoxicating liquors?
8. Does he gamble?
9. Does he habitually use profane or indecent language?
10. Has he licentious or immoral habits?
11. Is he a law-abiding citizen?
12. Does he possess sufficient education and intelligence to un-
derstand and value the doctrines and tenets of Masonry?
13. Has he ever made previous application for the degrees? and,
if so, where and when?
14. State any other facts of value to the Lodge io arriving at a
correct conclusion.
Given under our hands this day of.
A. D. 18. ...
1
► Committee.
APPENDIX. 339
SUMMONS.
Hall, op Lodge No , A. F. & A. M.
Colorado 18
Brother.
By order of W. M., you are hereby sum-
moned to attend a Communication of Lodge No
A. P. A A. M., on - evening, the day of
A. L. 58 , at o'clock, at the usual place
of meeting.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Lodge this
day of — A.L.58
Secretary.
Endorsed on back as follows:
SUMMONS.
To Bro
Service — I have served the within summons by
Witness my hand this day of A.L.58
CHARGES FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES.
By order of Lodge No , A. F. & A. M.f I hereby
charge Brother with unmasonic conduct in
neglecting to pay Lodge dues from the day of _
to the day of
Bated _ A. D. 18.
Junior Warden.
340
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APPENDIX. 341
PETITION FOR DISPENSATION.
To M. W. _ Grand Master of Masons in Colorado :
We, the undersigned, being Master Masons in good standing,
having the prosperity of the Fraternity at heart, and desirous of
exerting our best endeavors to promote and diffuse the genuine
principles of Freemasonry, respectfully represent that we are desir-
ous of forming a new Lodge in County,
Colorado, to be named Lodge; that the
estimated population of said _ is.. ; that
the towns of __ will be
included in the proposed jurisdiction ; that the material in the juris-
diction is sufficient to sustain a healthy and reputable Lodge ; that
all the petitioners are residents within the proposed jurisdiction ;
that they have at their disposal suitable quarters for the practice of
Masonic rights ; that the expenses incident to said new Lodge (have
been donated) (are to be paid at a future time by said Lodge); they
therefore pray for letters of dispensation empowering them to
assemble as a regular Lodge and discharge the duties of Masonry in
a regular and constitutional manner, according to the forms of the
Fraternity and the regulations of the Grand Lodge.
They have nominated and do recommend Bro _ to
be the first W. M.; Bro to be the first S. W., and
Bro to be the first J. W.
If the prayer of this petition shall be granted, they promise a
strict compliance to the orders of the Grand Master and the Consti-
tution, laws and regulations of the Grand Lodge.
Dated
NAKK. LODGE. NO. LOCATION OF LODGE.
These signatures most give all the names of each petitioner in full% and the
name, number and location of the Lodge from which they hold dim its or certifi-
cates. Petitioners from other than Colorado Lodges mast present dimits. Those
from Colorado Lodges most either present dimits or certificates that their does
are paid np to the next meeting of the Grand Lodge.
342 APPENDIX.
RECOMMENDATION FOR NEW LODGES.
Haul op Lodge, No A.F. & A. M.J
, Colorado, ,18... )
At a regular Communication of said Lodge, on even-
ing, , 18 , the following, among other
proceedings, were had and entered of record:
Bro offered the following preamble
and resolution, which was adopted:
Whereas, Brothers (those named in the
petition) have requested this Lodge to recommend their petition to
the M. W. Qrand Master for a dispensation to establish a Lodge
at ,in the county of and State
of Colorado, under the name of Lodge U. D.,with
Bro as W. M., Bro as
S. W.,and Bro. .' as J. W.; and
Whereas, The Brother named for Master in said petition has
exemplified the work before this Lodge, and this Lodge is fully
advised as to all matters relating to said petition; therefore,
Resolved, That this Lodge does hereby recommend the M. W.
Grand Master to grant the prayer of said petition, and does hereby
certify that the statements contained in said petition are true, and
that the Brother therein named for Master is qualified to open and
close a Lodge and to confer the three degrees.
I, Secretary of said Lodge, do
hereby certify that the above is a correct transcript from the records
of said Lodge.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Lodge at
Colorado, this day of , A. D. 18
[seal,] Secretary.
t
APPENDIX. 343
PETITION FOE CHAETEE.
To the W. M. Grand Lodge of Colorado :
The undersigned respectfully represent that on the day
of , A. L. 58 , a dispensation was issued by the
Grand Master for the formation of a new Lodge at , in
the County of _, Colorado, by the name
of _ Lodge; that on the day
of ..next ensuing, said Lodge was opened and organized,
and has sinoe continued successfully to work during the period
named in said dispensation, as will appear from its records and
returns, herewith presented; and that it is the earnest desire of the
members of said Lodge that its existence may be perpetuated.
They therefore pray that a charter be granted to said Lodge, by
the name of... Lodge, with such number as the Qrand
Lodge may assign it, and recommend that Bro be
named therein as Master; Bro as Senior
Warden, and Bro as Junior Warden;
promising, as heretofore, strict obedience to the orders of the Grand
Master and conformity to the Constitution, laws and regulations of
the Grand Lodge.
We herewith submit a copy of our proposed By-Laws.
Dated at , this , 18. ..
[Names.]
This most be signed by each petitioner, giving all their names in full. All
whose names appeared in the dispensation, and all raised in the Lodge while work-
ing under the dispensation, are eligible to petition for charter. Should it be
impossible to obtain the sign at area of all, their names should be given beneath the
■ignatares, with a statement why they have not been formally signed, and a certifi-
cate from the Master added, that it is their wish to become charter members; and
should any non- affiliate Masons, not named in the dispensation, wish to become
charter members, they may do so; Provided, They shall have received the unani-
mous endorsement of the Lodge under dispensation; expressed by ballot. The
dimits of snch must be forwarded with this petition.
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344
APPENDIX.
COMMISSION TO CONSTITUTE A NEW LODGE.
Office of the M. W. Grand M aster.
,18—
To all whom these presents may concern,
And especially to Bro
Whereas, On , 189.., a Charter was
granted by the M. W. Grand Lodge of Colorado, A. P. & A. M.,
to Lodge No , located at , Colorado;
and,
Whereas, Being myself unable to attend to constitute said
Lodge, and reposing full trust and confidence in the wisdom and
discretion of Bro , I do hereby appoint him
as my proxy to convene and organize said Lodge at its hall, in the
town aforesaid, to fully constitute, solemnly consecrate and dedicate
said Lodge, to whom a Charter has been granted and issued by the
M. W. Grand Lodge, and to install the officers named in said Charter
and to give the Lodge such instructions as to the laws and regula-
tions of this Grand Lodge as their circumstances seem to require.
And he is further required, immediately after the performance of the
said duties, to make return of this commission, and of his proceedings
under the same, together with a list of the officers installed by him,
to the Grand Secretary, at his office in
Given under my hand and seal, this day of
18..., at , Colorado.
Fraternally,
Grand Master.
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PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
M. W. Grand Lodge
OF
A. F. & A. M. OF COLORADO,
AT THE
33d Annual Communication
HELD AT
Denver, September 19 and 20,
A. D. 1893— A. L. 5893.
Ordered that these Proceedings be read in each Lodge.
— See Sec. 134 of By-Laws.
DENVER, COLORADO:
W. F. Robinson & Co,, Printers,
1893.
(
THENEWYORK
PUBLICLIBRARY
TILOEN FOUNDATION*. I
-897 JnPAvn OFFICERS, 1893-1894.
JETHRO C. 8ANFORD, Durango G. M.
WM. L. BU8H, Idaho Springe ^ D. G. M.
WM. D. PEIRCE, Denver 8. G. W.
GEORGE W. ROE, Pueblo J. G. W.
FRANK CHURCH, Denver G. Treas.
ED. C. PARMELEE, Masonic Temple, Denver G. 8ec.
ANDREW ARMSTRONG, Fort Collins G. Chaplain
FRANK P. SECOR, Longmont G. Orator
CROMWELL TUCKER, Denver G. Lecturer
WM. W. ROLLER, Salida , G. Marshal
HORACE T. DeLONG, Grand Junction S. G. D.
HARRY E. WILSON. Colorado Springs J. G. D.
GEORGE F. LEWI8, Highlands , 8. G. S.
WALLACE A. MERRILL, Bald Mountain J. G. 8.
THOMAS LINTON, Denver G. Tiler
COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE.
ROGER W. WOODBURY Denver
WM. D. TODD Denver
JAMES H. PEABODY... Canon Citj
COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE.
L. N. GREENLEAF Denver
JOSEPH W. MILSOM Caflon Citj
ANDREW KELLOCK Telluride
The Thirty-fourth Annual will be held in Denver, Tuesday,
September 18th, 1894.
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO
AT THE
Annual Communication,
Held September 19th and 20th, 1893.
Denver, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 1893.
The M. W. Grand Lodge of A. F. and A. Masons of
Colorado, commenced its Thirty-third Annual Communi-
cation at Masonic Temple, in Denver, on the third Tues-
day of September, 1893, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form by the
M. W. Grand Master, with prayer by the Grand Chaplain,
the following Grand Officers and other members occupy-
ing their respective places:
GRAND OFFICERS.
WM. D. WRIGHT (84) G. M.
JETHRO C. 8ANFORD (46) D. G. M.
WM. L. BUSH (2(5) 8. G. W.
WM. D. PEIRCE (7) J. G. W.
FRANK CHURCH (5) G. Tbkas.
ED. C. PARMELEE (48) G. Sec.
R. J. VAN VALKENBURG (50) G. Chaplain
T. B. MacDONALD (32) G. Orator
CLAY M. VAN (84) G. Lecturer
HENRY T. WEST (20) D. D. G. M.
JOHN WILLIAM8 (13) ..I). D. G. M.
GEO. W. ROE (151 D. D. G. M.
WM. W. ROLLER (57) G. Marshal
JUDSON E. COLE (49) S. G. D.
HORACE T. DsLONG (55) J.G. D.
ANDREW KELLOCK (56) S.G.8.
THOMAS LINTON 5) _ _ G. Tiler
And representatives from 80 chartered Lodges (all but
Xos. 64 and 80).
4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1893
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
The M. W. Grand Master appointed the following com-
mittees:
ON CREDENTIALS.
GRAND SECRETARY (48),
JOSEPH W. MILSOM (15),
H. J. VAN WETERING (49).
TO EXAMINE VISITING BRETHREN.
MATT ADAMS (5),
J. F. DRESCHER (7),
C. E. REED (7).
REPORT ON CREDENTIALS.
The Committee on Credentials presented their report,
which, with others from said committee, showed the fol-
lowing Grand Officers, Permanent Members, Representa-
tives from Lodges and Grand Representatives present
during the session.
GRAND OFFICERS.
WM. D. WRIGHT (84) G. M.
JETHRO C. 8ANFORD(46) D. G. M.
WM. L. BU8H (26) 8.G. W.
WM. D. PEIRCE (7) J. G. W.
FRANK CHURCH (5) G. Tbkas.
ED. C. PARMELEE (48) G. Sec.
R. J. VAN VALKENBURG (50) G. Chaplain
T. B. MaoDONALD (32) . , G. Orator
CLAY M. VAN (84) G. Lecturer
HENRY T. WEST {'20) D. D. G. M.
JOHN W1LLIAM8 (13) D. D. G. M.
GEORGE W. ROE (15) D. D. G. M.
WM. W. ROLLER (57) ..G. Marshal
JUD80N E. COLE (49) ...8. G. D.
HORACE T. DeLONG (55) J. G. D.
ANDREW KELLOCK (56) S. G. S.
THOMAS LINTON (5) G. Tiler
PERMANENT MEMBERS.
Past Grand Masters
JOHN M. CHIV1NGTON (7),
ARCHIBALD J. VAN DEREN (22),
WEBSTER D. ANTHONY (7),
HARPER M. ORAHOOD(ll),
CORNELIUS J. HART Q7),
ROGER W. WOODBURY (86),
BYRON L. CARR (23),
LAWRENCE N. GREENLEAF (5),
FRANK CHURCH (5), (Grand Treasurer.)
[1893
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO.
ANDREW 8AGENDORF (13),
JAMES H. PEABODY (15),
GEORGE WYMAN (23),
ALBERT H. BRANCH (35),
GEORGE K. KIMBALL (1),
WILLIAM D. TODD (7),
WILLIAM T. BR1DWELL (15),
EBXEST LxXEVE FOSTER (12),
H. P. H. BROWN ELL (5). (Honorary.)
EEPEESENTATIVES FKOM LODGES.
5AXXOFLODOB.
Golden City No. 1,
GoldeD.
Nevada No. 4
Bald Mountain.
Denver No. 5
ben
▼er.
Central No. ft,
Central City.
Union No. 7, Denver.
Black Hawk No. 11.
Black Hawk.
Washington No. 12,
Georgetown.
El Paso No. 13,
Colorado Springs.
Colombia No. 14,
Booider.
Mount Moriah No. 15,
Canon City
Pueblo No. 17.
Pneblo.
Collins No. 19,
Fort Collins.
Occidental No. 20.
Greeley.
Weston No. 22
Littleton.
St. Vrain No. 23,
Longmont.
Doric No. 25.
Fairplay.
Idaho Springs No. 26,
Idaho springs.
Haerfano No. 27,
Walsenbarg.
Las Animas No. 28,
Trinidad.
[Those present in Italics.]
( Wm, P. Benedict W. M..
I John H. Parker S. W._
( Nicholas Koenig J. W..
! Francis M. Mayhew W. M.
Wallace A. Merrill S. W.
Charles L. Cooper.. _.J. W.
( Robert Hamilton - W. M.
4 Wm. L. H. Millar 8. W..
(Matt Adam* J. W..
( Ferdinand French W. M..
\ Charles Ellis 8. W._
(Wm. B. Beall J. W..
! Lewis C. Greenlee W. M..
Calvin E. Reed w. W._
John F. Drescher J. W..
I James f. Richards W. M..
< Norman Cbatfield 8. W..
(A. F. Grntzmacber J. W..
( John L. Carlson W. M..
< Walter A. Garrett 8. W..
(Henry H.Nasb J. W..
I Henry G. Berry W. M..
< David H.Rice 8. W..
[Raymond Reed J. W..
( John L. Church W. M..
•< Bhep. L. Madera S.
( Ernest L. Guilford J.
! Joseph W.Milsom W.
Geo. H. Kellenberger 8. W.
Henry L. Price • J. W._
(Frank A Wells W. M..
\ Charles W. Keesler 8. W..
(Bishop D. V. Reeve J. W..
( Frank J. Annis _W. M..
\ George A. Webb 8. W._
(Frank P. 8tover J. W..
XChnrlenE Stanley W. M..
< John M. B. Pelrekin 8. W..
( Charles Heaton .J. W..
( W. W. Chapman W. M._
\l.M. Barr 8. W..
( C. D. McAuliff. J. W._
( Frank P. Secor W. M..
< Charles J. Gregg .8. W._
( Frank B. Davis J. W..
( John Z. Walker W. M._
AJacob Adler 8. W._
(A. L. Peterson J. W..
John J.Sh^rwin W. M._
Joseph E. Chester 8. W._
Wm. Mitchell J. W._
Charles O. Unfug W.M..
FredUnfng 8. W._
JohnP.Kearne J. W..
S Frank D. Goodale W. M._
John Humphrey _ S. W._
Harry B. McKinney J. W._
PBOXIKP.
N .Koenig.
AT. Koenig.
R. Harvey.
R. Harvey.
R. Harvey.
.John L. Carlson.
W..
W..
M..
...Geo. S. Adams.
...J. T. Little.
...F.A. Weils.
.Jos.R. Wills.
.A. Armstrong.
.A. Armstrong.
. C. E. Stanley.
C. E. Stanley.
F. P. Secor.
C. O. Unfug.
C. O. Unfug.
.Frank V. Goodale.
Frank D. Goodale.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
[1893
NAME OP LODGE.
Del Norte No. 29.
Del Norte.
King Solomon No. 30,
Las Animas.
Booth Paeblo No. 31,
Pneblo.
George A. Willis W. H .
Jared H. Burghardt 8. W...
James H. Baxter J. W._
Silas G.Wright.. W. M...
John A. Marphy S. W...
Thomas Harry J. W...
William L. Hartman. W. M..
Richard J. Bruner 8. W...
. Frank G. Mirrick J. W...
/x,. o „k Mrt QO (J. W. Rambo W. M...
Ohve Branch No. 32.) WiUiam yy. Iden 8. W..
Saguache. } Heino von Heimburg J. W...
a»T, t„«« v„ «w (E. W.Hodges W-JS"
SanJuanNo 33, ) J. F.Clark 8. W...
8ilverton.^He Mpldrnm j. w..
David 8. Hoffman W. M...
George J. Richard 8. W...
John L. Kinsey J. W...
John F. Armington W. M. . .
Wm. W. Coble 8. W..
, George Tucker J. W...
t James Shanks W. M...
X Charles G. Matthew* 8.
( August Koppe J.
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PROXIES.
. E. R. Hoyt.
.E. R. Hoyt.
.E. R. Hoyt.
That. Harry.
Thos. Harry.
Crystal Lake No. 34,
Lake City.
Ionic No. 35.
Leadville.
. R. J. Bruner.
. Wm. W. Iden.
.Wm. W.Iden.
D. Umbell.
LK Umbell.
. D. Umbell
.Chas. A. Gunst.
Chas. A. Gunst.
.Chas. A. Gunst.
Rosita No. 36,
.John F. Armington.
.C. G. Matthetcs.
Rosita.
W.
W.
M.
{James K. Herring W. M
Ouray No. 37, Ouray. \ Charles W. Haskins 8. W
/ George C. Pierce J. W
Silver Cliff No. 3*,
Silver Cliff.
Gunnison No. 39,
Gunnison.
Pitkin No. 40,
i John Dietz W. M.
-; Will J. Orange 8. W.
L.F.Jackson J. W.
Eugene P. Shove W. M..
Walker Burnett 8. W.
Alexander Gullett J. W..
John F. Chrustal W. M.
o.-»ut_ -s George W. Eastman 8. W..
PltWn-?JohnC.THtman J. W..
u usn - w~ ii ( Bernard Herzbach W. M.
Schiller No. II, ) Frank WaJter j$. W\
Denver.^ Jo8eil|l Grwor J# w>
,, . ... v ... ( John H. Freeberg W. M.
( onnthian No. 42, ) j w# woodtordy s. W.
kokonio. ] Samner Whitney J. W.
f- i m~ io ( Geo. E. Simonton W. M..
LagleNo.43, > Alfred G. Mays S. W
Red Cliff. I William H. jfvan8 j. w.
Wm.H. Hirst W. M.
Fred W. Swanson 8. W.
8. D. Carelton J. W.
Wm. V.Casey W. M.
R. R. Gibbon 8. W.
Frank A. Neiderberger J. W.
(Geo. V. Copp W. M.
rwo„„« 3 Elmer E. Sohalles 8. W.
Durango. ^ Joseph Prewitt. J. W.
u- ~\—-iA„~*i~ j7 ( Wm. M. Enter! ine W. M.
Breckenridge , No. 47, ) R L M s w
Breckenndge. }H > L< Rn\erline J. W.
.Jos. K. Herring.
.Jos. K. Herring.
Will J. Orange.
. Walker Burnett.
. Henry C. Olney.
.John F. Chrystal.
.John F. Chrystal.
Alamosa No. 44,
Alamosa.
Boulder No. 45,
Boulder.
Durango No. 46,
Georgetown No. 48,
Georgetown.
Mt. Princeton No. 49,
Buena Vista.
Garfield No. 50, Erie.
Leadville, No. 51,
Leadville.
Tin Cup, No. 52,
Tin Cup.
Fred P. Dewey W. M..
Robert Neuman 8. W..
Resell J. Collins J. W..
C. 8. Libby W. M..
W. W. Fay 8. W..
H.J. Van Wetering J. W._
Joseph R. Powell W. M..
Frank D. Gilpatrick 8. W..
Wm. Nicholson J. W..
Henry R. Pendery W. M..
Charles E. Dickenson S. W..
DavidLaSalle J. W..
Frank B. Massey W. M..
J amen K. Reed S. W..
Wm. W. Roof J. W..
P. Teague.
. P. Teague.
.P. Teague.
~.C. Walrich.
H. H. Dubendorff.
'. Wm. H. Nicholson.
.Arthur Cornforth.
.Chas. Nrtcman.
.Arthur Cornforth.
. H. L. Enter line.
.J. F. Phillips.
W. C. Hood.
J. F. Phillips.
.Frank B. Keyes.
R.J. Van Valkenburg
R.J. Van Valkenburg
.L. H. Bisbee.
.A. A. Burnand.
F. B. Massey.
. F. B. Massey.
1893]
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO.
If AXI OF LODGE.
LoTeland, No. 53,
Loveiand.
Sterling No. 54,
Sterling. )
Mesa No. 55, \
Grand Junction. )
TellorideNo.
Telluride.
Salida No. 57,
SaJida.
Crested Butte No. 58, \
Crested Butte. /
.56, J
aliunde. }
.)
U Veta No. 50,
LaVeta
Spar No. 60, Aspen, \
Harmony No. 61, S
Denver. )
Delta No. 62, Delta
■j
.{
Montrose No. 63,
Montrose
Euclid No. 64, \
LaJunta. I
Glenwood No. 65,
Glenwood Springs
Eureka No. 66,
Coal Creek.
-I
-1
Oasis No. 67. J
Fort Morgan. |
Manitou No. 68,
Manitoa.
Windsor No. 69,
Windsor.
Logan No. 70, J
Jnlesbarg )
Wray No. 71, Wray
■i
Granada No. 72,
Granada.
Monte Vista No. 73,
Monte Vista.
Akron No. 74, Akron.
St. John's No. 75,
Rocky Ford.
Colorado City No. 76,
Colorado City.
Chaa. N.Randall W.
Clarence L. Smith S.
John S. Peterson J.
James B. Killen W.
Sam B. Robnck S.
Smith A. Burke J.
Orson Adams Jr W.
Charles E. Mitchell S.
John D. Reeder J.
Wm. T. March W.
David N. McLeod 8.
C. P. Rock J.
Theo. Martin W.
C. G. Johnson 8.
J. A. Davidson J.
Thermo* Starr W.
('has J.Kramer 8.
John Koontz J.
Alex McDonald W.
John Ohon 8.
T. J. McEniry J.
James McMurray W.
John F. Harding S.
David Kanz J.
E.J. Proctor W.
FrankS. Pace 8.
D. P. Jones J.
A. C. BatJer W.
T. H. McGranahun S.
M. J. Johnson J.
Geo. H.Smith W.
J. F. Krebs _ 8.
J.W.Owens J.
Not Represented.
D. W. Rees W.
Fred A. Atkinson 8.
That. Kendrick J.
A. D. Garrett W.
J. C. McCreery 8.
Benj. Beach J.
Geo. W, Warner W.
J. F, Arbuckle 8.
Geo. W. Dereham J.
H. H. Aldrich _...W.
W. L. Cook 8.
W. D. 8awin J.
Harrison Teller W.
Adam Hahn 8.
William W, Kennedy J.
Geo, D. Steadman W.
John F. Gauss 8.
Albert 8. Avery J.
John W. Zepp W.
William C. Grigsby 8.
Charles E. Ware J.
C. L. McPherton W.
F. D. Hess 8.
D. W. Robinson J.
Eli A. Edwards W.
Jesse Stephenson 8.
G, P. Sampson J.
John B.Fisher W.
Isaac N. McCae 8.
John F. Dole J.
E. W. Kearby W.
W. B.Gobin 8.
E. J. Smith . J.
Wayne Wimaatt _ W.
P.M. Condit 8.
Richard Griffith J.
PROXIES.
M. — J.J, Burke.
W J. J. Burke.
W J.J.Burke.
M
W
W
M\__.FPto. A. Marsh.
W H. T. DeLong.
W Wm. A, Marsh.
M
W C.F. Painter.
W Andrew Kellock.
M. Geo. W. McGovern.
W
W
M
W.____
W
M
W
W
M
W Daniel George.
W James McMurray.
M. «.
W
W
M
W Geo. Stephen.
W
M
W Geo. H.Smith.
W Geo. H.Smith.
M Thos. Kendrick,
W Thos. Kendrick.
W
M Wm. M. Bridges.
W Wm, M. Bridges,
W Wm. M. Bridges.
M
W
W
M
W
W
M
W
W
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W
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M John McCoach.
W John Mc Coach.
W John McCoach.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
[1893
NAME OF LODGE. PROXIES.
nn~isn~fAn wrt 77 ( c- A. Gillette W. M 2>. H. Jonee,
Bnri,^^^n.k.^^----:--::::::::-l «:--:»•*'—
Bright™ no ts J£^£™^ ."-;.;-;;;I- &...7& u *"*"•
Bn*nton- (Walter Gregory J W
(J. P. Landon W. M
r{~ava 7o »«,*«, -\S. W. Ransom 8. W Lewis Clarke.
Bico No. 79, Rico. |w w Parshall J. W J. P. London.
Rio Blanco No-fiD^ j No BetnruB or Due8.
nAlirftLoNn o, ( Frank M. Smith W. M
Holyoke No. ^81, J chaB# B> Timberlake 8. W
Holyoke I Herbert L. Sutherland J. W
Carbondale No 8^ j &£&;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;;£ . £
Carbondale. } w M DinWe j w M H Deaiu
RoFttiAt^i iflrt an { F. Irving Davia W. M
Berthoud No. ©, J H ieo^ K Hankine 8. W
BerthoQcLl Harvey J. Parish J. W
TAm«viA KLr. ftj { day Ji. Fan W. M
Temple No. 84 J j<Jp»C. Drawer 8. W
uenver. i chat w Everett J. W
a~o~;d Kr, s& \ Wm. R. Coe W. M
^^SV, H'™r»«» lCH. I>«dley 8. W £T. E. WUeon.
Colorado Springs. ) Ira j Woodworth J. W
Highlands nc j£l S^&SSr^/::::::::^ *:::::
Highlands.} Theodore H% Thoma8 j. w
n~;**.<-«i v^ «7 (AlonzoF. Vick Rcy W. M
Oriental No. 87 ]JeronieA. vickert 8. W
Denver. ; Dariug A fiarton j w s.D.C.Hay*.
\ F. B. Ranney W. M W. F. Teagarden.
v„mn« v« an r»«.;„ 1 C. A. Seymour 8. W W. F. Teagarden.
lampa No. 88, Craig. 1 Matt Johnaon J. W.._._ W. F. Teagarden.
T^^iA^A m« qo {John B Hernhey W. M
Trinidad No. 89, } Win. V. Steveni 8. W
Trinidad- ( John R. Eepey J. W
T..mA.N,> on { Charle* C. Qoodale W. M
LamarNo.90. 3 Peter 8. Lynch 8 W,....
L,amar- / Amos N. Parrish J. W
i ^.#».A«*A w«. qi {J.M.VanDeren W. M.
Lafayette No 91 J j H Simpson H. W
Lafayette- ( G. W. Runge J. W ....
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
E. L. N. FOSTER (12) Alabama
JOHN W. SLEEPER OH) Arizona
JAMES H. PEABODY (15) California
BYRON L. CARB (23) Canada
GEORGE WY MAN (23) Connecticut
GEORGE WYMAN (23) Delaware
W. D. WRIGHT (84) District of Columbia
R. W. WOODBURY (86) Florida
C.J. HART (17) Georgia
A. H. BRANCH (35) Idaho
H. M. OBAHOOD (11) Indiana
A. A. BURNAND(51) Indian Territory
W. D.TODD (7) _ Louisiana
ED. C. PARMELEE(48) Maine
J. C. 8 AN FORD (46) ...Manitoba
W. D. PE1RCE (7) Maryland
L. N. GREENLEAF (5) Michigan
FRANK CHURCH (5) Mississippi
ED. C, PARMELEE (48) Missouri
1893] GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 9
W.T.BRIDWELL(15) Nevada
H.P.H. BROMWELL(S) _ New Brunswick
G.K. KIMBALL (1) New Hampshire
L. N. GREENLEAF (5) New Mexico
C. TUCKER (5) New South Wales
H.T. BELONG (55) North Dakota
ED. G. PARMELEE (48) Oregon
W.D.TODD (7) ■ Pennsylvania
A. 8AOENDORF (13) _ Quebec
W.L. BUSH (26) , 8outh Dakota
ED. C. PARMGLEB (4S) '. Vermont
W.W. ROLLER (57) Washington
H.M.ORAHOOD(11) West Virginia
W. D. ANTHONY (7) , _ Wisconsin
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
The Representatives of other Grand Lodges near this
Grand Lodge were called to the East, and fraternally wel-
comed by the Grand Master.
Past Grand Master W. D. Anthony responded in his
usual happy manner.
GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS.
The Grand Master delivered the following:
Brethren of the Grand Lodge:
Invoking the blessing of Deity upon your labors, I bid you
fraternal welcome to the Thirty-third Annual Communication of this
Grand Lodge. To you, your brethren in this jurisdiction have, for
the time being, committed the welfare of this great fraternity. That
from the lessons of the past we may gain wisdom and inspiration for
the task before us, it may be well to first consider Masonry from that
broader view in which the world is its field of operations.
It is an undeniable proposition that what we call human pro-
gress is but the result of certain progressive ideas which, first having
their birth in the minds of men, gradually enter into laws and usages,
until they are practically carried out in the affairs of men. And
here, in this beautiful temple of Masonry — situate in what is doubt-
less the world's most marvelous illustration of the rapid but sub-
stantial growth of a modern city — addressing a body composed of
the best representatives of the citizenship and Masonry of the Cen-
tennial State, it would be pleasant and profitable to trace briefly the
history of Masonry from its remote beginning, with a view to
determine what has been the effect and influence of the teachings of
Masonry upon the progress of mankind.
For this purpose and in this connection, the great unsettled
question of the antiquity of Masonry scarcely needs to be considered.
10 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1893
For it is universally conceded to be the oldest of all existing fra-
ternal organizations. There can be no question, that in substantially
its present form, Masonry has witnessed the wondrous change and
progress of the world during at least the last two centuries, and that
it had its origin in an old world, controlled from time immemorial by
old systems and old ideas.
The political and social system existing when Masonry had its
birth, may be described as haying had a king at one end of the string
and a slave at the other, while between these two extremes were
innumerable class distinctions, based merely upon the accidents of
birth and station. Broadly speaking, this old world was divided into
two classes — an aristocracy born to govern, a people bound to obey.
The world fully acknowledged the Divine right of kings. In return
for loyal services, for unquestioning obedience to existing authority,
and from motives good, bad and indifferent, the king created noble-
men at his royal whim and pleasure. The State, or the civil power,
was based on tradition and relied on force.
As to matters spiritual and religious, in the days when Masonry
began its mission, the feature most open to objection from our
Masonic standpoint was the unholy partnership which usually existed
between Church and State. Under an ecclesiastical system which
had prevailed in the civilized world for many centuries, religion,
based on dogma, asserted in matters spiritual an authority as
despotic as that claimed by the State in matters civil and political.
As against this despotism of the church it was well understood that
freedom of conscience and opinion, when tending in any way toward
freedom of worship, could not consistently or with safety be per-
mitted to assert itself. The true secret of the partnership between
Church and State, was perhaps a mutual recognition by the ruling
powers, of the necessity of being able to compel obedience to author-
ity. As the result of such partnership — intended to perpetuate and
enforce obedience to despotism and dogma — history tells us that by
way of example the political reformer sometimes lost his head, the
religious reformer was occasionally burned at the stake.
Education was confined to the privileged few. The masses,
taught by prevailing systems that blind obedience to authority was
in itself a virtue, had not yet awakened to even a faint conception of
the rights of man.
Such were the political, social and religious conditions in which
Masonry had its origin. In such a world — on such poor soil, this
ancient institution began to sow in the minds of men what may well
be called seed ideas. These ideas were simple in themselves. They
were embodied in Masonry's fundamental doctrine of the common
fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of man.
1893] GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 11
Kings were sometimes its Grand Masters. Titled noblemen and
blue-blooded aristocrats knelt at its altars, and assumed its obliga-
tions, and recognizing the social conditions in which it had its origin,
to the born slave its doors were absolutely and forever closed. But
in teaching the common brotherhood of man, it taught as a logical
deduction, the equality of men. And when, in its own beautiful
symbolic language it began to teach men to " meet upon the level,1'
Masonry was sowing in the minds of men, seed, which in the provi-
dence of God, by the progress of mankind, wsb bound to ripen into
the republic.
No atheist could enter its door, but humbly professing a belief
in the unseen God, the first great cause of unerring and immutable
laws, no further religious test was required.
This is that broad religion upon which all other religions must
necessarily rest, and as to which all reverent men, however widely
they may differ in their theological views, can reverently agree.
This, therefore, is the region of truth, the religion of humanity, the
religion of Masonry. Upon this basis Masonry was able to harmon-
ize good men of all religious creeds and opinions, and send them
forth from its lodge rooms with the lesson of toleration upon their
lips. The logical deduction of such liberality led easily to the doc-
trine of the right to worship God according to the dictates of the
individual conscience.
From the beginning, Masonry was conservative. It taught loy-
alty to existing governments. It disclaimed all interference with
politics and religion.
But beyond and above the wisdom of man were the designs
drawn upon the trestle board for the uplifting of humanity. An
irrepressible conflict — a war between old and new systems and ideas
had begun. The old ideas, grown strong with the lapse of centuries*
appealed to tradition and custom. The new ideas appealed to reason,
justice and the innate sense of the rights of man. In this great
battle of ideas, liberty, fraternity and equality, as taught by Masonry,
broadened into something more than abstract theories and empty
forms of speech — they seemed likely to enter practically into human
affairs. Freed and sheltered by Masonic obligations from the over-
shadowing influence of political and ecclesiastical power, the mani-
fest tendency of these ideas was to awaken in the minds of men that
intelligent discontent so essential to all we now call progress. As a
result, Masonry was soon recognized as a menace to controlling sys-
tems in Church and State. It became the object of political and
ecclesiastical persecution. Centuries of old systems had produced
conditions which could not readily be overthrown. Forced into
prominence in the weary and unequal struggle, Masonry, in some
12 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1893
portions of the old world, had indeed a rough and rugged road to
travel.
The discovery of a new world had opened up in all directions
new possibilities for man. The old ideas in government took posses-
sion here — the State was represented by a distant king. Old and
intolerant ideas in religion so far prevailed, that some who crossed
the ocean seeking liberty of worship, denied that liberty to others.
But the new world welcomed the* adventurous and oppressed of every
race, and blending and harmonizing their distinctive differences, the
composite nation which resulted seemed in itself to illustrate the
possible ultimate unity — the perfect brotherhood of man. Trans-
ferred to the western hemisphere, the great battle of ideas was con-
tinued, under more favorable conditions. Masonry found here a
congenial home. To Masonry in the new world, at this important
period, reverently and with truth may be applied the text: " Behold,
a sower went forth to sow." In broader fields, on more productive
soil, it sowed these seed ideas. Men caught the underlying spirit,
the symbolic meaning of its lessons, and looked forward for greater
light — for a newer and better order of things. The new world
became the theatre of what, in ultimate consequences to mankind,
are conceded to be the greatest events in history.
The story of " the days that tried men's souls " is a record of
which Masonry may well be proud. The first overt act of resistance
to taxation was when in the twilight of a December day in 1773, a
band of patriots, disguised as Indians, threw overboard the tea in
Boston harbor. Masonic records of colonial times are said to estab-
lish the fact that the act was committed by a body of Masons, who
left a Masonic lodge room for that purpose.
The famous midnight ride of Paul Revere was in April, 1775-
His cry of alarm aroused the farmers to prepare for the battle of
Lexington — the first conflict of the War of Independence. Long-
fellow writes:
"And yet, through the gloom and the light.
The fate of a nation was riding that night;
And the spark struck ont by that bleed in his flight,
Kindled the land into flame with ita heat."
He did his work, and served the great cause with freedom,
fervency and zeal, for Paul Revere was a Mason, and afterwards
became Grand Master of Masons in the State of Massachusetts.
July 4, 1776, after a long and solemn debate over the conse-
quences of the act, the members of the first Continental Congress,
pledging to each other their lives, their fortunes and their sacred
honors, attached their signatures to a simple scroll. That scroll was
the Declaration of American Independence. It was drafted by
1893] GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 13
Thomas Jefferson, a Mason, and fifty- two of its fifty-five signers were
Masons.
Benjamin Franklin, then Master of a Masonic Lodge in Phila-
delphia— in many respects the wisest and greatest man of his day —
was a member of the committee afterwards appointed to draft the
Constitution of the United States.
The first President of the Republic, the immortal Washington,
was a Mason. He took the oath of office with his hand resting upon
a Bible which had just been taken from a Masonic altar. As Grand
Master of Masons just one hundred years ago yesterday, he laid the
corner-stone of the capitol at Washington. His pictured form,
clothed Masonically, looks down upon us from its honored station
just above the Grand Master's chair as I now address you. It
decorates the wall of nearly every Masonic Lodge room in the land.
By universal consent of civilized men, he is the largest figure in all
merely human history, and his name stands first upon the roll of
Masonry's illustrious dead. Acting now upon a suggestion originally
made to me by the chairman of our Committee on Jurisprudence, I
respectfully recommend the appointment of a committee to report at
this session with a view to the holding of a national Masonic
memorial celebration at the tomb of Washington, at Mount Vernon,
on the centennial anniversary of his death, December 14, 1899. The
report of such -committee, together with the action of this Grand
Lodge thereon, would then be presented to all other Grand Lodges
in the United States for such action as they may think best. Should
the suggestion happen to meet with their approval, as such Grand
Lodges meet annually, it would not give too much time in which to
properly consult and make suitable arrangements for such a cele-
bration.
Lafayette, the friend of Washington, acting as Grand Master of
Masons, laid the corner-stone of Bunker Hill Monument.
Of two widely divergent schools in politics, which for a century
in our history have struggled for the mastery, Jefferson and Ham-
ilton were the respective founders. Masonry, addressing itself to
good men upon the broad basis of brotherhood alone, lifts them
above the petty differences of politics to breathe the purer atmos-
phere of patriotism. Jefferson and Hamilton both were Masons,
and both were members of Washington's cabinet.
Between the outspread wings of the eagle on the now much dis-
cussed dollar of the fathers, we read a motto of Masonry.
The pure principles of Masonry entered into the fundamental
law of the Republic. The Constitution abolished class distinctions,
and all titles of nobility — severed all connection between Church and
State, and provided that no religious test should ever be required as
a qualification for office.
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There was flung to the breeze a new flag, which became the
world's symbol of light and hope for man. Thus beautifully some
one has given to the world a poetical conception of what might have
been the origin of the American Flag :
" The goddess of liberty dipped her brash
In the azare hae and the crimson flash
Of the sky at the sunset hour ;
And on a field of spotless white
She drew a square of blue and stripes of red :
And as it fluttered to the breeze,
She sprinkled it with stars
And prayed that it might ever wave
Over a people free and brave."
Outwardly that flag is indeed bright with all the brilliant hues
of heaven itself. But the patriotic American, with mind illumined
by Masonic teachings, looks beyond and through what greets the
external eye, and beholds it radiant also with the inward and spirit-
ual beauty of the idea of liberty — the American and Masonic idea —
which it represents and symbolizes.
Masonry, as a pioneer, having blazed the trail along the pathway
of human progress for centuries, had at last found a home in the
west — the Genius of Masonry and the Genius of the Republic were
one and the same. The great designs drawn by the Grand Archi-
tect upon the trestle board, became manifest to men. The world saw
the ripening harvest of these seed ideas sown centuries before, and
all humanity rejoiced. These ideas— now symbolized by the Stars
and Stripes, were clearly destined to make thrones totter, break
shackles from the limbs of slaves, make free the human mind, and
supplant old systems everywhere. Rising to its splendid opportunity,
Masonry had invoked the spirit of civil and religious liberty, and the
American Republic with its manifest destiny was the result. The
great battle of ideas had been won.
I am pleased to report that at least so far as Masonry is con-
cerned, the year just closed has been a prosperous one in this Grand
Jurisdiction. We have had a satisfactory increase in membership,
and peace and harmony prevail.
Our relations with sister Grand Lodges could not well be more
harmonious, in proof of which it gives me pleasure to report that no
complaint of any sort has been made to me during the past year.
NECROLOGY.
Two of the most distinguished members of this Grand Lodge —
Past Grand Master Robert A. Quillian and Past Deputy Grand
Master Richard Sopris, have answered to the final summons, and
been called away during the year just closed. Their names, which
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bad grown familiar to ua in the list of permanent members of this
body, must now be transferred to the roll of our illustrious dead.
Upon the announcement of the death of Past Grand Master Quillian,
I caused the following memorial tribute to be issued :
( Gband Lodge of Colorado, A. F. a A. M.
-J Grand Master's Office.
( Denver, Colorado, Jaunary 4. A. D. 1893— A. L. 5803
To the Masonic Fraternity of the State of Colorado, and all Grand Lodges in
fraternal intercourse:
It becomes my painful duty to officially announce the death of
Past Grand Master Robert A, Quillian,
which occurred, after a very brief illness, at his home in Walsenburg, Colorado,
on the morning of December 8th, 1802.
Born May 5th, 1842, at Dahlonega, Georgia, he was made a Mason in that
jurisdiction, becoming a resident of Colorado in 1873, and being naturally a leader
among men, soon occupied a prominent position in the community.
He took an active interest in church matters, and, at once a devout Chris-
tian and a zealous Mason, his life and character bore testimony to the fact that
Masonry, instead of being antagonistic to, folly recognizes the necessity for, and
is ever ready to co-operate with all other well meaning agencies for human good.
A splendid school building, erected nnder his administration while a member
of the local School Board, is his enduring testimonial of time and ability freely
given to the promotion of educational affairs.
He was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1876, which framed
our present State Constitution, afterwards became a member of the State Legis-
lature, and occupied other important civil positions, all of which he filled with
credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the people who thus honored him.
He was the first Worshipful Master of Huerfano Lodge No. 27, A. F. & A. M.,
in 1874, has since been frequently honored by re-election, and there could be no
better proof of bis continued strong hold upon the esteem and affection of the
brethren who knew him best, than the fact that at the time of his death he occu-
pied the same station. His moral and Masonic worth being promptly recognized
in the Grand Lodge, he in due season attained Masonry's most exalted station,
serving as Grand Master in this jurisdiction during the year 1881, and wearing the
purple of our great fraternity honorably and well. At the time of his death he was
Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Cuba, near this Grand Lodge.
So that it may with truth be said of our illustrious brother, that in religious ,
educational, civil and Masonic affairs he took an active and prominent part in
helping to make the splendid history of his adopted State. Our brother has gone
** from his labors here on earth to eternal refreshment in the paradise of God/'
and, in the concluding words of a local obituary notice, 'Met us who remain,
emulate his virtues, so that at the end of life's warfare our memories may be
crowned with like esteem.1'
It is ordered, as a token of respect to the memory of our beloved and dis-
tinguished brother, that the foregoing be read and spread upon the records in all
the Lodges in this Grand Jurisdiction at the first stated meeting after its receipt,
and that the altar, lights and jewels be draped in mourning for a period of thirty
dayB.
Fraternally,
WILLIAM D. WRIGHT,
Grand Master.
Attest:
ED. C. PARMELEE,
Grand Secretary.
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We extend to the families and friends of these distinguished
brothers, our sincere sympathy in the great loss they have sustained.
ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD OF OTHER GRAND JURISDICTIONS.
I present a list of Grand Officers And Past Grand Masters who
have been "called hence" during the year.
De Witt Clinton Dawkins, five times elected Grand Master of
Masons of Florida, died October 5, 1892.
William Taylor Allen aged 64, Grand Treasurer of the Grand
Lodge of Virginia, died October 6, 1892.
Donald W. Bain, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of North
Carolina, died November 17, 1892.
Thomas McFadden Patten, Past Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Oregon, died November 29, 1892.
Edwin Dwight Hillyer, died December 11, 1892, Past Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of Kansas.
Rev. George J. MoCandless, Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge
of Michigan, died March 9, 1893.
John Henry Brown, Past Grand Master and Grand Secretary
of the Grand Lodge of Kansas, died March 2, 1893.
Roderick L. Dodge, died on May 31, 1893, in the eighty-fifth year
of his age ; Past Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas.
John H. Hubbs, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Masons in
Nevada, died in the city of San Francisco on May 10th, 1893, aged
41 years.
Logan H. Roots, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ar-
kansas, died on the 30th day of May, 1893, in the fifty-third year of
his age.
A. W. Downer, died July 12, 1893; Grand Tiler of the Grand
Lodge of Tennessee.
Richard Briggs, Most Worshipful Grand Master of the State of
Massachusetts, died July 29, 1893.
William Power Innes, died in the city of Grand Rapids, August
2, 1893, aged 67 years ; Past Grand Master of the state of Michigan.
Zelotes H. Mason, Past Grand Master of the state of Florida,
died August, 1893.
I recommend that the usual action be taken in these cases\ ex-
tending sympathy to our Sister Grand Lodges, and by appropriate
resolutions doing honor to the memory of these eminent Masons.
DECISIONS.
1. A Lodge, as such, has no authority to attend funeral ser-
vices held at a church in connection with other societies, the remains
of the brother to be afterwards shipped away for burial.
-2: After a portion of the E.\ A.*, degree had been conferred
upon a candidate, it was discovered that he had lost the first two
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joints of the forefinger of his right hand. He was returned to the
preparation room, proceedings stopped, and the matter submitted to
the Grand Master. I held that, having in view all the circumstanoes
of the case, he could be made a Mason.
3. A Lodge in this jurisdiction can not act upon, or in any way
recognize, a dimit from a Lodge chartered by the Grand Lodge of
Hamburg. (See By-Law 124 )
4. Question, Can a Lodge, having opened on regular meeting
night, Tuesday, be then called from labor to refreshment, to meet
again the following Monday at the sound of the gavel in the East?
Answer. No
5. A Lodge can try a brother after his term of office has expired,
for a Masonic offense committed while he was Worshipful Master.
6. In a case where defective hearing compelled a candidate to
resort to an artificial device to enable him to hear a whisper: Held,
that the Lodge was better able to judge of his qualifications in that
respect.
7. Question. Is a stockholder in a brewery, a corporation mak-
ing and selling beer, eligible to receive the degrees in Masonry under
our laws, the person not being in any way actively connected with
the business of making or selling the beer, but owning the stock
only as an investment?
Answer. No.
8. A brother having died while regularly under suspension for
non-payment of dues can not afterwards be reinstated by his Lodge.
9. Any prior arrangement or understanding by which a candi-
date is to have the fees paid for the degrees in Masonry refunded to
him, is un masonic.
10. In a Masonic trial the Lodge is not governed by technical
rules of evidence. Any thing properly tending to throw light upon
the facts and bring out the truth should be admitted in evidence.
11. A Grand Master as such cannot properly interfere with or
undertake to settle business differences between individual Masons.
12. In the case of a brother known to be unable to pay, his
Lodge may remit and release him from payment of Lodge dues.
13. A brother past sixty years of age, in the absence of any
Lodge by-law governing, is not exempt from Lodge dues.
14. In the absence of the Master, the Senior or Junior Warden
being present, may, through courtesy or from any cause in the dis-
cretion of the Warden, request a P. M. to open as well as preside
over the Lodge.
15. In case of an applicant who had lost the first three fingers
of his left hand, calling attention to Grand Lodge By-Law No. 74
and to the ancient Land Marks and Regulations of Masonry, left
the Lodge to be the judge as to the physical qualifications.
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It). It requires a vote of the Lodge to empower the Secretary to
issue dimits in all cases, and the Liodge record should state the facts.
17. When a brother, against whom no charges are pending, pays
all Lodge dues, and regularly makes application for a dimit, a written
objection by an individual brother is not a bar to the issuance of such
dimit. If the matters he bases his objections on are serious enough
to warrant such course, and if the objecting brother wishes to prefer
charges, he should be given reasonable opportunity to do so.
18. Upon the petition of an unmarried man, stating that he was
and had for years been a resident within the jurisdiction of the
Lodge, he was duly elected and received the E. A. degree. After-
wards, and because it appeared that the petitioner had made a
homestead filing on land within its jurisdiction, which homestead
he had also claimed as his residence, a second Lodge claimed him as
its material. The first Lodge so far conceded such claim as to have
turned over the initiation fee to the second Lodge, which latter Lodge
I was advised expeoted to confer the second degree on said appli-
cant, at the time the matter was submitted to me. Held: That
the applicant in his petition having claimed his residence within its
jurisdiction, and being still an actual resident there, said first Lodge
having acted in good faith was entitled to the initiation fee, and the
applicant was its material, and if permitted to proceed further, the
remaining degrees should be conferred upon him by said first Lodge.
19. A Lodge in this jurisdiction, before proceeding with trial,
in case of a brother belonging to a Lodge in another jurisdiction,
should notify his Lodge, and afford it ample opportunity to be
represented in any proper way if it so wishes, in the trial of one of its
members.
20. The word " finding," as used in Section 100 of Grand Lodge
By-Laws, means a finding of the different facts, which, in the opinion
of the Commission, seem to be established by the evidence, the
Lodge having the sole right to determine upon said finding of facts,
the question of guilt or innocence.
21. It would be improper for a brother who must be a wit-
ness upon the trial, to Berve as one of the commission to whom the
case is referred, and thus be in the position of passing judgment upon
the merits of his own testimony.
22. Lodge having opened on the first degree, and having work in
that degree fully prepared, may proceed with initiation before open-
ing on the third degree, or may open on the third and afterwards
reopen on the first for the purpose of work.
23. In a case of a brother who having received a portion of the
degrees, and having a waiver of jurisdiction from the Lodge which
conferred the same, now petitions another Lodge for the remainder
of the degrees. Held : That Grand Lodge By-Law No. 55, which
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requires that the applicant should have resided within the juris-
diction of the Lodge for the preceding twelve months, should govern
as in the case of- an original petition.
24. In a case where five brothers signed charges, as Grand
Lodge By-Law Section 95. provides that charges " must be signed by
the accuser," and Section 97 further provides that at the conclusion
of the trial both the accused and acccuser shall retire. Held :
That if the case submitted should be carried to a conclusion in its
present shape, the five brothers who have signed such charges could
not be permitted to vote upon the final determination of the case.
DISPENSATIONS FOR NEW LODGES.
October 8. I granted a dispensation to fifteen Master Masons,
at Denver, to form and open a Lodge to be known as East Denver
Lodge, U. D., with Brothers John C. Fulton as W. M., Charles T.
Hilton as S. W., and T. N. Worth as J. W. This petition was recom-
mended by Denver Lodge No. 5.
February 9. I granted a dispensation to seventeen Master
Masons, at Denver, to form and open a Lodge to be known as South
Denver Lodge, U. D., with Brothers I. S. Elrod as W. M., D. Cinna-
mond as S. W., and A. W. Bush as J. W. This petition was recom-
mended by Denver Lodge No. 5.
March 14. 1 granted a dispensation to fifteen Master Masons, at
Oreede, to form and open a Lodge to be known as Amethyst Lodge,
U. D., with Brothers M. P. McArthur as VV. M., Frank Shimer as S.
W., and W. C. Wescott as J. W. This petition was recommended by
Del Norte Lodge No. 29.
April 12. I granted a dispensation to twenty-seven Master
Masons at Pueblo, to form and open a Lodge to be known as Silver
State Lodge, U. D., with Brothers George W. Roe as W. M., Andrew
Park as S. W., and John J. Willard as J. W. This petition was
recommended by South Pueblo Lodge
July 3. I granted a dispensation to twenty -one Master Masons
at Cripple Creek, to form and open a Lodge to be known as Mount
Pisgah Lodge, U. D., with Brothers W. S. Montgomery as W. M., F.
P. Moulton as S. W., and R. P. Davie as J. W. This petition was
recommended by El Paso Lodge No. 13.
OTHER DISPENSATIONS.
November 25. To Manitou Lodge No. 68, to publicly install its
officers on St. John's Day, December 27.
November 25. To Yampa Lodge No. 88, to publicly install its
officers on St John's Day, December 27.
November 30. To Union Lodge No. 7, to examine as to their
proficiency, ballot upon their petitions for advancement, and if
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elected, confer the Third Degree upon two Fellow Crafts, at a special
communication of said Lodge to be held November 30.
November 30. To Oriental Lodge No. 87, to examine as to their
proficiency, ballot upon their petitions for advancement, and if
elected, confer the Third Degree upon four Fellow Crafts, at a special
communication of said Lodge to be held December 2.
December 7. To La Veta Lodge No. 59, to publicly install its
officers on St. John's Day, December 27.
December 9. To Idaho Springs Lodge No. 26, to publicly install
its officers on St. John's Day, December 27.
December 12. To Union Lodge No. 7, to examine as to their
proficiency, two Entered Apprentices and two Fellow Crafts — to
ballot upon the petitions of all said brothers for advancement, and if
elected, confer the Second Degree upon said Entered Apprentices
and the Third Degree upon said Fellow Crafts, at a special communi-
cation of said Lodge to be held December 12.
December 14. To Oriental Lodge No. 87, to publicly install its
officers December 14.
December 17. To Corinthian Lodge No. 42, to elect and install a
Senior Warden and Treasurer at the regular communication of said
Lodge December 20.
December 23. To Brighton Lodge No. 78, to elect a Worshipful
Master from the floor.
December 23. To Brighton Lodge No. 78, to publicly install its
officers on St. John's Day, December 27.
January 3. To Rico Lodge No. 79, to elect a Worshipful Master
from the floor, and to install its officers at the regular communication
of said Lodge, January 10.
January 3. To Las Animas Lodge No. 28, to examine as to his
proficiency, ballot upon his petition for advancement, and if elected,
confer the Third Degree upon a Fellow Craft, at a special communi-
cation of said Lodge to be held January 4.
January 3. To Crested Butte Lodge No. 58, to install its Treas-
urer-elect at its regular communication January 10.
January 10. To Burlington Lodge No. 77, to install its officers at
a special communication of said Lodge to be held January 14.
January 13. To Sterling Lodge No. 54, to elect and install a
Secretary, and to install its Senior Warden and Junior Deacon at its
regular communication to be held January - — .
January 21. To Golden City Lodge No. 1, to elect and install a
Treasurer at its regular communication to be held February 6.
February 9. To Temple Lodge No. 84, to examine as to his
proficiency, ballot upon his petition for advancement, and, if elected,
to confer the Third Degree upon a Fellow Craft, at a special com-
munication of said Lodge on February 9.
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May 10. To Mount Princeton Lodge No. 49, to install its Junior
Warden elect at its regular communication to be held May 11.
May 11. To Holyoke Lodge No. 81, to examine as to their pro-
ficiency, ballot upon their petition for advancement, and, if elected,
confer the Second Degree upon two Entered Apprentices, at a
special communication of said Lodge to be held May 12.
May 17. To Holyoke Lodge No. 81, to examine as to their pro-
ficiency, ballot upon their petition for advancement, and, if elected,
confer the Third Degree upon two Fellow Crafts at a special com-
munication of said Lodge.
July 26. To Rico Lodge No. 79, to examine as to his proficiency,
ballot upon his petition for advancement, and, if elected, confer the
Third Degree upon a Fellow Craft at a special communication of
said Lodge to be held August 14.
August 14. To Amethyst Lodge, U. D., to examine as to his
proficiency, ballot upon his petition for advancement, and, if elected,
confer the Fellow Craft Degree upon an Entered Apprentice at a
communication of said Lodge to be held August 15.
August 27. To Mount Pisgah Lodge, U. D., to examine as to
his proficiency, ballot upon his petition for advancement, and, if
elected, confer the Fellow Craft Degree upon an Entered Apprentice
at a communication of Baid Lodge to be held August 31.
DISPENSATIONS REPOSED.
October 12. To permit a Lodge to participate in a local civic
parade on Columbian Day, October 21.
October 13. To permit a Lodge to confer the F. C. and M. M.
degrees on a candidate at the same communication.
December 23. To permit a Lodge "to confer the Second and
Third degrees on a brother as soon as he can make himself proficient
in the preceding degrees," the refusal being for the reason that a
special dispensation should "be for a fixed date and for a definite
purpose on that date."
December 30. To permit a Lodge to receive and act upon a pe-
tition for initiation when the petitioner, (a railroad man and subject
to frequent removals) had been a resident within the jurisdiction of
the Lodge, less than one year.
January 19. I declined to grant a dispensation to eight Master
Masons for a new Lodge at Yuma, because this being the minimum
number, and at least seven members of the Lodge being required by
our law to transact any Lodge business, I did not feel warranted un-
der all the circumstances, in launching a new Lodge with so scant a
membership.
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LODGES CONSTITUTED.
On October 29, with the assistance of B. W. Brother A. J. Van
Daren, R. W. Brother Eugene Grissom, our Junior Grand Warden
and other brethren, I constituted Lafayette Lodge No. 91, at Lafay-
ette, and installed its officers.
COMMISSIONS.
I issued a commission under date October 5, to W. Brother B. F.
Haskins of Euclid Lodge No. 64, to constitute Lamar Lodge No. 90,
at Lamar, Prowers County, and install its officers.
I issued a commission under date October 10, to R. W. Brother
Robert A. Quillian to constitute Trinidad Lodge No. 89, and install
its officers.
I issued a commission under date December 23, to R. W. Brother
John M. Maxwell, to act as my deputy in conducting a double in-
stallation to install the officers of Ionic Lodge No. 35, and Lead-
ville Lodge No. 51, at Leadvilie, on the evening of St. John's Day,
December 27.
I issued a commission under date of June 26, to W. Brother
Samuel Todd, as my representative and in the name of the M. W.
Grand Lodge, to conduct the ceremony of dedicating a Hall to be
used for a Masonic Lodge room at La Veta, Colorado, which duty
was performed on the evening of June 27.
CHANGE OF QUARTERS.
The following Lodges have been granted permission to change
their places of meeting :
October 5. Euclid Lodge No. 64, at La Junta.
October 5. San Juan Lodge No. 33, at Silverton.
February 4. Crested Butte Lodge No. 58, at Crested Butte.
June 29. La Veta Lodge No. 59, at La Veta.
July 10. Akron Lodge No. 74, at Akron.
July 10. Breckenridge Lodge No. 47, at Breckenridge.
July 10. Crested Butte Lodge No. 58, at Crested Butte.
BY-LAWS APPROVED.
November 19. Approved amendment to by-laws of St Vrain
Lodge No. 23, changing the date fixed for the annual election of
officers.
December 8. Approved amendments to Sections 2 and 3 of Ar-
ticle 5 of by-laws of Ouray Lodge No. 37.
January 21. Approved amendment to by-laws of Oriental Lodge
No. 87, granting life membership upon payment of one hundred
dollars in dues.
February 18. Approved amendment to by-laws of Lamar Lodge
No. 90, regulating fees for degrees.
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March 1 . Approved amendment to by-laws of Loveland Lodge
No. 53, providing that no petition from a rejected candidate shall be
received until after the expiration of six months from date of rejec-
tion.
April 12. Approved amendment to by-laws of Pueblo Lodge No.
17, providing that no petition from a rejected candidate shall be re-
ceived until after the expiration of six months from date of rejection.
May 25. Approved a complete Code of by-laws adopted by Gun-
nison Lodge No. 39.
June 30. Approved amendment to by-laws of Denver Lodge No.
5, providing that all petitions for membership shall be accompanied
by a fee of ten dollars. ( Grand Lodge By-Law 82 ) .
August 24. Approved a complete Code of by-laws adopted by
Sterling Lodge No. 54.
September 6. Approved amendment to by-laws of Idaho Springs
Lodge No. 16, having reference to the preservation of the inviolable
secrecy of the ballot
LAYING CORNER-STONE.
On October 21, Columbian Day, I convened the Grand Lodge
in emergent communication at Salida, and according to the ancient
usages of the craft, laid the corner-stone of the high school building.
The loyal brethren of Salida Lodge No. 57, had made careful pre-
paration for the event and were out in force. Salida Commandery
No. 17, Knights Templar, courteously furnished an escort for the
Grand Lodge. The day being pleasant, and a public holiday, the
citizens generally, with music and banners, were present to witness
the ceremonies, and in laying the corner stone of a building dedicated
to human enlightenment, Masonry was able to do its proper work on
this occasion under the happiest auspices. A brief address was
delivered by the Grand Master.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Grand Lodge By-Law 116 provides that '* payment of dues to
the date of suspension for non-payment shall restore to good stand-
ing without further action by the Lodge," while Section 122
provides that "a Mason heretofore dropped from the rolls for
non-payment of dues may be restored to membership by a majority
vote of the members present at any stated communication, on the
payment of all arrearages to the date of being stricken from the
rolls."
There is a real or apparent inconsistency here which gives rise
to confusion and ought to be remedied.
Section 84 of Grand Lodge By-Laws provides that the conduct
of non-affiliates shall subject them to discipline by the Lodge within
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whose jurisdiction they reside. If there be two or more Lodges in
the place, jurisdiction shall be exercised only by the oldest. As this
law by its terms applies to non-affiliates only, to prevent doubt and
confusion, it should, by some proper amendment, be expressly made
to govern also in case of a Mason residing here but retaining Lodge
membership in another jurisdiction.
On October 5, at the request of our Grand Treasurer, I wrote to
the Worshipful Master of Del Norte Lodge No. 29, and Alamosa
Lodge No. 44, asking what those Lodges could do as to payment of
their indebtedness to this Grand Lodge. So far as I am aware, no
attention was paid to my communication.
It is probable that the loans in the first instance were not made
on strictly business principles, but that the higher and nobler
principles of Masonry entered largely into the transactions. No
doubt these Lodges intend to and will fully meet their obligations
as soon as circumstances will permit, and I recommend that mutual
effort be made to put these matters in the best shape possible for
some more satisfactory report to the Grand Lodge at its next annual
communication.
Fortunately, beyond an ample sufficiency to defray its current
expenses, a Grand Lodge of Masons does not need money. And
having in view the financial stringency now so generally prevailing,
and the pressing calls for Masonic charity they are likely to have
upon them for alt available funds during the coming winter, I recom-
mend, if the condition of our treasury will warrant us in doing so,
that we now remit to all subordinate Lodges the whole or at least a
portion of their Grand Lodge dues for the current year.
As you have already been advised, and pursuant to the law as
enacted at our last communication, I appointed Brothers Henry T.
West, John Williams, George W. Roe and Lawrence M. Miller to act
as District Deputy Grand Masters in their respective districts, until
the present communication of this Grand Lodge. The warm
approval of all the brethren in their several districts now endorses
the judgment of the Grand Master in the first instance, and con-
vinces me that these appointments could not well be improved upon.
Their reports, and also the report of our Grand Lecturer, as made
to me, will be submitted during this communication. Unquestion-
ably, from the intelligent and faithful performance of the duties
assigned them, much good has resulted to the Lodges in this juris-
diction during the year just closed. Still the system does not appear
to be an entirely satisfactory one. So far as the interference with
his own regular business is concerned, a brother competent to
properly instruct them might almost as well be called on to visit all
the lodges in the jurisdiction as to visit one-fourth of them.
While if anything approaching to exact uniformity of work is what
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we seek, manifestly it is more likely to be attained by the work of
one man than by the work of five men, as under our present system.
And it is largely at the suggestion of the present incumbents above
named, that I now respectfully recommend that the law providing
for District Deputy Grand Masters be repealed, and that the former
law be so amended as to provide that the Grand Lecturer shall be
required to visit each Lodge in this Grand Jurisdiction at least once
daring the year, and fixing his compensation therefor.
October 18, pursuant to resolution adopted at our last annual
communication, I had the honor of naming the following delegation
to attend the Fraternal Congress of Masons in Chicago in August,
1893, viz.: Henry M. Teller, P. G. M.; Roger W. Woodbury, P. G. M.;
William T. Bridwell, P. G. M.; Byron L. Carr, P. G. M.; Ed. C. Par-
melee, Grand Secretary ; Charles T. Harkison, P. M., and the present
Grand Master. Each of these distinguished brothers accepted his
appointment with evident pleasure, and with perhaps a single excep-
tion each personally assured me of his intention to be present at the
proposed congress. The fact that the Fraternal Congress has
passed into history unrepresented by a single delegate from the Cen-
tennial State is mentioned simply as a remarkable illustration of
how the pressure of ordinary affairs incident to the times have inter-
fered with such usally pleasant duties.
CONCLUSION.
To quote from the report of my immediate predecessor, "at least
one-half of my entire time during the past year has been devoted to
Masonic matters/' is I thick but a moderate statement of the fact in
my own case. The writer personally realizes that the same general con-
ditions which left us unrepresented at the Fraternal Congress, have
much enhanced the burdens of the office for the incumbent during
the past year, and for whatever seems amiss, is inclined to believe that
Masons generally are broad and generous enough to make all neces-
sary allowances under the circumstances. To my own great personal
disappointment, my official visits have been necessarily limited to
such outside Lodges as were within easy range of Denver, and to
which I have made hurried special trips. This portion of my duties
was to me a labor of love, in pleasant contrast to the laborious clerical
work involved — the correspondence incident to the office, being as
my predecessors are well aware, but partially indicated by the formal
official report herewith submitted. I have fallen short of what I
would have liked to accomplish, but my only desire has been to do
the best I could in all important matters for the welfare and dignity
of the Craft. It is a consoling reflection, that Masonry, which less
than any other institution on earth, depends on men or leaders — has
the strength to survive and the generosity to overlook any errors on
2ti PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1893
the part of those who may be called from its ranks to serve for the
time being in this most honorable but arduous station. I return my
grateful thanks to the officers and members of this Grand Liodge,
who by your kind favor, in the tenth year of my Masonic life, con-
ferred upon me the greatest honor in your gift, and which, under all
possible circumstances, I shall always regard as the highest honor of
my life. I specially thank the members of our Committee on Juris-
prudence, Past Grand Masters R. W. Woodbury, W. D. Todd, and
James H. Peabody, to all of whom I have freely applied for counsel
on important matters, and under whose wise guidance, I am satisfied
that Masonry in this jurisdiction could never materially err. To my
brethren generally throughout the jurisdiction, I now express my
gratitude for their fraternal courtesy and loyal support.
And now, my brethren of the Grand Lodge, may heavenly
wisdom illumine your minds, as you enter upon the important work
which awaits you.
WILLIAM D. WRIGHT,
Grand Master,
ADDRESS REFERRED.
On motion the address was referred to a special com-
mittee for division and reference.
P.\G.\M.\ GEORGE K. KIMBALL (1),
P.'.G.-.M.-. A. 8 AG EN DO RF (13),
BROTHER W. W. ROLLER (57),
were appointed said committee.
REPORT.
The committee afterwards presented the following,
which was adopted :
To tlie Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. <£ A. M. of Colorado:
Your committee, to whom was referred the address of the M. W. Grand Mas-
ter for division and reference, present the following report:
1st. That so much thereof a* refers to deceased brethren of this and other
jurisdictions be referred to a special committee of three.
2d. That so much thereof as refers to decisions, dispensations, suggestions
and recommendations, and proposed amendments to the By-Laws of the Grand
Lodge be referred to the Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence.
3d. That so much thereof as refers to other Grand Lodges be referred to the
Committee on Correspondence.
Fraternally eabmitted,
GEORGE KIMBALL,
WM. W. ROLLER,
A. 8AGEXDORF.
1893]
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 27
NECROLOGY.
P.\G.\M.\ L. N. GREEXLEAF (5),
BROTHER L. C. GREENLEE (7),
BROTHER C. E. REED (7).
were appointed said special committee.
The committee afterwards presented the following re-
port, which was adopted by a unanimous vote:
To the Moat Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado:
Your Special Committee, to whom was referred that portion of the Grand
Master's address relating to deceased brethren of this and other Grand Jurisdic-
tions, would respectf ally report :
A brief year ago and our hearts were filled with gratitude to our Heavenly
Father for baring mercifully spared the lives of our members through a long
■cries of years. To-day our hearts are bowed in sorrow and overshadowed by the
Death Angers wings, who has borne away two of our most beloved and honored
members : Past Grand Master Robert A. QailJian and Past Deputy Grand Master
Richard Sopris.
We can only briefly refer to the great services rendered by these distinguished
brethren to Masonry and the State :
Brother Robert A. Quiilian was born at Dahlonega, Georgia, on May 5th,
1342, where he was educated a lawyer and admitted to the bar of his native State.
Removing to Colorado, he settled at Walsenborg, Huerfano county, in May, 1873,
where be at once became prominent as a citizen, taking an active part in aU public
affairs. He soon attained eminence as a leading member of the bar of Southern
Colorado, and filled many positions of public trust with honor and distinguished
ability. We regret that we are not in possession of complete data as to his
Masonic record. He was Worshipful Master of Huerfano Lodge, U. D., in 1871,
and upon the granting of the charter, in 1875, became its first Master. He had
repeatedly been elected to the same office, his terms aggregating upwards of ten
years of service. At the time of his death he was again serving as Worshipful
Master. In 1877, he was elected J.G. W., of the Grand Lodge, and S. G. W. in 1*78.
In 1879 and 1880 he served as D. G. M., and in 1881 was elected Grand Master.
He died, after a brief illness, at his home, on the morning of December 8th,
1892. leaving an estimable wife and four children to mourn his untimely loss. He
was buried at Walsenburg, by the Lodge of which he was Master, with the solemn
and impressive ceremonies of the fraternity.
We who were wont to meet him within these tiled recesses at each recurring
session of the Grand Lodge, will ever recall his genial pressure and kindly smile,
and treasure as a priceless inheritance his manly virtues and noble traits of
character.
Jtesolued, That a page in our Proceedings be suitably inscribed to his
memory.
Brother Richard Sopris was one of the oldest members of this Grand Lodge,
and a voritable father of Masonry in Colorado.
He was born in Bucks county, Penn., June 26, 1813, and spent his boyhood
days upon a farm. He was married on June 5, 1836, to Miss Elizabeth Allen, of
Trenton, N. J., and the same year removed to Indiana, and was ever after iden-
tified with the growing West. He was a canal and railroad contractor for many
yean. He came to Colorado in 1858, and was one of the original shareholders of
the town of Auraria. He was one of the founders of Auraria Lodge, and, we
believe, its first W. M., and when this Lodge was merged into Denver No. 5, he
28 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1893
Btill continued to take an active interest in its welfare. He was elected J. G. W.
of the Grand Lodge in 1862 ; Grand Treasurer, 1865, 1866, 1867 and 1868, and Deputy
Grand Master in 1869. In 1865 he was elected King in Denver Chapter No. 2.
He was a charter member of Colorado Commandery No. 1, and its first Captain
General, serving as such in 1866, 1867 and 1868, and was elected Generalissimo in
1869. He took a leading part in the development of the resources of Colorado,
and was intimately connected with its military, civic and social history. He died
at his home in Denver on April 7th, 1893, leaving an aged wife, five sons and a
daughter to mourn his loss. He was buried under the auspices of Denver Lodge
No. 5, Colorado Commandery No. 1, K. T., acting as escort. The Pioneer Society,
of which he was Past President, headed the procession.
With the solemn and impressive ceremonies of the fraternity, his body was
consigned to its final resting place in Riverside cemetery, in the presence of a
large assemblage of Masons, his family and friends.
Resolved, That a page in our Proceedings be suitably inscribed to his
memory.
To the subordinate Lodges of this jurisdiction, who mourn the loss of zealous
and beloved craftsmen, we extend our heartfelt sympathy. While it is impossible
to particularize in this connection, we are not unmindful of the noble part they
have borne in the upbuilding of our symbolical Temple ; therefore
Resolved, That a page in our Proceedings be suitably inscribed to their
memory.
As we turn our thoughts to other Grand Lodges and contemplate the sad
memorials which have been placed in our hands, we realize that they, too, mourn
the loss of honored and distinguished brethren, many of whose names have become
familiar throughout the Masonic world. With but few exceptions, they belong
to the past generation of active Masonic workers, who are rapidly entering the
shadow of the dark valley, to awake in the glories of the " Morn Celestial."
Resolved, That to the Grand Lodges of Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, M
chusetts, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee and Virginia,
extend our fraternal sympathy for the irreparable loss they have sustained in the
death of Active and Past Grand Officers during the past year ; also *
Resolved, That a page in our Proceedings be inscribed to the Memory of
Deceased Brethren in other Grand Jurisdictions.
So it will be with us all, dear brethren, when we have laid down oar working
tools of life, we shall only be remembered by what we have done.
" Fading away like the stars of the morning,
Losing their light in the glorious sun —
Thus would we pass from the earth and its toiling,
Only reme.ubered by what we have done.
Shall we be mise'd tho' by others succeeded,
Reaping the fields we in spring-time have sown ?
No, for the sower* may pass from their labors,
Only remembered by what they have done.
Only the truth that in life we have spoken,
Only the seed that on earth we have sown.
These shall pass onward when we are forgotten,
Fruits of the harvest and what we have done."
Fraternally submitted,
LAWRENCE N. GREEN LEAF.
L. C. GREENLEE.
CALVIN E. REED.
1893] GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 29
BROTHER FREDERICK KRAMER.
R. W. Grand Treasurer of all of the Grand Bodies of
Masonry of Arkansas, was introduced by P. G. Master
Can* and given a cordial welcome by the Grand Lodge.
Brother Kramer returned thanks in a short speech.
APPEALS.
The Grand Secretary presented the papers in the fol-
lowing cases and they were referred to the Committee on
Appeals and Grievances :
ALBERT M. STRATTOX, )
HARMONY LODGE No. 61. \
IRA J. BLOOMFIELD,
MONTE VISTA LODGE No
. 73. )
P. G. M. Harper M. Orahood was appointed to fill va-
cancy on said committee.
The Grand Lodge was called to refreshment until 2
o'clock.
FIRST DAY— Second Session.
Tuesday, Sept. 19, 1893, 2 o'clock p. m.
Grand Lodge resumed labor.
Grand Master Wright in the East.
30 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1893
REPORT OP THE GRAND TREASURER.
The following report was read and referred to the
Finance Committee :
FRANK CHURCH, Ghand Tbkabubeb, in account with
GRAND LODGE, A. F. A A. M., Colorado.
GENERAL FUND.
1892
Sept. 19. To balance, as per Report 1892 $ 5,839 88
Oct. 25. Grand Secretary 175 00
1893.
Sept. 7. To Grand Secretary _ 2,500 00
Sept. 9. Grand Secretary 397 00
Sept. 12. Grand Secretary 1,112 00
8ept. 18. Grand Secretary 300 00
Sept. 16. Grand Secretary 388 00
Sept.18. Grand Secretary 42 00
By Warrant No. 566 $
Warrant No. 567
Warrant No. 568
WarrantNo. 569
Warrant No. 570
WarrantNo. 571
Warrant No. 572
WarrantNo. 573
Warrant No. 574
WarrantNo. 575
WarrantNo. 576....
WarrantNo. 577
Warrant No. 578
WarrantNo. 579
Warrant No. 580
Warrant No. 5Sl
WarrantNo. 58i
Warrant No. 5H3
Warrant No. 5X4
Warrant No. 5N)
Warrant No. 5H7
Warrant No. 5RH _
Warrant No. 5*9
Warrant No. 590
Warrant No. 591
Warrant No. 592 .___,.
To balance
$10,253 83
LI BR ART FUND.
1892.
Sept. 19. To balance, as per Report 1S92 $ 909 40
1*93. -
Sept. 1*. By Warrant No. 585 $ 18 50
To balance 890 90
5 89 14
200 00
200 00
100 00
1,508 95
60 00
895 00
39 50
14 25
5 80
2t20o 00
300 00
101 60
45 00
50 80
46 65
300 00
81 55
133 08
94 15
39 90
83 40
5 52
300 00
40 65
300 00
3,068 89
$10,253 83
I 909 40 $ 90940
MASONIC WIDOWS* AND ORPHANS* FUND.
1892
Sept. 19. To balance, as per Report 1892 $ 2,604 15
1893.
Sept. 18. To balance... $2,604 15
1893.
Sept. 19. To total balance, $6,563.94. for which find check and Touchers for dis-
bursement*, and the note belonging to the Grand Lodge, $2,500.00,
interest paid to August 2, 1890; also three notes belonging to the
Grand Lodge, am on n ting to $2,500.00; also Warrant No. 682, of
Denver Lodge No. 5, for $536.00, and Warrant No. 526, of Union
Lodge No. 7, for $ 473.00.
FRANK CHURCH,
Grand Treasurer.
1893]
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO.
31
REPORT OF THE GRAND SECRETARY.
The following was read and referred to the Finance
Committee :
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge :
September 21, 1892, Charters were issued to :
Trinidad Lodge No. 89, at Trinidad.
Lamar Lodge No. 90, at Lamar.
Lafayette Lodge No. 91, at Lafayette.
LIBRARY FUND.
I have drawn warrants on this fund :
For Books purchased
$
18 50
GENERAL FUND.
I have drawn warrants on our Grand Treasurer, as follows :
52ft Ed. C. Parmelee, Grand Secretary, Balance Contingent Ex pen see, $ 39 14
527 Ed. C. Parmelee, Grand Secretary, Contingent Expenses 200 00
528 L. N. Greenleaf , Correspondent 200 00
529 Thoe. Linton, Grand Tiler, Services 100 00
570 Grand Treasurer. Pay Boll 1,508 95
571 P. B. Gaylord & Co., Insurance 60 00
572 W. P. Robinson & Co., Priming 895 00
578 L. M. Miller, D. D. ti. M 89 50
574 John Williams, D. D.G.M _ 14 25
575 H.T. West, D. D. G. M 5 80
576 TheH. Bohm Co., Jewels 2,200 00
577 Bd. C. Parmelee, Salary _ :XX) 00
578 John William*, D. D.G.M 101 61
579 Ed. C. Parmelee. Book Case 45 00
580 John Williams, D. D. G. M 50 80
581 H.T. West, D. D. G. M 4« 65
582 Ed. C. Parmelee, Salary 300 00
583 H. T. West, D. D. G. M: HI 55
584 L. M. Miller. D. D. G. M 138 08
58ft H.T. West, D. D. G. M 94 15
587 John Williams. D. D. G. M _ 39 90
588 Geo. W. Koe, D. D. G. M 83 40
580 H.T. West, D. D G. M 5 52
500 Ed. C. Parmelee, Salary _ 300 00
:m John Williams, D. D. G. M 40 65
592 Ed. C. Parmelee, Salary 300 00
$ 7,184 94
I have received :
DUES RETURNED BY LODGES FOR 1892, PAID SINCE LAST REPORT.
HO.
LODGE
98 Roeita
55 Mesa
42 Corinthian
LOCATION
Roeita
Grand Junction .
Kokomo
WHIN PAID
September 23, 1892
September 6, 1893
September 9, 1893
AMOUNT
33 00
1 00
1 00
32
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
[ 1893
CHARTER FEES COLLECTED.
NO.
IjODOB
Trinidad
LOCATION
WHEN PAID
AMOUNT
89
Trinidad
September 21, 1892
September 21, 1992
September 21, 1892
$ 20 00
90
Lamar
Lamar
20 00
91
Lafayette
Lafayette
20 00
DISPENSATION FEES FROM NEW LODGES.
NO.
LODGE
LOCATION
WHEN PAID
Cripple Creek ' , July 10, 1898
AMOUNT
$ 4000
DUES RETURNED BY SUBORDINATE LODGES FOR 1893.
NO.
1
4
5
6
7
11
12
13
14
15
17
19
20
22
28
25
26
27
28
29
80
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
LODGE
Golden City...
Nevada
Denver __,
Central
Union
Black Hawk..
Washington
El Paso
(Columbia
Moant Moriah
Pueblo
Collins
Occidental
Weston
St. Vrain
Doric.
Idaho Springs.
Huerfano
Las Animas. ...
Del Norte
King Solomon.
South Paeblo.
Olive Branch..
San J nan ,
Crystal Lake..
Ionic
Kosita
Onray
Silver Cliff... _
Gannison
Pitkin
Schiller
Corinthian
Eagle
Alamosa __
Boulder
Dnrango
Breckenridge .
Georgetown ...
Mt Princeton .
Garfield
LOCATION
WHEN PAID
Golden
Bald Mountain ...
Denver
Central City
Denver
Black Hawk
Georgetown
Colorado Springs .
Boulder
Canon City
Pueblo
Fort Collins
Greeley
Littleton
Longmont
Fairplay
Idaho Springs
Walsenburg
Trinidad
Del Norte
Las Animas
Pueblo
Saguache
Silverton
Lake City
Lead vi lie
Koeita
Ouray
Silver Cliff
Gunnison
Pitkin
Denver
Kokomo
Red Cliff
Alamosa
Boulder
Dnrango
Breckenridge
Georgetown
Buena Vista
Erie
Sept
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Aug.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Aug.
Sept.
Sept.
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Sept.
Sept.
Sept
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Sept.
Aug.
19, 1893
6, 1893
13, 1893
7, 1893
11, 1893
7, 1893
19, 1893
14, 1893
25, 1893
7, 1KBS
5. im\
9, 1893
11. 1893
16, 1893
1. 1893
9, 1893
7, 1893
4, 1893
12, 1893
12, 1893
7, 1893
12, 1893
29. 1893
7, 1H93
7, 1893
11, 1893
7, 1893
2. 1S98
12, 1893
14, 1893
9, 1393
11, 1893
2, 1893
13, 1893
1, 1893
7. 1893
7, 1893
23, 1893
2, 1893
1, 1893
29, 1893
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610
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102
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44 00
536 00
50 00
473 00
42 00
74 00
172 00
153 00
136 00
120 00
152 00
>4 00
28 00
90 00
49 00
60 00
57 00
93 00
65 00
42 00
158 00
37 00
66 00
83 00
147 00
16 00
96 00
25 00
82 00
20 00
55 00
40 00
88 00
50 00
75 00
112 00
44 00
36 00
56 00
43 00
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iii PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1893
I have paid:
1892.
Oct. 25. Frank Church, Grand Treasurer $ 175 00
1808.
Sept. 7. Frank Church, Grand Treasurer 2,500 00
Sept. 9. Frank Church, Grand Treasurer S97 00
Sept. 12. Frank Church, Grand Treasurer 1412 00
Sept. 13. Frank Church, Grand Treasurer 800 00
Sept. 16. Frank Church, Grand Treasurer 888 00
Sept. 16. Frank Church, Grand Treasurer, (Lodge Warrants) 1,000 00
Sept. 18. Frank Church, Grand Treasurer 42 00
Total $ 5,923 00
Balance on hand 845 00
$ 6,268 00
For an itemized statement of contingent expenses of this office
see pages 133 and 134 of ledger. It showB that I have expended
$46.64 more than the appropriation.
BOOKS RECEIVED.
Besides the usual exchanges of other Grand bodies we have
received the following bound volumes :
History of King Solomon's Primitive Lodge No. 91, Troy, New
York; from the author, Brother Jesse B. Anthony, P. G. M.
History of Free Masonry in Quebec, by Brother J. H. Graham,
P. G. M., from Grand Lodge of Quebec.
Volume 3 History of Free Masonry in New York, by Brother
C. T. MoClenachan.
Book of Constitutions, Grand Lodge of Missouri, 1892.
Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky,
Missouri, Texas and Virginia for 1892; and of Indiana, Iowa, Louisi-
ana, New Jersey, Oregon and Vermont for 1893.
MAGAZINES RECEIVED.
I have received the following Masonic publications in exchange
for our proceedings :
American Tyler, Detroit, Michigan.
Australasian Keystone, Melbourne, Victoria.
Freemason, Sydney, New South Wales.
Masonic Advocate, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Masonic Chronicle, Columbus, Ohio.
Masonic Chronicle, New York City.
Masonic Constellation, St. Louis, Missouri.
Masonic Journal, Portland, Maine.
Masonic Review, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Masonic Token, Portland, Maine.
Master Mason, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Orient, Budapest, Hungary.
Royal Craftsman, Plain field, New Jersey.
Rough ABhlar, Richmond, Virginia.
1893] GBAXD LODGE OF COLORADO. 35
Square and Compass, Denver, Colorado.
South Australian Freemason, Adelaide, South Australia.
Trestle Board, San Francisco, California.
Voice of Masonry, Chicago, Illinois.
And odd numbers of several others.
LODGES DELINQUENT.
Akron No. 74, Rio Blanco No. 80,
have not made returns or paid dues.
Xos. 19, 20, 22, 25, 28, 29, 31, ?5, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 53, 58, 60, 72, 73,
76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87 and 91 did not make returns and pay
duee within the time prescribed by our laws.
Manitoa No. 68,
has made returns but has not paid dues.
Most of the Lodges report it impossible to give the ages of all
their members. Nob. 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 57, 63, 64 and 84 only give the
ages of those exempt. Nob. 28, 39, 41, 45, 56, 67, 69, 76, 77, 79, 83, 90
and 91 do Dot give the ages of any.
No. 74 made returns and paid does daring first day's session. No. 80 made
returns and paid does September 27, 1893.— Grand Secretary,
ERRORS NOTED IN RETURNS.
Crested Butte No. 58, claims rebate for dues paid 1891-1892 on
a brother reported as a member, but who was dimitted November
4, 1890.
Montrose No. 63. Dates of meetings not given ; no dates given
to those dimitted or suspended. L. E. Davis, reputed as a member,
is nothing to show when or how he gained membership. Returns
for 1892 showed fifty-one members. Recapitulation this year com-
mence with fifty-two. The returns were seat back for correction
September 5, 1893, and returned to me this morning but errors are not
corrected.
Logan No. 70, reports C. L. McComas as a member. He was re-
ported in 1891 as suspended and has not been reported as reinstated.
They had fourteen members as per last report. Recapitulation
now says number last year fifteen. My letters regarding same
remain unanswered.
St. John's No. 75, do not account for Nicholas Rodgers in list of
members. He is reported admitted. Andrew Nichols reported;
nothing to show when or how he gained membership. Sent back
September 6, 1893, for correction and have not been returned. *
LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION.
Rob Morris Lodge, U. D., has made returns, paid dues, returned
its dispensations and books and presents a petition for charter.
* Returns received October 10, 1893, errors corrected, bnt balance of one
dollar dues not paid.
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South Denver, U. D., has made returns, paid dues, returned its
books and presents a petition for charter. It has not returned its
dispensation. There may be other Lodges U. D., if so, the Grand
Secretary has not been notified of the fact.
Fraternally submitted,
ED. C. PARMELEE,
Grand Secretary.
MAXITOU LODGE Xo. 68.
On motion of Brother 0. T. Harkison (7), it was voted
that a Lodge Warrant of this Lodge be accepted in pay-
ment of their dues and the Lodge given representation at
this session.
ANNUAL ELECTION.
Brothers Matt Adams (5), Cromwell Tucker (5), Wm.
L. Hartmann (31) and Wm. T. March (56) were appointed
to collect the votes.
The voting resulted in the election of
JETHR0 C. SANF0RD (46 1, Durango G. M.
WM. L. BUSH (26), Idaho Springs D. G. M.
WM. D. PEIRCE (7), Denver 8. G. W.
GEORGE W. ROE (»:>), Pueblo J. G. W.
FRANK CHURCH (5j, Denver G. Trees.
ED. C. PARMELEE (4*), Masonic Temple, Denver G. Sec.
PAST GRAND MASTERS' JEWELS.
Brother F. I. Smith (84) presented the following re-
port which, on motion of Brother T. H. Thomas (86), was
adopted, and the bill for half-tone of jewel was ordered
paid.
Denteb, Colorado, September 19, 1^93
To the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Wardens and Brethren of this Thirty-
third Grand Lodge of Colorado :
In accordance with a resolution passed by this Most Worshipful Grand Lodge
at its Thirty-second Annual Communication, viz: to purchase and present to each
of its P. G. Masters an appropriate jewel as a memorial, having complied with the
spirit and we trust the letter of the resolution, the committee begs to submit the
following report :
The committee purchased and presented twenty-two jewels, a description of
which, as near as is possible to give, is this: The jewel is about five and one-half
inches long; the upper portion shows a bar, with the name of the recipient in raised
gold letters; suspended from the bar are two Columns, representing the Pillars of
the Porch, denoting Strength and Establishment; between the Column* rests a
circle of gold, showing the Point within the Circle; on the Top rests the Holy
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Scriptures; attached to the bottom is the All-Seeing Eye; suspended from the
Column* hangs a circle of wreath gold, on the face of which rests the Square and.
Compcuseit the Sun being represented in the center of the circle; the head of the
compasses is set with a diamond and the center of the son with a moonstone; the
jewel is made of solid gold; the design is intended to form a beautiful, perfect and
complete whole.
The following (with inscription on back of jewel showing date of service as
M. W. G. Master) have been the recipients, viz.:
Brother J. M. Chiyington. Aognst, 1861, to November, 1882.
Brother Henry M. Teller, November, 1863, to November, 1864; October, 1SJ7, to
September, 1873.
Brother A. J. Van Deren, October, 1864, to November, 1865.
Brother Webster D. Anthony, September, 1S73, to September, 1875.
Brother Oren H. Henry, September, 1875, to September, 1876.
Brother Harper M. Orahood, September, 1876, to September, 1677.
Brother Cornelias J. Hart, September, 1*77, to September, 1878.
Brother R. W. Woodbury, September, 187S, to September. 1870.
Brother Byron L. Carr, September, 1879, to September, 1S80.
Brother Lawrence N. Greenleaf, September, 1880, to September, ix*l.
Brother, Robert A. Quillian, September, 1881, to September, 1882.
Brother Frank Oh arch. September, 1882, to September, 1883.
Brother Andrew Sagendorf, September, 1*8:1, to September, 1NS4.
Brother James H. Peabody, September, 18S4, to September, 18&5.
Brother George E. Wyman, September, 1885, to September. 1SH6.
Brother Albert H. Branch, September, 1886, to September. 18*1.
Brother George K. Kimball, September, 18*7, to September, INS*.
Brother William D. Todd, September, 18H.S, to September, 1889.
Brother William T. Bridwell, September, 18S«, to September, 1890.
Brother E. L. N. Foster, September, 1890, to September, 1891.
Brother John M. Maxwell, September, 1891, to September, 1892.
Brother William D. Wright, Septembsr, 1892, to September, 1893.
Before the completion of the jewels, Bro. P. G. Master Robert A. Qaillian hail
been summoned to the Supreme Grand Lodge above, and the jewel bearing hie name
was duly presented to his widow.
In conclusion, the committee desires to express its appreciation of the wisdom
and suggestions received from several members of this Grand Body; also to thank
the manufacturers, the personnel of the Henry Bohra Jewelry Company, Denver,
for their assistance, courtesy and patience.
Fraternally submitted,
HENRY M. FURMAN,
FRANK I. SMITH.
JAMES B. McCOY.
Committee.
BROTHER GEORGE W. MEYERS.
Brother B. F. Rawalt (71) offered the following, which
was referred to the Committee ou Jurisprudence:
Resolved, That the Grand Secretary deliver the dimit of Brother
George W. Meyers to Burlington Lodge No. 77, A. P. & A. M., and
the name of Brother Meyers be entered on the records of said Lodge
as a member thereof.
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ROBERT H. NEVITT.
P. G. Master L. N. Greenleaf (5) offered the following,
which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Grand Master be empowered to heal Robert
H. Nevitt, and restore him to membership in Durango Lodge No. 46,
with the consent of said Lodge.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS.
Brother J. W. Milsom (15) offered the following. Amend
Sections 116-121 and 122 of the By-Laws so that they will
read as follows:
Sec. 116. An application for restoration after indefinite suspen-
sion for non-payment of dues shall not be received until all dues
are paid to the date of suspension.
Sec. 121. Restoration after indefinite suspension shall be by
action of the Lodge at a stated communication, after due notice to
the Lodge of at least one lunar month, and must be by a two-thirds
vote of the members present.
Sec. 122. A Mason heretofore dropped from the rolls for non-
payment of dues (without trial), shall be restored to good standing
without further action of the Lodge, upon the payment of all arrear-
ages to the date of being so dropped.
And the same were referred to the Committee on Juris-
prudence.
The Grand Lodge was then called to refreshment until
8 o'clock p. M.
FIRST DAY-Third Session.
Tuesday, Sept, 19, 1893, 8 o'clock p. m.
Grand Lodge resumed labor.
Grand Master Wright in the East.
REPORT OP GRAND LECTURER.
The Grand Lecturer, Brother Clay M. Van (84). pre-
sented his report, which was referred to the Committee on
Jurisprudence.
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REPORTS OP DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
Brother Henry T. West (20), D. D. G. M. District No. 1,
Brother John Williams (13), D. D. G. M. District No. 2,
Brother George W. Roe (15), D. D. G. M. District No. 3,
presented their reports.
The report of Brother L. M. Miller (55), D. D. G. M.
District No. 4. was read by the Grand Secretary.
On motion, the reports were referred to the Committee
on Jurisprudence.
APPEALS.
During the session the papers in the appeal of
F. A. JOHNSON, )
UNION LODGE No. 7, J
were filed and referred to the Committee on Appeals and
Grievances.
BILLS OP DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
Brother T. H. Thomas (86) offered the following, which
was adopted:
Resolved, That the expenses which District Deputy Grand Mas-
ters are to receive shall include their hotel bills as well as railroad
and stage fare, etc., and their bills for the past year shall be allowed
and paid accordingly.
The Grand Lodge was called from labor to refreshment
until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.
SECOND DAY-First Session.
Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1893, 10 o'clock a. m.
Grand Lodge resumed labor.
Grand Master Wright in the East.
ORATION.
The Grand Master introduced Brother T. B. MacDon-
ald ( 32), Grand Orator, who delivered the following:
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Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren :
Masons trace their fraternal lineage, like a thread of purest gold,
back through the ages, beyond the Norman conquest, beyond imper-
ial Rome, back to the great temple,} with Solomon, king of Israel and
monarch of wisdom, as their founder. If the master's lecture in the
third degree be true, Masons beheld the wonders of Assyria and
lived amidst the mysterious magnificence of Egypt. They walked
the streets of Alexandria more than three thousand years ago, side
by side with those illustrious people, who are now mummies in a
glass case at the Smithsonian Institute, who excite curiosity in other
museums, or remain in the peaceful seclusion of innumerable sar-
cophagi still undiscovered. More than one thousand years before
the germ of the Roman Catholic church appeared in the world, this
fraternity was an active organization. It existed more than one
thousand years before Christ walked this anxious earth upon that
mission of love which led to the unspeakable anguish of the cross.
Masons listened to the eloquence of Cicero and heard the philippics
of Demosthenes pronounced against the ambitious Macedonian.
Masons shared in the glories of Greece, the commerce of Carthage
and the military supremacy of Rome. Every important event which
has happened in this world from the death of Sardanapalus down to
the birth of the leader of the Four Hundred has been witnessed by
a Mason, It would seem that the antiquity of the order is beyond
question ; but a controversy is constantly going on between the
Brethren upon that point. Some members of the fraternity, having
anchored their faith to the gravity with which our esoteric work is
conducted, believe in the great antiquity of the order with a faith
which is commendable in this age of widespread infidelity. The man
who lives in the glow of our advanced civilization, may not be pro-
found, he may not be a wiser man than his immediate predecessor in
the "Flood of Years," but in him faith has been minimized and every
part of the brilliant domain of modern thought is guarded by senti-
nels who permit nothing to pass within the lines unchallenged.
In these times of unbelief, when no doctrine is received as au-
thentic because of its ancient respectability, when Religion is under-
going such transformation in face and form as to appear a new creat-
ure to each succeeding generation, when learned Doctors of Divinity
question the plenary inspiration of the Scriptures with such ardor as
to expose themselves to the charge of heresy, when a Roman Cath-
olic priest has, for a time at least, defied the Pope to follow in the
footsteps of Mr. Henry George, when nothing in art, in politics, in
religion is accepted as genuine until it has been first tested by such
reasoning power as this generation may possess, it is certain that the
truth of our symbolism and the antiquity of our order will be chal-
lenged. But what harm shall be done if the challenger shall prove
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that we cannot go back to the great temple for our origin, or even
beyond the century immediately preceding the one in which we now
live.
This order, if it be worthy of life, must have in it some vital
merit which makes it a power for good in the world, and if that merit
be not in it all the antiquity of Adam can do it no good. There is
something in great antiquity, without a doubt, which appeals to the
minds of men with mysterious power. Even Aristocracy, that social
deformity, born of an unholy embrace between human vanity and
human imbecility, burns its choicest incense at the Altar of An-
tiquity.
It is true that the man who has no ancestors, who amasses
wealth by any means will, if the golden tide rise high enough, be
cast upon those enchanted shores made brilliant with the gracious
presence of the nineteenth century aristocrat, where he will receive
welcome and standing based upon the amount of money he is each
year willing to devote to the pursuit of pleasure. But true aristoc-
racy, like costly wine, must have about it the flavor of great antiquity.
Your man of sensibility, if he happens to be in a cemetery, is not
attracted by the pompous white tombstone, which rears its new born
6plendor aloft in the sunlight, bidding for the observation of the cas-
ual visitor. He turns from the showy mass to some stone, dim with
age, beaten by storms and perhaps covered with moss, which marks
an ancient grave and, with studious patience, tries to decipher the
brief history of the human dust beneath the mound. It is natural
for men whose minds are illumined by the many colored light of
imagination, to feel a solemn interest in the daily lives of ancient
men, and we who are Masons look with modest pride upon our ven-
erable institution, because we know it to be older than the societies
which surround us. Still the modern world is the world for most
of us.
It is true of course that books are issuing from the press, written
by able men, in which the idea of the degeneracy of modern man.
which means the degeneracy of the modern world, is advocated with
more or less power ; but I can accept no such doctrine. Mr. Tenny-
son has taken the opposite view of human destiny, in the following
exquisite language :
" Yet I doubt not thro* the ages one increasing purpose runs,
And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the sons.*'
The process of humanity has, I believe, been compared to the
rise of the tides of the sea. The tide rises not in one smooth regular
wave, but by a succession of waves, each rising higher than the one
that preceded it, and then falling back into the great ocean. Even
so did the great nations of antiquity, like waves in the rising tides of
the sea, rush in succession up the shining shores of progress, only to
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recede into the chaotic ocean of humanity, whence they emerged,
but each of these national waves rose higher than the one that pre-
ceded it, and the progress of humanity, has been the progress of a
perpetually rising tide.
Such being my belief in the destiny of the race, if some individ-
ual shall be able to prove that our order is of modern origin I shall
not, like Niobe, weep so copiously as to become a fountain.
The great monarch of Israel, builder of the temple, prince of
ancient wisdom, Solomon in all his glory, who lived in the midst of
splendors, was the one central, superb figure of a gorgeous and semi-
barbaric age.
Let us take, as the representative of the present age, that type
of American manhood, Abraham Lincoln, to whom the Master so
feelingly alluded yesterday. He was a man of even temper, of purest
patriotism, of exalted character, of superb judgment, of exquisitely
balanced mind, of intense energy and indomitable courage. Perhaps
he was not a man of genius, for he was deficient in some of the
characteristics of that remarkable class. He was not eccentric, he
was not mentally one sided, he was not the victim of a partial
development of powers. He could do an ordinary duty in an ordinary
manner. In him no one quality towered so high above the others as
to appear a giant among dwarfs ; his every good quality was giant
standing colossal in the pure white light of perfect common sense*
the " rarest gift of God to man." His memory, adorned by almost
every virtue known to humanity, will be held in grateful veneration
while there remains on earth a breast fit to harbor an American
heart. With Abraham Lincoln as the representative of this age and
of the modern world I have no fear that dishonor will fall upon our
fraternity if it be proven that it is modern in its origin.
Masonry advocates charity, and charity in the abstract at least, is
worshipped in the order. If a Mason in the pursuit of wealth or fame is
avaricious or oppressive, he is so in violation of every precept of the
fraternity. The first lesson taught an entered apprentice upon his
entrance into the Lodge is one well calculated to inspire in his breast
sympathy for the brother on life's highway who finds himself con-
fronted by the keeper of the gate demanding toll when he has noth-
ing with which to satisfy the demand. When upon strict search the
unfortunate finds himself entirely destitute, it is not for a Mason
who may be standing near to make merry over his distress. He
should remember the indulgent treatment extended to him by the
Lodge upon a similar occasion and, if possible, he should imitate that
conduct in his own dealings with the unfortunate. Charity has been
canonized in our order. Her sweet face, her golden hair, her voice
vibrant with nature's softest music, her sympathetic eye, her disposi-
tion excessive in its bounty, all these things have been recited in our
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order in varying phraseology, and all Masonic voices join in the
chorus of her praise. Charity is not only given the blessings peculiar
to herself ; she unites in her person the best qualifications of her
two glorious sisters, Faith and Hope. When Charity stretches forth
her hand and, with boundless love in her heart, lifts up the fallen
one, she looks upon him with the serene eye of Faith, she speaks to
him with the voice of Hope and, as the music of that voice falls upon
his ear, plans once dead become quick, again the future spreads before
him like a pleasant plain covered with flowers and in the golden
distance Ambition waveB her welcome and he follows her command*
ing form beyond the pleasant plain and up the mountain side. It is
true that there is much senseless eulogy of Charity by men who have
no sympathetic feeling and consequently no power in Charity. We
write a little essay on Charity and in it incorporate quotations from
the bible and the poets and, having read it to our wife and helpless
offspring until they cry " enough," we tie a red ribbon around it and
take it down to the Ix>dge and read it to the brethren. It is wonder-
ful the sense of relief that pervades us after we have eliminated that
gem from our system, and it is wonderful the blessed peace that falls
upon our domestic circle when we have delivered ourself of that
essay. The children no longer flee at our approach, the smile comes
back to the face of our wife and the dog comes home again.
We pass out of the Lodge after our little effort, and, on our way
home, while we are still breathing the smoke of the incense which
the brethren have burned for us, while we are moving along through
the chill air wrapped in pleasant thoughts and a warm overcoat,
with our heart swollen to an unnatural size by love for suffering
humanity, with our own eloquence faintly sounding in our ears like
music dying on the water, we see a child with hungry eyes, with famine
in her form and distress written all over her, clothed in rags and bitten
by the keen teeth of the frosty wind. And we, who have been sing-
ing the praises of Charity with such wondrous eloquence that the
brethren have risen up and called us blessed, we who have praised
her smile, and her face, and her voice, and her hair, and all the
members of her body which our knowledge of anatomy would permit
us to enumerate, we who have been so exalted by the magic of our
own voice that our heart hath grown within us like a toy balloon,
" That our subdued eyes, albeit unused to the melting mood, drop
tears as fast as the Arabian trees their medicinal gum/' I suppose we
who have been so eloquent and sympathetic go down into our pockets
for money or in some other way tender our service to the unfortunate
child. No, of course not. We cross to the other side of the street
and curse the luck which brought such an object between ub and our
pleasant thoughts. The symbolism of Masonry is indeed beautiful,
and to many of us, in our worship of Charity in her abstract form,
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cherish her as a symbol and forget to practice her virtues. Charity
is not an inhabitant of the brain. The atmosphere of logic is too
cold for her and her chosen residence is in the genial warmth of a
loving heart.
Our order strives, almost in vain, to keep the true spirit of
charity alive in our hearts. When we leave the Lodge we go to our
office and proceed to play the part of a small financial Caesar. We
do, it is true, compel the world to render unto Caesar the things that
are Cesar's ; but we are not so fast in rendering unto God the things
that are God's, and his poor receive too little of our beneficial atten-
tion. The leper throws her mantle over her face crying "unclean,
unclean." The poor man does not need to shout his poverty. This
generation sees it and conveys its substance around him by a cir-
cuitous route, for it is surely better to suffer from extra locomotion,
than to lose any portion of our wealth.
We were told here yesterday afternoon lhat fifty-two out of the
fifty-five signers of the Declaration of Independence were Masons.
This alone should be glory enough for one fraternity. The Declara-
tion of Independence was a bold measure and a wise one. By the
Americans it was received in a whirlwind of enthusiasm. The
patriots lost their senses ; they were for the time drunk with national
pride. Ringing bells and glad voices and roaring cannon filled the
living air with the music of freedom, for out of the hideous womb of
fratricidal war came a nation young indeed and weak, but animated
by the indomitable spirit of liberty. Fiom the signing of the Declar-
ation of Independence down to the present time the progress of this
country has been a triumphal march. Obstacles have indeed risen
in her path, but they have been swept aside by the impetuous valor
of her people and to-day she moves along in her career of glory
toward a future resplendent with every promise of prosperity. Her
brightest hope, her most precious treasure reside in a brave and gen-
erous people who present a united front to the nations of mankind,
ready to pour out the last drop of their blood in defense of that
bright banner, which is the recognized symbol of the power and glory
of this Republic. And my brethren, during the eventful years which
have passed since the fourth of July, seventeen hundred and seventy-
six, many changes have taken place in this nation, but the tempor-
izings of the constitution upon the questions of human liberty have
been swept away and this Republic is now governed by those
sentiments of human freedom and human equality, which are ex-
pressed with such burning eloquence in the Declaration of Indeperd-
ence. In the United States of America, liberty has at last found a
home strong enough to nourish and defend her mighty spirit, and in
the heart of our political system she has erected a temple which
cannot be destroyed until the Great Republic lies dead upon the con-
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tinent. It may well be a source of pride to Masons that so many of
the order signed the Declaration of Independence, that sublime
instrument which contains so many of the teachings of our fraternity.
When we meet in the Lodge we meet as brothers and submit to
the beneficent rule of the Prince of Peace. In the Lodge harmony
is supreme, and we listen to the voice of the Master raised in praise
of Friendship, Morality and Brotherly Love. But when the Lodge
closes, we pour out into the street and as if by magic become arro-
gant and intolerant. A brother is then to us a brother if he happens
to be on our side of the controversy. I understand that most of our
labor organizations are based so far as their secret business is con-
cerned upon Masonry. I have no words of criticism against these
organizations. It is to my dim vision a glorious thing, the organiza-
tion by labor into societies for the uplifting of men who earn their
daily bread by daily toil of the human body ; and if the societies
have adopted any part of our esoteric work they have displayed
signal judgment in the work of selection. In the great battle now
being fought between* labor and capital members of our fraternity
are fighting, some on one side and some on the other. Our brethren
on the side of the masses tell us that all over this broad land labor
is organizing into well drilled and disciplined batallions capable of
meeting on the political battlefield the choicest cohorts of monoply.
They tell us that labor clad in the shining armor of a good cause has
entered into the first campaign of a war which will not cease until
white winged Peace returning shall behold Labor prostrate beneath
the feet of Capital or standing triumphant in the sunlight of pros-
perity, in a happy country under benignant laws which secure to each
toiler just compensation for his labor. In such, contest this Lodge
as a body can take no part ; but it throws its influence insensibly
toward the side that is right. Every utterance in this Lodge which
falls from the lips of an earnest brother in advocacy of the sublime
precepts of Masonry, is certain to fall into good soil in some brain
and heart and, as the teachings of this order make toward righteous-
ness, a brother who is earnest will depart from the Lodge, feeling in
hiB heart a desire to do something for the betterment of the race.
We are just passing through a period of fire and flood. It is not my
intention to say anything concerning the controversy between the
sections of our common country, which can be construed as an attack
upon either. I desire to use the misfortune which seems about to
descend upon us as an illustration of the capacity of people to look out
for number one. The West is wrong or the East is wrong, and at the
bottom of that wrong is human selfishness. I wonder if Masons, who
are taught in the Lodge the value of friendship and brotherly love
are, in these times of distress, mindful of a brother's welfare, or are
they pursuing with conscientious devotion the pathway of their own
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prosperity even though that pathway lead them over the ruins of a
brother's fortune. A tidal wave of misfortune has swept over this
country and men who had reached the summit of prosperity and
were looking, with complacent pity on us who toiled far below have
been engulfed. Poor and rich have been swept from their feet by
the waters of adversity and the land is full of desolation. Happy is
the man who has builded unto himself an ark and strong indeed is
the ark that outrides the storm. When we look around us upon the
angry world from the sanctuary of the Lodge and see the proud man
scornful and oppressive, and the poor man suffering and children
crying for bread we " No longer misunderstand the grave or its occa-
sion." We see in it the place where all men must be stripped to
depart from the world naked, and humiliated.
God sent us into this world naked, and naked not in the flesh
merely, but in worldly possessions as well. He does not make a king,
He sends no man into the world with a crown on his head ; He sends
into this world no merchant prince, no Dives. All children come into
the world poor and helpless. All distinctions of wealth and class are
man created. But when the time comes for man to leave the world
he finds that the same mysterious law that brought him into it poor,
at the grave reduces him to penury. His exit from the world may
be magnificent ; a nation may weep over his remains. His body may
lie in state in some marble capitol, guards in gorgeous uniforms may
surround it, solemn music may add its imposing harmony to the
occasion. But these things are only the works of man. When the
soul takes its flight from the body it goes into the next world with-
out gold or silver coin, stripped of its petty aristocracy and those
numberless trivial distinctions which we pursue with such perturba-
tion of spirit here below.
The soul standing on the threshold of heaven outside the golden
gate, knocking in all humility for admission, will hear those words
which all Masons have heard before, solemn in their intensity : "Who
comes here ? Is he worthy and well qualified ? Duly and truly pre-
pared ? " And when that eternal threshold has been crossed and the
soul stands for the first time before the supreme architect of the
Universe, it will stand before him in the full splendor of perfect
light, not ashamed of its nakedness, without earth's wealth and dress,
without the gaudy trappings of our earthly vanity, without gold or
silver coin, and devoid of all metallic substances, with nothing to
recommend it to the favor of the divine judge save such intrinsic
merit as it may possess.
REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE.
Brother L. N. Greenleaf (5) presented the report on
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Correspondence, which was ordered published with the
jjroeeedingB. (See appendix.)
GRAND LODGE OF OKLAHOMA AND NEW ZEALAND.
Brother Greenleaf (5) also presented the following,
which, on motion, was adopted :
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado:
Your Committee on Correspondence would respectfully submit the following
report:
We have had under careful consideration the application of the Grand Lodge
of Oklahoma for recognition. We find that it was organized on November 10, lt<92,
with the full consent and most hearty approval of the Grand Lodge of Indian Ter-
ritory, from which the ten Lodges forming the new Grand Lodge held their charters.
All the proceedings in connection with its formation were regular and strictly in
accordance with \fasonic law and usage. Your committee, therefore, recommend
the adoption of the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado extends a most
cordial and fraternal greeting to the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, organized under
such happy auspices, and hereby recognizes it as the supreme Masonic authority in
its jurisdiction and as one of the fraternal chain of regular Grand Lodges.
In the matter of the renewed application of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand
for recognition, deferred, upon our recommendation, until this Communication of
the Grand Lodge, your committee submit the following:
Our latest information is dorived from a circular, dated Auckland, August It,
1*93, issued by order of the Grand Master, M. W. Brother Malcolm Niccol, to correct
certain false statements regarding that Grand Lodge, written by a correspondent in
that Colony and published in American Masonic journals. From this circular we
glean the following facts, which it is claimed cannot be controverted:
English Lodges joined 42
Scotch Lodges joined 36
Irish Lodges joined 9
New Lodges opened 9
Making a total of eighty-six Loigas on the roll of the Grand Lodge of New
Zealand on January 1, 1*93. Since then, two more Lodges of the Scotch Constitu-
tion have thrown their lot in with the movement, and three new Lodges have bean
opened, making in all ninety -one Lodges, but as an English and Scotch Lodge
amalgamated, the actual numerical record is ninety Lodges. The total number of
Lodtfe* of other Constitutions does not exceed fifty.
From the Proceedings of the Annual Communication held at Auckland, April
2S, ls&i, we note that upon calling the roll of the eighty-nine Lodges, the officers
and members of twenty six Lodges, numbering 131, were present. A large number
of telegrams and letters were received from Grand Officers and taem hers apologising
for their absence. Other meetings have been held when a majority of the Lodges
were not represented, either by their officers or by proxy. This is contrary to the
law as observed by many of our American Grand Lodges. The Grand Master himself
in his address calls attention to this matter, and says:
"Strong efforts should also be made to secure more representative attendances
at Grand Lodge Communications. I would like to see it enacted that no business
shall be transacted by Grand Jjodge unites a majority of the Lodges are repre-
sented, either personally or by regularly accredited proxies/'
He also quotes the following figures, showing the progress which they have
made:
"in April, 1890, Grand Lodge was inaugurated, with forty-one Lodges on its
roll; in April, 1391, this number had increased to seventy-three; in April, 1892, it
had reached seventy-eight; to-day we have eighty-nine. The number of members
in the different years above stated was 12:16, 2193, 2*97, 3090."
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From the published returns, eighty of the Lodges paid Grand Lodge does for
the rear ending December 31, 1*92, thus disposing most effectually of the false asser-
tions to the contrary, which have been mailed to America.
The Grand Master visited forty-one Lodges, traveling 6000 miles by steamer,
rail and coach, and spent two months of his time in this laudable work, and
rejretted that he conld not visit others. The Grand Lodge distributed $780 in
charity last year, and has to its credit a Charity Fund of over $2500. It is out of
debt, and has a comfortable balance to the credit of its General Fund. It has
demonstrated its claim to our consideration, and we are not in sympathy with those
who are striving to thwart its progress.
We have advocated delay in previous years that we might be more fully
advised. No valid reason for farther delay now exists; we therefore recommend
the adoption of the following resolution:
Resolved. That the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado hereby recog-
nizes the Grand Lodge of New Zealand as a sovereign and independent Grand Lodge,
and cordially welcomes her as such into the fraternal circle of Grand Lodges.
Fraternally submitted,
LAWBENCE N. GHBENLEAF,
BENJAMIN F. RAWALT,
IKA L. HERKON,
Committee.
RE POUT OX RE VURS6 AND WORK-CHARTERS GRANTED.
The Committee on Returns anil Work presented the
following, which was adopted on motion of Brother T. H.
Thomas (86), and charters ordered issued as therein recom-
mended, to
Rob Morris Lodge No. 92, Denver, Arapahoe county,
South Denver Lodge No. 93, South Denver, Arapahoe county,
Amethyst Lo3ge No. 91, Creede, Mineral county,
Silver State Lodge No. 95, Pueblo, Pueblo county,
Mt. Pisgah Lodge No. 96, Cripple Creek, El Paso county.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge:
Your Committee on Returns and Work have examined the returns of the sev-
eral lodges under dispensation, so far as they have been presented; also the records
of the tame, and the code of by-law* adopted by each, and respectfully report an
follows:
South Denver Lodge, U. D.
SOUTH DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
It appears from the records of this Lodge that the first meeting was held
February 13, 1893, onder the authority of a dispensation. That they have held
regular meetings every week since, the last four meetings being presided over by
X. W. Grand Master W. D. Wright. No dispensation is recorded and none returned ,
bat the Grand Master reports that he issued one and that it has been lost or mislaid,
and for that reason he took charge of the work in person.
While the Grand Master has the undoubted right to take this coarse, yoar
committee wonld not recommend it as a precedent, but would deem it the better
coarse to issue a duplicate, should such a case again arise.
The records are fairly well kept.
The returns show that there were eighteen petitioners for dispensation; that
thirteen have been raised and nine elected to charter membership, making forty
members in all.
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[1893
We recommend that a charter be granted to this Lodge, under the name of
SOUTH DENVER LODGE NO. 93,
With
Brother IsomS. Elrod W. M.
Brother David Cinnamond S. W.
Brother Azel W. Bush J. W.
And the following members :
James Annand, John W. Bacon,
John Q. Brown, John S. Babcook,
Robert H. Barrows, Phillip N. Chandler,
Willisford Dey, Marvin M. Elliott,
Otis M. Farwell, Herbert L. Ganliner,
Harrison H. Given, Aogost J. Gnmlick,
William T. Harris. August S. Hart,
John Hartman, Sylvanns O. Hervey,
Benjamin B. Hoadley, Warren W. Moore,
Jerry Minor, George W. Pratt,
James A. Pearsall, MattR. Root,
Orlando W. Richardson, Frank H. Raymond,
Frank C. Rugg, Edward W. Robinson,
Edward C. Sjetje, George Bimington,
Fred S. Sweet. Moses Stone,
John T. Thorpe, George E. Tack,
Guss E. Vote, George W. Weaver,
Edward W. Warren, William N. Williams.
We recommend that the by-laws be approved as amended by your committee.
Rob. Morris Lodge, U. D.
DENVER, ABAPAHOE COUNTY.
Dispensation isHaed October 8th, 1892.
The records fail to set oat the dispensation under which the Lodge has
worked, and in other respects they are rather crudely kept. The records show the
character of the reports of the committees on character as "favorable" or
"unfavorable." This practice is wrong, and should not prevail. The record
should show only that the report was made.
The returns show sixteen petitioners for dispensation, thirty-two initiated,
thirty passed, thirty raised ; admitted to charter membership, five. Total mem.
bership, fifty-one.
Your committee have made some slight emendations to the By-Laws as
adopted by the Lodge to make them conform to the Grand Lodge By-Laws, and
recommend that they be approved as amended. These By-Laws conform mors
nearly to Masonic law than any other code your committee have yet examined.
We recommend that a Charter issue to this Lodge under the name of
ROB. MORRIS LODGE, NO. 92,
With
Brother Edward F. Hoffman W. M.
Brother Charles T. Hilton 8. W.
Brother Thomas N.Worth J. W.
And the following named brethren :
John C. Fulton, Clarence J. Cheeney,
William Mundell, Benjamin Gray,
Albert L. Stack, John Carlson,
George T. Hamilton, William Belden,
Willis A. Sherwood, William 8- Ammon,
Lucien B. Vick Roy, Lewis 8. Snapp,
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William H. Perry, Isaac W. Eppler,
William R. Bell, Joseph H. Alter,
John T. Phillips, Adni A. Young,
Albert L. Little, Robert Brace,
Harry C. Holder, Thomas H. Duggan,
Daniel M. Murphy, Thaddeus H. Martin,
Charles Martin, Howard W. Slack,
James B. Moulton, Harry 8. Gilchrist,
Payton J. Keech, Joseph 8. Douglass,
Samuel C. Boganwright, John A. Davison,
John F. Ensign, James M. Davis,
Clinton L. Jenkins, John Swanney,
George N. Cary, Charlee.H. Watkine,
Joseph F. Brogley, Jacob T. Pender,
Pan! H. Carrow, Daniel B. Kisthard,
William 8. Winslow, Max Fischer,
Erail H. Selbaoh, John K. Armstrong.
Yoar committee are informed by Brother Stack, Secretary of said Lodge,
that the (limits of Brothers Bark low and Stabler have undoubtedly been handed
to the Grand Master, but they do not appear among the papers, and the names are
for that reason left off the list. We recommend that the Grand Secretary be
authorized to add their names to the Charter if the proper credentials are filed
with him before this Charter is issued,
Amethyst Lodgr, U. D.
CREEDS, MINERAL COUNTY.
Dispensation issued March 21, 1893.
The records are very complete, and neatly and accurately kept.
The returns are not correct in every particular, but from the entire record of
the case we find that there were fifteen names on the dispensation; six raised; three
admitted to charter membership; one petitioner withdrawn, leaving a total mem-
bership of twenty-three. One of these presents no voucher showing his right to
membership, and his name is left off the list.
The By-Laws, with a few verbal changes, are in accordance with Masonic law,
and we recommend their adoption as amended by your committee.
We recommend that a charter issue to this Lodge, under the name of
AMETHYST LODGE NO. 94,
With
Brother Marshal P. McArthur W. M.
Brother Frank Shimer S. W.
Brother Walter C. Wescott J. W.
And the following members:
George Sonthey, Charles M. Morrison,
Richard Irwin, Clarence D. Hall,
August H. Whitehead, George W. Kohn,
Thomas Sharpe, George K. Smith,
Washington I. Covert, Will H. Spnrgeon,
Edward Higgins, Curtis J. Smith,
Nimrod F. Beer, Robert B. Soper,
Henry Allenby, John A. Atkinson,
Findley Frazee, Alexander N. Simpson,
Thornton H. Thomas.
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Silver State Lodge, U. D.
PUEBLO, PUEBLO COUNTY.
Dispensation iesued April 12, 1893.
The returns show twenty-eight names on the dispensation; four raised, and 6ix
admitted to charter membership.
The records are not so neatly kept as to meet the approval of the committee;
they fail to show in each instance that the minates of the preceding meetings were
approved, bat this fact is endorsed across the face of the preceding meeting; this
system should be changed. In other respects, they fairly show the business
transacted.
The By-Laws, with very slight verbal changes, are in strict accordance with
Masonic law, and we recommend that, as so changed by your committee, they be
approved.
We recommend that a charter issue to this Lodge, under the name of
SILVER STATE LODGE NO. 95,
With
Brother George W. Roe W. M.
Brother John J. Willard S. W.
Brother Charles W. Willett J. W.
And the following members:
Andrew Parke, E. W. Hathaway,
Edward E. Hnbbell, J. D. Chamberlain,
William G. Fraser. Frank E. Sage,
Hen M. Wilson, L. P. Hill.
Ephriam M. Jackson, John Lewis,
Richard W. Ellis, H. C. Gordon,
Miles McGrath. Charles E. Davenport,
Walter Cosslett. Charles Walker,
Alexander T. Stewart, C. W. Reeoe,
Edwin C romp ton, James Hughs,
William M. Zimmerman, Alexander McGregor,
John W. Gnynn, Oliver P. Kimmel,
Frank Singer, J. H. H. Lowe,
Robert Burns, William Lawson,
George F. Patrick, Daniel R. Greene,
W. H. Alleman, A. Jackson,
Charles A. Lannen, J. M. Meales,
A. P. Niles.
In preparing the report upon this Lodge your committee were unable to learn
the full christian names of many of the members.
Section 19, of our By-Laws is very plain on this subject and should be
observed, and we recommend that the same rule be enforced in the returns of
Lodges.
Mount Pisgah Lodge, U. D.
CRIPPLE GREEK, EL PASO COUNTY.
Dispensation issued July 3, 1893.
The records of this Lodge are models of neatness and excellence.
The returns show twenty signers of the dispensation; nine initiated; four
passed, and one raised; two petitions now in the hands of a committee.
The By-Laws, with slight emendation, are in strict accordance with Masonic
law, and we recommend that they be adopted as amended by your committee.
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We recommend that a charter issue under the name of
MOUNT PI8GAH LODGE NO. 96,
With
Brother Willis S. Montgomery W. M.
Brother Frank P. Mo al ton S. W.
Brother Robert P. Davie J. W.
And the following named members:
William Mellen, Green Martin,
John Knox Burton, Will Helm,
Jacob C. McCoy, Edwin Isham,
David S. Hull, James T. Neall,
John W. Asbnry, James A. Kelley,
George P. Brewster. George G. Shaver,
Hiram Wilson, Harder F. Harder,
Ellis Serjeant, Victor G. Hills,
James M. Stanley, Henry L. Shepherd,
Your committee have been subjected to great vexation and delay in making
this report, on account of the fact that many of the papers required were not on file
in the Grand Secretary's office and were not handed to your committee until after
the Grand Lodge convened; several of the lodges under dispensation, not having been
furnished with blanks by the Grand Secretary, he not knowing of their existence,
had mada no returns of the work dona, and your committee were compelled to call
upon the officers present to compile such returns or to wade through the records
themselves for the purpose of finding out the necessary data.
Tour committee have also discovered several cases wherein the signers of
petitions for dispensations and charters have failed to send in the necessary dimits
or receipts for dues, as required by the Grand Lodge By-Law No. 21; in some of
these cases the necessary vouchers have been handed in to the committee and filed
with the papers, and in others the names have been left off from the list of charter
members. Your committee have earnestly endeavored to correct all errors of this
kind, and if any should be discovered hereafter, your committee feel that the
responsibility for the same will not rest upon your committee.
Your committee would strongly urge upon the Grand Master the importance
of calling this committee together at least one day prior to the annual session of
the Grand Lodge, in order that its work may be done and reported early in the session.
Fraternally submitted,
B. L. CARR,
W. T. BRIDWELL,
ERNEST LE NEVE FOSTER,
Committee.
JURISPRUDENCE.
The Committee on Jurisprudence presented the follow*
iiig report, which was adopted :
To the Moat Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado:
Your Committee on Jurisprudence have carefully considered the various
matters submitted to them, and respectfully report:
Their approval of the decisions of the Grand Master numbered from one to
twenty-four, inclusive, with the following explanations and exceptions, viz.;
That while it be eminently proper that subordinate Lodges determine the
eligibility for the degrees of the candidates, that they must, nevertheless, always
be governed by the spirit of the By-Law which provides that he must not be
"incapable of learning the Art and becoming perfect in the work.11
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The decision No. 12, "that the Lodge may remit and release a brother from
the payment of Lodge dues on knowledge of his inability to pay," is approved, with
the modification that there be no By-Law of the Lodge prohibiting each action.
No. 28, which declares that an Entered Apprentice desiring to take the remain-
ing degrees in a Lodge other than the Lodge conferring the first degree, most reside
in the new jurisdiction twelve months before applying, is disapproved. The
committee should report, in this connection, that a part of them had advised
the Grand Master to the contrary at a preceding date and may, therefore, have been
instrumental in the rendering of this decision.
The Grand Master's recommendations relative to an apparent inconsistency
between By-Laws 116 and 122, may be taken in connection with proposed changes
introduced by Brother J. W. Milsom. Before recommending the adoption of the
proposed amendments, the committee will explain that the former practice of this
jurisdiction was to drop members from the rolls for non-payment of daes without
formal charges. That easy method of severing Lodge membership doubtless some-
times was made the means of getting rid of brethren who were deemed undesirable
for other causes than non-payment of dues. At the time of the revision of the By-
Laws, about eight years ago, No. 122 was inserted, requiring action by the Lodge
before the restoration of a dropped member as a means of protection to the former.
It is probable that the necessity no longer exists, and the committee are, therefore,
willing to assent to the proposed changes, and hereby approve the same.
By-Law No. 84. The recommendation of the Grand Master that By-Law No.
M, relating to the trial of non-affiliates, be made more general, meets the approval of
the committee, and they recommend that said By-Law be amended so as to read:
Sec. 84. The conduct of all Masons shall subject them to discipline by the
Lodge within whose jurisdiction they reside, unless the offender should hold mem-
bership in another Lodge in the same place.
We recommend that the Grand Secretary deliver the dimit of Brother George
Meyers to Burlington Lodge No. 77, who has been carried as a member and daes
paid since the issuance of the charter, and that his name be entered upon the records
of said Lodge a»a member thereof.
Recurring again to the By-Laws, your committee beg leave to suggest that
the interdiction against the Grand Lodges of Hamburg and the Grand Orient of
France were enacted so many years ago that few of our members now know the
cause thereof. For obvious reasons, therefore, we suggest that the standing Com-
mittee on Foreign Correspondence be directed to report at the next Annual Com-
munication of this Grand Lodge if the causes of interdiction still exist, with their
recommendations thereon.
Your committee have considered the matters referred to them relating to the
office of District Deputy Grand Masters, and fraternally report:
The end sought to be gained by the adoption of sections 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 of
the Constitution has not, in our opinion, been attained in the past, and we believe
will not be in the future, while the expense attending the dissemination of the
esoteric work of this jurisdiction by this method has been largely in excess of the
actual good accomplished; we therefore recommend that section 25 of the Constitu-
tion be amended so as to read as follows:
4 "It shall be the duty of the Grand Lecturer to impart the esoteric work of this
jurisdiction to the officers and members of subordinate Lodges, when called upon
so to do; he may also convene any Lodge within this jurisdiction for the purpose
of instructing them in the work, and may require the officers thereof to exemplify
the work upon a candidate or substitute, and correct any inaccuracies in such work.
He shall make a detailed statement of all his official acts and doings to the Grand
Lodge at its Annual Communication, together with such particulars and recom-
menaations as he may deem necessary. He shall receive as compensation the sum
of three dollars per day for each day actually spent in the discharge of the duties of
hiH office, and actual expenses, to be paid by the Grand Lodge."
We further recommend that section 2 of the Constitution be amended by
striking from the list of officers of this Grand Lodge the words "The Right Wor-
shipful District Deputy Grand Masters/1 and that sections 26, 27, 28 and 29 of the
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Constitution be entirely stricken oat, and that sections 90 to 35, inclusive, of the
Constitution be numbered to correspond with these amendments.
We woald also farther recommend that hereafter the proposed Worshipful
Master of any new Lodge, before receiving the recommendation of any other Lodge
for a dispensation, shall present to that Lodge a certificate from the Grand Lecturer
that he is proficient in the esoteric work of this jurisdiction, in addition to the
other reqoirements.
We farther recommend that the reports of the Grand Lecturer and District
Deputy Grand Master be filed .
Fraternally submitted,
R. W. WOODBURY,
W. D. TODD,
J. H. PEABODY,
Committee,
The committee also presented the following report :
Dbnycb, Colo., September 20, 1893.
To the Most \Vor*hipful Grand Lodge of Colorado:
The standing Committee on Jurisprudence, to which was referred the sugges-
tions and recommendations of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, respectfully
report, that they have considered that part relating to a proper memorial observ-
ance of the centennial of the death of Worshipful Brother George Washington,
which took place on the fourteenth day of December, 1799. The committee believe
that public recognition of the services and characters of the great and good has a
salutary influence upon the lives of others, particularly the young, stimulating
them to emulation, exalting their own efforts and ennobling their characters.
A due observance of the centennial of Washington's death would revive public
interest in, and disseminate knowledge of his virtues, and in the pioneer work of
the fathers of the Republic who laid the foundations of our national government.
We are taught, as Masons, to be true to the government of the country under
which we live; and in a broader sense than mere loyalty, we should be true to the
principles which underlie its system. These principles were instilled into the
American heart by fortitude, prudence, justice, hardship, adversity, perseverance,
unselfishness and toil, and the best manhood to-day comes from the same sources
of strength. As citizens, we cannot too often present this truth to those who are
striving for fame and influence through paths which are less noble; and we cannot
present it through a grander character than that Master Mason on whom was be-
stowed the loving title of " First in War, First in Peace and First in the Hearts of
his Countrymen."
Tens of thousands of good men had their favorable attention directed to
Masonry, because it embraced principles and truths which were deemed worthy of
the loyalty of George Washington, and we are proud that it was so in his day, and is
so still.
We believe the Grand Lodges of the United States will like to unite for the
purpose of doing honor to his memory, and that the proposition thereto will be
especially appropriate from the Grand Lodge of the State which was admitted to
the American Union on the hundredth anniversary of the independence of the
colonies which Washington did so mnch to secure.
We, therefore, approve the Grand Master's suggestion and recommend the
following, viz.:
That a committee of three be appointed to present the subject to the several
Grand Masters and Grand Lodges of the United States and request:
I. The appointment of a committee of one from each Grand Jurisdiction,
with one alternate, to serve through all the arrangements, in order to save confusion
by annual changes.
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II. That the committee from this Grand Lodge arrange by correspondence
with the committees from sister Grand Lodge*, for a place of meeting of said
committee at some early day subsequent to the next Annual Grand Communica-
tion of each of said Grand Lodges.
III. That the committee from this Grand Lodge be recommended to Buggeet
memorial services and suitable addresses at the tomb of Washington, at Mount
Vernon, at which all the Grand Masters of the United States be present, with their
subordinate officers and other members.
IV . That the committee representing the Grand Lodges report in detail their
recommendations for the memorial to their respective Grand Lodges for approval,
before the same be actually undertaken.
Because of the number of Grand Lodges, and the irregular periods of their
Annual Communications, this process will consume three or four years at least,
which will leave barely two years in which to perfect the final arrangements.
Fraternally submitted,
R. W. WOODBURY,
W. D. TODD,
J. H. PEABODY,
Committee on Jurisprudence
The report of the committee was unanimously adopted,
and
B. W. WOODBURY,
W. D. WRIGHT,
W. D. TODD,
Were appointed on behalf of the Grand LwUje of Colo-
rado, to present the matter to other Grand Lodges and
Grand Masters of other Grand Jurisdictions.
APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
Past Grand Master Orahood (11) presented the follow-
ing report. After considerable discussion, on motion of
Past Grand Master Carr (23) the appeal was referred to
the Committee on Appeals and Grievances to report at the
next session of this Grand Lodge.
IN THE MATTER OP THE APPEAL OP FREDERICK A. JOHNSON FROM
SENTENCE OP EXPULSION BY UNION LODGE NO. 7.
The Committee on Appeals and Grievances respectfully report. Oar Grand
Lodge By-Laws, Section 110 provides :
All Masons have the right to appeal from the decision of Subordinate Lodges
to the Grand Lodge any time before the next Annual Communication of the tirand
Lodge, in which case the Lodge shall furnish the Grand Lodge and the accused
with an attested copy of its proceedings on the trial, and such testimony in its pos-
session as he may require.
Sbo. Ill- All appeals shall be in writing and filed with the Grand Secretary,
and the appellant shall give the other party reasonable notice thereof.
On the day preceding this Annual Communication two members of this
committee called on the Grand Secretary and made inquiry* for the appeal and
papers in this case, for the purpose of examining the same, preparatory to making
a report to this grand body. The Grand Secretary replied that nothing had been
filed with him. These inquiries were also made of Brother Calvin E. Reed, S. W.,
of Union Lodge No. 7, and of the Secretary of said Lodge, and your committee
were again informed that no appeal had been taken. No papers were received by
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the committee pertaining to an appeal in this case until late in the evening of the
nineteenth inat. At this time Brother W. W. Anderson, acting as attorney for
Brother Johnson, placed in our hands the record of this case from Union Lodge
No. 7, which we present herewith and ask that the same be filed.
We are informed by the Grand Secretary that no appeal was filed with him
until after the opening of the Grand Lodge on the nineteenth inst.
We have a letter from Brother P. T. Smith, dated at 10 o'clock a. m.,
September 19th inst., in which he says, up to that time no notice of appeal had
been served on him.
There is a large mass of testimony and papers which we are nnable, in the
limited time we have, to examine caref ally. We have, however, examined the same
for the purpose of finding what action, If any, has been taken for the purpose of
appealing to this body. From snch examination we find nothing in the way of
taking or perfecting an appeal as required by the By-Laws above quoted.
It is, therefore, our opinion that no appeal has been taken or perfected in
this case, and that the same should be dismissed.
In the papers submitted to us we find some letters and other papers received
from the Grand Secretary of (Connecticut. Brother Johnson was a member of a
Lodge in Connecticut, and we have examined these papers carefully, as we desire
to pay all proper respect to our esteemed sister jurisdiction of Connecticut. But
we do not see that these papers in any way or manner affect the case, but are
merely a request that this Grand Lodge give this case careful consideration, to the
end that Brother Johnson may have a fair and impartial trial.
With our views we do not see how anything further can be done, except to
dismiss, because the appeal has not been properly taken. We feel sure the Grand
Lodge of Connecticut will be satisfied with this action.
Respectfully,
H. M. ORAHOOD,
GEO. F. LEWIS,
W. L. H. MILLAR.
The Grand Lodge was then called to refreshment until
2:15 oVlock P. M.
SECOND DAY-Second Session.
Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1893, 2:15 o'clock p. m.
Grand Lodge resumed labor.
Grand Master Wright in the East.
REPORTS ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
The following was adopted on motion of Brother J. E.
Cole (49):
IX THE MATTER OP THE APPEAL OP IRA J. BLOOM FIELD FROM SEN-
TENCE OP EXPULSION BY MONTE VISTA LODGE NO. 73.
We have examined all the paper* and evidence in this case, and while thero
may be wme irregularities shown in the proceeding**, wo are convinced that the
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accused had a fair trial, and we recommend that the action of the Lodge be
approved and affirmed.
Respectfully,
H. M. ORAHOOD,
GEO. F. LEWIS,
W. L. H. MILLAR.
The following was adopted on motion of Brother B. F.
Kuwait (71):
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF A. M. STRATTON FROM SENTENCE OF
EXPULSION BY HARMONY LODGE NO. 61, A. F. ft A. M.
Your Committee on Appeals and Grievances have carefully examined the
papers in this case. Upon consideration of the whole case, we recommend that
the action of Harmony Lodge in the trial and expulsion of A. M. Stratton be
affirmed.
Respectfully,
H. M. ORAHOOD.
GEO. F. LEWIS,
W. L. H. MILLAR.
MONITOR AND CEREMONIALS.
Past Grand Master William D. Todd (7) offered the
following, which was adopted:
Whereas, The committee heretofore appointed to prepare a
Monitor and Ceremonials for use in this jurisdiction have not com-
pleted their labors, therefore be it
Resolved, That said committee be discharged and that Past
Grand Master Brother H. P. H. Bromwell be appointed a committee
of one to prepare a working Monitor and Ceremonials for dedication
of halls, constituting new Lodges, installation of officers, laying cor-
ner stones and a burial service, and that he be allowed the sum of
two hundred dollars for his services. On the completion of the same
and after its approval by the first four officers of this Grand Lodge,
the Most Worshipful Grand Master shall direct the Grand Secretary
to have the same stereotyped and published. After publication, the
Grand Secretary shall deliver five copies to each Lodge in this juris-
diction, one copy to each Grand officer and permanent member of
this Grand Lodge, and one copy to each of our sister Grand Lodges,
and that the Grand Secretary be authorized to sell surplus copies
to the brethren at cost.
REPORTS OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The following were presented :
Denver, Colo., September 20, 1893.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado:
We beg to report that we have examined the accompanying report of the
Grand Treasurer, showing balance due September 19, 1892, and receipt* and dis-
Imrsementa from that date up to September 19, 1893, we find an amount of $1,009.00,
1893]
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 59
covering warrants of Denver Lodge No. 5, and Union Lodge No. 7, not taken up
by the Grand Treasurer ae a cash deposit by the Grand Secretary, and fearing some
confusion might result in the future we have taken the liberty of correcting the
report to show this item as a cash receipt, and of increasing the balance doe by the
Grand Treasurer a corresponding amount. The balance reported by the Grand
Treasurer is $3,068-89, and should show, by adding the amount $1,009.00 in question,
a balance of $4,077.80, as available cash on hand in the general fond. With this ex-
ception, we find the report correct. We have examined the notes held by the Grand
Treasurer and find that the note of $2,500.00, given by the brethren of Alamosa
Lodge is more than two years past due, and that interest has not been paid since
August 2, 1900, the balance on interest account being $525.00, np to August 2, 1893.
The note of $500.00, given by Del Norte Lodge No. 29, given on September 22,
1&0, payable on or before one year after date, is now two years past due, and
interest on same, amounting to $70.00, is also past due. The note of same Lodge,
given on same date for $1,000.00, payable on or before two years after date, is now
one year past due, and interest on same amounting to $140.00, remains unpaid.
The note of $1,000.00. given by same Lodge on same date, payable on or before three
years after date, is doe September 22, 1893, and interest on same amounting to
$140.00, remains unpaid. Payment of these three notes at maturity, with interest
thereon, is guaranteed by Chas. W. Thomas, cashier, presumably of the Del Norte
Bank. We are not advised regarding the present financial standing of this bank,
and therefore bring the matter to the attention of the Grand Lodge for such
action as it may consider necessary.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
C. T. HARKISON,
DAVID SWICKH1MEB,
CROMWELL TUCKER,
Finance Committee.
Which was adopted.
Denver, Colo., September 20, 1893.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado:
We would recommend that the sum of $200 be appropriated for the chairman
of the Committee on Correspondence for preparing the report.
We would also recommend that the following amounts be paid: Thomas Lin-
ton. $25; Employes of Temple building, $90, to wit: Janitor $14, Elevator $10, Fire-
man $8; and that warrants be drawn on the Grand Treasurer for thet*e amounts;
also, that $200 be appropriated for postage and contingent expense*.
Fraternally submitted,
C. T. HARRISON,
DAVID SWICKH1MER,
CROMWELL TUCKER,
Finance Committee,
Which was adopted, and warrants ordered drawn as therein
recommended.
Denver, Colo., September 20, 1893.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado:
We have examined the report of the Grand Secretary, in connection with the
voochers, receipts, warrants, ledger and other papers submitted to us, and find that
the time at our command is not sufficient in which to make an accurate check, so
ae to enable us to make a final report; we would respectfully suggest that this mat-
ter lie referred to a special committee of three, to act in conjunction with the Grand
(50 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1898
Secretary, so that a proper and detailed report may be submitted to the Grand
Lodge at its next meeting.
Fraternally submitted,
J. T. HABKISON,
DAVID 8WICKH1MEB,
CROMWELL TDCKEB,
Finance Committee.
Which was adopted, and Brothers
WM. D. TODD (7),
MATT ADAMS (5),
CLAY M. VAN (84),
Were appointed said special committee.
Said committee met in the Grand Secretary's office
October 5, 1893, and, after examining the books and vouch-
ers, made the following
REPORT.
Denver, Colo., October 5, 1393.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado:
Your special committee appointed to examine the financial part of the Grand
Secretary's report, have examined the same and find it correct as submitted.
WM. D. TODD,
CLAY M. VAN,
MATT ADAMS.
The following was adopted:
PAY ROLL.
The Finance Committee submitted the following report,
which was adopted, and a warrant ordered drawn as
therein recommended :
Denveb, Colo., September 20, 1893.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodtje of Colorado:
In fulfillment of the duties required of us, under Section 5, of the By-Laws,
we beg to report that we have carefully examined into the amounts due the several
representatives attending this session of the Grand Lodge for per diem and actual
traveling expenses, and would respectfully recommend that a warrant be drawn on
the Grand Treasurer for $1,6*8.60, and that he be directed to pay the brethren
named below the amounts to which they are entitled :
Per
Title. Xatne. diem.
G.M... W.D.Wright $ 6 00
D.G. M Jethro C. Sanford 6 00
8. G. W W. L. Bush 6 00
J. G. W W. D. Peirce 6 00
G. Treas Frank Church 6 00
G. Sec Ed. C. Parmelee 6 00
G. Chaplain R. J. Van Valken burg 6 00
(J. Orator T. B. MacDonald 6 00
G. Lecturer CM. Van 6 00
D. D. G. M Henry T. West 6 00
D. D.G. M John Williams 6 00
D. D.G. M George W. Roe 6 00
G. Marshal W. W. Roller....: 6 00
S. G. D J. E. Cole 6 00
Traveling
expenses.
Total.
$ 600
$ 32 10
38 10
2 35
8 35
600
600
600
1 35
7 35
10 00
16 00
600
2 40
845
3 50
950
5 60
11 60
11 20
17 20
7 20
13 20
1*93]
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 61
Per Traveling
Title. Name, diem, expenses. Total.
J.G.D H.T. DeLong 8 00 27 90 SS 90
8.G.8 Andrew Keilock 6 00 29 45 35 4ft
r»-niH~ ~> ) R. W. Woodbury 6 00 6 00
uZE?Z!%JZ fW. D.Todd 6 00 6 00
Jurisprudence. VJame8H . Peabody 6 00 7 20 18 20
r^-itt**** ) L. N. Greenleaf 6 00 6 00
/T^SJffSJJIl fB. F. Rawalt 6 00 23 60 29 60
correspondence. ^ , L Herron . 6 00 2 00. 8 00
Committee on (Geo. F. Lewis 6 00 6 00
Appeals. S W. L. H. Miliar 6 00 6 00
Committee on ) B. L. Carr 6 00 6 00
Returns and V W. T. Bridwell 6 00 7 20 13 20
Work. E.L.N. Foster BOO .... 6 00
r^Mitf^im ) C. T. Harkieon 6 00 6 00
iK2£2 VD.Swickhimer 6 Of) 6 00
finance. JG Tucker 6 00 6 00
No. 1 N. Koenig 8(10 90 6 90
4 W.A.Merrill 6 00 2 50 h 50
3 Robt. Hamilton 6 00 6 00
6 R. Harvey 6 00 2 55 8 55
7 L. C.Greenlee 6 00 6 00
11 J. P. Richards 6 00 2 30 8 30
12 J. L. Carlson 6 00 3 30 9 30
13 ..Henry Berry 6 00 3 50 9 50
14 J. L. Church 6 00 160 7 60
15 J.W. Milsom..... 6 00 7 20 13 20
IT F.A.Wells 6 00 5 60 1160
19 J.R.Wills 6 00 3 35 9 35
20 C. E. Stanley 6 00 2 80 8 80
22 W.W. Chapman 6 00 100 7 00
23 F. P.Secor 6 00 2 00 MOO
25 J. Z. Walker 6 00 10 90 16 90
26 J.J. Bherwin 6 00 2 35 8S5
27 CO. Unfug 6 00 9 15 15 15
28 F. D. Goodale 6 00 10 85 16 85
29 E. R. Hoyt 6 00 19 65 25 65
30 Thomas Harry 6 00 16 00 22 00
31 _..W. L. Hartman.... 6 00 5 6u 1160
31 W.W.lden 6 00 2185 27 35
:a D. Unbell 6 00 32 10 38 10
34 Cbas. Gunst 6 00 16 20 22 20
35 J. F. Armington 6 00 12 00 19 64)
36 C.G.Matthews : 6 00 13 70 19 70
37 ...J. K. Herring 6 00 24 70 30 70
38 W.J.Orange 6 00 13 70 19 70
39 Walker Burnett 6 0(1 1175 17 75
40 J. F. Chrystal _ 6 00 13 75 19 75
41 B. Hertzbach 6 00 6 00
42 J.HFreeberg 6 00 15 60 2160
43 P. Teague 6 00 1160 17 60
44 W.W. Hirst 6 00 17 40 23 40
45 W.V.Casey 8 00 160 7 60
46 A. Cornforth 6 00 32 10 38 10
47 H. L. Enterline 6 00 7 10 13 10
48 J.F.Phillips 6 00 8 30 9 30
49 W.W. Fay 6 00 7 20 13 20
51 H. R. Pendery 6 00 13 60 19 60
52 F. B. Maseey 6 00 17 10 23 10
53 J.J.Burke 6 00 2 75 8 75
54 S.A.Burke 8 00 5 60 1160
55 W. A. Marsh 6 00 27 90 33 90
58 W.T.March 6 00 29 45 35 45
57 _.G. W. McGovern 6 00 1120 17 20
58 T.Starr 6 00 17 75 23 75
59 A. McDonald _ 6 00 10 15 16 15
61) J. Mc Murray 6 00 14 40 20 40
61 E. J. Proctor 6 00 6 00
82 Geo. Stephen 6 00 23 80 29 Hi
63 Geo. H. Smith 6 00 2125 27 25
85 T. Kendrick 6 00 19 40 -.5 40
68 W. M. Bridges 6 00 7 20 13 20
67 G.W.Warner 6 00 3 80 9 80
62 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1893
No.
Title.
68
71
JVu me.
H. Teller
J. W. Zepp
Per
diem.
600
6 00
Traveling
expenses.
390
13 30
14 55
18 65
5 40
12 15
3 70
15 SO
30 60
13 40
14 40
260
3 50
37 35
10 85
13 fcO
1 60
8 60
840
30 25
8 70
Total.
990
19 20
72
73
C. L. McFherson
Jesse Stephenson
6 00
600
20 55
24 65
74
75
76
77
J. B. Fisher
E. W. Kearbj
D. H.Jones
6 00
6 00
6 00
600
11 40
18 15
970
19 SO
78. _• ...
79
81
82
S. M. Stauffer
J. P. Landon
F. M. Smith
F. E. Sweet
6 00
600
6 00
6 00
600
36 60
19 40
20 40
83
85
86
87
F. I. Davis
W. R.Coe
L. H. Wygant
A. F.YickRoy
600
6 00
600
6 00
860
9 50
6 00
6 00
88
89
90 _.
91
W. F. Teagarden
J. B. Herehey
C.C. Goodale
J. M. Van Deren
6 00
600
600
6 00
43 35
16 85
19 0
7 60
68
70....:..
80
H. H. Aldrich
O. B. Steadman
James Lyttle _.
600
6 00
600
960
14 40
36 25
64
J. W. Manley
3 00
$ 657 00
11 70
$1,030 00
$1,688 60
We find that no returns or dues have been received from Lodge No. 80, bnt
as Brother Lyttle assures ns that the same has been forwarded by registered letter*
and furnishes a good excuse for the delay in so doing, we have included his ex-
penses and per diem, and recommend that they be paid.
0. T. HARKISON,
DAVID SW1CKHIMEK,
CROMWELL TUCKER.
Finance Committee.
•The returns and dues of No. 80 were not mailed until September 25, five days
after the Grand Lodge closed.— Grand Sec bet art.
MASONIC WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND.
Brother A. F. Vick Roy offered the following, which
was adopted:
Resolved, That the Finance Committee place the amount right-
fully due the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Fund to their credit
und loan the amount to best advantage through the Grand Treas-
urer.
Brother Matt Adams moved that the Grand Treasurer
transfer to the Widows' and Orphans' Fund the amount
now due said fund, either in money or such securities as
are now in his possession.
E. D. BARKLOW.
On motion of Brother H. T. De Long the name of E.
D. Barklow was ordered placed in the charter of Bob
Morris Lodge No. 92.
1893] GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 63
APPOINTED OFFICERS.
The following list of appointed officers was rend by
the Grand Secretary :
ANDREW ARMSTRONG (19), Fort Collins G. Chaplain
FRANK P. 8ECOR (23), Longmont G. Orator
CROMWELL TUCKER (5), Denver G. Lkoturrk
WM. W. ROLLER (57), Salida G. Marshal
HORACE T. DrLONG (55), Grand Janction 8. G. D.
HARRY E. WILSON (85), Colorado Springs J. G. D.
GEORGE F. LEWIS (86), Highlands 8. G. 8.
WALLACE A. MERRILL (4), Bald Mountain J. G. 8.
THOMA8 LINTON (5), Denver G. Tiler
INSTALLATION.
Grand Master W. D. Wright installed Brother Jethro
C. Sanford Grand Master elect, who installed the other
elected and appointed officers, excepting the Grand Treas-
urer, who was absent.
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION.
On motion of Brother W. D. Wright (84) it was voted
that one day's pay be allowed Brothers Geo. F. Lewis and
W. L. H. Millar, members of the Committee on Appeals
and Grievances.
COMMITTEES.
The Grand Master appointed the following standing
Committees:
ON JURISPRUDENCE.
ROGER W. WOODBURY M) Denver
WM. D. TODD (7) Denver
JAMES H. PEABODYU5) Canon City
ON CORRESPONDENCE.
LAWRENCE N. GREELEAF(5) Denver
J08EPH W. M1LS0M (15) Caflon City
ANDREW KELLOCK (56) Telluride
ON RETURNS AND WORK OF LODGES, U. D.
BYRON L. CARR (28) Longmont
ALPHONSE A. BURNAND (51) _ LeadviUe
FRANK D. GOODALE (S8) Trinidad
ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
W. D. WRIGHT (HI) Denver
W. T. BRIDWELL (15) Canon City
MARSHALL H. DEAN (82) Glenwood Springs
64 l'ltOCEEDINOR OF THE [1893
OX FINANCE, MILEAGE AND PER DIEM.
CHAliLta T. HAKKfSON (Tj Depver
T. B. MAd DONALD (32) _ Alamoan
CHARLES O. UNFUli (S7) , Walwntmrg
GRAND SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Thi' tirniul Secretary presented the following supple-
mental report which was referred to the special commit toe
heretofore appointed:
To the Mat Warthipfut Grand Lodge of Colorado:
Sines mj fnrnior report 1 hiivo rscpi voil tor
LIBRARY FOND,
OF Grand Master Wright for tl Special Diapenaations |13T. <■"
GENERAL FUND.
Ddh o( Akron Lodge No. 71 ..--• « HO
Dow of Mt. Piegah Lodge, U. D.. 1 <*i
Dnea or Boolder Lodgo No. S, balance 100
Of Grand Master Wright __ _ *>* M IK »
Total - __ *an ai
ED. C. FARM BLEB.
Grand Secretary.
CLOSED.
The minutes were read and approved, nud the Thirty-
third Annual Communication of the M.\ W.\ Grand
Lodge of A. F. & A. M, of Colorado was closed in ample
FORM.
.IKTHRO C. SANFORD,
Grand A faster.
Grand Secretary.
APPENDIX.
REPORT OF CORRESPONDENCE.
DIGEST OF DECISIONS.
RETURNS OF LODGES.
STATISTICAL TABLES.
CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.
FORMS.
Report on Correspondence.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado:
Your Committee on Correspondence herewith submits
the following report:
We shall not indulge in any prefatory disquisitions
upon questions which, at the present time, are promi-
nently before the fraternity, preferring to leave such dis-
course for our conclusion, after the field has been more
fully surveyed. Our usual Digest of Decisions will be
found at the end of our review. Also, a summary of the
doings and final conclusions of the Fraternal Congress, an
assemblage which has kept the fraternity upon the tiptoe
of conjecture for the past two years.
We have followed the same general plan outlined by us
in former reports, as giving at a glance all desired facts
and information regarding the doings of our sister Grand
Jurisdictions.
We have received from the Grand Secretary the proceedings of the following
Grand Lodges, fifty-nine in all, some of them being for two years:
Alabama 1802 New Jersey 1893
Arizona 1892 New Mexico 1892
Arkansas 1892 New South Wales 1892
California 1*92 New York 1893
Canada 1892 North Carolina 1893
Connecticut 1893 North Dakota 1893
Delaware ..1892 Nova Scotia 1892
District of Colombia 1892 Ohio 1892
Florida 1*93 Oklahoma 1892-1S93
Georgia 1892 Oregon 1893
Idaho 1892 Pennsylvania 1892
Illinois 1892 Prince Edward Island 1893
Indiana 1893 Quebec 1898
Indian Territory 1892-1893 Rhode Island 1892
Iowa 1893 Scotland 1893
Kansas 1893 South Australia 1H93
Kentucky 1892 South Carolina. __, 1892
Louisiana. 1H93 South Dakota 1893
Maine 1893 Tasmania 1893
Manitoba 1893 Tennessee 1893
Maryland 1892-1893 Texas 1892
Massachusetts 1892-1893 Utah 1893
Michigan 1893 Vermont 1893
Minnesota 1*93 Victoria 1893
Mississippi 1893 Virginia 1892
Missouri _ 1892 Washington 1892
Montana 1892 West Virginia 1892
Nebraska 1892 Wisconsin 1893
Nevada 1892-1893 Wyoming 1892
New Hampshire 1893
British Columbia and New Brunswick have failed to reach your committee.
68 appendix. [1893
ALABAMA— 1892.
Seventy-second Annual held at Montgomery, Decem-
ber 6, 1892.
Grand Master Geo. M. Morrow delivered his second
annual address which was characterized by those lofty and
noble sentiments which marked his former effort He
pays splendid tributes to the memories of Past Grand
Masters David Clopton and Miles J. Greene, the latter
Grand Secretary at the time of his death, having filled
that office since 1888.
The past year seems to have been one of great pros-
perity in that jurisdiction, nineteen dispensations for new
Lodges having been granted, while six which had forfeited
their charters were granted dispensations to resume work.
Seven corner-stones were laid in person or by proxy,
being those of three schools, two Lodge buildings, a
church and an atheneum.
P. G. M. John H. Leathers, of Kentucky, was a
visitor, being received with the usual honors. In acknowl-
edging the cordial reception extended to him, he directed
the attention of the Grand Lodge to the great work being
done in Kentucky through its Masonic Widows' and
Orphans' Home, and commended this agency of benefi-
cence to their earnest consideration.
The special committee on Masonic Home, appointed at
the last session, presented their report, which was adopted.
The subject is presented under ten sub-divisions and pro-
vides for the establishment of the "Masonic Home of Ala-
bama" in the near future. Nine directors are to be
appointed, and the G. M. and all P. G. Masters are to be
ex-officio members of said Board. They are to set in
motion such plans and agencies as may be most desirable
and make a full report of their doings at the next Annual.
The committee on the proposed General Masonic Con-
ference, to secure uniformity of work, etc., reported
adversely, being of the opinion that such a result could
not be accomplished without reducing the ritual to writ-
ing, which would involve a violation of obligation. Report
adopted.
The Report on Correspondence by P. G. M. Palmer
J. Pillans, covers 152 pages of original and selected matter
which shows the result of long experience. We regret to
learn that our brother suffered from ill health during most
1893] appendix. 69
of the time while engaged in its preparation. Fifty-two
proceedings of Grand Lodges are reviewed, Colorado for
1891 receiving fraternal consideration. He says Grand
Master Poster very properly declined to allow the laying
of the corner-stone of a hotel, agrees with him in his rul-
ings though the Grand Lodge did not in two instances.
He commends Brother Bush's oration as excellent.
We note that a list of rejections, both for inititiation and
advancement, appears in the appendix and they are thus
made a matter of history. With all due deference to the
motives that may have prompted such a course, we deem
it unwise as well as unjust to those whose names appear in
this connection, and who in some instances must have been
rejected through no fault of their own or defect of
character.
Brother Francis L. Pettus was elected Grand Master ;
Brother H. Clay Armstrong was elected Grand Secretary
ARIZONA— 1892.
Eleventh Annual held at Phoenix, November 15, 1892,
M. W. Alex. G. Oliver, Grand Master.
He thus pertinently refers to transient brethren and
their calls for relief :
Lodges in this jurisdiction are often called upon by visiting brethren from a
distance for relief, and as the cost of living is far greater here than in Eastern
States, we are therefore compelled to charge more for due* to bear the burden of
relief for the sick than would otherwise be necessary. Hence, looking at Masonry
in Arizona from a business standpoint, we receive very few affiliated members,
considering the total number who coma among us; but when sickness or distress
overcome them, an alarm is made at our outer door for assistance, and we have
never turned away a worthy destitute brother.
This brings to my memory an incident of my youth. I was desirous of visit-
ing: and viewing the great cataract* of the St. Lawrence To do so, I gained per-
mission from a lumber company to pass through the rapids upon one of the rafta.
While sailing upon smooth waters our raft turned quickly into the surging rapids.
Directly ahead was a large rock or island, on the top of which stood a ttoman cross;
tome it seemed we would bs "dashed to pieces; all the men on the raft, strangers to
me, knelt and prayed, making the sign of the cross upon their breaHts, the water at
this time being up to our knees. Safely we parsed the threatened danger, and those
rough river men again returned to their "don't care" habit.
This is the case loo often with a number of our members, who. while in peace
and prosperity, think merely of the present, and only kneel when danger iH immi-
nent, or ask onr aid when in need, and have no time to spare for our Order when
sailing in smooth waters, but perchance find more pleasant enjoyment in amusing
theraaelvos elsewhere than by spending an hour in the Lodge room.
The Grand Lodge appropriated $350 for a set of
Jewels.
Six P. G. Masters were appointed as Delegates to the
Fraternal Congress.
70 APPENDIX. [1893
Brother Morris Goldwater submits a brief Report on
Correspondence, covering a page and a half, acknowledging
the receipt of the proceedings of sister jurisdictions, ana
intimating that the number of their members who read
the report is too small to justify the expenditure, the cost
of printing in that jurisdiction being much iarger in
proportion to their finances than it is in many others.
Whenever there is a craving for this mental pabulum
again, the committee will supply it "smoking hot," as
usual. We trust it may be soon.
Brother John M. Ormsly was elected Grand Master ;
R. W. Brother George J. Roskruge re-elected Grand
Secretary.
ARKANSAS— 1892.
Fifty-third Annual held at Little Rock, November 15,
1892, M. W. Brother C. A. Bridewell, Grand Master.
He congratulates the brethren upon the fact that the
Grand Lodge, which has been a wanderer for fifty years,
is now enabled to meet in its own home, the new Masonic
Temple, a picture of which appears as a frontispiece.
He had granted dispensations for four new Lodges,
revived three, arrested the Charters of two and suspended
one W. M. from office.
He submits a list of eight decisions, five of which were
approved, one disapproved and two modified.
The reports of the D. D. G. Masters embodied in his
address are concise, reporting the exact condition of the
Lodges in their respective Districts. The majority are
prosperous, but some are sleepy, indifferent, etc.
He refers in fitting terms to the sudden death of
Brother George L. Kimball, Grand Senior Deacon, which
occurred at Concord, N. H., in August last.
Brother A. F. Maberry, Grand Orator, delivered an
interesting address.
On the second day of the session the ceremonies of
the dedication of the new Masonic Temple took place,
under the auspices of the Grand Lodge. They were very
impressive, and upwards of a thousand persons were
present.
The oration of Brother A. B. Grace was of a high order
of merit.
J
1893] APPENDIX. 71
Brother Sam. H. Davidson presents a concise and
well written Report on Correspondence. Two pages are
devoted to a review of Colorado for 1891.
He styles Grand Master Foster's address an "exclu-
sively business paper," and gives a summary of his official
acts and decisions. He bestows warm praise upon Brother
W. L. Bush's oration, which, he says, is full of Masonry,
and expressed in beautiful language.
Brother R. J. Laughlin, of Bentonville, was elected
Grand Master ; R. W. Fay Hempstead re-elected Grand
Secretary.
CALIFORNIA— 1892.
Forty-third Annual held at San Francisco, October 11,
1892, M. W. William Johnston, Grand Master.
From his opening sentence we select the following:
More than a thousand years ago, the dwellers upon that little peninsula in the
Netherlands between the North and the Zuyder-Zee, built against the ocean their
bulwarks of willow and mad. Faithfully have their descendants adhered to the
letter and spirit of the Frisian league: for each year the patient, industrious peasant
giro* so much of his time from the cultivation of his soil and the care of his child-
ren, to stop the breaks the elements have made, and replace the willows which
insects have eaten, that he may keep the land Mb fathers rescued from the waters,
and bid defiance to the waves that roar unceasingly, as if demanding back the broad
fields which man has taken from their domain. As di ligentl y let us strive to cherish
and perpetuate the rich inheritance handed down to us by our ancient brethren,
and as patiently labor to shield and protect it from the incursions of infidelity,
envy, discord and dissension. With unceasing vigilance let us beware of the
"break in the dyke."
His address, with few exceptions, is confined strictly to
a record of his official acts. His report of the condition of
the craft shows that it is prospering generally. He had
made quite a number of official visits, upon which occasions
we note that the conferring of the third was the distinctive
feature.
He submits a list of thirteen decisions, one of which
was disapproved, the others with modifications in a few
instances were approved.
We referred last year to the custom of granting dispen-
sations to reballot on the petitions of rejected candidates.
It seems to have led to trouble in the following instance:
On the thirteenth of February I issued a dispensation to Speranxa Italiana
Lodge No. 219, to reballot on the petitions of three rejected candidates. The meet-
ing under dispensation was held on the twentieth of the same month, the applicants
were elected, and two of them were initiated on the same evening. Soon after I
received reliable information that several notices of the meeting to be held on the
twentieth bore the poet-mark of the twenty-first. I reprimanded the Master for
each a serious violation of the Constitution and ordered him to reconvene his
Lodge, give due and timely notice to all its members and again to order a ballot
upon the applicant who had not received the first degree.
72 appendix. [1893
He laid the corner stone of the new City Hall at Wood-
land.
He refers to a clandestine organization claiming to be
a body of Masons which has existed for some time in the
city of Los Angeles. It had made overtures to the regular
Lodge in that place, asking how and upon what terms its
members could be healed, recognized and allowed to effect
a regular organization. The letter was forwarded to him
and he replied as follows:
Such members of that organization as had received the degrees in a regularly
constituted Lodge of Masons coald be healed, and after being healed woald be in a
condition to ask for and receive a dispensation to form a regular Lodge; bat that
those members who received their degrees in that or any other clandestine Lodge
are not recognized as Masons, and caunot be so recognized until they have received
the degrees in a just and legally constituted Lodge.
He had granted four dispensations for the formation of
new Lodges.
From the report of the Grand Secretary we learn that
there are now 250 Lodges in that jurisdiction, with a mem-
bership of 16,767, being a net gain for the year of three
Lodges and 505 members.
The Masonic Board of Belief of San Francisco, during
the thirty-seven years of its existence, has expended $300,-
688.80.
The Grand Lecturer, Brother E. C. Hare, presented a
full record of his doings, embodying in his report those of
the District Inspectors. The condition of the Fraternity,
as a whole, appears to be prosperous. He had made over
fifty official visits and exemplified the work in a large num-
ber of the Districts, besides devoting 175 days to instruction.
The Grand Dieta of Mexico preferred its request for
recognition, but action was deferred until further informa-
tion could be obtained.
The Grand Lodge declined to join in the Fraternal
Congress. We quote the following from the report of the
Committee on Jurisprudence, which was concurred in:
It is especially stated that this ''Fraternal Congress" is to be in no sense "a
general Grand Lodge," that is, it shall have no power to do anything that shall be
of binding obligation upon anybody. If it were proposed to give it each power,
we should be opposed to it, and as it is not to have *ny power we are unable to me
what good coald be accomplished by it, except to allow the delegates to interchange
friendly sentiments, and have a good time. We therefore recommend that this
Grand Lodge do not join in the proposed Fraternal Congress.
The Grand Lodge, upon the recommendation of the
same committee, refused to authorize the Lodges of that
jurisdiction to set aside and use five per cent, of their in-
come for social purposes, upon the ground that Lodge
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funds are for current expenses and charitable purposes
only.
The Trustees of the Masonic Widows' and Orphans'
Home reported that they had perfected their organization,
and that the subscriptions already pledged amounted to
nearly $45,000. The Grand Lodge appropriated $10,000,
to be available whenever the Board of Trustees and the
Grand Master deem it necessary in the establishment or
maintenance of said charity.
The annual oration was delivered by W. Brother Reuben
H. Lloyd. It is one of the most sensible and practical
efforts we have read for some time, covering eleven closely
printed pages, yet filled with suggestions and advice upon
those matters connected with the Lodge welfare with which
the Craft ought to be familiar. His conclusion is as follows:
i.
The true basis for Masonic faith is the building up and establishing a close,
friend I j relation between the members of the Lodge.
2.
To accompli nh this, an intimate social communion must be established
amongst tbe members.
3.
To bring the latter event about, the meetings of the Lodge* must be made
both pleasant and attractive to all the members; and
LASTLY.
None should be admitted bat those whose society would be likely to be agree-
able to the othpr members of the Lodge, who of their own volition seek admission,
and are naturally inclined to favorably receive Masonic doctrines, desiring mem-
bership aione because they are ambitious to do their share towards humanizing and
elevating their race.
Take these propositions home with yon, study them well, and I think yon will
come to the conclusion that when they are strictly adhered to, you will have full
Lodge meetings, and when they are violated, you will open to empty benches.
The Grand Lodge continued its appropriation of $1200
per annum for the support of its first Grand Master. Jon-
athan Drake Stevenson, who is now ninety- two years of
age.
The Report on Correspondence was written by Brother
William H. Edwards. It is his maiden effort and we ex-
tend to him a hearty welcome as one of the guild. It cov-
ers 131 pages in which the proceedings of 54 Grand bodies
are very ably reviewed. Colorado for 1891 receives frater-
nal notice. Quotations are made from Grand Master
Fosters address and twelve of his eighteen decisions repro-
duced ; but without comment. He epitomizes the busi-
ness of the session into less than a page.
Brother Charles R. Gritman of Napa was elected
Grand Master ; R. W. Brother George Johnson re-elected
Grand Secretary.
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CANADA— 1892.
Thirty-seventh Annual held at London, Ontario, July
20, 1892. M. W. Brother J. Ross Robertson, Grand Master.
His record of official visitation has seldom, if ever, been
equalled, and we give it as well as his sensible remarks in
connection therewith :
While words ottered from this Grand East may find their way to the member-
ship, either in the printed record of the Grand Lodge or through the medium of
the press, there can be bat one opinion, that to keep in loach with the heart of ths
Craft, to strengthen the mystic tie of sympathy, personal contact, the commons of
voice with voice, the interchange of thought with thought, visits to the brethren in
their own homes — in their Lodge rooms — are essential. With this object in
view, I have, daring the past two years, visited every Lodge once, and many twice,
of the 348 on the register of this Grand Jurisdiction, making 131 visits in 1890-91.
and 232 in 1S91-92. in all 363 visits, covering about twenty-three thousand miles of
travel, and ten months of actual time occupied in the work. At these meetings I
Save general addresses on ("raft work, lectures embracing all periods of Craft
istory from the earliest date, at the same time affording the brethren an oppor-
tunity of inquiry on matters of which they desire information in connection with
either oar esoteric or exoteric work. The attendance was large and representative,
and might be fairly taken as including two-thirds of the entire membership.
He says the meetings of lodges in every district, with
but few exceptions, are held regularly, and yet the attend-
ance is not at all in proportion to the membership. He
had carefully examined this feature personally and was
convinced that the average monthly attendance of the
entire membership of that jurisdiction does not exceed
twenty per cent. After explaining that fully twenty per
cent, of the membership reside out of the jurisdiction of
their lodges, and that probably the same j)ercentage can-
not attend, owing to temporary absence, it would leave
forty per cent, presumably indifferent to their Masonic
duties.
In discussing this subject he offers the following by
way of explanation :
In this aze there are so many avenues for fraternal intercourse through
organizations of a beneficial charaoter. formed in response to the vital needs of
mankind, in which thousands of those in our fold are affiliated, we may not, there-
fore, go out of our way to find reasons why organizations suffer from non attend-
ance. Men are but human, and home, social and business duties are elements in
the routine of life which with justice reqaire attention if we desire, as we un-
doubtedly shoald, to fulfil our duties in the army of industrials, who have obliga-
tions, not only at the family circle, bat who as citizens of a great empire am
identified with everything that will advance the cause of humanity.
He had granted three dispensations for new Lodges
and refused a like number.
He warns the Craft against wearing Masonic clothing
upon improper occasions, such as balls, concerts, picnics
and excursions.
He deals with the corner-stone question without gloves,
especially when it is used as a drawing card by church
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organizations and other associations. Says he in conclu-
sion:
In no other jurisdiction on earth has the corner-stone ceremony been rendered
so common as in Canada. The latest scheme, however, which has developed and
is now in fall workinjc order— it may be patented foranght I know — is the qnad-
rople corner-stones. Three of these stones are laid by members or adherents of the
church, and the Craft is " graciously permitted " to lay the fourth. Now 1 yield to
no man in my reverence for things sacred. I recognize Masonry as the exemplifica-
tion of the Christianity tanght by Him who, eighteen centuries ago, with the
music of His footsteps turned sorrow into joy, and gave us the message from the
Master, bat I. without hesitation, draw the line and hold my pen when asked to
summon the Grand Lodge to act as an annex for a purpose which, however appro-
priate, yet when taken part in by the Craft, cheapens an impressive ceremony,
lowers the dignity of the Craft, and drags it in as the side-show to capture the little
spare cash the spectators have left, before they have even time to recuperate from
the exhausting results of their regular contributions.
He also refers to the approaching Centennial of the
Craft in that jurisdiction and the steps that have been
taken for its proper observance. He also comments upon
the great success that has been achieved by the Masonic
Relief Association of the United States and Canada.
He was the first, we believe, to advocate a Fraternal
Congress, and now that it is an assured fact recommends
the appointment of a delegate.
The subject of Grand Lodge benevolence is also
thoroughly reviewed and the many abuses that have crept
into their system are laid bare. Of the applications for-
warded in 1891 and 1892 no less than fifty-two are reported
as not requiring relief. In most of these cases grants had
been made for several years, in some of them they ought
never to have been made, and in the majority, though relief
was required when the application was first made, the
grants ought to have been discontinued years ago. The
estimate of the amount thus wrongly expended ranges
from $12,000 to $20,000. Many of those who obtained
relief, so the examiner reported, said they did not require
it but parties insisted upon taking in their applications,
telling them they were entitled to it and might as well have
it. Many widows were found living in comfortable circum-
stances, and some in comi>arative affluence, who had been
the recipients for years of the Grand Lodge benevolence.
The reports of the District Deputies are very full and
complete and fill a large portion of the proceedings.
The Grand Lodge of New Zealand was recognized.
The Centennial Committee appointed by the Grand.
Master presented their report and recommended a sub-
scription to the Guarantee Fund of $1000, but the Grand
Lodge refused to adopt their report.
Brother Henry Robertson is the writer of the Report
on Correspondence as usual. Colorado for 1891 receives a
76 appendix. [ 1893
brief review of three-fourths of a page. He quotes Grand
Master Foster's remarks on the state of the Craft and the
report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence rela-
tive to the spurious Grand Lodge of Ohio.
Brother J. W. Gibson of Hamilton, was elected Grand
Master; Brother J. J. Mason re-elected Grand Secretary.
CONNECTICUT -1893.
One Hundred and Fifth Annual held at New Haven,
January 18, 1893, M. W. Hugh Stirling, Grand Master.
The frontispiece contains the portraits of the following
brethren : W. E. Hyde, P. D. G. M.; William W. Price.
P. S. G. W.; John G. Root, Grand Treasurer, and George
Lee, Past Grand Treasurer.
The opening ode was written by Grand Secretary
Wheeler, who for some years has contributed such pro-
ductions and which have attracted wide notice. The
present one is up to his usual high standard and the vein
does not yet appear to be worked out.
The Grand Master reports continued prosperity. The
Grand Lodge of Iowa having discontinued the system of
Grand Representatives, the commission of their repre-
sentative near that Grand Body was terminated. The
" over the hill to the poor-house " episode, reported by us
last year, did not terminate as we supposed, but was sup-
plemented by some very exciting incidents before it was
finally adjusted. The Grand Master reports that St.
John's Lodge No. 6, petitioned for a re-hearing, that he
declined to grant it because he could not reverse the sen-
tence and edict of the Grand Lodge. The Lodge held a
meeting on June 2, 1892, reconsidered their former vote and
decided not to pay Old Well Lodge. Not only this, but
the W. M. permitted rebellious resolutions to be presented
and discussed, withdrawing allegiance. When summoned
by the Grand Master to show cause why he should not be
suspended from office, he appealed to the civil court and
got out an injunction against the Grand Master restrain-
ing him from suspending him. This was in June and the
demurrer of the Grand Master, "that the court had uo
jurisdiction," was sustained December 1. On November
15, charges were prefered against the W. M. and another
brother by the Junior Grand Warden. The Charter of the
1893] appendix. 77
Lodge was arrested on November 25, and on December 5
overtures were made by the W. M. looking to a settlement.
On December 15 the Grand Master convened the Lodge
and restored its Charter, the Lodge having paid $192.35
to Old Well Lodge as ordered. The W. M. apologized for
all his illegal acts and expunged from the record the
rebellious resolutions. He was then reprimanded by the
Grand Master by order of the Grand Lodge and thus this
unpleasant matter was, we trust, definitely settled.
The Grand Lodge expelled Brother B. W. Maples, of
St. John's Lodge No. 6, for having published in the public
press defamatory, abusing and insulting articles con-
cerning the Grand Master and members of the Grand
Lodge.
By way of contrast to the above dark picture we throw
in the following bright tints from the report of the Com-
mittee on Charters. It is certainly unique :
To ike Mo$t Worshipful Grand Lodge of Connecticut:
Grand Master and brethren, we are not posing as martyrs,
In offering the report of the Committee on Charters,
Bat yet we do think that our brethren and neighbors
Shoald give as dae credit for our arduous labors ;
For we are the men the Grand Master appointed,
8et apart, consecrated and duly anointed
To attend to that business ; but he very well knew
There was nothing at all for the committee to do ;
And we speak bat the truth (for a lie, we abhor it.)
When we say that he knew we were jost the men for it.
He showed Stirling good sense, as one plainly can see,
In selecting Morgan, Bassett, Hart, Rowland and Lee.
Now in order to be sore that no one feel slighted,
We gave oat dae notice, and all were invited
To come in before qb with their prayer? and petition?,
And make known in full their wants and conditions.
We repaired to our room and with oar feet elevated,
Pat on oar wise looks and patiently waited.
The odor of "seed leaf " oar olfactories met,
And the detestable fames of a vile cigarette ;
The stench of the thing made us all tired,
And each one was glad when the nuisance "was fired."
For some time we waited, when, no one appearing,
We gave him a full and impartial hearing ;
And when he had gone without jar or confusion
Very rem came to an unanimous conclusion.
And it is our opinion that, according to law.
The petitioner is entitled for leave to withdraw,
And we recommend, after a full deliberation,
Our discbarge from its farther consideration.
We think we have none of our duties omitted.
All of which is herewith fraternally submitted.
The Report on Correspondence is by Brother Joseph
K. Wheeler, as usual. It covers 170 pages, and is a com-
plete review of all matters worthy of note. Colorado for
1891 receives due attention. He condenses what was done
into half a page, and devotes a page and a half to extracts
from our report In commenting upon our membership,
78 appendix. [ 1893
he says : '' Wait another decade, then make comparison.
The grand old fraternity is yet in its infancy."
W. M. Samuel Bassett, of New Britain, was elected
Grand Master; Brother Wheeler re-elected Grand Sec-
retary.
DELAWARE— 1892.
Eighty-sixth Annual held at Wilmington, October 5.
1892, M. W. Nathaniel F. Wilds, Grand Master.
After extending the usual congratulations, under the
head of "Our Dead," he makes feeling allusion to the
death of their Grand Secretary, William S. Hayes, on
May 24, at the age of 67 years, and who for twenty -four
years performed the duties of that office with signal ability
and fidelity. He also records the death of Brother Robert
Jump, who was 89 years of age, and for sixty-seven years
a devoted Mason, the oldest in that jurisdiction, and
perhaps the oldest in this country.
He reports having visited all the Lodges in the juris-
diction, with two exceptions. All the Lodges report an
increase of membership, and are in a more prosperous
condition • than for many years, the net increase being
fifty-three.
He recommends that the Committee on Work be con-
tinued for the purpose of revising and perfecting the
same ; also that the same committee prepare the work of
the Past Master's Degree, so that uniformity may here-
after be observed in the installation of Masters-elect
The Grand Lodge appropriated from its Grand Charity
Fund $25 each to the two hospitals in Wilmington.
The right of visit is most emphatically declared to be
an inalienable right, and the gauntlet is thrown down to
Pennsylvania in the following resolution :
Resolved, That the right of visitation being a Masonic land mark, and
therefore inalienable from every Mason in good standing, this Grand Lodge enters
its mo«t solemn and earnest protest against the action of the Bristol Lodge No.
25, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, supported by the Grand Master and Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvania, in denying the right of visitation to Brother Francis L. Carpenter,
of Oriental Lodge No. 27, of this Jurisdiction, he being in good standing Mason-
ically.
Brother L. H. Jackson presents, in a concise and at-
tractive form, the proceedings of fifty-two Grand Lodges.
Colorado for 189 L receives a brief but fraternal review.
Brother Bush's oration is stvled excellent, and from it a
short extract is made.
1893] appendix. 79
Brother John B. Book, of Clayton, was elected Grand
Master; Brother Benjamin F. Bartram, of Wilmington,
Grand Secretary.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA— 1892.
Eighty-second Annual held at Washington, November
9, 1892. M. W. Fred. G. Alexander, Grand Master.
He says that peace and harmony have prevailed in the
Lodges with a single exception, and that they are generally
prosperous.
He submits further letters in the Iowa matter respect-
ing the recall of the commission of Brother Edward A.
Guilbert, to which we referred in our last Report. These
little episodes between Ohio and Tennessee, Iowa and the
District of Columbia, New York and the Indian Territory
foreshadow the end of the Grand Representative system in
the near future, unless it should cease to bear evil fruit.
He had visited nearly all the Lodges in the District
and witnessed the conferring of the degrees; he found that
they had attained a high standard of excellence. He rec-
ommends an increase in the salary of the Grand Secretary
to enable him to devote his entire time to the duties of the
office.
We quote the following decision in regard to waiver as
viewed by West Virginia and that jurisdiction respectively.
A former resident of Piedmont, W. Va., who had resided
in Washington for three months, desired to petition for the
degrees and wrote to the Lodge in the former place for a
waiver of jurisdiction. The Lodge replied that it could
not waive jurisdiction at his request, that the Lodge and
not the applicant is the proper one to ask for the waiver of
jurisdiction. The matter being referred to the Grand
Master, he decided as follows:
"The Constitution of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, Section
27, Article XX., says:
•* * Every .Lodge is prohibited from receiving the petition for the degrees of
any one not a resident of this District for a period of twelve months next pre-
ceding the date of his application, without first having received the consent of the
Lodge nearest his place of residence under seal, where personal jurisdiction is
constitutionally claimed.1
" First. The spirit of this law is the proper one when it is considered that it
is very indelicate and nn- Masonic for any Lodge to seek, or even have the appear-
ance of seeking, the material of a Bister Lodge.
** Second. How can a Lodge know that an applicant wishes a relinquishment
of jurisdiction unless by a personal application from himself ?
" No Lodge in self-respect will lower its dignity by such an application for
a waiver if it rightfully considers its position in the Masonic world.
"* Third. By this cours*, all possible entanglements with other jurisdictions
will be avoided on account of making Masons of those not legitimately belonging
to any given Masonic jurisdiction."
80 APPENDIX. [1893
He refused to grant a dispensation to elect a Senior
Warden in place of a brother who was reelected but de-
clined to serve, deciding as follows:
The brother referred to was elected and installed at a previous election to
serve ontil his successor should be duly elected and installed. He was re-elected,
but refused to serve; although he refuses to serve, he is, nevertheless, Benior
Warden for the ensuing Masonic year, so long as he holds residence in the District,
and the only alternative for you is to fill the office each meeting with a brother
pro tern.
At the Installation Communication on December 27 his
decisions were all approved, and the salary of the Grand
Secretary increased by $500.
The Report on Correspondence is from the facile pen
of Brother William R. Singleton as usual. The first twenty-
one pages are devoted to a review of the Grand Represent-
ative question in all its varied lights and shades, with ex-
tracts from proceedings of Grand Bodies to show the prac-
tice that prevails in each. Colorado for 1891 receives a
fraternal review. Extracts are made from Grand Master
Foster's address, and several of his decisions are quoted
with approval. Of decision No. 2 he says:
A request for waiver of jurisdiction must be made before ballot. A Lodge
has no right to receive the application of a brother, the material of another Lodge.
Our rule requires the waiver to accompany the petition. We regret that the
Grand Lodge did not approve of the words In italics after " ballot/1
Of decision No. 9? which our Grand Lodge failed to
approve, he says:
No. 9. " The Worshipful Master of a Lodge has no authority to refuse to
admit a member in good standing to his own Lodge.1*
It seems to us that the Grand Master was correct. A Worshipful Master has
the potoer to keep such a member out of his own Lodge, but there is no Masonic
authority for his action. He is amenable to the Grand Lodge for his conduct,
and if he can justify himself the Grand Lodge may hold him blameless. Members
have inalienable rights, which neither a Lodge, a Worshipful Master, a Grand
Master, nor a Grand Lodge can lawfully deprive them of, and among them is the
fii-bt, viz., a seat in their own Lodge.
Under Maine he continues the discussion of the ques-
tion of Grand Masters prior to 1717, and he gives some
historical information regarding the Twelve Great Liveried
Companies. We quote the following as of interest:
The societies of Masons and Free Masons are seldom mentioned in the
history of the Twelve Great Liveried Companies, among the many companies
other than these twelve that are very often spoken of in connection with them, but
it does most plainly appear that the general features of all were alike, and that
the art, craft, or mystery of the Masons or Free Masons, and their brotherhood,
livery, etc., were like those of the other companies.
The rank of Governors and Legislators was attained by decrees. The first
degree was "Apprentices of the Craft/1 none of which, by the ordinance, were to
take waves or work journey-work.* The second degree was Freemen^ sometimes
called Yeomanry, sometimes Bachelors. They were jpresented and were admitted
to work by journeys or journey-work (day work ). They entered into bond not to
work with any foreigner or non-Freeman, but with Freemen only of the craft. The
8931 APPENDIX. 81
third degree was " Householders." The fourth degree was the livery or clothing
* i. *.. such as wore a gown and hood), and this livery or clothing it was which were
called "the Fellowship/* The fifth degree was Warden, which office also had
two steps: first, Young Warden; second. Second Warden. The third, or Upper
Warden, was Matter.
♦Joarney, from French jour (day); i. e., day work.
Several pages are devoted to the subject, and he con-
cludes as follows:
Not in a single instance do we find the mention of a Qrand Master of any of
these guilds, corporations or companies.
It now remains for those who say there were Grand Masters, to mention
when, where, and who were such, or else for ever hold their peace.
Brother L. C. Williamson was elected Grand Master;
Brother W. R. Singleton was re-elected Grand Secretary.
FLORIDA— 1893.
Sixty-fourth Annual held at Jacksonville, January 17,
1893. 11. W. Angus Patterson, Grand Master.
He congratulates the Grand Lodge upon the fact that
after sixty- three years of wandering, they were enabled to
meet in their own beautiful Temple. The corner stone was
laid one year ago and the completed structure is far beyond
their expectations.
He pays a beautiful tribute to the memory of Brother
D. C. Dawkins, Grand Secretary, who died October 5, 3892.
He was also Grand Master in 1860-61-62-66-68. In 1869
ho was elected Grand Secretary, and held that office con-
tinuously until his decease.
He had issued ten dispensations for new Lodges. He
rejKjrts having issued a very large number of special dis-
pensations for various purposes.
While reporting the withdrawal of Iowa's Grand
Representative, he takes occasion to refer to the lxistory of
the system and what it was designed to accomplish, he is
favorable to it as one of the best systems of fraternal inter-
course.
He submits a list of decisions which were approved,
with the exception of five.
He had visited several of the Lodges and nearly all of
them were visited by the District Deputy Grand Masters;
with but two or three exceptions all were in a flourishing
condition.
The corner-stones of two court houses and a church
were laid by proxy, while that of the government building
at Tallahassee was laid by him in person.
82 appendix. [1893
He recommended a number of changes in their Regu-
lations, among others the following:
A change that will define indefinite suspension. The way it is now admin-
istered in some Lodges, it is worse than expulsion. There should l>e some limit
beyond which an indefinite suspension should not go. If the cause of suspension
continues for a time, the offender should be expelled. If it does not continue, he
should be restored, and not held suspended for ten years or more, when a Lodge,
in whose jurisdiction he resides, petitions for his restoration.
On the second day of the session at High Twelve, the
new Temple was formally dedicated by the Grand Lodge
according to ancient custom and usage. The oration by
W. Brother R. H. Weller, D. D., Grand Orator, was a
masterly production. We glean the following historical
retrosx>ect:
It is now 127 years since the erection of the first Lodge in this jurisdiction.
In the year 1768, the Grand Lodge of Scotland issued a warrant for a Lodge at St.
Augustine, of which Provincial Govornor James Grant became Master; he was
also appointed Provincial Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the Southern Dis-
trict of America. This Lodge becoming dormant and losing its charter, on January
3, 1778, the Grand Lodge of England granted a warrant, numbered 204, for a new
Lodge. About the same time there was a St. Andrew's Lodge, in West Florida, of
whose origin and history little is known, except that a memorial from it was read
in the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania on July 8, 17S3. In the same year a warrant
was granted by the Grand Lodge of South Carolina, numbered 56, to Pensacola.
During the Spanish occupation of the Territory, these Lodges were suppressed—
the Horn an Catholic authorities being then, as now, bitterly opposed to Free Ma-
sonry. In 1820, there was a revival of work, and on June ft), the Grand Lodge of
South Carolina warranted the Lodge of " Floridian Virtues," at St. Augustine, the
Lodge of "Good Intentions," at Pensacola, "Eaperanza Lodge," at St. Augustine.
These also became extinct, and the Grand Lodge of Georgia issued warranis for
the erection of San Fernando Lodge, at St. Augustine, and Jackson Lodge at
Tallahassee. December 20, 1828, the same Grand Lodge warranted Washington
Ixxlge, at Quincy, and Harmony Lodge, at Mariana, July 6, 1830. Three of these
Lodges organized the Grand Lodge of the Territory of Florida, the first Territo-
rial Grand Lodge in America.
Between the lines of this brief sketch, we read the pathetic story of many
noble lives spent in the anxieties, trialsl straggles and dangers of frontier times.
With but faint encouragement and but little expectation, but hopeful through it
all, of a better consummation, one by one still seeking light, they fell by the way-
aide, and passed through the open gates from labor to refreshment, in that light
which is eternal. Peace to their ashes, and lasting honor to their memories!
There is no Report on Correspondence. Brother W.
A. McLean explains the reason of its omission and says:
In due time, however, we will be justified in enjoying the luxury of dispensing
Masonic light by sending forth appropriate Reports, and thereby enjoy the blessed
privilege of giving as well as receiving.
M. W. Marcus Endel of Gainesville, Grand Master;
R. W. Albert J. Russell, Jacksonville, Grand Secretary.
GEORGIA— 1892.
A portrait of the Grand Master, John S. Davidson,
appears as a frontispiece.
One Hundred and Sixth Annual held at Macon,
October 25, 1892.
mni] APPENDIX. 83
The Grand Master's address is an able present men t of
his official acts and a commentary upon such matters as
will uplift and strengthen Masonry in that jurisdiction.
It covers twenty-five closely printed pages, and contains
many eloquent passages. In his opening remarks, he
thus likens Free Masonry to the Gulf Stream :
When the waters of life are cold, we find it warming them with its touch.
When the air of Jife is chill, we find its breath driving off the icy influence, and
when the soil in barren, we discover its warmth giving vigor and vitality to the
heavy clods. Like this same Gulf Stream it is the wandering summer of existence.
Never still, never idle, never satisfied, it wanders everywhere that man may have
the blessings of its influence and receive the benefactions it carries for all
humanity. And in its labors it is so gentle, so solicitous of bis well-being, so tender
in its ministrations, that it may well be designated as the summer of all effort for
the alleviation of sorrow and the perfecting of man in every work that is good.
And, finally, like that same great stream, after all its labors covering every clime
and mingling with every people, it is still full of warmth and sunshine, the blessed
expression of unchanging and universal benevolence.
He submits a list of thirty- two decisions, all of which
were approved. Thirteen dispensations were granted for
new Lodges, and a very large number of special contin-
gencies and other purposes.
He reports the increase in membership 1200.
He relates the following incident in connection with
the extinguishment of the Grand Lodge indebtedness :
Under the resolution adopted at your last Communication all the redeemed
bonds were destroyed by the Finance Committee, save one. At my suggestion,
that was cancelled and framed, and hangs in the Grand Lodge Hall, bearing this
inscription : "This is the last bond paid by the Grand Lodge of Georgia, of the
debt incurred for the building of this Temple. Ordered framed at Jubilee Com-
munication, October A. L., 5891, A. D., 1891, as a memento mobi, and a warning.11
Fitting tributes are paid to the memories of R. W.
Brothers S. A. Barders, P. J. G. "VW, and Arthur I. Leet,
P. S. G. W. A memorial page is also inscribed to the
memory of R. W. Reuben Jones, the newly-elected Senior
Warden, who died four days after the close of the session.
He takes strong ground against the practice of conferring
degrees out of time, and is desirous of having the right
repealed. He recommends that the Committee on Juris-
prudence frame an edict prohibiting the granting of such
dispensations altogether, or else clearly defining the cases
in which it is permissible. He does not believe the Grand
Master possesses an inherent right to exercise such
authority. The Committee on Jurisprudence, after con-
sidering the matter, reported the following resolution,
which was adopted with the report :
Resolved by the Grand Lodge of Georgia, That no one shall be ballotted for,
for the degree*, or the degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, or Master
Mason be conferred by any Lodge in this jurisdiction, except in accordance with
the By-Laws of the Lodge entertaining said petition, and no dispensatien to ballot
for or confer either of the three degrees ont of time shall be granted.
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The Grand Lodge listened to two very eloquent
addresses by Brothers Henry Banks, Jr., and J. I. Adams.
The subject chosen by the former, "Let Your Light
Shine,'* was most admirably handled, and enforced a
lesson which should be frequently repeated.
The Report on Correspondence was the joint produc-
tion of Brothers B. H. Bigham, W. E. Mumford and W. S.
Ramsay. Colorado for 1891 receives a fraternal review at
the hands of Brother Bigham. His beginning is "slightly
mixed." It is as follows :
Thirty-first Annual Communication, Denver, third Tuesday in September,
1M91. Senior Wardens and Junior Warden allowed. Eighty-four Lodges.
When shouldn't they be allowed ?
M. W. John S. Davidson Grand Master, and R. W.
Brother A. M. Wolihin, Grand Secretary, both re-elected.
IDAHO -1892.
Twenty-fifth Annual held at Boise, September 13,
1892. M. W. John H. Myer, Grand Master.
The silver anniversary of the Grand Lodge furnishes
a text for the following bit of history :
Twenty-five yearn ago, at Idaho City, then the most important town in Idaho,
the representatives of four chartered Lodges and one under dispensation met and
organized the Grand Lodge of Idaho.
No better place could have been selected for such a purpose. There, sur-
rounded by everlasting hills, the trees on which never lose their foliage, and within
whose depths are stores of precious metals, which then were, and ever since hare
been, pouring out a steady stream of wealth, the Grand Lodge of Idaho entered
upon its career for good or evil. That our mission has been a beneficial one we
believe, and we are willing to lie judged by our fruits.
In a great many respects the surroundings of the Grand Lodge have been
very favorable. No people can pride themselves on having a finer climate than that
of ours, and the sky of sunny Italy was never brighter than the sky which for years
has arched over the members of the fraternity of Idaho. Those who formed the
G rand Lodge were not weaklings ; coming as they did from nearly every jurisdic-
tion in the Union, they were a representation of the universality of Masonry. What
they so well begun and have so well continued in the past, it is our duty to now
maintain and in the future continue.
For a quarter of a century the Grand Lodge of Idaho has been a factor among
the Grand Lodges of the world. Many of those who were its promoters have crossed
the dark river and gone from sight forever. Some few are left, in a short time
their deeds, too, will be but a memory, and their faces and forms a recollection.
Venerable Masons are they— valuable to us because of their knowledge and experi-
ence in Masonry. May they be spared to assist in our counsels and deliberations
for years to come, and may their last days be as peaceful and quiet as some of their
earlier years were full of danger and adventure.
He submits a list of eleven decisions, all of which
were approved with one exception, his construction of
their law in this instance being correct, but the committee
believed the law as it then stood was contrary to long es-
tablished usage, and they submitted an amendment to the
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Grand Lodge By-Laws. The case decided was the fol-
lowing :
A. B. is elected to receive the degrees of Masonry, and is about to be initiated;
a member of the Lodge makes objections; the Worshipful Master informs the
objecting brother that in order to arrest a candidate in his progress it would be
necessary for charges to be preferred. Charges are preferred, trial had, and the
candidate acquitted by a two-thirds vote. Certain brethren still object, and say
they cannot fraternize with the candidate if he is made a Mason.
Question: Is the Worshipful Master compelled to confer the degrees of
Masonry upon a man who will destroy the peace and harmony of the Lodge, not-
withstanding the fact that he has been acquitted of the charges preferred against
him? And does it take a two-thirds vote to arrest the progress of a profane?
He decided as follows :
Inasmuch as Article XV., Section 3, of our Grand Lodge By-Laws makes no
distinction as to the stage of progress the applicant has reached after a clear ballot,
and does not require a conviction to arrest progress, the applicant now in question
is entitled (unless an appeal be taken) to receive the degrees of Masonry forthwith.
Amendment offered by the Committee on Jurisprudence.
Amend Section 3, Article XV., Grand Lodge By-Laws, by adding thereto the
following: "Provided further that at any time before his initiation, if objection be
made by any member of the Lodge, he shall not receive the degree of Entered
Apprentice Mason until such objection be removed, no charges being required
before initiation."
This was read once and lays over till next session,
He granted four dispensations for new Lodges.
From the Grand Secretary's report we learn that the
increase in membership was 216 the past year, the total
membership 941.
The Grand lodge voted to affiliate with the General
Masonic Relief Association.
The sjjecial committee on New South Wales, etc., pre-
sented a strong and vigorous report, wrhich their Grand
Representative vainly endeavored to soften, but which the
Grand Lodge adopted in its entirety. We quote the fol-
lowing which will be a surprise to the brethren of Colorado :
We are not prepared to recommend a reversal by this Grand Lodge of its
actions at the last Annual Communication. It was in evidence before this Grand
Body at a former communication that what purported to be the secret or esoteric
work of Masonry was published in book or pamphlet form, and thus made public.
Such pamphlet or publication reached us from what we consider an authoritative
source. Under the circumstances, and with such evidence before us, we repudiate
any such body issuing such publication as unmasonic, and not entitled to recogni-
tion by this Grandf Lodge. We would further recommend that the Grand
Secretary of this Grand Lodge, under the direction of the Grand Master, com-
municate with the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales, and learn from them
whether or not such publication, containing what purports to be the secret or
esoteric work of Masonry, was published or issued by authority of Baid United
Grand Lodge of New South Wales, and report the result of such correspondence at
the next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge.
The same committee recommend an investigation of
the truth or falsity of the statements containing serious
charges against the Grand Lodge of the Federal District
of Mexico.
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Some twenty biographical sketches of Past Grand
officers are published with the proceedings.
Brother Charles C. Stevenson presents a concise re-
view of the proceedings of other Grand bodies, Colorado
for 1891 receives a brief, yet fraternal notice of half a page.
Brother Isaac C. Hattabaugh of Masco w, was elected
Grand Master. Brother James H. Wickersham re-elected
Grand Secretarv.
ILLINOIS -1892.
An Occasional Communication of the Grand Lodge
was held at Chicago on November ft, 1891, for the xmrpose
of " leveling the cape-stone"1 of the New Masonic Temple,
the corner stone of which was laid upon the same day oik*
year previous. It was a gala occasion and the exercises
took place in the presence of an immense throng of spec-
tators. M. W. John C. Smith acted as proxy for the Grand
Master.
The Grand Orator, Rev. Brother H. W. Thomas
delivered an appropriate oration. Of the great antiquity
of Masonry he thus discourses in his opening remarks:
The Masonic Fraternity is a great fact. That it has been long in the world is
not doubted, bat how long is not certainly known. It ifc older than Mohammf-
danism, older than Christianity. It was old when the soldiers of Ceesur landed on
the shores of Great Britian ; old when Alexander carried the civilization of Asia to
Europe. It antedates Rome, Athens, the year of Oonfncias. Buddha, David and
Solomon, and oar brothers of the long ago may have laid the foundations of the
pyramids of Egypt.
Side by side throagh the slow centuries it has journeyed with Jndaiam, and
has seen thrones and empires rise and fall, and repnblics born, bat throagh all ite
essential principles have never changed, and to-day where civilization is there
Freemasonry in. On its altars the snn never sets.
Fifty-third Annual was held at Chicago, October 4,
1892, M. W. Monroe C. Crawford, Grand Master.
He reports a year of great activity among the Masons
of that jurisdiction. Dispensations were granted for
eleven new Lodges.
Five Schools of Instruction were held during the year
all of which he attended, and is thus prepared to speak of
them from personal observation. The attendance was
large, the brethren anxious to perfect themselves in the
work, and the Craft of the entire jurisdiction was benefited
thereby.
He laid six corner stones in person and one was laid
by proxy, as was the cape-stone of the Masonic Temple at
Chicago. Seven Masonic Temples and Halls were dedicated.
1893] appendix. 87
three in person and four by proxy. Seventy-two special
dispensations were granted for various purposes. The
charter of a Lodge which had not held a meeting for two
years was arrested. He had been called upon to answer
hundreds of (luestions which an examination of the Con-
stitution and By-Laws would have determined.
He pays appropriate tributes to the memories of two
Past Grand Masters, Hanuan G. Reynolds and Thomas J.
Pickett.
He issued a dispensation to the constituent Lodges of
the jurisdiction to participate in the celebration of the
completion of the World's Columbian Exposition.
From the Grand Secretary's report we learn that the
net increase during the year was 2132, and that the
present membership is 46,021. Eleven Lodges in Cook
County have a membership ranging from 301 to 558.
Denver Lodge No. 5. of this jurisdiction, has a membership
of over 600, and Union No. 7 of Denver nearly that
number. Seven Lodges in Chicago and Cook County con-
ferred from 103 to 180 degrees each during the year, the
latter number was by Hermosa Lodge, V. D.
Past Grand Masters Henry Robertson of Canada, and
Milton J. Hull of Nebraska, were visitors during the
session and were welcomed and received with the Grand
Honors.
The composition of the Grand Lodge at this session
was as follows:
Grand Officers _. _ 19
Past Grand Officers »
District Deputies 26
Representatives of other Grand Lodges 33
Members of Committees 46
Representatives 740
Past Masters 3
Total 878
N amber of Lodges represented 668
Brother Joseph Bobbins, of the Committee on Corres-
pondence, reported adversely upon the application of the
Grand Lodge of Italy for recognition. The application
was also declined in 18S9 for the reason that it was not an
independent body, but one of the constituents of a Grand
Orient. From the New York committee, which reached
the same conclusion, Brother Bobbins quotes the fol-
lowing:
We find that the Grand Orient is composed of a " Sapreme Council of the
Thirty-third dejrree of the Scottish Rite? and the Symbolic Grand Lodge for the
Symbolic Rite," and section 12 of their General Constitutions declares that
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" Masonic sovereignty lies with the Masonic people as a whole and is exerted for
the government of the first three degrees by the ordinary or extraordinary legisla-
tive or constitutive assemblies composed of the representatives of all the Lodges
of both rites, active and regularly working." Section 17 provides that "charters
for the Lodges of both rites are granted exclusively by the Grand Orient."
"This " the committee farther says, "folly confirms the opinion of your com-
mittee as expressed last year, that this Grand Orient iB a conglomerate body, com-
posed of a ' Supreme Coancil of Thirty-third degree of the A. and A. 8. Rite and
the Symbolic Grand Lodge of the Symbolic Rite/ and is the governing body of
Lodges of the first three degrees in either or both rites."
His conclusion is thus given:
The hybrid character of the governing body thus disclosed, and utter lack of
a so-called Grand Lodge, emasculate to the degree that it cannot even isaoe in its
name charters for its alleged offspring, makes it unnecessary to disease the congen-
ital disability of the Lodges themselves in order to arrive at the conclusion that the
so-called Grand Lodge of Italy is not a body that can be recognized by the Grand
Lodge of Illinois.
The Committee on Lodges U. D., expressed themselves
in the following language which all true Masons will
endorse :
Your committee cannot close this report of their labors without calling atten-
tion to the excessive, and as we believe, unhealthy growth, of certain Lodges work-
ing under dispensation, as shown by the records hereinbefore presented.
A record of one hundred and eighty-two degrees conferred, and an increase in
membership from nine, named in the dispensation, to sixty-two, all in the abort
space of seven months, does not, in oar judgment, reflect credit upon the Lodge or
the Fraternity. Your committee believe that this unhealthy growth is largely
owing to the cheapness of the degrees.
That in some localities in large cities an open bid is made for material, by
offering the degrees at the minimum price fixed by the Grand Lodge By-Laws,
While such action is not illegal, it is debasing to the Lodge adopting it, and
wholly uDJust to older Lodges in the same viciuity, who have labored diligently for
years, in an effort to maintain the dignity and high standard of Masonry.
Your committee, therefore, suggest that this Grand Lodge so amend its By-
Laws that the minimum charge for conferring the degrees shall be materially
advanced.
Among the proposed amendments is one making the
minimum charge for conferring the degrees in Chicago
$50, elsewhere in the jurisdiction $25.
Six delegates to the Fraternal Congress were ax>pointed.
and an executive committee to make all necessary arrange-
ments for the entertainment of the members of the same,
$5000 being placed at their disposal.
We now turn to the valuable Report on Correspond-
ence, by Brother Joseph Bobbins, with whom we have had
many a spirited discussion but towards whom we enter-
tain a profound regard for his great ability as a Masonic
writer and for his determined stand for Ancient Craft
Masonry. His report covers 287 pages of incisive com-
ment upon the proceedings of other Grand bodies. Four
and a half pages are devoted to a review of Colorado for
1891. Of Grand Master Foster's opening he says:
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The Grand Master did not perpetuate the practice of his immediate predeces-
sor of haying the Grand Lodge opened by the Deputy Grand Master and his own
entrance subsequently proclaimed, but himself opened that body in ample form.
He quotes nine of his decisions without comment, in
regard to No. 14, which was as follows:
The absence of the letter of dispensation of a Lodge renders the meeting
irregular and any work done illegal.
He says:
We doubt the proposition embraced in No. 14. The letter having been read,
entered of record and the Lodge organized and set to work under it, and the instru-
ment remaining unrevoked, we do not think its temporary absence would invalidate
the work.
Brother Bush's oration is pronounced practical "and in
which some of the cardinal principles of the institution are
made the theme of timely and profitable comment. v Some
two and a half pages are devoted to matters in our Report
and replies to comments made by us last year u|)on the use
of the word "Masonic'"' by organizations other than the
Lodge. In the course of our remarks we propounded the
following to Brother Bobbins:
Is not the testimony of thousands of such men in whom Brother Kobbins has
confidence a sufficient "voucher" for the Masonic character and purpose of those
organizations?
He thinks not, and we quote from his reply the
following:
There »re a great many good people in those bodies who think they are
Masonic bodies simply because they have always heard them spoken of asBuch.
There are also a great many good people who belong to other of theee so-called
Masonic bodies in which we do not hold membership, many indeed whose fellow-
ship we enjoy in such of them as we are both members of, as well as in the Lodges.
For a double reason their testimony is not a "voucher" for the Masonic character
of these organizations. In the first place, they hold the same opinion of those of
them to which they belong and we do not, that they share with us ubout those to
which we both belong— that they are no part of Masonry. Among the ablest and
staonchest supporters of the views we hold and which we hope Home day to hold in
common with Brother Greenleaf, are Knights Templar and Scotch Kiters, whose
degrees ran up above the freezing point of Fahrenheit. In the second place, the
conditions of Masonic avouchment require that the person receiving the voucher
and he who does the Touching shall equally know of what is vouched for. The
▼oacber can extend no further than the knowledge of the more ignorant or least
advanced of the two.
Brother Bobbins may not succeed in eliminating the usages which for con-
venience has applied the term "Masonic" to organizations of Masons other than
the Lodge but he hopes, nevertheless, to do his best to hasten the day when it shall
be generally understood that an organization which derives none of its powers from
the Grand Lodge cannot, simply by calling itself "Masonic," gain the right to
exercise even the shadow of authority in the Masonry of which the Grand Lodge is
at once the outgrowth and the conservator, or to vex that body with its quarrels.
If brother Bobbins will follow us closely in our Reports,
he will find that we fully agree as to what constitutes
Masonry pure and undefiled; possibly we might differ as to
the Royal Arch. We refer him to page 135, under North
Dakota in our report for 1892 which fully explains our at-
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titude upon this question. As we have before intimated,
a serious problem will have to be solved in the near future
regarding the definition of what is Masonry. There are
countries which know of no other Masonry except that
promulgated by a Supreme Council or a Grand Orient-
It is unfortunate that so many American Grand
Lodges cannot see their way clear to extend fraternal rec-
ognition to Lodges and their members governed by other
than the York rite.
Under Maine in Brother Bobbin's Report, Brother
Drum m ond, in replying to Brother Bobbins, makes use of
the following language :
We infinitely prefer oar own system, bat that is no reason why we should dis-
own the system of other brethren equally as legal and Masonic as our own. A Lodge
created by a Supreme Council in a country where, by the Masonic law there prevail-
ing, it may be done, is just as lawful a Lodge, and its Masons as regular Masons,
as any to be found in Illinois or Maine. We know that there are some Masons in
Illinois and in some other jurisdictions that deny this proposition, but know
equally as well that these brethren, in doing so, set themselves against continuous
Masonic usage and precedent from the earliest times. When General Lafayette
visited this country in l*2ti, he was received by the Grand Lodge in nearly every
State which he visited; fortunately, the present Grand Lodge of Illinois did not
then exist, as the rest of us might have the mortification of his being refused admis-
sion on the ground that he was a clandestine Mason! The Grand Lodge of Penn-
sylvania received him with the highest honors, but if he were now living and should
seek ad Mission, under the doctrine recently promulgated there, the door would be
shut in his face!
We had not intended to devote so much space to this matter, but really we
fear that Brother Robbing' sympathies "for the under dog in the fight" (simply be-
cause it is the under dog) are leading him to the dangerous doctrine that the Grand
Lodge owes some duty to the "High Kites" which came upon the scene in 1881.
Brother Bobbins attempts to refute this and similar
views bearing upon this question. As we have said, it has
got to be met. It was a most opj>ortiine time for the
(/fraud Lodge of Illinois in 1892 to have accorded such
recognition. Prominent Masons from countries domin-
ated by the Scottish Rite will visit Chicago during the
World's Fair, but the doors of the Lodges of that city will
be closed against them as clandestine Masons.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary both re-elected.
INDIANA— 1893.
The portraits of two deceased Past Grand Masters,
Bruce Carr and Robert Van Valzah. appear as frontis-
pieces.
Seventy-sixth Annual held at Indianapolis, May 23,
1893. M. W. Sidney W. Douglas, Grand Master.
1893] APPENDIX. 91
He reports substantial material growth, while with but
few exceptions peace and harmony prevailed.
Eloquent tributes are paid to the memories of the two
deceased Past Grand Masters referred to above.
Six dispensations were issued for the organization of
new Lodges.
He reports several cases of invasion of jurisdiction
which were adjusted.
Eight comer stones were laid by proxy, being those of
a Masonic Temple, a court house, three churches and three
public school buildings.
He announces that the Grand Lodges of Iowa and
Pennsylvania have abandoned the system of Grand Repre-
sentatives.
He submits a list of decisions, all of which were ap-
proved. Think of a Mason asking such a question as the
following of the Grand Master:
Question —Would a person who had a father in destitute circumstances, and
Mipported by public charity in a common poor-house, he himself being in com-
fortable circumstances, be considered eood material for Matoury.
An*irer.— A thousand times. ** No." A man who would not care for his
father in his declining and helpless old age, as that father had cared for him in his
childhood, is beneath the contempt of men. lower than the brute, as unworthy tne
honors of Masonry as a Judas Iscariot is unworthy heaven.
We take exceptions to the following decision:
The conference of the Past Master degree in a regularly constituted Chapter
of R. A. M. is sufficient to allow a newly elected Master to be installed.
If the law of that jurisdiction requires the possession
of the degree of Past Master as a prerequisite to the in-
stallation ceremony, then, in our opinion, it can only be
conferred in a convocation of actual Past Masters. We
have always maintained this position and we do not believe
it can be successfully controverted. In this jurisdiction
the Past Master's degree is no longer conferred upon a
Master elect.
He suspended the charters of thirty-seven Lodges for
failure to pay Grand Lodges dues within the prescribed
time. All but two having complied with the law. their
charters were restored; the charters of the two delinquents
were upon his recommendation annulled by the Grand
Lodge.
Section 125 of the General Regulations was amended
as follows:
Section 125. The payment of all dues for which a brother was suspended
will restore him to the rights and priyileges he enjoyed.
Provided, Said dues are paid within one year from the date of said sus-
pension. Bat to restore to the condition of a non-affiliated Mason, a member who
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has been expelled or suspended for any cause shall require the payment of all dues
with which a member may be charged, and require a majority vote upon a petition
for restoration received at a previous stated meeting and reported upon by a com-
mittee of investigation.
RESOLUTION RELATING TO AMENDMENT TO SECTION 125.
Resolved. That it shall be the doty of the Worshipful Master of each Lodge
in this Grand Jurisdiction to give notice to each member of his Lodge who may
at this time stand suspended for non-payment of dues, of the change in and effect
of Hule 125, and that such suspended brother must avail himself of the privileges
accorded therein within one year from July 1, 188*.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
The electrotype plates of the early proceedings, belong-
ing to the late Past Grand Master William Hacker, were
purchased for the sum of $300.
The Report on Correspondence by Brother Thomas B.
Long covers 228 pages, and it is one of the best that has
come under our notice. Brother Long is an experienced
writer, having devoted ten years to Chapter reports, mak-
ing his debut as Lodge reporter last year.
Colorado for 1892 has a very thorough and painstaking
review of seven pages. Quotations are made from the ad-
dress of Grand Master Maxwell.
•
Of our action in regard to Durango Lodge he comments
at considerable length, from which we make the following
extract:
One of the subordinate Lodges having admitted to membership one holding
a dimit from a Lodge in Mexico, subordinate to the "Grand Symbolic Lodge of
the Republic of Mexico," and his standing having been questioned, a resolution
was offered legalizing the action had. but disclaiming it as a precedent to govern
future action, until fraternal recognition shall be asked by and accorded to the
Mexican Grand Body. After some discussion, a substitute resolution was offered
and adopted, declaring the action of the Lodge in admitting this person to mem-
bership to be without authority, " thin Grand Lodge not being in fraternal corres-
pondence with any Grand or Subordinate Lodge in said Republic."
Now, it seems to the writer hereof that a declaration of recognition, and
exchange of representation, are not absolutely requisite to entitle a Uason under
one Grand Jurisdiction to affiliation in another, if the one under which the dimit
is held is a regular body. Indeed, some of the Grand bodies of the United States
are not in correspondence with others of the same grade, and earnestly repudiate
the system of grand representation; and yet none of these would hesitate a moment
to affiliate dimitted members of any of the others. The question, it would seem,
should not necessarily be one of declared recognition, but rather one of lawful
organization. While the difficulty to be encountered by subordinate bodies would
be largely lessened, if not entirely removed, by inter-recognition on the part of
their Sovereigns, yet a petition for affiliation might be presented to a subordinate.
accompanied by a dimit from a regular body, before such Sovereign had accorded
recognition to that under which the dimit was issued, and yet the status of the
petitioner as a regular Mason be susceptible of easy determination by the Lodge
petitioned, or by its committee on character.
There is no doubt, however, that the Grand Lodge of Colorado pursued the
E roper course in this matter, even though their reason given might not be the best.
iord Coke once advised a young judge to make his rulings without giving any
reasons for them, because Mb rulings might be right but his reasons wrong. There
is now, however, one legitimate head of Craft Masonry in Mexico — ** La Gran
Dieta Simbolica de los Eh t ado Uuidos Mexicano*"— which was regularly estab-
lished in the City of Mexico on the 5th day of February, 1890. and anises the so-
called Grand Symbolic Lodge of the Republic of Mexico went into the assembly
that formed the Grand Dieta. and became merged therein, its members are in a
more precarious situation now than they ever were.
1893 J appendix. 93
He then shows the status of the Grand Dieta from the
investigation of Grand Master Tyler, of Texas, and the
subsequent recognition by that Grand Lodge.
The actual fact is, Brother Long, that Union Concordia
Lodge No. 40, was under the Gran Dieta which you
regard as the " one legitimate head/1 In the discussion,
which was somewhat prolonged, *4 Grand Symbolic Lodge
of the Republic of Mexico" was made use of as the
English equivalent of "Gran Dieta Simbolica, etc.,''
which was doubtless an error in not being sufficiently
expressive of its authority. In preparing the resolution,
the same designation was used. We are not entirely
satisfied with the action of our Grand Lodge, but we yield
our opinion to the will of the majority.
He says the actual presentation of the apron in the
first degree as a sentimentality is pretty, but he questions
its practicability.
He devotes three pages to the consideration of our
Keport, discussing with much force the antiquity of the
three degrees and the Manningham letters. Brother
Long is impartial, and seems open to conviction. He
scores a point against Brother Gould, however, because he
denies that Sir Christopher Wren was ever Grand Master,
evidence of which fact rests upon the same authority (the
Manningham letter) as the antiquity of the three degrees,
the letter being used as proof of the latter, but ignored in
regard to the former.
We would say that we have received several letters and
articles from Brother R. F. Gould bearing upon the sub-
ject of the antiquity of degrees as discussed by us in last
year's Report. He fully explains his position, which we
shall take occasion to refer to in the present Report. We
have already exceeded our allotted space, and regretfully
take leave of Indiana.
Brother Daniel Noyes, of La Porte, Grand Master;
Grand Secretary, re-elected.
INDIAN TERRITORY 1892.
Eighteenth Annual held at Tahlequah. August lfi,
1892. M. W. Leo. E. Bennett, Grand Master.
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The chair of the Deputy Grand Master was draped in
mourning, and no proxy or acting Deputy Grand Master
was appointed during the session.
After invoking the divine favor upon their labors, the
G rand Master spoke impressively of the great loss that
had befallen them in the death of their Deputy Grand
Master, William P. Leeper, who on May 7th fell by the
hand of an assassin. He relates another sad accident
which befel their Senior Grand Warden who lost his right
hand while preventing a '* drunken vagabond ^ from mur-
dering an officer of the law.
As a general rule prosperity prevails in that jurisdic-
tion. Ten dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
He rendered fourteen decisions, all of which were
approved. Four corner-stones were laid, one in person
and three by proxy, being those of two Masonic halls and
two school buildings.
He reports the disturbance of fraternal relations with
the Grand Lodge of New York, growing out of a request
that the appointment of R. W. Brother Alfred B. Price as
Grand Representative be cancelled. This he declined to
do for the reason that the Grand Master of New York
refused to specify any cause for the removal, other than
that said Representative was practically ostracised, by the
Grand Officers and preferred a general charge of unworthi-
ness. Their Representative had served them well and
faithfully for fourteen years and was the best in their
service. The G. M. of New York thereupon withdrew the
accredit of the brother, who tendered his resignation which
he had declined to accept. The whole matter, together
with the correspondence was laid before the Grand Lodge
for its consideration and action.
From the Grand Secretary's report we learn that there
are forty-eight Chartered Lodges and ten under dispensa-
tion. The membership exceeds two thousand and receipts
for Grand Lodge dues over §3000.
He stirs up the brethren upon the Orphan's Home
matter. He had called the attention of the Lodges to this
worthy object when he sent out the blank returns, but only
two Lodges responded, one sent $18.00 and the other the
generous contribution of $100.00. The value of a Past
Grand Master's jewel voted to P. G. M. Patrick J. Byrne
was donated by him to the same noble object.
The members and representatives of the Lodges in
Oklahoma asked consent of the Grand Lodge to the for-
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mation and organization of a separate and independent
Grand Lodge. It was granted unanimously and a plan for
its organization submitted and adopted.
A resolution in favor of representation at the Fraternal
Congress was adopted and ten delegates were appointed.
The Grand Lodge adopted the following report of the
Committee on Fraternal Relations:
To the M. W. Grand Lodge:
In the matter of oar fraternal relations with other Grand bodies, your
Committee bet? leave to recommend that thin Grand Lodge endorse the action
taken by our (J rand Master, believing that if Brother Price is a Master Mason in
ifood and regular standing, and no evidence to the contrary is before as, he is fully
qualified to represent oar Grand Lodge near the M. W. Grand Lodge of New York,
and if oar pleasant relations with that Grand Lodge, through oar Grand Master
refusing to recall the commission of R W. Brother A. B. Price, be broken, we will
have to bear the loss, as we cannot see any other juat coarse than the approval of
the action taken by oar Grand Master in this controversy.
At 9 o'clock in the evening of the second day tin*
Grand Lodge was called off to attend a banquet tendered
by Cherokee Lodge No. 10. The bill of fare, as published
in the proceedings, was tempting and ample justice was
done to it by the brethren.
The oration of R. W. Eobt. W. Hill, D. D. Grand
Orator, was ordered published in the proceedings as he did
not wish to consume the time of the Grand Lodge by
reading it. His subject was, "The Masonic Ideal of Man-
liness.'" It is a splendid effort.
The Grand Lodge voted a set of Grand Lodge jewels
to her prospective daughter, the Grand Lodge of Okla-
homa.
Brother J. S. Murrow continues to furnish acceptable
Reports on Correspondence. Colorado for 1891 is the
subject of review. He gives a summary of Grand Master
Foster's address and the business of the session.
Brother Murrow stands by his "declaration of faith, in
the proceedings and eiwyichere else.9* [Italics his.]
The declaration was as follows: "There is but one true
divine religion and its name is Christianity .'', We said
that it had no place in Ancient Craft Masonry. Next year
Brother Hill, in reviewing Colorado, stated that we said it
had no place in the proceedings. We corrected him and
maintained our previous assertion. Brother Murrow now
appears in person and is going to stand by his declaration
in the proceedings and everywhere else. Everywhere else,
my dear brother, except in Ancient Craft Masonry. There
it would be improper and might disturb the harmony of
the Lodge. In fact, were you to make such a declaration
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in open Lodge, the W. M. would be subject to charges if
he did not promptly call you down.
Understand Brother Murrow, we are fully in accord
with you in your declaration, but as we said at the start,
it has no place in Ancient Craft Masonry. The Christian,
Jew or Mohammedan cannot wander through the courts of
our Temple proclaiming that there is but one true divine
religion and its name is — Christianity, Judaism or Mohain-
medism — as he may feel moved by his peculiar faith.
Then again, in view of the fact that some of Brother
Murrow's fellow reporters were of a different faith, the
declaration was uncalled for.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary re-elected.
INDIAN TERRITORY— 1893.
Nineteenth Annual held at Ardmore, February 7, 1893.
M. W. Leo. E. Bennett, Grand Master.
His address is strictly a business document. Three
dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
He gives an account in detail of the formation of the
Grand Lodge of Oklahoma.
He received a communication from the M. W. Grand
Master of Pennsylvania, reciting that the Grand Repre-
sentative system had become superfluous and unnecessary
and announcing his conclusion to withdraw all Repre-
sentatives near other Grand Lodges.
R. W. Brother Robt. W. Hill delivered an eloquent
oration on the subject of toleration. We select the follow-
ing from his conclusion:
In this land of freedom, where all men stand in equality under common
laws, receiving eqaal privilege and protection, we can rejoice at what has been
accomplinhed through the general acceptance of oar Masonic principle, but, with
the feeling of satisfaction which we have, there shoald also be ever present the
strong determination that oar principles shall continue to guide to the complete
realization of the Masonic ideal. That has not yet been reached; the day is not
yet when we can rejoice at the universal acceptance of oar teaching. Bigotry still
lifts up its voice, and at times we hear the echo of past ages in the anathemas
directed against us, and against toleration and liberty, but as in the past so in the
future, we shall press forward undaunted to our highest ideals.
The Grand Lodge of New Zealand was recognized.
Owing to the protracted illness of Brother J. S. Murrow,
he was obliged to call upon Brother R. W. Hill to prepare
the Report on Correspondence. Colorado for 1892 receives
a fraternal review of four pages, in which extracts are
given from Grand Master Maxwell's address with favorable
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1893] appendix. 97
comments. Over two pages are devoted to our Report.
He refers to our position in regard to the antiquity of de-
grees, aud quotes our poem "Bearing the Sheaves," in full
with warm approval.
Brother Andrew Hardy of Ardmore was elected Grand
Master, Brother J. S. Murrow re-elected Grand Secretary.
IOWA- 1893.
The volume for 1893 is beautiful in appearance, but,
unlike some other appearances, is not deceptive. The front-
ispiece is a fuF size plate containing the portraits of the
present Grand Officers and Custodians, then scattered
through the volume are views of the Autograph Letter
Case presented by Brother T. S. Parvin, the Lion of
Lucerne, four rear book cases in the Iowra department of
the library, and a portrait of M. W. Priestly H. McBride,
Grand Master of Missouri, 1839-44. with a sketch by
Brother Parvin.
Fiftieth Annual held at Davenport, June 6, 1893. M.
W. Ralph G. Phelps, Grand Master. The close of the
first half century furnished a theme for his opening re-
marks. He casts a retrospective glance at the past but
has brighter hopes for the future. But one remains among
those who saw the foundation laid and attended the first
Grand L<xlge. He gives utterance to some practical sug-
gestions in regard to retaliation because one's friend is re-
jected and which sometimes causes stagnation for want of
work. He does not believe in arresting the charter in such
instances, even if there is no further growth in member-
ship but trusts that in due time such members will see
their Masonic duty and practice the tenets of the order.
Other subjects to which he devotes his attention are non-
payment of dues, weak lodges, consolidation, etc. He
pleads for a Masonic home and urges that a committee be
appointed to gather facts and wants among the Lodges, and
information from other jurisdictions and present the re-
sult for their consideration.
He granted eight petitions for new Lodges.
He has these sensible suggestions in regard to Lodge
histories :
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I wish to advise each Lodge to form a Lodge history, in which shall be
gathered and reported and kept the story of the Lodge and of its member*. The
older and larger bodies of the East are now trying to write their chronicle with
difficulty and surmises. Many are the queries which might have once been made
and kept plain if only they who were of us in the earlier days, and whose voices
were a part of the melody of the past, were not now voiceless.
I won Id recommend that each Lodge shall provide itself with a book in
which shall be recorded the principal events in the Lodge history and transactions.
The principal events in the fives of each member, particularly in his Masonic life.
Let the festivals, the Lodges of sorrow, and the funerals be there recorded, and
where it may be, let the pictures of the hall and other surroundings, together with
the portraits of members, be gathered and kept. Let the glad events of our daily
fraternal life receive assistance from the sacred memories of our past. Let us who
are making the yearly record of the passing hour look back on the story that has
been made, and may it be a record to sustain our pride and incite us to worthier
deeds.
There were fourteen corner-stone layings, most of
which he performed in person. Thinks those who decide
that a Grand Lcxlge cannot be in three places at once
must do so in a Pickwickian sense, as it was done very
successfully last year. We do not question that it can \>e
done, but whether it wTas done legally or symbolically is a
different matter.
He recommends that the section of their code referring
to the appointment of Grand Representatives be stricken
out, and that the Committee on Jurisprudence consider
the matter and present the section so revised for the
action of the Grand Lodge.
The Grand Custodian reports having held sixteen
Lodges of instruction, of three days and nights each, in
different parts of the State.
The reports of the Grand Secretary and Grand
Librarian, both of which offices are ably filled by Brother
Parvin, are full and complete, that of the latter especially,
which, with Brother Parvin. is a labor of love, the Library
having been founded by him on January 8, 1814. It
grew to its present grand proportions from very small
beginnings. On June 6. 184ft, it contained four works,
and there had been an expenditure of $5 00. To-dayT it
has the finest and, we believe, the only exclusive Masonic
Library building in the world, which was completed in
May, 1885. Since that time, there have been added,
exclusive of hundreds of volumes of bound proceedings of
Masonic bodies. 117B works comprised in 1886 volumes,
u large proportion of which are Masonic in character.
There are altogether more than 12,000 volumes, bound
and unbound, besides pamphlets, charts, maps, etc.
The Grand Lodges of New South Wales, New Zealand,
South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and Indian Territory
were all accorded fraternal recognition.
1W«] APPENDIX. 99
From the report of the Committee on Chartered
Lodges we learn that the net gain in membership was
611. The last two years show a gain of nearly three times
the gain in the i>ast four previous years. The present
membership is 23,613. In spite of false reports to the
contrary, the fraternity in Iowa is increasing steadily in
its membership.
The interest of the members centered in the resolution
of Brother Temple, repealing Chapter XXXVII., known
as the *' Cerneau Law." The vote in favor of the repeal
stood 429, against 780 ; majority 360. A resolution was
offered and adopted expressing the sentiment of the Grand
Lodge, that it deprecates the reappearance of this element
of discord at every session, and that it having now been
defeated for the fifth time, it should cease to be a subject
for further discussion.
Brother T. S. Parvin retires from the Reporter's guild,
in which he has been a shining light for forty-seven years.
He is succeeded by Brother James C. W. Coxe, of Wash-
ington, Iowa. The Report is prefaced by an introduction
by Brother Parvin, commending his successor, and is also
in the nature of a valedictory, and contains valuable
reminiscences of the past. We are tempted to make the
following extracts:
Oar first Raport was written in 1845, the last in 189.2. Dividing the years inter-
vening, and including these into three equal periods, the preparation of these
Reports for the first and last period devolved upon oarself . We have never written
anything of which we were or had occasion to be ashamed, and yet we are free to
say. with the weight of years crowding upon onr head, we have both written and
said things that were we writing now we might modify, and present oar views in a
form more acceptable, or at least agreeable, to some of oar readers.
* • * * * » * ****
In reviewing the proceedings in oar earlier years we found in 1815 that twenty-
one of the thirty-one Grand Lodges then existing published Reports on Corres
pondence. They were generally called "foreign correspondence." The Gram
Lodge of New York, and so far as we know that Grand Lodge alone, made a dis
pondence. They were generally called "foreign correspondence." The Grand
York, and bo far as we know that Grand Lodge
tinction, and called the reports of American Grand Lodges Domestic Reports or
Reports of Grand Lodges at Home. Those abroad it called Foreign Correspond-
ence. We, some years since, introduced a new term, by styling our reports Fra-
ternal, which term would apply both to Grand Lodges at home and abroad, for
certainly the terra foreign has no application whatever to the Grand Lodges of the
United States.
Of the writers of Reports in those earlier years all, save one, have (and with a
few exceptions, long since) passed over the dark river. That exception is oar
long-time and venerable friend, Frederick L. Billon, of St. Louis.
***********
They were all able, sound, and some of them brilliant writers, authors and
editors, some of them of celebrity. Bat the reporting of that day was not what it is
now; and to the improved methods, the diligent research, the increased labor, and
the grand results the Masonic world to-day is most largely indebted to a class of
reporters of a later era.
We find there were "Committees on Foreign Correspondence" a century ago,
bat it is only within the last half century that their reviews were published. We
have before as, jast received from a friend, a copy of the Proceedings of the Grand
Lodge of Vermont for 1822-23. The Report on Correspondence is condensed within
the space of fifteen lines, and in a majority of the Grand Lodges of the several
jurisdictions the only reference to such papers in those early years was the entry
made by the Grand Secretary.
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From oar brethren of the Guild, with some of whom we have been co-laborers
or even one and two decades, we part with rsgret. While all has not been "har-
monizing like the music of the spheres, " we feel that " life is too short" to harbor
ill-will towards a brother reporter, and we do not care to carry into the grave the
remembrance of an unkind word spoken or written. So. "with malice towards
none and good- will for all,1' we close our labors as a reviewer.
Brother Coxe's Report covers 128 pages, in which he
reviews in a concise and most entertaining manner the pro-
ceedings of fifty-eight Grand Bodies, Colorado for 1892
included. He condenses the salient points of Grand Mas-
ter Maxwell's address, and quotes his decision regarding
the agent of a brewing company, but without comment.
Says Grand Orator Ira L. Herron "orated on the true
principles of Freemasonry, which he found to be a firm
belief in a Supreme Being and in the immortality of the
soul."
He gives nearly a page to the consideration of matters
in our Report, with regard to the antiquity of degrees he
says we will have to contest the issue with Gould. Hughan
and other writers, as he has neither time nor inclination
for further controversy. In this connection he says:
Even in the advocacy of his antiqaarianism, Brother Green leaf is entertain-
ing; in other respects he is as equally instructive, and we have much enjoyed an
hour in his company.
We shall, in another i>art of this Report, give renewed
expression to our views on this subject, embodying the
results of study and correspondence during the past year.
Brother Liberty E. Fellows, of Lansing, was elected
Grand Master; Brother T. S. Parvin re-elected Grand Sec-
retary.
KANSAS— 1893.
Thirty-seventh Annual held at Hutchinson, February
15, 1893. M. W. David B. Fuller, Grand Master.
He reports a gratifying condition of affairs in that juris-
diction.
He pays a tribute to the memory of Past Grand Master
Edwin D. Hillyer, who served in 1878-79, and was also Cus-
todian for several years.
Dispensations for seven new Lodges were granted.
He granted fifteen dispensations to confer the Third
Degree out of time. In all except three instances the
brethren were about to remove from the state, or had re-
moved and were at their home Lodge on a visit. The dis-
pensations refused to confer degrees out of time were, as
he says, too numerous to mention.
1893] APPENDIX. 101
Seven corner stones were laid, two in person and five
by proxy.
He made some fifty official visitations during the year.
He reports that the '• Webb Work " adopted by the
Grand Lodge in 1867 is now uniformly worked.
His correspondence was extensive, over 1200 letters
were received and answered.
He recommends the organization of a system of District
Deputies.
For the first time in twenty-two years, the Grand Sec-
retary, John H. Brown, was absent from his post, being
detained by severe illness. A telegram was sent to him
expressive of the sympathy of the Grand Lodge, with hopes
and prayers for his speedy recovery.
Reverend Brother J. W. Wright delivered an eloquent
oration on "Masonry. Its Tenets and Ministry. r
The Committee on Masonic Home presented a report
recommending the institution and incorporation of the
same by direct action of the Grand Lodge, and that the
Grand Lodge dues be increased one dollar for each mem-
ber borne on the rolls of the Lodges, for a period of five
years, in support of the same. The committee's estimate
of the total receipts of revenue to be received the first year
was $27,200. including amounts from other Grand bod-
ies, etc.
The report was adopted by a rising vote with but one
dissenting vote.
The following resolution was then adopted:
Resolved, That a special assessment of one dollar for each member borne on
the rolls of the Lodges be made annually for five years, including the year 1S93; said
assessment to be for the benefit of the Masonic Home, and collected and paid with
the annual dues to the Grand Lodge.
The report of the Committee on Fraternal Congress in
favor of the same, was adopted and three delegates were
ap])ointed.
Brother J. H. Brown presents his twentieth annual
Report on Correspondence, destined alas! to be also his
last. Like all his previous ones it is an able commentary
upon the proceedings of other Grand Lodges. Colorado
for 1892 receives a most fraternal review. Of Grand Mas-
ter Maxwell's address he says: "It is altogether a credit-
able official paper, embracing a variety of topics, ably
and pointedly discussed."
After quoting his reference to the Twenty-fifth Trien-
nial Conclave and the zealous efforts of Blue Lodge
Masons in connection therewith, lie says:
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We apprehend that it won Id be hard to find one of the great brotherhood who
did not enjoy himself daring the late Conclave. The writer hereof can voach for
one poor and aged pilgrim who returned to his hat feeling it was good to be in
Denver and aronnd in the Rockies.
After quoting Brother Maxwell's remarks referring to
the great want of Masonic knowledge among the members
of the subordinate Lodges, he says:
To accomplish the object so much desired by the Grand Master, we would
suggest that the members of the particular Lodges have a duty to perform, and
that if>. to select each brethren to fill the offices as are competent and willing to
learn their duties. In our judgment, there is nothing that does so much to destroy
good influences in the Lodge as that of selecting some brother to fill an important
position simpJy because be is a pretty good sort of a fellow, or he ought to be
advanced. We are unalterably opposed to turning our glorious old Masonic insti-
tution into a sort of title factory. Let us have the brainiest men to the front, if we
expect to occupy a front seat among good men and true.
Our Report receives favorable consideration.
Brother William D. Thompson was elected Grand
Master ; Grand Secretary re-elected.
KENTUCKY- 1892.
Ninety- third Annual held at Louisville, October 18.
1892, M. W. James A. McKenzie, Grand Master.
After extending his congratulations for a year of pros-
perity he pays deserved tribute to deceased brethren of
that and other jurisdictions. M. W. Brother Thomas J.
Pickett had served as Grand Master of Illinois and also of
Kentucky, having resided in both states. Brother Robert
C. Mathews Past Grand Tyler died at the ripe age of
eighty-one years.
He submits a list of twenty-nine decisions, one of
which, that Grand Lodge revenues should not he derived
from lotteries was laid over for one year; three were not
approved and one was amended.
He decided that widows and children of suspended
Masons were not eligible for admission to the Home; that
the j)aynient of the dues of a brother suspended for non-
payment by his friends after his death does not entitle
him to Masonic burial, and does not make him appear in
good standing at the time of his death.
He advocates the importance of taking steps to secure
uniformity of work. With a view to this result he had
appointed a committee of five to investigate the subject,
who had submitted a report, which is embodied in his
address.
1893] APPENDIX. 103
The question of perpetual jurisdiction arose between
that Grand Lodge and the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania,
and lead to a voluminous correspondence, the latter Grand
body contending for that law while Kentucky does not.
The Grand Master requested that the matter be referred
to the Committee on Jurisprudence.
He congratulates the brethren upon the fact that their
Masonic Home is now upon a sound and enduring financial
basis, the proposition to increase the assessment from fifty
cents to one dollar per capita having carried, which in-
cluded a copy of the Masonic Home Journal to be furnished
each affiliated Mason without cost. He issued a proclama-
tion urging the brethren to celebrate St. John's Day for
the benefit of any deficiency in the Home fund, in which
the following figures occur:
There are now over 219 widows and orphans in 'Oar Home," and consent has
given for the admission of twenty or more to enter.
To clothe, feed, educate, and care for them, it costs at least $100 a year each,
Or, for 250 inmates __ .$24,000 00
The assessment, 1891, amounted to $8,381 38
The Interest on Endowment Fond, 1891 9,685 15
$18,066 53
It appears that there mnst be a shortage or deficit of . .$ 5,933 47
Unless extra efforts are made now.
We most not, we can not, let them suffer ! The Grand Master, therefore, asks
every Mason and every Lodge to unite in the celebration of St. John's Day, Juno
21, 1892, for the benefit of the Masonic Home of Kentucky.
In regard to the controversy with Pennsylvania the
report of the Committee on Jurisprudence contained the
following which was adopted :
The Grand Lodge of Kentucky can not give its assent to the doctrine that
any Lodge has perpetual jurisdiction over rejected persons that have removed to
the territory of other Grand Lodges.
The following amendment to the Constitution was
adopted :
Article XI., Section 19. When the Master and Senior and Junior Wardens are
absent from their Lodge at any regular stated meeting, the Lodge can be opened
and the business transacted by the Junior Past Master present at said Lodge.
Recognition was extended to the Grand Lodge of
Victoria.
Brother James W. Staton furnishes what he terms
his last Report on Correspondence, which announce-
ment we read with unfeigned regret. Brother Staton has
been on this Committee for eleven years, and has written
every Report during that period except one, which was pre-
pared in conjunction w7ith the other members of the
committee. They have been a valuable contribution to
104 APPENDIX. [1893
Masonic history, law and literature. The present Report
comprises 155 pages written in his incisive and entertain-
ing style. Colorado for 1891 receives a fraternal review of
two pages. Grand Master Foster's address is pronounced
i#a well prepared business paper" from which he extracts
the salient points, and has this to say regarding his
decisions :
He reported eighteen decisions, bat we fail to find any new doctrine
advanced. On the fourth, it decided that Lodges U. D. can not collect dues,
because they have no By-Laws. We suppose by the same rale they do not pay due*
to the Grand Lodge. Nos. 14 and 15 hold to the principle that, in the absence of
the Charter or dispensation of a Lodge, all work done or business transacted is
illegal, and a candidate initiated under such ci re n instances must be healed before
proceeding farther. We do not subscribe to that doctrine. The authority to work
is an existence, tind those to whom it is committed know that fact. The candidate
would not know a bogus authority from a genuine one. We might pursue this
question further, but there is no necessity to do so now.
Taking the decisions of the Grand Master, we like his opinions better on the
matters adjudicated upon by the Jnrispradence Committee than we do the opinions
of the committee, notwithstanding the Grand Lodge approved the report of the
committee.
He says:
The report of the faithful Grand Secretary is fall and complete. He gives an
encouraging account of accessions to the Grand Lodge Library. Brother Parmelee
lias a splendid place now to build up a library, and we hope to have a good account
of him in that line, as well as all other things connected with his office.
Brother Grand Orator W. L. Bush delivered a very neat and interesting
n'Mress. With other good things connected with it, it is seasoned with brevity,
being brought into a compass of a little over three pages.
Our Report fares well at his hands.
Brother J. Speed Smith of Richmond, was elected
Grand Master: Grand Secretarv H. B. Grant re-elected.
LOUISIANA 1893.
The proceedings are embellished with a tine steel por-
trait of Grand Master Charles F. Buck, followed by a bio-
graphical sketch. He filled that office six consecutive
years. 1*87 to 1893.
The ceremonies of the dedication of the new Masonic
Temple at New Orleans, at the special communication,
June 24, 1892, are given in full and are exceedingly inter-
esting. It. W. Brother George Soule, chairman of the
Building Committee, presented an address, embodying a
report and review of the various steps that had led up to
the completion of their new Temple, to which Grand Mas-
ter Buck replied in an appropriate address, after which he
read a letter from the Masonic Veteran Association of the
Pacific const, tendering corn, wine and oil to be used in
18U3] APPENDIX. 105
the dedication services. This act of fraternal courtesy
was followed by the unanimous adoption of resolutions
expressive of thanks and kindly sentiments toward the
veterans of the Pacific coast. The oration by R. W. Brother
Albert G. Brice was a masterly and eloquent production,
filled with historical references and lessons drawn from the
great nations and builders of past eras. His subject was
"Masonry -Its great age, teachings and influence for
good."'
Eighty-first Aunual held at New Orleans, February
13, 1893. R. W. George H. Packwood, Deputy Grand
Master presiding in the absence of Grand Master Buck
who was detained by sickness. His address was read.
It is a valuable document containing in addition to a record
of his official acts a review of important questions to which
he directs the attention of the brethren of the Grand
Lodge.
To the memory of Past Grand Master Joseph P.
Horner he pays a most feeling and eloquent tribute cover-
ing nearly four pages.
He fears that the office of District Deputy Grand
Master is decreasing in the esteem of those entrusted with
its duties, and intimates that the knowledge that there is a
Grand Lecturer in the field mav have led such officers to
%>
feel that some of their duties and responsibilities had been
taken from them. Their reports had been very meagre,
exhibiting no evidence of what they had done.
He had answered the usual number of questions and
deems six of his decisions of sufficient importance to
report, all of which were approved.
Four dispensions were granted for new Lodges and
three dispensations were renewed.
He outlines a plan for the liquidation of the bonded
debt of the Grand Lodge by anticipatory payments, on the
part of the brethren, of the one dollar dues to the Grand
Lodge. This is embodied in a proposed amendment to
tht* Constitution to issue or sell Life-Exemption from
Grand Lodge dues on the payment of 815 in cash, or in
three or five installments. This was referred to a special
committee who reported in favor of submitting the amend-
ment to the Lodges.
A resolution was unanimously adopted authorizing the
Grand Master to appoint a Board of Trustees for a pros-
pective Masonic Home.
106 APPENDIX. [1N93
The topical Report, on Correspondence, by Brother J.
Q. A. Fellows, affords a pleasing contrast to the usual style
of such productions. We have heretofore referred to the
lasting value of Brother Fellows* compilations. In his
preface he takes other reporters into his confidence and
shows them the formula by which his results are attained.
Liberal extracts are made from the Colorado proceed-
ings for 1802, covering in all some five pages. A page is
devoted to Grand Orator Herron's oration and the rest to
extracts from our Report upon the antiquity of degrees,
physical qualifications, etc.. while he reproduces ''Bearing
the Sheaves," saying it is ''too good to lose, even if it takes
a couple of pages." Brother Fellows* Report is a mine of
information upon the leading Masonic topics of the hour.
They have been so frequently discussed in our Reports
that we forbear. We look to the Masonic Congress for
further light.
Brother Geo. W. Bolton, of Pineville, was elected
Grand Master; Brother Richard Lambert, re-elected Grand
Secretary.
MAINE- 1893.
A fine steel portrait of the late Ira Berry appears as
a frontispiece.
Seventy-fourth Annual held at Portland, May 2, 1893.
M. W. Henry R. Taylor. Grand Master.
After extending the usual congratulations, he notes the
fact that of nearly one hundred members --officers, present
and past he is able to report "an unbroken chain.*'
He had granted one dispensation for a new Lodge.
He refused permission for a Lodge to remove its altar and
other furniture to decorate a dance hall, taking occasion to
add some wise counsel about prostituting things Masonic
and sacred, for any "side-show" purposes.
He reports a harmonious and prosperous condition of
affairs in that jurisdiction. The present membership is
21,487, showing a net gain of 310. There are 191 Chart-
ered Lodges and the average membership has increased
from 110 to 112 per Lodge.
He had received reports from all the District Deputies,
covering twenty-three districts, with but two exceptions
all were enjoying an unusual degree of prosperity.
1893]
APPENDIX. 107
The Fraternal Congress was endorsed, the representa-
tives to be appointed by the Grand Master.
The Committee on Jurisprudence reported upon the
proper construction to be placed upon Section 105 of the
Constitution, which reads as follows: "And no Lodge
shall confer more than five degrees at the same com-
munication of the Lodge, or hold more than one com-
munication upon the same day."
The report contains much valuable information and our
space cannot be better filled than with these extracts:
The committee are at a loss to understand how there can be any doubt as to
the meaning of this provision. Probably it is because they have been so long
familiar with it and with the construction of it always given.
The provision in substance is a very old one, having been incorporated in the
Old Regulations.
To understand the object of it. it is well to refer to the object of the "work."
It should be borne in mind that the "work" is a means and not an end. The work
is designed as a means to teach the principles of the institution. The idea under-
lying it has always been that the constant repetition of the work would impress
upon the minds of candidates and of the members, the principles and teachings of
Freemasonry. Besides this, the work was transmitted by oral teaching, and its
constant repetition was designed in order that the brethren might learn the work.
For these reasons, it was always assumed that the work would be conferred
only upon one candidate at a time, and such a thing as a "class" was never heard of
in ancient times. But at a very early date, it was deemed expedient to restrict the
amount of work to be done at one meeting, and so the Old Herniation provides that
no more than five brethren shall be made at the same time. When the system of
degrees was fully established, the prohibition was applied to degrees, that no more
than five degrees should be conferred at the same Communication of the Lodge.
Bat in process of time. Lodges grew anxious to do more work than the Old Regu-
lation allowed, and it came to the knowledge of the Grand Lodge in this State that
some Lodges had evaded the provision by holding two or more Communications on
the same day or evening.'and thereupon the clause was added that no more than one
Communication should be held the same day. A Lodge cannot confer degrees on
two or more candidates at the same time and call it one degree, any more than it
can charge but a single fee for five candidates instead of five fees for the degrees.
The provision means that the Lodge cannot confer more than five degrees at one
meeting, but the five may be made up in any way the Lodge choose*. It may con-
fer the first degree five times, the second degree five times, or the third degree five
times, or they may confer all three degrees, but in such a manner that the whole
number of degrees con/erred shall not exceed five.
It has also been suggested to your committee that there seems to be a misun-
derstanding as to what a "meeting" of the Lodge is. Some brethren eeem to have
confounded a meeting of the Lodge with the opening of the Lodge on a particular
degree. The chartered Lodge is a body that meets, and it may be opened on any
one of the degrees according to the pleasure of the Worshipful Master, and he may
close the Lodge opened on that degree and open it upon another degree, and close
that and open on another, and so on, as often as it is his pleasure. The language
used to be, as shown by the records of Portland Lodge, "The Lodge opened upon
the first step;" "the Lodge closed upon the first step, and opened upon the second
step;" and it is to be regretted that this old and very appropriate language should
sot have been preserved in our records and in our Rituals. The phrase "calling
ofl " is a comparatively modern one, and as your committee think, a technically
improper one when applied to changing from one degree to another at a meeting of
the Lodge. The term more strictly applies to "calling from labor to refreshment,"
and while in ordinary language it is permissible to say that the Lodge called off
from one degree to another, still the old Masonic phrase is that the Lodge closed
on the particular degree to open on another degree; and the old records used to say
<in substance) when the Lodge was closed for the evening, that the Lodge was
closed to stand closed until the next regular Communication, unless the Worshipful
Master should otherwise order.
In some Lodges, in almost every jurisdiction, apparently to avoid opening
and closing the Lodge, a practice crept in of "calling off " from one date to another;
that is, of "calling the Lodge from labor to refreshment," and a law was very gen-
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era] ly adopted prohibiting Bach a practice. Perhaps this was the origin of applying
the t9rm "calling off " to changing from one degree to another at a regular meeting
of the Lodge.
The committee are aware that when a Lodge is opened npon a particular
decree, it is called by the name of that degree; that is to say, when opened on the
third degree, it is called "a Lodge of Master Masons," and this for ritualistic par-
poses is well enough, bat the inference should not be drawn therefrom that a Mas-
ter Mason's Lodge is, in any other sense than a ritualistic and business one, anything
different from an Entered Apprentice Lodge in the same body.
We repeat, the chartered Lodge is the Lodge which opens and closes; it may
open on one degree, close on that, open on another and close on that, and so on as
frequently, at the same meeting^ as is the pleasure of the Worshipful Master to do.
The report which was prepared by Brother Drummond
was adopted.
A Committee on Ritual, consisting of eleven members,
was appointed, of which the Grand Master is chairman.
To them was referred matters which had been considered
in Grand Lodge, including the work of Installing Master.
The Grand Lodge declined to become a subscriber to
the Masonic Relief Association of the United States, leav-
ing the matter with the several Lodges.
A large number of amendments to the Constitution
were adopted, and that instrument, as amended, is pub-
lished with the proceedings and is also to be issued in
pamphlet form.
And now the voluminous Report of Brother Druuimond
awaits consideration. It covers 228 closely printed pages
filled with the wisdom born of long experience. We can
but reiterate our words of praise regarding his previous
reports, since he ever maintains his high standard.
Colorado for 1892 receives a fraternal review of over
three pages in which extracts are made from Grand
Master Maxwell's address, and he is surprised at the tax
upon one's time who tills the office of Grand Master
acceptably in this jurisdiction. He quotes our action in
regard to the wThite leather apron, but without comment.
Also, the report on New Zealand and its adoption, which
he thinks was wise action under the circumstances. He
devotes two pages to our Report quoting our replies to
Brot hers Robertson and Par v in and the extracts from the
Maimiugham letter. He still contends that when P. G.
Master Bromwell, of Illinois, became a member of a Lodge
in this jurisdiction, that moment he became a member of
the Grand Lodge. The point he makes is that a Past
Grand Master is everywhere a Past Grand Master, no
matter where he gained the rank. There is no difference,
Brother Drummond, between us upon the question of dis-
tinction and rank, but whether it carries with it the
exercise of all rights inhering to our own Past Grand
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1893] APPENDIX. 109
Masters. We invite Brother Drummond's attention to a
report upon this very subject, which was adopted by the
Grand Lodge of Minnesota and which will be found
under that State.
Brother Drummond's report is full of matters which we
would be pleased to quote, but we have already exceeded
our alotted space and are thus forced to refrain.
Brother Horace H. Burbank, of Saco, was elected
Grand Master ; Brother Stephen Berry, re-elected Grand
Secretary. .•
MANITOBA— 1893.
Eighteenth Annual held at Winnipeg, June 14, 1893.
M. W. David J. Coggiu, Grand Master.
He first turns his thoughts to the sad event of the past
year, the death of their Grand Master, John W. H. Wilson,
who was installed June 9, last year and died July 19. He
was buried with Masonic honors by the Grand Lodge, at
Portage la Prairie on July 31.
He reports the Craft in a prosperous condition, the
increase in membership being 150.
In attending Emergent Communications of the Grand
Lodge and making official visits, he traveled about 3000
miles.
He granted thirteen dispensations to wear regalia at
divine service.
He refused to heal a clandestinely made Mason, giving
the following explanation :
"it is very necessary to distinguish between the irregularly made Mason and
the clandestinely made Mason. The former has been made in a legally constituted
Lodge, bat not in strict conformity with some of its Jaws. The latter has been
made, or is said to have been made, in an illegally constituted body. The former
may be healed : the latter, in my judgment, cannot. He is practically a profane,
ana mast apply as each if he desires to become a Mason."
After referring to what some of the Lodges are doing
in the way of instructive lectures, musical entertainments
and charitable wx>rk he says: •
All these movements are satisfactory so far as they go, but it does not seem
to me that we are making an organized, intelligent endeavor to do something
along each line of work which we profees, in our ritual at leant, to undertake.
When I endeavor to account for an average attendance of members somewhat
under 40 per cent., and a large body of non- affiliates, I find myself striving to
answer the question : What is there in many a Lodge to bring an intelligent man
there evening after evening? When we add to correct ritual, exact ceremonial,
and prompt business methods, instruction of the nature I have already described,
1 am persuaded this question will never be asked.
When we deliberately set ourselves to give instruction in those duties that
men owe to themselves, their fellows, their state and their God ; when we teach
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Geometry as understood by Masons; when we have lectures on the poet*,
musicians, dramatists, travellers and historians whose works " tend to polish and
adorn the mind^" when we have onr " hospital evenings " for public charities —
onr private charities will be done so that the left hand shall not know what the
right hand doeth —then we shall be doing what we profess to do, and oar Lodge
room shall be crowded with intelligent Masons, good citizens and good men.
Are there not men in every community who will consider such work a
pleasure, a privilege and a duty ? Cannot a committee at each centre so plan this
work that from October till April, at least, each community shall find its social,
moral and intellectual life affected by streams of beneficent influences having their
sources in our Lodge rooms ? Is Freemasonry to-day a living organism or only a
beautiful theory ?
He had granted two dispensations for new Lodges.
The Grand Lodges of Victoria a«d Oklahoma were
fraternally recognized.
There is no Report on Correspondence.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary re-elected.
MARYLAND- 1892.
■
One hundred and sixth Annual held at Baltimore,
November 15, 1892. M. W. Thomas J. Shryock, Grand
Master.
He expressed his pleasure at meeting the brethren once
more after his three months absence in foreign lands, where
he was the recipient, as their representative, of hospitalities
fit for kings. He again calls attention to the good results
that have followed the official visitations of the Grand
Lecturer to country Lodges, evidenced by the fact that
every chartered Lodge was represented at that communi-
cation and had paid its annual dues.
The construction of the new Temple was being pushed
as rapidly as the building would allow, and would be in
readiness for the November communication of 1893. It
promises to be one of the best buildings for Masonic
purposes in the country. He calls attention to the recent
organization of the Masonic Veterans' Association of Mary-
laud and recommends a resolution of approbation, which
was subsequently framed and adopted. He makes an-
nouncement of the death %of R. W. Brother Woodward
Abrahams, Past D. G. M., at the age of seventy-seven years.
The reports of the Grand Lecturer and Grand Inspec-
tors of the several Districts show the Lodges to be in a
healthy condition.
The charter of Evergreen Lodge was restored and all
amounts due the Grand Lodge were remitted.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary re-elected.
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1898] APPENDIX. Ill
MARYLAND 1898.
Semi-Annual Communication held at Baltimore, May
9, 1893. Grand Master Shryock presiding.
The greater portion of his address is devoted to the
new Masonic Temple and embodies the report of the Board
of Managers who visited New York and Philadelphia to
inquire into the management of the Masonic Temples in
those cities. The report contains full information upon
the subject including rentals.
He recommends the wearing of lambskin aprons on
all occasions, and is opposed to its linen substitute. He
thinks a resolution by the Grand Lodge upon this matter
would be proper.
He had granted two dispensations for new Lodges. He
issued a circular to the Lodges upon the subject of Masonic-
funerals as follows:
A Masonic Lodge can only bury a Brother Master Mason when requested to
do bo by the Brother before his death, or by the request of his family thereafter
provided he was affiliated and in good standing at the time of his death. Should a
Lodge be called upon to bnry a Brother Master Mason, they must have exclusive
control of the funeral; all the pallbearers must be Masons ; the funeral services of
the Lodge must be conducted immediately after the services of the Church, and
when the Masonic ceremonies have been completed the Lodge must leave the grave
if any other burial service is to foUow. The Lodge may attend the funeral even
though other societies attend, but they cannot allow any other societies to partici-
pate in the ceremonies until the Masonic ceremonies are fully completed, and
after the Lodge has left the grave. This decision will be read in all the Masonic
Lodges of this Grand Jurisdiction as soon as it is received, and the Brethren will
govern themselves accordingly.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
Brother Edward T. Schultz presents the Report on
Correspondence as usual, and it goes without saying that
it takes rank among the best. Colorado for 1892 receives
an extended interview of four pages. He quotes from
Grand Master Maxwell's address and approves of his
decisions except No. 10, which he dissents from in the
following language:
He decided that a Master could not suspend from office an officer of his
Lodge' in advance of charges and trial. In our opinion the Master has the right, and
shocud suspend an officer of his Lodge for unmasonic or unbecoming conduct.
He quotes largely from our report, reproducing " Bear-
ing the Sheaves'' in full.
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MASSACHUSETTS -1892.
A fine steel portrait of M. W. Brother William Park-
man, Grand Master 1863-65, appears in the proceedings.
The volume before us contains the proceedings of ten
special, four quarterly and the Stated Communication on
December 27.
At the Quarterly held March 9, M. W. Grand Master
Samuel Wells presided.
The Recording Grand Secretary announced that by au-
thority of the Board of Directors he had accepted the
proposition of the General Relief Association of the United
States and Canada to furnish "warning circulars" each
month, at the cost of one-half cent for each affiliated
member.
M. W. Brother Charles Welch presented a most inter-
esting memorial of Past Grand Master William Parkman.
The Recording Grand Secretary called attention to the
fact that they had just passed the centennial anniversary
of the union of the Ancient and Modern Grand Lodges in
Massachusetts, which took place on March 5, 1872. He
gave an extemporaneous narrative of the secession of the
"Atholl Masons " from the Mother Grand Lodge of Eng-
land, the organization of Provincial Grand Lodges of Massa-
chusetts representing each faction and their union in 1792.
He was granted leave to reduce his verbal statement to
writing and print the same in the proceedings. It covers
nearly twelve pages and is a valuable contribution to Ma-
sonic history.
At the Quarterlies held June 8 and September 14, mat-
ters of local importance engaged the attention of the Grand
Lodge.
At the Quarterly held December 14, Grand Master
Wells delivered his annual address. He reports a year of
success and prosperity.
He had made a large number of official visitations which
had been productive of awakened interest and fresh zeal.
He laid three corner stones and dedicated three Masonic
halls.
He does not believe in "perpetual jurisdiction," and
recommends for their consideration the question of limit-
ing it to a certain number of years.
1893] APPENDIX. 113
The Stated Communication and Grand Feast was held
December 27. At the latter the oratory and music were of
a high order of merit.
At the Quarterly held March 8, 1893, the following
amendment to the Constitution was adopted by the follow-
ing vote, 271 in the affirmative and 96 in the negative:
Sec. 11. The fee9 for initiating, crafting and raising shall entitle the appli-
cant to membership in the Lodge which accepts his application, without farther
charge or ballot.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized. There
are pending applications from New Zealand and the (.-fraud
Dieta of Mexico.
Brother Richard Briggs of Boston was elected Grand
Master ; Grand Secretary re-elected.
MICHIGAN -1893.
Portraits of Grand Master William P. Innes and P. G.
Master R. C. Hatheway, ( 1887 ) embellish the volume
before us.
Forty-ninth Annual held at Saginaw, January 24, 1893.
M. W. William P. Innes, Grand Master.
He makes appropriate reference to the magnificent
edifice in which they were assembled, the new Masonic
Temple erected by the brethren of Saginaw. He con-
gratulates the Grand Lodge upon the lively interest mani-
fested throughout the jurisdiction in regard to Masonic
matters.
He makes extended reference to the death of disting-
uished Craftsmen in other Grand Jurisdictions, their own
having been mercifully spared the loss of present or Past
Grand Officers.
He granted five dispensations for new Lodges.
He rendered forty-six decisions, all of which were
approved.
There were seven corner-stones laid during the year,
five in person and two by proxy. Some of them were
occasions of great public importance and drew together
large concourses of people.
He makes many recommendations in regard to the
revision of the Ritual, amendments to Constitution, pay of
Grand Secretary, Masonic literature, etc.
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We quote his remarks upon the latter subject as
worthy of consideration by our Colorado brethren:
Time was within the memory of many before me, when a Masonic magazine
or journal was a questionable venture, and, where it was undertaken, the matter
forming its pages was largely confined to generalities, under the head of Masonry.
That time of mental inertia has passed away for ever. In the craft, to-day, the
bright Mason is the Mason who reads, and it is no longer sufficient to be well
posted in the esoteric and ritualistic work of the institution, but the Masonic
student mast be able to satisfactorily answer the interrogation : What is Masonry ?
To-day we have in oar ranks the brightest minds and most sublime intellects the
world boasts. To-day the ethics of freemasonry are being placed one by one in
the crucible and subjected to the intense heat of a knowledge which has burned
brighter and more fiercely as the ages have rolled into the eternity of the past.
To-day. the philosophy upon which the institution of Masonry rests, is being
purified of the dross and sediment of past ignorance, coming out brighter, better,
clearer, fairer, and more adaptable to human needs. To-day Freemasonry stands
before the world, bright as the son, fair as the moon, and terrible as an army with
banners.
Brethren, what has induced this mighty leap in the grand march of Masonic
progress ? Simply that the Mason of to-day reads, thinks and digests. The tenets
of oar order stand dressed in the best culture and refinement of the age. The
ancient landmarks have "been adorned and decorated with the jewels of intelligence
in full fruition. Masonic literature stands pre-eminently high in the world of
letters, because the ablest minds and the wisest pens of the age are engaged in
giving to men a clear solution of the question, " What is MaBonry ? " We ought to
glory in the progress made by our beloved fraternity in this direction.
He makes an eloquent plea for the Masonic Home,
toward the support of which the Grand Lodge is to cod-
tribute $7500 annually, in accordance with the report
adopted last year. This sum is to be collected from the
Lodges, in the meantime the Grand Lodge appropriated
$3000 from its surplus funds.
The Grand Lecturer, It. W. Brother A. M. Clark, pre-
sents a complete report of his labors. He had held sixty-
one Lodges of Instruction, at which 361 Lodges were
represented, 0895 brethren being in attendance. He
makes some very sensible suggestions as to any changes in
the Ritual, believing they should be confined to the few-
est number possible. He says:
For fifty years, at least, this jurisdiction has taught the " Barney Work."
Prior to lStftf, Grand Lodge relied upon individual representation aa to what was
the " Barney Work," but in 1H08 Grand Lodge deolared what the " Barney Work"
was.
For years we have been laboring assiduously to conform the work of the
Lodges of this jurisdiction to the work so declared by Grand Lodge, and to-day
the work of the three hundred and seventy-three Lodges of this State is more
perfect and uniform than ever before. It is because of the perfection which bat
been attained in the work that the few trifling inaccuracies referred to have been
exposed.
The Craft generally admire, approve and love oar ritualistic work, and
criticize only a few patent inconsistencies. Here and there we find an individual
who would modernize our esoteric work, but the great body of Masons love even
the language of Masonry. With Masons generally, our ritualistic work is a classic^
nnd they protest against its emasculation.
From the Grand Secretary's report we learn that the
net increase in membership was 1143. In response to the
call for contributions to the Masonic Home, 155 Lodges
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#ave 83439.60, 140 declined, for various reasons, to con-
tribute and 72 failed to make any report.
On recommendation of the Committee on Appeals the
Grand Lodge sustained its former action in the case of
Calvin C. Burt, who was expelled from all the rights and
benefits of Masonry in 1880.
Three thousand dollars was donated to the support of
the Masonic Home.
Brother Jefferson S. Conover presented his first Report
on Correspondence, covering 248 pages, which at once
takes a high place among such productions. Colorado for
1891 receives full consideration, seven pages being devoted
to comments and extracts. He quotes from Grand Master
Foster's address and reproduces all his decisions, but with-
out comment.
The oration of Brother Bush is pronounced excellent,
and two pages are filled with extracts therefrom.
Our Report receives complimentary notice.
Brother George E. Dowling, of Montague, was elected
Grand Master ; Brother J. S. Conover re-elected Grand
Secretary.
MINNESOTA— 1893.
Fortieth Annual held at St. Paul, January 11, 1893.
M. W. Alphonso Barto, Grand Master.
He reports a year of peace and prosperity within that
jurisdiction.
He had received reports from twenty of the thirty -four
District Deputies, which were of such value to the Craft
that he recommends in the event of the creation of the
office of Grand Lecturer, that they be continued as neces-
sary assistants to the Grand Master and aids to the Grand
Lecturer. In accordance with the resolution adopted by
the Grand Lodge last year, he recommends the appoint-
ment of a Grand Lecturer as the most efficient method of dis-
seminating the work ; that the Grand Lodge dues be raised
from forty to fifty cents per capita, which, upon a basis of
14,000 membership, would yield $1400 per annum for his
expenses.
He submits four decisions which were approved.
He announces the death of three members of that Grand
Lodge, viz : Brothers Silas R. Merrill, P. S. G. W. ; Charles
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D. Daniels, P. S. G. W., and George A. Camp, P. J. G. W.
and P. G. Treasurer.
He laid one corner stone, that of the government build-
ing at Duluth.
He recommends that immediate steps be taken to secure
fireproof accommodations for the library and Grand Secre-
tary's office ; their books and records are too valuable to be
exposed to loss and mauy of them could never be replaced.
We may be pardoned for saying his conclusion is good,
since he makes use of the concluding stanza of our poem
for St. John's Day.
Favorable action was had in regard to the Fraternal
Congress at Chicago.
The Grand Lodge of New Zealand was recognized.
In our last year's Report we quoted Brother Drummond's
views upon the status of M. W. Brother H. P. H. Brom-
well, P. G. M. of Illinois, in our Grand Lodge, to which
we replied with the best information at our command. In
the proceedings under review we find a report covering the
entire subject, which we reproduce for the information of
our Colorado brethren. The report was adopted :
To the Moat Worshipful Grand Lodge of Minnesota :
At the last Communication of this Grand Lodge, your Committee on Masonic
Jurisprudence was i untrue ted "to report upon the statu* iu this Grand Lodge of a
brother who may have been elected to the position of Grand Master, Deputy Grand
Master or Grand Warden in this Grand Lodge, and who then leaves this jurisdiction,
takes a dimit, b.»Ci>mes a member of another Grand Jurisdiction and again returns
to this jurisdiction and joins some Lodge therein."
"Also, upon the status in this Grand Lodge of a brother who may have been
elected to any of the above named positions in any other Grand Jurisdiction and
afterwards becomes a member in this jurisdiction," and the committee was granted
time until the present session to report.
Your committee, having duly considered said several subjects, now fraternally
report upon the same as follows:
First— \ brother who has held a Masonic office, either in the Grand or a sub-
ordinate Lodge of this or any other jurisdiction recognized by this Grand Lodge,
and in a ra?rab-*r of a sub irdinate Lodge here or elsewhere, never, wnile in good
standing in the Fraternity, lo-o* his right to the honors due to the highest office
which he ha« hold, and ho is entitled to be hailed and recognized in all proper
places according to such rank.
Second— In. this jurisdiction, Past Grand Masters, Past Deputy Grand Masters
and Past (J rand Wardens of this Grand Lodge (Genoral Regulations, Sec. &4> are,
while members in good standing of subordinate Lodges in this jurisdiction (Gen-
eral Regulations, Sec. <)."»), permanent members of this Grand Lodge, and entitled
to vote therein and receive certain pay on attending the Communications of this
Grand Lodge; and such Past Grand Officer who removes from this jurisdiction,
taking a dim it from his local Lodge, and becomes a member of a Lodge, or not, in
another jurisdiction, loses not the honors due his Masonic rank, but ceaaea to be a
member of this Graud La>dge. (General Regulations, Sec. 65.)
Third If such Past Grand Officer of this jurisdiction returns to this jurisdic-
tion and a.min becomes a member of a subordinate Lodge therein, be at once
resumes nil his former rights and privileges as a permanent member of this Grand
L'tdgc, according to thn rank he formerly held, whatever official rank he may have
attained to in any other jurisdiction.
Fourth -A* to the second paragraph above, we report that the status of a
brother in good standing who has attained to any of the above named offices in any
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other jurisdiction, and whether a member of a Lodge here or elsewhere, is entitled
to be accorded the honors due his rank, jast as though he had obtained snch rank
in this jurisdiction; bat he is not, becaase of each official standing and Lodge mem-
bership here, a member of tnis Grand Lodge; snch membership, in the opinion of
your committee, being confined to the Past Grand Officers of this jurisdiction
named above. (General Regulations, Sec. 64.)
Your committee farther reports, as applicable to an existing instance in this
Jurisdiction and in accordance with the above views, that a Past Deputy Grand
Master or Past Grand Warden of this jurisdiction who has dimited and removed
from the jurisdiction and attained to the office of Grand Master in another jurisdic-
tion, and then returns to this jarisdiction and bacomes a mem bar of a subordinate
Lodge again therein, is entitled to the honors dae a Past Grand Mister, but
resumes his membership in this Grand Lodge as a Past Deputy Grand Master, or
Grand Warden, as the fact may be.
The Committee on Masonic Home appointed at the
last session presented an able and exhaustive report upon
the subject covering eleven pages, which was accepted and
the thanks of the Grand Lodge tendered the Committee.
The Grand Lodge then adopted the following resolu-
tion :
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Grand Lodge that a Masonic Home is
not necessary in this jarisdiction at the present time, and that Masonic charity can
be more satisfactorily, economically and equitably dispensed by the methods at
present existing in this jarisdiction.
The Grand Orator, Brother H. J. Peck delivered an
eloquent oration upon tne subject of "Charity.' He
discourses upon this theme in its broad significance, touch-
ing upon the great nations of the past, the causes of their
downfall and the perils which threaten us at the present
time, in this age of avarice and money getting. The in-
fluence of Masonry should make itself felt, and show that
its interest and charity to mankind are not for a day, but
enduring as civilization itself, and its constantly changing
conditions.
Brother Irving Todd again writes the Report on
Correspondence. Colorado for 1892 receives a scant page.
Brother W. F. Dickinson was elected Grand Master;
Grand Secretary re-elected.
MISSISSIPPI 1895*.
A steel portrait of P. G. M. Frederic Speed appears
as a frontispiece.
Seventy-fifth Annual Communication held at Natchez,
February 8, 1893. M. W. Brother W. A. lloane, Grand
Master. He reviews the past seventy-five years of their
history from which we quote the following :
118 APPENDIX. [1893
After the organization of the Grand Lodge Masonry received an impetus and
new Lodges began to be chartered all over the state. The Order flourished and grew
from three Lodges and 128 members in ISIS to its present proportions, according to
the following statistical tables by decades :
Vow Lodge* Total
rear' Enrolled. Membership.
1820 4 154
1830 18 635
1H40 38 1,3»>
1*30 113 :*,«»
1N)0 238 9,445
1H70 278 11,004
18*0 304 9,240
1890 273 8,390
It will be seen from this table that the greatest increase was the decade from
1860 to 1870. This was caused in a great measure by the late war. A great many
rushed into the l^odges because they were enlisted as soldiers and believed some
benefit would inure to them in the scenes of danger and troubles that settled down
upon us in the loan straggle that followed. Much bad material was admitted in
thin decade, and was subsequently eliminated for various reasons ; and although we
cannot show as many members on our rolls, the Order is in a much more prosperous
condition than in 187<i. 1 have been informed by our worthy and efficient Grand
Secretary that the returns for the year 1*92 will compare very favorably, as to acces-
sions, with those of recent years.
He pays feeling tribute to the distinguished dead of
that jurisdiction, Past Grand Masters J. B. Morgan and
David Mitchell, and Grand Treasurer A. P. Barry.
He refers to the proposed Masonic Home as one of the
most important matters to come before the Grand Lodge.
Their relations with other Grand bodies were very
cordial. He had held some correspondence with the
Grand Master of Texas with reference to the subject of
perpetual jurisdiction over initiates. The case was as
follows :
The laws of that (J rand Jurisdiction forbid the conferring of any degree as a
proxy for any other Lodge, and the Lodge at Paris, Texas, wanted Tylertown Lodge
No. 392 to waive jurisdiction of her initiates which of course, undor oar laws, she
could not do ; so this leaves the candidate in a bad condition Masonically. I submit
the correspondence and recommend that there should be some action taken
whereby our partly made Manons who leave Mississippi for the " Lone Star M State
may not be debarred from Masonic privileges altogether.
The Grand Lodge of New Zealand was recognized.
The sale, control and management of the Masonic
Widows' and Orphans' Home is now vested in the Grand
Lodge, the Grand Chapter, Grand Council and Grand
Commandery having surrendered their control with the
view of facilitating its future operation.
The Grand Lodge held a night session the first day for
the purpose of celebrating in a fitting manner its Diamond
Anniversary. It was escorted to the Opera house in the
Masonic Temple by the Grand Commandery and Rosalie
Commandery No. 5, of Natchez, where a large audience
was in waiting. P. G. M. Frederic Speed delivered an
extemporaneous oration lasting one hour and a half, which
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was listened to with unabated interest, and was pronounced
a most eloquent effort. Other distinguished brethren
followed with short addresses interspersed with vocal and
instrumental music.
Brother J. L. Power, Grand Secretary, prefaces his
twenty-fourth annual report with the following among
other reminiscences of the past:
I was first elected to this important station on January 20; 18tW. On that date
I was the junior Grand Secretary of the then forty-two American Grand Lodges.
To-day there are forty-nine Grant! Lodges in the United States and Territories, find
your Grand Secretary is the seventh in years of service. Those who head the list
ar»: Paxvin, of Iowa ; Reed, of Washington ; Medairy, of Maryland ; Parmelee, of
Colorado ; Wheeler of Connecticut, and Frizell, of Tennessee. Two of his seniors
entered into rest daring the past year— Donald W. Bain, of North Carolina, and
DeWitt C. Dawkins, of Florida— both distinguished for their capacity and fidelity.
In another of the Grand Bodies, the changes by death and otherwise have moved me
next to the head of the colnmn, Sir Robert Macoy, of New York, being the senior
Grand Recorder of Templars.
And now as this is an appropriate time for reminiscence and review, I may be
Eermitted to note the fact that my first attendance on the Grand Lodge was in this
all twenty-five years ago. TheGrand Lodge was then olwerving its semi-centennial
anniversary. Grand Master John T. Lara kin presided. On his right Hat the vener-
able Benjamin Springer. At the opening of Grand Lodge, Thos. S. Gathright was
its pillar of strength in the West, and before its close was inducted into, and for
two years, adorned the East. James Watts was Junior Grand Warden ; Brother
Barry was Grand Treasurer, and Brother Barkley, then a Past Grand Chaplain,
opened the Commuication by prayer. There are only a few here to.dsy whom it was
my pleasure first to meet in Grand Lodge twenty-five years ago, and some of them
have attended nearly every Communication since. A large majority of the Grand
and Past Grand Officers and Representatives of the 147 Lodges who then answered
to roll call have completed their allotted earthly tasks, and are resting, we trust, in
the realms of peace and bliss. Four of the five names already mentioned have thus
gone to their reward. Past Grand Master Giles M. Hillyer, who delivered the semi-
centennial address in this hail, finished his labors in 1H71.
* ***********
Most of those who attended that Communication came by way of Vicksburg
on the good steamer Natchez, Captain Leathers in command. The steamer was
converted daring the trip into a school of instruction, and the District Deputies
who happened to be on board were kept busy dispensing light to their less informed
brethren. Fraternal and personal friendships were then formed that have heen
cemented by annual association since ; so that when the sound of the gavel called
the Grand Lodge to order, the brethren were "duly and truly prepared " to enter
upon its duties. •
The Committee on Jurisprudence reported twenty-two
decisions upon Masonic law which were approved. They
also reported in favor of retaining the law of perpetual
jurisdiction over candidates which has been in force for
many years, which was also adopted.
The following was unanimously adopted as a substitute
for the present proviso to Section 27 of the By-Laws for
Subordinate Lodges:
Provided, That any Mason unable, in the judgment of the Lodge, to contribute
to a Lodge, shall be released from so doing ; and while Lodges are strictly enjoined
to exact payment from all, whether mombers or resident non-atliliates, whose cir-
cumstances do not excuse them from this duty, they are to remember that " if thy
brother be waxen poor and fallen with decay with thee, then thou shalt relieve him
though he be a stranger and transient person, that he may live with thee/'
By vote of the Grand Lodge the Semi-Centenuial Ad-
dress of Giles M. Hillyer, P. G. M., delivered January 24,
120 APPENDIX. [1893
1868, was republished in the present proceedings. It is a
most scholarly and eloquent oration, and deserving of a
wide circulation among the craft.
Brother Andrew H. Barkley again furnished an inter-
esting and succinct Report on Correspondence. His pre-
face contains many well-timed and thoughtful reflections
upon the aims and purposes of Masonry. Practical Free-
masonry, he says, is the only kind that bears fruit. Colo-
rado for 1892 is fraternally reviewed, with extracts from
Grand Master Maxwell's address and Brother Herron's
oration. Rev. Brother Irwin Miller elected Grand Master,
Grand Secretary re-elected.
MISSOURI— 1892.
Seventy-second Annual held at St. Louis, October 11,
1892, M. W. Benton H. Ingram, Grand Master.
As a preliminary to his address he indulges in a few
reflections concerning the social and moral features of
Masonry. In this connection he says:
God creatod as social beings to assist and e neon rage each other, as well as
for mutual pleasure. If we each stood alone, apart from all others, like an isolated
iceberg, and sought only our own happiness in a selfish, anamiable state of mind
and course of conduct, how cheerless and forlorn would be oar lives. Without
developing and cultivating our social natures, how little can we know of the real
joyts of life, which we might possess by obedience to the dictates of oar social
natures.
If the Hrethron, especially the officers, of our Lodges would give more atten-
tion to the social features of Masonry, I have no doubt it would result in bringing
us into closer and stronger bonds of fraternal love and friendship.
Ah an Order, we are dealing largely with the young men of oar State and
country, and herein we have spread out before us u great and grand field for moral
improvement. Brethren, shall we occupy and cultivate it ? We claim to be pre-
eminently a moral Institution, and while we are all proud of our great achieve-
ments in the past, let us press forward along this line of oar work to yet grander
and more glorious victories.
He pays thoughtful and feeling tribute to the memo-
ries of two deceased Past Grand Masters: Brothers Wil-
liam R. Penick and Stephen AY. B. Carnegy. The former
was elected in May, 1861, but the clouds of civil strife
swept over the State and he never presided over the Grand
Lodge. He was, however, lonj? active in the craft, being
president of the Masonic Relief Board of St Joseph for
twenty-one years. Brother Carnegy was elected in 1836
and served three terms. He was within a few days of
being ninety-five years old at the time of his death.
Nine dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
J
1893] APPENDIX. 121
Reports had been received from the Deputies of all the
thirty-four districts with five exceptions.
Grand Master Ingram laid two corner-stones in person,
being those of a county court house and a church; nine
others were laid by proxy.
Under the head of " Weak Lodges " he refers to up-
wards of fifty Lodges with memberships ranging from
twenty-five to thirty-five, located in small villages, or in
the country away from railway lines. They are, as a rule,
composed of the best material, but, as Lodges, are poor,
having a hard struggle to maintain an existence. They
have never seen a Grand Officer or Grand Lecturer since
they were instituted, being too poor to pay the expenses of
the latter. These Lodges pay their pro rata to the sup-
port of the Grand Lodge and he recommends that an As-
sistant Grand Lecturer be appointed to visit these outlying
Lodges and teach them the work and lectures in their own
halls.
The State Lodges of Instruction for the benefit of Dis-
trict Lecturers had been well attended and had been pro-
ductive of good results.
He says, that up to date the Grand Lodge had con-
contributed §25,500 toward the Masonic Home. Having
made provision, at the last session, for its permanent sup-
port and named their Board of Directors, he recommends
that the Trustees be requested to transfer the legal title to
the Grand Lodge.
He arrested the charters of seven Lodges for refusing
to pay the per capita tax in support of the Home, and
passing or endorsing resolutions condemning the action of
the Grand Lodge.
His predecessor held that non-affiliates, who had been
such more than one year, were not eligible to be parties to
the formation of a new Lodge. He, however, following
precedents long established, declined to enforce such a
rule, believing that under their constitution they were
eligible.
He makes the following recommendation concerning
Toltec Lodge; in view of the interest which this question
has excited in our own jurisdiction, we quote his remarks
entire:*
TOLTEC LODGE, No. 520.
Some years ago this Oranl Lodge wanted a Charter for the establishment, in
the City of Mexico, of Toltec Lodge, No. r>20. It is now the only remaining Lodge,
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122 appendix. [1893
located in a foreign country, or beyond the borders of Missouri, over which we
exercise jnrisdiction. We have never been able, on account of its great distance
from as, to exercise any supervision over it.
We know nothing concerning its work or the character of the material being
admitted into it.
Borne two or three years ago an organization was effected in that country
under the name and title of the " Grand Svmbolic Diet," with the President of the
Republic of Mexico at its head as Grand Master.
I understand that all the Lodges of Mexico, except Toltec, have come under
obedience to it.
Our (irand Lodge has not recognized this "Grand Body," nor am 1 sufficiently
advi«ed as to its origin and character to now recommend it to do so. The Grand
Lodge of Texas, and, I believe, some other American Grand Lodges, have recog-
nized it, and are now in fraternal correspondence with it.
1 think the time has now come when we ought to withdraw from that country
and permit the people of Mexico to work out their own Masonic salvation without
any interference on our part.
On or about the 3d of September, I addressed a communication to Toltec
Lodge, advising them to either accept a 1'harter from the "Grand Symbolic Diet "
of Mexico, and come under obedience to it, or else surrender its Charter. My
communication has not been answered. 1 now recommend that the Grand Lodge
order the Charter to be withdrawn.
The special committee, to whom this portion of the
Grand Master's address was referred, subsequently reported
as follows :
We have, so far as the time at our disposal would allow, carefully considered
the same, but owing to the want of documentary or other reliable evidence concern-
ing the condition of Masonic affairs in the Republic of Mexico, we are unable to
come t » a final and satisfactory conclusion. If it were proper! v established that
theGrnnd body churning to exercise Masonic jurisdiction in Mexico is a legally
constituted and duly Authorized Grand Lodge, our duty would be plain. JThis
(irand Lodge would require Toltec Lodge to unite with saiti^ Grand Lodge, or we
would revoke its charter. Hut this committee has not sufficient information on
thin subject to form or express an opinion. We cannot require Toltec Lodge to
join a Grand organization of whose legality we are in doubt, or at least have not
sufficient information to form a proper opinion.
We fully recognize the spirit of comity in which we should act^ and the cour-
tesy due the (irand organization churning to act as Grand Lodge in Mexico, and
if the question were the establishment of a new Lodge in Mexico, we would unhesi-
tatingly say ''no," but, while desiring to act in such a manner as will not conflict
with the rights of any other (irand Masonic body, we also recognize the doty of
protecting the rights of Lodges owing allegiance to this Grand Lodge, so far as the
same may be done iu a just, lawful and Masonic manner.
We therefore recommend that the matter be referred to a special committee
of three, who shall carefully examine the whole subject, obtain all poesible inform-
ation with reference thereto, and report thereon at our next annual session, furnish-
ing such facts as may come into their possession, and making such recommendations
as may conduce to the welfare of Freemasonry, the honor of this Grand Lodge and
the preservation of harmony between us and all Masonic bodies in the world.
Brother John D. Vincil is chairman of the committee
appointed and we shall look for an exhaustive report on
the subject.
Full reports were submitted by the officers of the
Home showing the good work it has already accomplished.
The revised section of the code was adopted as follows :
ANNUAL DUES.
Every chartered Lodge shall pay annually to the Grand Lodge the sum of one
dollar for each Master M-ison reported as a member in the annual returns, except
those whose dues have been remitted for inability to pay; one-half of which sum
shall bo for the M'isonic Home, unless otherwise ordered by the Grand Lodge.
i
1893] appendix. 123
A resolution was introduced proposing to rescind the
action of the Grand Lodge at a former session, endorsing
the Masonic Constellation, but failed of adoption.
Brother John D. Vincil, as usual, prepared a scholarly
and most exhaustive Report on Correspondence, in which
he handles disputed points "without gloves," as is his
usual practice. We have occasionally had a little "set to"
with our esteemed brother upon Cerneau matters, but as
intimated last year, we think our space can be more
profitably devoted to Craft Masonry.
His present report covers 172 pages in which Colorado
for 1891 receives a fraternal review of three pages. He
6tyles Grand Master Foster's address "a thorough busi-
ness paper," condensing its essential features in his
report. He thus expresses his opinion regarding one
decision :
Eighteen decisions were reported. The Committee on Jurisprudence disap-
proved two, corrected two and approved the remainder. The committee declined
to approve the following:
"The Worshipful Master of a Lodge has no authority to refuse to admit a
member in good standing, to his own Lodge.1'
The action of the Grand Lodge perplexes me a little as to this ruling. It
being stricken ont by the committee and not approved, leaves the inference that
the Master has authority to refuse to admit a member in good standing in his own
Lodge. 1 have never known this view to be taken of that question before. At the
risk of being considered captious, I believe the finding of the committee and the
action of the Grand Lodge to be erroneous. Unless a member proposing to enter
his own Lodge, being in good standing, is in such condition as to disqualify him
totally and completely to enter the Lodge, his right to admission is unqualified.
There may have been some reason in the mind of the committee for tins ruling
which does not appear on record.
He says Brother Foster's conclusion to his address was
*'in keeping with the spirit of an able and dignified officer."
Of Brother Bush's oration, he says it was "a plain and
simple reproduction of Masonic teachings, monitorial and
otherwise."
He has an approviug word for our Report and the sting
of that "machine " poetry of ours is no longer a " thorn in
his flesh." Let us have peace. In conclusion he says :
I take leave of Brother Greenleaf and the brethren of Colorado with pleasant
anticipations of meeting them in the wonderful city of the plains, which stands
beneath the shadow of the everlasting mountains.
Sorry our distinguished brother's anticipations were not
realized; we should have enjoyed a renewal of the pleasant
relations which resulted from his previous visit.
Under West Virginia we find the following in reply to
Brother Atkinson's comments upon Brother Vincil' s excep-
tion to a ruling in that jurisdiction last year. We quote
from Brother Atkinson as follows :
124 appendix. [1893
A L^dge under dispensation is not a constituted Lodge. It is simply in line,
and, if it fulfil all requirements of the Grand Lodge, it will in a given time become
a Lodge. A U. D. Lodge is somewhat conditioned like an E. A. or K. C. Mason.
While an E. A. is a Mason, he, at the same time, is not entitled to the same privi-
leges as a M. M. 80 we may say of a V. D. Lodge. This is why our Grand Lodge
does not allow D. D. Lodges to assume the authority of a chartered Lodge.
To which Brother Vincil makes answer as follows, in
which opinion we concur :
The reasoning in the above reply is not apparent to this writer. I ask the
question, "Is not a Lodge under dixpensation a Lodge of Masons? " Again, " Does
not the dispensation declare it to be a Lodge of Masons? M Therefore, [ awame
that it is one. and if it is not to be so recognized, it is an illegal body, and the per-
sons made Masons therein are illegally made It presents a strange view to my
mind, that a body created and declared to be a Lodge of Masons, with authority to
confer ttn d igf-ees, thereby making Musons, cinnot hare the privilege of burying
one that they have already made. It would certainly place the Lodge in a very
awkward position in the eyes of the community, as well as the family of the
decease.!, after hiving bien made a Mason therein, to deny Masonic burial to the
party so made.
Brother John R. Parson, of St. Louis, was elected Grand
Master; Brother John D. Vincil re-elected Grand Secretary.
MONTANA- 1892.
Twenty-eighth Annual held at Deer Lodge, September
21, 1892. M. \V. Brother R. 0. Hickman, Grand Master.
His portrait appears as a frontispiece.
He discourses upon uniformity of work and the perplex-
ities that have arisen in connection therewith, and after
reviewing the various steps that have been taken heretofore
to secure what was known as the old work, it was found, as
is usually the case, that no two could agree as to what it
was. He does not desire to settle the question of what
work they want -Webb, Barney, old or new — but he does
deem it a fitting time to settle the question, and we quote
his remarks upon this point :
I therefore recommend that this Grand Lodge appoint a time for the exem-
plification of the old and new work in e:\ch degree and invite the champions to the
contest, then take an iiitollignnt nud deliberative vote and when done, call it the
Mo -it ana work and have it worked and taught in all our Lodges. If necessary to
prolong our nation another day, we are sure we can never dq it with so little cost
and trouble, or more hap oily dispose of a more prolific cause of contention.
We are not dUp w.»:l t> phic* "miforoiity in work" as the foremost thing in
Masonry, as one of the weightier matters of our institution. We prefer peace and
harmony to uniformity and if we c in not have all together, then charity in it* fall
meaning and measure i*> better than all the rest.
Nine decisions are reported, all of which were approved.
He reports that the action taken last year for the crea-
tion of a charity fund, by devoting five per cent, of the
amount received from annual dues to this purpose will
1893] appendix. 125
amount to $200 the present year. It is a modest beginning,
but it is destined to do great good hereafter.
The Grand Secretary, Brother Hedges, had experienced
such delay and annoyance in patroniziug home productions
in the way of printing that he went back to his first love,
or rather his old and reliable publisher. Brother James W.
Staton, of Brooksville, Ky. As a consequence, the Montana
proceedings compare favorably with the best specimens
that have come under our notice.
He makes the following recommendation in regard to
the preservation of the Grand Lodge Proceedings in Lodge
rooms:
Observation proves tbat those are not preserved as intended, and can hardly
be expected to be without being bound. We suggest that each Lodge be required
by regulation to secure, with what they have, full sets of oar Proceedings since the
Reprint, and have them bound substantially, with the name of the Lodge thereon.
These can be bound in four volumes at a cost of from one to two dollars per vol-
ume, according to style, and will be a valuable work of reference to every Lodge,
and ought to be regarded as a necessary part of Lodge furniture.
This will also prove a wise suggestion for our Colorado
Lodges to follow, it has been frequently urged by our Mas-
ters and others, but few steps have been taken in the matter.
In every Masonic Lodge room in the land there should be
kept a file of Grand Lodge Proceedings, together with a
few standard Masonic works on law and jurisprudence for
handy reference.
The following amendment to the Constitution was
adopted, making what is known as the Webb work the
standard in that jurisdiction.
ARTICLE XIV.
The secret work known as the Webb work, with such modifications as have
been stated and agreed upon in Grand Lodge, is hereby adopted as tho standard
work of this jurisdiction, and shall be known and designated as the Montana Work.
The Grand Master. Deputy Grand Master and Grand lecturer shall be the
custodians of said work; and they are empowered to obtain such work from the
most reliable source, and are enjoined to preserve, perpetuate and teach the same
to those entitled to receive it. And ail By-Laws, resolutions or regulations hereto-
fore adopted, in conflict with the provisions of this Article, are hereby repealed.
Brother Hedges' resolution in regard to Grand Lodge
Proceedings was adopted. Montana having set the example
it should be followed by other Grand Lodges. It reads as
follows:
Resolved* That it is earnestly recommended that each subordinate Lodge of
this jurisdiction secure as soon as possible and have bound, a full set of the Annual
Proceedings and Constitutions of this Grand Lodge, with the name and number of
the Lodge thereon, and that the same be kept in that Lodge room at all times for
use and reference, and the Grand Secretary be authorized to supply snch copies as
may be needed to meet this demand, including copies of the Reprint. The cost of
binding and transportation to be paid by the Lodges. This provision shall apply
to all future issues and to all new Lodges organized.
12<) APPENDIX. [1893
The sum of $250 was appropriated for a monument to
the memory of Past Grand Master Duncan.
Five hundred dollars was appropriated to pay the
expenses of the Grand Lecturer, and $1500, or so much as
may be needed, to cover regular and contingent expenses
during the year.
The Grand Lodge held a public installation of officers
on the evening of the second day, when the hall was
thronged to its utmost capacity by ladies and citizens
generally. Then came the investiture with the signet ring,
an account of which follows:
At the conclusion of the installation services by Past Grand Master Logan,
the retiring Grand Master stepped forward and, as his last official act, invested his
successor with the signet ring presented by Past Grand Master Word to his succes-
sor on retiring from office, with the injunction that it be transmitted from one to
another, so long as there should be Grand Masters of Masons in Montana. Its
conception was most appropriate and significant, "its material, form and
inscription, all have their symbolic meaning. Time may measurably wear away
the material of which it is composed, but. if worthily worn, it will also add a
value in the associations connected therewith richer than gold, so wear and trans-
mit it."
An oration was then delivered by Brother C. H. Gould,
which was heartily enjoyed by those present. The profane
portion of the assembly then retired and the Grand Lodge
closed in ample form. The aftermath is recorded in a
postscript by the facetious Scribe aforesaid :
P. S.— While the Grand Secretary was gathering up the spoils of office, the
Craftsmen were looking up their wives, widows and orphans, and escorting them
to Cottonwood Hall, where groaning tables invitingly awaited the attack of so
favored guests. Logan was there again as toast master, somewhat done up by his
f>revious efforts, but, as usual, went for the Grand Secretary and assigned him the
arger part to respond to the generosity of Deer Lodge. When the rest of the Craft
were getting their eloquence down from their heads into their feet, we were trying,
rather unsuccessfully, to get to bed. Sic transit.
Who but Brother Cornelius Hedges could prepare such
a spicy, wide-awake and interesting Report on Correspond-
ence. He is filled with pleasant anticipations of his
proposed trip to Denver, and begins his task earlier than
usual. It is a written report and covers 136 pages. Colo-
rado for 1891 receives an insomnia-inducing review of over
two pages, for there can be no dozing under Hedges !
We quote the following crisp paragraphs:
W«* ii >tice with Boms satisfaction that the Grand Lodge was opened without
the exotic fuss and parade of last year; however, in ample form. While we don't
object to thene thiug* among those who have always been accustomed to them, it
seeing to uh like progressing backwards, for those who have learned better, to revert
to siicti courtly ceremonial* designed and adapted to an age when show and sham
wero easily mistaken for substance and merit.
***********
The draft daring the year lu\d b?en under the fostering care of a very Ernest
Graad Master, who** wnll-filled trestle-b;>ard panned favorable inspection. There
was quite an array of official decisions, most of which would pass in any jarisdio.
1893] appendix. 127
lion. Some are brief to ambiguity. We can hardly conceive of a case where a
Lodge could properly refuse to bury a member or pay the expenses of the funeral.
Nor do we think the mere absenca of dispensation, anymore than of a charter, from
a Lodge room, wonld invalidate its transactions. It is something under the sun to
bear of a Lodge turning out as an escort to a Commandery.
**^» ********
Brother Grand Secretary Par melee has moved his headquarters, and we pre-
sume the remaining quarters, down to Denver, and is now quartered in the new
Temple, where he holds daily seances and is making things rather binding for his
library material. Sorry that his laudable ambition to be able once in his life to
report all dues paid and returns in, met with such an untimely fate. " Time and
money wasted1' was the return made on the warrant. Nevertheless, it has been
done and possibly mav be again, not in our experience.
According to Ed's story, the Lodge Secretaries in his bailiwick do not answer
back. They have probably heard that silence was golden, and are hoarding the
precious metal.
***********
The criminal docket was very light, as well becomes the sons of light. Grand
Master Foster installed his successor and stepped down.
Ed. took his "beautiful testimonial" and returned thanks.
***********
A postscript is appended to relieve our anxiety for those who attended the
banquet. They had Todd for an appetizer and sweet music to console digestion.
Our modesty prevents a re-production of the good
things said of us and our Report. In his conclusion he
gives an account of his Denver trip, says he :
Thediligence and thonghtfulness of Brothers Connor and Bowen, and the
unbounded hospitality of Sir Orahood, brought together a notable assem binge of
mutuals. too many to become well acquainted in the brief and interrupted time
that we were together. But it was well worth the journey to meet so many whose
names are household words in the Masonic world. There were Parvin and Brown,
Bowen and Connor. Fellows and Isaacs, Parmele3and Laflin, with as many more
with whom we had less opportunity to become acquainted. Many were there who
are co-laborers in other departments, and some were in the city who were not at the
gathering, and still others whom we hoped to have met did not come.
The absence of two brethren from that love feast may
be accounted for in this wise — they failed to receive an
invitation. They were Comp. E. L. N. Foster, Reporter
for the Grand Chapter, and your humble servant, Reporter
for the Grand Lodge. Although neither of us had served
in the capacity of Reporter for the Grand Commaudery it
would have been a graceful act of courtesy to the respec-
tive Grand bodies which we had the. honor to serve.
Brother Moses Morris of Helena, was elected Grand
Master; Brother Cornelius Hedges re-elected Grand
Secretary.
NEBRASKA 1892.
Thirty-fifty Annual held at Omaha, June 15, 1892; M.
W. Bradner D. Slaughter, Grand Master.
After congratulating the brethren upon the remarkable
prosperity of the past year in the growth of the Lodges,
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he invites them to pause and propound to themselves a
series of interrogatories as to whether they have fulfilled
the teachings and requirements of Masonry. He then an-
nounces himself a believer in practical Freemasonry and
proceeds to expound his meaning of the term and its ap-
plication. He is a firm believer, also, in the social features
of Masonry. He says:
My first official act was to ad drees a circular letter to each Lodge, requesting
that more attention ba paid to the Bocial character of our institution, advising at
least four special meetings daring the Masonic year, to which the mothers, wives,
sisters and daughters of the members should be invited. From reports which have
reached this office and from visitations made, I am satisfied that this recommenda-
tion lias baen very generally approved and acted upon, and the Fraternity thereby
strengthened by the better acquaintance and closer union which has resulted. Keep
up the social meetings.
Upon the subject of dimits he thus expresses himself:
I am opposed to any procedure calculated to increase the already large number
of non -affiliates. I do not believe that any dimit should be granted, but that- all
membership should be transferred from one Lodge to the other Lodge which he-
proposes to join. Any brother who desires a certificate as to his good standing in
the Lodge may call upon the Secretary for a diploma. These should be furnished
free, and, when countersigned by our Grand Secretary, are a better evidence of good
standing than any dimit which a brother can carry.
Dimits are a fruitful sourco of non-affiliation, and it would be well for the
Craft at large if all Grand Jurisdictions would forever refuse to grant the same,
and would all agree to that system of transfer of membership ; steps are already-
being taken in that direction by a number of Grand Lodges.
He officiated at the laying of four corner-stones and
granted five dispensations for new Lodges.
He also submits compiled statements of the families of
deceased brethren. He suggests that the principal of
the Masonic Home Fund remain at interest and the in-
terest applied to the assistance of the needy, and that the
interest on the Orphan Educational Fund, as soon as it
has reached the maximum of $25,000, be used by the trus-
tees in the education of the children of deceased Master
Masons in that State, who might othorwise be deprived of
a good common school education. This fund has iucreased
from small beginnings uutil it now amounts to $21,424.07.
He reports having drawn an order for $100 in favor of
Nelson Lodge to assist the sufferers by the cyclone which
visited that city.
The following was adapted:
Your Committee on Jurisprudence, to whom was referred that portion of the
Grand Master's address upon ''the principle of continued membership," having/
had the same under consideration, would unanimously report :
That we dissent from the principle announced. It introduces confusion and
uncertainty in the status of brethren. It requires the enactment of vexatious and
cumbersome "red-tape" regulations. The present provisions are ample to coTer
the case.
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The reports of the various Grand Officers, Trustees of
the Home and Educational Funds, Custodian, etc., are full
and complete.
Brother Albert W. Crites, Grand Orator, delivered a
practical oration inculcating the practice of true Masonic
virtues and principles.
Brother Wra. R. Bowen furnishes the Report on Cor-
respondence which supplies previous omissions to a great
extent, it being a very complete epitome of what is trans-
piring in other Grand lx>dies. The Grand Master ordered
it printed in advance of the Communication of the Grand
Lodge, thus guaranteeing that his labors should not go for
naught as was the case with the three unpublished reviews
he had heretofore written. He says it is ten years since
the Masons of Nebraska have read a review of other
Grand Lodges.
Colorado for 1891 receives fraternal consideration at
his hands. Grand Master Foster's official acts and decis-
ions are epitomized. He criticises the following decision :
He also decided that, in a certain case, the making: of several brethren charter
members of a new Lodge severed their membership with their own Lodges, a pro-
position we cannot assent to, for we deny the power of Grand Lodge to make on
unmake the membership of any constituted Lodge, whether of itw own jurisdictior
or that of another Grand Lodge.
Of Brother Parmelee's work he says:
The Grand Secretary made a business-like report— he ought to, this being his
twenty-fifth— and like most of his corps, deplores his inability (after «xtra effort)
to secure the annual returns and funds from all hi* Lodges We are not the veteran
he is, bat we've learned how to get in all onr returns and funds on time.
He prefaces an extract from our reply to Brother Diehl
with the following:
Some of our readers are aware that we have a notion that the so-called progress
of this active-minded generation is wncovery rather than discovery, and that we
are merely restoring old things instead of inventing new ones. It is our further
belief that it would be impossible to-day to find men with brains and ingenuity
enough to devise an institution so intricate as ours, so harmonious in h11 its parts,
so broad and far-reaching in its conceptions, and so well adapted to charm, benefit
and elevate all manner of men. Somewhat akin to our notion is the following
thoughtful expression of Brother Greenleaf , in which there is much to read between
the lines.
Brother Samuel P. Davidson, of Tecumseh, was elected
Grand Master; Brother Wm. R. Bowen, re-elected Grand
Secretary.
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NEBRASKA— 1893.
Thirty-sixth Annual held a Omaha, June 14, 1893.
Grand Master Davidson in the Grand East. His address
is quite lengthy, covering some twenty-three closely printed
pages, containing a full record of his official acts and a
review of matters which should properly come before the
Grand Lodge for their consideration.
He issued nine dispensations for new Lodges.
He reports sixteen decisions, which were approved,
with three exceptions.
He laid five corner-stones, being those of a Masonic
Hall, two churches and two public schools.
He reports having visited a large number of the Lodges,
where in many instances he conferred the degress.
From personal observation, having traveled through
the state, he reports the membership of the Lodges as
largely composed of the best material — bright, prosperous,
industrious and sober men. Nor does he hesitate to refer
to the darker side of this picture. Says he:
There are a few exceptions which are so flagrant that I feel that I would not do
my whole duty to you if I did not call attention to them. Some of our brightest, and
in other respects most useful brethren, either forget, or boldly deny, that drunken-
ness and profanity are offenses against Masonic law. They ignore the solemn in-
junction which they received at the very threshold of their induction into Masonry,
that of the great duties they are bound to discharge, one is to themselves, "in avoid-
ing all irregularities or excesses which may impair their faculties and debase i he
dignity of their profession," and another is to God, "in never mentioning Hie name
but with that reverential awe which is so justly due from the creature to his
Creator."
He discourses at length upon these twin vices — drunk-
enness and profanity in order that the Grand Lodge
may take such action that all may know that these offences
can not be committed with impunity.
From the report of the Committee on Returns we
learn that the net gain in membership during the year was
718, and the total membership 10,957.
During the evening session of the first day, the Grand
Lodge listened to a fine oration by Brother James J.
Mcintosh, Grand Orator. His theme was the discussion
of the problem, how to subserve the interests of Masonry
and attain to the highest planes of true happiness for our-
selves and our fellow men.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized, action
upon the applications of New Zealand and Cuba deferred.
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As a slight recognition of the twenty-one years of con-
tinuous service of Brother Wm. R. Bowen, Grand Secre-
tary, $250 was appropriated for a testimonial, with. the
wish that he use the same in defraying the expenses of a
visit to the World's Fair, also, that he be appointed one of
the delegates to the Fraternal Congress.
The following amendment to the By-Laws, proposed
last year, was adopted:
** Any affiliated Mason desiring to join another Lodge shall be entitled to a
certificate of standing in his own Lodge, and upon such certificate shall be entitled
to apply for membership in any other Lodge. Upon such election a certificate
thereof shall be forwarded to the former Lodge and upon its receipt therein he shal 1
cease to be a member thereof.
" Bat until elected to membership in another Lodge, his standing in the Lodge
issuing said certificate remains the same as if the said certificate had not been
requested or issued."
The Grand Lodge voted to copyright their diplomas
and dimits and so instructed the Grand Secretary.
The luxury of a Report on Correspondence was again
dispensed with, let us not hope for another decade.
Brother James P. A. Black, of Bloomington, was
elected Grand Master; Grand Secretary Bo wen re-elected.
NEVADA 1892.
Twenty-eighth Annual held at Reno, Juue 14, 1892. M.
W. Frank Bell Grand Master.
His address is devoted exclusively to a record of his
official acts and the business incident to his position. The
condition of Masonry in that jurisdiction is reflected in the
following review :
The return* from constituent Lodges are not as satisfactory as we hoped they
would be. We have conferred more degrees, the reinstatements are more, dimis-
sions less and receipts into the Treasury greater than last year. The death rate
has been unusually heavy with as, and, owing to business depression throughout
the State, mines shut down and no employment to be obtained, the number of
eospensiona for nonpayment of dues has been greater than for several years.
He refers to uniformity of work, and says it is no exag-
geration to say that no two Lodges have the same ritual.
Owing to their financial condition a Grand Lecturer would
be out of the question ; he, therefore, offers as a sugges-
tion that a committee of three be appointed to exemplify
the work of the several degrees at each session of the Grand
Lodge.
132 appendix. [1893
He reports a list of twelve decisions, all of which were
approved.
Brother Robert L. Fulton presents a concise Report on
Correspondence, comprising sixty-seven pages and accom-
panied by a brief digest of decisions.
Colorado for 1891 i6 condensed into a page, one-half of
which is devoted to extracts from our Report.
Brother John H. Hubbs of Virginia City, was elected
Grand Master ; Grand Secretary re-elected.
NEVADA— 1893.
Grand Master John H. Hubbs died within a little over
a month of the meeting of the Grand Lodge, and was buried
with the Grand Honors by that body on May 14; a Special
Communication being held at Virginia City for that pur-
pose, which was presided over by the Deputy Grand Master.
The Chapter and Comraandery furnished escort, and the
exercises were of the most solemn and impressive character,
Brother Charles E. Mack, Grand Orator, delivering the
principal address.
Twenty-ninth Annual held at Reno, June 13, 1893. R.
W. John E. Jones, Deputy Grand Master, presiding.
He has the sad announcement to make of the death of
their Grand Master, which he couches in most tender and
sadly eloquent language, paying a just tribute to his mem-
ory. It was the first time in the history of that jurisdic-
tion that they had met without the presence of the Grand
Master.
He also had the additional sad tidings to communicate
of the death of three others, R. W. Brother Albert Hires,
Past Deputy Grand Master ; W. Brother William Oates.
Grand Organist, and W. Brother Samuel C. Wright, Past
Master of Carson Lodge.
He reports his official acts while placed in brief author-
ity. Peace and harmony prevail, but there has been no
numerical increase of late years, in fact, a decrease, al-
though compared with other jurisdiction, based on the
census of 1890, Nevada stands fifth in rank, having one
Master Mason to every 45.85 of population.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
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The Report on Correspondence was prepared by Brother
fiobert Lewers, and is a condensed summary covering sixty-
seven pages. It was undertaken at the eleventh hour, as
Brother Lewers says, owing to circumstances which pre-
vented the chairman and other members of the committee
from acting in that capacity.
Colorado for 1892 is allotted a page, in which extracts
from Grand Master Maxwell's address and our Beport share
the space.
Brother John E. Jones, of Carson, was elected Grand
Master; Brother C. N. Note ware re-elected Grand Secretary.
NEW HAMPSHIEE-1893.
The Semi-Annual Communication was held at Man-
chester, December 27, 1892, at which time three of the
Lodges exemplified the work, each working one of the
degrees, after which there was a collation and a general
good time.
One hundred and fourth Annual held at Concord, May
17, 1893. M. W. John Pender, Grand Master.
He announces the death of three Past District Deputy
Grand Masters. Brothers James H. Edgerly, John Wilder
and Cyrus K. Drake.
Among dispensations granted was one permitting a
Lodge to attend church on Ascension Day in Masonic
clothing. One corner-stone was laid by proxy.
The Eastern Star called forth the following reference :
For several years Eastern Star Chapters have been organizing in this juris-
diction. Some question has been raised as to their right to occupy Masonic Lodge
rooms, and the action of the Grand Lodge (Proceedings of 186JS, p. 455; 1H71, p. 143;
1875, p. 22; 1881, pp. 29, 90 and 65, and 1890, p. 79), quoted to show that this could
not be done. 1 am of the opinion that action was taken as above, first, on account
of the disrepute brought upon Masonry by the conferring of so-called side degrees;
and, second, because of the use of the Lodge rooms by bodies not sanctioned by
soy Grand Masonic body in this jurisdiction.
He says that for many years an organization has been
in existence having for its object the building of a Masonic
Home. The trustees have at last taken the first step by
purchasing a suitable lot in the city of Manchester and
will at once procure plans and estimates with a view of
erecting a Home.
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There are full reports from the District Deputies pub-
lished with the proceedings.
At the last session a resolution was adopted requesting
the Committee on Jurisprudence to prepare and present at
this annual, "simple forms for trial of members of Lodges
for non-payment of dues." They reported that after a full
consideration of the subject no change was desirable as
nothing could be more simple than their present pro-
cedure. They embody the present form in their report,
which was adopted.
Our law and practice require :
1. A notice to the delinquent.
2. A charge that he is guilty of Unmasonic conduct, and a specification
that be has not paid his dues, etc., filed.
8. He ie served with that notice either personally or by mail.
4. A Bpecial communication to hear his case.
5. The trial proceeds in a simple manner.
The charge and specifications are read, his plea is entered ; the Secretary is
the witness, and the accused, if present either in person or by counsel, is heard.
The Lodge votes on the question, and he is notified of the result. There ia nothing
difficult or unnecessarily cumbersome.
In the body of the proceedings is a portrait of M. W.
Brother Charles Gilnian, Grand Master in 1833, accom-
panied with a biographical sketch.
The Report on Correspondence by Brother A. S. Wait
ranks among the best. It covers 172 pages filled with
instructive comment upon the proceedings under review.
Colorado for 1892 makes a heavy inroad into his valuable
space, nine pages and a half being required to do the
subject full justice. A page and a half is devoted to our
doings proper, the remaining space to our Report. An
extract is made from Grand Master Maxwell's address and
seven of his decisions copied.
He quotes our reply to himself and also that to Brother
Robertson of Canada upon the subject of degrees, while
our restoration theory, our "giants," the Manningham
letters, etc., all receive due attention. He finds that in
regard to the third degree the opinions of Brothers Speth
and ourselves are nearly identical, in which view we
entirely coincide, in fact after reading Brother Wait's
extended explanation of his position there is very little
room for any controversy between us. We are glad to
learn that he never intimated or believed "that Masonry
originally had but one degree to which the others were
added."
We shall be glad to join forces with him in exposing
this fallacy which so many writers of ability have sought
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to foist upon the fraternity. For thirty years past and
perhaps longer, many of our ablest writers have been
engaged in undermining our structure and belittling, as
unfounded, our ancient traditions and antiquity. But the
new "revival" is at hand and the fraternity will value its
treasures all the more highly when they know that they are
genuine "antiques " The abuse and ridicule which some
have cast upon Anderson, Desaguliers and others will cer-
tainly react. They were the foremost exponents of our
mysteries in their day and they are justly entitled to our
lasting gratitude. We quote the following from Brother
Wait's onslaught on our "giants," that our readers may
peruse both sides of the question:
Bat all the evidence produced by Brother Ureenleaf, with his assertion of
known scientific facts, shows with decided clearness that Masonry was not the
foundation, or invention, of any man or any number of men, whether giantB or
otherwise, at any one period of the world. If geometry is Masonry, as is asserted,
that was the creation of Deity when be spoke the universe into existence. If it
is meant only that geometry is the basis or underlying principle and spirit of
Masonry, no man can believe the latter came into existence otherwise than as it
was gradually evolved as those underlying principles were discovered by the
observer and the student. Any other theory is inconsistent with that progress
which distinguishes all nature, and is at war with universal experience.
If, "in the near future, a special training will be required in this branch of
study in order to fit one to properly demonstrate the astronomical and geometrical
lines and figures involved in the Masonic symbolism,1' it will be because there is
still much latent in the institution yet to be developed, because its symbolisms lie
d«eper than ha* yet been reached, and because it po^seses a power of expansion the
«nd of which is to mark its future perfection.
Grand Master aud Grand Secretary re-elected.
NEW JERSEY 1893.
A fine steel portrait of Grand Master Thomas W.
Tilden appears as a frontispiece.
One Hundred and Sixth Annual held at Trenton, Jan-
uary 25. 1893. Grand Master Tilden presiding.
He congratulates the brethren upon the peace, harmony
and prosperity which prevails in that jurisdiction. Sad
memories, he says, temper their feelings of joy. He
announces the death of Past Grand Master William E.
Pine, who filled that office during 1871, 1872 and 1873.
His list of deceased Past Masters and Past Officers of the
Grand Lodge covers some four pages of the address.
He says that District Grand Lodges of Instruction were
held early in the year in each of the twelve Districts, from
which mnch good resulted. He visited fifty of the Lodges
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136 appendix. [1893
during the year and noted the marked improvement in the
work.
One dispensation was grauted for a new Lodge.
He had granted a large number of special dispensations
to install officers and for other purposes.
Several cases of invasion of jurisdiction are reported,
which have either been amicably adjusted or in which steps
looking to that end have been taken.
He laid three corner stones in person, being those of a
general hospital and two Masonic Temples.
Visits were exchanged by the respective Grand Masters
of New York and New Jersey, which resulted in strength-
ening the cordial relations which exist between the two
jurisdictions. Each was accompanied by other Grand offi-
cers, the meeting taking place in subordinate Lodges which
had extended an invitation.
He reports a case where a Past Master arose in a Lodge
and stated that he had cast a black ball under a misappre-
hension as to the party, whereupon the W. M. permitted a
third ballot to be taken and the candidate was elected. In
January the candidate presented himself for initiation, a
new Master in the meantime having been installed. An
objection was made on the ground that he had never been
regularly elected. The Master ruled that he had been de-
clared duly elected by his predecessor and that the minutes
showed such to be the fact, and he proceeded to initiate
him. The case was referred to the Grand Master, who de-
clared the third ballot a clear violation of their law and
the initiation null and void and of no effect, and that Mr.
M.'s only course was to again petition the Lodge for initia-
tion and membership. The Committee on Jurisprudence
reported his ruling correct, and stated that the Past Master
who revealed his ballot committed a plain breach of Masonic
law and was liable to charges, which report was adopted.
Brother Henry Vehslage again comes to the front with
an incisive and most interesting Report on Correspondence,
covering 110 pages and reviewing fifty Grand Lodges.
Colorado for 1892 fares well at his hands. He says "Grand
Master Maxwell made an elaborate and exhaustive showing
of the more important items of the year's work, with some
excellent suggestions as to the proper material to be selected
and the proper methods to be pursued in conferring the
1893] appendix. 137
degrees, doubtless the result of his observation in the visit
he made to thirty-six Lodges."
We quote the following comment :
A foil transcript is given of the scholarly and thoaghtf al oration of Brother
Ira L. Herron, in which he successfully shows that there is much more in Free-
masonry than an institution for political, social or even beneficiary advantages.
Also this :
The Committee on Jurisprudence reported adversely to one of the Grand
Master's decisions, in which he raled that a Worshipful Master cannot suspend an
officer of the Lodge until after trial and conviction, and affirmed, as we think,
correctly :
"That it is clearly the duty of the Master of a Lodge to suspend from office
an officer of his Lodge for nnbec jming or un-Masonic conduct, in advance of charges
and trial for such conduct."
He quotes largely from our Report what we have to say
under North Dakota upou the subject of degrees, also the
extracts from the Manningham letters.
Brother James H. Durand, of Railway, was elected
Grand Master ; Grand Secretary re-elected.
NEW MEXICO— 1892.
The proceedings are embellished with portraits of
Past Grand Masters W. B. Childers, 1883-84, and Corne-
lius Bennett, 1884-85.
Fifteenth Annual held at Albuquerque, October 3, 1892,
M. W. Richard English, Grand Master, presiding.
His address is strictly a business document. He re-
ports but one decision, which was against the use of
"Keys" or "Cipher Books."
He reports having appointed a committee on revision
of ritual, in accordance with the resolution adopted last
year. He had divided the jurisdiction into three districts
and appointed District Deputy Grand Masters in each.
He laid one corner-stone, that of the new public school
building at Deming. He recommends the recognition of
the Grand Lodge of New Zealand.
The following resolutions were adopted, prohibiting the
use of ciphers:
Resolved, That no Mason of this jurisdiction shall sell, offer for sale, buy, or
in any manner do any circulating (or use) any print od documents in cipher nn a
Ritual of any part of the first three degrees in symbolic Masonry, under the pen-
alty of any punishment which may be imposed under the Constitution of thiH Grand
Lodge for grow on-Masonic conduct.
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Resolved, That no Mason shall sell, offer for sale, circulate or use anything
Bnrporting to be a copy of secret Ritual of the first three symbolic degrees of
Lasonry, whether in cipher or not, under the penalty of any punishment authorized
by the Bv-Laws.
The Grand Secretary reports having had bound twenty
sets of their Proceedings to date, five volumes to a set, and
trusts that each Lodge will at once procure a set for their
libraries. A most capital suggestion. Perhaps one of
these days Masons generally may be induced to read: at
present it is problematical. We also note that ten copies
of the Proceedings are furnished each Subordinate Lodge
in that jurisdiction annually. Another excellent idea
which should be followed by other Grand Lodges. De-
spite the fact that three copies are distributed to each
Lodge, as a rule, in most Grand Jurisdictions, in nine
cases out of ten, they are conspicuous by their absence
when wanted ! As intimated by us in a former Report, we
hope the time will come, when, by the imposition of a
slight additional per capita tax every member in a juris-
diction will be furnished with a copy of the Proceedings
of his Grand Lodge. Why not, in this era of cheap print-
ing, even if upon cheaper paper, etc., while a portion of
the edition could be printed in the same style as at present?
The total increase in membership the past year was
twenty-six.
The Grand Lecturer had not been able to visit as many
Lodges as he had desired. He reports having held three
Lodges of Instruction. On behalf of the Committee on
Work, of which he was one, he reported some progress,
and felt confident that they would be able to present a
satisfactory Ritual by the allotted time.
Brother Max Frost furnishes the Report on Corres-
pondence as usual but Colorado failed to reach him; 1890
was the subject of his review last year. Where is 1891?
Echo answers, "Where? "
Brother J. H. Kuhns, of Albuquerque, was elected
Grand Master; Grand Secretary re-elected.
NEW SOUTH WALES 1892.
The volume contains the records of Quarterly Com-
munications held September 9 and December 9, 1891;
March 9 and June 8, 1892; also the proceedings of the
Annual held at Sydney, June 27, 1892.
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At the Quarterlies the usual reports of the Grand Offi-
cers were presented, showing the condition of the Lodges,
finances and benevolent fund.
The Grand Inspector, and also one of the District
Inspectors, calls attention to the "objectionable practice
that prevails among some brethren of stamping the foot to
attract the W. M.'s attention when he is otherwise
engaged.
He also notes that some Lodges admit brethren with-
out proper Masonic clothing and permit officers to wear
regalia unauthorized by the Constitution. He says the
gavel is an emblem of power and should not be used as a
medium of conveying or receiving signs.
Applications for seven new Lodges in all were favor-
ably considered at the Quarterlies above noted.
At the Annual Communication the Earl of Jersey,
Grand Master, presided.
He reports the craft in a prosperous condition
masonic-ally and financially. The net gain in member-
ship, as shown by the returns, is 344, and the present
membership 8425. The glowing statement in the Grand
Master's address of 1726 initiations the past year and a
membership of between 9000 and 10,000, we were unable
to verify upon comparison with the official tables.
He speaks of the power Masonry, rightly understood,
can exercise in the elevation of the tone of private and
public life. Its influence is silent, and while we need look
for no startling results, it is exercised over the lives and
history of a people.
There is no Report on Correspondence.
The Earl of Jersey was elected Graud Master. He
appointed M. W. Harman J. Tarrant as Pro Grand Mas-
ter. Brother Arthur H. Bray was re-elected Grand
Secretarv.
NEW YORK -1893.
The Proceedings are embellished with steel portraits of
Grand Master James Ten Eyck and Past Grand Master
Christopher G. Fox, the latter a most striking likeness.
One hundred and twelfth Annual held at New York,
June 6, 1893, Grand Master Ten Eyck presiding.
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He refers to the past year as the grandest in their
annals, it having witnessed the completion of that noble
work of charity — ^ the Home, at Ctica, which was officially
dedicated by him on October 5, 1892, in the presence of
thousands of the craft.
He makes tender reference to the death of P. G. M.
James W. Husted.
Four dispensations were granted for the formation of
new Lodges.
In addition to the ceremony previously noted, he offi-
ciated at the laying of the corner-stone of the Guild Hall
at Philmont and the dedication of the Masonic Temple at
Ithaca. A large number of dispensations were granted to
install officers, dedicate halls and lay corner-stones.
He calls attention to the frequent invasion of jurisdic-
tion by Lodges, which matters have consumed more of his
time than all other questions. Their law is perfectly plain
and simple and if Lodges would exercise ordinary care
such troubles would be avoided.
He reports having recognized the Grand Lodges of
Oklahoma and South Australia.
During the year his visits were almost wholly confined
to individual Lodges, believing more good would result
than through District visitations.
He suggests that if Brother Raymond be continued as
Grand Lecturer, in view of the many years he has given to
that service, that the Grand Lodge should take good care
of him and place him in charge of the Metropolitan Dis-
trict and that he appoint assistants in the other Districts.
The following piques our curiosity:
Some time ago the Grand Lecturer referred to me a resolution adopted by the
last Grand Lodge, instructing him "to eliminate all allusions sectarian in their
character from the ilitual,'' stating that he did not feel competent to decide a* to
what was sectarian. After carefully considering the question, 1 must confess 1 do
not find anything more sectarian in the Ritual than I find in the Great Light which
is on all Masonic altars.
It is due to the Grand Lecturer that the Grand Lodge should be specific in its
instructions to him upon a subject concerning which there might be such a wide
diversity of opinion.
He recommends that the Commission of Appeals be
empowered to meet thirty days before the meeting of the
Grand Lodge and no matters be considered unless pre-
sented at that time, it being impossible to determine these
cases during the Grand Lodge session. Their Masonic
Hall is already found to be too small to accommodate the
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large number of Lodges which desire to meet therein; un-
less more room is provided many Lodges will change their
places of meeting to new buildings which are offering spe-
cial inducements. He recommends the consideration of
this matter and that means be devised to increase the
present accommodations and retain their tenants.
A full account of the dedication of the Asylum at Utica
follows the address, together with a fac-simile of the medal
struck in commemoration of that great occasion.
From the report on the Home we learn that there are
now forty-seven inmates enjoying its hospitalities, as fol-
lows: Master Masons, thirty -four; Master Masons' widows,
eight; male orphan children, one; female orphan children,
four. The average age of the Master Masons is 69! J.
The number of inmates for the present is limited to 100, di-
vided as follows: Destitute Masons and widows of Masons,
fifty; orphan children of Masons, fifty. Each District is
entitled to nominate one candidate for every eight hund-
red Masons in good standing, such nominations to receive
a majority vote of the Lodges in that District. Every
District shall be entitled to at least one occupant. The
rules and qualifications will doubtless be modified from
time to time, as experience may suggest. Other jurisdic-
tions will watch the practical working of this munificent
charity with great interest.
• Brother Geo. H. Raymond presented his twenty-
seventh annual report as Grand Lecturer. Conventions,
as they are called, were held in all of the thirty districts;
he was prevented from being present at two of them on
account of severe illness. He was aided by a corps of
assistants ap]X)inted by himself.
The Grand Lodge library is growing rapidly and the
reading room is one of the attractions of the Temple.
The Board of Relief presented a full report of their
work, also, presenting some particulars of cases which came
under their notice. The disbursements for charity wen1
$1102.68.
There is also, what is known as the Shelter Fund,
amounting to $5781, which promises to become a noble
charity in the near future, the object being to shelter un-
fortunates while their cases are being investigated.
The recognition of the Grand Symbolic Diet of the
United States of Mexico was deferred until further in-
formation is obtained as to its organization and character.
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That of New Zealand was also deferred until further action
by the Grand Lodges of England, Scotland and Ireland.
The Report on Correspondence, by P. G. Master Jesse
B. Anthony, maintains his former high standard. It
covers 165 pages of closely printed matter, comprising ex-
tracts and critical comment upon the proceedings under
review. Colorado for 1892 receives a very complete re-
view of four and a half pages. The essential features of
Grand Master Maxwell's address are epitomized; he quotes
three of his decisions, Nos. 10, 14 and 16, remarking as
follows as to No. 10:
We note the following decisions, t ho first of which was not approved by the
Committee on Jurisprudence, they holding it " to be clearly the duty of the Master
of a Lodge to suspend from office any officer of his Lodge for nn becoming or nn-
Masonic conduct, in advance of charge* and trial. for such conduct" While the
Master undoubtedly would have the power to suspend for good cause any appointed
officer, we think his authority would not extend to those elected by die Lodge.
Action in such cases would be the province of the Grand Master.
"A Worshipful Master cannot suspend an officer of his Lodge from the exer-
cine of the duties of his office until after 'due charges, trial and conviction.* Such
action would be in violation of Grand Lodge By-Law No. 91."
He briefly refers to other matters which engaged the
attention of our Grand Lodge. He devotes some three
pages to our Report, quoting our reply to Brother Parvin,
Dr. Manningham's letters and the poem "Bearing the
Sheaves.1'
R. W. Brother Charles Sackreuter reviews and trans-
lates the proceedings of Grand bodies in foreign countries.
Brother Anthony's table of statistics is very complete,
of which we may avail ourselves later. In the list of
L<xlges in the several jurisdictions having the largest
membership, Minnesota is first with 601, New York a close
second with 595, Colorado is fifth with 557 (Union No. 7).
Brother Frederick A. Burnham, of New York, was
elected Grand Master : Grand Secretary Ed. M. L. Ehlers
re-elected.
NORTH CAROLINA— 1893.
As a frontispiece we have the portrait of Donald W.
Bain, Grand Secretary, who died November 16, 1892,,
while in the discharge of the duties of that office which he
had filled for a quarter of a century. It is accompanied
by a beautiful tribute to his memory.
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One Hundred and Sixth Annual was held at Raleigh,
January 10, 1893, M. W. Hezekiah A. Gudger, Grand
Master.
After the usual congratulations he pauses to pay a
deserved tribute to the memory of their deceased Grand
Secretary.
He enlarges upon the thought that Masons should be
all which that word implies, not charitable in theory but in
practice, seeking out the poor and needy brother, the widow
and the orphan. He reports the Oxford Orphan Asylum
to be in fine condition, the debt which had been such
an eye-sore to them for the past two years, has been paid.
He says: "This institution is for orphan children. It has
no sectarian or political bias, and should ever be kept free
from such.'* The doors of the Asylum have always been
opened alike to all fatherless, homeless children. Among
its 215 present inmates not more than 50 are the children of
Masons, and no preference is given them over others.
He reports having given his endorsement to the Ma-
sonic Manual prepared by Brother Chas. F. Bahnson.
Assistant Grand Lecturer.
A Lodge attempted to suspend a member without any
charge or specifications; he decided that the proceedings
were null and void, and did not affect the standing of the
brother.
A Lodge under dispensation used the material of a
sister Lodge. As a punishment he withdrew the dis-
pensation.
He granted eleven dispensations for new Lodges.
From the Grand Secretary's report we learn that tin1
Lodges have been so derelict in making their returns that
he is unable to approximate the membership for 1892, or
give other desired information.
The Committee on Orphan Asylum commended the
good management of the superintendent, and endorsed
his recommendations, among others, that the Grand Lodge
appropriation be increased to $3000. Their report, after
being amended, was adopted.
The Grand Lodge of Victoria and South Australia
were recognized.
The retiring Grand Master was presented with a
beautiful jewel.
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The Report on Correspondence, by Brother Julius C.
Martin is, as indicated in his preface, plain and concise,
without "pompous verbosity or needless prolixity." and
he endeavors to hew to the mark he has thus outlined.
Colorado for 1891 and 1892 receive due consideration at
his hands. Of Grand Master Foster's address he says:
fc* His address is free from all attempts to show himself to
be a great writer, but abounds in good for the Craft.',, He
has this to say regarding his decisions :
These decisions all appear to ns to be in accord with the principles and most
of the rulings on the questions presented. The decision No. S is somewhat at vari-
ance with the report of the committee on "Status of Non-affiliates," in the Proceed-
ings of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, 1891, to whom the whole matter was
referred, bnt we approve it, and if it has our approval it is all right, at least so far
as this report goes.
We cannot see how a man can sever his connection from Masonry by his own
voluntary acts. He voluntarily assumes certain duties to his brethren by becoming
a MHson, and becomes entitled to certain rights. By becoming a non-affiliate he
forfeits all his rights, bat does not relieve himself of the duties to his brethren.
In reviewing our 1892 proceedings, he says Grand
Master Maxwell's address forms a very interesting part of
them, and liberal extracts are made from it with favorable
comment which fills the greater portion of his space. He
finds much to interest him in our Report, especially the an-
tiquity of the three degrees.
Brother John W. Cot ten, of Tarboro. was elected Grand
Master*, Brother William H. Bain, of Raleigh, Grand
Secretary.
NORTH DAKOTA— 1893.
As frontispieces there are two pictures, one a partial
view of the ruins of Fargo fire, June 7, 1893, which in-
volved a loss of over $3,000,000, and destroyed Masonic
Hall, whose ruins are shown. The other shows a meeting
of Shiloh Lodge No. 1, A. F. and A.M., on the highest
point of Island Park, at Fargo, N. D., June 16, 1893, after
the fin* of June 7, which destroyed Masonic Temple and
all buildings available for Masonic meetings. The Lodge
was under escort and guard of Auvergne Commandery No.
2, Fargo, by virtue of special. dispensation.
Fourth Annual held at Devil's Lake on June 13, 1893.
M. \V. Albert B. Herrick, Grand Master.
Invoking the blessing of the Grand Architect upon
their labors, after a brief digression that he may set forth
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the ultimate purpose of Masonry and in which he takes
occasion to condemn intemperance, profanity and eovetous-
ness as the great vices of the age, and to set before their
eyes the glorious example of a Washington, a Franklin, a
Putnam, etc., he proceeds to render an account of his
stewardship.
Six dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
He refused to grant dispensations for Lodges to appear
in public on Memorial Day.
Six decisions were deemed of sufficient importance to
submit to the Grand Lodge, all of- which were approved.
Prom the Grand Secretary's report we learn that the
work of the past year had been the largest of any year in
their history. The net gain was 233, present membership
1972. Of the destruction of the greater portion of their
Grand Lodge library in the Fargo fire, we glean the follow-
ing particulars :
1 had a very flattering report written upon the Grand Lodge library, bat
since the same wat» indited, the library and all the contents of the Grand Secre-
tary's room fell a victim to the holocaust which visited Fargo on the 7th instant.
I do not know at present how much of the Grand Lodge library was saved ; it is
estimated all the way from one- fourth to one- third. While the loss seems at the
present time irreparab'e, yet by perseverance and energy we may be able to replace
a large number of the destroyed volumes. Under the circumstances it was impos-
sible to have saved any more than were preserved, the fire having burned several
blocks to tne south, rind by the time it reached the library everybody was exhausted
from continuous efforts with the raging element. The library was not thought to
be in danger until a few moments before the fire came. The wind was blowing a
gale and seemed to whirl in every direction. Houses and stores that were appar-
ently safe, fell victims to the flames in so short a time that everything within them
was consumed, while others that were apparently in the path of the fire were not
harmed. The utmost confusion prevailed. The enormity of the loss is as yet
scarcely realized, there being left but eight brick buildings in the whole city. The
path of the fire is a mile square, it taking the business portion and part of the
residences of the city.
No one deplores the loss of the Grand Lodge library more than the Masons at
Fargo, who have always delighted in having it among them, and it has been a
constant ca*e and first in their thoughts if there were any danger of fire, hut the
calamity that came was so sudden and so furious that it was bejond the rower of
man to do more than was done. There is not a hall in the city that is available for
holding meetings. What shall be done in the future remains now undecided.
There were in force two fire insurance policies on Ihe library of $WX) each, and $200
upon the effects in the Grand Secretary's room. No adjustment of the lots has as
yet been made, but the Grand Lodge will undoubtedly receive the full amount, as
the library exceeded that sum. A considerable extra labor will devolve upon the
Grand Secretary for a number of years, and especially the next following, in cor-
responding and arranging for new books.
A resolution was adopted permitting Shiloh Lodge No.
1, of Fargo, to meet whenever and wherever it may deem
proper until such time as it may be definitely located.
The following resolution in regard to visiting resident
Masons was adopted:
Resolved* That all visiting, resident Masons shall furnish to the Master of the
particular Lodge under whose jurisdiction such sojourning Mason is holden. once
each year, documentary evidence to the Master of such Lodge that he has paid his
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daes to, or is in good standing in, the Lodge from which he hails. And it is hereby
made the daty of the Worshipful Master of each particular Lodge within this Grand
Jurisdiction to see that each evidence is furnished to him as above required.
Favorable action was had regarding the Fraternal
Congress and five delegates were appointed.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
The Report on Correspondence was by Brother Thomas
J. Wilder, the able writer . of preceding reports which
have elicited our hearty commendation. Colorado for
1892 receives a fraternal review in which Grand Master
Maxwell's "full and able address" is commented upon and
five of his decisions quoted.
He says the action in the "Nevitt case*' was "a wise
conclusion." We quote the following:
Brother Henry T. West attempted to make the clothing "a lamb skin/* as it
should be, but the committee, sustained by Grand Lodge, said we will not make it
compulsory, so they can keep on with the farce of presenting a "lamb skin or white
leather apron" made of cotton or linen— yes, and take it back too, immediately
after Lodge closes. It is the only tangible thing any of us get of our own — those
that do get it -and while the cost is not to exceed one dollar, many of us would
{>rize it more highly than aught else ; then again, the effect of the beautiful moral
esson taught is knocked into the middle of next week ; but it is their funeral, not
ours.
Our remarks upon "Masonry beyond the Lodge" are
given entire. They were in answer to what was said by
him the previous year.
Brother James McDonald, of Grafton, was elected
Grand Master; Grand Secretary re-elected.
NOVA SCOTIA- 1892.
Twenty-seventh Annual held at Amherst, June 8, 1892.
M. W. Charles J. MacDonald, Grand Master.
Grand Bcpresentatives were presented and received
with Grand honors.
The Grand Lodge then formed in procession, and
headed by a band of music, proceeded to Christ's Church.
where divine service was held. The sermon is published
in the proceedings and fills nearly six pages. At the con-
clusion of the services at the church the procession was
re-formod, and a large number of school children having
joined it, it proceeded to the site of the new Amherst
academy building, the corner-stone of which was laid with
the solemn ceremonies of the fraternity.
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When the Grand Lodge was called from refreshment
to labor at 3 o'clock, the Grand Master delivered his
annual address.
He gives a most interesting review of matters connected
with the early history of Masonry in that Province, where
it has flourished for one hundred and thirty years. He
says:
Previous to 1*»86, the territory being unoccupied by a Grand Lodge of its own,
was open to other jurisdictions and consequently the subordinate Lodges in this
Province held charters from the Grand Lodges of England. Scotland and Ireland,
and District and Provincial Grand Lodges of the Grand Lodges of England and
Scotland met once a year to regulate such local matters as were relegated to them
by their mother Grand Lodges, but although we met under different banners and
under different names, jet we were all actuated by one desire to forward the inter-
est of our beloved Craft and promote the cardinal virtues thereof.
In 1566. the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia was formed, and for the past twenty-
six years we nave met in Annual Communication.
The following extracts will be read with interest:
The history of these grand old Lodges forms a part of the history of our
Grand Lodge, and it is a source of pleasure to us when looking bnck over their
Masonic history to feel that it is also a part of our Masonic history— to feel that
some of England's noblest dead saw their first Masonic light in Lodges now work-
ing tinder this Grand Lodge.
It was in the city of Halifax, in St. John Lodge, now No. 2, where Sir John
Moore first entered on his Masonic career, receiving the three degrees of Masonry
in that Lodge and signing the By-Laws in 1781, and from the fact that he afterwards
became Master of one of the military Lodges in connection with a regimont in the
garrison at Halifax, it must be inferred that he took an Interest in the Craft ; and
in looking at the signature of the young captain of the Eighty-Second, when it was
written, who would then have supposed that his deeds of valor would t>e sung in
poetic Terse by generations then unborn in every country in which the English lan-
guage was spoken, and the hero of Corunna lives in pontic verse quite as well as
bis deeds are inscribed on the marble monument erected by the House of Commons
to his memory in St. Paul's Cathedral, or that erected in his native town of Glas-
gow by his friends and countrymen.
Virgin Lodge boasts of having as a member our own Sir Provo Wallace, the
Lodge of which both his father and grandfather were members, and to the By-Laws
of that Lodge is appended the signature of the young Lieutenant of the Navj who
was destined to take so active a part in one of the most celebrated of Kngland's
naval engagements. Sir Provo Wallace was a Mason of the old school : he delighted
to talk of his old Masonic associates. In connection with the naval engagement
between the Shannon and the Chesapeake, it is known that a strong personal
friendship was formed between the young First Lieutenant of the Shannon and an
officer of the Chesapeake, which ended only at the death of the American officer,
which occurred a few years later, a friendship which, as Sir Provo afterwards
explained, was commenced under the most extraordinary circumstances. After the
bloody affray was over, both knelt beside a dying brother, a sailor of the Chesa-
peake, to minister to his wants and smooth as far as possible his parage to that
bourne from whence no traveler returns.
Few are aware that a Lodge chartered by the Grand
Lodge of England still has an existence in that Province,
yet such is the fact. The Grand Master makes the follow-
ing reference to it:
As an evidence of the close fraternal relations existing tntwenn the Grand
Lodge of England and our own, we have to-day a Ijodgo working in the city of Hal-
ifax under a charter from th« Grand L'xlge of England and owing allegiance to her
only. I refer to the Royal Standard Ixxlge, composed principally of men who have
been or are now in the Imperial service. This Lodge works the English Kitual,
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and is one of the beet Lodges in Nova Scotia. I have visited them on several
occasions and assisted at their installation of officers, and have always been most
kindly received by them.
While this exhibits a pleasing picture of unity and
concord, the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia is not then
sovereign, as we define the term, within its own juris-
diction.
He makes appropriate mention of the decease of two
Past Grand Officers, Brothers George T. Smithers, P. S.
G. W., and Samuel Porter, P. D. G. M. Also that of
Brother Samuel Chipman, of whom he says:
On the 9th of November last, there departed this life Brother 8am u el Chip-
man, who died at the advanced age of 101 years. Brother Chipman died fnll of
honors, as well as full of years. In his many years of active life, he had been en-
gaged in all kinds of improvements in matters beneficial to his native County of
Kings. As a man, as a Mason, as justice of the peace and as a legislative council-
lor, he was looked upon with respect and esteem. At the time of his death he was
probably the oldest living Mason in the world. He was initiated in Virgin Lodge,
in the city of Halifax, on the 23d day of December, 1813. Consequently, at the time
of his death he had been a Mason in good standing for seventy-nine years.
The present membership, as appears by the Grand
Secretary's report, is 3044, a net gain of 140.
The reports of the District Deputy Grand Masters
show that they have devoted their time to their duties,
visiting and supervising the Lodges and reporting the
condition of each.
The Grand Lodge by vote changed the name of a
brother at the request of his Lodge, he having assumed
his original name for family reasons, having previously
borne that of his uncle, who had adopted him as a son
upon the death of his father.
The Report on Correspondence was the work of
brother Thomas B. Flint, with the exception of three
jurisdictions, fifty-seven being reviewed in all, Colorado
for 181)1 included. It was one of the three that fell to the
lot of Grand Secretary Ross. Extracts are made from
Grand Master Foster's address, and his decisions are said
to be "all in line with sound Masonic teachings." He
pronounces Brother Bush's oration "excellent and replete
with sound Masonic thought. "'
Brother Duncan 0. Fraser of New Glasgow, was
elected Grand Master; Grand Secretary re-elected.
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OHIO— 1892.
Eighty-third Annual held at Springfield, October, 19,
1892. M. W. Levi C. Goodale, Grand Master, a portrait
of whom appears as a frontispiece.
He extends his congratulations to the Craft for abundant
harvests and material prosperity, and for awakening interest
in Masonry throughout that jurisdiction.
He pays tender tribute to two Grand Officers who died
while in office. R. W. Frank Baldwin, S. G. W., and R. W.
Kev. Brother LaFayette Van Cleve, Grand Chaplin. The
latter was appointed in 1877 and had served faithfully in
that station each successive year. He says:
I have not filled the places made vacant by the death of Brothers Van Oleve
and Baldwin, because I could not bring myself to feel that the chairs so ably filled
by these illustrious brethren should b3 hastily occupied by other appointees. I
have, therefore, requested brethren to temporarily fill their stations, and leave to
others than myself to place in thechaird mide vacant by their death, permanent
incumbents.
He granted three dispensations for new Lodges and
refused applications for four others.
He granted 120 dispensations for various purposes.
He had over four hundred questions submitted to him
during the year. Thirteen decisions were deemed of suffi-
cient importance to lay before the Grand Lodge, all of
which were approved. The strained relations between
Tennessee and that jurisdiction still continue. He says
that during the past year R. W. Brother John Frizell,
Grand Secretary of Tennessee proffered his services toward
restoring the former cordial relations. He indicated the
terms upon which peace could be restored, in which the
former stand of Ohio upon the Cerneau question was
maintained and an intimation given that if the offensive
language of a former Grand Master of Tennessee were
withdrawn by the present Grand Master, all might yet be
well, but no reply had been received wThen the Grand
Lodge met.
He says there has been subscribed for their Masonic
Home the sum of $104,000, the corner-stone of which was
to be laid that afternoon by the Grand Lodge. While
upon this subject he gives a list of other States who have
erected Homes, with their cost, accommodations for in-
mates, etc.
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The Senior Warden and Secretary-elect of Brooklyn
Lodge No. 4M, having declined to make declaration before
installation that they were not now members of any organ-
ization which the Grand Lodge pronounced to be clandes-
tine and un-Masonic. he declared these offices vacant and
ordered a new election to be held to fill the same.
The work of preparing the Ritual entrusted to a com-
mittee of five, had been completed and approved by him
and on September 1, he issued a proclamation for its dis-
semination.
He exercised his prerogative of making a Mason at
sight, in the case of Asa Bushnell, who was recommended
by the Craft in Springfield. He had been enthusiastic in
the work of raising money for the Masonic Home, giving
freely of his means and inciting others by his example to
do likewise, without any expectancy of sharing in its
benefits.
He recommends that Brother John D. Caldwell, for
more than thirty years Grand Secretary, be made Emeritus
Grand Secretary with a small salary for life.
He granted five dispensations to Lodges to participate
with civic societies in a parade in honor of the arrival of
Columbus in America.
From the Grand Secretary's report we learn that the
net increase in membership was 1441. Total membership
37,044.
The Grand Lodge devoted the afternoon of the first
day to the ceremony of laying the corner-stone of the
Ohio Masonic Home. The procession to the grounds was
composed of two divisions, the first was made up of Knight
Templars, fifteen hundred strong with thirteen bands of
music. The second comprised two thousand Master
Masons from all over the State with six Imnds of music,
followed by the Grand Lodge Officers in carriages, Home
Trustees, Board of Public Affairs, City Council, Board of
Trade, all in carriages. After the formal ceremonies of
the Craft, R. W. Barton Smith, Grand Orator, delivered
an eloquent address appropriate to the occasion.
In the evening a Lodge of Sorrow was held in the city
hall under the auspice's of the Grand Lodge, the Grand
Master presiding. Brother D. N. Kinsman delivered a
eulogy on the life and Masonic services of the late Senior
Grand Warden, Wm. F. Baldwin. Rev. Brother D. H
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Moore delivered the eulogy on Rev. Brother L. F. Van
Cleve, Grand Chaplain. Two other brethren, Rev. P. C.
Curnich and Rev. T. J. Mellish, at the request of the Grand
Master, also spoke feelingly of the departed Chaplain.
Brother Allen Andrews, Deputy Grand Master, paid a
fond tribute to the 549 Master Masons, members of the
Lodges of Ohio, who had been summoned to the Celestial
Lodge the past year. The Junior Grand Warden, Brother
C. F. Clapp, delivered the closing address. The vocal
selections were by the Masonic quartet of Troy, Ohio.
Recognition was accorded to the Grand Lodge Alpina
of Switzerland, and the Grand Orient of Italy, Rome, and
deferred for the present in the cases of New Zealand and
the Grand Symbolic Diet of Mexico.
The Committee on Foreign Correspondence give many
interesting {particulars regarding the status of Foreign
Grand bodies. The following were found to be Independ-
ent and Sovereign Grand bodies and entitled to formal
recognition and exchange of Representatives, on their ap-
plication therefor, and the matter was referred to the
Grand Master, with power to act : Grand Lodge of Den-
mark, at Cox^enhagen ; the Grand Orient of the Nether-
lands ; the Grand Lodge of Hungary, and the Grand
Lodge of Sweden, at Stockholm.
The eight Grand Lodges comprising the Grand Lodge
League of Germany were found to have surrendered or
waived certain rights pertaining to independent Grand
bodies. One of their enactments is to the effect that a
Representative of a recognized non-German Grand body
near the Grand Lodge League is sufficient. Ohio, how-
ever, defers any action until it be ascertained whether the
Grand Lodge League still recognizes the so-called Colored
Grand Lodge of Ohio.
The report of the special committee on Dissemination
of Ritual was adopted, by which the Grand Master is em-
jxjwered to adopt such measures as he deems best calculated
to secure a uniform work as embodied in the Webb Ritual.
The Committee on Masonic History reported progress
and asked further time, which was granted.
The Grand Master was authorized to appoint five dele-
gates to the Fraternal Congress of which he should himself
be one.
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Brother W. M . Cumningham surpasses his previous
efforts in the spleudid Report on Correspondence which
he presents this year. It is a volume in itself with its 300
pages, in which every jurisdiction under notice has a full
review and all live questions are considered. Colorado for
1891 receives due consideration.
Of Grand Master Foster's address he says : " It is an
interesting business paper, reporting in detail his official
acts.'1 A concise summary then, follows.
An extract is given from Brother Bush's oration, which
is pronounced "an able practical address.""
He copies the Resolutions denouncing the spurious
so-called Grand Lodge of Ohio.
Liberal extracts are made from our Report.
His conclusion deals wTith the inconsistencies of those
writers who discredit Dr. Anderson's Constitutions and
charges of 1723, and he gives many interesting extracts
from old manuscripts "Concerning God and Religion/'
to refute* the charge *4 that his rejection in the" Masonic
Creed of the sectarian formula, common to many of the
ancient manuscripts, was an evidence of its invention by
him."
In his opinion, u Dr. Anderson not only fully appre-
ciated the universality of Freemasonry, but that he also
had access to information in that connection, whether
traditional or otherwise, not possessed by modern writers/'
Under the headings of Ceremonials, Installed Master, etc.,
he has gathered a valuable store of information. It is a
report which the Masons of Ohio may well be proud.
Brother Allen Andrews of Hamilton, was elected
Grand Master ; Brother J. H. Bromwell re-elected Grand
Secretary.
OKLAHOMA -1892.
Pursuant to a notice issued by M. W. Leo. E.
Bennett, Grand Master of Indian Territory, the repre-
sentatives of ten Lodges assembled in convention at
Oklahoma City. November 10, 1892. M. W. Brother
Bennett presiding, and Brother A. F. Masterson acting as
Secretary. It was decided by a unanimous vote to form a
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Grand Lodge for the Jurisdiction of Oklahoma. A con-
stitution was adopted, and M. W. Brother A. J. Spengel
of Guthrie Lodge, was elected Grand Master; R. W.
Brother J. S. Hunt, Grand Secretary.
A Special Communication of the Grand Ltxlge of
Indian Territory was afterwards held in the same city,
and the officers of the new Grand Lodge were dulv
installed by M. W. Brother Bennett, who ordered due
proclamation to be made that the Grand Lodge of Okla-
homa had been legally organized and made independent,
and as such entitled to all the prerogatives of a legally
constituted Grand Lodge, commending it to all Grand
Lodges in communication with the Grand Lodge of
Indian Territory.
The new Grand Lodge was then opened in ample form,
and resolutions adopted assuring their mother Grand
Lodge of their "most sincere, fraternal and kindly feel-
ing." Thanks and resolutions were extended to Grand
Master Bennett, and all others who had extended fraternal
courtesies, when the formal business of more thorough
organization was proceeded with.
We shall take great pleasure in recommending this
new Grand Lodge for recognition at our next Annual.
OKLAHOMA— 189:3.
First Annual held at El Reno, February 14, 1893;
11. W. August J. Spengel, Grand Master.
He reviews the steps taken which resulted in the
organization of the new Graud Lodge. He says: "One of
the reasons assigned in urging the formation of a separate
Grand Lodge was that it would stimulate Masonry
throughout Oklahoma/1
Subsequent events have verified this statement. He had
already granted a dispensation for a new Lodge at
Crescent City, with ten members, and there is a prospect
for another shortly.
The usual business incident to a new Grand Body was
transacted.
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Brother 0. H. Travers, Grand Orator, delivered an
able address upon the principles and teachings of
Masonry.
The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were re-
elected.
OREGON- 18U3.
The proceedings are embellished with the portraits of
three Past Grand Masters, M. W. Brothers Wm. D. Hare,
1871, Robert Clow, 1877, 1878, and R. P. Earhart, 1879,
1880, the latter as a frontispiece.
Forty-third Annual held at Portland, June 14, 1893,
M. W. Brother F. A. Moore, Grand Master.
After extending his congratulations he pays tender and
deserved tributes to the memories of their two deceased
Past Grand Masters, Christopher Taylor and Thomas
McFadden Pat ton. The former was the first Mason made
west of the Rocky Mountains. He came to Oregon in
1847, and on September 11, 1848 received the three de-
grees in Multnomah Lodge No. 84, then under the juris-
diction of Missouri. He was elected Grand Master in
1889. he also tilled important offices in Grand Chapter and
Grand Commandery, and was an Honorary Thirty- third
Degree Scottish Rite. The name of Brother Patton was a
familiar one in the Masonic household, he was for eighteen
years Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspon-
dence in the Grand Chapter. He was Grand Master in
1872, Grand High Priest in 1888, and Eminent Com-
mander of Oregon Commandery No. 1 in 1892. He was
universally beloved by all who knew him.
The Grand Master then indulges in these sad reflec-
tions :
Within the short space of two years our jurisdiction has been called upon to
mourn the death of five Grand Masters: Brothers Nasburg, Ferguson, Barhart, Tay-
lor and Patton. These deaths have made great $aps in our rank*. These brethren
had seen our fair State when a disputed territory, and had watched it grow into
statehood. Those fertile valleys and wooded hills when first seen by them, covered
with luxuriant grass aud stately trees, have been converted by the pioneer into
magnificent farms, where now grow luscious fruits and the golden grain. These
plains, which were then inhabited by the warlike red men, have now become the
peaceful homes of the pulp-faces ; villages have sprung up where stood the tepee of
the native, and cities have been built where the Indian village once flourished.
What changes have been wrought in our fair State in a few short years! These
Past Grand Misters, whose deaths we mourn, were pioneers in civilization as well
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as in Masonry. They have bailded better than they knew, and they have left to as
a State which is grand by their efforts, and an Order which is noble by their sacrifice.
It is not strange that so many of oar great lights in Masonry woald seem to be
called at once. They came here at an early dny a* young men ; they reached man's
estate together ; and like sheaves of wheat fully ripe, they have b?en gathered in the
harvest.
He submits twelve decisions which were approved, with
one exception, that being slightly modified.
Four dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
He thinks a law should be enacted authorizing the con-
solidation of Lodges upon the joint petition of two-thirds
of all the members of each Lodge, and providing for the
surrender of one of the charters without the surrender of
the proi>erty of either Lodge, the surviving Lodge to pay
all obligations of the Lodge relinquishing its charter.
He favors joint occupancy under certain restrictions.
The oration of Brother F. V. Drake was a masterly
effort, it fills ten and a half closely printed pages, tracing
out the aims and purposes of Masonic symbolism and
teaching, its past and present history, with crisp and per-
tinent comment ux>on its failures and deficiencies.
The Grand Lodges of Tasmania and Oklahoma were
recognized : action upon the application of the Grand
Lodge of Hayti deferred.
Five hundred dollars was appropriated for the benefit
of the Masonic Board of Relief of Portland.
And now we turn to the voluminous Report on Corres-
pondence by Brother S. F. Chad wick, which always ranks
among the best, barring a little imperiousness which mani-
fests itself occasionally in his treatment of those who
differ from him. The. Report this year covers 217 pages,
in which the proceedings of fifty American and six foreign
Grand Lodges are ably and exhaustively reviewed, Colo-
rado for 1892 included. He quotes nine of Grand Master
Maxwell's decisions, and also an extract from his address
regarding the great want of Masonic knowledge so often
found in the subordinate Lodges.
A page and a half is devoted to a renewal of the discus-
sion which has taken place between us regarding "Objec-
tion after Ballot/1 Last year we were fair enough to give
him a hearing before our Colorado brethren, quoting his
exact language; how any Oregon brother can gather an in-
telligible idea of our position from Brother Chadwick's
setting, surpasses our comprehension. Fortunately the
members of the guild will investigate for themselves if
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they have any curiosity in the matter ; some of the ablest
writers have already done so and coincide with our views.
The page and a half of criticism directed against us applies
with equal force to his own Grand Master, who at the
present session introduced the following resolution :
Resolved, That no objection shall be valid against the advancement of a can-
didate who has received the degree of Entered Apprentice, after a clear ballot for
the degrees, unless the same be made in writing and charge a Masonic offense, in
which case the accused shall be tried as for any other offense, and if he be found
gnilty, no farther advancement shall be had ; bat if he be acquitted, the remaining
degrees shall be conferred. All resolutions in conflict Herewith are hereby
repealed.
The Committee on Jurisprudence to whom the resolu-
tion was referred, reported adversely, and their report was
adopted.
In view of this little faux pas on the part of your
Deputy Grand Master (now Grand Master), your remarks
about Colorado Lodges having k< cowardly" and rascally
members of which they should be purged, may be relevant
to your Oregon Lodges as well. Grand Master Moreland,
who introduced the above resolution, may be able to locate
a few "cowardly objectors" in your own midst and thus
hoist you with your own petard. Nothing can be gained
by further discussion of this question, our resj>eetive
Grand Lodges have settled it for the time being, though
we think the "yeast is working'' in Oregon, and one of
these days it will be discerned that Entered Apprentices
and Fellow Crafts, being already members of the Masonic
household, have the right to be heard in their own defense,
Brother Chad wick, to the contrary.
Brother J. C. Moreland. of Portland, was elected Grand
Master ; Brother S. F. Chadwick, of Salem, re-elected
Grand Secretary.
PENNSYLVANIA- -1892.
The proceedings are embellished with the portraits of
two Past Grand Masters, John L. Goddard, 18(57, aud
Alfred R. Potter, 1874 1875.
At tin* Quarterly held June 1, 1892, Grand Master J.
Simpson Africa presiding. He had the sad duty to j>er-
fonn of announcing the death of P. G. M. Clifford P. Mac-
Calla at Port Said, Egypt, while upon a tour of the countries
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of the Orient. He had invited M. W. Brother Richard
Vaux. the oldest surviving Past Grand Master of that juris-
diction to deliver the eulogy upon the life and character of
the deceased. It was an eloquent tribute to his memory
by one who had a just appreciation of his endearing
Sualities and his life-long devotion to Masonry. Past
rrand Masters Josex>h Eichbaum, R. A. Lamberton and
Samuel C. Perkins, and also P. G. M. Robert M. Moore, of
New Jersey, offered eloquent tributes to the memory of the
deceased.
Annual Communication held at Philadelphia, Decem-
ber 27, 1892. Grand Master Africa in the Grand East.
His address is largely devoted to a review of his official
acts and Grand visitations.
Six corner-stones were laid, five by proxy and one in
person. The prox)osed structures were a Masonic Tenqjle,
a church, an insane asylum and three school buildings.
He x>aid the usual annual visit to the Temple School of
Instruction, uxx>n which occasion he was accompanied by
all the elective Grand officers. The three degrees were
rehearsed in a dignified and imx>ressive manner and
received his stamp of approval as the authorized work.
Regarding the Masonic year we quote the following:
The Masonic year begins on St. John's Day, December 27. A Worshipful
Master, to be entitled to membership in the Grand Lodge, mast serve a fall Masonic
year—*, e., from one St. John's Day until the succeeding one.
The officers of a Lodge may be installed at any time after their election, but
can enter upon the duties of their respective stations only at or after high twelve
on St. John's Day. A Worshipful Master is not authorized to announce his appoint-
ment of subordinate officers or committees before the year for which he is chosen
shall have begun .
Upon the subject of Lodge meetings he gives some ex-
cellent counsel. They should be so conducted as to be
elevating and instructive. All idle, slix>shod or attended
humorous practices are out of j>lace, either in the ordinary
business of the Lodge or during the ceremonies. If the
lessons are not properly impressed ux>oii the candidate, the
Lodge is at fault.
In referring to the qualifications and responsibilities of
the Master of a Lodge, he says the brethren, in electing
a Junior Warden, should not only be satisfied that he is
qualified to fill that station, but also the more exalted one
of Worshipful Master.
He gives some excellent advice as to the selection
of projjer material; the committee must be satisfied as to
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the applicant's physical, mental and moral qualifications
before making a favorable report, also, that he subscribes
to all the conditions of his petition.
He reads a wholesome lesson to secretaries, and says
that they have no power to '* doctor'1 the minutes after they
are approved by the Lmlge. If the Lodge commits an
error the fault is not theirs.
He does not approve of granting charters to Lodges to
work in a foreign language.
Upon this subject he says:
A Grand Lodge that work* under the Ancient York Rite should not, advisedly
grant a warrant to any body of Masons whose language we cannot understand, or
who cannot understand ours. English is the official language of this country, and
the sooner immigrants acquire and use our spoken and written language, the sooner
they qualify themselves to become good American citizens.
He has this to say regarding the wearing of other than
Masonic badges and emblems in the Lodge:
Within the tiled Lodge no practice is permitted or designation allowed that
is not Masonic ; hence, any person presenting himself for admission bearing any
emblem, badge, or designation of a society, order or association not recognized as
Masonic, should be denied admission, unless each badge or designation be concealed.
He declares himself against the system of Grand Rep-
resentatives, believing it has outlived its usefulness, and
recommends that it be abolished in that jurisdiction.
He reports some fifteen decisions which we presume
stand as law, neither they nor the address being referred
to any committee.
The actual Grand Lodge debt he reports as 9621,216,28,
which in less than two years can be reduced to $500,000,
when bv the Constitution the fees and dues will revert to
what they were in 1871. The present number of Lodges
is 408 with a membership of 44,026, being an increase of
1611 over the previous year.
At the conclusion of his address, his successor. Brother
Michael Arnold, was installed and delivered an address.
Tiie following resolution was unanimously adopted :
Rrxolved, That a special committee of five be appointed for the purpose of
ascertaining what differences exist, if any, which prevent the Masonic brethren
connected with the Lodges in the various German states forming the German Em-
pirn, from viniting the Lodges in the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania ; and also the
causes which have made it impossible for brethren hailing from our jurisdiction
visiting the Lodges in the jurisdictions above named.
P. (t. M. Richard Vaux is chairman of the above com-
mittee and we may look for an exhaustive report upon the
subject.
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The Report on Correspondence is from the pen of our
distinguished brother just named, and that is a sufficient
guarantee of its excellence. Three hundred and ten pages
afforded him a wide field for his masterly review. Colorado
for 1892 was so late, a brief notice in the addendum
was all that was possible, Brother Vaux remarking :
We caanot do more than thus notice the reception of the Proceedings of the
Grand Lodge of Colorado. This we greatly regret. Our extreme sorrow is that the
review of the fifty-fire Grand Lodges by oar brother, Kight Worshipful Lawrence
N. Greenleaf, Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence, cannot now be
examined.
JLn his preface and scattered through his report he does
not hesitate to express his views in strong and vigorous
language, rebuking modern innovations and tendencies and
defending the ancient Landmarks in which he has an abid-
ing faith. Considering all that has been advanced by able
writers upon this subject Brother Vaux makes out a very
strong case. Under Alabama, after showing what was
meant by Landmark under the Mosaic law when a large
proportion of the population was engaged in feeding flocks,
he evolves the following :
So throngh the generations a Landmark was held to exist, and to be both
inviolate and inviolable.
In establishing this title it was declared: "Cursed be he that removeth his
neighbor'* landmark : and all the people shall say, Amen." The principle having
been established, the people consented, and it was the law.
We may presume that the principle thus recognized by the term existed be-
fore the time of Moses. The origin of the word Landmark w* believe to have been
in the remotest, prehistoric time. In the consciousness of the initial efforts to try
and express in language ideas objectively apparent, we know t hat signs were the
universal language at these early periods. These signs took the form of words.
lake as an example, only to indicate our thought, the word "miracle'' as we use it
to-day in onr language, this word "miracle" was primarily denominated by a sign.
It mast be obser/ed that the idea which is now in our language expressed by
oar word Landmark was at the earliest times taken out of the speech or dialect of a
people who had the most limited vocabulary. The object which was called by a
word from such a very limited store of words, was certainly first expressed by a
sign. So it is that Landmark was reasonably to l>e supposed— for we have no
stronger basis to adopt— to be a word that originally was known by a sign or sym-
bol. It at all events represented the idea of demarcating, making the line or
boundary subjectively, and objectively, and of possession, duty, right, authority.
It came into our language with this expressed or implied signification.
As all Masonic knowledge is conveyed by one generation to its successor by
tradition, by it we obtain in Masonry the term Landmark with all its inherited
significance. We have no oiher source to obtain what a Landmark is than from
tradition. Bo that a line, a boundary, evidence of possession, limitation of Ma-
tonic action or obligation and duty, are defined by the word Landmark. The
authority within the boundary-line was protected from the intrusion of strangers.
Hence, if our views are worthy of consideration, a Masonic Landmark is tho line
or demarcation of the authority of Masonic action. If it demarcates, and thus ex-
cludes the performance of a Masonic act, it becomes a Landmark, which is unal-
terable. "Curbed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark." If a physical im-
perfection is bv the Landmark— and tradition makes the Landmark --without the
line marking Masonic authority, to initiate one that is physically or mentally imper-
fect, that is not up to the standard which "preparation" must assert, then the
power of Masonry to act is demarcated, permitted or rejected by this Landmark,
a sign, a symbol of Masonic power.
Thus it is, and therefore a Landmark has both positive and negative power
for Masonic authority to permit or deny its exercise.
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We cannot agree with Brother Vaux in his stand regard-
ing the recognition of New Zealand. We have ourselves
recommended delay until "forbearance ceased to be a
virtue." * In view of the retroactive legislation of the Grand
Lodge of England and the unblushing falsehoods sent out
from that distant colony and circulated broadcast through-
out the United States by the enemies of the new Grand
Lodge, we believe the time for recognition has arrived.
We trust Brother Vaux upon a fresh examination of all
the facts will next year recommend recognition.
He does not think our country's flag should be displayed
over a Masonic Temple.
Brothers Vaux, Robbins and Vincil all echo the same
views regarding any recognition of Symbolic Grand Bodies
which are in the slightest degree allied with Grand Orients
or Supreme Councils. This question, in our opinion,
directly bears upon the universality of Masonry, and will
have to be met in the near future. The Masonic Lodge is
the whole world. A Mason's diploma is directed to ''All
Masons wheresoever dispersed around the globe '* and not
to any Lodge, Grand or Subordinate, or to any particular
Rite. We have enlarged somewhat upon this point in pre-
ceding Reports and cannot now pursue the subject farther.
We are somewhat curious to know what recognition was
accorded to representative Masons from abroad, who visited
Chicago during the World's Fair and who were not of the
York Rite. Our Illinois brethren under the law of their
Grand Lodge, could not do otherwise than refuse them
brotherly welcome and recognition. If they were admitted
to their Ltxlges, they violated the law and set at naught
our good Brother Robbins' partition wall.
Brother Michael Arnold was elected Grand Master;
Grand Secretary re-elected.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND -1893.
Eighteenth Annual held at Charlottetown, June 2*L
1893, M. W. Simon W. Crabbe, Grand Master.
Pages fi and 7 in our copy are blank, and we are unable
to evolve his opening remarks, but presume they were of
a congratulatory nature.
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He had visited all the Lodges in the jurisdiction except
Zetland. As a whole, the work was done in a creditable
manner.
He had but one question submitted to him during the
year, and that only required a reference to the By-Laws.
From the report of the Grand Secretary we learn there
is a slight decrease in membership, the present number
being 493 against 500 last year. This is accounted for by
the fact that many are leaving for the North West and
United States. The Grand Lecturer visited most of the
Lodges in the jurisdiction, and reports the officers pro-
ficient in the work-
There was a report from the Committee uon Publishing
the Report on Correspondence/' thanking the committee
who had prepared it, but with a resolution against pub-
lishing it, which was adopted.
Ergo, there is no report. Lack of funds is the reason
why it was not published.
The action of the Grand Master in placing that Grand
Lodge in affiliation with the General Masonic Relief
Association of the United States and Canada was
approved.
Brother Thomas A. McLean of Charlottetown was
elected Grand Master ; Grand Secretary re-elected.
QUEBEC— 1893.
Twenty-third Annual held at Montreal. January 25,
1893, M. W. Frank Edgar, Grand Master.
R. W. Brother J. H. Isaacson, Grand Secretary, was
unable to be present, owing to illness.
Of tire condition of Masonry in that jurisdiction, the
Grand Master speaks thus hopefully:
In oar own jurisdiction, 'in spiteof many disadvantages under which we labor,
and the prejudice entertained against Freemasonry by those who have been led
erroneously to believe it opposed to their race, religion and political aspirations,
we have continued to hold our ground in most of the districts, while in others
there is a marked increase. You will find the reports of the Grand Secretary,
the Grand Treasurer, and the District Deputy Grand Masters to be most satisfactory.
He says that the cultivation of the social virtues has
received encouragement from the Grand Officers and
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officers of Lodges, with the best results. He thinks there
should be more fraternal intercourse between country and
city Lodges, and that deputations from each should visit
each other more frequently. His official visits on account
of pressing duties were confined to anniversary and cen-
tennial occasions of the Craft, of which he gives an inter-
esting account.
He has the sad announcement to make of the death of
Past Grand Master Hezekiah Luke Robinson, to whose
memory a feeling tribute is paid.
Under the head of unfinished business, he calls
attention to the proposal to establish a Masonic Home.
The matter was postponed until next year. Under the
same head, reference is made to the unsettled difference
with the Grand Lodge of England, from which we extract
the following:
The third matter of unfinished business is that relating to the future action of
this Grand Lodge in dealing with the three Lodges working in this city under war-
rants from the Grand Lodge of England, and which have existed in this way. and
have carried on the usual work of Lodges ever since the formation of this Grand
Lodge.
It is not necessary here to detail the action taken by us at different times to
influence these Lodges to unite with their brethren in this Masonic province, or the
means adopted by this Grand Lodge to enforce its right to supreme Masonic juris-
diction over every Lodge and brother in the territory of the Province of Quebec.
Nor is it necessary to remind yon that all our acts have failed to carry out the
desired result. You will remember that our sister Grand Lodge of Canada, through
Most Worshipful Brother Walkem. of Kingston, offered to act as mediator between
the Grand Lodge of England and thin Grand Lodge, in reference to this matter, and
that at the request of Brother Walkem, and with the object of furthering the en-
deavorsof the Grand Lodge of Canada, we consented to withdraw the edict of
suspension and non-intercourse with these three Lodges, and with the Grand Lodge
of England, which was in force at that time. We were eladto be able to do any-
thing that would advance the interests of peace and harmony among all bodies of
the Craft without prejudice to our rights and privileges as a Grand Lodge.
Nothing has, since that time, come officially before me either from Brother
Walkem or the Grand Lodge of England or the Grand Lodge of Canada. Believing
that undue prominence was given in the past to this matter, to the detriment of
more important business, 1 have suffered it to rest during my term of office, bat I
deem it my duty now to report to Grand Lodge that the three Lodges in question
are still workingin this city under English warrants— and that their future position
in our jurisdiction is a matter to be yet decided by this Grand Lodge.
We have failed to find that any action was taken at
this session, the subject not being referred to in the
report of the Committee on State of Masonry, where it
should properly have found a place.
The Grand Chaplain, Rev. Brother W. T. Forsythe,
delivered an able address on k'The Mission of Masonry.*'
Brother E. T. D. Chambers again furnishes a most
interesting Report on Correspondence, covering 140 pajjes,
in which Colorado for 1892 receives extended notice.
Before noting the pleasant things said of us, we quote
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from his preface the following remarks under the head of
4i Masonry in Mexico," with which we are fully in accord:
Some of the sticklers for refusing recognition to the Grand Lodges, all of
whose subordinates were not of Grand Lodge parentage, are naturally shocked at
the action of Texas in this matter. Bat we are of those who welcome all legitimate
Masonry into the Grand Lodge system, and the accident of birth, at least in conn-
tries where the only recognized Masonic system hitherto has been that controlled
by Grand Orients, does not, for as, stamp a* illegitimate the Masonry that has been
conferred as we have received it, and that now pledges obedience to a Grand Lodge
constituted by the grent majority of the Lodges and batng the only one established
in its jurisdiction. Else, where is the boasted universality of Freemasonry? In
this particular case, however— that of Mexico— we believe in the wiadom of the
coarse mapped out for himself by Most Worshipful Brother Drommond, of Maine,
who says: " We do not propose, however, to recommend recognition at this session
of the Grand Lodge, bnt we hope to procure a copy of the Constitution of the Grand
Diets, and be prepared to report at our next session more intelligently." Brother
Drommond remarks that the plan of a "Grand Dieta," with subordinate "State
Grand Lodges/' seems to him a happy solution of the question. And we entirely
agree with nim in this, as well as in the statement that the plan is very similar to
that of the Grand Lodge of England (and Scotland and Ireland as well) with its
Provincial Grand Lodges.
Grand Master Maxwell's address is referred to as " an
interesting and business-like address," from which a brief
summary is made. Several extracts are made from
Brother Herroifs oration, which he pronounces "admir-
able/1 Our modesty prevents us from quoting what he
has to say of our Report, extracts from which cover two
and a half pages, "Bearing the Sheaves'1 being also repro-
duced.
Brother Thomas Page Butler of Montreal, was elected
Grand Master ; Grand Secretary re-elected.
We have received from this Grand Lodge k< Outlines
of the History of Freemasonry in the Province of
Quebec,*' by P. G. M. John H. Graham. It ranks among
the most valuable contributions to Masonic history and
literature that have appeared during the present century,
and will be most highly prized by all Masonic students.
The generosity of the Grand Lodge of Quebec in supply-
ing other Grand Lodges, Committees on Correspondence,
etc., with this valuable work we believe to be without
precedent.
RHODE ISLAND— 1892.
Semi-annual held at Providence, November 16, 1891.
M. W. Brother George H. Kenyon presiding. Twenty-
seven Lxlges represented. As a matter of interest to the
brethren of this jurisdiction, we quote the opening:
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March Entrance of Grand Officers
Proclamation .. ..By the Grand Marshal
i Anthem— Benedictua Lachner
Prayer By the Grand Chaplain
Response— "Father, Hear Thy Children" Barnby
CEREMONIES.
The Grand Lodge of Tasmania was recognized ; the re-
quest of New Zealand declined for the present.
Reports of various committees were received and
adopted at this session, which were of local importance.
One Hundred and Second Annual held at Providence,
May 16, 1892. M. W. Brother Geo. H. Kenyon, Grand
Master. Opening ceremonies as noted above, with change
of musical programme.
The Grand Master reports a prosperous year for
Masonry in that jurisdiction.
He announces in fitting terms of eulogy, the death of
P. G. M. Nicholas Van Slyck, on March 3, after a brief
illness of a week. He was buried with Grand Honors, an
Emergent Communication of the Grand Lodge being
• called for that purpose.
No decisions were rendered of sufficient importance to
submit to the Grand Lodge.
He devotes considerable space to uniformity of work.
The committee appointed to reproduce the work adopted
by the Grand Lodge in 1879, presented the same at a
special session of the Grand Lodge on April 13, where it
was rehearsed section by section. A few slight alterations
were made and it was unanimously adopted as the work of
that jurisdiction. It is to be disseminated through the
District Deputy Grand Masters.
No Report on Correspondence.
Brother Stillman White, of Providence, was elected
Grand Master; Grand Secretary re-elected.
A brief week after the close of the annual session, the
Grand Lodge held an Emergent Communication for the
purpose of paying the last tribute of respect to their late
brother, P. G. M. Oliver Johnson.
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1893] appendix. 165
SCOTLAND— 1893.
Quarterly Communication held at Edinburgh, May 4,
1893. M. W. James Middleton, Provincial Grand Master,
acting Grand Master. One hundred and seventy-three
officers and representatives present.
It is the first time that Brother D. Murray Lyon's
handiwork has reached our table and we prepared for an
intellectual feast, alas! only to be disappointed by a cold
array of facts and figures and a brief record strictly con-
fined to the business in hand.
The Grand Committee, which met May 25 and July
27, 1893, seems to be entrusted with extensive powers, be-
ing virtually, we should say. the Grand Lodge. Reports
of standing committees and all important matters seem to
come under their supervision to be subsequently reported
to the Grand Lodge for approval. Grand Master Had-
dington's Grand Visitations, and the pleasant features in
connection therewith, are the most readable narrations in
the volume. A full account is given of the laying of the .
corner-stone of the new Royal Academy at Inverness, he
being the first Grand Master to perform a public Masonic
ceremony in that locality. There was a large assemblage
and the exercises were very imposing.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA— 1893.
The volume before us contains the proceedings of the
Quarterly Communications held July 20 and October 19,
1892, also those of January 18 and April 19, 1893.
The Grand Master, the Earl of Kintore, presided on
each occasion except that of January 18, when the Pro
Grand Master, M. W. Brother S. J. Way, occupied the
Grand East.
On July 20 the Grand Lodge listened to the report of
the Board of General Purposes and devoted its time to
consideration of proposed amendments to the Constitution.
We note that W. Brother George Weaver was appointed
Grand Representative near this Grand Lodge-. At the
Communication on October 19, much time was devoted . to
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amendments to Constitution proposed by the Board of
General Purposes.
The Ritual Committee reported having organized a
Special Lodge of Instruction under warrant of Grand
Master by which they were empowered to summon W. M/s
and officers of Lodges in Adelaide and vicinity to meet
and consider the adopted Ritual. Two meetings were
held. At the first there were present seventeen W. M/s,
thirty-eight P. M.?s and forty-one other officers. At the
second, twelve W. M.'s, twenty-eight P. M.'s and twenty
other officers, also many other brethren whose names
failed to be recorded. All were permitted to fully discuss
the Ritual as exemplified and to propose amendments.
Further opportunity was also given to suggest any changes
in writing before a certain date when they were carefully
considered by the committee and many of them adopted.
The Ritual thus approved by the committee was then
adopted by the Grand Lodge.
At the Quarterly held on January 18, 1893, the subject
of the Ancient Landmarks was very thoroughly considered,
being submitted in the form of an appendix to the report
of the Board of General Purposes, embodying in full the
criticisms of Brothers Albert Pike and Theodore S. Parvin.
A motion was make " that the so-called Ancient Land-
marks originally printed in the Book of Constitutions be
omitted in the revised edition."" An animated discussion
then ensued during which an amendment postponing the
debate was put to vote with the result of twrenty-one for
and twenty-one against, whereupon the Pro Grand Master
gave the casting vote and it was lost.
Still further discussion ensued, the motion to omit
however finally prevailed, the vote standing 28 for and 12
against. Thus after having sanctioned what have been
known commonly and accepted as the Landmarks, for
eight years, the Grand Lodge has now thrown them over
bodily. As to the wisdom of this action we are not fully
prepared to express an opinion, we say this however, that
their publication could do no harm until the matter involved
was more fully determined. However highly we may value
the opinions of Brothers Pike, Parvin, Gould and other
Masonic authorities upon certain questions, we are not
prepared to follow them blindly on landmarks, symbolism,
antiquity, etc. Under Pennsylvania we quote some able
observations upon this subject by Brother Vaux.
1893] appendix. 167
At the Quarterly held April 19, 1893, the business
transacted was of local importance, after which the Annual
Election was held. The Grand Master and Grand Secretary
both being re-elected. No Report on Correspondence.
SOUTH CAROLINA— 1892.
One Hundred and Sixteenth Annual held at Charleston,
December 13, 1892. M. VV. William T. Branch, Grand
Master.
After words of welcome and congratulation to the
brethren and gratitude to the "Giver of all good gifts and
graces/* he causes the hearts of the assembled brethren to
swell with pride as he reverts to the antiquity and glory
of the Masonic institution and its grand possibilities for
the improvement and enlightenment of mankind. To
those who say the Landmarks are an " unknown quantity''
or a visionary dream, we commend the following:
The ancient Landmarks of the Order may be traced down through the mystic
pages of the centuries, as a vein of pare gold, seen glistening in the dark and solid
rock.
That is good enough to have come from the lips of a
Colorado miner and Mason. It also partially accounts for
the silence in the old charges and manuscripts about which
critics have so often carped, since '"silence is golden," and
there is most assuredly a vein of it. Seriously, we agree
with him in his views which are eminently sound.
He recurs to the fact that the Angel of Death had
mercifully spared the members of that Grand Lodge, and
that they met with unbroken ranks.
He is outspoken as to the state of the Order, indulging
in no rose-colored view, but directing their attention to
stern facts as they exist, which are thus pictured :
I cannot say, as did my predecessor (and I regret it), " That Freemasonry in
Sooth Carolina is marching onward." No ; I do not believe that it is ; in some few
Lodges it may be, but in the jurisdiction I fear that it is at a standstill, if not going
backward, and I attribute it to several causes:
Fint— Because of the indifference and want of interest by the great majority
of the Craft : thereby producing neglect, necessarily followed by ignorance, not
only of the Kitaal and Jurisprudence, which is woeful indeeed, but a great want
of appreciation of the beautiful, wise and impressive lessons of morality and
brotherly love which it teaches Much of thi* might be corrected if the District
Dbpnty Grand Blasters would do their duty, by visitation, giving careful instruc-
tion in the work and law, together with exhortations upon the duties and obliga-
tions we owe and are under to each other.
168 appendix. [ 1893
He recommends the adoption of the proposed amend-
ment to constitution abolishing the office of District
Deputy and creating that of Grand Lecturer. He believes
it would infuse new life into Masonry in that jurisdiction,
and induce many non-affiliates to again enter the fold. He
believes this class to be as numerous as are the Masons in
good standing, which is a sad commentary upon the attrac-
tiveness of the Lodges. He thinks the large number of
new and inferior orders which spring up like mushrooms
have much to do with sapping the institution of Masonry.
In this connection he takes strong ground against joint
occupancy. He has this to say upon the subject of
ANDROGYNOUS DEOBEK8.
We are obligated to protect, aid and assist Masons* wives, daughters, mothers
and sisters, and yet we have no means of knowing them. There is a way provided;
certain degrees they have a right to, which, although -not Masonry* is its offspring.
I therefore recommend that the members of this Grand Lodge see that they are
more generally conferred.
Five corner-stones were laid, two in person and three
by proxy, the proposed structures were a Masonic Temple,
three school buildings, and a Confederate monument.
Three dispensations were granted for new Lodges, and
two dormant Lodges were revived.
The Grand Lodge indebtedness is now $21,383.50, hav-
been reduced in eight years $14,120.29.
Reports from ten districts are submitted by the District
Deputies.
The amendment to Constitution abolishing the office of
District Deputy Grand Master and creating that of Grand
Lecturer wras indefinitely postponed. An amendment creat-
ing the office of Grand Lecturer was subsequently offered,
which lies over until the next session.
Brother Charles Inglesby furnishes the Report on Cor-
respondence as usual, Colorado for 1891 receiving a brief
review. The salient features of Grand Master Foster's
address are summarized, including his decisions. We
quote the following :
We dissent from his ruling that the absence of the letter of dispensation of a
Lodge renders its meeting irregular and its work illegal. The letter, we think, is
simply the evidnnse of the lawful existence of the Lodge nnder dispensation. The
existence of the Lodge is the will of the Grand Master.
Brother Siles P. Demi v. of Walhalla. was elected Grand
Master : Grand Secretary re-elected.
1893] appendix. . 169
SOUTH DAKOTA— 1893.
Nineteenth Annual held at Yankton, June 13, 1893.
M. W. Harvey J. Rice, Grand Master.
A majority of the Lodges, namely 64, were represented.
The Grand Master reports healthy increase in member-
ship.
He issued one dispensation for a new Lodge.
Two corner-stones were laid by proxy.
He submits a list of nine decisions which were approved.
From the report of the Grand Lecturer he was zealous
in the discharge of his duties. He visited twenty- nine of
the thirty Lodges and would have reached the thirtieth but
for the fact that his train was abandoned four days. He
reports the a'dvaneement that has been made in the esoteric
worjt as highly gratifying. Under the system adopted by
the Grand Lodge of paying the Grand Lecturer, instead
of having the expense fall upon weak Ltxlges, he was en-
abled to visit all the small Lodges in the jurisdiction.
The Grand Lodge of Victoria was recognized.
The expenses of the Grand Lecturer the coming year
must be borne by the Lodges requiring his services, this
was adopted upon the recommendation of the Committee
on Ritual, who were informed that such expense would be
cheerfully paid.
Six delegates were appointed to attend the Fraternal
Congress.
Brother William Blatt furnished a splendid Report on
Correspondence as usual, comprising 109 pages of interest-
ing and instructive matter. Colorado for 1892 receiving
full consideration. Extracts are made from Grand Master
Maxwell's address. He thinks we will soon regret substi-
tuting District Deputies for the Grand Lecturer in diffus-
ing Masonic light. He pronounces the oration of Brother
Ira Herron '• brief but elegant in expression." Approves
of the lamhslc'ni resolution, has a good word for the writer
and surrenders his space to "Bearing the Sheaves."
Brother Richard C. McCallister, of Madison, was
elected Grand Master; Grand Secretary re-elected.
170 APPENDIX. [ 1893
TASMANIA— 1893.
Second Annual held at Launeeston. January 18, 1893,
M. W. Rev. R. D. Poulett Harris, Grand Master. Repre-
sentatives of thirteen Lodges were president.
The Report of the Board of General Purposes furnishes
the following items : All efforts to gain recognition from
the Grand Lodge of Scotland have proved fruitless, as no
answer has been received to the various letters that have
been sent. Private communications sent to the head-
quarters in Edinburgh by the President of the Board and
others, will, it is hoped, have the desired effect.
The Board has not yet adopted any Ritual, they pro-
posed to wait until that sanctioned by South Australia
was ready, which would be in about two months; then they
could compare the Rituals of the three sister constitutions
on the continent and make a choice of one of these or
others.
From the report of the Grand Secretary we learn that
103 new members were initiated, and that thirty-five had
affiliated.
Brother E. O. Giblin was elected Grand Master;
Brother J. G. Steele, Grand Secretary.
TENNESSEE -1893.
Upon opening the volume we are confronted by the
group of the five custodians of the work, and judging by
their surround higs every mothers son of them is "in a
ring." Upon the opposite page is the portrait of Grand
Master M. D. Smallman in full regalia, his jewel a blazing
sun, the square conspicuous by its absence. A blazing
sun also appears in the center of the apron, which is
heavily fringed, but then, its English, quite English, you
know ! Now don't go upon the rampage Brother Connor,
and quote from all the authorities past and present, to
prove that no one but a numskull would, in these enlight-
ened days, declare for the square -we say the square was
good enough for our fathers, and it is good enough for us.
1893] APPENDIX. 171
Seventy-ninth Annual held at Nashville, January 25.
1893, Grand Master Smallman presiding.
Three hundred and eighty-eight Lodges were repre-
sented.
The Grand Master reports a peaceful, and therefore
infers a prosperous condition of the fraternity.
He had granted a large number of dispensations to in-
stall officers. He refused to permit a Lodge uto put the
clock back" and celebrate August 19th as St. John's Day.
He granted three dispensations for new Lodges.
He made a large number of official visits, on which oc-
casions he says he was royally entertained. The latch-
string was always on the outside, and he occupied " the
preacher's room/' Good enough.
His address contains much excellent advice, and many
valuable suggestions. He touched upon " non-payment of
dues" as a matter of course, that perennial wayside
flower in the path of every Grand Master -Oh! that it
were a century plant ! In our opinion dues should be
abolished, and the fees for the degrees made high enough
to provide for a revenue from a fixed sum thereof, set aside
for that special purpose. With an army of non-affiliates,
estimated at upwards of 400,000, it is about time some newr
plan for maintaining the standing of our pecuniary unfor-
tunates wras developed. Coming before the Lodge and
pleading poverty no man of spirit will do, as has been
amply demonstrated in the past, therefore the idea of
higher fees seems to us the most /raxible ( involuntary
pun).
He gives the brethren some wise suggestions in regard
to properly furnishing a Lodge, and providing all needed
requisites in the way of books, stationery, blanks, etc., not
forgetting a library of reference, containing files of Grand
Lodge proceedings, and other Masonic books, in which he
says should also be carefully preserved every Masonic docu-
ment received by the Lodge, circulars, addresses, by-laws.
funeral notices, etc., remarking that in a hundred years
hence the collection would be most valuable.
He submits nine decisions, one of which was modified,
and the rest approved.
He announces the names of the five delegates to the
Fraternal Congress.
172 appendix. [1893
He had information from the officers of the Masonic
Widows" and Orphans" Home that it is nearly completed,
and that fifteen inmates are already within its friendly
walls.
The Report of the Board of Custodians outlining a
plan for the dissemination of the work was adopted. It
provides for District Lecturers, instruction to be imparted
to Lodges, separately or by uniting in schools of instruc-
tion, as they may determine, expenses to be paid by the
Lodges.
Two evenings of the session were devoted to an exem-
plification of the work of the F. C. and M. M. degrees,
under the supervision of the custodians.
The -Grand Lodge adopted resolutions in regard to
a Grand Lodge Building; a committee of five to be
appointed to report upon probable cost and location at the
next Annual session.
The Committee on Jurisprudence having completed
their task of codifying the Edicts and Decisions, presented
their report, which was adopted, and they were ordered
published wiUh the proceedings.
An itemized report of the secretary of the Widows*
and Orphans Home is published with the proceedings.
The total receipts have been §27,617.55 : the disburse-
ments, including buildings, about the same amount. The
assets are Lodge and individual subscriptions, amounting
to 81325.
Brother George* C. Connor writes one of his character-
istic Reports on Correspondence, bristling with exclam-
ation and interrogation points, and filled with spicy and
incisive comment. Colorado for 1892 not having arrived
in time, falls out of alphabetical line, and brings up the
rear in company with Nova Scotia. That does not pre-
vent Brother Connor from giving us a rattling review of
three pages. He says : #i Grand Master Maxwell's address
is full and complete, and discusses matters of general
interest."' He thinks his reference to the Conclave all too
brief, and says:
Why, Maxwell, dear, you might have devoted two pages to that National
gathering, and the universality of Masonry woo Id not have been poached upon!
ich man of as was your Brother Craftsman ; proud of the Craft, proad of the
Temple. The Grand Lodge was deeply interested in the Conclave fraternally,
financially and socially. O, yes, none wore more zealous than thine own self to
make as welcome, bnt why not pat on permanent record yoor opinion of the impor-
tance to the Craft of the success of the Templars? *Twoald have done your head
and heart credit, and made the Grand Lodge happy.
1893] appendix. 173
When he strikes Brother Maxwell's decisions and the
action of this Grand Lodge concerning them, he goes off
at a tangent, and fairly makes things hum, while "ye
printer" reaches for points— exclamatory, defamatory and
damnatory!
We have room for only a few specimens of his skill as
a logician and annihilator.
Can Grand Master suspend a law- of Grand Lodge ? Read :
"Tha election to the Mastership of a brother ineligible to hold that office,
unless by special dispensation granted by the Grand Master, is irregular and void.
Is Grand Master invested with power to make an ineligible Mason eligible ?
With ns no one can be chosen Master until he has served as a Warden. Can Grand
Master suspend that law, and allow one ineligible to be elected and installed a
Master ? Well, not in this land of hog and hominy, if he can in the dominion of
silver, gold and soda water.
•»
" A Junior Warden cannot prefer charges in his official capacity except by
order of the Lodge." '
And why, pray ? Is not the Junior Warden the Superintendent of the Craft
while not at labor ? If he discovers gross misconduct, can he not, as Superintend-
ent, prefer charges against those he superintends ? Clearly " official capacity "
has an esoteric meaning in Colorado.
Seems to us the following decision would play the wild if executed to the
letter :
"For good and sufficient reasons a Subordinate Lodge may suspend its
regular Communications, and it is not necessary to have the Grand Master's per-
mission therefor."
Neither the Grand Master nor the Lodge can suspend regular communica-
tions ! Lodges may let them go by default, but surely not suspend a By- Law which
requires that they be held on fixed days. If a Lodge cannot suspend a By-Law,
how can it suspend a stated Communication ?
And as a climax of the physical perfection absurdity, which at times prefers
the immorality of intoxicants to uneven legB, read the following :
"A man who is deformed by one leg being shorter than the other is not eligi-
ble to receive the degrees in Masonry."
Can anything be more absurd? Language fails us. Even the making and
selline of beer would not more certainly disqualify an unfortunate man of upright
walk and life who was compelled to wear a high-heeled and thick-soled shoe on
one foot ! ! !
A very readable oration was delivered. It is a trifle too paragraphical to
admit of many bursts of eloquence, and it deals in the time-honored platitudes of
Masonry, many of them most cleverly expressed, however.
A brother tried to fire out of Lodges all aprons not made of lamb skin or
white leather, but Grand Lodge could not see it, and wisely, too. That brother
was a city man, we wager, and is a trifle extravagant.
Don't wrager, for you would lose. The brother was
from Greeley, and is an enthusiastic life-long student of
Masonic symbolism, and his resolution has been generally
approved. We see how it is, Brother Connor. Home
industries must be encouraged and cotton goes !
After what we said in our last Report, Brother Connor
says :
So let us kiss again, and jog along in the discharge of duty, fraternally, affec-
tionately and candidly.
It's a go ! So mote it be.
Brother Bun. F. Price of Memphis, was elected Grand
Master: Grand Secretary re-elected.
174 appendix. [1893
TEXAS— 1892.
Fifty-seventh Annual held at Houston. December (>,
1892. M. W. John Watson, Grand Master.
He makes feeling allusion to the death of P. G. M.
John B. McMahon. who filled that office in 1860 and was
Grand High Priest in 1880. He settled in Texas in 1837
and was made a Mason in 1847. He was an active member
of the fraternity and lived a long and useful life.
Masonry continues to grow in that jurisdiction, eleven
dispensations have been granted for new Lodges.
Twenty corner-stones were laid during the year, two in
person and eighteen by proxy. All the proposed struct-
ures, with one exception, were of a character befitting the
performance of Masonic cernionies. That exception was
the "Nottingham lace curtain factory v in Galveston,
at which the Grand Master officiated in person. In our
humble opinion it was a mistake on his part, and one cal-
culated to belittle Masonry in public estimation. Unless
it is a different establishment from what its name inijdies,
with the same propriety might any other factory solicit
the consecration of its corner-stone.
He submits eight decisions, one of which wTas modi-
fied and oik4 disapproved.
He had received reports from fifty-five of the District
Deputy Grand Masters, showing the improved condition
of Masonry in that jurisdiction, especially in its moral tone.
A necessity exists for a book containing their constitu-
tion and laws in a simpler form than the one now in use,
he therefore suggests a work in a convenient form, which
shall contain only the *' ancient charges." their constitu-
tion, resolutions and edicts, carefully revised to date.
Past Grand Masters Frederick Speed, of Mississippi,
and R. V. Lemmon, of Ohio, were introduced and received
with the public grand honors, and suitably acknowledged
the honor conferred. Subsequently a resolution was
adopted commissioning them to bear to their respective
Grand Lodges the most cordial and fraternal greetings of
the Grand Lodge of Texas.
The Grand Secretary calls the attention of the Grand
Lodge to the importance1 of making provision for the
1893] appendix. 175
better preservation of the archives, which each year are
becoming more valuable.
He is anxious to know what shall be done with the
growing list of Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts,
says he :
It has been decided that they are not members of a Lodge ; they contribute
nothing to its support ; and yet the keeping of the record, and publishing of the
names of these thousands of non-contributors, year after year, is a burden to the
•nbordinates and a heavy expense to the Grand Lodge. In our last printed pro-
ceedings I can point out the names of those who have been published as Entered
Apprentice Masous for the last forty-three years, and, should their earthly pilgrim-
age be extended forty- three years longer, they will never pass beyond their present
status. Our Secretaries themselves are ignorant of the whereabouts of these
parties, or whether they are dead or alive. 1 cannot conceive why our rolls should
longer be cumbered with these names, unless we wish to preserve them as relics of
antiquity.
A committee of three was appointed to revise the reso-
lutions and edicts of the Grand Lodge, and report at the
next session.
Formal relations are now established with the Grand
Dieta of Mexico, their Grand Representative, Brother
E. B. Palacio, having been received with the highest
honors by that Grand body on June 10th.
The Reports of the various Grievance Committees are
disgusting reading, the details should be omitted from the
printed proceedings and the findings only given. One re-
markable case is reported where a Lodge adjudged Masonic
death (expulsion), "for a mere ditference of opinion as to
the most convenient place to locate a neighborhood school
house." The action was of course reversed, the brother
restored to all his former rights, and the Lodge scored in
good shape by the committee.
Brother Thomas M. Mathews furnishes an excellent
Report on Correspondence, covering VS2 pages, Colorado
for 1891 receives a fraternal review. Grand Master Foster's
address is epitomized, and a few decisions commented
upon, among others the following :
He decides also, that the absence of the letter of dispensation, or warrant
of a Lodge, renders the meeting irregular and the work done illegal. It seems to
V9 that this is more precise than necessary. If the Master, who is responsible, and
the custodian of the warrant or charter, knows its whereabouts, and, if necessary,
can put his hand upon it or produce it, it seems to us that is sufficient.
Brother Bush's oration is "short but readable," he does
not know what it is upon -unless Masonry.
Brother Thos. B. Cochran was elected Grand Master ;
Grand Secretary re-elected.
17(5 APPENDIX. [18U3
UTAH -1898.
«
Twenty-second Annual held at Salt Lake, January 17,
1893. M. W. Watson N. Shilling, Grand Master.
He reports the growth in membership beyond prece-
dent, and what is better, the material is of the best quality.
Regarding a Temple he says:
1 regret to notice that the magnificent Masonic edifice which loomed up be-
fore onr 6)69 in such glorious splendor one short year ago seems to have lapsed into
innocuous desuetude.
How many jurisdictions which have wrestled with a
heavy debt for *long years, will exclaim : ''Let *er lapse! '
He believes in "visiting around," and that the Grand
Lodge should Be migratory, and trusts that ere many years
every Lodge in that jurisdiction will have a Temple of its
own in which to hold its meetings" and the occasional
services of the Grand Lodge.
He had visited all of the Lodges in the jurisdiction and
some of them more than ouce.
He refers to the zeal of the Grand Lecturer in dissem-
inating the work which has been prolific of good results.
He laid the corner-stone of the new City and County
building in Salt Lake City on July 25th. It was a gala
occasion, upwards of four thousand people being iir* attend-
ance. Among prominent Masons present was M. \V.
Brother John Frizzell, P. G. M. of Tennessee.
The Grand Secretary's report gives detailed information
concerning the Lodges, showing the degrees each has con-
ferred, amount expended in charity and their financial
conditiou. The eight> Lodges of the jurisdiction expended
in charity the sum of Sllo'9.20, truly a splendid showing.
Their property and cash on hand amounts to a grand total
of $23,909.74.
Among other amendments adopted was the following,
to Grand Lodge By-Laws, regarding non-payment of dues:
Any member of a Lodge, being twelve months in arrears for dues, and resid-
ing within the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, shall be notified by the Secretary,
that unless within thirty days— or if residing outside the jurisdiction of this Grand
Lodge, within sixty day* -from the date of the regular meeting at which »uch
delinquency shall be made known to the Lodge, either his dues be paid, or sic knees
or inability to pay be shown a* the cause of finch refusal "r neglect, he will be liable
To suspension from nil the rights and privileges of Masonry. If neither of the
f ongoing excuses be made, he may at the first regular meeting after the expiration
of the specified time, be declared by the Master of the Lodge to be suspended, unless
for special reasons shown, the Lodge shall remit his dues or grant him farther time
1893] appendix. 177
for payment. Bat any member thus suspended, who shall at any time pay the
arrearages dae at the time of suspension, or who shall have each arrearages re-
mitted by his Lodge, shall be declared by the Master thereof restored to all the
rights and privileges of Masonry.
Also, the following to Standing Resolutions :
Resolved, That all non-affiliated Masons in this Grand Jurisdiction shall have
the privilege of visiting Lodges for the period of six months, bnt such non-affiliates
shall petition some Lodge within thirty days thereafter for membership, and if
rejected, shall contribute to some chartered Lodge in this Grand Jurisdiction its
regular does, and in case of non-compliance, shall be debarred from all Masonic
rights and privileges, as follows:
First— They shall not be allowed to visit any Lodge.
Second— They shall not be allowed to appear in any Masonic procession.
Third— They shall not be entitled to Masonic charity.
Fourth— They shall not be entitled to Masonic barial.
They shall be deemed drones in the hive of Masonry, and unworthy oar pro-
tection as Masons.
And be it further resolved. That this resolution shall be printed on the back
of each dim it granted in this jurisdiction.
Printed with the proceedings is an account of the
Installation Banquet, from the Salt Lake Tribune of Jan-
uary 19, 1893. It was a very elaborate affair and took place
at the Templeton. Besides the members of the Grand Lodge
and local Lodges, there were present as invited guests, the
Mayor and City Council and members of the press. There
were toasts, speeches and a good time generally.
The attractive feature of the volume is Brother Chris-
topher Diehrs Report on Correspondence covering ninety-
six pages, and reviewing fifty-six Grand Lodges, Colorado
for 1892 among the number. A brief synopsis is given of
Grand Master Maxwell's address.
Of the action regarding decision No. 10, he is rather
jubilant, we quote his words :
"A Worshipful Master cannot suspend an officer of his Lodge from the exer-
cise of the duties of his office until after * due charges, trial and conviction.' Such
action would be in violation of Grand Lodge By-Laws No. 94."
The Committee on Jurisprudence recommended that this decision be not
approved. Score one for the committee and another one for the Grand Lodge,
because it voted in favor of the recommendation. The Grand Ixxlge also decided
** that a Lodge cannot entertain the petition of one who is acting as the agent of a
brewing company and as such selling bottled beer by the barrel." The Grand
Lodge of Colorado permits no liquor dealer to enter the inner door of the Masonic
Traiple, and judging from the gain of Lodges and members the craft loses nothing
by it.
Occasionally our egotism gets the upper hand of our
better judgment and we quote a complimentary reference
to ourself, which accounts for the following :
His work has our admiration. It is copious in extracts and not sparing in
comments. He is firm in his opinions and expresses them freely. We confess that
we have gained knowledge by reading word for word of the review of our Colorado
brother. It is to our regret that at this time we cannot extinguish the "new light"
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178 appendix. [1893
he has discovered by -which he tries to convince. Brother Parvin, ourselves and
others that the three degrees did exist prior to 1717. Providence permitting we will
do so next year.
Brother Albion B. Emery was elected Grand Master;
Brother Christopher Diehl re-elected Grand Secretary.
VERMONT— 1893.
The portrait of Delos M. Bacon, Grand Master, ap-
pears as a frontispiece.
One Hundredth Annual held at Burlington, June 14,
1893. Grand Master Bacon presiding.
We quote his opening remarks:
In grand old Burlington, New England's " Queen City/* beside Cham plain's
peaceful and historic waters, in sight of the majestic Adirondack^ beyond the lake,
in this "leafy month," we meet again around oar sacred Masonic Altar in One
Hundredth Annual Communication, praising God for innumerable blessings and
devoutly beseeching the continued support and guidance of His sustaining hand.
Brethren, in (rod's presence, tender and compassionate, in the presence of sacred
memories -memories made sweet and hallowed by on remembrance of association
with those who have gone to rest, we mention in sorrow yet in triumph oar Frater-
nal Dead.
"Man dieth and wasteth away" All over our broad land the harvest of
death has been a fruitful one. Mtny eminent and distinguished Masons have
passed away. How noble is the aspiration to so live that when we drop life's
working tools, others may say that the world is better because we lived in it.
He devotes six pages to necrology. Among those to
whom feeling tributes are paid we note the names of R.
\V. Brothers Edmund C. Houghton, P. D. G. M., and
Heman 0. Bartlett, P. D. D. G. M.
He submits five decisions, four of which were approved.
That disapproved was this:
When a dispensation is granted for a new Lodge, the Secretary of the Lodge
under dispensation should certify the fact of each Lodge to# which any of the
petitioners belonged, if in this jurisdiction, and this only will terminate their
former affiliation.
Committee on Jurisprudence comment as follows:
While the notice contemplated in decision three should be given, it is the
granting of a charter to petitioner** for a new Lodge that has the effect to change
the membership, and neither the giving or witholding of notice by the Secretary,
can change the status of a member; decision No. 3 is therefore disapproved.
Under the head of dispensations refused, the subject
of physical qualifications proves a fruitful theme in which
his sympathies get the better of his judgment. He thus
expresses himself:
To grant a dispensation to confer the degrees of Masonry npon a candidate
whose right knee is perfectly immovable.
1893]
APPENDIX. 179
A case has recently been submitted to me of a man who had lost bis left arm
and desired to become a Mason. In every other way he was eligible and worthy. I,
of coarse, decided that nnder the present role, he was ineligible.
I am not a physical perfectionist. I do not believe in it. I hope the time
will come when the Grand Lodge of Vermont will do away with snch an unjust and
unreasonable rule aud boldly face criticism. I feel compelled to mention a case
which has been called to my attention: to make use of the language of the writer
in calling attention to the case referred to: " We have in our town a man who wishes
to join the Masonic Order He is our town clerk and treasurer, one of the most
honest, npright and pablic-spirired men in town ; he is a perfect man, both men-
tally and physically, except that he lost the thumb of his right hand when a small
boy/' And yet, under the rule existing, this man cannot be made a Mason We
advertise then, that nothing but perfect animals need apply. I do not hesitate to
say that I look upon the rule as almost barbarous, nonsensical and ridiculous.
I am perfectly well aware that I am treading upon what some may term dan-
gerous ground, but from the fact that by ancient regulations, the physical deformity
of an individual operates as a bar to his admission into the Fraternity, this regu-
lation was adopted for the government of the Craft at a period when they united
the character of operative with that of speculative Masons. I believe this Grand
Lodge might, as has been done by some other Grand Lodges, authorize snch a con-
struction of the regulation as that, when the deformity of the candidate is not
such as to prevent him being instructed in the arts and mysteries of Freemasonry,
and does not amount to an inability honestly to acq. aire the means of subsistence,
the admission would not be an infringement upon the ancient Landmarks, but will
be perfectly consistent with the spirit of our institution.
The special committee on the new Masonic text book
or monitor had completed their labors and he had care-
fully examined it and given it his full approval. The
Grand Lodge requirements had been complied with and
it had been placed on sale at a very moderate price.
The Committee on Masonic Temple presented their
report, accompanied by resolutions for the inauguration of
the project, which were adopted.
The Committee on Jurisprudence, to whom was refer-
red the subject of physical qualifications, reported the
following, which was adopted:
That while in sympathy with the views expressed by the Grand Master, in
view of the fact that any change in the direction suggested must be a radical one,
and that no hasty or ill-advised action should be taken either by the committee or
the Grand Lodge, we recommend that final consideration be deferred for one year.
In the meantime we commend the subject to the careful consideration of
every reading and thinking Mnson in the State, that intelligent action may be
taken at the next Annual Communication.
Stand by the landmarks! If there is a landmark that
goes back into the remote past until lost in dim tradition,
it is that of physical qualifications. It is not wholly
based on "ability to earn the means of subsistance," as too
many writers infer, but there are underlying reasons con-
nected with our symbolism. Remove not the landmarks
which thy fathers have set up.
The subject of concurrent jurisdiction was referred to
a committee who are to report on or before May 1, 1891,
upon the following questions:
180 APPENDIX. [1893
First— Will it be better for the Lodges in their respective districts if said air
line distances be abolished, and that the distances be measured by usually traveled
highways ?
Second— Will it be better for the Lodges if they be given concurrent jurisdic-
tion in towns where no Lodge is located ?
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
And now let us turn to the able Report on Correspond-
ence, by M. W. Marsh O. Perkins, P. G. M., in which the
proceedings of fifty-one Grand Lodges are reviewed,
Colorado for 1892 faring extremely well in a notice of over
four pages. Liberal extracts are made from Grand Master
Maxwell's address which he says "is a carefully prepared
paper of much merit." We quote what he has to say
about decisions:
He reports twenty-one decisions, all of which were approved by Grand Lodge
except two, viz.: That a chartered Lodge may charge brethren raised under dis-
pensation, does from date of raising ; and that a Worshipful Master cannot sus-
pend an officer of a Lodge from the exercise of the duties of his office until after
"doe charges, trial and conviction.1'
It seems to ns as if the former decision savors altogether too much of ex
postfacto to stand alone. The decisions approved, we regret to see, include three
more offerings to the bagbear, physical perfection. With the grandest array of
Past Grand Masters of any Grand Jurisdiction in the coantry, it would seem as if
our Colorado brethren might break away from this idolatry. As we read the fol-
lowing under the head of official visit**, of which the Grand Master made no leas
than thirty six, we wonder if freedom from abbreviated fingers and toes is also to
be a sin qua non in furthering the material development of the State:
" The magnificent resources and natural advantages of our State are attract-
ing the attention and admiration of the world, and (k>lorado will continue to grow
until it takes its place among the leading States of the Union, and as representa-
tives of the Masonic Fraternity of this great and growing State we should wake
up to a realization of the situation and to a full sense of our .duty in the
premises."
We trust that Brother Perkins will not aid in displac-
ing this "bugbear," as he calls it, when the matter comes
up for consideration at the next session of his Grand
Lodge. As we have intimated heretofore, we believe our
symbolism requires it. We have sat at the feet of the
fathers in Masonry and heard them discourse upon this
and other questions, and we are prepared to accept their
conclusions rather than those of the modern school, who
are innovators and iconoclasts, and Masons only in name.
Therefore, Brother Perkins, unless you know absolutely
whereof you affirm, don't cast your lot with hair-brained
Masonic reformers.
Brother Herron's address is pronounced eloquent and
he quotes from his conclusion.
He quotes extensively from our Beport, giving our
views concerning the antiquity of degrees entire, and sur-
rendering valuable space to "Bearing the Sheaves" which
we regard as highly appreciative.
Brother John H. Whipple, of Manchester Center, was
elected Grand Master; Grand Secretary re-elected.
1893] APPENDIX. 181
VICTORIA— 1892.
We have received the proceedings of Quarterly Com-
munications held at Melbourne, June 20, September 19
and December 19, 1892, on all of which occasions M. W.
Brother George Baker, P. (t. M., and D. G. M. presided as
Grand Master.
The business transacted was entirely of a local nature.
The Board of Benevolence distributed from March 9th to
May 25, 1892, upwards of §2218 in charity; a noble record.
Five hundred dollars was also voted to the Mayor's fund
for the relief of distress in Melbourne and the suburbs.
The Board of General Purposes had approved of the
new edition of the Book of Constitutions, 5000 copies of
which were published.
In the proceedings of September 19th we note the fol-
lowing remarkable occurrence in the report of the Board
of General Purposes: " Correspondence was received from
the Lodge of Judah No. 20, and the Duke of Albany
Lodge No. 91, relative to initiating a blind person; and
the following resolution was passed : ' That in the opinion
of the Board no blind person should be initiated.' A sub-
sequent letter was received from the Duke of Albany
Lodge stating that, as there was nothing in the Book of
Constitutions forbidding the reception of a blind person,
they would proceed to initiate one who had been proj>osed
as a candidate, unless positive instructions were received
from the Board forbidding the same. After due consider-
ation, it was resolved: " That the Board distinctly forbids
the initiation of a blind person."
There was expended in charity from June 8th to Sep-
tember 14th over $2530.
r At the Quarterly held December 19, 1892, M. W. Sir
W. J. Clarke, Grand Master, there were seventy-one
Lodges represented.
Notice was received that recognition had been accorded
that Grand Lodge by Switzerland.
Expended in charity from September 14tli to Novem-
ber 23, 1892, the sum of $2596.
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VIRGINIA— 1892.
One Hundred and Fifteenth Annual held at Richmond,
December 6, 1892. M. W. Brother W. H. Pleasants,
Grand Master.
He reports a slow, yet solid and healthy growth in that
jurisdiction.
He records the death of W. Brother Isaac S. Tower,
Chairman of the Finance Committee and also that of K.
W. William T. Allen, Grand Treasurer, to whose memories
tender and deserved tributes are paid.
He urges the claims of the Masonic Home upon the
Craft for its generous support, and suggests that charity
collections on or before the Festival of St. John the
Baptist be taken up in all the Lodges and appropriated to
the Home.
He had issued dispensations for ten new Lodges.
He submits a list of eight decisions, all of which were
approved.
Two corner-stones were laid, one in person, namely
that of Blackstono Female College, while that of the
Chamber of Commerce at Richmond was laid by his proxy.
He calls attention to the Fraternal Congress and says
it might be desirable to be represented in that body.
The Grand Lodge, however, thought differently, and
upon the recommendation of the Committee on Grand
Master's address, adopted the following resolution:
Resolved, It is inexpedient to send delegates to represent this Grand Lodge
in any congress of Masonic bodies which may be called to meet at Chicago at the
time of the Colombian Exposition.
The report of the Masonic Temple Association shows
the following splendid exhibit:
The following we submit as a statement of the Talue of this property:
The Allan lot. with the Sixth street property, estimated . $80,000 00
Lot and dwelling in rear of St. Albans Hall — cost 10,000 00
Masonic Temple lot -cost 18,000 00
Temple (practically completed) cost, including architect
and clerk of work fees, electric plant with all its
attachments, all stationary fnrnitnre and platforms,
plambing, gas-fixtures, machinery, etc 162,227 65
Furniture in place and fnrnitnre contracted for will cost
about : 11.500 00
Aggregate $281,727 65
Less amount due Fire Association of Phila-
delphia $75,000 00
Bill»pnvable 35,000 00
110,000 00
Balance $151,727 63
1893] appendix. • 183
The lot which cost $18,000 is put in at that figure,
though it has enhanced iu value to $72,000.
The District Deputy Grand Masters present full reports
of the condition of the Lodges in their respective districts.
No Report on Correspondence.
Grand Master and Grand Secretary re-elected.
WASHINGTON— 1892
4-t.
Thirty-fifth Annual held at Spokane, June 14, 1892.
M. W. Thomas Amos, Grand Master.
He extends the usual welcome and then pays the fol-
lowing tribute to the city in which they were assembled:
Spokane ! The marvel of the plains ! Here, lees than two decades ago, the
awful stillness of the forest was broken only by the soughing of the pine, and the
wild splash of the snowy waterfall as it leaped and thundered to the depths below
and madly rushed on to the sea. The murmur of the water kept time to the music
of the winds, and nature wrapped her landscape in her rugged coat : but what a
changer ia here ! The wild and untuned strings have been gathered in the hands of
man ; the forces of the cataract bow humbly at his feet, and a new song is sung ;
it is the happy hymn of industry; and out of the forest's solitude has grown a mod-
ern and magnificent city, full of warm hearted and hospitable people with solid
and substantial resources. May it continue to grow and prosper, as it must ! And
all to the honor and glory of the Craft ; for it is among such men as these that we
find Masonry developed to its greatest strength and beauty.
From the contemplation of material prosperity and the
brighter side of life he turns his thoughts to the beloved
dead. Among others of whom tender and appreciative
words are spoken, Past Grand Master Hockey P. Earhart's
name stands foremost, his fame having spread both far and
wide.
Under the head of Foreign Jurisdictions we note the
following for the information of our brethren and also as
bearing upon the question of recognition of Masons hail-
ing from Supreme Councils or Grand Orients.
FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS.
On February 1st the credentials of a brother seeking admission into Valley
Lodge No. 71 were submitted to me for my inspection and approval. It appeared
that the brother was made a Mason in Lodge le Progress do l'Oceanic No. 124, A. F.
4A. M., under the jnrisdiction of the Supreme Council of France, located at the
city of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaiian islands. It occunvd tome that the
brother's credentials were not sufficient ; but, after careful inquiry and corres-
pondence with admitted authorities in this and other jurisdictions, I found that
the Supreme Council of France, A. & A. 8. R., is a legitimate body, and is in no
manner connected with the Grand Orient of France, which latter body we do not
recognize as legitimate. I find that the late King of Hawaii was a mem ber of the
Lodge mentioned, and that anyone hailing from the Supreme Council, or from
any of its subordinates, is entitled to recognition. I relate this merely for inform-
ation, and in order that subordinate Lodges may understand that brethren claim-
ing under the Supreme Council of France, A. & A. S. K., are entitled to Masonic
intercourse with them ; but otherwise, if they claim under the Grand Orient of
France.
184 appendix. [1893
This portion of the address was referred to the Com-
mittee on Correspondence, but was not reported on at this
session.
Ten dispensations for new Lodges were granted.
Four corner-stones were laid by proxy.
He granted several dispensations to confer degrees out
of time.
He refused to permit a Lodge to attend church services
on St. John's Day in a body as Masons.
He makes a good showing in the way of official visits.
He issued a warning letter to the Lodges regarding
Cerneauism, which happily stopped its attempted lodg-
ment in that jurisiction.
He submits ten decisions which were approved, with
the exception of No. 5, which caused a re-commital to the
Committee on Jurisprudence, and finally resulted in em-
bodying in their report the following amendment to
Grand Lodge By-Laws, which report was then adopted :
Heo. 3. The territorial jurisdiction of a Lodge mast be determined from an
"air line'* equidistant between it and. all neighboring Lodges ; Provided, That
Lodges outside of the corporate limits of cities or towns shall not receive a peti-
tion for the degrees of Masonry from a person whose residence is within the said
corporate limits withont the consent of the Lodge having territorial jurisdiction
over him.
He recommends that the salary of the Grand Lecturer
be raised to $1500 per year.
He renews Past Grand Master Porter's recommenda-
tion abolishing the Past Master's degree, adding observa-
tions of his own.
Advocates taking preparatory steps for the establish-
ment of a Masonic Home.
Recommends further action upon the matter of non-
affilintes.
From the Grand Secretary's report we learn that the
total number of degrees conferred during the year was
1302; net increase in members, (>65. There are eighty-two
Lodges, with a total membership of 4091. We. quote this
regarding aprons :
WHITE APRONS.
In obedience to the order of the Grand Lodge, given at the last annual com.
mnnication, 1 have proenred one hundred white aprons (linen). 1 had them made
under my own supervision and at a reasonable figure, $25. The material ia excel-
lent and the work well done.
The Grand Orator, Brother Edwin H. Van Patten, de-
livered a splendid oration filled with original ideas and
1893] appendix. 185
illustrations of Masonry's aims and purposes, and what its
effect should be in our lives and conduct.
Upon recommendation of the Committee on Juris-
prudence the section of the Grand Lodge By-Laws
requiring the conferring of the Past Master's degree was
repealed.
The following resolution was adopted, and should be
spread broad-cast, that health and lives may be spared
from unnecessary exposure :
RELATIVE TO MASONIC FUNERALS.
'* Resolved, That it is the sense of the Grand Lodge of Washington that in the
conduct of faneral services in the open air, no rnle of Masonic propriety requires
the uncovering of the head, except when the blessing of Deity is invoked."
Four hundred dollars was appropriated to defray the
expense of reprinting 1000 copies of their Monitor.
Brother Thomas M. Reed again presents a most inter-
esting Report on Correspondence, filled with original ideas
forcibly expressed. He is loyal to Masonry, its antiquity,
landmarks and symbolism, and well equipped to do battle
against modern innovations. Colorado for 1891 receives a
fraternal review of four pages, in which Grand Master
Foster's introductory remarks are quoted, and fifteen of
his eighteen decisions.
A short extract is made from Brother Bush's oration
which is pronounced " modest in style, but practical and
sensible in thought.*'
Liberal extracts are made from our Report.
Brother Alfred A. Plummer of Port Townsend was
elected Grand Master; Grand Secretary re-elected.
WEST VIRGINIA-1892.
The portrait of Grand Master George Davis, elected at
the present session, appears as a frontispiece, while in the
body of the volume is that of P. G. M. Kephart D. Walker;
both are accompanied with biographical sketches.
Twenty-eighth Annual held at Charleston, November 15,
1892. M. W. Lewis N. Tavenner, Grand Master.
He gives the following encouraging view of the outlook:
As shown by reports submitted, the year abont to close has been a prosperous
one; with cumbrances removed and new material interwoven, onr membership has
increased in numbers, while dispensation to work in five different new sections of
186 appendix. [1893
oar Jurisdiction have been issued and Masonic light is being disseminated and is
shining for the first time where it promises much good to the Fraternity and the
world at large; death's hand has been laid bnt gently npon ns, slight ripples here
and there have been smoothed over, harmony prevails, and nothing has occurred to
mar the beauty, weaken the strength, lower oar estimation of those valuable tenets
or merit severe criticism.
Five dispensations were granted for the formation of
new Lodges.
He refused a dispensation for a Lodge to attend church
on February 22, to hear a Masonic sermon. We quote his
remarks in connection therewith :
I did not see any necessity for a special dispensation to attend -church to
hear a sermon regarding Masonry, as the handmaid, if not the forerunner of
religion, and attendance at church in all respects accordant with our teachings, if
not enjoined thereby, and not deeming it necessary or advisable for the brethren to
appear on the occasion clothed as Masons and with the lights and jewels exposed
for mere display.
He reports twenty-seven decisions, all of which were
approved.
The reports of Grand Lecturer, District Grand Lectu-
rers and District Deputy Grand Masters are all published
with the proceedings and show the exact condition of the
Lodges in all portions of the jurisdiction, and as a rule,
they are shown to be in a healthy and prosperous state.
From the report of the Committee on Returns we
gather the following items: Number of working Lodges 94,
membership 4767; net gain over last year 232.
The report of the Committee on Jurisprudence, which
was adopted, contained the following replies to questions
submitted; the decisions as to pall bearers are the reverse
of the law in this jurisdiction.
,»».
To each of the following questions your committee would answer "yes'
11 Can any other than Masons act as pall-bearers at a Masonic funeral when
other organizations are taking part ?"
41 Can any other than Masons act as pall-bearers at a Masonic funeral when
no other organizations are taking part ?"
The Committee on Work asks for a definition of what constitutes " legal
Masonic information." As to this, we would answer that no rigid rule can be laid
down. The information should be such an to convince a prudent man beyond
any reasonable doubt. This may be had from "strict trial" and "due examina-
tion"—that is, that the trial or the examination bhould not be slight, trivial or
loosely conducted. And the legal Masonic information should possess similar
certainty and be based upon carefully ascertained truth.
To insist that a Mason cannot vouch for another unless he has sat in Lodge
with him is to confine the power of vouching within limits unreasonably close.
There are other means of information as to Masonic character just as trustworthy
as the fact of haviuK met a brother within the tiled recesses of a Lodge. In fact,
the power of avonchment may be safoly left to the good common sense and sound
judgment of a cautious man, and it cannot be properly limited by cast-iron roles
which must in all canes be complied with; and hence the best definition of "legal
Masonic information" which we can readily frame in words is that already men-
tioned, viz.: It inu»t be such as to satisfy a prudent man beyond a reasonable
doubt. It may be derived from having sat in Lodge with a brother; from toe
avonchment of one who has so met the brother in Lodge ; or from other sources
equally trustworthy and equally conclusive to the mind of a prudent and cautions
man.
1893] appendix. 187
The Report on Correspondence, by P. G. M. George
W. Atkinson, is one of the best that has emanated from
his pen. He himself admits that he gave more time and
thought to it than to any other which he had previously
written. You know. Brother Atkinson, genius is only the
capacity to toil tei'ribly! His report covers 192 pages, in
which fifty-eight Grand Lodges are reviewed, Colorado
for 1892 receiving a fraternal review of six pages. Grand
Master Maxwell's address is fully considered, while his
decisions are quoted entire with comments. If he had
read the report of our Committee on Jurisprudence, he
would have had a more intelligent conception of our laws.
Nos. 1 and 10, to which he excepts, were not approved,
while No. 6 was modified.
Of Brother Herron's oration, he says :
It ia void of rhetoric and "high-fa-luten," bat is a strong argument in defense
of the high character and great value of Freemasonry to mankind.
He copies Brother West's resolution, and comments in
this wise :
The following resolutions are certainly correct ; but such action is unneces-
sary, and will involve no little expense to subordinate Lodges. A neat cotton
imitation in inexpensive, ani when kept clean, why not accept it as the badge of a
Mason? When the lamb-skin apron was adopted, cotton was unknown, conse-
quently a skin of some kind was all that could be had. It is different now. Silk,
linen and cotton are substantial substitutes, and are more plentiful, and are
certainly much cheaper. Why, brethren, if you insist on the lamb-skin apron, you
will kill off all the lambs in Colorado. We are opposed to this, because we are a
friend to the sheep. Remember, the old Spanish proverb says, "The hoof of the
sheep is shod with gold." We are in favor of more sheep and fewer lamb-skin
aprons.
We quote this personal:
We observe that our old friend Past Grand Master W. T. Bridwell was present
and participated in the proceedings of the Grand Lodge. Brother Bridwell is a
Virginian, and a most enthusiastic Mason.
Our Report receives a good word.
Brother George Davis, of Charleston, was elected
Grand Master; Grand Secretary re-elected.
WISCONSIN -1893.
Forty-ninth Annual held at Milwaukee, June 1.'}, lb>(J3,
M. W. Fred Ring, Grand Master.
He reports Masonry in that jurisdiction to be in a
healthy and prosperous condition.
He gives some excellent advice about guarding well
the outer door against the admission of improper material.
188 appendix. [1893
He reports the net increase in membership, 069 : and
the total, 14,988.
Under the head of necrology, he has the painful
announcement to make of the death of P. G. M. John T.
Wentworth.
Four dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
Ten decisions are submitted, all of which were
approved.
He issued fifty special dispensations for various pur-
poses, one of which was for a Lodge to attend divine
service on Easter Sunday.
The report of Grand Secretary John W. Laflin em-
bodies the following retrospective view of the past decade:
Brethren, many of you now present remember the day in this room when I
was chosen your Secretary. It seems bat a few short years ago, and yet ten years
have passed since then, a fifth of the existence of this Grand Body, for next year
will be the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of this Grand Lodge. m What
changes have come to as in this seemingly brief period ! More than four times as
many of onr brethren as annually assemble in this hall in Grand Lodge, have
entered into the endless sleep of death. More than fifteen hundred affiliated Master
Masons of this jurisdiction
" Have passed beyond the mists that blind as here,
Into the new and larger life of that serener sphere."
Among these are four Grand Masters, B. T. Kavanaugh, the first to preside
over this Grand Body, and remembered probably by not a Mason here to-day;
Charles F. G. Collins— popular and beloved -J. P. C. Cottrill, the bright and able
lawyer and zealous Mason, and Judge John T. Wentworth, whose form and voice
have long been familiar in this hall at these annual gatherings. The list of those
who have been prominent in this Body and in their home Lodges would be a long
one indeed.
But brethren, there is a bright side to the picture. The order has had a
career of uninterrupted growth and prosperity. Our Lodges have increased from
198 to 227. Our membership is 8075 more than in 1883. Very many Lodges have
erected buildings of their own. Our Lodges are able and willing to care for their
needy brethren, and there are only occasional applications for the assistance which
this Grand Body is ever ready to bestow.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma wTas recognized.
The following amendment to the Constitution was
unanimously adopted:
Section 4, of Article II, of the Constitution is hereby am mended to read as
follows : Section 1. Term of Office— Trustees to hold for three years. The Grand
Lecturer during the pleasure of the Grand Master, The Grand Secretary's term to
expire at 12 o'clock noon on the day next succeeding the day of the close of a
stated communication.
Also this:
EDICT.
The Grand Treasurer shall not receive or pay out any moneys between 12
o'clock noon on the day before the stated Communication and the installation ana
qualification of his successor, when he shall at once pay and deliver over to his
sucessor all moneys and property in his possession or under his control.
An evening paper having published a detailed account
of the ballot for Grand Master within half an hour of its
occurrence, the action of the brother in giving it was
1893] appendix. 189
severely criticised, and resulted in the republication of a
resolution adopted in 1881. that no transaction of the
Grand Lodge shall be given out for publication in any
newspaper under a penalty to be imposed by the Grand
Lodge.
The invitation to participate in the Fraternal Congress
was accepted, and the Grand Master authorized to appoint
six delegates.
Brother Duncan McGregor presents a concise Report
on Correspondence of seventy pages, Colorado for 1892
receiving due attention. A brief summary is given of
Grand Master Maxwell's address and decisions, rtnd a
synopsis of the business of the session so far as it elicited
notice and his space permitted.
Brother William C. Swain was elected Grand Master;
Grand Secretarv re-elected.
WYOMING -1892.
Eighteenth Annual held at Douglas, December 6, 1892,
R W. John C. Davis, Deputy Grand Master, presiding.
The Grand Master, M. W. Perry L. Smith, being de-
tained at home by sickness, his address was read by the
Deputy Grand Master.
He reports peace and prosperity and an increase of
membership. He regrets that his business engagements
prevented him from visiting each Lodge as he desired.
Those which he found opportunity to visit are prospering
and keeping pace with the new State in its progress.
He gives wise counsel as to the selection of proper ash-
lars from the great quarry of life.
He has no decisions, those asked for having been ans-
wered by reference to the Grand Lodge by-laws.
He granted one dispensation for a newr Lodge.
Several dispensations were granted to spread ballot at
special communications and confer degrees out of time,
and one to appear in regalia at a public ball and banquet.
From the Grand Secretary's report we learn that the
increase in membership was 38, and the present member-
ship 746. The Lodges are 13 in number with one under
dispensation, which was chartered at this session.
190 appendix. [1893
Recognition of Victoria and New Zealand was deferred
until the next Annual Communication.
The following amendment to Grand Lodge By-Laws
was adopted :
No brother shall be eligible to the office of Master of a subordinate Lodge
unless he shall tirst have been elected and served as Warden in some subordinate
Lodge in this jurisdiction ; Provt>ied% This amendment shall not be construed as
applying to Lodges working under dispensation or electing their first officers.
The special Committee on Ritual reported that they
had examined the work of several jurisdictions. They
had decided upon what they deemed the most authentic,
known as the Webb-Preston-Barney work, which was sub-
mitted with trifling verbal changes. They recommended
that:
A Committee be appointed by the Grand Lodge at this session to compile
from this work a key to be published for the use of the Subordinate Lodges of this
jurisdiction, upon the same terms and conditions as adopted by the Colorado Grand
Lodge, said key to contain only the esoteric work of the order.
The report was adopted and also, the following resolu-
tion :
Resolved, The Committee on Revision of Ritualistic Work for the subordin-
ate Lodges within this jurisdiction be continued and empowered and authorized
in order to compile, revise and print a key for the use of all subordinate Lodges
within this jurisdiction, to employ and hire all assistants necessary, and to submit
said key to this Grand Lodge at its next Annual Communication.
A committee of three was also appointed to select and
recommend a monitor for use in that jurisdiction. The
committee subsequently recommended the Ahiman Rezon,
known as Sickles' Monitor, which was then adopted by the
Grand Lodge and the Grand Secretary instructed to pur-
chase one copy for each subordinate Lodge and forward
the same thereto, with notification that the same had been
adopted as the official monitor for use in that jurisdiction.
A special committee of three on revision of Constitution
and By-Laws of Grand Lodge was appointed, to report at
next Annual.
The following resolution was adopted :
Rcttnlved, That the amount of railroad and sta?e fare bv the nearest practi-
cable route, and actually expended, be paid by this Grand bony to one representa-
tive from each subordinate Lodge to the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge.
Brother W. L. Kuykendall again furnishes a most
interesting Report on Correspondence. While we have
had some differences with our good brother in the past,
and have endeavored to combat his progressive tendencies
and to enlist him in the support of the old traditions, land-
marks and antiquities of the Craft, we feel serene as to the
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outcome. Colorado for 1892 receives a concise review of a
page. He notes the following regarding Grand Master
Maxwell's decisions :
The third says: " The Grand Master has no authority to appoint officers of a
subordinate Lodge to act daring the temporary absence of the officers of the
Lodge."
We regret he did not go farther and explain how it woald be if they all
died or removed permanently from the State. A few jurisdictions have wisely
provided for continuous work in all emergencies, whether temporary or perma-
nent.
In his decision sixteen " he held that the doctrine of ' perpetual jurisdiction '
was not recognized in this jurisdiction."
So mote it be, and neither is it in Wyoming any more. The light appears
bright for uniformity on this point, if upon no other.
Referring to our Report he says:
Wyoming and this writer receive full attention, especially the latter. It is a
pleasure to be touched up by a f rater who is courteous and kind in expressing his
dissent from views advanced. He closes by Baying he could see no reason to change
or modify his views on subjects treated in his report for 189 >, and expressed the
hope that we would see the error of our ways and agree with him in his sublime
faith in the intangibles. Believing our house to be built upon a rock on nearly if not
all the points of difference, we are not liable to shift it upon the sands, however
much we would be pleased to be in accord with our neighbor and brother on the
south.
We copy the closing paragraphs of his conclusion,
which fully explain his attitude toward Masonry. Referr-
ing to the assertion sometimes made that these Reports are
the expression of a Mutual Admiration Society, he says:
We thought so too, but from careful reading and noting the course of legis-
lation here and there from time to time, we long ago became convinced they were
the vehicles of thought that bad wrought in the house of Masonry and assisted in
disseminating truths and the facts of history as against cobwebs, consisting of
mythical traditions, legends and other trash, having no foundation in fact. They
therefore assisted in shaping things connected with the welfare of Masons and
Masonry more in accordance with their present wants and the conduct of their
governmental and charitable affairs. We do not detract one iota from the Masonic
pest. It is behind ns \ Masonry of to-day is ever present. It is not only our duty
to keep its standard to the front, but also to provide for its advancement in the
future. We are not dealing with the past, however much we respect its achieve-
ments in regard to our fraternity. It is the cold, hard facts, conditions and sur-
roundings of the moment with which we have to deal, and he who stands in the
way of providing the best means, whether it be old or new, for successfully meet-
ing and conforming to such conditions, forgets his duty to Masonry, his family,
country and friends.
Brother John C. Davis of Rawlins was elected Grand
Master; Grand Secretary re-elected.
192 appendix. [1893
DIGEST OF DECISIONS.
Compiled from Proceedings, Accompanying Report on Corres-
pondence for 1893.
ABSENCE OF HOLY BIBLE.
Question. — At our regular, held August 3 1st, while three brothers
were examining a visiting brother in the ante-room, the minutes of
the previous meeting were read and approved. The three brothers
now claim that the reading and approval was irregular, because the
Holy Bible was not in the Lodge, it having been taked to administer
the test oath in an adjoining room. Was the reading and approval
of the minutes regular?
Answer. — The objection is not well taken. The examination of
visiting brothers is a part of the Lodge work and the Bible was con-
structively in the Lodge during that proceeding. — [G. M. Mich., 1393.
ADVANCEMENT.
If a candidate for the Master's degree is rejected by one black
ball twice appearing, the law does not authorize the Worshipful
Master of the Lodge to insist that charges shall be preferred against
the applicant at the next meeting, or, in the event of failure so to do,
warrant him in conferring upon said candidate the Master's degree.
While the Grand Lodge has decided that in justice to the candidate
and the Lodge, charges should be preferred, it does not authorize
the degree to be conferred until said candidate is elected to receive
it by an unanimous vote. The only recourse of the candidate is by
repeated petition to the Lodge. — [G. M. Georgia, 1892.
To inquiry from Acacia Lodge, we held that though an Entered
Apprentice had failed to come forward for examination within the
prescribed time, and his name had been dropped from the roll, his
application for advancement might be received, and if he passed a
satisfactory examination and a favorable ballot, he could be advanced.
— [G. M. Montana, 1892.
An Entered Apprentice, who has allowed seventeen years to
elapse after initiation without applying for advancement, desiring
advancement, must present his petition in writing, which must be
read at a Stated Communication and lie over one month before being
balloted upon, such ballot being upon the moral character and
qual ideations, until the same is had and found clear, such Entered
Apprentice is not entitled to visit a Lodge open on the First De-
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gree, nor is he entitled to instruction ; but having been initiated
once he is an Entered Apprentice and should not be required to re-
ceive or pay for that degree a second time. — [G. M. West Virginia,
1892.
ADVERTISEMENT.
It is not allowable to give notice by advertisement in a news-
paper of a stated meeting of a Lodge, and that an election of officers
will be held at that meeting. — [G. M. Pennsylvania, 1892.
AFFILIATION.
"As a matter of good Masonic law, ha9 a member of a Blue Lodge
any right to exclude a Master Mason in good standing from affilia-
tion unless the member knows of some matter which would justify
dealing with such Mason seeking affiliation under the penal code ?
la other words, is not a member, under good Masonic law, bound to
either admit such brother or prefer charges against him ? In still
other words, ought not a different rule to apply in case of affiliation
from that which applies in case of initiation ? " I quote here the
language of an inquiry from Balhngham Bay Lodge No. 44. Answer.
(1) To the question in its first form, yes ; (2) To the question in its
second form, no; (3) To the question in its third form, no. — [G. M.
Washington, 1892.
APPEAL..
After an appeal to the Grand Lodge from the action of a Lodge
has been perfected, no other step can be taken in the case in the
Lodge from which the appeal has been taken. If new evidence has
been discovered, a petition may be filed in the case in the Grand
Lodge, disclosing the proof and the reasons for not having it on the
trial, and in a proper case, the Grand Lodge will order it taken and
filed. The Subordinate Lodge loses all jurisdiction after appeal.
A Lodge cannot be required to turn over the original papers on
file in a case after transcript thereof on appeal, neither to the defen-
dant's counsel nor to the defendant himself ; this is a matter in the
discretion of the Lodge, and the better practice is to keep all the
papers in the Lodge. Copies should be issued to interested parties
applying for them, upon payment of reasonable compensation to the
Secretary for copying.— [G. M. Tenn., 1893.
APRON.
In the Entered Apprentice and Fellow Craft degrees all members
should wear their aprons as such. The candidate is taught how to
wear his apron in each degree, and is not supposed to know how it
should be worn until so taught— [G. M. Georgia, 1892.
is
194 appendix. [1893
BALLOT.
The ballot should be spread for bat one candidate at a time. It
would be impossible to tell which one was rejected or elected, in
case two should be balloted for at the same time, and the ballot
should be dark.— [G. M. Arkansas, 1892.
A ballot was taken on petition for degrees ; one black ball ap-
peared. A second ballot was taken with the same result. A motion
was made to reconsider the vote. It was unanimously carried. A
third ballot was taken and the candidate elected. Held, illegal.
Under the law of this jurisdiction the candidate was rejected when
the black ball appeared on second ballot. Held further, that there
can be no reconsideration of a secret ballot. The very nature of
such a ballot precludes reconsideration. — [G. M. Georgia, 1893.
Upon the question submitted by the Grand Master in reference
to elections and to the sen tenoe found in Lodge By-Laws that "a
majority of the whole number of votes oast shall be necessary to a
choice." We find that the highest authority in parliamentary usage
declares that a ballot for choice of persons mu6t have the name of
the person to be voted for thereon, hence, while a piece of blank
paper may appear to be a ballot, it is neither a ballot nor a vote, and
should not be counted as such or have any effect upon the result—
[Jurisprudence Committee, Illinois, 1892.
Question. — If Brother A asks Brother B if he cast a black-ball,
and Brother B answers "Yes," is Brother B guilty of a Masonic
offense ?
Answer. — If Brother A asks Brother B if he cast a black-ball,
he is as guilty in asking as Brother B was in answering, and charges
ought to be preferred against them both.—- [G. M. Michigan, 1S93.
A Worshipful Master has a right to satisfy himself that a ballot
is a lawful one, even if, in his opinion, it is necessary to count the
ballots. In doing this, he Bhould observe proper care in handling
the ballots so as not to display them to the Lodge. Having satisfied
himself that more ballots have been cast than there are members
present, it is illegal, and he is authorized to so declare it to his
Lodge, and order another ballot at once.— [G. M. Ohio, 1892.
When a petition for initiation has laid over for one month, a
ballot should then be taken, and it is not proper to postpone the
ballot to a future communication. — [G. M. West Virginia, 1892.
A and B send in petitions for degrees at same meeting. A 'a
being presented first ; when ballot was ordered, B was balloted for
first and declared " clear " then the ballot was passed for A and was
declared "dark." Objection made to the ballot for the reason that
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the ballots were not spread in order of reception of petitions. Ballot
declared informal, new ballot ordered and both declared " dark."
Question. — Must candidates be balloted for in the order in which
the petitions are received, and which one of these ballots was legal ?
Answer. — It is not necessary that candidates be balloted for in
the order in which their petitions are received. The first ballots were
A petition is received and is in the hands of a committee. The
candidate was objected to one year before, the same brother again
objects while the petition is in the hands of the committee.
Question. — Is the objection valid made at that time ?
Answer. — The petition having been received before the objection
was lodged, and it being a recognized law that a petition received and
referred must go to ballot, I am of the opinion that the objection
does not act as an estoppel, if otherwise there would be no use in
going to ballot. The brother still has recourse to the black ball, and
a constitutional provision prevents the initiation of an elected candi-
date within sixty days after such election, in order that objections
may be filed if desired. — [G. M. Wisconsin, 1893.
BURIAL.
That it is the duty of a Lodge when one of its members dies,
leaving a family and but little property, not only to conduct the
funeral ceremonies, if requested, but to pay the expense of the
funeral, and that a lack of funds in its treasury to meet such expense
could not be received as an excuse for failure to perform the duty. —
G. M. California, 1892.
Question. — Can a Mason under charges, who is not in good stand-
ing, pending investigation, having died, be buried with Masonic
honors ?
Answer. — If only under charges, yes ; if not in good standing,
no.-[G. M. Florida, 1893.
A member of one of our Lodges died in Texas, and notwith-
standing his expressed desire, the brethren were unable to arrange
Masonic burial for him. Was asked, " What shall we do under the
circumstances?" Advised that the holding of a Lodge of Sorrow
was the only proper ceremony then applicable.— [G. M. Indian Terri-
tory, 1892.
A Lodge may give Masonic burial to a non-affiliated Mason, if
the Lodge so desires, and the Brother was worthy.— [G. M. South
Dakota, 1893.
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That it was optional for a Lodge to grant Masonic burial to a
dimitted Mason. — [G. M. Virginia, 1892.
Masonic burial is one of the rights and benefits of Masonry ; a
suspended Mason, while under the sentence of suspension is entitled
to none of the rights and benefits of Masonry ; after his death bis
dues cannot be paid nor can he be reinstated.— [G. M. West Virginia,
1892.
Question. — A Lodge near a state line buried a former member
with Masonic ceremonies, the remains being placed in a vault in
another state, the Lodge going out of the jurisdiction of the state in
regalia, etc., objection was raised to the proceeding and the matter
referred to the Grand Master.
Answer. — It would seem that there should be no question about
the right and propriety of u Lodge crossing a state line if necessary
to conduct a burial service, without asking special authority to do so.
I reported the transaction, with my reply, to the Grand Master
of Minnesota, on whose territory the home Lodge had trespassed and
below give reply received from Brother Barto, which is characteristic
of him: "I fully agree with you. Masonic charity should never be
bounded by state lines and I am very thankful it is not Whenever
a Lodge in an adjoining state wishes to invade my jurisdiction to
perform the burial service for a brother or befriend the widow and
fatherless, rest assured they will be welcomed while I am at the head
of the Fraternity."— [G. M. Wisconsin, 1893.
BY-LAWS.
It is the province of the Grand Lodge, and not the Grand Master,
to approve or disapprove by-laws. — [G. M. Tenn., 1893.
CANDIDATE.
Question. — When is a man a candidate for Masonry? Immedi-
ately upon the signing of the petition, or not until after his petition
has been accepted by the Lodge and referred to an investigating
committee?
Answer. — When his petition has been received by the Lodge to
which he applies. — [G. M. Ohio, 1892.
CHARGES.
A non-affiliated Mason holding a dimit has no right to prefer
charges against a brother in good standing. — [G. M. Maryland, 1S92.
Statement. — Charges were preferred against a member of a
Lodge by Junior Warden, and a committee was appointed to investi-
gate such charges; the committee reported at a communication of
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the Lodge as follows: "No witness has been procured, nor has
the committee, nor any member of it, been apprised of any evidence
available, to be taken in support of the charges made, and the com-
mittee request that the report be accepted and the committee dis-
charged." The accused objected to any report being received from
the committee on the ground that the Lodge had not been regu-
larly summoned, which objection was overruled by the Master, the
report of the committee received, the committee discharged, and the
charges dismissed.
Question. — Did the Master err in receiving the report of the
committee at a meeting which had not been summoned for that
purpose, and at which a majority of the resident members were not
present?
Answer. — No.
Question — Did the Master err in dismissing the charges without
summoning his Lodge?
Answer. —No. The Master was authorized to receive the report
of any committee of his Lodge at any stated communication, and
the report of that committee showing nothing upon which the Lodge
could act, he was justified in dismissing the charges. — [G. M. Minne-
sota, 1893.
After charges are regularly preferred, the brother presenting
the same can only withdraw them by consent of the Lodge.
A dimitted brother leaving the State before charges are preferred
against him, the Lodge loses jurisdiction over him.
A paper intended to prefer charges against a brother is the
property of the brother signing the same till formally presented to
the Lodge.— [G. M. Nevada, 1892.
CORNER-STONE.
A Grand Lodge is not open for the purpose of laying a corner-
stone of a public building. That duty is performed by the Grand
Master, or by some competent brother, to whom he issues a dispen-
sation for that purpose.— [G. M. Pennsylvania, 1892.
DANCING.
A Maeonic Lodge-room is not intended for dancing purposes;
but upon social occasions, and where there are no objections raised,
I see no reason why dancing among members and their consorts may
not properly be indulged in. But this should be governed by the
wishes of the members.— [G. M. Ohio, 1892.
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DECISIONS.
The Grand Master should only decide Masonic questions that
actually arise in the administration of the affairs of the subordinate
Lodges. He should decide nothing upon mere hypothesis. — [G. M.
Kentucky, 1892.
DEGREES.
Question. — Can the first section of the third degree be conferred
upon more than one candidate at the same time?
Answer. — No; it is prohibited by Grand Lodge regulations.
Any Lodge conferring the first and second sections of the third
degree upon more than one candidate at the same time is liable to
discipline by forfeiture of charter or otherwise. — [G. M. Michigan, 1893.
DIPLOMA.
Held that a diploma was of only corroborative value in connect-
ion with an application for affiliation — that a dimit must be filed.
— {G. M. Indian Territory, 1892.
DIMIT.
Question. — Has a Worshipful Master a right to dimit from his
Lodge without first resigning his office?
Answer. — Yes; membership is at all times voluntary. — [G. M.
Indiana, 1893.
Question. — Is a brother in good standing and entitled to the
benefits of Masonry who has in his possession a dimit taken for the
purpose of joining another Lodge, but has not located or decided
just where to place that membership, and it not being over six
months since receiving that dimit.
Answer. — A non-affiliate is outside the fold and cannot of right
claim the Masonic benefits that accrue to those who are active mem-
bers. The age of the dimit cuts no figure.
Question. — I am a member of a Lodge in this jurisdiction, which
is located nine mile9 from my home. I am desirous of joining a
Lodge in Ohio, which is only four miles distant. My Lodge refuses
to grant me a dimit Am I entitled to one?
Answer. — No; your Lodge may grant you a dimit, but under
Grand Lodge regulations they are not compelled to do so — that is a
matter entirely with the Lodge. — [G. M. Michigan, 1893.
A Lodge cannot refuse to grant a dimit to a brother who is clear
upon the books and no charges preferred, but the dimit need not be
recommendatory.--[G. M. Nevada, 1892.
1893] appendix. 199
At a stated meeting of Laredo Lodge, No. 547, a brother pre-
sented a written application for a dim it, which was voted upon by
ballot, and granted. Afterward, and at the same meeting, the brother
olaimed the right to vote upon the ground that the certificate of dimit
had not been issued by the Secretary. R W. Brother S. T. Foster,
District Deputy Grand Master, Forty-seventh District, was called
upon for a ruling on the question, and held that it was the vote of
the Lodge that dimitted the brother, and that the certificate was
only evidence to others of the fact. The question was referred to me
and I sustained his ruling.— [G. M. Texas, 1892.
DISPENSATION.
All special dispensations issued terminate at the expiration of
the term of office of the Grand Master issuing the same. — [G. M.
Kansas, 1893.
DOTAGE.
Being asked to state a definite age at which men reach their
dotage, I replied that there cannot be a fixed age at which it could be
said men reached this condition, that in such a matter every member
of a Lodge must be his own judge and should express himself by the
ballot.— [G. M. Indian Territory, 1892.
Old age is not a bar to Masonry. A man is eligible to Lodge
membership as long as he is in possesion of his physical and intel-
lectual faculties, of which the Lodge must be the judge. — [G. M.
Kentucky, 1892.
DUES.
That when a member of a Lodge has paid his dues in advance,
and the Lodge has, before the expiration of the period for which the
payment was made, by a change of its By-Laws increased its monthly
rate of dues, he could not, until the expiration of that period, be
compelled to pay the additional rate. — [G. M. California, 1882.
EDICT.
An edict, decree or resolution of the Grand Lodge takes effect,
and is binding upon the subordinate Lodges, from its passage. — [G.
M. Kentucky, 1892.
ELIGIBILITY.
Question. — Is it necessary for a man to become naturalized be-
fore an American Lodge can entertain a petition from him ?
Answer. — No; Masonry is not hemmed in by State lines. We
are taught in our symbols the universality of Masonry, and at the
threshold of the Lodge the novice is taught the requirements that
will admit him, and naturalization is not included therein. — G. M.
Arkansas, 1892.
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A man unable to write his own name, would not be eligible to
the degrees of Masonry. — [G. M. Vermont, 1893.
EXAMINATION.
Can a non- affiliate petition and be received into a Lodge without
examination, the committee reporting favorably ? No ; no Mason
can enter a Lodge without due examination or lawful information.
—[G.M.Washington, 1892.
EXAMINATION AS TO PROFICIENCY.
Examination in open Lodge cannot be dispensed with under any
circumstances.— {G. M. South Dakota, 1893.
Can a candidate be examined and a vote taken as to his pro-
ficiency at a special meeting ? Yes. — [G. M. Washington, 1892.
INSTALLATION, OBJECTION TO.
Statement.— A brother is elected Master of a Lodge, and at a
meeting for installation of officers, when the Master is about to be
installed a brother objects, for the reason, that the Master has been
doing all he could to injure him.
The Master, who was about to install the Master-elect, demanded
that the complaining brother prefer charges at once against the
Master-elect, or state when be would be prepared to prefer charges.
The complaining brother answered that he was not ready to
prefer charges and did not know when he should be, but thought be-
fore long. The Master than informed him that unless he would
name some definite time when be would be prepared to prefer
charges against the Master-elect he should proceed to install him.
The complaining brother made no reply.
Question.— What aught the Master to do ?
Answer. — Install the Master-elect at once, as the objection was
evidently without foundation, and merely made to embarrass the
Lodge.— [G. M. Minnesota, 1893.
JURISDICTION.
An applicant who lives within the limits of a Lodge at D., peti-
tions for degrees in a Lodge located at E. The Lodge rejects him.
He thereupon petitions the Lodge at D, where he resides, and is
elected. When the Lodge at D. elects him it does not know that he
has been rejected by the Lodge at £. What is his Masonic status ?
He is a member of the Lodge at D. The Lodge at £. never had
jurisdiction over him, and his election by that Lodge would have
been illegal.
1893] APPENDIX. 201
If a man has never lived for twelve consecutive months at any
one place within the State since arriving at the age of twenty-one
years, any Lodge to which he applies may entertain his petition. He
may be designated as general material or treasure trove. — [G. M.
Georgia, 1892.
BY A HAIR.
In a case where a candidate was elected in a Lodge under the
belief that he resided in its jurisdiction, and a claim is afterwards
made by a neighboring Lodge, that the candidate is its material,
committee decided : This is merely a question of fact to be decided
on investigation by the two Lodges. If it is found that the candidate
lives a hair's breath over the line, his election is void.— [Jurisp.
Com. Mississippi, 1893.
When two or more Lodges hold concurrent jurisdiction over an
application for the degree in Masonry, and the petition is rejected,
the Lodge so rejecting shall hold exclusive jurisdiction over the ap-
plicant so long as he remains a resident within its jurisdiction. A
waiver of said jurisdiction shall be granted only upon a unanimous
ballot at a stated communication. — [Jurisp. Com. South Dakota,
1893.
That when a profane had removed his residence from the juris-
diction of one Lodge, and had resided only one month in the
jurisdiction of another, neither Lodge had jurisdiction over him ; the
first Lodge having lo9t jurisdiction, and the second not having yet
acquired it. — [G. M. Virginia, 1892.
MEMBERSHIP.
Membership in a Lodge commences when an affiliate is elected
or a candidate receives the Master Mason Degree, and is not depen-
dent on signing the By-Laws.— [G. M. South Dakota, 1893.
Brevard Lodge No. 113. Charter surrendered and restored to
some of the members, held, that only those who applied for restora-
tion are members ; the others are non-affiliated Masons. If one was
under charges at the surrender of the charter he is also a non-
affiliated Mason, and in good standing.— [G. M. Florida, 1893.
NEWSPAPER CONTROVERSY.
That a Subordinate Lodge should not enter into a newspaper
controversy, even for the vindication of one of its own members from
unjust charges made against him. — [G. M. California, 1892.
OBJECTION.
Statement. — A. B. petitions our Lodge for initiation. Com-
mittee report favorably, ballot is passed, found clear, and candidate
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declared elected. Subsequently be is reported in readiness to re-
ceive the Entered Apprentice degree. The Worshipful Master
directs the Secretary to receive the fee and propound the usual
questions. The candidate is duly prepared, knocks for admission
(Secretary having returned and reported his part of the duty per-
formed). At this time objection is raised to proceeding further with
the work by a brother who has been in the anteroom and was aware
that the candidate had entered therein and was in the course of
preparation.
Question. — Is the objection such as ought to be entertained at
this stage of the proceedings ?
Answer. — No ; The objection came too late. It was the duty of
the brother to have made the objection prior to the entrance of the
candidate to the ante or preparation room. The candidate having
already received a part of the hidden mysteries of Freemasonry, it
was your duty to proceed and confer the Entered Apprentice degree
upon him. — [G. M. Michigan, 1893.
A member of a Lodge may object to the admission of a visitor,
but this is only a personal privilege to be exercised when present to
make it. This objection cannot be filed to apply in his absence. —
[G. M. Montana, 1892.
Question. — The petition of an applicant was received by a Lodge,
referred to the appropriate committee, duly investigated, favorable
report made, ballot spread, and candidate duly elected to receive the
degrees. Before his initiation verbal objections were made to the
Master against his initiation, on the grounds, as stated by the objec-
tors, that the applicant had been dishonest in former years (eight or
ten years) at his former home, in some of his dealings with other
parties. Whereupon the Master caused a thorough investigation to
be made, and thereupon it appeared, from all the evidence available,
that the objections were not sustained, but that the candidate
possessed a fair character. But notwithstanding the investigation
the objector failed and refused to withdraw his objections or to state
further grounds of objection. What was the duty of the Master ?
Should he declare the candidate to be rejected without further in-
vestigation or ballot ?
Answer. — Whenever an objection be made to the Master he
must cause the fact to be entered upon the minutes and reported to
the Grand Secretary, and the name of the applicant carried as re-
jected material.
The outgoing Master should communicate to the new Master
the name of each objector, and his objection shall bold good so long
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as the objector lives and remains a member of that Lodge.— [Jurisp.
Com. Nebraska, 1893.
Quest ion.— Does an objection filed with the Master of a Lodge
to the advancement of an Entered Apprentice or Follow Craft hold
good with a Master of the Lodge subsequently elected and installed,
when not officially transmitted or made to the succeeding Master by
the objector ? His only information or knowledge of such objection
being heresay.
Ansiper. — All proceedings were irregular after objection was
made. The Master was required to declare the candidate rejected. —
[Jurisp. Com. Nebraska, 1893.
Question. — An objection to the advancement of a brother having
been lodged with the Master, the Senior Warden, who, at the next
stated meeting acts as Master, is informed by a brother that he
made the objection to the brother's advancement and now desires to
withdraw them. Can the Senior Warden upon this statement confer
the degrees upon the brother ?
Answer.— No; An objection to the advancement of a brother
must be made to the Master. It then becomes his duty to sacredly
guard the confidence of the brother objecting, and no person but the
objecting brother and Master have any right to know who made the
objection.— | G. M. Oregon, 1893.
After a petition for initiation and membership shall have been
presented to a Lodge and referred to a committee of inquiry, any
member of the Lodge in possession of information unfavorable to the
character of the petitioner should communicate such information to
the committee, so that its truthfulness may be ascertained.
An objection to an applicant cannot be made elsewhere than to
the committee until it has made a favorable report and the applicant
has been approved by a ballot, for the Ahiraan Rezon (Article XVII.,
Section 57, page 59) permits an application to be withdrawn by a
majority vote of all the members present after a favorable report
shall have been made thereon.
An objection to an applicant for initiation and membership
must be made by a member of the Lodge in person in the open
Lodge, and the fact of the objection having been made, together
with the name of the objector, must be entered upon the minutes.
Such an objection cannot be withdrawn, and the applicant must be
forthwith reported to the Right Worshipful Grand Secretary as
having been rejected by an oral objection.
An objection made privately to the Worshipful Master, or by
letter addressed to him, is not sufficient to prevent the initiation of
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an approved applicant unless the Worshipful Master is willing to
make the objection his own, makes such a statement in open Lodge,
and causes the same to be entered upon the minutes. The right to
object to the admission of unfit material is one that belongs to each
member of a Lodge, but it can be exercised only at the proper time
and in a lawful manner. — [G. M. Pennsylvania, 1892.
Objections to the advancement of a candidate must be made by
the brother objecting and not by proxy.
Objection to the initiation of an elected candidate works the
same as a dark ballot and the petition must be renewed. — (G. M.
South Dakota, 1893.
Any one member of a Lodge may object to the initiation of a
profane in his Lodge ; such objection may be made at any time before
initiation and be made by casting a black ball or cube when ballot is
spread, or may be made openly in the Lodge, or may be made pri-
vately to the Worshipful Master, or may be made by written protest
filed. This is the right of any member, can not be questioned,
reasons therefor can not be demanded by any one. Such objection
should be reported to the Lodge, without necessarily naming the
objector ; the money should be refunded to the candidate, and such
rejected candidate can not demand any investigation as to whether
the objection was right or wrong. If such objection be made after
ballot spread and found clear, such objection must be voluntarily
withdrawn by the objector before initiation can proceed.— [G. M.
West Virginia, 1892.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
Masonic Lodges should not invite other organizations than those
recognized by this Grand Lodge as regular and Masonic, to partici-
pate in the festivities of St. John's Day. These feasts should be
preserved exclusively by Masons as Masonic Festivals. — fG. M. Ohio,
1892.
PAST MASTER.
It is incumbent upon a retiring Master to see that his successor
is duly installed, and also to arrange for his eligibility for installation
by providing him with the preliminary qualifications necessary in this
jurisdiction before installation, which preliminary qualification is the
degree of Past Master.— [G. M. Vermont, 1893.
Each Worshipful Master and Warden of a Lodge must have
received the degree of Past Master previous to installation and as a
necessary part of qualification for duties of office. — [G. M. West
Virginia, 181)2.
1893] appendix. 205
PENALTY.
A member was suspended for U. M. C — bis bad conduct con-
tinued and the W. M. ruled that so long as he was suspended the
Lodge had no further jurisdiction over the offender. Held that the
Lodge not only had the right but it was its duty under such circum-
stances to arraign and try the offender for these continuations of his
U. M. C, and if found guilty, to increase the punishment — even to
expulsion.— [G. M. Indian Territory, 1892.
The Grand Master has no power to remit Masonic penalties. —
[G. M. Kentucky, 1892.
PETITION.
Can a Lodge receive a petition from a candidate who has not
resided six months within its jurisdiction, provided the Lodge having
jurisdiction in his former place of residence waives its jurisdiction ?
No; he had not gained a Masonic residence, but had lost one by his
removal. His residence in the new jurisdiction must be held in
abeyance six months, the constitutional time.
When the committee reports unfavorably upon a petition for de-
grees or affiliation, is it necessary for the Lodge to ballot upon the
petition ? It is ; a petition can be rejected only by ballot.
Can a Lodge receive the petition of a travelling salesman, he
having no fixed place of residence ? No.— [G. M. Wash., 1892.
Statement. — A petition for the degrees has been received and
referred to a committee, one of whom reports in favor, the other
against granting and the third does not report at all. although he has
knowledge of the other two committee men's report.
Question. — How should such petition be treated ?
Answer. — If the third member declines to act on the committee,
it is in the province of the Master to appoint another member in his
place ; or a majority of the committee having reported, the report
can be read as made and the ballot spread thereon. — [G. M. Wiscon-
sin. 1893.
PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS.
The individual Lodge is the sole judge as to the qualifications of
its members.— [G. M. Kentucky, 1892.
McKinney Lodge No. 631, received a petition for membership
from a man whom the Master of that Lodge says is "a fine gentle-
man, a good man, a fit subject for Masonry, with the exception that
he can not raise his left hand as high as his shoulder without the
istance of his other hand," etc.
206 appendix. [1893
Qee8tion. — What should the Lodge do ?
Answer. — Take him in. It is better his arm should be out of fix,
than his heart ; besides, this does not constitute an insuperable dis-
qualification.—[G. M. Kentucky, 1892.
A man who has lost his left hand, the same having been ampu-
tated at the wrist, cannot be made a Mason; neither can one who has
lost his arm, after being initiated, be advanced further.— [G. M
Nebraska, 1893.
We approve the first part thereof, holding that a profane cannot
be made a Mason if he has lost his hand before initiation. We dis-
approve the latter part thereof, and hold that having been initiated
he should not be deprived of advancement by reason of his misfor-
tune.— [Jurisp. Com. Nebraska, 1893.
The " physical " qualifications required of a candidate for Free-
masonry, by reason of the latitudinous construction given by some
other Grand Jurisdictions of the ancient regulations, do not seem to
be clear to some of our Brethren. In this jurisdiction Grand Masters
have always given the ancient law strict construction. The earliest
written law on the subject is found in the fifth article of the Gothic
Constitution, adopted at York, England, in the year a. d. 926, as
follows:
** A candidate must be without blemish, and have the full and
proper use of his limbs, for a maimed man can do the Craft no good."
In a later' regulation it is declared, "No Master should take an ap-
prentice that is not the Son of honest parents, a perfect Youth with-
out Maim. or Defect in his Body, and capable of learning the Mysteries
of the Art/1 This regulation was proclaimed by the Grand Lodge,
June 2, 1869, to be a Landmark, and hence " beyond the power of any
Masons to alter or change it."
These requirements are recognized and declared in the Ahiman
Rezons of 1781 and 1825. The statutory declaration in our present
Ahiman Rezon (Art. XVII., Sec. 51, page 57), that an applicant must
" be of good report, free-born, of mature age, hale and sound." etc,
does not supplant the ancient regulation, but must be construed in
the light thereof, and in accordance therewith. — [G. M. Penn., 1892.
A man who is physically able to conform fully to the require-
ments of our Ritual, receive and impart, instruction therein, and who
possesses all other necessary qualifications to be made a Mason, may
petition for the degrees. — [G. M. South Dakota, 1893.
A one-eyed man, qualified in other respects, can be made a
Mason. Also a man who has lost the middle finger of the right
hand - [G. M. Tenn., 1893.
1893] appendix. 207
Hernia does not render a candidate ineligible to Masonry, unless
it be snch as to prevent him from meeting some of the requirements
of the Masonic Ritual, or from honestly acquiring the means of sub-
sistence.— [G. M. West Virginia, 1892.
QUORUM.
By the law, as it now is in this jurisdiction, three members, one
being the Master or Warden, can do the business of the Lodge. -[G.
M. Florida, 1893.
Question. — Referring to the Grand Lodge decision where it is
held that a Lodge of Master Masons cannot be opened for any pur-
pose whatever when there are less than seven Master Masons present,
is it necessary that the seven shall all be members of one particular
Lodge or may visiting brethren help to make the necessary quorum?
Answer. — In order to do the business of any Lodge there must
be seven Master Masons of that particular Lodge present; but visit-
ing brethren may help to make a quorum for the purpose of work. —
[G. M. Minn., 1893.
REJECTION.
Question. — A petitioned for initiation and was rejected. After-
wards the Lodge became defunct, and A petitions another Lodge for
initiation; what course should the Lodge take ?
Answer. — The rights of defunct Lodges, as to its rejected mate-
rial revert to the Grand Lodge, and it will require a special Dispen-
sation from the Grand Master to enable the Lodge to make such an
applicant a Mason.— [G. M. Arkansas, 1892.
And Decision No. 8 we recommend be approved, with the under-
standing that the Dispensation can only be granted to the Lodge
nearest to the domicile of the defunct Lodge.— [Jurisp. Com., Ark.,
1892.
A candidate for initiation was rejected upon the express ground,
as appears in the record submitted to the committee, that he had
not resided in the State for a year as required by our rules. Inquiry
is made whether he can again apply after he has lived- the requisite
time within the jurisdiction without waiting for a year to elapse after
his rejection. The Grand Master decides that he can so apply. The
committee regard this ruling as correct. The action taken was not
upon the merits of the case; it was simply a refusal to take any ac-
tion upon it for want of the authority to act. — [Jurisp. Com. Florida,
1892.
If a candidate is rejected, he is effectually barred from petition-
ing any other Lodge for one year, unless the action of the Lodge
208 appendix. [1893
acting upon the petition is declared null and void for want of juris-
diction, or any other sufficient cause.— [G. M. Vermont, 1893.
SALOON KEEPERS.
Question. — A man with an excellent name and reputation, who
keeps a hotel and has a saloon in connection, can he become a
Mason ?
Atisioer.— The Grand Lodge of Idaho having decided that
44 saloon-keepers ought not to be admitted to the mysteries of Free-
masonry," and having made no exception as to whether the saloon
kept should be in connection with another business or not, I am con-
strained to answer that the person in question is not eligible to
receive the degree. — [G. M. Idaho, 1892.
Held that saloon keeping is immoral and un masonic by the laws
of this jurisdiction, and even if licensed by the laws of the country,
the business would still be contrary to Masonic principles. — [G. M.
Indian Territory, 1892.
Can a manager of a hotel, he having in the hotel a bar where
liquors are sold, receive the degree of Masonry? No; following
Statutes No. 10, page 54; Masonic Code; also pages 20 and 37, pro-
ceedings 1889. •— [G- M. Washington, 1892.
SUMMONS.
Under the law of this Jurisdiction a summons must be written
or printed, and be under the seal of the Lodge; and a member cannot
be punished for not obeying a summons which is not under seal. —
[G. M. Georgia, 1892.
Disobedience of a Lodge summons sent by mail is not a Masonic
offense, unless it can be shown the summons was received. — [G. M.
Kentucky, 1892.
SUSPENSION.
Suspension for any offense is always indefinite. — [G. M. Kansas,
1 893.
A brother who was unable, by reason of poverty, to pay his dues,
was suspended, '• per rules," and while under suspension, met with an
accidental death. " Has the Grand Lodge any or no power to extend
to his family that feeling which we extend to those who pay to the
time of death? In other words, is the spirit of the law to bear
harshly on a brother who desires to be with his Lodge but who from
misfortune cannot pay, as it does on one who can, but wilfully
neglects ? " The Committee reported : That we have no such rule,
never have had, and by the grace of God never will have. * * Sec
1893] appendix. 209
2o of the By -Laws requires the Secretary to notify delinquent mem-
bers to appear and show cause why their dues have not been paid,
/and if he still refuses to pay, the Lodge may not shall— suspend
him/' The Committee recommended the following substitute for the
proviso to section 27 of the By-Laws :
Provided, that any Mason unable, in the judgment of the Lodge,
to contribute to a Lodge, shall be released from so doing ; and while
Lodges are strictly enjoined to exact payment from all, whether
members or resident non-affiliates, whose circumstances do not ex-
cuse them from this duty, they are to remember that "if thy brother
be waxen poor and fallen with decay with thee, then thou shalt re-
lieve him though he be a stranger and transient person, that he may
live with thee." — [Jurisp. Com. Mississippi, 1893.
Question. — What is the status of a member of the Lodge whose
name has been dropped from the roll by the Secretary, without a
vote of the Lodge ordering it to be done, his dues not having been
paid for several years?
Answer. — He is a member in good standing, the Secretary having
no authority to omit any name from the return unless the Lodge has
taken action under the By-Law which authorizes members who can,
but will not, pay their dues. The name must be placed on the roll
and dues paid to the Grand Lodge for every year his membership
has been omitted from the returns. Masters ought to be certain that
the returns are correct before signing them. If the Master in the
case under consideration had discharged his duty, he would have
Been the Secretary's error, and corrected it at the time, for we feel
sure that no Master would be so ignorant as to suppose that the
Secretary could suspend a member of his own motion. The Secretary
having taken it on himself to report this member as suspended, it
cut him off from all the rights and privileges of Masonry as effectu-
ally as if the record were not fal>e, for it is presumed by every one
to be true. If he should happen to die before the record is corrected,
his family might never know the truth, and as suspension for non-
payment of dues is absolute while it continues, they might be cut off
from valuable privileges. — [Jurisp. Cora., Mississippi, 1893.
SUSPENSION FROM OFFICE.
The Worshipful Master has no power to suspend the Secretary
(or any elective officer of the Lodge) under any circumstances. He
can be suspended only by the Lodge through charges regularly pre-
ferred against him and after due trial. The Grand Master can sus-
pend him from the exercise of the duties of his office if he deems
it advisable to do so, pending the examination of the charges. —
[Jurisp. Com. District of Columbia, 1892.
14
210 APPENDIX. [1893
The Worshipful Master has the power to suspend any officer who
fails to discharge his duty except the Wardens, subject to future
investigation and trial. — [G. M. Louisiana, 1893.
TAKING THE PLACE OP ANOTHER.
To the question, "Is it right for a Mason to take the place of
another who has gone out on a strike ?" I answer that it would be
wrong for a Mason to secure the discharge of another in order that
he might get his place, but when a man voluntarily quits a position
he no longer has just claim upon it, and any one who takes the place
does him no injury. — [G. M. Texas, 1892.
TILER.
The Tiler is without the Lodge and cannot act as Tiler and vote
at the same time upon questions of business arising in the Lodge.
If relieved of his duties and actually sitting in and a member of such
Lodge, he would be entitled to vote. — [G. M. West Virginia, 1892.
TRIAL.
Question. — A member, after charges preferred, but before trial,
moves out of the jurisdiction of the Lodge. At the trial the Lodge
votes a reprimand. Can we compel him to come to our Lodge?
Answer— No ; if he is summoned and having no valid excuse
fails to appear, charges may be preferred, and he may be tried
thereon. — [Jurisp. Com. Arizona, 1892.
If a member of a Lodge of a foreign jurisdiction, while within
the limits of a Lodge within this jurisdiction, commits a Masonic
offence here, it is the duty of a local Lodge to report the case to the
Lodge to which the offender belongs. If that Lodge fails or refuses
to take cognizance of it, the local Lodge may charge and try the
offender.
Where, under proper showing, a change of venue is granted, the
Junior Warden of the Lodge to which the case is transferred becomes
the prosecuting officer.
Where there has been a change of venue granted in a case, the
bill of expenses incurred in the trial, where there is an appeal by
either party, awaits the final determination of the case, and can then
be presented against the one finally losing the case.
On the trial of a brother for non-payment of dues, it is the duty
of the Lodge, after it has found him guilty, to also take a vote on the
punishment. The Worshipful Master is not authorized by law to
declare him suspended without a vote. The Lodge sits both as jury
and judge in the trial of a case. — [G. M. Georgia, 1892.
1893] APPENDIX. 211
The accused may introduce testimony to contradict witness for
prosecution upon such trial, having first laid the foundation for such
contradiction by asking witness sought to be contradicted, if he had
not made the statements to such third persons. — [G. M. West Vir-
ginia, 1892.
Statement. — A brother is tried for a Masonic offense, the vote at
first being seven guilty and six not guilty, before the result of the
vote was announced two of the brethren requested leave to change
their votes from guilty to not guilty.
Question. — Could they do so?
Anmeer. — Yes.— [G. M. Wisconsin, 1893.
VOTE.
At an election of officers the vote for Secretary was a tie vote.
The Master exercised what he considered his prerogative and gave
the casting vote. My decision was:
The prerogative of a Master to give the casting vote in case of a
tie in addition to his own vote, does not apply to a vote taken upon
any question required to be taken by ballot, as for instance, the
degree of puniehment to be inflicted for a Masonic offense, or in an
election of officers. — [G. M. Connecticut, 1893.
The Master of a Lodge has not two votes in case of a tie.— [G. M.
Kentucky, 1892.
WAIVER OP JURISDICTION.
That a person may present his petition to another Lodge than
the one within whose territorial jurisdiction he resides, and that the
Lodge to which a petition is thus presented may thereupon ask of the
Lodge having jurisdiction permission to receive, and if the permission
be granted, may receive and act upon the petition to confer the
degrees.— fG. M. California, 1892.
A Lodge working under dispensation can waive jurisdiction over
a resident of its jurisdiction, just as a Chartered Lodge can do.— [G.
M. Georgia, 1892.
A Lodge cannot give a general waiver of jurisdiction, but a par-
ticular Lodge must be designated.— [G. M. South Dakota, 1893.
WIDOW, RELIEF OF.
Question — Whose duty is it to care for the widow of a deceased
brother, the Lodge in whose jurisdiction she resides, or the Lodge of
which the brother was a member?
Answer, — The Lodge in whose jurisdiction she resides. — [G. M.
Indiana, 1893.
212 appendix. [1893
WORK.
A Lodge cannot work in two rooms, the Master being in one room
and the Warden in the other, while such work is in progress. But
one degree at a time, upon a candidate, and in but one room, can be
worked.— [G. M. Ohio, 1892.
We would again add a word of caution to our Colorado
brethren who may have occasion to consult the foregoing
Digest. Remember that the decisions quoted are appli-
cable only so far as they are in accordance with our law.
They are reproduced here instead of being scattered through
the Report, in order that they may appear under their ap-
propriate head and be readily referred to. As we remarked
last year, a digest of this kind is an object lesson is Masonic
Jurisprudence to every brother who desires to be well in-
formed upon such questions.
1893 J
APPENDIX.
213
STATISTICS.
Formerly we relied exclusively upon our good brothers,
Josiah H. Drunmiond, of Maine, and J. Q. A. Fellows, of
Louisiana, for the statistics which appeared in our reports,
because they were painstaking and accurate, and seemed
to possess a special faculty for such prosaic and methodi-
cal work. Since the advent of Brother Jesse B. Anthony,
of New York, there is "another Richmond in the field."
Not only does he possess the faculty above referred to,
but he supplements it with a consuming passion for per
centa^es and averages which makes the entire Fraternity
his debtor. We first quote his
STATISTICAL COMPARISON.
Grand Lodges
No. of Subordinate Lodges. .
Raised _
Affiliated
Restored
Died
Dimitted
Sus. for non-payment of dues
Suspended and expelled
Membership
1890
56 l
|
10,817
36,741
15,688
6,401
8,848
17,161
13,876
650
648,361
1891
1892
56
56
11,029
11,216
38,186
43,345
14,393
16,649
5,552
5,900
8,873
10,242
16,709
20,086
12,597
14,113
595
717
670,170
697,842
1893
56
11,457
43,127
16,470
6,081
10,542
18,372
13,035
686
723,662
Based upon the tables we find, in the Grand Lodges of the
United States, that :
214 appendix. [1893
The accession by new work has been 6^^ per cent.
The additions by affiliation and restoration 3^ft per cent.
The losses by death are 1T50^ per cent.
The losses for non-payment of dues equal. . 1 T"^ per cent.
The losses by dismission equal _. 2-j*^ per cent.
The net gain of the year (24,704) is equal to 3TYV per cent.
In numerical standing the most prominent rank in the following
order: New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan. Massa-
chusetts, Missouri, Indiana, Texas, Iowa, Maine, Kansas, Tennessee,
Kentucky, California, etc.
The average of membership to each Lodge is greatest in the
following: District of Columbia (192), Connecticut (144), Massa-
chusetts (140), Rhode Island (120), Maine (111), New York (111), New
Hampshire (110), Pennsylvania (108), etc.
The jurisdictions having Lodges of the largest membership are
in the following order: Minnesota (601), New York (595), Michigan
(567), Illinois (558), Colorado (557), Connecticut (549), District of
Columbia (546), California (450), Massachusetts (432), Rhode Island
(408), Pennsylvania (400).
Then examine this valuable
J
COMPARISON TABLE.
"3 *»
"C a
55
°B
Zee
23
49
21
15
29
16
42
34
37
17
45
s
41
10
12
14
33
11
31
6
0
20
27
7
40
25
44
28
18
1
47
24
43
4
36
3
35
SOT
I. LODGES
Percentage
of
New Work
es d
9*- 42
g cO
.01.02
M
GRAND LODGE
g
X
a
148
79
169
450
557
549
307
546
112
116
558
340
• 77
207
313
356
*208
385
244
t432
567
601
151
, 340
202
251
116
303
260
595
91
till
182
445
170
400
408
140
200
214
238
130
268
262
228
152
313
174
178
309
173
138
118
86
•
E
•!■*
a
9
19
/
14
18
24
19
55
9
12
lo
12
15
15
11
9
12
28
14
tai
19
15
13
14
17
19
17
19
18
12
15
t 7
18
10
12
28
33
15
9
9
19
33
9
12
12
9
19
14:
16
9l
17
17
20
a
>
<
Alabama _
31
44
30
67
75
144
88
192
31
41
38
oo
54
42
50
57
38
.07.41
.07.74
.06.63
.04.82
.08.
.04.06
.06.11
. 09 . 29
.07.70
.08.94
.09.12
.07.35
.06.43
.16.92
.06.28
.06.76
.09.
16
Arizona _
.06.64 13
Arkansas
California
.02.971 27
.03.101 39
Colorado _ __.
Connecticut
.07.96! 12
.01.65, 42
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
.03.19i 32
.07.471 7
.07.60. 14
Georgia
Id.tho
Illioois
Indiana
.07.58 11
.07.37' 9
.04. 9H1 17
.03.10 28
Indian Territory ._
.14.93 1
Iowa _ _.
.02.11 29
Kansas __
. 07 . 96 25
Kentucky _ _
.04.50 10
Louisiana
Maine
Marvland __
111
66
.04.
.07.14
.00.80 43
.03.61 21
Massachusetts
Michigan _
92
70
32
53
64
50
51
110
91
111
40
.06.11
.07.31
.07.
.06.14
.09.21
.07.33
.03.63
.04.32
.05.74
.06.90
.06.
.03.50
.04.21
. 02 . 33
.03.11
.08.57
.05.39
"6i"()4
.02.08
.03.46
. 03 . 39
33
Minnesota _.
19
Mississippi
23
Missouri
31
Montana _
8
Nebraska
18
Nevada
44
New Hampshire .
New Jersey
41
36
New York
24
New Mexico
34
North Carolina. .
North Dakota
50
75
47
108
120
33
46
42
43
78
88
46
57
50
65
0/
66
62
43
57
48
41
.12.
.09.82
3
Ohio
.05. 861.04. 04
.O7.2o!. 06. 30
.06.26' 03.80
.05. 55". 03. 72
35
Oregon •
Pennsvlvania ._
20
30
37
South Carolina -
30
39
13
9
48
26
»w
38
32
19
46
South Dakota
.09.78 .06.27
.05.28 .01.70
.07. .04.
.11.45 .13.09
.04.75 .01.54
i .08.
.12.66 .19.65
.07. 47;. 05.
.06.70L04.31
.10. .05.50
6
Tennessee ._ .
38
Texas _
Utah
4
Vermont ___
Virginia
40
Washington
*>
West Virginia _
15
Wisconsin
26
Wyoming _.
5
Bri tish Columbia
.11.15
.06.
.09.39
.18.45
.01.31
. 07 . 56
Canada
Manitoba
New Brunswick
. 03 . 30
.07.73
Nova Scotia
.04.92
Prince Edward Island-
.01.90
Quebec. . _
• Report 1892. t Report 1891.
Finally, we reproduce for reference his valuable
Financial Exhibit of the condition of Grand Lodges :
FINANCIAL EXHIBIT.
GRAND LODGE
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas ._
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Dist't of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana .. .
Indian Territory..
Iowa _
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
M assach usetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire __
New .Jersey
New York
New Mexico
North Carolina . _ .
North Dakota
Ohio. _
Oregon .
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina...
South Dakota
Tennessee _ __
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia _
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Receipts.
> 6,225.85
1,110.00
10,372.10
23,682.10
5,828.50 j
3,310.25!
1,340.00.
5,586.50j
DISBURSEMENTS
Per Diem
and
Mileage
6,506.521
3,365.2V
1,347.65.
AH Other
Disburse-
ments
6,143.65
384.50
6,193.36
20,155.33
4,341.71
3,483.81
1,247.44
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19,543.06! 6,839 00
24,486.73
18,315.15
6,375.88
21,388.00
2,59130
7,639.60
2,679.40
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7,770.00
9,242.35
26,926.50
3,968.00
14,063.66
1,663.50
3,116.21
10,017.25
46,843.22
742.09
6,671.28
1,977.84
4,611.72
1,484.90
3,236.86
152.70
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18,741.53
5,400.17
132.675 06
2,403.03
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3,226.82
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8,989.50
3,777.50
8,440.2(5
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1,231.84
13,867.21
11,018 48
1,742.75
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7,501.92
8,835.53
2,546.25
1,664.70
4,683.10
6,882.03
5,339.83
3,317.48
1,285.72
6,103.02;
25,929.42
1,134.50
52,296.76
3,423.55
15,480.16
1,262.29
2,303 20
23,073.44
1,615.91
903.89
63,147.97
17,036.18
2,952.92
17,428.27
14,39351
10,345.29
3,233.80
7,643.59
102.80
20,502.77
1,083.24
5,204.51
4,354.12
;27,~183.80
7,941.88
5,163.80
3,295.12
24,790.15
1,308.65
8,115.42
1,355.55
2,948.10
8,519.02
24,289.27
937.70
300.00
6,152.82
1,317.92
2,665.61
1,151.22
7,357.72
3,428.81
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2,380.80
1 ,9(12.72
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13,122.31'
4,062.96
3,025 62
11,706.82
2,847.59
8,748.04
829.40
4,460.72
9,649.22
40,338.35
344.13
British Columbia
Canada
Manitoba
New Brunswick .
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward I.
Quebec
1,647.00 ....
20,106.44 ....
2,529.731.. .
2,351.31 ....
5,246.80.
220.20 ....
2,262.00
1,043.40
1 1 507.66
3,419.12
131,148.95
2,586.89
9,517.63
2,265.75
5,963.06
7,514 45
1,538.85
2,299.85
6.108.55
5,735.66"
1,488.48'
3,521.30
801.86
2,367.77
14,345.73
2,567.72
1,365.81
5,778.39
245.77
2,121.20
12,101.76
* 7,600.00
12,977.00
~36,874".96
6,694.71
10,145.36
349,282.99
3,250.80
1,685.35
22,331.85
5,248.53
7,625.26
214.09
359.40
3,018.43
12,607.04
8,359 39 *67,502 01
3,078.48
5,837.33
1,215.62
5,018.45
2,701.68
8,975.11
1,783.76
448.51 1* 5,996.48
7,549.151 77,549.15
1,266.07'
1,498.58
1,086.56
84.40
1,454 99
194.30
9,055,81
♦Including Charity Fund.
We are also indebted to Brother J. H. Drummond for
the following :
1
1
1893]
APPENDIX.
217
COMPARISON OF STATISTICS.
I ®
M Totals
3 Si 1893
6
Members 56 722,733
Raised j 55
Admissions, etc | 53
i
DimissioDS 55
Expulsions
Suspensions
Suspensions npt. dues
Deaths
54
40
55
44,270
22,270
19,287
448
346
12,820
56; 11,193
T3«
,6
56
54
55
56
54
40
56
56
9
Totals "53
1892 |3S
Tatals
1891
695,193 ' 56 673,643
42,417
25;609
20,263
476
345
14,250
10,463
55
54
55
52
38
55
55
36,781
22,065
18?368
372
276
13,573
9,058
Brother J. Q. A. Fellows compiles his usual table for
1893. in which the total membership is given as 715,290,
and total net gain 32,209.
21H appendix. [1893
THE MASONIC CONGRESS.
The Fraternal or, to use its official designation, The
Masonic Congress, assembled pursuant to the call, in Chi-
cago on Monday, August 14, 1893, and remained in session
four days. It was a representative body composed of
prominent members of the Masonic fraternity throughout
the United States and Canada. A full report of the pro-
ceedings is to appear hereafter. We herewith present the
official report from the Secretary, Brother J. L. Power,
which gives the conclusions reached by this august body.
Colorado unfortunately was not represented. The
seven brethren appointed as delegates were prevented by
the occurrence of the "unexpected," from discharging the
agreeable duty which had been assigned to them, and
which they had looked forward to with bright anticipa-
tions. Alas! the financial cloud, that cloud without the
silver lining for Colorado, at least for the present, over-
spread our fair domain, and compelled one and all of the
brethren named to remain at the post of duty to look after
their broken fortunes and imperiled interests.
CONCLUSIONS OF THE MASONIC CONGRESS.
Jackson, Miss., September 16, 1893.
The Masonic Congress, composed of 106 delegates from thirty-
six Grand Jurisdictions, assembled in Chicago, on Monday, August
14, and continued in session four days. A full report of the pro-
ceedings, including the discussions on most important topics, will be
published by the Local Committee of Arrangements at an early day*
Judge Monroe C. Crawford, Grand Master of Masons in Illinois, was
elected President. Vice-Presidents and other officers were chosen.
A number of very important topics, suggested by the Committee on
Program, could not be considered for want of time. The gracious
courtesy, and the generous, unstinted hospitality of the distinguished
brethren representing the Grand Lodge of Illinois and the local
Lodges, will never be forgotten by those whose privilege it was to
attend the Congress.
The following are the Conclusions reached, on the topics named,
and the order in which thev were considered:
1893] appendix. 219
GRAND LODGE SOVEREIGNTY.
The conclusion of the Congress is, that a Grand Lodge duly
organized in a State or other autonomous territory is rightfully
possessed of absolute Masonic sovereignty therein.
A PLEA FOR IMPROVED PROCEEDINGS.
The conclusion of the Congress is, that the formation of Masonic
libraries should be encouraged and fostered; and inasmuch as the
published proceedings of our Grand Lodges and other Masonic
bodies do and ever will constitute the larger part of such libraries,
greater care apd more paios should be bestowed upon the prepara-
tion and publication of such proceedings, to the end that they may
have greater value in every Masonic collection, and that there should
be a freer and more generous distribution of proceedings among the
brethren to the end that Masonic light may be more generally dif-
fused.
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
It is the conclusion of the Congress that under the changed
conditions of selecting Grand Representatives too little time has
elapsed to give opportunity for definite judgment as to the useful-
ness of the system, and it should therefore be continued.
THE PREROGATIVES OF GRAND MASTER.
It is the conclusion of the Congress that the dispensing power
recognized by the Old Regulation aB residing in the person and office
of Grand Master, has been so generally exercised by that officer from
the organization of Masonry and the Lodge system down to the pres-
ent time that its existence cannot be successfully denied, but that
there are no dispensing powers so residing that may not be limited or
wholly denied by the Grand Lodge, save such as inhere in that office
under the sanctions of the Ancient Landmarks.
THE ANCIENT LANDMARKS. f
The conclusion of the Congress is, that the Ancient Landmarks
are those fundamental principles which characterize Masonry as de-
fined by the Charges of a Freemason, and without which the institu-
tion cannot be identified as Masonry.
THE CREED OP A MASON.
An unequivocal belief and trust in God is the fundamental prin-
ciple upon which the institution of Freemasonry was founded and
must forever rest.
APPEALS FOR AID.
The conclusion of the Congress is, that worthy Masons are enti-
tled to relief from brethren and Lodges wheresoever they may be
found in need of relief, and that the brethren or Lodges granting
such aid are not entitled to demand reimbursement from the Lodges
in which they hold their membership, but that when a member of
one Lodge is relieved by another, and the financial situation of his
Lodge is such as to permit, common courtesy and duty alike demand
that it should reimburse a poorer Lodge relieving its members.
220 appendix. [1893
Written or printed appeals for aid which do not secure the indorse-
ment of the Grand Master of the jurisdiction from which they ema-
nate should be discountenanced.
NON- AFFILIATES.
The conclusion of the Congress is, that every Mason ought to be
a member of some regular Lodge, attend its meetings and share its
burdens.
PHYSICAL. QUALIFICATIONS.
It is the conclusion of the Congress that absolute competency to
conform literally to all the requirements of the ceremonies of the
several degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry fulfills the requirement of
physical perfection in a candidate.
INSPECTION OF LODGE CHARTERS.
It is the conclusion of the Congress that a visitor to a Lodge has
no right to demand an inspection of the Lodge charter.
Fraternally,
J. L. POWER,
Secretary.
1893] appendix. 221
CONCLUSION.
Having reached the end of our allotted task we desire
to devote some attention to questions which we regard as
of paramount importance to the Craft generally.
Chief among these is the Antiquity of Masonic De-
grees, to which reference was made in our last year's
Report. Our remarks at that time in this connection,
have been widely copied and discussed, and were the
occasion of a very interesting correspondence with the dis-
tinguished Masonic author and historian, Brother K. F.
Gould, of London, England.
Under date of December 31, 1892, we received a letter
from him, apprising us of his true attitude upon this
question which was this: That Old Regulation XIII
should read, " Apprentices must be admitted Masters and
Fellow Craft only here unless by dispensation."
His own interpretation of the meaning of the above is
conveyed in the following language:
There iB no doubt whatever that two divisions only of Masons
are here alluded to. Apprentices, who then received what are now
the first two degrees; and Masters or Fellow Craft, who received the
present third degree. The secrets of our present three degrees
existed in 1723 and before 1717, but they were communicated in two
steps instead of three.
Subsequently we addressed to him the direct query:
"If the secrets existed before 1717 as you concede, you
include the Hiramic legend do you not?"
In due course we received the following reply: " The
Hiramic legend existed prior to 1717."
It will be seen that so far as the secrets are concerned,
there is no difference of opinion between Brother Gould
and ourselves, it is only as to their division - whether into
two or three degrees prior to 1717 and long anterior.
From our remarks under Canada last year, page 67,
where we quoted Brother Speth upon this subject, it
will be evident that our mind was in a receptive state.
Later, under Utah, we had received, as we thought, the
"new light" from our distinguished Brother Gould and
222 appendix. [1893
grew somewhat effusive in our great joy at his discovery.
We still rejoice and are exceeding glad notwithstanding,
because the secrets are the main thing, and their distri-
bution a secondary consideration, though in our estimation
- a very essential one, on account of its bearing upon the
triad of Masonic symbolism, as we find it now existing.
Let us revert to the language of Brother Gould's
article from which we drew the inspiration that led to our
exhilaration of spirit, and which he says must be ambig-
uous if we inferred therefrom that he maintained the
existence of three degrees prior to 1717.
We quote the following paragraphs from his valuable
" Memoir of Dr. Thomas Alanninghain/' which occur in
the general summing up of the evidence adduced :
But as many will listen to Dr. Manningham, who would turn a
deaf ear to the utterances of even our most advanced students, pause
will be made, while the grounds on which his judgment is based, are
inquired into "
"The only Orders we know," observes the doctor, "are three—
Masters, Fellow Crafts and Apprentices." There were no more and
no less. "My own father," he continues, " has been a Mason these
fifty years." According to this, Sir Richard Manningham must have
been initiated about 1707. three years after Governor Belcher had
gone through a similar ordeal, and two years before the remarkable
allusion in the Tatter, to a uBet of People," who have their Sigos and
Tokens like Freemasons.
The "old brother of ninety, who was made a Mason in his
youth," must have been admitted a member of the society in the
last quarter of the Seventeenth Century.
The two brethren, whose testimony — as we have seen — was
relied upon by Dr. Manningham, may, I think, be regarded without
doubt by ourselves, as the witnesses of truth.
*********
The secrets of the first three degrees were the same before the
year 1717, as after it.
*********
That Iwfore 1717 the now existing rituals have been worked.
The now existing rituals being in three degrees, what
else can one infer from the whole tenor of above para-
graphs, other than that the three degrees were in existence
and were worked the last quarter of the seventeenth
century.
We certainly did draw that conclusion, and so did
others, including that able Masonic scholar, Brother H.
P. H. Bromwell.
i
i
1893] appendix. 223
Old Regulation XIII. upon which Brother Gould so
largely relies and which he quotes in his letter to us, was
at variance with what was designated as Old Regulation
XIII. in our original copy of Anderson's Constitution,
edition of 1738. Securing a verbatim copy of the 1723
edition from which Brother Gould had quoted as above,
upon comparison we noted the following difference in the
same :
Old Regulation XIII. Edition 1723. " Apprentices must be ad-
mitted Masters and Fellow-Craft only here, unless by a Dispensation.''
Old Regulation XIII. Edition 1738. "Apprentices must be ad-
mitted Fellow Crafts and Mast ers only here, unless by a Disj)ensation
from the Grand Master."
Italics as in original.
In this same edition is placed in parallel column what
is designated as the :
New Regulation, November 22, 1725. "The Master of a Lodge
with his Wardens and a competent Number of the Lodge assembled
in due form, can make Masters and Fellows at discretion."
Italics as in original.
Last year we accepted Old Regulation XIII. as it
appears in the 1738 edition, as the basis of our argument
upon the question of the antiquity and number of the
degrees anterior to the formation of the Grand Lodge of
England. Brother Gould as has been seen, relies upon
the regulation as published in 1723, giving it his own in-
terpretation, that " Masters and Fellow Craft '* really mean
"Masters or Fellow Craft," or, one and the same thing, so
that tiro degrees only are named "Apprentice" and "Master
or Fellow Craft" as shown heretofore in this article.
His interpretation has not been generally accepted and
there is strong opposition to it on the part of some of our
best Masonic scholars.
The matter really hinges upon the edition to be ac-
cepted as the standard authority. A revised edition of a
work is presumed to contain fewer errors than the original,
and to contain the results of maturer reflection and obser-
vation on the part of the author. In a letter to Brother
Gould we gave expression to this idea and calling his
attention to the fact, that in his history, he had designated
Brother Anderson as a fresh accession to the Craft when
he compiled the Constitutions in 1723, consequently he was
much poorer equipped for his work than in 1738. Before
this latter edition appeared, Brother Anderson represented
224 appendix. [1893
to the Grand Lodge, on February 24, 1735, that a new Book
of Constitutions had become a necessity and that he had
prepared materials for it. The Grand Master, the Earl of
Crawford and the Grand Lodge, ordered him to lay the
same before the present and former Grand Officers. In
accordance with this it was first submitted to former Grand
Officers, Brothers Richmond, Desaguliers, Cowper, Payne
and others, who after waking some corrections gave it their
approval.
Next agreeable to the same order, in 1838 it was sub-
mitted to the U rand Officers who also reviewed and cor-
rected it, and declared their approbation to the Grand
Lodge assembled in ample form on January 25, 1738.
The Grand Lodge ordered it to be printed, and approved
and recommended it as the only Book of Constitutions for
the use of Lodges of Free and Accepted Masons.
Thus, during a period of nearly three years, the second
edition was in preparation, and before being printed, had
been submitted, in accordance with the order of the Grand
Lodge, to former and present Grand Officers, who reviewed
and corrected it, and it was then endorsed by the Grand
Lodge as the only authorized book of Constitutions. Can
we moderns, at this distance, 155 years later, consistently
charge Brother Anderson with interj)olations, alterations,
and Scotch idioms, which, granting they were made, must
have been made upon sufficient grounds, since they were
approved by the Masons of that time, and also by the
Grand Lodge. What author to-day would desire to be
held responsible for changes and corrections made in his
MSS. by a dozen critical reviewers.
Are we not then justified in assuming that the changes
which were made in the phraseology were fully warranted,
having the sanction of the highest governing body of the
Craft, and also of prominent members who were his con-
temporaries. If so, Article XIII., as defined in the 173S
edition, must stand as authority upon these disputed ques-
tions as to degrees and their number.
We desire to express our great obligations to Brother
R. F. Gould for favors received, and the pains he has
taken to disabuse our mind of what appears to him as
erroneous conclusions. While not fully agreeing with
him upon some points, no one more fully appreciates the
great work he has done in the domain of Masonic history
and research. The labors of the historian must, however,
j
1893] appendix. 225
be supplemented by those of the symbolist before definite
conclusions can be reached. We are pleased to learn that
he regards the secrets of Masonry, whether conveyed in
two or three steps, as of great antiquity, and that if in two,
the two contained primarily all that was amplified into
three. In short, that there was no growth an idea that
we have had frequent occasion to combat in these reports.
We have strenuously maintained that restoration should
engage the attention and labors of the Masonic student,
and we know whereof we speak, having sat at the feet of
some of the venerable architects who have been for a life-
time engaged in this great and glorious undertaking. As
we stated last year, Masonry has lost more of its own dis-
tinctive riches in the past century than have been added
to it.
From Brother R. F. Gould's valuable paper on " The
Antiquity of Masonic Symbolism'' which he kindly furn-
ished us, and which was read before the Lodge Quatuor
Coronati of London, and commented upon by many dis-
tinguished members, we desire to reproduce a few of the
remarks of himself and others.
In this paper Brother Gould says :
But to pass into a higher sphere of criticism, we may infer from
the14 Defence of Masony " having been reprinted with the Book of
Constitutions, 1738, that in the opinion of the leading Masonic
authorities, the ancient 4( Fabrick " ( of Masonry ) had sustained such
ravages at the hands of time and neglect, as to raise doubts as to
how much of it [italics his] was still remaining.
Again:
In other words, if the symbolism (or ceremonial) of Masonry is
older than the year 1717, there is practically no limit whatever of age
that can be assigned to it. After the formation of a Grand Lodge,
there was centralization. Before it there whs none. Each Lodge
then met by inherent right, and even if we go so far as to admit the
possibility of new and strange practices being introduced into any
one of them, there was no higher body by whose authority these
innovations could have been imposed on the other Lodges. To put
it in another way. If we once get beyond or behind the year 1717,
i. «., in the domain of Ancient Masonry, and again look back, the
vista is perfectly illimitable, without a speck or shadow to break the
continuity of view which is piesented to us.
Brother W. J. Hughan in his comments said that to
his mind degrees, as we understand them, were wholly
modern but that Masonic Symbolism goes back to pre-
historic times.
226 appendix. [1893
We quote from Brother J. Ramsden Riley's views the
following :
Personalty, I have long held the opinion that, both the ceremonial
and ritual (in a somewhat crude form, but sufficient as a real ground-
work) must have been known to the "Revivalists" of 1717. 1 have
never been able to satisfy myself that a number of individuals (and
particularly Masons) then met together to frame a neiv and such a
wondrous system, [italics his] nor can I yet understand how the
members of four Lodges could agree to that which, if new to them,
must have excited the ridicule, if not the disgust of other Masons.
We know there were many Masons in London besides those of the
"four old Lodges," but setting these aside, is it reasonable to suppose
that the older members of the Lodges which met at the Apple Tree
Tavern (and there are always old members) would quietly acquiesce
in the formation of a system and ceremonial previously' unknown to
them?
Brother W. H. Rylands said he agreed with Brother
Gould in his main contention. It had always appeared to
hiin impossible to imagine that in 1717 an entirely new sys-
tem arose. Gradual changes there were no doubt, and
supplemental matter may have been introduced; but to his
mind the greater part of our symbolism certainly anteceded
the Grand Lodge of England.
From Brother Speth's able commentary we reproduce
the following :
First. — From the 14th to the 18th centuries two ceremonies ex-
isted—that of making Masons, or binding to the Craft — and that of
passing Masters and admitting to the Fellowship.
Second. — That there were secrets, other than those of the manipu-
lation of stone attached to each.
Third —That the Masons of 1717 inherited symbolism of the
meaning of which they were ignorant, and
Fourth.— That to produce this ignorance a long course of decay
and deterioration must have obtained, thus carrying our symbolism
back for an indefinite period.
The consideration of these important questions has
already exceeded the limits assigned at the outset, but we
believe our space has been well occupied and that the
brethren of our jurisdiction will derive valuable informa-
tion from a careful perusal of these facts and speculations
concerning our ancient origin and symbolism, and the
division of Masonry into degrees.
MEXICAN MASONRY.
We have received from Brother Richard E. Chism,
W. M. of Toltec Lodge No. 520, A. F. and A. M., City of
Mexico, a pamphlet entitled, "An Inside View of Mexican
Masonry/1 It shatters the fond hopes that we had enter-
181)3] APPENDIX. 227
tained concerning the Grand Dieta, if all that is charged
against Mexican Masonic Lodges can be substantiated.
Among the irregularities set forth in this pamphlet are
very grave departures from well established landmarks:
Exclusion of the Great Light from the Lodge room and
altar, taking of obligations " on one's honor," making
women Masons, introducing politics into Lodges, publi-
cation of rituals in plain language, etc., etc. Statements
to the above effect made before the officers of Toltec
Lodge, are published in full and duly attested.
The publication of Brother Ch ism's pamphlet has
called forth a reply from General Agramonte, which he
entitles, "The True View of Mexican Masonry." We have
not received a copy, and must therefore rely upon others
who have examined it for a knowledge of its contents.
The General is Master of Anahuac Lodge No. 141,
under the Grand Dieta. This is an English speaking
Lodge, and its members are claimed to be representative
Masons. He is a thirty-third holding membership in
New York City consistory, as well as the Supreme
Council thirty- third degree of Mexico. He states that
about 240 Lodges are working harmoniously under the
Grand Dieta, and only six outside, which includes Toltec
Lodge. He denies the recognition of the Grand Orient
of France. He denies that women are made Masons, and
says that Brother Chism has admitted he was in error.
Lodges of women, similar to the Eastern star, exist in that
Bepublic. He says the Bible is not excluded, but that
discrimination is made against the Roman Bible; denies
that politics have any place in their Lodges, etc., etc.
The truth of the matter will doubtless be settled before
next year, as several Grand Lodge committees are to
report upon the question of the recognition of the Grand
Dieta, and the present condition of Masonry in our sister
Republic.
GRAND ORIENTS, ETC.
The recognition of brethren hailing from Lodges in
those countries where Symbolic Masonry is dominated by
Grand Orients and Supreme Councils is a vital question,
and one involving that of the universality of Masonry
itself.
In view of the animated discussion which took place in
our Grand Lodge last year, and the interest manifested by
228 appendix. [1893
the brethren to be fully informed in regard thereto before
taking definite action uj>on this question, we desire to
place them in possession of the facts and conclusions of
those who have made this subject their special study.
Brother W. R. Singleton, chairman on Foreign Corres-
pondence for the District of Columbia, made an ex-
haustive report upon this subject some four years ago.
Here is his summary, derived from a careful examination
of Gould's history, with his incisive comments.
The English rite of the three degrees may be distributed as
follows :
1st. The Ritual of England proper, as practiced there and in all
the Lodges deriving charters from that Grand Lodge.
2d. The Ritual of Scotland.
3d. The Ritual of Ireland.
4th. The Ritual, as practiced in all the States and Territories of
the United States.
5th. The Ritual of Pennsylvania, which last is the Ritual as it
was practiced by the Grand Lodge of the Ancients of the last cen-
tury, somewhat modified.
6th. We have the various Continental Rituals.
In every country in Europe, outside of England, Scotland and
Ireland, each country had its own peculiar ritual or rituals. From
1730 to 1800 there were continual changes of rituals, and olredience,
so very much mixed that tabular statements and charts are abso-
lutely necessary to trace them chronologically through their various
changes.
These rites were so different, and caused so many controversies
among the various bodies, that whoever reads the account as given
by Gould and former writers, will inevitably come to the conclusion
that during these turmoils, which continued for more than half a
century, the warring elements were totally devoid of those funda-
mental principles so necessary for the perpetuity of Masonry as an
institution. We shall not attempt to describe those changes which
occurred ; those who wish to become acquainted with that unfortu-
nate part of Masonic history can consult the volumes of Gould in our
library.
This is to be said, however, that notwithstanding the various
rites which were practiced all over Europe, and in various parte of
the American continent, the three original degrees of E A., F. C.
and M. M., of every rite, were universally recognized. Although in
some countries Lodges of the three degrees were organized by differ-
ent rites, nevertheless they were all recognized as Masonic, and fra-
ternal intercourse was constantly held between them, and however
fierce the contest among the higher degrees, all united as Master
Masons of the symbolic degrees.
From the institution of the Grand Lodge of the District of
Columbia in 1811, whenever opportunity served, visitors from foreign
countries who presented themselves as Masons were cordially and
fraternally greeted among our Ix)dges.
j
1893] appendix. 229
There wa6 no question at that time as to what rite they were
indebted for their degrees.
He quotes a few of the resolutions adopted by the
Universal Masonic Congress, which assembled in Paris in
June, 1855, by decree of His Royal Highness, Prince
Lueien Murat, the M. W. Grand Master of Masons in
France. Those to which attention is directed are the
following :
This Congress will only submit such measures, few in number, as
bear the character of evident utility, are clearly defined, and in all
canes manifest the greatest respect for the accepted and internal
customs of each country. [Italic his.]
************
Masters of Lodges, in conferring the degree of Master Mason
should invest the candidate with the words, signs and grips of the
Scottish and modern rites
************
Convinced of the great utility of a regular and uninterrupted
correspondence between the various Masonic powers, the Congress
invites all Masonic authorities regularly to exchange copies of their
printed proceedings.
He reproduces from Brother Drummond's Maine
report for 1870 this strong deliverance, which is only
equalled by a more recent one to be found under Illinois
in our present Report :
In deciding upon the question of recognition several questions
of the gravest importance arise, and must be decided.
On the threshold we are met bv one which affects the Masonic
standing of nearly one-half of the Masons in the world. There have
been in the past, and are now, two systems of Masonic government,
which we may distinguish, with sufficient accuracy, by styling one
the Grand Lodge system, and the other the Grand Orient system ;
in the former the Grand Lodge is the sole supreme authority, un-
embarrassed by any entanglements ; in the latter the Grand Lodge
unites with other bodies, forming a Grand Orient, to which the
Grand Lodge yields certain of its powers, but not those in relation to
creating Lodges or making Masons. The ground, taken by those
who advocate the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Cuba, is that a
Grand Lodge, which is a constituent in a Grand Orient, is illegiti-
ment and illegal ; that its Lodges are irregular, and, therefore, the
Masons made in them are Clandestine Masons. This doctrine strikes
out of existence all the Masonry in the world, except in the United
States and Great Britain and its Dependencies, and the few Lodges
established in other countries.
* * **********
We hold that the Masons made under the Grand Orient system
are regular Masons, their Lodges lawful Lodges, and their Grand
Lodges entitled to be respected as such. At the same time, we are,
in the strongest manner, in favor of separating all Grand Lodges
230 appendix. [1893
from all such entangling alliances, and hold that Grand Lodges of
the other system may properly say to one of the Grand Orient
system, " While we will respect your rights as a Grand Lodge, and
admit, as visitors, Masons of your obedience, we cannot exchange
Representatives with you, as our equals, because we are in all
respects sovereign, and you are not.''
Says Brother Singleton:
Go to, ye knowing ones, and read the history of all the Grand
bodies of Europe, and learn some important les6onB.
************
Not a single Grand Lodge in Europe was ever organized solely by
chartered Lodges from Grand Lodges, such as now exist.
The Grand Lodge of England in 1717, of Ireland about 172>-3o,
of Scotland, 1736, were all constituted by Lodges without charters.
The Grand Orient of Prance, the outgrowth of the chaotic con-
dition of Masonry in that country from 1740 to 1801, was a self-
constituted power, without proper presentation or responsibility to
the Craft. The manner in which every Grand Lodge, besides, in
Europe was formed, shows conclusively that out of the confusion as
t) rites which existed on the Continent from about 1740 to the close
of the century, each country did the very best it could to settle
affairs, bring order out of confusion, and to do this, in some in-
stances, it became necessary for the crowned heads to intervene by
royal decree, and thus settle matters for Masons when they could
not do it for themselves.
♦ ♦^♦♦♦♦♦#
When we consider that the Masons of the United States do not
constitute a majority of the world, we should not attempt to dictate
in matters of this character, but accept the well recognized principles
of the rest of the Masonic world.
We have now placed the brethren of this jurisdiction in
possession of the most reliable information upon this sub-
ject, which, if they will consider from a broad stand-point,
there should be no difficulty in reaching a conclusion in
harmony with the spirit of Masonry, and its mission to
make of one brotherhood the dwellers in all nations.
From time to time we have devoted considerable space
to the allied branches of Masonry, especially during the
discussion of the question of their recognition as quasi
Masonic bodies. Some of our fellow reporters may have
been somewhat mystified as to our true belief in what
constitutes Masonry "pure and undefiled."
To disabuse the minds of all such, we reprint the fol-
lowing lines expressive of our devotion to Ancient Craft
Masonry. While partaking somewhat of a personal ex-
perience, it seems unavoidable from the nature of the
subject, and will we trust, strike a responsive chord in the
breasts of "the faithful" who are possessed of a multiplicity
of degrees:
J
1893] appendix. 231
0, MOTHER LODGE WE'VE WANDERED PAR.
O, Mother Lodge we've wandered far
And knocked at many a door.
Since first we wore thy Lambskin gift
And trod thy Checkered Floor.
Since first thy symbols met our gaze
And claimed our constant thought,
Till patient search at length revealed
The hidden truths they taught.
When heart at name of Brother thrilled,
And loyal but to thee,
We loved thy Square and Compass
And adored thy Letter G.
The Chapter held recovered truths,
Why not possess the same,
That thought a Woke a new desire
And fanned it into flame.
The honor sought at length was ours,
We read the Keystone's face
And saw the treasures long entombed,
Brought from their hiding place.
Another tie had bound our heart,
Another name had we,
O, Mother Lodge we've wandered far,
Yet still we cling to thee.
The Council next a votary claimed,
We passed within its door,
The Orders then of Knighthood took,
But still we craved for more.
The Scottish Rite's prolific brood
Rose temptingly to view,
We reveled in the mysteries
Expressed by 32.
At last the crowning honor came
With figures 33.
O, Mother Lodge we've wandered far,
Yet still we cling to thee.
O, Mother Lodge we've wandered far,
From thy more simple ways,
Mid scenes of splendid pageantry
With glories all ablaze.
Where dulcet strains fell on our ear
And pealing anthems rung,
232 appendix. [1893
And wisdom of the antique world
Was voiced by silvery tongue,
And yet withal, true Son of Light
With vision clear to see,
O, Mother Lodge we've wandered far.
Vet still we cling to thee.
O, Mother Lodge we've wandered far,
With longings vain possessed,
No higher jewel than thy Square
Is worn on Mason's breast.
No higher badge than thy first gift,
The Lambskin pure and white,
Thy Pointed Star ascendant is
O'er every grade and rite.
Between thy Pillars all must pass,
Or else must cease to be.
O, Mother Lodge we've wandered far,
Yet still we cling to thee.
And now in closing we desire to thank our fellow mem-
bers of the guild for their kindly expressions of good will.
It is said that " no secret decoction brewed in the depths
of the forest by learned sages of mystic art, with mysterious
incantations, ever produced more wonderful results than
the simple elixir of praise." And we have quaffed full
measure.
Fraternally submitted,
LAWRENCE N. GREENLEAF,
For the Committee.
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RETURNS OF LODGES.
AUGUST 31, 1893.
GOLDEN CITY LODGE No. 1,
GOLDEN, JEFFERSON COUNTY.
I Communication* first and third Mondays in each vnotUn.J
OFFICIH8.
:?
VV. P. Benedict. W. M.
John H.Parker, 8. W.
N. Koenig, J. W.
John P. Kelly, Treas.
Marcel Ins C. Kirby, Sec'
Anderson, Joseph
Almond, F. \V.
Brown, W. H.
Bates, M. L.
Bunney. Robert
Bellum, T. L.
Bailey, Stephen
Benjaman, J. E.
Barter, William
Barnes. J. W.
Cole. W. E.
Clark, <\ T.
Chapman. C. A.
Chinn, HolJar W.
Clough, Aaron
Cooper. G. C.
Curry, W. H.
Chauvenet, Regis
Churches, John
Conrtney, Geo. W.
Dolleson, Geo. W.
Dier, W. A.
Dyer, Fred.
Eagleton, J. S.
El wood, A. S.
Enkins, Peter
Edwards, Jen kin
Faragher, Robert
MEMBKBS.
Fuller, Stephen
Fischer, FranzJ
Gold s worthy, Richard
Grennier, James W.
Higgins, John A.
Harrison, D. E.
Hendrey, J. B.
HeaUey, Ed. J.
Henthorne. H.N.
Hultman. August
Hussey, William
Halverhaat. F. H.
Irwin, W. H.
Johnson, C. P.
Jones, Latham
Kelly, James
Koenig, Rudolph
Kimball, Geo. K.
Kelly, George
Kerr, Garry
Lake, C. W.
Lake. Chas. S.
Lambing, H. L.
Lees, David
Larkins, J. T.
Milliken, W. B.
Mann, Joseph
Morrison, George
George O. Tildeu.8. D.
Phillip Kendall. J. D.
Joseph Dennis, Jr., 8 8-
P. C. Booton, J. S. .„
Alexander Kerr, Tiler.
McCurdy. A. M.
Nankivell, James
Micbolls, John
Opal, Martin
Porter, A. A.
Parfet, C E.
Reeves, Geo. W.
Roney, Alexander
Robinson, H. R.
Rowe, David
Schull, Joseph
Smith, Benj. F.
Smith, W. L.
Stodgsdale. D. R.
Stepp, William L.
Shock, A. C.
Stanger, J. 8.
Shilladay, Hugh
Titley, John W.
Tremesen, John
Toll, J. W\
Tost. C. F.
Triplett, William
Rowe, David
White, William
Wells, J. L.
Wade, C. H.
Welch, C. C.
Williamson, James
SUMMIT LODGE No. 2,
PARKV1LLE. SUMMIT COUNTY.
f Cha rter Surrendered. ]
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APPENDIX.
235
ROCKY MOUNTAIN LODGE No. 3,
GOLD HILL, BOULDER COUNTY.
[Extinct.]
NEVADA LODGE No. 4,
BALD MOUNTAIN, GILPIN COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each Month.}
Franci* M. Mayhew, W. M.
Wallace A. Merriell. 8. W.
Charley L. Cooper, J. W.
Isaac M. Parsons, Treas.
JohnW. Ratliff, 8ec'y.
Ashbaugh, Abraham
Anisebrook, Alex.
Blight, Samuel 8.
Bobinger, Henry C.
Clemen*. RichHrd
Easley,Thos. E.
Daniels. John
Finlay.Wm. M.
Fulierton, Wm. C.
Hamor, David A.
Hager, Chas.
Henderehot, Job. D.
Hicks, Jan. K.
OFFICERS.
MKMBEBH.
Hooker Danl. 8.
Hooper, John
Hyndman, Mark B.
Jenkins, Thos.
Kevelin. John
Kline, Perry A.
Koby, Mark G.
Lev? is, Wm. J.
Lee, John
Mills, Abraham
Mortensen, N. < •.
Murphy, Patrick
Newlun, Thos.
Geo. Jenkin, 8. D.
John W. Cannon, J. D.
Peter C. Hansen, 8. 8.
William 8kelly, J. 8.
Thomas T. Warreu, Tiler.
Noonan. James
Nichols, Wm.
Rachofsky, Harrison
Rowe, George
Sparks, Ozias T.
Standley. Joseph
Tucker, Anthony W.
Thomas, J as. B.
Topping, John F.
Tonn, Geo. R.
Visscher. Cornel ins
Wendt, Frederick
Williams, Wm. W.
DENVER LODGE No. 5,
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Robert Hamilton. W.M.
William L. H. Millar, S. W.
Matt. Adams. J. W.
Thomas Nicholl, Treas.
James C. Johnston, 8ec'y«
Anfenger, Lonis
Anstee. George
Arnett, Wm.D.
Allen. Quincy
Alien, George P.
Acbeaon, William J.
Atchison, John
Appel, Simon
Allen, Charles P.
A brains, D. Albert
Anderson, Cooper
Annis, Albert E.
Annie. Emmet B.
MEMBERS.
Adams, James F.
Alexander, Archie
Allers, Ulfert
Arthur, James W.
Avrill, August
Aldrach, Charles W.
Aldridge, Thomas B.
Adams, Guy
Abbot, Stephen 8.
Adampon, Charles P.
Aste, Angelo J.
Byers, Wm. X.
Barker, ADselm H .
John Gregor, 8. I).
William J. Nicholl, J. D.
H. F. Merry weather, S. S.
Frank Lipscomb. J. S.
Thomas Linton, Tiler.
Brewer, Gardner G.
Berry, Barnard
Rigler, Jacob A. J.
Bromwell. Henry P. H.
Brown, Wm. ii.
Bayles, Benjamin 11.
Bingham, Benjamin F.
Bo>er, John C.
Baker, Albert J.
Bryden. Jam eh
Beauchamp, Kdw.'ird
Boyer, Amos L.
Besser, George J.
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MIMB1BS.
Bra baker, William A.
Benton, Harry W.
Barrows, George
Bond. Wm. M.
Batcher, James M.
Bagley, Herman J.
Batler Calvin P.
Bixby, Ed. 8.
Bushnell, George
Boggs, James B.
Biller, John
Brown, James H.
Bowman. George P.
Brown, William J.
Barn ham, Norman G.
Brady, Wm. H. G.
Bergstrand. Charles
Barton, Archie A.
Bingham, George
Baily, George
Basset, William
Blethin, Laurens
Beokman, Fred
Baker, Nathan A.
Brewer, Charles M.
Beck, John
Beebe, John
Ball, Lewis
Bell, Fred W.
Barton. George
Baerensen, Harold W.
Borquin. Augustas
Barker, William
Bel ford, James F.
Bare hie, Harry
Buck man, Guy
Birchett, Wm. I.
Buckley, S. Byron
Bern io, D. M. L.
Beckrnan, Wm. 0.
Boice, John J.
Brady, Hugh A.
Beach, Walter
Borten, Jam eft W.
Bundy. John M.
Chaney, Silas W.
Cooper, George T.
Con verse, George A.
Conlthnrst, Alemnth
Cn stance, Harry B.
Church, Frank
Cordray, John F.
Cordingly, Alfred
Combo. William F.
Crowell. Alfred X.
Crandell, James H.
Carlton. Oliver J.
(nark, William H.
Cheesmnn, Walter S.
Cobb, Charles D.
Clark, Elijah P.
Cooper. Job A.
Cook, Jeremiah J.
Coan, X. Frank
Craig. James
Cronk, Alfred
Cramer. Fred
Craig, Wm. H.
Clemes, James H.
Campbell, Lucien D.
Crumb. James
Crop, Jacob (nine
Cumraings, Robert
Chase, Arthur
Carter, Lawrence
Cisl«r, Stephen A.
(/overt. William
Cook. Lemuel
Cranford, Wm. H
Cunningham, George
Connor, James T.
Campbell, William
Cundy, William H.
Cordingly, William
Chapman, Thomas
Crooks, John
Cordingly, George
Calph, Edward
Curran, William H.
Co well, David A.
Clarke, Roberts.
Dorsey.Georsre D.
Davis, Wm. H.
Downie, David
DeCamp, Wm. F.
DeSellem, John
Dorsey, Samuel C.
Daily, John L.
Danielson. Frank M.
Davis, Flavins N.
Davis. Frank M.
Duggan, James
Dnggan, Alex
Duggan, Hugh
Dahnke, Fred
Detloff, August
Depew, John F.
Desollar. Henry C.
Dickey, Thomas J.
Downie, Ed. R.
Davy, Xelson
Dickey, Jesse M.
Dunbar, George
Davisson. Olie
Downs, Frank M.
Dennison, Henry L.
Da vies, Alfred
Duling. David
Dace, James
Darden, Wm.
Davis, Thomas B.
Davy, John P.
Downs, John P.
Dunham. Robert M.
Dathie, Alexander
Dunklee, George F.
Dickinson, John P.
Dimmock, Edwin S.
Daniels, Robert
Dale, John T.
Evans. William G.
Evans, Evan
Edwards, Wm. G.
Eyler, Hugh L.
Ed mist on, Alex A.
Edwards, Thomas A.
Edwards, Melvin
Emanuel, Wm. H.
Eisner, John
Eckerson, Edward
Emery, George W.
Evans, Charles P.
Fribourg, Theo. L. H.
Fleischer, Jacob
Fewlass, Robert
Flat ray, John H.
Failing, Henry H.
Frennd, Isaac
Frewen, Frank
Filby, Alfred
Forsytbe. Alex
Flynn. Edward
Foreman, James
Fairharat, Thomas
Frink, Wm. R.
Fallis, Jacob R.
Fisk, Frederick
Fredram, John
Frizelle, Horace
Farrington, Wm. R.
Francher. Frank
Fewlass, John
Find lay, Robert
Francis, John R.
Fleming, John G.
Flintham. John W.
(Handling, John
Gilbert. John H.
Greenhill. John S.
Groves, James R.
Greenleaf , Lawrence X.
Gove, Carlos
Gardiner Wm. H.
Godfrev, Walter
Gray, William P.
Gromm. Fred W.
Gibbs. Wesley J.
Green, George L.
Graves, Walter
Greenfield, Enos
Graham, Jared B.
Gay lord. Paul B.
Gibb. William
Grosemayer, Max
Goodenough, Ezra
Gilstrap, Wm. H.
Graves. Fred W.
Gray, Edmund S.
Geddis, William
Gray, David
Gibbs, George W.
Gutshall, Thomas
Grimshaw, Howard
Garamie, Alex
Gooch, James A.
Hyams, Isaac
H tester, Jackson
Hunter, Thomas
Hill. Frank B.
Hester. Wm. R.
Hart, Charles N.
Hermann, Augustus
Haswell, Wm. S.
Hananer, Abraham
Henderson, John T.
Heiser, Hermann
Hippie. Eleazer W.
Hurst, Joseph 8. •
Hendey, Arthur
Holt, Wm. H.
Harrington, Benj. F.
Hopkins, George M.
Howe, James 8.
Hardin, George W.
Heasley, Charles K.
Hatten, Robert L.
1893]
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237
MEMBERS.
Hunt, Andrew
Howe Samuel
Hardie, Jol n F.
Holmes, John
Haynes, James
Hansen, Julius
Hittell, Benj. F.
Holzman, Snmnel
Hart well. Harold
fleesler, Potter
Hayes, Arthur
Hyman, Manie
Hudson, Jamee A.
Haynes, Daniel J.
Hall Orrville
Henderson, John
Harvey. William
Hatbeway, bberman
Harbst, Krank
Hanier, Conklin D.
Hubbard. Robert
Hoskins. Willis
Heydric, Einil
Herre*. Anthony
Hawrer, ( 'harle*
Harper. Theodore
Hont. George
Hoskins, Albert
Ionian, Irwin
Inman. Ira
Jones, Wm. A.
Jones, (ieorge P.
Jordan, Samuel
Jack, Wm. P.
Johnson. David
Jacobs, Abraham
Jarecki, Max
Johnson, Theron W.
Jones, Frank P.
Jones. James (\
Jenness, Wm.
Jardelli. Louis
Johnson, Albert O.
Jackson, Joseph E.
Jackson. David E.
Krneger, Charles M.
Kphns, Charles E.
Kin ley, Joseph B.
Kinney, William
Kinkel, Henry
Kastor. Isidor
KJock. John I.
Kimball, Jamee H.
Kline, David
Kisthardt, Jacob
Krneger, Henry F.
Kinkaid. Alfred
Knight. James H.
Kline. Charles O.
Kilpatrick, James
Kirby, George
Kirby. William
Lovelace, Chauncy
Londoner, Wolfe
Listen. Martin
Lees. Thomas
Levy. Aaron M.
Lam, Robert P.
Lawrence. Richard C.
Linton, Charles T.
Lathrop. Martin A.
Lambert. WTm. T.
Link, Edwin B.
Lewis. Charles
Lieffers, Will iam
Leach, Robert E.
Lee. i 'harlee S.
Lloyd, William
Livermore, Chas.
Lamb Chas. (i.
Lott. Geo. B.
Legere, Peter
Ladue, Addison K.
Lloyd, John N.
Langton, James C.
Lee, John A.
]x>we, J amen
Livezeay. John
LeMond. Robert F.
McGregor, John H. B.
McGregor, John M.
McAllibter. Hugh
McNasser. Byron
McFarland, James
McCornnel, James
McCann. Peter
McMurtrie, John A.
McKay. Smith
McCnl lough. George
McKeuzie, Murdock
McKee. William T.
McCann. frank
McKee. Herbert R.
McKee, Knoch W.
McKee, Thomas R.
McAllister, Alex
McNamee, Allen
McConanghy, George
McCall, Robert
Mc Arthur. Cyrus
McConnel, Roscoe
McClelland. Phillip
McCarthy, Frank
McCarthy, Edward
McDonongh. John
Morgan, William
Mn seared, John E.
Miller, Hugh M.
Milton, Wm. P.
M«rry, John C.
Mai one. Wm. H.
Miner. Wm. G.
Mouatt, John
Mitchell. David
Mabee, Winett A.
Miller. Charles M.
Mead, Flavius J.
Murray, Samuel
Mackey, Angus
Mfllone. Richard H.
Mosely, Richard W.
Meikle. William
Moreland, John
Marx. Ijooifl
Middlebrook. Alex
Mendel, Peter J.
Morris, Wm. 8.
Moore. Lucius L.
Merrill, John
Meyers, Willis
Maddy. Joseph
Middlebrook, John H.
Moore. John A.
Mnnro, Duncan
Montelius, William W.
Morgan, Thomas
May, Charles D.
Marshall, Wm. R.
Miller, Harry G.
Milnor, Frank B.
Martin, William C.
Murphy, Michael
Morrison, Benj. F.
Neff. George W.
Nevin, Valentine T.
Neill, Edward
Nevatt, Isaac
Nicholls, Wm. H. J.
Nell, Henry H
Norvell, Louis P.
Norlin, Ernest W.
Neilson, Christ
Nock, Henry
Nock. Thomas
Newman, Alfred B.
Olymphns, John P.
Oswald, Daniel C.
Osborn, Robert
Orton, Thomas
Ohlin, Robert F.
Osborne, Bert
Palmer, Peter L.
Pness, Charles
Perkins, George W.
Perkins, William F.
Phillips, Thomas
Patterson. James 0.
Palmer, Wm. B.
Prendergast, George
Parker, James
Peabody, David G.
Paulsen, Gustav
Parkburst, Fred
Poole, James R.
Poole, Thomas
Prinn, Willism R.
Price, John L'wing
Pack, Alonzo G.
Phistor, Charles
Porter, William J.
Patten, Andrew
Price. Edward V.
Pennock. I^evis E.
Potter. Edwin B.
Proctor. Alfred
Pence, Lafayette
Plummer, Joseph W.
Qnarterrrnn, Wm. P.
Quinn, Thomas
Rogers, B Wesley
Roberts, George T.
Rose, Hnmnel
Raymond. Charles A.
Ross, Walter M.
Reid, William
Riggs, Joseph 8.
Riddle. Herman C.
Rundle, Thomas
Ryan, John
Rollins, Robert P.
Ramsay, Lee
Ren kin. John F. C.
iost, Eli as
Boeder, Adolph
tidley, WTilliam
Richards, William H.
2:>s
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[1893
Rogers, William T.
Hoengen. George M.
Ramus, Charles I.
Roberts, James W.
Kamsay, Jacob G.
Roberts, John G.
Hi in say, Lyle C
Ros*. John
Nrark, Albert J.
Steele, Henry P.
Stuart. Thomas R.
Snyder. George T.
Stites, John
Shenpard. Alfred D.
Strauss. Herman
Hha>, James M.
Ham oho n. Archibald J,
Snyder, Stephen 0.
Snyder, Henry B.
Swaint*on. Carl
Salomon. Hiram Z.
8ch inner, Adolph
Shortridge, Wm. T.
Sh»*pppni, Sydney A.
Smith, Moritz
Storey, Albert
Sprain*. Win. H.
Soraers, E 1
Spearin. Daniel A.
Sroddard, Henry M.
Stagman, Fred
Steele, Robert W.
Sanders, Nathan X.
Smith, Norman W.
Slat*»r. William
Sinclair. George B.
Stephens. Heny J.
Steven*, Charles P.
Sol in. Ramon
Smytho, Frank
Sinclair. Robert M.
Smith. Charles
Steudeman, Theodore
MEMBERS.
San ford, Byron
Sawin-*. Alva H.
Sheckalls. Richard
Samper. Charl«s
Sp-ar, Albnrt S.
Small. James
Sutherland. Alex
Smith, Ed H.
Shield*. Charles ().
Seccjinbe, Simiiei
Stone, Lawrence
Seerie, D ivid
Smith, George E.
Searle. Walter E.
Sasseville. Krn*nt M.
Safely, Grant
Swartout Hurt on
Scharff. Charle*
Small, Owen W.
Smith, Thompson L.
Stevens. Kbeiiez»r
Smith, Samuel ,\f .
Htnchell, James W.
Saville. John J.
Trenary, Charles
Taylor, David G.
Tibbet*, William F.
Tavlor, James F.
Tyler. George E
Tronnstine, Phillip
Tall man, John
Tritch. G«»orge
Toovey. William
Treat Chnrl«»s
Taylor, Hugh
Thorn p«*on, George W.
Thompson, Wm. J.
Tyler, William
Tracy. Michael
Trosper. Martin
Tomlinson, John
Tedford, James A.
Thoreau, Phillip
Tucker, Cromwell
Trirch. George, jr.
Tyler. William D.
Turner. John, jr.
Turner, Henry
Tomlinson. AlfreJ J.
Uhl, John
Veatch, Jamw C.
Viancoart, Moses F.
Van Law, George 8.
Wat kins, Leonard K.
Wallace, Thomas R.
Williams, Richard J.
Wise, Morris
Wolfe, William
Wheeler, Frank
Whitehead Wm. R.
Williams. Ed 8.
Watson, Richard
Wolff, Alfred
Watson. William C.
Wad^worth, Harrison L
Walker, Thomas C.
Whir all, Thomas D.
Williamson, Walter W.
Willed, George W.
We-tlake. < harles H.
Wilson, Walter
Wickes, Charles P.
Wooley, George H.
Walker. Benj L.
Waddell. Robert
White. David
Will»»ts. George, jr.
Walker, Emmet
Wilson, Georg*
Ward. Frank J.
Willis, St-phen H.
Watt George
Wingate. Charles E.
Younker. Jason T.
York, Ernest P.
York, Alex M.
CENTRAL LODGE No. 6.
CENTRAL CITY, GILPIN COUNTY.
[ Communications second and fourth Wednesdays in each month.]
Ferdinand French. W. M.
Charles Ellis, S. W.
William B. Beal, J. W.
Ambrose Hray, Treaa.
Richard Harvey, Sec'y.
Becker, Clayton F.
Barrett, George W.
Bnnney, John
Best, John
Bahight. Alonzo J.
Budge, William
Bennetts. Mathew
Becker. Henry
Bu«h. ('lay ton W.
Broad, Richard
Dunagan. J. J.
Gilbert, Henry
Gooch, Fred F.
Hawley, Henry J.
Hastie, Robert.
Krnse, H. Jacob
♦Not a member.
OFFfCEBS.
MKMBKB8.
Krnse, Gtistnve
Lorah, Samuel I.
Lewis, Oscar
Ijnwton, Frederick
Mullen, Thomas
Mabee. George W.
McFarlane, Andrew A.
Miller, Christopher C.
Morrison. Dni.iel
Nichols. Foster
Owen, Newton D.
Potter, Thomas H.
Parentean, Wm. H.
Power, Roger F.
Perrin, Edward 8.
Packard. John H.
William O. Jenkins, 8. D.
Bela I. Lorah. J. D.
Henry Hore, S. 8.
William Harvey, J. S.
♦Peter C. Hansen, Tiler.
Sueen, William
icharde, Harry
Rickey, Abraham L.
Richards, Joseph
Sherman, Charles E.
Sears, Nathan A.
Swain, Wilson S.
Teller, Henry M.
Thomas, Morris
Tolles. Larkin C.
Trenoweth. Chaa.
Trebilcock. William
Uodegraff, Joseph S.
Wisebart, Benj. W.
Williams. Edward W.
Yonng, Frank C.
1893]
APPENDIX.
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UNION LODGE No. 7,
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month.]
OFPIOEBS.
Lewis (\ Greenlee. W. M.
Calvin E. Reed, 8. W.
John F. Drencher, J. W.
Tharle* M. Clinton, Traas.
Henry W. Hannurn, Hec'y.
Abel, Georse W.
Ackroyd, Eli
Ailing. E 1'.
Ame«, W i Hard L.
Anderson, J. Wylie
Anthony, Webster D.
Anthony, Scott J.
Antnony, Merrill P.
Apple, Henry
Armstrong. John K.
Ashley, Eli M.
Ashton, Alfred
Aostin, Percy-
Bailey, Ji*eph L.
Bailey, Hiram L.
Bailey, Edward L.
Bailey, Fred L.
Baines, Joseph
Baker, W. P.
Baker. Edward W.
Ball, Jesse C.
Barker, William J.
Barrett. George
Barry, James
Barton. Elias H.
Baom, Madison
Bavis, Levi M.
Beal. Marine 8.
Beckhart. William E.
Beg*s. Robert H.
Beleon, R. W. 8
Berkey, John M.
Billing*, George N.
Billing*. Robert
Birney. Frank L.
Bixby, Frank C.
Bleibel. Charles
Bockfinger, Philip L.
Bogne, Lnman M.
Bond. William
Bonesteel, Samuel A.
Booth, C. A.
Bowen, Benjamin F.
Bowen, Marion A.
Bovee, Eugene C.
Bracken, Thomas
Bradbury, Charles F.
Bradbury, Cotton C.
Bresnahan. John J.
Bright. William H.
Brooks, Charles D.
Brown, J. Sydney
Brown, L. J
Brown, Robert A.
Brrmk. Thomas J,
Borgdorf, Charles A.
Born ham. (ieorcre A.
Barton. Alfred G.
MEMBERS.
Cable, George R.
Came, Virgil M.
Campbell, Donald W.
Campbell. Charles M.
Campbell, T. A.
Cardwell, George R.
Carnev, John C.
Carr, Harry
Carroll. Edward J.
Carruthera, 8am uel 8.
Carsiaphon, ()ney
Case, Austin G.
CaHsell, Robert T.
Cassell, William J.
Cathcart, Thomas L.
Chandler, Russell
Charles, John Q.
Chariot, a. C.
Chase, Theophilas C.
Chivington. John M.
Christen, William
Chrysler, Charles B.
Clark, E<1. K.
Clark, William
Clark, John H.
Clarke, Clarence J.
Cleaveland, John R.
Cline, Lynn C.
Coffey. James W.
Cofield, Joseph B.
Colby, Ferris W.
Collier, Geo. M.
Collins, Edwaid H.
Conant, Frank J.
Conant, Eugene F.
Cook, David J.
Cool, Walter McD.
Cooper, Cyrus E.
Cooper, Edward R.
Cooper, W. A. L.
Cooper, WiiJis J.
Cooper. William H.
Coruforth, Joseph T.
Cornwall, William T.
Cort, Frank
Corwin. James H.
Craig. Wm. Baynrd
Crauston, Earl M.
Crater. George E.
Crater. W. H.
Creswpll, John
Ores well. Joseph
Crosky. A. B.
Culton, John J.
Curtis, Rodney
Cutler, Herbert J.
Cntshnw. Leonard
Dale, William W.
Orlando B. Scobey, 8. D.
Jesse E. Kin port, J. D.
Robert W. Bonyuge. S. 8.
Hoard A. Brovick. J. c*.
•Thomas Linton, Tiler.
Dane, George
D'Autremout, John L.
Davenport. William M.
Davey, John
Davidson, David
Davis, Alfred W.
Davis, 8ylvanuH
Dayton, W. L.
De Huy, Bernard H.
Dickson, H. C.
Dielz, Henry
Dillabaugh, John
Dodge, James E.
Donueilan, John T.
Donnelly, ( hades
Doud, A. L.
Dougan, David H.
Downing, Jacob
Dowson, Heiiry
Duggan. George
Durban, Levi T.
Durkee, Lafa>ettw
Elbert, Samuel H.
Elder. Henry G.
Ellin, Benjamin
El lie, CarJeton
Emery, WiiJis
Emraick, John C.
Emperor, William
Erdman. Otto A.
Erdman. Fred C.
Evans, John
Evans, Thomas
EvauH. Noah H.
Evans, J. Frank
Everitt. Charles M.
Ewen, W. W.
Ewing, Joeiah P.
Ewiug, Samuel
Falke. Henry
Parish, John B.
Farmer, Fred C.
Farnum. L Vincent
Fessett, J. W.
Felker. William H.
Ferguson, Dsniel B.
Ferguson, Charles A.
Finehout, Elieha M.
Fisher, William G.
Fisher, Cjrus W.
Fisher, Paul A.
Fitzgerald. James C.
Flanders, Leonard II.
Fleming, James A.
Fletcher, Donald
Ford. Charles M.
Forsythp. Henry P.
France, Lewis B.
•Not a member.
240
APPENDIX.
[1893
MEMBERS.
Fraser, John J.
Fraser. Francis
Frederick, Almon P.
Froet, Henry O.
Furey, Charles L.
Gair, Peter 1.
Garretson, Edward W.
Oarvey. James T., Jr.
Gault, John
George, Samuel T.
Gillette. Andrew W.
Gird. Christopher C.
Gleason, Jason A.
Goodwin, H. 8.
Goudy, Frank C.
Gove, Aaron
Grafton, William H.
Graham, John W.
Graham, David B.
Graham, James A. F.
Griener, Rol>ert C
Green, Charles O.
Gr*»en, Simon 8.
Green, John K.
Greenlee, Robert C.
Greenlee. William E.
Guyer, Clarkson N.
Hager, Clarence £.
Hall, W. W.
Hall, Fred F.
Hall, Albert P.
Hall, J. P.
Hallows, Job J.
Hamilton, William F.
Hamilton, George A.
Hampton, J. W.
Hard, Frank J.
Hardy, Solomon R.
Hardy. Charles W.
HarkiHon, Charles T.
Harris, Arthur C.
Harris, William
Hart, Joseph W.
Hart ell, Frederick R.
Hart man, Henry
Hart un ir. George J.
Hartz. Charles *\
Hat ten bar h, M.
1 layman, Frank T.
Henry, George
HickH, J amen R.
Higgin. Albert
High, Fred S.
Hildehrand, Robert R.
Hill, William C.
Hinkley, William W.
Hitehooek, William D.
Hoffer, John G.
Houle, Austin W.
Hoimngton, J. M.
Hopson. C. M.
Home, Henry
Houck, Samnel C.
Honghton, J. M.
Houses George W.
Howard, Charles
Howard, Henry
Huddart. John J.
Huff, John W.
Hull, William L.
Hunter, John R.
Huntington, (Hen W.
Hard, Nathan 8.
Ho ret, Harry R.
Huskins, George M.
Hatching. Bsmael A.
Ireland, F. W.
Irish, F. M.
James, Benjamin L.
Jenkins. Samuel H.
Jenner, C. W.
Jennings, D. Homer
Johnson, Peter
Johnson, P. C.
Johnson, James
Johnson, Christian
Johnson. Charles M.
Johnston, James S.
Jolly, Henry F.
Jones, John W.
Jones, Morton
Jones, Henry C.
Kellogg. George A.
Kiefer, John
Killen. Bernard C.
Killie. Isaac L.
Kimball, George D.
Kincaid, Robert A.
Knifton, (reorge H.
Kohlman, L. X.
Kountze. Charles B.
Kroger, Julius H.
Krneger. F. H. C.
Koner, Max
La Due, Theodore F.
I>amont, Walter A.
Lam on t, Robert
Lapp, John M.
Latimer, Vincent B.
Lawrence, E. S. W.
Leavitt. Byron C
Lee, William Scott
Ijegge, Orr
Lehman, Edward
Ijeiff, Joseph
Leimer, Charles F.
Ijennon, John A.
Letts, Charles J.
Lewington, Fred.
Light, Edward B.
Lillyblade, August
Lipscomb, Thomas W.
Littlefield, Virgil A.
Lloyd, David
Londoner, Julius
Lord, Frank J.
Ijower, (reorge W.
Lowrance. William B.
Lyon, William F. N.
Me Beth, John A.
McCarty, Andrew J.
McClair, William
M cC lei land, Tom. E.
McCollooh. (Charles S.
Met ormiok. Samuel B.
McFarland, Marvin D.
MeGill. Patrick J.
Mcintosh. (Charles J.
MeLauthlin, H. W.
Mack, Frederick
Madden, Samnel C.
Marfell, Hiram
Mark ham, Joseph H.
Marshall, Charles H.
Martin, John H.
Marx, J alius
Meek, Arthur E.
Meek, Leonard B.
Mentzer, Rnfus
Merriam, Harry C.
Merriam, William J.
Merritt, George N.
Messemer, William S.
Meier, Ferdinand
Meyers, Harry J.
Mignolet. John
Miller, Harrison J.
Miller, Dennett E.
Miller, Thomas H.
Miller. Byron L.
Millison, Elisha
Morgan, James
Morgan, Henry 8.
Morrison, Thomas J.
Muckler. Fred H.
Murch, George H.
Myers, Julias A.
Nance, Fred W.
Nelson, Christen
Nesbit, James C
Nettleton. T. S.
Newell, Harris W.
Newell, Lvne 8., Jr.
Newkirk. Gilbert A.
Nolds, Elisha J.
Norris, George C.
Norton, Samuel B.
Nye, W. N.
O'Brian, Peter
Old, Charles
Oliver, Richard P.
Orvis. Joel W.
Packard, Da rand C.
PaDelford. William
Parker. J. 8.
Parkhurst. L. W.
Parks. Edwin H.
Parsons, John H.
Patterson, Thomas M.
Patterson, James
Pat ton, Thomas J.
Patton, William
Peabody, Lelon
Peirce. William D.
Pellenz. John P.
Penuook, Homer
Perry. John W.
Perry, George J .
Peters, Charles H.
Peterson, Peter J.
Phelps, Ed. P.
Phillips. Richard
Phillips, J. Bevan
Pierce, John
Pierce, Ed. F.
Pierce, James R.
Pien*on, Rnbert K.
Piper, William B.
Pitzer, Henry L.
Pochin, Joseph L.
Potter Horace
Potter. Charles A.
Powell. Thomas R.
Prackwinkel. William
Qainn, W. W.
Ragiand, John M.
i
1893]
APPENDIX.
241
MEMBERS.
Reece, William S.
Reilly, Charles J.
Heaehaw, James
Reynolds, J. W.
Rhoads. Alonzo G.
Rnoads, Harry F.
Rice, Almond A.
Richardson, Cyras G.
Richardson, H. P.
Riddel], Phil H.
Rider, Hiram C.
Robertson, N.
Robinson, William F.
Robinson, Swing
Hoe, Robert 8.
Rogers, Ralph
Rogers, Berias W.
Boney, Frank B.
Rothwell, William J.
Rnbicam, Jonathan 8.
Rnsaell, Elisha F.
Ryder, Andrew
Salter, Walter D.
Sanford, George H.
Sanford, William H.
Scattergood, Israel M,
Schmidt, Ed. A.
8choltz. Edmund L.
Schuyler, Jay N.
8cotl, William R.
Scott, George H.
Scott, Francis M.
Seaman, Sheridan
Shaffer. Edwin L.
Shaoghnessy, James
Shearer, James
Shears, Thomas E.
Shelton, Frank D.
Shelton. Churchill T.
Sheridan, John W.
Shryock, Frank R.
Simmons, James B.
Skinner, Charles H.
Slater. George G.
Slatterly, George B.
Sleight, John J.
Smedley. William
Smith, Pierce T.
Smith, Charles J.
Smith, Charles C.
8mith, Joseph H.
Smith, Thomas L.
Smith, Roland D.
8mith, Irvine G.
Smith, Alfred J.
Smith, Frank
Sobolewski, John A.
South gate, Walter
Spalding, John F.
Spalding, Frank B.
Spangler. Michael
Spaulding, Leland D.
Spencer, Henry P.
Spilman, B. F.
Starbnck, Nathan H.
Starkweather, James C.
Stearnes, John L.
Stebbins, Bert L.
Stein metz, William D.
Stenhouse, James
Stephens, William L.
Stevens, Ralph £.
Stewart, Ralph W.
Strickler, James M.
Strong, Frank H.
Sutton, John C.
Button, Roland
Sykee, Fred W.
Taggart, Charles D.
Talbot, Ralph
Tanqnary, N. Q.
Tan sen, Robert T.
Tarr, George B.
Tate, Dan'T W. W.
Terri berry, William J.
Thompson, Charles L.
Thompson, William S.
Timmerman, John L.
Tite, William W.
Todd, William D.
Townsend, Orrin P.
Tnfford, Walter H.
Turner, L. A.
Tynon, James S.
Uzzell, Thomas A.
Vallie, Uplide
Van Stone, Richard G.
Vosbnrgh, N. O.
Wagner, Andrew J.
Wairi, Orlando C.
Waldo, William P.
Wallace, John P.
Walley, John J.
Weatherhead, Charles E.
Weaver, Joseph L.
Weaver, George L.
Weber, Louis
Weil, Solomon
Weinhold. Frank M.
Weiss, John G.
Welby, Arthur E.
Welch, Albert L.
Welch, George 8.
Weethaver, J. B.
Wheatley, Edward L.
Wheeler, Byron A.
Wheeler. Horace £.
White, William A.
Whitford, Greeley W.
Whittemore, Oliver A.
Widney, Bam W.
Wilber, Jacob E,
Wilcox, Charles M.
Wilcox, Stephen J.
Wilder, Asa
Williams, Frederick A.
Williams, George T.
Willoughby, Ed. A.
Wilson, William J.
Wilson, Charles F.
Wilson, Andrew D.
Wilson, W. A.
Wines, Horace G.
Winne, Peter
Winter, Allison T.
Wire, Frank A.
Wise, J. D.
Witter, Daniel
Wolfe, Charles J.
Wollaston, Theodore
Wood, Francis G.
Woodbury, Andrew J.
Woodbury, Samuel 8.
Wright, George W.
Wright, George E.
Wright, Alonzo
Zalinger, Louis N.
Zoagler, John W.
Zeitler, Charles
Zinn, Solomon
Zint, George W.
Zirkle, H. W.
Zollars, Thomas J.
EMPIRE LODGE No. K,
EMPIRE, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY.
[Charter Surrendered.]
MONTANA LODGE No. 9,
VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA.
[Now Montana Lodge Xo. 2. under the Grand Lodge of Montana.]
ID
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APPENDIX.
[1893
HELENA CITY LODGE No. 10.
HELENA Cm, MONTANA.
[Now Helena Lodge No. 3, under the Grand Lodge of Montana.]
BLACK HAWK LODGE No. 11,
BLACK HAWK, GILPIN COUNTY.
{.Communications second and fourth Thursdays in each month.]
Jamee P. Richards, W. M.
Norman Chatfield, 8. W.
A. F. Grutzmacher. J. W.
William Mitchell, Treas.
F. A. Rudolph, Sec'y.
Brennen. John
Blake, Ed. S.
Backus, Wra.R,
Ballard, F. W
Cowen, Jame-4
Carlson, Claas E.
Donald, Wm.
Fallerton, Wm.
Fick, Wm.
Gilbert, John
Gray, Charles G.
Hall, W. J.
OFFI0KB8.
8.
Holbrook. Preston
Hughes, Ed. C.
Harlan, John
Johnson, John
Jeffrey, Riohard
Lowell. B. F.
Lane, Wm. D.
McLaughlin. Wm.
McKinzie. Neil D.
Mishler, 8amuel
Nelson, H. P.
Orahood, H. M.
John H. Powers, S. D.
August Hanson, J. D.
P. B. Wright, 8. 8.
Walter Morgan, J. 8.
Peter D. Graham, Tiler.
Purael, John T.
Benf ro. Clayborn
Bust, Wm. R.
Rudolph, Wm. F.
Rohling, August
Rudolph, J. B.
Richards. Wm.
Smith, Aloneo
Stebbins, H H.
Swanholm, Swan
Taylor, Alex
Trotben, Christopher
WASHINGTON LODGE No. 12,
GEORGETOWN, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month.]
John L. Carlson, W. M,
Walter A. Garrett, 8. W.
Henry H. Nash, J. W.
Jessie M. Copeland, Treas.
John H. Bennett, Sec'y.
Anderson, George
Barrett, G-eorge H.
Barton, William E.
Bennett. Thomas
Boyer, Henry
Brownell. A. W.
Butler, William H.
Bnechner, Gustave
Cam, Henry
Christie, William H.
Cohen, Louis
Cornish, Nicholas D.
Cornish. Thomas
Coster, John A.
OFFICXBB.
Csarnotky, Henry
Cliff, William N.
Catron, Benjamin C.
Daily, James M.
Eddy, Edward
Ellis, William
Farly, Thomas
Fillius, Jacob
Fillius, John
Fish, Charles R.
Forbes, Albert R.
Forstrand, Peter M.
Foster, Ernest Le Neve
Gleason, Carlton T.
James W. McKelvy, S. D.
Wm. Hancock, Jr.. J. D.
Dewit C. Grant, 8. 8.
August Swanson. J. 8.
Samuel Hardy, Tiler.
Gay, James J.
Goets, Valentine
Harris, Jessie
Hanson, Conrad
Harvat, Joseph
Hanson, Chris
Hancock, William, sr.
Hancock. James B.
Harris, Charles G.
Johnson, Fred 8.
Kelly, 8amuel D.
Kenny, Adrian R.
Meyers, David
Meyars, George
J
1893]
APPENDIX.
243
Mills, George
Monti, Joshua
Murdock, Albert G.
McCrimmon, Maicomb
MeGarvie, John
Nelson, Albert
Phillips, John M.
Pollard, Adrian A.
Boberts, Daniel
Rachofaky, D. Lewis
Sargent, George L.
Shigly, William H.
Simmons, Theodore
Sites, George L.
Slocket, Henry
Smith, John
Strom bare, John
Stewart, William D.
Thompson. Henry
Vader, Mathew H.
Ware, William W.
White, Abeolom K.
Wilson, David R.
Woodard, David
Ward, Jessie P.
Williams, John H.
EL PASO LODGE No. 13,
COLORADO SPRINGS, EL PASO COUNTY.
| Communications second and fourth Fridays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Henry Geo. Berry, W. M.
David H. Rice. S. W.
Raymond Heed, J. W.
Looia C. Skinner, Treas.
Eugene S. Cohen, Sec'y.
Ackerman, 8. P.
Armentroot, Abraham
Andre, Morris Y.
Armbrnster, Frederick G.
Allward, Harry C.
Allen, Edgar C.
Bott, Anthony
Buzzard, 8. M.
Beall, John M.
Barnes, Jas. P.
Boyd, A. H.
Bennett, Win. M.
Bates, Wm. H.
Barrett, Golden
Banning, Wm.
Boyer, Sam*! P.
Brinley, Michael D.
Brewster, Geo. P.
Best, William
Britton, Ekneet
Bayne, A/J.
Blair, Stephen
Bieb, Gordon B.
Bennett, Corwin B,
Growell, Benj. F.
Gonrter, John
Chapman, John W.
Conger, Carlos W.
Cochran, John
Crozier, E. M.
Campbell, William A.
Dow, Francis JB.
Dickerman. Alton L.
Da?ey, Will
Dwinell. Llewellyn B.
Dosier, Joseph
De Conrsey, Maroalin L.
Davie, Robert P.
Davis, William A.
De La Vergne, George
Dooghty, John W.
Eaton, Edwin J.
Eaton, Benj. A. P.
Bstell, James T.
MKMBXRS.
Finley, Robert
France, Matt
Fenn, Chas. H.
Frost, Edward W.
Fuller, H. A.
Fife. John W.
Fowler, Sam'l L.
French, Melvin C.
Gaire, David C.
Gnetin, J. W.
Giddings, Edward W., jr.
Gillette-James
Gandy, Wm. H.
Gilpin, Bernard, jr.
Gearhart, Paul
Gongh, Thoe., jr.
Gale, Samnel
Harris, Ira
Howbert, Irving
Horn, Thoe. G,
Honse, Aagnstns
Himebangh, John A.
Hoagland. wm. H.
Hoghee, Thoe.
Holmes, George F.
Hoag, Seeley H.
Haggerty, Chas. C.
Henry. O. E.
Hext, Thomas
Henderson. Robt. L.
Hall. Lavolette
Harden. John M.
Hatfield, Snpple S.
Hillis, William
Hughes, Wm. H.
Hoffman, Thoe, M.
Hemenway , Willard
Johns, Henry
Jones, Allen D.
Jamerson, Jas. N.
Kerr, James H.
Kern. J. W.
Kershaw, William
Kelley, Albert W.
George X. Beattie, S. D.
Peter P. Hoop, J. D.
Geo. D. Kennedy, S. S.
Frank R. Van Meter. J. 8.
♦Chester H. Dillon, Tiler.
Kettleman, John G.
Kieffer, Aagnstns R.
Love, Edwin Y.
Lamb, Henry W.
Lawton, Andrew L.
Leighton, Arthur
Lawrence. George W.
Lincoln, Andrew G.
McShane, David
MoTavish. Niel
McGaire, Wm. C.
McLain, Wm. E.
McCoy, Wm. R.
McCreery, Hardin C.
Martin, Fredc. L.
Mnrphy, John
Mathews, Albert
Mnlholland. C. V.
Manning, Thoe. E.
Miller, John K.
Muir, J no. W.
Mills, Edward E.
Millen, John M.
Mann, John H.
Mooney, Yolney P.
Nichols, Willard 8.
Nichols, Robt. P.
Nason, Edgar F.
Ob born, ("beater
Pulver, Milton
Potter, John
Peery, R. B.
Pearoey, R. G.
Pease, Loais A.
Potter, J. Wilson
Pnffer, Lewis A.
Pall en, Saml. J.
Parker, N. E.
Perkins, Frank A.
Peck, Ira F.
Pearson, Chas.
Peraalt. Azreal J.
Robinson, Fred E.
Reynolds, Jos. E.
•Died September 10, 1893.
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Reed, Wm. H.
Roby, Frank F.
Robertson, David B.
Reid, Herbert 1.
Robinson, J. R.
Rice, William O.
Robertson, John H.
Reed, Verner Z.
Roase, F. L.
Smith. E. A.
Strickler, Wm. M.
Hpielra an, David
Shideler, Jacob
Shideler, Thomas
Sagendorf , Andrew
Btillman, John VY.
Snyder, Leslie M.
Stovell, Jno. W. D.
Schmidt, Jacob
Smith, Edward J.
Sleeman, George
Be very, James B.
Stone, A. G.
Sellers, J. M.
Smith, Henry C.
Stabbs, Joseph L.
St am, J as. W.
8wope,Chas. H.
Shideler, Williams
8ti II wagon, ("has. N.
Smith. Chat*. E.
Stephenson, Percey
Schwarz. Robert
Taylor, Kobt. R.
Til ton, Wm. F.
Tucker, B. St. Geo.
Thomas, Thos. E.
Tibbetts, A. R.
Thomas, Frank
Titeworth, George A.
Taylor, Remic B.
Turner, Clarence E.
Taylor, ('has. F.
Tetiey, Wm. L.
Yaux, Geo. P.
Woodbury, J. C.
Weir, Jerome A.
Wolfe, J. 8.
Welch, David L.
Williams, W. J.
Williams. John
Waters, Frank J.
Wells, Claude L.
Wells, Jno. W.
COLUMBIA LODGE No. 14,
BOULDER, BOULDER COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month.]
OKFICKR8.
John L. Church, W. M.
Shep. L. Madera, S. W.
E. L. Guilford, J. W.
G. F. Chase, Treas.
Chas. C. Bromley, Sec'y.
Autrey, Edward
Ames. Leonard
Adams, George S.
Andernon, D. B.
Anderson. D. C.
Allen, H. W
Angiive, C. E.
Allmon, L. J.
Ameter, Jacob
Armstrong. H. F.
Bradfield, Z.
Bankn, F. B.
Brown. S. C.
Budd, Sylvanus
Bigger, R. A.
Bent ley, W. W.
Burns, M. F.
Border, B. B.
Bresnahan. Ed.
Casaday, Hurry
earmark. T. K
Corson, W. A.
Cullacutt, J. J. F.
Chambers, J. 8.
Connell, John
Conwell, 0. B.
Con ley. I. H.
Davis, John
Downer, 8. 8.
Dodge, H. <).
Darin. Chas.
Doveline, J. W.
Ellinghnm, J. J.
Earhart, W. R.
MEMBERS.
Emrick, A. J.
Edwards. B. V.
Faurot, C. 8.
Foy, D. N.
Foote, J. B.
Fonda, G. F.
Fullen, H.
Fairhnrtt* W. G.
Franks, W. E.
Green, Henry
Gutterson, C. L.
Glessner, C E.
Grund, J. C.
Galusha, S. 8.
Henry, Bert.
Henry. 0. H.
Harm an. G. D.
Harris, Meyer
Henry, A. T.
Holstein, Geo. B.
Hathaway, Mark
Hiskey, J. B.
Haffner, Joseph
Hermon, Jno.
Holt. M. J.
Hinkle, J. P.
Hankins, J. C.
Hoi brook, C. M.
Hult, William
Herzinger, T. F.
May ward, D. E.
ay ward, D. A.
Hoyle, Edward
Hutchinson, D. J.
John T. Carmack, 8. D.
John S. Mulford, J. D.
C. B. Lawsha, 8. &
John A. Jester. J. 8.
James Kerapton, Tiler.
Heizelman, F.
Jones. T. J.
Johnson, Seymour
Jester, W. H.
Johnston, J. I.
Johnson, T. C.
Johnston, Frank
Johnston, W. J.
Kimball, L. W. m
Kohler, F. W.
Kohler, F. W., jr.
Kerr, David
Kline, Marcus
Kneale, C. A.
Lafferty. T. J.
Leyner, P. A.
Loyd, Joseph
Lester, J. E.
Lowe, Theo.
Lockwood, Fred
Lefoe, Frank
Lake, Geo. E.
Luxon. Joseph
Metcalf, E. P.
Maxwell, J. P.
McCaslin, M. L.
Mead, MarcuB 8.
Meyring, Henry
Minks. G. W.
McAllister, I. T.
Metcalf. F. P.
McClancy, Uriah
McCall. N. H.
Mcintosh, Lem
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245
Megorden. C. H.
Monell, Ira F.
Monell, Henry
Macky, A. J.
Mitchell, Fred
Nicholson, J. W.
Nichols, D. H .
North, J. M.
Owen, Thomas R.
O'Conner, Tim
Oliver. William
Oneill, J. M.
Pettengill. C. P.
Phillips. N. M.
Poole. W. H.
Bogers, Piatt
Rowen, W. F.
Robertson, G. B.
Robinson, D. A.
Rossell. C. A.
Ricketts. C.
Rhyno, T. J.
MEMBERS.
Bbyno, J. A.
Rhyno. N.
Saggan, John
Sawdey, Edgar
Southland, Judson
Smith, M.G. .
Sheet*. H. VV.
Samuels, H. C.
Strasberger, M.
Spencer, 0. L.
Schroder, D.
Safely, A. F.
Stevens, R. W.
Shires, Thomas
Seeley, W. L.
Sanborn, C. W.
Steinmetz, C. C.
Thompson, T. J.
Thome, S. J.
Turner, Chas.
Trezise. J. G.
Titcomb, J. S.
Terry, W. R.
Todd, CD.
Van Riper, C.
Viele, J. B., jr.
Wilson, Geo. W.
Whitney. G. H.
Wood, G. P.
Wharton, J. J.
Wellman, S.
Williams, J. T.
White, W. W.
Walker, Ed. S.
Williams, James
Wilson, J. L.
Washburn, H. E.
Williams, J. C.
Williams. W. J.
Williamson, F. L.
Wilder. Engene
Yates, Isaiah
MOUNT MORIAH LODGE No. 15,
CANON CITY, FREMONT COUNTY,
f Communication* first and third Saturdays in each vionth.] ]
OFFIOSB8.
Joseph W. Milsom, W. M.
George U. Kellenberger, S.
Henry L. Price, J. W.
James H. Peabody, Treas.
•James 8. Bowlby, Sec'y.
Adair, George W.
Alexander, A. F.
Ailing, E. B.
Andros, R. 8. S.
Apple, Charles
Arlett, George H.
Bethel, George W.
Binckley. John A.
Boyce, William A.
Bradbury, James M.
BridweU, William T.
Bradbury, Daniel A.
Butler, Edward A.
Bailey, Morton 8.
('alderbead, James
Campbell. Thomas J.
Caraedy, George R.
Chapman, James P.
Clapp, Beth A.
lolling, Charles M,
Conlett. Walter
(Vwtlow, Joseph
Craig, if. M.
Cra ren, Thomas H.
CrosD. Charles M.
&P3rt. 8. N.
Davis, Llewelyn
Davis, William J.
Davis, Alonzo H.
Davenport, Charles E.
W.
MEMBEBB.
Decker, Phillip
Dobson, James V.
Dryden, Adam
Dudley, George E.
Dufer. Charles B.
Earle, Henry
Eorle. Gnorge W.
Eldred, L. E.
Ellsworth, Frank M.
Evans, James E.
Ford, Allen E.
Fuller, John S.
Gordon, Thomas
Gordon, William
Gravestock, Henry T.
Haines, William B.
Harding, Theodore M.
Hatchet t, C. H.
Hankins, Charles F.
Hayes. Phillip
Hedges, Joseph
Hill, Zeph T.
Hodgee. Henry W.
Hopkins, James R.
Hood, John F.
Hudson, William H.
Hughes, James
Humphrey, John
Hunt, D. C.
Hyde, James L.
Ned C. Craven, S. D.
Caleb J. Smith, J. D.
Robert C. Stewart, S. S.
Charles W. Wells, J. S.
John Gravestock, Tiler.
Jameson, Allen
Johnson, William E.
Jones, Orville W.
Jones, Lewis S.
Jones, Benjamin F.
Kent, John B.
Kidder, A. A.
Little, Joseph T.
Lawrence. Adley B.
Leetor, Jeff W.
Leroux, Owen F.
Lobach, Edwin
Linn, H. W.
McClure, William H.
McGeary, Albert M.
McLellan, William H.
McGrath, Miles
McKillip. I man C.
McNeil, John
McNeil, diaries
Maxson, C. W.
May hew, William M.
Miller, Joseph N.
Millnr, H. J.
Mitchell, George M.
MorriMon, Charles A.
Mahood, William E.
Nelson, ( 'harleH F.
NelHon, John W.
Nichols, Sylvester S.
*Expelled September 16, 1893.
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APPENDIX.
[1893
Nikirk, C. 6.
Oliver, John Y.
Palmer, Thomas D.
Palmer, Hunter T.
Pattee, David C.
Pattenon, AJex.
Paula, Charles
Pedley, Bphralm
Phillips, George T.
Phillips, William J.
Raynolds, Fred A.
Reed,R.L.
Reed, A. R.
Richards, Richard
Richards, Raf as
Roe, George W.
Roe, Levi A.
Rookafellow, Ben J. F.
Rudolph, Andrew EL
Roxbury, John
Radd, Anson
Rathbun, Samuel A.
Salmon, Elijah
Bappington, Smith T.
Sartor, Augustas
Bell, Franz
Beelye, C. G.
Shaffer, Benjamin F.
Shaeffer.George R.
Shaver, Benjamin
Shaver, George
Skeele, Fred H.
Smith, Frank L.
Smith, Robert
Bpreyer, Jacob
Stover, W. H.
Smith, Leo J.
Stratton, Thomas H.
Simon, Earnest
Thompson, William R.
Thurston, Isaac
Topping, Clark S.
Trout, William H.
Thomas, Joel fl.
Walker, Nathaniel 0.
Wells, Thomas S.
Whipple, Fred H.
Willis, J. E.
Williams, George T.
Witcher, T.
Webster. Henry C.
Young, Leroy C.
CHEYENNE LODGE No. 16,
CHEYENNE, WYOMING.
\Now Cheyenne Lodge No, J, under the Grand Lolge of Wyoming. J
PUEBLO LODGE No. 17,
PUEBLO, PUEBLO COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Mondays in each month. \
OFFICERS.
Frank A. Wells, W. M.
Chas. W. Kessler, S. W.
B. D. V. Reeve, J. W.
John D. Miller, Treas.
A. D. Wadhams, Sec'y.
Abrahams, Joseph
Adams, Walter G.
Allen, James
Anderson, Joseph W.
Anderson, W. H.
Baker, C. C.
Bsrndollar, George R.
Bartlett, Henry W.
Berry, Julius
Blake, Charles H.
Bowman, Charles W.
Bond, David K.
Brown, Julias D.
Burnam, Allen E.
Bnrnam, Chas. W.
Cant rail, Joshua P.
Campbell. Wm. O.
Chew, Edward R.
Christianson. Albert D.
Clark, John T.
Clough, Worsnop
Colvxn, Perry
Cooper, E. H.
Cooper, Rollin C.
Cooper, W. W.
Crow, John H.
Culver, W. W., jr.
DeRemer, Jas. it.
Dorland, Walter L.
Dotson, Peter K.
Dotson, Peter T.
Downen, Thos. J.
Drake, Edwin L.
Duke, Jos. B.
Dun ban gh, Frank M.
Dunbaugh, George J.
DuPuy, Henry B.
Erdman, Charles
Erdman, Henry W.
Fairfax, Willis T.
Farias, John R.
Finn-John W.
Fist, Emanuel
Fitch, Michael H.
Gallnp, Samuel C.
Gartley, Wilson P.
Gaunt, Richard H.
Gerry, Melvin B.
Clark E. Lovett. 8. D.
John 8. Stewart, J. D.
Chas. E. Cherrington, S. 8.
Thos. R. ZsigerTJ. S.
J. Worth, Tiler.
Gilbert, George
Gill, George W.
Gillespie, David H.
Grant. Angus A.
Hall, George H.
Harford, Frank R.
Hart, Cornelius J.
Hart, Lon. N.
Heath, Ernest A.
Hensel, Levi
Hildreth, John L.
Hobson, George H.
Hoy Roland
Jamison, John B.
Jenison, W. T.
Johnson, Joseph W.
Joy. James A.
Keeling, Weldon
Keith, Fordyce M.
Kennedy, J. C.
Koemer, Edward
Lovern, James
Marbourg, E. M.
Maxon, William
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247
Mayer, Peter
McMarray, Wm. T.
Mondarjaogh, Geo. W.
Morton, Albert M.
Murray, Franklin
Kuht Herman W.
Newton. Whitney
Parr, William
Patterson, Samuel J.
Pitcher. D. M.
Ragland. J. A.
Resss, Charles A.
Rica, James
8avard, Peter
Shepard, John V.
8hoptaogn, Cnrtie A.
Sloan, Theodore A.
Smith, Hngh M.
Smith, Jamea A.
Smith. Oecar G.
Sonneborn, Aaron
Spencer, Allen C.
Spratlen, Frank P.
Spratlen, Louie F.
Stanton, Irving W.
Steele, Hannibal R.
Stein, Charlee C.
Stone. George L.
Stadsanski. Michael
Sand bye, John F.
Thatcher, Mahlon D.
Thombe, P. K.
Thomas, Mark
Tockler, Joseph J.
Tolman, Charles
Trimble, Samuel D.
Trine, Zereso V.
Tront William H.
Van Hovenborg, D. M.
Walter, Rudolph J.
Wilson, Paul
Williford, George W.
Windle, John S.
Woodward, Elmer E.
Wright, Jonathan
Yonng, Lewis S.
Zoeller, Phillip
LARAMIE LODGE No. 18,
LARAMIE, WYOMING.
[Note Laramie Lodge No. 3% under the Grand Lodge of Wyoming.]
COLLINS LODGE No. 19,
FORT COLLINS, LARIMER COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Wednesdays in each month]
officers.
Frank J. Annie, W. M.
George A Webb, 8. W.
Frank P. Stover, J. W.
James T. Bndrow, Trees.
Lewis Clark Moore, Sec'y.
Anderson, Peter
Arthur, Jamea B
Arthur, James S.
Armstrong. Andrew
Andrews, Charlee B.
Aaterjr, John M.
Abbott, Albert D.
Abbott, Frank D.
Bailer, George W.
Brazil, Frank F.
Brown, John R.
Barry, Alexander
Bonghton, Jay H.
Brown, James A.
Battey, Samoel W.
Borke, Richard
Bosworth, Wm. P.
Battey, Francis R.
Beers, John
Bear, John P.
Blackmer, Adrian
Bailey, William K.
Bennett, Isaac W.
Bennett, Egbert J.
Bozsell, Horatio N.
Berkley, Frank
MKMBZBS.
Birdsall, Sylvester H.
tinck, Christian M.
Bean, Avery.
Boffum, George W.
Buffom, George H.
Bernheim, W. S.
Bonn, George H.
Beach, Jerry T.
Beach, David
Bee, John
Bennett, F. O.
Barnes, William
Bristol, J adson H.
Beals, John B.
Clark. Snel Erastus
Campbell, Chas. A.
Campbell, John F.
Clinton , John C
Cathberteon, James
Carpenter, Harry A.
Clark, Logan
Chase, R. A.
Davy. Thomas H.
Dowd, Joseph S.
Davis, Charles F.
DuBois, James E.
John C. Hanna, S. D.
Gny E. Loomis, J. D.
John M. Hoffman, 8. 8.
Ole Helgereon, J. 8.
Thoe. H. Doolittle, Tiler.
Day, Isaac
Drisool. William
Doolittle, Emery E.
Davidson, John E.
Evans, James C.
Evans, William C
Edward*, Alfred A.
Ellis, Alston
Gage, Thaddeos A.
Gar butt, Edward N.
Garbatt, H. Irving
Garbutr, Newt. C.
Gal braith, David R.
Garniok, Thomas
Giddings, Leander
Giddings, George
Gilbertson. Charles H.
Greiner, Jackson M.
Handy, Harry P.
Hamilton, Samoel T.
Hoag, Addison N.
Hottel, Andrew J.
Hottel, Isaac W.
Horner, Asa M.
Henderson, John W.
Hice, Albert H.
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MEMBERS.
Hiller. Edgar G.
Hall, William
Hall, Henry F.
Hamilton, Andrew L.
James, Maximillian
Kibler, Francis
Kinnison, Harry J.
Love, Eph
Love, Robert F.
Loomis, Abner
Lindenmeier, William, Jr.
Lyon, Samuel K.
Lee, Ethan A.
Lee, Harry A.
Lane, Charles D.
Learned, Porter D.
Learned, Perry B.
Lunn, John G.
La Fever. Abram
Lawrence, John W.
McPherson, John
Miner, William B.
McGinley, Andrew
Montgomery, Thomas J.
Mason, William 8.
Miller, Charles P.
McGregor. Rob Roy
Miller, John W.
Matthews, John C.
Moaman, William O.
Moore, Samuel £.
Newton, Henry B.
Peterson, Henry C.
Powers, Daniel L.
Plnmmer, Zar C.
Peterman, Romeo C.
Pratt, Henry C.
Parker, Charles V.
Quinn/ Thomas
Reed, Egbert W.
Robinson, Thomas M.
Robertson. Thomas H.
Ricketts, Philander
Ragh, Christian
Seckner. Stephen H.
Scott, George F.
Scott, Fnlton N. B.
Stover, William C.
Sherwood, Frederick W.
Sheldon, Charles H.
Sturdevant, Harvey F.
Strauss, George R.
Stecker, Michael
Stephenson, Jefferson F.
Smith, Jamef>
Scott, Alexander W.
Silcott, William G.
Smith. John Letford
Secord, Cortland R.
Simros, James M.
Stolbrand, Vasa K.
Btarlin, Andrew J.
Schroeder. F. J.
Thomas, Nathaniel
Terry. Peter G.
Tomlin, Albert B.
Taft, Preston A.
Tedmon, Boliver 8.
Tedmon, Herbert E.
Thomas, Frank N.
Vandewark, Martin
Vollintine. Thomas W.
Whitton, John
Wills, Joseph R.
Whitcomb, EliasW.
Whedbee, Benjamin T.
Wild, Charles R.
Watroas, Aneel
Walch, Robert
Webster, Stewart
Whittington, William E.
Woodward, Charles N.
Young. John W.
Zwifel, John J.
OCCIDENTAL LODGE No. 20,
GREELEY, WELD COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Fridays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Charles E. Stanley. W. M.
John M. B. Petrekin, S. W.
Charles Heaton, J. W.
Rudolph H. Johns, Trees.
Joseph A. Woodbury, Sec'y.
Atkinson, James
Atkinson, Thomas
Armstrong, Richard
Adams, Oscar H.
Alcorn, John A.
Abbott, Philo
Bennett. Alonzo D.
Brush, Jared L.
Beet ham, James
Barber, James S.
Barber. Daniel H.
Boltz, David
Childs, Francis L.
Collins. Perry W.
Cooke. John B.
Carleton, Daniel H.
Camp, Charles A.
Davis, Joel E.
Dinsmorp, Thomas H.
Dai ley, Thomas H.
Donnell, Ed. D.
De Votie, Henry M.
Raton, Benj. H.
Freeman, James M.
MEMBERS.
Fuller, Samuel G.
Ferguson, Robert T.
Gale, Jesse 8.
Gunn. George M.
Garrigues, James E.
Glazier, Irwin O.
Howard, Alfred A.
Henderson, Milton P.
Hilton. Benj. W.
Hall, Niagara W.
Huff smith, Peter
Hallet. Samuel
Hotchkiss, Wm. A.
Harper, Brainard D.
Howard, Albert
Hinckley, C. B.
Hopper, William
Irons, John F.
Igo, Albert
Johnson. Bruce F.
Knowlton. Harry E.
Landers, Jesse D.
Law, Harvey M.
Long, Lorenzo F.
Robert L. Hall, S. D.
Harry J. Cooper. J. D.
Wm. J. Childs, S. 8.
Henry Ecker. J. 8.
Thomas G. Macy, Tiler.
Lather, Samuel O.
Moore, Joseph
Matteson, Menzo C.
McPherson. Jacob R.
Meesinger, Francis C.
Maltbie, Noah
Mnlford, Clarence H.
Monahan, Deane
May her, Willis m
Murray, Dennis
Neidie, J. Henry
Pre* ton, Alva D.
Plumb, Ovid
Pollock. Wm. P.
Pordy. Sheldon R.
Ramsey, Allen
Reid, John G.
Randolph. Calvin
Roberts, Walter J.
Rogerson, Horatio B.
Seeley, Joseph S.
Shnte, George M.
Southard, Samuel H.
Smith, George C.
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MEMBERS.
Twombly, Hnrd W.
Taylor, John A.
Talbot, Nathaniel H.
Thompson, Edward A.
Thompson. Wm. H.
Phillips, Thomas
Yon Goheen, Ludwig
Willard, Le Barron
West, Henry T.
Watson, Henry C.
Wyxnan, George B.
Wolaver, Jacob M.
Williams, Henry M .
Wasley, John
Wheeler, Charles H.
Wyatt, Louis L.
Watson, Arthur C.
Wyman, Horace L.
ARGENTA LODGE No. 21,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
[Now Argenta Lodge No. 3, under the Grand Lodge of Utah.]
WESTON LODGE No. 22,
LITTLETON, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays of each month.]
W.W. Chapman, W.M.
l.M.Barr,8.W.
CD. MoAuliff, J. W.
F. Comstock, Trees.
RJull,Sec'y.
Alexander, Rob'r.
Andie, Frank L.
Barclay. C. G.
Benedict, G. M.
Rerry, B. I.
Brown, 1. D.
Bortolette, John
Candler, B. W,
OFFICERS.
MEMBERS.
Cart IB, Henry H.
Griffiths, George
Gregereen, Wm.
Hurlbut. H. H.
J nil, Sydney Percy
Leach, Hiram 8.
Loathan, Chas. G.
Mackey, I. W.
F. A. Bemis, 8. D.
Wm. Dorety, J. D.
W. H. Cobb, B. 8.
I. B. Markle. J. 8.
1. 1. Stuart, Tiler.
Manhart, Christian
Shepperd, H. H.
Shuckhart. F. W.
Stuart, G. E.
Van Deren, A. I.
Weaver, D. S.
Wilder, George C
Wilson, Walter G.
ST. VRAIN LODGE No. 23,
LONGMONT, BOULDER COUNTY.
[Communications firtt and third Saturdays in each month.]
Frank P. 8ecor, W. M.
Charles J. Gregg, 8. W.
Frank B. Davis, J. W.
Canine M. Brown. Treas.
G*orge E. Smith, Sec'y.
Andrews, Frank V.
Allen, Fred E.
Blore, W. Richard
Burns, Thomas
Bardili, Conrad
Belcher, Freeman
Bailey, Elias
Bntler, Thos.
OFFI0EB8.
MEMBERS .
Baker, J. Gordon
Barr, John C.
Brown, George W.
Butler, Stephen
Bartell, Chas. F.
Bossout. J. N.
Blake, M. M.
Breckel, William J.
Geo. H. Thorne, S. D.
Al. L. Gibson, J. D.
AmoH Entwistle, 8. 8.
Thomas K. Stockton. J. S.
Enoch J. Coffman, Tiler.
Frown, William W.
Bailey, J. C.
Burch, H. H.
Buckley, John A:
Baker, Chas. H.
Carr, Byron L.
Chapman, J. E.
Calkins, Carlton C.
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Coffmaa, J. D.
Caywood, Lather D.
Croesley.J. N.
Cobarn, W. T.
Callahan, Thoe. M.
Dell, Geo. T.
Denio, J. Wilbur
Downer, Frank M.
Dickson, Louis 11.
Dietrich, L. H.
Eotwistle, Thoe.
Ely, Mortimer J.
Fessler, Martin
Foster, J. Sherman
Greene, William M. *
Griffith. Richard G.
Glover, George
Gardner, Cha*. H.
Grant, Jno. Q.
Hertha, John
Herron, Oecar F.
Henderson, William S.
Henney. L. B.
Herron, Ira L.
Hamblin, Oliver Twist
Haokenberger, Wm, M.
Henderson, Andrew M.
Hall, 1. Fletcher
Johnson, Aogost
Johnson, Thoe. F.
Johnson, W. Guy
Jaynes, S. D.
James, W. K.
King, William
Lykins, David J.
Leyner, J. Geo.
Marshall, Oliver W.
Manners, Harvey
Minor, H. M.
Moore, S.
Miller, Geo. C.
McCaslin, Walter L.
Newman, Edwd B.
Owen, J. F.
Phelps, Isaac F.
Phillips, G*o. S.
Peck, Uri L.
Preston, Alex M.
Kameay, Jno.
Ratliff.S. G.
Seoor, MMo G.
8pencer, Fred C.
Stnlts, J as. H.
Sebern, Geo. S.
Slifer, E. G.
Small. Major
Smith, Lowell H.
Shoemaker, J. Frank
Sohey, Solomon
St. Clair, Jae. A.
Steppe, T. O.
Stiles. H C.
Smith, Winton
Sullivan, Neil C.
Topliff. Joseph J.
Tarr, William A. L.
Wilson, James L.
Wasbbnrne, Hiram E
Webb, William H.
William, 8am
Wilson, Mel J.
W'orthington,, William W.
Warner, Willis A.
Wiest, Sard
Wiggins, James
White, Eben
Wyman, Geo.
Wilson, John
Webster, George
Zweok, George
EVANSTON LODGE No. 24,
EVANSTON, WYOMING.
[Now Kvanston Lodge Xo. 4, under Or and Lodge of Wyoming.)
DORIC LODGE No. 25,
FAIRPLAY, PARK COUNTY.
[Communications firtt and third Saturday* in each month.)
John Z. Walker, W. M.
Jacob Adler, S. W.
A. L. Peterson, J. W.
Samnel Cohen, Treat*.
J. W. Sykee, Sec'y.
Alden, Horace
Beven, David
Cole, James M.
Crosier, Edwin R.
Cohen, Joseph
Dearing, Willis
Dearing, Ruric
Duffy, Thomas W.
Dudley, Geo. P.
Flemming, Wm. H.
Gray, John L.
Hathaway, C. G.
Hall, Assyria
Hill, Charles L.
Hewitt, George
Hayden, W. W.
OFFICERS.
MKMBKB8.
Hayden, Samnel
Hunter. Wm. H.
Jones, Wm. H.
Laxton, Thomas
Lechner, Geo.
Link, James A.
Laflin, Grant E.
Mills, Sydenham
Miller, David
Mahaney, Michael
Metyt Eben S.
McMillen Samnel
McMannus, Peter F.
Powlese, W. H.
Peart, John
Phelps, Charles L.
H. B. Morrow, 8. D.
Lent Hall. J. D.
Thomas Bly, 8. 8.
Wm. lfinger, J. S.
John lfinger. Tiler.
Pasemore, F. F.
Rndnskey, Max
Rhodos. J. W.
Roper, J. E.
Stark, William W.
Shidler, A. W.
Schwartz, Sam B.
Sheldon, Thoe. H.
Scott, C. H.
Treweek, Wm. H.
Thomson, James
Willey, Thoe. T.
Wilkin, Cha*. A.
White, Israel
Winer, Adolph
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IDAHO SPRINGS LODGE No. 26,
IDAHO SPRINGS, CLEAR GREEK COUNTY.
[Communication* first and third Wednesdays in each month.]
John J. 8herwin, W. H.
Joseph E. Chester, 8. W.
William Mitchell, J. W.
Henry Plummer, Treas.
Peder L. Thorsen, Sec'y.
Armstrong, John D.
Arthur. Charles
Bell, Joeiah H.
Bishop, William
Boliia^Arthur D.
Bosh, William L.
Barnard. Thomas
Brown, Richard
Bragg, Charles R.
Comstock, Allen R.
Comer, William B.
Chapman, John
Qrinn. Howard T.
Chinn. Cnthbert H.
BUis, David
Freestone. Albert H.
Ferguson, J. A.
Forgy, Allen T.
OTFlOtBS.
1
Gartz, Axel
Hancock, William
Hocking, John
Hardy. John D.
Hnddleeton. William
Harder, F. Harder
Hiser, Lee
Horn, Asa J.
Knoettge, Victor
McAskUl, Daniel A.
Maya, Philetas R.
McClelland, George E.
Malcom, Andrew H.
Morgan, William
Montgomery, J. H.
Norman, William
Nelson, Herbert S.
Edward M. Moscript, 8. D.
John M. Jackson, J. I).
Thoe. Morgan, 8. S.
Ham'l M. Smith, J. S.
Frederick Ulrich, Tiler.
Patten, George A.
Panl, Henry
Proat, James
Plummer, Charles L.
Roberts, John G.
Roberts, Lewis L.
Stranb, Albert E.
Theobald. Peter
Thomas, William H.
Townsend, Willard L.
Vivian, George G.
Weeks, James G.
Wilkins, John A.
Wellington. Thomas
Whyte, William
Williams, Hunter
Zeller, Ignatius
HUERFANO LODGE No. 27,
WALSENBURG, HUERFANO COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month.]
Charles O. Unfag, W. M.
Fred Unfog, S. W.
John P. Kearns, J. W.
John B. Johnson, Treas.
William A. Kearns, tiec'y*
Blickhahn, Henry
Brodie, Hugh H.
Ctpps, Sam ne 1 J.
Clement, William H.
Cort, Daniel T.
Croker, Michael
Cooper, Charles M.
Cunningham, Winfield S.
Bailey, Isaac
Drury, James
EUnire, George
Forban, Thomas J.
French, Allan
Grantham, Thomas
Gaston, Joseph
gannea, William L.
Hendren, Cornelius D.
OFFI0IB8.
mVBEBS.
Hoffman, Joseph
Hill. James
Hill, Josiah M.
Jackson, James T.
Kunert, Oscar H.
Levy, Alexander
Lawther, Thomas
Lawther, Rodney T.
Lawther, Frank L.
Mac Mullen, Charles
Martin, Thomas F.
McGnire, J. S.
Mellon, William
Neumann. Sigmnnd
Provane. Joseph
Patterson, Joseph D.
Pry or, Archie M.
E. Eugene Moore, S. D.
John D. Carter, J. D.
Fred E. Ramsay, S. 8.
James M. Sleicher, J. 8.
Maurice Bernstein, Tiler.
Polhill, Mark
Quillian, Asbury H.
Russell. Joseph
Roof, Fred O.
Sneddon, Henry
Seabring, Andrew T.
Sproull. Thorna*
Sharp, William T.
Schultze, Henry
Stevenson, C. H.
Thompson. W. P.
Vaeqoez, Hiram W.
Walsen, Fred
Watchman, Thomas
Whitman. Briggs N.
Westley, Samuel
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LAS ANIMAS LODGE No. 28,
TRINIDAD, LAS ANIMAS COUNT*.
[Communications first and third Tuesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Frank D. Goodale, W. M.
Jno. Humphrey, S. W.
Harry B. Mc Kinney, J. W.
Louis H. Tamer, Treat.
Thos. C. Keating, Sec'y.
Alexander, H. J.
Allen, Ed. L.
Harnett, W. A.
Brown, S. V. B.
Brown, H. E.
Bargees, Wm.
Bridge, J as. L.
Bateman, Geo. C.
Bell, Geo. W.
Beshoar, Michael
Camblin, H. C.
Cornell. Geo. B.
Clark, O. T.
Collier, Thos. B.
Callaway. D. R.
Collins, W. A.
Carmichael, S.
Cronch, J. R.
Canningham. Wm. B.
Cook, Ruf as G .
I)ayt James S.
Davis, Joseph
Dickbarn, James
Eysenhart, Paul
Elliott, S. C.
Franks, Edwin B.
Freudenthal, Leopold
Banter, J. C.
Gibson, W.T.I '.
Garry, Frank C.
Gray, Leroy P.
Horn, Lony
MEMBERS.
Houghton, Wm.
Harbison, A. B.
Hosick, A. Y.
I vers, Geo.
Jaffa. Samuel
Jaffa, Sol H.
Jones, W. W.
Jameson, Jas. G.
Jonest, J. S.
James, Geo. W.
Kirchgraber, Joe F.
Levy, Isaac
Levy, Barney
Leighton, Henry W.
Lenhart, M.
Lane, Geo. A.
Lawler, B. F.
Lewis, Thos.
Lake, Robt.
Mansbach, Abe
Mansbach, Meyer
Moore, D. O.
Miller, D. R.
McEwan, Jno.
Morgan, J. E.
Mahin, W. M.
Malgrem, Alex.
McMillan, Saml.
McAllister, Jas*
Nigro, Antonio
Nisbet, Ed F.
Nolan, H.
Stephen N. Mitchell, S. D.
Wm. Crofoot, J. D.
Chas. A. Richardson. 8. 8.
Daniel W. Stone, J. 8.
Stockier D. Hayes, Tiler.
Osborne, E. W.
O'Reilly, Hugh T.
Purrington, ft. H.
Pearson, H. L.
Peterson, Adolph
Peters, Will
Pollock, Alex
Ramey. Jas. F.
Sanford. Geo. R.
South, W. L.
Shryock, J. W.
Straoey, Geo.
Savage, Wm. J.
Smithers, W. R.
Sock man, Alex H.
Say lor. Ore L.
Smith, Joseph
Smith, H. G.
Simpson, D. M.
Sherman, Henry
Taylor, Danl. L.
Tweedle, Wm.
Taylor. Angus
Ullerick, Geo. W.
Waggoner, Thos. S.
Wilder. W. H.
Williams, W. D.
Wiley, A.
Wilbur, Chae.
Widderfield. J. W.
Williams, Thos.
DEL NORTE LODGE No. 29,
DEL NORTE, RIO GRANDE COUNTY.
{Communications first and third Wednesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
George A. Willie, W. M.
Jared H. Burghnrdt, 8. W.
J. H. Baxter, J. W.
Lewis D. Mercer, TreaH.
Alden Baeeett, Seo'y*
Arthur, John A.
Berlin. George C.
Bowen, Thomm* M.
Beere, Alfred G.
Benoosky. Theodore
Cochran, John M.
MRMBER8.
Carr, Joseph E.
Cochran, William H.
Coakley, James
Campbell. C. W.
Crosswy, J. J.
Cleghorn, John
E. R. Hoyt, 8. D.
Henry M. Dyer, J. D.
John H. Shaw, S. 8.
Charles W. Thomas, J. S.
H.W. Redman, Tiler.
Donning, Reuben
Dolphin, Mathew
Davis, James
Elliott, E. T.
Ewing, John, Jr.
Franklin, G. W.
j
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MEMBERS.
Good. Thomas A.
Gredig, Jacob
Grossman, I. P.
Heitier, Edward
Hasbroack, J E.
Heywood, I). O.
Hanna, Martin
Jenkins, Filmore
Kemen, Gottfried
Kayser, Lee
Keck. I hriatian
Mattos, Joa. S.
Middleton, William
Middangh, Asa F.
McKee, Milton
Niebet, Robert C.
Ostrom. John
Poole. John
Pirn, Lonis H.
Pearce, Frank E.
Patten, Nathaniel
Rice, A. M.
Reef, Joe. D.
Robran. A. J.
Richardson, E. F.
Richardson, W. M.
Raber, Fred
Hbideler, G.
Soward, Jackson
Van Lien, C. D.
Weiss, Loni
Weiss. Henry
Wilson, Adair
Weiss, August J.
Wingate. John W.
Weiss, Adam J.
Wellington, W. T.
Zook, W. D.
KING SOLOMON LODGE No. 30,
LAS ANIMAS, BENT COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays of each month.]
OFFICERS.
Silas G.Wright, W. M.
John A. Mnrpby.8. W.
Thomas Harry, J. W.
Hosea B. Cartter, Treas.
Jacob Weil, Bec'y.
Baldwin, Addison M.
Bowman, Wm. B.
Boll, John W.
Crawford, A. Paul
Campbell, John W.
Campbell, Leroy M.
Colver. Win. E.
Dameron, George M.
Dwyer, Edward
Gadgell, James R.
Godwin, Thomas H.
MEMBERS.
Holly, Hiram 8.
Haws, W. A.
Kellogg, Henry
Frost. James E.
Locher, Edward O.
Lam bright. Allen M.
Nesbitt, James P.
Peterson, Abe
Price, M. B.
Parsons, Ch as. S.
Palmer, A. G.
George Corner, S. D.
James C. Jones, J. D.
J amen N. Wyatt, 8. 8.
James Hickn, J. 8.
R. L. Lambart, Tiler.
Robenson, Gerard
Reynolds, Hnbert
8alsburyl George
Sizer, Warren W.
Sonpeset. Frederick P.
Towers, Wm, A.
Towers, John R.
Withers, Wm.
Warren, Wm.
White, Calvin O.
Wall, Harry
SOUTH PUEBLO LODGE No. 31,
PUEBLO, PUEBLO COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Thursdays in each month.]
W. L. Hartroan, VV. M.
B. J. Bmner, 8. W.
F.G.Mirrick.J. W.
H. M. Banks, Treas.
Jno. F. Bishop, Sec'y.
Adams, Alva
Anderson, Edwin
Allen, Alfred
Ames, Harry
Andrews, Fred J.
Arnheiter, Leopold
OFFICERS.
MEM BER 8 •
Alden. W. C.
Arnold, William H.
Baldwin, B. F.
Bell. H. E.
Bacbel, Roman
Banks, Henry C.
O. H. Wheeler, 8. D.
Harry Knight, .1 . D.
J. V. Doudna, S S.
M. K. Kean, J. H.
James Stanch field. Tiler.
Bark ley, Henry
Bark ley. David W.
Beat ty, William C.
Biancillo, Joneph
Billington. Wm II.
Barton, John Knox
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Balcom, Wm. A.
Bray ton. E.
Barber, William
Black, C. A.
Calkins. Frank M.
< or win, Richard W.
Cox, George E.
Cox, Charles
Cox, Edward
Craft, K. W.
Crater, Gilbert
Corkish, Robert
Cameron, Peter
Dan fori h, A. H.
De Jersey, John T.
Divelbiss, James H.
Donegan, John
Donden, C. A.
Daniel, 8. F.
Daey, Alexander
Davis. Will B.
Douglass, J. H.
Elwell, J. C.
Eilenberg, C. J.
Fisher, A. T.
Fngard, (George
Frain, Lather 8.
Glenn, Edwin C.
Get man, L. P.
Glatzell. Frank
Graham, A. E.
Gray, John
Gordon, George
Geottle, Charles J.
Grubb, E. P.
George, Fred C.
Hanna, Joseph P.
Harwood, William
Hills, Victor G.
Hollis, William A.
Hudson, Robert B.
Hathaway, E. W.
Humphrej-jWilliam A.
Hancock, W. W.
Harpbter, Geo. F.
Hathaway, H. D.
Hutcncraft, R. W\
Henderson, B. F.
Hughes, Nathan
Jones, James E.
Jones. W. A.
Kelker. John
Ketner, J. D.
Klee, Benj. F.
King, A. T.
Lam kin, Cbas. H.
Littler, Harvey
Liddy. Phillip M.
Lyon. J. H.
Mallaby, Oliver W.
Mallory. *red W.
Mart ell, James P.
Mason, A. D.
Mitchell, Thos.
Maher, A. G.
Moses, Wm. A.
Moses, L. E.
Moses, Arthur H.
Marmadake. C. V.
Mead, Robert A.
Merris, Wm. E.
Macanley, Hugh G.
Miller, Chas. W.
McCabe, Mathew
McKee. John M.
McGinley, L. D.
McConnell. James A.
McKay, J. S.
Orraan, James B.
Olin, Ceylon E.
Olin. Myron 8.
Paul, L. B.
Pearson, John I.
Peach, William
Pochon, Joseph J.
Richards, Norman P.
Robinson, John T.
Robinson, James H.
Roesgen, Anton
Roos, Christian B.
Royal. And>ew
Reese, William L.
Rockwell, F. R.
Stafford, J. A.
Shoup, Howard M.
Sheffield, Wiley 8.
Scott. Henry W\
Sleeper, John W.
Feffens, Edward
Sbeldon, MarosJlos
Sheriff, Samnel
Shields, George A.
8hireman,_Jobn K.
Shocker, William L.
Shall, L. O.
Simonds, Fred E.
Stewart, Frank H.
Strait, W. W.
Strait, L. B.
Stuchfiaid. E. T.
Streichenberg. Geo. H.
Sweeney .William H.
Shrock, Frank H.
Steck. E. M.
Stobbs, Chas. S.
Smith, Yeland
Schrontz, S. B.
Seaver, Geo.
Thompson, Thomas
Townsend, Wood F.
Tatham. David H.
Taylor, Cyras F.
Tinkle, W. W.
Unwin, John
Valentine, John B.
Van Brant. William
Walley, Stephen
Warfield, Cbas. A.
Wart en bee, R. H.
Williams, Geo. A.
Williams, M.
Willmnndar, Root.
Wilson, Christopher
WTilson, D. M.
W'ingetr, Geo. W.
Wright, Roland A.
Wiley. Alexander
Wilson. M. G.
Walpoie, NimrodS.
Wieland. E. K.
Wormier, Frederick P.
Wadleigh, Frank A.
Williamson, H. A.
Yohn, John M.
Znmbram, M. M.
OLIVE BRANCH LODGE No. 32,
SAGATJCHE, SAGAUCHE COUNTY.
[Communication* on Saturday* on or before the full moon in each mtonth.]
OFFICERS.
J. W. Rambo. W. M.
W. W. Iden, S. W.
H. von Heimborg, J. W.
J. H. Redman, Treas.
C. S. Cornelias, Sec'y.
Allen, B. F.
Ashley, John E.
Baldwin, J. D.
MKMBKBS.
Beard, J. M. G.
Bertschy, P. H.
Bonghton, S. S.
J. M. Stevens, 8. D.
H. M. Mingay, J. D.
W. A. Johnson, a S.
John Farrington, J. 8*
Lee Fairbanks, Tiler.
Bronangb. W. A.
Bnrt. W. H.
Charles, L. C.
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255
Clayton, E. B.
Covert. W. I.
Goff, Moses
Gotthelf , leaac
Hazard, J. G.
Hodding, 8. W.
Hopkins, U. L.
r, Geo. W.
KirkendalJ, Jay
MaoDonald.T. B.
McCree, P. M.
Parsons, J. H.
Phillips, Unas. B.
Saffel, Thos.
Schwanbeck, L. B.
Sbellabarger, A.
Snyder, William
Spurgeon, W. H.
Squires, W. B.
Sullivan, William
Tarbell. Charles
White, Henry
SAN JUAN LODGE No. 33,
8ILVEBTON, SAN JUAN COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
E. W. Hodges, W. M.
J. F. Clark. 8. W.
Henry Mela rum, J. W.
George U. Ingeisoll, Dreae.
C. M. Frazier, Sec'y.
Aonear, Thos.
Anoear, J. B.
Am bold, R. A.
Breen, M.
Berryman, Thos.
Brown, F. B.
Bayly, Geo. W.
Borrett, Johnson
Close, Chas.
Day, J. L.
Dyson, James
Dayckinck, Dudley
Davis, D. R.
Bmry, M. W.
Grow. W.J.
Grey, J. G.
Gray, John
Gonderson, C. A.
GlonuUe, John
Higgs, Stephen
Harrison, Patriok
Hendrickson, E. B.
Hollingswoiib, E. V.
HoUis, R. W.
Johnson, Chris.
Kislingburry, Geo.
Kimball, D. V.
Lnndberg, Yerner
Matthews, Oliver
Monroe, Wm.
Mc Burnie, Thos.
McClare, Seth
Mason, David
Moyle. Mat
Neely, Robt
Neely, T. F.
Nathan, Elias
Niles, James
Owens, Thos.
Owens, James
W. H. Hinderer, 8. D.
F. M. Snowden, J. D.
Theo. Dick, S. 8.
Richard Jenkins, J. S.
Gotleib Sheidt, Tiler.
Ovens, Wellington
Osser, G. F.
Peterson, Simon
Rapp, D.
Rogers, John
Renstrom, Geo.
Sickle*. W. K.
Steel, W. H.
Todd, W. B-
Toft, B. A.
Taggart, W. H.
Thompson, Chas.
Umble, D.
Wilson, W. B.
Wallace, J. W.
Walters, E. W.
Woolcock .John
White, C. B.
Waller, Frank
CRYSTAL LAKE LODGE No. 34,
LAKE CITY, HINSDALE COUNTY.
[Communications, one in each month.]
OFFICERS.
D. 8. Hoffman, W. M.
G. J. Richard, 8. W.
J. L. Kinsey, J. W.
L. Kafka, Trees.
Charles A. Gunet, 8eo'y.
Beam, Jesse W.
Clawson, Timothy
Dawson, T. G.
Foster, John W.
Forberg, Carl
Hilgenhans, 0. F.
Benson. Erasmus
Hart. Amos C.
Hamm, P. M.
MEMBERS.
Hongh, J. S.
Kirker. Joseph 8.
Kayser, Charles
May, Jno. M.
Marshall, George W.
Mullen. J. K.
McKenna,Th. J.
Nutter, Preston
Wallace Allen, 8. D.
J. D.
T. L. Beam, 8. 8.
John Henderson, J. 8.
Henry Collum, Tiler.
Palmer, J. H.
Pirie, George
Ralph, F. A.
Robiaon. M. A.
Steinbeck, J. F.
Schaefer, Charles
Weinberg, C. L.
Weinberg, Louis
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[1893
IONIC LODGE NO. 35,
LEADVILLE, LAKE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Thursday* in each month.]
OFFICERS,
John F. Armington.W. M.
Wm. W. Coble, S. W.
George Tucker, J. W.
John C. Stillweil, Treas.
John R. Champion, Sec'y.
Allen, AlphenH
Allen, Cyras
Allard, Russell G.
Armstrong, Arthur E.
Andrews, b. H.
Brarien, William
Branch, Albert H.
Baker, 1. G.
Bredin, Wm. W.
Bowden, Thomas
Bradburg. Geo. E.
Becker, Barney
Bowdish. K. C.
Beandry, Fred B.
Bessey, Charlee
Balderston. George
BroyleH, Samuel
Boyd, Lincoln
Brockstedt, Marx
Brain men, W. F.
Bowden. John
Bergtitrom, Andrew J.
Chamberlain, Bayard
Caley, Byron A.
Campbell, M. D.
Callen, James
Corbet, Thomas B.
Crmkahank, Randolph A.
Craddock. Patrick
Champion, Thomas J.
Corwin, Herbert D.
Congdon, William
Cohn, Joseph
Cribpell. E. P.
Cunningham, James B.
Callen. L. L.
('leg/, John M.
Darnell, James K.
Dexter, James V.
Demaree, Frank
Dills, J. M.
Davis, William A.
Dooley. John M.
Dalton. Edgar P.
Dale, William P.
Danielson. A. M.
El ley, C F.
MKMBKH8.
Ermey, George
Ewiu$, John A.
Fielding, Charles
Fraser, William
Fanders, Henry C.
Farrell, W. H.
Greenfield, Charlee T.
Gunnell. A. T.
(livens, Mansfield
Greenfield, Geo. D.
Goslin, Arthur M.
Givens, Dan
Gear, Loftue
Hobos, Lution Q.
Hocking, William
Hoskins, John J.
Hancock. Thomas
Hughes, John H.
Horner, Joseph F.
Howell, John C.
Jans, Hans
Kidd, Caleb
Kellerman, Henry
Kahn. Marx
Kuhlmeyer, Joseph
Lenhoff, John
Leonard. Charles M.
Linsday, Peter J.
Morrell, Winters
Museer. John W.
Milner, William G.
Morrison, Donald
Mack, Jacob
Morse, It. Q.
Miller, Joseph
Moyle, John
Murcray, George
McMillen, Neil
McCoy. W. W.
McMillen, Roderick
McGready, Charles
McClure. Thomas
McMillen. Alex
McOolJtJohn
McGomgal .George
Neil, John W.
Nelson, James
J. W. booth, 8. D.
Simeon J. Williams, J. D.
Simon Menser, S. 8.
William Allen, J. S.
Louis J. Neal, Tiler.
Noble, Lewis
Nordstrom, John
Ovens, Thomas
Orphan, J. W.
Peterson, Charles A.
Powell, Herman
Pomeroy,T. S.
Pierce, Jeremiah N.
Polkincrhorn, William A.
PhillipB, William J.
Rowland, Frederick J.
Rockwell, James J.
Roberts, William J.
Roberts, Thomas G.
Robins, Samuel
Ramsey, Geore W.
Robson, Thomas
Stiglitz, Joseph
Smith. A. A.
Seaman, Uriah
Sampson. Edward
Shanks. W. W.
Swedbenr, John F.
Sale, H T.
Seccombe. James H.
Street, Samael
Sands, Charles
Thomson, Thomas H.
Trevorrow, William
Trevorrow, Edwin J.
Trevorrow, William E.
Taylor, William 0.
Tnpman, W. 0.
Tryon, Claude
Vulpine, Herman
Watson, Walter B.
Watson, 11. A.
Weyand. I 8.
Walker. Thomas F. M.
Wiles, Edward W.
Walley. M.B
Williams. John M.
Warren, J. W.
Wineman, William G.
Whetcomh, W. W.
Winters, John J.
Weber, Gottleib
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ROSITA LODGE No. 36,
ROSITA, CUSTER COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Tuesday* in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Jame* Shanks*. W. M.
C.G. Matthews. S. W.
August Koppe, J . W.
Joan L. Schwalb Treas.
W. D. School field, Sec'y.
Creager. John G.
Davie. Hugh
Davis. L. E.
Donnelly. Louis H.
MEMBERS.
Hay, Thomas L.
John Hon, Abel
Kavehn. Hugh
W. P. McGilliard, 8. D.
John W. Maj 8, J. D.
S. S.
J.S.
Wm. Kennedy, Tiler.
Miller. H. E.
Milton. Wm.
Waltz. James
OURAY LODGE No. 37,
OUllAY, OURAY COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month,}
OFFIOKB8.
James K. Herring, W. M.
Chas. W. Haskins, S. W.
Geo. C. Pierce. J. W.
Miles 8. Corbett, Treas.
Charles A. Sperber, Sec'y.
Abbott. James W.
Adams, Arthur S.
Alexander. Wallace B.
Alachbach, Henry
Altriofcer. Philip
Anderson. Montforri
Armstrong. Chas. A.
Ashley, Wm. W.
Barber, (ieo. S.
Bradley. Geo. F.
Bradley. J. F.
Brown, J. S.
Boschman. F. W.
Bornham. John L.
Carney. Francis
('lamp. James
f'olmar. Martin
Copp, Henry
Corson. HoweG.
Dans. John A.
Dnroimond. James A.
Durrell. H. W.
Farnam, W. M.
Forrester, (ieo. B.
Foorrell. W. H.
Gardner. John
Ge|*er, Wm.
Griffin. John
Haney, "has. R.
Hatfield. Chas.
Ha;es. Wm. T.
Ljman I. Henry, Chaplain.
MEMBERS.
Hanghey. E. T.
Holoday, H. S.
Hoover, D. B.
Harlbnrt, Geo. R.
Hatter, N. E.
Jeff era. Albert
Kinne, H. W.
Knapp. Willard P.
Kink aid, John
Kin ley, Edward
Knnz. S. W.
Law. James A.
Lawrence, Peter L.
Lewis, F. E.
Loring. Chas. N.
Mark. Milton H.
May, Clarence
Martin. Isaac A.
Mc Bride, Edward
McFarlane, Ed.
McLennan, J. M.
Miller, S. W.
Mnnn. Chas.
Murray. John A.
Mock, Harry
Neville, John J.
Nichols, Chauncey M.
O'Connor, Thos.
Oh w Her, Jacob
O'Nei), H. J.
O'Neil. Jerry J.
John P. Carney, S. D.
Wm. H. Johnson, J. 1).
("has. T. Hammon, S. S.
Henry Klodt, J. S.
* Thomas Hooey, Tiler.
Perry. E. N.
Phillips, W. B.
Park im on, Ben E.
Prondfoot, Robt.
Raddatz, Emil J.
Rose, Chas. E.
Rowan, Wm. W.
Sampliner, Albert R.
Scott. J. F.
Scott. P. H.
Scott, Geo. A.
Scott, lthamar B.
Shnltis, Ross T.
Smith. V.Y.
Siddons, A. G.
Staunton, Francis H.
Sibbach, Fred
tiholtz. Win.
Sherman. W. Arthur
Stevens, Theron
Story. Wm.
Wallace, Jos. T.
Watson, S. S.
Walther. Ames E.
Wheeler, Walter F.
Walsch, Harry H.
Ward. Chris A.
Whinnerah, Richard
Williams. J. P.
Williams. Ralph
•Not a member.
17
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[1893
SILVER CLIFF LODGE No. 38,
SILVER CLIFF, CUSTER COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Thursday* in each month.]
John Dietz, W. M.
Wm. J. Orange, rt. W.
L. F. Jackson, J. W.
Alex. Walker, Treas.
Geo. Phillips, Sec'y.
Adams, B. C.
Brewer, Albert P.
Baker, Daniel M.
Brace, W. E.
Bradehaw. T. J.
Decker. W. F.
Foae, Hiram W.
OFFICERS.
MEMBERS.
Howard, Ed. L. B.
Leland. Tneo. W.
Mitchell, Edwin
Morrison, 8. A.
Owens, W. H.
Rising, A. J.
Shaefter, John T.
Wm. Woodside, S. D.
Monroe Decker, J. D.
John A. Fiest, S. S.
John J. Mitchell, J. S.
Jas. E. Mercer, Tiler.
Townsend, Hoeea
Vorrieter, Wm. C.
Varcoe, Francis J.
Walters, Price
Walters, Artimns
Waters, Stephen H.
GUNNISON LODGE No. 39,
GDNNI80N, GDNNISON COUNTY.
[ Communication* second and fourth Tuesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Eugene P. 8hove, W. M.
Walker Burnett, S. W.
Alexander Gullett, J. W.
Herman W. Wehnter, Treas.
Alexander Hamilton, Sec'y.
Aikine, Osmer H.
Bailey, Radford C.
Beck, Henry E.
Biebel, Ferdinand E.
Bleeker, John C.
Bloch, Moses L.
Brown, Ira
Brown, Ira Ewert
Brooks, Edward S.
Coppmger. Mark
Col born, Edward F.
Cooley, Alfred
Coram, Je«»e
Davis, Willet C.
Davis, Willi Am H.
Dofflemyre, James A.
Egan, John
Estes, George H.
Fine, William J.
Getchell, Marshall P.
Gray, Truman W.
Uraamuck. Louis
Hammond. Chas M.
Hatch, E C.
Hinkloy, Louis J.
Hollo way, Herman
MKMBKBS.
Hurley, David
Hughes, Edward A.
Hyzer, Abram E.
Jennings, Nathaniel
Lawrence, James S.
Lewis, Thomas J.
Lewis, Robert B.
Lindauer, Leopold
Lightly. George W.
Malay, Edward N.
Martin, Benjamin F.
Martenis, Nathan
May. Isaac S.
McAllister. Charles E.
Mclvor, John J.
McK.ee. Joseph C.
Monanan, Michael
Mnllin, Loudin
Olney. Henry C.
Parlin, John T.
Parker, Charles A.
Pomerov, Hiram
Porter, George A.
Preston, James A.
Purrier, Henry
Roblee, Morgan A.
Winter S. Rainbow, S. D.
Hannibal 8. Martin, J D.
Henry C. Bartlett, 8. 8.
Michael W. Flavin, J. S.
Charles Biebel, Tiler.
Sapp. Dexter T.
Seelihger, Frederick A.
Sills. Charles T.
Sherwood, Clarence A.
Smith, Frank C.
Steele, John A.
Steele. Frank D.
Srephens, J. A.
Stewart, Charles L.
Tapecott, Henry 0.
Thomas, Alexander M.
Unruh. Daniel
Vidal, Philip
Vidal, Regis
Waterman, D B.
Wateon, William
Walien. Elisha A.
Wfebb. John
Webster, Homer D.
Weinberger, Nathan
Weinberger. Simon
White, WilliamS.
Wilson. Peter
Winn. Charles F.
Young, Larkin
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PITKIN LODGE No. 40,
PITKIN, GUNNISON COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Saturdays in each month.}
OFFICERS.
John F. Chrystal, W. M.
Geo. W. Eastman, 8. W.
John C. Tatman. J. W.
James F. Chrystal, Trees.
Joeiah C. Xisley, Bec'y.
John F. Pearson, 8. D.
Thomas Hoxtable, J. D.
Frank E. Craig, S. 8.
Peter Hogae, J. 8.
Nils G. Bans tram, Tiler.
MEMBERS.
Brothers, John E.
Dewey. Don. A.
Ferry. Frank W.
Fulton, Wm. M.
Nance, Loois M.
Pollock, Wm. J.
Roberts, John
Skues. Richard A.
Somraer, A. F.
Whalin, Wm. H.
SCHILLER LODGE No. 41,
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Fridays in each month.}
OFFICERS.
Bernard Hertzbach, W. M.
Frank Walter, S.W.
Joseph Gregor, J. W.
Herman Wortman, Trees.
John C. Haober, Seo'y.
Emil Fischer, 8. D.
Charles Knoch, J. D.
Henry 8chroeder, 8. 8.
Adam Kiemle, J. 8.
•Thomas Linton, Tiler.
MEMBERS.
Bitzer, Conrad
Bruderlin, Albert
Bremer, Henry
Brohm, Otto
Brnehne, Carl
Brockmeyer, F. W.
Candler, Adolph
Dromm. Angus t
EbsHey,F.C.
Bll, Hermann
Erermann, F. F.
Friedrich, Peter
Fischer, Max
Ooebel. Martin
Oiesecke, Albert
Hake, Geo.
Hahn, Martin
Karcher, J. B.
Kisthard, Daniel
Kratzer, Frank
Kinkel, Loois
Kinkel. William
Levy, Samael
Meininger, E.
Miller, Chas. F.
Menacnke, Edwin K.
Meyers, Max
Maegley, George L.
Neef. Max
Pfaff, John
Polymath, Andre
Qnentin, Hermann
Kichter, Oswald
Rinne. Ferdinand
Rnehmann. Christian
Roesch. Edward
Steinke. Robt. M.
Selbach, Emil A.
Schmidt, Julias F.
Siebott, Fred
Seibel, Gas A.
Uthoff, Dan
Walters, Leonard
Weber, Jacob
Weber, Albert H.
Wildersin, Bernard
Weismiller, Chas.
Zang, Adolph J.
Zang, Philip
Zerr. Alois
Zeitz, Emil
*Not a member.
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[1893
CORINTHIAN LODGE No. 42.
KOKOMO, SUMMIT COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Tuesdays in each month.)
John W. Freeberg. \V. M.
J. W. Woodford, S. W.
Hnmner Whitney, J. W\
Nels P. Anderson, Treas.
Andrew £. Chase, Sec'y-
Anderson, J. P.
Adrain, Carl A.
Berg, MO
Brown, Georg* W.
Carlson, Gus F.
Davie. D T.
Davis, Chas.
Ewiag, John W.
(J rote, John H.
Helstin, Andrew
Hennaky, Tony
OFFICKBS.
MEMBERS.
High tree, John W.
Johnson, O. J.
Johnson. A B.
Jenison, T
Lindsay, Wm, M.
McDonald, Alex L.
McConaghy. John
Nelson. John
Recen, D. A-
Roae, Fred W.
Rich. Benj. F.
Wilber S. Lnskey, 8. D.
Henry A. Hecen, J. D.
Erick Anderson. S. S.
.1. F. Bolt z. J. 8.
Andrew Hecen, Tiler.
Smith. Walter C.
Swanson, Oliver
Smith, John W.
Sjolin, LoniB
Shaw, W A.
Tucker. Watson C.
Walle, John
Webster. Daniel B.
Wright , ('has.
Wallin. Gust. A,
EAGLE LODGE No. 43.
RED CLIFF, EAGLE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Mondays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
George E. Simonton, W. M.
A. G. Mn>s. 8. W.
W'm. H. Evacs, J. W.
Patrick l'ngue. Trees.
Chas. H. Lieby, 8ec'y.
Cobb, Thos.
Collins, Wm.
Campbell, John L.
Daggan, John R.
Frost, Albert S.
Gilbert, Elias
Goodrich, H. W.
Gillilian, Frank
Greeu, Jay L.
Httwley, Thos. A.
MEMBERS.
Helm. Aeher
Lewis. J. Ren
Livingstone, W. W.
Love, John W.
Lewer, James
Moorehouse. D. W.
Malin. Francis A.
Martin, Henry
Muzzy, Wm . H , jr.
McNichols, James
James Collins, S. D.
Frank Hughes, J. D.
G. J. DaLee. S. S.
L. E. Francis, J. S.
A. A. McDonald, Tiler.
McGraw, Roberts.
McLean. John R.
Phillips, Chas. K
Richard*. James H .
Sqnire, John F.
Schhff. Wm
Sbaw.W H.
Townsend, Geo A.
Webster, Thos. H.
Wolf , A. E.
ALAMOSA LODGE No. 44,
ALAMOSA. CONEJOS COUNTY.
{Communications first and third Thursdays in each month.]
officers. .
William H. Hirst, W. M.
Fred W. S wanton, S. W.
S. D. Carloton, J. W.
John Gert»»iw»n, Trens.
WTilliam H. Dixon, Sec'y.
H. H. Dnbendorff. S. D.
Otto Weigand, J. D.
t 'harles W. Givens, S. S.
Jasper Thomas. J. 8.
Alex. Warren, Tiler.
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MEMBERS.
Bachns, Henry
Brophy. James
Blood worth, Edward
Bannister, Amos
Bryant. Charles E.
Bail, Charles M.
Brickenstein, Charles H.
Carroll, Walter D.
Cole. A. C.
Collins, J. \V.
Doddleaon. Thos. J.
Eskridge. L. Dow
Eldodt. Nathan
Eeles. John J.
Eeles. William
Franer, W. D.
Frank, John
Mead. Lafayette
Horner. A L.
Hayt. Charles D.
H indie, Francis L.
Hay den. J. Mason
Hoi brook, Claries C.
James, Norwood A.
John, Charles
Johnson, Charles A.
Law, John
Liggett, R. S
Moloney. Ashmer
Mclntyre, Albert W.
Milliken. James
Monro*, Herbert
Pim, Thomas F.
Pntnam. Edward E.
Rhoades, Mathew
Riley. L S
Rogers, D J.
Raby, A. B.
Schulz, J amen
Smith, F. W.
Springer, Arnold I).
Shone. George H
Ktollsteimer. F. F.
Sch after, Isaac W.
Sim 8, Fred E.
Snriesterbach. John
Worcester, Fred C.
Warshauer. Fred
Willis, George A.
Wallrich, Christian
Young, William H.
BOULDER LODGE No. 45.
BOULDER, BOULDER COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Wednesdags in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Wm. V. Casey. W. M.
R.K. Gibbon, S. W.
F. A. Neiderberger. J. W
A. M. Sawyer. Treas.
J. E. Bemas, Sec'y.
W. H. Nicholson, 8. D.
Geo. W. Teal, J. D.
F. E. Stock, S. S.
Wm. Goldsworthy. J. S.
* James Kempton, Tiler.
MEMBERS.
Bartlett. Renell
Bartlett, David
Rergheim. J.
Bradley. H N.
Brackett.J R.
Berry man. Edw.
Blake. G. B.
Becell. V. Artie
Baylor. C. N.
Bellman. W S.
Carrenger. H. A.
Cowie, Jaiwa
Conner. A. L.
OolTin. C. K.
Cranr. John H.
Daotord, Thomas
Edwards. J. C.
Fischer, P. W.
Ferguson, E. G.
Giflin, S. A.
Giffin. L. M.
Gilbert, RichM
Greene. O.K. A.
(banning. Albert H.
Hanus, Paul H .
Harris. William
Hissey. M. W.
Heilner, Samuel
Honsbrough. O. C.
Holstein. H.C.
Hnbbard. J. E.
Hunter. A. M.
James. Henry
Jackson. Nelson
Joyce, William
Knott, Sam' I G.
Led better. W. K.
McClure. Geo. M.
Moorhead. J. L.
Moore. F. M.
Martin, Wm.
Myers, J. L.
Maxwell, Mark N.
Newton, Dawson
Nicholson. J H.
Oleson. Louis
Oliver, Geo. S.
Peterson . 0. L.
Pine, B. F.
Pughe, John
Parsons. J. H.
Rogers, George
Rittmaster. Chas.
Streamer. F. M.
Stokes, Channcey
Stewart. A. P.
Sternberg. J.
Thompson, H. E.
Thompson, H. C.
Tyler, Frank
Tyler, Fred
Temple. E. J,
Tilton, C. H.
Van Dercook, J. H.
Wallace, George
Wolfer, Chas. T.
Wangelin, O. H.
Whiteley, Richard II.
White, Fred
*Not a member.
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[1893
DURAXGO LODGE No. 46,
DURANGO, LA PLATA COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Thursday* in each month.]
MEMBERS.
George V. Copp, W. M.
Elmer E. Schalles, S. W.
Joe Prewitt, J. W.
Frank H. Young, Treae.
John F. Hechtman, Sec'y.
Butler, Cbae. S.
Bayly. William
Barton, C H.
Barnes, F J.
Bo Ilia, Hiram
Boston. J. A.
Batler. H. C.
Burwell, Blair
Bowman. Thomas E.
Carr, R. H
Gamp, D. W.
Cash, Jamee
Chapman, Wro. (\
Gad well, Henry
Cos ton, John P.
Chase, Fred L.
Cornforth, Arthur
Carter, J. W.
Carlson, John
Carson, Robt J.
Daniels. H. H.
Dudley, Chas. E.
Dustin, Chas. L.
Denny. Chas. B.
Dow. Chas. E.
Davidson, Wm. C.
Darrah, Sam. M.
Drake, D K.
De Cow, Duncan M.
Folson, W. H. C.
Fassbinder, Peter
Fisher. Geo. L.
Frennd, Geo\
Goodrich, J. G.
Guthrie, W. H.
Gallotti, Frank
Goodman, H. (\
MEMBERS.
Griffith, David S.
Galbreath, O. S.
Gerow, Philip
Hilliker, C M
Hamilton, L. L.
Hansen, John
Hansen, P. L.
Harvey, W. H.
Handy, Chas. H.
Hoskinson, Chas. G.
Kephart, Geo. \V.
Klingender, Melcher
Kruschke, Isaac
Kight, W. N.
La Count, W. H.
Lewis. A. R
Longnecker. Will T.
Lynton, J. H.
Lemmon, C. A.
Mead. E.W.
May, Wm. M.
Morse, John W.
Morawetz, Albert
Moore, Jas J
Moore, Sanford W.
Mclntyre. Donald
Morton, A. W.
Manzing, E.
McCluer, T. J.
Mc Nicholas, Robert
Miller. N. C.
McGrew, J. D.
Newman, Chas.
Pingrey, S. W.
Parsons, J. L.
Peoples, E. T.
Daniel J. McCaffrey, S. D.
Frank R. Lake, J. D.
Nicholas Xagengast, S. &
George Goodman, J. 8.
Orlando J. Paine, Tiler.
Paqoin, Louis
Pearson, John
Patterson, L. H.
Peterson, Theo. E.
Pike, C. A.
Rock wood, Thos.
Raymond, G. N.
Russell, J. L.
Roberts. F. B.
Rader, W H.
Sanford. J. C.
Sheets, D. L.
Summa, Jacob
Shaw, D. J
Sen rader, Harry
Snmner, Geo. T.
Schalles. Chas.
Schutt, J. E.
Schiffer. Harry
Turner, J. C.
Thompson, S. H.
Thurston, R. G.
Thorp, Geo. L.
Will, F. J.
Warren, W. D.
West, Geo. E
Wi-ters, W. R.
Will, Frank H.
Wade, Geo H.
WTood, Oscar C.
Webb, John
Williams, Chas. M.
Walker. E T.
Wynn, John C.
Ware, Henry F.
Weaver. Geo.
BRECKENEIDGE LODGE No. 47,
BRECKEXK1DGE, SUMMIT COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month*]
OFFICERS.
Wm. M. Enterline, W. M.
Harry L. Moyer. S. W.
Harry E. Enterline, J. W.
M. E. Conrad, Treas.
B. A. Arbogast, Sec'y.
Betz. Geo. L.
Breeze, John M.
Coyne, V. J.
MEMBERS.
Carter, Ed.
Doyle, W. E.
Eogle, Peter
Wm. McAdoo, S. D.
J. B. Conrad, J. D.
M. F. Blodget, S. S.
John D. Roby, J. 8.
Chas. A. Walker, Tiler.
Eberlin, W. F.
Enterline, K. D.
Elwood, H. H.
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Foot*. R W.
Fuller, Charles H.
Grant, A. H.
Gresham, A H.
Hart man, John H.
Hartman.Geo
Hallett, Geo. £.
Hodder, Charles W.
Ingram, J as. E.
Juneman, F. W.
Johnson. W A.
Kaiser, Christ.
Lusher, W. J.
Levy, Cbas.
Litton, Henry J.
La wee, A. ( '. B.
•Palmer, J. C.
Peckham, Wm.
Quick, N. B.
Rich, A. M.
Stephenson, W B.
Schmelling. Robt.
Stratton, J H.
Shoutz. J. W
Williams. John W.
Wateon, Geo. B.
Yuet, E C.
GEORGETOWN LODGE No. 48,
GEORGETOWN, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Thursdays in every month.]
Fred P. Dewey, W. M.
Bobt. Neaman, W. W.
R. J. Collins, J. W.
Henry Sei fried, Treas.
John F. Phillips, Sec'y.
Allison, Frank H.
Bollock, Chas. B.
Billing*, Ed C.
Billings, C. L.
Case. Chas C.
Duff, Wm. A.
Edmonds. R. R.
Fletcher, W. M.
Graham, Frank
Hall, Geo. W.
OFFICERS.
MEMBERS.
Hosted, J. H.
Jacobson, Chas. H.
Mingle, James
McCraken, F. B.
Marsh, E. R.
Miller, H. K.
Morgan, M. C.
Noyee, fl. H.
Parroelee, Ed.C.
Pollard, Obe C.
Herbert Gedney. S. I).
Jacob Snetzer, J. D.
W. J. Fanlkner, S. S.
W. C. Hood. J. S.
Z. E. Hart, Tiler.
Pollard, C. W.
Perchard, James
Palsifer, Geo. W.
Peck, Frank L.
Reid, A. W.
Roberts, H. L.
Sedge wick. R. A.
Tibbitts, Chas. N.
Twining, Hugh A.
Willis, Bashrod
MOUNT PRINCETOWN LODGE No. 49.
BEUNA VISTA, CHAFFEE COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Thursdays in each month.]
C.S.Libby,W. M.
Wm. W. Fay, S. W.
H. J. VanWetering, J. W.
M. J. Marks, Treas.
J. E. Cole, Sec'y-
Adams, George M.
Beyer, Fred
Campbell .Ransom
Crymble, Hugh
ColSjOrraW.
Condit. James
Cook, David X.
Cluckner, A. B.
Duncan, J R.
Ditmore, D. V.
Ditmore. George
Drach. George J.
OFFICERS.
MEMBEBS.
Elliott, C. S.
Earl, T. R.
French, Thos. R.
Fletcher. W. W.
Feeley, John A.
Graves, Charles E.
Garrett, John G.
Graves, Clifford, L.
Hessey, W W.
Halsey, J. S.
Keables. C. A.
Logan, Henry
Wm. B. Logan, S. D.
Frank B. Keyee. J. D.
J. H.Cole, S.S.
J. M. Bonney, J. S.
S. W*. Wade, Tiler.
Mc Bride, Morton
McBride, John
Mc Bride, S. P.
McKenzie, Wm.
McKenna, Thomas
Montross. C. A.
Neibor, Joseph
Orr, Gay A.
Price. Charles J.
Parsel, A. K.
Pearce, Robert W.
Reynolds, E. J.
♦Expelled Sept. 26, 1893.
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MEMBERS.
Soop, Fino A.
Smith, George L.
Smith, George W.
Steele, W. R.
Schofield. S. H.
Stuart, A. J.
Scully, N.H.
Tate, Frank J.
Thomas, £. E.
Vickers. John
Willi*, W. D.
Wilber, Ernest
Wilber. \V. B.
Willing. A. J.
Wade. A H.
West fall. George W.
Wilde, H. E.
GARFIELD LODGE No. 50,
EBIE, WELD COUNTY.
IComtnun teat ions first and third Wednesdays in each month.]
Joseph 11. Powell, W. M.
Frank D. Gilpatrick, S. W.
Wm. Nicholson. J. W.
Joseph Mitchell, Treas.
John W. Smith, Sec'y •
Allen, Mathew
Andrew, Thomas
Borrowman. William
Bowker. John
Brown, Wm. M.
Borrows, Joseph W.
Davis, David F.
Dooglass, Thomas
Grenfell, Geo. E.
Haniren, Andrew
Hopkins, Theophelus
Hurley, Wm.
OFFICERS.
I
MEMBERS.
Howell, Wm. R.
Jones, Tbos. R.
Mills, John G.
McCarsey, Charles
McCorey, ( -harles C.
McGraw, Leonard
McKenna, Felix
McKissick. John
McKiasick. Oliver L.
McNeil, William
Morgan, Joseph J.
Morgan, Thomas
J. EL Daniels, S. D.
Wm. Angove, J. D.
Sylvester J. Plumb. S. S.
Ed. S. Guuningham, J. 8.
John E. Oakley. Tiler.
Padfield, Wm.
Hherratt. Charles
Smith, Walter W.
Swanson, John B.
VanYalkenburg.RichardJ.
Vaughn, Enoch T.
Whiles, Wm.
Wise, J.O. V.
Withey, Burnie F.
Wilson. Smith
Young. M. E.
LEADVILLE LODGE No. 51.
LEADV1LLE, LAKE COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Fridays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Henry R. Pendery. W. M.
('has. E. Dickinson. S. W.
David La Salle, J. W.
Chas. Hayden. Jr., Treat*.
Wm. M. Dickinson, Sec'y.
Angerman. Henry
Blakely, H. M.
Bergerman. Jacob
Boettcher, Chas
Bernaud, Alph. A.
Bernheimer. Jacob
Beattie, Robt. G.
Brooks, Cyrus W.
Brown, Saml. M.
Bissell, Julius H.
Burnett, Harry ('.
Bis bee, L. H.
Cook, Geo W.
Coreer, Geo. W.
MEMBERS.
Cox, Wm. B.
Cavimder, Chas.
Christian, Chas. J.
Cain, Wm. J.
Christie, Alexander
De Lay, Robt. L.
Davis. Morgan
Dough n, Geo. B.
Dennison, Chas. W.
Eaton, ("has. L.
Fogle, A.
Foraker, Wm.
Goddard, Luther M.
Goarhurt, J. H.
Geo. P. Brown. S. D.
Jno. E. Hilton. J. I).
Sidney E. Bretherton, 8. S.
L. J. Chamberlain, J. S.
Jno. W. Corser. Tiler.
Gnller, Wm.
Gaskin, Wm.
Galloway, Bradford S.
Hnnchden, Albert
Haas, M. B.
Haas. Saml. G.
Harvey, Jno.
Hersey. J. Clarence
Hilton, Chas. T.
Hodgson, Mark
Hicks, Stephen
Hellbeck, Gustav
Hamilton, Herb W.
Freeman. Otis M.
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MEMBERS.
Jaycox, Thos. W.
James, Wm. H.
Jones. David L.
Joy. Walter J.
Johnson, J. H.
Job noon. Wm. R.
Kneale, Thos.
Kneale, Wm
Krone, Jum. F.
Lindsay, Joseph
Lodwig, Henry
Larsen, Neils
Leask. John F.
Lamsden. J no.
McXiven. Danl.
Mater. Chas.
Markt, Radolph
Maxwell. Jno. M.
McCallom. Frank E.
MV'omh, David P.
Miller, Frederick C.
Melville. Allan
McNulty, Jae.
Newman, Wm. H.
Nicholson, Chas.
Nowland. J no.
Newell, James W.
Nicholson. Saml. D.
Nicolai, Geo. L
Officer, Frank H.
Otierbach, Wm. L.
PI ay ford, Stephen M.
Peterson. Peter A.
Parker. Jos. L.
Reardon, Frank M.
Russell. Ja».
Robinson. B. A.
Rowell, Wm.
Revett, Ben. Stanley
Soaihey, Geo.
Stockton, Colombns C.
Smith. Joel W.
Shoelkopf. Jacob F.
Stick ley, Benj. F.
Shaw. Frank
Stotefbury« Jno. H.
Salen. Jno. W.
Steen, Wm. J.
Smith, Henry W.
Thomson. Alexander
Thompson, Willis L.
Vnge*», Wm. L.
Wheat. Lysai-der B.
Whicher. Jno.
Whinnerab, Raymond
Wilder. Saml. D.
Wild hack. Lewis A.
Williams. Jno. H
Wbelon, Robt.
Watt. Job
Woodward. Edw. ('.
Woodward. H. W.
Young. Jno. Walter
TIN CUP LODGE No. 52.
TIN CUP, GUNNISON COUNTY.
{Communications first and third Saturdays in each mojith.]
OFFICERS.
Frank B. Maesey, W. M.
Jas. K. Reed, S. W.
Wm. W. Roof, J. W.
Chae. Foreman, Treaa.
James W. Forrest. Sec'y.
Brown, Henry
Clements, Daniel N.
Dunn, Edward
Dennenhauer, Levan
MEMBERS.
Klanber, Simon J.
Noakes, Jerome
Nevins, Robt L.
Stewart, John J.
Thas. F. Wabl, S. D.
Archie E Ackerson. J. D.
Ansel F. Petteugill, S- S.
John W. Anderson. J. S.
Benj. C. Gray, Tiler.
Thomas, Alex. M.
Terney, John
Whitelaw, (ieo. H.
Whitfield, Chae. E.
LOVELAND LODGE No. 53,
LOVELAND, LARIMER COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Thursdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Chae. X. Randall, W. M.
Clarence L. Smith. S. W.
John S. Peterson, J. W.
Herman G. Shallenberger. Treas.
Cornelius H. Bond. Sec'y.
Ansell. John W.
Alford,Geo.W.
Benson, Aaron S.
Borke. John J .
Bosbnell, Carleton C.
Barthoff, Frank G.
MEMBERS.
Bailey. Mandren M.
Bungs ton, Andrew P.
Chadborn. Horace
Carrier, Edwin M.
Chopmau, Clarence J.
Carlson, August
Chas. Maxwell, S D
Jas K. Chambers. J 1).
Frank C. Goodwin. S. S.
Osweld Allen. J. S.
William A Bean. Tiler.
Crosby, William J.
Chambers, Walter V.
Dickerson, Rozell E.
Dennis, (ieo. L.
Griffith, Albin
Hankins, William A.
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MXMBBBS.
Kempton. Geo. W.
Keliin, Lee J.
Larson, Swan M.
Middletoo, Joseph B.
McAaelly. Jefferson
Martin, Nels.
Nelson, Nels P.
O'Hara, Patrick
Pantney, John M.
Porter, Lyman
Porhner, Harvey J.
Uuigley, Jerry
Ransom, John L.
Sutherland, William B.
Sallivan, William W.
Srott, Chas. P.
Straight, Allen
Smith, Frank S.
Smith. Obediah
Shallenberger, Thos. M.
Thorndyke, Walter L.
Van Bramer, Valentine
Wearer, David A.
Welden. Geo.
Westerdall. John
Woodrnff, Lewie S.
STERLING LODGE No. 54,
STERLING, LOGAN COUNTY.
[Communication* first and third Tuesdays in each month.']
OFFICERS.
Jas. E. Killen. W. M.
Sam B Robuck, S. W.
Smith A Burke. J. W.
Henry C. Sherman, Trean.
George Win. Atkinson. Sec'y*
MEMBERS.
Armour, Edward E.
Cramer, Joseph
Dodds. Jasper R.
Delzell, David B.
Drainsfield, Thomas
Faust, Thos. D.
Hicks, Jas. A.
Hicks, John L.
Judd, Leroy M.
King, Jas. M.
Letts, Fred C.
Lewis, Fran s S.
Liggett, Wm. S.
Propst. Sydney R.
Propst, Wm. C
Arthur W. Warren, S. D.
Ed. 0. McLaughlin, J. D.
Wesley De*ellem. S. S.
John W. Ramsey, J. S.
Geo. H. Wilson, Tiler.
Pears, Wm. E.
Rowland. John
Smith. MarHn H.
Scott. Jas. H.
Taylor. Bartlett M.
Weir, Job. J.
Wyncoop, John
MESA LODGE No. 55?
GRAND JUNCTION, MESA COUNTY.
[Communications Jirnt and third Thursdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Orson Adams. Jr., W. M.
Charles E. Mitchell. S. W.
John D. Re-der. J. W.
Theodore M. Jones. Treas.
Benjamin F. Powelson. Sec'y.
MEMBERS.
Baldwin, Charles W.
Bannister, William H.
Barn house, Thomas E.
Barton, Joseph A.
Bartow, John L.
Binning, William S.
Blakeslee, MeYrill W.
Bowers, Joseph H.
Broadbent, William R
Broemser, JohnG.
Brown, Monroe
Backlin, Jamen W.
Bull, Herman R.
Canon, Benton
Cnswell. Charles F.
Coleman, Shepherd W.
Cook, Arthnr P.
Cornetto. Joseph
Courtney. George L.
Craig. Archie R.
Crawford, Thomas B.
Crosby, David R.
Davidson. Rael L.
De Long, Horace T.
Ditman, William
Dobbie, Henry
Dackett, Joseph A.
I) a r ham, Henry A.
Eaton, Robert A.
Kla, Wendell P.
Fisher, Edward T.
Flavin, Thomas
S. G. McMnllio.S. D.
Charles R Williams, J. D.
Virgtl E. Nelson, S. S.
James Whitley, J. S.
Abel M. Lay ton, Tiler.
Gannon, Edward W.
Golden, William H.
Gront, Alonzo C.
Guttery, John A.
Hammond, William I.
Hanson. William E.
Haslet, Plum B.
Hawkins, George D.
Inn iff. William
Jay, Benjamin F.
Kingley, Darwin P.
Kipp, BertL.
Krusen, Norm on J.
Lane, Squire G.
Lattner, Thomas J.
Layton, James A.
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LnmsdeD, John J.
Mann, John B.
Marsh, William A.
McArthnr, J. N.
McCone. Addison J.
McDonell, J. B
McGinley, WUliam
McKay, Doncan
Miller, Lawrence M.
Mobley, Richard D.
Moyer Al.
Nelson, James H.
Nichols, J. Clayton
Ostenson, Olin E.
Pierce, Franklin H.
Price, Charles C.
Qoinn. William J.
Record, Sanford P.
Rice, Jacob H.
Rice, William A.
Roberts. David
Roberts, William H.
Ross, Henry W.
Shaffer, William E.
Shields, John
Shores, Dorr W.
Siebert, Jacob C.
Siebert, Mathias
Smith, Frank S.
Snyder, Benjamin J.
Steele. Charle* W.
Stewart, Lem T.
Violett, William H.
Weaver, Charles W.
Wharton, AJvin T.
Wheeler, George
Yetter, Edward J.
TELLURIDE LODGE No. 56,
TELLURIDE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Saturdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Wm.T. March, W.M.
Daniel N. McLeod, S. W.
Tom ma P Rock, J. W.
Gnstaf Anderson, Treas.
Henry R Goff, Sec'y-
Andras, George S.
Alien, Arthur W.
Ballard, Thomas H.
Brown, James L.
Bishop, James M .
Reattie, William R.
Bristow, James
Blackwell. Cornelias P.
Bristow, C. R.
Brown, James W.
Campbell, Kenneth
Costigan, George P.
Crowley, Charles E.
Carrnthers, George B.
Cnrnow. Thomas
Cnlley, James M.
Conlson, Charles H.
Dills, Edmond E.
Davis, Omer N.
Emeay, Charles E.
Fitzgarrald, Stephen R.
MEMBERS.
Giannini, Mnurice
Gillispie. Robert H.
Haines, John L.
Hieronymas, Benoni M.
Hnnter. Lewis
Hogg, Herschel M.
Henry, Leron
Hall, Harry C.
Johnstone, James
Kellock, Andrew
Lay, Henry C.
Lomaz, Lonis (\
MiUer, Charles W.
Mnrphy, A. Patrick
Morrison, A. K.
McKee, Joseph W.
Nixon, Joseph
Northway, John
Oderneld. Edwin S.
Olson, John
Gastaf Rrickson, S. D.
W. H Gordon. J. D.
Joseph W. Pillmore, S. S.
O A. McDanie), J S.
Alex M.Ballard. Tiler.
Phillips, John M.
Painter, (Charles F.
Pronse, Richard
Phillips. George H.
Richards, Michael
Runkle, Edwin E.
Schiebel, S. L.
Syines, Fred. M.
Stevenson, William A.
Stacker. William H.
Snider, Grant
Thomas, Oris C.
Watson, Charles S.
Willoaghby, Thomas
Wearing, George
Wilkinson, Thomas J.
Wood, John A.
Weller, E. B.
Weller, James C.
Wheeler, William E.
SALIDA LODGE No. 57,
SAL1DA, CHAFFEE COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month. ]
OFFICEB8.
Theodore Martin, W. M.
Charles G. Johnson, S. W.
James A Davidson, J. W.
Jason Gillett, Treas.
George W. McGovern, Sec'y.
G. A. Montgomery. S. D.
Albert F. Duey, J. D.
Fred A. Jackson, S. S.
S W. Seelinger. J. S.
Wm. G. Sisson, Tiler.
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MEMBERS.
Arterberry, Geo. W.
Arcber, A. G.
Andrews, W. B.
Arenberg, F. W.
Aiuberson, Berial
Blades, J no. W.
Barnes, J. E.
Rurghardt, H. J.
Brice, Alex.
Boucher, E. T.
Belden, E. H.
Bowen, 1. H.
Brown. J. B.
Brush, F. W.
dimming*. Wm.
Cornwell, L. F.
Crater, (ieofgt*
Carpenter, C M.
Clem, John F.
Cole, Wallace S.
Champion. Lee
DeRfiner, B. H.
Delate, Gideon
DiMnan, Ben
Dubbie, Alex.
DaWeese. J. W.
Eddy. Jno. A.
Elafson, Fred
Frey. Loais
Freeman, W. H.
Gnerin, M. J.
Harrington, O. E.
Hively, E. W.
Hathaway, A. T.
Hatch, E. A.
Hervey, S. O.
Jones, A. W.
Jennings, D. F.
Kern, George
Kahn. Felix
Lee, Wm. D.
Lee, Thop. H.
Laswell. J. 0.
Millpr, M. K.
Mitchell. H. W.
McCoy, J. B.
May, C. M.
Meacham. A. S.
McCoy, C. A.
Norris, R. A.
Nye, A. T.
Newman, W. M.
Orton, Eli as
Oleson, (lust.
Ohl, J. Wallace
Pender, J. F.
Piper, George
Patterson. W. J.
Roland, M. J.
Robertson, W. E.
Roller, W. W.
Rose, A. R.
Bedford, J S.
Stevens. C. C.
Shemley, J. R.
Smith. M. M.
Shiv»-ly, C. L.
Tenbrook, E. W.
Twitcbell. N. R.
Tencate, A. A.
Thayer, E A.
Van Meter, S.
Wood. J. W.
Witmer, L.
White, H. L.
Woods, J. T.
White, W. D.
Wareham. H.
Wilson, A. H.
Wilcox. C. A.
Whiten nrst. J. D.
Yates. W. D.
CRESTED BUTTE LODGE No. 58,
CRESTED BDTTE. GUNNISON COUNTY,
[Communications every Tuesday evening.]
OFFICERS.
Thomas Starr, W.M.
Charles J. Kramer, S. W.
John Koontz, J. W.
S S Metzler. Treas.
Frank E. Songer, Seo'y-
E. W. Gillett, S. D.
Erbine Groesbeck. J. D.
N. 0. Wheeler, S. S.
John Ross, J. S
R. C. Evans, Tiler.
MEMBBB8.
Anderson. Victor C.
Angus, William H.
Baney, 0. B.
Cnnning, Robert N.
Carlisle, R«asin G.
Calvert, William W.
Da vies. Benjamin
Ellis, Henry
Fore, Chas. A.
Foftter, Thomas
Glick, Louis
Griffith*. David
Henworth, Joseph
Herron, Alexander
Hensner, Chas. B.
JohnBon, George
Knight. William M.
Lloyd, William E.
Lloyd, Richard
Murray, William J.
Min«r. Dan I. V.
McCourt. John
Miller, William M.
Murphy, Mark
Mcuollough, Henry
Meloy, William J.
Moyer, Samuel
McCay, George W.
Pool, Jos. P.
Pyle, Warren P.
Robinson, James K.
Spencer, Saml. P.
Spoon, William H.
Swan, Thomas T.
Shaw, John
Sams, Alfred E.
Temple. George W.
Wilson, Richard B.
Wright. Henry C.
Young, Frank
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LA VETA LODGE No. 59,
LA VETA, HUERFANO COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month.]
OFFI0IB8.
Alexander McDonald. W. M.
John Otson, S W.
Thomas J. McEniry, J. W.
Peter Yerliff, Treas
Oliver Bemen, Sec'y.
Adams, John
Barnes, John S.
Boone, James B.
Bray, J. H.
Daigre, Henry
Dick. John
Estas, G. F.
Gommer, John
MEMBERS.
Hanold, Lobin
Kinkaid, Joe K.
Kruger, Julias G.
Martin. K. L.
Mack, ChHs. W.
Markly, Tailor
Morton, J. H.
Chas. L. Martin. S. D.
Solomon Gent, J. 1).
Ransom A. Hnjes. S. S.
J a men Colville. J S.
S. L. StrtiDge, Tiler.
Phillips. Albert
Poa, William Roden I).
Pa Re. Alfred
Springer, Willinm
Smith, W. E.
Tracy, J. Drawson
Todd, Samuel
SPAR LODGE No. 60,
ASPEN. PITKIN COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Thursdays in each month.}
OFFICERS.
James MrMorray. W. M.
John F. Hardin*. S. W.
David Knnz, J. W.
Frank T. Dickinson. Treaa.
Herbert L. Harding, Sec'y-
Armstrong, Charles S.
AJbrrte, George W.
Aogurtine, George W.
Br»wn, David R. C.
Backmaster. Joseph A.
Boeech, Herman
Baderv, Dominick
Brown. James L.
Barks. Charles M.
Beardsley. Francis
Baldy, John P.
Barnes, Harry G.
< owenhoven, Henry P.
'annine. John K.
Clark, Walter S.
Connor, James I '.
'arson, Z*chery T.
< balonx, Frank
(ox, William J.
riawion, Charles W.
Cress. Edward H.
Croft. Rirhard A
Connor. George T.
< hanslor, Nathan J.
Clark, Tnomas O.
Cramer, Herbert H.
Campbell, John
Deane, Josiah W.
David, David
David, Isaac
MEMBERS.
Denman, Frank H.
Davis, Thomas E.
Davenport, E. Grant
Eastman, Benjamin M.
England, Paren
Evans, William S.
Freeman, Jas-m E.
Fisher, Richmond H.
Finley, Stephen H.
Garnick, Georae
Graner, John H.
George, Daniel
Gillespie, Henry B.
GiUen, Edward A.
Goodall. David F.
Geary, Mortimer J.
Hnnt, Frederick A.
Harrod, Joseph (.'.
Hankins, Ensign L.
Hopkins, Alfred
Hal ton. John C
Johnson, John F.
Jennings, John
Jones, Harry K.
Johns, John W.
Johns, Joseph K.
Kalfus, John W.
Lax. Peter
LAwrence, Levi
Lewis, Noah D.
Flor Ashbaugh. S. I).
Dyke* M. Swan. J. D.
George T. Martin. S S.
Samuel Peterson. J. S.
Martin V. Krupf. Tiler.
Light, Frederick
Lowenhagen, Frederick
Myer, William B.
Moore, ( harles L.
Moore, George F
M riser, George H.
Mitchell, jHmes 8.
Mills, I>Hvid A.
Miller, Riley
Muir, John \V.
Martin. Rufus B.
Merrift, Edward E.
Murthland. George H.
McCormick. Samuel
McCrea, Calvin
Mcintosh. Alexander
McNider, (Carles G.
MarMillan, John F.
McDonald. John R.
Mo« ann, Ferdinand
O'Hara, John T.
Plumb, Porter
Parker, Hiram F.
Rwne, Charles
Rucker, Thomas A.
KnbiiiHon, McK.
Ruse, Joseph
Root, William B.
Robinson, Edward R.
Richards, John W.
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Robinson, Andrew J.
Ryan, Michael D.
Rom, George
Ralstoo, Edward S.
Stone, Lewis A.
Slagie, J ames £.
Shepard, Frank A.
Shilling, Arthur B.
Schafer, George H.
Ham born. Charles O.
8mith, Erick
Smith, Lyndon S.
Sweeney, John
Sproat, George R.
Thomas, Charles H.
Vickery, George C.
Vincent, John M.
Varney, Andrew J.
Wellman, Lather C
Wardell. John B.
Warner, Henry E.
Wagner, Adam R.
White, John W.
Williams, John R.
Watson, David M.
Weakley, William L.
Wright, Edward W.
Willis, Frederick B.
Williams, William
Yonng, Jacob
HABMONY LODGE No. 61.
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Mondays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
E. J. Proctor, W. M.
F. 8. Pace, S TV.
O. P Jones, J. W.
C. W. Cowell, Treas.
W. S. Root, Sec'y.
Adams, William
Brinkley, Kobt. V.
Backus, J. J.
Blaine, John E.
Burroughs, A. S.
Barkhausen, J. H.
Beless, F. W.
Brotzman. F. W.
Beggs, W. A.
Brownson. Thos. E.
Bowey, William
Bnrghardt, Geo. N.
Bowen, A. S.
Browning. J. W.
Barsby, H. H.
I'ole, S. M.
Comb, Henry
Cinnamon, David
Christopher, E.
Charpiot, Geo. J.
Campbell, Jag. M.
Card, C. S.
Crellen, J. E.
Clayton, Thos. H.
Dunn, W. H.
Duncan, J. H.
Daggan, J. V.
Dagnall. W. S.
Eastman, Geo. M.
Fahrman. Joshua
Fogle, John
Foote, Geo. T.
Fegan, T. J.
Fancheon, George
Freeman, J. J.
Griflen. Goorge
Gibbs, Lafayette
MEMBKB8.
Grant, L. W.
Gordon, John R.
Hntchens, ('has. F.
Harris, M. M.
Hart, George W.
Hart, i has. A.
Hind, K. B.
Hilton, F. W.
Hasten, J. E.
Hill, Geo. W.
Kisthard. W. H.
Kelly, Henry
Kennedy, L. W.
Miller, Alexander
Moses, Elmer
Marks, W.H.
Merrell, Samuel
McParliu, W. E.
McKinsey, Jesse
McPherson, J. D.
Mc Andrews, Robt.
Mason, James W.
Miller, J as. L.
Moody, R. H.
Mason, Chas. R.
Myers, John H.
Mahaffey, A. M.
Noah, M. ft.
O'Hara, W. J.
Oyler, John
Phillips, S. L.
Parker, J. H.
Purdy, E. R.
Perry, A. P.
Pitschke. Chaa. G.
Reed, William
Rice, J. W.
J. A. Fowler, S. D.
C. W. Weldy, J. D
J. A. Knox, S. S.
F. C. Bertschy, J. S.
•Thomas Linton, Tiler.
Rice, Chas. A.
Ross, O. P.
Ross, Jas. B.
Sterling. M. L.
Stringham, Fred
Smith. J. C.
Sconller, Peter
Smith, J. C.
Smith, W . G.
Schoepflin, H. F.
Sanford. J. W.
Servey, Geo. L.
Scharman, George
Schultz, H.G.
Summers, W. H.
Snyder, Jacob a.
Shoemaker. A. W.
Terrill, A. B.
Tait, William
Tankersley. E. D.
Thorpe, Geo. W.
Thornton, J. J.
Toensmier, Then.
Thompson. R. A.
Thurman, H. G.
Udell. Geo. V.
Vick Roy. Geo. R.
Witter, Geo. V.
Waters, Thomas
Wilson, Abram
Wilson. Walter
Weatherbee, Jabez
Willison, Robt.
Wooster, W. G. C.
Waters, Thomas
Young, William
♦Not a member.
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DELTA LODGE No. 62.
DELTA, DELTA COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Mondays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Abram C. Butler, W. M.
Thomas H. McGranaban, S. W.
M. J. Johnson, J. W.
George Stephen, Treas.
Christian U. Anderson, Sec'y.
MKUBERS.
Alexander, William
Amsbary, Albert E.
Blachley, Andrew T.
Brown, A. D.
Brown, \V. D.
Browning, Angus A.
Cassil, Austin A.
Croteer, William H.
Eetes, Oscar
Forrest, Richard
Hall, Edward E
Hammond, Henry
HotchkisH, Andrew M.
Howard, Amos R.
Ingersoll, Harry H
Phillips, J. Ralph.
Pollock, James C.
Robison, Frank W.
A. R. King S. D.
Adam Wishart, J. D.
R. S. Kelso, S. 8.
John F. Lees, J. S.
E. L. Kellogg, Tiler.
Scott, Walter
Teachout, Henry
West, Henry
White. Edgar
Whelan, William
Wise, Allen H.
Wise, Douglass
Williams, R. F.
Worth, Louis W.
MONTROSE LODGE No. 03,
MONTK08E, MONTROSE COUNTY.
Geo. H.Smith, W. M.
J. F. Krebs, S. W.
J. W. Owens, J. W.
J. E. McClure, Treas.
James F. Kyle, Sec'y.
Anderson, ft. E.^
Adamt,A. C ^ '
Bonney,A. L.
Bestor, E. D.
Beu\ J. C.
Blake, R. H.
Boot, Wm.
Clark, N.G.
Cogwill, John
Cfessell, Wm.
Catlin. F. D.
Craine. W. H.
Chapman, F. A.
OFFICERS.
j
MEMBER8.
Diehl, R. C.
Ealer.J. W.
Erwin, Chas. E.
Earner, F. G.
Oehr, Panl
Heil^L N.
frabjakiss, Preston
KiUian, J. B-
Marsh, John C.
McConnell, ('. E.
McNeill, F. A.
Oniel, James
Overheiser, Geo. P.
A. Johnson, S. D.
W. W. Robinson. J. D.
Chas. Hirt, 8. S.
L. E. Davis. J. S.
Chas. Campbell, Tiler.
Payson, Aaron R.
Smith, Chas. H.
Slavic . John E.
Stough, Geo. A.
Sherman, 8. 8.
St. Clair, F. P.
Sharp, John
Tarbell, Harry
Tripler, John W.
Roberta, Abe
Wood, (ieo. D.
Wambsgiings, Wm.
EUCLID LODGE No. <>4,
LA JUNTA, OTERO COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Wednesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
C. F. Kendall. W. M.
V. Altera, S. W.
John M.Lyon, J. W.
John Johnson, Treas.
B. A. Steen. Sec'y.
W. A. Chandler, S. D.
Jas. H Sherman, J. D.
B. J. Foxworthy. S. S.
George Burr, J. S.
Harry Johnson, Tiler.
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Averell. W.
Blasdell.J. V.
Bear, H.
Barnes. A. S.
Bomgardner, Chns. W.
Bryant, I. 4.
Chopprr, 1. F.
Donovau, J. W.
Deabeaport, E. £.
Fox worth*. A.
Finney, Frank
Gardner, J. R.
MEMBERS.
(J rant, E. W.
Haskins. B. F.
Hart, D. 1).
Hicks, J. M.
Kilgore, Geo. A.
Koehler. W. C.
Leavitt, W. T.
Loom is, H. W.
Liggett. 8. W.
Miller, A. W.
Morrow, J no.
Marshall, Ed.
Man ley, John W.
Nelson, J. M.
Phillips, K.
Paulson, A. H.
Pegan, P. C.
Sella, P.
Tim mis, K.
Wood, 1. O.
Wood, F. D.
Wood, J. T.
GLEN WOOD LODGE No. 65,
GLEN WOOD SPRINGS, GARFIELD COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Thursday* in each month.}
OFFICERS.
David W. R*ee, W. M.
Fred A. Atkinson. S. W.
Thomas Kendrick, J. W.
Barnette T. Napier, Treas.
William H. Bradt, Sec y.
Arnold, Grant
Beman, John W.
Beatty, Theo B.
Bnrcham, Krank
Cahoon. Graham
Cornforlh, Henry H.
Chamberlain, Will A.
(Mark, John M.
Clark, L. G.
Darand. Chas. W.
Dynes, Ward B.
Dougan, Wm.
Davis, Thomas Q.
DeWitr, Marshall
Ewing, Fred C.
Esler, John
Evans, John
Feeler, John H.
Fanning, John B.
MEMBERS.
Grenemeyer, W. G.
Hodges, James L.
Harris, Henry H.
Hoi leu, Henry W.
Ireland, Thoe.
Kamm, Her.ry R.
Lee. ('has. A.
Mecham, James G.
Moulton, Geo. H.
Maltby, Wm. E.
Morley, H. K.
Monroe, Frank P.
Nuckols, Geo. H.
Parkison, W. 8.
Pond, Samuel S.
Pierce, Ross 0.
Parks, Clifford C.
Price, James M.
Ritter, John W.
Charles W. Darrow. S. D.
W. H. Tram bor, J. D.
Joseph Love. S. S.
Ernest Schnster. J. S.
M arc? Has Monroe, Tiler.
Rice, Geo. A.
Rice. Archibald A.
Ross, James W.
Sleeper, Ernest L.
Smith, Angnst H.
8 wan, Joe. S.
Stevenson, Archie M.
Shepherd, Frank A.
Scott, R. P.
Stobaagh, Wm. H.
Stees, Reuben
Tillery, Wilson H.
Thomas, Trehern W.
Tautfhinbaugh, J. Frank
Van Seek el, Harry E.
Wood, Seth H.
Ward. Levi
Weaver, Wm. B.
Willetts. Frank J.
EUREKA LODGE No. 66,
COAL CREEK, FREMONT COUNTY.
[Communications jftrst and third Friday in each month.]
OFFICKR8.
Alfred I). Garrett, W. M.
John C. McCreery, S. W.
Benjamin Beach. J. W.
Thomas Jack. Treas.
George Wilnon. Sec'y.
Allen, David
Azdell, J. B.
MEMBERS.
Bald, James
Buchanon, (ieorge
WiUiaro Mitchell. S. D.
James Harrison. J. D.
Robert Donaldson, 8. S.
Kdwin Campion. J. S.
Edward Smith, Tiler.
Bridges, William M.
Calmet, Henry
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MEMBERS.
Clark, Nelson F.
Davie, David R.
Davis, Harry A.
Davis, Thomas C.
Edwards, David T.
Fisher, Kicbard
Uoilinger, Albert
(inffitn, Philip
Garrett, Daniel N.
Hadden, George
Hamoa, R. B.
Hosband, Richard
Irwin. John 8.
Kyle, John
Killian, Harvey
Kelman, Bamael C.
Lloyd, Henry
Lefever, Charles
Locke, Henry
Lewis, Moses E.
Long, John
Lochhead, John
Milliken, Robt.
McDaniels, J. H.
McCort, James
Moore, Hiram M.
Morganstein, M. G.
Powell, David
Pople, Roger
Patterson, John A.
Robertson. John
Richards, Richard H.
Richards, Thomas M.
Shortridge, John
Sweeney, James K.
Thickens. John 8.
Taylor, Charles
Walton, Joseph
Williams, Morgan
Williams. Joseph P.
Walters, Manchester
Warner, George 8.
Walters, J. W.
Willbar. W. P.
Young, Hugh
OASIS LODGE No. f>7.
FORT MORGAN, MORGAN COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Friday* in each month.]
OFFICERS.
George W. Warner, W. M.
John F. Arbockle. S. W.
George W. Derttham, J. W.
Howard M. Putnam, Treas.
Tyler D. HeiskeU, Sec'y.
Brown, John E.
Brewer, James H.
Baldwin, L. Nelson
Burke, James H.
Baroei, Melzer E.
Brown, Walter T.
Barr. George W.
Balfour, C. M.
Clatwortby, Wo. H.
Chapman, W. B.
Ctmrches, John
Carry, James P.
Carlson, Charley J.
Dingman, Frank J.
MEMBERS.
Devin, James T.
Dunlap, G. A.
Dai ley, Demster H.
Fame worth, Jos. B.
Gill, Mark B.
Handy. Robert M.
Jonas, James H.
Kinkel, Charles W.
Knox, Archie
Knearl, William
Lowe, MaDley E.
Lowe, Eagene W.
Marvin, Wra. A.
MacMillan. Edson A.
Frank H. Anderson. S. D.
Adam M. Trout, J. D.
Frank L. Simpson, S. S.
William S. Simpson, J. S.
JohnL. Haff. Tiler.
Makepeace, Thomas R.
Pyott, Horace G.
Parsons. Charles A.
Red field, George 8.
Robinson, George W.
Rickel. Wesley W.
Sin ton, Wm. B.
Stamm, Henry
Simpson, Frances M.
Scoville. Chancey W.
Smith, James C.
Tuttle, Merrittl.
Wagner. Moses M.
Wilson, A. L.
MANITOU LODGE No. (58.
MAN1TOU, EL PASO COUNTY.
[ Communications first and third Fridays in each month,]
OFFICERS.
Hudson H. Aldrich. W. M.
Willis L. Co«.k, 8. W.
Waiter D Sawin, J. W.
Henry M. Ok ; J bee. Treas.
Chas. 8. Rodgers, Sec'y.
Adams, Chas.
Barker, (has. W.
Baker, Geo. W.
MKMBEB8.
Cryder, Clifford C.
Caldwell, Sam'1 H.
Caldwell, Sam1! C. D.
H. S. Francisco, S. D.
Wm. Frizzell, J. D.
Fred S. Curtis, 8. 8.
Homer B. Snyder, J. S.
James D. Turner, Tiler.
Connelly, P. Joseph
t'urran, Edwin F.
Cable, Hiram 8.
lfc
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Dashwood, Richard £.
Dillon, Michael
Dyer, Leon id as R
Downs, Allison O.
Elerick, Chat*. M.
Ellis, Edward L.
Emick, Uriah H.
Frowine, Chas. H.
Grafton, Homer H.
Green, Jos. W.
Green, Henry T.
Grafton Win. C.
MEMBERS.
Grafton, Lyman R.
Goold. Everett E.
Hutchinson, Alonzo B.
Hutchinson, Tos. C.
Jones, Beal H.
Lueders, Herman
Leddy, Michael A.
Lewis, Albert G.
Lotz. Ernst M.
Lamon,David
Miller, Henry F.
Nichols. Bdw. E., Br.
Nichols, Edw. E. Jr.
Pnltz, Stephen M.
Knpp, Dan'i H.
Simington, John
Shine, Eugene
Snider, Geo. W.
Smith, John H.
Thompson, The*. W.
Woods. Earl L.
Weills, John C. S.
Ward, Horace M.
WINDSOR LODGE No. 69.
WINDSOR, WELD COUNTY
{Communications first and third Tuesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Harrison Teller, W. M.
Adam Hahn, S. W.
William W. Kennedy. J. W.
Samuel L. Cope, Tress.
Chas. S. Toole, Sec'y.
James McG ruder, S. D.
John H. Springer, J. D.
Ernest U. Minkwetz, 8. 8.
John M. Cu Hereon. J. 8.
Henry F. McNeil, Tiler.
MEMBERS.
Briggs, George W.
Brings, Frank N.
Bnrcli, li«»nnard
Blair, William
Dickenson, Isaac N.
Dickenson, Levi O.
Dickenson, Samuel D.
Dicknnaon, William
Emry, David P.
Fowler, Alva B.
Gleck, Joseph M.
H unt, Clarence F.
Loveland, Kevilo
Layboum, Myron H.
Law, Lorenzo D.
Middleton, John F.
Newell, James S.
O'Hara, Joseph G.
Peterson, William H.
Rowe, A. J.
Severance, David E.
Thompson. James W.
Wood, Toutant B.
Williams. William E.
Welch, Samuel T.
LOGAN LODGE No. 70.
JULESBUKG. SEDGWICK COUNTY.
[ Communications second and fourth Fridays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Geo. B. Steadman, W. M.
John F. Gauss. 8. W.
Albert 8. Avery. J. W.
William H. Wallace, Treas.
Jacob Brant, Sec'y.
Christ. JohnsonJS. D.
Thomas J. Maguire, J. D.
M. B. Krumpanitaky, 8. 8.
Peter J. Gerhart, J. 8. „
William H. Ryon, Tiler.
MEMBERS.
Clopper, Marion
Crosby. Geo. F.
Fish, Horace L.
Haines. Chas. C.
Liddle, Oscar
McComas, Chas. L.
Pratt, Chas. H.
Sweet. J. B.
Tompkins, Engine
[1898
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WBAY LODGE No. 71,
WRAY, YUMA COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each monlh.]
J. W. Zepp, W. M.
W. Q. Grig^by, 8. W.
C. E. Ware, J. W.
W. R, Hays, Treae.
David Sisson, Sec'y.
Barber. Alfred C.
Blast, John
Boyd, James M.
Burns, Richard £.
Combe, Thomas
Caster, George W.
Goston, Alonzo M.
FiakjF. K.
Griffin. John A.
Groves, Thomas B.
Gillespie. John D.
Harry, L. D.
OFFIOEBS.
MEMBERS.
Hendrie, Isaac F.
Hendrie, Harry
Hoagland, Henry C.
Horn, Albert W.
Hargar, Samnel P.
Jordan. James D.
McClelland, J. 8.
McKee, Henry J.
Miller, James A.
Mitchell, John C
Mardock. Alonzo D.
Mardock, Daniel A.
Howard Klagb. S. D.
£. J. Bales, J. D.
B. F. Rawalt, S. S.
J. N. Counter, J. S.
Geo. C. Piper, Tiler,
Nonamaker, Geo. R.
Parish, E. M.
Pettys, Walter
Rawalt, Jonas Li.
Robison, Thomas M.
Smith, Kan kin
Shaltz, Charles
Vanghn, Enos H.
White, A. J.
Wright, Lewis T.
Zepp, Charles W.
GRANADA LODGE No. 72,
GRANADA, PROWERS COUNTY.
[Communications Saturdays on or before the full moon in each month and [two
weeks thereafter."]
C. L. McPher*on, W. M.
F. D. Hesse, S. W.
D. W. Robinson, J. W.
H. 0. Pette, Treas.
F. L. Hays, Sec'y.
Goodale, M. S.
Hatchins, C. I.
Hall, T. M.
OFFIOEBS.
MEMBEBfl.
McCammon, J. H.
Sloan, Robert
Jacob Mendenhall, S. D.
Barnhart Phinkee. J. D.
8. S.
J. 8.
F. M. Tate, Tiler,
Snllivan. J. \V.
Wilcox, Osker
MONTE VISTA LODGE No. 78,
MONTE VISTA, RIO GRANDE COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Tuesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Eli A. Edwards, W. M.
Jesse Stephenson, S. W.
George P. Sampson, J. W.
Thomas J. Armstrong, Treas.
John W. Crump, Sec'y.
Asher. William M.
Botlrin, C D.
Bashor, Milton E.
MEMBERS.
Breckenridge. Robert G.
Biackmore, George L.
Bntterfield, Hiram A.
Grant Karr, 8. D.
Lnndy O. Tosh, J. D.
C. N. Shakspeare, S. S.
Omer V. Cole, J. S.
Charles W. Chaney, Tiler.
Campbell, James S.
Carter, William R.
Collins, James H.
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MEMBERS.
Dailey, Charles
Donphy, Martin L.
Derbyshire, 0. A.
Darnell. David O.
Ewing, Henry B.
Eversole, Edward E.
Gallaher, Henry C.
George, J. B. F.
Hunter, MathewP.
Hack, Charles
Kipper, John C.
Kerr, Edward E.
Kelly, James H.
Loy, Jacob, jr.
Maben, Jay D.
Mallett, William H.
Merriman. Charles A.
Monroe, William J-
Newton, Thomas H.
Packard, William A.
Pridham. Harry E.
Page, William K.
Stroap, Eagene L.
Strawn, James C
Troutfetter. Louis I).
Timmons, Colin
Von Egidy, Albert R.
Wallace, Robert B.
Wiley, William W.
Ydren, Charles
AKRON LODGE No. 74,
AKRON, WASHINGTON COUNTY.
[ Communications first and third Wednesdays in each month.}
Bee, Ephraim C.
Bonfrey, Wells R.
Bagley. George
Elder, Charles E.
Ferry, Richard C.
Flanery, Charles E.
Hart, Lester W.
Healey, Andrew J.
Hardy, Fred
Jones, William C.
Johnson, Adam J.
King, Robert
OFFICERS.
John B. Fisher, W. M.
Isaac N. McCue. S. W.
John F. Dole, J. W.
Joseph J. Bender, Treas.
Lome C. Stephenson, Sec'y.
F.
MEMBEB8.
Kimball. Charles N.
Little, William
Miller, Leroy L.
Moore, John W.
Middlecoff. Creed
Muntzins, August
Potter, Virgil A.
Phelps. Bart E. g
Park, John C
Pendleton, Granville
Robinson. Stoton A.
Skelton, William T.
William B. Colvin, S. D.
Andrew J. Dern, J. D.
John H. Geiagel. S. S.
Charles Lewis. J. S.
George W. Ball, Tiler.
Schenck, William C.
Shonerd, David
Spaulding, William 1.
Swann, Francis M.
Smyth, Charles G.
Smith, Frederick W.
Tuttle, George
Vaughn, Edwin
Wind, Paulson
Watson. Alexander A.
Zook, Elhanon
ST. JOHN LODGE No. 75,
ROCKY FORD, OTERO COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Tuesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Elias W. Kearby, W. M.
Wm. B. Gobin, 8. W.
Edwin J. Smith, J. W.
Adam C. Corner, Treas.
Lavander N. Hendricks, Sec1y.
Badger, Milton
Brown, John J.
Burson, Thos. J.
Clark. Wm. P.
Denton, Wm. C.
Effner, Friend J.
Ellingwo<Kl, Hiram E.
Fenton, Warren E.
Ganger, John E.
Godding, John E.
Godding, Talmai F.
M CMBE&S.
Gillette, Walter D.
Gerbing, Gustave T.
Gray, Almon J.
Hale, Ira D.
Hendricks, Joe. M.
King, Robt. L.
Maxwell, Harry I.
Maxwell. George C.
Nicholg, Andrew
Padfield, Berger
Potter, Jas. W.
Jas. B. Pearce, S. D.
Jas. M. Lambert, J. D.
Wm. H. Clark, S. 8.
Wm. H. McCascall, J. B.
Bloomfield U. Dye, Tiler.
Potter, Hex W.
Rudolph, Wm. M.
Russell, Asahel
Rodgera, Nicholas
Reynolds, Chas. E.
Recker. Chas.
Robb, Emory
Seaton, Thos. J.
Steele, Wm. C.
Vroman, John C
Winchell, Geo. H.
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COLORADO CITY LODGE No. 76.
COLORADO CITY, EL PASO COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Thursdays in each month.]
OFFICEBS.
Wayne Wimsatt. W. M.
P. M. Condit, 8. W.
Richard Griffith, J. W.
C. H. Baker, Treas.
W.J.Millis.Sec'y.
Jno. McCoach, 8. D.
Harry Kneller, J. D.
J. B. Stephens. 8. 8.
H. 8. Hawks, J. S.
A. W. Tyroff, Tiler.
MKMBIB8.
Allen, Amoe
Bien. Robert
Briacoe, R. 8.
Braymeo. F. E.
Bollier, Chas.
Bennett, W. 6.
Reynon. B. L.
Crane. C. A.
Chandler, H. C.
Craig, Wm.
<Vai«, Edwin
Delaney, James
Donn, E. J.
Dibble, A. H.
Edwards. Thos.
Gard,J. 8.
Godfrey. 0. R.
George, Alvah
George, W. A.
Greenoogh, R.
Humphrey, A. L.
Heap, Fin ley
Jones, Ed T.
Kissel, Isaac
Kline, D. C.
Koritzky. Abe
Kerr, G. W.
Lincicnm. Wm.
Lyne, J. 8.
Lilie, Adolph
Madison, Fred B.
Mnrphey, Wm.
Mathews, Jas. H.
McCartney, Jno.
Milton, J. H.
Neicewinter, J. W.
Oliver, D. R.
Potter, D. P.
Riley, E. J.
Soother, J. H.
Smith, Frank J.
Spanknowsky, M.
Schennan, C. M.
Sneyder. C. N.
8mith, M J. Myers
Wimsatt, G. W.
Williams, O. B.
Wallmeyere, Ed
Wood, Wm.
Zimmeht, Jno.
BURLINGTON LODGE No. 77,
BURLINGTON, KIT CARSON COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays of each month.]
OFFICERS.
C. A. Gillette, W. M.
J. W. Penfold, 8. W.
M. Higgins, J. W.
D. Camaban, Treas.
T. G. Price, Bec'y.
Geo. B. Bent, 8. D.
M. E. Cooke, J. D.
J. P. Johnson, 8. S.
J. 8.
E. R. Wallace, Tiler.
MKMBEBS.
Beidelman, Samuel
Oodsman, Paul B.
Jones, I. F.
Kramer, 8. B.
Leimax. E. T.
Long, Wm. M.
Marshall, Jered
Meyers, Geo. W.
Norman, Charles
O'Brien, William
Patchin, W. L.
Roberts, Cormelian
Haggles, A. L.
Rose, John
Schroder, T. F.
Willis, J. M.
Wilcox, A. N.
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BRIGHTON LODGE No. 78.
BRIGHTON, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Thursday* in each month. \
J. W. McGregor, W. M.
Dewey W. Strong, S. W.
Walter Gregory, J. W.
Charles S. Stewart, Treas.
Corbin A. Dana, Sec'y.
Ball, W. H.
Beardeley. Gideon L.
Bromley, Emmet A.
Craig, Andrew V.
Garman, Harvey E.
Held, Julius F.
Hogarth, William
Hoett, Charles
Kearney. Frank E.
Kidder, Willard C.
OFFIOEBS.
MEMBERS.
Lewis, Thomas S.
McKee, George
McMnrtrie, Thoe. A.
McNeil, Jacob B.
Monson, T. L.
Myrick, Herbert O.
Ogden, William N.
Parker, Fred S.
Pearce, Harmon B.
Snyder, Chris.
Peter R. Sillstrop, S. 1).
D. F. Carmichael, J. I).
W. W. Parrish. 8. 8.
James H. Lakin, J. 8.
G. P. Redfield, Tiler.
Springfield. James H.
Stooffer, Samael M.
Steal and, Lonis A.
Twombly, John C.
Twombly, Geo. W.
Upton, Louie
Williams. Joseph C.
Williamson. Abraham
Winboarn, Thomas C.
RICO LODGE No. 79,
RICO, DOLORES COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Tuesdays in each month.]
J. P. Landon, W. M.
S. W. Ransom. 8. W.
W. W. Parahall, J. W.
J. M. Tilton, Treas.
Henry Klingender, 8ec'y.
Anderson, Chris
Barlow, A. J.
Barlow, George
Broughton, J. N.
Brown, Ellis
Clarke, Lewis
Chinn, Richard W.
Doyle, W. H.
Derby, W. H.
Frazenr, S. H.
Habermann, Louis
OFFICERS.
MEMBER8.
Hood, A. F.
Higgins, Edward
Jordan, John
Kennedy, A. E.
Kennedy, B. K.
Litchfield, A. B.
Lewis, F. R.
Meyer, Bernhardt
Morrish, W. C.
Middangh, C. F.
Meredith, Joseph
W. A. Williams, 8. D.
F. J. Lewis, J. D.
John Gaalt, 8. 8.
W. A. King. J. S.
John N. Reid, Tiler.
Palmer, Win. J.
Pringle, H. W.
Rnst, A. A.
Raymond, C. L.
Smith. C. B.
Swickhimer, David
Thompson, Filer L.
Thompson. J alias
Woods, Lee S.
Winkfield, J. W.
RIO BLANCO LODGE No. 80,
MEEKER, RIO BLANCO COUNTY.
f Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month.]
OFFIOEBS.
James Lyttle, W. M.
F. W. H.Pf differ, S. W.
L. B. Wallbridge, J. W.
C. A. Booth. TrwaB.
David Smith, Sec'y.
W. H. Clark, 8. D.
8. P. Wear, J. D.
F. E. Sheridan, S. S.
W. H. Welch. J. S.
Harry Niblock. Tiler.
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1893]
APPENDIX.
2T<)
MKMBEB8.
Attix, Chas. S.
Baker. Thoe.
Carver, Wm. B.
Coon, Marcos
Critchlon, A. B.
Eddy, H. H.
Foote. Theodore
lies, Thomas H.
JoHantgen, F. N.
Lawton, I. P.
McHatton, James L.
Moulton, A. C.
Peterson, H.G.
Pierce, Robison
Tooly, Richard
Watson, John A.
HOLYOKE LODGE No. 81,
HOLYOKE, PHILLIPS COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Fridays in each month.']
OFFICKB8.
Frank M. Smith, W. M.
Chas B. Timberlake, 8. W.
Herbert L. Sutherland, J. W.
Ira W. Waite, Trees.
Ralph E. Webster, Sec'y.
John E. Kidd, S. D.
Sara'l M. Killen, J. D.
Herbert L . Donovan, S. 8.
Gastave Shuneman, J. S.
Abner B. Flemming, Tiler.
MEMBERS.
Adair. Carl B.
Aafden brink, Chas. E.
Batterfield. Arthur W.
Blair, Robert R.
Bryant, J as.
Blakely, George F.
Clark. George E.
Clemmons, William
Copp, Milton D.
Dakam, Eugene S.
Ellis, George R.
Guthrie, Ammi T.
Heginbotham, John
Hoskins, Robert A.
Hoskins, Benjamin A.
Gaddy, David A.
Jones, Abraham L.
McPherrin, Emmet N.
McCarty, Chas. S.
Pickett, Caesius M.
Pollock. Albert B.
Peck, Seaman Z.
Post, William D.
Robinson, William ('.
Snyder, Man Ion A.
Siverson. Martin
Slater, William F.
Stevens, P. A. C.
Vernam, Thos. ('.
Wartenbee, Edgar
West, Asa B.
Weaver, Gade
Wash, John W.
CARBONDALE LODGE No. 82,
CARBONDALE, GARFIELD COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Wednesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Frank E. Sweet, W. M.
Charles Lehow, S. W.
William M. Dinkel. J. W.
Samcel B. Eu banks, Treas.
John H. Murfitt, Sec'y.
William L. Girdner, 8. D.
James T. Dalton, J. D.
Jacob G. Sonner, 8. 8.
Edward O'Leary, J. 8.
Alphonso Brackney, Tiler.
MEMBERS.
Bennett. James N.
Campbell, James W.
Dean. Marshall H .
Dunkin. Michael
Fisbel, Charles W.
Fields. Michael B.
Hill, Benj. B.
Holland, Oscar
Ittleson, Oscar
Lindholm, Andrew
Milner, George T.
Phillips, George A.
Robinson, Albert
Scheu, Charles II.
Sears, Silas S.
Tucker, Ward
Wickliffe, Price
Zimmerman, J amen W.
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BERTHOUD LODGE No. 83,
BERTHOUD, LARIMER COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Saturdays in each month.]
F. Irving Davis, W. M.
Harrison K. Hankins, S. W.
Harvey J. Parish, J. W.
William Clark, Treas.
Arthur F. Brown, Bec'y.
Bernard, William
Black well, Charles R.
Branson, W. T.
Burner, William
Clark, C. C.
Crane, Frederick A.
Davis, James M.
Eidson, William
Ferguson, H. W.
MEMBERS.
Ferguson, James
Hallett, W. L.
Harris, Geo. M.
Hub-bell, R. M.
Knott, A. A.
McClung. H. J.
Mills, W. L.
Miner, Charles
W. T. Lynn, B. D.
C. V. Stryker, J. D.
James B. Gregg, S. 8.
Andrew Fairbairn, J. S.
J as. L. Eidson, Tiler.
Miner. John R.
Newell, W. T.
Osborn, D. O.
Smoke, O. H.
Slock well, E. J.
Thornton, John J.
Thornton. Wilber
Who well, John W.
TEMPLE LODGE No. 84,
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Thursdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Clay M. Van, W. M.
Joseph C. Dresser, 8. W.
Charles W. Everett, J. W.
Charles W. Lehman, Treas.
Edgar R. Dow, Bec'y.
Angnll, Frank B.
Appel, M. S.
Axtell, Thomas
Ayres, Wm. R.
Aldworth, A- C.
Burton, Charles H.
Burchinell. Wm. K.
Brownell, H. A. R.
Baker, Henry A.
Blair, Charles H.
Baker, Mathew C.
Bell, Miller A.
Barney, Royal 8.
Bean, Denmson D.
Blake, Frank C.
Bovier, Charles B.
Coombs, Thomas C.
Collins, Thomas H.
Condit, E. C.
Carleton, J. H.
Coffin an, Hurlbnrt B.
Clark. James L.
Chandler, Oh as. P., jr.
Curzons, Henry E.
Chandler. Israel G.
Campbell, Herbert R.
Davis, Joel
Davie, Chas.S.
MEMBERS.
Davis, A. B. C.
Davis, Wm. C.
Dow, Chas. L.
Eastman, Clyde J.
Fetter, Harry H.
Forsythe. Robt. B.
Graves, Clarence M.
Griswold, Wm. E.
Gray, Wm. B.
Graham, Harry C.
Ginrick, J as. M.
Harrison, Felix W.
Holzman, Joseph
Huntley, Fen wick W.
Homane, Wm. H.
Hamilton, M. Grant
Hanna, Thomas
Harrison, Meyer
House, Brnoe F.
Hill, Charles 8.
Josephi. Simeon A.
Jones, George A.
Jorgenson, Albert P.
Judd, Wm. P.
Jones, Arthur E.
K el ley, James A.
Kelley, Robert
Kamioner, Lee
William Morgan. 8. D.
H. A. Woodworth, J. D.
George W. Daniel, 8. 8.
Benjamin F. Newell, J. 8.
♦Thomas Linton, Tiler.
Kostitch, Stephen T.
King, Fred G.
Kohn, Howard L.
Levering, Frank H.
Lee, Henry N.
Lewis, Henry A.
Leonard, Percy A.
Lee. Edmund B.
LaBelle. J. P.
Myers, James N.
Metcalf , Fred A.
Martin, Harry D.
Martin, Herman H.
Mellen, Herbert F.
Morgan, Sam eel J.
Mussman, Wra. A.
Martin. Ludolph P.
Moser, Jas, H.
Moffett, Grant L.
Martin, Albert G.
Manning, C. R.
McCabe, Chart** M.
McCoy, Lewis K. _
MacSheely. Christopher E.
McEniry, Thomas
Pierce, Wm. R.
Perkins, Edward B.
Rich, Chas. E.
•Not a member.
j
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APPENDIX.
281
MEMBERS.
Roes, J. Leask
Hoot, George H.
Ree0,ReeaD.
Roantree, J no. T.
Ryder, Win. B.
Radcliff. A. T.
Ripley, Fred W.
Smith. Frank I.
Salomon, Adolph Z.
Stephens. Joseph N.
Selleck, Willard C.
Simmonds, George
Stidger, George
Schmidlap, C. D.
Simpson, Saml. L.
Steele, Ned
Schriver, Jno. C.
Thomas. Frederick
Tyson, Robt.
Taylor, Charles M.
Traver, Norman L.
Thompson, Wm. A.
Thompson, Clinton £.
Van 8aun, W. B.
Yreeland, Edward
Wright, Wm. D.
Woods, Henry A.
Williams. John C.
Weltmer, Wm. F.
Wright, Frank 0.
Week, Edward
Weiant, Enos. T.
Wood worth, Henry C.
Working, John C.
Wyatt, John J.
Wilson, Eogene H.
ACACIA LODGE No. 85,
COLORADO SPRINGS, EL PABO COUNTY.
[CominunicationB second and fourth Wednesdays in each month.]
William R. Coe, W. M.
Ohas. H. Dad ley. 8. W.
Ira J. Woodworth, J. W.
Geo. W. Walker, Trees.
John N. Green, Sec'y.
Atkinson, Lynn S.
Atkinson. James W.
Barnes, William R.
Briflbin, Abraham B.
Brigge, George A.
Blair, Jacob E.
Caster, Constantino
Dongherty, Eogene
Ellison, James M.
Brans, Charles E.
Fristoe. Mark G.
Friedline, Jaetns R.
Gates, Howard E.
Gordon, A. M.
Hunt, Alfred H.
OFFICERS,
MEMBERS.
Howbert, Frank W.
Hayner, Fred G.
Hemenway, AWaro
Jenkins, William B.
Knerr, Walter A.
Lowe, Leon P.
Maybnry, James F.
McLean, Ch. H.
Miller, ('has. J.
Pierce, Wm. A.
Post, Wm. Ora
Rafield, Myer S.
Stubbs, Cassins E.
Steele, Wesley S.
Simon, Morris
C. DeB. Bennet. S. D.
Geo. H. Randall, J. D.
Rneben D. Manson, 8. 8.
Spencer K. Maltby, J. 8.
♦Chester H. Dillon, Tiler.
Stuart, Edward H.
Smith, Frank 8.
Smith, Alex. J.
Simpson, James
Turnball, Geo. B.
Walter, Edward R.
Wood, William W.
Wilson. Harry E.
Warren, Michael F.
Woolley, E. S.
Wills. Henry LeB.
Wellington, Qnincy J.
Woodside, W. P.
Zobriat, Charles L.
HIGHLANDS LODGE No. 85,
HIGHLANDS, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Fridays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Lather H. Wygant, Jr., W. M.
Allison Stocker, 8. W.
Theodore H. Thomas, J. W.
Robert H. Kooken, Treas.
Edwin H. Snyder, Sec'y.
Brines, William E.
Bradford, Thomas C.
Boyd, James H.
MEMBERS.
Benson, B. S.
Booth, Wm. W.
Carboagh, John H.
Franklin P. Mannix, P. D.
Alderson A. Blakley. J. I).
Harry A Beard, 8. S.
WillardF. Goes. J. 8.
Marshall Smith, Tiler.
Crose, iRaac 0.
Donn, Elmer E.
Davidson, Robert R.
•Not a member.
2*2
APPENDIX.
[1893
Farrell, Peter
Griffith. Edward M.
Gutahall, Samuel P.
Harbour, B. A.
Hureh, Abraham I).
Heresy, Henry J.
Hussey, W. C.
Jackson, M. C.
Kent, Edwin A.
Kennedy, Silas S.
Kellogg, Charles M.
Lb win, George F.
Lee. David K.
Mc Kinney, William C.
MEMBERS.
Mozee, William T.
Miner, Henry J.
Mullen, H. L.
Northrup, Geo. C.
Neil, J. K.
Ochiltree. Hugh
Palmer. Fairfield M.
Parke, James
Petrie, Harry
Russell, J. J.
Rhoads, Justus M.
Kabb, E. M.
Shannon. John M.
Stevens, Lam on t O.
Stevens, Geo. C.
Sours, Paul J.
Secor, Louis
Stone, John
Shaw, Richard L.
Stewart, Hsrvey
Vinacke, W. O.
Woodbury, Roger W.
Warren, A. H.
WygankT. H.,jr.
Wood, Luther H.
Ynnkee, William H.
Zell, J. F.
ORIENTAL LODGE No. 87,
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Wednesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Alonzo F. Vick Roy, W. M.
Jerome A. Yickers. 8- W.
Darius A. Barton, J. W.
William B. Trnfant. Treas.
James P. Evans, Sec'y.
Ackerman. William 8.
Arnold, Ed. G.
Arthur, Edwin F.
Atkins, William S.
At wood, George N.
Armstrong, Edward II .
Armstrong, Jesse M.
Bacon. Asa M.
Barnes, John D.
Bartels. Gustav C
Bohn, Henry
Bonney, Sherman G.
Bristol, Harlan P.
Brown, Charles E.
Burns, John J.
Bo wen, William C.
Bartlett. Frank I).
Briggs, R oh well E.
('amp bell, Jndwon G.
Chamberlin. Alfred W.
Chamberlin, Frederick J.
Chase. John
Coo. Earl B.
Coe, Fred K.
Coe. William H.
Cole, E. Merritt
Darby, Samuel E.
De Mange, Frank M.
Drink wnter, John H.
Dixon, John L.
Elliott, Victor A.
English, Robert W.
Entes, Milton
Feldhauser, Philip
Fillmore, John S.
FiHcher, Ferdinand C.
Freeman, Edward L.
Freeman. William R.
Fnrman, Henry M.
MEMBERS.
Ferguson, Archibald
Glendinning, John G.
Gravett, John A.
Griesom. Eugene
Glenn, Willis G.
HerringtOD, ('ass E.
Himnan, William H.
HugheB^Josiah
Hangs, Frank J.
Heath. Andrew B.
Hays, Samuel D. C.
Herres, Otto
Holmes, Anderson M.
Josselyn, Benage S.
Jones. Thomas W.
Kellogg, George C.
Kramer, George W.
Kreige, John A.
Kroning, George R.
Lawrence. David
Lawrence, Mortimer J.
Lawrence. M. Lyman
Lehman, Edward W.
Levering, Frank D.
Lemen, Lewis E.
Li verm an. Abraham E.
Lyman, Charles B.
Macon, William P.
Malone, Booth M.
Manly. George C
Marean. Willis A.
Mayo, Dudley D.
McGaffey, Albert B.
McFarland. Finlay L.
Mills. William F. R.
Morrison, William B.
Murphy. Edward R.
Martin, Melal C.
William F. Larimer, 8. D.
Samuel B. Grimsbaw, J. D.
James H. Blood, S. 8.
J, Harry Carson, J. 8.
♦Thomas Linton, Tiler.
McFarlane, John
Nickerson, William M.
Oliver, Adam N.
Owen, William R.
Patterson, Edward G.
Pead, John W.
Pearson, Robert N.
Pillebury, Charles H. L.
Piatt, James H.
Parks, Fred W.
Randolph, John A.
Reynolds, Charles H.
Ruble. Robert 8.
Schrader, Frederick C.
Schroter, Sidney H.
Shattnc, Smith M.
Smutzer, Frederich C
Smylie, Frank W.
Snead, Russell H.
Sneve, Anthony
Standart, Frederic W.
Sage, Charles H.
Smith. Arthur H.
Taisey. Charles H.
Thompson, Robert D.
Treen, Rupert DeG.
Varian, E. Philip
Vallery, George W.
Vick Roy, Joseph J.
Vickers. Frank C.
Wiest, Newton
Willson, Fred J.
Woodbury, Thornton
Wright, George F.
Wright, John C.
Wise, Charles E.
Warner. Marve E.
Williams. Elmer E.
*Not a member.
1893 J
APPENDIX.
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YAMPA LODGE No. 88,
CRAIG, ROUTT COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Mondays in each month.]
F. B. Banner, W. M.
t\ A. Seymour, 8. W.
Matt Johnson, J. W.
Charles Pfeififer, Treas.
Jas. D. Tower, Sec'y.
Buchanan, R. H.
Breeze, L. H.
Bennett, W. S.
DarnaU,J. M.
Dawden. 8. M.
OFFICERS.
MEMBERS.
Darnall, Edward B.
Darnall, John F.
Stewart, W. D.
Tower, J. L.
C. A- Ranney, 8. D.
C. C. Brazil, J. D.
A. M. Kanney, S. S.
T. A. Forkner, J. 8.
R. U. Green, Tiler.
Taylor, William
Teagarden, W. F.
Whetstone, J. M.
Way man, W. W.
TRINIDAD LODGE No. 89,
TRINIDAD, LA8 ANIMAS COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Tuesdays in each month.}
OFFI0EB8.
John B. Herehey, W. M.
William V. Stevens, 8. W.
John R. Espey, J . W.
Richard A. Greenfield, Treas.
William 8. Keeney, Sec'y
Brown, Jas. J.
fiarkhart, J no. M.
Bollen, ('has. E.
Baker. Ornn M.
Barr, Henry 8.
Brown, Ucil W.
Bosh, Robert A.
Carroll, Jno. N.
Darden, Jas E.
Dougherty. Wm. J.
fox, Jno.
Fnnk.O. H.
Fritz, Chas.
MEXBXR8.
Hill, Alb J.
Jonee, Dan'l
Johnson, Geo. P.
Keaver, ChriB C.
Linthurst, John F.
Luesley, Reuben C.
Miller, Chas. H.
Moore, C. A.
Xeims, Wm. W.
Newcomb, J. R.
Nichols, Jas. W.
Rose, Frank M.
Roberta, Lorrin H.
Leo R. Gottlieb, S. D.
William D. Cnlley, J. D.
Carlos H. Blake, 8. 8
Robt. J. Stillwell, J. 8.
William P. Swain, Tiler.
Rust, Wm. C.
Snyder, Dan'l R.
Sheeping, Jas. M.
Sneddon, Alex
Schuyler. Saml. H.
Smith, Will B.
Sagarman, Emanuel
Thompson, William
Wallace, Jas. E.
Wade, Loren E.
White, Danl. T.
Wooding, Benj. F.
Wolcott, Ray B.
LAMAR LODGE No. 90,
LAMAR, PROWERS COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays of each month.]
officers.
Charles C. Goodale. W. M.
Peter S. Lynch, S. W.
Amos N. Parrish, J. W.
Welly C. Gould, Treas.
James B. Trailer, Sec'y.
Clemens B. Thoman, S. I).
Perry McMillen, J. D.
Frank J. Holmes, 8. S.
M. J. Underwood, J. 8.
Andrew Kornman, Tiler.
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APPENDIX.
[1893
MEMBERS.
Brown, Benjamin B.
Batler, George W.
Bent, Alfred E.
Cade, William £.
Ford, Charles D.
Hall. T. M.
Hatching. Lewis J.
Had die* ton, Charles C.
Johnston, William J.
Keesee, Daniel
Marker, J. Will
Marker, David C.
Markham, L. Wirt
Mark ham, William C.
McDowell, John A.
Lynch. Charles G.
Pike, El wood E.
geeberger, Emil F.
Silver, David L.
Strain, Morton
Taylor, William I.
Vanorsdale. Uriah H.
Vernon, William A.
Woodcock, James A.
LAFAYETTE LODGE No. 91,
LAFAYETTE, BOULDER COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month.}
OFflOEBS.
Jno. M. Van Deren, W. M.
Jno. H. Simpson, 8. W.
Gnstav W. Range, J. W.
Wra. N. Hathaway, Treat*.
Thomas C. Paige, Sec'y.
Beaumond, Wra.
Compton, Jessey M.
Carnsew, Willard J.
Foreman, Frank
MEMBERS.
Holmes, J. Newton
Knill.Thos.
Simpson, James
Simpson, Joseph
Jno. Carrathers, S. D.
Jos. D. Jones, J. D.
Elmer E Bottenfield, S. &
Aagast Beam, J. 8.
Wm. D. Jenkins, Tiler.
Hmith, Thos. Owen
Van Etten, Wm. 0.
Williams, Chas.
Wood, Septimus R.
CHARTERED IN 1893.
ROB MORRIS LODGE No. 92.
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
Dispensation issued October *, 1992.
John C Falton, W. M., from (rood land Lodge No. :J21, Goodland, Kansas.
Dim it dated March 23, 1*92.
Charles T. Hilton, 8. W , from Leadville Lodge No. r»l. Leadville, Colo-
rado. Does paid to September 9, lMKi. No certificate of standing.
ThomaB N. Worth, J. W„ from Fairview Lodge No. 194, Monroe, Iowa.
Dim it dated Jane 12, lrt8tf.
George E. Wright, from Union Lodge No. 7, Denver, Colorado. Dnes paid to
December 31, 189 i.
James B. Moalton, from Ureenleaf Lodge No. 2:ti, Green leaf, Kansas. Dim it
dated July 21, 1*92.
Harry S. Gilchrist, from Golden City Lodge No. 1, Golden, Colorado. Dirait
dated September 19, 1892.
Max Fischer, from Schiller Lodg» No 41, Denver, Colorado. Daes paid to
January 1, 1893. No certificate of standing.
Lncien B. Vick Roy, from Armourdale Lodge No. 271, Kansas City, Kansas.
Dimit dated September 1, 1*92.
John T. Phillips, from Lafayette Lodge No. 41, Manchester, New Hamp-
shire. Dimit dated September 7. 1892.
Adni A. Young, from Fairfield Lodge No. M, Fairfield. Nebraska. Dimit
dated July 18, 1892.
John K. Armstrong, from Union Lodge No. 7, Denver, Colorado. Daes paid
to October 1, 1*92. No certificate of standing.
Edward F. Hoffman, from Orange Lodge No. 234, Orange, Indiana. Dimit
dated September 6, 1892.
William S. Winslow, from United Lodge No. tt, Brunswick, Maine. Dimit
dated September 15, 1*92.
Daniel Kisthard, from Schiller Lodge No. 41, Denver, Colorado. Daes paid
to January 1, 1893. No certificate of standing.
William H. P»*rry, from Lafayette Lodge No. 41, Manchester, New Hamp-
shire. Dimit dated September 7, 1892.
Ed. D. Barklow, from Oneida Lodge No. 337, Oneida, Illinois. No dimit
file 1 in Grand Secretary's office.
Edward Stabler, from Active Lodge No. l.VS, Atchison, Kansas. Dimit dated
Octobar 6, 1892. (Stabler did not sign the petition for dispensation.)
Charter granted September 20y 13'J3% to all the above except George E. Wright, with
Edward F. Hoffmann, W. M.,
Charles T. Hilton, S. W.,
Thomas N. Worth, J. W., and
Joseph Halter, Benjamin Gray,
William S. Am mon, George T Hamilton,
William K. Bell, Harry I \ Holder,
William Bel den, Clinton L. Jenkins,
Samuel C. Kuyanwright, Payton J. tteech,
Joseph F. Brogley, Albert E. Little,
Robert Brace, Charles Martin,
George N. Gary, Willism Mundell,
John Carlson. Daniel M. Murphy,
Paul H. Carrow, Emil H. Selbacb,
Clarence L. Cheney, Willis A. Sherwood,
James M. Davis. Lewis S.Snapp,
Joseph S. Douglass. Albert L. Stack,
John F. Ensign, John Swanney,
Isaac W. Eppler, Charles H. Watkins,
liaised while working under dispensation, and to
286 appendix. [1893
John A. Davison, from Victoria Lodge Mo. 2, Chariot tetown. Prince Ed-
ward Island. Dimit dated June 3, 1*<S9.
Thomas H. Duggan, from Northern Light Lodge No. 95, Kincardine, Ontario.
Dimit dated October 7, 1892.
Thaddeus H. Martin, from Wallace Lodge No. 518, Wallace, Kansas. Dimit
dated January 7, 1*93.
Jacob T. Pender, from Bement Lodge No. 365, Bement, Illinois. Dimit dated
February 25, 1893.
Howard W. Black, from Miami Lodge No. 46, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dimit dated
September 4, lx$s.
SOUTH DENVER LODGE No. 93.
SOUTH DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Dispensation Issued February 9, 1883.]
Isom Silvey Elrod, W. M., from Akron Lodge No. 74, Akron, Colorado.
Dimit dated January 2, 1893.
David Cinnaniond. S. W.. from Harmony Lodge No. 61, Denver, Colorado.
No receipt for dues or certificate of staudiug.
Azel Walters Bush, from Burning Bush Lodge No. 474, Correction ville, Iowa.
Dimit dated December SI, 1892.
Sylvanu* Obed Hervey, from Salida Lodge No. 57, Salida, Colorado. Does
paid to October 1, 1*93. No certificate of standing.
John TnomoB Thorpe, from Mesa Lodge No. 55, Grand Junction, Colorado.
Dimit dated January 19, 1893.
George Simington, from Pomegranate Lodge No. 110, Ashland, Nebraska.
Dimit dated March 6, 1891.
Moses Stone, from Rondout Lodge No. 343, Rondout, New York. Dimit
dated Januiry 16, 1893.
George Eugene Tuck, from Cresco Lodge No. 250, Cresco, Iowa. Dimit
dated Decern ber 23, 189 .
Fred S. Sweet, from Warren Lodge No. 50, South Coventry, Connecticut.
Dimit dated January 9, 1893.
Edward Whit ten Robinson, from Lily Lodge No. 151, Davenport, Nebraska.
Dimit dated December 30, 1892.
Philip Henry Chandler, from Edgar L'xige No. 67, Edgar, Nebraska Dimit
dated December 1, 1*88.
Matt Russell Root, from Hiram Lodge No. IS, Delaware, Ohio. Dimit dated
January J4, 1*93.
John Quincy Brown, from St. Vrain Lodge No 23, Longmont, Colorado.
Dues paid to February 1, 1*93. No certificate of standing.
William M. Williams, from Occidental Li>dge No. 227, Alton, Kansas. Dimit
dated September 2, 1892.
Geo. W. Weaver, from Butler Lodge No. 251, Butler, Missouri. Dimit dated
January 27, 1893.
Gus Vote, from Clinton Lodge No. 15, Fairfield, Iowa. Dimit dated January
30, 189:?. ^
Wm. E. McParlin, from Harmony Lodge No. 61, Denver, Colorado. Dues
paid to Augu-t 31. 1893. No certificate of standing.
John William Bacon, from McPherson Lodge No. 172, McPherson, Kansas.
Dimit dated January 6, 1MJ3.
Charter granted September 2(}y 1893, to all above except Wm. E. McParlin, and
Marvin M. Elliott, Warren W. Moore,
Otis M. Farwell, James S. Peareall,
Harrison H. Given, Frank H. Raymond,
August J. Gumlick, Orlando W. Richardson,
August S. Hart, Edward C Soetje,
William T. Harris, Edward W. Warren,
John Hartmsn,
liaised while working under dispensation, and
W7illisford Dey, from Asbury Lodge No. 142, Trenton, New Jareey. Dimit
dated August 18, 1*93.
Jerry Minor, from Brooklyn Lodge No. 169, Brooklyn, Michigan. Dimit dated
August 9, 1*93. .
Jamet Annand, from Middlebury Lodge, No. 107, Middiebury, Florida. Dimit
dated November?, 1*91.
1
1893] appendix. 287
John S. Babcock, from White Marble Lodge No. 238, North Liberty, Iowa.
Dimit dated March 17, 1883.
Frank C Rngg, from Stafford Lodge No. 2">2, Stafford. Kansas. Dimit dated
February 13, 1893.
George YV. Pratt, from Tallaloosa Lodge No. 128, Tallaloosa, Mississippi.
Certificate of Grand Secretary of Mississippi that he dimitted from that Lodge
in 1853.
Herbert L. Gardiner, from Otsego Lodge No. 138, Cooper town, New York.
Dimit dated February 21, 1893.
Robert H. Borrows, from Lafayette Lodge No. 16, Manhattan, Kansas. Dimit
dated Aprils, 18-1.
Benjamin B Hoadley, from Nemaha Valley Lodge No. 4, Brownville, Ne-
braska. Dimit dated February 25, 1893.
AMETHYST LODGE No. 94.
CREEDE, MINERAL COUNTY, COLORADO.
Dispensation issued March 21, 1893.
Marshall P. McArthur, W. M., from Bon Homme Lodge No. 101. Tycdall,
8oath Dakota. Dimit dated January 11. 1893.
Frank Shimer. S. W., from Port Jervis Lodge No. 328, Port Jervis, New York.
Dimit dated April 21, 1891.
Walter (.'. Wescott, J. W.. from Bergen Lodge No. 47, Jersey City, New Jersey.
Dimit dated September 18, 1891.
Washington I. Covert, from Olive Branch Lodge No. 32, Saguache, Colorado.
Dues paid to November 1, 1893.
W. H. Spurgeon, from Olive Branch Lodge No. 32, Saguache, Colorado.
Dues paid to November 1, 1893.
George K. Smith, from Monte Vista Lodge No. 73, Monte Vista, Colorado.
Dimit dated February 14, 1893.
G«o. W. KotiD, from Chapman Lodge No. 2, Las Vegas, New Mexico. Dimit
dated February 18, 1892.
Thomas Hharpe. from Northern Light Lodge No. 40, Maumee, Ohio. Dimit
dated July 21. 1893.
Augustus H. Whitehead, from Central Lodge No. 6, Central City, Colorado.
Dimit dated October 28, 1*91.
Clarence D. Hall, from Arapahoe Lodge No. 109, Arapahoe, Nebraska. Dimit
dated January 28. 1893.
Richard Irwin, from Rosita Lodge No. 36, Rosita, Colorado. Dimit dated
February 19. 1884.
('has. M. Morrison, from Keystone Lodge No. 102, Coffey ville, Kansas. Dimit
dated February 6, 1886.
George Son the v, from Leadville Lodge No. 51, Lead ville, Colorado. Dues
paid to October 31, 1893.
Lucien H. Bisbee, from Leadville Lodge No. 51, Leadville, Colorado. Dues
paid to October 31, 1893.
Curtis A. Shontaugh, from Pueblo Lodge No. 17, Pueblo, Colorado. Dues
paid to October 31, 1892.
Charier granted September 20, 1892, to all of the above except Lucien H. BUbee and
Curtis A. Shoptaugh, and
Henry Allenby, John A. Atkinson,
Edward H iff gins, Fin ley Frazee.
Alexander N. Simpson, Thornton H. Thomas,
Raised while working under dispensation, and
Nimrod F. Beer, from Santa Fe Lodge No. 312, Santa Fe, Kansas. Dimit
dated November 14, 1891.
Robert B. Soper, from Dick Rees Lodge No. 59. Hoge, Kansas. Dimit dated
January, — 1887.
Cnrtis J. Smith, from Lauderdale Lodge No. 308, Meridian, Mississippi.
Dimit dated June 6, 1893.
28S APPENDIX. [M$
SILVEE STATE LODGE No. 95.
PUEBLO, PUEBLO COUNTY, COLORADO.
Dispensation issued April 12, 1893.
George \V. Roe, W. M., from Moant Moriah Lodge No. 15, Canon City, Colo-
rado Dues paid to October 1, 1893.
Andrew Park. 8. WM from Signet Lodge No 264, Carroll, Iowa. Dimit
dated February 15, 1883.
John J. Wiilarxi, J. \\\, from Franklin Lodge No. 4, St. Albans, Vermont.
Dimit dated March 3, 1893.
Miles McGrath, from Moant Moriah Lodge No. 15, ('anon City, Colorado.
Does paid to October 1, 1*93.
Ben M. Wilson, from Gunnison Lodge No. 39, Gunnison, Colorado. Dimit
dated March 18, 1*93.
F. E. Sage, from Larned Lodge No. 67, Lamed, Kansas. Dimit dated October
5, 1892.
E. M. Jackson, from Hoine Lodge No. 508, Chicago, Illinois. Dimit dated
November 7, 1879.
K. W. Ellis, from Pentalpha Lodge No. 202, Los Angeles, California. Dimit
dated June 15, 1891.
W. G. Kraser, from Keith Lodge No. 31, Stillarton, Nova Scotia. Dimit
dated March 2*, 1893.
Chas. Walker, from Union Lodge No. 7, Denver, Colorado. Dimit dated
March 11, 1*93.
John Lewis, from Signal Lodge No. HI, Osage City, Kansas. Dimit dated
March 15. 1893.
A. T. Stewart, from Union Lodge No. 7, Watrous, New Mexico. Dimit dated
April 1, 1*93.
A. McGregor, from Acacia Lodge No. 34, Schuyler, Nebraska. Dimit dated
March 2, 1*93
L. P. Hill, from Square Lodge No. 151, Valparaiso, Nebraska. Dimit dated
February 28, 1*93.
E. E. Hu obeli, from Anthem Lodge No. 281, Scott City, Kansas. Dimit dated
November 15, 1HW).
W. M. Zimmerman, from Hoisington Lodge No. 331, Hoisington. Kansas.
Dimit dated March 2, 189:,.
W. Cosslett, from Mount Moriah Lodge No. 15, Carton City, Colorado. Dues
paid to October 1, 1893.
C. W. Reeco, from Walnut Valley Lodge No. 191, Ness City. Kansas. Dimit
dated Decern l>er 26, 1891.
E. W. Hathaway from South Pueblo Lodge No. 31, Pueblo, Colorado. Daw
paid to October 1, IWA.
J. W. Gwjnn, from St. Bernard Lodge No. 222, Dodge City. Kansas. Dimit
dated March ■<), 1*9*3.
C. W. Wiliett, from St. Bernard Lodge No. 222, Dodge City, Kansas. Dimit
dated March ID. 1*93.
Frank Singer, from St. Bernard Lodge No. 222, Dodge City, Kansas. Dimit
dated March 10, 1*93.
C. E. D.iven port, from Mount Moriah Lodge No. 15, Canon City, Colorado.
Dues paid to October 1, 1*93.
Jamos HughoH, from Mount Moriah Lodge No. 15, Canon City, Colorado.
Dues paid to October 1, 181*3.
E. Crampton. from St. Bernard Lodge No. 222, Dodge City, Kansas. Dimit
dated March 10, 1*93.
0. P. Kinunel, from Circle Lodge No. 707, Mat toon, Illinois. Dimit dated
Februarys, 1*91.
H. C. Gordon, from New Castle Lodge No. 91, New Castle, Indiana. Dimit
dated April 15, 1**9
1. I). Chamh -rlain, from Fidelity Lodge No. 5, David City, Nebraska. Dimit
dated April 1, 1*93.
Charter granted Septentber 20, l^'j, to all of above, with
George W. Roe, W. M..
John W. Willard. S. W.,
C. W. Wiliett, J. W., and
A. Jackson, Charles A. Lannan,
J. M. Mealee, A. P. Nilee,
Rtiisetl while working under dispensation, and
1893] appendix. 289
J. H. H. Low, from Rosita Lodge No. 86, Rosita, Colorado. Dimit dated
May 2. 1883.
Robert Burn*, from Huerfano Lodge No. 27, Walsenbnrg, Colorado. Dimit
dated March 3, 1893.
Wm. Lawson, from Morning Dawn Lodge No. 7, Gallipolis, Ohio. Dimit
dated May 1, 1893.
(Jeorge F. Patrick, from Benjamin B. French Lodge No. 15, Washington,
D.C. Dimit dated March 20,1898.
Daniel R. Greene, from American Union Lodge No. 1, Marietta, Ohio. Dimit
dated April 24, 1893.
W. H. Alleman, from Q a lion Lodge No. 414, Gal ion, Ohio. Dimit dated
April 10, 1S93.
MOUNT PISGAH LODGE No. 96.
CRIPPLE CREEK, EL PASO COUNTY.
Dispensation issued July 3, 1893.
W. S. Montgomery, W. M., from Eagle Lodge No. 43, Red Cliff, Colorado.
Dimit dated May 18, 1893.
F. P. Moulton, 8. W., from Incense Lodge No. 2, Vermillion, South Dakota.
Dimit dated March 7,1888.
R. P. Davie, J. W., from El Paso Lodge No. 13, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Does paid to September 30. 1893. No certificate of standing.
Wm. Mellen, from Delphian Lodge No. 44, Garnett, Kansas. Dimit dated
March 17. 1892.
Edwin lsham, from Mountain Slope Lodge No. 186, Oberlin, Kansas. Dimit
dated January 13, 1892.
J. S. Neall. from Williamson Lodge No. 305, Downingtown, Pennsylvania.
Dimit dated January 8. 1879.
J. M. Stanley, from Eagle Lodge No. 43, Red Cliff, Colorado. Dimit dated
June 6, 1893.
J. K Burton, from South Pueblo Lodge No. 31, Pueblo, Colorado. Dues
paid to October 1, 1893. No certificate of standing.
D. S. Hall, from Gower Lodge No. 897, , Missouri. Dimit dated
April 29, 1893.
J. C. McCoy, from Cawker City Lodge No. 125, Cawker City, Kansas. Dimit
dated March 8, 1893.
W. Helm, from Coolidge Lodge No. 316, Coolidge, Kansas. Dimit dated
Decern Iter 1, 1890.
G. P. Brewster, from El Paso Lodge No. 13, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Does paid to September 30, 1893. No certificate of standing.
Green Martin, from Anthony Lodge No. 200, Anthony, Kansas. Dimit dated
January 2, 1893.
G. G. Shaver, from Mount Moriah Lodge No. 15, Cafion City, Colorado. Dues
paid to October 1, 1893.
Ellis Serjeant, from Rosita Lodge No. 36, Rosita, Colorado. Dimit dated
January 16, 1883.
J W. Asbury, from Bee Hive Lodge No. 393, Lawson. Missouri. Dimit dated
May 16. 1891.
V. G. Hills, from South Pueblo Lodge No. 31, Paebk>, Colorado. Dues paid
to October 1, 1893. No certificate of standing.
Hiram Wilson, from Burlington Lodge No. 77, Burlington, Colorado. Dimit
dated April 1, 1893.
H. F. Harder, from Idaho Springs Lodge No. 26, Idaho Springs, Colorado.
Does paid to November 1, 1893.
James A. Kelley, from Temple Lodge No. 84, Denver, Colorado. Dues paid
to Jaly 1, 1893. No certificate of standing.
Citarttr granted September 20, 1*03, to all the above, and to
H. L. Shepherd,
Raised while working under dispensation.
19
®ur fraternal Qeab.
NAXK
Blatter, John W
Morris, John
Henrich, John S
Douglass, Thomas
Simpson, Charles Z...
Webster, John W
Calvert, William J....
Sopris, Richard
Tattle, Heman B
Nevin, Samnel F
Petheriok, Benj
Polglase, John
Price, Charles W
Marsh, Orlando C
Colman, Wm. H
Morehoose, Phillip E.
MoCammon, Hngh...
Aaz, George
Bell, J. W
Den ham, Thomas
Spangler, G. W
Gray, Ed win C
Palmer, Thomas
Peabody, Jesse W
Cornue, Daniel
Dawson, John W
Snyder, J. W. O
Mc In tyre, Joeiah W...
Sylvester, N
Ticknor, Alonzo A
Flower, James B
Bergh, A braham
Keefe, Wm.M
Beighley, Henry B
Craze, William
Martin, William H....
Mair, David E
Quillian, Robert A....
Coots, Monroe J
Battles, A. L
Goodrich, Ambrose S .
Gardner, James M
Bowman, Joshna
DAT*
March
September
September
November
November
January
March
April
April
April
May
February
January
July
July
August
May
February
May
November
September
October
January
February
February
August
March
October
June
August
July
October
February
March
February
September
December
December
October
January
January
November
27,1893
1,1802
3,1802
10, 1803
24,1802
6,1808
30,1898
7,1893
11,1893
26,1809
17,1893
18,1803
25,1808
16,1803
23,1803
2,1803
25,1803
16,1893
28,1893
.. 1802
.. 1802
4,1802
3,1893
10,1893
18,1893
5,1803
27,1803
16,1892
29,18(0
6,1893
23,1893
29,1802
7,1893
15, 1893
23,1883
28,1802
8,1892
23,1892
6,1892
23,1893
30,1893
30,1892
296
APPENDIX.
[1893
REINSTATED.
NAMB
LODGE
Seville, John J 5
Kinkaid, Alfred 5
Fisher, Paul A ? 7
Slattery, George B 7
Carlson, Claus E 11
Peraolt, AzreelJ IS
Eaton, Benj. A. P 13
Bradfield, Z. H
Smith, Leo J 15
Cooper, E. H 17
Gilbertson, Chalee H 19
Black, Charles E 19
Moore, Samuel E 19
Campbell, John 26
Hardy John D VB
Beaver, George 31
Renstrom, George 33
Johnson. Abel 86
McEinery. Thomas 36
Markley, Taylor H6
McAllister, Charles E 39
Shaw, W. A 42
Petherbridge, C. L 46
Bockhonae, C. (' 49
Wahl, Charles P 52
Dran afield. Thomas 1 54
Krnger, Jalius 59
Kellebrew, U. C 67
DATS
April 14, 1898
August 1, 180
Ootober 22, 1892
Mar 16, 1895
May li, 18»
Febraary 24,189
November 25, 1392
October 22, 1892
October 1, 1882
April 24, 1898
March 1,1892
May 3,1893
I Febraary 1(18»
| January 18,1891
. December 21, 1892
July 20, 1881
November 5.1892
September 5,1881
April 18, 1881
September 20, 1892
December S, 1882
September 20, 1882
August 3, 1882
January 12, 1882
September 3,1892
August 1882
Ootober 1, 1882
December 2,1882
1893]
APPENDIX.
297
DIMITTED.
NAME
Gilchrist, H. S
Lannius, Panl
McGonegal, George
Martin, Peter
tiams, A. Li
Kline, Joseph
8earles. Frank M
Sage, Charles H
Losier, Robert M
Armstrong, George W.
Barnes, Harry
Jordan, John
Joyce, William
Lydston, James A
Johnson. £. Walter
Krake, H. G
Edwards, W. H
Walker, Charles
Wright, Charles B
Tucker, Francis M
Harlow, Skip I
Jones, George A._
ShJpperd, James H
Morison. John H
Roberts, Louis G
Twibell, Daniel
8essions,8. E
Beach, Walter P
Smith, Arthur H
Anderson, Eric J
Kaill, Thomas
Himpson, John H
Shireley, Charles
Milliken, Charles
Hilbnrn.M. H
House, Bruce F
Polton, A. B
Bnffum, BertC
Day, James H
Newton, Thomas H
Black, Charles E
Htochell. James W
Hillyer, William J
Abbott. Eogene H
Frost, Frank P
Fallerton, Winfield 8.
McMasters, Alex. G
Miner, Wm. A
Nichols, Frank R
Perkins, George W
Steele. Robert
Comstock . Chas
8teete, M. P
Butler. Wm
Ginrich, J. M
Wilson, Smith
Brown, J. Q
Kauffman, A. 8
Ferguson, H. W
Bailey, M. 8
Gant, William
King, A. J
Campbell. John.
Thomas, Benj. B
Cohn, Louis
LODGE
DATS
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
1
12
12
12
13
13
13
14
14
14
15
15
17
17
17
19
19
19
19
19
19
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
22
22
23
23
23
23
23
23
25
25
25
26
26
27
September
January
Jnne
October
October
I September
December
I January
! March
April
i July
[ February
March
I November
I December
January
I January
i March
March
June
June
September:
January
March
February
May
December
January
January
March
January
September
January
January
November
May
November
December
September
December
May
June
April
February
November
January
January
January
July
June
January
September
November
February
December
April
February
January
September:
January
February
March
March
October
March
19
,1892
16
,1893
5,
1893
17
,1892
3
,1892
1
,1892
3
,1892
21
,1893
18
,1893
15
,1893
1
,1893
8,
1893
1,
1893
26
,1892
10
,1892
14,
,1893
14
1893
11
, 1>93
11
1893
10
1893
10,
189ii
I*,
, 1890
12
1898
Hi
1893
25
1893
27,
1893
«,
1892
27,
1893
27,
1893
25,
1893
28.
1893
1,
1892
7,
1893
7,
1893
28.
1892
»!
1898
28,
1892
6,
1892
7,
1892
7,
1892
17,
1893
7
,1893
5
,1893
10,
1893
25,
1892
27,
1893
13,
1893
27
,1893
14,
1893
9,
1893
13,
1893
17
,1892
19,
1892
IK,
1898
9
, 1*91
1.
, 1893
18
1893
7
1893
1«,
1890
7
1893
4,
1*93
4
1893
15
1893
19
1892
18
,1893
298
APPENDIX.
[1893
DIMITTED.— Continued.
MAMS
Barns, Robert
Brown, Tom H
Espey, H. S
Lnnius, Pnil
Gallaher, John O
Grassjohamm. Ernst..
Kessee, Daniel
Rector, J. M
Griffiug, Willis
Hill, John A
Henry, Nelson B
Wing, A. W
Hartman, Charles
Sensabaugh, 0. F
Penrce. (J. 8
Wingate, F. A .
Waters. Thomas
Jardine, J. M
Doughty, J. W
Walker. IX C
Bteel, Ned
Pearce, W. S
Low, J. H. H
McEinery, Thomas ...
Mark ley. Taylor
Nelson, John W
Thiel, Matthias
Waring, J. 0
Barry, John S
Cooper, William A. ..
Wilson, Benjamin M..
Hogg, Herschell M...
Conroy, Aaron H
Schirck, Julias F
Emmet, De Robert ...
Montgomery, W. 8....
Stanley, Jesse M
Williams, J. W.
Hatfield, Charles
Neilson, John
Voll, Fred
Warburton, George 8.
8chriver, J. C
Van Deren. J. M
Miles, John
Brum ley, John H
Petheridge, C. L
Potter, W. A
Bockhonse, C. C
Fleetford, James
Botten field, Elmer E..
Bottenfield. Church 8.
Foreman. Frank E....
Jenkins, Wm. I>
Jones. Joseph D
Lambert, Fred
Met calf , George
Page, Th omas
Rung**, (tustnv W
VanEtten, Wm. 0.._.
Reed, Charles H......
McDonald. Daniel D..
McMillan. Wm. J
Dwight, S. N
Sweeney, John
LODGE
27
28
28
28
80
SO
30
SO
81
31
31
SI
32
32
83
33
33
34
35
35
3.1
35
86
36
36
36
36
37
38
39
39
39
40
41
42
43
43
43
44
44
44
44
45
45
46
46
46
47
49
49
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
51
51
51
M
52
DAT!
Jane 3, 1^3
Jane 6, 1>98
June 21), 1«»
May 2, 1*3
December 3, lrt£
April 29, 1893
September 21, l*tt
March
August
August
March
January
2S,189S
17,11*6
17,1893
16,1898
19,1893
September 3, 1^2
January 25, 18W
December 13. 18P2
January 3, 18W
January
March
May
May
May
5,1863
16,1^
IN ltftt
2,1893
2,1898
November 15, 1802
March 21,1898
November 15, 1892
February 4, 1898
March 13, 1893
December 13, 1892
March 1H. 189S
April 11, 1«M
August 26, 189S
March 10, 1893
May 2,1893
May 21, 189S
June 6, \m
June 19, 1998
January 19, 1808
March 16, 1893
July 6, 1893
July 20, IrtB
May 10, 1893
8eptember21, 1892
September 1. 1893
January 5. 1893
August 17, 1893
October 31, 1892
February P, 1893
March 9, 1*93
Heptemberao, 1892
May 3, W9S
September 20. 1892
September 20.1802
September 20, 1892
May 3. 1*93
May 3, 1898
September 20, 1*92
September 30, 1892
September 20. 1892
October 14, 1892
January 13, 1893
January 13, 1893
January 13, 1898
December 3,1662
1S93]
APPENDIX.
299
DIMITTED.— Concluded.
NAM*
Harris, William H
Martin, Benj. F
McAlpine, Andrew D_
Adams, Jeff. D
Ckipman, John C
Williams, Evan B
McArthnr, Daniel G..
Thorpe, John T
Kennedy, Bernard K_.
Harrison, John 8
Moriarty , Frank A
William*. E. E
Knight, E.H
Williams, (feo. H
Engstrom, John
Boyle, William T... .
Bortch, W. P
Hughes, Nathan
Morton, A. W
Jacobs, Charles H
Doagan, William
Crosby, Geo. F
Kelley. J ames O
Wilson, Arret as E. ..
White, John A
Campbell, H. C
Espey,F. F
Kiilibrew, U. C
Newton, James E
Hill, Otis
Focht, William M
Ronllarri, Joel
Perry, W. G
Smith, George K
Chapman, Norman H.
Zook, William D
Turk. William W
Elrod, Irom S
Green, Mar- hall Z
Bradley. Lafayette E..
Watrons, Frank L
RndoIpb.Pios O
Mickie, William
FairalJ.C. H
Scott, J. G. M
Wilson, H
Ni block, John J
Sherman, E. E .
Williams, Artbor L._.
Williams. James R...
Cox, Roberts
Abbott, J. M
Johnson. A. A...
Blake, Charles
Pence, C.J
Whittemore. A
Doiican. Ransom J ...
Field, William W
Pollock. Alex
Moore, M. H
Stephens, James K
Taylor. Alex. B
LODGE
52
52
54
54
54
55
55
55
55
55
55
57
57
58
58
59
59
59
59
60
00
60
60
60
63
64
64
67
68
69
69
69
72
73
73
73
73
74
75
75
75
75
76
77
77
77
80
80
80
81
83
84
84
86
86
86
87
87
89
89
•89
89
DATE
February 4, 1898
February 4, 1*93
April 1893
Jaly 1893
August 1893
October 13, 1892
November 4, 1*92
January 19, 1893
February 2, 1893
April 6, 1893
August 7. 1893
January 14, 1893
February 25.1893
May 2, 189:)
November 4,1890
May 20, 1893
March 18, 1*93
February 4, 1893
May 7. 1893
December 8, 1*92
January 12. 1893
March 9, 1893
June 8. 1893
June 8, 1883
February 8, 1893
October 26, 1892
January 6, 1893
January 6, 1893
March 3, 1893
March 17. 1*93
June 6, 1893
March 25, 1893
February 14, 1893
March 14. 1893
December 28, 1892
June 13, 1893
December 21, 1892
February 16, 1*93
September 15, 1892
March 15, 1893
August 3, 1893
October 20, 1892
January 6, 1893
November 5, 1892
April 1, 1*93
January 2*, 1893
August 20. 1893
August 20, 1*93
August 18, 1893
June 10, 1*93
January 5, 1*93
January 5, 1893
November 18. 1*92
November 18, 1*92
November IS 1*92
October 19, 1892
January 1*, 1*93
November 22, 1*92
December 27, 1*92
January 10, 1*93
April 11, 1*93
300
APPENDIX.
[1893
SUSPENDED.
NAME
Hall, R. D
Hartzell, James G
(jowe, Thomas .
Kelley, W. J
Mize, John
Bonger, John ._
Seli. Krocket
Storke, Bert
Buseche, Cuno A.
Cohen, Henry N
Dryden, David. ,
Davis, Henry W
Davis, Henry A
Douling, John C
Goodman. John B
Siraonds, John E.
Watson. H«»nry W
Harris, Francis M
Haas, Oliver F
Harp, William R
Kin kaid. Alfred
Peddie, Alexander
Preston, Alfred
Pntnam. Frank
Wells, William
Blight, Joseph
Atkinson, A. G
Blood, John H
Brown, J. M
Bryant, William A
Craig, William B
Cummins, Fred
Fanlkner, Ed R
Finch, Marcos
Franklin, Nelson
Frederickson, James C.
Green, Josiah H
Gunsolus. John T
Hobbe, Charles At
Keith, O. P
Kirkham,W. A
Middangh, W. H
Norwood, Joshna
O1 Brian, Simon
Rogers, E. J. A
Routt, John L
Phillips, A. B
Stinson, C.N
Stott, JerreB
Walter, Christian C
Wheeler, Franklin E. ...
Grant, T. Jeff
McClanathan, Sydney ..
Buttolph, Edwin K
French, 8. M
Corman, A. II
Popejoy, L. W
Bryant. Green M
Front, Charles
Northrnp, J. V
Simpson, I). J
Barnard, L. C
Cox, 8. M
Bnndliolt, John
Wilson. L. W
LODGE
1
1
1
1
1
1
I
1
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
DATE
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
June
Jane
Jnne
Jane
Jane
Jane
Jane
Jane
Jane
Jane
Jane
Jane
Jane
Jane
Jane
June
Jane
May
August
August
August
August
August
Aagast
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
, August
i Aognst
, August
August
January
Jane
Aognst
August
Aagast
Aagast
Aagast
Aagast
Aagast
Aagast
9,180*
9. 1MB
9,1*13
9.1893
9,1*93
9. 1»W
9, 1«9S
», 1S33
17.1893
17,189$
17, 189CJ
17, ISO
17.1893
17, 1*93
17, 1*93
17,1893
17, ltfl
17,1893
17,1893
17,1893
17, 1S93
17,1893
17,1893
17,189$
17,1893
24,1893
26.1898
26. 1888
26,1*13
26, 189$
26, 1893
28,1893
24,1893
26,1893
26, 1898
26,1893
36, 1893
26,1893
26.1893
26,1891
26.1893
26.1893
2ft, 1893
26.1893
26,1893
28, 1893
28,1894
26,1893
26,1893
26,1893
26,1893
26,1893
26.1893
26.1893
26,1898
27,1893
23.1893
19,1893
19,1893
19,1898
19,1893
19,1893
19,1893
19. 1S8W
19.1893
1893]
APPENDIX.
SOI
SUSPENDED.— Continued.
NAME
Morrison, Peter
Archbold, Edgar P
Calloway, Joseph W
Coulter, James W
McNutt, C. C
Urmy, D. F
Doane, E. E
(toodin John A
Wilson, Dwight B
Lester, John K.
Meyer, Herman H —
Dsmmon, Isaac
Rank, Z.E
Murphy, J. G
NiJes, E.K
Noble, D.A
Thompson, ft. W
Thompson, D. J
Hamer, Thomas
Downs, M.E.
Maugham, J. H
McKenzie, D
Adams. Gay A
Bangh,M
Carrol], Charles H.
Daniels, R.N
Fnnderburk, G. W
Johnson . Abel
Knight, W.L
Kreps, Jacob
Largent, John
McEinery. Thomas
Mark ley. Taylor
Radcliff, W. H
Keppy, William. _
Call, James P.—
Macoy, James M
Morgan, W. G
Natter, Chas P
Lewis, JessieH
McCunn iff, Thomas „.
Rash worth, Wm A
Smith, Joseph
Stewart, Peter
Allison, J. A
Gilbert, Haden
Roberts, W W
Edmanson, A. P
Albee,A. F
Boy Ian, John
Porter, James H
Griffis. Jame* B
Austin, Wm B ,
Woodring, Chsrles L
Wood, Frank W
Shonyo, M.V
Pedrick, Z. A
(Well, Thomas W
McKinney. G. M
Waidrip.G. C
Cryli©. R. E
Smith, Thomas ,
NVwlove, B. C
Monran, 8. M
M or bat, Geo F
LODGE
DATE
16
Angast
19,1893
17
March
13,1893
17
March
27,1893
17
March
27,1893
17
March
27, 1893
17
March
27, 1893
20
February
10,1893
20
March
24,1893
20
February
10, 1893
26
July
5, 1893
26
July
5,1893
28
July
18, 1893
28
July
18. 1893
28
July
18, 1893
28
July
18, 1893
28
July
18, 1893
28
July
18, 1893
28
July
18, 1893
28
Jaly
18. 1893
34
Novembei
• 8. 1892
34
June
13, 1893
34
August
8, 1893
36
September 20. 1892
36
July
7,1893
36
September 20, 1892
36
September 20, 1892
36
September 20, 1892
36
Septembers. 1892
36
September^, 18^2
Sri
September 20, 1892
36
July
7, 18ftJ
36
September 20, 1892
36
September^, 1892
86
September 20, 1892
36
Septembers, 1892
37
May
6, 1893
37
May
6. 1893
37
April
May
1, 1893
37
6, 1893
44
February
16, lh93
44
February
16, 1893
44
February
16. 1893
44
February
16, 1893
44
February
16. 1893
46
April
S, 1893
46
April
20, 1893
46
April
S. 1893
46
April
20, 1893
47
Jaly
1, 1893
47
July
15, 1893
47
July
15, 1893
54
December
1892
54
June
ISft?
57
August
26, 1*93
57
August
26, 1*98
57
Augunt
26, 1893
57
AugUHt
26, 1H93
57
August
26 1893
57
August
26, 1893
57
August
26, 1893
57
August
26, 1893
57
August
26, 1893
57
Aaguet
26, 1893
57
August
26, 1892
59
February
18, 1893
302
APPENDIX.
[1893
SUSPENDED.— Concluded.
XAMX
McMnrchey, William.
Wright, J. Amos
Anderson, R. Y
McKenzie, Archibald .
Agard, W. R
Davis, N. T
Stewart, Line
Sydenham, A
Upton, W. B
Wolff, B.J
Rherline, Henry
Rnnd, John L
Weideimeier, John ...
George, Harry B
Clements, Herman W.
Chamness, W. D
Daves, J. W
Gilmore, I'harles A. ..
Hubbard. R. L
Parke, William
Thomas. F. F
Boggs, Henry C
Baker, Andrew J
Vierson, Lovell S
LODOE
60
60
60
60
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
68
68
71
77
77
77
77
77
77
77
81
81
81
DATS
August
August
August
August
August
August
March
August
August
August
AugUBt
August
August
August
August
August
March
24,'18K
IB, 1889
25,1833
19,1898
19,1893
19,1893
19,1893
19,1898
19,1893
19,188
25,1*88
18,1893
3,1898
EXPELLED.
NAME
Parker, William C. .
Davis, Frank E
Coul, R. J.
8t rat ton, Albert
Bloomfield, Ira J. ..
Gustaseo, Charles F.
LODOB
15
35
61
61
73
81
DATS
February
August
March
March
April
March
3D. 1893
3,1893
20,1803
20,1893
25,1898
3,1893
J
1893]
APPENDIX.
303
EXEMPT FROM GRAND LODGE DUES.
BEING OVEB SIXTY YEARS OF AGE.
KAMI
AOB
60
69
78
66
66
66
63
67
67
60
66
62
61
60
78
73
69
68
62
63
69
73
60
61
67
72
60
60
61
66
64
66
61
63
62
65
70
71
63
63
60
61
60
60
60
60
66
64
60
60
61
60
61
63
67
76
74
65
64
61
65
r
LODGE
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1 !
1 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
I
5
5
5
5
5
NAME
AG*
IjODGK
Anderson. Joseph
Lees, Thomas
60
61
60
63
63
60
60
74
63
70
64
67
69
64
61
63
62
64
62
60
66
69
73
60
62
65
64
72
74
60
65
70
61
63
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
60
62
67
70
66
63
69
60
68
64
60
60
62
60
60
00
67
62
ft
Churches, John
China, R.W
Lewis, Charles E
Kistbard, Jacob
Merry, John C
5
5
Dolleebn. George W. . . .
5
Eskinn. Peter
McName, Allen
McAllister, Hugh
Moseley, Richard W. . . .
NicholJs.Wm. H. J....
Nock, Henry
Nevatt, Isaac
5
Eiwood, A. S
5
Harrison. D. E
Hendry, J. B.
5
5
Irwin, W. H
5
5
Kelly, James
Osborne, Robert
Ross, Walter M
5
Kimball, George K
Kirby, M.C
5
5
Larkins, J. T
5
Mann, Joseph
Reid, William
5
Morrison, George
Opal, Martin
Semper, Charles 8.
Shortridge. William T..
Steudeman, Theodore. .
Sinclair, Robert M
Smith, Charles
5
5
Roney, Alexander
Reeves, George W.
Rowe, David
1
5
Porter, A. A
San ford, Byron
Smith, Thompson L.__.
Stevens, Ebenezer
Saville, John J
Tibbets, William F
Tritcb , George
5
Smith, Benj. F..
5
Welch, C.C
5
Trimeeen, John
Mills, Abraham
Newloin Thomas
Ratliff , John W
5
5
5
5
Rowe, George
Thompson, Win. J
Williams, Ed S
Wickes, Charles P,
Kackman, Gay
5
VisBch9r. Cornelius
Arnett. William D
Appel, Simon
5
5
5
Ba*sett, William
Barnham, Norman G.. .
Hubbard, Robert
Lee, John A
5
5
5
Byers, William N
Bigler. Jacob A. J..
Bromwell, Henr* P. H. .
Barker, Anselm H.
Bond, William M.
Cook, Lemuel..
Peabody, David G.
Potter, Edwin B
Salomon, Hiram Z
Schinner, Adolph
Taylor, J amen F * . .
■ Turner, Henry
Whitehead. William R.
Hastie, Robert
Harvey, Richard
Mullen, Thomas
To) lee, Larkm C
Teller, Henry M.
Perrin, Edward S
DnuagHn, J. J
5
5
5
5
5
5
Commings, Robert
Covert, William
Cook, Jeremiah J.
Cramer, Fred
5
5
6
6
Carran, William H
Davis. Frank M
Davy, Nelaon
6
6
6
Dunbar, George
Danielson. Frank M
6
6
Dickey, Jesoe M
Ailing, E. T
Frink, William R
Failing, Henry H
Anthony, Scott J,
Ashley.Eli M
Foreman, James A
Ashton, Alfred
Gray, David
Gray, William P
Gove, Carlos
: Barrett, George
I Berkey, John M
Bradburv, C. C.
Greenfield, Enos
Hatten, Robert L. .
Johnson, Theron W
Johnson, David
Linton, Thomas
1 Bright, Wm.H..
Cable, Geonre
7
304
APPENDIX.
[1893
EXEMPT FROM GRAND LODGE DUES.
( Continued. )
NAME
Charles, J. Q.
Chivington, J- M
Collins, E. H
Copfield, J.B..
Crater, George E
Daiie, George
Davidson, David
Davis, A. W
Downing, Jacob
Donnellr, Charles
Evans, John
Elbert. Samuel H
Emery, WilliB.....
Emmick, John C
Emperor, William
Pateet, J. W
France, L. B --
Farmer, FredC
Fitzgerald, James C. .-
Gair, Peter I
Green, 8. S. .
Greenlee, R. C
Hill.W.C
Hampton, J. Y».
Hoisington, J. M
Home, Henry
Hall, W. L
Hutchins, Samuel A —
Johnson. Peter
Johnston, James 8
Kountze, Charles B
Kaner, Max
La Due, Theodore ¥....
Lennon. John A
Londoner, Julius
Martin, John H
Marfell, Hiram
Mentzer, Rufus
Meyer, Ferdinand
Miilaon, Eliaha
Nettleton, T. S.
Norton, Samuel B
Parker, Jamw
Pa Delford, William...
Pennock, Homer
Paabody, Lelon
Pierce, John
Pitzer, H L
Pochin, Joseph L
Potter, Horace
Ranshaw , J ames
Rider, H C
Rnbicam. James S
Sanford, George H
Scott, Francis M _.
Scott. William R.
Spanlding, John F
Sulton, John C
Taggart, Charles D.
Thompson, Charles L .
Vosburgb.N. O
AGE
LODGE
71
78
64
72
61
61
60
63
63
79
60
61
63
60
60
61
63
60
65
61
60
72
72
69
60
75
61
67
63
62
71
61
61
61
64
60
61
11
60
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
*
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
^
t
7
^
t
7
7
7
i
7
/
7
7
4
f»
i
7
7
7
i
i
I
7
t
7
7
7
i
7
NAME
, 62
4
1 64
1
r
_
1
60
7
65
7
r>
1
7
71
7
60
7
Walley. John J
WTei 1, Solomon
Whittemore, O. A. —
Wilcox, C. M
WTitter, Daniel
Woodbury, A. J
Graham, Peter D
Taylor, Alex
Mishler, Samuel
Donald, William
Christie, William H..
Sargent, George L. —
Fibh, Charles R
Monti, Joshua
Skinner, L. C
<k>urter, John
Finley, Robert
Fuller, H. A
Horn. Thomas G.
Lincoln, A. G.
McTavish. Neil
Perry, R. B
Smith, E.A
Shideler, Thomas
Stillman, J. W
Woodbury, J. C
Dillon, C.H
< 'onger, Carlos W
France. Matt
Guire, David C
Hall, Lavolett*
McShane, David
Pulver Milton
Parker, N. E
Shideler, Jacob
Hagondorf. Andrew ...
Shideler, W
Wolfe, J. S
Hay ward. D.....^
Adams. G«orge S
Con well. George B. ...
Kohler,F. W
Fairhurst, W. G
Bigger. R. A
Kimball, L. W
Wood , Gardner P.
Van Riper, C
Wilson, G. W
Leyner, P. A
Smith, M. G
Jones, T. J
Megorden, C. H
Nichols, D. H
Davis, John
McCnslin, M. L
Hoyle, Edward
Mulford, J. 8
Earhart, W R
<!arraack, T. K
Low, Theodore
Develine, J. W,
1
IGE
LODQ]
1
68 ;
7
i
7
65 >
7
61
7
66
7
60
i
64
11
67
11
60
11
64
11
71
li
62
12
H4
12
60
12
60
IS
60
13
63
13
65
13
61
13
65
13
65
13
61
13
63
13
60
13
61
13
68
13
65
13
60
13
63
13
60
13
61
13
63
13
75
13
61
13
61
13
64
13
60
13
64
13
67
14
61
14
62
14
61
14
00
14
64
14
60
14
60
14
14
65
14
71
14
74
14
14
14
65
14
14
14
83
14
67
14
62
14
64
14
61
14
81
14
J
1893]
APPENDIX.
305
EXEMPT FROM GRAND LODGE DUES.
( Continued. )
MAMK
Gravestock , John
Campbell, Thomas J..
Clapp, SethA.
C7Pert,S. N
Eldred,L.E.
Fuller, JohnS
Hedges. Joseph
Hunt, D.C
Linn, H. W
Richards, Richard
Rudolph, Andrew £...
Rodd, Anson
Stuffer, Benjamin F. .
Stover, W. H
Toppinc, Clark S
Craig, M. M.
Blake, Charles H
Dotson, Peter K
Duke, James B
Hansel, Levi
Hildreth, John L ....
Lovern, James
Patterson, Samuel J. .
Van Hovenburg, D. M.
Zoeller, Phillip
Wbedbee. Benjamin..
Peterson, H.C
Armstrong;, Andrew. . .
Lyon, Samoel R
Matthews, J. C
Henderson, J. W
Beach, David
Loom is, Abner
Sherwood, Fred'k W..
Arthnr. James B
Wtutcomb, Elias W...
Day, Isaac
Hozzeli. Horatio N....
Stranss, George R
Brown, John &
Book, Christian M —
Bnffnm, Geo. W-
Bennett, F. O
Hong, Addison M
Plmnmer. Zox O
Abbott. Pfailo
Atkinson, James
Beetkam. James
Child*, Francis L
rarleton, Daniel H.__.
Deris, Joel E
Hilton, Benj W
Moore, Joseph
Messinver, Francis G. .
Maltbie, Noah
Plnmb, Ovid
Pollock, Wm. P
Ramnoy, Allen
Van Gohren, Ladwig.
West, Henry T
Wjrman. Horace L.
AGE
60
60
60
08
00
61
68
67
60
03
07
74
01
00
06
00
01
?0
08
01
07
04
70
04
01
00
03
02
08
00
01
00
00
04
02
00
00
00
01
00
00
03
01
0V
60
02
04
73
82
82
70
02
08
00
63
LODGE
15
IS
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
10
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
20
20
»
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
NAME
Woodbury, Joseph A.
Talbot-, Nathaniel H. .
Bartollette, John
Curtis, Henry H
Comstock, F
Berry, B I
Leach, Hiram S
Van Deren, A. J
Blore. Richard W
Belcher, Freeman
Butler, Stephen
Brown, Wm. W. ..
Bail»y. J. C
Chapman, J. R.
Dickson, L. H.
Gardner, Charles H. .
Henderson, Wm. S. . .
H am blin, Oliver T...
Lykins, David J
Manners, Harvey .
Newman, Ed. B
Moore. S.
Peck, U. L
Stnlts, J. H
Stiles, H C.
Smith, Winton
Topi iff, Joseph J
Webster, George
Zweck, George
Wilson, John
Smith, Lowell H
Slifer, B.G
Crosier, Edwin R
Hill, Charles L
Lechner, George .
Mills, Sydenham
Miller, David
Stark, William W
Walker. John Z
Willey, Thomas J
Theobald, Peter
Zeller, Ignatius
Unillian, Asbnry H —
Hendren, Cornelias D
La wther, Thomas
Cornell, George B
Collins. W. A
Ha»e*, S.D
Lawler, B. F
Ramey, James F
Pearson, H L
Bookman, A. H
Sanford.G. B
South, W. L
Turner, S. H
Widderfield. J. W
Wiley, A
Shideler, Gabriel
Siver, Warren W
Allen. Alfred
Diiey. Alexander .
AGE ' LODGE
01
62
01
68
VI
67
60
62
63
60
01
71
72
67
60
61
65
68
68
72
60
65
68
62
65
62
61
61
68
65
61
62
61
64
61
66
68
62
60
72
62
60
68
65
60
44
60
60
20
20
22
22
22
22
22
22
28
28
28
23
23
28
28
28
28
23
23
23
28
28
28
28
23
28
28
23
23
28
23
23
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
27
27
27
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
29
30
31
31
2U
;306
APPENDIX.
[1KB
EXEMPT FROM GRAND LODGE DUES.
(Continued.)
NAME
Barkley. Henry
Fugard, George
Gray, John
G»»orge. Fred C...
Hutchcraft, R. W
Kelker, John
Mitchell Thomas
Ric hards, Norman P...
Schrontz, S. B
Stanchfield, James
William*. M
Wilson,!). M
Worm ley. Frederick P.
Bart, W.B
Charles, L. C
Squires, W. B
Wnite, Henry
Snowden, F M...
Burrett, Johnson
Breen, M.
Collum, Henry
Crispell. E. P
KhIui, Marx.
Smith, A. A
Warren, J. W
Matthews,*' G
Waltz, James
Cnlman, Martin
< 'hwiler. Jacob
Scott, J. F
Scott, P. H
Copp, Henry
Ward, Christopher
Adams, B. C
B»<ker, Daniel M
Decker, W F
Rising, A. J.
Wood side. Wm
Hammond, Charles M.
Hatch, E. C
Mullin, Loudin
Smith, Frank C
Waterman, D. B
Giesecke. Albert
Candler, Adolph
Zantr, Phillip
Onuntiri, Hermann
Wildersin, Bernard
Clmse, Andrew E
Wehster, Daniel B
Cobb, Thomas
Collins, William
Hwtd, Lafayette
P i rn . Thomas F
Wsllace. George
S'oken, fhanncpy
Hilliker, C M
Dndley. C K
Lewis, A R
Paine. (). J
Will, F.J
AOK
63
65
71
60
60
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72
60
63
61
65
64
70
65
61
61
66
61
61
60
70
63
64
61
60
80
61
76
60
62
66
60
71
60
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LODGE
68
60
61
61
6*
62
62
63
67
69
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
81
31
31
31
31
31
32
32
32
82
33
33
33
34
35
35
35
35
36
36
37
37
37
37
87
37
88
38
3K
38
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39
39
39
39
39
41
41
41
41
41
42
42
43
43
44
44
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45
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46
46
46
46
KAMB
May. William M
Dustin Charles L.
EUwood. H. H
Carter, Ed
Collins, R. J
Hall. George W.__
Twining. Hugh A
Hart, Z. E.
Wade, S. W
Cook, David N
Fletcher, W.W
Hateey, J. S
Logan, Henry...
Montross, C A
Campbell, Ransom
Plom b, S* 1 vester J
Van Vol ken burg, R. J..
rorser, John W
Hodgson, Mark
Gray, Benjamin C
Smith, Obediah
Carrier, Edwin M
( "ram er, Joseph
King, James M
Taylor, Bartlett M
Sherman, Henry C
Barn house, Thomas E..
Grout, Alonzo C
McAxthur, J. X
Mobley. Richard D
Freenan, W. H
Evans. K. O
Phillips. Albert
Daigre, Henry
Strange, S. L
Cowenhoven. Henry P..
Muir, John W
Wellman, Luther C —
Weakley, William L ...
Yonng, Jacob
Christopher, E,
Moses, Elmer
Moody, R. H
Ross. J.B....
Schultz, H. G
Vdell, G. V
Ross, O. P
Wilson, Walter
Brown, W. D
Browning. Angus A
Croteer, William H....
Worth, Louis W
Gehr, Paul
Hotchkiss, Preston
Sharp,John
Foxworthy. A
Wood. J. T
Ken d rick, Thomas
Stees, Rneben
Wood. Seth H.
Hodges, James L
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62
46
67
46
63
47
62
47
64
48
66
4*
63
4«
60
48
78
49
69
49
73
49
63
49
6K
49
76
49
60
49
61
30
70
50
71
51
61
51
85
52
69
53
69
53
80
54
69
54
65
54
62
54
62
55
60
55
60
55
60
55
65
57
61
5*
59
61
59
61
59
80
60
65
60
66
60
63
60
62
60
65
61
62
61
61
61
61
61
63
61
61
61
74
61
61
61
63
62
61
62
64
62
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62
60
63
60
63
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63
74
64
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63
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66
65
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155
60
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APPENDIX.
307
EXEMPT FROM GRAND LODGE DUES.
( Concluded. )
NAME
AGE
60
65
63
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65
66
68
i
' NAME
|
AGE
62
LODGE
Bradt, W. H
Sea ton . Thorn as J. . . .
1 Godfrey, I •. R
i Millis, W. J
75
Walters, J. W
76
Billon, Michael
76
63
68
76
DiokersoD, WiJliam
69
j Williams, Joseph C
72
78
McNeil. Henry F
69 .
1 Pierce. Ro bison
68
80
Bloat. John
63
71
1 Coon, Marcos
63
80
Coston, Alonzo M
65
71
Blakeley, George F.
62
81
63
71
j IJnnkin, Michael
60
82
Fisk,F. K
63
65
71
71
, Mills, W. L
Ferguson. H. VV
83
McKee, Henry J
83
Nonamaker. George K._
66
61
71
71
Newill, W. T
63
83
Parish, E M.
Lehman, Charles W....
84
Petty a, Walter
73
71
72
RyHer, Win. B
61
62
84
Wilcox, Osker
Wright, Frank C
84
Botkin, C. D
64
64
73
73
Wood worth, Henry C..
I Thompson, Wm- A
61
61
84
Derbyshire, C. A
84
Bagley . George
68
74
Judd, Wm J
61
84
Jones, William C
60
74
i Baker, Henry A
&i
84
Robinson. Sraton A.. . .
64
74
i Boyd. J. H
63
86
Clark, Wm. P
66
75
i Armstrong, Jesse M.._.
67
87
Potter, James W
63
75
Cole, E Merritt
63
87
61
75
1 G lissom, Eugene
61
87
RaFsell. Amabel
63
75
91
Badger, Milton ._
61
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J
LAWS
OF
FREEMASONRY
IN
COLORADO.
CONTENTS.
[Reference to Sections : C— Constitution ; 2?— By-Laws.]
C B
Affiliation 80
Appeals 110
Balloting 63
Charters and New Lodges . _ _. .. 26
Conferring Degrees 74
Dimits 85
Dispensations _ -- 19
Elections to Office __. 42
Grand Lecturer 25
Grand Lodge Representation 40
Grand Master 12
Grand Secretary 22
Grand Treasurer 21
Installation _ _ 11
Installations _. 45
Intemperance _ ~- 125
Jurisdiction _ __ :>1
Miscellaneous _ .. 126
Non-Affiliates 83
Non-Intercourse „ .. 123
NonrPayment of Dues __ 112
Objections after Ballot 71
Officers Elected and Appointed _ 7
Officers and Members 2
Other Officers __ 23
Pay to Members _ 5
Penalties _ _ .. 106
Petitions _ _. .. 55
Powers of Grand Lodge 5
Qualifications of Grand Officers __. 10
Quorum 4
Rejections _. _ 68
Reports, Returns and Dues 35
Representation 1
Restoration _ _ 11"
Rules of Order __ 6
Session Committees _ 3
Standing Committees 4
Summons 90
Time and Place of Meeting 3
Title .- 1
Trials __ 93
Wardens 49
J
CONSTITUTION.
PREAMBLE.
We, the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons of Colorado, in order to form a more perfect fra-
ternal union, provide for and promote the general welfare
of the Craft, do ordain and establish this Constitution :
TITLE.
Section 1. The name of this Grand Lodge shall be
"The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons of Colorado."
officers and members.
2. The officers and members of this Grand Lodge, and
their rank and title, shall be as follows :
The Most Worshipful Grand Master.
The Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master.
The Right Worshipful Senior Grand Warden.
The Right Worshipful Junior Grand Warden.
The Right Worshipful Grand Treasurer.
The Right Worshipful Grand Secretary.
The Right Worshipful Grand Chaplain.
The Right Worshipful Grand Orator.
The Right Worshipful Grand Lecturer.
The Right Worshipful Grand Marshal.
The Worshipful Senior Grand Deacon.
The Worshipful Junior Grand Deacon.
The Grand Stewards.
The Grand Tiler.
Together with such Past Grand Masters and Past
Deputy Grand Masters as are members of subordinate
Lodges in this jurisdiction, and the Masters and Wardens,
or their proxies, of each chartered Lodge in this jurisdic-
tion.
TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING.
3. The annual Communications of the Grand Lodge
shall be held in the city of Denver, on the third Tuesday
of September in each year. The hour of meeting shall be
10 o'clock a. m.
320 appendix. [ 1893
QUORUM.
4 The representatives of at least three chartered
Lodges under this Grand Jurisdiction shall be necessary
to constitute a quorum, and the Grand Lodge shall not be
opened until such number be present, but a smaller num-
ber may meet and adjourn from day to day, until a consti-
tutional quorum shall be present
POWERS OF THE GRAND LODGE.
5. By the ancient constitutions and the usages of
Freemasonry, this Grand Lodge is the Supreme Masonic
authority in Colorado. It has original and exclusive juris-
diction over all subjects of Masonic legislation, and appel-
late jurisdiction from the decisions of subordinate Lodges.
6. It has the power to enact laws and regulations for
the government of the Craft, and of altering and abro-
gating them, to establish and preserve a uniformity of
work and lectures, to issue charters for New Lodges, and
to suspend and revoke them for unmasonic conduct ; and
all the powers it may exercise, it may delegate as in its
wisdom and discretion it may deem best, unless especially
prohibited.
OFFICERS ELECTED AND APPOINTED.
7. At each Annual Communication of the Grand
Lodge there shall be elected by ballot, from among the
Brethren who are constitutionally eligible thereto, a Grand
Master, a Deputy Grand Master, a Senior and a Junior
Grand Warden, a Grand Treasurer and a Grand Secretary.
The Senior Grand Warden shall appoint a Junior Grand
Deacon, the Junior Grand Warden shall appoint two
Grand Stewards, and the Grand Master shall appoint all
the remaining officers of the Grand Lodge.
8. On all questions arising in the Grand Lodge the
Grand Officers, together with such Past Grand Masters
and Past Deputy Grand Masters as may be present and
are members thereof, and the Masters and Wardens of
each subordinate Lodge, or their regularly constituted
proxies, shall each be entitled to one vote; but in no case
whatsoever shall a member, by virtue of any proxy, or
authority, cast more than three votes.
9. A majority of all the votes cast at any election of
officers shall be necessary to elect.
1893] appendix. 321
qualifications of grand officers.
10. No brother shall be eligible to the office of either
Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master or Grand Warden,
who has not been duly elected, installed and presided over
a subordinate Lodge; neither shall he be eligible to any
office unless he is a member of a subordinate Lodge under
this jurisdiction.
INSTALLATION.
11. The officers of the Grand Lodge, elected and
appointed, shall be annually installed, and shall perform
their respective duties until their successors in office are
duly elected and installed, and no officer shall be installed
by proxy.
THE GRAND MASTER.
12. The Most Worshipful Grand Master shall have
and enjoy all the powers and prerogatives conferred by
the ancient constitutions and the usages and landmarks
of Freemasonry.
13. He may convene the Grand Lodge in special
Grand Communication on any emergency which, in his
judgment, may require it.
14. He has the power to convene any subordinate
Lodge within this Grand Jurisdiction, preside therein and
inspect its work.
15. It is his duty to require from all subordinate
Lodges a strict conformity to the established rules, regu-
lations and landmarks of Freemasonry.
16. For good cause he may suspend the functions of
any subordinate Lodge until the next Communication of
the Grand Lodge.
17. His decisions on all questions relative to the Craft
shall be final, unless reversed by a vote of the majority of
the Grand Lodge.
18. The granting and rejecting of all petitions for
dispensations shall be solely within the province of the
Grand Master.
19. He has the command of all other Grand Officers
touching the duties and ministration of their several
offices, and may call on any and all of them, at any time,
for advice and assistance in all business relative to the
Craft.
21
322 appendix. [1893
20. In case of his death, absence or inability to act,
the powers and duties of his station, for all regular and
necessary purposes, shall, for the time being, devolve upon
the Deputy Grand Master, the Senior Grand Warden, or
the Junior Grand Warden, in the order herein named.
GRAND TREASURER.
21. The Grand Treasurer shall have charge of all the
funds and securities of the Grand Lodge, and it shall In?
his duty to attend all communications of the Grand
Lodge, and report annually (or whenever requested by
the Grand Master or Lodge) the condition of the finances;
to pay all warrants drawn on him authorized by the Grand
Lodge, signed by the Grand Secretary, which warrants he
shall cancel when paid : to keep all funds under his con-
trol in some repository, and if deposited in bank, to take
receipt therefor in the name of the Grand Treasurer of the
Grand Lodge of A. F. and A. M. of Colorado ; he shall
not be authorized to loan out funds in his possession,
except as ordered by the Grand Lodge, or on the approval
of the Grand Master. In making his annual report he
shall accompany it with vouchers for all moneys paid out
by him during the year, and the actual cash, certificate of
deposit, certified check, or other like evidence, that the
cash balance, as shown by the report, is in the actual
possession of the Grand Lodge ; he shall give bonds with
good and sufficient sureties, in the penal sum of five
thousand dollars, conditioned on the faithful discharge of
the duties of his office, the bond to be approved by the
Grand Lodge or Master, which bond shall be deposited
with the Grand Master for safe keeping, and finally turn
over to his successor in office all funds and property in
his possession belonging to the Grand Lodge.
GRAND SECRETARY.
22. The Grand Secretary shall attend at all Commu-
nications of the Grand Lodge, and duly record its pro-
ceedings, and shall receive and accurately account for and
promptly pay over to the Grand Treasurer, all the funds
and property of the Grand Lodge, from wrhatever source,
taking his receipt for the same. He shall keep a record
of the returns made by the subordinate Lodges, and
examine said returns so as to report thereon at each
annual communication. He shall receive and preserve all
1893] appendix. 323
petitions, applications, appeals and other documents; sign,
certify to and duly seal all instruments of writing ema-
nating from the Grand Lodge ; conduct the correspond-
ence of the Grand Lodge, under the direction of the
Grand Master; and report annually to the several Grand
Lodges in correspondence with this Grand Lodge, the
names of the Grand Officers elected. He shall, at each
annual Grand Communication, make a report to the Grand
Lodge of moneys received and paid over to the Grand
Treasurer, of failure or want of punctuality on the part of
subordinate Lodges in paying dues and making proj)er
returns, and of such other matters as, in his judgment,
may require the action of the Grand Lodge. He shall, in
due time, previous to each annual Grand Communication,
furnish each subordinate Lodge with blank returns and
with such instructions in regard to them as the rules and
regulations of the Grand Lodge may require. He shall
also prepare and forward to each Lodge under Dispensa-
tion, thirty days previous to the annual Grand Communi-
cation, full instructions for its guidance in making returns
and petitioning for charter. He shall, thirty days prior
to the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge, communicate
with tin* proper officials of the different railroads centering
in Denver, and endeavor to secure concessions on railroad
fares, and tickets good from the Saturday prior to the
Saturday subsequent to said annual meetings, and notify
the different Lodges of the rate secured. He shall cause
the Constitution, By-Laws and standing resolutions of
this Grand Lodge to be published annually, with the pro-
ceedings. He shall give bond, with good and sufficient
sureties, in the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned
on a faithful discharge of the duties of his office, the bond
to be satisfactory to the Grand Lodge or Master, and which
shall be deposited with the Grand Master for safe keeping.
He shall be ex officio Librarian, and perform the duties
prescribed in Section 30 of the Constitution, and for his
services shall be paid the sum of twelve hundred dollars as
salary for the year ending with this Communication of the
Grand Lodge, and each succeeding year thereafter, payable
quarterly by warrants drawn upon the Grand Treasurer.
OTHER OFFICERS.
23. The Grand Chaplain shall attend the Communica-
tions of the Grand Lodge and lead in devotional exercises.
324 appendix. [1893
24. The Grand Orator shall prepare an address upon
the subject of Masonry, to be delivered to the Grand
Lodge at its annual Communication.
25. It shall be the duty of the Grand Lecturer to
impart the esoteric work of this jurisdiction to the officers
and members of subordinate Lodges when called upon so
to do. He may also convene any Lodge within this juris-
diction for the purpose of instructing it in the work, and
may require the officers thereof to exemplify the work
upon a candidate or substitute, and correct any inaccu-
racies in such work. He shall make a detailed statement
of all his official acts and doings to the Grand Lodge at
its Annual Communication, together with such particulars
and recommendations as he may deem necessary. He
shall receive in compensation the sum of three dollars per
day for each day actually spent in the discharge of the
duties of his office, and actual expenses, to be paid by the
Grand Lodge.
26. The Grand Marshal shall proclaim the Grand
Officers at their installation, introduce the representatives
of foreign Grand Lodges and distinguished visiting breth-
ren and conduct processions of the Grand Lodge.
27. The Grand Deacons shall perform the duties in-
cidental to their respective offices.
28. The Grand Stewards shall have immediate super-
intendence, under the direction of the Junior Grand War-
den, in the provisions to be made on all festive occasions.
29. The Grand Tiler shall guard the door of the
Grand Lodge on the outside, report all persons claiming
admission, and see that none enter but such as are duly
authorized and properly clothed. He shall have all the
rights and be entitled to all the honors of other Grand
Officers, except the right to vote.
30. The Librarian shall have the care of all the books
purchased or donated to the library of this Grand Lodge.
Whenever any donations shall be made to the library fund
the donation shall be credited to the donor in a book to be
kept for that purpose by the Grand Secretary, and the
money so donated shall be for the purchase of books only.
The Grand Master and Grand Secretary are authorized to
purchase additional books for the library from time to
1893]
APPENDIX.
325
time, as they may think proper, and draw upon the library
fund to pay for the same.
31. This Constitution can only be amended by pro-
posing the change in writing at an annual Grand Commu-
nication; and if, after reference to and report by a
committee, it shall be concurred in by a vote of three-
fourths of the members present, it shall be from that time
a part of this Constitution.
BY-LAWS
PERTAINING TO THE GRAND LODGE.
REPRESENTATION.
Section 1. Every subordinate Lodge in good standing
within the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge shall be
entitled to be represented in this Grand Lodge by its
Master and Wardens, or their proxies appointed by them-
selves, and who shall be members of the Lodge they are
appointed to represent; and each Lodge shall be entitled
to three votes upon all questions before the Grand Lodge.
2. No representative shall be entitled to a seat in this
Grand Lodge until the dues of his Lodge are paid, and the
Grand Secretary's receipt obtained, and the returns of the
Lodge delivered to the Grand Secretary, as required by
sections 36 and 38 of these By-Laws.
►session committees.
3. At each annual Communication of the Grand Lodge,
as soon as practicable after its organization, the Grand
Master shall appoint the following named committes, of
three members each:
1. A Committee on Credentials, whose duty shall be to examine
the credentials of all Masons claiming the right of membership, and
report their names and Masonic connection to the Grand Lodge.
2. A Committee to Examine Visiting Brethren, whose duty shall
ba to examine all visitors not properly vouched for, and report their
respective names, addresses and Masonic connection to the Grand
Lodge.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
4 Before the close of each annual Communication
the Grand Master shall appoint standing committees, of
three members each, for the ensuing Masonic year, as
follows :
1. On Masonic Correspondence, whose duty shall be to examine
the correspondence and documents from other Grand Lodges in cor-
respondence with this Grand Lodge, and report at the next annual
Communication whatever may seem of sufficient importance and
interest.
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2. On Masonic Jurisprudence, whose duty shall be to examine
and report upon all questions, documents and papers requiring investi-
gation and decision upon points of Masonic law.
3. A Committee on Returns and Work of Lodges, U. D., and on
Petitions, whose duty it shall be to examine the By-Laws, Records of
the Work, and the Returns of Lodges, U. D., and to make report to
the Grand Lodge if, or not, in their opinion, charters should be
granted to such Lodges, and if so, reporting the names of all the pro-
posed charier members. Also to examine all petitions for change of
location, or for change of name, and report on the same to the
Grand Lodge.
4. A Committee on Appeals and Grievances, whose duty shall
be to examine and report upon all appeals, memorials and petitions
in relation to any matter of complaint within this jurisdiction which
shall come before the Grand Lodge.
5. A Committee on Finance, Mileage and Per Diem, whose duty
shall be to examine and report on all accounts and financial matters
to them referred, and to make a full report before the close of each
annual Grand Communication, on the financial condition of the
Grand Lodge. Also, to ascertain the sums to which each officer and
representative is entitled on account of traveling expenses and per
diem, and report the same to the Grand Lodge.
PAY OP MEMBERS.
5. The Grand Officers, members of the Committees on
Correspondence, Jurisprudence, Returns and Work, Ap-
peals and Grievances, and Finance, Mileage and Per Diem,
and the officer highest in rank, or in the absence of officers,
the representative highest in rank from each Lodge, under
this, jurisdiction, shall be allowed their actual traveling
expenses ( railroad, stage or other fare ) going and return-
ing from their place of residence, computed by the nearest
traveled route, and three dollars per day for each day's
actual attendance at the Grand Lodge; provided, no one
shall draw mileage or per diem both as Grand Officer and
representative; provided further, that in case of absence
from any regular session of the Grand Lodge ( except in
case of sickness or other unavoidable cause ), without the
permission of the Grand Master, or Grand Lodge, all claim
to payment or compensation, under this section, shall be
forfeited.
Each of said standing committees may, at the call of
the Grand Master, meet at least one day prior to each an-
nual Communication, and consider any matters presented
by the Grand Master, so as to be ready to report at the
opening of the session.
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rule8 of order.
(>. The Grand Master shall take the chair every day at
the hour to which the Graad Lodge shall have called off.
7. Duriug business the members are required to keep
their seats and observe strict order and decorum; and no
member shall leave the hall or absent himself from the ser-
vice of the Grrand Lodge unless he has permission, or be
sick or unable to attend.
8. No member shall be permitted to speak more than
twice upon any subject, unless to explain, without permis-
sion from the Grand Lodge. If any member is twice
called to order at a communication for transgressing these
rules, and is guilty of a third offense of the same nature,
the presiding officer 3hall peremptorily order him to leave
the Grand Lodge; and he may, further, be amenable to
reprimand, suspension or expulsion, as the Grand Lodge
shall deem proper.
9. When a question is put, it shall be the duty of
every member present to vote, unless for good cause the
Grand Lodge shall excuse him; but no member shall vote
upon any question in the event of which he is personally
interested.
10. No motion shall be entertained until it is seconded;
and no debate shall be had thereon until it is stated by the
chair.
11. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, with the
name of the mover endorsed thereon, if the chair or the
Grand Secretary desire.
12. When a question is under debate no motion shall
be received but to lay on the table, to commit, to amend,
or to postpone indefinitely, which several motions shall
have precedence in the order in which they are herear-
ranged.
13. Any member may call for the division of a ques-
tion, which shall be divided if it comprehends questions so
distinct that one being taken away the rest may stand en-
tire for the decision of the Grand Lodge. A motion to
strike out and insert shall be deemed indivisible.
14. When a motion has once been made and carried in
the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any
member in the majority to move for a reconsideration
thereof.
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15. All unprivileged questions shall be propounded in
the order in which they are moved, except in filling up
blanks, when the largest sum and longest time shall be
put first.
16. No report shall be received from a committee un-
less the same be reduced to writing and signed by a ma-
jority of the members thereof.
17. No committee shall sit during the session of the
Grand Lodge without special permission.
18. The journal shall be read and approved before the
final close of each annual Grand Communication.
PERTAINING TO SUBORDINATE LODGES.
DISPENSATIONS.
19. No dispensation for the formation of a new Lodge
shall be granted except upon the petition of at least eight
Master Masons, in good standing, each of whom shall sign
his full name and state the Lodge to which he belongs.
In addition to such general information as may be necessary
for the Grand Master, the petition shall specifically set
forth: The name of the town and county; the estimated
population of the town; what additional towns or territory
will be included in the proposed jurisdiction; that the
material is sufficient to sustain a healthy and reputable
Lodge; that all of the petitioners reside within the pro-
posed jurisdiction; that they have at their disposal suitable
quarters for the practice of Masonic rites; if the expenses
incident to a new Lodge have been donated, or if they are
to be paid at a future time by the Lodge; that they will
conform to all the orders of the Grand Master, and the
laws and regulations of the Grand Lod^e; and shall pre-
sent the names. of suitable brethren for appointment as
Master and Wardens.
20. The petition shall be accompanied by the mini-
mum fee of forty dollars, and by a recommendation from
the nearest chartered Lodge, certifying to the truth of the
statements contained in the petition, and that the brother
named for Master is qualified to open and close a Lodge,
and to confer the three degrees. (See decision 150. )
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21. The petition shall also be accompanied by evidence
of the standing of all the signers, as follows : If from
Lodges beyond this jurisdiction, by dimits; if from within
this jurisdiction, by dimits or certificates from the Lodge
Secretaries that the brethren are under no charges and
have paid dues to the time of the next annual Communi-
cation of the Grand Lodge.
22. Existing membership shall only be disturbed when
a charter follows a dispensation, in which event they shall
immediately cease in the old and beinn in the new Lodge;
and it shall be the duty of the Master of the latter to see
that the several Lodges interested are promptly notified of
the changes.
23. Each Lodge under dispensation shall be governed
by the By-Laws pertaining to subordinate Lodges, as
adopted by the Grand Lodge, and at the next annual Grand
Communication shall forward to the Grand Secretary its
dispensation, returns of all work, record of proceedings,
proposed By-Laws, and one dollar for each Mason raised.
( See Decisions 90 and 101. )
21. No Lodge shall do any work out of the regular
order, unless by dispensation from the Grand Master ; and
any Lodge working under dispensation shall return the
same to the Grand Master with an endorsement of the
action had thereon.
25. A petition from a Lodge to the Grand Master for
a dispensation shall set forth fully the emergency, and if
for other purposes than a new Lodge, shall be accompanied
with a fee of five dollars, which shall be paid to the Grand
Secretary for the library fund.
CHARTERS AND NEW LODGES.
2f>. Charters shall be granted by the Grand Lodge at
a regular annual Communication, and under no circum-
stances shall the power to issue be left discretionary with
the Graud Master or any other officer.
27. No charter shall be granted except the Lodge
shall have worked under dispensation to the satisfaction
of the Grand Lodge, and shall have regularly conferred
the three degrees.
28. Charters shall only be granted upon the written
petition of the brethren named in the dispensation and
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those raised by its authority, together with such others as
present dimits to the Grand Lodge, and may have received
the unanimous endorsement of the Lodge U. D. ; provided,
that, if through absence or sickness, any eligible signa-
tures are omitted, the names may nevertheless appear in
the charter.
29. Petitions for charter shall propose the name of the
Lodge and nominate for Master and Wardens ; neverthe-
less the Grand Lodge may substitute others in lieu thereof.
30. No new Lodge shall pay a stated salary to its
Secretary, but may allow him such percentage of Lodge
moneys collected as in its judgment is proper for all his
services.
31. The minimum fee for the issuance of a charter
shall be twentv dollars.
32. It is not in the power of a majority of the members
of a Lodge to surrender the charter, so long as seven
Master Masons, members thereof, continue to work under
it, according to the ancient Landmarks of Masonry.
33. The Grand Lodge shall recall any charter of a
Lodge which fails to meet for twelve consecutive months.
34. Whenever anv charter of a Lodge shall be des-
troyed, stolen or surreptitiously taken and detained, or
becomes so defaced as to be unfit for use, without the
fault of the Lodge or Master, it shall be lawful for the
Grand Master to order another to be issued, which shall
set forth the members and officers named in the charter
lost, detained or destroyed, the Grand Communication at
which it was granted, the names of the Grand Officers
attached thereto, and the circumstances of its loss, destruc-
tion or detention ; and shall be signed by the Grand
Master and attested by the Grand Secretary under seal of
the Grand Lodge, without fee.
REPORTS, RETURNS AND DUES FROM CHARTERED LODGES.
35. Each Lodge shall, immediately after its annual
installation, report to the Grand Master and Grand Secre-
tary the names of its Master. Wardens and Secretary.
36. Each chartered Lodge shall transmit to the Grand
Secretary, at least twelve days prior to the first day of each
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annual Grand Communication, returns of all work done
from the last return to and including the thirty-first day
of August of that year.
37. Each Lodge shall pay to the Grand Secretary, as
Grand Lodge dues, the sum of one dollar for each member
less than sixty years of age, and specify in the returns the
names of the members exempt. (See Decision 125.)
38. Grand Lodge dues are hereby made payable at the
time of making the annual returns of work. If any Lodge
neglect or refuse to pay at the time specified, and shall
persist, for the period of sixty days, without giving reasons
satisfactory to the Grand Master, it shall be his duty to
suspend the functions of such Lodge, until the next stated
communication of the Grand Lodge.
39. Whenever Entered Apprentices or Fellow Crafts
neglect for a period of two years to pass examination upon
their proficiency, and take the next degree, their names
shall be dropped from the reports of the Lodge, but they
shall still remain available working material for said
Lodge.
GRAND LODGE REPRESENTATION.
40. It is the duty of the Master to see that his Lodge
is represented at all Annual Communications of the Graud
Lodge, and if any Master fails so to do, he shall furnish
the Grand Lodge with his excuse therefor.
41. The Grand Lodge may order suspended or forfeited
the charter of any Lodge which fails for two successive
years to be represented at the Grand Lodge Commu-
nications.
ELECTIONS TO OFFICE.
42. No brother shall be declared elected to office
without having received a majority vote of all the members
present.
43. It is at variance with the spirit of Masonry to
electioneer for or make nominations for offices, and it is
hereby strictly prohibited.
44. No election for officers shall take place in a Lodge
U. 1)., but such as are not designated in the dispensation
shall be filled by order of the Master.
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installations.
45. No Lodge shall hold a public installation without
a dispensation.
46. A re-elected Master may, if necessary, hold over
without re-installation.
47. All the officers of a newly-chartered Lodge must
be installed by the Grand Master, or his representative.
No officer shall be installed by proxy.
48. The Past Master's degree is not essential for in-
stallation, but when conferred, none but actual Past
Masters can be present.
WARDENS.
49. In the absence of the Master of a Lodge, Wardens
may preside and confer degrees ; but in the absence of all,
a Lodge may only be opened by the Grand Master or his
representative.
50. Service as Warden in a Lodge, U. D., does not
constitute eligibility to election as Master in a chartered
Lodge.
JURISDICTION.
51. Unless otherwise specified, Lodge jurisdiction
shall extend by air line one-half way to surrounding
Lodges.
52. Two or more Lodges in the same town or city
shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction except when other-
wise provided.
53. Each Lodge having concurrent jurisdiction with
another Lodge or other Lodges, shall immediately notify
the same of any application it may receive for the degrees.
54. Mount Princeton Lodge No. 49, and Tin Cup
Lodge No. 52, shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction in the
towns of St. Elmo and Hancock.
PETITIONS.
^ 55. No subordinate Lodge shall act upon a petition for
initiation unless the applicant has resided within the juris-
diction of that Lodge during the preceding twelve months.
[ See Decisions 82, 95, 113 and 151.]
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56. After a petition is regxilarly received and entered
upon the minutes, it shall not be withdrawn. [See De-
cision 103. ]
57. Subordinate Lodges shall act upon no petition for
initiation or membership, unless the same shall have been
laid over one lunar month.
58. Subordinate Lodges shall act on no petition for
initiation from an applicaut who lives nearer another
Lodge, without first obtaining the unanimous consent of
the latter, at a regular meeting, which consent shall be ex-
pressed by ballot.
59. Subordinate Lodges shall receive no petition for
affiliation, unless accompanied by a dimit or a certificate
of good standing from the Lodge of which the petitioner
was last a member. [ See Decision 103.]
60. Whenever a candidate who has been elected fails
to appear for initiation within three mouths, or give satis-
factory reasons, the money which accompanied his petition
shall be forfeited, and in order to become a Mason he must
renew his petition.
61. A brother having received a portion of the de-
grees and desiring the remainder in another Lodge, shall
first obtain the unanimous consent of that which conferred
the degrees already received, and which consent shall be
determined by ballot. His petition to the other Lodge in
regular form, stating the additional facts, and accompanied
by the said permission, may then take the usual course.
[ See Decision 65. J
62. No Subordinate Lodge shall ballot upon a petition
until report has been made by a committee to the follow-
ing details concerning the character of the petitioner:
1. What is his age?
2. Is he marriod or single?
3. If married, is he living with his wife?
4. What is his occupation, and where is he employed?
5. Is he physically qualified for admission?
6. Wnat is the character of his company and associates?
7. Is he addicted to the intemperate use of intoxicating liquors?
8. Does he gamble?
9. Does he habitually use profane or indecent language?
10. lias he licentious or immoral habits?
11. Is he a law-abiding citizen?
12. Does he possess sufficient education and intelligence to un-
derstand and value, the doctrines and tenets of Masonry?
13. Has he ever made previous application for degrees? And if
so, where and when? [ See Decision 37. |
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balloting.
63. No ballot shall be spread except at a regular Com-
munication, unless by dispensation.
&L In balloting for candidates, all members of the
Lodge present shall vote.
65. The ballot shall be spread for each degree, and
shall be unanimous upon the moral, intellectual and Ma-
sonic qualifications of the applicant.
66. After the ballot has been examined, first by the
Wardens and finally by the Master, the result shall be de-
clared by the latter, unless a single negative vote appear,
in which event he may order it respread, the result of which
shall be absolutely final, subject to no reconsideration,
under any circumstances whatsoever, nor can it be set aside
by the Lodge, Master, Grand Master, or even the Grand
Lodge.
67. No Mason shall divulge the character of his vote
upon the petition of any candidate.
REJECTIONS.
68. A rejected candidate for the degrees shall not be
received within twelve months thereafter by another Lodge
without the unanimous consent by ballot of that which
rejected him.
69. Lodges may provide by by-law the time that shall
elapse between a rejection and another application.
70. Secretaries of Lodges shall report no rejections for
initiation or affiliation.
OBJECTIONS AFTER BALLOT.
71. Advancement to the degrees may be stayed at any
time, for good reasons, by the Lodge or Master.
72. Objection by a member in good standing to the
initiation of an elected candidate shall have the same effect
as an unfavorable ballot. Such objection, whem made,
shall be reported to the Lodge at the next regular commu-
nication, and the fact of such objection shall be entered of
record without the name of the brother objecting. The
candidate shall then be declared rejected, and his money
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[1893
returned, as in other cases of rejection. Such objection
shall have no other or greater force. than an unfavorable
ballot.
73. Objection to the advancement of a brother, made
by a member in good standing, shall stop all further pro-
ceedings until the objections be withdrawn or otherwise
disposed of, or the objector's membership ceases. When
such objection is made, the fact and the name of the
objecting brother shall be entered of record.
The Lodge, may at a regular Communication, upon two
weeks' notice to the objecting brother, take up and try the
sufficiency of the objection, and if deemed sufficient, all
fees for degrees unconf erred shall be at. once returned, and
the candidate shall not be advanced until the objection is
withdrawn or the objector's membership ceases. If the
objection is deemed insufficient, the candidate may be
advanced. ( See Decisions 74 and 75. )
CONFERRING DEGREES.
74. No Lodge shall confer any degree upon a candi-
date unless he be a perfect man, having no maim or defect
in his body that may render him incapable of learning the
art and becoming perfect in the work.
75. No candidate shall receive, without dispensation,
more than one degree on the same day, nor until he has
passed a satisfactory examination in open Lodge on the
last decree received.
70. No Lodge shall confer the first section of any
degree or more than one candidate at the same time.
77. No Lodge shall confer a degree upon any non-
resident citizen without first obtaining consent from the
proper jurisdiction.
78. The making of a Master Mason constitutes the
brother a member of the Lodge in which raised, except
when done at the request of another Lodge. Signing the
By-Laws, though desirable, is not essential.
79. No Lodge shall confer the three degrees for less
than thirty dollars, to be paid in advance.
AFFILIATION.
SO. No petition shall be received for affiliation except
from a former member, until the petitioner has visited the
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Lodge; aud the ballot shall not be spread upon such
petition until after a. visit subsequent to its reception.
81. No Lodge shall admit to membership any brother
who shall be exempt from any of the duties, obligations
and privileges required by the Constitution, regulations
and landmarks of Masonry.
82. No Lodge having a membership of less than three
hundred shall collect a fee for affiliation.
NON-AFFILIATES.
83. Non-affiliation is cause for discipline, and all non-
affiliates, who have not made application for membership
within one year, may be deprived of all the rights and
benefits of Masonry, after charges, trial and* conviction.
84. The conduct of all Masons shall subject them to
discipline by the Lodge within whose jurisdiction they re-
side, unless the offender should hold membership in another
Lodge in the same place.
DIMITS.
85. No Lodge shall grant a dimit except upon written
application, which shall lie over until the next regular
Communication, when, if no charges have been preferred,
and the dues of the brother have been paid, the dimit
shall be ordered and issued.
86. No elective or appointed officer shall be dimitted
during the period for which he has been installed.
87. Members of extinct Lodges are entitled to Grand
Lodge certificates on application, and upon paying all
arrearages due the Lodge to which they belonged.
88. A dimit dates from the Lodge record when the
same was granted, and membership ceases with that date,
even if the certificate be not issued.
89. Upon the election of non-affiliates, their dimits or
other certificates of former membership shall be cancelled
by the Secretary.
SUMMONS.
90. A summons issued by a subordinate Lodge, or
the Worshipful Master thereof, must be written or printed,
and under the seal of the Lodge. (See Decision 107.)
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91. No summons need contain other matter than a
requisition to attend the Lodge.
92. Every Master Mason is bound to attend the Lodge
requiring him, on being summoned.
TRIALS.
93. Any member of a subordinate Lodge is subject to
the discipline thereof, excepting only the Worshipful
Master.
94. No Mason shall be deprived of any Masonic right
except after due charges, trial and conviction.
95. Charges must be signed by the accuser (by the
Junior Warden or other member, if ordered by the Lodge)
and be presented at a regular Communication ; whereupon
the accused shall be furnished with a copy and summoned
to plead thereto. ( See Decision 147. )
96. If the plea be not guilty, the Lodge shall then de-
termine if the trial shall be by the Lodge or a commission
of its members ; except that in case of a suspended Mason
undergoing trial for a new offense, the testimony shall
only be taken by a commission. If trial be by the Lodge,
it shall fix the time, and the accused be notified thereof
97. All such trials shall be in the highest degree at-
tained by the accused, aud upon its conclusion both he
and his accuser shall retire, unless the latter be such by
virtue of an order from the Lodge. (See Decision 147.1
' 9S. The Lodge shall be opened on the Third Degree
when arriving at a verdict. The question of guilt shall be
determined by ballot, and upon which every member
present shall vote ; and if two-thirds be not dark, the ac-
cused shall be declared not guilty. (See Decision 66.)
99. If the verdict be guilty, the Master shall put the
question as to punishment, beginning with the highest
and ending with the lowest herein provided. The vote on
punishment may be taken by a show of hands, and decided
by a two-thirds vote of the members present, except in
case of a reprimand, which may be determined by a ma-
jority vote. (See Decision 6G.)
100. If the Lodge determine that the trial be by com-
mission, the time shall be fixed by the latter, who shall
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report the testimony iu writing, together with their own
finding, to the Lodge. Thereupon the Lodge shall finally
determine the question of guilt and punishment as hereto-
fore provided. (See Decision 144. )
101. The accused and accuser may be present at all
examinations of witnesses, in or out of the Lodge, and
propose such relevent questions as they may desire.
102. All witnesses shall possess the use of their
reason, and have such religious belief as to feel the obli-
gations of an oath ; and they shall not have been convicted
for any infamous crime. Witnesses not Masons shall be
examined under legal oath, or may make deposition.
103. All testimony, in or out of Lodge, shall be re-
duced to writing by the Secretary, and signed by the
witnesses.
104. If the residence of the accused is not known, or
if, upon due summons, he refuses or neglects to attend,
trial may proceed without his presence.
105. Lodges are not required to furnish the Grand
Lodge with copies of proceedings in trials, except on ap-
peal ; and if a new trial be ordered by the Grand Lodge,
the Grand Secretary shall return said copies to the Lodge.
PENALTIES.
106. The Masonic punishment which may and shall
be inflicted by the Grand Lodge and its subordinates,
shall be either reprimand, definite or indefinite suspension,
or expulsion. ( See Decision 66. )
107. Expulsion from a Lodge shall include expulsion
from all the rights and privileges of Masonry.
108. A reprimand may either be private or public, but
shall not be given until the offender has had due notice
and an opportunity for explanation or excuse, nor by any
one but the acting Master, in the manner and form he may
deem proper in private, or in open Lodge from his appro-
priate station.
109. When any brother shall be suspended or expelled,
immediate notice thereof shall be sent by the Lodge Secre-
tary to the Grand Secretary. The Grand Secretary shall
compile such reports at the end of each month, and send
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the same to each Lodge. No member shall be permitted
to make any expulsion or suspension public, nor to com-
municate the same to any person not a Mason, except by
a resolution to make public by the Lodge taking action,
and which fact shall also be reported to the Grand Secre-
tary. All expulsions and suspensions shall also be pub-
lished with the proceedings of the Grand Lodge.
APPEALS.
110. All Masons have the right to appeal from the
decisions of subordinate Lodges to the Grand Lodge any
time before the next annual Communication of the Grand
Lodge, in which case the Lodge shall furnish the Grand
Lodge and the accused with an attested copy of its pro-
ceedings on the trial, and such testimony in its possession
as he may require.
111. All appeals shall be in writing and filed with the
Grand Secretary, and the appellant shall give the other
party reasonable notice thereof.
NON-PAYMENT OF DUES.
112. The non-payment of Lodge dues by a brother
known to be able is cause for discipline.
113. On report by the Secretary that a brother is in
arrears for two years or more, a Lodge may order charges
signed by the Junior Warden in the following form :
"By order of Lodge No , A. F. and A. M.,
I hereby charge Bro with unmasonic conduct in
neglecting to pay Lodge dues from the day of
to the day of
"Dated 18-.
" Junior Warden."
114. Examination shall be in open Lodge, and the
testimony of the Secretary as to the indebtedness aud
requests for payment shall be sufficient evidence for the
prosecution. Nevertheless, the Lodge may exercise such
clemency as to it may seem proper, according to the cir-
cumstances of each case.
115. The only penalty for conviction uuder charges
for non-payment of dues shall be reprimand or indefinite
suspension from all the rights and benefits of Masonry ;
but reprimand shall not be inflicted for a second offense.
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116. An application for restoration after indefinite
suspension for non-payment of dues shall not be received
until all dues are paid to the date of suspension.
RESTORATION.
117. In case the decision of any Lodge suspending or
expelling a brother shall be reversed by the Grand Lodge,
such brother shall be restored to all the rights and priv-
ileges as a Mason and a member of the Lodge.
118. No expelled Mason shall be restored to the priv-
ileges of Masonry except by a vote of the Grand Lodge,
and such restoration shall not reinstate him to Lodge
membership without the unanimous consent of the mem-
bers thereof.
119. An application to reinstate an expelled Mason
must in all cases be accompanied with a recommendation
from the Lodge by which he was expelled, provided such
Lodge be still in existence.
120. Restoration after definite suspension shall take
place at the expiration of the time specified in the sen-
tence without furtfier action.
121. Restoration after indefinite suspension shall be
by action of the Lodge at a stated communication, after
due notice to the Lodge of at least one lunar month, and
must be by a two-thirds vote of the members present.
WITHOUT TRIAL.
122. A Mason heretofore dropped from the rolls for
non-payment of dues (without trial), shall be restored to
good standing without further action of the Lodge, upon
the payment of all arrearages to the date of being so
dropped.
NON-INTERCOURSE.
123. Lodges are authorized to use their discretion,
according to circumstances, as to recognizing as Masons
any residents of the jurisdiction who may, during such
residence, have received the degrees elsewhere.
124. All Masons belonging to Lodges in this jurisdic-
tion are forbidden to knowingly hold Masonic intercourse
with any Mason belonging to a Lodge chartered by either
the Grand Orient of France or the Grand Lodge of Ham-
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burg, and any brother doing so shall be subject to the
highest Masonic penalties. (See Decision 128.)
INTEMPERANCE.
125. It is hereby made the imperative duty of all
Lodges to restrain, as far as possible, the Masonic crime
of intemperance, by trial and punishment, as the case may
require, and to exclude from Lodge and ante-room all in-
toxicating liquors; and for the faithful performance of
these duties they will be held strictly accountable to the
Grand Lodge. It shall be unlawful to initiate or affiliate
any person engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors. All
Masons are therefore fraternally advised to refrain from
engaging in the liquor traffic. ( See Decisions 40, 51, 62.
86,115, 125 and 132.)
MISCELLANEOUS.
126. It shall not be lawful for a Lodge to hold Com-
munications on the Sabbath day for any purpose whatever,
except to attend the funeral of a Mason.
127. The delivery or teaching of any Masonic work
not authorized, or which has not received the sanction of
the Grand Lodge or its lawful authority, is forbidden.
128. Upon the demise of any Lodge the Secretary and
Treasurer of the same shall, within three months, trans-
mit to the Grand Secretary all the books, papers, jewels,
furniture, funds and other property of the Lodge so
demised.
129. The Grand Master is authorized, at the request
of a Lodge, to change its location or place of meeting, hut
such a request must be made at a regular Communication,
after notice given in open Lodge at least one lunar month
before action is taken by the Lodge.
130. Honorary membership gives the right to speak
in Lodge, but not to vote. It can not be conferred on a
regular member of a Lodge by the same body. (See De-
cision 46.)
131. Lodges and Committees on Charity shall require
from applicants for assistance evidence of good standing
before granting the same, and in the event such applicant
shall prove to be an impostor or unworthy, such fact, with
a full description of the impostor, shall be immediately re-
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ported to the Grand Secretary, whose duty it shall be to
forthwith send notice of the same to all Lodges in this
jurisdiction and to the Grand Secretary of all the juris-
dictions immediately adjoining.
132. Objection by a member present at a meeting of
his Lodge to the visit of a brother at that Communication
shall exclude the visitor.
133. Changes in Lodge By-Laws shall only be opera-
tive after approval by the Grand Master.
134. The Master of each subordinate Lodge in this
jurisdiction shall cause to be read in open Lodge, within
two months after its receipt, the General Proceedings of
the previous annual Communication, and within two
months after the annual election, the Constitution, By-
Laws and Decisions, and in each case to immediately ad-
vise the Grand Master of their compliance herewith.
135. These By-Laws, pertaining to Grand or subordi-
nate Lodges, can only be amended by proposing the
change in writing at an annual Grand Communication ;
and if, after reference to and report by a committee, it
shall l)e concurred in by a vote of two-thirds of the mem-
bers present, it shall be from that time a part of these By-
Laws.
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DECISIONS.
APPROVED BY THE GRAND LODGE, EXCEPT SUCH AS HAVE
BEEN RENDERED INOPERATIVE BY OR INCOR-
PORATED IN OTHER LEGISLATION.
By R. W. Woodbury, 1879.
1. In the absence of law upon the subject, the burial
of a suicide may be left to the discretion of the Master.
2. A subordinate Lodge can, in the absence of law
upon the subject, use its discretion as to renting its
Lodge room to other societies. ( See No. 70. )
3. A second examining committee should not be ap-
pointed for the same visitor on the same evening, without
an explanation to the Master from the first committee, and
satisfaction on his part that injustice has been done.
4. The W. M. has the right to refuse admission to
members of his Lodge during the progress of work which
will be disturbed by their admission.
5. The Grand Lodge Proceedings sent to subordinate
Lodges are the property of the Lodges, and not of any
officers or members thereof.
6. The choice of Master is one of the privileges of the
brethren, and the request to elect a W. M. from the floor
should come from the Lodge and not the Master.
By B. L. Carr, 1880.
7. Tt is contrary to Masonic usage for the "Tiler" to
sit in the Lodge room after the ceremony of opening is
finished, the outer door to the ante-room being securely
locked. Tt is a Landmark of Masonry that every Lodge
should be "tiled/1 The Tiler's place is "outside the door."
By L. N. Greenleaf, 1881.
8. Either of three Lodges located in towns equidistant
is competent to recommend a petition for a new Lodge,
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provided the others acquiesce ; otherwise, tin* oldest
chartered Lodge to have the precedence.
9. This Grand Lodge as yet exercises no control over
the introduction of the Order of the Eastern Star.
10. Master Masons raised in a Lodge I'. D. have all
the rights and privileges of those named in the dispensa-
tion.
11. Lodges U. D. can not grant dhnits.
12. A member of a Lodge V. D. can not withdraw his
dimit filed with the petition for dispensation ; it is part of
the record.
13. An Emergent Grand Lodge can not be opened by
proxy in another locality during a communication of the
Grand Lodge proper.
14. The signature of the W. M. is not essential to the
validity of a dimit, if signed by the Secretary and under
seal.
By B. A. QriLLiAN, 1882.
15. It is competent for a Lodge to receive a petition
for affiliation from a Master Mason who had been raised in
a jurisdiction that required the signing of the By-Laws as
a condition precedent to becoming a member, and who has
failed to sign the By-Laws, and who was not claimed by
the Lodge that made him a Mason as a member: but the
application for affiliation should be accompanied by a
certificate from the former Lodge, setting forth the facts
in the case.
16. A petition for dispensation to confer the degrees
out of the regular order should be made by the Lodge and
under seal, but it is discretionary with the Grand Master
to pass upon the sufficiency of an application by the
Master.
17. An applicant for Masonry sent in his petition to
the Lodge in whose jurisdiction he then resided. His
petition was received and referred to a committee, who re-
ported that he had established a business at another place,
and the day after his petition was received his family re-
moved out of the jurisdiction of the Lodge. I held that
it was competent for the Lodge to proceed with the case,
and, if found worthy, to confer the degrees.
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By J. H. Peabody, 1885.
18. A candidate who has been rejected for advance-
ment to the second or third degrees may, in the absence of
any By-Law of the Lodge, re-apply to the Lodge for ex-
amination and advancement at the next subsequent stated
meeting, and at each succeeding one thereafter, so long as
the "black ball" shall appear, and no objections are filed
against him.
19. A member of a Lodge, after being elected to an
office, can decline to be installed.
20. Negroes, if free born, are entitled to Masonic
recognition, if made in regular Lodges. So-called "Colored
Lodges"1 are held as irregular, and therefore persons be-
longing to them are not recognizable as Masons.
21. An applicant with one leg five inches shorter than
the other is ineligible for initiation.
22. A person who has lost the use of his right arm is
ineligible for initiation.
By George Wyman, 1886.
23. Part payment of dues, pending charges for non-
payment, does not invalidate charges.
2-1. The Tiler, if a member of the Lodge, has the same
rights as if inside the door.
25. A Lodge receiving a waiver of jurisdiction from
some other Lodge, has authority to proceed or waive juris-
diction in favor of a third Lodge.
By Albert H. Branch, 1887.
20. A person having lost the little finger of the right
hand is eligible for the degrees.
27. A brother can be elected to office whether present
or absent, but must be installed in person.
28. The laws of the State of Colorado provide for Ma-
souic Lodges holding real estate. A Lodge should not in-
corporate to hold real estate or other property, as it would
be in violation of Masonic law and usages.
29. A brother having received the E. A. Degree in
one Lodge and applies for membership and advancement
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in another — his former Lodge having waived jurisdiction
and certified to the fact that they conferred said degree —
one ballot only is necessary in the Lodge to which said
brother so applies, before receiving the R C. Degree, pro-
vided said ballot is clear; the ballot being spread upon the
moral, intellectual and Masonic qualifications of the
applicant.
By George K. Kimball, D. G. M., 1887.
30. The issuing of duplicate dimits is prohibited.
Upon proper proof of identity and of the loss or destruc-
tion of the original dimit, the Secretary of the Lodge
granting the dimit, with the approval of the Worshipful
Master, may issue a certificate to the effect that on such a
day a dimit was granted to Brother A. B., cause the Lodge
seal to be affixed and presented to the applicant.
31. A notice of suspension or expulsion of a brother
from a Lodge, not having the seal of the Lodge attached,
and no reason given for not using seal, should not be con-
sidered official.
32. A brother living within the jurisdiction of one
Lodge can affiliate with another Lodge in another juris-
diction.
By the Grand Lodge, 1887.
33. A waiver of jurisdiction in case of a brother seek-
ing to join in the organization of a new Lodge is improper.
If he resides in the place where the new Lodge is to start,
he is competent to join in the request for a dispensation.
Not joining therein, and yet desiring to become a charter
member, the law provides the way.
34- No rule can justly apply to all cases as to what
evidence shall be required from a visitor before examina-
tion. Masters of Lodges should satisfy themselves in
their own way.
35. Masonic Burial of Non- Affiliates. —A Lodge
requested to act should use its discretion according to the
circumstances. The non-affiliate, possessing no inherent
right to the service of the Lodge, the favorable disposition
of the brethren should be substantially uuaniinous, of
which the Master should be satisfied by ballot or other-
wise. Strong objections by members to the burial of a
non-affiliate should not be lightly waived.
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By George K. Kimball, 1888.
36. Charges can be preferred by a member of any
Lodge against a member of any other Lodge.
37. A man's residence is where his family resides.
38. The questions required to be answered on the pe-
tition to be made a Mason, having been answered by the
petitioner, it rests with the Lodge to determine the validity
of such answers.
39. An unfavorable ballot cannot be reconsidered on
any grounds.
40. Grand Lodge By-Law No. 125, does not refer to
druggists selling liquor for medicinal purposes.
41. As to physical qualifications, I decided that the
Lodges themselves are the better able to judge of the ma-
terial brought up for the building of the Temple, and call-
ing their attention to the old Landmarks.
42. An installed officer has no right to demand excuse
from serving in his official capacity when present. Should
an installed officer refuse to serve wheu present, you can
prefer charges against him for unmasonic conduct.
43. A dispensation canuot be issued to elect and install
another in place of an officer so refusing.
44. The Worshipful Master has authority to fill a va-
cancy caused by the contumacy of any officer.
45. A written objection from a member of a Lodge
before ballot is sufficient to prevent the degree being con-
ferred on a candidate for the First Degree.
46. A Lodge may elect as honorary members brethren
of other jurisdictions. ( See By-Law 130.)
47. A Lodge has power to try for offenses any of its
members wherever they may reside; also all Masons resi-
dent or sojourning within its jurisdiction, whether affiliated
or non-affiliated; but when a member of another Lodge,
resident in its jurisdiction, commits an offense. Masonic
courtesy requires that when practicable complaint be made
to his own Lodge. If that fails to act, then it may proceed
to try him itself.
1898] appendix. 349
48. It requires seven Master Masons to open a Lodge.
In order to transact business these seven must be members
of the Lodge. For work it is not necessary that all should
be members of the Lodge.
■49. A brother cannot sign the petition for member-
ship, or the degrees for another brother.
50. It is not necessary to open a Lodge on the First
Degree when it is known that there is no work on the First
and Second Degrees.
By William D. Todd, D. G. M., 1888.
51. That not merely is it unlawful to initiate or affiliate
any person engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors, but
that a Mason, a member of any of our Lodges, who may
have started in the business subsequent to the recent
action of the Grand Lodge, was amenable to tlie charge of
unmasouic conduct, and subject to such penalty as might
be inflicted, after due trial and conviction. (See By-
Law 125. )
By the Grand Lodge, 1888.
52. An unfavorable report is not recognized as a dark
ballot.
53. That the actual traveling expenses of the Grand
Master or his duly appointed representative, while visiting
Lodges, be paid by the Grand Lodge, and that the Grand
Secretary be anthorized to draw warrants on the Grand
Treasurer for the same from time to time.
54a. Resolved, That this Grand Lodge recognizes no
degrees in Masonry except those conferred under the
regulations of the Grand Lodges of the various States and
Territories of the United States and the governments
throughout the world. It admits the following named
organizations, and none other, to be regular and duly
constituted Masonic bodies, namely: The General Grand
R. A. Chaijter of the United States, the Grand R. A. Chap-
ters of the several States and Territories of the United
States and the R. A. Chapters and other bodies under their
jurisdiction, the General Grand Council of Royal and
Select Masters of the United States, the Grand Councils
of Royal and Select Masters of the several States and Ter-
ritories of the United States and the Councils under their
350 appendix. [1893
jurisdiction, the Grand Encampment of the United States,
the Grand Commanderies of the several States and Terri-
tories of the United States and the Commanderies under
their jurisdiction, the Supreme Councils of the Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite for the Northern and South-
ern Jurisdictions of the United States, of which Henry L.
Palmer and Albert Pike are Sovereign Grand Commanders
respectively, and the various bodies under their jurisdiction.
(See No. f>4.)
54:b. The committee, on bringing before this Grand
Lodge some plan looking to the establishment of a Ma-
sonic Widows' and Orphans1 Home, made the following
report, which was adopted:
First- .We recommend that the funds be raised by
setting aside twenty-five per cent, of our present surplus,
and twenty-five per cent, of the annual income of this
Grand Lodge, until a sufficient amount of money has been
raised for the establishment of said Home.
By William D. Todd, Grand Master, 1889.
55. One who has served as Master or Warden any-
where in a chartered Lodge is eligible to election here as
Master.
50. That the Master of a Lodge indefinitely suspended
and subsequently re-instated is restored to all the rights
of a Past Master.
57. That all re-elected officers must be ' re-installed,
except as to the Master, and even as to him if practicable.
58. That a petition for a dispensation for a new Lodge
must be accompanied by the recommendation of the ?iear-
cst Lodge in an air -line.
59. That a ballot found white by the Wardens and
Master, but one of the members at once rising and stating
he had cast a black ball, must be declared dark.
(X). That the loss of the sight of an eye by accident
not impairing the other, does not render a candidate
ineligible.
b'l. That a rejected candidate for affiliation can re-
petition at once and as often as he may desire.
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62. That one engaged in the business of selling intoxi-
cating liquors, though not conducted by him personally,
or in this State, is ineligible for the degrees. ( By-Law
125 -Decisions 86-115-123.)
By the Grand Lodge, 1889.
63. Question : Can we bury a brother with Masonic
honors where six or eight of the pall-bearers are not
Masons?
Answer: No. Masonry is absolute. In answer to
correspondence arising out of this. I replied: When Ma-
sonic ceremonies are called for, none but Masons in good
standing can take part. On such occasions the Lodge is
regularly convened, none being admitted but those duly
qualified and having permission. The Lodge is not called
off, but proceeds to the house, church, or wherever they
may be called, take charge of the body ( find when they
have done so, no one except he be a Mason is admitted),
repair to the place of deposit, perform their rites and
return to the Lodge room, and the Lodge is closed in form.
The Lodge is a Lodge from the time it is opened until it
is closed. ( Kimball, 1888, approved by the Grand Lodge.
1889.)
64. "At the last session of this Grand Lodge it placed
on record a resolution declaring what degrees in Masonry
it will recognize; and your committee are of the opinion
that no so-called Masonic bodies, other than those men-
tioned in that resolution, can be considered, in any sense.
^ Masonic Bodies1 in this State.''
" Your Committee are of the opinion that that reso-
lution should be sufficient to prevent any good Masons,
paying allegiance to this Grand Lodge, from hereafter
becoming members of any bodies claiming to be Masonic,
other than those mentioned in that resolution."' (See No.
54 a.)
65. Resolved, That the clause, "take the usual course"
at the end of Section 61, of By-Laws, be interpreted to
mean that the written petition of the applicant, be referred
to an investigating committee of three members, which
committee shall submit a report within one lunar month,
as in the case of other petitions for the degrees.
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Of). lrnder Section 98 the question of guilt <>r inno-
cence is to be decided by ballot, and a two-thirds vote is
necessary to convict. Under Section 99 the degree of
punishment must be determined by a two-thirds vote of
the Lodge, whether it be expulsion, indefinite or definite
suspension or reprimand, and the Lodge having convicted
a Brother of Masonic offense would be guilty of a gross
neglect of its Masonic duties should it fail to inflict one
of the punishments provided by Section 106, and one
which, upon a regular appeal, would subject the Lodge to
discipline.
67. Rexolccd That M. W. Brother H. P. H. Bromwell,
Past Grand Master of Illinois and at present a member
of Denver Lodge No. 5, at Denver, Colorado, be and he is
hereby declared duly elected as an honorary member of
this M. \V. Grand Lodge.
By W. T. Bridwbll. 1890.
68. A committee appointed by a Lodge to collect
testimony can exclude from its meetings all brethren not
directly interested in the matter.
69. A brother having served a Lodge as Warden is
eligible to election as Master, but aside from this occupies
no higher place in the Lodge than any other member.
70. In the absence of general law on the subject, each
Lodge has the right to limit the time before which a
rejected applicant may apply again ; but, in the absence
of any law, he may apply at any time.
71. Expulsion by a Lodge is from all the rights, privi-
leges and benefits of Masonry, and is final unless reversed
by the Grand Lodge. The Lodge should send notice of
such action to other branches of the Order of which the
expelled was a member.
72. A brother having received one or more degrees
and removes from the Jurisdiction of the Lodge which
received him, remains the material of that Lodge, regard-
less of where he may go.
73. A Lodge having suspended one of its members
for non-payment of dues, cannot in after years remit the
amount and restore him to good standing. Suspended or
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expelled Masons are not worthy objects of Masonic
charitv.
74. To determine the sufficiency of an objection after
ballot, have the case heard by your Lodge in accordance
with Section 73, Grand Lodge By-Laws. A unanimous
vote will be necessary to entitle the candidate to advance-
ment, the objector not being permitted to vote. (See By-
Laws 73. )
75. Objections to the advancement of a candidate
after ballot should be investigated by the Lodge. It is
optional with the Master to order charges preferred and
enter into a formal trial, or he can order an investi-
gation without the formality of charges. (See By-Law
73.)
76. It is contrary to Masonic custom for Masons to
lease their Lodge room for dancing or any other secular
purposes. * * * A Masonic Lodge room is a sacred
place, and should be regarded with the same degree of
respect whether the Fraternity own the building or
lease it.
77. A person having lost the first joint of the thumb
or the first three fingers of his right hand is ineligible to
be made a Mason.
78. The Thamp Mason.— Lodges should be informed
as to the worthiness of such applicants before lending
assistance. In all such cases where actual necessity is
not manifest, it is not charity to give.
79. A Mason carrying a dimit in this jurisdiction
more than one year, without petitioning for affiliation, has
no legal claim on the Fraternity.
80. There is no law requiring a Mason to state his
reason for applying for a dimit. He enters the Lodge of
his own volition, and cannot be compelled to remain a
member should he elect otherwise.
81. A certificate of good standing is not sufficient-
evidence for a Lcxlge to admit a visitor upon. If his
regard for Masonry is not sufficient to prompt him to
acquire a sufficient degree of Masonic intelligence to make
himself known, he does not merit recognition.
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82. A Lodge cannot entertain a petition from an
applicant who has not resided twelve months within its
jurisdiction. This is prohibited by Grand Lodge By-Law
No. 55.
83. Question: Has one Mason the right to go on
the witness-stand in a criminal case and attempt to
impeach the testimony of another Mason without first
informing him that he would do so? Answer: If the
first witness had testified falsely, and by such testimony
attempted to defeat the end of justice, it would be the
duty of the second witness to expose such testimony; but
if the testimony of the first witness was correct, the second
witness was vuilty ot gross unmasonic conduct, and he
should be dealt with accordingly.
84. Question: A Mason commits homicide, is tried
by the court and acquitted. Can we accept this as suffi-
cient, or should the Lodge hold an investigation?
Answer : Yes. The Lodge should take cognizance of the
matter regardless of the action of the court. Courts may
err through prejudice, releasing the guilty and punishing
the innocent. This does not afford an example for a
Masonic Lodge to pattern after. (See No. 110.)
85. Lodges desiring to hold real estate should consult
Laws of Colorado, session of 1879, pau;es 110 and 111.
By the Grand Lodge, 1890.
86. By-Law 125 was construed to include all persons
engaged in the business of selling intoxicating liquors,
and to all others in any business, selling intoxicating
liquors as beverages. (See 62-115-123.)
By E. L. N. Foster, 1891.
87. A brother having received the E. A. degree in
another jurisdiction, is their material, and the F. C. and
M. M. degrees can only be conferred on him in one of
two ways :
First — The Lodge which conferred the first degree
can make a request to another Lodge to confer the re-
maining degrees, when no ballot should be taken as to the
qualifications of the candidate, but a majority vote of the
Lodge to do the work would be proper ; the candidate
could then become a member of the Lodge making the
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request, and the fee should be paid to it. The Lodge,
however, should require proficiency in each preceding
degree before conferring the next. •
Second — The Lodge can ask waiver of jurisdiction,
which being granted, the candidate can petition in the
regular way, setting forth the additional facts, accom-
panied by a certificate of the Lodge that conferred the
first degree.
88. A request for waiver of jurisdiction must be made
before ballot.
89. A brother can not completely sever his connec-
tion with the Fraternity; there is no way by which Jie
can be relieved of his obligations.
90. Lodges U. D. can not collect dues, as they have
no By-Laws. They are governed by the Grand Lodge
By-Laws.
91. The W. M. of a Lodge has authority to discharge
an investigating committee when it fails to report, but it
should only be done in exceptional cases : it is better to
give the old committee further time.
92. A Lodge is not legally compelled to pay the
funeral expenses of a brother, even though one of its
own members, but can dispense its charity in the way it
deems best.
93. The W. M. of a Lodge errs in refusing to allow a
member to examine the Lodge records.
94. A Lodge can not appear as such, to escort a
Commandery of Knights Templars performing funeral
services. If Master Masons attend a funeral as a Lodge,
they must have charge of the ceremonies.
95. Section 55, Grand Lodge By-Laws, refers to
petitions for initiation only.
96. As no colored Lodges have been recognized in
this jurisdiction, it is improper to permit the use of our
Lodge rooms to install the officers of so-called colored
Lodges.
97. The regularly elected and appointed officers of a
Lodge, with the exception of a Tiler, must be members.
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98. The absence of the letter of dispensation of a
Lodge renders the meeting irregular, and any work done
illegal.
99. A candidate initiated when the letter of dispen-
sation was absent is irregularly made, and should be
healed before proceeding further.
100. It is unnecessary to obtain a permit from the
Grand Master for a Past Master to install the regularly
elected officers of a Lodge.
101. The geographical jurisdiction of Lodges U. D. is
the same as that of chartered Lodges.
102. When it is discovered that a petitioner for the
degrees resides without the jurisdiction of the Lodge
which received his petition, the fact should be spread
upon the minutes, and, provided a waiver of jurisdiction
can not be obtained, the petition and fee should be re-
turned to the petitioner, with the information that if he
desires the degrees, he must apply to the Lodge in whose
jurisdiction he resides.
By John M. Maxwell. 1892.
103. Grand Lodge By-Law No. 56 covers petitions for
affiliation, and as a dimit is made a part of the petition for
affiliation under Grand Lodge By-Law No. 59, the dimit
cannot be returned to the petitioner unless his petition
should be rejected.
104. No authority is vested in the Grand Master to
appoint officers of a subordinate Lodge to act during the
temporary absence of the officers of the Lodge.
105. Only those whose names appear in the Dispensa-
tion and those raised under it. can vote upon petitions for
the degrees in Lodges I\ D.
106. An annual election in a subordinate Lodge held
at any other time than that designated by the By-Laws of
the Lodge is' irregular and void, unless such election is
held by virtue of a Special Dispensation, granted by the
Grand Master.
107. The Secretary of a Lodge has no authority to
issue summonses for any purposes, unless instructed so to
do by the Worshipful Master, or the Lodge.
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108. The election to the Mastership of a brother
ineligible to hold that office, unless by Special Dispensa-
tion granted by the Grand Master, is irregular and void.
109. A Lodge having elected a member to the office of
Senior Warden, upon the refusal of the brother to be in-
stalled, cannot at a date subsequent to the date for its
annual election, elect any one else to that office, except by
Special Dispensation granted by the Grand Master.
110. It is the duty of a Lodge to proceed with the trial
of a brother charged with a Masonic oifense, regardless of
the action, or non-action of the courts of the State. ( See
No. 84.)
111. A brother having made application to his Lodge
for a dimit, can withdraw his application at any time be-
fore the Lodge has taken action upon it.
112. A Junior Warden can not prefer charges in his
official capacity, except by order of the Lodge.
113. A Lodge U. D. cannot act upon a petition for
initiation unless the applicant has resided within the juris-
diction of the Lodge 17. D. during the preceding twelve
months. ( See By-Law 55.)
114. A man who has lost the left hand at the wrist, is
ineligible to be made a Mason.
115. A Lodge cannot entertain the petition of one who
is acting as the agent of a brewing company, and as such,
selling bottled beer by the barrel. ( See Nos. 62, 86
and 123.)
116. The doctrine of kt perpetual jurisdiction" is not
recognized in this jurisdiction.
117. For good and sufficient reasons a subordinate
Lodge may suspend its regular communications, and it is
not necessary to have the Grand Master's permission
therefor.
118. A brother bringing himself within the require-
ments of Grand Lodge By-Law No. 85, is entitled to a
dimit, although he has failed to pay an assessment levied
by the Lodge, and the W. M. of the Lodge should not re-
fuse to sign or withhold the dimit.
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119. A man who is deformed by one leg being shorter
than the other, is not eligible to receive the degrees in
Masonry.
120. A man who has lost the first two fingers of his
right hand, is not eligible to receive the degrees in Masonry.
121. A " physically defective" man, being very lame,
is not eligible to receive the degrees in Masonry.
By the Grand Lodge, 1892.
122. It is clearly the duty of the Master of a L<xlge to
suspend from office an officer of his Lodge for unbecoming
or unmasonic conduct, in advance of charges and trial for
such conduct.
123. . It is unlawful to receive the petition to be made
a Mason of a man engaged in selling liquor on commission.
( See Nos. 62, 80 and 115. )
124. A Masonic apron should be of white leather only.
We recommend that the presentation of the apron in the
First Degree be an actual presentation, and that it be made
the duty of the Secretary of the Lodge to inscribe or have
inscribed upon the under side of it the name of the brother
receiving it. together with the date of his initiation, to
which shall be added the date of his passing and raising
when the same shall have been accomplished.
125. That hereafter, in making the annual returns, the
Secretaries of all the Lodges be required to report the ages
of all the members. ( See By-Law 37.)
By W. D. Wright, 1893.
126. A Lodge, as such, has no authority to attend fun-
eral services held at a church in connection with other
societies, the remains of the brother to be afterwards
shipped away for burial.
127. After a portion of the Entered Apprentice de-
gree had been conferred upon a candidate, it was dis-
covered that he had lost the first two joints of the forefinger
of his right hand. He was returned to the preparation
room, proceedings stopped, and the matter submitted to
the Grand Master. I held that, having in view ail the
circumstances of the case, he could be made a Mason.
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128. A Lodge in this jurisdiction can not act upon, or
in any way recognize, a dim it from a Lodge chartered by
the Grand Lodge at Hamburg. (See By-Law 124.)
129. Question. — Can a Lodge, having opened on regular
meeting night, Tuesday, be then called from labor to re-
freshment, to meet again the following Monday at the
sound of the gavel in the East ?
Ansicer. — No.
130. A Lodge can try a brother after his term of of-
fice has expired, for a Masonic offense committed while he
was Worshipful Master.
131. In a case where defective hearing compelled a
candidate to resort to an artificial device to enable him to
hear a whisper : Held, that a Lodge was better able to
judge of his qualifications in that respect. (See -By-Law
148.)
132. Question.- Is a stockholder in a brewery, a cor-
poration making and selling beer, eligible to receive the
degrees in Masonry under our laws, the person not being
in any way actively connected with the business of making
or selling the beer, but owning the stock only as an in-
vestment ?
Answer. — No. (See By-Law 125.)
133. A brother having died while regularly under sus-
pension for non-payment of dues cannot afterwards be re-
instated by his Lodge.
134. Any prior arrangement or understanding by
which a candidate is to have the fees paid for the degrees
in Masonry refunded to him, is unmasonic.
135. In a Masonic trial the Lodge is not governed by
technical rules of evidence. Any thing properly tending
to throw light upon the facts and bring out the truth
should be admitted in evidence.
136. A Grand Master as such cannot properly inter-
fere with or undertake to settle business differences
between individual Masons.
137. A brother past sixty years of age, in the absence
of any Lodge By-Law governing, is not exempt from
Lodire dues.
360 appendix. [1893
138. In the absence of the Master, the Senior or
Junior Warden being present, may, through courtesy or
from any* cause in the discretion of the Warden, request a
P. M. to open as well as preside over the Lodge.
139. In case of an applicant who had lost the first
three fingers of his left hand, calling attention to Grand
Lodge By-Law No. 74, and to the ancient Landmarks
and Herniations of Masonry, he left the Lodge to be the
judge as to the physical qualifications. (See No. 148.)
140. It requires a vote of the Lodge to empower the
Secretary to issue (limits in all cases, and the Lodge record
should state the facts.
141. When a brother, against whom no charges are
pending, pays all Lodge dues, and regularly makes appli-
cation for a dimit, a written objection by an individual
brother is not a bar to the issuance of such dimit. If the
matters he bases his objections on are serious enough to
warrant such course, and if the objecting brother wishes
to prefer charges, he should be given reasonable opportunity
to do so.
142. Upon the petition of an unmarried man, stating
that he was and had for years been a resident within the
jurisdiction of the Lodge, he was duly elected and received
the E. A. degree. Afterwards, and because it appeared
that the petitioner had made a homestead filing on land
within its jurisdiction, which homestead he had also claimed
as his residence, a second Lodge claimed him as its material.
The first Lodge so far conceded such claim as to have
turned over the initiation fee to the second Lodge, which
latter Lodge I was advised expected to confer the second
degree on said applicant, at the time the matter was sub-
mitted to me.
Held: That the applicant in his petition having claimed
his residence within its jurisdiction, and being still an
actual resident there, said first Lodge having acted in good
faith was entitled to the initiation fee, and the applicant
was its material, and if permitted to proceed further, the
remaining degrees should be conferred upon him by said
first Lodge.
143. A Lodge in this jurisdiction, before proceeding
with trial, in case of a brother belonging to a Lodge in
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another jurisdiction, should notify his Lodge, and afford it
ample opportunity to be represented in any proper way if
it so wishes, in the trial of one of its members.
144. The word " finding," as used in Section 100 of
Grand Lodge By-Laws, means a finding of the different
facts, which, in the opinion of the Commission, seem to be
established by the evidence, the Lodge having the sole
right to determine upon said finding of facts, the question
of guilt or innocence.
145. It would be improper for a brother who must be
a witness upon the trial, to serve as one of the Commission
to whom the case is referred, and thus be in the position of
passing judgment upon the merits of his own testimony.
140. Lodge having opened on the first degree, and
having work in that degree fully prepared, may proceed
with initiation before opening on the third degree, or may
open on the third and afterward reopen on the first for the
purpose of work.
147. In a case where five brothers signed charges, as
Grand Lodge By-Law Sec. 95, provides that charges "must
be signed by the accuser/' and Sec. 97 further provides that
at the conclusion of the trial both the accused and accuser
shall retire ; held, that if the cases submitted should be
carried to a conclusion in its present shape, the five
brothers who have signed such charges could not be per-
mitted to vote upon the final determination of the cases.
By the Grand Lodge, 1893.
148. While it be eminently proper that subordinate
Lodges determine the eligibility for the degrees of candi-
dates, that they must nevertheless always be governed by
the spirit of the law, which provides "that he must not be
incapable of learning the art and becoming perfect in the
work."
149. In the case of a brother known to be unable to
pa}-, his Lodge may remit and release him from payment
of Lodge dues, provided that there be no By-Lawr of the
Lcxlge prohibiting such action.
150. The proposed Worshipful Master of any new
Lodge, before receiving the recommendation of any other
302 appendix. [1893
Lodge for a dispensation, shall present to that Lod^e a
certificate from the Grand Lecturer that he is proficient in
the esoteric work of this jurisdiction in addition to the
other requirements.
151. An Entered Apprentice desiring to take the re-
maining degrees in a Lodge other than the Lodge confer-
ring the first degree is not required to reside in the new
jurisdiction twelve months before applying.
GENERAL INDEX TO LAWS.
Refzbkncbs to Sections : C— Constitution ; B— By-Laws , D— Decision e.
C. B. 1).
Absence forfeits pay 5
of Grand Master provided for 20
of Master provided for 49
Accused, absence of, at trial.. 104
and accuser may be present at trial 101
Accuser mast retire 1*7
Accuser to sign charges ._ 95
Admitted to membership _ HI
Admission to membership may be refused 4
Advancement, application for IS
may be stayed 71
of Entered Apprentices 151
objected to 72
Affiliate, where a brother may 32
whocannot 125
Affiliation after expulsion 11H
free for, prohibited _ 82
petition for _ 59 15
regulated 80
Ages of members to be reported 125
Air-line jurisdiction _ 51
Amendments to By-Laws 135
to Constitution 31
Annual Communication -.. 3
dues from Lodges _ 37
election, when void 106
report of Grand Treasurer 21
report of Grand Secretary 22
i returns of Lodges 36 125
I Appeals, Committee on 4(4)
! Appeal, when taken 110
| if decision is reversed _ 105
i must be in writing Ill
Appellate jurisdiction of Grand Lodge 5
Appellant to give notice Ill
Application after rejection 69
for dimit may be withdrawn Ill
Appointed officers, in Grand Lodge ._ 7
in Lodges under dispensation 44
installation of 11
i
! Approval of journal -. IS
i Apron, described 124
| Assessment, failure to pay 118
Ballot, can not be set aside 66
disclosing one's own _ 67
for affiliation „ 80
forbidden until 62
for each degree 65
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a b. d. |
Ballot, Grand Officers elected by 7
when spread 68
second, when allowed 66
unfavorable cannot be reconsidered 27
when most be declared dark 59 l
Ballots, adverse are final 66
for membership and advancement 29
majority of. necessary 9
Balloting, all mnst vote in 64
Beer seller, ineligible 113
Bond of Grand Secretary 22
Grand Treasurer 21
Books, who may purchase 30
Brom well, H. P. H., honorary member 67
By-Laws of Grand Lodge, amendments of 135
Lodge, changes of, when operative 133
of Grand Lodge, to be printed annually 22
of Ledges under dispensation 4(3)
of Lodges under dispensation 23
signing of Lodge 78
to be read 134
Burial of non-affiliates 35
of suicides 1
Candidate, degrees conferred on only one 76
to be examined on each degree 75
for affiliation must visit 80
failing to appear 60
non-resident 77
physical qualifications of 74 21-22
physical qualifications of _ 3&-41
physical qualifications of 60-77
physical qualifications of 114-119
physical qualifications of 120-121
physical qualifications of 127-131
physical qualifications of 132-139
physical qualifications of _ 1W
Candidates, rejected 68
not to be reported 70
re-application of 69 61
Certificate with petition for new Lodge 21
of good standing not sufficient to admit SI
Certificate to members of extinct Lodges S7
Chaplain, Grand, duties of 23
Charges against non-affiliates 83
answering of 96
copy of , and notice to be served 95 —:
for non-payment of dues, form of 113
J. W. cannot prefer, except H2
who may sign 95
who may prefer 36
Charity, evidence required before granting _ 181 73
Charter, destroyed or lost 34
feefor 31
Grand Lodge may revoke or suspend 6
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APPENDIX. 31 >5
C. B. D.
Charter not granted, except 27
only granted upon 28
only issued to 2H
ear render of 32
suspended or forfeited 41
when granted 26
when shall be recalled 38
Charters, committee on 40*)
Colored Lodges 20
Colored Lodges 96
Commissioners, trial provided for 96
to report to Lodge 100
taking testimony can exclade visitors 6
who may serve . 145
Committee on Appeals and Grievances 4(4)
on Credentials 3(1)
on Character, form of report 62
to examine visiting brethren 8»2j
on Finance. Mileage and Per Diem 4 5)
on Lodges Under Dispensation 4(8;
on Masonic Correspondence 4(1)
Masonic Jurisprudence 4(2)
second, not to be appointed :i
Investigating _.. 91
Committees, not to sit during session 17
reports of, to be in writing 16
session 3
standing _ 4
standing may be called 5
Communication, annual 3
quorum at 4
Communications. Lodge may suspend 117
on Sabbath forbidden 126
Concurrent jurisdiction 52
Conferring Past Master's degree 4H
degrees on non-residents 77
degrees 146
Connection with Fraternity cannot be com pletely severed s9
Constitution to be printed annually 22 _
how amended 31
to be read ._ 134
Correspondence, conducting of 22
Conviction, vote necessary for 9S
Courts of State, in re trial in Lorigo 110
Credentials, committee on 3(1)
Deacons, (i rand, duties of 27
Debate, regulated / 12
Decision of Grand Master final,unle88 reversed by Grand Lodge 17 ._
toberead 134
Declaring result of ballot 66
Degrees, number conferred in one day 75
conferring of first section 76
conferring of, on non -residents 77
minimum fee for. _ 79
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C. B. D.
Degrees, what are recognized 54-64
Depriving of MaRonic rights 94
Deputy 0 rand Master 7
acts as Grand Master 20
Dimit, application for can be withdrawn. HI
can not be returned, unlesss 103
dates from _.. 88
necessary for affiliation 59
objections to granting 141
officers can not 86
reusons for, not required 80
vote of Lodge required 140
when entitled to 1W
of non-affiliates to be cancelled 89
can not be withdrawn __ 12
issuing duplicate prohibited 30
how granted _ 83
Lodges under dispensation can not grant.. 11
signed by _ 14
with petition for new Lodge 21
over one year old 79
Discipline, non-payment of dues cause for 112
whosubjectto 84-98
Disclosing ballot forbidden 67
Dispensation, for new Lodge granted by 18
to new Lodge, how granted 19
special when no! granted 4
must be present 98
to elect officers _ 1®
Division of question 13
Divulging result of trial 109
Donations to library fund 30
Double pay not allowed 5
Dropped from roll, restoring those heretofore 122
Druggists selling liquor 40
Dues, Grand Lodge, when payable 88
Lodges U. D. can not collect _ 90
part payment of _ 2S
remitting 149
who exempt from ltf
Duplicate charters, when issued 34
Duty of Grand Master 15
of Master of new Lodge 22
Duties, members not exempt from 81
of G rand Lecturer 25
oF G rand Secretary 22
of Grand Treasurer - 21
Eastern Star, Order of 9
Eight j>etitioners necessary for dispensation 19
Elected officers installed annually _ 11
can decline 19
Election, annual, when void — 106-109
in Grand Lodge 9
majority votes necessary 42
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APPENDIX. 367
C. B. D.
Election of brother ineligible, void - 108
of candidate* _ 65
of Masters from the floor - 6
of officers 27
of officers reported 3.1
Elections in Lodges under dispensation prohibited 44
who may vote at 8
Electioneering for office 43
Elective officers 7
Eligibility for office .. 10
Emergent Grand Lodge cannot be opened _ — IB
Entered Apprentice, advancement of - 151
Apprentice failing to pass examination... 39
Evidence in trials 135
of standing of petitioners 21
Examination of ballots _. 66 __
for advancement 75
Examining committee, second, not to be appointed 91
Exclusive jurisdiction of Grand Lodge 5
Exemplification of work before Grand Lecturer 25
Exempt from Grand Lodge does 37
Exempt from Lodge dues _ 137
Expenses of new Lodge 19
Expelled Mason, how restored 119
when decision is reversed 118
Expulsion includes 107
notice of , given 109 71
vote necessary for 99
who amenable to 8
Expulsions published with proceedings 107
Extinct Lodges, duties of officers of ,... 128
members of 87
Failure of Lodge to be represented _ _ 41
to pay does 38
Fee for affiliation prohibited 82
for charter 31
for degrees 79
for dispensation 20
for special dispensation 25 .__
forfeited, when _ 60
Fees from Lodges under dispensation 23
cannot be refunded 134
when returned 73
Fellowcraft failing to pass examination 39
Pilling blanks 15
Finance, committee on 4 (5)
Forfeiture of fee paid 60
France, GrAnd Orientof 124
Funeral services with other societies 126
Funerals, when held 126
expenses, who to pay 92
26
... _ -« »
29
*_*- - - - »
33
87
3*
121
128
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MS APPENDIX. [ 1S03
C. B. i).
Gi and Lodge, adjourns 4
is supreme authority 5
may suspend charter 6 41
may delegate its power* 6
jurisdiction of 5
composed of 2
quorum at 4
vote of officers of K
powers of 6
style of 1
may reverse decision of G rand Masters 17
grants charters
may name officers in charter
shall recall charters...
dues to
dues, when payable
of Hamburg
proceedings, property of
Grand Master, powers and prerogatives of 12
may convene special 13
may convene subordinate Lodge 14
Grand Master, duty of 15
may suspend functions of Lodge 16
may command other officers 19
may grant dispensations 18
and Grand Secretary may purchase books 30
can change location of Lodge 129
cannot appoint temporary officers 1W
to approve change in By-Laws 133
settling business differences 1*
decisions final 17
absence provided for _ 20
traveling expetiKes to be paid _ 53
Grand Chaplain, duties of 23
G rand Deacons, duties of 27
G rand Lecturer, duties and pay of 25
certificates to proposed Master 150
Grand Librarian, Grand Secretary is 22
duties of 30
(irand Marshal, duties of 26
Grand Officers, title of 2
elected and appointed 7
have one vote each.. 8
qualifications of 10
installed annually 11
pay of 5
(irand Orator, duties of 24
(irand Orient of France 124
(irand Secretary, duties of and salary 22
when new trial ordered 105
and ( J rand Master to purchase books 30
to give notice of imposters 131
(?rand Stewards, duties of 28
Grand Tiler, rights and duties of 29
Grand Treasurer, duties of 21
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APPENDIX. 369
C. B. D.
Grand Warden* act as Grand Master 20
Granting dimits 85
Grievances. Committee on 4(4)
Guilt, how determined 98
Hamburg, Grand Lodge of 124 128
Hancock, town of , under jurisdiction of 54
Healing, when required 99
Honorary membership 180 46
Impostors to be reported 181
Incorporate, Lodges should not 28
Initiation fee, when forfeited 60
Initiated, who cannot be 125
who should be healed. 99
Installation by proxy forbidden 11 47
of Master 48
of officers -. 11 .... 100
of officers of newly chartered Lodge 47
of re-elected Master 46
pablic, forbidden 45
Intemperance a crime 125
InTestigating Committee may be discharged 91
Irregular work 24 98
laming of Charters 36
Journal to be read 18
Junior Grand Warden acts as Grand Master 20 _
Junior Warden, cannot prefer charges, except 112
Jurisdiction of Lodges _ 55 101
£. A*s and F. CTs 72
how waived.. 58-61
of Lodges U. D 118
over E. A's, how gained 87
over non-affiliates 84
over petitioners 17-142
waiver of 25
perpetual not recognized 116
Jurisprudence, Committee on 4(2)
Legislation, power of Grand Lodge over 5
Lecturer, Grand, duties of 25
Librarian, Grand, duties of 80
Library fund, donations to 80
fees paid to 25
Liquor seller, ineligible for degrees 62-123
denned 86
Liquor selling caose for discipline 125 51
Liquors excluded 125
Location of Lodge, how changed 129
Lodge, attending funeral 126
attend funerals when 126
by-laws can regulate applications 18
cannot act as escort 94
24
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370 appendix. [1893
C. B. D.
Lodge cannot bo opened unless 49
cannot call to refreshment to another day 19
cannot reinstate member after death IS
can try for offenses fl
can try Masters, when 130
changing by-laws 133
demise of 128
dnes mast be paid 2
does, part payment of 28
duty of . before granting recommend 150
duty of , before trial 1*3
duty of , on appeal 110
failing to inflict punishment 66
failing to meet S3
functions of , may be suspended 15 38
Grand Lecturer may convene any 25
granting charity 131
how opened 50-1SS
jurisdiction 51 47
may be convened by Grand Master 14
may issue summons 90
may stop advancement 71
must be represented in Grand Lodge 40
must conform to established rales 15
mast vote on issuing dimit HO
not act on petition unless 55
not act on petition unless 57
not legally compelled to pay funeral expenses 92
represented in Grand Lodge by 1
room not to be leased W
room, renting of _ 2
shall pay dues 37
to determine as to trial 96
to determine guilt and punishment 100
to report officers elected _ 35
waiving jurisdiction 25
who may open and preside 13s
Lodge Under Dispensation, appointed officers in 44
cannot collect dues w
cannot elect officers 44
cannot grant dimits 11
how governed 28
jurisdiction of 101-111
not chartered except 27
who votes in 105
Lodge cannot receive petition of 115.123
colored 20-76
concurrent jurisdiction of 52 —
desiring to hold real estate _ ®
having concurrent jurisdiction, duties of 53
may suspend regular communications 117
of instruction 25
to proceed with trial 11°
under dispensation, committee on 4(8)
Loss of charter provided for _ 34
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APPENDIX. 371
C. B. D.
Majority cannot surrender charter 32
of votes necessary in elections 9 42
Masonic correspondence, committee on 4(1)
degrees recognized 54
jurisprudence, committee on 4(2)
rights, how lost 94
year ends 86
Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home 54
Marshal, Grand, duties of 28
Masons made in Lodge under dispensation 10
cannot completely sever connection 89
witness against Masons 83
Master, choice of ." 6
exempt from Lodge jurisdiction 98
may appoint proxy 1
may fill vacancy 44
may issue summons 90
may refuse to admit visitors 4
may stop advancement 71
may suspend from office 122
nominated in petition for charter 29
of new Lodge, duty of 22
of new Lodge, qualifications for 20 150
qualifications of 50
re-elected, installation of 46 57
service as, anywhere, eligible to election 55
signing dimits 14
suspended and re-instated 56
to see his Lodge represented 40
Meetings of Grand Lodge 3 6
Members of Grand Lodge 2
duties of 7
have one vote 8
may be refused admission > 4
must vote 9
must vote 60
to speak but twice 8
Members may examine records 93
Membership necessary to hold office 10
how disturbed 22
how gained 7.8
how gained after expulsion 118
Minutes to be read 18
Motion must be seconded. 10
must be in writing 11
Motions while questions are under debate 12
Mount Princeton Lodge No. 49, jurisdiction of 54
Neglect to pay Grand Lodge dues 38
Negroes, recognition of 20
New Lodges, dispensation for 18
New petition, when required fiO
New trial, if ordered, duty of Grand Secretary 105
Nominations for office prohibited 43
Non-affiliates, conduct of *4
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370 appendix. [1893
C. B. D.
Lodge cannot be opened unless 48
cannot call to refreshment to another day 129
cannot reinstate member after death 188
can try for offenses ._ 47
can try Masters, when 130
changing by-laws 133
demise of 128
does most be paid 2
dues, part payment of 23
duty of , before granting reoommend 150
duty of t before trial ._ 143
duty of , on appeal _ 110
failing to inflict punishment 66
failing to meet 38
functions of , may be suspended 15 88
Grand Lecturer may convene any 25
granting charity _ 131
how opened 50-188
jurisdiction 51 47
may be convened by Grand Master 14
may issue summons 90
may stop advancement 71
must be represented in Grand Lodge 40
must conform to established rules 15
must vote on issuing dirait 140
not act on petition unless 55
not act on petition unless 57
not legally compelled to pay funeral expenses A2
represented in Grand Lodge by 1
room not to be leased 76
room, renting of _ 2
Khali paydues 87
to determine as to trial 96
to determine guilt and punishment 100
to report officers elected 35
waiving jurisdiction 25
who may open and preside 139
Lodge Under Dispensation, appointed officers in 44
cannot collect dues 90
cannot elect officers _ 44
cannot grant dimits 11
how governed 28
jurisdiction of 101418
not chartered except 27
who votes in 105
Lodge cannot receive petition of 115-128
colored 20-7*
concurrent jurisdiction of —... 52 —
desiring to hold real estate _ 85
having concurrent jurisdiction, duties of 58
may suspend regular communications 117
of instruction 25
to proceed with trial 110
under dispensation, committee on 4(3)
Loss of charter provided for 34
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APPENDIX. 371
C. B. D.
Majority cannot surrender charter 32 _.
of votes necessary in elections 9 42
Masonic correspondence, committee on 4(1)
degrees recognized 54
jurisprudence, committee on 4 (Z)
rights, how lost 94
year ends 36
Masonic Widows* and Orphans* Home _ 54
Marshal, Grand, duties of 26
Masons made in Lodge under dispensation 10
cannot completely sever connection 89
witness against Masons 83
Master, choice of / 6
exempt from Lodge jurisdiction 98
may appoint proxy 1
may fill vacancy 44
may issue summons 90
may refose to admit visitors 4
may stop advancement 71 __
may suspend from office 122
nominated in petition for charter _ 29
of new Lodge, duty of 22
of new Lodge, qualifications for 20 150
qualifications of 50
re-elected, installation of _ 46 57
service as, anywhere, eligible to election 55
signing dimits _ 14
suspended and re-instated 56
to see his Lodge represented 40
Meetings of Grand Lodge 3 6
Members of Grand Lodge 2
duties of 7
have one vote _ 8
may be refused admission 4
must vote 9
must vote 60
to speak but twice 8
Members may examine records 93
Membership necessary to hold office 10
how disturbed 22
how gained 78
how gained after expulsion 118
Minutes to be read 18
Motion roust be seconded 10
must be in writing 11
Motions while questions are under debate 12
Mount Princeton Lodge No. 49, jurisdiction of 54
Neglect to pay Grand Lodge dues 38
Negroes, recognition of 20
New Lodges, dispensation for 18
New petition, when required 60
New trial, if ordered, duty of (J rand Secretary 105
Nominations for office prohibited _ 43
Non-affiliates, conduct of M
372 appendix. [1893
C. B. D.
Non-affiliation, cause for discipline 88
Non-intercouree, discretion used by Lodges 123
with France and Hamburg 124
Non-payment of does, cause for discipline 112
form of charges for 118
trial for 114
penalty for 115
Non-resident petitioners 58
Notice to Lodges having concurrent jurisdiction 53
Objection after ballot 72 74
before ballot 45
entered of record 73
to advancement 75
to issuing dimit 141
to visitors 132
Obligation, cannot be relieved of 80
Offense while Master, when tried _ 130
Officers cannot dimit 86
elected, can decline 19
elected, and appointed 7
installed, cannot refuse to serve 42
must be members _ 97
Officers of Grand Lodge 2
of Lodge may be suspended from office 122
refuse to be installed 109
under dispensation, appointed 44
of new Lodges recommended 19
of new Lodges, who may install 47 110
pay of , in Grand Lodge 5
re-elected must be installed 57
Opening of Grand Lodge, quorum for 4
Orator, Grand, duties of 24
Order, members must keep 7
of business 146
Original jurisdiction of Grand Lodge 5
Orphans' Home 54b
Pall-bearers must be Masons 85
Part payment of dues 28
Past Grand Master member of Grand Lodge 2
Past Deputy Grand Master member of Grand Lodge 2
Past Master's degree not essential 48
Pay of members of Grand Lodge 5
Pay of Grand Lecturer 25
Payment of dues after suspension 116
Per diem, committee on 4(5)
Personally interested oannot vote 9
Petitions for change of name or location 4(8)
Penalties enumerated 106
Penalty for non-payment of dues 115
Percentage allowed Secretaay of new Lodge 80
Perpetual jurisdiction 116
Petition for affiliation 59 15
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APPENDIX. 373
C. B. D.
Petition for affiliation 80 82
for Charter 28
for dispensation, how recommended 20-58
for dispensation mast set forth 19
for initiation cannot be withdrawn 56
for part of the degrees _ 61
for special dispensation 25 16
not acted opon unless 55 82
of liquor seller _ 115-123
of non-resident 58
when acted upon 57
when returned 102
who cannot sign 49
Physical qualifications 74 21-22
Physical qualifications 26-41
Physical qualifications 60-77
Physical qualifications 114-119
Physical qualifications __ 119-121
Physical qualifications 127-131
Physical qualifications 132-189
Physical qualifications 148
Place of Annual Communication 3
Powers of Grand Lodge 5-6
and prerogatiTes of Grand Blaster 12
Presentation of apron 124
Proceedings of Grand Lodge, property of Lodge 5
of trials, when furnished 105
to be read 134
Proxy installation forbidden 11 47
Proxies, qualifications for 1
who may give 8 1
Public installation forbidden 45
Punishment, majority necessary to inflict. 99
Purchase of books SO
Qualifications of candidates 60 21-22
of candidates 74 26-41
of candidates 77 6H-61
of candidates 125 77-114
of candidates 119-120
of candidates 121-127
of candidates 131-132
of candidates _ 139-148
of Grand Officers 10
of Grand Secretary _ 22
of Grand Treasurer 21
of Master of new Lodge 20
of proxies 1
of witnesses 102
Questions may be divided 13
to be answered by Committee on Character 62 38
Quorum in Grand Lodge 4
in Lodge 48
374 appendix. [1893
C B. D.
Rank of grand officers 2
Reconsideration of vofe - 1*
Recommending new Lodge $
Recommending new Lodge 20
Recognition of residents receiving degrees elsewhere 123
Record of issuing dimit HO
Records, who may examine 9*
Refusal to pay Grand Lodge dnee 88
to be installed 109
Refunding fees 13*
Rejected candidates re-applying 6S 70
Rejected candidates re-applying 18
Rejection of candidates not reported _ 70
Remitting dues ■_ 149
Removal after petitioning 17
Renting of Lodge rooms 2
Report of Grand Secretary 22
of Grand Treasurer 21
of Lodge Elections 35
Reports of committees most be in writing 16
of Committee on Character, contents of 62
an favorable, not a dark ballot 52
Representatives to Grand Lodge, qualifications of 2
pay of 5
Reprimand, who amenable to 8
how given 108
vote required for 99
Residence of petitioners for dispensation 19
of petitioners for initiation 55 37
for advancement 151
Restoration after suspension for non-payment of dues 116 73
afterdeath 133
by action of Grand Lodge 117
of expelled Masons 118
of expelled Masons _ 119
after definite suspension _ 120
after indefinite suspension _ 121 —
of those stricken from roll 122
Returns to be examined by Grand Secretary 22
and records of Lodge under dispensation 23
of Lodges, under dispensation, Comm ittee on 4(3)
must be made 2
when to be made 36
what to contain _ IS
Rights of Masons raised in Lodges under dispensation 10
of Tiler 29 .... 2*
Seal required on official notices 31
Secretary, Grand, duties of and salary 22
of new Lodge, salary prohibited to 30
Second to motion necessary 10
ballot, when allowed 66
Senior Grand Warden acts as Grand Master 20
Session committees 3 _„
Special Communications, who may call 13
13]
Imo, town, antler jurisdiction of. . .
irdinato Lodges, who represents. . .
pended, who may be
from office, "ho ma» be
pended Masons, restoration of
pended Masons, restoration of
panaion, notice given of. and pahhehed to proceed id
vote required for
hnical rnlaa of ertdaaoe
ching of auaathorised work.,
lporar? officers of Lodge
if annual Communication , .
* Grand Lodge
Grand Officer*
'Jrand, duties nod nghteof
place of
[i Lodge No. .'■.' Jurisdiction of
ing expenaes of r. ember* paid . . .
rer, Grand, duties and qualification
Lodge to Si time of
to be br Lodge or commission
mar proceed if accoaed ia absent . . .
not affected by court*
dot a brother after expiration of office . .
Lodges in eaine town ha™ concurrent loriadictmi
Jjimous ballot
LQtborited work.
rortfaj applicants for r ■ aril , . .
of Lodge room
■nor la Grand Mastership provided for..
lict, how arrived at
tor, objection U>
1
376 appendix. [1893
C. B. D.
Visiting brethren, committee on _ 3(2)
Visitors, evidence required of 34
Vote, Grand Tiler not entitled to 29
honorary members cannot 180
in Grand Lodge, who may 8
members most 9
necessary to inflict penalties 99
reconsidering of 14
those interested cannot 9
who may, in Lodge U. D M»
Votes, in Grand Lodge 1
members cannot cast more than three *
neoessary for election 9
necessary to amend By-Laws 135
necessary to amend Constitution SI
Waiver of jurisdiction _ 25-**
request for, when made &
when required 61
Waiving jurisdiction, how expressed >
Warden, Grand, aot as Grand Master 20
Wardens, in Lodges under dispensation 30
may appoint proxy 1
may preside 49
nominated in petition for Charter 29
place occupied by ©
Withdrawal of petition forbidden _.. 56
Witnesses, accused and accuser present at exam ination of 101
qualification of _ 102
Work, Grand Lodge to establish 6
out of regular order 24
to be exemplified by Lodge _ 25
when illegal ®
Working material for Lodges 89
Written petition for Charter required 28
FORMS.
PETITION FOR MEMBERSHIP.
) the Worshipful Matter, Wardens and Brethren of Lodge
No...., A. FA A. M.
The Petition of the subscriber respectfully represents that
i 1b a Master Mason in good standing, and was formerly a
ember of Lodge No , in the town of _._
_ _under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of
___ , from which he has regularly withdrawn
certificate of which from the Secretary of said Lodge accompaDies
is, his petition, and he now prays admission as a member of your
>dge, if found worthy.
His place of residence is By
cupation he is a His age is
Dated ...A. D. 18..
^commanded by ]
Master e. .
tiram,. s'«md
Endorsed on the luick as follows:
BTTTION OP FOB MEMBERSHIP.
Received , 18... and referred to Brethren
- _ Report due _.., 18..
illot had ,18.. Result "-.
The committee to whom was referred the petition of Brother
, beg leave to report that they have duly
nsidered the same and have carefully and diligently inquired into
e standing and character of the petitioner, and And him to be
.. worthy, and recommend that the prayer of his petition be
Given under our hands this day of___ ..., A. D. 18..
1
y Committee.
1
378 appendix. [1893
PETITION TO BE MADE A MASON.
To the Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brethren of Lodge
No.--.,A.F.&A.M.
Thf. Petition of the subscriber respectfully represents that bar-
ing long entertained a favorable opinion of your ancient institution,
he is desirous, if found worthy, of being admitted a member thereof.
If accepted, he pledges himself to a cheerful obedience to all the
requirements of your By-Laws, and to the established rules and reg-
ulations of the Fraternity. His age is years ; his occupation
is that of a ; his residence
Dated at , this day of A. L. 58.-
Recom mended by
i Master
'Masons,
J
The following questions are also required to be answered in writing by the
petitioner, and the answers annexed to said petition:
Where were you born ?
How long have you lived in Colorado ?
How long have you lived within the jurisdiction of this Lodge?
Have you ever applied for the degrees of Masonry, and, if bo,
when and in what Lodge ?
Do you believe in the existence of one ever-living and true God ?
Do you know of any physical, legal or moral reason which should
prevent you from becoming a Freemason ?
Are you engaged in any manner in the liquor traffic; and do you
agree not to become so engaged in the future ?
On the back of the, petition shall be the following :
Petition for initiation of Mr Recommended
by-
Petition received ,18.. Referred to
Report due.._ , 18.. Report received
, 18.. Ballot had
18__ Result _
93] APPENDIX. 379
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
Hall, op Lodge No...., A. P. & A.M.
the Worthijiful Master, Wardens and Brethren of said Lodge:
Vour Committee, to whom was referred the petition of Mr.
„ for initiation, find in answer to the below
errogatories as follows :
1. What is his age?
2. la he married or single ?
3. If married, is he living with hia wife ?
4. What is bis occupation and where ia he employed ?
5. Is he physically qualified for admission ?
fl. What is the character of his company and associates ?
7. Ia he addicted to the intemperate use of intoxicating liquors?
8. Does he gamble ?
9. Does he habitually use profane or indecent language ?
10. Has he licentious or immoral habits ?
11. Is he a law-abiding citizen 1
12. Doea he possess aufficient education and intelligence to un-
rstand and value the doctrines and ten eta of Masonry ?
13. Has be ever made previous application for the degrees ? and,
(o, where and when ?
14. State any other facts of ralue to the Lodge in arriving at a
foot conclusion.
Given under our hands this_ day of
^
380 appendix. [1893
SUMMONS.
Hall of Lodge No , A. F. & A. M.
Colorado , 18..
Bmtiier.
By order of W. M., you are hereby sum-
moned to attend a Communication of Lodge No
A. P. & A. MM on evening, the day of
A. L. 58_._, at o'clock, at the usual place
of meeting.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Lodge this
day of A. L. 58...
Secretary.
Endorsed on back as follows:
SUMMONS.
To Bro
Service— 1 have served the within summons by
Witness my hand this day of A. L. 58.
CHARGES FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES.
By order of Lodge No , A. F. & A. M., I hereby
charge Brother _ with unmasonic conduct in
neglecting to pay Lodge dues from the day of
to the day of.._ ._.
Dated A. D. 18...
Junior Warden.
APPENDIX.
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382 appendix. [1893
PETITION FOR DISPENSATION.
To M. \V Grand Master of Masons in Colorado :
We, the undersigned, being Master Masons in good standing,
having the prosperity of the Fraternity at heart, and desirous of
exerting our best endeavors to promote and diffuse the genuine
principles of Freemasonry, respectfully represent that we are desir-
ous of forming a new Lodge in _ County,
Colorado, to be named _ Lodge; that the
estimated population of said is ; that
the towns of _ _ will be
included in the proposed jurisdiction; that the material in the juris-
diction is sufficient to sustain a healthy and reputable Lodge ; that
all the petitioners are residents within the proposed jurisdiction;
that they have at their disposal suitable quarters for the practice of
Masonic rites ; that the expenses incident to said new Lodge (have
been donated) (are to be paid at a future time by said Lodge) ; they
therefore pray for letters of dispensation empowering them to
assemble as a regular Lodge and discharge the duties of Masonry in
a regular and constitutional manner, according to the forms of the
Fraternity and the regulations of the Grand Lodge.
They have nominated and do recommend Bro to
be the first W. M. ; Bro to be the first S. W.,and
Bro to be the first J. VV.
If the prayer of this petition shall be granted, they promise a
strict compliance to the orders of the Grand Master and the Consti-
tution, laws and regulations of the Grand Lodge.
Dated
NAME. LODGE. NO.
LOCATION OF LODGE
These signatures must give all the names of each petitioner in full, and the
name, number and location of the Lodge from which they hold dimits or certificates.
Petitioners from other than Colorado Lodges must present dimits. Those from
Colorado Lodges must cither present dimits or certificates that their dues are paid
up to the next meeting of the Grand Lodge.
i
13] APPENDIX. 3
RECOMMENDATION FOR NEW LODGES.
At n regular Communication of said Lodge, on even-
, , 18.__, the following, among other
ceedinge, were had and entered of record:
Bro -.- offered the following preamble
1 resolution, which was adopted :
Whereas, Brothers (those named in the
ition) have requested this Lodge to recommend their petition to
i M. W. Grand Master for a dispensation to establish a Lodge
_„ , in the county of and State
Colorado, under the name of Lodge U. D., with
> _ as W. M., Bro.._ as
W., and Bro _ as J. W. ; and
Whereas, The Brother named for Master in said petition haa
inplified the work before this Lodge, and this Lodge is fully
nsed as to all matters relating to said petition ; therefore,
Resolved, That this Lodge does hereby recommend the M, W.
ind Master to grant the prayer of said petition, and does hereby
t if y that the statements contained in said petition are true, and
,t the Brother therein named for Master is qualified to open and
se a Lodge and to confer the three degrees.
I Secretary of aaid Lodge, do
■eby certify that the above is a correct transcript from the records
laid Lodge.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Lodge at
orado, this day of , A. D. 18...
H
384 appendix. [1893
PETITION FOR CHARTER.
To the M. W. Grand Lodge of Colorado:
The undersigned respectfully represent that on the dty
of , A. L. 58 , a dispensation was issued by the
Grand Master for the formation of a new Lodge at , in
the County of , Colorado, by the name
of Lodge; that on the day
of next ensuing, said Lodge was opened and organized,
and has since continued successfully to work during the period
named in said dispensation, as will appear from its records and
returns, herewith presented ; and that it is the earnest desire of the
members of said Lodge that its existence may be perpetuated.
They therefore pray that a Charter be granted to said Lodge, by
the name of Lodge, with such number as the Grand
Lodge may assign it, and recommend that Bro. be
named therein as Master ; Bro as Senior
Warden, and Bro as Junior Warden;
promising, as heretofore, strict obedience to the orders of the Grand
Master and conformity to the Constitution, laws and regulations of
the Grand Lodge.
We herewith submit a copy of our proposed By-Laws.
Dated at _ , this ._., 18...
[ Names.] _ __
This must be signed by each petitioner, giving all their names ta full All
whose names appeared in the dispensation, and all raised in the Lodge while working
under the dispensation, are eligible to petition for charter. Should it be impossible
to obtain the signatures of all, their names should be given beneath the signatures,
with a statement why they have not been formally signed, and a certificate from the
Master added, that it is their wish to become charter members ; and should any non-
affiliate Masons, not named in the dispensation, wish to become charter members
they may do so ; Provided, They shall have received the unanimous endorsement of
the Lodge under dispensation; expressed by ballot. The dimits of such must be for-
warded with this petition.
OMMISSION TO CONSTITUTE A NEW LODGE.
e M. W. Grand Master.
> all whom these present* may
And especially to Bro
Whekeas, On._._ , IS:.., a Charter was
unted by the M. W. GraDd Lodge of Colorado, A. F. * A. M.,
__ Lodge No , located at.._ .Colorado,
d,
Whereas, Being myself unable to attend U> constitute said
■dge, and reposing full trust and confidence in the wisdom and
icretion of Bro ,1 do hereby appoint him
ray proxy to convene and organize said Lodge at its hall, in the
vn aforesaid, to fully constitute, Holeranly consecrate and dedicate
d Lodge, to whom a Charter has been granted and issued by the
W. Grand Lodge, and to install the officers named in said Charter
1 to give the Lodge such instructions as to the laws and regula-
ds of this Grand Lodge as their circumstances seem to require,
d be is further required, immediately after the performance of the
d duties, to make return of this commission, and of his proceedings
ier the same, together with a list of the officers installed by him,
the Grand Secretary, at his office in
..Grand Master,
1
vIDEX TO PROCEEDINGS.
» 40.56.
of special committees
as, 8i
. ^. «■
miTTms. Ri pouts or
OD ApivohIi- ■.. i-i .. i h'. .»
M.
.«.*«
*
im Grand Becretarfs Hooka
. »
iwnmtiom for dkw 1 li-.
rid Depati limn 1 V ■ orta -t
u,
»
t*mal To rest*
1- m
od Officer* tLLboinUd
. . as
nd Re tatii pi ■ «
od S«™ta rpoort of
388 appendix. [1893
Installation of Grand Officers 63
Jurisprudence Committee appointed **
report on 53,53
Kramer, Frederick, Grand Treasurer Arkansas, welcomed 29
Masonio Widows' and Orphans' Fund, action on .._ 62
Membership of new Lodges 285
Memorial Tablets, other jurisdictions _ 298
Robert A. Qaillian 2»
Kichard Sopris 291
this jurisdiction 292
Monitor and Ceremonials, ordered prepared »&
Names in new Charters 62
New Zealand. Grand Lodge of, recognized &
Oklahoma, Grand Lodge of, recognized &
Oration *
Pay of Committee on Appeals _ 63
of Correspondent SB
of District Deputy Grand Masters 40
of employes _ 59
roll 60
Permanent members present — *
Quillian, Robert A., memorial 15,290
Reports or Grand Officers—
District Deputy Grand Masters *
Grand Lecturer &
Grand Secretary SI, 64
Grand Treasurer - *
Reports of Committees—
on Appeals and Grievances 56.57,58
on Correspondence *N67
on Finances 58,59,60
on Grand Secretary's Books €0
on Jurisprudence J 53,53
on Lodges under Dispensation — W
on Necrology 27
Representatives from Lodges present.. *>
Resolutions re D. D. G. Masters - *°
George W. Meyers *
Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Fond 62
Monitor and Ceremonials 58
Robert H. Nevitt »
New Zealand _ *9
Oklahoma **
Roll of membership 234
8opris, Richard, memorial 29*
Statistical tables, dimitted 297
directory - ***
exempt 3^3
expelled ®2
fraternal dead 294
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Ural Tablw. lira
liraod Kn|irck
unet* tided
mg'vu Centennial memorial
Indian Tenitorj .
Marjlaod
S(ir>,;MBn
Suutb Arot talis
Hoalh Carolina .
Sontb ! >..k. ...
1
390 appendix. [1893
Report ok Correspondence—
Tasmania 170
Tennessee _ 170
Texas 174
Utah ._ 176
Vermont 178
Victoria 1*1
Virginia 182
Washington.. 183
West Virginia .185
Wisconsin __ 187
Wyoming 189
Digest of decisions 192
Statistics 213
Masonic Congress _ 2lfc*
Conclusion 221
Mexican Masonry _ 226
Grand Orients 227
I
^T"
Grand Officers of Colorado.
1893-1894.
<
Grand Lodge.
JaTH ro C. Sanford, DarnnRo O. M.
Wm. L. Bush, Idaho Springs D. O. M.
Wm. D. Pkirok, Denver B.G.W.
George W. Rok, Pneblo •_ — J.G.W.
Frank Church, Denver G. Trnaa.
Ed. C. Parmelee, Masonic Temple, Denver G. Sec'j.
CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE.
Roger W. Woodbury .Denver
CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE.
Lawrence N. G keen leaf _ _. Denver
The 84th Annual will be held in Denver, Tuesday. September IS, 1894.
Grand Royal Arch Chapter.
Henry T. West. Greeley G. H.P.
Ed. C. Pabmelee, Denver _ G. Sec'y.
CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE.
Ryron L. Carr ...Longmont
CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE.
Ernest Lk Neve Foster _ Denver
The 20th Annnal will be held in Denver, September 20. 189*.
a
/
Grand Commandery.
Albert H. McUafkey, Denver _ G.(\
Ed. C. Parmklee. Denver _ G. Rec
CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE.
Jameh II. Pbkhody .*. Cafion Cily
CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE.
Harper M. Orahood ., Denver
The liUh Annual will l,e held in Denver. Jane 5. 1894.
t
J
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
W. Grand Lodge
OF
A. F. & A. M. OF COLORADO,
AT THE
Annual Communication
HELD AT
nver, September 18 and 19,
A. D. 1894-A. L. 5894.
THENEWYORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY
58473
AST'Otf, LCNQX ANO
TILOEN FOUv6»TiONf.
1807.
GRAND OFFICERS, 1894-1895.
WM. L.BUSH, Idaho Springs G. M.
WM.D. PEIRCE, Denver D. G. M.
GEORGE W. ROE. Paeblo S. G. W.
CROMWELL TUCKER, Denver J. G. W.
FRANK CHURCH, Denver G. Tkxas.
ED. C. PARMELEE, Masonic Temple, Denver G. 8kg.
ANDREW ARMSTRONG, Fort Collins G.Cbaplahi
ALPHON8E A. BURNAND, Leadville G. Okatob
FRANK P. SECOR, Lon?mont G. LwrnnuB
WM. W. ROLLER, Salida G. Marshal
HORACE T. DaLONG, Grand Junction S. G. D.
ROBERT A. STEEN, La Junta J. G. D.
JOHN HUMPHREYS, Trinidad S. G. 8-
SMITH A. BURKE, Sterling J. G. 8.
THOMAS LINTON, Denver G. Tmat
COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE.
ROGER W. WOODBURY .%
WM.D. TODD
JAMES H. PEADODY ' Canon City
COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE.
L. N. GREENLEAF
GEORGE F. LEWIS .._ Highland*
HERMAN LEUDERS
The Thirty-fifth Annual will be held in Denver, the third
Tuesday in September (17th), 1895.
i
PROCEEDINGS . ,-
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO
Annual Communication,
Held September 18th and 19th, 1894.
Denver, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 1894.
The M. IV. Grand Lodge of A. F. and A. Masons of
Colorado, commenced its Thirty-fourth Annual Commu-
nication at Masonic Temple, in Denver, on the third Tues-
day of September, 1894, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form by the
M. W. Grand Master, with prayer by the Grand Chaplain,
the following Grand Officers and other members occupying
their respective places:
JBTHROC.SANFORD(M) G. M
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WM.D .PE1RCE : S ». W.
GEORGE W. HOE 'Mi J. O. W.
FRANK CHURCH (B) U.TMM.
ED. C. PARHBLEE 148) G.Stt.
ANDREW ARMSTRONU (10) <1 Chaplain
PRANK P. SECOR (Ml O. ObaTOK
CROMWELL TUCKER (1) U Lbctobei
WM. W. KOI. LEU (JJ) ■ M.i-*m..
HORACE T. DsLONG (M) B.K.I).
MARRY B. WILSON |AS) J.O. D,
GEORGE F. LEWIS mi H. O. 8
CALYINE.BEEU(7> . aj/.G.S.
THOMAS LINTON iS) G. TiLM
And representatives from eighty-two chartered Lodges
(all bat Nos. 33, 52, 66, 72 and 78.)
4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE I1894
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
The M. W. Grand Master appointed the following com-
mittees:
ON CREDENTIALS.
GRAND 8ECRETARY (48),
JAMES MoMURRAY (80), *
C. dxB. BENNET (85).
TO EXAMINE VISITING BRETHREN.
CALVIN E. REED (7),
JOHN HUMPHREYS (28),
CHARLES J. KRAMER (58).
REPORT ON CREDENTIALS.
The Committee on Credentials presented their report,
which, with others from said Committee, showed the fol-
lowing Grand Officers. Permanent Members, Representa-
tives from Lodges and Grand Representatives present
during the session:
GRAND OFFICERS.
JETHRO C. SANFORD (48) G. M.
WM.L. BUSH (26) D. G. M.
WM. D. PEIRCE (7) S. G. W.
GEORGE W. ROE(95j J. G; W.
FRANK CHURCH (5). G. Tbkas.
ED. C. PARMELBE(48); G. S«c.
ANDREW ARMSTRONG (19) G. Chaplain
FRANK P. SECOR (28) G. Orator
CROMWELL TUCKER (5) G. Lectuukr
WM. W. ROLLER (57) G. Marshal
HORACET. DkLONG(55) S. G. J).
HARRY E. WIL80N (85) J. G. D.
GEORGE F. LEWIS (86j 8. G. 8.
THOMAS LINTON f5) G. Timer
PERMANENT MEMBERS.
Past Grand Masters
HENRY M. TELLER (6),
WEB8TER D. ANTHONY (7),
OREN H.HENRY (14),
HARPER M. ORAHOOD (11),
(ORNEL1US J. HART (17),
BYRON L. CARR (28),
LAWRENCE N. GREENLEAF (5),
FRANK CHURCH (5), (GraDd Treasurer),
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO.
JAMES H. PEABODY (IS),
GEORGE E. WYMAN (23).
ALBERT H. BRANCH (39),
GEORGE E. KIMBALL (1).
WU. D. TODD (7).
WM. T. BK1DWELL (15).
ERNEST LE NEVE POSTER (Si),
WM. D. WRIGHT (SI],
HENRY P. H. BROMWELL [5). (B
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REPRESENTATIVES FROM L
fTboee preaant in Italia.}
John H.Pvkei H.
Nick Keaoui .....J.
•.■■■. !■■■■■ W.
Jolio W. Caoaou 8.
'..•■■> Keialio J.
»■, i.I I, t. Millar W.
Unit ii.-.. 8.
JohHtireool J.
Kaniioaed Krenob W,
t'btrlea Kills 8.
Wis. R.Btnlt J.
Coio.B* Rttd W.
Joan y. DrtKker S.
W'lliinm H.Sitxford .J.
Jamn P. rt.rfturdj... W.
A. P. Ortiumaobar 8.
F.t i- i/uoam J.
trotter A Garrett W.
Ja'iS™ WJhVkiiij"!:. .'.'.'.. ...1
-■■..'. 1 IS •<; . W.
toward J. Smith B.
Peter V. Hoop J.
3 B. Border W.
S.L.Madera S.
F. p. Metrntf J.
Jamei H. I'abodv W
Henrv I.. P'-ce a
Robert C, HtowsTt J.
CoiitIb.ii-. o-Mter W.
Biihop D. V. Kmm S.
Charles W. H-iwrnaji J.
John F Cn-wbett W,
\ Frank f Stover 8.
(JobnC Haona J.
{Robert I.. Hnlt W.
i Charlea Haaton 8.
]e.j«u S-
(R.W. oindltr J.
I Charles J. Otfoo .W.
<G«.rnB H. Tlinroa 8.
(Walter I,. MnOulin J.
( J. H. B Murroto W.
■{ Joaepb l',.hen 8.
((I. A. Wllkio J
| Elwood M. «...:• W.
<Jmeph E. ■■-.■■ R.
(John M. Jackson J.
iHenm Rl.rkhahtt W
jJohn P Kearo*. 8.
..Ifm. P. Benedict
W Albert T. Henry.
John F. Campbell.
W
Uobert L. Hal.
W. .
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W ledrr L.Thorten.
M. ...
W. . Charlei'l. (.-n/iifi.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
[1894
NAM* OF LODGB.
Lab Animas No. 28,
Trinidad.
Del Norte No. 29.
Del Norte.
King Solomon No. 30
Las Animas.
South Pueblo No. 31,
Sooth Pueblo.
Olive Branch No. 32,
Saguache.
San Juan No. 33,
Silverton.
Crystal Lake No. 34,
Lake City.
Ionic No. 35,
Leadville.
Rosita No. 36,
Rosita.
Ooray No. 37,
Ouray.
Silver Cliff No. 38,
Silver Cliff.
Gunnison No. 39,
Gunnison.
Pitkin No. 40,
Pitkin.
Schiller No. 41,
Denver.
£orinthian No. 42,
Kokomo.
Eagle No. 43,
Red CUff.
Alamosa No. 44,
Alamosa.
Boulder No. 45,
Boulder.
Darango No. 46,
Dorango.
Breckenridge No. 47,
Breckenridge.
Georgetown No. 48,
Georgetown.
Mt. Princeton No. 49,
Baena Vista.
Garfield No. 50,
Erie.
Lead vi lie No. 61,
Leadville.
Tin Cap No. 52,
TinCnp.
S John Humphreys W.
Stephen N. Mitchell S.
William Crofoot J.
James H. Baxter W,
Henry M.Dyer S.
Alfred G. Beers J.
Thomas Harry W.
John A. Murphy 8.
Allen M. Lambright J.
Richard J, Bruner W.
Frank G. Miriok 8.
Orton H. Wheeler J.
J. H. Redman W.
Geo. W. Keesey S.
Henry M. Mingay J.
\ Not represented.
Carl Forberg W.
P. G. Dawson H.
J.S. Kirker J.
W. W. Coble W
R. A. Crnikshank S.
J. W. Booth,. J.
C C. G. Matthews W.
>< August Koppe S.
( Hugh Kavehn J.
( Geo. C. Pierce W.
■J B. E. Parliraan S.
(John P. Carney J.
W. T. Decker W.
L F.Jackson S.
Alex Walker J.
Walker Burnett W.
Alexander Gallett _ S.
WinterS. Rainbow J.
George W. Eastman W.
John F. Chrystal S.
Joeiah C. Nisley J.
( Adolf Candler W.
} William Kinkel 8.
( Charles Knoch J.
( John H. Freeberg W.
pspapspaHJifcMHBBS.
B. F. Rich _ J.
A. G. Mays W.
W. H. Evans 8.
Jas. Collins J.
H.H. Dubendorff W.
C. W. Givens S.
C. Wallrioh J.
R. R. Gibbon W.
F. A. Neiderberger 8.
W. H. Nicholson J.
JoePrewitt W.
Andrew W.Morton S
Daniel J. McCaffry J.
Harry L. Moyer W.
Wm.McAdoo S.
G«o.E. Hallett J.
HughK. Miller W.
Herbert Credney S.
Will C. Hood J.
0 Wm. W. Fay W.
■j H. J. Van Wetering S.
( J.
f F. D. Gilpatrick W.
< J. E. Daniels S.
IWm. Hnrley J.
(Chas. E. Dickinson W.
1 David LaSalle _ S.
( O. M. Freeman J.
7 Not represented.
M
W John Humphreys.
W John Humphreys.
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W
W James H, Baxter.
M
W
W
M
W Richard J. Bruner.
W William Peach.
M
W
W
M
W Carl Forberg.
W Carl Forberg.
M
W John F. Arlington.
W W. W. Coble.
M
W
W
M
W
W Geo. C. Pierce.
M.___ Wm. Woodside.
W Wm. Woodside.
W Wm. Woodsid*.
M
W Walker Burnett.
W Walker Burnett.
M John F. Chrystal.
W.._._
W. . . . . John F. Chrystal.
M
W
W
M
W
W Sumner Whitney.
M P. Toque.
W
W P. Tague.
M
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M F. A. Neiderberger.
W^.__.
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M John L. Parsons.
W Charles Newman.
W ....Charles 8. Butler.
M
W
W Harry L. Snterline.
M
W
W
M
W
W
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W J.J. Morgan.
W
M Daniel McNivetu
W. -4 A. Burnand.
W JoAn W.Salen.
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PfeOCEEDINGS OF THE
[1894
NAM* OF LODGE.
Brighton No. 78,
Brighton.
Rico No. 79,
Not represented.
S. W. Ransom .
Rico.
Kio Blanco No. 80,
Meeker.
Holjoke No HI,
Holyoke.
Carbondale No. 82,
Carbondale.
Berthood No. 88,
Berthood.
Temple No. 84,
Denver.
Acacia No. 85,
Colorado Springs.
Highlands No. 86,
Highlands.
Oriental No. 87.
Denver.
Yam pa No. 88,
Craig.
Trinidad No. 89,
Trinidad.
Lamar No. 90.
Lamar.
Lafayette No. 91,
Lafayette.
Kob Morris No. i»2,
Denver.
Sonth Denver No. 93,
Denver,
Amethyst No. 94,
Creede.
Silver State No. K>,
Pueblo.
Mt. PUeah No. 96,
Cripplo Creek.
W. W. Parshall S. W
JohnGault J. W._
F. W. H. Pfeiffer W. M._
L.B. Walbridge S. W._
W.H. Clark J W..
Chaa. B. Timberlake W.M..
Herbert Sutherland S. W..
S.Z. Peck J. W._
William M. Dinkel W.M .
WiJliam L. Girdner S W._
John H. Murntt J. W .
R.M.Hubbcll W.M...
H. J. Pnrish S. W...
James B. Gregg J. W..
C Joseph C. Dresser W.M...
•J Charles W. Everett S. W...
C William Morgan J. W._,
{C.de B. Benntt W.M..
•J Fred O. Hayner S. W..
C Cassius E. Stubba J. W...
{ Allison Stocker W.M..
Theodore H. Thomas S. W...
Franklin P Manni.r J. W...
Jrrome A. Vickers W.M...
D. Arthur Barton R. W..
William F. Larimer J. W..
( C. A. Seymour W.M..
]j. L. Tower 8 W._
CCA. Ranney J. W...
( ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■W. M.
< John R Espey _ S. W..
KLeo R. Qottleib I. W._
( Peter H Lynch WT.M..
■j Clemens B. Thoman S. W. .
(Frank J. Holmes J. W._
( John M. Van Deren.. W. M..
1 Gustave W. Runge S. W..
t Wm. O. Van Etten J. W._
I Edward F. Hoffman W. M._
- Emil U.Selbach R. W-.
Thomas N. Worth J. W..
laom S. Elrod W. M._
Azel W. Bush S. W..
William M.Williams J. W..
( M P. McArthnr W. M._
-J Frank Shimer S. W\.
( W. C. Wescott .1. W..
(G. W. Ro* W. M..
] John J. Willard S. W..
(Chas. W. Willett. J. W._
\ W. S. Montgomery W. M..
i Frank P. Mouiton S. W..
C R. P. Davie J. W._
PROXIES.
..W. M John P. London*
.L. B. Walbridge.
'.L. B. Walbridge.
Carl B. Adair.
. Carl B. Adair,
Carl B Adair.
.B. B.Htll.
Frank P. Davis.
. W. F. Teagarden.
W. F. Teagarden.
Leo R. Gottleib.
..S. O. Hervey.
J. W. Withrow
. George W. Kohn.
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
E L. N. FOSTER (84) Alabama
JOHN W. SLEEPER (31) Arisona
HENRY T. WEST 20i Arkansas
JAMES H. PEABODY Q5) California
BYRON L. CARR (23).. Canada
GEORGE WYM\N i28) Connecticut
CHARLES O. UNFOG (27) Cuba
GEORGE WYMAN (23) Delaware
W. D. WRIGHT (S4) District of Columbia
>i\ OBAND LODGE OF COLORADO.
I.HABT (17)
H. WUKCH (iSi
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N.GBEBNLEAP (i) New
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WHOEW. ROE («i.... Nt
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VACANCIES ON COMMITTEES.
The Grand Master made the following appoint)
fill vacancies:
ON JURISPRCDENCE.
H. M. OKAHOOD (11).
MATT ADAMS (5).
OK COR RESPOND EN U B
WILLIAM T. MARCH (58).
GRAND BEPRESENTATIVES.
The Representatives of other Grand Lodges nea
-and Lodge were called to the East, and fraternall;
med by the Grand Master.
10 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [*89*
Past Grand Master H. P. H. Bromwell (5) responded
in his usual eloquent manner.
GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS.
The Grand Master delivered the following:
Brethren of Grand Lodge :
We again meet in Annual Communication to review the past,
to lay plans and legislate for the future. To this, the Thirty-
fourth Annual Communication, I extend to one and all a hearty
and fraternal greeting. To those who are here as Representatives
for the first time, it is hoped that the acquaintances thus formed
and the instructions received will be an incentive for you to be
present at our meetings in future.
It is not my purpose to occupy your time in delivering a
Masonic discourse or lecture, as I do not desire in any manner
to encroach upon the duties and prerogatives of our Grand Ora-
tor, who I have every reason to believe has devoted much time
and labor in preparing an address upon those subjects to which
we all love to listen, but will content myself by giving you, in
as brief a manner as possible, an account of my official acts
during the year last past, together with such suggestions as in
my opinion may be of benefit to the Craft in this jurisdiction in
future.
The past year, as you are all aware, has been one of great
financial and business distress; but, notwithstanding the great
financial depression and the serious prostration of our principal
industry — and, I might add, the malicious attack of the Papal
authorities — Masonry still lives, and is in a very prosperous con-
dition in this jurisdiction; and should our brethren of the East
endeavor in future to conform, in business as in Masonry, to the
ancient landmarks and usages, the dawning of a bi-metallic light
would give not only to Colorado, but to the whole country,
stronger hopes of renewed prosperity.
Although the returns from the Subordinate Lodges may show
no marked increase in membership over previous years, yet from
personal observations I am led to believe that the material se-
lected has been of the best. While there may have been some
slight differences of opinion upon different subjects and which
might have led to unpleasant feelings between individual mem-
bers of some of our Subordinate Lodges, yet your Grand Master
has not been called upon to exercise his prerogative of discipline
during the year, but by cool counsel and advice, peace and
*J GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 11
mony have been restored; and at this time, so far aa his
owledge extends, the best of feelings and brotherly love ex-
In all our Lodges.
Our relations with sister Jurisdictions during the year have
;n moM cordial. Nothing has occurred to mar the fraternal
lings which for many years have existed between this and
ler Grand Lodges. Although many communications have
tsed between myself and other Grand Masters upon Masonic
tters, none gave me more pleasure than one which was re-
red from M. W. John B. Jones, Grand Master of Masons In
vada. noon after my installation, and for which I may be par -
led In making a personal reference. Being intimate friends
1 socially related, I sought, by the recommendation of Brother
les, to be made a Mason, and through his recommendation I
ocked at the door of Eureka Lodge No. 16, of Nevada, for ad-
salon, July 30, 1878; after which he, with others, gave me such
itructlons as were necessary, and which have been of great
ieflt to me In years past. Together, in 1880. we passed over
ise rough and rugged roads, step by step, to the so-called
;her degrees In Masonry. Leaving that Jurisdiction a few days
er, and severing those social and fraternal ties, one may imag-
> the feelings of pleasure upon receiving and sending con-
ciliatory communications fifteen years after, and extending
eath other fraternal courtesies due from one Grand Lodge to
Jther.
It Is with feelings of pleasure that I can announce that we
re not been called to mourn the loss of any officer or per ma-
it member of this Grand Lodge during the past year. There is.
wever, doubtless many a loving Brother and bright light mtss-
: at roll call In our Subordinate Lodges, a list of which will be
■pared and a page In our proceedings dedicated to their mem-
ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
I herewith present a list of those brethren of other Grand
-lsdictions who have made their names famous in the Masonic
rid, and which have come to my knowledge. Although time
1 space will not permit me to make special reference to any of
•se, we extend to the brethren In the several jurisdictions our
tenia! sympathy, and set apart a page of our record to their
Louisiana — W. T. Benedict, our Grand Representative near
i Grand Lodge of Louisiana, died on January 2, 1894.
12 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [189*
Virginia — Mourns the lose of Past Grand Master Francis
Henry Hill, who died on the 28th day of January, in the 76th
year of his age.
Tennessee — Has lost one of its brightest lights in the death
of Past Grand Master George C. Connor, who died in the City of
Chattanooga, March 9, 1894.
Georgia — The Craft is in confusion, and darkness is in the
Grand East in Georgia, occasioned by the death of M. W. Grand
Master John S. Davidson, who had filled the Grand East for
eleven years.
New Brunswick — Mourns the loss of Very Worshipful T.
Nisbet Robertson, Grand Secretary, who died April 25, 1894.
Mississippi — Robert B. Brannin, Grand Lecturer, died in the
City of Aberdeen, May 9, 1894.
Maine — R. W. Frederick Fox, Grand Treasurer, died June 5,
1894.
Arizona — The Subordinate Lodges of Arizona are draped in
mourning for M. W. Drayton Alonzo Reed, Grand Master of
Masons in that jurisdiction, whose death occurred July 12, 1894.
Arkansas — R. W. D. B. Warren, Past Grand Lecturer and
District Deputy Grand Master, died in the 67th year of his age
at Gainsville, July 30, 1894.
Sorrow is in the hearts of all Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite brethren of the Southern Jurisdiction, by the death of their
venerable Grand Commander, Phillip Crosby Tucker, who died
in Washington, D. C, July 9, 1894.
OK AND REPRESENTATIVES.
I have appointed, upon the recommendation of the several
Grand Masters, the following brethren as Grand Representatives
of this Grand Lodge:
New Mexico— R. W. Brother William W. Pope, of Albu-
querque, October 3. vice William L. Rynerson.
On June 2, being informed by the M. W. Grand Master that
Brother Pope had removed from the jurisdiction of this Grand
Lodge, upon his recommendation I ordered a commission issued
to Brother J. S. Duncan, of East Las Vegas.
Arkansas— Brother John C. Bone, of Batesville, October 3,
vice Thomas J. Stubbs.
Reason for removal being that of non-attendance at sessions
of the Grand Lodge.
Indian Territory— M. W. Brother Andrew Hardy, December
14th, vice Walter Macarty, removed from the jurisdiction.
New Zealand — W. Brother Thomas Ellison, January 23.
'■M GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO.
New York — W. Brother Morris D. Moxley, of Brooklyn, Ji
. vice R. W. George H. Raymond, resigned.
In Brother Raymond's communication to me, resigning t
sit ion of Grand Representative of Colorado, he states as '
ason for doing so, that business engagements and old age «
ml him, and having served some eighteen years, was of I
Inion that others should have a portion of the honor whl
s been accorded him during this number of years, and whl
mid ever be remembered with grateful feeling towards t
ethren of Colorado.
Utah— Brother Wm. R. Grant, of Salt Lake City. August
Under date of July 20, I instructed our Grand Secretary tl
t having any Representative near the Grand Lodges of Georg
nth Australia, Louisiana or Utah, to correspond with the st
at Grand Masters and inform them that I would be pleat
Issue commissions to such brethren as they would be pleat
nominate. At this time I have reclved no advice of act'
vini; been taken by the three first named.
Upon my request and recommendation, the following i
intments have been made of Grand Representatives to a
ar the Grand Lodge of Colorado;
Kansas — M. W. Brother Webster D. Anthony, of Denv
tober 11, 1S93; reappointment.
Cuba— W. Brother Charles O. Unfug, of Walsenburg, M
, 1894, vice Robert A. Quillian, deceased.
Illinois— M. W. Brother Henry M. Teller, of Central Ci
■cember 31, 1893; reappointment, commission having explr
limitation.
New Zealand— W. Brother Charles T. Harklson, of Denv
irch 24, 1894.
Michigan— M. W. Brother Lawrence N. Greenleaf, of Denv
ne 30, 1894; reappointment, commission having expired.
Arkansas— R. W. Henry T. West, of Greeley, August
)4.
New York— R. W. Brother George W. Roe, of Pueblo, Augi
1894, our Junior Grand Warden, vice William N. Bye
use. non-attendance at sessions of Grand Lodge.
Nebraska— W. Brother Calvin E. Reed, of Denver, July !
Nova Scotia— W. Brother George T. Cooper, of Denver, Jn
vice Oliver A. Whittemore. Cause, non-attendance at s<
■ns of this Grand Lodge.
South Carolina— W. Brother Charles E.- Dickinson, ot Lea
le, August 31, 1894, vice Charles M. Frazier. removed frc
( Jurisdiction. •
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14 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 11894
Texas — W. Brother Marshall H. Dean, of Glenwood Springs.
September 8, 1894, vice B. H. DeRemer. Cause, non-attendance
at sessions of this Grand Lodge.
Utah— Brother Charles Newman, of Durango, August 6, 1894.
North Carolina — R. W. Eugene Grissom, of Denver, July 30,
vice A. L. Lawton; cause for removal being non-attendance at
sessions of this Grand Lodge.
With but three exceptions, the several brethren named have
received their cpm missions.
Soon after the close of the session of the Grand Lodge last
year, I directed the Grand Secretary to inform the Grand Lodge
of New Zealand and Oklahoma of action taken upon their appli-
cation for recognition, at the same time requesting an exchange
of Representatives. As you will notice by the appointments
made, New Zealand was prompt in acceeding to the request
The following communication of the Grand Secretary of
Oklahoma will explain itselef. I will state, however, inasmuch %
as I have received no further information from him, I presume
that the Grand Lodge has decided not to inaugurate a system of
Grand Representatives in that jurisdiction:
OFFICE OF GRAND SECRETARY,
GRAND LODGE A. F. ft A. M. OF OKLAHOMA.
Stillwater, Ok. Ty., October 16, 1893.
B.\ W.\ E. C. Parmelee, Grand Secretary, Denver, Colo.
Dear .Sir and Brother — In answer tp your favor of the 5th
instant, I am directed by our Grand Master, A. J. Spengal, to
assure the M. W. Grand Master and the Grand Lodge of Colo-
rado, of his appreciation of the consideration shown the young
Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, in the fraternal recognition given her
as a legitimate member of the family of Grand Lodges, and of
the courtesy of the M. W. Grand Master in proposing an ex-
change of Grand Representatives, and to further assure them
that it is the earnest wish of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma to
cultivate the most friendly and fraternal relations with the M.
W. Grand Lodge of Colorado; but at this time the Grand Lodge
of Oklahoma is in doubt as to the advisability of adopting the
Grand Representative system. The matter, however, will be
definitely settled at our annual meeting in February next. If
the Grand Representative system is adopted, our Grand Lodge
will be pleased to exchange Grand Representatives.
Fraternally.
(Signed) J. 8. HUNT,
Grand Secretary
As will be noticed, among the number of brethren recom-
mended by me to be commissioned as Grand Representatives
near this Grand Lodge, there were a number to take the place
16 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 11894
and tends to create a fraternal feeling of friendship between
the several jurisdictions of that great fraternity, which has for
its standard "Friendship and Brotherly Love." It also has a
tendency to remind us of the universality of Masonry, and
that there are others laboring in the same field as ourselves out-
side of the domain in which we reside, as well as to create a
friendship and interest in others with whom we have not teen
brought in direct contact.
There are no doubt, many present here to-day holding com-
missions as Grand Representatives who, as well as myself, upon
the occasion of the Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar, In
this city, in 1892, sought the headquarters of the several del-
egations of which we held commisisons as Grand Representa-
tives, and again in Chicago, at the World's Fair, at the several
State Buildings and numberless exhibits, for the purpose of
forming the acquaintance of those whom we had some interest
by virtue of being recognized by the Masonic fraternities of
their state or country. The acquaintances formed, brethren, at
these two places, and the courtesies received, will always re-
main a bright spot in my memory as long as life shall last I,
therefore, recommend that the custom now In vogue, of sending
and receiving Representatives, be continued in future, and ar-
dently hope that this Grand Lodge will be the last to abandon
the system.
LODGE CONSTITUTED.
On Monday evening, October 2, 1893, with the assistance
of the Deputy Grand Master, Senior Grand Warden, Grand Sec-
retary, Senior Grand Deacon, Grand Lecturer, M. W. Brother
Lawrence N. Greenleaf, and a large delegation of brethren from
the several Lodges in Denver, I constituted Rob Morris Lodge
No. 92, at East Denver, and installed its officers, after which all
were invited to the banquet hall, where a very enjoyable and
pleasant evening was spent. From the enthusiasm displayed by
the new officers and members, I have no doubt that this Lodge
will become one of the most prosperous in this jurisdiction.
COMMISSION TO CONSTITUTE NEW LODGES AND INSTALL OFFICERS.
Being unable to be present in person, I issued commisisons
as follows:
September 22 — I commlsisoned R. W. Brother William D.
Peirce to constitute South Denver Lodge No. 93, of South Denver,
and install its officers, which duty he performed on the 26th
of September.
!9f) GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 17
October 9 — I com missioned W. Brother Charles O. Unfug, of
talsenburg, to constitute Amethyst Lodge No. 94, of Creede,
ad install ita officers, which duty he performed Wednesday
rening, October 25.
September 22—1 commissioned R. W. Brother George W.
tart to constitute Sliver State Lodge No. 95. of Pueblo, and
istall Its officers, which duty he performed on the 4th of
elober.
September 22 — 1 commtslsoned R. W. Brother George W.
M to constitute Mount Fisg&h Lodge No. 96, of Cripple Creek,
ad install Its officers, which duty he performed Monday evening,
ctober 2.
OTHER ("tlM HUSSIONS.
September 22—1 commissioned R. W. Brother William D.
elrce to Install R. W. Brother Frank Church as Grand Treasurer
' this Grand Lodge, be being absent at the annual Installation
f other Grand Lodge officers, which duty was performed by
im November 4.
Proper returns were made by the several brethren to the
rand Secretary, as required in the commissions Issued, and for
le time and labor expended by their acting as my representa-
ve, tbey nave my sincere thanks.
DISPENSATION FOR A NEW LODGE.
On March 27 I granted a dispensation to thirteen Master
asons at Florence, Fremont County, to form and open a Lodge
: that place, and to be known as Freemont Lodge, U. D., with
rothere James Wilson Rambo as W. M., John Calvin McCreery
< S. W., and Moses E. Lewis as J. W. The petition was recom-
ended by Eureka Lodge No. 66.
i have no doubt that the brethren of this Lodge will present
■elr petition at this session for a charter, together with their
'cords, and from my personal knowledge, having had the pleas-
-e of meeting with this Lodge on the evening of May 28, In
impany with M. W. Brother William T. Bridwell, and inspect-
g their work, financial conditions and other matters necessary
r a live and thrifty Lodge, I have no hesitancy In recommend-
g them to your favorable consideration.
December IS — To Acacia Lodge No. 85, to elect a Worshipful
aster, who had not previously served as Warden.
December 19— To Amethyst Lodge No. 94, to elect and Install
! officers at a date subsequent to that prescribed by the By-
iws of said Lodge.
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18 PBOCJE1EDINGS OF THE [MM
January 3-VTo Monte Vista Lodge No. 73, to elect a Worship-
ful Master and Senior Warden, and install all other officers
except Junior Warden, at a date subsequent to St. John's Day,
December 27, the regularly elected Master and Senior Warden
having refused to be installed.
January 19— To Rico Lodge No. 79, to install its Worshipful
Master at a date* subsequent to St. John's Day, December 27.
February 12 — To Yampa Lodge No. 88, to install the Senior
Warden at a date subsequent to St. John's Day, December 27.
May 19 — I being present, granted permission to Mesa Lodge
No. 55 to spread the ballot, and if elected, to confer the Master
Mason's degree upon a Fellow Craft, he having passed a satis-
factory examination at a previous stated communication; bat
the Lodge had neglected to spread the ballot for advancement.
May 25 — I being present, granted permission to Mt. Prince-
ton Lodge No. 49, to examine a candidate as to his proficiency
in the lecture of the first degree, to spread the ballot, and if
elected to confer the Fellow Craft degree upon him, without
requiring them to wait until the following evening, that being
the time the work was to have been performed.
July 7 — To El Paso Lodge No. 13, to attend divine services
in Masonic clothing, on Sunday evening, July 8.
July 27 — To Rico Lodge No. 79, to examine as to his profi-
ciency, spread the ballot, and if elected to confer the Master
Mason's degree upon a Fellow Craft, at special communication
of said Lodge, on Saturday evening, July 28th.
PUBLIC INSTALLATION.
I issued dispensations for public installation as follows:
December 18— To Mt. Pisgah Lodge No. 96, December 23.
December 19 — To Occidental Lodge No. 20, December 22.
December 21 — To Ouray Lodge No. 37, December 27.
All of these dispensations have been returned and are now
on file in the office of the Grand Secretary.
In each case the reason for a dispensation I deemed sufficient
for issuing the same. I will say, however, in this connection,
that during the month of December I received several appli-
cations for permission to elect brethren to the Mastership who
had not previously served as Warden. After a lengthy corre-
spondence with the then Master and brethren of these Lodges,
explaining to them the evil effect which would result by the
establishment of such a precedent, not only to their Lodges,
but to the whole Fraternity, and of my unwillingness to grant
their request, they did, with the exception above noted, re-elect
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heir Junior Past Master, or some one who had previously
s Warden.
Alter communication with those who were not directly
sted, as well as one of the officers of this Grand Lot
,'hom I had every reason to believe would be acquaints
he facta In regard to Acacia Lodge No. 85, and being In
bat neither of the Past Masters or Past Wardens woul
ent to serve or be installed as Master for the ensuing ye;
bis Lodge being one of the youngest in the jurisdictlo:
equently having but few members who are eligible I
loaition. I was convinced that I should be compelled to
Tant the dispensation or arrest their charter. I havt
Isited Colorado Springs, and In conversation with the m
if this Lodge upon the subject, became convinced tr
iction taken by me was right and proper, and am of the i
hat In the future there will be no necessity, for this 1a
east, to make a similar request.
COMMISSIONS AND DISPENSATIONS REFUSED.
Under date of December 18th, I received a eommut
signed by the W. M. of two of our Lodges having con
urlsdictlon and meeting In the same Lodge rooms, to n
x>m mission; In the event of my Inability to be presen
Past Master (name given) for the purpose of lnstalll
lewly elected officers of their respective Lodges, in Jolr
nunication. Being of the opinion that it is the lnheren
if a Past Master to Install his successor in office, and a
lewly installed Master to install his subordinate officers,
leing an act of courtesy on the part of either or both t
Jie Grand Master, or any one else, to do so. I refused t
.he commission, and made the ruling as recorded under '.
Decisions, No. IT.
December 26 — Not deeming the telegraph system a
nethod for the Grand Master to dispense his power and
ty, I refused to grant dispensation for the public Install!
) Ulcere of a Lodge by telegram.
March 19—1 refused to grant a dispensation for tl
'erring of the second and third degrees upon an E. A., th<
laving received a waiver of Jurisdiction from a Lodge In ;
Jrand Jurisdiction, the candidate being unable to comi
ecture and exhibit suitable proficiency, as provided by
f5 of our By-Laws.
June 11 — I refused permission to a Lodge to lease it:
•oom for card parties.
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June 11 — I refused permission to a Lodge to receive and act
upon a petition, when the petitioner had not resided the neces-
sary twelve months in this jurisdiction.
July 24 — I refused to grant a dispensation to confer the third
degree upon a candidate without requiring him to exhibit suit-
able proficiency in the preceding degree.
In my communications with the Lodges making the requests
of March 19th and July 24th, I made use of the expression used
by M. W. Brother Maxwell, "that Masonry is something more
than a degree machine." And further, should the candidate be
advanced without making himself proficient in the lecture of the
previous degrees, he would surely have no incentive to do so
afterwards. And again, in the event of his being advanced With-
out the knowledge of the lecture, and be at any time in a. foreign
jurisdiction, either temporarily or permanently, he would be
utterly wanting in the requisite Masonic attainments, and instead
of being a credit to the Fraternity, his want of proficiency in the
esoteric portion of the ritual would be a reproach to the Lodge
which conferred the degrees, and the Grand Lodge under which
it was acting.
SPECIAL ORDERS ISSUED FOB CHANGE OP QUARTERS.
Good and sufficient reasons having been presented to me, and
upon application having been made in regular form, permission
has been granted to the following Lodges to change their place
of meeting:
January 23— Colorado City Lodge No. 76, at Colorado City.
This was returned marked "not used," with the statement that
better quarters had been secured at a less rent than those men-
tioned in the permit, and requesting permission to move to other
quarters, which was granted February 8th.
February 13— Silver State Lodge No. 95, Pueblo.
February 19— Glenwood Lodge No. 66, at Glenwood Springs.
April 3— Highlands Lodge No. 86, at Highlands.
June 20— Mt. Pisgah Lodge No. 96, at Cripple Creek.
BY-LAWS PASSED.
October 19—1 approved an amendment to Section 2, Article
1, of By-Laws of Ouray Lodge No. 71, changing the dates of
stated communications.
November 24 — I approved an amendment to Section 2, Article
2, of By-Laws of Montrose Lodge No. 63, changing the time of
the annual election of officers from the stated communication
next preceding St. John's Day, in December, to the first stated
communication in December of each year.
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[1894
May 11 — I approved an amendment to By-laws of Crystal
Lake Lodge No. 34, changing the date of stated communications.
June 25 — I approved an amendment to the By-Laws of South
Pueblo Lodge No. 31, providing for life membership by the pay-
ment of $50.00 in money, or its equivalent in notes or ether
securities held by brethren against the Lodge.
July 24 — I approved an amendment to the By-Laws of Spar
Lodge No. 60, changing the compensation of the Secretary from
a stated salary to 13 per cent, of all moneys received as dues,
and fixing a bond for the faithful performance of duties.
September 10 — I approved amendments to the By-Laws of
Durango Lodge No. 46: Article 8, Section 1, making annual dues
payable in advance; Article 13, Section 5, changing the compen-
sation of the Secretary from a stated salary to 10 per cent of all
moneys received as dues; Article 14, Section 2, changing the
compensation of the Tiler for each communication he is in
attendance and performing the duties of his office, and strik-
ing out the words, "he shall be exempt from Lodge dues.'*
In referring to the laws or amendments* adopted by the sev-
eral Subordinate Lodges and approved by me, you will notice
one provides for life membership; and of all the amendments
submitted to me for my approval, none gave me more concern
than this. There are, in my opinion, many serious objections
to this kind of a law, and I hesitated somewhat before giving
my approval. Being aware that several Lodges in this jurisdic-
tion had some years since adopted such a By-Law, I entered
into a correspondence with a number of brethren who are mem-
bers of those Lodges, for the purpose of ascertaining the practical
workings of such. While nearly all acknowledged the fact that
they themselves were life members, yet with one accord they
expressed their doubts and fears for the future welfare of their
Lodge.
The principle is wrong — not only in a financial sense, but
has a tendency to increase non-attendance and lack of interest in
our Lodges. While it may be true that at the time a few of
the members of the Lodge take a life membership certificate,
paying a goodly sum for the same, the Lodge is, for the time
being, relieved in a certain measure from financial embarrass-
ment; yet, the time will come when not only the natural running
expenses necessary for a live and thrifty Lodge, as well as for
charitable purposes for needy brethren, will have to be met by
a depleted treasury., having but a few members paying dues.
What, then, is the natural consequence? Material is brought up
for the building of the temple not fit for use, and for the matter
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if a few dollars (initiation fees) the overseers are unwilling t
-eject ft, and suiter It to pass.
How many of us here present have heard the remark mad
ij- brethren, when asked to affiliate with the Lodge nearest ttael
dace of residence: "Oh, I do not have to pay any dues in m
iwn Lodge, I having paid some $20.00 ob (25.00 years before, an
ibtaioed a life membership." And, again, I ask how many t
on have seen these same brethren in a Lodge room, or take a
Lctive interest in Lodge matters outside of the banquet hall?
As I said before, brethren, I have approved this By-Law undc
irotest, for the reason, perhaps, that my predecessors had don
■o before; but I submit this matter for your careful consideratloi
rlth the recommendation that it have a full discussion In all tl
tearlngs, and that some rule may be adopted for the futui
guidance of Ledges In this Jurisdiction.
1 disapproved an amendment to the By-Laws of a Lodg<
'tempting the Tiler from Lodge dues. The reason for sami
nil comments upon this subject, will be found under anothe
leading.
I have been called upon to decide a large number of quel
ions upon Masonic law which were not fully covered by deck
9B8 now In force. The following, however, I have only deetne
f sufficient Importance to submit for your consideration:
No. 1 — Question: A brother having received the E. A. and I
'. degrees in 1890, In our Lodge, now presents himself for exam
nation and petitions for the third degree. Is it proper to confe
be degree upon him, regardless of the time which has elapsed?
Answer: Tes. See Grand Lodge By-Law No. 39.
No. 2 — Question: Charges having been preferred against
rother for unmasonic conduct, in neglecting to pay Lodge due!
ho failed to appear or answer summons In any manner, has th
Worshipful Master the power to declare the brother suspends
Knout trial?
Answer: No. See Grand Lodge Law No. 94. No Mason ca
e deprived of any Masonic right except by ballot.
No. 3 — Question: A brother, after due trial and convlctlor
'as sentenced to receive a reprimand in open Lodge by th
Worshipful Master, at the following stated communication. Th
rother failed to present himself, or give any cause for not bein:
resent, as instructed by the W. M. What course should w
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Answer: Issue summons for him to appear at the next
stated communication; and should he refuse to obey summons,
the Lodge should at once prefer charges for contumacy. A
Lodge must itself execute the sentence it has itself imposed.
No. 4 — The W. M. of a Lodge has the power and authority
to suspend any of its officers from office, pending charges, and
fill the vacancy pro tern, until the charges are disposed of. He
must announce such suspension in open Lodge, and have the
same entered of record in the minutes of that communication.
No. 5— The decision of the W. M. in his Lodge is final; but
an appeal always lies from such decision to the Grand Lodge.
. No. 6 — Question: Is it proper for the W. M. of a Lodge to
resign the chair to the S. W., who is not a Past Master, during
the trial of a brother for a Masonic offense, there being other
regular Past Masters present, and the Master remain upon the
floor and take part in the proceedings, the same as other mem-
bers?
Answer: Yes.
No. 7 — It is not only right, but the duty of the W. M. to
appoint some brother to represent the accused as counsel during
his absence in a Masonic trial. This, however, should not be a
bar to other members who might desire to be heard upon the
subject.
No. 8 — Question: Has the "W. M. a right to excuse any mem-
ber from the Lodge room after trial has begun, and before the
ballot is taken upon the guilt or innocence of the accused?
Answer:. Yes.
No. 9 — A brother having had charges preferred against him
for unmasonic conduct at a stated communication, may be sum-
moned to appear and answer the charges, at either a stated or
called communication.
No. 10 — Question: After the accused has plead "not
guilty," can the Lodge hold the trial at a special meeting, or
may they proceed with the trial at the same meeting that
accused enters plea of "not guilty?"
Answer: Should the accused waive lawful notice, the mutual
agreement between him and the Lodge is sufficient to proceed
with the trial; but should the accused insist upon going into
trial at once, and the Lodge is not ready, the Master must exer-
cise his right to postpone. In this case lawful notice must be
given to the accused. A trial may take place at either a stated
or called communication, so that the communication has been
set apart for the purpose.
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Held, that as the official duties of the applicant compelled
him to reside within the jurisdiction of Lodge B., it was but a
temporary or forced residence, and as he had not changed his
legal residence, he was material of Lodge A.
No. 19 — Question: Can Lodge A. try a member of Lodge B.
for unmasonic conduct, both Lodges being in the same jurisdic-
tion, and but eighteen miles apart; Lodge A. first obtaining a
waiver of jurisdiction from Lodge B., who granted the same
immediately, or without first notifying the accused brother of
the request? Did Lodge B. err in its action?
Answer: By-Law 84 reads: "The conduct of all Masons
shall subject them to discipline by the Lodge within whose
jurisdiction they reside," etc. That decision No. 47 refers to
either the territorial jurisdiction of a Lodge (which is bounded
by geographical centers between it and contiguous Lodges), or
the political boundaries of the several states (which have been
by unanimous consent defined as the limits of the several Grand
Lodge jurisdictions).
That inasmuch as Lodge A. had complied with all the
requirements of both courtesy and otherwise, as provided for by
Decision No. 143, and Lodge B. had waived any rights it may
have had or could assume over one of its members to Lodge A.,
it could proceed with the trial as though the accused was one
of its own members. Without judging upon the merits of the
case, it would seem that Masonic courtesy and brotherly regard
for one of its members should have prompted Lodge B. to give
the accused brother an opportunity to explain.
No. 20 — It is not a necessary qualification for the newly
elected Master of a Lodge to receive the Past Master's degree
before he can preside, but it is recommended that he should
receive it as soon as practicable after installation.
No. 21 — Question: A Chapter Mason and member of the
Lodge was elected, installed, and served one year as Master:
is he then an actual Past Master? And can he assist in the
conferring of the Past Master's degree?
Answer: Literally speaking, a brother having been elected
and served one year as Worshipful Master, is a Past Master;
but not having received the Past Master's degree, is not enti-
tled to sit in a Lodge of Past Masters. Nor does the Past
Master's degree conferred in a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons
invest the brother with any rank or authority in a Lodge of
Master Masons.
No. 22— Question: A brother presents a dimit and petition
for affiliation; the committee on Character finds that he is the
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No. 28 — Question: How should a Lodge proceed to prefer
charges against a brother for unmasonic conduct for an offense
committed against one of its members within the jurisdiction
of the Lodge other than the one in which either resides— the
offending member holding his membership outside of the state?
Answer: Have your Lodge prepare the charges and specifi-
cations, together with all collateral testimony, and forward the
same to the Lodge nearest the residence of the accused, with
the request that they proceed with the formalities of the trial,
your Lodge being represented by the Junior Warden of the
trial Lodge.
No. 29 — Question: A petition was received in due form for
initiation; the petition was referred to a committee of Investiga-
tion, who were unable to locate the petitioner until a communi-
cation was received from him seven months after date of his
petition. He then stated that he had removed from the state,
and would not return to Colorado, and requesting that the fee
which accompanied his petition be returned him.
First— Can the fee be returned to him without the Lodge
having first acted upon his petition?
Answer: No. See Grand Lodge By-Law No. 56.
Should you return the fee, you would virtually withdraw
the petition. The petition being in regular form, and your
Lodge had jurisdiction, there is but one way to dispose of it,
to-wit, by ballot.
Second — Should action upon petition be favorable, what
should be the method of procedure?
Answer: Have your Secretary, when notifying him of his
election, call his attention to Grand Lodge By-Law No. 60, and if
it should be impossible for him to be present to receive the degree
in your Lodge, upon request from him, your Lodge would
request a Lodge near his new place of residence to do the work
for you.
Third— Would the Lodge be justified in taking action upon
the petition by the committee reporting that they were unable j
to locate the petitioner? I
Answer: No. Grand Lodge By-Law No. 62, prescribes the
form of report; and in order that your Lodge may have the
necessary information, your committee should correspond with
either a Masonic Lodge or individual Mason near his place of
residence. With this information, and such as they could j
glean from the members recommending the petition, would be j
sufficient for your Lodge to act upon.
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No. 30— A brother residing within the jurisdiction of one
dge has the right, and it is his privilege, to affiliate with and
:ome a member of any Lodge In another jurisdiction, Grand
Subordinate, that he may select. By uniting with a Lodge.
matter how distant, he compiles with the obligation of
illation, and by thus contributing to the support of the Instl-
:ion, he discharges his duty as a Mason, and becomes entitled
all the privileges of the Order.
No. 31 — Question: A member of our Lodge was one of the
mber to whom a charter was granted at the last session of
3 Grand Lodge. Said member was in arrears for dues for
ire than one year, and had never received a certificate of good
indlng from our Lodge. Is he still a member of our Lodge?
Answer: The Grand Lodge having granted a charter for a
w Lodge, and the brother's name being among the number to
10m the same was granted, his membership immediately
ised in your Lodge and began In the new.
No. 32— Question: Our Lodge, In 1890, expelled one of Its
>mbers. He claims he is at this time being Injured In his
rsonal business, and asks that he be furnished with certified
pies of part of the evidence In his case. Have we the rleht
furnish htm with any part of the evidence?
Answer: No.
Second — Has the attorney for the expelled member any
jht to make a transcript of the record for the purpose of
tklng an appeal to the Grand Lodge for reinstatement?
Answer: No. The expelled member not having taken an
peal from the decision of your Lodge within the time epecl-
d by our laws, he virtually admitted that the act of the Lodge
ssing sentence. was legal. He, therefore, has lost any right
ilch he may have had by an appeal. He can now only be
itored to his rights as a Mason by a vote of the Grand Lodge,
and with the consent of the Lodge passing sentence.
See Grand Lodge By-Law No. 119.
No. 33— A man having a deformed right hand, with fingers
t one Inch In length, Is Ineligible to be made a Mason.
Pursuant to resolution adopted at our last annual communl-
:lon, and upon request of Durango Lodge No. 48. under date
April 20, 1S94, I healed Robert H. Nevitt and restored him
membership In said Lodge, at a stated communication, June
it, 1S94.
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[18M
TIH CUP LODGE NO. 52.
After this report was completed, and I was congratulating
myself that the Lodges In this jurisdiction had, at least this
year, weathered the financial and business storm which was
passing over the country, I was in receipt of a communication
from the Worshipful Master of Tin Cup Lodge No. 52, stating
that, owing to the decline in the price of silver, the mines of
that district were compelled to discontinue work, and as this
was their chief industry, and upon which the people of that
town depended for their support, they were compelled to seek
other places for a livelihood. Consequently, but few of the
members of that Lodge remained in the jurisdiction.
As there were not a sufficient number to transact business,
those who were still in the jurisdiction (four in all), after an
informal meeting, had decided it would be best for all con-
cerned to surrender their charter and property to the Grand
Lodge.
They state that they own the two-story building which they
occupy; that their Lodge rooms are nicely furnished, and ther
have a small balance in the treasury. They make the request
that the building and contents be retained for a time, in hopes
that in the near future business may improve sufficiently to
enable them to reorganize.
The correspondence upon this subject I submit for your
consideration.
VISITS.
At the commencement of my official term, I was in hopes
when the time arrived for me to submit my report, that I could
have the pleasure of saying: "I have visited every Lodge in the
jurisdiction;" but, alas! I find, like my predecessors, I am com-
pelled to acknowledge my inability and failure to do bo. The
past year, as you are all aware, has been one of great business
distress, and to one actively engaged, found it impossible to
absent myself from business pursuits for any length of time.
During the year, however, I have had the pleasure of visiting
forty Subordinate Lodges. I had made plans which would have-
enabled me to visit a goodly number in July, but on account of j
the labor troubles and railroad tie-ups, was obliged to postpone]
my visits, and finally was obliged to abandon the plan alto-
gether.
To enumerate the many acts of kindness and Masonic
courtesies extended to me upon these visits, would prolong this
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H>rt far beyond what is Intended. Suffice It to say, how-
3r, that upon every occasion I met with that open-handed
spitality which la one of the chief characteristics of Colorado
tsons; and although having a sufficient amount of that much-
used coin of our fathers to defray all necessary expenses, yet
on many of my visits X found that it was considered coun-
'felt In my hands so long as I remained In their midst.
With but few exceptions I found the several Lodges in a
jsperous condition, and conferring the usual number of
grees. While many of them had not the pleasure of a visit
im the Grand Lecturer, yet they were doing their utmost to
come proficient In the work of the Grand Jurisdiction.
During my absence from home, In the month of June, an
citation was received from the M. W. Grand Master of Iowa,
be present at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Grand Lodge
that state on Jnne 5th.
I also received an Invitation from the M. W. Grand Master
Vermont, to be present at the Centennial Communication of
e M. W. Grand Lodge at Burlington, June 15th.
It was with sincere regret that I was obliged to forego the
i&sure of accepting these invitations. On behalf of this Grand
■dge I extended to the M. W. Grand Masters and brethren of
ese jurisdictions our congratulations, expressing the hope
it their respective Grand Lodges would have occasion to
lebrate many occasions like the present.
I also received an invitation from Mt. Morlah Lodge No. 15,
inte Vista Lodge No. 73; Rico Lodge No. 79, to be present
the celebration of the festival of St. John the Baptist. As
lad but just returned from a four weeks' absence from home,
tktng official visits, I was obliged to decline. Having but a
ort time previously visited the above named Lodges, and the
;mory of the courteous and fraternal treatment which I had
reived from the brethren there being fresh In my memory, no
e can appreciate my feelings of regret upon being compelled
decline being present to enjoy the good times, of which I
l confident all had who were present.
Alamosa.
At the annual communication of this Grand Lodge, held in
87, a resolution was adopted {see proceedings of 1887. pages 25
d 26) authorizing a loan of 12,500 of the available general
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fund of this Grand Lodge to the Masonic Temple Association of
Alamosa.
Under date of May 2, 1888, a certain note was executed, made
payable three years after date, with interest at the rate of 7
per cent, per annum, and payable quarterly. This note was
endorsed by William Sabine, W. M. of Alamosa Lodge No. 44,
F. and A. M.; Horace H. Dubendorff, H. P. San Luis Chapter
No. 18, R. A. M.; William A Rush worth, Thomas McCunniff, J.
L. Thomson, C. W. Givens and George A. Willis.
At the last communication of this Grand Lodge, your
Finance Committee reported that this note had not been paid
and interest amounting to 1525.00 was due and remained unpail
I therefore immediately entered into correspondence with the
parties interested in regard to the matter, and in December,
finding that nothing could be accomplished in this manner, I, in
company with Brothers Harkison and MacDonald, of the
Finance Committee, visited Alamosa for the purpose of determin-
ing the financial condition of the loan, and adjusting the same.
Upon Investigation it was learned that neither of the
Masonic bodies named held themselves financially responsible
for the loan, and the two brothers signing their official titles did
so only to designate their official positions; that at the time
the note was executed the endorsers were considered good for
ten times the amount of the loan, but for causes best known to
the Lodge one was expelled, two suspended, and one was dim-
itted four months previous to date of note, leaving but three
of the endorsers in the jurisdiction, who were in no financial
condition to meet the obligation. We are, however, informed
that at the time the loan was made, the signers of the note
secured a second deed of trust in favor of themselves, for the
purpose of protecting the Grand Lodge.
There is an indebtedness on the building at present of
$4,500 and interest, secured by trust deed in favor of Rollins ft
Young; $2,500 principal and $700 interest on Grand Lodge note;
$2,000 and interest on note of First National Bank of Alamosa,
and in addition to this, the building and land has been sold for
taxes, and at this time has not been redeemed.
Not being in favor of making a further loan on this prop-
erty for the purpose of securing the original amount, I have
done nothing further in the premises, but to inform the parties
interested to have a representative present at the session of the
Grand Lodge, with statement of condition of the loan, and sub-
mit a plan whereby the Grand Lodge could be protected in its
rights.
GRAND LODGE OF TOLORADQ.
Del Norte.
In 1890 a loan of |2,500 was made to Del Norte Lodge No.
i, of Del Norte (see proceedings 1889, page 83), upon- three notes
sured by the hypothecation to the Grand Lodge by a certain
nety-nine year lease on tbe upper story of a certain stone
illdlng situated In said town. These notes bore Interest at
ie rate of 7 per cent, per annum, payable annually.
At the last communication of thla Grand Lodge, your
I nance Commute reported that these notes had not been
Lid, and Interest amounting to 1350 had not been paid. At the
me of our investigation of the Alamosa loans, tbe committee
id myself also visited Del Norte Lodge No. 29.
Having previously secured an abstract of the county records
' title to the property mentioned, I learned that a certain deed
trust had been made and recorded prior to the lease to the
odge. which would to a certain extent Invalidate the lease
bresald; that while the Lodge was acting In good faith and
:hnowledged the debt due tbe Grand Lodge, they were not
ware of tbe condition of affairs.
At a communication of the Lodge held at the time of our
sit, a committee was appointed for the purpose of securing a
lease of this deed of trust, and to provide for better security
the Grand Lodge.
Considering the depressed condition of all kinds of business
id the financial affairs of the Lodge, I proposed to them that
ovided the interest past due on note was paid, and a release
their property was secured, that acting for the Grand Lodge,
would authorize a renewal of the note at a less rate of Interest.
I am pleased to say that matters were satisfactorily set-
td on line proposed, and in due season I received a release
ed of trust, releasing any and all claims which may have
en against the Masonic portion of the building, together with
ed of trust on the second story of said building, and also
ittel mortgage, including conditions named In deed of trust,
all property belonging to the Lodge, in favor of the Grand
dge, to secure the note of $2,500. Said note bears date of
rember 7, 1893, signed by the Master and attested by the
-retary and under seal of the Lodge, matures five years after
je, with interest at the rate of 5 per cent; per annum, payable
ui-annually. They also remitted the sum of 8400 to apply
Interest due.
I have placed all papars in this case in the hands of the
lance Committee for examination.
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Other Loans.
During the month of December, and after being informed
that the sum of $3,500 was in the hands of the Grand Treasurer,
not otherwise appropriated, and deeming it advisable that this
amount should be deriving some benefit instead of laying idle,
in consultation with the chairman of the Finance Committee, I
advised the placing of this amount upon such securities as
would be a paying investment, etc.
Not being able at all times to be present for the approval
of such loans as might be made from time to time, I appointed
M. W. Brother William D. Todd to act in my behalf, having
full confidence that his judgment would be satisfactory to both
myself and the Grand Lodge. It was some months later before
a suitable investment could be made, but I am advised that
those which were made are amply secured and are considered
excellent. For a more detailed account of this and other finan-
cial matters, I would refer you to the Finance Committee's
report, which will be rendered some time during this communi-
cation.
MONITOR AND CEREMONIALS.
At the last session of the Grand Lodge, M. W. Brother H. P.
H. Bromwell was appointed a committee of one to prepare a
working Monitor and Ceremonials for use of Lodges in this
jurisdiction. '
In doing this, the Grand Lodge acted very wisely; and had
the latter portion of the resolution making the appointment been
omitted (that this work, after completion, be approved by the
first four officers of the Grand Lodge), it would have saved your
Grand Master, at least, the mortification of acknowledging the
fact that he was incapable of criticizing a work prepared by
so eminent a student and Mason as Brother Bromwell. I will
say, however, that I have spent several pleasant hours with
him in examination of the work which he has prepared, and
I think I voice the sentiments of the other Grand Officers in
saying that the work, when published, will be a credit to the
Grand Jurisdiction, and one of which no Mason need be
ashamed.
That Brother Bromwell has expended much time and labor,
goes without saying; and although it was hoped it could have
been in general use before this time, yet I am able to report
that it is now ready for the printer, and will be distributed ac-
cording to the terms of the resolution at no distant day.
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In this connection I would state that in order to conform to
this ritual, it would be necessary for this Grand Lodge to pro-
vide for its own use on all public occasions suitable banners or
standards.
I would therefore recommend that a .committee of three
members of this Grand Lodge, of which Brother Bromwell shall
be one, be appointed to purchase such articles necessary, and *
that the Grand Secretary be authorized to draw his warrant on
the Grand Treasurer for the necessary amount.
COMMUNICATION FROM GRAND LODGE, MISSISSIPPI.
Under date of May 6th I was in receipt of the following
communication from the Grand Lodge of Mississippi in regard
to jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge over candidates, which was
adopted by that Grand Lodge at its 76th Annual Communication,
in February last, with a request that it be submitted to this
Grand Lodge for consideration and action. I herewith submit
the same without comment.
Proposed Uniform Rules as to Jurisdiction Over Candidates.
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Grand Lodge op Mississippi, A. P. & A. M.,
Office of Grand Secretary,
Jackson, May 6, 1894.
The following proposed "Uniform Rules as to Jurisdiction
over Candidates," prepared by Past Grand Master Frederic
Speed, and carefully considered by the Law Committee, were
adopted by the M. W. Grand Lodge of Mississippi at its Seventy-
Sixth Annual Communication, February, 1894, and the same are
fraternally submitted for the consideration and action of the
several Grand Lodges: |
Whereas, It is desirable that there should be uniform rules
adopted by all Grand Lodges, relating to the jurisdiction of
Lodges over candidates rejected for initiation, and Entered
Apprentices and Fellow Crafts applying for advancement, whose
places of residence, after petitioning or initiation, is perma-
! nently removed outside of the Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge
| having jurisdiction over the Lodges to which they have peti-
tioned, or by which they were initiated, therefore be it
Resolved, That the two rules following be proposed to each
Grand Lodge with which this Grand Lodge is in correspondence,
for adoption, to become the Uniform Rules relating to jurisdic-
tion over rejected candidates for initiation, and candidates
i applying for advancement, who have permanently removed
j beyond the jurisdiction of any Grand Lodge into that of another
Grand Lodge; and be it further
1 Resolved* That said proposed rules be and the same are
hereby adopted by this Grand Lodge, to take effect from and
after their adoption by any other Grand Lodge, as between
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this Grand Lodge and the Grand Lodge, or Grand Lodges,
adopting the same; Provided, That the laws, rules and regula-
tions of this Grand Lodge, as they now stand, shall remain in
full force and effect as between this Grand Lodge and all other
Grand Lodges which shall not become parties to the same, by
adopting said Rules, to- wit:
Jurisdiction Over Persons Rejected for Initiation.
Rule I. — Whenever any person who shall have been rejected
for initiation in any Lodge, shall have removed his place of
abode into the jurisdiction of another Lodge, within the juris-
diction of another Grand Lodge, with the intention of making
it his permanent place of residence, and shall have resided there
not less than one year, and shall again desire to petition for
initiation, he may present his petition to the Lodge under whose
jurisdiction he resides, or to any Lodge which has concurrent
jurisdiction over that place, which shall thereupon certify the
facts to the Lodge which rejected him, and if said Lodge shall
not, within six months thereafter, furnish to the Lodge to which
said petition is made, the grounds upon which such rejection
was made, it may proceed with such petition as in other cases,
and that Lodge may initiate him if elected. Whenever the
grounds upon which the petitioner was rejected are furnished
to the Lodge to which he makes his new petition, it shall judge
of the sufficiency thereof, and proceed in its discretion.
Jurisdiction Over Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts
Petitioning for Advancement.
Rule II. — Whenever an Entered Apprentice, or Fellow Craft,
of a Lodge in this jurisdiction shall permanently change his
place of abode, into the jurisdiction of a Lodge in another Grand
Jurisdiction, and shall have resided there not less than one year,
and shall desire to be passed, or raised, he may apply to the
Lodge under whose jurisdiction he lives, or to any Lodge having
concurrent jurisdiction thereover, and if it shall signify its
willingness to receive him, and so certify the fact to the Lodge
which initiated, or passed him, it shall thereupon strike h!s
name from its roll of Apprentices, or Fellow Crafts, as the case
may be, and all jurisdiction over him shall cease; Provided,
That if the Lodge to which he applies shall reject his petition
for advancement, that the jurisdiction of the Lodge which
initiated, or passed, him shall ipso facto be resumed, and his
name shall again be entered upon its roll, with a note of the
fact; and provided, further, that nothing in this or the preced-
ing Rule, shall prevent a Lodge from initiating, passing, or
raising a person as the proxy of another Lodge; in which event
the person so initiated, passed, or raleed, shall become a mem-
ber of the Lodge for which it acts, if that would be the effect
of being raised in the Lodge for which the degree is conferred,
under the laws of its Grand Lodge.
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If you will kindly advise me of the action that may be
taken, I will notify all the Grand Lodges when all shall have
considered the subject.
I send you three copies — one for Grand Master, one for Law
Committee, and one 'for your office file.
Fraternally,
J. L. POWER,
Grand Secretary,
» HOME FOR CONSUMPTIVES.
Under date of May 7th I received a communication from
Montezuma Lodge No. 1, A. F. and A. M., of Santa Fe, New
Mexico, with the sanction of the Grand Master of that juris-
diction, requesting permission to submit plans and solicit dona-
tions and subscriptions for stock in a proposed National Masonic
Home for Consumptives at Santa Fe, to the several Lodges in
this jurisdiction. Deeming this a worthy project, I granted
<
their request and had forwarded to them a list of the Lodges
and members of this jurisdiction. With this communication,
\ a memorial and prospectus was enclosed, and as this matter
[ is of considerable importance, I submit the several papers for
such action as you deem necessary.
OUR ESOTERIC WORK.
In the Lodges which I have had the pleasure of visiting I
have found the brethren both willing and anxious to acquire
a thorough knowledge of the Esoteric portion of our ritual, and
I am informed by the Grand Lecturer that he also finds the
same feeling existing among those Lodges which he has visited.
The antipathy which has existed among some of the older
brethren against the ritual adopted some time since, is fast
being removed. This, in a large measure, can be attributed
to the services rendered the Craft in this jurisdiction by our
present Grand Lecturer, R. W. Brother Cromwell Tucker, and I
take this opportunity of extending to him my personal thanks
and those of the Craft throughout the state, for his untiring
efforts in their behalf, and for the time and labor expended by
him in imparting the Esoteric part of the work, and to attain
a uniformity in the other ceremonials of the Lodge.
THE NON-AFFILIATE.
It has been the well-defined policy of this Grand Lodge for
a number of years, as well as many others, that a Mason enters
a Lodge of his own free will, and is at liberty to withdraw
therefrom of his own volition, and cannot be compelled to
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remain a member thereof should he elect otherwise; yet the
subject of non-affiliated Masons has, without doubt, given every
Grand Master more concern than any other subject of Masonry.
While the law now in force in this jurisdiction may be good
in theory, yet I am led to believe through my observations
upon visiting the several Lodges, that it does not now, or ever
will, apply well in practice; and from the large increase of
non-affiliates in Colorado, I am confident that this Grand Lodge
will be called upon, in the near future, to legislate in such a
manner that all such Masons will be compelled to give us a
wide berth.
There are several causes which, perhaps, tend to increase
this class of Masons, among which are those who become non-
affiliated from choice, to secure themselves against the payment
of a few dollars per annum necessary for the runing expenses
of the Lodge, as well as for charitable purposes. This class of
Masons are always the first to claim assistance in the hour of
need, and from their conversation, the family and public are led
to believe that by their being Masons, they are entitled to all
the benefits of such; and by our laws now in force, the point, in
my opinion, is well taken.
While it may be true that we, as Masons, are not legally
bound to render assistance upon application from this unworthy
class, yet I am strongly of the opinion that we are under obli-
gations not only morally, but for the purpose of protection
against the insinuations and remarks of those who through igno-
rance and malice are ever ready and willing to bring discredit
upon the fraternity. In the following, I quote from an address
of M. W. Brother Alfred Plummer, of Washington, it being so
near my own views, as one of the causes of non- affiliation, and
I will add that I have, upon all occasions of my visits, expressed
a like opinion upon this very point. He says:
"It is said that in the great economy of nature there is a use
for every created thing, but years of careful study have failed
to reveal the particular usefulness of the non-affiliate Mason.
The number of these drones is daily increasing, and we may
well stop to consider the cause and effect of non-affiliation. Is
it not too often the case that visiting brethren holding dimits
visit the Lodge room in whose jurisdiction they reside for the
purpose of forming the acquaintance of the brethren and renew-
ing the fraternal ties recently severed by departure from their
former home? Who among us can recall the reception accorded
a visitor? From the center of the room he is formally intro-
duced to the Master as Brother , of Lodge »
and the Master quite as formally extends to him a welcome to
the Lodge, hopes that his visits may be frequent, and associa-
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tions there pleasant, and amid the solemn hush, calculated to
chill the marrow in the bones of the visitor, he is conducted to
a seat, and, alas! too often, the routine business of the Lodge
is resumed, the Lodge closed in due form, and the brother
departs, having been made acquainted with some five or six
members. Is this the way in which you would receive at your
homes a person who bore to you a letter of introduction from a
valued friend? The lack of sociability and good fellowship
while at our Lodge meetings. Some object to lectures and song;
others object to the expense of some simple repast, that is sug-
gested as being an improper use of Lodge funds; but how many
would attend a church or lecture hall when it is understood
that the same lecture or sermon would be delivered fifty-two
consecutive times by the same person, and what better means
of bringing men closer together can be found than the social
gathering around the hospitable board!"
While on this subject, I desire to make mention of one of
the errors which is too often practiced in our Lodges — I have
reference to the undue willingness of granting dim its to thpse
members who are unworthy to be taken by the hand and greeted
as a brother, and who upon application for a recommendation
from his Lodge to the Masonic Fraternity, are seldom, if ever,
refused; and also the too free use of the black-ball upon those
holding dimits petitioning for membership. If a brother hold-
ing such can be induced to surrender the gilt-edged recommenda-
tion held by him from the Fraternity, it is far better to secure
this by his affiliation, and then should there be sufficient cause,
deal with him as the laws in the case require.
While I may have expressed my views upon this subject at
this and other times during the year last past, and at the same
time having such a prejudice against this class of Masons, which
are daily increasing in this jurisdiction, yet I have deemed it
best to make no recommendation in regard to a change in our
laws governing this subject, but submit these remarks for your
consideration, with the hope, however, that after a full dis-
cussion in all its bearings, that the laws now in force will be
amended so as to make it mandatory upon our Subordinate
Lodges to take action instead of discretionary, and I have no
doubt that in the future the non-affiliated ranks will receive
few recruits in Colorado.
BY-LAW NO. 134.
Up to and including the 1st day of May, Lodges Nos. 12, 42,
47, 50, 62, 75, 77, and 88 were the only ones which had notified
me that this law had been complied with. On that date I mailed
to each Lodge which had failed to do so, the following circular
letter:
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M. W. Grand Lodge of Colorado,
A. P. <fe A. M.
Grand Master's Office.
Durango, Colo., May 1, 1S94.
Worshipful Master of Lodge No
Dear Sir and Worshipful Brother — Grand Lodge By-Law No.
134, pertaining to Subordinate Lodges, reads as follows:
"The Master of each Lodge in this jurisdiction shall cause to
be read in open Lodge, within two months after its receipt, the
General Proceedings of the previous Annual Communication, and
within two months after the annual election, the Constitution,
By-Laws and Decisions, and in each case to immediately advise
the Grand Master of their compliance therewith."
You will notice that this By-Law is mandatory in its pro-
visions, and inasmuch as you have up to this date refused or
neglected to comply with its requirements, I desire to call your
attention to the matter in hopes that I may, at no distant day,
receive official notice that this By-Law has been complied with
in every particular.
It would afford me great pleasure to report your Lodge
among the number reporting to me of their compliance with
this law.
Fraternally,
JETHBO C. 8ANFORD.
Grand Matter.
Various were the reasons offered for their non-compliance.
A number stated that the provisions of this By-Law had never
been complied with in their Lodge since the law was passed, and
considered it as a dead letter, etc., etc. One W. M. went so far
as to say that he, in common with other members of his Lodge,
had always considered this section of the By-Laws as a huge
joke of the Grand Lodge, and should the law be enforced,* he
would be unable to have a sufficient number of brethren present
to close his Lodge in due form.
I will add here that had this same W. M. complied with the
provisions of this law, it would have saved him a great deal of
time and trouble, not to speak of postage, in asking the Grand
Master questions, which by referring to our printed proceedings
would have answered his questions more fully than by letter
writing. Upon request of this same Master a few months pre-
vious for a dispensation to elect a W. M. from the floor, I was
informed that with but one single exception, there was not a
member sufficiently informed upon the laws of this jurisdiction
to preside as Master. I will say here that the dispensation was
not granted.
I make a note of these answers to the above communication,
and give as an example the arguments presented, as I have been
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informed that steps will be taken at this session for the repeal
of this law.
To one who has not held the office of Grand Master, this
subject may be deemed of slight importance; but should they
have the time and patience to read the numberless questions
submitted and letters required to be answered, pointing out to
the writers the section, decision and page of the proceedings
where these questions will be found and answered, I am strongly
of the opinion that no argument could be presented that would
induce them to make the change. In my visit to the several
Lodges during the past year, this matter has been brought
forcibly to my mind upon nearly every occasion.
Imagine my surprise when, upon two occasions, at least, I,
in company with the W. M., entered the Lodge room, and at the
simple knock of the gavel business was resumed, having been
called to labor from refreshment since the last communicaton
of the Lodge. Had this W. M. complied with this law (No. 134),
either himself or some of his Lodge would have known that this
was prohibited. I am well aware that the strict compliance
with this law may be, to a certain extent, somewhat of an in-
convenience to the Lodges in Denver, as well as to some of the
larger Lodges in the jurisdiction, as their meeting nights are
limited, and they at that time have work upon several degrees
which prolong the meeting beyond a reasonable length of time;
but in the language of the old Constitution: "No Master shall
undertake a work that he is unable to finish to his Lord's profit
and the credit of his Lodge." It is, therefore, my opinion,
brethren, that it is of far more importance to have the members
of your Lodge well informed upon the rules, regulations and
laws of our time-honored Institution than to make numberless
Masons who do hot know even the first rudiments of Masonry.
Holding the opinion that I do upon this subject, I would strongly
urge and recommend that in the future the Grand Master shall
require a strict compliance of the provisions of this law.
Lodges No. 6. 13, 19, 27, 29, 33, 35, 36, 39, 43, 49, 52, 54, 55,
56, 57, 60, 61, 64, 69, 70, 71, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 83, 85, 93, and 96 did
not comply with this law nor offer any excuse for their failure
to do so.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Among the correspondence and other papers which were
placed in my hands by Past Grand Master Wright as "unfinished
business," was a communication from one of our Lodges signed
by the Secretary and under seal of the Lodge. Said communi-
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cation contained notice of an appeal from the decision of the
W. M. by one of the members of the Lodge, the appeal being
taken on the ground that the W. M. bad declared a certain pro-
posed amendment of the By-Laws of the Lodge as unconstitu-
tional, and refusing to have the same submitted to the vote of
the Lodge. The proposed amendment is as follows:
«<i
'No member of the Lodge within the jurisdiction of Colo-
rado, who has become a resident of Colorado, shall be entitled
to any of the rights or privileges of Masonry until he shall
have applied for affiliation with the Lodge within the jurisdic-
tion in which he resides, and shall be treated as though he was
a non-affiliated Mason who has failed for more than twelve
months to deposit his dimit with his petition for affiliation, as
provided by the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge."
In answering this communication I informed the Lodge
that, in my opinion, the W. M. was correct in his ruling; and
further, had the proposed amendment been submitted to the
Grand Master, it would have been returned marked "disap-
proved."
In explanation I quoted the language used by Dr. Albert
G. Mackey in his Masonic Jurisprudence: "The ancient charges
prescribe that every Mason should belong to a Lodge, without
reference to its peculiar locality. A brother, therefore, com-
plies with the obligation of affiliation when he unites himself
with any Lodge, no matter how distant, and by thus contribut-
ing to the support of the Institution, he discharges his duty as
a Mason, and becomes entitled to all the privileges of the order."
I, however, informed them that while I quoted the above as
my opinion, I did not desire them to consider me as being in
favor of Masons holding memberships in distant Lodges, as I
believe any Mason will much more efficiently discharge his
duties to the Craft by acquiring a membership in the Lodge
which is nearest his residence. Yet, as it is one of the inherent
privileges of every Lodge to judge of the qualifications of its
members, it would naturally follow that every member should
have the same privileges of determining with which Lodge he
should be affiliated.
While I fully appreciate the motives of the member advocat-
ing the amendment, yet I am of the opinion that we should all
endeavor to make our Lodge meetings of such a character that
all would desire to affiiliate. As I have heard nothing further
in regard to this matter, I presume the Lodge and the member
taking the appeal have taken my opinion as final.
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I will add, however, that having had this question submitted
to me at a later period, I have inserted this opinion under head
of "Decision No. 30."
RECOMMENDATIONS. ,
Grand Lodge By-Law No. 39 provides that Apprentices or
Fellow Crafts who neglect for two years to pass an examination
upon their proficiency and take the next degree, their name
shall be dropped from the reports of the Lodge, but they still
remain available working material for said Lodge.
I would recommend that this section be so amended that
It will require a candidate for advancement to renew his peti-
tion, which petition shall take the same course as in original
cases. Conditions change quite materially in a number of years,
and one may go for an indefinite period before presenting him-
self for examination and advancement, and then some evening
be on hand for examination, and ballot spread when but few
members of the Lodge have had previous notice.
Section 85, Grand Lodge By-Laws, provides that after the
petitioner for a dimit has complied with certain requirements,
that a dimit shall be ordered and issued, while Decision No. 140,
approved by this Grand Lodge last year, requires a vote of the
Lodge to empower the Secretary to issue dimits. As this may
give rise to confusion, and should you decide after investiga-
tion of the subjects presented by me under the head of "Non-
Affiliates," to not in any way change the method of issuing
dimits as now provided by law, I would suggest that Decision
140 be repealed, and that Section 85 be amended to read as
follows:
"No Lodge shall grant a dimit except upon written applica-
tion presented at a stated communication, which shall lie
over until the next stated communication, when, if no charges
have been preferred and the dues of the brother have been paid,
the W. M. shall order the dimit issued."
I would call your attention to Decision No. 117, which was
approved two years ago. While this decision was made to suit
a particular case, yet I am of the opinion that by it being incor-
porated and appearing among the number of decisions approved
by this Grand Lodge, it may lead to a false impression. Each
Subordinate Lodge has a By-Law stating how a change can be
made and Grand Lodge By-Law No. 133 defines the method of
how and when an amendment to the By-Laws of a Subordinate
Lodge shall become- operative.
During the year I have had several communications from
several Lodges in regard to this matter of suspending their
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[1894
stated meetings during the summer months, and in each case
I suggested that the Lodge take no action that would become
a matter of record, but if found necessary for a lack of sufficient
members to transact business, by mutual understanding between
the Master and brethren, the meetings could go by default, and
calling their attention to Section No. 33 of Grand Lodge By-Laws.
Grand Lodge By-Law No. 30 provides that no new Lodge
shall pay a stated salary to its Secretary, but may allow bim
such percentage of Lodge moneys collected as in its judgment
is proper for all his services. This law has been in force for a
number of years. A large number of the older Lodges have
already made this change in their By-Laws, and of course the
Lodges Instituted since this law was passed have this law incor-
porated and it would now seem that it become universally the
law in this jurisdiction. The law is based upon the theory that
the Secretary who gets a stated salary might possibly be careless
in the collection of Lodge dues, and that it might be a matter
of indifference to him if members were delinquent, while it is by
no means a matter of indifference to the Grand Lodge. The
intention of the law is evidently to compel a lively self-inter-
est on the part of the Secretary.
It has also been the universal practice in this jurisdiction
to exempt the Secretary and the Tiler, in addition to their other
compensation, from the payment of Lodge dues. I am strongly
of the opinion that it is not good Masonic law to exempt any
officer from contributing his share towards the maintenance of
the Lodge and the necessary charitable expenses.
I have heard the remark often made, and I have no doubt
there are many here present who will verify the assertion, that
after installation many Tilers are seldom seen in or near the
Lodge room. I would therefore recommend that the word "new,"
which appears in the first line of Section 30, of Grand Lodge
By-Laws, be stricken out, and the By-Laws so framed as to
prohibit Subordinate Lodges in this jurisdiction from exempting
any officer from the payment of Lodge dues. Should this meet
your views, I would further recommend that each Lodge in this
jurisdiction be instructed to make the necessary change in
their By-Laws, and transmit a copy to the Grand Master for
approval, on or before December 27th of the present year.
I have noticed that the forms as prescribed by this Grand
Lodge, such as petitions, receipts for dues, and other necessary
blanks are not in general use in the several Lodgos. Many are
using printed blanks as furnished by the several publishing
house* throughout the country. As this is a matter of vital
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importance, especially in the case of petition to be made a Mason
I would recommend that a resolution or By-Law be passed mak-
ing it imperative upon all Lodges in this jurisdiction to purchase
the same from the Grand Secretary, and that ho be instructed
to furnish same at cost.
CONCLUSION.
Brethren, before closing this report, I desire to express my
thanks to you for the high and distinguishing honor which one
year ago you conferred upon me by electing me as your Grand
Master.
I have, to the best of my ability, tried to bring credit upon
the Fraternity, and have required a strict compliance to the
laws, rules and established customs of the Fraternity whenever
they came to my notice.
There are many things left undone which should have been
done, and perhaps I have done some things which I ought not
to have done. If such there be, I have only to say that if I have
erred, it was of the head and not from the heart; and as you
all know that man in his best estate is subject to frailties and
errors, we should endeavor to cover his faults and imperfec-
tions with the broad mantle of charity and brotherly love. I,
however, do not desire you to have any false impression of
courtesy towards your Grand Master, but correct any irregular-
ities, and make such changes in his official acts as will be for
the best interest of the Craft in future.
The correspondence of your Grand Master has increased
quite materially over former years, and no doubt will continue
to increase as the number of Lodges increase. Although a
goodly portion of my time has been occupied with matters per-
taining to the office, yet I have found it a pleasure rather than
a burden, and have on all occasions rather encouraged corre-
spondence, not only with the Lodges, but with individual
brethren, as I believe by so doing it creates a stronger fraternal
feeling and stronger interest in Masonic matters by bringing
the Grand Master into their councils.
To M. W. Brothers Peabody, Todd, and other members of
the Grand Lodge, I would return my sincere thanks for their
counsel and guidance in the time of need.
By reference to the printed proceedings of the Grand Lodge
for more than a quarter of a century, I find that the English
vocabulary has been exhausted by my predecessors in express-
ing their appreciation of the services rendered them by our R.
W. Grand Secretary, Ed. C. Parmelee. I shall, therefore, make
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no attempt in that direction; but "God bless you, Ed! May you
live long and prosper!"
Brethren, I have perhaps extended this report far beyond
the necessary limits. There are many other matters which no
doubt will be called to your attention during the session, and
which will require much thought and careful attention; and
now, in surrendering to you the emblem of authority with which
I was invested one year ago, I again desire to express my heart-
felt thanks for the many acts of courtesy and kindness I have
received from you, and I earnestly hope that we may be per-
mitted to meet together for many years in that Fraternal har-
mony which has been our happy lot in the past.
May Heaven's richest blessingB rest upon us in all our delib-
erations during the session, and that everything may be done
in the spirit of love and kindness, is my earnest prayer.
JETHRO C. SANFORD,
Grand Master.
ADDRESS REFERRED.
On motion the address was referred to a Special Com-
mittee for topical reference.
BROTHER O. H. HENRY (14),
BROTHER R. A. 8TEEX (64),
BROTHER B. B. HILL (82),
Were appointed said committee.
The Grand Lodge was called to refreshment until 2
o'clock.
FIRST DAY-Second Session.
Tuesday, September 18, 1894, 2 o'clock p. m.
Grand Lwlge resumed labor.
Grand Master Sauford in the East.
REPORT ON ADDRESS.
Brother O. H. Henry presented the following, which
was adopted:
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To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. <& A. M. of Colorado :
Your committee to whom was referred the address of the
M. W. Grand Master for division and reference, submit the following
report:
1st. That so much thereof as refers to deceased brethren of
this and other Jurisdictions, be referred to a special committee of
three.
2d. That so much thereof as refers to decisions, dispensations,
suggestions and recommendations and proposed amendments to
Grand Lodge By-Laws and Constitution, to the Committee on Juris-
prudence.
\ 3d. That so much thereof as refers to finance and the surren-
der of the charter of Tin Cup Lodge, *to the Finance Committee.
4th. That so much thereof as refers to other .Grand Bodies
be referred to the Committee on Correspondence.
5th. And that the appointment of Grand Representatives of
other Grand Lodges near this Grand Lodge, as made by our Grand
Master, be approved.
O. H. HENRY,
R. A. STEEN,
B. B. HILL.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
BROTHER L. N. GREENLEAP (5),
BROTHER H. T. WEST (20),
BROTHER H. M. TELLER (6),
Were appointed a special committee on deceased brothers.
REPORT OF THE GRAND TREASURER.
The following report was read and referred to the
j Finance Committee:
FRANK CHURCH. Grand Treasurer, in account with
j GRAND LODGE, A. F. & A. M.. COLORADO.
j GENERAL. FUND.
i 1893.
Sept 19. To balance, as per Report 1893 $ 3.068 89
Oct. 6. Grand Secretary 477 20
Nov. 16. Grand Secretary 52 00
Dec. 9. Grand Secretary 536 00
1894.
Aprils. To Grand Secretary 100 00
Apr. 18. Grand Secretary 200 00
May 16. Grand Secretary 20 00
May 29. Grand Secretary 100 00
An*. 10. Grand Secretary 400 00
Aug.21. Grand Secretary 20 00
Carrried forward $ 4,974 09
^
48 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [189*
•
Brought forward $ 4,974 09
\ug.2l. Grand Secretary ^ 7$ 00
Aog.27. Grand Secretary 100 00
Sept.17. Grand Secretary---. 2,000 00
Bept.17. Grand Secretary....! 3,094 32
By Warrant No. 598 $ 5 00
Warrant No. 594 41 25
Warrant No. 595 1,688 00
Warrant No. 598 11 10
Warrant No. 597 200 00
Warrant No. 598 25 00
Warrant No. 599 10 00
Warrant No. 600 14 00
Warrant No. 601 6 00
Warrant No. 602 9 25
Warrant No. 603 63 00
Warrant No. 604 6 00
Warrant No. 605 3 00
Warrant No. 606 3 00
Warrant No. 607 iOO 00
Warrant No. 608 14 25
Warrant No. 609 12 50
Warrant No. 610 1,039 50
Warrant No. 611 1,089 65
Warrant No. 612 35 55
Warrant No. 613 300 00
Warrant No. 614 1,00000
Warrant No. 615 •_ 30000
Warrant No. 616 60 10
Warrant No. 617 2,50000
Warrant No. 618 38 95
Warrant No. 619 800 00
Warrant No. 620 •_ 42 60
Warrant No. 621 100 00
Warrant No. 622 800 00
To balance 1.912 11
$10,241 41 $10,241 41
LIBRARY FUND.
1893.
Sept. 19. To balance, ae per Report 1893 $ 890 90
Oct. 6. To Grand Secretary 135 00
1894.
April 3. To Grand Secretary 40 00
To balance $ 1.065 90
$ 1,065 90 $ 1.065 90
MASONIC WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND.
1893.
Sept. 19. To balance, as per Report 1893 $ 2,604 15
1894.
Sept.18. To balance $ 2,60415
$2,604 15 $2,604 15
1894]
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO.
49
1804.
Sept. 18. To total balance, $5,582.16, for which find certified check and vouchers
for disbursements, and the note belonging to the Grand Lodge for
$2,500.00, interest paid to August 2, 1890, three notes belonging to the
Grand Lodge amounting to $2,500.00; also notes for $1,000 and
$2,500; warrants, Denver Lodge No. 5, $526.00, and Union Lodge
No. 7, $167.00.
FRANK CHURCH,
Grand Treasurer.
REPORT OP THE GRAND SECRETARY.
The following was read and referred to the Finance
Committee.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge:
I submit the following as my Twenty- eighth annual report:
September 20, 1893. Charters were issued to —
Rob Morris Lodge No. 92, Denver, Arapahoe County, Edward
P. Hoffman, W. M.
South Denver Lodge No. 93, South Denver, Arapahoe County,
Isom S. Elrod, W. M.
Amethyst Lodge No. 94, Creede, Mineral County, Marshall P.
MoArthur, W. M.
Silver State Lodge No. 95, Pueblo, Pueblo County, George W.
Roe, W. M.
Mt. Pisgah Lodge No. 96, Cripple Creek, El Paso County, Willis
S. Montgomery, W. M.
South Denver has since become a part of the City of Denver.
I have received:
DUES PROM- LODGES FOR 1894.
HO.
1
4
5
6
7
U
12
13
14
15
17
19
20
22
23
25
26
27
28
29
LODGE
Golden City...
Nevada
JDenver
Central
Union
Black Hawk ..
Washington. __
El Paso
Colombia
Mount Mori ah.
Pueblo
Collins
Occidental
Weston
St. Yrain
Doric
Idaho Springs.
Huerfano
Las Animas...
Del Norte
4
LOCATION
Golden
Bald Mountain...
Denver
Central City
Denver
Black Hawk
Georgetown
Colorado Springs
Boulder
Canon City
Pueblo
Fort Collins
Greeley
Littleton
Longmont
Fairplay
Idaho SpringB . . .
Walsenburg
Trinidad
Del Norte
WHEN PAID
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Aug.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
8
11
14
5
10
7
5
4
11
10
7
1
11
4
1
5
1
11
7
3
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1894
1894
1894
1894
1894
1894
1894
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1894
1894
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88
28
48
4
600
74
55
9
546
79
45
5
77
5
215
26
181
23
153
19
139
8
168
19
97
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22
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$ 60 00
44 00
526 00
46 00
467 00
40 00
72 00
189 00
158 00
134 00
131 00
149 00
78 00
28 00
89 00
50 00
63 00
50 00
94 00
67 00
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
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NO.
90
31
32
33
34
35
86
37
88
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
U.D.
LODGE
LOCATION
WHEN PAID
King Solomon ...
Booth Pueblo. ._ .*.
Olive Branch.. _i.
San Juan
Crystal Lake
Ionic
Boaita
Ouray
Silver Cliff
Gunnison
Pitkin :
Schiller
Corinthian
Eagle
Alamosa
Boulder
Durango
Breckenridge
Georgetown
Mt. Princeton
Garfield
Leadville
Tin Cup
Loveland
Sterling
Mesa
Telluride
Salida
Crested Butte
LaVeta
Spar
Harmony
Delta
Montrose
Euclid
Glenwood
Eureka
Oasis
Manitou
Windsor
Logan
Wray _
Granada
Monte Vista
Akron
St. John's
Colorado City
Burlington
Brighton...
Rico
Rio Blanco
Holyoke _.
Carbondale
Berthoud
Temple
Acacia
Highlands
Oriental
Yam pa
Trinidad
Lamar
Lafayette
Rob Morris
South Denver
Amethyst
Silver State
Mt. Pisgah..
Florence
Las Animas
Pueblo.
Saguache
Silverton
Lake City
Leadville
Rosita
Ouray _
Silver Cliff
Gunnison
Pitkin
Denver
Kokomo
Red Cliff
Alamosa
Boulder
Dnrango
Breckenridge
Georgetown
Buena Vista
Erie
Leadville
Tin Cup
Loveland
Sterling
Grand Junction
Telluride
Salida
Crested Butte
LaVeta
Aspen
Denver _
Delta
Montrose
La Junta
Glenwood Springs.
Coal ('reek
Fort Morgan 4
Manitou
New W indsor
Julesburg
Wray
Granada
Monte Vista
Akron
Rocky Ford __
Colorado City
Burlington
Brighton
Rico _.
Meeker
Holyoke
Carbondale
Berthoud
Denver
Colorado Springs..
Highlands
Denver „.
Craig
Trinidad
Lamar
Lafayette
Denver
Denver
Creede
Pueblo _
Cripple ('reek
Florence
Sept. 5,
Sept. 8,
Aug. 27,
Sept. 8,
Sept. 13,
Sept. 11,
Sept. 10,
Sept. 1,
Sept. 8,
Sept. 8,
Sept. 3,
Sept. 5,
8ept. 1,
Sept. 1.
Sept 17,
Aug. 27
Sept. 5,
Aug. 27,
Sept. 3,
Sept. 4,
Sept. 3,
Sept. 15,
Sept. 12,
Sept. 8,
Sept. 12,
Sept. 3,
Sept. 10,
Sept. 1,
Sept. 5,
Sept. 7,
Sept. 12,
Sept. 8,
Sept. 8,
Sept. 5,
Aug. 31,
Sept. 5,
8ept. 7,
Sept. 4,
Sept. 7,
Sept. 5,
Sept. 12.
Sept. 11,
Sept. 8,
Sept. 3,
Sept. 11,
Sept. 4,
Sept. 3.
Sept. 7,
Sept. 5,
Sept. 6,
Sept. 14,
Sept. 17,
Sept. 7,
Sept 4,
Sept. 5,
8ept. 10,
Sept. 13,
Sept. 8.
Sept. 4,
Sept. 5,
Sept. 15,
Sept. 18,
894
894
894
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894
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894
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45
181
48
74
31
140
19
104
29
82
20
62
40
39
60
77
127
48
63
46
109
54
82
98
79
92
51
33
135
35
44
52
64
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64
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165 00
42 00
72 00
90 00
135 00
17 DO
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58 00
74 00
118 00
46 00
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100 00
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27 00
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9100
50 00
29 00
13100
3100
41 00
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58 00
63 00
47 00
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34 00
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40 00
39 00
57 00
28 00
46 00
26 00
2
3
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82 00
142 00
64 00
63 00
184 00
19 00
58 00
82 00
23 00
55 00
46 00
29 00
53 00
41 00
600
1894]
GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO.
51
DUES FROM LODGES FOR 1893, PAID SINCE LAST REPORT.
NO.
i
LODGE LOCATION
i
WHEN PAID
AMOUNT
68
80
Manitoa
Rio Blanco
Lead vi lie
Garfield
Manitoa
Meeker
September 23, 1898
September 27, 1893
$52 00
24 00
51
50
Leadville
Erie
September 28, 1893
September 4, 1894
1 00
1 00
6
Central ...
Central City
September 5, 1894
1 00
4
Nevada
Bald Moan tain
September 11, 1894
1 00
CHARTER FEES COLLECTED.
NO.
LODGE
LOCATION
i
WHEN PAID
■
AMOUNT
92
Rob Morris
South Denver
Amethyet _.
Denver
September 20, 1893
$ 20 00
93
94
Soath Denver
Creede
Paeblo
September 20, 1*93
September 20, 1893
September 20, 1893
September 20. 1893
20 00
20 00
95
Silver State
20 00
96
Mt. Pisgah
Cripple Creek
20 00
DISPENSATION FEE FOR NEW LODGE.
NO.
LODGE
LOCATION
TJ. D. ' Fremont Florence
WHEN PAID
March 29, 1894
AMOUNT
$40 00
TOTAL RECEIPTS.
Balance, page 34, 1893 Proceedings $ 345 00
Balance, page 64, 1893 Proceedings _ 182 20
Grand Lodge of Wyoming 20 32
Interest of Del Norte No. 29 400 00
Charter fees 100 00
Dispensation fee 40 00
Does for 1893 80 00
Does for 1894 5,979 00
Total $ 7,096 52
I have paid our Grand Treasurer:
October 6, 1S93 $ 477 20
October 6. 1893 1 52 00
April 3, 1894 100 00
August 7, 1894 400 00
September 7, 1894 2,000 00
September 17, 1894 _ 526 00
September 17, 1894 407 00
September 17, 1894 3,074 32
Total $ 7,098 52
52 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [1894
I have drawn warrants on our Grand Treasurer as follows:
998 C. M. Van, Grand Lecturer $ 5 00
594 John Williams, District Deputy Grand Master 41 »
595 Grand Treasurer, Pay Roll 1,688 00
590 George W. Roe, District Deputy Grand Master U 10
597 L. N. Greenleaf, Correspondent —- 200 00
596 Thomas Linton, Grand Tiler » 00
599 P. C. Johnson, Services 10 00
600 W. W. Quinn, Services 14 00
601 W. Brown, Serrioes 0 00
802 H. T. West, District Deputy Grand Master 9*
003 L. M. Miller, District Deputy Grand Master 68 00
604 Gibson Engraving Company, cut of Jewel 6 00
605 George F. Lewis, Committee on Appeals 8 00
606 W. H. L. Millar. Committee on Appeals S 00
607 Grand Secretary, Contingent Expenses 200 00
606 J. C. Sanford, Grand Master's Expenses 14 25
609 George W. Roe, District Deputy Grand Master 12 50
610 George W. Roe, proxy for Grand Master 9 50
611 W. F. Robinson & Co., Printing Proceedings 1,090 65
612 C. T. Harkison, Finance Committee 35 55
613 Grand Secretary, Salary 500 00
614 C. T. Harkison, Finance Committee 1,000 00
615 Grand Secretary, Salary .' 800 00
616 C.Tucker, Grand Lecturer 60 10
617 Colorado National Bank 2,500 00
618 C. Tucker, Grand Lecturer 88 «
619 Grand Secretary, Salary 800 00
620 C. Tucker, Grand Lecturer 42 60
621 The H. Bohm Company, Past Grand Master's Jewel 100 00
622 Grand Secretary. Salary 300 00
Total $8,329 80
LIBRARY FUND.
I have received:
Balance on hand, page 64, 1893 Proceedings $ 135 00
From Grand Master, Special Dispensations 60 00
Total $ 195 00
I have paid our Grand Treasurer:
October 6, 1893 $ 135 00
April 3, 1894 40 00
September 17, 1894 » 00
Total $195 00
BOUND VOLUMES RECEIVED FOR OUR LIBRARY.
Constitution, Grand Lodges of Iowa, Kentucky and Montana.
Dedication of Masonic Temple, Baltimore, Md.
History of Free Maeonry in New York, Volume 4.
1894] GBAND LODGE OF COLOBADO. 53
Proceedings for 1893 of Grand Lodges of Arkansas, Illinois,
Kentucky, Missouri, Texas and Virginia.
Proceedings for 1894 of the Grand Lodges of Iowa, Indiana,
New Jersey and Tennessee.
MASONIC PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS AND MAGAZINES RECEIVED.
I have received the following Masonic publications in ezohange
for our proceedings:
American Tyler, Detroit, Mich.
Ancient Craft Mason, Cleveland, Ohio.
Australasian Keystone, Melbourne, Victoria.
Masonic Advocate, Indianapolis, Ind.
Masonic Chronicle, Columbus, Ohio.
Masonic Chronicle, New York City.
Masonic Constellation, St. Louis, Mo.
Masonic Home Journal, Louisville, Ky.
Masonic Journal, Portland, Me.
Masonic Review, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Masonic Token, Portland, Me.
New Zealand Craftsman, Auckland, N. Z.
Orient, Budapest, Hungary.
Royal Craftsman, Plain field, N. J.
Rough Ashlar, Richmond, Va.
Square and Compass, New Orleans, La.
Square and Compass, Denver, Colo.
Trestle Board, San Francisco, Cal.
Voice of Masonry, Chicago, 111.
And odd numbers of several others.
DELINQUENT LODGES.
Boulder No. 45, Tin Cup No. 52, Granada No. 72, Monte Vista
No. 73 and Akron No. 74 did not furnish this office with a list of
officers elected as required by Section 35 of our By-Laws.
Tin Cup No. 52 and Granada No. 72 have not made returns and
paid dues.
Holyoke No. 81 made returns and paid dues this morning after
Grand Lodge opened.
Golden City No. 1, Nevada No. 4,
Union No. 7, Black Hawk No. 11,
Mount Moriah No. 15, Pueblo No. 17,
Occidental No. 20, Huerfano No. 27,
Las Animas No. 28, South Pueblo No. 31,
San Juan No. 34, Ionic No. 35,
Rosita No. 36, Silver Cliff No. 38,
Gunnison No. 39, Alamosa No. 44,
54 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [*8W
Loveland No. 63, Sterling No. 54,
Mesa No. 55, Tell u ride No. 56,
Crested Butte No. 58, Harmony No. 61,
Delta No. 62, Montrose No. 63,
Euclid No. 64, Glenwood No. 65,
Windsor No. 67, Wray No. 7 1 ,
Akron No. 74, St. John's No. 75,
Colorado City No. 76, Brighton No. 78,
Rico No. 79, Holyoke No. 81,
Berthoud No. 83, Highlands No. 86,
Oriental No. 87, Yampa No. 88,
Lafayette No. 91, Rob Morris No. 92,
South Denver No. 93, Mt Pisgah No. 96,
Did not make returns and pay dues within the time required by
Section 36 of our By-Laws.
Brighton No. 78 has made returns but has not paid dues.
Many of the Lodges do not report the ages of any of their
members, only a few give the ages of all, and from the ages given
from year to year, many only guess at the ages.
ERRORS NOTED.
Rosita No. 36 does not give date of meetings. They claim that
Brother L. E. Davis was dimitted March 1, 1892, but he was not so
ported. They ask for refunding of dues paid on him in 1892 and
1893.
La Veta No. 59 reports a Brother reinstated and dimitted the
same date.
Logan No. 70 does not give date of meetings.
Burlington No. 77 reports a Brother reinstated and dimitted the
same date.
The books and papers of Fremont Lodge U. D. were handed
to me since the Grand Lodge opened.
The papers in two appeal cases filed in this office were handed
to the standing Committee on Appeals yesterday.
Fraternally,
ED. C. PARMELEE,
Grand Secretary. .
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO LAWS.
The following was read and motion referred to the
Committee on Jurisprudence :
Hall of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M.,
of the State of Colorado:
J
18HI GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 55
Resolved, That Section 85, of the By-Laws of the Most
Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of the State of Colo-
rado, be amended so as to read as follows:
Section 85. No Lodge shall grant a dimit except upon writ-
ten application, which shall lie over until the next regular
Communication, when, if no charges have been preferred, and
the dues of the brother have been paid, the dimit shall be
ordered by the Worshipful Master, and the same issued; Pro-
vided, That no dimit shall be issued to any Mason until he shall
have first made application to, and been elected a member of
some other Masonic Lodge.
Proposed by J. H. Baxter. Worshipful Master of Del
Norte Lodge No. 29. A. F. & A. M.
Offered by Brother Charles W. Kessler, W. M. of
Pueble Lodge No. 17:
Resolved, That Article 62 of laws pertaining to Subordinate
Lodges, be amended by the addition of the words:
And the Committee shall or shall not recommend the prayer of
the petition.
Offered by Brother T. H. Thomas (86):
Resolved, That By-Law No. 134 be so amended as to read as
follows:
No. 134. The Master of each Subordinate Lodge in this
jurisdiction shall cause to be read in open Lodge, within two
months after the annual election, the Constitution, By-Laws and
Decisions, and in each case shall immediately cause the Grand
Master to be advised of the compliance with this By-Law.
Offered by Brother Joseph W. Milsom (15):
Resolved, That decision No. 48 be and the same is hereby
set aside and vacated, it being the conclusion of this Grand
Lodge that three Master Masons may open a Lodge and transact
business.
SAN JUAN LODGE NO. 33.
A petition from San Juan Lodge No. 33, asking that
the dues paid by said Lodge (§72.00) be refunded to them,
owing to the loss by fire of their hall and all their belong-
ings, except the charter and one chair, and stating that
there was no insurance on said property, was presented.
■H
56 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [MM
LOGAN LODGE NO. 70.
Brother made a verbal statement as to the
condition of Logan Lodge No. 70. On motion both matters
were referred to a special committee.
BROTHER HENRT T. WEST (20),
BROTHER GEORGE K. KIMBALL (1),
BROTHER OREN H. HENRY (14),
Were appointed said committee.
REMISSION OP DUES.
Brother Matt Adams (5) offered the following:
Resolved, That 50 per cent, of the Grand Lodge dues, pro-
vided in Section 37 of the By-Laws, be remitted for the year
1894, and that warrants be ordered drawn in favor of Subordi-
nate Lodges, in accordance therewith; and that it be referred to
Finance Committee for report, etc.
And it was so referred.
APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
Brother W. D. Wright (84) presented the following,
which was, on motion of Brother O. H. Henry (14),
adopted:
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado :
In the matter of the appeal of Frederick A. Johnson from
sentence of expulsion by Union Lodge No. 7:
Your Committee on Appeals and Grievances respectfully
report that they have carefully examined the record and the
papers filed in this case, including letters from the Grand Secre-
tary of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, and a communication
from Trumbull Lodge No. 22, of New Haven, Connecticut (of
which Brother Johnson is a member), protesting against the
action of Union Lodge, No. 7, in his case. Past Grand Master
George Wyman, as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of
Connecticut near this Grand Lodge, appeared before the com-
mittee only for the purpose of courteously requesting that the
case be given most careful consideration, to the end that
Brother Johnson should be justly dealt with, and that all proper
respect should be shown to x>ur esteemed sister jurisdiction of
Connecticut.
J
r^
1894] GRAND LODGE OP COLORADO. 57
The transcript shows the proceedings to have been reg-
ular. Your committee are of the opinion that Brother Johnson's
conduct made him properly subject to Masonic disipline; but
after most careful examination and consideration of the case
upon the transcript of the trial record as submitted to us, we
are of the opinion that the evidence was not sufficient to war-
rant the sentence of expulsion in this case. We further re-
spectfully suggest that as the case is one that was continued
over from last year, it would be better for the interests of all
concerned that it should be now finally settled by the action of
this Grand Lodge. We therefore respectfully recommend the
adoption of the following resolution:
Resolved, That the action of Union Lodge No. 7 in the case
of Brother Frederick A. Johnson be approved, except as to the
sentence of expulsion, and that the said sentence be and the
same is hereby changed so as to make the penalty consist of
suspension from all the rights and privileges of Masonry for a
definite period, to- wit: to and including the first day of Septem-
ber, A. D. 1895, A. L. 5895.
Respectfully submitted,
W. D. WRIGHT,
WM. T. BRIDWELL,
MARSHALL H. DEAN,
Committee.
Also the following, which was, on motion of Brother
Geo. P. Lewis (86), adopted:
In the matter of Ouray Lodge No. 37, A. P. and A. M., in the
case of said Lodge, vs. Charles P. Pierce: Your committee have
carefully examined all papers and evidence submitted to us in
this case. The evidence is conflicting and while your com-
mittee are of the opinion that a different decision might have
been reached under all the testimony, yet we do not feel war-
ranted in recommending any change from the result of the trial.
We therefore recommend that the action of Highlands Lodge,
No. 86, in this case be affirmed.
W. D. WRIGHT,
WM. T. BRIDWELL,
MARSHALL H. DEAN,
Committee.
NECROLOGY.
Brother L. N. Greenleaf (5) presented the following,
which was unanimously adopted by a rising vote :
58 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [WW
To the M. W. Grand Lodge of Colorado:
Your special committee on Necrology would respectfully re-
port:
With grateful hearts we humbly acknowledge the loving
care of our Heavenly Father during the past year, whose shield
of defense hath been over us and who hath mercifully spared
the lives of our Past and Present Grand Officers.
To the Subordinate Lodges of this jurisdiction, within whose
tiled recesses has been heard the sound of lamentation for be-
loved craftsmen, we tender our heartfelt sympathy. We are
not unmindful of their zealous labors and the noble part tbey
have borne in the upbuilding of our symbolical Temple, there-
fore be it
Resolved, That a page in our proceedings be set apart and
suitably inscribed to the memory of the departed brethren of
this jurisdiction.
As we view the sad memorials of our sister Grand Jurisdic-
tions which have been placed in our hands, we cannot but re-
call the oft-repeated line:
"Death loves a shining mark."
Arizona and Georgia each mourn the loss of a Grand
Master; Maine, a Grand Treasurer; New Brunswick, a
Grand Secretary; Mississippi, a Grand Lecturer; Ten-
nessee, a P. G. M., who was the chairman on Cor-
respondence; Texas, a Past Grand Master; Virginia, a P. G. M.,
serving as District Lecturer, and Arkansas, a District Deputy
Grand Master. Added to these is the Supreme Council, 33d de-
gree, of the Scottish Rite, for the Southern Jurisdiction, which
mourns the sudden death of its Grand Commander.
Resolved, That to each of the above Grand Bodies we tender
our profound and fraternal sympathy for the irreparable losa
they have sustained in the death of Active and Past Grand offi-
cers. I
Resolved, That a page in our proceedings be set apart and
suitably inscribed to the honored dead of our sister Grand jur-
isdictions.
"At last Life's powers fail,
The silver cord is loosed — the Wheel
Of life and golden bowl are broken;
The sunny days return no more;
There comes through every avenue the token
That Death is knocking at the door.
The grinders cease, the eyes grow dim,
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Gray hairs are blossoming above;
The ear no more receives the happy hymn,
The heart no more is kindled with sweet love.
The ruffian Death his work completes,
The mourners go about the streets
Our soul with agony to move;
Beneath the green sprigs we entomb
The joy, the glory of the Mason's home.
"What then? is there for all his toil
Through Life's long weary week
No corn, and wine and oil?
Te unseen, hovering spirits, speak!
Has our Grand Master a reward
For him who sleepeth 'neath the sod?
I tell you yes! and when the wick
Of life's poor taper is all spent,
And the body goes to banishment,
The soul, the soul, the white robed soul,
All earthly dross off-throwing finds its goal !
The pillar finds its place in Heaven high,
To stand an honor to eternity."
Fraternally submitted,
LAWRENCE N. GREENLEAF,
HENRY T. WEST,
HENRY M. TELLER.
REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE.
Brother L. N. Greenleaf (5) presented the Report on
Correspondence, which was ordered published with the
Proceedings. (See appendix.)
SAN JUAN LODGE NO. 33.
Brother H. T. West (20) submitted the following,
which, on motion of Brother B. L. Carr (23), was adopted
and the Grand Secretary directed to return said Lodge the
amount paid for this years' dues:
To the M. W. Grand Lodge of Masons of Colorado :
Brethren — We, the committee to whom was referred the pe-
tition of San Juan Lodge No. 33, relative to remitting and re-
turning the amount of Grand Lodge dues for 1894, amount-
ing to |72, would report that we have carefully examined the
petition and believe their cause is just, and recommend that
their prayer be granted.
HENRY T. WEST,
GEO. K. KIMBALL.
Committee.
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LOGAN LODGE NO. 70.
Brother West also presented a report as to Logan Lodge
No. 70, which, on motion, was re-referred to said committee.
ORATION.
The Grand Master introduced Brother Frank P. Secor
(23), Grand Orator, who delivered an oration.
On motion, Brother Secor was requested to furnish a
copy of same for publication.
(Copy not reoeiTed at time of going to press. If received, oration will be
foand in the appendix. Grand Secretary.)
REPORT OP GRAND LECTURER.
The Grand Lecturer, Brother Cromwell Tucker (5),
presented the following report, which was referred to a
special committee, consisting of
BROTHER HORACE T. DELONG (55),
BROTHER GEORGE W. ROE (05),
BROTHER FRANK P. 8ECOR (28).
Denver, Colo., September 18, 1394.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. db A. M. of Colorado:
The Constitution requiring of me a statement of my official
acts and doings as Grand Lecturer, for the year now ended; I
beg to submit the same, with the earnest hope that my failure
to more fully perform the duties of the office, may be generously
overlooked.
When the appointment was tendered to me, by Grand Master
Sanford, I felt deeply sensible of the honor conferred, and of
my inability to spare from my business, the time necessary for
visiting all the lodges. It was therefore with some hesitation,
that I accepted; but having done so, I have endeavored to do
my duty in this direction, so far as circumstances would permit.
My visitations during the year have been as follows:
January 13 and 14, Salida Lodge No. 57, at Salida, where
I also met Brother J. H. Redman of Olive Branch Lodge No. 32,
who had made the journey from Saguache to Salida, for the pur-
pose of receiving instruction in the work.
January 27 and 28, Pueblo Lodge No. 17; South Pueblo No.
31; and Silver State No. 95, at Pueblo.
February 7, Garfield Lodge No. 50, at Erie.
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February 12, Rob Morris Lodge No. 92, at Denver.
February 20, South Denver No. 93, at Denver.
February 21, Oriental No. 87, at Denver.
March 7, Wray No. 71, at Wray.
March 10 and 11, Columbia No. 14, and Boulder No. 45, at
Boulder.
March 24 and 25, Lafayette No. 91, at Lafayette.
March 31 and April 1, Las Animas No. 28, and Trinidad No.
89, at Trinidad.
April 7 and 8, Huerfano No. 27, at Walsenburg.
April 13, El Paso No. 13, at Colorado Springs.
April 21 and 22, St. John's No. 75, at Rocky Ford.
May 12 and 13, Washington No. 12, and Georgetown No.
48, at Georgetown.
May 17, Colorado City No. 76, at Colorado City.
May 18, Manitou No. 68, at Manitou.
May 26 and 27, Mount Moriah No. 15, at Canon City.
June 11 and 12, Ionic No. 35, and Leadville No. 51, at Lead-
ville.
June 16 and 17, Akron No. 74f/at Akron.
June 27 and 28, Acacia No. 85, at Colorado Springs.
June 30 and July 1, Nevada No. 4; Central No. 6, and Black
Hawk No. 11, at Central City.
July 21 and 22, Idaho Springs No. 26, at Idaho Springs.
August 1 and 2, Acacia No. 85, at Colorado Springs.
August 18 and 19, Occidental No. 20, at Greeley.
August 25 and 26, Berthoud No. 83, at Berthoud.
I have also spent considerable time instructing Masters and
members of Lodges who have called upon me in Denver, and in
holding schools of instruction and visitations among the Denver
Lodges.
In most of the Lodges visited, I have seen one or more of
the degrees conferred, and but once has it been necessary to call
for exemplification of the work on a substitute.
Where no work has been done, I have endeavored to give
such advice and instructions as the Lodges required; and it
affords me a great deal of gratification to report, that the Ritual
is generally adhered to as closely as appears possible under the
present method of deciding upon the correct interpretation of
words and sentences.
On February 3 and 4, I visited Florence for the purpose of ex-
amining W. Brother J. W. Rambo, the proposed Worshipful
Master of the new Lodge to be opened at that place; and on
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February 5, I issued certificate of his proficiency to Eureka Lodge
No. 66, located at Coal Creek.
On April 23, I issued a commission to Brother Daniel J.
McCaffrey, Junior Warden of Durango Lodge No. 46, to examine
Brother E. M. Coston, of Mancos, who had been recommended
for appointment as Worshipful Master of a Lodge proposed to
be started at that place, and to make report regarding his pro-
ficiency. This commission has not been returned; therefore; I
conclude that no action has been taken.
My efforts during the year have been in the direction of
securing, as near as may be possible, uniformity in all matters
pertaining to Lodge work; not only in the preparing of candi-
dates and conferring of degrees, but also in the ceremonies of
opening and closing, movements of officers and collecting of
pass- words and ballots. Our Ritual is not complete regarding
such matters, and the result is that the business and work of no
two Lodges has been conducted in the same manner.
In the preparation of candidates,* I have found that in some
cases proper and due solemnity has not been observed. In order
to overcome this tendency towards levity, I have recommended
to the Lodges I have visited, that only those officers immediately
connected with the ceremony should be admitted into the pre-
paration room, and that a suitable lecture should be given to the
candidate in connection with the propounding of the usual ques-
tions.
I would further respectfully recommend that the sense of
this Grand Lodge regarding the manner in which the apron
should be worn, i. e., inside or outside the clothing, be placed
on record in the form of a decision. I am prompted to make
this recommendation because of the fact that in some Lodges
there has been considerable friction and dispute on this point.
I beg also to repeat the recommendation made by our Grand
Secretary, two or three years ago, regarding the issue by this
Grand Lodge of blank forms for the use of Subordinate Lodges.
Other matters, such as the growing increase in the number of
unaffiliated Masons, have been brought to my notice, but they
will probably be reported to you by the Grand Master, and there-
fore call for no comment on my part.
In conclusion, I beg to offer my sincerest thanks for the
honor conferred upon me by my appointment, and for the uni-
form courtesy I have experienced at the hands of the present and
past Grand Officers. I also desire to express my appreciation of
the many kindnesses extended to me by the officers and mem-
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bers of the Lodges I have visited; and to offer my regrets that
I have not been able to visit each and every Lodge in the Juris-
diction.
Fraternally submitted,
CROMWELL TUCKER,
Grand Lecturer.
PAST GRAND MASTER JOHN M. CHIVINGTON.
Past Grand Master C. J. Hart announced the serious
illness of Brother John M. Chivington, the first Grand
Master of this Grand Lodge, and on his motion a com-
mittee of twelve Past Grand Masters were appointed to
visit Brother Chivington and to extend to him the condol-
ence of this Grand Lodge, and the earnest hope that he
might soon be restored to his usual health.
Past Grand Masters Henry M. Teller, Webster D.
Anthony, Oren H. Henry, Harper M. Orahood, Cornelius
J. Hart, Byron L. Carr, Lawrence N. Greenleaf, Frank
Church, James H. Peabody, George Wyman, George K.
Kimball and William D. Todd were appointed said com-
mittee.
ANNUAL ELECTION.
Brothers A. A. Burnand (51), E. J. Yetter (55), J. H.
Baxter (29), J. P. Landon (79), and Carl Forberg (34),
were appointed to collect the votes.
The voting resulted in the election of:
WM. L. BUSH (28) G. M.
WM. D. PEIROE (7) 1). G. M.
GEORGE W. ROE (95) ...S.G. W.
CROMWELL TDCKER (5) J. G. W.
FRANK CHURCH (5) G. Treas.
ED. C. PARMELEE (48) G. Sko.
The Grand Master invited all the members to meet in
the Lodge rooms this evening, and stated that the chair
would be occupied by the Grand Lecturer, who would be
prepared to answer all questions and give information as
to the Ritual.
The Grand Lodge was called from labor to refreshment
until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.
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SECOND DAY-First Sesstion.
Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1894, 10 o'clock a. m.
Grand Lodge resumed labor.
Grand Master Sanford in the East.
REPORT ON JURISPRUDENCE.
Brother J. H. Peabody (15) presented the following,
which was considered by paragraphs and adopted as pre- '
sented, except as to By-Law No. 134, which was not
adopted. The amendment as originally introduced being
adopted, to- wit:
134. The Master of each Subordinate Lodge in this Juris-
diction shall cause to be read in open Lodge, within two months
after the annual election, the Constitution, By-Laws and Decis-
ions, and in each case shall immediately cause the Grand Master
to be advised of the compliance with this By-Law.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado:
Your Committee on Jurisprudence respectfully report:
That the special dispensations and commissions issued by
the Most Worshipful Grand Master be approved.
That all the decisions reported by the Grand Master be ap-
proved, excepting numbers 16, 23 and 32.
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Decision No. 16 reads: "St. John's Day, December 27, is a
stated or regular communication of a Lodge, whether the By-
Laws so state or not, and any business can be transacted, except
such as is obliged to lie over a required time."
St. John's Day is only a festival day of the craft and not a
day for labor or the transaction of Lodge business, unless it falls
on the day for a stated communication. We recommend that
this decision be not approved.
We recommend that the following be adopted as one of the
By-Laws of this Grand Lodge:
Elections for officers in Subordinate Lodges shaU be held on
the first stated communication in December of each year; and
the officers elect shall be installed as soon thereafter as prac-
ticable.
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Decision No. 23 may be a literal exposition of the law, yet
we think the members of a Lodge should be allowed to exercise
their judgment in the bestowal of charity. If a Lodge by a ma-
jority vote wishes to contribute to the funeral expenses of a
deceased suspended Mason, especially under the circumstances
stated, we believe and recommend that they be allowed to do so.
We recommend that Decision No. 32 be qualified so as to per-
mit such expelled Mason or his representative on his request and
at his expense, to have a transcript of the testimony furnished
the Grand Lodge in connection with the petition and recommen-
dation for reinstatement.
Your committee are of the opinion that the present laws
of this Grand Lodge governing the dimission of members from
Subordinate Lodges, and defining the status of non-affiliates
covers the several matters mentioned by the Grand Master so
clearly that no further action seems demanded.
Regarding the recommendation for change of By-Law 39,
relating to advancement of candidates, we believe that the By-
Law as it now stands, together with other By-Laws relating to
objections before and after ballot, amply protects the craft
against Imposition, and therefore do not recommend any change.
In view of the fact of there being some confusion in this
Jurisdiction on account of Decision No. 140 relating to By-Law
No. 85, we recommend the repeal of Decision No. 140 and the
adoption of the recommendation of the Grand Master. The By-
Law will then read:
No. 85. No Lodge shall grant a dlmit except upon written
application presented at a stated communication, which shall lie
over until the next stated communication, when, if no charges
have been preferred, and the Brother's dues have been paid, the
W. M. shall order the dimit issued.
The above recommendation renders it unnecessary to spec-
ially report on the resolution of Brother Baxter, of Del Norte
No. 29. It is his resolution in substance except the closing pro-
viso making it obligatory upon the applicant to join some other
Lodge before the dimit becomes operative. This we do not
approve.
The Grand Master calls the attention of your committee to
Decision No. 117, which reads as follows: "For good and suffi-
cient reasons a Subordinate Lodge may suspend its regular
communications, and it is not necessary to have the Grand Mas-
ter's permission therefor."
Under this decision it would appear that Lodges might of
their own accord suspend a By-Law, which, if permitted, might
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subject them to the penalty provided for in Section 33, Grand
Lodge By-Laws. And inasmuch as By-Law 133 provides how
each Subordinate Lodge may amend its own By-Laws and
when the same may become operative, your committee recom-
mend that Decision No. 117 be now repealed.
The recommendation of our Grand Master that By-Law No.
30 be so amended as to make it impossible for Subordinate
Lodges in this Jurisdiction to exempt the Tiler or other officers
of the Lodge from the payment of dues during their term of
office, does not meet the approval of your committee so far as it
relates to the Tiler. It is the prevailing custom among our
Lodges at the close of each Masonic year to pay their Tiler such
compensation as his services seem to demand and the funds of
the Lodge will permit. But inasmuch as the payment of a stipu-
lated salary to this officer is not obligatory upon the part of the
Lodge and is by no means recommended by this committee, we
feel that the exemption from Lodge dues during his term of office
is but slight recognition for his labors and self sacrifice.
We recommend the amendment of By-Law No. 30 by striking
out the word "new" in the first line.
The recommendation of our Grand Master as to the advisa-
bility of Subordinate Lodges using a uniform system of blanks,
receives our hearty approval and we recommend that hereafter
this Grand Lodge, through the office of its Grand Secretary, shall
supply each Subordinate Lodge, upon request, all blank books
and blanks that are necessary, at the actual cost thereof, and
that from and after January 1, 1895, the use of all other forms
of books and blanks shall be forbidden; Provided, That this
edict shall not prevent any Lodge from continuing the use of
such books of record and ledgers as they now have, but they
shall in future supply themselves as herein provided. And we
further recommend that a committee of three be appointed to
prepare such set of forms, which, when approved by the Grand
Master shall be the approved forms as herein provided for.
Regarding proposed amendment to By-Law 62, offered by
Brother Kessler, we recommend that it be not adopted.
We recommend that the words "or reprimand" in the sixth
line of resolution 66, page 352, Proceedings 1893, be stricken
out, the same being in conflict with By-Law 99.
We recommend that the resolution offered by Brother
Thomas to amend By-Law 134 be not adopted. We believe the
By-Law as it now stands is sufficiently explicit
We have carefully considered the circular issued by the
Grand Lodge of Mississippi: "Proposed Uniform Rules as to
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Jurisdiction over Candidates." In our opinion the plan proposed
is proper and feasible.
We therefore recommend the adoption of Rules 1 and 2,
conditionally, as proposed in the circular; to take effect upon
adoption by all the Grand Lodges of the United States.
The plan in full is given in the Grand Master's address.
In making this report the committee have unanimously
agreed on nearly all the questions submitted to us. In some
cases we have agreed and reported because we believe the report
to be in accordance with Masonic law and usage generally and
in our Jurisdiction in particular, where one or more members
of the committee personally have been inclined to dissent. We
therefore submit this as our unanimous report
J. H. PEABODY,
W. D. TODD,
H. M. ORAHOOD,
Committee.
Brother Peabody also presented the following, which
was adopted:
Your Committee on Jurisprudence have carefully considered
that part of the Grand Master's address relating to life member-
ships. We fully concur in his conclusion that the practice is
detrimental to all concerned, both the Lodges and the members i
who make payment for life memberships.
We therefore recommend the adoption of the following By-
Law.
In the opinion of this Grand Lodge the practice of life
membership, by which a member is exempted from all future
payment of dues by paying a fixed sum in cash is against the
best interests of Masonry; Therefore the same is from this time
forbidden; Provided, however, that this action shall not in any
way affect life memberships heretofore granted.
J. H. PEABODY,
W. D. TODD,
H. M. ORAHOOD,
Committee'
Also the following, which was adopted:
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado :
The Committee on Jurisprudence respectfully report:
We recommend the adoption of the resolution offered by
Brother Milsom as to Decision No. 48.
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Retnlved. That Decision No. 48 be, and the same is hereby
set aside and vacated; it being the conclusion of this Grand
Lodge that three Master Masons may open a Lodge and transact
business.
Fraternally submitted,
J. H. PEABODY.
H. M. ORAHOOD.
Committee.
REPORT ON RETURNS AND WORK-CHARTER GRANTED.
The Committee on Returns and Work presented the
following, which was adopted and a charter ordered issued.
as therein recommended, to Fremont Lodge No. (J7,
Florence, Fremont county:
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge:
Your Committee on Returns and Work have examined the
returns of Fremont Lodge under dispensation, located at Flor-
ence, in the county of Fremont; also the records of the same
and the code of By-Laws submitted, and respectfully report as
follows:
The dispensation was issued March 27, 1894, to thirteen
members. The first meeting was held April 4.
The returns are essentially correct and show that the Lodge
has initiated 8; admitted 1; passed 6; raised 6.
The records are neatly kept and are correct with the excep-
tion that the dispensation is not entered at large upon the jour-
nal, which should be done as a matter of history. The By-Laws
are strictly in accord with Masonic law, except that they exempt
the Secretary from dues, and we recommend their approval with
that exception. We recommend that a charter be issued to said
Lodge under the name and designation of Fremont Lodge No.
97, with the officers:
James Wilson Rambo, W. M.
John Calvin McCreery, S. W.
Moses E. Lewis, J. W.,
And the following members:
James Henry McDaniels, Delbert Adolphus Jack, Albert
Gillinger, John A. Patterson, Samuel Henry Kirkbride, William
Joseph Daniels, Edwin Fletcher Jack, Clarence Watkins, John
Benjamin Hall Derick, Frank Keller, James Sylvester Watts,
Thomas Henry Bed well, Hiram N. Moore, William P. Hawkins.
Nelson F. Clark, John Stephen Irwin — nineteen in all.
One Brother, whose name appears upon the dispensation,
Brother Edward Grant Dorman, for some reason does not join
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in the petition for charter. We recommend that the dispen-
sation be handed to the Worshipful Master of the Lodge with di-
rections to cause the same to be entered upon the records and re-
turn at once to the Grand Secretary.
Fraternally submitted,
Dm L. CAKR,
A. A. BURNAND,
F. D. GOODALE,
Committee.
FINANCIAL.
Brother C. T. Harkison (7), presented the following
report of the Finance Committee, which was adopted:
Denver, Colo., September 19, 1894.
To the M. W. Grand Lodge:
We beg to report that we have examined the accompany-
ing report of the Grand Secretary, and find it correct; we have
also examined the Grand Treasurer's report, showing balance
due September 17, 1894, and receipts and disbursements. We
find the amount of $2905.11— 11912.11 being cash, and 1993.00
being in two warrants, from Denver Lodge No. 5 and Union
Lodge No. 7, which will be available as cash during the year.
We would therefore suggest that the report of the Grand
Treasurer be amended to this extent.
Referring to the property securing the note given by Del
Norte Lode No. 29, for $2500, dated December \, 1893, your com-
mittee recommends that the title to the land and the first story
of the building be purchased by this Grand Lodge at a price
not to exceed the sum of $1700.00, and that the chairman of the
Finance Committee and the Grand Master shall arrange for said
purchase at their discretion. Your committee here make refer-
ence to that part of the address of the Grand Master relating to
this loan. The $2500 note above mentioned was given by said
Lodge, secured by trust deed on the second story of said build-
ing, and chattel mortgage on furniture of said Lodge, in lieu
of the two notes of $1000.00 each, and one note of $500.00 previ-
ously given, the interest having been paid to the date of the
new note.
In relation to the Alamosa loan, we would refer you to that
part of the Grand Master's report relating to loans, as giving
full information as to the condition of the security now held,
and to the authority of the Grand Lodge authorizing said loan
of 1889, on page 83. Your committee fails to find any way in
which your security can be increased, and would recommend
that the matter be left as it is, trusting to the integrity and
honesty of the Temple Association, and trusting to a revival of
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business in this section of the state, of which there are now flat-
tering indications; and as an earnest of good faith on the part
of this Temple Association, it has, through its president, paid
upon said note, as Interest, the sum of $175, September 18, 1894,
which has been endorsed on said note.
Referring to the Widows' and Orphans' Fund, we find that
upon examination of the balance of funds reported by the Grand
Treasurer for the seven years, from 1888 to 1894, inclusive, that
the amount due said fund (by virtue of a resolution adopted at
the session of 1888, page 28). is $12,348.90.
The Grand Treasurer reports a present cash balance in toe
general fund of $5582.16, out of which the expenses of the pres-
ent session must be paid.
After mature deliberation your committee are unanimous in
recommending that the Widows' and Orphans' Fund be abol-
ished, and that the money belonging to said fund be transferred
to the general fund of this Grand Lodge, for the following rea-
sons:
That the amount of money as heretofore stated due said
Widows' and Orphans' Fund exceeds twelve thousand dollars;
and that if all the securities held by the Grand Lodge, for
moneys loaned to date, should be credited to said fund, would
leave less than two thousand dollars to the credit of the General
Fund of the Grand Lodge. The reports of the Grand Treasurer
have been misleading, for the reason that these funds have not
been properly segregated.
We would recommend that the following amounts be appro-
priated: $200 to the Committee on Correspondence; $200 for
postage and incidentals; Thomas Linton, tiler, $25; W. W.
Quinn, janitor, $14; P. C. Johnston, elevator, $10; fireman, $6.
Also, so much as is needed to carry out the recommenda-
tion of the Grand Master as to flags, etc., to conform to the new
Monitor. We would also recommend that the Secretary and
Treasurer have their reports ready, so that the Finance Com-
mittee may prepare their report on the day preceding the meet-
ing of the Grand Lodge. The committee further recommends
that as to the resolution remitting 50 per cent, of Grand Lodge
dues, referred to us, we deem it inexpedient to comply with
same.
C. T. HABKISON,
CHAS. O. UNFUG,
MATT ADAMS.
The Grand Lodge was then called to refreshment until
2 o'clock p. m.
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SECOND DAY Second Session.
Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1894, 2 o'clock p. m.
Grand Lodge resumed labor.
Grand Master Sanford in the East.
LOGAN LODGE NO. 70.
Brother H. T. West (20), presented the following,
which was adopted:
To the Grand Lodge:
Your committee to which was referred the situation of
Logan Lodge No. 70, would respectfully report that, after a full
examination of the facts in the case and conferring, as re-
quired, with the Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence, they find
that the said committee has given the matter full consideration,
and will present a report which affords a remedy for the situa-
tion of said Lodge, and precludes the necessity of any further
action by this committee.
HENRY T. WEST,
GEO. K. KIMBALL,
O. H. HENRY,
Committee.
GRAND LECTURER'S REPORT.
The special committee to whom was referred the Grand
Lecturer's report, presented the following, which was
adopted:
We recommend that a special committee of three, with the
present Grand Lecturer as chairman, be appointed on Ritual, to
report at the next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge.
We also recommend that the following be adopted and published
among the decisions:
It is the decision of this Grand Lodge that the apron shall
be worn over the outer garment.
Fraternally submitted,
HORACE T. DeLONG,
GEO. W. ROE,
F. P. SECOR,
Committee*
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FRANCE AND HAMBURG.
Brother L. N. Greenleaf (5), presented the following,
which was adopted:
To the M. W. Grand Lodge of Colorado :
Your Committee on Foreign Correspondence to whom, last
year, was referred that part of the report of the Committee on
Jurisprudence regarding the present status of our relations
with the Grand Orient of France, and with the Grand Lodge of
Hamburg, would respectfully report:
This Grand Lodge, at its Annual Communication, held in
September, 1872, passed resolutions of non-intercourse against
both of the above named bodies, based upon these grounds: The
Grand Orient of France eliminated from its Constitution the first
and most essential landmark of Masonry; namely, that requir-
ing a belief in Deity on the part of its initiates. This Grand
Lodge, in common with those of the English-speaking nations
of the world, at once severed all fraternal relations with the
offending body which had so flagrantly violated the traditions
and landmarks of Masonry. The Grand Orient not having
rescinded its action, the resolutions adopted by this Grand Lodge
are still in force.
The causes that impelled our action against the Grand Lodge
of Hamburg still exist. The resolutions were adopted because
of its Invasion of the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of New
York, where it chartered Lodges in New York City. It also ac-
corded recognition to the Colored Grand Lodges of Massachu-
setts and Ohio.
Your committee is aware of the hardship inflicted upon
the individual members of Grand Jurisdictions against which
edicts of non-intercourse are promulgated. It is a question
which has long engaged the attention of Masonic jurists, who
seem unable to reach a solution of the difficulty, and substitute
a course of action more in harmony with the principles of
Masonic equity.
We would recommend that those holding dlmits from
Lodges in Europe under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of
Hamburg who are now, or may hereafter become, citizens of
the United States and residents of Colorado, be permitted to
affiliate with Lodges in this Jurisdiction, and that By-Law No.
124 be amended by the addition thereto of the following proviso,
to-wlt:
Provided, That Masons holding dimlts from Lodges in
Europe, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Hamburg, who are, or
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| may become, citizens of the United States and residents within
\ this Grand Jurisdiction, may petition Lodges of this Jurisdic-
tion for affiliation; the said Lodges being authorized to recog-
nize such dim Its for that purpose, and to act upon the said peti-
tions.
And we further recommend that Decision 128 be repealed.
Fraternally submitted,
LAWRENCE N. GREENLEAF,
JOSEPH W. M1LSOM,
WILLIAM T. MARCH.
SAFE FOR GRAND SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
On motion of Brother C. J. Hart (17). the Grand Sec-
retary was authorized to purchase a fire-proof safe for his
office.
APPOINTED OFFICERS.
The following list of appointed officers was read by
the Grand Secretary:
ANDREW ARMSTRONG (19) G. Chaplain
ALPHON8E A. BURNAND (51) G. Orator
FRANK P. SECOR(23) G. Lecturer
WM. W. ROLLER (57) '_ G. Marshal
HORACE T. DeLONG (55) S. G. D.
ROBERT A. STEEN (W) J. G. D.
JOHN HUMPHREYS (28) S. G. S.
SMITH A. BURKE (54) J. G. 8.
THOMAS LINTON (5) G. Tilkr
INSTALLATION.
Grand Master J. C. Sanford installed Brother William
L. Bush, Grand Master elect, who installed the other
elected and appointed officers.
PRESENTATION OF JEWEL.
The Grand Master called up Past Grand Master Jethro
C. Sanford, and after a few remarks introduced Past
Grand Master Wright, who, on behalf of the Grand Lodge,
presented Brother Sanford with a Past Grand Master's
jewel.
Brother Sanford returned thanks for the honors con-
ferred upon him by the Grand Lodge.
74 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [189*
CEREMONIALS.
Brother H. P. H. Bromwell presented the ceremonials
prepared by him and read a part of the same.
On motion of Brother W. T. Bridwell (15), the cere-
monials, as presented, were adopted.
On motion of Brother E. L. N. Foster (84), the Grand
Secretary was directed to draw a warrant in favor of
Brother Bromwell for $200.
Brother L. N. Greenleaf (5), offered the following,
which was adopted:
Resolved, That in the resolution adopted last year regard-
ing Monitor and Ceremonials, on page 58, in line 3, of said reso-
lution, after the word "a," instead of the words "working Moni-
tor and" be inserted "Book of."
TIN CUP LODGE NO. 52.
Brother Matt Adams (5), presented the following,
which was adopted:
Your Finance Committee, to whom was referred that portion
of the Most Worshipful Grand Master's address pertaining to
Tin Cup Lodge No. 52, would respectfully recommend that this
Grand Lodge do not take possession of the property of said Tin
Cup Lodge No. 52 at the present time, this committee believing
that, owing to the adoption of the resolution constituting three
members of a lodge a legal number for the transaction of busi-
ness, said Tin Cup Lodge can retain its charter and transact
business during these dull times; and we entertain the hope
that as times Improve, said Lodge will be again called upon to
do Masonic work.
C. T. HARKI80N,
OHAS. O. UNFUG,
MATT ADAMS,
Financial Committee.
PAST GRAND MASTER CH1VINGTON.
Brother L. N. Greenleaf (5), for the special committee
appointed to visit Brother Chivington, reported verbally,
that the committee had performed that duty and that
Brother Chivington desired to be remembered to each and
every member of this Grand Lodge.
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COMMITTEES.
The Grand Master appointed the following standing
committees:
ON JURISPRUDENCE.
ROGER W. WOODBURY (86) Denver
WM. D. TODD (7) Denver
JAMBS H. PEABODY (15) Canon City
ON CORRESPONDENCE.
LAWRENCE N. GREENLEAF (5) Denver
GEORGE F. LKWI8 (86) : Highland*
HERMAN LEUDERS (68) Manitou
ON RETURNS AND WORK OP LODGES U. D. *
ERNEST LeNEVE F08TER (84) Denver
BYRON L. CABR0S3) Longmont
MARSHALL H. DEAN (65) Glenwood Springs
ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.
JETHRO C. SANFORD (46) Durango
HARPER M. ORAHOOD (11) _ Denver
JOHN F. CRYSTAL (40) Pitkin
ON FINANCE, MILEAGE AND PER DIEM.
CORNELIU8.J. HART (17) Paeblo
CHARLES O. UNFUG (27) Walsenburg
JEROME A. VICKERS (87) Denver
Also the following special committees:
ON BLANK FORMS.
THE COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE.
ON RITUAL.
CROMWELL TUCKER (5) Denver
GEORGE WYMAN(23) _ Denver
FRANK P. SECOR(23) Longmont
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GRAND SECRETARY'S SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.
The Grand Secretary presented the following supple-
mental report:
To the Moat Worahipful Grand Lodge of Colorado:
Since my former report I have received from
Georgetown Lodge No. 48, 41 members, 4 exempt ...$ 37 00
Harmony Lodge.. -No. 61, 125 members, 7 exempt 118 00
Holyoke Lodge No. 81, 44 members, 1 exempt 48 00
Fremont Lodge, U D., dues 6 00
Fremont Lodge, charter 20 00
Alamosa Lodge No. 44, interest 175 00
Total $399 00
ROLL.
Per
Diem.
Jethro C. Sanford 18 00
Wm. L.Bush 6 00
W. D. Peirce 6 00
Geo. W. Roe 6 00
Frank Church 6 00
E. C. Parmelee 6 00
Andrew Armstrong 6 00
F. P. Secor 6 00
C. Tucker 8 00
\V. W. Roller 6 00
H. T. DeLong 6 00
H. E. Wilson 6 00
G. F. Lewis 6 00
W. D Todd 9 00
Jas. H. Peabody » 00
H. M. Orahood 9 00
L. N.Greenleaf , 9 00
J. W. Milbom 9 00
B. L.Carr 6 00
A. A. Barnand 6 00
F. D. Goodale 6 00
W. D. Wright 9 00
W. T. Bridwell 9 00
M.H.Dean , 9 00
C.T. Harkison 9 00
0. O. Unfag 9 00
Matt Adams 9 00
No.
1 W. P. Benedict 6 00
4 Geo. B. Tonn 6 00
5 W. L.H.Millar 6 00
6 W. B. Beall 6 00
7 C.E. Keed 6 00
11 J.P.Richards 6 00
12 Walter A. Garrett 6 00
13 D.H.Rice 6 00
rpense*.
Total.
$7 00
$13 00
2 35
831
« » * »
600
5 60
1160
600
600
3 25
93
200
800
600
11 20
17 30
27 90
8190
350
950
600
B * — «
900
7 30
16 30
900
_ * ^
900
7 20
16 30
2 00
800
13 80
19 60
10 85
16 85
900
7 20
16 30
14 40
23 40
900
9 15
18 15
900
90
690
2 50
850
«• ^ — »
600
2 55
855
600
2 30
830
330
930
350
950
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GBAND LODGE OF COLORADO.
77
Per
No, Diem.
14 S. P. Border $6 00
17 C.W. Kessler 6 00
19 J. F. Campbell 6 00
20 K. L.Hall 6 00
22 C. D. McAoliff 6 00
23 C.J.Gregg 6 00
25 J. H.B. Marrow 6 00
28 E.M. Mosoript 6 00
27 H Blickhahn... •_ 6 00
28 J. Ham pb re j 8 6 00
29 J.H.Baxter 6 00
SO Thos. Harry 6 00
31 B J. Braner 6 00
32 J.H.Redman 6 00
34 Carl Forberg 6 00
35 W. W. Coble 6 00
36 C.G. Matthewe 6 00
37 Geo C. Pierce.. 6 00
89 Walker Burnett 6 00
40 J. F. Chrystal 6 00
41 Adolf Candler 6 00
44 H. H. Dabendorff 6 00
45 f. A. Neiderberger 6 00
47 H. L. Moyer 6 00
48 H K. Miller 6 00
49 W.W.Fay 6 00
50 F. D. Gilpatrick 6 00
53 Chas. Maxwell 6 00
54 Smith A. Burke 6 00
W Orson Adams. Jr 6 00
M Wm. T.March 6 00
57 James B. McCoy 6 00
58 Chas. J. Kramer 6 00
59 Thos. J. McEniry 6 00
60 Jas. McMarray 6 00
62 Geo. Stephan.... 6 00
67 J. F. Arbnckle _ 6 00
68 H.L*ndere 6 00
70 P.J. Gerhart 6 00
71 A.J.White. 6 00
73 W.A.Packard 6 00
74 I. N. McCae 6 00
75 Geo. II. Winchell 6 00
77 David H.Jones... j... 6 00
83 R. M.Habbell 6 00
84 J. C. Dresser 6 00
85 C. deB. Bennet. 6 00
86 A. Stocker 6 00
87 J. A. Vickere 6 00
90 Peter S. Lynch 6 00
91 J. M. YanDeren _ 6 00
92 E. F. Hoffman 6 00
93 A.W. Bosh 6 00
94 J. W. Withrow 6 00
95 J J. Willard 6 00
Traveling
Expenses.
Total.
$1 60
$7 60
560
11 60
3 35
935
280
880
1 00
7 00
200
8 00
10 90
16 90
2 35
8 35
9 15
15 15
10 85
16 85
19 65
25 65
16 00
22 00
5 60
1160
21 35
27 85
16 20
22 20
12 00
18 00
13 70
19 70
24 70
30 70
11 75
17 75
13 75
19 75
. - . -
6 00
17 40
23 40
1 60
7 60
7 10
13 10
330
9 30
7 20
13 20
1 35
7 35
2 75
8 75
5 60
11 60
27 90
33 90
29 65
35 65
11 20
17 20
17 75
33 75
10 15
16 15
14 40
20 40
23 80
29 80
3 80
980
3 90
990
900
15 00
13 20
19 20
18 65
24 65
5 40
11 40
12 15
18 15
13 30
19 30
2 60
860
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6 00
3 50
9 50
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6 00
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6 00
13 20
19 20
1 60
7 60
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600
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6 00
21 55
27 55
5 60
11 60
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
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L F.B.Pace 000
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i W.F.Teagardan 8 00
I L. B. WalbridfB 6 00
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CLOSED.
The minutes wore read and approved, and the Thirty-
fourth Annual Communication of the M. W. Grand Lodge
of A. F. <fc A. M. of Colorado was closed in ample form.
WILLIAM L. BUSH,
Grand Master.
Grand Secretary.
APPENDIX.
REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE.
DIGEST OF DECISIONS.
3ETURNS OF LODGES.
STATISTICAL TABLES.
CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.
?ORMS.
Report on Correspondence.
^**
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Colorado:
Your Committee on Correspondence herewith submits
the following report:
We have no disposition to indulge in any prefatory
discourse upon important questions now before the Craft,
preferring to reserve such, if any there be, for our Con-
clusion.
Our usual Digest of Decisions, Table of Statistics, etc.,
will be found at the end of the review proper.
We have followed the same general plan of arrange-
ment as that adopted by us in former reports.
We have received from the Grand Secretary the pro-
ceedings of the following Grand Lodges, fifty-seven in
number, some of them being for two years:
Alabama _ 1893
Arizona _ 1893
Arkansas- _ 1893
British Columbia.. ..1893-1894
California ..-.1893
Canada 1893
Connecticut .1894
Delaware 1893
District of Columbia 1893
Georgia 1893
Idaho 1893
Illinois 1893
Indiana 1894
Indian Territory 1893-1894
Iowa 1894
Kansas 1894
Kentucky 1893
Louisiana ..1894
Maine 1894
Maryland _ _ 1893
Massachusetts.. __.1893
Michigan.. ..1894
Minnesota 1894
Mississippi __1894
Missouri _ 1893
Montana 1893
Nebraska __1894
Nevada 1894
New Brunswick 1893
New Hampshire 1894
New Jersey __.1894
New Mexico _. 1893
New South Wales 1893
New York 1894
New Zealand .1893-1894
North Carolina 1894
North Dakota 1894
Nova Scotia 1893
Ohio _ 1893
Oklahoma 1894
Oregon 1894
Pennsylvania _ 1893
Quebec 1894
Rhode Island 1892-1893
Scotland 1894
South Australia 1893-1894
South Carolina 1893
South Dakota 1894
Tennessee 1894
Texas 1893
Utah.... _ 1894
Victoria 1893-1894
Virginia 1893
Washington 1893-1894
West Virginia 1893
Wisconsin 1894
Wyoming 1893
86 CORRESPONDENCE — ALABAMA. [1394
We have failed to receive the following: Florida, Man-
itoba, Tasmania and Vermont..
ALABAMA— 1893.
Seventy-third Annual held at Montgomery, December
5 and 6, 1893.
The address of Grand Master Francis L. Pettus is far
from being in the usual congratulatory strain; it had been
a year of sorrow and adversity in temporal affairs. He
thus depicts the situation: "The earth has not yielded to
us its accustomed harvest, and at very many of our fire-
sides the most grim poverty has been an unwelcome
visitor."
After referring to the evils and disasters which have
overshadowed every industry and calling, he gives utter-
ance to these words of encouragement: "Let us not be
cast down by adversity. It is but for a day. So sure
as sun follows sun, so surely will prosperity follow adver-
sity. Such from the earliest times has been the history
of mankind; and such, until you and I and many genera-
tions of such as we are numbered with the dead, will be
the immutable law of mankind."
Owing to sickness and the pressure of his private
affairs he had been unable to visit the Lodges. Although
he was unable to attend the Masonic Conferences which
had been held in the different districts, he was informed
that great good had resulted therefrom, and he is pro-
nounced in favor of their continuance.
The Grand Lodge mourns the loss of two Past Grand
Masters, Joseph H. Johnson and William H. Norris, the
latter having attained the age of ninety-three years at the
time of his death.
Three corner-stones were laid by proxy, being those of
a college and two Masonic halls.
The Grand Master reports that the Permanent Trust
Fund for the building of a Grand Lodge Hall now
amounts to $28,000, which is drawing an interest of 4 per
cent. He recommends the appointment of a committee to
look up a suitable site, especially one upon which there are
already improvements, which would doubtless pay as much
1894] CORBESPONDENCE — ALABAMA. 87
as 8 per cent, upon the investment until such time as the
Grand Lodge should determine to build a Masonic Temple.
Four dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
Except in two instances, he had refused all requests for
dispensations to confer degrees out of time.
He reports having received a communication from
Brother R. W. Woodbury, of Denver, as a committee from
the M. W. Grand Lodge of Colorado, in reference to hold-
ing proper memorial services of the centennial of the death
of Brother George Washington, which he submitted for
consideration.
In this connection we note the action of the Grand
Lodge, which was to refer the matter to a special com-
mittee of three Past Grand Masters for future considera-
tion and report.
Under the head of Widows' and Orphans' Home, he
says that, acting under the authority of the resolution
adopted last year, he had appointed the committee, but
that they had held no meeting. He is outspoken in his
views regarding Homes, and we quote them for the benefit
of our own brethren, that they may have all possible light
on this vexed question :
Speaking for myself individually, I do not think that this.
Grand Lodge ought to relieve the Subordinate Lodges from the
solemn duty resting upon each of them to care for and support
the widows and orphans of their deceased members. It may be
that an Orphans' Home may be practicable, but there are few
Lodges within this Jurisdiction which have not had cases of
widows to whom it would be a brutality to propose that they
be sent as paupers to a Masonic poor-house. It is our privilege
and our duty, as Masons, tenderly, reverently and respectfully to
care for the wants of the widows and orphans of our dead breth-
ren, and not one of us would contemplate, with any satisfaction,
the idea of our own dear ones being cared for in this way.
This Grand Lodge has not the necessary funds to build and
maintain a Home such as Is contemplated in the resolution,
adopted by the last Grand Lodge, and an attempt to do it with-
out funds must necessarily result in a failure and reproach
upon the Fraternity. If it is deemed proper that this Grand
Lodge should assist the Subordinate Lodges in taking care of its
orphans, I would respectfully suggest that it only be done after
the Lodge whose duty it Is to care for them has exhausted every
resource. Then let application be made to a Commission ap-
pointed by this Grand Lodge, and in the event that the Lodge
has done Its full duty in the premises, and that a deserving
object of Masonic charity is needing assistance, if it be an orphan
of tender years, let the Commission make arrangements with
88 CORRESPONDENCE— ARIZONA. [1894
one of the Orphan Asylums now existing in the State, having
reference to the denomination of the parents of the child, and in
this way assist the Subordinate Lodge in caring for such orphan;
but simply to complete a pile of brick and mortar, for the pur-
pose of saying that we have a Masonic Orphans' Home, without
money to endow or equip it, would seem to me to be a mere
mockery. I should be heartily in favor of having an Orphans'
Home if we had the necessary funds, but I am utterly opposed
to starting on this line until we have the funds in hand to build,
equip and endow it
He submits a list of twenty-five decisions which were
approved, with five exceptions which were either modified
or not concurred in.
From the Grand Secretary's report we learn that,
despite the great financial depression, there are now a
larger number of working Lodges in that jurisdiction than
ever before in their history.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
The Report on Correspondence was prepared, as usual,
by P. G. M. Palmer J. Pillans. It covers eighty pages, a little
more than half the number it contained last year. Forty-
one Grand Lodges are ably and concisely reviewed, Colo-
rado not being among the number.
Francis L. Pettus, Grand Master; H. Clay Armstrong,
Grand Secretary; both re-elected.
ARIZONA— 1893.
Twelfth Annual held at Phoenix, November 14, 15 and
16, 1893. M. W. John M. Ormsby, Grand Master.
He reports a prosperous year Masonically in that juris-
diction, notwithstanding the financial depression in the
great monetary centers of the world. Their membership
now exceeds the 500 mark. He had visited seven of the
eleven Lodges, and found them to be in a satisfactory con-
dition. While there is a lack of uniformity in the work,
it compares favorably with that of older jurisdictions.
While he believes to a certain extent in the rotation in
office, no brother should be placed in the line of promotion
unless he shows evidence of his capability to fill the high-
est station.
He announces the death of two Grand Officers, Brother
William E. Guild. Senior Grand Deacon, and Brother
Lewis N. Guthrie, Grand Chaplain.
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He is strongly opposed to the use of ciphers, and snys
that if he knew that any Master in that jurisdiction used
or permitted one to be used in his Lodge, he should deem
it his duty to arrest the charter.
He reports the financial condition very satisfactory;
there is in the General Fund $2005.50 and in the Widows'
and Orphans' Fund $2462.50.
He is in favor of the abandonment of the Grand Rep-
resentative system.
Much space is devoted to the subject of non- affiliated
Masons.
His views upon the liquor question are thus tersely
expressed :
I would not go so far as some Jurisdictions have done — expel
those already in — hut I would make the withdrawal of those who
should hereafter engage in the selling of intoxicants compulsory.
It is humiliating enough to see a brother sitting in a Lodge,
soaked with liquor; but it is infinitely more so to see the pro-
ducer of that condition received on equal terms with the best of
Masons. I am no temperance fanatic; but I have seen in my
visits during the past year enough to make one wish, at times,
that he were not a Mason. If Masonry stands for anything, it
stands for all that is good, moral and temperate. I for one am
ready to proclaim to the world that Arizona is in the front ranks,
seeking to bring about the millennium in this direction.
He is an advocate of the social feature - light refresh-
ments, "just enough to attract the brethren around the
table, where social converse could be indulged in, old
times talked over, new acquaintances formed and a social
hour spent." He is opposed, however, to the use of Lodge
funds for this purpose.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized. .
The circular letter from our Grand Lodge, regarding
the proper observance of the centennial of the death of
Brother George Washington, was referred to a special
committee, whose report, favoring the same, was adopted.
The Grand Lodge decided not to make any amendment
to the Constitution regarding those engaged in the liquor
traffic.
Section 124, Article II of the Constitution was amended
to read as follows:
It is the duty of every Master Mason to be a member of
some Lodge, and every non-affl Hated Mason, who, having resided
six months within this jurisdiction, shall refuse or neglect to
90 CORRESPONDENCE — ARKANSAS. [1W*
make application for membership to some Lodge therein, shall
be deemed unworthy of Masonic consideration, and shall not be
entitled to nor be the recipient of any of the rites, privileges or
charities of the Order.
No Report on Correspondence.
Brother Dayton A. Reed elected Grand Master;
Brother George J. Roskruge re-elected Grand Secretary.
ARKANSAS— 1893.
Fifty-fourth Annual held at Little Rock, November 21
and 22, 1893; 395 out of 436 Lodges represented.
Grand Master R. J. Langhlin has the sad announce-
ment to make of the death of two Past Grand Masters,
Logan H. Roots and Marcus L. Bell, also that of Past
Grand Treasurer R. L. Dodge.
Dispensations were granted for two new Lodges.
He submits a list of twelve decisions which were
approved with one exception, two others being modified.
He suspended a Master for gross urnnasouic conduct,
and he was ordered to appear and answer before the Grand
Lodge.
He does not believe the time has come to attempt to
build a Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home.
From the reports of the District Deputies, Masonry is
in a flourishing condition, notwithstanding the financial
depression.
Several corner-stones were laid either in person or by
proxy.
The Grand Orator, Brother C. A. Bridewell, delivered
an able address upon the cardinal virtues of Masonry.
The Colorado Washington Memorial observance was
concurred in, and Brother Fay Hempstead was named as
the committee; Brother J. M. Harkey, alternate.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
Brother Snm. H. Davidson continues at his post as the
writer of the Report on Correspondence. He devotes 113
pages to a concise review of the proceedings of fifty Grand
Lodges. Colorado for 1892 receives a fraternal review of
four pages, in which Grand Master Maxwell's address is
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1894J CORRESPONDENCE — BRITISH COLUMBIA. 91
given favorable consideration. Of Brother Herron's ora- .
tion he says that while it is the shortest one he has met
with, "it will repay a careful reading." Our report receives
due consideration, "Bearing The Sheaves" appearing in
full.
Brother James M. Harkey, Bussellville, elected Grand
Master; Brother Fay Hempstead, Little Bock, re-elected
Grand Secretary.
BBITISH COLUMBIA— 1893.
Twenty-second Annual held at Victoria, June 22, 5
and 24, 1893. M. W. Wm. Downie, Grand Master.
He reports a steady advance and fairly prosperous
year. He had granted three dispensations for new Lodges
and fifteen for other purposes.
He makes feeling allusion to the death of Brother M.
W. Waitt, P. G. Treasurer.
He reports the holding of a Lodge of Sorrow in honor
of the memory of brethren who died during the small-pox
epidemic. The two Lodges of Victoria united in the
solemn services and there was a large attendance.
He laid the corner-stone of a church, and dedicated the
Masonic Temple at New Westminster on St. John's Day,
December 27, 1892; the largest number of Masons ever
assembled in the Province being present. He was pre-
sented with a gavel made from teak, taken from the hull
of the "Beaver," the first steam vessel on the Pacific
Ocean.
He made fifteen official visitations, in the course of
which he traveled 3050 miles, 600 of which was by stage.
He found the Lodges in good condition and a marked
degre^ of improvement in the work.
He submits a list of eight decisions which were
approved.
He reports that all the Lodges in the jurisdiction, with
one exception, now do their business in the third degree.
Among his recommendations are the following: "The
holding of a Special Communication of the Grand Lodge
in some central locality for the exemplification of the work.
That the D. D. G. M.s hold Lodges of Instruction in their
respective districts at least once a year."
92 CORRESPONDENCE — BRITISH COLUMBIA. D8*4
A thorough revision of the Constitution is also urged.
The reports from four districts are published with the
proceedings, embodying full information as to the con-
dition of Masonry in the several localities.
All diplomas issued are numbered and, together with
the names of the recipients, are published in the pro-
ceedings.
The Ritual Committee recommended that no change
be made in the work as now practiced, and that new
Lodges be required to select and work one of the three
Rituals now practiced in that jurisdiction, namely, "The
English," "The Scotch/' or "The Canadian."
The Committee on Burial Service presented their
report, embodying the service in full, which is published
with the proceedings. It was adopted by the Grand Lodge
as the authorized service, and the Grand Secretary was
instructed to have it printed and forward copies to the
constituent Lodges.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
The following clause was added to the Constitution:
151 a. That in the burial of a deceased Brother, or in the
performance of other Masonic labor in public, the control of the
Lodge must be absolute.
On the evening of the second day of the session the
Grand Lcxlge was tendered a banquet by the Victoria
Lodges.
The Grand Lodge laid the corner-stone of the Protest-
ant Orphans* Home on the next day, June 24th.
Past Grand Master Marcus Wolfe is the writer of the
Report on Correspondence. It fills 110 pages and covers
the proceedings of fifty-two Grand bodies, Colorado for
1892 included. He gives a brief condensation of Grand
Master Maxwell's address, and extracts from Brother Ira
L. Herron's oration, which he pronounces "able,1' and
wrould like to quote entire. He also reproduces Brother
West's resolutions on "The Badge of a Mason.''
In conclusion he says: "On the whole the proceedings
of Colorado is a well prepared and instructive volume well
worthy a j)lnce in any Masonic Library.'"
Brother Sibree Clarke, of Bamloops, was elected Grand
Master; Brother W. J. Quinlan, of Victoria, re-elected
Grand Secretary.
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BRITISH COLUMBIA— 1894.
Twenty-third Annual held at New Westminster, June
21 and 22, 1894, R. W. Brother R. B. McMicking, Deputy
Grand Master, presiding.
A letter was read from the Grand Master, Sibree
Clarke, regretting that he was unable to be present, the
floods having interrupted communication.
His address was read by the Deputy Grand Master.
He congratulates the brethren of the Province upon the
peace and prosperity which had crowned their labors of
the past year. Owing to the stoppage of the mails he was
unable to obtain the required data from the Grand Secre-
tary, and he therefore relies upon him to supply omissions.
He laid two corner-stones, the proposed structures
being an Orphans' Home and a church.
No decisions are reported.
The address is quite brief and confined to a statement
of his few official acts.
The address of the Deputy Grand Master supplements
that of the Grand Master, giving an account of the cere-
monies in which he participated and also of several visita-
tions. He reports having visited one of the best Lodges
in San Francisco during his travels, and, while the work was
finely done, he says that of his own jurisdiction will bear
favorable comparison with any that he has seen elsewhere.
From the Grand Secretary's report we learn that four
dispensations were issued for new Lodges, two by the
Grand Lodge and two by the Grand Master. There are
seventeen chartered Lodges, with a membership of 1076,
being a net increase of 108; $385 was expended by
the Lodges for the relief of members, $594 to transient
brethren and $508 for relief to widows and orphans of
members.
The recognition of the Grand Orient of Hayti was
deferred.
The revision of the Constitution was postponed, owing
to the inability of many of the Lodges to be represented.
A special Communication for this purpose is to be called
by the Grand Master.
The Grand Lodge had as visitors a delegation from the
Grand Lodge of Manitoba, who were received with Grand
Honors.
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The Grand Lodge attended divine service on the even-
ing of the second day of the session, where they listened
to an instructive and impressive sermon by R. W.
Brother E. D. McLaren.
At the close of the session a banquet was provided in
honor of the visitors from Manitoba, which was a grand
success.
P. G. M. Marcus Wolfe is the able writer of the
Report on Correspondence, which covers 129 pages.
Colorado for 1893 receives a most appreciative review.
Grand Master Wright's address is pronounced "scholarly,"
and the oration of Brother T. B. McDonald "soul-stirring."
He copies the entire conclusion of our report, some twelve
pages, including the poem "O, Mother Lodge!" and says:
" Taking the proceedings of Colorado as a whole, they are
most interesting and a valuable contribution to Masonic
libraries."
Brother R. B. McMicking, of Victoria, was elected
Grand Master; Brother W. J. Quinlan re-elected Grand
Secretary.
CALIFORNIA— 1893.
Forty-fourth Annual held at San Francisco, October
10 to 14, 1893. M. W. Charles R. Gritman, Grand Master.
He reports the Craft of that jurisdiction in a flourish-
ing condition. Owing to sickness he had been prevented
from visiting the Lodges officially. He had granted five
dispensations for new Lodges. Two corner-stones were
laid, one in person and one by proxy.
A suitable site for the Masonic Widows' and Orphans'
Home had been selected, comprising 270 acres of land, of
easy access to San Francisco. Plans for a $60,000 build-
ing had been adopted by the Board of Trustees. Sub-
scriptions for $60,000 and bequests of $25,000 had already
been secured, making a total thus far of $85,000. He had
drawn a warrant for $10,000, the amount subscribed by the
Grand Lodge.
He submits a list of eighteen decisions which were
approved with some modifications.
He is opposed to using Lodge funds for refreshments,
believing they should be held as a sacred trust for char-
itable purposes only.
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From the Grand Secretary's report we gather the fol-
lowing:
There are now in existence within this jurisdiction two hun-
dred and fifty chartered Lodges, which, with the five acting
under dispensation, make a total number of two hundred and
fifty-five, with a membership of seventeen thousand and six,
being a net gain for the year of five Lodges and two hundred and
thirty-nine members.
The Masonic Relief Board, of San Francisco, expended
for the sick and needy the sum of $9626.65, of which
amount $4156.42 was refunded. Full reports are also
{>ublished, as usual, from the boards of Los Angeles, Oak-
and, Sacramento, San Diego, Stockton and San Jose,
showing that these organizations are doing a noble work
in their respective localities.
The Grand Lecturer presents a detailed report, in which
he embodies a concise statement of the reports of the
Inspectors of the various districts. The Lodges generally
are represented to be in a satisfactory condition.
The Grand Orator, Brother Eugene N. Deuprey, de-
livered a fine address in which he discussed topics of vital
interest to the craft. By way of introductory he dis-
courses at some length upon Masonic Antiquity and the
early Guilds, after which he touches upon more practical
themes, which may be enumerated as follows: "Avoid
Slander," "Competent Officers," "Proper Instruction,"
"Public Installation " and "The Black Ball." We extract
the following from his remarks upon "Competent Officers:"
Give to me impressive and complete work in a Lodge-room
and I will assure and guarantee you filled benches and filled
seats, a crowded Lodge-room with an interested, entertained and
loyal membership. Present me with poor work, slack attention
to duty, carelessness to the interest of those who are the mem-
bers of the subordinate body, and I will point out to your gaze
a decreasing membership, a disgusted circle of Brothers, and a
Lodge well on the way to decay and in position for the forfeiture
of its charter.
You may answer that these suggestions are Utopian, too
ideal, that it is not possible in all Lodges to obtain the material
asked for. But pause a moment, and consider whether it is a fact
that there is any Lodge in the State of California which has not
able and learned men of capacity and of willingness to do their
whole duty in the building up of the Craft, if the opportunity
is afforded or their efforts are sought. It is my belief that it is
safe to declare that there is not one such Lodge throughout the
length and breadth of this great state of California.
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The trouble manifests itself in many of the Subordinates, I
fear, in this, that there are at times brethren who are ambitious
for official position, who are entirely unfitted for the duties im-
posed upon the office and the one who may hold it
It is true, again, that there are many earnest workers, whom
the members of the Lodge believe that by reason of efforts that
have been put forth by them reward should follow, by advancing
them through the chairs. Yet these good brethren are in some
instances, we are forced to allow, unable to grapple with the
necessities which constantly devolve upon and appertain to the
official acts required in the chairs from Junior Deacon to Wor-
shipful Master.
It has been my misfortune on several occasions to attend the
conferring of the several degrees of the Craft, where the inspir-
ing sentiments of our -Order were, to use a term of simile, butch-
ered. Expressions of disappointment, mortification and even dis-
gust were apparent upon, the faces of many of the brethren
present. I have even seen the countenance of a novitiate express
pity for the one addressing him and hopeless disappointment In
the work of the Order with which he sought to unite. Instances
are many where under such circumstances the work of the Order
has been badly given, haltingly presented, and hopelessly hacked
at by an incompetent Master and Incompetent officers; the con-
sequence has followed that the one who has finally been raised
to the degree of Master Mason has failed to return or attend to
any further meetings or to take aught of interest in the advance-
ment or condition of the Lodge or of the Order. It has been to
my sense of shame, on some occasions, and I have no doubt vo
many of those now representing the jurisdiction of this State,
when the funeral service of our Fraternity has been so abom-
nably read and so disgracefully rendered that you have been
moved to, if you did not in fact, leave the presence of those in
grief at the loss of a dear and departed Brother, and ask your-
self as I have asked myself, "What in heaven's name could have
prompted anyone to deliver the service of the Masonic body with
an entire lack of qualification and with a manifest incompetency
to do that which was actually demanded?" The family of the
departed, in the depth of their sorrow, are amazed that the beau-
ties and sublimity of a service which has to them again and
again been referred to, should bring but little or no comfort, and
only chagrin from the manner in which the Master of a Lodge,
on some occasion, will and does present it It is to the great
injury of our noble brotherhood, when occasions such as I have
referred to arise, and something must or should be done to avoid
incompetency of service, either at the conferring of degrees or
at public ceremonies. What may be the remedy?
Also this regarding "The Black Ball:"
It is unmasonic conduct, it Is a cruel blow to an innocent
person, to cast the negative sphere or cube against one who is
in every way worthy, simply for the reason that he is proposed
by, or is on terms of friendship with a member who has in some
wise engendered the ill will of the Brother using the black.
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Wounded feelings have resulted to an unoffending man; char-
acter has suffered a stroke; bitter prejudice against Masonry
has found a resting place in a stranger's breast. The wrong thus
done cannot be requited. Do not commit this crime against fra-
ternity, against manhood, against right, against every propriety
of life. Do your duty, my brother, against the unworthy, but do
not injure Masonry, or bruise the finer feelings of man, by lack
of deliberation or the expression of malice against a brother or
brethren.
In the interim on the third day of the session the
Grand Lodge laid the corner-stone of a church at Alameda,
resuming its labors in the evening.
The Committee on Jurisprudence presented a very able
and exhaustive report upon the subject of Grand Bepre-
sentatives, taking for their text the action of Grand Master
Arnold, of Pennsylvania, in withdrawing the Representa-
tive near the Grand Lodge of California Their con-
clusion is in favor of the retention of the system and was
concurred in by the Grand Lodge.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
The Grand Secretary reported that of the 250 Lodges
in that jurisdiction 220 had been represented at some time
during the session.
There was majority in favor of the following amend-
ment to the Constitution :
Section 8. No Lodge within this Jurisdiction shall confer
the three degrees of Masonry for a less sum than $30 (instead of
fifty.)
Not having received five-sixths of the votes, it was laid
over until the next Annual, when it may be adopted by a
vote of two- thirds of the membership present.
The Committee on Jurisprudence reported adversely
on the resolution authorizing Lodges to appropriate funds
for social purposes. The consideration of the report was
temporarily postponed, but we fail to note any subsequent
action.
Brother James Wright Anderson is the writer of the
Report on Correspondence, which is an able and well
written commentary upon the proceedings reviewed. Col-
orado for 1892 receives a liberal share of his space, Grand
Master Maxwell's address being very fully reported. Of
Brother Herron's oration he says: "It is none the less
excellent because of brevity/'
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He concurs with our action in regard to the actual
presentation and the material of which a Masonic apron
should be composed.
Brother Henry Sayre Orme, of Los Angeles, was elected
Grand Master; Brother George Johnson, of San Francisco,
re-elected Grand Secretary.
CANADA— 1893.
Thirty-eighth Annual held at Ottawa, July 19 and 20.
1893, M. W. Brother G. M. Gibson, Grand Master.
He reports a year of gratifying progress in nearly all
directions. Here and there Lodges are almost dormant,
some for definite causes and some without any assignable
reason. After discussing the proper remedy, he gives
utterance to the following suggestions, which are appli-
cable everywhere:
I am addressing those who know as well as I do that the
Worshipful Master and the Secretary between them, to a very
great extent, control the success of the Lodge. Over and over
again my predecessors have dwelt on the importance of wise
selections for these positions being made. No promotion to either
position should be allowed where reasonable doubt exists as to
the successful performance of duty by those promoted. Many
a Lodge has suffered severely by trying experiments in the mat-
ter of Worshipful Masters, or by the mistaken generosity of its
members towards Wardens whose popularity, or, it may be.
regularity of attendance or length of service, seem to designate
them aB natural recipients of the reward of higher rank, bu.
who in reality have not the qualifications of Lodge rulers. If
there are to be fewer Lodges languishing in a dormant or sickly
condition, there must be more attention paid to the considera-
tions to which I have referred.
There were ten special Communications of the Grand
Lodge for consecrating and dedicating Lodge halls and
buildings to Freemasonry, at six of which he officiated in
person.
Two corner-stones were laid, one in person and one by
proxy.
He refers to the centennial celebration of the intro-
duction of Masonry into that Province, under the auspices
of the brethren of Toronto, the Grand Lodge having failed
to take action. It was a glorious success. M. W. Brother
Ross Robertson presided at the banquet and delivered the
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centennial address, which connectedly related the history
of the Craft in Ontario for the past century, and was
listened to with great interest and awoke the most hearty
enthusiasm.
One dispensation for a new Lodge was granted.
Upon the subject of physical qualifications, he thinks
clause 220 of their Constitution should be more fully
defined to avoid loose construction and future difficulty.
It reads as follows: "A candidate who can comply literally
with the ceremonies of the work of Grand Lodge, and who
is mentally and morally worthy of admission, is a fit sub-
ject to become a Mason/'
A candidate having an artificial foot with metal fasten-
ings, which he wore through the ceremony, was initiated
in a Lodge, and he appointed a special commission to
investigate the matter.
He says:
In all these cases of physical defects, so far as my advice has
been offered, I have chosen to lean decidedly towards the ancient
charges in preference to what might be termed an unduly liberal
construction of the constitution.
The question of residence is discussed at considerable
length, in order to make the meaning of their constitu-
tional requirement more intelligible.
He congratulates the members of the Grand Lodge
upon the fact that but few changes in the Constitution
have been proposed. In this connection he says:
Once more the question of prohibiting the use of intoxicat-
ing liquors at all refreshment tables in connection with Masonic
Lodges, will be presented to you for such action as you may
deem called for. It may assist in the deliberation of how far
there is an evil in the customs or habits of the Craft at their
meetings requiring a remedy, when I state that in two-thirds
of the Lodges visited by me during the year, tea or coffee ap-
peared to be the strongest beverage used, and I believe some of
the District Masters can furnish even stronger testimony of the
temperance tendencies of the times as exemplified in connection
with Masonic meetings or assemblies.
He devotes considerable space to "The right of burial
and. the cost of funerals," which subject is ably handled,
with the exception of his advocacy of a suggestion which
we believe is at variance with the time honored custom of
the Craft, and which sooner or later would result in a hap-
hazard state of affairs. His lan^ua^e is as follows:
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It has been suggested, and I think with much reason, that
the form of summoning and holding emergent Lodge meetings
an hour or two before funerals, for the purpose of marching in
procession from the Lodge-room to the residence of the deceased
Brother, might, at the discretion of the W. M., be dispensed with,
the brethren being notified to assemble at the house, and there,
at the call of the W. M., assuming their Masonic clothing and
forming into procession. At the grave, after the service, they
might be called aside by the W. M., and the members dismissed.
The regalia of the Lodge officers could very well be entrusted
to an officer of the Lodge. In these busy days, many brethren
could devote an hour or two to attendance at a funeral who can-
not afford to lose a whole afternoon.
The surplus fund now amounts to $75,000. What is to
be done with this fund has not yet been determined, for
the reason that there is no pressing necessity for establish-
ing a Home. While some believe the Grand Lodge dues
should be reduced one-half in view of this large accumu-
lation of practically idle money, the Grand Master thinks
otherwise, and says the fund is drawing interest and that
the Lodges should cheerfully continue the present scale of
contributions.
Owing to the recommendation that their proceedings
be printed in larger type and in more attractive form, we
have been enabled to peruse the proceedings of our sister
jurisdiction with greater satisfaction than ever before; to
use a popular expression: "Canada is now right in iV
District Deputies' reports are very complete, being
accompanied by tables showing the work done by every
Lodge in the district, average attendance, amount paid for
relief, financial standing and prospects of the Lodge. Also
whether W. M/s can work all the degrees and whether
there is insurance upon Lodge property.
Upon the recommendation of the Board of Grievances
and Appeals, the W. M., who initiated the candidate with
an artificial foot, was suspended for one year.
The Grand Lodges of South Australia and Oklahoma
were recognized.
In accordance with the recommendation of the Grand
Master, a committee of five was appointed to attend the
Masonic Congress at Chicago.
A resolution was adopted providing for the distribution
of a printed copy of the proceedings to every member in
attendance at the Annual Communication. An example
worthy of imitation.
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A resolution prohibiting the use of intoxicating liquors
as a beverage at all refreshment tables in connection with
Masonic Lodges — was lost.
The following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That in the opinion of this Grand Lodge, and
without reference to existing appointments, it is not expedient
that any Brother should represent more than one foreign Grand
Lodge
Resolved, That any question once decided, affecting the Con-
stitution, shall not be open for re-consideration at any time
within five years after such decision, except upon an open vote
at an annual Communication to re-consider, such vote to be
taken without debate.
Brother Henry Robertson presents a concise and inter-
esting Report on Correspondence. Colorado for 1892
receives a short notice for the reason stated: "the pro-
ceedings are brief and local in interest." Nothing is said
of Grand Master, Orator, or anything regarding legislation.
The resolution regarding the action of Durango Lodge, in
the case of R. H. Nevitt, is quoted, but without comment.
He reproduces from our report our replies to himself and
Brother Diehl, of Utah, concerning the number and the
antiquity of the degrees.
M. W. Brother J. M. Gibson was re-elected Grand
Master; R. W. Brother J. J. Mason re-elected Grand
Secretary.
CONNECTICUT- 1894.
A portrait of M. W. Samuel Bassett, Grand Master,
appears as a frontispiece.
The One Hundred and Sixth Annual was held at Hart-
ford, January 17, 1894.
An original opening ode by Brother J. K. Wheeler,
the Grand Secretary, was sung. It is a fine production
and was quoted by us in a former report.
Grand Master Bassett congratulates the brethren upon
the fact that at no period of their history has there been a
more prosperous condition of the Craft, or more thorough
and effective work.
Death had mercifully spared the lives of present and
past officers of that Grand Lodge.
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He embodies the substance of the reports from the
District Deputies in his address, from which we learn that
the Lodges, with hardly an exception, are in a prosperous
condition.
Also, the report of the delegate appointed by him to
attend the Masonic Congress at Chicago.
He granted twenty-one special dispensations to confer
degrees out of time, wear regalia in public, elect officers to
fill vacancies, etc., and one "to attend the funeral of a
brother without performing the ceremony.*'
He reports but one decision which was approved.
Upon the receipt of the report of the commission
appointed by him in accordance with the resolution of the
Grand Lodge, at its last session, he arrested the charter of
Warren Lodge No. 50. A most bitter spirit prevails in
this Lodge growing out of business and political differ-
ences, which ought never to have been permitted within
the Lcxlge room.
From the Grand Secretary's report we glean the follow-
ing interesting particulars:
Some of the Lodges show decided gains, especially Hiram
Lodge No. 1, now the largest Lodge in the state, has initiated
thirty candidates and has a membership of 557. St. John's
Lodge No. 4, ranks second with a membership of 552, and St
John's Lodge No. 3, follows closely with a membership of 548.
Wooster Lodge No. 79, has 534 members, and Hartford Lodge
No. 88, has 445.
The total amount of work reported from the Lodges after
returns were all received, is as follows:
Initiated, 560; passed, 575; raised, 576; affiliated, 83; rein-
stated, 34; dimitted, 93; struck from the roll for N. P. D., 94;
suspended for unmasonic conduct, 1; expelled for unmasonic
conduct, 4; died, 261; candidates rejected, 129; number of affil-
iating Masons, 16,047.
The average membership is 149, which is a gain over last
year, and the largest average membership of any Grand Lodge
Jurisdiction in the country outside of the District of Columbia,
The Grand Master submitted, as an appendix to his
address, the Colorado Washington Memorial, which is
published with the proceedings. It was voted that the
matter be deferred for future consideration.
The Committee on Charters did not find it necessary to
"drop into poetry" again, as they had one application for
charter before them. Upon their recommendation the
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same was granted to forty-one brethren without having to
work under dispensation.
The Finance Committee recommended a per capita tax
of twenty cents the present year, as there were no extra-
ordinary expenses and it would yield sufficient revenue,
and permitting Lodges in estimating their membership to
deduct those who have been Masons for thirty years and
also those whose whereabouts have been unknown for the
five preceding years. Their report was adopted.
The Report on Correspondence, by Brother Joseph K.
Wheeler, is filled with good things, as usual. This year it
is condensed into 113 pages. Colorado for 1893 seems to
have had for him special attractions. Of Grand Master
Wright's address he pens the following:
The address of the Grand Master is a fine document. He
alludes to the rapid growth of the City of Denver where the
Grand Lodge held Its session, and treats upon the history of
Freemasonry as it has come down to us through the years, rec-
ognizing the equality of man, and awakening the spirit of liberty
in the political, social and spiritual conditions of the world;
severing the unholy partnership which existed between church
and state, and embodying in its fundamental doctrine the idea
of a common fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man.
He quotes three pages of the address with warm
approval, and then says:
The Grand Orator delivered a very fine oration. Had we
not already taken so much from the Grand Master's address
we would indulge in a few extracts, and even now are strongly
tempted.
And then, coming down to our report, he gives the
brethren of Connecticut our poem, "O, Mother Lodge/'
entire.
Brother Henry O. Warner, of New Milford, was
elected Grand Master; Brother Joseph K. Wheeler, of
Hartford, re-elected Grand Secretary.
DELAWARE 1893.
A portrait of M. W. James S. Dobb, Grand Master
1888-89-90, appears as a frontispiece.
Eighty-seventh Annual held at Wilmington, October 4
and 5, 1893. M. W. John B. Book, Grand Master.
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He reports the Lodges in a prosperous condition, and
speaks "by the Book!'' for he had visited them all in
person except two, and these were visited by the Deputy
Grand Master.
Owing to adverse circumstances, which they were
unable to control, he says the Committee on Uniform
Ritual had made but little progress.
Lodges of Instruction had been held regularly in the
three districts; the Lodges of the first are working uniformly
the revised work, while those of the others are progressing
slowly in that direction, and he recommends the adoption
of some plan to disseminate the work in these more effect-
ively.
He had granted but one dispensation during the year,
and that was to raise a candidate without waiting the usual
time, on account of his leaving the State.
The net increase in membership was eighty-six.
The Grand Charity Fund was increased by an appro-
priation of $75, and now amounts to $1473.25.
Brother L. H. Jackson again presents the Report on
Correspondence, which is a concise summary of the pro-
ceedings of fifty-seven Grand Lodges. Colorado for 1892
receives a fraternal review, in which extracts are made from
Grand Master Maxwell's address and decisions, and also
from Brother Herron's oration.
Brother Eldad L. Clarke, of Dover, was elected Grand
Master; Brother Benjamin F. Bartram re-elected Grand
Secretary.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA— 1893.
Eighty-third Annual held at Washington, November 8,
1893. M. W. Brother L. C. Williamson/Grand Master.
In his address he refers to the memorable public and
Masonic events of the past year, the World's Columbian
Exposition, the Masonic Fraternal Congress, and the cele-
bration of the centennial anniversary of the laying of the
corner-stone of the Capitol by our illustrious brother,
George Washington.
One of the Lodges of the District, Federal Lodge No.
1, had rounded out a century of existence, which event was
celebrated in an appropriate manner.
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As a shading to the picture, he recalls the awful catas-
trophe at Ford's Theatre, and gives a list of the distin-
guished brethren of other Grand Jurisdictions who, during
the year, have been called upon to answer the dread sum-
mons. The constituent Lodges of the jurisdiction suffered
the loss of many of their members at the hands of the
grim destroyer. Nineteen Lodges report a loss of seventy-
four members.
He reports two decisions which were approved at the
Installation Communication, with modification in the case
of one.
He granted one dispensation for a new Lodge.
He embodies in his address the communication from
the committee of this Grand Lodge relative to a proper
memorial observance of the centennial of the death of
Washington, which was subsequently referred to a special
committee of three.
The business of the session was confined to matters of
local importance.
The Installation Communication was held December
27, 1893. In the interim W. Brother Thomas J. Edwards,
for ten years Grand Tiler, and who had been re-elected at
the Annual Communication, had passed from the scene of
his earthly labors. He was buried by the Grand Lodge
with fitting honors.
The special committee reported unanimously in favor
of Colorado's "worthy and patriotic suggestion " regarding
the memorial observance of the centennial of Washington's
death. The report and recommendations were adopted.
The Report on Correspondence is by Brother W. R.
Singleton, as usual. It is his twenty-fourth and, from his
long experience, takes rank among the best of such pro-
ductions. Colorado for 1892 receives fraternal considera-
tion. Of Grand Master Maxwell's address he says:
In referring to appointments made by him of Grand Rep-
resentatives he is particular to speak of them as the represen-
tatives of the Grand Lodge — not of himself, as some one or two
Grand Masters have very, very recently done, and others claim
them to be.
Judging from this address we think the Grand Master was
fully up to the mark of an active and judicious presiding officer
and that his duties were faithfully and zealously performed.
" He pays the following compliment to our "Edv:
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The report of the transactions throughout reflect great credit
upon the care and abilities displayed by the Grand Secretary.
This volume we consider a valuable acquisition to our library, as
in the appendix we find the "Laws of Freemasonry in Colorado,"
with a carefully prepared index thereto. Also various forms
which are valuable for reference.
Under Pennsylvania, we quote the following review of
Brother Richard Vaux's report:
We differ on many points. Why? We stand on opposite
sides of the "shield." Our side is of one metal, his side of another
kind. The Masonry of Pennsylvania and its jurisprudence dif-
fers from the rest of the world; the rules and customs and
Ritual are the oldest; changes have been found necessary in
every country, but Pennsylvania never changes. They have a
right not to change; but so also had all other Grand Lodges a
similar right to do otherwise when found necessary. Masonry,
except in its "landmarks/' whatever they may be (see Appendix
I under South Australia, page 60), has provided in the "Old Reg-
ulations" for any changes which might be found necessary.
After these regulations were adopted, there came along a great
change. The introduction of a great schism, which resulted in
a new Grand Lodge which took upon itself the name of "An-
cient" Grand Lodge, from which the Pennsylvania Colonial
Lodge derived their charters and the Ahiman Rezon, of Law-
rence Dermott, of 1781, of which we have a copy, published in
Dublin, now before us.
When in 1813, this "Ancient" Grand Lodge and the "Modern"
Grand Lodge at London united and formed the present "United
Grand Lodge of England," it became necessary to formulate a
new Ritual, and a new jurisprudence; because these two bodies
differed very materially in many essentials. Now all the Grand
Jurisdictions in the United States, save, only in Pennsylvania
and South Carolina, had derived their charters mainly from the
London Body and had followed the Prestonian Lectures. In
South Carolina there were two Grand Lodges, one of the Moderns
and the other Ancients. After some time these two bodies united
and hence the peculiarities in the jurisprudence of that state-
being a mixture of the two systems — and the first eidition of
Brother Mackey's Jurisprudence shows that to have been the
fact; for he worked from the standpoint of that jurisdiction as
he afterwards acknowledged it 'in a subsequent edition.
Brother Henry S. Merrill was elected Grand Master;
Brother W. R. Singleton re-elected Grand Secretary.
1894] CORRESPONDENCE — GEORGIA. 107
GEOBGIA— 1893.
A fine steel portrait of Brother A. M. Wolihin, Grand
Secretary, appears as a frontispiece.
One Hundred and Seventh Annual held at Macon,
October 31, November 1 and 2, 1893. M. W. John S.
Davidson, Grand Master. He leaves the beaten track to
give the brethren an original opening, which is so good
that we reproduce it:
In the Straits of Magellan there is said to be a postofflce, the
most remarkable of any in the world. It is simply a painted
cask chained by strong cables to the rocks, so that it floats upon
the waves, rising and falling with the waters of the restless and
everlasting sea. No appointed custodian controls it. It has no
hours fixed by law or usage for receiving or depositing its mail.
No officer places on its contents the official stamp of govern-
ment; no carrier passes to and fro laden with the burdens of
joy or sorrow which are borne daily through this great land of
ours. No rushing trains, speeding like the wind, bear to it or
take from it the messages it contains. And yet without con-
trol, without supervision, free to strain its chains in storms or
to float idly upon the smoother billows of a placid ocean, it has
never failed of its object. The navies of the entire world are its
guardians. The seafaring men, often rude and reckless, treat it
with the tenderness of a woman. As each ship passes by, the
speed is slackened, the boat is lowered, and manned by rugged
men is driven to its station. Strong hands quickly seek its con-
tents and taking what may belong to them, deposit those they
themselves would send to distant lands for the loved ones who
with anxious days look for some message from the absent. And
bearing their own sweet remembrance, left there, perhaps, by
some companion ship, back to their quarters, they bless with
more than sailor fervor this strange depository. To defend it,
they would quickly risk limb or life, to protect it give all the
strength and daring they possess, and yet it is only a floating
cask in a waste of waters.
Do you see any parallel between the lesson of this cask thus
situated, thus protected and thus serving mankind, and the Insti-
tution to which you belong? Let us pause and consider. What
is Free Masonry? Simply an instrument for the good of others.
How is it held to the human race? Only by the strong chains
of brotherly love. What does it bear within its keeping? Noth-
ing but the message which tells of man's plans and purposes,
hopes and ambitions to be better and truer and nobler in all
things here that he may enjoy a higher and more sublime asso-
ciation hereafter. Nothing except the moral lessons of the every
day existence, which, made up of success and failure, teach him
of a love which makes him stronger when he fails and humbler
when he succeeds. How is the Institution protected? By every
member who with the solemn obligation engraven on his soul
and its whispered words of counsel lingering in his ear, remem-
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bers its blessings and its objects. Who guards it from destruc-
tion? The millions of brave hearts whose beatings can be
heard in every land upon which the sunshine rests, and who
have taken from its store of treasures the many messages which
cheer in gloom, and give increased brightness to happy hours.
He submits a list of seventy-three decisions, all of which
were approved.
He granted ninety-three dispensations for various pur-
poses, seven of which were for the laying of corner stones.
Seven dispensations were granted for the formation of
new lodges.
He pays most eloquent tributes to the fraternal dead,
among whom were R. W. Brothers Benj. H. Bigham, P. D.
G. M. and Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence.
Reuben Jones, S. G. W. since 1883, Charles H. Freeman,
Grand Tiler since 1865, George W. Adams, P. D. G. M.
and W. W. Goodman, P. S. G. D.. serving ten years.
He recommends the appointment of a committee to
review their laws concerning non-affiliates. He also dwells
upon the subject of granting demits to E. A's and F. C's
which he favors.
He notes the fearful cyclone at Greenville which swept
away the Lcxlge room and property of the brethren, and
the yellow fever scourge which invaded the low lands of
the coast and spread death among the people at Brunswick.
His address is quite lengthy and he touches upon all
matters affecting the relations of the Craft in that jurisdic-
tion.
The following poem which we find in his conclusion
contains a beautiful lesson:
"Fate gave a stone in place of bread,
And yet he made no moan;
But took the gift and smiling brightly, said,
It is a noble stone.
"Through weary days his skilful hands were turned
Unto the sculptor's art;
Within his fine eyes glowingly there burned,
Hope's fire within his heart.
"And lo! one morn the sunshine did disclose,
Commanding, gracious, grand,
A Marble Statue perfect in its pose,
Carved by his steadfast hand."
1894] CORRESPONDENCE-— GEORGIA. 109
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized. The
request for recognition preferred by the Grand Dieta of
Mexico was laid over until the next Annual, and the Com-
mittee on Correspondence were requested to obtain further
information in the premises.
The Committee on General Welfare recommend good
music in connection with Lodge work, and lay stress upon
the importance of celebrating- the anniversaries of St. John
the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist as promoting
sociability and fraternal feeling among the brethren.
The W. M. of a Lodge was found guilty of the charge
of being drunk and acting disorderly on the streets, and
was expelled by vote of the Grand Lodge from all the
rights and privileges of Masonry, the Grand Master pro-
nouncing the sentence.
Three hundred and ninety Lodges were represented
during the session. The present membership is 16,664,
the net gain for the year, 848.
The Report on Correspondence was the work of Brothers
W. E. Mumford and W. S. Ramsay, the first named re-
viewing the proceedings as far as Montana, the latter con-
tinuing the work as alphabetically laid out. Brother
Mumford in his introductory pays a beautiful tribute to
his late associate and Chairman of the Committee, Brother
B. H. Bigham.
Colorado for 1892 has a most appreciative review at the
hands of Brother M., who devotes seven pages to his sum-
mary and extracts. He quotes liberally from Grand Master
Maxwell's address, to whom he accords warm praise. We
quote the following prefix to one of the extracts:
Grand Master Maxwell is full of good spirit as to the condi-
tion of the Order in his state, but he sees the needs of the same
as clearly as he sees its prosperity. His view of the needs of
Masonry in Colorado will do to express the needs of Masonry
everywhere; and hence, I think it well to give place to what he
says on that subject. Read, and see if you do not see reflected
the picture of the condition of your own Lodge and Grand
Lodge.
Four pages in all are devoted to Brother Maxwell's
address and his decisions, most of which are reproduced as
of general interest. After quoting Brother Maxwell's
deductions drawn from his year's labors, he expresses him-
self in this wise:
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Now, how much better such words are than the plaintive
wail of a cynical growler. When a man puts his heart in his
work the work becomes easy. That is the reason the great
Leader of the human race said, "My yoke is easy and my burden
is light/' for no man can bear His yoke unless he "deny himself
and follow Him/' giving to His service his whole heart Put
your heart in your work and then labor becomes restful. Grand
Master Maxwell took his whole heart into the discharge of his
responsible duties, and hence, "the clouds he viewed with so
much dread were big with joys and broke in blessings on his
head."
He quotes liberally from Brother Herron's oration,
according him the warmest praise. Says he:
The annual speech by the Grand Orator, Brother Ira L. Her-
ron, was one of the features of the Grand Lodge session. He
makes a short, pointed and very excellent speech, taking as the
point and pith of it the explanation of the cause of the stability
of Masonry as an institution. It is quite an interesting address,
and I would be glad if I had space to give it in toto. His con-
clusion as to why Masonry has stood the test of time and stands
to-day as firm as the rock of eternal ages, is thus stated:
Certainly all this is rational and reasonable. God over all;
God in all. That is the foundation stone of all truth. We have
seen nothing in Masonic literature as unique in thought as this
oration. It is the truth stated in a few brief paragraphs, and
is worth the passing along the path of Masonic life. We can
Bee, perhaps, but one danger, and that is, some man will want to
draw from it the unwarranted assumption that Masonry is the
sum total of all virtue and all religion. We must guard this
point well. Never let us get outside of the fact that Masonry
is the product of God in and out of the Church. True, the basis
of truth for the existence of Masonry is the same basis upon
which the Church rests, and yet the work of each is distinct
and separate. If the world had to do without either, Masonry
would have to go, for this reason, if for no other: It leaves out
of its most sacred precincts the women and little children. Any
man who dares to claim that Masonry contains all that is neces-
sary to lift a fallen soul from hell to heaven, is just simply ad-
vertising his ignorance. The Church does contain all that is
necessary to do that, and Masonry is one of the institutions of
the Church of God, inasmuch that without the existence of the
Church there would have been no Masonry. I take no issue
with the principles enunciated by the oration of our Brother. I
have only written this addenda in order to help check an evil
among men and Masons that amounts to the making of Masonry
an idol. God forbid that we should ever do the vile deed of
turning to selfish uses that which the Great Architect of the Uni-
verse designed to help us to know and aid the propagation of
grander and more lasting truths.
[1^94 CORRESPONDENCE — IDAHO. Ill
The report of the writer receives flattering commenda-
tion.
M. W. Brother John S. Davidson was re-elected Grand
Master; R. W. Brother Andrew M. Wolihin re-elected
Grand Secretary.
IDAHO— 1893.
Twenty-sixth Annual held at Boise, September 12, 13
and 14, 1893. M. W. Isaac C. Hattabaugh, Grand Master.
After the usual words of welcome he says:
Had Freemasonry been founded upon mere idle curiosity or
superstition, it must long since have fallen before the increas-
ing intelligence of men; but resting upon principles of eternal
truth, appealing not to the ignorant but to the enlightened, its
progress has been co-extensive with the human mind; and to-
day, in the evening of the nineteenth century, we may survey
with exulting pride the entire habitable globe, and realize that
in every clime and under every sun where civilization dwells
our altars have been erected and are secure from the attacks of
any power.
Masonry, my brethren, is not a fountain giving health and
beauty to those only who dwell upon its humble banks, but it
is a mighty stream penetrating through every hill and mount-
ain and gliding through every field and valley of the universe,
bearing on its beneficent bosom the abundant waters of love
and charity for the poor, the widow, and the orphan of every
land. And how gratifying and conclusive an evidence do we
find of its strength in the fact that in the present age of skep-
ticism, while established traditions are being swept away, and
doubt, hesitation, and fear seem to enter into almost every form
of belief, its votaries are more numerous and its influence is
greater than ever before, and will only cease when life itself
shall be merged into eternity.
Peace, harmony, and brotherly love, which are the very life
of Masonry, and inseparable from its well-being, prevail through-
out our Jurisdiction. So far as I know, not a ripple disturbs
the serene surface of our moral field.
He pays fitting tributes to the fraternal dead, among
whom was their Grand Tiler, Brother N. IT. Millard, who
had served several years in that capacity. For sixteen
years he had been zealous and punctual in his attendance
upon the Grand Lodge, and his loss will be deeply felt.
Two dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
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He submits a list of eight decisions, all of which were
approved.
He thus refers to the ** social feature v and its more
frequent cultivation:
In conclusion. I beg to say that I believe there is one ser-
ious defect in the brotherhood of Masonry in this country, and
that is the cold and formal restraint of association in the Lodge-
room. There seems to be too much restraint in the real work-
ing moments of the Lodge to call into action the best emotions
of the true Masonic spirit. "The work in the quarry" is often
too earnest to permit the cultivation of the gentler virtues of a
man's social character. Mankind is given to the enjoyment of
social life; his best feelings respond and the noblest traits
of hie character are shown when formality is thrown aside.
I have frequently observed that Lodge meetings are conducted
too much as a purely business transaction. The designs of our
institution are to make men wiser, better, more manly, more
brotherly, and happier in all the relations of life, and its social
element is one of the means to accomplish these purposes. At
such meetings theory ought to be put into practice, and the high
and low, rich and poor, member and visitor meet in a fraternal
manner that would cause each and every member to feel per-
fectly at home in a Lodge-room. They should be made to feel
that those around them are Brothers and friends.
The Grand Secretary, Brother J. H. Wickersham, had
been confined to his home by sickness for six months and
was unable to be present. He had appointed a deputy to
assist him in his duties, and thus his report was presented
as usual.
There are twenty-five chartered Lodges and two under
dispensation. Total membership, 948; net gain, 132.
There is now to the credit of the Orphan Fund, $958.
The Grand Lodge, during the session, accepted the
invitation of the Governor and visited the state peniteniarv.
Brother Charles C. Stevenson continues as writer of
tin* Report on Correspondence, presenting a concise sum-
mary of all the salient features of the Proceedings under
review.
Colorado for 1892 receives brief but fraternal notice.
Grand Master Maxwell's address is commented upon
briefly and extracts made for the good of the Idaho
brethren.
Brother James A. Pinney, of Boise City, was elected
Grand Matter; Brother J. H. Wickersham, re-elected
Grand Secretary
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ILLINOIS-1893.
Fifty-fourth Annual held at Chicago, October 3, 4 and
5, 1893. M. W. Leroy A. Goddard, Grand Master.
He thus bedims his address:
"The clanging bells of time" have sounded the close of
another Masonic year, and, in Grand Lodge assembled, we must
render account of the grave trusts imposed in us by the Craft
for the past twelve months. How rapidly the days fly past!
How short seems the year that has gone! Time! What is time?
"I asked the golden sun and silver spheres,
Those bright chronometers of days and years,
They answered 'Time is but a meteor glare,
And bids us for eternity prepare.' "
He devotes four pages to necrology; death mercifully
spared the lives of Past and Present Grand Officers, but
tributes are paid to zealous and worthy craftsmen of that
jurisdiction whose lives merited such honor. A lengthy
list is presented of the distinguished dead of other Grand
Lodges, among whom is the name of our own deceased
P. G. M.Robert A. Quillian.
Nine dispensations were? granted for new Lodges.
Five schools of instruction were held during the year
and were prolific of good results.
He laid the corner-stones of six public edifices, namely:
a Masonic Temple, city hall, two court houses and two
hospitals.
He makes full report of the steps taken to welcome
and entertain the members of the Fraternal Congress and
to provide a suitable place of meeting. As to the results
accomplished, it promoted fraternal feeling if nothing
more, while important questions were ably discussed, upon
which conclusions were finally formulated and promul-
gated.
He had visited many of the Lodges and found them in
a flourishing condition. He granted fifty-seven special
disx^ensations for various Masonic purposes.
From his conclusion we extract the following:
Our relations with other Grand Jurisdictions have been most
pleasant and profitable. During the progress of the wonderful
World's Columbian Exposition and the Fraternal Congress of
Masons in this most wonderful city, we have met many repre-
sentatives of our Order from different parts of the United States,
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and from other lands, and have learned from them much that
was pleasant and profitable to know, and have formed friend-
ships that will outlast time. We occupy a proud position among
the jurisdictions of the earth. In the center of a splendid conti-
nent peopled by earth's superior race our state lies fair and free
an ample domain, rich in corn, wine and oil, rich in her thous-
ands of noble, generous, intellectual sons and daughters. To
occupy such a field and to be worthy of the position we must
be men Indeed. But judging from the past glorious history of
Masonry in Illinois I can have, no fear for our future. May the
spirits of the wise and good who have been raised to the last
sublime degree ever animate us and lead us to higher planes of
excellence.
We have considerable curiosity to know just how the
Representatives from other lands, hailing from Grand
Orients, were received by the Masons of Chicago during
the World's Fair. Were they permitted to visit the
Lodges? We presume not, under the Illinois doctrine, as
formulated in Brother Robbins' reports. Perhaps dis-
cretionary power was exercised and the strict letter of the
law was not enforced.
From the Grand Secretary's report we glean many
interesting particulars. The total number of Lodges is
713; membership, 48,222; net increase for the year, 2227.
The Lodges contributed for charitable purposes, $23,815.83.
Many Lodges make no report, because, instead of taking
funds from the treasury they contributed to such objects
as individuals. The left hand knowing not what is done
by the right.
In Cook county there are twelve Lodges having a mem-
bership of over 300. the largest of which is Covenant No. 526,
with a membership of 585. Outside of Cook county there
are only eight Lodges having a membership of over 200.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
An oration upon the subject of " Pre-historic Free-
masonry " was delivered by R. W. Brother George W.
Warville, Grand Orator, which is a very able and scholarly
contribution to the literature upon this interesting sub-
ject. We quote the following:
Our views and opinions with respect to the antiquity of the
fraternity must, in a large measure, be shaped by the old man-
uscript constitutions to which I have alluded, and of which at
least sixty are now known to be in existence. These are the only
authentic memorials that have come down to us from the early
Freemasons, and from the internal evidence which they afford
much of our present knowledge is derived. These constitu-
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tions are all similar in general characteristics, and consist in
the main of two parts, the first being a recital of legendary
history, now called, for want of a better name, the "legend of
the Craft," and the second consisting of what are popularly
known as the "Ancient Charges," or the general regulations of
the Craft They are written on strips of parchment or vellum
and are of various dates, known or surmised, from 1390 until
the commencement of the 18th century. The majority of
these interesting documents show signs of long and active use,
and would seem to have been actually employed in the work
of the pre-hi8toric Lodges and to have been read to candidates
at the time of their initiation. They prove beyond a doubt that
the society during the three hundred years which preceded the
revival of 1717, was not an ordinary guild like the Livery com-
panies or other strictly operative associations, but professed to
teach, and bound its members to the practice of, a high morality,
obligating them to be true men, not only in their relations to
one another and those around them, but also in the observance
of their duties to God, the Church and the King. They contain
much that unmistakably stamps them as emanating from an
operative society, however, and the conclusion now generally
accepted is that they represent the transition period, when
Masonry was passing from a strictly operative to a purely specu-
lative condition.
An amedment to the Grand Lodge By-Laws was
adopted, fixing the minimum fee for the three degrees at
$50 in the city of Chicago and $25 elsewhere in the juris-
diction.
The attractive feature of the volume is the masterly
Report on Correspondence, by Past Grand Master Joseph
Robbins. It comprises up wards of 300 pages of interest-
ing summary, together with critical comment of no "un-
certain sound."' Grand Master Maxwell's address is
epitomized, while most of his decisions are reprinted and
some of them commented upon. We quote the following
regarding special dispensations:
One of the special dispensations granted by him seems to
us to be questionable, viz.: To a Lodge to meet on a certain
day and open on the several degrees as it may see fit "at the
hour of 1:30 p. m. of said day, instead of 7:30 p. m. as required
by the By-Laws of the Lodge." If this meant to open the Lodge
for "business" — as we assume it did, for if it had been for work
the Master could have called a special meeting at 1:30 if he saw
fit, without a dispensation — we must think that it was at the
risk of depriving some member of his right to a voice in the pro-
ceedings, unless it were coupled with the requirement that every
member should have due and timely notice. Temporarily absent
brethren, relying on the provision of the By-Laws fixing the
time of meeting at 7:30 p. m., and timing their return in order
to participate in the business of the Lodge, might find the very
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matters in which they were most interested irrevocably dis-
posed of by that hour if the Lodge met with full powers at 1:30.
Also this:
In most of these cases, the only reason given for asking
these dispensations was, that the candidates were anxious to get
through the Lodge and Chapter, and into the commandery, be-
fore the triennial conclave. I maintain the opinion that Masonry
is something more than a "degree machine," and, as the three
symbolic degrees are the foundation of the whole Masonic struc-
ture, too much care cannot be exercised In selecting the mater-
ial out of which this foundation shall be constructed, and ample
time should be taken to see that the "stones" composing the
foundation are properly and Masonically laid.
This cannot be accomplished by "rushing" our candidates
through the three degrees, with the sole object and intention
of apparently qualifying them for membership in some other
Masonic (?) body.
Concerning decision No. 9, which reads as follows:
It is the duty of a Lodge to proceed with the trial of a
Brother charged with a Masonic offense, regardless of the ac-
tion or non-action of the courts of the State.
He says:
We feel quite sure that No. 9 is not of universal application.
During our executive service we had occasion to order a stay of
Lodge trial in a case where the alleged offense was also the
basis of an indictment in the civil courts, and in which there
was a possibility that the charge was brought in the Lodge to
compel the accused to there uncover his line of defense in the
presence of those who would be his prosecutors on the indict-
ment. An able and discreet district deputy investigated the case,
and on his advice the restraining order stood until he notified
the Grand Master that it might be withdrawn without prejudice.
The Grand Lodge approved the action.
We also quote his comments on decision No. 10, which
was disapproved, and the committee's opinion thereon:
No. 10 was disapproved, the committee being "of the opinion
that it is clearly the duty of the Master to suspend from office
an officer of his Lodge for unbecoming or unmasonic conduct, in
advance of charges and trial for such conduct."
If the committee had said that it might become the duty of
the Master to so act, we should fully agree with them whatever
may be the language of the By-Law referred to by the Grand
Master; because a case might arise of conduct so flagrant and
undisputed as to create an imperative emergency. On the other
hand, we think cases might arise where the Master, unrestrained
save by the beneficent principle of law which recognizes the
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presumption of innocence, might find the duty to suspend in ad-
vance of charges and trial anything but clear. All the other
decisions were approved.
Of No. 21, reading as follows:
A "physically defective" man, "being very lame," is not eli-
gible to receive the degrees in Masonry.
He says:
No. 21 leaves us somewhat in doubt whether an imperfect
youth who is not very lame is eligible or not.
Two and one-half pages are devoted to comments upon
topics discussed in our Report. He does not think that
Brother Speth's words tend to strengthen our position,
but rather that their emphasis lies in an opposite direction.
We summoned Brother Speth as a witness to the esoteric
knowledge contained in the degress, he being of the opin-
ion that before 1717 two degrees existed, containing all the
essentials of the present three. This is corroborative of
our theory that Masonry was not an inchoate system in its
original inception. In regard to the word development,
used by Brother Speth and ourself, it is not used in the
same sense or connection. Brother Speth expressly says
that though developments have accrued, there is "noth-
ing of vital importance, nothing absolutely new."
We reiterate our position, that there has been no
development in the esoteric features of Masonry, but
rather a loss. New proofs and new discoveries are con-
firmatory of our opinion, which we have strenuously
maintained in these reports. It is now discovered from
the old records of The Masons Company, of London, that
" before 1631, a Lodge of Freemasons was attached to and
working in harmony with the Company, and holding its
meetings in the Masons' hall.1'
Heretofore it has been denied that any intimate con-
nection existed between the City Company and the
Society of Freemasons before the establishment of the
Grand Lodge of England in 1717. Here is proof positive
of the union of operative and speculative Masonry as set
forth in our esoteric work. It shows conclusively that the
learned philosophers of 1717 were not the fathers of our
present speculative system, as many writers have long
maintained. The last backward glance still finds it in the
hands of plebian workers and not " persons of quality."
Brother Leroy A. Goddard, of Chicago, was elected
Grand Master; Brother J. H. C. Dill, of Bloomington, was •
elected Grand Secretary.
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INDIANA— 1894.
A portrait of Grand Master Daniel Noyes appears as a
frontispiece.
Seventy-third Annual held at Indianapolis, May 22 and
23, 1894.
The Grand Master begins his address with the following
introduction : %
It is May-time. The boyhood of the year. The time when
life is alive in everything. The time when the holy spirit of
the spring is working silently and unlocks the opening flowers
to paint the laughing soil, now newly born and now hastening
to die.
Peace and harmony had prevailed within that jurisdic-
tion, and no events of unusual importance had transpired.
He submits a list of decisions which were approved with
one exception, which we note:
An English clergyman, a missionary who had resided in
the State for six months, petitioned for the degrees.
In this case I ruled that before the Lodge could receive
his petition, the petitioner must become a citizen of the United
States, or at least have declared his intention to become such.
I am aware that this ruling is unfortunately in conflict with
some of the brightest and most cultured Masonic minds in this
Jurisdiction, and of Brothers to whom it is alike my pleasure
and pride to look to for intellectual guidance and light as a
pupil to his teacher. Yet from the best reasoning I can bring
to bear upon the proposition, I am constrained to adhere to it
to the extent of submitting the proposition to the wisdom of the
Grand Lodge, which I do without argument in its behalf.
The decision was approved by the majority report of
the Committee on Jurisprudence, while the minority
report of the same committee declared against sustaining
the decision. The latter report covers several pages and
ably reviews the entire question. We have room only for
the conclusion:
The majority of the committee can not deny that there
is now no law in the Grand Jurisdiction of Indiana, in positive
terms, requiring United States citizenship as a prerequisite to
petitioning for the degrees of Masonry. They must admit that
there is no direct legislation on the subject. They seek to make
a law by upholding a decision made in the absence of law. If
the decision is sustained it makes this Grand Lodge say that
it is in accordance with Masonic law that has at all times existed
in this Jurisdiction ever since the formation of the Grand Lodge
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of Indiana. Let us consider what the effect of such a decision
will be. There are hundreds of Master Masons in the Lodges
of our State this day who were made Masons here without hav-
ing first become citizens of the United States. They are numer-
ously found in all the manufacturing centers, and in the mining
communities of Sullivan, Vigo, Park and Clay counties, and else-
where throughout the entire State. Is the Grand Lodge of Indi-
ana now prepared to rule and decide that all these brethren
have been irregularly and unlawfully made? This would, in-
deed, be lamentable; yet, unfortunate as this might be, it would
probably be less serious than such an inroad upon the univer-
sality of Masonry would prove. England and Scotland re-
spectively claim the origin of Masonry in its present form, yet
neither of these great jurisdictions has ever provided or claimed
that civil citizenship shall be a prerequisite to obtaining the
degrees there. Neither has any Grand Lodge in America. If
we must have such a law in Indiana, let us make one in a reg-
ular way, to take effect from this time forward, and not create
one by a decision, which will be retroactive, and cast a cloud
over the Masonic standing of hundreds of our then unfortunate
brethren.
After a full discussion, the minority report was adopted
and the decision of the Grand Master reversed.
Three dispensations were granted for new Lodges and
nine corner-stones were laid by proxy. The charters of
three Lodges were arrested.
He had taken prompt action in regard to begging
circulars sent out in violation of the Grand Lodge order,
and they were speedily recalled.
He suspended the charters of thirty-three Lodges for
failure to pay Grand Lodge dues at the time provided by
law. All having paid their dues subsequently, they were
authorized to resume labor.
He reports having received the circular letter from the
Colorado committee on the memorial observance of the
centennial of Washington's death, to which the attention
of the Grand Lodge was invited.
The matter was referred to the Committee on Juris-
prudence, who subsequently presented the following report,
which was concurred in:
Your Committee on Jurisprudence, to whom was referred
the circular letter from the Grand Lodge of Colorado, relative to
the proper observance of the centennial of the death of Brother
George Washington, submit the following: While we ac-
knowledge the importance of such memorial observance of our
distinguished Brother, whose memory we desire to perpetuate,
yet in view of the time of such observance being over five years
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hence, and that there will be five more sessions of this Grand
Lodge before the date of the centennial above referred to, your
committee deem it inexpedient to take any action in the matter
at this time.
Upon the report of the same committee, the proposed
Mississippi rules, concerning jurisdiction over rejected
candidates, were non-concurred in.
The Grand Lodge dues were reduced from fifty to forty
cents.
Brother William Commons is the writer of the Report
on Correspondence, which reviews the proceedings of forty-
six Grand Lodges, Colorado for 1893 included.
It is an able summary comprising 160 pages, being of the
written variety, in which few extracts appear. He reviews
at length Grand Master Wright's address, with whose
views he is in full accord. We extract the following:
The Grand Master in this connection makes a suggestion
which, we hope, will go into and be acted upon affirmatively by
every Grand Lodge in the Union. It is that of holding a "na-
tional Masonic memorial celebration" at the tomb of Wash-
ington, at Mt. Vernon, on the centennial anniversary of his
death, December 14, 1899. "So mote it be." Let the memorial
celebration be held, and let it be at Mt. Vernon. The Scotch
brethren celebrate "Bobby" Burns; let the Masons of America
perpetuate the Masonic memory of Washington, and let the me-
morial celebration be such as will be commensurate with the
honor and dignity of the Fraternity, as well as of the memory
of that magnificent man.
He dissents from the decision that "a Lodge having
opened on a regular night — Tuesday -could not be called
off to meet again on the following Monday. "
His language is as follows:
This ruling seems to be an arbitrary dictum of the Grand
Master. Its non-observance is the rule in many, perhaps most,
jurisdictions, where it is held to be right and proper for a
Lodge to call from labor to refreshment to meet at a subsequent
date, only requiring the Lodge to be closed before the time of
the next stated communication.
Six pages are devoted to a review of Colorado.
Brother Frank E. Gavin, of Greensburg, was elected
Grand Master; Brother William H. Smythe re-elected
Grand Secretary.
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INDIAN TERRITORY— 1893.
Twentieth Annual held at McAlester, Choctaw Nation,
August 8 and 9, 1893. M. W. Andrew Hardy, Grand
Master.
He congratulates the brethern upon the wonderful
progress Masonary has made in that jurisdiction during
the past twenty years.
Five dispensations had heen granted for the formation
of new Lodges.
He recommended that the Grand Lodge take some
action rebuking the practice of electioneering for office,
which is becoming too common.
He had visited twenty of the Lodges and met with a
cordial reception.
No decisions are reported.
The Grand Lecturer, owing to unexpected business
engagements, had been unable to visit all the Lodges as
be had designed. Those visited by him were found to be
in healthy and prosperous condition with one exception,
where brethern had so far forgotten their obligations as to
engage in a factional disturbance, villifying each other
and even threatening the lives of the brethren. This was
during what was called the "Choctaw War."
The Custodian had held several schools of instruction
at various points, which were fairly well attended and
much interest manifested, though the brethern generally
are opposed to leaving home to obtain instruction, prefer-
ring to be instructed in their own Lodges.
One hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be
required to pay the railway fare of delegates to Chicago,
was appropriated.
An increase of §200 was added to the salary of the
Grand Secretary. Brother J. S. Murrow furnishes an
interesting Report on Correspondence; as it covered only
a period of six months, Colorado failed to reach him
within that time. M. W. Andrew Hardy re-elected Grand
Master, also R. W. Brother J. S. Murrow re-elected Grand
Secretary.
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INDIAN TERRITORY— 18W.
Twenty-first Annual held at Rush Springs, August 14
and 15, 1894 M. W. Andrew Hardy, Grand Master.
He congratulates the brethern upon their bountiful
harvests and the prosperity which their Territory enjoys.
Masonary is growing as never before in their history.
He granted eleven dispensations for new Lodges.
Three corner-stones were laid by proxy and one in
person.
Among special dispensations granted was one to attend
a picnic in Masonic procession. We cetainly question
the propriety of this act.
He granted a special dispensation to a Lodge to receive
the petition of a candidate, and if favorably acted upon, to
confer the three degrees upon him at the same session.
The circumstances were peculiar, as will be seen from the
following:
In this instance, the candidate was made a Mason in Madrid,
Spain, some seventeen years ago. He holds receipts for dues until
he dimitted. Afterwards, in June. 1893, he affiliated with Hiram
Lodge No. 120, Chicago, 111., which Lodge has been declared a
clandestine Ix>dge, getting its authority from the Grand Symbolic
Lodge of Spain, to work in Chicago. The candidate became a
resident of the Indian Territory and had visited McAlester
Lodge No. 9, and Solomon Lodge No. 32, and saw all the degrees
conferred. I was convinced, as was Solomon Lodge No. 32, that
the candidate had acted in good faith in all that had been pre-
viously done and was innocent of any intentional wrong affilia-
tion and ignorant of the fact that said Lodges in Chicago and
Madrid were clandestine.
He was very favorably impressed with the Colorado
invitation to participate in the Washington Memorial
observance, and recommends it to the favorable action of
his Grand Lodge. The committee on distribution of the
subject matter, recommended that the above be referred
to a special committee. We fail to find the appointment
or anv further mention of the matter at this seasion.
From the Grand Secretary's report we learn that the
net gain for the year is 232, and the total membership 2193.
Upon the recommendation of 'the Committee on Law
and Usage, the following was adopted:
That we recommend that no change he made in the fees for
degrees or per capita tax for the period of five years, and that
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during said period seventy-five per cent, of all moneys remain-
ing in the hands of the Treasurer after deducting the necessary
current expenses of the Grand Lodge for each year shall be
placed to the credit of the Widows' and Orphans' Home fund,
and put out at interest by the Grand Treasurer on security
to be approved by the Grand Master.
A very full report was presented by the Grand Lect-
urer as to the condition of the various Lodges visited by
him.
Brother J. S. Murrow again conies to the front as the
writer of the Report on Correspondence, after a respite
last year. Colorado for 1893 receives a brief yet fraternal
review. Grand Master Wright's address is pronounced
u good reading/' and Brother McDonald is credited with
having "delivered an eloquent address." When he
reaches our Report, he returns to the charge in this wise
on " Christianity in Ancient Craft Masonary," over which in
time past we had a little friendly discussion. Our good
Brother Murrow is an enthusiast. Templarism affords
him ample range, but he insists on planting Christianity
in the Lodge, or rather insists that it is already there.
Hear him:
Brother Greenleaf thinks that Christianity has a place
"everywhere else except in Ancient Craft Masonry." That is
what the Christian (?) Cynosure and its disciples have been
preaching for many years.
It is charged by these anti-Masonic crusaders that there is
no Christ or Christianity in Masonry. Masonic periodicals and
tens of thousands of Masons deny the charge and point to the
Great Light lying on the altar, with all of its moral and Christ-
ian teachings; to the lessons and charges to the candidate, from
the time he enters the Tiler's door for the first time to the finish
of his travels, with quotations from the New Testament and
the words of Christ himself. No, Brother, there is no place
on this earth where Christianity should not shed its light and
beneficent teachings. We repeat our declaration. There is but
one true, divine religion, and its name is Christianity, and, we
will add, it has a place everywhere, a high, honored, emphatic
place in Ancient Craft Masonry.
While we have the highest respect for Brother Murrow
and his sacred calling (if we mistake not he is a Rev.), he
is most assuredly wrong in his assumption. Religion and
politics are rigorously excluded from every Lodge, except
that religion in which all men agree, the worship of the
one true and ever living (rod.
Brother John Coyle, of Bailey, was elected Grand
Master; Brother J. S. Murrow re-elected Grand Secretary.
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IOWA— 1894.
Fifty-first Annual held at Cedar Rapids, June 5, 6 and
7, 1894. M. W. Liberty E. Fellows, Grand Master.
The hopeful view- which he takes of the present situ-
ation in a material aspect, seems to us too highly colored,
unless Iowa is " the exception which proves the rule.11
Says he:
A retrospective glance over the brief period of a single year
since we last met furnishes abundant cause for thanksgiving
and praise to the all- wise Supreme Ruler of the universe, to
whom we all as men and Masons owe the most profound rev-
erence.
Measured by the degree of material prosperity that has
come to the people, brighter days and more free from business
depression have been ours to enjoy. The world, however, has
been blessed with almost universal peace. Never before have
the people of the whole world been brought in such close rela-
tions, and in such a spirit of fraternity and friendship taken
counsel together.
Had the people of our country counselled together in
any such spirit, many of the evils of the present might
have been averted; as it is, organized greed and selfishness
have had full sway, and shaped financial legislation in
their own interest, until its evil effects have produced
widespread disaster and ruin throughout our land. Until
such a spirit is manifest in our national councils, there
can be no return to our former prosperity as a people.
He congratulates the brethren upon having passed the
semi-centennial mile post as a Grand Lodge. In this con-
nection he says:
No action having been taken by the Grand Lodge for an ob-
servance of the semi-centennial anniversary of our existence as
a Grand Lodge, which occurred on the 8th day of January, 1894,
your elective officers assumed the responsibility of preparing for
such observance on the evening of the first day of the present
session, at the opera house in Cedar Rapids. At no other time
or place could so many of our brethren participate in the cere-
monies, which we hope will be of rare interest, and to which
many non-resident Masons of high standing have been invited,
and some of whom will doubtless attend.
Four dispensations were granted for new Lodges, and
a like number refused.
Two Lodges were consolidated, taking the name and
number of the older, which shortly after celebrated its
fiftieth anniversary, at which the Grand Master was
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present. He is of the opinion that other numerically weak
Lodges might follow the above example with great profit
to themselves, and to the advantage of Masonry.
He says the condition of the Lodges exhibit a good
degree of prosperity and growth. No charters had been
arrested or surrendered. He thus comments upon the
wrong use of the black ball:
Occasionally a Lodge is suffering from the evil association
of one whose devotion to and love of Masonry is only indicated
by the chronic and indiscriminate use of the black-ball, but
these instances are rare. Just enough such brethren exist to
show that the species is not extinct. Their happiness seems to
depend upon the gratification of personal spite, and possibly
the fond belief that when their earthly pilgrimage shall have
ended the grief of their mourning brethren will be greatly
tempered bjr the thought that the great gaiif to the deceased
occasions no corresponding loss to the happiness and Ma onic
prosperity of the surviving brethren of his Lodge.
In order to render Lodge meetings more attractive,
after the routine work of the stated meetings, he thinks
some time should be devoted to lectures and instruction in
the ritualistic work, and discussion of Masonic subjects
generally.
Notwithstanding the stringency in financial matters,
the growth had been greater than for many previous years,
the net increase being 937.
He desires the Grand Lodge to define clearly the dis-
tinction between non-affiliates and unaffiliated Masons
under their laws.
No decisions are reported.
He calls attention to the Grand Lodge Library, and
the need of its enlargement-
He had appointed the Committee on Charity and
Masonic Home in accordance with the resolutions adopted
last year, and they would present their views at that session.
Under necrologv he announces the death of ex-Gov.
William M. Stone. P. S. G. W.
The Reports of the Grand Secretary and Grand
Librarian, both held by our venerable Brother Parvin,
cover many pages, and are filled with so many matters of
interest that we regret our lack of space to reproduce them.
He says the proceedings were printed within three weeks,
which is a remarkable record. For almost a score of years
he has had this work completed within thirty days; he has
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no patience with those Grand Secretaries who allow many
months to elapse before their proceedings are distributed.
He had sent out a circular letter containing twenty-five
questions, addressed to the Masters of the Lodges. The
replies had been so general, that they were bound into
three volumes, and displayed in the Grand Lodge, and
ordered placed in the hands of the Committee on Chart-
ered Lodges to report upon.
The special committee on Masonic Home, presented an
exhaustive report upon the subject, embracing full inform-
ation regarding the number of Masons, Masons' widows or
orphans now being supported or assisted by the Lodges of
that jurisdiction, and the number that would go, or would
probably go? to a Masonic Home if such were established.
From the reports received, it was found that eleven
Master Masons would go to a Masonic Home if established,
and six others "perhaps would" or "might possibly'' go.
Two widows and five orphans it was reported would go,
and two widows and four orphans might " possibly v go.
Full details are given of the amounts contributed by the
Lodges to their support, and other particulars as to age,
health, relatives, etc. Several pages are devoted to Homes
already established in other States, with items as to cost
of same, number of inmates and cost of maintenance. As
a valuable table for future reference, we embody the
result of their labors in our report:
MASONIC HOMES.
Cost of Buildings, Lands and Improvements.
Illinois $ 66,000 00
Kentucky 183,852 00
Michigan 86,000 00
Missouri 40,000 00
New York 306,912 90
German Home, New York 25,000 00
Pennsylvania 43,227 63
Total cost $750,991 53
Average cost 107,284 50
Number of Inmates.
Illinois 38.50
Kentucky 232
Michigan 27
Missouri .' 72
New York 79
German Home, New York ^ 15
Pennsylvania 30
Total number of inmates 493.50
Average number of inmates 70.59
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Annual Cost of Maintenance.
Expenditures. Interest.
Illinois I 7,226 20 $ 1,200 00
Kentucky 27,021 28 11,031 12
Michigan 4,900 00 5,160 00
Missouri 9,331 67 2,400 00
New York 24,098 16 18,414 12
German Home, New York 4,648 96 1,500 00
Pennsylvania 8,281 49 2,593 66
Totals $85,507 76 142,298 90
Total expenditures and interest $127,806 66
Average cost maintenance, not including interest 12,215 39
Average cost maintenance, including interest 18,258 09
Cost of Maintenance for Each Inmate Per Year.
Expenditures. Interest.
Illinois % 187 69 % 31 17
Kentucky 116 47 47 53
Michigan 181 48 191 11
Missouri 129 60 33 32
New York 305 04 232 99
German Home, New York 309 93 100 00
Pennsylvania 276 04 86 79
Totals $1,506 25 ■ $722 91
Average cost, not including interest 215 17
Average cost, including interest 318 45
The Homes in Illinois and Pennsylvania are private
institutions, contributions to which are made by the Grand
Bodies. The German Home, New York, located at Tap-
pan. Rockland County, N. Y., is supported from the rentals
of the German Masonic Temple.
The Committee reported the following resolutions:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this Grand Lodge that the
best and most satisfactory method of dispensing Masonic charity
is through the medium of the Subordinate Lodges, with such
assistance as may be needed from the Grand Charity Fund; and
that it is inexpedient and unwise for the Grand Lodge to estab-
lish a Masonic Home.
We also recommend the following amendments to the Ma-
sonic Code:
Resolved. That Chapter XXXVI., of the Masonic Code be re-
pealed, and that the following be enacted in lieu thereof:
CHAPTER XXXVI — THE GRAND CHARITY FUND AND TRUSTEES.
Section 421. There shall be set apart annually by the Grand
Lodge, beginning with the present session, 10 per cent, of its
income, to be added to the Grand Charity Fund heretofore
created by law, and paid to the Treasurer of said fund.
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Sec. 422. There shall be a Board of Trustees, consisting of
three members, called Trustees of the Grand Charity Fund, who
shall be appointed by the Grand Master, and shall hold their
office three years.
There are three more sections defining their duties, etc.
The report was unanimously adopted.
The semi-centennial ceremonies took place in the even-
ing of the first day of the session; a record of the same
will doubtless be published hereafter.
The following amendments to the Code, reported by
the Committee on Jurisprudence, were adopted:
Section 259a. UN-AFFILIATES AND NON- AFFILIATES.
An un-afflliate is one whose membership in a recognized Lodge
has been severed on account of sentence for offense. A non-
afflliate is one whose membership has been severed in some other
manner.
Section 259b. STATUS, RIGHTS, AND OBLIGATIONS OF
NON-AFFILIATES AND UN-AFFILIATES. They have the
right of petitioning for re-instatement. They shall not have
Masonic aid, nor be permitted to visit Lodges, walk in Masonic
processions, or receive Masonic burial, but shall still be subject
to Masonic discipline, and are under those obligations which
can never be repudiated nor laid aside.
The following resolution was unanimously adopted:
Resolvpd, That the Grand Master be requested to commu-
nicate with the Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons of Iowa, asking the enactment of a statute
by which no one shall be eligible to or be continued in member-
ship in any Chapter in its jurisdiction who is not in good and
legular standing in some Blue Lodge.
There seems to be dissatisfaction on the part of G. W.
Bailey (Tank Kee) in regard to the gift of his collection
of Chinese and Japanese curiosities to the Iowa Masonic
Library, and toward the transfer of which the citizens of
Cedar Kapids subscribed 9 1000. He claims mental aber-
ration at the time the spirit moved him to part with his
valuable collection, although Grand Master Fellows, who
is familiar with the matter, and who met him during the
transfer, says he was all right mentally and seemed greatly
pleased over the disposition he had made of his collection.
A special committee of three will investigate all the facts
and report to the Trustees, who are empowered to act as
equity and Masonic fairness shall dictate.
Brother J. C. \V. Coxe furnishes his second Report on
Correspondence, in which he demonstrates his ability to
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cope with the ablest of the guild. It comprises 142 pages
and reviews upward of fifty Grand Lodges, Colorado for
1893 included. He thus notices Grand Master Wright's
address:
The Grand Master confines himself to seventeen pages in his
report of his official dohigs for the year. We correct this
statement; the first five pages are foreign matter, being a bit of
fine writing which seems necessary as a safety-valve to an
exuberant and imaginative nature. He finds. Masons engaged
in the Boston tea party; Paul Revere was a Mason; so of Jef-
ferson, Franklin, Washington, Lafayette, and Hamilton; the
Declaration of Independence was a Masonic document, fifty-two
of its fifty -five signers being Masons; indeed, the revolution
seems to have been a sort of Masonic celebration, so numerous
were the craftsmen on the Federal side. Well, the history^ is
none the worse for that — probably none the better; these men
fought as patriots, not as Masons, and a Masonic musket did no
better execution, probably, than did one handled by a profane.
It is a matter of pardonable pride that our roll-call discloses
so many honorable names; but it may be well to remember that
it is the man that makes the Mason, and not Masonry that makes
the man. When the Right Eminent becomes so enthusiastic in
his search for traces of Masonic influence as to write: "Be-
tween the outspread wings of the eagle on the now much dis-
cussed dollar of the fathers we read a motto of Masonry," it
seems to us like running the game into the ground. But he
speedily gets down to business.
He commends his decisions and official acts.
The oration of Brother T. B. McDonald is pronounced
a well- written production, and our Report fares well at his
hands.
We fail to note any mention of the receipt of the Colo-
rado Committee's letter in regard to the memorial observ-
ance of the centennial of Washington's death.
M. W. Brother L. E. Fellows was re-elected Grand
Master; R. W. Brother T. S. Parvin re-elected Grand
Secretary.
KANSAS— 1894.
A fine steel portrait of the late Grand Secretary, John
H. Brown, appears as a frontispiece.
Thirty-eighth Annual held at Topeka, February 21 and
22, 1894, M. W. William D. Thompson, Grand Master.
He takes a retrospective glance upon passing the thirty-
eighth mile post, and pays due homage to the brave
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pioneers of Masonry in that jurisdiction who laid its secure
foundations.
A splendid tribute is paid to the memory of their
deceased Grand Secretary, John H. Brown, who had filled
that office continuously for over twenty-one years, after
having first served three terms as Grand Master.
He had granted one dispensation for the formation of
a new Lodge at Enterprise, a town of fourteen hundred
inhabitants.
The corner-stones of two churches were laid by proxy.
He reports that the Kansas Masonic Home had been
duly incorporated and the Board of Directors elected.
He embodies the Colorado centennial memorial of
Washington's death in his address, and recommends its
consideration to the Grand Lodge, giving it his hearty
approval.
He reports four decisions which were approved.
Two Lodges were consolidated.
The Graud Secretary, Brother M. M. Miller, in con-
cluding his report, speaks of the woful lack of historical
. data left by the founders of Masonry in that jurisdiction,
and believes some measures should be taken to preserve
matters of historical interest.
At three o'clock in the afternoon of the first day of the
session, a memorial service was held commemorative of the
life and services of the late Grand Secretary, M. W. John
H. Brown. Appropriate addresses were delivered by the
following Past Grand Masters and brethren, which are
printed in the volume and set apart as a special memorial
to the deceased:
Most Worshipful Owen A. Bassett, Most Worshipful John
Guthrie, Most Worshipful Matthew M. Miller, Most Worshipful
John C. Postlethwaite, Most Worshipful A. M. Callaham. Most
Worshipful David B. Fuller, Most Worshipful S. E. Sheldon.
Most Worshipful H. C. Cook and Worshipful Alfred Whitman.
The Grand Librarian, Brother M. M. Miller, submitted
a detailed report of the condition and contents of the
Library. It is now composed, according to the catalogue
which accompanies the report, almost exclusively of printed
proceedings, reports, addresses, pamphlets, etc., the greater
number unbound. As recommended by the Librarian,
these should be bound as soon as possible, which would
greatly enhance their value.
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Speaking of boxes of papers, manuscripts, periodicals,
etc., a large proportion of .which he considers worthless, he
says:
Since the same came into my custody I have separated the
various articles composing the same, and have stored them in
boxes, putting those of like character together. They will require
careful examination and scrutiny of each manuscript before a
determination can be had as to its value. The responsibility
of determining what should be retained and what destroyed
should, in my judgment, be divided, as there is no doubt that
for the lack of proper place of keeping and caring for papers
belonging to the Grand Lodge heretofore, articles have been
mislaid or lost, which some will undoubtedly think should be
found in the archives of the Grand Lodge, and will date their
destruction from the time the persons so authorized by the
Grand Lodge shall perform the duties herein suggested. At all
events there is no good reason why the Grand Lodge should pay
expenses of storage, cartage and freightage on at least a ton of
material which is of no earthly use whatever to it or anyone
else.
Perhaps the long lost duplicate records of old Auraria
Lodge, Denver, will yet be found among the rubbish.
Inquiry heretofore addressed to the Grand Secretary,
brought the reply that they could not be found. They are
needed to complete the history of Denver Lodge No. 5, the
successor of Auraria Lodge, the pioneer Lodge of Colorado.
Before destroying that "ton of material," look it over
carefully, brethren, for these old records if found, would
be of priceless value to us.
From the report of the committee appointed by the
Grand Master under the Grand Lodge By-Laws, to
examine the books and records of the Masonic Mutual
Benefit Society of Kansas, we extract the following:
The first division has a membership of 2,612, and pays its
full $2,000 benefit. The second division, with a membership of 867,
has paid during the year 1893 an average benefit of $901.14.
Full reports of all its transactions are made yearly and sent to
its members, so that details of its business are not here neces-
sary.
The total amount paid to its beneficiaries to January 1,
1894, is, in the first division, $541,109.45; and in the second
division, $36,079.05. We commend the society to the Craft as a
safe medium of insurance, worthy of their confidence and sup-
port.
The report was adopted.
M. W. John Guthrie, Grand Orator, delivered an ad-
dress replete with words of wisdom drawn from human
experience.
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The Board of Directors of Masonic Home presented
their report which was adopted. It recites the steps taken
in organizing and embodies the following resolutions:
First — That it is the sense of this Board that steps be taken
for the establishment of a Home as soon as practicable.
Second — That the Secretary be instructed to proceed to col-
lect at once the pledges that are available.
The balance in the Treasurer's hands is now $6000.
The Grand Lodge ordered the $4000 donated to the
Home last year to be appropriated and paid.
The Grand Lodge ordered the purchase of 400 new
aprons, but of what material we are not informed.
The following was adopted:
That so much of said address as relates to the memorial
observance of the centennial of the death of W. Brother George
Washington, be approved, and that a committee of one, with one
alternate, be appointed to serve through all the arrangements,
that confusion may be avoided by annual changes.
Brother M. M. Miller succeeds the late Brother Brown
as the writer of the Report on Correspondence. His intro-
ductory places him at once on a friendly footing with the
members of the guild. His report concisely reviews the
proceedings of sixty-two Grand Bodies, some of them for
two years, and his work is so well done that it fails to show
the mark of a novice. Colorado for 1893 receives a fra-
ternal review. Grand Master Wright's address he says
Is replete with grand ideas, as well as interesting histor-
ical facts. We never tire of hearing the story of the Boston
Lodge which "adjourned," as the Hub historian puts it, to
attend the famous "tea party" in the harbor; nor of Grand Mas-
ters Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin, and that grandest of
Masons as well as Grand Master, who laid the corner stone
of the Capitol, "the immortal Washington."
The historical part of his address naturally leads up to the
suggestion the Grand Master makes of holding "a national
Masonic memorial celebration at the tomb of Washington, at
Mount Vernon, on the centennial anniversary of his death, De-
cember 14, 1899."
He indulges in the following bit of pleasantry:
It seems to us that the committee might have wrestled a
little with the following— held, "as it were," a judicial post-
mortem on it for instance. "No. 8. A Brother having died
while regularly under suspension for non-payment of dues
cannot afterward be reinstated by his Lodge." Well, hardly
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ever. Lazarus or the young man raised by Peter might have
been reinstated. The widow's son raised by Elijah was not
old enough to be a Mason, and these, with Jarlus's daughter,
are the only genuine resurrections so far noted in sacred or
profane history.
We quote these words of commendation :
The address of the Grand Orator, T. B. McDonald, is the
most finished and scholarly production yet reviewed by us. His
remarks on charity have a gentle vein of pleasing sarcasm,
which could not fail to reach the object he aimed at, and his
concise conclusion of that topic we must jot down as a sample
of the whole.
Brother Geo. W. Clark was elected Grand Master,
Brother Albert K. Wilson, elected Grand Secretary.
KENTUCKY— 1893.
Ninety-fourth Annual held at Louisville, October 17,
18 and 19, 1893. M. W. John Speed Smith, Grand Master.
He reports a busy and prosperous year for the Craft in
that jurisdiction. Death had mercifully spared their
Grand Officers.
He submits a list of thirteen decisions which* were
approved with one exception.
He refused to grant dispensations to confer degrees out
of time.
Three corner-stones were laid by proxy. He granted
thirteen dispensations for the formation of new Lodges,
and restored the charters of two.
The Masonic Fraternal Congress (suggested by Ken-'
tucky), the Home and other matters of local importance
receive due consideration.
He recommends the publication of a new edition of the
Digest.
From the report of the Grand Lecturer we gather the
following: He had held thirty-five conventions, usually
of eight and nine sessions, each session lasting three to
four hours. Three sessions were held each day in order
that delegates might earlier return to their homes and
business. He met at these conventions the representatives
and visitors of upwards of 350 Lodges. Several districts
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are yet to be visited. He missed but one appointment,
and that by reason of illness, when he authorized a brother
to represent him.
The following incident occurred:
Borther Toney addressed the Grand Lodge concerning the
Masonic Home in Tennessee, and in the course of his remarks,
said that,
Although for twenty-eight years a Tennessee Mason, yet he
first saw the beauties of Masonry in the State of Kentucky. He
spoke of his having been shipwrecked on the Ohio river near
Warsaw, Ky., December 4, 1868, and having made the swim
losing everything except underclothing, and being chilled
through, he was found by a Brother William Taaffe, who com-
menced to divest himself of clothing in order to relieve his
(Brother Toney' a) condition.
At the conclusion of Brother Toney 's remarks a Brother on
the opposite side of the hall arose, and, addressing the Grand
Master, said he was "the one to whom Brother Toney referred/'
Whereupon the Grand Master appointed the Brother to con-
duct Brother Toney to a seat in the East, and welcomed them
as "our Damon and Pythias."
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
An amendment to the Constitution repealing the law
charging E. A's and F. C's with dnes, lies over until the
next Annual.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved^ That all begging circulars for aid. either written
or printed, not addressed to the Lodge to which the applicant
belongs, or to members thereof, that does not bear the approval
of the Grand Master, be discountenanced. A Lodge violating
this rule subjects itself to forfeiture of its charter, and a member
doing so shall be suspended or expelled by his Lodge.
The Special Committee on " Our Home," presented a full
"report of its condition. The expenditures were $26,731.90
for 23(5 beneficiaries, which is $113.30 per capita.
The following report concerning Grand Representatives
was adopted:
The Committee on Foreign Correspondence, to whom was
referred that portion of the Grand Master's address relating to
Grand Representatives, would respectfully report, that although
the system of Grand Representatives has not worked altogether
smoothly and as efficiently as could be desired; and while some
Grand Lodges have abandoned the system yet, in view of the
recommendations of the late Fraternal Congress, held in the
City of Chicago, that the system be continued, and as Kentucky
took an active part in said Congress, and her counsels were felt
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in that intelligent body, we are unwilling to recommend an
abandonment of the system at this time, but give it a little
more time, with the hope that more good may result therefrom
in the future than in the past.
The annual entertainment by the children of the Home
was given before the Grand Lodge on the 17th, Masonic
Temple being crowded to its utmost capacity, ladies and
friends being also present. The addresses were by Brother
C. K. Caron, Vice-President of the Home, and Grand
Master Smith, after which the children "had the floor"
and presented a splendid programme, which was greatly
enjoyed.
Brother W. W. Clarke makes his bow to the guild and
presents his first Report on Correspondence.
Colorado for 1892 receives a review of two pages
devoted to Grand Master Maxwell's address and decisions,
with which he is in full accord, except those relating to
physical qualifications. Citing the decisions, he says there
is nothing in the cases referred to that would render the
parties ineligible to receive the degrees in Masonry, ac-
cording to the Kentucky idea. That may be, provided
each jurisdiction is to be a law unto itself, but some will
adhere to what they regard as the landmarks concerning
physical qualifications, and thus we have confusion on this
and other important questions.
Brother Clarke in his conclusion takes strong ground
against the doctrine of "Perpetual Jurisdiction," and we
are in full spmpathy with his views.
Brother James W. Staton, of Brooksville, was elected
Grand Master; Brother H. B. Grant, of Louisville, re-
elected Grand Secretary.
LOUISIANA 1894.
Eighty-second Annual held at New Orleans, February
12, 13 and 14, 1894. M. W. George W. Bolton, Grand
Master.
After extending the usual congratulations, his first
thoughts are of their deceased brethren, chief among
whom was their past Grand Secretary, James Cunningham
Batchelor. who filled that office for twenty-four years with
zeal and fidelity. A splendid and well deserved tribute is
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paid to his memory. The deaths of Brothers William T.
feenedict, S. G. W., and Thomas Cripps, Grand Organist
for twenty years, are also announced with fitting words of
eulogy.
Three dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
He announces the receipt of the letter of the Colorado
committee on the Washington memorial observance.
He submits a list of decisions which are apprevedwith
one exception.
He had granted two requests for joint occupancy of
halls, though he is satisfied that it is better for Lodges to
have their own home.
He advocates the celebration of St. John the Baptist's
Day more generally by the Lodges.
In accordance with the resolution adopted at the last
session, a Lodge of Sorrow was held on April 29, 1893, in
the St. Charles Theatre. A full account of the impressive
and solemn ceremonies, together with the eloquent tributes
to the dead, are published with the proceedings.
He was present by invitation at the celebration of the
one hundreth anniversary of Perfect Union Lodge No. 1,
at New Orleans, which was an occasion long to be remem-
bered.
He endorses the wisdom of the Grand Lodge in creating
the office of Grand Lecturer, tfiat officer having visited a
large majority of the Lodges, traveling nearly 5000 miles
in the discharge of his duty. .
He reports that the increase, in membership has kept
pace with that of preceding years, which, considering the
financial stringency, is cause for congratulation.
An appropriation of $200 was. made to the Louisiana
Belief Lodge.
The following preamble and resolution was submitted
and was laid over until the next Annual for action:
Whereas, The sale of Intoxicating liquors as a beverage is
antagonistic to the morals of any country, and in direct oppo-
sition to the principles of Freemasonry, lowering, instead of
raising, the moral standing.
Therefore, be it resolved, That any member of the Masonic
Fraternity within the jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful the
Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, who shall engage in the
traffic or sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, shall be
deemed guilty of a Masonic offense, and shall be and stand
suspended.
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Provided, That twelve months' time be granted to the mem-
ber or members thus engaged to dispose of or change his or
their mode of obtaining a livelihood after the adoption of this
resolution.
P. G. Master J. Q. A. Fellows presents the Report on
Correspondence, in topical form, as usual. It is a mine
of information upon all current questions and of great
value to Masonic students. There is some difference of
opinion as to whether this form of report should be gen-
erally followed. Certain it is that Brother Fellows has
succeeded admirably in this special field, and as "variety
is the spice of life," we, for one, enjoy having a "specialist"
in the guild. Colorado for 1893 is well represented.
Under the head of "What is Freemasonry ? '' lengthy
extracts are made from Grand Master Wright's address.
Uuder " Antiquity of Freemasonry and the Degrees,1' he
copies our entire article upon this subject. We quote his
commentary, which is as follows:
We may remark, that the "old regulations'* have never
been considered by us as landmarks, or as having any binding
force upon us beyond the examples which they afford by the
regulations of the Grand Lodge of England at the time of their
adoption, subject to any changes that might be thought for the
time to be for the good of the Craft. As to questions of history,
they are but indications of what was thought at the time to be
good usage. We have always been inclined to think that the edi-
tion of 1723 was the valid one, and so far as the ancient charges,
which are the real landmarks are concerned, still think so, but
see that the edition of 1738, as far as concerns the Regulations
are of greater validity and should prevail over the edition of
1723.
Each edition (1723 and 1728) are, it seems to us, equally
conclusive as to the matters at variance. If the interpretation
of Brother R. F. Gould is the correct one of Article XIII, of the
edition of 1723, then there were at that time but two degrees,
which in 1738, had been expanded to three, corresponding to our
three degrees: Apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master. But there is a
doubt as to the correctness of Brother Gould's interpretation.
Prior to the last fifty years the business of the Lodge was
invariably conducted while opened in the degree of Entered Ap-
prentice, and, at a time not long prior thereto, Apprentices had
a voice in all proceedings of the Lodge, except such as par-
ticularly pertained to the degrees of Fellowcraft and Master.
It would necessarily follow that all the minutes, where such
were recorded, would be almost always silent and exclusive of
any reference to the degrees above that of Apprentice. Hence
the absence of mention of the degrees of Fellowcraft and Master
is no proof of the non-existence of these degrees, and, in fact,
the mention, if existing, would be an exception, and hence, con-
firmatory of the past that they actually existed.
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We. have always believed, with Brother Greenleaf, that
there were three degrees from the beginning or near thereto,
but have never been able to fully digest the facts bearing upon
the question, or so as to give a proper and reliable statement of
the case. We are looking for the result of further researches in
this line of investigation. Many of those who have heretofore
written upon this question, and as to the origin and date of the
Royal Arch and other degrees, have started out with the idea
that all Masonic degrees are of modern origin, and that all
have originated within historic times. All these investigations
have seemingly, at least, been to prove this idea of modern
origin.
The ceremonies in theatrical form have been more or less
created or changed within the historical period, but that does
not affect the truth of the fact that there were three steps or
degrees in the ancient working of the Craft.
We are pleased to find Brother Fellows in accord with
us upon this subject. It is the only solid foundation for
the superstructure of Masonry. The theory that in 1717
there was but one degree, to which two others were added,
is a foundation of sand; and yet many able writers have
been foolish enough to build thereon.
Again, under "Grand Orients," he reproduces from our
report what was said upon that topic, and devotes three
pages to a discussion of the points involved. Owing
to the knowledge possessed by Brother Fellows in regard
to these matters, we cannot forbear from quoting from bis
remarks:
We must add that our readings of Masonic history estab-
lished the fact, that however the Grand Lodges of England.
Scotland and Ireland were formed, every existing Grand Lodge
was formed by Lodges, which were created by one of the above
named three Grand Lodges, principally that of the Grand Lodges
of England (the ancient and modern) or by Lodges created by
those, and that however much they have deviated from the
original form of organization, such deviations have sprung from
Innovations and changes made since their first organization. Of
course those Grand Orients are excepted who are derived from
the original continental Grand Lodges after they become Grand
Orients. The question still remains open as to the recognition
of these newly created Grand Orients and the other Grand
Lodges changed into Grand Orients, and to those Grand Lodges
which are but the adjuncts of Grand Orients and subject more
or less to their control.
It is a mistake to say that a large number, a majority as
some contend, of the Masons of the world, come under the cate-
gory of questionable Grand Lodges, those not possessed of sov-
ereignty— the members of such are comparatively few. The
English speaking Masons are the vast majority of the Masons
of the world — and they are of one mind on this question of
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form of government and organ iatiozn. To those we may add
the German Grand Lodges, there being in the German Empire
no Grand Orients or Supreme Councils.
I contended that neither the Inspectors nor Supreme Coun-
cils had the power which they or some of them assumed to have,
of making Masons and creating Lodges; and while they said
they waived the right, out of comity, where Grand Lodges
existed, they still had the power and exercised it in countries
where there were no Grand Lodges. We denied the right, and
insisted they had no such right to waive. Brother Pike, who
had held the contrary, at last admitted, in Buffalo, in 1877, that
by the law of the Rite they did not have the power to waive.
at least where Grand Lodges existed.
Now, as all Supreme Councils emanate from the Supreme
Council created at Charleston, S. C, on 31st May, 1801, we will
inquire what powers the founders of that Supreme Council had,
or might have assumed to have. All the members forming that
Supreme Council were at that time members of Lodges in
Charleston, S. C. They were under all the obligations that
Master Masons were, and still are. Whatever new Masonic
organizations they may have made, they could not arrogate to
themselves any powers in conflict with their existing obliga-
tions. What those were and are all intelligent Masons are fa-
miliar with. We can say that among them were found that
every Lodge must have a charter or warrant from some Grand
Lodge authority, empowering it to work, and that every Mason
must be made such in regular and legally constituted Lodge.
From the very nature of the case, therefore, it follows, that
the Inspectors of the Supreme Council formed by them, could
not make Masons nor create Lodges, and Masons made by them
or by their authority would be clandestine made Masons, and
Liodges created by them would be without authority and clan-
destine Lodges. Hence, whether the constitutions of 1786,
which they made in 1801 the fundamental law of the Rite, gave
them the power or not, it could give them no power which
would be in contravention of their obligations as Master Masons.
Now let us take the example of Mexico, about which we
have written in another place. A member of the Supreme
Council of the southern jurisdiction went to Mexico, gave the
degrees from the first to the thirty-first, inclusive, to certain
citizens of Mexico, established thereby the Supreme Council of
Mexico, and either directly, or probably through that Supreme
Council, established Lodges in Mexico. Such is the origin of
many Lodges in Mexico at this date, though it. is asserted that
they have cut loose from the Supreme Council and with others
have established a Grand Lodge. We have to inquire as to the
legality of these Lodges and the fact whether the members are
clandestine made Masons or not.
We take it upon us to assert that the state of things de-
picted as to Mexico is the rule in all countries where the Grand
Orient system prevails, and especially where the institution is
governed by Supreme Councils. We ask them to trace their
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lineage and prove themselves, what their rights are — what is
their origin?
We have said there are comparatively few who claim to
be Masons in the Latin countries of Europe and America, and
it would have little weight to set up that the universality of
Masonry would be destroyed were all such refused recognition.
That is not the question, but the question is, are those claiming
to be Masons truly such or are they clandestine — for this is at
the very foundation of this whole controversy. When this is de-
termined, by the consensus of the leading minds of the vast
majority of Masons, we can, if necessary, proceed to examine
the other questions necessary to prove the legitimacy of the
Grand Orients claiming recognition.
We do not propose to go further at this time and decide, ex
cathedra, that these or other Masons are clandestine made, and
shall wait to hear from others.
Brother George H. Packwood, of Clinton, elected
Grand Master; Brother Richard Lambert re-elected Grand
Secretary.
MAINE— 1894.
Seventy-fifth Annual held at Portland, May 1, 2 and 3,
1894. M. W. Horace H. Burbank, Grand Master.
After acknowledgment of the Divine favor and con-
gratulations for the prosperity and harmony which had
attended their labors, he pays a beautiful tribute to the
memory of R. W. John J. Bell, Past Deputy Grand Master
some thirty years since, and who removed to New Hamp-
shire, where he filled many offices and became Grand
Master of the State.
He recommends a fitting observance of their seventy-
fifth anniversary, which will occur next year.
He submits a list of eleven decisions.
Among special dispensations were several permitting
Lodges to ballot upon the applications of sea-faring men,
"absent on voyages at sea."
He recommends the purchase of new regalia for the
Grand Lodge officers, that in use having become so shabby
and decayed as to be a reproach, in view of the fact that
the Grand Lodge is able to have something better.
He calls attention to the receipt of the Colorado circu-
lar on the centennial of Washington's death.
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The committee to whom the matter was referred
reported in favor of the proposed observance, recommend-
ing the appointment of a committee of one, with an alter-
nate. The report and recommendations were adopted,
The Grand Lodge Charity Fund now amounts to the
goodly sum of $26,185.19.
The net gain in membership, per Grand Secretary's
report, is seventy-seven and the present membership
21,564. The death rate is considerably larger, equalling
18£ to the 1000.
The Grand Ipdge of Oklahoma was recognized.
The Committee on History presented a very complete
report, showing that sixty-five Lodges had already furn-
ished their histories in print, and many others in manu-
script. Other Lodges have their histories in preparation.
We quote the following suggestions from the report:
Your committee recommends that this Grand Lodge em-
phatically urge a general exchange of Lodge histories between
those Lodges which have either complete or partial histories in
print. If every Lodge that has printed history can thus, by
a simple exchange, obtain a set of all the printed histories in
the state, the nucleus of a library will be formed in many a
Lodge that now has none; and there will spring up among the
Lodges a new interest in the history of Masonry in Maine, and
a new interest in each other, which cannot fail to be of beneficial
effect.
Measures were taken for a proper celebration of the
seventy-fifth anniversary next year.
The special Committee of eleven on Ritual presented a
full report, detailing the result of their labors, from which
we judge they had succeeded beyond expectation in per-
fecting their esoteric work. As a basis of the monitorial
portion of their work, they took Webb's Freemason's Mon-
itor, edition of 1816, which the Grand Lodge of Maine has
always claimed to be the standard. They were furnished
with information by which they were enabled to trace the
work backward for ninety years, and were surprised, and
also pleased, to discover that so few variations had occurred.
Their work was so thoroughly done in every particular,
that they entertain the hope that it will never be questioned
during this generation.
Their report was accepted and the work adopted.
The following report on Public Grand Honors, by
Brother Frank E. Sleeper, P. G. M. and Grand Lecturer,
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was adopted. As the subject is one which interests the
brethren of this jurisdiction as well, we give it entire:
PUBLIC GRAND HONORS.
Your Committee on "Public Grand Honors," which made a
partial report in 1890, presents the following conclusions to the
report then made:
At that time we fully described the two methods of giving
"Public Grand Honors," most frequently employed, which we
called "Mackey" and "Macoy" methods, and we can add but
very little to that report except recommendations, which we did
not then feel quite prepared to make.
Further investigation, however, has strengthened the be-
lief of your committee that so far as use in public on occasions
other than funeral is concerned, neither the "Mackey" nor the
"Macoy" method can claim our observance on account either
%t ancient usage or of special appropriateness.
We desire to especially emphasize the statement that "Pub-
lic Grand Honors" should not be confounded with "Funeral
Grand Honors." The Mackey method, slightly amended as
given on page 116 of the Maine Masonic Text Book, is especially
appropriate for funeral services, and we recommend that it be
adopted as our "Funeral Grand Honors."
The "Macoy" method of giving Public Grand Honors is
practiced in the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Maine, and its
"three times three" may be a recommendation there, but we
cannot see that it has any claim for recognition in a symbolic
Lodge.
The Romans may have expressed approbation by a particular
manner of striking together the hands, as do people to-day, but
your committee believes that our Public Grand Honors should
express obedience, deference and reverence.
We therefore prefer, as being more expressive and more in
accordance with the Eastern origin of our Rites, a method of
giving Public Grand Honors similar to that practiced in Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island, and we recommend that in this jur-
isdiction they be given by crossing the arms upon the breast,
the left uppermost, the tips of the fingers touching the points
of the shoulders, and bowing three times with arms thus
crossed.
These Public Grand Honors are to be given at public instal-
lations, constitution of new Lodges, dedication of halls, laying
of corner stones, and all public occasions when Funeral Grand
Honors are not required.
The "Macoy" method prevails in Colorado, and we
believe it is the correct one for Public Grand Honors.
Full reports from the twenty-four District Deputies are
published with the proceedings.
The Report on Correspondence is the thirtieth consec-
utive one that has emanated from our distinguished co-
laborer. Brother J. H. Drummond. What a mine of
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information upon Masonic history, law and symbolism is
contained in the records which he has given to the Craft
during these many years! May he long be spared to give
the Fraternity the benefit of his ripe experience and rich
stores of knowledge.
The present report covers 209 pages and reviews fifty-
seven Grand Lodges, Colorado for 1893 included. Of
Grand Master Wright's address he says it "opens with an
exceedingly interesting discussion of the effect and influ-
ence of the teachings of Masonry upon the progress of
mankind.1' Brief extracts are made regarding the con-
dition of the Craft and seven of his decisions reproduced
with approving comment. A summary of our doings fol-
lows. The oration of Brother T. B. McDonald is pro-
nounced "fine.',,
Nearly a page and a half are devoted to our report, and
we are pleased to find Brother Drummond in full accord
with us on most questions. We reproduce his comments
upon what we said concerning the Past Master's degree,
while reviewing another jurisdiction :
If the law of that jurisdiction requires the possession of the degree of Past
Master as a prereqnisite to the installation ceremony, then, in our opinion, it can
only be conferred in a convocation of actual Past Masters. We have always
maintained this position and we do not believe it can be successfully controverted.
In this jurisdiction the Past Master's degree is no longer conferred upon a
Master elect.
We fully concur in the first two sentences; as to the last,
we have always regarded it as laughable, that, because another
organization has a degree which it calls by the same name,
it should have any influence in preventing Grand Lodges from
continuing to use one of its own ancient ceremonies, even
though there may be Masons, who cannot understand, that if
the two are called by the same name, it does not follow that
they are really the same; we have known two men by the same
name, but it never occurred to us that one ought to be killed,
because of the existence of the other of the same name!
That the ceremonial is ancient, and that it rightfully
belongs to the Lodge, we do not question. It1 has been
found expedient, in this and many other jurisdictions, to
dispense with it, owing to the difficulties experienced in
conferring it, more particularly in the case of isolated
Lodges, whose work often ceased until the degree could be
conferred. The fact that the Chapter claimed to possess
the same or a similar degree had no weight in influencing
our action.
M. W. Horace H. Burbank was re-elected Grand Mas-
ter; R. W. Stephen Berry, re-elected Grand Secretary.
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MARYLAND— 1893.
The first part of the volume before us contains the
ceremonies of the dedication of the new Masonic Temple
at Baltimore, which occurred September 12, 1893, under
the auspices of the Grand Lodge. The illustrations are
numerous, embracing a "view of the Temple, a steel por-
trait of Grand Master Shryock, views of the Corinthian
Hall, Roman room, the Grand Master's room, the library
and old Masonic Hall, St. Paul Street.
One hundred and seventh Annual was held at Balti-
more, November 21 and 22, 1893. M. W. Thomas J.
Shryock, Grand Master.
He congratulates the brethren upon being permitted
to assemble in their new and magnificent Temple. He
refers to the dedication, which brought together members
of the Grand Lodge who had not seen each other for years.
Also, the many distinguished guests that were present,
notably the Grand Masters of New York, Pennsylvania
and the District of Columbia, and two past Grand Masters
of New Jersey. P. G. M. Richard Vaux, of Pennsylvania,
was the orator of the occasion.
The Grand Master says the cost of reconstruction will
be between $200,000 and $225,000. In this connection he
records the fact that the contractor, Brother John Hiltz,
saved the Grand Lodge between $12,000 and $15,000 inside
the contract price entered into with him by the Grand
Master and Board of Managers. He recommends that a
suitable medal be prepared and presented as a token of
the regard in which Brother Hiltz is held by the Grand
Lodge for his efforts in their behalf.
He calls attention to the fact that the work of the Ger-
man Lodges in Baltimore is not uniform, and as the Grand
Lecturer does not sj>eak the German language, he recom-
mends that a committee of three be appointed to revise
the work in accordance with their authorized work.
He had granted two dispensations for new Lodges.
He submits a list of five decisions which were approved.
The corner-stones of five churches were, laid by proxy.
The D. G. M. granted two dispensations for the same
purpose, the proposed structures being a church and a
court house.
He praises the good work in the cause of charity,
which is done by the Lodge of Relief, and also by the
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Fellow Craft Association. The Grand Charity Fund,
started two or three years since, has not grown very per-
ceptibly, but now that the Temple is completed, this fund
will increase amd prove available in the relief of the dis-
tressed.
.The Grand Lecturer in that jurisdiction reports each
month to the Grand Master ; these reports covering five
months are printed with the proceedings, showing the
number of his visitations, and the condition of the Lodges.
The interest in "Lodges of Instruction" is increasing, and
marked improvement is the result.
Steps are being taken to build up a library which shall
be creditable to that jurisdiction. The purchase of
Brother E. T. Schultz's valuable collection at a merely
nominal price was a fortunate circumstance. Six hundred
dollars in quarterly installments was appropriated to the
support of the library, to be paid annually hereafter.
The Lodge of Belief of Baltimore, expended $525 in
charity during the year. Among the seventy-four appli-
cants we note two from Colorado.
The Grand Lodge of Victoria was recognized.
A gold medal is to be presented to Brother John Hiltz
on behalf of the Grand Lodge, as a mark of its apprecia-
tion of his valuable services in its behalf.
No Report on Correspondence.
In the list of Grand Secretaries we note that Brother
Ed. C. Parmelee's residence is given as Pueblo, it should
be Denver.
M. W. Thomas J. Shryock was re-elected Grand Master ;
R. W. Jacob H. Medairy, re-elected Grand Secretary.
MASSACHUSETTS— 1893.
Quarterly Communication held at Boston, June 14,
1893. M. W. Richard Briggs, Grand Master.
Massachusetts Lodge, of Boston, presented a petition
for permission to print upon the regular Lodge notices the
names of Committees on Applications. A Grand Lodge
amendment to the Constitution, adopted in 1890, expressly
{>rohibits such a practice, and the petitioners were voted
eave to withdraw.
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The Committee on Masonic Home reported progress.
Recognition was denied the Symbolic Grand Diet of
Mexico.
The Committee reported adversely upon the proposed
amendment to the Constitution, authorizing the omission
of the names of candidates from the notifications of the
communications at which they are to be balloted for. For
nearly fifty years this regulation has been in effect. The
report was adopted, and the amendment rejected by a vote
of 33 yeas to 120 nays. The motion to authorize the
Grand Master to appoint three delegates to attend the
Masonic Congress at Chicago, was also rejected.
Quarterly Communication held at Boston, September
13, 1893. R. W. Harvey N. Shepard as Grand Master.
M. W. John W. Lewis, Past Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia was introduced and greeted
with the grand honors. In acknowledging the same he
delivered a very cordial address, and tendered on behalf of
English and Nova Scotian Masons their sympathies for
the great loss the Masons of Massachusetts had sustained
through the death of their Grand Master.
There followed a most impressive service in memory of
Grand Master Richard Briggs, with selections by the
Mendelssohn Quartet, an address by the Acting Grand
Master and the presentation of a memorial by R. W. Sam-
uel Wells on behalf of the committee, covering some four
closely printed pages of the proceedings.
Rev. Brother Lucius R. Paige, D. D., now in his ninety-
second year, delivered an address from which we select
the following interesting facts and incidents:
Some of my brethren have supposed me to be the "oldest
Mason" in Massachusetts; but I do not entertain that opinion.
I think there may be others still living, who received the degrees
before they were conferred on me. I do not doubt, however, that
I am one of the oldest. I was made a Mason on the 9th day of
April, 1824, almost seventy years ago, being then a "sojourner"
at Little Falls, N. Y. As an "object lesson," indicating the re-
moteness of that period, I may mention the fact that although
the sprinkling of gray hairs on the head of Brother Skinner, our
reverend Grand Chaplain, gives him a somewhat venerable ap-
pearance, I was a Mason ten days before he was born; and
among other marks of antiquity which I bear, I may remind
you that since the deaths of R. W. Brothers Abraham A. Dame,
Eleazer M. P. Wells and George C. Smith, in 1878, almost fifteen
years ago, I have been the senior Permanent Member of this
Grand Lodge.
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Moreover, I think that I might reasonably claim seniority
as a Past Master. On the 13th day of September, 1826, sixty-
seven years ago to-day, and at about this hour in the afternoon,
I was elected Master of Mount Zion Lodge, then located in
Hardwick, my native town, but since removed to Barre. To-day,
therefore, is to me a very interesting anniversary. Perhaps
others are still living in this jurisdiction, who were thus hon-
ored at an earlier date; but I doubt whether a single one can
be found.
This is not designed to be a farewell address; for I intend
to visit the Grand Lodge again, if life and sufficient strength be
spared. Though unable to hear the voices, it is pleasant to
look in the faces of so many Brethren, and mentally compare
the present season of peace and prosperity with that dismal
period, sixty years ago, when the furious tempest of anti-Masonry
swept over the land, leaving desolation in its path.
Whether I meet you again in Grand Lodge or not, I hope I
may never forfeit your friendship and good-will; but rather
that I may be met as a true and loyal Brother, and remembered
as one who endeavored to walk uprightly before God and man,
as strictly charged when he stood in the northeast corner of the
Lodge as the youngest Entered Apprentice.
Five hundred dollars was appropriated for the use of
the Committee on Charity.
At the Quarterly held December 13, Acting Grand
Master Shepard delivered the annual address.
He recounts the official acts of their late Grand Master,
M. W. Richard Briggs, from the memoranda left by him,
covering the period from January until his death in July.
Brother Shepard reports having made eighteen official
visitations, and testifies to the excellent condition of the
Lodges of that jurisdiction, and the continued gain in
membership and in influence.
The work is getting to be more and more uniform under
the watchful care of the Grand Lecturer. The examina-
tion in open Lodge of candidates for advancement is more
generally observed. In most jurisdictions it is an absolute
requirement.
He embodies in his address various reports from which
we gather the following : The assessed valuation of the
Temple is $561,000, and the rental from Masonic Bodies,
$13,772.17; from business tenants, $12,500; from steam
heat, $445. Total, $26,717.17.
There are 232 Lodges, including five in foreign coun-
tries. The membership is 33,936, being an increase of
1251 over the previous year.
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The Masonic Education and Charity Fund has reached
the goodly sum of $77,360.26. Ten thousand dollars was
appropriated to the fund out of the surplus receipts of the
past year, swelling it to upwards of $87,000.
A committee from King Solomon's Lodge appeared
before the Grand Lodge, and in an eloquent and patriotic
appeal, urged its co-operation in celebrating the one hun-
dredth anniversary of the first monument erected to the
memory of General and Brother Joseph Warren and the
other heroes of Bunker Hill. A resolution favoring the
proposed joint celebration was unanimously adopted, and
a committee of three was appointed on behalf of the Grand
Lodge.
Brother Otis E. Weld, of Boston, was elected Grand
Master ; Brother Sereno D. Nickerson, re-elected Grand
Secretary.
The Stated Communication was held on December 27,
1893, for the purpose of installing the Grand Officers, and
celebrating the Feast of St. John the Evangelist E. W.
Harvey N. Shepard, presiding as Grand Master.
After the installation ceremonies, the Grand Secretary
presented his annual report, from which we learn that he
had issued diplomas to 2234 Master Masons, and 131 Past
Masters.
Then followed the Grand Feast, with those pyrotechnic
displays of eloquence for which the Masons of the old Bay
State are famed, and to which we have so often alluded in
these reports, where distinguished brethren from legal,
clerical and other walks of life, relax their dignity and
indulge in wholesome wit and anecdote, and thus
strengthen the social and fraternal tie.
MICHIGAN— 1894.
A portrait of Grand Master George E. Dowling ap-
pears as a frontispiece, white in the body of the proceed-
ings is a picture of the new Masonic Temple at Saginaw,
where the Grand Lodge sessions were held.
Fiftieth Annual held at Saginaw, January 23, 24 and
25, 1894.
The Grand Master opens his address with a retrospec-
tive view of the half century which had just closed.
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Instead of the Temple symbology he makes use of the
maritime figure of speech, picturing Masonry in Michigan
as a tiny craft launched at Detroit on July 31, 1826. On
September 17, 1844, was laid the keel of fche monster Ma-
sonic transport (the Grand Lodge) which to-day rides
proudly at her moorings with a magnificent crew of thirty-
six thousand officers and men. As commander during the
past year he then proceeded to detail the principal events
of the voyage. The log-book covers some thirty-five
pages of the proceedings.
He pays most feeling tributes to the distinguished
brethren who have passed to the unseen Temple above.
Among their honored dead are the names of Rev. George
J. McCandless, Grand Chaplain ; R. W. Bro. S. B. Brown,
P. D. G. M., and P. G. M. William P. Innes, the latter of
world-wide fame among Masons. In noting the distin-
guished dead of other Grand Jurisdictions, under Colo-
rado he records the name of P. G. M. Robert A. Quillian
with Masonic and historical data, and makes the following
personal reference:
I met Brother Quillian In Denver just after his successor
had been elected and installed; the happiest man I ever saw.
Together we visited the old camping ground where so many
of us original Pike's Peakers (forty-niners) buried our hopes in
the tangled growth of sage-brush and grease wood.
Brother Quillian was a boon to Colorado, in all that per-
tained to religious, educational, civil and Masonic affairs, and
will ever be held in high esteem.
A page in the proceedings is also inscribed to his
memory.
He submits a list of forty-two decisions which were
approved with two or three slight modifications or expla-
nations by the Committee on Jurisprudence.
Under the head of Grand Representatives he submits
the correspondence which passed between himself and Dr.
Christian Dow, their Grand Representative to the Grand
Lodge of Peru, in regard to t"he attempt of the Supreme
Council of Peru to assume its former control over the sym-
bolic Lodges once of its obedience. Brother Dow expresses
the hope of preventing the consummation of the proposi-
tion, which was as follows, the motion being made verbally
by the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Peru and
prefaced by a speech in its favor:
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To authorize the Grand Masters to obtain from the Supreme
Council of Peru the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Peru, and
that this (Grand Lodge) at the same time recognizes uncondi-
tionally the Supreme Council of Peru, with its Lodges in the
same condition as they were when the Grand Lodge was
formed.
He reports having made two visits to the Masonic
Home and was much gratified with its condition and man-
agement. He recommends an appropriation from the
special fund for its benefit.
Two dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
He granted seven dispensations for conferring degrees
in less than the regular time, all of which were warranted
by the circumstances.
Twenty-three special communications of the Grand
Lodge were held during the year, three for the laying of
corner-stones, fifteen for dedication of Masonic Halls and
five for consecration of new Lodges and installation of
officers. Two of the corner-stones were laid in person and
one by proxy. We quote the following:
There was one emergent communication of the Grand Lodge
held at Grand Rapids on Sunday, August 6, to pay the last tri-
bute of respect to my particular friend and immediate Illustrious
predecessor, Past Grand Master General William Power Innes.
This event was without parallel in the history of Michigan
Masonry. General Innes has held the highest offices within the
gift of every Masonic Grand Body in Michigan, and the Grand
Commandery, Grand Chapter and Grand Lodge were represented
by a full list of Grand Officers.
Four commanderies, viz: DeMolay No. 5, of Grand Rapids;
Muskegon No. 22, of Muskegon; St. John's No. 24, of St John,
and Damascus No. 42, of Detroit, appearing in full force. The
three Lodges of Grand Rapids, with a large delegation from the
Lodges of surrounding villages, were present and acted as an
escort to the Grand Lodge, with the Commanderies as escort
to the whole. At the church, on the streets and at the ceme-
tery, thirty thousand people paid reverential tribute to the
worth of our departed Past Grand Master.
The evening of the first day of the session was conse-
crated to a Memorial Service which was held in the Aud-
itorium in the presence of a large audience. Eulogies
were pronounced on Rev. George J. McCandless, Grand
Chaplain; Gen. 8. B. Brown, P. D. G. Master. Gen. Wil-
liam P. Innes, Past Grand Master, and the four hundred
and fifty deceased brethren who had died during the year.
Appropriate vocal selections were rendered by the Sagi-
naw Masonic Glee Club. The following resolution was lost:
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Resolved, That when a Subordinate Lodge shall remit the
dues of a Brother, on reaching 70 years of age, said Brother shall
be borne on the rolls of the Subordinate Lodge as an emerlted
member of such Lodge, and that this Grand Lodge will and do
hereby remit the per capita tax on such members of Subordi-
nate Lodges as are borne, on their several rolls, as emerlted
members on account of their being 70 years of age.
From the Grand Lecturer's report we learn that he had
held forty-seven Lodges of instruction ; to quote his own
language :
At which three hundred and thirty-eight Lodges were sum-
moned and three hundred and twenty-eight were represented,
three hundred and twenty-eight records inspected and an aggre-
gate attendance of two hundred and eighty-nine Worshipful
Masters; one hundred and ninety-four Senior Wardens; one
hundred and forty-five Junior Wardens; three hundred and
twenty-eight Secretaries* two hundred and fourteen Senior Dea-
cons and five thousand eight hundred and eight brethren —
making a total attendance of officers and members of seven
thousand six hundred and forty-four.
The ten schools that had the largest attendance during the
year are as follows: Detroit, 533; Kalamazoo, 364; Grand Rapids,
326; Jackson, 263; Bay City, 214; Adrian, 197; Port Huron, 182;
Lansing, 160; Charlotte, 156; Hillsdale, 155.
The ten schools having the smallest attendance ranged from
thirty-six up to sixty-eight.
The report of the Committee on Semi-Centennial was
adopted. It designates Thursday following the convening
of the Grand Lodge at Detroit, in January, 1895, as the
day to be set apart for the celebration.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
A committee was appointen to devise and formulate a
plan for the acceptance and control of the Masonic Home
by the Grand Lodge.
One hundred dollars was appropriated for a monument
to mark the grave P. G. Master S. C. Coffinberry.
Brother J. S. Conover presents the Report on Corres-
pondence, covering 291 pages, which is his second effort as
a member of the guild. It is a written report with few
extracts, and one worthy of the large jurisdiction which he
represents. Colorado for 1893 receives a fraternal review
of four pages, two of which are devoted to extracts from
Grand Master Wright's address, decisions, etc.. prefaced
with the following:
The Grand Master's address occupies eighteen pages of
the proceedings, six pages of which are devoted to a sort of
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historical essay, in which he touches upon Kings, Titled Noble-
men and Blue-blooded Aristocrats; the discovery of the New
World; Resistance to taxation in 1773; Paul Revere's famous
ride; the Declaration of Independence; Benjamin Franklin;
Washington; Lafayette; Two diverging schools in Politics
founded by Jefferson and Hamilton; etc.
We quote the following:
Brother T. B. MacDonald, Grand Orator, delivered an. ora-
tion which occupies seven closely printed pages of the pro-
ceedings, in which he reviews Masonry and its connection with
the affairs of the world for more than three thousand years. He
takes us from the most ancient mummies of Egypt down to
modern days, and even ahead to the threshhold of the golden
gate. He urges upon the fraternity in strong and eloquent lan-
guage the practice of Masonic charity. We commend his address
to those who can procure it as worthy of a careful perusal.
Brother Wm. H. Phillips, of Menominee, was elected
Grand Master; Brother Jefferson S. Conover, of Coldwater,
re-elected Grand Secretary.
MINNESOTA— 1894.
A portrait of the Grand Master, W. F. Dickinson,
appears as a frontispiece.
Forty-first Annual held at St. Paul, January 10 and 11,
1894, Grand Master Dickinson presiding.
After the usual congratulations, his thoughts revert to
the dead, and he pays a well-deserved tribute to the
memory of B. W. Brother I. B. Cummings, Past Deputy
Grand Master, and also to R. W. Brother Philo P. Hubbell,
Past Deputy Grand Master, who died at the age of ninety-
three years, who was indeed, one of the fathers of Masonry,
having devoted seventy- three years to its service.
Four dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
He laid the corner-stone of the Tuttle Memorial Church
building at Minneapolis.
Four decisions are reported, two of which were reversed
by the Committee on Jurisprudence, whose report was
adopted.
He reports the amount of the Widows' and Orphans'
Fund as about $12,000.
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The circular from the Colorado Committee on Wash-
ington Memorial Celebration is embodied in his address.
The committee to whom the matter was referred, sub-
sequently reported the following which was adopted:
Your committee appointed to present resolutions upon the
Washington memorial service, to take place at the tomb of
George Washington, at Mount Vernon, on December 14, 1899,
the one hundredth anniversary of the death of that illustrious
Brother, respectfully report that they have carefully considered
the suggestions contained in the circular letter from the M. W.
Grand Lodge of Colorado, and are of the opinion that if carried
out it would entail a heavy expense upon this Grand Body,
which we believe it cannot well afford. We would respectfully
recommend, however, that a committee of one, with an alternate,
be appointed by the M6st Worshipful Grand Master to meet with
other members appointed by the several Grand Lodges, such
committee to act without compensation from this Grand Body.
The Grand Master endeavors to outline a plan for the
dissemination of the work through a Board of Custodians.
He says the number of Lodges has doubled since a Grand
Lecturer was in the field. The average increase the past
forty years has been five Lodges per annum. His prede-
cessors for some years have recommended the restoration
of the per capita tax to fifty cents, and the employment of
a Grand Lecturer, but their views have not prevailed.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
The net gain in membership was 475; the present total,
14,001.
The Grand Lodge upon the report of the Committee on
Work and Lectures, adopted the plan of the Grand Master
for a "Board of Custodians of the Work" to consist of five
brethren, the first appointees to serve respectively one,
two, three, four and five years, the yearly vacancy to be
filled by the appointment of a custodian to serve for five
years, unless removed for cause. They are to hold a
session of one week annually, at St. Paul or Minneapolis,
as they may determine, and rehearse the work in detail,
exemplify the same before the Grand Lodge when re-
quested, all or any of them to have authority under the
direction of the Grand Master, to visit such Lodges as
desire their services. Provision is made for payment for
their services when employed in either of the above
capacities.
A very able and scholarly oration was delivered by
W. Brother James F. Lawless, Grand Orator, reviewing
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the history, traditions, symbolism, meaning and intent of
Masonry; we regret that we cannot find space for connected
extracts; isolated portions would convey no adequate idea
of its scope.
Brother Irving Todd again furnishes the Report on
Correspondence, which is largely a concise and written
summary of the proceedings of fifty-five Grand Lodges;
Colorado for 1893 receiving a liberal share of his space.
He condenses Grand Master Wright's official acts and
quotes four of his approved decisions. Referring to the
two special dispensations to elect a Worshipful Master
from the floor, he adds: "The ancient charges to the con-
trary, notwithstanding, the prerogative is still in working
order in the Centennial State."
Brother T. B. MacDonald is credited with "a very
readable oration.'1
Speaking of our new book of ceremonials to be prepared
by Brother H. P. H. Bromwell, he says: "Another im-
provement upon Webb may be looked for.1' Right you
are, Brother Todd.
The scant page allotted to Colorado last year is thus
explained:
This was owing to the delay in receiving their proceedings,
among the very last to reach our table and after the patience of
the printer had been thoroughly exhausted. As the forms had
been made up several weeks the review had to fit the remaining
space of thirty lines, and we just did it to a hair. This year
through the courtesy of Brother Ed., they are at hand nearly a
month earlier.
Our report fares well at his hands. We quote the fol-
lowing:
The conclusion is devoted to the Antiquity of Masonic De-
grees, Mexican Masonry, and Grand Orients, papers of great
value to the Craft in general, and mainly in accord with our
own views upon these topics. In our humble opinion Brother
R. F. Gould has not added to his fame as a Masonic authority
by the labored efforts to prove that originally there were but
two degrees, the argument being based upon a rendering of
Old Regulation XIII. as masters or fellow craft instead of mas-
ters and fellow craft as given in the original text.
Brother Calvin L. Brown, of Morris, was elected Grand
Master; Brother Thos. Montgomery, of St. Paul, re-elected
Grand Secretary.
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MISSISSIPPI— 1894
A portrait of Brother J. L. Power, Grand Secretary,
appears as a frontispiece, while in the body of the pro-
ceedings is a group picture of the Grand Master, Grand
Lecturer and District Deputies, taken March 22, 1894.
Seventy-sixth Annual held at Holly Springs, February
15 and 16, 1894, R. W. John T. Marry, Jr., D. G. M.,
acting Grand Master, owing to illness of the Grand Master.
The Grand Lodge having been opened in ample form,
Past Grand Master Frederic Speed offered the following,
which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That a special committee of five be appointed to
prepare a suitable expression of the sympathy of the Grand
Lodge for the Most Worshipful Grand Master in the afflictive
dispensation of Divine Providence which has come upon him,
and to devise measures for the immediate relief of his family.
From the address of the acting Grand Master, we
extract the following:
Our beloved Grand Master has been stricken by the Supreme
Architect of the Universe, and his place on this floor is filled
by another. Truly do our hearts go out to him in his affliction,
and our sympathies are enlisted in behalf of his sorrowing family.
Those of us who had the honor and pleasure to know him. real-
ize that in his absence we sustain great loss, and his death
would prove a Masonic as well as a public calamity. Let us, one
and all, implore our Heavenly Father, if it be consistent with
His divine will, to restore him to his family and Masonry for
many years to come.
On the 26th of January last, I received official notice from
our Grand Secretary that Grand Master Miller was seriously ill,
and had been compelled to suspend labor, pending which illness,
and until this meeting of the Grand Lodge the duties of Grand
Master devolved upon me. That I am able to make any report
of the Grand Master's work for the year is due to the methodical
and painstaking record made by him of all his official actions,
and to the invaluable assistance rendered me by our incompar-
able Grand Secretary, J. L. Power.
The Grand Master (M. W. Irvin Miller), had granted
a large number of dispensations for various purposes, and
five for the formation of new Lodges.
Three charters were arrested for non-payment of Grand
Lodge dues, and one was restored on condition that it pay
all past arrears.
One corner-stone, that of a school building, was laid by
the Grand Secretary as proxy.
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He had received the Colorado circular regarding the
centennial observance of Washington's death.
The Grand Lodge subsequently took favorable action
upon the report of the committee to whom the matter was
referred.
The Acting Grand Master detailed his official acts since
assuming the Grand East, none of which call for special
mention.
The Annual Report of the Committee on Masonic Law
and Jurisprudence, of which P. G. M. Frederic Speed is
chairman, is a voluminous document covering some twenty-
six closely printed pages.
The questions submitted by the Lodges exceeded in
number and importance those of several preceding years.
As we shall select the more important for our usual digest
accompanying this report, we shall make no reference to
them now.
This was Brother Speed's tenth report and twelfth year
of service as a member of the committee. In addition, he
had served seven other years on important committees,
including one year as Graud Master, rounding out, as he
expresses it, a longer term of continuous service than any
other member of the Grand Lodge has given to like work.
He feels that it is for the best interest of the Grand
Lodge to give the younger members an opportunity to
render acceptable service, and he asks to be excused from
longer serving on the Standing Committees of the Grand
Lodge.
Grand Secretary Power, in presenting his twenty-fifth
annual report, indulges in an interesting retrospect. We
have room only for the following figures:
A recapitulation of the membership, receipts, etc., for the
last twenty-five years, gives the following very interesting
figures:
Initiated 13,956
Passed 12.295
Raised 11,844
Total degrees conferred 38,095
Annual average 1,124
The greatest gains were in 1869, when 3,021 degrees were con-
ferred. Of recent years, 1890 was the most prosperous— 2,007
degrees conferred.
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Affiliated In 25 years 7,606
Reinstated 5,545
Dimitted 11,435
Suspended for non-payment dues 10,161
Suspended for unmasonic conduct 394
Expelled for unmasonic conduct : 118
Died 4,582
The annual average being 183
Average annual membership 9,547
Total receipts for 25 years $232,270.40
Besides upwards of one hundred thousand dollars for spe-
cial relief, yellow fever epidemics, in our own and other States;
cyclones, orphan asylums, etc.
A telegram, conveying the warmest sympathies of the
Grand Lodge, was sent to their afflicted Grand Master and
$250 was appropriated for the benefit of his household.
A full report on Fraternal Congress, presented by
Brother Frederic Speed, of the committee, was unani-
mously adopted. It was an able commentary upon what
was, and what was not done. We extract the following:
If the Congress had been able to agree upon a conclusion
upon half a dozen questions which have been a source of irri-
tation, but in which no principle is involved, it would have ren-
dered an inestimable service to the Craft. These are: J. Jur-
isdiction of Lodges over candidates for initiation. 2. Jurisdic-
tion over rejected material. 3. Jurisdiction over elected material
which is not proceeded with. 4. The status of non-affiliates. 5.
The penalties for non-payment of dues and the result of Lodge
action thereon. 6. The effect of documentary evidence of mem-
bership in connection with visiting Lodges. These questions
settled, it would dispose of about all the really practical points
of dispute between Grand Lodges. So while we think the work
of the Congress and the influences which it will have in the
future, are enough to justify its meeting, we are by no means
prepared to admit that there was any real necessity for it; how-
ever, as good and only good has come from it, we congratulate
ourselves that we were honored with your authority to attend
and permitted to participate in its deliberations.
When the next Congress is called we hope that it will be
with the express understanding that not less than twelve work-
ing days are to be given to its deliberations. The better plan
would be for the originators to propose the questions to be con-
sidered, and invite delegates from each Grand Lodge to come
prepared to express the views of the body they represent, and
that there may be some practical result, that the conclusions
of the Congress be proposed to each Grand Lodge for adoption
by it, and thereby unity of legislation secured on that topic.
The proposed Universal Rules relating to Jurisdiction
over rejected candidates, presented by Brother Speed, were
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unanimously adopted, and the Grand Secretary directed to
communicate the same to all Grand Lodges with which
they were in correspondence.
In consideration of the long and faithful service of
Brother J. L. Power, as' Grand Secretary, he was unani-
mously elected and constituted an Honorary Past Grand
Master.
The Grand Lodge, without a dissenting vote, refused to
excuse Brother Speed from further service on the Stand-
ing Committees.
A more general observance of Si John's Day was
recommended.
The Report on Correspondence is from the experienced
pen of Brorher Andrew H. Barkley. It covers eighty-
three pages, three of which are devoted to prefatory
remarks and one to his conclusion, both of which are filled
with truths and are worthy of careful perusal. Colorado
for 1893 receives due consideration. Extracts are made
from Grand Master Wright's address, which is pronounoed
"admirable." A lengthy extract is also made from Brother
T. B. McDonald's oration.
Brother J L. Spinks, of Meridian, was elected Grand
Master; R. W. Brother J. L. Power re-elected Grand Sec-
retary.
MISSOURI— 1893.
Seventy-third Annual held at St. Louis, October 10, 11
and 12, 1893. Owing to the serious illness of Grand Mas-
ter John R. Parson, the Deputy Grand Master, Harry
Keene, assumed the duties of the Grand East.
The Acting Grand Master not having had the time nor
the data to prepare the yearly review, his address is
necessarily brief. He refers to the sickness of the Grand
Master and trusts he may be spared for many years of
usefulness. He says the Masonic year had been peaceful
and fairly prosperous in the face of financial depression;
in fact, they had more than held their own.
A synopsis gleaned from the official papers and records
of the Grand Master by the Grand Secretary, was, at the
former's request, submitted to the Grand Lodge.
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He had granted nine dispensations for new Lodges;
also a large number of special dispensations for various
purposes.
He had suspended the Worsjiipf ul Master of a Lodge
for saloon-keeping.
Four decisions rendered by him are submitted for
approval, one of which was disapproved.
A Lodge in St. Louis having made a Mason of one
who was rejected ten years previously in Pennsylvania,
the old claim of perpetual jurisdiction was advanced by
Grand Master Arnold of that State, but was met by Grand
Master Parson, who replied that "the brother mentioned
had gained citizenship in our State before applying to the
Lodge, and was therefore eligible under the law." A spicy
correspondence followed between the two Grand Masters,
which is published.
Grand Secretary Vincil's report supplements that of
the Grand Master, being complete in all its details. He
refers to the distribution of last year's proceedings in
two days after the close of the session. Of course, most
of the matter, reports, etc., was already in type, otherwise
it would be a physical and mechanical impossibility to
secure such a result.
In accordance with the By-Law adopted last year, that
one-half of the dues received from the Lodges should go
to the Masonic Home Fund, he had turned over upwards
of $13,000 to that worthy object.
Resolutions of sympathy for the Grand Master were
adopted unanimously by a rising vote.
From the report of the Superintendent of the Home,
we learn that the number of inmates was seventy-two,
comprising twenty-two boys, thirty girls, fourteen widows,
five old brethren and one maiden lady.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
The reports of the Boards of Relief of Kansas City, St.
Joseph and St. Louis are published with the proceedings.
Brother William F. Kuhn, Grand Orator, delivered a
very instructive address, entitled: "Practical Masonry."
Some of the questions, propounded by way of illustration,
were veritable home thrusts, and must have made a decided
impression upon the minds of his hearers. Such dis-
courses are prolific of good results and cannot be too often
repeated.
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On the evening of the second day the E. A. and P. C.
degrees were exemplified under the direction of the Grand
Lecturer, R. W. Brother Allan McDowell.
A resolution was adopted creating the office of Assistant
Grand Lecturer.
The committee to whom was referred the correspond-
ence between the Grand Masters of Missouri and Pennsyl-
vania, growing out of the making of a Mason from rejected
material of the latter jurisdiction, presented a sharp and
incisive report, which was adopted. We have room only
for the concluding paragraphs:
Masonry in Missouri does not put the mark of Cain upon the
brow of any human being who has unfortunately incurred the
displeasure, with accompanying malice, of his fellow, but after
a reasonable reflection permits both provocation and retaliation
to be condoned.
Our Brother Cochrane, though regularly made and duly ac-
credited, is interdicted and proscribed throughout the entire
Masonic jurisdiction of Pennsylvania.
Our Grand Master has investigated and pronounced that no
wrong was perpetrated in his being made a Mason.
We would like to protect him in the rights and privileges
we have accorded to him as a member of the Masonic family.
Our condition, however, is that in which the Grand Master
of Pennsylvania finds himself involved concerning his protege,
"perpetual Jurisdiction."
He says, "Of course wc cannot force it upon other Grand
Lodges; it will force itself upon them/'
Adopting his suggestion, we admit it has forced itself upon
us. But it is an unwelcomed monstrosity. There is not a single
recognizable Masonic feature in its make-up.
The Grand Master of Pennsylvania sent it to us and stands
sponsor for its character. His recommendation has failed in
convincing your committee of investigation, and we report un-
favorably as to its admission into our family.
We return perpetual jurisdiction to him as rejected mater-
ial, and suggest that ha deal with it under Pennsylvania usage;
that is, strike it from the roll, and consider it forever expelled
from the Masonic household.
The report of the committee appointed last year, to
consider the question of continuing Toltec Lodge No. 520,
in the City of Mexico, was adopted. In view of the ques-
tions involved and its value for future reference, we repro-
duce it entire:
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. and A. M.
Your committee, appointed to investigate Toltec Lodge No.
520, beg leave to report as follows:
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In the year 1882, a dispensation was issued by the M. W.
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, authorizing the
formation of a Lodge in the City of Mexico, in the Republic of
Mexico, to be known as Toltec Lodge, and in the year 1883. a
charter was issued to the Brethren composing such Lodge, organ-
izing them into a regular Lodge, to be known as Toltec Lodge
No. 520, working under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of
Missouri.
The right of a Grand Lodge to organize Lodges in unoccupie 1
territory, has, we believe, never been questioned, and certainly
has been exercised from the formation of Grand Lodges until
the present time. The only question then that arises, or c* n
arise, as to our right to form said Lodge, is whether the Federal
District of Mexico, in which this Lodge was organized, was, at
the time, "unoccupied territory." From the facts presented to
this Grand Lodge at the time, we were led to believe so, and
we have had no occasion to change that opinion. It is true that
there were Masonic (or so-called Masonic) Bodies claiming the
right to confer the degrees in Masonry, but so far as we can
learn, none of them claimed, and certainly none exercised, su-
preme Masonic jurisdiction over the three degrees of Ancient
Craft Masonry.
The propriety and expediency of forming a Lodge in the
Federal District of Mexico, is a question upon which we do not
feel called to pronounce a judgment. Yet we know that the offi-
cers of the Grand Lodge, who passed upon this question, ex-
amined .the matter thoroughly, and were completely satisfied
that it was the right and proper thing to do. They were not
prophets, and could not foresee the complications that might
arise in the future. Since that time circumstances have n a-
terially changed. It is true that no Masonic Bbdy has been
found in Mexico, that we are prepared at this time, with the
evidence before us, to acknowledge as a legitimate Grand Lodge,
yet a step has been taken in the right direction.
The "Gran Dieta Simbolica de los Estados Vnidos Mexicanos"
has been formed, composed of nearly all the State Grand Lodges
of Mexico, and a number of individual Lodges, with our enlight-
ened and distinguished Brother, Porfirio Diaz, President of the
Republic of Mexico, as Grand Master. This committee ad-
dressed a communication to Brother Ermilo G. Canton, Grand
Secretary of the "Gran Dieta," to which a courteous and frater-
nal reply was made. We propounded a number of questions con-
cerning the formation and present status of the "Gran Dieta."
While the committee cannot say that the answers to the?e
questions were wholly satisfactory, they yet believe and earnestly
hope that the difficulties which have beset Masonry in Mexico
are in progress of settlement, and ere long, we trust, that we,
and all the Grand Lodges of the United States of America, may
be enabled to welcome into the fold of Grand Lodges a body
having united and supreme control over Symbolic Masonry in
Mexico. We do not wish to be, nor even do we wish to be
thought to be, a "disturbing element" in Mexican Masonry. On
the contrary, it is our duty to do all in our power to assist.
with our counsel and sympathy, our Brethren in Mexico to form
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a stable and permanent grand, governing body. The idea that
Toltec Lodge No. 520 might become the nucleus of such a gov-
erning power, may be abandoned as chimerical by those who
have entertained such hope. It can never, under any circum-
stances, be more than a dependency of the Grand Lodge of
Missouri. Under these circumstances we consider it unwise to
continue the exercise of Masonic authority in Mexico.
We therefore recommend, that the incoming Grand Master
take such measures as, in his judgment, may be necessary and
expedient, to withdraw and annul the authority heretofore given
to the Brethren of Toltec Lodge No. 520, to exercise the func-
tions of a Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, work-
ing under the authority of the Grand Lodge of Missouri.
We further recommend, that the members of Toltec Lodge
No. 520 be assured of our appreciation of their loyalty and
fidelity to the principles of Freemasonry, and of our regret at the
necessity of the severance of their connection as a Lodge with
this Grand Body.
We further recommend, that this Grand Lodge extend its
hearty sympathy to our Brethren of Mexico, in their struggles
to place Masonry in our Sister Republic on a firm and lasting
basis, and assure them that nothing shall be left undone on our
part to aid and assist them in their laudable undertaking.
Fraternally submitted,
john d. v1ncil,
allan Mcdowell,
a. moore berry,
CowmitUt-
A document was presented endorsing the deliverances
of the Fraternal Congress at Chicago, but it was laid on
the table.
Brother John 1). Vincil presents his sixteenth Report
on Correspondence, which ranks with his former able
productions in this Masonic held of labor. In his prefa-
tory remarks, lie says:
In the later jenrs of my work along this line, I have sought
to avoid, more and more, the culling from Journals to any great
extent. Instead of making extracts, I believe that a summarized
view. properly condensed, will prove more acceptable to the gen-
eral reader.
I'iftv-iive (irand Lodges pass under his critical in-
sped ion, and despite the absence of extracts and the vig-
orous use of the condenser, his review covers over 2lH»
p/u^es. Colorado for 1SIW receives a notice of five pages,
(irand Masier Maxwell's address has full consideration,
the essential f« atures beini; summarized and his acts gen-
erally approved. Ho says:
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Upon the whole, Grand Master Maxwell showed a bright,
practical and competent ability as an officer, and commended
himself to the Brethren of the Grand Lodge over which he pre-
sided.
Brother Herron's oration is pronounced " very readable,
though quite brief."
Referring to our action regarding white leather aprons,
he quotes the Missouri law recently adopted, which is to
the same effect, and reads as follows:
"Every Lodge in this jurisdiction is required to provide
a lambskin apron to present to the candidate at his initiation,
which shall be his for preservation."
For the page devoted to our report and the approving
comments thereon, we return our thanks.
Brother Harry Keene, of St. Joseph, was elected Grand
Master; Brother John D. Vinci 1 re-elected Grand Secre-
tary.
MONTANA— 1893.
As a frontispiece to the volume before us is the
portrait of the Grand Master, Moses Morris.
Twenty-ninth Annual held at Helena, October 11 and
12, 1893. M. W. Moses Morris, Grand Master, presiding.
We quote from his address the following:
We are gathered to the Twenty-ninth Annual Communi-
cation under circumstances of unusual discouragement and de-
pression. For the first time in our history as a Grand Lodge
there are seats vacant and Lodges unrepresented because dues
are unpaid. Lodges cannot collect dues from members, others
have their funds in suspended banks, and hence are unable
to pay Grand Lodge dues.
The situation is humiliating as well as disheartening. But,
Brethren, look again, more carefully, calmly and widely, and
it will appear that we have no ca.se to adopt the creed of the
pessimist or re-echo the false and gloomy predictions of the
prophets of evil. We are members of an institution whose his-
torical existence can be traced back for centuries, and tradi-
tions carry us still further back beyond the era of recorded
history.
Our Craft has sailed on stormy seas, been lashed by furious
tempests, and at times reported as foundered and wrecked be-
yond rescue and redemption, but it has survived all these storms
and tempests and wrecks and came forth stauncher and more
beautiful, bearing the ark of our covenant securely into the
larger and more open seas of peace and prosperity.
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And so it will be again. It is no pestilence that has earn?!
our members to the grave. We have not lost the proud her-
itage of our fathers, but with just pride, and without fear of
successful contradiction, may claim that no former generation
has done more than this to exalt and enhance the fame of oai
order, as the broadest and most enduring and best founded
organization of practical charity the world has ever seen, foster-
ing peace on earth and good will among men. upholding good
government, sustaining law and order, sanctifying the family
tie. and encouraging individual self-reliance and industry. On-
present troubles are light and transient compared with others
through which we have passed safely and from which we hae
emerged with increased strength. Even our financial embar-
rassment, with all its inconveniences, is not fundamentally ser-
ious and cannot be enduring.
The controversy with the Grand Lodge of Oregon,
growing out of the action of the Missoula Lodge in con-
ferring the degrees upon the rejected material of Portland
Lodge, was amicably settled.
Three dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
He thinks Boards of Relief should be organized in
large cities like Butte and Helena, where there are several
Lodges with concurrent jurisdiction.
His official visits were to Lodges in Helena, Deer Lodge
and Butte.
Six decisions are reported which were approved with
one modification.
A large number of recommendations were laid by him
before the Grand Lodge.
The Charity Fund, established two years since by
appropriating to the same five per cent, of the annual dues
paid by the Lodges, now amounts, with interest, to the
sum of 8235.95.
Montana still continues to present her Past Grand
Masters with silver tea sets instead of jewels.
The Grand Lodge refused to take any action in regard
to creating Boards of Relief, but left the matter for local
action.
The Grand Secretary, Brother Hedges, was the only one
of the five Representatives appointed who attended the
Masonic Congress, and one hundred dollars was appropri-
ated as partial compensation for his services and expenses.
The burial of suicides was left to the sound discretion
of the Lodges.
The Jurisprudence Committee reported the following
as to Past Masters, which was adopted:
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First — That the oldest Past Master of the Lodge is the one
oldest in service as such Past Master.
Second — That by virtue of having been a Past Master of a
Subordinate Lodge and dimitting therefrom and affiliating with
another Lodge does not make him Past Master of that Lodge.
Third — That by dimitting he loses his prerogative of pre-
siding as Past Master.
One hundred dollars was appropriated for the relief of
the sufferers by the tidal wave on the coast of Louisiana.
»The Grand Secretary adds the following P. S. to the
proceedings:
P. S. — There was a sumptuous banquet at Electric Hall, pre-
pared and served in elegant style by the Eastern Star ladies.
Brother Young officiated as toast master and there were happy
and eloquent responses to sentiments that aspired to be poetical.
Breaking away from the enchantment of the mazy dance the
tuckered Secretary sought repose in dreamland.
Brother Cornelius Hedges presents a splendid Report
on Correspondence, of the written variety, where extracts
are conspicuous by their absence. Colorado for 1892
receive most flattering commendation at his hands. He
regrets that he has always to review a back number of our
proceedings, but as our Annual Communications are but a
month apart, it cannot be avoided, unless Brother Ed.
gets out his book in two or three days, like Brother Vincil,
by having most of it in type in advance. He gives a
complete summary of Grand Master Maxwell's address
and official acts, with most of which he is in accord. We
quote the following:
"Brother Grand Secretary Parmalee renders a full and in-
teresting report. He entertains well founded suspicions that
some Lodge members returned as exempts above sixty, are
stretching their years. Appoint some young lady to take the
census."
He says: "Brother Herron varied the afternoon exer-
cises with a short, suitable address."
The Nevitt case calls forth the following:
We. hardly think Nevitt was treated fairly. We doubt if
Colorado has ever formally recognized the Grand Lodge of
England. We know it hasn't New Zealand, still applicants from
those jurisdictions that could prove themselves Masons, would
not be refused. We suppose of course that Nevitt passed a
satisfactory examination.
Once in a while our bump of conceit permits us to repro-
duce an "extravaganza" from one of the guild. So here goes :
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Six-sevenths of the volume is in the appendix and it is as
rich as voluminous. Brother Green leaf serves up a review of
fifty-five jurisdictions and sighs for more. The decisions are
reserved for a separate digest. His review covers the ground
that we have formerly traversed and it is interesting to com-
pare observations. He finds satisfaction in the recent evidence
adduced to show that Blue Masonry consisted of three degrees
long prior to 1723. He has preserved a beautiful tradition con-
nected with the site of the Temple, in appropriate verre en-
titled "Bearing the Sheaves," which we have already given to
our home craft in the columns of The Lodge Record. If he per-
petrates many more such fine things he will be our candidate
for the Laureateship. With pleasant and grateful memories of
the craftsmen of Colorado we eagerly look for more recent
tidings from that jurisdiction.
In his Conclusion he reviews the proceedings of the
Masonic Congress, in which he was a participant, from
which we extract the following :
Having been the only delegate present from Montana, it
seems to devolve upon us to give some account of what was
done. Using the franking privilege generally accorded members
of Congress, we will frankly say that we were sadly disap-
pointed in the main results. The causes for this are not hard
to find. When first proposed by Kentucky it seemed the most
propitious occasion that cou^d be desired, but the total paralysis
of business and the locking up of all' the money, more than
counteracted all the expected advantages. Not more than half
the jurisdictions expected to participate, were represented at all,
and but few of these with a full delegation. This fact had its
influence upon all proceedings. It was felt that any conclu-
sions reached would lack the weight of a general expression
of the Masonic world. Again it is the very nature of things
that any general concurrence in any clearly defined principles
on matters of controversy is impossible. Every jurisdiction has
its junior land marks, which it will not compromise away. Let
no one be disturbed by fears that there will ever be a General
Grand Lodge of the World, or of America, or of the United
States. It would be as impossible as to reunite the Asteroids
into the planet of which they are supposed to be fragments.
Time may heal some differences, but it will develop others and
it is our deliberate opinion that the Grand Lodges are as near
together now as they ever will be. Perhaps this is one of the
most important of the negative results. The Congress would
not even listen to the innocent proposition to provide some way
for calling a future Congress.
Brother F. (\ Webster, of Missoula, was elected Grand
Master; Brother Cornelius Hedges, re-elected Grand Sec-
retary.
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NEBRASKA-1894.
Thirty-seventh Annual held at Omaha, June 20, 21 and
22, 1894 M. W. James P. A. Black, Grand Master.
Representatives from one hundred and eighty-eight
of the two hundred and one Lodges were present.
Under the Nebraska law, a Lodge of Master Masons is
first opened in ample form; it then being ascertained by
roll call that a constitutional number of Lodges are repre-
sented, the Grand Master declares the Grand Lodge open
for the dispatch of business, and due proclamation thereof
is then made by the Grand Marshal.
After extending the usual welcome, he announces, in
fitting words of eulogy, the death of R. W. Brother Lee P.
Gillette, who had filled the office of Grand Custodian for
many years.
He reviews in a general way the financial crisis and the
destruction of confidence which followed and precipitated
wide spread ruin throughout the land. He is proud to
state that the Masons of that jurisdiction were equal to
the emergency, and that no appeal was made in vain.
He laid three corner-stones, those of a court house and
public school and the 'Public Library building in Omaha.
He reports twenty-one decisions, four of which were
disapproved or modified.
Four dispensations were issued for new Lodges.
The circular letter of the Grand Lodge of Colorado, on
the Washington memorial observance, was submitted for
the action of the Grand Lodge.
The following recommendation was subsequently
adopted: *
Your committee, therefore, recommend that a committee of
one, with one alternate, be appointed by our Grand Master, to
arrange for the representation of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska
at the proposed centennial observances, provided that a sufficient
number of the other Grand Lodges of the United States take
favorable action upon the recommendation of the Grand Lodge
of Colorado, to make the proposed memorial observance a success,
and that said committee report their doing at each annual ses-
sion, until 1899, at which time final action may be taken by this
body.
A very able and scholarly oration was delivered by
Brother George D. Meiklejohn, Grand Orator. As it is a
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beautiful whole it does not admit of extracts, which wonld
convey no adequate idea of the philosophical research
which was required in its preparation.
The Report on Correspondence is by Brother William
R. Bowen, who labors under some difficulty in his work,
caused by the omission of the 1893 report by the econom-
ical action of his Grand Lodge. He gathers up the broken
threads in his usual deft style and weaves an interesting
summary. Colorado for 1893 is condensed into a page. A
brief synopsis is given of Grand Master Wright's address,
in which his recommendation of the memorial observance
of the centennial of Washington's death is noted and the
action of this Grand Lodge reproduced.
Brother Bowen, as one of the delegates to the Masonic
Congress, is able to speak "by the book," and in his con-
clusion he tells what was done. Says he:
We are undecided as to whether the Congress did any good
or not — time will tell — but we did have a royal good time. Ons
day was spent getting ready, one in driving and dining, and
three days of short sessions were devoted to business. One
difficulty was that (unavoidably, perhaps,) no programme had been
arranged in advance as to what subjects were to be considered
or in what manner. Consequently our Brother Black was called
down when half through one of his* addresses, our Brother
Llninger hadn't his landmarks with him,. and our own notes on
dependent membership were in Omaha. The Grand Lodge of
Illinois provided amply for our entertainment, the Chicago breth-
ren were constant in their attention, and to M. W. John C.
Smith we are indebted for a full report of the proceedings of
the congress, he having guaranteed that same should be printed
An able paper, hastily prepared by him during the
midnight hours, upon the subject of "non-affiliation,'* and
read before the Congress, is printed in full, and throws
much light upon this vexed question.
Brother John A. Ehrhardt, of Stanton, was elected
Grand Master; Brother W. R. Bowen, of Omaha, re-elected
Grand Secretary.
NEVADA 1894.
Thirtieth Annual held at Virginia City, June 12 and 13,
1894. M. W. John E. Joues, Grand Master.
He thus discourses upon the unsettled condition of the
country:
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The condition of our country at present is an anomaly; with
no pestilence, no war, nor failure of crops — yet it is paralyzed.
Prosperity seems to have vanished. Resumption to our former
prosperity is (from present indications) far from realization.
Though we have every resource necessary to cause (when util-
ized) the full culmination of good in our country as was never
before witnessed; yet our industries, our trade and our com-
merce have heen rendered profitless. Why this prostration?
Has the sun of our prosperity forsaken its course, and are
its shadows upon the dial of Progress turning backward? Are
we now witnessing a panorama of tragic scenes which has
characterized every civilization which has disregarded justice?
Is the cry of our people and of our wives against our brethren
to be heard as it was in the days of Nehemiah? "For there were
that said, 'We, our sons and our daughters are many; there-
fore we take up corn for them, that we may eat and live.' "
"Some also there were that said, 'We have mortgaged our lands,
vineyards and houses that we might buy corn because of the
dearth.' " "There were also that said, 'We have borrowed
money for the King's tribute, and that upon our lauds and vine-
yards; yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our
children as their children and lo, we bring into bondage our
sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters
are brought into bondage already; neither is it in our power to
redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyr.rds.' "
Does civilization advance and recede as the tides do — with
periods of cessation between the throbs? And does the thought
of an epoch like that of an individual move in pulses and im-
pulses? Or, does it prove that the present stagnation is not the
law, but the result of infringement upon some universal prin-
ciple? And is this present uprising of the people in conformity
with Nature's laws which tend to uprising and occasional re-
volt? It is thus she gathers her forces for advance and marks
the methods of growth.
We are aware that in no period of the world's history has
there been such rapid evolution of thought and action of man-
Kind, as in the period through which we have passed and are
passing. The path of the later years in our country's history
has been rendered luminous with achievements in knowledge,
philosophy, the arts and sciences; and it is lined with fetters
which have been broken from the bodies and souls of men.
May these withering blasts of murmurings and discontent
soon pass away.
Among the distinguished dead of that jurisdiction, he
records the name of their first Grand Master, Joseph
DeBell, who died at Oakland, California, having removed
from that State many years since. He was in possession
of slight data as to his history.
The Grand Lodge also mourned the loss of two Past
Senior Grand Wardens, Brothers Alexander D. Rock and
George R. Walker, to whose memories fitting tributes are
paid.
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He granted a dispensation to re-ballot on the petition
of a rejected applicant within a less period than twelve
months. The petition for the dispensation being signed
by all the members who were residing within the jurisdic-
tion at the time of application.
He submits but one decision.
In referring to the late Masonic Congress he says :
Among the many important subjects that were discussed, I
note one subject that was omitted and should have deserved
consideration at said Congress — The Status of Membership in a
Lodge— In this particular:
"Must a candidate, after receiving the M. M. degree, sign.
the By-Laws to entitle him to membership in a Lodge?"
To this question I have given some attention and investiga-
tion, and in connection therewith I caused our Grand Secretary
to communicate with all the Secretaries of the several Grand
Jurisdictions with whom we are in fraternal relations and cor-
respondence, to ascertain this point, and I find upon examina-
tion that there is as great diversity in the Constitution and By-
Laws of the several jurisdictions on this point, as upon any, or
more so, than any other subject affecting our fundamental sys-
tem of laws and customs.
Mackey defines the status of a Mason after his reception of
the Third Degree as an i neonate member of the Lodge until he
affixes his signature to the book of By-Laws, and by virtue of
that act, he is constituted a full member of the Lodge.
By comparing the various Constitutions and By-Laws of the
several Grand Jurisdictions at hand, I find, briefly summarized,
the following data:
Grand Lodges which declare it to be requisite to sign By-
Laws, viz: Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New
Hampshire, New York, Utah and Vermont. Total, 9.
The following report that it is "not a requisite but custo-
mary," and some states report "should sign By-Laws:"
Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana. North
Dakota, Ohio, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Total. 10.
The following states report "not requisite" to sign By-
Laws;
Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois.
Indiana, Kentucky, Kansas, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, New Jersey, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Carolina.
Texas, Virginia and Washington. Total, 19.
Indian Territory, no mention.
Summarized: Requisite to sign By-Laws, 9: not requisite,
but customary, 10; not requisite, 19; unknown, 1. Total, 59.
He reports peace and harmony amoug the Craft of that
jurisdiction, and cordial relations with other Grand Juris-
dictions. Their membership has decreased in comparison
with former years, the net loss being thirty-eight.
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Majority and minority reports were presented upon the
adoption of what is known as the California Work, which
occasioned an animated discussion, and resulted in the
indefinite postponement of the matter by a decisive
majority.
A case of invasion of jurisdiction by a Lodge in New
York City was referred to the Grievance Committee, who
recommended that the brother upon whom the degrees
had been conferred, be denied the right of visitation within
that Grand Jurisdiction, and that the Grand Master be
instructed to correspond with the Grand Master of New
York in regard to the matter, requesting him to take steps
for the punishment of the guilty parties.
Brother Robert Lewers again submits the Report on
Correspondence, which is a concise review covering seven-
ty-five pages. Colorado for 1893 receives its full quota of
his space. He regards Grand Master Wright's address as
one of unusual interest, and briefly summarizes the more
important points. He is in full accord with the suggestion
regarding the Washington Memorial Observance.
He makes extracts from the report on necrology, and
copies "O, Mother Lodge" poem from our Report.
Under Vermont, he reproduces "Bearing the Sheaves."
Brother Philip A. Doyle, of Carson, was elected Grand
Master ; Brother C. N. Noteware of same place, re-elected
Grand Secretarv.
NEW BRUNSWICK 1893.
Twenty-sixth Annual held at Moncton, August 22 and
23, 1893. M. W. Thomas Walker, Grand Master.
He says that for the first time in their history the
Annual Communication is held outside of the City of St.
John, the change being thought desirable "as likely to
produce increased Masonic activity and a strengthening of
the fraternal bonds in each fresh place of meeting."
Whether such will be the result remains to be seen.
He makes feeling allusion to the decease of two Past
Senior Grand Wardens, R. W. Brothers George F. Stick-
ney and Thomas F. Gillespie.
The address is strictly confined to a review of his
official acts, which were of a local character. He laid the
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corner-stone of a church, and made several official visits to
the Lodges, conferring degrees, installing officers, etc.
He granted altogether twenty-five dispensations for the
following purposes : Nine to confer degrees at short
intervals, eight to wear regalia at Divine service, two to
wear regalia at socials, and six to wear regalia at funerals,
The fund of Benevolence now amounts to 82000.
In the afternoon of the first day of the session, the
Grand Lodge was called off for the purpose of attending
Divine service in the Wesley Memorial Church. The
services were conducted by V. W. Brother George M.
Campbell, Grand Chaplain, who preached an eloquent
sermon, taking for his subject, " The Masonic Trestle-
board." It is published in the appendix to the proceed-
ings.
The Grand Lodge returned in procession to Free-
mason's Hall, where its labors were resumed
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
In the evening the M. M. Degree was exemplified, a
special communication of Keith Lodge being held for that
purpose. The Grand Master presided, being assisted by a
corps of officers from the Lodges in St. John.
The installation of the Grand officers elect, aud routine
business, occured on the following day.
No Report on Correspondence.
M. W. Thomas Walker was re-elected Grand Master ;
Brother T. Nisbet Robertson, of St. John, elected Grand
Secretary.
NEW HAMPSHIRE-1894.
The proceedings are embellished with steel portraits of
M. W. Brothers John J. Bell, Grand Master 1876-1877,
and Charles H. Bell, Grand Master 1862-1863, both of
whom had died during the past year.
Semi- Annual Communication held at Manchester,
December 27, 1H911 M. W. John Pender, Grand Master.
Lodges 61 and 41 conferred the E. A. and Fellow Craft
upon actual candidates respectively, in the presence of the
Grand Lodge. The officers of the Grand Lodge conferred
the third degree in the evening upon a candidate furnished
by Washington Lodge.
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A Past Grand Master's jewel was presented to each of
eight Past Grand Masters. A picture of the same appears
in the proceedings.
One Hundred and Fifth Annual was held at Concord,
May 16, 1894. M. W. John Pender, Grand Master.
He announces the death of Past District Deputies Wil-
liam G. Billings, Charles A. Varney and Josiah G. Hadley,
and Past Grand Masters Charles H. Bell and John J. Bell.
Three dispensations were granted to confer degrees out
of the usual time, and two to attend Divine worship in
Masonic clothing. Seven Lodges were granted permission
to hold public installations.
He calls attention to the fact that four Chapters of the
Eastern Star are meeting in Masonic halls, contrary to the
Grand Lodge Constitution. In view of the fact that there
are already twenty-one of these Chapters in the State, one-
third as many as there are chartered Lodges, he recom-
mends that the use of the Lodge rooms by Eastern Star
Chapters be sanctioned, or that a special committee be
appointed to take this matter into consideration and
report at the next Annual.
He had made twelve official visits, on three of which
he dedicated new Lodge rooms.
An exhaustive report on "Free Masonry in the Repub-
lic of Mexico " was presented by the Committee on Juris-
prudence, covering seven and a half closely printed pages,
and concluding with the following resolution, which has
local reference as well :
Resolved* That it is the opinion of the Grand Lodge that
the Grand Master would not be warranted in procuring the
consent of the "Gran Dieta Simbolica" in Mexico, or anybody
claiming to be subordinate thereto, for Rising Sun Lodge to
confer the two remaining degrees upon any person whose request
therefor is based upon a claim that he had received the first
degree in a Mexican Lodge.
The following resolution was then adopted :
Resolved, That the report of the Committee on Jurispru-
dence, upon the subject of Masonry in Mexico, be accepted and
the resolution recommended be adopted, so far as it relates to
the request of Rising Sun Lodge, but that further action be
postponed to the next annual communication, and that the com-
mittee be instructed to continue their investigations and report
any additional information obtained, and any further views
they may desire to suggest.
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The report of the Committee on Doings of Grand
Officers, which was adopted, contained the following
regarding the Eastern Star and its occupancy of Lodge
rooms :
Your committee view with great apprehension the condi-
tions reported from certain sections of this Grand Jurisdiction
relative to the no-called Eastern Star. With the simple fact
of ita existence this Grand Lodge has neither interest nor con-
cern, so long as it does not unwarrantably seek to attach itself
to our ancient and honored institution. One year ago the Grand
Lodge, in terms positive and unmistakably, pointed out the law
relative to the occupation of Masonic apartments for other than
legitimate Masonic purposes. In defiance of this action of the
Grand Lodge, it is more than probable that certain Lodges
have permitted and are now permitting their Lodge rooms to
be occupied by Chapters of the Eastern Star. If such condi-
tions do exist, and there can be little or no doubt of the f:»ct.
it would appear to be in willful violation of the law of the
jurisdiction and should be met with prompt and suitable dis-
cipline.
Your committee would, recommend that the law upon this
subject, as recited by the Grand Lodge one year ago, be ro-
attirmed. and that district grand officers be instructed to in-
vest igat » all violations thereof and report the same to the Grand
Master.
A larue number of amendments to the Constitution
were adopted, which are to be incorporated into the text,
and one thousand copies, as revised, published.
Krother Albert S. Wait furnishes the Keport on Corres-
pondence, as heretofore. He most ablv and entertainingly
reviews the proceedings of fifty -seven Grand Lodges:
Colorado for 1MW beinur anions the number. A summary
is given of the salient features of Grand Master Wright's
address and he announces his willingness to join forces
with us in combat in ii: those who decrv and belittle
Masonry, by claiming an eighteenth century origin, and
development from 0m1 degree.
I'nder the head of Louisiana we find the following from
the pen of J brother J. Q. A. Fellows, which escaped our
notice, and which is worthy of careful reading and re-
flection:
If there is anvthir-** thnt needs revision, it is this whole
suhjt-ft or < lass of Mr.*iV(ts placed at the head of this article and
the TH'vt xui-cvcdiiig one- non-payment of dues, dimits. non-affil-
intion, H".: :ni«l Jill rvch revisions should be made on the Mne
of M"ior.i" e1 .iritv ;ind the fundamental principles of Freema-
sonry, a* r»:-»Hcd in the foreuoir.fi; extracts and comments. In
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such a revision, the fact that our institution is not a life or
health association; that our charities are not to depend upon
the Lodges, their disposition, or the funds at their disposal;
that Masonic charity, and, as a consequence, all contributions
to that end, are individual, each man for himself, the amounts
being commensurate with his ability and the wants of the
recipient; that his dues to the Lodge, and his membership there-
in, has nothing to do with the question. The writer can re-
member when the features here assailed were first introduced
into Masonry, and from whence they come. They were by. Odd
Fellows, which organization then had the feature of life and
health assurance, depending upon the payment of fixed per-
iodical sums, as monthly or quarterly dues. We opposed the
introduction of this feature then into Masonry, predicting the
result, but there were too many Odd Fellows coming in to ke.p
the feature wholly out of the Masonic institution. It wTas for-
gotten that Lodge dues were only for current expenses of the
Lodge, in which the members, paying equal sums, equally par-
ticipated.
Brother Charles C. Hayes, of Manchester, was elected
Grand Master; Brother George P. Cleaves, of Concord, re-
elected Grand Secretary.
NEW JEBSEY-1894.
A portrait of Brother Charles Beehtel, Grand Treas-
urer since 1S72, confronts us upon opening the proceed-
ings!
One Hundred and Seventh Annual held at Trenton, Jan-
uary 24 and 25, 1S94. M. W. James H. Durand, Grand
Master.
With thanks for the Divine favor and congratulations
upon their annual assemblage, necrology first engages his
thought.
He pays feeling tributes to Bast Grand Master
William A. Pembrook and B. S. Grand Warden James A.
Norton; also to a large number of brethren who had held
official position as W. M/s of their Lodge. Seven pages
altogether are devoted to the mournful record of departed
worth.
The communication of the Colorado commit t tee on
Washington Memorial Centennial observance, was laid
before the Grand Lodge for action. Subsequetly action
was deferred until the next Annual, in IMC).
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The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was accorded fraternal
recognition.
The Report ou Correspondence was again written by
Brother Henry Vehslage, whose past efforts we have had
occasion to warmly commend. The proceedings of fifty-
three Grand Lodges are ably commented upon, the report
covering 124 pages. Colorado for 1893 receives fraternal
consideration. Of Grand Master Wright's address he
says:
His annual address has given us great pleasure in its
perusal. The somewhat extended introduction is a thoughtful
and scholarly resume of the main historical incidents of which
every Mason is proud, and forms a natural prelude to his sug-
gestion that a committee be appointed to inaugurate measures
for "holding a national Masonic memorial celebration at the
tomb of Washington, at Mount Vernon, on the centennial anni-
versary of his death, December 14, 1899."
Of Brother T. B. McDonald's oration, he says: "Its
tone was excellent, and its influence must be helpful in
reducing the too great discrepancy between Masonic pro-
fession and practice/'
Other matters, including our report, receive the mark
of approval.
Grand Master J. H. Durand and Grand Secretary-
Thomas H. R. Redway both re-elected.
NEW MEXICO- -1893.
A portrait of P. G. M. Max Frost appears as a frontis-
piece.
Sixteenth Annual held at Albuquerque, October 2 and
3, 1893. M. W. Brother J. H. Kuhns, Grand Master.
His address is brief and almost wTholly confined to his
official acts.
He had suspended one VV. M. pending the investigation
of serious charges, which were preferred against him at the
last Annual.
He granted one dispensation for the formation of a new
Lodge.
He granted permission for joint occupancy in five
cases.
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He had rendered no decisions of sufficient importance
to embody in his address.
Two Lodges lost their charters by fire, and he instructed
the Grand Secretary to issue duplicates.
He says that Grand Lodge was not represented at the
Masonic Congress, for the same reason that prevented
Colorado's delegates from going — financial conditions and
consequent pressure of private affairs.
He makes the following recommendations:
I would earnestly recommend that the attention of Masters
of Lodges be called to the matter of having the proceedings
of our M. W. Grand Lodge read in open Lodge to the Brethren,
as I am satisfied from some of the questions asked me that this
has not been done; and I would also recommend that a new
form of petition for initiation be adopted by this Grand Lodge,
as the one now in use contains no mention of any belief in a
Supreme Being; while the form for the report of the Commit-
tee on Petition for Initiation, as given in our Book of Law,
covers the matter. I do not find that this form is being used
in our Lodges; and that the attention of investigating commit-
tees be called to the fact that they cannot be too careful or
particular in looking up the record or standing of an appli-
cant, as I was present in one of our Lodges when an applicant,
about to be initiated, confessed that he had no belief in God.
He announces the death of P. G. Master William L.
Rynerson, which occurred at Las Cruces, September 26. No
particulars had been received of the cause of his death.
He says:
Brother Rynerson was the second Grand Master of this M.
W. Grand Lodge; he came to New Mexico with the California
volunteers during the rebellion, and settled at Las Cruces at the
close of hostilities, since which time he has been prominently
identified with the important affairs of New Mexico.
In spite of the great depression in many of the inter-
ests of that territory, Masonry is in a prosperous and
flourishing condition.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved. That hereafter any person who is engaged *n the
saloon business shaM be considered ineligible to receive the de-
grees of Masonry within this Grand Jurisdiction.
Brother Max Frost prepared a concise Report on Cor-
respondence, as usual. Colorado for 1892 receives frater-
nal notice. A few of Grand Master Maxwell's decisions
are reproduced, and brief mention made of other matters.
Brother C. H. Sporleder was elected Grand Master;
Brother A. A. Kean, re-elected Grand Secretary.
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NEW SOUTH WALES— 1892-1893.
The volume before us contains the proceedings of the
Quarterly Communications held at Sydney, from September
14, 1892 to June 14, 1893, inclusive, as well as the records
of several special Communications, upon all of which
occasions the Pro Grand Master, M. W. Harman J. Tarrant,
presided in the Grand East.
The government of the Fraternity is virtually in the
hands of the Board of General Purposes. Most of the
business transacted was of a local nature. In their Septem-
ber report we note the following:
It will be in the recollection of the members, that at our last
meeting a letter was read from the M. W. Grand Lodge of South
Australia, in which that body proposed to submit the ques-
tion: "Which Grand Lodge is entitled to claim precedence, thai
of South Australia or that of New South Wales to the arbitra-
tion of the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England?" The
members of the board gave the matter their moat careful con-
sideration, and it appeared that this was the first instance on
record in which a claim had been set up for precedence be-
tween two sovereign Grand Lodges, each absolute in its own
jurisdiction. After a long discussion it was resolved: "That
the board deemB it unnecessary to consider the precedence of
the Grand Lodge of South Australia over that of New South
Wales, as no such question can arise between Sovereign Grand
Lodges, except as a matter of etiquette." It may be added, that
the board desires that the cordial and fraternal feelings that
have always characterized our intercourse with South Aus-
tralia may long continue, and that the reverence of the Brethren
in both Grand Lodges for the genuine principles of the Craft
may effectually prevent that cordial intercourse from beipg
disturbed by such a comparatively trivial matter as that of
precedence.
The Board of Benevolence distributed relief during the
quarter to the amount of §1375.
At the Quarterly, in December, among other reports,
was that of the Grand Inspector of Workings, which con-
tains some curious features concerning the work of Lodges,
as noted by himself and the District Grand Inspector.
While generally commending the work, they note instances
where Chaplains perform their duties in a perfunctory
manner, where signs, etc.. are given in a slovenly manner,
where, in some few Lodges, the unmasonic practice still
exists of stamping the foot when saluting the Chair. One
Inspector had to severely reprimand the officers of the
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various Lodges for reading from the Ritual. One Inspector
had a novel idea of the functions of Masonry. We quote
from the report :
V. W. Brother, District Grand Inspector of No. 19 District,
reports that the only Masonic function which he attended in ?iis
own district was a ball given by Lodge Central Australia, and
gives some very interesting details of the admirable manner in
which everything was arranged.
And yet he was interested in the Freemason's Benevo-
lent Institution and other good works as well.
The Board of Benevolence disbursed $1610 for relief
during the quarter.
Five hundred dollars was voted for the relief of the
sufferers by the Queensland flood, at the Quarterly Com-
munication, March 8.
Fourteen hundred and twenty dollars was distributed
for relief during the quarter.
Dual membership called forth the following opinion
from the Grand Registrar, which was adopted by the
Board of General Purposes:
I am clearly of the opinion that a Brother who has been
excluded from one Lodge for non-payment of dues, and thereby
excluded from another Lodge, of which he is a member, cannot
be reinstated in the second Lodge on his paying his fees to
and obtaining his Clearance from the first Lodge, but must
be duly balloted for and re-admitted to the second Lodge. To
decide otherwise would be to put two interpretations on the
meaning of the word "exclude."
From the report of the Grand Inspector of Workings,
there has been great improvement in the worjc, largely
through the Lodge of Instruction. As a rule the officers
of the Lodges are earnest and careful, and their work, it is
said, compares favorably with that of any country.
The number of Lodges on June 30, 1893, was 208, and
the membership 8675.
The Board of Benevolence distributed §1455 for relief
the last quarter.
Total for the year, §5870.
In addition, $1000 was voted to the sufferers by the
series of disastrous floods in the northern part of the
colony.
During the year the Earl of Jersey, their Grand Master,
returned to England.
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[1894
A Special Communication was held in the Town Hall.
Sydney, July 13, 1893. M. W. Harman J. Tarrant. Grand
Master.
Four thousand brethren were present to witness the
installation ceremonies.
M. W. Brother, the Earl of Kintore, Grand Master of
South Australia, was present and installed Brother, the
Bight Honorable Sir Robert William Duff, as Grand Mas-
ter. The Installing Master's address and the Grand Mas-
ter's reply cover several pages, but our space forbids any
extracts.
M. W. Robert William Duff, Grand Master; R. W.
Arthur H. Bray, Grand Secretary.
NEW YORK— 1894.
The portraits of Grand Master F. A. Burnham and
Past Grand Master, Clinton F. Page, appear as frontis-
pieces to the proceedings.
One hundred and thirteenth Annual held at New York
city, on June 5, 6 and 7, 1894. M. W. Frederick A. Burn-
ham, Grand Master.
He reports a year of unexampled peace and prosperity.
Never before in the history of that jurisdiction had the
Craft been more united, having worked together for the
establishment of their noble charity — the Home at Utica.
He pays feeling tributes to the fraternal dead of that and
other Grand Jurisdictions. Among those of their imme-
diate household were R. W. Charles F. Deems, Past Grand
Chaplain, and R. W. Edward L. Gaul, Past Grand Marshal,
and Past District Deputies, Warren H. Burgess and Floyd
Clarkson.
He laid three corner-atones and dedicated four Masonic
halls.
Four dispensations were granted for the formation of
new Lodges.
He refused a dispensation to form a so-called "Travel-
ing Lodge" in France for the use of Americans and other
English speaking persons sojourning in that country. This
was the second application of the kind that had been made,
a somewhat similar one having been referred to the Grand
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Lodge by Grand Master Lawrence, in 1886. The Grand
Lodge not having decided the question at that time, it was
again submitted for determination.
This portion of the address was referred to the Com-
mittee on Jurisprudence, who unanimously approved his
action, and asked that the matter be left in their hands for
full investigation and report to the Grand Lodge at the
next Annual, which was done.
The request for recognition by the Supreme Council
of France, reported by the Grand Master, was referred to
the same committee, to report at the next Annual, after a full
inquiry as to its present status. This body must not be
confounded with the Grand Orient for it still adheres to a
belief in God as a prerequisite for initiation.
Under the head of Foreign Relations, we find the fol-
lowing, which we reproduce for the information of our
brethren:
AN INCORPORATED ORIENT.
The daily press a short time ago contained the announce-
ment that there had been filed in the office of the Secretary of
State of New York the certificate of incorporation of a body
known as the Grand Orient of Free and Accepted Masons of
North America, its moving spirit being a person who has fig-
ured extensively under various guises in duping the community
by conferring for a money consideration alleged Masonic de-
grees. He first claimed to represent Roumania, as the pro-
moter of its system of degrees in this country. Ignored by
Roumania, we next find him as the representative of the Grand
Orient of Spain, pursuing the same laudable undertaking of
fleecing the unwary. Now, as I am informed, dismissed by the
Grand Orient of Spain, he has "set up shop" for himself as
an incorporated body. The depredations of this person are not
confined to New York alone, but have extended to New Jersey,
Ohio and Illinois. At Chicago, during the summer of 1893, he
established .several organizations, and returned to this city
richer by rising two thousand dollars. That he exercised auto-
cratic sway over the creatures of his creation is evidenced by
the fact, that, becoming suspicious of his authority, and doubt-
ing the value of his seal-covered diplomas, the Chicago bodies
began an investigation. This he regarded high treason, and
with one stroke of his pen abolished their organization and
expelled all the members, but retained the cash. A number of
his victims in this city, I am pleased to inform you. when they
became aware of the fraud that had been perpetrated upon
them, made application and were duly initiated, passed, and
raised in Lodges under our jurisdiction.
''KAISER .Fr^lFDRK•H.",
About two years ago Dr. Settegast, Past Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge Royal York at Berlin, under most peculiar circum-
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stances organized a Grand Lodge in that city. Being dissatis-
fied with the Grand Lodges of Prussia because of their position
toward the Hebrews, Dr. Settegast affiliated with a Lodge
under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Hamburg. Sub-
sequently he severed his membership with that Lodge, and with
the aid of a few brethren organized the Grosse Freimaurer
Loge von Preussen Kaiser Friedrich Z. Bundestreue, Berlin.
The necessity of the presence of several duly constituted Lodges
of Free and Accepted Masons in order to form a regular Grand
Lodge seems to have escaped his notice, unless he intended that
the name of his Grand Lodge should answer that purpose. After
the organization his next step was the appointment of a "Gen-
eral Representative and Provincial Grand Master for the United
States of America." This person claims to have instituted three
bodies in the City of New York. One only, so far as I have been
able to ascertain, has had an actual or active existence, the
other two existing on paper only. My attention was called
to the fact that a body, supposed to be a Lodge of Free and Ac-
cepted Masons, known as "Kaiser Friedrich," was holding its
meetings in the German Masonic Temple. On investigation I
found that this body was a creature of the representative of Dr.
Settegast in America. I informed the Trustees of the German
Masonic Temple Association that a clandestine body was meet-
ing in their building, and requested them to appear before me,
which they readily did. With that loyalty which has ever
distinguished our brethren of the Twenty-eighth District, upon
laying the facts before them, the Trustees at once closed the
door on "Kaiser Friedrich."
Ho refers to the receipt of a communication from Colo-
rado, relating to the proposed memorial observance of the
centennial of Washington's death, and concludes with
these words of approval:
To me this proposed memorial observance seems most appro-
priate, and I cordially recommend favorable action by the Grand
Lodge in the matter.
The matter was referred to a special committee, who
presented a favorable report, which was adopted.
He had decided no questions of sufficient importance
to require mention.
He says the correspondence of the office is increasing
from year to year at an alarming rate, the brethren
writing to the Grand Master about the simplest matters,
instead of taking the trouble to read the law, which is
plainly set forth. A very encouraging sign is the dimin-
ishing number of appeal cases, which shows that the
brethren are dwelling together in more unity than formerly.
He recommends a revision of the Constitution and
Statutes, twenty-one years having elapsed since such an
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essential work was undertaken. Many statutes are now in
conflict with the provisions of the Constitution.
He inspected the Home at Utica, on April 10, 1894, in
company with twenty-six officers of the Grand Lodge,
including the Trustees. Everything was found in a most
satisfactory condition, under the superintendency of M.W.
Jesse B. Anthony and his wife, with whom the work has
been largely a "labor of love." The inmates at that time
numbered fifty men, twenty-two women and twelve
children.
From his remarks under the head of " The Future,'' we
quote the following:
But, Brethren, that work is finished; that era is past; its
history written. Our illustrious Past Grand Master Lawrence
well said: "The golden age of Masonry is not behind us; it lies
before." The pace of the close of the nineteenth century makes
no allowance of time to men or organizations for quiet contem-
plation of monuments builded and works achieved. We either
keep step with the progress of the age, or are buried beneath the
rubbish and forgotten. When we consider that since the cele-
bration of the debt payment, Ave years ago, twenty-five thousand
Masonic souls have been born into this great jurisdiction — an
average of five thousand a year — we realize, indeed, that we are
at the beginning of a new era; that great as have been the
achievements of the past, the greater lie still before us, and to
them we must bring our utmost endeavor.
We are taught that Masonry is "a beautiful system of
morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols;" but the
days of theory are long gone by. The measure of the present
age applied to all things, is that of practical value. Of what use
is it? What can it accomplish? Our beautiful sentiments, im-
pressive ceremonials, instructive symbols, will not alone suffice
now. Never in the history of the world has Freemasonry occu-
pied the important and commanding position it holds to-day.
Never has so much been expected of it; never so much de-
manded.
Speculative Masonry only can hold no permanent place in
this year of our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for the
Masonry of to-day must be deeds, not words; life, not lectures;
acts, not abstractions.
From the report of the Grand Secretary, Brother E. M.
Li. Enters, we quote the following remarkable showing, as
an incentive toother jurisdictions to go and do likewise:
Number of Lodges in the jurisdiction 730
Number of Lodges that have made returns .730
Number of Lodges represented at this session 725
The present membership is 86\214.
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We have already devoted so much of our space to this
large jurisdiction that we are compelled to forego contein-
X>lated extracts from the annual reports, which are models,
and contain much valuable statistical information.
A commission on the revision of the Constitution and
Statutes was appointed, who are to sit during the year, and
to whom all changes, recommendations and amendments
are to be submitted for considerstion, the commission to
report at the next Annual.
The Grand Symbolic Diet of the United States of
Mexico was duly recognized.
The Report on Correspondence, by P. G. Master Jesse
B. Anthony, embraces 188 pages of original and selected
matter, and easily takes first rank among such productions.
Colorado for 1893 receives generous consideration at his
hands. Of Grand Master Wright's address he savs:
We will not attempt to follow the Grand Master in the
thought elaborated in the opening of his address; his object be-
ing "to trace briefly the history of Masonry from its remote
beginning, with a view to determine what has been the effect
and influence of the teachings of Masonry upon the progress of
mankind." We should not agree in some of the points presented,
but nevertheless it must be admitted that Masonry has been
an important factor in the world's history.
He quotes six of his decisions, commenting as follows:
No. 23 was correctly disapproved, and we should consider
No. 14 correct, with the proviso that the remaining officer pre-
sent should first congregate the Lodge.
Of the P. G. M. jewels, he says they are very appro-
priate in design. Regarding the number, he adds:
Quite a formidable list, especially when we compare it with
New York, which has only twelve living Past Grand Masters.
We quote the following:
The oration, by Brother T. B. MacDonald, Grand Orator,
elucidates the difference between practice and precept, and pre-
sents contrasts which are not pleasant to the eye. But then
even Masonry in this respect is not different from other organ-
izations— many are not thoroughly fitted, squared, and polished.
He refers to Grand Master Wright's suggestion of the
propriety of a memorial observance of the centennial of the
death of Brother George Washington, and quotes the
report of the committee and resolutions accompanying: 'the
same.
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Our report receives favorable comment and " Mother
Lodge" poem is quoted entire.
R. W. Brother Charles Sockreuter reviews and trans-
lates the proceedings of Grand bodies in foreign countries,
other than those in the English language.
Brother Anthony has again placed the Fraternity under
great obligations to him for his very valuable tables of
statistics.
Brother John Hodge, of Lockport, was elected Grand
Master; Brother E. M. L. Ehlers, re-elected Grand Secre-
tary.
NEW ZEALAND— 1893-1894.
Quarterly Communication held at Christchurch, Octo-
ber 26, 1893. M. W. Henry Thomson as Grand Master.
The various reports of the Standing Committees were
presented and business of a local nature transacted.
Quarterly held at Oamaru, January 26, 1894. R. W.
Brother A. H. Burton, D. G. M., presiding as Grand
Master.
The Board of General Purposes report the chartering
of a new Lodge at Eketahuna, in a growing district, with
good prospects of successful work.*
The fact of recognition by our Grand Lodge was
announced and that an exchange of Grand Representatives
would soon follow.
Also, the announcement that the Grand Lodge of Mis-
sissippi had extended recognition.
The Board reports that every Lodge under the authority
of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand is working harmoni-
ously and satisfied with those at the head of its affairs.
The office of the Grand Secretary was by vote removed
to Wellington.
A unanimous vote of censure was passed upon W.
Brother T. G. Delienzy, for his unmasonic, uncourteous
letter, which the Grand Lodge declined to receive, and the
publication of the same in the public press.
Annual Communication held at Wellington, April 25,
1894. M. W. Malcolm Niccol, Grand Master.
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Some forty-four Lodges were represented and a large
number of visiting brethren were present, making alto-
gether an attendance of 564 of all Constitutions.
The Board of Benevolence reported an expenditure of
$150 during the last quarter.
P. G. Master Gillon, in nominating for the office of
Grand Master Brother Henry Francis Dillon Bell, who
had never served as the Master of a Lodge, delivered an
address, covering nearly four closely printed pages, in
which he endeavored to show, from examples drawn from
the past history of the Craft, that they were acting strictly
in accordance with Masonic precedent in placing his name
before the members of the Grand Lodge and proposing
his election.
The proposition being seconded, he was unanimously
elected.
The installation ceremonies were elaborate, fine ad-
dresses being delivered by P. G. Master Niccol and the
newly installed Grand Master.
Twenty-nine Grand bodies in various parts of the
world have already extended recognition, and the prospects
of that Grand Lodge for permanency and future usefulness
may be said to be fully assured.
Ninety-five Lodges are on the latest register received
by us.
Brother Henry F. D»Bell, of Wellington, elected Grand
Master; Brother William Ronalson, of Wellington, re-
elected Grand Secretary.
NORTH CAROLINA— 1894.
A portrait of M. W. Brother Alfred Martin, Grand
Master 1858 59, appears as a frontispiece, accompanied
by a biographical sketch.
One Hundred and Seventh Annual held at Wilmington,
January 2, 3, 4 and 5, 1894. M. W. John W. Gotten,
Grand Master.
His address opens as follows:
For the first time in one hundred years the Grand Lodge of
Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons in North Carolina has seen
fit to depart from its time-honored custom of holding its Annual
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Grand Communication in our capital city, Raleigh, and by the
request of the brethren of St. John's Lodge No. 1, and the Masons
of Wilmington determined by an almost unanimous vote to hold
the present, our one hundred and seventh Annual Communi-
cation, in this beautiful City by the Sea, and I am sure it is
most gratifying to our Wilmington brethren to see so many of
you here. Not only those who, like myself, have been attend-
ing the Grand Lodge for a number of years, but also our younger
but no less zealous brethren, who are soon to succeed us in the
management of the affairs of the Craft in this Grand Jurisdic-
tion; all assembled to do honor to the occasion, and to assist
in the Centennial Anniversary of St. John's Lodge No. 1, which
is not only the oldest Lodge in the state, but one of the largest,
and among whose members are some of the most distinguished
Masons in the state, and all of whom are recognized as bright,
intelligent, zealous Masons, who have always shown that they
appreciated their Masonic obligations and cheerfully performed
every Masonic duty.
He reports a very encouraging condition of affairs,
notwithstanding a year of unusual financial depression.
Masonry is being recognized as a great moral institution,
and immorality treated with indignation and contempt.
.Consequently a better class of men are applying for the
degrees, and the standard is thus elevated in the minds of
the brethren as well as the profane.
As none of the delegates appointed were able to attend
the Masonic Congress, in order that the Grand Lodge
might not be unrepresented, he appointed Brother William
Simpson, of Raleigh, who was in Chicago, as their Repre-
sentative. He presented one of the most complete reports
that we have read, which is published in the appendix, thus
fully justifying the wisdom of the Grand Master's selection.
He makes the following recommendation:
Article 16, section 14, of the Masonic Code provides that,
"No installed officer- can resign his office before his successor is
installed." In my opinion this section should be so modified
as to allow installed officers to resign under certain conditions,
upon approval by the Grand Master, and their successors elected
to serve for the unexpired term.
Several instances have occurred during the year to satisfy
me that some action of this kind is necessary. In one Lodge
the Worshipful Master and one of the Wardens left the state,
and the other Warden is away from home a great deal. The
Lodge has great difficulty in holding its communications and
transacting important business. Several other Lodges were in
somewhat similar condition, and some relief is asked for and
much needed.
He had made fewer official visitations than he desired
to do, but he is impressed with the good results that follow
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from them. Every Lodge, in his opinion, should be visited
officially at least once a year, and tho Grand Lodge should
provide for the necessary exi>ense incurred.
He devotes considerable space to the Orphan Asylum,
which, like everything else, has felt the pressure of the
times, and he makes a noble plea in its behalf.
He had granted four dispensations for new Lodges.
Many other dispensations were granted for special
purposes.
He says:
I declined to grant a dispensation to permit a non-affiliate
to deliver a Masonic address, as I did not think he was a suitable
person to make such an address, for if he believed what he said
his actions belied his words.
Four corner-stones were laid by proxy.
Two decisions were submitted, which were approved.
From the Superintendent's repert we learn that 230 are
now on the roll of the Oxford Orphan Asylum. The
receipts were §20,441.92 and the disbursements $20,089.99,
leaving an apparent balance of $351.93, against which
there are outstanding drafts of $205.61, lea%*ing the actual
balance $146.32. The State appropriates $l(X0O0 and the
Grand Lodge §3,500, the balance being made up from con-
tributions, etc.
In the evening of the second day, the Grand Orator,
Brother E. F. Lamb, delivered an address before the
members of the Grand Lodge and the public in the audi-
torium of the Y. M. C. A. It wTas an eloquent effort,
dwelling upon the history, aims and purposes of Masonry.
The recognition of the Grand Lodge of Cuba was
deferred.
An endowment fund of $50,000, for the Oxford Orphan
Asylum, is to be raised, a voluntary contribution to Ik?
taken up once a month, in every constituent Lodge, for
this purpose.
They have a Committee on Schools of Subordinate
Lodges in that jurisdiction. We quote from their report:
But one Lodge has reported a school. Holly Springs Lodge
No 113 owns a school building valued at $1,500. It has accom-
modations for 150 pupils. The management consists of a board
of five directors, who must be Master Masons, one of whom
shall be the Master of the Liodge, and he is ex officio chairman
of the board. All male teachers must be Master Masons in good
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standing. At present there are four teachers, one male and
three female. A low rate of tuition is charged, and any Lodge
whose members send three pupils may send one free of charge
for tuition. The school is for both sexes, and the number now
in attendance is one hundred. There is no charge for medical
attendance in case of a pupil's sickness.
On the evening of the third day occurred the centennial
celebration of St. John's Lodge No. 1. The historical
address delivered by Brother A. M. Waddell in the audi-
torium of the Y. M. C. A., ladies and invited guests being
present; at the conclusion of which the Grand Lodge and
the members of the local Lodges repaired to the Orton
House, where a banquet was tendered them by St. John's
Lodge No. 1. Some three or four hundred guests enjoyed
the repast, and listened to flights of oratory, in response to
toasts, until 1 o'clock in the morning.
A concise Report on Correspondence was written by
Brother John R. Pender, reviewing thirty-nine Grand
Lodges and comprising sixty-four pages. Colorado for
1893 receives fraternal notice. Of Grand Master Wright's
address, he says:
The Grand Master's address was ably written. We would
like to have time and space to reproduce it. It certainly con-
tains many "facts worth knowing" and bears evidence of the
marked ability and learning of its talented author. In read-
ing the address one feels uplifted, enlightened and proud of the
honorable and beloved institution, when reminded that Wash-
ington, Jefferson, Franklin, Lafayette and Hamilton were prom-
inent Masons and took active interest in its government and
found pleasure in its teachings.
He recommended that a committee be appointed to report
at the session with a view to the holding of a national Masonic
memorial celebration at the tomb of Washington at Mt. Vernon
on the centennial anniversary of his death, December 14, 1899.
This seems to us a most beautiful idea, and we would rejoice
exceedingly to see some steps taken to bring about this meet-
ing.
We fail to find any mention of the receipt of the Colo-
rado circular in the Grand Master's address or the xiroceed-
ings. It must have gone astray.
A perusal of the twenty-four decisions of Brother
Wright calls forth the remark that he is "level headed."
M. W. Brother John W. Cotton was re-elected Grand
Master: Brother William H. Bain, re-elected Grand Secre-
tary.
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NORTH DAKOTA— 1894.
As a frontispiece appears the portrait of Grand Master
James McDonald, while in the body of the proceedings are
portraits of Thomas Smith Webb and Jeremy L. Cross,
with biographical sketches. These two Masonic fathers
and ritualists are thus brought to the notice of the Masons
of to-day.
The Fifth Annual was held in Vallley City, June 12
and 13, 1894.
Grand Master McDonald reports a peaceful and har-
monious state of affairs in that jurisdiction.
He had granted three dispensations for new Lodges
and issued a number of others for various purposes.
Five Grand visitations are reported.
He reports five decisions, four of which were approved.
He refers to the receipt of the Colorado Washington
Memorial circular, and submits it for consideration.
Favorable action was subsequently taken by the Grand
Lodge, and committee of one appointed.
Despite the financial depression, there has been an
increase in membership.
The Grand Lecturer reports having held thirty-nine
schools of instruction and traveled 2924 miles, 116 of which
was by team and stage. The Lodges generally confine
themselves to the prescribed work, though some dissatis-
faction is expressed in regard to portions of the third
degree. In view of which he advises the appointment of a
committee on revision of ritual.
The Grand Secretary, in his report, details the various
steps which have been taken to re-establish their library,
after its destruction in the Fargo fire. The purchase of a
large collection of proceedings of Grand bodies, and also a
collection of rare Masonic works from Brother T. S. Parvin,
of Iowa, formed the nucleus of a valuable library in the
future, to which additions are constantly made.
The Grand Lodge levied a per capita tax of ten cents
per annum, for three years, for Grand Lodge Library pur-
poses.
The Grand Lodges of New Zealand, Tasmania and the
United Grand Lodges of Mexico were recognized. The
latter probably is the Grand Dieta.
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A beautiful gavel was presented to the Grand Lodge by
Brother A. M. Tafthagen, which was obtained by him at
Jerusalem. The handle was made of the cedar from
Mount Lebanon, and the head from olive wood from
Mount Moriah.
Action on the Mississippi " uniform rules " was deferred
until the next Annual.
A brother, who was made a Mason under the quasi
Grand Lodge of Ontario, presented a petition asking to be
healed. The Committee on Jurisprudence, to whom the
the petition was referred, presented an exhaustive report
on the subject, reviewing the history of the Grand Lodge
of Ontario, and the action of the Grand Lodge of Canada
in relation to those formerly connected therewith, in which
they reached the following conclusions, which, together
with the report, were adopted:
I.
That the Grand Lodge of Canada, by its act of healing Ma-
sons so made, have declared to the Masonic world that such
persons are irregular Masons only, and that the status thus
given such persons they carry wherever they go.
II.
That the Grand Lodge of North Dakota has the legitimate
right to accept the status so given by the Grand Lodge of Canada
to Masons made under the Grand Lodge of Ontario, and to deal
with them accordingly.
III.
That the Grand Lodge of North Dakota has the Masonic
right to cause the healing of irregularly made Masons by its
Grand Master, or under his authority.
Therefore your committee recommended that the said Joseph
H. Pinkerton, and all other Masons made under the authority
of the Grand Lodge of Ontario, be healed by the Grand Master,
or under his authority, upon application therefor and satisfactory
proof of worthiness, and that he was so made.
The Grand Lodge approved the erection of "The
National Masonic Home for Consumptives v at Santa Fe,
N. M., and granted the incorporators permission to lay
their plans before the Lodges of that jurisdiction.
P. G. M. Frank J. Thompson is the talented writer of
the Report on Correspondence the present year. Colorado
for 1893 receives a most cordial and fraternal review.
Of Grand Master Wright's address, he says:
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Is a splendid paper from which a great deal of Masonic
information is gleaned.
He summarises his salient points regarding the prin-
cipal actors in the Revolution who were Masons, etc.
We quote his comments on the following decisions:
A Lodge can try a Brother after his term of office has ex-
pired, for a Masonic offense committed while he was Worshipful
Master.
This we believe is contrary to the general rule, which is
that only the Grand Lodge can try a Mason who committed
an offense while he was Worshipful Master, either during his
incumbency or after his term of office has expired.
It requires a vote of the Lodge to empower the Secretary to
issue dimlts in all cases, and the Lodge record should state the
facts.
This decision is contrary to the rule in our Grand Lodge,
and many other Grand Lodges, which merely require that the
Master announce "if there be no objection the dimit will be
granted," without putting it to a vote of the Lodge; and this
we think is a better and simpler way, for every Mason in good
standing is entitled to a dimit as a matter of right, unless
charges be preferred against him, or he be under charges.
He says:
Brother T. B. MacDonald delivered a very eloquent oration,
but he runs the source of Masonry too much into King Solomon's
Temple. We quote the closing paragraph.
We have no space for the good things said of our
report.
Brother George L. McGregor, of Jamestown, was
elected Grand Master; Brother Elliott C. Crain, of Grand
Forks, elected Grand Secretarv.
NOVA SCOTIA— 1893.
Twenty-eighth Annual held at Halifax, June Wand 15,
1893. M. W. Duncan C. Fraser, Grand Master.
Forty Lodges were found to be represented, and the
Grand Lod^e was opened in ample form, after which it
was formed in procession, and, headed by a band, inarched
to St. Paul's church, where Divine service was held, and a
sermon appropriate to the occasion was delivered by the
Grand Chaplain, Rev. E. H. Bullock, D. C. L.
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The Grand Master, in his address, reports peace and
harmony and a fair measure of success. The net gain in
membership was 134, and the present total 3118.
He had granted a good many special dispensations to
confer degrees out of time and for other purposes.
Among his official visits was one made to his mother
Lodge at Truro, where he met many of his old friends
after an absence of twenty years.
Like many other jurisdictions, the Grand Lodge has
been wrestling with the incubus of a heavy debt for many
years. It amounts to $32,100: 821,000 of which is mortgage
debt and $12,160 in bonds.
He says:
I do not intend to discuss with you at this time whether or
not it was a wise movement in Grand Lodge when this Hall was
built. Those then engaged in the active work of Grand Lodge,
some of whom are at rest and others of whom are with us to-
day, acted as they thought in the best interests of all. We can-
not if we would, and would not if we could, now stay to discuss
the question. The hall is ours and we owe a debt on it. Our
duty as men and Masons is to reduce it and strive to wipe it
off. Nor ought we say that our city brethren are mora ir.tf-r-
ested in the extinction of the debt. It is sometimes said that they
profit more by having it in the city than we do. This is a mis-
take. From a careful inquiry into the state of the finances
of the Lodges I find that the County Lodges are fully as strong
as the City Lodges. This hall belongs to Masonry in Nova
Scotia, not to the city brethren. Our individual Lodges own the
building and are in honor bound to pay for it. How the debt
has hung about our necks paralyzing every effort, chilling all
benevolence and preventing us doing our duty to the worthy
needy brethren, their widows and orphans.
A Grand Masonic Charity Fair was to be held in
August, to raise funds to partially extinguish the debt.
The reports of the various Grand Officers and District
Deputies are full and complete in their details.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
A resolution to affiliate with the General Relief Asso-
ciation of the United States and Canada, was defeated.
The Report on Correspondence was largely the work of
Brother Thomas B. Flint, wTho reviewed forty-six proceed-
ings; Brother Norman Lee reviewed eleven, and Brother
Mowbray three.
Brother Flint reviews Colorado for 1892, according to
us three and a half pages of his space, most of which is
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devoted to a friendly review of Grand Master Maxwell's
address, from which extracts are made and four of his
decisions quoted.
He says:
A brief but well written oration was delivered by Brother
Ira L. Herron, Grand Orator. This admirable oration is well
worthy of perusal. It is at once discriminate^ practical and elo-
quent.
He has warm words of praise for our report.
Brothers Duncan C. Fraser, Grand Master, and William
Ross, Grand Secretary, were both re-elected.
OHIO— 1893.
Eighty-fourth Annual held at Cleveland, October 18
and 19, 1893. M. W. Allen Andrews, Grand Master.
His address is a lengthy one, covering over fifty pages,
containing, in addition to a record of his official acts, a
discussion of all important matters affecting the welfare of
that large jurisdiction.
Their relations with sister Grand Lodges were cordial,
with the single exception of Tennessee, and even in that
case he says there is no serious obstacle to the restoration
of former fraternal relations. The rupture grew out of
a difference of opinion between former Grand Masters
respecting Grand Representatives.
We quote his recommendation concerning perpetual
jurisdiction:
#
I have had correspondence with the Grand Masters of
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Colorado, Iowa and Nebraska on
the subject of Masonic Jurisdiction over persons who had been
rejected in some Subordinate Lodges in Ohio.
As you are well aware, we adhere to the doctrine of per-
petual jurisdiction, so that a person once rejected in one of our
Lodges is forever ineligible for Masonry without the consent
of that Lodge, no matter where he may go or how worthy be
may become.
This position involves us in labor, correspondence., difficulty,
and sometimes in misunderstanding and irritation.
When we consider that a blackball may be cast through
personal pique, or for reasons local or temporary in their nature,
it is not clear that this doctrine has its foundation in phil-
osophy and justice. Higher estimation of human nature, be-
lief in the possibility or reformation ajid broader charity would
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seem to suggest that the candidate after the lapse of a certain
time, when he had moved elsewhere, should be relieved of the
brand placed upon him.
Many Grand Jurisdictions have taken this view, and either
never adopted, or have discarded the idea of perpetual ineligibil-
ity of a candidate once rejected.
I recommend that the proper committee consider this sub-
ject, and report whether a change should be made.
He records the pleasing incident of a visit to the Grand
Lodge of Indiana.
He also gives his personal experience at the Masonic
Congress, with a record of its conclusions.
He granted the large number of 103 special dispensa-
tions for various purposes. Among these was one permit-
ting the Eastern Star to occupy a Lodge room. This
action caused so many similar demands that he refused
them all until the Grand Lodge should take action upon
the question.
His list of fifteen decisions are very fully reported,
covering some nine pages, in which all the facts of each
particular case are plainly set forth. All were approved.
The subject of Clandestine Masonry receives much of
his attention. The illegal and clandestine Grand Lodge
organized in 1891 started five unlawful Lodges, one each at
Worthington, Coshocton and Bucyrus, and two at Colum-
bus. Only those at Columbus, styled " Franklin " and
"Columbian/' exhibit any life. These have a considerable
membership, and hold regular meetings. Rejected candi-
dates of regular Lodges, physically disqualified applicants,
and a few good but misled men, constitute the material
upon which they seek to build. He held a conference with
some thirty or forty members of the so-called Franklin
and Columbian Lodges, who desired him to heal them and,
in some way, organize them into a lawful Lodge, when
they would dissolve these clandestine bodies.
He recounts these particulars:
They claimed to have been deceived into joining what they
believed was a regular Lodge, and I have no doubt there were
many excellent gentlemen among them. I felt it my duty, how-
ever, to say to them that the clandestine Lodges were made up
of two classes, namely — those who were unworthy of Masonry,
and those who were good men, and who had been duped to join
under the impression that they were seeking admission into a
regular Lodge; and that the former could not be admitted into
our Fraternity under any circumstances, and that the latter
might make applications, one by one, to any established Lodge
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in the usual way, and that each candidate would be considered
upon his individual merits. There is no way whereby a majority,
or any number collectively, can renounce allegiance to the
clandestine organizations and be healed or received into a Sub-
ordinate Lodge, or made Masons; and this point was impressed
upon them. The fact, however, that one was deluded into
Joining a bogus Lodge would not of itself disqualify him for
Masonry, provided he made proper renunciation.
Some of them availed themselves of the opportunity and the
way pointed out, but the greater number still adhere to the ille-
gal bodies.
Much space is given to the Ritual, and its dissemina-
tion among the 500 Lodges of the jurisdiction. It will be
recollected that a cypher was adopted in 1891, while the
work in extenso (one copy) is to be safely guarded by the
Grand Lodge.
He had made quite a number of official visits, many
Masonic halls were dedicated, and one corner-stone laid by
proxy.
The net gain in membership was 1045 against 1441 last
year.
We quote as follows:
But it also appears that there were 2,1 IS raised during the
present year, while there were only 2,091 during last year.
The reason that the net gain is less while the accessions are
more than last year, is explained by the fact that more have
been suspended for non-payment of dues and fewer reinstated
than during the previous year. This is doubtless the result
of the financial depression. It is to be greatly regretted that
business uncertainties, diminished income, and loss of employ-
ment should occasion omission to pay dues or postpone the rein-
statement of those desiring it. And it is greatly to be hoped
that the embarrassment growing out of the present monetary
situation will soon pass away.
But with all this, the outlook is very encouraging for our
Fraternity in Ohio. We now have 38,089 Masons in full fellow-
ship and good standing in the Subordinate Lodges in this state.
If we could ascertain the number of non-affiliates, authoritatively
estimated at 18,000, we would have in all nearly 60,000 Masons
in Ohio. Truly a great army, which may with unity, harmony
and zeal, carry forward the banner of Fraternity, and bear on-
ward the torch of intellectual and moral progress.
It is to the lasting disgrace of Masonry that so many
members are suspended for non-payment of dues, and that
the work goes right along as systematically as clock-work,
notwithstanding the financial crisis has placed it beyond
the ability of many members to pay Lodge dues with their
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former promptitude. In some jurisdictions brethren are
summoned to appear and "show cause" why they should
not be suspended. Many prefer to be stricken off rather
than plead poverty. Some one has estimated the number
of unaffiliated Masons in the United States at 400,000.
This estimate may be largely excessive. Brother Anthony,
of New York, is inclined to think one-half of that number
would be nearer correct. At all events, according to the
Grand Master's statement above, nearly one-half of the
Masons in Ohio are non-affiliates.
The Grand Lodges of Tasmania, New Zealand and
Oklahoma were recognized.
An amendment to the Code was unanimously adopted,
permitting Chapters of the Eastern Star to occupy Masonic
halls.
Five thousand dollars was appropriated to the Masonic
Home Fund. An urgent appeal is "made on behalf of the
Home now under construction. Some $34,664.98 has
already been expended, and there are available assets of
865,405.60 on hand or collectible.
Brother W. M. Cunningham presents the Report on
Correspondence, which equals his masterly efforts of pre-
vious years. It fills 250 pages, and is one of the best that
has come under our notice. Colorado for 1892 receives
generous consideration, extracts being made from Grand
Master Maxwell's address and Brother Herron's oration,
while two pages are devoted to matters contained into our
report.
In his conclusion, he devotes a dozen pages to Historical
Notes, in which he traverses much of the ground with
which we have become familiar through similar research.
Brother Cunningham is a Mason after our own heart,
and does battle against those who decry our antiquity and
belittle our eighteenth century revivalists. We would
there were more such in the guild.
M. W. Allen Andrews, re-elected Grand Master;
Brother J. H. Bromwell, re-elected Grand Secretary.
OKLAHOMA— 1894.
A portrait of M. W. August J. Spengel, first Grand
Master, appears as an appropriate frontispiece.
Second Annual held at Guthrie, February 13 and 14.
1894.
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Grand Master Spengel says the young Territory has
been blessed with bountiful harvests, the financial panic
passed harmlessly by them, and the full measure of health
and prosperity had been theirs.
He had granted five dispensations for new Lodges and
held three other petitions subject to the disposition of the
Grand Lodge.
He laid the corner-stone of a church at Oklahoma City.
Five decisions were reported by him.
He reports that the Lodges have conformed to the
work adopted at the last session, all having been visited
and instructed by the Grand Custodians.
He thus refers to the opening of the Cherokee Strip and
its effect upon the extension of Masonry:
On the 16th of last September, as you are all aware, the
Cherokee Strip, with its eight million acres of land, was thrown
open to settlement. In one day there was thus added to the
population of our Territory over one hundred thousand souls.
Towns and cities sprang into existence like magic, and, in
short, the original opening of Oklahoma was duplicated. With
these new citizens came many Masons, and in every town active
measures were at once taken to start Masonic Lodges. As I
have already reported, four of these towns have organized
Lodges, but to Perry only, has there been a dispensation issued;
the other three, namely, Enid, Ponca City and Pawnee sending
in their petitions too late for action being taken before the
meeting of the Grand Lodge. As you will recognize, all of
these towns are already of good size and importance and they
all can and will support good, strong, vigorous Lodges.
Under our Constitution a Lodge must work four months
U. D. before being chartered, and hence, under this law, all of
these Lodges would be compelled to work U. D. for an entire
year and, under Masonic law, unable to affiliate Masons. These
new brethren all feel that the enforcement of this law would
be a detriment and serious drawback to the success of their
Lodges, and are therefore represented at this meeting to ask for
charters.
The conditions confronting us are anomalous, and, under
the circumstances, believing that it will redound to the benefit
of the Craft, I feel justified in urging a compliance with their re-
quests, and that charters be issued to them now.
The Colorado Washington Memorial circular is em-
bodied in his address, in which connection he says:
I deem this indeed a "happy thought" of our Colorado breth-
ren. While Masonry needs no letter of recommendation, or
fulsome testimonials of praise, no affidavits of its worth, or
examples of its benefits, it yet has the manifest right to point
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with pride to the eminent statesmen and men of high degree
in all vocations, who have ever been its votaries, and to take
unto itself whatever benefits and enthusiasm may result there-
from.
Aside from this, every Mason in the land, I am sure, will
hail with delight the opportunity to do honor to that dis-
tinguished Statesman, Patriot and Mason, "The Father of Our
Country," George Washington. I trust this Grand Lodge will
take the steps indicated by our Colorado brethren.
The Grand Lodge subsequently unanimously adopted
the report of the special committee on the above, endors-
ing the plan.
From the Grand Secretary's report we learn that the
membership had increased from 378, at the organization,
to 638, making a gain of nearly 70 per cent, in a little over
a year.
This new Grand Lodge, by an unanimous vote, abolished
the Grand Representative system.
Resolutions were adopted thanking the Grand Lodge
of Indian Territory for the beautiful set of jewels with
which she had endowed her young daughter.
Shaver's Masonic Monitor was adopted as the standard
for that jurisdiction.
The Grand Honors, three times three by the hands,
were adopted, to be used in all cases except funerals.
A public installation of the Grand Officers, and a
brilliant banquet, to which wives, relatives and guests were
invited, formed a pleasant ending to their second Annual.
We find the following startling announcement by the
Grand Secretary in the proceedings:
GBAND LECTURER TOWNSEND MURDERED.
And now (while these minutes of our Grand Lodge are in
the hands of the printer) comes the sad news of the murder of
our Grand Lecturer at his home in Todd, and in the presence
of his wife and children. It seems that three unknown men
assaulted Brother Townsend in his store by breaking open the
door, presumably for the purpose of robbery, but meeting with
resistance from the Brother, they shot him down, killing him
almost instantly, and then apparently being appalled by the
enormity of their crime, or being deterred from robbing the
store by the presence of Brother Townsend's family, they pre-
cipitately fled. We have learned little of the particulars of the
terrible crime, but another good man has been sacrificed to
lawlessness, and th** end is not yet.
May the God of the widow and fatherless comfort the family
in this their terrible bereavement.
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Brother J. S. Hunt has the honor of writing the first
Rex>ort on Correspondence in this new jurisdiction, and it
is a wide-awake review, worthy of " the new empire of the
West." Colorado for 1893 has a fraternal notice of four
and a half pages. He presents a full summary of Grand
Master Wright's address, and pronounces it ''an able and
interesting document. '*
He says: "The address of the Grand Orator we have
read with much pleasure. It is well worthy of reproduc-
tion, but space forbids."
Our report, recommending the recognition of that
Grand Lodge, and the report of the Committee on Juris-
prudence, recommending the Washington Centennial
Memorial observance, are imblished in full.
We quote these appreciative words:
Brother Greenleaf s report is an able and exhaustive one
iind, like the remainder of the journal of proceedings from start
to finish, is a credit to the Grand Lodge of Colorado, as it
would be to any jurisdiction.
Brother Selwyn Douglas, of Oklahoma, was elected
Grand Master; Brother James S. Hunt, of Stillwater, re-
elected Grand Secretary.
OREGON— 1894.
The proceedings are embellished with portraits of
Past Grand Masters Geo. McD. Stroud (1881), Joseph N.
Dolph (1882) and William T.Wright (1883), accompanied
with biographical sketches.
The Annual should have been held on June 13, but
owing to the flood and destruction of transportation lines,
it was postponed until July 11.
Forty-fourth Annual held at Portland, Julv 11, 12 and
13, 1894. M. W. Brother J. C. Moreland, Grand Master.
The hard times had affected Oregon as well as sister
jurisdictions; we quote his words:
The year that has passed has been fraught with much of
trial and hardship. The financial depression which has swept
over the land has not passed us by. It has been felt in our
state with great • severity. Property of all kinds has shrunk
in values most alarmingly. Debtors have been unable to meet
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their obligations. Laborers have been thrown out of employ-
ment. Trade has been at a standstill. The merchant seeks
his customers in vain. All products of the farm have brought
very low prices; and the husbandman's toil, however severe
and exacting, has met with small, if any, reward. Public and
private charity have been taxed to their utmost limit to prevent
suffering — and, in many cases, we fear, the gaunt spectre of
hunger and want has entered homes where plenty has heretofore
prevailed.
Yet, through all these dark clouds there has appeared a silver
lining. The appeals for help have awakened a feeling of liber-
ality, and men have opened their hearts to the cry of distress,
and sweet charity has poured out her richest blessings. "A
fellow-feeling makes the whole world kin." Men will be brought
nearer to each other. The rich and the poor will be brought
to know and understand each other better. And yet there is still
much need that the lessons of Masonry should be taught and
exemplified in the world. That men should more thoroughly
learn the great central truths of equality and fraternity, and
brotherly love, relief and truth. We should all remember that
no man liveth to himself alone; that we are all dependent
one upon the other; that the great object in life is to be ser-
viceable to our fellowman. And, we fondly hope, that these
lessons will be so learned that out of these troublous times
there will grow up a better feeling; that, when the golden sun
of prosperity shall again shine, as we surely believe it will, the
world will be the better for the lessons we have learned in
these trying times.
Notwithstanding the hard times the Craft is in a fairly pros-
perous condition. Substantial gains have been made. Peace
and harmony prevail; and generally throughout the juris-
diction a good feeling exists among the brethren.
Splendid tributes are paid to the memories, and dis-
tinguished Masonic services of P. G. M. John C. Ainsworth
and Grand Lecturer James P. Bushee. The death of the
latter is thus described:
On Christmas morning, as he was returning home to spend
the holidays with his family, and just as the train was approach-
ing his home (Pendleton), while passing from one car to another,
he was thrown from the car in some inexplicable manner (no
one seeing just how), and instantly killed. His family, consist-
ing of a wife, daughter and son, were looking forward with de-
light to his visit, and waiting to greet him in loving embrace,
were completely prostrated by the sad blow, when, instead of
meeting his pleasant smile, he was borne to them a mangled
corpse.
On the 29th of December he was buried by the Grand Lodge,
with the solemn and impressive rites of Masonry. Brethren
came from all parts of the state to take part in the ceremonies.
Business in the town was almost entirely suspended, and uni-
versal gloom hung over all. They all felt that a good man had
gone.
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He had granted two dispensations for the formation of
new Lodges.
He submits a list of fifteen decisions, two of which were
modified.
He visited thirty-six of the Lodges, a neighboring
Lodge being also present by invitation on three of these
occasions.
We have previously remarked that the "yeast was
working " in that jurisdiction upon the subject of " objec-
tion to advancement of candidates."'
The Grand Master is in full accord with us and discus-
ses the question at considerable length, with the recom-
mendation "that the Committee on Masonic Law and
Jurisprudence re-examine this question carefully, and if
their former report is erroneous, say so. A Grand Lodge
ought to be consistent, and have a pride of opinion in
being right." We quote also his opening remarks upon
this question, because our good Brother Chadwick affirms
that in all his thirty -seven years' experience, he never
heard of half a dozen objections to advancement in Oregon,
and can remember but two cases. The Grand Masters
experience has been quite the reverse as is shown by the
following:
Ever since the decision of this Grand Lodge went forth that
any Mapon in good standing might object to the further ad-
vancement of an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft, by secret
objection to the Master, it has been productive of trouble in the
Lodges. They are very few Lodges in the state who have not
had candidates stopped by this process; and none who have had
candidates thus stopped, have escaped the friction that it brings.
This matter was again referred to the Committee on
Jurisprudence, who re-affirmed their old decision, which
was adopted. It was to this effect, 4tthat the right of
objection to the advancement of candidates, by a member
of the Lodge, cannot be abridged. We therefore re-affirm
all former rulings on that subject.1"
The Grand Master devotes some thoughts to Lodge
histories and Lodge libraries, and is in favor of examina-
tions as to proficiency in the Master's degree. He reports
the disbursements of the Board of Relief as $1294.63.
The Grand Lodge refused to adopt the "Mississippi
Uniform Rules,"' holding that Rule 1 would be subversive
of the secrecy of the ballot.
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On the evening of the second day of the session, the
Grand Lodge held a Lodge of Sorrow in the hall of Oregon
Consistory, to which the members of the Grand Chapter
O. E. S., then in session, were invited.
The Committee on Jurisprudence reported adversely
upon the following resolution, and it was not adopted:
Resolved, That, in the event, after initiation of a candidate,
he should lose an arm or leg, or should receive any other per-
manent injury, the remaining degrees may he conferred upon
the candidate by communication, or otherwise.
In our opinion "physical perfection'' applies only to
the initiate; an E. A. being a brother Mason, stands in an
entirely different attitude to the Fraternity, and should be
permitted to advance, though in the condition cited above .
The salary of the Grand Lecturer was discontinued,
and one copy of their cypher is to be furnished to each
subordinate Lodge.
We have had occasion heretofore to commend the able
Reports on Correspondence by Brother S. F. Chad wick,
and his present one fully maintains his high reputation.
It covers 174 pages of original and selected matter, with
critical comments upon all live Masonic issues. Colorado
for 1893 is fraternally reviewed. He praises Grand Master
Wright's address, and quotes the conclusion of his histor-
ical review. He quotes some fourteen of his decisions, but
without comment. He quotes the report of the Committee
on Washington Memorial, and says: "For all of our
American Grand Lodges to concur in this memorial observ-
ance would mark a feature in our Masonic history that
would redound to the honor and glory of Masonry in
America. We think it is the duty of all Grand Lodges to
take this request from Colorado."
He replies to our remarks regarding objection to
advancement, which we have embodied in our remarks
concerning Grand Master's address in the first part of this
review.
He quotes our poem " O, Mother Lodge" in conclusion.
Brother Philip S. Malcolm, of Portland, was elected
Grand Master; Brother S. F. Chadwick, re-elected Grand
Secretary.
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PENNSYLVANIA— 1893.
Steel portraits of Grand Master Michael Arnold and
Past Grand Master Lucius H. Scott (1865-1866) embellish
the proceedings.
Quarterly Communications were held March 1, June
7, September 6 and December 6, 1893. At the latter, the
annual election occurred, and the reports of Grand Officers
and Trustees were presented.
From the Grand Secretary's report we glean the fol-
lowing: Number of Lodges, 414; membership. 45,937.
Net increase, 1911.
The Trustees of the Grand Lodge Charity Fund report
a distribution of §2800, have a cash balance on hand of
$2187.67, and invested funds to the amount of $73,000.
The Trustees of the Stephen Girard Bequest, dis-
bursed for charity $2600. The fund amounts to $63,200,
the annual income from which, exclusive of interest on
deposits, is $2742. Two thousand six hundred dollars was
appropriated for the coming year for charitable use.
The Trustees of the Thomas R. Patton Memorial Char-
ity Fund report invested funds amounting to $54,000, the
income from which was $2906.89.
The sinking fund on November 15, 1893, was $225,774.30,
which had been increased $68,278.58 since the last annual
report.
It is expected with proper management, the Temple
debt will be reduced to $500,000 by January 1. 1896. when
the heavy load in the matter of dues that has been resting
on the Lodges for so many years will be considerably
lightened. The Ahiman Rezon of that jurisdiction pro-
vides that there shall be no reduction of dues until the
debt is reduced to the above amount.
An eulogy upon Past Grand Master Bobert A. Lamber-
ton was delivered by Past Grand Master J. Simpson Africa.
Annual Communication held at Philadelphia, December
27, 1893. M. W. Michael Arnold, Grand Master.
He reports a gratifying condition of the Craft in that
jurisdiction.
Five new Lodges were constituted during the year.
He was unable to make a tour throughout the State,
and therefore made official visitations to the Lodges in
Philadelphia which do not have a District Deputy Grand
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Master to visit and inspect them regularly. He reports
having visited the Temple 313 times during the year.
Three corner-stones were laid, one in person and two
by proxy. In this connection he makes use of the follow-
ing language:
As these ceremonies were performed in public, it may be
well to state that we do not consider the laying of a corner-
stone a Masonic ceremony exclusively. It is a public cere-
mony performed by Masons. Such a ceremony may be per-
formed by bishops, or other clergymen, public officials, or any
other person; and I apprehend that -no one would consider th*
mere act of laying a vomer stone a Masonic ceremony, although
it matt be dove bt/ Masons, any more than it would be con-
sidered a church ceremony, when done by an eccleeiastic, or a
state ceremony, when done by the Governor.
The italics are ours. We certainly do consider the lay-
ing of a corner-stone by Masons a Masonic ceremony. It
has been so considered by the Craft from remote time, and
will be as long as the Fraternity shall endure. There is
a grand symbolism involved in the ceremony which is
essentially a part of Masonry, and in direct line with its
teachings. Everything is done in order, and according to
ancient custom. The mere act of laying, which in other
hands would have no significance, is pregnant with mean-
ing when performed by the Fraternity. It is always
understood by public and church authorities when Masons
are invited by them that they are to perform their own
ceremonies, which are Masonic. No public ceremony is
ever performed by Masons (that is, a ceremony formulated
by official authority). Masonic ceremonies of various
kinds are, however, publically performed. We take excep-
tion to the apologetic tone of the Grand Master's declara-
tion as quoted above, and coming from one high in author-
ity, it should not pass unquestioned.
He reports the Grand Lodge debt as §587.b'25.70, which
it is hoped will be reduced to less than $500,000 in the
next two years.
He discusses at some length the system of Grand Rep-
resentatives, which he had abolished in that jurisdiction.
He claims that they are the representatives of the Grand
Master, and not of the Grand Lodge. This view will be
combated by all who understand why the system was
established.
He announces that the Committee on Landmarks had
unanimously decided certain questions, among them that
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of the physical disqualification. He reports their con-
clusions as follows:
After considering the subject, it was the unanimous opinion
of all present that the law of the Grand Lodge in this respect-
that any person having a maim or defect in his body is not
qualified to be made a Mason — is a landmark, and must be ad-
hered to.
The question, what is a Masonic month? was also discussed,
and it was decided that a Masonic month means from stated
meeting to stated meeting, and may be either twenty-eight days
or thirty-five days when the Lodge meets on stated days, or
twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, or thirty-one days when the
Lodge meets by the full' moon or other measurement of time.
The time for advancing candidates at special meetings must be
measured by the time between stated meetings at the same time
of the year, but the day for holding a stated meeting must have
intervened.
The mode of measuring the distance between the residence
of an applicant and the nearest Masonic Lodge, was also dis-
cussed, lu view of the fact that the element of railroad travel
must be considered in determining this question, it was decided
that the air line could not be adopted as an unbending rule on
the subject, but that the question of the time required and con-
venience of access was also to be taken into consideration, and
that each case had to be decided on its own merits as it arises.
Grand Lodge certificates heretofore printed in English
and French are hereafter to be printed in the English
language only.
We quote the following as of special interest:
MASONS AT SIGHT.
On May 3, 1803, I called a special meeting of the Grand Lodge
for the purpose of making a Mason at sight, and on June 13, 1893,
I visited Lodge No. 59 for the same purpose.
This prerogative of the Grand Master is of ancient origin,
and while used in but few instances at the present time, never-
theless, as the prerogative exists, I have deemed it proper to
exercise it. in order that it might not be said that it has be-
come obselete by non-user. The Ahiman Rezon enumerates
among his powers, "To cause Masons to be made in his presence/*
and "To grant dispensations for making Masons." Many years
ago it was quite usual for the Grand Master in person, or by
dispensation, to make a Mason at sight. It was done at that
time upon merchants and ship owners visiting this city from
foreign parts, who, during the time occupied in disposing of
their wares and laying in return cargoes, became desirous of
being initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry, in order
that they might have the rights and privileges of Brethren while
they were among us, as well as elsewhere. This act is now
done only upon persons within our jurisdiction, or, in the case
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of residents of other states, we request a waiver of jurisdiction
by the Grand Master thereof before conferring the degrees.
He decided against joint occupancy with The Shrine.
We quote:
I have also decided that Lodges of this jurisdiction cannot
meet in rooms owned, used, or occupied by Mystic Shrines or
other associations of a kindred nature. There can be no union
or association between Lodges and Shrines, The identity and
dignity of the Lodge should not be sunk or imperilled by meet-
ing in any building or rooms in which any association calling
itself Masonic, but not recognized as such, has any interest or
control whatever.
He sustained a W. M. who declined to entertain a
motion to permit the cremated remains of a deceased
brother to be placed in the Lodge room.
The following upon the subject of cremation is of
interest:
On another occasion permission was asked to have the
Masonic burial service performed at a crematory, which I re-
fused. The burial service, all through, provides for a ceremony
to be had over an open grave. A scroll is dropped in the grave
with the name of the departed Brother inscribed on it; a lamb-
skin is also dropped in the grave and a sprig of evergreen.
There is no provision in the Masonic burial service for dropping
the scroll, the lambskin, or sprig of evergreen in a furnace. The
right of the Brethren to have their bodies disposed of in this
quick and summary manner cannot be denied, but the mortuary
tributes of the Brethren should not be so summarily disposed
of. The propriety of cremation is a matter on which each indi-
vidual must form and hold his own opinion. Consequently, if a
Brother directs that his body be cremated, and his family de-
sires the presence of the Brethren at the house or church in
which the funeral ceremonies are held, there is no objection to
the attendance of the Brethren thereat; but there is no burial
service prepared for Masons to be used at a crematory. A vault
is a grave, a furnace is not.
He refused a dispensation to pass the Chair before the
brother has been six months a Mason.
He decided many questions which are reported in his
address, some of which had unusual features.
Other topics of interest are to be found in the address,
but we have already exceeded the limits assigned.
Outside of the delivery of the Grand Master's address,
there was no other important business, and the installation
of the Grand Officers then took place.
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And now for the masterly and voluminous Report on
Correspondence, by P. Gr. M. Richard Vaux, with its 257
pages of interesting commentary. His preface covers six-
teen pages which he devotes to leading questions, in which
" perpetual jurisdiction," " Grand Representatives" and
other topics are discussed. He handles the " Treaty of
Monterey," entered into by the Grand Master of Texas
and the u Gran Dieta Simbolica "' of Mexico, in his usual
vigorous style, and feels it his duty " to deny the Masonic
validity of the action by the M. W. Grand Master of Texas."
Colorado for 1893 was received after the Report was in
print, and too late for regular classification, but Brother
Vaux gives it a most fraternal and appreciative review of
eight pages and a half taken as a whole, though sharply
criticizing where views seem at variance with his own, as
in the address of Grand Master Wright, which he says he
has carefully read. Very few have drawn any such con-
clusions from the address; on the contrary, they have found
it breathing the true spirit of Masonry and American pat-
riotism. It is probable that about the time our good
Brother Vaux was reading the address, the air was full of
rumors of bomb explosions in Europe, fresh anarchist plots,
etc., and Brother Wright's ringing utterances were thought
to point in the same direction, if carried to their full
extreme. We quote his language which is as follows:
We have carefully read the annual address of Most Wor-
shipful Grand Master Wright. We recognize the learning, the
value of historic sketch, and the cultured style of his interest-
ing paper.
It is more rhetorical than Masonic. The ability with which
he seeks to show how much Masonry has had to do with the
civilization of man. and the influence it has exercised on the
l>oliti<'<ri condition of peoples, is manifest. While we agree there
are some facts that are construable in support of some of his
views, we cannot accept the broad influences he so emphasizes in
his treatment of the subject.
We do not agree that Masonry has led, directed, or instigated
the political changes in that civilization in which a king was on
top, and a slave at the bottom.
If the contention made in our Most Worshipful Brother's
argument is followed to its conclusion, the "king" of the
modernized civilization, "the Franch Revolution," was a tyrant,
and the slave was a fanatic. It has been so ever since. Europe
to-day is the last example of civilization of bombs, murder.
anarchists, atheists, and revolutionists, for no other aim than
their special benefit, or to materialize their insane theories. An1
to say that Masonry is the teacher, or leader, in this reform is
not pleasant. It is accepted that all sorts of people may call
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themselves Masons, and do, only to gain notoriety. This is the
case now in France, Spain, and other places, where •* Orients "
cloak the real purposes of those so associated.
He regrets the granting of dispensations for public
installations, also the leaving the question of physical dis-
qualification to the Lodges.
Brother MacDonald's oration calls forth the following:
We have read the oration of Brother T. B. MacDonald,
delivered before the Grand Lodge. The learned Brother writes
as a scholar. He is captivated with "antiquity." He is most
eloquent in his earnestness. We have been instructed by some
of his views. We have been amused at some of his theories, and
surprised at some of his references. He rapidly goes over the
theme he adopted for his paper. We find Solomon, the wonders
of Assyria, the magnificence of Egypt, Cicero, Demosthenes,
Sardanapalus, "Mr. Henry George," President Lincoln, all gath-
ered in a group as examples of the olden and present times, for
the instruction of the Craft in this age. It is charmingly done,
this work, and reflects the highest credit on the literary ac
complishment3 of our esteemed Brother.
He quotes six pages from our report concerning the
antiquity of the degrees, prefaced with the following:
Past Grand Master Greenleaf also presented his annual
report as Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence. We
almost imagine there is something in the air of Colorado that in-
vites those who are capable by education to revert to the past,
to revel in the ancient. Is the locus in quo of that state too
new, too much dug up for ores, to have any past history or at-
tachments? Our dear Brother Greenleaf is happy in the an-
tiquities. That our Brethren in Pennsylvania may learn from
so high Masonic authority, so earnest and able a Masonic teacher,
we quote from the "Conclusion" of his most able report.
M. W. Michael Arnold, re-elected Grand Master; R.
W. Michael Nisbet, re-elected Grand Secretary.
QUEBEC -1894
Twenty-fourth Annual held at Montreal, January 31,
1894. M. W. Thomas P. Butler, Grand Master.
His first thoughts are of those who have passed within
the veil. Among these were two Past Grand Masters,
Edwin Ruthven Johnson and James Frederic Walker,
whose distinguished services to Masonry he recounts with
loving tribute to their memories. The Grand Lodge aL«o
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mourns the loss of R. W. Brother Richard Bull, P.D.D.G.
M., of Montreal District, a zealous and faithful Mason.
He reports the past year so uneventful that he has
little to report.
He granted one dispensation for a new Lodge.
We quote the following from his concluding sentences,
as explanatory of their progress in the midst of unfavor-
able surroundings:
We have now entered on the twenty-fifth year of the exis-
tence of this Grand Lodge, which was organized on the 20th
October, 1869, and this is actually the Twenty-fifth Communi-
cation of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, though our proceedings
number from the Annual Communication held a year after-
wards.
Grand Lodge at its organization comprised but 21 Lodges,
which have increased to 57; and during this period 5,375 initiates
have been brought to light in our Lodges.
When we consider that we solicit no candidates for admis-
sion into our Order, but, on the contrary, insist that every
applicant shall have a firm belief in Almighty God, the Creator
and Ruler of the Universe; shall be a loyal subject; and a good,
moral, law-abiding citizen, having a good reputation among his
fellows; and that no mercenary motive exists to offer an induce-
ment to join us, it would be no wonder were our numbers to be
but a small proportion of the community; but when we con-
sider further the fact that, owing to ignorance of our princi-
ples and a false impression of our tenets, a very large majority
of the population of this Province is, on sectarian religious
grounds, opposed to us, I think we may well deem it a reason
for congratulation that so many have, of their own accord, sought
and, after strict examination, been found worthy of admission.
The Grand Secretary's report contains a list of special
dispensations.
He reports that the general depression in trade and
business does not appear to have retarded the progress
of the Fraternity, which continues to make a steady advance
from year to year.
Full and complete reports from the District Deputies
are published with the proceedings.
The Grand Chaplain, Rev. Brother E. Friedlander,
delivered a brief address upon Brotherly Love.
The Grand Lodge of Cuba was recognized.
The Grand Secretary had conferred upon him the
rank of Past Grand Master, as a token of respect and
esteem, and in consideration of special services to Grand
Lodge and its officers, was paid an additional sum of $500.
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The Committee on Benevolence reported that they had
disbursed $1148. d8 during the past year, of which sum
$200 was received from the Grand Lodge and $948.98 from
the Lodges.
The Report on Correspondence is, as usual, from the
able pen of Brother E. T. D. Chambers, who has accepta-
bly filled the office of chairman for the past eight years.
Several pages are devoted to introductory, in which he
discusses u Masonry in Cuba,"' u Masonic Progress,"
** French Freemasonry/' etc. We extract the following from
u Masonic Progress " :
Yet the time was, in Canada, and in the City of Quebec at
that, that the use of a Roman Catholic place of worship — the
then church of the Jesuits — was permitted to the Craftsmen for
the celebration of divine service, on the festival of St. John the
Evangelist; and it wis R. W. Brother Claude Denechaud, a
prominent French Canadian and Rodman Catholic Freemason
who, half a century later, presided at the public Masonic cere-
mony of laying the foundation stone of the famous monument
to Wolfe and Montcalm. The times have changed, however, and
though Freemasonry remains always the same, its enemies
have changed with the times, and, not unnaturally, either, have
progressed in a direction the exact opposite of that to which
the teachings of Freemasonry continuously point.
Colorado for 1893 receives at his hands a fraternal
review.
He pronounces Grand Master Wright's address *' exceed-
ingly eloquent.*'
He quotes his decision in regard to the stockholder in
a brewery as an example of the danger of class legislation.
Brother T. B. McDonald's oration is styled " a really
admirable address," and he copies his concluding remarks.
Our report fares extremely well.
Brother John Powell Noyes was elected Grand Master;
Brother John H. Isaacson, re-elected Grand Secretary for
the twenty-fourth time.
RHODE ISLAND— 1892 -1893.
Semi-Annual Communication held at Providence, No-
vember 21, 1892. M. W. Stillman White, Grand Master.
The Grand Secretary presented his semi-annual report.
Since the work had been placed in his hands as Custodian,
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only seventeen Representatives of the thirty-six Lodges
had called upon him for instruction. In his opinion, the
Ritual needs revision, to free it from grammatical errors,etc.?
and some means of properly disseminating the work should
be adopted.
In accordance with his suggestion, the Grand. Lodge
ordered a revision, and a committee of four was appointed.
The Grand Lodge declined to send delegates to the
Fraternal Congress.
Rev. and W. Brother Henry W.Rugg delivered a eulogy
upon P. G. M. Oliver Johnson, which, by a rising vote, was
ordered to be spread upon the records.
R. W. Cyrus M. Van Slyck delivered a eulogy upon
R. W. William Bullock Blanding, P. D. G. Master, which
was ordered to be spread upon the records.
Both are splendid tributes to these distinguished
craftsmen.
One Hundred and Third Annual held at Providence,
May 15, 1893.
Grand Master White reports a comparatively unevent-
ful year; harmony and good fellowship have prevailed and
the Lodges generally have enjoyed prosperity.
He granted four dispensations for various purposes, and
denied all those that would have required the setting aside
of constitutional provisions.
He laid two corner-stones, those of a Masonic Temple
and a Town Hall.
He calls attention to the arganization of the Masonic
Veteran Association of Rhode Island, on August 25, 1892.
The reports of the District Deputies of the five districts
are published with the proceedings.
There are thirty-six Lodges, with a membership of
4469 — net gain 137.
No Report on Correspondence.
Brother Elisha H. Rhodes, of Providence, was elected
Grand Master; Brother Edwin Baker, re-elected Grand
Secretary.
SCOTLAND— 1894.
Quarterly held at Edinburgh, May 3? 1894. M. W.
James Middleton, Provincial Grand Master of Roxburgh,
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Peebles and Selkirkshires, Acting Grand Master, with a
large attendance of Grand Officers and Representatives.
Charters were granted to Lodges Gordon, Fordsburg,
Johannesburg, No. 804; St. Mungo, Coorparoo, Queens-
land, No. 805; and Nundah, Nundah, Queensland, No. 806.
Brother John Hall Haynes was appointed Provincial
Grand Master of Gibralter, and Brother Captain Thomas
Hope, Provincial Grand Master of Linlithgowshire.
The Grand Committee held meetings on May 31 and
July 26, at which the reports of standing committees were
presented and approved, and matters of local importance
disposed of.
On petitions, reported in order, it was resolved to
recommend to Grand Lodge to grant charters to Lodges
Duke of Rothesay, South Brisbane, Queensland; Fassifern,
Harrisville, Queensland; and Balfour Melville, Methil,
Fife.
We gather the following from the proceedings regard-
ing the South African Republic: "Freemasonry is making
rapid strides in Johannesburg, the inauguration of three
new Lodges within six months being a record for which
Masonic annals have probably no parallel." Two other
Lodges will soon be added to the number, while there is
prospect of a District Grand Lodge in the near future.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA— 1893-1894.
The volume before us covers the proceedings of Quart-
erly Communications held July 19 and October 18, 1893,
and January 17 and April 18, 1894. At the two former,
the Earl of Kintore, Grand Master, presided, and at the
latter two, M. W. Brother S. J. Way, D. G. M., as Grand
Master,
The business transacted was of a local nature, and com-
prised the statistical reports and those of the Board of
General Purposes.
The new Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
The returns from thirty-eight Lodges show a total
membership of 2385, the net gain being only seven over the
preceeding year. The record for charity is a splendid one.
From the Benovelent Fund there was distributed $1755.
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Subscriptions from Lodges to enable the widow and family
of a deceased brother to return to England, over $400.
Subscriptions towards " Queensland Masonic Flood Relief
Fund," $515.
The Earl of Kintore was elected Grand Master; Brother
J. H. Cunningham, re-elected Grand Secretary.
SOUTH CAROLINA— 1893.
One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual held at Charles-
ton, December 12 and 13, 1893. M. W. Stiles P. Dendy,
Grand Master.
Before entering upon a record of his official acts, he
devotes considerable space to th* history of the Craft from
remote ages to the present day, when, he says, as we
approach the evening of the Nineteenth Century, it
remained for the Pope of Rome and his sulx)rdinates to
openly antagonize Free Masonry.
He granted two dispensations for new Lodges, and one
Lodge was revived.
Five dispensations were granted to lay corner-stones;
the proposed structures were a public school, an armory, a
hospital, a city hall and a library building.
He submits four decisions which were approved.
He announces the deaths of Past Grand Master William
W. Humphries and Past District Deputy Grand Master
Francis A. Connor.
Under the head of " Good of the Order,v we note the
following:
We ought not to content ourselves with a superficial or even
perfect knowledge of the Ritual of the degrees of Masonry. It
has been said "that Masonic literature is as essential to a Free-
masons as religious literature to a Christian; as art literature
to an artist; as political literature to the Statesman;" and to
the end that we may have a robust and intelligent membership,
I would recommend that every Lodge in this jurisdiction, that
has not already done so, should begin the establishment of a
Lodge library by purchasing from time to time standard Ma-
sonic books of the best authors, and establish in connection
therewith a reading room, and keep it furnished with the latest
Masonic papers, journals and magazines; and thus render our
Lodges more and more attractive.
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He announces the establishment of a new Masonic
Journal in that State, and commends it to the favor and
patronage of the brethren.
He arrested the charter of a Lodge for having violated
a Landmark and Article III. of their Constitution, by con-
ferring the E. A. degree on a candidate having only one
eye. With a view of checking the tendency to encroach
upon the rules as to physical qualifications, he directed the
Grand Secretary to communicate this action to all the
Lodges in the State. The ends of discipline having been
fully met, he recommends that the charter be restored.
The debt of the Grand Lodge had been reduced to
$20,360, and with judicious management, he expresses the
hope that it may be extinguished in a few years. In adopt-
ing any of the proposed amendments to the Constitution,
abolishing the system of D. D. G. M's., and substituting
therefor a Grand Lecturer for the State at an adequate
salary, or that which provides for compensation for D. D.
G. M's. should they be continued, he trusts no action will
be taken which will retard the liquidation of the Grand
Lodge debt.
The following from the report of the Masonic Hall
Committee, shows a similar state of affiairs in the South
which has been experienced in the West:
The rents from stores are less than last year, as owing to
depression In all business matters the lessee of the corner store
was compelled early in the year to surrender his lease, and the
Hall Committee have been unable so far to find another tenant.
Eligible stores are vacant all over our city, with no prospect
of their being rented. This has seriously curtailed the income
of the Grand Lodge, and will continue to do so during the coming
year, as the business and financial outlook does not improve.
The Masonic Board of Relief reports that out of nine
applicants for assistance, seven were detected as impostors.
The Grand Lodges of New Zealand and Oklahoma were
recognized.
The Grand Lodge secures the
LAFAYETTE TROWEL.
M. W. Brother John D. Kennedy exibited a silver trowel,
with ivory mountings, which was made for, and used in 1829,
by Brother Lafayette in laying the corner stone of the monu-
ment in the town of Camden, S. C, to Baron DeKalb. These
facts are engraved upon the trowel. It has been used on many
Masonic occasions, and is the property of Mrs. Ann C. Salmond,
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the widow of a M. M., who is willing that the Grand Lodge of
South Carolina should possess it.
R. W. Brother Charles Inglesby stated to Grand Lodge that
this trowel had been used in laying the corner stone of the
Temple in which this Communication is being held, the corner
stone of the King's Mountain monument; of the Cowpens mon-
ument; of the Jasper monument; of the Simms monument; o"
the Masonic Temple, and the Chicola Hotel in Anderson, and of
other edifices and monuments.
On motionof R. W. Brother John R. Billinger. the sum of
$50 was appropriated from the Treasury towards the purchase,
and the Grand Secretary was instructed to issue a circular to
the Subordinate Lodges of the Jurisdiction, inviting contributions
from them towards the purchase money, which should be at
least $400. Adopted.
Brother Bellinger also moved, that ribbons be attached to the
trowel, showing the occasions pn which it had been used.
It was then moved that the roll of Lodges be called, and
that the representatives state the amounts which, in their
opinion, their respective Lodges would contribute. This wa«*
done, and a handsome amount was promised.
No Report on Correspondence.
The consideration of the amendments to the Constitu-
tution. providing for a Grand Lecturer, was postponed
until the next Annual.
That providing compensation for District Deputies,
was indefinitely postponed.
M. W. Stiles P. Dendy was re-elected Grand Master:
R. \V. Charles Inglesby, re-elected Grand Secretary.
SOUTH DAKOTA- 1894.
Twentieth Annual held at Hot Springs, June 12. 18W.
M. W. Richard C. MeCallister, Grand Master.
He says:
In passing this 20th milestone of our existence as a Grand
Lodge, is it not well for us to look backward for awhile and
draw a lesson from the experience of those that have gone before
us? We yet have a few of those noble men and Masons with us
that stood Godfathers to this Grand Lodge. The founders of the
Grand Lodge were strong advocates for the preservation of all th?
ancient landmarks of the Order. We have made no changes
that have conflicted with those landmarks, and to this more
than any other cause I attribute our steady and healthy growth
It seems to be the rule in this nineteenth century that we mu«t
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not do as our fathers did, but continually be changing. Brethren,
this is not Masonry. Let us stand by Masonry as we found
it, and transmit it to our children unimpaired.
He granted three dispensations for new Lodges.
Several dispensations were granted to confer degrees
out of time, one of which he thus notes:
In one case, at the earnest solicitation of Coteau Lodge No.
54, at Webster, I granted a dispensation to confer the three
degrees upon Governor Sheldon, waiving the usual time. I was
present and witnessed the conferring of the three degrees,
which was done in a very satisfactory manner, indeed. Coteau
Lodge is almost an ideal Lodge. I am very well aware that
Masonry regards no man for his worldly wealth or honor, but
in this case, fully believing that the candidate possessed both
the external and internal qualifications, I granted the dispen-
sation.
He declared an election null and void where a Lodge
elected a brother as Master who had never been a Warden,
and ordered a new election.
But one decision is reported, which was approved.
In concluding his address, he says:
Although the commercial world has been shaken from
center to circumference, and fortunes melted away like the dew
before the morning sun, yet Masonry and Masonic charity still
survive. From all the reports at hand, I believe the growth of
our Order has been uniformly good.
The delegates to the Masonic Congress presented a full
report on the same, which was adopted, and the thanks of
the Grand Lodge were tendered to Brother L. G. Levoy
for its preparation.
The Grand Secretary's report shows a net increase of
148, making the present membership 4074, average to the
Lodge, 47.84.
The Grand Charity Fund is $596.46.
The Committee on Jurisprudence did not approve the
exercise of the Grand Master's prerogative in the Gov-
ernor's case above referred to. They said in their report
which was adopted :
In reference to the dispensations granted for conferring
degrees "out of time," the committee is of the opinion that this
prerogative of the Grand Master should only be exercised in
case of the greatest emergency, and only when the candidate
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shows himself by examination to be fully proficient as required
by our By-Laws and usage. The facts in the case reported did
not in our judgment justify the exercise of such power.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
P. G. M. William Blatt presents a fine Report on Cor-
respondence, covering 112 pages, which is certainly a credit
to the Grand Lodge he represents. Colorado for 1893
receives most flattering commendation. He summarises
Grand Master Wright's "masterly introductory of five
pages. v He has warm words of approval for our report,
and quotes the last stanza of Mother Lodge poem for the
benefit of those of " high degree/'
Brother William C. Allen, of Graton, was elected Grand
Master; Brother George A. Pettigrew, of Flandreau, elected
Grand Secretary.
TENNESSEE 1894.
The proceedings are embellished with the portraits of
the Past and Present Grand Masters, M. W. Brothers Bun
F. Price and Henry A. Chambers, respectively.
Eightieth Annual held at Nashville, January 31, and
February 1. 1894. M. W. Bun F. Price. Grand Master.
After a brief retrospective glance, he proceeds to recount
his official acts.
Among dispensations declined, was one to dedicate the
Widows* and Orphans' Home on July 4th, "because it was
not a Masonic day.'"
He had granted but one dispensation for a new Lodge.
He is opposed to the policy of establishing Lodges at every
country cross road.
While upon this subject, he gives a scathing review
of the situation, and says "that the number of puny.
sickly, delicate little Lodges in this Grand Jurisdiction is
astonishing. They are an incubus upon Masonry and a
drawback upon our noble Order." He clinches his argu-
ment by the following startling array of facts:
100 Lodges reported -a membership of lees than 30
43 Lodges reported a membership of les9 than 20
3 Lodges reported a membership of just 17
6 Lodges reported a membership of juBt A*
7 Lodges reported a membership of just 15
5 Lodges reported a membership of just 14
4 Lodges reported a membership of just 10
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He says that he is satisfied that the membership of all
these Lodges can be increased with good men and true,
provided the Grand Lodge will take the matter in hand
and make some practical suggestions in that direction.
He submits a list of thirty-one decisions, all of which
were approved.
He made a large number of official visitations, which
were prolific of good results. On these occasions he always
conferred one of the degrees, and the Lodge rooms were
filled to their utmost capacity. He was prostrated by
malarial fever for four months; when recovered, he resumed
his labors of visitation, which, during the year, were devoted
almost without exception to the country Lodges.
He refers to the death of their Grand Tiler. Brother A.
W. Downer, whose funeral he attended, delivering an
appropriate eulogy upon that sad occasion.
He also records the death of R. W. Brother P. D.
McCulloch, P. D. G. M,
Under the head of Disseminating the Work, he says
the plan inaugurated by P. G. Master Connor, last year, had
exceeded their expectations." Seven of the ten District
Lecturers chosen to this voluntary service had devoted
much of their time to the duties of instruction, and 162
Lodges had been taught.
He healed a brother who had visited the Memphis
Lodges, with a diploma from a defunct Lodge in New
Orleans, chartered by the Grand Orient of France, after
which he presented his petition for affiliation, the Grand
Master authorizing the Lodge to receive his petition.
We reproduce his views on the following subjects:
DRUMMING FOR MASONRY.
This is an evil that should be corrected. It is too much the
custom at the present time, especially by the young Masons, who
have not been better taught, to drum for the Order by soliciting
their friends to become members thereof. This is not as it
should be, and is calculated to bring the Order into disrepute
and place it on a par with other orders whose very life is de-
pendent upon the accession of new members. The practice is
pernicious and wholly unmasonic, and in many instances makes
a man stultify himself at the very threshold of Masonry. If
we would all live as we should, and by our daily walks through
life exemply the teachings of our noble Order, there would be
no necessity for thus debasing Masonry, as the profane would
soon learn that Masonry is more than "sounding brass or tinkling
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cmybal;" they would soon knock at our doors for admission,
in order that they might be made better and purer men. I
speak of this matter in order that the Grand Lodge may regulate
it if they see proper.
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
To this question I have given much thought during my
official year, and but for the fact that it might have looked a
little discourteous to my predecessors who made the appoint-
ments, I would have revoked the commissions of all Representa-
tives of this Grand Lodge near other Grand Lodges throughout
the world. My reason for so doing is that, in my humble opinion,
they have outlived their usefulness, and been the cause of en-
gendering much ill-feeling between several Grand Jurisdictions
of this country. Our own jurisdiction, as you. well know, is at
present "at outs" with the Grand Lodge of Ohio, caused by the
Representative system. And in several other instances the
relations between Grand Lodges have been strained to such
an extent as to almost cause an entire severance of fraternal
relations. There is no law requiring the appointment of Rep-
resentatives: it is simply a custom out of which I have never
known any good to arise. I therefore recommend that this
Grand Lodge take such action in the premises as will ciuse
the withdrawal of all commissions now in the hands of Repre-
sentatives near other Grand Lodges, and in the future prevent
any others being issued.
He makes an eloquent plea for the acceptance of the
Widows' and Orphans7 Home, for which purpose it will
become necessary to incorporate the Grand Lodges, and to
provide for its maintenance, which, he says, has been cal-
culated at fifty cents per capita additional tax to be levied
by the Subordinate Lodges.
The Grand Lodge appropriated $2000 to the Home, for
the purpose of paying its indebtedness, while there was
pledged by Lodges and others $38(K).93 to a fund for its
maintenance. The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to devise
ways and means for securing a permanent endowment of the
Masonic Widows' and Orphans* Home.
The Grand Representative system was abolished.
The report of the delegate to the Fraternal Congress
was placed on file, together with the declaration of the
Grand Lodge *' that it expresses no opinion or in any way
approves the findings of said Congress."
MASONIC FUNEHALS.
The following resolution was adopted:
Two years ago your Grand Master recommended that where
other fraternal orders officiated over the remains of a deceased
lev"" » T"*
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Brother the Masonic funeral ceremony should not be held,
and I am informed that the Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence
concurred in this recommendation; and I would now offer this
as a resolution, that in instances of the death of a Past Officer
of the Grand Lodge, and when other orders officiate, that at h's
request the Masonic funeral service be permitted.
What becomes of the lesson of the level, with an appli-
cation such as the above?
The report of the Widows' and Orphans' Home shows
it to have been in operation fourteen months. There are
thirty-four widows and orphans now in the institution and
fully that number are desirous of admission. The total
receipts and disbursements to date have been $34,2(54.14,
of which latter amount there was expended for buildings
$29,500.64. The cost per capita is $75 per annum.
The last Report on Correspondence, by the lamented
Brother George C. Connor, lies before us, penned literally
in the shadow of death.
Colorado for 1893 receives a spirited review, in which
Grand Master Wright's address is subjected to rather
caustic comment and criticism. We quote the following:
But he is absolutely at fault when he asserted that kings
and noblemen taught the equality of man. Hear him:
"Kings were sometimes its Grand Masters. Titled noble-
men and blue-blooded aristocrats knelt at its altars, and assumed
its obligations, and recognized the social conditions in which
it had its origin, to the born slave its doors were absolutely
and forever closed. But in teaching the common brotherhood
of man, it taught, as a logical deduction, the equality of men.
And when, in its own beautiful symbolic language, it began to
teach men to "meet upon the level," Masonry was sowing in
the minds of men, seed, which in the providence of God, by
the progress of mankind, was bound to ripen into the republic."
No, no; these taught the equality of kings with kings, and
noblemen with noblemen, but the plebeian was accounted a
boor and denied admittance to the tessellated floor! No such
equality as America teaches is taught anywhere else on earth.
We speak from the book.
Of the remainder of the oration we can only stand in awful
admiration, both as to its facts and enthusiasm; highly wrought,
to be sure, and somewhat impracticable, but pleasant reading
nevertheless.
Two of his decisions are quoted with approval. His
review of Colorado closes with the following:
The Annual contains a half-tone illustration of the beautiful
Jewel Colorado gives to her Past Grand Masters. If "Colorado"
is put on the suspension bar the art will be perfect.
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There was an oration by the Grand Orator, but it was too
much for our shattered nerves. O, those orators!
Brother L. N. Greenleaf, P. G. M., made a charming Report
on Correspondence, full of opinions and suggestions, and as read-
able as "Rob Roy." If we could only use herein what we ad-
mired In it!
Has Brother Greenleaf forgotten that at the revival of 1717
Freemasons did not wear aprons at all, and that the "symbolic
lambskin" came into vogue many years afterwards? O, no.
not "defamatory," nor "damnatory." Too woolly-westish for
this land of cotton! Next year, Lawrence.
We quote the personal reference to ourself for the pur-
pose of introducing the following letter from Brother
Gould to Brother Conner, which answers very explicitly
the interrogatory about the " forgetf illness,"' and scores
one for your humble correspondent.
Under the head of "Concluding Papers,'' we find the
following:
ANCIENT WEARING OP APRON.
A number of superficial readers of Masonic history have
been annoying this committee for years with the insistance that
Freemasons did not wear aprons at the revival of 1717, and
that officers were designated merely by jewels. Though thor-
oughly satisfied that such were not the facts we determined
to draw upon the amiability of our friend, Masonry's greatest
historian, Robert Freke Gould, of England. This is his reply
to our inquiry:
Working, Surrey, December 29, 1893.
"My Dear Brother Connor— -1. The Freemasons did wear
Aprons at the so-called revival of 1717.
"2. The Grand Lodge of England, or rather the members
thereof, always wore Aprons.
"3. Every Freemason, Speculative or Operative, wore an
Apron previous to the so-called revival of 1717.
"I may add that Brethren Hughan and Ry lands concur
with me in such opinion. * * # * The earliest reference
to Lodge Aprons in English Masonry occurs in the minutes
of the Alnwick Lodge, under the year 1708, but there can bo
no doubt that they were worn as far back as English Lodges
can be traced; the fact being that all English Lodge minutes,
earlier than the Alnwick ones, have crumbled to dust; or at
all events are not forthcoming.
"I am in reasonable distance of the completion of a some-
what arduous task, to-wit, the production of a summarized edi-
tion of my History of Freemasonry, corrected and brought up
to date. * * * * I may have to cross the Atlantic to
make arrangement for publication in America. • • * *
" K. F. GOULD."
.* f '
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This settles the question of the wearing of Aprons in the
year 1717, and before, so far as this committee is concerned.
As to the possibility of this distinguished historian coming
to America the anticipation is pleasant. Such a man on the
lecture platform would give an unusual impetus to Freemasonry
in most our cities.
These concluding papers contain a valuable store of
information for the Craft at large, and will be highly
prized for reference. Although we have already devoted
more than the allotted space to this jurisdiction, we cannot
refrain from quoting the touching farewell of our fellow
member of the guild, in which there is mournfully apparent
the premonition he felt of his approaching departure:
FAREWELL.
Aye, it may be forever; the Father alone knoweth. But
if we meet no more here, may we meet beyond the river where
the waves of sorrow surge no more. Yes, the Pearly Gate comes
nearer, and the light from its wicket streams down to us along
the highway. The burden remains, but it grows lighter every
year.
Here we see the faults of each other magnified, entirely
because we do not know each other; but we will know each
other there; yea, in that bright and shining land where the
weary and the misunderstood are at rest forever. Here we
lay up both earthly and spiritual treasures; the former to
discharge our obligations, the latter that we may honor God
and elevate mankind. Such living, laying up and trustfulness
make up the life of a true Freemason.
Many of the beloved have crossed over the river since last
we reported. They are not absorbed in the fountain of Nirvana,
as the Buddhist dreams; they have gone home to the bosom of
their God. They live because God lives, and through the mercy
of God we shall meet them there. Ah! how precious the
thought —
So star by star declines,
Till all are passed away.
Nor sink those stars in empty night,
But hide themselves in heaven's own light.
In the bonds of the Brotherhood.
(t. C. CONNOR,
Chairman.
Brother Henry A. Chambers, of Chattanooga, was
elected Grand Master; Brother John FrizzelU re-elected
Grand Secretary.
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TEXAS- 1893.
Fifty-eighth Annual held at Houston, December 5,
1893. M. W. Thomas B. Cochran, Grand Master.
He says:
The year has not been one of general prosperity to all of our
fraternity, yet the conditions are so much better with us than in
many other countries, that we ought rather to rejoice than complain.
He makes the following touching reference to departed
brethren:
».
Among the number has been our venerable and well be-
loved Senior Grand Steward, Brother Robert Cohen, who ^ras
called from labor to rest, at his home in this city, on Saturday,
the 14th day of October, 1893.
Gently, and in loving remembrance of the absent Brother,
it became the duty of Brother Cohen, during the twenty years
of his service in this Grand Lodge, to drape the vacant chair
with the insignia of death; and now that it has come his turn
to go, we place upon his station the badge of mourning, recalling
the gentle face of him whose station this once was and bid
his ashes rest in peace. His station was humble in rank, but
such was the fidelity manifested in the discharge of that, no
one, however exalted, was more universally loved and non^
will be more generally missed than Brother Bob Cohen. Peaca
to his ashes.
There has been another death in our jurisdiction deserving
of special mention, because of the remarkable longevity and
uncommon devotion to Masonry.
The deceased Brother was Alfred Henderson, who was born
in South Carolina in the year A. D. 1797. He was made a
Mason in Winchester, Tenn., in July, 1818, moved to Texas in
1843, and remained a contributing member of the Lodge of
his residence until the day of his death, which occurred at the
residence of his daughter. Mrs. W. F. Upton, at Schulenburg, in
Fayette county, on Saturday, November, 17, 1893, in the ninety-
seventh year of his age, and after seventy-five years of service
in Masonic work. Such was his love for the Order that when
unable to find his way to the Lodge because of failing sight,
his devoted daughter, the wife of our deceased Brother, W. F.
Upton, would lovingly lead him to the door and deliver him
into the hands of his faithful brethren.
Scarce less should be the tribute to the fidelity and devo-
tion of the aged Craftsman to the cause of Masonry, than to the
daughter for the devotion manifested by her to the father.
Together, father and daughter stand a beautiful picture in
the annals of Texas Masonry.
He granted fifteen dispensations for new Lodges.
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Fourteen corner-stones were laid by proxy; four of the
proposed structures were Masonic Temples, three churches,
four court houses and three public school buildings.
Thirty-eight decisions are reported, eight of which were
not approved. /
For the sufferers by the cyclone at Cisco, $1970.95
passed through the hands of the Grand Secretary, of which
sum the Grand Chapter and its subordinates contributed
$471. Many Lodges near the scene of the disaster sent
their contributions direct, so that it was impossible to
estimate the total sum given.
He refers to the reports of the District Deputies,
upwards of fifty in number, the examination of which is a
laborious task. He recommends a suitable blank upon
which they shall be required to make out their reports in
tabulated form.
He had refused all applications to confer degrees out of
time, except one. This was a case where a F. C. was about
to leave for Germany to be gone two years, to take a post
graduate course as a physician.
He recommends the repeal of the regulation which
gives to one member the right to object to another's voting
because in arrears for dues, because it rests upon a false
idea, is productive of discord, and does not accomplish the
purpose for which it was enacted.
From the Grand Secretary's report we glean the follow-
ing items:
He had succeeded in getting in the returns from all of
the 561 Lodges except one. These show a total member-
ship of 24,472, being an increase of 344. The smallest
number of members in any one Lodge is 9; the largest. 252;
average number of members to each Lodge, 44.
Past Grand Master C. J. Hart, of this jurisdiction, was
a visitor on the evening of the 5th, being introduced to
the Grand Lodge by the Grand Master, and delivering a
brief address in response.
A resolution was adopted providing for a blank form
for reports of District Deputies, to be prepared by a com-
mittee of three, and approved by the Grand Master.
In December, 1893, the Masonic Widows' and Orphans'"
Home Fund amounted to $65,568.96; by December, 1894, it
wasexpectedto reach $80,000. Within a year ortwo the loca-
tion will be determined, and plans for the Home formulated.
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From the special report of the Committee on Foreign
Correspondence on Masonry in Mexico, we extract the
following :
The reorganization and unification of Masonry in Mexico a
few years ago, resulting in the formation of the Gran Dieta of
the United States of Mexico, and the prompt action of the Grand
Lodge of Texas in recognizing the Gran Dieta and extending
to it the fraternal hand by the ratification, in 1891, of 'The
Treaty of Monterey," was calculated to call forth some discus-
sion in Masonic circles, and we find that many of the Commit-
tees on Correspondence have spoken approvingly of our action,
and we doubt not that in due time the Gran Dieta will be gen-
erally recognized as the governing Masonic body in Mexico.
There are, however, some who have taken exception to and crit-
icized our action, but their strongest objections lie in their
opposition to the recognition of Scottish Rite Masonry by Grand
Lodges of the York Rite. This is not an open question in
Texas, as we have had for many years a standing resolution
recognizing the Scottish Rite, and there is no valid reason, in
the opinion of your committee, for reversing our action.
The special committee to whom was referred the Colo-
rado Washington Centennial observance, presented a report
endorsing the plan, and a committee was appointed in
accordance with their resolutions.
And now we turn to the exhaustive Report on Corres-
pondence, by Past Grand Master Thos. M. Matthews. It
is his eighth, and ranks among the best. It covers 137
pages, filled with interesting extracts and comment wher-
ever it seems warranted.
Colorado for 1892 has a generous notice. An extract is
given from Grand Master Maxwell's address, with a brief
summary of his official acts.
The oration of Brother Herron is commended in these
words:
The oration of Brother Ira L. Herron upon the science and
philosophy of Freemasonry is printed in the proceedings, and
is a most chaste, beautiful and masterful presentation of the
subject, and, having nothing of the bombast and "curling" of a
Fourth of July splurge about it, is the better therefor. It will
well repay the reader, and, being short, will not tire him.
Lengthy extracts are made from our report, and our
poem, "Bearing the Sheaves,'" reproduced in full.
Brother B. F. Frymier, of Houston, was elected Grand
Master: Brother W. F. Swain, re-elected Grand Secretary.
1894] CORRESPONDENCE—UTAH. 227
UTAH— 1894.
Twenty-third Annual held at Provo, January 16 and 17,
1894. M. W. Abion B. Emery, Grand Master.
In his opening remarks he thus comments upon finan-
cial conditions:
During the past year, Freemasonry in Utah, in common
with other institutions, has suffered from the universal and
almost unprecedented stringency in financial matters. We, in
Utah, all agree upon the cause of this unusual condition. as being
the persistent and unrelenting determination among the people
in Eastern portions of our country to ignore the importance
of the great West as a factor in the prosperity of the United
States. We are compelled to recognize the situation as it
exists, and to meet its distressing effects as best we may; hop-
ing always, that in the near future the darkness which now over-
shadows us will be removed and the intelligence of the people
will assert itself and bring the return of the prosperity so much
desired.
CONDITION OF THE CRAFT.
It is a well known fact that Freemasonry runs parall-.l
with the prosperity of the country in which it exists, and as
we have experienced during the past year more of a stagnation
in business than ever before, our membership has not as rap?dly
increased as we anticipated when last we parted. But aside
from this it is a great pleasure for me to be able to report to
you that all our Lodges are in a prosperous condition. Peace
and harmony prevails among the members of each Lodge and
among all the Lodges. They have been zealous in their work
and the manner in which the several degrees have been con-
ferred is beyond praise. They practiced the social features of
Masonry with the best results, and any worthy claim for relief
has met with cheerful response.
The death of Past Grand Master and Grand Chaplain
James Lowe, and that of P. J. G. W. Joseph W. Cook, are
feelingly announced.
All the Lodges in the jurisdiction, with one exception,
had been visited by him officially.
He refused to grant a dispensation for a new Lodge at
Ogden, upon the petition of twenty-eight Master Masons,
because it was not accompanied by a recommendation from
the nearest Lodge, also at Ogden.
He expresses his views as to Grand Representatives as
follows:
My opinion of the Grand Representative System differs
somewhat from that of M. W. Brother Michael Arnold of Penn-
sylvania.
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I hold that a Grand Representative represents the Grand
Lodge and not the Grand Master. That the Grand Master makes
the appointment is because he is the Executive Officer of the
Grand Lodge when not in session. In his annual address the
Grand Master reports all his official acts to the Grand Lodge;
the appointment of Grand Representatives included. And when
the Grand Lodge in annual communication assembled confirms
the appointments they are Officers of the Grand Lodge of Utah.
To my own recollection that has been the custom in our Grand
Lodge since I have been a member of it and I hope the custom
will continue.
Three decisions are submitted, one of which was
approved, one modified and one disapproved.
The sympathies of every member of the Guild will go
out to Brother Diehl in the sad occurence here chronicled:
Soon after his return from Chicago his only son met with
a sad accident which crippled him for life.
While on this subject I desire to offer the condolence and
sympathy of this Grand Lodge to R. W. Brother Diehl in this
severe affliction. The idol of a fond father, the joy and pride
of a loving mother, thus maimed for life and debarred from ever
becoming a member of our Masonic institution, shatters hopes
and destroys expectations which may well excite our sym-
pathy. Let us hope that success will attend the young: man
in his future career, thus gladenning the hearts of devoted
parents and numerous friends.
Their present Code was printed in 1879, and he calls
attention to the pressing need of revision. He thus
expresses his views on this subject:
It will be a tedious work. To make it perfect the Consti-
tution and Laws of other Grand Lodges have to be consulted,
and from tnese selections made to be incorporated, when appli-
cable, in our new Code. This cannot be done by a committee
in a week, or two weeks; it takes months of searching, reading
and studying. Besides our own wants and needs must have
the necessary attention and so framed that there can be no
two meanings in any section of the law. I have given the mat-
ter much thought and have come to the conclusion that a revis-
ion of the Code should be entrusted to our Grand Secretary,
who prepared the one now in use, and who, I think, will give
it all the necessary care and attention, and I know that when
completed it will answer all our purposes for many years to
come.
Should this suggestion meet with your approval, then I
would further suggest that Brother Diehl be instructed to con-
tinue the history of Masonry in Utah from where he left it off
in 1874, to the present day, and that it be published, either
with the Code or in a separate pamphlet. There are but few
left of the old guard, and when they join the great majority.
1894] CORRESPONDENCE — UTAH. 229
which sooner or later they must, it will be hard to get a com-
plete history, which it will be easier to write from memory
than from printed proceedings.
From the Grand Secretary's very complete report we
gather these items:
During the past twelve months our roll gained forty-five
members, making a total of six hundred and sixty-eight on the
last day of December, 1893. One hundred and sixty-eight de-
grees have been conferred, being twenty-five less than the pre-
vious year. Mt. Moriah Lodge having conferred fifty degrees
leads this year, next comes Weber with thirty-five, Corinne
with twenty-one, Story with twenty, Argenta with seventeen,
Wasatch with thirteen and Uintah with twelve. Tintic Lodge
had no work.
There is something remarkable in the progress made by
Corinne Lodge during the past year. Its work shows what a
few Brethren can do if they are determined to achieve success
For over fifteen years Corinne Lodge lingered without any sight
of life. It did not only stand still, it retrograded. Twice it was
on the eve of surrendering its Charter, and would have done
so had it not been for the encouraging words of some Grand
Officers and a few friends of the old Lodge. All at once, within
a space of twelve months, the Lodge arises like Phoenix out
of the ashes, and is the third on the list as to work. It is an
achievement that calls for our admiration.
The total amount expended for charitable purposes is
$2013.05, Wasatch Lodge expended $100.05, Mt. Moriah $1013.25,
Argenta $361.00, Story $58.00, Corinne $37.50, Weber $230.75,
and Uintah $212.50.
The Lodges have in their treasuries $14,524.88, ranging from
$9247.03 to $13.06. The property of the Lodges is valued at
$7980.00, making a grand total of $22,524.88. Decrease since last
report, $1348.86.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
The revision of the Code was entrusted to the Grand
Secretary, with an advisory committee of three. He is also
to continue the history of Masonry in Utah.
The action of the Grand Master in refusing the petition
from twenty-eight brethren at Ogden was approved, the
report of the committee emboding the following:
We desire, however, to recommend to Weber Lodge No. 6
that it exercise the spirit of Brotherly love, so that hereafter the
Brethren petitioning for a new Lodge may obtain their desire,
believing that thereby the interest of Masonry in Utah will be
advanced.
The Grand Lodge endorsed the Grand Master's action
and views upon the subject of Grand Representatives.
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Grand Master Emery presented to his successor a
beautiful signet ring, to be used as the Grand Masters
private seal during his official term, and by him transmit-
ted to his successor while the Grand Lodge of Utah
endures. It is of eighteen carat gold, onyx top, upon which
is engraved in a scroll, " Grand Master of Utah/1 under-
neath which is a "Lion's Paw." A cut of the ring appears
in the proceedings.
After installation, the. officers, members and visitors to
the Grand Lodge, to the number of seventy- five, marched
to the Fleiner Cafe, where a magnificent banquet was
served, followed by the " feast of reason and the flow of
soul."
And now let us investigate the Report on Correspond-
ence, by our scholarly Brother, Christopher Diehl. We
have so often commended his efforts that further praise
would seem fulsome. The present report comprises a
review of fifty-five Grand Lodges, and covers ninety-five
pages. Colorado for 1893 receives a very kindly review.
We quote as follows:
The Grand Master presented a superb address. It is an
inspiring paper. The language in the exordium Is eloquent and
fine. In it he points out the duties of a Mason as a man and
a citizen of this free country. He is himself a patriot, and
points with pride to the glorious flag and names the great
men who shaped this grand government and made it the land
of the free and the home of the brave. That his patriotism
and love of Masonry made him go a little beyond historical
truth is to be forgiven. He speaks of Thomas Jefferson as a
Mason, bur. he never was one, at least we never heard his name
mentioned in connection with Masonry and we do not beiio\ o ch:it
anybody else has. But let that pass. The Grand Master recom-
mends the appointment of a committee "to report at this session
with a view to the holding of a National Masonic Memorial
Celebration at the tomb of Washington, at Mount Vernon, on
the centennial anniversary of the death of Brother George
Washington, December 14, 1899." This having been referred to
the Committee on Jurisprudence it subsequently made a report
in which the suggestion is approved and the following recom-
mended :
********
The Colorado Committee can rest assured that the Grand
Lodge of Utah will be one of the first to join in the movement
As to a place of meeting for the committee we rise to name Salt
Lake City. There is no place like it in the whole land.
He quotes four of Grand Master Wright's decisions
with approval, for the benefit, as he says, of Utah Masonic
law students.
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He says that Colorado's Past Grand Master's Jewel is a
"daisy."
He compliments Grand Orator Brother T. B. McDonald
with having delivered " a mighty sensible oration."
In commenting upon our report, Brother Diehl says
we admit that we were a little hasty last year in insisting
upon the existence of three degrees prior to 1717. He is
mistaken as to our position, we admit nothing of the kind.
Brother Gould was not as clear in expressing his meaning
as he should have been. There is no question between us
as to the existence of the essential features of the degrees
prior to the period named, it is only as to their division.
Brother Gould believes that two degrees contained all the
essentials of the present three. The weak point of our
modern writers has been in claiming that at the revival of
Freemasonry in 1717 there was but one degree in existence,
to which the others at latter periods were added. Even so
great a Masonic writer as the late distinguished Brother
Albert Pike fell into the same error. Our belief has been
strengthened the past year by additional facts and discov-
eries bearing upon the antiquity of Masonry and the
degrees; if time permits, we may allude to the subject in
our " Conclusion." In the meantime, Brother Diehl, as a
lover of the Ancient Craft, we advise you to look into this
matter for yourself.
Brother Arvis S. Chapman, of Salt Lake City, was
elected Grand Master; Brother Christopher Diehl, of the
same city, re-elected Grand Secretary.
VICTORIA— 1893-1891.
We are in receipt of the proceedings of the Quarterly
Communications held at Melbourne, September 18 and
December 18, 1893, and March 19, 1894; the two former
presided over by M. W. Sir W. J. Clarke, Grand Master,
and the latter by M. W. George Baker, P. G. M. and
D. G. M., as Grand Master.
The business trausacted was of a local character. We
select a few of the more interesting items to show what the
brethren of that jurisdiction are doing.
Upwards of $2000 was distributed by the Board of
Benevolence from June 14 to August 23, 1893, and some
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$2700 from September 13 to November 22, 1893. Nearly
$1900 was expended in relief from December 13, 1893, to
February 28, 1894.
A serious deficiency was found in the Grand Secretary's
accounts. He was called upon by the Grand Master to
resign his office, which he did, his resignation being
accepted by the Grand Lodge.
M. W. Sir W. J. Clarke was re-elected Grand Master;
appointment of Grand Secretary deferred until next
meeting.
VIRGINIA— 1893.
One Hundred and Sixteenth Annual Communication
held at Richmond, December 5, 6 and 7, 1893. M. W.
William H. Pleasants, Grand Master.
He says:
The past year has been, as you all know, one of great pecu-
niary embarrassment and financial stringency throughout the
whole land. Notwithstanding these unfavorable circumutances,
Masonic work has generally been active in this jurisdiction. I
have not received specific information upon this point from
every quarter of the state, but I know from personal observation
in some cases, and trustworthy information in others, that
even in the general stagnation of business, there has been, in
many quarters, unusual activity in Masonic work. I have reason,
therefore, to expect that, notwithstanding the business depres-
sion and the annual loss by death and di mission, our reports
will show no loss in our aggregate membership. Peace and
harmony have reigned in our own borders, and our relations
with our sister Grand Jurisdictions continue to be of the most
friendly character. That our inward and outward relations
are thus peaceful and friendly must be to us all a just cause of
sincere thankfulness; and our ardent hope is that this happy
condition may continue always.
He pays a feeling tribute to M. W. Brother Richard
Parker, Past Grand Master.
He thus refers to the communication from this Grand
Lod^e, which is embcxlied in his address:
The following letter from the Grand Lodge of Colorado has
been sent to me for transmission to you. It will be seen that it
contains a proposal that all the Grand Lodges of the United
States join in the year 1899 in commemorating the centennial
of the death of Washington by suitable Masonic observances at
his tomb at Mt. Vernon.
1894] CORBESPONDENCE — VIRGINIA. 233
In acknowledging the receipt of the communication, I
said, in substance, that the proposal met my hearty approval,
and that I felt sure that the Grand Lodge of Virginia would
gladly join in paying honor to the memory of her greatest son.
Accordingly, I recommend the appointment of a committee on
the part of this body, as suggested in the letter.
The following report was made by the Committee on
Grand Master's Address, and a special committee subse-
quently appointed:
The communication of the committee representing the Grand
Lodge of Colorado, referred with his address by the Grand
Master, has been duly considered. Virginia Masons, with an
impulse stronger than can spring to the minds and affections
of any other man, accept the patriotic suggestions of the Grand
Lodge of Colorado and heartily concur and will cordially co-
operate in all things necessary to the culmination of the grand
Idea which has been so happily conceived by the Grand Lodge
of Colorado. Your committee is of opinion that whilst all honor
is due to the Grand Lodge of our sister state for its conception,
and whilst the committee recommends the appointment of a
committee for this jurisdiction to co-operate with those from
other jurisdictions, they recommend that all arrangements, pre-
liminary and final, should be determined only by the general
committee so appointed.
Four dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
Six decisions were reported, which were approved with
one exception.
He regrets that he was unable to visit as many of the
Lodges as he desired, also that he wras obliged to forego the
pleasure of participating in several public ceremonials of
the Fraternity.
He convened the Grand Lodge in special Communica-
tion on June 24, at Wytheville, where the monument
erected to the memory of P. G. M. William Terry was
unveiled with appropriate Masonic ceremonies, in the
presence of a large concourse of brethren and citizens.
The Board of Trustees of the Masonic Temple Asso-
ciation report receipts, $24,754.89; expenditures, $23,865.73;
balance on hand, $889.16. The properties of the Associa-
tion are valued at $153,829.03, exclusive of indebtedness.
The laying of the corner-stone of the Masonic Home
was impracticable, in consequence of the severe inclemency
of the weather; the ceremony was, therefore, exemplified
in the Grand Lodge Hall. A fine address was delivered by
Brother R. T. W. Duke, Jr., upon the subject of Charity.
The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized.
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The Masonic Home has to its credit assets amounting
to §36,803.17. The disbursements during the year were
$6068.73. There are now in the Home eleven bright and
intelligent boys, sons of deceased brother Masons. When
the more permanent and substantial structure is erected,
it will prove a blessing to orphans and needy adults.
The reports from the District Deputies, which appear
in the proceedings, show a prosperous condition of affairs
among the Lodges, as a rule.
No Report on Correspondence.
Brother Mann Page, of Brandon, was elected Grand
Master; Brother William B. Isaacs, of Richmond, re-elected
Grand Secretary.
WASHINGTON— 1893.
Thirty-sixth Annual held at Tacoma, June 13, 14 and
15, 1893. M. W. Alfred A. Plummer, Grand Master.
The Grand Master's address is an exceptionally able
one, containing many forcible suggestions for the consid-
eration of the Fraternity wherever dispersed.
He had been unable to visit the greater number of the
Lodges, as anticipated, owing to the storms and blockades
in January, and, upon his return home, he was stricken
with sickness, from which he had not then fully recovered.
We quote the following, as showing the enterprise of
our Seattle brethren:
On St. John's Day, June 24, 1892, I dedicated St. John's Tem-
ple, in the City of Seattle. The cost of this Temple, with the
lots on which it is situated, was $130,000. The Masonic Hall is
occupied by four Blue Lodges, the Chapter, the Commandery,
the Eastern Star and all the Scottish Rite bodies (Lodge of
Perfection, Chapter of Rose Croix, Council of Kadosh, and Con-
sistory.) There is also another hall in the building for other
secret societies. The Masonic Library Association holds weekly
meetings in the reading room of the Temple. The completion
of this magnificent Temple is a lasting monument to the zeal
and perseverance of our Masonic Brethren of Seattle.
Nine dispensations were granted for new Lodges, and
five to confer degrees out of time.
He reported twenty-nine decisions, all of which were
concurred in. No. 3, which decided that it requires
seven Master Masons to open a Masters Lodge, was the
1894] CORRESPONDENCE — WASHINGTON. 235
occasion of considerable discussion. The Committee on
Jurisprudence twice reported adversely to the decision,
being of the opinion that, while it takes seven to transact
certain kinds of Lodge business, three Master Masons may
open a Lodge. The Grand Lodge refused to adopt this
portion of their report, and concurred in the Grand
Master's decision.
He calls attention to the finances, and recommends
economy in expenditures the coming year.
He thinks that it is time the Grand Lodge ceased its
wanderings over the State, and that it had a home.
A Lodge having expelled three brothers for non-
payment of dues, he notified it that, unless their delin-
quency was coupled with moral turpitude, amounting
to unmasonic conduct, the action of the Lodge must be
reconsidered, and proper proceedings taken.
His remarks upon the " non-affiliate " are original and
to the point.
We quote :
THE NON-AFFILIATES.
Is it not too often the case that visiting brethren holding
for every created thing; but years of careful study have failed
to reveal the particular usefulness of the non-affiliate Mason.
The number of these drones is daily increasing, and we may
well stop to consider the cause and effects of non-affiliates. I
propose to name the three factors responsible primarily for the
non-affiliates.
It is not too often the case that visiting brethren holding
dlmits visit the Lodge in whose jurisdiction they reside, for
the purpose of forming the acquaintance of the brethren and
renewing the fraternal ties, recently severed by departure from
their former home? Who among us cannot recall the reception
usually accorded a visitor? From the center of the room he is
formally introduced to the Master as Brother , of Lodge
, and the Master quite as formally extends to him a wel-
come to the Lodge, hopes that his visits may be frequent, and
associations there' pleasant; and amid a solemn hush calcu-
lated to chill the marrow of the bones of the visitor, he is con-
ducted to a seat, and alas, too often, the routine business of
the Lodge is resumed, the Lodge closes in due form, and the
Brother departs, having been made acquainted with some five or
six of the members.
Is this the way in which you would receive at your home
a person who bore to you a letter of introduction from a valued
friend? The lack of sociability and good fellowship while at
our Lodge meetings?
Some object to lectures and songs, others object to the ex-
pense of some simple repast that is suggested as being an im-
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proper use of Lodge funds; but how many would attend a
church or lecture hall when it was understood that the same
lecture or sermon would be delivered fifty-two consecutive
times by the same person, and what better means of bringing
men closer together can be found than the social gathering
around the hospitable board?
The three factors to which he alludes above, he
afterwards explains, are the members of the committee to
whom the non-affiliate's petition was referred for inves-
tigation, when he first applied for initiation. If they had
done their full duty, non-affiliates would be less numerous.
From the Grand Secretary's report, we learn that the
increase in membership had fallen below that of the
preceding year, being 549, against 665, with two Lodges to
hear from.
W. B. William H. Upton, Acting Grand Orator,
delivered a most instructive address, entitled: "A plea for
the teaching of Masonry."
A committee was appointed to consider the matter of
a permanent place of meeting, and report at the next
Annual.
P. G. Af . Thomas M. Reed presents one of his charac-
teristic Reports on Correspondence, which is tilled with
matters of interest culled from other jurisdictions, with
incisive and judicious comments wherever it seems
necessary.
Colorado for 1892 receives a fraternal review of four
pages, which is largely devoted to a summary of Grand
Master Maxwell's address and his decisions. We quote
the following comments:
Only theme named in the dispensation and those raised under it can vole upon
petition* for the degrees in Lodge* U. D.
This is different from our law in Washington. Our Lodges
U. D. are authorized to affiliate members who accede to all priv-
ileges of other members, except those appointed to the office-
stations by the Grand Master.
A Worshipful Master cannot snspend an officer of his Lodge from the exercis*
of the duties of his office until after "dne oharees, trial and conviction." Bach
action would be in violation of Grand Lodge By-Law No 94.
The decision (10) was disapproved on the ground that it
was considered "the duty of the Master of a Lodge to suspend
from office an officer of his Lodge for unbecoming or unmasonic
conduct, in advance of charges or trial for such conduct."
This is not in harmony with our law, except as to appointed
officers, who may be removed by the Master "for just cause/'
The Grand Master alone, ad interim, has power to depose an
elected officer of a Lodge.
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For good and sufficient reasons a subordinate Lodge may suspend its regular
communications, and it is not necessary to have the (fraud Master's permission
therefor.
This decision, No. 17, is objectionable. Any reasons assigned
might be considered "good and sufficient" on the part of the
.Lodge. It virtually gives a Lodge the power to suspend its
By-Laws at pleasure. Except in consonance with its own pro-
visions, By-Laws should never be suspended by the Lodge. If
necessary for the convenience of Lodges, periodical suspension
or relaxation of times of regular meetings at certain seasons of
the year may be provided for in the By-Laws. But the right to
suspend without such specific authority is fraught with danger.
An extract is given from our report, concerning the
"antiquity of Masonic degrees/' upon which he thus com-
ments :
From our own observations, and the limited knowledge we
have of this subject, we are inclined to the belief that all the
essential differences in the opinions advanced on the question
are in reality no more than technical, or arise from misunder-
standings, one with another. The principles and substance of
Freemasonry, and the sublime essence of its teachings, have
undergone no change, nor has there been anything added to
its truths and virtues that was not vitally inherent therein
from time immemorial. There is perhaps no phrase more apt
in its comprehensive import than the old aphorism, that "Ma-
sonry is a system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated
by symbols." While it may be truly said that the original
system, per se, in principle and design, has not changed, yet
we cannot believe any one will assume to maintain that its
methods in degree illustrations have not been changed. In
truth, they are not to-day uniform throughout the Masonic
world, but differ materially, though not vitally, however, in
many respects. And still the order maintains all the essential
elements of its oneness of systems, character and universality of
language.
Brother Edward K. Hare, of Tacoma, was elected
Grand Master; Brother Thomas M. Reed, of Olympia, re-
elected Grand Secretary.
WASHINGTON— 1894.
Thirty-seventh Annual held at Everett, June 12 and
13, 1894. M. W: Edward R. Hare, Grand Master.
From the address of welcome to the Grand Lodge, we
learn that the city in which was held the present session
was three years ago a wilderness, untrodden by man.
Where stood the forest are now broad streets, residences
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and business houses, churches, schools, manufacturing
establishments, and last, but not least, the Masonic Lodge,
with its Great Lights. Reached by railroad and ocean,
with valuable mines in close proximity, its future possi-
bilities must be left to the imagination.
The Grand Master, in his opening remarks, thus refers
to the present financial situation:
The year through which we have just passed has been one
of financial and social ruin and distress. Many, many are there
among us upon whom the heavy hand of adversity has been laid;
vast armies of unemployed wage earners all over the land are
in their helplessness, adding to the general feeling of uncer-
tainty and distrust now prevailing, and defer to the far future
1 fear, the bright day when man will look man in the eye with
a confidence now almost wholly unknown. Joyous will be that
day when restored confidence in mankind and our destinies
will enable us to take up our burdens with renewed hope for
the future.
But, notwithstanding the great financial depression, Free-
masonry in our jurisdiction has been steadily advancing; true,
many of our Lodges will show a loss of membership, and all
have felt the heavy drain on their resources, due to extraordi-
nary calls for assistance, but, I am happy to say, the great
majority have been able to bear these burdens and now come
to Grand Lodge with a good representation and their dues
paid.
He had granted two dispensations for new Lodges.
He submits fifteen decisions, two of which were
amended and one disapproved.
He is opposed to the system of Grand Representatives,
and indulges in a vein of pleasantry concerning it.
He believes the time has arrived when steps should
be taken to establish a permanent Charity Fund. He
recommends that all moneys received for dispensations for
any purpose, during the past year and all future years, be
placed with other amounts now in the Charity Fund, and
that a committee of three be appointed, to report at the
next Annual, upon the management and disposition of
said fund.
He embodies the Colorado letter on the Washington
memorial observance in his address, and makes favorable
recommendation of the same to the Grand Lodge.
The Grand Lodge subsequently adopted the report of
the special committee, to whom the same was referred,
placing the matter in the hands of the incoming Grand
Master for such action as he mignt deem expedient.
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We quote the following pertinent remarks upon the
non-affiliate :
THE NON-AFFILIATE.
This is a subject to which your attention has been called
before, and until the solution of the problem, will continue to
come up for your consideration. Our law is very lame on this
subject. We rather invite non-affiliation. We say: My dear
Brother, it is your duty to belong to a Lodge, and to help, aid
and support the institution, and share in the burdens; but if
you do not care to, why, you are a pretty good fellow, come and
sec us any way; come help us in our work, and as you are a
good speaker, come out to our banquets and make a talk on the
beauties of Masonry and Masonic charity, and if you get sick
we will aid you, or if you should die, we will bury you with
Masonic honors.
This is the interpretation too often placed upon our law,
and our Lodges are harboring these drones, and ofttimes im-
poverishing themselves to aid, assist and bury them.
I grant every Brother the right to withdraw from a Lodge
if he wishes, but he should lose his privilege when he does so;
or at least after a reasonable length of time, unless he affiliates
or attempts to do so, and I would make his admission to mem-
bership comparatively easy; he is a Brother in good standing,
with a document vouching for the same from a regular Lodge;
why not admit him on the same terms you will reinstate a
suspended Brother? I certainly can lay aside my personal
prejudices if two-thirds of the brethren present are willing to
admit him, unless I have objections serious enough to present
to the Lodge, or to justify charges.
He recommends the enactment of a law requiring a
visiting brother to exhibit documentary evidence of his
standing.
A very scholarly oration was delivered by W. Brother
A. W. Frater, Grand Orator, upon the theme: "Morality,
taught by allegory and illustrated by symbols.1'
The Grand Lodges of Oklahoma, New Zealand, Tas-
mania and South Australia were recognized.
The Grand Lecturer reported having held thirteen
schools of instruction. We quote his conclusion:
But few of the outside Lodges responded. While this mode
of disseminating the work is both easy and pleasant for me,
it is very unsatisfactory and unprofitable to, the Lodge in gen-
eral, and I feel it my duty to pronounce it a complete fa4 lure —
(1) Because nine out of ten would prefer an instructor to meet
their own Lodges and members than to send a small representa-
tion to a school some distance away; (2) the burden of ex-
pense falls upon the weaker Lodges, if they get any benefit
whatever, while the stronger Lodges receive their schooling
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free. I would, therefore, recommend that the present method
be discontinued. Not being familiar with our financial condi-
tion, I will not even suggest a plan or give my opinion how it
should be carried on, but will leave that for this Grand Lodge
to determine.
The Grand Representative system was discontinued,
the Oregon difficulty aiding to hasten its termination,
The Mississsppi " uniform rules" were not adopted.
The Report on Correspondence, by P. G. M. Thomas
M. Reed, is, as usual, a model one. Colorado or 1893 has
a fraternal review of seven pages and a half. Extracts are
made from Grand Master Wright's address, and seven of
his decisions quoted, but without comment.
He heartily approves of the suggestion regarding the
Washington memorial observance.
Brother T. B. McDonald's oration is pronounced
"eloquent and well written."
The Colorado Grand Master's jewel he says is appro-
priate and handsome in design.
He devotes four pages to our report, reproducing our
remarks upon the " antiquity of the degrees."
He reviews the proceedings of fifty-four Grand Lodges,
his report covering 191 pages. In his conclusion, he says
it was penned while his health was impaired.
We quote his farewell, with its tinge of sadness:
We know not what a day, or a year, may bring forth, but
as we close this report, we feel quite confident it will be our
last effort in this relation. We earnestly desired, and re-
quested, that some other and 'better qualified Brother should
be appointed to the chairmanship of this committee for the next
ensuing year, but our Grand Master said no, nor would he listen
to our appeal. But unless physical conditions become very
greatly improved in our favor, other fresher and abler hands
will do the work for the next year. It will be done, and well
done.
But, enough. As long as the gradually sinking sun of life
holds a narrow space above the Western horizon, fadeless will
be the "treasures of Masonry," and ardent and true the respect
and fraternal regard for my brethren of the "corps reportorial ;"
and, to one and all, whether for a time definite, or for aye, it
becomes now necessary to say farewell.
Brother Joseph M. Taylor, of Seattle, elected Grand
Master; Brother Thomas M. Reed, of Olympia, re-elected
Grand Secretary.
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WEST VIRGINIA— 1893.
As a frontispiece there appears the portrait of the
Grand Master, Alexander M. Evans, while in the body of
the proceedings we find those of Past Grand Master
Robert White ( ] 874 ) and George Baird ( 1876-1877 ) . All
are accompanied with biographical sketches.
Twenty-ninth Annual was held at Wheeling, November
14 and 15, 1893. M. W. George Davis, Grand Master.
He says the financial depression had a noticeable effect
in some districts.
Four dispensations were granted for new Lodges.
Six corner-stones were laid by proxy, being those of
two Masonic Temples, three churches and a public build-
ing.
He reports six decisions, one of which was amended.
He attended the Masonic Congress, and of course
enjoyed meeting with prominent Masons from all over the
country. As the proceedings were in no sense official, its
recommendations, he says, are of no binding force what-
ever upon any Grand Lodge.
When he was first notified of the death of Past Grand
Master William J. Bates, their first Grand Master, and who
filled that office for seven successive years, he requested
Past Grand Master O. S. Long to furnish a sketch of his
Masonic history, which he did, and which is embodied in
the address, covering some five pages.
The reports of the Grand Lecturer and his Deputies,
and also those of the District Deputy Grand Masters, are
published in full in the proceedings and cover many pages.
Many of the Grand Lecturers are in favor of comjmlsory
methods to secure uniformity of work.
That Grand Lodge at the last session adopted a new
system in the way of a School of Instruction. All the del-
egates are kept for two days after the Grand Lodge closes,
and the work is taught them by the Grand Lecturer and
his Deputies. Their expenses are paid by the Grand
Lodge.
This is believed to be the cheapest plan for the dissem-
ination of a uniform ritual that has yet been adopted, and
the results so far have proved satisfactory. It is to be con-
tinued until its merits are fully tested.
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The Grand Secretary read the Colorado circular in
relation to the proposed Washington Memorial celebration,
which wae referred to the Committee on Correspondence,
which subsequently presented a report accompanied by
resolutions which were unanimously adopted.
The recognition of the new Grand Lodge of Oklahoma
was deferred until the next Annual.
There is slight prospect of the Grand Lodge ever being
able to secure the portraits of all of its Past Grand Masters,
the first missing one being that of their first Grand Master,
recently deceased, who during his lifetime refused to sit
for a photograph, having conscientious scruples against
having a likeness of himself taken. A motion was unani-
mously adopted that the Grand Secretary ascertain the cost
of a brass or bronze tablet, suitably inscribed to his mem-
ory, with a view to placing the same in the gallery of Past
Grand Masters in the place of a portrait.
Past Grand Master George W. Atkinson writes another
of his exhaustive Reports on Correspondence, with eight
pages of intoductory, in which he refers to prominent
questions now before the Fraternity, notably " perpetual
jurisdiction," "Grand Representatives," "Ritual," "Ma-
sonic Qualifications," etc.
He believes in perpetual jurisdiction, has little use for
Grand Representatives, advocates a uniform work, and is
liberally disposed as to physical qualifications.
Colorado for 1893 receives generous treatment at his
hands. He opens with the following:
This is one of our favorite Grand Lodges, because one of
our best personal friends, W. T. Bri dwell, was a year or bo
ago its Grand Master. We are proud to say that we did a good
deal of hard work on Brother Birdwell when he was pumping
the Ritual into his brain. He used to be an enthusiastic Mason,
and was as "bright" as a new "Columbian dollar."
The" Nineteenth Session was held at Denver, September 19,
Everything in Colorado is done in Denver. It is a great city.
We sincerely hope it will soon rally from its present depression
on account of the depreciation in silver. We are for both Den-
ver and silver, and Freemasonry out there, on top of both.
Keep "a stifT upper lip," and your day will come again.
•
"It will come by-and-by,
When right over wrong shall prevail."
If the state is not prosperous, the Craft Is certainly har-
monious.
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He quotes many of Grand Master Wright's decisions,
but without comment. A liberal extract is published from
the oration of Brother T. B. McDonald. From our Report
he quotes our remarks upon " Mexican Masonry." Under
Quebec he reproduces our poem, " Bearing the Sheaves,"
which had escaped his notice when reviewing Colorado in
1892.
Brother A. M. Evans, of Middle way, was elected Grand
Master; Brother Geo. W. Atkinson, of Wheeling, re-elected
Grand Secretary.
WISCONSIN— 1894.
The volume before us is a beautiful souvenir of the
fiftieth anniversary of the Grand Lodge, as the proceedings
in connection therewith, together with a large number of
portraits of Present and Past Grand Officers, views of
Lodge halls in the Milwaukee Temple, etc., all appear in
the appendix.
Fiftieth Annual held at Milwaukee, June 12, 1894.
M. W. William C. Swain, Grand Master.
He opens his address with the following retrospect:
Fifty years ago seven members of three small Lodges, two
of them holding charters from Missouri and one from Illinois,
met at Madison and organized this Grand Lodge. These seven
delegates represented seventy-nine Masons — all there were at
that time in the then territory of Wisconsin. To-day I greet
the representatives of two hundred and thirty Lodges, with a
constituency of over 15,000 Master Masons. The little rivulet
has swollen into the mighty river. The duties which con-
fronted our fathers were not those now before us. They were
the pioneers of civilization — the advance guard, and the ob-
stacles in their path were the forests and the wildness of primi-
tive nature. Our duties, though perhaps not more difficult, are
more manifold. In the half century behind us, the world has
made the most gigantic strides in its history. We are rapidly
discovering the laws which govern the universe, and harnessing
the mightiest forces of God into the service of man, and each
new invention in mechanics, each new fact learned in science,
Is accelerating the pace with which we are advancing to a
higher destiny.
Tributes are paid to the memories of P. G. Master, E.
Delos Pulford; P. J. G. Warden, C. Loftus Martin; Leonard
Coates, P. G. Treasurer, and Dana C. Lamb, P. S. G.
Warden.
He granted five dispensations for new Lodges.
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Thirty-one dispensations were granted to confer degrees
in less than the constitutional time. (This must be the
banner record.) Twenty-seven were granted for other
purposes, .mostly for joint occupancy. Among those
declined, was one for "a wholesale dispensation for a Lodge
to confer degrees out of time."
He submits a list of twenty-nine decisions, seven of
which were disapproved and several amended and mod-
ified.
We quote the following:
ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR.
I have granted several dispensations for Lodges to allow
Chapters of this Order to occupy their rooms. I have felt very
favorably disposed towards it, as an interesting adjunct of
Masonry. But several instances have been reported to me, where
it has led to a disruption of the harmony of Lodges, and I have
been led to question whether it is not a disturbing element. In
one case, I found it' necessary to withdraw the dispensation for
use of the Lodge room until its members could patch up a
peace. So long as quarrels are confined to the Order, it is none
of our business to meddle with them; but when they are brought
into the Lodges, then it becomes our concern. The most pro-
lific cause of disturbance is where the wife of a Ma^on is re-
jected, and her husband naturally resents it. I urge upon all
brethren the necessity and importance of keeping these diffi-
culties entirely outside their Lodges.
He attended the Masonic Congress, and was disap-
pointed in what was accomplished. He introduced a reso-
lution to the effect that it was the duty of every Lodge to
take care of its own brethren in distress, wherever they
might be ; and, in case of inability to do so, the duty should
devolve on the Grand Lodge under whose jurisdiction it
was held. But it was, as he says, emphatically set down
upon, with a lot of sentimental gush about Masonic charity,
which had no practical or definite meaning.
He reports the following cases, showing the necessity of
some definite policy among Grand Lodges on this subject:
A case has arisen since the Congress, which will probably
come before the Committee on Charity at this Communication,
which fully illustrates the necessity of some such general regu-
lation. A Brother from Minnesota was taken sick in this state,
was destitute, and was, and probably is now, being taken care
of and supported by the Lodge in whose Jurisdiction he is. The
Lodge of which he is a member writes that they are poor, and
unable to help him. The Lodge where he is writes that they
have all they can do to take care of their own members. It
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follows, naturally, that either the Grand Lodge of Minnesota,
or that of Wisconsin, must provide for him or he must go with-
out care. To which does the duty naturally belong? I wrote
to this Lodge that the Brother must not be left to suffer, and
that if Minnesota would not re-imburse them, they must trust
to their own Grand Lodge.
Another and still stronger illustration is before us: Julius
Steenbpck was a member in good standing of West Eau Claire
Lodge No. 162, when it surrendered its charter, about a year
ago. He is now in Chicago, with his family, sick and desti-
tute, and I have been appealed to for aid. I have had the < ase
investigated by Chicago Brethren, and they report it a worthy
one, and the distress great. In accordance with the conclusion
of the Congress, sustained by the delegates from Illiaois, this
aid should be furnished by Chicago Lodges, which oertaiily
cannot plead poverty. As, however, they have shown no dis-
position to come to the rescue, I have authorized, on behalf of
this Grand Lodge, an advance of money, which was furnished
to the amount of $150, for which I recommend that orders be
drawn on the Treasurer.
He embodies the Colorado communication, regarding
the centennial of the death of Washington, in his address,
but says he has not given the matter sufficient thought to
make any recommendation.
He says that, notwithstanding the financial distress,
Masonry had flourished beyond their most sanguine ex-
pectations, the returns showing a net gain in membership
of 529 against 599 the preceding year.
Total membership is 15,505.
Upon the recommendation of the Grand Lecturer, sixty
days of instruction was provided for.
Upon the recommendation of the special committee, the
Washington centennial memorial matter was laid over
until the next Annual.
The Committee on Charity recommended that a special
committee be appointed, with power to bring the subject
of Masonic Charity officially before the Grand Lodges of
the country.
We quote:
To the end that a uniform system may be adopted, so that
this Grand Lodge shall not be compelled to pay both for the re-
lief of its own Brethren in other jurisdictions, and for the
relief of Brethren from other jurisdictions within our own bor-
ders. In the appropriations above recommended we are called
upon to pay $150 for aid of one of our own Brethren abroad,
and $515.50 for aid to Brethren from outside limits, who
should be supported by their own Grand Lodges. In case ruch
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an arrangement can not be effected, sister Grand Lodges should
at least take their own medicine, and not call upon us to re-
imburse them for their expenditures for their own poor.
Action in regard to occupancy of Masonic Lodge rooms
by the Order of -the Eastern Star, was postponed until
the next Animal.
This being the fiftieth anniversary Communication, and
somewhat informal, inasmuch as no elaborate preparations
had been made, yet it brought to Milwaukee the largest
gathering of Masons ever assembled in the State. The
seven local Lodges extended hospitalities to visiting
Masons and their ladies. An excursion to White Fish
Bay was participated in by about 600 brethren and their
ladies. The Grand Commandery, with a view of doing
honor to the Grand Lodge, held their Annual Conclave the
same week.
There were Third Degree meetings on three evenings,
where the work was exemplified with great elaboration,
with the famous Gerrish Masonic Choir, of Boston, as an
accessory.
The general meeting of the Craft and their ladies was
held in the Academy of Music, on Wednesday evening,
June 12th, with music and speeches.
The Grand Secretary presents, in the addenda, in
addition to the addresses, pictures and brief sketches of
each of the brethren who have presided over the Grand
Lodge since its organization.
Brother Duncan McGregor presents a concise Report
on Correspondence of fifty pages, one of which is devoted
to Colorado for 1893.
Brother Hiram W. Sawyer, of Hartford, was elected
Grand Master; Brother John W. Laflin, re-elected Grand
Secretary. *
WYOMING— 1893.
Nineteenth Annual held at Larimie, December 5, 1893.
R. W. Ed. F. Stable, Deputy Grand Master, presiding in
the absence of the Grand Master, whose household had
been invaded by death, and, other members of the family
being sick, it was impossible for him to be present.
The address of Grand Master John C. Davis was read
by the D. G. M.
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He reports the Lodges of that jurisdiction in a pros-
perous condition, notwithstanding a money stringency
nearly unparalleled in the world's history.
He submits five decisions, one of which was not ap-
proved.
He had granted but two special dispensations, both of
which were to confer degrees in less than the usual time.
He granted two dispensations for new Lodges.
Other matters referred to are of local significance.
The Grand Secretary reports the membership 882,
being a net increase of 100.
The -Grand Lodges of Oklahoma and Victoria were
recognized. Action on New Zealand, Mexico and Brazil
was postponed.
A resolution of sympathy to the Grand Master and his
family, in the loss of their son, was unanimously adopted
by a rising vote.
The report of Committee on Revision of Constitution
and By-Laws was adopted unanimously.
Brother W. L. Kuykendall writes an able and " present
age" Report on Correspondence. Colorado for 1893
receives due consideration, according to his plan of review,
which eschews Grand Master's addresses, Grand Orator's
flights and sentimentalism generally.
The following decisions of Grand Master Wright are
quoted and commented upon, which we reproduce :
1. A Lodge, as such, has no authority to attend funeral
services held at a church in connection with other societies, the
remains of the Brother to be afterwards shipped away for
burial.
2. After a portion of the E. A. degree had been conferred
upon a candidate, it was discovered that he had lost the first
two joints of the forefinger of his right hand. He was returned
to the preparation room, proceedings stopped, and the matter
submitted to the Grand Master. I held that, having in view all
the circumstances of the case, he could be made a Mason.
5. A Lodge can try a Brother after his term of office has
expired, for a Masonic offense committed while he was Wor-
shipful Master.
10. In a Masonic trial the Lodge is not governed by tech-
nical rules of evidence. Anything properly tending to throw
light upon the facts and bring out the truth should be admitted
in evidence.
14. In the absence of the Master, the Senior or Junior
Warden being present, may, through courtesy or from any
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cause in the discretion of the Warden, request a P. M. to open
as well as preside over the Lodge.
We emphatically dissent from number one, concur in the
second because it is based on common sense, at same time do
not believe proceedings should have been stopped. Some of our
toe-nail Brethren will be horrified at Grand Master's ruling.
The fifth is the general rule in such cases. The truth is sound
to the core, technicalities should find no place in a MasDnic
trial. We are pleased with the liberal views contained in the
fourteenth. A few of the rock-ribbed will dissent therefrom.
Neither the Lodge or Masonry will suffer from such opening
and presiding.
While the conversion of our good Brother Kuykendall
to the belief in the antiquity of Masonry and its ugchange-
able character seems as far off as ever, still there is a ray
of hope. The doubter is generally an inquirer, and often
becomes a firm believer after full investigation. All the
signs point to " further discoveries," which will confirm
the statements of Dr. Anderson and others, which have
been regarded as fables. We hope ere long to lay these
before the Craft.
Brother Ed. F. Stahle, of Cheyenne, was elected Grand
Master; Brother William L. Kuykendall, re-elected Grand
Secretary.
FOREIGN GRAND LODGES.
From the able review and translations by R. W. Brother
Charles Sackreuter, contained in the New York Report on
Correspondence, we gather the following information
regarding the
GRAND LODGE LEAGUE OP GERMANY.
[Review and translations by R. W. Charles Sackreuter.]
The Diet of the German Grand Lodge League was opened
at Dresden, May 21, 1893, at 10 a. m., in the rooms of the Grand
Lodge of Saxony.
The Grand Master of the Saxony Jurisdiction, Brother Erd-
raann, presided, and opened the session with a short address.
The assembled Diet, composed of representatives of the
Grand Bodies composing the League, thanked the officers, and
especially Grand Master Brother Gerhardt, the presiding officer
of last year, for the management of the business of the League
during the preceding Masonic year.
The eight Grand Lodges of Germany form the German Grand
Lodge League (constituted 1872), whose especial executive body-
is the Grand Lodge Diet, consisting of the eight Grand Masters,
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with representatives elected by each German Grand Lodge
Jurisdiction, viz.: two representatives from each Grand Lodge.
The Diet assembles yearly at Whitsuntide, according to the
adopted mode for changing its place of meeting.
The archives are intrusted to the Grand National Mother
Lodge "Three Globes," at Berlin.
The representation of the participating members was as
follows:
I. Grand Lodge "Three Globes," at Berlin, represented by
Grand Master Brother Gerhard t, and Representatives Brothers
Bensen and Scbroeder.
II. "Grosse Landesloge of Freemasons in Germany," at
Berlin, Brother Zollner, Grand Master, and Representatives
Schreiner and Gartz.
III. Grand Lodge "Royal York," at Berlin, represented by
Brother Flohr, Deputy Grand Master, and Brothers Wagener
and Ravene, representatives.
IV. "Grand Lodge of Hamburg," represented by Grand
Master Brother Zinkeisen, and Brothers Meissner and Giessler,
represen ta ti ves.
V. Grand Lodge "Eclectic Union," at Frankfort-on-the-
Main, represented by Grand Master Brother Karl Paul, and
Brothers Leykam and Kullmann, representatives.
VI. Grand Lodge "Zur Sonne," at Bayreuth, represented
by Grand Master Brother Bayerlein, and Brothers Ficke and
Fischer, representatives.
VII. Grand Lodge "Zur Bintracht," at Darmstadt, by Grand
Master Brother Brand, and Brother Nies, representative.
VIII. Grand Lodge of Saxony, at Dresden, by Grand Mas-
ter Brother Erdman, and Brothers Smitt and Winkler, repre-
sentatives.
The first four items in the regular order of the day are
of local interest; the fifth, offered at the last session of the
Diet, was unanimously adopted. It reads as follows:
"It is in the power of the Grand Lodges comprising the
German Grand Lodge League to allow members of their
subordinate Lodges residing in non-German countries to
join Lodges of other jurisdictions, in accordance with the
custom existing in such other jurisdictions, provided that
such foreign jurisdictions are recognized by the German
Grand Lodge League."
The sixth item of the order of the day was the discus-
sion and action upon the procedure of Brother Settegast
(professor and Privy Councilor), who resigned the Grand
Mastership of the "Royal York Grand Lodge" at Berlin,
and projected his new Grand Lodge, " The Frederick True
Alliance." He had previously accused the Berlin Grand
Lodges of great intolerance, especially against non-Chris-
tian brethren, and of deviation from the. humanitarian
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doctrines of Masonry. The matter created a great sensa-
tion in German and other European Masonic circles.
Grand Master Brother Gerhardt, of the "Three Globes Grand
Lodge/' introduced the discussion, debate, and resolution on
this subject in the following words:
"The statute of the German Grand Lodge League prescribes
that only Subordinate Lodges of the eight German Grand Lodges
of the League, and the five independent St. John Lodges, shall be
considered as regular Lodges and entitled to recognition as
such. This involves and includes the principle that the foun-
dation and chartering of new Lodges by other Masonic bodies
shall be strictly prohibited and the Masonic intercourse with
such non-recognized Lodges interdicted. Refraining from other
considerations because only the question of the written Masonic
Law and Code can be considered, the following motion is of-
fered :
" 'The German Grand Lodge League's Diet declares and
resolves, that the German Grand Lodge League acknowledges
and recognizes, in accordance with paragraph 4, of the statute,
in Germany only the eight German Grand Lodges and their
Subordinate Lodges, and the known five independent St John
Lodges. The condition and standing of the so-called "Grand
Freemasons' Lodge of Prussia" — Friedrich zur Bundestreue (the
Frederick True Alliance)— at Berlin and its Subordinate Lodges
are therefore outside of the German Masonic Law and Code, and
as they are not members of a recognized St. John Lodge, they
will not be admitted as visitors in any Lodge comprising the
German Grand Lodge League. The members of Lodges of the
League will not be allowed to visit said non-recognized
Lodges.' "
The discussion was lengthy and very animated, Representa-
tives Smitt, Kullmann, Wagner, Zinkeisen, Schroter, Nies,
Brand, Gartz, Schreiner, Paul, Bayerleln, and others took part
and expressed their opinions on the matter with ability (espec-
ially Brother Kullmann), and displayed great experience in
Masonic Jurisprudence.
We do not go into the particulars of the debate, on the
ground that the main discussion was on a principle of territorial
jurisdiction, which is so universally known, adopted, and pro-
claimed in the United States that it would appear rather super-
fluous to follow these lengthy discussions — the printed Protocol
of the Diet devotes eight folio columns to the debate — of a mat-
ter never in doubt among the American Grand Lodge Juris-
dictions.
After several amendments were voted down, the motion
of Brother Gerhardt, as reported above, was adopted by a vote
of five against two (Frankfort and Bayreuth), the Grand Lodge
of Hamburg abstaining from voting.
Seventh item — A matter of local character and importance
only; namely, a change concerning a correction and addi-
tion to the prescribed yearly statistical reports of the indi-
vidual Grand Lodges to the Grand Lodge League's Diet.
The motion was unanimously adopted.
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When the ninth item was reached, namely, the refcog-
nition of foreign Grand Bodies, it was witheld from Iowa
and Delaware upon the ground that no news or corres-
pondence had been received from these Grand Lodges.
We quote Brother Sackreuter's language in continua-
tion, as follows:
As regards the Grand Lodge of Ohio at Cleveland, It was
reported that the said Grand Lodge wishes and desires Masonic
intercourse and mutual representation with the German Grand
Lodge League, but insists that a recognition of the Grand
Lodge of Colored Masons at Cleveland, O., be distinctly declined.
Brother Gerhardt adds that such a concession would not
be -in conformity with the general principles of Masonic ideas
and rules, because a distinction of races could not govern
Masonry.
No motions having been offered in relation to the Grand
Lodges of Massachusetts, Chile, Uruguay, Ohio at Cincinnati,
Florida, Norway, and the Gran Oriente Espanol, it was resolved
to withhold a decision on such recognitions until German Grand
Lodges have presented the relative motions; in relation how-
ever, to Ohio in Cleveland, to adjourn a decision until the next
Grand Lodge Diet.
The statistics of the German Grand Lodges, as reported,
are as follows:
I. Grand National Lodge "Three Globes at Berlin," S.
Splittgerbergasse 3, with 127 Subordinate St. John's Lodges, 67
Scottish (St. Andrew's) Lodges, has a total membership of 13,-
572 active members; 282 benevolent institutions. (June 24, 1893.)
II. Grand Lodge "Grosse Landesloge of Germany," at Ber-
lin, N. Oranienburgerstrasse 72, with 101 St. John's Subordi-
nate Lodges, 27 St. Andrew's Lodges, also 7 Chapters for high
degrees, 3 Provincial Lodges (at the cities of Rostock, Mecklen-
burg; of Breslau, Silesia, and at the City of Hamburg), has
10,726 members and 110 benevolent institutions. (June 24, 1893.)
III. Grand Lodge "Royal York" at Berlin, N. W. Dor-
otheenstrasse 27, has 65 St. John's Subordinate Lodges, 1 Pro-
vincial Lodge at Breslau, Silesia, 12 so-called "Inner Orients,"
with a total membership of 6,390 brethren, and 102 benevolent
institutions. (June, 1893.)
IV. Grand Lodge of Hamburg, with 32 Subordinate Lodges
(of which 25 are in Germany), has 3011 members and 48 benev-
olent institutions. (June 24, 1893.)
V. Grand Lodge of "Saxony" at Dresden, Ostra-Allee 15,
with 21 Subordinate Lodges, 3847 members, and 83 benevolent
institutions. (June 24, 1893.)
VI. Grand Mother Lodge "Eclectic Union" at Frankfort-
on-the-Main, meets alternately in the rooms of one of its
Subordinate Lodges in the city of Frankfort, has 16 Subordinate
Lodges, 2553 members, and 36 benevolent institutions. (June
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VII. Grand Lodge "Zur Sonne" at Bayreuth, Hofgarten 19,
with 28 Subordinate Lodges, of which five are in foreign coun-
tries, has 2499 members, 54 benevolent institutions. (June,
1893.)
The Grand Lodge "Zur Sonne" has, since May 7, 1893, a
Provincial Lodge, "Polarstern," for Norway, at Christiania.
VIII. Grand Lodge "Zur Eintracht" at Darmstadt, meets
alternately at the seat of one of its Subordinate Lodges, with
eight Subordinate Lodges and a membership of 755 brethren;
27 benevolent institutions. (June 24, 1893.)
The "Free Union" of the five independent St. John's
Lodges in Germany ( Minerva at Leipzig, Archimedes at
Altenburg, Karl at Hildburghausen, Baldwin at Leipzig,
Archimedes at Gera) compises 1381 members, 53 benov-
elent institutions, June, 1893.
DIGEST OF DECISIONS.
COMPILED FROM PROCEEDINGS, ACCOMPANYING REPORT ON
CORRESPONDENCE FOR 18M.
Colorado brethren who may have occasion to consult
this Digest, are reminded that the decisions herein quoted,
are applicable only so far as they are in accordance with
our law. They are reproduced here, instead of being scat-
tered through the Report, in order that they may appear
under their appropriate head and be readily referred to.
As we have often said, a Digest of this kind is in the
nature of an object lesson in Masonic jurisprudence. The
present Digest in connection with those previously pre-
pared by us, will furnish valuable information upon a
great variety of questions which are constantly arising in
every Lodge.
ADVANCEMENT.
The application of an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft,
rejected on application for advancement may be referred to a
committee, but not ordinarily; such a course was recommended
several years since in a case where there had been a long inter-
val between rejection and renewal of the application.
If a candidate for advancement shall not receive the degree
to which he has been elected within six months after his
election, such election is by the plain requirements of Section
18, By-Laws, void, and a new ballot must be taken.
An application for advancement need not be referred to a
committee for investigation and report. — (Jurisprudence Com-
mittee, Mississippi, 1894.
A person having received the Entered Apprentice degree in
Ohio, moved to Colorado, and now seeks to receive the Fellow-
craft and Master Mason'B degree in a Lodge in Colorado. In
the meantime, the Lodge in Ohio which conferred upon him
the Entered Apprentice degree, has become extinct, the Brother
however, holding a certificate of the Grand Secretary of the
Grand Lodge of Ohio as to his good standing as an Entered
Apprentice in the Lodge at the time of its extinction.
Held, on application of the Subordinate Lodge of Colorado,
through the proper channel, that the Grand Lodge of Ohio, and
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during its recess, the Grand Master thereof, under his official
seal, attested by the signature and official seal of the Grand
Secretary, might grant to the Subordinate Lodge in Colorado,
jurisdiction to make the Entered Apprentice a Master Mason
and one of its members.— (G. M. Ohio, 1893.
AFFILIATION.
A Brother who dimitted from his Lodge a number of years
ago and moved into the jurisdiction of another Lodge in this
jurisdiction, may become a member of any Lodge which will re-
ceive him.
A resident of another state cannot affiliate with a Lodge
in Mississippi. — (Jurisprudence Committee, Mississippi, 1894.
AGE.
A candidate for initiation must be twenty-one years of age
at the time when he is initiated, but not necessarily at the time
of signing the petition, but should state in the petition the
date at which he will reach his majority. — (G. M. Kentucky,
1893.
ALIEN.
An alien, who has had a "residence" (and this word implies
a permanent abode with an intention of remaining) in the state
for one year and within the jurisdiction of the Lodge for six
months, is eligible to become a Mason. — (G. M. Maine, 1894.
APPEAL.
Ruled that the Master could not deprive a Brother of his
right of appeal, by postponing action on his notice of appeal,
until after the time had elapsed in which he had to file it. — (G.
M. Tennessee, 1894.
ASSESSMENTS.
Does an assessment for Masonic purposes assume the nature
of dues, as relates to the non-payment of the same? Answer:
Yes.
Is a member whose dim it is granted at the same meeting
an assessment is levied, liable for the same, assessment coming
first in the order of business? Answer: Yes. — (G. M. Wash-
ington, 1893.
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ATTENDANCE.
Brethren must be present in the Lodge to entitle them to
have their names recorded as present at any meeting. The
Secretary is not bound to regard those as present who enter
no further than the anteroom. — (G. M. Indiana, 1894.
BALLOT.
A petition is presented for initiation. A vote is taken thereon
at the usual time and one black ball appears. By unanimous
secret ballot the petition is withdrawn. Held, that it may be
presented at the next regular meeting as a new petition, taking
the usual course of reference to committee.
Where on the trial of a case there were very few black
balls and very many white balls in the box, it was competent
for the Lodge to decide that on taking the Becret ballot the
white balls should be taken as a convicting ball and the black
ball as acquitting. There is no law which fixes the color of
either a convicting or an acquitting ballot.
A ballot is taken on the petition of an applicant whose
name is A. One black ball appears on two ballots. Before
result is finally made known, some one suggested that there
were two persons of the same name^ residing within the Lodge's
jurisdiction and that perhaps the adverse vote represented a
mistaken view of identity. Whereupon another ballot was or-
dered, and when taken was clear. Held, illegal. The ballot al-
ready taken was final and could not be reconsidered. — (G. M.
Georgia, 1893.
Question: If a Brother who cannot attend on account of
sickness requests another Brother to cast a black ball for
him, is the Brother requested obliged to cast the black ball for
him?
Answer: No.— (G. M. North Dakota, 1894.
Ruled that a Brother has a right to withdraw his black
ball against a candidate, provided he does so in open Lodge
at the time the ballot is taken and before any Brother has left
the Lodge-room. — (G. M. Tennessee, 1894.
If, during the taking of a ballot on a petition for the degrees,
a member stated that he had made a mistake and desired to
vote again, the Master should order the ballot box cleared and
proceed to take a new ballot. — (G. M. Washington, 1893.
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BURIAL.
The question as to whether a Lodge is "prohibited" from
tendering Masonic burial to a Brother who has been dropped
from the roll for non-payment of dues, does not seem to be
fully met in the answer of the Grand Master, who refers to a
decision of Grand Master Johnson, that in such a case, the
Brother is not "entitled" to Masonic burial.
A Brother dropped from the roll of a Lodge for non-pay-
ment of dues stands in the position of an unaffiliated Mason,
and such a one is not, by general Masonic law and usage, en-
titled to Masonic relief or Masonic burial. There may be a
case, however, where a Lodge becomes satisfied that a de-
ceased Brother who had, before his death, been dropped for non-
payment of dues was, at the time of being dropped, absolutely
unable, either through penury or some other unavoidable causa
prevented from attending to his Lodge dues although perhaps
willing and anxious to do * so. Under such circumstances
your committee believe that inasmuch as there is no law cf
this Grand Lodge prohibiting Masonic burial to an unaffiliated
Mason, a Lodge would have the power of granting it at the
request of the family of the deceased Brother. — (Jurisprudence
Committee, District of Columbia, 1893.
A Masonic funeral is one conducted by a recognized body
of Masons, the Lodge, Chapter or Commandery.
Neither the Lodge, Chapter nor Commandery is entitled
to take precedence at a Masonic funeral, or to perform its cer-
emonies to the exclusion of the other.
When the family of the deceased requests a "Masonic
funeral," but ask that only the "Templar Office" be used at
the grave, the matter is governed by the wishes of the deceased,
or those of his family, if he has expressed none, and these
must govern. The Lodge may in a case where only Templar
ceremonies are to be performed, accompany the funeral in the
customary order, with perfect propriety: But a funeral even
when only the Templar Office is said, if the Lodge attends in
a body, is under the direction of the Master, and he may refuse
to order the Lodge to attend unless the proceedings are under
his direction. It is a matter of good judgment in such a case,
rather than of positive law.
The Master should open and close the Lodge if it goes in
the procession as a Lodge, even at a funeral when only the Tem-
plar Office is said.
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Suicide is not a bar to Masonic funeral honors. — (Juris-
prudence Committee, Mississippi, 1894.
Burial of a suicide is left to the action of the Lodge. —
(Grand Lodge of Montana, 1893.
A non-affiliate is not entitled to Masonic burial, but the
Lodge can elect to accord the honor, if the deceased is deemed
worthy. — (G. M. Oklahoma, 1893.
It is not the duty of a Lodge to defray the funeral expenses
of a deceased Brother, except as an act of Masonic Charity. —
(G. M. Utah, 1894.
CANDIDATES.
That where an elected candidate removes from the state
for a year or more before presenting himself for the degrees
they should not be conferred without new proceedings as at
first.— (G. M. Indiana, 1894.
CHANGE OF VENUE.
When a change of venue is obtained, the Lodge from which
the case is transferred, should furnish to the Lodge to which
it is sent all the papers, documents, documentary evidence and
names of witnesses and all other things connected with the
case which will enable the trying Lodge to properly investigate
it.— (G. M. Georgia, 1893.
CHARGES.
A member of a Lodge suspended N. P. D. is in the same
condition as a profane, and cannot perfer charges against a
member of the Lodge.
Charges preferred against an officer do not affect his right
to hold his station until the charges have been tried and
established, and the judgment of the Lodge passed upon them.
The Senior Warden of a Lodge against whom charges have been
preferred has the right to act as Senior Warden during the
pendency of the charges. — (G. M. Alabama, 1893.
Because a member of a Lodge is under charges he is not
thereby prohibited or forbidden from preferring charges against
another member.
A non-affiliated Mason who is under charges, is authorized
himself to prefer charges against any member of the Lodge
trying him. The great object in Masonic investigation is the
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ascertainment of the truth, and our law contains no inhibition
against a non-affiliated Mason preferring charges against a
Brother.— (G. M. Georgia, 1893.
It is not too late to prefer charges at any time, whether
before or after a dimit is granted. A non-affiliate is subject to
charges precisely as a Lodge member. It is altogether a mistake
that the dimission of a member exempts him from charges, and
a dimit should never be withheld simply because somebody, at
some period more or less remote, may possibly prefer charges.
If charges are not at that time pending he is entitled to a dimit.
Where a number of members of a Lodge are charged with
having done an unmasonic act, there must be separate and dis-
tinct charges and specifications against each. There is no pro-
vision in our laws for charges against two brethren being in-
vestigated in the same proceedings.
Where several brethren are charged with the commission
of an unmasonic act, acting in combination, they cannot vote
on the question of adopting the charges reported by the com-
mittee, against one of their number. — (Jurisprudence Committee,
Mississippi, 1894.
After a candidate has been elected and before any degrees
are conferred, charges cannot be preferred against him. The
proper procedure is by objection to his receiving the degrees, —
(G. M. Nebraska, 1894.
A non-affiliate, if he be a Mason in good standing, has the
right to prefer charges. — (Jurisprudence Committee, Utah, 1894.
CLANDESTINE MASON.
A Brother hailing from a Lodge on the registry of the
Grand Lodge of Ontario, Canada, not recognized by this juris-
diction, was after examination permitted to visit a Lodge in
this jurisdiction and presented his dimit with petition for
affiliation. Query: How can the Brother be healed? Answer:
He must receive the degree in, the same manner in every re-
spect as a profane. — (G. M. Nebraska, 1894.
Ruled that a clandestine made Mason who desires to be-
come a regular Mason, can only do so by petitioning a regular
Lodge and being entered, passed, and raised as would any other
profane. — (G. M. Tennessee, 1894.
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CORNER STONE.
An invitation to lay a corner stone on the Sabbath was
respectfully declined. — (G. M. Indiana, 1894.
DEDICATION.
A room or building used for Masonic purposes should not be
dedicated with Masonic ceremony unless the same is owned by
the Fraternity in fee-simple, or, for years. — (G. M. West Vir-
ginia, 1893.
DELAY.
The six months before a rejected petitioner can again apply,
means six months from the date of the ballot to the reception
of a subsequent petition. — (G. M. Nebraska, 1894.
DIMIT.
A Brother in good standing "who desires to pay his dues,
get a dimit and quit the Lodge honorably," giving as a reason
"that he wanted to sever his connection with all secret socie-
ties," is entitled to a dimit upon the payment of all dues, there
being no charges against him. — (G. M. Arkansas, 1893.
A Lodge has no right or authority to grant a certificate of
dimission to any of its members holding an elective office therein,
while such member remains a resident of this Grand Juris-
diction.— (G. M. Kansas, 1894.
The contracting of a debt or failure to pay it owing to
inability, being no offense against Masonry, it is not cause for
withholding a dimit.
A Lodge can issue a duplicate certificate of dimit, when
it is satisfied that the original has been burned with the rec-
ords of a defunct Lodge, before being acted upon by the defunct
Lodge.
When there is no obligation on the part of a Lodge to re-
fund money subscribed to enable it to build, an applicant for a
dimit who owes dues, is not entitled to have it set off against
his dues. — (Jurisprudence Committee, Mississippi, 1894.
The Grand Lodge disapproves of the ruling that after an
acquittal by a Lodge, the Brother against whom charges were
preferred may dimit pending the sixty days allowed for an ap-
peal from such acquittal.— (G. L. Missouri, 1893.
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A Brother has applied for a dimit. He is free on our
books and no charges pending, but the members present at our
last meeting refused to grant his dimit. What shall we do?
Answer: Our By-Laws are imperative. The dimit must be
granted. It is the duty of the Master to see that the By-Laws
are strictly enforced, and the dimit should be granted. — (G. M.
South Dakota, 1894.
What is a valid reason for wanting a dimit? Answer: Our
law contemplates that any Brother who desires to withdraw fron
a Lodge can upon proper application and by a vote of the Lodge,
do so, providing he is clear of the books and there is no cause
for discipline; and removal from the jurisdiction of the Lodge,
a desire to unite with another Lodge, or even a desire to with-
draw from the privileges and benefits of membership, are suffi-
cient reasons, and the Lodge should not withhold the dimit
unless for cause.
Amended as follows: "That nothing herein contained shall
be construed to mean that a vote upon a dimit is necessary."
A Lodge has a floating Indebtedness; A, B, C and D, mem-
bers, make application for dimits in due form. Would the fa~t
of dimitting said members relieve them from further responsi-
bility or obligation under said indebtedness? If so, may a
Lodge decline to dimit members for such reason, assuming
that to be the reason; and further, may the Lodge vote an
assessment on each member for his pro rata amount of such in-
debtedness? Answer: (1) Dimitting a member relieves him
of all responsibility as regards the financial obligations of a
Lodge. (2) A Brother who is clear on the books and in good
standing is entitled to a dimit on proper application. (3) A
Brother who has so far forgotten his duties and obligations to
the fraternity as to wish and seek to evade bearing his portion
of the just indebtedness of the Lodge incurred for strictly
Masonic purposes, and with his knowledge and consent, should
be disciplined. (4) A Lodge has full power to assess its mem-
bers for any strictly Masonic purpose in accordance with our
law.— (G. M. Washington, 1894.
DISPENSATION.
That a Lodge to which a dispensation had been granted
to confer the degrees upon a candidate without waiting the
legal time, which candidate had removed his residence into the
Jurisdiction of another Lodge, could not request that other
Lodge to confer the degrees upon the candidate; or, in other
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words, the power specifically granted to a Lodge by dispensa-
tion of a Grand Master is not transferable. — (G. M. Virginia,
1893.
DUES.
Any Brother who is unable to pay his dues, has the right
to petition the Lodge to remit them, but it is entirely within
the discretion of the Lodge whether it will do so or not, and
its failure to do so is not an action from which an appeal lies
to the Grand Lodge.— (G. M. Georgia, 1893.
EASTERN STAR.
Held that neither the Grand Master or Grand Lodge could
take official cognizance of the "Order of the Eastern Star." —
(G. M. Tennessee, 1894.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
At a regular meeting of a Subordinate Lodge a Worshipful
Master is elected. He is not present. After the election and
at the same meeting the statement is made that the Worshipful
Master elect cannot accept the office, whereupon the Lodge
proceeds to elect another Worshipful Master. Subsequent to
the meeting the first elected Worshipful Master presents him-
self for installation, declaring that he had not authorized the
statement to be made. Held, that he is entitled to be installed.
When the annual meeting of a Lodge occurs on the same
day of the installation of its officers and the constitution of the
Lodge under the charter, the mode of proceeding is as follows:
1. Constitute the Lodge and install the officers named in the
charter. Then the Lodge, being a regularly chartered' Lodge
with its corps of officers, proceeds to elect its officers in the
usual way. — (G. M. Georgia, 1893.
ELIGIBILITY.
The question was asked me by several different Masons:
Can a man who has lost one arm, and who has been elected
Master of his Lodge, be legally installed? My answer to the
question was that he could. A right of membership certainly
carries with it the right to hold office.— (G. M. Alabama, 1893.
The fact that charges of unmasonic conduct are filed against
a Brother does not prevent his holding office or his standing in
his Lodge before conviction. — (G. M. Indiana, 1894.
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Question: Is a Brother against whom charges are pend-
ing eligible to an elective office in his Lodge?
Answer: Yes. Until charges are sustained, after due trial
had, punishment cannot be imposed. However, one may not
dimit while charges are pending, and it is my opinion that
though a Brother under charges may be elected to office, yet
for the good of Masonry, he should not be installed while charges
are pending, more especially if the office to which he has been
elected be that of Worshipful Master. — (G. M. Minnesota, 1894.
A young man of good character, born out of wedlock, is eli-
gible for initiation; if his parents married that legitimatized
their offspring. — (Jurisprudence Committee, Mississippi, 1894.
Until a Brother is suspended for non-payment of dues,
his delinquency does not affect his standing in the Lodge or
make him ineligible for any office in the Lodge. — (G. M. Oregon.
1894.
Can a member of a Masonic Lodge in this jurisdiction reside
in another state and be a stationed officer of his Lodge?
Answer: A Brother Mason may hold membership in your
Lodge, although a non-resident of the Btate, and any member
in good standing is eligible to election and advancement in a
Subordinate Lodge. I therefore hold that the Brother is not
disqualified from election to office in your Lodge by reason of
his not residing in the same jurisdiction. — (G. M. West Vir-
ginia. 1893.
A clerk in the office of a brewery is not a saloon-keeper
and is eligible for initiation.
A By-Law of a Lodge, providing that a Brother two yeirs
in arrears for dues, who has not been excluded, is ineligible
for office, is illegal. Every Brother is entitled to all his rights.
— (G. M. Wisconsin, 1894.
ESCORT.
A Lodge cannot act as an escort to any other society in the
performance of a public ceremony. — (G. M. Kansas, 1894.
EXAMINATION.
Ruled that a Brother had no right to stop the examination
of a candidate as to his proficiency in the degrees because said
examination thus far was satisfactory to him. Examinations
must include the whole of the first section of the degree. — (G.
M. Tennessee, 1894.
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EXPELLED MASONS.
Names of expelled Masons should not appear upon published
rosterB of a Lodge under any heading. — (G. M. Nebraska, 1894.
FEES.
A Subordinate Lodge cannot by .its By-Laws require a dimit-
ting Brother to pay a fee to the Secretary for his vliinit.— (G. M.
Indiana, 1894.
When does the fee necessary to accompany the application
of a candidate become the property of the Lodge?
Answer: The fee becomes the property of the Lodge only
when the candidate has been accepted. It is, however, perfectly
proper for the Lodge to require such fees to be placed In the
hands of the Treasurer, he having the custody of its funds. —
(G. M. Washington, 1894.
And your committee would recommend that if there is any
danger of a Lodge spending the money deposited by the appli-
cant, and its treasury becoming so depleted of funds as to be
unable to refund the amount of the deposit made by the appli-
cant if he be rejected, that the Lodge make it a special fund,
to be transferred to the general fund only after the election
of the applicant to receive the degree. — (Jurisprudence Commit-
tee.
GRAND LODGE DUES.
It is competent and proper for the Master, without a vote
of his Lodge, to direct the Secretary to draw and the Treasurer
to pay a warrant for Grand Lodge dues, which, by the Consti-
tution, are required to accompany the annual report of the
Lodge.— (G. M. California, 1893.
Ordinarily no warrant for moneys in the treasury should
be drawn, except directed by vote of the Lodge, and this be-
cause the propriety of the payment and fixing the amount is
and should be left to the discretion of the Lodge, but in the
matter of Grand Lodge dues, the Lodge has no discretion.
They are fixed by the Grand Lodge and must accompany the re-
port.— (Jurisprudence Committee.
HEALING.
1. To heal is to cure. The obligation makes the Mason.
Healing is re-obligating a Brother to cure or correct what has
been omitted or done in error in making him a Mason, or in
passing or raising him.
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2. The Master, in open Lodge, has the power to heal so
far as to correct irregularities done therein. In cases where a
Lodge may act it may request another Lodge to perform that
duty.
3. Another body of Masons (Chapter, etc.,) can not heal
Lodge irregularities.
4. The Grand Lodge, or Grand Master during vacation,
may direct how and what healing shall be done, and appoint
a Brother to do it
5. Neither the Lodge, Grand Master or Grand Lodge can
make legitimate, by any process of healing, degrees conferred
in a clandestine Lodge. — (G. M. Kentucky, 1893.
HOUR OF MEETING.
Ruled that a Lodge can not convene at a stated meeting at
an hour different from that fixed by its By-Laws. — (G. M. Ten-
nessee, 1894.
INITIATION.
A profane becomes a Mason when he takes the E. A,
obligation. — (Jurisprudence Committee, Mississippi, 1894.
JURISDICTION.
Question: Can we receive the petitions of two persons
who live within the Jurisdiction of an adjoining Lodge, provided
the adjoining Lodge gives consent?
Answer: No. One Lodge cannot waive its territorial juris-
diction in favor of another. — (G. M. Michigan, 1894.
Ruled that when a profane resides within the jurisdiction
of a Lodge, and desires, on account of convenience, to receive
the degrees in another Grand Jurisdiction, that said Lodge
should not waive jurisdiction, but might, if it saw proper, elect
said profane and request the other Lodge to confer the degrees
on him. — (G. M. Tennessee, 1894.
LODGE OP MASTER MASONS.
How many does it take to open a Lodge of Master Masons?
Answer: Seven. — (G. M. Washington, 1893.
LEGAL LODGE.
To constitute a legal Lodge there must be present seven
members of the Lodge. At a meeting at which less than this
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number were present no business of any sort could be tran-
sacted, hence a dimit granted at such a meeting is illegal and
of no effect. — (G. M. Alabama, 1893.
LODGES U. D.
When a Lodge under dispensation is chartered, the officers
who are named in the charter should be installed. The next
election for officers must be held at the date named in the By-
Laws of the Lodge. At such election, whether it be held within
a day or a year of the first installation, the Lodge may elect
other officers. The officers installed when the Lodge is con-
stituted, hold their offices only until the date of the annual
election, and the election and installation of their successors. —
(G. M. Georgia, 1893.
Query: If a constitutional number of petitioners should
present a petition for U. D. Lodge, how many votes does it take
to recommend — majority, or two-thirds majority?
Answer: The Grand Lodge has decided, "As there is no
regulation in this jurisdiction designating the manner of voting
upon the question of recommending petitioners for a new Lodge,
the vote should be taken in the same manner as in voting on
other business before the Lodge. — (G. M. Nebraska, 1894.
MASONS AT SIGHT.
That a Lodge in this jurisdiction cannot, as a compliment
to heroism in rescuing human lives from perishing in time of
storm at sea on a stranded or wrecked vessel, gratuitously
tender the degrees of Masonry unsought to the hero. That the
Grand Master alone has the right and power to make Masons
at sight, and it can be done only in his presence, and he cannot
delegate this power by dispensation.— (G. M. South Carolina,
1893.
MASONIC OFFENSES.
A Mason is subject to prosecution for a Masonic offense ac-
tually committed ten years or more before the date of trial.
There is no statute of limitation in Masonry. Under our law
time neither cures nor satisfies wrong-doing. The object of
Masonry is the preservation of right — not within time limita-
tions but forever — and from the Masonic stand-point, a crime
ten years old is as young as if just born. — (G. M. Georgia, 1893.
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MOTION.
The Master has the right to declare a motion out of order
and decline to submit it to the Lodge. From his decision
there is no appeal except to the Grand Lodge. — (G. M. Ken-
tucky, 1893.
MEMBERSHIP.
When a member of one o'f our Lodges withdraws therefrom
and receives a dimit, he should, within six months from the date
of withdrawal, make application for membership to some Lodge
here, if he continues to reside here. After the lapse of the tix
months, if he desires to make such application, he must first
pay to the Lodge to which he wishes to apply a sum equivalent
to six months' dues of that Lodge, and the Lodge can there-
upon receive his application. — (G. M. California, 1893.
1. It is the duty of every Master Mason to be a member
of some Lodge.
2. If being a member of a Lodge in some other state or
county he comes to reside in California, he may continue that
membership.
3. If, however, before coming here he severs his member-
ship with the home Lodge, he must, within six months from
the time he becomes a resident here, make application for mem-
bership to some Lodge in this state.
4. If he neglects to make such application within t*.e
time limited he is not entitled to receive nor are we permitted
to accord to him "any of the rights, privileges or charities cf
the Order;" he is, in effect, suspended.
5. If, however, after the lapse of six months he desires to
make application for membership, he must, as a condition pre-
cedent, pay a sum equivalent to six months' dues of the Lodge
to which he would apply, and then present his petition with his
dimit and the affiliation fee.
6. The rejection of his application places him in good
standing for six . months from the date of the rejection, and
during that period he may again apply to the same Lodge or
to any other Lodge in the state, without the payment of any
sum as a condition precedent.
7. The six months begin to run from the time the non-
affiliate becomes a resident in California and not from the date
of the dimit, unless it were issued subsequently to his becom-
ing a resident here.
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8. If a member of a Lodge in this state withdraws there-
from and continuing to reside here neglects for six months from
the date of such withdrawal to make application for membership
to some Lodge here, he will place himself under the same dis-
abilities and be subject to the same conditions as the non-
affiliate who, coming from abroad to reside here, neglects the
duty prescribed. — (Jurisprudence Committee, California, 1893.
That it is not lawful in this Grand Jurisdiction for a Lodge
to receive into its membership a Scottish Rite Mason upon a
dimit from the Scottish Rite Lodge, of which he was formerly
a member; but that the only way. to acquire membership in a
Lodge in this Grand Jurisdiction is by Initiation, Passing and
Raising in a regular Lodge of A. F. and A. M., or by dimit
•from some such Lodge. — (G. M. Virginia, 1893.
OBJECTION.
Upon a ballot upon a petition for initiation, a member of a
Lodge by mistake casts his vote in favor of the petitioner,
instead of against it as he intended. He asks to have the
ballot re-taken, which was refused. He thereupon stated to tha
Worshipful Master that he objects to the applicant being mad a
a Mason in that Lodge. Held, that so long as he remained a
member of the Lodge and did not withdraw his objection, the
Lodge had no right to confer the degrees upon the applicant. —
(G. M. Alabama, 1893.
No matter when, where, how or by whom objection is made
to the initiation of a candidate, it must be respected; if made
by a member of the Lodge it has the same effect as a b'ack
ball, and it is sufficient to stop a candidate, that the Master
should know that a member objects regardless of how or when
the information comes to him. If made by a member of another
Lodge, the reasons must be given and the facts inquired into
by the Investigating Committee, whose report, if already in,
should be recommitted; if not yet made to the Lodge it should
ask and be granted further time for investigation. While a
profane, a non-affiliate, a suspended or expelled Mason cannot
technically "object," yet if one makes known any reason why a
candidate should not be initiated, the Master would be guilty
of a gross dereliction of duty if he did not postpone initiation
of the candidate and cause an investigation to be made. It is
incumbent upon every Mason to prevent the initiation of un-
worthy persons, and one who knows, but conceals, a ground
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for "objection/1 which if known should prevent an initiation,
ought to be disciplined. — (Jurisprudence Committee, Mississippi,
1894.
In the case in which an objection to the advancement of a
candidate to another degree having been made, and six months
having elapsed from the time the objection was presented, the
Grand Master decided that six months constituted the limit of
the objection, and with the expiration of that time the objection
ceased to be of force and effect; and, further, that the objector
could not renew the objection. The Grand Master, in the opin-
ion of your committee, decided right. The law gives a member
the right to arrest the advancement of a Brother who has not
yet reached the Sublime Degree, and this right may be exer-
cised without giving any reason for it; but the law has wisely
and justly put a limit to the duration of such arrests, and to the
exercise of an arbitrary power. The Brother against whose
advancement the objection has been made, though he be but
an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft, is still a Mason and
entitled to just treatment. If we place him at the mercy of
any one member, who without disclosing a reason, or who, per-
haps, without any good reason, may arrest his progress forever,
so that he can neither advance nor retire, we do an act of
shocking injustice, and it would be a just reproach to our law
if it permitted it. During the six months in which the objection
holds good, the Brother who made it has time in which to in-
vestigate the case, and if there is any good reason why the
candidate should not be allowed to advance charges ought to be
preferred by the Brother who made the objection and a trial
had; and if there is no good reason the objection ought to
cease, and is Masonic law. — (Jurisprudence Committee, Missouri,
1893.
Question: Can a Brother file an objection against a Master
Mason in good standing with the W. M. of his Lodge, and pre-
vent the Brother M. M. from visiting his (the objector's) Lodge
for an indefinite length of time, or for that meeting only?
Answer: Such objection is good only for the meeting at
which it is made — at which the objector must be present.
"When any Brother in good standing in this jurisdiction
makes objection to the advancement of a Brother, the Master
cannot ask the reasons. But should the objecting Brother vol-
untarily disclose his reasons, the Master may exercise his dis-
cretion in the matter, should he deem the objection frivolous
or insufficient."— (G. M. Oregon, 1894.
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Following the decisions of my predecessors, I have decided
that an objection to initiation may be made any time before the
obligation is administered to the candidate, and the objection
must be entered upon the minutes of the Lodge; that when an
objection is made it has the same force and effect as a rejection
by ballot; that it cannot be withdrawn; that the candidate
must be reported as a rejected applicant; and that further pro-
ceedings in his case must be by a second petition, after the
expiration of six months from his rejection. — (G. M. Tennessee,
1893.
Ruled that a verbal objection, filed with the Master, was
sufficient at all times to prevent a candidate from advancing. —
(O. M. Tennessee. 1894.
Objections were made to the advancement of a Felllow
Craft. A committee was appointed to investigate, who reported
"the objections were well taken." Under section 7, article X,
part second, Grand Lodge By-Laws, ballot was taken on sus-
taining or adopting the report of the committee, which resulted
in twelve for adoption and twelve against the report. The
Worshipful Master decided that the objections were not sus-
tained. This is clearly in error. Objection being made, it re-
quired a two-thirds vote to dismiss, not to sustain same. — (G.
M. Washington, 1893.
OBJECTION TO VISITOR.
i*
'A member of a Lodge in this jurisdiction objects to the ad-
mittance of a proposed visiting Brother who is a member in
good standing of another Lodge in this jurisdiction placing his
objection with the Master of the Lodge. Should the Brother
again seek to visit said Lodge when the objecting Brother is
not present, in the absence of any further objections may the
Master admit the Brother as a visitor?
We recommend that the above query be answered in the
affirmative. — (Jurisprudence Committee, Nebraska, 1894.
PAST MASTERS.
The Master of a Lodge under dispensation does not be-
come a Past Master on retiring from office. It is only the Master
of a chartered Lodge who becomes a Past Master. If the Master
of the Lodge under dispensation is the Master installed under
the charter, he would then derive his Past Master's office from
such installation. — (G. M. Georgia, 1893.
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PETITION.
I advised Salubria Lodge, U. D.t to receive a petition from
a profane who had been elected to receive the degrees of Masonry
some years ago in Nebraska, but had never received them. — (G.
M. Idaho, 1893.
Can the petition of a candidate for initiation be withdrawn
by consent of the Lodge under Section 32, after the same has
been referred to a committee, and the committee had written
out their report and handed it to the Secretary, but which re-
port has not been read or submitted to the Lodge?
Answer: Yes. Decision 48 holds that it may be so with-
drawn at any time before ballot; while Decision 182 holds that
it cannot be withdrawn after the committee has reported thereon;
and Decision 380 is explanatory of these decisions.
Within the limits of the provisions of the Code, as construed
by these decisions, the tendency should be to look with favor
upon the right of withdrawal. It is the duty of the committee
to make report to the Lodge, and the fact that the commitee
have reduced the report to writing and handed it to the Secretary
does not place it beyond the control of the committee. They are
entitled to receive it back on request and make any change »
they see proper, and this they may do at any time before the
report is read or submitted to the Lodge. It follows that the
right of withdrawal with the consent of the Lodge exists until
the report is finally read and submitted to the Lodge. — (G. M.
Ohio, 1893.
PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS.
As to Decision No. 1, your committee are of the opinion
that the loss of the forefinger of the right hand is not such a
dismemberment as will debar the applicant for the degrees
of Masonry. As to the second decision, your committee are of
the opinion that a casualty of the loss of the left arm, occurring
after a Brother has received the degree of Entered Apprentice,
should not debar him from receiving the remaining degrees. .
thus fulfilling the compact of the Lodge with him. While
such dismemberment, if existing, would debar the Lodge from
receiving his petition, yet occurring after his election and ad-
mission into the Order, the Brother should be entitled to
advancement in view of the fact that he is in substantial form
to comply with all the requirements and engagements the
Craft can impose upon him. — (Jurisprudence Committee, Minne-
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One who has a cork leg, but who is able to locomote with
ease, without the use of a crutch or cane, is not eligible for
initiation.
One who has a stiff knee is eligible. — (Jurisprudence Com-
mittee, Mississippi, 1894.
Question. Can a Fellow Craft who loses his right arm after
receiving the degree be made a Master Mason?
Answer: No. — (G. M. Oregon, 1894.
PLEA.
That when, a Brother accused is absent at time of trial,
the plea of not guilty should be entered of record. This is so if
the Worshipful Master has appointed a Brother to appear
for the accused and he himself may be satisfied of the guilt
of the accused Brother. — (G. M. Indiana, 1894.
PROFICIENCY.
"A Subordinate Lodge has no right to enact a law restrain-
ing a newly-made Master Mason from any of the privileges
of his Lodge until he shall have passed a satisfactory exam-
ination on the Master's Degree." — (G. M. Missouri, 1893.
Upon request of a Kansas Lodge to a Lodge in this juris-
diction to confer degrees upon a Brother, our Lodge should do
so without examination as to proficiency, unless such request
is included in the request to confer the degrees. — (G. M. Ne-
braska, 1894.
QUALIFICATIONS.
The indispensible qualifications for initiation into Masonry
are: The candidate must be free-born, at least twenty-one
years of age, of good report, coming well recommended, of
sound mind and memory, physically and mentally capable of
earning a livelihood, able to read and write, must believe in the
existence of God and the soul's immortality, must be capable
of receiving and imparting the Ritual of Masonry; must have
resided one full year in the jurisdiction of the Lodge to which
he petitions, must sign the petition with his own hand, must
be recommended by two members of the Lodge who vouch for
his character and qualifications, based upon their own
knowledge of the man; he must not be engaged in the business
of selling intoxicating liquors to be used as a beverage, must
pay in actual money a sum previously agreed upon by the
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Lodge to which he petitions, as an initiation fee, must declare
upon honor that he offers himself freely and voluntarily, un-
biased by improper solicitation and uninfluenced by mercenary
motives, that he is prompted to solicit the privileges of Masonry
by a favorable opinion conceived of the institution, a desire for
knowledge and a sincere wish of being serviceable to his fellow
creatures, and promise conformity to our usages and customs. —
(Jurisprudence Committee, Mississippi, 1894.
RECOMMENDATION OF NEW LODGES.
Has a Lodge any right to recommend a lot of brethren to
form a new Lodge near it, that they would not receive in our
own Lodge without strict trial?
Answer: No. And further, if a single member on the peti-
tion for a charter is known to be an unfit person, it is the Ma-
sonic duty of the Lodge recommending the petition to see that
such name is stricken from the petition. — (G. M. Washington,
1893.
RECONSIDERATION.
Under the parliamentary law applicable to the Lodges
within this jurisdiction, it is In order to reconsider at the next
regular meeting what was done at the preceding communica-
tion, and while the effect may be to sometimes involve the
Lodge in debt, yet the right to do it is beyond question. — (G.
M. Georgia, 1893.
REFRESHMENT.
The funds of a Lodge, no matter from what source derived,
cannot be used for the purpose of providing refreshments or
entertainments for the members or their friends. — (G. M. Cali-
fornia, 1893.
REFUNDING FEES.
A candidate in our Lodge has after a clear ballot, received
the E. A. degree, has been objected to and further advancement
stopped. He now demands back his initiation for which he has
paid in full for the three degrees. Ought we to pay it, or any
part of It?
With respect to Decision No. 8, your committee would rec-
ommend that it be modified so as to read as follows:
"The Lodge ought to return all except the fee for the
degree or degrees conferred as provided by the By-Laws of the
Lodge." — (Jurisprudence Committee, Oregon, 1894.
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REFUSAL TO SIT WITH A BROTHER.
When a Brother simply refuses to sit in a Lodge room with
another, charges need not be preferred against him. He does
not by that act alone, violate any known Masonic law. But if
he refuses to sit and gives his reasons for refusal and these rea-
sons reflect upon a Brother, he may be charged for unmasonic
conduct in thus reflecting and accusing said Brother.— (G. M.
Georgia, 1893.
REINSTATEMENT.
To secure reinstatement, a Mason who has been suspended
for the non-payment of dues must pay all of the dues which he
owed the Lodge at the time of his suspension; and also all the
dues accruing from the time of his suspension until his appli-
cation for reinstatement is made to the Subordinate Lodge, but
the Lodge, in its discretion, has the right to remit all or such
part of such dues as it may seem just and right. — (G. M. Ala-
bama, 1893.
A member suspended for non-payment of dues, is entitled,
upon payment of dues to date of suspension, to be reinstated
without application thereof, and without action of the Lodge.
The Secretary should announce in open Lodge that such dues
are paid, the Master should declare the Brother reinstated, and
record made accordingly. — (G. M. Maine, 1894.
A member of a Lodge had been suspended for non-payment
of dues, and remained under suspension for three years longer.
Desiring to be reinstated he petitioned the Lodge for that priv-
ilege. The Grand Master decided that he must pay all dues
for which he was suspended, or have them remitted, before ac-
tion could be taken by the Lodge on his petition for reinstate-
ment. He further decided that said party having paid the
amount for which he was suspended, and being refused rein-
statement, could not claim the money so paid, but the payment
thereof was necessary for him to obtain recognition as a peti-
tioner for reinstatement, and the money thus paid by the peti-
tioner could not be returned to him except by the grace of the
Lodge which refused to reinstate him. — (G. M. Missouri, 1893.
RITUAL.
"It is not in the power of the Grand Master to authorize
any variation from the work as established by the Grand
Lodge.— (G. M. District of Columbia, 1893.
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REJECTED MATERIAL.
Question: Can a person who has been rejected by a Lodge
In this Jurisdiction, who afterwards received the ' degrees of
Masonry in a foreign country, without the consent of the reject-
ing Lodge be recognized as a Mason?
Answer: No. The Lodge rejecting holds personal jurisdic-
tion over him which cannot be annulled or set aside without its
unanimous consent His making might be regular, and in a
Lodge working under the authority of a regular Grand Lodge,
but his recognition as a Mason depends upon the regulations of
the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, which is the supreme law
within its limits. — (G. M. Connecticut, 1894.
REJECTION.
Question: Can a candidate who has been rejected in a Lodge
apply to another Lodge having concurrent Jurisdiction after the
expiration of twelve months?
Answer: Tes; he is at liberty to apply to any other Lodge
having concurrent Jurisdiction in the district in which he re-
sides.
Question: Has a Lodge perpetual Jurisdiction over rejected
material?
Answer: A Lodge has no jurisdiction over rejected material
for the degrees, after the time limit, viz: twelve months, has
expired. — (G. M. British Columbia, 1893.
An Entered Apprentice was rejected for advancement. Held
that after two more rejections, which might be at intervals of
two months, another application could not be entertained for
three years.
Our law does not provide for charges and trials in such cases
and no questions are to be asked. — (G. M. Montana, 1893.
REVERSAL OF LODGE ACTION.
Where the Grand Lodge of Georgia reverses the decision
of a Subordinate Lodge expelling a member, such reversal
does not restore the member to membership in the Subordinate
Lodge, except by unanimous vote of such Lodge, expressed by
ballot. Said member is entitled to a certificate from the Grand
Secretary showing him to be a Mason in good standing without
Subordinate Lodge membership, and he may use this certi-
ficate to acquire membership in any Subordinate Lodge as
though it were a dlmit. — (G. M. Georgia, 1893.
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STATIONS.
Where a room occupied by a Lodge is so situated as that
the Master's chair is in the geographical west, the Junior War-
den's station should be on the north side of the hall. The
Masonic terms, east, west, north and south, are symbolical
and need not always designate geographical points. — (G. M.
West Virginia, 1893.
SUMMONS.
If a Lodge summons its members under seal and they fall
to appear, it is the right of the Lodge or any member thereof
to prefer charges against those so failing and unless proper
Masonic excuse is rendered for the failure, it is the right and
duty of the Lodge to charge and convict such members. The
Lodge may be reported to the Grand Master for a refusal to
perform its duty in this respect. The Secretary of such a Lodge
cannot refuse to issue the summonses to members because
members have not obeyed those issued before. The failure of
members to discharge their duties does not excuse him from
the performance of his. He has no discretion and no right to
set up his views as Secretary as to whether it is desirable
to issue summonses or not. — (G. M. Georgia, 1893.
SUSPENSIONS.
The question has been frequently asked, Has a Brother who
has been suspended for N. P. D. a right to visit a Lodge or
converse on Masonic subjects? In each case the parties have
been referred to Section 570 of Digest, and the principle clearly
stated that suspension for non-payment of dues does not carry
with It conviction of any offense, but rather presumptive evi-
dence of the Brother's misfortune and deprives the Brother of
Lodge privileges only. — (G. M. Arkansas, 1893.
A Brother is suspended for twelve months. He cannot at
the end of five months be restored by a two-thirds vote. Definite
suspension differs from indefinite in that the period of punish-
ment is fixed. He can only be restored by the grant of a dis-
pensation from the Grand Master authorizing the Lodge to vote
upon the question of reconsideration of the charges, and then a
vote upon the question of withdrawal of the charges. — (G.
M. Georgia, 1893.
It is not legal to suspend members in blocks of four or
five for non-payment of dues. Each case should be acted
upon separately.
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It requires a majority of all the members present to suspend
a member for non-payment of dues.
When there are only four who vote to suspend a member
for non-payment of dues and the others decline to vote, it is
not legal. The Master Bhould require all present to vote, and
a majojrity vote is necessary.
No vote is necessary to restore one suspended for non-
payment of dues; payment restores without any action of the
Lodge. A majority can remit and that wculd restore him.
One suspended for non-payment of dues is restored on
payment of the amount he owed when he was suspended, and
he must pay in addition at the meeting preceding the Festival
of St. John the Evangelist, the same as the other members, no
matter whether he is reinstated in January or December. Dues
are not monthly assessments, but a ilxed sum, to be paid by
all on the roll on the day of the Lodge meeting, preceding the
27th day of December in each year. — (Jurisprudence Committee,
Mississippi, 1894.
TRANSFER OF DELEGATED POWER.
That a Lodge, which had received from another Lodge sur-
render of jurisdiction over an Entered Apprentice, but had
never availed itself of that surrender and had never conferred
the Fellow Craft and Master Mason degrees, could not transfer
that delegated power to a third Lodge. — (G. M. Virginia, 1893.
TRIAL.
A Worshipful Master is subject to be called upon to testify
in a case tried in his own Lodge just as though he were a pri-
vate member. His office does not exempt him from thus aiding
in the discovery of the truth. — (G. M. Georgia, 1803.
That the Worshipful Master cannot be both prosecutor
and judge, and hence he should not preside in a case in which
he is personally interested. — (G. M. Indiana, 1894.
The trial of a Mason by the courts, and his acquittal of the
charge, does not bar the Lodge from trying him if the peace and
harmony of the Craft demand his trial. Nor does his conviction
by the courts require his trial by the Lodge unless the good
of the Order demands it. — (G. M. Kentucky, 1893.
First — That one, while a Master in office, can in no case
be put on trial before his Lodge; his trial, on any charge, what-
ever their cause or nature may be, belongs exclusively to the
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Second — He can at no time, whether in office or after his
successor may be installed, be tried by his Lodge on charges
founded on acts or conduct bearing upon or relating to the
exercise or performance of his official functions as Worshipful
Master. The trial of a Past Master, therefore, on charges
for malfeasance in office, whatever special form these charges
may take, belong at all times exclusively to the Grand Lodge.
Third — On charges affecting the man, not to the exercise
of the functions or duties of the office, a Past Master may be
tried by his Lodge without reference to the time where the acts
constituting the offense were committed. — Jurisprudence Com-
mittee, Louisiana, 1894.
Rules of evidence are the same at a Masonic trial as in any
other tribunal and evidence has the same effect.
When a trial has commenced and a portion of the witnesses
have been examined, and for want of time in which to complete
the trial, the Lodge is called off until another day, no addi-
tional depositions of persons who cannot be examined in the
Lodge room can be taken.
All depositions must be taken before the day set for trial,
as provided by Rule 11. These depositions are read when the
trial takes place in connection with the oral testimony, in their
order; those which sustain the charges first, and those which
negative them next, after which the matter is argued, but should
the Lodge after hearing the evidence, written and oral, then
consider that it is suscptible of additional proof, it may direct
it to be taken under Rule 18.
Not a word of testimony can be taken outside the Lodge
room without the accused has at least five days notice under
Rule 9, if the witnesses are accessible, and where they are not,
depositions must be taken on one week's notice, in which to
prepare cross interrogatories.
The fact that a Master Mason has been convicted by a
court of law is not sufficient evidence to convict him at a Ma-
sonic Lodge trial. There must be independent proof. We have
nothing to do with, and ought not to be influenced by the re-
sult of the trial in the civil court. — (Jurisprudence Committee,
Mississippi, 1894.
In a Lodge authorized to work in the German language,
it is proper, though not essential, that all proceedings had in a
trial upon charges be conducted in that language.
In a Masonic trial, if the Brother acting as counsel for the
accuser or accused is a member of the Lodge charged with the
278 COBRRE8PONDENCE— DIGEST OF DECISIONS. [1894
duty of deciding the case, such Brother, by reason of his
position as counsel, is not deprived of his right to vote upon
the question of the guilt or innocence and the punishment of
the accused. — (G. M. New Jersey, 1894.
In a Masonic trial the evidence of a Brother who was
Worshipful Master of a Lodge in another Grand Jurisdiction,
and who could not be present at the trial, being necessary, held
that it was proper to send a committee to take evidence of this
Brother, to be afterwards submitted to the Lodge, the accused
Brother being given ample notice of this action, and to be pres-
ent in person or by counsel when the evidence is taken which
he so desires. — (G. M. North Carolina, 1894.
That a Brother, who is a member both of a chartered Lodge
and of a Lodge under dispensation, should be tried for an al-
leged offense, which was committed before the Lodge under
dispensation came into existence, by the chartered Lodge.
(a) That in a Masonic trial summons should not be issued
to profanes.
(b) That the proper person to take testimony in a Masonic
trial is not an officer of the civil law authorized to take depo-
sitions, but the Committee of Investigation appointed by the
Lodge.— (G. M. Virginia, 1893.
TRUTH.
Whenever it becomes necessary or expedient for the Master
to assign to a candidate for initiation any reason for delay In
conferring the degree, he should assign the true reason and
should never attempt by prevarication or equivocation to mis-
lead or deceive him.— (G. M. California, 1893.
TWICE IN JEOPARDY.
A Mason cannot be tried a second time for an offense of
which he has been acquitted. — (Jurisprudence Committee, Mis-
sissippi, 1894.
VISITORS.
A Lodge is not bound to admit as a visitor, one who can
pass the examination of the degrees. It must be satisfied and
has a right to be satisfied that he is a worthy Master Mason as
well as qualified in other particulars. — (G. M. Georgia, 1893.
Unaffiliated brethren cannot be admitted to visit any Lodge
more than once, except by a majority vote of the Lodge.
1
1894] COBRESPONDENCE — DIGEST OF DECISIONS. 279
I have also decided that all members of or visitors to a
Lodge should be announced by name in the Lodge before the
Worshipful Master permits them to enter. — (G. M. Pennsylvania,
1893.
VOTE.
The members of a Lodge who are also applicants on a pe-
tition for a new Lodge, have a right to vote on the motion to
give consent to the establishment of such new Lodge. Whether
it is judicious and conducive to Masonic harmony to exercise
this right is another question. — (G. M. Georgia, 1S93.
Statement: At an election of officers forty votes are cast,
including two blank votes with no name thereon; A received
twenty votes. Shall he be declared elected? Yes. A ballot for
choice of persons for office must have the name of the person
voted for thereon. A piece of blank paper is neither a ballot
nor a vote and should not be counted as such. — (G. M. Minne-
sota, 1894.
VOUCHER.
Question. Can a Master Mason who has never sat in a
Lodge with a Brother vouch for him?
Answer: Any Brother who has received legal Masonic
information that another Brother is a Master Mason in good
standing may vouch for him, even though he has never sat in
Lodge with him.— (G. M. Oregon, 1894.
WAIVER.
A Lodge cannot waive jurisdiction over a person who is at
the time, and has been for six months next preceding, an actual
resident within its territorial jurisdiction, and for the year next
preceding an actual resident of this Grand Jurisdiction, unless
it shall have accepted him as a petitioner for the Mysteries
of Masonry or for advancement.
A waiver of jurisdiction must be unconditional. — (G. M.
Kansas, 1894.
WARDEN.
Question: Our Senior Warden died. We want to promote
our Junior Warden to be Senior Warden, and we want a dispen-
sation to do it
Answer: Application refused. I have not any authority
to authorize the promotion of a Junior Warden during his year
of office.— (G. M. Michigan, 1894.
2tfO COBKESPONDENCE — DIGEST OF DECI8IONS. [1894
Question. Is a Warden from another jurisdiction entitled
to the privileges of such office here?
Answer: Yes. — (G. M. Oregon, 1894.
A Warden who has been elected and served as such in
another Grand Jurisdiction, can be elected and installed Master
in this Jurisdiction.— (G. M. Utah. 1894.
J
STATISTICS.
We are greatly indebted to Brother Jesse B. Anthony
for the following interesting tables of statistics which we
find in the New York report for 1894. We have hereto-
fore referred to Brother Anthony's special aptitude for this
work.
•
b-»>
•
i
Grand Lodge
No. Subordi-
nates.
Membership.
i
C3
1
cti
m
<
1
o
8
•
n
i
£
P
Suspended fo
non-paymen
of dues.
Suspended
and expelled
Net Gain.
Net Loss.
Alabama...
368
11,373
630
394
195
202
521
573
52
195,..
Arizona '
11
511
45
30
1
9
22
10
2
38 '..
Arkansas
437
13,512
705
416
83
?41
539
407
59
414 ..
California
255
17,006
726
446
85
289
380
416
10
289. .
Colorado
87
110
6,640
16,047
526
576
344
83
28
34
85
261
192
93
154
94
6
5
466 •
Connecticut
240 ..
Delaware.'
21
1,926
108
8
9
21
15
5
86 ..
D. of Columbia*.
23
131
390
27
713
4,520
4,147
16,6<U
1,030
48,222
20,366
1.910
Florida*
Georgia
i
AiA
89
2,227
Idado
74
3,369
1,682
204
56
1,054
2
316
12
613
15
1,244
15
664
1
21
Illinois
Indiana .
473
55
592
182
242
35
898
27
728
199
377
63
63
.4
890
240
Indian Territory .
Iowa
461
350
458
28,787
19,898
17,942
1,471
750
2:w
261
1,134
401
52
611
Kansas*
Kentucky
1,565
486
837
271
664
789
30
634
Louisiana
122
4,864
450
117
34
111
155
82
2
251
Maine
193
94
21,487
6,396
827
493
123
80
63
27
321
100
243
97
223
86
5
1
310
816
Maryland
Massachusetts ...
232
83,936
1,884
298
61
501
300
273
1
1.251
Michigan
376
35,517
1,907
535
99
454
Oof)
364
11
1,045
.
Minnesota,
194
14,001
895
337
58
148
370
290
7
475
Mississippi
272
8.685
486
273
127
170
299
288
12
117. ..
Missouri
561
45
211
30,000
2,274
10,957
1,452
175
918
888
88
450
222
16
103
393
24
80
917
53
540
568
114
201
63
9
812 ..
Montana
95 ..
Nebraska
718
Nevada
19
7H
951
8,729
28
358
15
14
10
21
158
29
81
22
30
15
N. Hampshire ...
1
98
New Jersey
162
14.968
772
17*8
74
226
188
242
6
362
New York
730
83,287
5.343
981
1,244
1,437
1,285
2.162
20
2,664
m .
New Mexico
19
754
56
41
4
10
30
86
2
28
..
N. Carolina
272
10,819
765
239
86
155
376
i 163
14
294
North Dakota
41
1,972
210
53
8
15
91
! 17
2
146
Oklahoma Ter. ..
12
495
437
38,123
19
2,135
31
698
10
750
1
1 1,171
42"
59
1,079
Ohio
711
518
Oregon
97
414
4,429
45,937
275
2,927
193
627
33
88
7=W
154
405
106
499
7
263
1.911
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
36
4.469
251
29
6
69
32
48
137
South Carolina ..
184
6,099
345
188
117
169
! 230
17
South Dakota
81
3,926
353
126
13
29
180
62
211
..
Tennessee
429
17,826
834
483
128
326
568
i 223
46
272
_.
Texas
561
8
100
267
24,472
668
9,411
12,000
1,573
60
:«3
1,000
1,048
43
87
369
211
11
114
60
2)80
9
143
174
1,414
26
148
407
509
26
56
248
64
1
3
24
344
52
234
576
Utah
Vermont
Virginia ...
Washington
89
4,837
373
321
21
50
175
74
7
559
..
West Virginia...
101
4,759
386
103
80
71
140
106
15
281
Wisconsin
225
14,498
930
273
105
173
367
241
8
599
Wyoming
16
882
713.721
101
29
14,185
11
4
45
22
2
680
100
--
Total in U. S
•
11,106
40,645
5,305
9,899
16,516
12,755
22,883
15
♦Last year's Report.
282
CORRESPONDENCE— STATISTICS.
[1394
Grand Lodge
B.. Colombia..
Canada
Manitoba
N. Brunswick.
Nova Scotia . .
P. Edward lal.
Quebec
i
■
o
35
14
348
15
32
63
12
56
570
Grand Total.. 11,670
o
2
968
22,064
2,142
1,829
3,1 13
493
3,162
38,771
747,492
•8
3D
2,285
1
■4-1
d
3
99! 46
1.410 ; 353
213 ; K6
86 1 19
253 72
12 «
212 I 40
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153
8
7
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18:
622 223
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5
9
239
16
28'
40
39
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56 |
596*
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45'
102 i
16
90
379, 993
42,930 14,807 , 5,52ft 10,278 17,509
• 'I
12
i
103
513
6 1
562 ..
41
8 !
150
..
32
7
164
2
1» ..
15
j7
100
5 <
27 L.
886
i
i IS
988 7
13,641 , 096 : 23,876 3
STATISTICAL COMPARISON.
Grand Lodge*
Number of Subordinate Lodges
Raised
Affiliated
Restored
Died
Dimitted
Suspended for non-payment of dues
Suspended and expelled
Membership _ ..
1891
1892
• 1*93
56
1894
56
56
57
11,029
11.216
11.457
11,676
38.186
43,345
43,127
42,93)
14,393
16,649
16,470
14,«07
5,552
5,900
6,081
1 5.52$
S.873
10,242
10,542
! 10,279
16,709
20.086
18.372
17,309
12.597
14.113
13.035
13.641
595
717
6W
67S
670.170
697342
723,662
747.492
Based upon the tables we find that in the Grand Lodges of
the United States—
The accession by new work has been 5 88-100 per cent
The additions by affiliation and restoration 2 82-100 per cent
The losses by death are 1 11-100 per cent
The losses for non-payment of dues equal 1 84-100 per cent
The losses by dimission equal 2 39-100 per cent
The net gain of the year (22,868) is equal to 3 31-100 per cent
In numerical standing the most prominent rank in the fol-
lowing order: New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan,
Massachusetts, Missouri, Indiana, Texas, Iowa, Maine, Kansas,
Kentucky. Tennessee, California, etc.
The average of membership to each Lodge is greatest in the
following: District of Columbia (192), Connecticut (146). Mas-
sachusetts (146), Rhode Island (124), New York (115), New Hamp-
shire (112), Maine (111), Pennsylvania (111), etc.
The jurisdictions having Lodges of the largest membership
are in the following order: Minnesota (674), New York (617),
Colorado (610), Illinois (585). Michigan (578), Connecticut (557),
District of Columbia (546), Pennsylvania (500), Massachusetts
(489), California (464), Rhode Island (450), Ohio (446), etc.
1894]
CORRESPONDENCE— STATISTICS.
283
Brother Anthony this year adds a special table entitled
Masonic Grades, showing the number of Master Masons,
Royal Arch Masons and Knight Templars in each juris-
diction in the United States. We quote his totals: Master
Masons. 713.721; Royal Arch Masons, 187,311; Knight
Templars, 97,765.
We are also under obligations to Brother J. H. Drum-
mond for the following table from the Maine Report for
1894:
COMPARISON OF STATISTICS.
Mem ben
Rained
Admissions, etc.
Di missions _
Expulsions
Suspensions
Suspensions, non-payment of dues
Deaths
Grand
Lodges
1894.
57
Totals
1894.
746,292
56
44,144
55
22,886
i 6C
18,422
58
449
35
360
56
14.848
; 56
10,621
Grand
Lodges
1893.
50
55
53
55
54
40
55
56
Totals
1893.
722,733
44,270
22,270
19,287
448
346
12,820
11,193
Grand
Lodges
1892.
56
54
55
56
54
40
56
56
I
Totals
1892.
695,193
42,417
25,609
20,263
476
345
14,250
10.463
CONCLUSION.
The views we have heretofore expressed concerning the
antiquity of the degrees, have been widely copied by our
fellow reviewers and have doubtless led to renewed study
and investigation of this important subject. That many
would take issue with us was to be expected, but the
number who are in accord with us is evidence that the
reaction against what we term "the 1717 theory" has fairly
set in. Having devoted so much space to this subject last
year, we have no desire to enlarge upon it at this time.
As to the number of the degrees in ancient times we are
not disposed to be contentious. We find that the Masonic
system as now existing, has three degrees or divisions, and
in this respect is in exact conformity to the order of the
universe. These degrees or divisions we believe have
prevailed from the first, until the contrary is shown.
Whether the word degree is the proper word to be used
or not, is a matter of some doubt; it is claimed that it
cannot be found in a Masonic connection prior to 1730.
In 1728, beyond a possibility of doubt, there were three
grades of Masons which were designated, Apprentices,
Fellow Crafts aud Masters, the first, third and fourth lines
of an old catechism of that date running as follows:
First. "An entered Mason I have been."
Third. "A Fellow I was sworn most rare."
Fourth. "I know the Master's part full well."
We reiterate what we have heretofore contended, that
the secrets of the degrees, whether conveyed in one, two or
three steps, go back to remote antiquity, that they not only
embraced the essentials which we now have, but many
more that have been lost. We strenuously deny the assump-
tion that Masonry had but one degree or grade in 1717, to
which the other two were added. We challenge proof that
the Grand Lodge of England or Anderson, or any other
ritualist, ever formulated a new degree which was added
to or become a part of Ancient Craft Masonry. Whether
the esotery which had come down to us from remote time,
was divided for convenience of working or for other
reasons, remains to be more fully determined.
1894] CORRESPONDENCE— CONCLUSION. 285
Writers have argued that the old guilds possessed but
little, if any, knowledge of speculative Masonry as now
understood; that such knowledge as they may have had
was very limited, confined to a few instructions and a
Mason word. It therefore, remained for the wise philos-
ophers of the 1717 period to formulate a system which was
beyond the ability of operative Masons to conceive or
practice, no matter how skilled. They denied that the
archives of the Masons' Company of London showed that
there was any speculative society in connection therewith.
All these theories have been happily set at naught by the
important discoveries which have been recently made by
Brother Edward Conder, Jr., in his examination of the
records of the Masons' Company of London, of which he is
a member. The results of his investigation are soon to be
published for the benefit of the Craft. From the advance
prospectus kindly sent us by Brother R. F. Gould, we
quote the following :
"The author is able to prove from the records, what has
hitherto only been suspected, that there actually existed
early in the seventeenth century, or before 1631, a Lodge
of Freemasons attached to and working in harmony with
the Company, and holding its meetings in the Masons'
Hall."
Brother W. H. Ry lands in a note to the author, says:
" This discovery of yours will affect a good deal of our
doubtful history, and there may be much more foundation
for some of Anderson's remarks that some have believed."
(Italics ours.) Brother G. W. Speth's letter to the same
author contains the following: "The suspicion which
some of us still retained, in spite of former negative assur-
ances by members of the Company, that there was an
intimate connection between the City Company and the
Society of Freemasons, before the establishment of the
Grand Lodge in 1717, has now been fully vindicated. I
esteem it indeed a fortunate circumstance that, when at
length a member of the Company has been tardily moved
to write its history, which ought to have been done years
ago, he should at the same time be a member of our Spec-
ulative Craft, and therefore in a position to appreciate and
publish information which a profane might have overlooked
as unimportant." Brother Gould also attaches the very
greatest importance to these discoveries.
286 CORRESPONDENCE — CONCLUSION. [1894
Before leaving thiB subject, we desire to say that, so far
as we are informed wherever the Craft is mentioned in any
old manuscript, it is always referred to as ancient. Will
some of our "modern origin" theorists please explain the
constant recurrence of this word, and what it implies?
Memorial Observance of the Centennial of the
Death of Brother George Washington.
The inception of this fraternal and patriotic observance
by our Grand Lodge has met with an enthusiastic response
on the part of our sister Grand Lodges before whom the
matter has been presented. The greater number have
acted favorably, and at once, while a few have deemed it
advisable to defer action until next year.
For the information of our Colorado brethren, we
enumerate such as have thus far come under our notice:
The following Grand Lodges have taken favorable
action, and appointed committees: Alabama, Arizona,
Arkansas, District of Columbia, Indian Territory, Kansas,
Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York,
North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Washington
and West Virginia — 17.
The following have deferred action: Connecticut,
Indiana, Louisiana, New Jersey and Wisconsin — 5.
It will be seen from the above that the success of the
proposed memorial observance is already assured, and that
on December 14, 1899, there will be assembled at Mount
Vernon such a representative gathering of Masons as was
never before witnessed in the history of the Orafi A
fitting close to this century of marvelous human progress.
In view of the large number of corner-stones laid by
Grand Lodges each year, the following ode written by us
for the Colorado Book of Ceremonials may prove of service
to the fraternity elsewhere:
1894]
CORRESPONDENCE — CONCLUSION.
287
CORNER STONE ODE.
Hail now the builders true,
Whose works have passed review —
Plumb, level, square.
We praise their master art,
Which once of ours was part:
And still doth claim our heart:
Its image there.
Art of all arts the crown,
On which the sun looks down;
As ages wane.
Time's wrecks we wander 'mid —
Empires 'neath sands are hid —
Still soars thy Pyramid,
O'er Egypt's plain.
When war with frenzied might,
From splendor's dazzling height,
The nations hurled;
'Mid ruin and decline,
Thy sister arts repine —
While glory, caught from thine,
O'erspreads the world.
When peace unfolds her wing,
And vine and blossom spring
Where hosts were massed.
The builder toils amain —
The hand shapes thought of brain,
And cities rise again,
And temples vast.
The shuttles, war, and peace,
Weave history's web, nor cease,
Till freedom's hour —
When structures deck earth's face,
Upreared to bless our race:
Foundations such we place,
Love's priceless dower.
Strength, wisdom, beauty, blend,
And o'er this stone ascend,
'Neath nature's smile —
Till under arch of blue.
The perfect work we view —
The builder's dream come true —
The stately pile.
288 CORRESI*ONDENCE— CONCLUSION. [1894
Notwithstanding the terrible business depression which
has prevailed throughout our land the past year, we are
nevertheless enabled to report the continued growth and
prosperity of our great brotherhood. The Grand Lodges
that have come under our notice, almost without exception,
show a healthy increase in membership. For this appar-
ent anomaly we are unable to assign a satisfactory reason.
Whatever the true solution, it demonstrates the wonderful
vitality of ;Freemasonry under what would seem to be
insurmountable conditions.
While Masonry as an institution has thus successfully
withstood the pressure of the times, it has been far other-
wise with individual members, large numbers of whom
have been hopelessly ruined through the demonetization
of silver and the adoption of the gold standard.
Though Masonry can take no part in the discussion
of questions of public policy, financial or otherwise, it
should nevertheless enforce its lessons of brotherly love
and charity, and endeavor to check the growing spirit of
greed (individual and corporate) which threatens the very
stability of this republic.
From her calm retreats the leaven of human brother-
hood has silently spread throughout the world, and has
borne no small part in shaping the affairs of nations.
She has ever enforced the value of man as a unit in the
inscrutable economy of God's universe. "The sovereignty
of man" was first proclaimed by the patriot fathers, many
of whom were of our household.
Let us be faithful to that declaration and to our noble
tenets — Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth, — and thus aid,
as far as in us lies, in bringing order out of chaos and
turning darkness into light.
Fraternally submitted,
LAWRENCE N. GREENLEAF,
For the Committee.
V
Returns of Lodges.
19
RETURNS OF LODGES
AUGUST 31, 1894.
GOLDEN CITY LODGE No. 1.
GOLDEN, JEFFERSON COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Mondays in each month,]
OFFZCSB8.
Wm. P. Benedict., W. M.
John H. Parker. 8. W.
Nick Koenig, J^_W.
illy,
Geo. Keith Kimball, Seo'y.
John P. Kelly, Treas.
Anderson, Joeeph
Bailey, Stephen
Barnes, John \V.
Bates, M L.
Bellam. Thoe. L.
Booten, P C.
Bnnney, Robt.
Chapman Chas. A.
Chauvenett, Regie
Chinn. Rolla W.
Chnrchee. John
Clark.Chas. T.
Cole, W. E.
Courtney, Geo. W.
Curry, Wm. H.
Dennis, Joe., Jr.
Dier, Wm. A.
Dollison, Geo. W.
Dyer, Fred
Eagleton, J. S.
Edwards, Jenkin
Elwood, A. 8.
Eskins, Peter
Faraghar, Robt.
Fischer. Franc
Fuller, Stephen
MEMBERS.
Greiner, Jas. W.
Halverhaut, F. H.
Harrison, D. E.
Heatley, Ed. J.
Hendrie, J. B.
Henthorne, H. N.
Higgins, John A.
Hultman, August
Hussey, William
Irwin, W. H.
Johnson, Chas P.
Jonas, Latham W.
Kirby, M. C.
Kelly, George
Kelly, James
Kerr, Gary
Koenig. Rudolph
Lake, ("has. S.
Lake, C. W.
Lambing, H. L.
Larkin, Jno. T.
Lees, David
Mann, Joseph
McCartney, T. J.
Millikin. W. B.
Morrison, George
George C. Tildeu, 8. D.
Phillip H. Kendall, J- D.
R. W. Goldsworthy, B. S.
Hugh Shffliday, J. S.
Alex. Kerr, Tiler.
NankiTel, Jas.
Nichols, John
Oppel, Martin
Parfet, C. E.
Porter, A. A.
Reeves, Geo. W.
Rebinson, H. R.
Rooney, Alex.
Rowe. David
Schall, Jos. G.
Shock, A. C.
Smith, Benj. F.
Smith, Wm. L.
Stepp, Wm. L.
Stogsdale, Dan. R.
Titley, John W.
Tolle, Jno. W.
Tost, C. F.
Treffeison, John
Triplett, William
Wade, Charles H.
Webster, Paul W.
Welch, Chas. C.
Wells, J. L.
White, William
Williamson. James
SUMMIT LODGE No. 2.
PABKVILLE, SUMMIT COUNTY.
[Charter Surrendered.]
EOCKY MOUNTAIN LODGE No. 3.
GOLD HILL, BOULDER COUNTY.
[Extinct.]
1894]
APPENDIX.
291
NEVADA LODGE No. 4.
BALD MOUNTAIN, GILPIN COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month.]
Gm. R. Tonn. W. M.
John W. Cannon. S. W.
John Karelin, J. W.
Isaac H. Parsons, Treas.
John W. Batliff, Sec'y.
Ashbaugh, Abraham
Aoisebrook, Alexander
Blight, Sam. S.
Bolainger, Henry C.
Casler, Thos. E.
Cooper, Charley L.
Daniels .John
Finlay, Wm. M.
FallertoQ. Wm. C.
Hager, Charles
Hamor, D. A.
Hendershott. Joseph D.
Hicks, Jas. R.
OFFICERS.
MKMBKBS.
Hooker, Danl. 8.
Jenkin, Oeo.
Kline, Perry A.
Kobey, Mark 0.
Lewis, Wm. J.
Lyon, Cyrus A.
MerrieU, Wallace A.
Mills, Abraham
Mortensen, N. C.
Murphy, Patrick
Newlun, Thos.
Noonan, James
Francis M. May hew, S.
John Lee, J. D.
Peter C. Hansen, S. 8.
John Hooper, J. S.
O. T. Sparks, Tiler.
Raohofsky, Harrison
Rowe. Geo.
Shideler, McClellon
Skell/, Wm,
Standley, Joseph
Thomas, Jas. B.
Topping, John F.
Tucker, Anthony W.
Vi ssoher .Cornelius
Warren, Thos. T.
Wendt, Frederick
Williams, Wm. W.
D.
DENVER LODCJE No. 5.
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Wm. L. H. Millar, W. M.
Matt Adams, S. W.
John Gregor, J. W.
Thomas Nicboll, Treas.
James C. Johnston, Sec'y.
Abbot. Stephen 8.
Abel, Albert
Abrams, D. Albert
Acheeon, William J.
Adams, Guy
Adams, James F.
Adamson. Charles P.
Albers. Ulfert
Aldrach, Charles W.
Aidridge, Thomas B.
Allen, Charles P.
Allen, George P.
Allen, George W.
Allen, Qaincy
Alexander, Archie
Anderson, Cooper ,
Anfenger. Lome
Aunts, Albert E.
Annis, Emmet B.
Anstee, George
Appel, Simon
Arnett, Wm. D.
Arthur, James W.
Aste, Angelo J.
Atchison, John
MEMBERS.
Avrili, Aagost
Baeressen, Harold W.
Bagley, Herman J.
Baily, George
Baker, Albert J.
Baker, Nathan A.
Ball, Lewis
Barker, Anselm H.
Barker, William
Basset, William
Bayles, Benjamin II.
Beach, Walter
Beattie, Samuel R.
Beaachamp, Edward
Beck, John
Beokman, Fred
Beckman, Wm. 0.
Bell, Fred W.
Bemis, D. M. L.
Benton, Harry W.
Bergstrand, Charles
Berry, Barnard
Besser, George J.
Bigler, Jacob A. J.
BUler, John
William J. Nicholl, 8. D.
James F. Belford. J. D.
William K. Marshall, S. 8.
Joseph E. Jackson, J. 8.
Thomas Linton, Tiler.
Bingham, Benjamin F.
Bingham, George
Birchett, William I.
Bishop. Frank L.
Bizby, Ed. S.
Blethin. Laurens
Boice, John J.
Bond, William M.
Borquin. August
Borten, James W.
Bowman, George P.
Boyer, Ames L.
Boyer, John C.
Brady, Hugh A.
Brady, Wm. H. G.
Brewer, Charles M.
Brewer, Gardner G.
Bromwell, Henry P. H.
Brown, James H.
Brown, William G.
Brown, William J.
Brubaker, William A.
Bryden, James
Buckley, S. Byron
Buckman, Guy
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MEMBKBS.
Bandy, John M.
Barcbie, Harry
Burke, Thomas F.
Bornham, Norman G.
Barrows, George
Baehnell, George
ButleMJalvinP.
Byers, William N.
Calph, Edward
Campbell, Locien D.
Campbell, William
Carlson, Oliver J.
Carter, Lawrence
Chaney, Silas W.
Chapman, Thomas
Chase, Arthur
Cheesman , Walter S.
Church, Frank
Cisler, Stephen A.
Clarke, Robert S.
Clark, Elijah P.
(Mark, William H.
Clemes. James H.
Coan, N. Frank
Cobb, Charles D.
Combs, William F.
Converse, George A.
Cook. Jeremiah J.
Cook, Lemuel
Cooper, George T.
Cooper, Job A.
Cordingly, Alfred
Cording! j, George
Cordingly, William
Cordray, John F.
Conltharst, Aiemath
Covert, William
Cowell, David A.
Cox, Walter G.
Craig, James
Craig. William H.
C ran dell. James H.
Cramer, Fred
Crawford, Wm. H.
Cronk, Alfred
Crooks. John
Cross, Jacob Cline
Crowell, Alfred N.
Crumb, James
Candy, William H.
Cunningham. George
Camming*, Robert
Carran. William H.
Dace, James
Dahnke. Fred
Daily, John L.
Dale. John P.
Danielson, Frank M.
Daniels, Robert
Darden, Wm.
Davies, Alfred
Davies, David J.
Davis, Frank M.
Davis, Thomas B.
Davis, William H.
Daviason, Olie
Davy, John P.
Davy, Nelson
Downie, David
DeCamp, Wm. F.
Dennison, Henry L.
Depew, John F.
DeSellem, John
Desollar. Henry C.
Dickey, Jesse M.
Dickey, Thomas J.
Dickinson, John P.
Dimmook, Edwin S.
Dorsey, Samuel C.
Downie, Ed li.
Downs, Frank M.
Downs, John P.
Dnggan, Alex.
Daggan, Hugh
Daggan, James
Daiing, David
Dunbar, George
Dunham. Robert M.
Dan Idee. George F.
Dathie, Alexander
Eckerson, Edward
Edmiston, Alex A.
Edwards, Melvm
Edwards, Thomas A.
Edwards, Wm. G.
Eisner, John
Emanuel. Wm. H.
Emery, George W.
Evans, Charles P.
Evans, Evan
Evans, William G.
Eyler, Hugh L.
Failing, Henry H.
Fallis, Jacob K.
Fairharst, Thomas
Farrington, Wm. li.
Fewlass, Robert
Fewlass, John
Filby. Alfred
Findley. Robert
Firk, Frederick
Fleischer. Jacob
Flatrey, John H.
Fleming, John G .
Flintham, John W.
Flynn, Edward
Foreman. James
Forsythe, Alex
Francher. Frank
Francis, John R.
Fredrum, John
Freand, Isaac
F re wen, Frank
Friboarg, Theo. L. H.
Frink. William R.
Frizelle, Horace
Gammie, Alex.
Gardiner, Wm. H.
Gay lord, Paul B.
Geddis. William
Gibbs, George W.
Gibbs, Wesley J.
Gibb, William
Gilbert, John H.
Gibson, Horace
Gilstrap, Wm. H.
Glandling. John
Godfrey, Walter
Gooch, James A.
Goodenongh, Esra
Gove, Carlos
Graham. Jared B.
Grant, Robert J.
Graves. Fred W.
Graves, Walter
Gray, David
Gray, Edmund 8.
Gray, William P.
Green. George L.
Greenhill, John S.
Greenleaf , Lawrence N.
Grimshaw, Howard
Gromm, Fred W.
Groasmayer, Max
Groves, James K.
Gutshall, Thomas
Hall, Orrville
Hamilton, Robert
Hanaaer, Abraham
Hansen, Jalias
Harbst, Frank
Hardin, George W.
Harper, Theodore
Harp, Wm. R.
Harrington, Benj. F.
Hart, Charles N.
Hart well. Harold
Harvey, William
Haswell, Wm. S
Hatheway, Sherman
Hatten, Robert L.
Hawver, Charles
Hayes, Arthur
Haynee, James
Heaaley .Charles K.
Heiser, Herman
Hendey, Arthur
Henderson. John
Henderson, John T.
Hermann, Augustus
Herres, Anthony
Hessler, Potter
Hester, Wm. B.
Heydric, Emil
Hiester, Jackson
Hill, Frank B.
Hippie, Eleaser W.
Hittell, Benj. F.
Holmes. John
Holt, William H.
Holsman, 8am uel
Hopkins, George H.
Hoskins, Albert
Hoskins, Willis
Howe, James S.
Howe, Samuel
Hubbard, Robert
Hudson, James A.
Hunt, Andrew
Hunt, George
Hunter, Conk! in D.
Hunter, Thomas
Hurst, Joseph S.
Hyman, Manie
Hyams, Isaac
Inman, Ira
Inman, Irwin
Jackson, David E.
Jack. Wm. P.
Jacobs, Abraham
Jardelli, Louis
Jarecki. Max
Jenks, James S.
Jennees, William
Johnson, Albert O.
Johnson. Theron W.
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APPENDIX.
293
Jones, Frank P.
Jones, George P.
Jones, William A.
Jordan, Samuel
Kastor, laidor
Kilpatrick, James G.
Kimball, James H.
Kinkaid, Alfred
Kinkel, Henry
Kinley, Joseph B.
Kirby, George
Kirby, William
Kisthardt, Jacob
Kline, Charles O.
Kline, David
Klock, John I.
Knight, James H.
Krneger, Charles M.
Kroeger, Henry F.
Kahns, Charles E.
La Dae, Addison K.
Lamb, Charles G.
Lambert, Wm. T.
Langton, James C.
Lathrop, Martin A.
Lawrence, Richard C.
Leach, Robert E.
Lee, Charles S.
Lees, Thomas
Legere, Peter
Le Mond, Robert F.
Levy, Aaron M.
Lewis, Charles
Lieffers, William
Link, Edwin B.
Linton, Charles T.
Lipscomb, Frank J.
Liston, Martin
Livermore, Chas.
Livezay, John
Lloyd, John N.
Lloyd, William
Londoner, Wolfe
Lomax. Fred W.
Lott, George B.
Lovelace, Chauncey
Lowe, James
Lnnt. Robert P.
McAllister, Alex
McAllister, Hugh
McArtbnr. Cyras
Mc( 'all, Robert
McCann, Frank
McCann, Peter
McCarthy, Frank
McClelland, Phillip
McConnel, James G.
McConnel, Roscoe
McCulloogh. George
McDonald. John
McDonough, John
McFarland, James
McGregor, John
McGregor, John H. B.
McKay, Smith
McKee, Thomas R.
McKee. William T.
McKenzie, Mnrdook
McMartrie, John A.
McNamee. Allen
McNassor. Byron
Mabee, Winett A.
MEMBERS.
Mackey, Angns
Maddy, Joseph
Malone, Richard H.
Malone, Wm H.
Martin, Charles C.
Martin. Wm C.
Marx, Loais
May, Charles D.
Mead, Flavins J.
Mendel, Peter J.
Merrill, John
Merry, John C.
Merryweather, Henry F.
Meyers, Willis
Middlebrook, Alex
Middlebrook. John H.
Middleton, William
Miller, Char lee M.
Miller, Harry G.
Miller, Hagh M.
Milnor, Frank B.
Mitchell, David
Mitchell, Walter C.
Milton. William P.
Montelios, Wm. W.
Moore, John A.
Moore, Lucius L.
Morgan, Thomas
Morgan, William
Moreland, John
Morrison, Benj. F.
Morris, Wm. b.
Moseley, Richard W.
Mooatt, John
Munro, Duncan
Murphy, Michael
Murray, Samuel
Mnssared, John E.
Neff, George W.
Neilsnn. Christ
Nell, Henry H.
Nevin, Valentine T.
Newman, Alfred B.
NicholU», Wm.H.J.
Nock, Henry
Nock, Thomas
Norvell, Louis P.
Ohlin, Robert F.
Olympns, John P.
Orton, Thomas
Osborne. Bert
Osborn, Robert
Pack, Alonzo G.
Palmer, Peter L.
Palmer, Wm. B.
Parker. James
Parkhurst, Fred
Patten, Andrew
Patterson. James O.
Paulsen, Gustar
Peabody, David G.
Pence, Lafayette
Pen nock, Levis E.
Perkins, Georg» W.
Perkins, Wm. F.
Phillips, Thomas
Phister, Charles
Piummer, Joseph W\
Poole, James R.
Poole, Thomas E.
Potter, Edwin B.
Prendergast, George
Price, Edward V.
Price, John Ewing
•Prinn, Wm. R.
Proctor, Alfred
Uuarterman, Wm. P.
Quinn, Thomas
Ramsay, Jacob G.
Ramsay, Lee
Ramsay, Lyle C.
Ramos, Chas. J.
Raymond, (Carles A.
Rees, Llewellyn
Reid, William
Renkin. John F. C.
Richards. Wm. H.
Riddle, Herman C.
Biggs, Joseph S.
Roberts, George T.
Roberts, James W.
Roberts, John G.
Roeder, Adolph
Roesgen, George M.
Rogers, B. Wenley
Rogers, Wm. T.
Rollins, Robert P.
Rose, Samuel
Ross, John
Ross, Walter M.
Rost, Eli as
Rundle. Thomas
Ryan, John
Safely, Grant
Salomon. Hiram Z.
Sanders, Nathan P.
Sampson, Archibald J.
Sanford: Byron
Sasseville, Ernest M.
Saville, John J.
Sawins. Alva H.
Scharff, Charles
Schinner. Adolph
Searle, Walter E.
Seccombe, Samuel
Seerie, David
Semper. Charles
Shaw, Charles H.
Shay, James M.
Sheppard, Alfred D.
Shepperd, Sydney A.
Sheckells, Richard
Shields, Chas. O.
Shortridge, Wm.T.
Sinclair, George B.
Sinclair. Robert M.
Slater, William
Small, James
Small, Owen W.
Smith, Charles
Smith, Ed. H.
Smith. Frederick L.
Smith, George E.
Smith, Hubbell S.
Smith, Moritz
Smith, Norman W.
Smith, Samuel M.
Smith. Thompson L.
Smythe, Frank
Snyder, George N.
Snyder. Henry B.
Snyder. Stephen O.
Solis. Ramon
Somers, Ed.
'Suspended September 15, 1SW.
294
APPENDIX.
[1894
Spear, Albert S.
Spearin, Danl. A.
Sprague, Win. B.
Stagman. Fred
Stark. Albert J.
Steele, Henry P.
Steele, Robert W.
Stephens. Henry J.
Stevens, Charles P.
Stevens, Ebenezer
Stites, John
Stoddard, Henry M.
Stone, Lawrence
Storey, Albert
Strauss, Herman
Stoart, Thomas
Stnchell, James \V.
Swainson.Carl
Saartout, Barton
Sutherland, Alex
Tall man. John
Taylor, David G.
Taylor, Hugh
Taylor, James F.
Tedford, James A.
Thompson, George W.
Thompson, Win. J.
Thorean, Phillip
MEMBERS.
Tibbete, Wm. F.
Tomlinaon, Alfred J.
Tomlinaon t John
Toovey, William
Traoey, Michael
Treat. Charles
Trenary, Charles
Tritoh, George
Tritch, George, Jr.
Trosper} Martin
Tronnstine, Phillip
Tucker, Cromwell
Turner, John, Jr.
Tattle, Charles R.
Tyler, George E.
Tyler, William
Tyler, Wm. D.
Uhl, John
Van Law, George S:
Yeatch, James 0.
Viancoart, Moses F.
Waddell, Robert
Wadsworth, Harrison L.
Walker, Benj. L.
Walker, Emmet
Walker, Thomas C.
Wallace, Thorn uh B.
Ward, Frank J.
Watkins, Leonard K.
Watson, Richard
Watson, William C.
Watt, George
WeaUake, Charles H.
Wheeler, Frank
White, David
Whitehead. Wm. R.
Whittall, Thomas D.
Wickee, Charles P.
Willeta, George W.
Williams, Richard J.
Williams, Walter
Willeta, George, Jr.
Willis, Stephen H.
Wilson. George
Wilson, Walter
Wingate, Charles E.
Wise. Morris
Wolff, Alfred
Wolfe, William
Wood worth, William A.
Wooley, George H.
Worden. Albert M.
Yonnker, Jason T.
York, Alex. M.
York, Ernest P.
CENTRAL LODGE No. 6.
CENTRAL CITY, GILPIN COUNTY.
{Communications second and fourth Wednesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Ferdinand French, W. M.
Charles Ellis, S. W.
William B. Beal1,J. W.
Edward W. Davis, Treas.
Richard Harvey, Sec'y.
William O. Jenkins. S. D.
Bela I Lorali, J. D.
Harvy Richards, S. S.
William Harvey, J. &
♦Peter C. Hanson, Tiler.
Barhight, Alonzo J.
Becker, (May ton F.
Becker, Henry
Bennetts, Matthew
Best, John
Bray, Ambrose
Broad, Richard
Badge, William
Banney, John
Bash, Clayton W.
Donagan. John J.
Gilbert, Henry
Gooch. Fred. T.
Hastie, Robert
Hawley. Henry J.
Hore, Henry
MEMBERS.
Kruse, Gnstavns
Krase, H. Jacob
Lewis, Oscar
Lintz, Albert
Lorah, Samael I.
Mabee, George W.
McFarlane, Andrew A.
Miller, Christopher C.
Morrison, Daniel
M alien, Thomas
Nichols, Foster
Owen, Newton D.
Parentean, William H.
Perrin, Edward 8.
Potter, Thomas H.
Power, Roger F.
Qaeen, William
Riohey, Abraham L.
Sears. Nathan A.
Sherman. Charles E.
Teller, Henry M.
Thomas. Morris
Tolles, Lark in C.
Trebilcock, William
Trenoweth, Charles
Updegraff, Joseph S.
Williams, Edward W.
Wisebart, Benjamin W.
Wolfenden. Thomas T.
Yonng, Frank C.
♦Not a member.
1894]
APPENDIX.
295
UNION LODGE No. 7.
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month.}
Calvin E. Reed, W. M.
John F. Dreseher, S. W.
William H. Sanford, J. W.
Charles T. Harkieon, Treas.
Henry W. H annum, Sec'y.
OFFIOEBS.
Abel, George W.
Ackroyd, Eli
Ailing, E. Treat
Ames, Willard L.
Anderson, J. Wylie
Anthony, Webster D.
Anthony, Scott J.
Anthony, Merrill P.
Apple, Henry
Ashley, Eli M.
Ashton, Alfred
Austin, Percy
Bailey, Edward L.
Bailey, Fred L.
Bailey, Hiram L.
Bailey, Joseph L.
Baines, Joseph
Baker, Edward W.
Baker, William P.
Ball, Jesse C.
Barker, William J.
Barrett, George
Barry, James
Barton. Eli as R.
Banm, Madison
Bavie. Levi M.
Beal, Marias S.
Beckhart, William E.
Beggs, Robert H.
Belson, Richard W. S.
Berkey, John M.
Billings, George N.
Billings, Robert
Birney, Frank L.
Bixby. Frank C.
Bleibel, Charles
Bockfinger, Philip L.
Bogne. Luman M.
Bond, William
Bonesteel, Samuel A.
Bonynge. Robert W.
Booth, Charles A.
Bowen, Benjamin F.
Bo wen, Marion A.
Bovee, Eagene C.
Bradbury, Charles F.
Bradbury, Cotton C.
Bradley, Joseph
Bresnahan , John J.
Brevick. Board A.
Bright, William H.
Brooks, Charles D.
Brown, Loyal J.
Brown, J. Sherman
Brown. J. 8ydney
Brown, Robert A.
Brunk, Thomas
MEMBERS.
Bnrgdorf , Charles A.
Burlingame, Engene E.
Bnrnham, George A.
Barton, Alfred G.
Buttolph. Edwin K.
Came, Virgil M.
Campbell, Charles M.
Campbell, Donald W.
Card well, George R.
Carroll, Edward J.
Carru there, Samuel S.
Carstarphen, Oney
Case, Austin G.
Cassell, Robert T.
Cassell, William J.
Cathcart, Thomas L.
Chandler, Russell
Charles, John Q.
Chariot, Alfonse C.
Chivington. John M.
Christen, William
Chrysler, Charles B.
Clark, Edward E.
Clark, John H.
Clark, William
Clarke, Clarence J.
Cleave land, John R.
Cline, Lynn C.
Clinton, Charles M.
Coffey. James W.
Conefd .Joseph B.
Colby, Ferris W.
Collier, George M.
Collins, Edward H.
Conant, Engene F.
Conant, Frank J.
Cook, David J.
Cool, Walter McD.
Cooper, Cyrus E.
Cooper, Edward R.
Cooper, William A. L.
Cooper, William H.
Cooper, Willis J.
Cornforth, Joseph T.
Cornwall, William T.
Cort. Frank
Corwin. James H.
Craig, William B.
Cranston, Earl M.
Crater, George E.
Crater, William H.
Creswell, John
Creswell, Joseph
Croskey, Albert B.
Culton, John J.
Curtis, Rodney
Cnstler, Herbert J.
Benjamin L. James. 8. D.
Greeley W. Whitford, J. D.
Theophilus C. Chase, S. S.
John B. Hunter, J. S.
♦Thomas Linton, Tiler.
Cutshaw, Leonard
D'Autremont, John L.
Dale, William W.
Dane, George
Davenport, William M.
Davey, John
Davidson, David
Davis, Sylvanus
Dayton, William L.
DeHuy, Bernard H.
Dickson, Harry C.
Dillabaogh, John
Donnelly, Charles
Doud, A. Lea
Dougan, David H.
Downing, J acob
Dowson, Henry
Duggan, George
Durbin, Levi T.
Durkee, Lafayette
Elbert, Samuel H.
Elder, Henry A.
ElliB, Benjamin
Ellis, Carieton
Emery, Willis
Emmick, Jobn C.
Emperor, William
Erdman, Otto A.
Erdman. Fred ('.
Evans, John
Evans, Thomas
Evans, Noah H.
Evans, J. Frank
Everitt, Charles M.
Ewen, William W.
Ewing, Josiah P.
Ewing, Samuel
FairaU. Charles H.
Falke, Henry
Falkingbarg, Eugene E.
Parish, John B.
Farmer, FredC.
Faseett, Joseph W.
Felker, William B.
Ferguson, Daniel B.
Ferguson. Charles A.
Finehout, Elisha M.
Fisher, William G.
Fisher, Cyros W.
Fisher, Paul A.
Fitzgerald. James C.
Flanders, Leonard H.
Fletcher, Donald
Ford, Charles M
Forsythe Henry P.
France, Lewis B.
Franklin, Nelson
•Not a member.
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Fraser, Francis
Fraser, John J.
Frederick, Almon P.
Frost, Henry C.
Furey, Charles L.
Gair, Peter I.
Garreteon, Edward W.
Garvey, James T., Jr.
Gault, John
George, Samuel T.
Gillette, Andrew W.
Gird, Christopher C.
Gleaeon, Jason A.
Goodwin, H. 8.
Goody. Frank C
Goto, Aaron
Grafton, William H.
Graham, John W.
Graham, David B.
Graham, James A. F.
Graham, Frank C.
Greiner, Robert C.
Green, Charles O.
Green, Simon S.
Green. John K.
Greenlee, Robert C.
Greenlee, William E.
Greenlee. Lewis C.
Gayer, Clark son N.
Hager, Clarence E.
Hall, William W.
Hal), Fred F.
Hall, Albert P.
Hall, Joshua P.
Hall, Frank
Hamilton, William F.
Hamilton, George A.
Hampton, James W.
Hard, Frank J.
Hardy, Solomon B.
Hardy. Charles W.
Harris, Arthur C.
Harris. William
Hart, Joseph W.
Hartsell, Frederick R.
Hartman, Henry
Hartung, George J.
Harts, Charles C.
Hattenbaoh, Michael
Hay man, Frank T.
Henry. George
Hickman, William H.
Hicks, James R.
Higgin. Albert
High. Fred 8.
Hildebrand, Robert B.
Hill, William C.
Hitchcock, William D.
Hoffer, J ohn G.
Hogle, Austin W.
Hoisington. Jasper M.
Hopson. Charles M.
Home, Henry
Houck, Samuel C.
Houghton, John M.
House, George W.
Howard, Charles
Howard, Henry
Huddart, John J.
Huff, John W.
Hull, William L.
Huntington, Glen W.
Hard, Nathan 8.
Hurst, Harry R.
Hoskins, George M.
Hutchins, Samuel A.
Ireland, Frederick W.
Irish. Francis M.
Jenkins, Samuel H.
Jenner, Charles W.
Jennings, D. Homer
Johnson, Charles M.
Johnson, Christian
Johnson, James
Johnson, Peter
Johnson, Peter C.
Johnston, James 8.
Jolly, Henry F.
Jones, John W.
Jones, Henry C.
Jones, Morton
Keller. William A.
Kellogg, George A.
Kiefer, John
Killen, Bernard C.
Killie, Isaac L.
Kimball, George D.
Kincaid, Robert A.
Kinport, Jesse E.
Knifton, George H.
Kohl man, L. X.
Konntze. Charles B.
Kroger, Julius H.
Krueger. Fred H. C.
Knner, Max
LaDue, Theodore F.
Lamont, Walter A.
Lam on t, Robert
Lapp, John M.
Latimer, Vincent B.
Lawyer, Livingstone S.
Leavitt; Byron C.
Lee, William Scott
Legge, Orr
Lehman, Edward
Leiff, Joseph
Leimer, Charles F.
Lennon, John A.
Letts, Charles J.
Lewington, Fred
Lewis, John H.
Light, Edward B.
LiUyblade, August
Lipscomb, Thomas W.
Littlefield, Virgil A.
Lloyd, David
Londoner. Julius
Lord, Frank J.
Lower, George W.
Lowrance, William B.
Lyon, William F. N.
McCarty, Andrew J.
McClair, William
McClelland, Tom E.
McColloch, Charles S.
McCormick, Samuel B.
McFarland, Marvin D.
McGill, Patrick J.
Mcintosh, Charles J.
McLauthlin. Herbert W.
Mack, Frpddriok
Madden, Samuel C.
Marfell, Hiram
Markham, Joseph H.
Marshall, Charles H.
Martin, John H.
Marx, Julius
Meek, Arthur E.
Meek, Leonard B.
Mentcer, Rufus
Merriam, Harry C.
Merriara .William J.
Merritt, George N.
Messemer, William 6.
Meyer, Ferdinand
Meyers, Harry J.
Mignolet, John
Miller, Byron L.
Miller, Daniel E.
Miller, Dennett E.
Miller, Harrison J.
Miller, Thomas H.
Miller, William Braxton
Millison, Elisha
Morgan, Henry 8.
Morgan,James
Morris, Walter M.
Morrison, John H.
Morrison, Thomas J.
March. George H.
Myers, Julius A.
Nance, Fred W.
Nelson, Christen
Nettleton, T. S.
Newell, Lyne S , Jr.
Newkirk, Gilbert A.
NiederliU. Joseph D.
Nolds, Elisha J. '
Norris, George C.
Norton, Samuel B.
Nye. Willis N.
OfBrian, Peter
Old, Charles
Oliver, Richard P.
Orris, Joel W.
Packard, Do rand C.
PaDelford, William
Parker, James S.
Parks, Edwin H.
Parsons, John H.
Patterson, James
Patterson, Thomas M.
Patton. Thomas J.
Patton, William
Peabody. Lelon
Peirce, William D.
Pellenz.John P.
Pennook, Homer
Perry, John W.
Peters, Charles H.
Peterson. Peter J.
Phelps, Ed. P.
Phillips, Homer 8.
Phillips, J. Bevan
Phillips. Richard
Pierce, Ed. F.
Pierce, James R.
Pierce, John
Pierson. Robert K.
Piper, William B.
Pltzer, Henry L.
Potter, Charles A.
Powell, Thomas R,
Praokwinkel, William
Qninn, William W.
Kagland, John M.
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Reilly, Charles J.
Renahaw, James
Reynolds, James W.
Rhoads, Alonzo G.
Rhoads, Harry F.
Bice, Almond A.
Richardson, Hamlet F.
Riddeli. Phil. H.
Rider, Hiram 1).
Robertson, Nathaniel
Robinson, Ewing
Robinson, William F.
Roe, Robert S.
Rogers, Berias W.
Rogers, Edna and J. A.
Rogers. Ralph
Root, George H.
Roney. Frank B.
Rothwell. William J.
Routt, John L.
Rabicam. Jonathan S.
Rnssell, Elisha F.
Ryder, Andrew
Salter, Walter D.
Sanford, George H.
Scattergood, Israel M.
Schmidt. Ed. A.
Scholtz, Edmnnd L.
Schuyler, Jay N.
Scobey, Orlando B.
■ Scott, George H.
Scott, Francis M.
Seaman, Sheridan
8haffer, Edwin L.
Shattuck, Orville F.
Shaughnessey, James
She aver. James
Shears, Thomas E.
Shelton, Churchill T.
Shelton, Frank D.
Shryock, Frank R.
Simmons, James B.
Simpson, Clarence W.
Skinner. Charles H.
Slater, George G.
Slattery, George B.
Sleight, John J.
Smedley, William
Smith, Alfred J.
Smith, Charles C.
MKMBBB8.
Smith, Charles J.
Smith, Frank
Smith, Irvintt G.
Smith. Joseph H.
Smith, Pierce T.
Smith, Roland D.
Smith, Thomas L.
Sobolewski, John
V.
Southgate ,Wal ter
Spalding, Frank B.
Spalding, John F.
Spaulding. Leland D.
Spangler,Michael
Spencer. Henry P.
Starbuck, Nathan H.
Starkweather, James C.
Stearns, John L.
Stebbins, Bert L.
Steinmetz, William D.
Stenhouse, James
Stephens. William L.
Stevens, Ralph E
Stewart, Ralph W.
Strickler, James M.
Strong,' Frank H.
Sutton, John C.
Sntton, Roland
Sykes, Fred W.
Taggart, Charles D.
Taggart, Frank D.
Talbot, Ralph
TanHen, Robert T.
Tarr, George B.
Tate, Daniel W. W.
Temberry, Willi am J.
Thompson, Charles L.
Thompson, William 8.
Timmermann, John L.
Tite, William W.
Todd, William D.
Townsend. Orrin P.
Tnfford, Walter H.
Turner, Lncius A.
Tynon, Jame* S.
Uzzell, Thomas A.
Vallie. Uplide
Van Stone. Richard G.
Vosburgb, Nathan O.
Wagner, Andrew J.
Waid, Orlando C.
Waldo, William P.
W alley. John J.
Way, Clarence
Weatherhead, Charles E.
Weaver, George L.
Weaver, Joseph L.
Weber, Louie
Weil, Solomon
Weinhold, Frank M.
Weiss. John G.
Welby, Arthur E.
Welch, Albert L.
Welch, George S.
Westhaver .James B,
Wheatley, Edward L.
Wheeler, Byron A.
Wheeler. Horace E.
White, William A.
Whittemore. Oliver A.
Widney, Sam B.
Wilber, Jacob E.
Wilcox, Charles M.
Wilcox, Stephen J.
Wilder. Asa
William*, Frederick A.
Williams, George T.
Willoughby. Ed. A.
Wilson, Andrew D.
Wilson. Charles F.
Wilson, William A.
Wilson. William J.
Wines, Horace G.
Winne, Peter
Winter, Allison T.
Witter, Daniel
Wolfe, Charles J.
Wollaston, Theodore
Wood, Francis G.
Woodbury, Andrew J.
Woodbury, Samuel S.
Wright, Alonzo
Wright, George E.
Wright, George W.
Zalinger. Louis N.
Zeagler, John W.
Zeitler, Charles
Zinn, Solomon
Zint. George W.
Zirkle. Homer W-
Zollars, Thomas J.
EMPIRE LODGE No. 8.
EMPIRE, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY.
[Charter Surrendered.]
MONTANA LODGE No. 9.
VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA.
[Now Montana Lodge No. 2. under the Grand Lodge of Montana.]
298
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HELENA CITY LODGE No. 10.
HELENA CITY, MONTANA.
[A'otr Helena Lodge No. 3% under the Grand Lodge of Montana,'}
BLACK HAWK LODGE No. 11.
BLACK HAWK, GILPIN COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Thursdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
James P. Richards, \V. M.
A. F. Grutsmacher, 8. W.
Ed. C. Hashes, J. W.
Wm. Mitchell, Treaa.
F. A. Rudolph, Sec'y.
Backus, Wm. R.
Ballard. F. W.
Blake, Ed. S.
Brennen, John
Carlson, Clans E.
Chatfield, Norman
Cowen, James
Donald, Wm.
Fick, Wm.
Fnllerton, Wm.
Gilbert, John
Gray, Charles G.
MKMBKB8.
Hall, W. J.
Hanson, August
Harlan. John
Holbrook, Preston-
Johnson, John
Lean, W. D.
Lowell, B. F.
McKinzie. Neil D.
McLaughlin, Wm.
Morgan, Walter
Nelson, H. P.
Orahood, H. M.
John H. Powers, 8. D.
Samuel Mishler, J. D.
Alex. Taylor, S. 8.
Wm. Richards, J. 8.
Peter D. Graham, Tiler.
Parse!, John T.
Renfro, CI ai born
Rohling, August
Rudolph, John B.
Rudolph, Wm. F.
Smith. Alonzo
Stebbins, H. H.
Swanholm, Swan
Trothen. Christopher
Wessell. H. H.
Wright, P. B.
WASHINGTON LODGE No. 12.
GEORGETOWN, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY.
[Communications svcond and fourth Saturdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Walter A. Garrett, W. M.
Henry Nash, 8. W.
James W. McKelvy. J. W.
Jesse M. Copeland. Treat*.
John H. Bennett, Sec'y.
Anderson, George
Barrett, (ieorge H.
Barton, William E.
Bennett. Thomas
Boyer, Henry
Brownell, A. W.
Buechner, Gastave
Botler, William H.
Carl bod, John L.
Came, Henry
Christie, William H.
( 'ohen, Louis
Cornish, Nicholas D.
Cornish. Thomas
Coster, John A.
Czarnowsky. Henry
Catren, Benjamin C.
Cliff, William N.
Dailey, James M.
Eddy, Edward
Ellis, William
Fairley, Thomas
Filling, Jacob
MEMBERS.
Fillius, John
Fish, Charles R.
Forbes, Albert R.
Garrett, James T.
Gay, James John
Gleason, Carlton T.
Goetz, Valentine
Grant. De Witt C.
Harris, Charles G.
Harvet, Joseph
Hancock. James B.
Hanson, Conrad
Johnson, Fred 8.
Kelly, Samuel D.
Kinney, Adrian R.
Lyons, Alva H.
McCrimmon, Malcolm
McGarvie, John
Meyers, David
Meyers, George
Millsl George
Monti, Joshua
William Hancock, S. D.
Jesse Harris, J. D.
Chris Hansen, 8. 8.
George L. Sargent, J. S.
Samuel Hardy, Tiler.
Mardock, Albert G.
Nelson. Albert
Phillips, John M.
Pollard. Adrian A.
Rachofsky, D. Louis
Roberts. Daniel
Shigley, William H.
Simmons, Uieodore F.
Sites, George L.
Slocket, Henry
Smith. John
Stewart, William D.
Strom berg, John
Swanson, August
Thompson, Henry
Vader, Matthew H.
Ward, Jesse P.
Ware, William W.
White, Absalom K.
Williams, John H.
Wilson, David R.
Woodward, David
1894]
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EL PASO LODGE No. 13.
COLORADO SPRINGS, EL PASO COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Fridays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
David H. Rice, W. M.
Edward J. Smith, & W.
Peter P. Hoop, J. W.
George F. Holmes, Treae.
Eugene 8. Cohen, Sec'y*
Aokennan, S. P.
Allen, Edgar C.
Andre, Morris V.
Annbraater, Fred 6.
Armentroat, Abram
Baboock, David
Banning, William
Barnes, James P.
Barrett, Golden
Bates, Wm. H.
Bayne, A. J.
Beall, John X.
Beattie, George X.
Bennett, Corwin E.
Bernard. Sami. 8.
Berry, Henry George
Best, William
Bish, Gordon B.
Blair, Stephen
Bon net t, Wm. M.
Bott, Anthony
Boyd, A. H.
Boyer, 8am' 1 L.
Brinley, Michael D.
Britton, Ernest
Brown, J. Frank
Burlew. Walter
Buzzard, 8. M.
Campbell, Wm. A.
Carmichael, Edward
Carrington, K. Evans
Chapman, Jno. W.
Cochran, John
Conger, Carlo* W.
Conrter, John
Cox, Ephrim W.
Orowell, Beni. F.
Crozier. E. M.
Davey, Will
Davis, Wm. A.
De Conrsey, M. L.
De La Vergne. George
Dickerman. Alton L.
Doughty. John W.
Dow, Francis E.
Dozier, Joseph
Dwinell. L. E.
Eaton, Benj. A. P.
Eaton, Edwin J.
Epperson, Robt. 8.
Estill, James T.
Fenn, Charles ii.
Fife, John W.
Finley, Robt.
Fowler, Sam'l L.
France. Matt
Frost, Edward W.
Fryhofer, William E.
MKMBKRS.
Fuller, H. A.
Fnnk. Henry N.
Gale, Samuel
Gandy, William H.
Gearhardt, Panl
Giddings.E. W., Jr.
Gillette, James
Gilpin, Bernard, Jr.
Gongh. Thomas, Jr.
Gray, George H.
Grover, Bnrton B.
Gaire, David C.
Gnstin, J. W.
Haggerty, Chas. C.
Hail, Lavolette
Hammond, Earl C.
Harden, John M.
Harris. Ira
Harris, Isaac S.
Hatfield, Supple S.
Hemenway, Orlin E.
Hemenway, Wiliard
Henderson, Robt. L.
Henry. O. E.
Hext, Thos.
Hillis, William
Himebaugh, John A.
Hoaglsnd. Wm. H.
Hoag, Seeley, H.
Horn. Thomas G.
House, Auitastos
Howbert, Irving
Hoyt, Charles C.
Huffman, Thos. M.
Hughes, Thos.
Hoghes, William H.
Jamerson, Jnmes X.
Johnson, John M.
Johns. Henry
Jones, Allen D.
Keith. Frank M.
Kelley. Albert W.
Kerr, James H.
Kern, J. W.
Kershaw, William
Kittleman, John G.
Lamb, Henry W.
Latas, Jacob
Lawrence, George W.
Lawton, Andrew L.
Leigh ton, Arthur
Lincoln, Andrew G.
Love, Edwin Y.
Mangold, Fred A.
Manning. Thos. K.
Martin, Frederick L.
Matthews, Albert
McCoy, Wm. R.
George D. Kennedy, 8. D.
Frank R. Van Meter, J. D.
( 'harles Pearson. S. 8.
Harry C Allward, J. S.
Wm. Hebard, Tiler.
McCreery, Hardin C.
McTavish, Neil
McGuire, Wm. C.
McShane, David
Millen, John M.
Miller, John K.
Mills, Edward E.
Mnir, John W.
Molholland. C. V.
Murphy, John
Nason. Edgar F.
Nichols, Robert P.
Nichols, Wiliard S.
Nohe, Philip
Xoxon, J. Minor
Osborn, Chester A.
Parker, N. E.
Pearcey, R. G.
Pease, Louis A.
Peck, Ira F.
Peery, R. B.
Perkins Frank A.
Potter, John
Potter, J. Wilson
Puffer, Lewis A.
Pullen, Saml. J.
Pulver, Milton
Ragle, Alonz
Reed, Raymond
Reed, Vomer Z.
Reed, Wm. H.
Reid, Herbert I.
Reynolds, Joseph E.
Rice, Wm. G.
Robertson, David B.
Robertson, John H.
Robinson, Fred E.
Robinson, J. R.
Roby, Frank F.
Rouse, F. L.
Sagendorf , Andrew
Sch mitt, Jacob
8chwarz, Robert
Sellers, John M.
Severy, James B.
Hhidelee, Jacob
Shidelee, Thomas
Shidelee, Wm.
Hhimp, Henry (\
Skinner, Louis C.
Sleeman , George
Smith, Charles E.
8mith. E. A.
Smith. Henry C.
Snyder, Leslie M.
Spielmnn, David
Stephenson. Percey
Stillman, John W.
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[1894
Stillwagon, Chas. N.
Stone, A. O.
Stored!, J. W. D.
Strickler. Wm. M.
Stam, James W.
Swope, Chas. H.
Taylor, Chas. F.
Taylor, Hemic B.
Taylor, Robert R.
Tetley. William L.
Thomas, Frank
Thomas, Thoe. E.
Tibbets. A. R.
Til ton, Wm. F.
Titsworth, Gen. A.
Tncker, Beverly
Tamer, Clarence E.
Vaox, George P.
Waters, Frank J.
Watson, Henry A.
Weir, Jerome A.
Welch, David L.
Wells, Claude L.
Wells, John W.
Williams, Hugh B.
Williams, John
Williams, W. J.
Wilson, Charles D.
Wolfe. John 8.
Woodburry, J. C.
Wood, Will S.
COLUMBIA LODGE No. 14
BOULDER, BODLDER COUNTY.
[Communications §econd and fourth Saturdays in each month.}
ofpiokbs.
S. B. Border, W. M.
S. L. Madera, S. W.
F. P. Metcalf, J. W.
Q. F. ('base. Tress.
0. C. Bromley, Secy.
Adams, Geo. 8.
Allen, H. W.
Allmon, L. J.
Ames, Leonard
Ameter. Jacob
Anderson, D B.
Anderson. D. C.
Angove, C. E.
Armstrong, H. F.
Aatrey, Edward
Banks. F. B.
Bigger, K. A.
Bentley, W. W.
Bradfield, Z.
Bresnahan, Ed.
Brown, S. C.
Bndd, Sylvanus
Burns. M. F.
Burr, E. C.
Carmack, J. T,
Carmack, T. K.
Carrot hers, W. A.
Casady, Harry
Chambers, J.B.
Charch, J. L.
Coan, Alonzo
Con ley, J. H.
Connell, J no.
Conwell, G. B.
Cook, C. (\
Corson, W. A.
Callicotte. J. J. F.
Develine. J. W.
Davis, ("has.
Davis, John
Davis, Wm. H.
Dodge. H. O.
Dory, F. A.
Downer, S. 8.
Ear hart, W. R.
Edwards, B. V.
Ellingham, J.J.
Emrick, A J.
Fairharst, W. G.
Faarot, C. H.
Fonda. G. F.
HEMBKR9.
Foote, J. B.
Foy, D. N.
Franks, W. E.
Fallen, H.
Galusha, S. 8.
Glessner, C. E.
Green, Henry
Grand, J. C.
Gatterson, C. L.
Haffner, Joseph
Hankins, J. C.
Harmon, G. D.
Hathaway. Mark
Hay ward, D. A.
Hayward, D. E.
Heizelman. F.
Henry, A. T.
Henry, O. H.
Herman, Jno.
Herzinger, T. F.
H inkle, J. P.
Hiskey, J. B.
Holbrook, C. M.
Holstein. G. B.
Holt, M. J.
Hoyle. Edward
Halt, William
Hatchineon, D. J.
Jester, Jno. A.
Jester, W. H.
Johnston, Frank
Johnson, Seym oar
Johnson, T. C
Johnston, J. I.
Johnston, W. J.
Jones. T. J .
Kerr, David
Kimball. L. W.
Kline, Marcos
Kneale, Chas.
Kohler, F. W.
Lafferty. T. J.
Lake, Geo. E.
Lefoe, Frank
Lester, J. E.
Leyner, P. A.
C. C. Lawsha, 8. D.
Joseph Loxon, J. D.
A. T- Henry, Jr., 8. S.
F.W. Kohler, Jr.^J.S.
James Kempton, Tiler.
Lockwood, Fred
Low, Theo.
Loyd, Joseph
Mackey. A. J.
Maxwell, J. P.
McAllister, D. E.
McAllister, I. T.
McCall, N. H.
McCaslin, M. L.
McClancy, Uriah
Mcintosh, Lem.
Mead, Marcos S.
Megorden, C. H.
Mellette, J. V.
Metcalf, E. P.
Meyring, Henry
Minks, Geo. W.
Mitchell. Fred
Monell, Henry
Monell, Ira F.
Molford, J. 8.
Nichols, D. H.
Nicholson. J. W.
North, J. M.
O'Connor, Tim
O'Neill, J. M.
Oliver. William
Owen, T. R.
Pettengill.C. P.
Phillips. N. M.
Poole, W H.
Rhyno, J. A.
Rhyno, T. J.
Rioketts, C.
Robertson, G. B.
Robinson. D. A.
Rogers, Piatt
Rowen. W. F.
Rassell, C. A.
Safely, A. F.
Saggan. John
Sanborn, C. W.
Samuels, H. C
Sawdey, Edgar
Schroeder, D.
Seeley, W. L.
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Sheets, H. W.
8heldon,D. W.
Sbiree, Thomas
Smith, M. G.
Southland, Jadson
Spencer, C. L.
Steinmetz, C. C
Stevens, R. W.
Strasberger, M.
Terry, W. H.
Thompson, T. J.
MEMBERS.
Thorne, S. J.
Titcomb, J. 8.
Todd, C. D.
Trezise, J. G.
Van Riper, G.
Viele, J. B., Jr.
Walker, Ed. S.
Washburn, H. E.
Wellman, S.
Wharton. J. J.
White, W. W.
Whitney, Geo. H.
Wilder, Eugene
Wilson, Geo. W.
Wilson, J. L.
Williams, James
Williams, J. C.
Williams, J. T.
Williams, W. J.
Williamson, F. L.
Wood, G. P.
Yates, Isaiah
N-J
MT. MOBIAH LODGE No. 15.
CANON CITY, FREMONT COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month.]
James H. Peabody, W. M.
Henry L. Price, S. W.
Robert C. Stewart, J. W.
James P. Chapman, Trees.
D. A. Bradbary, Sec'y.
Alexander, A. F.
Ailing, E. B.
Andros, R. S. S.
Apple, Charles
Arlett, George H.
Bailey, Morton S.
Bethel, George W.
Binckley. John
Boyce, William
Bradbary, James M.
Bridwell, William T.
Bryant, C. E.
Batler, Edward A.
Calderhead, James
Campbell, Thomas J.
Carrier, Frank
Caesedy, George R.
Clapp, Seth A.
Collins, Charles M.
Coetlow, Joseph
Craig, M. M.
Craven, Thomas H.
Cypert, H. N.
Davie, Alonzo H.
Davis, Llewellen
Davis, William J.
Decker, Philip
Dobson, James V.
Dry den, Adam
Dnfer, Charles E.
Earle, George W.
Earle, Henry
Eldred, L. E.
Ellsworth, Frank M.
Evans, James E.
Ferguson, George
Ford, Allen E. .
Frisbie, Arthnr R.
Fuller, John S.
Gibson, David E.
Gordon, Thomas
Gordon, William
Gravestock, Henry T.
Gravestock, John
Gregg, John H.
Haines, W. B.
Harding, Theodore
Haskins, Charles F.
OFFICERS.
I
MEMBEBS.
Hayes. Philip
Hatchett, C. H.
Hedges, Joseph
Helm, Asher
Hill, Zeph T.
Hodges, Henry W.
Hopkins, James K.
Hudson, William H.
Hunt, D. C.
Humphrey, John
Hyde, James L.
Jameson, Allen
Johnson, William Ej
Jones, Benjamin F.
Jones, Lewis
Jones, OrviJle W.
Kent, John B.
Kidder, Albert A.
Kellenberger. George H.
Lawrence, Adley B.
Lerouz. Owen F.
Lester, Jeff W.
Linn, H. W.
Little, Joseph T.
Lobach, Edwin
Mahood, William E.
Maxson, C. W.
May hew. William M.
McClure, William H.
McGeary, Albert M.
McKillip, Iman C.
McLelJan, William H.
MoNiel, John.
Miller, Josnph N.
Miller, H. J.
Milsom. Joseph W.
Mitchell, George M.
Monroe, Adam S.
Monroe, James W.
Morrison, Charles A.
Nelson, Charles F.
Nelson, John W.
Nichols, Sylvester 8.
Nikirk, Clyde G.
Palmer, Hunter T.
Palmer. Thomas D.
Pattee, David C.
Patterson, Alex
Ned C. Craven, S. D.
John F. Hood. J. D.
Charles W Wells, 8. S.
Charles W. Banta. J. S.
Caleb J, Smith, Tiler.
Pauls, Charles
Peabody. William H.
Pedley, Ephraim
Pedley, George
Phillips, George T.
Phillips, William J.
Plummer, John
Rathbun, Sam n el A.
Reynolds, Fred A.
Reed, R. L.
Richards, Richard
Richards. Rufus
Rockafellow, Benj. F.
Roe, Levi A.
Roxbury, John
Rudd. Anson
Rudolph, Andrew E.
Salmon, Elijah
Sappington, Smith T.
Sartor, Augustus
Sell. Franz
Seelye, C. G.
Shaeffer, George R.
Shaffer, Benjamin F.
Shaver, Benjamin
Simon, Earnest
Skeele, Fred H.
Smith, Frank L.
Smith, Leo J.
Smith, Robert
Spreyer. Jacob
Stover, W. H.
Stratton, Thomas H.
Thomas, Joel H.
Thompson, William H.
Thurston , Isaac
Topping, Clark S.
Towler. Alphonso T.
Trout, William H.
Walker, Nathaniel O.
Welieter, Henry C.
Wells, Thomas S.
Whipple, Fred H.
Willis. J. E
Williams, George T.
- Witch er, T.
Young, Leroy C.
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[1894
CHEYENNE LODGE No. 16.
CHEYENNE, WYOMING.
[ A'oir Ckeyenne Lodg* Ifo. 1, under the Grand Lodge of Wyoming.]
PUEBLO LODGE No. 17.
PUEBLO, PUEBLO COUNTY.
\ Communication* second and fourth Monday* in each month-]
Charles \V. Kessler, W. M.
Bishop D. V. Reeve, 8. W.
Charles W. Bowman, J. W.
John D. Miller, Trees.
Addison D. Wadbanis, Sec'y.
OFFI0BB8.
i
MEMBERS.
Abrahams, Joseph
Adams, Walter G.
Allen, James
Anderson* Joseph W.
Anderson, William H.
Baker, C. C.
Barndollar, George R.
Bartlett, Henry W.
Beck, Theodore F.
Berry, Julius
Blake, Charles H.
Bond, David K
Brown, Julius I).
Burnam, Allen E.
Bnrnam, Charles W.
Campbell, William O.
Can trail, Joshaa P.
Cherrington, Charles E.
Chew. Ed. B.
Chilcott, H.Clay
Christianson.Aibert D.
Clark, John T.
Colvin, Pernr
Cooper, E. H.
Cooper, Bollin C.
(hooper, W. W.
Cox, Jackson S.
Crow, John H.
Culver, W. W., Jr.
Deming, William A.
De Remer, James R.
Dorland .Walter L.
Dotson, Peter K.
Dotson, Peter T.
Downen, Thos. J.
Drake, Edwin L.
Duke, James B.
Danbaugh, Frank M.
Dunbaugh, Geo. J.
Da Pay, Henry B.
Erdman. Charles
Erdman, Henry W.
Fairfax, Willis T.
Fariss, John K.
Finn, John W.
Fist, Emanuel
Fitch, Michael H.
Florman, Loo in
Gallup, Haml. (\
Gartley. Wilson P.
Gaunt, Richard H.
Gerr; , Melvin B.
Gilbert, George
Gill, Geo. W.
Gillespie, David H.
Grant, Angus A.
Hall. George H.
Harford, Frank R.
Hart, Cornelias J.
Hart, Lon N.
Heath. Ernest A.
Hensel, Levi
Hobson, Geo. H,
Hoy, Roland
Jamison, John B.
Jenison, W. T.
Johnson, Frank D.
Johnston, Joseph W.
Joy. James A.
Keeling. Weldon
Keith, Fordyce M.
Kennedy, J. C.
Koerner, Edward
Lovern, James
Lovett, ('lark E.
Mallory, H. E.
Marbourcr, E. M.
Marlow, Barney J.
Maxon, William
Mayer, Peter
McMurray, William T.
Mondabaujrh, George W.
Morse, Henry M.
Morton, Albert M.
Murray, Franklin
Nash, Herman W.
John S. Stewart, S. D.
Charles A. Reese, J. D.
Thomas tt. Zeiger, §. 8.
D. M. Pitcher, J. S.
Worsnop Clough, Tiler.
Newton, Whitney
Parr, William • »
Patterson. Samuel J.
Ragland, J. A.
Rice, James
Salisbury, George
Savard, Peter
HhepardL John V.
Shoptaugh, Curtis A.
Sloane, Theodore A.
SmiJie, Frank G.
Smith, Hngh M.
Smith, James E.
Smith. Oscar G.
Sonneborn, Aaron
Spencer, Allen C.
Spratlen, Frank P.
Sprat leu, Louie F.
Stanton, Irving W.
Steele, Hannibal R.
Stein, Charles C.
Stone, George L.
Stndzinski, Michael
Sun d bye, John F.
Taylor, Thomas
Thatcher, Mahlon D.
Thomas, Mark
Thorn be, P. R.
Tockler, Joseph J.
Tolman, Charles
Trimble, Samuel D.
Trine, Zerezo V.
Trout, William H.
Van Hovenbarg. D. M.
Walter, Rudolph J.
Wells, Frank A.
Wilson, Paul
Williford, George W.
Windle, John 8.
Woodward, Elmer E.
Wright, Jonathan
Worth, J.
Zoeller, Phillip
LARAMIE LODGE No. 18.
LARAMIE, WYOMING.
f Sow Laramie Lodge So. S, under the Grand Lodge of Wyoming,]
1894]
APPENDIX.
303
COLLINS LODGE No. 19.
FORT COLLINS, LARIMER COUNTY.
[ Communications first and third Wednesday* in each month.]
OFFICBBS.
John F. Campbell, W. M.
Frank P. Stover, S. W.
John C. Hanna, J. W.
Chas. H. Sheldon, Trees.
L. C. Moore, Sec'y.
Abbott, Albert D.
Abbott, Frank D.
Anderson, Peter
Andrews. Charles B.
Annie, Frank J.
Armstrong, Andrew
Arthur, James B.
Arthur, James S.
Autrey, John M.
Bailey, George W.
Bailey, William N.
Barry. Alexander
Barnes, William ,
Beach, Jerry T.
Baals, John B.
Bean, Avery
Bear, John P.
Bee, John
Beers, John
Bennett, Egbert J.
Bennett, F. O.
Bennett, Isaac W.
Bernheim. William S.
Birdsall, Sylvester H.
Blaokmer, Adrian
Bonn, George H.
Bosworth, William P.
Bough ton. Jay H.
Brazil, Frank F.
Bristol, Jndson H.
Brown, James A.
Brown. John B.
Back, Christian M.
Bndrow, James T.
Buff urn, George H.
Bnffum, George W.
Barcb. John H.
Bazzell, Horatio N.
Campbell, Chas. A.
Carpenter, Harry A.
Chase, R. A.
Clark, Logan
Clark, Snel Brastns
Clinton, John C.
Cnthbertson, James
Davidson, John E.
Davy, Thomas H.
Day, Isaac
Doolittle, Emery E.
Dowd, Joseph S.
Driscoll, William
DuBois, James E. .
Edwards, Alfred A.
MEMBKB8.
Ellis, Alston
Evans, James C.
Evans, William 0.
Gage, Thaddeus A.
GaJbraith, David R.
Gamick, Thomas
Garbntt, Edward N.
Garbntt, H. Irving
Giddings, Lander
Giddings, George
Gilbertson, Charles H.
Greiner, Jackson M.
Hall, Henry F.
Hall, William
Hamilton, Andrew L.
Hamilton, Samnel T.
Handy, Harry P.
Henderson, John W.
Hice, Albert H.
Hiller, Edgar G.
Hoag, Addison N.
Hoffman, John M.
Horner, Asa M.
Hottel, Andrew J.
Hottel, Isaac W.
James, Maximillian
Kennison, Harry J.
Kibler, Francis
La Fever, Abram
Lane, Charles D.
Larnard, Perry B.
Larnard, Porter D.
Lawrence, John W.
Lee, Ethan A.
Lee, Harrj A.
Lindenmeier, William, Jr.
Loomis, Abner
Love. Eph
Love, Robert P.
Lnnn, John G.
Lyon, Samuel R.
Mason, William S.
Matthews, John C.
McGinley, Andrew
McGregor, Rob Roy
McLean, Donald A.
Miller, Charles P.
Miller, John W.
Miner, William B.
Montgomery, Thomas J.
Moore, Samnel E.
Mosman, William O.
Newlon, Henry B.
Newt. C. Garbntt, S. D.
01© Helgeson, J. D.
Chris Rngh, 8. S.
Guy E. Loomis, J. S.
Thos. H. Doolittle, Tiler.
Parker, Chas. V.
Peterson, Henry C.
Plummer, Zar C.
Powers, Daniel L.
Pratt, Henry C.
Qainn. Thomas
Reed, Egbert W.
Rickette, Philander
Robertson, Thomas H.
Robinson, Thomas M.
Schroeder, F. J.
Scott, Alexander W.
Scott, Fulton N. B.
Scott, George F.
Seckner, Stephen H.
Secord, Conrtland R.
Sherwood. Frederick W.
Silcott, William G.
Simms, James M.
Smith, James
Smith, John Let ford
Starlin, Andrew J.
Stacker, Michael
Stephenson, Jefferson F.
Steward. Ward
Stover, William C.
Stratton, Harris
Strauss, George R.
Sturdevant, Harvey F.
Taft, Preston A.
Tedmon, Boliver S.
Tedmon, Herbert E.
Terry, Peter G.
Thomas, Frank N.
Thomas, Nathaniel
Tomlin. Albert B.
Turk, William W.
Vandewark, Martin
Vollentine, Thomas W.
Walsh, Robert
Weaver. David A.
Webb, George A.
Webster, Rtewart
Whedbee, Benjamin
Whitcomb, EHrs W.
Whittington, William C.
Whitton, John
Wild, Charles R.
Wills. Joseph R.
Wilson, William C.
Woodward, Charles N.
Zwifel, John J.
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APPENDIX.
[1894
OCCIDENTAL LODGE No. 20.
GREELEY. WELD COD NT Y.
[Communication* second and fourth Fridays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Robert L. Hall, W. M.
Charles Heaton, 8. W.
John A. Taylor. J. W .
Milton P. Henderson, Treas.
Joseph A. Woodbury, Sec'y.
/ I
MEMBERS.
Atkinson, James
Atkinson, Thomas
Abbott, Philo
Adams, Oscar H.
Armstrong, Richard
Barber, Daniel H.
Barber, James S.
Beetham, James
Bennett, Alonzo D.
Bolts, David
Brown, Walter T.
Brash, Jared L.
Camp, Charles A.
Carleton. Daniel H.
Childs, Francis L.
Childs, Wm. J.
Collins, Pewy W.
Cooke, John B.
Cooper, Harry J.
Dailey, Thomas H.
Davis. Joel E.
Devotie, Henry M.
Dinsmore, Thomas H.
Donnell, Ed. D.
Eaton, Benj. H.
Ferguson, Kobt. T.
Freeman. James M.
Fuller, Samuel G.
Gale, Jesse 8.
Garrigues, James E.
Gunn. George M.
Hall, Niagara W.
Hallett. Samuel
Harper, Brainard D.
Henderson, Gustave A.
Hilton, Benj. W.
Hopper, Wm.
Hotcnkiss, Wm. A.
Howard, Albert
Howard, Alfred A.
Huffsmith, Peter
Igo. Albert
Irons, John F.
Johns, Rudolph H.
Johnson, Bruce F.
Knowlton, Harry E.
Landers, Jesse D.
Law, Harvey M.
Long, Lorenzo F.
Maltby, Noah
Hatteson, Henso C.
Mayher. Wm.
MoPherson^Jacob R.
Messenger^FranciB C.
Monahan, Deane
Moore, Joseph
Mulford, Clarence H.
Murray, Dennis
Irwin O. Glazier, 8. D.
Henry Ecker, J. D.
W. Hall Thompson, 8. 8.
John A. Alcorn, J. 8.
Thos.G. Macy, Tiler.
Neidie, J. Henry
Petrikin, John M. B.
Plumb, Ovid
Pollock, Wm. P.
Preston, Alva D.
Purdy, Sheldon R.
Ramsey, Allen
Randolph, Calvin
Raid, John G.
Roberts, Walter J.
Bogerson, Horatio B.
SeeJey, Joseph 8.
Shute, George M.
Smith, Geo. C.
Stanley, Chas. E.
Talbot, Nathaniel H.
Thompson. Ed. A.
Twombly, Hurd W.
VonGohren, Ludwig
Wasley, John
Watson, Arthur C.
Watson. Henry C.
West, Henry Tracy
Wheeler, Chas. H.
Willard, LeBarran
Williams, Henry M.
Wolaver. Jacob M.
Wyatt, Louis L.
Wyxnan, Horace L.
ARGENTA LODGE No. 21.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
I Now Argenta Lodge No. 3% under the Grand Lodge of Utah.]
WESTON LODGE No. 22.
LITTLETON, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
{Communications first and third Saturdays in each month,]
OFFICERS.
C. D. McAuliff, W. M.
E.Jull.S. W.
R. W. Candler, J. W.
F. Comstock, Treas.
J. D. Brown, Sec'y.
Rob. Alexander JS. D.
Wm. Dorety, J. D.
W. H. Cobb, 8. 8.
J. B. Markle, J. 8
J. J. Stuart, Tiler.
1894]
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305
Andre, Frank L.
Barclay, C. O.
Barr, J* M.
Bemis. F. A.
Benedict, G. M.
Berry. B. J.
Burtolette, John
Chapman, W. W.
Crawford, A. H.
Curtis, Henry H.
Gregersen, Wm.
Griffiths. Geo.
Jail, Sydney P.
Leach, Hiram 8.
Lou than, Chas. G.
Mackey, J. W.
Manhart. Christian
Shepperd, H. H.
Shuckhart, F. W.
Stuart, G. E.
VaoDeren, A. J.
Wearer, D. 8.
Wilder, G. O.
Wilson, W. G.
ST. VKAIN LODGE No. 23.
LONGMONT, BOULDER COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month,]
officers.
Charles J. Gregg, W. M.
George H. Thome. S. W.
Walter L. McCaslin, J. W.
Cassias M. Brown, Treas.
George E. Smith, Sec'y.
Allen, F. E.
Andrews, F. V.
Bailey, Elias
Bailey, J. C.
Baker, Charles H.
Baker, J. G.
Barr, J. C.
Bartell, C. F.
Bassoat, J. N.
Belcher, Freeman
Blake, M. M.
Blore, W. R.
Breckei, W. J.
Brown, Geo. W.
Brown, W. W.
Barch, H. H.
Botler, Stephen
Butler, Thomas
Buckley, J. A.
Calkins, C. C.
Callahan, T. M.
Oarr, B. L.
Chapman. J. E.
Coburn, W. T.
Coffman, J. D.
Croasley. J. N.
Ooywood, L. D.
Davis, F. B.
Dell. Geo. T.
Denio, J. W.
Dickson, L. H.
Dietrich, L. H.
Downer. F. M.
Ely, M. J.
MUfBEBS.
Entwistle, Amos
Entwistle.Thos.
Fessler, Martin
Gardner, C. H.
Gibson, A. L.
Glover, Geo.
Grant, J. Q.
Greene, W. M.
Griffith, R. G.
Hall, 1. F.
Hamlin, O. T.
Henderson, A. M.
Henderson, W. S.
Herron, O. F.
Hertha, Jno.
Hockenberger, W.
James, W. E.
Jaynes, S. D.
Johnson, T. F.
Johnson, W. Guy
King. Wm.
Koyl, C. H.
Leyner, J. G.
Lykins, D. J.
Manners, Harvey
Marshall, O. W.
Miller, G. C.
Minor, H. M.
Newnam, E. B.
Owen, J. F.
Peck, U. L.
Phelps, F. I.
Phillips, Geo. S.
Preston, A. M.
Ira L. Herron, S. D.
Sard Wieet, J. D.
Thomas Burns, S. S.
August Johnson, J. S.
Enoch J. Coffman, Tiler.
Ramsey, Jno.
Ratliff, S.
Schey, S.
Sebern, Geo. 8.
Secor, F. P.
Secor, M. G.
Shoemaker, J. F.
Slifer, E. G.
Small, M.
Smith, L. H.
Smith, W.
Spencer, F. C.
Stenerwald, L. F.
Steppe/T. O.
Stiles, H. C.
Stults, J. H.
Stockton, T. R.
Sullivan, N. C.
St. Clair, J. A.
Tarr. W. A. L.
Topliff, J. J.
Warner, Willis A.
Washburne, H. E.
Webster, G. W.
Webb, W. H.
White. Eben
Wiggins, Jas.
Wilson, J. L.
Wilson, John
Wilson, M. J.
Williams, Sam
Worthington, W. W.
Wyman, Geo.
Zweck, Geo.
EVANSTON LODGE No. 24.
EVANSTON, WYOMING.
{Now Evanston Lodge No. 4, under Grand Lodge of Wyoming.]
20
306
APPENDIX.
[1894
DORIC LODGE No. 25.
FA1RPLAY, PARK COUNTY.
{Communications first and third Saturdays in each month,]
J. H. B. Marrow, W. M.
Joseph Cohen, S. W.
C.A.Wilkin, J. W.
Samuel Cohen, Trees.
J. W. Sykes, Sec'y.
Alden, Horace
Be ven, David
Cole, James M.
Croissr, Edwin R.
Dearing, Ruric
Dudley, Geo. P.
Daffy, Thoe. W.
Flemming, Wra. H.
Gray, John L.
Hall, Assyria
Hall, Lent.
Hathaway, C. G.
Hayden, Samuel
Harden, W. W.
Hewitt. Geo.
Hill, Charles L.
omens.
Hunter, Wm. H.
Ifinger, William
Jones, William H.
King, A. J.
Laflln, Grant E.
Laxton, Thomas
Lechner, Geo.
Link, James A.
Mahany, Michael
McMannis, Peter
MoMillen, Samuel
Mety, Eben B.
Miller, David
Mills, Sydenham
Passmore, F. F.
Peart, John
Jacob Adler, 8. D.
Willis Dealing, J. D.
A. L. Peterson, S. S.
Thomas Bly, J. 8.
John Ifinger, Tiler.
Phelps, Cha*. L.
Powleee, W. H.
Rondos, J. W.
Roper, J. E.
Badnskey. Max
Scott, C. H.
SchwortXjSam. B.
Sheldon, Thoe. H.
Shidler, A. W.
Stark, Wm. W.
Thompson, James
Treweek, Wm. H.
Walker, John Z.
White, Israel
Willey, Thos. T.
Winer, Adolph
IDAHO SPRINGS LODGE No. 26.
IDAHO SPRINGS, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Wednesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Elwood M. Moscript, W. M.
Joseph E. Chester, S. W.
John M. Jackson, J. W.
Henry Plummer, Treas.
William L. Bosh, Sec'y.
Armstrong, George E.
Armstrong, John D.
Arthur, Charles
Barnard, Thomas
Bell, Joeiah H.
Bishop, William
Bragg, Charles R.
Brown, Richard
Ballis, Arthur D.
Chapman, John
Chinn, Cnthbert H.
Chinn, Howard T.
Comer, William S.
Comstock, Allan R.
Dingwall, Andrew
Ellis, David
Ferguson, J. A.
Freestone, Albert H.
Forgy, Allan T.
MSMBKB8.
Gartz, Axel
Hancock, William
Harder, Harder F.
Hocking, Jottn
Horn, Asa J.
Haddleeton. William
Knoettge, Victor
Malcom, Andrew H.
Mayes, Philetus R.
McAskill, Daniel A.
McClelland, George E,
Michaels, Noah J.
Mitchell, Wm.
Morgan, Thomas
Morgan, William
Nelson, Herbert 8.
Norman, William
Patten, George A.
Lee Hiser. 8. D.
Hunter Williams, J. D.
Willard L. Townsend, S. 8.
James G. Weeks, J. 8L
Samuel M. Smith, Tiler.
Paul, Henry
Plummer, Charles L.
Pront, James
Roberts, David R.
Roberts, John G.
Roberts, Lewis L.
Sherwin, John J.
Straub, Albert EL
Theobald, Peter
Thomas, John W.
Thomas, William H.
Thoreen, Peter L.
TJlrioh, Fred
Vivian, George G.
'Wellington. Thomas
Whyte, William
Wilkins, John A.
Zeller, Ignatius
1894]
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HUERFANO LODGE No. 27.
WALSENBURG, HUERFANO COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturday* in each month.']
officers.
Henry Blickhahn, W. M.
John P. Reams, 8. W.
Ernest E. Moore, J. W.
Henry Sneddon, Treas.
William A. Kearns, Sec'y.
Bernstein, Maori ce
Carter, John O.
Capps, Samuel J.
Clement, William H.
Cort, Daniel T.
Cooper, Charles M.
Dailey, Isaac
Dniry, James
Elmire, George
Forhan, Thomas J.
Gaston, Joseph
Harmes, William L.
Hendren, Cornelias D.
Hill, James
Hill, Josiah M.
Hoffman, Joseph
MEMBERS.
Johnson, John B.
Knnert, Oscar H.
Lawther, Frank L.
Lawther, Rodney T.
Lawther, Thomas
Levy, Alexander
MacMollan. Charles
Mallon, William
Martin, Thomas F.
McCaskell, Alexander
McGaire, J. S.
McKean, C. B.
Neumann, Sigmnnd
Patterson, Joseph D.
Provane, Joseph
Pryor, Archie M.
Fred O. Roof, S. D.
Fred E. Ramsay, J. D.
Hngh H. Brodie, 8. 8.
Allan French, J. 8.
Thomas Grantham, Tiler.
Qaillian, Asbary H.
Raseell, Joseph
Seabring, Andrew T.
Schalze, Henry
Sharp, William T.
Hleicher, James M.
Spronll, Thomas
Thompson, W. P.
Unfng, Charles O.
Unfng, Fred
Vasqnez, Hiram W.
Walsen, Fred
Watchman, Thomas
Westley, Samoei
Whitman, Briggs N.
Williams, John
LAS ANIMAS LODGE No. 28.
TRINIDAD, LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Tuesdays in each month.}
OFFIOEB8.
John Humphreys, W. M.
Stephen N. Mitehell.S. W.
William Crofoot, J. W.
Lonis H. Turner, Treas.
Thos. C. Keating* Sec'y-
Alexander, H. J.
Allen, E. L.
Bateman, G. L.
Bell, G. W.
Beshoar, M.
Biernbaom, H.
Bridge, J. L.
Brown, S. V. B.
Bargees, W. M.
Callaway, D. R.
Carmichael, A. K.
Carmiohael, S.
Clark, O. T.
Collier, T. B.
Collins. W. A.
Cook, R. G.
Cornell, G. B.
C roach, J. R.
Cunningham, W. B.
Davis, Joe.
Ditchbarn, Jas.
Elliott, 8. C.
MEMBERS.
Eyssenhardt, Paul
Frendenthal, L.
Garry, F. C.
Goodale, F. D.
Gray, L. P.
Graybill, J. W.
Grosso, P.
Gunter, J. C.
Harbinson, A. B.
Hedges, W. K.
Henarickson, J.
Horn. L.
Hosick, A. V.
Hoaghton, W.
Ivors, Geo.
Jaffa, Samael
Jaffa, Sol. H.
James, G. W.
Jamieson, J. G.
Jones, W. W.
Kirohgraber, J. F.
Kennedy. A. C.
Henry E. Brown, S. D.
Daniel W. Stone, J. D.
Edwin B. FrankB, S. S.
Meyer Mansbach, J. S.
Stoakley D. Hayes, Tiler.
Lake, Robt.
Lawler, B.F.
Leighton, H. W.
Lenhart, M.
Levy, Barney
Levy, Isaac
Lewis, Thomas
Mahin, W. M.
Mansbach, A.
Malgrenn, A.
McAllister, Jas.
McCreary, W. D.
McDonald, J. A.
Mc Kinney, H. B.
McMillen, Samael
McEwan, John
Miller. D. R.
Moore, D. O.
Morgan, J. E.
Nigro, A.
Nolan, P.
Pearson, H. L.
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[189*
Peters, W. E.
Peterson, A.
Pollock, A.
Purrington, R. H.
Ramey. J. F.
Reeves, F.
Richardson,C. A.
Roberts, J. H.
Robinson, W. H.
Sanford, G. R.
Baylor, O. L.
Sherman, Hy.
Shryock, J. W.
Simpson. D. M.
Smith, Jos.
Smith, H. O.
South, W. L.
Smothers, H R.
Stockman, A. H.
Stracy, Geo.
Taylor, Angus
Taylor, A. B.
Taylor, D. L.
Thorn peon, D. <i.
Tweedle, Wm.
Twist. F. H.
Waggoner. Thoe.
Widderfield. J. W.
Wilder, W. H.
Wiley, A.
Williams, Thoe.
William*, W. D.
DEL NORTE LODGE No. 29.
DEL NORTE, RIO GRANDE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month.'}
OFFICERS.
James H. Baxter. W. M.
Henry M. Dyer, H. W.
Alfred G. Beere, J. W.
£. R. Hoyt, Trees.
Alden Basset t, Sec'y.
Arthur, John A.
Aydelotte,, Henry (\
Benousky, Theodore
Berlin. George C.
Born, August
Bo wen, Thomas M.
Burghardt. Jared H.
Burrows. Frederick M.
Campbell, Cyrus W.
Carr. Joseph E.
Coakley, James
Cochran. John M.
Colvllle, Duncan
Crosswy, Jesse J.
Daviee, James
Dolphin, Mathew
Dunning, Reuben
Elliot, Ezra T.
Ewing, John Jr.
Franklin, George .W.
Good, Thomas A.
Gredig, Jacob
Grossman, I. P.
Hanna, Martin
Hasbrouck, James E.
Heitler, Edward
Hey wood, Don. O.
Huntington, John G.
Kayser, Lee
Keck, Christian
Kernen, Gottfried
Mattos, Jos. S.
McRee, Milton
Mercer, Lewis D.
Middleton, William
Nisbet, Robert C.
Ostrom, John
Patten, Nathaniel
George A. Willis, S. D.
August J. Robran, J. D.
John Cleghorn, S. S.
William H. Cochran, J. S.
H. W. Redman, Tiler.
Pearce, Frank E.
Pein, Louis H.
Poole, John
Raber. Fred
Reef, Joseph S.
Rice, Alrerdo M.
Richardson, Edmund F.
Richardson, Wm. M.
Shaw, John H.
So ward, Jackson
Van Lieu, Charles D.
Weiss, Adam J.
Weiss, August J.
Weiss, Henry
Weiss, Loni
Wellington, W. T.
Wilson. Adair
Wingate. John W.
Zook, William D.
KING SOLOMON LODGE No. 30.
LAS ANIMAS, BENT COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month.)
OFFICERS.
Thomas Harry W. M.
John A. Murphy, 8. W.
Allen M. Lam bright, J. W.
Hosea B. Cartter, Trees.
Arthur G. Palmer, Sec'y.
Frank P. Harbour, S. D.
Edward Dwyer, J. D.
Harry Wall, S. S.
Joseph Wyatt, J. 8.
Robert L. Lambert, Tiler.
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309
Baldwin, Adison M.
Ball, John W.
Bowman. Win. B.
Campbell, John W.
Campbell, Leroy M.
Comer, George
Crawford, A. Paul
Culver, Wm. E.
Dameron, George E.
Dunn, Walter P.
Frost, James E.
Goodwin, Thomas H.
mxmbbbs.
Gudgell, James R.
Harris .George
Haws, W A.
Hioks, James
Holly, Hiram 8.
Jones, James 0.
Kellogg, Henry
McCaoley, Marion R.
Nesbitt, James P.
Parsons, Chas. 8.
Peterson, Abe
Price, M. P.
Reynolds, Hubert
Robinson, Gerard
Sizer. Warren W.
Supeset, Frederick P.
Towers, John R.
Towers. Wm. A.
Warren, Wm.
Weil, Jacob
White, Calvin O.
Withers, Wm.
Wright, Silas G.
SOUTH PUEBLO LODGE No. 31.
PUEBLO, PUEBLO COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Thursdays in each month.]
OFFI0BB8.
Richard J. Brnner, W. M.
Frank G. Miriok, 8. W.
Orton H. Wheeler, J. W.
Christopher Wilson, Treas.
Jno
istopti
. F.B
ishop, Sec y.
Adams. Alva
Aiden, W. C.
Allen, Alfred
Ames, Harry
Anderson, Edwin
Andrews, Fred J.
Arnheiser. Leopold
Arnold, William H.
Bachle, Roman
Balcom, Wm. A.
Baldwin, B. F.
Banks, Henry C
Banks. Horace N.
Barber, William
Berkley, D W.
Barkley. Henry
Beatty, William C.
Benson. Frank B.
Biancillo, Joseph
Billington, Wm. H.
Black, C. A.
Brayton, E.
Calkins, Frank M.
Cameron /Teter
Carnine. Robert E.
Carter. Gilbert
Corkish. Robert
Corwin, Richard W.
Cox, Charles
Cox. Edward
Cox. George E.
Craft, K. W.
Dan forth, A. H.
Daniel, S. T.
Davis, Will B.
DeJersey. Jno. T.
Dick, Jos. F.
Dlvelbiss, James H.
Donegan, John
Donden, C. N.
MEMBERS.
Doudna, J. V.
Douglass, J. H.
Duey. Alexander
Eilenberg, C. J.
El well, J. C.
Faucett, M. M.
Fisher, A. T.
Frain, Luther 3.
Fugard, George
George, Fred C.
Geottle, Chas. J.
Getman, L. P.
GLalzell, Frank
Glenn, Edwin C.
Glover, E. R.
Gordon, George
Graham, A. E.
Gray, John
Grubb, E. P.
Hancock, W. W.
Hanna, Joseph
Harpeter, George F.
Hart man, W. L.
Hathaway, H D.
Henderson. B. F.
Hollis, William H.
Hudson, Robert B.
Hughes, Nathan
Humphrey, William A.
Hutchcraft, R W.
Jones, James E.
Jones, W. A.
Kean, Michael
Kelker, John
Ketner, J. D.
King. A. T.
Kinkle, O. B.
Klee. Benj. F.
Lamkin, Chas. H.
Liddy, Phillip M.
William Young, S. D.
John E. Tyler, J. D.
Herbert E. Bell, 8. 8.
Harry Knight. J. S.
James Stanchneld, Tiler.
Littler, Harvey
Lyon, J. H.
Macaulay. Hugh G.
Maher, A. G.
Mallaby. Oliver W.
Mai lory. Fred W.
M arm a duke, C. V.
Martell, James P.
Mason, A. D.
McCabe, Matthew
McConnell. James A.
McGinley. L. D. *
McKay, J. 3.
McKee, John M.
Miller, Chas. W.
Mitchell, Thomas
Monical. J. W.
Morris, Wm. E.
Moses, Arthur H.
Moses, L. E.
Moses, Wm. A.
Olin, Ceylon E.
Olin, Myron S.
Or man, James B.
Paul. L. B.
Peach, William
Pearson, John 1.
Peavey, Charles A.
Kochon, Joseph J.
Reese, William L.
Richards, C. W.
Richards, Norman P.
Robinson, James H.
Robinson, John T.
Rockwell, F. R.
Roesgen, Anton
Boob, Christian B.
Royal, Andrew
Schroutz, 8. B.
Scott, Henry W.
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Searer, George
Beffene, Edward
Sheffield, Wiley 8.
Sheriff, Samnel
Shields, George A.
Shi rem an, J. K.
Shookey. William L.
Shoap, Howard M.
Shroek, Prank H.
Shall, L. O.
Shaltz, Joseph
Simonde, Fred E.
Sleeper, John W.
Smith, Yeland
Stafford, J. A.
Stock, E. M.
Stewart, Frank H.
Strait, L. B.
Strait. W. W.
Streichenberg, Geo. H.
Stinchfield, E. T.
Stnbbe, Cha*. S.
Sweeney, William H.
Tat ham. David H.
Taylor, Cyras F.
Thompson, Moses L.
Thompson. Thomas
Tinkle, W. W.
Town send, Wood F.
Unwin, John
Valentine, John R.
YanBrant, William
Wadleigh. Frank A.
Walpole, Nimrod 8.
W alley, Stephen
Warfield, Chas. A.
Wartenbee, B. H.
Wieland, & K.
Wiley, Alexander
Williams, Geo. A.
Williams, M.
Williamson, H. A.
Willmnnder, Robert
Wilson, D. M.
Wilson, M. G.
Wingett, George W.
Woodward, Amos
Wormley. Frederick P.
Wright, Roland A.
Yohn, John M.
Znmbram, M. M.
OLIVE BBANCH LODGE No. 32.
SAGUACHE, SAGUACHE COUNTY.
[Communications Saturday on or before the full moon in each month.]
OFFICERS.
J.H. Redman, W. M.
Geo. W. Kelsey, S. W.
Henry M. Mingay, J, W.
Charles Tar bell. Trees.
Chas. 8. Cornelias, Sec'y.
Allen, B. F.
Ashley. John E.
Baldwin, J. D.
Barsh. Jacob
Beard,' J. M. G.
Bertsohy, P. H.
Bronangh, W. A.
Bart. W^ B.
Charles, L. P.
Clayton, E. B.
Goff. Moses
Gottnelf, Isaac
Hazard, J. G.
KKMBKB8.
Hodding, S. W.
Hollmer, Charles
Hopkins, H. L.
Howard, D E.
lden. W. W.
Johnson, W. A.
King, W. J.
Kirkendall. Jay
Lookett, W. A.
MacDonald. T. B.
McCree, P. M.
Means, Horace
Parsons, J. H.
H. Yon Heimbarg. S. D.
John Panington, J. D.
Chas. B. Phillips. 8. 8.
8. S. Bough ton, J. S.
Lee Fairbanks, Tiler.
Rambo, J. W.
Saffell, Thomas
Schwanbeck, L. B.
Scott, R. C.
Shellabarger, A.
Smith, J. E.
Snyder. Wm,
Stevens. J. M.
8tow, J. B.
Sqniree, W. B.
Salliyan. Wm.
White, Henry
SAN JUAN LODGE No. 33.
SILYERTON, SAN JUAN COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturday* in each month.]
OFFI0EK8.
J. F. Clarke. W. M.
H. Meld rum, S. W.
D. Umbell. J. W.
Jas. Angoye, Treas.
W. H. Steel, Sec'y.
F. H. Hinderer, a D.
G. Soheidt, J. D.
J. G. Gray, 8. S.
T. C. McBarnfo, J. S.
C. B. White, Tiler.
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311
Ambold, R. A.
Annear, J. B.
Annear, Thos.
Barnes, Geo. H.
Bayley, Geo. W.
Berriman, Thos.
Brown, F. B.
Bnrritt, Johnson
Claee. Chas.
Davis, D. R.
Day, Jos. L.
Dick, Theo.
Dyson, Jas.
Dnycknick .Dudley
Emory. M. W
Glenville, John
Gray, John
Grow, J. W.
G anderson, C. A.
Hodges, E. W.
Harrison, P.
Hendrickson, E. B.
XKHBKBS.
Higgs, Stephen
Holiingsworth, E. V.
HoUis, R. W.
Ingereoll, Geo. W.
Jenkins, Richard
Johnson, Chris.
Kimball. D. D.
Landberg, Yerner
Mason, David
Mathews, Oliver
Maxfield, O. P.
McCartney. B. J.
MoClnre, Seth C.
Moliqne, P. J.
Morris, 8. U.
Moyle, Matthew
Manroe, Wm.
Nathan, Elias
Neely, Robt.
Neely.T.F.
Niles, James
Niegold, B.
Oseer, G. T.
Ovens, Wellington
Owens, James
Owens, Thomas
Perrong, John
Peterson, Simon
Rapp, David
Renstrom, Geo. TJ.
Rogers, John
Sickles, W. E.
Snowden, F. M.
Taft, B. A.
Tagert, W. H.
Thompson. Chas.
Todd, W. B.
Walters, E. W.
Wallace, J. W.
Waller, F. W.
Wilson, W. B.
Wooloock, J no.
CRYSTAL LAKE LODGE No. 34.
LAKE CITY, HINSDALE COUNTY.
[Communications third Saturday in each month,]
OFFICERS.
Carl Forberg, W. M.
P. G. Dawson, S.W.
J. S. Kirker, J. W.
L. Kafka, Trees.
Charles A. Gnnst, Sec'y.
Beam, Jesse W.
Clawson, Timothy
Hamm, P. M.
Hart. Amos C.
Henderson, John
Henson, Eramns
Hilgenhaue, C. F.
MKMBKB8.
Hoffman, D. 8.
Hough, J. S.
Kayser, Charles
May, John M.
Marshall, George W.
McKee, Robert
Mullen, J. K.
W. Allen, S. D.
J. H. Palmer, J. D.
J. W. Foster, S. 8.
J. F. Steinbeck, J. 8.
H. Collnm, Tiler.
Natter, Preston
Pirie, George
Richard, George J.
Robison, M. A.
8nyder, Harmon
Weinberg, C. L.
Weinberg, Lonis
IONIC LODGE No. 35.
LEADVILLE, LAKE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Thursdays in each month,}
officers.
W. W. Coble, W. M.
R. A. Croikshank, S. W.
I. W. Booth, J. W.
J. C. 8tilwell, Trees.
J. R. Champion, Sec'y.
Lincoln Boyd, S. D.
Thoe. Ovens, J. D.
W. J. Phillips, 8. 8.
Charles Sands, J. R.
L. J. Neal, Tiler.
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Allard, Russell G.
Allen, Alphens
Allen, William
Andrews, £. H.
Armington, J. F.
Armstrong, Arthur £.
Baker, I. G.
Barker, Fenlon G.
Haiders ton, Geo.
Beandry, Fred B.
Becker, Barney
Bergs trom. Andrew J.
Braabury, Geo. E.
Braden, William
Branch, Albert H.
Brannen.W. F.
Bredin, William W.
Broyles, Bamnel
Bowden, John
Bowdish, H. C.
Bowden, Thomas
Chamberlain. Bayard
Callen, James
Corbett, Thomas B.
Oraddook, Patrick
Champion, Thomas J.
Corwin, Herbert D.
Congdon. William
Cohn, Joseph
Crispell. E. P.
Cunningham. James B.
Callen, L. L.
Clegg, John M.
Demarree, Frank
Darnell, James K.
Dills, J. M.
Davie, William A.
Dooley. John M.
Dale, William P.
Danielson, A. M.
Elley, C. F.
Ermey, Geo.
Ewing, John A.
Fielding, Charles
Panders, Henry C.
Farrell, W. H.
Gear, Loftua
Genens, Daniel
Girens, Mansfield
Goslin, Arthur M.
Greenfield, Charles T.
Greenfield, Geo. D.
Gunnell, A. T.
Hancock, John
Hancock, Thomas
Hobbs, Lotion Q.
Hocking. William
Horner, Joseph F.
Hoskens, John J.
Howell, John C.
Hughes, John H.
Jans, Hans
Kahn, Marx
Kellerman. Henry
Kidd, Caleb
Kuhlmeyer. Joseph
Leonard, Charles M.
Linsday, Peter J.
Mack, Jacob
MoClure, Thomas
McColi, John
McCoy, W. W.
McGonigal, Geo.
McGready, Charles
McMillan, Alex
McMillen, Neil
McMillen. Roderick
Menser, Simon
Miller. Joseph
Morrell, Winters
Morrison, Donald
Morse, B. Q.
Moyle, John
Muroray, Geo.
Musser, John W.
Neil, John W.
Nelson, James
Noble, Louis
Nordstrom, John
Orphan. J. W.
Peterson. Charles A.
Piercle, Jeremiah N.
Pomeroy, T. S.
Polkinghorn, William A.
Powell, Herman
Ramsey, Geo. W.
Roberts, Thomas G.
Roberts, William J.
Robins, Samuel
Robeon, Thomas
Rockwell. James J.
Rowland, Frederick J.
Sale, H. T.
Sampson, Edward
Schrader, Charles
Seaman, Uriah
Secoombe, James H.
Smith, A. A.
Stiglitx. Joseph
Street, Samuel
Swedberjr. John F.
Taylor. William O.
Trevorrow. William E.
Tucker, Geo.
Tupman, W. C.
Tryon, Claude
V alpine, Herman
Waldron. John P.
Walker, Thomas F. M.
Walley, M. B.
Warren, J. W.
Wateon. Walter B.
Weber, Gottleib
Weyand. I. S.
Whitcomb, W. W.
Wiles, Edward W.
Williams. John M.
Williams, Simeon J.
Wineman. W. C.
Winters. John J.
ROSITA LODGE No. 36.
R0S1TA, CUSTER COUNTY.
OFFICKR8.
C. G. Matthews. W. M.
August Koppe, 8. W.
Hugh Ravelin, J. W.
John L. Sohwalb, Treas,
W. D. Schoolfleld, Sec'y.
James Shanks, 8. D.
William Kennedy, J. D.
John W. Mayo, S. S.
James W. Kurtz, J. 8.
Tiler
MEMBKBS.
Creager, John G.
Davis, Hugh
Donnely, Louis H.
Hay, Thomas L.
Johnson, Abel
McGilliard, Wm. P.
Miller, H. E.
Milton, William
Ratcliff, W. H.
Waltz, James
1894]
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OURAY LODGE No. 37.
OURAY, OURAY COUNTY.
[Comrnvnicatiana first and third Saturdaya in each month.}
OFFICERS.
Geo. C. Pierce. W. M.
B. E. Parliman, S. W.
John P. Carney , J. W.
Miles 8. Corbet t, Trees.
Chas. A. Sperber. Sec'y>
Abbott, James W.
Adams, Arthur S.
Alexander, Wallace B.
Altringer, Phillip
Anderson, Montford
Armstrong, Chas. A.
Ashley. Wm. W.
Bacon, Ernest C.
Bradley, Geo. T.
Bradley, J. F.
Bradley, Lafayette E.
Brown, J. S.
Bornham, John L.
Boschman, F. W.
Carney, Francis
Carney. Patrick
Carney, Thomas J.
Clamp. James
Colmar, Martin
Copp, Henry
Corson. Howe G.
Davis, John A .
Drum mond, James A.
Dnrrell. H. W.
Forrester, Geo. B.
Fourrell, W. H.
Gardner, John
Geiger, William
Griffin, John
Hammon, Chas. T.
Haney, Chas. K.
Haskins, Chas. W.
MKMBKR8.
Haskins, Frank W.
Hatfield, Chas.
Hau$hey, E. T.
Herring, James K.
Holloday, H. S.
Hoover, David B.
Harlburt, Geo. R.
Jeffers. Albert
Johnson, Wm. H.
Kinkaid. John
Kinley, Edward
Kinne, H. W.
Klodt, Henry
Knapp. Willard P.
Konz, Samuel W.
Law, James A.
Lawrence, Peter L.
Lewis, F. E.
Loring, Chas. N.
Mark, Milton H.
Martin, Isaac A.
May, Clarence
McBride, Edward
McFarlane, Edward
McLennan. John M.
Miller. 8. W.
Mock, Harry
Mnnn, Chas.
Murray, John A.
Neville, John J.
Nichols, Channcey M.
O'Connor, Thos.
Henry Alsohbach, 8. D.
Lyman I. Henry, J. D.
Ross T. Shultis, S. 8.
Wm. T. Hays, J. 8.
*Thos. Hooey, Tiler.
Ohwiler. Jacob
O'Neil, Jerry J.
O'Neil, H. J.
Perry. E. N.
Phillips, W. B.
Proudfoot, Robt.
Raddatz, Emil J.
Rose, Chas. E.
Rowan, Wm. W.
Sampliner, Albert R.
Scott, Geo. A.
Scott, Ithamar B.
Scott, J. F.
Scott, P. H.
Sherman, W. Arthnr
Shultz, William
Sibbach, Fred
Siddons, Albert G.
Smith. Valerias Y.
Staanton, Francis H.
Stevens, Theron
Story, Wm.
Walsch, Harry H.
Wallaoe, Joe. T.
Walther, Amos E.
Ward, Christopher A.
Watson, 8. S.
Wheeler, Walter F.
WMnneroh. Richard
Williams, J. P.
Williams, Ralph
SILVER CLIFF LODGE No. 38.
SILVER CLIFF, CUSTER COUNTY.
[Communications firtt and third Thuradaya in each month.]
W. T. Decker, W. M.
L. F. Jackson. S. W.
Alex Walker, J. W.
Hiram W. Foes, Treas.
Geo. Phillips, Sec'y.
Baker, Dan. M.
Bradshaw, T. J.
Brewer, Albert P.
Brace, W. E.
Decker. Monroe
Deitz, John
Howard, Ed. L. B.
OFFICERS.
MEMBKBS.
Leland, Theo.
Mitchell, John J.
Morrison, 8. A.
Owens, W. H.
Rising, A. J.
Shaeffer, John T.
Wm. Woodside, 8. D.
J. C. Mathews, J. D.
John A. Fiest, S. 8.
W. J. Orange, J. 8.
Ed. W. Mitchell, Tiler.
Townsend, Hosea
Vahldick, Fred W.
Vorrieter, Wm. C.
Walters, Artimns
Walters, Price
Waters, Stephen H.
* Not a member.
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GUNNISON LODGE No. 39.
GUNNISON, GUNNISON COUNTY.
[Communications fourth Tuesday in each month,]
OFFICERS.
Walker Burnett, W. M.
Alexander Gullett, S. W.
Winter S. Rainbow, J. W.
Eugene P. Shove, Tree*.
James S. Lawrence, Sec'y.
B. F. Martin, 8. D.
H. 8. Martin, J. D.
Michael Monahan, S. 8.
Henry Punier, J. S.
Charles Biebel, Tiler.
Aikine, Oamer H.
Bailey, Radford 0.
Bartlett, Henry C.
Beck, Henry E.
Beeson, William W.
Biebel, Ferdinand E.
Bleeker, John C.
Bloch, Moses L.
Brooks, Edward 8.
Brown, Ira
Brown. Ira Ewert
Colborn. Edward F.
Cooley, Alfred
Davie, Willet C.
Davis, William H.
Dofflerayre, James A.
Bates, George H.
Fine. William J.
Flavin, Michael W.
Getchell, Marshall P.
Gray, Truman W.
GToemuck, Louis
Hamilton. Alexander
Hammond, Charles M.
MBMBBB8.
Hatch, E. C.
Hinkley, Louis J.
Holloway, Herman
Hughes, Edward A.
Hurley, David
Hyzer, Abram E.
Lewis, Robt. B.
Lewis, Thomas J.
Lindauer. Leopold
Maloy, Edward N.
Martenis, Nathan
May. Isaac 8.
McAllister, Charles E.
Mclvor, John J.
MoKee, Joseph C.
MeLeod, James J.
Mullin, Loudin
Parker, Charles A.
Pomeroy, Hiram
Porter, George A.
Preston, James A.
Richardson, Denver L.
Roblee. Morgan A.
Sapp, Dexter T.
Seelioger, Frederick A.
Sherwood, Clarence A.
Sills, Chariot T.
Swearinaen, William B.
Smith, Frank C.
Steele, Frank D.
Steele, John A.
Stephens, J. A.
Stewart, Charles L.
Tapsoott, Henry C.
Thorns*. Alexander M.
Unrub, Daniel
Vidal, Philip
Yidal, Regis
Wallen. Elieha A.
Waterman, D. B.
Wataon, William
Webb, John
Webster. Homer D.
Webster. Herman M.
Weinberger, Nathan
Weinberger. Simon
White, William a
Winn, Charles F.
PITKIN LODGE No. 40.
PITKIN, GUNNISON COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
George W. Eastman, W. M.
John F. Chrystal. S. W.
Josiah C. Nesley, J. W.
John E. Brothers, Treas.
James F. Chrystal, Sec'y.
Don A. Dewey. 8. D.
Peter Hqgue, J. D.
John C. Tatman, 8. S.
John F. Pearson, J. S.
Wm. H. Whalin, Tiler.
Craig, Frank E.
Ferry, Frank W.
Fulton. Wm.M.
Hnxtiable, Thomas
members.
Nance. Louis M.
Pollock, Wm. J.
Roberts, John
Sanstrum, Nils G.
Skues, Richard A.
Sommer, August F.
1894]
APPENDIX.
315
SCHILLER LODGE No. 41.
DENVER. ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Fridays in each month.']
OFFICERS.
Adolf Candler, W. M.
William Kinkel, 8. W.
Charles Enoch, J. W.
Hermann Wortmann, Trees.
Ferdinand Rinne, Sec'y.
Bitzer, Conrad
Bremer, Henry
Brergdorf , Max J.
Brookmeyer, F. W.
Brohm, Otto
Brnederlein, Albert
Braehne, Carl
Dramm, Aagast
Eberley, F. C.
Ell, Hermann
Evermann, F. F.
Fehae, Edmund
Fehae, Friederiob
Friederich, Peter J.
Fischer, Emil J.
Gieeecke, Albert
Goebel, Martin W.
Hahn, Martin
MKMBKB8.
Hertzbach, J. E. B.
Hnober, John C.
Karcher, J. B.
Kiemle, Adam
Kinkel, Louie '
Kratzer, Frank
Levy, Samnel
Lintz, Daniel
Maegley, George L.
Meininger. Emil
Miller, Chae. F.
Meyers, Max
Neef. Max
Pfaff, John
Polymath, Andre W.
S aentin, Hermann
ichter, Oswald
Roesch, Edward
Joseph Gregor, S. D.
Fred Siebott, J. D.
Fritz Wolf, S. S.
Robt. M. Steiake.J. 8.
♦Thomas Linton, Tiler.
Rnehmann, Christian
Schmidt, Julias F.
Schroder, Hen ry
Selbach. Emil A.
Siebel, Gastav A.
Timpte, William
Uthoff. Daniel
Vofft, Henry
Walters, Leonard
Weber, Albert H.
Weber, Jacob
Weissmneller, Chas. F.
Wildersin, Bernhard
Zang, Adolf J.
Zang, Philip
Zerr, Alois
Zietz, Emil
% CORINTHIAN LODGE No. 42.
KOKOMO, SUMMIT COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Tuesdays in each month.
OFFICERS.
John H. Freeberg, W. M.
IJohn W. Hightree, 8. W.
B. F Rich, J. W.
N. P. Anderson, Treae.
Snmner Whitney. Sec'y ■
Adrain. Carl A.
Berg,M. 0.
Bishop. Louis 8.
Bolts, J. F.
Brown, Geo. W.
Carlson, Gas F.
Chase, A. B.
Conwell, C. H.
Ewing, John W,
Grote, John H.
Hennaky, Tony
MXXBBBS.
Jenison, T.
Johnson, A. B.
Johnson, O. J.
Laskey, W. 8.
Lindsey, Wm. M.
Neil, Charles
Nelson, John
Otto, Merman
Recen, D. A.
Recen, H. A.
John MoConaghy, 8. D.
T. G. Evans, J. D.
E. Anderson, S. 8.
W. C. Tacker, J. S.
Andrew Recin, Tiler.
Rose, Fred W.
Shaw, W. A.
Sjolin, Louis
Smith, John W.
Smith. Walter C.
Swanson, Oliver
Wall©, John
Wallin, Gust. A.
Webster, D. B.
Woodford, J. W.
* Of Denver Lodge No. 5.
t Died March 26, 18M.
316
APPENDIX.
[1894
EAGLE LODGE No. 43.
REJD CLIFF, EAGLE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Mondays in each month.]
OFFICBBS.
A. G. Mays, W. M.
W. H. Erans, g. \V.
James Collins, J. W.
Geo. E. Bimonton, Treas.
C. H. Lei by, Sec'y-
H. W. Goodrich, S. D.
Henrr Martin, J. D.
G.J.DaLee, S.S.
P. Tague, J. S.
Tiler.
Cabb, Thomas
Campbell. John L.
Collins, Wm.
Dnggan, John K.
Frances, L. E.
Frost. A. S.
Gilbert, Elia*
Glllilian, Frank
Green, Jay L.
Hughes, Frank
MEMBERS.
Lewer, James
Lewis, J. Ben.
Livingston, W. W.
Lore, John'W.
Msl ins, F. A.
McDonald, A. A.
McGraw, R. S.
McLean, John A.
McNiohols, James
Moorehanse, D. W.
Muzzy, Wm. H.. Jr.
Phillips, Chas. K.
Richards, Jas. H.
Schliff. Wm.
Shaw, W. H.
Squire, John F.
Towneend, Geo. A.
Webster, Thos. H.
WignaJl, John
Wolf, A. E.
ALAMOSA LODGE No. 44.
ALAMOSA, CONEJOS COUNTY.
[ Communications first and third Thursdays in each month.]
OFFICXB8.
H. H. Dnbendorff. W. M.
C. W. Givens. S. W.
C. Wallrich, J. W.
John Spreistersback, Trees.
(\ C. Holbrook, Sec'y.
Wm. M Shoemaker, S. D.
Jas. Schultz, J. D.
S. D. Carletan, S. S.
Alex. Warren, J. S.
A. D. Springer, Tiler.
Bachas, Henry
Ball, Chas. M.
Bannister, Amos
Brickenstein, Chas. H.
Brophy, James
Carroll, Walter D.
Cole, A. C.
Dixon, Wm. H.
Dnddleeon. Thos. J.
Eeles. John J.
Eeles. Wm.
Eldodt, Nathan
Eskridgp, 1j. Dow
Frank, John
Fraser, W. D.
Fynn, A. J.
Gertiesen. John
MBMBBBB.
Hayden, J. Mason
Hayt, Chas. D.
Head, Lafayette
Hindel, Francis L.
Hirst, Wm. H.
Horner, A. L.
James, Norwood A.
John, Chas.
Johnson, Chas. A.
Law, John
Liggett. R. S.
Molntire, A. W.
Moloney, Ashmer
Milliken, James
Monroe, Herbert
Pim, Thos. F.
Palnam, E. E.
Rhodes, Mathew
Riley, L. S.
Rogers, D. J.
Ruby, A. B.
Schiffer. Isaac W.
Shone, Geo. H.
8ims, Fred E.
Smith, F. W.
Stollestiemers. F. F.
Swanson, Fred W.
Thomas, Jasper
Warshauer, Fred
Weigand, Otto
Willis, Geo. A.
Worcester, Fred C.
Young, Wm. H.
I
1894]
APPENDIX.
317
BOULDER LODGE No. 45.
BOULDER, BOULDER COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Wednesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
R. R. Gibbon. W. M.
F. A. Neiderberger, S. W.
W. H. Nicholson. J. W.
A. M. Sawyer, Trees.
W. 8. Bellman, See'y.
Arnett, R. E.
Bartlett, David
Bartlett, Reuel
Baylor. C. N.
Bemus, J. E.
Bergheim, Ed.
Berry man, Ed.
Blake, G. B
Bracket*, J. R.
Bradley. H. N.
Boell, V. A.
Carrinirer, H. A.
Caaey. W. V.
Conner, A. L.
Cowie, James
Crary, J. H.
Danford, Thomas
Edwards, J. C.
Ferguson, E. G.
Fisher, P. W.
Giffin, L. M.
Giffin, 8. A.
Gilbert, Richard
MEMBEB8.
Greene, 0. F. A.
Golds worthy v Wm .
Gunning, A. H.
Hanns, rani H.
Hansbrough, O. C.
Harris, William
Heilner.Sam'l
Hissey, M. W.
Holstein. H. C.
Hubbard. J. E.
Hnnter, A. M.
Jackson, Nelson
James, Henry
Joyce, William
Knott, S. G.
Led better, W. F.
Martin William
Maxwell, M. N.
MoClure, Geo. M.
Moore, T. M.
Moorhead. J. L.
Myers, J. L.
Newton, Dawson
Geo. W. Teal, S. D.
F. E. Stock, J. D.
C. K. Coivin, S. S.
J. H. VanDercook. J. S.
* James Kempton, Tiler.
Nicholson, J. H.
Oliver, Geo. 8.
Parsons, J. H.
Peterson, C. L.
Pine, B. F.
Pogh, John
Rittro aster, Chas.
Rogers, George
Sternberg, Jay
Stewart, A. P.
Stokes, Chaancy
Temple, E. J.
Thompson, H. E.
Thompson, H. C.
Til ton. Chas. H.
Tyler. Frank
Tyler, Fred
Wallace. George
Waagelin.O.H.
Whiteley, R. H.
White, Fred
Wolfer. Chas.
DURANGO LODGE No. 46.
DURANGO, LA PLATA COUNTY.
[Communication* first and third Thursdays in each month."]
OFFICERS.
Joe Prewitt. W. M.
Andrew W Morton, S. W.
Daniel J. McCaffry, J. W.
Frank H. Young, Treas.
John F. Hechtman, Sec'y.
Barbour, Thos. F.
Barnes, F. J.
Barton. Chas. H.
Bayly. William
Boston, J. A.
Bowman, Thos. E.
Biggs, J.J.
Buliis. Hiram
Borwell, Blair
Butler, Chas. S.
Butler, H. C.
Cadwell, Henry
Carlson, John
Carson, Robt. J.
Cash, James
Carr, R. H.
♦Not a member.
MEMBERS.
Carter, J. W.
Chapman, Wm. C.
Co pp. Geo. V.
Coston, John P.
Daniels, H. H.
Darrah, Sam M.
Davidson. Wm. C.
De Cow, Duncan M.
Denny, Chas. B.
Dow, Chas. E.
Drake. Daniel K.
Dudley, Chas. E.
Dust in, Chas. L.
Fassbinder, Peter
Fisher. Geo. L.
Folsom, Wm. H. C.
Arthur Cornforth, S. D.
George Goodman, J. D.
Geo. W. Kephart, 8. 8.
Fred. L. Chase, J. 8.
Orlando J. Paine, Tiler.
Freund, Geo.
Gal breath, 0. 8.
Gallotti. Frank
Gerow, Philip
Goodman, H. C.
Goodrich, J. G.
Griffith, David S.
Guthrie, W. H.
Hamilton. L. L.
Hansen, John
Hansen. P. L.
Handy, Chas. H.
Harvey, W. H.
HilHker, C. M.
Hoi brook, Orrie F.
Hoskinson, Chas. G.
318
APPENDIX.
[1894
Jackson, Harry
Johnson. Chas.
Kight, W. N.
Kislingbury.Geo.
Klingender. Meloher
Krueebke, Isaac
LaCount, Wm. H.
Lake. F. B.
Leromon, C. A.
Lewis, A. R.
Longneoker, W. T.
Lynton, J. H.
Mansing, E.
May, Wm. M.
McCluer, T. J.
McGrew, Irvin W.
McGrew, J. D.
Mclntyre, Donald
MoNiohoIas, Robt.
Mead,E.W.
Miller, N. C.
Moore, Jas. J.
Moore, Sanford W.
Morawete, Albert
Moree, John W.
Nagengast, N.
NeriU, Robt.
Newman, Chas.
Parsons, J. L.
Paquin, Lewis
Patterson. L. H.
Pearson, John
Peeples. E. T.
Peterson, Theo. E.
Pike, C. A.
Pingrey, 8. W.
Rader, W. H.
Raymond, G. N.
Roberts, F. B.
Rockwood. Thos.
Rnssell, J. L,
Sanford. J. C.
Schalles, Chas.
Schalles. E. E.
Schiffer, Harry
Schrader, Harry
Schutt.J. E.
8haw, D. J.
Sheets, D. L.
Shirey, W. T.
Summa, Jacob
Stunner, Geo. T.
Thompson, 8. H.
Thorp, Geo. L.
Thurston, R. G.
Turner, J. C.
Wade, Geo. H.
Walker, E. T.
Ware, Henry F,
Warren, W. D.
Wearer, Geo.
Webb, John
West, Geo. E.
Will, F. J.
Will. Frank H.
WilliamStChas. 1
Winters, W. R.
Wood, Oscar C.
Wynn, John C.
BRECKENRIDGE LODGE No. 47.
BRECKENR1DGE, SUMMIT COUNTY.
[Communication* ftr$t and third Saturdays in each month.]
Harry L. Moyer, W. M.
Wm.McAdoo, S. W.
Geo. E. Hallett, J. W.
M. E. Conrad, Treas.
B. A. Arbogast, Seo'y.
Albee, A. F.
Bete, George L.
Blodget, M. F.
Breeze, John L.
Carter, Ed.
Coyne, V. J.
Cummings.P. L.
Doyle, W. E.
El wood, H. H.
Engle. Peter
Enterline, Harry L
Enterline, K. D.
Enterline. W. M.
OFFIOKB8.
MEMBKB8.
Gesham, A. H.
Grant, A. H.
Hartman, George
Hartman, John H,
Ingram, Jas. E.
Johnson, W. A.
Jnneman, F. W.
Kaiser. Christ
Laws, A. C. B.
Levy, Chas.
Litton, Henry J.
Lnndby, Peter J.
Lasher, Wm. J.
Chas. W. Hodder, S. D.
J. B. Conrad, J. D.
C. C. Acton, 8.8.
Chas. H. Fuller, J. S.
Chas. A. Walker. Tiler.
Peck ham, Wm.
Snick, N. B.
icb, A. M.
Roby, John D.
Schmelling, Robt.
Schmidt, John W.
Shouts, J. W.
Stratton, J. H.
Watson, Geo. B.
Williams, John W.
Why te, Robt. H.
Yuet, E. C.
GEORGETOWN LODGE No. 48.
GEORGETOWN CLEAR CREEK COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Thursdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Hugh K. Miller, W. M.
aey, S. V
Will C. Hood, J. W.
ighK
irbert
Herbert Gedney, S. W.
Henry Sei fried, Trees.
John F. Phillips, Sec'y-
Jacob H. Robeson, 8. D.
Geo. W. Pnlsifer, J. D.
John H. Husted, 8. 8.
Frank L. Peck. J. S.
Zepheniah E. Hart, Tiler.
1894]
APPENDIX.
319
Allison, Frank H.
Billings, O. L.
Billings, Ed. G.
Bollock, Cbas. B.
Case, Cbas. C.
Collins, Rossel J.
Dewey. Fred P.
Dnff,Wm.A.
Edmonds, Robert Rnss
Faulkner, Wm. J.
Fletcher, Warren M.
MVMBKBB.
Graham, Frank
Jacobson, Chas. H.
Marsh, Edwin R.
McCracken, Frank B.
Mingle. James
Morgan, M. C.
Neuman, Robert
Noyes, Harmon H.
Parmelee, Ed. C,
Perchard, James
Pollard, Chas. W.
Pollard, Obe C.
Reid, Anderson W.
Roberts, Harry L.
Sedgwick, Robert A.
Snetzer, Jacob
Tibbitts, Chas. N.
Twining, Hugh A.
Willis, Boshrod
Wolfe, Chas. K.
MT. PRINCETON LODGE No. 49.
BUENA VISTA, CHAFFEE COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Thursday* in each month,']
OFFICERS.
Wm. W. Fay, W. M. J. H. Cole, S. D.
fay
H. J. VanWetering, S. W.
C. L. Graves, Treas.
J. E. Cole, Sec'y.
Adams, Geo. M.
Bonney.J. M.
Boyer. Fred
Campbell, Ransom
Cook, David N.
Cole.OrraW.
Condit, James
Crymble. Hugh
Cunningham, D. W.
Ditmore, D. V.
Ditmore, George
Dracb. George J.
Earl, ± R.
Elliott, C. S.
Fletcher, W. W.
French, Thomas R.
Garret, John G.
Graves, Charles E.
J. W.
Graves, Lemuel C.
Halsey, J. 8.
Keyes, Frank B.
Libby, C. 8.
Lintz, M. H.
Logan, Henry
Logan, Wm. R.
Marks, M. J.
McBride, John
McBride, Morton
McBride, 8. P.
McKenna, Thomas
McKenzie, Wm.
Montross, C. A.
Neibor, Joseph
Orr, Gray A.
Pearoe. Robert W.
Price, Charles J.
C. A. Keables, J. D.
E. J. Reynolds, S. S.
H. C. McLean, J. 8.
J. A. Feely, Tiler.
Pnrael, A. K.
Scofield, 8. H.
Scully, N. H.
Smith, Geo. L.
Smith, Geo. W.
Soop, Fino A.
Steele, W. R.
Stnart, A. J.
Thomas, E. E.
Vickers, John
Wade, A. H.
Wade, 8. W.
Welker, Wm.
Westfall, Geo. W.
Wilber, Ernest
Wilde, H. E.
Willing. A. J.
Willis, W. D.
GAEFIELD LODGE No. 50.
ERIE, WELD COUNTY.
[Communication* first and third Wednesdays in each month'.']
OFFICERS.
F. D. Gilpatrick, W. M.
J. E. Daniels, 8. W.
Wm. Hurley. J. W.
Jos. Mitchell, Treas.
8. Wilson, Sec'y.
Allen, Mathew
Andrew, Thomas
Angove. William
Barrowman, William
Barrows, Joseph W.
Brown, William
Bowker. John
Davis, David F.
Douglass, Thomas
Grenfell, George E.
Hamren, Andrew
Hopkins, Theophilns
MEMBERS.
Howell. William R.
Jones, Thomas R.
McCorey, Charles C.
McGraw, Leonard
McKenna* Felix
McKissock, John
MoKissook, Oliver L.
McNeil, William
Metcalf , George
Mills, John G.
Oakley, J. E.
Padfield, William
Thos. Morgan, S. D.
Wm. Nicholson, J. D.
J. J. Morgan, 8. S.
C. A. Morning, J. 8.
Ed. S. Cunningham, Tiler.
Powell, Joseph R.
Sherratt, Charles
Smith, John W.
Smith, Walker W,
Swanson, John B.
Van Valkenburg.Richard J.
Vaughn, Enoch T.
Whiles, William
Williams, John W.
Withey,BnrnieF.
Wise, Joseph O. V.
Young, M. X
320
APPENDIX.
[1894
LEADVILLE LODGE No. 51.
LEADVILLE, LAKE COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Fridays in each month.}
Chas. fi. Dickinson, W. H.
David LaSalle. 8. W.
O. M. Freeman, J. W.
C. Hay den, Jr., Treas.
H. W. Woodward, Sec'y-
Angeman, Henry
Beattie, Kobt. G.
Bargeman , Jacob
Biaeell. Julius B.
Blakely, H. M.
Boettoher, Chas.
Bretherton. Sidney E.
Brown, Samuel M.
Born and, Alpbonae A.
Burnett. Henry C.
Cain, WilJiam J.
Cavender, Chas.
Chamberlain, Lewis J.
Chietie, Alexander
Christian, Chas. J.
Corser,Gco. W.
Cox. Wra.B.
Davis, Morgan
De Lay. K. L,
Denison, Chas. W.
Donnen, K. J.
Dougan, Geo. B.
Easnm. George N.
Eaton, Chas. L.
Felker, Wm. B., Jr.
Fogle, A.
Foraker, William
Fountain, I. E.
Galloway, Bradford 8.
Gaskin, Wm.
Gearhart. J. H.
Goddard, L. M.
G oiler, Wm.
OFFICERS.
MEMBERS.
Haa», Samuel G.
Haas, M. B.
Harvey, John
Hellbeck, Guetav
Hersey, Clarence J.
Hilton. Jno. E.
James, William H.
J ay cox, Tho*. W.
Johnson, J. H.
Johnson, W. R.
Jones, David L.
Joy, Walter J.
Kneale, Thomas
Kneale, Wm.
Krone, Jas. F.
Larson, Neils
Leask, Jno. F.
Lndwig, Henry
Lumsden, John
Lindsay, Joseph
Markt, Rudolph
Mater, Chas.
Maxwell, Jno. M.
McComb, David P.
MoCollom, Frank E.
MoNinen, Dan'l
McNalty, Jas.
Melville. Allan
Miller. Frederick C.
Newell, Jas. W.
Newman, Wm. H.
Nicholson, Chas.
Nicholson, Sam'l D.
Geo. P. Brown, 8. D.
W. M Dickinson, J. D.
(*eo. L. Nicolai, 8. S.
Herbert W. Hamilton, J. 8.
J. W. Corser, Tiler.
4
Nowland, John
Officer, Frank H.
Otterbacb, Wm. L.
Pandery, H. R.
Peterson, Peter A.
Play ford, Stephen M.
Reardon, Frank M.
Revett, Ben Stanley
Robinson, B. A.
Bowell, Wm.
Rossel. James
Salen, Jno. W.
8chrader, Robert
Shaw. Frank
Shoelkopf, Jacob F.
Smith, Joel W.
Smith, Henry W.
Steen, Wro. J.
SUcklny, Bern. F.
Stockton, Commons C.
Stoteebury, Jno. H.
Thompson, Alexander
Thompson, Willis L.
Voges, Wm. L.
Watt, Job
Wheat, Lysander R.
Whelon, Kobt.
Whioher, Jno.
Whinnerah, Raymond
Wilder, Sam'lD.
Wildhack, Lewie A.
Williams, Jno. H.
Woodward, E. C.
TIN CUP LODGE No. 52.
TIN CUP, GUNNISON COUNTY.
[No Returns.']
LOVELAND LODGE No. 53.
LOVELAND, LARIMER COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Thursdays in each mouth.}
OFFICERS.
Chas. Maxwell, W. M.
Clarence J. Chapman, S. W.
Oswald Allen, J. W.
Herman G. Shallenberger, Treas.
C. H. Bond, Sec'y.
John S. Peterson. 8. D.
Frank C. Goodwin, J. D.
Obediah Smith, a 8,
John Weaterdoll, J. 8.
James K. Chambers, Tiler.
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APPENDIX.
321
Alford.Geo. W.
Ansell, John W.
Bailey, Mandren M.
Bantpston, Andrew P.
Beckfield, William L.
Bean, William A.
Benson. Aaron 8.
Borthoff. Frank G.
Bnrke, John J.
Bnshnell, Carlton C.
Carlson, Aueust
Chad born, Horace
Cox. Robert S.
Crosby, William J.
Carrier, Edwin M.
MEMBERS.
Dennis, Geo. L.
Dick ergon, RozelleE.
Griffith, AJbin
Hankins, William A.
Kelim, Lee J.
Kempton. Geo. W.
Larson, Swan N.
Martin. Ne)«
Mc A nelly, Jefferson
Middleton. Joseph B
Nelson, Nels P.
O'Hara, Patrick
Pa rimer, Harvey J.
Porter, Lyman
Pnntney, John M.
Qaigley. Jerry
Randall, Chas. N.
Ransom , John L.
Scott, Chas. P.
Shallenberger, Thomas M.
Smith, Clarence L.
Smith, Frank S.
Straight, Allen.
Sullivan, William W.
Sutherland, William B.
Thorn dyke, Walter L.
Van Bramer, Valentine
Welden, Geo.
Woodruff, Lewis S.
STERLING LODGE No. 54.
STERLING, LOGAN COUNTY.
[Communications fir 8t and third Tuesdays in each month.]
Smith A. Barke, W. M.
Wm. E. Pear, S. W.
David B. Delzell, J. W.
James M. King, Treas.
Geo. W. Atkinson, Sec'y.
Armoor, Edward £.
Chipman. Jas. C.
Dodds, Jasper R.
Drams field. Thoe.
Gard, Seth W.
Hicks. John L.
J add, Le Roy M.
Letts, Fred C.
OFFI0EB8.
MEMBERS.
Lewis, Frank C.
Liggett. Wm. S.
McLaughlin, Edward C.
Pereau, Leslie J.
Propst, Sidney R.
Propst, Wm. C.
Ramsey, Wm. J.
Rowland, John
Arthur W. Warren. S'. D.
Wesley Desellem, J. D.
Jos. Cramer, 8. S.
Sam B. Roebuck, J. S.
•Henry Williams, Tiler.
Scott, Jas. H,
Sherman, Henry C.
Smith, Martin H.
Taylor, Bartlett M.
Weir, Joe J.
Wilson, Geo. H.
Wyncoop, John
MESA LODGE No. 55.
GRAND JUNCTION, MESA COUNTY.
[Communications first Thursday in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Orson Adams, Jr., W. M.
George D. Hawkins, 8. W.
John D. Reeder, J.W.
Theodore M. Jones. Treas.
Benjamin F. Powelson, Sec'y.
MEMBERS.
Baldwin, Charles W.
Bannister, William H.
Barnhouse, Thomas E.
Barton, Joseph A.
Bartow. John L.
Binning, William S.
Blakeslee. Merrill W.
Bowers, Joseph H.
Broad bent, William R.
Broemser, John G.
Brown, Munroe
Backlin, James W., P. M.
21
♦Not a member.
Benjamin F. Jay, S. D.
Edward J. Yetter, J. D.
James Whitley, S. S.
Thomas A. Snook, J. S.
David Roberts, Tiler.
Ball, Herman R.
Canon, Benton
Caswell, Charles F.
Coleman, Shepard W.
Cook, Arthur P.
Cornetto, Joseph
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[1894
Craig, Archie R.
Crawford, Thomas B.
Crosby, David R.
Davidson, Buel L.
De Long, Horace T,
Ditman, William
Dobbie, Henry
Duckett, Joseph A.
Durham, Henry A.
Eaton. Robert A.
Ela, Wendell P.
Fisher, Edward T.
Flavin, Thomas
Gannon, Edward W.
Garman, Adam R.
Golden, William H.
Grout, Alonzo 0.
Hammond. William I
Hanson, William E.
Haslett, Plnm P.
Horton, John
Hosman, Clarence W.
lnness, William
Keim, John F.
Kingsley, Darwin P.
Kipp, Bert L.
Krasen Norman J.
Lane, Sqnire G.
Lattner, Thomas J.
Layton Abel M,
Lay ton, James A.
Lowry, Thomas J.
Lumsden, John J.
Mann, John B.
Marsh, WiJliam A.
McArthnr, J. N.
Mc< une, Addison J.
McDowell, J. B.
McGinley, William
McKay. Duncan
McMullen, Samuel G.
Miller, Lawrence M., P. M.
Mitchell, Charles K.
Moyer, Al.
Nelson, James H.
Nelson, Vinril E.
Nichols, J. Clayton, P. M.
Pierce, Franklin H.
Price, Charles C.
Qninn, William J., P.
Record, Sanford P.
Rice, Jacob H.
Rice, William A.
Roberts, William H.
Ross, Henry W.
Shaffer, William K.
Shields, Jobn
Shores, Dorr W.
Shores, Marcus W.
Siebert, Jacob C.
Siebert, Matthias
Smith, Frank S.
Snyder, Benjamin J.
Steele, Charles W.
Stewart, L^m T.
Violett, William H.
Weaver, Charles W.
Wharton, Alvin T.
Wheeler, George
Williams, Charles K.
TELLURIDE LODGE No. 56.
TELLUR1DE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Saturdays in each month,]
OFFICERS.
William T. March, W. M.
Comma P. Rock, 8. W.
James W. Brown, J. W.
Gustaf Anderson, Trees.
Henry R. Goff, Sec'y.
Louis C. Lomax, 8. D.
Grant Bnjder, J. D.
George H. Phillips, S. S.
Edward B. Weller, J. S.
Charles W. Miller, Tiler.
Allen, Arthur W.
Andrns, George S.
Ballard, Alexander M.
Ballard, Thomas H.
Beattie, William R.
Bishop, James H.
Black well, Cornelius P.
Brickson, Gustaf
Bristow, C. R.
Bristow, James
Brown, Edward B.
Brown, James L.
Campbell, Kenneth
Carnow, Thomas
Carruthere, George B,
Champion. William
Costigan, George P.
Coulson, Charles H.
Crossley, Charles E.
Cully, James M.
Davis, Omar N.
Dills, Edward E.
Emery, Charles E.
Fitzarrald, Stephen R.
Gianneni, Maurice
Gillispie, Robert H.
Gordon, W. H.
Haines, John L.
Hall. Harry C.
Henry, Leron
Hieronjmus, Benoni M.
Hockley, Edward A.
Hogg, Herschel M.
Hunter, Lewis
Johnstone, James
Kellock, Andrew
Lavender, Edgar N.
Lay. Henry C.
Lohnes, Benjamin F.
March aely, John
Martin, Walter C.
McDantele, Orrin A.
McKee, Joseph W.
McLeod, Daniel N.
Morrison, Angus K.
Murphy, A. Patrick
Nixon, Joeseph
Northway, John
Oderfield. Edwin S.
Olsen, John
Painter, Charles F.
Phillips, John M.
Fillmone. Joseph W.
Prouse, Richard
Richards, M ichael
Rankle, Edwin E.
Schiebei, S. L.
Stevenson, William A.
Stacker. William H.
Symes, Fred M.
Thomas, Orris C
Watson, Charles S.
Wearing, George
Weller, James C.
Wheeler, William E.
Wilkinson, Thomas J.
Willonghby, Thomas
Wood, John A.
Yanatta, William B.
1894]
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SALIDA LODGE No. 57.
SALIDA, CHAFFEE COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month,']
OFFICERS.
James B. MoCojr, W. M.
Geo. A. Montgomery, 8. W.
Fred W. Brash, J. W.
Jason GilJett, Tress.
Geo. W. McGovern, Sec'y.
Amberson, B.
Andrews, W. B.
Archer, A. G.
Arenberg, F. W.
Arterberry, Geo. W.
Barnes, J. E.
Belden, E. H.
Blades, J. W.
Bo wen, 1. H.
Brice, Alex.
Brown, J. B.
Barghardt, H. J.
Champion, Lee
Clem, J. F.
Cole, W. S.
Corn well, L. F.
Crater, Geo.
Cnmmings, Wm.
Delage, Gid.
De Remer, B. H.
De Weese, J. W.
Disman, Ben.
Dobbie, Alex.
Duey, A. F.
E tdy, J. A.
Elafson, Fred
Evans, A. G.
Freeman, W. H.
MXMBEB8.
Frey. Loais
Graff, Bernard
Guerin, M. J.
Harrington, 0. E.
Hatch, E. A.
Hathaway, A. T.
Hervey, S. O.
Hively, E. W.
H or ton, W. W.
Jackson, F. A.
Johnson, C. G.
Jones, A. W.
Kahn, Felix
Kora, Geo.
Lee, Thos. H.
Lee, Wm. D.
Laswell, J. O.
Martin, Theo.
May, C. M.
Meacham, A. S,
Miller, M. K.
Mitchell, Geo. B.
Mitchell, H. W.
Newton. H. D.
Newman. W. M.
Norris, R. A.
Nye, A. T.
Jas. A. Davidson, S. D.
Chas. A. McCoy, J. D.
AlexH Wilson, S. 8.
Elmer T. Boucher, J. 8.
Wm. G. Sisson, Tiler.
Ohl, J. W.
Oleson, Gas.
Orton, Elias
Patterson, W. J.
Pender, J. F.
Piper, Geo.
Bedford, J. S.
Roller, W. W.
Rose, A. R.
Roland, M. J.
Seelinger, S. W.
Bhemley, J. R.
ShiyelylCbas. 8.
Smith, M. M.
Tenbrook, E. W.
Tencate, A. A.
Thayer, E. A.
Twitchell, N. R.
Van Meter, 8.
Wareham, H.
White, H. L.
White, W. D.
Whiten arst, J. D.
Wilcox, C. A.
Witmer. L.
Wood, J. W.
Yates, Wm. D.
CRESTED BUTTE LODGE No. 58.
CRESTED BUTTE, GUNNISON COUNTY.
[Communications every Tuesday in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Reasin G. Carlisle, W. M. Frank J. McKay, S. D.
Charles J. Kramer, S. W.
Erbine G. Groasbeck, J. W.
S. S. Metzler, Treat*.
Frank E. Songer, Sec'y.
Anderson, Victor C.
Arnott, John
Bailey, P. B.
Baney, O. B.
Calvert, William W.
Canning, Robert N.
Ellis, Henry
Fore, Charles A.
Foster, Thomas
Gillett, Edgar W.
Glick, Loais
Griffiths, David
Henworth, Joseph
Herron, Alexander
MKMBBB8.
Heasner, Charles B.
Horner, Seward L.
Johnson , George
Knight, William M.
Koontz, John
Lloyd, Richard
Lloyd, William E.
Maloy, William J.
McCay, George W.
Mc Court, John
McCnllongh, Henry
Miller, William M.
Miner, Daniel V.
Moyer, Samnel
John Ross, J. D.
Joseph Howland, 8. S.
Thomas T. 8wan, J. S.
R. C. Evans, Tiler.
Marpby, Mark**
Murray. William J.
Pyle, Worrell P.
Robinson, James K.
Sams, Alfred E.
Shaw, John
Spencer, Samuel P.
Spoon, William H.
Starr. Thomas
Wheeler, N. 0.
Wilson, Richard B.
Wright, H. C.
Young, Frank A,
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LA VETA LODGE No. 59.
LA VETA. HUERFANO COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month.]
Thos. J. McEniry. W. M.
Chas. L. Martin, S. W.
Oliver Bern ad. J. W.
Peter Yerliff, Trees.
Samael Todd, Sec'y.
Adams, John
Barnes, John 8.
Boone, James B.
Bray, Joseph M.
Colville, James
Dick, John
Gent, Solomon
Goenmer, John
OFFICERS.
MEMBERS.
Harrold. Labon
Hayes, Amos R.
Estes, GoTomor F.
Kincaid, Joseph R.
Krenger. Jo lias G.
Mack, Charles M.
Mark ley, Taylor
Morton, John H.
Sam o el L. Strange, 8. D.
Fenton L. Martin, J. D.
Henry Daigre, S. 8.
Alex McDonald. J. 8.
John F. Martin, Tiler.
Page, Alfred
Philippe. Albert
Oteon, John R,
Smith, Ellis W .
Springer, William A.
Tracy, Dawson J.
Wright, J. B.
SPAR LODGE No. 60.
A8PEN, PITKIN COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Thursdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
James MoMorray, W. M.
John W. Richards, S. W.
David Kanz, J. W.
Frank T. Dickinson. Treas.
Herbert L. Harding, Sec'y.
Alberts, George W.
Armstrong, Chttrles 8.
Aahbnugh. Flor.
AngQstine, George W.
Baders, Dorninick
Bsldy, John P.
Barnes. Harry G.
Beardsley, Francis
Bransford. John D.
Boesch, Herman
Brown, David R. C.
Backmaster. Joseph A.
Burke, Charles M.
Campbell, John
Canning. John K.
Carson, Zachary T.
Chaloaz, Frank
Chanslor, Nathan J.
(Mark, Thomas O.
Clark, Walter 8.
Clawson, Charles W.
( 'onnor, George T.
Connor, James C.
Cowenhoven, Henry P.
Cox, William J.
Craft, Richard A.
Cramer, Herbert. H.
(■res*. Edward II.
David, David
David, Isanc
Davie". Richard J.
Davis, Thcinas E.
MEMBFRS.
Deane, Joaiau W.
Denman, Frank H.
Eastman, Benjamin M.
England, Paren
Evans, William 8.
Finley, Stephen H.
Fisher. Richmond H.
Ford, Ellsworth
Freeman, Jasen E.
Garnick, George
Geary, Mortimer J.
George, Daniel
Gillen, Edward A.
Gillespie, Henry B.
Goodall, David F.
Greener, John H.
Hal ton, John C.
Harding, John F.
Harrod, Joseph C.
Hopkins, Alfred
Hankins, E isign L.
Hunt, Frederick A.
Jennings, John
Johns, Joseph R.
Johnson, John F.
Jones, Harry E.
Johns, John W.
Kalfus, John W.
Lawrence, Levi
Lewis, Noah D.
Light, Frederick
Lowenhagen, Frederick
E. Grant Davenport. S. D.
Alexander Mcintosh, J. D.
Rnfas B. Martin, 8. 8.
George H. Morthland, J. 8.
William L. Weakley, Tiler.
Lnz, Peter
MacMillan, John F.
Martin, George T.
McCann, FenJinsnd
McCormick, Samael
McCrea, Calvin
McDonald, John R.
McNider, Charles G.
Merritt, Edward E.
Miller, Riley
Mills, David A.
Mitchell, Jamea 8.
Moore, Charles L.
Moore, George F.
Moser, George H.
Mnlr. John W.
Myer, William B.
O'Hara, John T.
Parker, Hiram F.
Peterson. Samael
Plumb, Porter
Ralston. Edward 8.
Reese, Charles
Robinson, Andrew J.
Robinson, Edward 8.
Robinson, McK.
Root, William B.
Ross, George
Hacker, Thomas A.
Rase, Joseph
Ryan, Michael D.
Sanborn, Charles O.
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Sands, Jacob
Schafer, George H.
Shepard, Frank A.
Shields, Robert
Shilling, Arthur B.
Sieverhng, Daniel P.
Slagle, James E.
Smith, Erick
Smith*, Lyndon S.
Sproat, George K.
MEMBERS.
Swan, Dykes M.
Sweeney, John
Tenscher, Louis T.
Thomas, Charles H.
Timblin, Andrew J.
Varney, Andrew J.
Yickery, George C.
Vincent, John M.
Wagner, Adam R.
Wardell, John B.
Warner, Henry £.
Wateon, David M.
Wellman, Lather C.
White, John W.
Williams, George H.
Williams, John R.
Williams, William
Willis, Frederick B.
Wright, Edward W.
HARMONY LODGE No. 61.
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[ Communications first and third Mondays in each month.]
office as.
Frank S. Pace, W\ M.
Geo. H. Vick Roy, S. W.
J. A. Fowler, J. W.
C. W. Cowell, Treas.
W. S. Root, Sec'y.
Adams, William
Babcock, R. S.
Backarach, L. S.
Barkhansen, J. H.
Barsby.H. H.
Beggs, w. A.
Beless, F. W.
Bertschey, Frank P.
Bowen, A. S.
Bowey, William
Brinkley, Robt. v.
Brotzman, F. W.
Browning, J. W.
Brownson, Thos. E.
Burroughs, A. S.
Bargbardt, G. N.
Campbell, J. M.
Charpiot, G. J.
Christopher, E.
Clark, A. W.
Clayton, Thos. H.
Comb, Henry
Cole, Sidney M.
Cowles, Elmer R.
Crellen. John E.
Dagnall, W. S.
Dnggan, J. V.
Duncan, J. H.
Dunn, W. H.
Eastman, G. M.
Fogle, John
Foote, Geo. T.
Freeman, J. J.
Fob r man, Joshua
Fnncheon, Geo.
Gibbs, Lafayette
Gordon, J. U.
Grant, L. W.
Griffin, George
MEMBERS.
Harris, M. M.
Hart, C. P.
Hart, G. W.
Hilton, F. W.
Hind, R. B.
Hney, E. P.
Huston, J. E.
Hutchens, C. F.
Jones, O. P.
Kelley, Henry
Kennedy, Leo W.
Kisthard, W. H.
Knox, James A
Mahaffey, A. M.
Manning, J. F.
Mason, Chas. R.
Mason, Jas. W.
McAndrews. Robt.
McKenzie, Jesse
McParlin, W. E.
McPherson, J. D.
McPherson, Wallace A.
Merrell, Samuel
Miller, Alex.
Miller, George
Miller, Jas. L.
Moody, R. H.
Moses, Elmer
Myers, John H.
Noah, M. S.
O'Hara. W. J.
Owens, J. E.
Oyler, John
Parker, J. H.
Perry, A. P.
Phillips, S. L.
Pitschke.C.G.
Price, Thomas D.
Proctor, E. J.
C. 8. Card, S. D.
Thos. J. Feegan, J. D.
H. G. Thurman, S. S.
J. W. Sanford, J. S.
♦Thomas Linton, Tiler.
Purdy, E. R.
Rand, F. W.
Reed, William
Rioe, Chas. A.
Rice, J. W.
Ross, Jas. B.
Scharman, George
Schoepflin, H. S.
Hchultz, H. G.
Soooler, Peter
Servey, Geo. L.
Shoemaker, A. W.
Smith, John C.
Smith, J. Charles
Smith, W. G.
Snider, J. A.
Somers, W. H.
Street, E. F.
Sterling, M. L.
Stringham, Fred
Tait, William
Tankersley, E. D.
Terrell, A. B.
Thompson, R. A.
Thornton. J. J.
Thorpe, Geo. W.
Toenemier, Theo.
Turpin, A. B.
Udell, Geo. V.
Waters, Thomas
Watters, Thomas
Weather bee, Jabez.
Wildy, C. W,
Willison, Robt.
Wilson, Abram
Wilson, Walter
Witter, G. D.
Young, William
♦Not a member.
326
APPENDIX.
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DELTA LODGE No. 62.
DELTA, DELTA COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Mondays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Abram C. Butler, W. M.
Matthew J. Johnston, S. W.
George Stephan, J. W.
Thos. H. McGranahan, Treas.
Edward L. Kellogg, Sec'y.
Amsbary, Albert E.
Anderson, Christian O.
Browning, Angus A.
Brown, Warren D.
Crotser, William H.
Hall, Edmond E.
Hammond, Henry
Hotchkiss, Andrew M.
Howard, Amos R.
MEMBKR8.
Ingersoll, Harry H.
Kelso, Robt. S.
Lees, John F.
Philips, J. Ralph, Jr.
Pollock, James (;.
Ro bison, Frank W.
Robertaon, William R.
Teachont, Henry
Alfred R. King, S. D.
A. D. Brown, J. D.
Walter Scott, 8. 8.
Richard Forrest, J. S.
Oscar A. Estes, Tiler.
West, Henry T.
White, Edgar
Wheelen. William A.
Wise, Allan H.
Wise. H. Douglas
Williams, Robert F.
Wishart. Adam
Worth, Louis W.
MONTROSE LODGE No. 63.
MONTROSE, MONTROSE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Tuesdays in each month.}
Geo. H. Smith, W. M.
J. F. Krehe, 8. W.
J. W. Ownes, J. W.
J. E. McClure, Treas.
J. F. Kyle, Sec'y.
Adams, A. C.
Bell, J. C.
Bestor, E. D.
Blake, R. H.
Bonney, A. L.
Boot, W*m.
Campbell, Chas.
Cassel, WTm.
Catlin, F. D.
Chapman, F. A.
Clark, N. G.
Cowgill, John
OFFICERS.
KZMBEBB.
Crain, William
Davis, L. E.
Ealer, James W.
Erwin, ('has.
Gehr, Paul
Han, Geo. W.
Hiel, L. N.
Hirt, Chas.
Hotchkiss, Preston
Killian, John B.
O'Niel, James
A. Johnson. S. D.
Fred G. Famer. J. D.
R. C.Diehl,8. S.
G. E Anderson, J. S.
Geo. D. Wood, Tiler.
Overhiser, Geo. P.
Parson, Aaron A.
Roberts, Abe.
Robinson. W. W.
Sharp, John
Sherman, 8. S.
Slaven, John E.
Smith, Chas. B.
Tarbell, Harry
Tripler, John W.
WTambegangs. W.
EUCLID LODGE No. 64.
LA JUNTA, OTERO COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Tuesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
John M. Lyon, W. M.
Jas. B. Sherman, S. W.
Frank Finney, J. W.
John Johnson, Treas.
R. A. 8 teen, Sec'y.
Geo. Barr, 8. D.
C. W. Bomgardner, J. D.
Frank McGrath, S. 8.
E. E. Deabenport, J. 8.
J. B. Gardner, Tiler.
1894]
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327
Albera, V.
Averill, Wallace
Barnes, A. 8.
Battey. D. R.
Best, H.
Blasdell, J. A.
Bryant, 1. S.
Chandler, W. A.
('hopper, 1. T.
Dean, John W., Jr.
Donovan, J. W.
Durant, W. J.
Foxworthy, A.
Foxworthy, B. J.
MEMBERS.
Grant, E. W.
Hadfield, Jas. B.
Hart, D. D.
Hastens, B. F.
Hicks, Jas. M.
Johnson, Harry
Kendall, C. F.
Kilgore, G. A.
Koehler, W. 0.
Levitt, W. T.
Loomis, Harry
Lygett, S. W.
Bianley, John W.
Morrow, John
Marshall, Ed.
McNeen, James
Miller, A. W.
Nelson, John M.
Paulsen, A. H.
Pegan, P. C.
Phillips, R.
Ranahan, C. J.
Robinson, \V. H.
Stafford, 8cott
Temmis, R.
Wood, F. D.
Wood, J. O.
Wood, J. T.
GLENWOOD LODGE No. 65.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, GARFIELD COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Thursdays in each month.}
OFFIOKBS.
Marshall H. Dean, W. M.
Fred A. Atkinson, S. W.
James M. Price, J. W.
John H. Fesler, Treas.
Wm. H. Bradt, Sec'y.
Beman, John W.
Bare ham, Frank
Clarke, Jno. M.
Clark, L. G.
Cornfortb, Henry H.
Darrow, Unas. W .
Davis, Thos. 8.
Dewitt, Marshall
Dongan, Wm.
Dorand, Chas. W.
Dynes, Ward B.
Esler, John
Evans, John
Ewing, Fred C.
Fannin?, Jno. B.
Gant, Wm.
Grenameyer, W. G.
Halletr, Henry W.
MKMBKR8.
Harris, Henry H.
Hodgis, James L.
Ireland, Thos.
Kamm, Henry R.
Lee, Chas. A.
Love, Joseph
Maltby, Wm. E.
Monroe, Frank P.
Morley. H. K.
Moulton, Geo. H.
Napier, Barnette T.
Nuckolls, Geo. H.
Parkison, W. S.
Parks, Clifford C.
Pierce. Ross C.
Pond, Samuel S.
Rees, W. H.
Rice, Geo. A.
David W. Rees, S.W.
Wm. H, Trombor, J. D.
Thos. Kendrick, S. 8.
Wm. B. Weaver, J. S.
Marcellns Monroe, Tiler.
Bitter, Jno. W\
Ross, James W.
Scott, R. P.
Schuster, Ernest
Shepherd, Frank A.
Sleeper, Ernest L.
Slobaugh, Wm. H.
Smith, August H.
Stees, Reuben
Stevenson, Archibald M.
Swan, Jos. 8.
Taughenbaugh, J. Frank
Tillery, Wilson H.
Van Seckel, Harry E.
Ward, Levi
Willetts, Frank J.
Williams, Jno. W.
Wood, Seth H.
EUEEKA LODGE No. 66.
COAL CREEK, FREMONT COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Fridays in each month.}
OFFICERS.
Alfred D. Garrett. W. M.
Benjamin Beach, 8, W.
Robert MiUiken, J. W.
Thomas Jack, Treas.
William M Bridges, Sec'y.
George Buchanan, S. D.
William Mitchell, J. D.
Philip Griffith, S. 8.
John A. Lockhead, J. 8.
Richard Husband, Tiler.
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[1894
Allan, David
Azdell, J. B.
Bald, James
Calmet, Henry
Campion, Edwin
Clarke, Nelson F.
Davis, David R.
Davie, Harry A.
Davie, Thomas C.
Donaldson, Kobert
Dorman, Edward G.
Edwards, David T.
Fieber, Richard
Garrett, Daniel X.
Guilinger, Albert
Hadden, George
Hannah, Robert B.
Harrison, Jamee
Hntton, V. A.
Irwin, JohnS.
Kelman, 8am aei C.
Killian, Harvey
Kyle, John
Lafever, Charles
Lewis, Moses E.
Lloyd, Henry
Locke, Henry
Long, John
McCart, James
McCreery, John C.
McDaniel, J. H.
McKenzie, William G.
Moore, Hiram M.
Morganstein, Max
Patterson, John A.
Pople, Roger
Powell, David
Richards, Richard H.
Robertson, John
Shortridge. John
Sleeter, Julias
Smith, Edward
Sweeney, James K.
Taylor, Charles
Thickens. John S.
Welters, J. W.
Walters. Manchester
Walton, Joseph
Warner, George S.
Wilbor, W. P.
Williams, Joseph P.
Williams, Morgan
Wilson, George
Yoang, Hugh
OASIS LODGE No. 67.
FORT MORGAN, MORGAN COUNTY.
[Communications first and second Fridays in etich month.}
OFFICERS.
John F. Arbackle, W. M.
Geo. W. Dersham, S. W.
Frank H. Anderson, J. W.
Adam M. Trout, Trees.
Joseph B. Farns worth, Sec'y.
Baldwin. L. Nelson
Barnes, Milyer E.
Barr, Geo. W.
Brewer, James H.
Brown, John E.
Bnrk, James H.
Carlson, (has. J.
Chapman, Wm. B.
Clath worthy, Win. H.
Carry, James P.
Dailey, Dempster H.
Devin. James T.
Dingman, Frank J.
MKMBKB8.
Danlap, G. A.
Gill, Mark B.
Heiskel. Tyler D.
Jones, James H.
Kinkel, Charles W.
Knearl, William
Konx, Archie
Lowe, Eugene W.
Lowe, Manley E.
Makepiece, Thos. R.
McMillan. Edson A.
Redfield, Geo. S.
Robt. M. Handy. S. D.
Nathan Lanborn, J. 1).
Horace G. Pyott. S. S.
J no. L. Haff. J. S.
Wesley W. Rickle, Tiler.
Robinson. Geo. A.
Putnam, H. M.
Scoville. C. W.
Sinton, Wra. B.
Simpson, F. Marion
Simpson, Frank L.
Simpson, Wm. 8.
Smith, James C.
Stamm, Henry
Wagner, Moses N.
Warner, Geo. W.
Wilson, A. L.
MANITOU LODGE No. 68.
MAN1TOU, EL PASO COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Fridays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Herman Lneders, W. M.
Charles M. Elerick. S. W.
Ernst M. Lotz, J. W.
Henry M. Ogilbee, Trees.
Fred S. Curti«, Seo'y.
A. B. Hutchinson, S. D.
Horace M. Ward. J. D.
Beal H. Jones, S. 8.
Homer B. Snyder, J. S.
James D. Turner, Tiler.
1894]
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Adams, Charles
Aldricn, Hudson H.
Barker, Charles W.
Cable, Hiram B.
Caldwell, Samuel C. D.
Caldwell, Samuel H.
Caetello, Frank F.
Connelly, P. Joseph
Cook, Willis L.
Curran, Edwin F.
Cryder, Clifford C.
Danhwood, Richard E.
Dillon, Michael
Downs, Allison O.
Dyer, Leonidas B.
Ellis, Edward L.
MXMBCBB.
Francisco, Henry D.
Frizzell, William
Frowine, Charles H.
Grafton, Lyman B.
Grafton,William C.
Greene, Harry F.
Greene, Joseph W.
Golden*, Henry G.
Goold, Everett E.
Hutchinson, J. Cooper
King, Pearl S.
Lam on, Day id
Leddy, Michael A.
Lewis, Albert G.
Miller, Henry F.
Nichols, Edward E., Jr.
Nichols, Edward E., Sr.
Pattinson, Benjamin W.
Poltz, Stephen M.
Kinker, John E.
Rupp, Daniel H.
Hawin, Walter D.
Shine, Eugene
Simington, John
Smith, John H.
Snider, George W.
Sterling, Daniel L.
Thompson, Thomas W.
Traesdell, H. Sherman
Wilber, John J.
Woods, Earl L.
WINDSOR LODGE No. 69.
WINDSOR, WELD COUNTY.
[Communications firat and third Tuesdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Harrison Teller, W. M.
Adam Hahn, S W.
Joseph O'Hara. J. W.
Barauel Cope, Treas.
J. H. Springer, Sec'y.
Blair, William
Bnrch, Leonard
Callerson, John N.
Dickenson. Isaac N.
Dickenson, Levi E.
Dickenson, Samuel
Dickenson, William
Emery, David P.
Fowler, Alva B.
MEMBERS.
Frye, George H.
Glick. Joe. M.
Hurt, C. F.
Kennedy, W. W.
Law, Lorenzo A.
Lay bourn, M. H.
Loveland, Revilla
Lynch, A. B.
Middleton, John T.
James McGruder, S. D.
Frank N. Briggs, J. D.
E. U. Minckwitz. 8. S.
Geo. W. Briggs, J. 8.
H.F. McNeil, Tiler.
Newell, James S.
Peterson, W. H.
Rowe, A. J.
Severance. D.E.
Thomson, Jamea W.
Toole, Charle*. S.
Welch, San I T.
Williams, W. E.
Wood, T. B.
LOGAN LODGE No. 70.
JDLESBURG, SEDGWICK COUNTY.
OFFICERS.
P.J.Gerhart, W. M.
B. M. Krompanitzkiy, S. W.
G. F. Crosby, J. W.
W. H. Wallace, Treas.
J. Brant, Sec'y.
Avery, C. S.
Fish. H. L.
Goass, J. F.
MEMBERS.
Haines, C. C.
Johnson, Chris
Liddle, Oscar
(J. B. Rteadman. S- D.
T. J. Magaire, J. D.
W. H. Ryan, Tiler.
Pratt, Chas. H.
Sweet, J. B.
Thompson, Eugene
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WRAY LODGE No. 71.
WRAY, YUMA COUNTY.
[Communication* first and third Wednesdays in each month.]
officers.
[1S94
A. J. White. W. M.
Charles £. Ware, S. W.
Thomas M. Robison, J . W.
WUliam K. Hay a, Treas.
David Sisson, Sec'y.
Bales, Elisha J.
Barber, Alfred C.
Blast, John
Boyd, James M.
Combs, Thomas
Coston, Alonzo M.
Coston, Harrison H.
Caster, George W.
Counter, James N.
Dairy m pie, John F.
Gillespie, John D.
Griffin, John A.
MKMBEBS.
Hargar, Samuel P.
Hendrie, Collier
Hendrie, Isaac F.
Hoagland, Henry C.
Horn, Albert F.
Johnson, Fred D.
Klugh, Howard
Lawver, William
McClelland, J. 8.
McKee, Henry J.
Miller, James A.
Mitchel, John C.
Harry Hendrie, B. D.
Thomas B. Groves, J. D.
James D. Jordon, 8. S.
William C. Gregaby, J. S.
Frank D. Heath, Tiler.
Mardock, Alonso D.
Mardock, Daniel A.
Nonamaker. Geo, R.
Parish, E. M.
Pettys. Walter
Piper, George C.
Rawalt, B. F.
Shnltz. Charles
Vaughn, Enos H.
Wright, Lewis T.
Zepp, Charles W.
Zepp, J. W.
GRANADA LODGE No. 72.
GRANADA, PROWERS COUNTY.
[No return*.]
MONTE VISTA LODGE No. 73.
MONTE VISTA, RIO GRANDE COUNTY.
[Communication* second and fourth Tuesday* in each month.]
OFFICERS.
W. A. Packard, W. M.
E. E. Evereole, S. W.
Grant Karr. J. W.
T. J. Armstrong, Treas.
A. R. Von Egidy, Sec'y.
Asher, W. M.
Bashor, M. E.
Blackmore, Geo. C.
Botkins, C. D.
Bushinger, J. C.
Butterfield, II . A.
Campbell, J. S.
Cole. O. V.
Collins, J. H.
Corlett, C M.
Crump, J. W.
Darnell, D. O.
Derbyshire, C. A.
Dunphy, M. L.
Edwards, E. A.
MEMBERS.
Ewing, H. B.
Galliher, H. C.
George, J B. F.
Hack, Chas.
Hunter. M. P.
Kelly, J. A.
Kerr. E E.
Kipper, J. C.
Loy, J.
Maben, J. D.
Mallett, W. H.
Merriman, C. A.
Moore, H. L.
Munroe, W. M.
Newton, T. H.
W. R. Carter, S. D.
Chas. Dailey, J. D.
R. G. Breckenridge, S. S.
L. D. Troutfetter. J. 8.
C. W. Chaney, Tiler.
Page, W. R.
Pridbam, H. E.
Sampson. G. P.
Shakespeare, C. N.
Strawn, J. C.
Stephenson, Jesse
Stroupe, E. L.
Timmons, Colin
Tosh. L O.
Wallace, R. B.
Warburton, G. S.
Watts, L. H.
Wiley. W. W.
Ydren, Chas.
1894]
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AKRON LODGE No. 74.
AKBO/*, WASHINGTON COUNTY.
[Communications first Wednesday in each month.]
Isaac N. McCae, W. M.
John F. Dole, S. W.
Charles Lewis, J. W.
Joseph J. Bender, Trees.
William B. Colvin, Hec'y.
Bagley, George
Dern, A. Jackson
Elder, Charles £.
Ferry, Richard C.
Fisher, John B.
Flanery, Charles E.
Hardy, Fred
Healey, Andrew J.
Johnson, Adam J.
Jones, William C
Kimball, Charles N.
OFFICERS.
I
MEMBERS.
King, Robert
Little, William
Middlecoff, Creed F.
Moore, John W.
Muntzinir, A a gust
Parson, Charles A.
Pendleton, Granville
Phelps, Cyras H.
Potter, Virgil A.
Schenck, William C.
Shonerd, David
Lome C. Stephenson, S. D.
John H, Geiszel, J 1).
Bnrt E. Phelps, S. S.
Wells R. Bonfoey, J. 8.
George W. Ball, Tiler.
Skelton, William T.
Smith, Frederick W.
Smytb, Charles G.
Stephana, Ithamer C.
Swarm, Francis M.
Tnttle, George I.
WilliamH, Jesse A.
Wilty, William P.
Wind, Bestel P.
Zook. Elhanon
ST. JOHN'S LODGE No. 75.
ROCKY FORD, OTERO COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Thursdays in each month.]
Geo. H. Winchell. W. M.
Edwin J. Smith, S. W.
Wm. H. McCaskill, J. W.
Adam C. Comer, Trees.
L. N\ Hendricks, Sec'y.
Badger. Milton
Beali, R. Sherman
Brown, John J.
Barson. Thos. J.
Clark, Wm. P.
Clark, Wm. H.
Denton, Wm. C.
Dr^ Bloom field U.
EUingwood, Hiram E.
Fen ton, Warren E.
Ganger, John E.
Gillette, Walter D.
Girbing, Gostav T.
OFFICERS.
MEMBERS.
Gobin, Wm. B.
Godding, John E.
Godding, Talmai F.
Gray, Aim on J.
Hendricks. Jos. M.
Huntley, Fred A.
Hyde, Elias
Kearby. Elian W.
King, Robt. L.
Matthews. Wm.
Maxwell, Geo. C.
Maxwell, Harry I.
Jos. B. Pearce, S. D.
Friend J. Effner. J. D.
Chas. Becker, S. S.
Ira D. Hale. J. S.
J as. M. Lambert, Tiler.
McDonald, Samnel A.
Nichols, Andrew
Pad field. Bnger
Potter, Hez. W.
Potter, James W.
Reynolds, ("has. A.
Rodgers, Nicholas
Rudolph, Wm. M.
Rnssell, Asahel
Steele, Wm. C.
Tonrtellotte, J. D.
Vroman, John (\
COLORADO CITY LODGE No. 76.
COLORADO CITY, EL PASO COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Thursdays in each month.]
Chas. A. Crane, W. M.
Harry Kneller, 8. W.
Chas. N. Snyder, J. W.
Cyras H Baker, Treas.
John McCoach, Sec'y.
OFFIOEBS.
John T. Zannicht, S. D.
O. B. Williams. J. D.
M. Spankowsky. 8. S.
Chas. M. Sherman. J. 8.
Alex. H. Dibble. Tiler.
332
APPENDIX.
[1894
Allen, Amos
Ascongh, Wm. D.
Baker, Joseph A
Bennett, W. G.
Beynnn, B. L.
Biers, Root.
Bollier, Chas."
Bray man, F. K.
Briscoe, H. tt.
Conditt, P. M.
Craig, Ed.
Craig, Wm.
Delaney, Jamee
Dunn, £. J.
Edwards, Thomas
Gard, J. S.
George, Alvah
George, W. A.
Godfrey, C. B.
Greenoagh, R.
Griffith, Richard
Hawks, H. S.
Heap. Finley
Hickman, Jno. J.
Humphrey, A. L.
Kerr, G. W.
Kissell, Isaac
Kline, D. C.
KnriUr.ky, Abe
Li lie, Adolph
Lincioam, Wm.
Lyne, J. 8.
Madison, F. B.
Mathews, Jas. H.
McCarthy, John
Millie, W. J.
Milton. J. H.
Murphy, Wm.
Neiswinter, Jno. W.
UliTer, D. K.
Potter, D. B.
Richards, J. L. C.
Riley, E. J.
Souther, J. H.
Smith, h rank J.
Smith, M. J. Myers
Stephen. John B.
Tyroff, A. W.
Wattermyer, Ed.
Williamson, A. A.
Wimsatt, G. W.
Wimsatt. Wayne
Wood. WV
BrRLINGKTON LODGE No. 77.
BURLINGTON, KIT CARSON COUNTY.
[ Com munications first and third Saturdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Daniel H. Jones, W. M.
Geo. B. Bent. S. W.
John A. Corliss, J. W.
J. W. Penfold, Treaa.
T. G. Price, Sec'y.
Beidelman, Samael
Camahan, David
Cooke, M. E.
Cooley, John
Godsman. P. B.
Higgins, M.
Johnson, J. P.
MEMBERS.
Jones, I. F.
Kelley, E. E.
Kramer, 8. B.
Lemiux. E. T.
Long, W. M.
Marshall, Jerrod
Meyers, Geo. W.
C. A. Gillette, S. D.
E. R. Wallace, Tiler.
O'Brien, Wm.
Patchin, W. L.
Roberts, C.
Rose, John
Baggies, A. L.
Schraeder.T. F.
Willis, J. M.
BRIGHTON LODGE No. 78.
BRIGHTON, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[ Communications second and fourth Thursdays in each month.]
E. A. Bromley, W. M.
Walter Gregory, S. W.
W. H. Ball, J. W.
D. W. Strong. Treas.
G. P. Redfield, Sec'y.
Beardsley, G. L.
Carmichael, D. F.
Dana, C. O.
Held, F. J
Hogarth, Wm.
Hubbell.S. J.
Kidder, W. C.
Lewis, T A.
Maul, Max O.
OFFICERS.
MEMBERS.
McKee, Geo.
McNeil. J. B.
Monson, T. L.
Myrick, H. O.
Parker, Fred S.
Parrish, W. W.
Pearce, II. B.
Sillatrap, P. R.
J. W. McGregor, S. W
C. S. Stewart, J. D.
J. H. Lakin, S. S.
G. A. Center. J. 8.
L. A. Stntland, Tiler.
Snider, C. D.
Springfield, J. H.
S ton p per, 8. M.
Twombley, Geo. W.
Twombley, Jno. ('.
Upton, Louis
Williams, Jos. C.
Winbonrn, T. C.
1894]
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RTCO LODGE No. 79.
RICO, DOLORES COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Tuesdays in each month.}
S. M. Ransom. W. M.
W. W. Parshall, S. W.
John Gaalt, J. W.
W. H. Doyle, Trees.
T. J. Lewis, Sec'y.
Adams, J. D.
Anderson, Cbris.
Barlow, A. J.
Barlow, Geo.
Bronghton, J. N.
Brown, Ellis
Brown, F. M.
Chinn, Richard P.
Clarke, Lewis
Dees, E. J.
Derby, W. H.
Frazear, 8. D.
Gage, J. R.
OFFICERS.
MEMBERS.
Grimes, W. W.
Habermann, Lonis
Higgins, Edward
Hockley, L. H.
Hood, A. F.
1 affereo 11, Frank W.
Kennedy, B. K.
King, W. A.
Klingender, H.
Landon, J. P.
Lichfield, A B.
McNeill, F. A.
Meyer, Bernhardt
F. R. Lewis, 8. D.
0. B Smith. J. D.
Jos. Meredith, S. 8.
W. C. Monieh, J. S.
John N. Reid, Tiler.
Middaagb, C. F.
Moriarty. F. A.
Palmer, W. J.
Pringle, H. B.
Raymond, C. B.
Rnet. A. A.
Swickhimer, David
Thompson, Julias
Tilton. J. M.
Williams, W. A.
Winkfield, J. W.
Wood, Lee 8.
RIO BLANCO LODGE No. 80.
^ MEEKER, RIO BLANCO COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month. J
F. W H. Pfeiffer, W. M.
L. B. Walbridge S. W.
W. H. Clark, J. W.
C. A. Booth, Treas
David Smith, Sec'y.
Attiz, Chas. S.
Baker, Thos.
Carver, W. B.
Coon, Marcus
Critchlow. A. B.
Eddy, H.H.
Foote, Theo.
OFFI0EB8.
MEMBERS.
lies. T. H.
Jo Hantgen, F. N.
Lyttle, Jas.
McHatton, J. L.
Mootz, Simon
Moalton, A. (J.
S. P. Wear. S. D.
I. P. Lawton, J. D.
H. A. Wildhack. 8. 8.
Richard Tovey, J. S.
H. Niblock. Tiler.
Peterson. H. C.
Pierce, Robt*nn
Sheridan, F E.
Simpson, W. E.
Watson, J. A.
Welch, W. H.
HOLYOKE LODGE No. 81.
HOLYOKE, PHILLIPS COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Friday* in each month.}
OFFICERS.
Chas. B. Timberlake, W. M.
Herbert Sutherland, S. W.
8. Z. Peck, S. W.
Frank M. Smith, Treas.
Carl B. Adair, Sec'y.
Robert A. Hoskine, S. D.
Abner B. Fleming, J. D.
Benjamin A. H osteins, 8. S.
George W. Shnler, J. 8.
Gnstav Schnmernann, Tiler.
3U
APPENDIX.
[1894
Aofdenbrink, Chas.
Blakeley, George F.
Bryant, James
Batterfield, Arthur W.
Clark, Geo. E.
Clemmone, William
Copp, Milton D. -
Dakan, Eugene S.
Donovan, Herbert L.
El lie, George R.
Gaddr, David A.
Guthrie, Ammi T.
Hatcher, John H.
Higinbotham, John
Jones, Abraham L.
Kidd, John E.
Killen, BanTl M.
McCarty, Chas. S.
McPherrin, Emmett N.
Pickett, Cassins M.
Pollock, Albert B
Post, William D.
Robinson. Wm. C.
Siverson. Martin
Slater, Chas. J.
Slater, Wm. F.
Snyder, Mahlon A.
Vemam, Thoa. C.
Yierson, Lovell S.
Waite, Ira W.
Wash, John W.
Weaver, Gade
Webster, Ralph E.
West, Asa B.
CARBONDALE LODGE No. 82.
CARBONDALE, GARFIELD COUNTY.
[ Communications fir $t and third Wednesdays in each month,]
OFFICERS.
William M. Dinkel. W. M.
William L. Girdner, 8. W.
John H. Murfitt, J. W.
Oscar Ittleson, Treas.
Silas S. Sears, Sec'y.
Anderson, Albert
Batt, William
Bennett, James N.
Brackney, Alphonso
Dnnkin, Michael
Eabanks, Samuel B.
Fields, Michael B.
FisheL Charles W.
Hill, Benjamin B.
Johnson, John F.
Lindholm. Andrew
O'Leary, Edward
James W. Campbell, S. D.
Jas. W. Zimmerman, J. D.
Charles Lehow, S. S.
James T. Dalton, J. S.
Oscar Holland, Tiler.
Phillips, George A.
Schen, Charles H.
Sonner, Jacob G.
Sweet, Frank E.
Tucker, Ward
Wickliffe, Price
BERTHOUD LODGE No. 83.
BERTHODD, LARIMER COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month.'}
OFFIOKBS.
R. M. Hubbell, W. M.
H. J. Parish. S. W.
James B. Gregg, J. W.
Wm. Clark. Treas.
Arthur F. Brown, Sec'y.
Bernard, Wm.
Bransom, W. T.
Burner, Wm. F.
('lark, Cornelius
Davis, F. Irving
Davis, Jamee M.
Eidson, Jamee L.
Ferguson, James M.
Ferguson, H. W.
MJCMBKB8.
Hallett, W. L.
Harris, Geo. M.
Hottle, W. E.
Knott, A. A.
Lee. Jamee W.
Maize, H.
Miner, Chas.
Miner, John R.
Chas. R. BlackwelL, 8. D.
Andrew Fairbairn, J. D.
Harrison K. Hankina, 8. 8.
Cornelius V. Stryker, J. S.
Wm. Eidson, Tiler.
Newell, W. T.
Osborn, D. O.
Mills, W. L.
Smoke, O. H.
Stookwell, E. J.
Thornton, John J.
Thornton, Wilber
Whowell, John W.
1894]
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TEMPLE LODGE No. 84.
DENVER, ABAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications fir »t and third Thursdays in each month. ~\
OFTICKRS.
Joseph C. Dresser, W. M.
Charles W. Everett, 8. W.
William Morgan. J. W.
Edmund B. Lee, Trees.
Cassias R. Manning, Sec'y.
Harry A. Wood worth, S. D.
George Daniel, J. D.
William A. Mo em an. 8. S.
Grant L. Moffatt. J. S.
*Thomas Linton, Tiler.
MEMBEBS.
Aggers, George L.
Agnew, Alexander
Angel 1, Frank B.
Appel, M. 8
Axtell, Thomas
Ayera, Wm. K.
Baker, Henry A.
Barker, Mat hew C.
Barney, Royal S.
Barnett. Solomon C.
Bean, Dennison D.
B«1J, Miller A.
Blair, Charles H.
Blake, Frank O.
Boice, Alvin 8.
Bovier, Charles B.
Brown, James B.
Brown, Joseph H.
Brownell. H. A. R.
Burchinell, Wm, K.
Barton, Charles H.
Campbell, Herbert R.
Carleton, J. H.
Chandler, Charles P., Jr.
Chandler, Israel G.
Clark, James L.
Clay, Ferry A.
Coffman, Hnrlbnrt B.
Colby, Charles H.
Collins, Thomas H.
Coombs, Thomas C.
Curzons, Henry E.
Davis, A. B. C.
Davis, Charles S.
Davis, Joel
Davis. William C.
Dow, Charles L.
Dow, Edgar R.
Eastman, Clyde J.
Ewald, August
Fetter, Harry H.
Forsyth, Robert B.
Foster, Ernest LeNeve
Gingrich, James M.
Goodheart, Lake
Graham, Harry C.
Graves, Clarence M.
Gray, William B.
Oris wold, William E.
Hamilton. M. Grant
Hanna, Thomas
Harrison, Felix A.
Harrison, Meyer
Harrison, Joseph H.
Hayoox, Arthur J.
Helm, Joseph C.
Heesey, William H.
Hill, Charles 8.
Holzman. Joseph
House, Bruce F.
Huntley, Fenwick W.
Jaeger, Charles
Jones, Arthur E.
Jones, George A.
Jorgensen, Albert P.
Joeephi, Simeon A.
Kamioner, Lee
Kelley, David J.
Kelly, Robert
King, Fred G.
Kohn, Howard L.
Kostitch. Stephen T.
LaBelle, Jason P.
Lawrence, Thomas H.
Lee, Henry N.
Lehman, Charles W.
Leonard, Percy A.
Lewis, Charles B.
Lewis, Henry A.
Mann, James C.
Martin, Albert G.
Martin, Harry D.
Martin, Herman H.
Martin, Ludolph P.
McCabe, Charles M.
McCoy. Lewis K.
McEniry, Thomas
McMahon, Joseph C.
Mc8heehey. Christopher E.
Mellen, Herbert F.
Metcalf, Fred A.
Morgan. Snmuel J.
Morse, Flodo D.
Moser, James H.
Myers. James N.
Newell, Benjamin F.
Owen, Adams
Perkins, Edward R.
Pierce, William R.
Radcliffe, Albert T.
Randall, Frederick H.
Rees, Rees D.
Rich, Charles E.
Ripley, Fred W.
Ross, J. Leask
Root, George H.
Rowntree, John T.
Ryder, William B.
Saloman. Adolph Z.
Savage, Herbert F.
Schmidlap, Cale D.
Schriver, J. C.
Selleck. WillardC.
Shattuck, Herbert L.
Shumway, Edmund E.
Simmonds, George
Simpson, 8am uel L.
Smith, Frank I.
Stephens. Joseph N.
Stidger, George
Taylor. Charles M.
Thomas. Frederick
Thompson, William A.
Thompson, Clinton E.
Tolles, Philo B.
Traver, Norman L.
Tyson, Robert
Van. Clay M.
VanSaun, W. S.
Vreeland. Edward
Week, Edward
Weiant, Euos T.
Weltmer, William'.F.
Williams, John C
Wilson, Eugene H.
Woods, Henry A.
Wood worth, Henry C.
Working, John C.
W7right, Frank O.
Wright, William D.
Wyatt, John J.
* Not a member.
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ACACIA LODGE No. 85.
COLORADO SPRINGS, EL PASO COUNTY.
[Communication* $econd and fourth Wednesdays in each month.]
OPFICBHS.
(\ De B. Bennett, W. M.
FredG. Banner, S. W.
Caseins E. Stabbs, J. W.
George W. Walker, Treas.
Alex J. Smith, Sec'y.
Ashby, Richard
Atkinson, James W.
Atkinson. Lyon 8.
Barnes, William K.
Beeheare, James
Beehoars. Marion C.
Briggs, George A.
Brisbin. A. B.
Cassor, Constantino
Coe. William R.
Davis, Frank P.
Dudley, (has. H.
Ellison. James M.
Evens, Chas. E.
Gaten, Howard E.
Gordon, A. M.
Green, John N.
He men way, Alvero
MKMBEBS.
Howbert, Frank W.
Hunt, Al ford H.
lmler, David H.
Jenkins, William B.
Keys, L A.
Knerr, Walter A.
Lowe, Leon P.
Maderia. Sidna P.
Maltby, S. F.
Maybary, James F.
Mayhew, Ben L.
McLean, C. H.
Miller, C. J.
Mitchell, Horace H.
Mnnson, Keuben D.
Pierce. William
Post, William (>.
Radfield, Meyer S.
Jacob E. Blair, 8. D.
Jtidson li. Friedline, J. D.
Mark G. Fristoe, 8. 8.
Qnincy J. Wellington. J. 8.
hdward H. Stewart, Tiler.
Randall, Geo. H.
Reed. John T.
Sill, Jnlins S.
Simon. Morris
Simpson, James
Smith, Frank S.
Smith, S. Ben
Steele, Wesley S.
Tnrnball. Geo. B.
Walter, Edward R.
Warren. M. F.
Will*, Henry LeB.
Willaon, Harry E.
Woods, William W.
Woodside. W. P.
Wood worth, Ira J.
Wooliey, E. S.
Zobrist, Chas. L.
HIGHLANDS LODGE No. 86.
HIGHLANDS, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Fridays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Allison Stocker, W. M.
Theodore H. Thomas, S. W.
Franklin P. Mannix. J. W.
Robert H. Kooken, Treas.
Edwin H. Snyder, Sec'y.
Armstrong, G. A.
Benson. B. S.
Berry, H. E.
Booth, William W.
Boyd, James H.
Bradford. Thomas C.
Brines, William E.
Brooks, George W.
Carbaugh. John H.
Crose. Inaac C
Dunn, Elmer E.
Ebbs. Edward 8.
Farrell. P^ter.
Gosfl. Willnrd F.
Griffith, Edward M.
Gatahall, Samuel P.
Harbour, Benj. A.
Heckert. Alfred
Hersey, Henry J.
HKMBER8.
Hnssey, Walter C.
Jackson, Manetho C. •
Kellogg, Chas. M.
Kennedy, Silas S.
Kent. Edwin A.
Lee, David K.
Lewis, Geo. F.
McKinney, William C.
Miner, Henry J.
Mullen, H. L.
Neil, J. N.
North rap, George 0.
Ochiltree, Hugh
Palmer, Fairfield M.
Parks, James
Petrie. Harry
Pucketf, Wm. J.
Rabb. E. M.
Alderaon A. Blakley, S. D.
Harry A. Beard, J. D.
Robert R. Davidson, 8. S.
William O. Vinacke, J. S.
Marshall Smith, Tiler.
Rhoads, Justin M.
Russell, J. J.
Secor, Louis
Shannon, John M.
Shaw, Richard L.
Sonrs, Paul J.
Stevens, Geo. C.
Stewart, Harvey
Stone, John
Stabbs, Joseph L.
WTarren, Alfred H.
Wilson, Carson B.
Woodbnry, Roeer W.
Wood, Lnther H
Wygant, L. H., Jr.
Wygant, T. H.. Jr.
Yankee, William H.
Zell. J. F.
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OEIENTAL LODGE No. 87.
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communication$ first and third Wednesdays in each month.]
OFFIOEBS.
Jerome A. Vickers. W. M.
D. Arthur Barton, 8. W.
William F. Larimer,J. W.
William B. Trufant, Treas.
James P. Evans, Sec'y.
Ed. 6. Arnold, 8. D.
Jamee Harry Carson, J. D.
Fred W. Parks, 8. S.
Thomas W. Jones. J. S.
•Thomas Linton. Tiler.
Ackerman, William ,8.
Andrews, Lyman E.
Armstrong, Edward H.
Armstrong, Jesse M.
Arthur, Edwin F.
Arthur, James L.
Atkins. William 8.
Atwood, George N.
Bacon, Asa M
Barnes, John D.
Bartels, Gn stave C.
Bartlett, Frank D.
Berry, George T.
Bette, William A.
Bisbee, Lncian H.
Black, G. Melville
Blood, James H.
Rohm, Henry
Bonney, Sherman G.
Bo wen, William C.
Mriggs, Kiswell E.
Bristol. Harlan P.
Brown, Charles E.
Burns. John J.
Campbell, Jndson G.
Chamberlin, Alphia W„
Chamberlin, Frederick J.
Chase, John
Coe, Earl B.
Coe, Fred. E.
Coe, William H.
Cole, E. Merritt
Darby, Samuel E.
De Manure. Frank M.
Dixon, John L.
Dobbins, Samuel 8.
Drink warer, John H.
Elliott, Victor A.
English. Robert W.
Estes, Milton
Feldhauser, Philip
Ferguson, Archibald
Fife, Thomas L.
MEMBERS.
FiU more, John 8.
Fischer, Ferdinand C.
Freeman, William R.
Glendinning, John G.
Glenn, Willis G.
Gravett, John A.
Gray, Horace A.
Grimsh aw, Samuel B.
Grissom, Eugene
Hangs, Frank J.
Hays, Samuel D. C.
Heath, Andrew B.
Henry, Oren M.
Herres, Otto
Herrington, Carr E.
Hill, George H.
Hinman, William H.
Holmes, A. Mansfield
Hughes, Josiah
Josselyn, Binage
Kellogg, George ('.
Kramer, George W.
Kroning. George R.
Kreige, John H.
Lamping, Quimby W.
Lawrence, David
Lawrence, Mortimer J.
Lawrence, M. Lyman
Lehman, Edward W.
Leraen, Lewis E
Levering, Frank D.
Lewis, Verne*A.
Li verm an, Abraham E.
Lyman, Charles B.
Macon, William P.
Malone. Booth M.
Manly, George C.
Marean, Willis A.
Martin, Melal ('.
Mayo, Dudlev D.
McFarland, Finlay L.
McParlane, John
McGaffey, Albert B.
Millett, Nelson
Mills, William F R.
Morrison, William B.
Murphy, Edward R.
Niokerson, William M.
Oliver, Adam N.
Owen, William R.
Patterson, Edward G.
Pead, John W.
Pearson, Robert N.
Pillsbury. Charles H. L.
Pullen, Charles R.
Randolph, John A.
Reynolds, Charles H.
Rogers, Charles A.
Ruble, Robert 8.
Sage, Charles H.
Schrader, Frederick C.
Schroter, Sidney H.
Shattuc, Smith M.
Smutzer, Frederick C.
Smylie, Frank W.
Snead. Russell H.
Sneve, Anthony
Standart, Frederick W.
Taisey, Charles H.
Thompson, Robert D.
Treen, Rupert De G.
Tucker, Francis M.
Vallery, George W.
Varian, E. Philip
Vickers, Frank C.
Vick Roy, Alonzo F.
Vick Roy, Joseph J.
Van Culm, Trabue
Warner. Marve E.
Wieet, Newton
Willson, Fred. J.
Wise. Charles E.
Woodbury, Thornton
Wright, George F.
Wright, John C.
♦Not a member.
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YAMPA LODGE No. 88.
CRAIG, ROUTT COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Mondays in each month.]
C. A. Seymour, W. M.
J. L. Tower, 8. W.
C. A. Ranney, J. W.
Charles Pfeiffer, Treas.
J. D. Tower, Sec'y.
Breeze, Louis H.
Darnall, James M.
Darnall, John F.
OFFICERS.
MKMBKB8.
Johnson, Matt.
Kitchen, Henry M.
Banney, Frank B.
E. B. Darnell, S. D.
A. M. Kanney. J. D.
W. F. Teagarden, S. S.
T. A. Forkner. J. S.
R. H. Green. Tiler.
StewarVWiUiam D.
Taylor, William
Whetstone, James 11.
TEINIDAD LODGE No. 89.
TRINIDAD. LAB ANIMAS CODNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Tuesday 8 in each month.]
OFFICERS.
♦Wm. V. Stevens, W. M.
John A. Espey. S. W.
Leo R. Gottlieb, J. W.
Richard A. Greenfield, Treas.
Win. P. Swain, Sec'y>
Baker, Orin M.
Barr, Henry 8.
Brown, Cecil W.
Brown, J. J.
Ballen, Chas. E.
Barkhard, Jno. M.
Bush, Robt. A.
Durden. Jas. E.
East, Edward
Erickson, Peter
Fox, John
Fritz, Charles
Funk, O. H.
Gittane, R. G.
Grove, Harry F.
Heage, 8. Walker
Hershey, John B.
MBMBKR8.
Hill, Albert J.
Hincelspach, Jas.
Johnson, Geo. P.
Jones, Daniel
Keeney, Wm. S.
Keuver, Chris. C.
King, H. W.
Lamb, Jas. L.
Linthurst. Jno. F.
Lueeley, Reuben C.
Miller, Chas. H.
Moore. C. A.
Nash, Fred. B.
Nelms, N. W.
Newcomb, J. R.
Nichols, Jas. W.
Wm. J. Dougherty ,8. D.
Wm. D. Culley, J. D.
Carlos H. Blake, 8. S.
Robt. J. Still well. J. 8.
Wm. B. Smith, Tiler.
Rhodes, Chas. F.
Roberts, Lorin H.
Rust, Wm. C.
Schuyler, Sam'l H.
Sheeping, Jas. M.
Sneddon, Alex.
Snyder. Dan'l R.
Sugarman, Emanuel
Thompson, Wm.
Wade, Lorin E.
Wake, Fred. A.
Wallace, Jas. E.
White. Dan'l T.
Wolcott. Ray B.
Wood, Frank R.
Wooding, Benj.
LAMAR LODGE No. 90.
LAMAR, PROWERS COUNTY.
[Communications first and third Saturdays in each month.]
OFFICERS.
Peter 8. Lynch, W. M.
Clemens B. Thoman, S. W.
Frank J. Holmes. J. W.
Welly C. Gould, Treas.
James B. Traxler, Sec'y.
Chas. C. Hnddleston.S, D.
Elwood E. Pike, J. D.
Benj. B. Brown, S. 8.
John A. McDowelLJ. S.
Charles G. Lynch, Tiler.
♦ Died June 10, 1891.
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Bent, Alfred E.
Cade, William E.
Ford, Charles D.
Goodale, Charles C.
Hall, T. M.
Hntchins, Lewis J.
Johnston, William J.
Daniel
MEMBERS.
Kornman, Andrew
Marker, David C.
Marker, J. Will
Mark ham, L. Wirt
Markham, William C.
McMillen, Perry
Parrish, Amos N.
Seeberger, Emil F.
Silver, David L.
Strain, Morton
Taylor, William I.
Underwood, Morton J.
Vanorsdale, Uriah H.
Vernon, William A.
Woodcock, James A.
LAFAYETTE LODGE No. 91.
LAFAYETTE, BODLDEB COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month.]
OFFI0SB8.
John M. Van Deren, W. M.
Onstave W. Range, S. W.
Wm. O. Van Etten, J. W.
Wm. N. Hathaway, Treas.
John Carathers, 8ec'y.
Beaamond, William
Bottinneld, Chirch S.
Carosew, Willard J.
Evans, Charles
Fisher, John B.
MEMBKBB.
Foreman, Frank E.
Holmes. J. Newton
Jones, Joseph D.
Lawson, Nelson
Paige, Thomas C.
Thomas O. Smith, 8. D.
Thomas M. Knill, J. D.
James Simpson, S. S.
Aognst Beam, J. S.
Wm. D. Jenkins, Tiler.
Simpson, John H.
Simpson, Joseph
Thompson, John C.
Williams, Charles C.
Wood, Septimus R.
V
ROB MORRIS LODGE No. 92.
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Mondays in each month.]
OFFICEH8.
Edward F. Hoffman. W. M.
Emil H. Selbach, S. W.
Thomas N. Worth, J W.
John T. Phillips, Treas.
Albert L. Stack, Sec'y.
Alter, Joseph H.
Armstrong. John K.
Barklow, Edward D.
Beldon. William
Boganwright, Samuel C.
Brogley, .Joseph F.
Brace, Robert
Carlson, John
Carrow. Panl H.
Cary, George N.
Davis, James M.
Davison, John A.
Donglass, Joseph S.
Dnggan, Thomas H.
Ensign, John F.
MEMBERS.
Epler, Isaac W.
Fischer, Max
Fulton, John C.
Gilchrist, Harry S.
Gray, Benjamin
Hamilton, George T.
Higson, James
Holder, Harry C.
JenkinB. Clinton L.
Keech. Payton J.
Rest hard, Daniel B.
Little. Adbert L.
Martin, Charles
Martin, Thaddeas H.
Moline, Gas
William S. Ammon, S. D.
Clarence L. Cheney, J. D.
J as. B. Moalton,S. S.
William R. Bell, J. S.
William H. Perry, Tiler.
Mandell, William
Murphy, Daniel M.
Peuder, Jacob T.
Powell, William T.
Sherwood, Willis A.
Slack, Howard W.
Snapp, Louis N.
Stabler, Ellsberry
Stoneburner Abraham
Swanney, John
Watkins, Charles H.
Watkins William
Winslow, William S.
Vick Roy, Lacien B.
Young, Adni A.
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SOUTH DENVER LODGE No. 93.
DENVER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
[Communications first and second Tuesdays in each month. ]
officers.
Isom S. Elrod, W. M.
Axel W. Bosh. 8. W.
William M. Williams, J. W.
Geo. E. Tack, Trent.
Edward W. Warren, Sec'y.
Annand, James
Austin, Martin M.
Baboock, John 8.
Brown, John Q.
Barrows, Robert H.
Chandler. Phillip N.
Cinnamond, David
Crawford, James W.
Dey, Williaford
Elliott, Marvin M.
Gardiner, Herbert L.
Given, Harrison H.
MEMBERS.
Gamliok, August J.
Hart, August S.
Hartman, John
Hervey, Sylvanus O.
Hoadley, Benjamin B.
Horn, W. F.
Johnson, Charles D.
Milligan, Willard M.
Minor, Jerry
Moore, Warren W.
Manson, J. E.
Pearrall, James A.
William T. Harris. S. D.
Frank H. Raymond, J. D.
Frank V. Rum, S. S.
OtisM. Farwell. J. S.
Moses Stone, Tiler.
Peterson, Peter T.
Pratt. George W.
Richardson, Orlando W.
Robinson, Edward W.
Root. Matt R.
Simington, George
Soetje, Edward W.
Sweet, Fred 8.
Thorpe, John T.
Weaver. Geo. W.
Webb, John
Vote, Gas E.
AMETHYST LODGE No. 94.
CREEDE, MINERAL COUNTY.
[Communication* every Saturday in each month.}
M. P. McArthar, W. M.
Frank Shimer, S. W.
W. C. Wescotr, J. W.
W. H. Spurgeon, Treas.
George W. Kobn, Sec'y.
Allen by, Henry
Atkinson. John A.
Beer, Nimrod F.
Boyle, Walter U.
Covert, Washington I.
Edwards, John H.
Hall, Clarence D.
OFFICERS.
MEMBERS.
Hendricks, Robert E.
Hoevall, Anton
Hall, John fi.
Irwin, Richard
Morrison. C. M.
Sharpe, Thomas
Simpson, Alexander N.
Thornton H. Thomas, S. D.
Orpha B. Todd, J. D.
Finly F razee, 8. 8.
Edward Higgin.J. 8.
B. C. Newlove, Tiler.
Smith, Curtis J.
Smith, Geo. K.
Soper, Robt. B.
Soathey, Geo.
Whitehead. A. H.
Withrow, J. W.
SILVER STATE LODGE No. 95.
PUEBLO, PUEBLO COUNTY.
[Communications second and fourth Thursdays in each month.'}
OFFICERS.
G. W. Roe, W. M.
John J. Willard, 8. W.
('has W. Willett, J. W.
D. R. Green. Treas.
A. Jackson, Sec'y.
E. W. Hathaway ,8. D.
J. M. Meales, J. D.
A. P. Nilee, S. 8.
Cbas. A. Lannon, J. S.
♦James Stanchfleld, Tiler.
♦Not a member.
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Algo, James
Aleman, W H.
Baldwin, W. A.
Barns, Robert
Gasslett, Walter
Chamberlain, I. D.
Crompton, Edwin
Dabeon, H. V.
Davenport, G. E.
Davis, U. S.
Ellis, R.W.
Fraser, W. G.
French, M. C.
Gordon, H. C.
Grlswald. H. L.
MKMBKB8.
Hilt L. P.
Hopkins, James
Hubbell, E. E.
Hughes, James
Hngo, C. V.
Jackson, E. M.
Kennon. J. W.
Knmnell^p. P.
Lawson, W. M.
Lewis, John
Low, J. H* H.
Lace, E. H.
Latton, Lake
McGregor, Alex.
McGrath, Miles
Morgan, James
Park, Andrew
Patrick, Geo. F.
Soaokenbash, R. M.
eece.C.W.
Rice, C. O.
Rashmer, G. A.
8age, F. E.
Hchropp. W. H.
Singer, Frank
Smith, L. W.
Stewart, A. T.
Thompson, A. K.
Wilson, Ben. M.
Zimmermann, W. M.
MT. PISGAH LODGE No. 96.
CRIPPLE CREEK, EL PASQ COUNTY.
[Communications first and second Thursday* in each month.]
OFFICERS.
W. 8. Montgomery, W. M.
Frank P. Moolton, S. W.
R. P. Davie, J. W.
J. C. McCoy, Treas.
D. S. Hall. Sec'y.
Alared,J.W.
Anderson, W. H.
Asbory, J. W.
Bray, W. A.
Barton, J. Knox
Davis, A. J.
Davis, Robert
Doagherty, John
Doyle, J. A.
Harris, W. H.
Hettig, Peter
Hills, Victor G.
Isham, Edward
Keith, Chas.
Kelley, J. A.
Kelley, J. G.
Martin, Green
Millen.Wm.
Neal, J. S.
Opp, George
Porges. 8.
Rid path, Charles
Geo. P. Brewster. S. D.
H. L. Shepherd. J. D.
Will Helm, S. S.
H. F. Hardee, J. 8.
Ellis Serjeant. Tiler.
Shaver, Geo. G.
Smith, J. F.
Stanley, J. M.
Stover, 8. C.
Tomlinson, I. B., Jr.
Trevarro, E. J.
Trevarro, Wm.
Whiting. J. A.
Wilson, Hiram
Wilson, J. H.
CHARTERED IN 1894.
FREMONT LODGE No. 97.
FLORENCE, FREMONT COUNTY.
Dispensation issued March 27, 1894.
James Wilson Rambo, W. M., from Olive Branch Lodge No. 32, Saguache,
Colorado. Does paid to November 1, 1894.
John Calvin McCreery, S. W., from Eureka Lodge No. 66, Coal Creak,
Colorado. Dues paid to September 18, 1894.
Moses E. Lewis, J. W., from Eureka Lodge No. 66, Coal Creek, Colorado
Dues paid to September 18, 1894.
Delbert Adolphus Jack, from Bentonsport Lodge No. 47, Bentonsport, Iowa.
Dimit dated January 4, 1894.
Albert Guilinger, from Eureka Lodge No. 66, Coal Creek, Colorado. Does
paid to September 18, 1894.
John Stephen Irwin, from Eureka Lodge No. 66, Coal Creek, Colorado. Does
paid to September 18, 1894.
John A. Patterson, from Eureka Lodge No. 66, Coal Creek, Colorado. Does
paid to September IS, 1894.
Edward Grant Dorman, from Eureka Lodge No. 66, Coal Creek, Colorado*
Does paid to September 18. 1894.
Samuel Henry Kirkbride, from Chama Lodge No. 17, Chama, New Mexico.
Dimit dated February 1, 1894.
Hiram N. Moore, from Eureka Lodge No. 66, Coal Creek, Colorado. Dues
paid to September 26, 1894.
James Henry Mc Daniel, from Eureka Lodge No. 66, Coal Creek, Colorado.
Dues paid to September 18, 1894.
Nelson Fremont Clark, from Eureka Lodge No. 66, Coal Creek, Colorado.
Dues paid to September 18, 1894.
William P. Hawkins, from Mount Moriah Lodge No, 15, Canon City,
Colorado. Dimit dated February 20, 1886.
Charier granted September 10, 1894, to all the above except Edward Orant Dorman,
with
James Wilson Rambo, W. M.,
John Carlin McCreery, S. W.,
Moses E. Lewis, J. W. and
Edwin Fletcher Jack, Clarence Watkins,
John Benjamin Hall Deriok, Frank Keller,
James Sylvester Watts, William Joseph Daniels,
Raited while working under dispensation, and to
Thomas Henry Bed well, from Nodaway Lodge, No. 140, Clarinda, Iowa
Dimit dated March 20, 1891.
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Baxter, William
McCurdy, A. M
Clemens, Ricnard
Nichols, William
Boggs, Jamee B...
Williams, Edward 8.
Custance, Harry B
Lee, John A
Turner, Henry A
Davis, Flavins N
Jacobs, Benjamin W
Neill, Edward
Hardie, John F
Greenfield, Enne
Barrett, George W
Lawton, Frederick
Packard, John H
Farnnm, 8. Vincent
Carr, Harry L
McBeth, John A
Richardson, Cyras G
Newell. Harris W..._
Hancock, William
Forstrand, Peter M
Dillon, Chester H
Tucker, B. St. George
Guilford, E L
Harris, Meyer
Rhyno, Norman
Turner, Charles
McNiel, Charles
Hildretb, John L
Urmy, D. F _..
Beach, David
McPherson, John...
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Wyman, George B
Morse, Sullivan
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February 18,1894
August 15, 1894
December 8,1893
December 15. 1893
May 20, 1894
February 19,1894
June 22, 1894
July 27, 1894
August 28, 1894
November 18, 1893
August 22, 1894
346
©m? SvaUvnal fP*afr+
HAMS
Sheldon, Marcel! as..
Breen, M
Kinsey, J. L
Allen, Cyras
Milner. William G..__
Lenhopf, John
Halter, Nicholas E...
Mercer, James E.
Hake, George
Walters, Frank
High tree, John W..._
HawleytT. A
Streamer, F. M
Hall, George W
Plumb, S. J
Bernheimer, Jacob
Mobley, Richard D...
Jennings, D. F
Stevens, C. C
Krapf, Martin V.
Brown, J. Lewis
Yoang, Jacob
Hill, George Wallace
Boss. O. P
Backus, J. J
Marks, W.H
Blaohly, Andrew T. . ..
St. Clair, Frank P....
Balfoor, CM.
Fisk, Franklin K
Pack, John C
Robinson, Stoton A._
Beaton, Thomas J.._.
Chandler, H. C.
Jordan, John
Horaans, William H..
Steel, Ned
Dangherty, Eugene ..
Piatt, James H
Brazzil,C. C
Stevens, William V...
Butler, George W
Walker, Charles
DATS
Aagost 8, 1894
Angaet 14, 1894
May 29, 1894
• — _ •
Jaly 1, 1894
November 9,1898
October 3, 1893
November 9,1808
September 1, 1893
January 4, 1894
March
Jaly
August
March
26,1894
15,1894
10, 1894
24,1894
December 24, 1898
October
July
November
December
Jane
September
April
May
Jane
September
November
December
April
Jane
October
May
September
March
August
November
July
August
April
Jane
April
August
10,1898
... 1894
8.1894
15, 1898
5,1893
2,1894
30,1893
18,1894
13,1894
15. 1894
7,1898
22,1893
18, 1898
11,1894
29. 1894
5, 1893
17,1894
2, 1893
22,1894
19, 1893
11. 1893
8,1894
13. 1894
5,1894
10,1894
19,1894
9,1894
347
1
348
APPENDIX.
[1894
REINSTATED.
NAMX
Lyon, Cyras A
McCrackeii . Edwin H.
Burke, Thomas F
Harp, William R
Ashley, John K
Battolph, Edwin K
Middaagb, W. H
Rogers. Edm and J. A.
Craig, William B
Routt, John L
Franklin, Nelson
Lyon, Alva H
Schneider, C. P
Young, T. Trimble
Weiner, John A
Pedley, George
Urney, D. F
Lay bourn, George S...
Thompson, D. G
McGregor, Danoan
Cruse, James
Kurtz, James W.
Katcliff.W.H
Beeson, William W
McLeod, James J
Conwell. C. H
Nevitt, Robert H
Camming*, P. L
Alber.A.F
Morgan, L. W
Record, 8anf ord P
Petrie, Jerome B
Clement, H. W
Vierson, Lovell 8.
LODOK
1
DATE
4
Jane 23, 1894
5
November 24. 1393
5
January 2t»T 1894
5
July 21, 1894
5
August 4, 1894
7
September 9,1888
7
December 9, 1*«S
7
December 9,1893
7
January 13,1894
7
August 11. 1894
7
August 25, 1894
12
July 28, 1894
13
September 8, 1894
18
April 27,1894
14
September 6, 1894
July 7, 1894
15
17
December 11, 18BS
19
Jane 20, 1894
28
September 11, 1898
SI
April 5, 1894
.H4
September 1.1898
36
December 19,1898
SH
April 36,1394
89
January 9, 1894
89
July 31, 1894
November 7.1898
42
46
Jane 21, 1894
47
April 7, 1894
47
April 7, 1894
49
February 8, 1894
55
May 3,1*94
69
February 17,1894
77
August 18. 1894
81
March 8, 1894
1894]
APPENDIX.
349
DIMITTED.
NAM!
Hyndenan, Mark B
Barton, George
Steademan, Theodore..
McCracken. Edwin H...
Dorsey, George D
Haynes, Daniel J
McCarthy, Edward
Johnson, David
Ashley, John K
Williamson, Walter W.
Richards, Joseph
Swain, Wilson 8
Cable, George R.
Middangh, W. H
Craig, Wm. Bayard
Hallows, Job W
Wire. Frank A
Armstrong, John K
Campbell, T. A
Donnelian, John T
Fleming, James A
Hinkley, William W.._.
Potter, Horace
Sheridan. John W.
Rnst, William It
Foster, E. Le Neve
Schneider, Carl F
Brewster, George P
Davie. Robert P.
Kiefer, An gnat us R.....
Mooney, Volney P.
Perault, A. J
French, Melvin C
Mann, John H
St abbe, Joseph
Young, T. Trimble
Wimer, John A
Dudley, George E
Shaver. George
Coetlett. Walter
McGrath, Miles
Davenport, Charles E...
Hughes, James
Roe, George W
Oliver John Y
Adair, George W ,
Reed. A R
Young, Lewis 8
I/Ay bourn. George 8....
Hinkley, C. B
Southard, Samuel H....
Phillips, Thomas
Bardill, C
Hanney, L. B
Hardy, John D
Montgomery. J* H.
Polhill, Mark
Stevenson, Charles H...
Gibson, W.T.C
Shideler. Gabriel
Middaugh , Asa F
Thomas, Charles W
Jenkins. Tilmon
Locher, Edward 0 ,
LODGE
DATE
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
I
7
7
7
11
12
13
18
IS
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
17
19
20
20
20
23
23
20
26
27
27
28
29
29
29
29
30
February 10.1894
November 18, 1893
December 16. 1893
i December 16, 189:)
! January 20, 1894
March 17. 1894
June 2, 1*94
Joiy 17, 1894
Augnst 18, 1894
Anffust 18, 1894
March 15, 1*94
April l, 1894
September 9, 1893
December 9,1893
December 9, 1898
December 9. 1893
January 27. 1894
Septembers, 1893
February 24, 1894
February 21. 1894
July 28, 1894
Joly 28, 1894
June 9. 1X94
March 24. 1*94
June 28, 1894
January 27, 1894
September 22, 1893
September 22, 181*3
September 22. 1898
January 26, 1894
January 26. 1894
January 26. 1894
February 23, 1894
April 27. 1894
April 27, 1894
May 11, 1894
September 23. 1893
October 9. 1893
September 20, 1893
October 21, 1893
October 21, 1898
October 21, 1893
October 21, 1898
Oetober 21, 1893
December 16, 1893
April 7, 1894
June 16, 1894
Amrnet 13, 1894
July 4, 1894
January 12, 1894
November 24. 1893
December 22, 1?*93
June 16, 1894
June 2, 1894
Jnly 18, 1894
March 21, 1894
November 4, 1893
Jul* 20. 1894
May 15, 1894
September 20, 1893
October 4. 1893
December 20, 1843
January 17, 1894
February 17, 1894
350
APPENDIX.
[1894
DIMITTED.— Continued.
MAMS
LODOK
DATS
Sailsbury, George
Barton, J. Knox
Hathaway, E. W
Hills, Victor G
Harwood, William...
Mead, Robert A
McGregor, Duncan...
Bronangh. W. A
Covert, W. I
Spurgeon, W. H
Kialingbury, S
Vrazier, CM
Crnse, James
Dexter, James V
Watson, H. A.
Trevorrow, William . .
Trevorrow, Edwin J.
Barber, George S
Farnan, W'm. N ,
Adams, B. C
Coppinger, Mark
Olney, Henry 0
Wilson, Peter...
Kiathard, Daniel
Fischer, Max
Meuscbke, Edward..
Davis, Charles
Davis, D.T
McDonald, A. L
Helen, Asher
Collins, J. W
Bryant, Charles E.
Bloodworth, Edward
Olsen, Lonis
Andrews, L. E ,
Camp, Dan W
Clucfcner. A. B
Wilber. Walter B.__.
Morgan, L. W
Hessey, W. W
McCarsey, Charles...
Biabee, L. H
Hilton, Charles T
Hicks, Stephen
Southy, George
Wea ver, David A
Chambers, WTalter V.
Killen, J. E
Fanst, Thomas
Courtney. George L..
Guttery, John A
Ostenson, Olin E
Carpenter, C. M
Woods, J. T
Temple, Georee W.. .
Pool. J»M»eph P ..
Davis, Benjamin L. .
De Pose. William K..
Petri e, Jerome B
Stone, Louis A
r.innamond, David..
Wooster. W. G
Blaine, J. E
Cassil, Austin A
90
81
31
31
31
31
31
82
32
32
33
33
34
85
35
35
35
37
37
38
39
39
89
41
41
41
42
42
42
43
44
44
44
45
45
46
49
49
49
49
50
51
51
51
51
53
53
54
54
55
55
55
57
57
58
58
58
59
59
60
61
61
61
62
May 5, 1891
September 20, 1398
September 20. 1898
Septero ber 20, 1898
January 4, 1894
February 15,1894
April 5, 1*94
September 23. 1883
September 20, 1893
September 20, 1883
March 3, 1894
August 4. 1894
January 12, 1894
November 26, 1893
November 3. 1898
December 3, 1898
January 13, 1894
November 4,1898
July 21. Ib94
April 19, 1*4
February 27.1894
January 23,1894
December 27, 189*
September 20. 1893
September 20. 1898
March 9. 1*94
October 3, 1893
October 17. 1893
August 7. 1894
December 18, 1893
February 1, 1894
April 13, 1894
January 7, 1892
November 8,1893
March 28, 1894
December 7, 1883
June 28, 1894
July M. 1894
April 12, 1894
January 11. 1894
May
June
2,1894
8,1894
September 20, 1893
March 9, 1894
September 20, 1898
January 11. 1894
February 22.1894
January 2, 1894
March 20, 1894
January 4. 1894
February 1. 1894
February 1, 1894
April 28, 1894
December 22, 1898
October 10. 1893
December 5, 1893
July 3, 1894
October 7. 1893
February 17,1894
June 14, 1894
September 20, 1893
December 18, 1898
March 5. 1894
February 26. IW
1894]
APPENDIX.
351
DIMITTED.— Continued.
NAME
McConnell. Charles E..
Stough, George A.
Marsh, John C
McNeil. F. A
Sella, Peter
Arnold, Grant
Cahoon, Graham
Beatty, F. B
Rice, A. A _.
Parsons. Charles A....
Brown, Walter T
Bmick. Uriah H
Rodger*. Charles S
Baker, George W.
Weills. John C. 8
Grafton, Homer H
Clapper, Marion
Borne, Richard £
Smith, Rankin
Hart, Lester W
Miller, Leroy L _
Jones, Thomas E
Wilcox, A.N
Norman, C. H
Clement. H. W
Ogden, W. N.
Thompson, F. L
Kennedy, A. E
Blair, Robert R
Wartenbee. Edgar
Bean, Marshall H
Crane. F. A
Aid worth, Aaron C
Condit, E. C
Jadd, William J
Kelley. James A
Levering, Frank H....
Mozoe, William T
Furman, Henry W
Freeman, Edward L...
Smith, Arthnr H
Williams, Elmer E.__.
Dowden. S. M
Roes. Frank H
Carroll. J. M
Oompton, Jesse M
Hilton, Charles T
Bacon, John W
Gwynn, J. W
LODGE
63
63
63
63
64
65
65
65
65
67
67
68
68
68
68
68
70
71
71
74
74
76
77
77
77
78
79
79
81
81
82
83
84
84
84
84
84
86
87
87
87
87
88
89
89
91
92
93
95
DATE
January 2, 1S94
January 2, 1894
January 2, 1891
December 19, 1893
February 13, 1894
November 2.1893
January 18, 1894
March
March
January
May
.15, 1894
15, 1894
19,1894
4. J894
September 1, 1893
January 19, 1894
April
Jane
July
December
January
May
May
January
October
April
August
August
April
6,1894
1,1894
6.1894
8,1893
3,1894
16,1894
2.1894
3, 1894
19,1*93
7,1894
18, 1894
18. 1894
26,1894
December 26, 1893
December 26. 1893
January 19, 1894
December 15, 1893
November 1,1893
November 2\ 1898
April
June
June
July
October
April
October
19, 1894
7,1894
7, 1894
5, 1894
19, 1893
20,1894
4,1893
November 15, 1893
November 15, 1893
June 6, 1894
April 16. 1894
July 10, 1894
November 14, 1893
September 9,1893
April 9, 1894
January 2, 1894
July 24, 1894
352
APPENDIX.
[1894
SUSPENDED.
NAME
LODGE
Almond, F. W
Brown, W. H
Hen jam in, J. E
Clough, Aaron
Cooper, George C.
Stanger, John 8
Heabe, John E
Connor, James T
Detloff, August
Kinney, William
McKee, Enoch W
McKee, Herbert R. . .
McConauichy, George
Miner, William G. —
Meikle, William
Norlin , Ernest W
Nevatt, Isaac
Oswald, Daniel C
Priess, Charles
Porter, William J
Ridley. William
Barton, Archie A
Butcher, James
Bracken, Thomas
Carney, John C
Davis, A. W
Dietz. Henry
Dodge, James E.
Lawrence, E. S. W. ..
Muckler, Fred H
N en bit, James C
Parkhnrst, L. W
Perry, George J
Pochln, Joseph L. ...
Reeoe. W. 8
Scott, Wm. R
Spilman, B. F
Tanquary, N. Q..
Wallace, John T
Wise, John D
Jeffrey, Richard
Cross, Charles M
Battey, Samuel W
Battey, Francis R. ...
Barkley, Frank
Bnrke. Richard
Davis, Charles F
Rtol brand, Vassa E. ..
Watrons, Ansel
Pe term an, Romeo C.
Yoang, John W
Harlbutt, H. H
Croker, Michael
Jackson, James T
Day, James S
Lane. Geo. A
Osborn, E. W
Ravage, W. J
Jones, J. 8.
Wilber, Charles
N«*bit,E. F
O'Reilley, H. T
Ullerick,G. W
Schaefer, Charles —
DATE
1
August
1
Aogui-t
1
August
1
Augubt
'1
AUKUSt
1
August
5
June
5
June
5
June
5
June
5
June
5
June
5
June
5
June
5
June
5
June
5
June
5
June
a
June
5
June
5
June
5
June
5
July
7
July
7
July
7
An gust-
7
August
7
July
7
July
7
July
7
July
7 .
August
7
July
7
July
7
July
7
July
7
August
7
July
7
July
7
July
11
August
15
April
19
November
19
November
19
November
19
December
19
May
19
November
19
May
19
December
19
November
22
August
27
August
27
August
28
August
28
August
28
August
28
August
28
August
28
August
28
August
28
August
28
August
84
December
6,1894
6,1891
6,1894
6,1894
6,1894
6,1894
2.1894
2, 18.-4
2,1894
2,1894
2,1894
2,1894
2,1894
2,1894
2,1894
2,1894
2, 1894
2,1894
2,1894
2,1*94
2.1894
2,1894
27. 1894
14,1891
14, 18*4
11,1894
11,1894
14.1894
14, 1894
14.1894
14, 1S94
11, UW
14, 1894
14,1894
14.1893
14.1894
11, 1894
14,1894
14,1894
14,1894
23,1894
21.1894
15,1894
15.1894
15,1894
6,1894
2,1894
15, 189S
2.1894
6, 189S
15, 1893
18,1894
18,1894
18,1894
21,1894
21.1894
21.1894
21,1894
21, V9&
21,1894
21, 1894
21,1894
21.1894
12.1893
1894]
APPENDIX.
853
SUSPENDED.— Continued.
MAMK
Ralph, F. A
McKenna/T. J
Beam, T. L
Bessey, Charles
Caley, Byron A
Campbell, M. D
Dalton, B. P
Eraser, William
Shanks, W. W
Thompson, Thomas H.
Brockstedt, Marx
Varcoe, F. J
Coram, Jesse.. ...
Bgan, John
Jennings, Nathaniel . . .
Lightly, George W
Parlin, John T.
Young, Larkin
Anderson, J. P.
Helstein. Andrew
Wright, Charle*
Bberlin, Wm. F
Foote, Robert W
Tate, Frank J
Brooks, Cyrus A
Cook, George W
Hodgson, Mark
Parker, Jos. 8.
Young. John Walter . . .
Hundohen, Albert
Hicks, James L
Record, Sanford P
Angus, William
Alexander, William
Cham berlin, Will A....
Thomas, T. W
Meecham, James G
Richards, Thomas M. ..
Tattle, M.I
Churches, John
Marrin, W. A
Rawalt, J. R
Harry, L. D.
Bee, Ephriam C
Spanlding, William I..
Bobb, Emery
Hoett, 0. W
Craig, A. V
Gannon, H. E
Kearney, F. E
McMurtrie, T. A
Williamson, A
Stereos, P. A. C
Millner, George T
Robinson, Albert
Lynn, W.T
MoClung, H. J.
Harsh, Abraham D
Stevens, Lamont 0
Bennett, W.S
Buchanan. R. H
Wayman,W. W
LODGE
34
34
34
85
85
85
85
35
85
85
85
88
89
89
89
39
39
39
42
42
42
47
47
49
51
51
51
51
51
51
54
55
58
62
65
65
65
66
67
67
67
71
71
74
74
75
78
78
78
78
78
78
81
82
82
88
88
86
86
88
88
88
DATE
December
January
January
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
October
February
February
February
February
February
February
August
August
July
July
February
July
January
January
January
January
January
January
March
January
September
February
March
March
March
February
May
May
May
April
April
September
September
July
March
August
August
August
August
August
April
October
October
August
August
July
July
July
May
July
12,1898
9,1894
9,1894
16,1894
16,1894
16,1894
16,1804
16,1894
16,1894
16,1894
16,1894
19,1898
18,1894
13,1894
18,1894
13,1894
13,1894
IS, 1894
21,1894
21,1894
3,1894
21, 1894
17,1894
12,1894
12,1894
12,1894
12,1894
12.1894
12,1894
12,1894
20,1894
4,1894
19,1893
12,1894
1,1894
1,1894
1.1894
2,1894
4.1894
4,1894
4,1894
4.1894
4,1894
20,1893
20,1893
19,1894
8,1894
30,1894
30,1894
30,1894
30,1894
30,1894
20,1894
7,1893
7,1893
25,1894
25,1894
20,1894
20,1894
16,1894
20,1894
2,1894
354
APPENDIX.
[1894
EXPELLED.
MAMS
Jones. James C
McLaln, Wm.E
Bowlby, James 8
S aimer, J. C
tophenson, W. B
Dnnoan, Thomas R...
RobertsoD, W. E
Vaughn, Edwin
Watson, Alexander A..
Bottenfield, Elmer E. .
DATS
November 24, 1803
November 24, 1883
September 16, I860
September 16,1885
December 10, IStt
Jane 26, 1MH
January 22, 18M
Aognst 22, 18M
September 20, 180
January 27. 18M
!"> y+~* J
1894]
APPENDIX.
355
EXEMPT PBOM GRAND LODGE DUES.
BEING OVER SIXTY YEARS OF AGE.
NAME
Anderson, Joseph
Bates, M.L
Bailey, Stephen
Chinn. Rolla W
Chnrcnes, John
Dolleson, George W....
Elwood, A. S
Bfekins, Peter
Higgins, John A
Harrison. D. E
Hendry, J. B
Irwin, W. H
Kelly, James.
Kimball. Geo. Keith ...
Kirby.M. C
Lees, David
Lar kins, John T
Mann, Joseph
Morrison, George
Oppal, Martin
Porter, A. A
Reeves, Geo. W
Roney, Alexander
Rowe, David
Smith, Benj. P _..
Treffeison, John
White, William
Welch, Charles C
Mills, Abraham
Newlnn, Thomas
Ratliff , John W
Yissoher, Cornelias
Arnett, William D
Appel, Simon
Bassett, WillUm
Bingham, B. P
Barnhara, N. G
Byers, W. N
Bigler, J. A. J
Bromwell, H. P. H
Barker. A. H
Bond, W. M.
Cook, Lemuel
Cumminss. Robert
Covert, William
Cook, J. J
Cramer, Fred
Cnrran, W. H
Davis, F. M
Davy, Nelson
Dunbar, George
Danielson, F. M
Dickey. J. M
Prink, W. R
Failing, H. H
Foreman, J. A
Gray, David
Gray, W. P
Gove, Carlos
Hatten, R. L
Johnson, T. W.
LODOI
AGZ
61
60
60
65
70
66
67
67
68
63
67
61
67
68
62
65
61
78
73
70
70
63
68
74
69
62
65
63
68
63
61
61
5
67
5
65
5
67
5
62
5
64
5
63
5
66
5
71
5
72
5
64
5
64
5
61
5
62
D
61
5
61
5
61
5
61
5
67
5
65
5
61
5
61
5
62
5
61
5
62
5
64
5
68
5
77
5
66
5
65
NAMX
Linton. Thomas
Lees, Thomas
Lewis, C. E
Kisthard, Jacob
Merry, J. C
McName, Allen
McAllister, Hugh
Moeely, R. W
Nicholls, W. H. J. ....
Nock, Henry
Osborne, Robert
Perkins, George W....
Riggs,J. S
Ross.W. M
Reid, William
Semper, C. S
Shortridge, W. T
Sinclair, R. M
Smith, Charles..
Sanford, Byron
Smith, Thompson L...
Stevens, Ebenezer
Smith. S. M
Saville, J. J
Tibbetts.W. F
Tritcb, George
Thompson, W. J
Wicks, C. P
Bookman, Gay
Hubbard, Robert
Langton. J. C
Peabody,D. G
Potter, Edwin B
Salomon, H. Z.
Schrimer. Adolph
Taylor, James F.
Whitehead, W. B
Yoanker, J. T.
Jacobs, A braham
Brewer. Gardner
Daily, John L.
Hanaaer, Abraham ...
MoCann, Peter
Worden, Albert G
Barrows, George
Dannagan, J. J
Hastie, Robert
Harvey, Richard
Lorah, Samuel I
Mullen, Thomas
Perrin;E. 8
Tolles, L.C
Teller, Henry M
Qaeen, William
Ailing, E.T
Anthony, S. J.
Ashley, E. M
Ashton, Alfred
Bailey, J. L
Barker, W.J
Barrett, George
LODFB
AGS
5
66
5
61
5
62
5
61
5
64
5
64
5
61
5
61
5
75
5
64
5
65
5
68
5
70
5
65
5
62
5
64
5
63
5
63
5
61
5
67
5
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5
74
5
61
5
63
5
66
5
65
5
63
5
61
5
66
5
71
5
62
5
62
5
62
5
62
5
62
5
62
5
62
5
61
5
60
5
60
5
60
5
60
5
60
5
60
5
60
6
61
6
63
6
68
6
60
6
71
6
70
6
67
6
64
6
60
7
69
7
65
7
61
»»
i
_ .
7
61
7
63
7
61
366
APPENDIX.
[1894
EXEMPT FROM GRAND LODGE DUES.
(Continued.)
X/OU
Berkey, J. M
Bradbury, C. G
Bright, W. H
Brown, J. Sydney
Charles, J. Q.
Cbivington. J. M.
Cofield, J. B.
Collins, E. H
Crater, G. B
Bane. George
Davidson , David
Doneliy, Charles
Downing, Jacob
Blbert,8. H
Emery, Willie
Emmiok, J. C
Emperor. William...
Erdman, F. ('.
Evans, John
Farmer, F. C
Faasett, J. W
Fitzgerald, J. C
France, L. B
Gair, P. 1
Green, S. S
Greenlee, R. C
Hampton, J. W ,
Hill,W. C
Hoisington, J. M
Home. Henry...,
Hull, W.L '...
Hatchins, 8. A
Johnson, Peter
Johnston, James S...
Kountze. C. B
Knner. Max
La Dae, T. F
Lennon. J. A
Londoner, Jalins
Marfell, Hiram
Martin, John H
Mentzer, Rotas
Meyer, Ferdinand
Millison, Elisha
Morrison, J. H.
Nettleton, T. S
Norton, 8. B.
Pa Delford, William
Parker, J. 8.
Patton, Thomas J....
Peabody, Lelon
Pennook, Homer
Pierce, John
Pitzer, H. L
Renshaw, James
Rider, H. C
Routt, John L.
Rubicam, J. S
8anford,G. H
Scott, F. M
Spaolding. J. F
IjODOX
AGS
61
68
62
72
74
73
6$
6*2
62
64
64
61
62
64
60
80
61
62
62
64
63
61
69
66
62
61
73
73
70
61
76
62
68
64
63
68
72
62
63
62
65
65
61
61
68
63
65
66
NAM*
Sutton, J. C
Taggan, C. D.
Thompson, C. L
Voaburgh. N. O
Walley, John J
Weaver, J. L.
Weil, Holomon
Whittemore, O. A...
Wilcox, C. M
Witter, Daniel
Woodbury, A.J.
Graham, Peter D.._.
Taylor, AJex
Mishler, Sam oel
Donald, William
Weesell, H. H
Christie, W. H.
Pargent,G. L
Fish, C. R
Monti, Joanna
Wilson. D. R
Babcock, David
Court er, John
Conger, <!. W
Finiey. Robert
France, Matt
Fuller, H. A
Guire, D. C
Hebard, William....
Horn, T. G
Half, La volet te
Lincoln, A. G..
McShane, David....
McTaviah, Neil
Pulver Milton
Peery, R. B
Parker, N. E
Smith, E. A
Spielman .David
Shideler, Jacob
Shideler, Thomas...
Sagendorf. Andrew .
Stillman, J. W
Skinner. L C
Shideler, Wm
Woodbury, J. C
Wolfe, J. 8
Hay ward, D. A.
Adams, G. 8.
ConwelLG. B
Kohler, F. W.
Fairhuret, W G
Bigger, R. A
Kimball, L. W
Wood, G. P.
Van Riper, C
Wilson, G. W.
Leyner, P. A
Smith, M. G
Jonea, T. J
Megorden, C. H
IjODOX
AGE
7
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1
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7
72
7
61
7
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60
7
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11
11
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12
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12
13
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13
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13
13
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13
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13
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13
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14
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14
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14
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62
61
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61
61
66
72
75
1894]
APPENDIX.
367
EXEMPT FROM GRAND LODGE DUES.
( Continued. )
MAMX
LODGE
Nichole.D. H
Davis, John
McUaslin. M.L
fioyle, Edward
Mulford, J. 8
Earhart, W. R
Garmack, T. K
Low, Theo
Develine, J. W
Graves tock, John
Campbell, T. J
Clapp, S. A
Cypert, S. N
Eldred, L. E
Fuller, J. 3
Hedges. Joseph
Hunt, D. C
Linn, H. W
Richards, Richard
Rudolph, A. E
Rudd, Anson
Shaffer, B. F
Stover, W. H
Topping, C. 8
Craig, M. M
Lester. J. W
Lobach, Edwin
Nichols. S. S
Blake, C. H
Doteon, P. K
Dake, James B
Hensel, Levi
Lovern. James
Patterson. 8. J
Tan Hovenburg, D. M..
Zreller, Phillip
Arthur, J. B
Armstrong Andrew . . .
Bennett, F. O
Bazzell. H.N.
Back, C. M
Baffam,G. W
Brown, John R
Day. Isaac...
Henderson. J. W
Hoag, A N
Lyon, 8. R
Peterson, H. C
Plammer, Z. C
Stratton, Harris
Stranss, G. R.
Sherwood, F. W
Whedbee. Benj
Whitcomb.E. W
Lioomis, Abner
Atkinson, James
Abbott, Philo
Beetham. James
Child*, F. L
Carleton, D. H
Baton, B. H
1
1
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1
1
1
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1
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19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
20
20
20
20
20
20
AGE
66
Hi
68
63
65
62
82
61
61
67
69
67
62
64
68
61
63
68
75
62
61
66
61
64
60
60
«2
71
64
62
65
71
65
62
62
62
65
61
61
61
67
63
61
67
60
61
64
63
61
60
61
65
64
79
62
70
70
60
KAMI
Davis, J. E.
Hilton, B. W
Moore. Joseph
Messenger, F. C.
Maltby, Noah
Plumb, Ovid
Pollock, Wm. P
Ramsey, Allen
Talbot, N.H
Von Gohren, Ladwig. .
West,H. T
Woodbury, J. A
Wyman, H. L
Curtis, H.H
Comstock, F
Burtolette, John C. ...
Berry, B. J
Leach, Hiram S
Van Deren, A. J
Blore, W. R
Belcher, Freeman
Bntler, Stephen
Brown, W. W
Bailey, J. C
Chapman, J. E.
Dickson, L. H
Gardner, C. H
Henderson, W. B...„.
Hamlin, O. T
Manners, H
Newnam, E. B
Peck, U. L
Stults, J. H
Slifer, E. G
Stiles. H.C
Smith, W
Smith, L. H
Stockton, T.R
Topliff, J. J.
Webster, G. W
Wilson, John..
Zweck, George
(^rosier. Edwin R
Hill, Charles L
Lechner. George W. . . .
Mills, Sydenham
Miller, David
Stark, W. W
Walker, John Z
Willey, Thomas T
Theobald, Peter
Zoller, Ignatius
Williams, John
Quillian, Asbury H. . .
Mend ran, Cornelius D.
Lawther, Thomas
Seabring, Andrew T...
Spronll, Thomas
Hoffman, Joseph
Pro vane. Joseph
Cornell, G. B
IiODOX
AG*
20
68
20
64
20
78
20
82
20
88
20
71
20
68
20
64
20
62
20
70
20
70
20
62
20
64
22
64
22
73
22
62
22
68
22
61
22
68
23
64
23
61
28
62
28
64
23
73
28
68
23
61
23
62
28
66
28
64
28
78
28
61
28
69
23
63
28
68
28
66
23
68
23
62
28
60
23
62
23
62
28
61
23
64
25
62
25
65
25
62
25
67
25
64
25
63
25
61
25
73
26
63
26
61
27
81
27
64
27
66
27
61
27
61
27
61
27
62
27
61
28
-.*
366
APPENDIX.
[1894
EXEMPT FROM GRAND LODGE DUES.
(Continued.)
NAME
Berkey, J. M
Bradbury. C. 0
Bright, W. H
Brown , J. By dney
Charles, J. Q.
Chivington. J. M.
Cofield, J. B
Collins, E. H
Grater, G. E
Dane. George
Davidson, David
Doneliy , Charles
Downing, Jacob
Blbert, 8. H
Emery, Willie
Emmick, J. G
Emperor, William...
Erdman, F. ('
Evans, John
Farmer, F. C
Fassett, J. W
Fitzgerald, J. G
France, L. B.
Gair, P. I
Green, S. S
Greenlee, R. C
Hampton, J. W
Mill,!*'. 0
Hoisington, J. M
Home, Henry...,
Hull, W. L
Hntohins, S. A
Johnson , Peter
Johnston, James S...
Konntee. C. B
Knner. Max
La Due, T. F
Lennon. J. A.
Londoner, Jnlios
Marfell, Hiram
Martin, John H
Mentzer, Rufus
Meyer, Ferdinand
Millison, Elisha
Morrison, J. H
Nettleton, T. S
Norton. 8. B
Pa Delford, William
Parker, J. 8
Patton, Thomas J. . . .
Peabody, Lelon
Pennock, Homer
Pierce, John
Pitzer, H. L.
Renshaw, James
Rider, H. C
Routt, John L
Rubicam, J. S
8anford,G. H
Scott, F. M
Spaulding. J. F
LODGE
7
7
AOB
61
68
62
72
74
73
65
62
62
64
64
61
82
64
60
80
61
62
62
64
63
61
69
66
62
61
73
73
70
61
76
62
68
64
63
68
72
62
63
62
65
65
61
6i
68
63
65
66
NAME
LODGE
Sat ton, J. C
7
Taggart, G.D.
7
7
Vosburgh. N. 0. — —
7
Walley, John J
7
Weaver, J. L
7
Wreil, Holomon
7
Whittemore, O. A
7
Wilcox. C. M
t
Witter, Daniel
7
Woodbury, A.J
Graham , Peter D
7
11
Taylor, Alex
11
Mishler, Samuel
11
Donald, William
11
Weeseli, H. H.r
11
Christie, W. H
12
12
Fish, C. R
12
Monti. Joanna
12
Wilson. D. R....
12
Babcock, David
13
Courter, John
13
Conger, C. W
13
Finley, Robert
13
France, Matt
13
Fuller, H. A
13
Guire, D. C
1*
Hebard, William
13
Horn. T. G
Half, Lavolette
13
13
Lincoln, A. G
IS
McShane, David
13
McTavish, Neil :
13
Pulver. Milton
IS
Peery, R. B
13
Parker, N. E
13
Smith, E. A
13
Spielman, David
Shideler, Jacob
13
IS
Shideler, Thomas
13
Sagendorf . Andrew . . .
18
Stillman, J. W?
13
Skinner, L C
13
Shideler, Wm
IS
Woodbury, J. C
Wolfe, J. 8
13
13
14
Adams, G. 8.
• 14
Conwell. G. B
14
14
Fairhurst, W G
14
Bigger, R. A
14
Kimball, L. W
14
Wood,G. P
14
Van Riper, C
14
Wilson, G. W
14
Leyner, P. A
14
Smith, M. G
14
14
14
▲OK
7Z
61
69
ISO
66
62
67
61
64
68
61
65
65
72
83
65
61
60
61
61
61
64
6ft
66
61
68
62
62
08
64
86
76
82
62
84
80
82
61
65
62
61
61
69
85
68
82
63
62
61
85
61
81
86
n
75
1894] APPENDIX. 357
EXEMPT FROM GRAND LODGE DUES.
( Continued. )
McUaalin, M. L.
Hoyle, Edward..
■fnilMd-J. a...
Earbart, W, R...
Cannack, T. K. .
Low.Tbuo
UeTeline, J. W.._.
GraTBHtoek. John.
Campbell, T. J..
Clapp, 8. A
-~irt,3.N.__..
Eld™
Poller, J. 8...
Topping. C. 8. .
Craig, M. H, ...
Lester J. W...
Heneel, l*Ti..
Book.C. H
Bnffnm, G. W. ...
Brown. JohaR...
Henderson, j. W.
Hoau. A N
Lyon, B. K
PeWreon, H. (". .
Plnraioer. Z. ('. .
Bbatton. Uarrie
Straus*, (i. R._ .
Sherwood, ■ P. W.
Whedbpe. Benj. .
Wbitcomb. E. W.
toomii, Abnar ..
Atkinson. Jamee
Abbott, Philo...
Beatham. Jame*
Cbilda, F. L
Carleton, I). H, .
Baton, B. H
Davie. J. B.
Hilton, B. W
Joeepb
ter, P. C. ....
..Noah
Plumb, Old
Pollock, Wm. P
Ramsey, Allen
Talbot, N.H
VonGohren.Lodwig..
Weet-H-T
Woodbury, J. A
Wyman.H. L. _
Cnrtia.H.B
Cometock, F.
Bnrtoletle.JohnC. ...
Berry, B J. ._ ___
Van Daren, A. J.""..
Blore.W. R
B o tip r. Stephen
Brown. W.W _..
Bailey. JO
Chairnan.J.E.
Dickeon. I.. H
Gardner.C. H
Hendereon.W. S
Hamlin. O. T
Me.nr.ere, H.
Newuam,E.B
p. ' rr.L _.
W J, H
8i e. a
Bi ETC
Bi W.
8i L. H
Si m.T.H
T. ,J.J
ft r.G.W
W .John
Zi™,_, George
Hill. Char tat L. ""
Lechnrr. George W...
Mills. Sydenham
Miller, Dadd
Stark. W.W. _..
Walker. John Z.
Willey, Thomas T
Theobald, Peter ......
ZMler. lgnatiui__
Williams. John
Qnillian, Aebury H. .
Hendran, Cornelius D.
Lawthar, Thomaa
Senbring, Andrew T. ..
Bproo.ll, Thomaa
Hoffman. Joeepb
Protane. Jneeph
Cornell. G.B
358
APPENDIX.
[1894
EXEMPT FROM GRAND LODGE DUES.
(Continued.)
NAM
Turner, L. H
Lawler. B. F
8anford,G.B
Ramey, J. F.
Sockman.A. H...
Pearson, H. L
Widderfield, J. W
Wiley, A
Hayes, 8. D
South, W. L
Collins. W.A
McDonald, J. A
Jaffa. Samuel
Frost, James E
Kellogg. Henry.
Siror, Warren W
Cartter, Hosea B
Allen, Alfred
Barkley . Henry
Duey, Alexander
Fagard, George
Gray, John
George, Fred C
flotchcraf t, R. W
Kelker, John
Mitchell, Thomas
Monica], J. W
Richards, Norman P..
Schrontz, 8. B
Thompson. M. L.
Williams. M
Wilson, D. M
Wormley. F. P
Burt. W. B
Charles, L. C
8nyrier, Wm
Squires, W. B
Stow, J. S.
White. Henry
Burrttt, Johnson
Snowden. F M
Collum. Henry
Crespell.E. P
Kahn, Marx
Smith, A. A.
Warren, J. W
Alien, William
Matthews, C. G
Woltz, James.
Colman. Martin
CopD. Henry
Ohwiler, Jacob
Scott, J. F
Scott, P. H
Ward, C. A
Baker, D. M..._
Decker. W. T
Jackson, L. F
Rising. A.J
Woodside, Wm
Hammond. CM
LODGE
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
SO
SO
30
30
Si
81
31
31
81
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
32
32
32
32
32
32
33
33
34
35
35
35
35
35
36
3d
37
37
37
37
37
37
38
38
38
38
38
39
AGE
61
64
67
60
61
64
61
66
72
61
61
67
64
62
73
61
62
62
66
65
71
66
60
62
68
62
61
67
61
71
64
65
62
60
61
80
63
62
77
61
67
72
61
60
64
64
NAME
Hatch, E.C
Mnllin, Loudin
Pomeroy , Hiram
Smith, Frank C
Waterman, D. B
Giesecke, Albert
Candler, Adolf
Bang, Philip
Quentin. Hermann ...
Wildersin, Bernhard..
Karcher, John B
Chase, A. E
Webster, D. B
Cobb, Thomas
Collins. William
Head, Lafayette
Pirn. Thomas F
Thompson, H. C
Wallace. George
Stokes. Cbauncey
Hilliker,C. M
Dudley,C. E
Lewis, A. R
Paine. O. J.
Will, F.J
May,W.M
Dustin, C. L.
Biggs, J: J
Peoples. E. T
Cnrter,Ed
KlIwood.H.H
Collins, R. J
Twining, H. A
Hart, Z. E...
Phillips, John F
Wade, 8. W
Montross, C A
Fletcher, W.W
Cook, D.N
Logan, Henry
Halsey, J. 8
Campbell, Ransom ...
Smith. G#»o. L.
Angove, William
Van Volkenbnrg, R. J.
Coreer, J. W
Ludwig, Henry
Stockton. C.C
Smith. Obediah
Currier, E. M
King, J. M
Cramer. Joseph
Taylor, B.M
Gard, S. W
Sherman, H. 0
Barn house. T. E.
Gront, A. C
McArthnr. J. N
Freeman, W. H
Evans, R. C
Phillips, Albert
IiODOE
AGS
39
S9
39
39
39
41
75
41
68
41
68
41
66
41
64
41
65
42
68
42
61
43
71
43
67
44
70
44
69
45
61
45
68
45
71
46
63
46
63
46
64
46
68
46
70
46
63
46
68
46
61
46
60
47
64
47
64
46
65
48
64
48
61
48
60
49
79
49
77
49
74
49
70
49
69
49
64
49
61
49
61
50
60
50
72
51
72
51
60
51
60
53
70
53
70
54
70
54
81
54
66
54
65
54
63
55
68
55
61
55
61
57
66
58
62
59
70
EXEMPT FROM GRAND LODGE DUES.
( Continued. )
™
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NAM! | MDOt | lot
DugTB, HWJ
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61
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PAGE.
Address of Grand Master _ 10
Amendments to Laws 54, 64, 67, 71, 72
Appeals and Grievances 56
Appointment of Grand Officers 75
of special committees 4, 75
of standing committees fc 9, 75
By-Laws Approved _. 20
Charter ordered issued 68
Chivington, John M., P. G. M 68, 7i, 80
Committees, Reports of—
on Address 46
on Appeals and Grievances 56
on Correspondence 59, 72. 85
on Credentials 4
on Finances 69
on Jurisprudence 64, 67
on Lodges Under Dispensation 68
on Necrology.. 57
Ceremonials 34, 74
Decisions, Correspondent's Digest of 25S
of Grand Master 23
report on.. _ _ 64
Dispensation for new Lodge 17
refused 19
special... 17
Election of Grand Officers „- 63
Emergent Communication 86
Errors in returns of Lodges „___' _ 53, 54
Financial 31,49,56,69,76
France, Grand Orient of 72
Fraternal Correspondence, reports on 59, 72, 85
committee appointed _ 75
Grand Officers, appointed 78
elected _ 68
installed 73
list of, present 2
table of 363
Grand Representatives present 8
appointed - 12
welcomed 9
table of 866
Grand Lecturer, report of _ 60
Grand Secretary, report of 49, 76
Grand Treasurer, report of 47
Hamburg, Grand Lodge of 72
Installation of Grand Officers w 73
Jurisdiction over Candidates .* 35, 66
Jurisprudence Committee appointed 75
report on _ 64,67
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370 APPENDIX. [1894
Lodge© constituted .._ 16
Logan Lodge No. 70 56,60,71
Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Fond, action on 70
Membership of new Lodge 68
Memorial Tablets, other jurisdictions _ 293
this jurisdiction _ 292
Monitor and Ceremonials ... 74
Names in new Charter — 68
Necrology 11,57
Oration 60
Pay of Correspondent 70
of employes 70
roll - 76
Permanent members present 4
Presentation of Jewel _ 78
Public Installations 18
Reports or Gband Officers—
Grand Lecturer 60
Grand Secretary 49,78
Grand Treasurer 47
Reports of Committees—
on Appeals and Grievances 56
on Correspondence 59, 72,85
on Finances 69
on Jurisprudence 64,67
on Lodges under Dispensation 68
on Necrology 57
Representatives from Lodges present 5
Roll of Membership 290
Safe ordered purchased 78
SanJuan Lodge No. 38 55,59
Statistical tables, dimitted 349
directory] _ 864
exempt 855
expelled 854
fraternal dead 346
Grand.Officers 863
Grand Representatives 366
of Lodges and work 860
reinstated 348
suspended _ 852
in Cup Lodge No. 52 80,74
Report on Correspondence— 85
Alabama _ 86
Arizona 88
Arkansas 90
British Columbia 91.96
California 94
Canada 98
Connecticut 101
Delaware 103
District of Columbia 104
Foreign Grand Lodges 248
Georgia 107
Idaho Ill
Illinois 118
1894]
APPENDIX.
371
Report on Correspondence—
Indiana 118
Indian Territory 121, 122
Iowa 124
Kansas 129
Kentucky 133
Louisiana 135
Maine 140
Maryland 144
Massachusetts 145
Michigan : 148
Minnesota 152
Mississippi _ 155
Missouri 158
Montana 163
Nebraska .- 167
Nevada 194
New Brunswick 171
New Hampshire 1 _. 172
New Jersey 175
New Mexico 176
New Sonth Wales 178
New York. __ 180
New Zealand , 185
North Carolina 194
North Dakota 190
Nova Scotia _ 192
Ohio 194
Oklahoma ; 197
Oregon 200
Pennsylvania 204
Quebec 209
Rhode Island 211
Scotland 212
Sooth Australia 213
South Carolina 214
South Dakota....: 216
Tennessee 218
Texas 224
Utah 227
Victoria 281
Virginia 282
Washington 234,237
West Virginia 241
Wisconsin 243
Wyoming _ 246
Digest of Decisions 252
Statistics 281
Conclusion •_ 284
Washington Centennial 286
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LAWS
OF
FREEMASONRY
IN
COLORADO.
CONTENTS.
[Reference to Sections: C— Constitution; B— By-Laws.]
a b.
Affiliation _.„ - 80
Appeals _ - - -- 110
Balloting _ - 63
Charters and New Lodges 26
Conferring Degrees __ 74
Dimits _ .._ 85
Dispensations... _ -. -- 19
Elections to Office -. 42
Grand Lecturer 25
Grand Lodge Representation 40
Grand Master _ 12
Grand Secretary _ _ ._ 22
Grand Treasurer __ _ 21
Installation _ -- 11
Installations .._ ._ 42-45
Intemperance _ 125
Jurisdiction _ _ .. 51
Miscellaneous 126
Non-Affiliates - 83
Non- Intercourse _ 123
Non-Payment of Dues 112
Objections after Ballot -- 71
Officers Elected and Appointed _ 7
Officers and Members _ 2
Other Officers 23
Pay to Members ._ 5
Penalties _ _ 106
Petitions ._ 55
Powers of Grand Lodge 5
Qualifications of Grand Officers _. 10
Quorum _ 4
Rejections .. 68
Reports, Returns and Dues _ 35
Representation - 1
Restoration ._ _ _ ^ 117
Rules of Order 6
Session Committees __ _._ - 3
Standing Committees.. _ _. -- 4
Summons ... 90
Time and Place of Meeting : 3
Title .._ - -- 1
Trials..... -- -- - 93
Wardens - 49
CONSTITUTION.
PREAMBLE.
We, the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons of Colorado, in order to form a more perfect fra-
ternal union, provide for and promote the general welfare
of the Craft, do ordain and establish this Constitution :
TITLE.
Section 1. The name of this Grand Lodge shall be
"The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons of Colorado."
officers and members.
2. The officers and members of this Grand Lodge, and
their rank and title, shall be as follows :
The Most Worshipful Grand Master.
The Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master.
The Right Worshipful Senior Grand Warden.
The Right Worshipful Junior Grand Warden.
The Right Worshipful Grand Treasurer.
The Right Worshipful Grand Secretary.
The Right Worshipful Grand Chaplain.
The Right Worshipful Grand Orator.
The Right Worshipful Grand Lecturer.
The Right Worshipful Grand Marshal.
The Worshipful Senior Grand Deacon.
The Worshipful Junior Grand Deacon.
The Grand Stewards.
The Grand Tiler.
Together with such Past Grand Masters and Past
Deputy Grand Masters as are members of subordinate
Lodges in this jurisdiction, and the Masters and Wardens,
or their proxies, of each chartered Lodge in this juris-
diction.
TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING.
3. The annual Communications of the Grand Lodge
shall be held in the city of Denver, on the third Tuesday
of September in each year. The hour of meeting shall be
10 o'clock a. m.
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QUORUM.
4 The representatives of at least three chartered
Lodges under this Grand Jurisdiction shall be necessary
to constitute a quorum, and the Grand Lodge shall not be
opened until such number be present, but a smaller num-
ber may meet and adjourn from day to day, until a consti-
tutional quorum shall be present.
POWERS OF THE GRAND LODGE.
5. By the ancient constitutions and the usages of
Freemasonry, this Grand Lodge is the Supreme Masonic
authority in Colorado. It has original and exclusive juris-
diction over all subjects of Masonic legislation and appel-
late jurisdiction from the decisions of subordinate Lodges.
6. It has the power to enact laws and regulations for
the government of the Craft, and of altering and abro-
gating them, to establish and preserve a uniformity of
work and lectures, to issue charters for New Lodges, and
to suspend and revoke them for unmasonic conduct ; and
all the powers it may exercise, it may delegate as in its
wisdom and discretion it may deem best, unless especially
prohibited.
OFFICERS ELECTED AND APPOINTED.
7. At each Annual Communication of the Grand
Lodge there shall be elected by ballot, from among the
Brethren who are constitutionally eligible thereto, a Grand
% Master, a Deputy Grand Master, a Senior and a Junior
Grand Warden, a Grand Treasurer and a Grand Secretary.
The Senior Grand Warden shall appoint a Junior Grand
Deacon, the Junior Grand Warden shall appoint two
Grand Stewards, and the Grand Master shall appoint all
the remaining officers of the Grand Lodge.
8. On all questions arising in the Grand Lodge the
Grand Officers, together with such Past Grand Masters
and Past Deputy Grand Masters as may be present and
are members thereof, and the Masters and Wardens of
each subordinate Lodge, or their regularly constituted
proxies, shall each be entitled to one vote ; but in no case
whatsoever shall a member, by virtue of any proxy, or
authority, cast more than three votes.
9. A majority of all the votes cast at any election of
officers shall be necessary to elect.
1894] APPENDIX. 377
QUALIFICATIONS OF GRAND OFFICERS.
10. No brother shall be eligible to the office of either
Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master or Grand Warden,
who has not been duly elected, installed and presided over
a subordinate Lodge ; neither shall he be eligible to any
office unless he is a member of a subordinate Lodge under
this jurisdiction.
INSTALLATION.
11. The officers of the Grand Lodge, elected and
appointed, shall be annually installed, and shall perform
their respective duties until their successors in office are
duly elected and installed, and no officer shall be installed
by proxy.
THE GRAND Jf ASTER.
12. The Most Worshipful Grand Master shall have
and enjoy all the powers and prerogatives conferred by the
ancient constitutions and the usages and landmarks of
Freemasonry.
13. He -may convene the Grand Lodge in special
Grand Communication on any emergency which, in his
judgment, may require it.
14. He has the power to convene any subordinate
Lodge within this Grand Jurisdiction, preside therein and
inspect its work.
15. It is his duty to require from all subordinate
Lodges a strict conformity to the established rules, regula-
tions and landmarks of Freemasonry.
16. For good cause he may suspend the functions of
any subordinate Lodge until the next Communication of
the Grand Lodge.
17. His decisions on all questions relative to the Craft
shall be final, unless reversed by a vote of the majority of
the Grand Lodge,
18. The granting and rejecting of all petitions for
dispensations shall be solely within the province of the
Grand Master.
19. He has the command of all other Grand Officers
touching the duties and ministration of their several
offices, and may call on any and all of them, at any time,
for advice and assistance in all business relative to the
Craft.
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20. In case of his death, absence or inability to act,
the powers and duties of his station, for all Tegular and
necessary purposes, shall, for the time being, devolve upon
the Deputy Grand Master, the Senior Grand Warden, or
the Junior Grand Warden, in the order herein named.
GRAND TREASURER. .
21. The Grand Treasurer shall have charge of all the
funds and securities of the Grand Lodge, and it shall be
his duty to atteud all communications of the Grand Lodge,
and report annually (or whenever requested by the Grand
Master or Lodge) the condition of the finances ; to pay all
warrants drawn on him authorized by the Grand Lodge,
signed by the Grand Secretary, which warrants he shall
cancel when paid ; to keep all funds under his control in
some repository, and if deposited in bank, to take receipt
therefor in the name of the Grand Treasurer of the Grand
Lodge of A. F. and A. M. of Colorado ; he shall not be
authorized to loan out funds in his possession, except
as ordered by the Grand Lodge or on the approval of the
Grand Master. In making his annual report he shall
accompany it with vouchers for all moneys paid out by
him during the year, and the actual cash, certificate of
deposit, certified check, or other like evidence, that the
cash balance, as shown by the report, is in the actual
possession of the Grand Lodge ; he shall give bonds with
^ood and sufficient sureties, in the penal sum of five
thousand dollars, conditioned on the faithful discharge of
the duties of his office, the bond to be approved by the
Grand Lodge or Master, which bond shall be deposited
with the Grand Master for safe keeping, and finally turn
over to his successor in office all funds and property in his
possession belonging to the Grand Lodge.
GRAND SECRETARY.
22. The Grand Secretary shall attend at all Commu-
nications of the Grand Lodge, and duly record its pro-
ceedings, and shall receive and accurately account for and
promptly pay over to the Grand Treasurer, all the funds
and property of the Grand Lodge, from whatever source,
taking his receipt for the same. He shall keep a record of
the returns made by the subordinate Lodges, and examine
said returns so as to report thereon at each annual com-
munication. He shall receive and preserve all petitions,
1894] APPENDIX. 379
applications, appeals and other documents ; sign, certify
to and duly seal all instruments of writing emanating from
the Grand Lodge; conduct the correspondence of the
Grand Lodge, under the direction of the Grand Master ;
and report annually to the several Grand Lodges in corres-
pondence with this Grand Lodge, the names of the Grand
Officers elected. He shall, at each annual Grand Cummu-
nication, make a report to the Grand Lodge of moneys
received and paid over to the Grand Treasurer, of failure
or want of punctuality on the part of subordinate Lodges
in paying dues, and making proper returns, and of such
other matters as, in his judgment, may require the action
of the Grand Lodge. He shall, in due time, previous
to each annual Grand Communication, furnish each subor-
dinate Lodge with blank returns and with such instruc-
tions in regard to them as the rules and regulations of the
Grand Lodge may require. He shall also prepare and
forward to each Lodge under Dispensation, thirty days
previous to the annual Grand Communication, full in-
structions for its guidance in making returns and petition-
ing for charter. He shall, thirty days prior to the annual
meeting of the Grand Lodge, communicate with the proper
officials of the different railroads centering in Denver, and
endeavor to secure concessions on railroad fares, and
tickets good from the Saturday prior to the Saturday sub-
sequent to said annual meetings, and notify the different
Lodges of the rate secured. He shall cause the Constitu-
tion, By-Laws and standing resolutions of this Grand
Lodge to be published annually, with the proceedings.
He shall give bond, with good and sufficient sureties, in
the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned on a faithful
discharge of the duties of his office, the bond to be satis-
factory to the Grand Lodge or Master, and which shall be
deposited with the Grand Master for safe keeping. He
shall be ex officio Librarian, and perform the duties
prescribed in Section 30 of the Constitution, and for his
services shall be paid the sum of twelve hundred dollars as
salary for the year ending with this Communication of the
Grand Lodge, and each succeeding year thereafter, pay-
able quarterly by warrants drawn upon the Grand Treas-
urer.
OTHER OFFICERS.
23. The Grand Chaplain shall attend the Communica-
tions of the Grand Lodge and lead in devotional exercises.
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[1894
24. The Grand Orator shall prepare an address upon
the subject of Masonry, to be delivered to the Grand Lodge
at its annual Communication.
25. It shall be the duty of the Grand Lecturer to
impart the esoteric work of this jurisdiction to the officers
and members of subordinate Lodges when called upon so
to do. He may also convene any Lodge within this juris-
diction for the purpose of instructing it in the work, and
may require the officers thereof to exemplify the work
upon a candidate or substitute, and correct any inaccuracies
in such work. He shall make a detailed statement of all
his official acts and doings to the Grand Lodge at its
Annual Communication, together with such particulars
and recommendations as he may deem necessary. He
shall receive in compensation the sum of three dollars per
day for each day actually spent in the discharge of the
duties of his office, and actual expenses, to be paid by the
Grand Lodge.
26. The Grand Marshal shall proclaim the Grand
Officers at their installation, introduce the representatives
of foreign Grand Lodges and distinguished visiting breth-
ren and conduct processions of the Grand Lodge.
27. The Grand Deacons shall perform the duties inci-
dental to their respective offices.
28. The Grand Stewards shall have immediate super-
intendence, under the direction of the Junior Grand War-
den, in the provisions to be made on all festive occasions.
29. The Grand Tiler shall guard the door of the
Grand Lodge on the outside, report all persons claiming
admission, and see that none enter but such as are duly
authorized and properly clothed. He shall have all the
rights and be entitled to all the honors of other Grand
Officers, except the right to vote.
30. The Librarian shall have the care of all the books
purchased or donated to the library of this Grand Lodge.
Whenever any donations shall be made to the library fund
the donation shall be credited to the donor in a book to be
kept for that purpose by the Grand Secretary, and the
money so donated shall be for the purchase of books only.
The Grand Master and Grand Secretary are authorized to
purchase additional books for the library from time to
time as they may think proper, and draw upon the library
fund to pay for the same.
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1894] APPENDIX. 381
31. This Constitution can only be amended by pro-
posing the change in writing at an annual Grand Commu-
nication; and if, after reference to and report by a com-
mittee, it shall be concurred in by a vote of three-fourths
of the members present, it shall be from that time a part
of this Constitution.
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BY-LAWS
PERTAINING TO THE GRAND LODGE.
REPBESENTATION.
Section 1. Every subordinate Lodge in good stand-
ing within the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge shall be
entitled to be represented in this Grand Lodge by its
Master and Wardens, or their proxies appointed by them-
selves, and who shall be members of the Lodge they are
appointed to represent ; and each Lodge shall be entitled
to three votes upon all questions before the Grand Lodge.
2. No representative shall be entitled to a seat in this
Grand Lodge until the dues of his Lodge are paid, and the
Grand Secretary's receipt obtained, and the returns of the
Lodge delivered to the Grand Secretary, as required by
sections 36 and 38 of these By-Laws.
SE88ION COMMITTEES.
3. At each annual Communication of the Grand Lodge,
as soon as practicable after its organization, the Grand
Master shall appoint the following named committees, of
three members each :
1. A Committee on Credentials, whose duty shall be to
examine the credentials of all Masons claiming the right of
membership, and report their names and Masonic connection to
the Grand Lodge.
2. A Committee to Examine Visiting Brethren, whose duty
shall be to examine all visitors not properly vouched for, and
report their respective names, addresses and Masonic connec-
tion to the Grand Lodge.
STANDING COMMITTEE8.
4. Before the close of each annual Communication
the Grand Master shall appoint standing committees, of
three members each, for the ensuing Masonic year, as
follows :
1. On Masonic Correspondence, whose duty shall be to ex-
amine the correspondence and documents from other Grand
384 APPENDIX. [1894
Lodges in correspondence with this Grand Lodge, and report at
the next annual Communication whatever may seem cf suffi-
cient importance and interest
2. 'On Masonic Jurisprudence, whose duty shall be to ex-
amine and report upon all questions, documents and papers
requiring investigation and decision upon points of Masonic law.
3. A Committee on Returns and Work of Lodges, U. D.,
and on Petitions, whose duty it shall be to examine the By-
Laws, Records of the Work, and returns of Lodges, U. D., and
to make report to the Grand Lodge if, or not, in their opinion,
charters should be granted to such Lodges, and if so, reporting
the names of all proposed charter members. Also to examine
all petitions for change of location, or for change of name, and
report on the same to the Grand Lodge.
4. A Committee on Appeals and Grievances, whose duty
shall be to examine and report upon all appeals, memorials and
petitions in relation to any matter of complaint within this
jurisdiction which shall come before the Grand Lodge.
5. A Committee on Finance, Mileage and Per Diem, whose
duty shall be to examine and report on all accounts and financial
matters to them referred, and to make a full report before the
close of each annual Grand Communication, on the financial
condition of the Grand Lodge. Also, to ascertain the sums to
which each officer and representative is entitled on account of
traveling expenses and per diem, and report the same to the
Grand Lodge.
PAY OF MEMBERS.
5. The Grand Officers, members of the Committees
on Correspondence, Jurisprudence, Returns and Work,
Appeals and Grievances, and Finance, Mileage and Per
Diem, and the officer highest in rank, or in the absence of
officers, the representative highest in rank from each Lodge,
under this jurisdiction, shall be allowed their actual travel-
ing expenses (railroad, stage or other fare) going and
returning from their place of residence, computed by the
nearest traveled route, and three dollars per day for each
day's actual attendance at the Grand Lodge ; provided, no
one shall draw mileage or per diem both as Grand Officer
and representative; provided, further, that in case of
absence from any regular session of the Grand Lodge
(except in case of sickness or other unavoidable cause),
without the permission of the Grand Master, or Grand
Lodge, all claim to payment or compensation, under this
section, shall be forfeited.
Each of said standing committees may, at the call of
the Grand Master, meet at least one day prior to each
1894] APPENDIX. 385
annual Communication, and consider any matters presented
by the Grand Master, so as to be ready to report at the
opening of the session.
RULES OF ORDER.
6. The Grand Master shall take the chair every day
at the hour to which the Grand Lodge shall have called off.
7. During business the members are required to keep
ltheir seats and observe strict order and decorum ; and no
member shall leave the hall or absent himself from the
service of the Grand Lodge unless he has permission, or be
sick or unable to attend.
8. No member shall be permitted to speak more than
twice upon any subject, unless to explain, without permis-
sion from the Grand Lodge. If any member is twice called
to order at a Communication for transgressing these rules,
and is guilty of a third offense of the same nature, the
presiding officer shall peremptorily order him to leave the
Grand Lodge ; and he may, further, be amenable to repri-
mand, suspension or expulsion, as the Grand Lodge shall
deem proper.
9. When a question is put, it shall be the duty of
every member present to vote, unless for good cause the
Grand Lodge shall excuse him; but no member shall vote
upon any question in the event of which he is personally
interested.
10. No motion shall be entertained until it is seconded;
and no debate shall be had thereon until it is stated by the
chair.
11. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, with the
name of the mover endorsed thereon, if the chair or the
Grand Secretary desire.
.12. When a question is under debate no motion shall
be received but to lay on the table, to commit, to amend,
or to postpone indefinitely, which several motions shall
have precedence in the order in which they are here
arranged.
13. Any member may call for the division of a ques-
tion, which shall be divided if it comprehends questions
so distinct that one being taken away the rest may stand
entire for the decision of the Grand Lodge. A motion to
strike out and insert shall be deemed indivisible.
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14. When a motion has once been made and carried
in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any
member in the majority to move for a reconsideration
thereof.
15. All unprivileged questions shall be propounded in
the order in which they are moved, except in filling up
blanks, when the largest sum and longest time shall be
put first.
16. No report shall be received from a committee
unless the same be reduced to writing and signed by a
majority of the members thereof.
17. No committee shall sit during the session of the
Grand Lodge without special permission.
18. The journal shall be read and approved before the
final close of each Annual Grand Communication.
PERTAINING TO SUBORDINATE LODGES.
DISPENSATIONS.
19. No dispensation for the formation of a new Lodge
shall be granted except upon the petition of at least eight
Master Masons, in good standing, each of whom shall sign
his full name and state the Lodge to which he belongs.
In addition to such general information as may be neces-
sary for the Grand Master, the petition shall specifically
set forth : The name of the town and county ; the estimated
population of the town ; what additional towns or territory
will be included in the proposed jurisdiction; that the
material is sufficient to sustain a healthy and reputable
Lodge; that all of the petitioners reside within the pro-
posed jurisdiction; that they have at their disposal suitable
quarters for the practice of Masonic rites; if the expenses
incident to a new Lodge have been donated, or if they are
to be paid at a future time by the Lodge; that they will
conform to all the orders of the Grand Master, and the
laws and regulations of the Grand Lodge; and shall present
the names of suitable brethren for appointment as Master
and Wardens.
20. The petition shall be accompanied by the minim am
fee of forty dollars, and by a recommendation from the
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nearest chartered Lodge, certifying to the truth of the
statements contained in the petition, and that the brother
named for Master is qualified to open and close a Lodge,
and to confer the three degrees. (See Decision 150.)
21. The petition shall also be accompanied by evidence
of the standing of all the signers, as follows: If from
Lodges beyond this jurisdiction, by dimits; if from within
this jurisdiction, by dimits or certificates from the Lodge
Secretaries that the brethren are under no charges and
have paid dues to the time of the next annual Communica-
tion of the Grand Lodge.
22. Existing membership shall only be disturbed when
a charter follows a dispensation, in which event they shall
immediately cease in the old and begin in the new Lodge;
and it shall be the duty of the Master of the latter to see
that the several Lodges interested are promptly notified of
the changes. ( See Decision 180. )
23. Each Lodge under dispensation shall be governed
by the By-Laws pertaining to subordinate Lodges, as
adopted by the Grand Lodge, and at the next annual Grand
Communication shall forward to the Grand Secretary its
dispensation, returns of all work, record of proceedings,
proposed By-Laws, and one dollar for each Mason raised.
(See Decisions 90 and 101.)
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24. No Lodge shall do any work out of the regular
order, unless by dispensation from the Grand Master; and
any Lodge working under dispensation shall return the
same to the Grand Master with an endorsement of the
action had thereon.
25. A petition from a Lodge to the Grand Master for
a dispensation shall set forth fully the emergency, and if
for other purposes than a new Lodge, shall be accompanied
with a fee of five dollars, which shall be paid to the Grand
Secretary for the library fund.
CHARTERS AND NEW LODGES.
26. Charters shall be granted by the Grand Lodge at
a regular annual Communication, and under no circum-
stances shall the power to issue be left discretionary with
the Grand Master or any other officer.
27. No charter shall be granted except the Lodge
shall have worked under dispensation to the satisfaction
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of the Grand Lodge, and shall have regularly conferred
the three degrees.
28. Charters shall only be granted upon the written
petition of the brethren named in the dispensation and
those raised by its authority, together with such others as
present dimits to the Grand Lodge, and may have received
the unanimous endorsement of the Lodge U. D. ; provided,
that if, through absence or sickness, any eligible signa-
tures are omitted, the names may nevertheless appear in
the charter.
29. Petitions for charter shall propose the name of the
Lodge and nominate for Master and Wardens; nevertheless
the Grand Lodge may substitute others in lieu thereof.
30. No Lodge shall pay a stated salary to its Secre-
tary, but may allow him such percentage of Lodge moneys
collected as in its judgment is proper for all his services.
31. The minimum fee for the issuance of a charter
shall be twenty dollars.
32. It is not in the power of a majority of the members
of a Lodge to surrender the charter, so long as seven
Master Masons, members thereof, continue to work under
it, according to the ancient Landmarks of Masonry.
33. The Grand Lodge shall recall any charter of a
Lodge which fails to meet for twelve consecutive months.
34. Whenever any charter of a Lodge shall be
destroyed, stolen or surreptitiously taken and detained,
or becomes so defaced as to be unfit for use, without the
fault of the Lodge or Master, it shall be lawful for the
Grand Master to order another to be issued, which shall
set forth the members and officers named in the charter
lost, detained or destroyed, the Grand Communication at
which it was granted, the names of the Grand Officers
attached thereto, and the circumstances of its loss, destruc-
tion or detention ; and shall be signed by the Grand Master
and attested by the Grand Secretary under seal of the
Grand Lodge, without fee.
REPORTS, RETURNS AND DUES FROM CHARTERED LODGES.
35. Each Lodge shall, immediately after its annual
installation, report to the Grand Master and Grand Secre-
tary the names of its Master, Wardens and Secretary.
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36. Each chartered Lodge shall transmit to the Grand
Secretary, at least twelve days prior to the first day of each
annual Grand Communication, returns of all work done
from the last return to and including the thirty-first day
of August of that year.
37. Each Lodge shall pay to the Grand Secretary, as
Grand Lodge dues, the sum of one dollar for each member
less than sixty years of age, and specify in the returns the
names of the members exempt. (See Decision 125.)
38. Grand Lodge dues are hereby made payable at the
time of making the annual returns of work. If any Lodge
neglect or refuse to pay at the time specified, and shall
persist, for the period of sixty days, without giving reasons
satisfactory to the Grand Master, it shall be his duty to
suspend the functions of such Lodge, until the next stated
communication of the Grand Lodge.
39. Whenever Entered Apprentices or Fellow Crafts
neglect for a period of two years to pass examination upon
their proficiency, and take the next degree, their names
shall be dropped from the reports of the Lodge, but they
shall still remain available working material for said
Lodge. (See Decision 152.)
GRAND LODGE REPRESENTATION.
40. It is the duty of the Master to see that his Lodge
is represented at all Annual Communications of the Grand
Lodge, and if any Master fails so to do, he shall furnish
the Grand Lodge with his excuse therefor.
41. The Grand Lodge may order suspended or forfeited
the charter of any Lodge which fails for two successive
years to be represented at the Grand Lodge Communica-
tions.
ELECTIONS TO OFFICE.
42a. Elections for officers in subordinate Lodges shall
be held on the first stated Communication in December of
each year ; and the officers elect shall bo installed as soon
thereafter as practicable. (See Decision 106.)
426. No brother shall be declared elected to office
without having received a majority vote of all the members
present.
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43. It is at variance with the spirit of Masonry to
electioneer for or make nominations for offices, and it is
hereby strictly prohibited.
44. No election for officers shall take place in a Lodge
U. D., but such as are not designated in the dispensation
shall be filled by order of the Master.
INSTALLATIONS.
45. No Lodge shall hold a public installation without
a dispensation.
46. A re-elected Master may, if necessary, hold over
without re-installation.
47. All the officers of a newly-chartered Lodge must
be installed by the Grand Master, or his representative.
No officer shall be installed by proxy.
48. The Past Master's degree is not essential for
installation, but when conferred, none but actual Past
Masters can be present. (See Decisions 170 and 171.)
WARDENS.
49. In the absence of a Master of a Lodge; Wardens
may preside and confer degrees; but in the absence of all,
a Lodge may only be opened by the Grand Master or his
representative.
50. Service as Warden in a Lodge, U. D., does not
constitute eligibility to election as Master in a chartered
Lodge.
JURISDICTION.
51. Unless otherwise specified, Lodge jurisdiction
shall extend by air line one-half way to surrounding
Lodges.
52. Two or more Lodges in the same town or city
shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction except when other-
wise provided.
53. Each Lodge having concurrent jurisdiction with
another Lodge or other Lodges, shall immediately notify
the same of any application it may receive for the degrees:
54. Mount Princeton Lodge No. 49, and Tin Cup
Lodge No. 52, shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction in the
towns of St. Elmo and Hancock.
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PETITIONS.
55. No subordinate Lodge shall act upon a petition for
initiation unless the applicant has resided within the juris,
diction of that Lodge during the preceding twelve months.
(See Decisions 82, 95, 113 and 151.)
56. After a petition is regularly received and entered
upon the minutes, it shall not -be withdrawn. (See De-
cisions 103 and 178. )
57. Subordinate Lodges shall act upon no petition for
initiation or membership, unless the same shall have been
laid over one lunar month.
58. Subordinate Lodges shall act on no petition for
initiation from an applicant who lives nearer another
Lodge, without first obtaining the unanimous consent of
the latter, at a regular meeting, which consent shall be
expressed by ballot.
59. Subordinate Lodges shall receive no petition for
affiliation, unless accompanied by a dimit or a certificate
of good standing from the Lodge of which the petitioner
was last a member. (See Decision 103.)
60. Whenever a candidate who has been elected, fails
to appear for initiation within three months, or give satis-
factory reasons, the money which accompanied his petition
shall be forfeited, and in order to become a Mason he must
renew his petition. (See Decision 178.)
61. A brother having received a portion of the degrees
and desiring the remainder in another Lodge, shall first
obtain the unanimous consent of that which conferred the
degrees already received, and which consent shall be deter-
mined by ballot. His petition to the other Lodge in regu-
lar form, stating the additional facts, and accompanied by
the said permission, may then take the usual course. ( See
Decision 65. )
62. No Subordinate Lodge shall ballot upon a petition
until report has been made by a committee to the follow-
ing details concerning the character of the petitioner.
1. What is his age?
2. Is he married or single?
3. If married, is he living with his wife,
4 What is his occupation, and where is he employed?
5. Is he physically qualified for admission?
6. What is the character of his company and associates?
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7. Is he addicted to the intemperate use of intoxicating
liquors?
8. Does he gamble?
9. Does he habitually use profane or indecent language?
10. Has he licentious or immoral habits?
11. Is he a law-abiding citizen?
12. Does he possess sufficient education and intelligence to
understand and value the doctrines and tenets of Masonry?
13. Has he ever made previous application for degrees?
And If so, where and when? (See Decisions 37 and 178.)
BALLOTING.
63. No ballot shall be spread except at a regular
Communication, unless by dispensation.
64. In balloting for candidates, all members of the
Lodge present shall vote.
65. The ballot shall be spread for each degree, and
shall be unanimous upon the moral, intellectual and
Masonic qualifications of the applicant. (See Decisions
173 and 174.)
66. After the ballot has been examined, first by the
Wardens and finally by the Master, the result shall be
declared by the latter, unless a single negative vote appear,
in which event he may order it respread, the result of which
shall be absolutely final, subject to no reconsideration,
under any circumstances whatsoever, nor can it be set
aside by the Lodge, Master, Grand Master, or even the
Grand Lodge. (See Decision 174.)
67. No Mason shall divulge the character of his vote
upon the petition of any candidate.
KEJECTIONS.
68. A rejected candidate for the degrees shall not be
received within twelve months thereafter by another
Lodge without the unanimous consent by ballot of that
which rejected him.
69. Lodges may provide by by-law the time that shall
elapse between a rejection and another application.
70. Secretaries of Lodges shall report no rejections
for initiation or affiliation.
OBJECTIONS AFTER BALLOT.
71. Advancement to the degrees may be stayed at any
time, for good reasons, by the Lodge or Master.
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72. Objection by a member in good standing to the
initiation of an elected candidate shall have the same effect
as an unfavorable ballot. Such objection, when made, shall
be reported to the Lodge at the next regular communication,
and the fact of such objection shall be entered of record
without the name of the brother objecting. The candidate
shall then be declared rejected, and his money returned, as
in other cases of rejection. Such objection shall have no
other or greater force than an unfavorable ballot.
73. Objection to the advancement of a brother, made
by a member in good standing, shall stop all further pro-
ceedings until the objections be withdrawn or otherwise
disposed of, or the objector's membership ceases. When
such objection is made, the fact and the name of the
objecting brother shall be entered of record.
The Lodge may at a regular Communication, upon two
weeks' notice to the objecting brother, take up aud try the
sufficiency of the objection, and if deemed sufficient, all
fees for degrees unconf erred shall be at once returned, and
the candidate shall not be advanced until the objection ;s
withdrawn or the objector's membership ceases. If the
objection is deemed insufficient, the candidate may be
advanced. ( See Decisions 74 and 75. )
CONFERRING DEGREES.
74. No Lodge shall confer any degree upon a candi-
date unless he be a perfect man, having no maim or defect
in his body that may render him incapable of learning the
art and becoming perfect in the work.
75. No candidate shall receive, without dispensation,
more than one degree on the same day, nor until he has
passed a satisfactory examination in open Lodge on the
last degree received. (See Decision 173.)
76. No Lodge shall confer the first section of any
degree or more than one candidate at the same time.
77. No Lodge shall confer a degree upon any non-
resident citizen without first obtaining consent from the
proper jurisdiction.
78. The making of a Master Mason constitutes the
brother a member of the Lodge in which raised, except
when done at the request of another Lodge. Signing the
By-Laws, though desirable, is not essential.
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79. No Lodge shall confer the three degrees for less
than thirty dollars, to be paid in advance.
AFFILIATION.
80. No petition shall be received for affiliation except
from a former member, until the petitioner has visited the
Lodge; and the ballot shall not be spread upon such
petition until after a visit subsequent to its reception.
81. No Lodge shall admit to membership any brother
who shall be exempt from any of the duties, obligations
and privileges required by the Constitution, regulations
and landmarks of Masonry.
82. No Lodge having a membership of less than three
hundred shall collect a fee for affiliation/
NON-AFFILIATES.
83. Non-affiliation is cause for discipline, and all non-
affiliates, who have not made application for membership
within one year, may be deprived of all the rights and
benefits of Masonry, after charges, trial and conviction.
84. The conduct of all Masons shall subject them to
discipline by the Lodge within whose jurisdiction they
reside, unless the offender should hold membership in
another Lodge in the same place. (See Decision 169.)
DIMITS.
85. No Lodge shall grant a dimit except upon written
application, presented at a stated Communication, which
shall lie over until the next stated Communication, when,
if no charges have been preferred, and the brother's dues
have been paid, the dimit shall be ordered and issued.
( See Decision 164. )
86. No elective or appointed officer shall be dimitted
during the period for which he has been installed.
87. Members of extinct Lodges are entitled to Grand
Lodge certificates on application, and upon paying all
arrearages due the Lodge to which they belonged.
88. A dimit dates from the Lodge record when the
same was granted, and membership ceases with that date,
even if the certificate be not issued.
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89. Upon the election of non-affiliates, their dimits or
other certificates of former membership shall be cancelled
by the Secretary. (See Decision 175.)
SUMMONS.
90. A summons issued by a subordinate Lodge or the
Worshipful Master thereof, must be written or printed,
and under the seal of the Lodge. (See Decisions 107 and
162.)
91. No summons need contain other matter than a
requisition to attend the Lodge.
92. Every Master Mason is bound to attend the Lodge
requiring him, on being summoned. ( See Decision 154. )
TRIALS.
93. Any member of a subordinate Lodge' is subject to
the discipline thereof, excepting only the Worshipful
Master. N
94. No Mason shall be deprived of any Masonic right
except after due charges, trial and conviction. (See De-
cision 153. )
95. Charges must be signed by the accuser (by the
Junior Warden or other member, if ordered by the Lodge)
and be presented at a regular Communication; whereupon
the accused shall be furnished with a copy and summoned
to plead thereto. (See Decisions 147, 160 and 163. )
96. If the plea be not guilty, the Lodge shall then de-
termine if the trial shall be by the Lodge or a commission
of its members; except that in case of a suspended Mason
undergoing trial for a new offense, the testimony shall
only be taken by a commission. If trial be by the Lodge,
it shall fix the time, and the accused be notified thereof.
(See Decision 161.)
97. All such trials shall be in the highest degree
attained by the accused, and upon its conclusion both he
and his accuser shall retire, unless the latter be such by
virtue of an order from the Lodge. ( See Decision 147. )
98. The Lodge shall be opened on the Third Degree
when arriving at a verdict The question of guilt shall be
determined by ballot, and upon which every member
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present shall vote ; and if two-thirds be not dark, the
accused shall be declared not guilty. (See Decisions 66
and 159. )
99. If the verdict be guilty, the Master shall put the
question as to punishment, beginning with the highest
and ending with the lowest herein provided. The vote
on punishment may be taken by a show of hands, and
decided by a two-thirds vote of the members present, except
in case of a reprimand, which may be determined by a
majority vote. ( See Decision 66. )
100. If the Lodge determine that the trial be by com-
mission, the time shall be fixed by the latter, who shall
report the testimony in writing, together with their own
finding, to the Lodge. Thereupon the Lodge shall finally
determine the question of guilt and punishment as here-
tofore provided. (See Decision 144.)
101. The accused and accuser may be present at all
examinations of witnesses, in or out of the Lodge, and
propose such relevant questions as they may desire.
102. All witnesses shall possess the use of their reason,
and have such religious belief as to feel the obligations of
an oath ; and they shall not have been convicted of any
infamous crime. Witnesses not Masonsshall be examined
under legal oath, or may make deposition.
103. All testimony, in or out of Lodge, shall be
reduced to writing by the Secretary, and signed by the
witnesses.
104. If the residence of the accused is not known, or
if, upon due summons, he refuses or neglects to attend,
trial may proceed without his presence. (See Decision
158. )
105. Lodges are not required to furnish the Grand
Lodge with copies of proceedings in trials, except on
appeal; and if a new trial be ordered by the Grand Lodge,
the Grand Secretary shall return said copies to the Lodge.
PENALTIES.
106. The Masonic punishment which may and shall be
inflicted by the Grand Lodge and its subordinates, shall
be either reprimand, definite or indefinite suspension, or
expulsion. (See Decision 66.)
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107. Expulsion from a Lodge shall include expulsion
from all the rights and privileges of Masonry. (See De-
cision 165.)
108. A reprimand may either be private or public, but
shall not be given until the offender has had due notice
and an opportunity for explanation or excuse, nor by any
one but the acting Master, in the manner and form he may
deem proper in private, or in open Lodge, from his appro-
priate station. ( See Decision 154. )
109. When any brother shall be suspended or expelled,
immediate notice thereof shall be sent by the Lodge Secre-
tary to the Grand Secretary. The Grand Secretary shall
compile such reports at the end of each month, and send
the same to each Lodge. No member shall be permitted
to make any expulsion or suspension public, nor to com-
municate the same to any person not a Mason, except by
a resolution to make public by the Lodge taking action,
and which fact shall also be reported to the Grand Secre-
tary. All expulsions and suspensions shall also be pub-
lished with the proceedings of the Grand Lodge.
APPEALS.
110. All Masons have the right to appeal from the
decisions of subordinate Lodges to the Grand Lodge any
time before the next annual Communication of the Grand
Lodge, in which case the Lodge shall furnish the Grand
Lodge and the accused with an attested copy of its proced-
ings on the trial, and such testimony in its possession as
he may require. (See Decision 185.)
111. All appeals shall be in writing and filed with the
Grand Secretary, and the appellant shall give the other
party reasonable notice thereof.
NON-PAYMENT OF DUES.
112. The non-payment of Lodge dues by a brother
known to be able is cause for discipline.
113. On report of the Secretary that a brother is in
arrears for two years or more, a Lodge may order charges
signed by the Junior Warden in the following form :
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" By order of Lodge No , A. F. and A. M.,
I hereby charge Brother with un masonic conduct
in neglecting to pay Lodge dues from the .... day of
to the day of
"Dated , 18...
4% Junior Warden."
114. Examination shall be in open Lodge, and the
testimony of the Secretary as to the indebtedness and
requests for payment shall be sufficient evidence for the
prosecution. Nevertheless, the Lodge may exercise such
clemency as to it may seem proper, according to the cir-
cumstances of each case.
115. The only penalty for conviction under charges
for non-payment of dues shall be reprimand or indefinite
suspension from all the rights and benefits of Masonry;
but reprimand shall not be inflicted for a second offense.
116. An application for restoration, after indefinite
suspension for non-payment of dues shall not be received
, until all dues are paid to the date of suspension.
BESTORATION.
117. In case the decision of any Lodge suspending or
expelling a brother shall be reversed by the Grand Lodge,
such brother shall be restored to all the rights and priv-
ileges as a Mason and a member of the Lodge.
118. No expelled Mason shall be restored to the priv-
ileges of Masonry except by a vote of the Grand Lodge,
and such restoration shall not reinstate him to Lodge
membership without the unanimous consent of the mem-
bers thereof.
119. An application to reinstate an expelled Mason
must in all cases be accompanied with a recommendation
from the Lodge by which he was expelled, provided such
Lodge be still in existence.
120. Restoration after definite suspension shall take
place at the expiration of the time specified in the sentence
without further action.
121. Restoration after indefinite suspension shall be
by action of the Lodge at a stated communication, after
due notice to the Lodge of at least one lunar month, and
must be by a two-thirds vote of the members present
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WITHOUT TRIAL.
122. A Mason heretofore dropped from the rolls for
non-payment of dues (without trial), shall be restored to
good standing without further action of the Lodge, upon
the payment of all arrearages to the date of being so
dropped.
NON-INTERCOURSE.
123. Lodges are authorized to use their discretion,
according to circumstances, as to recognizing as Masons
any residents of the jurisdiction who may, during such
residence, have received the degrees elsewhere.
124 All Masons belonging to Lodges in this jurisdic-
tion are forbidden to knowingly hold Masonic intercourse
with any Mason belonging to a Lodge chartered by either
the Grand Orient of France or the Grand Lodge of Ham-
burg, and any brother doing so shall be subject to the
highest Masonic penalties. Provided, That Masons hold-
ing dimits from Lodges in Europe chartered by the Grand
Lodge of Hamburg, who are or may become citizens of the
United States and residents within this Grand Jurisdiction,
may petition Lodges of this jurisdiction for affiliation, the
said Lodges being authorized to recognize such dimits for
that purpose, and to act upon the said petitions.
INTEMPERANCE.
125. It is hereby made the imperative duty of all
Lodges to restrain, as far as possible, the Masonic crime of
intemperance, by trial and punishment, as the case may
require, and to exclude from Lodge and ante-room all
intoxicating liquors; and for the faithful performance of
these duties they will be held strictly accountable to the
Grand Lodge. It shall be unlawful to initiate or affiliate
any person engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors.
All Masons are therefore fraternally advised to refrain
from engaging in the liquor traffic. ( See Decisions 40, 51,
62, 86, 115, 125, 132 and 172.)
MISCELLANEOUS.
126. It shall not be lawful for a Lodge to hold Commu-
nications on the Sabbath day for any purpose whatever,
except to attend the funeral of a Mason.
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127. The delivery or teaching of any Mafeonic work
not authorized, or which has not received the sanction of
the Grand Lodge or its lawful authority, is forbidden.
128. Upon the demise, of any Lodge, the Secretary
and Treasurer of the same shall, within three months,
transmit to the Grand Secretary all the books, papers,
jewels, furniture, funds and other property of the Lodge
so demised.
129. The Grand Master is authorized, at the request
of a Lodge, to change its location or place of meeting, but
such a request must be made at a regular Communication,
after notice given in open Lodge at least one lunar month
before action is taken by the Lodge.
130. Honorary membership gives the right to speak
in Lodge, but not to vote. It can not be conferred on a
regular member of a Lodge by the same body. (See De-
cision 46.)
131. Lodges and Committees on Charity shall require
from applicants for assistance evidence of good standing
before granting the same, and in the event such applicant
shall prove to be an impostor or unworthy, such fact, with
a full description of the impostor, shall be immediately
reported to the Grand Secretary, whose duty it shall be to
forthwith send notice of the same to all Lodges in this
jurisdiction and to the Grand Secretary of all the jurisdic-
tions immediately adjoining.
132. Objection by a member present at a meeting of
his Lodge to the visit of a brother at that Communication
shall exclude the visitor.
133. Changes in Lodge By-Laws shall only be opera-
tive after approval by the Grand Master.
134. The Master of each subordinate Lodge in this
jurisdiction shall cause to be read in open Lodge, within
two months after the annual election, the Constitution,
By-Laws and Decisions, and in each case should imme-
diately advise the Grand Master of the compliance with
this By-Law.
135. These By-Laws, pertaining to Grand or subordi-
nate Lodges, can only be amended by proposing the
change in writing at an annual Grand Communication;
and if, after reference to and report by a committee, it
shall be concurred in by a vote of two-thirds of the mem-
bers present, it shall be from that time a part of these By-
Laws.
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DECISIONS.
APPBOVED BY THE GRAND LODGE, EXCEPT SUCH AS HAVE
BEEN RENDERED INOPERATIVE BY OR INCOR-
PORATED IN OTHER LEGISLATION.
By K. W. Woodbury, 1879.
1. In the absence of law upon the subject, the burial
of a suicide may be left to the discretion of the Master.
2. A subordinate Lodge can, in the absence of law
upon the subject, use its discretion as to renting its Lodge
room to other societies. (See No. 76.)
5. A second examining committee should not be
appointed for the same visitor on the same evening, with-
out an explanation to the Master from the first committee,
and satisfaction on his part that injustice has been done.
4 The W. M. has the right to refuse admission to
members of his Lodge during the progress of work which
will be disturbed by their admission.
5. The Grand Lodge Proceedings sent to subordinate
Lodges are the property of the Lodges, and not of any
officers or members thereof.
6. The choice of Master is one of the privileges of the
brethren, and the request to elect a W. M. from the floor
should come from the Lodge and not the Master. (See
Decision 166.)
By B. L. Carr, 1880.
7. It is contrary to Masonic usage for the "Tiler" to
sit in the Lodge room after the ceremony of opening is
finished, the outer door to the ante-room being securely
locked. It is a Landmark of Masonry that every Lodge
should be "tiled." The Tiler's place is "outside the
door."
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By L. N. Greenleaf, 1881.
8. Either of three Lodges located in towns equidistant
is competent to recommend a petition for a new Lodge,
provided the others acquiesce; otherwise, the oldest
chartered Lodge to have the precedence.
9. This Grand Lodge as yet exercises no control over
the introduction of the Order of the Eastern Star.
10. Master Masons raised in a Lodge U. D. have all
the rights and privileges of those named in the dispensa-
tion.
11. Lodges U. D. can not grant diniits.
12. A member of a Lodge U. D. can not withdraw his
dimit filed with the petition for dispensation; it is part of
the record.
13. An Emergent Grand Lodge can not be opened by
Sroxy in another locality during a communication of the
^rand Lodge proper.
14. The signature of the W. M. is not essential to the
validity of a dimit, if signed by the Secretary and under
seal.
By R. A. Quillian, 1882.
15. It is competent for a Lodge to receive a petition
for affiliation from a Master Mason who has been raised in
a jurisdiction that required the signing of the By-Laws as
a condition precedent to becoming a member, and who has
failed to sign the By-Laws, and who was not claimed by
the Lodge that made him a Mason as a member; but the
application for affiliation should be accompanied by a
certificate from the former Lodge, setting forth the facts
in the case.
16. A petition for dispensation to confer the degrees
out of the regular order should be made by the Lodge and
under seal, but it is discretionary with the Grand Master
to pass upon the sufficiency of an application by the
Master.
17. An applicant for Masonry sent in his petition to
the Lodge in whose jurisdiction he then resided. His
petition was received and referred to a committee, who
reported that he had established a business at another
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place, and the day after his petition was received his family
removed out of the jurisdiction of the Lodge. I held that
it was competent for the Lodge to proceed with the case,
and, if found worthy, to confer the degrees.
By J. H. Peabody, 1885.
18. A candidate who has been rejected for advance-
ment to the second or third degrees may, in the absence of
any By-Law of the Lodge, re-apply to the Lodge for exam-
ination and advancement at the next subsequent stated
meeting, and at each succeeding one thereafter, so long as
the "black ball" shall appear, and no objections are filed
against him.
19. A member of a Lodge, after being elected to an
office, can decline to be installed.
20. Negroes, if free born, are entitled to Masonic
recognition, if made in regular Lodges. So-called ''Colored
Lodges" are held as irregular, and therefore persons
belonging to them are not recognizable as Masons.
21. An applicant with one leg five inches shorter than
the other is ineligible for initiation.
22. - A person who has lost the use of his right arm is
ineligible for initiation.
By George Wyman, 1886.
23. Part payment of dues, pending charges for non-
payment, does not invalidate charges.
24. The Tiler, if a member of the Lodge, has the same
rights as if inside the door.
25. A Lodge receiving a waiver of jurisdiction from
some other Lodge, has authority to proceed or waive juris-
diction in favor of a third Lodge.
By Albert H. Branch, 1887.
26. A person having lost the little finger of the right
hand is eligible for the degrees.
27. A brother can be elected to office whether present
or absent, but must be installed in person.
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28. The laws of the State of Colorado provide for
Masonic Lodges holding real estate. A Lodge should not
incorporate to hold real estate or other property, as it
would be in violation of Masonic law and usages.
29. A brother having received the E. A. degree in one
Lodge and applies for membership and advancement in
another — his former Lodge having waived jurisdiction and
certified to the fact that they conferred said degree — one
ballot only is necessary in the Lodge to which said brother
so applies, before receiving the P. G. degree, provided
said ballot is clear; the ballot being spread upon the
moral, intellectual and Masonic qualifications of the
applicant.
By George K. Kimball, D. G. M., 1887.
30. The issuing of duplicate diinits is prohibited.
Upon proper proof of identity and of the loss or destruction
of the original diinit, the Secretary of the Lodge granting
the dimit, with the approval of the Worshipful Master,
may issue a certificate to the effect that on such a day a
dimit was granted to Brother A. B., cause the Lodge seal
to be affixed and presented to the applicant.
31. A notice of suspension or expulsion of a brother
from a Lodge, not having the seal of the Lodge attached,
and no reason given for not using seal, should not be con-
sidered official.
32. A brother living within the jurisdiction of one
Lodge can affiliate with another Lodge in another jurisdic-
tion. (See Decision 179.)
By the Grand Lodge, 1887.
33. A waiver of jurisdiction in case of a brother seek-
ing to join in the organization of a new Lodge is improper.
If he resides in the place where the new Lodge is to start,
he is competent to join in a request for a dispensation.
Not joining therein, and yet desiring to become a charter
member, the law provides the way.
35. No rule can justly apply to all cases as to what
evidence shall be required from a visitor before examina-
tion. Masters of Lodges should satisfy themselves in their
own way.
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35. Masonic Bubial op Non-Apfiliates. — A Lodge
requested to act should use its discretion according to the
circumstances. The non-affiliate, possessing no inherent
right to the service of the Lodge, the favorable disposition
of the brethren should be substantially unanimous, of which
the Master should be satisfied by ballot or otherwise.
Strong objections by members to the burial of a non-
affiliate should not be lightly waived.
By George K. Kimball, 1888.
36. Charges can be preferred by a member of any
Lodge against a member of any other Lodge.
37. A man's residence is where his family resides.
38. The questions required to be answered on the
petition to be made a Mason, having been answered by the
petitioner, it rests with the Lodge to determine the validity
of such answers.
39. Air unfavorable ballot cannot be reconsidered on
any grounds.
40. Grand Lodge By-Law No. 125 does not refer to
druggists selling liquor for medicinal purposes.
41. As to physical qualifications, I decided that the
Lodges themselves are the better able to judge of the
material brought up for the building of the Temple, and
calling their attention to the old Landmarks.
42. An installed officer has no right to demand excuse
from serving in his official capacity when present. Should
an installed officer refuse to serve when present, you can
prefer charges against him for unmasonic conduct.
43. A dispensation cannot be issued to elect and
install another in place of an officer so refusing.
44. The Worshipful Master has authority to fill a
vacancy caused by the contumacy of any officer.
45. A written objection from a member of a Lodge
before ballot is sufficient to prevent the degree being con-
ferred on a candidate for the First Degree.
46. A Lodge may elect as honorary members brethren
of other jurisdictions. (See By-Law 130.)
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47. A Lodge has power to try for offenses any of its
members wherever they may reside ;. also all Masons resi-
dent or sojourning within its jurisdiction, whether affiliated
or non-affiliated ; but when a member of another Lodge,
resident in its jurisdiction, commits an offense, Masonic
courtesy requires that when practicable complaint be made
to his own Lodge. If that fails to act, then it may proceed
to try him itself. (See Decision 169.)
48. Repealed in 1894.
49. A brother cannot sign the petition for membership,
or the degrees for another brother.
50. It is not necessary to open a Lodge on the First
Degree when it is known that there is no work on the First
and Second Degrees.
By William D. Todd, D. G. M., 1888.
51. That not merely is it unlawful to initiate or affiliate
any person engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors, but
that a Mason, a member of any of our Lodges, who may
have started in the business subsequent to the recent
action of the Grand Lodge, was amenable to the charge of
unmasonic conduct, and subject to such penalty as might
be inflicted, after due trial and conviction. (See By-Law
125.)
By the Grand Lodge, 1888.
52. An unfavorable report is not recognized as a dark
ballot.
53. That the actual traveling expenses of the Grand
Master or his duly appointed representative, while visiting
Lodges, be paid by the Grand Lodge, and that the Grand
Secretary be authorized to draw warrants on the Grand
Treasurer for the same from time to time.
54a. Resolved, That this Grand Lodge recognizes no
degrees in Masonry except those conferred under the
regulations of the Grand Lodges of the various States and
Territories of the United States and the governments
throughout the world. It admits the following named
organizations, and none other, to be regular and duly
constituted Masonic bodies, namely: The General Grand
R. A. Chapter of the United States, the Grand R. A.
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Chapters of the several States and Territories of the United
States and the R. A. Chapters and other bodies under
their jurisdiction, the General Grand Council of Royal and
Select Masters of the United States, the Grand Councils
of Royal and Select Masters of the several States and Ter-
ritories of the United States and the Councils under their
jurisdiction, the Grand Encampment of the United States,
the Grand Commanderies of the several States and Terri-
tories of the United States and the Commanderies under
their jurisdiction, the Supreme Councils of the Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite for the Northern and Southern
Jurisdictions of the United States, of which Henry L.
Palmer and Albert Pike are Sovereign Grand Commanders
respectively, and the various bodies under their jurisdic-
tion. (See No. 64.)
546. The committee, on bringing before this Grand
Lodge some plan looking to the establishment of a Masonic
Widows' and Orphans' Home, made the following report,
which was adopted :
First — We recommend that the funds be raised by
setting aside twenty-five per cent, of our present surplus,
and twenty-five per cent, of the annual income of this
Grand Lodge, until a sufficient amount of money has been
raised for the establishment of said Home.
By William D. Todd, Grand Masteb, 1889.
55. One who has served as Master or Warden any-
where in a chartered Lodge is eligible to election here as
Master.
56. That the Master of a Lodge indefinitely suspended
and subsequently re-instated is restored to all the rights of
a Past Master.
57. That all re-elected officers must be re-installed,
except as to the Master, and even as to him if practicable.
58. That a petition for a dispensation for a new Lodge
must be accompanied by the recommendation of the near-
est Lodge in an air -line.
59. That a ballot found white by the Wardens and
Master, but one of the members at once rising and stating
he had cast a black ball, must be declared dark.
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60. That the loss of the sight of an eye by accident,
not impairing the other, does not render a candidate
ineligible.
61. That a rejected candidate for affiliation can re-
X>etition at once and as often as be may desire.
62. That one engaged in the business of selling intoxi-
cating liquors, though not conducted by him personally,
or in this State, is ineligible for the degrees. (By-Law
125; Decisions 86, 115 and 123.)
By the Gband Lodge, 1889.
63. Question: Can we bury a brother with Masonic
honors where six or eight of the pall-bearers are not
Masons?
Ayiswer : No. Masonry is absolute. In answer to
correspondence arising out of this, I replied : When
Masonic ceremonies are called for, none but Masons in
good standing can take part. On such occasions the Lodge
is regularly convened, none being admitted but those duly
qualified and having permission. The Lodge is not called
off, but proceeds to the house, church, or wherever they
may be called, take charge of the body (and when they
have done so, no one except he be a Mason is admitted),
repair to the place of deposit, perform their rites and
return to the Lodge room, and the Lodge is closed in form.
The Lodge is a Lodge from the time it is opened until it
is closed. (Kimball, 1888, approved by the Grand Lodge,
1889.)
64. "At the last session of this Grand Lodge it pl&ced
on record a resolution declaring what degrees in Masonry
it will recognize; and your committee are of the opinion
that no so-called Masonic bodies, other than those men-
tioned in that resolution, can be considered, in any sense,
" Masonic Bodies" in this State."
" Your committee are of the opinion that that resolution
should be sufficient to prevent any good Masons paying
allegiance to this Grand Lodge, from hereafter becoming
members of any bodies claiming to be Masonic, other than
those mentioned in that resolution." (See No. 54a.)
65. Besolved, That the clause "take the usual course,"
at the end of Section 61 of By-Laws, be interpreted to
mean that the written petition of the applicant be referred
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to an investigating committee of three members, which
committee shall submit a report within one lunar month,
as in the case of other petitions for the degrees.
66. Under Section 98, the question of guilt or inno-
cence is to be decided by ballot, and a two-thirds vote is
necessary to convict. Under Section 99, the degree of
punishment must be determined by a two-thirds vote of
the Lodge, whether it be expulsion, indefinite or definite
suspension, and the Lodge having convicted a Brother of
Masonic offense would be guilty of a gross neglect of its
Masonic duties should it fail to inflict one of the punish-
ments provided by Section 106, and one which, upon a
regular appeal, would subject the Lodge to discipline.
67. Resolved, That M. W. Brother H. P. H. Bromwell,
Past Grand Master of Illinois and at present a member of
Denver Lodge No. 5, of Denver, Colorado, be and he is
hereby declared duly elected as an honorary member of
his M. W. Grand Lodge.
By W. T. Bridwell, 1890.
68. A committee appointed by a Lodge to collect
testimony can exclude from its meetings all brethren not
directly interested in the matter.
69. A brother having served a Lodge as Warden is
eligible to election as Master, but aside from this occupies
no higher place in the Lodge than any other member.
70. In the absence of general law on the subject, each
Lodge has the right to limit the time before which a
rejected applicant may apply again; but in the absence of
any law, he may apply at any time.
71. Expulsion by a Lodge is from all the rights, privi-
leges and benefits of Masonry, and is final unless reversed
by the Grand Lodge. The Lodge should send notice of
such action to other branches of the Order of which the
expelled was a member.
72. A brother having received one or more degrees
and removes from the juisdiction of the Lodge which
received him, remains the material of that Lodge, regardless
of where he may go.
73. A Lodge having suspended one of its members
for non-payment of dues, cannot in after years remit the
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amount and restore him to good standing. Suspended or
expelled Masons are not worthy objects of Masonic charity.
74. To determine the sufficiency of an objection after
ballot, have the case heard by your Lodge in accordance
with Section 73, Grand Lodge By-Laws. A unanimous
vote will be necessary to entitle the candidate to advance-
ment, the objector not being permitted to vote. (See By-
Law 73.)
75. Objections to the advancement of a candidate
after ballot should be investigated by the Lodge. It is
optional with the Master to order charges preferred and
enter into a formal trial, or he can order an investigation
without the formality of charges. (See By-Law 73.)
76. It is contrary to Masonic custom for Masons to
lease their Lodge room for dancing or any other secular
purposes. * * * A Masonic Lodge room is a sacred
place; and should be regarded with the same degree of
respect whether the Fraternity owns the building or
leases it.
77. A person having lost the first joint of the thumb
or the first three fingers of his right hand is ineligible to
be made a Mason.
78. The Tramp Mason. — Lodges should be informed
as to the worthiness of such applicants before lending
assistance. In all such cases where actual necessity is not
manifest, it is not charity to give.
79. A Mason carrying a dimit in this jurisdiction
more than one year,. without petitioning for affiliation, has
no legal claim on the Fraternity.
80. There is no law requiring a Mason to state his
reason for applying for a dimit. He enters the Lodge of
his own volition, and cannot be compelled to remain a
a member should he elect otherwise.
81. A certificate of good standing is not sufficient
evidence for a Lodge to admit a visitor upon. If his
regard for Masonry is not sufficient to prompt him to
acquire a sufficient degree of Masonic intelligence to make
himself known, he does not merit recognition.
82. A Lodge cannot entertain a petition from an
applicant who has not resided twelve months within its
jurisdiction. This is prohibited by Grand Lodge By-Law
No. 55.
189fl APPENDIX. 411
83. Question: Has one Mason the right to go on the
witness-stand in a criminal case and attempt to impeach
the testimony of another Mason without first informing
him that he would do so? Answer: If the first witness
had testified falsely, and by such testimony attempted to
defeat the end of justice, it would be the duty of the
second witness to expose such testimony; but if the testi-
mony of the first witness was correct, the second witness
was guilty of gross unmasonic conduct, and he should be
dealt with accordingly.
84. Question: A Mason commits homicide, is tried by
the court and acquitted. Can we accept this as sufficient,
or should the Lodge hold an investigation? Answer:
Yes. The Lodge should take cognizance of the matter
regardless of the action of the court. Courts may err
through prejudice, releasing the guilty and punishing the
innocent. This does not afford an example for a Masonic
Lodge to pattern after. (See No. 110.)
85. Lodges desiring to hold real estate should consult
Laws of Colorado, session of 1879, pages 110 and 111.
By the Grand Lodge, 1890.
86. By-Law 125 was construed to include all persons
engaged in the business of selling intoxicating liquors, and
to all others, in any business, selling intoxicating liquors
as beverages. (See 62, 115 and 123.)
By E. L. N. Foster, 1891.
87. A brother having received the A. E. degree in
another jurisdiction, is their material, and the F. C. and
M. M. degrees can only be conferred on him in one of two
ways :
First — The Lodge which conferred the first degree can
make a request to another Lodge to confer the remaining
degrees, when no ballot should be taken as to the qualifica-
tions of the candidate, but a majority vote of the Lodge to
do the work would be proper; the candidate could then
become a member of the Lodge making the request, and
the fee should be paid to it. The Lodge, however, should
require proficiency in each preceding degree before con-
ferring the next.
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Second — The Lodge can ask waiver of jurisdiction,
which being granted, the candidate can petition in the
regular way, setting forth the additional facts, accom-
panied by a certificate of the Lodge that conferred the
first degree.
88. A request for waiver of jurisdiction must be made
before ballot.
89. A brother can not completely sever his connection
with the Fraternity; there is no way by which he can be
relieved of his obligations.
90. Lodges U. D. can not collect dues, as they have
no By-Laws. They are governed by the Grand Lodge
By-Laws.
91. The W. M. of a Lodge has authority to discharge
an investigating committee when it fails to report, but it
should only be done in exceptional cases; it is better to
give the old committee further time.
92. A Lodge is not legally compelled to pay the
funeral expenses of a brother, even though one of its own
members, but can dispense its charity in the way it deems
best.
93. The W. M. of a Lodge errs in refusing to allow a
member to examine the Lodge records.
94. A Lodge can not appear as such, to escort a Coni-
mandery of Knights Templar performing funeral services.
If Master Masons attend a funeral as a Lodge, they must
have charge of the ceremonies.
95. Section 55, Grand Lodge By-Laws, refers to
petitions for initiation only. '
96. As no colored Lodges have been recognized in
this jurisdiction, it is improper to permit the use of our
Lodge rooms to install the officers of so-called colored
Lodges.
97. The regularly elected and appointed officers of a
Lodge, with the exception of a Tiler, must be members.
98. The absence of the letter of dispensation of a
Lodge renders the meeting irregular, and any work done
illegal.
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99. A candidate initiated when the letter of dispen-
sation was absent is irregularly made, and should be healed
before proceeding further.
100. It is unnecessary to obtain a permit from the
Grand Master for a Past Master to install the regularly
elected officers of a Lodge. (See Decision 167.)
101. The geographical jurisdiction of Lodges U. D. is
the same as that of chartered Lodges.
102. When it is discovered that a petitioner for the
degrees resides without the jurisdiction of the Lodge
which received his petition, the fact should be spread upon
the minutes, and provided a waiver of jurisdiction can not
be obtained, the petition and fee should be returned to
the petitioner, with the information that if he desires the
degrees, he must apply to the Lodge in whose jurisdiction
he resides.
By John M. Maxwell, 1892.
103. Grand Lodge By-Law No. 56 covers petitions for
affiliation, and as a dimit is made a part of the petition for
affiliation under Grand Lodge By-Law No. 59, the dimit
cannot be returned to the petitioner unless his petition
should be rejected.
104. No authority is vested in the Grand "Master to
appoint officers of a subordinate Lodge to act during the
temporary absence of the officers of the Lodge.
105. Only those whose names appear in the dispensa-
tion, and those raised under it, can vote upon petitions for
the degrees in Lodges U. D.
106. An annual election in a subordinate Lodge held
at any other time than that designated by the By-Laws of
the Lodge is irregular and void, unless such election is
held by virtue of a special dispensation granted by the
Grand Master. ( See By-Law 42a. )
107. The Secretary of a Lodge has no authority to
issue summonses for any purposes, unless instructed so to
do by the Worshipful Master, or the Lodge. (See By-
Law 90.)
108. The election to the Mastership of a brother
ineligible to hold that office, unless by special dispensation
granted by the Grand Master, is irregular and void.
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109. A Lodge having elected a member to the office of
Senior Warden, upon the refusal of the brother to be
installed, cannot at a date subsequent to the date for its
annual election, elect any one else to that office, except by
special dispensation granted by the Grand Master.
110. It is the duty of a Lodge to proceed with the trial
of a brother charged with a Masonic offense, regardless of
the action or non-action of the courts of the State. (See
No. 84.)
111. A brother having made application to his Lodge
for a dimit, can withdraw his application at any time
before the Lodge has taken action upon it.
112. A Junior Warden can not prefer charges in his
official capacity, except by order of the Lodge.
113. A Lodge U. D. cannot act upon a petition for
initiation unless the applicant has resided within the juris-
diction of the Lodge U. D. during the preceding twelve
months. (See By-Law 55.)
114. A man who has lost the left hand at the wrist, is
ineligible to be made a Mason.
115. A Lodge cannot entertain the petition of one who
is acting as the agent of a brewing company, and as such
selling bottled beer by the barrel. (See Nos. 62, 86
and 123. )
116. The doctrine of "perpetual jurisdiction" is not
recognized in this jurisdiction.
117. Kepealed in 1894.
118. A brother bringing himself within the require-
ments of Grand Lodge By-Law No. 85, is entitled to a
dimit, although he has failed to pay an assessmont levied
by the Lodge, and the W. M. of the Lodge should not
refuse to sign or withhold the dimit.
119. A man who is deformed by one leg being shorter
than the other, is not eligible to receive the degrees in
Masonry.
120. A man who has lost the first two fingers of his
right hand, is not eligible to receive the degrees in
Masonry.
121. A " physically defective " man, being very lame,
is not eligible to receive the degrees in Masonry.
1894] appendix. 415
By the Grand Lodge, 1892.
122. It is clearly the duty of the Master of a Lodge
to suspend from office an officer of his Lodge for
unbecoming or unmasonic conduct, in advance of charges
and trial for such conduct. (See Decision 155.)
123. It is unlawful to receive the petition to be made
a Mason of a man engaged in selling liquor on commission.
(SeeNos. 62, 86 and 115.)
124. A Masonic apron should be of white leather only.
We recommend that the presentation of the apron in the
First Degree be an actual presentation, and that it be
made the duty of the Secretary of the Lodge to inscribe
or have inscribed upon the under side of it the name of
the brother receiving it, together with the date of his
initiation, to which shall be added the date of his passing
and raising when the same shall have been accomplished.
125. That hereafter, in making the annual returns, the
Secretaries of all the Lodges be required to report the
ages of all the' members. (See By-Law 37.)
By W. D. Weight, 1893.
126. A Lodge, as such, has no authority to attend
funeral services held at a church in connection with other
societies, the remains of the brother to be afterwards
shipped away for burial.
127. After a portion of the Entered Apprentice
degree had been conferred upon a candidate, it was
discovered that he had lost the first two joints of the fore-
finger of his right hand. He was returned to the prepara-
tion room, proceedings stopped, and the matter submitted
to the Grand Master. I held that, having in view all the
circumstances of the case, he could be made a Mason.
128. Bepealed in 1894.
129. Question ; Can a Lodge, having opened on regular
meeting night (Tuesday), be then called from labor to
refreshment, to meet again the following Monday at the
sound of the gavel in the East?
Answer: No.
130. A Lodge can try a brother after his term of
office has expired, for a Masonic offense committed while
he was Worshipful Master.
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131. In a case where defective hearing compelled a
candidate to resort to an artificial device to enable him to
hear a whisper: Held, that a Lodge was better able to
judge of his qualifications in that respect. (See By-Law
148.)
132. Question: Is a stockholder in a brewery, a cor-
poration making and selling beer, eligible to receive the
degrees in Masonry under our laws, the person not being
in any way actively connected with the business of making
or selling the beer, but owning the stock only as an invest-
ment?
Answer: No. (See By-Law 125 )
133. A brother having died while regularly under
suspension for non-payment of dues cannot afterwards be
reinstated by his Lodge.
134. Any prior arrangement or understanding by
which a candidate is to have the fees paid for the degrees
in Masonry refunded to him, is unmasonic.
135. In a Masonic trial the Lodge is not governed by
technical rules of evidence. Anything properly tending
to throw light upon the facts and bring out the truth
should be admitted in evidence.
136. A Grand Master as such cannot properly inter-
fere with or undertake to settle business differences between
individual Masons.
137 .A brother past sixty years of age, in the absence
of any Lodge By-Law governing, is not exempt from
Lodge dues.
138. In the absence of the Master, the Senior or
Junior Warden being present, may, through courtesy or
from any cause in the discretion of the Warden, request a
P. M. to open as well as preside over the Lodge.
139. In case of an applicant who had lost the first
three fingers of his left hand, calling attention to Grand
Lodge By-Law' No. 74, and to the Ancient Landmarks and
regulations of Masonry, he left the Lodge to be the judge
as to the physical qualifications. (See No. 148.)
140. Repealed in 1894.
141. When a brother, against whom no charges are
pending; pays all Lodge dues and regularly makes appli-
cation for a dimit, a written objection by an individual
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brother is not a bar to the issuance of such dimit. If the
matters he bases his objections on are serious enough to
warrant such course, and if the objecting brother wishes
to prefer charges, he should be given reasonable oppor-
tunity to dd so.
142. Upon the petition of an unmarried man, stating
that he was and had for years been a resident within the
jurisdiction of the Lodge, he was duly elected and received
the E. A. degree. Afterwards, and because it appeared
that the petitioner had made a homestead filing on land
within its jurisdiction, which homestead he had also
claimed as his residence, a second Lodge claimed him as
its material. The first Lodge so far conceded such claim
as to have turned over the initiation fee to the second
Lodge, which latter Lodge I was advised expected to confer
the second degree on said applicant, at the time the matter
was submitted to me.
Held: That the applicant in his petition having
claimed his residence within its jurisdiction, and being
still an actual resident there, said first Lodge having acted
in good faith was entitled to the initiation fee, and the
applicant was its material, and if permitted to proceed
further, the remaining degrees should be conferred upon
him by said first Lodge.
143. A Lodge in this jurisdiction, before proceeding
with trial, in case of a brother belonging to a Lodge in
another jurisdiction, should notify his Lodge, and afford
it ample opportunity to be represented in any proper way,
if it so wishes, in the trial of one of its members.
144. The word " finding," as used in Section 100 of
Grand Lodge By-Laws, means a finding of the different
facts, which, in the opinion of the Commission, seem to be
established by the evidence, the Lodge having the sole
right to determine, upon said finding of facts, the question
of guilt or innocence.
145. It would be improper for a brother who must be
a witness upon the trial, to serve as one of the Commission
to whom the case is referred, and thus be in a position of
passing judgment upon the merits of his own testimony.
146. Lodge having opened on the first degree, and
having work in that degree fully prepared, may proceed
with initiation before opening on the third degree, or may
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open on the third and afterwards reopen on the first for the
purpose of work.
147. In a case where five brothers signed charges, as
Grand Lodge By-Law Section 95, provides that charges
"must be signed by the accuser," and Section 97 further
provides that at the conclusion of the trial both the accused
and the accuser shall retire ; held, that if the case sub-
mitted should be carried to a conclusion in its present
shape, the five brothers who have signed such charges
could not be permitted to vote upon the final determination
of the case.
By the Gband Lodge, 1893.
148. While it be eminently proper that subordinate
Lodges determine the eligibility for the degrees of candi-
dates, that they must nevertheless always be governed by
the spirit of the law, which provides " that he must not be
incapable of learning the art and becoming perfect in the
work."
149. In the case of a brother known to be unable to
pay, his Lodge may remit and release him from payment
of Lodge dues, provided that there be no By-Law of the
Lodge prohibiting such action.
150. The proposed Worshipful Master of any new
Lodge, before receiving the recommendation of any other
Lodge for a dispensation, shall present to that Lodge a
certificate from the Grand Lecturer that he is proficient
in the esoteric work of this jurisdiction in addition to the
other requirements.
151. An Entered Apprentice desiring to take the
remaining degrees in a Lodge other than the Lodge con-
ferring the first degree, is not required to reside in the
new jurisdiction twelve months before applying.
By J. C. Sanford, 1894.
152. A brother having received the E. A. and F. C.
degrees in 1890, it is proper to confer the degrees upon
him regardless of the time which has elapsed. (See By-
Law 39.)
153. No Mason can be deprived of any Masonic right
except by ballot. (See By-Law 94.)
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154. A brother was sentenced to recede a reprimand
in open Lodge at the following stated Communication.
The brother failed to present himself or give any cause for
not being present as instructed by the W. M. What
course should we pursue?
Answer: Issue summons for him to appear at the next
stated Communication, and should he refuse to obey, the
Lodge should at once prefer charges for contumacy. A
Lodge must itself execute . the sentence it has itself
imposed. ( See By-Law 108. )
155. The W. M. of a Lodge has the power and
authority to suspend any of its officers from office, pending
charges, and fill the vacancy pro tem> until the charges are
disposed of. He must announce each suspension in open
Lodge and have the same entered of record in the minutes
of that Communication. (See Decision 122.)
156. The decision of the W. M. in his Lodge is final,
but an appeal always lies from such decisions to the Grand
Lodge.
157. It is proper for the W. M. of a Lodge to resign
the chair to the S. W., who is not a Past Master, during
the trial of a brother for a Masonic offense, there being
other regular Past Masters present, and the Master remain
upon the floor and take part in the proceedings the same as
other members.
158. It is not only right but the duty of the W. M. to
appoint some brother to represent the accused as counsel
during his absence in a Masonic trial. This, however,
should not be a bar to other members who might desire to
be heard upon the subject. (See By-Law 104.)
159. The W. M. has the right to excuse any member
from the Lodge room after trial has begun and before the
ballot is taken upon the guilt or innocence of the accused.
160. A brother having had charges preferred against
him for unmasonic conduct at a stated Communication,
may be summoned to appear and answer the charges at
either a stated or called Communication.
161. Question: After the accused has plead "not
guilty," can the Lodge hold the trial at a special meeting,
or may they proceed with the trial at the same meeting
that the accused enters plea of "not guilty ?"
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Answer: Should the accused waive lawful notice, the
mutual agreement between him and the Lodge is sufficient
to proceed with the trial; but should the accused insist
upon going to trial at once, and the Lodge is not ready,
the Master must exercise his right to postpone. In this
case lawful notice must be given to the accused. A trial
may take place at either a stated or called Communication,
so that the Communication has been set apart for the
purpose. (See By-Law 96.)
162. Question: Is it necessary for each member of a
Lodge to have notice of the time and place of a Masonic
trial? If so, which is proper, a notice or a summons?
Answer: Members should be notified to attend when
business is to be transacted which is of great importance
and of vital interest to the welfare of the Lodge. Summons
should be used only in extreme cases or actual necessity.
163. It is not necessary that the accused be furn-
ished with a list of witnesses who will testify against
him at a trial for unmasonic conduct.
164. The written application for a dimit (as provided
for in Section 85, Grand Lodge By-Laws), should be
presented at a stated Communication of the Lodge. The
mere filing of any paper with the Secretary does not make
it officially received until he has read the same in open
Lodge, by and with the consent of the Worshipful Master.
165. Expulsion by a Lodge is from all the rights,
privileges and benefits of Masonry, and is final, unless
reversed by the Grand Lodge. Such sentence begins its
effect immediately upon the decision of the Lodge having
jurisdiction, and is in no wise affected by the demand of
the accused for an appeal to the Grand Lodge. (See By-
Law 107.)
166. In the absence of the letter of dispensation from
the Grand Master, the election of a brother from the floor
to the Mastership is null and void. (See Decision 6.)
167. When not public, a Past Master may, when
invited by proper authority, install' the officers of a
chartered Lodge without commission or dispensation of
the Grand Master. (See Decision No. 100.)
168. Lodge A. accepted the petition of Mr. F., who is
a county official. He has resided continously for three
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years within the jurisdiction of Lodge B. He owns and
claims as his home a ranch within the jurisdiction of Lodge
A., and has also kept that as his legal residence or voting
place. Has LodgQ A., by receiving said petition, trespassed
upon the jurisdiction of Lodge B?
Held: That as the official duties of the applicant com-
pelled him to reside within the jurisdiction of Lodge B., it
was but a temporary or forced residence, and as he had not
changed his legal residence, he was material of Lodge A.
169. Question: Can Lodge A. try a member of Lodge
B. for unmasonic conduct, both Lodges being in the same
jurisdiction and but eighteen miles apart ; Lodge A. first
obtaining a waiver of jurisdiction from Lodge B., who
granted the same immediately, or without first notifying
the accused brother of the request. Did Lodge B. err in
its action?
Answer: By-Law 84 reads: "The conduct of all Masons
shall subject them to discipline by the Lodge within whose
jurisdiction they reside," etc. That decision No. 47 refers
to either the territorial jurisdiction of a Lodge (which is
bounded by geographical centers between it and contiguous
Lodges), or the political boundaries of the several States
(which have been by unanimous consent defined as the
limits of the several Grand Lodge jurisdictions.) That
inasmuch as Lodge A. has complied with all the require-
ments of both courtesy and otherwise as provided for by
Decision No. 143, and Lodge B. had waived any rights
they may have had or could assume over one of its members
to Lodge A., it could proceed with the trial as though the
accused was one of its own members. Without judging
upon the merits of the case, it would seem that Masonic
courtesy and brotherly regard for one of its members
should have prompted Lodge B. to give the accused
brother an opportunity to explain.
170. It is not necessarily a qualification for the newly
elected Master of a Lodge to receive the Past Master's
degree before he can preside, but it is recommended that
he should receive it as soon as practicable after installation.
(See By-Law 48.)
171. Question: A Chapter Mason and member of a
Lodge was elected, installed and served one year as Mas-
ter. Is he then an actual Past Master? And can he assist
in the conferring of the Past Master's degree?
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Answer: Literally sjjeaking, a brother having been
elected and served one year as Worshipful Master is a
Past Master, but not having received the Past Master's
degree is not entitled to sit in a Lodge of Past Masters.
Nor does the Past Master's degree conferred in a Chapter
of Royal Arch Masons invest the brother with any rank or
authority in a Lodge of Master Masons.
172. Question : A brother presents a dimit and petition
for affiliation, the Committee on Character finds that he is
the proprietor of a hotel and keeps a bar in connection
therewith. Have we a right to accept him a member?
Answer: No. (See Grand Lodge By-Law 125. )
173. Question: In casting a ballot for the passing or
raising of a brother, what question is voted upon — the exam-
ination in the lecture of last degree received, or theintel-
lectual, moral and ^Masonic qualifications?
Answer: Grand Lodge By-Law No. 65 is based upon
the theory that conditions may change with a candidate
from the time in which he received the first degree, or
second, and presents himself for advancement; or, in other
words, he is put upon probation. Therefore, the ballot is
spread for each degree upon the intellectual, moral and
Masonic qualifications etc.
The silent acquiescence of the Lodge or Master would
be sufficient evidence that the brother had passed a satis-
factory examination as provided for by Section 75. Pro-
viding that no degree shall be conferred until ballot be
spread as provided for by Section 65.
174. Grand Lodge By-Laws No. 65 and 66 apply to
petitions for affiliation as well as for initiation.
175. A brother desiring to affiliate with a Lodge in
this jurisdiction, and whose Lodge is not permitted to issue
a dimit, should present with his petition a certificate of
good standing and statement of facts.
Should action upon his petition be favorable, the Sec-
retary should, under seal of the Lodge, request the brother's
dimit, and when received cancel the same as provided for
by By-Law 89.
176. A man whose left arm has been amputated at the
wrist is ineligible to be made a Mason.
177. Question : How should a Lodge proceed to prefer
charges against a brother for unmasonic conduct for an
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offense committed against one of its members within the
jurisdiction of the Lodge other than the one in which
either resides — the offending member holding his member-
ship outside the State?
Answer: Have your Lodge prepare the charges and
specifications, together with all collateral testimony, and
forward the same to the Lodge nearest the residence of the
accused, with the request that they proceed with the
formalities of the trial, your Lodge being represented by
the Junior Warden of the trial Lodge.
178. Question: A petition was received in due form
for initiation, the petition was referred to a committee of
investigation, which was unable to locate the petitioner
until a communication was received from him seven
months after date of his petition. He then stated that he
had removed from the State aud would not return to
Colorado, and requesting that the fee which accompanied
his petition be returned to him.
First — Can the fee be returned to him without the
Lodge having first acted upon his petition?
Answer: No. (See Grand Lodge By-Law No. 56.)
Should you return the fee, you would virtually with-
draw the petition. The petition being in regular form,
and your Lodge had jurisdiction, there is but one way to
dispose of it, to wit, by ballot.
Second — Should action upon the petition be favorable,
what should be the method of procedure?
Answer: Have your Secretary, when notifying him of
his election, call his attention to Grand Lodge By-Law
No. 60, and if it should be impossible for him to be
present to receive the degree in your Lodge, upon request
from him your Lodge would request a Lodge near his new
place of residence to do the work for you.
Third — Would the Lodge be justified in taking action
upon the petition by the committee reporting that they
were unable to locate the petitioner?
Answer: No. Grand Lodge By-Law No. 62 prescribes
the form of report, and in order that your Lodge may have
the necessary information, your committee should corres-
pond with either a Masonic Lodge or individual Masons
near his place of residence. This information, and such
as they could glean from the members recommending the
petition, would be sufficient for your Lodge to act upon.
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179. A brother residing within the jurisdiction of one
Lodge has the right, and it is his privilege, to affiliate with
and become a member of any Lodge in another jurisdiction,
Grand or subordinate, that he may select. By uniting
with a Lodge, no matter how distant, he complies with the
obligation of affiliation, and by thus contributing to the
support of the institution he discharges his duty as a
Mason and becomes entitled to all the privileges of the
Order. (See Decision 32.)
180. Question: A member of our Lodge was one of the
number to whom a charter was granted at the last session
of the Grand Lodge. Said member was in arrears for
dues for more than one year, and had never received a
certificate of good standing from our Lodge. Is he not
still a member of our Lodge?
Answer: The Grand Lodge, having granted a charter
for a new Lodge, and the brother's name being among the
number to whom the same was granted, his membership
immediately ceased in your Lodge and began in the new.
(See By-Law 22.)
181. A man having a deformed right hand, with
fingers but one inch in length, is ineligible to be made a
Mason.
By the Grand Lodge, 1894.
182. Three Master Masons may open a Lodge and
transact business.
183. St. John's day is only a festival day of the
Craft, and not a day for labor or the transaction of Lodge
business, unless it falls on the day for the stated Communi-
cation.
184. The members of a Lodge should be allowed to
exercise their judgment in the bestowal of charity. If a
Lodge, by a majority vote, wishes to contribute to the
funeral expenses of a deceased suspended Mason, they
should be allowed to do so."
185. An expelled Mason, or his representative, on his
request and at his expense, can have a transcript of the
testimony furnished the Grand Lodge, in connection with
the petition and recommendation for reinstatement. (See
By-Law 110.)
186. The apron shall be worn over the outer garment.
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187. Hereafter, this Grand Lodge, through the office
of its Grand Secretary, shall supply each subordinate
Lodge, upon request, all blank books and blanks that are
necessary, at the actual cost thereof, and from and after
January 1, 1895, the use of all other forms of books and
blanks shall be forbidden; provided, that this edict shall
not prevent any Lodge continuing the use of such books
of record and ledgers as they now have, but they shall in
future supply themselves as herein provided. A committee
of three shall be appointed to prepare such set of forms,
which, when approved by the Grand Master, shall be the
approved forms as herein provided for.
188. The practice of life membership, by which a
member is exempted from all future payment of dues, by
paying a fixed sum in cash, is against all the best interests
of Masonry. Therefore, the same is from this time for-
bidden; provided, however, that this action shall not in any
way affect life memberships heretofore granted.
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GENERAL INDEX TO LAWS.
References to Sections : C— Constitution ; B— By-Laws; D -Decisions.
C. B. D.
Absence forfeits pay 5
of Grand Master provided for _ 20 _._
of Master provided for 49
Accused, absence of, at trial 101
and accuser may be present at trial 101
Accuser must retire 147
Accuser to sign charges 95
Admitted to membership 81 ..
Admission to membership may be refused 4
Advancement, application for 18
may be stayed . . _ _ 71
of Entered Apprentices 151
objected to 72
Affiliate, where a brother may 32-179
who can not 125
Affiliation after expulsion 118
fee for, prohibited _ 82
petition for 59 15
regulated SO
Ages of members to be reported 125
Air-line jurisdiction 51
Amendments to By-Laws 185
to Constitution 31
Annual Communication 8 ._
dues from Lodges - 37
election, when void 106
report of Grand Treasurer 21
report of Grand Secretary 22
returns of Lodges 36 125
Appeals, Committee on 4(4)
Appeal, when taken 110
if decision is reversed 105
from decision of Master 156
must be in writing Ill
Appellate jurisdiction of Grand Lodge 5
Appellant to give notice Ill
Application after rejection 69
fordimit may be withdrawn Ill
Appointed officers, in Grand Lodge 7
in Lodges nnder dispensation 44
installation of 11
Approval of journal 18
Apron, described _ 124
how worn 186
Assessment, failure to pay 118
428 APPENDIX. [18W
C. B. D.
Ballot, can not be set aside 66 174
disclosing one's own 67
for affiliation 80
forbidden until 62 178
for each degree ... 65 178-174
Grand Officers elected by 7
when spread 6S
second, when allowed 66 174
unfavorable cannot be reconsidered S7
when most be declared dark 99
Ballots, adverse are final 66 174
for membership and advancement 29
majority of, necessary 9
Balloting, all mnst vote in' 64 _.
Beer seller, ineligible ... 115
Blanks, Grand Secretary to fnrnish 187
Bond of Grand Secretary' 22
Grand Treasurer 21
Books, who may purchase 80 __
Brom well, H. P. H., honorary member 67
By-Laws of Grand Lodge, amendments of 188
Lodge, changes of, when operative 188
of Grand Lodge, to be printed annually 22
of Lodges under dispensation 4(8) ..
of Lodges nnder dispensation 28
signing of Lodge 78
tone read 184
Burial of non-affiliates 85
ofsnicides — 1
Candidate, degrees conferred on only one 76
to be examined on each degree 75 178
for affiliation must visit 80
failing to appear ... 60
non-resident 77
physical qualifications of 74 21-22
physical qualifications of 26-41
physical qualifications of 60-77
physical qualifications of... 114-119
physical qualifications of 120-121
physical qualifications of .. -— . 127-131
physical qualifications of 182-189
physical qualifications of 148-176
physical qualifications of 181
Candidates, rejected 68
not to be reported _ 70
re-application of 69 61
Certificate with petition for new Lodge 21
of good standing not sufficient to admit 81
Certificate to members of extinct Lodges 87
Chaplain, Grand, duties of 28
Charges against non-affiliates 83 177
answering of 96 161
copy of , and notice to be served 95 160-163
for non-payment of dues, form of 113
J. W. cannot prefer, except 112
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C. B. . D.
Charges, who may sign 95
who may prefer 86
Charity, evidence required before granting 131 78
Charter, destroyed or lost 34
fee for 31
Grand Lodge may revoke or suspend 6
not granted, except 27
only granted upon __ 28
only issaed to 28
surrender of 32
suspended or forfeited 41
when granted 28
when shall be recalled 88
Charters, committee on 4(8)
Colored Lodges 20
Colored Lodges 96
Commissioners' trial, provided for 96
to report to Lodge 100
taking testimony can exclude visitors 6
who may serve _" 145
Committee on Appeals and Grievances 4(4)
on Credentials 3(1)
on Character, form of report 62
to examine visiting brethren 3(2)
on Finance, Mileage and Per Diem 4(5)
on Lodges Under Dispensation 4(8)
on Masonic Correspondence 4(1)
Masonic Jurisprudence 4(2)
second, not to be appointed 3
investigating 91
Committees, not to sit during session 17
reports of, to be in writing 1
session 8
standing 4
standing may be called _ 5
Communication, annual 8
quorum at 4
Communications on Sabbath forbidden 126
Concurrent jurisdiction *. 52
Conferring Past Master's degree 48 170
degrees on non-residents 77
degrees _ — 146
Connection with Fraternity cannot be completely severed... 89
Constitution to be printed annually 22
howamended 81
to be read 184
Correspondence, conducting of 22
Conviction, vote necessary for 98
Courts of State, in re trial in Lodge 110
Credentials, committee on 3(1)
Deacons, Grand, duties of , 27
Debate, regulated 12
Decision of Grand Master final, unless reversed by Grand Lodge 17
to ba read 184
430 APPENDIX [1894
C. B. D.
Declaring result of ballot 66
Decrees, nam ber conferred in one day 75
conferring of first section .... 76 ._
conferring of, on non-residents 77
minimum fee for 79
what are recognized 54-64
Depriving of Masonic rights _ 84 153
Deputy Grand Master 7
acts as Grand Master 20 _
Dimit, application for can be withdrawn Ill
can not be returned, unless ._ 108
date© from 88 ...
necessary for affiliation 59
objections to granting 141
officers can not _ 86
reasons for, not required SO
when entitled to _.. .. 115
of non-affiliates to be cancelled _ 89 175
can not be withdrawn — . 12
issuing duplicate prohibited • 30
how granted _ 85 164
Lodges under dispensation can not grant 11
signed by 14
with petition for new Lodge 21 .
over one year old _ 79
Discipline, non-payment of dues cause for 112
who subject to 84-93 169
Disclosing ballot forbidden 67 __
Dispensation, for new Lodge granted by ... 18
to new Lodge, how granted 19
special when not granted 4
must be present 98
to elect officers... 109
Division of question 13
Divulging result of trial 109
Donations to library fund 30 _
Double pay not allowed — 5
Dropped from roll, restoring those heretofore ._ 122
Druggists selling liquor 40
Dues, Grand Lodge, when payable 38
Lodges U. D. can not collect _ 90
part payment of... 23
remitting 149
who exempt from 137
Duplicate charters, when issued.. '.. 34
Duty of Grand Master IS __
of Master of new Lodge _ 22
Duties, members not exempt from _ 81 ._
of Grand Lecturer 25
of Grand Secretary 22
of Grand Treasurer 21 _
Eastern Star, Order of 9
Eight petitioners necessary for dispensation 19
Elected officers installed annually 11 _.
can decline 19
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Election, annual
when void ,.__
in Grand Lodge
majority votes necessary
of brother ineligible, void .-
of candidates
of Masters from the floor
of officers
of officers reported
Elections in Lodges under dispensation prohibited
who may vote at...
Electioneering for office -
Elective officers... _ _
Eligibility for office _
Emergent Grand Lodge cannot be opened
Entered Apprentice, advancement of
Apprentice falling to pass examination
Evidence in trials
of standing of petitioners
Examination of ballots
for advancement _
Examining committee, second, not to be appointed
Exclusive jurisdiction of Grand Lodge
Exemplification of work before Grand Lecturer
Exempt from Grand Lodge dues
Exempt from Lodge does
Ex peases of new Lodge
Expelled Mason, how restored
when decision is reversed
Expulsion includes
notice of, given
vote necessary for
who amenable to __
Expulsions, notice given of published in proceedings ...
Extinct Lodges, duties of officers of
members of... ,._
B.
42 a
9
42
65
42 a
35
44
48
7
10
39
21
66
75
5
25
87
19
119
118
107
109
99
8
109
128
87
Failure of Lodge to be represented 41
to pay dues 38
Fee for affiliation prohibited 82
for charter 81
for degrees — .. 79
for dispensation 20
for special dispensation _ 25
forfeited, when *_. 60
Fees from Lodges under dispensation 23
cannot be refunded
when returned 73
Fellowcraft failing to pass examination* 89
Filling blanks 15
Finance, committee on 4 (5)
Forfeiture of fee paid _ : 60
France, Grand Orient of _ 124
Funeral services with other societies 1
Funerals, when held 126
expenses, who to pay
431
D.
106-109
108
174
6-166
27-106
13
151
152
135
174
91
137
165
71
178
134
152
178
126
92
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C. B. D.
Grand Lodge adjourns . 4
is supreme authority 5 .
may suspend charter _ 6 41
may delegate its powers 0
jurisdiction of 5
composed of 2 ..
quorum at 4
vote of officers of 8
powers of 6
style of 1
may reverse decision of Grand Masters 17 .
grants charters _ . 28
may name officers in charter 29
shall recall charters 88
does to 87
dues, when payable 88
of Hamburg 124
proceedings, property of 5
Grand Master, powers and prerogatives of 18
may convene special _ 18 _
may convene subordinate Lodge 14
Grand Master, duty of «. 15
may suspend functions of Lodge 18
may command other officers 19
may grant dispensations 18
and Grand Secretary may purchase books 80
can change location of Lodge 129
cannot appoint temporary officers 104
to approve change in By-Laws 188
settling business differences 186
decisions final 17
absence provided for 20
traveling expenses to be paid 58
Grand Chaplain, duties of 28
Grand Deacons, duties of 27
Grand Lecturer, duties and pay of 26
certificates to proposed Master 150
Grand Librarian, Grand Secretary is 22
dutiesof 30
Grand Marshal, duties of 26
Grand Officers, title of 2
elected and appointed 7
have one vote each 8
qualifications of 10
installed annually 11
payof 5 —
Grand Orator, duties of 24
Grand Orient of France 124
Grand Secretary, duties of and salary 22
when new trial ordered 105
and Grand Master to purchase books 30
to furnish blanks 187
to give notice of impostors 131
Grand Stewards, duties of 28
Grand Tiler, rights and duties of 29
Grand Treasurer, duties of 21
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0. B. Z).
Grand Wardens act as Grand Master 20
Granting dimits «S 164
'Grievances. Committee on __. 4(4)
Guilt, how determined 98
Hamburg, Grand Lodge of 124
Hancock, town of, under jurisdiction of 54
Healing, when required 99
Honorary membership 180 46
Impostors to be reported 131
Incorporate, Lodges shonld not _ _.__ 28
Initiation fee. when forfeited 60 178
Initiated, who cannot be 125
who should be healed 99
Installation by proxy forbidden _ 11 47
of Master 48
of officers 11 .... 100
of officers of newly chartered Lodge ... 47
of re-elected Master 46
public forbidden 45
Intemperance a crime _ 125
Investigating Committee may be discharged 91
Irregular work 24 98
Issuing of Charters _ 36
Journal to be read 18
Junior Grand Warden acts as Grand Master 20
Junior Warden cannot prefer charges, except , 112
Jurisdiction of Lodges 55 101
E. A's and F. C's 72
how waived 58-61
of Lodges U.D 113
over E. A'b, how gained 87
oyer non-affiliates 84 169
over petitioners _ 17-142
over petitioners 168
waiver of 25
perpetual not recognized 116
Jurisprudence, Committee on 4(2)
Legislation, power of Grand Lodge over 5
Lecturer, Grand, duties of 25
Librarian, Grand, duties of 30
Library fund, donations to 30
fees paid to 25
Life membership prohibited £5 188
Liquor seller, ineligible for degrees 62-123
defined 86
Liquor selling, cause for discipline 125 51
Liquors excluded 125
Location of Lodge, how changed 129
Lodge, attending funeral 126
By-Laws can regulate applications ., 18
cannot act as escort _ 94
cannot be opened unless _ 49 ....
cannot call to refreshment to another day 129
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B. D.
Lodge cannot reinstate member after death 193
can try for offenses 47
can try Masters, when 130
changing By-Laws 1*11 —
demise of. _ 128 _
does most be paid 2
does, part payment of 23
duty of , before granting recommend 150
doty of , before trial _ 143
duty of, on appeal 110 185
failing to inflict punishment W
failing to meet 33
functions of , may be suspended 15 38
Grand Lecturer may convene any 25
granting charity 131 184
how opened 50-138
jurisdiction 51 47
may be convened by Grand Master 14
may issue summons *. 90 164
may stop advancement 71
must be represented in Grand Lodge - 40
must oonform to established rules 15
not act on petition unless 55
not act on petition unless 57 —
not legally compelled to pay funeral expenses 92
represented in Grand Lodge by 1
room not to be leased 1 76
room, renting of 2
shall pay dues 37
to determine as to trial 08 161
to determine guilt and punishment 100
to report officers elected 35
waiving jurisdiction 25
who may open and preside 138
Lodge Under Dispensation, appointed officers in 44
cannot collect dues 90
cannot elect officers 44
cannot grant dimits — 11
how governed 23
jurisdiction of 101-113
not chartered except 27
who votes in MO
Lodge cannot receive petition of 115-123
colored 20-76
concurrent jurisdiction of 52
desiring to hold real estate 85
having concurrent jurisdiction, duties of 53
of instruction 25
to proceed with trial 110
under dispensation, committee on 4(3)
Loss of charter provided for 34
Majority cannot surrender charter 32
of votes necessary in elections 9 42
Masonic correspondence, committee on 4(1)
degrees recognized 54
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C. B. D.
Masonic jurisprudence, committee on 4(2)
righto, how lost _ 94 153
year ends 86
Masonic Widows* and Orphans1 Home 54
Marshal, Grand, duties of 26
Masons made hrLodge under dispensation 10
cannot completely sever connection 80
witness against Masons 88
Master, choice of 6
decision of final 156
exempt from Lodge jurisdiction 03
may appoint proxy 1
may fill vacancy 44
may issue summons 00
may refuse to admit visitors 4
may stop advancement j 71
may suspend from office 122
nominated in petition for charter 20
of new Lodge, duty of 22
of new Lodge, qualifications for 20 150
qualifications of 50
re-elected, installation of * 46 57
service as, anywhere, eligible to election _ 55
signing dimits 14
suspended and re-instated 56
to see his Lodge represented 40
Meetings of Grand Lodge 8 6
Members of Grand Lodge * 2
duties of 7
have one vote 8
may be refused admission 4
must vote 0
must vote. _ 60 178
to speak but twice 8
may examine records 06
notified of meetings 162
Membership necessary to hold office 10
howdisturbed 22 180
howgained _ 78
how gained after expulsion 118
life, prohibited 188
Minutes to be read 18
Motion must be seconded 10
must be in writing 11
Motions while questions are under debate 12
Mount Princeton Lodge No. 49, jurisdiction of 54
Neglect to pay Grand Lodge dues 38
Negroes, recognition of 20
New Lodges, dispensation for 18
New petition, when required 60 178
New trial, if ordered, duty of Grand Secretary 105
Nominations for office prohibited 43
Non-affiliates, conduct of 84 160
Non-affiliation, cause for discipline 83
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C. B. D.
•* Non-intercourse, discretion need by Lodges 123
► with France and Hamburg 124
( Non-payment of does, caaee for discipline 112
■. form of charges for 113
trialfor 114
penalty for 115
Non-resident petitioners 58
Notice to Lodge* having concurrent jurisdiction 58
Objection after ballot 72 74
before ballot 45
entered of record v 73
to advancement 75
to issuing dimit — 141
to visitors 132
Obligation, cannot be relieved of 89
Offense while Master, when tried ISO
Officers cannot dimit 86
elected, can decline 19
elected and appointed 7
installed, cannot refuse to serve 42
must be members 97
Officers of Grand Lodge 2
of Lodge may be suspended from office 122
refuse to be installed 109
under dispensation, appointed 44
of new Lodges recommended 19
of new Lodges, who may install 47 110
pay of, in Grand Lodge 5
re-elected must be installed _ 57
Opening of Grand Lodge, quorum for 4
Orator, Grand, duties of 24
Order, members must keep 7
of bnsiness 146
Original jurisdiction of Grand Lodge 5
Orphans' Home 54©
Pall-bearers most be Masons 68
Part payment of dues 23
Past Grand Master member of Grand Lodge 2
Past Deputy Grand Master member of Grand Lodge 2
Past Master's degree not essential 48 170
Past Masters, who are actual 170-181
Pay of members of Grand Lodge 5
Pay of Grand Lecturer 25
Payment of dues after suspension 116
Per diem, committee on ... 4(5) ___
Personally interested can not vote 9
Petitions for change of name or location 4(3) _.
Penalties enumerated 106
Penalty for non-payment of dues 115
Percentage allowed Secretary of new Lodge 30
Perpetual jurisdiction 116
Petition for affiliation 59 15
Petition for affiliation 80 82
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1894] APPENDIX. 437
C. B. D.
Petition for dispensation, how recommended 20-58
for dispensation most set forth 19
for initiation cannot be withdrawn _ 56 178
for part of the degrees 61
for special dispensation 25 16
not acted npon unless 55 82
of liquor seller 115-123
of non-resident 58
when acted npon __. 57
when returned 102
who can not sign 49
Physical qualifications _ 74 21-22
Physical qualifications 26-41
Physical qualifications „ - 60-77
Physical qualifications _ 114-119
Physical qualifications 119-121
Physical qualifications 127-131
Physical qualifications 182-189
Physical qualifications .— 148-176
Physical qualifications 181
Place of Annual Communication __ _ 3
Powers of Grand Lodge 5-6
and prerogatives of Grand Master 12
Presentation of apron 124
Proceedings of Grand Lodge, property of Lodge 5
of trials, when furnished - 105
Proxy installation forbidden _ 11 47 _i_
Proxies, qualifications for 1
who may give 8 1
Public installation forbidden 45
Punishment, majority necessary to inflict 99
Purchase of books 80
Qualifications of candidates 60 21-22
of candidates 74 26-41
of candidates 77 60-61
of candidates 125 77-114
of candidates 119-120
of candidates 121-127
of candidates 181-182
of candidates _.. 172
of candidates 139^148
•f candidates 176-181
of Grand Oflicers 10
of Grand Secretary 22
of Grand Treasurer 21
of Master of new Lodge 20
of proxies 1
of witnesses 102
Questions may be divided _ 13
to be answered by Committee on Character 62 88
Quorum in Grand Lodge 4
in Lodge 182
Rank of grand officers _ 2
Reconsideration of vote _ 14
438
APPENDIX.
C. B.
Recommending new Lodge
Recommending new Lodge 20
Recognition of residents receiving degrees elsewhere 123
Records, who may examine
Kef nasi to pay Grand Lodge does 38
to be installed
Refunding fees
Rejected candidates re-applying 68
Rejected candidates re-applying
Rejection of candidates not reported 70
Remitting does
Removal after petitioning
Renting of Lodge rooms
Report of Grand Secretary _ 22
of Grand Treasurer 21
of Lodge Elections 85
Reports of committees must be in writing 16
of Committee on Character, contents of 62
unfavorable, not a dark ballot
Representatives to Grand Lodge, qualifications of 2
pay of 5
Reprimand, who amenable to 8
how given 108
vote required for 99
Residence of petitioners for dispensation 19
of petitioners for initiation 55
for advancement
Restoration after suspension for non-pa j ment of dues 116
after death
by action of Grand Lodge 117
of expelled Masons 118
of expelled Masons 119
after definite suspension 120
after indefinite suspension 121
of those stricken from the roll 122
Returns to be examined by Grand Secretary 22
and records of Lodge under dispensation 23
of Lodges, under dispensation, Committee on 4 (3)
must be made 2
when to be made 36
what to contain
Rights of Masons raised in Lodges under dispensation
of Tiler 29 ....
Saint John's, a festival day *.
Seal required on official notices
Secretary, Grand, duties of and salary 22
of Lodge, salary prohibited to 80
Second to motion necessary _ v. — 10
ballot, when allowed 66
Senior Grand Warden acts as Grand Master 20
Session committees 3
Special Communications, who may call 13
Standing Committees — 4
Stewards, Grand, duties of 28
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109
134
70
18
149
17
2
52
154
37
151
7S
133
125
li)
24
183
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St. Elmo, town, under jurisdiction of 54
Subordinate Lodges, who represents _ 1 1
Snioides, burial of 1 jj
-Summons, who may issue 90 107 j
what to contain 91 I
when to issue 162 .^
must be obeyed 92
Surrender of Charter 32
Suspended, who may be 8
from office, who may be 122
Suspended Masons, restoration of 120 183
Suspended Masons, restoration of 121
Suspension, notice given of, and published in proceedings 109
vote required for : 99
Technical rules of evidence 185
Teaching of unauthorized work 127
Temporary officers of Lodge 104
Testimony taken by commission 96
to be taken in writing 100
to be taken in writing 108
Time of annual Communication 1 8
Title of Grand Lodge i 1
Grand Officers 2
Tiler, Grand, duties and rights of 29
place of 7
rightsof 24
not necessarily a member 97
Tin Cup Lodge No. 52, jurisdiction of 54 ,
Traveling expenses of members paid __ 5
Treasurer, Grand, duties and qualifications of 21
Transgressing rules 8
Trial, commissioners to fix time of 100
in civil or criminal courts _ 84
Lodge to fix time of 96
to be by Lodge or commission , 96
may proceed if accused is absent 104 158
, not affected by courts 110
of those not members 148
Trial of a brother after expiration of office 180
Trials, how held 97 157
for non-payment of dues 114
when held 161
Two or more Lodges in same town have concurrent jurisdiction 52
Unanimous ballot necessary 65
Unauthorized work 127
Unprivileged questions 15
Unworthy applicants for charity 131
Use of Lodge room 96
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Vacancy in Grand Mastership provided for 20 —
Yerdict, how arrived at 98
Visitor, objection to 132
Visiting brethren, committee on 8(2)
Visitors, evidence required of , 84
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C. B. D*
Vote, Grand Tiler not entitled to 29
honorary members cannot -180
* in Grand Lodge, who may • 8 —
members most 9 —
necessary to inflict penalties 99
*•■ reconsidering of 14 -
those interested cannot.. 9
i who may, in Lodge U. D : 105
Voter, in Grand Lodge 1
f members can not cast more than three 8
necessary for election 9
necessary to amend By-Laws 135
necessary to amend Constitution 31
Waiver of jurisdiction 25-33
request for, when made 88
when required 61 ._
Waiving jurisdiction, how expressed 58
Warden, Grand, act as Grand Master 20
Wardens, in Lodges under dispensation 50
may appoint proxy 1 -
may preside 49 157
nominated in petition for Charter 29
place occupied by 69
Withdrawal of petition forbidden 56 178
Witnesses, accused and accuser present at examination of 101 163
qualification of 102
Work, Grand Lodge to establish 6
out of regular order 24
to be exemplified by Lodge 25
when illegal 98
Working material for Lodges 39
Written petition for Charter required 28
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Grand Officers of Colorado.
1S94-18G5.
Grand Lodge.
Wm. L. Bush, Idaho Springs G. M.
Wm. D. Peibce, Denver , t>. G. B£.
George W. Roe, Pueblo 8. G. W.
Cromwell Tucker, Denver J. G. W.
Frank Church, Denver. G. Treae,
Ed. C. Pabhelbe, Masonic Temple, Denver G. Sec'y.
CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE.
Roger W. Woodbuby Denver
CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE-
L. N. Gbesnleaf , Denver
The Thirty-fifth Annual will be held in Denver, the third Tuesday in
September, (17th), 1895.
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Grand Royal Arch Chapter.
AiiPHOKBR A. Bubnand, Leadville G. H. P.
George T. Cooper, Denver D. G. H. P.
CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE.
William T. Bridwell Canon City.
CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE.
Ernest L. N. Foster Denver.
The Twenty-first Annual will be held in Denxer, Thursday, September 19, 1895. •
Grand Commandery.
William D. Todd, Denver G. C.
William W. Rowan, Ouray _.' D, G. C.
CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE.
Albert B. MoGaffey Denver.
CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE.
Harper M. Orahood Denver.
The Twentieth Annual will be held in Denver, Tuesday, June A, 1895.
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